The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-04-08
The Cow Boy Preacher.
Raises Quite Racket In Wes-
ton Town.

from the independent, will I've rend
by many of Rev Beles friends il,
! this county with Interest:
"On Friday night the Cow boy
preacher, Rev Sam. q Beetles, closed
the revival feature OF his meeting.
since thai time he has lectured every
night, and on SUNDAY he spike three
times On Saturday night his lect.
ure covered in brief his weste m *.
perience as hunter, cowboy aud evan.
seilst. Sunday all the services we're
OF religious character Last nigh,
ms lecture on Womuss Suffrage was
delivered. IT was pretty strong
argument for the woman voter. and
was well sprinkled with the charac.
teristic W.T. Of the speaker. Tonight
he WI! probably deliver his last ad
dress to Weston audience. He will
give his Mexican and South America
experiences This will interest all.
and even tue children will enjoy his
talks of tropical birds anacondas and
other southern animal lite.
"A months work in our midst has
enabled Westonites to form an esti.
mate Of this eccentric man. He has
been varlously heard, much discussed
and as yarionsly estimated From
the first he had both friends and enc.
mics. Some viewed him from affair
and pronounced him an incarnate
devil and refused to learn anything
else from him or concerning him.
Others fell i'll with him at the onset.
and were constant to the end. Yet
others doubted and exercised some
precautions at first, but were later
convinced that he was ut least man
OF honest impulses The writer be-
lieves him to be al honest man and q
thorough believer in the experiment
tai or emotional sort Of religion.
That he Is an extremist he would rot
himself deny. His doctrines are of
the orthodox sort, and he hasn't, we
presume, advanced a theory to which
every orthodox religionist of the com.
munity wouldn't subscribe fully.
His blunt manner of doing things
and saying things is not what one
usually hears in the pulpit, but it is
his way naturally, and in this way he
reaches people who haven't heard the
gospel preached for a score or more of
years heretofore. His PERSONAL de-
meanor, aside from his pulpit discour.
ses, has been exemplary. No reliable
Information comes from any other
point where he has labored that he is
anything other than a gentleman.
He freely told us when he cane where
he had been, what he had done aud
how long he wan:ed to remain here.
We have had plenty Of time to Look
him up. He will leave many friends
here. He stirred things up. He be.
gan to do with all his might what he
began at all He can have crowd
here at any time when be returns
One thing more: There was al ap
parent organized effort on the part of
somebody to misquote him in the hope
Of stirring up trouble. The little
trouble between him and the chief Of
police was the result Of q misunder-
standing and when each learned truth
both were willing parties to corcila.
ton. Half the things he was report.
ed to nave said, he never said st all.
though WHIT be did say, God .knows,
was severe enough We believe that
misformation led him to say some Of
these things TO US it appears that
his structures on the municipal gov
erH meut were unjustly sevcIe. Yves
toms officers are not angelic, but they
represent the people pretty well, and
and we believe they are honest faith
iul meu We may say again what
we have heretofore said, that Yves.
ton bears the reputation IF being the
best governed oil town ia the state.
IL is not badly governed town;
surely not compared With other towns
IL has ito vices; all towns have them
Restraints and correction are being
applied and ultimately the evils will
go. Nothing is more needed among
our people than little more Of the
spirit Of tolerance and Christian char.
ity. We are all liable TO err. Even
preachers are not perfect Editors
sometimes even appear not to be-
mr. Betes expects 90 have his
boat aud a mammoth tent az ST. Lou.
is tor tho Worlds Fair lie invites
all bic Weston acquaintance 20 cal
around when they attend lbo fair.
and offers quarters to those who will
accept of his hospitality We're
going