The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1903-07-31
SALEM
CHARTER
ECHOES
LETTER BY PROMINENT CITIZEN OF
SALEM SHOWING DISPOSITION
TOWARD FELLOW CITIZENS.
Fun of Echoes of the Famous Salem
Charter War, Poetry Grand Sample
of Ability and Author Should
Be Proud of It.
LETTER BY PROMINENT CITIZEN OF
The following letter was handed the

The following letter was handed the
| Telegram for publication:
'Salem, w. Va, April i, 1908.
Dear Sir: / wrote you some time
ago and have not heard anything from
you yet. So / decided to write to You
again, hoping to find you this time. /
suppose you have heard by this time
that the Salem charter was defeated with
a vim and how sore some of the charter
party isl There are about dozen of us
that George F. has not spoken to since
he came from Charleston. He says he
does not want any more to do with the
white ROBBED angel gang. OF course we all
feel bad to lose his friendship, but then
we are trying to stand it. We have
got the speakeasics all shut up but three,
and we think we will corner them soon.
We would have had them gone if we
could have gotten the officers to do
their part. suppose you can see that
the Express got rather weak, but the
trouble is in the management and not
ii the stockholders, and we hope to get
it back to its. old stand soon. We got
behind some and we are trying to get
Strengthened up, but we are having
hard time to do it, and / thought per-
haps you would like to help us out a
little and send US about $3.50 and let
me send you your note and you don't
know how much we would appreciate it.
The Leader busted some time ago, and
was sold out, and Morton. understand,
bought it and is now running it. But
/ do not believe it will succeed. ] think
the promoters of it lost considerable
money on it, and it would not seem as
il they would want to take much more
risk on it.
The gamblers and thugs have most all
gone from Salem. Do you ever meet
any of them? ] am going to send you
piece of poetry, see if you can tell who
it fits or who wrote it. We are having
very bad roads this spring, but not as
bad as they have been some time in the
past. l think when the roads gets set
tied business will be pretty good again
for this summer, although there will not
be as many large buildings as there was
last year. 1 have just bought a new
typwriter and am trying to learn to use
it, so you will know why there are SO
many mistakes in this letter. Let me
hear from you soon. Tell me how you
are all doing, and all about rything.
There lives man in Salem town,
Who walks the streets both up and
down;
N l. =.
But o, my Lord, he's such borei
He bores the people on the streets,
He bores most every one he meets.
The almighty dollar he doth adore,
But morally he's such bore.
For money. for money he continues to
hollow.
He'll 80 al, but take life. far the sake
of the dollar.
His greed for wealth grows more and
more.
And for lucrc and wealth i.'- >uch bore.
His caase he lid plead in the house and
senate,
But he soon found that ne was not in it.
The co'ored -nnn downcd him from cell
ing 70 floor.
A he showed 70 the members, he. a mis-
cradle bore.
Tc give his eause weight in the state
legislature.
He asked help from buns. business men