The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1904-11-04

dent Of the bcasd OF directOrs, way
their firm did not set the contracs. Mi,
Stewart At ones replied. 1--WE did give
you tte contract on conditions which
we supposed You complied with on
being told that Pricaarl \ CO. did not
get the contract. Mr.. Stewart expressed
much surprise and said ae would in.
vestigate tn. matter MIR. Stewart tried
to make an investigation, and wat re,
suited is wan known to the peoplc OF
shinnston. Now. if this be true what
more mean. greedy. neinous aud dam.
nahte act would man do for money
than this? If il is not trus, the facts
can b. learned Of Mr.. Stewart,
The third year of the gas company's
history finds Mr.. Short another direc-
tor put there by voting his own stock
for 81 capital letter. In few daya
stockholders meeting was held
Where. oh where. was Mr.. Saorty 50
opposed to him were the people that
he knew he could not elect himself di.
rector with one-sixth OF the stock; SO
he remained absent. a physician OF
Clarksburg has five hundred dollars in
the company and ne came down to see
what dividend they would declare. His
expectations were turned into disgust.
No consolation did ne get There had
been no satisfactory financial report Of
the company in three years, and the
people all expected report But. no
1t could not be! The directors say they
have been trying to get report from
Mr.. Short for six months, but he says
he hans't time to make 1t now. One Of
the directors says to the writer that tho
books are in such bunglesome condi-
ton that he could not make a repors
from them. No record has been KEEP.
on the books OF the number of fires the
company has had each month. and they
simply show the income and disburse.
ments of the business. The people anx.
iousiy await that report, and WITH no
little doubt in their minds.
Il man an migrate because ne does
not approve of such nefarious metnodT
of business or publicly express ais up.
probation of the intimidating manner
in which some people have been forced
to patronise the company
Now, in the light of the above and
many, many more things told by neigh
bors to base belief upon, can any honest
man deny that the man VINO stands nc.
cused of them Is not greedy, cold.b blood
ed, hard-hearxed and tyranniealf Al
man wno will boast that he never lost
but dfteen cents in his life on an nc
count; man who when given con.
tract by neigabor win questionabiy
stick in foot and half OF his own
moulding on the work and charge It up
at one and one-half cents, man wis
tries to collect a gas receipt twice and
charges some people fifty cents a month
for gas and others one dollar, a man wac
tricks poor man out of one dollar and
thirty cents and charges another twice
for the same brick, fellow Democrats,
is not safe man to trust in the office
of sheriff. This Is what Shorts neigh
bors think about him.
Let US review that lodging and mis-
representing article in the Herald and
take glimpse at Its signerS.
These gentlemen who signed the Her
aid article state on their word of hono1
that the Telegram letter ID wholly
false" Let us see. Take the last part
of the letter which states That Charley
Short tried to break up a Golf Repub.
lican meeting in shinnston by driving q
wagon twice through the crowd. t. NJ
Koon, the sanctiied, has his name t.
this letter, stating on his honor that |
this is not true. Let us call uncle Dan
lei Riblett as witness. This vener-
able man, whose white nair pictures a
halo of glory for his declining years.
can be depended upon to tell the truth.
He says that while Snort and LATE Row
and were trying to wedge their wagon
through the crowd. he caught Tom Koon |
while in the act OF throwing stone at |
Short and Rowand. Ii would not be
hard to find many more good people |
wao saw the same, and the people OF
Shinnston all know it is so. Were the
signers to the Herald article bought, In,
timidated or cajolel into telling that
falsehoodH They say they did it
through common decency. Why did
they do it at the sacrifice of common
honestly
They say that Mr.. Short employs
more labor tnan any other man in
town" Can this be the. truth! Win
not any honest man who knows the
facts not tell US that Mr. orville Lowe
employs many times as many men as
Mr.. Short, and gets along with them
much better? Yes. Has not Mr.. Snort
had trouble with every class of labor
he has employed2 Has he not turned
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