West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1905-04-06
GUN DEAN nEAr LIsr.
A Pew More Sho=t But sweet Biogra-
Dhical Sketches.
CHAPTER TWO.

In accordance with previous an
nouncement the continuation Of our
new story herewith appears for the
first issue IN April.
The first name to appear this
time is that of ]. w. Johnson, whose
former address was M. IL Ledle
Street. Pitts5nrg. and who had the
honor for a short but interesting
time of being pap-in-law to Major
Fields Of this place. While his
charming daughter was a resident
of Kingwood msking it lively for
the Major, who was the author Of the
popular phrase "Mr. Johnson turn
me loose" was a subscriber to The
ARGUS in order TO keep posted on
the doings and undoings, of our
little town. His account ran up TO
81 and as he did not remit, we cut
him of and have failed to hear from
him ever since. Statements sent
him chased all around the "Smokey
City" and came home TO roost,
without finding him, so that Mr..
Johnson himself seems to h y c
been TUNED loose and wandered
off somewhere.
James M. Moore is another man
that we would like to see more of.
However, il we could see some
more of his money, we are willing
to excuse James NJ. himself. He
first came to our notice as a SUP.
scriber over at Newburg where he
got in on us for S2.2s and then
dropped from our list for couple
of years, showing up at Fairmont
or Whereabouts, getting mail on
Rural Free Delivery Route No. /.
He wrote us to send him the paper
again and bill etc. Ali Of which we
did in good faith and allowed him
to stick us again running his bill UP
to over 81. The Postmaster sent
us notice that he had disappeared
once more. We again sent state
ment and letter asking for diagram
Of his evolutions, but Uncle Sam
failed to come up with him and he
seems "lost to sight and memory
dear" Moore's the pity.
There has to be one preacher in
this list and We might as we'll run IN
the Rev B. J. Taylor, who used to
be located mere and preach around
the country and was very popular
for a time He was a good looking
fellow and could talk like "speel
er" on the Pike. So long as he lived
here and promulgated the gospel we
sent him THE ARGUS free gratis for
nothing and threw in send off be
sides whenever he held big meet
ing and raised the devil generally,
but he finally quit preaching and
tackled the book-agency business
and moved to EIkins and Philippi
and Morgantown, and as three
moves are said to be as bad as
fire, he was "ired" from Morgan
town. He served on the Police
Force over there and some distur-
Der Of the peace and dignity of that
bailwick used a club on him and
cracked his Crahium. He dropped
the star and cudgel emb'ems of
little brief authority, and tackled
the grocery business. He beat Char
ley Bishop ont of several hundred
dollars worth of stock as well as
other people and then started out to
travel for his health without leaving
a lock of his hair or anything else
to keep his memory green except
some debts including ab)u six dol
lars due us for the leading county
paper OF TINS section.
Over at Terra Alta we got badly
left on fellow that claimed to be
Democrat and we thought we
could trust him on that account and
carried him for years on our list to
hold him in line asd keep him from
webbing from the straight and mar
row path OF the elect, but we finally
gave up seeing tine color Of his
money and dropped him from the
calling list Of THE ARGUS. We refer
to SAINT Stewart, who is anything
else but a stewart Of any property
except 'tanglefoo" Of which he
gathers in an abundant crop aad
therefor does not have time to raise
the price for the necessities Of life,
like THE ARGUS.
Go Toe c0nruuet1
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Fighting for country and to repel
an invader, or punish grevious