West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1905-11-16
WHO Is HEf

EDITOR ARGUS Realizing how valuable
Is the space In your paper IL is with hest.
fancy that ask you to publish these lines
however, II you think them worthy. shall
feel very grateful to you. Well do know
that every age has had its calamity bowler
and general critic. Some times with cause.
and frequently without Justification.
The world at large has always resented
the attempts OF a mental weakling to over.
burden II with overwhelming evidence Of
their mental incapacity. We are all en-.
dowed with certain mental faculties which.
with care and proper development. 6t us
for certain sphere in life. Previous TO
this artificial Improvement there Is an mate
power that prompts us to follow ITS die.
tates and choose what is termed our voca.
ton In life. When we are obstinate, either
through ignorance or pride the ever fail.
ing vice OF fools" and deylate from the
path nature has called US TO pursue, we
must eventually. like the man following the
false guide post. 70 down to our own des'
tination. Mankind is generous. however.
and Is always willing to extend the cloak OF
charity for time. and clothe the defects
oil the unfortunate in the hope that there
may come day OF enlightenment when the
hayward one will realize his own folly and
no longer insist on furnishing an innocent
public.
man studying to be lawyer and pos.
sessing the qualifications OF a doctor will
be shyster. and in a reversion OF the
stated case he will be a quack. So a man
who. fitted for the cultivation OF the mild
eyed potato or modest hoop pole. attempts
To al IL a
to the ridicule or charity OF the public; to
its scorn or mercy and hatred or sorrow
To edit newspaper II does not follow that
you must have had an advanced education,
since the greatest this country has pro.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS bereit of such from
the scholastic point. Nor does Il bespeak
htness for such when you are we'll versed
in the vernacular OF the gutter or a thor.
ough master OF the queens English. One
may have been County Superintendent OF
Schools or hold a good Federal position
such as postmaster for example-and still
be united to instruct through the columns
OF newspaper. One may have the great.
est ethereal dreams, but through want OF
reality lack the power of forcefully con.
vincing his readers. One may fully realize
A"at SSiSSOIS are unBntleT IMAM the SWORD
In the hands OF literary pirate. but fail
through lack OF discrimination to Gull
from the exchanges what would best please,
though he even be guilty OF plagiarism.
From a pecuniary standpoint such an
editor may be a success. However, there
are even in this case alternating circum.
stances that must be conside red-such. for
example. as editing political organ IN a
county overwhelming In this or that belief
concurring with the organ. Still the editor
may lack sufficient gray matter to fill an
editorial column and substitute in order to
NIL in This Is good pile cure" ETC.
Dec 3. 1904. Or be wanting in originality
sufficient TO concoct modern Baron Mum.
chausen lie. which would work injury to
none and be enjoyed by all. Then. again.
he may secure staff writer who imagines
that his ignorance, impudence. poltroonery.
billingsgate. brutality. fanatical folly. un-
tagging slang, drunken saturnalia. un.
blushing libels and pious hypocrisy, auda.
cious ialsehood and brazen Aagrant clamor
are the essentials required for convincing
argument. Yes. he may think he is an
editor. but we opIne the public is of a con-
trary belief. ANAscIMANpER.
kingwood, Nov s. 1905.