West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1905-03-09
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LEGATION Of list OF our subscribers
who had been trying to beat us out
of what was honestly due us on sub
scription. We gave further notice
last week that the FIRST installment
OF this roll of dishonor would APP.
pear this week and here it IS. The
mere announcement has had a good
effect as quite number have paid
up and others have made good
promises which saves them for the
present No. !, is Robert G.. Col
Inns of Terra Alta who took our pa
per several years ago aud then left
the country without paying for it,
He owes us S2.7S and will never
amount to anything Till he pays that
bill. He used TO be No. I school
teacher ill he beat us out of that
S2.75 and then he got TO drinking
and had his certificate revoked by
the County Supt. of Schools for
drunkness and immortality and his
wife left him and went off with an
other man, thus showing what man
will come to when he tries to beat
an editor out of the pay for his pa
per,
Second on our list is Beth
Hileman, who is well known to
many of our people and all unite in
saying that they never knew any
good of him. He gets SIT per
month pension for service he never
rendered the Government, and
spends most of it for bad whiskey.
He has not done an honest days work
for years and seems to think that
the world owes him a living, and all
he has to do is to collect it so long
as he encumbers the face of the
earth. He had better drink cider
or buttermIlk long enough TO pay
us the So. 50 he owes and cut out
one gallon OF the rotten liqour he
uses TO disinfect his stomach with.
No. 3. The Hon. Charles Edgar
Allen, late OF Kingwood comes
third on the list of scape-goats.
He has taken the ARGUS at Elkins,
Kingwood and other places and
made fair promises enough to elect
him u Congress but never paid a
cent yet and we do not know where
he is now. Failure to pay his debts
is only small part of the account
charged up against him. We have
not time or space to tell half what
we know about HIM, as he has piled
up history pretty fast for a Boy
raised in a slow aud easy going
Sunday School town like this. If
any of his friends want to pay his
bill we will discount it so per cent.
No. 4. Is one of the immortaIs as
he cashed in his checks some time
since and dropped out of lifes
game. 1t is only with great reluct-
ance that we mention his name al
all on this account, bat we want TO
be totally impartial and take them
all as they come on our list. We
refer to Henry Clay Worthington
commonly called "Harry." He
was one of the boys and a hail
fellow well-met., but afflicted
with bad memory about his
personal obligations. He went west
to grow up with the country and was
planted all right, and we hope is in
full bloom on the other shore but il
he didn't make any better settlement
with St. Peter than he did with us
there is some doubts about the eli.
mate.
No. S, Rev. J.B. Fiser is the next
distinguished gentlemen to receive
a write up in this column. He ex-
tinguished himself, between two
days over ten years ago, from this
part of the country. He received
and read our paper for three years
and then went to preaching and
has been a fugitive from Justice
most of the time since. He used to
live over on the East Side and got
his paper at Terra Alta. He wob-
bled considerably in some of his
Transactions and fearing an invita-.
ton to board at the county's ex-
pcnse, took Horace Greeley's adj
vice. lie was back here a year or
two ago wearing silk hat and put
ting ON more style than country
gentleman" in the spring Of the
year prancing along in fuIi war
paint and a red suroingls.
No o. Jacob Frankhouser who
got his mail down at Brandonville,
soaked us for s6.65 before we
found out that he was Republican
and the black sheep Of the family.