West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1905-11-09
Hears Of the Resolution Passed BY the
NJ. Conference 10 Interfere In
The Distribution Of the
Machines Pies
AND HE is BOWED DOWN IN GRIEF.
The Great Tax Rsformer and Pieman
Meeting With Continued Success
In Cuba-ouotes Editorials
From Cuban Pie" and
Cuban Insurgent"

The distressing news from the NJ.
+. Conference wherein they want
TO interfere with the distribution of
oEy pies has cast a gloom over the
Executive Mansion. Oh, how /
wish Gov. Dawson was here He,
and he alone, can assuage my intense
grief. 1t has been our good fortune
heretofore to be free from any en-
tangling alliances with the good
brethren and sisters, whose duty il
is to teach us to trod in the path Of
recutude and benevolence. This
path, unfortunately, has never en-.
tered piedom. The Path of Recti-
tude leads to the New jerusalem and
not to piedom. However, we have
followed the instructions of the
Good Book wherein it tells us that
"He who provideth not for his own
household is verse than an inhdel. 4"
This admonition has always appeal
ed strongly to Gov. Dawson and my
self and we have striven in our hum
BILE way to religiously carry it out by
providing our own households with
the pies. / cannot see how the good
brethren and sisters can condemn
us for this. They should not be so
severe in their criticism of the Ma
chine for they should remember that
there is vast difference in pieology
and theology. Both are intended
20 satisfy mankind by different
routes. The natural instinct of man
kind Is to embrace pieology in his
vigorous manhood and theology
when Father Time is be:konIng to
him for to prepare for the New
Jerusalem. l am betraying no Sc
cret when l say that Gov. Dawson
has shown signs of embracing the
ology within the last year and he is
frequently found on the platforms
at the camp meetings advising his
audience to be careful and not come
In contact with pieology. He is
familiar with the woe and the grief
it brings.
The Peace Conference which
Teddy was instrumental in bringing
about done much good in placing
Russia and Japan on speaking terms.
So it Is with the M. E. Conference.
1t is doing a noble work. But its
recommendation that Sheriff Ben
jamin franklin Sayre be appointed
United States Marshall to succeed
Maj. chas. D. Elliott, who is the
noblest pieman of us all, fills my
heart with untold grief. That's the
only time a pieman will grieve when
ne sees the pie disappearing from his
grasp. | would not, if | could, say
anything but praise of Sheriff Ben
jsmin Franklin Sayre, whom l be.
leve, With little training would
make a worthy and honcred pieman.
But as President of the Pie Associa-
tion l feel II my duty to keep those
that are in, to keep them in, and
those that are out, to keep them out.
This may seem strange to those who
are not familiar with the oath of a
pieman.
have cabled Gov. Dawson the
situation and asked that he return
from Cuba at once. But from the
Cuban papers which | am receiving
I fear he will not return. must
quote the latest editorial from the
Cuban Pie" which / hope Elder
Whetsell will reproduce in the Old
Family Journal. It will bring Joy
and happiness to the faithful back
in Preston. I would ask careful
reading of il. Here 1t is:
'rThe Great American Tax Re
former and Pieman has been with
us for the past month, and in &C
knowlegment Of the great service he
has done President Palma In saving
bis pies and driving the notorious
Geo. Gomez out Of Cuba, the Gu.
ban Pie would suggest that President
Palma set apart one day to be
known as the Dawson Thanksgiving
Day. and call upon the people to
assemble in their respective places
Of worship and to pray loud and
necessarily for the preservation OF
the Great American Tax Reformer.
that he may be able to continue his
journey into other countries preach.
ing the salvation and adoption OF
his famous tax laws
The Cuban Pie shall not be stint
IN its recognition that il was the
hurting Of the Dawson tax laws into
the breach that saved the pies for
Palma. Had IL not been for the