The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1906-03-30
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Bantiist church, let his love OF sem
sat5ionalism lead him into deliver
in s 4 TRADE under the guise that he
was preaching a sermon he made :
s,,, Si This iinordinate desire for
notoriety has destroyed the useful e,
( q Sss { If many good ministers. Eyl-
IDENTIFY. the reverend has. been con-
sorting With the Glarksburg News
.elid1e. and noperson be hemin'S Sct
e & tlSe GospeIor just a plain. or
Sinery. dispelser of booze, who cares
S nj, ffor his good name can afford
q Sc caught IN such company
WHERE ARE THE GRAFrERs!
The senseless cry Of graft was
taken up BY The reverend, and with
come an preliminary fencing, was hurl,
"a al his audience. Does he not
know that this charge is absolutely
false? Does lie name a single nan
IL Clarksburg guilty Of accepting
Egrafft in any forn? We assert that
he Knows the charge to be grolu,a..
less. 1t can't be possible foTSa full-
grown man toliye in Clarksb',rg as
SIona as he has operated here, w1tAs:
Z att learning that these charges are
simply the malicious lies ofs Clique
& disappointed ofiice-seekers wts8
dare nothing for the city or tor ha1ls
no think otherwise would be sQ
wrong the intelligence Of the Doctor
II may not be great, but y is en-
titled to d little onsideration, g
The reverend said among other
.thinrs aItss q known fact tina.
he thing called graft abcunds, and
81 course the grafters who arc m
Are opposed to going out
are independent and courageous;
Step 1ip in front and tell .us Just
what grafters are in. Tellus the
name Of single person who has
receiiyed a single dollar of unclean
money called graft. Our city otti-
Gers are we'll known. DO you mean
d say that they are criminals on
stile other hand have you either the
courage or honesty to admit that
your love Of notoriety and the SEN en-.
sational has lead you little TOO lar :
WAS ALLEN IMPLICATED?
You charged also, that the city
had been defauded in its paving
contracts. These are not your
words, but they contain the sub
sisnce Of YOUR charge. would be
useless for vogto attempt a denial:
M. James 4. Allen, a member OF
vour congregation, was sitting ~
'front.' of YOU. He is a Democrat;
and does not vote in the city at
municipal elections. IT Is pretty
we'll known Mr. Allen and Mr. V1r-
he did the creator pnrt ct me Fna cs
inc within the city. In fact these
ssS,sp Gfn;sr 81 nincscnsieF II he
work Did son,rean TO c'lsrge r.
Allen with either giTipg or rssei =, :
sillr craft? Is Mr.. Allen q felon I
ATes YOU willing ia repeat sol:
charges and name Mr.. Allen as the
a criminaI Mr., virgie and every
:other man against whom graft is m !, 4
I siinuated is Just as free from snlis
AZ NE Allen. Don't you know
these facts? II not, what excuse
can YOU give rsuch deplorable lg-
sSorance? How do you spend your
ime2
HARRISBURG sLANDERED-
AgaiiI,, YOU said that Clarksburg
ssSlfeady had The unenyiable rapu-
Eation Of being the vilest and wick
edit city in the State. /" Let us adj
NIT chat insofar as you and your
Iate consort, the editor of the News,
hsSs been able to give a reputation
81 Clarksburg, that you have made
4 ceedingly vile. You have per-
siSIsnt played the part Of jonah
sent to cry against the God
eissad citS Of Nineyeh; and like
Ionnll your disposition may be
somewhat souTeds by the fact that
none az the dire calanities denounc-
eiIsby him befell the city Of the AS
s2FiSns Isn't ii about time you
should look up instead Of down.
That YOU should cease your ever
LASTING delying in the cutters after
Something unclean and try to find
,sSstKing good about Glarksburg
TEiss course may not bring you az
nbeh notofietys but the good You
.aiaht accompiis6 should be adsslf-
ielsnt Compe alton.
BEST CITY srHF q MON.
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