The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-03-08

feeling of The people Feg ardle III
politics
yoars for the eitys Interests
a VOTER q
ANSWER TO anew ToWNERg
Editor West Nirgiaian:
K1CKER,s BLUFF, March 8. In re,
ply to an article published In the west
yirginian OF March 6. and signed New
ToRner, concerning our proposed
new corporation Of which he spoke
very extensively Of being a big tax
payer and owning q large amount Of
property, which We doubt very much,
If the gentleman pays as much tax
as any other common man in the Sixth
ward, what does he pay tax for? What
do we pay tax FORE For mud holes
no walk ways, no nothing. We, as
American citizens. should have the
benefit Of our money aud that Is what
we are atter now IN trying TO get %.
gether and incorporate and fx up the
old town: put the streets and side:
walks in good shape; put lights up
and show the people We mean busl.
ness and not foolishness. We propose
to use what money We have been pay.
ing out and throwing away for some
time as road tax 70 repair our own
streets in such a manner that people
when they see will be proud Of.
We are not surprised at the name
he gave our proposed new town. be.
cause he is q kicker. We have them
every place that would kick If they
owned the whole world they would
sim want a half acre on the outside
for potatoe patch. He mentioned
about three big stores and a feed mill
and said they would need a crema.
tory and a doctor. Stop, If the New
Towner had Just kept quiet a little
longer until we get our machinery in.
stalled we might have given him a
Job Of some kind such as the big
walking boss Of the crematory, or We
have another institution talked of In
the shape of pickle foundry, we
might have given him job blowing
warts OF of cow-cumbers or we might
have worked him in as prophet Of
some kind to have kept us posted on
when the next cyclone or hail storm
would be in the Sixth ward. but as be
has turned against US. 50 suddenly We
could hardly trust him to watch the
tools on our noon hour he talks as
though he owns oil Of "Kicker's Bluff"
but he does not own a little bit Of #
There are several people who live up
here in the proposed independent
Sixth ward and would say Just as
good people as there are in Marion
county, too, but from the name he
gave us he does not think so. We
think he had better get with some Of
the parties that are named for once
in, the new ward and see what ne
thinks Of the roads and II that does
not do he had better meet with the
committee of Good Roads. that meet
in a short THE, and learn thing or
two. ofcourse, II the gentleman who
signed himself New Towner" had
been named for mayor or street com.
missioner on Jacob street or police
man on State street or recorder. NO
doubt, he would change his tune. II
he will come out ike a man and apollo
gize, we may conclude to put him In
| line for president Of our ways and
means committee, SO he will be in bet.
ter shape to control the Sixth ward
later on, ard would just say that Il
the new proposed corporation does not
suit him we would recommend that
he go to some summer resort and 70;
main until his mind clears up and
then II he Is all right, we may install
him as our family physician to doctor
chronic klckers, which will. I think,
pay his corporation tax; and Il not,
we vii pay them for him. And now,
Mr.. New Towner, as you have signed
yourself as such. we are going to In
corporate the Sixth ward and don't
you forget It, and would Just remark
that II you have anything more to say
on the subject come again and we will
try and tell you q thing or two.
ONE OF THE SIXTH wARDERs OF
KcKERs BLUFF.