West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1909-12-30
TRAITORS.
Case OF Benedict Arnold with Local
Application.

application.
CRASEsvILLE, Dec. "a.
L notethat Mr.. WhetseIr spaper II sup
pose it il Mr.. Whetselps, though il talks
as il it belonged TO Mr.. J. A, Lenhsrt)
says in its issue Of last week that there
are traitors in Kingwood. 1 suppose it
refers to the patriotic people who do not
believe that the interests of the whole
county should be neglected for the inter-
ests OF n few people in Kingwood. II my
history comes to mind right / think that
Benedict Arnold sold out his country TO
a public enemy. For hat he deserves the
condemnation of all men. But this is n
different case, | think. Terra Alta is not
a public enemy. 1t is not an enemy Mt
all. 1t is a good town and is getting big
ger and better.
There are plenty Of patriotic people in
kingwood who are broad-minded enough
to want the county to have its courthouse
where it will be easy for all the count
people TO reach and where the new court
house can be erected at a large saving TO
all OF the taxpayers. Does any one blame
these good people for their broad view?
l for one cannot see that they ought 10
be blamed. / think they ought TO be APP
plauded. They are unselhsh enough for
the peoples good to want the courthouse
built for the benefit of all, and not for the
benefit of a selected few.
Now, / can see that the old courthouse
is right where it ought TO be-from Mr..
WhetselPs standpoint. / can see, further
more, that Mr.. Lenhart wantsit left there.
He has a store right across the street from.
it. l think Mr.. Jim Flynn also owns some
property right close the old courthouse.
No doubt Messrs. Whetsell, Lenhart, and
Flynn think that a man who would think
more OF the peoples interests than Of
Messrs. Whetsell, Lenhart. and Fynn's
Interests is a Benedict Arnold. / don't
think so, and / guess the people will not
think so.
Benedict Arnold was a bad man. Is a
citizen OF Preston county bad because he
wants to move the courthouse from King!
wood to Terra Alta? II so, then four
hfths of the men of the county are bad.
for four out of five favor Terra Alta for
Che new courthouse.
For a good many years Mr.. WhetselPs
Journal has cried ''traitor!" whenever il
wanted to down a man, and it has been
successful in some cases. But the old cry
OF traitor" like the cry of "wolfp" in
the story-book, will not work forever.
i know many good men who live much
closer to Kingwood than they do to Terra
Alta that favor relocating the courthouse.
That is their privilege as voters. Ought 1
to shout 'traitorl" at them because they
think building at Terra Alta is a good
business move for the county,
The people will vote on this courthouse
affair as they see fit and proper, and they
ought to do so.
1t you are looking for a real traitor I
think can show you something that very
closely resembles one. Take the map
published last week by the Journal and
look at the Maryland state line. You
will see that the Journal gives to Mary.
land more than Maryland claims. Mary
land only claims to the Lieut.. Michler
line, which begins at the Fairfax stone
planted more than a century ago, and
runs from a point there to the width of
about three-quarters Of at the Penn
sylvania line, thirty-six miles away. But
the Journal gives Maryland a strip Off
Preston county about a mile and a half
wide clear up and down the county. So
take 1t that the Journal is with Mary
land heart and soul in this old state line
controversy. The line the Journal shows
is one made by Surveyor Brown. Of Oak
land. Even Maryland does not take any
stock in that line. Attorney General Con-
ley does not, Lawyer Price does not. No
body takes any stock in that line but
Brown and Whetsell.
Now, where is your traitor2 Does the
Journal want to ''sell ont 10 Maryland q
piece Of our dear old Preston county in
order to try 10 keep the courthouse where
It will be handy for Messrs. Flynn. len
hart, and Whetsell? II that be the Jour
NAILS stand, which il is according 10 the
map Of the county which the Journal
printed, the, IL looks az IL Benedict Ar.
mold has a real descendant in Kingwood.
! call upon the Journal 10 commit itself
on the state line case. Does the Journal
go against It's wi state and its own
county for Maryland n 80, IL Isl traitor.
II It does not, then let IL apologize to the
people It has sought 10 injurc by the pub
lication Of that false map.
We Of GAINESVILLE know well enough
that we are not in Maryland and We do
not thank the Journal for trying 10 put
as there. Let the Journal say where IL
stands. II IL stands against liz " peo-
pie II IL a traitor and lis map proves con-
clusively that Il is for Maryland and not
for Preston county and West Virginia. In
other words, the Journal IL for the Jour.
nal, and il does not care one n for
the taxpayers and people Of this county.
If that is not treason, moral treason. ia
like 10 know what IL.
A CRAEEsvTLLE WET VRsrvrsy.
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