The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-02-25
Yes, What is it all
About?
FAIRMoNT, Feb. Is.
The West virginian:

The West Virginian:
J Dear Editor:-l bin reading them
things some tough guy put on the
front page of the leading morning pa
per which is the biggest boost he could
give and believe me it's scream the
way he gets all balled up and don't
know nothing about adding flyers or
nothing and he says they expect to
prove they got the biggest circuslation
and they sure will have circus (some
joke heb Jim) doing it and 1t amt
gonna be proved because no one never
yet made 1900 outa $500 even saying
they did get some poor dummys to be.
lieve they was goin to come across
with the dope. But getting down to
cases, Jim, whats it all about hen.
First thing see was a big line bull
about the A B G's of newspaper cir.
cuslation spread all over a page in this
here leading morning paper and they
must a gotta mortgage on everything
from here to there to have the nerve
to claim the whole map like they come
pretty near dom. Accordin to what
they said the got all the carriers and
! mail carriers and maybe all the car.
lrier pigens too workin for them in
side and outside and before and after
Marion County which they may fool
some dubs into thinking but guess
the wise ones gonna make EN- come
clean with all that proof they is pre-
(, pared to prove. Layin all jokes aside
how long do you guess 1t will take to
prove that 1900 day thing they had
printed on the front page everyday
and which don't spell nothing after all
and maybe they got cold feet anyway
and was afraid they might have to
prove 1t cause 1t amt printed there
on the from page today no more like
1t used to be. Some one must Of asked
them to deliver the proof they bin
hollering about and they sneaked that
1900 thing outa sight so no one could
ask them about it no more.
| 1t gets my goat 10 read the stuff
there front page writer been casting
you're way and | don't see why you
keep quiet when you got regular
newspaper to back you up. Them A
B c fellers what you got counting your
papers is on the level and that's the
truth every place you SO and you cant
print no numbers on the first page
until after You delivered the goods.
But these guys up at the leading
morning paper can print $4,000 instead
Of 1900 on there front page II they
likes and they amt no way to prove II
unless they let a comitte stick around
there press room when they is print
ing the papers. Ill bet they amt crazy
to have no one watch the little ma
chine that counts the rapers cause
| 1t amt made to tell lies heb Jim.
Like / says what's it all about any
way Jim that they starts to hollerlr
there heads off about circuslatior
when you has always been kind enough
to give them credit for a bigger cir
cuslation outside OF the district where
lit don't count no how. / mean yol
aint wasting time to dispute there
claims to covering the moon and the
milky way where there amt no bust
ness for the Fairmont merchants no
how but you do have the goods on then
right here in Fairmont where every
speak. Are they grabbing because 70,
body gets there bread and butter so t
got all the local news and advertising
and because they amt got so much
The wise guy that wrote something
about the hurt dog being the first ont
to holler help was right heb Jim ant
we know who made the first holler II
z this circuslation matter and 1t WASH
you either heb Jim. Your friend,
H1CKY