The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-06-30
GOV. MORGAN IN
STRONG APPEAL
UPH0LDS LAW
DECLARES CITizENRY WILL NOT
COUNTENANCE VIOLENCE
AND OUTLAWRY.
RENDERS TRIBUTE TO HERO

One hundred and fifty members Of
wildly applauded Governor +. +. Nor
gan when the chief Executive of West
Virginia, encircled by Union and Con-
federate veterans OF the civil war,
veterans of the war with Spain and
members of the club who participated
in the great World War, declared that
law and order must be supreme in
West Virginia and must be maintained
at any cost
IL was an impromptu address. The
governor was present at the weekly
luncheon OF the club sas a Spanish
American war veteran and guest of
honor, but the address he made was
one that thrilled his hearers who rose
to their feet and expressed their full
approval of the stand taken by the
Governor to stamp out lawlessness
and disorder.
The appearance OF the governor be-
fore the Rotary club followed the mes
sage that had come out OF Mingo
county that Private Charles NJ Rack
down by assassins while seeking to
effect the arrest Of a band OF armed
gunner at Nolan in the terrorized dis
trict. The murdered soldier, a vet
eran OF the world war, lived at Mar.
tinsburg
There is going TO Martinsburg to-
day said Governor Morgan the body
! tnybn H.,
ing to uphold the majesty of the law
who, clothed in the uniform of his
state and country, was worth more to
the peace, good order and citizenship
of the country than all the hellish
agitators in Mingo county.
The people of West Virginia do not
understand the situation as It exists
today, but, thank God, the awakening
is coming! In Mingo county, business
and professional men, men who served
their country in the great war. have
come to the realization that their
homes are not safe and are volun.
teering to stamp out lawlessness and
put down disorder.
Some weeks ago. before ! became
governor, I went with my predecessor
to county Of this State and saw a
mining community that had been de.
populated. where houses had been
perforated and riddled with bullets
fired from high-powered rifles by de.
mons in the hills. from behind trees
and stone walls. In one OF these
houses | saw where sheets OF steel OF
great thickness had been placed
around the wall TO protect the occu-
pant of a bed.
In another county Of this state.
trenches have been built, from which
assassinB and murderers fire into the
homes OF peaceful and contented citi.
zens We cannot permit these condl.
lions TO remain In West Virginia and
while II Is humniating to the good
citizens Of this state there are news.
papers here that countenance this
lawlessness and editors who encour.
age this violence.
The only question involved where
men seek to take life and destroy
property is the majesty OF the law
The great public may not be interest.
ed In local industrial struggle be
tween employers and employees. but Il
Is deadly interested In the preserve.
ton OF law and order and I promise
you that every resource of the great
state OF West Virginia VIII be utilized
In the suppression of crimes and dis
orders which have been perDetrated in
section terrorized by lawIess
element that will not engage In pro
ductive labor or permit others to live
In peace and contentment.
The only question involved in
Mingo county today is the mainten.
ance Of law and order. All other ques.
tons are subsidiary. West Virginia
cannot afford to permit armed bodies