West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1896-10-29

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your views to suit him, ne may do
you-a fav0rs consider the oLliga-
tons Of personal attachmen. Did
Junior Brown DO this ? Did he ask
you what your politics were. or how
you were going to vote before he
considered personal attachment ,"
Has he not invested freely IN all
enterprises That were likely 10 bene-
tit the farmers and laborers OF this
county. without waiting TO enquire
whether he wonld receive two dol
lars for one? Is he not the first
one you would think OF going to il
y0a were in financial trouble +? IL
is we'll known that when Director
of the Bank, his vote WIS always
recorded in favor of home invest
nents and always opposed invest
ments in the South and West. lie
has invested his Own private funds
IN the same manner. His real es-
tate is scattered all over this csun-
ty and adjoining eounties-not idle
coal and timber lands held for
speculative purposes, but farming
lands md stock farms, where
dozens Of men are employed and
scores Of mouths are fed and bodies
clothed, and all with bat little
profit these times. One of his as
sailants attempts to create q preiu-
dice among class by iHtImating
that he has large bank stocks.
Mark this: He does not derive
enough from his bank stock to paw
the taxes on his real estate-afl IN
West Virginia, mind you-not a
dollar outside the State.
And while Junior Brown has
been hnstling around from farm To-
farm in rain and storm directing
and assisting. the gentleman who
will consider his personal attach
ments" some other time, was rue
ticating among those horrid silver
mine owners in Colorado, or wan
dering among the guIches of Ari-
IONA, or basking in the sunlight Of
the Pacific slope.
Again, it is intimated that on ac-
count of Mr.. Brown having mort.
cages on many homes, he has been
| greedy and avariclous and has taken
advantage of the poor. Now, how
did he get those mortgages, and
what benefits does he derive from
them? Parties appealed to him
when in distress, and he did not
put them off with the remark,
"Why. indeed; why. | am very
sorry, indeed; too bad; too bad, but
really am not In condition to rem.
der anyone assistance now" but be
has al ways been ready to relieve the
distressed, open banded to all de-
| serving charities. In his generosity
he is to-day furnishing homes to-
widows and orphans and others
who have been unfortunate, and 10
doing so without exacting OF re-
ceIying one cent of rent. Homes
that had it not been for Junior
Brown would have gone into other
hands and the present occupants
dispossessed, and all this would
have been done and his assailants
would have folded their arms and
turned a deaf ear.
Go ask Mrs. +. NJ. Ford, the
widow OF his old friend, ex Sheriff
Ford. Go ask Mrs. Geo. Purcell,
the widow Of our former townsman.
Go ask Lloyd Lantz. Go ask that
widow of Valley district, who
saved her last COW. Go ask that
widow who saved her honIe, hum
bic though it be, and who failed to
get her deed through negligence OF
one of Browns assailants. Go ask
dozens of others who is helping
them these hard times. Go ask
hundreds of others to whom they
would go for help in time of need,
and II three-fourths do not say,
| Junior Brown, or if one twentieth
say MIR. Heermans, then on Bonded
knee we will beg Mr.. HIS pardon.
A man of the people in close touch
with all classes, and especially the
laboring classes, Junior Brown has
given more aid and comfort than
any other man in the county. He
has been situated so he could do it,
and he has done it ungrddgingly
and unselfishly, and SO far as he is
concerned, il would never be men
toned, and this article is written
without his knowledge and in his
absence, the writer determining not
to stand quietly by and hear men,
who arc not in touch with the la
boring classes at all, and who have
done nothing for them, attempt to
unjustly influence Juniors polIti-
Gal friends, as well IS those who
have been the recipients Of his
kindness, and through "personsl
attachment" avail themselves Of
this their FIRST opportunity to show
that they are neither unmindful or
ungrateful. JUSTICE.
Kingwood, w. Va, Oct. 2S, '96.
EX.sPBAKER CRISP DEAD.
ATLANTA, GA, Oct. 24.-Chss.
r. Crisp, the OK Speaker Of the
House OF Representatives, died
here yesterday afternoon. The end