West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1904-01-21
THE ARGUS OBJECTS
And Files Protest Against the Hon
Sam Younger.

The Leader this week publishes
an article with the name of the
Honorable Sam Younger to it as
the special champion of the
colored folks of the town. The
article. as a matter of course, was
not written by the Hon. Sam,
but by some "white trash" who
has but little to do, when they
spend their time (three weeks)
getting up an attack on their
betters for worthless niger that
can't get credit for dollars
worth of goods at any store in
town.
The communication purports
to resent an article in this paper
of December 81, in which they
claim we reflected upon the
colored people of the town in an
account of their Christmas enter
tainnent at their school-house on
the hill.
We never thought of such a
thing, and no one with any sense,
who read the article, would so
construe it, but some ornery
hound, who had grudge at this
paper for exposing his neanness,
thought to take advantage of the
ignorance OF some of the colored
folks and make them believe we
had insulted them. The Hon.
Sam, nor none Of his tribe, ever
took the paper, and perhaps
couldn't read it if they did, and
just took some FOOLS word for it
that they had been insulted.
Their main grievance is that
we spoke of the colored babies
present, who were so badly scared
at Santa Claus, and called them
"pickaninnies."
Webster's Dictionary defines
pickaninny rs ga small child
especially a negro or mulatto
infant" and we used the word
properly and in a proper sense,
and there was nothing whatever
wrong in its use.
The Hon. SANS secretary
further says that we "came to
this entertainment without an
invitation from our people"
This is a lie, pure and simple,
and more simple than pure. We
had a cordial invitation from
three or four of the colored folks,
including member of the
Younger family, and we attended,
accompanied by two young ladies,
and behaved the best we knew
how and enjoyed the entertain
ment and gave it a big send off
in The Argus (the only paper
that took any notice of it), and
some of the fools hadn't sense
enough to appreciate it.
The Hon. Sam makes a bad
break when he talks about the
taxes paid by himself and the
colored folks. We have Just
made an examination of the tax
books at the Sheriffs Office, and
find that the Hon. Sam has not
paid any tax at all for years, and
his tax bills stand there against
him, all of them marked 90. To
(old tax). In fact, all the tax
bills of the colored folks are
marked that way except Rev.
Title, who is the only one
that has paid his tax. We paid
our tax soon as we could got the
receipt, as we always do, and we
find by our examination OF the
tax list, that we pay more tax
than all the niggers in the county
put together.
We have been specially good
to the colored folks, and esteem
some Of them.very highly. Gave
several oftbem Christmas presents
at the very time the Hon. Sam
says we we're insulting them.
Have printed bills for their
church festivals and entertain
ments time and again with
out charge, and we never
charged them over half price,
and, by the way, the Hon. Sam
himself owes for some church
printing that he beat us out of.
An article in last weeks Journal
gives Judge Holt quite send off
for denomination as Judge OF this
Circuit. The said communication
bears all the earmarks Of certain
person who has always fought Hon.
N. J. Fortney every time he was a
candidate for any Office. General.
" speaking Mr.. Forineys majority
has been larger and larger every
time he run for Office. About the
only time he ever lost out was in
the big fight for the Jhdgeship eight
years ago between himself and Judge
Hoke, when they both Withdrew in
the interest harmony and com
promised on Hon. John II. Holt Of
Grafton. Now IL seems that these
old enemies Of Forlney are trying to
head him off again, and still throw
the Judgcship to another county,
when this county might getit The
friends Of Mr.. Fortney very plainly
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