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ADVERTISING IN THE McDOWELL TIMES. IT'S A PAYING INVESTMENT. VOLUME 15. A SOCIAL GATHERING Kimball Administration Club Entertains in Honor of ROBINSON AND HITE LADY SUPPORTERS Able Addresses Delivered to Large Audience—Robinson Enthusi- asm Increasing. Kimball, W. Va., March 21....(Special to the Times.) That the enthusiasm of Judas Ira E. Robinson that has been so manifest once early in the campaign in increasing d. by day and gaining new recruits each moment, was shown at Kimball last Friday night when the members of the Administration Republican Club invited their lady friends to spend an evening with them in their hall at the corner of Riverside and Railroad avenues. The occasion was one that will be long remembered in the politico-social annuals of this beautiful little mountains in city because of the intense earnestness that characterized every individual present at the meeting. It is quite easy to say that there was not a man or woman in the vast assemblage who was not keyed up to the highest pitch, and yet there was seen in each countenance that grim determination which characterizes people who mean to win. There has never been a campaign in this state in which there has been more commitment on the part of Negro men and women than in this. The explanation of this is very simple. The Negro men of this state, or at least a very great majority of them, work at occupations that are hazardous. These people were, until the enactment of the woehman's compensation law, at the mercy of the "old fellow servant" law under which, only in rare cases could receive compensation. Governor H. D. Hastfield, regardless of what Abel Lilly may say on the stump or in his platform, was the pioneer in the advocacy of a woman's compensation law. He ever went to Charleston during the session of the Legislature of 1913 and unselfishly worked with Governor Glascock for the enactment of laws in conformity to the pronunciature of the Huntington convention of 1912 which convention embodied in the platform of the Republican party of this state practically every promise made by Hastfield in the personal platform submitted to the Republican voters of the state. This law has been a Godsend to those of us who work in the mines for our daily bread, and any man or set of men who was identified with the men in the state senate of 1915 or lobbies, who, in season and out of season, tried to thwart the will of the people, is looked upon as an enemy to the working people of this state. Mr. Lilly cannot explain his alliance with these people in a satisfactory manner to the voters and for that reason they are grimly determined to support Judge Robinson. In the vast assemblage were men who are receiving benefits under the compensation law, widows and orphans into whose lives has been brought sunshine by this beneficent law. These were object lessons that served to make more bitter the feeling against the opposition. Able addresses were delivered by Hon. M. T. Whistico and Prof. W. W. Sanders after which a regular old time revival took place wherein many persons voluntarily came to the anxious seat of true Republicanism begging to be given a chance to confess their sins in having strayed off after Lilly idolatry, and asking to be allowed to enlist themselves in the cause of the common people of West Virginia by being numbered among the Robinson and Administration forces. These men's political sins were blotted out and their names were enrolled among the faithful. Ice cream, cake and pop were served to all present, after which each went his way pondering in his heart the things heard and seen at this great meeting. LEWANKA, BLACK STATESMAN Native African Ruler Civilized and Modernized His Realm-Abolished Superstitition and Serfdom-Boston Herald Declares White and Colored Human Have Got to Live Together and Should Do So With Equal Rights. From Paricles the Wise to Albert the Good, the white race has never failed to make its distinguished man. Why The Mr Dowell Times. should it not single out for honor now and then the black who, under conditions far less auspices, have also helped to make straight the ways of civilization? In any fair summing up of their contribution to human progress Lewanika is certainly deserving of a conspicuous place. Here was an African who, up to the time of his death the other day, ruled over a territory at least as big as modern Germany. He obtained it in a native fashion by fighting, but he left it in native fashion by fighting, but he redeemed and modernized. Witch burning had been an every day occurrence in Barotseland. Lewanika put the superstition under ban and took the "sorcerer" under his protection. Serfdom had been universal in his dominion. The King established the principle that man should not hold property in man, and his decree gave freedom to nearly 30,000 slaves. He instituted trial courts where only feud and private vengeance had been; he insisted on temperance and proclaimed religious freedom. He began the education of his people, and it is owing to his initiative that a system of technical schools is now being proferred for Barotseland. The fact that in his later years Lewanika worked under the stimulus of Anglo-Saxon officials and French missionaries show what black men do in a favorable human environment. RACE SEGREGATION A MENANCE One lesson left to us by the royal reformer who thus rescued his people from unmitigated barbarism into their "golden age" is a lesson we very much need in these days of prescription, race exclusion and race segregation We face today, along with increased insistence on nationality, a deeper sense of the division between men of one color and men of another. Yet if anthropologists like Boars are to be trusted, this kind of race antagonism is mainly directed, not against real differences of human capacity and adaptability, but merely against the hue and features of those of our fellowmen who do not happen to have had the same race experiences and the same chances in the world as ourselves. GOT TO LIVE TOGETHER The fact that 25,000 years ago, according to Keith and Osborn, a race of "physical and probably intellectual giants" flourished in Europe should throw some light on our theories as to what may come out of the African and Asiatic continents in this twentieth century. Somehow, somewhere, the Colored and the white populations of the earth have got to live together on this planet. It is the part of statesmanship as well as of humanity to see to it that, by wise application of the give-and-take spirit, these conflicting elements shall be harmonized for peaceful co-operation in the work of the world. (BY S. B. MOON.) The people are so accustomed to the professional reluctance and the mock modesty of the perennial office seeker, that the adamantine retusal of Mr. H. N. Evacenson to become a candidate for the state senate from the Sixth Senatorial District, composed of the counties of McDowell, Mingo, Wayne and Wyoming, on account of the pressing claims of his business and professional engagements—though the demand for his candidacy was practically unanimous, with no opposition in prospect except the Democratic party's feeble protest at the general election—made the public's disappointment doubly poignant, and for a while apathy prevailed as to other available Republicans for the state senate, the necessities of whose affairs were not too coercing to permit them to yield to the lure of the political arena. The two men now most prominently mentioned to succeed Senator Strother, (neither of whom is, so far as we know, a subscriber to the "Lilly echism" designed to destroy the Republican party of this state and slave-shackle the common people thereof), we are given our choice between the mellow wisdom of old age in the one case, and the ripe vigor and high grade efficiency of mature young manhood in the other—the former. Editor Swope, is so well known that we cannot by any trick of our quill make "news" out of him, but the latter, Attorney Joseph M. Crockett, has had a career of such meteoric brilliance that the public cannot be full of curiosity as to "whence he came and whither he goeth." Born about thirty years ago in Wythe county, Virginia—a county that has produced some of the stunnest of Republicans even under the abhorrent Democratic oligarchy that has maintained a strangle-hold on old Virginia since 1885—Mr. Crockett has had a career brimming with successes achieved by a combination in himself of native ability and cultivated graces such as celdon pitch camp together in the same individual. We must confess to having had no LEYSTONE, WEST VIRGINIA, FRIDAY, MARCH 24, 1916 FARE THEE! more lauded inative in "looking up" Mr. Crockett than a prying curiosity---a curiosity that was tinged with a suspicious cynicism on account of the (to me) inexplicable personal interest and effort displayed and put forth by him for clean living in connection with two recent criminal prosecutions in this county, wherein the moral welfare of a race other than his own was involved; but when we found out that he had been trained to be a Presbyterian minister (our own "faith and order") suspicion and cynicism vanished, and our further inquiries were prompted by a desire for cumulative evidence of the genuineness of our surprising and pleasing discovery---we were not disappointed. With the information in our possession that Atty. Crockett had received a high class scholastic and professional education at Hamden-Sidney and Emery-Henry colleges, and at the law schools of Washington & Lee and West Virginia universities, it was no longer a matter of mystery to us that he should have been so successful in his practice of law during his six years residence in West Virginia, nor that Judge Ketler should have been so impressed by the capacity, poise and apparent probity of Mr. Crockett that he appointed him U. S Commissioner in 1913, the duties of which office he is yet faithfully and inpartially discharging. The forensic talent of Mr. Crockett has been the subject of wide comment among those who have heard him at the bar or upon the hustings—a talent that won for him the orator's and writer's medals in a contest in which eight men's colleges were engaged in his school days. If the Republican of the Sixth Senatorial District should nominate Mr. Crockett (and we are informed that he will come to the borders of McDwell with three thousand and majority) his platform ability could be utilized by the Republican party to great advantage in the approaching strenuous contest with the Democratic hosts, who will fight valiantly for every office from president to constable under the directions of their "Grand Marshal," the satute and versatile Democrat, who now make his home in the White House—Woodrow Wilson. Mrs. Witcher Entertains The beautiful home of Mrs. Catherine Witcher was open Sunday to a few friends who spent the time pleasantly with music and chit chat until the ring for dinner, and we were ushered into the lovely dining room and sat down to (Continued on Page 4.) IS THE SOUTHERN NEGRO TO BE DRIVEN OUT OF POLITICS The tameness and dumb submission of the Southern Negro to Democratic disfranchisement has caused his white Republican friends to play the same game of political disfranchisement within the Republican party. The cutting down of Southern representation in the Republican National Convention was primarily intended to reduce Negro representation. And notwithstanding the nullification of the "Grand Father Clause" by the Supreme Court of the United States, this has not stopped the white Republicans of the South from attempting to carry "bily white" delegations to the Chicago convention. There is no need to mince matters, if the Negroes of the South do not stand up for themselves, contend for themselves and protest for themselves, they are going to be driven out of all participation in the National conventions of the Republican party. The Negroes of West Virginia, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Tennessee and Kentucky should be represented at Chicago, or make a protest so loud that it will be heard from New York to San Francisco, and from Maine to Texas. If the Negro does not kill off "lily whiteism," it will most certainly kill off him. This is no time for timidity, no time for anything, save a manly stand for Negro rights and privileges, and the Negro himself must take that stand for himself. Let the Negro but give way in this coming convention, let him but take this step backward, and the "lily white" progaganda will become a fixed fact Therefore let us fight "illy whiteman" with every power in me. Let us meet in Chicago, on Monday and Tuesday before the opening of the National Convention, and unify the protests that may come from the South, and whip them into such shape, and place them in such hands, that they will be heard and acted upon by the Republican party in National Convention assembled. If the Negro Press of the United States has any power it should be used at this time, to prevent the elimination of the Negro from the Republican party.—Ex. Read the announcements of candidates as they appear in each issue of the McDonald Tapes. MR. J. M. ELLIS SENDS ABE'S MANAGER A HUMMER In the strongest letter it has ever been our pleasure to read Hon. J. M. Ellis of Oak Hill, Fayette county, tells former Congressman Jim Hughes why he cannot support A. A. Lilly for the Republican nomination for governor. Mr. Ellis served three terms in the House of Delegates of West Virginia, is one of the leaders in this state especially in Fayette county and is President of the Negro Bar Association of West Virginia. The letter follows: Oak Hill, W. Va. March 13th, 1916. Recently some of my friends took me in to see you in the interest of A. A. Lilly's campaign. You will remember I told you that things were moved in Fayette county as to the two candidates; also that I said to you I believed in making a campaign on the movies of the man that I represented and not the demiaries of the other candidates, and you came to me. I find that the Lilly campaign is being made upon the demisera of Judge Robinson and the Republican administration. This kind of a campaign I will not indulge in for the reason that I feel that I am in part—small as it may be—responsible for this administration, and for the further reason that the man of whom I speak of may be the nominee and I, as a Republican, will have to come back and publicly retract some of the things that I have said in the primary, which would be very embarrassing, and in the meantime give the common enemy, the Democrats, a club to flog me, and thus put me on the defensive rather than the aggressive fight. In the general election I want to be able to give the voters the same reason for the supporting the nominee of my party as I did in the primary without retreating a single inch and with the right to be heard in every hamlet within the confines of the state of West Virginia. I find that I cannot do this, should Judge Robinson be nominated, if I follow the Lilly campaign as it is being waged in this and adjoining counties, and for this reason that may be stated hereinafter I cannot espouse the Lilly campaign. Permit me to say just here that a man for political office is judged by the deeds done and not by what he declares in a platform or what he says he would have done if given a chance or had he been placed in the same position as his opponent. I was a member of the Legislature of 1903, of which F P. Morts was Speaker of the House. At the closing hours of the Legislature when the appropriation bill was under consideration, Democratic members undertook to talk the measure to death. Mr. Wetzel, of Jefferson county, was the leader of the attack. I, as a member of that body, remembering the rule that had been adopted in the early part of the session, called attention to the rule and raised a point of order on the same. The Speaker recognized the point as well taken and the object—to talk the measure to death—was defeated. I was bitterly assailed for exercising my rights as a member of the House. The measure was adopted. On the next day, upon the floor of the Senate, Senator Campbell, Democratic Senator from Jefferson county, bitterly assailed me individually, the Negro race collectively and the Republican party generally of the state of West Virginia and cape jally of Fayette county, for the presence of a Negro in the Legislature with authority to call a point of order. Judge Robinson was then a member of the Senate body, with no thought of becoming a judge of the Supreme Court of West Virginia and not even an embryonic idea of becoming a candidate for the governorship of West Virginia; but solely for the purpose of discharging his duty as a senator toward the citizens of the state, whose motto is "Mountainous are always free," whether they be white or black, white or poor, sometimes or not. ployee; and without any favor or hope of reward in the future, but simply striving to do his whole duty, as his record will show that he has always done as a public officer toward the citizenry of the state of West Virginia, whether that citizenry be Republican or Democratic, Socialist or Prohibition, white or black, arose and defended me individually. He defended my race collectively and the Republican party constitutionally, generally and morally. For this act of kindness I feel that I would be ungrateful to him individually, the race which I represent would be ungrateful to him collectively, that the Republican party would be unmindful of the true worth and value of an ardent defender, should we desert him now when he has done so well and loyalty merited our support and confidence. After giving the matter in this and adjoining counties careful consideration, I find there are other matters affecting my people in which I am informed that Mr. Lily did not play a true friend to my race, and which I would not discuss here. After giving Judge Robinson's public and private career careful consideration and seeing that he justly merits the nomination for governor, believing that the best interest of the party will be conserved, and believing from his record that all classes, all creeds, all interests and the general welfare of the state of West Virginia will find in Judge Robinson a true man, a staunch Republican and a native son of West Virginia of whom we may all, Republican, Democrat, Socialist, Prohibition, Progressives and Fusionists, the laborer and the operator and every citizen, white or black, domestic or foreign, justly feel proud. I cannot concientiously oppose his nomination and election. It is not for the reason that I love Mr. Lilly less, but that I love myself, my race and my party more, that I have after careful consideration and investigation, as you gave me the privilege to do come to this conclusion. I have looked over the situation in the field and I am of the opinion that Judge Robinson, of a right, will carry Fayette county and every county where merit for loyalty should win. Hoping that our personal friendship may continue and enjoying you that I will be for the nominee, whoever he may be, and hoping that I may have the continued respect of those who may oppose me in this my conscientious stand, I am HON. M. P. SHAWKEY COMMENDED--HIS RECORD DEFENDED HON. M. P. SHAWKEY COMMENDED--HIS RECORD DEFENDED The following letter sent to the Bluefield Telegraph sent the Murray announcement and an editorial comment in the Telegraph in which a vicious attack was made upon Mr. Shawkey, will meet with the hearty approval of practically every Negro voter in the state. "I noticed in the columns of your paper on March 14 a short editorial touching on the record of Superintendent M. P. Shawkey. I want to state at the outset, that I am somewhat surprised at the appearance of any such statements. I had thought of you as being more charitable and fair in your conclusions. I do not know what motive prompted you to make the assertion: "He will be lucky if he is not running from his record before it is over." Anyone who has kept posted and has watched the development of our schools during the past few years certainly is not justified in saying anything against Mr. Shawkey's record as a school man. He has not only won the highest possible recognition in our own state, but is recognized as one of the leading educators of our nation. If not, why should he have been honored by being president of the National Department of Superintendents which met in Detroit only a few weeks ago. I notice that Mr. Murray asserts that he spends too much of his time out of the state attending educational gatherings, etc. It is a bad idea to attend national and other state meetings? If so, why did the heads of several railroads leave their poste of duty and come down to study the electrical system of the Norfolk and Western? Why did Mr. Shaffer, Secretary of the chamber of commerce in your city, recently attend the national meeting of that body? If co-operation is a bad thing, why do we advocate it in every line of business today? The school people of West Virginia believe in consistency, fair treatment, less knocking and honest officials who seek office for the good of the state and not for individual or selfish motives. They do not approve of knocking our state school system, unless there is some truth in the accusations. It is easy to find fault with anything. Mr. Murray finds fault with Mr. Shawkey, but so far as I have seen, he has not offered any solution to the many "imaginary" situations that have grown up. Has Mr. Murray stated to the people in his announcement that he, himself, is a member of the state board of education and has been for the past few years helping to mould the general course of the state schools? No. He did not mention that fact. Have we heard of any big row that he has caused over not liking any of the policies of the State board? This is a peculiar time to find fault. You state that Mr. Shawkey has not denied the charges which Mr. Murray has brought against his administration. While I deem it unnecessary for him to make any denial, he has nevertheless answered it with these words: "I need hardly tell you that the statement misrepresents the facts and is both unfair and unjust. I want to state that my records if stewardship are open to investigation by any citizen of the state." I wish to state, in conclusion, that I want to Pbe fair to both Murray and Shawkey. I feel certain that the school people do not want to knock Mr. Murray unjustly when they condemn his manner of entry into the race for superintendent of schools, yet it appears to be plainly evident that they believe his attack unwarranted, unfair and unwise. If you see cause to print this in your columns, I shall be glad because it expresses my sentiments partially, as I feel it does many other teachers. Rock, March 16, 1916. Letter to the Editor Royal, West Virginia, March 20, 1916. Mr. M. T. Whittico. I appreciate the invitation to be present at your political conference in the interest of the candidacy of Judge Ira E. Robinson for governor of West Virginia. But the letter was not forwarded in time for me to accept, you having sent it to Red Star. In regard to the issue of the times, no one can possibly be happier than I at the prospective return of the good old Republican times. I am certainly in favor of Judge Robinson's candidacy for governor and everybody with whom I come in contact is of the same opinion and enthusiastic Robinsonians. And we would all be glad to have Governor H. D. Hattfield in the U. S. Senate. If every black man and black woman will rally around the standard raised by The McDowell Times, a Republican victory will be assured next November. Yours for Republican victory, M. A. W. THOMPSON. IMPORTANT CONFERENCE Robinson Leaders As- semble; Headquar- ters Too Small A conference of a few of the county leaders on the Robinson side was announced for Saturday night of last week but at 8:30 the crowd of adherents of the Grafton jurist had assumed such proportions that the spacious rooms of the Republican headquarters in the Payne Building at Welch was over crowded to such an extent that what was supposed to be a private conference was turned into a great rally in the court house. The meeting was called to order by Hon. W. Burbridge Payne, who called Hon. W. J. McClaren to the chair and T. Edward Hill to act as secretary. The question of a campaign committee, to prosecute the campaign in McDowell county in the interest of Hon. W. F. Hite, Republican candidate for United States Senator, Judge Ira E. Robinson, Republican candidate for Governor, and county candidates. Upon a motion which was unanimously adopted the following named gentle men were chosen: Adkin District—H. T. Graham Browns Greek Dist.—W. J. McClaren. Elkhorn District—William Saddler. Northfork District—Dr. A. S. Adams. Sandy River District—D. C. Payne. While the committee was organizing the crowd called upon Prof. W. W. Sanders, state supervisor of colored schools, for a speech. Prof. Sanders reviewed the work of the present administration, praised Governor Hatfield for having carried out every promise made the people in the Huntington platform of 1912 and the Charleston platform of 1914. He stated that if the Governor had not lived up to the motto: "Unbossed, Unbought, Unafraid" his administration would not be opposed as it is. He paid a beautiful tribute to Governor Hatfield, urged the endorsement of his administration by the nomination of Judge Robinson. The mention of the name of the Gratton jurist provoked loud and prolonged applause. LARGEST CIRCULATION OF ANY WEEKLY IN THE STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA. NUMBER 3 THE ISSUE DISCUSSED The Facts to be Weighed Put Before the People "COME AND LET US REASON TOGETHER" The Negroes Urged to Vote For the Man Who Will Safeguard Their Every Rights. A large number of Negroes who wish to support the right man for the gubernatorial nomination, are at a loss whom they should support. We wish to put the facts squarely before them so that they can not possibly misunderstand the issue. To begin with, it is a fact that the leading Democratic papers are supporting Mr. Lilly. Why is this? There can be only one answer to this question. The Democrats believe that if Mr. Lilly is nominated, they can easily defeat him in the general election. Let us consider what would happen to us in the event they secured control of our state government. We would be disfranchised; we would be jim-crowed, segregated. In the next place we would lose our college department at the West Virginia Collegiate Institute, and the next thing to be abolished would be our District High Schools. A little latter, they would proceed to apportion the taxes and only the taxes paid by Negroes would be devoted to Negro education. We would loose the State Librarian, the Supervisor of colored schools, and we need not be surprised if they placed a white man at the head of the Colored Orphans Home. We are aware that some of the smart alec Negroes supporting Mr. Lilly, will attempt to deny this. They will point to the fact that the last Democratic legislature did not do this. True enough they did not pass these measures, but they tried heard enough to do so, and the only thing that kept them from doing so was, not that they did not want to, but, that the time was not auspicious. WHAT THE DEMOCRATS HAVE SIDES OF US. It is said that "revolutions never go backwards;" neither do Democratic legislatures. In Virginia, we have been disbanded, jim crowed and aggregated. They abolished the college department at the V. N. C. and L., and the curriculum of all the High Schools for Negroes has been reduced. In Kentucky, we have been jim-crowed and in many other respects deprived of our civil and political rights. In fact, ever since these unconstitutional and illegal acts started in the South, they have been spread with alarming rapidity. The time is now ripe for the introduction of these diabolical measures in this state, and if the Democratic party is ever nucky enough to get control of the state government, "it is all night Isam with us." SUPPOSE MR. LILLY IS ELECTED. Mr Lilly lays more stress in his platform on retrenchment than he does on anything else. We don't have to guess his position on this subject, because he tells us distinctly just what he proposes to do. There are a good many white people in this state, as elsewhere, who do not believe in higher education for the Negro. If Mr. Lilly is elected, the first thing that he will recommend will be the abolition of the college department at Institute. He will next proceed to cut Negro representation in state government. The situation is bad either way. If the "demmies" win, we loose; if Mr. Lilly is elected, we will loose a good many advantages we now enjoy. Mr. Negro, are you going to vote for yourself, your wife and your babies, or are you going to vote for those who will humiliate you, your wife and babies? In this connection, we are reminded of the gentleman in New Jersey who advertise I for a coachman. The first fellow to apply was an Englishman. The proprietor had a very large estate and at one point the road ran along the edge of a very high cliff. Taking the Englishman out to this point, he asked him how close could he drive to the cliff without falling over. He replied that he could drive within two feet of it. He was informed that he did not suit. The next fellow was a wiry little Irishman whose At the close of Prof. Sanders' speech the Committee reported that it had organized by electing Mr. W. Burbridge Payne chairman and T. Edward Hill secretary. The meeting adjourned subject to the call of the chairman of the campaign committee. MEMBER NATIONAL NEGRO PRESS ASSOCIATION WHITTICO & HILL PUBLISHERS & PROPRIETORS. M. T. WHITTICO, Editor. T. EDWARD HILL, Business Mgr. Articles or more than ten lines will be charged 10 cents per line. Published every Friday in the interest of the Negro Race--His Civil and Political Rights. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. 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We publish below a part of a letter from a wholesale dealer received some time ago: "Since our notice of advances in prices under date of February 3, 1916, quotations from mills have again advanced. We are compelled to withdraw all previous orders and until further notice will accept all orders on basis of LIST PRIORE PLUS 20 per cent. On newspaper there is an advance of 100 on 100 pounds. "From reliable sources of information, we are led to believe that our country is facing a paper famine, due to inability to secure raw materials and ingredients necessary in the manufacture of paper, and relief within the next few months is very remote. To say the least, the situation is serious." LILLY SHOULD WITHDRAW In another column of this issue we publish a letter from Hon. J. M. Ellis of Oak Hill, Fayette co. member of the Legislature for three terms, one of the ablest lawyears of the state and president of the Negro Bar Association of West Virginia, to Hon. James E. Hughes, Lilly's campaign manager. The letter of Mr. Ellis is typical of the man—strong, forceful and pointed; it knocks the last leg out of the candidacy of Cousin Abe and causes what was once in the dim past a fairly well developed boom to fall as flat as a flounder. Mr. Ellis is by no means the only man who has become disgusted at this kind of campaign the general and his henchmen are making and are turning to the support of the able jurist of Grafton. The last chance of Mr. Lilly carrying Fayette county igone and if he is wise he will withdraw as a candidate for governor or else he will be butchered to such extent that his political career will be forever at an end because there is absolutely no chance for him to carry more than ten counties in the state and they are among the smallest DR. DANIELS IN THE RACE FOR SHERIFF In this issue appears the announcement of Dr. S. A. Daniel, candidate for sheriff of McDowell county subject to the Republican primary of June 6th, 1916. Dr. Daniels is a man who needs no introduction. He has been a Republican all his life. He has done more than any other man in the county, perhaps, to place Welch in the forefront of progression. He has the reputation of being a man who will deal with you on the square. His introduction in the race for sheriff is accompanied by the solicitation and wishes of a large number of voters, tax payers and political leaders. We welcome you in the race. Several follows who attended the diminutive Lilly meeting at Kimball last Saturday night left in disgust swearing that from this time on they will be with Babbage. The inborn sense of pride, respect for ones family and appreciation for those who have done things for the general uplift of the people as Hatfield's administration has done and is doing to the laboring class as well as the rich in this state is asserting itself in a way that is putting to flight the Lilly forces like rats from a burning building. Why, they can't look you in the face straight. They tell you, "Well boys my heart is with you Robinson and Administration forces but we are just hanging on for a little while longer to see what is going to 'drop.'" Shame on such cringing political cowards If you have personal feeling against your neighbors you had better settle those differences outside of politics. Republican leaders ought to lay aside much of this ingendered feeling, arising out of official disappointment and get together for political strength and harmony. The Democrata are making a shrewd campaign and hope, by their efforts, to help the disgruntled Republicans nominate Attorney General Lilly because he is the weaker of the two Republican candidates and it make almost certain for them to carry the state this fall. But Mr. Lilly cannot win. Have you spoken a good word for your city and those whom you elected to manage the public affairs of the town? Have you decided to stop being a malicious knocker? Why not change your mind from knocking and become a grateful booster? If you Democratic gentlemen want Lilly nominated so badly why in the d—I don't you put him on your ticket? MEETING AT COALWOOD 一 The Coalwood Republican Club met Tuesday night and a large number of the members turned out. Isaac Noel and T. Edward Hill had been invited to be present and were on hand early in the evening and visited a large number of the people's homes. Mr. Charlie Dalton, president of the club, presided. Speeches were made by Isaac Noel, T. Edward Hill, Rev. W. A. Pittard, Wade Brown, George Anderson, all of whom praised the administration of Governor Hatfield and urged the support of Judge Robinson. There were many ladies present and they were more enthusiastic than the men. The administrations of Hatfield and Judge Robinson were unanimously endorsed by a standing vote. F. M. Stewart Passes Through Keystone Mr. F. M. Stewart, of Welch, one of the best known deputy sheriffs in this county, a native born West Virginian, a life-long Republican and a man who has been in McDowell county for the past 22 years, passed through the city of Keystone this week. For several years he served successfully as U. S. Deputy Marshal. He wears a suit all the time for his friends. He has few if any enemies and his genial disposition as well as his constant loyalty to the Republican party in all of its dealings and in all of its fights against the common enemy—the Democratic party—makes him worthy of the voter's consideration for the office which we understand he is likely to become a candidate. At present Mr. Stewart is no one man's candidate and as we have heard, he has not as yet made it known that he will be on either side of the present unpleasant political controversy about to bebrought about by what we call a straight line-up in old McDowell. The boys all like Mr. Stewart and think he has a big heart in him Mr. J. R Calloway, of Bluefield, one of Mercer county's substantial citizens and a strong Robinson man was in Keystone Monday. JUDGE ROBINSON IS IDEAL CAMPAIGNER Has Rare Faculty of Winning Confidence of the People Charleston, W. Va. (Special.)—Judge Ira E. Robinson, candidate for the Republican nomination for governor, knows more about West Virginia and its people than any man in the state, according to his friends. He has been in every county in the state, with two exceptions, Collohoun and Wyoming. He will invade both of these bailiwickes within the few weeks and when he has completed the trip he will have the distinction of being the only man in West Virginia who has visited every county in the state. It is said, too, that there is scarcely a county seat in the state in which there are not at least a half dozen men with whom the Judge is on familiar terms. "Speaking of campaigners," a well known politician remarked recently: "The Judge is in a class all by himself. He has a rare faculty for meeting people and winning their affection as well as their confidence. He is not the back-slapping, gushing kind of campaigner that enthuses over people during the campaign and then shuts himself up in a hard shell case for four years. On the stump he is the same plain, approachable gentleman his friends have always known him to be. "I have seen him out in the mining camps mingling with the coal diggers whose horny hands were black with coal dust and calloused from swinging a pick and shovel; I have seen him in the shops talking to the men in overalls, and in the highest stratas of social, commercial, industrial and economic society, conferring with the man at the mahogany desk. In every instance I have always found him the same. "His simple, direct manner of meeting people and his obvious sincerity inspire confidence and command respect." Hot Shots From the Political Cannon. Hot Shots From the Political Cannon. McDowell County is obessed with a bunch of political parvenues who seem to think that they are the people and that wisdom will die with them. Gen. Lilly to his mule: "Get up, you little fool, what are you stopping here for? Don't you know that this is a Robinson trough?" The next United States Senator from West Virginia will not be named White, but Hire. Uncle Sam may consider Mexico only a little bumble bee, but even one of these pesky little varnits makes a big man take to his heels sometimes. In this county, the Attorney General is waging his very inept campaign on ham sanwiches and coffee, and even this usually irresistible appeal to the inner man is going begging this time. We cant believe that the people of this state will ever be tricked into nominating the non-efficient, inefficient, inefficient, Mr. Lilly. Has anybody seen our uncle "Abe?" Mr. Lilly is not noted for scholarship, statesmanship or stand-pat-ship. An English woman 103 years old, says she has never married, smoked, drank or used snuff. We wonder what did she live for anyway? What is the secret vincimul between Mr. Lilly and the Democratic party? Biggest and Best Justice in the State The name of Squire Samuel Crider of Kimball, is a synonym for justice. For 20 years he has easily succeeded himself. The people have confidence in him as they have in no other man. He is an exception among men. He is an all round man. No man today, whether white or black, has a more complete record for fair dealing and the fulfillment of his oath by promise than Squire Samuel Crider. He is the unbeaten and unstable Justice of the Peace. Take the state over, and despite his color, qualification or any other prejudiced exception, he stands out preeminently as one of the fairest, truest and most substantial Justices of the peace that ever sat upon the bench in West Virginia. He will be the next colored Justice and there is no earthly power that can defeat him. Because the whole people want him. Catarrhal Deafness Cannot Be Cured by local applications, as they cannot reach the diseased portion of the ear. There is only one way that the ear that is by a constitutional remedy, Catarrhal Deafness is caused by an inflamed condition of the ear tube. While this tube infiltrated you have a rumbling sound or clogged tube. This condition, hearing will be destroyed forever. Deafness is the result. Unless the inflammation can be reduced and this tube is inflated, the condition, hearing will be destroyed forever. Deafness are caused by catarr, which is caused by facea. Halle's Catarrh Cure sets thru the blood on the mucous surfaces of the system. We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case of Catarrhal Deafness that cannot be treated with Halle's Cure. Chewing food. All Digestive Drops. 750. P. J. CHENEY & CO. Taino, O. [Portrait of a man with a white beard and a black suit, holding a book]. DR. S. A. DANIELS Whose announcement ap candidate for the Republi iff of McDowell County. Whose announcement appears in this paper, is a candidate for the Republican nomination for Sheriff of McDowell County. LOCALS Sq. Samuel Crider and Rev. R. P. Johnson of Kimball were callers at this office this week. Hon. J. W Edwards of Welch was in our little city this week on business. Mrs. Cra Hunter, of Point Pleasant, has been spending a few days with Editor and Mrs. M. T. Whittico. She has had the pleasure of being the invited guest in the homes of quite a number of friends and in turn she has been visited by a host of neighboring friends. Indeed it was a pleasure to have her with us because she is not only intelligent and a representative of the West Virginia Colored Institute, having been a graduate therefrom, but she is one of West Virginia's accomplished women. JASPER D. THOMPSON The Artist and Sign Painter Mr. Jasper D. Thompson, who is better known as "Jasper" in the coal fields, was born in Tazewell, Va. He converses intelligently and affectionately about his chosen profession. PARENTS OBJECTED When a boy he cared very little for books. He wanted to draw, and the making of pictures was then as now his delight and joy. In school he traded pictures for sums in arithmetic. His father particularly did not approve of his bent of mind and would often take him to task. Jasper met Mr. Brown, the artist at one of the institutions of learning. The two young men became friends. Mr. Thompson learned many valuable hints from Mr. Brown who since won recognition and distinction as landscape painter. THOMPSON THE ARTIST He has the feeling of an artist; he is strong in portraying the expression of the soul. One has only to see the portraits of Judge Ira E. Robinson, the Republican candidate for governor, and the Hon. William F. Hite, Republican candidate for U. S. Senator, to be convinced of the native as well as the acquired ability of Mr. Thompson as an artist. Persons who are interested in having a life size picture or lettering, see Mr. Thompson's advertisement in this paper. There will be a play given by Mrs W. V. Bridgeford on April 7th at the Hippodrome, Main St. near Hyman's department store. This play is for the benefit of St. Lake Lodge No. 1080. Admikun, 10 and 15c. Toy Shop pears in this paper, is a can nomination for Sher- ANNOUNCEMENTS I take this method of announcing to the Republican voters of Northfork District that I am a candidate for the nomination for the Justice of the Peace to be voted for at the Primary election to be held on June 6, 1916. I am now entering upon the closing year of my second term as Justice of the Peace of Northfork District. During the entire time I have done my best to measure out even handed justice to all, to serve all the people honestly and faithfully and to in every way make up for the responsibilities of the position. How much have succeeded, you the good, true and have Republican voters are the judges and I cheerfully submit my claim to further honor to you in the firm belief that whatever your verdict, it will be right and just. I most arnestly solicit your support and yourvote and assure you that if nominated and elected I will strive to merit your confidence. Very sincerely, WILLIAM M. HOWARD. For Justice of the Peace I hereby announce myself as a Republican candidate for Justice of the Peace of Northfork District and solicit the support of my friends at the primaries June 6th, 1916, and if nominated and elected will transect my official duties in the future as I have been doing in the past. Respectfully yours, P. O. PETERS. Northfork, W. Va., Feb. 16, 1916. For Justice of the Peace. I hereby announce myself a candidate for the Republican nomination for Justice of the Peace in the Northtork District, subject to the will of the people at the primary to be held June 6, 1916. I solicit your vote assuring all of my sincere appreciation and if nominated and elected I will serve all with justice, fairness and impartiality, at all times recognizing the fact that it is better to lean toward mercy than cruelty. Respectfully, S. G. STEWART. Northtork, W. Va. FOR GOVERNOR Judge Ira E. Robinson has authorized the Times to announce him as a candidate for governor subject to the Republican primary to be held June 6, 1916. A. A. Lilly, of Kanawha County, is hereby anounced as a candidate for the Republican nomination for Governor. FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL R. T. England, of Logan, is hereby announced as a candidate for the Republican nomination for Attorney General. FOR PROSECUTING ATTORNEY. To the Republican voters of McDowell County: I am a candidate for the nomination for the office of Prosecuting Attorney on the Republican ticket at the Primary to be held on June 6, 1916, and as it will be impossible for me to all the voters personally, owing to the fact that my official duties require much of my time, I take this method of making my candidacy known and soliciting the vote of the people. For more than three years I have endeavored to the best of my ability to perform the duties of the office honestly, conciencesly and impartially, and in submitting my claims I stand upon my past record. If the voters believe that I have homedischarged my duties, I have a right to, and shall expect their support as well. I have no platform to submit, except to say that if I are selected I will discharge the duties of the office in the future as I have in the past. I solicit the support of all Republicans and shall appreciate anything that they may do in my behalf. Very respectfully, F. C. COOK. Welch, W. Va., March 15, 1916. For Ancestor. To the Republican Voters of McDowell County: I am a candidate for the Republican nomination for Admister of McDowell country, subject to the primary to be held June 6th, 1916. I solicit the active sup- port of every Republican voter in the county. If nominated and elected I shall cur- rectly endeavor to see that a fair and equitable assessment of all property is made and shall accord impartial and courtroom treatment to all. Very truly yours, W. C. COOK. Welch, W. Va., March 16, 1916. For Ancestor. The Southwestern Mutual Fire Insurance Co., Inc. of Bluefield, W. Va. Complete Line of Dresses, Medicine, Drogists' Sundries, and Toilet Ar- ticles. When in bluefield call to see us. Only five minutes walk from he railroad station. Call at the fount. THE B'SMARK RESTAURANT AND POOL ROOM Meals at all hours, day or night FURNISHED ROOMS FOR First-Class Service Come and SEE U.S. W. L. The Lomax DR. E. W. LOMAX 214 S. Bland Street, For Medical and 62--'15-tf. Jasper D. ART SIGN P Make Your Picture Life APDRESS Meals at all hours, day or night. Everything to eat in season. FURNISHED ROOMS FOR RENT BY DAY or WEEK. First-Class Service Promptly Rendered. Come and SEE U.S. W.L. ones Proprietor Keystone. The Lomax Hospital DR. E. W. LOMAX, Proprietor 214 S. Bland Street, BLUEFIELD, W. VA. For Medical and Surgical Cases 62--'15-tf. Phone 373. Jasper D. Thompson ARTIST AND SIGN PAINTER Make Your Picture Life Size. Terms Reasonable. APDRESS GARY, W. VA. To the Republican Voters of McDowell county: I am a candidate for the Republican nomination for assessor of McDowell county, subject to the primary to be held June 6, 1916. If nominated and elected, I shall see that fair and equitable assessments of all property are made and that just and courteous treatment will be accorded all. Soliciting your support, I am, Respectfully, WILLIAM J. HATFIELD, Welch, W. Va., March 22, 1916. To the Voters of the Fifth Congressional District of West Virginia: On the sixth day of December last, I took the oath of office as Representative of the Fifth Congressional District of West Virginia. I have been constantly on the ground since that time, endeavoring to give my personal attention to the affairs of the people of my district. I feel that I am coming familiar with the duties incident to my position, and I naturally feel that I should succeed myself, in justice not only to myself, but to the people of the district, as I am satisfied I shall be able to accomplish for the district better results during my second term than during first term. I have always concluded to ask the Republicans of the new Fifth Congressional District to again show their confidence in me by giving me a second nomination. I can assure the people their best interests will be faithfully protected and conserved in the event I am renominated and elected. I desire to say I have made no political alliance, either offensive or defensive, deeming it prudent and wise to keep my hands free from all political combinations, believing the voters of the counties and district are much better qualified to make wise selections of State and County candidates than a mar, who is again a candidate for public office. All indications now are that Congress be in question until fall. My duties, will therefore, will be here, and, consequently I shall not be able to make a personal appeal to each voter, and I take this means to ask the people of my district to give me their support for a reminination. I shall in the future, as in the past, vote to protect the interest of the people of my district. If I can in any way serve any resident of the district, I shall be glad to have him command me. Respectfully, EDWARD COOPER 312 House Office Building. Washington, D. C., March 20, 1916. To the Voters of McDowell County: I hereby announce myself a Republican candidate for sheriff of McDowell county, subject to the primary to be held June 6, 1916. I respectfully solicit your support. If nominated and selected, equal rights guaranteed to all. Wanted: A position as Chauf fear by FLOYD ADAMS, colored. Able to handle any make of car. Address FLOYD ROSS, Box 55, Cooper, W. Va March 17, 1916. FOR ASSESSOR. FOR CONGRESS FOR SHERIFF. Everything to eat in season. RENT BY DAY or WEEK. Promptly Rendered. ones Proprietor Keystone. & Hospital MAX, Proprietor BLUEFIELD, W. VA. Surgical Cases Phone 373. Thompson TIST AINTER Size. Terms Reasonable. GARY, W. VA. FOR JUSTICE OF THE PEACE I hereby announce myself a candidate for the Republican nomination for Justice of the Peace in the Browns Greek District, subject to the will of the people as the primary to be held June 6, 1916. I solicit your vote, assuring all of my sincere appreciation and if nominated and elected I will serve all with justice, fairness and impartiality, at all times recognizing the fact that it is better to lean toward mercy than cruelty. Respectfully, F. E. MORGAN, Davy, W. Va. FOR JUSTICE OF THE PEACE I declare myself a candidate for the Republican nomination for Justice of the Peace in Browns Creek District, subject to the primary to be held June 6, 1916 I am a life long Repubblican who endorse the administration of Gov. Hattfield and favor the nomination of Jugie Ira E. Kobinman for Governor. I earn-ly sell my support, assuring you that if nominated and elected I shall deal out justice tempered with mercy and shall be fair and impartial with all. J. W. EDWARDS, Welch, W. Va., March 23, 1916 Colds should be "nipped in the bud", for if allowed to run unchecked, serious results may follow. Numerous cases of consumption, pneumonia, and other fatal diseases, can be traced back to a cold. At the first sign of a cold, protect yourself by thoroughly cleansing your system with a few doses of THEDFORD'S BLACK-DRAUGHT the old reliable, vegetable liver powder. Mr. Chas. A. Ragland, o-Madison Heights, Va., says: "I have been using Thedford's Black-Draught for stomach troubles, indigestion and colds, and find it to be the very best medicine I ever used. It makes an old man feel like a young one." Insist on Thedford's, the original and genuine. K-67 FOR SALE: - Life of Booker T. Washington, 500 pages, 56 illustrations, Price, 91st anywhere. Frank S. Bright, 625 91st Street, Huntington, W. Va. Don't Miss the Great Robinson Republican Rallies! SATURDAY, APRIL 8TH, '16 Northfork, 10 O'clock A. M. GRAND THEATRE Keystone, 1 O'clock P. M. COLONIAL THEATRE Kimball, 4 O'clock P. M. PEOPLE'S THEATRE Gary, 8 O'clock P. M. SKATING RINK JUDGE IRA E. ROBINSON JUDGE ROBINSON is a Candidate for the Republican Nomination for Governor of W. Va. a man who has proven his worth'and is allied with no political factions. He is one of'the ablest men and most brilliant orators in'the state. Don't fail to hear him. A special invitation is extended to all. Hear the issues discussed by the next Governor of West Va. Pleasant smile, bird words, nice little favors and strong handshaking come to the Negro now without the asking. The brother in black is being made to feel that he is the other man's equal, and that he is much in demand, and that it is true, for he is wanted for his wit, which means much. He is being reminded that he is "cousin," "uncle," "brother" and lots of other things. The fight on is between the Honorable "Abs" Lilly and Judge Ia E. Robinson is waking strong to say the least about the fight in old Raleigh. Some three months ago, little or nothing was known here about Judge Robinson other than what the lawyers and those favored few who have gotten to together enough of the world's goods to seek justice in the highest tritual of the state, and at that time in every corner, office and public public building as well as the travelers on the road was sounding aloud "I know you are going to vote for uncle Abe." But my, my, that tune has changed, since this grand and great man has let his past history be told in the "neck of the woods." This little heard of, great and good man is now the popular subject of discussion, and from laborer to operator his name being praised for the position which he seeks. The tide has changed and the people are beginning to think for themselves, and the smile, handshake and kind word are going unnoticed. In the open of all Raleigh, Robinson is being housed for Governor. We cannot say what the final results will be, but we do know that political war is on in Ralgh between Abe Lilly and Ira Robinson, and after the election is over both of these gentlemen will know that there was a fight. Mr. J. Q. Hutchinson seems to be the choice for the state senate, hence I do not believe that he will be left at home. The House of Delaware is being dis- BY WM. F. DENNY. ORATOR cussed very much and seemingly going unnoticed. Mr. W. H. Rardin is making a hot fight for a coveted seat in congress and we want to see him elected. The Prosecuting Attorney's office and the Sheriff's office are being besieged with aspirants. I think we have something like ten who want to be Prosecuting Attorney, yiz., H. A. Dunn, Clide Scott, A. P Farley, J. W. Maxwell and M. L. Painter. From present indications Mr. Painter will lead the ballot. He is a good man and well qualified for the place. Practically every deputy who has served under Sheriff Thompson wants to be sheriff. The people will resent the insults of the present incumbents; and boys, in walks a democrat, by name C. V. Oottle, a man who has been sheriff and one who is fit to fill the position again. The Colored Free School which was taught by Mr. Calloway closed on last Wednesday and gave an exhibition in the opera house at Raleigh. Many were present and had an enjoyable evening. Mr. Jones, the teacher at Marbes, will close his school next Friday night and hopes to have several visitors from the Institute present. The Raleigh Mining League will pull off a play at the Virginian Threater Friday night, March 31, which promises to be quite a swell affair. Attorneys Brown W. Payne and W. F. Denny were business visitors to Lester last Saturday. The non-political fight is now on in Raleigh to build good roads, and the election comes off April. Most all well thinking and progressive men will vote for the bond issue, for it is well nigh im- sible to get over the roads in winter. If any place in the world needs good roads, it is Raleigh county. Beckley, W. Va. Dr. Marshall Entertains Friends On the 20th inst., Dr. G. N. Marshall and his amiable, affable wife, assisted by Trulie Nellie Bridgeford and Miss Mary Whimbs, ent-trained at dinner the following gentlemen: Prof. W. W. Sanders, of Charleston, State Supervisor of Colored Schools; Prof. T. Parker Smith, of Lynchburg, Va., Stenographer and Bookkeeper, McBowell Times; Editor M. T. Whittico, Dr. W. S. Colson, Dentist; Dr. Vernal Bridgeford, Mr. W. H. Harris, Insurance Agent; Mr. I. Noel, of Charleston. 6 William S. Johnson, of Mt. Hope, Fayette County, who is a candidate for the Republican nomination for State Treasurer in the primary to be held June 6th, is well known to the voters of the state. He has made an enviable record in the educational and law-making work of the state, and as a business man his experience and success proves him amplify qualified to perform the duties of the office to which he aspires. He is a native of West Virginia, being born in Fayette county in 1873. His father was one of the pioneers in that section of the state and his early lays were sent on his father's farm, taking advantage of every opportunity offered, he attended the public schools and later became a teacher. So successful was he in this line of work that he was elected county superintendent of schools by an overwhelming majority, and the efficient manner in which he performed the duties of that role is proven by the great advance made in the public schools of Fayette county during his term. Mr. Johnson was elected to State senate from the Ninth Senatorial district in 1964 and was re-elected in 1908. It was as a member of the legislature that he gave a good account of himself to the people of the state. The Johnson Pistol Bill, which he introduced and had enacted into law, ridiculed somewhat at first, is now recognized as a most excellent law, and is being copied by many states. In West Virginia it has served to put a stop to the carrying of concealed weapons and has reduced murder at least fifty per cent. assisted school attendance by twenty-five per cent; he labored successfully or an increase in teachers' salaries and for the greater educational advances through an extension of the school term; he fought for state aid for poor districts and for high schools, which have been established all over the state; through his efforts theowers and duties of the county superintendents were enlarged and the of- COOPER'S TRIBUTE Hon. Edward Cooper, Representative in Congress from the Fifth West Virginia District, pays the following tribute to the death of ex Governor W. M O Dawson: Governor Dawson's death is a loss greater to West Virginia than her citizens en masse appreciate at this time. The fullness of it will be felt and understood by them later. He it was, probably more than any other man, that aroused the public conscience of the state to the needs of a reorganized government on progressive, modern and reformed lines, and he, more than any other man in the state, understood the science, art, character, and effect of the satisfactory government under which West Virginians now live. He was largely responsible for recurring the state government from the old, antiquated, loose and corrupt regime of the Bourbons, using the Republican party as a beneficient means to that desired end. He made West Virginia Republican and kept it Republican at a time when a leader of less consummate skill and genius, in my humble judgment, have failed utterly. It is a truth, that will shine forth with brilliant rays on the pages of our commonwealth's history, that William M. O. Dawson was as great a patriotic statesman as he was a genius of partisan leadership. FOR SALE:—Life of Booker T. Washington, 500 pages, 50 illustrations, Price, $1.25 anywhere. Frank S. Bright, 625 9th Street, Huntington, W. Va. fire made more effective. As chairman of the Committee on Mines and Mining he fought to enactment, against strong opposition, the law organizing the Bureau of Mines which has done so much toward prevention of loss of life and safe-guarding the mining interests. He was instrumental in having passed many other laws of importance to the welfare of the state. In recognition of his services in half of the schools of the state, Sena tor Johnson was unanimously endorsed by the teachers of Fayette County in 1911 for the office of State Superintendent of Schools. As an evidence of the high esteem in which he is held at his home town, attention is called to the fact that he served seven consecutive terms as mayor. Senator Johnson is a good campaigner; is eminently qualified and his nomination will add strength to the Republican ticket; he is familiar with the state's needs. The office of State Treasurer is an important one. In addition to his other duties he is a member of the State Board of Public Works. Senator Johnson's experience in public life and the business world fit him in an especial manner for the exacting duties of this almgh office. If the Republicans of West Virginia nominate and elect him State Treasurer, they can rest assured that the duties of the important office will be in good and capable hands. I am a candidate for the Republican nomination for State Treasurer, subject to the Republican Primary and earnestly solicit the support of every voter in West Virginia, who wants to see the Republican Party triumphant in November. I invite a thorough investigation of my public record, Republicanism, fitness and qualifications for this position. Fayette, one of the banner Republican counties of the State, has never been honored with the nomination for a State Office. If nominated and elected it will be my highest ambition to give the people of the state an honest and business-like administration, and in handling the finances of the State my motto shall always be "SAFETY FIRST." Yours truly, W. S. JOHNSON. The Issue Discussed Continued from page 1. nam- was Pat. He was asked how close he could drive to the cliff. He replied, "Pegora, I can drive to the very edge of it." He, also, was told that he did not sit. The last man to apply was an old colored man from Virginia. "How close can you drive to this cliff, uncle," he was asked. "Well, I tell yer boss," he replied. "I always aim to keep as far from dem places as possible." "You will do," said the proprietor, "report for duty in the morning." We cannot afford to take any chances in this election. A vote for Mr. Lilly means a vote against your best interest. A vote for Judge Robinson means to retain all that we now have with a chance of getting something more. Mr. Colored man, for whom will you vote? Mrs. Witcher Entertains a most untimely repast. The following menu was served: Noodle soup, chicken, cranberry sauce and beet pickle, potato salad, caramel custard, ice cream, cake and fruit. Such hostess as Mrs. Witcher and her winsome daughter, Miss Pagie, who can arrange breakfast at 5 o'clock and catch No 10, when it has reached the station are she leaves the house, are capable of making one forget all cares in their home Prof. J. W. Robinson, Miss Georgia Whittico and Mrs. Sarah W. Clarke were the favored ones of this splendid hospitality. Everyday Work CRYSTAL C COMI Grystal, w On Cran Baldwin AMONG people who a cultivated know PIANO is rece best. In such an atmosphere and with every day endeavor its owners. 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Denny ATTORNEY-AT-LAW Real Estate and Insurance Princeton, West Va. Mutual Life Insurance ORGANIZED 1868 es in Every State in the Employee More Than 8,000 Ag A Claim Every Eight Mi ARRIS. Speci OFFICIAL DIRECTORY OF MCDOWELL COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT: (Eighth Judicial Circuit) Counties of McDowell, Mercer and Monroe. Hon. Isaiah O. Herndon, Judge Welch; W. Burbridge Payn Clerk. Terms of Court Second Tuesday in February June and September. CRIMINAL COURT: Hon. Jas. French Strother, Judge; W. B. Payne, Clerk. Terms of Court Second Monday in January, April, July and October. COUNTY COURT: Dr. R. K. Bragonier, President, Keystone. Col. Jas. Elwood Jones, Commissioners W. W. Whyte, clerk, Welch. Terms of Court. First Monday in January, April, August and October. License Term, first Monday in June. COUNTY OFFICERS: Sheriff, J F Johnson, Welch. Prosecuting Attorney F O Cook Assistant Pros. Attorney, G L Countz Clerk Circuit and Crim. Courts, Burbridge Payne Clerk County Court, W. W. Whyte County Surveyor, w C Morgan Vivian Supt. Free Schools, W Cassius Cook, Welch Assessor, C E Rusmisell County Road Engineer, w J McClaren County Health Officer and coroner, Dr. H. G. Camper Commissioner School Lands C E Rusmisell. McDowell Members House of Delegates W W Hughes and C. E. Harman. State Senators, Sixth Senate rial district (counties of McDow ell, Mingo, wayne and wyoming Jas A. Strother Welch; Wells Goodykootz. Williamson. Alfred Habrun The Professional Saddle and Harness Maker . . . Located in Keystone—Burk Addition. Money saved in your