McDowell Times

Mc County Offers Good Archives and History Dept Opportunities.ent Schools, high wages. The McDowell Times. Special Session is Demanded REPUBLICAN VOTERS WOULD PREVENT GREAT ROBBERY HUNDREDS ASK GOVERNOR TO CALL ON LAWMAKERS TO FORESTALL A CRIME Alarmed by Democratic Threats Against Duly Elected Officials Are Supporters of Ticket Throughout the State--Would Change Law. A HUNDRED PARTY MEN GATHER IN BIG PROTEST With Cornwell in Chair Present Law Would Give Power to Incoming Executive, Eager For State Control, to Throw Out Choice. VOLUME 15. Special REPUBLICAN VOTING PREVENT HUNDREDS ASK GOVERNORS MAKERS TO FOR Alarmed by Democratic Elected Officials Are Throughout the State A HUNDRED PARTY MEN With Cornwell in Chair Give Power to Inco For State Control, Hundreds of Republicans throughout the state, alarmed by threats of Democratic leaders to oust such Republican state officials as were elected in Tuesday's election, in case it is shown John J. Cornwell is elected governor, have communicated with Governor Hatfield and insisted that he convene the legislature in extraordinary session to change the law before it is too late. Nearly a hundred Republicans have gathered in Charleston, many of them members of the present legislature, and all agree that an extraordinary session is necessary if those Republicans are to be allowed to hold office to which the people of the state elected them. It is admitted that in case Cornwell is elected, the Democrats will have power to oust the other state officials elected. Contests need not be entered after Cornwell's inauguration, and then he would have the power of appointing the third member of a special court which would decide the contests, and from that decision there would be no appeal. If the law is to be amended, it must be done prior to December 1, as the old legislature goes out of office on that date and in the new legislature the house will be Democratic. Democrats have talked openly that if the present law remains in effect the state government will be under Democratic control in all departments soon after Cornwell is inaugurated. WILL "SHEAR" POWER In case the legislature is convened it is likely that steps will be taken to shear the governor of much of his power because of Cornwell's boasts that he will remove Republican appointees whose terms have not expired. This can be done by giving the appointing power to the Board of Public Works instead of the governor and a precedent has been established for this by the Democrats. In 1873 after Governor Jacobs had been elected as an independent candidate a Democratic legislature, fearing that he would appoint some Republicans to office, enacted a law taking all the appointing power from the governor and vesting it in the board of public works. JUSTIFICATION SHOWN In last Tuesday's election out of nine candidates for state office the Republicans have certainly elected eight with the governorship in doubt. The Republicans therefore feel justified even in shearing the governor of his appointing power under the circumstances, even as the Democrats did Governor Jacobs. It is well remembered what the Democrats did to Senator Goff when he was elected governor and the Republicans feel that even more revolutionary methods will be adopted by them this time unless some action is taken before it is too late. DON'T GO TO LAV. DON'T GO TO LAV. In the Bavarian courts a vowel attempt is now being made to suppress the national passion for going to law by display of the following "Ten Commandments" in the court house: 1. Avoid lawsuits, especially in this grave time of war 2. Thou knowest perhaps the beginning, but thou cannot divine the end. 3. Thou savest much money, time and anxiety. 4. Before starting litigation, try to compromise amicably. 5. Let thy prospective opponent tell his side, then perhaps thou will thyself see new light. 6. Listen to the judge when he pro- poses a settlement; he means it well. 7. Always draw up thy agreements in writing Read them carefully before thou sigmet, then thou wilt avoid obs- scurity and possess thyself of proots. 8. Remember that only that which thou canst prove counts in court. 9. Drive not thy opponent to extremes Thou mayest some day need him. 10. Run not to the courts with thy petty squabbles. WHY THE COLORED MAN GOES NORTH Is to Find Relief From the Ills of Disfranchisement, Lynching and All-round Betterment of His Condition. (By Thos. C. Lykes, of S. C.) It is estimated that over 75,000 Negroes have left the South during the past few month. Many Southern newspaper charge that they were "brought" North to be used - fraudulently - in the presidential election. But the main reason appears to be, first, that Negroes have no full legal protection in the South, and are often in danger of lynch law; second, the mass of Negroes get only from 75 cents to a dollar a day for their labor while the cost of their living has increased 100 per cent; third, Negroes, whether taxpaying or not, can have no effective representation in any kind of primary government, whether state or local fourth, the Negro goes North to educate his children. Southern rural school for Negroes average 12 weeks to a year, with one teacher, who is overcrowded with from 90 to 100 scholars. In a word, the Negroes come North to find relief from these ills, and in the pursuit of life, liberty and an all round betterment of their conditions. AGED COLORED WOMAN RECALLS WAR OF 1812 Lives Alone on the Farm She Ownes, Though She is 111 Years' Old. Topeks, Kana., Nov. 8—Hannah McForan, a colored woman, 111 years old, with the records of her old "master" to show her age, is visiting Mrs. E. V Green, her great granddaughter, at 103 Booswell ave. Her home is near Monagaw Springs, Mo., on a farm which she owns and where she lives alone. She traveled to Topeka unaccompanied. Mrs. McFerrian was a little girl when the war with England in 1812 was fought, resulting in the president's mansion being named the White House after it was burned and repainted. She was in Virginia when the British captured Washington and while she saw none of the invading British, she remembers bearing others talk of the war. Shortly after this, her master, Joseph C. Montgomery, migrated to Missouri, taking her and fourteen other slaves with him, and settling in St. Claire county. She remembers having seen General Andrew Jackson, and of course recalls incidents of the Mexican war. Three years before the outbreak of the civil war her old master died and his slaves were sold at auction. She was purchased by a nephew of her old master and now has the bill of sale. She declares she experienced no joy KEYSTONE, WEST VIRGINIA, FRIDAY, NOV. 17, 1916 when she learned of the emancipation proclamation of President Lincoln. "Were my old boss alive today, I would be right there doing things for him," she declared. "He was a good boss and never struck any of us." Mrs. McFerrian has the record of her birth in the handwriting of her first master. It shows she was born near Richmond, Va. Asked what rules she has followed which have resulted in her living to such an extreme age, she pointed to the sky, saying, "I just trust in God." Her present diet is bread and milk and ginger tea. "She keeps me busy making ginger tea for her," said her great-granddaughter. "She cate no meat now, because she has no teeth." Mrs. McFerrigan is the mother of twelve children and has outlived all of them except one, the next to the youngest. She does not know how many descendants she has, but says there are more than 200. In the house with her is a little boy, E. V. Green, Jr., who represents the fifth generation of her descendants Peter Hickman, Age 74, Dies at Keystone Mr. Peter Hickman, of Henry county Va., but who has been in McDowell county for the past four years, making his home with his son-in-law, James Baker died on November 4th after several months illness. Mr. Hickman leaves a wife, five children, 16 grandchildren and a host of more distant relatives and friends. He was the father of 15 children. His remains were taken back to the old homestead in Virginia and buried in the family cemetery. The body was accompanied home by his beaked wife, two daughters, Meadamida Baker and Ester Fulp, together with Messra. James Baker, George Fulp and his two sons, Harrison and Peter Hickman. The deceased belonged to the Presbyterian church under the pastorate of Rev R. P. Johnson in this city. His funeral was preached by Rev J. H. Davus at Chestnut Knob in the Home Memorial Presbyterian church, the oldest church of this faith in Virginia and the mother church of the Southern Virginia Presbytery, to which he belonged. Don't Hate Another--Only the Dangerous Kind of Foll's Can or Will do it. Don't be a hater of men, do not despise anybody—do not envy others. I takes a hateful heart, a mean, low and contemptible disposition to despise another. Yet there are women and some men who are brazen enough to prate about how "I hate the ground that Suan, Jane, John or Lem walk on." What poor, pittilous fools! Who want to decend to such depths and become morally depraved that he or she can actually hate and despise other people Such things may be done, but mark you it takes a man or woman who has just become about as little, narrowly contracted, mean and cheap as they ever get Y. M. C. A. in Huntington Great Success Doing Good Work The Young Ven's Christian Association, in the city of Huntington, the metropolis of the state, with its regularly elected executive officers, its executive committee its board of directors and its general secretary in the person of that able and efficient Henois W. Shields, is an independent institution and not a branch office, and has a membership of over 200 bonefide members. Their Sunday afternoon services are always well attended with overflow crowds. They have a fine brick building of their own and it is occupied every day in the week. Strong efforts are being made toward establishing a large library which is one of the most essentials to any public institution. Its board of directors have met on it like Prof J W. Scott, one of the best and most influential educators in the state; Rev. I V Bryant, one of the leading divines in this state, and others of great influence and therefore, ought to be supported. The McDowell Times congratulates this institution and offers its service any way it can help the good cause along. GOLDEN RULE NEWS--NEW AGENT PUT TO WNRK Bramwell, W. Va., Nov. 14. -The work is moving on nicely. Reports are coming in fine. Rav. Geo W. Owens, representative of The McDowell Times, has kindly consented to represent The Golden Rule Beneficial and Endowment Association in connection with his other work. We ask for him the cooperation of all race loving men and women in building up this great organization which means so much to our people. R. H. MCOY. Colored Exodus From South Number 118,000 LURED BY HIGH WAGES Men Leave Plantations to Work in Plants and on Farms of the North. HOPE TO BETTER THEIR LOT Shortage in Crops Below Potomac, Free Transportation and Alluring Promi- ces to Negroes Perturb South- East Florida A great migration of Negroes from the south to the North has taken place within the last few months. Since the first of April 118,000 members of the colored race have moved into Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Ohio, Indiana, Missouri, Illinois, Michigan and Connecticut. They went to take jobs vacated by the thousands of unkilled foreign laborers who returned to Europe after the outbreak of the war, and to fill new jobs created by the growth of manufacturing This Negro migration has recently assumed such giganties proportions that it threatened the very existence of some of the leading industries of Georgia, Florida, Alabama and Tennessee, which have borne the burden of the ex dux. Lured by the promise of high wages, free transportation and improved working conditions, farm hands left their employers in the streets and caught outgoing trains. Saw-mills that had a full corps of laborers when they stepped for the noon hour, were deserted without notice. Hundreds of colored workers suddenly left the sugar and cotton fields when the northern agent appeared among them with his glowing descriptions of the land of promise above the Mason and Dixon line. LURED BY MANY ATTRACTIONS. Many of the colored workers went North to get a free ride and see the country, but others had a more serious reason. Some of them sought to better their condition by a freer use of schools. Some were actuated by a desire to escape the persecution of thoughtless white people who mistreat them. Others, who are educated, wanted to go where they could find better cial c conditions for their race and take part in running the government. But the dominant reason for the migration was more money. Great excitement prevails in the ext. cotton belt. Crops there have been short, and many Negroes will be idle until spring unless they leave the cotton plantations. This crop shortage has left hundreds of Negro families penniless. This is why the call for labor in the North has met with such a ready response. The following figures, showing the number of Negroes leaving the various Southern states, indicate the extent of the transfer of labor from the South to other sections of the country: From Alabama, 60,000; from Tennessee, 22,000; from Florida, 12,000; from Georgia, 10,000; from Virginia, 3,000; from North Carla, 2,000; from Kentucky, 3,000; from South Carolina, 2,000; from Arkansas, 2,000; from Mississippi, 2,000. It is estimated that 65 per cent. of the Negroes who have left the South in this movement are men. The demand is for laborers for freight and section-hand work on railroads, miners for coal and iron states, and unskilled workmen for general outside work at industrial plants. List spring, when the business of the ra roads and mines began to proper suit had not done in years, the demand for unskil labor increased rapidly. The freight congestion in and about New York and other large cities caused a pressing demand for truck hands. In omer years the railroads had cailed on Europe and Asia for extra supplies, but this year, when they could not get men from the war zone, they turned to the South. Many of the first Negos to migrate have written back and told of the glorious land into which they have come. The higher wages of the North, East and West are being advertised in a most every Negro home in the South. Negro preachers and Negro women have been paid to urge the men to go North and get better pay and treatment Yet many of the black men, carried out of the South, have found that the glowing promises did not materialize. He watched the clock. He was always grumbling. He had no iron in his blood. He was always behind hand. He didn't believe in himself. He was willing, but unfitted. He was stung by a bad book. He asked too many questions. His stock excense was "I forgot." He wasn't ready for the next step. He didn't put his heart into his work. He learned nothing from his blunders. He felt that he was above his position. He chose his friends among his inferiors. He was content to be a second-rate man. He ruined his ability by half doing things. He never dared to act on his own judgment. He did not think it worth his while to learn how. He tried to make his bluff take the place of ability. Familiarity with sliphod methods paralyzed his ideal. He thought that he must take amusement every evening. He thought it very clever to use coarse and profane language. He was almost ashamed of his parents because they were old fashioned. He imitated the habits of men who could stand more than he could. He did not learn that the best part of his salary was not in his pay envelope. —Success. and have returned to their old home. They declare they have had enough of the country above the Potomac river and are glad to get back. They say the pay is all right, but the temperature is severe. COLORED Y. M. C. A. MAKES AN APPEAL FOR MEMBERS Engages in Campaign to Secure One Hundred in Ten Days. Names of Captains and Lieutenants. The colored department of the Norfolk and Western Railroad Y. M. C. A., engaging in the membership campaign having for its purpose the securing of one hundred new members in ten days, has issued the following appeal: To the Colored Men of the Norfolk and Western Railway from Radford to Williamson and all other Colored Men in and around Bluefield: The membership committee of the Y. M. C. A., with headquarters at 432 North street, Burfield, W. Va. appeals to you to be one of 100 new members to help make up the total of 30,000 to be added to the railroad department of the Young Men's Christian Association of North America by November 24, 1916. Our captains and lieutenants are as follows: Company A, at Williamson, W. Va.—Captains George W. Foy and Burnett Washington; Lieutenants, James Davis, Charles Fullen, J. E. Wilson, Napoleon James, J. A. Burnett, Chas. Paris, Lee Nowling and Henry Dollman. Company B, at Willett, Welch and Gary, W. Va.—Captains, Gro. Meuse and A. C./McGoy; Lieutenants, George Hunter, Pat Marphy, Dover Harrington and Henry Merrison. Company C., Eckman, West Vivian and Northkirk, W. Va. ---Captains, William Early and Nick Snow, Lieutenants, Kellie Hairston, Alex Hurt, Herso Brown, Wm Cheatham, Joseph Perkins, George Brown and Robert Maloy. Company D, Focahontas and Bluestone Power House ---Captains, H. C. Brown and Wm Tuesi, Lieutenants, Purcell Jackson, Jordan Wood and Oliver Pointexter. Company E, Oentral Yard and Shops Bluefield ---Captain, Gabe Williams, Lieutenants, J. T. Bennett, Geo. Biggs, S. E. Sanders, Chas Williams, T. P. Howard and W. R. Kirtley. Company F, East Yard ---Captain, Sidney Wood; Lieutenants, Sam Cawborne, John Thompson, Eugene Crockett, Emmett Walker. Company G, West Yark--Captain, A. Poler; Lieutenants, M Hancock, Those Penn, John Marshall and Charles H. atkins. Company H, City of Bluefield---Captains, Dr. A. C. Rogers and H. L. Dickerson; Lieutenants, Dr. J. C. Kinglesw, G. H. Sinklord, Drs N. L. Edwards, W. C. Mitchell, E. W. Lemax, William Law and Prof. A. S. Peal. Company I, Radford, Va.---Captain, Alex Johnston; Lieutenants, William Lewis, Jas. Evans and D. P. Morton. Colonel, W. W. Anderson; Lieutenant Colonel, Mack D. Lewis; Adjutant, Jas Anderson JAS. ANDERSON, Ch'm Memb. Com. N. L. EDWARDS, M. D., President. P. A. GOINES, General Secretary Henry Slaughter Killed by Floyd Mahan. Abbild, W. Va., Nov. 13—Henry Sainther was shot and killed here last Saturday night by Floyd Mahan, both colored. "Hot Gut Fire Water" *seems to have been the cause of trouble.* The deceased leaves a wife, one child, mother and one brother. Do Not Attend Sunday School Nor Church BUT FREQUENT MOST DANCES. BOARD OF EDUCATION OUGHT TO TAKE NO-TCE OF SAME. Help Parents Demand of Them a More Wholesome Life Before Chiidren. The fact that parents are complaining about the nonconstructive life and examples set before their children by some teachers is not surprising. It is only now and then you can find many young women teachers in Sunday schools or churches. But it is so often true that from the time schools close on Friday afternoons you see them making extensive preparations to attend and participate in some dance, ball or German. Some may say that after a teacher has taught five days in each week their contract has been complied with. But in truth, they are morally obligated to the people for the life and examples set before the children. Again, they are not employed by the day but the board of education contract with them by the month. What is wrong about teachers setting an example of piety, morality and a city before the children they肩负 of educating? What is wrong in the teachers spending a few hours during the week other than the few hours taught each day during the week toward helping the mothers and fathers train in their children? If the profession of teaching is worth or means anything it certainly ought to mean more than just merely working for the few dollars they receive. Again, teachers ought to be so particular about their lives that they would be prepared and ready to give an account of their whereabouts each day when not teaching as much as when in the school room. OTHER PROFESSIONAL MEN IN SAME BOAT There are some doctors (colored we mean) who seem never disposed to look in the door of a church. There are some lawyers who are most successful in these profession who would have to knock on the outside door, so much of a stranger are they to the church, while one of the most successful lawyers in this county, and maybe in the state, is a regular attendant on religious services. To many of our mothers and fathers content themselves by staying at home, "tattling", sleeping and banging around nothing instead of accompanying their children to the House of God occasionally. RISE OF JOHN FRAZIER A COLORED HUSTLER Beginning at a Wage of 30 Cents a Day Becomes Owner of a Flourishing Business. John Frazer came into town and found employment in a pressing club. He washed windows and did errands for 30 cents a day, which was tall wages. In Miners, Coke Men and Laborers wanted all over McDowell County - Business Openings. NUMBER 36 Guilty of a Great Political Mistake TAMELY SUBMITTED TO ONE HALF COUNTRY BEING DISFRANCHISED BY DEMOCRATS. Constitution Violated With Impu- hity by Democrats of the South. Terris human. Not only individuals but also political parties make and mistakes, which frequently propagate their existence, and sometimes wreck them and put them out of power. As we look at the political situation that confronts us today, we can but think of the paralyzing mistake that the Republican party has made in permitting this country to be one half UNERANCHISSED and the other half DEERANCHISSED. From the time of McKenley down to the advent of Wilson, the Republicans controlled every department of the government. Executive, Legislative and Judicial. The Republican party has supinely accepted in the collation of the 18th and 19th Amendments, and permitted the Democratic party in the "Solid South" to violate the Constitution with impunity, and continue it so long, that it has lost the force and effect so far as sultrage and Congressional representation are concerned. If the Constitution were enforced in the South, some or more congression would be retired and southern representation in Congress and in the Electoral College would be correspondingly reduced. Why should the South be permitted to commit every available human being, black or white, for purposes of Congressional Representation, and then deny those same persons any participation in the affairs of government? Will this political highway robbery still go from year to year? The ten states of the "Solid South," on last Tuesday gave Mr. Wilson 114 electoral votes practically without opposition. In the years gone by neither McKinley, Roosevelt nor Taft, although cewn to uphold and enforce the Constitution, made the slightest attempt to bring the South to look and compel her to respect and abide the Constitution of the United States. It should have been done. It should have been done and it will yet have to be done, if the Republican party is ever again to return to power. This mistake and this neglect of duty, causes the Republican party to stand on the brink of defeat today. This is the time, the day and the hour for the Republican party to stand up for manhood rights and the enforcement of the Constitution in Louisiana just as it is enforced in New York. This is the time, the day and the hour to wipe out "billy whiteness," and to return to those doctrines and practices, that made the party great and militant in the years long ago passed! Whenever the Republican party becomes true to itself and the traditions of its founding and its founders, it will again return to power.—The Washington Eagle. his spare moments he watched the workers. Then he took up the iron. Soon he had a table and an iron, and was drawing a wage of $1 a day. For all that he was just a pressing club Negro, Clement Richardson writes in the Southern Workman. Nobody thought of him as anything else. In a few years the owner of the business, a white man, died. Frazer bought the business. As colored folk came in to bring and take back clothes, they inquired for a barber shop. Frazer fitted up a chair, bought a pair of clippers, and advertised for clients, that is, he at first cut hair for nothing. Then, as he mastered the art, he charged five cents, then ten cents, and so on till he reached the standard price of 25 cents. Meantime he had bought a farm and a horse. He said "I'll take this horse and land and make it pay for another place." Scarcely had he embarked on this proposition when a few choice acres of land on the west side of Auburn were put up for sale. Strangely enough, it was the land of Frazer's father's master. Frazer bought it. He put up a three-story building. He has abandoned the pressing club, but sells clothing. He still runs a barber shop in the rear of the store. His second floor is an assembly room for lodges and amusements. On the third floor he has an undertaking establishment. A few pages from the store he has built a home. A little further on he has put up a hotel cottage, a rare place in the South, with clean air rooms, and up-to-date cooking and service. Mrs. Millie Washington, one of McDowell county's property owners and a most influential worker, was in Keystone Monday on business. Ghe MeBor ety Ties. — ___ ma - 4ibacn NATIGNAL weORG FRess: 7 _ASB0C\ATION _————_—— WHITTICO & HILL Yrususunm « reoraiTom. M.T. WHITTICO, Exitor. LT. EDWARD,HILL, Business Mgr. ‘Articles ov wore than ten lings will be ebarged 10 cents per line. Publianeu every Friday io the interest of the Negro Race—-Hie Civil and Mo- itical Rights. SUBSORIPTION KATED. One year in advance. $1. Bix months in advance... ...-.. 75 Three months in wivance........- 4 Ove month in advance as al Bingie copy Beaee 06 ADVERTISING KATES FURNISHED UPON REQUEST Special rates to churches, schools and colleges. | Satecribers canging their Post Office eddrew mast notify the publishers or else his cobecsigtion will be collected just the | eaine as if he had not Entered as Second Cline Matter March 22, 19, at the Post Oitice at Keystone, W. Va., under act of Congres, March 3, 189, FRIDAY NOV. 17, 1916 | UNSWERVING LOYALTY OF THE NEGRO VS. DOWNRIGHT POLITIGAL TREACH- ERY OF RENEGADE REPUB- LICANS T0 THE PARTY Shere are & leW very ungrate- tally disappointed offic « ebers of the race in this county whe straved away after “Miss De- mocracy” for money and person- al revenge in the last election We pitty them. and in the lan- guage of the Bible, “We forgive them for we feel they knew not what they did.” But the black manasa whole thoroughly demonstrated that he valued his manhood and blood bought political rights above dollars and his principle above allelse. Democratic money was counterfeit tothe Negro in this county and generally all over the state. The Negro vote was unan- imous for the STRAIGHT Re- Publican ticket and the benet- cient laws and principles of the Republican party. The black man’s vote was an open rebuke to the Democratic party for their wholesale disfranchise- ment, of the race in the South, their Jim Crow laws and many other blackened records whict have besmirched the fair pages of American history with the innumerable crimes of lyncb- ings, segregation andthe ma. licious burning of Negro men and women at the stake and that oo, in the face of the public’s gaze. Perhaps itis safe tosay the Negro’s vote was more loyal t the Republican party on Nov. 7th than it ever was before in the history of this country. As a Proof of this statement, you, or ‘any one as to that, have only to note that in those counties, dis tricts and towns where the Ne- @ro vote predominates, the lar- gest majorities forthe Repub- lican ticket were given. Despite the fact thata large Percent of white Republicans(’) (and by that we mean men whe in the past have loudly preached Republicanism, even if it were for office and preferred place at the pie counter.) we say while it be true that such men voted against the party with whict they had all along been affiliated ‘and voted for the opposite party. the Democratic candidate fcr governor, it is nevertheless grat ifying to note that old McDowel county with her loval, true, un Purchased and unpurchasable black voters, again demonstrat ed her right to be called the ban ner Republican county in ti« state of West Virginia. The few Judases who tried t betray the Republican party inte the hands of the Demccratic Party like old Judas betrayed Jesus Christ, the Son of God. into the bands of his cruel ene- mies for thirty pieces of silver. and like Jacob tried wo deceive his father by robving bis brotb- er Esavout of bis birthrights fora messiy mess of pottage, an bave no comfort in the face Of an informed public who look pon the few who would attempt ‘© stoop so lowand who did at. ed hande of thelr Known enemics Weare giad our county offi cers, all of whom are strong and uncompromising Republicans. Will deal oat justice, we bope, to all men alike. They will be Re- publicans longer than the time tt takes to become fat and may the God of Heaven never permit ‘them to become so disloyal and ungrateful as wo try to sell their party and a whole people into the hands of enslavers, Our women, even the little children wiil mark the new “Negro Traders” ard Democratic birelings ay traitors toa country and as midnivbt as- 8a3sins aod as incindiary freaks WHY NEWSPAPER MEN BECOME RICH. Achild is born in the neigh- borhood: the attending physici- an gets $10 The editor gives ive loud urged youngster and the happy parents a send-off and gets Sv. Whea itis chris tened the minister gets $10, and the editor $00. It grows ap and marries. The editor publishes another long-winded, flowery article, and tells a dczen lier about the “oeautifal and accom plished bride; the minister gets $10 and a piece of cake, and the divor gets $000 Ia the course ftime it dies. ‘The doctor gets $25 to $1000; the editer pabiish- 3 a notice of death, and an o it vary two columns long, lodg tnd society resolutions, a lat ol oretty poetry, and a free card of banks, and ets $0,000. Political campaign time comes around, men announce them- selves for ofhces, the newspaper editor is wanted to say the map of a certain party is the greatest satesman, vatrict and public spirited cit zen ever seen or that vasever been found on earth connected with any party. The an gets the office and all the tisancial emoluments therot while the editor gets nothing but empty honors, flattering pats or the shoulde, hypocritical smiles. with no bank account, high pri ‘es for his stock and abuses without mercy if the postmaste: happens not to deliver his pape: when called for. No wonder tha’ 30 many editors get rich. “CLEAN UP.” Women clean up your homes and become more tidy around your residence. Town officials, you will merit much credit if you will jast demand of the property owners toclean up and beautify their property. ‘The constant anfavorable comment from pass. ersby of the ugly, rugged and distasteful scenes of the people's property facing the railroad of his town adds notbing to ou: credit. All the tilth, indicative of carelessness and unsanitary conditions ought to be stopped. If the property owners wont de it without being made then the coancil and those in authority ovght to make them. Clean up. The health of the people de- mards it. ———q~— HIGH COST OF LIVING ALARMING. Prices are still advancing— higher and higher they are climbing. There is no scarcity cither and yet they are jamping higher. The poor devils will bave no way to live at all * quick. ly unless something is done. The Federal Government ought to ‘ook into this unprecedented high cost of living Maybe som - body is speculating. Now that the election is over, campaign orators have left the stump, political prophecies have come to an end, political hopes have been realized by sume and failed by others, and now that “very man you meet can tell you all about what was the cause of the lost candidate's defeat, and while there may not bea satis. factory settlement of whether Haghes or Wilson was elected President of the United States, it is sufticient to say, enough in- formation about the recently closed political campaign is at band for women and men tw thorn their sober attention to the coming Thanksgiving, the education of the willions of chil- dren and an economical method of how to savea doliar in these times of warand high cost of living Wanted! The Elknorn Coal and C vee Compeay ap et ote der bale HTOARTED, Meche wr ym F «Give the man pon werk for a “quare desi & cause tow watila square deal from the other fe! low. . The Democratic false claim before the election that: “Wil son kept us out of war” is still being proved bs the killing of American citizens and ssidiers in Mexico by Villa. the M-xican’ bandit. Neighbor, don’t forget that winver is jast over the hili You have been blest with the best of weather to prepare tor winter. You had better fill your coal mo, supply your granery with softicient feed wo feed your stock, get ready for the big snows and the generally inclement weather. Educate your children if you can because they will need all the learning they can get. Tuen again you can't give them a bet- tergift. Ignorance is a danger ous weapon to deal with. Teach them politeness. It pays to be polite e—_—_———_—_. Colored folks, you spend tox much money foolishly. You are not economical enough. Stop trying to ape the rich when too you know you haven't money enough to pay your way to the tirst water tank on the railroad from your nearest station. Stop eating so much. Stop weaing vour $20 hats or your 2¢ fool ‘eads. Pataway afew dollars forarainey day. Starta bank account and live within bounds of your means. TWENTY-FOUR DRY STATE Columbus, ©., Nov. 14 —Twen- ty four states, one-half of the Union, are now inthe dry col- umn, according to information received by State heady uarters of the Ohio Anti Saloon league. These include the following re- sults of last Tuesday: Michigan dry by 30,000, Montana dry by 25,000, Nebraska dry by 30,000, South Dakots dry by 35 000, Utah dry by electing a legisla ture and an executive definitely committed to adry programme In addition tothe direct victo ries of the drys reported, the State headquarters has also been advised of the defeat of wet pro- posals submitted to voters in Washington, Oregon and Colo rado. Two other states voted ondry amendments. They are Missouri, where it lost, and Cal ifornia, from which the returns are not complete, but which are encouraging tothe drys su far as they go. Leaves for His Home For several years Mr WF. Semple, our popalar young tailor, with the firm of G F. Hill and Company, hae been doing © most successful business in thie city. Day by day he became more pop- alar. The more the people met him the more they became to know him as » real, good hearted, well disposed young man sith high ideals of race pride, race distinction and race development. He made his arrangements to leave for the old homestead three weeks ago, bat when he bewan to think on the seri me piicaktadag Ws “wets ke aoctied sAiy 0 sae ib artes chase one His personal intlaence with bie host of friends was much im evidence and th- pulitical leaders and workers are very eratetal to Mr. S_mple for the sacritice be made by staying in Keystone till after no derten He lett test Monday for hie home im tlle Ourehen hese be eapsen oo spend the winter tor hie health He as ie Sod ond sotasauaty. tastes by the aoriety leaders, many of «hom have shed tears at his departure. Mrs. Mary Hancock Meals & Lunches Quick Service EVERYTHING FIRST CLASS. POWHATAN, WEST. VA se University and W, Va. C. I. Play to a Standstill INSTITUTE PLAY THE GAME OF THEIR LIVES Few, Haghes and Crawford Were Stars for W. Va Stratton, Wheaten and Young Starred for Howard gvidiroa warriors of West Virginia Col- lewiate Institute were tne things that wet Manager Hooker's far heralded and fast going pig skin chasers trom Howard Un- versity, Washingten. D.C, whey they lined upon Lakin field Tuesday after- noon to fight to the bitter deatl. for su- premacy on the gridiron. Extensive preparations had been made by the Institate managerneat fully three weeks before this ciamic—it indeed was some clamic. Special traine were run in- to Institute within a radiue of three hundred miles, affording ample accom modation to all who were desirous of at- tending the gaine. Tuesday morning » ~pecial train with probably six Lundred tana from Bluetield, Keystone and North- fork was run into Iostitute. Thie was foltow d by another special over the Ka- nawba and Michigan railroad with fans from Qolumbus, Gallipolis and other pointe. A few minutes before the game, tive hundred of more rooters came dows on interurban care COLLEGE SPIRIT RUNS HIGH Each of these specials were met by the sWeet strains of music trom tue West Vir- kinia Collegiste Institute Bras Band. Yell Master Dennis Smith had charge of the yells. Three hundred and fifty sta- deots, with pennants towed here and toere by the slow wiod which cane down frou the peacefal hill overlookiog the ‘site on which thie miguty dud was to be {mght, yelled disturbiagiy **Institate,”? when they saw sixteen stalwart warriors ewerge from the buildings of the West Virginia Coliegeate Institute. The Howard buoch was given = warm uvation when they trottel down the tield. The newly erected grand stand, seating comfortably eight hundred fane, had been taxed to its capacity fully one hour {pefore the game. The leit wing of the stand was occupied by two hun- sired oF more young ladies sweetly sing ing aud yelling disturbingly for West Virginia Collegiate Institute. The right wimg of the stand was filled with gaily and fasbingly drewed women and men from Ohio and West Virginia. The yells and cheers from the students of the Institate would not long be lost in the in the distance. until they would be taken ap, with as much enthuthiesm, by the Jooters om the side lines and bieach- ere as by the students. TEAMS MARCH ON FIELD With jerseys shing gieringly, with toge dirty and worn from previous engage- ments, with head gears clasped tightly over their think tanks, and with nerve nd determination to fight to the death Wont Virginia Collegiate Institute paced ‘oat on the Geld and were cheered tre- mmendonsly. The Howord team, apparently not af- fected by these demonstrseions of loyab ‘J, marched trumphantly out on the fietd anid the sweet mumic from the W. Va. 0.1 Brass Band. They were warm 1y applanded. In the Northeast corner of the field, confident, hopefnl and anxious, could be seen W Va. 0. I. taking final imetrue- Vons from Oapt. Leonarn Hughes and Coach Gideon Smith. The Howerd tam more confident, more anzions, oc- capied the Southeast corner of the grid- ron and were receiving final instructions from Capt. Grinnhge. TEAMS MEET FOR FIRST TIMES ‘Thi was the first time in the history of the two institutions that they have wet on the gridiron. The Institute Bir Band strock op the tune “Are Ja from Dixie?” the multitude yelled t.mol-ourly, and the two teams with ‘savmal ike tiereenems, clasped. Howard txhibited flashes of form and speed which have never before been surpamsed oa the local teridiron. Institute started wf nervous sand looked bad, sliowing kicke to hit the ground and roll abont, ‘niin to form interference and missing Cicklow io their eagerness Alter Howard registered its first toneh down by ripping Inetitnte’s line to frag- ments, the proteges of Smith came to eorth. In three sensational plays early tn We revond period, Institnte carried the ball from the 6 yard line serom Ho- ward's @oal. At the end of the first hall, three handred (ptodeot with pen- ants floating im the eirgmarched gladly scand Lakin field, Bartley caugh the kick off and dashed up field in senestion- 1 eye tor tem yards. The hard driving Hardy was sent through the line for an wight yard emanb, bat the?Howard busch of tigers Lage Inetitate beck on three more trisis, The Institute tackles, Can- owghom and Brown, hed the eige on ‘Howard's teckles and tilted W beatea for bes end rans, but the peppery chap got sronnd for long gaine notwithstanding. Howard wae not able to score after the Sirst quarter, Institute outplayed th m im ever stage of the game during the Aird and fowrth quarter. Holland die- played some of the pretticet panting over sen on thie or any lot lustituse once started wee mighty bard to stop Hogbes threw @ ecare in the camp of the Capito! Ouy boys ewiy in the third period, when be again eprinted through the Howord team placed the oval on their ten yard line. Herman Few, wot in to replace Woodley in the second quarter, Splayed the best game of his game of bes career. He played & wonderful game and was » terror two the Howard bunch J. E Stratton, ¢*- deilliaat «°* wards ners, wae tht best ground gainer of the day with the pessible exception of Osptain Leanord Hughes, of Institute. Pinder- hughes was = close second, although Wheaton, Tulane and Colemas are in the running. The whistle blew with the ball oo the Lnstitute 35 yard tine and the score remained Institute 7, Howard 7. The lineup follows Howard W.Va Ok Gilmore, LE. Hotland 5 McOsin, LT. Brown Lee, LG ‘Clark Young. © Morgan Marebail, KT. Gilmore Matthews, KG Lockett Green, KE. Woodley, Stratton, QB. Bartley Wheaton, Le Crawford Coleman, KOH. Hughes Pinderbughes, FB Hardy Bouchdowne: Wheaten, Hughes. Time of quarters: 15 minutes. Saeatitutes: Few for Woodley, Patter- son for Drown, L. Gilmore for Cun. ningham, Kincaid for D. Gilmore. Referee, Lively, of West Virginia. Head linesman, Patrick. Umpire, Gorman, of Michigan. J, WESLEY GREY BE- Marries Miss Francis Hairston, of Martinsville, Va.--Spend three Days at Radford At inst. Mr. J. Wesley Grey, who hes teen with the Mebowell Times for more than eight years, has been captured by capid that has beeu shooting ite arrows athim for many a summer. On last Saturday evening in this city, be led Mire Francis Hairston, formerly of Mar- tinevilie, Va., to the altar. ‘The ceremony was performed by Rev 1. A. Watkins, pastor of the Mt. Chapel Baptist Church, this city, in the presence 4 _~ > = éN \Y i —_ da oe ofa relative and four friends of the bride and groom, who after the cere- mong, showered rice upon the happy eruple. | The bride ie the oldest danghter of ‘Mr. and Mrs. Hairston, of Martinsville, who has been in this city for several months, clerking im the store of her aant, Mrs. lucy Finney, where the vourtabip began aod where {the me ting ended in marriage. | Mr. Grey is well known by the public generally and by the gentle sex in parti- cular, for be has possibly broke into [tie company of and won more bearte than any young man of his summers. The bride aod groom spent their honey moon in Radford, Va., with the relatives of the groom. May many years of unsullied bliss be theirs. ——- = Officers Oa inst Monday night, the Moon Sacces Council of the 1.0. of St Lakes Publicly instalied ite officers for the en- suing term at Lord's ball, thie city, in the presence of «large number of peuple who had come to witness the installation services and to take = part in the ban- qvet which was to follow Mrs. W.O. Moore, the District Deputy, eal ed the house to order. A song was sung and the Chaplain, Mr. M. G. Osb- bell, offered prayer. In the atemnce of Rev. W. H. Mitehell Kev. Milton 5. Malone wae asked to have something to ay in the way of a opening addres. His remarks were ex temporaneous, but he tried tw imprem BpoM the andience the importance of te ing prompt. Miss Virginia Cobbs, of Northiork, thrilled the audience with s chrming vorai solo. Mise Myrtle Jones captivated the andience with splendid inatramental solo. Or. Gi. N. Marshall and Mr. A. L Calhoun spoke at some length upon the success of the St. [Lakes 0 this section and complimented Mre W. O. Moore and Mrs. Malinda Cobbs jot their telling efforts. ‘The officers were then installed and he ceremony was impoing The banquet toliowed. Music war larnished by Mr. George Bearden. Sup- per was served at a inte hou. Service is what we give. Se sae Gama? > MINERS WANTED! 5 : AT ONCE : FA MILL CREEKG. &€6. CO. fF COOPER, WEST VA. a Mewctin wet "For ff | MONEY 2 NERY OWT WORK | IWO WEEKS PAY | OFFICIAL DIRECTORY OF MCDOWELL COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT: (Eighth Ju- dicial Circuit) Counties of Me Dowell. Mercer and Monroe. Bog ‘saa *. 0.€..ndoh, Judge Welch: W. Burbridge Payo Clerk. Terms of Court Secont Tues day in February June and Sep vember. CRIMINAL COURT: Hon. Jas French Strother, Judge; W. B Payne, Clerk. ‘Terms of Court Second Mon day in January, April, July and October. COUNTY COURT: Dr. R.K Wragonier, President, Key stone Col. Jas. Elwood Jones, Commissioner; W. W. Whyte, clerk, Welch. Terms of Court. First Mon day in January, April, Agus and October. License Term, tirst Monday i: June. COUNTY OFFICERS : Sheriff, J F Johnson, Welch. Prosecuting Attorney F + Cook Assistant Pros. Atorner, GL Counts Clerk Circuitand 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 M-Ciaren | County Health Ofticer and cor loner, Dr. H. G. Camper | Commissioner School Lands ie E Rusmisell. McDowell Members House of Delegates ¥ W Hughes and C. E. Harman. State Senators, Sixth Senat rial district (coaaties of McDow «il, Mingo, wayne and wyoming Jas A. Strother Welch; Wells \voodykootz Williamaon. CECIL H. RILEY ATTORNEY-AT-LAW PRACTICES IN ALL THE COUTS. Northfork, West Virginia. PAAR | Soames sere | FERRY A MATHEWS [Parone oe no Bl ia eten nce pq eaville, Texas, wriies: “For ( aaa nerpe ese ets ff my back, etc. it seemed as it Bi 1 would die, | suffered so. At ify] test, 1 decided to try Cardul, Se romees mae Wp) helped me right away. The ANG full treatment mot only belped I RA} me, but it cured me.” / i TAKE l 8 . The Woman's Toale Cardul heips women in time of greatest meed, because it \@) contains ingredients which act }} specifically. yet gently, on the ‘ weakened womanly organs. |i) 1] So, if you feel discouraged, blue, out-of-sorts. unable to do your household work, on ‘account of your condition, stop worrying and give Cardui a Ti Ithhas helped thousands ft womes,—why sot you? ‘Try Cardul. on a? Baste DR. M.M. TINSLEY _ BYE Specialist Welch, West Virginia ORDER OF PUBLICATION. WEST VERGENIA: At Rales held im the Clerk's Oitice of the Cirenit Court of McDowell County, ow the tint Monday in November, 116. Ernest Small, , Plaintitt, 4 ve 4 In Chancery. Hattie Sunall, ‘ Deeome. | ‘The anges of tho se is tonttiia tron the defendant by the plaintiff a divorce A VINCULO MATRIMONIL And = soreeriog trom an atfidavit som on Menten Sosa eon ‘that the defendant is a non-resident of the State of Went Virsinses ite theretore ordered that the said defendant do ap- i at the Clerk's Ottice of the Circait onrt ot McDowell County within one month from the date of the first publica- tion of this order, and do what ix neces- sary to protert her interest herein. "And it is farther ordered that a copy sanosr ences aes Soe Se Seas memeanae war eee oe Saar Lenton tn Meciecen cone: and that a copy of the same be posted at the front door of the court hou of Me- Dowell county for twenty days before decree is eee cose W. BURBRIDGE PAYNE, Clerk. D. R. Tomlinson, P,Q plastics el, SAMUEL SOLINS Attorney-at-Law Welch, West Virginia taiwg | Do You Know a Good Thing When You See It? | »%%, $18 $15 $20 SUITS TO MEASURE ; GUARANTEED WOOLENS Other Tailors Charge $5 to $15 More for the Very ame Goods LIEBMAN BROS., | Gary---Kimball Tailors from the cradle aac erareerns Rarer, Kinet ood oo Northfork---Cincinnati, O, The Pachic Mutual Lite Insuranse Gompany $30,000,000 ASSETS ORGANIZED 1868 $36,000,000 PAID IN CLAIMS ; Operates in Every State in the Union ‘: 3 Employes More Than 8,000 Agents j Pays A Claim Every Eight Minutes 3 W. H. HARRIS, Special Agent Keystone, West Virginia ree ie emer a ae aaa EP eee IM. WIGGINTON | GRAHAM Leading Livery and Transfer Man--Feed & Coal} SS ee $200,000 Worth of Home Sites for Sale ia most Popalar Part of the| the hour "We mrve hos mese’s City of Bluefield. Terms most reasonable--Prices the Best. | "Geka ereee BLUEFIELD WEST VIRGINIA. | a REAL ESTATE For SALE 200 Lots in and around Lester, W. Va. for Colored People Only. Good Locetion for Homes and surrounded by works. For particulars write or apply to A. J. RODGERS P. 0. Box 2, LESTER, WEST VIRGINIA. rad dl . memo Gene Safety Sirst\ Se" The Southwestern Mutual Firé Insurance Co, Inc., of Bleefield, W. Va. T. G. BECKER, Treas. RICHARD RK. WATKINS, Pree, : AGENTS WANTED SESSION CALLED FOR WEXT MONDAY. Legislature Will be Ask- ed to Amend Certain Laws Affecting Ten- ure of Officers BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS MAY BE NO-PARTISAN No Effert to Deprive Governor- elect of Rightful Power Coatem- plated Bat Attempt Will be Made to Prevent Elective and Appointive Offic- ers From Being Ousted. Charleston, W. Va, Now '8.—Gow- emor HD. Hadtield tonight imued a proclamation calling for the West Vir- Finia legislature to convene in extraordi- harp semion hereon November 3), for dhe purpose of amending certain laws #0 ts to affect the tenure of elective and ap- pointive officers, to curtail the appoint- ive powers of the governo. and to make the public service comminion and. the state board of control non-partisan or by-partican, if the lewislature #0 wees fit. The proclamation als) provides that the legisinture shail consider certain amendments which woul take frou. the governor the arbitrary power of remoy ing elective and appointive otlicers with- ‘out appeal oF resort to the conrts, and te amend the primary and registration laws wo as to admit Socialists and other mi- nority parties, The present law bare parties polling less than a certain per cent of the total vote cast at the previ- ¢ us congreveiwnal elertion. The nrnctemetion celle apse the legie- lature to consider the changing Gf the prveent law eo that the State Bost! of Public Werke insted of the governor wii! mame the third member of the tri- bans! which beara contests involving elective officers, Under the prewent iaw rhe ond ns men aot Sy, oieane point « third, while appointive officers now way be removed by the governor without trial om certain grounds named im the statve. “Tam stroangly opposed to the gov- ernor being denied ang power of autbor- ity over appoints which he has under the constitution of West Virginia, or which iaberently or rightly belongs to his of- tice, and I alvocatethe retention of bis authority to fill these offices by appoint- ment Ip case of vacancies caneed by the expiration of terme or otherwiee,”* the prociamation says. ‘Ido not favor the I gislatare doing anything revoluntionary to deprive the governor of his authority. However, I earnestly feel thet no elec- tive or appointive offer should be re- moved summarily or arbitari'y because of his position. I do not believe that the power should be left in any one man wo name the controlling vote of a tritanal of three to try election contests iavolving the elective ofticr re of the state.”” Governor Hattield in pointing out the necessity for amending the present prim- ary election law declares the “‘manner in which the law was applied in the re- cent election was productive of row frands and repeating of voters in the c munties of Marion, Logan, Cabell and Brooke,” and charges that ““everal hua- dred colonized voters had heen registered im Marion county and hed voted several times in the election.” e He also charged that the registration officers in Logan county “‘feiied or re- fused to register about 1,000 legal Re- publican voters "He also acenses Jobo J Cornwell, the Democratic candidate for governor, who according to returns defeated Ira E. Robinson, Republican nominee, of having stated in his spevch- @ that “it is hie intention if declared elected to remove certain appointive of- deers of the state who have been «ppoimrt el for terms of office ae provided by the laws of West Virginis, and whose terms are detinite and fixed by law, for neglect of duty in that they participated in be- balf of the Republican party in the renent campeiga.”” ' OL MCKORY TONIC 1S RICH IN IRON Restores Strength, Viet and Vital- . itty waSbet lime i. Irom increases the red corpuscles in the plod, thereby making it richer and porer. As Oid Hickory Tonic conteiges One of the very best turns of iron thet the human system can easily abworb, it ie mot very long after you take it that you feel stronger sod wore vigorous. Be- sides the iron, there are extractions of « umber of tonic and purifying herbs, roots and barks in Uid Hickory Tonic. ‘They tone the stomach, liver, kidmeys and bowels, create good appetite aud cleanse the eystem of poiscus Old Hickory Tonic ix not = patent medicine. It ix made from the formula of @ family of doctors, who for over s half century used it ia their own prec- tice. No other tonie they ever preeenibed would give the same youl revults that their own preparation xave, so they al- ways returved to it If you are weak ant sickly, goto the drag store atonceand buy a ool big bottle of Old Hickory Tonic. Take ae: cording to directions and notice bow quickly health and strength returns. ‘Then ask your druggist for the lowest price on six bottle aod continne the treatment until you are thorougtily well. You'll find it a good investinent, for to be weak and sick’y is the most expensive thing in the world NO DANGEROUS DRUGS IN THIS COUGH REMEDY Old Black Joe Syrup is Safe for Every Member of the Family. There is not a sing'e drop of piater, chisrotorm or narcotic drags in Okt sake til oom oe aipacn prem. Itquickly and sorely remedies coughs, cvids, sore throat, bronchitis and all Abroat irritation It loo eum the phlegm, opens the air pamages, soothe irritation and kit's the cold germ. A big. bottle for only Ze at any good store. Be- ‘wase of des qeveus wateteuten. | GRAHAM “dita weammecene ‘PS-y Whea Coming to CEE: ROANOKE, VA. saa T Hotel Anderson North Henry Street. 'Wilcoe, West Virginia WANTED AT ONCE! Miners TDEWATER-KNG OWL CMAN COLUMBUS, O. Lwieb to speak «few words of cheer to the citizens of color of Wegt Vinzinia. Indeed you should be proud of the ser ,0 Toda on the election day. You did youreelt a great honor. It opens up to You a greater avenue whereby you can dew it & inore perfect recognition. From where U read, I ave that every can- dictate owee his sucress to the colord voter who were eo floysl to the Grand U'd Party. Since you heve innded the candidates» safely. you should play on the harps of gold trom now on. Let the party know that if it wishes to be suc ceestul it must teke you along. Never before has the ontlook been clearer for the Negro to claim hie rights. We sbould npt feel ashamed or afraid to ask for them. The party owes them to us Just think of Ohio. She wert Demo- cratic, what we may call im full, The Party lot the county and state. It erm that the white comrades forvok the party in this state. It seus ae if Deworratic wntimeat we thoding the country. So you we what we of color will bave to de. We must gird ap with tenth amd righteous, clean Learts, pare minds and not let our watchword be the dollar. Since we fought so hart to got from ander the Democratic rale with ite ssxregation, the intications point to four more years of struggle Let us make the mt of the situation and we the beat we ea. MERCHANS'’S WIFE AD- VISE KEYSTONE WOMEN * Thad stomach trouble 40 bad I could eat nothining but toast, frnit and hot water. Everything ele sours! and formed eas Dieting did po goal twas miserable until I tried buckthorn turk, alycerine, ete., mixed in Adier-i-ka ONE SPOONFUL benefited me IN STANTLY "Because Adler-'-ka emp- ¢es BOTH lance anct small intestine it relieves ANY CASE of constipation, sour stom ich or gas amd prevent appendices we. Ithee QUICKEST action of any thing Ge ever enid. THE SPECTOR DRUG CO. For Sale. 1 five room dwelling hone locate in Town of Norwood, ou Chestnut st. The bare te weil tniatiel, with igh w ter hing that ie necewary [or e.- fort and brauty: terns, reesmahi. For fall particulars, write or call 1.. KAUE- MAN, Bluefield, W. Va. or SAMUEL. CRIDER, Kimball, W. Ve. lo = of ' PRINCETON Gubday was e bigh or ot the Beptia shureh. Although the we-toer wee bad the people aem to love tbe church Ai 11:We m, the pater, Ger Re Hill, pryecha' - erate thet made the people feel an if they iu the gateway ot beavea. At3:30p. m., Rev. Geo. F. Owens preecbed ALS) p.m, Rev. Twyman preached an able sermon. We hed our minds carried to the crow of Jesus while this splendid man preaebe to ue the word of Gel. Thie wae the coding of the rally and $83.) was raised Some of the people who live im the coaltiolds have bought lote bere and we hope that times may be good so they can bald their houses Mr. FD. Hill, who got burt at the round house several days ago, is im- proving. Mr. John Mitchell had bis house de- stroyed by fire recently Rev. Washington, of Graham, is pas toring here now, and the people love him Princeton is u very nice town and our people are ding well. They have good homes and @ splendid school : BY Bay sour produce by parcel post and save mmey. We sell hams, sides, about dere and butter by parcel post direct to the consumer, all charzes prepaid, also chickens and eggcby express. By this method you get your atutf perfectly fresh and save weveral iiddiemens profite We have customers im alm at every town in the coalfield Write us for prices It is the simplest way in the workl tw» buy what you eat, Write us for prices BAYWOOD PRODUCE CO Beywood, Va 117 tm ROR CAIC Two bones and tote on Jones and Hrackett streets, Hluetlent, Wo Va by Jackeon and Rebecea Patterwon. and 3 room hous, all modern conveniences, accesible. Terme guaranterd to be ar: range! satiafactory to purchasers. Kor further and complete information ad. drews of call for JACKSON, General De- livery, Bluetield. W. Vea ena ee cern ny eons a. » 4 " e ‘ 2 ° ] a % a { a) y Tel germ | | i | He byte a Ri IN) ik +, Cee | eee CG eee oe aes * Ee: | ya) aN Bic Py ce Vd, ih. FA <a BS Paes? He ee LBS a! ite Pttsto's a MONG people who love good music. who have | A a cultivated knowledge of it,the BALDWIN J PIANO is recognized everywhere as the [ft best. In such an atmosphere it is happily at home | and with every day endears itself more and more to its owners. 5 The same is true of the H ; + “Baldwin Hanualo” i the successful unification of the most artistic piano with ‘ the most scientific player action made in the world. There is absolutely nothing better, nothing more per- fect on the market, neither as a piano nor asa player | piano. Contemplating the purchase of either a piano or # player piano, you should not fail to examine these in- struments. Prices and tags will suit you. sou sy G. W. MOONEY Pan BLUEFIELD, ¥./\ EAS (AT wy) ‘THE CRAND PRIK— PARIS.1900 aN MLcoe OF nono DABS NOOO ‘ ) | THE CRAND PRIZE ST.LOUIS,1904 Ar i] iP Pema <7. Qe Sa Oe Tests Only Sc Package at any Store Vf you suiter from headache oF ueural xia. it willzeost you only Se to buy one of the Levt remedtien on the market. Don't judge the quality by the low price “Oolery-Mist™ ie equal if not superior to the highest price! remedies. Gives rehef aud comfort in a few winuter Every store sells “Celery-Miat "One trial will convince you of ite merite WHY: Why ie it that the best business men in MeDowell county are indicted for having chewing gum machines in therr places, rood citizens are baled before court mtn indicted became they have a Little lijior on their preaines for jermotval tne, atl other minor offenders aud allege! otter dere are made to face the titisie, when M€ im common talk that a wottiat wana down a few days ago on the strete of Northfork, aman shot at, cut ant beat by an ufticer in Keystone on Son day—the same otticer is alleged to have committal both offences and thie man is still at lange and ae Foran we are able to learn no imdictiwent hax been returned and ne effort made to apprehend him Will wstue one plewne tell thie patie the reason for thin dimerienismtion 84 tlie al enlnictrativn ul jative” Restaurant! When at Bluestone don’t ‘ail te get vour meals at Mrs. B, M. Smith's better known as Kelle Smith Beat cooking, excellent servicer everything fresh and clean First class lodcimg accomme dation — clean veds, linens clas ¢ ed daily. Rates Ker sonable BELLE SMITH'S Restaurant aed Lodging House Opposite Dvoot BLUESTONE, W. Va. | i You a vin Take Cardui | The Wenar's Tonie | 6. H. Rice Northfork, West Virginia. REPRESENTATIVE OF Sinktord & Warren Embalmers & Undertakers Bluefield, West Virgina 3 wade. FE Arms: OO BAe '% MUSIC TAUGHT FREE spaces me a Siac ed cor newly mcrae SS coab ass! Roataswapeess fe esate | Seo eens El Rien nis | ecatceacsrelisial fl <0 | CSeteca Fenn” So TTT TT Se ANTEN T ONC 0 Men for sand Coke all our coal miners and all our oke requirements have been large WAN AT C 1000 M Minesand Starting up all our coal Coal and Coke require WANTED! AT ONCE! 1000 Men for Goal MinesandCoke Yards Starting up all our coal miners and all our coke ovens Coal and Coke requirements have been largely increased. RATES PAID COAL MINERS: Machine men, 58, 68 and $1 03 per place MINERS LOAD Room, 82c per car. Heading. 86c per car Roadmen, $3 10; Roadman Helper, $2.15 $2.40; Motormen, $2 60; Wiremen, $2 85 RATES P Crushermen $2.50; larry motor- drawing, per oven, heavy charge and refuse $2 10 per day; labore- days twice a month in cash. Same division 11th and 26th. 12 and 27 and $103 per place. Machine men helper MINERS LOADING AFTER MACHINE: leading, 86c per car. Wet Heading, 92c per c man Helper, $2.15; Laborers in mines, $2.15; Wiremen, $2.85; Brakemen, $2.25; Brattice Machine men helpers. 48. 58. 76c per place. MINERS LOADING AFTER MACHINE: Room. 82c per car. Room, 82c per car. Heading, 86c per car. Wet Heading, 92c per car. Hand, 92c per car. Roadmen, $3 10; Roadman Helper, $2.15; Laborers in mines, $2 15; Mule Driver or Hauler, $2.40; Motormen, $2 60; Wiremen, $2 85; Brakemen, $2 25; Brattice Men, $2.85. RATES PAID COKEMUN: Crushermen $2.50; larry motermen, $2.50; chargers, $2.50; leveling, 134c; drawing, per oven, heavy charges $1.31; light charges $1.05; carting ashes and refuse $2.10 per day; laborers $2.00 per day. All days 9 hours. Pav days twice a month in cash. Sand Lick division 13th and 28th. Tug River division 11th and 26th. 12 and 27 division, 12th and 27th. 2.50; larry motermen, $2.50; chargers, $2.50; liven, heavy charges $1.31; light charges $1.05; 10 per day; laborers $2.00 per day. All days a month in cash. Sand Lick division 13th and 28th and 26th. 12 and 27 division, 12th and 27th. United State GARY, McDow STATES C. & NARY, McDowell County, W. Va. United States C. & C. Co. GARY, McDowell County, W. Va. J. P. Spencer, of Winston-Salem, N. C., is now located in Keystone and is with Mr. Alex Morgen in the barber business. They are next door to the Times office and their poite and expert service is winning for them a rushing business. Geand jury has been in session about all this week. Yet there was less indictments made than have been registered for several courts in the past. Miss Georgia A. Whittice, one of the teachers in the Kimbali graded school, made a nasty though pleasant trip to Keystone Monday. Deputy Sheriff J. E. Parson returned from Cincinnati Saturday night to which city he went to see his wife and children and to transact other business. Attorney A. G. Free, of Welch, perhaps the leading lawyer at the bar of his race in this state, was in the city this week on professional business. He was a conservative but strong advocate of the cause of the straight Republican ticket during the recent campaign as was 10 per cent of the rest of his race. T. Edward Hill, assistant director of the Republican Bureau for this county during the recent campaign, made his disappearance from this city last Friday night and his whereabouts is yet unknown. Whether he left because of overjoy at old McDowell giving enam a glowing report of herself or whether he left because of apprehension that Judge Robinson had been defeated for governor and Chief Justice Hughes had been defeated for President of the U.S., no one at present knows. Mrs. Lacy Wingfield, who returned a few days ago from Martinsville, Va., Winston-Salem and Greensboro, N. C., where she spent several days visiting friends and relatives, reports she had a most pleasant trip and enjoyed herself exceedingly well. She is one of the strongest supporters of race enterprises to be found in this or any other state. She was in Keystone Monday having some dental work done at Dr. Colson's office. Madam Holley Hair Dressing SHAMPOOING, FACE MASSAGE HAIR and SCALP TREATMENT. West Church St. Phone 202. Martinsville, Va. Pay for The Times. THE WEST VIRGINIA TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION DEAR TEACHERS AND CO-WORKERS: The time for the meeting of our State Teachers' Association is now upon us. It is for you to say whether or not it will be successful for by a personal contribution of your presence means it can be made the greatest meeting in the history of the Association. You should attend the meeting even at a sacrifice for several reasons, viz.: 1. It will give you an opportunity to visit one of the greatest educational institutions of the State. 2. It is your professional duty to support with your means and presence the only organization, through which, we, as a body of teachers, may aid in bringing about such school legislation and other professional considerations which will help in making West Virginia just a little better place in which to live. 3. Because the program bids fair to be the most practical and helpful ever offered. With President R. P. Sims, of the Bluefield Colored Institute, President J. M. Gandy, of the Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute, Petersburg, Va., Prof. C. G. Woodson, once a teacher in West Virginia, now teaching in Washington, D. O., and a writer of note, and Supt. M. P. Shawkey as general speakers, and with the Primary, Graded, High and Rural' School sections having as their respective chairman, Mru. Helen T Johnson, Kimball; Prof. A. S. Peal, Bluefield; Prof. J. W. Robinson, Kimball, and Prof. W. W. Sanders, the program is compelled to lend professional inspiration as well as practical and professional help. 4. The "Thrift Session" with Prof. J. W. Scott, of Huntington, as Chairman, promises to be a great feature of the meeting. This is the live topic in West Virginia at present. Come prepared to tell whatyour school is doing along this line. 5. There will be a visit and review of the Charleston Public Schools on Wednesday, Nov. 29, by the teachers as a body. The most of the boards are giving Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, believing it to be a good investment. If your board has not already decided to give this much time, we hope it will. 6. Special music will be furnished for every session by the students and faculty of the Institute and the rendition of a special musical program Friday night. If you are going to the meeting, send your name to President Byrd Prillerman at once. If you are not going, then send your "Dollar" to the Secretary, Miss Etta Hall, Montgomery, for the support of the Association, and as an evidence of your good faith and well wishes. There will be no rates over the O. and O. railroad, as the road has the two cent rate through the State. Over other lines, there will be rates only on party tickets with Bluefield and Welch as starting points. Hoping to grasp your hand and exchange greetings in Charleston Wednesday, Nov. 29, or on the campus of the West Virginia Collegiate Institute Nov. 30, I remain, Yours for the good of the work, J W. MOSS, President. NTED ONCE! Men for Go Goke Yard miners and all our coke ovens ents have been largely increased. Machine men helpers. .48. .58. 76c per DING AFTER MACHINE: car. Wet Heading, 92c per car. Hand, 92c per 5; Laborers in mines, $2 15; Mule Driver or H Brakemen, $2 25; Brattice Men, $2 85. men, $2.50; chargers, $2.50; leveling, 13½c; tes $1.31; light charges $1.05; carting ashes ers $2.00 per day. All days 9 hours. Pay and Lick division 13th and 28th. Tug River 27 division, 12th and 27th. ates C. & C. Co. well County, W. Va. Shoe & harness Shop I am now ready for general repairing of all kinds of Leather Goods, such as Shoes, Harness, Valises, Hand Bags a Specialty. All work Guaranteed, by hand or machinery. PRICES TO SUIT YOU I make harness from the stump go; in any style or shape. Bridels, saddles, stirrup leathers, ready made hitch straps, shaft tug, can be made while you wait. Single set of harness made to order, prices from $18 to $25. Double set of harness from $35 to $45. Give us your order and have your harness made at home. S. M. Muse Box 65 NORTH Sanatorium The Wilson Hospital and A private sanatorium for pulmonary tuberculosis provements, private ro medical care and attent line of the A. C. L. R. R. S. Hargrave, Medici "Where style comes from" 55 NORTHFORK, W. W. Sanatorium For Negroes Wilson Hospital and Tubercular Home, Wilson, N. Private sanatorium for the treatment for incipient secondary tuberculosis among Negroes. Modern amenities, private rooms, attractive climate, personal care and attention provided. Located on north of the A. C. L. R. R. fifty miles east of Raleigh. Grave, Medical Director, Wilson style comes from" A & Co. Walker & B Restaurant Box 65 NORTHFORK, W. VA. Sanatorium For Negroes The Wilson Hospital and Tubercular Home, Wilson, N. C. A private sanatorium for the treatment for incipient pulmonary tuberculosis among Negroes. Modern improvements, private rooms, attractive climate, good medical care and attention provided. Located on main line of the A. C. L. R. R. fifty miles east of Raleigh. F. S. Hargrave, Medical Director, Wilson, N. C. TAILORS SUITS MADE TO ORDER $18-Up West Virginia. Nine Airy Rooms Hot and Thoroughly Renovated. $1.00 THE IMPERIAL L IFORK, W. VA. For Negroes Circular Home, Wilson, N. C. the treatment for incipient ing Negroes. Modern im- attractive climate, good provided. Located on main city miles east of Raleigh. Director, Wilson, N. C. Walker & Butor ReStaurant WILCOE, WEST VIRGINIA. Quick Luch, meals served while waiting on trains. Everything to eat in season. Rooms for rent. First class service promptly rendered. Pop and ice cream. WALKER & BUFORD, Props. Ice Airy Rooms Hot and Cold Bat thoroughly Renovated. $1 & $2 per d. THE IMPERIAL HOTEL Everyday Work CRYSTAL Grysta On RYSTA CO AL & COK COMPANY Crystal, west, Va. On Crane Creek. Hurrah! Hurrah! HU Building THIS Hands on struct holders of the Pythian this illustration of and united action. It is give new life, new hope every member of the or le subscribe for stock in the Investment Association nividends on the money $10 Is T Either paid up or on the locality about it or write The Pythian W L. O. WILSON, President HUNTINGTON Building Clear of Debt S Handsome structure is now owned absolutely by the stock holders of the Pythian Mutual Investment Association and this illustration of what is required by concentration of financial action. It is in last a spiritual achievement and slaves lifes, new hope and new inspiration to enjoy stockholder member of the order and race. Let no one insult long for stock in this great corporation - The Pythian Mutual Association - for in Huntington it is sure to pay hands on the money invested. $10 Is The Price Per Share paid up or on the installment plan. Ask the agent in about it or write to this office. THE Pythian Mutual Investment Association WILSON, Presle, at CHARLESTON, THIS Hands-on structure is now owned absolutely by the stock- holders of the Pynanian Mutual Investment Association and is a diss illustration of what is required by conservation of effort and united action. It is in fact a special achievement and should give new life, new hope and opportunity to every stockholder every member of the order and trust. Let our institute longer to subscribe for stock in the great corporation - Pynanian Mutual Investment Association - for in time it is sure to pay handsome dividends on the money invested. Mrs. A. Williams The most up skipped with every mode prompt and first.class NO 16 FEDERAL AVENUE B PALM Main Street L4 ANICURIST HAIR The most up-to-date Parlors in the State with every modern convenience Grade and first-class service in parlors or at home of FEDERAL AVE, 2 doors below the Elks Opera BLUEFIELD, W. VA. PALMETTO CAFE in Street Lord's New Brick Build Prompt and first class service in parlors or at home of patrons NO 16 FEDERAL AVE, 2 doors below the Elks Opera House BLUEFIELD, W. VA. PALMETTO CAFE Main Street Lord's New Brick Building Everything Fresh to Eat In First Class Style. Lunches At All Hours LORD an ORD and WOODY, Prop LORD and WOODY, Prop'rs Examine Your TEETH Tonight You will find, in all probability, an accumulation of tartar on the enamel and bits of food deposit hiding between the crevices. YOUR DENTIFRICE does not FULLY CLEAN! Loss of tooth is caused usually by one of two conditions—Pyorrhea or decay, both of which develop, as a rule, only in the mouth where germ-laden tartar is present. SENRECO, the recently discovered formula of a dental specialist, is two-fold in its action. First, it REALLY CLEANS, embodying specially prepared, soluble granules unusually effective in cleaning away food deposits. Second, it is particularly destructive to the gorm of Pyorrhea. 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