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INSTITUTE The Scene of Pretty Wedding Most Brilliant Social Event of the Yule-tide Season Was the Marriage of Miss Hattie E. Peters to Mr. J. Francis Clark. VOLUME 15. INSTIT The Scene Wed Most Brilliant Social E Season Was the Marri E. Peters to Mr. (BY ROY L. STEPANKS.) Because of the prominence of the young people and the families of the contracting parties, the marriage on Christmas day of Miss Hattie E. Peters and Mr. J. Francis Clark was the most brilliant social Yunction of the Yule-tide season. Miss Peters is the charming and accomplished niece of President Byrd Drillerman of West Virginia Collegiate Institute; is a graduate of the same school from the Normal department; has studied extensively in Columbia University, New York city and is at present an efficient teacher in the city schools of Charleston. The groom is principal of Garnet High school of Charleston; has just about finished his A. B. course from Chicago University and has done much to raise the educational standard throughout the state. The wedding ceremony, which was very impressive, was performed at 10 o'clock in the beautiful and spacious chapel of Fleming Hall by Rev. W. C. Thompson who has been a life long friend of the young people. The wedding march played by Mrs. E. M. Mitchell announced the bridal party. The maid of honor, Miss Amelia R. Witcher, a very close friend of the bride's, gowned in pink, carrying gold and silver basket of holly, entered from the hall, followed by the bride, leaning upon the arm of her nucle, who gave her away. The bride presented a strikingly beautiful appearance, gowned in white lace over satin with pearls, wearing a veil of embroidered silk net and carrying a shower bouquet of white roses. They were met by the groom and best man, T. G. Nutter, who entered from the rear of the hall. The matron of honor, Mrs. B A. Orichlow, followed, gowned in satin over wile green, carrying pink roses. The bride's mands were elegantly gowned. Miss C. R. Campbell was gowned in nile green, carrying shepherd crooks Miss Luella Springs, was lovely in a charming gown of wile green, as were also Miss Ethel Springs and Miss Luella Pitts. Mrs. Byrd Prillerman, beautiful as usual, wore a handsome gown Doch over satin. Mrs. C. H. James' wonderful personality was skilled by a superb gown of gray tailta. The grocummen, Dr. B. A. Criclow, Prol. W. S. Cheek, Mr. Edward James, Dr. A. H. Brown, wore black broadcloth tanned suits. President Prillerman, who gave the bride away, was neatly dressed in a very pretty and becoming suit of dark serge. The ribbon bearers were the Misser Ednora and Myrtle Prillerman. Following came the flower girls, Charaveneel Spurlock and Alice Curtis. Little Austen Curts was the ring bearer. The ushers were Roy Edwards, Delbert M. Prillerman, Joseph Peters, Roscoe Peters, Anthony Callaway. After the ceremony a reception followed at the home of President Prillerman. The home was beautifully and artistically decorated with bible Christmas greenery. The table decorations were red and green carrying out the Yake-tide suggestion. Friends to the number of 200 showered congratulations upon the happy couple. Many handsome and costly gifts were received. Miss Mary Eubanks was hostess in the dining room. Mr. and Mrs. Clark left over the Kanawha and Michigan for northern cities where they will spend their honeymoon. Some of the cities that will be visited are New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Washington. They will return to Charleston after January 1st where they will make their future home. MAIN ISLAND CREEK COAL COMPANY MAKE ITS CHILDREN HAPPY OMAR, W. Va., Dec. 25.—The Main Island Creek Coal Company at Omar, Logan county, made steps to see that each one of the children of its 2,000 employees had a Merry Christmas. Shortly before Christmas there arrived in Omar a solid box car of presents to be distributed among the children of every color and nationality on the 35,400 acres of coal land that they are operating. There was an old fashioned Christmas entertainment with music furnished by the Omar Band of 24 pieces. Bands the presents for the children there were plenty of turkey and other good things. The company is putting in 14 new mines on Little Creek in addition to the 12 large ones they are now operating. The children at the construction camps came down to Omar in wagons furnished by the company in order that they might take part in the festivities. WILSON'S RE-ELECTION And the 14th Article of the Federal Constitution. Boston Guardian. As a result of the re-election of their enemy, Woodrow Wilson, to the presidency on the usually accepted basis of returns, are the colored men of the South to have their day in court, negatively or affirmatively? This question is raised by the lively discussion that is being carried on now ever since the semi-official returns finally swung to Wilson by the suppression of the colored vote in the South. Many great Republican newspapers in the North raised the question of the real legality of Wilson's election because of the disranchisement of the colored men of the South and of their being counted for presidential electors in contravention of the second clause of the 14th amendment. At least two prominent Republicans, Ex-Senator Wm. L. Chandler of New Hampshire, and Ex-Attorney General Albert E. Pulibury of Mass chuettez, have publicly declared that President Wilson's reelection is fraudulent on this account and have published notable newspaper articles calling for the contesting of his seat when the electoral college meets. The article of Mr. Chandler, who took part for Hayes in the Hayes-Tilden contest, we published two weeks ago and that of Mr. Pillbury, the great constitutional lawyer, we publish in this issue. Furthermore, Senator Bois Penrose of Pennsylvania has introduced into the United States Senate a bill for the reduction of Southern representation and enforcement of the 14th amendment. This bill is backed strongly by the Newark, N. J., Star-Eagle, and is looked upon with suspicion by the Pittsburgh Courier on the ground that there is no chance to get a "Force-Bill" passed by a Democratic Congress and that Penrose never favored or fostered such a bill when Congress was Republican, or until the Republicans found themselves in distress. The article by Mr. Pillsbury is especially notable. He treats the nullification of the 18th article of the constitution from the standpoint of the Northern voters, as its unjustice and injury to the Northern states and the Northern white people. He repeatedly emphasizes the fact that the Southern white people, by virtue of the disfranchisement of the colored race, have one-third to one-half more votes and power in the House of Representatives and in the electoral college than they would have if the federal constitution was obeyed and enforced, and that by this non-disfranchising states are half-disfranchised by the South, their voters each having but one-half or one third the power in the federal government of a southern white man's vote. Mr. Pillibury shows that 36 of the Southern electoral votes now counted for Wilsed are illegal and unconstitutional, and flatly declares that Hudies is the lawfully elected president-elect by 8 votes. He says that in the issue the question of suffrage for colored men is not involved, there being no disposition in the government or any political party to compete the South to let the colored men vote, the whole issue being whether the South is to be permitted to count in those it dischains for its federal votes in plain violation of the constitution, and whether the 36 other states are to silently submit to themselves thereby being deprived of their just and proportionate federal power as states, and the people thereof as individual voters as compared to the South. Mr. Pillibury claims that war amendments are self-executing and that therefore their operation is automatic, and that the Southern electoral representation is thereby reduced when the dischains KEYSTONE, WEST VIRGINIA, FR IDAY, DEC. 29, 1916 ment proportion is accreted or declared. He does not go into how this could be done at any length but does say it could be done by Congress or by action in the courts. He doubts if the electoral college, which meets in February, has power enough. Finally he warns the country that this undue and illegal Southern power may be used some time for other purposes than Republican defeat and warns the Republican party that if permitted by it in silence, the fraud may be precedent and keep that party almost permanently out of office. What is going to be done, if anything, is problematic, but the Republican party better see that at least an official protest is lodged against the seating of Wils m. The Springfield Republican, oftimes friendly, which supported Wilson, opposes the Chandier and Pillsbury arguments after advising the Mr. Pillsbury take it into court. The Republican scout the idea that the operation of the 14th article of the constitution can be automatic, and says legislation by Congress is required. Mr. Pillsbury's opinion of the decision of the United States Supreme Court is weightier than the Republican's, and the comparison used by the latter of the decennial census apportionment by the House further weakens its argument in that a congressional statute is not parallel with an article of the constitution The final effort of the Republican is to conjure up what it calls a "dilemma" by arguing that the reduction clause of the 14th article of the constitution is "super-seeded" by the 15th article which says that no state shall deny the ballot "on account of color, race or previous condition of servitude," and that Mr. Wilson's re-election cannot therefore be ruled as invalid because thereby congress would modify the 15th article. This is simply saying that the South has as a matter of fact denied the ballot to colored men, that they cannot vote, yet their disfranchisers must forever be permitted to count them to get more power against the colored race in the federal government, because, forsooth, it refuse to permit this and to cut down the power of the oppressors according to the plain wording of the constitution would take away the colored man's technical right to vote. What poor logic and what mockery. This old enebufge is absurd. Every article of the constitution is a legal entity in itself and stands on its own basis. Nor is there any complication between the wording of a clause which recites that "when the right to vote is denied to any (adult) male inhabitants the basis of representation shall be reduced", proportionately, and a clause which says a state shall not deny the suffrage "on account of race, color, etc." These are two separate proposition. The first is positive and mandatory, upon the existence of certain conditions. The second is negative and makes no verbal reference to the mandatory action named in the other. The 14th article does not demand reduction when the ballot is "unconstitutionally" denied but simply when it is a matter of fac-denied. Hence reducing representation in itself constitutes no decoration as to the legality of the ballot denial found to exist. Therefore Congress would not thereby "officially" acquence in denia "because of race, color," and so not in the nullification of the 15th amendment In fact the whole "detemma" argument goes to smash because no southern state denies the ballot in express terms "on account of race, color", etc., but all pretend and appear to deny the ballot on other grounds. Congress is not compelled to go behind the text in acting upon another Article, and can leave the matter to the judicial branch and in the absence of any statement it inferentially does so. Hence Congress can enforce the second section of the 14th amendment without touching the 10th on any way whatsoever. The great question is whether anything tangible will be done before Wilson is seated or afterwards—Exchange GOT $42,500 DAMAGES IN TENN. Colored Man Sued Sheriff For Dynamiting His House To Dislodge Him When He Fired on Posse Attempting to Search His House For Suspect. Jury Verdict. Memphis, Tenn., Dec. 21.—Upholding the contention that "a man's home is his castle and he has a right to defend it," which Judge John E. McCall emphasized in his charge, a jury in Federal Court here today awarded Matthew Harris, Colored, $23,000) compensatory and $20,000 punitive damages in his suit against John A. Reichman, former sheriff of Shelby County, and a member of a sheriff's posse. Harris, who sued for $10,000, was geriologically injured when his home was dynamited in an attempt to dislodge him after he fired on the pigeon which was searching for one of his relatives. Harris testified that he was not aware of the identity of the pigeon men when he resisted their efforts to search his home. Riechman was exempted from the verdict for punitive damages, as it was shown that he was not actually a member of the pigeon. BOYHOOD REMINI- SCENCES (BY W. H. HARRIS, JR.) CHAPTER I. Place of birth—Richmond at that time— Parents and other relatives—First knowledge of the "Grim Reaper"—Early impressions—Bogey-man and students. AUTHOR'S NOTE. When the writing of these reminiscences were first conceived the author had only contemplated writing a few of the amusing incidents of his early life. After writing the second story, and noting the interest created, it occurred to him that it might be both entertaining and instructive, to transcribe in chronological order the impressions during the sixteen years he reided in Richmond, Va. Autoritically no city in America is of greater interest than Richmond, Virginia. Founded in 1723 by Col. Wm. Byrd, it is one of our oldest cities. The captain of the "Old Dominion" and of the ill-conceived Confederate government, famed for its iron works, its flour mills and tobacco factories, it enjoys a reputation that is international. Here in St. John's Church on Churchhill, Patrick Henry delivered his famous oration; here was the great slave market from which the unhappy slaves were sold to the sugar and rice plantations of the South; here was found the flower of Southern gallantry and chivalry. For four long years, during which our fair land was bathed in blood, Richmond, the beautiful queen of the Southland, was the great objective of the Union armies and the cynosure of the civilized world. In an humble home, in this city, five years after the Civil War, the writer was born. My parents were Virginia Elizabeth beth Harris and Rev. Wm. H. Harris. Isaac Harris was my father's father. He came from Powhatan county, Va., and belonged to a Quaker by name of Wm. Pleasants, who in conformity with the Quaker custom liberated him when he was thirty years old. My mother's maid en name was Davis. Her parents were Joanna and Delaware Davis. They were of Indian, Caucasian and Negro extraction, and they and their ancestors were tree as far back as their history can be traced. My mother married at the tender age of fourteen. This marriage was blessed with twenty-one children, only six of whom reached moturity. She received a fair education and was very fond of reading. She was an affectionate mother, a loving and dutiful wife and her diary was her home. Father's life wavery much like that of the average Negro boy of that day. As a boy he was "bound out" to first one employer and then another. He was eventually apprenticed to a shoe maker and became an expert workman. The it was strictly against the laws of Virginia and other slave-holding states for a Negro to be caught with a book in his hands, he managed in some way to learn to read. He had an unconquerable passion for learning and many are the amusing stories he tells of his adroitness in inveigling his white play makes into instructing him. He never lost sight of his goal, but utilized every opportunity for its attainment. He relates an amusing story of his attempt to teach himself. Not being familiar with the diagranical marks, he made many mistakes in pronunciation. Due of the words that gave him serious trouble, was the word peninsular. He persisted in pronouncing it pen-in-su'la, with the a cue on the su. Even after he knew better, it was very difficult for him to cure himself of this error. Because of the laws and of the efforts to prevent Negroes from getting an education, he had to carry his books in his breast and repute in stables and other excluded places. After the war his educational progress was rapid. Entering the Richmond Theological seminary he spent several years, leaving two years before graduation to enter the profession of teaching. One little incident that occurred during his school days, shows in no unmistakable manner, the quality of his application. He was given a problem in mathematics a short while before the seminary closed for the term. Failing to solve it before the session closed, he jabored on it during the whole vacation and was rewarded just before the opening of the next session with the correct solution. A party of yung men were discussing the subject of how far back they could remember. One of them said he could remember distinctly when he was five years old. Another said he could remember when he was two. It was now up to my brother (james—of whom I shall speak at greater length in a subsequent chapter. In that peculiar, droll manner, for which he is noted, be said: "Well, it seems to me that I can remember just a little bit before I was born. I can't remember quite as far back as my brother, but I have a vivid recollection of many events that transpired when I was not more than three years old. At that time we were living in the house with my father's mother, at the foot of St. John street. Oure was the last house on this street, which terminated at the top of the hill known as St. John street hill. Our family consisted of father, mother, brother George and I. Grandmother's family consisted of my aunts—Mary and Margaret, and grandmother. Aunt Margaret was about 20 years old at this time, and aunt Mary was a few years older. Aunt Margaret was yet single and worked out, while aunt Mary was married to a man by the name of Llanghorn and had one child. Mr. Llanghorn died about this time and they "lad him out" in an upstairs room on the north side of the house. I remember seeing the older members of the family in tears. Conversations were conducted in whispers and the house was strangely silent. Stealing alone into the death-chamber, I saw the corpse lying stiff and stark. He was dressed in black, had on white socks, his hands were folded across his breast and there was a large old-fashioned copper cent over each eye. This, then, was my first view of that "Grim Monster" who mysteriously bears both king and pauper to "that bourn from which no traveler ever returns." DR. ROGERS SPENDS SOME TIME IN KEYSTONE. Dr. C. A. Rodgers, a popular and efficient physician of Bluedfield, visited Dr. W. L. Colson and Olson's host of friends Sin Keystone this week. The Doctor says everybody in Bluedfield was an unit in the repleteness in the Yule-tide entailments, and onething in particular that characterized the occasion as an improvement over former Christmas was that everybody was strictly sober, kind, genial and generally happy. They were all merry. The Doctor was one of the most welcome guests that ever walked the streets of our popular little city. Road Engineer in the City Col. W. J. McClarren, the expert Road Engineer and one man among men who have contributed more to the substantial growth of the County of McDowell than any other one man, passed through Keystone Wednesday of this week, looking after the general interest of the roads and the taxpayers. BOTH PARTIES CLAIM HOUSE Republican Leader Mann Says Democrats Are Trying to Buy Control of Next House of Representatives Washington, D. C., Dec. 23.—The personnel of the coming House is still in doubt. Both Speaker Oiark and Republican Leader Mann declared yesterday, that their respective sides would have at least 218 votes, a majority on the speakership. "We will control the house unless the Democratic buy it, and they are trying to do that now." Representative Mann said, indicating his belief that promises of organization favors were being held out to the independents by the present majority. Albany, Dec. 20. - Charles E. Hughes will be the next president of the New York State Bar Association. He has been named for the office by the nominating committee and this is equivalent to election. The Mother-Heart BY ROBERT T. NEVER touch the w Her golden nimble That curls of other chil We heads unkempt I never feel her small, o Slipped softly, like But other little ones be Unloved, untaught, I never bend above her Or kneel in gratitude But other habits in other Unwatched, uncom (To be Continued.) --- sentatives ALL RACES UP, RATHER THAN SOME RACES DOWN In a great speech delivered on one occasion, Col. Theodore Roosevelt used these memorable words: "All men up, rather than some down." He expressed a great truth—a noble sentiment. The great friction between the races today is due to a failure to practice this great doctrine. The opposite doctrine has been practiced, via: "All white races up, and all black races down." As a rule, white men have neither considered nor appreciated the true worth of black men. They have looked upon them as inferiors and only fit to serve. They have utterly disregarded his capacity to develop and expand like other races. This doctrine has been taught and practiced so long that it has become a part of our white neighbors and they are incapable of seeing black men from any other viewpoint than serfs, inacceptable of the highest development. They do not see him as an integral part of the human family, but rather as an inferior, and only it to serve and be led by white men. For the most part, they are blind to their good qualities, and only see his vices. Newspapers, public speakers statesmen, as well as preachers, have dwelt upon their weaknesses and vices rather than their virtues and capabilities. The great daily papers are flooded with a recount of his vices and crimes, but very little is said of the good things they do. If he steals or burglarizes a home, he is honored by being put on the front page in bold headlines, telling of his crime, just as though Negroes were the only people who commit such crimes. They do not tell of their being good carpenters, painters, blacksmiths, farmers, preachers, doctors and lawyers, in fact, good anything; for some of the best farmers in the South are Negroes, some of the best carpenters are Negroes; and their preachers and doctors compare favorably with any people on earth, and they have some of the greatest educators in the world. We doubt whether the world has ever produced a man who revolutionized methods of industrial education as did the late Booker T. Washington. His methods have been adopted by people from all parts of the world. He set the face which others are glad to follow. This has been done in spite of all the efforts to discourage and keep him down. The truth of the matter is, instead of seeing how well he could be provided for and encouraged, the policy has been to see how little could be done for his intellectual and moral uplift. In nearly every line of work he has been discriminated against, and no matter how efficient his service, he has done well to get one-half as much as his white competitor, even though he rendered as great service or better. In the courts, no matter what may be his intelligence and character, his word is not rated as good as that of a whitman's. The white man's word must be preferred, no matter how ignorant or worthless he may be. It is a wonder to us how the Negro has made the progress he has. No people in the world have been so held back and kept down as black folk; and notwithstanding this long and well settled policy to hinder and hamper his progress, he is blamed because he sometimes fails to measure up with those who have had superior advantages. It is a common thing for lawyers at the bar to ridicule and abuse him in open court; and if the word "Nigger" is used one time, it is used a thousand. What must be the effect of this upon the jury and public? It must lower him in their estimation. The younger generation who hears it looks upon him as a fit object of scorn and derision. They seem to forget that character and worth do not depend upon the color of the skin or the race, for you will find worthless, ignorant and visions men in Miners, Coke Men and Laborers wanted all over McDowell Coun- tary-Business Openings. NUMBER 42 both races. This abuse and ridicule tends to defeat the ends of justice rather than help them. It has always been strange to the Independent why the judges should tolerate this in their courts, for it necessarily tends to prejudice the minds of the jury as well as the public against the prisoner at the bar. Our white neighbors have never striven to see the better side of the Negro; they have never come in contact in the spirit of humanity and Christianity which teaches: "As ye would that men should do unto you, do you even so to them, for this is the law and the prophets." In other words, "All men up, rather than some down," "all races up, rather than some down." In the process of evolution, our white neighbors forget that races, like individuals, do not remain stationary. That the man farthest down expands and grows and finally makes his way to the top. The same is true of races, and it is the duty of the race highest up, to help the race lowest down, for in helping the race farthest down, you thereby help the race farthest up, and all concerned are helped. The Negro race wants to better his condition. He is looking forward, rather than backward, and it our white neighbors are imbued with the true spirit of humanity and Christianity which they profess, they would encourage and help them to become all of which they are capable. The independent knows of no greater sum of which any people could be great, than to try to keep another people down who want to become good and great. It is contrary to the law of humanity and to the law of God. What the Negro wants, is a square deal and his white neighbors ought to give him a man's chance. The Negro is awakening a racial consciousness, self-appreciation and determination. If let alone, he will come to the front and work out a worthy destiny. He only wastes a man's chance. He has implanted in his soul ambition and capacity for development, and no one who is fair will deny this. Why not, then, let him come? Why not give him a man's chance? Why undertake to turn the hands of civilization and defy the degree of the Almighty? He demands a chance, give it to him, and there will be no more Negro exodus to the North. Let our white neighbors practice the doctrine, "All races up, rather than some down." Exchange. Keystone Lodge Elects Officers Keystone Lodge Elects Officers Friday evening, Dec. 22, Keystone Lodge, No. 87, K. of P., selected the following officers for the ensuing term: Alex Lyle, Obitancellor Commander; Edward Russell, Master of Works; Lawrence Harris, Vice Obitancellor; Jas. Harris, Master of Exchequer; Gaston Brown, Master of Finance; J. Wesley Grey, Keeper of Records and Seal; Trustees, William Johnson, 6 months; W. Vernal Bridgetford, 12 months; Joe Finney, 18 months. All appointive officers will be named later. New Job For Hughes New York, Dec. 26.—Charles E. Hughes got his first job since he lost the big job of campaigning for the presidency when he was appointed by Justice Greenbaum to pass upon the executor's account in the estate of Mary A. Chisholm. The estate is valued at several million dollars. 23,500,000 PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES RECEIVING EDUCATION WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.—Twenty-three and a half million persons, or about 24 per cent. of the country's population, were enrolled in educational institutions of various sorts in the United States during 1916, according to statistics collected by the Bureau of Education and made public in connection with the annual report of the director, Dr. P. P. Claxton. The percentage of population in schools in Great Britain, according to the bureau's figures, is only 19, in France only 17, in Germany only 20, in Russia only about 4. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Lee, of Vivian, were in the city Wednesday of this week shopping. They both expressed their best wishes for a happy New Year for the McDowell Times. MEMBER NATIONAL NEGRO PRESS ASSOCIATION WHITTICO & HILL PUBLISHERS & PROPRIETORS. M. T. WHITTICO, Editor. T. EDWARD_HILL, Business Mgr. Articles of more than ten lines will be charged 10 cents per line. Published every Friday in the interest of the Negro Race—Hus Civil and Political Rights. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. One year in advance.....$1.50 Six months in advance.....75 Three months in advance.....45 One month in advance.....20 Single copy.....05. ADVERTISING RATES FURNISHED UPON REQUEST Special rates to churches, schools and colleges. Subscribers changing their Post Office address must notify the publishers or else his subscription will be collected just the same as if he had not. Entered as Second Class Matter March 22, 1904, at the Post Office at Keystone, W. Va., under act of Congress, March 3, 1879. FRIDAY DEC. 29, 1916 WHAT IS NEeded AND WHAT WILL EXPECTED OF THE NEXT WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE The newly elected members of the West Virginia Legislature will most likely be called upon to deal with some very important measures and the improvements needed at many of the state institutions. Appropriations sufficiently large will be asked for to give more room to accommodate or to relieve the over-crowded conditions that now obtain in Charleston, at the West Virginia Collegiate Institute and also at the Bluefield Colored Institute. The number of students that already have registered at the Institute number near 400 We are glad to know that the great spirit of our governor has always gone out in the interest of the best in education for the whole state irrespective of race or nationality. We need better working conditions for those who work in the industries of our state and it will be a great compliment to the members of our coming law making body if they should be fortunate enough to put in operation a movement that will make good this one great need. All good citizens will do the right thing if they should join in with the members of the Legislature to bring about better conditions in the state elementary institutions. The accommodations in these institutions for Negro patients are absolutely inadequate and inefficient. We should have a state hospital for the treatment of persons suffering with tuberculosis. In fact, there are many other things needed to make us as a race feel that we are a parcel and parcel of the citizenship of this great state that has been so fair to us in many respects. And to have these things accomplished, we need to call our representatives attention to these glaring needs. Tell your members in the Legislature what you need not necessarily what you want but tell them what the race needs and what you expect of them. Educate your children mothers and fathers if you can't do any thing else for them. Teach them to be polite, industrious and economical. Don't attempt to encourage them to be in. Villa seems to be still living and giving trouble in Mexico despite the fact that he has been reported to be dead so many times. Men and women let us appeal to you to make up your mind that you will try and save a part of everything you make during the coming year. Decide to use common sense at least by saving at least a little of your earnings. Stop apling the rich, live within the bounds of your means. Brace up. Take a stand for right. Keep your word. Do your best to make good. Pay your debts. Look sweet. Smile rather than being a grumbler all the time. Women, stop "rubber-necking" and attend to your own business. If you haven't any business of your own, for heaven's sakes make a business of your own. GREETINGS TO THE NEW YEAR "Happy New Year," we welcome three; we greet three with hearts filled with gratitude for all the blessings we have enjoyed during the life of the present year that is now rapidly passing out of existence into history. For we know that whatever of good or ill thou hast in store for us will, in a measure, add to our lives and help us fulfill the duties and responsibilities placed upon us, the humble creatures of time, who pass this way from the glow of youth through the decay of old age. We are delighted to greet you and welcome you into the world, apotesis, innocent and with a future filled with rich and inexhaustible stores of opportunities in which the lives of men and women may be made useful, society strengthened, the homes purified and made bright and the pages of whose book may be written a record of love, kindness, tenderness and confidence. Many have been our failures, out failures are only stepping stones. "We rise by things that are under our feet." Discouragement has and never ought to have any place in the lives of constructive toilers who look into the future with courage and with a steadfast purpose. In greeting, the New Year 1917, we are not unmindful of the great problems to be solved, the hardships to overcome, the great world-war to surpress. At home, we know there are sore spots that need to be healed; prejudice, that hydra headed monster that is sapping at our very vitals, must be met and conquered. A large group of our citizens' rights are constantly being disregarded. Lynch-law, mob violence, burning of human beings are regretful deeds of lawlessness that have and are still overthrowing the regular and orderly procedure of our regularly constituted courses. And in greeting you, we do it with the hope that a broader, a more liberal and a more conservative vision may take hold of our leaders and statement to the effect it will set in motion an influence that will make this country in reality "The home of the brave and the rich and glorious land of the free." In greeting further, we do it with cheer and hope. Let us as a people, irrespective of our color or condition, go forth in the spirit of true men contending alone for the right recognizing at all times that we are the masters of our own fate and the architects of our own fortunes. Men, let us face the unknown with courageous hearts, and with thoughts that are unsullied by the failures and disappointments of the past. Scott Street Chnrch The congregation of Scott St. Baptist church of Bluefield occupied for the first time Sunday their handsome new church on Scott street, which they have just completed to take the place of the building which was destroyed by fire some years ago. The services Sunday were called "Entrance Service," and consisted of a number of meetings during the day, the principal ones being at 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. and again at 8 p.m., all of which were largely attended. At each of the services there were musical programs rendered and special sermons delivered. The new church is a beautiful structure, and the congregation is receiving the congratulations of the citizens of Bluefield generally in their energy in building it. Rev. W. H. Mitchell, pastor of this church, is to be congratulated in particular because of his common sense views in having an undivided body of strong workers. Friction is unknown, co-operation is the watch word and a general spirit of Christian helpfulness, love, accord and mutual good will prevail. W.L.JONES The Hustler, The Barber, The Business Man and The Man Who is Expert at Feeding You BISMARK CAFE MAIN STREET Opposite The McDowell Times Office KEYSTONE Special preparations now being made for Christmas accommodations. Strangers, acquaintences, friends and everybody will be welcomed at the well known In the H. L. Lord Old Building near the bridge across from Laviscount's Tailor Shop. Call for and See JONES for Christmas elite accommodation Satisfaction Guaranteed. DEFENSELESS AMERICA Times-Star. National defense was the big issue before the last session of Congress. It is the big issue before the present session. It will remain the big issue until Congress and the people consent to meet it squarely and solve it intelligently. In the hands of the Military Affairs committee of the Senate is a measure offered by Chamberlain of Oregon and designed to put the national defense upon a basis of reasonable efficiency. Behind the bill advocates of an adequate naval and military establishment are massing their forces. It is the big thing before Congress. For weal or woe the destiny of the United States nation and people for long years to come and may depend upon the wisdom shown in handling this bit of legislation The plan of land defense finally approved at the last session has already broken down. The federalized militia has failed. Once more it has been demonstrated that making soldiers over night, however fine it sounds, is not a practical proposition. Generals Scott and Wood, ap pearing before Congress, tell a story that cannot be discounted in any essential particular. Experienced regular officers, they both appreciate the lamentable weaknesses inherent in our present system. They know how far from the level of efficiency the present military organization is. They know better than the general public knows—though the public is by no means in ignorance of it—how completely the present system broke down when the attempt was made some months ago to bring into the Federal service for important duty on the Mexican border the thousands of guardsmen who had enlisted in the states. It is folly to pern it a great, wealthy nation to get into such a condition of defenselessness. It would be worse than folly for such a nation, having got into Proprietor of the Celebrated MARK Is Now Locating on STREET Op now being made for O friends and everybody w s m a r Building near the brid ONES for The Lomax DR. E. W. LOM 214 S. Bland Street, For Medical an 2-'1-tf. 214 S. Bland Street. BLUEFIELD, W. VA. For Medical and ugical Cases 2--'1-tf. Phone 373. My Clients Are Always First Lock Box 54. Phone 38 that condition, to close its eyes to the reality. Germany's superiority in the early stages of the war lay in the fact that her millions of young men had had military training. Great Britain could offer no adequate resistance to her enemies until Kitchener had had time to train his raw recruits. Volunteer service means inevitable delay. Delay in modern warfare is likely to be tremen dously expensive; it may be fatal. Coal Operators Have Meeting Hons. W. D. Ord, of Landgraff A. B. Rawn, of Kingston; R. D. Patterson, of Weynoke; J. H. Parrott, of Roanoke; J. J. Lurcoln, of Elkhorn, and Dr. L H Clark, of Kyle, were among the many coal operators who met in a business meeting in Bluefield Wednesday of this week with the Pocahontas Coal Operators Association. New Man With Hill and Company Mr. George S. Woods, of Danville, Va., an expert Cleaner and Dyer, has recently come to the city of Keystone and is now with G. F. Hill and Company. Mr. Woods is a man of 28 years experience and the tact that he has cast his lot with this Company means that from this time on, in particular, work can be received on short notice, and every piece of work he does is guaranteed to please the customers in neatness and the prices will be perfectly satisfactory. Your work will be sent and delivered. Politeness and expert service is his motto, and money and time also will be figure up as great items in his service. K CA apposite The McDowell Time KEYSTONE Christmas accommodation will be welcomed at the rk Ca bridge across from Lavisco Christmas ax Hospital OMAX, Proprietor BLUEFIELD, W. VA. and ugical Cases Phone 373. MY FRIENDS ARE NEXT. BUT I WILL NOT PRESS FOR AN UNIQUE JUDO-MENT NOR ASK FOR THE CONVICTION OF AN INNOCENT MAN. National Jui! Robber KEYSTONE, WEST VIRGINIA. Miners Save More Money Since Whiskey is Out---Returning to Field After Christmas Holidays. The recent holiday purchases by the miners of the Pocahontas coal field have been so much greater than for years, has caused many business men to attribute same to the fact that the sale of whiskey was not handy. Many of the miners left for their various homes in Virginia, North Carolina and other states to spend Christmas ho idays with relatives and friends at the old homesteads. Therefore but little coal has been mined during the past ten days. Yet the miners are rapidly returning to the field and many new miners are returning with them. Club House Burned The club house belonging to the New Pocahontas Coal Co., of Deegans, was totally destroyed by fire Christmas morning. The occupants of the building barely escaped, not saving a thing, all clothing and furniture in the building going up in flames. The cause is not known, but it is believed to have been of incendiary origin. The building was worth $3,500 and the loss is said to be covered by insurance. The furniture and fixtures were valued at $2,000, with no insurance. Mr. and Mrs. W. D Kelly were proprietors. It is understood that the club house will immediately be rebuilt. --- MINERS WANTED! AT ONCE MILL CREEKC. & C. CO. COOPER, WEST VA. Good Houses, Good terms. Good Schools, Good Pay. No Better Opportunity Offered in the State For MONEY EVERY DAY WORK TWO WEEKS PAY. WANTED: Men and women th all communities. Men to get names and address, etc. Nothing to sell. $15.00 weekly. Women to address envelopees and do plain sewing at home. $8.00 weekly. Information for a stamp. NATIONAL BUSINESS BUREAU, Box 883, RICHMOND, VA. Mr. James H. Martin, of Martinsville, Va., but now of Eckman, dropped in and subscribed for the McDowell Times. Young men like that are those who make the country better. Service is what we give. Born to Mr and Mrs. T. E. Edward Hill on Dec. 17th. a fine daughter who "was somewhat under the usual 10 pound mark but as active and port as a cricket. The mother is in splendid condition and has given the little lady the name "Caroline Douglas." No Dangerous Drugs In This Cough Remedy Old Black Joe Cough' Syrup Is Safe for Every Member of the Family There is not a single drop of opiates, chloroform or narcotic drugs in Old Jack Joe Cough Sprup. You can safely give to a child as well as to a grown person. It quickly and surely remedies coughs, colds, sore throat, bronchitis and all throat irritation. It loosens the phlegm, opens the air passages, soothes irritation and kills the cold grem. A big bottle for only 25c at any good store Beware of dangerous substitutes. BROWN W. PAYNE BROWN W. PAYNE Attorney-at-Law Beckley, West Virginia. Notary Public Trap Hill|Phone 3 P O Box 487 Walker & Butford Restaurant WILCOE, WEST VIRGINIA. Quick Luch, meals served while waiting on trains. Everything to eat in season. Rooms for rent. First class service promptly ren- dered. Pop and ice cream. WALKER & BUFORD, Props. Nice Airy Rooms Hot and Cold Baths Enouroughly Renovated $1 & $2 per day THE IMPERIAL HOTEL MR. and MRS. C. W. PRICE Mgrs. The only Colored Hotel in the City. 2 minutes walk from the station. Merls: Europenn and American Plan. 500 Raleigh Street. Phone 974. BLUEFIELD, W. VA. For Sale. 1 five room dwelling house located in Town of Norwood on Chantset N. The home is well finished, with 1 lights, water and everything that is necessary for comfort and beauty; terms reasonable. For full particulars, write or call L. KAUFMAN, Bluefield, W. V., or SAMUEL CRIDER, Kimball, W. Va. 10:20:4 The Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Company Operates in Every State in the Union Employes More Than 8,000 Agents Pays A Claim Every Eight Minutes Leading Livery and Transfer Man--Feed & Coal $200,000 Worth of Home Sites for Sale in most Popular Part of the City of Bluefield. Terms most reasonable--Prices the Best. BLUEFIELD WEST VIRGINIA. The Southwestern Mutual Fire Insurance Co. Inc. of Bluefield, W. Va. Prof. and Mrs. Leonard Entertain in Honor of Mr. D. Prillerman Mrs. Leonard, the congenial and accomplished wife of Prof. Leonard, teacher of Agricultural at West Virginia College Institute, delightfully entertained Tuesday evening, from 7 to 9, Dec. 26, at the home of President Prillerman, several members of the young social set in honor of Mr. Dilbert Prillerman who is spending the holidays with his parents. Mr. Prillerman is a member of the Senior Class, Michigan Agriculture College, and was recently honored with the selection as Chairman of the nut exhibit for the Horticultural Show to be given in January. The young people numbering twenty-six passed the evenig very pleasantly and delightfully by playing various games. The home was attractively beautiful with varied colors of Christmas decorations. The magnificent and elegant electrolier, flooding the lovely and beautiful room, where the young people assembled, with rays of burning brightness, was artistically and pains takingly covered with smiling holly, glowing mistletoe and clinging smilax. A prize was given to the one, who on being blind folded could touch with a long stick a small red dot which was marked on a piece of paper in the form of a heart and pasted on the door. The contestant, as above stated, was blind folded, made to turn around two or three times hurriedly and then find his way, as best he could, to the heart. This game was both amusing and interesting. The prize was won by Mr. Joseph Peters, of the Senior Academic Class. After the games, the laughing and jolly young people were invited into the brilliantly lighted room where punch was served. Mrs. Leonard, in a beautiful and handsome gown of white satin, presided over the bunch bowl. Those present were: Misses Cleopatra Whittock, Thelma Calhoun, Alphonse Simpson, Mildred Webb, Myrtle Irving, Iezard Wash, Mae Curry, Louise Ward, Dolly Blue, Estelle Arthur, Texannah The Pacific M. $30,000,000 ASSETS Opera Emp Pay W. H. H. I. M. WIG Leading Livery and Trav $200,000 Worth of Home Sites for City of Bluefield. Terms most rea BLUEFIELD W REAL ESTAT 200 Lots in and around People Only. Good Locetion by works. For particulars w P. O. Box 2, Safety Fire The Southw Fire Insurance of Bluefield T. G. BECKER, Treas. AGENTS Honest Tailoring PATROVING --- Park, Christian Branch, Ednor Prillerman; Moena, Delbert Prillerman, Roy L. Sternbae, Lawrence Prillerman, Stewart Calboun, J. erub Peteur, Rausel Carpenter, A. B. Cunningham, Robert Bisch, Levi Glimore, W. W. Colbert, Dennis Smith, Max Westerband, Anthony Calloway. CHRISTMAS TREE The Christmas tree and exercises of the Mt. Chapel Baptist Sunday school at the Hippodrome on last Monday night were in every way a splendid success. The children had been well trained by Measlames Helen M. James, W. O. Moore, H. L. Lord and Miss Myrtle Joney, and they performed their parts exceedingly well. The music under Miss Jones was of a high order. The tree was beautifully decorated and was ladden with a large number of presents. The Sunday School gave very nice presents to nearly a hundred and a large number of persons got presents from their friends and acquaintances. Everybody seemed to have enjoyed the entertainment and went home happy. The Sunday school has made a splendid showing during the year under the leadership of J. H. Jones, and it is the hope of all concerned to have its number increased in 1917. Parents, send your boys and girls to some Sunday school. Mrs. Fannie Wilson Dead. Mrs. Fannie Wilson, of this city, who had been in poor health for sometime and who went to Pittsburgh on Dec. 10, to undergo an operation on the advice of her physician, died last Sunday in the hospital there. Her body was brought to Bliueridge Spring, Va., on Tuesday tor burial. Mrs. Wilson was a splendid christian woman, being a member of the choir of the Mt. Chapel Baptist church and a faithful worker in the various departments of the church. She was the anunt of Marcellus Broady, of the McDowell Times office force. Peace to her ashes and rest to bones. Mutual Life Insurance ORGANIZED 1868 $36 Orates in Every State in the Union Employes More Than 8,000 Agents Days A Claim Every Eight Minutes HARRIS, Special Keystone, West Virginia WIGGINTON Transfer Man--Feed & Coal for Sale in most Popular Part of the reasonable--Prices the Best. WEST VIRGINIA. ATE For SALE d Lester, W. Va., for Colored tion for Homes and surrounded s write or apply to A. J. RODGERS LESTER, WEST VIRGINIA. first! Insure your Houses, Household Goods nos and Live Stock, Etc., in western Mutual ance Co., Inc., Shefield, W. Va. BICHARD R. WATKINS, Pres. TS WANTED Under the direction of Mr. J. A. Adam, assisted by several other very inimical and prominent young men of the town of Kimball, a very elite affair was pulled off in Kimball Tuesday night of this week with a very large attendance of men and women from all over the coalfields. The occasion was a dance in the New Brick Hall on Main Street. Invitations had been sent out to special friends and they were among the best people of the coalfields. The affair was well arranged and conducted to perfection. There was not one ugly remark or a single unbecoming act by any one present. Whiskey was not to be seen neither was there a man who was seen that indicated that he was under the influence of anything of the kind. Most excellent music was rendered by the Watkins Saxophone Orchestra of Bluefield. They certainly snow their business and the excellency of their music makes them greatly in demand by both white and colored people, when amusing occasions are sought. KEYSTONE-ECKMAN CRADED SCHOOL HAS A NICE BANK ACCOUNT The Savings Department of the Keystone-Eckman Graded School reports that for the first half of the school year which ended Dec. 22, one hundred twenty-one dollars and sixty cents ($121 60) were deposited and during that time nine dollars and eighty-nine cents were withdrawn, which leaves a balance of one hundred fifteen dollars and seventy-one cents ($11.571) on the proper side of the account. All depoitors and their friends should see to it that this mark is equalled or surpassed during the next half of the school year. Sease Company $36,000,000 PAID IN CLAIMS Good wages, regular work, Good houses, Sanitary conditions, excellent Schools and Churches. Officials take personal interest in welfare of employees . R. R. Depot, East Vivian. P. O., Vivian, W. Va. Iron increases the red corpuscles in the blood, thereby making it rich and purer. An Old Hickory Tonic contains one of the very least forms of iron that the human system can easily absorb, it is not very long after you take it that you feel stronger and more vigorous. Besides the iron, there are extractions of a number of tonic and purifying herbs, roots and barks in old Hickory Tonic. They tone the stomach, liver, kidneys and bowels, create good appetite and cleanse the system of poisons. Old Hickory Tonic is not a patent medicine. It is made from a formula of a family of doctors, who for a half century used it in their own practice. No other tonic they ever prescribed would give the same good results that their own preparation gave, so they always returned to it. If you are weak and sickly, go to the drug store at once and buy a good big bottle of Old Hickory Tonic. Take according to directions and notice how quickly health and strength return. Then ask your druggist for the lowest price on six bottles and continue the treatment until you are thoroughly well. You'll find it a good investment, for to be weak and sickly is the most expensive thing in the world. The subject, "Can a soul be lost after it has been regenerated?" will be discussed Sunday at 1:30 p. m., at Calhoun's Hall by Reva J. W. Hermanon and L. E. Johnson, Affirmative, and Reva R. H. McKoy and W. H. Harris. Negative. The subject promises to be a treat and the public is invited to be present. The Presbyterian church will have special services in the hall, beginning at 6:30 o'clock. Dr. Joseph E. Brown and wife, of this city, are visiting relatives and friends in the city of Roadway. N. J. They were accompanied by their little daughter. They spent the Christmas holiday with the folks at the old homestead. AMONG people who love good music, who have a cultivated knowledge of it, the BALDWIN PIANO is recognized everywhere as the best. In such an atmosphere it is happily at home and with every day endears itself more and more to its owners. Mr T. Edward Hill, Business Manager of the McDowell! Times, has been constantly on the go this Christmas, looking after matters political and at the same time making ready to spend much or most of the time in Charleston during the session of the Legislature. EX-GOVERNOR ATKINSON IN BLUEFIELD Ex-Governor George W. Atkinson, the erstwhile Republican and statesman, attended the meeting of the West Virginia Bar Association which was in session yesterday (Friday) in Bluefield. Several other out of town attorneys attended the meeting How's This? We offer One Hundred Dollar Reward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It can be taken been taken by catarrh sufferers for at most thirty-five years, and has become known as the most reliable remedy for Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure acts thrus on the Mucous surfaces, expelling the mucous blood and healing the diseased portions. 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Church, Tuesday Dec. 26 at 6:30 p. m. when Miss Pearl Gravely, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Gravely became the bride of Mr. Charlie Fitts. The arch was beautifully decorated with coranations, ivory and candies. The bride was led to the altar and given away by her brother, Mr. Arthur Gravely. She was gowned in white satin trimmed in net and apple blossoms. Her veil was a white chafer trimmed in orange blossoms. She was carrying a bouquet of bride's roses and lilies of the valley. The bride's maid was Miss Rattley, of Daville, Va. She wore a blue silk dress and carried a bouquet of roses and led the groom to the altar. Second maid was Miss Williams, of North Carolina. She was dressed in pink silk and carried a bouquet of white roses leaning on the arm of Mr. Mullard Dillard. Usheres were James Dandridge Willie Clark, Tom Penn, Nillie Cosby. The little ring carriers were Louise Drewry and Jack Davis. The wedding march was played by Mrs. Vinie Baldwin. The bride and groom tilt on the same evening for Winston-Nalem, N.C., where they expect to ipend their honeymoon. Mr. John Pasterson is at home with his wife from Hotsprings. Miss Lucinda Hayes and Kate Harper, who have been away teaching school are at home for the holidays. Mr. John Travis is at home from West Virginia. Mrs. Bettie Hunt was the guest of her sister, Mrs. S. A. Troter, Sunday. Mrs. Milie Harper is spending the holidays in Stamton with her daughter Mrs. Martina Bilob. Mr. Albert Burge and son Linzie ar at home from West Virginia. Mr. and Mrs. Ball are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Glaburn FREMONT The people of Fremont, N. C. are steadily advancing and are making progress with the time. The members and friends of St. John Presbyterian church are preparing for a new belfry. They have an excelent $25 bell, and they want a belfry. They have $30 in hand with which to commence the work. The First Presbyterian church, o Pawtnucket, R. I., presented to us through our pastor, Rev. H B. Taylor, of Wilton, N. C., a handsome silver communion set together with a set of hymnals with a total value of $20. We are unable to express our thanks in receiving such a handsome present from our friend. The members and friends of Bethel Chapel will commence work on their building the first of the New Year. Rev Elliott is the pastor. Rev. J. H. Gray, pastor of the First Baptist church, thanked his members and friends at their last meeting for the amount of $117, collected in two meetings. They are arranging to remodel their church. The Presbyterian League Society is continually making progress. They opened their last meeting as usual with response in Bible verses. Our President t gave us a nice lecture, as did Mrs. Idh Richards. Rev. H. B. Taylor responded to Mrs. Richards on training the young folks. Mrs. Rebecca Richards sang an excellent solo and was loudly applauded. The Superintendent is of offering a gold filled fountain pen to the lady or gentleman who writes the best paper on the life of Frederick Douglas for the next meeting. Any one is invited to enter the contest. I. W. Lee Superintendent. If you want a weekly paper second to none, take the McDowell Times ELKHORN Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Ross entertained a few friends on Monday evening. Mr. Ernest H. Bryant, of Pocahontas, was the guest of Miss Nowlin on Sunday and Monday. Mr Levi Gardner has returned from Columbus, Ohio. Miss Dora Eggleston, who is attending school in Columbus, spent the holiday at home. Miss Mary Page is spending the holidays with friends in Kimball. Mr. Norman Lee made a business trip to Bluefield Tuesday. Messra. David Hurt and Luther Wilson left Sunday night for Charleston to visit relatives and friends. Mrs. B. E. Nowlin entertained a few friends at dinner Tuesday. Out of town guest were Mr. and Mrs. George Dean, of Switchback, and Mrs. Wm. Sadler, of Kumball. Miss M. 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A Physician's trial package (4 doses) will be mailed you free if you write mentioning this advertisement. The dentalan Remedies Co., 802 Madison Ave, Covington, KY. OFFICIAL DIRECTORY OF MCDOWELL COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT: (Eighth Judicial Circuit) Counties of Me Dowell, Mercer and Monroe. Hon. Isaiah C. Herndon, Judge Welch; W. Burbridge Payr Clerk. Terms of Court Second Tue day in February June and Se ember. RIMINAL COURT: Hon. Ja french Strother, Judge; W. J ayne, Clerk. Terms of Court Second Mon day in January, April, July and October. COUNTY COURT: Dr. R. F fragonier, President, Keyston Col. Jas. Elwood Jones. W. W. Whyte, clerk, Welch Terms of Court. First Monday in January, April, August and October. License Term, first Monday i June. COUNTY OFFICERS : Sheriff, J F Johnson, Welch. Prosecuting Attorney F Look Assistant Pros. Attorney, G Jountz Clerk Circuitand Crim. Court Burbridge Payne Clerk County Court, W. W Whyte County Surveyor, w C Morga fivian Supt. Free Schools, W Cassius look, Welch County Health Officer and corner, Dr. H. G. Camper Commissioner School Lands E Rusmisell, McDowell Members House of Delegates V W Hughes and C. E. Harman State Senators, Sixth Senat district (counties of McDow ll, Mingo, wayne and wyoming fas A. Strother Welch; Well good w/ W, Williamson. ATTORNEY-AT-LAW PRACTICES IN ALL THE COUTS. Northfork, West Virginia. NORTHFORK. W. VA. BOX 405 We carry Largest Line of Ladies' Ready-to-Wear Clothing in W. Va. Received 400 Stylish Ladies' Coats and Suits for the HOLIDAYS. Make your Selections Early and Avoid the Rush. PALMETTO CAFE Main Street Lord's New Brick Building Everything Fresh to Eat In First Class Style. Lunches At All Hours LORD and WOODY, Prop'rs At Rnls held in the Clerk's Office of the Circuit Court of McDowell County on the first Monday in December, 1916. Lillian Tanner ( The object of this suit is to obtain from the defender by the plaintiff divorce. A VINGULO MATRIMONII And it appearing from an affidavit now on file with the papers in this cause, that the defender is non-resident of the state of West Virginia it is therefore ordered that the said defender be rearer at the Olerk's office of the Circuit Court of McDowell County within one month from the date of the first publication of this order, and do what is necessary to protect his interest herein. And it is further ordered that a copy of this order be published once a week or four successive weeks in some news paper in McDewell County, and that a copy of same be posted at the front of the court house of McDewell county for twenty days before decree be emailed. A copy. Teste: W. BURBRIDGE PAYNE, Oleri A. G. Froe, P. Q. Order of Publication. At rules held in the Clerk's Office of the Circuit Court of McDowell County, on the first Monday in December, 1916. Kate Lace, The object of this suit is to obtain from the defendant by the plaintiff a divorce A VINCULO MATRIMONIL. INCLOUD MAYRONII. And it appearing from an alibi lavish on film the papers in this case, that the defendant non-resident or the State of West Virginia, there are ordered the said defendant dear at the Oierk's Office of the Circuit Court of McDowell County within one month from the date of the first publication of this order, and do what is necessary to protect his interest herein. And it is further ordered that a copy of this order be published once a week or four successive weeks in some newspaper published in McDowell County and that a copy of the same be posted at the front door of the court house of McDowell or other twenty days before decree is rendered. A copy. Teste: W. BURBRIDGE PAYNE, Clerk V. G. Free, P. Q. Baby Wanted Boy or girl; 2 to 5 years old; will end it to school, when old enough, and o church; christian home; parental care. 4R. AND MRS RICHARD WHITE, Box 174, Coalwood, W. Va. DR. M. M. TINSLEY EYE Specialist Welch, West Virginia G. H. Rice Northfork, West Virginia. 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