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DISASTER'S DAY THE NEW REGIME OF A TOMOBROW McDowell Negroes Make Good in Registration Test--McDowell Times Congratulated on Enlargement Prof. Austin Curtis Marvelously Develops Agriculture at Institute--A. Word of Meritorious Praise For Prof. C. E. Mitchell--Doings Here And There Among Men Who Move Things. McDowell County Offers Good Opportunities for Negroes, Excellent Schools, high wages. VOLUME 16. DISASTER'S DA REGIME OF McDowell Negroes istration Test--M Congratulated Prof. Austin Curtis Man culture at Institute-- Praise For Prof. C. E And There Among M (BY RALPH W. WHITE.) Special to The McDowell Times. OHABLESTON, W. VA., June 5.—Human nature is a great thing. It is an inexhaustible study. God has so arranged it that for endurance, patience and long-suffering there is nothing to equal it on earth—nothing short of the Dominion of Angus approaches it. In this AWFUL chaotic condition of affairs the world over, just take time to stop and think: then reflect, and then sum up how cheerful, under all the circumstances we are. HOPE "that springs eternal in the human breast" seems at this time to be the guiding star for all humanity the world over. The hope of better things; the hope that tomorrow will bring a change for the better. DIRE DISASTER is WRIT across the very breast of the whole universe and yet its inhabitants refuse to be pessimistic. What were once the vire-clad hilt of Europe are now broken wreathed, drenched in blood. Ocites that lifted their magnificent brace heavened have been raised to the ground and the ruthless feet of hostile invaders crunching whelops of the enemy's cannon have desecrated the once halled ground. "The Silent Cities of the Dead" are overtaxed and burdened until they very well mean, and yet there is not room to receive the daily quote of death's pull. The air is filled with messages of death. The lurking foe lies hidden for beneath the wave to deal out his death destroying mines hourly. Every craft that puts out to sea rides the bosom of the Mighty Deep with trembling and fear, and yet we hope that the tomorrow will bring the calm and peace of long waited for and so devoutly hoped for—but peace with honor. At our very door the trap, tramp, tramp of soldiered citizenly reminds us that death is just over the hill for our loved ones—mayhaps for us. The elements escaped to have conspired with fate to deal our severe blows at the time when we are least prepared to stand them, in the form of devastating storms and hurricanes that leave ruin in their wake. Earthquakes visit our sister Republic South of us and demand heavy toll of life. Kidnappers wreck hopes, incite riots and throw communities into lawless convulsions, treachery enemies to the government glide noiselessly here and there and strike blows by unprotected points, and get, mid it all are we cheerful, happy, if easily happy. Happy that it is no worse and cheerful because it will be better on the tomorrow. With all of this, in all of this, through, above, beneath and around all of this, keep your grap firm on the Eternal Hope of tomorrow being not nummid mindful of the text that "God is in His holy temple, let all the earth keep silent before HIM." Old McDowell County, our Heroded Herod in the registration, among the sons of Ham, rose up as one map and delivered the telling blow that forever ought to silence the gun of her defenders and slanderers. She just unply registered men for the service of Uncle Sam, until everything was easy. It is said that the only reason there were not more is that the day was not longer. No, you can't say that she REPEATED, because Uncle Sam wouldn't allow in the first place; Tidewater C. & C. Co. Making Great Offer--Easy Chance to Have Automobile. For several weeks we have been publishing an account of the great and attractive offer on the part of the Tidewater Coal and Ooke Company and the King Coal Company where they are making a most flattering offer on easy cars for a man to have him a nice, fine, first-class automobile and at the same time have plenty of money. Read this opportunity to secure a car for your self and family. Get in the race. It is a fair proposition. It is one absolutely honest. There is no trick in it, just a guilty offer proposition. A chance of your life to own a car without having to pay a single penalty for it. Get in the race begins and get you a car. --- The McDowell Times. Archives and History Depot To Convene July 11-13 at Bramwell, W. Va. Earliest Appeal Made to Pay Off Debt on Hill Top College and Seminary. Bluefield, W. W., June 12, 1917. My Dear Brethren, Sisters and Friends, Greetings: Thanking you for your past support in our endeavors to lift the masses upon a higher plain, so that a clearer vision may be had of our educational, moral and spiritual duties, as trustees of God's kingdom, I wish to sit up your pure minds relative to the earnestness of our twenty-first annual sittings of the Flat Top Baptist Association which convene with the Bluestone Baptist Church, Brainwell, Rev. R. H. McKoy, D. D., pastor, July 11, 12, 13, 1917. Hence, we are expecting each church in the Association to represent in this all important meeting. Having examined the financial condition of our school at Hilltop, W.Va., we find that it has a burden of less than $2000 resting upon it, the major portion of which we hope to raise in this meeting; no please see to it that your church sends up not less than $5 for the West Virginia Seminary and College., appreciating, however, the other needy cause that appear on our letter form. While patriotism is a flame on the lips of the nation, we may not also be aroused to a spirit of enthusiasm and christian devotion? Below appears the official program for our sittings. Hoping to meet you at Bramwell on the above dates, I am. PROGRAM. WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY 11. 9:00 a. m. Call to order by Moderator Devotionals conducted by Reve. J. W. Crockett and J. G. Price. Appointment of committees on Finance and Reading Letters 11:00 a. m. Introductory sermon, by KEYSTONE, WEST VIRGINIA, FRIDAY, JUNE]15. 1917 Rev. C. F. Reid and O. W. Cortall 10:00 a.m. Election and installation of officers 11:00 a.m. Sermon, Rev. C. H. Rawlings, or his alternate, Rev. J. H. Adams AVERENOON 2:30 p.m. Devotionals conducted by appointment. Reports of committees EVENING. 8:00 p.m. Devotionals conducted and sermon by Rev. J. F. Thompson or his alternate, Rev. W. R. Woodson Report & committees on Finance and Resolutions. Announcements by the Moderator. Adjournment REV. G. W. WOODY, D. D., Moderator. R. H. McKOY, Secretary. Upland C. & C. Co. Giving Men Chance to Make Good Money and Provision Against High Cost of Living Men and women on the Upland Coal and Ooke Oompany operation have the happy distinction of being specially encouraged by Hon. J. J. Lincoln, the manager, to not only work every day to make money and to have it in abundance, but he is spartially giving his employees every opportunity to make plenty to eat and save their money for a rainy day. If any trouble ever arises on this operation, it is easily and quickly settled in friendship and to the satisfaction of all concerned. Because the management has that as one of the Medes and Persian laws----settle all differences in peace and friendship as the head office or with any one in authority. Wow! Who Padded Registration? McDowell Surprises State Officials And The Press. NUMBER OF NEGROES ABOVE ESTIMATE--ABOUT MEN AND THINGS. CHARLESTON, W. Va., June 11.—The returns from the registration in McDowell county were late coming in but no charge has been heard here yet that they were being held back for the purpose of padding, but when they did come they caused a silly stare to set on the faces of some state political leaders and a few representatives of the Democratic press who delight in charging McDowell county with political corruption. The Government experts had estimated that McDowell should register 6,615 men between the ages of 21 and 31, but when Major Wallace of the Conservation Department announced that McDowell Co. had actually registered 9,266 men between the ages mentioned, devised as follows: whites, 4,648; colored, 3,253; aliens, 1,283; Germans, 82, or 2,651 above the estimate made by the experts, the breath almost left the bodies of the villifiers of the "Free State of McDowell" and the Charleston Gazette, Democratic organ and leader of the McDowell knockers, in reporting the figures wailed "McDowell county made a surprising showing in the registration." We most respectfully invite the attention of the Democratic leaders of the state, the Department of Justice and especially the U. S. District Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia, and the editors of the Democratic Press to three figures and inquire whether a legal investigation is necessary and whether anyone in McDowell county should be indicted in the Federal court because nearly 3,000 more men registered than the desk experts estimated. In McDowell they do not estimate numbers from census returns with probable increase because they know that census innumerators never get up some of the hollows or in and around all coke ovens and lumber camps—down in the "Free State of McDowell" they count noses. For the information of our Democratic friends we will state that 6,002 of the men registered are Republicans, the aliens cannot vote and the remainder are Democrats and the same percentage will hold good among those above 31 years of age. McDowell county is not only the greatest coal producing county in the state but in her loyalty to the flag and the Government in this crisis she takes the lead. No officers are being sent out from here to round up slackers and shirkers in McDowell for there are none there. Kamawa county, including the city of Charleston with a population of nearly 10,000 people, only furnished 606 more men than McDowell with less than 75000 people. (Continued on Page Six.) ADVANCE COPY OF AN ACT OF THE LEGISLATURE OF WEST VIRGINIA Second Extraordinary Session, 1917 Being Senate Bill No. 7, Passed May 19, 1917. In Effect-30 Days From Passage. An ACT to prevent idleness and vagrancy in West Virginia during the continuance of the war in which the United States is now engaged. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF WEST VIRGINIA: *Section 1. It is hereby declared to be the duty of every able bodied male resident of this state, between the ages of sixteen and sixty years, to habitually and regularly engage in some lawful, useful and recognized business, profession, occupation or employment whereby he may produce or earn sufficient to support himself and those legally dependent upon him. Section 2. From the time this act becomes effective, and the encofor-ward until six months after the termination of the present war between the United States and the Imperial German government, any able bodied male resident of this state between the ages of sixteen and sixty, except BOSS A fine students during school term, who shall fail or refuse to regularly and steadily engage for at least thirty-six hours per week in some lawful and recognized business, profession, occupation or employment, whereby he may contribute to the support of himself and those legally dependent upon him, shall be held to be a VAGRANT within the meaning and effect of this act, and shall be guilty of a mideemanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars for each offense, and as a part of such sentence and punishment such offender shall be by the trial court ordered to work not exceeding sixty days upon this public roads or streets, or upon some other public work being done by and in the county in which such person shall be convoluted, or by any municipality therein. One-half of the fair value of any such labor so performed under such sentence, shall be paid by the county or municipality receiving the same toward the support of any persons legally dependent upon such vagrant, but if there shall be no such legal dependents, then no payment shall be made on account of any labor performed under such judgment. Any labor so required by a judgment of conviction hereunder shall be rendered in all respects as is now provided by law in the case of other prisoners in jail. Prosecutions for vagrancy hereunder shall be instituted and conducted as other criminal prosecutions, and in no case shall the POSSENSION BY THE AOCUSED OF MONEY, PROPERTY OR INOOME sufficient to support himself and those legally dependent upon him be a defense to any prosecution under this act. In no case shall the claim by the accused of inability to o'aint work or employment be a defense to a prosecution hereunder, unless it shall be proved that the accused promptly notified the proper representative of the state council of defense of his inability to obtain employment, and requested that work or employment be found for him, and that such employment was not furnished. Sec. 3. All justices of the peace, mayors and police judges within the state are hereby given jurisdiction to try and punish all offenders under this act, or such prosecution may be by indictment. Each week or portion thereof that such resident shall continue a vagrant hereunder shall constitute a separate offense, and no appeal shall be allowed from any judgment of conviction for vagrancy, unless the accused shall give bond, with penalty and security to be fixed and approved by the court granting the appeal, conditioned not to violate this during the perdurance of such appeal. Sec. 4. For the purpose of this act any male person found in this state shall be deemed a resident, and in any prosecution hereunder, proof that the accused habitually loiter in idleness in streets, roads, depots, pool rooms, hotels, stores or other public place, or that he is habitually intoxicated, or is addicted to the use of narcotic drugs, or is a professional gambler, or, being able bodied is supported in whole or in part by the labor of any woman or child, shall be prime facie evidence of vagrancy. Sec. 5. All acts and parts of acts in conflict with this act, or any part thereof, are hereby repealed. Do Not These Shameful and Inhuman Crimes Whisper Loudly In Our Ears That we Are Retrograding in Scale of Civilization? There is one great lesson that this grand country of ours has yet to learn, and that is, to stand squarely on its feet and look facts in the face, AS THEY ARE and not AS IT WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THEM BE and then deal with them according to the justice in the case and not from the view point of distortive ideas about the interpretation of the law and an unholy heritage of prejudice. There is no use to deny the fact that our country stands digressed on the account of the frequent and wholly uncalled-for lynchings that have occurred and are occurring. Lynching is fundamentally wrong whether it be executed on a white or black man. It is wrong in the very inception. It is a blow at the very foundation of our boasted civilization. It is a long step backward toward savagery. It is the uprising of the beast in the man and in its worst form at that. Unfortunately this rapidly growing custom falls most frequently, with its dire consequences on the Negro. To say that we do not feel it is to call a LIE for we feel it. To say that it does not hurt the perpetrators thereof is another LIE for it does hurt them far more if they only knew it, than does the victim of their unbridled passions. How can we be expected to believe in the sincerity of the missionary who is going to Africa to Christianize the world in the face of the above mentioned facts. They tell us of the cruxity of the Armenians, of the sufferings of the Jews in Russia and the unspeakable outrages being committed in foreign lands on other peoples. We listen. Yes, we listen, but what do you really think comes to our minds as Negroes. Is it really supposed that we can rise up in righteous indignation with those who flaunt the knowledge of these facts in the face of the world when we know that tomorrow may bring to us, at our own door, and by the same people deploring these conditions, a state of affairs equally as bad, if not worse, and what is more that we are to be the sufferers. Can a greater fact be offered that we are retrograding in the scale of civilization than the deliberate soaking in oil, and burning to time of music and mid bidity of a human being than was presented by the mob which did this same thing in a certain section of our country a few days since. Do we think that the foreign nations are blind to these facts when we accuse them of inhuman treatment of their fellow man? No we do not. We know better. We know it is wrong. Those who are engaged in such, know and feel that sooner or later at the hand of Providence they MUST PAY and PAY DEARLY, and yet, they are absolutely unable to divorce themselves from a hidebound prejudice and prevent such atrocities which would not only mean the saving of the fair name of our country and the life of the accused, but the salvation of themselves. There is law sufficient to curb this evil. What is needed is moral courage on the part of those in authority to execute the same. "Vengence is Mine saith the Lord, and I will repay." Is it not time that we stop erecting so many splendid edifices on the outside of men's hearts for their vanity worship and go after the heart—the conscience—the soul of the man. It is going to be better that a mill stone be tied around the neck of some of the perpetrators of such deeds and that they be cast into the sea than for some of these, when the real reckoning comes—and this will not necessarily be deferred until the Biblical Judgment Day. Read all the advertisements in this is one. It will pay you. VIRGINIA GRAND LODGE K. OF P. WIN LONG DRAWN OUT SUIT Against The Supreme Grand Lodge Knights of Pythias of the World. GREAT VICTORY FOR G. C. JOHN MITCHELL, JR. Constitution and By Laws Revised and Amended in Baltimore in 1913 by Supreme Lodge Adjudged Illegally Euacted and Adopted. Virginia to Recover Heavy Sum in Costs of And From Defendants. IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA HOLDING AN EQUITY COURT. Grand Lodge of Knights of Pythias of North America, South America, Europe, Asia and Africa, (of Virginia,) a corporation, Plaintiff, vs. Equity No. 37, 281. The Knights of Pythias of North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia, a corporation, et al., This cause having come on for consideration by the Court upon the pleadings, evidence and proceedings herein and having been presented and argued by the counsel and considered by the Court, it is this first day of June, 1917, ORDERED, ADJUDGED and DECREED. 1. That the defendants the Knights of Pythias of N. America, S. America, Europe, Asia and Africa, its officers, agents attorneys and all others on its behalf, be and they are hereby, restrained and permanently enjoined from attempting to enforce the decree or enactment of the Supreme Lodge of the said defendant Order of the Knights of Pythias, adopted at its Biennial Session held at Baltimore City, Maryland, in the year 1913, purporting to revoke the charter of the plaintiff and to dissolve the said plaintiff Grand Lodge of the jurisdiction of Virginia, and, further, from doing any other act or thing on the assumption that the said plaintiff Grand Lodge has been dissolved, or that its fraternal charter has been revoked, or that the said plaintiff Grand Lodge is liable to be dissolved, or that its said charter is revocable, or liable to be revoked by reason of any cause or matter existing or claimed to exist, or arising and occurring, or claimed to have arisen or occurred, prior to the date herself. 2. And it is further ORDERED, AD-JUDGED AND DECREED That the defendants, the Knights of Pythias of N. America, S. America, Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia, its officers, agents, attorneys and all others on its behalf be, and they are hereby, restrained and permanently enjoined from enforcing or attempting to enforce the proclamation of suspension issued at New Orleans, La., on the 20th day of July, 1912, and from revoking or attempting to revoke the charter of the plaintiff, for any of the causes mentioned in such proclamation of suspension. 3. And it is further ORDERED, AD-JUDGED and DEOREED That the defendants, the Knights of Pythias of N. America, S. America, Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia, its officers, agents, attorneys and all others on its behalf be, and they are, hereby, restrained and permanently enjoyed from collecting or undertaking so to do, any unpaid portion of the certain tax claimed and assumed to have been levied upon and against the plaintiff, or its members, by the said defendants Order of the Knights of Pythias at its Biennial Session held at Kansas City, Mo., in the year 1966, and in the pleadings, evidence and proceedings here in set forth and described. 4. And it is further ORDERED, AD-JUDGED and DECREED That the prayers of the plaintiff (1) for an accounting, and (2) that the defendants, or any of them, be adjudged to be, or to have been in contempt of the Court, and (3) that the Constitution and Supreme Statutes of the said Order of the Knights of Pythias, Laws Relating to the Supreme, Grand and Subordinate Lodges and Departments of the Order, Revised and Amended by the Supreme Lodge, at Baltimore, Md., in the year 1913, (hereafter collectively called Constitution), be adjudged not to have been legally enacted and adopted, and (4) that the defendants be restrained and enjoyed from putting the same in force and effect as the true and lawful Constitution of the said Order of the Knights of Pythias, be, and the same severally are denied. 5. It is further ORDERED, ADJUDGED and DECREED. That the plaintiff recover its costs of and from the defendants and have execution therefor, as at law. Mr. W. W. White, better known by the boys in Kimball as "Hickory" White, was in Kaystone Tuesday on business. Minera, Okeo Men and Laborers wanted all over McDowell Coun- tity—Business Openings. NUMBER 14 LODGE K. OF P. DRAWN OUT SUIT Grand Lodge Knights of the World. G. JOHN MITCHELL, JR. and Amended in Baltimore in 1913 Illegally Enacted and Adopted. Heavy Sum in Costs of And Defendants. E. JUSTICE GOULD'S INJUNCTION IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRIOT OF COLUMBIA. Holding an Equity Court. Grand Lodge of Knights of Pythias of North America, South America, Europe, Asia and Africa, a corporation, Plaintiff. vs. The Knights of Pythias of North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia, and others. Defendants. Equity No. 32281 ... This cause coming on to be heard upon the bill of complaint, the affidavit in support thereof, the rule to show cause, and the answer, it is upon consideration thereof, this second day of February, 1914 by the Court— ADJUDGED, ORDERED and DECREED that the defendants and each of them and their officers, agents and attorneys, and all others on their behalf be and they are hereby restrained, during the pendency of this suit, or until the further order of the Court, from declaring or treating the fraternal charter of the plaintiff corporation as revoked and from declaring or treating the lodge subordinate to the plaintiff in the state of Virginia and the members attached to the name as not entitled to the rights and privileges of members of the order of the defendant corporation, and from calling on members elsewhere to regard and treat each subordinate lodges and members as not entitled; and from attempting to enforce the decree or enactment of the Supreme Lodge, purporting to revoke the charter of the plaintiff and to dissolve the said Grand Lodge, of the jurisdiction of Virginia; and from circulating any proclamations or letters addressed to the Grand Lodge, subordinate lodges and members of the order, calling attention to or calculated or intended to carry into effect and enforce the attempted revocation of the plaintiff's fraternal charter and dissolution of said Grand Lodge; and from setting up or attempting or purporting to set up, within the state of Virginia, a Grand Lodge, other than the plaintiff, of the Knights of Pythias of the order of the defendant corporation; and from doing any other act or thing on the assumption that the said Grand Lodge of the State of Virginia has been dissolved or that its fraternal charter has been revoked. ASHLEY M. GOULD, Justice. (Seal) A True Copy—Test J. R. YOUNG, Clerk. By F. E. Cunningham, Asst. Clerk. HOW MUCH IS LIBERTY WORTH TO YOU? This is a question that every American should ask himself or herself. For generations we have boasted of our love of liberty. We have called our country "the land of the free and the home of the brave." It has been proved in other wars that this was not a mere empty boast by our fathers and our forefathers. But the question of how much is liberty worth to this generation has not yet been fully answered. It is going to be answered nobly by those who serve under the colors. Many of them will answer with their death. It is going to be answered and answered clearly by others who serve their country as best they may. It is going to be answered by others still who, unable to render personal service, have yet furnished their Government the means to prosecute the war. The number of subscribers to the Liberty Loan Bonds is going to be an index of the love of liberty of the American citizenry of to-day. The list of Liberty Loan Bond holders is going to be a directory of the patriots of America. PEERLESS COAL AND COKE CO The Pearlies Coal and Coke Company at Vivian is offering every inducement in the world to its men and women to make money. They have and keep work plentifully every day and no man who works on this operation need be without a dollar. This company is known and specially recognized for its fair treatment of its men. M. T. WHITTICO, Editor. T. EDWARD HILL, Business Mgr. Articles on more than ten lines will be charged 10 cents per line. Published every Friday in the interest of the Negro Race---His Civil and Political Rights. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. One year in advance.....$1.50 Six months in advance.....80 Three months in advance.....50 One month in advance.....25 Single copy.....06 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, JUNE 15, 1917 ```markdown ``` DAME RUMOR TALKING ABOUT CERTAIN TEACHERS AND A WHITE MAN. Look out, we understand that "Dame Rumor" is talking, carrying news, making it strong and in fact swears that she has the real "dope" on a certain school teacher, with information involving seriously another in one of the districts of this county of crooked dealings. If The McDowell Times finds it to be true, take it from us we will let the public know the same. First, because there is no need of it, and then again, because we don't purpose to stand for it and our mothers and fathers of children don't want such teachers to teach our children if this be true. Now teachers, you who are innocent, don't you worry, but help us to find out how much of this "rot" is true. Get busy now and get straight. It will pay you. JONAHS MUST HAVE A JOB BY JUNE 19 OR ELSE THE JAIL. Next Tuesday every vagrant,jonah, vagabond and kid glovedgambler had better have a job. We hope that the coal companies and other big concerns that havebeen just crying as it were andbegging for labor, will have no more trouble about men. Takethese gamblers that follow thesecarnivals and make them go towork. Put them on the farms.These thousands of able bodiedmen who are idle just because theywont work ought to be putin jail. Relieve the hard workedwives who are supporting a bunchof "kid glove" and "linen finished" dudes, by making the rascalsgo to work. NEGRO AND WHITE MAN DIFFERENCE IN SOUTH CAROLINA. Over 66,000 Negroes registered in South Carolina June 5th while only 60,000 white men registered. All the white men can vote but only a "blamed" few Negroes are permitted to cast a ballot. That's all right black men, keep on being true, loyal and patriotic, despite the fact that a few misguided men would try to deny you your blood bought rights. Stand by your country and fight for your flag. You and the white man between the ages of 21 and 31 in South Carolina were recognized to be on equal terms when it comes to sacrificing life for your country but there is a great difference when it comes to vote. But that's all right black man, still be true. --- CIRCUIT COURT. Budnick Soon to Start Rebuilding H. Budnick, who sustained a heavy loss by fire recently, one of the most progressive business men in this city, is again doing a business on the opposite side of the street from his old stand. He has a very fine and select line of goods directly from the markets. Excavation for his new brick store will start not later than the first of July. Mr. Budnick has learned that the art of success in any business is small profits with an exchange of the best article for the money. Politeness with courteous treatment is the motto of his business concern and anyone failing to accord such courteous treatment can't do business for Harry Budnick. SLACKERS TO BE ARRESTED. Sheriff S. A. Daniel, of this county, advises that, according to advice from the president, all slackers in the recent registra Editor Whittice of McDowell Times Orator of the Evening U. S. C. and C. Co. Praised The Methodist Church at Gary, under the pastoral charge of Rev. W. H. Pleasants, was crowded last Sunday to its utmost capacity in the afternoon. The occasion was the holding of the Annual Meeting of the Methodist Brotherhood in connection with the Boy Scouts. Long before the appointed hour of opening every seat had been taken and only standing room remained and every inch of that was contested. Mr. James C. Boyd, secretary of the Local Brotherhood, and a member of the Official Board had charge of the program and demanded himself most creditably as Master of Ceremony. He is to be congratulated for his splendid work on getting such a large crowd of representative men and women out to an occasion of this kind. The speaker for the afternoon was Editor M. T. Whittoco, of the McDowell Times. Preceeding this address was a short, but well rendered literary program by local talent. Program: Scripture reading; Prayer and Singing. Opening remarks were timely and very pointedly made by scout master, Joseph Timley, to whom much credit is due for this high class literary treat. A paper was read by Thomas D. Adams, on the subject: The 20th Century Negro Boy" which was remarkably good. Duett: Misses Hale and Logan. Another paper was read by Phillip F Davis, on the subject: What is Boy Scouts and what do they mean? after which a Saxophone Solo was rendered by Mr. William Young; Solo by Miss Emile Penn. Mr. W. M. Jones, being present was called on to introduce the speaker which he did in a very timely way. For those who know Editor Whittico, nothing here can add to their interest. For near one hour, he held his crowded and breathlessly silent, except wherein he had them applauding and bursting their sides laughing. He paid a high tribute to the United States Coal and Coke Company's operation and the high tone management of the same. His words of praise for the saxophar conditioned on the operation and in most home appeal to a hearty response. His personal home met a hearty response. His brotherhood and Boy Scouts, coming as it did from a friend of the race; for real men, loyal to their homes, honest with themselves, for the speaker rapt attention. He urged on his audience the great and crying need of men and women to lay aside frivolities, extravagance and on the other hand the imperative demand to become economical, industrious and common sense in their every day dealings with the public and men in general met with a hearty response. We don't know that we have had any man, whether white or black, to make a more timely and effective address to us and that struck the very life cords of our lives than the speech delivered Sunday by the above named speaker. This occasion was also held in connection with Children's Day exercises, all of which merited public praise. The speaker was loud in his praise of the royal manner with which he was received and welcomed in the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Young. At the conclusion of his address Rev. Moore, a Baptist Missionary, and Rev. W. H. Pleasants, pastor of the M. E. church as well as Rev. Shultz made complimentary remarks on the uniqueness of the occasion and the able address. A very large collection was lifted and everybody went away expressing themselves as being highly pleased. Glen White (BY J. E. WOODS.) Rev. W. R. Woodson was called to Statebury on Sunday to assist Rev. S. Davis in a rally. Rev. Hughes, of Montcalm, preached a soul stirring sermon on Sunday morning morning. Promptly at 11 o'clock, this able divine ascended the rostrum. His text was Isaiah 62:16, subject, "Lift up a standard for the people." He certainly opened the way to us of lifting up the Christian and moral standard higher. Our very souls burned within Liebman Our Specialty $15 $18 $20 Brothers Suits to Measure "TAILORS FROM THE CRADLE" Northfork, Gary, Kimball, W. Va. Cincinnati, O. In the afternoon at 3 o'clock, the Children's Day program was one of the best ever rendered here. Mrs. R. T. Thornton is on the sick list. Rev. G. W. Smith was in town Sunday. Mrs. Huston Lowe hai returned from Blanfield where she attended the commencement execls of B. O. I. Rev. Dr. Bodden still deals in Ordway Times. Mr. R. F. Roth, Obisf Engineer of the E. E. White Coal Company, reported to us on Saturday that plans were completed for our new church building and that they would be ready to break ground for the foundation Monday. The increase in wages brings with it a new church, school and hall. We cannot praise the praise the management too much for its interest in our people. Mr Edward Dudley has returned from Bedford County, Va., where he visited his father. Mr. Wm. Hilton visited Tracefork on last Saturday and returned on Sunday. We look for this gentleman to need a horse soon. Mr. Wm. Lewis is able to be out again after being indisposed for about a week. Mrs. Anna Carroll, of Lester, was in the town Sunday. Come again. HOUSTON G. YOUNG TO DIRECT WORK OF BOYS Is Named Head of Boys Working Reserve in West Virginia. Charleston, W. Va., June 12.—Houston G. Young, secretary of state, today received announcement of his appointment from the department of labor, at Washington, as state director of the Boys' Working Reserve, of the United States. Mr. Young was recommended for the appointment by the state council of defense. The purpose of the Boys' Working Reserve is to get every boy in the country enlisted in the work of producing something for the support of the soldiers at the front. The federal and state organizations will co-operate in the work. Mr. Young said it was his purpose to give considerable time to the work and that he will organize the boys of West Virginia, using the precinct as a unit and make it thorough throughout the state. Death of Mrs. Clara Payne. The death of Mrs. Clara Payne, mother of Hona. W. Burbridge Payne, removes one of the oldest and most influential women from the county known to day. Mrs. Payne was apparently in good health and had just recently returned to her home at Bradshaw from Welch where she had been visiting her son, Burbridge. She got wet and having the Asthma already, she was taken with Pneumonia. She only lived a short while after reaching home. She was 76 years of age. Funeral was held Wednesday and interment in the family cemetery, which was witnessed by a host of friends.* Undertaker J. W. Luther had charge of the body. H. T. Graham Appointed on Board of Equalization It is very gratifying to learn that Hon. H. T. Graham, of Anawalt, postmaster and a successful coal operator, has been appointed on the Board of Equalization for this county. Mr. Graham is a high tone gentleman and being of extraordinary intelligence, means that the people can expect nothing but justice at his hands. This paper, sent to your address. $1.50. ```markdown ``` Little Virginia Smith Last Sunday about one o'clock p. m., little Virginia Smith, age fifteen years, surrendered her body to ravages of death and her soul to the God who gave it. She was born at Allergyghany Springs, Va., in the year 1903. Was a member of the 8th grade of the Elkridge graded school. Virginia was sick for four months. She professed religion a year ago and became united with the Algoma Baptist church under pastoral supervision of Rev. L A Watkins. Before she died, although apparently conscious of the ap proach of death, told her mother and father not to grieve after her that she was going to take a long journey. Then it was that she suddenly began to sing the song, "I'm Going to Walk With Jesus." Virginia was a Christian little girl and lived a life of practical innocence and was loved by everybody who knew her especially by all her class and school mates. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. Watkins Monday at 2 o'clock and her remains were laid to rest in Algoma cemetery. She leaves a mother and father, two brothers and a host of friends and relatives to mourn their loss. Her school mates followed her body to the grave with a large flora tribute. OFFICIAL DIRCTORY OF MCDOWELL COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT: (Eighth Judicial Circuit) Counties of McDowell, Mercer and Monroe. State Senators, Sixth Senatorial district (counties of McDowell, Mingo, wayne and wyoming John W. Luther. Welch; Wells Goodykoots. Williamson. FIRST BAPTIST CHUBCH OF ANAWALT Only Private Piece of Church Property in Adkin District. Postmaster Graham, Modern Mos es Lincoln and Rev. R. V. Barks-dale, Prstor, Doing Great Work. Anawalt, a small town almost at the extreme end of the Tug Fork branch line of the N. & W. Railway Co., is specially noted for its thrift, industry, economy and business activities. The man most popularly known and most courteously respected is the Postmaster, Hon. H. T. Graham, who is also Superintendent of several local operations. His generally square dealings with the public has merited for him the confidence and aplause of everybody even from the humblest to the highest in life. Mr. Graham deserves the happy distinction of being a modern Moses and a 20th century Abe Lincoln to lead a downtrodden people out of the wilderness of superstition and a benighted race out of the bonds of chattel and wage slavery. While he is a great big white man, he is too big and too public spirited to be little or to do a little thing. Rev. R. V. Barksdale, a successful business man, a good citizen, a man absolutely clean, conservative, straightward, honest and at all times industrious as well as economical, has won the happy distinction, honor and credit for having the only church undergoing erection that is absolutely free and unincumbered by the claim of a single cent because of a ease. He has the only private price of church property in the entire Adkin District. The people in Anawalt are all doing well and making money. Peace, friendship and a general understanding prevail. Mr. Graham with that magnetic power of peace, goodwill and friendship is to be complimented for the unselfish part he is unthoughtfully playing in this great work. And Rev. Barksdale, the leader of the race of which he is a part, is allowing no grass to grow under his feet chargeable against him for indoence, selfishness or crooked dealing; but on the other hand is measuring arms with all that noble, upright; just and true. Stop Paying Rent and Buy With Same Money Now is the time for the men of the race of the race to purchase a home. You are making good money and the Lilly Land Company is now making the most favorable offer that has been put on the market. You can buy and own a home with the same money you pay rent. Rev. J. H. Byers and wife, of Johnson City, Tenn., are visiting friends and relatives in Kimball. They are especially the guest of Rev. and Mrs. R. P. Johnson. The "Plantation" of the Roberts United Shows now exhibiting in Keystone, is one of the best yet that has been in the city. The attraction is amusing from the start and everybody who sees it comes out pleased. Cornerstone laying in Keystone Sunday. Come and bring your friend. H. H. GREEN 712 First Street, S. W. ROANOKE, VIRGINIA Agent for Bibles and all kinds of Religious Books. I can supply you with the "Life of Booker Washington," "Progress and Achievement" and "Life Line Success" below the cost of the Book Stores. Just Arrived: "Glorious Messages in Songs." 4-6-17 $15 Five Reasons Why Excessive Tumors at the Outset of War Are Difficultaneous—Great Britain Example Worthy of Emulation—How the Tumors Should Be Apportioned. On May 28, 1817, the House of Representatives passed an act "to provide revenue to defray war expenses and for other purposes." In the original bill as presented by the Committee of Ways and Means, the additional revenue to be derived was estimated at $1,810,420,000. The amendment to the income tax, which was tached on to the bill during the discussion in the House, was expected to yield another $40,000,000 or $80,000,000. In discussing the House bill, two problems arise: I. How much should be raised by taxation? II. In what manner should this sum be raised? I. How Much Should Be Raised by Taxation? How was the figure of $1,800,000,000 arrived at? The answer is simple. When the Secretary of the Treasury came to estimate the additional war expenses for the year 1917-18, he calculated that they would amount to some $8,600,000,000, of which $8,000,000,000 was to be allotted to the allies, and $8,000,000, was to be utilised for the domestic purposes. Thinking that it would be a fair proposition to divide this latter sum between loans and taxes, he concluded that the amount to be raised by taxes was $1,800,000,000. There are two extreme theories, each of which may be dismissed with scant courtesy. The one is that all war expenditures should be defrayed by loans, and the other is that all war expenditures should be defrayed by taxes. Each theory is untenable. It is indeed true that the burdens of the war should be borne by the present rather than the future generation; but this does not mean that they should be borne by this year's taxation. Meeting all war expenses by taxation makes the taxpayers in one or two years bear the burden of benefits that ought to be distributed at least over a decade within the same generation. In the second place, when expenditures approach the gigantic sums of present-day warfare, the tax-only policy would require more than the total surplus of social income. Were this absolutely necessary, the ensuing havoc in the economic life of the community would have to be endured. But where the disasters are so great and at the same time so unnecessary, the tax-only policy may be declared impracticable. Secretary McAdoo had the right instinct and highly commendable courage in deciding that a substantial portion, at least, of the revenues should be derived from taxation. But when he hit upon the plan of 50-50 per cent, that is, of raising one-half of all domestic war expenditures by taxes, the question arises whether he did not go too far. The relative proportion of loans to taxes is after all a purely business proposition. Not to rely to a large extent on loans at the outset of a war is a mistake. Disadvantages of Excessive Taxes The disadvantages of excessive taxes at the outset of the war are as follows: 1. Excessive taxes on consumption will cause popular resentment. 2. Excessive taxes on industry will disarrange business, damp enthusiasm and restrict the spirit of enterprise at the very time when the opposite is needed. 3. Excessive taxes on incomes will delete the surplus available for investments and interfere with the placing of the enormous loans which will be necessary in any event. 4. Excessive taxes on wealth will cause a serious diminution of the incomes which are at present largely drawn upon for the support of educational and philanthropic enterprises. Moreover, these sources of support would be dried up precisely at the time when the need would be greatest. 5. Excessive taxation at the outset of the war will reduce the elasticity available for the increasing demands that are soon to come. Great Britain's Policy. Take Great Britain as an example. During the first year of the war she increased taxes only slightly, in order Brother Suits to Measure to keep industries going at top notch. During the second year she raised by new taxes only 9 per cent. of her war expenditures. During the third year she lied by additional taxes (sour and above the pre-war level) only slightly more than 17 per cent. of her war expenses. If we should attempt to do as much in the first year of the war as Great Britain did in the third year it would suffice to raise by taxation $1,250,000,000. If, in order to be absolutely on the safe side, it seemed advisable to increase the sum to $1,500,000,000, this should, in our opinion, be the maximum. In considering the apportionment of the extraordinary burden of taxes in war, certain principles are definitely established: Now, Taxes Should Be Appertioned. (1) The burden of taxes must be spread as far as possible over the whole community so as to cause each individual to share in the sacrifices according to his ability to pay and according to his share in the Government. (2) Taxes on consumption, which are necessarily borne by the community at large, should be imposed as far as possible on articles of quasi-luxury rather than on those of necessity. (3) Excises should be imposed as far as possible upon commodities in the hands of the final consumer rather than upon the articles which serve primarily as raw material for further production. (4) Taxes upon business should be imposed as far as possible upon net earnings rather than upon gross receipts or capital invested. (5) Taxes upon income which will necessarily be severe should be both differentiated and graduated. That is there should be a distinction between earned and unearned incomes and there should be a higher rate upon the larger incomes. It is essential, however, not to make the income rate no excessive as to lead to evasion, administrative difficulties, or to the more fundamental objections which have been urged above. (6) The excess profits which are due to the war constitute the most obvious and reasonable source of revenue during war times. But the principle upon which these war-profit taxes are laid must be equitable in theory and easily calculable in practice. The additional income tax as passed by the House runs up to a rate of 60 per cent. This is a sum unheard of in the history of civilized society. It must be remembered that it was only after the first year of the war that Great Britain increased her income tax to the maximum of 94 per cent., and that even now in the fourth year of the war the income tax does not exceed 42% per cent. It could easily be shown that a tax with rates on moderate incomes substantially less than in Great Britain, and on the larger incomes about as high, would yield only slightly less than the $658,000,000 originally estimated in the House bill. It is to be hoped that the Senate will reduce the total rate on the highest incomes to 54 per cent, or at most to 40 per cent, and that at the same time it will reduce the rate on the smaller incomes derived from personal or professional earnings. If the war continues we shall have to depend more and more upon the income tax. By imposing excessive rates now we are not only endangering the future, but are inviting all manner of difficulties which even Great Britain has been able to escape. Conclusion. The House bill contains other fundamental defects which may be summoned up as follows: (1) It pursues an erroneous principle in imposing retroactive taxes. (2) It selects an unjust and unworkable criterion for the excess-profit tax. (3) It proceeds to an unheard-of height in the income tax. (4) It imposes unwarranted burdens upon the consumption of the community. (5) It is calculated to throw business into confusion by levying taxes on gross receipts instead of upon commodities. (6) It fails to make a proper use of stamp taxes. (7) It follows an unscientific system in its rate on imports. (8) It includes a multiplicity of petty and unlicrative taxes, the variousities of which is out of all proportion to the revenue they produce. The fundamental lines on which the House bill should be modified are summed up herewith: (1) The amount of new taxation should be limited to $1,250,000,000—or at the extent to $1,500,000,000. To do more than this would be as unwise as it is unnecessary. To do even this would be to do more than has ever been done by any civilized Government in time of stress. (1) The excess-profits tax based upon a sound system ought to yield about $600,000,000. (2) The income-tax schedule ought to be revised with a lowering of the rates earned incomes below $10,000, and with an analogous lowering of the S Attorney-at-Law Phone:61 KEYSTONE, W. VA Fractice in all the Courts Senreco —the tooth paste that is fighting the most general disease in the world. 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Va., Box 96. PAIS AND VECELLIO, THE BUSINESS MEN. Pais and Vocellio, good business men of this city, who lost their entire stock of goods in the recent big fire of Keystone, are now locating and putting in a big supply of fresh goods from the market near the post office and next door to the First National Bank of Keystone. They are good business men and bear the reputation of being fair in all their business dealings with any and everybody. Call on them, when you have a chance, look them over and examine their goods, note their reasonable prices and save some money. BRIDGEFORD PHARMACY Bridgeford Pharmacy, run by Dr. W.J. Vernal Bridgeford, the only colored registered Pharmacist in the city, has recently put in one of the finest lines of toilet articles, a new supply of fresh drugs, the finest time of candies, ladies hair and face preparations that are to be found on the market in the cities of New York and Philadelphia. In fact, Vernal Bridgeford has a first class drug store with everything mostly used or needed by any one. At his fountain one can and is often made to feel like was directly at the fountain of youth. It will pay you to call in and see Bridgeford, because we are speaking from personal experience. Mrs. Truila Bridgelord would like t have all the children who took part in "The Toy Shop" to meet at her home on next Monday, June 18, at 3 p. m. Children's Day was bebitingly observed at the Mt. Chapel Baptist church on last Sunday evening. The exercises under the direction of Mrs. W. O. Moore were excellent. The children performed their exceedingly well. A large crowd was present. :0: Squire C. W. Donley, of Northfork District, is being kept very busy these days. Donley is one of the best all round men in this county and has the confidence of every man who ever met him as a man of integrity, honest and fair dealing with everybody. In fact, his Read all the advertisements in this issue. It will pay you. When feeling bad all one has to do is to call at the Palm Palace on 208 E. 3rd ave. Whittico & Speights will make you happy and comfortable. Cool and pleasant place to meet your friends. Everybody goes there where they can see themselves, hear good music, krink all kinds of drinks, eat ice cream, read newspapers and socially spend an hour of innocent amusement. C. H. Morris, the man who makes you look good and appear to be in a brand new suit of clothes every time you go out is still in the business of cleaning and pressing. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned, who is might watchman for the United Pescahouatns Coal Company at Worth, W. Va., will apply to the Judge of the Circuit Court of McBowell county at the June term, 1917, for a license to be posted in accordance with section 7 of chapter 148 of the code of West Virginia. Want Ads Pay. Try it COLORED PEOPLE'S OPPORTUNITY In the City of Beckley West Virginia Lilly Land Company's Lincoln Addition to the City of Beckley, and we have just placed it on the market to be sold to the Colored People. $50 to $2.50 per lot, on terms of $10 down and $5 per month on lots ranging in price from $50 to $150, and $15 down and $7.50 per month on lots ranging in price from $150 to $250. Main Office PRINCETON, W. VA. it wouldn't do any good in the second place and the fellow who was trying to registered and couldn't get there for the crowd ahead of him wouldn't allow it in the third place. PLEASE TAKE NOTICE MR. DEMOCRATIC POLITICAN OF THE NUMBER THAT MCDOWELL REGISTERED AND THEN YOU WON'T BE BEWILDERED, WHEN THE BLOW FALLS UPON YOU TWO AND FOUR YEARS FROM NOW FOR YOU WILL KNOW THAT EVERYTHING IS REGULAR. Old McDowell, the State takes her hat off to you. They talk about you, but when they want the goods delivered they have got to come to you. They slander you at times, but somehow when they are in trouble they cast their eyes askance in your direction for suncor. They revile you and persecute you and say all manner of evil things against you, (for something or somebody's sake) but rejoice and be exceedingly glad for great is your reward TWO and FOUR years hence Again OLD FREE STATE OF McDOWELL, we congratulate you all. We especially congratulate our brother in black. Among other things, we are glad that we wear the livery of the burning sun on your account. While congratulations are going the rounds, we might as well hit the Times a small dab also. We certainly feel that we ought to congratulate the McDowell Times, though speaking in a more serious vein. This week past, it presented to the public an extra two page, nicely edited, well gotten up paper. Too much credit cannot be given to the management of the "Times" for it has in a measure always labored under a handicap and at that has been the most regular and news producing agency, as far as the colored publications are concerned, that we have in the state. This is said without any reflection upon any other publication in the state whatever, for we realize that there is one other paper in the state (the oldest in fact) which deserves great credit for its fearless stand on all questions affecting our people as a race and we are happy to commend Brother Olford of the "Pioneer Press" and feel and know that in so doing, we have the approval of Brother Whittico who would have it this way. However, the Times has weathered some pretty hard storms and come out with her colors flying always. It does its own work, has its own machinery, employs its own help, and by the way, it is not selfish, it employs both white and colored and some of the very best mechanics in the country have been and are now working on the Times. The Times is looking for good efficient help, it doesn't care whether they are white or black. It doesn't draw the color line. Another word in reference to the Times and we shall have done. It is up You will pay no interest and no taxes until the lot is paid for, and in case of your death we then deed the lot without further payment to your wife or to anyone else you name as your Benificiary. to every colored man in the state to subscribe; but that is not the real thing for him to do after all. The real thing is to pay for the subscription in advance, if he really wants to help a good clean colored enterprise in the state. Then the next thing to do is to send in your job work. If you haven't any, find somebody who has and have him subscribe or send in some. In this connection, we will not omit to speak a most favorable word for Rev. George E. Fountain who has a nice publication in Parkersburg and who is doing well. If you are not a subscriber, try and be a subscriber to at least one of these papers, the Digest, the Pioneer Press or the McDowell Times, before the next week passes. We might say a little more about Editor Whitlitt, but he is our brother-in-law and we are afraid the other fellow might misinterpret our meaning. AUSTIN W. CURTIS We said last week that we thought the Agricultural Department at the Institute deserved special mention. There are 105 plots for school gardens 7x6 feet and these are surrounded by a 2 foot walk, and all students in the Second Year Normal, the Third Year Academic and the Third Year Normal are required to prepare the soil and plant seed. Among the seed they are required to plant are beets, onions, carrots, lettuce and radishes. Boys who are taking the four year Agricultural course have assigned to them 1-20 of an acre for cultivation each. On these plots are even now growing the following crops, viz.: Strawberries, Egg plants, tomatoes, peppers and ten different grasses. Twenty varieties of strawberries are being tried out to see which variety is best adopted for the Kanawa Valley. Ten different grasses are being grown in order that the boys, the future farms even now might and may be better acquainted with other grasses, other than Timothy or Red Clover. It is well to mention in this connection that Hon. J. H. Stewart, Commissioner of Agriculture, has made a special request of Prof. Curtis to make a thorough and detailed report of this investigation in order that the State have the benefit of that knowledge for its future use. The three crops belonging to the deadly night shades, viz., egg plants, tomatoes and peppers are being treated to see which will be the most profitable and productive for the market gardner to grow. On Commencement day (May 30) the plots and 1-20 acres were scored to see what students had the oest gardens. The score card ranging as follows: 1. Preparation of soil.....20 2. Accuracy of rows.....10 3. Stand of plants.....20 4. Neatness of crops.....20 5. Neatness of surroundings.....10 6. Maturity of crops.....10 The prizes were donated by Hon. M. P. Shawkey, Supt. of Free Schools, Hon. J. H Stewart, Commissioner of Agriculture, and Mr. P. A. Donovan, Head of the Gas Fixer Manufacturers. The Judges were Hon. J. H. Stewart, Commissioner of Agriculture; Hon. T. Y. McGovern, County Agriculture Agent and Mrs. T. Bouchelle, Superior of Canning and Gardening Clubs. Too much credit cannot be given Prof. Curtis in this connection. He is one of those forces in the life of Institute that is making its self felt without making any noise about it, the most effective after all. His work is well planned, thoroughly systemized and detailed to the minutest degree. He knows both the theoretical and practical side of agriculture, and better yet, he knows how to make the other fellow not only know it but produce it. We said some weeks ago that owing to the place food was taking and the part it was, is, and must play in this way, that among the most, if not the very most important man at this hour in the state was the Commissioner of Agriculture. If that is true among our brothers in the Anglo-Saxon race, then correspondingly it must necessarily be true of Prof. Austin W. Curtis, of Institute, in our own race. You may not know him, you may have heard little of him, you might not recognize him, if you saw him, but if he and others similarly situated should fail to measure up to the urgent demands of this emergency brought on by the war were to fail in their efforts to carry out their plans, and if they didn't know their business and know it well, you would soon feel the need of them. If you don't know Prof. Curtis, get in touch with him, for soon the Agricultural Department of the State is going to use him to your and my advantage and you will do well to have more than a passing acquaintance with him. We are gled to be able to record these things about Prof. Curtis. It is but the truth scarcely told about a superlatively efficient and most worthy man. It is never our policy to do what the world sees fit to call "BOOST" a man, but it is alays a pleasure for us to be able to meritoriously record the good record of a man, and should he have a bad one to let the other yellow do the magnifying thereof, if he thinks is the proper thing to do; thus it affords us pleasure, real genuine pleasure to speak of Prof Charles E. Michell in the above mentioned connection. In the life of every institution, educational or otherwise, there is always one man who rather proves to be the gateway, the entrance to the good things of PEOP In the ley OPI n th V LISTEN! It has located in have subdivided known as the In Addition peced it on the set at a special. start our sale age from:— 510 down and it has one Market w TION to o People. They were sold people in disappoint addition, that we are the market more of the at once an picked over special, loo LISTEN! about 2460 it has only be Market what is TION to the C People. This were sold in i people in differ disappointed be addition. Our that we are sure the market will more of these lo at once and sell plecked over, also sacral, low price LISTEN! Beck about 2480 feet it has only been a few months since we placed on the Market what is known as the RALEIGH COURT ADDITION to the City of Beckley, that we sold to the Colored People. This Addition contained about 140 Lots and they were sold in about four months, and a large number of people in different counties of this state were very much disappointed because they were unable to secure much this addition. Our reason for mentioning this is from the fact that we are sure the new addition that we are placing on the market will sell fast, and if you are interested in one or more of these lots we want to insist on you going to Beckley at once and select your property before this addition is picked over, also while you can secure a choice lot at our saccial, low prices. LISTEN! Beckley is an ideal location for your home, and it's about 240 feet above one level is the county seat of Raleigh county, has good schools, good churches and practically every other modern convenience that can get in any city in this state. But, the greatest thing that you are able to tell you about Beckley is that it is surrounded by the greatest coal fields in the state of West Virginia, in fact, you can live on one of the lots on the Lincoln Addition and walk to work and work at 16 different mines and others are being opened up at this time. This alone ought to be efficient proof to you that Beckley has great opportunities for future growth, and in addition to this there are three large baskew mill in two and one-half to five miles of Beckley, together with a number of other enterprises in and around Beckley that are too numerous to mention; in other words it looks like there are two jobs in or near Beckley for every man there at this time. institution. In other words, the public measures the EXPERT COURS of that institution largely, it is not altogether, by that man. This does not mean that there are not other equally as capable, but it simply means that the public thinks of this one man inseparable from the institution and in thinking of the institution they think of him; thus upon his shoulders largely rests the entertainment in a generic way of the public, the seeing to the thousand and one little things which are material contributions to the happiness and comfort of those visiting in one relation and another. It takes a really versatile, diplomatic patient, farsighted man, a real student of human nature to occupy and fill each a position and obtain anything like the result that will measure up to the standard of filling the place as it should be filled. Prof. Michall has made good in each of these lines. He is an adept at handling the public. He knows men and things and what is better he knows as a general proposition the man to whom he is talking when he talks. He gets results and that is the best proof of success in the world. He has reduced the management of the Institution (his part of it) almost to a science. He has another side. As head of the commercial department, he is equally as successful. His mind mind seems to run to the business side of every proposition he touches. He has a natural inclination and bent in this direction. His word goes with reference to the Institution in the Board of Control, with reference to his own juridiction, in nine cases out of ten. He commands not only their attention, admiration and respect, but opinions in many instances. He has a great disposition, highly cultured, ethical and musical companion, who lends fine texture to the woof and warp of their lines and deserves worthy mention for the all important part she plays in maintaining the splendid equipoles of the public life of her husband. Michall is a success with a big "S." on small monthly payments, where you are living in reach of dozens of different places of work. We believe this is the greatest opportunity that has ever been offered to the Colored People in southern West Virginia, and we believe that you will take advantage of it, and we do not ask you to take our word for it, but we do ask you and want to insist on you going to Beckley right now and see that city and our property with your own eyes, and when you go to Beckley call at our Branch Office, over the Raleigh County Bank and Post Office, and Mr. V. T. LILLY who is in charge of this office will show you our property Just to show you that we mean business and that we are offering you a Bona-fide proposition, we will pay your railroad fare to Beckley and return by giving you a receipt on your first monthly installment in case you buy one or more lots from us, fare not to exceed $7,00, and if you want further information with reference to our property before you go to Beckley Write us and we will have one of our agents call on you and explain our proposition fully TAKEN WITHOUT PAPERS. The Negro, after being taken from Greenfield, Teen, without requisition, to Paducah, for identification by Olarence Dublin, railroad policeman, who was in a hospital there and claimed to have been cut by a Negro, was conveyed to Fulton, and put in some sort of a local lockup, instead of the county jail at Hickman. So far as known, there were no commitment paper; no one guarded the jail and neither the county judge nor the sheriff of the county was made aware of the fact that a prisoner, accused of stabbing Dublin, was under arrest in the county. CONVENIENT FOR LYNCHERS. Circumstances were extraordinarily convenient for the lynchers, and few people of Fulton probably were aware that anything nefarious was going on. One policeman visited the lockup at 2 a.m. on his way home and saw the Negro. Another visited it about two hours later and discovered that the lockup had been broken into and the Negro had been taken out. A Living Testimony Rev. A. 8 Endora, of Northlork, W. Virginia, said in presence of 200 people at Keystone Baptist Church, Monday night June 4th 1917, that he had been down perilized 13 month, and on top of this he had a nervous breakdown, and the indication besides; his weight was reduced from 150 to 120; he was just passing. He said when he had drank from the MIN-RAL-UP 5 days he could hardly trace any symptoms of his complaint. At present he says he can do as much work as he ever did in his life; walk as fast, can eat anything he wants, and weigh 3 be more than he was ever weighed. He bought the cup nearly 3 years ago and has taken no medicine, kept drinking now only occasionally from it. The Min-RAL-Up is often called a Lite saver, Time Saver and Money saver. You can buy the MIN-RAL-UP at the Bridgeford Pharmacy, Keystone, W. Va., price 75 cents. NOTICE: All Mail Orders must be made direct to the Home Factory, we pay the cost of mailing at the house. Address. R. J. STONE, 618 N. 2nd St. Richmond, Va. Agents Wanted. THE BLUESTONE Up-to-Date Accommodation with Every- thing Sanitary and First Class GOOD THINGS TO EAT, SERVED WHILE YOU WAIT ON TRAINS AT REASONABLE PRICES LODGING When You are at Bluestone, call see me Mrs. Julia B. Williams, Prop. Postoffice: Odopers, W. Va. WHAT REGISTRATION SHOWS. The Government estimate in West Virginia was 127,410. Nearly 1200 less than the Government estimate and were divided as follows: White, 103,856; colored, 11,-872; alien, 10,678; Germans, 1,003. The Government figures were arrived at by estimating 10 per cent of the total population (1 386,038 for 1916) between the age of 21 and 31, and on that basis there should have been 128,603. The most reliable figures obtainable places the Negro population of this state at 78,000, but from figures kept by the McDowell Times and the efforts made by that paper to keep in touch with the influx of Negroes during the past two years we feel safe in placing the Negro population of this state at 86,400, and using that as a basis the registration figures of Negroes in the state was more than 3,000 greater than the Government had a right to expect in following its 10 per cent rule. According to that rule (bearing in mind the number actually registered, 11,872) the Negro population of West Virginia should be more than 118,000, but there is not near that number of Negroes in the state. The reason for the discrepancy is obvious to one familiar with the great industrial counties where thousands of young men without families or who left their families in the Southern States from whence they came have migrated to West Virginia to take advantage of the splendid opportunities for work at high wages, and if work remain plentiful and wages high as at present for the next three years the census for 1920 will show a Negro population in this state of not less than 110,000. The colored male population alone has increased in McDowell county during the last two years of more than 2,000 and if the reader will look at the advertisements of coal companies in this paper they will discover one of the reasons why the colored population of McDowell county is still increasing. The colored registration of McDowell county is attracting considerable attention here by both army officials and politicians and it deserves special attention because it represents almost one-third of the total Negro registration of the state; it is only 166 less than the combined Negro registration of Fayette, 1,325, Kanawha, 1,118, and Raleigh, 966, the next three largest counties on the list as far as Negroes are concerned; it is only 78 short of the combined number of Negroes registered in the eight counties following Raleigh with the highest number of Negroes, viz; Logan, 757; Worcester, 720; Mingo, 378; Marion, 395; Cabell, 308; Harrison, 297; Ohio, 254; Jefferson, 247 Hardy county, admitting the home county of Governor Cornwell, registered 209 Negroes and Wyoming 204. All other counties showed less than 200 Negroes while Gilmer, Pleasants, Roane and Webster did not show any and Jackson and Tyler only two each. Hamphire, the home county of the Governor, regia- twelve of colored hops, so it is quite evident that the hops are in a problem in the three county of the war Governor. Rev. F. Herman Gow, pastor of the Court St. A. M. E. O'bureh, and Mr. Joseph Jackson, a high officer of the Uniform Rank K. of P., successfully passed the examination for entrance into the colored officers' training camp at Pt. Duo Moean, Iowa, and left together that place where they will spend three months in training for commissioned officers in the new army. Rev. Gow has been pastor here for a number of years and is very popular. Mr. Jackson is well known in fraternal circles and was an employee of the city government until the last of May. POLITICAL RUMBLINGS One in the capacity of the state can hear rumbling quits frequently now, which if he listens instantly will discover that the noise is caused by some one attempting to start a boom for some office from "jonah catcher" under the new vagrancy law to U. S. Senator. Last Sunday Mr. Jones Sullivan set off a bomb in the Cincinnati Enquirer for bombing Wells Goodykoontz for governor in 1920, the week previous the distinguished Senator from Mingo gave out a statement praising the "Hill Billies" and followed it up last week with another appealing to the people to stand by the coal operators who are indicted in New York. All taken together gave the Goodykoontz gubernatorial boom considerable momentum. The able and popular President of the Senate is very popular with all classes and is some campaigner when he gets 'er goin' and if he decides to push the boom a little will make a big noise in the Republican camp. With a Senatorial campaign only a year off you cannot hear in Charleston the squeak of a Senatorial candidate. The rank and file are talking Hatfield but the Doctor is trying as hard as Roosevelt to get in the fight in Europe and desert the political battlefield in W. Virginia. How's This? 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