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The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1913-07-25
FRIDAY JULY -, 1913


1t came to my attention that
individuals in BIueueld have been
charged with writing the articr
under the caption Brave Color
ed Woman. which appeared in
this paper last week. In order
that no inrocent person may be
accused, | wish it distinctly un
derstood that | gathered the evi
dence, secured several affidavits,
conferred with FIVE white men in
Bluefield, did not talk with a col
ored man about the matter and
wrote the article and editorial re
TERED to myself. The facts jus
tify the article and | am abso
iuteiy responsible for the same
T. EDWARD HILL,
Business Manager
of The Mcdowell Times.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1913-07-25
Union Sacrifices Min
ers' Wages for the
Check-Off

Charleston. W. Va July 81
Tho Paint Greek Galleries Co.
and the Standard Splint and Gas
Coal Co. which We're operated a.
union mines before the strike
which began sixteen months ago
have signed new contracts with
The union. thus ending the long
strike at these mines which en-
Dloy about half the total number
81 miners on Paint Crock
The contract includes the
check ct. under the terms nf
which every employee. whether
willingly or nnwilIingly, is com
PEELED N pay the union dues. The
other mines on Paint Creek will
not concede the check-oG. Thus
the union does not extend its
territory under the new contract
The settlement was made ON a
basis Of 81 cents ton for pick
mining splint coal which is 4
oents a ton less than The scale in
effect when the strike began, and
p cents for machine mining
splint coal, a reduction OF p cts
a ton from the rate paid at the
time the strike began.
As a pick miner averages go
short tons a month this means
that the men, after 10 months of
idleness and turmoil have bee,
compelled by the officers Of IN.
union TO loose an average of SIC
. month or $500 a year in wages
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1913-07-25
ATTEND TO YOUR DUTIES

Women, why not attend 70
your home work, sn6 al sffsir-
and your own srparst'. and indi
vidual business and stop r.arr
from house u house, SLrrs 70
store carrying messages and tel
Ing about matters which do not
,n the least Concern YOU
There arc a few women in
keystone who seem tn tax a
great delight in stirring NJ
strife and generally making
trouble They IN from one wo
man To another and To each they
tell what she said. They re
turn &" u the starting point and
give a garbled account of wha'
they said and the result is a con
tinuoss turmoil.
Ia Is our purpose to publish
the names Of Keystone : CHIEF
gpssipers if this tattling il no
stopped Let the people know
who you are and it will be eau
ton.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1913-07-25

u" "r"er that th" organic ,tion
may b" enriched To the tune OF
81 W per head every fortnight,
~ dues through the check fl
Or, to put the same thing ia 9th
er words, the officers 81 the Nh
ia havs. shown hy this action
that the organ zit,"n H. really in
'"r+-t'-d IN tie miner only as a
source "f REVENUE. for its own
'ih'ers- Addi' x the s24 a wee
IN dues Ia the rehuriion I'm WAVES
10 'k"~ a" aversve of slII a year
In Wages that the miners will
lose through their long strike.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1913-07-25
Noiiee to Take Dispositions.

4" Aaran Pannell: Take notice
that on the Ia day Of sept. 1918. a,
the Office 81 &. G.. Froe, J. T.. in the
city pf Wi'cor, County OF Mcdowell
and state 81 W. "a. between the
hours Of O'Clock q. m. and 6 D. m.
Of that day. I shall proceed tn take
dispositions Of myself and others, IN
he read in evidence ia my behalf in a
certain suit IN chancery pending In the
Circuit Court Of McDuwcH county.
state or w. Va. in which am niaIn.
in and you are defendant. and IL from
any cause the taking Of said dcposi-
lions lie not commenced on that DAY.
DR. IL commenced. il they be not com
pletsd on that day. the taking OF said
icI'ositions will be adjourned from
lay ." day, at the same place and be-
tw~"u the same hOnrs until they are
completed;
jamie Pannell.
- L. Mpon n a
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Mr.. PRICE WRITES
TO THE MCDOWELL TIMES

Editor Of The Mcdowell Times.
| wish IN
state through your paper the following
correction.
A lew days ago mentioned t. the ci
~ council complaints made 10y some Of
the citizeTs relative To the 'jolly cab VI
ders'- While do not want To ~ Der.
sonal. hut simply To m~ntion thes. fact
for their consideration a. officials Of the
city. Thi~, however, leai- up u = rrne-
raj debate IN which the blame Se.-m- g.
H. placed upon me. wish t. STAT. for
the special benefit Of those Of such faith
that do not care how late they ri.le
when they ride nor am personally in
terested IN the matter one way or fb.
other
n. h. PRICE
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1913-07-25
SENSITIVE POLICE

The article under the caption.
Brave Colored Woman" and
the editorial on the Blueheld
police which appeared in our is
sue of last week caused quite
furore in our neighboring city.
1t is reported that the police
accompanied by a member of the
Board of Affairs visited the of
Zee Of the Weekly News and de
handed TO see their paper and
wanted information concerning
the Times Article and the Editor
of the Mcdowell Times.
1t is further reported that one
Of the policemen stated that the
woman (meanirg Mrs. Boyd
would be driven out OF the city,
and the writer OF the article
killed at sight.
The names of the publishers
of this paper are carried at the
mast head in each issue and we
are responsible for every article
that appears in this paper and IL
we have injured the character -
of the honorable gentlemen o.
who constitute the police force
of Bluefeld, or wounded their
gentle feelings, they have their
recourse in the courts. We
have no desire TO humiliate or
embarress these sensitive souls.
but nothing would afford Us
greater pleasure than n appear
in a court Of Justice accompan
led by Eve OF Mcdowell County =
colored officers and two OF three
from Keystone and tell His Hon
OF, also permit him TO hear from
the mouths OF other persons a
few OF the honorable, humane
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1913-07-25
Criminal Court

The criminal court OF Mellow
ell county Is in session this week
with Judge. Jas. French STROLLER
presiding. A few hundred in
dictments were returned by the
grand Jury for every offence
from murder TO gambling. Sew
eral OF the indicted persons have
pleaded guilty and received sen
tence. while the trials Of others
are going on. Next week We
will publish q foil account of the
proceedings mp 70 The time of
going 70 press.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1913-07-25
NEGRO FALSELY ACCUSED

J.IE. Wilkerson, q colored barber Of
tins city, Who hes been working in Key
tone, W. Va and who wss arrested Al
Bluefield, Tuesday, 1t the request Of the
sey-tone authorities ON the charge oi
trailing % from Bah Jones, colored a
keystone barrier, reached Lynchburg yes-
erdsy, having been acquitted OF the
barge. According 10 Whkerson, the man
Who accused him Of the theft vas drunk
mi Lost hi- money, subsequently finding
q and Withdrawing the charge.
-Lynehburs. Va, Nevs
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1913-07-25

There Are Some Hints At Oppo.
sifion

Washington, July - Vow fhat Rrx-
ans proposal for virtual pr.t~ctorste
over Nicaragua has lecome pul,l,c. the
STATE department. Officials are expecting
inquiries from the European powers ~
speeting details. The Suggestion that al
territory near the R.nsma Canal Zone
has srou-ed the keenest interest in Latin
American circles. with some hint a CD
position. y the plan should ~ tried.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1913-07-25

40 doubt read the elevating
story of one Charles Becker. Of
New York, formerly a Lieuten-
ant Of Police. now a feIon con
demned to die in the electric
chair. How once upon a time no
feared that one Rns-rihal. a
mere gambl~r would tell Of his
charitable deed; how the said
Becker hired a few plugugli"s To
kill Rosenthal and how tie deed
vas done and like the weak mind
ed boy who reads Dead wool
Dick story they see visions of a
brave and heroic plug ugly, with
pocket torch and blsck mask
crawling around the Times Office
or rush into the crowd at the de
pot in Bluefield, shoot a publish
"r of this little four page sheet
and in the excitement of the &C
casion make his get away.
These great officers Of the law
are too brave TO hire an assassin
To do their dirty work, they go
in twos To the home Of a helpless.
inOffe nsive woman and when she
puts up front, they gracefully
walk away and seek a third more
brave than the others and u
gether they charge the quarters
and capture the liOness, glOat
over the wonderful achievement
and each say To the other: Il
killed the bear. Oh. the Blue
tield police are some brave and
fearless heroes, They will not
pay Us an open friendly visit hut
they are willing and ready u es
cort an innorent, unprotected, de
fenceless woman To the city Dor
ders TO keep her out OF harms
way. The police of Bluefield are
gallant. chivalerous anglo saxons.
They would have done honor to
France during the reign of Louis
XIV.
1t was only few years ago
that three colored boys were sub
jected To the tortures of the IN
QUESTION by Biuefield = monsters
of the law ~ force them To con
Tess To a crime which they did
not commit. 1t is only a few
months ago that a door keeper at
a colnred ball was called out ADD
beat into insensibility 10y a few
OF the police because he asked
the Chief To remove his hat while
In the ball room. 1t is only a T. W
weeks since a policeman beat M
a prominent colored man and
property owner because he dis
puted his word ian court. These
are a few Of the gentle acts of
the offended officers 81 the la-
who threaten To kill us for de-
Tending a woman Of our race and
cOndemning them. There are
many other crimes which We
cannot print, but we can prove
in court. We have boxed thru
WebSters Unabridged Diction.
airy and We cannot lind a word n
express what the police are. We
would call them a Latin or French
name but they are too ignorant
10 understand. so we will tell our
feelings thus: il is the same sen
sation that one feels at seeing a
big copper head stink through
the slime on q very hot day.
1 Threats do not brighten rs
Whether we die or live this fight
for fairness. right and justice
will be kept up. The weak and
helpless Of all races VIII have a
few defenders. There will al.
ways ne few brave. fearless, out
spoken Negroes 10 battle for the
race, and for those few death has
no teFrors. IL the sacrifice of a
'sfsv - win cause the world tc
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1913-07-25
Notice to Take Dispositions


I'D Mary Martin.
Take noti~e thai on the ist d1v ~ serf.
isi4 AZ Tho Law odice Of q. q. Proc. In tho
town ~ Wiicoe in Mcdowell Co. Wet "
si"ia- h'tween tho hours 81 O'Clock A. NJ. and
s"'~'ock p N. - that day. shall proceed n
TAX deD"-itionsof my~eif and oth~r-. To b. rcd
~ e''si~ncr N my i-haf in oertsin suit In chan
~ pr"d'"g IN tn Circuit Court % Mcdowell
'o""ts and STATE - West Virginia. in which am
D'a'''t'H s"a y"u are defendant. and n from any
c~"-f the taking - siid dispositions ~ not com.
'aenoed on that DAY. ~ u commenced hthe, !.
not completed on that asy the taxing 81 s.ia ar,
o-itions. will ~ adjourns.i from day 40 a., :,
the same plsce and hftueen the saue 49,, 49,,
~ they are Computed.
Rabert e. Martin
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1913-07-25

see more clearly the crimes com
mgtt' d against the weak and
helpless i'm the name Of the law.
IT will DE- but a poor off-rinR at
hest.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1913-07-25

BE inspired by humanity; seek
To abolish individual suffering
care not for logical cones ptions
in the sphere of politics or dog
mas in religion, hut let the free
dom, happiness and progress al
all mankind be your stimulating
hone.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1913-07-25
LOCALS

Attorney A. G. Froe. OF WEIGH, wa.
sttsndi g TO business in Keystone We'd
nesdsy.
j. W. Baker. . prominent bushes.
man Of Cleveland. Ohio. was the CUES,
of Attorney Thaddeus r. Harris Mr.
Baker Is looking the Coal Field over IL
the hope OF locating business establish
ment-
Hon w. J. McCiaren. County Road
Engineer. Wa In Keystone, Wednesday
looking over the work on the new iai
and court house Mr.. Mccisren inspec
ted thu Mcdowell Times plant and ex
pressed both pleasure and surprise at tn.
improvements
Mr.. Sam Cheese. Of Harvey, W. Va,
was IN the city Saturday and Sunday
visiting his sister Ida Cheese whom he
had not seen for p years. The meeting
wss a joyful one.
Rev. Charles Black, OF Huntington.
w. Va. was in the city Saturday and a
part Of Sunday visiting his brother.
Clarence r. Madison. Foreman Of the
Times Office
Mrs Rosa Harper Brown left for s1her
home at Institute "Wednesday morning.
Mrs. w. ". Brideeford has returned
home after q months visit To her home
IN Cleveland, Ohio.
;. W Crews. chief compositor Of the
Times WAS in Welch wednesday
Only five more days for Plan, votes at
the Keystone supply c.. The contest
cl'ss-s Thur~lsy July 3lst Contestants
should get bn-y. Votes must te rerord-
81 cad, day beginning Monday.
Five years subscription 10 the Me
Dowell Times will get 5000
Dr. : J. Bamfield of tsiatto. WAS the
GUEST OF DIR. Msrshall MondAy night
He visited the Mcdowell .Timss onie.
Tuesday morning AMI expressed ri. a.
"re and sipr'~e at tie many improve
ments made ia thu 1i.res plant
i'r. r.. l.. You, gne. I'll W.l.h was i'm
Keystone Tuesday. attending To business
and consulting with DIS Marshall and
Baretts. The eloquent sL,ctor call. a AZ
the SAL 'tum OF tho Editor and conlne,,-
d-d the stand 81 the McDowen Times
upon the qn-=ti"n Of interest 10 the racs
Mr.. Sam Haiper suffered stroke of
paralysis Thursday Of last week: the en-
tire iett side being affected The physi-
clans believe he will recover. He l. he
ing nnrsed 10y his mother, who cane
here from her home in Tazewell the day
alter he was stricken
The Business Manager WAS the g,,.st
oil his cousin, Mrs Stovall at Bramwell
sunday.
Miss Alieen Harper returned home
from the Summer School AT In~titute
sunday and left the same day for the
Harper farm in TazeWeII-
A. l.. Calhoun spent sunday IN Blue
field visiting friends
DEPUTY Sheriff j. +. Parson and po-
lice Officer Downs arrested James Uarri-
Monday mp Northfork hollow IL j. al
le'istd that Harris murdered and robbed
a man in Halifax, Va. The prisoner l.
held at Keystone awaiting Identification
and requisition from Va.
W. II. Harris, General Insurance
Agent. OF Northfork, was in Keystone
Tuesday looking after his business.
d. r. v Jordan, OF Charleston, Cen
eral Agent for the American Workmen
traternai Insurance Co. called at the
Times Office Tuesday.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1913-07-25

Five years subscription to the
Mcdowell Times. paid in ad-
vance, will get you $4,000 votes
in the piano contest.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1913-07-25
Notice to Take Dep, sitions.

J I'm IolfT
Plaintiff
susie Tnler
To SUSIE roier. yos wut.ke ~
tice. that oni-t day ~ seuf 1919 the Plai.,ie
below ner'fd viii take dispositions q hin,~eu a
'"nify Other ~fne~-es. 10 - usra a. evislenc,
- thr tiai - the above csu-e. in behaR - Plain
y" AZ the onice - q. g. Proc. y wilcoe. in The
"'."'y ~ AcDo~en. IN tbe state ~ Wet Wiz.
s'niA. between to hour - eieht o'cIock q m.
and in o'eiock . M - aid dav. and n g..
any ean-e. thing ~ aid depo~ifions shar not 10
cosninenced- o. being connmenc~s. shau not -
co"pieted On ne DAY Aforesaid. the taking ofth>
AM WI h. afijourned from d1y today. or from
''n'e - Time Al tic anne place. and bptw-pn IN.
-su'c hours. until they are couapIeted.
John Toler
:. y. NO.. p q
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1913-07-25

Practices In all the courts in w
Va Agentfor the sale Of choics
property in Blueield and Prince
ton. on easy terms. Office ur
stairs opposite the Keystnno
Supply Co, Keystone. w. Va
) Wesley Grey OF the Times off
ice made business trip To Blue
field Sunday.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1913-07-25
Notice!

Notice = hereby given that there hs.
t-en hied with the undersigned. Tor a.
ton BY the county cOurt II McDo~ell
rennty AZ ~ regular --sion in the month
81 August, 1918. application II A. Z. DsI-
Ton, Residence NOrthf0rk,. W. Va and
J. Iobin, Residence Kimball. w. Va 10
a--ign To Dalton q Tobin a certain IL
ems D. I'll At retail spirituon- Iionor.
Sine, porter. ale or beer or any drink ii
IKE nstnee m housr owned By L. Kant
nsn ~ TIE town II kimhall granted 10
y; i"t''n by tho county court Of McDos-
~ county ~ ~ June term, 1913.
July, 1913. ~
X. y. BERNHEIM.
Clerk County Court Mcdowell Coan,s
1-ll-13s--ft
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1913-07-25
HARRIS
SAXOPHONE- ORCHESTRA

Music furnished f.r y sciaI-
and D'rc'-. fne hast and
great. mu-i,ai hits and
harmonies- Terms Reason
able Wire or write
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1913-07-25

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The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1913-07-25

Entered a. Second Class Matter March
~, 1904, at the Post Officc at Keystone,
w. Va, under act Of Congress, March 3,
1879.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1913-10-01
Good Roads, Peace-makers

There are many reasons why there should be
good roads The foremost is that they are
cheaper and more economical than bad and
therefore, d good investment. They time
money the producer and. as products are more
readily delivered to the markets. they savers
the consumer
Good roads have civizing influence. They
change the face OF the country they penetrate.
Buildings and fences are improved and property be-
comes more valuable. good roads promote wealth,
comfort and refinement
Word comes from Missouri OF settlement OF a
fifty old feud by construction Of a fifteen
mile stretch of good The feud was in Marion
county. 1t out county seat war Hanni-
bal situated at end of the county the county
seat and Palmyra near the the county
wanted it \ temporary adjustment of the contro-
versy made by giving each town courthouse.
That ended the county seat war but the sectional
bitterness that had been by broke out
in other forms. 1t turned the sections were
really separated not 50 much by the desire
county seat as by stretch of fifteen miles Of road
that impossible at times
Finally a farmer elected a member of the
county court. a body which in Arizona we can a
board of supervisors This farmer was wise be-
yond the judges who had preceded him. He was not
a true Missourian for he did to be shown:
he already saw He discovered that fifty years
the county had been annually spending a mile on
that stretch of road which instead of connecting
Hannibal and Palmyra. separated them. Altogether
S225O0 had been spent and still there was no road
Under such circumstances it was no wonder that the
sections had not been able get together ex-
cept in combat. Accordingly this farmer Judge in
sututed fifteen mile good roads movement with
the result that there is a o good road
between the Hannibal and Palmyra sections and
peace prevails 1t a courthouse after all
chat the Palmyra people wanted way to get
to it.
We have few no sectional differences in this
county to be adjusted but system good roads
would BRING all sections together
friendly terms than exist
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1913-10-01
Why the Commission Manager

The Republican at many times and in different
ways has explained why it favors the commissioner
manager of municipal government The original
commission form was believed to be the last word
in city government and its operation in Galveston
has proved its excellence. At the
operation Mones and other cities has dis
closed its defects has been shown Des Moines
that proof against the machine, poll
ticians who controlled the city under
partisan system finally secured control of the com
mission and, thereby, control the offices, the
patronage
While a thing would be impossible n
der the commission manager form. it would be less
likely happen. The manager under the particular
system which is presented to Phoenix for adoption
would be, a large extent, Independent of hos
tile majority in the commission If the manager
disposed serve the people faithfully, and he
would be very likely be disposed, he could
pursue his without interference. There would
be little material from which the commission could
construct a machine. There would be oil for
the fabrication of it's parts.
There would patronage which it could
control. The city would have be
part the machine make it workable and if he
only ordinarily wise, he would become
part structure liable a any wrecked
by the recall This is why The RepubIi-
can favors the commission manager plan rather
than the original commission system
The patent superiority of the commission form
over the system lay its greater concen-
tration authority, the more definite fixing of
sponsibilfty. experience has shown referring
again Des Moines that responsibility not
completely fixed. divided all the
members of the commission. each with much au-
thority as another While there many Of
q city government there is head
upon whom blame definitely placed when
things wrong.
Under our proposed system all legislative powers
conferred upon the five members of the COM
mission. The commission viii ordinances, levy
taxes determine the general policy of the ad
ministraton. The city manager, assisted by men
whom lie shall appoint viii carry administrative
policies If there anything wrong with the lesis-
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1913-10-01
NAVIGATION AND ROADS

The Saturday Evening Post recently took note
81 the TACT that the Bowie County Good Roads assoc
ciatloh had -petltoned congress stop wasting
money in the Improvement OF two streams touch
ing passing through said county in Texas and
1t quoted a TeXarlana correspondent as saving:
These streams are jokes, far a steamboat navi-
CATION is concerned, and the government is vast
ing money in these appropriations In MANY places
you can take running jump and reach the other
side OF the river. This editorial reproduced in
the Four States Press of Texarkana and that DaDer
proceeds to say: 1t reads easy. doesn't il? But
1t isn't so The Press shows that neither the Red
river nor the Sulphur is d joke respect to navf-
cation 1t says that the fault lies not in spending
money to keep these streams free from obstruction
and to make them navigable but in the failure of
the people to develop TRANSPORTATION and
IN the TACT that the plans under which is
spent for navigation are not comprehensive
complete enough. 1t concludes thus:
Good roads advocates will get nowhere by
ed improvements and the money spent on good roads
Rather should they come out boldly and advocate
the government doing it's share construction
Of trunk line highways making he fight solely
upon the merits of the good roads propositions
The Press is right. The great fault in the gov
ernments policy is that it tackles river improve
Ments pecemeaL The benefits navigation are
always largely in the future. Obviously is one
of the reasons why the people hisitate o provide
vessels. However, when the government renders
a stream navgabe. the public is benefited whether
or not there is actual navigation. There much
freight carrying the Mississippi river in these
days. Nevertheless, the river is he
charges made by the railroads governed by
potential rather than actual navigation. roads
advocates would not be satisfied with governmental
assistance of the character which is given in
spect to rivers. and doubt that they assist
their by endeavoring to bring about an
entire suspension, rather than upward revision.
of river improvement.