The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1913-08-01
Specially Calls Attsstiss 10 The
Lawsss Realty Ce.Pasy's
Property o. Long Island

To t-yin to give hat birds eye view
Of the thines We saw and d ard while on
our recent trip throngh Columbus and
Newark, Ohio. Pittsbury. Pa. New York
City. Long Island and other places of in
| t~rs-t We had the pleasure and distii.c-
tion Ia visit. Is ~ rs u task. In fact We
hope not Z" have yon look. nor to wish
tor amy unusual or exceptional graphic
ie-rripii"n a. t~ made. We take it for
granted you all know enough shout us
and onr -impie way of telling things We
know snd have seen to only lonk for us
'n this cs-e just "a tell you few things
sI-,ut ,"sny things that cane under our
observation during our fifteen days alb
---ne~ from old West Virginia.
First, the trip Was very expensive
bne most men would expect, especially
~hen y"H make up your mind To sse
what's g"ing on in cities above NAM
III We ssw and learned more on this
trip than on any similar trip for the same
length of time in our life. We met and
made more friends and formed new ~
qusintence with more men ami women
than ever before. In fact, % make it
short, everything seemed To have been
favorable to ns- This month ~ we'll ss
this year .ssaas To have t--~n lucky"
period for us- We cay THE in the fare Of
ml-fOrtunes sjso
COLUMBUS AND NEWARK.
Our "Trip through Columbus and New
ark, Ohio. where Ne met some very dear
FRIENDS xss = very joyous trip. Words
arr wholly iRsdequste 70 express
the i"y and plessurs tbat came 10 ps at
the kindneD of the unstinted hospitality
of our triends Ia Newark. We xerrl
sioff "a leave since We found 90 many al
the members OF the race owning their
own homes, managing their own busines- |
and ready and willing 10 make their
friends ~ happy ~ hearts could wish.
PITTSBURG.
la the city Of Pittsburg. Pa. We met
hnst Of friends and school mstrs. Their
We were made welcome a. i'm other C ties
Rev and Mn. Upperman. Mr.. and Mrs
Dsye Washington appeared Ia lie ds-
lighted ~ usset 10 and they spared n"
pains to make it pleasant for u- We
only stayed there one day aud left for
New YORK City.
OUR ARRIVAL IN NEW YORK.
We arrived in New York City ON sun
day morning about O'Clock and went
a. Hotel Marshall where We made our
headquarters. There We learned of ile
Whereabouts Of lasny Of our old Lincoln
University students and friends. After
properly locating ourselves, eating our
breakfast and gstting properly introdne-
ed we st out 10 80 the city.
New YORK City is . paradise on earth.
and words here cannot descrite IL. Only
by personal contact and personal ex-
periencc can or may a person he made
TO realize its enormity. Ii was our pleaz
ure while in the city n he Entertained by
Mr.. w. :. Cleveland. Vice President Of
the Lawson Realty Company, Mr. Fred
rick Volt. the y. Y. representative, and
Mr.. Burtsine Holme-- We took m the
summer resort, Coney Island, the won
ders oi which there l. no possible way %
explanation on paper. We ju-t kept on
the 20 seeing, riding. roaring. swimming
and taking in every smnsement on the
Island. We toured throughout all 81 ths
principal bsrts of the city and visited the
Zoo a. we'll. We rosle through the sub
way which carries about - .uD. go pa--
SINGERS p~r year. under tie wate-s Of
Es-t River from New York to Long L.
land. We then rode over the Brooklyn
Bridge and later Ou ve rode over the
Qn-en-borough Bridgr. There l. moth
ing outside of kew York n comparr
xith these stn,cturf- One ~ the prin- |
cipal things that interested NJ most ~as
the Newspaper printing establishment.
When we saw Prr~s- thst had tlIe ca
paeity Of $500 copies - I6 pars- y
each copy per hour, ~ bad D. admire |
the grestDe-s n the American teoyle. |
We saw many - and Ss-story buiIdinx.
a. we'll - one s5. one a. and one IS
story building.
CONDITION OF THE RACE.
We found on gsnersl pr1nciple- that
TIE condition Of the colored p-ople a the
city, which y white mans city, 70 10
about the SANE a. in most other citie-.
Many of them Own their osn hons~ and
conduct their Own bnsine~. Tbose of
professions are doing well and arr de-
msndins the hixh~st respect fron, 10th
rsce~- - far a. edncsfion i- concerned
ell crr-ds are equal and all u ight under
the same tosor-hip.
The tvo coaored newspapers, namely:
The Amsterdam News and The New
York Age, are sbiy edited. widely read
and are noaldhng The night kind Of pub