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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-30
UNFINISHED HOUSEKEEPING
ROOMS FOR RENT.

furnished for housekeening. nr;va =
s nolne' use of parlor and piano if de-
aP1LLeo, close in. References exchanged
Phone Ivy 1907.
BUSINESS WOMEN or couple: two
r,,, bright rooms, htchenette, bath; s12. so.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-30
FURNISHED OR UNFURNISHED.
APARTMENTS FOR RENT.

SPECIAL inducements to desirable les
sees; delightfully."- comfortable apart
ment strictly first-class; best North
Side section; large porches, handsome
grounds, automobile accommoda tons,
etc. Phone Ivy 657-J or call 20 Ponce
DeLeon avenue.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-30
FOR Observation-Disclosures.

FOR SALE-MISCELLANEouS.
FERTILIZERS for sale for
spring business. John M.
Green, 1929 Gambler Bldg
FOR SALE-l0O, zoe I-year-old apple
trees, grown from whole French seed
lings, Retail and wholesale Write Apra-
lachian Nurseries, Box IL, Tallulah Park
Ga.
National NOW
81 North Pryor street.
OdSu Opposite Lowry Bank
RaOictore, Phones: Bell Main 1856
heSISIeTS Atlanta 594.
SAFES, FILES, cabinets, new and sec.
ond hand. Gookin Bank and Office
Equipment Company. ll3-ll5 North
Pryor Street.
WE SELL, fresh meats at living prices
Campbell Bros. SO Decatur street.
FOR SALE-Shghtly used adding ma
chine. at bargain, Eighty-one keys.
Address p o. Box 277 Atlanta. for par
ticulars
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-30

SEWING MACHINES FOR RENT.
Wa 1R7fT-NT new machines win Complete
set of attachments for So per month;
also machines repaired; prompt delivery.
Both phones 1898. Singer Sewing Ma
chine Company. 70 Whitehall street.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-30
FOR SALE OR ExCHANGE-MIs.
CEllANEOuS

FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE.
ONE Twentieth Century soda fountain /;
comparatively new; first class condi-
ton. Wanted: One Waymoth skewer
lathe. j. & j. S. Carter. Westminster,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-30
FURNISHED ROOMS WANTED.

WGNTEDNTWo rooms, furnished for
light housekeeping: permanent, IL
suitable. p. II. Sever, care Studebaker
Corporation.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1914-06-05
EVIL OF RACE PREJUDICE

The evil effects of rac,. prejuiice we're
brought prominently 4" Pul'lic view nn
rott~,illc. Ia, on May -. whrn an ci-
tort wa~ made o. have '',orgr BAXTER,
who hal l,e@-n severely wounded in a
mime c> l,lo-i.n. admitted 10 the Potts
willie ho~latal. Martin D"lan. a contraci
miner for whom t'c,rgs. Baxter worked.
ol,tainc,l a manlann- which would have
almittr ! the w"un'l,'d man 60 the hs-
lital. lut while the authorities of the ia
-titution we're Wrangling in court over
l;aNtrr'~ admission lic died.
Onc Of l:axter'- ey,-- hal l~-en blown
out while 10 work ami thr othcr -srioiI-
ly injured Uhich required a -Iacial "I"'r-
alton Mr Dolan offered to pay all tie
extra c>fa.n-s. cot "a privat- wari, but the
hospital officials refused o. l~rmit Bax-
tcr-'- cntrance until the l,oari oi man.
ag,r- r',n-.ntsrl. althouglI a ~rtion in
the charter of tlic hospital provide t'Ial
mo- Discrimination shall be- ma'lr in th,
treatment oi iaiient- ON arcpunt of colDf
or nationality.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1914-06-05
$4,000 FOR SEMINARY
White Baptist Vote That Amount
For Negroes

Nashville. Tenn, May 2s.--By the
passage Of a resolution 10y the Southern
Baptist Convention. without dissenting
vote, the Negro Bsptists are to have a
fifty thousand dollar theological seminary.
The Convention voted this at its session
here last week. In addition In the vot-
ing a committee was named to arrange
the campaign for the raising Of the money
and another committee was named 10
look after the detail work. There were
present when this resolution was voted
upon some of the leading Negro ministers
of the National Baptist Convention. The
vote followed right on the heels of an
eloquent address delivered by Rev. I. ;.
Searcy, of Memphis, Tenn, chairman OF
the Educational Board. Dr. Searcy' =
address is regarded among the timely ~
marks made before the Convention on
the subject Of the Negro.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1914-06-05
EPH WILLIAMS FAMOUS
TRlJ3A00UaS IN KEYSTONE

Prd- Erh. Willianf Fam ~ Troha-
d"nr- gave I~-riormanrr in thi- city
Mon'iay night in tl'. presence Of a-nany
Is0I'ls a. could y,.t n-,lc of the ,r.at
tent Which was -trrtcllel over the base
ball gr,uni. ~ ciglit o'cl,,rk tl,.. tent
"a7 crow bel anil fra ininut,.. later ts,,,-
pie we've tunnel away. there l,einy neither
-itfr- 90 standing r,,Dm.
The lcrfDruan-c ua- a.. finest eyer
~itne--'Ti in t1i- city every at VA bigl,
cla-- and th- iu-u-. c-ogi MT only re-
rnainc'i Throughout tlie mann performance
but al-o witnrs-s-i tilc excellent roncert
~hici foIionci. Leroy kusx. A. "~ila.
1re-n. VA AZ Boo. is-.t anil kept the
an'iiencc roaring with laughter by hi,
witty -ai ies api -ii. splitting mirth.
The slos we're hir class and -howeI
the cxcfl 'nt qiiit,,.s 81 their view. and
thorough knOslcly. of mn-lr of tb.
-ingrr-. fhs Banl anil Orchestra under
the iei'irrsfip 1i lrof. Frel Kewlcy rem
d@r'~i hign e.A-- music eiiich Tar -urpa..-
81 tbat oi many Di tlie bi, cir-r.-.. Mr.
ke~ieJ ranks with tle icrlsr8 "a his pro-
fe--i.,n
The trick bicycle rll.r was IT, creates,
wonder ou Wheels ever -.-.u herr Hs
rob t"" slca-. one wheel. danceI IN
time With tlIc nlu-ic anil I.criorme other
icai- on tiic wheel which were sirno'v
marvellous
The dancing va -ipcrb, Mt only the
latest in nolern isn~inr i,ut buck and
aft -lio-- dancing uiii,h would have .l,ns
credit o. t'eo. primrp-,
One oi the finest features Of the splen.
Dbl show wa- tlie acroi,at- who dii sorne
Of the he-t stunts ever witnessed on a
small stage. The barrel trick in which
an aetor j. supposed b. burn himself up
and reapicsr vas great. AMI the "6re
dancer Nas a wonder.
The Eph. Williams Trouladour. have
greatly improved even over lat year ana
the entire auiienrc who witnessed TIE
Performance Monday night were hirhlv
Ilea-e'i. Everybody should see this won-
derful show at the first o22ortunity. IL
= TIE gnest Aggregation Of Negro psr-
iormers, owned and maaazei by a Negro
that - on thc r5ai today.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1914-06-05

Of the w. Va. Colored
Institute, Wednes-
day, May u

The J." ANNUAL Commencement of the
West Virginia Colon~i Institute took
place at that institution az half past ten
"'clpck "Wednesday morning. May esth.
l9ii. The following program was rem
der~l
Pilgrim = Chorus tOrrhestral Acrompain-
mrnD w Masncr School Chorus.
Payer
Come, Let Ia Al Mayingeo -Attcrbury
school Chorus.
>alutatory. "Ih'm,stlc Science. and Art-''
Bertha Dean.
~ciecti"n- ----- ---.-....--- -prcls-tra
tal lntermezzo from Ca,cllcria Ru-ti-
cana -.........-.-...-. Na-sagnl
(b) Bikzaria. .. ,I.arnrn.leau
Grafton, oar Graduates Niriie Cobb.
Grafton, Tendencies in Modern Educn-
ton ---...... .-.. William Vaughn
Merrily Row Observation-Disclosures. Denxs
School Chorus.
Grafton, ..- --.. My Alma Mater"
Willie TOWNSEND
Grafton -.-.--..... Manual Fficiency''
Halle G.. Morris.
~pringttnic. --..-----...~ .~trau-- Palmer.
School Chorus
Nai'~iict"ry, The K.~Ini-t,-, oi Suc.cs,''
John johnson
''oing q" shout all over ',~l, Heaven
Folk Song
tv'ry Time feel tilc Spiut -foik song
Sch"ol Chorus
Ad'in@.- q" graduates Hon. ~ - Hat
field, Governor OF W,--t Virginia.
Presentation of Diplomas Hon. "a p.
>hawk~y. President 80 tl,c STATE. Is ,ard
ui Regents.
school song -.-------J. McIlcnry Jones
K'ulark- were made 10y Hon. a. g.
Pi'rson. State Pardon Attorney Ion.
tilsnt Nortlcott. and Supt. t;.orr,.
l.hidley, menlcrs of the state Iyoard of
liegrnt-, Hon. james - l.akin, President
of the state IIoard II Control. AT I'm.
conclusion of the rxcrci-s.s. the au,lience
retiref IN ti,r rampu- j'i-t n,rsls of M.:-
Corkle Hall. where grolnl wa- broken
Tor the new dining htl. Pea Int Byrd
Frillcrman pres n.cl IIpn. JA.. = Iakin
a pick with which hc dus th. first dirt
Tor the foundat.ol of "a. ny building.
\ -I'a'ir Wa then pr'....at.i to Governor
liatiisld. Who pr,c,.,.,l - shovel the
dirt dr 'y Mr. LaAin Appropriate re-
marks N'rr ma'lc both ~ M Lakin and
The ''"trfu'r. The comm .nc.ncnt wa,
~itn'---~i i'y the largest ,Ilicnce ever
a.-'ini'l'~i at tlir in-titniipn. and ua- pro
n'''iio@i by state ~urt ~hawkry AMI
many others a. b.in.. tli- last ,,suu..nc.-
(COntin Ied on Page -
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1914-06-05
PYTH|ANS
Hold Important Meeting in Key
stone. Nice Sum Of Money
Raised.

Saturday was big and profitable day
with Pythians Of the Second District i'm
their annual meeting held in Keystone.
Delegates from every lodge in the south
ern section Of the state were present. The
meeting Was called to order by G.. IL
Rice, President, who, after clear ex-
planatiOn OF the object Of the meeting iu-
troducesi Prof. l.. %. Wilson, Grand
Chancellor OF the h of P's. OF the state,
who made very strong, forceful and
timely speech. At the conclusion Of which
subscription Of stock in the Pythian Mu-
tuai Investment Company was called for,
10 which every delegate subscribed -for
shares. Several hundred dollars' worth
Of shares Of stock were subscribed for and
paid on. The meeting was one OF the
most representative meetings ever wit
messed. Everybody pledged himself to
help pay off the last dollar on the build
ing i'm Charleston. Speeches were made
by various delegates and friends Officers
elected were Messrs. G. H. Rice, Pres
ident, Jack Taylor, Vice Pres, Walter
I.azenby, Sergeant at-Arms..
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1914-06-05
WHITE AGENTS
AND COLLECTORS
Often Stand and Sit With Hat on.
Call Cultured Colored Jane"
Hannah" Alice"

Therc l. very disagrecal,l, fcatnn.
connectsSi With the constant calls oi thc
white colleetorS and agents at the Negro
r,siden,s~ in our cities, towns and rural
districts. There l. an army of Whit in-
surancr. -''wingma-line and piano agent
AMI statesmen representing furniture Stor,~
and "A d"zcn others selling other things.
Who walk the str,Sts Of Negro districts
ami rim the doorl'ell of Negro homes. To
this W. have no Special Objection. hut in
thnS-iourths of the cass,- thesr agrntS and
collectors tncat our wives AMI daughters
with absolutely no respect. They stand
on pnrclls.- and i'm halls ami even 1T down
i'm our rooms with hats ON, and sometimes
with cigar or cigarette lighted. And
Who has not heard them at the .loor. call
INK for cultnrsi and respectable colorrl
women. saying where is Jane" Han
nah. "Alie." etc? Now. tle~c men
come to the N..grv.-' homes o. rer'ivc
iavors of the inmates of that houSe. they
ds-sirr to sell insurance or something. I.ct
ittH ~ ~ ~ ti'H HFHft@
arr treated with due RESPECT. or do al-,
utsly no business with tlls.-c agents.
We have never ~ern thc reason ior haN
ng ii~-'ourts'ouS white agents at your
d"or.evcry ~cck when resp ctalle color,rl
agents can ~ had who r'-ISSt your h"m,.
and az the same co-t. with equally large
and -dr,. benefits. Not hong ago Ne saW
a white man make sale in "A Negro home
tlat involved forty or iifty dollars. all tlt''
time sitting in the lady = front r,om viii,
hat on hi~ head.
lie should have l~r.n asked ont. AMI
under no circumstance should he have
lrcn allowed Ia make sale tllrrr. u onr
liuil,as arr to lr r,-I~s-tsi. We must 'lr
nIand a. II nattrr- not how small ~
nay i,,.. or how cheap may l'c the iurni-
-hing~. W. mn-t irt tl'i- army "l men ~iio
-ss "A part ni our hard-,.arns~l money
know that II h. our homr. and that they
must Show their r,,ol lr,~.ling at that
threshold A. They ~oull thc threshold "i
i I,alace. The remedy - in our own
tani~ -fIselnont Ad,ocate.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1914-06-05
STATEHOUSE FAMILY
MAKE BETTER ROADS
Governor Hatfield and Capitol At
taches Go Forth to Conquer.
And Weld the Msttock.

Cliarls-tou. " Va. May 80. -"It
l-,L- ikc tl,c Gr-tg,- q r,a,l- day in Wet
Virgins eil l~. great -ucc'---. u b.
impossible with pick anil -li,s,i alone =,
make a i.pi rDal gorsi hui tle work on
ti,i- roaI tp.iay aili is n mighty box lis.lf,.
lf tlir -ar,r ani,unt Of work that i- ls.-
inx bone hcr, t.riay anil tpnprfDa urr'
put ou e.,cii anil every strip of roai in ilie
Tat, 10 uould niean iag iiii out oi tlic
mui t,,tcrnor IiafhrlI
That f.,ternor IIat6eid mcant ahat i,e
-ini " licn hc -tii. 'tso tY-lct u- work
t~o lay on tho roa,i- 10; Wet Virginia.
~a- csi.icnt early tbs morning out on
tl,c i;unner Hollow roai when. in cofn
pany ~itl -iSty of the -tatel,',u-e Officials
anil their clerks. -.-rrctarie-- AMI -fenoyra
r.llcr-. hc i~-yan -winginga - mattock tini,.i
b. ti.c lifting oi thc COOL roa'l- siren.
shortly after the crowd bal got Iovn
o. work Mr.. Mclrie. the moving pietnre
man ~tationsvl li- camera b. catch tlic
movement of the executive -incN- 81 tiie
state. anil tsovcrnor Hatfield. With ~sr-
r,tary 81 state stuart .. Rcd ~ BIZ rigl,t
anil ~tate iu,litor John - i'ar-t n hi-
lsft. J-,-~i for the first picture Of tlie day
a pick n biz hand ready ior tire day =
cxertion-.
u VA bot out on Runncr Hollow road
this morning. and "a took very few stroke
II the ofIice softenc,l mn>cle- oi the rpen
from the capitol " start tic prespiration
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1914-06-05
RAMMEO IN FOG,
SANK IN FIFTY MINUTES
All Victims Of St. Lawrence Hor.
ror Were Within Sight Of Shore
When Waters Of River
Closed Over Them.

I;in"u-ki, Qu.-l'er. May -. sinking
100 ninety i,-.t 81 water within fifty min.
ute- aft-r lsing ramnsd annl-hif,- in
the II I.avrrnrr river early toslay, tlis
Canadian Pariiir liner Empress of Ire
iand carried sloWn with her more than
40 oi hrr Pa-~-ng.r- and of the -.
i~rr-"n- on board the liner only 40 ar,
kn"wn o. have l~cn -av,-l. making tl,
probable d,ath li-t ,r;g.
I<s,fning up through the river ~ up
Empress ~ lrcland VA lying o., waiting
Tor the iog o. lift or day o. break, tls
Dani-li c',llier ~tor-tad cra-iIe.i her how
nto the SIDE cf the bog Canadian liner.
-triking ler about midway ~ her length
anil ripping her -i'ic open clear T. th.
-tern.
The cra-li o--currci not far from shore
"ii atlicr point, 30 miles from Quetec
which tiie tmprc-s II Ireland left ye-ter
lay afternoon. i,ound for Liverpool, an,
ton miles from thi- point, on the =
I.a~rencc. Unlike the Titanic's victims
tlie fmpre-- 81 Ireland l,,-t their live
within -igl,t Of the sIore-in landlockel
uater-
Immediately alter the ship crew re-
covered irofn the -hock of the collision
anil q va- SSH that The liner hal re-
ceite'l a vital blva q wircics- -. %. I '
cail wa- sOun,e,l.
Tie hurriei appeal wa picke-l ~ b.,
TIE government mail tender LAZY Evelyn
here and the government pilot hat En
reka, "a fatlier Point and lr,th AZ ono,
1T ont D. the re-cue. - deep Wa "a.
hurt ~ tiIe Ernpre--, however. and .,
TAT the inru-l ~ water that long l<for,
either 81 the re-cue hats could reach ia.
-rene the liner hal gone down. Onll
floating vrcckagc and few Hfelyoat. An.
rait- from the Steamer I-ouying up lcs
than uiird oi tlIose Who had st sail o.
llcr were b. IT, found.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1914-06-05
G. 0. P. PRIMARIES
TO Be HELD JULY YlS

The Fifth District Republican commit
t." met nj huntington saturday afternoon
an'l 'ls-'idssi o. hold primary through
"ut the distract for the nomination oi a
candidate for congress on July Is. The
entrance i,r. ior candidates was liked nj
>.."' II Was also ierided Ia hold all
county senatorial primaries on thr same.
lay, AT which time candidates for tl..
-''natc and legislature will IL. nnsn,.l.
There was sonr controversy over "A
PROPOSITION L. hold primaries i'm eleven
''"untis-- "i the district on June "a, AMI
leaving u optional with Mcdowell county
O." i''ld "n that date or postpone until
July u. such an arrangement was hit
trrly OPPOSED 10y u. 1. Shott. Of Blue
iicld. and hl- friends who asks-i that all
'"untis7- should hold -imultaaeous pri-
narit---
f'iward CooIrr. "a candidate for the
nomination stated that he ~as willing o.
abide 10y any ronclu~ion the committee
-li"uld rrarh. Judge Ritz of Bluefeld
-tr"ngly oppo-s~l the rt=Dlution which
had l"sn offered 10y Geprgr Wolfe, of
Mcdowell. AMI pointed out that such ar
rangrtn'nt would mes.t with strong crit
''-i" and that franl might H. charged 10y
'I'l"'sing candi'late-l Mr. Wolfe with
irew hi- motion
At the conclusion of the meeting Mr..
-hott formerly ANNOUNCED hi- candidacy
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1914-06-05
7. ROOSEVELT COMING.
Former President Will Hit West
Virginia in an Auto.

That Colonel Theorlore Roosevelt, for
mer president of the l'nits~l STATES. will
make an automobile tour ri ~sstions ol
West Virginia in the interest of the Pro
sr'~-iVe party nomine~ this fall i- th,
import "i an official announcement Seni
'ut from the headquarters of the Pro
cr'-s~i,r executive committe, al Wheeling
la-t Ws-rk.
Charleston. Huntington. whecline
Parkcr-burg. ClarkSburg. Fairmont and
Grafton arr s,he.lulsrl meeting places, and
u b. probable that the former president
Will visit nunib.r of other cities and
towns. He will lee here for four or ii,,
lay in September.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1914-06-05
PROLONGED DROUGHT
TO BEGIN JULY 1ST
Liquor Goes Out at Midnight June
30--Law to Be Enforced From
the Start--Drug Stores to
Be Looked After.

(QuOted from address Of Commissioner
Blue)
"IIave all your liquors ont by mid
night Of Jnne %.
"The prohibition Law goes into effect
~ that hour"
There will 10 no temporizing for a
month or so-the Law will be enforced
right of the bat
Drug stores have proven stumbling
blocks To prohibition in other STATE. but
the lo-t Law will take care Of them
here"
Il have heard many intend going into
the drug business after July Take a
kindly suggestion. and unles- you're 90
ing into IL for the drug business alone.
stay ont of IL"
The old-time prescriptions will he a
thing Of the pa-t---there's new deal
cofning in West Virginia. and any doc
tor who expects to make money writing
prescriptions ~0uld letter move away. A"
NO shipments Of liquor will b. accept-
e'i ~ the common carriers in West Vir-
ginia except o. points where station
agents are employed and complete rec-
oT'i- Of all consignments must le kept -
Steaml'oats viii observe the same rue.
The day ot dropping bottles Or Jug of
liqnors along the willows = pat in West
Virginia"
The sign placed in his grog-shop
window by Mr.. August, q Wheeling "a
loonkeeper, that The first of July will le
the lat Of August = going to come true
all over the stat. A"
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1914-06-05
j. S. WARNS AGAINST
HOG CHOLERA CURES
Government Has Not Approved
Any Treatment Except the
Protective Serum.

Washing ton, ID g.. June Z f.--Fvrlen ~.
Of what appears % b. we'll organizs~l
campaign 90 delulc farmers throughout
the country into buying an al,eg,-l cure
for hog cholera, under the impression
that thi- has ieen investigated AMI AZ
proved by the United STATE Government.
has reachesi tie department of Agricnl-
tnrc. Article- prai-ing this mevlicinc.
Benetol ~ name, are lsing -ent ont
widespread % newspapers. The-c ar
ucle- are - wor'iei that Il appears a. II
the Department II Agriculture bad rc-
ceivei reports from the state II Minns--o-
ta showing that the m,.licine hal provsrl
mo-t beneficial. ~ a matter of fat the
one report reccive,l by the Department
was an unofiicial and unsolicited -tat.-
ment sent presumably from the pronot-
ers t,eIn-'-lVe-. The Departments attachc-
no Importance Whatsoever o. thi- state
raent Il ha- no reason b. believe in the
etIiciency oi any proprietary cure Tor hop
cholera and does not recommend any.
Under certain conditions IL urgp- farmers
- protect their stock with anti-hog- -cllol-
era -erum but that = all.
In connection with this attempt IL may
BE- said tl.at the medicine, which - now
put forward a. good for bog-, Wa adver-
tised some time ago A. a means of killing
tuberculosis, typhoid. and cancer germs,
according % an article publi-hed IN the
(Continucd on Second Paxe.l
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1914-06-05

In copious streams down the brows which.
Tor the day. were fnrrowsI with care-
other than thoar Of state.
The s-~'ond picture was OF the governor.
alone. digging away with the pick. the
title Of tho ssrrnc 20 ~ The Governor :
Long Stroke Tow anl Better Roads IN
Ws--t Virginia.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1914-06-05
OPERATORS co TO WHITE
SULPHUR SPRINGS

sunday night Pullman car With Chas.
MAJOR, colore,l, in charge, VA sidetrack-
ed at Welch % convey the Flat Top coal
operators n White sulphur Springs where
they will confer with the operators Of the
New River field. This trip will combine
both business and pleasure and most Of
the operators Of Mcdowell county went
10 the gathering.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1914-06-05

Christian workers like the subject of this
sketch, and until preachers ces-e to op-
pose every good movement which has
not the seal Of approval Of their psrtic-
ular sect. people will neither respect
them, their doctrine or have faith i'm the
sincerity Of their purpose.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1914-06-05

Mi--e~ Ola and Thelma Calhoun. Myr
tie Jone-, Neriie Cohl~, Lizzie simpson,
Master stuart and John g. Calhoun
have rrturDed from the West Virgins
ColOred Institute.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1914-06-05

Capitol
Events of Interest From
the Seat of Gov
ernment
CATCHING UP WIN CANADA

IL has tAke, the American government
long time TO wake mp to the fact that
the Canadian government has s-.tter home
stead Laws than our own. and for tina,
reason the Dominion has l,vru able to i'm
duce hundreds OF thousands of Americans
to go into Canada. One Of the pro,i~-
ions in the Canada homestead Law allows
an eighteen year old boy t. acquirc a
home. and she result l. that young men
under age have been taking up the public
lands of the Dominion. The proposition
for homestead entries by minors has bcen
gaining strensth in Congress. and il ~
ceived an impetus last month when the
western governors i'm their annual con-
ference at Denver, went on r,-orl unan-
imosrsly res>o wing that eve approve thc
plan now be1ore Congr,-Ss To- permit home
stead entries by persons over eighteen
years Of agee The Interior Department
and the Agricultural Department have
both strongly sndor-s-l the -ug--t,~l l,.r-
islation. SiBce the Secretary ol tine In
''iCi td- EAAitt%l lt tV ~lIhttt I'll
tirely arid LAM. that cannot l.c irrigated
as enlarged home-teao~. enabling ~ettl,r-
to secure $40 acres of land iuste:,.l OF lol.
there has been . noticcable improvement
in conditions OF settlers in ~ss-tion~ oi thr
country where grazing has lscn the prin-
cipal source OF income.
The change in the homestead law 10y
which settlers can acquire a title in three
years has more than doul,levl the entries
throughout the Unitel Stats-s. During
the fiscal year ending June ~. lols, tlc
total homestead entries throughout the
United States were 2i.ssr. covering o.
36,oGs acres OF land. The three year
homestead law vas passed June G, l'l,,
and during the fiscal year ending JUNE
20. 1913, there ge-e IN the United State
a.. .2ss snsl tsSeersra'f entries. covering
more than ten million acres Of the public
domain.