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The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1914-03-20
HON GEORGE
| v. WOLFE
Member Legislature In
terviewed; Advocates
Progressive Princi
pals; Loyal to
C.. o. P.

In an Interview with the Editor OF The
McD.ws'l Times. Thursday Of last week
Hon. Ge-erge Wolfe. Member the Housr
of Delegltes irom Mcdowell county, Sec
retary aid Treasure of the Superior Po-
cstontaS Cs,si Company and General
Manager Of the Winding Gulf Collier,
Compafy. had the following to -sy ir
regard " the political conditions in the
nati"n and especially in West Virginia
81 alt for such policies A. are in keep
ing wirh the fupdamentsl principles ol
the errf II Rfpublican party, and favo'
tie rttrn to powrr 81 the party whicl
.pt irt function tiIe wheels of industr,
f. .m oee eod efsfhe country to the other
"Net Eecsptly-i made a trip from New
York y Rtrnnnglsam, Ala and through
out the entire distance business was stag
mated, sfartories and mines closed, O,
workiqk lat tiihe, treat armies Of un
emploted. saup hoas~s and bread line.
and -'Shering that cannot be described
Full pockets and heavy dinner pals have
always been tie. result Of Republican I'D
ministfstions and with the return Of that
party 10 power conditions will again O.
come good, blt when the time comes ths,
! mu-t leave that party to follow after
strsne- gods-who have left, denounced
aud attempted tn destroy the party thai
made them shat they are, Jon may
count me ont.
81 snlsure that the Republicans and
Progrr--ff$ # West: Virgins will. uniss
for the salvation of the STATE from Dem.
ocratic misruIe. favor the nomination
and election Of Esiw ward Cooper for Con-
gres~ because believe that he IL the best
qualified man IN the rseer for the position
and will carefurfy protect the interest Of
all the people. - e.
II have no political ambition myself,
] am engaged ia . pnmber of business
enterprises which require most all my
time hut em always at the service Of
the great Republican party and will con-
sider il an homer To h. permitted to do
all in my power to make it stronger and
bring IL back into power"
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1914-03-20
WEST VIRGINIA MINERS
OUTO|G CANAL LABORERs

Cl arls-t,n. W. Ns. In the last three
year, be- exeavstion incident O. the min
ing II coal ~ West Virginia has been
great than tie excavation required in
u Ven years t. dig the Panama Canal.
when ge engineers Of the Psnsms
Canal m lsG bcgan their work they
made a csrefth survey and found that
sppr ,ximstely ioj -. .no cubic yards II
excavation ~a- necrs-ary. This rss re-
yar,i'-i ~ a stupeD,iOus undertaking and
VA q. mmonly spoken of ~ the lsrre~,
excavation job the world had ever seen.
f.al,orer- were imT,ortei 20 the Canal
Ione. and column after column vss writ
ten -nowing h,w ma-velously the-e 10
l-prsrs we're making the dirt hy'' under
the dirsrtion oi tie most expert engineer
the world hsd ever known.
Brt the I "a, ,3Es 90 culic ysrd., The
original . tim 10, were not all that the
PnrsIys lsborers were 70 dig after u.ey
hs.i stntei. On sccount ~ the .iids- IN
CnleLTs cut anotl~r hundred million Gu
be ysrds ~ere u he aided to their work
Tlsi- made 2.s5. -, 90 cubic yard- which
w~r~ dus In eleven years.
IND conditions lar more difficulS.
the cosl miners of West Virgins were D.
do sn an aTnt of excsvsting In the sane
eleven years that would make the dieyins
.Lcident 10 the Panama Canal look hike
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1914-03-20
HON. JOHN A. HUDDLESTON OF
EXCELSIOR MAKES GREAT
IMPROVEMENTS

IIor. }. A. 1suhileston, o; Excelsior,
Chairman Of the Republican county com
nifty of Big Greek district. has built -
NV houses for bis men in the last three
months; has Under construction a sI2.-
"" comyany store, opened three new
mines on the other side Of the mountain
and all be ready to ship coal ~ soon o.
the track j. put i'm. lie il one 81 the old
rock- k-rlbl'eJ Republicans Of tie Abraham
iincoln type. who believes that the null
ification 81 the ith and 18th amendment
To our constitution II Disgrace. The
c'unty Of Mcdowell. throueh his leader
ship in the Big Creek district, - greatly
o. b. conpliinent-i b<ran-e he IL a true,
TRUSTED and tried Republican Of all the
progressive ideas that tend 70 make thi.
country q sane, safe and sound govern
ment.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1914-03-20
THE NEGRO IN POLITICS
Was His Past Political Affiliation
Beneficial to His Race.

lie Il now a new factor in politics.
What must he DO t. preserve his political
right, and has he a political future. and
n % shy? IL il because the oil political
regime n passing away and a new politi-
cal horizon srising7 First, the woman'-
suffrage is the guiding star. We believe
that the founders Of this governmer. and
the expounder of cur Constitution. Tho-
Jefferson, saw in the far distant future
that u would - best that the ballot vs.
plsoed in the hand of the moral and in
telligent woman. We 80 his great sors-
sight y bringing fruit which will ~ de-
sirsble for ell time o. come. The women
Of this eountry vill purify the ballot and
defv corruption snd bring this country
20 thn high standard of respecta.
bility and honor. and in our opinion "a !.
the woman alone who vill bring TIM
country n the high stss q sd. Ia will ~
through their ballot that We will gain ON
true standard - American citizen-. In
all sge> where the women have taken 4
stand all people ut ju-tice. am 70,
vomsn's suffrage snd desire that the,
have equal rights With men. Hal they
tho ballot thirty yesrs ago the people d
this country would be far better Of. But
thank God, they will come into their
own in the near future and West vir.
ginis's wrong. - all other state, will d.
riehtsd. With twenty years exp~vi-nc.
IN politics l have now retirel, but 20
long - ] have vote uill ne u.at vot.
70 give the moral and intelligent woman
the night 70 vote, and in - doing -.
brighter future for the American peo-
pie
j. ID. HARLKESs.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1914-03-20
NEGRO GIRLS WIN

In public school No 3. Brooklyn. y
Y. Miss Rosa Taylor. g colorei girl
compiet~t the course in six and one-hal
years ta thing which has not h~en don.
si-es the founding of the school s5a year.
seo). and took the bronze medal in IA.
spelling bs~
In the SAME sfhoDl Miss Marion Allen.
daughter of Mrs. William Trotman.
took the silver m-sial for proficiency in
German at the midyear promotion. There
were i,ss pupil i'm the class and eighteen
al them We're Of German sies~nt The
sil-er ms-ial wss the highest honor and
was given by the German American Ma
nonal Band. The tserman gentleman
who presented the rneSiAl neAtiy lost hi-
breath when bee saw the little colord girl
of IA year who took it. These were the
only prizes offered and they were taken
by the only two colorei pupil in the
class. The audience Of 500 roarsd i'm
applause. The Crisis
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1914-03-20

chiid's play The work of these West
Virginia mincu has never been herald~d
% ths world - the Lest word in sxcava-
ton edscisncy. Al . matter OF fact. the
esnsrsl public has paid little attention 70
TO- Bus In the eleven yesrs. while the
much hersldsd work &C the Panama Ca
ual was producing 2s5. .s2S. ooo cubic yards
OF ~srth-snd all Of the excavatng was
beine done on the surfaoe-the coal min
en OF West Virginia were getting ont of
the bowels of the earth 5ss, a4e, 4s6 cubic
yards Of eosl- This wss almost twice the
amount Of excavation of the Panama Ca
nal, and il was done under far more diff
hcult eonditions.
Because OF the efficiency now attained
IN the we~t Virginia mines, ss a result
of the cooperation between the miners
and the operation and the efforts on the
part OF the operators 20 constantly im-
prove conditions at the mines, the miners
m 1913 dug an amount equal To little
more than one-third of the canal exca-
vation.
Within the last three years alone. the
West Virginia miners have brought from
the bowels Of the earth lOo,Uo more Gu
hic yards than Was contained in the orig
NAL Panama estimate. Nobody has ever
written magazine or Sunday supplement
feature articles OF how the dirt-or coal.
-ather-hss been flying IN West Virgins.
This is the first time the attention of thu
public has ever lsen called to il.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1914-03-20

County Supt the tescl,er- extended /.
rising vote of thanks b. the County sunt
and the District supt for the many cour-
te-ies extended throughout the ye.r.
And last bat By no means Ie@-t Wa The
bountiful reps-t prepared by the te.ch,r
AMI patrons Of the Dunbar -clooI. In
the opinion Of the teschers. the rep.-s
vas the bs-t, the school and farnitur,.
the he-t, and the teachers and patrons of
the Dunbar school among the let enter
tainers in the entire district.
Too much credit cannot be siven IN H.
program committee, composed Of Prof
J. W. Robinson. Mrs. W. ID. Joho.o.
and Mi- Georsi. whittco, and 10 ths
Secretary, Mi- Msry whimh-. for ths
socos- Of the institutes this year.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1914-03-20
INDICTMENTS
Against Railroad Companies Fur.
nished Poor Facilities in Cars
for CoIoFed PeopIe-win-
ming Plain Justice

hopkin-ville. Ny. March-Indict-
mens ~~re returned in the Circuit court
Judge }. +. Iisnlerry sitting. here todsv
sssinst the Louisville and Nashville. the
Illinois Central and the Tene--~e Centr.I
railroads f"r discrimination practiced m
the quality of the cars and -~rvioe zivrn
70 tie color'-i people in the jin-cro-
car.
sis indictments were retnrned nv m.
grand jury against the Louisville and
Nashville and one each against the ether
two roads The indictments charge thss
the railroads have violstcd the Is- IN
discriminating in the quality. convenient. t.
tContin ned on Psge4)
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1914-03-20

her bsss and gave many new and orisi
nal ideas.
5. ''Ssrcssm in the school room. I,
n ever perruissihle. 90 Mo Sarah @
Whittieo. Many wer~ heard 20 ssv pr,o,
TO the reading Of this paper what could
pos-ibly h. said on such . sub,ect. bu,
even before she Was halt through reed
ing her paper IL could he zen that every
teacher was stirred To q senss OF remark
ablenss- At the fsct that % much and o.
many strong. forceful and practical idea.
could he brought out. in common par.
lance. Of such dry subject She re-
.e~'ved many compliments from the Dis
trict snperindent and the teacher who
di-cn--s-d the paper.
Rev. j. w. Crockett, O visitor. being
present. Was called upon and made .ome
very timely and appropriate suggestions
and in joking manner won much ap-
plsuse from all present.
\nnn
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1914-03-20
AFTERNOON

l. Your duty to the child and IN,
community" Miss Ida Alexander. Th.
extraordinary manner In which this u.
I-rr Was trest-l won for Miss Alexand@i
Ipcsh Applause. IL showed "a d~~p ~
search in thought and tho practical ap
I'lications were superb.
>. Tarine-s on the part of the teach.
rr- Will the practice of IL sncouras
tardine-- on the teachers partr With
gloves off AMI without policy she for~
fully crltirissSi such tesrhers ~ were s.,.l
~ of tsrdinrs- in the shool room. and
made II clear that IL Va. not only an or.
binary mistake hut in its hnal analysis il
MAS clearly proven "a lie = great ain.
). Are teachers horn or made -
Miss Memphis 4. Garter. For one o.
have heard the treatment Of the variou.
phss~~of this subjert by Mis-. Garter.
and not having known the struggles she
had Ia undsrgo 10 perfect herself for thi-
useful work. thes would have nj once
sad that urschers are horn AMI not made
lecause few teachers In the schoolroon
are much more at home at impartins
kno~lssige than is Miss Garter.
T. The proper management Of = grs
dsd school on stormy aud rainy day. dn-
ring interrnis-ion and recess periods. -
Prof. y. NJ. Craghesd. Prof. Craghead
u always good at anything lac attempt,
Ia do anil Willie th.. fift,a ~. H.. a..
him To ~ into the full details 81 this
great subject. Yet he wss pithy and u
the point.
Adjournment
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1914-03-20
I'R(ssIsAM


!. How ShoulI Spelling L.. Taught
~ that will H. an Interesting subject T.
the child" This paper read by Mrs. !.
A. Watkins Wa very we'll and ably rem
iere.l
2. After pupils have leen taught u
real by the word. sentenoe or electic
method, bow early should thy lie alb.
" give al the letters Of the alphahetg'
Mn- Mary J.. Adams. In the treatment
Of this subject Mrs. Adams male her-ell
singnlsrly felt.
3. The growth 81 our public schools. -
Prof W. ID. SObnson. Ihis snbject IN
~ treatment and IN the exhaustive and
completely new ideas brought out d,
Prof. johnson caused considerable com
ment lie took the liberty, aud very
ably did he do -, 81 calling the attention
teachers and the pubIic's attention n ths
fact 81 the inequality and the psrtisIit,
shown towsr'i the children of the Negr,
rsoe in the nnequitsble disbursement o,
appropriation Of fund- for tbe education
of the colorei - against that Of the whit.
and while he cited incidents b. verify ~,
statements - sppIicsbIe n conditions ~
the south, "a Was slso very forcii,l,
brOnght ont by q numi,er 81 tlse trarb
srs that the same thing exi-te.I IN wr-
Virgins.
AZ this point the Dist supt. caIIe.I on
the EditJr Of the Time- Who xss pre~en
70 maze an ssidre~s. which he did. "a,
paid very high tribute ~ the hight tone,
standing and substantial Improvement
that had been sccomp li-ted in the Nortl
fork and klkhorn Districts ~ the ~.
boards Of edncstion. His personal ex
prc-~ions IN approval of the manly an.
courageous infuence exerted by a..
Ccsssy sap>rinsendent for Tie cool o
both white and colored children. m.
with long and Iood sppI.u--.
What are your plans for anothe
vesr7 Why do you expect 70 teach
be<sev school next year than you hsv
this year p Mn. Eizahetk D~xerv
An- brewery seemed 10 have been .
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1914-03-20
Hold Interesting Teach
ers' Institute at the
Clark -Northfork
School.
Meeting Presided Over by District
Superintendent Discussions
Instructive.-Masy Help
ful Papers Read.

Pursuant to the regular arrangei srhe-
dule Tor Perfecting the educational in
sight and extending the powen of the
teachers in accomplishing tle greatest
amount "f re~ults for youths of the race,
the District Institute for the month al
March was held in the Grsdsd school in
CLARK k-Northfork, under the supervision
OF Dissrict Supt. 1. L Peters. 10 10 like
bsxPss.siss - nildsy sassy ti,As ,selsloul
are there men ~ be found. who are more
energetic. industrious and enthusiastic in
accomplishing for the state the best ~
snln for the expended money OF the tax
payers than Is ti.e good young friend and
school superintendent, Mr.. /. T. Prter-
Tie ~ . man Who seems o. make IL the
pleasure Of his life o. answer duties called
and "a make substantial ihe results OF
his lsbors sosording To the solemnity Of
his oath.
Promptly at nine o'clock Saturday
morning. March lsth he wss st his ds-.k
ready 70 cell the meeting Tn order and ~
hegin with the program that had been
wisely arranged and that Was " be par
tiripated in by the various teacher. -
lected u give their views along hines OF
the hest methods for the deyelopement
Of the minds tOf the children in their
charge and for facilitating the lest edu-
catiOnsl methods 70 this end. IL wa-
very complimentary n the TEACHERS Of
the two districts in the fart II their zen
ersl attendance, since tIrre was not =
one absent.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1914-03-20

J. ID. HARLKEss.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-12-20
JOHNSON RETURNS
To THE SENATORS

Kansas City, Mo-, Dec. 19.--Walter
johnson, star pitcher of the Ameri-
can League, this afternoon decided to
stay in organized baseball and called
off his contract to play with the Chi
cago Club of the Federal League. He
will play with the Washington Club
next year at his last years salary OF
$12.500. Johnson was to get $17, 500
a year with the outlaws. Clark Crit
fifth, OF the Washington Club, met
Johnson here Saturday afternoon and
the Kansas pitcher signed contract
to play with his former teammates
for three years. Three weeks ago Joe
Tinker manager of the Chifeds. met
johnson In Coffeyvtlle and induced
the twirler to sign a contract to play
with the Chicago team. WASHINGTON
had an optional agreement with john
son for his services next year.
This statement was signed by John
son:
After a conference with Manager
Griff1th and legal authorities, l am
convinced that the option in my con-
tract with the Washington Club was
binding. and I am going to return u
the Washington Club and fulfill my
agreement, and at the terms offered
by the club
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-12-20
JUNK STILL PURSUING
CAPTAIN JOHN EvERS

Johnny Evers, the game captain OF
the Braves. Is putting up valiant
fight against an attack of pneumonia
at New York Ccrapping and bat
Ting with misfortune has been the
Trojans task for period OF some
years.
Here is a partial list OF what fate
has handed out to this little fellow.
any one OF which would stagger the
average mortal:
Broke his leg sliding home.
Fired as manager Of the Cubs.
Told ne was through as ball
player by c. W. Murphy.
In which baseball writer lost his
life.
Suffered a siege Of nervous prostra-
ton.
Lost a fortune and went almost
broke when his shoe business failed.
Lost one OF his children.
His home at Troy was rified by
burglars.
Review that extended list. Then
you can't help wondering how he
survived It all and played such won
derful ball last year that he was
given the auto as being the most
valuable man In the national game.
On the surface Evers Is a fragile.
nervous CHAP. In reality he Is about
the gaemest, grittiest chap WHO ever
donned a uniform.
Any fellow who can 60. through
what he has and earn an estimated
aggregate OF $4,000 or so last sea-
son must be a marvel.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-12-20
MLOUGHLM IS KING
OF TENNIS PLAYERS
Ranking Committee Places Him Ahead of All American Players
San Francisco Player Is Placed at the Head of the
List for the Third Consecutive Time

New York, Dec 19-Maurice NJ.
Mclaughlin. of San Francisco. cham
pion lawn tennis player of the world,
and runner-up for the American title.
has been officially ranked at the head
of the American players for the third
consecutive time. The report of the
ranking committee. consisting of Fred
erick c. Inman. Walter L. Pate and
Walter NJ. Hall. was given out TO the
public today. Whether or not Nc
Loughlin would be placed at number
one has been the burning question in
the lawn tennis world ever since the
wonderful Californian was beaten in
the Anal round OF the national cham
pionship tournament at Newport by
Richard Norris Williams, I'd. of Ph.la-
delphia.
When Mclaughlin was officially
rated in first place he became the first
CT tennis in this country. whose rec
ord has, made 1t necessary to break
the" rule OF rating the holder Of the
national Championship In first place.
Because OF the varied opinions ex-
pressed in high circles as to the right
OF Williams to be rated number one,
the committee In It's report says:
1T Is true that the then national
champion has headed the list in al,
previous rankings. This fact alone,
however, does not establish the pre-
cedent that he shall be so placed for
the sole reason that he is national
champion"
McLoughlin's coronation as king Of
the tennis players Is remarkable in
more ways than because of the mere
fact that he Is the first to upset pre-
cedent and go ahead of the national
champion. He Is also the first Ameri
an yvHIn e., ka 40 . - 49, \.
racquet wielders Of the world by
critics Of all nations. Furthermore,
his achievement OF remaining at the
top for three successive years Is q
wonderful feat, In that he first forged
to the front at the time 1t became
necessary for the national champion to
play through the tournament at New
port. He has played through every
year since his start in national tennis.
stood down ana played only In tho
challenge round.
One Of the features OF the last sea-
son has been the playing OF Frederick
b. Alexander. who came back to form
and by his work earned q place in the
first ten, who are as follows:
No. I'M. E. Mclaughlin and T. C.
Bundy.
No. George NJ. Church and Dean
Mathey.
No. 3-Karl Fl. Behr and Theodore
Roosevelt Pell.
No. William M. Johnston and
Clarence j. Grimm
No. 5-Harold II. Hackett and Fred
erick B. Alexander.
No. 6-Nat Browne and Claude
Wayne.
No. 7--Nathaniel w. Niles and AL
fred 8, Dabney.
No. s--W. J. Clothier and George
p. Gardner, Jr.
No Sc. Carlton shafer and King
Smith,.
C. Inman.
The rating Of the frst ten women
was - fpllOwe: u
NJ IA, ~ NJ Nary Browne.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-12-20
SOLDIER BOYS DEFEAT
WILLIAMSBURG QULN7
Richmond Howitzers Win Game From William and Mary by
Score of 81 to 16-Metcalf, Felvey, Lawrence and
Bertschey Play in Their Usual Good Form

Although the william and Mary
College qulnt displayed hard fight
from start to finish. the Richmond
Howitzer five showed superior form to
the WHliamsburgers last night on the
latter's court and succeeded in CIV
ing the visitors a 81 to 16 drubhinU.
During the first ten minutes Of play
was not until the last few minutes of
play in the opening period that this
artillerymen managed to leave their
opponents in the rear.
In the opening half the 'Looniess
gave the soldier boys hard fight.
and when il came 10 an end the score
was standing IL to 8. favoring the
local boys. However, during this Pc
Rod the HowitZer boys had not dis
played their usual form. AS usual.
they came back strong in the second
half and managed to toss eleven field
goals into the basket, while the Will
liamsburg collegians could garner but
three. Referee "Piker'' Hughes cali
ed a number OF fouls. but neither side
showed any form as far al throwing
the leather into the baskets was con-
cerned.
Honors were equally divided among
Felvey, Lawrence and Metcaf tor tho
winners, while Bertschey and Jones
played in stellar form for the de-
feated quint. All three OF the above
named Howitzer players tossed ave
each into the exalted baskets, while
Bertschey and Jones secured three
and two, respectively. The hne-upa
and summary follow:
Howitzers. Positions. W. d "a.
Bell .......... L F. --.;.:J Jones
Lawrence ...... r. r. 80. .Bertschey
Metttlf ......... G. ..-...... Gayle
Felvey ........ L. G. ...-.... WAT
Rowe ......... r. G, .-....... Zion
score-Howitzers, 81; William and
Mary, Is.
Summary: Goals--I.awrence. 81:
Metcalf. 81, Felvey. 8: Bell. q,
Entwiste, J.: Bertschey, 3, Jones, q.
zion. /: Zahmer. /. Goals from foul
Metcaif, /. Rertschey, 2. Substitations
-Entwiste for Bell: Zehmer Tor
Jones; Jones for Gayle: Parker for
Zion. Referee, Hughes (V. F. ID.
Time of halves-Twenty minutes.