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The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1915-07-02
SUCCESSFUL RALLY

Mt. Chapel Baptist Church of thi.
city closed wednesday night Of last week
one OF the most successful rallies in il,
history. This church has been withou,
a pastor for several months, Rev. w. IL
Mitchell having resigned u accent The
pA-torste Of Scott 81. Baptist Church in
Bluefeld
The deacons, under the leadership of
hessrs- j. III. Jones and X. g. Price sr-
ranged the service and secured thu. ss,
vices OF Rev. r. ID. w. Meadows. u. ID.
Kew. j. W Crockett, Rev. J. W. Cover
and Rev. J.. n. A. Cyrus, who preached
able sermons and conducted splendid
services.
A Inst Of the contributors follow.
sister W A. Simpson, SI.25: Sister
Helen NJ. James, 500; Sister Elizab.,b
Lord, 3 -: Sister vixilla Morris. Al -.
A. J.. Calhoun. 81 -: Sister Roxie Tn.
ner' 500; W. VI. James, 80: VIM.
Cobbs, $'.2j; J. II. Jones. SID: M
farSon, $50; Nathan Robisson. al y
Those who contributed one dollar .
ran Helms. Mary Woods, Morris Hick.
EMOTION, y. t. Thornton. Marcellp.
broady, Marish Hoston. Edd Wa.bing.
ton, Rev. T.. =. johnson, Morn. Coille
Mary EPps. G. b. Mabel, sister W.
A. Moore sister Broadly, Masonic I.odrs
hobert Price. II. J. Cspehart, Mr.. /
Hannah, Rosa Burnett. Colonial The.
TIRE, 'sme- CLARK. Those giving 10
Norene slaughter. Fila Kelsaw. Tho.
giving 2oc; Archer Davis. q. w. Tsv.
Tor, John 9. Calhoun, John Angel. Oh
calhoun. Thelma Calhoun Myrtle Jone.
Mn Davis, Mrs.. Morton. Mis-. Harr;s
iiays Finney, y. b. Hairston. ] 4
smith, jamie HAIRS. Alphonsia Fsrlv
Mr.. q. y. Marshall. Lula Stubter6eld
srHter, kviyn simpson, Mr.. Alexander
Mary herndon, Maggie Candy. Mar
calhoun. J. J.. finney. Alex. Morgan
Bro. Bridgeford, W. p. Laviscount Ian
- harrenton. @. n. Cavell. 90. Geo
Robinson, Sc; Mrs. Thornton. &c Mr..
l.aviscount, ioc; jamie Harm. sc: Joe
Arthur Allen, &c; Elizab~th Lark a..
Aamie Flood, Sc; MAIZE Lazenh~rv
&c; Mary Cobh~, 9Oc; Dasie P.tter-os
'''e' Bessie Pereer, sc; l.. ID. Slsusht4r
&c Ars- Wade Anderson, Ice: Jenett
norri'' 4oc. Total RAISED 5000.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1915-07-02
STRAYED FROM
STRAIGHT ROAD
White Man Has Junked
we, the People, F"
Government.
(BY A. MERCER DANrEL)

The recent action Of Japan i'm taking
the position she hss in China has been
the cause Of much comment throughout
the country. The yellow PERIL is
again the fear Of many writers on this
subject Why shDuld this action on the
part OF Japan in the far east IL the sub
Ject OF So much DISCUSSION in this cOun-
try? There IL reason.
Recently Prof. Gulish, of the Do-hishs
University, kyoto, Japan, made this
statement here in Washington: "For
several hundred years the wLite man Ina
regarded himself A. ordained TO own and
rule tile word. Unhindered, almost. he
swept over America, North and South,
Africa, India, Australia, New Zealand
and Siberia lie has ruthles-ly destroyed
not only tribes but peoples and not only
peoples but entire civilizations. He ha-
be~n the white peril to races OF
all other colors than his own Til,
awakening Of China and the rapid pro-
gress made 10y Japan in the last lev
years have opened the eyes OF the white
man to the fact that this is the begin.
ming Of the end Of white supremacy. -
By the rule of the white man. when
founded on good principles, wonderful
advances IN civilization have been made
but he has strs yed tar from the ons
great principle of good government thai
of equality Of all men before tine law.
This principle wss most beautifully pro
claimed in the Declaration OF Independ.
ence, but in practice he has fallen far
short of the ideal
Under the other forms of government
that make no pretense of equality, tire
progress has been wonderful, but the all
sence of this principle in their govern
ments Is today at least the remote cans.
of their undoing. While the whit.
rulers Of the world are in the dealt
struggle for their very existence tn.
oriental IL seizing this opportunity Z,
proclaim To the world tLst no il read,
70 assume the role Of ruler of the east .
IL is e sident that this is but the begin
ming OF what will soon take place in
other parts Of the world. when the Eas
Indian will rule India and the African,
rule Africa. Then will the white mar
awaken 70 the fact that there are other,
capable of ruling and that the people o
color in tie world are not here 70 r,
subjected 10 this rule
The ten million Negroes in this coun
try are still looked upon A. subjects to b.
ruled but never to have a hand in IN,
administering nor the making of III,
laws Of the country. Although the Con
stitution says I'VE. the people," il hs
in fact been I'VE, the white people"
Now is the time for this country L
right itself with the broad principles O
the Deciaraticn OF independence and tn
Constitution, take her place a. leade
among the nations and set an exampl
OF good government 70 all TIE world.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1915-07-02
Comments on "Crand-
father Decision.

CONTINUED from Page ~
high ground Of imperative necessity, foi
the publication Of ti.eir politics and .,
retain control of their own government
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1915-07-02

OFFICIAL DIRECTORY
OF MCDOWELL COUNTY
CIRCUIT COURT: Eighth J
iicial CircuiD Counties of Nc
Dowell. Mercer and Monroe.
Hon. Isaiah q. Herndon, Judge
Velch; w. Burbridge Payn
',lerk.
Terms o; Court Second Tues
lay in February June and Sep
EN- Der.
CRIMINAL COURT: Hon. Jas.
French StrOther, Judge: W. b
Payne, Clerk.
Terms OF Court Second Mon
lay in January, April, July and
October.
COUNTY COURT: DR.. r. K.
Sragonier, President. Keystone
Col. las. ElWOOi Jones.
Commissioners
w. ". WHITE, clerk. WEIGH.
Terms of Court. First Mon
day in January, April, August
and October.
License Term, first Monday in
June.
COUNTY OFFICERS:
Sheriff, J F Johnson, WEIGH.
Prosecuting Attorney f &
Cook
Assistant Pros. Attorney, G L
COUNT
Clerk Circuitand Grim. Courts,
Burb ridge Payne
Clerk County Court, W. W.
Whyte
County Surveyor, Morgan
Vivian
Supt. Free Schools. W Cassius
Cook. WEIGH
Assessor. Q r Rusmisell
County Road Engineer, " J
McClaren
County Health Officer and cor.
oner, DIR. II. G. Camper
Commissioner School Lands
& r Rusmisell. Nc Dowell
Members House OF Delegates
w w Hughes and g. +. Hartman.
State Senator's, Sixth Senate
rial district counties Of Mellow
ell, M'n0O. wayne and wyoming
Jas a StrOther WEIGH; Wells
Goodykootz Williamson.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1915-07-02
REPuDIATED By ALL PAR1lEs

hEfJDlAIED BY ALL PARTIE~.
The jacksonville Times Union say IN,
decision will do little. II any. harm IN
the south. FOR ths~e 10 no longer ress.
on Tor discrimination A. u the ballot IN
favor Of Or against any rscs." II add.
that colored voters are In the mai,ritv
IN only two southern STATE and that no
stste need fear Negro rule.
Immediately alter the war. even. -
says the TINES Union, the Negroe-
never controlled any Southern State ex-
cept with the aid Of the bayonet." Tie
Times Union says further.
The Negro a. q power in polite. -
nov repudiated ~ al parties. The Re-
publicsns have adopted q basis Of reu-
in their conventions that
tscitly consents 70 his disfranchi~,pent
in the south. /"
The Nashville Banner directs ar.ep-
ton ~ the isct that when the southern
states adopted grandfather claus I~v-
station the percentage Of illiterate Ne
zroes vas high, and this condition in
ihterscy - being rapidly altered. The
Banner sdds:
Ia 10 hardly probable that tne de-
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1915-07-02

The governor congratulated The officers
Of TIE Y. M O. A. on having such an
ssd'ence and expressed surprise at 70
thss bsing any doubt - 10 MS coming
% ful6h The engagement, - be had CIV
g sscrunsy CONES hs promise four
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1915-07-02

cision Will bring a recrude-oence Of the
race question in politics that Was very
Troublesome in the south at one time, or
raise new bugbear Of Negro -nprema-
cy- The question has about adjusted
itself IN the South without regard 70 SUI
frage statutes"
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1915-07-02

Mr. d. +. V Jordon. agent for the
American Workmen Insurance company.
Was in the city early Monday morning
OF this week. lie is spending some con.
siderable time in this end Of the state.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1915-07-02
EXPECTS no EVIL CONSEQUENCE

EXPECTS NO EVIL CONSEQUENCES
The Richmond Evening Journal. dis
claiming inteution Of disrespect 10 tho
Supreme Court, EXPRESS the belief that
the court has, with regard u the public
peace and general welfare and oledient
70 the requirements Of practical common
sense. postponed decision on the grand
father clsuses ~ long ~ possible. n
says that while this decision ten year
ago would have been disaster. il will
have no evil consequences nov, becan-e
the Negroes in the South have lot IN.
habit Of voting. and the few among them
~ho can and do qualify regard the suf.
frsge - a -Tecisl distinction and honor
and will not b. very eager q have the
masses Of their race put on equality with
themselves.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1915-07-02

Reports from railroad beadquarter
are TO the effect that more coal um
transported from this field the month
N an m any previous like perioa.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-20
CARRANZA'S NEW FOE.

In fighting the typhus fever now
raging in the City OF Mexico. General
Carranza is meeting a foe over which
all will wish him victory. II he can
stamp out that scourge it will be a
victory Of international Importance
and he might well call to his aid medi-
cal science from the United States. Not
until the United States had taken con-
troll of affairs in Cuba was the yellow
fever so mastered that it has lost most
OF its former terrors. American physi-
clans in Serbia have greatly lessened
the ravages Of typhus in that country
and they can do as much no doubt for
Mexico, where the disease has been
epidemic and peculiarly fatal. Mexico,
and particularly the Mexican capital,
needs General Gorgas 10 supervise
q cleaning up. Even a constitutional
government without sanitation can
not long surYiye
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-20
HOW JOSEPH FELS ANSWERED
THE NAVY EE4GTE.

Men of real or imaginary influence
are receiving from the Navy league
petitions to be signed urging congress
to support & 100000. 900 bond issue
for battleships. etc. In this petition
the league gives "67 reasons.
On returning his petition unsigned,
joseph Fels wrote as follows;
None Of your 81 reasons shows MUIR
der to be iustiflable None Of them
shows that it is right for young man
to bind himself to shoot his own father
at the command of a superior officer
None Of them justifes the wicked folly
that leads citizens of different eoun-
tries to kill each other merely because
the rulers were too incompetent or
too unwilling to settle a dispute annie
ably.
Your petition is inconsistent. II
contains no demand that in case Of
war ali the diplomats whose biuHder-
ing OF worse has failed TO avert trou-
bic, be placed on the firing line, to-
getheT with all congressman and SEN
ators who voted to declare war, all edi-
tors. politicians, preachers aud other
molders of public opinion who helped
to inhame the public, and all financial
magnates who stood back Of it all,
pulling the strings in expectation of
securing new opportunities for plum
der. OF course | know that if such a
provision were made there would be
an end Of all demand for navy, every
Congressman would oppose an appro-
priation. and our state department
would treat even the smallest and
weakest of foreign nations with Justice
and courtesy.
In spite Of the large number of rea-
sons you give, you omit all mention of
the ones but for which no navy would
be wanted. Are you ashamed Of them ?
You don't say that American monopo-
lists have secured concessions from
corrupt governments of weaker coun-
tries to rob the people thereof and
want protection from possible rerolu-
tiOnary outbreaks which their oppres-
sion may cause, You don't say that
increased naval expenses will give pro
tected monopoiists an excuse to de-
mand retention OF oppressive tariff
taxes, You don't say that the Steel
trust. Charles NJ Schwab, and others
interested in contracts for battleships
guns and armor plate need the money
You do say that the navy now costs
$130,000,000 a year. You don't say
/ that that means a tax of $3.50 a year
on every family and that you want tc
I increase it. You don't say that mos
Of these families don't get a dollars
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-20

A story is told about the two Du-
masses, father and son. which Illus
trates the pleasant relations between
the two, The sen had written his first
successful novel. and the father wrote
him letter of congratulations, which
he began In the formal manner of
Dear Sir " This letter throughout
read as though addressed 10 total
stranger and merely thanked the an
thor for the pleasure the hook had
given him Dumas files answered IN
this manner:
Sir-I thank You most heartily for
your kind letter. Praise from you is
especially appreciated by me, as / have
always heard Of you as the most en-
thusiastic admirer of my father, who
also makes some pretension of being
q novelist.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-20
Sidelights on the European War

olea, which were TO be protected by
guards provided By the republic; to re
tain his retinue as hitherto, appointing
however, no more enuuuchs, TO enjoy
possession Of his private property IN
der the republics property and = re-
tain the imperial guards, which, how
ever, were to be placed under the con-
troll OF the department OF war.
The imperial clansmen we're TO re
tain their titles and private property,
enjoy public and private rights on
footing Of equality with all other cit
liens and be exempt from military ser
vice, similar terms being agreed to as
regards Manchus. Mongols, MohaH-
medans and Tibetans. Impoverished
princes and dukes were TO be provided
with means OF livelihood, while pro-
vision was also to be made for the eight
banners. or professional ancient SOL
diers, who were henceforth to be free
in respect to trade and residence. The
term favorable" was amply justified
considering all the circumstances OF
the moment at which the agreement
was drawn up.
To Prince Ching, however, the duty
Of negotiation for its revision VII
he a task rich in opportunities, es-
peoially as the imperial seal appears
10 be a sine qua non of revival Of
monarchy In the eyes of Europeans
the importance attached to the seal
appears amusingly exaggerated; to the
Chinese, on the other hand, formalism
is everything and it is Of the essence
of the present situation that the edicts
in which the Manehus announced theif
abdication delegated TO Yuan Shl-kai
authority TO organize with full pow
ers a provision republican govern
ment.7 Theoretically therefore. as
long as the Manchus retain the seal
They retain the source and symbol OF
The authority which they allowed Yuan
Shi-kai to use.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-20
TRYING TO FIND AN ISSUE

The national hoaae Of representa-
tiyes has passed the joint resolution
providing for the extension Of the
emergency revenue TAX until Dec 81,
1915 It IL expected the senate viii
take similar action
The fight made upon the proposition
in which the republicans were solidly
against il indicates the purpose Of ad-
miuisfration opponents is TO make all
possible capital cut Of the United
States treasury situation. They think
they see In the condition resultant
from the European war an opportunity
To go before the country On a plea OF
democratic failure.
Il is their hope that the public may
be quilted into the belief that we're Inc
republican party in power and the
Payne Aldrich tariff law in effect, that
whether there were imports or agt
that measure would prove adequate
as a producer of revenue The an
surdity of the idea is glazing 1t is
akin 10 the allegation that good crops
have been due to republican admins
tratioHs although the good crop idea
has not been featured by the G. o. 7
the past two years. In fact they are
agreed that meteorological condition:
may be partially responsible.
With tariff duty returns reduced tC
practically nothing by reason Of Eur
opean manufacturers having turned
their attention to war supplies, what
would have been the situation were the
large reliance for government supper
placed upon this source under the
high protective tariff and without thc
. income tax?
But the republicans are planning IL
make lack of revenue through regular
channels the issue. How far will they
succeed with it?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-20

Picking. spondence Of The
Associated Press Prince Ching, who
has suddenly come out of long retire
ment to participate in the negotiations
concerning the rights the deposed
Manchu dynasty is to enjoy under the
prospective reestablishment of the
monarchy. was for many years one OF
the most important figures in Chinese
politics.
He has been living quietly at Tien-
tsin and was summoned to Picking to
look after the interests Of the deposed
boy-emperor who is living as d pris-
oner in the Forbidden City at Picking,
Prince Ching was born in 1899. and
when Is years of age was adopted by
grandson of Emperor CHEN Lung.
and was continually advanced until
/ 1908 when, upon the death OF Emperor
/ Kuang Hsu, he was admitted to the
rank of hereditary prince of the first
order. Many OF his sons and daughters
have married into the Chinese royal
family.
+ In Manchu circles, therefore, Prince
Ching is a person of very great conse-
quence on the ground of family ties
alone. In addition he is exceedingly
wealthy and for many years was the
most powerful minister in Peking. In
/ April 1884. he became president of the
Tsungli Yamen, the old board of for
eign affairs. and in that capacity his
name is associated with many of the
outstanding events of China's recent
history.
There was, in fact, period of many
years when practically nothing could
be done without Prince Ching's cog
nizanee and help, when his front door
was market place at which appoint
ments, promotions and concessions
were bought and sold, when his favor
was the passport that opened the most
intimate and closely guarded portals
when his frown meant ruin to the most
elaborate schemes. And now, after a
period OF retirement and comparative
unimportance, he reemerges again to
+ put through what may we'll prove &c
be the last big deal of his life.
The terms ON which the Mancbus
abdicated, the favorable treatment
! agreement that Prince Ching is going
to revise. included stipulation that
after abdication the emperor should
be allowed 10 retain title and should
receive from the republic the respect
due TO foreign sovereign Article two
arranged that the throne should re-
eeiVe from the republic an annuity oil
taels 100000 $500 900 Mexican1 IN
til the establishment Of new eurren.
ey, when the sum should be 81 600 .00(
tMe1ican.l By article three the en-
peror was TO be allowed to reside tenn
porarily IN the imperial palace, bui
was later 10 remove to the Eho park
retaining his hodYguard at the same
strength as hitherto Other articles al
lowed him to eontiue to perform ths
religious ritual connected with thu
Imperial ancestral temples and maus
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-20
The Daily Story
The Best That Could be Done-By r. A. Mitchell

Margaret Brierley was brought up
BY Il couple Of maiden aunts. sisters,
who were well off and intended that
after their death Margaret should
have their belongings, These were IN
part a comfortable house and grounds
in the village, in which they lived.
Margaret proved an apt scholar and
was graduated with honor. Since life
with her aunts was very duh she
yearned for something iivelIer. After
a year of sitting around holding her
hands," as she expressed it, she de-
termined to go to the city TO teach.
Her auBts combated her resolution.
They reminded her that they had cared
for her since she was an infant, edu-
Gated her and given her everything
she wanted. all in vain. One morn,
ing when Aunt Sarah went into her
room to awaken her the bird had iowS.
Three years passed, during which
there was ne communication between
the aunts and the niece. Margaret
was getting on well as a teacher when
she fell i'll. Having no means to pro-
vide substitute for her school duties.
she was dropped from the salary roll
Then the poor girl began to regret that
she had yielded to the impulse to be
s,aoxa,,do,t Nafhfnu ramainaa for
her but to 80 back TO her aunfs and
ask their forgiveness and help
Taking advantage of 4 slight rally.
she spent her last funds for a railway
ticket to her former home She ar
rived at the house as darkness was
falling. How comfortable everything
looked! There were the dainty white
house, the porch and lattice covered
with vines. the flower garden to one
side, the kitchen garden In the rear,
the whole inclosed by the low picket
fence. She went as fast as her condi-
ton would permit up the walk, opened
the door and entered. All was still.
Aunt Elizabeth she called. with
no reply.
aunt Sarah" Still no answer.
She went through the house, but
found no one. Thinking that her aunts
had gone out, she took off her wraps
and sat down in the living room be-
fore the open fireplace, in which were
live Goals.
Presently sha heard the front door
open and shut. She arose, intending
to greet her aunts. Instead a young
man entered. Seeing her, he paused.
where are my aunts, Misses Eliza
beth and Sarah Staeey?v
Are you Margaret Brierley?"
Il am"
Miss Elizabeth died few months
ago, and Miss Sarah followed her in
two weeks"
Margaret sank back in her chair
and covered her face with her hands
1t was some time before she spoke
again; then she said:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-20

worth of benefit out of it, but that it
will be the young men OF such families
who must do the fighting aud be MAIN
ed or killed,
Il have little hope that 1t will do
any good 10 tell you that demanding a
navy is inconsistent with the Golden
Rule. You know that already but you
don't care. You don't say that openly
because it Is not fashionable and
would not be expedient. 1t would en-
barrass the preachers and church
members who support your demands.
Still 1t won't hurt to let yon know
how this murderous business looks TO
Golden Rule advocate and ] there
fore quote from Henry George;
1.-The dangers to the republic come
not from without but from within.
What menaces her safety is no armada
launched from foreign shores, but the
gathering cloud of tramps On her own
highways That krupp Is casting
monstroas cannon and that in Cher
bourg and Woolwich projectiles of I'M
sheard of destructiyeness are being
stored, need not alarm her, but there
is "a black omen in the fact that Penn
sylyania miners are working for 50
cents a day No triumphant invad-
ers can tread our soil until the blight
of great estates has brought failure
of the crop of mem if there be danger
that eur cities blaze, it is from torches
lit in faction fight, not from foreign
shells.
Against such dangers forts will
not guard us, ironclads protect US, or
standing armies prove Of any avail.
They are not 10 be avoided by any
aping Of European protectionism; they
come from failure to be true to that
spirit of liberty which was invoked at
the formation Of the republic They
are only to be avoided by conforming
our institutions TO the principle of
freedom.
For it is true, as was declared by
the first national assembly Of France,
that ignorance. neglect or contempt
OF human rights are the sole cause OF
public misfortune and corruption of
| government
I Here is the conclusion Of the whole
matter. That we should do unto 9th
ers as we would nave them do unto
US, that we should respect the rights Of
others as scrHpulously as We would
have our own rights respected; it is
not a mere counsel of perfection 10
/ individuals. but it is the law to which
we must conform social institutions
and national policy if we would secure
the blessings of abundance and
! peace"