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Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1915-07-22
SKILLED LABOR SHORT.

man connected with a concern making material
remarked few days ago. that it seemed almost impossible
get enough skilled wor<men He found that there good
deal of help that be had But only fraction of the app
cants who do high grade of mechanical adjust
ment.
In rush times almost kind of employee work
His inferior product slips along The inspector may
defects But when customers clamorng for delivery
ORDERS faults slip through that ought not to pass
In the dull times of the past few years. inferior workmen
have found themselves left out of the shuttle there
work for only part of the force the skilled kept
the BENCH while the less efficient informed that there
was nothing doing No complaint might be made of the
quality of his work But somehow there anything
for him.
Just the rush of orders is providing work for
whose product is of inferior quality But when
orders STOP and before the normal trade of peace times
established there will be idle day for the second
rate artisan These conditions true not merely of wormen
the lines making material but in all lines of mechanical
employment
The young mechanic should put brains into his
He should study the philosophy of mechanical
physical forces and learn the perfect of performing
every motion Ii of the time spent getting nfor
nation about the best methods of producing the desired
chanica results there would be for the family table
and clothes for the dets Also every
practical books of technical science that give good ideas
they not be had mans town. they be borrowed
at slight cost from circulating Enthusiastically Tribune
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1915-07-22

II CENTS the store profited it II the
got the nickel.
The motion picture houses the peanut stands the and 10
cent stores will probably be much interested in the
subsidiary coin circulation 1t is easily understood how
heavier volume of CENTS ncke dimes and quarters
mention halves dollars would profit business Small change
and careless fingers parted these days of emp
ton 1t should be remembered that if the
dollars will for themselves If do not else
will do the workwhch the story of progess and poverty
in a senence.-Capital News
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1915-07-22

The plan OF Secretary Daniels create advisory board
OF men OF the type OF Edison to act with the army and
officials IN making suggestions for the beerment appliances
for national defense admirable The great efficiency which
Germany has attained In implements of wareare has been the
result OF cooperation of of science with army officials
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1915-07-22

With billion dollar trade balance favor of the United
States increasing signs of unparalleled prosperity
poets of big and bumper prices Republicans are certainly
having hard times finding something blame to the Democra
tic Administration
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1915-04-16

Calantbe. by Mrs. VI &. Tl,orne
Remarks, by Sir Floyd Ro--. EIkhorn.
singing, ~ tire Choir.
Adhre--' subject. The Good n the Ord.r
Nv sir 4. :. q. Froe.
ke~ding of Scripture Is--on ~ sir y.
j.. Jackson.
Thanksgiving sermon. by Rev. W "
Henry
COLLECTION. Amount realized. t2l.IO.
BenelictiOn.
Alter which the members and friend.
marche'i bark 10 the hall. where a -tscisl
cofnmittee bad arranged n serve ~ viii,
every reireshm~nt of the season. Tb;.
COMMITTEES servei lunch T. more than
two hundred people.
SPECIAL ATTENTION.
-. q Johnson has f-ren the leader of
this io.ige Tor the past ~ year.. ami Ia.
oten len deputy for the 3. W. District n
Nirginis Tor y years. Tie has served
many POSITIONS IN the Grand I.o,lgr and
= member of the finance committee
nov. He also has enjoyed the pleasure
oi D<ing elected Supreme Representative
twice.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1915-04-16
APRIL 9Th
IN HISTORY.
PEACE BETWEEN THE
NORTH AND
SOUTH
(By W. r. Dennv.l

Friday Was great day With the col.
ored people all over the United states. A
great change has taken place in lust one
hall OF a century Yes, ffty years ago
on the 9Th day of April slavery reignel
throughout the Southland and there
stood great Confederate Army or the
remnant Of the Confederate ARMY q,
Northern Virginia, hungry and ragged.
they grouped about the fields of Appo-
mattox- They were surrounded by sever
al corps of the Union army, flushed with
victory, brilliant looking, we'll rested and
well fed, AZ well A. well closlsed. Just a
lev days before the seiee Of P.tersburg
had terminated by Its evacuation by toe
Confederate troops, and Richmond. the
capital OF the Confederaey, had fallen,
the officials OF the dicing consederscv
were fleeing towards temporary safety
while at the same time the army under
General Lee was dragging on towards the
mountains OF Southwest Virginia. fight
ing their way and hoping that they might
escape the Union soldiers which ont num-
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1915-04-16
18TH CENSUS Of
NEGROES IN THE
UNITED STATES
A Bulletin Containing
the Most Recent Sta
tistics Relative to
the Race

Bulletin l.-'. entitled Negroes in the
I nits'd STATES. presenting statistics de-
rlv~i from the Thirteenth Censns and
ir"n other Statistical inquiries conducte.i
10y the Bureau of the Census. Depxrt-
n"nt at Commerce. has been is-ns>i and
l. now leing distributed.
The bulletin. which consists of ,O7 ma
~" "i text and tables. will n. followed
"f a more complete AMI comprehensive
report on the same -ubje-t. The Dire,-
1"r Of tle Census i'm transmitting the. ~
port to the Secretary ofCommerce states
HE obl~'t m view il u embody i'm
single publication the principal and
most resent census statistics relative to
the Negro. arransss'i and presented i'm
such way a- to contribute a. much in
formation ~ I',-.-ible regarding th. sta
t'i- AMI Progress of the Negro rAc.. in the
'nits~l states
\ -'u'ilar publication was i--iiel in
i'l' following the completion Of the
i~eiitl. Cen-I-. taken in IssD. and there
has hssn "a very general drrnAnd Tor .
report covering the same field bnt ha.,~i
upon tie more recent -tatistic- of th,.
Thirteenth Census
HE nsS~i fora monographs pre-..nts-
ton ari-'- from the iart that the cen-u.
statistics rrlating "a the Negro must 9th
ss~ '--' >ra'Asi. = T. s=-~ .i.~-srr.
N"ih'i"- covering population. agriculture.
mortality. and other general subjects.
lhe result ~ that these -tatistics are NOT
easily acssss-lble o. the general public nm
tii brought together i'm single publics-
ton.
ihe bulletin was prepared in the di-
vision oi Revision and Results, Bureau of
the Census. under the general r,nerv;.-
ION "i Dr. Jo-ePh A. Hill. expert -pecisl
agent. The statistical tables were plan-
"'h n"d arranged 10y three Negro en-
li"Jc- oi tiie bureau- Charles r.. Hall.
William Jenifer, AMI Robert A Pelh.u
or under their dIr,s,tion by other Negro
clerks. Mr. Halls assignment covered
population and occupations, Mr.. Jeni-
Ter agriculture and religious -tati-tio.
and hr. Ieiham'-. mortality and owner
-iip "i homes statistics.
~ government ,Iocnment the bulle-
I'm u Tor ir'r distribution and can b. OH
tanned hy Application u the Director Of
th" Cen-''-. Washington. ID. q.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1915-04-16
TO
WHOM CRED
II IS DUE

'liklE>fON. W. VA. April IL
Owing to the stories coming from W..h-
'ngt'n, and ieing pul,li-le.I broadcast.
~ the heroic work ri the crew from th.
v. :. Bnrean 81 Mines at the recent Lew
land disaster in this state, and in which
All cretiit Tor the re-rue work 10 given n,
TIE helmet men. Earl A. Henry, Chief
81 The STATE Department of Nine. h.-
gwen ont = statement that will Ie.v,
'oine credit for the mining men Of thi.
state u wh'Hn most II the crelit ,s due-
hr Henry indignant over ststernent.
~ An article published in the Pittsburx
Dispatch oi April lth. lie wAs on ths
Eround from the day of the explosion
until the lat bosiy. dead or alive. va
removed from the mine. and ne denoun-
90 - absolutely fal-e the statement that
tie helmet men re-cued the entomh.d
party. They were not IN the LEAD ON
tins occs-ion, and A. far A. he know.
they were not in the lead in the erplor.-
ton work Al any time.
The following statement. which h.
sen -ixned ~ number OF the men rp~-
cned on THIS occasion, 1ill bear out Mr..
lienry's assertion.
We the undersigned miner. who
we're entomed in the IeyIsnd No.
Mine, were rescued on Saturday morn
'ne' March 6th. In the rescue party
were the following persons. n. VI. B~r-
toilet, general supt. Of the COMPANY; O.
y" Workman, Cleve Martin, Chief Min.
inspector ,. A. Henry, District Mine In
spector X. b. Cobb, l.. b. HOLIDAY and
Isaac Murray. Mr.. Holiday and x. b.
Cobb, District In-pectors. were in the
lead. In addition 10 the above ther. wer,
members Of Bureau Of Mines with beI-
met Equipment, but they we're nox in d.
lead"
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1915-04-16
K. Of P. TURN
OUT A COM
PLETE SUCCESS

focahontss Lodge. No. 81 X. of Il.
Pocshontas. Va, held their Thank-giv.
ing services. st the NJ r.. Church. on
sunday, lith at > O'Clock p. m. Tn,
members and visitors met at the X. or
L. Hall at O'Clock sharp, after which
they called tine roll. uniformed and then
marched Ia the church. This parade
Was said to lie one OF the gran,is-t Ills.
plays IN the history OF the organization,
there WAS more than one hundr,Si person.
In the parade. They were joined at the
church by the Courts Of Calsnthe The
parade VA lei by the Graham Band.
Graham, Va, followed 10y the Uniform
Rank OF Mcdowell. w. Va commanded
by Sir Chss. Donald. There Was "A larv,.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1915-04-16
POPULAR CITIZEN
IN KEYSTONE

Mr.. W. NJ. Jones, Of Gary, q good
worker In the church, Q strong citizen in
society, . fearless champion Of the prin-
ciples Of Republicsnism and q ernisl
good sll-round fellow, was in the city
Sunday guesf Of Editor and Mrs. Whit
tico. He attended Sunday school and
church services st the Presbyterian church
and took an active part in the lessons of
the Sunday school. He was presented n
the public BY Rev. X. p. johnson. He
said conditions on the q. s. Coal opera
ton are rapidly improving and that the
company and people generally are turn
ins their eyes and attention 10 Clean
up Day" which they hope 10 strictly OBJ
serve nert Monday. lie ssys the com
psny leads the country on the observance
Of sanitary conditions and arrangements
He vHs lcod in bic approval OF the high
educational standing OF the race through
out the county.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1915-04-16
SUNDAY TALKS ON
POWER OF PRESS
Believes Newspapers Could Clean
Up United States

NEW YORK. April i3.-"l believe
the newspapers can clean up the country
from New York Ia San Francirco. and
there is hardly town that do,- not nes~i
to ie taken down to Gods bath ho,I-..
aud have the hose turned ON II" ,ls-
clarei Billy sunday yesterday at the
Pre-s club, where hr visited on hi- day
oh from the revival i'm Patterson, y
J. lie Was giving hi~ ideas of What "a
newspaper should l,e. "lf every news
paI~r were ~u-I~ndssi tomorrow =" h,.
continued. 'crime would incrra-s. Lea.
f"-r Sv'1s ~ - S.-.--s ~ Ia l-.- S.eis
and graitrrS and loan sharks and thugs
and the restricted would Join in one big
Jubilee"
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1915-04-16

Msschsm, Nm. Mary Emery was insrr-
esssd in thin improvement for the colored
men julius Ro-siwald OF Chicago made
. t25. 600 gift 70 the project The locs-
ton was purchassd for tl9. 500 and the
binding will coss ello.o0O when CON-
Pletsd and fully equipped. OF she SIS, ,osl
pledged By the colored people, more than
81. 900 has been collected. Every cent
Of the oolored populstion's part 10 guar
anseed before the dedication Of the build
ing. Prof. Ricks of the Mccall institute
will preside at the ground-breaking.
Other speaker will be ID. b. Meachsm.
president of the Y. M. q. A.; A. q.
Bookwalser. general secretary: A. o.
Elmer. architect of the building; wash
ington Simms and Mn Daisy 5. Mer-
chant, who will turn the first shovelful
Of ground.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1915-04-16
GOLDEN RULE PEOPLE
HOLD INTERESTING D|5-
TR|CT MEETING At ENNIS

Monday of this week wa- very i'm
Tortant day at Ennis with the Golden
Rule people. The Occa-Ion was the Gr-t
district union II Tia. Golden Rule Bene
iicial and End0wfnent Association viii,
Enni- Star Association f)r the year 1919
Hon. J.. W. White. district agent and
vice president II the general as-pciation
has rhargr of tbe-- meetings And u
may not 10 out "i rlace to say that be- j.
the most succs---iul man for this work
that could possibly be- found iscau-e be-
i indu-triou-. honest. energetic and
anxious about the succe-- Of tie a--0ci
alton. The meeting ~a- weil attended
reports we're gOpd, financial end- of the
meeting Wa encouraging and the outlook
Tor uII- ieing the banner year ~ the ~
sOciation VA never istter
President a. lI McKoy and General
secretary O.. =. Miller were there and
made -orue timely -ugge-tion- ~. VIM.
~afldier, one of the rharb.r members.
wa- present and in hi- re-fsDn-e g. the
~eicon'e asislr'--- he advised sorne new
methods anil plans ior a -ncces-inl year =
work
Refreshments served we're plentiful anil
only vent - prove the big hearte,ine--
II the gosri IeOple of Ennis. several
shares ~ -tOck were -old Tor which the
real ca-h ~a- paid This ga great
meeting
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1915-04-16

and who visits the other fellow who hss
no time IA spare and insrrferr- with the
other fellows proxress- There is A. much
difference between . social and socialle
Iaan - there Is between growth and
mahufscture. The - called s~iety Is
not the right kind of environment to
make the serial being-that snc,ety of
the artificial type, we mean. For this
kind of society in question is an artificial
growth modified by . kind of fanciful
civilization. And we are for,~d to say
I'm this instance that the mind Of society
Is the product Of growth and advance
ment ss SUCH What do We mean by
natural growth Such an institution as
the family. for it is in conformity with
human nature. The family relation IL
80 strong that men and women who e.-
tsblish families are bound together strong
er than physical ties but rather a divine
deslre-very real. They establish homes
fContnn~d On paw b
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1915-04-16

number Of members Of sister lodges. Flk
horn, Bluefield. Mcdowell, Graham
The following program was rendered
>ir L. T. Davis. Master of Ceremonie,
Tor this occasion. extended his yavel 1.
Sir W. NJ. Saidler Of Elkhorn. who car
ried the program out tn the letter:
Singing, by the Lodge and Court.
Prayer.
Reading. by the Lodge and Court. f.~i d,
master Of ceremonies.
Welcome Address, in behalf of the order.
by Rev. r. ID. johnson.
Response, 10y Prot. j. l.. Hill oi Blue.
field.
Singing. by the Lodge and Court.
Reading, by the Lodge and Court.
Prayer, 5y rrelate. Sir X. l.. Jackson.
Paper, subject: "Calantllei-n, 10y Mis-.
Pauline Green
Solo, by Mrs. Maggie Foster.
Financial conditions of the Courts Of
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1915-04-16

bered them three o. one and bemmed
them in on thrse sides. For four long
and dreadful years frought with peril and
suffering snch a. this country never Wit
nessed before nor since, the horrible
struggle bad ragged
The first shot trained upon Fort Sump-
Ter had echoed throughout the land and
called thousands ~ brave n.en b. arms.
great numbers u whom we're nov sleep
ing silently and from which there wasno
awakening. The south VS. wrecked and
ruiDei for the time. a. they saw IL. while
the Northern States were groaning he-
meath the weight II debt. Bu-ine-- uas
parslyzed and the future pas hidden he-
meath a veil. which Il Wa impossible n
penetrate.
Cold va- a. an enormous premium.
while paper va far telow par. such
we're conditions when General Grant and
General Lee met AZ the NeIesn hons.
near Old Appomattox court hou-e % Ar
range the terms for tire surrender Of the
Confederate Army. which would end the
struggle and bring peace 70 the contend
ing ssctions This, one Of the greatest
surrenders Of history, the terms Of which
we're kept lnvlOlste, should be celebrsts.d
~ every Afro-Americsn citizen. this A.
y vesrs ago brought about the end of
slavery and forever ~rttin9 a. ret the
proposition thai q STATE could ~pcesfe from
Ne nsuonsi government
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1915-04-16
4 NEGRO ELECTED
ALDERMAN IN CHICAGO

Chicago, April The Negro citizens
Of Chicago arr jubiant over the election
OF Hon. Oscar DE Priest ss alderman iron
the second Ward. IL seems that ID,
Priest led his ticket. getting every Re
publican vote in the ward and then some
more. Women voted for the first tine
in this election, and be il said to Their
credit that they stood by their party lik.
veterans. Oscar De Priest is the first
Negro ever elected To the aldermanic
board in this city. The Republicans made
. clean sweep, carrying Chicago by Q
record plurality Of 10000.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1915-04-16
SEES ULTIMATE
ABSORPTION OF
THE NEGRO RACE


CHICAGO, April l0.-In the final
cumming up. after thousands OF years,
there will be no pure white race in Amer
ica, nor will there be black one. in the
opinion Of DR.. George Burman Foster, ol
the Univsruisy Of Chicago, who spoke si
the Grace Msthodiss Episcopal Church
MAN has bsen thought of in many
ways throushout the aees." he ex planned.
He has bean considered IN angel by
some, IN intsliect BY Others. and now
sdays they are coming 10 think of him
- . toiler engaged IN performing the
work of the world. To him there can b.
no sharp distinctions of race and color.
For this recon the idea, unpopular,
70 be sure. but still indicated by the
facts, that the races in America art
amaleAmat,ng 10 not unwelcome to many
thinker. Let me give you an example
A year ago at q public gathering l ad
dressed IN audience which was one third
unquestionsbly negro. another third un-
questionably white, and the rest some
where in between.
THAT simply goes TO show that we arr
now part way along in the process, which
i do nos hesitate to ssy will be accom-
plished in time. The black race 10 to
Be absorbed.
I'm fact, the thing will not be 90 re-
peilsnt in . few hundred years a. il il
now." he said.
1T 10 not more reasonable to expect
that - time goes on the more cultured
blacks will more or les naturally inter
minele with the least cultured whites in
the South until eventually the whole
process vrfi have been completed and ou,
race will have absorbed the other? Sure
~, therr 70 every resson to believe that
that condition will result
Pro(en.or Fosser declared that all tbs
solutions to the Negro problem which
have been offered thus far are inadequate
He scored especially the theory of geo
graphical segregation.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1915-04-16
EVERYBODY HELP
Raise Money for Tu-
bercular Home

The officers of West Virginia Anti
Tuierculoeis I.eagne held their annual
meeting At Elkins Saturday, April 10Th.
Al this meeting, the league decided to
make the Negroes Of West Virginia tho
chief object of IL effort in the future.
special effort will ~ made n -ecure the
ercction Of cottage At the state sani- 70
tsrium At Terra Alta for the benefit of
(Continu-'i ON Page TwO.l
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1915-04-16
RACE QUESTION
STOPS DANCES
Action Taken by Superintendent
Chicago Schools

CHICAGO. April iS-S~.ial dances
IN Chicsgo's Public -rhool- are prohibi-
tel IN aru'ing by Mrs. Fila Flagg Young
superintendent of schools. becau-e Of a
protest against sYregatimg white and
Negro pupils. Instead of dancing. th,
social afternoons Will be devot,~l to lev
tnre-. denat,s ami picture studies. The
Negr"~s will he accor,ie,l the same priv
leges as the whites.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1915-04-16
Prominent Citizen Dies
at Crystal

Tins week a very prominent citizcn ct
Crystal, who had i,s-.n afilicts,l with Ia
berculo-i- Tor -'ne time and Who ha,l
-trnggl'~i heroicAlly for life against death
-'icr"inf"~i u IL cruel dernAnd- IIe~A
member in g"o'i standing with the odd
Fellows. who-e memlrrS carefully paid
% him every attesition. aid anil r,-Is-rt
Ills body Was taken care Of 10y ~inkior,l
a Warren, unslertakers
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1915-04-16
Will Break Ground For
Colored Y. M. e. A.

Cincinnati, April l0.-Congre-smsn
;. ID. Fes will be the principal spsskei
81 the sround-bresking for the Colored
Y. M. G. A, sf 62s and 64z West Ninth
street, sunday st p. m.
Ths building will be 6re-proof. con.
tanning four SCORES above the basement
and every modern convenience It vii
contain boys' rooms. lockers, shower,
swimming pool. billiard room, bo~iins
dleys, gymnasium. cafeteria, running
rack. rooms for educational clsssss and
dormisoris. The building - figured d
scconmodsss 1000 msn and 500 boys.
nw y.ass 80. throsgk nnL ID. b.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1915-04-16
". ID. Tune Have
Dental Work Done
by Dr.. Colson

Mr.. W. NJ. Tune, Of Bramrell. a very
rood and representative citizen was in
the city 5uqday having dental work done
sf Dr. W. L. Coison's, The dentist. Mr..
Tune ves heard 70 cay that he was not
only satis6ed and well pleased AZ the
nics job Qvsn end careful attention pad
him bot 49, he us gosne 10 have several
o. h1 h,snds caIl 10 - DR. Colson.
He 80 exprssued himself - beinx well
p'eesed edth The hospifAble treatment sc :
oor1sd htn by he good people Of Key
senosL he called 70 - DR.. and Mn.
J. K Bsovn, - friandA
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1915-04-16

attorney general. ON whether the STAT.
militia may u~r the remainder Of sIs,.so
appropriated 10y the Legislature oi 1918
I" PAy the eNP~n-s-- of maintaining law
and order during the miners STRIKE.
GENERAL iilly held that tins money conld
not L. 50 usssl.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1915-04-16
Militia Minus Funds

CHARLESTON, W. VA, April IA
John @. Bond, sdjutant general. today
sired Tor an opinion from A. A. Lilly
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1915-04-16
JOIN NOW!
And be in the Procession of The Golden Rule Beneficial And
Endowment Association, at Branwen, w. Va. in It's
Eleventh Annual Meeting The First Tuesday
in June, 1915.

!" u" "'e greatest meeting the history Organization
"~'"S PAID out IN Sick Claims Ten dlnr- t.
~ and the heDeice- O ne.,v -
Thousand Dollars and bought Thousand Five ,,
and Ninety Dollars worth Of co,e,in. -
' '''k ''ng IN 'ra""e wih credit To race Now
every ""r NJ an agent and bring friends Golden p
i~ne'ca and Endowment Joining Zee onv 4, n -
A'~uo" eSr~~ei To represent meeting 10y delegate
fOurs IN I. T. md T.
X. H. McKoy.
EDITORS NOTE: The Times j. glad o. ~, .,, g., ,,
u" worm u'S
"i" want sale and illness and
dependents after death This = a
~ ehIete" and conservative The
year. remarkable and in v,
no mistake JOIN now DO delay Golden T<ule .a.c 80
hndo~ment A--osiaton merit your confidence '