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The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1915-07-16
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LOCAL NOTES

The Catzen Brothers in Clark
NOrtbfork, are Offering one of
the most remarkable money saw .
ing sales that has been the good
pleasure "f .hS TJubnc 10 witness
IN tbs section Of the county.
This sale tomorrow. Saturday.
Any one wishing BAkGAIN
In the purchasing of shoes have
only To gO L. NOrthfork and call
for Caten Brothers.
Mr.. George SInkford, of Blue
field. the well known and popu-
lar undertaken, was i'm our city
this week on business and he
tells u that while money mat
ters in Blu field are somewhat
tight yet the people are realizing
that times generally are improv-
ing. He says his "chum" and
near friend. j. & Simpson. who
was the only cOlOred man who
received an appointment at the
hands OF the city council. told
him 10 tell the management Of
this paper that when we came To
Blueiieid To call and see him be
cause he wanted TO pay for his
past two years subscription and
that he too tSinkford) would I'm
lsh paying the balance he owed.
We thank these two good heart
ed gentlemen for their liberal
heartedness and shall certainly
call on thom.
Mr.. Ballard Clemens OF Kim
ball passed through this city
Monday from POWhatan where
he attended the ball game be
tween the Cincinnati All Stars
and POwhatan team. The result
OF the game was a decided victory
Tor CINCINNATI.
DR.. a. ID. Wilkes. Of Ennis.
was in Keystone this week look
ing after some considerable JOB
work he Is having done. lie re
ports work 10 be very good on
Turkey Gap operation.
Miss Virlie Cobbs. who has
just returned from a pleasure
trip % Columbus. Ohio. is now
spending some time in this city
with her brother and friends.
Services at the Presbyterian
church Sunday morning and al
night were very good. The Tn
ION choir ren dered excellent
music.
Mesdames Coleman and Fuller
Of kimball, on their return from
NorthfOrk where they had been
visiting friends and acquainten
ces stopped over in Keystone for
a short while Sunday afternoon
with Mrs. VI. II. whittico and in
company with Miss Catherine
Harper and Mr.. G. r. Hin they
AL attended church services Sun
day night and listened 10 a very
excellent sermon preached by
Rev. r p. johnson.
DR.. l. l. Brown. Of Bluehcld.
one Of the high "muck-a.mucks"
was in the city this week.
Prof. K L. Smith has recently
porchased avery fine nome in
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BLUEF|ELDCHAU-
TAUQUA NOTES
(BY UNCLE Benz


Without . doubt the richest
and most unique program ever
offered to the public in this sec
ton will be the program Of the
National Negro Chautauq ~ at its
Bluefield ssse emily from Aug.
9th TO 16, 1915.
The Chautauqua-ss an institu-
ton for the uplift of all OF the
people and always stirs free
from any word or deed that
would infiame race or scotsman
passions and hatred.
The Bluefeld meeting will be
held under the big Chautauqua
tent.
DIR. David v. Bohannon has Sc
cured three of the most talented
md widely known scholars, lee
turers and theologians that the
race has yet produced to lecture
n Sociology, the Bible. Applied
Psychology and the Modern So
'ial Problems. The music will
'e Of high order. All kinds IF
decent modern amusements will
e features. Persons desiring
lands etc must see the manager
n or before July %. 233 Bland
1t, Bluefi I'D, W. Va.
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A. L. Spencer
Quick Lunches and meales
serDed lOh1e the train uaits
ice Cream, Confectioneries
Cop, Tobacco etc.
Mora, w. Va.
H. HEMP HILL
First Class Tailor
WiIcoe, W. Va.
Box IL
ALL ORDERS GUARANTEED
Notice to Take Dispositions.

To Harriet r. Allen Take notice that
the 3Hh day ~ July, 1915. AZ the ME.
OF fp-on Cook. In the Bowling Bnildio~
IN Lester, IN the county II Raleigh and
sne s.ate OF W a. Oetw.-en tns
OF that day. ] shall proceed 4, to-
esposltious ~ myself and Others. "a
oe read 10 evidence IN nv bahalf 10
90 0Yrtln SUI IN chaocery pending 10 the
circuit Court ~ Ri .gh countv
state OF W Va. 70 which / am nlain.
YIN sno you are d''f-ndSnt, aud N from
any cause the taking Of said deposit
h"ns - not commenced on that dav
or " commenced. II they be oot com,
pl7ted on that day, the taking OF said
aeposit0ns will be adjourned from
Gay 70 DAY, at the same place and -
completed.
WILLIE w. ALLEN.
,,, BY Counsel.
"' r. Dehhy' Soi- 7-Z-4t
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Mrs. Moore.
Massie Reed, of Laurel Creek.
was IN these parts last week.
z. A. Mason. Of Elkhorn, is
the guest Of &. A. Jenkins.
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Brown Bros.
HOTEL
BIZ lard ROOM
Cafe and
BARBER SHOP
H. BROWN. Manager
Ninth St. Bet. 9Th and 7th Ave.
Huntington. W. Va.
Notice to Take De positions.

To John Ham:
Take notice that on July ~. 1915,
at the Offices of j. X. Smith, keystone,
Mcdowell Co., w Va. between the hour
lOO'clOck a. m and O'Clock p. IN. that
lay, ! shall proceed To take the depOsi-
tons Of myself and others to be read as
evidence in my behalf, in a certain suit
in equity, depending in the Circuit Court
OF Mcdowell county, wherein am plain
tiff and you are defendant; and il from
any eause the taking of the said depo-
sinOns be not commenced, OF, II COM
menced, he not concluded, on that day,
the taking thereof will be adjourned from
time 70 time, At the same place and be-
tween the same hours until the same shall
be completed.
Minnie Ham.
BY Counsel, j. X. smith.
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).a13ERr TOMLINS)N, l L B
Attorney aud Counsellor at Law

'rsctices in all the courts of Virgins
nj West Virginia. In trouble and out
1 trouble So me- at
NORrHFORk, WEST VIRGINIA,
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SI~-iai rates o. churches. schools and
colleges.
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Subscribers changing their Post Oflic,.
address must notify the Publishers or els.
ms subscription viii l.e coliected inst tie
same a. II he hat not
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Entered A. SECOND Cas- Matter March
=, l'tpl, AZ the Post Oiiic- AZ Keystone.
W. Va, under At of Congress. March 3.
1873.
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Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-02-01
THE TAXATION SITUATION.

The most important duty before
the state legislature is q fair and
adequate law on taxation aud reye-
nues The repeal OF the constitution
al provision at the last election leaves
the matter ~ a state Of anarchy.
There Is 20 taxing authority. no board
Of eduallzation-no nothing,
Government cannot be run without
money and the money should be col
leoted from all the people Of the state
in proportion to their ability to pay
That can be done through a state
commission with power to reyalue
aud assess for the purpose OF equali-
cation
Senator John s. Clark who has
mndo a careful study OF the subject
including tho needs and resources OF
New Mexico. has drafted co-ordinated
bills which probably are as nearly
perfect as any measure than can be
devised.
The danger is from interests that
wish to escape their just proportion
OF taxation. that wish to make money
TAT The expense Of the honest taxpay-
er Not infrequenily the stupid peo-
pie are ready TO listen to and be con
trolled by these tax dodgers
With an equable law. the burdens
OF taxation IN this state should not
be very heavy to any one, though
expenses of the state government are
greater than when We were a terri
tory, because an important part Of
the outlay then was borne by the
treasury of the United states.
The people Of New Mexico near
to no ahead with oil legitimate ex.
lponditures. and they also mean thai
there shall be no necessary burdens
Imposed; thus, Notwithstanding tn,
Victory at the last election. the re,
publican majority is on trial Ia III,
court 90 public opinion
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-02-01
THE ExciTABIE HIRED MAN.

tFuTm ana F1reSlde)
| bought an Ayrshire COW three
Years ago. She was what is called
high-strung and bit difficult to man
age But the farmer who owned her
before me was q cantankerous Old
euss, as was also his son-in-law who
lived with him, and | calculated that
at our place she would quiet down.
she did. My son John and | handled
her, and in three weeks she would
stand to be MIXED. But ! hired a
man, and he was not even-tempered,
and he had fights with that Ayrshire
and she gave less and less milk, and
she lost flesh and | had to sell her sor
S29 less than l had paid for her.
| discharged that hired man.
Why, he had nearly ruined two
teams of young Pinto horses by BIS
had temper; so | let the Pintos so too
he had three colts which had barn
yarded 1t during the winter so afraid
or him that YOU couldn't get within
half mile of them.
Now this man was one of the most
efficient workers It has ever been my
pleasure TO see work. except for his
nervousness and bad temper. He
knew how to work He was big and
strong and willing. He was not stable
II was as IL he were continually yell
ing Boo at every living thing on
The place
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-02-01
PAY ron rnon,rn srDeE.

The journal Ans on many occasions
called attention 90 the inadcquncl
Of he compensation provided nj
county school upprintcndents Il
practically every salary bin that has
been Proposed Ia the legislature at
this ana former sessions Another
county Official who has been treated
with the same scant consideration By
the lawmakers Is the probate judge.
Perhaps Il u because the probate
judge Ike The school commissioner
Is not ordinarily potent factor N
shaping the politics Of his communi-
~ thai he IL thus neglected. But II
requires very little argument to dem.
onsiraic that his office is one Of the
mos, important OF all those In the
gift Of The people aud that Il Is Vita
TO the public interest that he be a
man Of high character and ability
and that Dc should be sufficiently
iomunerntod 10 reward him properly
for the exercise II ihoso qualities
Moie than any other public official
the probate Judge comes directly In
cuntnct with the HOPELESS aud the de-
pendent, ana upon bis shoulders fire.
qucnliy falls the sole responsibility
Of seeing tha, the weak are not OBJ
pressed and that grave wrongs are not
committed upon those who have NOT
the power 20 prevent them. In the ad-
mInistracon q eslntes the widow and
the orphans look directly to him for
protection. and Ia score Of other
capacities that might be mentioned,
he has to bear the gravest rcsponsl-
blli,y
An Illuminating ease Il in point is
related rs probate judge In one Of
the counties ~ eastern New Mexico
'1'he guardian Of a couple Of orphan
children. he wfltca. "once came e
nay office to got me TO approve sale
Of some property that he had sold
several days before without gettlnf
the necessary approval Of the court
Through friends of tho children | hao
some little lden Of the Transaction
ana nsked him where the money
belonging 10 the children was, liz
very promptly told me that he
couldn't see thar II was any Of the
probate judges business what the
guardian did with the money II th'
friends and relatives of the children
made no kick"
A measure providing high salaries
for officials whose principal worth
lies IN the strength Of their political
pun ana low salaries for officials VII,
have charge % the education of the
children and the protection Of widow
und orphans "a the Journals idea 81
the Kind Of SALARY bin that should
not be- passed
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-02-01
With Scissors and Paste
A WAR SONG.


Prepare, prepare the ron helm of war,
Bring forth the lots, cast in the spa
cious orb;
The angel of fate turns them with
mighty hands,
And casts them out upon the dark
ened earth.
Prepare, prepare.
Prepare your hearts for Deaths cold
hand,
Prepare
Your souls for flight, your bodies for
the earth,
Prepare your arms for glorious vic
tory!
Prepare your eyes to meet a holy
God!
Prepare, prepare.
Whose fatal scroll Is this? MethinSs
It's mine
Why sinks my heart why faltereth
my tongue?
Had / three lives, I'd die in such a
cause,
And rise with ghosts. over the we'll
fought fields.
Prepare, prepare.
The arrows of Almighty God are
drawn,
Angels of death stand in the low ring
heavensl
of souls must seek the
realms of light.
And walk together on the clouds Of
heaven!
Prepare, prepare.
Soldiers, prepare! Our cause is Heav-
ems cause.
Soldiers, preparel BE worthy Of our
cause;
Prepare to meet our fathers in the
sky;
Prepare, O troops that are to fall to-
dayl
Prepare, prepare.
Alfred shall smile, and make his heart
rejoice;
The Norman William and the learned
clerk
And Lion Heart. and black browed
Edward with
Ills loyal queen, shall rise. and well
come us.
Prepare, prepare
William Blake.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-02-01
SOMETIMES
FORGET TO USE GUNS

London, Jan 19.-'fWe sometimes
get so interested in the progress Of
our work with the spade that we
forget to use our rifles when oppor-
|tunity offers" writes an engineer Of
flcer from the front.
There is a trench position in
front Of our position here which is
for the time being held partly by the
English and partly by the Germans,
with sandbag barricade between
them Last night it rained and blew
with great violence. and the barricade
came down
ION one side was a British soldier.
and on the other a German. Instead
Of trying to shoot each others heads
Off. they quietly began to pile up the
sacks in position again First the
Englishman put up a sack, then the
German. until all was finished Then
they said Good night and dropped
back In their sentry positions.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-02-01
rrDERAL EMPLOYMENT AGENCY

The federal free employment
agency has hceEn operations in all Of
lhe large cenlcfa Of population. It has
grown out OF and arlculates With
many wise aud helpfni measures In
an parts OF the country 20 bring to-
gcihcr demand ana supply In the Ia
bon market TN the language Of socre-
tary of Labor Wilson, the purpose Is
to bring tbs lohlcss man TO the man
less JOB. This is the solution of the
employment problem.
Employment bureaus In many
states haze started the work Trans
porlation corporations have contrib
uted important aid Large employ
ment agencies have done something
Ia the same cause. along with many
abuses that grow out Of profit mak-
ms Zoe 500 hunters
Tho greatest service OF the federal
government win bc 10 connect and
crutraUr work that heretofore has
boon discpnneeted aud expensive Il
...sa 49, could afford no estraerdi.
marx outlass The scheme worked oul
w tncie sam can command tbs
machinery Of the postal service ant
the agricultural Industrial ana immt
grafton bureaus q tho federal gov
crnment for inlsrcommanlcauon o
Information, and The railroads vii
co. operate IN the cauiase q surplu
suppiy " mhoi TO places Of dcman'
in atty ~ country
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-02-01

Belgian coast has set the naval eX-
pert thinking
These particular boats were never
Intended for use by Britain at all, Dut
were being constructed for the Bra
ziIians, aud they owe Their appear
ance in the navy list TO the lucky &C
cident that the order for the boats
was placed by the Brazilian govern
ment with the British shipbuildcrs,
and that before they We're completed
war was declared.
Never was government enterprise
better justified than in this instance.
The monitors have been imperVious
TO the German shells, for, although
hit, the structure of the boats re-
manned practically unchanged. Hour
after hour they steamed slowly III
and down the low, flat Belgian coast
in shallow seas. 4~A
All the time they poured shot after
shot into the ranks of the Germans,
who had not shore guns which could
make effective reply.
The monitors are vessels of small
draught constructed to move in shall
low waters and close 10 the shore, TO
act as floating forts, capable of NOV
ing from place 10 place. Their Dig
guns can batter and destroy land forts
and cannon, and their armor will re-
sst ordinary field gunfire.
Their limitations are well known,
and many naval experts, locking only
at their disadvantages condemn them.
Let us compare and contrast the
new monitor with one of our tor
pcdoboat destroyers Of the Lance pat
tern. which did such signal service in
sinking the four German torpedobDat
destroyers off the Dutch coast the
other day.
The destroyer is long, narrow and
Of high speed--a greyhound of the
ocean, capable of outpacing any craft
afloat--whilst the monitor is the tor
toise of the sea-slow, short and
broad, with very tough she'll The
destroyer can pursue or fly from any
thing afloat: the monitor is ontdis-
uinced by many tramp" merchanJ-
man.
The monitor is classcd as a gun
boat
She has for her size an enormous
armament Her two siX-inch guns are
each capable Of throwing a shell 81
over 100 pounds weight q distance of
five miles; her two 4.7-inch howit-
zers have less range, but are able to
throw a projectile over any obstacle.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-02-01
Senator Root Declares Ship Purchase
Bill Holds Serious War Peril

let us remember ourselves. We have
KEN hitherto a united America. We
have stood behind the president in his
neutrality proclamation, Here and
there there has been fault found on
one side or the other but we have
stood BY him; but do not forget that
there are here millions Of Germans
VINO love their fatherland, and I hon
or them for It. I should think less of
them If their natures were not awak-
ened by the peril and the stress of
the land that gave birth to them and
their fathers.
They are alive and tense. There
are millions of men of English blood
born and bred with a love for Anglo
Saxon liberty and laws that we inherit
from England. DO not imagine that
they are not thinking and feeling. and
II pou precipitate this country in
TO a controversy where Europe feels
and acts upon the feeling that we
have taken sides we will rend our
selves
mo, the only safe course is to keep
out OF unnecessary CONTROVERSIAL ques-
tions of law to keep out with a great
care and conservatism and caution as
possible, for we never can tell where
controversy will lead us.
Mr. president | deply regret that
any shade of party politics has fallen
upon the consideration of this meas
ure. When we have reached the
waters edge we have said we leave
party.
This bill proposes a business which
Is all beyond the waters edge, inter-
national in its aspect and in its pur-
poses 1t is international at a time
of tense emotion and certain con
troversy. | wish we could consider II
now as Americans earnest for the
peace and prosperity OF our country,
forgeifu Of party
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-02-01
MINES ARE NUMEROUS
ON COAST OF BELGIUM

Amsterdam, Jan. 17.--Mines along
the Belgian coast near the Dutch
frontier are so numerous that explo-
sions on the rocks or in the surf are
OF almost hourly occurrence.
A correspondent says that he re-
Gently counted over a hundred mines.
They We're like large kettles or fire
extinguishers.' he says, with a num-
Der of copper points sticking out of
them. They are so plentiful as to lead
one to believe that the entire coast
waters must have been filled with
them in expectation of an attempted
landing by the allies. Soldiers at
Zeebrugge, Heyst and Knocke are
Kept busy exploding the mines that
are thrown up on the beach. The ex-
plosions are sometimes very violent.
making the ground shake for a great
distance in all directions"
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-02-01
\ Candid opinion.

MI Harris had been considering
Tor some time the adyisabillty Of APP
preaching his sons school teacher In
regard TO that young mans studies,
lie was sure William was not setting
along as fast as he should, and this
fact worried the father greatly
lie was greeted kindly by the
teacher and after a few preliminary
questions. the father inquired:
What branch do you consider the
most profitable for my son, William,
Mr. Flint"
Il can hardly say, but / think 4
good stout blue beech or long
simmons birch would do him az much
good as any LlpPlneetts.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-02-01
IL Lacked simplicity.

The noted efficiency expert, Har-
rlngton Emerson, said in Washing
ton the other day:
efficiency tools are invariably
simple. Complicated things can never
be very efficient
Mr.. Emerson smiled,
II know a merchant" he resum-
ed, "who went in for efficiency in the
wrong way A manager entered this
merchants private office one after
noon and said hurriedly.
Here comes my wife. ANY place
here for me to hide?"
"Tho merchant waved his hand to-
ward a huge, complicated looking
pile OF bright oak and said bitter
ly:
"Hide in the new filing cabinet,
William j. Burns himself couldn't
find you there.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-02-01

strict confidence. A woman can freely
talk Of her private illness to woman;
thus has been established confidential
correspondence which has extended over
many years and which has never been
broken. Never have they published a
testimonial or used letter without the
written consent of the writer, and never
has the Company allowed these conf
Dental letters to get out of their pos
session, as the hundreds of thousands
of them in their files will attest.
Out of the vast volume of experience
which they have to draw from, it is more
than possible that they possess the very
knowledge needed in your case. Moth
ing is asked in return except your good
will and their advice has helped thou
sands. Surely any woman, rich or poor,
should be glad to take advantage of this
generous offer Of assistance. Address
Lydia L. Pinkham Medicine Co., icon
fidentiaD Lynn, Mass.
Every woman ought to have
Lydia Il. Pinkham's S0-page
Text Book. 1t is not a book for
general distribution, as ii is too
expensive. 1t is free and only
obtainable by mail. Write for
1t today.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-02-01
The St0ryteHers


Representative Thomas Gallagher,
apropos of Chicago's fortune tellers,
said in Chicago the other day
1T Is odd that fortune lcllers
should stlll find dupes. They never
foretell anything, YOU know. They al
ways hedge. They are like the PALM
list.
your boy will become a very dis
tingulshed man If he lives long
enough, an amateur palnlist said at
a church fair.
oh, good cried the urchin's
mother And, what viii he be dis
tinguishcd for?'
"'For longevity, IL he lives long
enough.