The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1916-04-28

personality which as once stamps him -
. leader Of men. The old politicians had
betssr watch "BilIv."
Ths lat speaker was d.. A. : Adams
OF Northfosk who - . candidst. for CON-
mitteeman IN his district DIR. Adams is
another OF the younger set OF Rspub-
licans who h beginning to make the
older fellows ''ses up and take notice. -
He 70 developing right along - . speaker.
THE NEvER-TO. .BE-FORGO1TEN
TRIPFROM WAR
After the speaking We wsre confront ID
by rather puzzline situation. Some Of
our people had N meet q very import ant
committee in Welch Thursdsy morning
and there was no train on which We
could vesch Welch before clock p. IN
Automobiles, wagons, horses, mules or
no other means of transportation could
be secured for love or money We held
consultation and decided that we woul.i
''h,of" it, The party consisted of Gov
H. n Hatfield, Editor NJ. T. whitnco,
Hon. w. Burtridee Payne. DIR. A :.
Adams, Hon. w. j. Hatfield, I. Edward
Hill, Judge q L. Counts, Ike No~l, Nc
G'nnis Hatfield, chairman Of the North
f'rk Republican committs-e; Hon r. H.
Harper, state central committeeman q, d
candidate for The Legislature; Hon ID. @.
fAyne, com nitteeman from sandy River
diserict, and the writer.
Very few OF the party had made this
sip over the mouutains or had any con-
csption Of the hsxxsrdous trip they were
20 blithely undertaking.. Gould they
havs fosessen the long strstel,es of dusty
nountain roads. ths'swamps and back
6ssakinR mounsaius which some Of the
eEo~d reserred 70 conssmps~sssysss s4iissse
hills" the huge trees and -boulders thai
completely filed mp the narrow road foI
miles st the time, the blscksned sfunps
and nsystefious wagons, stables and other
hair raising and blood-chilling object-
which the shimmering vnonn Transformed
INTO spooks and hobsoblens. could we
have antcipa'ed how with psrched
throats, We pIodded on for miles without
water, how our poor feet were To blister
end our bones to ache We would have
been glad, II necessary, To wait a whole
week on the train
Knowing nothing cf these things, head
ed bv our fearless leader. Gov. Hatfield,
We struck out - il on q lark Every
argument was used to get the Governor
70 wait on the train but he brushed them
all sside, and seeing that our efforts to
have him remain were all futile, We be
gan the long and never-to- be-forgotten
tramp. It wss another case Of fools
rushing in where anges fear to tread"
Reaching Excelsior in q few minut-~,
We pushed on gsily TO sussnna and
struck the trail to Caretts. - far, with
the exception of couple Of tbsse new
tangled cattle guards. we were doing fine
iy. These guards have sharp teeth stick
ing MP and are pretty hard on shoe-lesth-
err The only successful way Of CITING
over them 10 70 walk the rail which -
usually slick at these particular points.
The writer bad "hoofef' it over this
rosd many times and took the guarss
just - graceful ~ q bos< takes water
rhose unfamiliar with this style Of cattle
guards fionndered awfuIIy in getting
over. T. Edward Hill cus his Eye tooth
On this guard and when we resehed tn
next he wss seen TO ''shinny" over the
|5snce.
We halted at Susanna and made an
n<her effort to get some means OF trans
portstion and sli that rewsrded our ef-
fovs wss one "messely'' little horse
rhe Governor ~ss urged TO scc-p this
but he positively refused and struck ont
Tor Csretta- Hon. Burhridge Payne
mounted fhe animal and part NJ on bri-
ssde went no the county road while the
remainder proce~ded MP the railroad
which i~gzn 10 ees rousber and rongher.
Near che compsny's store st Csretfs is
one Of ths-fness springs IN the state. AZ
shis point the writer, xb, wss nc~ s,,ous
- warm - harvest hand in August.
procc ded N ges-on the ou side Of cop,ou-
drsnghs Of fhis cid. soaking sqrs.
MT. wHITTICO AND HIS
EsCAPADEs.
This gentleman j. we'll known al over
the sease. Heretob~fore his fame has
resepd on the fact tbst he 10 the owner
md pub',sb~r Of The Mcdowell Times,
! sbe bet printed and INST influential
newspspsr in this section Of the q. =.
ssd thss shouxh he 10 light wright
physically, he he the biese.s vc,ce Of
sey msn, white OF black, bix crIissl-, in
he whole sssse Of West Virginia. when
ehis Iiesis ssntismsn halls HE fi-s mp,
oaps In sy0 snd In strnsorisa sones,
s.s1esDs. Mr.. Cbsirmsnl in pubic
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