The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1916-05-26

me political funeral Of Attorney Gen
erai A. A. Lilly wss conducted in the
hippodrome as keystone "wednesday
evensne OF lass week. DIR. J. T.. Brown
presided and introduced the chief mourn
en-F. O. Cook. Joe Parson, Mos Mead
ows. A. o. Hufiord and J. X. Smith.
Hsndsoms Harry" the Keyseoue
dsssise; the psdasoric businsss msnssrr
o. shs Wet Virginia Tribune and the
rcd fox" we're the honary pail -bearers.
while certain root vendsrs and q motley
crowd OF mal-contsnts ofiiciste.i in an Ar
i've way. tn. time and place Of the
ssrvscss wsss ili-sdvissd. - there VA. a
Baptist prayer meeting In ss~sion next
door. the earnest prsyers and songs Of
which almost rendered the speakers in
audible.
A physician snd school tsscher from
kimbail, and . colorsd member Of the
legal profession from welch were very
Interested spectators. They viewed the
dsceased and were unanimou, in the
opinion that he made . very tine looking
corpse. Dr. D. +. brown. sssisted by
corps o: Whiting physicians conduct~,i
ths post morssm and their finding Was
that death wss induc~d by super-politiy-
isiss sugmsnssd BY q. 4 o. coupons.
Although hand bills sdversising the
msstinG had hssu scstssrpd broadcast
and wslch. Kimball, Keystone and
Sorthiosk and Ill intsrunedisss point.
he'd esso dllissnsiv hoasvcombed IN the
enors 70 drum up . crowd and st go
O'Clock there were not more than thrr~
dossn persons in the house including the
spsaEsn.
ATTORNEY p. O. COOK THE FIRST
EULO0IsT.
The master OF ceremonies intro.iues-i
Mr.. y. y. Cook - the first eulogi.t. lie
looked rather tirsd. spoke at length in I.
monotone and soon put most of the Am.
dSsncs % sleep. The speaker stated that
Judge kobinson 10 an able and honest
man and that he was for him in the be-
ginning of the campaign. but because he
did nos like some Of the peopIe support |
ING Judge Robinson that ne 10 nov sup.
porting Mr.. Lilly. From an intelligent
man "A white man and lawyer at that
truly this ~ = remarkable reason.
The meeting wss dying 90 last that J
X. Smith, the political charrnelson of
county, was next introsinced
With The hope that he would he able 70
arouse ths sIumbering onss AMI put some
NE In The meeting which was bocomins
more and more ike country wake.
This gentleman 10 . well-known chsrar.
or. He reminds you very much OF that
I'D time Negro-minstrel- Ker-
'ends-snd one cannot help but feel that
} crpcker-jsek end-man for . minstrel
nov was ruined in the ATTEMPT To pro-
luce . mediocre lawyer
The laurel certainly must he giyen
uncle JIM" ior while ne can't IN strut
10 certainly can entertain s,me. With
~ protruding, tsesh showing and palms
'xeended, the speaker rushed 70 the
roos of the stage. stood on his heels.
The solss OF bis none too small
'cdsi extre0ities and emitted q noi~
Ike Bslssm's - of old He said in
that he hal t<en . memi~r os
very po'it'csi party in the world ami
has he vss here before the "-hang
loddiss hoiIoverei." Continuing his
'sssngus In which he r-pestedIy referred
o the good whits folks" he told the
nd'sncs that his ideA Of . wealthy man
one With good appetite. "UncIe
i'm 70 relic of by-gone sxe. Hi-
rssory 70 Of the slsve-qusrier--snte
salum variety which bss completely To-
= magic sod ~ cunning. Goodbye.
immy' FAREWELL Soon and very soon.
On TOO viii follov your departed polif-
~ master on that dark and dr-sry
'urnsy from which no traveller ever re-
urns.
oDIRE HUFFORD TAKEs UP THFl,
BURDEN. /,
Squire A. q. Hnford next took a tns
The burden. The squire y very
sndsoms man, but he can't talk. n
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