The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1916-04-28
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l0IAE C0NQUER|NG ROB|NsON-HITE ARMY
Cevernr D. Hatfield the Embossed Unbous and Vnsfraid
anPen Of The Peoples Rights Leads Brilliant Array Of Spell
Binders Into the Very Heart Of the Enemys Country

were humorous, some pathetic and some
serious.
Editor whittico who vas above in the
country road, decendei TIE hill and a.
tempted to 'in IN on the railroad, but
unfortunately for him and to the anuse-
uens Of the rest Of the crowd, he selected
. deep marsh and after fiounderins o.
round in an effort b. cross Ma forced in
disgust to give up the attempt and 10
climb the bin to the country rosd. From
this point on until within few miles OF
Welch this tough, very little colored
gentleman with whom no deer could ever
hope 10 keep mp, kept from . mile to .
mile and . half in front Of "Burb"
Pavne's horse. When his sprinting abil-
ify which wss a subj CT of general con-
ment. bic sssociate, +. Edward Hill, Ia
centrally remarked that Tom could travel
st that gait for forty miles and never
break il
IuPASSABLE ROADS.
During my boyhood days sround
Richmond, Va, exp orsd the surround
ing country for ten or fifteen miles in
every direction. Through blackberry
patches and thicket~ ! made my ~sy
even into the densene~~ Of Chick an omiuy
S~~mp, bur mp n my Solemn word of
hon"r ! never encountered anything even
family spproximaslng the condition be-
tween Cssiwoad and Welch. We he'd
our ''iisss tssse'' oi the bsd roa.ls juss ol
W. started from Csnsssa 70 Ooaiwood.
This rtresch Of rosd has been lss 20 sI
conrrsctsr. In one place greet he1s had |
been Roueed. in snot,er huge rocks on
structed our pr"sress and in sill cthsr !
places We had 70 jump over. wsds throueb
evso ~oudA suwsvoss pasdiss a n-1sy
water Bad ~ this was is wasn't aI
patching" TO what we had to encounter |
Later on.
Just about this time the most youthful |
member Of the brigade. McGiunis Hat
field. began to exhibit signs Of weaken
ing He fell back tn tn the rear and
when We again beheld him ne had climb
rd mp behind 'Burb" Payne on that poor
horsr- We all felt very sorry for the
horse. We had now reached the long,
long bill g,ing to No. 6 The ''old party"
r. III Harper, whose putting and blow
ing had began To alarm us. now be9an to
exhibit serious signs of distress. He
complained Of his back. his legs and his
'eet, he wanted water 50 BADLY that il
~as impossible for him to proceed further
without IT, From a decent walk he had
fallen into q waddIe which was later %
degenerate into a totter.
In the meantime. Whittico. Noel and
Or. Adams I'D reached the brow OF the
hill way . heal Of Ne and when we reach
I'd this point they bad built q big fire
and were sitting on q fence resting o.
~ il thev hal ben born
there They tAuntin2Iy invited n. n |
j IN them but tired a. We were, we were
IN no mood for jpking, 80 We ieebly pas.-
ell ON and b~gsn the decent ri the steep
and stony hi'l leading into Coalwood.
Having enj,ved a nice little rest, tho.-
race hor-e people passed us again and
this time they were jpined by the vener-
able Judge Counts who had Suddenly |
became ~ agile ~ a spring chicken six
wersz old.
We plcdded seriously on and eventn-
ally reached the hollow inst below the
shalt at Coslword proper, out Of which
leads the eonntv road tn we'ch-nine
miles away. Here swsiting us we're the |
race hor-e people They had male ar
rsngements With "Burb, Payne 10 pro-
eeed with sIl pos-ible speed IN weIch and |
send automobiles N meet r- af the tor
Il the hill. We reached o pump ye q |
a. rious pump---ssd the "old party"
wbo-e distress wss visibly increasing.
proceesied 10 drink about tao quartz o,
water. There beipg no drinking CUP in
the crowd you had n stand on your bead
while -ome''ne pumpei the water. Ed
Hill did have little private receptacle
but for souse uuknown rea>on he cos,d
not get the ton of - ne we're forced %
drink in that primitive way tbst wss in
vogue GENERALLY before the invention Of
cup-.
The 'o'd party drank another qu.rs
and all hsnds ireiine reisvesssed by the
water and the Issle halt. and besrsened
by the expectation Of the sssomobles on
the bro~ of the next hill, we scceIerssed
our steps. wehsd nos gone very far b.
lore TIE "oid party" developed an sb-
normal Thirst that had TO h sssiss~d inn
medisssly. A friendly pump os sprins
not t~int st hand he wss forc>d 70 e-<
h's water like the soldiers Of Giddson's
army
HOW FAR To The BROW OF
THIS HILL7