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The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1916-12-08
CAPT. HAML|N
VISITS KEYSTONE
EX-ARMY OFFICER.
DISTINGUISHED
RACE LEADER

Captain j. r. Hsmlin. OF Raleigh. n.
u 'n company with his son-in-lsw, DR..
q. A. Rogers Of Blu-field, spent two dsv.
in tins city and section this week vi.t-
ing old friends and investigating In.
Progress and opportunities ol his rae. An
tins SECTION "i West Virginia. Captain
iiArnlin L. one of the bs-t known ami
most distinguished Negro-- On North
Carolina lie s-rvei A. CAPTAIN in th..
'Stn u. :. giinent from II ~ o. Iys,.
-a~ srtive rrrvicr In Cuba, tiie PHILIPPINES
and CHINA during the Boxer upr,.iny
ha- f"-rn active IA the politics OF his state
Tor f"rty years. having attended most of
lie lseI'uhlIcan national aud state cor-
vent'on- during that period and filled
several Federal ofiic==. The Captain b..
al-o secured some Of this world. goods.
"~ning line farm, two drug store. and
a raIe. lir ~ very much Interested in
thr moral. intcll'vtnal. political and H.
naiirisi e. 'nditl'aI- "i las people and Ia.
done much ~ All aud encourage them
lie n a strong AMI fearless race man who
bel'evr- that the Negro should anioy
every right and privilege .ccorded other
American citizens, and the active and
sirile Captain has cOntenslei and fought
Tor these things for many Years.
Capt lismlIn ws- royalty entertained
during his visit here.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1916-12-08
Big Fire COLORED
us.,,s u.. House., DAMAGES b, v..., TEACHERS
Destroyes Eight Houses, Damages Big Wagner
Apartment House and Threatens Whole
Block---Water Pressure Low--Fire
Fighters Handicapped.

relative To stisirs in that republic.
Yet tine murierers of Americans, th,.
plunderers Of all foreigners, the scourye-
and looters Of their own people, the very
commanders of the bandit bands, which
were permitted 10 arm and equip 10y an 70
raising of the embargo on arms by the
Administration have persisted all this in
tervening time in filling the Columns ri
the press OF the world With news of the
ontrsges and crimes of their reform i'm
Mexico.
Undoubtedly not pleasant information
" the President Of the United States !;
certainly not enjoyable reading for the
people Of this great repnblic; surely most
depIorable for the interests Of humanity
aud civilization.
II Villa was not at Columbus, there is
NJ doubt other Mexicans we're there and
murdered our innocent and peaeeabl,.
civilians.
Our troops were at Carrizal, sent there
by order of our President, doing the ,n
u he sent them To do. and Carranzs'- :
soldiers armed with machine gurs ma e
in the United States massacred the United
states soldiers Obeying the orders Of the
Commander i'm Chief of our army
We believe there is a protocol signed
with Carranza agreeing 10 Withdraw
Pershing's troops If he. earranza. will
protect the border
But there is not in that protocol one
word of complaint OF the killing of the
United States troops at CArrizal
Carranza has not even been called
upon to tire a salute to the flag
President Wilson still has Mexico on
his hands. lie has erred in the Mexican
policies of the past DE msy continue
To make mistakes
The American people, the Mexican
people, the people of the gloi,e, sincerely
hope he will do better in the days to
come than he has in the days that have
gone by.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1916-12-08
Tho - YeNolu Peril
Can We Depend on the White Race of Europe
in Case Of War With Japan?- Today the
United States Hasn't Real Friend
in All Europe.

thrifty. That which would evoke ths
admiration "i other nations. only irritsr.,,
~. II hr ~err not 50 aggressive and
would -tay in hi- plsc- and let n- excrll
h'n ~ iarmer. merchant or shipper. he
"onld f~ pretty descent fellow. but
when he I~-rsi-ts ln teatlng us IN every
thing ~ st'~nIi, hr l. the wor-~t fellow
in the world. W. NUT remember thai
there ~a- no Pr IniIc' in tins country
against Japan untI -i- -llou,si that .hs
lsrs-s.s-r,i ali the rl.m-nts of world
ts"~rr iiut. from t,r very .lay Comma
dor ittS sailed intp one oi it- h.rt,or.
tins little island Kingdom whose NAT
h'~t"r, ~ almost -hrunsl,~i in Oriental
si'''n'. l,.ls gwen evidences of a mo-.
A. n'i"finl Awakening. Her very contact
with ti,r outside world -eetn- L. hay, r,-
Nit"i"~i l'~r and irom i~ing very pre-
s''"'."'i~ -.'i"'lar -ir J. rotriiy lrsnminy
very rihcicnt t.ari,rr.
Ani. ~ hy our UNIV snd overheariny
p"iiry We provoke War with Japan. our
br'n'~'ratIc itient- VIII, -hrirk,-i th.rn-
~i'''~ hoar-r ip tir last rampalyn with
10" kept ~ "ut at ~af may find that
ui'- ~. 'si that vas -" -u,sr~.fnl thi.
uin" may tnra out q" i~. i@a,lurrany
AMI "" k'Pabin'an- may Yet tnrn tl,.
ta''i'S with hr g't us iut" war
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1916-12-08

Keystone Was visited sunday morning
about III o'clock by one of toe largest
and most disastrous fires for many years.
The fre originated i'm big frame dwell
ing owned by DR. q. T. Epling of Prince
ton and operated ns boarding house,
situated on the North side Of the rail-
road juss above the depot. BY the time
the alarm was sounded the house Was
doomed to destruction ard the fire quick
u upread to house adjoining, also owned
BY Dr. Epling, consuming it in a very
few minutes, and i'm less than an hour
. house owned 10y DIR Steele, the resi-
dence OF Mr.. Il. Il. Harman and ther-
houses owned 10y the Keystone Coal and
C1ke Company and occupied by miners
were in flames and the interior of the
big Wagner apartment house Was burn
tn.y destroyed while the apartment
house, which is a brick structure. Was
badly damaged on the inside and many
windows broken out.
The fre had made great headway be-
fore there wa- sufficient pressure behind
the water to throw il ten feet from the
nozzle of the hose. One hose MAS con-
nected with the railway main while an
other Was connected on to the Keystone
Goal and Coke Company main. The
pressure Was so low that fdf a time il
appeared that everything on that side of
the railroad was doomed. but finally
some one found J. w. Shenk, former
city pumhouse man, and IN less than ten
minutes the water pressure WAS increased
and third hose Was connected with the
plug near Hymsn's store Md carried
seross the creek and shortly thereafter
the fighters had the fire under control
and prevented farther destruction of
property.
The tire, it appears. started from a
stove on the second floor Of the ,Epling
house, and the damage is estimated at
between ten and fifteen thousand dol
lars The houses were partly covered 10y
insurance and some of the occupants
carried insurance on their furniture.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1916-12-08
Some West Virginia
Crops Show Decrease

More than 3Oth Of the buckwlRst
raised in the United Stat@s is produced
in West Virginia, reports the American
Agriculturist. Ia IL estimated that go,
co bushels were raised in West Virginia
this year. The crop last year aDount-d
% $50, ,0,D bushels, there being = genera
falling of in the PRODUCTION all over the
country. The potato crop also Decreased
in this state. the estimate for the year
being 4 ,2Jo.UUo bushels, while the croI,
lsst year Was 6.po,U". bu-hes The
estimst~d corn crop IL more than =; .Uo. %
OuO bushels, or more than 2.VD,Vo le--
than last year. A little more wheat wac
harvested this year than last The To-
bsceo crop il exPerted To- exceed III. so
OuO pounds, l.UrD.0o more than in 1915
An increase OF lur,Do tons, or a total oi
l,lJO,Vo II predicted for hay. Appl~-
exceeded expectations. the crop rrarhing
q total of ~, ,,spo barrels, SD,esD NOR,
than in 1915.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1916-12-08
CARRAhzA, V|luANO
zAPA1A ARE STILL
REFORMING MF X|CO

President Wilson has tried his ow,
theories upon Mexico for nearly four
year., sDd the conditions Of the Mexican
people ssd the position cf tie Foreigners
in Mexico are nov far wOrsc than AZ any
time since he took Office
That failure has attended hi- Mexican
policies r. apparent 70 the entire world
IL is unnecessary 70 enumerste the va
rious incidents from March, 1913. o. thu
present hour. which have marked the
failure Of the Preydeotial plans. the col-
lapse of the Presidential the ries, the
usbsr ruin ii I5.ro.su Of Mexican peo-
pie. ami thu fesrfn' los~es Of the 4o.Dsl
Americans once r, -ident in Mexico. and
of the million "a American investors who
placed sspitsl m that country.
TIE NstiOnsl- of European nations
under orr Monroe DOctnne in this in
stance ~ Mckee. wsrd- of our country
which hss s~umri their protertion and
care ~ denial ~ the rights Of their own
countri~s ~ interfere. th--e have had bu,
little mors con-i ierstiOn than the poor
Americans ~ho once lriievod that on,
Government ~osd protect them from
violstors a their rigbts.
10 ws- sivsL out from the White Houss
some tao years sxo that the President
80 folly sdvi>ed a. TO Mexican condi-
honA md needed no more information
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1916-12-08

Of THE NEGRO
HEALTH WEEK
National negro Health Week to be
Observed April 22-2S, 1918.
Official Call Issued

Tuskegee, Ala. Nov. - The TX
-cutive Committee of the National Ne
gro Busiress l.eague. AT the snnual sss-
son held iE Kansas City. Mo-, August
l6. IL AID Il. 1916. passed resolution
ratitying the suggestion Of the secretary
of the National organization that Ne
gro Health Week te observed next year.
AS was done during the year 1915 under
the general direction and supervision of
Dr. Booker L. Washington. president.
aud the executive committe~e of the
National NEGRO business League. Tn.
SECRETARY WAS authorized To work out full
details Of publicity i'm connection with
the Observance Of National Negro Health
Week. and announce -ame through the
public press.
Since the meeting the National Negro
Business League, il has been decided by
the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial In
sttute To devote the coming Tuskegee
Negro Conference, tn he held January
ID aud IL, 1917, To a discussion mainly
of Negro Health. Ii has thus been de-
cided that these two influential organi-
zatIons shall Join hands in a campaign
tor Negro Health. The week beginning
sunday, April -, 1917, has been decided
upon ~ the week to he observed, and an
invitation Is hereby extended 10 each and
every organization interested in Negro
Heath to join with them in the effort To-
improve health conditions among the
Negro people.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1916-12-08
Boys Find $4,000.
Spend $4,000 For
Candy in One Day
Money Concealed in Tomato Can
Unearthed From Excavation
Where, Police Believe,
Thief Buried Il.

Ssn Francisco, Cal, Nov. y Three
small boys spent s:sooO nm real money for
candy in one afternoon.
The money s. OO Of il in federai re-
serve bills "f the Is-ue Of 1914 was fonnd
jammed i'm tomato can i'm AN excava-
ton adjoining the City and County Ho--
p.tsl. All Of the bills were of the g. de-
nomination.
The finders Of tine money incInde,l q
dozen small boys. le,i by P-ter Noche, T.
wears old. of IOjG Kansas street: Alfre,s
lieInes-y, yr-r- old, of ~ q Twenty
second street, and Alexander Ca-lon Of
22i5 Twenty second street.
Noche unesrfhei the tomato can and
IT. rich rontents and wa- about u thro.
Il at Ca-l' u when his eyes bulgrd.
Calling the boys toge'her. Noche an
~ounced that all the candy in the world
~as IN sight. or words O. that effect.
led 10y Noche, the troop Of youugster.
visited candy store after candy store and
exchanged handful of bills in each -hot
Tor bag Il sweets They managed t
pas ont sssD in bills for So cents worri
Il candy before Policeman Mark Will.
ever overt"ok them.
The remaining s2yo was taken n po
lice headquarters. where I-idoro Co-tan
~. United states Se,.ret Service opers
tive. pronounced the bills genuine. !
ownership of the money j. not establish
ed the Ssro will b. returned t. the boy
vhp found IL
The police believ the money was burie,
by a thief.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1916-12-08

Attorney General. Hi- rr<~.isi assign
ment y n compare AMI certify all lass
pss-ed by the Legislature and order
printed with the Original record Of the
bin in tire IIou-e and Senate.
The position is responsible one. snch
., no colored man has ever filed before.
and tho salary is far above any ever ~
ceiyed by . colored man under tie STAT
or City Governments, being 81 the rate of
300 per year, vith extra sllowsgce st
the rsN Of tI5 90 per day.
Mr.. Parks is one Of tie i@-s known
colored lawyers at the Philsdelphis bar.
He sss educated st Hampton institute.
the PhiIsdslphis Hish school, and the
University Of PennsyIvsnis, where he
srsdussed with second honor in the eli.
Of 1885. and hss bsen IN scslvs practice
ever ancs.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1916-12-08
WILL FIRE BOOZE DRINKERS
Coal Company Posts Notice That
Boozers Must Quit.

Charleston, ". Va, Dec. Am or-
der has been issued ~ the Glen White
Coal Company and posted at both Glen
White and Stotesbusy. directing that all
employes detected drinking intoxicating
liquors will be summsriIy discharged.
Several employees quit work when the
order ~ss posted but their place we're
hiled without delay. The management
decisrss that the order =, will be strictly
enforced.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1916-12-08
ANOTHER SUIT AGAINST
ST. LOUIS DEMOCRATS

II Louis, No, Drr. John T.. snl-
Ivan, colored, Of gsDI Walnut sr~~t-
one Of the - colored men srr-t.d ON
election morning IN iurthersnce Of the
Democratic scheme of int,midsting the
colored voters, fied suit IN circuit court
yesterday for sii.DD damages srsin-s
Democratic lsader-. election ofhcisls.
members Of the board II poIice comma
-'oners, and policemen. lie 10 the 60
ond colored man % sue q. . result Of shs
Wholesale arrests Of Negroes a the p.o,,.
When yoa want REAL NEWS
Nd the TINES.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1916-12-08

Hon. Mc5innis Hstheld, Republican
county chairman, Col. W. Burbridye
Payne and Col. W. J. McCIsren we're in
this city on business Tuesday s1d csiIei
at the Times Office.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1916-12-08
5000 NEGRO
LAbORERS N
PHILADELPHIA
Influx Boosts Population to l00,.
OO0--Societies Active in Con-
structive Work Among
New Corners.

fhuateiphia. Ia Nov .a-Retwert
S,VVo and 5.VO Negro lator~rs hsy.
som- to Philadelphia from the South
within the last SIX months, according 4
tentative cen-us msde recently by Of
licials from the department Of labor and
commerce at Washington. Since thi-
~as An industrial crnsu-, no figures wer.
available ss To the women and children
That have core with these workmen. but
= conservative estimate, according to A
l. Manly. field secretary OF the Arm
strong Association, which does work
among the Negroes. would place the col
ored population OF PhiI.selphia and t.
suberbs st not less than luo.uo
These figures allow for the normal in.
crease since the census Of 1910. which
gave 5000 ~ the S,.gro population. ~
we'll ~ for the recent influx from the
southern states.
Much OF this increase has flowed 4
the already crowded Negro district. in
south Philsdelphia, but the development
oi souie OF the large industries. such -
the Mldvale Steel and Ordinance Com
panv. has caused the opening up to Ne
grows IN that section Of whole str,.t
where the househol.iers have heret,for,
Al~as i'ren white The employment OF
Negroes ~ section hands 10y the Penn
sylvsnIa railroad has also resulted I'M
new colonies, mostly along the main line
BLACK BELT OF PERRY COUNTY.
ALABAMA, WILL SOON BE
WIPED OUT.
A few more months Of Negro emivrs-
ton from Ferry county, Ala at the rate
recorded during the last SIX month. will
take the county from the blsrk belt col
lmn AMI make Il a white county.
In the Uniontown district hundred. of
ioiisr- are beIng sent there weekly n
pay transportation tor colored men l..
ie,ss and other western stst-..
Thousands of acres oi valuable land-
4 the county will be idle next Year 70,
want Of tenants
MOVE TO STOP FXoDrs op
COLOKED MN.
Albany, ira, Nov. IA concert.d
mOveneEt looking ~ the dissemination
of Information among the colorrd peopl.
IN rural communities throughout .ossh.
western Georgia, Nth a view u ci,~ckin.
tile pre--nt movement of farm hands am
Others - tie manufacturing and indus
trial ceDtsr- "f New York, New Jer.~,
and New England has t-~n lsun~h~,
there. and other communities are beiu.
urged - take the matter up without lie
lay.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1916-12-08
Colored Assistant
. to Attorney General
Appointed By Governor Brumbsusb
Of Penssylvania---T Receive
. Salary Of 5000.

John W. Parks. Esq. member Of
the Ph'lsdeiphis bar, hes b<rn appointed
by Governor Brumbsnsh. Of Peunsyl-
sAnis. n . position in the osirs Of ths
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1916-12-08

One Of the most difficult things in th..
world 70 understand H. the American
prsjudic-. IL can be fsthemed neither
" the laws Of reason nor logic.
We can readily understand the caste
-ystens OF the odd World, with their alb
-plute form Of government, with un-
rhsngesble customs extending bark for
thousands of years with The general l,~
lief in the Divine Right of Kings" and
with the right Of Free spe-ch a -trang. r
n them. ve are not surprised that the,
should cling - terscio'i-ly D. their 10
liefs. But M young country like our.
. county that wss founded expressly a.
an ssylum for the Oppressed 81 all land-.
country that received IT, baptism IN
throwing of tire British yoke. a country
upon Whose cornerstone ~ inscribed
liberty, iu-tic- and equality. the human
mind is utterly staggered IN - oontem-
plstion of the American prejndice
One % the reasons s--igned for our
prejudice against the little Yankee- of IN.
Orient is that they are ~ wonderfully
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1916-12-08
(BN ". a. .KRiS. fk.

Ov~rshasio~ing the outstanding prob
lens growing out oi the world war i- the
increasing spectre Of the Vel
l"w Peril. Some of our short sights,i
citizens have triesi Ia pss,'h- pooh tins sub
ct. hut like Bsnquo ghost. Il will
nct down. and from every angle from
which We view our Oriental relations.
this spectre sris~s to haunt us
Tbe opinion has i<~n entertained by
msrfy oi our citizens that ia the event
We becsme embroiled with Japan. that
the white rsr~ of EuroI- would com. a.
our re~cue and that England. and prr
hsps France. would a--lst us. Whatever
grounds existed for this b-liei some years
sgo even the most purblind must now
admit that the vscilsting wobhling policy
VI the present administr ration has CERTAIN
ly destroyed them. When the war he
gan We ranked among the leading powers
II the world we we're sdmir~l and ~
spect-d by all. To-Day the rniteh states
hssn't . real friend in all of Europ-. Adj
'iesi Ia the fact that our neutrality has
be~n q sh am, j. the bit'rr i,-.ling rng-n-
'iered by the fact that Ne have proiitri
hy their manufactures. Our captains of
industry have become - pl-thoric. sup
plying the ~arring nations with the most
exI~siiuons means Of destroying them
selves until today We can boa-t Of tie
Iact that we have in our vaults more
than one-tbird Of tine entire gold supply
lf tie enIirs xnrlh
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1916-12-08
JAPAN A WORLD POWER

JAPAN A WORLD POWER.
While all of tins has bsen tran-pirins
IN the Occident. the little brown man of
he Orient has not b~en Hsls~p. Having
succes~fully performed the task assigned
hun 10y the allies-the capturing of Tia.
German strong holds i'm China with an
avidity not second even "a our own, h-
hsA undertaken Ia supply the allies with
whatever he could produce.
Japan 10 being made exceedingly rich
by the war. Never has there been sucl,
unboundsd prosperity ~ abe enjoys to-
day. She 10 rapidly reducing her nation
81 debt. her army and navy are belng
strengthened. new railroads are b~ing
built, her commerce 10 being ~xt~nd.d
in every direction and her shipping i-
now dominating .he Pacific. The Jap
are . proud people and are wondrrfnIy
patriotic They are absolutely without
fear and have repeatsdly shown that they
will not hesitate to fixht a. obtain their
ends. They are se~kiny u ext-nd their
rap dly growing commerce in China.
>puth America and other parts Of ia.
world. and just - they cl..hed with
Korea, Chins and Russia when their in
ters~ts ran counter u hers, ~ will she
clash with NJ when the same condi tionr
obtain.
notwithstanding all Of our arrogance
aud bln-t~r. not with-tsDding that of all
the Foreigners Who come u our shor-, w.
have singled them yut t. vent our Spleen,
uP"n, they are thoroughly familiar viii,
our wrethed STATE of unprrpar-,ine-- and
are feverishly preparing for the newt
able day when they must measure srtn-
"a m, 49,
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1916-01-11
A New Line Projected to Bruins
wick.

Elsewhere in The News this morn
ing will be found a petition for charter
for the Atlantic K Northwestern Rail
way company. a new line projected
from Wrightsville Georgia, to tide
water at Brunswick The promoters
of this line. who have been quietly
at work on it for some time, propose
to build it to MilIedgevilie, in Baldwin
county, and thence through the coun-
ties of Johnson, Emanuel, Toombs,
Tatnall, Liberty. Wayne and Glynn in
to Brunswick AS we understand it,
the line is already in operation from
Wrightsyille to Adrain in Emanuel
county, and We understand that as
soon as the new charter Is granted,
that actual work will be started on the
extension to this city. II is noted tina.
the distance from Milledgeville to
Brunswick is 1870 miles and that the
roposed line traverses vastly grow
ing section Of the yery best portion
OF Georgia. A section which has out
distanced all other portions OF the
state in the matter of material growth
and development and section that
would prove OF incalculable worth to
the Brunswick territory The News is
more than pleased with the quiet fash
Jon in which those at the head Of this
proposition have moved; there has
been no blare Of trumpets and no pro
miscuous noises about the thing. They
have gone at IT In quiet dignified
and the charter appearing in
The News this morning will appear
in newspapers in each
of the counties through which the line
is projected. We believe Brunswick
ought to cooperate with the gentle
men behind this new proposition and
we very heartily suggest that the
Brunswick Board of Trade take the
matter up with them and assure them
of our cordial welcome and Of our viii
linrness TO make that welcome in q
more substantial nature, il needs be.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1916-01-11

light and power, and give life to the
locotomtiyes that bring food and cloth
ing 70 the populsce OF cities, it is
helping to grow the food we eat
the modern scientific farmer uses it
10 pillow his land, its explosions shat
tering the sub-soil which no plow ever
reaches. 1t is said to increase the
crops greatly quantity and by
fifty per cent in quantity. Today dyn-
amite Is used to fight great coHfla-
gFatiOns, to fight wars and to prepare
for large part of the progress of the
world