The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1917-07-13
PHYSICAL AND OTHER Environment
All Combine to Make it Superior Institution in
Every Way. Thrift, Honesty, Loyalty, Sani-
tation and Regularity and Steadiness Of the
Employee Highly Encouraged by the Operator
Ey Ralph W. White.


Stretching away between the almost
converying lines al the southern boundry
begins To slope toward the Atlantic sea
Board in waves of gentle undulations,
lies a little valley nestled between the
sun-kisseI crest OF the hills and people,l
with a thrifty community OF worken-s
vertible human bee hive The virHinian
Railway furnish an ineress and egress
southeast and northwest, while tn Nor
folk and Western Railway proj~cof 9of
its many lines Of its vast net wcff Of
steel rails into the very heart OF the op-
erstieus. SANDING s<lown- the valley and
gazing northwest one beholds q back
ground of mountains that seem to rise
sky high. Zach side il dotted with neat
ly kept houses and well laid of and sys-
tematicalIy planned yards and garden-.
A low steady hum OF the swirr of ma
chinery greets the ear, which is an indi-
cation that industry ls written upon the
face Of every undertaking within the con-
lines of the place.
The steady, quiet. coming and going
OF the throng To and from the mines and
stores to their homes L. eight which
will arrest the attention of the most un-
interested. Ascending a little knoll, you
may look down upon this one panoramic
view ssld with one sweep Of the eyes ses.
where millions upon millions OF tons of
coal have and are yearly being taken
from the earth; see activity and life in
all its varions phaes. Zee busy men and
women earning the bread in the sweat Of
their face. see happiness beaming from:
their countenaDce. See a large area Of
tracSage covered with both empty and
full cars, see the long snake trains glid-
ing away on the gistening steel rails
carrying tons upon top Of tons Of coal to
the markets al tins world.
When you have seen THE, you have
seen the Weyanoke Coal operations. that
u one of the, say, the chief one, for back
behind the crests Of those hills and up
two or three more valleys lying adjacs mt
the same scene j. being enacted, the same
busy life - being lived and the same ac-
tivities manifested. Turning your eye o.
the left from where you stand, knoll
supported and coal-entrenched. you will
behold rather T. culiar sight in the form
Of town, whose houses are in clos
proximity o. one another and a town.
through the very middle of which run,
tie y. Il W. Ry. You might think thi.
xouId spoil the beauty Of the town. Not
-. IL rather enhances H. Eu-iness ..
here hting carried on and transacte,
without hesitation or delay Automobile-
arr daring in and out and through ths
town on those beantiful macadama road,
at constant intervals. Everybody here
~ in Weyanoke. are buzy, II man j.
not working. u J. beCause bis SHIFT - OF
n woman j. not working. IL j. becau-s
she j. either on her way t. or from the
daily shopping Everything j. dons
quietly. orderly, systematically. yet bu-i
ne---like. You step ont of one place int
the stller. They are contiguous. THEFT
Interests are one and che same Weyan
oke made Giatto and Weyanoke make,
Giatto n feed and clcth the surroundin.
community. Weyanoke : the bank th,
cash producer. the treasury proper. Gi
alto j. the distributing station for a.,
commodities of life % the community
the sub-trea@ury, A. - were. Now. les'
turn our attention o. another phase o
the subject and ~ no means les i'm
portant one Lets take view Of thu
wonderful little place.
weyanoke j. stou, l3 y ar- II aR-
Gistto ~ necessarily about the same age
Just about l3 years ago Ne vere al
''het' up in a political campaign ~hici
carried ne. among other places, 10 Giasto
Houses st that time there. were merei,