The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1917-10-26

All colored men in the seiective mil
itAry draft now ready fo- service in Nc
Dowell county will leave this county
the county seat. WEIGH. The tram will
leave Welch about sew q or eight O'Clock
IN the evening. running - second 10. a.
far ~ we have been able 10 learn Sosne-
thing considerably over one thvusand
colosed men will 60 TO Camp Lee in the
next two or three days n begin training
And while there are quite . number
Of men who will 90 IRON Mineo and
is the greatest excitement and attention
being paid to the little state OF Mellow
Ella" b~csus% from this county there will
leave the biaYest number of colored men
that has gone from any one county in
the state. Three hundred and ninety
yunns men, shs very flower oi the race
iit already for sctive service. ready and
eagerly anxions to get to the front, men
who have been wondering Why they
eouldn't or were not being called to
Monday surrouDded by thoussnds of
loyal black men - eagerly anxious 70 20
70 tie front to fight the battles of their
country ss these young men. They will
he there encouraged 10y tender heartesf
mothers, whose eears only mean the
modern proof of their willing so serve
their cou ntry. They, like the Spartan
moshers will say: ''Go my sons come
back with Your shields or on them"
These $50 young men from old Mellow
ell are men who would nos ,f they could
be counted among "slsckers Thous-
ands OF friends, some sisters, aunts and
uncles will be there TO bid them God
spes a aud wish for them success, and
above oil. to leave with them expire
sions of hope for . speedy end Of the wsr
and will be glad TO have the world know
that the race. while not able 70 give iss
millions IN money, yet We are sole TO
give the best we have and that 10 men.
Yea, il need be give our lives which We
must DO to win this great war.
BIG DEMONSTRATIONS.
quite Q number Of the best represent
ative colored men OF the race are max
ing mammoth preparations for dem
onstrstion that will be equal 10 any that
has ever been given any body OF men.
This demonstration will include . pa
rsde throughout all the principle ssreets
of WEIGH, band music, some oratory and
finally. they will give the departing SOL
diers kit OF tobacco. the ladies' will
give boIuets Of red. white aud blue and
tie bands will play some OF the old time
nntaonsl airs that will sronse the martial
blood in the most dormant creature
Committees are actively o. work, wide
awake, earnest and deeply interested, ia
Tact everybody 70 getting busy. They
arr proposing 90 put morv enthusi<sm in
this great meeting than has been seen
since the war started. ln fact the nearer
the time cones and the more definitely
certain the people learn that they ere
really in war and that the war 10 berom-
ing more SERIOUS than 81 any time in the
past vas ever thought Of. the more en-
thusissticslly active and intere.sed are
they becoming. The -hole air 10 being
charged snr surchsrsed With the spirit
Of var.
PARADE WILL BY FEATURE.
The parade will include every coIored
man drafted and that means that there
will b. little army Of men IN the parade
10 this cpunty on next Monday. Men
sDd women are all going % Icy aside
ussr vo' and are not going o. biz a tap
for snybDdy but zre going % WEIGH o.
see 3sD str,'as mnSrd. abie boiied and
patriotic sons of Ham. wno-e minds are
hx~d Sn npbing saw 81 TORY and
sbo are si'lr q" nTing hsrk the bacon
from tire bsitefis.,i- - dii tie bl.ck
boys on the isstilrfelds Of Ssnysn when
gwen . ehsncr. and n not gwen 60 tb@m
will take - - of yore. Let everyb dy
turn out and -re tl,em. several colorpd
men have sir-sty sH-red 70 finance
everything doa~ 10 '~hsr Of this dem
oo.trstion sBd D, ~iii be lone by colorrd
men sltogrther.
Ihe people herr and clor sround wh,
know the colortd man. know that they
have been snxs,us oil along 70 r. ~ |
camp. IL 10 exceptionally singular. snd
Il hes been frequently commented upon
by the exemption board Of how fee men. |
men with families. YOU'D not s-k ior sr-