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The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1917-03-23
BIDS FOR ROAD IMPROVE
MENT.

County Court Clerk W. w.
Whyte is now receiving. and will
continue TO receive up to March
80 sealed bids for the 1865 600
road Improvement bonds, which
we're voted at a special election
February IL. These bonds
which bear five per cent. are is
sued IN four series, one for each
district OF denominations of
$1,000 and $500. dated January
l, 1917, interest payable semi
annually. A proportionate part
OF these serial bonds will be paid
Of each year.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1917-03-23

Hawaii. President Wilson has
done well to cor slider nothing
save the appointee's personal
quail hcations to administer the
law. His act gives the force to
ne claim that under the Amer
can Nag personal attributes take
full precedence over accidents of
race. creed or color.-Philadel-
phia Telegraph.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1917-03-23
WHAT is HIS RACE9

Few Americans have given
more than passing notice TO The
appointment OF William II. Heen
TO be a Judge Of the u S Circuit
Court Yet the event g full OF
deeply gratifying significance.
being in exact harmony with
this nations traditional democ-
racy. Judge Heen is the son of
q Monaghan father and . Malay
mother. the former being . Chin.
aman and the latter . native of
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1917-03-23
IT'S A BOY.

Born To Mr.. and Mrs. George
Palmer OF Bramwell several DAYS
ago great big bouncing boy.
weighing IL pounds. Baby and
mother are doing well and the
father is so overjoyed that he
talks about his man" continu-
sllv and IL the train upon which
he runs is a few minutes late. he
thinks a dire calamity has hap
pened.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1917-03-23
MARRIED

Rev. G. w. Cottrell and MISS
Emma q ,arlls were married at
Cinderella, w. Va, Sunday night
in the Mt. Lebanon Baptist
church OF which the groom is
pastor. The ceremony was per-
formed bv Rev. w. II. Nesbitt,
the evangelist. A large crowd
of the best citizens. both white
and colOred, witnessed the cere-
mony.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1917-03-23
WHAT OF TOMORROW

War clouds are lowering low
over the United States of Amer
lea The Presld. 1T has called
Congress To meet on the md Of
April, or two weeks IN advance
of the Origin al call for the extra
session. German submarine s
have sunk three more unarmed
American II ercbant vessels and
several American citizens lost
heir lives. What the next few
days will bring forth we have no
idea but in these perilous times
great thinl happen with light
ming like rapidity and world his
tory is madein a DAY. Party lines
are mbling away in the pres
ence OF this national crisis and
races are forgetting their differ
ences. The colored man Is over
looking for the time being the
persecution. denial of rights,
humiliation ard contumely heap
ed upon him for decades and the
tire OF patriotism is burning in
his breast. ready at the call of
the nation ) leader to burst into
lame. The loyalty OF members
Of other races may be doubted,
they may seek to aid the front
ends OF the hyphen but the col
ored man is loyal to A merica
and il the call comes he will lay
down the tools OF peace, take up
the weapors of war and make
the great sacrifice for the nation
which neither protects HIM at
home or abroad.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1917-03-23
NEW CHURCH ORGANIZED

NEW CHURCH ORG AIMED.
A colored church was organ
'zed at OToole, W. Va. on March
IA. The council setting apart
the church was composed OF
Reverends j. W. Coger. j II. A.
Cyrus, Il. ). Dent. l.. w. Hairs
ton, X. V. Barksdale and several
deacons. The sermon was
preached by Rev. Barksdale OF
Answalt. The church will be
known as the First Baptis,
Church OF O'roole and Rev. w.
G. Flem mings Of Jenkinjones was
called as pastor.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1917-03-23
LIVE NEWS
BUILDING AT WILCOE.

There is building boom in
progress at Wilcoe, w. Va, at
this time. The new post Office
is about completed and the big
building being erected by Leib-
man Brothers. 'Tailors from the
CRADLE" is nearing completion.
Several other structures are in
course of erection.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1917-03-23
CONFERENCE OF LEADERS

OONF ENE CE Of LEADERS
A conference was held in
Charleston, w. Va. "Wednesday
between Governor John j. Corn
well and several Of the leading
Democratic mem bers of the leo
lsiature. 1t is reported that an
extra session Of the legislature
was under consideration and the
attitude Of the Democrats in the
forth Coming extra session was
determined.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1917-03-23

cut" 1t was valued at about
$1,000.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1917-03-23
BEAU Trying CAPITOL
GROUNDS

A meeting was held by the
board of public works and a com
mittee was delegated to look az
ter identifying the capitol
grounds. The committee is COM
posed of Gov. CornwelI. Secre-
tary of State IA. G. Young and
'om missioner James III. Stewart
OF the agricultural department.
The picture play. The Birth
of a Nation which has aroused
such bitter opposition among the
colored people Of the country is
being shown at Dayton and other
Ohio cities after a great fight in
opposition TO it's presentation
During the administration of
Governor Willis. Republican. the
colored people we're able to kee %
the play out of the state but il
appears that Gov. Cox. Demo
crat. Is favorable u the show
An effort is being made to Sc
cure the passage OF a bill during
the present session of the Ohio
legislature TO prevent such plays
from being exhibited. Former
Opv. Willis - aiding Senator
Beatty To get the measure
through.
The Washington times., 1917-02-04
BERLIN ANNOUNCES
REVERSE-ON ANCRE
British Forces Enter German
Advanced Trenches Around
Beaucourt.

BERLIN, Cvia Sayvflle wireless),
Feb. 4.-British forces succeeded IN
entering German advanced trenches
near the bank of the Ancre around
Beaueourt, today's official statement
said.
The statement was as follows:
During unfavorable weather and.
frost there was an artillery duel be-
tween Lens and Arras and from zerre
to st. Pierre Vaastwood. It was live
Her than on the preceding day.
North Of the Ancre, the English
after drum IRE, attacked on rositions
about midnight. While north Of Beau
court the attacks failed, near the
rivers bank a detachment succeeded
in entering our most advanced
trenches.
Northeast of Point a Mousson and
north of st. Mihiel, our own recon-
noitering advances were successful"
or the fighting elsewhere, the state
ment said:
'Tn engagements which developed
before noon on the river A (Riga
'front.', in spite Of the, severe cold
several Russian attacks were re-
pulsed.
"On the Macedonian front. besides
surprising flrs attacks near Mohastir
and bstvssn Vardar and Doiran Lake,
.zere was nothing important"
The Washington times., 1917-02-04
Houston Post.

THE action of the President and
his address to Congress constitute q
summons to every loyal American
citizen. We do not know as yet what
the new situation may require, but
whatever measure or sacrifice IL may
involve must be yielded whole e-heart.
edly and with the fervor of patriotism
which the American people have al.
ways shown in such crises. The
breach and its inevitable consequences
will be extremely painful to the peo-
pie of the United States in many
ways, not only because 1t sewers an
historic friendship which had its
genesis in our revolution, but because
we have in the body OF our citizens
large number OF people who came
from the Teutonic empires, or whose
fathers were born there. That they
will do their duty to their country
cannot be doubted"
The Washington times., 1917-02-04

W. s. Turett. Richmond.
Oxford.
r. Il. Neblett, Richmond,
Oxford.
d. Il. Neblett. Richmond,
c. c. Middleton. Oxford.
DR.. II. A Splits, Middle
burg, oxford. rs
Robert Gordon. Oxford.
Mrs. John W. Price. Bris-
tol, willard.
william II. McRenge. Uni
verslty. Willard. .---
d. Davis. Norfolk. Willard.
A. G. Weaver, Front Royal.
willard.
T. S. Kirkpatrick, Lynch
burg, Willard. g.
H. L. Bloomberg, Rich
mond, willard.
H. c. Gordon, Bristol. Dris-
coll. 80
J. F.; English. Petersburg.
SnaIits N. buBIen. fetefb-
burg, Winston.
W. E. Sheldon. Warning
ton. National.
p. F. Stewart. Roanoke.
National.
J. y. Cox, Richmond, Ma
W. ]. Sullivan. Richmond,
National.
r. H. Blivens. Lynehburs.
National. .--
c. B. Nightingale. Rich
mond. National.
r. F. YarbrouEh, ir.,
Richmond, National.
c. ]. Van Wick, Norfolk,
National.
]. e. Howell. Lynehburg.
National.
N. & s: &cleland, Lynchburs,
G. D. Haldmott,. Rice, Ma
tional.
The Washington times., 1917-02-04
Pittsburgh Gazette-Times.

president Wilson has taken "
right course with Germany. This ac-
tion may not bring war, but 1t will
II Germany does not at once recede
from the indefensible position taken
by the Kaiser's government. The first
gun pointed at an American ship on
the high seas should be followed by a
declaration of war by the United
States and our every action should
conform to the new situation.
The Washington times., 1917-02-04
Albany KnIckerboek.r Pr....

We are still dreaming. II there
was any easier thing to do we would
do that. We are not yet awakened
to the fact that the Prussian military
machine is fighting for its life and
Is willing to resort to anything to
save its life, While we see with al
truistic visions, consider moral obli-
cations as permanent, Prussian
thoughts is centered solely on self
preservation. With such conditions,
what is to be expected?
The Washington times., 1917-02-04
Boston Post.

THE severing of diplomatic rela-
tions with Germany as reply to her
monstrous declaration that she had
repudiated her promises of last May
and would now proceed to sink every
ship bound for the allies ports, neu-
traf as well as belligerent, Is the only
logical and pro-American reply that
this Government could make. It Is
a step that every self-respecting and
country-loving citizen ought to ap-
plaud and support"
The Washington times., 1917-02-04
JAILED FOR pooeINe WAR.

PARIS, Feb. 4.-Henri Rochette, the
principal figure in one of, the most
sensational sYindling cases in the
history Of the French courts, irvolv-
ing more than s2o.O0O.0OO. has been
sentenced to two months in prison by
a court-martial for failing to appear
at q recruiting office Immediately be-
fore and after wsr was declared The
court took into consideration the fact
that Rochette had voluntarily enlisted
and had done military duty'under an
assumed mama
The Washington times., 1917-02-04

E. T. FIiney, CIarks Gap.
National.
r. II. Fliney. Clsrks Gap.
National.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Taylor.
Richmond. NATIONAL.
Mr.. and Mrs. J.. Al. Bell.
Lynchburg. Raleigh.
c. L. Tr0ughton. Mclean.
Metropolitan.
r. N. Hunter, Ashland, Cap
itol Park.
Helen B. Hubert, Lynchburg,
Capitol Park
C. T. Peers, Richmond, Cap
itol Park
W c. Christian, Richmond,
Capitol Park.
II. I. Moist, Richmond, Capt.
tol Park.
s. II. Lewis, Richmond. Cap
itoI Park.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thornton, Rich
mond. Capitol Park.
J. E. Bauernlan, hicnmond,
Capitol Park.
T. A. Alien, Richmond. Capi-
tol Park.
+. r. Yates. Lynchburg, Cap.
ital Park.
C. b. WIchHp, Salem, Har-
G. r. Allen. Richmond. Con.
tinental.
W. g. Jordan, Richmond,
Continental.
Mrs. V. Avery. Newport
News, Continental.
Miss Jordan, Richmond, Con-
ttnental.
Z. r. Jones, Roanoke, Con-
tinental.
B. W. Stonebroker, Roanoke,
Continental
C. c. Bokuy, Bowling Green
Continental.
H. T. oxnard, Upperville,
Continental.
The Washington times., 1917-02-04
GEN. GooDLoE DEAD
Retired Officer Sueeumbs After
LONG Illness.

Followin an Illness OF several
months, Brig. Gen. Greene Clay Good
loe. retired. died yesterday at his
residence, 1914 street.
Funeral arrangements will be in
charge OF the Military Order of the
Loyal LIE ion.
General Goodloe was born in Madi-
son county, KY. January 81, 1S45.
His great-granfather Gen Green
Clay. OF wrom he was named. served
in the revolutionaI war and was a
member OF the Constitution Con-
vention in 1859. Col. John s. Smith,
his grandfather. was aide to Gen,
William Henry Harrison in the
war of 1872. and later speaker of the
Kentucky house of representatives
and a member OF Congress.
He was a member OF the Virginia
Society of the Order of Cincinnati,
the Loyal Legion, being commander
in 1914; the G. a. r., Kit Carson
Post; Army OF the Cumberland: Sons
of the Revolution. being president
in 1899, and the Metropolitan Club.
He Is survived b. his widow, Mrs.
Campbell Goodloe, and a son.
The Washington times., 1917-02-04
Dallas News.

THE people of the United States will
unanimously support the momentous
decision. which the President has
made. They will support It out q.
intellectual conviction and out of
faith in his patriotism and wisdom.
Germany will persist in its mad
course. and the declaration of war
will await only the inevitable crime
which will make the flag and citi-
zens OF the United States its victims.
Upon this course we are now set out.
Hateful as war Is, 1t is less
hateful than the price hxed for the
continued enjoyment OF peace. We
need have no anxiety as to the out
come or the consequences"
The Washington times., 1917-02-04
New York Times.

"If Germany contemplates surren-
der, the hour has struck for her de-
claration to that effect. She has put
down her last stake, already 1t Is
lost.
THE response to the Presidents
address has been immediate, 1t has
been made with one voice, he has the
support of a united people.
The Washington times., 1917-02-04
ph,,.d.Iphia Public Ledger.

THE Presidents decision to refuse
any further parleyings with a power
capable of so Infamous a reputation
of it's most solemn pledges and OF so
intoIerable an invasion Of rights of
other nations is proof to the Ameri-
can people that in this gravest OF
crises the honor and dignity OF the
United States are safe in his hands"
The Washington times., 1917-02-04
SAVANNAH NeHa.

"Whatever happens. the American
people plainly are standing behind
the President, and will continue to
do so. The time for holding
Germany to a strict accountability
has fully come II there Is any fur
ther invasion of the rights of Amer.
lean citizens by Germany. or by Aus
tria-Hungary, there will be war. And
that war, In so far as the people OF
the United States are concerned, will
be a popular war"
The Washington times., 1917-02-04
PhIIadelphIa Press.

THE severance OF diplomatic rela-
tions is a warning THAT she Ger
many) may well heed. Let us hope 1t
will bring her to her senses before
she goes so far as to force a war
which no rational German could de-
sire"
The Washington times., 1917-02-04
cleveland Plain Dealer.

president Wilson takes the only
action possible for. the spokesman OF
a seIf-respectinG nation. This nation
has endured insult and reproach un-
iii patience is no longer a virtue.
We await your orders, Mr.. President.
The Washington times., 1917-02-04
PHILADELPHIA Record.

I'VE have relied for two years upon
diplomacy. Diplomacy has failed.
We abandon it. The United States
can no longer remain in friendly re-
lations with a nation which persists
in tramping upon. our rights"
The Washington times., 1917-02-04
In Hands OF connitte..s
ARLINGTON ROUTE CHANGED

Automobiles bound for the Airing.
ton National Cemetery should go
through Georgetown and the Fort
Myer Military Post. The gates along
the east approach to the reservation
reached via the Highway Bridge road
have been closed for improvements
until further notice.
The Washington times., 1917-02-04

without exception, editorial com
ment, collected from various news
papers, sounds a note OF patriotism
and answering loyalty to the Presi
dent in this, the greatest crisis thai
has confronted the republic since the
civil war.
Partisan lines appear to have been
obIiterated and all back the Chlef
Executive in any step the situation
demands.
The comment on the break with
Germany follows:
New York World.
The United States is now on the
verge of war with Germany, but the
American people can face the crisis
without fear and without reproach'
II war now comes 1t is not our max
ing. 1t is a time for the searching
of hearts. 1t is no time for jinso'
ism"
The Washington times., 1917-02-04
Omaha worId-HeraId.

1t is a time foe cool heads and
temperate speech in America today.
War Is not yet upon us. Almost in
variably heretofore such a step as
President Wilson has now taken
has resulted in war. But It does
not necessarily follow that the pre-
cedent will be controlling this time.
Much will depend rather, perhaps
everything will depend, on Ger.
many's future course.
The Washington times., 1917-02-04
New York Morning Telegraph.

The action OF President Wilson in
recalling Gerard and indicating to
Won BernstOrff the propriety of his
moving homeward, It Is not extrav-
agant to say. has the moral backing
and Will have the personal support
of every patriotic American. This is
no time for metaphysics. The Ger
mans made the first move. the Presi-
dent could do nothing, except what
he did.
The Washington times., 1917-02-04
Trenton Sunday Times-Advertiser.

at will not be strange II the val
orous stands now taken shall shake
Germany's purpose to add to its long
list of crimes against humanity and
its repeated invasions OF -neutrals
rights. 1t may be that America Will
be. the means in another way than
President Wilson first intended, to
bring the war to an early close"
The Washington times., 1917-02-04
New York Herald.

Tho confidence of the American
people in their President has not
been misplaced. Mr.. Wilson aas
made his decision and 1t Is FOR the
right"
The Washington times., 1917-02-04
WITH SITUATION ACUTE, PRESS
UNANIMOUSLY BACKS WILSON
Editorials Indicate Quiet Determination
to See American Rights and Honor Main
tained Even at Cost of Struggle.

is regrettable to an inexprsssible de
gree. But it can no longer be
avoided. And nobody who knows the
American people will doubt their un-
dying loyalty to flag and country or
their determination to back up the
President at any cost"
The Washington times., 1917-02-04
ARE PEOPLE FROM YOUR HOME
STOPPING ATCAPITAL HOTELS?
List of Arrivals From the Various States and
Other Countries Recorded on Regis
tiers of Local Hostelries.

a of Washington
Washnonians who touch
lypitht friends
The Washington times., 1917-02-04
Detroit Free Press.

President Wilson has taken the
one course left for q self-respecting,
courageous, and honorable sovereign
power. The American Government
and American people are considering
no cause but their own In this crisis.
The United States Is not assuming to
pass Judgment on the merits of quar-
rels among European states"
The Washington times., 1917-02-04
PIitnhurEh Prena.

"The duty forced upon us in the
protection of eur interests ana rights
The Washington times., 1917-02-04
President of C. & P. Denounces
Bill Before Citizens Associa-
tion ederation.
WOULD ISOLATE CAPITAL
Speaker Asserts Author of
Measure Admits Defeat in
Single Action.

In denouncing the Lewis bill, pro-
viding for Government ownership OF
telephones in the District, before the
Federation OF Citizens Associations
in the bard room of the District build
ing last night, T. P. Sylvan, assistant
to the president OF the Chesapeake
and Potomac Telephone Company, de-
clared It would be a calamity to cut
of at this time the telephone system
OF the Nations Capital from the rest
Of the country.
"Mr. Lewsi himself had admitted" /"
said Mr.. Sylvan, "that his plan, to be
carried out successfully, should in
clude the telephone and telegraph sys-
tenn throughout the country"
Added Statement.
Mr.. Sylvan declared that Congress
man lewis, after devoting pages to fig-
ures to prove the inefficiency of the
American telephone system. as COM
pared with those of European coun-
tries, added the following statement,
which Mr.. Sylvan read from Mr.. Lewis
report:
But it is proposed to take the
personnel and its working
practices along with the property, and
this includes the experimenting stan,
the engineers, and the entire ope-
rating and constructing regime. It Is
very likely true that it is the best
in the world It ought to be, since
the Bell system is not merely the ini-
tiator, but the largest telephone
agency, collecting and expending an
nualiy nearly half of the telephone
revenue Of the world" i
More Than All Of spain's.
Mr.. Sylvan pointed out that there
are more telephones in Washington
today than there are throughout the
nation OF Spain.
He declared that government own
ership was not fair to a corporation.
which, in the face of a rise in prices
of every other commodity OF life,
had reduced its rates. -=
Mr.. Sylvan defended in strong
terms the law yhich creates a Pub
lie Utilities Commission in the Dis
trict. He said he be4ieved in regu.
lation. q,
In Hands or Conmittee.s
The Lewis bill is in the hands CT
a committee OF the federation and
may be acted on at the next meet
ing.
An effort on the part Of william
McKClayton, delegate from Bright.
wood Park, to have the federation in
dorse the report Of the Senate Ap-
propriations Committee recommend
ing the erection of the new munici-
pal hospital on Reservation Thirteen,
in the southeast: was blocked by
President Charles s. Shreve, who
ruled the motion out of order.
The Washington times., 1917-02-04
NEW YORK CITY.

Frank z. Webb, Shoreham.
Mr.. and Mrs. Trowbridge
Hall, Shoreham.
Miss l.. Tones. Shoreham.
Frank C. b. Page, Shoreham.
Mrs. NJ. Lane. Shoreham.
Charles Mactean. Shoreham.
]. A. Daw. Shoreham.
G. Florinsky, Shoreham.
d. A. Wilson, Shoreham.
Robert Jaffrey, Shoreham.
V. Banner, Bellevue.
Miss c. A Parker, Lafayette.
NJ. S. Inglis, Lafayette.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred L. Eldick,
Lafayette.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph B.
Thomas, Lafayette.
Fernando Gonjaley Roa, La
fayette.
Leon Salinas, Lafayette.
+. R. Hardy, Lafayette.
Mrs. G. L. Pelne, Gordon.
James Thateien, Oxford.
r. F. Hendrix, oxford.
&. Tilley, Oxford.
F. Powderly. Oxford.
s. McMulIen, willard.
T. V. Sylvan. Willard.
George De L. Harris. WILL
lard.
David Barrlento. Willard.
l.. T. Greenberg. Willard.
Martha Maynard. Willard.
]. L. Blackwell, willard.
Mr.. and Mrs. II B. Rice.
willard.
Mrs. Maxim. Willard
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Irving.
willard.
p. Grant, willard.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. Hoover.
willard.
p. II. Poters. Willard
Mrs. Bertha Holbrow. VIII
lard.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. johnson.
willard.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. W Hazard,
willard.
Miss II. straus. willard
3. Henderson and wife.
Yarnum.
C. ]. Franz and wife. Con-
Eress Hall.
Joseph p. McCann and
wife. Driscoll.
E. 4. Sprows. Winston.
]. N. Sprows. Winston.
II. Mullen, National.
+. w, Barrett. National.
W. G. Hamilton. National.
ID. Martin. National.
W. G. Mulroney. National.
NJ. EttInEer. National.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. Z. Jonea
National.
]. Williams. National.
Z. +. Brown. National.
N. Weiss. Raleigh.
W. Il. Love. Raleigh.
W. J. Whitman, Raleigh.
K W. Chamber. Raleigh.
II. Z. Wagner. Raleigh.
& W. Anderson. ST. James.
s f. Jones. st James.
Karl Kobe. Metropolitan.
]. +. Wilson. Continental.
q. CaEtsllane and wife,
Continental.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. S. Crock
EFT, Continental.
S. l.. Sebenzahl. Continen-
tai.
Edward Smith, Continental
J. Bruner. Continental.
+. Bulky. Jr.. Continental.
A. b. Keyes. Capitol Park.
c. r. Ingersoll. Capitol
Park.
r. w. Bishop, Capitol Park.
n. Hammer and wife, Cap
itol Park.
p. Daschefsky. Harris.
G. II. James, Harris.
G. A. Gepley. Harris
4 ". Carthy. Wilmat.
NEW YORK STATE.
W. L. Latham, Syracuse,
Lincoln.
Mrs. r. =. Fl. Ledyard, Cay
envirch, Lafayette.
The Washington times., 1917-02-04
New York Tribune.

president Wilson gave yesterday
the only answer that could have been
honorably to the German govern
ment's last arrogant and brutal note.
We look for German overt acts whicn
will presipitate a declaration OF war
by the United States"