The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1917-01-05
GREETINGS TO =
THE'NEW YEAR
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We have great interests here at Ions
q look after There arrs,angers, cher,
are sore spots that need 10 lie healed
Prejddice. that Hydra headed monst 4
that i- sspping at our Nltsls, must IL
met and conquered. We can not hops
10 succeed a. nation when largs
group Of our citizens rights are ai-o
lute.y disregardei when l,nching anu
mob-violence have ovsrthroSu the regu-
lar and orderly proceeiurr of our reyu-
larry constituted courts; and when q
whole rscr ot more than ten m lions OF
human souls have been disfranched, jim
crowed and segregated and prevented
from working out their own economic
and soriaf well being We look o. the
New Year tor change in thes.r condi
tlons- We hoIe f..r broader vision on
the part of our leaders and statesmen
that will M a spirit oi fairness st m 10
tiou All influence that Will make of Amer
lea IN reality The home of the BRAY
and the land of the free
Let us come a little closer home. W.
West Nirglnisns look for~ar,. To the
New Year with anticipation for greater
Progress than We have ever made. We
have not the time and your patience viii
not permit the discussion IN detail al
the many improvements that may be
IA ALE I'M our state government Wenee
l.t4ffA
work in the industries of our our state
We hope that all good citizens will ioin
m All effort To bring about better con
dltlOns an the state eleluosinary in-Itt =
tions- The accsrnInotions in these init
tntions Tor Negro patients are IN made
quate and inefficient. We should hay,
state ho-plta Tor tiie tr. atiEent oi t-r.
SONS suffering ~,th tul~rculo-is, and
many other thins- ale me~lsd 40 max.
Us irei that ~ are part oi the citizen
ship oi u.i- great state That has been -
ialr 10 IL iA many RESPECTS.
Let us - forth then ma tine spirit al
true men cOntenulI.g for the night Al a
We can not help but win
Gentlemen, We stand tonight upon H..
Threshold OF new Year with all that 1.
holds OF good or M, success or failure
As We look back upon the year that ha.
just past, We are inspired to 10 forwar,
Knowing that for us there is no good a
Ill, but that We are the masters of oui
late, the architects of our fortunes. ".
therefore, confidently lace the futur,
With courageous hearts; and with
thoughts that are unsullied 10y the fail
nre- and dlsappOihtInents of the past
Time brings responsibilities that must u.
met, problems that must be solved. W,
shall h~ Judged not SO much by VIVA
Was accomplished IN the year that lies Il
cur backs, but 10y the attitude We Ar
suine towards the duties and respon-
biiities OF the present and future ds,
that lie before us a. seaje,i book upo
whose pages We, and each of us, shs
wnse either a record OF service and sa..
n"ce that will bless mankind aud Ell
nance our own fortunes, or else We cha
lie counted as the DRIFT wood of suciet
floating down the great river of life I
the ocean Of eternal oblivion. shall v
lie constructive builders upon the wal
oil humsr society, or shall We lie counts
as d'rliicts along tie pathway of In.
Shall We have better understandiI
among ourselves as professional mel
educators and protested leaders of n
race whether IN the church, home, sos
ETY. or state? OR shall We further b.
eome self-cOnsututed victims Of the On,
organization If racial unity, political OF
CARNATIONS, domestic tranquility AN
The destroyers OF every nope Of the unit
oil christian religion in the land all b.
ause OF the iiini-y denominatlonsl lines
Nay, let neighbors become more neigh
borly and let men differ without bt,cou
ing enemies