The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1917-11-23
FREE STATE Of MCDOWELL GOES OVER 1Ht P" MAKES LANDSLIDE G FOR NJ FUN

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SANDY RIVER DISTRICT TOES
THE MARX.
lt 10 gratifying to nots how royalty the
I<-opl-. both white aud colored. rallied
Ia tile spp-.ls made by County CHAIR
man lion. Graham Ssles. aud Vice
Chairman. Editor M. I. whisrlco i'm
THE distrlet. Everybody got busy aud
did busln-ss. Their quota VI the tl5, .
go asked tor sicDo~~ll county ~as
rsls<-i. Rev. :. l.. Tucker. district
chairman. proved equal to the oscssion
Mrs. Llzzle Lord. teacher. rendered most
excellent assistance.
NOkrHFORk DISTRICT RUNS
OVER MARK RAISES x3,up.
Under the direct l~sdership, man.
agement and inces sant WORK ON the part
OF Dr. J. r. Hereford. district chairman
ably assisted IN the perfection of his or
gsnizstion 10y Hon. james Gsorse, both
Of Northfork. the iistrics comes out With
honors of Overwhelmingly rsllylng 60 the
CAL anil instead of raising 81 ,s75.W. 70.
s-sesssd quota. REACHES the high WATER
mark OF ts.uo. with . few mors places
or individuals "a hear from. Companir.
and individuals gave freely aud especially y
the colored men. not only contributing
freely but worked like Trojsns. The
Mcdowell Uoai and Coke 90 operation
-nrpsss-d any other with . grand total
oi tsui. ~. u. w. Donley. one ol tie
he-t coiored men In the districs, raissL
tile isrgs~t individual amount ~ precinct
worker in the district. John Preston
and Anuon Jones oi Gillian made good
while Prof. Philip johnson lead alI the
learners IN tins work for the district
El.kliORN DIST. OVER THE LINE.
klkhorn district ~ usual did her duty.
did it in or,,er and to perfection. Two
! operations, Crozer and Upland. under
the general msnagement of Judge -
Lincoln. gave tsuU, which Was morr
than hall the amount Hss-ss~d the whole
district
The colorrd end Of this district wss
turnud over u ~ Floyd Ross Who ha.
the envIsbl~ reputation of doing thinxs.
lie informs us that both men. women
aud even children showed . willingness.
"a help out IA this honor able cause, sEd
that practically every man gave some
thing. lie was greatly assisted by J. III.
hooman. coke boss. The colorsd men
of this dlstri-t are accrsditsd by white
men - we'll - themselves As having
given ~ freely and - libsrslly according
To their means ~ any other race, and
now while reports show that tile amount
has b~-n over subscribed We are unable
al tiiis tsi1e % Say how much.
ADKIN DIsTKIOT.
The very mention OF Adsin District
SPELLS success, victory AMI means that
the bulls eye was struck. lt means shat
she nations call was answered. This d,.-
trict was ass~~sed 81. $50. The firvs con-
tribution by the u. =. steele Oorporssion
wss t4.Uc. The supply Company in
cressed tl.is with So more, while 1t shs
same time men like Prof. u. II. Archer.
district chairman. Was looking every man
ln the face and rrcsiung for that look
anywhere from s. u s2U, 80 and tIOo.
~ Froe 81 Wilcos. tie old veteran and
chairman for the eolored boys Of the
district ~ss dong his part but surround
ed himself with the able aud sficisns
service oi Constable J. r.. Whistle who
knows nobody when u comes 10 rsising
money. They perfectSd . completes or
xsnizstion bJ s-curinx good men ct each
precinct. The work wss doLe. tho money
vas rsl-e'i aud the black Toys again put
theinselves on the map ma history - men
Of loyalty, patriotism aud lovers Of coun-
try This district will perhaps more
heavily over-utscribe it-~lf than any
other district.
DONATE To Y. NJ. q. A. FUND.
Anns~slt. W. Vr,,
November ~, 1917.
Mr. Editor.
iies-e s1ve ne . space in your paper T.
'nention our ~ors toward helping our
bpy- through the v. NJ. q. A. Who are
no~ IN France and those Who erp>ct 10
20 ~hItbin short notice. We rslsrd
t2V Tor that purpo~~. sunday night Few
X V. Baksdsie, pastor Of the First
Baptist church of Ans-slt, gave hi. en-
tire service ~ the Y. VI. g. A. that be
and hi- n'enl~rs might join in With no
10 helping the suffering humanity. After
-hort iire-s'de talk ~ Mrs Lelis BECK
er. D.. Y. Cbesthsn, Mrs. Matte Hale
snd td~srd Hale . collection ~ss raised.
The amount ~ss eleven dollsr. which
ms'ie our Total 81. but -e regret that
the IRE at the u. >. supply 90. store
srstt rel the crowd heiore re could sss
Tor coilectoo. May God bls.- Rev.
Bsrsydsle and hi. peppls ~ho responded
- IRE " % this cause
Dear resiers, you see that ~s are will
ing ~ help IN the great fight with our
prayer. first and secondly our mesns but
~e d. think that vs ss race should
have . little credit
kesp>ctfully