The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1917-11-30

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bl >Dl A. A POLITICAL LEADER
bundy'- entry int, gseiitie~ in East -
l"ui- Ma the beginning pf a ne~ era iar
tile \ryro~- at fs-t II Louis. distinctly
rrmsrkshl~ for the m my pdiiical ~
s'orrn- ~hl,'h rss,ogniz II ths. ght. of the
Negro VOTERS
He hf-t achievement ~s- the ~lsS-tlon
"i - >~gro sul-rvis,r- "nt D. the ~
m-ini-'r> of the County Board of super
Nisors in i*r'. With tins barking in the
'"ard "i supervisors hr oltslnei the ap
pointm-nt oi Negro c,nnty physician
AT a salary "i ssss. which lac later had
raised Ia l,ts. lie SECURED the appoint
snent oi Negro deputy cor"n-r. IN k.st
~t. i.pnis and Brooklyn and had tile
salary "i the c"lor-d >tst~'s attorney IN
creased from s>p To slru yer month
Both oi these orisps have isesn aholi.i-.i
since the July riots
Before Bandy hss-s nn- the active leader
an last -. l."u'-. no Negroes had ever
bs-rn placed on tii- blind pension list or
on the outside paeI'er list iiis aggrss.
I'VE light 4, the rights of the Negro die
r"vrrssi these nevlss-tssi rights, which he
hastened "a remedy and all worthy Ne
gr" paup~rs aud many Negro blind wrr.
made county pensioners. lie also M
sisted upon the right of Negro orphans
to be inmates in All orphan home that
MAS being maintained 10y county fund.-
and sent three Negro children "a the
home, ~hO w~re refused admittancr
Bundy t"ok firm stand against the Use
81 PdblIr innds in Illinois for the support
''i puhiic home where such di.rriinl-
',ation Wac practiced and the county @
support from TIE home. which vent out
4 rNI-t~ncr within ,sD days
The matron of tins asylum, Mrs. Jane
Law, l- said Ia have written = very bitter
letter la t,ovrrnor Cox. of Ohio, when
Bundy Was lighting rxtI adition, drnonnc-
NIX hi"' s- Negro Who Thought all Ne
Srps-- we're white
WHITE FRIENDS To HELP BtNDY
The conspiracy that - at work among
the Nrgro-haiIug rleln-nt Of last II
i"ui-. whEi includes the rioters who
'-ral's-i ,irt-ctlpn and pro-scntion. will
tail in their purpose u SHIFT the blame
."r tiIr ri"t on tis- Nrgross and MAX.
Dr. Euniy the rhi~i -rsps. goat for tla
.nnr.irr-. m"-t oi whom are likely to ~
'ap" lu-t punishment ior tl,eir crinl,--, .,
aiir isliei oi many prominent and iniiu-
-ntIal white men in ~. CLAIR county,
sho ar- doing all ma their power to sid
m tlir defense ol Dr. Bundy, kllotn tile,
srr convinced ~ innor-nt OF the crim.
~ith which he is charged. Many whit.
.rI-nds oi Dr. BuDdy have contributed
money to all In securing able council
snd others Will 20 IN the witness stand
shrn lIs trisl Is held to testify to some
I tilr most important farts, upon winch
iis siriense RELIES Tor his acquIttal
NftsI:OE- RAISING LAKGE FUND
Funds amounting u several Thousand
iOllars have already be~n raised by Dr.
i;undy's cclOred friends throughout the
'ountry. under tlIe auspecls-s of the Ma
tional A--ociatlon for the Advancement,
Il COlorr'i People and 10y individuals and
,tlIer -sHIrtie-
ln Brooklyn, tlIe Negro Fellowship,
League, heasie.i 10y Dr. Earl Williams.
!. working hard iOr the defense ol ID
isun,iy. aided by branches Of the league
"a fs-t II. LOuI-, Madison and other
East >i'ic Towns. Dr " lllizns made -
fOusing address last sunday at . public
tneetn In winch he defended the char
srter and pral-'i tiIe splendid leader
ship OF Dr. Bundy and denounced the
dastsrdiy conspiracy against hi. iiis and
liberty by the rioters ~iiO.e hsnd- are
-tlii rel with innocrnt Negro blood.