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New-York tribune., 1917-06-03

present by twenty-five phllanthroplc
citizens, although it is intended. once
the work is we'll under way. to appeal
for more general support. The aim is
not simply to defend needy persons ac-
cused of crime, but to bring to light all
the facts involved, the life history OF
the accused, the conditions under which
he lived, and the events leading up to
the crime. There is no desire to get
not guilty verdict at any cost. The
Voluntary Defenders League is not or
ganized to beat the District Attorneys
office. but to cooperate with it, to un-
earth with the same expert care the de
PENDANTS side of the case that the state
eXpends on the prosecution.
The committee has now been at work
two full months. and in the hundred
cases it has been assigned to defend has
had a chance to test its theories on
almost every type Of criminal case on the
calendar. It has secured out and out
verdicts of not guilty where the accusa-
ton was palpably an error. 1t has
secured suspended sentence after con-
viction, where it has brought hitherto
unknown facts to the attention of the
Judge. 1t has used its recommends
tions, based upon expert Investigations
of its trained aides, to have drug ad-
diets diverted from jail to curative
farms. 1t has taken over the legal IN
terest and protection of the confirmed
alcoholic. the NATURALLY bad" the de-
generate, the insane, the feble-minded.
1t has been the lawyer Of the first Of
fender and the hardened crook. And
nearly all of them, accustomed as they
have been to the bungling and greedy
legal aid of the assignment lawyers
of the criminal court, have given It a
surprised and puzzled faith.
It was planned when the work began
that the Voluntary Defenders League
should be a purely legal organization,
and was not to follow up a case after
final action had been taken by the court.
But even before the case is brought to
court there is an unsuspected amount
of social investigation to be done. The
committee has attempted in each case
TO get back into the life and surround
ings of the defendant, to discount the
tales of his enemies, to locate the causes
of his downfall. These things discov-
cred. it aims to provide the best legal
defence for the defendant and to make
New-York tribune., 1917-06-03

its population, established by war as its
invaluable asset. Heavy taxation oil
large incomes has apparently come to|
stay. And this again involves change|
in the direction of industry. Less must
be produced for the rich and more tori
those Of modest means.
AS for the share of labor, there are|
good reasons for expecting it also w|
increase. Every European nation has
been forced to recognize the close rels'|
ton between the national power and the|
vigor of the general population. Ihe|
same relation will be impressed upon US
Conscription will bring home to US t0'|
damage we have suffered through o1er1
work and underpay among EXTENSIVE
classes of our population. Forces maxi
ing for better conditions for labor VIII
have the support of a reawakened nal
tional conscience.
Besides, the close of the war VIII rel
store to our working classes HUNDREDS OIL
thousands, perhaps millions, OF men|
who have learned TO risk everything On|
the firing line. They will be men WhO|
have learned more fundamental lessons
in democracy than are evCI taughl W
civil life. They will have lost many llu'|
sions as to the respectability OF an orue'|
that distributes rewards on any otne'|
basis than service. From all the Wal
ring countries, even Germany, we hs"'|
reports of the growing insubordlnauO'
of the working class. the fading reSpe'
for wealth and social status. YET 'n'|
soldiers have not returned IRON u'|
field. Is it possible that our own Wo''1
ing class will fail to react TO the San'|
influences? Hardly. There will be ieS
cringing, less desperate hanging 10 jVv'
that merely ward off starvation. p1"
ness will have to accommodate itseh y
working class that demands more u"
is ready to fight harder to get IT,
Before the war business was {"
throned. Business interests were j
garded as Identical with national iN''.
ests. And if here and there bad ou''
ness was discovered, this was ne"
be the exception to the rule. bu. d
regime of war has thrown INTO re'"
fundamental realities that had becou'
blurred in the mist of money maS''"
New-York tribune., 1917-06-03


defendants in cases brought up
Il in the Criminal Courts Building
since Monday, April 3 Not that they
have all been acquitted; twenty-five OF
them are already serving in penal insti-
tutions. But, whatever the verdict, they
have had the unprecedented advantage
of expert legal aid and protection, free
Before that their fate would have rested
with the dozen or more "shyster' law
yers who hang about Part l of General
Sessions every morning waiting for an
assignment. These mems chief interest
is the precarious living they can squeeze
out of their poverty-stricken clients,
and they have neither the interest nor
the equipment for seeing that justice
is done.
Since April 2 a hundred defendants
in criminal cases have had their inter-
ests assigned by judges to the counsel
and associate counsel of the Voluntary
Defenders Committee, both of them
former Assistant District Attorneys.
William Dean Embree, chief counsel OF
the committee. for twelve years an AS
sistant District Attorney, was an expert
prosecutor for the people of the State
of New York. He saw what a resource
full and powerful machinery was set IN
motion against the penniless or poverty
stricken defendants who form so large
a part of the calendar of criminal court
procedings-a corps of well trained
public prosecuting attorneys, with the
investigating resources Of the whole Po-
lice Department at its disposal, launched
against a defendant whose lawyer, as
one of the tribe put it, could only eX-
pect his reward in Heaven, and how
was he ever going to get there? Ihe
District Attorneys office, with It's tacll-
tiles for bringing to light all the facts IN
the states side of the case, pitted
against the third rate assignment coun-
sci who could not be expected to conduct
an elaborate scientific investigation for
the three or four dollars fee they
squeezed from their frightened clients
or their relatives.
Such were the conditions which gave
Mr.. Embree and other public-spirited
lawyers of this city, the idea of Volun-
tary Defenders League to provide COM
petent counsel for needy defendants in
criminal cases. The Voluntary Defen-
ders' Committee is supported for the
New-York tribune., 1917-06-03
)OR MAN HAS HIS DAY IN COURT

the young ruffians they are, will diva,
them from ultimate prison sentences a.
electrocution, to lives of decencv an,
order. In the old, unhappy days of n.
shyster assignment lawyers. the,,
youths had nothing to hope from tbsi,
counsel except a very doubtful acouit,,l
and the certainty of a bill.
With the arrival Of the Volunteer n.
tenders Committee the industry of a,
signment lawyers is perishing. n.
committee so far has not handled all III.
cases, but the volume left TO tbess
shrewd capitalizers Of poverty anS
crime is rapidly decreasing. Assistan,
District Attorneys are fond of telling at
lunch of these picturesque figures WIN
make precarious living out of Tho
frightened foreigners who get caught in
the bewildering processes of the law
Stories are told Of their cunning. their
wit. and their amazing range of nfor.
nation. One Of the most astute of
them is reputed to be extraordinarily
telicitous in his quotations from Shake.
speare. But they are neither scientific
nor disinterested; they are doing "piec.
work." and justice for itself has no in.
terest for them. Even were they better
wilIed they could not be expert criminal
lawyers. Often they have not even
offices, and spend the time between case,
in the dreary round of hunting out Of
the way witnesses in out of the way
places.
Their work has been taken over bv
two Assistant District Attorneys with a
score Of competent volunteer counS
at their call. Their two months won
has been symptomatic of the new era Of
socialized law. For the defendant, who
having no money, has the legal and pO
lice machinery Of whole city arrayed
against him, we have a counter check
Not only will their defence be more dis
interested and effective, but the WORK Of
the District Attorneys Office itself IS
being facilitated. For the Defenders
Committee, being on the prisoners side
has opportunities for getting at infor.
nation that prosecuting attorney could
never unearth, and whose keen, intimate
and Illuminating details resist the brow.
beating methods Of the assignment law.
yer. The Volunteer Defenders League
is the latest step in scientific justice. VI
makes rich and poor really alike in the
eyes of the law.
New-York tribune., 1917-06-03
(CowteSy of The New RepubIic)

of land yielding four dollars in rent has
been worth 500. What may the bond
or the land be worth when war eats up
the whole investment fund through two
or three years? Let us guess eighty
New-York tribune., 1917-06-03

of each year have very much to do with
fixing this valuation at S20O,0O0,00O,-
600. Because there is copious free in
vestment fund, railway bonds yielding
four per cent have sold at par. An acre
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1917-01-12
SwITCHBACK.
By Maggie Miller

- -'aerNfC -'AitCl
Mrs. Annie Topley, of Waterloo. Iowa
spent tao weeks with her sister, Mrs
Daily Terry.
Mrs Carrie Garrett Of Rusberg spent
the holidays with her sister. Ms. Linnie
Moore
George Miller Of Columbus. Ohio. spen.
two days with his parents here.
James Terry, Who has Deen confine.
70 his bed - now able to lie out.
Mr.. Terry Of Roanoke, father Of Ja-
Terry, spent three weeks with his son.
Mr.. >Purgin Moore returned SATURDAY.
from his home.
Mr.. Ioe Venerable preached a good -er
mon at tie Memorial Baptist church La
sunday morning and night.
Mr.. Daisy Terry was the guest Of Mr.
Cornelis Hair-ton. sunday
Lillian IIyre- and Hattie Glover o
Maybeury we're guests 81 Mrs. Jo-ephin
Saunders. sunday
Ho'e Carter ami Channccy Cook wer
pleasant guests Of Lillian and Macy
Dilier.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1917-01-12
Special Session of
The County Court

eH"'N Ai'ht lokt
ID. W. Beavers. j. r.. Big Creek diet
h. 4. Payne a. constable for Big Greek
Stewart Vance a. constable for Sandy
River district.
w. j. Taylor A. constable for North
fork district
&. &. Froe a. J. r. for Adkin district.
Floyd Ross as J y. tor EIkhorn diet.
John Claxton a. constable for North
fork district
Walter G. Mitchell A. constable fol-
Browns Greek district.
At the regular January term. lol7.
Sheriff Daniels recommended the follow
Ing A. additional deputy -herih-:
\ VI. Boar Imam. Il G. Hylton. W
NJ Brew -trr. a. a. rrrdn~. r.. a. Bailey
j. Ba-haIn. Frank r. Ed~a.d-. i. NJ
Huddle~ton. G.. N hartman. Jr.. =
r. Belch~r. W u. rrun-r, j a. Hunt
h. r. C'aiin-. j. r. rarspn. X. T. Early
X. = Wh-trh~ai, N G. Tyre, Inhr
Young, N. e.. Hartman. r.. h Martin
L. r. Linderman. Water London. A e.
Huiiord, A. VI Wadr. J. VI. Brew-tsr
Sully Marchitelli. G.. VI. Dodgion-. An,
Harry Colosimo.
Tom Edwards appointed sealer q
weights and measures for the county an,
his salary liked at 1920 Ter year
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1917-01-12
After Sickuess--Take
"Old Hickory Tonic .
Creates Strength. Vitality, Good
Appetite and Enriches the
Blood

After illness, such A. Grippe. Cold-.
<evers and other weakening -lxxne,-.. y, "a
need something that will enr,ah ana pun.
y the blood, that will sharpen your ap
oetite and create new strength. lsu
reed something that will revitalize you,
'ntlre system and give you a start Il,
etter health. You need a time trirp
'onic like Old Iiicdory Tonic, which =
amlly OF physicians for over half centnr,
made up and gave To their patients wleI.
hckness had lowered their vitality ans
'spped their strength
The very first day you take Old Hirk
~ Tonic you will notice results. Your
appetite will improve and you'll feei
tronger and brighter. Before you tax.
single bottle you will III 80 pleased viii.
5our rapid Improvement that You Wi
want to continue the treatment until ~
irely we'll
Your druggist has IL for sale. he sur.
you get Old Hickory Tonic.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1917-01-12
MARTMSVlLLE.

The most recent grand social function
was the reception at the home OF A.r.
and Mrs. James Grsvely in honor oi
their son and daughter, Mr.. and Mr.
Charles tlrts, bride and groom
After the guest had gathered. they
were invited 10 the dining room AMI q
line VA, formed around the tat.e Th.
room ~as beautifully e~~"rat-d With
IVY AMI sutu.nn leaves. over the cen
ter OF the table swung lamp dscorst-i
ia white roses. On tie table Was the
brides cake. cephon. fruit aud All cd
izshi IN pound cake, apples. oranges and
candy Chicken Said. br,ad AMI but
ter, sand~ich--, Pickir. ~ cream and
cake were served. Th- brides cake wa-
cut, Mrs- Prof. Thomas getting thu dime
snd Mrs Pannir kinney the coiI,-. The
guest then marched o. the I.arlor To- take
peel. at the binds prs--~nts which were
l-autlful. The parior ~as beautifully
decorated with ts.lls AMI IVY.
The presents ,ass-t'.i -il,.r. chm
and Japan-e wear, table and b.-,i linen.
t~enty-One iOliars in cash, a suite of
irniture from her brother. Mr.. Arthur
'iravely, dining room table from her
protheI, Mr.. BenJaman '.rAv.ly.
The evening Ma pleasantly spent IN
games and dancing. After II o'cl,rk
the guest babe the bride aud groom good
night and wished long and succr--ful
ife.
Those present were Mr. and Mr..
>urry iislrst"n, Mr.. and Mrs. VIM.
tisirstOn VIZ. ami Mrs John Patterson.
hr. and Mrs Joseph Turner, Mr. and
Mr. Howard Bal, Mr. and Mr.. Jesse
Hot-Dn. Dr. aud Mrs. Baldwin, Mr..
and Mrs. Edward Holly, Mrs. Rosa
Brooks, Rev. aud Mrs. e. 4. Watkins.
Rev ard Mrs. James Thomas, Mrs
Malta Murphy, n i--s-s Williams and
Rstley. Fannie kinley, Connie Murphy
hessrs Cosby, CLARK, Penn, Halrston,
Martin, iioyie, billiard. Fggleston. DAY
-. Fountain and Prof Berry
Little Ge rye, the son of Mr.. ami
Mrs. Grady Belcil.r, IL improving
Mr.. and NJ. Edward Dudley. ol
Worth, w. Va, visited Mr. and Mrs
George Belcher during the Christmas
week.
Mr.. and Mrs Saunders, Of Bramnler
AMI young man from North Carolina
we're tile guest Of Mr.. and Mrs. W. l..
rroter during the holidays.
II
Mr. and Hrs. Brown Saunders, Mr.
lack Saunders and Mr.. Charles james
1t Roanoke, were the.guest of Mr. ALI,
Ms. r.. r. Holl-y.
MIR. and Mrs. Ball Was the gue~t O.
her sister, Mrs. Joseph Turner.
Little Misses Rosella Law and Mann
Rrdd spent several days at Preston dur
ing the Christmas week
MIR. and Mrs. Joshua Prunty left Sn.,
lay for Roanoke
Mr.. and Mrs. r.. r. IIolley spent >ur
lay IN Rocky Mount
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1917-01-12

IN NNEl WALDEN.
We are having fine weather here. On
Monday, New Years day, some ladies
attended their lodge ar Bramwen.
Tuesday our public school opened N,
f'r the year. On Tuesday night Mr.. q
w. Hawkins and wife presented to "a,
the moving picture of the Pilgrim Prog
Tess.
Mr.. Philip Edwards of BIuefeld wa-
calling in our town Tuesday.
On Thursday night Mr.. and Mrs Byrd
Wagstafi were tile guests OF Mrs. X
Walden.
On Saturday evening Rev. Dent {,
JenkinJones came over. sunday morn
Ing sabbath school at II: 81. Preachins
both morning and night by Rev. Dent
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1917-01-12
Order of Publication.
WEST VIRGINIA

WEST virginia :
At rules hell. i'm the Clerks Office of
the Circuit Court Of Mcdowell County.
IN the hrst Monday IN December, 1916.
Mate '''F' Plaintiff.
vs.. J In Chacery.
sonny l.ee,
defendant
The object Of this suit is to obtain from
-he defendant 10y the plaintiff a divorc.
A VINCULO MATRIMONu.
And II appearing from sn affidavit
io~ ON hle with the papers i'm this cause,
that the defendant IL a nonresident ol
the state of West Virginia; il il there
tore ordered the said Defendant do AL
rear at the Clerks Office of the Circuit
;Ourt of Mcdowell County within one
month from the date of the first publica-
ION of this order. and DO what is nece--
AIRY u protect his interest herein.
And II II further ordered that a COPY
Il tins order he published once a week
'or four successive weeks in some news
1Aper puh.;sllei i'm Mcdowell County.
md that copy Of the same III posted at
he front door of the court house OF Me
lowell County for twenty days before
iecree Is rendered.
A cosy. Te-te:
w. BURBRIDGE PAYNE, Clerk
\ 6. Frce, 4. q.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1917-01-12
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY
OF MCDOWELL COUNTY

C.RCUirC'pt K'i Cf.ehii ia.
dlcIAl Circuit Counties II Mo
Dowell. Me rcer and Mpnroe.
Hon Isaiah Herndnn. judy.
WEIGH: W Harbridxe i'ayn
Clerk.
Terms OK Court Second Tues
iay in February June an: Sep.
TEN Der.
CRIMINAL. COURT: Hon. Jas.
French Strpther, Judge: w. IL
payne, Clerk.
Terms OF Court Second Mon
day in January. April. July and
October.
COUNTY COURT: DR.. R.K
Hragonier, President. Keyston.
Col. las Elw"od Jones. and
Howard y Evenson,
Commissioner
w. w. WHITE. clerk. Welch.
Terms of Court. First Mon
day in January, April, Angus,
and October.
License Term. first Monday in
June.
COUNTY OFFICERS:
Sheriff. 5. A. Daniels, WEIGH.
Prosecuting Attorney G.L.
COUNT, WEIGH.
Assistant Pros. Attorney
Clerk Circuitand q rm. Courts
Hurb -idge Payne
Clerk County Court, w. "
Vhyte
County Surveyor, W G. Morga
yivian
Supt. Free Schools. w Cassiu
,ook, WEIGH
Assessor. w. } HAITI id. Welci
County Road Engine w. =.
icClaren
County Health Oficer and co
'ner, DIR. ii. G. Camper
Commissioner School Land
r. Rusmisell. Mcdowell
Members House Of Delegate,
harvey Hagyermsn. r.. Huwar,
Harper, j. Buel Swopc, Flo,
NaldrOn.
State Senators, Sixth Sena,
'ial district counties Of McDo,
Ill. Mingo, wayne aud wyomin
iohn w Luther, WEIGH: We'll
socdykoOtz. williamson.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1917-01-12
LOCALS

Mrs. Prggie shelton, OF Henry county.
Va. hear Msrtinsville. is visiting Mr.
and Mrs. Edd Reid at Eckmsn.
Mr. VIM. Mitchell, Of Eckman, Was IN
the city sunday looking after his iusu.
rance obligations with the Pscifi. Mutual
Insurance Company under tie agency Of
Mr.. W. h Harris. Jr lie also sub-
scrib~d for The Mcdowell Times
Mr.. " II. Wade. Of h.ckmsn. PASSED
through keystone Monday. tie says
business = xc~i eve-y~h-rr he go-'s AMI
there l. a THE ~orS any man wants TO
do at tckmau ~itn the 4 l. Company
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1917-01-12
Baby Wanted

BOY or gIri. > to , years old: will
-''d u u srho''i. when old enough. and
. church, christian home; PARENTAL
re-
.k AND MR. RICHARD WHITE.
Box 10. CoalwOOd, ". Va
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1917-01-12


At Rules held in the Clerks Office OF
the Circuit Court of Mcdowell County
IN the inst Monday inDecember, 1916
Lillian Turner.
vs. '-'"'" In oh.ncsry
ieOrge Turner,
Defendent
TIE object OF this suit is tn Obtain
rom the defendent 10y the plaintiff ;
hvOrce.
A VINCULO MATRIMONII
And IL appearing from AN affidavit nov
IN tile With the papers IN this cause, that
Tie defendent IL a non resident 0f til.
state of West Virginia; IL is therefor.
ordered that the said defendent do ap-
.ear at the Clerks Office III the Circuit
court of Mcdowell County within on.
month from the date of the inst publica
ion of this order, and DO what is neces
AIRY To protect his interest herein
And II Is further ordered that a cop,
4 This order he published once q weei
or four successive weeks i'm some news
PAPER in Mcdowell County, and that .
'opy OF the same he posted at the from
loor of the court house Of Mcdowell
county for twenty days before decree il,
enderei
copy Teste:
". BURBRIDGE PAYNE, Olerl
\. q. Froe. p. Y.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1917-01-12
COOPER

IN NNEN WALDEN.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1917-01-12
Headache? Neuralgia?
Take "Celery-Mist'
Costs only Five Cents a Psekss.
First in Quality.

sch besdache, nervous h. adsche. an,
Old hind 81 headache vani-lIe- At orce
when Jon take Celery MIST sam.
Win neuralgia, grip and rhsumst,.
psins---"Ceiery MIST cures thsm ALL
so'eAlJ, PLEASANTLY. Costs only 5 cel.ts
. psesses % any store. Better quslity
ti.su higher priced remedies. Boy =
psrkses and you siII agree 10 tie merits
- '1Cs.<<J Ma.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1917-01-12
DEPUTY SHERIFF CALFE IN
THE CITY ON BUSHES.

Mr.. Jss. Gale. of Eckman. one Of a..
deputy sberiii- under sheriff Daniel. "a
loosi1g after legal matters in Keyst,r.
this week Mr.. Gale j. one of the he-
and most conservative efiicers Of McD,u
oil county. Ills reappointment a. depu
~ under our regular sheriff wss fore
gone conclusion.
The Detroit times., 1917-01-25
DIVIDEND RATE
ON CEMENT STOCK
is INCREASED

The yearly dividend rate on VOL.
VERNE Cement has been increased
from Sly 20 10 per cent. according
10 an announcement made Wednes-
day The company's financial state
mcnt which accompanied the ar
nouncement shows a surplus OF
5000. 000 after charging of deprecis
rion OF So 200 and paying dividends
81 $1,000 There Is also cash ON
hand OF s92O00 and 10000 barrels
OF cement Current accounts not
due amour, 20 $4,000 There is no
other Indebtedness The book value
OF the stock Is So Dividends are
10 be- paid IN quarterly disbursc-
ments of Two and one-half per cent.
and II * likely that an extra divi
dend viii be declared during the
year. IL is stated.
The Detroit times., 1917-01-25

~ hNiN DGh w y fZb ~ NJ H
Alexander Wurzhurser. native
40 DoIoi and a pianist of interna-
iiona reputation and success, viii
give ls nrsi public recital in De
'roii Thursday evening, in ihc Ito
tel Sfatcr
N Wurzbur2cr, The son OF Mr..
and Nr- bernard Wurzburger No.
20 CmcagoDNd west. received his
early musical education in Detroit
under ALBERTO Jonas and in Europe
tuaiod win Mcurer. Friedman. Bree
and eechettzky Doing fayorite
and personal pupil of The latter for
several year.. Mr. Wurzburger is
said io combine The sound and bril-
iiart technique of the Leschetitzky
chuo' with unusual interpretatiye
Qualities and musical feeling. Wher-
ever ho Ia, appeared as concert
-oioi-i he ha been enthusiastically
received and return engagements
demanded Mr. Murzburger has ap-
uafrd nub several OF The large or
ne tri of the country as soloist
and with tae big orchcstrsS Of Eu
rope
rbr recital Thursday evening is
under me patronage OF Mesdames
cw W Bowen W NcFherson
Eroaninc Henry r. Eorgman G.. NJ.
uron Fred " Hutzci Eta Ester