The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-09-12
James Mcdowell, Of This City.
to Study Law at Washing
ion and Lee.

Believing that man can, do his
best work after he Is past the age
OF SIS James McDQMell. age So. OF
this city. IL preparing 70 enter the
law class OF, Washingtp and lee
University this fail He has Sbsen do
ms eanyassinE y oFk in this city dur
ing the summer I'M order To- get suf-
feient money to- pay his tuition for
the course. sx al s
Mcdowell was q student at Wash
|ington and Lee for three years near
" half q century ago. re entered
the Institution In 1870 and remain
led there. for three years, taking an
academic course. Robert \ e Lee,
c9mmander In chief Of the Vonfed.
crate armies In the Clyff war. was
president Of the university NJ that
time. Among MSDowsti's college
mates was the late T. Moors Jacksoni
ot this city.
Plenty of Grts.
Mcdowell, q wiryt and witty little
Irishman, comes from 1.exingson, sv.,
where hegwasa borns In i S6s. IL lar,
work and grit haze any correction
with ssuccess. Mcdowell SWill be sue.
cess with q hol 10 It, despite his age.
"A friend said that sspuni Just ooxes
out Of McDowell'E eyes and $eafs..'
\ II there lis any one thing IN the
world that Mcdowell haIl rather do
than eat It Is to talk. 4ct1ends saw
his happiests moments on earth were
spent one day in the early fan Of
1891. when he made q speech at l,az.
well Courthouse, I Va; Id behalf Of
Grover C1eyelandss Candidacy for
president, rsTE ~
sThat speech was respectable Tor
Mr. Cleveland's- election, hrcDowell
said solemnly In discussing tie in.
cident. Tazwell county had always
been q Republican stronghold" he
explained, "and l was the only Dem
ocratic speaker to visit he-county in
the presidential campaign. SThe
county went Del ocratic that year. II
the county had gone Republican az
In the past. 1t would have thrown the
whole state into the Republican col.
umn and Mr.. Cleveland would have
been defeated" = 7 'l--s 81 :ssTst'
[. :. 1AsASS "StA SVnAo0eSut VIII a lHuSn,
that President Cleveland overlooked
him when he handed out patronage
to the faithful. "a
The little Irishman believes In fish.
ing in q big pond; so wen he il
granted admission to the bar-if he
rs so fortunate he says he IS going
to New Yor kor Boston to, hang OUT
his single. az am either going ia
be q bowling success Or a comfpiete
failure" he said. 81 don't want Ia
compromise on any midway station
between the two. Z" 5,
Has a History.
Mcdowell has a history. So have
all persons, as far as that goes. hut
McDowell's is a little different. he
thi1as. Speaking Of his patv life. he
said: IF the life Of James Mcdowell
were put into print, It would make
the tale Of Jesse James pale into "a:
significance %
At these words the reporter edg-
ed towards the door. Don't get ex-
cited" Mcdowell said reassurinely.
II never harmed man and 1 never
robbed q bank in my life. I didn't
mean 1t just that way. I was speak
ing Of the misfortuness that have be-
set me-" ~ Isl sds4a
Mcdowell takes great pride in tIll
Ing that his name is on one Of lle
last official papers that came to the
attention Of Robert q. Lee while the
latter was president Of Washington
and Lee University.
Recalling his college days. McDow-
ell told OF the college baseball teams
In that time. ut took real nerve to
play baseball In those days." he said.
"Mitts, gloves and masks were an ia
known thinl then; and I had the hot
corner too. played third base and
the batter hit the ball Just as hard,
IL mot harder. than they do now.
Sometimes I played right field and
the ground was always sloping there,
SO that IL missed ball I had to
chase 1t for nearly mile." McDow-
ell stated that the late II Moore
Jackson, of this city, was q member
OF the college team at that time
Fatal Game OF Checkers.
Mcdowell believes there Is some
thing radically wrong with the sys-
tenn OF education In vogue in this
country. He says that q college etiti.
cation these days gives a. boy d de-
grading opinion OF work. Mcdowell
also heliaves that Snanieh tfxnrrSa1,