The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1917-07-27
\ FIRE AT INSTITUTE.


our educational institutions seem a. Ia.
coming IN Tor their share of misfortune
tins year IN the form of di-a-triou- anil
Expensive tireS. Bnt Recently the Pre-
Paratory >''iool at Keysrr burned to the
ground, and nov CONES another confa-
grafton. which sweeps Daw an Hall Al
tie West Virginia Collegiate Institute.
ont Of existence Fire Was discovered
IN the building about 3 o'clock, Frlda,
nothing, July - The fact that il Was At
such an unusual hour together with -th..
further fact that there are necessarily in
adequate Liabilities for tire lighting at In
sttnte, made II impossible tO save the
building and Il burned To the ground. IL
-eeins 10 have caught in the top some
where and had gained such headway b.--
lore discovery that there MAS no chance
OF catching II IN time To- save any of the
material on the upper floors, and~luit..
a little on the lower floor went nt in
ilanles and smoke This building IL ia.
home OF the Domestic Science and Arr
Department, under the supervision OF
Misses F.ubank aud Campbell. The lo--
- estimated at about SgO,VsI. ItI- IN
'iersteOd that Insurance IL carried on th.
building, hut IL what extent can not b-
sscertaIned at tins time.
This - serious loss and one To he
much deplorrd. but, A. remarked by
Prof. Curtis. Il may have been provi-
Dental that IL occurred when ~ dld. A. n
might have Occurred when the building
Vas occupied Wy students and the sacrl-
lice and damage been IncalculstabIy
greater, both ia toll OF material and hn-
man lie we'll. Prof. Mitchell met
uie Hoard ON the morning of the afh
with vIe~ o. arranging t. reconstruct
tile building. Ii l. hoped that this can
he done A. speedily A. possible, IN order
That u may he completed 10y the time
school takes mp IN September.
Hon. HOUSTON YOUNG MAX
ING PROGRESS.
Tie aniable young Secretary OF STATE.
Hon. Houston Young, j. making pro
gres- with his work among the boys Of
The -tate. lie has gone about II in =
very systematic methOdical way. Ills
i'ieA II t. help the boys 10 help them
selves. Many -cem To- have gotten the
wrong idea aud feel that the SECRETARY
Of state m u'i-. has new acquired capac
~, D. L. hnd each boy a position. This
r. not the case. IL ~as not the original
Intention. Ills idea y. and II j. the cor
rect one. 90 "HELP TIL EOY To-
HELP HIMSELF" The eni 60 h. II.
tanned j. o. create ~ the boy a manly
ideI~n,et spirit Of DONG something and
having something and assuming some
responsibility himself and If ~ hi- effort
o. DO thi-. Mr. Young can 10 If a--i-
tance g. Bum. u viii 81 ILL., HIGHEST
rLtA~tKE.
Lt~~ON~ OF THE WAR BROUGHT
HOME.
We -aunterei down the street al.out
three o'eloek last Friday and stool ~
ient observer oi the iir-t real dernon-tra-
ton 81 the war- striking home o. the
tmerican Isople Hitherto. IL ha- been
play, tAlk. vaunt AMI speculation. The
hr-t real blow came Friday with the an.
nVuncernent II the selection from the
TRAIT. There ~ anxiety written on
oouutenance- here and there. Women
With gravely concerned faces stool about
the bulletin boards waiting their turn so
ascertain d their husbands. sweetheart
brothers Or sons bal been drawn. Some
went away viii apparent bouyant hearts.
becsu-e Of the fact that they had hem
spared in toe FIRST 70 round: others left
with bo~ed-down heads, u being easily
di-cernable that the blow had struck tl,at
home. Entering = Dig clothinz store.
We were waited on by q young man Of
tender year, whom tire other clerks.
both women and men, were cheerly ie~t-
ing on the account of the f.ct that no
had been drawn. But 10 him IL xs. a
serious matter The mirth - 49,