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The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1917-02-23
NAMES
WALTER HAllAnAn
TAX COMMISSIONER
Senate in Executive Session
Quickly Confirms Entir List
of Appointments

Charleston. W. Va. Feb. The
governor sent q the sent l'-t OF his APP
pointment. lsteStsisy. and in an execu-
tive eession Of ons hour IL MAS confirmed
without much debate. The appoint
ments follow:
Public service commissioner r. Nor
gan. Fairmont. to May 81. 1921; r.. G.
Rider. sutton. to May 81. 1919: Elliott
Northcott. Huntington, tn May 81. 1911
Tax commissioner - w alter =. HAlanan.
Huntington. for six years
Labor commissioner IL. Mont
eomery. Kingwood. for four years.
vnginia debt commissioner john W
Mason. Of Fairmont.
Boord 81 reyents-tieorgs l.. l.si Hey.
Charleston. Moan q. keim. Elkins
State humane society-Rrv X. ID Rol-
Ter. Charleston: Arch j. Weldon. Peters
burg; h. r. Malone. Buchann"n.
Board Of embzimers -Osin &. og'len.
-. Marys; y A. simpson. Chsrle-ton !;
A J. Osborn, West Union, h. VI. Mead
ows. Hinton.
Denta! examiners r. VI. Hite, Man
ming; III. IA. Smsllridsr, Charleston
Board OF optometry-E. r. Collins,
Charleston; Eugene Hildreth. Wheeling !.
John ID. McCorkle. Hinton; y. Cole.
Logan.
Examiners of accountants Frank l..
Amers, Fsirmont; David A. Jayne,
Charleston.
Board of examination of nurses-A.
h. kessIer. Huntington; r = Beppus.
Wheeling-
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1917-02-23

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they abi.i.. t,y s~rtsia ne, "a. dal
rneshsds the most eNtrvme and un-
heard of r-'culiarity IL = = question
now ~ o. whether they have passed a
ls~ prohibiting man a. fnarr, iil he
us- rrarh-.i the AZ, nf 30 AL THAI the
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1917-02-23
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= very 40 at thi- writ'ng
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'.r meeting
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church meeting 49, rpu.i3rfsH IS fu
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ON sunday morniny w. had hr'
sunday schood. NJ % go o''l''k. =
pastor filled ~ regular q ae~ iDr tie iir-t
Time tlli- year Al 80 o. W., the Aii~
-ionary ~.~'iety hat goDai meeting. ln
he evening. the pastor prearhe~i ara ai'ir
sermon Our sunday - e~'. afti church
are doing great "a .rk "a tiil- i.ate.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1917-02-23

The famous zone quart a month d
qncr fissco has become a law in :. q.
south Dakota Senate passed an a.
so!nte bone dry" prohibition bill Tue--
day Of this week 10y a vote Of forty-one
To four.
Mcdowell County's Bond election call
ing for q million four hundred thousand
dollars carried a. with a whirlwind e.
the credit Of all sensible people who be
lieve in development. Hurrsh for III,
Little State of Mcdowell
CD a few days ago "A man was muir
d-red at WEIGH.
CD Six colored people reported shot
at Gary last Friday night.
90 Colored man reported assault ting
a colorei woman at Grocer this week
ca White preacher and Missionary
lady killed by train At Elkhorn.
(5) Man stabbed another at Kinball
Saturday.
(6) Man cut to pieces by another IN
Keystone Monday.
20 White woman killed 10y train al
O4kdsle Monday.
90 White stool pigeon. whiskey
hunter and boozoloxist shot in the chin
Note particulars in another column al
this issue.
%.
Women tsttlIng and trying 10 attend
to everybody's business but their owl
| yet. and still working their jaws chewing
gum.
%.
Dame rumor is bu-y talking from
house to house about first this and theI
that woman and some man.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1917-02-23

W \ r Hereford o' ,rthfork. wsS
the guest If the Eiitar amt wi'r We'd
ne~day night his wife AMI baby t~ing
aw Az ON "A visit AT Answ al
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1917-02-23

Dame rumor is busy talking iron
house to house about first this and ther
that woman and some man.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1917-02-23

Women tsttiing and trying to attend
to everybody's business but their Own
yet. and still working their jaws chewing
gum.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1917-02-23

The famous zone quart q month d
qncr fissco has become a law in :. q.
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-05-07

from their winch, and patiently trudged back.
 I'm sorry 10 note," said the com pany commander as they entered the hut serving as balloon section tele- phone center, that you two gentle men failed to agree on the location of the hostile battery which brought you down." And though there was a twinkle in his eye, his voice was se- we're.
 Sorry sir" one of the young off cers replied, with a smart salute, but perhaps our error was due to the ob- servation being taken at different al- titudes.' Throughout the British army one finds boyish looking officers. And they have again and again proved themselves up like this when the pinch comes.
 Two other young officers while at an altitude of about 4,000 feet, found themselves caught in windstorm be- fore they could be hauled down. Just before reaching earth a violent gale hit the balloon, which pulled the winch on the ground completely over, snapping the wire cable. The saus- age went up and off among the clouds like a bubble in wirlwind
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-05-07

At tremendous height the balloon was struck by lightning and set on fire, throwing one of the officers out of the basket. His parachute open- ed, but as the balloon, now falling like rock, had it's rigging tangled up with the lower cords of the parachute, the latter began decending at fright ful velocity through the storm clouds. The officer might have cut the bal loon lose, making h1s own escape a certainty, but he, would have doomed his brother officer to certain death. So he refrained, preferring to take the millionth chance along with the other man.
 The velocity of the fall extinguished the fire, which had burned a great hole in the balloon and wind, getting in through the opening, caused the fabrice to swell out. thus forming a parachute of itself. The ground was reached with a thud, which broke collar bone or two but both young men walked to the nearest dressing station where they "eropted" before rceiving first aid.
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-05-07
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC.

Notice is hereby given tha. l have purchased all interest of John De Martini and C. M De Martini in tie scayanger business and 1 am now the sole owner Of the scayenge' blsi- ness in Nome, Alaska, and
 Notice is further given that no person has any authority to contract or incur any bills or obligations for me and that no person is authorized to make any collections for me with out written authority.
 ED BREDESON.
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-05-07
THE WAR SPIRIT GETS THEM ALL
 HOSTILE GUN IS \ 22-O 62 ?"

WITH THE BRITIS;. ARMIES IN THE FIELD. Feb20.-(By Mail)- You remember the country fair? Re- member the tremor of expectancy in the crowd gathered around the dingy old hot air balloon as she swelled, oh, so slowly, with the smoke and fumes of the barrel stave fire?
 Win you ever forget the thrill she gave you as she lazlly lurched into the air, dragging with her the fellows in the darned but spangled purple tights, the parachute jump man with oiled hair plastered down on his fore head? You secretly half hoped he would.
 And then, at about fifteen hundred feet. the aeronaut's mad leap, his dead drop of 300 or 800 feet, the slow open ing of the parachute and the swinging drift to the ground. Remember?
 Suppose you had to leave your job in the office. shop or on the farm and be in such performance tomorrow? Suppose you had to go up in a bal loon, in any and all sorts of weather, to be shot at by artillery and lunged at by hostile aircrafts. Suppose you had to leap from burning balloon, or get tossed out of the basket of one while passing through the clouds?
 What If America should suddenly find herself in a war and the bill- boards should say: Your Country Needs You" Think you could do these things for her? British boys are doing the little trick every day. Yesterday they were clerking in stores. working m shops. bookkeeping in offices or going to school. Today they are making parachute leaps from ballons and other more thrilling things still.
 Yesterday that lieutenant you find yourself talking to was a pink and white youth at Eton preparing to go up to Cambridge. Today he considers lighting duels above the clouds with aermans as much part of his job as yesterday he considered calculus to be. Yesterday he was school kid, writing essays about flowers Now ne handles a machine gun like de- mon as he hurtles through the sky two miles minute, or nosedives after a war-hardened youth like himself who he is trying to kill.
 Here's an example The incident occurred in the observation balloon section. Two youngsters, carrying out observations over the German de- lenses. suddenly got shell through their balloon. It began to fall, slowly at first. then faster. They were about q mile high.
 We're hit and falling." one of the observers phoned down to the ground The hostile gun Is at X-22-D62!" A moment later the second observer phoned down the position of the hos tile battery, which had punctured them, but gave the position slightly different.
 $ Then both boys jumped. Their parachutes opened about the same distance down. and not more than fifty feet apart, they were waited earthward together.
 The blighters!" one youth called over to the other as they dangled half a mile above the earth. They could not do that again in a million shots." : Funny lot of stale cheese!" growied the other. waving an arm in the direction of the Germans. Pure accident! They couldn't hit a bread wagon if they tried" Thus chatting they landed in the field about mile
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-05-07
NOTICE TO PUBLIC.

All persons Ere requested to lm- take advantage of the warm weather and get the winters refuse out on the ice beyond the flag line before May 10th. 1917.
 w. DARCY CHACE.
 Health Officer.
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-05-07

FOR SAlE-CHEAP: HYDRAULIC PIPE 1 WHIM 16 N. p. UPRIGHT BOILERS. DRILL ROPE. BOB SLED. HOiSTS.
 DARLING & DEAN co.
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-05-07
NOTICE.

For first class work and prompt de- livery phone Main 151 and tho Peo- piu'B laundry will send and get your laundry. W. J. WILLIAMSON. Prop.
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-05-07

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The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-02-24

These little buttons are usually ov-
cred with the same material as the
dress.
In colors, rose, blue, light green, yell
low, and light brown cover the range
In linens. Heavy cottons are used
also and Bingham shows no sign of
losing favor. Any of the colors men,
toned above may be found combined
with white in narrow stripes. Needle
work appears mostly in cross-stitch
embroidery, in long, decorative stitches,
and in easily made set figures composed
of long stitches. Shocking. with col
ored threads, is a feature of the new
styles, and when a little frock is
shocked the collar and cuffs of organ
die are usually finished with a bit of
embroidery done in the same threads
as the shocking. Pockets present in
wiling positions for needlework de-
signs. Among the cleverest of these
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-02-24
IN THE CRISIS OF BATTLE
Awful Strain Upon the Nerves Of Sol.
diers Before an Assault Is
Made on Enemy.

In modern warfare the ten min
utes preceding IN infantry attack hold
for both sides the most intense strain
human nerves can withstand. To
crouch in shelters through hours of in
tense bombardment, to be fully con-
scious during that suspense of what Is
coming, and finally, when the shells are
falling like hailstones before the bar
rage is lifted further back. to wait for
the appalling cry from the lookout:
Here they come - all these expert
ences are likely to torture exceedingly
and stupefy a defending force. But for
the attacking soldier there is, perhaps,
a more trying experience, writes "A cor
respondent to the London Globe.
The morning of the attack dawns
and preparations are made. Yet the
strain is not apparent. Only when the
last buckle is fastened, the last bayo-
net fixed, and the sergeant major mods
meaningly to the company commander.
do the nerves tighten. Each man
stands close against the parapet, bur
dened with his weighty equipment and
grasping a rifle. Despite the clamor
Of guns, the awful silence of waiting
inactive is unbearable. Here and there
a mar is ]nervously lingering the am
munition pouches on his belt, another
with his eyes fixed on the trench wall,
Rms a trembling finger over the bayo-
net edge. There is no conversation
except for an anxious, whispered col
loquy between two officers who are
comparing watches. Then they, too,
turn to face the sundays, silent.
You feel that something must snap
unless you speak but the man by
your side is looking up at the airplane
that swims high up in the blue sky.
Madly and more madly shrek the
shells. No enemy car be alive in those
tortured trenches opposite the dead
lie in the trench bottoms, lacerated and
Enthusiastically twisted. And now, you
are lowering on the brink between the
movable and the Unknowable. There
Is a hereafter-you are quite certain Of
that. It is wonderfully comforting. .
The company commander is speak
Ing, and his words seem strangely mum
dane and inconsequent but their mean
Ing pe]netrates to the material under
standing. With a final, unbelievable
crash, the Smelling ceases. A whistle
shrieks and the charge is on.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-02-24
German kuchen.

Take one quart of milk, one cupful
of butter and lard mixed and scald.
When cool add two cupfuls of sugar,
two cupfuls salt, n yeast cake and
about IL cupfuls of flour. Be sure
and not have the dough too stiff. Raise
over night. In the morning roll out
one-half inch thick and lay on rows
Of apples. Sprinkle with sugar and
cinnamon and raise a little while.
Bake till the apples are tender.
Cinnamon Kuchen.-Roll the SAND
as for above. Then take three COM
mon crackers rolled fine and the
same amount of sugar with a little Gin
namon and mix together. Spread lit
tie bits of butter on the cakes and
then cover with the mixture of crack
ers and sugar.
Kuchen Loaf.-Cut one-fourth cup
full raisins fine and add to some of
the dough and raise and bake the
same as bread.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-02-24
New Grounds for Divorce

There have recently been furnished
by an English novelist new grounds for
divorce, namely, "incompatability of
furniture" This is not so slight as it
seems, for, though the day has gone by
when a woman can torment her hus-
hand with the tidy" 1.-The lambre-
quin" and the "antimacassar," there
are other means to the same end.
There is, for instance, the futurist
footstool-a small affair of gaudy tint
that leers aggressiyely upward If he
looks thoughtfully down; that has, If
he should be wild enough to desire to
rest his %slippered foot upon it, a mass
of hard, silk, would-be fruit sewed just
where it will interfere on the top.
Ever this footstool is placed where he
will be sure to stumble over it In the
dark. Then there is the hand-painted
In oils Chinese bed of wood, or the
photo of the mutual friend he can't en-
dure, or for his dresser drawer the
silk tie case she made him when she
knows he likes to hang his tie up-but
look around a little for yourself-and
charity begins at home.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-02-24
Crazy Calculating.

Edgar H. Bruton of Moultrie, Ca,
who until recently regarded himself
as a mathematical genius, has consult
ed specialists in Atlanta to determine
if he cannot stop calculating. He suf-
fers from an ailment which he refers
to as acute and chronic calculation,
and as a result of which his head hurts,
he talks constantly to himself and his
nervousness increases daily.
Mr.. Bruton became so mathematical
that he counted how many steps he
took in any direction, how many times
he opened and closed his eyes in a
given time and how many strokes he
took when shaving. At first he required
SOB strokes of the razor to do the last
mentioned performance, and when he
cut the strokes down to 800 and whit
tied his chin down to nothing he began
investigating himself with the aid of
physicians. He nov estimates that he
will be cured by spring, during which
time he will open and shut his eyes 49,
e7S,97S, 1887, 654, 567 COS, 493 times.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-02-24

cotton goods, including cotton crepe,
~gabardinc, basket weave and novel
ties. besides cotton and mohair mix
lures. Cretonne is available also in
this class. Then there are the unusual
woolens and silks, and several special
weaves in silk for sports skirts. But
the particularly interesting separate
skirt just at this time is that one
which the home dressmaker under
takes TO make for herself in anticipa-
ton of her spring and summer time
needs.
The several cotton fabrics are shown
in very attractive models, demonstrate
Ing the clever management of stripes,
checks, and large crossbars in the ma
terials. These skirts are fitted smooth
~ about the hips, and are mostly made
habit-baCk. Many of them are plait-
ed and nearly all of them are straight
hanging. Pockets at each side are so
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-02-24
DIRECTIONS FOR PLAIN CAKE
o or to Follow the Sunday
Evening Supper.

One and one-half cupfuls of pastry
Hour or one and o%ne-eighth cupfuls
bread flour, two ~teaspoonfuls baking
powder, speck Of salt, one-fourth tea
spoonful grated nutmeg, one-fourth
cupful butter, one cupful sugar, two
eggs, one-half cupful milk. With a
plain cake as a foundation many vari-
ations may be made. Substitute one
half t|easpoonful of vanilla or lemon
extract for the nutmeg, For a white
or silver cake omit the egg yolks and
use the whites only, more may be add
ed for layer cake. Bake in shallow
pans of equal size and when cooked
place filling between the layers.
Rillon cake may be made by divid-
ing the latter into two or more equal
parts Color one or more and bake
each portion separately, then place in
layers with jelly between. A richer
cake may be made by using twice the
quantity of butter and one-fourth cup
full more of flour should then be add
ed. For raisin or nut cake add one-
half cupful of seeded raisins or
chopped nuts, sprinkle with two table
spoonfuls of flour and add to sifted
dry ingredients. Currants or citron
may also be added. Dark cake may
be made by adding mOlasses, spices,
cocoa, etc. Add flour to make the bat
ter of required consistency. For mar
bic cake put a portion Of plain or
white cake into the baking pan, scat
ter a spoonful of a dark cake mixture
over it and cover with remainder of
the light mixture.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-02-24
AFRO,AMERICAN CULL|NCS

We're / in India, where caste pre-
walls, l should hesitate to make these
few suggestions, or even discuss the
question but In free" America "a boy
doesn't have to build pots of mud be
cause his father did, or sell these same
mud pots because his father vas a
cheap pottery merchant, writes John
l.. Blount in a communication TO the
Houston CTeX.) Post. Here he can
build his pots Of gold if he wants pro-
vided he has the get up and hustle"
to secure said gold; or he can let
pots" alone entirely, and incidentally
go into the kettle business; it's up to
the boy.
But the boy needs guidance, leading
and encouragement; he must always
have something to look forward to,
something tangible-not in Il fairy
story-that he can set his mind on and
work up to.
We must confess that the Negro boy
is slightly handicapped in this. Accom-
plished men Of his race, whom he
might emulate are few deeds of skill
and advances in science are fewer
such things seem "far away" to the
colOred boy simply because somebody
else did it, and yet we know him to
be a good follower and an excellent
manipulation.
II" needs encouragement. And then
again opportunity, or rather the lack
Of it, sometimes makes him forget, and
you hear the disgusting, Jaw, what's
the use.'
It is for these things I'm pleading:
First to the Negro father: Be some
body. Build good pots" so that your
boy can not only build pots too, but
maybe 20 n step further and build his
of iron and set them to boiling. He
will get up more steam than you did.
And then to the nation Give the
Negro boy a chance to make himself
a more useful citizen he is a link in
the chain" Help and encourage him
to build business houses, industrial
plants and institutions not so much
of the literary kind, but institutions
for active advancement.
To quote from some of HOustOn'S
leading citizens in one of the Christ
mas issues of the Post: IF l were
Santa Claus 1 would bring to Houston
and to South Texas an institution that
would send out from its doors compe-
tent Negro carpenters and masons and
plumbers and architects, to build bet.
ter and more sanitary homes and pub.
lie buildings and to the various rail.
road shops and factories, qualified Ne.
gro blaCksmiths, machinists and iron
mOlders and to the r"iver-bOttOm farms
and lOwlands would send Negro farm
experts and engineers to help in drain.
ing, i%rrigating, retaining and cultivat.
ing our valuable farm lands; and last
that would send out Negro teachers
who could and would teach more in,
duStry and thrift, and set the Negro
boy to thinking about that great com
bination, the hand and mind This
institution would be no ordinary indus
trial school, but a vocational or tech
niCal trade school.
This would be my gift if I were San
ia Claus.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-02-24
Fruit Salad.

Take any fruits in season, and pare
and cut them into neat pieces
Bananas, pineapple and pears make a
good combination, and orange quar-.
tiers may be added too, with the seeds
and thin, tough skin covering the quar-,
tiers removed. Put all the fruit into a
deep bowl, the pineapple on top. Sprin,
kle sugar thickly on top, and add lemon
juice and water in the proportion of
N part of lemon juice to four parts
of water. Add enough liquid barely
to cover the fruit. Let the whole
stand for some hours, then stir up
from the bottom and serve with
whipped cream.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-02-24
Jasmines.

Jasmines belong to the same family
as the olive, and number at least two
hundred species, of which One-tenth, or
twenty species, are for sale In the
United States, though but one-fourth Of
these species may be had In local plant
nurseries. The gem of the family Is
the primrose jasmine, or Jasminum
primulum, which flowers during the
winter months and with blossoms
larger than any other species.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-02-24
Cream PuffS.

One cupful of water and one-half
cupful of butter; boil together; while
boiling stir in n cupful sifted flour
remove from fire and stir into a
smooth paste. When cool add three
unbeaten eggs, stirring five minutes.
Drop in spoonfuls on buttered tins and
bake in a quick oven % minutes. For
cream take one cupful of milk, one
half cupful of sugar, one egg, three
tablespoonfuls of flour, cook thorough
ly and flavor. When the puffs are cold
open and fill with cream.