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The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1937-03-05
DR.J. T.. BROWN MAKES CATCHY
SPEECH BEFORE LINCOLN
ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

At the Lincoln Alumni meeting of
the w. Va. boys in their annual get
together conference which met In
kimball last Sunday an account OF
which appears in another columni Of
this weeks issue, it is pleasure to
give To the public the agreeable sur
prise and great favor DR.. Browns
presence and the fine spirit OF en-
couragement as we'll as endorse
mcnt of the great and high class spe
rit of the Lincoln men all over the
country. The fact that Or. Brown !;
n graduate of Shaw University ana
Howard University where he prcpar
cd himse elf for medicine and his
brother having gone to Lincoln Uni
vcrSity where lac won high honors en-,
his untlmcly death naturally imbucd
him to throw himself wholly In the &C
casion which he did. His address was
unique I'm that nc lauded special men
who had blnzcd the way as pioneers
such rs Drs. G. y. Marshall whom
the people delight to call "Dnddic''
because rs DR.. Brown said he was
really Il Daddy to him when he first
came To this field. Praised DIR. Ed
wards OF Blucfeld for the enviabls
reputation he made for himself and
the pratice of Medicine and without
stint complimented the genial rela
tons between him and the Lincoir
fellows. He particularly stressed TIL
pioneer work Of the late Rev. J. v.
WhitticO who was the first to instl.
tute District public schools the doing
away with the one and two room
school buildings as far az practicable
rs had been stated by former state
superintendent.
DR.. Brown also stated that he
thought the time had come when NIL
men I'm public life having been fortu
nate enough to have been trained in
high class institutions to all form a
more humnnc. cordial and coopera
tive spirit for human upllft among
those less fortunate instead OF Spc
tally drawing siraws or tightening
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1937-03-05
Beer BILL pass
SENATE

Charlcstn, w. va.-1hc senate
put sudden end to its beer fegula-
tons arguments by passing 27 to-
a bin to prohibit sale or consumption
of beer between midnight and I a. M.
Sales still would be permitted OIL
Sunday, however, rs at present.
Az sent to the house the measure
also was minus clause which would
ave given cities regulatory powers
over hours Of sale.
Tho two dissenting votes to the
bill which consumed four days OF ar
gnment were cast by Senator Cantcr-
bury 0D) of Raleigh and Galbraith
OF Ohio.
The passage came after the senate
had questioned the acting tax COM
missioner. Ernest *. James ON reve-
nuc features for more than an hour
II has been acting as committee Of
the whole 70 that purpose.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1937-03-05
VALUABLE 1886 BLUE BOOK
RECEIVED FROM CHAs. LIVELY

quite a large number OF men ana
women who visit the Mcdowell
Times office and find the 1885 Blue
Book on the desk are often found
nerusing same with the greatest de
light And while there is no real way
by which our appropriations may Dc
properly expressed because Oh Inv
multiplicity OF good things recoroe"
therein. giving us storehousc OF
presently needed information our con
rratulations for the honor Of receiV'
ing this most valuable goes out "ii'
stintedly to the Hon. Chas. Lively
Such II book is especially valuable
TO Students of history. many of whom
know so little about the political MS
tory. office holders, departments oil
government since this information
may bc so easiy collected with such
little effort. For the benefit OF any
SCHOOL teacher, student, preacher, OF
what not Won are welcome 10 stop NY
at times and pcruse this Blue BOOK
and all we ask or demand OF you IS
to keep your hands clean and do no.
dirty our book.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1937-03-05

contradictions and our only hope is
Gods way. The kingdom of God ON
earth.
This Kingdom, said Jesus. was
built from the foundation of the
world in point of time, but built with
III the very structure of the universe
in point of fact 10 love your neigh
Dor as You love Yourself is not ideal
ism, but Stark realism for the eco
nomic and social order will not work
in any other way.'Thc fact is that the
ChriStlan way Is tie only way that
Will work. The univcrs,. will not bocl,
any other way. Everything els,
breaks itself upon the oral flcts nj,
the unlvers". Evil kills itself by its
own succeSSc> 1t is Il mother that dc
yours her own children. The right,
lhlhs is always the healthy thiu..
both FOR tlIr individual and fan. .,,i,
~ INC universe in the long run will
oack love and not hate. will h,.n
soodn 81 and not evil
I'm shore it is built for tbc s,,.....
oi TIE Christian way and for M
othei. What does it mean when ,ho
uocto@s tell us that hate, fcnr ma
'ei'i.i '' block he processes ot di
gestion aa,l cause disease? II M
simply that we are built for love M,
nate; for faith not fear: for un,o,,
ishness, not selfishncss."
am clad to have my conviction
confirmci'by l.. Stanley Jones: nam.
ely, that this is good world for fin,
purpose for which it was created :,
wrld III which evil is destined +,
loose and good win. Evil does only
attain tentative success because the
laws Of life and the universe arc q.
sainst cvil, while those who will T.,
do right become partners of the inf
niir lii" of God. the designer. tha
creator and the sustaincr Of thc mi.
-erSc. ;iyiElJ
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1937-03-05

Beat MULLINS

The Gary COaldiggers closed their
1887 basketball campaign Saturday
night with impressive 80 to 35 vic
tory over the Mullens Rebels. 1t was
the 2nd victory of the season over
the strong Wyoming county high
school team by the Gary outfit.
The Coaldiggers went ahead in the
early stages OF game and stayed out
in front all the way. Mullens staged
I last quarter rally, scoring ID
points to 8 for: Gary but could not
overcome the nine point lead the
Gary boys had at the beginning of
The last stanza.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1937-03-05
CONGRATULATIONS to MAYOR
BtAKEEY IN REAPPOINTING
HON. JOHN HUNT

There are many friends of Mr.. John
Hunt. an efficient and popular off,
Ger who will be pleased to know that
fearless Mayor John Blakely OF
Weich has reappohted to member
ship of the Police force. It will be re-
membered that Mr.. Hunt was grain
ed a leave Of absence from active
service on the force last year. he
has already begun serving the duties
to which the Mayor has assigned him
which is night patrolman. After all
that, may be said and done A1oh p
Hunt has for many years meriteq
the publics confidence dis a square
shooter at whatever he puts MS
hands. Our hats are off to Mayor
Blakely for answering the desire as
well as sympathy for chum ireni
and real out and out home boy.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1937-03-05
GO TOCHURCH SUNDAY
WAS GLAD WHEN THEY SAL UNTO ME-, LETUS 60
UNTO TIE HOUSE, F THEL ORD

the lines or jealousy among themsel-
ves. He praised the pastor Rev, Il.
l. Johnson for his executive ability
and for the success he had made in
pcrfcctinS most worthy undertaking.
company known as the kimball I'm
dcrtnking Company, compllmcntcd
President w. w. Sanders for his
|watchfulnrSs in the Legislative halls
ut Charleston when any measure
should come on the floor affecting
the Negro group, referred To his al
ministration ~ state Supervisor Of
schools, winding up by having it un-
dcrstood that M long aS he lived aud
was in public life he would be ono
man never To turn II deaf ear or
larr put the slightest obstatclr in the
way Of any set of men cmulnting
the principles and virtues OF right,
thrift, Individuality AZ taught in
Lincoln University. In proof of his
sincerity OF heart and his thankful
ness those expressed ties of friend
ship. assuring them that had misfor
tune not overcome his young brother
TINT today he might have been here
to attest these stntmcnts in person
handed over n check to he used In the
great financial effort of the Lincoln
men throughout w. Va. Al the close
Of his speech cheers after cheers
greeted his every word.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1937-03-05

contradictions and our only hope is
Gods way. The kingdom of God on
earth.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1937-03-05
Will
TOURNAMENT

The Hawkmen Athletic Association.
Will sponsor their first Annual Anna
'teur Basketball Tournament at the
Aracoma High School Gym at Logan
March 10. The deadline for entrance
is March II, the entrance fee is So
Such teams as Omar, Williamson,
Excelsior, Norfork, Kimball, Gary,
Flying Hawkmen, dorado, Logan,
Huntington, Baby Rens, Mullen, Mon
tgomery, London and st. Adams.
Any teams desiring information
for entrance may write VIM. Page
Box IT'S, Holden, w. Va.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1937-03-05
JUNIOR cAGERs WIN TILT

The Gary Junior high schoil team
defeated the keystone Eckman team
Friday by a % to II score in Il game
played at Eckman.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1937-03-05
KEYSTONE LOCAL.

George Mansfield Of Norfork, De-
putty Sheriff Of Mcdowell county was
busy Monday in and around Key
stone serving papers in the discharge
Of his official duties.
Mrs Annie Mae Billiard of Kimball
representing the NAACP securing
members was in the city Tuesday Of
this week Mrs. billiard feels and says
otter the weather clears up there
will be an increase in membership.
THE finance committee Of the Rock
hill Baptist church sponsored u tea
on Friday afternoon at the home OF
Mros. Nettie Hairston.
Mrs. Cleo Coins was among the
ladies assisting with sewing for the
Red Cross. She has to her credit lo
well made garments.
The little son OF Mr.. and MIS-.
Maceo Smith Of No. sustained PAIN
ruubutns ON last Sunday afternoon
when he fell against the CRATE.
The Washington times., 1937-01-20
$50 Cash, Theoter Tickets
IfYou Know Your Movies

>pagne Waltz" at Loew's Palace
Neatness will be determining
factor in making the awards, which
will be be announced on this page
either Friday or Saturday.
Here are todays questions:
/. What are the titles of the
four song hits in champagne
Waltz?
2. What is the name of the film
pioneer whose silver jubilee is be,
ing celebrated currently?
3. Who is sponsoring Friday
nights premiere showing?
4. What is the title of the short
subject that will have its world
premiere at the Palace also on
Friday?
5. Who produced this short sub
ject?
6. Give the titles of Fred Mac,
Murray'S last three pictures.
7. What comedian played in
collegiate" Florida Special" "
The Texas Rangers" and That
Girl From Paris?
8. How many pictures has Miss
SWarthout made?
9. Has she appeared with the
opera?
10. What was the title of that
technicolor picture in which Fred
MacMurray appeared with Sylvia
Sidney?
The Washington times., 1937-01-20

the BelaSco Theater =. The young
fellow behind the ticket window
who sold me a seat for Bought
and Paid For" was Steve Cochran,
assistant treasurer, and L. Stod-
dard Taylor was in the lobby. i'm
maculately groomed and wearing
a silk topper . Between the acts
1 ambled over to the old Shoreham
where Joseph P. Tumulty and
William Gibbs McAdoo were
pointed out to me by the charge
d'affaires of the bar, as we'll as
willard Mack, actor and play
wright, who a day or two later was
to marry Pauline Frederick, then
a Frohman stage star e. When I
won 5000 in poker game at the
Hotel Cochran on Inauguration
night,-h ding four queens
against IN ace full in SIS limit
session. h oug h washington
was a wonderful city. I still
think so.
The Washington times., 1937-01-20

The class in movie lore is about
to be called to order once again,
with the brightest pupils to be re-
Warded with one of three cash
prizes totalling $50 and ten pairs
of guest tickets to see Gladys
Swarthout and Fred MacMurray
in Champagne Waltz" which
will have it's international pre-
miere at Loew's Palace starting 10
o'clock Friday night.
In yesterd US Washington
Times ten questions sought to test
movie fans on their knowledge of
stars who appear in champagne
Waltz"
Today the movie professor will
ask ten more questions that will
further test your informative pow
ers. If you've read the advertise
ments, or the movie pages of the
Times, you'll have little trouble in
scoring highly and possibly cap
turing one of the. prizes.
So that you might be properly
guided in today'S quiz: here are
some facts about champagne
Waltz" 1t is a musical romance
saturated with comedy and is
filled with music that ranges from
the mellow waltz to the rousing
swing melodies of the day. In ad
dition to songbird Gladys SWarth-
out and handsome Fred MacMur-
ray the cast boasts such stellar
screen favorites as the bowling
Jack Oakie. tongue-tWiSting Her
man Bing, the beautiful Vivienne
Osborne. the ace dancers Veloz
and Yolanda, Ernest CosSart and
others. The premiere on Friday
night is being sponsored by the
White House Correspondents AS
sociation and a limited number
of seats for that showing are now
on sale at the Palace box office.
The pictures regular run begins
Saturday morning.
When you've answered the queS-
tions that will follow as we'll as
yesterdays queries, rush them
along to the champagne Waltz
Editor at The Washington Times.
First prize will be SIS in cash,
with second and third prizes being
$40 and SIS respectively. Ten others
whose answers are most nearly or
entirely correct will each win a
pair of guest tickets to see Cham
The Washington times., 1937-01-20
Lewis Drama
Toniqht

Tonight at $50 sharp at Ward
man Park Theater, the Washing.
ton Civic Theater will show some
hundreds of Washingtonians and.
visitors what their country might
have been like if one Buzz Windrip,
Fascist, had been inaugurated rs
President today rather than Frank.
lin Delano Roosevelt.
The play is Sinclair Lewis start
ling commentary on the might
be" of America, 1T Can't Happen
Here"
Directed by Day Tuttle, with nu-
merous sets by William Girvan,
the play enlists the services Of
large and excellent cast headed
by Denis E. Connell and Jane
Plummer Rice.
The Washington times., 1937-01-20

Park Theater tonight is sell-out
Patsy McDevitt reports for
the Mothers Club of st. Johns
College that the annual card party
and dance will be held in the main
ballroom of the Hotel Willard on
Friday night =. The DOyly Carte
has introduced a new back stage
idea at the National. They brew
tea in the dressing room before
each performance They are
all very happy to be here Inaugu-
ration day. It makes it a double
header 1886 celebration for all the
D'Oyly Cartes plan to see the Eng
lish coronation.
ABOUT LILLIAN GISH
Prattle and tattle: Col. James
jeremiah Lake is presumed to be
Burlesque'S No. l advertising copy
writer and coiner of attention call
ing words. But think Jimmy will
yield the title after scanning the
latest releases from the MinskyS
which says: "The Minskys will
close Julius Teaser Marches On"
at the Oriental Theater on Thurs
day and open up Friday with I'D
Walk a Mile For Camille" :.
Walter HuSton's "Othello"will close
in New York on Saturday night
after a three weeks run at the
New Amsterdam Theater. This
venture into Shakespeare goes into
the books as a failure Ray Hen
derSon, advance courier for John
Gielgud'S Hamlet" was visitor
to dramatic desks yesterday. His
bulletin says that Lillian GiSh
will be playing Washington for the
first time when She opens as Ophe-
The Washington times., 1937-01-20
Deonno Durbin, n, Obscure But
A Year Ago, Is Movie Star
ToduyWooed by Met
Bv ANDREW R. KELLEY

may be-as Bng Crosbys lyric writers would have It
raining pennies from heaven but you will have to prove to
the downtown heaers who had blanket thrown their
inauguration midnight shows.
You will have prove it. too to those intrepid souls who
put Independent reviewing stands and who faced the
pleasant task of eating blocks of unsod tickets
Still you can't blot the and the smile on Franklin
Deno Rooseves face with cold rain the mountain of
good will that has been piled up for great leader who begins
his second term.
Inauguration Day brings back memories for this correspond
ent arrived in Washington the day before the ceremonies which
made Woodrow Wilson President
thrust right into the middle of first assignment as
the Washington of the Boston American since
suffragette parade and occurred Pennsylvania
Avenue while my the Capitol for the first
The Washington times., 1937-01-20

A SENATOR HELPED
After filing $500 words and
winning my first "by line" from
Washington I continued to the Of
flee Of Senator Henry Cabot
Lodge, where my arrival was in
time to see that able Solon from
Massachusetts, pass out 18 grand
stand seats to 18 South Boston
Democrats headed by Eddie Col
Inns of the Governors Council and
State Senator Billso Hickey. Lodge
can get anything in Washington"
observed Mr.. Hickey. "He knows
the ropes"
It wasn't until months later I
was to learn from Ted Clark,
Lodges secretary, that the Sen
ator paid $40 each for the tickets
that made his Democratic constit-
uents happy.
On Inauguration eve in 1918
your critic paid his first visit to
The Washington times., 1937-01-20

CLOCK

CAPITOL-Sonja Henri, "One In
A Million" 11:1O a. M, lao,
AIS, $50, 9:25, 1900 p, m.
Stage, Lufe Velez, Johnny Weiss
muller, 1880, 3:25, 900, $50,
11:05 p. m.
R.K.O. KEITH'S-Barbara STAN
WyCk, Preston Foster, Plough
and the Stars" 11:52 a. m, 1:55,
1858, 6, 8:04, 10:07. 1915 p. m.
March of Time, 1892 a. m, 1875,
1898, Sal, 7:44, 9:47, 11:47 p. m.
EARLE-Jean Arthur, George
Brent, More Than a Secretary,
10 a. m, 1920, $50, 5:15, 7:50,
1O:15. p. m. and 12:40 a. m.
Stage, 1925 a. M, 1:50, AIS,
$50, 9:15, 11:40 p. m.
METROPOLITAN-Kay Francis,
William Powell. "One Way Pass
age" 9:35, 1925 a. M. Ito, 8,
4:5O, $40, $3.50, 1920 p. M,
1910 a. m.
PALACE-William Powell, Myrna
10y, After the Thin Man,
1915 a. m, 1925, 2:40, 4:55,
7:10, $40, 11:50 p. m.
COLUMBIA-Geta Gabo in Ca
mile" Ills a. M, 1875, 4, $40,
8:45, 11:05 p. m.
RIALT O-Marx Bros, "Horse
Feathers" 2, 4:34, 7:13, 9:53
p. m. THE First World War;"
3;12, 5:46, 1925 p. m.
LITTLE Ronald Colman, Helen
Hayes, "ArroWsmith," IL a. m,
1:06, 3:16, 5:24. 1882, 9:4V p. m.
HOWARD-Arline Judge, pig
skin Parade" 1890. 3:55, 7:05,
1910 p. m. Stage, Teddy Hill
and Orchestra, 2:30, 5:45, 9:10
p. m.
The Washington times., 1937-01-20
BY LLOYD PANTAGES
Copyright, 1887, by KING Features
Syndicate Inc

HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 2O.-Pat
O'Brien and Kay Francis will be
among the many celebrities pres
ent at President Roosevelt'S inaug-
uration.
Harpo Marx, who heretofore has
always played the harp in his
pictures, will take crack at the
flute in n Day at the Races. :"
Now I suppose we'll have to call
him Fluto!
DiSney's Seven-reel animated
feature, Snow White and the
Seven Dwarfs," is being done in
the third dimension. in case you
didn't know, which should start a
new trend in one direction or an
other.
Gary Cooper felled Henry Will
coXon in a fight scene in Souls
At Sea" that was absolutely un-
intentional. He was supposed to
have pulled his punch when he let
go with hay-maker which he
forgot to do in the excitement and
Henry was knocked out. Also at
Paramount an electrician knocked
over lamp on the "Internes Don't
Take Money" set which clonked
Barbara SanWyck in the back and
laid her low for the rest of the
day.
The Maharaiah of Indore took a
trained nurse to New York with
him to watch after his recently
lifted tonsils till he sails on the
tWenty-second of this month. He
also gifted all the nurses mag
nificiently who took care of him
while he was hospitalized here.
The Washington times., 1937-01-20

On Inauguration eve in 1918
your critic paid his first visit to
The Washington times., 1937-01-20
Melodic Score

The orchestration to "Esca-
drille," drama of Frances war
aviators produced by RKO, is said
by music critics to be an outStand-
ing interpretative work. Arthur
Honegger, distinguished modern
composer, wrote the score.
The Washington times., 1937-01-20

liza in the Gielgud Hamlet, on Feb
ruary l. I hesitate to take issue
with Publicist Henderson, who is
invariably correct. but Lillian Gish
did make personal appearances
here with her sister, Dorothy, and
Director D. w. Griffith at the Ri
alto Theater opening of orphans
of the Storm" On that occa-
sion Laurence StallingS wrote such
a brilliant review of the picture,
and accompanied it with such a
splendid interview with ID. W." it
won him an offer from the New
York World and he resigned from
The Washington Times copy desk.
The Washington times., 1937-01-20
L Cover Hollywood

; Which reminds one of the story
of another Maharajah who was op-
Grated on in New York last year.
His doctor didn't send him a bill.
feeling that a man so rich would
remunerate him accordingly. He
did with a bag of uncut rubieS
which the doc sold for rs thousand
dollars.
Ricardo Cortez, by way Of prov.
ing how expensive it is to be con-
Sidered we'll dressed on the screen,
has kept a record of the amount
of money he has spent on neck
ties during the past fourteen
years which (at an average cost
of three dollars apiece has set
him back some eight thousand
dollars.
Evening star., 1937-11-24
Beet Seasoner.

Season beets with a little tart may
onnaise. Add little French dressing
to green beans, served hot.
Evening star., 1937-11-24

SSNe
rushes madly, headlong, carrying us at
q terrific rate toward the Christmas
season. And lucky are those who are
not caught in the last and maddest
maelstrom of all without their shop
tping finished.
Currently featured in all the shops
are party frocks for young and old
Dance frocks are particularly lovely
with white conspicuously in evidence
In silk net, crepe and lace. White is
ever youthful and always fattering.
Some of the Smartest of these use rows
of ruching to trim the skirt and out
line the decolletage, with slender
shoulder straps of white satin. Wear
silver slippers and a silver Sequin
flower in your hair, and then vary it
the next time with accessories in your
favorite and most becoming color.
One charming white silk net frock
over white taffeta has corselet bodice
overlapping the full skirt in pointed
effect below the waistline. An ex-
tremely youthful white crepe in an
other shop gives slim, tubular look
by using inch-wide velvet ribbon in
three long lines from square neckline
to the hem. Three green velvet roses
cross the decolletage and V-shaped
shoulder straps make most pleasing
bodice finish.
X
FOR Mamma at the party is
white gown equally interesting
with its high boat neck and wide