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Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1937-05-06

Ihere has been in the Hall of Re-
hgion of the Texas Centennial Ex-
position, a priceless religious treas
ure, a $4,000 Bible in the Metho-
dist exhibit, handprinted in 1898
for the Columbian Exposition in,
Chicago. Lettering in the Bible is
hand drawn, is inscribed in gold
ink, and each parchment page has
different design. The Bible has
Won first place at three world expo
sitions.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1937-05-06

Public worship has been renewed
IN the Mexican state of Nararit. af-
ter two years without a religious
service.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1937-03-19
GOVERNOR HOLT
ss sVETQE6 CHEERS ~
: s-ssa 51EAlt.f MEASURE
Executive Says Bill Would Dis.
rupt The State School
System

CHARLESTON. - Governor
Holt vetoed today an act which
would have increased basic sal
aries of teachers with the asser-
ton the measure could have no
other effect than to disrupt the
school system.
The controversial act approved
in the last hours of the legisla
ture session calico for increases
of $40 a month in the basic pay
of instructors with A. B. degrees
$50 for those with M A. degrees
and $40 a month in the bonus
paid all teachers for length of
service.
The Senate also had approx
ed bill to fix ALLEGATION of prop
erty tax revenues of the school
boards, counties and cities at 80
per cent for operating expenses
and 20 per cent for debts the
House refused to pass it. The
law now calls for a 1920 alloca-
ton.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1937-03-19
u. s. COAL & COKE
COMPANY EMPLOYEES
DINNER SATURDAY
9th Annual Event To Be Held
At West Virginian Hotel,
In Bluefield

The 9th annual dinner of the
Association of Employees of the
United States Coal G. Coke COM
pany will be held Saturday night
beginning at 8 o'clock in the
West Virginian hotel, Bluefield.
Sneakers will be: r. H. Wat
son, vice President of the United
States Steel'corporationt Irwin
S. Olds, member of the Board of
Directors Of the u. S. Steel Cor
poration; G. H. Rhodes,ol vice
president of u. S. Steel; Thomas
Moses, president Of the u. S. &
Coke company; Frank r. Wal.
ton, president Of the United Sup
ply company; Clay E. Lynch,
general superintendent of the
H. G. FrickrCoke comrany; A.
F. Dodd, general superintendent
of the United States Fuel com
'pany; G.. Wilson, General sup
erintendent of the National Min
sgEV IrIIcIfTI NJ
Continued On Page Three
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1937-03-19
Col NH. Egankliin,'s iesof j,
the Negro e. and his Place"

we may find that we are out of
place, in which case we should
make every honest effort to get
back into place; not try to
force every one else out of place
with us.
Now, as to Representative
Jones place, if he rode into the
legislature on the Democratic
landslide, he is very much out
of place. There is no place in
the Democratic party for a Ne
gro, if there had been a place in
that party for him he would
have been in it long ago. At one
time there was no place in any
Legislature for any Negro, he
was not a property owner then
and really had no interest in
governmental affairs, but that
has all been changed, through
his frugality and loyalty he has
become a property owner and
therefore is entitled to represent
or be represented and it looks
as if he was sent to the legis-
lature to represent the people of
his district and it 81 his sworn
duty to represent all the people
in an amicable manner, help, aid
and assist in passing laws that
are fair, just and helpful to his
constituents in general whether
they be coal operators or coal
miners. If Mr.. Jones is a man
of such calibre, then his place is
in the legislature; if he is not of
such calibre and is there to repre-
sent the u. M. w. then he is
out of place, for l am not sure,
but l don't believe that the u.
M. w. own any property in Nc
Dowell county, therefore they
are not entitled to any represen-
tation in the West Virginia leg
islature.
I think Representative Shor.
er is right in fighting this bill,
for the fact that the passage Of
a bill of this kind would take
away the right of the employ
err to employ his own labor and
make it necessary for the min
er himself to see some politician
before he could even ask for
emDlOyment.
A miners certificate of COM
potency in his, ability. to keep
his room or entry 10 safe work
ing conditionsat ALL times and
Continued on page TwO)
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1937-03-19
SCHOOL DISASTER AT
A GLANCE

Scene-High school building,
London, Texas, consolidated dis
trict.
Dead-Estimated from $50 to
TOO.
Identified-121 bodies.
Injured-Estimated at 275.
Cause-W. G. Shaw, superin.
tendent, said blast undoubtedly
resulted from accumulated gas
from nearby oil fields.
Time-3:p0 D. m. Thursday, 10
minutes before dismissal time.
Construction-Two-story brick
and hollo willie structure of q
two-building plant.
Austin-Gov. J. v. Alfred act
ed quickly and ordered martial
law and sent troops into stricken
communities.
Observation-Disclosures of
Red Cross ordered relief work
ers to scene.
Warm Springs - President
Roosevelt, appalled,, instructed
government agencies to render
all necessary aid.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1937-03-19
.TOlbert Dairy Co.
Greatest i'm VIVA.

If there is anything worthy OF
careful selection for the dianer
table it is your Dairy Products.
We are told that milk is neces-
sary to a balanced diet and the
more sanitary the dairy that
serves you the better your bal
ance.
Having been a confirmed adj
dict of the Tolbert Dairy Cos.
three main products-milk, but
termilk and butter for num-
Der of years, the writer took
time out the other day to visit
the plant, to learn something of
the system employed by such
repctable dairy concerns as the
Tolbert Dairy. The visit was a
revelation-no one who has
ever visited the plant could
have the least hesitancy in III
ing this company's products -
for it impresses you as being
the last word in efficiency and
sanitation. Mr.. Tolbert boasts
of 70 some odd cows-tubercu-
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1937-03-19

KEYSTONE'S COUNCIL
MEETING VERY SPIRITED

Thursday night of this week
being the regular day and night
for the monthly meeting of the
council, and there being some
very important business matters
to come before the meeting as
it was known by the BUSINESS
concerns and others personally
interested a large number Of
business people turned out.
The regular order of opening
was gracefully followed with the
Hon. j. j. Stuart, mayor of the
chair and with Chief of Police
F. j. Moore acting recorder in
the absence of Recorder Vivian
Gordan who was unavoidably
absent, the meeting proved spir-
tied from the start to the end.
The Sergeant, Fred C. Bernard,
having completed a financial
report, read same and same was
approved and ordered published.
Among one of the most unani-
NOUS features of the council
meeting was the undivided vote
for a raise in the salary of the
sergeant. The unanimous action
of the members of the council on
this proposition was loudly and
voluntarily endorsed by a score
of public spectators and bust
nessmen.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1937-03-19

lin tested and one of the finest
dairy herds that the writer has
ever had the pleasure of seeing.
Mr.. Tolbert in addition to over
seeing the dairy is engaged in
many other enterprises = rea
estate-retail coal trade-mer-
chntile business and various
other pcrsuits.
He has an office on the prem
ises, employing clerical help
who is ever ready to answer. in
quiries or take your order for
coal, milk, or any of the other
various products of Tolbet and
Co. Anytime that you may have
leisure time, it will yell pay you
to stop off, as the writer did,
and view this model dairy
plant. You will be treated with
the utmost of courtesy and will
come away convinced as I did,
that the Tolbert Dairy Co., is
deserving of the patronage of all
classes of people that are dis
eliminating in their selection of
Dairy Products.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1937-03-19
March 16, 1887

Dear Tom
Here 1 am again and I was
high and dry during the flood,
had some of OUR luxuries, such
as electric lights, etc, taken away
from us for few days but every
thing is o. K. again. After read
ing your paper last week I was
somewhat interested in the
squabble between the white and
black representative in the
West Virginia legislature and
your comment as to the NEG
RIOS" PLACE.
While there is no doubt that
the proverb-Keep the Negro in
his place-started in the south,
at the same time, it is my hon-
est belief that the saying did
not originate through amy pre-
JUDGE Or malice.
AT one time practically all the
servants, or any one considering
themselves servants in the south
were Negroes, while in the nor
tn a large majority of the SER
wants were white and this same
proverb was used just as much
in the North as in the South and
is still used here to day except
that the word servant is used IN
place of the word Negro. In the
South keep the Negro in his
place-in the north keep the
servant in his place-the real
meaning in bot hcases being
identical, which, l think you
will agree with me, must be
done if we are to have any or
der in our affairs either domes-
tic. polite or otherwise. Any
other construction placed on this
old saying is by, either some one
with an inferior complex or po-
liticians and agitators with the
sole idea of instilling hatred in
tn hearts of the lower classes
for the upper classes.
I'll is my belief that there Is
too much of a tendency on the
part of the people to day to
ignore this old saying; at times
its very very necessary to put
us all in our places; we don't like
to hear it expressed in just these
words, but plainly speaking,
that is just what we need. Whine
people get the idea that we are
out of place-we should stop
and study the matter thorough
ly, sincerely and seriously and
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1937-03-19
KIMBALL OFFICERS
IN KEYSTONE

Tuesday night Of this week
witnessed the presence of Off
GERS Kent Cruise and Fred Moore
IN Keystone on a very imports
ant legal matter. They are two
officers among the very best in
the county. They know their
business. The people generally
know them and in the discharge
OF their Official duties same is
perfectly without any great and
unusual alarm. The people
have learned to know they rep
resent the law and not they
themselves. They have no pets
but heed to the line and law.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1937-03-19
BLtssING
CAUSE OF TRAGEDY

NEW LONDON, Tex. - AS
workmen pulled debris from the
London consot dated school today
a blackboard3w was exposed show
ing this in q Bcrawl:
"Oil and natural gas are east
Texas greatent mineral bless
ings. without them this school
would not bd here and none of
us would be- learning our les
sons
An accumulation of natural
gas was blamed for the explo-
sion, which tbok hundreds of
lives.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1937-03-19

Red Cross nurses doctors by
the score rushed AGAINST time e.
allay the confusion here-1,c
oil field workers tore at the de
bris, frenZied parents strove tc
find their children and hundre1
of curious blocked the highway
Superintendent W.. G.. Shaw
who lost a son in the explosion,
theorized that it was caused by
an accumulation of gas.
Shaw said gas accommodating In
a space between the floor of the
one-story building and ground
undoubtedly caused the explo,
SION The building was heated
by gas-stesm radiators and
there was no main boiler.
Seven hundred pupils ard
teachers were in the building -
most Of them in the auditorium.
Ut was 1920 p. m.-ten minut
es before dismissal hour.
Suddenly with forro of
mendous propor'io~
OF the building began TO shake
and pupils and teachers alike
were trapped.
A low rumble sounded NJ
thought it was a boil OWL
None was sure hours later.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1937-03-19
Expl0 si0n Rips
Texas School
Number May Reach 6OO 555 Bodies Found Disaster Is Term
ed Worst In Nations History; Grief Stricken Parents
Watch Rescue Efforts; Accumulated Gas
Thought To Be Cause of Blast

NEW LONDON, Tex-More than 500 and possible 600
dren killed Thursday evening when strange explosion
to tts 100000 school, disaster kind in
nations history.
The disaster demolished the Lon,.on
the heart of the vast Texas oil fields.
Estimates agreed that 555 bodies had been
Troy Duran said he believed the dead would
Chaos developed at the
Governor James A. Alfred declared martial law pre-
cinc ordered national guard and instructed mill
tary court of inquiry be set up begin ,vestgon
Parents wandered from another peering
next seeking word of children hastily away from the Lon
don Consolidated high school after the yesterday
Nt Il spsssAtn Of the tragedy the prncl
20 which supposedly indicated nearless Of Tia, .>to
most every theory for the building collapse that cou.u
ceved by stunned minds advanced talks
Work OF examining the building for bodies comp
ed today Acetylene torches cutting twisted steel
the massive building tuggg worked
gethsr in uncovering the bodies workers.
Nurses IN an emergency hospital set Immediately
OF the building revealed they rushing preparations care
Tor more bodies expected be xhumed from
the south wing Several Of the injured after received
from the wreckage of the blasted building.
The recovered bodies comprising virtually the country
sides generation teachers were distributed
among widely scattered morgues
sympathetic nation followed leadership of President
Roosevelt in offering
The National Red Cross disaster director Evans
to head the work. The Texas legislature nvesgave
inery to work and delegation members to make
first-hand survey of the communtys needs.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1937-03-19
CITY OF KEYSTONE

In the C Of keystone is found people that
1--we In the of West Virginia be found anywhere
world This fy was founded by rugged
zen possessed with pioneers spirit desire
better their Ondtons and find for themselves good place
which to With opening Of the coal fields
people in numbers Of all racial ocked town
keystone the first independent established in
this secton the county And while people came to Keystone
from a the country held rsats attraction to those in
s's listls sse sAalla - ysaszsss ,ad %.
yancenent.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1937-03-19
vancenaent.
MECCA OF THE COAL FIELDS

Keystone became the this Of
county of Mcdowell and this town that people
in lage numbers their pay day shop
ping at the large ndeenden merchane located in this
city Bcsness good because all the mines
town of Keystone working full time demand labor
was great and the good was those good old
when practically everybody who working willing work
had and Keystone was the Independent which
could be easily spent and enjoyed Thus popularity and
wonderful opportunities be had Keystone known
and ad the town Of Keystone the Coal
., - -. -,
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1937-03-19
cowARbLY ATTACKED

All classes and kinds Of people ourneyed TO Keystone and
pea Pay Days. Gale purchase their supplies for the
month and do general trading with merchants Of the town. while
Others very undesirable class from nearby towns and
places to meet payday and ply their Of chance 1t this
latter element that caused the City Of keystone to have to bear
It's early days unsavory reputation for awesnes and
crime This false and ufavorabe reputation extensively ad
verified by enous and jealous people who did not live the CITY
of Keystone but opposed to the and advancement
made by this city Foreign joined in unoy crusade
destroy without the fair and beautiful Keystone
by printing unavoabe of this city in large headlines that
false and had foundation of fact but based upon
evil Imagination resulting from awful and malicious BRAIN and
often times carried vco attacks upon the good people Of
this city This designed destruction of the good Of the City
of Keystone should have had have been hem
the people of the city Of Keystone have always been good
industrious and un-offeDdng people.
~ SPIRIT OF KEYSTONE
The crime awessness complained OF in the early existence
this city, without the city rather than being com
mtted by the people who lived in Keystone cannot be truth
fully said that those who committed crime or engaged IN
awessess the City Keystone have escaped the wrath OF an
ncensed and determined community From the EARLY days when
'p4 Continued On Editorial Page
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-02-02
Lindberghs Arrive Safely
In Rome Dispelling Run1ors

field to the Victoria hotel In Pisa
and lunched in a private room 10
avoid the curious. Lindbergh told
air officials that he flew direct from
England. He said he encountered
wind and snow and bad weather
generally over the Alps. From the
Pisa airport the Lindberghs went
direct to the Victoria hotel and
locked themselves in the two-room
suite assigned TO them. A hotel at
tache said that Lindbergh refused to
receive visitors. Dinner was served
in the apartment, he said, and the
Lindberghs went to bed about 8 p. m.
Arrival of the Lindberghs ended
a morning-long search for them by
news agencies throughout southern
Europe. There had been no definite
news of the plane since the Lind
berghs left 1ympne, England, near
the English channel, at S a. m. EST
yesterday.
A Paris newspaper rumor that the
plane fell" on the Jugoslavia- Hun
gary frontier, in the Balkans
caused alarm for time though the
anxiety was tempered because the
position was well of the probable
course Of the orange and black Miles
Mohawk monoplanc which Lind
bergh helped design and In which III
Is taking his first long flight
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-02-02
TWO BIG DAMAGE.
SUITS SETTLED
One Was for $4,000, AM
other for 10000; Both
Off Docket

Withdrawal Of two large damage
suits from the docket of the court
OF common pleas was ordered today,
as settlement out of court was
reached in each case. Damage OF
$4,000 was sought in one action
while $4,000 was asked in the other.
Both were awaiting trial by a jury.
Bridget Flaherty had sought DAM
ages of $4,000 In her action against
Minnie Werner. executrix Of the
estate of Karl Werner. The plain
tiff alleged she was tenant in the
first floor of the house owned by
the defendant at 20-22 Elizabeth
street, June 20, 1885, when she fell
and was injured on an allegedly de-
fective stairway. Suit was originally
entered against Karl Werner, but
he died and the suit was directed
against Minnie Werner.
Another Settled
The other action settled was that
of Margaret Moriarty against the
Connecticut Company in which
damages of $4,000 were claimed for
injuries caused in an accident said
to have been caused by the driver
Of a Connecticut Company bus. Al
legations are to the effect that an
automobile driven by John Vol
was forced to swerve violently IN
order to avert collision with the bus
and in swerving hit the plaintiff
Negligence on the part of the bus
driver was alleged. The accident
took place at the corner Of East
Main and Cherry streets, Novembe,
IA, 1886, at 10 p. m. Attorneys Will
liam B. Fitzgerald and Harry F.
Spellman appeared for the plaintiff
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-02-02
BY JACK ZAIMAN
limited Press Staff Correspondent


Hartford, Conn.,, Feb. 2.-UP)-
Unification of all state educational
activities into one department, with
a single commissioner assisted by a
nine-member state board Of educa-
ton, was proposed to tho general
assembly today by the state re-
organization commission. TO dc
away with several unfortunate ad-
ministrative results" the commits
sion recommended:
1-Reorganization Of the state
board of education on nine-mem-
Der basis with overlapping six
year terms.
Appointment Of commission
err Of education to serve four years
on recommendation of the COVER
nor with consent Of the senate.
3.-Abolition of boards OF trus-
tees of Connecticut State college
Mystic Oral school and CONNECTICUT
Agricultural Experiment Station. .
4. Appointment; Of a state col
lege president by the new boare
OF education. -.
5.-Reconstitution OF the presen'
teachers retirement board TO serve
In an advisory capacity to the new
board of education.
6.-Consolidation Of Connection
and Storrs Experimental stations
into a division of the State college
but with continued maintenance o.
plants at Storrs and New Haven.
7.-Granting the department o
education powers Of establishing
teacher qualifications and approva
OF curricula at State and state
aided institutions.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-02-02

Rome, Feb. 2-(UP)-Colonel and
Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh landed
at Littorio airport here at sos p. m.
today from Pisa, Italy, where they
had spent last night after flying
from England. Lindbergh and his
wife, flying the colonel's new mono
plane. a Miles Mohawk, left the air.
port at Pisa at 3 p. m. They made
the ITO mile flight south along the
west coast of italy to Rome IN 2
hours and minutes, without incl
cent. The flying colonel left Lympne
airdrome in southern England yes
terday, giving no details OF their des-
tination or route. Offlcials believe
the Lindberghs were bound for Egypt
on q holiday jaunt.
The American flyers landed at
San Giusto airport, near Pisa, at
S so p. m. yesterday. While a search
was made for them all over south
ern Europe ana Paris rumors had
them makging a forced landing or
the Jugoslavia- Hungary frontier, the
Lindberghs spent the night in Pisa
1t was not until after noon today
that townspeople learned Of the pres
ence OF their distinguished visitors
Airport officials reported that thu
Lindberghs' plane made a gooe
/ landing. They motored from TIN
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-02-02
new MEASURES
P|LNG HIGH IN
GEN. ASSEMBLY
Series of Eighteen Bills All
Relating to Care of Mem
tai Diseases
GOV. CROSS WRITES
ON CHILD LABOR
Local Newspaper Guild
Presented One Bill
About Immunity
BY GEORGE R. MORRIS, JR.

BY GEORGE Il. MORRIS, JR.
UNITED Press Staff Correspondent
Hartford, Conn.,, February
2. = (UP) - A series of ID
bills, proposing creation of a
department of mental and a
complete modernization of
laws pertaining to preven-
ton, treatment and cure OF
mental diseases, was submit
ted to the general assembly
today by Governor Cross.
The governor, by authority Of the
1885 legislature, headed a commits
sion to consider revision Of statutes
for better care Of mental detectives.
Accompanying the bills was brief
statement from Vice-Chairman Luz
cius F. Robinson, Jr., stressing the
need of developing new methods and
policies in this particular branch OF
health.
TT will be observed" Robinson
wrote, "that the provision Is MADE
for the establishment Of state
department OF mental health. In
connection with the proposed pro-
vision for a reorganization Of the
administrative structure of the state
it may be advisable to place this
proposed department under the Wei
fare Department Of the Health De-
partment."
In connection with recommended
changes in the laws, there IS now
before the legislature q batch OF
appropriation bills to provide for
construction Of a new hospital ana
improvements to other state institu-
lions. They would be financed by
part Of a $25, 000, 900 bond issue pro-
posed last week and on which a
heasing was slated late today.
Measures Roll I'm
New Bills rolled In by the hun
dreds in the house and senate.
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