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The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1937-05-07
MEN
MEET AT
MOUNT HOPE

Delegate from four koppers
Stores i'm the HouSton District
will leave Sunday for Mt. Hope
to att en- q the annual two day
meeting of formation and ser
vice station managers at the
Mountainair Hotel. ApproXim
ately theiry people. including dc
egates representing Pittsburgh
and Huntington offices and II
other stores will be present.
Discussions of merchandising
problems will feature the meet
ing. A thorough review of the
accomplishments for the first
four months of 1897 and a com
plete outline of the next eight
months work will be presented
by r. r. Ashley.
Those making the trip will in
clude r. T. Ellis, Elkhorn: w. w
Bell, keystone; j. b. Dorton
Carswell; b. J. Davis and T. 4
Holman, of Kimball.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1937-05-07

MOTHERS DAY
OBSERVED
NATION Wide

Most of us believe that mothers
Day is of comparatively recent
origin. Yet actually history tells
us that in England during the
Middle Ages the second Sunday
of LEM was celebrated at Moth
ering Sunday, but unfortunate
ly it did not last.
1t was not until 1908 thot a Sc.
rious attempt was made to rev.
i've Moher's Day-by Miss Anna
Jarvis, a Philadelphia Sunday
School teacher. In 1914 Congre.
took Legislative steps to establi-
sh Mothers Day as a national in
stitution. ~
Now we celebrate the second
Sunday of May as Mothers Day
Our present custom calls for the
giving of Temperance gifts
candy, stationery, cards gifts
planned in the sentiment of the
day rather than for value.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1937-05-07
kimbaif Woman Elected Presi-
dent at Sessions Held in Gary

Mrs. A. S. -Parson, of Kim
ball, was elected pres dent of the
Mercer-McDowell Roand Table
on the final day of tna two-dav
session of the MercerNcDoweIl
Round Table meeting which was
held Saturday. at the Gary cHlor
ed high school.
Miss Bertha Saunders of Van
hook, was elected secretary to re-
place Miss Nettie B. Wright, Of
Bluefield, secretary for the past
four years. President H. l.. Dick
ason, of Bluefield State College,
was reelected treasurer, posi-
ton which he has held for a
number of years.
The principal address at the
meeting was given by DR.. David
A. Jones of Bennett college for
women in Greensboro, N. c.. His
talk conferred around character
education, DR.. Jones pointed out
that 1T is crime to send an i'll
prepared teacher in a classroom
to teach boys and girls"
The contributions to the Bow
scouts and Bluefield State Teach
ers college were voted at the ses
sion. The Round Table made a
donation of seventy-five dollars
to the Boy Scout movement in
Mercer and Mcdowell Counties
Cne hundred and fifty dollars
was contributed to the Bluefield
State Teachers Library fund tc
be used in purchasing volumes
of books. Also, each member of
the round table pledged to don
ate a volume to the library over
a period of some five years and
some members pledged to don
ate as many as twenty eight vol
umes. Drv--v
The 1888 session of the Mere
err Mcdowell round table will be
held at Elkhorn high school on
the last Friday in April.
Two hundred or more teach
ers attended the meeting as al
Negro schools in both counties
were closed.
Philip jefferson Of Genoa high
school, president Of the RounC
Table for the past five years
presided.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1937-05-07
GROCER news

The Loving Zeal Missionary
Society met at the home of Mrs.
Gertrude Webster on Thursday
May at thirty p. M.
Many hearts were saddened al
the passing of Mrs. Helen Patt-
erson of Elkhorn. She has many
relatives and friends at Grocer.
The choir of the First Baptist
Church of Pocahontas will sing
here Sunday, May 9, at three O.
clock, P. M. for the rally.
The Flat Top Choral Society
will also sing at Grocer on Sun
day afternoon for the rally.
A large crowd is expected here
Sunday for the rally. There will
be many visitors here from their
districts. A success is expected.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sampson Adams
we're visiting in Bramwell ant
Pocahontas Sunday.
Those en- the sick list are Mrs
Daniel Franklin, Messrs Ohey
Jones and Edward Reed.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1937-05-07
Lacking OF Understanding
Great Mistakes

The many and varied upheav-
els, broils, descriptions of bust.
mess activities industrials con
troversies, the arraying of labor
against capital. The Employers
most all of which range from
drying cleaning establishments
against employers, all or most
Of which prove to be trivial, NOV
ing these disorganization up to
big corporations like those OF
auto manufacturing railroadings
coal mining industries and al
the other lesser industries, seem
to be attributable to just one
thing and that one thing NAV be
sumed up in the words Lack OF
Understanding"
Every fellow wants to have
his own way, whether that way
is right or wrong. But if all PEG
rle's concerned were to remov,
the flimzy veil Of selfishness.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1937-05-07
old TIMER
GIVES ADVICE
Saws OK To Plant Potatoes Till
May 10th; Vegetation That
Grows up Should he Plant
ed After Moon Changes

Several called up Monday tC
request Old Timer TO advise a
bout planting potatoes. After
some effort Old Timer himself
was located on the ridge plant
irr his own potatoes.
He said that until the moon
changed on May 10, il would be
good time to plant such ve"et
alton as grows down instead OF
up.
Captain G.. M. RarRer, Blue
field. VIVA, was busy putting
his spuds i'm the moon Monday
They 4bould yield ten fold After
MAY lNAt is time to plant such
Vegetables and grain as grow Il
bovc the ground
To avoid bugs, plant when the
zodiac is in scales, when tho
sign il in the heart destroN
weeds that day Do not plant
The sign today is "Capricornus'
the goat. or in the knees. Wed
nesday it will be aquarius, tn,
watermar.
Old Timer advises that the Zot
lac be studied carefully. YOl
plant onions will crawl up like
mole.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1937-05-07
TERM SHORTENED
BY 5 DAYS; BOARD
EXPLAINS ACTION
Definite Action Not Taken
Monday On Employment
of Teachers

Mcdowell County'S Sc hools
will close 1lrlier than anticipat
ed
Because of shortage of funds
the term will be abbreviated bv
three DAYS, it was decided by the
Board of Education, at It's meet
ing here Monday. and schools
Will close as of Friday. May 2lst
instead of on Wednesday,. Nav
18th, 1897.
Regarding the shortening of
the term, the Board of Educ
alton made the following an
nounccmrnt:
"Thc Mcdowell County Board
Of Education at its meeting held
on Monday, May Bird, made
careful survey of the financial
condition Of the schools of the
county for the current year. and
directed that all schools of the
county be closed on May 21st, in.
stead of May 26th, 1887.
After various contacts by the
telephone with the State Depart
merit of schools and the Auditor
office. and conference with
with Fred l.. Ray, Sheriff of Nc
BOwcll County, relative to a,ltic.
lpated tax collections. the Board
found it's. after the closest esti
mates and calculations, facing
a deficit of $8.737.65 i'm teachers
funds, for which deficit it ref
uses to lay itself personally Ii
able under the law.
1.-THE Board also directed that
schools whose commencement
programs have already been fix.
cd for the week of May 26th
may readiust them in keeping
with the May Dist closing or car
nv them out as planned but with
the understanding that teachers
will be paid only up TO and in
sludinp May 81, 1897"
Meet Again Friday
The Board did not take defin.
tie and final action on the EN-
ployment of teachers for the
next term but recessed the meet
ing until Friday, when teachers
contracts will be further con
sidered.
Edgar p. Rice, of Huntington
representative of Pond Creek
Pocahontas Company, appeared
before the board relative to the
special election to be held on
May 18th, to vote on a proposal
for higher school levies for in
crease in teachers salaries and
additional building facilities.
Mr. Rice suggested that
smaller levy be asked for, and
that it be used for teachers sal
cries for two years and the third
year be devoted to the cOunty's
building needs.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1937-05-07
MRS. SANDERS
dies WE'D, IN
VIRGINIA
Mrs Agnes Sanders passes away
In Roanoke. Virginia

Information has Just been re
cciVed over wire to the effect
that Mrs. Agnes Sanders of Ro
anoke City. Virginia, formerly a
very popular resident of McDo
well County, having her home in
kimball West Virginia for many
years where she reared her chill
dren, them Mr.. John w. Clark
Il very influential school togcth
CT From this county they NOV
ed to Starkay where they pur
chased a beautiful home and
small farm.
Later they moved TO Roanoke
being Il widow: Mrs. Sanders
passed away Wednesday morn
ing about . o'clock having been
i'll for many weeks. Funeral is
to take place Friday. Her host
of friends throughout this sect
ion will regret to learn of the
passing away Of this very aim
able woman who became a warn
friend to every body she met
Her friends through out the en-
tire county are numerous.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1937-05-07
John KINGS
TAKEN BY death
IN VIRGINIA
John King Dies, " years old

At Ridgeway, Henry County
Virginia, the post office of the
lateJohn l.. King a colored citiz-
en- who died virtually in the
same neighborhood where he
was born and lived for the past
seventy one some odd years
passed away this industrious
colored citizen. He has q farm
er and became the father of nine
children. After several months
of illness, despite the best medi-
col attention life ebbed away
at his home in neighboring will
are away from Ridgeway where
the bulk Of his people live. There
were two or three of his sons
who used to work in the coal
fields on the operations of the
u. S. at Gary. Thus it is that
this soul has paid his final debt
and is gone the way of the dead
to a world unknown to any who
have gone before or who are yet
to follow. ~
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1937-05-07
Hon. PCThOlr1aS
Speaks OF the
Coal Convention
Vice President of KOppers
Company Urges Attend
ance OF Meeting

Viewing the Forthcoming 18th
Annual Coal Convention and Elk
position of the American mining
congress as the finest opportun-
ity for coal operating men to
keep in touch with what is being
done in the industry, P. Thomas
vice president, the Koppers Coal
Company, Pittsburgh, Pa, dec
Jared: 1T is an education to the
young men of the industry and
an inpiration to those who are
not so young, to attend these
meetings"
This years convention will be
held at Cincinnati, Ohio, May II
and FL and reports received by
American Mining Congress in
cate a record attendance.
Mr.. Thomas further pointed
out: THE Manufacturers of the
mining equipment and all the
allied lines of supplies and equip
ment which go into the art of
mining have always done an out
standing job in presenting their
contributions to miring in a
manner which is unsurpassed
any where. =
I have only the highest words
of praise for those of the indus
try, those of the manufacturers
group and the American Mining
Congress staff for the manner
in which this outstanding indus
trial event is annually offered.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1937-05-07
ATTENDED FUNERAL
OF JOHN GRANT IN
DANVILLE, VIRGINIA

The recent death and burial OF
Mr.. John Grant, an old resident
Of Danvillc, Virginia and close
friend and former accOciate mel.
phbor Of Mr.. Will Trayland. Of
this city. took place a few days
ago. Out Of respect and sym
pathy, Mr.. and Mrs. Will Tray
land motored to Danville where
they paid their last respects to
their deceased friend who had
been confined to his bed for
quite awhile Our friend Tray
land is not only ar efficient and
worthy employee for and with
{ he celebrated Koppers Com
pany but because Of his efficient
responsible job. This is the way
service but is entrusted with A
old friends Of Virginia always
proved their friendship to one
another. Sickness and death OF
neighborinR friend Away
found the hundreds Of friends
ready ond willing to offer any
service possible. But oh the
difference Of today among the
younger element.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1937-05-07
T. w. link is ASSIGNED TO
AGENCY AT TAZEWELL

T. w. (Tom) link, for the past
25 years agent for the Norfolk
and Western at Keystone, has
been assigned agency at Taze-
well, will assume agency at Taze
there soon.
Mr.. link is a veteran agent on
the Norfolk and Wetern. He is
a brother-in-law of TT. A. Drap-
err, agent for the Norfolk and
Western at Highlands.
Mr.. link succeeds as agent at
Tazewell w. l.. Baker, who went
to Welch as agent following the
death of r. H. Miller
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1937-05-07
Mrs. TENTS Calhoun Returned
From Hospital Improved Now

II will be Of much interest and
pleasure to the many friends of
Mrs. TENTS Calhoun, mother of
the messrs. Bernice and Ditcher
Calhouns to know the operation
underwent at Grace Hospital in
WEIGH resulted in a most salts
factory cure Of a long and out
standing growth on her neck.
She feels so very much better
and declares there is nothing
like being convinced that science
is worth all after all She is able
TO 90 about her usual routine Of
house duties as if nothing had
ever happened.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1937-05-07
CHARLES ". DILLON,
PROMINENT LAWYER,
FOUND DEAD TODAY
Former State Tax Commits
siOner and Law Partner
:. Of Governor Holt

Fayetteville, WA, May s.
Charles w. Dillon, 72, West Vir.
ginia's first tax commissioner
and former law partner of Gov
ernor Holt, was found dead In
his bed room today.
Dillon's physician said he had
been dead about an hour. The
dean of the Foyette County bar
had suffered from q heart all
ment.
The elderly attorney, whose
last public position was member
of the state capitol building com
mission, had worked I'm his gard
en- Saturday. He became i'll and
DR.. Max Raine said his heart ar
parently was slightly affected.
Dillon was able to 90 down
town yesterday, however, and
had not appeared i'll when he re
ired last night. q
Governor Holt at charleston
expressed his sorrowek- the say.
ing:
"The death of the Honorable
c. w. Dillon has occasioned the
state of West Virginia the loss
of an outstanding citizen, one
one who has rendered distingu-
ished public service, and per
feet gentleman. The years of
my personal and professional oS
ISOLATION with him constitute "A
very chapter in my memory.
When the office of tax com
missioner was created under
Governor Albert White the job
went to Dillcn. From 1904 until
1907 he unertook to organize the
office. He then return to prac
tice in Fayetteville.
In 1929 Dillon was chosen a
member of the commission that
oversaw the construction of the
states $10,000,000 capitol build
ing.
A native of Bland County, Vir
ginia, where he was born Feb
ruary 8, 1865, Dillc'l was admit
ed to the bar in 1888 and began
practice in Fayetteville.
His first partnership was with
E. l.. Nuchols in 1898. In 1928
the firm became Dillon and Ma
an, Jr., as the other partner.
Governor Holt joined the other
in 1927 and the firm of Dillon
Mahan and Holt become one OF
the most widely known in the
southern part Of the state. When
Holt became attorney general ir
1893. he was replaced by James
H. White, former Greenbrier C
unity prosecutor.
Dillon, a strong Republican, ir
addition to his career in private
practice and in service of the
state, also one term as proecutol
beginning IN 1894.
He was a delegote to the Re
publican National Convention Of
1908 and in 1912 made an un
successful race for the Republic
an gubernatorial nomination.
His widow and a son, julian o.
Richmond, Va, survive. Fun
eral arrangements have not beer
made.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1937-05-07
Bob Carter The Mule Man
Crying About His Turkey

1t seems as if there are some
people who have no conscience
at all and no respect for the feel
ing Of a fellow brother Last
SATURDAY. a fine Turkey hen was
setting belonging to Bob Garter
and because his friends liked
him 80 well they quietly crept tc
the turkey nest, stole the turkey
hen and took every egg. The
fact that the turkey hadn't beer
setting more than two days left
the egs eatable as well as the
turkey but there are some who
Continued On Page Three
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1937-05-07
AT PROVIDENCE HOSPITAL

Mrs. Amanda l.. Board, of
Northfork, VIVA. is a patient
at the Providence Hospital in
Bluefield, recuperating n icely
otter operation, Thursday April
10Th. ~,
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1937-05-07
Attorneys Capehart and Travis
In Bluefield Attending Kappa
Alpha Psi Fraternity

The last meeting Of the year
Of the KAPPA Psi Fraternity was
held in. the home of Prof. Jeffer
son Of the Bluefield State Teoch
ers College. They pared throut
the city Tuesday night accomp-
snied with a number of other
young men going to Bluefield.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1937-05-07
Marine Engineer Travels
ArOunO Earth go Times

Imagine toaveling the equivalen
of sixty times around the earthi
l 100000 miles This is the re
cord Of Charles Elliott, chief emp
gineer Of the Graces liner Saata
Clara, whose ship locked him
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1937-05-07
Hon. /. w. link On Vacation

Tuesday of this week, Mr.. and
Mrs. link left on weeks vac
alton to stop first at Roanoke
city where they met with and
were royalty entertained by
their many friends from there
they plan to visit several other
Virginia cities.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1937-05-07

According to United S tate .
law, butter must contain not less
than 80 per cent by weight OF
the milk fat"
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1937-05-07
Much Vain Worry

What did you worry about last
year? Isn't it gone and forgot
ten? pee.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1937-05-07

One feels happiness before eps
can express it.
The Washington times., 1937-05-13
DUE
BACK HOME
TOMORROW

ABOARD PRESIDENTIAL SPE-
CIAL EN- ROUTE TO WASHING
TON, May 10 dN.s).-speeding
eastward across the Central States,
President Roosevelt devoted today
to bringing himself up to date on
the congressional situation. par
ticularly with reference to his
Supreme Court reorganization pro-
posal.
Travelling with him was his son
James, one Of the White House
secretaries, who made a special
trip to Fort Worth to join the re-
turning Texas fishing party in or
der to report. Boarding the spe-
cial train at Indianapolis this
afternoon will be Postmaster Gen
eral James A. Farley.
Immediately upon his arrival in
Washington Friday, the President
is expected to assemble congress
sional leaders and go over all
major political developments dur
ing the II days he was in the
Southwest.
Despite reports from the Capitol
that a majority Of the Senate
Judiciary Committee is opposed to
his bill calling for six additional
Supreme Court justices, it was un-
derStood Mr.. Roosevelt intended to
stand pat, reject any compromise
and insist on a vote on the original
proposal.
The Washington times., 1937-05-13
PROBE
SEEKSW0MAN
WITNESS

LOS ANGELES, May 10 ON.
SO.-A number of new wit
nesses" and q mystery woman"
who gave previous testimony were
being sought today in the re-
opened investigation Of the 1S-
year-old murder Of William Des-
mond Taylor, ace film director OF
silent picture days.
District Attorney Buron Fits,
heading the new probe, said he
was seeking several persons who
have not testified before"
The official also said he wanted
o woman who many years ago
made q voluntary statement in
the case" Names Of those sought
were not revealed. Officers re-
vealed they had "re-discovered"
the fatal 80 caliber bullet which
killed the director February !.
1922.
The bullet, which had been
thought lost, was found in the
police property room and turned
over to ballistic experts who are
aiding in the study.
The case was reopened here
after testimony before the grand
jury by Mrs. Charlotte Shelby and
her two daughters, Mrs. Margaret
Fillmore and Mary Miles Minter,
former screen star and fiancee
Of the slain director.
The Washington times., 1937-05-13

they cackIe and make noise and
the Odor that results is certainly
bad enough. And yet, this bill
would not affect the killing Of
chickens, when, as a matter Of
fact, chickens are killed in vari-
Gus places throughout the city"
Seal merely replied that chick
ems are not killed in large guam
titles anywhere in the city, SO far
as he knew, but Tydings carried
the argument to the point Of con-
sulting the dictionary to deter
mine whether or not chickens
would come within the definition
of animals, with which the bill
deals. He finally admitted:
"The dictionary says that
chickens aren't animals"
The Washington times., 1937-05-13
Meat Packer Swift
To Be Buried TODAY

CHICAGO, May 13 UN.So.
Funeral services will be held at
Lake Forest Presbyterian Church
this afternoon for Louis Franklin
Swift, retired president and chair
man of the board Of. Swift and
Company.
The meat packing magnate sue
cumbed yesterday after an illness
of several weeks. The body will
be placed in the Swift family
rnausoleum in Lake Forest Gene
terY.
The Washington times., 1937-05-13
AID FOR GOEBEL
SEEN IN FIGHT
0NABATT0IR

Indications that II the bill to
prohibit nuisance industries from
operating in the District is en-
acted, it will carry a proviSo re-
quiring that Adolph Gobel. Inc,
which proposes to operate an alb
attoir in Northeast Washington,
be compensated for the money it
has spent on the plans for the
building, were foreSeen today.
This was the tempo Of state
ments made late yesterday 10y
members of the Senate District
subcommittee which is holding
hearings on the nuisance indus
tries bill.
Granted Permit
Senator Willard Tydings CD,
of Maryland, a member of the sub
committee, pointed out that Dis
trict authorities had granted the
Gobel organization a permit TO
erect the proposed abattoir on the
Northeast site, and that in view
of the fact that the corporation
has spent considerable money in
the purchase of the site, he be-
lieved that should he taken into
consideration.
TydingS declared that he is op-
posed to the operation of a slaugh-
ter house within the limits Of the
District because he is DESTROYS OF
keeping Washington free from in.
dustry, but joined Senator Pat
McCarran Cd. of Nevada, chair
man of the subcommittee, in the
view that those proposing the
legislation should show that
properly erected and maintained
slaughter house here would cause
undesirable odors and noises.
No Proof, They Say
Both of these Senators declared
that thus far in the testimony
there has been no proof to this eff
feet.
Tydings sought an explanation
from Elwood Seal, Corporation
Counsel for the District, who op.
posed the construction of the
abattoir as spokesman for the
District Commissioners, as to why,
if the operation of the proposed
abattoir would cause obnoxious
noises and odorS, the bill to
prohibit nuisance industries from
operating here should not apply
to the killing of chickens within
the city. TydingS Smilingly said:
"There is nothing that smells
worse than a lot Of chickens,
and when they are being killed
The Washington times., 1937-05-13
J. P. Morgan 10 Return
To u. 5. in Two Weeks

LONDON, May 10 Q.N.S).I. p.
Morgan, who was prevented by ILL.,
ness from attending the corona
ton ceremonies in Westminster
Abbey as a guest Of King George,
plans to return to the United
States in two weeks, his partner,
Thomas Lamont, said today. He
added:
''Mr. MOrgan's physician
thought It would be more pru.
dent for him to remain in the
house following q slight Fecur-
renee Of the heart difficulty he
had . year ago. His condition
is highly satisfactory"
The Washington times., 1937-05-13

operettas in which more than 100
children will participate. The az
ternoon programs will consist Of
songs, plays, folk dances and reci-
tations.
The gala day Of the festival will
be Saturday with a concert to be
given by the United States Marine
Band at 4:30 p. m. A May Day
procession Of the settlement clubs
will follow at o'clock.