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The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1938-02-04
Mr.. GROUNDING SEES SHADOW ON FEBRUARY 2
WHICH MEANS SIX MORE WEEKS WINTER

Gobbler's Knob, Punxsutaw
ney, Pa, Feb. 2. - The seer of
Gobbler's Knob made his dist
appearance today, felt t h @ nip
IF cold air on his nose and cold
or snow ON his toes, and retreat
ed to the comfort Of his burrOw
in these western Pennsylvania
hills.
He saw his shadow and that
say the followers Of the Cobb
ler's Knob grounding, means
six more weeks Of winter.
Across b e state, where the
members Of slumbering ground
hog lodge Of QuarryVille continu,
ed their ritual through the day,
the claim of the GoBbler's Knob
seer to the title nations wealth
works is disputed.
At the crack Of dawn the
faithful" Of the Quarryville
lodge gathered IN traditional
garh at the hole Of their off
cialH wOodchuck-labellcd pre-
lender" by supporters of the
G0bbler's Knob seer. ,lo.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1938-02-04
new CRUSADE
FOR LIBERTY
75 YEARS OF PROGRESS
(by the N.A.A.C.P.O

Since the Emancipation Pro
'lamation became effective Jan.
|, 1863, colored Americans have
made what has been called the
greatest progress by any people
n the same length of time IN
the history of the world.
They were poor, without pro
oerty, without jobs and with
put education. Today they are
30 percent literate. They own
more than two billion dollars IN
property and they are (normal
ly) more than 80 percent gain
FULLY employed. A detailed
examination of h G progrd
would require a book.
Today colorcd people operate
insurance companies, ban s,
saving and loan societies, thou
sands of farms and small bust
ne"ses; they have more than
$4,000 school teachers and col
eye professors; thousands of
dentists doctors, n ur-se and
other profess onal people; more
than 100000 are employed IN
industry, thousands belong t,
labor unions; they have hun
dredS of fraternal Societic,S.
thousands of churches and many
millions of dollars in churcl
property, wi t h millions
church members they have con
tr.buted to the arts and scicn
ces; they have made enormou,
in cultural ACHIEVEMENTS
They have become intelligent
and responsible citizens witt
hundreds of elective & appoint
We political office holders.
Full Freedom Not Won
But with all this progress, as
remarkable as it has been. full
freedom has not yet been won.
The rights, privileges and res
ponsiI lities of American oti
zenship are denied to great
group of cOlored people in
every section Of our land. Such
achievements as have been made
have been against tremendous
odds.
Continued on Page Four
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1938-02-04
LINCOLN'S BASKET
BALL SCHEDULE

January 10, A. & T. at Lin
coin; Va. Union, at Lincoln 3 80
p. M.
February Games
/ Fayetteville Normal, home
2nd, MIner Teachers College
at home.
4th, Morgan. at Baltimore.
5th, Va, State, at home.
10th, Morgan at New York.
18th, Pending: West Point,
at West Point.
18th, Morgan, at Orange, NJ.
18th, Va, State at Ettrick, Va
18th, st. Paul at Lawrence
vile Virginia.
10Th Howard at Washington.
22nd, Howard at Orange, NJ,
oath, J. G. Smith, at home.
25th, Va. Union at Richmond
2Gth, Miner Teachers at ID. c.
March Games
LIST, Morgan, at New York.
4th, Howard at New York.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1938-02-04
MIDDLE STATES
EDUCATORS To
HOLD CONF AB

Charleston w -, lam %
.'''''' '" 49, '"'''
,'.., 1,'''' - '''.'," ~ NARY ="
w '',i'''''S' resident oil 'h' our
~ l,'"l"n;I conference of the
American Teachers Association
announce = conference or rdu
,oto,.. r,un IN. ..,t.L .t,to,
49,. >.,.I i, 1000 '
W. N''' u - 100
ga" h% educators from Zen
,,!rNN H,t'lr industrial College,
W CT If%lna Stat" College
hI"'lIrId stat" Teachers Coz
""", W'lhrriorcr, and IenncS
Sc" H'"l' College, and teachers
rom ne ruhllc schools of In
u'an"' emo West Virginia,
tennessee "'ld Kentucky ar"
expected I" r"nN"n" IN the -Four
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1938-02-04
keystone's Election Now Over!
Compromise Ticket Went Over Tin A .Jiffv
WEATHER is ANOTHER
'RECESSION;' OLD TIMER
REPORTS II ABOVE ZERO

The subzero weather with the
storm came as another recess
sion. The weather had been al
most like summer during Janu-
AIRY until the cold spell struck
Tuesday.
Thermometers throughout the
Hump Wednesday registered
at II and Ia above. With
several inches of snow west of
Pearisburg.
Norton reported tempera-
ture of Ia Wednesday morning
and Bluefield w. Va, the same.
The made in Germany"
thermometer on an iron pole at
the railroad tower registered
II above and kept that position
for several hours.
The cold snap hit the sap on
top of the head down under the
grass roots and that should en-
nance chances for a good fruit
crop this year.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1938-02-04
SCHOOL At
ELKH0RN Re-
! OPENED tues.
Institution Closed Since Last
M onday When Mammoth
Boulder Rips Through the
Building, Killing 2 Students

George w. Bryson, Mcdowell
county school super ,ntendent,
ordered the Elkhorn H g h
school to reopen Tuesday. The
school was closed Monday when
a huge boulder rolled down the
mountainside and crashed thru
the building, killing two stu
dents and injuring four other
persons.
Mr.. Bryson explained that the
early estimates of damage done
to the building were higher
than was actually the case. At
the present time, he stated, the
damages appear to be in the
neighborhood of $4,000. The
gaping holes-in the raef-wiH be
repaired; a new floor built in the
second storey chemi3try room
where the two studests were
killed, and a new floor built in
the manual training room be-
low, where t h boulder broke
through to the ground.
At the present time, Mr.. Bry
son explained, the c h o o |
authorities are endeavoring
merely to get the building clean
ed out and patched up for class
es to be resumed. The work
OH the destroyed parts viii be
begun in the near future. A
number of windows will be re
placed, and about 500 worth of
repairs made in the gymnasium.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1938-02-04
WEIGH NEGRO ON TRIAL
FOR WATKINS MURDER
Walter Hammond Accused of
Murder in Killing of Al Wat,
kinS of Welch on November IL

Walter Hammond, colorcd. of
WEIGH, went on trial this morn
in in Criminal Court, charged
with murder in the staying of
AL Watkins, Wclch Negro. ON
November 10. Il he case WAS
till in profess when Judge Mar
shall called the noon recess.
Watkins was stabbed at the
home of Sophia Written ON Oak
Street, in { h e Woodmout see
ton. He contends he inflicted
the fatal wound i'm self defense.
In the opening statement
Prosecuting Attorney Samuel
Christie told the jury that tn"
state would prove that Ham
mond came into the hom q of
Sophia Written with his knife
in his hand and that Watkins
had no weapon i'm his hand when
he was stabbed
defense \ To ne Y Leon T..
Miller told the jury that the dc
'endant would plead the stab.
ling in self defense. He said
Hammond had had trouble with
Watkins before the :tahbinp be
.ausc of the attention he (Wat
tinS) was paying to his (lIam
nond's) wife while he boarded
It their home.
On the night of the stabbim"
hammond went 10 Sophia Whit
en- home where he found his
wife with Rosa Jones, Tom Penn
md Watkins playing cards. He
ordered his wife TO leave and
started away from the housc.
Continued On Page Thrcc)
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1938-02-04
AFTER FIFTY YEARS

One of the features of the
farm & home week program at
the College of Agriculture, W.
Va. University, last week was
a review by DR.. F. d. Fromme
of 80 years of farm research
work in West Virginia since
the establishment of the Agri-
culture Experimental Station.
DR.. Fromme, who has served
as director of the Station since
1923, in reviewing the progress
and developments that have
come about in the research pro
gram of the institution, pointed
out many significant contribute
lions that have been made by
members Of the staff to the
knowledge of farm management
and better farming practices.
Among the noteworthy con
tributions to farm science in
the early days of the Stations
activities were the studies of
ORA. D. Hopkins Of the insects
that attack forest trees, of the
periodical cicada, and of the
Hessian fly, establishing the
principle of its control as the
observance of "flyfree" dates
for the seeding of wheat-the
plant injured by this insect.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1938-02-04

Clad in top hats and night
shirts and each one carrying
canes. the Quarryvillc members
as they have done for 80 years
assembled sombrrly alb out
their oracle to interpret his for,
cast.
The result will be announced
tonight.
Mcantime,,at Philadclph
DR.. J. p Moore, professor Of
zoology at the University of
Pennsylvania doubted the whole
matter Of the groundhog legend.
which originated with the carly
settlers.
He discounted it all as q mere
matter Of "garIc.
ITS one Of the earliest of
greens and the groundhop
often comes up this early to find
out how the new crop is coming
along he Said and, to prove
his theory, told how ne had
caught wOOdchucks at his couu
.try" home and pumped their
stomachs.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1938-02-04
WISE SAYINGS

A woman attracts q man by
her charm and holds h G m by
their vices.
Peoples don't want reason to
do what they like to do, they
want excuses.
A hard word hurts more than
a hard blow.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1938-02-04
BAD JANUARY

We do not like to talk about
anything behind its back. but
YOU will agree that January
brought us some pretty raw
weather. AS Il whole. though,
the month was not 50 bad ON
January 27 the tcmpcraturg
dropped TO sis degrees above
zero. That sort Of weather .,t
too cold for comfort. Durin"
January there were eleven
snOw", counting the "spits."
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1938-02-04
Mans Inferest in Man

Man is compelled to have re-
gard for his brother man. Some
times hc shows it by reading fiction,
sometimes by seeing plays or read
ing history but everywhere the sub
Jcct of most intense interest 20 man
is man himself
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1938-02-04
VOID "MytiadO From Gresk

The word myriad" is from the
Greek "murioi," meaning ten thou
sand. AS ordinarily used, however.
it signifies a great but indefinite
number.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1938-02-04
Total Republican Vote. 1....g 332
Total Democratic Vote. .891
Total Vote Cast ................. 1923
Cornell Has Own oHortoTIumv

OVihoh mas OWh hOftOFium'
cornell university has a "horto-
rum" which includes one Of the
lSrgest private herbariums in the
country and one of the most com
pEehRnsiVe records OF the cultivated
plants Of the world
The Washington times., 1938-05-06
Rezoning
Plan Open Hearing in
Arlington

ARLINGTON, Va, May 6.
Property owners in this county
will be afforded an opportunity
next Wednesday night at 8 o'clock
to express themselves concerning
the proposed new zoning ordi-
nance.
The county board yesterday set
this date to hear again the citizens
of the county in relation to a pro-
posal designed to revamp the
entire system now used.
The public hearing, a recessed
meeting of that of yesterday, will
be held in the courthouse, and is
expected to be attended by scores
of land owners who have sought
to have their properties rezoned
to a commercial status.
The Washington times., 1938-05-06
Reich Paper Ayers
u. S. PrOdS Brazil

BERLIN, May 6.-The Boersen
zeitung, which the foreign office
uses occasionally as mouthpiece,
charges that the United States is
responsible for the action against
Germans in Brazil by the govern
ment Of President Getulio Vargas.
The paper says that the cam
paign against Germans in Brazil
was induced by a "preSS storm un-
looSed by North America from
Alaska to the Fire Islands in order
to demonstrate to Brazil the Pan
American solidarity against the
German menace"
The Washington times., 1938-05-06
NE. HIGH SCHOOL
REQUESTED BY
CITIZEN GROUPS
Conference Urges New
Building on R. |. Ave.
BY A. J. DRISCOLL
Citizens Associations Editor

Citizens Associations Editor
With spokesmen stresslng need
for additional education facilities
In the upper northeast section,
the Northeast Conference OF
Citizens Associations meeting last
night in No., IL Police Station,
supported a resolution by Ken
meth P. Armstrong, of Burroughs,
urging the construction of
senior high school near Sixteenth
Street and Rhode Island Ave.
Northeast.
A resolution by George J..
Clear, of Trinidad, requesting the
Board of Education to include in
their 1899 estimates, funds to &C
uuire additional playground space
adjacent to the new elementary
school slated for the intersection
of BladenSburg Road and Mt.
Olivet Road, was approved.
A proposal by John j. Hurley,
Of Michigan Park, that the Capt.
tai Transit Company alternate
some of its Rhode Island Ave.
buses with those on the Michigan
Ave, line to provide direct Serv-
dee to the Government buildings
in the vicinity of Nineteenth and
Constitution Ave. was approved.
The conference reaffirmed q
former action favoring the Ben
ming site for a District airport.
The chair appointed w. A. Orig
gers chairman of a special COM
mittee on airports, with authority
TO name two more members.
Plans were announced by the
District Highway Department for
the widening of West Virginia Ave
nue. to 40 feet between Florida
Ave. and Mount Olivet Road. Also
the section between Mount Olivet
Road and New York Avenue.
Col. Dan I. Sultan, retiring as
engineer commissioner in Septem-
ber, was commended for outstand-
ing service.
The conference adjourned to
meet again in October. A. E. F.
scheer, president, presided.
Flaylng working conditions at
Gallinger Hospital as almost in
human, with employees working IL
hours a day, the Washington High
lands Citizens Association last
night urged the institution be
placed on an eight-hour schedule,
and that payment or time off be
allowed for overtime.
Mrs. Ray Clark, winner in the
membership contest, with Miss
Vera Barnes and Mrs. Harry D,
Butler, were named to represent
the association at the victory
membership dinner sponsored by
the Southeast Council of Citizens
Associations, to be held at the
Continental Hotel May 10.
w. Earl Nair was named COM
mittee chairman to arrange for a
special meeting Of the association
June 2.
The Central Northwest Civic
Association voted last night to en-
gage actively in the campaign for
suffrage for the District, and made
O donation to the cause. DR.. E.
O. Peters was named representa-
tive to the Group Health ASsocia-
ton.
The meeting was held in Gar
net,Patterson School, with George
w. Beasley presiding.
The Connecticut Avenue Citi-
Zens Association suspended bust
ness at its meeting last night in
All Souls Church hall and was en-
tertained by Boy Scouts and
group from the Police Boys Club
band.
The association adjourned to
meet in October. The executive
committee was given power to act
on all business during the interim.
The Washington times., 1938-06-14
Is Years Ago
In The Times
News in the Times, June IA, 1879

News in the Times, June IA, 1879
Twenty five members of the
family Of Mrs. John Tayman
gathered at her home at 1928
Naylor Rd. S. E. last night to
celebrate her sixty-eighth birth
day. Among them we're three of
her children, Mrs. L. v. McGill,
Mrs. Bette Fastnaught and Will
liam Tayman. and a great-grand-
daughter, little Marion McGill.
Many residents of Chevy Chase
were on hand last night for a
house warming and reception in
connection with the opening of
the new Chevy Chase Branch of
the Washington City Post Office.
Speakers included William T. S.
Curtis, of the Chevy Chase Citi-
zens Association, and the new
branch superintendent, Mr.. Muir
ply. Mrs. Ralph P. Barnard and
John Payne provided a program
of entertainment.
The Washington times., 1938-06-14
D, C, MARBLES
CHAMPS MEET

A marbles champion and runner
up for the western section of the
city will be selected in elimina,
ton play at Georgetown Play
ground late today.
Winners and runners-up from
Chevy Chase, Gallinger, George
town, Janney, Mitchell Park, Mont
rose Park and Palisades play
grounds will participate.
Play at Park View Playground
tomorrow afternoon will select a
winner and runner-up for the
northern section, consisting of
Hamilton, Happy Hollow, McMil-
Ian, Park View, Philips and Twin
Oaks Fairgrounds and Takoma
and TaftBurroughs Recreation
centerS.
Play for the southern section
will be the following day at Vir-
ginia Avenue Playground. Win
ners and runners-up from the four
sections of the city, and from Ar
lington county, will compete June
18 in the finals to select a city
champion.
The Washington times., 1938-06-14
MASONS READY.
FOR CIRCUS AT.
GRIFFITH PARK
Fireworks and Parade
Among Features

Pageantry, fireworks and a
circus will be part Of the enter
tainment in the Masonic might
of Thrills" at Griffith Stadium
tomorrow for the benefit of the
Masonic and Eastern Star Home.
A colorful pageant, in which
all branches of Masonry will par
ticipate, will start at 8 p. m, fol-
lowing a late afternoon baseball
game and band concert.
Mrs. Dorothy Herring, 1922
Thirteenth st N. W., sponsored
by Lebanon Chapter No. 25, o. E.
S., will preside as queen Of the
pageant parade, which will be letl
by Brig. Gen. Alfred Cox, grand
marshall, and his staff. In the
parade, in addition to the Masonic
groups, will be coIors and color
guards from the Army, Navy,
Marine Corps and Coast Guara,
and several bands.
After the procession around the
field, there will be a massing Of
the colors, at which the band Of
the Fifth Battalion Fleet Reserve
Marines will play the national
anthem.
The circus, with ten acts, will
feature clowns. acrobats, jugglerS,
and trained animals.
After that will come the fire
works display.
The baseball game will be BE-
tween teams of Pepco and the De
partment of Justice, both cham
pions.
Uniformed bodies participating
include Knights Templar, Shrine,
Grotto, Tall Cedars, Jobs Daugh.
tiers, and Order of DeMolay.
Kenneth R. Harries, master OF
New Jerusalem Lodge No. 9, is
general chairman of the show.
The Washington times., 1938-06-14
Honor Students
Rotary Guests

Honor students from seven pub
lie high schools, their principals
and School Board members will be
guests of honor at a Rotary lunch
con tomorrow at the Willard.
Superintendent Frank w. Ballou
will introduce the students, who
will make three-minute talks on
future aspirations"
The student speakers will be
Reuben Cohen, PALS Minnesota
Ave. S. E., Anacostia High; Adrian
Recinos, jr., 1614 Eighteenth ST..
N. W., Western; Walter w. Burns,
Franklin, Va, Mckinley; Gle m
Williams, 1922 Ingomar st. N. W.,
Woodrow Wilson; Wilbert E. Lock
lin, 423 Marietta Pl. N. w., Cen
tral; Glenn Watts, GOT Pennsyl-
vania Ave. S. E., Eastern, and
John T. Mitchell, 134S Nicholson
st. N. w., Roosevelt.
The Washington times., 1938-06-14
Tap Dance
Rep. CdrtWright's 2
Daughters in Fete

Wilburta and Doralyn Cart
wright, young daughters of Rep
resentative and Mrs. Wilburn
Cartwright of Oklahoma, are on
the program as tap dancers in
the eighth annual spring review
of the Phil Hayden Studios at
Wardman Park Theater Saturday
and Sunday nights.
More than 200 will take part
in the review. Others in prominent
parts include Gladys Gibson.
Catherine Hutchison, Josephine
Murphy, Rosa FARRELL, Rhoda
Thompson, Ethel Hayden, Gladys
Haas, Betty Bige'ow, Florence
Sherman, Thelma Carey, Jeanne
Meiners, Quentin Porter and Bob
Morris.
The Washington times., 1938-06-14

Two six-hour shifts of 20 work
men are building the structure in
the District yards on the Anacos-
tia River. Steel trusses, being built
separately, will be put in place
this week on the naval steel barge
from which the orchestra will
play.
The National Park Service is
sponsoring the series, which will
open July 10 and continue on Sun
day and Wednesday evenings to
August II.
DR.. Hans Kinder, conductor Of
the National Symphony, will be
musical director for the series,
and will conduct three concerts.
The others will be directed by
guest conductors, including Will
liam Won Hoogstraten, for IT
years director of the New York
Symphony's stadium concerts, and
Rudolph GAM, former conductor
of the st. Louis Symphony.
The Washington times., 1938-06-14
IOWans to Hold
Picnic June 18

The Iowa State Society will hold
an oldfashior picnic the after
noon of June 18 in Rock Creek
Park. Senator Guy M. Gillette
is president of the society.
Ernest Lucan is chairman Of the
events committee. Miss Gertrude
M. Lewis, Roosevelt Hotel, the
secretary, is handling reservations.
The Washington times., 1938-06-14
LEGION MEETINGS

American Legion meetings to,
morrow night will be Stanley
Church Depue Post, Hayloft; In
ternal Revenue Post. moonlight,
8:45, Seventh Street wharf; De-
partment Americanism Committee,
department headquarters, 416 Den
rike Building.
The Washington times., 1938-06-14

uatl0n exercises tomorrow.
Right Rev. Joseph Corrigan,
rector Of the university, was sched-
uled to preside at exercises late to-
day, at which the deans honor list
will be read, Clement r. McCor-
The Washington times., 1938-06-14
BLIND AIDES TO MEET

The D. C. Association of Work
ers for the Blind will meet in
Epiphany Parish Hall, 1917 G st.
N. w., Thursday at 7:45 p. m.
The Washington times., 1938-06-14
QUALITY STREET
TO Be PLAYED:

The Southeast Community Play.
ers will present Quality Street." q
four-act play by Sir James NJ.
Barrie, in the Anacostia High
School auditorium Thursday
night.
Betty Hunter will play the lead
ing role. Others taking part are
Edna Voight, Virginia Stone, Anne
Reburn, Lillian Bohannon, Eliza
beth Weaver, Luther Moring, ].
Mandrey Merrick, Shirley Anne
Walcott, Arlene Walcott, Jimmie
Partridge, Jack Walker, Bette
Hammer, Clifford M. Lomax
Marie Branson and Herbert Flem-
ing.
Assisting in the production are
Harold Snyder. Rein Denis, Gene
Physioc, Joseph Dimock and John
Cournyn.
The Washington times., 1938-06-14
Work Advances
On Music Shell

Work the shell be used by the National Symphony
Orchestra for it's Sunset Symphony series we'll under way
and will be completed early in july Otto j. Case, deputy
administrator for the District WPA. said today.
The Washington times., 1938-06-14
START
is CELEBRATED

Celebrating the start of long.
planned sewage project for the
Southeast section, a group OF
prominent civic workers gathered
at 8 a. m. yesterday when work
was started on the first link of
the Oxon Run Valley sanitary
sewer.
The link, which will be con-
structed under terms of the con.
tract within 400 days, will extend
from the sewage treatment plant
on the Potomac River a distance
of two miles to Second Street
and Whaler Place S. E. The con-
tract was let to the Square Con,
struction Company of Cleveland
and involves an expenditure OF
$l6o,O0O.
The Washington times., 1938-06-14
First Glass Day
At Catholic u;
$50 to Graduate
Archbishop Curley Will Preside at Formal
Exercises Set for Tomorrow

Catholic University today observed the first class day In its
history candidates degrees prepared for formal grad
The Washington times., 1938-06-14
oPTIMIsT OUTING

The Optimist Club will have an
outing at the Congressional Club
Friday at 1:3O.