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The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1938-11-04
Explosion Ahead; "Be Pre-
pared"

1t is extremely difficult to pre-
dict what may happen during
the next twelve months in the
coal industry.
We face legislation that may
result in miners being required
to take an examination, use of
machinery that requires technical
training.
We can only express to the 81
600 Negro miners our faith in
Mining Education. Coal Ming is
a basic industry of the state and
it is here to stay. In order to
keep pace with the changes in
this great in dustry, WE MUST
BE PREPARED. In our desire
to serve the schools an the Negro
miners of the state, and cooper
ate with the coal companies and
the State Department of mines,
the Bxtesion Division of West
Virginia State college will be
fond at ALL TIMES willing to
serve.
Cordially yours,
L. A. Toney, Director of Ex-
tension.
u. G.. Carter, Head of Dept.
Extension Service.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1938-11-04

at the high school at Kimball?
The gymnasium which was once
fused as the auditorium has been
cut up into four class rooms. To-
day this school is supposed to be
in the North Central Association,
| it may be there but it has no
more right of enjoying the privi-
lege than the school at Matt
land. l am positive that the
members of the North Central
Association would be glad to be
Informed concerning conditions
of the Browns Greek district
high school. l am for calling a
mass meeting of every Negro in
this county and inviting the
North Central Association to
send a representative here to
inspect this plant. 1t is time
that the Parent-Teacher Asso-
citation of this county got busy
and placed someone at the head
of that organization who had
sincerity of purpose enough be-
You'd a JOB to see that our
children were provided with
! buildings, teachers and equip
ment that would stand in COM
parision favorably with what
the white children are receiving.
Cutting up gymnasiums and
Railways for class rooms in
stead of rebuilding a burned
school is a new DEMOCRATIC
METHOD OF PRACTICING
ECONOMY ON NEGRO EDU-
CATION. :.
At the time the Tidewater
school burned, there was build
ing located on the Peerless G.
land c., grounds at Vivian. 1t
was indeed better than m t
of the Negro graded schools in
the county today, but instead of
replacing the burned Tidewater
school with new one, or giving
the present Brown Creek high
school to the Tidewater chill
dren and building a much needed
new high school, gymnasiums
and Railways in the already
crowded high school were con-
verted into class roooms hous-
ing children just entering school
for the first time under the
same roof with mature minds of
high school students, all in such
makeshift quarters with the
poorest of lighting and ventila-
ton, | am informed that it was
necessary to use the lights in the
rooms cons tructed from the
gymnasium continuously during
the day. Can you imagine what
condition the eyes of these stu
dents will be when they are ready
for college? While all this re-
construction was going on for
the Negroes, a modern new
brick building was erected for
the white children at Peerless
and the wooden building which
would be a credit to most of our
graded schools now being used
for our children, was torn down.
With new buildings to be
erected at Jolo, Jaeger, North
fork and WEIGH for the white
children l wonder where our
COUNTY SUPERVISOR, REV.
L. A. WATKINS was when the
good things were being passed
around? Is he afraid for his
JOB / wonder where the hustl-
ling DR.. MURRAY is these days?
| He is the Negro Democratic
chairman of the county, the
Negro member of the Board of
Education, surely he sees these
conditions as he goes in and out
lof the county schools attending
to the children's teeth. / wonder
| if the Negro Democrats were
| given their respective jobs to
perform the duties therto, On
were they given these positions
ITO coerce the Negro voter with,
land close their eyes and mouths
ito the things that make a race
Of people FREE?
D. ~
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1938-11-04
news NOTES

Mrs. E. D. Washington Harvey
and Mr.. Ernie Edwards, of the
w. Va, State Model School and
college faculty, were the week
end guests of Editor and Mrs.
Whittico. Thse guests also at
tended the State Teachers Asso-
citation in Bluefeld. Herbert
Washington and James Here
ford, students of w. Va. State,
were also visiting them.
Mesdames Suzanne Slau-
ghter, Beatrice Howard, Mae
Martin, Mary Johnson and Miss
Georgia Reid attended Teachers
Association in Bluefield last
week.
Sugar Hill at Northfork,
certainly looks glamorous with
!! all the houses painted. My, how
improved and easy on the eyes.
Congratulations, good peple.
Mrs. Eliza Cannaday is still
having splendid visit in
Pulaski, Virginia.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1938-11-04
Where Are They

One is a fire boss, Koppers
company at Keystone.
One is a mine foreman, o.
Toole, Annawalt, w. Va.
Two are instructors, Exten-
sion, w. Va. State college.
One is a section foreman,
Stirrat, Stirrat, w. Va.
One is completing his college
work at w. Va. State college and
assisting in the Mining Exten-
sion Department.
The other six men are in line
promotion as instructors and
and Section Foremen.
Again / say that the demand
for trained men is greater than
the supply. Yours is the opport
tunity. 1t has come and will
come bit once. Opportunities are
made. 1t is a part of the spirit
that prompts you to become
better trained miners, seeking
promotions; recognition f o r
achievement land the drive that
prompts real miners to say, Il
will prepare myself and someday
my opportunity will come"
Attention eMiners-Come Again
President Davis and the mem
bers of the faculty of West Vir-
Iginia State college welcome you
when in charleston for your
Mining Extension Examination
or just visiting. DON'T FAIL
TO REGISTER HERE. This is
YOUR school. The progress OF
YOUR SCHOOL DEPENDS up
on the coal industry and YOU.
A more intelligent-miner, a
/ better school
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1938-11-04

a Democrat or a Republican,
just here on the eve of the
election. My God! Will you
please allow Faith" to just one
more time call your attention to
the mightiest calamity that
ever befell a self-respecting and
struggling people at the hands
of our trusted educational offic-
ers and tentatively concurred in
by wishie = washie closed
mouth misrepresentation mem
Der of the group of this Negro
race in the school system of Nc
Dowell county?
Let Faith" speak to you be-
low:
BY Faith"
NO NEGRO Democrat or Re-
publican holds any such key. 1t
will require every Negro MAN,
WOMAN and CHILD in this
comfy to voice their protest in
one cord of UNISON as never
before to awaken this DEMO
CRATIC BOARD OF EDUCA-
TON to the INJUSTICES UN-
DER WHICH CHILDREN AND
THE TEACHERS ARE LABOR
ING. When the old delipidat-
ed Underwater school burned
every decent, respectable and
fair-nSinded citizen in this
county, regardless of race or
color, though that it would be re-
placed with a modern building.
For years this old fire-trap had
been a constant threat to the
lives of the hundreds of little
children attending it. In these
modern times no more disgrace
full excuse for a school building
could be offered any group than
that which they forced to little
Negro children to attend on that
hill side too steep for a mount
ain goat to climb. The out houses
placed there to care for the ply
steal wants of the student body
and teachers were beyond ina
glnation. am not condemning
the Democratic party for the
school as it existed at the time
they took over the school system
in Mcdowell county, l am hold
ing them responsible for not
erecting suitable building in
its place after the fire-trap had
burned t h the Republicans
were too sorry to tear down and
rebuild according to modern
trend of that time. The Repub-
licans always had some building
that had to be done for their
children and although we
prayed for a spiritual" fire to
destroy the old eyesore during
the Republican regime without
our prayers being answered, we
did think that the delay was
caused by our praying to the
wrong gods, in fact the Demo
Gratis told us when the old shell
did go up in smoke and they
cautioned us to watch w h a t a
beautiful structure be erected
for the Negroes of Browns
creek district as high school
with the present high school
being converted into the Tide
water graded school.
OF course / am not disap-
pointed. When / see how sadly
my good friends are who ran to
the Democrats, assisting them
to be elected to almost every
Office in the old county of Nc
Dowell once the Republican
stronghold, believing they h d
found new type Of white Demo-
crat.
Not long ago a Sunday issue
Of the Bluefeld Telegraph
brought us the news of the great
building campaign for which
contracts have already been al
lowed for the erection, remodel
ing and charging of four schools
in the county. With the enor-
MOI expediture of S186,644,
mo- cent of this money is to 20
inf e Improvement of a Negro
~ aid this great expendi-
tufe Is to fill a long felt need.
I wonder. what the members of
the Board think of conditions
EFcE kclB
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1938-11-04
Attention

We often have men, women,
boys and girls, who have, or are
in trouble, or behind prison bars,
standing in need of kindly advice
concerning their problems, or a
letter of encouragement, when
everything seems against them.
| should be glad to hear from
trem and advice them, address
all letters to Mrs. Edna Lamkin,
Delbarton, w. Va.
cITDcCpTDI, rO nTy- r1r,
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1938-11-04
FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
OF LINCOLN UNIVERSITY

Oct. 15-Homecoming Game.
Oct. 22-Hampton Inst. (Home)
Oct. 29-St. Paul Norm. (Away)
Nov. 5-Va. Union U. CHome)
Nov. 12-Bluefeld Inst. (Away)
Nov. 24-Howard U. (Away)
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1938-11-04

Dom Pierre P@ignon, a Benedic-
tine monk n the Abbey Of Hautvil-
hers, France, discovered the proc
ess Of putting the bubbles in the
wine of that region more than ESQ
years ago.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1938-11-04

Since our last writing, three
names have been added to the
list of First Class Mine Fore
men, making atotal of IL.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1938-11-04

was first published. In 1911, the
Association published its first
pamphlet against lynching and
held tsfirst large meeting of pro-
test.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1938-11-04

The black belt was originally
a fertile strip of black soil. The
black belt of today is that part
of a city where most of the
colored population reside.
Free Negroes in Maryland
had right to vote down to 1888.
A law was passed in Virginia in
1923 that they were not allowed
to vote.
Somewhere l read this little
poem, l pass it on to you.
This land is ours by right of
birth,
This land is ours by right of
toll;
We helped to turn it's virgin
eatrh,
Our sweat is in its fruitful
soil.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1938-11-04

The second settlerof Alabama
was a Negro. He visited the
country with De Soto, liked the
climate and the country and
stayed and lived with the
Indians (t5zO -
In November, 1910, The Cri-
sis, the official organ of the
National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People,
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1938-11-04
LISTEN TO THIS
lContlnued ION Page Threel

Continued from Page Three)
David Walker, a free Negro,
the first person of color to at
tack slavery through the press,
Walkers Appeal" was publisbf
ed in Boston in 1929, which was
circulated in the South.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1938-11-04

their fellow workers, these men
will in the near future be pro-
NOTED to better jobs.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1938-11-04
Speed Of Butterflies, Wings

Butterflies flap their wings only
nine times q second. Ifousehies
make $50 wing beats a second.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1938-11-04

SUBSCRIBE TO THE TINES
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1938-11-04

A more intelligent-miner, a
better school
The Washington times., 1938-05-13
Church Conference Ends

Addresses by DR.. Charles H.
Wesley, dean of the college of lib
eral arts at Howard University
and DR.. George E. Haynes, New
York City, today will close a con-
ference of the Fraternal Council
of Negro Churches in America at
Mt. Carmel Baptist Church.
The conference opened Wednes-
day with DR.. William H. Jernagin,
pastor of Mt. Carmel Church and
The Washington times., 1938-05-13
Ocean Oil Claim
Bill Approved

The House Judiciary COMMITTEES
yesterday agreed to recommend q
bill claiming Federal title to sub.
merged coastal oil lands worth
81, ,000, 100000 in California. The
committee decided not to recon-
mend legislation claiming title to
oil lands off the Texas and Louisi-
ana coast.
The Washington times., 1938-05-13
Palestine Alien
Increase Asked

Authorization for a substantial
increase in the number Of Jew.
ish immigrants into Palestine was
proposed by Representative Fish
(R),. of New York, in a House
resolution yesterday. The resolu-
tion was addressed to the British
government and the proposed In
ternational Refugee Conference.
The Washington times., 1938-05-13
7,328,55O Bibles
= Put Out in 1897

NEW YORK, May 13 GN.S)
"A total of 7,328,55O copies of the
Bible were distributed in 1887, it
was revealed today in a report of
the American Bible Institute. The
Bibles were issued in 1877 Ian
guageS and dialects, including
books for the blind in Braille.
The Washington times., 1938-05-13
Cleveland Gets
School Meeting

The sixty-fifth annual conven.
tion Of the American Association
Of School Administrators, q de.
partment Of the NationN Educa.
tion Association, will be held In
Cleveland, Ohio, next February
25, John A. Sexson, president of
the association, announced yes
terday.
The Washington times., 1938-05-13
Zine Engaged" to Replace
London Phone Busy Signed

LONDON, May 13.-In place of
the busy" signal on telephones,
a verbal announcement Of Lime
engaged" is to be made soon
throughout the Postoffice tele.
phone service. Gradual substitu.
t1on OF the voice announcement
was foreshadowed by Postmaster
The Washington times., 1938-05-13

president Of the council, presiding
Speakers yesterday included DR.
Carter G. Woodson, director of
the Association for the Study OF
Negro Life and History, and DR.,
Daniel A. Polling, Boston, president
of the National Christian En-.
deavor Society.
The Washington times., 1938-05-13

General George C. Tryon in a
speech at Bristol.
The change is to be made to
eliminate confusion of the busy"
signal with other tone signals.
Coin fishing? Then read Bob VIII
sOn's "Up the Stream" in The Wash
ingtOn Times. Telephone RE. 1894 for
home delivery
The Washington times., 1938-05-13

dimes "On the Line in the Washing
ton Herald. Telephone RE. 1884 for
home delivery.
The Washington times., 1938-05-13

rs all at 5:4 tomorrow night Our Hot Weather Suit Sale
Only tomorrow left to su Only left to
select from over dozen smart s Your final opportunity choose
from breath taking Of abcs Man. you're looking for the most
value 475 you'll grab vou hat and be-
here tomorrow EARLY! Yes spite Of tremendous selling we still have
plenty Of fit you'll These 20 back regular prices
Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1938-04-13
SPORTS SPUTTERINGS ..by. =.


Mr.. H. A. Martin, Of Silver Springs,
Maryland, will be the guest Of the
Greenbelt A.C. at the opening Ameri can
League game at Griffith Stadium Mon
day ................. Congra lula lions
to Frank stner; Leo Slaughter, Bill
Donahue, Irv. Reamey, Dee Smi tn and
all. other club members who cooperated
in making the drawing so successful.
In IS games played this season, the
F.B:I. cagers have come out on top in
oG OF them. Not bad.
The G-Men ( G for good goals } were .
nosed out last week by the Regal Cloth
iers for the istri ct A.A.U. champ on
ship. The score 21-l7. ..Incidenta lily,
ono Of the star. Thompson brothers did
not appear here with F.B. I.... The
Thomp sons are produc is Of Duke Uni
versl ty. The Federal
Bureau Of Inves til ga ton goes in for 49,.
athletics in q big way. spe cha zing
in baseball and baske tba IL teams ).
So, Sonny, If you want to be a G-,sen
when you grow up, we. suggest that you
first learn to play BASEBALL and ba SIX
etba IL. When the baske tba II sea-
son rolls around again, Greenbelt will
be fully occupied town. ..... If we
can turn out team like we have, with
only half G town to choose from, we
should be able to produce toam twice
as good when our e85 homes are filled.
By the way, few Of the boys from F.
B.I. played little ping pong while
here and looked good. 80. Arrange O
game, Manager Bradford, we can prob
ao1y take 'em. ....... see. The
weo Their man has boon holding up prac-
tt ces Of our local baseball and soft
ball teams ..... making 1t tough to
tie IL who's who. Monday, oil roads
will lead to Griffi tn Stadium where the
lie will be pried off the 1888 base
ball season.. Get your leave
slips in carly boys.
Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1938-04-13


F.B.I. ENTERTAINED AFTER GAME
The members Of the Federal Bureau
Of Invc sti tt on baske tball team were
entcrta ined at buffet supper in
the game by the members Of the
Greenbelt squad after the game Fri
day night. The visitors were Impress
cd wi tn gymna STUN and other ex-
cellent recroa tt onal facilities and
expires sed a desire to meet Groenbclt
in other folds Of sport.
BASEBALL TEAM ELECTS MANAGER & COACH
At recent meeting Of the candi ties
for the Greonbclt Athletic Club baso-
ball nine George Talbot elected
manager and Leo Mullen named coach
for the. ensueing~ season. ANY
arrival in Greenbelt who would like
to try out for the team should get
in touch wi tn eli ther Of the above
mentioned men.
NEW SPORTS WRITER WELCOMED.
The Cooperator is happy to announce
that Mr.. George Carnes, who recently
moved to 26-E Ridge Road, has joined
the staff and Will be associated with
the Sports depar t7nent. Mr.. Carnes is
q ative Of Georgia and wrote sports
for tho Atlanta Journal. Henry McLomore,
popular United Press Sports Colunrist,
clio ssma to Of Carnes at Georgia
Tech. Carnes covered the basko tball
game Friday night hi first assign
ment.
BE 4 GOOD MEMBER OF THE ATHLETIC
CLUB BY PAYING YOUR DUES ON TINE.
ALL NEW RESIDENT IS SHOULD CONTACT
THEIR BLOCK REPRESENTA- IVES THO ARE:
FRANK LASTN3R, BLOCK C. LEO SLAUGHTER,
BLOCK D. AND IRWIN REAlEY, BLOCK & F.
OR VERNON HITCH COCK, TREASURER.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-12
P0st-Press Bows
Compete in Prize
Contest For Subs

Thirty Post Press carrier boys
Wednesday started from scratch in
six-weeks subscription contest
that will end in award of 500 in
cash prizes.
The contest will last until Nov.
Is. according to Art Davis. cir
oulation manager. and be based
entirely upon new subscriptions and
renewals obtained. Winning boy in
each of three divisions will receive
a sl0 prize. A IS prize will go to
second place.
winners inseach division are eli
gible for the grand prizes of S35
for first. $40 for second and S5 for
third. The first division includes
FL Centro. in which l6 boys will
compete. Six boys will compete in
the second division, which includes
Holtville. Imperial and CaleXico.
In the third division are eight
boys. in Brawley, Heber. Seeley,
Westmorland, Calipatria. Villa
Acres. El Dorado and Jacumba.
Winners of the grand prizes will
be judged on a basis Of effort
shown, in addition to percentage
gain in subscriptions.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-12
p s-FAST CHANGES 8

L 6-FASI CHANGES sd
LONDON, Oct. II. (UP)-George
Bernard Shaw disclosed today that
as the result of the Italian anti
Jewish campaign he had rewritten
his latest play Geneva.
In the play as originally written,
Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini,
thinly disguised under the names of
Battler and Bobmardone, engage
in an argument over their political
faiths. Bombardone tells Battler he
is fool to persecute Jews.
Discussing the necessity for re-
writing the play, and the new situ-
alton in Europe, Shaw told the
Daily Herald:
II can not for the life of me
understand why Mussolini turned
against Jews. His banishment of
women from government positions
was easier to understand.
But Mussolini certainly did
something useful at Munich confer
ence. OF course he did not want
to go to war. He had his hands full
already.
"And neither did Hitler want to
go to war. Hitherto he had always
known with extraordinary sagacity
just how far to go to get what he
wanted without warfare. This time
ne went an inch too far. When he
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-12
lac Talks Before
Labor Group Here
Along Border

Labor legislation in the state and
nation provided subjects for ad-
dresses made at the El Centro labor
temple Tuesday night by Congress
man Ed V. Izas and two representa-
tiVes OF labor unions.
Congressman Izac, a candidate fol-
reelection, described the methods
used in handling labor legislation
in congress.
Walter CWan, international rep
resentative of the Hotel and Res
taurant Employees and Bartenders
League, and John Lydick. secretary
OF the San Diego Federated Trades
and Labor council and editor of tht
San Diego Labor Leader. discussed
proposition No. on the November
ballot. a large crowd of union men,
bers attended
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-12

Here to Campaign
On Propositions

Three distinct organizations took
shape Thursday in Imperial county
to campaign on three propositions
which will come before voters in
tee November elections.
Al a meeting in Wilson school
Wednesday night, presided over by
Mrs. H. r. Miller, county president
Of the Federation of Women's
Clubs. a committee was selected TO
oppose proposition 20, the single
tax measure. Heading the group is
H. w. Fawcett.
Two ether committees will be
formally organized later to direct
campaigns on propositions and
| 25. Mrs Miller said.
Attendance included: Hugh OS-
borne. w. w. McEuen. Charlie:
Farrell. Charles Wieman, Earl Rob
erts. c. L. Shaw.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-12

Adolf Hitler SalQ lIldt iSA his'AAJ
would continue to strengthen de-
lenses. the agency poiniied out
Hitler's remark that Germany
would not be caught off guard and
added that Italy would not either.
The "Informazione Diplomatico'
is an agency of the foreign office,
used to disseminate statements as
coming from semi-official rather
than official sources.
The agency said that Italy and
Germany comprised a bloc of l25,-
100000 powerfully armed men and
were unbeatable.
The only thing left is to make
peace. a thorough peace based on
the example of Munich, said the
agency.
Deploring that some groups in
Great Britain and France urged a
preventive war against the totali-
tartan states, the agency blamed
Jews for creating a war atmos-
phere. and commented:
Jews represent the responsible
heads of those bellicose scares
abroad"
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-12
L.V.Hardware TO
Hold Furniture
Presentation Here

Thursday evening, from to 9.
the Imperial Valley Hardware COM
pany will be hosts to home lovers
with the annual furniture style
presentation.
The evenings program has been
planned with a view of showing
local home owners the newest
trends in furniture and other
household equipment.
While the entire store staff will
be present to greet visitors. and
show them about the store, no sales
will be consummated, according to
J. r. Fahs. manager of the furni-
ture department.
1t will open at 7 o'clock in the
evening, and flowers will be given
to all visitors.