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The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1938-10-21
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ldlIl ,lk.
vs.. In CHANGER.
ALEX SOKOVICH
Defendant

Pending In The Circuit Court of
Said Mcdowell County
The object CT this suit is to obtaio
from the defendant by the plaintiff
divorce from the bonds Of matri
mohy and for general relief.
And It appearing from an affidavit
now on file with the papers In this
cause. that the defendant is a non
resident Of the State Of West Virgin.
la ); 1t is therefore ordered that the
said defendant do appear at thu
Clerks office of the Circuit Court of
Mcdowell County within one month
from the date of the date of the 1st.
publication of this order. and do
what is necessary to protect
his interest herein.
And 1t Is further ordered that O
copy Of this order be published once
week for three successive weeks In
some newspaper of general circula.
ton, published in said Mcdowell
County.
Copy, Tcste:
HOBART E: PAYNE, cIerL
Circuit Court. Mcdowell County
CAPEHART & MILLER, P. O.
Date of first publication, Oct.
FL 1888.
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by Walter G.. Beach, published
1925, on page 1876, states about
the Negro: Sixty years ago he
was a slave. He owned no pro-
perty; 80 per ent were penniless
field hands. He was illiterate and
without education.
In 1888, Solomon, a free
Negro, well known by men of all
classes in Macon, Ga, kept a
grocery store, and had more
credit than any other merchant
in town. Owned a number of
slaves and $4,000 worth of
property.
In Virginia, free Negroes were
requird to pay a poll tax of $3.50
in 1913 and $3.50 in 1915. In
1914, 5,547 free Negroes paid
SO, 1922 in taxes and in 1863 they
paid $13,065.22 in poll taxes.
Negroes in Baltimore paid
$500 in shool taxes in 1860 but
could not attend the public
schools.
In Philadelphia, Negroes had
aquired taxable property worth
S350,000 in 1882, $359,626 in
1887, and 100000 worth in
1857.
In Cincinnati, in 1910, Negroes
had acquired S228,00O worth of
property. One Negro had $4,000
worth.
George Bentley, a Negro
preacherI Twas preaching in a
white church in Giles Tenn, in
1859.
Kentucky had the greatest
number of Negro troops in the
Civil War, (23,7O3.)
In 1913 thirty Negroes
assisted Balboa in building the
first ships made on the Pacific
COAST ~ a-Aal1 .-AA4
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A Negro owned 200 slaves in
South Carolina in 1857.
Roland Hayes, great Negro
singer was ready only for the
sixth grade w h n he was 10
years old.
Paul Robson, actor, chosen
by Walter Camp in 1913 for the
All American Team. In his first
year in college he received 7
AS and one b and in his Junior
year he won the Phi Beta Kappa
key.
Frederick Douglass, born a
slave at Tuckohoe, near East
on, Md, February 1877, died
2, 1895, was the first Negro to
ride on battleship as the guest
of the United States Navy.
The Eighth Regiment of Chi
caRo, the BLACK Devils" pro-
baby made the last capture in
the World War. The morning Of
November II, at 11:10 o'clock
they captured a German army
train of fifty wagons.
October 1G, 1859, John Brown
with nineteen assistants, five Of
whom were Negros, captured the
arsenal at Harpcrs Ferry, Va.
Two institutions for higher
education Of the Negro were
established before the Civil War,
Lincoln university in Pennsyl-
vania $3.50 and Wilberforce
in Ohio.
Norbert Rillieux, Negro, in
Louisiana, patented on Dec, 10,
1864, an evaporating pan by
which the refining Of sugar was
revolutionized.
Two dollars first, and one and
one half dollar second. and one
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1938-10-21

Two dollars first, and one and
one half dollar second, and one
dollar, third will be paid by the
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A prominent physician of
Mobile, in 1874, stated that the
brain of the Negro is one-tenth
smaller than a white mans and
that the Negro could not live in
the North because the cold
climate would freeze his brain
and make him insane.
An ex Senator of the United
States, a colored man, Blanche
TX. Bruce of Mississippi, was
honored by having created for
him the Office of registrar of the
treasury.
White members of St. Georr-
ge's Methodist Episcopal church
in Philadelphia (1787) wanted
to segregate the Negro member
ship to a part of the church,
Absalom Jones and others choos-
ing not to be insulted, organized
the Free African Society. In
time this Society became affiliat-
ed with the Protestant Episcop-
al church. From this developed
| st. Thomas Episcopal church
which opened for service J u y
II, 1894; and Absalom Jones
became the first Negro rector in
the United States.
The Minneapolis Tri b u n e
(evening) of Minneapolis, Min
| nesota, of Monday, January 81,
1907, states that Edward H.
Morris, Negro lawyer of Chi
cago, ILL.,, has a practice worth
$4,000 a year.
In 1854, DIR. Decrease, a
Negro, was admitted as a men,
Der Of the Massachusetts Medic
al Society.
The first Negro to be granted a
patent was Henry Blair, of
Maryland, who received official
protection for a corn harvester.
Booker T. Washington reach
ed Tuskegee in June 1881, July
4th was the d a tie set for the
opening Of the school in the
little shanty which had been
secured for it's accommodation. On
the above morning 80 students
reported. Olivia A. Davidson was
one of the teachers later becom-
ing Mrs. Booker T. Washington.
In 1885 and 1886 average
yearly cash incomes for families
of white sharecToppers ranged
from $203 for Georgia to $643
for North Carolina. Somewhat
lower on the scale the families
of Negroe sharcroppers had
net cash incomes that varied
from a low of SITS in Georgia
to a high of 1923 in N. C.
The late James Weldon John
son was the first colored man to
pass the state bar examination of
| the state of Florida. United
States Senator Fletcher madk
the motion for him to practice
law in the above state.
The average Negro non relief
farm operator Family in Mis-
sissippi who spends $3.50 for all
foods eats $40 worth of pork q
year and only SO woSth Of other
meats.
A Negro fired the first shot at
Manila Bay, from the Olympia,
flagship of Admiral Dewey
commanding the American
forces on the Asiatic station
during the Spanish American
War. He was John Jordan,
chief gunners mate, u. S.tNavy
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1938-10-21
ORDER OF PUBLICATION

WEST VIRGINIA: In the
Clerks Office of the Circuit
Court of Mcdowell County -
October 10, 1888
TRESA SOKOVTCH
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1938-10-21

Norbert Rillieux, Negro, in
Louisiana, patented on Dec, 10,
1864, an evaporating pan by
which the refining Of sugar was
revolutionized.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1938-10-21

Mayor BlakeIy, McGinnis Hat
field and Old War Horses Rob
ing Themselves for Battle
Democrats Learning Party Has
Lost Are Joining Republicans
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1938-10-21

A Negro fired the first shot at
Manila Bay, from the Olympia,
flagship of Admiral Dewey,
commanding the American
forces on. the Asiatic station,
during the Spanish American
War. He was John Jordan,
chief gunners mate, u. S3Navy.
An introduction to sociology
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BY HOBART T. MITCHELL

A prominent physician of
Mobile, in 1874, stated that the
brain of the Negro is one-tenth
smaller than a white mans and
that the Negro could not live in
the North because the cold
climate would freeze his brain
and make him insane.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1938-10-21

Roland Hayes, great Negro
singer was ready only for the
sixth grade w h he was 10
years old.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1938-10-21

A Negro owned 200 slaves in
South Carolina in 1857.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1938-10-21

An ex Senator of the United
States, colored man, Blanche
K. Bruce of Mississippi, was
honored by having created for
him the Office of registrar of the
treasury.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1938-10-21

An introduction to sociology
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1938-10-21

In 1913 thirty Negroes
assisted Balboa in building the
first ships made on the Pacific
coast. 49, -
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1938-10-21

Kentucky had the greatest
number of Negro troops in the
Civil War, (23,7O3.)
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1938-10-21

The average Negro non relief
farm operator Family in Mis-
sissippi who spends $3.50 for all
foods eats $40 worth of pork q
year and only SO woSth Of other
meats.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1938-10-21

Negroes in Baltimore paid
$500 in shool taxes in 1860 but
could not attend the public
schools.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1938-10-21

George Bentley, a Negro
preacheri Twas preaching in a
white church in Giles Tenn, in
1859.
Smyrna times., 1938-04-21
APRIL TERM OF KENT COUNTY
COURT CONVENED ON MONDAY

Chancellor Josiah o. Wolcott di-
recting that the Eastern Shore
Public ervice Company remove its
equipment from Seaford and dis
continue service there. The liti-
gants are the Eastern Shore cor
poration, the appellant, which held
the franchise for the lighting SER
vice, and the town of Seaford,
which sometime ago granted the
franchise to the Seaford
Light and Power Co., with option
to buy the plant in five years. The
had delayed putting his
order into effect until adjudication
of the appeal is obtained in the
Supreme Court. The law firm of
Marvel, Morford, Ward, and Logan
represents the town of Seaford and
the firm of Hastings, Stoclxley, and
Duffy represents the Eastern Shore
Company. All five law justices
comprised the court in the hear
ing.
Smyrna times., 1938-04-21

editor Of a series of agricultural
text books as well as associate edi-
tor of several scientific journals.
He is a member Of the American
Society Of Agronomy, American
Chemical Association, American
Bacteriologists, and other learned
societies. He was president of the
first International Congress of Soil
Science in Washington, D. c., in
1927 and delegate to the World
Dairy Congress in London, Eng
land in 1928. The Agricultural
Club of the University of Della
ware, which is sponsoring the
Father and Son banquet, is made
up of the students in the School of
at the University.
John E. H. Lafferty of Cheswold,
is president of the club and will be
the toastmaster. Tickets may be
obtained by writing James +. Dick
inson, treasurer of the club, Uni
versity of Delaware, Newark, Del.
Smyrna times., 1938-04-21
$1,000 BLAZE UP
AT BLACKBIRD
Residences of Miss Arrie Hill
and Herman Foraker De-
str0yed With Contents
CALL SMYRNA FIREMEN

Fire of undetermined origin de-
stroyed two houses entailing loss
of upwards of $500 or $4,000 Fri
day afternoon at Blackbird after
four fire companies had put forth
their best efforts to same them.
The fire broke out at p. m. The
fire siren in Smyrna called the ser
vices of the Smyrna Fire Company
and truck and they hastened with
speed to the scene of the confia-
grafton. At the same time alarms
were sent to Townsend, Middle
town and Odessa. Despite the
prompt response of these compan-
les with their up-to-date equip
ment they were powerless to do
but little on account of the lack of
a water supply. The town is
without a water system and the
nearest pond at Blackbird Station
was too far away to couple up a
hose line The result was they had
to fight with chemical which was
effective while it lasted but made
quate to allay the conf1agration
The two houses owned by Mrs.
William Fortner We're tenanted by
Miss Arrie Hill and Herman For
aker. Both families were away
at the time and when neighbor
the blaze it was gaining
headway with great speed. BY the
time the four fire companies an
swered the alarm the fire was lit
terly beyond control. Nor was
there any opportunity to save the
furniture and contents. These
were consumed with a severe loss
to the tenants. For two hours fire.
men fought in vain. However,
they kept the flames from spread
ing to nearby dwellings. The loss.
it is understood, is partially cover
ed by insurance.
Smyrna times., 1938-04-21
FARM TENANT
FILE EXTENDED
Russell E. Wilson Advised of
An Extension to the
23rd Day of April
MUST ACT THIS WEEK

Those tenant farmers in Kent
county who are interested in pur-
chasing farms under the plan an
nounced recently by the Farm Sc
curity Administration have been
given an extension of time in
which to file their applications. At
the suggestion of the county COM
mittee including John G. Tarbur-
ton, John M. Roe and Harmon E.
Coverdale, in conference with b. c.
Deputy, state director for the
Farm Security Administration, and
County Agent Russell E. Wilson.
advisory member of the committee,
this extension has been granted to
April %. AS stated in previous
new releases, tenant farmers may
make applications for these loans
at the office of the Farm Security
Administration, South Bradford
street in Dover, at the county ex-
tension Office in the PoStoffice
or with any member of
the county committee. Loans will
be made for a 40-year period at
percent interest, with an annual
Continued on PAGE Five)
Smyrna times., 1938-04-21
ERWIN r. DICK
HEADS ROTARY
Elected President of Smyrna
Rotary Club to Succeed G.
o. Fearon, Term Expired
OTHER OFFICERS NAMED

At the weekly meeting of Smyr-
ma Rotary Club last Thursday ev-
ening Erwin R Dick, Smyrna
Brenford prominent orchardist,
was elected president of the club
to succeed George o. Fearon, term
expired. Mr.. Fearon IS business
manager of the State Welfare
Home. Mr.. Dick is one Of the
most active members of the club
and his fellow members predict he
will carry on in the same success
full manner of his predecessors.
Other officers elected for the en-
suing term are: Charles w. Hall of
Clayton, vice-president; William E
Matthews, Jr., Smyrna, secretary;
John c. Mannering, Smyrna, treas
urer, and George w Wright and
Harvey c. Jones, Smyrna, direc-
tors. There was no particular pro-
gram at the dinner meet at the
Wayside Inn, Thursday night, the
time being given over entirely to
the business session and the cleo
ton of officers. The election of
delegates to the coming District
Rotary convention in May was
held over. Plans for the coming
year were discussed and Fellow
ship" ever the keynote of Rotary
gatherings, was given an impetus
in the plans to boost and make the
local organization grow
Smyrna times., 1938-04-21
STATE PARENT
TEACHERS HERE
Will Meet at John Bassett
Moore School Auditorium
on April 30th
PUPILS TO GIVE DRAMA

The annual convention of the
State Parent-Teacher Association
will be held in the John Bassett
Moore School auditorium on April
80. The morning session will be
featured by an address by Mrs.
Frances S. Pettengill, president of
the National Congress of Parents
and Teachers and the election of
officers to serve for a two-year
term. The program includes re-
ports of the State Chairmen, greet
ings from school officials, sectional
meetings for chairmen Of Health
and Library groups; a Board of
Managers meeting and luncheon
for local presidents; Swedish
dramatization by pupils of the
Smyrna School. Miss Sarah B.
Askew, Librarian of the New Jer-
sey Public Library Commission,
Trenton, an outstanding authority
On rural library service and an in
teresting and popular speaker, will
address the Library group. Mrs.
Manly P. Northam, State Presi-
dent. will review the work of the
year at the afternoon session. The
meeting is open to all who are in
terested.
Smyrna times., 1938-04-21
JOHN BASSETT
MOORE SCHOOLS
Study of Choral Speaking
Taken Up With Zest, Aid
ed by Radio Club
OTHER SCHOOL NEWS

Choral speaking, which is being
taken up by the John Bassett
Moore High School, is an effort on
the part of the leader to guide her
group into two channels simultane-
ously. First each member of the
group must be conscious Of the
group as a whole and its effect
One voice cannot stand above the
others. One voice should not be-
gin to speak ahead of the others,
nor on the other hand should an
other voice drag out a syllable
longer than his neighbor. In the
second place choral speaking
brings out, after its development
of group consciousness, individual
elf-expression. In a crowd the
individual loses self-consciousness
at the same time that he is learn
ing to tone his voice down and
modulate it. Consequently, the
highest aim of choral speaking is
to give the individual an uninhab-
tied freedom of speech and a rich
ness of infection which he might
never otherwise obtain. In the
Smyrna school, the Junior Radio
Club has, for the sake of improv-
ing radio speech, dabbled bit in
the field of choral speaking. At
the present time members of the
group have hardly progressed be
yond the stage of painstaking eff
fort with syllables and end-letters
of words. However, they seem to
have found it interesting and en-
joyable. From the reaction to
their assembly program they feel
that it is much more fun to par
in choral speaking than to
watch it.
"Crime Club" Parts Assigned
The Junior High School Crime
Club has started a game of muir
der BY the drawing of lots, sew
eral parts have been assigned to
members of the group. One is the
CONTINUED on PAGE TIvel
Smyrna times., 1938-04-21
CORN PLANTING
TIME is NEAR
U. of ID. Extension Calls
Farmers Attention To
Hybrid Seed
ADVISE A TEST FIRST

With the approach of corn plant
ing time, increasing interest is be-
ing shown by Delaware farmers in
hybrid seed corn, according to
Claude E. Phillips, of the Agron-
omy Department at the University
of Delaware, who warns them not
to buy a pig in a poke" but to be
sure of the seed they are getting
before purchasing it. There are
thousands of hybrid corn strains
available" he said, "but trials con-
Quoted by the Agricultural Exper-
iment Station in both New Castle
and Sussex Counties last year have
shown that only few Of these are
adaptable to Delaware soils and
climate" While hybrid seed corn
is not yet generally being offered
for sale in Delaware, reports indi-
cate that several hundred Della
ware farmers are planning to put
a small part of their corn acreage
into hybrid corn for test purposes.
"Our test plots near Newark and
Delmar showed that the adaptable
strains of hybrid corn produced
yields as high as % per cent in ex-
cess of the standard varieties"
Phillips pointed out. THE results
of our test last year are available
upon request to those who wish to
plant test plots this year." he sad.
while many strains were tested
and checked against the standard
varieties, only a few showed re-
suits which would justify the addi-
tional seed cost These few, how
ever, produced results which more
than offset the high cost of the
hybrid seed" Additional test plots
are being planned this year by the
Experiment Station
concerning hybrid
seed corn may be obtained without
cost by requesting it from the Ag-
ronomy Department, Agricultural
Station, University of
Newark, Delaware.
Smyrna times., 1938-04-21
u. OF d. "AGGIE"
CLUB BANQUET
To Be Made a Father and
Sons Affair at Newark
on April the 30th
DEAN LIPMAN, SPEAKER

Dean J. G. Lipman, head of the
New Jersey College of Agriculture
and Director of the New Jersey
Agricultural Experiment Station
at New Brunswick, will be the
chief speaker at the annual Father
and Son Banquet at the Univer-
sity Of Delaware by the Agricul-
tural Club of the University of
which John E. Lafferty of Ches-
void, is president The dinner,
which is scheduled for six o'clock
(Standard Time) Saturday even
ing, April 80, will be held in Old
College on the University of Della
ware Campus, in Newark, Del. In
vitations are extended to fathers
of all agricultural students at the
University Of Delaware as well as
to alumni of the school and those
particularly interested in Delaware
Dean Lipman, who
has been an active leader in agri-
culture for many years, will speak
from his broad experience in the
fields of agronomy and bacteriol-
ogy. Besides his academic work
at Rutgers University, Dean Lip
man is editor of Soil Science and
Smyrna times., 1938-04-21
w. F. NJ. S. HOLDS MEETING

Met at the Home of Mrs. L. NJ.
Price, South Main Street, Monday
The Women's Foreign Mission
ary Society met at the home of
Mrs. L. NJ Price Monday evening
at 7.30 O'Clock. The President,
Mrs. L. M. Price, had charge of the
meeting. Mrs. Andrew D. Cole
was leader for the evening. The
meeting opened with a song Sweet
Hour of Prayer" followed by a
prayer Mrs. Coles theme for the
evening was GO In the Way of
Understanding" Scripture read
ing by Mrs. Cole The study
work Turkey Making or Re
making of a Nation" Prayer. and
son, Faith Of Our Fathers. They
took in four new members as fol
lows: Mrs. Clarence ]. Prickett,
Mrs William G. Roe, Mrs. Will
liam J. Taylor, and Mrs. George
w. Robinson. There were q mem
bers present and one visitor, Mrs.
c. W. Winborne of Ahoska, North
Carolina Mrs. A. D. Cole, presi-
dent of the w. c. T. u, invited the
members to meet with them and
the Women's Home Missionary So
ciety, at Asbury NJ. E. Church en-
May 10th for a Tea. Mrs. L. NJ.
Price, Mrs. R. A. Thompson, and
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Smyrna times., 1938-04-21

April term of Kent County
Court convented at Dover on Mon
day with comparatively little busi-
ness to attend to. The Grand Jury
completed their work by returning
on the first day the following true
bills: William Rolsal, Negro, illegal
possession of liquor and interfering
with officers of the Delaware
Liquor Commission; Blanche Rol-
sal, Negro, interfering with offic-
ers; John Herbert Hurd, larceny,
and Harvey N. Hutchins, Negro,
larceny. -Four DEGREES nisi were
granted in Superior Court Monday
as follows: Mack Wilson Butler,
from Ethel Mary Butler; Etzell c.
Riddagh, from George P. Rid
dagh; Martin Francis Coulbourn,
from Sadie Rosetta Coulbourn;
Bertha L. Alden, from Wesley A.
Alden. The State Supreme Court
Tuesday heard argument and re-
served decision on an appeal from
Smyrna times., 1938-04-21
DEATH RECORD OF WEEK
Hugh b. Mckay, of Philadelphia,
Formerly of Smyrna, Passes

Hugh 3. Mckay. prominent man
ufacturer of Philadelphia and for
mer citizen of Smyrna, passed
away at 4.30 Tuesday morning af-
ter an illness of ten weeks in a
Philadelphia hospital where de-
spite the best of medical aid his
life could not be spared. He was
a son of the late George and Jane
(Gunning) Mckay and in his early
life lived near Smyrna where he
and his brothers George and John
took over valuable patents in the
manufacture of a piping compound
which his father invented and from
which the boys, starting in a small
way in factory on the farm near
the Iron Bridge, built up a big in
dustry in Philadelphia, now selling
their product all over the world.
Of a retiring nature, Hugh Nc
Kay was a kind and loyal friend
to many and his passing in the
prime of life is much mourned.
In early life he married Miss
Sara Goldsborough of near Smyr-
ma. She died suddenly sever
al years ago. He is survived by
one daughter, Miss Eleanor ]. Nc
Kay, who made her home with her
father and was his constant COM
panion. One son, Victor, was kill
ed in an automobile accident three
years ago L October. Beside his
daughter he is survived by two
brothers, Mr.. George Mckay and
Mr.. John G. Mckay, and one sister
Mrs. Nellie Swanson of Drexel
Hill, Pa. The funeral will take
place Saturday afternoon at 2
o'clock from Oliver Blair's, Phila-
delphia, and the body brought to
Odd Fellows Cemetery, Smyrna for
Relatives and friends
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