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Smyrna times., 1938-03-17

a. bright, popular young man, pos
sessed of an ample fortune, and
took his place in this select ANA
teur company fro mhis love of the
histrionic art. His funeral tool-
place from Christ Church on sun
day, with large demonstrate
of personal regard.
Mrs. Kate Hurn, of Middletowr
has been spending several days
with Mrs. Kate Smithers.
John B. Nelson and daugbter
from near Delaware City, came
down on Saturday to visit his fam.
er, w. w. Nelson, intending to re-
turn on Sunday but were prevent
ed by the rain. He tried it Mon.
Gay morning but after facing the
high wind and snow banks f0r /
couple of miles, was forced To re.
turn, and wait until to-day, wairs
is only a partaial improvement III
the weather.
MISS Bel Appleton and StS,el
Mrs. Whittock, Of Odessa AZ.
Miss Fannie Christ, Of Bethlehem
Pa, spent Fidray and Saturaay
visiting friends in town.
Miss May Thompson, Of Lewe
is the guest of Miss Julia Gr3fitn
John H. Hoffecker, who was 3eG
egate from this charge to the IaE
Conference, intending to geuar
home on Monday morning hq
been detained until today by the
storm, as has also Isaac H. Farie.
who went up on Saturday evening
to spend Sunday only at Confer-
ence.
Edward Prettyman, Of Elkton
Md, has been visiting his brother
Clarence the past week.
Smyrna times., 1938-03-17
COUNTY AND STATE ITEMS

OIO-N = FA4ND ? 4 = = 1 I'm >
The Kent County Insurance
Company for the first two months
this year has done a large bushes
and the losses were only $3.50
Milton Price, who learned his
trade as printer in the office Of the
Centreville Observer, has taken a
position in the Sentinel office at
Dover.
The Delaware State Board 81
Agriculture have decided to de-
vote a portion of the State appro.
priation to premiums for the best
acre Of hay, wheat, corn, oats anc
potatoes grown in Delaware TINS
year.
Owing to the tedious delays 81
the Levy Court in restoring dis
franchised Republicans to the list
Of voters, the Republicans of WI
mington have almost determine
to abandon further efforts to ob-
tain their votes.
Henry Eckel, president Of WI
mington City Council, was buried
on Saturday He was II years ot
age. He was for many years ac-
tive and influential in business ctr-
cles and formerly editor of the
Delaware State Journal.
The term of Postmaster Cread-
ick at FELTON, will expire in a few
days and the Democratic factions
are tearing each other to get the
place for one of their number Mr
Creadick has bought a farm and
will move thereon shortly
The death of DR.. John H Parvis
of MiddletoWn, by being struck BY
a train on the Delaware railroad
might not have occurred had the
old law been in force, requiring en-
gineers to sound their whistles
when approaching grade crossings
Smallpox was reported near
Brdigeville some weeks since. or
iginated by the patient coming
home from Wilmington with it
She is improving, but three deaths
have occurred from it in the same
family, it is said the fater, moth
er and one child.
Senator Salisbury has introdue-
ed bill into the Senate Of the
United States to declare the rail
road bridge over Broad Creek at
Laurel, an obstruction to naviga-
ton. The railroad was petltioned
to place a draw over the creek. but
refused to do So
Robert H. West, veteran Of
the late war, died at the home Of
his son George. in Dover, on Fri
day The deceased was born near
Georgetown, in Sussex county, IS
years ago, and was one Of thirteen
children. He had with him in the
war four of his sons and six Of ms
brothers.
The merchants and farmers Of
Milford are arranging to build
steam barge to cost about $4,000
to run to Philadelphia The barge
built by McCabe & Sons, Of Selby-
vile, is said to have paid 33 IL
per cent last year They draw but
little water, and run ten miles an
hour on one ton of coal per day
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1938-08-19
LIFE.
REXARRApKyNG

industrialized civilization weI
have stray boys and girls. In
Boston, the Morgan Memorial
church discovered so many
stray boys that a building has
been put up to take care of SO
stray boys.
The camp also has a rest
lodge - a place where older
people weary and tired Of the
noise and confusion of the city
can come and rest by paying a
moderate charge.
In all, there are Alb people
here in the camp, representing
twenty nationalities. What a
great blessing it would be if
there were a thousand fresh
air camps like this scattered
Throughout America. 1t really
does not seem right to rob boys
and girls Of the privilege of
playing in the sand, wading and
swimming in the water, and the
opportunity of playing with a
dog or other pets.
Back Of the Fresh Air Camp
at South Athol is the Morgan
Memorial church in Boston and
the Goodwill Industries through
which thousands of unfortunate
men and women are given an
opportunity to get a new grip on
life, by earning a part or all of
their living. This project has
proved so helpful that 107 other
goodwill industries have been C
tai)lished in that many other
cities from coast to Coast. While
many have contributed to the
success of the Fresh Air Camps
End the Good Will Industries,
they are, in the main, the rea-
lizatiOn of the vision and the
dreams Of DR.. j. +. Helms. At
one ii m ne was offered the
presidency Of Boston University
but he lift it was his duty and
| privilege to be true to the
heavenly vision in terms of a
ministry to the needy, perplex-
ed, and distressed people who on
account Of the lust and greed
j for power in our civilization
, have been robbed Of the pfiVi.
lege Of living a normal life.
, It was my privilege to spend
the week end in the home OF
/ Confined OF Page Three)
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Judges Disagree And
Referee Decides Victor

penalties for hitting low and Il
spectacular rally by Ambers.
Armstrong, although unable
to finish his sturdy foe and
actually hard pressed to save
his winning margin through the
last five rounds, scored two
knock downs and won deciSively
not withstanding the penalties
assessed against him for rather
questionabl, tatics and the
partisan demonstration by Il
majority of the crowd after the
verdict was announced.
Ambers was knocked down in
the fifth round, and saved by
the bell, which rang just one
split second after the champion
was smashed to the canvas by Il
right to the jaw.
Armstrong brought his m an
down again for the count of 8,
in the 9th round but his most
desperate efforts there after
were unable to upset the champ.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1938-08-19
George Terms FDR's
Action End March
Through Georgia
Presidents Intsrfetrence in Ca,
Denounced by Veteran Law
Maker as He Fights New Deal
Effort to UnSeat Him

Waycrosse, Ca, Aug 15-1n
a cheer-punctuated speech Sen.
Walter F. George militantly
declared today he would repulse
President Roosevelt's effort to
drive him from the senate-and
inferred the president was mis-
informed" in conemning him as
a foe of liberalism.
THE Democratic party is not
and cannot become a one-man
party" the senator said. ut
must allow freedom of opinion
and speech if it is to remain a
true liberal party"
In his first address since Mr..
Roosevelt's GAINESVILLE endorse
ment of Lawrence S. Camp to
succeed him, the grey-haired
lawmaker termed the almost I'M
precedented battle an uneven
contest because of the party
chiefs power, but added firmly,
81 have no fear Of the result. :"
He said the dominant question
was whether the people "are
capable of choosing their own
servants. "
Senator George said he was
not worried by headlines in the
papers about federal funds flow
inO into this state "
Il serve notice now that you
cannot buy Georgia"
To the accompaniment Of
hand-claping, shouted encourage
ment and an occasional rebel
yell, the perspiring veteran term
ed Mr.. Roosevelt's speech a
second march thru Georgia. "
and extended his Civil War ana
logy when he cried:
eve answered this question
before when federal bayonets
stood guard byer our ballot boxes
and when honest men walked
down under the shadow of
boyonets in alien, carpet-b g
ging hands and cast honest
ballots for the redemption of
state.
George told in terse sentences
of is background, his legislative
record and tears welled in his
eyes. 81 am a Georgian, bred
and born" he said, "a full time
Georgian, my friends. "
81 am a Democrat. / fought
the party's battles upon the
busting; and now for 19 years
I have Withheld my hand9HH| nc
political contest of the natioha
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1938-08-19
Alleged Attempt To
Defraud 200 Persons
Is Nipped By Police
Man Is jailed Following Police
Investigation at NOrthfOrk; Is
Trooper Graley Investigates

What apears to have been an
attempt to defraud 200 men of
this section out of 50 apiece was
nipped in the bud by an investi-
cation conducted by state police
of the Northfork detachment, ac-
cording to information released
Sunday night.
B. H. Howard, who lives just
over the line in Mercer county
from Ashland, is in jail faced
with a charge of fraud and
attempt to embezzle. He was ar
rested several days ago follow
ing an investigation by Trooper
G. r. Graley.
Towards plan, according to
the information available, was
to employ as many men as pos
Bible on what he was describing
as an attempt to rid the forests
Df chestnut blight and other
diseases. Before going to work
however it would be necessary
Continued on Page TwO) l,
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Early Morning Fire
AT Kimball Destroys
Three Buildings
Damage Is Heavy as Blaze in
Main Business Block Sends
BwO Persons to Hospital and
One to Jail for Investigation

Thousands of dollars worth
of damage was done by an early
morning fire at Kimball Satur-
day that swept away three
buildings in the main business
block Of the town, damaged two
others, sent two persons to the
WEIGH Emergency hospital for
treatment for burns, and caused
one man, James Staples, to be
placed in the county jan pend
ing an, investigated of the
cause Of tf1e fire. n'o'I
At 4:45 an the ,Aaze was
first distpVerdd In a toilet Of a
building 6whtd bX,R8beEt Pat
terg6n. SWhi7e the KmbaB Qplun-
ter fire depafthfent We're being
hurridly summohed, the blaze
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Here / am seated on the
the earth with my back against
a large maple tree located on
the 500 acre farm at South Athol
Massachusetts, the fresh air
camp of Morgan Memorial
church in Boston.
Nearby one of the nursery
camps is located. The camp
consists Of a well built one storey
building with two wings out
from the central unit 80 by so
feet, which serve as the sleeping
quarters for 40 boys and 40
girls.In the rest of the building
there is large central assembly
and lounging rooms, dining room
kitchen, and bath room facili-
ties.
In front Of the building the
shrubbery and the lhrge play
grounds out from the wings,
one for the boys and one for the
girls, with slides, swings, sand
piles, and other playground
equipment, enclosed with a
good fence, presents a picture
that makes my soul rejoice. AS
| wa t h 40 boys from three
to five years Of age from the
slums Of Boston representing
II natiOnalities are playing.
Some Of the young men who are
working here in camp have just
dumped a fresh truck load of
sand on the sand pile and this is
the center Of attraction for the
boys.
What rich experiences these
children are having for this is
the first trip to the country for
some of them. The feel of The
sand, the green grass, the sur
shine, the comradeship Of n
other children, and the mother
imp help of the college girls il
charge will, ] am sure make al
everlasting impression on thei
plastic and unfolding minds.
In all, there are 300 childre
ranging from three to twelv
yeas of age in camps here o
the farm. Then there is a cam
for stray boys from IA to 2
years cd. When l was, a DO
1--WE talked about stray dogs an
stray cats and now in our moder
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1938-08-19
ERNEST CARBON DIES
~ m SLATE. FALL IN MINE

Ernest Carbon, %, Negro
miner of Keystone, died Sun
day afternoon in a Bluefield
hospital of injuries received
when he was caught in a slate
fall in a local coal mine. Gordon
received crushing injuries to
his entire body and little hope
was held for his recovery.
He was a native of Jellico,
Tenn, where he lived until he
came to this section several years
ago. He was a member Of the
United Mine Workers local at
Keystone. Gordon's father was
killed in the mines several year
ago.
He I2aves his mother, Mrs.
Minnie Carbon. Jellico, Tenn. ;
two sisters, Mrs. Lille Mae
Gibson, of Stonega. Va; and
Mr.. Rosa Love, Of Keystone, a
brother, Irving Carbon, of
Chicago, III. and two brother-in-
laws. Gibson df Stonega, Va,
and Thomas Love of Keystone.
The Kimball Undertaking Co.,
had charge of the body. The
deceased was among the most
highly respected of his race.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1938-08-19
Awarding of Final Verdict Close
Because of Ambers Winning
3 Rounds on Fouls; Henry Is
Only triple Champion"

New York, Aug. 17-Hammer
ing Henry Armstrong, t h e
Dusky Dynamiter from Los
Angeles, pounded out a new
chapter in fistic history tonight
by whipping gallant Lou Cham
bers of Herkimer, N. Y, for the
world lightweight championship
and thus becoming the first man
to hold three ring crowns at the
one and same time.
Bloody, arm weary and near
ly exhausted from his efforts to
stop the game title-defender,
Armstrong emerged from Is
savage rounds of fighting to
win split official decision, des-
pite an erratic finish that cost
the little Negro three rounds of
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1938-08-19
N. J. POOL CLOSED JULY
Is REOPENS TO ALL RACES

BY a three to one vote of the
Board of Recreation Commits
sioners the city's $4,000 local
municipal swimming pool was
reopened here August 10 to all
races, without discrimination.
The decision to reopen the
pool, the only one in the city
followed conference between
the mayor of the city and DR..
William II. Brown, president of
the local branch of the National
A ssOtiatiSn for the Advance
mtH1 Gof 9Eplobedb9Reople ,irafteT
the 'bB@bcb ohadi turned down 9
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1938-08-19
Relatives Visit the CaIhOuns

Attorney S. A. Calhoun and
wife were very favorably and
interestingly surprised with the
presence of a number of their
relatives from Tazeel, Va, Gary,
and Welch this week. 1t appear
ed as if there was to be a re-
union of the family connection
and suffice it to say they all
seemed to have enjoyed them
selves immensely. They paid
their respects to the dance at
Kopers Hall Monday night where
they enjoyed the music and the
dancing.
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pr ,vious offer of the Board to
open the pool one day n week for
colored poep,e only.
A vicious attack was made on
the N.A.A.C.P., by j o h n Hall,
sports editor of the Elizabeth
City Journal, onetime president
of the Recreation Commission,
and the onl Y disSenter to the
Commissions decision to re-
open the pool. The pool had been
closed since July Is, when
several white hoodlums drench-
ed the c,othe of some colored
swimm Is.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1938-08-19
Holder of 8 World Records; To
Perform in Welc h Monday
AS Added Attraction to WEIGH
Logan Baseball Game

When Jesse Owens makes his
appearance on Blakely Field
(Welch), Monday night, August
%, sports fans of Mcdowell
county will look upon the holder
of four undisputed worlds
track records, while in four
other events he has either tied
for honors or has been tied since
establishing the mark.
The Great Negro from Ohio
State University, who won in Ia
events in the last Olympic
Games in Berlin, will be here
as an a d d d attraction to the
Welch-Logan Mountain State
League baseball game. The pro-
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1938-08-19
SAM HERMANSON DIES
AT HOME IN BALTIMORE

Last rites were held Sunday
in Baltimore for Sam Herman
sen, 65, former resident of
Keystone and WEIGH, who died
at his home in Baltimore after a
lengthy illness. He leaves h s
widow and five children, as well
as a sister, Mrs. l.. Levinthal,
of WEIGH.
Mr.. Hermanson lived in this
section for a number of years.
While in WEIGH he owned and
operated a grocery store. He
moved to Baltimore about ten
years ago.
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news NOTES
Returns to Columbus

Mr.. Herman Pearson and wife
of Columbus, Ohio, left Tues
day night of this week for home,
after spending several weeks
with relatives here in Keystone,
down in Martinsville and spend
ing some very refreshing mo-
ments with a number of Mrs.
Virgie's school mates and Glass
mate. They were heard to speak
most complimentary of the
hospitable way with which they
had been received and treated.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1938-08-19

Attorney Harry J. Capehart
and wife accompanied their two
sons to Keystone Monday night
where they enjoyed themselves
at celebrated dance in Koppers
Hall where the popular Joe
Glasser presented ANDY KIRK
and his Clouds of Joy, featur-
ing Mary Lou Williams. This
beautiful dance was sponsored
by Harvard Pharmacy and men
an6women from all over the
adjoining counties and cities
turned out pIentifuliyl The oc-
casionoWas without the slight
EFT ;hihdepancej everything being
orderly from startJ1t6 finish.
The HMusic was extraordinarily
good. loDnl
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1938-08-19
Improve
-msnt StartIin 2
N ew Administrations One of
Business and Not Partizan
Politics; Efflicieny Is Attested
BY Civic improvements

The State Road Commission
and the city of keystone under
t h e leadership of Mayor j. j.
Stuart are making such rapid
strides on the improved streets
of X ystone till the church folks
the Merchants, the Bankers, the
School folks, the miners and the
employers as wall as the en-
ployees are all just rising up in
arms, shaking hands with each
other, talking about what a big
city Keytone isSgoing to be. The
only one unpleasant sign to be-
hold, some of our neighboring
towns and villages, who, in the
past have been guilty of talk
ing about Keystone in an ugly
way, criticizing, are becoming
so jealous they don't want to
extend to us the" Right hand of
Fellowship"
Then too, there are som e
home folks who have allowed
themselves to be Knockers in
the past who can't,pow hold their
-cewardly heads etpraise the
great work being done for the
betterment of the city. Now is
the time to BOOST, not knock.
Hurrah for Keystone. The pre-
sent Administration, composed
of Republicans and Democrats,
is working with so much
harmony and cooperation till
the would-be skeptical agitator
has got to crawl in his shell, shut
his eyes, stop his ears and fall
down on his sinful knees ask
ing God to forgive him because
he knew not what he was doing
when he was criticizing.
Each member off the CT tE
Council, has to a great extent
pledged to throw away that
spirit Of rank partizan politics
and turn their attention to look
ing after the economic welfare
of the business interests Of Key
stone, and to strive with all their
might to make Keystone one of
the most beautiful, popular and
attractive cities in the state but
they are also striving o help re-
move some of this deep-seated
personal prejudicees, political
dogmas and center their minds,
hearts and efforts on making
the educational side of the de-
partment of our government
bettrr, safer all around, and
they are watching with an eagle
eye as to how to remove from
office men who claim to have
the whole peoples interest at
stake or who seeks to foster his
own individual ambition, feather
his own famly's nest and bring
them to the realization of man
hood, womanhood and social up
lift to all the people who live on
whatever street, bear greetings
to whatever party alignment and
and eliminate all downright
and prejudice.
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gained rapid Roadway through
the frame structure, and soon
it was a roaring inferno. The
tiremen managed to bring the
flames under control within a
short time, despite the terrific
heat and by the time the WEIGH
department arrived, the fire
was being rapidly extinguished.
Lizzie Nelson, age about 80,
and Charlie Ross, &C, both
colored, received burns about
the face and head, but are not
in serious condition. A woman
whose name is not known, sus-
tanned minor injuries when she
leaped from a second storey
window. In all Is families
living in upstairs apartments,
were made homeless. The rapid
Roadway of the flames almost
trapped several persons, and
most of th2se residents barely
escaped with little or none of
their belongings.
After a brief investigation
of the fire, j a m e S Staples was
arrested by Chief OF Police l.. K.
Cruise. Evidence indicated that
Staples was seen going into the
toilet just before the fire broke
out, and that he had just borrow
ed match. Also, it developed
that Staples had once lived in a
flat upstairs, and had been
forced toyevacpate.
The three buildings were
owned by Robert Patterson and
Sherman Collins. A frame
building next door owned by
Samuel Order was damaged
considerably, and about $4,000
damage was done to a building
on the other side owned by the
Kimball Realty company and
occupied by the Kimball Under
taking company. This 2ast
building was the only one cover
ed by insurance, since the others
were so old that no insurance
could be secured on them. The
Order building was erected about
40 years ago while the three
that were destroyed had been
standing from 80 to 80 years.
The Patterson building, a 8
storey frame structure, housed
from 10 to Is families on the
second and third floors, while on
the street floor was located a
pool room owned by Ed. Ham
den and operated by James G..
Smith. Four famify-s lived in
the two buildings owned by Mr..
Collins. One street floor was un-
occupied, while the other housed
a shoe shop and beauty parlor.
City officials in Kimball said
that the loss would run into the
thousands of dollars. The in
tense heat of the blaze caused
many families living within a
hundred feet to move their
belongings out, and caused a
scene of congestion and panic
for some time. The efficient and
rapid work of the volunteer fire
men at Kimball, officials said,
prevented the flames from
sweeping through ten or fifteen
more structures. Water was
getting low, it was said, and the
pump tuck from WEIGH was call
ed. The fire was well under
control by that time. however.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1938-08-19
Jesse Owens, Track Champ,
In WEIGH Monday, Aug. 22

gram will begin at 8 o'clock.
Owens is such a hero to his
race that spc cial arrangements
are being m a d to handle the
crowd it has been announced.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1938-08-19

Hon. George Smith, valuable
and worthwhile representative
of the Appalachian Electric and
Power Company in this city,
is away on vacation in Morris
town, Tenn. He will be gone for
at least two weeks.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1938-08-19

business of my party"
He cited his support for
President Roosevelt in 1882 and
1886 and for former governor
Al Smith in the campaign of '28.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1938-08-19

Hon. J. E. Painter, the lead
ing business man in the city and
who has perhaps more satisfied
customers than any other man
is away on vacation aiming to
rest up from over-work.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1938-08-19

A NEWSPAPER 4
FROM TIE BILLION
CAtL FIELD IN THE
BIOGRAPHICAL CEN
TER OF INDUSTRY