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The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1939-07-14


vulgar attempt to be noticed for
these young ministers making
scandal out Of q forgotten incident
| have travelled South, too. but not
as Il minister. And to my III nd ii
was q grand gesture, | might say
step forward, when these crack
ers' as we call them, invited the
Baptists as their guests,
4 knew Will Rogers, too. and
| worked side by side with him III
| pictures and radio. He was sim
| cere mana Christian the kind
Mr.. Tobias speaks about On one
occasion he flew many miles toap-
pear in Baptist church, colored, to
offer in prayerful tones his apology
lfor the so-called insult. There he
STOOD as humble as Il child after |
introduced him and asked that he
be spared further persecution Of the
soul, because first he was a Baptist
and next he loved all mankind
What small way to get into the
headlines: new school ministers
should have common sense as we'll
as radical ideas. STILL the funda
mental principle Of the Bible should
i find ii life along the Golden Rule
cute and am sure these young fire.
brands do not appeal to the liberal
lminds.
II 'Mavbe 1t is new technique to
/ 1 hoodwink the young into an over
i worked racket Of too much religion
{ and little practice. sang over the
4 Columbia networks with Admiral
syrd MS speaker, the first memorial
I after his tragic death My song
] without accompaniment was Swing
q Low. Sweet Chariot, spiritual
]. born of Christian soul in slavery
* Bill Robinson, in his statement,
ID said. II am speaking as an Uncle
i Tom or ii yes man, as some Of oui
a narrow minded people would think
q But can truthfully say that VII
!, colored race. I have worked Will
a him off and on for 20 years, during
8 vaudeville days, and had the pleas
ure Of making Il picture with lin
shortly before he died, during whicl
he aided me considerably Of his owl
yolition. His help with my scrip
made my part much bigger than
would have been without IL. H
also was the making Of Stepir
Fetchit.
an the picture that I appeared
called IN Old Kentucky there wer
many colored people as extras.
know on more than one occasio
that Mr.. Rogers held up the pictul
that the extras might benefit wit
overtime pay. Tie was not ma
to boast. But he helped thousane
and colored people were anon
them.
III regret that we have not grow
big enough 40 accept an apoiof
y which is all that one can do whel
there is mistake made. ! am SUI
d Mr.. Rogers meant no harm whs
Il ever, and after ALL he is dead ar
cannot defend himself. We have
81 lot Of highly educated young neopl
81 Of whom we are proud, IN the mi
b istry, as well as other profession
who do not use the Christian lud
menf, as the Bible really teachesl
God forgave. why do not we9
NJ we are to break down the fen
that separates the many races fre
respecting each other, we must he
" in d Christian, intelligent and q
nifed manner.
stWill Rogers begged an apollo
1, Of the colored race. The people
- Claremore now invite us to his =
Y <Consinuea on page %
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NOTED w. VA.
EDITOR DIES
Nj. T. Whistico, Times
Proprietor for Many
Years Succumbs in
,.RIuefeId Hospital at
Age of ~ Years.

KEYSTONE, w. Va.-Matthew
Thomas Whittico. 70, editor and
publisher Of the McDowtll Times,
and one of ahe most widelyknoWn
citizens Of the state, died at 800
Wednesday evening, June 21. in
Providence hospital, Bluetield, where
he had been patient for more than
two weeks.
Editor Whitaico had been in de-
clining health for the past ytar but
had continued actively at his work
until his recent illness. Death was
attributed to Bright's disease.
Rad Political Power
A staunch Republican, an orator
Of no mean ability. Tom Whittico
was d man of considerable inuuence
and at one time was a political pow
er in Mcdowell county. He never
aspired to political office, always
preferring to "figha the other fel-
.=-low's battle.
lbs. He was born at Ridgeway, Va.
in 1867, and received his schooling
in Henry county, He later giadu
ated from Lincoln university. III
taught school for several years II
Henry and Patrick counties, Va
and SO years ago went 40 MeDoWei
\ county to assume the editorship Q
the newspaper at Keystone II
purchased the paper for which y
first went to work and reosganlze
:, the publication under the name 9
the Mcdowell Times.
Editor Whittico was vigllai
fighter for his races rishts, aet1V
Participant in all state and couno
movements for race imrreVemen
member Of all Negro frat sraaitiAs
the state, an elder of the Presb.
terian church and superintendel
Of the Sunday School. He was pr
!. hation officer Of Mcdowell count
this being the only public Office
ever held.
Mr.. Whittico was twice Marie
He is survived by his second vii
Mrs. Ida e. Whittico, and thr
children by his first marriage: MI
Altha W. King, Of Kimball; Leor
das and John u. Whittico, both
Philadelphia. A fourth child pl
ceeded him in death.
He also leaves one broaher,
y. M. Whittico, Of Williamson; 9
. fhree sisters, Mrs. ]. A. Jenkins
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Williamson; Mrs. Sarah Clarke and
Mrs. M. j. Murphy, both Of Ridge
way.
Mr. Whittico was one of the or
ganizers of the Kimball Undertake
ing company, and was chairman Of
the board Of directors Of thaa COM
pany at the time Of his death.
Funeral services were held at The
Presbyterian church in keystone at
10 90 a. M, Saturday Burial was
Continued on Page 81
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BILL ROBINSON AND CLARENCE
MUSE OBJECT TO BAPTIST
ACTION ON WILL ROGERS BID
Both Tell of Late Comedians Friend
ship for Negro and Point to Honest
Apologies for 'Darikey" Broadcast;
Call Baptists "Firebrands'
and eUnchristian."

CHICAGO, July Observation-Disclosures to the recent
National Baptist Sunday School and BYPU Tulsa
guilty of "unChrstian conduct and being show offs
when they refused to accept the invitation of the Caremore
Okla chamber Of to visit the Will Rogers
a because the late comedian used Objectionable cpl
thet in broadcast according to Clarence Muse and Bill Bo
anges Robinson, who personal friends Of Rogers
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Miss Anita Phillips, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Cul.tiss Phillips Of
lola street, left last week to enter
the nurse school Of the Meharry
Medical college at Nashville.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-06-09
Un>SOsiets and Japs Clash

Tokyo, June 6. Soviet Rus.
slams and Japanese fought 3
hour artillery battle late Monday
near Changkufeng in the Man
choukuo-Siberain-Korean Dor
der area, the newspaper ASH
reported today in a dispatch
from Hunchun.
Near the end of the battle. the
newspaper correspondent re-
ported, Russian infantry charg-
ed against Japanese positions
but was forced to retreat and
leave the bodies of two dead on
the field. Other dead were car
rled away. The Japanese paper
said the Russians were build
ing concrete trenches to hold
their positions. :. ~
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stand for and what they, ara il
what counts. Voting by part!
Is very much like buying 4 horS,
one never saw. 9.ip.
The stand of candidates OF
matters of patriotism and good
government American style can
measure up to par or mean
defeat to Il candidate when the
voters are awake and voting for
the man. not the party.
The present government has
do n e much that alarms more
conservative elements of the
population. StupcndouS spend
ing, centrallZing Of power i'm the
hands of the president, "purg-
my Uailurc). reorganization
of government. the relief mess.
altering of the supreme court.
and so forth have set up a very
peculiar form of democracy
The plain act that the president
viii seek to wreck the oldest
tradition -- the no third term
IS UndisputabIr evidence Of some
thing funny. II shows an imclina-
tlon to take personal advantage
81 ones popularity with the
electorate. and has AN odor Few
to American politics-thc view
that oneself is SO valuable to the
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-06-09
COALWOOD NEGRO SHOT
TO DEATH; WIFE is HELD

William Barnes, 20, resident
OF Coalwood was shot and kill
ed last Sunday night at his home
during quarrel with his wife,
Mary Barnes, 81.
Police arrested the woman
shortly after the shooting and
placed her in the county jail. A
preliminary hearing on a charge
of murder will be held this week,
pending further investigation
by Prosecuting Attorney Samuel
Christie.
Sgt. c. S. Wilson, and Trooper
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-06-09

great strides in government.
In Europe several great nations
fell into the power of more or
less ambitious gentlemen who
saw in the upheaval nothing but
an opportunity for power for
themselves an proceeded to use
it, behold the modern Caesars
Europe may do as it desires.
1t is none Of our business what
kind of government the various
nations have. The quaint theory
that the Old World is more re-
fined and gentecl makes the
American who thinks and raeds
his paper well smoker, yet he
knows it is not his concern. In
America only 6 per cent Of the
peple Of the world live but it IS
a land where the poorest man
can go at will and has the same
rights as the rich and can nave
luXuries undreamed of in more
and more of Europe as days go
by. The idea is we grew into the
mightiest nation on earth by the
pattern cut by Washington and
proved right by Lincoln and by
a host of brilliant names that
jewel our history. We did not
outgrow the pattern, and oui
peak of ascenency is not yet il
sight.!m ~, ~
| America cannot be destroyed
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-06-09
WHITTIER ARE WE GOING?
Critic

Is American drifting into the
Old World disease of dictator
ships? Is the spirit of Lincoln
and Washington on the way out?
Is the present government of
the United States of America
the instrument that will lead us
away from the Americanism of
the great names in our national
history and substitute therefor
tile emaSculated, w a k and in
tolerant form of government we
sec in Europe? - Weak because
only two or three dozen men in
the whole of great nations have
any say in government, intolcr-
ant because the least opposi-
ton means concentration camp
exile or the firing squad.
There can be no denying this
is an age of change in many
Interchangeable" matters. The
great war and the depression
it engendere have wrought much
havoc with settle life and have
brought to the surface seeth-
ing discomfort in the masses of
peoples everywhere and made
them ripe for changes of any
kind in the order of things. This
condition offered chances fol-
4 .... ...f.f 10.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-06-09
Father Held In Sons Shooting

OF.
Willie Smith. colored, of Euk
man, was shot in the abdomen
late Saturday evening during an
alteration at LandgraT with
his father. Henry Smith. II d
was removed to Stevens Clinic
for an emergency operation.
Evidencein the affair indicat-
drinking. The father claimed
Self-deFensc. and later a knife
was found in the sons pocket
The father posted bond of
5000 for hearing later ON a
malicious woumding charge.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-06-09
states Far Trade Law Goes
Into Effect June Seventh,

The merchant who sells goods
at less than cost in w. Va. be
came liable June 9TH to punish
mcnt as the States new Far
Trade Practices" law went i'll
to effect.
Also effective then was the
garnishec laws enacted under
t n constitutional amendment
of 1896, permitting attachment
of state employees wages for Il
debt up to 20 per cent in any /
month. a similar act was pass
ed affecting private employees.
The revised conservation law
which among other things make
setting forest fire felony. tn,
state office building commission
act; the convict labor act and
the child labor law also became
effective June 7th.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-06-09
". Z. Pence of thsWeleh state

". L. Pence of thsWeleh state
police detchmenti Questioned
the woman to some e&tant at the
scene of the shooting. She stated
that Barnes came home and told
her he was going to see another
woman. ell asked for his pistol
she said, and when she refused
to give it to him, he got shot
gun and started after her.
The woman said she fired in
self-defense with the .32 calibre
gun. one bullet struck Barnes in
the left side of the chest, while
Il second shot missed. The man
was rused to the hospital in We'll
CHI, but was dead upon arrival.
Up to the time of the recent
mine shutdown at Coalwood,
Barnes had been employed by
the Carter Coal company. The
home is located up what is local
ly known as Mud Hole hollow,
CoalWood.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-06-09
ygSE .i,7lsEl1s
COurtfyS welfare he must hv

country's welfare he must by
all means Keep himself ass1ttt.ln power
to finish the job, despite the
fact one is the most monuments
al ilops of all time and has not
solved a single one of the big
problems with absolute control
Of the government and billions
of dollars.
This is no evidence of, aiming
at making a dictator at all, but
it shows a new trend that we
should follow closely. 4.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-06-09
PISTOL WIELDER is HELD

Walter Dobbins, 40, and Mrs.
Ruth Norman, about 30, both
colorcd. of Northfork, are i'm the
Stevens Clinis while Cornelius
Norman, husband of the wo-
man is being held in the county
jan al Welch, charged with hav-
ny shot and wounded the couple
Saturday night at $40 i'm front
of the railway station ut North
fork. Dobbns was shot1 times
with a .15 calibre revolver and
the woman was wounded once in
The leg. The sixth bullet went
wild. 1t $ thought both will re-
cover. The shooting was blamed
on a triangle situation by police.
The couple were walking IL
long together, witnesses said,
when Norman suddenly camo
up and opened fire.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-06-09
S"rings PiGn SpuTrcd BY
NciU York Fair mfarosi

In Mt least thirty-eight States
banking institutions arc now OPP
Grating New York Worlds Fair
l930 Savings Clubs. Orgauiza-
lions for deposllOrs which Induce
them to save stipulated sums
each week for n trip to the Fair
next Spring.
This saving plan, annGunced
Just ono year ago, has for Nv
slogan, Save Today 10 See lie
World of Tomorrow" and several
banks have linked IL to their
Christmas and Vacation Clubs.
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RED TOP EXECUTIVE POINTS OUT THAT sIyHPIE DISHES
ARE RosAt+lFARE FOR riIEsRzg H "a

I
Simple dishes are the chefs instructions for the visit of
King George vi Queen Elizabeth of England
the United States June 7has provoked national interest
During their visit the United States to New
York Worlds Fair Joseph Uan, vcepresden the Top
Brewing company CINCINNATI observes that simple tastes
of theip Majesties will be dstaensratea
Simple fare be the order for cooking ito the Kngs
taste" King George vi Queen Elizabeth England
who the United States for the
York Worlds Fair.
British will have responsibility of satisfy
ing the royal paaes enroute reearsed under the tuge
the Chef Rene Roussn, the which include
simpe dishes the King and Queen like Hot joints green's
and potatoes the Kings luncheon favorte Both
Yorkshire pudding. .o.>
this respect King follows the gastronomc simpi-
city of his late father King George whose simple
best illustrated by his invitation and acceptance
Of the humbest gifts exchanged between modern
archs. - ..ss*s4aizssq,
1t was visit of King Christian X of
Denmark to Buckingham Palace shortly before the British
rulers death in 1886. King Chr bring gift
suitable for royalty but King George insisted that
wanted most of all oebrod-a Danish peasant soup
of beer and breadcrumbs King Christian brought King
George pot of olebrod
On the morning after his rival England Danish
King had the palace kitchen staff up imported
ad the two monachs together their favorte
morning meal
King George acquired the taste for this simple when
boy he used spend his Danish summer
palace at Fredersborg visiting the family his
Alexandra, who had been Danish princess.
King George vi his gasronomc simplicity not only
to luncheon but to other meals WELL His
snack even democratic than that of the Amer
According to recent dispatch "When the King feels
like midnight snack he asks the palace butler
and pint of beer"
Nor the British alone among royalty with democratic
tastes 1t be recalled that Mrs Sarah Deano Roosevelt
entertained the Swedish prince princess at am
door picnic the Roosevelt Hyde last summer
she delighted them by serving of Americas
gassronomic dombinabons-hot dogs and beer
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from without, the deed can only
be done by stealth and careless
ness. Foreign influences of Il
poisonous variety can grow out
of control and lead us to our end.
Carelessness in voting and in
letting things coast along can
bring America to her knees be-
fore some dictator - then our
nation and what. it stands for
will die. The blame cannot be
placed on any one but the com
mon citizen. The source of all
power i'm politics. is the man ON
the street. If he is awake and
aware that the price of liberty
IS WatchfulneSS all the time all
will go well, but if he kids him
self into believing his voice Is
of no consequence and his vote
matters but little he should take
a good long lock al Russia, Cor
many. Italy and Japan and see
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-06-09

Cathedral Honors Explorer
Natives have constructed tathe-
dral honoring David Livingstone.
the explorer, on the island Of Like
ma in Lake Nyasa. in Africa.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-06-09
BLUEFlELD STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE
-BlueGcld. w. va
COMMENCEMENT CALENDAR 1889

END ANNUAL COMMENCEMENT YEAR OF Institution
Sat 3, 800 p NJ. College Class Night, in AFTER gym
Sun June A. 23O F. Baccaaureate Sermon Johns,
Pastor First Baptist Church, Charleston, w. Va.
1908 100 p. NJ President and Mrs Dickson at home
to Alumni, Faculty, Senior classes and their guests.
Mon June s. Alumni Day100 p M-Alumni Business Meet
ing p. M.-Genera Alumni Benefit Social, Student
Loan Fund, AFTER gymnasium
Tues June g. 1000 A. M-Gra duaon Exercises Commence
ment Address by DR.. Luther p Jackson Professor of
= History, Virginia State college, Petersburg, Va.
Mon June ~ 900 A. NJ Summer School registration. r.
= YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO ATTEND :.
Evening star., 1939-07-13
Dickens at 46 Became Lover
Of Actress, 18, Book Reveals

insisted that "the whole truth" be
told after her death, saying:
This affair brought out all that
was worst-all that was weakest-in
him. He did not care q damn what
happened to any of us. Nothing
could surpass the misery and unhap-
piness of our home"
The book recounts that Dickens
met blond Ellen Ternan through
amateur theatricals in 1857 and,
keeping an early agreement with his
wife, told Mrs. Dickens that he had
fallen in love with another. Mrs.
Dickens left the author in 1858 after
"a years Of married life.
Miss Storey wrote that Dickens
impressed on his family that his good
name was their best possession" and
an effort was made to establish the
separation as "by mutual consent
which Dickens brought himself to
believe was right"
The wife was given settlement Of
f600 yearly. Dickens also settled q
sum on the young actress, who was
established in q suburban residence.
Miss Terran In later years married
. clergyman.
Mrs. Perugini, who was quoted as
saying, II loved my father better
than any man In the world -
loved him for his faults" died In
1e09 ct ths - Of %,
Evening star., 1939-07-13
Brazil Receives Apology
For Danziq Arrests
BY the Associated Press.


FREE CITY OF DANZIG, July 13.
-Danz:g's Nazi-dominated govern
ment apologized today for arresting
the first secretary of the Brazilian
Legation in Warsaw, Joao Ruy
Barbosa.
The Danzig Senate's department
OF foreign affairs sent a note of
apology to Raul Vachias, Brazilian
consul in Danzig, who had protested
the arrest.
Vachias said the note, which
promised that the arresting police
men would be disciplined, was fully
satisfactory.
Barbosa and Jorge Kirschofer
Cabral, Brazilian consul in Gdynia,
were taken into custody by a Danzig
policeman as they were photograph
ing old buildings along the so-called
dead arm of the Vistula River,
where small ships tie up.
Barbosa produced documents Of
Identification, but he charged that
he and the Gdynia consul never
theless were handled roughly and
detained at the police station for
several hours.
Evening star., 1939-07-13
By the Associated Press.


LONDON, July ia new book
today quoted one Of Charles Dickens
daughters as saying that he was "a
very wicked man." who, at 46, be-
came the lover of an 18-year- -old
actress.
The volume, entitled Dickens and
Daughter" was written by Miss
Gladys Storey, longtime friend Of the
late Mrs. Kate Perugini, one Of the
authors II children. Purportedly it
is based on the daughters memories
of her famous father.
More tragic and far-reaching in
its effects was the association of
Charles Dickens and Ellen Ternan
and their resultant son (who died in
infancy than that Of Nelson and
Lady Hamilton and their daughter" !"
wrote Miss Storey.
The reference was to the romance,
one Of the most famous in history, Of
Lord Nelson, BritainS greatest naval
hero, victor Of the battle Of Trafal-
gar, with Lady Hamilton, wife Of Sir
william Hamilton, which led to the
separation Of Lord Nelson and his
wife. Lord Nelson was killed ct
Trafalgar October a, 1905.
She recorded that 1rA peruSini
Evening star., 1939-07-13
Probe Of Fake Lottery
Tickets 10 Be Launched
y the Associated Press.

BOSTON, July 13.-Opening of a
Federal grand jury investigation OF
racket through which the public
allegedly was mulcted of $40, ,000, 900
by the sale of fake sweepstake,
Treasury number, baseball pool and
other lottery tickets in every large
city in the United States was an
nounced by United States Attorney
Edmund j. Brandon today.
Issuing 100 subpoenas today for
witnesses in more than 20 States,
Mr.. Brandon said they would be
called before the grand jury July "a.
He said the Government would seek
to indict about 10 persons, many Of
them prominent in sporting and
gambling circles.
Evidence, he added, included ap-
proximately five tons of various
kinds of lottery tickets printed in q
large printing establishment oper-
ated in Midwestern city by the
gang.
One of the lotteries charged
against the gang by Mr.. Brandon
was for the purported purpose Of
raising funds for q memorial to an
unnamed, nationally known figure,
now deceased. Use of his name;
Mr.. Brandon said, never was. au-
thorized by his family or his friends.
Evening star., 1939-07-13
AngIo-Joponese PorIey
Due to Sturt Saturday
BY the Associated Press.

by the Associated preSS.
TOXIC. July ia cabinet coun-
Gil attended by all ministers today
approved a draft of Japan's policies
for forthcoming conferences with
British diplomats to settle the TEN
tsin controversy.
The conferences were expected to
start Saturday. Reliable sources said
Japan would ask that Britain OBJ
stain from assisting Generalissimo
Chang Kai-shek and guarantee po-
litical and economic cooperation
in Japanese efforts to reconstruct
North China.
Britain has wanted the negotia-
tions limited to the situation at
Tientsin, where Japanese have block
AIDED British and French concessions
since June IA. Original source of
friction was the British refusal to
surrender four Chinese accused of
terrorism.