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Milford chronicle., 1940-01-05
FISHER DISTRICT
INear Gree WOODY

The new year of 1910 came IN with
much JOY and happiness TO many.
but to this community it brought
lgreat sadness through the death of
William S. Todd. "a prominent
friend and neighbor, who passed
y away at ii e. M. in the Milford
Memorial Hospital OF the FIRST day
iof the new year. Mr.. Todd was widely
known in many states through the
strawberry section. being in the
plant business for many years. His
greatest hobby was dahlia culture.
AS he had many choice and prize
winning varieties, flower lovers from
Tar and near came 10 view the dah-
Tia field OF Mr.. Todd During the
summer and early fall. he took great
I pride in displaying some choice va
rietie5 in show windows and busi-
ness places. or giving flowers TO
some sick friend. Mr. Todd will he
greatly missed. He had resided on
a farm near here for many years and
had many friends. He was an active
worker for the Republican party and
was serving on the assessment board I
at the time of his uSath. Surviving /
him are two sisters, Mrs Mary John /
son. Of near here; Miss Edith Todd. /
of Philadelphia. ana one brother. /
John Todd, of Greenwood. beside 4
other relatives and friends. Arrange I
ments for burial are not definitely /
known at this writing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard Zott and
son, Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson Cannon and
Mrs. Elma Lloyd were weekend
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Logan Hill
and family in Philadelphia during
the holidays
The Missca Elizabeth and Katie
Kinder and brother. Harold. were
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. S. +. Colli-
son on Sunday evening.
The funeral services of Matthias
Hammond, who died suddenly at his Z
home on Tuesday morning. Decem-
Der 26, at the age of II years, were
held at the Boyer Funeral Home in I
Harrington on Sunday afternoon ut
! o'clock. Mr.. Hammond was alone
at the time of his death. His wife.
having been in with pneumonia for .
several weeks. was at the home Of
her daughter. Mrs. Charles Andrew.
Of Magnolia. where she was being 4
w AgAs AAG AIeANEH u survive Illll j
his widow. Mrs Fannie Austin Ham
nond, three daughters, Mrs. Grace 4
Andrew, OF Dover, Mrs May Andrew.
If Magnolia. and Mrs Lulu Layton
lf Milford; three sons, Ira Hammond :
If Sealord. Walter and Clifton Ham :
nond Of Greenwood, and four sisters.
Mrs. Frances Morgan. of Farming .
on; Mrs. Jennie Hendricks and Mrs. !
Minnie Armour. of Houston, and Mrs.
lucy Donovan. Of Townsend Active =
were Isaac Mcdowell. !,
Albert Johnson, Sr., \. p. Morris.
ieorge zott. w. A. Dearman and =
ferman Galloway. Rev G. t. Tur- !
er. Of Harrington. ofIiciated. Inter
lent was made in Barratts Chapel z
emeicry. !.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Biddle and
lmily OF Townsend, we're guests OF z
Ir and Mrs. S. F. Collision on Sun :,
ay
AIr. and Mrs. John Todd and FAM 3
y have moved TO their new home 3
ecently purchased in Greenwood
Ar and Mrs Darwin Savage and =
lmily spent the holidays with Mrs =,
avages parents, Mr. and Mrs Fritz q
ott
Mrs Aiva o'Bicr IS much improy- z
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ed after suffering the past two
weeks with muscular Ia grippe
Miss Edith Todd. Of Philadelphia
has been spending several days with
her sister, Mrs. Al johnson and
family.
Mr. and Mrs John Williamson and
air and Mrs. Howard Williamson
and daughter have left the snow and
ice Of Delaware and are on their
way TO Miami. Florida, where they
viii spend a wiatcr vacation.
Mrs. Walter Hammond. d victim Of
pneumonia is under the care OF Dr.
Smith.
Mr.. and Mrs. George 2iit and hr.
and Mrs. Charles De, fYaan spent
Saturday evening with Mir, and Mrs.
J. w. Rust.
Mrs 7. P. Norris and daughter
were guests Of Mr. and Mrl. i.eonard
Zott on Tuesday evening.
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Asbury Methodist Church
Of Harrington
nuNa..a - o. wnHa

Robert +. Green, Minister
Church School 9:45 A. NJ. Uric
Morris. general superintendent.
The church thru the years has ef-
fectively taught and preached right
eousness which has been stability f0r
mans soul and an abiding influence
for good for every community. To-
day it is said with the cropping and
bewildered world men and women
are reaching out for the nearness OF
God more than any other time in the
/ history of mankind. With the chang
I ing values of a changing world as
| the New Year dawns overshadOwed
with anxiety, the Bible and the
Church have a message of hope and
courage for those who will lift up
their eyes to the hills" for strength.
One of the ways of obtaining this
experience is by attending the
Church School and church services
for studying the Bible and finding
God. Glasses for every age. We
welcome you.
Morning Worship 1900.
Senior Choir will sing anthem.
Sermon by minister.
Junior EpwOrth League 6:30 p. NJ,
Collins Educational building of
church, Miss Oda Baker, Supt.
Youth service $50 p. NJ. Christ
Chapel of Church. Miss Louise Cliff
ton will conduct the service. Vim
cent Harris. speaker.
Evening service 1880.
Epiphany and Service OF Lights.
40 members of vested Junior Choir
directed by Paul Hawk, will assist
in the service.
Miss Irene Ford will play violin
solo.
Mrs. Fred Wilson will be at the
console OF the organ and play organ
solo.
Mrs Robert Green will be accom- |
panist for Junior Choir. Message /
appropriate to the service will be |
by the minister. Beautiful |
and recessional. We
welcome you.
Tuesday evening. 7:30-C Church
School Board meeting.
Tuesday evening, Official Il
Board meeting.
Wednesday evening, -Orches-
ira rehearsal.
Wednesday evening. S:15 Youth
and Social. Il
Thursday, 1880 P. Beginners
Junior League.
Thursday. TOO P. NJ. Junior
Choir rehearsal.
Thursday, 500 p NJ. - Senior
Choir rehearsal
Friday, 7.30 p. M.-Prayer Ser /,
lice.
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ton, officiating. The deceased is sur
vived by two sons, George Fowler OF
Philadelphia, and Harry Fowler, OF
Hoboken, n. j., and one grandchild.
While coming to this city during the
snow storm on Tuesday of last week
to complete arrangements for the
funeral, Mr. Fowler lost control of
his automobile near Dover, hitting q
truck. His car was seriously dam
aged. but the occupants escaped
with slight injuries. interment was
made in Odd Fellows cemetery. Mil
ford.
Mr. and Mrs William w. Sharp
spent Friday in Philadelphia.
Mrs. Harry Tee and son, Harry.
Jr., and Rev. }. p. Bailey spent Fri
day with the latter's sister, Mrs. An
ME Howard, near Hebron.
Mr., and Mrs. Frank TharD are
spending vacation with the latter's
Parents in Georgia.
Mr., and Mrs. Harry Shaw, of Will
mingtOn, spent the weekend with
MI and Mrs, Harry +. Murphy.
Christmas vacations are over for
the college students and all have
returned to their respective schools.
among them beng: Robert Smith.
University Of Maryland; Harry {.
Tee. Jr., University OF North Caro-
lima; Charles Murphy, Yale Univer-
sity; Ruth Raughley, Paul Trader,
Philip Declitor. Claude Burnell ana
Edward LeGates. University of Della
ware Adele Masten. Western Mary
land College; Amanda Rash. West
Chester State Teachers College;
Harry QUillen, University of Della
Milford chronicle., 1940-01-05

IT TAKES A LONG time to an .
lsahy tub with water The town
from which a lot 81 money goes ont
side to bny things 8 likc tie leaty
tab
Milford chronicle., 1940-01-05

lPEOPLEl TALK ahont fas Fos.
ten man They might alHo aik
about The FORGOTTEN bnsiness Bose
dihicultles are fraaueatiy Cue q fail-
ure 70 advertise It's goods.
Milford chronicle., 1940-01-05

Chilly frosty days. according to
Uncle jim" are ideal for pork but
chering
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-04-05
Community Theatre Program
For the Week Starting April .

April 5-6-DOuble Feature.
Laurel, Hardy Parker, in the
Flying Deuces; Chas Starreu in
the Man from Shutdown.
Sunday Night, April Z 80.
Arleen Whclan AMI Gordon
Oliver in Sabotage.
Sunday Afternoon and Monday.
-Four Wives with Lane sisters
&. Page and J. Lynn.
Tuehday, April 9
Melvin Douglass, Florence Rice
and Nat PendletOn in Fast Com
pany.
Also ON the stage, Bells Hawii-
ans, Latest edition singing, dane
ling and Music)
Wednesday, April 10th
take This Woman, with Spcn-
Ger Tracy and Heddy Lamar.
Thursday, April II Treasure
Night.
Robert Montgomery as Earl Of
Chicago with Reginald Owen and
Edward Arnold.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-04-05
WAR AGAINST CANCER

Despite a steady improvement
in facilities for the diagnosis
and treatment of cancer in it's
EARLY stages, the death rate
from cancer and maligent tumor
in West Virginia increased 14.8
per cent in the ten year period
fom 1923 to 1888, according to
information released to the Wo-
mems Field Army by the State
eHalth department. The death
rate per 100000 population in
West Virginia in 1923 was 62.8
persons. In 1888 the total deaths
per 100000 in the state jumped
to TIL. The figures summed up
in a specific manner show that
one of every ID deaths in the
state is due to cancer.
Whether the increase is due to
more accurate methods of dag
nosis or because of longer life
expectancy of West Virginians
is not known. Certainly there is
no scientific explanation for the
cancer germ or why it attacks
the body of any individual. Ply
sicians are of opinion that can
Ger is not hereditary. They also
point out that cancer is no res
pector of age or condition of life.
Figures from the State Bureau of
Vital Statistics place cancer a
second greatest cause of deaths
in West Virginia. Heart diseases
as a group rank fisrt.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-04-05

for the short term in this district
and was nominated by flatter-
ing vote, and easily won the
election in the fall of 1888.
AS a member Of the State
Senate in 1899, he personally as
sisted in introducing the Min
ers' Certifcation bill and led the
fight for its passage. This reveal
ed his interest in the welfare of
the laboring group in the county.
At the present time, Mr.. An
derson is a vice president Of the
Mcdowell county Crippled Chill
drer's association, and secretary
of the Northfork Kiwanis club.
His civic interest is further
shown by the fact that he serv-
ed for three years as president
of the Southern West Virginia
Area Boy Scout council. He also
served as Washipful Master Of
Luther Fl. Clark Lodge No 3D.,
AandAM, and High Priest of
Howard Chapter No. %, RAM.
Commander of Ivanhoc Com
mandry No. 10, and President
of Northfork Kiwanis club.
A native of West Virginia, Mr..
Anderson has also taken an ac-
tive interest in church and Sun
day school affairs of his COM
munity, serving both as teach
err and leader. He is married AMI
the father of several children.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-04-05
YOUR MAGIC LAMP

Everyone knoWs the story of
Cindcrella-how the fairy god
mother appeared and granted
her desire to do the thir2s her
more fortunate sistes could do
and did. Most Of US have heard
the tale Of Aladdin and his
magic lamp-he had but to rub
the lamp and genie, endowed
with supernatural powers, APP
pearcd to execute Aladdin's wish
If some mysterious force were
to appear before you at this
moment or shortly after and Of
fer to grant three wishes, only
three, what would be your wish
cs? Would you ask for wealth.
wisdom, health, power? If l
were to tell you that each of you
has a genie that will do all these
things for you, you would believe
me slightly off" from reading
Continued on Page Four
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]. J. STUART ANNOUNCES,
FOR SHERIfF'S NOMINATION

John j. Stuart, former mayor
of Keystone and prominent Re-
publican leade of the county,
Thursday morning announced
his candidacy for the Republi-
can nomination. for sheriff.
Mayor Stuart has had con-
siderable experience which would
qualify him for the office of
sheriff. for thirteen years he
served as a tax collecting deputy
and peace officer.
For the past six years he has
served as mayor of Keystone,
During which time that city
made an excellent record in fiscal
affairs.
During the three terms ne
served as mayor of Keystone Mr..
Stuart established reputation
for fair dealings and impartiali-
ty of which he can be justly be
proud. -.
Before beinr C,o
had served nine years as chief
OF police of Keystone, and filled
the office to the complete salts
faction of the citizens of the
community. go.
Mr.. Stuart was born III BIeno
county, Va, in 1888-the SON of
a dyed in the wool Republican
family. He cam to Mcdowell
county in 1905, and obtained a
job as driver of pop wagon for
the c. w. Elliot company. He
engaged in carpenter work, and
later in automobile repairing,
and later held several positions
befor becoming chief of police.
He is member of the Baptist
church Of Keystone, and of the
Elks ledgeof Bluefeld. -.-.- -
He is an ex-service man, and a
member of the American Legion
Mr.. Stuart is interested in
game and fishing, and is an ar
dent conservationist. and at
present is president of the Laur-
ell Hunt and Game club.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-04-05

Heart diseases lead all other
causes of death in the Negro race
in West Virginia. with rate of
1878 per 100000 population,
while in the white race the rate
was 1874. The general death
rate in the state was S9.3 for
whites and 1853 for Negroes.
Violent and accidental deaths
came second in causes with 1872
for Negroes an 97.l for whites.
This classification included the
deaths from such causes rs auto
accidents, falls, drowning. mine
and othe industrial accidents,
burning an accidents in homes.
However, deaths from these
causes show a marked decline
over period of five years as the
rate in 1884 was 1929 for whites
and 24S.4 for Negroes.
The same decline is noted in
the field of tuberculosis, the 3rd
cause of deaths for Negroes
where the rate is 1904 as con =
pared with III i'm 1881. How
ever, when compared with All
for 100000 white population it
is easily seen to be out OF proper
: ton. Early diagnosis and prompt
, adequate treatment are urged by
the State Health Department
that released these figures as Il
part of National Negro Health
week which will be observed by
thousands throughout West Vir-
ginia and the nation from March
31st til April 7th.
Apoplexy was given as the
fourth cause of death with a
rate of 104.S as compared with
67.9 for whites, while pneumonia
rated fifth place with 104.1. Both
diseases showed 4 decline over
a five year period, apcplexy hav-
ing a rate of 1881 in 1894 and
pneumonia a rate of l27.
Nephritis or kidney disease
was given as the sixth cause of
death with Il rate of 1919 and
cancer 7th with rate of 1913.
Reports would indicate that can
Ger is not as prevalent among
the Negro race as among :he
white, the later having a rate CT
73 as compared with the Negro
rate of 1913. ...
Syphilis took a heavy toll in
the Negro race according to the
statistics with a death rate of
$40 from this disease az COM
pared with the white rate OF SO.
This disease was one of the few
that showed rising death rate.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-04-05
New Deal Has Not Actually
Solved Unemployment Woes

The New Deal has utilized var
lous Strategems to evade the
charge that President Roose-
velt's administration has failed
in its major task. namely re-
storing this country to a sound
ard lasting economic recovery.
One device has been to COM
pare certain economic statistics
for 1882 with those for 1889 and
to assert that this proves how
successful the New Deal has
been. entirely ignoring the fact
that the country is much below
the level of prosperity and stan
dard of living that existed i'm the
twenties.
But one set Of figures which the
New Dealers cannot manipulate
are those for unemployment.
They have tried various explana-
tons, some of which do not
make sense, but the cold, stark
fact remains that we have with
us approximately ten million I'M
employed men and women able
ard willig to work.
Corrington Gill, assistant WP
A administrator is authority for
the statement that the country
now has 100000 unemployed.
1t will be recalled that in the '32
campaign Mr.. Roosevelt set the
unemployed figure at that time
at 10000, 000-so we are just
where we were in 1882.
Now Mr.. Gill warns that in
dustry cannot absorb "a MAORI
ty of the country's unemployed
Within the next five years. In
other words, mojority of thos
now walking the streets looking
for jobs are doomed to contirue
walking the strets futilely look
ing for jobs the next five years.
A majority of those on relief
rolls, receiving meagre handouts
FROM government are doomed,
according to Mr.. Gill to remain
on those relief rolls, living from
hand to mouth
If this is all the hope and pro-
mise the New Deal can offer the
country after more than seven
years of reckless, unprecedented
spending and with all the power
he wanted in the Presidents
hands, what a sorry spectacle
it is. What a spirit Of defeatism
Continued on 4>-sc FOUR
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-04-05
DELTAS ENTERTAIN

Last Sunday afternoon, from
q to 6 PM, the American Lee
gion building was a gala scene
of well-dressed matrons and
maids who had gathered at a
musical tea given by the Alpha
Epsilon Sigma chapter of the
Delta Sigma Theta sorority,
honoring the patrons.
Mrs. Mamie Hough at the
piano was at her best, Mrs. Cor
tez Purcell, Mrs. Catherine Hairs
ton, Miss Beatrice Carter and
Miss Geraldine Morris rendered
the vocal numbers. Those who
waited and served were Miss
Louretta Howell (Kimball high)
served at the punch bowl, Mrs.
Laura Edwards, Delta pledge.
BSTC; Misses Christine Hugh
es, Laretta Webster and Gene
dolyn Wade of Elkhorn high
served beautiful, dainty and de-
licious ope-nfaced sandwiches
of all colors and descriptions,
colored candies, jenkins and oliv-
es on colored toothpicks, assert
ed nuts, punch and cake were
served. g.,
The guests were:
Miss Cornelle Boothe, Mrs. I.
Hairston, Mrs. Nina w. Johnson,
Miss Indianapolis Fullen, Mrs.
Stella Calhoun, Mrs. Elizabeth
brewery, Miss Dorothula With
ers, Mrs. Lillian Pittard, Mrs. j.
M. Jones, Mrs. Mamie Hough,
Mrs Halle Weaver, Mrs. AIDE
laide Hicks, Miss Gertrude Web
ster, Mrs. Earnestine Robinson,
Mrs. Vera Saunders, Mrs. Min
ME Richards, Mrs. Laura billiard
Mrs. Sarah Page, Mrs. Mary E.
Jones, Miss Geneva Hewitt, Mrs.
Anna Martin, Mrs. Virginia Bas
settle, Mrs. Cortez Purcell.
Mrs. Suzanne Slaughter, Mrs.
Pearl Johnson, Miss Melba Coll
ms, Mrs. Matte j. Craighead,
Mrs. Gertrude Wright, Atty. and
Mrs. j. S. Redmond, Mrs. Leona
Harris, Mrs. Gertrude Gatewood,
Mrs. Lillian King, Mrs. r. P.
Johnson, Mrs. E. w. Browne, Mrs
Edna Harrison, Mrs. Martha Fra
sier, Mrs. M. It. Whittico, Mrs.
Pagie Scales, Miss Nora Black Of
Logan, Mrs. Virginia Watkins,
Mrs. l.. S. Warrington, Mrs.
Samuel Order, Miss Lena Board,
Mrs. Altamont Ganaway, Mrs.
Laura Martin-Edwards, Mrs.
Roxie Anderson and Mrs. Nam
&c White.
Members of Delta Theta Present:
Mrs. Lucille Deloache, Pres. !;
Mrs. Lillian Allen, Miss Atha
IAllen, Miss Lucille brewery, Mrs.
lGwendolyn Higginbotham. Mrs.
Beatrice Crider, Mrs. Ettice
'Jones, Mrs Ruth Murray, Miss B.
Webster, Miss Katie Walden, Mrs.
Georgia Reid WASHINGTON, Miss
Vernon Sinkford, Miss Sadie
Robinson, Mrs. Olive Lomax,
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-04-05
ANDERSON OUT
FOR SHERlFF'S POST

j. Robert Anderson of North
fork, State Senator from the6th
distict "Wednesday morning
made public that he will be a
candidate for the Democratic
nomination for Sheriff of Nc
Dowell county. His formal am
nouncement appeers elsewhere
in this issue Of the Times.
In announcing his candidacy
Mr.. Anderson stated that he
will conduct his campaign for
sheriff on a threspoint platform.
He believes that:
1. The county affairs should
be operated on 4 strictly bust
ness basis.
2. The policy Of uniforming
deputies should continued.
8. The prisonei lat the county
jail should be b at cost, and
the surplns sacp h returned to
the county court to be used for
the benefit Of the taxpayers.
That is just what Mr.. Ander-
son promises. do if he is nominat-
ed and elected sheriff of the
county. W
"Bob," as he is more familiar
ly called, is one of southern
West Virginia's best known
Democrats. He came to McDo-
well from Princeton in 1915.
Back in those days, it was al
most impossible to find men to
serve on the election polls for
the Democratic party in this
county. -.
Then in 1884, when the party
began to receive recognition he
was urged to seek a place in the
House of Delegates. This he did
and was elected.
Serving as a state legislator,
Mr.. Anderson worked for the
best interests of Mcdowell coun-
ty and for the county's working
group. -
During the 1885 session of the
legislature, he helped amend the
Workman's Compensation law.
He met also with the extra
ordinary session of the legislature
in 1886 and helped to pass the
Id Age Pension and the Unem-
ployment Compensation laws.
One of Mr.. Anderson's chief
detectives has been the i'm
provement of schools, and it was
he who led the movement to add
a million dollars to the school
budget in 1896 and 1887, He was
an ardent objector to the reduc-
ton of teachers saaries during
that time.
After two terms in the House
of Delegates, Mr.. Anderson was
the logical nominee Of his party
for the State Senate. Under the
redistricting bill which had been
passed by the legislature McDo-
well and Mingo counties were
thrown into one distriC' the
Sixth.
Mr.. Aderson became a candidate
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-04-05
Hallanan Will Not
Be Senate Candidate

Waltre S. Hallanan, Republican
National Committeeman, has re-
leased the following statement:
1T is q source of regret to me
that I can not respond affirma-
lively to the many requests from
individuals and groups through
out West Virginia that I become
a candidate for Unitedl States
Senator in the May primary. To
those who have generously and
voluntarily pledged their sup
port, and to the eminent gentle
men of the Republican party
who have with held announce
ment of their own intentions
with respect to the seatorship
until had reached a decision, /
am deeply grateful for their
confidence and consideration.
I must say in all cand.
it would have given me real
personal satisfaction to lead the
Republican fight in West Virgil
mia as the candidate for the u
S. Senate, but, very regretfully,
find it impossible at this time
to be relieved of important bust
ness responsibilities which would
be necessary in order for me to
have sufficient time to carry on
an intensive camptign such as
I would expect to do.
1t would not be fair to the
party nor to myself to attempt
to do two major jobs at the
same time. I have reached this
decision with keen disappoint-
ment. There is a satisfaction,
however, in the thought that l
can be as effective in the fight to
restore the Republican party to
power and rid the nation of the
insidious forces of New Dealism
if am not candidate.
l consider the 1910 campaign
as one of the most important in
the nations history. 1t will be a
campaign to save our own demo-
cracy. from the destructive
agencies of government which
threaten the, future of our
country and the welfae of the
people. confidently feel that the
Republican party will win in
state and nation in November.
After seven years of failure
and delusion, we must get peo-
pie back to work at regular jobs
and at decent wages. That is our
greatest problem-and upon it's
solution depends the future pros
perity and security of our
county. The New Deal has failed
in solving this vital problem. -.
eff it be the wish of the Re-
publicans of West Virginia, l
will be honored to continue as a
member of the Republican Ma
tional Committee and 20 devote
my efforts as spokesman for the
party in the achievement of Re-
publican success"