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The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-02-16
War?

Just now it is too cold to wage
any kind Of war. Yet there is
every Indication that Spring OF
this year will bring to a climax
relations between nations at
war. The far East is boiling
with rage at Uncle Sans action
in letting the Japanese trade
treaty lapse as is ought. The
diplomatic situation in Europe
has threatened to embroil US in
the war. All in all, this is one
good time to go slow But, the
idea that Uncle Sam neither can
nor will fight if sufficiently pro
voked is wrong, as certain big
foreign powers apparently are
going to eventually find out to
their sorrow.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-02-16

a MEXICAN farm products pur.
"A chased by tho brewing indus.
try since beers rclcgalization in
1889 have reached a total Of 25 bill.
lion pounds, enough to Gll a freight
train extending from Los Angeles
to Detroit.
More than three million acres OF
farm land must br cultivated each
year to raise the billions Of pounds
OF barley, corn, rice and hops for
which brewers pay approximately
$10O,000,O00 annually.
In 1880 alone nearly four billion
pounds Of these products we're used
TO make the 5j.1J1.1O5 barrels VI
beer. which the United States Ru.
rcau Of Internal Revenue reports
were produced last year.
These are among tic develop.
monts recorded by the United
Brewers Industrial Foundation In
its annual survey OF the brewing
industry.
The past year also Witnessed
rapid expansion Of The !udustry's
program Of active cooperation with
local law enforcement officials 10
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-02-16
PAYNE'S Ny. ADDRESS
Continued from Page u

Continued from Page u
clearly than any other of his day,
keenly OWNED where between
men to erect the monumental
mark dividing just reverence
for authority from just resist
ence to abuse
The Republican Party and the
Negro
"That part Lincoln played in
the cause of freedom bound the
Negro to the Republican party
with ties of affection and graft
tude." he said. In discussing
tn relationship in the light of
the present, he continued: Some
how, the ties have worn thin
all recognize the change-but
few agree upon the cause. On the
one hand, there are those who
charge the Negro with ingrati-
tude, on the other hand, those
who have undergone recent poll
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-02-16
Use Your Peppers!

A number of cities through
out the country have started a
new vogue in pedestrian protcc-
ton Which might well be started
here and in other cities and
town in West Virginia. 1t is the
painting of safety slogas on the
sidewalks and the posting Of
humorous but subtle signs at
points Of danger to jolt absent
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-02-16
WPA Resurrection Soon?

Just as soon as the 1910 tub
thumpers Of the administration
get warmed-up we are looking
for an, awakening of the sleep
ing WPA, said awakening the be
accomplished by as sudden need
for additional funds. Senator
Holt has subsidized somewhat for
lack of material to belabor his
pet hate, politics in relief, but
we expect much from his direc-
ton around August.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-02-16
Postage


The new stamp issues we see
every few days are at last ex-
planned. The last Republican adj
ministration (Conley) spent
$184,536.99 for postage in four
years while the Holt administra-
ton spent $314,8166.36 for the
same purpose in TWO years.
Along with supplying a certain
stamp collector with exclusive
specimens, the postmaster gen.
probably insists Oh party patron
age of a brand new variety, and
is getting it. ''''
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-02-16

minded pedestrians into alert
/ ness.
The word LOOK IS painted
at all crossings in Lynn, Mass,
and Gross on the Green Light
and Look both Ways Before
Crossing" is painted ON $500
corners III Washington, d. c.
However, some city officials
have given their imaginations
full sway in seeking means to
wake up careless pedestrians.
They are using humor effective
ly To catch attention, and such
signs as "JeeperS Creepers, Use
Your Peppers" in Cleveland's
public square, have helped to cut
down what was once a high
pedestrian death toll. Another
Cleveland sign was Welcome
Poultry Congress, Checkers
Come Home to Roost If they
cross Streets Carefully"
In Canton, Ohio, SO messages
are used on intersection signs,
such as I'm Life. AS in Baseball,
It's the times You Reach Home
Safely that Count"
Prank Knight.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-02-16
Court Street Methodist Church


Sunday services, 9:45-10:50, a.
m. Church SCHOOL, 100, a. m.
Worship-6:30 to 7 80 pm, Ep-
worth. League, 7:35-9:O5, p. m. ;
Worship, Grid Sunday, 7:35 to
9:O5 p. M; Sacred Concert,
Program, 1st Monday, 7:30 p. m.
Official Board; End Monday, at
same hour Unit Leaders board
Tuesday, 800 p. M, Methodist
Workers club; Wednesday, at
700, p. m. Prayer and Class
Meetings.. Thursday, 7:30 p. M,
Choir No. l and No. 2 Rehearsal
ais. LIST, End and 3rd Fridays,
7:30 p. M, Trustee Aid.
Rev. T. J. Griffin ABB, BID Pastor
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-02-16
Paul Robson Remembers!

A Good many years ago, be-
fore he had achieved worldwide
recognition, Paul Robeson' was
invited to a dinner at a fashion
able New York club. When he
arrived he found that because he
was a Negro he had to eat, in d
private room. Recently the same
club invited world-fatnoils Paul
Robson to another dinner at
which he was to be one Of the
guests of honor. Robeson forma-
ly accepted the invitatiofi-and
carefully failed to show up, y
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-02-16

tical conversion, claim that ours
is not the party of Abraham
Lincoln. Neither is wholly right
Both the party and the Negro
have come along so fast since
the Civil War, that a feeling
grew in the one that they were
mot needed, in the other that they
were not wanted. The time has
now come for US to put our house
in order.
''The Negro needs the Repub-
lican party as long as the Demo
Gratis in the South believe that
we have no rights they are bound
to respect. The Republican party
needs the Negro, not only for his
political support, but what is
more, to keep alive the ideals
whereupon freedom lives.
Because of slavery the Re
publican party was conceived,
and in advancing the rights of
ma, the Republican party achiev
ed it's highest attainment. In
supporting the Republican party
the Negro attained his highest
political and economic develop
ment. Each has an undisputed
claim upon the other. We know
that it is not now, and never
has bee, the policy of the Demo-
cratic party to admit a Negro
into its folds on terms of polite
al equaty. No one is more fully
aware than we that the Demo-
cratic party is the party of race
and class"
To those of his race who have
escaped oppressive conditions in
the South, he addressed a special
plea not to forget their own who
still remain, and inquired: care
we no longer to be mindful of
those we left behind 2"
What the Negro Should Demand
Of the Democratic Party
'Those who now stand upon
the pinnacles of temporary adj
atage and control the destiny of
this nation, now seek our support
They cannot sustain their pres
ent advantage without it.
''To my people who have been
persuaded Into the Democratic
party by petty patronage and
relief, 1 direct this plea: You
are now in 4 position to demand
Of that party fairer considera-
ton than has been accorded in
the past. Let the Democratic
party first demonstrate genuine
concern for your welfare by re-
specting the plain mandates of
the Constitution of our country
which guarantees to you certain
rights and privileges without
regard to creed, race or color.
Demand that for every Negro
Democratic vote you cast in the
North, they shall give you one In
the South. Demand in exchange
for your vote the abolition of
the Jim Crow system and all
that it connotes in unfairness and
degradition.
''In short, demand everything
for the Negro in the South that
the Republican party keeps open
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-02-16
N,1Shs Learninx b Las

Tho hst anecdOta about MscheL
angelo shows him, when anH q
phsnfer's apprentice, going the
fsh morhet to look al the eyed Of q
ftsh to note thetr color md thA d4li-
cecy of IA fns. The last, VhA& 4
ts,end found him solitary p1d DAY
an,idst ths ruins d tf,e CpliaettAH
and when be Expressed his spfprhe,
Michelangefo simply said, n 30 Vel
TO school," One Of hAI last drawings
IS sketch Of an old mon and the
motto. "Ancora imparo" Il stn
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-02-16
AND THERE:
Slogan Department

Observing and listening to
a certain type of Democrat CD
voter we proffer brand new
slogan for their consideration,
easily remembered and quite fit
ting: Be a man and Vote Re-
publican.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-02-16

for them in the North. If the.
turn you down, and you know
they will, tell them that you have
thought it over, and you JUS
Don't want to go to HEAVIER
with that crowd
"Tell them that you are goine
to vote this time as formerly, be-
cause you are convinced that the
present Republican leadership
is sincerely determined to bring
to pass the assurances and rights
promised and guaranteed by the
Declaration of Independence
and the Federal Constitution. 1t
is only in the Democratic South
that the despicable system OF
peonage continues to exist, and
remember, that it exists with
the full appreciation of that party
which now seeks your support.
81 cannot and I do not con-
tend that the Republican party
has measured up to the full ex-
tant of it's possibilities in assist
ing the Negro to realize his high
est economic and civil develop
ment, but / most emphatically do
contend that every LAW d.
RECTLY BENEFICIAL to the
Negro has been placed upon the
statute books of this nation by
the Republican party, and that
every law designed to deprive
the Negro of his rights guaran-
teed under the Constitution has
been enacted by the Democratic
party.
eff the decision of this forth
coming election rested in the
hands of the Negro in the South
there is no doubt as to what the
the outcome would be!......the
record shows that our difficult
ties have been aggravated dur
ing the past seven years, rather
than relieved; that our moral
and spiritual fiber has been
weakened beyond belief; that
our national prestiage suffers
among the nations of the world
"The Negroes of America are
no less interested in these prob
lens than are you. Dislocated
industry has thrown great
masses of US upon the charity
of the government, upon relief.
''No matter what you may
hear to the contrary we are not
content with the miserable exist
ence afforded by a regimented,
vote-buying, coercive, dole-relief
program. We wish to occupy a
dignified relationship to our fell
lows. We may not fully realize
all the connotations and impli
cations of the words individual
initiative and free enterprise,
but we stand with our fellow
citizens of all classes and condi-
tions when we ask for a free OPP
portunity to do mans work,
in a work-a-day world; unfetter
ed by economic entanglements
which consign most of us to an
existence not far removed from
abject penury and want.
eve wish, and we call upon
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-02-16
Relatively UnimpOrtant"

Governor Kump says it is rela-
lively unimportant who repres-
ents West Virginia in the senate
at Washington. Being himself
an aspirant to that office, we do
not quite get the viewpoint OF
Capon Bridges favorite SON.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-02-16
Baby. Chicks

WR1TE-today for prices; 20
varietiep.t US. and w. Va. APP
proved baby chicks.
Rhodes, Hatchery, Spencer, VIVA
(Dept%$MT)IS
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(Continucd from Page Two)
answer. nor is conscription and
pacing the extra part Of the popu
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-02-16

you who hold the torch of liber,
ty that Lincoln held 50 high to
help open to us equality of op-
portunity in education and en-
ployment. We call upon You for
safety from mob-vioence. and
the protection of our ballot. the
greatest defense OF freemen
everywhere"
! Mr.. Payne insisted with great
emphasis that the Republican
party was born pledred to the
, fundamental principles that gave
life to America, and that Joseph
Medill, a young man Of twenty
nine, out of the Middle West,
called this new party Republican
Medill, more than any other. he
said, made Lincon's nomination
possible.
| With but three exceptions
since Lincoln, the Republican
party, he remarked, has CONTROL
ed the government, and that
these three exceptions have each
furnished a tragic interlude.
The DUTY of the Hour
In a spirited conclusion. he
called upon those present "to
determine whether or not the
Republican party shall seize the
opportunity to adjust our intern
al differences by delegating lead
ership to one who has proved his
courage, his honor, and ability.
Zone who knows that the pri-
mary function of government is
to protect the person and pro-
perry of the governed;
Zone who knows that these
interests are inseparable and
that only the gullible are deceiv-
ed when interest is arrayed "a
gainst interest, religion against
religion, or race againSt race.
Zone who understands that
every racial group in America is
so inextricably interviewer with
the fabric of this nations life,
that benefits secured separately
are ultimately to the disadvant-
age of all;
Zone who knows that which
is injurious or unfair to one
finally affects us all; that where
the purpose of the Law is not
orderly fulfilled - In every in
stance where equa justice is
denied, the victim suffers-but
the socia order suffers more;
chat whenever and wherever
constituted authority is super
coded by force and violence, soci-
ETY. is degraded;
Zone who is wise enough to
realize that there has NEVER
been Grace problem" in Ameri-
ca or anywhere else-only hu-
man problems that exist every
where.
washington, Jefferson, and
the rest proclaimed and defined
liberty for America. Lovejoy
Medill and Lincoln were the in,
strumerts in pointing the way
to its partial realization.
"They were the apostles of g
new faith in mans relation to his
fellowman'; and guided by some
inner light, Lincoln showed the
way to be With malice towarc
none, with charity for all; witt
firmness in the right as Coo
gives us to see the right-let
us strive on to finish the WORK
we are in; to bind up the nations
wounds, and do all which may
achieve and cherish a just ant
lasting peace among ourselves
and with all nations "
"THIS IS OUR COMMON
HERITAGE.
"For we who live, LIVE But
TO HOLD THE TRUST AM
THEN TRANSMIT TT INVIO
LATE"
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-02-16
Thought. for the Week
By Rev. T. j. Griffin:

"Companionship Gladens the
heart"
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-04-03
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT

being on file in the office of the
County Recorder of Imperial Coun-
ty. excepting therefrom a strip oil
land 100 feet in width situated N
the South half tSi2) of Tract 10.
Township Is South, Range Is East.
S.B.M, according to the United
States Government re-SurVey Ol
1903 and 1905 lying equally 80 feet
on each side of the located center
line of the Inter California Railway
Company's proposed railroad from
Sandia to Holtvillc, as surveyed and
staked en- the ground in the year
1890.
Reference to said petition is here
bv made for further particulars.
AND NOTICE IS HEREBY FUR
THEIR GIVEN that the hearing of
said petition has been fixed by the
clerk of said court for Friday, the
18th day of April, 1910, at 2 O'Clock
PM. of said day, at the courtroom
of said court at the Court House in
The CITY of FL Centre, County OF
immortal. State of California, AMI
all persons interested are notified
then and there to appear and show
cause. if any they have, why an
order should not be made as prayed.
Dated: March 49, 1910.
w. j. McCLELLAND
Clerk
BY MAXINE CON3OLt..
A Ill incl, Deputy Clerk,
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-04-03
AIRCRAFT DOMINATION

A cheerful outlook for Americans IS
found in the prediction by Maj. Gen,
Henry NJ Arnold, chief Of the army air
corps, that the American aircraft indus
try is on the way to world domination as
result Of national defense and Euro
pean demands for airplancs.
Really more important in the long
range viewpoint is the fast that war pro
duction and refinement of airpIaneS To-
day means that tomorrow Will bring al
most universal use Of planes for civilian
purposes.
When the war is over. aircraft factor
les will have 10 find Il new outlet for
their gigantic production quotas. Com
mercial development will take up some
of the slack But most Of i viii have 10
be taken up by private use OF airplancs.
Cheaper, better airplanes-almoSt fool
proof-will be one result. When they are
available. it is almost certain the coun-
try will have u"arl| as many private
airplaneS as it has automobiles today
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-04-03
Willis Thontons Editorial On:
Count us Out, Thank You

eve can see, and that perhaps, III
the tide of events that led up to
actual conflict, you weren't alto
gether blameleSs.
But that isn't important to us
now. The things that concern us
are our rights as a neutral nation.
AS long as we're not violating inter-
national law, we don't like to have
our mails censored. We don't relish
having our merchantmen stopped
and searched when they are on
entirely innocent missions.
It's no good trying to brighten or
threaten US over to your side. We're
not biting. We're staying out of this
war Did you get that?-WERE
STAYING OUT.
We don't like HitleriSm. But
neither do we like war. If you
people in Europe must go to war
in Europe. count us out. We do
much better on this side of the
Atlantic. There are Il republics
on two continents, living together
as peaceful ncighbors. We like it
that way. We don't want to change
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-04-03
MRS. ROOSEVELT BECOMES
AUTHORITY ON MIGRANTS

News dispatches III the next few days
undoubtedly will quot" Mrs. Franklin u
Roosevelt, the first lady, IN her opinions
on what should he done IL alleviate The
migratory labor problem in California
and elsewhere.
Mrs Roosevelt is now an authority oh
the subject.
She visited two federal migratory work
ers camps in the San Joaquin valley this
week
Judging from past opinions expressed
by the first lady on variety of subjects.
her ideas will run contrary to those Of
people who have lived under the shadow
of the migratory problem for several
years Her recommendations = which
seem to carry considerable weight with
her husband. the President - probably
will be all in favor of more elaborate an
rangcmentS for the care and comfort of
the migratory workers. Almost certain
ly, she will not mention the taxes couple
million other people would have to pay
to make possible this extended care and
comfort.
But, when YOU read the first lady's
opinions on the migratory problem, you
must remember that she Is an authority
on the subject
She has visited two federal migratory
workers camps
More than that. she probably has read
Grapes of WRATH.
It's hard to argue against that kind Of
authority.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-04-03
Among
Our Yesterdays

Mary PiCkfOrd. who early this
month obtained a divorce at Min
den. Nev., from Owen Moore, is now
the wife of Douglas Fairbanks. Fair
banks first wife obtained a divorce
nearly two years ago
That was on page one of the
newspapers all over the nation 20
years ago and Ell Centre was no
exception.
Remember what an Ideal match"
it was? Americas sweetheart and
the bounding, grinning Doug!
Miss Pckford and Fairbanks OBJ
tanned a marriage license secretly
in Los Angeles and the ceremony
was performed by the pastor of the
Temple Baptist church at his home.
The bride was dressed in white and
the bridegroom in conventional eve
ming attire After the ceremony the
pastor read passages from the Book
of the EphesianS, using a Bible
which the bridegroom's mother had
given him when she was dying.
1T is understood the bride and
groom went Immediately to Fair
banks residence in Beverly Hills
where they arc said to be passing
a quiet honeymoon.
Since then Fairbanks has died
and Miss Pickford married again.
Under the heading Beyond Wild
est Dreams Is The Money Spent
va; this news story:
u S. Senator Hiram johnson of
California who yesterday opened his
greater New York campaign for the
Republican presidential nomination,
in two speeches in Brooklyn rciter-
atcd his assertion that large sums
of money beyond the widest
dreams of the most practical politi-
clan" are being expended in primary
campaigns
Senator johnson hadn't seen any
thing yet, as far as spending money
goes!
Later on the story quotes john
son in criticism of the League OF
Nations:
Il have been called a pigmy AM
crican and provincial American by
president and an cX-preSldcnt, L
admit it, but l am all American ana
I may say in connection with this
that I will ever yield to the most
tender hearted mother in the world
in her desire to prevent war, but the
League of Nations is not to prevent
war II was to tic us up to every
war in Europe"
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-04-03
Editorials and Comment
WEDNESDAY, APRIL B. 1910
IS RELIEF A DISGUISE
FOR new ACTIVITIES?
lOroVille ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

We have been casting around trying To
find the real difference between the Oh
son SRA program and the So called econ
omy bio, that has cut his budget down.
Maybe we haven't yet discovered II, but
the impression grows that the differ
encp lies in the attitude towards the re-
lief client.
Ii we're not mistaken. the Olson add
ministration takes up Nlief as social
problem involving much more than mere
relief whereas the idea Of his opponents
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-04-03

A loud voice telling us to mind
our own business, beloved forth
across the Atlantic few days ago
the voice of Oliver Stanley, Brit
aims secretary of state for war.
Mr.. Stanley apparently resented
American armchair strategy, denied
that there was anything "phony
about the war. declared that the
helligerents will run it the way they
see fit. Britain is not amused by
our attitude toward her war.
But at the same time Mr.. Stanley
demanded that Britain and France
be left to handle the war in their
own way because it was their war,
he blanliy announced that neutrals
can't stay out of it-that it is their
war as much as it's Britain'S. There
are millions of individuals all over
the world whose one thought Is how
to keep out of war; but, despite
their efforts. they are in it =,
the war secretary said
Yes. Mr.. Stanley, we're in it
insofar as we have been dragged
in against our will. We don't think
it's our war, as you would have us
believe, because we didn't have any
thing to do with starting it. We
didn't want it to start. Imbued
with ideals of American democracy,
we felt all along that the war need
never have begun.
Oh. it's not all your fault. You
will say that no part of it is your
fault, but some people feel differ
emily about that over here. They
feel tina. the motives for war carry
back somewhat farther than the