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The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-03-29
WINTER RETURNS FOR
EASTER-SP0ILING VISIT

Southern West Virginia was
visited again by Old Man Winter
last weekend, who brought cold
and snowy weather that almost
completely spoiled the Easter
holiday. =
On the high places the snow
covered the highways just deep
enough to make travel quite
dangerous until the highway
departments forces got on the
job with cinders ad sodium chlor-
ide. A member of the Times staff
who had occasion to cross Flat
Top mountain reported cars stall
ed all along the way from just
outside Beckley to Keystone,
of which not few were more or
less damaged by collision or the
force of impact when guard
rails prevented them from slid
ing further after they had left
the road.
Attendant cold wtather-as
low as 6 above-prevented very
much parading of Easter finery
From indications observed we
believe most of the parading
was postponed until a warmer
Sunday with observations that
Roosevelt penchant for altering
the calendar would have beer
widely appreciated if it had made
Easter a few weeks 'later" this
year. 49, rec
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-03-29
Negro Jobs on WPA Threaten
ed by ROOsevelt's New Budget

A grave warning was contained
in a statement issued by the Ma
tional Negro Congress this week
concerning reductions of num-
bers of WPA workers during re-
cent months. The statement
pointed out that the number of
Negro workers who had jobs on
the WPA had dropped from
485, 900 to less than 100000 and
that further reductions threat
ened to deprive many additional
thousands of needy Negro work
ers of WPA jobs if the budget
proposed by President Roose-
welt was adopted in this session.
of congress.
Less than 10 per cent of the
Negro workers who have been
dropped during the last 10 mons.
have found any kind of work.
The remaider have been forced
to remain idle and unemrloy-
ed with few possibilities to Sc
cure relief the statement point
ed out. In addition it was declar
ed that most of the money being
spent by the federal governmnt
On defense was with Industries
such as the aviation industry
which employs verv few Negro
workers. :.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-03-29

tack on the statehouse machine
what the whole state knows,
that is, since the two per cent
blackjack club has been function
ing right along since it was first
instituted, by Governor Kump,
was a blow to many adherents
who, right up to the last, denied
that assessments on public en-
ployees were levied and collected
Others saw in his letter to the
Democratic representatives a
very thinly covered plea to them
to do what they could to keep
the federal courts from taking
any action i'm the matter: altho
one official admitted i'm a letter
that he had used government
postage-gree (frankcd envelop
es in correspondence relating
only to the sluSh fund assess
ment; and that workers paid
from. federal moneys had been
ckjacked.
On the whole, the Nicely forces
have delivered a smashing at
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-03-29
GOV. HOLT GETS JOLT
BETWEEN EYEs IN ROW
WITH REPRESENTATIVES


Charleston March Gov.
Holt got jolt between the eyes
when the five Deliberate mem
bers of the House. g Representa-
tives told Inn, n effect, to mind
his own business and leave them
alone. They didn't put it quite
so bluntly but the did not pull
their punches, either.
They advised the chief execu.
tive that neither Senator Neey
nor Senator Holt had ever tried
to get them out on a limb OF
tried to influence them to sup.
port a preferred candidate. Anc
they added eve will appreciate
like courtesy from you, Cover,
nor"
The governors admission Of
and a lot of the cogs are out oil
killer. .,r -.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-03-29
ANTI-LYNCHING BILL APP
PROVED BY COMMITTEE

WASHINGTON, Mar. rs. -
Chairman Ashurst of the COM
The ianti-lynching bill was ap-
proved today by a 10 to 3 vote
of the senate judiciary commit
tee. T.. 8. ~
This action sent the controver-
sial legislation to the senate
floor. Some; southern senators
already have given notice they
were ready to talk the measure
to death, if necessary, as they
did when it came up previously.
The bill which the committee
approved has already been pass
ed by the house. 1t provides fines
and punishment for state Off
Gals who permit a lynching to
occur and subjects state subdivs-
sions to civil liability to lynch
victims or their relatives.
mittee announced the vote as
follows: -.
For the bill-Senators Nicely
McCarran, Van Nuyc, Hatch
Burke, O'Mahoney, Hughes
Austin, Wiley, and Ashurst.
AGAINST the bill-Connaly
of Texas Miller of Arkansas ano
Chandler of Kentucyy-all 8 Of
whom are Democrats.
The committee agreed to permit
other senators who could not bt
present (Pittman, Danaher, anC
Taft to cast theiT vote later il
the day. 80
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-03-29
DIR. DYER ANNOUNCES FOR
CO., BOARD OF EDUCATION

DIR. N. H. Dyer, prominent
physician and civic leader Of the
Dry Fork community, has formal
ly announced his candidacy for
the Democratic nomination for
member of the Board of Educa-
ton of Mcdowell county.
1t is a position in which he has
served the county well in the
past. In 1888 he was appointed
by the state superintendent as a
member of the first county board
when the county unit education
al system was established. He
served as president of the board
until 1888.
DIR. Dyer has long been interest
ed in educational matters-1st,
as student, later as a teacher
and for the past several years
as a parent and patron of the
schools.
DR.. Dyer has been a resident
of Mcdowell county since 1916,
when he came here to teach and
serve as the first principal of Ex-
celsior Junior high school, then
located in the building now oc-
cupied by the colored high
school. He taught three years,
then prepared himself for the
practice of medicine.
He was Graduated from West
Virginia Wesleyan with a stand
ard normal degree, and from the
West Virginia university with 6
B. S. degree. He received his
medical degree from the univer.
sity of Maryland.
When president of the schoo
board, DIR. Dyer was instrumenf
al in organizing the first high
school musical festival in thu
county which has developed int
an annual affair of an outstand.
ing nature.
| When the 30 and 8 Society,"
asked the board to take sponsor
RDTC in the county high school.
he took the matter up with thu
War Department, and is still in
terested in that project. regard
ing it as fine training for higl
school boys if it can be obtained
and maintained without inter
fering with the efficiency of tn
Continued IN Page Twol
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-03-29
Mclaughlin Travels Much On
State Expenses Report Shows

....CharlestOn March 27...-..Thc
moSt-travellcd state official, at
least according to published eX
penSe accountS--in West Virgil
mia is the Commissioner of
Agriculture, J. b. Mclaughlin
last year, Mr.. McLaughlin's ira
vels cost the tax payers of the
state 81, 546.66, of which $617.91
was charged to the account of
the state exhibit at the New
York Worlds Fair.
Ranking next to him is the main
man of the bureau of BARRIERS
and beauticians, f.. l.. Peters,
whose travels over the state
cost BARRIERS and beauty shop
81, 730. 66-an amount
probably somewhat larger than
the average gross income of
most shops.
u. G.. Carter, of the West Virgi
MIA State college, saw lot of the
the state too, for his travels cost
the taxpayers $1,319.58. The
Director of the Unemployment
Compensation Department, John
Stump, spent $954.14, while his
leter-writig second in command
G.. p. Kenna, of the employment
service adj the two per cent clubs
spent just Il little less on his
travels, $943.90.
Travel costs for the state de
garments and institutions, &C
cording to the annual audit OF
the finances was $687 ,4O6 30
some $37238G.04 more than the
travel costs reported on page
586 of thcaudit for the year 1913
which Democrat said was a yeal
of criminally high costs. o..
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-03-29

Mayor Ralph Lewis Green's
boro, N G.. has appointedDr.G Geo.
c. Simpkins, colored to the
city's housing commission, for
the cleanup of slums in Greens
boro, for it is badly needed
very badly so. DR. Simpkins is a
dentist here.
DR.. George Simpkins IS an eX-
cellent Christian gentleman, one
who can be trusted at every
turn of the road of life. He is a
man at every point of his hu-
man make up. Trustworthy
Would he sell the poor Negroes
from the auction block as GER
tain others have done and would
love to have the place which
mayor of Greensboro has APP
pointed Doctor Simpkins to fill
But DIR. Simpkins member of st.
James Presbyterian church here.
No, he cannot be bought!
Let me go into my heart and
search it thorough for an answ-
er: DIR. George G. Simpkins is a
perfect man as perfectly honest
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-03-29
OIL MEN TO MEET

A meeting of the Mcdowell
county division of the West Vir-
ginia Petroleum Association will
be held at 80 P. NJ, Wednesday
April 3, at the Memorial Build
ing in WEIGH, it was announced
today by Ralph f. Forbes of
WEIGH secretary of this county
division.
The meeting will be attended
by wholesale and retail oil men
from all parts of the county. The
public is also invited to attend.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-03-29
Democrats Take i'm
Huge Sum i'm Taxes

Charleston, March 81. - Two
million pennies a day is the tri-
butte the people of West Virgi-
mia have been paying each day
and every day since the consum-
ers sales tax went into effect
just a few months after the Dem
cratic promise that there would
be no new taxes.
In the first year of it's operation
points out Robert HC. Kay, Re-
publican state chairman, the tax
was applied to all retail sales. In
the second year a portion of it
coming from the sales of auto
mobiles was segregated as a
privilege tax" and earmarked
for the Road Commission.
Despite that fact, he says, the
levy is still jus the same old
sales tax and should be added
to the amounts officially report
ed as sales tax receipts. To the
taxpayer, it makes no differ
ence what the tax is called :;
what concerns him is the total
amount he has to pay.
In the six fiscal years the tax
has been effective it has brought
into the state treasury $41, 110,-
302 as consumers sales tax and
$2,987 1896 as privilege tax max
ing a total of $44, 098, 1877.
The tax has averaged $780,
500 a year; $612,474 a month;
$2O,416 a day every day every
week, ever year, since it was
written on the, statute books
and imposed on the pockets of
the wage earners in the first
days Of the Kump administration
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-03-29
Story of the Week

A New Yorker on hi first visit
in the deep South made up his
mind to find out for himself just
what moonShinc was like. With
very little trouble he secured a
pint Of the liquid and retired to
his hotel room where he uncork-
ed the bottle and took a deep
swig therefrOm and promptly
resigned. Not wishing to throw
it away, he gave the remainder
to colored man ne had met two
or three times. Next day when
he saw the man he asked how
he liked the liquor. The man said
the stuff was Exactly right.
Puzzled by that reply the north
ern man asked how was that.
The reply was: Exactly right,
because if it had been any better
you would not have given it TO
me. and if it was an worse ]
could not have drank it-cXactIy
right"
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-03-29
THE EASTER CANTATA

We were oc of the happy hear
crs Of the Cantata THE Seven
Last Words Of Christ" given ut
the Presbyterian church, Kim
ball. under the direction of Mr..
Froracc O. Hester, music direct
or Of Kimball high school. His
cleo Club is certainly a musical
group that seems to fill ones
soul with that which seemed
was lacking. He has brought
that Glcc Club out by leaps and
POUNDS. All need to be compli-
mcntcd but we must say some
thing about that emaculate,
clcan-cut John Haweather whose
baritone voice would soothe any
savage breast, That clear melodi
Gus tenor if Nathaniel Shelton
We want also to praise Chas
Chas Young, Robert Akers, Ruth
Pryor and Ruby Hunt but when
II comes to Bernice Carter words
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-03-29
500, 900 WPA SLASH PLANN-
ED FOR THIS SPRING

Washington. March 2S, CHA.
III the face of vast increases in
unemployment reported by sew
eral government agcEtieS dur
ing the past few months Works
Progress Projects officials am
nounced this week that WPA pay
rolls would be slashed one-third
by June 30th. The dismisSalS
which will mean a chOpping off
of 100000 persons will ruduce
the rolls from 100000 to near
Il million and a half.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-03-29
Negro Congress
Wins Camp Row


signal victory for Negro civil
rights was registered by the
National Negro Congress here
this week when Congress oiii-
Gals announced that long
standing rule of the federal gov
eminent prohibiting Negro tour
lists from securing accomola-
tionS at the government control
ed Washington tourist Camp mad
been abolished.
John p. Davis, National Sec'y.
of the National Negro Congress.
made this announcement after Il
conference last Saturday with LIST
Assistant Secretary Of the In
terror Ebert X. Burlew.
The Washington tourist camp
is operated by the Welfare and
RccrcatiOnal Association under Il
concession from ten federal gov
eminent. II is a modern camp
with facilities for 500 tourists.
For years although supported
by federal funds officials of
the federal government have re-
! fused to allow Negro tourists to
use the camp.
Davis pointed out that the Wash
ington council of the National
Negro Congress made an eXhaus-
tive study of federal recreation
Ill facilities from which Negroes
were barred. 1t followed this up
with repeated protests to the
| National Park Service of the In
erior department. Recently in a
letter to the Secretary of Interior
Congress officials threatened
lega! action if an immediate
change was rot made. The result
was an executive order of Sec'y.
Ickes opening the camp to all
tourists regardless of race
basis of first come first served.
1--WE are glad to point out"
said the Congress secretary,
that Negro tourists who will
be coming to the nations capital
| this summer will have the privi-
lcges accorded to other Ameri-
can citizens to the full use of all
| facilities at this government
IOpcrated camp. There will be no
discrimination and no seprega-
ton. The Congress takes this
opportunity to urge Negro citi-
zcrs planning to conc to Wash
ington to make full a." OF The
camp privileges and TO report
any Instances Of di&conrtesy
J which may arise to Officials of
the Congress.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-03-29
l 'l'!llg Elm Street

as man can be made. He loves
the truth and lives it. He has no
race prejudice. He cannot be
bought. Fear not, everybody DR..
Simpkins is OK.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-03-29
HIza az FlathAad Lake

Flathead lake, Montana, de-
scribed as "ths largest body Of fresh
water. west Of the Great Lakes" fills
q hollow thirty-hvs miles long and
eighteen miles wide between TIVE
ranges Of the Rocky mountains, ex-
cept where the $500 acre Wildhorse
island humps It's hills out Of the
water near the west shore.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-03-29
ECLIPSE OF sun APRIL 18th

For IN benefit of those of our
readers who are interested in
popular astronomy, there is a
prize exhibition scheduled for
April 18th, Sunday, the like of
which few alive will ever again
have an opportunity to see here.
1t is an annular eclipse Of the
sun scheduled to take place q
bit after 500 pm. April 7th.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-03-29
APRIL 9Th SPEAKER

The Hon. Perry Howard will
be Guest Speaker in this Field.
WATCH this Paper for further
INFORMA ALTON!
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-03-29
National Negro Health Week

rs,
Dates, Sunday, March 81 to
Sunday, April 7th. ........
Detectives Cooperative en-
deaor for the attainment of Com
munity Health. Let schools, the
churches and other organiza-
tons help put this program Ger.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-03-29

fail us-she is easy on the eyes
and her voice is tops.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-03-29

ATTY. Leon P. Miller, lone of
our best Attorneys at law, has
accepted the craftsmanship of
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-03-29

Rev. John Little Here Sunday
Rev. John f. Little Of Blucileld
and his Choir will be at Rev. Pat
tcrson's church, Eckman Sunday
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-27
Sports Parade

The football team Of Sunset Park
has played two games. The first
we played Carolina Beach. T e
score was 2 to O. Eugene Wilson
rushed back and touched the full
back.
Next we played Forest Hills.
Simms was their fullback. They
played a mighty good game. The
score was 16 to O.. We are going
to try our best to win the next
game. Fritz Stelljes, grade 6,
Sunset Park.
On Tuesday, October Z, Hemen-
way lost a hard fought game to
Isaac Bear. The final score was
1915 in the Bears favor.
The teams fought evenly for the
first quarter before Isaac B e
scored. In the second quarter Har-
old Kelly, Hemenway's center, re-
covered a tumble by Isaac Bear
and raced down the field for a
touchdown. The score didn't count
because he was offside.
Johnny Bryant ran 80 yards on
a reverse for Hemenways' only
touchdown. The try for the extra
point failed The Isaac Bear team
played a good game and fought
hard to win. Jimmy Smith, "a,
Hemenway. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-27
School Poetry
THE TREASURE

Well! well! mates off we'll go
Well sail till we hear the cry
Land Ho!'
Well have to figute, we'll have
to measure,
But I'll be dashed if We'll miss
that treasure.
Then at last into Port We'll sail,
Where the swamp air will make
US all
Well fume and we'll fuss,
Well romp and we'll cuss
But all to no avail.
There's a skeleton there which
will guide u way,
And I'll always remember till
my very last day
The eyes of the souls that gaze
at that treasure,
To find that it is nothing not
even a pleasure.
Virginia Shaw, ga, Hemenway
School.
I have a little dog that stands
up straight
And barks for his supper when
it's late.-Julian Williams, Tiles
ton, grade 3.
1 know a little dog and he is
mine.
He does tricks; l think they are
ine.-Thomas Elmore Farr, Tiles
ton, grade g..
1 have a little dog, her name is
Cricket
And to keep her face clean, she
will lick it.-William Edward Nc
Pherson, Tileston, grade 3.
Three pumpkins on a vine
We're talking by sign.
They we're little, middle size,
and big
And they all wore a little wig.
Sammie May Felkel, Cornelius
Harnett, grade 7.
NLAxt1lN0 WIN EN-
The trees are turning yellow and
brown
Their leaves are falling to the
ground.
The animals are going to their
den
Until the summer comes again.
The squirrels are 6 getting up
their nuts
To feed them through the long
winter months.
The ants are busy every day
For they know winter is on the
way.
The birds are chirping their fare
well songs
For they know winter is cold
and long.-Hazel Lee Hines, Cor
Harnett. 2
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-27
FIRE DRILLS

Lately Hemenway has been hav.
ing fire drills, at some of which
the firemen were present 10 view
and comment on the form. 1t is
very Necessary that this be good
for If during a fire a person should
get panicky and try to push and
run he would hold up a line and
perhaps many children would sui.
fer for his folly. 1t is also neces.
sary, if there is time, to close all
windows and doors, thereby pre-.
venting drafts from feeding the
fire.
Our first fire drill was not 50
good, as there was some talkiny
and it took us about two minutes
to get out, but Miss Boone was
very pleased with our last one,
1t was in good order and tos
less than a minute to empty the
building.
In the future we hope to perfect
our drills so that there will be
no danger Of accident in case Of
fire.-Sally Herring. 2
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-27
Sunset Park

The first flag of the d
States was the Cambridge flag.
1t was first r a S e d tv George
Washington at Cambri" C, Massa-
chusetts, in January ITS. After
that our flag grew rapidly. Fol-
lowing the Revolutionary war we
no longer had any signs of the
English flag on our starry banner.
By 1777 we had IA stars in our
flag. Today there ere 48. There are
sever red stripes and six white
ones, a total of 10, which represent
the 10 original colonies. Francis
Scott Key, a great c p o S r,
wrote the poem, The Star-Span-
gled Banner" in honor of our flag.
Soon it was sung as u national
song.-Billy Quinlivan, d e 6,
Sunset Park.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-27

chose a Music department, Science
department, Reading department,
Handicraft, and a collecting de-
partment. We chose a chairman
for each department, Eugene Maui
ney, music; Julian Barbot, Science
Sara MarloWe, R e a 6; Mac
Ayres, H%andicraft; Pat Howe, col
lecting department. We hope to
have a helpful and successful club
this year. Dorothy Casteen,
Seventh Grade.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-27

To me the subject, What Amer
lea means to me, is a subject OF
vital importance. We enjoy free
dom in this country that is known
to no other nation. Our f%orefathers
paid a price for our freedom, not
with money but through great sac
rifices and hardships.
We enjoy the privilege Of wor-
ship, whereas in some other coun-
tries the people r not allowed
to worship God or even read the
Bible. America is a country where
everyone has an equal chance for
an education. We have publ
schools which both rich and poor
attend. These schools have edu-
Gated teachers to teach practical
subjects.
When we do something wrong in
America we are not punished be-
fore being tried by an impartial
judge and jury.
To live in America is to love it.
Only in my imagination can I feel
for those who have had dictator
ship forced on them. I am sure
they look upon us with our blessed
privileges with a feeling of envy.
We have plenty of food, but in
some other lands they are allowed
only a small quantity of it. Ameri-
ca is truly the land of the free
and the home of the brave
Lois Mintz, grade 8.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-27
BRADLEY'S CREEK
STUDENTS ACTIVE

The circus c IA Wednesday.
Barbara Kienzle, Jimmy Missroon
and Wade Cooper went to it. :. .
W. G.. Robertson played for US in
Chapel. We enjoyed the program.
We want him to come again. .
We brought money for grass seed.
Our room got IS cents. Mr..
Roland and DR.. Mckee came to
see us. DR.. Mckee said he would
come back soon. He is going to tell
us about a land in which he lived.
$50. We have three classes in our
grade. They are Roses, Redbirds,
and Brownies.-The second grade.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-27
CANALS IN

Our sixth grade recently saw a
film called Canals in England"
In that film we saw the develop
ment of canals. 1t showed many
boats that were long anC. narrow.
The main cargoes were S e e l.,
gravel, coal, lumber and paper.
The children on board had three
hours a week to 60 to school.
Many canal boats have diesel en-
gines.
The waves from the larger boats
washed away some of the sides of
the canals. Cement was put in
to hold them. There were many
repair shows along the canals and
in the towns. The children had to
help wash the decks and make
the brass shine. Canal life would
seem strange to us, but to those
people it isn't.-Frank Bruce e,
grade 6.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-27
TRAFFIC SQUAD

Lieutenant Davis and Lieutenant
Williams took the traffic boys and
girls to the Coastal Fair at the
American Legion Stadium. They
took is on the Rocket, H o b b y
Horse, the Rodeo, and the Ferris
wheel. They took US in the grand
stand. We saw a man jump from
a diving board from way up into
a big tub of water. The man had
jumped off the Brooklyn Bridge
and was the only person who ever
lived to tell the story. They took
us in n of the sideshows where
we saw a dog and a monkey rid
ing on a horse. We also S a W
clowns. - Edna Earle Clarke,
grade 6.