The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1913-10-24
THE THREE LIT
TIE MUSKEETERS
w. H. Drewry, B E,
Carter and Will
Hurt

The Mcdowell County Colored Repub
Iran Organization has been MARCHES
upon by the enemy within its ranks. an
hardly day pssse- now without Cisrk
tswn enregistering in its archives an e
v.nt of this kind.
The other member Of the organization
throngh"ut the county are st ssescs, b;:
what difference does that make in IN,
minds or upon the comment Of three lie
ue nsuskeetrrs. Drewry. carter and Hurt
Tha-~r thr~e able men say that they ar
called upon To start q political war 70
the liberation Of the black voters, and IL
this uncallsd for attempt ~e certainl,
hope thst Monsieu Carter will he NOR,
succsssful than he was in his fight fol
appointment IS State Lihrariap. ths
Monsieur Drewry will he more successfu
than he Was in his fight tn forre himsrl
upon the parents and patrons .. princi
pal Of the Algoms graded schools. and
that Monsieur Hurt will have a mnci
larger following in his new role than hs
had on election day last June when he
felt the political Lash OF the black Repub-
hcans upon his back when he attempted
% b, nominated as the colored csndi-
district.
The truth is this little trio Of muskee-
t<rs .n run Q wooden toothpick into 9
lumber yard about ~ easily ~ they can
muster ten followers apiece here i'm Nc
Dowell county. and that has teen con-
clsiveiy shown 20 the ssiisfacton of ths
black voters here in this county. The
two disappoipt>i Office seekers and the
man With such longing for that Aieo-
ma sch sol principaIship have all received
tuch hard blows scross. on top. and -
sainst their political besns, ~ to cause Q
serious impairment OF their thinking row-
sp, and and Ne woHld not he surprised
TO lind shese three iittls patriotic mus-
ke~ters orgsnize an army Of black hoys
in this county to invade Mexico without
delay and protect Kid Snowflake, the
champion hof-o Of the United states who
u now in . Mexican jail, from the pris-
on itch. Indeed they do not seem N
know just what to do with themselves
these day., but, you know it is hard for
Q man o. ert over defeat.
Will Hurt has been calling every col-
ored voter ia Elkhorn district Squire Sad
dler since November the 5th, 1912, and
sometimes when he 10 called upon IN sign
y check. bond, or other writing of an
official nature 80 great has become thi-
habit, that behind his pen after signing
what sbonld have been his name he finds
70 his surprise written thereon Will Sad
dIer, j. y. -
Ba.srtt Carter has tssveled more than
5000 miles principally on foot and in
his imaginstion) since that beautiful day
Governor HarOeld appointed Rev. San
ders STATE Librarian, and he has pro-
noupced more than 5,OOO,0OO maiedic-
tions and curses upon the Repu blican
party since Re-. S~nder-' appointment
removed the last ray Of hope he could en-
tertsin Of crossing his rainbow legs in
front Of the state Librarians desk in
Charleston. The silk hat he purchased
% wear his first day on the job has hem
very thonghtiuIly presented TO Col. Jack
Taylor FOR nse upon the lecture platform.
and the automobile he had ordered ~
t.ke HIM % and from his work in the
ofsice of the Stae Library, is now being
used ny Dr. Savem advertising and sell-
ing his famous reyivor for those suf1erins
from shocks occasioned By sudden reves.
ssls IN feelings after another man lands
the job Jon thought to be yoursL
Prof Dr~wry, late principal Of the Al.
eoma graded school in the ms-nsry ol
thor Who neser lived, more recently the
man with the following Gin the other di
recsion) in Northfork district came neal
ssuzliins DR.. Tanners lasting ssnnt ol
- days, having succc-sfnlly psss>d uE
food IN rither solid or liquid form from
September the 22nd until October th.
lItb, the day he orgsnized the three lit
ne E,uskeetss In Msr<hsll Turner'S cos
house In Clsrktown.
Prof. Dire WY has Adopted the custom
of making one grrst political speech ever,
yesr Tor the past year or 20, p-ior to lesv
ing fov the city ~ Washington, 10 hsv.
TIM prof~-sor % Howard University CON.
-paets ~ moving HE Tbeolog,csl Hestins
Plant plscet in that portion of he h>s<
sisnsssu shove his ev.. by The profe~-ou
81 Lis<oln University, and in n pise'
instsli L~ssI Gss Works. He called M
sold dust twins. Hurt and Carter. hss
phoso<rspher Rro~n take their pictnr'
po~rd ts th-t great painting nov foisb
~ 'p~s~e sf last" and exclaimed On M.
t~o comrades, boys wiIl report fh,
prtreedinp of this great orgsnizatios
vbich her~by nsu< The shres muskee
s~rs, In the Weekly News st my own ex
pen~~." pronounced the benedicticn, sns
isu>si . proclamation Of var for tbo mex
22z yesrs, unles- evesy colored vos>r ID
Bsovns Cr~ek Dissrict signed . psedes r
% - I'D snd ssay skess ussa l,r. 0eisA
- pssnnenssa sAre - ~ b.sisa. -
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