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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-12
Girl Scouts Stage
 Supper Party Dec. IS
WOmen's Society for Christian Service to Hear Rev. Dr.. Albert Marion, District Superintendent, Sunday
w AT ERVILLE
COrrespOndent-AIrS R. " Heuion Telephone s-Sass

Waterville, Dec. 12-Girl Scout trop. No. 16, met yesterday afternoon at the home of Ruth Batchelder on Welch street. Mrs. Everett Cook, scout leader, directed the meeting. Plans were made for a Christmas party following the next meeting, December IS. Supper will be served at that time and a grab bag will be a feature. Members present yester- day were Ruth Batchelder, Nancy lou Totten, Mary Ryan, Elsie Collins, Peggy Lethbridge and Alice Mac Mullen.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-12

Radiotelephone service has just been inaugurated between Shanghai, China, and Manchuria.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-12
The Women's society for Christian

7 The Women's Society for Christian Service of the Grace Methodist church will serve a lunch in the church parlors Sunday evening at 5 o'clock, during a get-together hour, when Rev. Dr. Albert Marion, dis trict superintendent of New Haven County of Methodist Churches, will be present. Dr. Marion will speak at the evening church service.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-12

Edward Truelove in charge of tickets, Charles Silva in charge of decora- tions, and Harley Henion publicity chairman. Music will be furnished by the Rusty Ramblers." The pulp lie is invited and tickets may be ob- tained from members of the corps.
 Scores of the Pride of Welch bowling match Monday night were:
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-12
FLYING ANIMALS

FLYING ANIMALS
 In Australia, there are at least 20 species of animals that are ayiators flying squirrels, flying opossums, flying mice, and even flying bears.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-12
WalIingford Guests

Wallingf0rd Guests
 MT. and Mrs. Clifford Northrop, MT. and Mrs. John Byrnes and Pat rick Moriarty were delegates of Casper s. Davis, American Legion auxiliary and pest, at the second dis trict meeting in Wallingford last evening.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-12
Corps Plan Dance

Plans were completed Tuesday night for a Christmas dance by the Fairmount fife, drum and bugle corps Friday night, December 20, at the club rooms on Thomaston ave- nue. Frank Almeida and Dewey Fulton are in charge of the dance,
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-03-01
BURN YOUR BRUSH NOW
Effective March 20 to MAY 20
Brush Burning Permits Will
Be. Required

The new Brush Burning Law
enacted by the last session of
the legislature, Section 4a, Ar,
TX, chap. 20 Code of w. Va. pro
vides: That no person. shall dur
ing the fire season (March 20 to
May 20, and October Is to Dec.
Is of each year, burn any forest
land, stubble, brush, or grass or
slash, within 800 feet of any
forest area without first obtain
ing a permit from duly authOri
zed agent.
This law is to be enforced this
year, ard mountain-side farm
ers" Of this vicinity are caution
ed that burning anything in such
places between the above dates
requires a permit and the un-
expected appearance of an officer
should cause no surprise II no
permit has beer obtained. The
Mcdowell county forests, most of
them, were a solid mass of fire
practically the whole of the fire
season last year. The word has
gone around that this will moi
be tolerated again, so Mr.. Brush
Burner, get your permit or do
your brush burning BEFORE
March 2Cth. Conditions of the
permit make burning brush, etc
il or near forest land before the
fire season wise for the careless
fire handler, yet real cae must be
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-03-01

the purpose of creating a poll
teal slush fund.
I'VE request that you or your
department make an immediate
investigation" 4.
Shahan and Bosworth stated
III their letter that evidence is
available to show that in Febru-
airy. 1888, c. p. McKenna, chief
|of the West Virginia Employ
ment Service. am agency sup
ported by federal funds, wrote
to the district managers of the
Service throughout the state
directing them to lay levy on
the salaries of all permanent
employees, beginning with the
salaries paid in February"
That the order was complied
with, the Randolph county legis-
lators contend, is proved by
Photographic chpics of letters
from the district manager at
Logan. on official stationery, to
Mckcnna, as chief of the serv-
zee. indicating the transmission
OF money collected from cmloyes
OF the Logan branch.
The writer's also advised Hoover
mat there are Photographic
copies of post office money ord
er receipts showing how much
money was sent to McKema,
and cancelled checks from en-
ployccs proving that they had
been assessed and had paid their
tribute.
Reports from the state house
and from state institutions else
where, Indicate that the public
employees are getting ready to
revolt against the ackjacking
to which they have been subject
ed since the beginning of the adj
of II. G.. Kump.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-03-01
WEIGH CoLoRD KEYSTONE news

I Mrs. Pauline Jones is confined
to her home because of illness.
Mrs. Maggie Morris continues
i'll at her home.
NJ. j. Cabbell sustained pam
full injuries to his back Monday
when caught in a fall of slate in
the Landgratf mines. He is re-
ceivirg treatment at the Stevens
clinic. .r-, AA,r,ra.
Mrs. Stella Calhoun will be the
hostess to tho Builders club on
Monday evening, at Up. m.
Those persons of this section
attending the funeral of DR.. S.
j. Bamphfield were: Rev. r. p.
Mr.. and Mrs. Shelton,
of Kimball; Drs. Howard and
Brown and Mrs. Whittico, of Key
stone; DrS. Warren and Whittl-
co, of Williamso; Mrs. Johnson,
of Freeman; Drs. Rogers, Viii
sicaker and Kingslow, of Blue
field. .u b.
Mrs. Butler, who died last
Thursday, was taken to Little
Rock, S. c., for burial.
Mr.. Wade father of Sam Wade,
remains quite i'll.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. E. Painter are on
a months vacation.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-03-01

feel quite sure that the above
last metiored will give to my
readers a new hope, and a new
spirit promised them by their
Lord and Maker, or as Bebuchad
neZzar late grass, until the pass
ing over of seven times seven
who had lost his reason. we like
him. il: this fall election will be
ready to return to te Lord and
vote The Republican ticket, that
we be no longer forced to eat
grass from the barren political
fields of the New Deal.
Finally. l hope. that my hum
bic message will reach tn,
hearts of all of my grass eating
friends who for the last seven
years have like old Nebuchad-.
nrZzar been forced to live in the,
fields, along the highways and in
hobo inns" and by handouts
from The New Dealers. will have
by the time of the fall elections,
rcgaincd their reason, and vote
this abomiable system of polite
al corruption out of existence.
Abe Williams, Bluefield, w. Va.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-03-01
Elkins Senator and Representa-
tive Coll in Omen in Political
Contributions GU of Demos.

Elkin8, Feb. 28.-UnwilIing to
wait ON the uncertain chance
that Congress will pass any bill
extending operation Of the prin-
ciplcs Of the Hatch act prohibit
ing pcrnacious political activity,
Senator j. Bull Shahan and
delegate John Bosworth, Of this
city, have appealed to j. Edgar
Hoover, head Of the Federal
Bureau Of investigation, to break
up the Kump-Holt two per cent
clubs in West Virginia.
I'VE desire to call your attcn-
tor to the existence Of Il con
spiracy on the part Of certain
public employees paid out Of
federal funds to levy and collect
ar assessment on the wages Of
subordinate public cmpoyecs for
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-03-01
Democratic Deceitfulness

Charleston, Feb. 20. Demo
cratic apologists are quick to
seize the opportunity every
time the state tax commissioners
sends out a report telling of the
huge sums Of tax money he ha
collected to point out that the
tax revenue is due to general
prosperity, They all carefully
overlook the fact that most of
the huge revenue is due almost
entirely to new and increased
taxes.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-03-01
Court Street Methodist Church

Sunday services, 9:45-1O:50, a.
m. Church school-11:0 100, 4. m.
Worship-6:30 to 1880 pm, Ep-
worth League, 7:35-9:05, p. m. !;
Worship, Bird Sunday, 1885 to
sos p. M; Sacred Concert,
Program, LIST Monday, 1880 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 Glass
Meetings.. Thursday, 1880 p. M,
Choir No. 1 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, 1940-03-01

taken then is there is the slight
est chance of it escaping control,
YOU know the day OF firing the
woods are over and its a high
crime NV.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-03-01
Chairman Kay Urges Registrars
Be Selected With Great Care

Charleston. w. Va. Feb. Is
calling attention to the impera-
tive necessity for proper and
careful selection of Republican
registrars next March 4. Robert
II. {. Kay, Republicans state
chairman, has made a final APP
peal to al county chairmen urg-
ing them to take every care in
appointing registrars, and eau
tioning them that failure to dc
so may result II defeat in Nov.
I'VE cannot have a clean cleo
ton, Kay said. unless we first
have a clean Registrations. APP
pointment of registrars is not
considered patronage i'm the ordi
nary sense of the word. No one
should be selected in order that
he make a little extra money.
The registrars are, in fact,
the watchmen of our very liber-
ties. If they fail to register ali
citizens entitled to vote, and to
keep off the books the names of
all those not entitled to vote,
they may endanger the founda-
ton of democracy. They hold
our franchise largely in their
hands.
1T has been the custom in
many countless" the state chair
man said, for the clerk to give
the registrars copies of the old
books to serve as a guide, urge
every Republican chairman to
see that tbs is not done this year.
1.-The registrars should start
from scratc,'h h, actually finding
md registering all bona fide vot-
ars, one by one, as the law in
-enss they shall do. We don't
want any padded registration
lists, any more than we want |
padded relief roles and padded
public payrolls."
Kay addressed his appea for a
;lean and complete registration
of voters not only to all Republi-
can chairmen, but to the men |
and women of the party as we'll, |
urging them to insist that only
persons of unimpeachable honest
integrity and industry be re-
commended for appointment as
registrars; and that the party |
members generally aid and CO.
operate i'm the registration to see
hat the registrars do their duty.
"ElectionS," ne said in conclu-
ZION, ARE often won or lost in
he registration of voters. AS
republicans, always alert tc safe |
guard the best interests of the
people, let's take the first step
toward success in November By
registering all bona fde voters
now"
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-03-01
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Editor, Mcdowell Times:

Editor, Mcdowell Times:
! 555 B. c. the Prophet Daniel
saw. in a vision, the rising up
of a tyranrical ruler "who would
speak great words" and think
| to change time and laws. And
Ito wear away the patience OF
the saints of the Most High. "
Some of this vision seen by
Daniel, was in part seen by John
in the Isle of Patmos, about the
end of the first century, under
the symbolism of a beast.
This beast was like a leopard;
feet like a bear, and the mouth
of lion" Indeed, very strange
combination of ferocious beasts.
This power was further desiGna-
ted by John as a mystery"
For ages, it has been the tatlcs
of world forces that gender
strife and slavery among the
people, to work in some dark
cloak of mystery, to cover from
the eyes of the people their
wicked and unlawful acts.
For, John further says, of
this power of deception, 1t
Spoke as lamb" Very appro-
pirate indeed, to use the symbol
of a lamb" which is the SYM
Dol of innocence and purity, to
conceil their acts from the eyes
of the public. This deceptive
power has been reappearlng.
from time to time, since the
time of the vision by Daniel and
John. But, like the strange crea-
ture seen in the vision, it Is ever
reappearing in a new and dli1er-
ent form. 49,
1t may be seen in various move
ments such as religious, polite
al, industrial or racial, but,
nevertheless it is the same old
beast in disguise. Until the last
few years, this country under
the stewardship of one or the
other of tie major political parties,
the ship of state, has been able toll
steer it's course safely over the
sea of time into the harbor OF
national security.
However, IL the last seven
years, there has appeared on the
national horizon, strange poll
teal monstrocity, called the
"New Deal" which has in it al
the diverse elements Of character
found in the beast" seen by |
Darrell and John. Keeping inl
perfect harmony, with the true
symbolism of the vision, this
New Deal is not Republican,
Democratic, Socialist, Fascist,
Nazo nor Communist, but very
strange co-mixture Of all of them
combined. 1t has for it's slogan,
"all things for all men, that they
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-03-01
Baby Chicks

WRITE-today for prices; 20
varieties. U. S. and w. Va. ap-
proved baby chicks.
Rhodes Hatchery, Spencer, VIVA
dept. MT)
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-03-01
DO YOU REALIZE THAT:


Two Democratic administra-
lions have collected SIP, 178, 1873
MORE in gasoline taxes from
West Virginia motorists in 6 1-2
years than three preceding Re-
publicaE administrations did in
TEN years?
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-03-01

tiNS, SiasCiyJ poi4ustSe, UcCcp-
ton, bankruptcy moral degcnera-
cy hunger, strife, racial diScord.
RECOMMENDATION OF the masses to
the end that they may be able
to place in the White House. a
full grown dictator. Every law
passed or sponsored 10y them
has had in it a germ of power
Howard dictatorship. The NRA.
with its seven hundred codes.
was premediated and designed
flor no other purpose than to
fplace 130,000;0CO people in bond
tage and servitude to tyrannical
bureaus in the city of Washing
ton. And had not the Supreme
Court invaidated it we woulC
have by now lost every vestiage
of liberty granted us by the Con
stitution. We would have been
in detected state of slavery.
comparable only to the condition
of the Negro race before the !
Civil War,
Daniel furthe rstacs cf this
world autocrat, that he would
think to change the time and
the law" 1t is not necessary to
inform my readers of the as
sault of the New Deal an the
Supreme Court and of the chang
ing of our traditional Thanks
giving day to another day. |
Broadly speaking, there are very !
few of the activities of our peo-
pie that has not in some way or /
the other been tampered with by
the New Dealers.
There is no dictator, in Ger
many, Italy, Spain or Russia,
shat has more power over his
people than has been asked for
and granted toithe President by
the House'A and the Senate, in
the last seven years. In event of !
war between this nation and
some other one the President will
by powers granted him by virtue
of the Constitution and by the
emergency" wartime powers
given him by our supreme law
making body, be at once tho
worlds mightiest dictator.
After Daniel had seen in the
vision the migty struggle of the
nations with the peast power, Of
Alexander, and the fall of the
Modes and the Persians, the
voice of prophesy cried out to
Johr on the lonely Isel of Patmos
saying, of this autocratic power:
'Hc shall speak, like the voice
Of a lamb" Yes, he will use soft
words, to soothe the spirit Of the
hungry masses. Pretend to be a
lamb, kind, thoughtful of the |
Oppressed, inoffensive, inocent, |
harmless, just like a lamb. A
great humanitarian" A great |
emancipation of the working
man. A "workig mans friend"
ard 50 on. But for fear that John
be deceived by this lamb-like
voice, the Holy Spirit, further
stated to him that this power
came from the Red Dragon,
with his concourse of black and
red horses, symbolizing death,
war, destruction and desolation.
In order tat John further idcntl-
fy this Autocrat, Danitl by the
Holy Spirit said, "He will wear
away the patience Of the saints.
Has there ever been a time in
the history Of this nation, that
the people of God have along
with the masses been subjected
to a more trying and heart
rcnding conditions than have
been placed on them in the last
seven years Furthermore, there
is no parallel in American his
tory, even during the Civil War,
that there has been as much I'M
rest, uncertainty, hunger, crime.
! strife racial hatred Industrial di-
| vision perplexity of capital, and
waste Of the peoples money as
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-03-01

aOf the total of $89,889,881 in
gasoline taxes collected since
the tax was first imposed in '23,
to December 81, 1889, two Demo
cratic state administrations, in
6 1-2 years have collected 56.8
per cent?
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-03-01

Field Known as Child's Poet
Eugene Fields poems of child.
hood gained for. him the ltitle of
childs poet.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-03-01

Average annual gasoline tax
collections under Republican adj
ministrations were $3,889,881,
but under Governors Kump and
Holt the average yearly take
has more than DOUBLED to
$7,S57, 996?
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-03-01

The extra penny added TO the
gasoline tax by the Holt admins
tration in it's first year was de-
clared to be a TEMPORARY tax
for the benefit Of secondary
i-a's 64 Ea'. o..
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-03-01

Thought for the Week
by Rev. T. J. Griffith
Life is Sweet and Long if You
Know How to Use 1t.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-03-01

YOUR contribution to this tax
on a per capita basis, has been
S26.70 just since the Democrats
came into power in 1888? -.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-03-01

This extra penny was continu-
ed as an added tax on the motor
list by the 1899 session of the
legislature, in spit Of the pro-
mise that had been made that it
was only a temporary tax when
first imposed in 1897?
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-03-01

There is q drive now on to
make the tax fixed and perman-
ent?
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-03-01

(All figures are taken or comput-
ed from the official reports Of
state officers and Departmental
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-03-01

The vastly increased revenue
from the state gasoline tax to-
day does not reflect greater pros
perity, as the state administra-
tion Spokesman would have
the public believe, but rather
the greater whipping the tax
payer is taking through increas-
ed tax rates.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-03-01

AS compared with 1882, gaso-
line consumption has increased
only 55 per cent but the gaso-
line tax has increased 80 pct?
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-03-01

Two Democratic state admins
trations, in just 6 1-2 years,
have taken from the pockets Of
the travelling public $51, 07G,977
up to January /, 1910?
.y--srscVeg5FS
ALL Republican administra-
tions prior to 1893 collected but
S38 ,89S,819 in gasoline taxes in
all the years the tax had been
on the statute books, but the
DcmOGats took a third more i'm
their six and One-half years in
power?
In the 2 and Onc-half fiscal years
{ of the Holt administration, $25,-
0G9,S15 has beer taken from
the motorists in gasoline taxes?
The average amount taken
from the travelling public each
| year in gasoline taxes by the
Holt administration is above
ten million dollars, or almost 2
| times as much as was collected
under Republican administra-
| i..D
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-06
~Pan-American Games

Dan Ferris, secretary-treasurer of
h A. A. u, informed the writers
that the A. A. US Pan-Americap
committee will meet with tn =,
presidents and secretaries Of the
various sports governing bodies on
FEB. 1C at the New York A. c.. to
settle on a site and tentative dates
for the 1910 Pan-American games.
staging Of the games will, of course,
be contingent on Finland's formally
fellnquishing the Olympics. April l
is the deadline for action by the
flnns one way OF the other.
Likely dates for the games, to take
IN the full Olympic program and G
open 70 all nations of the western
hemisphere, are July 20-Aug. 4, tie
dates assigned for the Helsinki
oiymplcs. The four cities in the
running are Philadelphia, which has
offered to underwrite it for S1OO. 900
n will go up to $500, 900; Los
Angeles, which will match those
figures, and New York and San
Francisco, Interested on behalf of
their fairs but not yet committed to
any financial figures.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-06
TAR HEELS START
FOOTBALL DRILLS
Wolf Appears Pleased With
Prospects AS 81 Candidates
Receive Equipment

CHAPEL HILL, Feb. 5.-QP-Aft'
er a weeks delay by the weather
winter football get under way at
North Carolina today with 62 candi'
dates receiving equipment and Al
taking part in the first indoor drills
Several leading performers were
tied up with other sports, and some
with labs, but Head Coach Ray Wolf
put the squad through a good black
board session and drill on funda-
mentals, and even put in four plays
Jim Leaning, outstanding tackle
prospect for last fall until he tripped
over the scholastic hurdles, return
ed to school and practice.
Coach Wolf appeared pleased with
prospects, and particularly in the
line. and was busy already talking
possible shifts and plans for next
reason. However, he foresees a big
lob replacing Stirnweiss and Rad
man and rebuilding the Carolina
backfield.
Nine 1ettermen turned up for the
first drilr-Elliott, end; Newell and
Sleek, tackles; Faircloth, guard
Smith and Suntheimer, centers, and
D. Baker, Connor, and Sadoff, backs
Paul SEVERN and Mike Bobbitt
were tied up with other sports, and
Harry Dunkle and Bob Stoinoff arc
out temporarily with leg injuries, but
Dunkle is expected back soon.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-06
Duke, Carolina Runners
To Give Exhibition Race

DURHAM, Feb. 5.-lR-Sprint.
ers from Duke and the University
of North Carolina will stage a So
yard dash exhibition at the half of
the Duke-Davidson basketball game
in Duke gym here tomorrow night.
The Tar Heel squad will be com.
posed of Harry March, Bill Cor
pening, Julian Lane, Bill Volger
and Ernest Gilman, while Dukes
team will be selected from George
McAfee, Werner Brown, Ernie Vail,
Dave Crawford and Fred Irwin.
The boys will run two elimination
heats to qualify for the finals.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-06
Scarseua's Wife, Cousin
Killed In Auto Accident

LANCASTER, KY, Feb. 5.-Q3-
Mrs. Les scarsella, "a, wife OF the
professional baseball player, and
her cousin, Helen Vassil, is, were
injured fatally in a car-truck col.
lision five miles north Of here to-
day.
Scarsella, a member Of the Bos-
ton Bees, and his two-year-old
daughter, escaped with minor hurts.
The four were enroute from Gin.
cinnati, their home, to Bradenton,
Fla, where the Bees are to train
this spring.
Miss Vassil was killed outright
and Mrs. Scarsella died about two
hours later in a Danville hospital.
Two men in the truck also were
hurt.