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The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-04-25

as the need arises of 70 Negroes
in the maintenance division. of
10D Negroes in the bus drivers
division. No member of any race
can be employed until this ITO
has been employed. After that
there will be an employment of
one Negro for each white until
II per cent of the working group
is Negro-this means over 500
of the 5000 odd employees of
the bus company will eventually
be Negro workers.
The co-chairman of the drive
Roger Straughn, Hope Stew
ems, DIR. A. Clayton Powell, Jr.
issued the following statement ::
This is not the end, but
merely the beginning in the his
toric struggle of the Negro peo-
pie of the twentieth century to
assert their rights to dwell in
the heart of this democracy of
ours, rather than on the fringe.
Our slogan as we march for
ward is - let's make our land
safe for democracy. We are call
ing upon all lovers of democracy
white and black, to see that all
members of this democracy,
even though they are a minority
shall be free"
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-04-25
FREEDOM FROM
FOREIGNISMS
A New Declaration Of
Observation-Disclosures
Americans, Including One
Negro Leader Subscribe

WASHINGTON-The United
States Flag Association, of
which Colonel James A. Moss is
President General, Former Com
mander of the Buffalos, crack
367th Infantry Negro regiment
of the 92nd Division, World War
No. One, has issued a ringing
appeal for all citizens of A
merica to join in freeing this ma
isms.
A Declaration of 1ndepen-
dence," in two-color printing in
the form and style of the De
claration of Independence of
July 4, ITS, with Sc facsimile
signatures, symbolizing the Sc
patriots who proclaimed free
of the Is original states.
The Declaration severly con-
dennis the infilteration of Com
munism, Nazism n d Fascism
into our schools churches, youth
groups, labor unions, Naval and
Military forces, the government
and every other organization IN
to which they could find entrance
The document makes public
an effective restatement, in para
phrased form, of Lincoln's
Gettysburg Address, calling to-
day for rebirth of freedom
Freedom from Foreignisms."
The Declaation is signed by
nationally prominent leaders in
Government, Industry and Lab
or, and by prominent Publishers,
Authors, Artists and Entertain
ers, and is non-partisan.
The Negro group is represent
ed by the facsimile signature of
DR.. Emmett J. Scott of Wash
ington D. c., as lone of Ameri-
cas- leading Negroes, along
with Secretary of the Navy
Frank Knox, Senator Arthur
Copper, and other notables, in
GLIDING other ,signers Wild "oic
ed high praise of t h e Declare
tom, Senator Morris Sheppard
Chairman of the Senate Miltar.
AffaAs Committee; Gen. Hugl
S. a&psop,s Patrick ]. Hurley
and Harry H. lNoedring.. forHae'
Seersfies pf.' War, Senator;
Pat&Hxrisoa and Bennett e
Clark;a.Fphlishets Paul Blocl
and BOY W. Howard, and Col
Theodore Roosevelt.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-04-25
MOONSHINING-
Continued from Page One

Continued from rage Une
ed for this is that the present
law makes it a felony for arms
to be found on a liquor law VIC
lator or at a moonshine still.
Seizures by state liquor en-
forcement officers are running at
the average of 25 to 80 stills per
month. Last January as stills
were confscated, which was an
increase from % in December.
The total for February was 80.
From July to December of last
year the figures ranged from
a low of 16 in August to 81 for
in October.
The southern part of the
state, especially the counties of
Logan, Mcdowell Wyoming
and Lincoln, leads in moonshin-
ing activities, according to F. M
Peters, head of the division of
properties and enforcement.
Most of the stills are home
made or impoverished affairs.
Gasoline drums and large metal
cans, of various kinds pre-
Nominate. Sometimes these are
lined with copper before being
put to their new use. Occasion
ally, a real copper still, made
for the specific purpose of turn
ing out liquor, is found and con-
fiscated. Practically all of the
coils are of copper, although
they may not have been intend
| ed originally as part of a moon
shine plants equipment
shine plants equipment The
coils are expensive and the own
ers often resort to ingenius
methods in hiding them in order
h t if the plant is raided the
coil will be saved for another
day. At one plant raiders re-
Gently found the coil tied to one
of the branches of tall tree.
All copper equipment is taken
to the Charleston warehouse
There it is cut up and sold as
junk. Other equipment that has
a cash value which makes salv-
age profitable similarly is dis
posed of. The larg quantities
of mash seized are poured out
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-04-25

keeping a very close check on
profit and loss statements of the
coal industry. which
has operated "in the red" every
year since 1925 for which go
vcrnmcnt statistis 90 available.
Some idea Of the status o. the
coal industry may Toe obtained
from the following ,orparisions
In ip'I The number of GOA,
con ,unIcS reporting a net in
moor, totaled lisp, while 80
reported no net income. The
total net income amounted to
S2l9.3G7,379 on which the com
panieS paid u tax of 1929 ,5G3
Companies ri orting no net in
come reported deficit Of ST.
G58.135.
in 1893, last year for which
figures are available, only 1868
companies reported net in
come while 2,135 Companies re-
ported deficits which totallcd
S37.779, 900. Total net income
for the industry was S11,112.-
Gro on which tax Of $1.GG1,400
as paid.
When 2G3 companies can
make only $11,OOO,OOO in profits
while 2l35 companies are los
ing $37,000,000. it would not
seem that the industry was in
such flouriShing shape that there
was much of a margin between
sound and unsound op2r.
1t seems to us that increased
costs plus loss of markts to COM
peting fuels an d government
subsidized power Developments
have just about got the bitmin-
Gus coal industry on its last
legs. This ought to be a matter
OF deep concern to every intelli-
gent West Nirginian who is
genuinely concerned in the eco
nomic stability of his state.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-04-25

at the scene. The same thing is
done with any moonshine that
is found, except that enough is
saved for evidence where this
seems advisable.
The liquor control agents CO.
operate with federal men and al
so with county and other local
officers and agents in their acti-
ties.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-04-25
Elimination of DiGerential
From the Huntington Herald
Advertiser, Sunday. April 20

Some confusion seems to exist
IN the minds Of both United
Mine Workers executives and
the membership of that union
regarding the effect which eli
mlnatlOn of the wage differcn-
tialS no existing between Nor
them and Southern coal fields
would have on West Virginia
mine operators
Predicting that this wage
differential (Which amounts b.
40c per day in the basic wage
soon to be a thing of the Dasi.
William Blizzad, Vice President
of UMWA dist. II, said las;
week: ut elimination of the
wage differentiaD ont cost them
'the Operators) a cent extra
except out of the porfits they
no get" w
Mr.. Blizzard is quoted by the
Alp as saying that freight rates
are computed in addition to
minimum prices, and that the
price of Southern coal in north
ern makets would not necessar-
lily be changed by eliminating
the wage differentials.
Now it is unquestionably
true that freight rates are COM
puted in addition to minimum
prices, but what Mr.. Blizzard ap-
parantly does not understand is
the minimum prices themselves
are computed so that coal from
the southern fields can meet
competition with the addition
of higher freigh rates which ali
Southern coal must pay to get to
any of the large markets of the
United States.
In other words, the price of a
ton of coal Cat the mine mouth)
intended for, say, the Great
Lakes, is considerably less in
Southern fields than in Northern
fields.
AS a concrete example: Class
&c" Goals dof istrict z (South,
low volatile) are priced soc per
ton less than the Class G. Goals
of Central Penna., low volatile,
as applied to delivery in the New
England market, which is the
largest consuming market t.
common to these Goals.
1t should be evident, therefore
that if the mines in the South
are to help supply the New Eng
land markes, the Southern opera
tor must get his coal out of the
ground for SOC less per ton than
the Northern operator; other
wise, he can't stay in business.
AS we have pointed out
several times, this handicap has
been overcome partly in past
years by a slightly lower wage
scale in the South (where costs
of living are admittedly lower
than in the North.) But the
wage differential in favor of the
South amounts to only about SC
jper ton, so that in the examine
given above, the Southern Opera-
tor still has to gain about pic (:
ton somewhere along the line
in efficiency CT lower profit.
Does NJ. Blizzard believe sori-
ously that Southern operators
can take out of the profits
the entire transportation differ
entail and still continue to com
pete with Northern operators ?
If he does, he has not been
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-04-25
PITTSBURGH PAPER WANTS
NORTHERN MINES OPENED:
SAYS SOUTHERN FIELDS
HOLDING UP DEFENSE
pittsburgh Courier)


Immediate and drastic steps
should be taken to end the btu
minous coal dispute which has
kept 100000 miners idle for 3
weeks.
Secretary of Labor Frances
Perkins yesterday asked full
a n d immediate resumption of
mining" operations in the
Northern soft coal mines. 81
asking is not enough at this
stage in situation that hourly
grows more grave.
1t is useless to warn Ameri-
cans that they are in danger,
, that they must make sacrifices,
that they must give all-ou aid to-
Britain and make every effort to
build their own defenses if the
basic coal industry is to be per-
mited to continue idle and carry
into stagnation tina other basic
industry, steel.
1t is unfair to draft young
men to serve their country
at $21 and $50 per month if the
industries upon which they de-
pend for the essentials of train
ing and warfare cannot be pro-
vided them.
Northern operators have a
greed to the terms demanded
by the United Mine Workc
They have given the closed shop
and the check-off of union dues
in previous contracts. Now they
; are willing to give the 81 a day
pay increase demanded by the
union.
But John L. Lewis will not
permit them to reopen until
Southern operators meet his
terms.
! T h e Southern operators are
no longer members of the same
association as the Northern
operators. The Northern and
bSOuthern mines are Separate
businesses.
| But the Northern mines, upon
(which the vital steel industry
depends for coke, are not per
mitted to open. AS result
blast furnaces are closing and
numerous others will be banked
if the dispute continues a f e w
more days.
| The industry upon which A
merica and Britain depend for
munitions is being paralyzed by
a dispute which is already settl-
ed in this area from which it
draws its fuel supplies In a sense
the Northern operators are now
the victims of a sympathy strike
aimed at Southern operators.
Why talk of about defense
while this situation lasts?
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-04-25
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The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-04-25

Bittner S Statements Are
Questioned As TO Ability OF
Operators To Absorb Costs
Will Result In
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-24

But our grief vel try 10 smother
As we gently lay him out right on the
lawn"
II there was a dry eye left after the two
ladies had torn the ears off this dirge IL was
quickly dampened when couple Of bugers
recruited for the occasion from their duties
in the nations defense effort, blew taps over
the grave. Even Trigger, the house cat,
showed signs Of deep emotion, he had TO be-
restrained from jumping into the grave, much
Hamlet had TO be, at the grave Of Ophea
So passed Oscar. first of his kind to live
in a boarding house or 10 achieve the dignity
of human burial and the gap which has
yawned between man and reptile since the
days of the Garden Of Eden was pcrceptby
narrowed
IT was probably time somebody did some
thing TO narrow il because, il the evolution
lists right, mankind and snakes have more
in common than you might guess from just
looking at them. Millions Of years ago. aC-
cording to these authorities men passed
through a snake-like phase. before taking 10
the trees and then finally 10 the ground again
this time on two legs
There may be some who still object TO such
n thesis but others, bordering international
events of recent years, feel the only thing
wrong with II is that it overlooks the fact that
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-24

some Of mankind is still
in the snake-like phase.
But 10 get back 20
Oscar. Beyond the sin
gle mention in the FL
liot-Davis anthem, moth
ing was said at the fu-
neral about the accident
which had done him in.
The general opinion was
that the sooner this un-
fortunate incident was
forgotten. the better il
would be. II had come
about as the result of a
misunderstanding
one day Mr.. Aber-
nathy had happened to
call on a man who had
little knowledge Of Os-
car and none at all Of
the fact that he was at
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-24


boarding
D
TIE deceased human being He dear departed little grass
snak
the soowng ladies gentlemen who had TO Oscar
his
mel
forma O
he
a
he
smalminded persons
said in ne
hen
II
uueio had msen more 50
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-24

ter and Miss Henson went out together on
dates" he usually went along and on these
occasion nothing seemed TO please him more
than to pop out of his hip picket hide+out and,
if possible Irvine himself affectionately around
the Alternately neck The gasps Of amazement,
screams and rather odd expressions with
which innocent bystanders greeted this eSSer-
else always seemed 10 give oscar a feeling
Of deep pleasure.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-24

that Oscar got in his hip pocket"
In fact II was well-known that the latter
spot had been a favorite resort Of the de-
ceased so perhaps the same had been true
of Miss Hcnson's hair. in which case she
might have intended her remark IF she
made it at all - TO be taken literally, rather
than in a derogatory
on the whole her behavior was considered
both appropriate and convincing
Troy Petty boardcr with ecclesiastical
Ieanings who had been waiting years tor
chance like this. after turning his collar
wrong side forward. stood beside the coffin
and delivered a homily. which, his hearers
said compared favorahy with Mark Antonys
speech over the body Of Caesar.
Indeed the situations behind both these
flights OF oratory were not dissimilar, for
Oscar, whose very name might be pig Latin
for Caesar had also met death at the hands
Of a man he trusted
Friends Texans countrymen,' Mr. Petty
might therefore have said lend me your ears;
/ come 20 bury Oscar not 10 praise him. The
evil that men do lives after them; the good
is oft Inferred with their bones, So let 1t
be with Oscar"
When Mr. Petty had concluded, the mem
bers of the congregation filed by the coffin
for a last look at their extinct friend whose
beady eyes still wide open, looked back at
mated pall-bearers lifted the corpse and car
ried il outside TO a garden grave
II may be thought strange that none Of
Oscars relatives attended his last rites Their
absence was due not 10 a lack of feeling but
to the fact that he had forsaken them all
on the day he met Mr. Alternately. Then
and there he again like Caesar had crossed
the Rubicon.
But while no parents, brothers. sisters,
cousins aunts or uncles were present at the
indoor services il may be that one or two,
who still cared were lurking in the neigh
borhood of the grave They failed TO emerge
from the shrubbery, however, for they are
extremely shy.
The ceremony reached a fitting conclusion
on the lawn where Mrs Davis and Mrs
Elliott. standing beside the casket blended
their voices in song The tune was the
sprichtIy one Of There's an Old Apple Tree
in the Orchard and the words which the
singers themselves had written, celebrated
the meeting of Oscar and Alternately, the
formers boarding house life until his acct
dent" and his ability to win friends and infiu-
ence people despite almost insuperable handi-
caps and prejudices.
Sang the mesdames Elliott and Davis.
1T was four months ago come next Sunday.
Alternately was out in the park,
If he hadn't found a pet
He mghta been out there till yet
Cause he's always strong for any outdoor
lark.
$50 he brought Oscar into the household
And be seemed happy day and night
Till an accident o'ertook him.
Abernathys calm forsook him
And he wept bitter tears at the sigN.
And now Oscars gone to snake Heaven;
a void IN the household seems TO yawn,
For therell never be another
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-24

that very moment in his house. The guest
himself forgot to mention the matter having
by that time become as used TO the feel of
a snake in his hip pocket another might
be to a snake-skin wallet SO, great was his
surprise to see his hosts face suddenly take
on a look Of incredulity and dsmay.
The man sat quite still for a moment peer
ing at the carpet and evidently trying TO
decide whether what he saw there had any
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-24

connection with his activities of the night be-
fore; then all at once the ungovenable spirit
of Adam rose up inside him and he brought
down his heel on the spot where the placidly
exploring Oscars neck would have been, If he
had neck. BY the time Abernathy recov-
cred his wits, the damage had been done.
There is an ancient tradition that snakes
die at shutdown, but Oscar was never re-
spector Of tradition While his grieving mas
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-24

ter watched. helpless , aid him, he fingered
on till 1880 p. M which hour he gave
his last wiggle and passed on to the rep
titan Heaven mentioned in Mrs. Elliotts
moving song.
Word about the funeral services soon
got around and cards and letters from dis
tant friends and even total strangers began
10 drift in to the boarding house. The ma
jority contained such expressions of sym
pathy as: Il once had a pet snake myself
and know just how you feel, etc. -"
A few. however, struck different note,
Directing TO the ceremony and especially
the use of the United States flag as deco
ration for the coffin Mr.. Alternately had
a good answer TO the latter criticism. point
ing out that before the stars and stripes
were adopted as the national banner, diff
ferent sections CT the American colonies
boasted their own emblems and on no less
than four Of these snakes appeared All
four bore the motto: Don't tread on me-"
1t is true that the snakes in question
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-24

were rattlerS but In
Mr.. Abernathy's opin-
ion this only makes his
case a better one. be-
cause nobody can deny
that a grass snake is
preferable to a RATHER.
The Elliott-Davis es-
adjustment oasis
twenty boarders, all
young m en-, With
Oscar, the number was
twenty-one, and he
alone enjoyed the privi-
lege of living on the
house. Mrs. Elliott
and Mrs Davis, who.
with such a crew on
their hands had long
ago learned TO be sur
prised at nothing. ac-
copied his presence on
the dining room table,
the parlor mantel, or
nderfoot. without
criticism or alarm.
AS in the case Of
Mary and her lamb. he
accompanied A ber-
nathy everywhere. ex-
cept to aeronautical
school. When his mas
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-24

A Sad and UntimeIy Fate Snuffed
Out the Life Of the Boarding House
Pet. and So Grieved Were His
Human Pals They Sfoked Him TO a
State Funeral. Composed a SpeeioI
Dirge and Saw Him off to a Rep
tiIion Paradise While Sorrowinq
Soldiers Sounded "TGps"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1941-04-10

Greeks still held Struma valley and
reported German losses as enormous.
Italians were threaened by Yugoslav
advance into Albania Air activity
was heavy over 750-mile front In
Africa Axis forces in Libya pushed be-
yond Derna and neared Tobruk, only
rs miles from Egyptian fronties. Brit
ish heavily bombed Kiel, German sub
base. Germans continued to bomb
Britain. Germans reached Aegean sea,
cutting Greece from Turkey. Turkey
was still doing nothing. In counter at
tacks Greeks recaptured a fort in the
Struma valley and captured Nazi par
achusists.
THURSDAY-Hitler's mechanical
armies cut Greece in two with capture
of Salonika. Germans also struck
westward. British forces there APP
peared intact, with British troops not
yet engaging the Nazis. Nazis cap
tured Skolpje and Mis- in Yugoslavia.
Churchill was grave in warning the
British people of their peril and pub
licly warned Russia and Turkey that
the Nazis might strike SOON British
captured Red sea port of Massaua,
and air warfare continued both in
continental Europe and over British
Isles.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1941-04-10
MT. LAKE PARK

"Morn's roseate hues have decked the
sky;
The Lord has risen with victory:
Let earth be glad-and raise the cry:
Alleluia."
After all of those weeks of dis
agreeable weather the last few days
have made all of US glad-seems to
have given new hope, but that is al
ways true at this particular season.
It's the time of year when we start
things through hope. After all, most
everything that happens in this world
really happens through hope. So we
hope for you happy Eastertide.
People are really cleaning up
around the Park. Leaves are being
burned and grounds cleared of rub
Dish, which reminds us that they are
to decide that garbage bid this week.
So just have patience. Your trash will
be taken care of shortly.
Several cottages have been rented
for the coming season and all in all
it looks as though Mt. Lake might
have a little "boost" this summer.
Rev. Teagarden and his boys have
been cleaning up that lot across from
their home. If you recall we made the
suggestion year ago that it would
make a splendid park or recreation
spot. Just what is going to be done we
cannot say. However, we do know
that while cleaning and burning, Rev.
Teagarden ran into some nice large
snakes. Old-timers say that they new
er heard of snakes this early. Just
the same they were present plenty.
Personals
Miss Frances Hogue returned to
Akron, Ohio, where she has resumed
her studies at Akron university. Her
grandmother, Mrs. Warren Rathbun,
and son George accompanied her and
will visit in Akron and Alliance, 0.
Miss Gladys Swires and Miss Kath-
ryn Beckman, who have been confined
to their homes with measles, are able
to be out.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Bayless and Joe
Bennett were in Clarksburg Tuesday
night to witness a basketball game.
Mrs.g Robert Ford and daughter
Jean are spending Easter week in
Parkersburg with Mrs. Ford's mother.