The Raleigh Register from Beckley, West Virginia • Page 4

PAGE POUR SUNDAY REGISTER. BECKLEY. RALK1GH COUNTY. W. SUNDAY MORNING.

SEPTEMBER 6,1941 The Raleigh Register EVENINGS (Except Saturday) SUNDAV MORNING Published by BECKLEY NEWSPAPERS CORPORATION entered In the postoKice at Beckley. W. as tecond-clasi mall matter. W. RANDOLPH NORTON Managing Edito Tho Associated Press Is exclusively entitled the use or publication of all news dispatches credit ed to it or not otherwise credited in this paper anr also he local newi published herein.

National Advertising THE KATZ AGENCY 500 Fifth Avenue. New York City SUBSCRIPTION RATES Daily and Sunday By Carrier In and nearby towni. By month (By Mall of Beckley only) Dally Sunday, one In aovanc Daily nd Sunday, ilx In advinc Week only, year In advance Vf, eUte Sllu Til most be added to above Mall Rate Mr all eubscrlDtioni within Vlrtlola. IJ.5 SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 6. fury's Duty The request of Ihe Glen While precinct officials a ihe grand a yesterday for the October term of criminal court investigate charges of election irregularities should not go unheeded.

The Glen i election i i a are anxious lo i before Ihe grand in order that they may remove Ihe finger of suspicion from themselves. The county court, i a found in the Glen i a box afi more votes for a i a K. 0. Green lhan the ten Glen i precinct workers will swear were cast. Whal Glen White precinct i i a lo lell Ihe grand jury is a those "fi voles were not in the ballot box when it was to the county court.

Bui those 56 voles WERE in Hie box when the county court made the recount. Then it becomes the of Ihe grand lo i first, whether, in ils opinion, the Glen i precinct tally was accurate; a second, if Iheir a is thought accurate, to i a party or parties are responsible for the 56 additional voles being in the box. The same is Irue of the Coal City precincl, where Attorney C. R. Harless charges the election i i a tampered Tvilh the voles.

The a nol allow that charge, lo go i i galed. But the i i a i i the methods used by Ihe and Ihe county clerk lo a voter's ballot from unscrupulous a a Hie ballot boxes have been by ihe precinct workers. The grand call before il Ihe members of Hie court, Ihe county clerk, the a whom Ihe court hired lo prolccl Ihe a i the recount, the attorneys who represented Ihe opposing candidates i Ihe recount, Ihe clerks who aided the court in Ihe recount, and any whom the i feel able give, pertinent information. Even if Ihe grand is a to find sufficient i i i a i lo indict anyone for eleclion a i a i its very action in a i to i lo the boltom of the charges i have a wholesome effect on i elections, ll will not be a i lo Ihe i and Coal City precincl i i a and lo Ihe voters, if Ihe a i is passed over wilh- oul a prelly thorough i i a i Miners Pledge $70,000 Mosl significant i lo come of the Greer Garson i a here Friday was Ihe a i a a i county's miners and coal a slore and office employes i more a $70,000 of their earnings in Victory bonds during-Seplember. Miners al one i -will buy of Nol all Ihe pledges of I miners were a because nol all were If the a of county's i a i for a and bonds could be a Ihe might exceed $100,000 a The total is growing, as more anil more of Ihe men who engage in Ihe i a business of mining coal a i the i i lo or or 10 or $25 each payday for bond purchases.

All i in a i all em- ployes everywhere, could very well emulale I i I i i coal companies. A employes could vol- a i do as Ihe i and i Ihe a a a a i a from i pay envelopes each week. The paymaster deliver a i bond to each employe whenever Ihe deductions reached $18.75. As Miss Garson told the Beckley audience, I home nuisl i i a i a money i Victory bonds is a derail for i a i We wonder if congress will oppose (he i i a i of a a Ihe war is over. Penalized 7.05 Cents The federal trade commission informed Ihe Berkley a of commerce i gasoline was being a i i a in a 12.7") a a in Beckley al conls a gallon; and in Sophia al 10.0 cents a gallon.

(The prices were for period when Ihe and one-half ccnls a "pool" levy was i In Chin-lesion, 12.7:") ccnls a a in Beckley, cents a a Beckley people pay.7.0") cents more for each gallon of gasoline a Charles- Ion people! For each five-gallons of gasoline pul in I i a Beckley people pay 35.2") cents more a Charleston people. Well, a can Beckley people, and Ihe people of all these i a counties, do a Ibis outrageous discrepancy in gasoline prices? If Ihe people could arouse a a i i a i in Cliarlcslon lo devote as much lo Ihe a i a i of gaso- i prices as il does lo a i prices a greal slep be made. Even if Ihe slale. lacks power lo a the gasoline companies a i prices, the stale a i i a i could do lo gel Ihe federal a commission a a i Local people could do lo i est our a i in congress, in the house and senate, lo do some- i aboul unreasonable the gasoline a i are imposing on Ihe Beckley area. And local people, if need be, can form a a i cooperative.

a i is being i lo Beckley by a car a Ihe way Texas for less a six cenls per gallon i Yel llic gasoline people lell us a a i costs make Beckley's gasoline cosls more a gasoline in a II may cost a a ccnl a gallon more to transport gasoline lo Beckley a il does lo Cliarlcslon from Ihe Texas i Nol even Ihe oil a i a ever a i why Beckley's gasoline is 7.0") cenls i per gallon a Ihe same i a a i is a as a i i i as i i gas, or a The a arr i i a a 10 price and as lo service. i gasoline, a i U. S. ad- i i i i a a even i a limes in order lo keep up our A i a economic syslem, goes a The 011 a i a a a I a i i hear. And we of Ihe, Beckley area have been a i an unreasonable price load for years.

There is some hope a Ihe a a commission i yet e.xerl i a police gasoline prices--as i a a i lo i I his area. Beckley people a such policing if Ihey i I i a a a i a a i in lo a i War and Criticism The idea i seems lo a i in a i circles, a be no efl'eclive i i i of I in i of a is a a i lo Ihe i of being a i i i is Hie a lool a i down policies, i jagged a a edges, i a i I i the, a i I i a a slroys them in I process of i i nomocracy a i i i i cism, a is Ihe i of a ideas, i i and tossing in a great i i i a dross a i I gold policy, in Hie i of a and I a a The grealesl i we a ever a I a a i i i a been whoso a i i a i i i end, have been beset a a i i i i The i i i has lo a I a Il has lo forge I i policies a i i ciples, a a I i a i i i acls i i i a a Hie good. i i i keeps execu- i a i i i a a a i a a i a i i I i a i A a or i or Lee or a or Theodore or Woodrow Wilson. 1.1 I a we hear people i i a i i i i a i i a i i i war, a i i a i a such i i i i i i a presi- a i we feel like a i I of A i a liis- lory, a i a a i mid i i on! I i a i i i a i i oul a where, criticism been i a I views a i i of a single, i i i a or a a dom- i a a over a long period, i a has a The dem a i a a i i i I end, a i because a a by power or i.lerilc by i a i Il is i a lo hear Ihcse i i in i as Ihis war progresses. Bug By Randolph Norton 1 guess, as Annie Rooney would say, I am just an old bawl-baby--but the drama wrapped in Actress Grccr Garson's sudden a i of her own corsage nf orchids from her shoulder and i i it on our own Raleigh county Mrs.

i i was a little too overwhelming for even my tough, skin. I can usually swallow throaty upsurges of feeling, but Grcer Garson and Mrs. Alma Cole, plus Judge Meadows', eulogy of a real mountain war mother, were just too much tugging at one's old heart for even a usually unrippled man to keep down. 1 thought it was just me; a maybe I wasn't feeling well--and so I sorta turned my face until the old eyes cleared tip. But when I looked, I noticed others didn't swallow the kinyis in their throats either.

Bill Fourney said to me later: "When she (Greer Garson) yanked off those orchids and pinned them on the other woman, I just had to walk away." I don't i the actress, who was the Mrs. Miniver of the movie of the same name, had the slightest notion that she was on the platform with another Mrs. Miniver--a real- life Mrs. Miniver--until Judge Meadows introduced Mrs. Cole, put his arm around her, and told of what this one great Raleigh county woman is doing to win the war.

Then Grcer Garson proved her greatness --if proof she needed. Before the judge could finish, or Mrs. Cole could say a word, the actress leaped to her feet, rushed forward, a i off her corsage as she moved. "I can't wear these orchids when there is a real Mrs. Miniver here.

Here, I want you to wear them with my compliments." This was all spontaneous, unlooked-for stuff. That's what made it so breath-taking. And Mrs, Cole, the "real Mrs. Miniver," carried the spontaneity a bit further. She.

hadn't been told she would have to say a word, but words and feelings just naturally come up to meet suchi occasions. Judge Meadows asked her if she would say something. In a clear, calm voice she said: am glad a I am an American citizen; and a I am a Raleigh countian." That was enough. And if not a single bond had been sold, -the day would have been a success. For everyone's soul 'had been stirred by two great women.

Mayor Criss Ruble, the man who traded a quart of raspberries to the slate road commissioner for a hard surfaced street, is now trading some of his apples for other town benefits. Yesterday, when 1 arrived at the office a bag of i a apples (they're "northern spies," says Editor Eugene Scott, of the Post Herald) was on the desk. Nearby was this note: "This small contribution is from Mayor Criss Ruble, who said they are i fine cooking apples but not much to eat. He also brought this proclamation (carried elsewhere in today's Register) and wants it to be in tomorrow's paper." Mayor Criss operates on a pay-as-you-go basis. Well, his are about the finest apples I ever saw, each one being about the size of a pineapple.

It remained for Mv. J. Hannibal Jones, keeper of the Prince bridge and as homespun an individual as Mayor Ruble, to send in perhaps the most interesting garden specimen. It's a twig from an apple tree, with 16 large and perfectly shaped apples clustered closely in much the same manner as grapes. The cluster of apples is about one foot in length, and everyone who comes in to inspect them (hanging here on the office hatrack) marvel that so much weight was borne by such a small twig.

Beckley's kindness and hospitality overcame Mr. J. Gibson Van Meter, state official of the Knights of Pythias whose annual state convention held here last week. He wrote Mr. P.

C. Conner, of the local Pythias lodge: "The entire city seemed to be on their toes to make us welcome and happy." Word comes to me that the folks over in Richmond district are a-makin' them 'lasses. And I must be fetching myself toward Abraham, and Pluto, and Long Wanted. Nothing else in all this country is like a stir-off, and I've been a little surprised lhat some of these high powered picture magazines haven't captured with camera the real story of a lasses makin'. PEOPLE AND EVENTS 1 "Garsonitis" is a Lingering Disease DECKLEYANS, AND probably many other Raleigh countians, were i yesterday from a widespread ailment, the inability to think or talk, about any subject but one.

And to A Verne Scott must go the honor of giving this disease a name. At work in Ihe county clerk's office yes- lerday. Scott commented on the fact a a fellow-attorney, George Ballard, got, to work so much earlier than usual. "He probably couldn't sleep last night," said Scott, "because he was i from Garsonitis." Scolt admitted, however, that he was i from the same trouble, and the two lawyers were by no means alone. For instance, Judge Clarence W.

Meadow, who won Ihe coveted job of i i the beauteous Green Garson to the publicTriday, indicated a il was a good thing there wasn't much doing in i i court yesterday. And when Ensign James Henderson, home on leave and resplendent in his navy i walked into the courtroom Friday a to greet Meadows, he confessed thai he was not so much interested in seeing an old friend as in a chance to "shake the hand that shook the hand." One of the few Beckleyans who couldn't forsake his duties to get a look at the i star i nevertheless be able to his a i a i he had a conversation with Miss Garson--at the film star's own request! The lucky fellow was Creed Russell, stale police radio operator. The star was driven from i to Beckley in a a police car, while another police car and a motorcycle preceded her. In the car Trooper C. A.

"Slim" Thompson had a two-way radio set through which he was describing the trip to Russell back at headquarters, remarking lhat "we have a a i red-head back here." Miss Garson could hear the conversation on the radio sel in her own car, and shook her fist at Thompson in pretended a But when the procession slopped at Raleigh so Ihe actress could arrange her i i a locks a Ihe drive, she came over lo the car and asked if she couldn't talk to Russell herself--then had a brief chat with him via radio. Many blase i i i a who earlier a i lo be impressed by the prospect, of the star's visit changed their minds a the big occasion was over. We suspect a one of these i be Mayor A. K. i who declared Friday morning a going to have to a lie--f have to say it is the greatest pleasure of my life, but I've enjoyed meeting a lot of pretty women just as much as I'll 1 enjoy presenting the key of the city to her." i the famous actress a close second for intcrcsl from Friday's crowd was The i Register's "Mrs.

i i of Raleigh A a Cole, Winding widow i four sons in Ihe service who is i three a and put her i insurance money in a $1,000 war bond. Miss Garson herself pave i i praise when she i her orchids, just presented by Meadows, on Mrs. Cole's i Ihe remark lhat "I wouldn't feel right wearing these when there's a real Mrs. Miniver here." Carter, county chairman of war bond sales, made certain a Mrs. Cole was impressed by the actress' gesture.

"Do you know how much those flowers cost?" he told her. "They cost $6 apiece." Mrs. Cole had scarcely left the stand before she began receiving congratulations, many of them from people she had never seen. The first to slop her was a smartly-dressed elderly woman who told her, "1 have two sons in the service myself, and I think you are very courageous." In addition to the flowers, the a i and the $25 bond presented by The Register, Mrs. Cole received still another souvenir of the historic occasion.

Leaving platform she proceeded--her way paved with cong a a i to a hat shop which had offered her "any hat. in the store," and there discarded her simple black hat for a glamorous wide-brimmed chapeau profusely trimmed in velvet and veils. To lie or Not To Be-- "HOOT" depot agent for the C. and O. al Fayelte Station and husband of the former Miss a Pyles, of Beckley, says he heard this one in a conversation between two Negro boys one day.

at the "How are you classified in the army?" asked one. "My classification is 2-B," replied the other. "You know." said the i never could a all these classifications. a does 2-B menn?" "It means 2-B nt the bus i a next Wednesday at 8 o'clock," was the Men O' War In the News THE THREE HALLS of Pemberton, sons of Mr. and Mrs.

Mont 1 Hall, believe in sticking together, and the army has cooperated throughout their two years and a half of service. The boys, Shirley, 29, -Mont, 24, and Basil, who is now only 19, joined the army on January 24, 1940, young Basil going along Basil, Shirley and Mont Hall with the older youths "because he thought his services were needed." They went into service at San Diego, California, and af- tei' being stationed together at two California camps, were sent to Panama, where they are now serving. And the army has played no favorites in promotions, for all three are now first class privates. ANE OF UNCLE SAM'S thousands of a i jungle-fighters who have seen service in the wilds of Latin America is G. W.

"Dug" Radford, who is now stationed at the Isle of Aruba in the Dutch West Indies, but has been stationed in many tropical posts. The son of Mr. and Mrs. W. E.

Radford, of Beaver, he joined the army air force at Charleston on October 26, 1940, and was first sent to Maxwell Field, Alabama. A transfer to Jefferson Barracks, Missouri, was followed by another to Chanute Field, Illinois, and there he was graduated in airplane mechanics. Home on in June, 1941, he was shipped on July 23 of lhat year to Panama, where he served at Albert's and Howard Fields. In March of this year he was sent to (he Isle of Curaco in the Dutch West Indies, and on May. 31 he was stationed at his present post, Aruba.

Promoted to the a of corporal on April 1, this much- transferred young man entered the signal corps in July, and now has the job of directing airplanes on the tropic island. G. W. Radford WITH A COMMANDO squadron of the navy in the Atlantic is Shirley.A. Clinton, son.

ol Trooper and Mrs. S. A. Clinton, of T.ewisburg, formerly of Buckley: Young Shirley, whose a is a member of the Lewisburg a of state police, was a member of the Beckley squad- I Shirley i jr. Charles i She Just Made It-- A I HER HOME in East Beckley lo report for a job in an a a defense a Miss Charlotte L.

Cox gave herself of time, but she ran i unforeseen i When she reached Staunton, Virginia, about 8 o'clock in the evening, a city was beginning a i a blackout, and the car was stopped. So there was nol-hing to do but wait i Ihe test was over, and lo make matters worse Miss Cox wns out of gas and was at a loss to i out how she was going to replenish her supply. Searching the darkened si reels, she found a i policeman who solved the problem --he had a i who operated a i i sla- tion, so he gol the friend out of bed about 11 o'clock to a i on the visitor. At. 1:30 in Ihe morning her enforced visit in I i i i a city ended as Ihe all-clear was sounded, and she went on her way to arrive at the plant barely in time lo go to work.

The Husband's Ruse-- A- RESIDENT OF South Heber street deduced a some husbands must have been i to gel rid of some wives to enjoy an i a of bachelor freedom i the recent convention of i of Pythias and Pythian Sisters here. The Bccklcyan was a i down the si reel behind four a elderly women, evi- from among the "sisters." "My husband told me Ihe walk on South Heber street was an excellent one," said one of the ladies lo her companions," and a at the end of Ihe street. I would see a beautiful river." "1 don't know," said another, "but I don't believe Ihcrc's any river. But we'll walk a lillle farther and sec." ron of Ihe Sons of Ihe Legion and of thai group's and bugle corps when he lived here. Charles L.

i recently returned to his post after spending a 90-hour furlough i his a and i al Arnelt. During his service in a a i has been in Rermucla, a Africa, a a i i i i a about all over the world, in fact--and he i declares poetically a "the navy is grand on sea or land." He is now at sea a completing a a i i course al Norfolk. TWO A I of the Reid a i are serving in the armed forces, i a Oliver M. Reid i an a i platoon al Camp i i a a and his unrie, i a Andrew Reid, i the 79-Hh technical school squadron at Goldsboro, North Carolina. Oliver is the son of Mrs.

Ann i of Carrier Mills, Illinois, Oliver Koirl A Kcid, jr. and before entc'ring Ihe army made his home i his a Mrs. A. A. Morris, of Jonben.

He enlisted on June 14, 1040. Andrew, the son of Andrew Reid, of Lochpclly, has been In Ihc a since March 10, and was al home recently for a Icn-day furlough..