JACK SMITH, 42, LEFT, RHODELL, WEST VIRGINIA, NEAR BECKLEY, WAS A MINER DISABLED WHEN A ROOF CAVED IN WHO HAD TO WAIT 18 YEARS TO GET WORKMAN'S COMPENSATION. HE WAS 21 WHEN INJURED AND HAD WORKED ONE YEAR IN THE MINES. OF THE NINE BOYS AND SEVEN GIRLS IN HIS FAMILY ALL THE MALES WENT INTO THE MINES EXCEPT ONE WHO DIED IN INFANCY SMITH IS SHOWN ON THE PORCH OF THE BEER JOINT HE OPERATES. SEATED WITH HIM ARE HIS BROTHERS, LEO, 39, AND TWIN ROY, 42

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