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The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1927-07-07
THE OLD PARLOR

Somebody has walked up all at
once to the fact that the old parlor
is gone. Not only here in America
but in London and all over England
and almost everywhere in the West
ern world. And the queer thing a.
bout it is that nobody seems to
have seen it go or going. Yesterday
it was the core, the heart, the ar
canum, the central sanctum of ev-
cry full-fledged house. Today it is
no more. Along with the old room
Of state, the company headquarters
where the family put it's best foot
forward and stood the horsehair
furniture around in every solemn
posture of the very primest proprie-
ty, there was the drawing room, too.
A parlor and drawing room togeth
err lifted any house fortunate e.
nough to possess them clear out of
the common and gave them caste
and rank and glory. If so much ar
chitectural grandeur were still fur
Their buttressed in relief by sit
ting room, dining room and perhaps
a first-floor den, there was nothing
more needed of mortal distinction.
And now, complain certain elder.
ly romancers, dreaming OF times
past, parlor and drawing rooms
have gone out and nobody saw them
go. OF course. the explanation is
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1927-07-07
ANNOUNCEMENT

To the voters of Dickenso Co.
unity: | hereby announce myself
as a candidate for the office OF
Commissioner of the Revinue
subject to the will of the voters
at the November election this fall.
| will try to see each voter person
ally, however ! take the liberty of
expressing my views relative to
office and office seekers, any
voter, man or woman, possessing
the required qualifications and
having a desire to serve their
constituency to the best interest
for the people as whole; is en-
titled to ask for votes, no man or
set of men, other than by legal
voting, should say who shall and
who shall not serve as their coun-
ty officials. | have no desire to
knock my opponents, but am ask
ing the voters to go to the polls
and cast their vote for for the
man of their choice; if for me
shall ever be grateful, if for one
of my opponents, agree to abide
by their decision, | stand for
purity in politics end want each
voter who is interested in clean
campaign to stand by me and
purge Dickinson county for it's
corrupt and moneyed elections.
If you believe in corrupt and
cash bought offices, vote for some
other candidate that do, but if
you believe in each voter honestly
and conscientiously voting his
sentiments, vote for me. if elect
ed, | shall faithfully discharge my
duties and serve each and every
tax payer exactly alike.
Respectfully,
j. H. Rasnick
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1927-07-07
FAMILY REUNIONS

Family ties are said not to be as
close as they used to be, and yet
many families are having reunions
where a large number of near and
distant relatives are gathered to-
gether. Interest in genealogical re-
search is said to be increasing, and
many people are anxious to find
out who their ancestors were and
where they come from, and the de-
sire to know the members of ones
old family tribe will never disappear
An obstacle in the way of such
associations is created by the scat
tering of families all over the count
ry. Where a family used to settle
down in its home town or near by,
the present generation is likely to
scatter all over the land, and some
may go to foreign nations. Yet as
people travel more easily than form
erly, many may come from distant
points when the tribe holds it's pow
WOW.
1t may be said that the tie that
holds these distant relatives togethE'
er is not close, since the people who
assemble in an annual family gath
ering may never meet elsewhere,
congeniality of temperament. and
yet anything rooted so deeply in old
traditions as the ties of family re-
lationship, must still be much of a
power.
Back in old history people looked
to their families for protection.
Tribe fought against tribe, and if
you were attacked and your safety
assailed, your government might
not be able to do anything for you,
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1927-07-07
Flood Control---.A Radical
Suggestion.

with the widespread ruin and
destruction, loss of life and loss of
property wrought by floods from
Mississippi, there is every likeli-
hood that the matter of flood con-
troll will have the attention it de-
mands when the next congress
convenes in December" says
Walter Scott Meriweather, Editor
and publisher, Mississippi Sun,
Charleston.
And we hope that congress
will consider this:
This Mississippi and other
waterways of this nation are un-
der the jurisdiction of the War
Department, and the levees are
under supervision of army engi-
neers.
"Why under their supervision?
"This work is non-military. No
stretch of imagination can con-
meet inland waterways with the
promlem of national defense. AS
these waterways are arteries of
commerce, why should they not
be under the control of the De-
partment of commerce?
That very efficient department
uuder control of it's very efficient
head. Secretary Hoover, himself
one of the foremost engineers of
the country, could undoubtedly
mobilize engineering skill far SUI
perior in this line to any the army
can furnish, for by the very ma
ture of their calling, army engi-
neers cannot be considered ex-
perts in this work.
Inland waterways should be
for the efficient handling of COM
merce, and as such should be I'M
der the department of commerce.
AS for the protection of harbors.
that is for the army and navy"
In the foregoing editorial, Edi-
tor Merriweather brings up a vi
tai point for consideration. Flood
control is a proper function of gov
eminent just as is the deepening
of rivers and harbors, the cree
ton of Notifications, the main
tenance of courts, the building
of Highways and the police power
lodged in government for the pro-
lection of all the people. Time
and again the people of this ma
ton have seen so-called political
blocs and special interests at
tempt to enlarge the real func-
tons of government to include
the operation or control of purely
commercial enterprises.
Government has all it can do
to give the people protection and
equal opportunity, without enter
ing the field of private endeavor
in competition with it's citizens
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1927-07-07

but your kinsmen would rally and
beat off the tribe that menaced you,
Those old times of tribal warfare
are happily gone forever. But the
members of family tribe now can
reflect that they no doubt share GER
tain traits handed down from COM
mon ancestors. Hence they should
have ideas in common, and when
they get together they should have
important clements of congeniality
that run deep in their natures.
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1927-07-07

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The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1927-07-07
and taxpayers.

and taxpayers.
The Mississippi catastrophe
should prove to the people as we'll
as to lawmakers that flood con-
troll is vital function of govern
ment. 1t should not be made a
plaything for politics, and used
as lever to launch the govern
ment uron purely industrial en-
terprise which are not for the
common safety or benefit Of all
the people in like measure.
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1927-07-07

The flight of Commander K. b.
Byrd and his associates to France
deserve great credit. His flight
was under unfavorable condl-
tons: he was encountered by
dense fog, drenched by torrents
or rain and tossed by the winds;
but that intrepid, daring Amerl-
can courage waited him onward;
his compass went bad, and for the
dense fog he lost his bearing; ne
was forced to land for the safety
of his companions, because OF the
lack of gas
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1927-07-07

About all rolling stone gamers
is momentum.
Raising family costs almost as
much as it is worth.
One-half the world can't see why
the other half lives.
There are many gasoline Saving
davices on the market. pair of
comfortable shoes is the best.
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1927-07-07
COMMUNICATE DEVELOP

MEN ..
When Lewis and Clark started
.om St. Louis on their epoch-mak
inc trip to Oregon, they raced "a
cairst time to claim the region for
the Young republic, but it took them
10 months to reach the mouth OF
the Columbia.
AS late as 1852 it required six
months to cover the trail from Iowa
to Sacramento.
In 1861 the pony express estab-
lished a record by carrying the
first inaugural address of President
Lincoln from the rail head at st.
Joseph to Sacramento, in seven days
and II hours.
Today, thanks to the development
of our telephone system, any per-
son in any part of the United States
at any hour of the day or night,
can speak directly with any other
person in any other part of the
country. 1t takes the voice only one
fiftieth of a second to cross the
continent by telephone.
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1927-07-07

Entered as second class of mail matter
February 10th 1927, at Clintwood, Va,
under the Act of March 3, lS79.
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1927-07-07
DICKINSON COUNTY HERALD
Published Every Thursday at ClintHood, Va
r. c. Raines, Editor

The Dickinson County Herald is indie
pendent in politics and it's columns are
open to all parties at the regular rates.
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1927-07-07

Subscristion, $3.50 year, in advance.
Six months, 75c.
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1927-07-07

Communicans will not be pu -hshed
Without the name of the authorl IS KNOWN
20 the publisher.
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1927-07-07
WANTED.

WANTED.
Option on your real estate,
for three or six months. If we
do not sell it for you, you viii
not be out anything except list
ing fee, which is a very small
item.
Clintwood Real Estate Co..
F.F Fletcher Mgr.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-12
PYTHIAN HEADS
HOLD MEETINGS
THROUGH STATE
More Than 1,400 Lodge
Officers Will Hear
ChieftainS.

The tenth of a series of fourteen
general conferences of subordinate
lodge officers of Indiana of the
knights of Pythias will be held
Monday at Muncie, with Dolph E.
Farr,. grand chancellor, and Carl r.
Mitchell, grand keeper of records
and seals, as the principal speaker.
The series of conferences between
the grand lodge offices and subordi-
nate lodge officers are to outline
the policies of the organization for
the ensiug grand lodge year.
The first of the series of sessions
was held recently in indianapolis.
More than 1,4OO lodge officers Of
Indiana are expected to be gath
cred in the fourteen meetings which
close with a conference at Lafay-
cite, Ind, Nov. 81.
At Connersville Tuesday
Connersville will be the scene of a
conference Tuesday, Jeffersonville
on Wednesday, North Vernon on
Thursday and Lafayette the follow
ing Monday.
The North Vernon meeting will
be held at Muscatacuck State Park
Inn, opening with dinner at 6:15.
Greensburg lodge officers attending
are Robert Ainsworth, William Pat
terson, Rollin E. Meek and John
Blackmore. o. j. Butler, county
deputy, and Gloss Samuels, district
deputy, will also attend.
The Sixth State district meeting
was held at Gary Monday night,
and Mitchell and Farr spoke.
Close at Lafayette
Other speakers were James I.
Peck, Gary, deputy grand chancellor
of the fourteenth district; o. r.
Spoor, Gary, chancellor commander,
and chancellor commanders from
eleven cities in the district and sew
eral county deputies.
Gary officers we're Spoor, A. w.
Brown, E. w. Percival and F. w.
Parker. Officers represented the
following cities: Gary, Hammond,
Whiting, Indiana Harbor, East Chi
cago, Lowell, Remington, La Porte,
Michigan City, Hebron and Mo-
rocco.
The final meeting at Lafayette
will be in the nature of a resume of
all the meetings in addition to the
regular district conference. Officers
attending will meet in the new
Pythian home and will be enter
tanned by William B. Gary, newly
installed superintendent.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-12
LODGE men TO 4
HEAR TALK BY ]
STATE OFFICER
SChortemeier Will Speak to
Associated County Fra
ternitieS.

Frederick E. Schortemeier, Secre-
tary of State, will speak before
members of the Associated Frater-
mites of Marion County Thursday
evening at Redmen's hall, 1877 w.
North ST., on fraternity and its re-
lationship to home and government.
At a business meeting preceding,
M. T. Wright, chairman, will report
for the bylaws committee. AT the
last meeting in october the associa-
ton resolved to arrange for the an
nual fraternal day parade and pro-
gram. The business session is open
to members of all lodges and will be
in the nature Of an educational pro-
gram of the associations work.
E. H. Palmer, president, will pre-
side for the final time. Palmer will
resign. He has been transferred to
Lexington, KY, where he will be
State director of Maccabee work. He
formerly was Indiana district man.
ager.
Mr.. and Mrs. Palmer have been
active in Maccabee work in Indian
apolis for two years and organized
Indiana Hive No. 206. The Hoosier
Capital Tent No. 20 and the Court
of Jewels have doubled membership
under their direction. Palmer is
also superintendent of the College
Avenue Baptist church. A special
Sunday School service will be held
in honor of Palmer's work.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-12
DOOR OPEN TO
FOREIGN DUTY
SERVICE men
Eligibility of Veterans to
Order Is Explained
by Leader.

Because many persons believe the
Veterans of Foreign Wars to be an
organization composed of foreigners,
E. v. Butterfield, chaplain, today
made public these facts relative to
the history and purpose Of the V.
F. w.
1.-THE v. F. w. was organized in
1899 by veterans Of the Spanish
American war who served in the
Philippine Islands," said Butterf1eld.
Soldiers who served in the Mex
lean War, Spanish-American War,
Philippine uprisings, Nicaraugan
disputes, Chinese fracas and the
World War are eligible to member
ship. Part of the ritnel reads e..
only loyal service under the Stars
and Stripes, on foreign soil or in
hostile waters will admit you to our
fraternal circle
1.-THE objects Of the v. F. W.
Butterf1eld said, ARE fraternal, pa
triotic. historical and educational;
to preserve and strengthen COM
radeship among its members; to as
sist worthy comrades; to preserve
and perpetuate the memory and his
toyr of our dead, and to assist their
widows and orphans.
eve try to maintain true allegi-
ance to the Government of the
United States, and fidelity to its
constitution and laws; to foster true
patriotism; to maintain and extend
the institutions of American free
dom, and to preserve and defend the
United States from all her enemies,
whomSoever.
"The Department of Indiana was
established in 1920, and since that
time has grown rapidly. Members
Of the organization all have under
gone the same experience and the
same hardships and therefore I'M
derstand more fully the meaning of
the word 'comradeship.' the word
on which the ritual is based" But
terrified said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-12
RED men WAGE
MEMBER drive
limitations Held at Three
State Meetings.

Indiana members of the Improved
Order of Redmen closed member
ship campaigns at Edinburg, Salem
and Banta this week.
Tokapa tribe No. 1l6, Salem, re-
ceived twenty-one candidates in the
three degrees Tuesday night. West
Baden tribe conferred the first de-
gree, Seymour tribe the second de-
gree and Salem tribe the third.
Arch H. Hobbs, great keeper of rec
ords and seals, spoke.
The Metamora tribe No. 118,
Edinburg, held a public meeting at
tended by more than $50 persons
Wednesday night. Hobbs was the
principal speaker. George Owens
had charge. Thirsa Exline, great
Pocahontas, also spoke. A banquet
and musical concert closed the ses-
sion. More than ten membership
applications were received.
Great Sachem Albert Hausman,
Indianapolis, spoke at an initiation
at Banta, the same night.
An open meeting for about 500
persons will be held at Anderson
Monday night by, the Chief Ander-
son Haymakers No. 21a, side de-
gree of the Redmen.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-12
UNIFORM M. W. A.
DISCUSS CAMP
Indiana Battalion Will Go to
Northern Lake Resort.

Plans are being made by the
Third Indiana Battalion of the uni
form degrees teams OF the Modern
Woodmen of America to hold an en-
campment at a northern lake resort
next summer.
Tuesday night the group was en-
tertained by Marion camp, No. 1858
at M. w. A. hall, 1872 E. New York
st. The battalion is composed OF
teams from Oak, Park. Marion, Ma
pie, Cedar, Capital City and Iron
wood camps, under command OF
Harry E. Argus, major.
The proposed encampment will
combine school of instruction, COW
ering all departments of lodge work
with a regular weeks vacation.
Col. William G. Shaeffer. Terre
Haute, who commands the first In
diana regiment and is regimental
quartermaster, gave suggestions
George E. Hopkins, State deputy in
charge of Indiana field work
pledged cooperation, and John D.
Volz, national director, promised aid
of the head camp. Other speakers
were NJ. T. Wright, district deputy;
Daniel j. Weaver and William
Sanders.
Capital City camp will be host for
the next meeting Dec. 8 at lie E.
Maryland st.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-12
GIVE MASTER DEGREE
VeritaS Lodge to Have
Large Class.

Veritas Lodge No. sos, F.. g. A. M.
will confer the Master Mason degree
on a class of candidates SATURDAY..
Nov. 10, at the temple, Roosevelt
Ave. and Adams st.
Degree work will start at $3.50 D.
m. and a rabbit supper will be served
for 300 persons at $50 p. m. by the
women of the Brightwood chapter.
Order of Eastern Star. The band of
the indianapolis Chapter, Order of
DeMolay for Boys, will entertain.
The principal item of the program
is the address of the Rev. Homer c.
Boblitt, pa7tor Of the Linwood
Christian Church.
Fellowcraft degree will be con-
ferred Nov. "a. Officers will be
elected at the annual stated meet
ing Dec. 1, and the annual report of
the realty board will be received.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-12
OFFERS ESSAY Prize
v. F. w. Chief Gives $50 to
Americanization Winner.

Judge Scion A. Enloe of the IN
diana Appellate Court and COM
mander of Hoosier post No. 624, Vet
Grams of Foreign Wars, has offered
a special $50 prize in the essay con-
test conducted by the National
Americanization committee.
The offer was made with the re-
quirement that the subject Eng
lish History as Reflected in the Con-
stitution of the United States" be
followed. Students in high schools
in cities Of populations of between
5000 and 10000 only are eligible.
Special effort is being made to
have Indiana pupils compete, said
Ray P. Wisehart, State Superin-
tendent of Public Instruction. All
manuscripts must be in the hands OF
Captain Walter L. Joyce, 80 Union
Square, New York, N. Y, before
April 81, 1923.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-12

G. E. DurneI. Henry K English 10 A nSd \ \
Haskell. Charles 3. Howard: Norman y, F.
Michael. w, B. McMurray. H. b Pike. F.
Elmer Raschig. John Rauch. Chester A.
RykeE Frank Frank e sherer H re C. SIN Smit hsE
v. White. ~,
Candidates for the degrees will
report to Robert G.. Mcclure, who
will direct them to the credentials
committee, where they will be
vouched for. The committee in
charge will be headed by William N.
Wheeler, chairman; George c.
Reinhart, vice chairman, and the
following assistants:
]. Lewis Bray. Edgar F. Brown, Bert
S. Gadd. Albert B. Greene. Henry G.. Hoss,
Lewis F. Malcolm, George H; Pendleton,
Frank C. Stephenson, Ezra H. Stewart,
John w. Stokes. Alfred r. Tilley, walter
E. Wagner and Arthur E. Wilson.
Distinguished guests will be taken
care of by large committee OF
thirty-third-d degree members, with
Louis G. Buddenbaum, chairman;
Arthur r.. Baxter, John E. Miner,
Arthur R. Robinson and Eugene E.
Vatet, vice chairmen.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-12
PLAN MEMBER DRIVE

Charles M. link, secretary of Post
B of the Travellers Protective Asso-
citation, who attended the annual
convention of State secretary of the
national association at st. Louis.
Mo-, has returned to Indianapolis.
The post plans a membership drive
during this month.
Women fthe T. P. A. held their
first card party of the season at 2
p. m. Wednesday at the club house.
Tenth and Pennsylvania SITS. Mrs.
Clyde r. Heffner was hostess and
announced the parties would be held
on the second and fourth Wednes-
days of each month.
The board of directors met this
afternoon to outline plans for a
dinner party Nov. 26 for members
and their wives.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-12
OLD FASHIONED DANCE
IS PLANNED BY S. B. A.
Marion Council Invites Public to
Affair Nov. 80.

Marion council, No. 1888. Security
Benefit Association, will give an old
fashioned and hard times dance
Wednesday night, Nov. 30, on the
fourth floor of its hall, 116 E. Mary
land st. James Mescall, trustee, is
in charge and is assisted by Mrs.
Isabel Kiefer and Robert Green.
The affair will be free to the public.
Southern Star and Center Council
have been invited to attend the open
meeting at p. m. Wednesday of the
Marion Council at the hall. Omar
yesterday, president. and Mrs. p
Hull. second vice president, will
speak.
At a meeting Wednesday enter
tainment plans we're perfected.
Speakers were Charles Hobbs, East
erday Mescal, Mrs. Hull and j. w.
Wills. financier. M. R. Robinson,
Brazil, national deputy, was the
principal speaker.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-12
DE M0LAYS PLAN TO
TAKE IN CANDIDATES
Large Class Will Be Initiated Fri
day Night.

Drill corps Of the Indianapolis
chapter, Order of De Molay for Boys,
is preparing for the initiation of a
class of candidates Friday. Officers
of the corps are Kenneth GraybilL
captain; Howard Ross, first lieuten-
ant; and wellington Williams, Sec
ond lieutenant.
The newly organized De Molay
Drill Corps Alumni club holds meet
ingS each Thursday night at the
Barton hotel for all past members
of De Molay Drill Corps. officers
are Norman Faust, president; Ken
meth Graybill, vice president; Will
liam Lively. scribe; George Bork,
Jr., treasurer, and Rolloe Taylor,
sergeant at arms.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-12

Ancient Landmarks Lodge Plans to
Honor Past Masters.

Ancient Landmarks lodge No. 319,
F. & A. M will observe past masters
night Nov. 81, with a dinner at
p. m. Master Mason degree will be
given at $3.50 p. m. the same day.
Entered Apprentice degree will be
exemplif1ed at $50 p. m. Monday.
TIL next Entered Apprentice de-
gree will be given Nov. %. Dec.
members will hold the annual meet
ing to elect officers. Lynn o. Knowl-
ton is worshipful master, and Oscar
L. Pond, past master, is secretary.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-12
w. R. C. PLANS TO HOLD
ANNUAL Benefit SOCIAL!
Affair to Aid Needy Members Set for
Monday.

Mrs. Hannah Means will be host
ess for the annual Thanksgiving So
cial for the benefit of needy menu
bers of the Woman's Relief Corps
No. 20 from 2 to 4 p. m. Monday
at Fort Friendly, 512 N. Illinois st.
Assisting are Mrs. Kate r. Nei-
man, Mrs. Mary E. Coleman, Mrs.
Mary Florence Gainey, Mrs. Maude
Allmon, Mrs. Sarah Roberts and
Mrs. Maude K. Moore.
Members are asked to bring I'M
perishable donations. Mrs. Rhoda
Dawson has charge of baskets and
Mrs. Allmon will sponsor the pro-
gram. Mrs. Lola v. Clark is the
corps press correspondent.