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The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1927-02-17

Holders of first grade certifi-
Gates issued on State examina-
ton, or on the completion of two
thirds (ten sessions hours credit
of the work for the elementary
certificate, may have their certi-
ficates, upon expiration, renewed
as provisional elementary certifi-
Gates and maintained in force
until 1881. All such holders of
first grade certificates, however,
are urged to complete the require
ments for the elementary certifi-
cate at the earliest possible date.
Mr.. Eason writes that he knows
of no method whereby a person
who is not a graduate of an ac-
credited high school and who
does hold at lest a first grade
certificate may complete the work
for certificate, except by re-
turning to high school or by TAX
ing the college entrance exami-
nation which will be offered by
the State Board Of Education in
the spring"
State examinations for the first
grade and provisional first grade
certificates will not be offered
again, but first grade certificates
issued on t h e basis of State
examination will be honored I'M
til date of expiration.
Readers ~ this School Column
will secure more detailed sugges-
lions and school plans from the
Dickinson County School Forum.
Know more about your county
and your schools by reading both
the Herald and the Forum.
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1927-02-17
ECONOMIC And SOCIAL
SURVEY OF DICKINSON
STUDY OF YOUNGEST COUNTY NOW
Being MADE AT UNIVERSITY OF
VIRGINIA.
By. j. H. 7. Sutherland.

Under the direction of DR.. Will
son Gee, Professor in the Univer-
sity of Virginia, Harold Damron,
of Clintwod, is making an econ
omic and social survey of Dick
enson county. This study will be
printed in pamphlet form when
it is completed.
Naturally one of the most imp
ortant chapters in this survey
study is the one concerning schools
Snpt. j. H. T. Sutherland pre-
pared the data of this chapter,
under fifteen headings, beginn-
with discussion of the County
School Board, From week to week
until completed, the Herald will
print the story of school progress
in Dickinson as revealed in this
school chapter. Below is the first
installment.
Ranking in the fourth quartile
of the Virginia County School
Systems, Dickinson presents
many difficult educational prob
lens for solution. Forsooth. the
colored school problem, so vexat-
oius to various Virginia counties,
Dickinson does not have. How
ever, in intensified form, she does
have practically every other rural
school problem to hamper her
rating and educational efficiency.
Dickinson lacks rock roads and,
therefore, cannot consolidate her
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1927-02-17
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better in spiritual way. | fee
that each individual should dc
all that they possibly could to
aid Reverend Combs in this great
work; which he is so earnestly
trying and so patiently perform
ing. | publish herewith a little
poem, composed by E. A. Wag-
ner, Which is taken from the
Bristol Herald, for you to think
over.
What's the use to worry?
You've not got long to stay.
Why not make it easy
AS you pass along life's way?
Twill do no good to worry
If things are going wrong.
You may as we'll be pleasant;
Meet reverses with a smile and
song.
What's the use to criticise,
What's the use to knock;
What's the use to ridicule,
Or at some to throw a rock?
Don't appoint yourself a censor,
No matter what you do
This great big world was never
made
For just a chosen few.
There's none Of us that's perfect,
There's few of us that stay
And never stray or wander
From the straight and narrow
Way.
So when you start to hammer
Some poor soul who's gone
astray
Twill do no harm to pause and
think
You may lose your grip some
day.
What's the use to kick one
Who's just about to fall?
If you do not care to help him,
Don't mention him at all.
You'll find, if you take notice,
That what | say is true.
While there may be faults in
others,
There's flaw or two in you.
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1927-02-17

Clintwood, Va, charged with the
robbery of the store of Stanford
Mullins at Haysi, Va. The rob-
berry is supposed to have taken
place some time late in the night.
Entrance being gained by remov-
ing the staple that held the lock,
however a good per cent of the
loot was recovered when the
arrests were made.
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1927-02-17
Ito be Continued

Mr.. H. H. Mullins, of Georges
fork, was in town Wednesday
for the first time this winter.
Mr.. w. c. D. Rush has return
ed from Bristol, where he has
been under the care of a physic-
ian for about five weeks, and says
he feels much improved.
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1927-02-17
SCH 0 Oh COL U N N
By Suqt. j. H.. T. Sutherland

The County School Board at its
February 18th meeting recon-
mended AZ schools for stand
ardization. Detailed reports on
these schools will be sent to the
Department O f Education this
week, and it is thought that word
will be received from the Depart
ment by the 25th stating which
schools are approved and placed
on the State standard list of nine
month schools
Last year Dickinson had 80
standard schools, Is in 1925 9 in
1924, and one only in 1923. Local
school officials look upon the incre-
ase of standard nine-month school
as one of the best indications of
school progress in Dickinson.
1t is reported that the require
ments for standardization may
be raised next year. At present
teachers holding First Grade
certificates and with three years
experience may teach in standard
schools, but it is thought that
next year only teachers holding
an Elementary certificate with
one year of experience will be
eligible O teach in standard
schools
The State Board of Education
writes Thomas D. Eason, Super
wiser of Certification, has author
lied the Department of Education
to raise standards for the teach
ing profession, in order that 1881
the Elementary certificate, requir
ing at least one year of profession
al training of college grade, in
addition to graduation from an
accredited high school, will con-
stitute the minimum legal license
for teachers in tn e elementary
grades.
Teachers holding the Provision
al First Grade certificate issued
in 1926, on the basis of completion
of one-third five college session
hours credit) of the course re-
quired for the Elementry certifi-
cate, are expected to complete the
second third of this work during
the summer of 1927; and on com
pletion of the second third of the
course, will be granted a Provision
al Elementry certificate, which
will be good for two years. In any
case where the teacher is utterly
unable to complete the require
ments for the elementry certifi-
cate within the two-year period
may have this Provisional Elemer
tary certificate extended to 1881
High school graduates who
enter teacher training institutions
in the summer of 1927, and com
pletes one third of the course
leading to the Elementry certifi
cate, will not receive certificate
but the completion of thu
second third of the course in thu
summer of 1928 or before, will b.
, granted Provisional Elementar.
t certificates good for one year.
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1927-02-17

schools. SpafSely settled nlll-cOu-
ntry, until rock roads are compl-
eted, make necesfe y numerous
one-room schools, It the best in
practically every ca Sc, two-room
schools. Short tern S have result
ed in appalling ret rdation and
elimination. insufficient finance
have handicapped school officials
in the employment of large
number of professionally-trained
teachers and the erection of mod
ern school building. Isolated con-
ditions, together with a slight
demand for the Inauguration of
vigorous forward-looking educa-
tional policies, have also helped
in the past to complicate the
Dickinson school problems.
Happilr, positive indications
now are apparent of an earnest
and effective effort on the part
of school officials and patrons to
improve the Dickinson County
schools. Within the past few
wears, although ranking low, in
comparison with other Virginia
counties, and beset with very
real problems, Dickinson has
made and is making, perhaps, at
',- ne, as rapid progress
-..,,...- nally as any other Vir-
GINA c ,unty School System.
Form ed in 1880, Dickinson has
h au even different division
superi, tendents. J NJ M.
Thornbury served as the chief
official from 1880 to 1886. He
was succeeded by Isaac Edward
French, who served UNI 1893.
Then James Harvey Long direc-
ted the schools for three terms
until 1905. William Ayres Dyer
served the county as superinten-
dent during the term ending in
1909, when Isaac Edward French
again became superintendent and
served until 1917. Milton W.
Remines served from 1917 to 1921
when Ballard Dunbar French,
son of Isaac Edward French,
succeeded him. On October l,
1923, B. D. French resigned, and
since that date the writer has
served as superintendent.
In 1922, on September l, the
County Unit School Law became
effective. Prior t o that date
Dickinson and other Virginia
counties had a separate school
board, composed of three mem
bers, for each district, which
transacted the business tor that
district without any consider
alton OF the school affairs of the
other districts. This method,
certainly in many counties, nat
urally created inequalities f
educational opportunities within
t h same county; it fostered
duplication of effort; it prevented
concentration of administrative
thought and action in the solution
of all main school problems. The
need of change of administra-
ton was apparent to the General
Assembly of 1922, and the results
of the operation of the County
Unit Act for over four years
have reflected its wisdom,
AS now constituted, one Board
member from each district COM
prises tn Dickinson County
School Board, which is an effec-
tive body working with the divi-
sion superintendent to improve
alike educational opportunities in
all parts of the county. At pre-
sent the Dickinson County School
Board is composed of W. W.
Presley, Chairman, C. P. Mccoy,
]. H. Artrip, Russell Powers and
Floyd M. Arlington.
ITO be Continued
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1927-02-17
PERSONAL MENTION

way Department, was a business
visitor here this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. B. Owens
announce the arrival of a baby
GIRL Mary Francis, on Feb. Is.
j. Wiley Davis, Of Norland,
was in town Saturday of last
week with wagon load of
fine apples, which he disposed of
at fancy price.
Edward Newberry and J. A.
Newberry, of Tarpon, was in
town Monday and report that
their father Mr.. Peter Newberry,
who was wounded by gun shot
some time ago, is not doing very
well.
Mr.. W. W. Stevenson, Superin-
tendent of Steinman Coal Corpor-
alton, at Steinman, was in town
Saturday of last week, and drop
ped in the news office for a plea
SAINT chat.
Mr.. Frank Mullins, of Stein
man, was in town Monday.
Mrs. A. A. Skeen called at the
Herald office Monday morning
and left us a nice order 70 r
stationery to be sent to her son
Jess Woodrum, who is attending
Blefield College.
The repair man from Dodson
Printers Supply Co., of Atlanta,
Ga. was here Monday and gave
our news press a thorough going
over in the way of adjusting and
touching up.the mechanical parts,
and we hope from now on to give
our readers their moneys worth
of news.
Basil Bentley, who is employed
as carpenter at Jenkins, KY,
spent the weekend here with
home folks.
Uncle lack Mullins, who has
recently returned to Clintwood,
has traded his farm, which is
about one mile east of this place,
to Basil Bently, for his house
and lot in the Remines addition
and expects to make it his home
about March first.
Mrs. j. H. Howell, of Wakenva
and formerly of this city, was
visiting friends in Clintwood the
first of this week and dropped
in and paid the Herald a pleasant
call. Mrs. Howell is now author
lied to solicit subscriptions to
the Herald.
Mrs. Carter Maiden, our First
Grade teacher spent the week
end at Glenford visiting relatives.
Mr.. j. P. Short has accepted a
position with the County En-
gineers.
John w. Flanagan. of Bristol,
Va, was in town Tuesday.
Messrs Fred G.. Gray and J
L. Reynolds attended the funeral
of Mrs. Maurice Davis at Big
Stone Gap, Va, Monday.
S, A. Smith. of West Dante
was a business visitor here Mon
day.
Alex Wallace, Carl Neufer, Ken
NTH Westby and Mr.. Bickle, Of
Mcclure, spent Sunday in Clint
wood.
Morgan Short, who is working
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1927-02-17

Silver Moon Cafe.
George w. Branham and Cal
win Hughes, of The Silver Moon
Cafe, attended the Masonic meet
ing at Castlewood, Va, last Fri
day and Saturday.
We are sorry to report the SER
ious illness of our friend and
fellow townsman Mr.. Ira C.Hale,
who was taken suddenly i'll while
waiting on the train at Clinchco
last Saturday. Although we are
glad to mention at this writing
that Mr.. Hale is some what i'm
proved and we hope that within
a short time he will be out again.
Miss Beaulah Phipps, a teacher
in the Norton High School, spent
the weekend here with her par
ents Mr.. and Mrs. C. Phipps.
Little Miss Pauline Raines has
measles.
Aderine SYe 80. mas d severe
case of humps.
DR.. j. C. Sutherland is in Pike
vile, KY, on business this week.
Misses Walker and Rita J..
Kennedy went to St. Paul, Sat-
urday.
Miss Bell Dotson. who is teach
ing near Clinchco, was visiting
Mr.. and Mrs. B. B. Dotson Sun
day.
Miss Stella Artrip, teacher at
Tarpon, spent the week end in
ClintWood.
w. H. Nickels has been in
Bristol the past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. O. Deel are
the proud parents of a fine baby
girl Feb. 18th.
We are sorry to hear that Mr..
B. T. CULLEN. one of the tea
cheers in the High School. has
humps.
Herchel Conley and Cecil Chill
dress, of Clinchco were weekend
visitors here.
Alfred A. Skeen Jr.. has pur-
chased a new Ford Roadster.
which the younger set seem to
to be enjoying.
The friends of Mr.. J. C. Smith
are glad to zee him on the streets
again.
Lee Stanley, Democratic Can
didate for Clerk, was in town
Sunday.
JohnI. Sutton, of Abingdon,
spent Sunday in Clintwood.
Mrs. James Miller and little
daughter Peggy have returned to
their home here after spending
several weeks with her parents
at Crockett, Va.
O. H. Beverly, of Wise, Va,
is again in town and hopes to
begin work on the highway be-
tween here and Georges Fork
soon,
The friends of Mrs. Maurice
Davis, whose husband was prin.
cipal of the Dickinson County
Memorial High School last year
will regret to hear of her death
at Lynchburg, Va, where they
are located this year.
CTODC DODDrn
Evening star., 1927-05-21

reach a conclusion as to how much
ground will be needed, or should be re-
tanned. A bill Will be introduced In
Congress to provide for the acquisi-
tion OF a portion Of the Dean tract,
fronting on Florida avenue and a por-
tion of Connecticut avenue, for use as
a public park, This would in no way
interfere with the temple project.
officials Of the fraternity in charge
of the project say they confidently
believe the new plan adopted will as
sure breaking Of ground for the first
unit of the temple within year.
The first step in the building plan
viii he to erect Il unit, or units. OF
the proposed final structure to accom-
modate the present needs of the fra
ternity. and which would appropri-
ately fit into the picture and be a
part of the final buildings or group.
The several bodies now meeting in
the temple at Thirteenth street and
New York avenue are preparing fig,
ures and specifications to meet their
needs in the new temple, and which
will be suitable to their accommoda-
tions in the final picture; also. their
minimum requirements, from those
bodies now meeting in the present
temple. and who will desire temporary
accommodations in the first unit, or
Evening star., 1927-05-21
DEFINITE PLAN IS ADOPTED s
FOR. NEW MASONIC TEMPLE
Grand Lodge of District Acts to Lay
Groundwork for Monumental Struc-
ture on Dean Estate

After q lapse Of several years, fol
flowing the acquisition Of title to the
Dean estate, fronting on Connecticut
avenue, Florida and Nineteenth street
now known as Temple Heights
the Masonic Grand Lodge Of the Dis
trict OF Columbia recently has adopted
"a definite plan for the erection thereon
of a monumental structure. or group
of buildings. to be known as the Ma
tional Capitals United Masonic Tenn
pie
The property of Temple Heights,
more than nine acres Of ground, is
valued al considerably more than 81
GOO 900 The temple now in use at
Thirteenth street, New York avenue
and II street has invested in il Capi-
tai in excess of $500. 900. The Grand
Lodge has authorized the sale of the
present temple, and that course will
be followed when what is regarded
as an adequate price is received.
In the meantime. a board of archi-
tects is being retained, in accordance
with whose advice decision will be
reached whether TO erect one build
ing or group Of structures. When
that is decided. ii will he possible to
Evening star., 1927-05-21

A special effort now is being made TO
raise the gift fund to at least $4,000
900.
Ownership and control Of the new
temple will be vested in the several
bodies participating therein to the ex-
tent that the funds which they supply
or the cost which they assume. bears
to the total project as whole. All
ownership and control is to be vested
in the Masonic order and allied bodies.
Evening star., 1927-05-21

The members of the fraternity, pure
1y as a gift fund and by voluntary
contributions, have already paid in
cash to the United Masonic Temple
committee to date about $650.000. This
has not involved the sale OF stock, nor
are any strings attached. officials point
out. UNPAID pledges now due. would
be ample to liquidate the entire
amount due as payment for the Dean
tract the original price being S900,o
Evening star., 1927-05-21

units, to be built. The plan is then
to proceed to construct a unit, or
units, of sufficient space to accommo-
date the bodies now meeting in the
present temple. and others which may
desire to join in. This. unit, or units,
will be sufficiently large to accommo-
date the bodies until such time as
the needs OF the fraternity will jus
tlfy the erection of an additional
Evening star., 1927-05-21
Provide Shade for Yard.

It Is to be expected that tree varie-
ties will vary in their adaptability to
the conditions in different regions of
our country, consequently there is no
one group of varieties that can be
recommended as the best for use
everywhere.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1927-07-13

WAY TO SOLVE LABOR PROBLEM
In order to secure an equal distri-
button of labor in the grain growing
districts of the Northwest, special
harvest information will be available
as the result of a cooperative ar
rangement made again this year by
Richard T. Jones, district director Of
the U. S. Employment Service, and
the Minneapolis Civic & Commercial
Association.
Minneapolis is vitality interested
in the agricultural situation in this
state and the entire Northwest" said
Mr.. Arthur R. Rogers, president of
the Minneapolis Civic & Commerce
Association. "The farmers big fall
problem is labor problem. We are
dependent upon agricultural condi-
tions in our trade territory and what
ever we can do to help the farmer in
harvesting his crops will accrue not
only to his advantage but to ours as
we'll. Since Minneapolis is the big
gest migratory labor market in the
country. the advantage of the plan we
are following is self-evident."
GAS the result of similar arrange
ment during the past two years"
said Mr.. Jones, 1--WE were able to
keep in close touch with the harvest
labor situation in the Northwest and
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1927-07-13

With an attendance of 100000 set
for the state, the first of the 1927
county fairs in Minnesota got under
way last week, according to r. F.
Hall, Minneapolis, secretary of the
Minnesota Federation of County
Fairs. Ninety-two county fairs have
been booked for the year.
Clay county was the first, holding
its annual exposition at GAINESVILLE,
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday,
while Norman county opened it's an
nual county fair at Ada, Thursday
until Saturday.
Three of the five county groups
holding their annual fairs during
July arranged the dates to take adj
vantage of the Fourth of July holi-
day. These are: Goodhue fair at
Cannon Falls, July l to a; Marshall
county at Warren, July to 6, and
Stearns county fair at Sank Center,
July 1 to A.
August and September will be
the big fair months this year, one
being scheduled for August and "A
for September.
Dates and place for the 1927 fairs
are scheduled as follows: Blue
Earth, Garden City, August 29-31;
Blue Earth, Mankato, August 81
September 3; Cottonwood, Window,
September 1923; Faribault, Blue
Earth, September 1917; Fillmore,
Preston, August 1926; Freedom, AL
bert Lea, September 1916; Jackson,
jackson, September 12-14; LIE Sueur,
LIE Sueur Center, September 1921;
Lincoln, Tyler, August 1928; Lyon,
Marshall, September 12-14; Mcleod,
Hutchinson, September 27-30; Mar
tin, Fairmont, September 2O-23;
Mower, Austin, August 29-September
1: Murray, Lake Wilson, September
$40; Nicollet, ST. Peter, August o.
"a; Mobiles, Worthington, September
1917; Olmsted, Rochester, August
1924; Pipestone, Pipestone, Septem-
Der 1-3; Redwood, Redwood Falls,
September 26-30; Renville, Bird Is
land, September 12-14; Rice, Fari-
bault, August 22-24; Rock, Luverne,
September 22-24; Sibley, Arlington,
September 1918; Waseca, August
1925; Watowan, st. James, Septem-
Der 12-14.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1927-07-13
County Fair Dates
Set For Big Season

should be built as rapidly as possible.
The Department of Agriculture says:
''For the movement of every vehicle
over a road there is certain cost,
which is less if the road is improved.
Logically, therefore, the only limit
that should be placed on expenditures
for road improvement is the amount
that can be saved in vehicular opera
ting cost. The country loses more in
increased cost of operating vehicles
by not improving roads than it does
to improve them. In other words, it
pays for improved roads whether 1t
has them or not, and it pays less by
having them than by not having
them"
A thin waterproof wearing surface
is being placed on existing gravel and
macadam roads in farming communi-
ties with great success and at moder-
ate cost.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1927-07-13

succeeded in bringing about a more
even distribution of labor than ever
before. We will follow along similar
lines this year. Through Geographic
reports received from our field rep
resentative, George E. Tucker, who
will be Stationed at Fargo, we will be
able to give the men the latest in
formation in regard to harvest labor
conditions"
Men seeking work in the harvest
areas, and farmers seeking labor,
may obtain the latest information by
writing the U. S. Employment Ser
vice, 3O4 Office Building, Minneapo-
lis, or to the State Free Employment
Office, 113 Marquette Avenue.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1927-07-13
GOOD ROADS NOT LUXURIES;
FARMERS MUST HAVE THEM

Although we spend millions annual
ly for improving roads, only about
one farm in twelve is located on a
hard-surfaced or paved highway. A
much larger proportion are near
enough to paved thoroughfares to
make considerable use of them, but
even one intervening mile of muddy
road often makes the use of farm
automobiles impossible.
Good roads used to be classed as
luxuries but such is no longer the
case. When the loss of time incurr-
er by rough or muddy unimproved
roads is considered, together with the
wear and tear on vehicles, paved or
hardsurfaced roads are essential and
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1927-07-13

fall. The young larvae overwinter
in the sod. The larvae now doing the
damage have a yellowish white body
about an inch long. Two broad.
brown stripes down the back and an
other distinct brown stripe along
each side account for the name given
the pest. Professor Nickel antici-
pates but little further damage be-
cause the larvae have about reached
their maturity.