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The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1928-02-23
Paper-Shelled Nuts

With reference to the pechn, the
term ''paper SHELF has been extended
in its application until It is now prac
ticaliy without significance. Originally
applied to those tyres of pecanS hav-
ing such thin shells that one could
easily he cracked when tive were
crushed together In one hand the
term during recent years mas heen
made to include al, cultivated >arie
ties, many Of which have fully as hard
shells as the average wild nuts. Prop.
erIy speaking the term paper SHELF
never referred 70 a particular variety !;
its correct application has been only
with reference to varieties having very
thin shells.
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1928-02-23
scssp cy::or Women Raise
Men to HIGHER Leuet

In a marriage where the two people
are of unequal birth or tradition, it
Is better that the wife be Of superior
grade because she is much more likely
to lift the marriage and the children
to her cultural level, according to
Rleta 9Ehiide Dorr in an article in
Liberty
can Inferior wife,. explains the. au-
thor, too often drags the husband
down, because, alas. the male Of the
species finds 1t only too easy to slump
lEobert Louis Stevenson. noted this
aniong the missionaries. of the, South
seas. The; men, he tells us, after a
few years grow careless of dress and
behavior. neglect to. shave. Or battle
and In extreme cases PRACTICALLY go
native. The women, on the, contrary.
hardly change at ali, but after 20
years among natives live, dress, and
act exactly as they did at home"
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1928-02-23
E.ne.U He Would Help

In field where Barrie sat thinking
cut ;<stery there were lambs,. One OF
them istrayei away fom its mother.
turned around three times. and was
lost. THE hleating was terrific. Bar
ric had to put down his work and lead
II back to Its mother. Hardly had he
returned tn his sent before another
iamb did Just the same. They went
on d0ing it. one after another. keeping
Barrie ivy sgs taking them Il \. back to
mamma.
Rnts- the ,woNlarfuI thing .W;,ss tt,at,
alters assa HIaess ingtend Of tdoNftgg' Tor
their motheE, themselves -.they just
came to Bairats and i|insisted1 en- him
tinding her for them.
Barrie contends. says Jerome X. Je.
rome. who tells the story iIi<"My Life
and Times" that lambs are much more
intelligent than Is generally supposed.
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1928-02-23
:. WORDS Most Used


OF bsrsSness letters, news
Dapers and ordinary correspondence
has producedfa list Of so words said
10 be used more. frequently than any
others:
The. and. of to-. |. a. in. that, you.
for. 1t. was, is, will. as, have, not,
with. be. your, at, we, on, he. by. but,
my, this. his. which dear, from, are,
all, me, so, one. If, they had, has. very.
were. been, would. she, or, there.
her, an.
The first II words make, on the
average, 30 ont OF every 100 words
commonly used The 30 words run SO
to the 100 In all ordinary writing.
Only one of the 20. every" has more
than one syllable.
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1928-02-23
Fed by the Lions

The staple diet or the African bush.
man is the leftover Kills of the lion.
The animal Invariably announces his
kill on the African night air and the
bushman who hears his cry indicates
the direction by pointing an arrow. AT
daylight he looks in that'.sHrection for
the vultures, and II fiiis manner he
locates the leavings of the lion and
driving the bird s.nyepgers away he
takes their place ami eals his I'LL. The
women and children follow the men to
the spot and are allowed to partake.
II anything IL left the vultvres may
have IT. ~
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The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1928-02-23
.Nistoric>sEnsfish Churches

Excavations at Canterbury. Eng
iaml;:&:ss,losesl Tie church OF ST. Pete,
ahd>St. Paul begun by Augustine In
h9S and consecrated in 61a st. Mar
tins church marks the spot whe.e
Augustine. s.tsua his Ar Companions. on
'heir sayrtyaIi from ROME iii 697 4. b..
began their efforts to convert tile In.
hahitants; ofrtheq southwestern part OF
England
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1928-02-23
II Solved Riddle

After six years of research II has
been discovered that nebulium. II gas
supposed to exist in various neh.ilae
really is nothing more than nm I'm
usual combination of oxygen and nitro
gen
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1928-02-23

Wonder II IL radio announcer when
ne says his prayers. by force OF habit
asks the good Lord to "Stand by,
please. for q moment"
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1928-02-23

II isn't misfortune to he m idiot
Think bow many news stories CON
rjiida with the words: THE driver es
capped uahnrt.s
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1928-02-23
DISBURSEMENTS
OFFICERS

W. o. Burns, Judge Salary for 1927 O.
W. ", y. Kasnlck, Clerk ex-otcio allowance. 1927
n ns clerk services to Board of Supervisors
\; S ul,,son, services to Board of Supervisors
H'o.outierand, Com'th Atty, ex-oftlcio allow
lev lew nan Sheriff exotcio allowance, 1851
- Ca = Deel Deputy Sheriff, attendance on Roard
r. Andersen deputy Sheriff, attendance o, Eos
~, W. 'oenter, Supervisor, service and mage
~ w ~ Bowman Supervisor, services and mage
!; Shook, Supervisor servicesand me .eee'
M u ;D AVS Supervisor services and mileage
= INC commissioner of Revenue, commissions
r Lay commissioner of Revenue con,m;.s;om'
: H. sutherland, Division suptof Schools,
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1928-02-23

!. A stage celebrity snid one reason
she sought divorce was. that her
husbands name was unprononnceable
Generally II Is the character that is
that way.
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1928-02-23

Clothes do not always make the
man. and he whom You sometimes
take to be a general in the Mexican
army may be only movie usher.
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1928-02-23

packer asserts In his al that
sardines are full Of vitanine A. RI
though offhand we would have thought
there wasn't room In thescan.
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1928-02-23

A Goldfish hearing the royal stamp
of the Norwegian government has
been caught off long Branch. II he
has an American visa. let him In.
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1928-02-23

What we wonder about the new
thinking machine Is whether II gets
rcd NJ occasiona',v and has to take
In a musical comedy.
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1928-02-23
SOMETHING TO
THINK ABOUT
By F. A. WALKER
THE BRAIN OFsMAN

G ONE time ago scientist kneeling
- or ,1ock.6n the eastern shores Of
the UnHed Suites studied with in
tense care the first known footprints
Of n dinosaur.
Those footprints were made not
less than ten million years ago when
the hard rock upon which the record
has been kept was soft and yielding
sand
Almost at the same time another
scientist on the other side of the
country was looking into the largest
rejecting telescope that science has
ever known and peering millions Of
miles farther into space than human
eye had ever before penetrated.
For the first time new worlds were
visible. new solar systems were looked
upon.
Light which had been travelling for
years at the stupendous rate of 1885,.
$50 miles per second flashed upou the
observers retina and told him its
story of a world new to human kn0wl.
edge.
Wonderful as is the instrument that
pierces the unknown Of the skies and
interesting as are the footprints of
that ancient beast. still more wonder
ful and far more interesting are the
brains of those two men piercing time
and distance to learn the lessons Of
n II mir
TO the man who bends over; the
'in,resSioned stone all the millions Of
wears since the t.ino@aur walked there
are as an 0nen book. To the geolo
gist the history of the world is "a
D!ain as the written tale or the
branching OF the family ganealngy
Upon the blackboard he can sketch
for you the story Of oHr earth from
far he.ti..d the. d.nosaur down to the
laTt layer of forest leaves. He cain
'94 yol the sto-y of the ages with as
treat acru'rHrv rs he crn recite the
aimpertances Of Yesterday.
1t is the brain IF manrtha Is the
most wonderful thing Of which the
finite knows. 1t is the ability TO think
TO reason, TO put facts in their proper
sequentet sfisli draw tileref .1iln the log
ical conclusion. that snrpasses any
nther Of Gods clgAtions.
It was the, blinking power IT man
That made The telescope possible md
brought il to its present efficiency
n tho fbin1fyu ,.f -, l.
man brain thai has mapped out the
past; placed upon the written page
the accurate history Of the earth nnd
its Inhabitants and made each one Of
ns The heir OF all the pages.
And yet there are men who m,
more money-to their barber than -%py
do 10 the bookseller: who cnn find
more enjoyment In the hanalitles
Of "shcw" than In the pages Of a
history or the written thoughts of the
worlds great masters. -
Why not devote some OF the time
you waste, or worse Than waste, to the
a'Hnsifion Of the wendeff,Il soul-stir
ring facts that other men and women
have dug ont Of the earth or filchefl
from the stars and written down for
the worlds efiioyment and better
ment? *:
Good books are plenty and cheap
There is nothing In the world so low
priced as information. intelligence
and wisdom. Five cents worth OF
fact WHY be enough to keep You busy:
for week if you give II the thought
that properly belongs to it.
ttG by Mcclure Newspaper Syndioate)
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1928-02-23

ArcheoIngists in Egypt have opened
tomb Of one King Zoper, who has
been dead now $500 years. II IL Ger
ta!nly quite II while to maintain
status quo.
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1928-02-23

SO live that your denial Of the
widespread runor that YOU have
passed on won't he a big disappoint-
mcnt
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1928-02-23

They can call cod liver oil a Sub.
stitute for sunshine" If they care TO,
but they are moi going to fool the
kids.
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1928-02-23

The world really grows better. It
just seems awful, rs it were, because
some people still say "as 1t were"
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1928-02-23

Yale professor has found q hun.
dred-foot wer,n. The eariy. h;sal who
gets this will want help instead Of
congratulations.
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1928-02-23

The farmer Is the best beloved man
Of the politician when he Is running
for office and the most neglected when
he Is In Office
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1928-02-23

We gather that the stocking makers
are trying for chiffon so sheer that
the runs will not show. 3
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1928-02-23

An empfy-handed marksman back
from the north woods says there is
lot OF space around deer.
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1928-02-23

Years ago the girls got their styles
from Paris instead of getting them
from college boys.
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1928-02-23

Sometimes IN officer Is in the navy
for MS nlnsh as rs wears before any
one realizes he is a Victim Of sup
pressed emotions. Z:
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1928-02-23

Witches don't ride brooms any more.
The modern witch can't even he in
duced to run an electric sweeper.
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1928-02-23

OF course, in his lighter moments
the fellow who names the Pulmans
can think up something new and strlk.
Ing In the way OF a name for stock.
Ing color.
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1928-02-23

Luckily gales cannot raise as much
DUST now as before the coming Of
cements and Outbound roads.
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1928-02-23

According to the old New York Sun
formula, If horse fell off prince
that would be news.
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1928-02-23

Nations sue for peace and the idea
might also be worked out I'M obtain
Ing payment for war.
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1928-02-23

1t has got so you can estimate the
age of the college boys flivver pretty
closely by the wise cracks.
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1928-02-23

Balance ON hand January, i. 1927 .,s s2q.aa 80
ns from otate Auditor r-.49gQ
eaa ices returned oy state treasurer 64674
on VI error III WINS Road FUND 1850
S ~ C1uie mouse Tor MUSIC Program 925
l1oI;l ~ ot4ee 1Accountant 2480
$3.50 eoecteu py county treasurer 21I7
Ii1e1tt oaAes coAected by Clerk 2205
I, nt IL aATs returned oy state Auditor 2,9145O
~ ! alu iaAes 1or l9zf 21,38462
TO- H'zf :" ..'.'..................... 2O754
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1928-02-23

Entered as Second class of mail matter
February 10Th 1927, at Cdntwood, Va,
under the Act Of March 3, 1879.
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1928-02-23
Total
CARE OF POOR
OVERSEERS

= = barto Sand Lick District services for 1927
.H1'Alsef, Ervlngton District services for 1921
y0 5 d.kenady, Kenady District services for 1927
liourn Mullins, Chntwood District services for 1927
Total :. ~
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1928-02-23
.AsFOR SALE

One Shoemaker Incubator
26o egg capacity. AS good as
1 new VIII, sacrafice at. HALF
See c. C~-.s Chase, :. Ghntwood,
Virginia. - ,.-a5~@s.4s ss.. NJ:
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1928-02-23

Commitments will not be published
without the nameof the author is known
t, the. publisher ~
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1928-02-23
Published Esrj THURSDAY at ciintxosa, Va.
Paul Raines, Editor

,.z.s.,.T The D;ckeDson Coul ty Herald is indie
pendent in politics and it's columns are
open to all parties a. the regular rates.
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1928-02-23
STATEMENT

. STATEMENT
of
RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS
OF the PUBLIC FUNDS Of
Dickinson County. Virginia,
From January 1st. to December 3lst. 1927.
Except School Funds) s.
-------
Il. COUNTY FUNDS
RECEIPTS
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1928-02-23
ELECTION EXPENSES
COURT HOUSE AND JAIL

S u,oGans on Janltor services 1906
Surpi pS f or Slerks Ofhce .......... 1857
rura,nrr;+ao 81 - e1soler Oice 1881
ls,nr, ioI ooinhonWealths Atty Office 1915
Suppl,le anu repairs for urt House 6S65
I1nS ni a,1 iepa'1s Ior jan - 1852
lS1nul lor court House and Jail 1866
IC M,Ii Co Ihght Tor Court House Jail 1917
Rim Slaa MeeI 1or court house ana Jail 444C
|1ra = H. va , ~ 81 L0urt Rouse and SIS
Nv ph; d., eoai LIE court house and JAN 1876
Rn+h chap va! IoT Court House and Ja. 226s
Val IvItnm' iIrdJeA;:g court records, 1,119.9
80 ' 1h'eA'hg court Records, 1885
i'ai $7,8O9.2
GENERAL AND INCIDENTAL EXPENSES
= S olesI FIe prevention ................ rs
E;; en COMPENSATION Insurance Premium $500
CranI go osaeeihehe Ior $780, $50
sia'1 'u'0's .cc,.....::...;........;..v 1945
-'-~',Hs-'' ~" ''eA' WYNN ";sl=ts 3ei
New Britain herald., 1928-01-13
Former Connecticut
 Clergyman Passes

New Bedbofrd. Mass, Jan. 13.- @-Rev. Nathan Bailey. 6s. veteran Baptist minister died yesterday morning in Pine Lawn sanitariuua. AcHhnet, where he had been a pa- tient for month. Born in Bolton, England, September 27. 1864 he en- tered religious work before coming to America. He was stationed at New London, Conn: Cornwall. N. Y., Philadelphia: Lawrence, and Mar blehead, Mass. with the Salvation army at different times and was or dained to preach by Central Metho- dist Episcopal church. Norwich, Conn.,, June 27, 1888. He became New England field secretary at the National Temperance society. in 1907. His last pastorate was at North Baptist church here, which he held for 14 years.
 He leaves a. widow. Mrs. Hannah Ashworth Bailey; two sons, Norman D. Bailey. school superintendent at Wickford. R. l.. and Albert w. Bailey. Of the Herald and Examiner. Chicago; q sister, Mrs. Helena Houlden. Peabody. Mass. and a brother. Willis Bailey. in England, besides three step-chidlren here.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-13
CARBON M0NOX|DE
 HAZARD REDUCED
New Fuel Said to Be Much Safer Than Old

New York, Jan. IS. P-A new high compression motor fuel, de- scribed as a modified gasoline pro- duct and designed to reduce the car- bon -monoNide hazard, is being de- veloped by the American Research Corporation.
 The fuels performance is attrib- uted to chs lnical cracking proc ess and to ts~ influence of a new oombustibie compound, two fac tors that are eNpected to afford larger yields from the original stock,
 Low comprt sslon fuels are Nln. suited for use in cars equipped with new higher compression mo- tors, says Edward F. Chandler. technical director of the corpora tion.
 Efforts have been made to stifle the tendency of these inferior fuels to detonate. or knock" he asserts, and as a result the motorist, be- cause his car runs quietly has no means of knowing that excessive
New Britain herald., 1928-01-13
TEN MORE REBELS
 KILLED BY BOMBS
U. s. Aviators Show Deadly Aim
 in Nicaragua

Washington. Jan. 13 R-Marine corps aviators operating in con- junction with land forces against General Sandino in Nicaragua have slain ten more of the latter's forces by aerial bombing. said dispatches to the navy department from rear admiral sellers, commanding the special service squadron in Nicara- guan waters.
 The message said the aviators on January II located group of Sandino's followers at Latina Vista. near the point where they ambushed marines on January l. The bomb- ing attack followed another on Tuesday, in which the aviators killed nine members of Sandino's army in the neighborhood of Quilali, as they attempted to concentrate. supposedly for an attack on the marines hold ing that village.
 Admiral Sellers reported that a detachment of marines is moving from QuilaH to San Albin. The marines are endeavoring to take over as many villages as possible to deprive Sandino of a base and cut him off from supplies.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-13
Dr. Brown Appointed to
 Yale Divinity Chair

New Haven. Jan. l3.-Dr. Walter Theodore Brown of Toronto Univer- sity was yesterday appointed pro- lessor of religion in the Tale college or academic department. His selec- tion was a development of plans for the expansion Of the religious life of the undergraduates. He will join the faculty at the opening of the next school year.
 Professor Brown is 45 years old, and received the bachelor Of arts and master of arts degrees from Toronto University. He was given the degree of doctor of philosophy by Harvard in 1911, and, after teaching at Bowdoin two years. became a member of the faculty of Victoria college, Toronto university. as lecturer. and then associate profess sor and finally as professor of ethics and philosophy of religion. He was a member of the Ontario Soldiers Aid Commission during the World war and was responsible for the rehabilitation of discharged service men. He is a member of the editorial board of the Canadian Journal of Religious Thought.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-13
GASES FORMERLY
 WASTED ARE SAVED
Modem Chemistry Turns Them
 Into Monty

East Pittsburgh, Pa, Jan. Is P@ Modern chemistry is demonstrating that even odors can be turned into dollars and cents.
 Classes that have polluted the at ,nosphere are now being captured and converted into the liquids from which they originated, to the profit of both industry and the public.
 Experts Of the Materials and Pro cess Engineering Department of the Westinghouse Electric < Manutac- turing O., decided that too many smells were going mp the chimney in the process of treating lnsulanoh with resinous materials. So they trapped the gasses as last as they were generated. mixed them with water and then distilled this llquld' recovering from 50 to 90 per cent of the solvents used in the formula
 How far chemical engineers can go in eliminating and using fumes oy liquifying them before they are discharged into the air has not yet been determined, but experiments now under way suggest that lar reaching results are possible. me saving already effected by the cap lure of used solvents are said to De considerable.
 Chemists point cnt however, that recovery methods might be too well perfected, for if is possible that same of the agents recovered from gases would themselves be dl1flcul' to destroy,
New Britain herald., 1928-01-13
SPECIAL TRAIN TO TAKE CO0L|DGES Long One Ready for Trip Into
 Southland

Washington. Jan. 13 tFE-Iromls- ed a week of sunshine and warm weather President Coolidge looked to the balmy breozes of the south to- day with everything ready for him to begin his journey to Havana. ,,uba-tho fourth chief executive 10 leave American shores while in of lice.
 One of the longest special trains m history of presidential travel wait cd in Union station for the start this afternoon of trip which will take Mr. Coolidge accompanied by party of eight-five along the Atlantis, seaboard through Virginia. the Caro- linas, Georgia and Florida to the miniature island of Key West There he will board the battleship Texas for the crossing to the Cuban capi- tai.
 Carrying message of friendly feeling from the people of the United States the president will 'pen the sixth annual Pan-A American con- gress in Havana Monday with an ad- dress that will be heard by the representatives of nearly all of the countries of the western hemisphere comprising the international con- terence of American states. The presidents speech. and that of President Machado of Cuba, will be broadcast.
 A group of nigh ranking Ameri- cans had been invited by the presi- dent to make the trip with him. These included Secretary and Mrs. Kellogg and Secretary and Mrs. Will bur. Secretary Davis of the Labor Department had business in Florida and was invited to ride with Mir. Coolidge to Jacksonville.
 \ part of the American delegation 10 the Havana congress has already departed but those remaining are travelling with the president. These guests include Charles Evans Hughes who heads the American delegates, and Mrs. Hughes: Mir. and Mrs. Mor- gan ]. O'Brien. Of New York; Mir