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The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1928-01-05

opOIl Lie r dSG vi tOtiIdlt.
summoned a clergyman for secret
conference
Again recently the hermit applied
for an old-age pension. and TO obtain
this dole he submitted to an inter-
view by pension officer. At first he
declined to receive the official, but
his increasing infirmity and the grow
ing poverty of the aging pair forced
him to break his rule.
A newspaper man who sought to
visit Mason on the fftieth anniversary
of his self-imprisonmen failed to gain
admittance, but saw the face of the
graybeard through window.
Makes Farm Fortress.
When the youth made his VOW to
abandon human society he and his
brother bought two acres of farm land
and proceeded to transform it into a
stronghold of complete privacy. Bris-
Ting hedges and a corrugated iron
fence guard the borders. Would-be in
truders have encountered barbed wire
barriers and tunnels with trap doors
to defeat their curiosity or their hui
manitarian impulses.
The hermit himself lives in a small
nut flanked by a jungle of thorny
bushes and thistles. During his life
time of isolation he has read only the
Bible and copies of a religious jour
nal which the faithful brother has
brought
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1928-01-05
Made Name Famous

Al tirSl Napoleon was known b, his
full name. lust the same as any Other
citizen 81 Soldit- of France. Later.
when he became emperor. lie assume,
the name Ut Napoleon |. II is Gus
fomarA for kings and emper0rs to
have bur one name. as Wilhelm III
of Germany. Nicholas II OF Russia,
etc. They also had family names.
such as IiohpnZa!lern and Ronlanolf
but these names are seldom ilSed In
referring to them a.
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1928-01-05

For sale-One six room house
with good basement. good well
water. Some apple and cherry
trees, chicken lot, hog pens,
garage, barn and coal house. All
building in Al condition. Lot
contains AZ. of an acre.
This property is priced to sell
at the sacrifice price of 100000
Terms.
Clintwood Real Estate Company
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Calendar reform might SIM
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For Sale
Valuable Property.

One five room house in town
located near the Hardware store
This house is in first class con-
dition and a convenient place
to live.
Will sell at very reasonable
price, with terms.
,lintwood Real Estate Company
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1928-01-05

Cenl.n,,n.cans will not be published
witlo It one name of the authoris known
" vic, plSiiSiief.
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FEBRUARY 10Th 1871, at Giintwood, Va,
under the Act of MArch 3, 1879.
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1928-01-05

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The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1928-01-05
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The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1928-01-05
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BY DODGE BROTHERS

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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-30
R. NJ. A. ADOPTS
LOAN SYSTEM
San Benito Merchants
Take Steps To
Aid Debtors
lSnecial 70 The Heraldl

SAN BENITO, Oct. 30.-Bringing
the first small loan department Of
4 Retail Merchants association 10 the
Valley. the San Benito association
at a called meeting held at the
Stonewall Jackson hotel Monday
evening adopted resolution calling
for installation or such depart
ment in the near future
Mrs. Ethel X. Finks. secretary Of
thel ocai association. arranged for
the meeting.
The new system will aid business
men, allowing them to lIquidate
slow accounts by referring their
debtors TO this institution. specially
equipped to assist the wage Garner.
The secretary OF the association
handles all cases of debtors. who
through misfortune or adversely
have not been able 70 pay their bills.
Roy T.. Clark. president of the
San Benito association. presided. in
Producing Paul Hornbeck. ]. {. Nell
son. president Of the Citizens In
dustrial bank of San Antonio. and
Mrs. X. l.. Bewley, president Of the
Citizens Industrial Bank Of Corpus
Christi.
Nelson made the principal ad-
dress. dealing at length on the ner-
its or the plan under consideration.
Round table discussion followed
with the general trend favoring the
project.
Mrs. Bewley told Of her experieu-
ces in the loan work and urged unity
ampnr tho merchants ClarL than
placed the resolution before the
body and il was adopted.
Merchants Of McAllen, Mercedes,
Los Fresnos. Rio Hondo and Browns
vile were present in addition TO the
San Benito group.
A banquet preceded the business
session. Mrs. George Toolan, ac-
companied at the piano by Mrs. An
gle Taylor, rendered several violin
numbers.
The project has been under cor
sideration for some time.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-30
C.O.P.COURTS
KLAN, CHARGE
OF AL Smith
Anti-Saloon League Is
Accused Of Being
Republican Instru-
ment at Baltimore
BY u. HAROLD OLIVER
Associated Press Staff MriteI

NEW YORK, Oct. 30.-(Pl-Home
again after a flying campaign visit
TO Maryland. Governor Smith was on
record today with the blunt charge
that the anti-saloon league and the
ku klux klan were forces working
hand in hand with the republican
party to bring about his defeat.
Addressing one OF the most dem
onstrative and colorful audiences Of
his presidential drive in the Fifth
Regiment Armory in Baltimore last
night, the democratic presidential
nominee vigorously assailed the lea
que and the Klan and oontended that
republican leaders, including Her
bert Hoover. were "wiggling and
wobbling" on the question of prohi-
bition because their party was held
right down to earth by the power
and the influences Of the forces of in
tolerance"
Says G. o. r. Stands Pat
Speaking in the same building
where Woodrow Wilson was nomi-
mated Is years ago and with the war
presidents widow on the platform.
the governor devoted a large part of
his speech to the argument that hte
republican party stood for "the old
order of things" and stand patism as
opposed TO the democratic stand for
progressive" treatment of the big
questions facing the country. For
eign policy, vaterpower, the tariff.
government reorganizauon-all were
dealt with in detail before prohibi-
tion and intolerance we're reached.
The Anti-Saloon League. the nomi-
Continued on page two)
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-30
FREDRICHSHAFEN
PREPARES WELCOME

FRIEDRICHSHAFEN. any,
Oct. 30.-tPl-A radio message re-
ceived from the Graf Zeppelin az
$3.50 a. ~. today $3.50 eastern
standard time. said that at 6 a. m.
the airship was $50 miles northeast
of Cape Race, Newfoundland. All
vas well on board.
The birthplace OF the zeppelins
made preparations to welcome the
largest airship built, racing home to
complete the first commercial air
voyage 20 America and return. The
huge air liner is expected to arrive
here tomorrow afternoon. Her
flight is viewed as an acid test 70
the dirigible's claim 10 be received
as a medium of ocean air travel
which would definitely remove such
craft from the realm of legend and
experiment.
As soon as the town fathers learn
ed that the Graf Zeppelin had left
Lakehurst. N. j., they decreed the
erection Of a rostrum on the air
Continued on page two.)
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-30
$4,000 Demanded
AS Wife Ransom

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 30.--tP,-
Receipt Of letter demanding st0.-
GOO ransom for the safe return of
Mrs. Elnora Cooper, 81. who dis
appeared here last Thursday. vas
reported 70 the police last night Nv
her husband. Ray u. Cooper. "A street
car employe.
The letter. which apparently had
been mailed in Sacramento at ESQ
p. m. yesterday. instructed Cooper
to leave $4,000 in 800 bills "or
end Dumbsrton bridge Tuesday st
~ y. m" numharton bridge IN
structure spanning lower San Fran
cisco bav.
"Don'tb ring ccps,f ~ if ycu 40
she goes in the bay thc note con-
tinued. "If the money ia marked.
she starves to death. She gets
nothing 20 eat until we get the
money. II you do what we say she
will he left in n safe place
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-30

Lad Who Stole Ride
On Yep Is Becoming
Noted Gate CraSher'

NEW YORK. Oct. 30.-tAP)-
The Graf Zeppelin's sto~away, a
19-year-old ST. Louis boy who
looks younger than his age, has
been crashing gates" the last
two years from New York TO
Nome.
His name is Clarence Terhune.
hut fellow caddies at the Rye,
y. T., Country club called him
"St. Louis" His parents are
dead. his father. Charles Terhune,
a st. Louis barber. having killed
his wife and himself last July.
He was born in ST. Louis and
attcdncd school there until two
years ago, his hrother-in-law.
George NJ Hall revealed. His
first wanderings carried him on
a hitch-hiking trip from st. Louis
10 the Pacific coast from which
he returned TO crash the gate at
the Dempsey-Tunncy fight at Sol
dier Field. Chicago.
Then followed more wandering
about the country. caddying when
the need for money arose. He
was stowaway on a government
cruiser bound for Nome, Alaska,
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-30
U.S.BOaydUyge
Railroad Grant
Increase In Pay

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30.--tPl-The
emergency board appointed BY Pres
ident Coolidge to investigate the
wage dispute on western railroads
has recommended Is - per cent
increase in wages without change Of
rules, or alternatively. z IL per
cent increase il certain rules arc
eliminated.
Further. the arbitration board pro-
posed that whichever alternative the
railroads and train service unions
accepted should be put into effect
rctroactively, and the terms made 20
apply as of Nav !. 1923. a date on
which the controversy developed.
The solution Of the controversy
suggested dealt with the discussion
of complicated rules governing the
application of wage scales hitherto
agreed upon between the brother
hoods and the railroads. These have
long blocked a settlement Of the CON
troversy. A number Of these rules.
upheld BY the brotherhoods. have
been viewed by railroad executives
as unnecessarily hampering the ef-
ficiency of railroad service.
Suggest Rule Changes
In consequence. the arbitration
board suggested that the conductors
and trainmen take either the 8 ~
per cent increase in wages, keeping
the present form Of contract and
rules. or that they obtain IL
per cent increase, concedinC certain
alteration in the standard rules.
| Specifically. the board mentioned the
elimination Of the present rule linz
iting the tonnage Of freight on q
single train.
Additional recommendation were
made as to modification Of other
rules, affecting the operation Of
trains where additional locomotives
are attached TO "boost" trains over
short stretches. and where the num-
Der Of cars are limited.
Under the railroad labo board
pocedure. the arbitration report
made to Pesident Coolidge must be
considered by both the carriers and
brotherhoods during a period OF 80
days. Neither side may legally pro-
duce a situation resulting in sus-
pension Of operations during that
period. In case they accept the
| findings. differences will be com
pletely settled.
luCFedsc 1tflteu
The report said that consider
ing the increases granted TO other
train service employees in the east
ern. southeastern and western dis
tricts, and despite the award Of
June, 1927. the carriers would not
have been justified in refusing an
increase similar TO that granted the
engineers and firemen OF the west
ern district"
1t added that the carriers "were
justified in offering an increase Of
IL per cent TO the standard rates.
containing. in addition to the rates
SO increased, the existing differen-
tials for mountain and other special
service
considering the purpose and in
tent Of the railway labor act and the
evidence presented" the report con-
tinued. "the question of the wage in
crease demanded and the differ
ences arising thereon during the ne
gotiations are proper questions for
arbitration. IL the spirit of the law
is to guide the action of carriers
and employees.
No Reason for Strike
However. il il difficult to sec why
this controversy should have ar
rived at state where il could not
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-30
Youth Robbed z
Dallas Homes to
Get College Fund

DALLAS. Texas. Oct. 3O.-tPi-
Having robbed % homes within a
few blocks Of his own residence, a
Dallas high school graduate. 16. has
been halted in his career as a
s<rgiar.
Needing money TO spend in college.
although his father intended to paw
the youths ex. enses, the lad said
he turned to robbery. After he had
looted % homes. taking only money.
he was captured.
A diary he had kept showed exact
dates ard times Of the robberies AZ
well as the amount of money he got.
One entry said: SCOT shot at. but no
valuables."
All persons whose homes the youth
had robbed refused to prosecute,
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-30

was the only known witness 10 the
tragedy. He said he tried 10 get Lig-
gett to leave the scene. but that the
grain merchant declined to leave
The only statement of Liggett to the
police was that Cunningham fired
first.
Cunningham was southern presi-
dent of the GreeterS. national hotel
mems organization, and long promi.
nent in his field. Liggett is identi.
fled with civic enterprises Of Nash
Vile.
Mrs. Cunningham detailed events
leading up 20 the shooting in answer
TO police questions, declaring that
she began surreptitious visits with
Liggett about Christmas a year ago
Mrs. Cunningham prefaced her
statement to police BY charging Lig-
gett had been vicious" with her
attempting to slash her throat and
twice attempting to shoot her. Later
she declared she "just felt this asso-
citation was going to cause a trag-
edy."
Describing the events preceding the
tragedy. Mrs. Cunningham declared
Liggett called her twice yesterday
afternoon, at 5:l5 and $3.50 .. m. and
insisted upon seeing her.
Il felt that I was being watched
but finally consented TO see him in
the garage" she said.
On the way TO the garage, in the
rear of the home, Mrs. Cunningham
declared. she thought she saw some
one hiding nearby, and warned Lig-
gett when she first saw him. and
Liggett finally decided to leave. Mrs
Cunningham said she had scarcely
reached her door when she heard a
shot.
Returning. she found her husband
lying wounded on the ground. and
kiger standing by him, she said.
Mrs. Cunningham and Kiger placed
the wounded man in an automobile
and rushed him TO the Vanderbilt
University hospital, but Cunningham
was dead upon arrival, according 10
her statement.
Mrs. Cunningham said her husband
had found Liggett in their home last
March and warned him not to return
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-30
COLD ABATES
over STATE
Warmer Weather Seen
For North; To Be
Cooler Here

DALLAS. Texas. Oct. 3G.-,Pp-
Temperatures at 5 a. NJ. today rang
ing from 81 degrees at Amarillo 70
20 at Brownsville. Texas, tonight and
tomorrow promised warmer weather,
abatinC the present wet cold wave.
Freezing temperatures which had
been forecast for the Panhandle fail
ed to develop in all but two towns.
Miami and Seymourc both recorded
low temperatures Of 80 degrees.
Due t. more easterlv trend than
was anticipated. Brownsville Tues
day morning had not received tho
full blow Of the Texas norther but
was beginning to feel its outbulging
effect in temperature of III al
s a. m.
The forecast was for a continued
drop with probability that so would
Be reached Tuesday night. Contin-
ued local rains were predicted.
CORPUS CHRISTI. Texas. Oct. 80.
--lPl-The temperature had dropped
to co degrees at s a. m. here today
with colder weather forecast.
SAN ANTONIO. Texas, Oct. 30
Pi-Northeasterly winds brought q
drop in temperature here from ~
Monday afternoon 70 10 Tuesday
morning.
AUSTIN, Texas. Oct. 30.-tPt--A
50 degree drop in temperature 10
around 40 degrees gave Austin snd
Continued on page eight
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-30
Woman In Case
Tells Of Affair;
TeuueSSeUn Held

NASHVILLE, Tenn. Oct 3O.-tPJ-
Walter L. Liggett, prominent grain
merchant shot end killed Turney NJ.
Cunningham. manager OF large
downtown Nashville hotel last night,
IN an alley behind the Cunningham
home. He admitted the shooting
and was placed in Jail on charges of
murder and carrying weapon.
In a signed statement TO police a
few hours later Mrs. Cunningham
said she had been meeting the grain
merchant secretly almost a year and
that she had gone to her garage last
night TO meet him "for a few min
utes" after first refusing TO do so.
Earl kiger. a private detective,
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-30

be settled BY mutual negotiations.
At one stage or another Of this long
protracted dispute the carriers have
offers. expressed in cents per basic
no change of rules; and at one stage
or another the employees have eX-
pressed a Willingness to accept IL
per cent increase, with no change Of
rules. The difference between these
effers. expressed in cents per basic
amounts 20 from to Z cents per
day. The board regards this differ
Continued on page eight
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-30

when his mother was killed. Aft
er his trip To Alaska he returned
to st. Louis where he remained 10
DAYS and again vanished.
lie appeared at the Rye Coun-
try club three months ago and
obtained a job as caddy and a
room at the home Of Mrs John
&. Donnelly in Rye.
Paul Pellasco. the professional
at the Country club. said Terhune
was quiet chap who usually ap-
peared at the links in the morn
ing with bag Of cakes which
were his breakfast and lunch. He
told Pcllasco a few days ago that
he had saved $50 and was going
away because he didn't like the
cold weather.
lie took a bath Saturday morn
ing at the rooming house. brush
ed his hair and walked out. tell
ing Mrs. Donnelly he would he
hack after n while. He had con-
fided to Mrs. Donnelly's son, how
ever. that he was going on n
long journey" He had also told
the boy that he would have liked
10 have been on the zeppelin on
the first crossing.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-30
BOILER BLAST
FATAL TOFIVE
Steel Is Hurled ZOO
Yards to Raze
Store

ETHEL, Miss. Oct. 30.-lPy-Five
men were killed and a heavy steam
roller was hurled 200 yards into a
store building here today when the
boiler exploded at the Mcdaniel
Planning Mill.
Apparently out of water. the steam
box on the mills engine cracked open
with a mighty roar, destroyed the
building in which il was located and
sailed through space into Askin's
store across the road. demolishing
that structure and damaging the
postofficc next door with small bits
Of steel and wood.
l.. o. Lord and a machinst named
Peten. aged about 45, were killed in
stantly- Both were in the boiler
room. Three others died later. They
Continued on page eight)
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-30

HARLINGEN, Oct. 30.-Votes IN
water and light plant here we're Lead
ing the opposition by approximately
100, according to an unofficial check
made at noon. Tuesday.
Interest is running high and q rec
ord poll is expected.
No official count will ne given out
until after the polls have closed. II
is said.
The election being conducted to-
day is on the question az accepting
the offer Of the Central Power and
Light Co. OF Sl.5S0.OO for the city
properties.
This money is to be paid to the
city by the company assuming all cf
HarlinEen's Indebtedness In bonds
and warrants. which amounts ~ ap-
proXimately $1.5S0.O0O.
Active campaigns for and against
the proposed sale have been conduct
ed for the past two weeks centerinT
mainly in advertising in newspapers,
direct mail advertising, and tvs
meetings in the city. at one Of which
talks were made against the sale,
and at the other talks for the sale.