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Evening star., 1928-06-10
ny WILL ROGERS.

w YELL, All know is Just what
IA I read In the papers and
wv what happen 10 see and
hear as have an ear TO the
ground. Lets get off politics,
and corruption. and International rela-
tions, and Texas. and Boulder Dams.
and Farm feliefa and get down and
speak to everybody In their Native
tongue.
What you say We have little chat
on the Movies? Haven't disned out any
Movie scandal to you In a long time
| Well. ! have been cut here now for
about ak weeks. and It's just kinder the
on season. Spring marrying Is about
over, and Summer divorces haven't quite
got going good, But here is something
that might be lot Of news 70 you, /
was Just talking 10 some OF the biggest
men In the whole industry and they
Told me some very surprising things,
undergoing a great change. That in
four or fiye years you will look back
and laugh at yourself for ever having
sit for hours and just looked at Pictures
with no voice or 20 sound,
! am not veiy much Of a Movie fan,
and don't get around much, but | had
just thought that the Taking Pictures
we're kind Of fad, and that they
would die out like they did years ago
when they tried 10 start them. But
| these men told me 0f the millions and
millions 0f dollars that they are spend
Ing IN talking equipment, All The big
! Companies have made contracts With
the General Electric Il think that's The
one that holds most OF the patents on
| the sound and they are all going III for
~ heavy These men said that Movies
/ now are as much III their infancy as
/ when years ago we all got excited over
| The Great Train Robbery" IN some
htekleodeon, They say thai The talk
ana sounds have just begin 10 develop.
That The ones you hear nov are very
| crude IN comparison Lo the ONES you
WI get Ia q year or 80 Sound Is In
about the stage that Photography vas
IN Movies ! 8 years sao, Every picture
] VIII bring new Developments.
Evening star., 1928-06-10

audience, for with this new intelligence
coming In so sudden there Is going TO
be a lot OF Movie fans that cant
stand II. and they will drift 10 the
Radio, where they will hear the an.
nonnoer say II have some Telegrams
here that would like to read",-~"Fro~
gram coming In fine, Ooolagah Kia-
wants Club" But / hear real trained
Actors fthat never won any contest In
their liVesl speak real lines that real
human being would utter, why You are
going To drag many a new recruit
back to the Cinema"
Your trained Dogs aud your trained
horses can nutdraW the Movie stars
but when II gets down 10 Acting, and
talking IN natural way. why the
animals will have 10 20 back 10 the
Cironses Each big company Is put~
ting 10 Studios In Los Angeles and
New York t0n. They also have the
sound recording apparatus ~ arranged
That they have them on q kind Of
trucks and they can haul them easily
Evening star., 1928-06-10

anywhere and record q speech or event
at It's original place the same a. they
can take the pictures there with q
Camera There Ia about thousand
Theaters equipped now with the means
OF showing sound Pictures, and they
ara equipping others just as fast aa
possible. These Movie Magnatea said.
'ali the great dramatic stage actors.
that wasent any good for the Movie
fan James. because they showed their
age, they win he able 10 go on now
and give the whole people all over
the world q chance To see and hear
their wonderful voices, even II they
have no Sex Appeal"
They say that the Kreialers and John
M0Cormacks can make more from their
few records on the screen than In
ell their travels and Concert work, and
more people can see and really hear
them. at one third the price they have
To pay At a Concert. So Il looks like
old Hollywood wont he as Dumb as
II has been,
tconyriGht lesh,l
Evening star., 1928-06-10

how you feel and I know how feel.
and I'm not going TO live this way all
the rest Of my life"
But II l make the grade"
You get me straight" she said. II
amt quitting you because you've failed
on this. Maybe you won't fail. I think
you'n win by keeping at 1t. But don't
care you do, except for yourself. What
mean is that I won't stick around
where I'm not wanted"
| But I want you"
you don't"
| II do"
LIE lifted his eyes. still tear wet, to
her. Il know I've been a fool" he
said. Il know I've tinkered with this
thing when I should have been seeing
that the baby and you had little rec
reation. I've spent money on it we
couldn't afford and I've-yes. love It,
l love the thrill of it. I love the feeling
that maybe I'm going to get something
big. But 1t hasn't come between me
and you"
There's no use in fighting about 1t
now, Davy. I've seen this thing coming
a long time. Don't you suppose know
1t when see It? Didn't pa used 10 get
Ike that every Spring until he got too
old? Wasn't he always wanting to go
to new places?"
That's it," David cried ITS In our
blood. All Of US Americans do want
the new places I guess My folks want
ed them and they took them. But the
new places are gone, Margie. This is
our way. We're trying to shove out into
something we haven't known. The air.
that's our new frontier. I'm fighting for
ward in 1t just the way your father and
my father fought into the West. Don't
you suppose your mother knew what he
was doing? My mother knew what my
father felt. She stuck. Your mother
stuck. Aren't you going to stick to me?"
My mothe- stuck all right" Her
voice wayered. 1T killed her, though
in the end"
My mothers alive"
Maybe your fathers different from
mine. Maybe-are you like your father,
Davy?"
Some ways. Oh, Marge, be a sport
This can't go on this way. I-I1l tell
you what I'll do. I'll sell the radio to-
morrow for anything it'll bring and YOU
cen buy yourself dress. and-maybe
We could get a fiat somewhere and -"
Evening star., 1928-06-10

The rasping harshness of interference
set him swearing bitterly and he twist
ed and turned until nc had blotted 1t
out. Carefully he re-eXamined con-
denser and transformer, connections
and batteries. Searchingly he studied
the comparative glow Of power in the
tubes. Tentatively he cut from the
seven to the six tube strength. only to
swing back again.
That ought to get It," he thought,
but tiny ray Of Encouragement had
crept into his tone. oh" he NUT
tered. "if it'd only clear, so that could
beat this static!"
Then. with the grimness of the pin-
ncer, he went back to the dials
Every possible Formulation and COM
bination of condenser dial and wave
length trembled under his 1.-the hands
Station after station. some big, some
little, some on the Pacific, some on the
Atlantic, some on the Gulf, some on
the Great Lakes, some in Oklahoma
others in Georgia. stayed In long
enough to inform him of their call
numbers. then faded out under his rest
less twisting. A magician Of the air,
he sat upon his throne Of skill. with
the genii of science speeding to his
summons bringing to him such Won
ders as Alexander and Caesar, Genghis
Khan and Napoleon never dreamed
For him the cities of the world were
sounding their souls. and he. as had
his people through the generations was
pushing on to new frontiers,
I'm going to get London" he
banged. Come on. boy come onr
David went over a group of logs. his
own and set of newspaper clippings.
striving to fit In the London wave
length with others he had already
brought In. Narrowing down the radius
OF his search, he went over the dial
with such steadiness Of touch as a
safe-breaker would have envied.
Il might take to breaking 'em open
If this doesn't come" he thought
Evening star., 1928-06-10

| In, carrying the little girl She looked
tired and a little bedraggled.
She began to undress the child, who
cried sleepily.
Il wish you'd turn that off for q
while" Margie complained. She'll
never get to sleep, with 1t going full
| blast"
He shut off the plug and waited for
| her to put the baby to bed. The child
sank back into sleep almost as soon as
her head touched the pillow. and Mar
gle drew up chair under the light and
resumed the book she had been read
ing when he had come home.
Can I start now2" he asked her.
Go ahead" she said alphabetically
Once more. he swung back into the
wide circuit OF sound. but. once more
the object of his struggle evaded him.
ITS, In there somewhere" he
thought, frowning over the apparatus.
"rve got the volume for it, and the
range, and it ought to come"
Again he filled the room with every
variety Of noise. while Margie sat mo-
tionless, apparently immersed in her
novel.
Don't you want to go to bcd?" he
stopped long enough to ask her.
What's the use?" she said II
couldn't sleep. Getting anything?"
Not yet
Her silence suddenly became more
eloquent that the sounds of the room.
So she thought he couldn't do It? Well,
he'd show ner! With the passionate
wish for justification urging him, he
kept on, but In vain. Moment after
moment sped by. bringing nothing of
greater accomplishment. Wearied, he
began to sag What was the use? kept
ringing in his ears Under the medley of
jazz Some one would do 1t some day,
perfecting an instrument that would
go beyond his own and accomplish
the goal. After that~~well there would
be other heights to be scaled, but ne
would have failed In his first great one.
and the zest OF climbing could not be
the same He was getting older, and.
all over the world, boys, boys free to do
as they pleased. we're crowding up to
him. He sighed at the thought, and
his fingers moved more slowly.
A BLUR of sound wave. breaking
through the music. galvanized
him into hope for an instant. but II
died away, and he fell back into the
widening pool OF discouragement. Per-
haps IL couldn't be done. He was a
fool TO think that he'd be the one to
do 1t. when the coast was full of men
and boys who had the same hope. II
only he could be free to work upon it!
II only he weren't held to the other
Job of bread-winning! He could starve.
II he had to: he could get along on
next to nothing while he worked, but
| with Margie and the baby. what could
he do? There was no use In trying to
hold out. He might as well give In. He
was failure.
Whats the matter?" Margies voice
came sharp across his musings.
"Nothing--new."
Something is."
mo there isn't"
He turned away. that she might not
see is face. bu he knew that she had
put down her book to watch him. Sud-
Evening star., 1928-06-10

/ You're going to hear It." he said, but
the flame had died down with her
taunting grin. Ready" he said shortly
Ready"
The baby moved her soft hands over
his face as he bore her outward.
Daddy loves you" he assured her, IN
a tone lowered so that Margie could
not hear 1t. She smiled at him and
cuddled her head down on his shoulder
This is no night to take her out" he
grumbled.
well. it's your own fault" said
Marsie She moved beside him airily
| her spirits rising as they moved within
zone of clustered lights merging in the
| fog. Let's go down the hill to Christen-
sens" she urged.
Il can't afford it.
You spent So for that COIL" she re-
preached him II saw the bill
Look here" he told her. IF ! can
make that radio do what I think / can
we'll be riding the gravy wagon"
I'm sick of tomorrowS," she said,
That's all I've ever had since married
you"
Love YOU. daddy" the baby crooned.
II love you" he told her
ITS cinch he doesn't love me, >
Margie told the child.
x
CHE led the way into the chop suey
parlor and called the waiter sharply.
Under the spell Of listlessness he
could not explain. David fell silent.
Margie ordered their dinner without
suggestion from him. AS she frowned
over the card. he studied her furtively
She was just as pretty as she had been
when they married. he decided She
hadn't changed much, not even in her
assertiveness He had known that quail
ity in the days of their courtship, but
it had amused him then, since it had
not been trained upon him. No she
was just about the same, and he
wasn't much different. What was
it, then, that had come between
Evening star., 1928-06-10

whimsically "I'Ve got to do something.
or we're going smash"
The thought of Margie, intruding
itself for the first time since he had
come back, pulled him out OF his con-
centration. The poor kid was having
hard time OF IL, he decided. 1t was
no fun living this way--not for a girl,
anyhow In glow OF generosity
toward her he decided that hers should
certainly be the first fruits Of his sue
cess
Wen get that house." he planned.
then forgot everything else in a new
idea
He was deep In II when Margie came
Evening star., 1928-06-10

blared forth. filling the little room with
strange echoes OF distant places. Strains
of an orchestra from San Francisco.
Of band from Calgary, Of reader
from Kansas City. Of chorus in
Dallas crowded each other. The STAG
cato call OF an s o s clamored from
ship out at sea, driving, for time,
all the coast stations from the air.
Through Chicago he worked eastward,
lifting New York at last A tenor s
voice sang through the horn, but David
Burt, pushing toward triumph of his
own. recked nothing Of what he heard.
She's coming In fine" ne mufmured.
wen get through" he told 1t.
Wen make the grade"
Evening star., 1928-06-10
LIE lifted the baby and stood waiting

iof MsEEkE pfimpinR 10 end
cant We ~ w a movie after VIZ
eStf. Gl3f askfd him
We cant 30 W Il movie with her"
On, shs'N 60 " sleep"
You know skas wont"
Well, II she can sleep through tht
ElrikEe Of your Old radio, she can sleep
through anything
That's different"
On, yes, IT'S different, because ~
ygQss, II had EonethiRg that / spent
all the time and money on tnss you d6
On that, gsiese you'd make racket
"YoAa know why spend nancy on IL
You know that I'm getting II in shape
~ 90 something thst nobody else has
aons I'm going 10 get London on that
radio yet, tell yogt" His eyes blazed
I'm going 70 have a radio thatlI best
them ALL"
What goodII 1t do your" she tainted
'GOo62 What good did Il a. Maroon
~ MAKE tfse Wireiess2 What good did II
% Maxwell " discover what he didi
What about PHpinl Didn't all those feI,
lows have W plan, and test, and tinker
sn6 think before they ever got anything
what goo63 Why, II ! can raise TN
Cfyetsl Palace on that bsby there, III
have got through Whist nobody else eve
hs&e~-feg and mountains, snd storms
sn6 oeeE1"
vel ~ hNIseye IL when ! hfET il.
Evening star., 1928-06-10

w YELL, All know Is just what
read In the papers and
wv what happen 10 see and
v ' hear as have an ear 10 the
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1928-01-19
r q KF'7 NEWS

eanualy Is, Road Dulillng is
lne oluer OF lne Gay at rorakel
4ur. esIlu MIS-. .. W. OonIG;
we're Cd1oo W Tue you5iuc ot
wi. Seiioei S sister, Mrs. John
oluss as 0koeCrOcN, las. rrIuay
sorry TO Say CIlaC Whine Alien
towers, son CT Mi. ana Mrs. A.
w. Powers is very i'll Win meas
res, at this writing.
Ruby oIenlp tne aaughUe4 G.
MIR. and Mrs. j. G.. Slelnp has
been very i'll with Pneumonla
fever for some time, but IS
much improved at this time.
Mr.. AMI Mrs. Raj Harvey and
family were the guests OF MIR.
and Mrs. NJ. S. Beverly Sunday
evening.
Mr.. and Mrs, E. G. Robinson
ssre' the proud parents Of a fine
" boy, name Logan Beu-
ford.
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1928-01-19
CLEARER UNDERSTAND ING

Richmond, Va, Jan. 10 1928
Announcement was made in
Richmond today of the organic
aticn of the Virginia Committee
en- Public Utility Information,
with headquarters here.
Aims of the organization, ac-
cording to the announcement,
seek, through the distribution,
CT accurate information, a
part of the public of the pur-
poses and problems of utilities
in the Old Dominion. BY this
means, leaders hope the util-
tiles may be aided in contribut-
ing further to the industrial
development a n d progress
winch they pronounce so essen
tial at this time for Virginia.
While such an educational
undertaking is new in Virginia,
it is in line with a nation wide
movement which began several
years ago and has extended to
more than thirty states. Similar
committees have been function
ing in West Virginia and North
Carolina for the past five or six
years.
The committee is sponsored
by the public utilities Associate
on of Virginia, which represent
an utility investment in the
State reaching into the hundred
of millions of dollars. The serv.
ice of the member companies
covers all of Virginia and mum.
bers hundreds of thousands
among it's customers. Following
the initiation of this movement
other companies have joined
and it is expected by those fost
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1928-01-19
SCH0O COLUMN

The main business to come
before the School Boarl on Feb
ruary seventh will BE- .
eer of the STANDARD schools. It is
likely that some forty schools
will appyl for standardization.
AMI most of these should be ap-
proved.
It should, be borne in mind
that standards must be fully
met if the school is to run nine
months. Mr.. E. E. Worrell, Sup
'crvisor of Rual Schools, urges
that no schools be approved by
the local board unless allreuuir-
ments are met. Patrons should
be Informed that teachers must
hold the elementary certificate
y have had one year of exper-
fence prior to the present sess-
ion, or a first grade certificate
with three years of experience
prior to the present session to
have the school standardized.
Equipment and sanitary requir-
ments must also be fulfilled. In
view of the proposed program
ct the board to equip and repair
the buildings to meet standard
requirements before next sess-
on, the State officials will make
whatever exceptions they can.
The local board will approve on
" schools meeting the require
tents in most particulars, and
1T is thought the State officials
will approve any school nine
months that are recommended
by the county school board.
The beard will make flo 1903
md 20 school budget on the bas-
is OF nine-month school for eve
~ section that desires the STAN
dard term. Perhaps seveal Sc
hools will start on July 10 or 16,
SO that the nine-month term
viii close byor before the end of
Mo"ch. If patrons wish schools
to begin by July 16, please write
to me or your trustee about this.
y shall find out soon the number
of teachers that can begin on
that date. About % teachers
have their certificates to expire
Tune 80. 1928. These will chief
ly be renewed by returning tc
summer school. A total of 4e
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1928-01-19
SLENP FOR CONGRESS

! More than passing interest
was taken in the statement of
John G. Anderson yesterday to
the effect that Bascome Slemp
is not averse to becoming the
Republican candidate for Con-
oress in the Ninth District in
1928.
Mr., Anderson declared that
Mr.. Slemp had not exactl-7 stat
ed that he would accept The
nomination. but asserted that
he believed the former congress
man wocld make the race if
urged to do so bv his party. The
question was discussed at the
Roanoke Republican meeting
last Saturday.
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1928-01-19

Practically all of the soils OF
Virginia respond to the use of
commercial fertilizer, but it is
difficult without knowing the
soil and what is in it, to say
just what fertilizer would suit
any crop on a particular field,
according to a statement by the
Agricultural Service of Virgin
ia Polytechnic Institute at
Blackspurg.
About the only way to- tell
what any one of the soils needs
is to try different fertilizers on
1sl7or and see how the crop re-
Spcnds," the statement contin-
lies, ''The state experimentSta-
ton has made many such trials
ond can offer advice of value it
it is correctly interpreted and
applied"
The statement points out
that fertilizers intelligently
used have always paid high di-
vidends. Most of the farmers OF
the state would find it profit
able to use larger applications
: The right kind of fertilizers
Higher analyses than those
generally used, if containing
the saroe proportionate amount
of plant food, will save freight
and handling cost, too"
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1928-01-19
HONEY CAMP NEWS

Little Agnes and Virgie RicE
-ards0n have returned to schco
after several days CT illness. W.
ere olad to have them in schoo
again.
Mr.. N. J. Richardson. whe
oe been or the siuk list for sew
elo' davs is much better at this
writing.
N''r Sunday School is holding
~ en(endid considering the We
ofher condition.
N'7r attendance is good, but we
lone it will increase when the
E~eothcr opens up. We have be-
on informed that several people
7y'H attend and take part as So
on as tho weather permits. We
will be glad to have them with
us.
0u~ singing choir is improv-
ine fast.
pvof M. w. Remines preach
IS at Honey Camp tho second
Sunday in everv month. Come
net and hear him.
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1928-01-19

Mr.. and Mrs. Clinton Suther-
land and family, of Praise, Ky,
spent the week end with Mr..
and Mrs. Avon B. Sykes.
Miss Bulah Mullins spent the
week end in Roanoke, Va, Wis
itlng her sister Miss Eva Null
ms, who is attending collcse
there.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kilby Fuller, of
Haysi, Va, spent Saturday and
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Par
kis Fuller.
Mr. Paris Charles of Hunting
ION, w. Va, was seen in town
this week.
Mrs. f. H. Sutherland and
Miss Pauline Sutherland spent
the week end in Roanoke, va.
Ira Hale. George Sutherland
and Walter B. Phipps attended
the Republican State Commit
ee meeting at Roanoke, Va, Jan
-uary 18th.
Mrs. Holiday Tiller, of Haysi
was visiting her daughter Est
ellie, who is in school here.
J. G. Mullins of Haysi, was
business visitor in Clintwood,
Wednesday and Thursday.
Miss Virginia Cole was called
to her home at Chilhowie, Va,
on the account of the death of
her aunt Mrs. L. M. Cole.
John w. Flanagan, of Bristol,
Va, was a business visitor in
our town this week.
Mrs. w. P. Kenneday. who
has been in Abingdon Hospital
for some time was able to be re-
moved home last week.
J. G. Smith and Dewy Hale
made business trip tc Blue
field, W. Va, Tuesday.
The tickets are now being
sold for the Banquet to be held
at. the Methodist Church. ON Jan
-uary %. Buy your ticket now
d re sure of a place,
Rev. Jos. P. Kelly paid this
office call today.
Are you one of the first sub
scribers to the Dickinson Coun-
ty Herald? If you are your sub
scription will soon expire. vii
you let us have your renewal so
you will not miss an issue.
Mr.. w. M. Hider and Alice
Combs, were married here last
Tuesday, by Elder J. j. Stanley.
Mr.. Hider is an employee of the
Clinchfield Coal Corp, of Clin-
Chico, Va.
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1928-01-19
Rs. ada FLEMING
PASSES AWAY
0 0 0 O

Clintwood, Va, Jan. 18-Mrs.
Ada Fleming, Wife of Jonas
Fleming passed to the great be-
yond near here yesterday after
a lingering illness of a few mon
this. She was 33 years 4 months
cid and the mother of A children
the eldest of which is only IL
years of age Jay Morell, Harold
Feed 8, Palmer Z, and Blanche
5.
She was the laughte of Harri-
son and Blanche Johnson. and
has two brothers and one sister
surviving. She was a member of
the Regular Baptist Church and
has been for the past 16teen
years.
She was laid to rest Wednes-
dav in the family cemetery alb
out two miles from town. Elder
E. D. Baker and j. J. Stanley
conducted the funeral services.
Besides her family and near
relatives she leaves behind her
2 host Of friends to mourn her
loss.