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The Washington times., 1929-12-16
Hunter, ,6S, iii In Bed,
Gets Big Deer With
Single Shot !

CHARLEMONT, Mass, Dec.
16.-Jolln Ellsworth, 6s-year-old
veteran hunter, shot and killed
with one discharge Of his shot
gun 200-pound eight-point buck
in the next town, while con-
fined to his sick bed.
Ellsworth's wife told him she
had sighted a buck outside the
house. She bolstered him up in
bed, handed him his shotgun
and opened the lower sash Of
the window. The couple live on
the Charlemont-Heat line.
Ellsworth, crack shot, fired
once at the buck. some IS yards
distant, and It, fell dead over the
town line in Heath, after bound
ing about Is feet after being
hit. EllSworth'S son retrieved
the buck. a handsome specimen.
The Washington times., 1929-12-16
BATTLE GROUP
HONORS VET

FREDERICKSBURG, Va, Dec.
16.-V. M. Fleming, said to have
been the man who fired the last
shot in the battle Of Fredericks-
burg, fought here 81 years ago,
was honored at q special meeting
Of the National Battlefield Parks
Memorial Commission, Of which
he is member, held on the battle
anniversary. Resolutions express
ing the highest regard for Flem-
ing's work as commissioner Of the
battlefield memorials were passed.
The meeting was attended by
representative business and pro-
fessional men and city officials.
Mai. Gen. John A. Glen, U. s. A.,
retired, known as "the drummer
( )y of Shiloh" is a member of the
commission and presided at the
meeting.
The Washington times., 1929-12-16
Cannon and Thatcher
On District Committee

Representative Wood, chairman
of the House Appropriations Com
mittee, has announced the ap.
rointment of two new members
of the subcommittee on District
appropriations.
The new members are Repre-.
sentative Clarence Canon (D.D Of
Ssouri and Representative
Maurice H. Thatcher lR.) Of
Kentucky. Cannon is serving
his fourth term in the House and
occupies the late Champ Clark s
old place. He served as parlia.
mentarian of the House during
Republican and Democratic nd.
n1inistrations. Representative Sim.
mons of Nebraska is chairman
of the subcommittee.
The Washington times., 1929-12-16
.NISSOURIAN 118
LOOKS AHEAD

POPLAR BLUFFS. Mo-, Dec. 16
(IN.S0-"I'm good for long
time yet"
These we're the words spoken
by ''Uncle" Tommy Kemp, l1S
years old.
IT just live a normal life" he
said. Il walk plenty, work all I
want to, eat and drink what I
please, ana that includes coffee
and tobacco. When I could get
it, I used to drink considerable
whisky, too. I have never used
spectacles."
"Yes, I'll be 1l9 next Septenl-
Der TO-" he declared.
II am positive I'm 118 years
old. Why, in 1851 I was too old
to serve in the civil war"
Few persons realize that Uncle"
Tommy is probably the oldest
man in Missouri. He doesn't act
any more than so, according to
his friends.
The Washington times., 1929-12-16
|. S. HIGHWAYS
/ ARE CALLED
. DISGRACE

Declaring that the situation ex-
isting on Federally-owned roads
Leading from the District into
Arlington county. Va, to be
"public disgrace" Secretary of
War Patrick j. Hurley has sent
to Congress the draft of a bill
providing for the policing Of the
roads. s
The bill was contained in a
letter to the Speaker of the
House and was referred to the
House Military Affairs Commit.
tee.
Secretary Hurley asks Congress
TO provide for the proper policing
Tor distance of five miles. from
the District borders the 46-odd
miles Of Federally.owned roads in
Arlington county. At the present
time, he declared, there is no
law covering the subject and
neither the Federal park police
nor Arlington county authorities
have any jurisdiction over the
highways.
The situation has become
public disgrace. especially along
the road leading from the High
way Bridge to Arlington Cemetery
where numerous cars have fre.
Quently parked at night In order
to utilize this road (becauSe it is
not policed by anybody as a
place for carrying out immoral
practices" the War Secretary
declared. s /
Hurley suggests that the law
call upon the United States
District Court for the Eastern
Virginia District to appoint a
commissioner convenient to the
roads to try cases brought in by
the United States Park Police
who would patrol the highways.
The traffic laws Of Virginia
would be used in order that two
sets of highway rules would not
be in force within the State. The
costs would be paid out of the
executive offices appropriations.
The Washington times., 1929-12-16
HObOes More Honest,
Train Robberies Show

Hoboes are becoming honest!
Losses due to robbery Of freight
while in transit were the lowest
for the first six months this year
on record, the American Railroad
Association q announc ed. Such
tneftS totaled $410,103 in claims,
8 decrease Of $l2T. .15T over the
same period in 1928. and a drop
Of about $6,OOO.O0O below the
amount paid out in the first half
Of 1920. when the losses were the
greatest in history.
Increasing honesty Of buns,
who ride the trains and loiter
around freight yards and eff
cheney of the private policemen Of
the yards caused the slump in
thefts.
The Washington times., 1929-12-16
Fractured Hip in Fall
Brings Death in 2 Weeks

FALLS CHURCH, Va, Dec. is.
Mrs. Mary A. Ballard, Of West
Falls Church. SO, died as the
result Of a fall two weeks ago
when she fractured her nip.
Mrs. Ballard resided in Falls
Church for A years.
She Is survived by her husband
and by four children, Mrs. Ralph
Smith, Of Braintree, Mass;
Hiram Ballard, Of Penn Yam,
N. Y: Miss May Ballard, Of
Falls Church, and Edwin Ballard.
also of Falls Church.
The Washington times., 1929-12-16
Two Men and Woman
Hurt in Auto Collision

Three persons were injured in
an automobile collision at North
Capitol and Franklin Sts., last
night.
Moses Goss, 2E. and Gertrude
Goss, 20, of 135 M st. S. E.. were
treated at sibiey Hospital for
cuts. Charles r. Herold, 80. of
% Franklin st. N E., was treated
at Casualty Hospital for a posi-
BILE fracture of the left shoulder.
According to police HerOld was
operating one of the automobiles;
the other, they say. in which the
GoSSeS were riding, was operated
by Reuben Harper. 1927 Tenth st.
N, w.
The Washington times., 1929-12-16
Mystery Death of Man
Laid to Natural Cause

Mystery surrounding the death
Of Bertram Whipp, %, who died
at Emergency Hospital yesterday,
several hours after he had been
removed from his home in the
1900 block Of Park Rd. N. W.,
in an unconscious condition, was
cleared last night when Coroner
hewitt issued a certificate Of
death from natural causes.
Examination revealed that he
died from a cerebral hemorrhage.
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1929-01-10
Underwood & Underwood

eating by side pipes with the various
dwellings, enabling the members to
draw their supplies of gas and water
from a common source.
"In a similar manner, it is con
ceivable that cables of telephone wires
could be laid underground, or sus
pended overhead, communicating by
branch wires with private dwellings,,
country houses, shops, manufactures,
ETC., etc, uniting them through the
main cable with a central office where
the wires could be connected as de
sired, establishing direct cOmmunica
ton between any two places in the
city. Such plan as this, though i'm
practicable at the present moment,
will, l firmly believe be the outcome
of the introduction of the telephone
to the public. Not only SO, but
believe, in the future. wires will unite
the head Offices OF telephone companies
in different cities and man in one
part of the country may communicate
by word of mouth with another in
distant place"
Nothing has done more to bring
about present-day telephone develop
ment than tie use Of cable. Using
this type of plant telephone companies
are able to serve large numbers of
telephones by wires enclosed in a
small space, the cables being strung
either on poles overhead or in con
duit systems under the ground Such
cables not only serve cities and towns,
but Connect far distant communities,
north, south, east and west, all over
the country. Telephone cable has
been used since 1879. The first cable
was installed by telephone company
in San Francisco. The first cable
used was homemade and consisted
of insulated wires drawn into a lead
pipe. But in 1883 a cable was manu-
featured which contained 100 wires
covered by a continuous lead sheath
ing very similar to the cable Of today
except thai modern day cables contain
thousands OF wires. The largest
cables manufactured and used by the
Bell Telephone System companies now
contain 1886 wires, each wire Being
separate and distinct from the other
and all enclosed in continuous lead
sheathing which protects the wires
from the elements and assures con.
tinuous and practically uninterrupted
telephone service.
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1929-01-10

/ wrought such havoc in 1918, but
There is practically a unamity of
opinion among the doctors to the
effect that the disease is of a mild
err type. The first onset does not
make the patient SO weak as did
the former attack, nor are there
so large a proportion of cases where
pneumonia complications develop.
Pneumonia is ncs infrequent, but
is much less so than was the case
in the former epidemic.
There is, however, says DR.. Will
liams, the same tendency to relapse
and this is tn trouble against which
he desires to warn the people.
Even in ordinary times, says he,
there are not enough doctors in our
rural sections, and in times of stress
ike the resent, this scarcity makes
It virtually impossible for all peo-
lie to receive medical attention.
For this reason DR.. Williams has
broadcast throughout the state such
advice as will enable sufferers to
protect themselves, and to protect
ohers. He says:
To protect yourself, keep away
from crowds, avoid people who
do not cover their mouths and nos
es when they cough or sneeze, and
keep your body strong. Eat meals
t regular hours, exercise each day
n the open air by walking at elast
an hour, keep fresh air in the
ooms where you work or sleep,
tay at least nine hours in bed, and
vod drafts.
To protect others, cover your
ose and mouth with handker
,hief when you cough or sneeze
incline your head toward tn
ground. If there were no uncover
ID coughs or sneezes, there would
not be one terlth as many cases of
"eluenza. Germs which are cough
I'd toward the floor do not go out
nto the air and infect other peo-
,le Influenza germs are in the Sc
retions of the mouth.
At the first sign of influenza,
he first sore feeling in the mus
les, or the first symptom of bad
old, go to bed and begin the
soda treatment" Take level tea
'poon of cooking soda in glass Of
hot water every hour for four
hours. Do not keep this up after
The fourth dose. y may be danger
Gus to get too much soda in the
system, but four or five doses can
do no harm and may do much
either to avert the disease or to
lessen its severity. Stay in bed Do
not just go to bed and then get up
whenever you feel like walking
around.
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1929-01-10

AS prophet, Alexander Graham
Bell, the inventor OF the telephone,
was in a class by himself. And one
of his prophecies not only came true,
but he lived to see it developed to an
extraordinary degree. In 1878, just
two years after he had spoken the
first words over the te'enhone he
wrote a letter to a group of British
capitalists setting forth the advan-
tages of the telephone as means of
person-to-person communication.
Evidently the proposition outlined
in DR.. Bells letter did not appeal to
the Britishers, who, it seemed could
not vision the possibility of the tele
phone as being necessary in their
scheme of things. But in the United
States people were quick to recognize
the usefulness of this new commune
cation service and proceeded to put
it to practicable use and it is in
this country that the telephone has
attained it's highest degree of perfec-
ton. Today there are about 100000
telephone stations in operation in the
United States from which more than
75,000,000 calls result daily, officials
of the company say.
DR.. Bell, in his prophetic letter
which predicted the use of telephone
cable overhead and underground, said
in part;
1.-THE telephone may be briefly de-
scribed as an electric contrivance for
reproducing in distant places the
tones and articulations of speakers
voice, so that a conversation can be
carried on by word of mouth between
persons in different rooms, in diff
ferent streets, or in different towns.
'The great advantage it possesses
over every other form of electrical
apparatus consists in the fact that it
requires no skill to operate the instru-
ment. All other Geographic machines
produce signals which require to be
translated by experts, and such instru-
ments are therefore extremely limited
in their application, but the telephone
actually speaks, and for this reason
it can be utilized for nearly every
purpose for which speech is EN-
ployed.
AT the present time We have a
perfect network of gas pipes through.
out our large cities We have main
pipes laid under the streets communi-
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1929-01-10
The INFIDEL'S DAUGHTER
printed by request)

printed by requesD
Father, | am surely dying
Fainter and fainter grows my
breath.
Oh, these sharp pains. Oh my father,
can it mean that are death?
Can it be that | am dying?
Going with the lost to dwell?
Oh, my father, oh, why did you
Tell me that there was no hell?
Farewell, father, you remember
While my soul is in the flames,
You will not forget me, father,
For you know you've been to
blame.
Father. l have trusted in you
believed as you believed;
| have never, never doubted,
But | have been so deceived.
This creed that we have followed
May be all right to live by,
But l really cant believe it
Now that | have come to die.
Oh, my father, don't believe it;
Oh, l see the fiery flames
Father, when | am in torment,
Don't forget you've been to blame.
Oh, remember what l tell you,
Oh, l know there is hell,
| can hear the lost awaiting,
l am going there to dwell.
In the years to come remember,
That thru YOU my soul was damn.
ed,
Is will be brought up against you
AZ the Judgment as you stand.
81 farewell, for l am dying,
Going with the lost Go dwell;
May this prove to you warning,
God forgive you; now farewell.
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1929-01-10
10y 4UENZA STILL
SWEEPS VIRGINIA
State Health Department u I'll IA g
Up Great Fight

Richmond, Va, Jan 9.-ln con-
batting the epidemic of influence
now sweeping over Virginia, State
Health Commissioner Ennion 6.
Williams has placed his department
in personal and immediate touch
wSh every practicing physician
within the commonwealth. DIR. Viii
liams points out that Virginia is not
alone victim to the dread malady
but that from coast to coast what
is commonly known as "flu" Is
collecting heavy toll.
In practically every section OF
Virginia influenza is now present
says DR.. Williams, little upward;
of 10000 cases having been IT
ported. This is approximately 81,
per cent of the population. Dr. Wi
liams is inclined to look for large
" increased total during the mex
two weeks, after which, he thinks
there should be decided decline
Reporting physicians almost will
out exception, classify the influenz;
of this year the same disease which
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1929-01-10
Labor Head Asks
Nations Workers to
Support Red Cross

William Green, president of the
American Federation OF Labor, in
Washington. calls upon the workers
of the nation to support the twelfth
annual roll call of the American
Red Cross, November 1929, in the
following statement:
Through the American Red
Cross we find expression for some
of our noblest ideals. 1t is an eff.
fective instrument for magnifying
many times our personal service
to humanity.
In the face Of great disasters,
when the injured and homeless run
into the thousands, there is little
we can do individually CONSOLIDATE
ing our strength through member.
ship in this great organization, our
opportunity for service is unlim-
tied.
We must not forget that every
day is a day of disaster to thou,
sands. Into homes where disaster
ST. mes oui ltSu ClOSS SOSS III YOUR
name to be friend and &C unselor TO
those upon whom misfortune mas
laid her heavy hand.
AS President of the American
Federation Of Labor. hope and
feel confident that the workers OF
the nation will respond to the Red
Cross Roll Can and have a part in
this organizations great work"
(SignedD
WILLIAM GREEN,
President
American Federation of Labor.
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1929-01-10
FORD MOTOR COMPANY

Trials teach US what we are:
they dig up the soil and let us see
what we are made of; they lust
turn up some of the i'll weeds on
to the surface.-Spurgeon.
+ II Il
That which is unjust can really
profit no one, that which is just
can really harm no one.-Henry
George.
X y =
"a headache tablet dissolved in
a vase of water" says a woman's
page item, will make wilted flow
ers brace right up" "But why wor-
ny along with that" Ben Hibbs
SKIS. ''Pua the flowers in a quart
lar of bootleg and they will burst
into song"
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1929-01-10
FARM HOMES BEING
EQUIPPED WITH RUNNING
WATER SYS E M S

Running water, convenience
once associated only with city homes
is fast becoming standard part
Of the rural residence, according 70
E d Sutherland, local Delco-Iight
dealer.
The latest farm home in this vi
entity to be equipped by the local
lealer with a DpL electric residence
water system, is that of John g..
Kerr on the Clintwood to Hays
road.
cone of the greatest benefits OF
electricity on the farm is the con-
yenience of running water which
makes it possible" says Mr.. Suther
and. Manufacturing complete
inc of electric water systems Ca
oable of taking care of all water
requirements on the farm, the
)elco-Light company is bringing
added comfort and efficiency to
rural life.
ALREADY throughout the country
as the pioneer and largest manufac
.urer of individual electric plants,
this General Motors subsidiary has
brought hihgly specialized know
edge and experience to the manu-
facthre of D-L electric residence
water systems. 1t now manufactures
systems for supplying water re-
uuirements, for water in both the
house and barns, and for use with
any type of well, cistern or run
ming stream and spring"
Many farm homes in this vicinity
equippedc with individual electl1
water systems recently, the local
dealer reports. Since the D L sys-
TENS can be used with any type OF
current, they are as adaptable for
homes in town as in the country
and many sales to city jewellers are
anticipated throughout the country.
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1929-01-10

The question for each man to
settle is not what he would do if
he had means, time, influence and
educational advantages, but what he
will do with fthe things he has.
Speech is the mirror of the soul /;
as man speaks so is he.-Rublius
Syrus, AZ B. C.
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1929-01-10

A marble pillar does not lose one
iota of its strength because it is
polished.
The more beautiful things we
discover in others, the more beauti-
full will our own lives become,
i * 81 81 *
Thomas Carlyle: Great men are
the modelers, patterns and in a
wide sense the creators of whatever
the general mass Of men contrive
to do and attain.
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1929-01-10

The thoughts that come often
ungought, and, as it were, drop in
to the mind, are commonly the
most valuable of any We have and
therefore should be secured, be-
cause they seldom return again.
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1929-01-10

The hot water around
the cylinder head is drawn
SO the radiator - lie coolcd
I)y a centrifugal waiter pan,o
Of new design.
The entire cooling system
cH She new Ford is SO simple
il deaiG-l and SD carefully
made that it requires very
L.sle attention.
The radiator should be
Kept full, Of course, and
Grained once each month SO
laat sediment VIII not collect
and re2ard the free passage
If wafer. II cold weather,
Il reliable a1lti-lTreeze solu-
Ion should DC added.
no owner and manager of
lis important water plant
ecu should also see that the
Tater palnp and fan shaft
l,re properly fabricated and
lhe packing around the
pump SHAFT l-eps in adjust-
E2e1..
Hose connections may
also need replacement after
long service. For those little
adjustments, it pays to call
ON The Ford dealer.
He works under close fac
tory superb sjcs, and he has
boen specially trained and
equipped to do a
s@ tlloroAch, competent
jo5 at q fair price.
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1929-01-10

A COMPLETE water plant il
a part of every automobile
as it is a part Of every rnod.
ern city.
The purpose OF gIlis water
plant is TO keep the engine
cooled TO a temperature that
will make it efficient ia opcr-
alton. If it were not for this,
the cylinder walls would be-
come overheated and IEle
pistons refuse to operate.
The cooling SYSTEM of the
new Ford is particularly in
teresting because it is SO
simple and reliable.
When the radiator is full
of water, the engine Of the
new Ford viii not overhead
under the hardest driving.
Yet the wafer is SO regulated
that il will NOT impair en-
CINE operation by running
too cold in winter.
The cooling surface c.
the Ford radiator is large,
with four rows of tubes set
in staggered position SO that
each receives the full lgene-
fit Of the incoming air. The
fam is Of the ai1pLane pro-
peller type and draws air
through The radiator at the
rapid rate Of $50 cubic feet
per minute az 1000 z
revolutions per min s.3 /,
ute of the no1or. a%ls,
The Washington times., 1929-11-19

HE courageous energetic young Prince Of Wales heir to
the British throne returning after days shooting in
Hampshire to sunningdale in his plane Gypsy Moth
This airpane in which the Prince flies is Of course BRIT
IsH BUILT
Unlike some American money princes the Prince Of Wales
cannot be persuaded that anything made outside Of his
country is as good as BRITISH MADE.
some rich young Americans that initiate the Prince Of
Wales other things initiated him in buying everything
homemade it would be good thing for the United States
and for themselves.
TO return this plane the pilot the left squadron
leader of the British Army selected for his flying skill The
British keep the Prince Of Wales and have him for
King after his days a Prince are ended.
His government would have him give up flying as they
wanted him give dangerous crosscountry riding horse
back the Prince declines to lead the dull ne even
though he may risk missing throne.
Il will interest young Americans know that the arsp
in which the Prince rides less than $4,000 little
gas and and gives all the speed that anybody would want
The Prince has his landing field his fathers castle
at Windsor and another at sandrngham. <
On the bow of this little airship silver plate in
scribed II r. r. the Prince Of Wales"
Both the brothers Of the Prince Of Wales fly he does
The British know that the REAL ocean, far world
dominion goes is today THE AIR.
surface of the odashioned longer counts
Submarines below the surface do count.
He who rules the air will rule the world eventually.
And the British do not to be left behind.
The young Prince sets good example to wealthy young
in the United States He prefers arplanes to polo
ponies and yachts.