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The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1929-12-12
A Narrow Escape.

On last Friday, a car owned and
driven by Arthur Turbyfield plunged
over hioh embankroent on the road
between Fremont and Mcclure land
ing on the w. NJ. Ritter railroad. The
car plunoed out of the road and head
ID straight down the hill and landing
on the tracks Of the railroad turned
upon its side. Mr.. r. F. Stockner
and KYLE Stockner were also in the
car. None of the occupants were SER
iouslv hurt. The car was badly dam
aged. The accident occurred just a
hove the grade crossing where the
bitter railroad crosses the county
voad short distance below Mcclure
lumber yard,
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1929-12-12
A STATEMENT

1t is with pleasure that | announce
to the former patrons of the Dicken-
son County Herald, which suspended
publication last March, that my
promises at that time and since will
be fulfilled to the letter. This sus-
pension, as is we'll known, was not
Of my seeking, and was beyond my
control. The Herald is again on its
feet and in a better shape than ever,
and all subscribers who were on the
list and paid up, will be supplied
with the Herald to the end of the eX-
piration of the time paid for. They
will lose nothing by the suspension.
| am making that promise good,
The Herald is a permanent fixture,
with plant of it's own, and which is
paid for, hence there is responsibility
behind it,
l owned the publication known as
the Dickinson County Herald, but
not the plant. This ownership carri-
ed with it the exclusive right to the
name, its good will or business, and
its subscription list. I did not dis
pose of my property rights to any
one, nor did l dispose of it by gift,
and I still hold legal right to and
ownership in said property.
l am grateful for the patronage
given me, and for the loyoitV Of
the friends who stood by n and |
ask a continuance of that loyalty
and patronage in the future if they
think it deserving.
Very respectfully,
F. C. RAINES.
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1929-12-12
LONGS FORK ITEMS

Miss Nora Davis has been very i'll
with appendicitis the past week, but
is recovering rapidly.
Mr. and Mrs. Drew Yates and
Maude Mullins visited MR. and Mrs
M. S. Davis last Saturday night.
Miss Peula Stanley spent Tuesday
night with Miss Gusta Hawkins of
near here.
Miss Virgie Richardson, of Honey
Camp, was guest of Miss Emma
Lee Stanley last Tuesday night.
Mr. J. w. Davis, of Norland, was
a recent guest of Mr.. and Mrs. M.
S. Davis and family.
Sylvan Richardson, of near here,
left recently for Jenkins, KY, where
he has employment.
Mrs T. S. Stanley was guest of
Mrs. M. S. Davis Sunday afternoon
Mrs. Eu'a Richardson, of Longs
Fork, visited her grandmother, Mrs.
]. Fl. Powers, of Clintwood, We'd
neSday.
Walter Beverly, of jenkins, KY,
was a guest of Mr.. and Mrs. T. S.
Stanley last Sunday afternoon.
Leon and Arlie Davis, of Longs
Fork, were the guests of Roy Davis,
of ,Norland, last Sunday.
Silas Strouth, teacher in the Clint
wood High School, is very i'll at this
writing,
The people on Longs Fork will
soon have to ride airplanes or stay
at home for the roads are some mud
now.
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1929-12-12
SERIOUS ACCIDENT.

Bartlick, Va. (SpeciaD We had
a serious accident here few days
past. Mr.. John L. Blankinship and
son, coal leaders for the Lonesome
Branch Coal Co., had planted a
charge of explosives in the coal and
had set fire to the fuse which failed
to explode the charge in due time
as they thought. Deciding to go back
to the place and investigate, but
when they arrived near the face of
the coal the charged exploded seri-
ously wounding the father about the
head and face and injuring the boys
eyes. Both men We're rushed to Dante
Hospital for treatment.
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1929-12-12
Jails School Children.

Canadian, Mexico.-When 300
school children refused to march in
his parade the mayor had them ar
rested and lodged in Jail, where they
We're held until they paid fines. He
has since been removed.-Exchange.
We admit that this was very
flimsy excuse for failing school child
rem, but it looks as though Dicken-
son County needs a few enforcement
officials like the above mayor. We
cannot get them in jail here even
after they have been convicted Of
drunkness and bootlegging
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1929-12-12
A ONE-SIDED RACE

Some excitement was created last
Saturday evening when Mr.. Babe
Stanley, a deputy sheriff, gave chase
down Mcclure avenue in pursuit Of
a boy by the name of Davis.
1t is said that Stanley had capias
for Davis, but it would have been all
the same had he had death-warrant,
and it already signed for him, for
Davis was showing some real speed as
a runner. In turning the corner lead
ing from Mcclure avenue into an
alley, Mr.. Stanley skidded and almost
lost control of himself and was forced
to slacken his speed. Thereby losing
in the race as Davis trotted merrily
out of view up the alley.
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1929-12-12
RITTER LUMBER EMPLOYEES GET
HALF-PAY DURING SHUT DOWN

FREEZING, Dec. 10.-The W. M.
Ritter Lumber Company, operating
on an extensive scale in this county,
which has suspended work for a peri
cd of at least 80 days, allows the
men in its camps half wages during
the shutdown, and nearly all of the
workmen have decided to remain un-
til work is resumed. For a short
time it appeared as if many would
leave the camps, but these were un-
able to secure employment elsewhre,
and have consequently decided to re-
main with their present employers.
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1929-12-12
Red Squirrels Are Plentiful In Wise

BIG Laurel, Dec. 10 (SpeeiaD -
Hunters report that the Wise county
forests are inhabited by the red, or
fox squirrel for the first time in his
tory, of this section. Several have
been killed. The common grey SPUR
rel it is said are leaving this region,
driven out, hunters believe, by the
reds.
Worley Kilgore farmer Of this
place, was exhibiting a crane which
he shot near his home last Saturday.
The bird, the second to be killed in
this section, in local memory, measur-
ed eight feet from tip to tip.
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1929-12-12
HOUND SHOOTS MAN

Bluefield, Va, Dec John San
ders, Bluefield, colored, was shot in
the leg this afternoon by his rabbit
dog. and pal fully wounded. The
accident happened after the dog had
''treed" a rabbit in hollow log,
Sanders laid his gun down and was
in the act of punching the rabbit out
Of the tree when the dog tripped the
trigger Of the weapon, discharging
the shell and a portion of the shot
lodged in Sanders leg. A truck was
sent to the hunting ground to haul
the wounded man in.
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1929-12-12
Motor Cars Collide
Near Fremont

Dec. II Especial to the Herald) -
Two motor cars Of the Clinchfeld
Railroad Company ran together one
mile north of Fremont station today,
W. c. Hillman, foreman .of bridge
and building construction was pain
fully injured about the head and
face. John Eobbs, laborer, sustain
ed disloeated shoulder. Sectioi
foreman, VI. NJ Chafin, of Fremont,
sustained fracture Of the right fore
arm. The injured parties were at
tended by Dr.. Phipps, Of Clintwood
and DR.. Moore, of Fremont
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1929-12-12
BUILDS RUSTIC LOG CABIN

Mr.. Byrd Looney, of near Grundy,
Va, was business visitor in our
town last Saturday. Folks who have
been over the road from Haysi to
Grundy, have noticed the log cabin
that is being built on Big Prater
creek about seven miles this side of
Grundy. This unique dwelling is be
ing erected by Mr.. Looney for his
son, and is one of the first dwellings
of its kind ever erected in Buchanan
county
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1929-12-12
TO COLLECT ALL CORPORATION
FINES

A member of the town Council in
forms us that the necessary steps are
now being taken by this body to col
lect all delinquent fines. The Council
has employed an attorney to list
every person who has been assessed
with a fine and has not paid same
and no exceptions will be toll
Grated, as capiases will be issued for
all persons owing the Corporation
money on fines. 1t is understood
that it is pay or go to Jail. We hearth
1y commend this intelligent body of
men for their action in this matter.
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1929-12-12
Installs Another Phone.

The Clintwood Taxi Company has
recently installed a phone in the Old
Gold Cafe, thus enabling them to
better serve the public. The company
now has phone service from Clint
wood to Skeetrock, Bearpen Gap,
Fremont, Mcclure and Frying Pan,
also is in connection with the vari-
Gus fire towers in different sections
of the county.
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1929-12-12
Typhoid Epidemic Is Reported In
Kentucky

Whitesburg, KY, Dec. 10. (Speci-
aD.-There is an epidemic of ty-
phoid fever in Letcher county, es-
pecially in the coal field sections.
Several families are almost all i'll.
Since the death of Mrs. w. B. Webb,
wife of the Times correspondent,
near here two weeks ago, four mem
hers of the Webb family have devel-
oped the disease, some Of them being
seriously i'll.
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1929-12-12
Seriously Ill.

1t is reported that Silas Strouth
was stricken with heart trouble last
Saturday night and is in a serious
condition. Mr.. Strouth is teacher of
the sixth grade pupils in the Dick
enson Memorial High School 1t is
also said that Mr. Strouth will prob
ably give up his position as teach
er for the remainder of the school
year.
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1929-12-12
CHRISTMAS SPIRIT

Several of our young men about
town have caught the Yuletide spirit
and have began mixing it with the
spirit of "Lizzard Juice" commonly
known throughout TINS section as SUI
gar liquor, but it does not ueem to
give satisfactory results, as the en-
forcement officers reported having
made several arrests from last Satur-
day night to Monday morning.
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1929-12-12
New Store Building

w. E. HUGHES was in town Monday
morning. Mr.. HUGHES is building a
new general store building at the
forl-e Of pound-Coahurn road and eX-
poets to be open for business in his
new quarters by Feb. LIST, 1880.
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1929-12-12
sandwich-Coffee Demonstration

The hot coffee and sandwich dem
onstration conducted under auspices
of the local Piggy Wiggly store last
Saturday went over great and proved
a successful event for the promoters
and owners of the store.
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1929-12-12
Marriage Licenses Issued For th'
Month of December

Ralph Fleming 81, Cora Phillips
20.
Anvil D. Cox IS, Lokie L. Baker
21.
Rosie Mullins %, Mary Conks %.
Augustus M. Tiller 55, Minda Far
mer %.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-11
Indy DELAYS VISIT
Expected to Fly Here on
Sunday or Monday.

Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh's
visit to Indianapolis to inspect In
dianapolis airport, Mars Hill, prob
ably will not be made until Sunday
or Monday, it was learned today by
Captain H. Weir Cook, general
manager of Curtiss Flying Service
of Indiana. +.
Lindbergh is making the trip in a
Ford-Stout tri-motored monoplane
accompanied by officials of the
TranScontinental Air Transport
Inc, twenty-four hour, coast-to-
coast, air-rail passenger line, and of
CurtisS Flying Service, Inc.
Indianapolis airport is to be used
by T. A. T., which plans to begin
operations April /, until the new
municipal airport is available.
According to word received today,
Lindbergh and his party we're in
Pennsylvania today. They will take
part in ground breaking exercises
for the new Columbus, O., airport
before coming here.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-11

There are, as nearly as can be
figured, sixty-two million Americans
whose lives are insured in some
way, for total of nearly ninety bill
lion dollars.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-11
MRS. MINNIE BOOK
CLAIMED BY DEATH
Pioneer Came to City Seventy Three
Years Ago With Her Parents.

Pioneer Came to City Seventy Three
Years Ago With Her Parents.
Mrs. Minnie Book, 81, a pioneer
resident, died Thursday at the home
of her daughter, Mrs. c. F. Means,
1906 ashland avenue, after an ILL
ness of several months.
Born in Germany, Mrs. Book came
to indianapolis with her parents
seventy three. years ago when she
was 8 years old. She was educated
IN German Lutheran schools, and
married John Book, a Civil war
veteran, at the close of the war. Her
husband died in 1921. They lived in
Brownstown for a number of years,
returning to Indianapolis in 1911,
Besides Mrs. Means, she is sur
viyed by another daughter. Mrs.
A. D. Armstrong; two sons, John
Book Jr. and Theodore Book
twenty-one grandchildren and
twelve great-grandchildren all of
Indianapolis.
Funeral service will be held Satur-
day night at o'clock at the Fred
W. Vehling undertaking establish
ment with burial in Brownstown.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-11
SET PETTIS SUSPECTS
HEARING FOR MONDAY

Hearing on removal of Benjamin
Salkin and James Martin, wanted
here in connection with the $4,000
Pettis Dry Goods Company rob-
berry, has been set for Monday in
federal court at Chicago.
William G. Ella, postal inspector,
and Detectives Claude Johnson and
George Stone, who were in Chicago
to fight habeas corpus proceedings
instituted by Salkin, returned
Thursday night.
The habeaS corpus proceedings
were dropped when Ella swore out
federal warrants for Salkin and
Martin. James Burke, another
prisoner held in the case, who was
taken to Chicago by detectives to
testify az the habeas corpus hearing
was returned here.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-11
NOTABLES TO SPEAK
French and German Writers
on Program Tonight.

Wolf Won Dewall, editor of the
F'rankfurter Zeitung, and an official
of the Frankfort Germany Ro-
tary Club, and Pierre de Lanux,
French publicist, will give a joint
lecture on "Franco-German Rela-
tons and World Peace" at Caleb
Mills hall, new Shortridge high
school, at 8 tonight.
Under auspices of the Indiana
Council on International Relations,
Dewall and Lanux will discuss dip
lomatic relations and the growing
friendship between their countries.
A group of Indiana university
students is to attend the lecture.
Mrs. Dewall, a noted sculptress,
will accompany her husband. They
will be guests of friends here La
nux will be entertained at dinner
by members of the L'Alliance
Franchise.
Ray S. Trent, executive commit
tee chairman of the council, will
preside and conduct an open forum
following the lecture.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-11

A steadily increasing group of
words making its way into the die
tionary is that of dialectal, pro-
vincial and local words and express
SionS.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-11
CATTLE RUSTLER
IS INSULTED BY
CAR THEFT QUIZ
Reckon I'll Never Get So
Low He Tells Police Who
Hold Him at Memphis.

BIZ United Press
MEMPHIS, Tenn, Jan. IL
Charles Hughes, 26, wanted in Cody,
Wyo., for confessed cattle rustling,
became indignant here today when
police questioned him concerning
the stealing of an automobile.
"I've rustled cattle pretty well all
over the west" said Hughes, better
known as 1.-THE Pronto Kid" but I
reckon I've never got so damn low
as to steal an automobile"
Hughes walked into police head
quarters and announced:
Gap, I'm wanted in Cody, Wyo.,
for cattle rustling, and here 1 be-"
An inquiry to Cody authorities
brought the information:
"The Kid is a bad egg, hold him.
If you've got a felony charge
against him there and can send
him over the road, do SO. If not,
advise u.s.
At his own request Hughes will
be returned to Cody within the
next few days to face charges of
stealing cattle. He has waived ex-
tradition and wants to get back to
Wyoming because it's a great
country, with lots of punk jails."
1.-THE Pronto Kid" a nickname
given him by Mexicans because he
always left tight places with so
much dispatch, is almost as proud
of his jail-breaking record rs cat
tie rustling.
st didn't come down here to
spend the winter in your JAIL" said
the Kid. eff it holds me week
it will make record for itself. You
had better not try to keep me here
long before sending me back to
Wyoming"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-11
CITIZENS HELD
LEGAL OWNERS
OF GAS PLANT
Attorney, Associate OIL
Organizer, Declares
Claim Is lust.

oscar L. Pond, 1109 Peoples Bank
building. utility lawyer, today ex-
pressed the opinion that the Citizens
Gas company financial plan, where
by the city becomes owner of the
property, is fundamentally sound
and that the city has an enforce
able claim to the $50, 600, 900 plant.
Pond was a business associate of
the late Alfred F. Potts, attorney,
who organized the Citizens Gas
company as a public charitable
trust.
Belief that the gas company
agreement is alright" and free
from flaws which viii enable selfish
financial interests to prevent the
city from taking over the property,
as originally intended, was ex-
pressed by Pond.
Dream of Potts Life.
THE life dream of Mr.. Potts was
to see the gas company plan a
successful utility and ultimately
have it become property of the city.
He was very capable organizer and
financier and always went to the
bottom of everything he undertook"
Pond declared.
The late organizer of the utility
spent a year IN England studying
financing methods and costs and
processes, preliminary to formation
of the gas company here. He had
experience in formation of the old
Consumers Gas company and
sought to eliminate all possible
mistakes in the franchise with the
city, which was signed in 1905, when
John w. Hoffman was mayor.
Hoffman and Fred c. Cause are
special attorneys representing the
city's interest and drafting pro-
posed legislation creating a utility
board which will enable the city to
manage the properties.
Wizard as Organizer
Potts was known as a wizard at
organizing financial corporations
and was successful in many projects
which still stand as a monument to
his efforts.
1T was the idea of Mr.. Potts
that the citizens buy stock in this
project and naturally they would
own it in the end. He had OPP
portunity to make huge individual
fortune, but refused to accept any
profits, because he thought it would
be wrong.
HE never did anything of which
he was more proud than formation
Of the gas company. He had the
advice and counsel of some of the
best attorneys and business men in
the city. The project was launched
on such a public basis that there
was no question as to feasibility
OF the plan or the final working out
Of it.
IT personally can't see any reason
why the city can't own it, because
the citizens have made it what it
is today. The original plan was
sound and the values are there, be-
cause the rates have put them there.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-11
PAPERS MISSING
FROM court IN
ROTHSTEIN CASE
Files in 1919 Indictment
Gone; No Explanation
Offered.

BIZ United Press
NEW YORK, Jan. 11.-More
mysteries in the affairs of Arnold
Rothstein were revealed today when
the New York telegram asserted
that parts of the files on the
gamblers indictment in 1919 for
shooting two policemen were mis-
sing from general sessions court
files.
None of the officials of the court
could explain the absence of the
files.
Rothstein was indicted in 1919 for
the shooting of Patrolman John Nc
Loughlin and John j. Walsh, who
with other officehs had raided q
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-11

1.-The good will is a public good
will. The original motives were a
public proposition"
Pond pointed out the desirability
of issuance of bonds at 5 per cent
to redeem the common stock, to
check as soon as possible the 10
per cent interest being paid to GER
tificate holders.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-11

jury censured for returning the
indictments. Judge Mcintyre fin
ally granted Fuchs motion and said
the returning of the indictment was
"incomprehensible"
Fuchs, the telegram said today,
refused to comment when advised
of the missing files and suggested
that nothing need be printed about
the matter.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-11

dice game at which Rothstein was
presiding.
The case was presented to a
grand jury and indictments issued
after several months testimony
Rothstein was defended by Judge
Emil Fuchs, now president of the
Boston Braves baseball club.
Fuchs finally moved the indict-
ment be quaShed and the grand
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-11
AUTO HALTED, H0LDUP
MEN TAKE SOL 900
Furs, Jewelry and Money Seized by
Two Robbers.

Furs, Jewelry and Money Seized BY
Two Robbers.
BIZ United Press
CHICAGO, Jan. 1.-Two bandits
overpowered the chauffeur of DR..
Frank E. Pierce's automobile today
and robbed DR.. Pierce, his wife, I'D
three guests of jewelry and furs
valued at $61 900.
DR.. Pierce, Mrs. Pierce, Luther D.
Hammond, insurance broker, and
Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Murphy, De-
troit, were returning from a night
club and had stopped at a traffic
light when the two bandits boarded
the automobile.
Roy Dellefield, Pierce's chauffeur,
was knocked unconscious with a
blackjack. The bandits then stripped
the women of rings and coats and
forced the men to turn over nearly
81 900 in cash.
Murphy is the owner of the Pen
obScot building in Detroit.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-23

The likeness of the "Silhouetta' printed in tonights paper is non@ other than MT. Emile Charland who conducts the large spacious garage at the corner of Main and East Main streets, known to all as "Char- lands garage
 MT. Charland or better just plain Emile has a most pleasing personal ity and conducts his garage with the utmost courtesy to his many and loyal customers, He has taken on the "Marmon- Roosevelt Straight Eight agency which is proving to be one of the most popular cars selling under s1,000.
 Mr. Charland has been in busi- ness for the past 10 years at his present location. Boards at IA Broad street.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-23

THE NEWSPAPER-THE NEW BRITAIN HERALD-printed the silhouette of Emile Charland, me chanic and agent for Marmon- Roosevelt automobiles, last evening and he got whole flock of answers. As Horace I Hart's letter is the last word in advertising, the editor vii! give you little inside stuff to kind of pad out this column today. Somebody wrote in that the editor was unduly sweet on the BURRITT SAVINGS BANK, where they give FIVE PER CENT on deposits. Come right down to it. why shouldn't he. be, and so should you. It's the five per cent that gets yours truly and that's what should get you. On re- quest, the editor will furnish further proof just why he likes the boys at the corner of Church and Main streets. Now, MT. Charland be sure and read over MT. Hart's following l letter.