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Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1940-01-04
A Happy New Year

A happy new year to you. We
wish you not only this for one
day, but all the three hundred and
more that go into the making of
a successful year. We hope they
bring you more Of the good things
you want; more health, more fun,
more growth in your chosen field.
We hope, too, that they will bring
you greater opportunities for
work, because there lies your
chief chance for happiness.
Take this New Year for what
it is: Another chance to make
good. Forget the mistakes and
griefs that are past. Put them
behind you forever, and remember
only your achievements. Every
body makes mistakes. Errors are
a part of life and best buried and
forgotten. Let them go. Step out
into the New Year as new per-
son, strong and secure in its prom
Use Of good to come.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1940-01-04
Old Board Holds F inal Meeting

tax levy was unusually high in
Dickinson County it did not pro-
duce sufficient revenue to carry
ont governmental functions in an
efficient manner. The speaker
gave several examples Of Unequal
real estate assessments in the
Clintwood, Kennedy and Ervinton
districts, stating that the lack Of
time had prevented the committee
from making study in the Sand
lick and Willis districts.
Prior to the presentation of
this study by the Dickinson Edu-
cation Association, the board of
supervisors petitioned the circuit
judge to appoint an equalization
board to revise assessments in
Dickinson County.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1940-01-04
Good Results + rom
Hot Lunch reject

The hot lunch project sponsored
by the local school with help from
the NY.A. and W.P.A. agencies
has been operating for a period of
five weeks and has fed on an aver
age Of 40 underweight children
daily. During this period, accord
ing to Mr.. E.. A. Hyde, who has
been chiefly responsible for the
hot lunch project, the average
gain for each child has been 81
lbs.
Lunch each day consisted of
good, ripe soup, two slices of
toast, cup of cocoa and apples in
some form, and the average cost
per child per meal has been 8 $40
cents. However, through donations
the meals for each child have been
kept to slightly less than five
cents, and over one thousand
meals have been served. Equip
ment valued at $4.75 has been
donated by interested citizens in
addition to $3.50 in cash. Of the
donated food, valued at. slightly
less than twenty-five dollars, $10.-
Is has been contributed by firms
outside the county.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1940-01-04
{ wo Are Held
In Death of
Aged NJ an

Asa Horton and Stewart Ed
wards, youths of Mcclure, were
taken to Lebanon Jail for safe
keeping on Wednesday of this
week. They are charged with the
murder of James Franklin Owens.
aged man of Mcclure, immediate
ly after Christmas. Death oc-
Cured on December II. Reports
are that the young men met
Owens at the business place of
Morgan Sutherland, a short dis
tance above Mcclure, and assault
ed ~hina-sso severelg thai died
shortly thereafter. No cause. for
the assault is known. The youths
were lodged in Clintwood Jail and
held without bond.
James Franklin Owens was a
well-know figure on the streets of
Clintwood, where he occasionally
peddled pencils. He was utterly
without resources and depended
on charity and the slender re-
sources of relatives for support
His manner indicated that his in
telligence was below normal. He
has made his home for several
years with his son-in-law, Flanary
Yates, of Mcclure.
The deceased was buried at
Pewther Hall. He is survived by
widow and the following chill
dren: Matthew, Lex, w. Va;
Morley, War, w. Va; Mrs. Mary
Dye, Finney, Va; Mrs. Ava Yates.
Mcclure, Va; and two single
daughters: Estelle and Ruth, min
ors, living with a brother at War,
w. Va.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1940-01-04
New Board
Holds First
Session ues.

The "New" Board of Supervis-
ors of Dickinson County met for
the first time in regular session
on Tuesday of this week. Specta-
tors came away from the meeting
with the definite impression that
the county had chosen an econo-
nly-minded Board. The members
evidenced a clear intention not to
be rushed in any way. Several
claims were tabled for later con-
sideration, and majority of the
members evidenced wish to
scrutinize expenditures in the clos
est manner.
The first action of the Board
was to elect Carter Phillips of
West Dante as Chairman. The
nomination was made by Ted Bise
and seconded by Joe Dotson.
The proposed regulation for the
control Of dogs was the chief item
of interest before the meeting.
Sportsmen from various sections
of the county expressed them
selves strongly against the pro-
posal. On motion of Ted Bise,
the dog control act was tabled in
definitely.
Likewise, payment of the quar-
terly obligation of $4,000 for
the Dickinson County Health Unit
was tabled. The focal health unit
acts for the control of contagious
diseases.
Not tabled, but refused, were
the appropriations for county
membership in the League of Vir-
ginia Counties, and for a survey
of inequalities in the assessment
of real estate.
Approved was an appropriation
Us S193.96 for General Relief
matching fund to which the State
Department of Public Welfare
will add $323.26, for a total of
$517.22.
Discussed but deferred was
proposal to eliminate telephone
service from the Offices of county
officials.
At an early date Judge A. A.
Skeen will fix the salaries of
Board members.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1940-01-04
"Blackout' Here

The streets of Clintwood are
undergoing "blackout" for an
indefinite period. The town coun-
Gil and the power company have
been unable to agree on rates.
and, as result, the street lights
have not burned since New Years
Eve. It is understood that the
town has been paying thirty-fve
cents per month for each of the
eighty-five street lights. The lights
have burned until midnight. The
power company asked for a rate
Of $1.20 per light to burn until
midnight, or $1.30 per light to
burn all night. The town council
could not find funds to meet the
higher rates, and the result is
darkened streets.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1940-01-04
Fernoy Hughes, Jr.
Dies After Operation

Fernoy, eight year old son of
Fernoy Hughes Of Georges Fork,
died on Tuesday of this week fol-
lowing a mastoid operation at the
Jenkins Hospital.
Burial took place in the ceme-
terry at Yates Town following fu-
neral services in the Valley View
Church on Wednesday afternoon
attended by a host of friends and
relatives In addition to his par
ents he is survived by three broth
ers and three sisters.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1940-01-04

The county board Of supervisors
held its final meeting Of 1889 OF
Friday of. last week. This last
meeting of the year was the final
meeting for four members in the
capacity of sGpsrs isor. Only Fitza
ugh Colley Of the Willis District
is now serving on the new board.
Neither Rufus Keith of the Ken
nedy, Willard .Dotson of the Err
vinton, John Strouth Of the Clint
wood, nor Hadley Edwards of
Sandlick offered for reelection.
One matter Of Importance COM
ing before the "old' board was
the question ofsredistricting of the
judicial circuit courts in South
west Virginia. 1t was pointed out
by local attorney S. H. Suther-
land that the circuit now presided
over by Judge Alfred A. Skeen,
consisting of Buchanan, Russell
and Dickinson counties, was the
largest circuit in the state with
the exception of the Richmond
City Circuit. The matter of re-
districting is to be brought before
the legislature now in session, and
Mr.. Sutherland strongly urged
that at least two citizens be ap-
pointed by the board to spend two
weeks in Richmond before legisla-
tive committees to push vigorous
ly this redistricting plan. 1t is
hoped that the. circuit now pre-
sided over by Judge Skeen will be
made smaller and thereby expedit-
ing legal procedures and making
shorter terms possible. An ap-
preparation was made by the board
to care for expenses of these APP
pointees.
Corbett Reedy, a member of
the Executive Council of the Dick
enson Education Association, ap-
peared before the board in the
afternoon and presented the find
ings Of a special research com.
mittee of the teachers association.
This committee had been studying
the inequalities in taxation assess
ments as found in Dickinson
County. Mr.. Reedy emphasized
the fact that although the county
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1940-01-04

Some communities IN took .s.thea
promise Of the sheriff to allow
each community to select it's own
deputy sheriff quite literally. Ell
ections for that purpose were held
in several places. The joke is that
down at Bart Lick Democrat
edged in and won.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1940-01-04

The true Christmas spirit of
Christian charity so filled this land
of the free and home Of the brave
that some Democrats in the Ninth
District want to quit fighting each
other!
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1940-01-04

We are no other than. moving
row
OF magic shadow shapes that coma
anu go
Round The sun-illunined Lantern
held ssts
In Midnight by the Master of the
SLOW. OMAR.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1940-01-04

On the day before Christmas.
Elder Earl Mullins of the Free
Will Baptist Church, cut the ice
on Pound River and baptized Tan
dy Hall.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1940-01-04

"The quietest Christmas we
have ever had" We have heard
that lately many times. We have
no Christmas deaths to chronicle,
and we are glad Of it.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1940-01-04

Ayers Short says that his bro
Their, John, has become SO thor
oughly domesticated that he is
now an Italian by the name of
Vincula Matrimoni.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1940-01-04

A day or SO after Christmas.
Charles Anderson was remonstrat-
ing with a person who was just a
bit hilarious. The joyful one rared
back and gave his credentials in
an imposing manner, concluding
with, "And | am an ex-soldier. !"
Charlie answered, eyes, and Pm
a deputy sheriff until the first of
the year!"
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1940-01-04

Ted Bise of Millard was a bust
ness visitor in Clintwood last Fri
day.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1940-01-04

"Mac" Steiner, Tennessee play
er in the Rose Bowl, played soft
ball with team in Clintwood last
summer. He was working in this
area with a geological survey
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1940-01-04

On New Years Eve the lights
in the Jail and in the office of the
Commissioner of Revenue was
burning late. Both places changing
hands. And we thought of how
the world goes round and round.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1940-01-04

which was examining sites for a
proposed dam at Haysi and Twin
Branch. He boarded in the home
of Ayers Short.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1940-01-04

George Kendrick, Freezing
youngster spent Christmas in DR..
Bolts hospital at Norton, recov-
ering from a mastoid operation.
George came home loaded with
Christmas presents. He said his
Christmas in the hospital was one
of the happiest he had ever had.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1940-01-04

Pat Bise and Anvil Kiser of the
Greenwood section were attend
ing the Board meeting on Tues
day.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1940-01-04
Omitted

The deaths of Frank P.
Smith of Nora and James
G. Hylton of Cllntw God
are not covered in this is
sue. Obituaries will be car
rled next week.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-07-19
MARYLAND BANKS MAKE
100000 LOANS

Fifty-four per cent of Maryland's
commercial banks made more than
269, 200 loans totaling over $349,-
100000 to business firms and in
dividuals throughout the state during
the year 1889, according to the
second semi-annual survey Of bank
lending activity of the American
Bankers Association made public
today.
The survey, which was partici-
pated in by SO banks or 81 per cent
of the lit commercial banks Of the
state, showed a definite expansion
of bank credit in the fields of new
loans. The number of new loans
made between July 81 and Decem-
Der 81 was 4,121 greater or IA per.
cent greater, and the dollar volume
of new loans made during this period
was $S,582,647 OF Is per cent
greater than reported by an eQuiva-
lent number of banks for the pre-
vious six months
The 96 banks reported that during
1883 UH6y mdue. OF, 40 LOW AVoAS
totaling $117,S5S,595; 2O2,75S re-
newals of loans totaIing 221,S05,-
900; 1854 mortgage loans totaling
9,648,593. This is a total of $685.
GAL loans. aggregating $S49,313.-
1874.
The survey reveals that business
firms in the state are using less
than one-third of the open lines
of redit" maintained for their use on
the books of the banks. Twenty
three banks in the larger centers OF
the state reported that they carried
on their books during the second
half of the year $61,940.200 in
"open lines Of credit" consisting OF
specific amounts of credit offered to
and kept available for established
borrows for use as needed by them.
The Maryland survey was part
of a national bank lending activity
survey made by the American Bank
ers Association.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-07-19
PAUL A. CULBERTSON

Paul A. Culbertson, younger son
of the late Harvey r. Culbertson OF
Perryville and Mrs. Hettie Culbert-
son of Wilmington, died at the
French Hospital, New York city,
fifteen minutes after being admit
ed, Sunday night, the 30th.
He had spent the day at the Fair
and was taken i'll at the Penna.
station.
He was employed by the Dupont
Co., as plumber at the Deepwater
plant, in New Jersey, and resided
with his mother in Wilmington. His
parents lived at Woodlawn in his
boyhood and moved to Perryville in
1912. Paul was AZ years old. Ser
vices were held at the Yeatman
Funeral Home in Wilmington, Del,
Thursday afternoon, the 4th, with
interment in Asbury Cemetery,
this county.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-07-19
SMOKERS PAY MORE

The Collector of Internal Revenue
announced that the new Internal
Revenue Act of 1910 which has for
its purpose the raising Of funds to
pay for national defense, among
other increases the tax on cigarettes
by 5 1870 or onehalf cent on q
standard package of twenty small
cigarettes became effective July 1.
This change will have the effect OF
increasing the value of all cigarette
stamps purchased by manufactures
from the Collectors of Internal Reve-
nue. on and after July l, 1910. It
has a further effect of imposing q
floor stock tax on all cigarettes in
hands OF manufacturers, wholesalers
and retailers even down to single
package.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-07-19
FARMERS OPPOSE DAYLIGHT
SAVING

A proposal to adopt daylight saw
ing for Baltimore was opposed by
representatives of the Maryland Co
operative Milk Producers and the
Maryland Farm Bureau. This ques-
ton was under consideration by the
legislative committee of the city
council at two sessions. The junior
association of commerce is backing
the move while farmers, labor repre-
sentatives, women's groups and
others are opposed to it. Farmers
oppose this plan because of the in
convenience caused by delivery of
milk, vegetables and other products
on the city markets an hour earlier.
Farm representative at these hear
inge were: DR.. r. w. Shermantine,
Dan Pearce, Laban Sparks, P. C..
Turner, T. Roy Brookes and G. q.
Wise, Jr.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-07-19
Grandfather's Farm
Calls Woman Teacher

After a teaching career which
progressed from the little red
schoolhouse to the school of speech,
Syracuse university, Mrs. Grace S.
Bull of Syracuse has virtually re-
turned to her birthplace on prolific
and historic acres among the Madi-
son county hills. She owns the farm
her grandfather operated almost a
century ago, she did nearly all the
moving on the farm during the 1889
season and she saw her herd of Hol-
stems develop in two years to the
highest rating in the county's his
tory.
But beyond that, she finds that in
spite of a long period of urban exist
ence, the call of the soil is still strong
and clear, the same call her grand
father answered back in 1852, writes
Joseph H. Adams in the Syracuse
Post-Standard. At every opportunity
she rides eastward from Syracuse
through Fayetteville, through Chit
tenango, past the old stone cheese
factory and then deeper and deeper
down rustic winding road to spot
she has always loved through the
years.
Over the gravel road which en-
tiers the farm on the fringe of sturdy
trees she passes, to stop finally near,
one of a group of red barns. And
there she is met by furry of joy
and animation as her collie, Trixie,
leaps forward to greet her with such
eagerness that the animal comes in
credibly close to human speech.
And Mrs. Bull, who was born in
the grand old homestead, is just as
eager to be back where she spent
happy childhood and where she in
tends one day to take up her resi-
dence again.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-07-19
YELLOW ATTRACTS JAP
REETLES

The bright yellow color of the
Japanese beetle traps set this season
by the Bureau of Entomology and
Plant Quarantine of the U. s. De-
partment of Agriculture is the re-
suit of research developments in
tests last season. Most beetle traps
had been green, or green and white.
The scouting" traps widely distri-
buted by the Federal entomologists
were uniform, but traps on the open
market were available in many
shades of green, and the beetle re-
search organization decided to
investigate as to differences in at
Effectiveness to the beetles of the
various shades of green, as well as
of other colors. This investigation
showed that traps painted yellow
caught approximately SO percent
more beetles than the standard green
and white traps. Yellow pigment
added to any other color of paint
increased the numbers of beetles
captured.
Green and white traps need not
be discarded, the bureau says, but
when a trap needs repainting, yellow
paint will increase its effectiveness.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-07-19
WINTER WHEAT INSURANCE
DEADLANE

August 81 is the closing date for
applications for insurance ON the
winter wheat crop of 1941, the u.
S. Department of Agriculture has
announced. This is from two weeks
to month earlier than the closing
dates last year, and applies all over
the country. The deadline for spring
wheat applications will be Feb. %,
1871.
If farmer plans to plant win
ter wheat before August 81, he will
have to apply for insurance before
he plants. The deadline is planting
day or August 81, whichever is
earlier. Applications are placed with
the county committee of the AAA.
In general the program is like this
years program. The wheat grower
can insure for " or Y of his aver
age yield against all unavoidable
hazards. The premium will depend
on past crop records, and will be
paid by the farmer either in wheat
or it's cash equivalent. Losses will
be made good in wheat or its eQuiva-
lent in cash at the time of payment
Of the farmers claim.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-07-19
THERE SHALL BE NO HUNGER
HERE

AS the Nations national defense
people are wondering about the nat
ional food supply and in some quar-
tiers there have been fears of food
shortage.
Following is statement released
by the U. S. Dept. of Agriculture,
designed to present in non-techni-
cal terms the abundance of food in
the United States and the strength
that this supply gives to our nat
ional defense.
No nation has ever been so secure
in it's supply of food and fiber as
America is today. Never has a nat
ion been given such a guarantee OF
abundance as that assured the U. s.
by the American farmer.
Three times the normal supply of
wheat has been put into storage
throughout the country under the
Ever-Normal Granary program, and
added to the new crop it gives US
more than a billion bushels for the
coming year--half again as much as
we would normally consume.
The Ever-Normal Granary for
corn holds three times the usual
carryover, and the corn means pork
and lard, beef and mutton, milk and
butter, poultry and eggs.
If there were cotton crop fail
ure, we should not go without be-
cause the Ever-NormM Granary now
has more than full year supply.
The American farmer is the most
efficient on earth and he now has
the most efficient storage on earth.
Come what may, the American farm
er with his Ever-Normal Granary
is ready for the defense.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-07-19
AVERAGE MOTORISTS USED
724 GALLONS OF
GASOLINE

If you owned and operated a
motor vehicle of average size and
weight during the full twelve months
of 1889, and if you used your vehicle
no more and no less than the aver
age, then you consumed 724 gallons
of motor fuel. For this gasoline you
paid abut $96.36, exclusive of taxes
which probably cost you $3.50 ad-
ditional.
These figures, which cover both
passenger automobile and trucks,
and were made public by the Mary
land Petroleum Industries Commit
tee, are based on the average num-
Der of vehicles in use during the
year. The study revealed that motor
fuel consumption per vehicle in
1889 reached an all time high,
which was approximately SO per
cent greater than consumption
twenty years ago.
Actually, the Committee stated,
"the results of this study show the
motor fuel consumption of an aver
age vehicle in operation for the full
year. The average gasoline tax, for
example, paid by all motor vehicles
in operation the full year was $3.50,
compared with an average of $33.05
for all vehicles registered, some of
which were inactive part of the
year."
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-07-19
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SERVICES

Life" will be the subject Of the
Lesson-Sermon in all Churches OF
Christ, Scientist, on Sunday. July FL.
The Golden Text will be from
John 1875, This is life eternal.
that they might know thee, the only
true God, and Jesus Christ, whom
thou hast sent"
Among the citations comprising
the Lesson-Sermon will be the fol-
lowing from the Bible, Psalms 1885,
AZ: Trouble and anguish have
taken hold on me; yet thy commando
ments are my delight"
The Lesson-Sermon also will In
clude passages from the Christian
Science textbook, Science and
Health with Key to the Scriptures"
by Mary Baker Eddy, among which
is the following. page 312. "Mortals
claim that death is inevitable, but
mans eternal Principle is eyer-pres-
emit Life"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-07-19
Claim Palace in Haiti
Air-Cooled 100 Years Ago

To those who imagine that the
idea of air conditioning is new it
comes as surprise to learn that
an effective system was put in effect
over 100 years ago by the black En-
peror Henri Christophe in his palace
at Sans Souci, in Haiti.
Christophe, the most despotic
king of his day, employed air con-
ditioning to cool his regal palace
rooms as long ago as 1908.
Built over a rushing mountain
stream in order to permit the cool
waters to refresh the regal rooms,
this palace contained sunptuous
banquet hall and chamber of gilt
mirrors that held a richly carved
mahogany throne. Other rooms
contained Gobelin tapestries and
paintings of old masters, great Ii
brary brought from Europe, but
never touched, as Christophe could
neither read nor write.
Even in its present state of ruin
and decay, Sans Souci is splendid.
In its heyday it was approached
through huge gateway guarded by
gold-colored sentry boxes, which are
still standing, guarding this spectre
of glamorouS past.
From this palace tourists proceed
by mule or horseback through Hal
tan jungle, coffee, banana and
orange groves to the Citadel of La
Ferriere, also built by the black
king, on the crest of a jungle-clad
mountain.