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Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1940-09-19
THEY STILL MAKE
MOONSHINE IN
RAMEY FLATS

A. B. C. Inspector Leonard
Younce and deputy Sheriffs Dali
las Mullins and Howard Long Wis
tied the Ramey Flats section of
the county last Saturday and re-
turned late in the afternoon with
a forty-five fallon capacity still,
a worm and six gallons of moon
shine. According to Younce, fou1
men were operating the still as
the officers approached. However,
all of them made safe their de-
parture. Officers thought they re-
cognized the operators as they
took to their heels. About 125 gal
Ions of mash were destroyed.
Shortly before they reached the
site Of the still the officers found
one man thought to have come
from the still. He had in his pos
session a quart of whiskey which
the officers supposed was brought
from the scene of operation. Rath-
er than risk having him with
them as they approached the still
the officers secured his promise to
wait for them at designated
spot. Returning to the appointed
place short time later, the buy
er of illicit spirits was nowhere to
be seen, nor has he been seen
since.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1940-09-19
I APPS Sound
F or World
War Veteran
N. Is. RaSnick Dies In Dickinson
County Hos pital After Linger-
ing Illness

N. B. (Bone) Rasnick, aged 48,
a World War veteran and well
known citizen of Dickinson coun-
ty, died at the Dickinson County
Hospital on Wednesday after q
lingering illness. The deceased has
been in declining health for the
past few years, although he was
at times able to work in the mines
at Clinchco. His death came as a
result of complication of causes
and liver trouble.
Mr.. Rasnick took an active part
in the affairs of the county. and
was a very popular citizen. He is
a brother of John NJ. Rasnick,
former treasurer of Dickinson
County for two terms His daugh-
ter, Marjorie, second eldest child,
graduated from Dickinson Memoir
ial in the class of 1910.
He is survived by his wife and
nine children, and father ann
mother, Mr.. and Mrs. Elihu J.
Rasnick of Seton; three brothers,
J. M. Rasnick of Richmond, Char
lie Of Clintwood, and Henry OF
Seton; three sisters: Mrs. Leon
ard Sykes of Clintwood, Mrs.
Mary Speer of Tiny, and Mrs.
Delphia Sutherland. One sister,
Mrs. Walter Wright, preceded him
in death.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1940-09-19
Ninth District
Warns Up For
Coming Election
Hon. Fred C. Parks, Candidate
For Congress, And Others Will
Speak Here Saturday

Fred Parks, Republican col.-
gressional nominee of the Ninth
District, will open his campaign
here at Clintwood on Saturday
afternoon of this week at $50.
Speaking will take place in the
courthouse. With Mr.. Parks on the
platform will be Hon. Myers Y.
Cooper, former governor of Ohio
r. H. Woods, Bascom Slemp, j..
c. Sheaffer and other leading Re-
publicans. The Shoemaker High
School band will be present to
furnish music for the occasion.
A banner attendance is expect
ed to turn out from the county,
and since it is the opening bar
rage of oratory from either side
in the district, record throng IS
expected.
Parks is attempting for the Sec
ond time to Wrest the congreSSiOT1-
al seat from John w. Flanagan,
Jr., incumbent. In his first race
with Flanagan, Parks was de-
feated by a large majority. How
ever, reports from the various
counties indicate that the race
will be much closer this fall.
Flanagan is now serving his
fourth term.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1940-09-19
SQUIRREL HUNTING
SEASON CLOSES

The first lap of the squirrel sea-
son has passed, and hunters can
lay UP their "overWorked' fire
arms until the second half of the
season is ushered in on Nov. IS.
Hunters report the greatest scar
city of squirrels in Dickinson
county they have ever known.
Some hunters are hopeful that
the beech mast will bring them
in later in the season.
All this would seem to point
out the fact that the season on
squirrels will have to be closed
entirely for a number of years or
else there will be none. Nothing
can bring them back once they
have become extinct.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1940-09-19
CANEY RIDGE BUS
ROUTE CHANGES HANDS

The Caney ridge school bus
route changed hands this week
when Victor Yates, son of FREQ
Yates of Willard, bought out Me-
rida Boggs' interest. This particu
lar route extends from the Rugby
School, near the Dickinson line
to Dickinson Memorial. An addi-
tional run from the school build
ing down Cranes Nest River near
the Pres Fleming farm, is made
daily. Mr.. Boggs has been operat-
ing the Caney Ridge bus for sew
eral years.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1940-09-19
HAVE
BARBECUE SATURDAY

Members of the local Methodist
Church with all their guests at
tended the barbecue held at tie
community building last Saturday
evening. About one hundred per-
sons were present to enjoy the
barbecued mutton and veal with
all the trimmings.
The program was featured by
Billy Asher French and his string
band and impromptu dancing by
Mesdames w. M. McFall and A.
A. Skeen, Sr. Proceeds of the ev.
ening are to be used to help pay
up all conference obligations be-
fore the end of the church year,
early in October.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1940-09-19
HOLIDAY SUTHERLAND
ILL AT HOME HERE

S. H. Sutherland, prominent at
torney of Dickinson County, is
seriously i'll at his home here. He
is threatened with pneumonia and
appoplexy, and his condition, ac-
cording to the attending physi-
clan, is extremely dangerous.
However, the patient was report
ed some better early Thursday.
His son, Ben, teacher in the
Pound High School, is also very
i'll with dysentery.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1940-09-19
BREAKS CELEBRATION
ON SEPTEMBER 10Th

According to a handful being
distributed by Granville Colley of
Breaks, Kentucky and Virginia
will meet in the Breaks of the
Cumberlands on the picnic ground
on Sunday, Sept. 10Th for fish
fry and speaking. 1t is stated that
such notables as Governor Price,
Governor Johnson of Kentucky
Jack May, John w. Flanagan
and others will be there with the
with the oratory.
Come September goth, we adj
wise you to water out the fire,
call the dogs and take off for the
Breaks, for they do have a power
full good time down there.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1940-09-19
County Goes Bankrupt

At Lexington, KY, last week a
petition in bankruptcy was filed
in the office of the federal court
clerk of Perry county, believed to
have been the first county in the
history of the nation to take such
action.
It was the first in Kentucky, at
least, said the clerk, to file under
an amendment to the federal bank
ruptcy act which became effec-
tive June %.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1940-09-19
SAND LICK SQUIRREL
HUNTERS HAVE WRECK

Ed. Arnold and Grover Gilbert,
young men of Grassy Creek, were
enroute to Indian Creek for a
squirrel hunt early Saturday
morning when their car plunged
over the river bank just above
Sand Lick and almost demolish-
ed their car and broke the stocks
of two of their guns. Fortunately,
the occupants of the car escaped
with only slight injuries.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1940-09-19
D.E.A. TO HOLD ANNUAL
FALL MEETING SEPT. %

The Dickinson Education Asso-
citation will hold its annual fall
meeting on the 18th day of Sept
The program is being mailed to
all teachers today.
$50 Assembly in auditorium of
D. M. H. S.
/. Musical entertainment by
county pupils, in charge of Mrs,
Edna French, chairman of must
cal committee.
2. Introduction to panel discuss
ions, E. c. Smith.
3. Announcements.
Panel Discussions
Teachers have been assigned to
the following panels:
l. Subject, Organization and
Work of Community Leagues.
2. Adjusting the curriculum to
community needs.
3. How the community may
help meet the needs of the child
in school.
4. Guidance of school children.
5. Teachers responsibility to
the community.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1940-09-19

The Herald, $1.00 a year.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1940-09-19

The petition was signed by
County Judge Baxter, Of Perry,
who said the county owed a total
of $543,559 in bonds, warrants
and interest and was unable to
collect or levy sufficient taxes to
meet the obligations.
Perry, of which Hazard is the
county-seat, is mountain coun-
ty in the eastern part of the state
and one of the greatest industrial
counties in Kentucky.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1940-09-19
Judge Robertson
Passes At Home
In Huntington

Held In Dickinson After Coun-
ty Was Formed
News dispatches from Hunting
ton, w. Va, report the death on
Sept 10th of Judge James Monroe
Robertson, well known jurist and
lawyer in this section of the state
in the early days of Wise and
Dickinson Counties.
Judge Robertson was z native Of
Wise County, having been born at
Pound on Dec. 4, 1855. He was a
son of Adam c.. Robertson and
Eliza Branham Robertson. His edu
cation was received in the subs
scription schools. Later he taught
school in both Virginia and Ken
lucky. At an early age, he began
the practice of law in Wise coun-
ty and made a race against Chas.
F. Kilgore, republican candidate
for commonwealth attorney but
was defeated by small majority.
When Dickinson County was
formed he practiced law at Holly
Creek, now Clintwood, and was
a candidate for commonwealth S
attorney in the first election held
in Dickinson county, being oppos-
ed by Judge Aver, and lost the
race by a small vote.
From Dickinson he moved to
Pikeville, and later was elected
Judge of the Pike Circuit Court
for two terms.
In 1899, Judge Robertson wrote
and had published '"The Criminal
Law of Kentucky" The Court of
Appeals of Kentucky has fire.
quently cited the book as author
ity on Kentucky criminal law.
The deceased retired from the
bench at the age Of IS and has re-
sided in Huntington for the last
several years.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1940-09-19

Frank Hall, outstanding church
lay leader of Dickinson county,
led prayer meeting services at the
Methodist church Wednesday mite.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1940-09-19

Suggested epitaph for Adolf
Hitler his is definitely my last
territorial demand. Punch.
The weekly echo., 1940-11-15
Fire Partially Destroys
Olivet As Thousands
Await DIR. Williams
FUNERAL 1000 AlIhD
FUNERAL 1000 AllENO


Louis Steinberg and Robert White
white, on duty outside who noticed
wisps Of smoke trailing from the steeple.
Meanwhile, Sgt Nelson had gone to
the control panel of the public address
system in the choir loft and cut in on
the organ music being played over the
speaker.
There has been a fire in the church
but it's out now" he said, although
the flames were steadily mounting in
the upper part of the church However
the firemen want the building cleared
You will please leave single file"
AT the same time, some persons ir
the balcony had noticed smoke anc
had broken out windows preparing to
jump to the street. But officers stop
ped them and made them leave through
the door.
Nobody believed at first there really
was a fire. thinking those outside had
concocted scheme to get inside the
church. When no attempt was made
to leave. Sgt Nelson repeated his in
structions and the crowd stood up and
started moving toward the exits.
From the choir loft, Sgt Nelson con-
trolled the crowd, telling the people
to quit pushing and stopping them
when congestion was too great at the
doors. AS result, the thousands got
outside in perfect order The only in
juries sustained were by two men who
The weekly echo., 1940-11-15
lns. Companie,' 1871 Natl. Contest
Plan 1911 National
Essay Contest

MEMPHIS, Tenn, Nov. Is CAMP
| Plans for the 194l Essay Contest spon
sored by the National Negro Insurance
Association are to be announced i'm
mediately following the coming session
of the National Negro Insurance Week
Committee in Atlanta, Georgia. The
Atlanta Life Insurance company will
act as host Frank A. Young, chairman,
Agency Supervisor, Universal Life In
surance company, of Memphis, Tenn,
and A. Douglass Doss, secretary, Agency
Director, Mammoth Life Insurance
company, head the Committee COM
posed of Agency Officers of all Negro
companies The Committee will also
outline plans for the National Negro
Insurance Week Drive in May, 194l.
The National Negro Insurance Asso-
citation offers substantial prizes to jul
IlloI anu SSiiiOI ih6ii SSiiooi StuNciite
for 500 word Essays on the subject Of
Life Insurance and It's Relationship to
Education.ss Prizes total nearly s., 900.
This contest will begin January l and
end May 81, 1S1.
The aim of this contest is to train
young people to think about their eco
nomic welfare in terms of the money
them themselves control. Interesting
them during their youth will tend &c
gain their cooperation when they be-
come adults in the, task of Strengthening
and charging our group economy. Mil
lions of dollars now going out of the
group into an economically hostile Sec
| ton of the white group, will, if it car
be directed into channels within ou
own group, give high grade employment
opportunities to additional thousands.
Interest in the Essay Contest ha
grown with the years. In 1910 NOR
than 800 essays were written n
Submitted to the State d Nationa
IJulges in the rs states where Negr
Insurance Companies operated 1t
expected that tho number in 1S4l vii
greatly exceed that of 1910.
The weekly echo., 1940-11-15

suffered minor cuts from broken glass
and by woman, Mrs Arnetta Jones,
Al, whose ankle was broken.
As the last of the crowd was leaving
the flames broke through the ceiling
Deacons then moved the casket from
the front of the church, where it had
been laying in state since Monday
evening. There were four car loads
of flowers banked around the alter but
they were not removed. Later, when
part of the ceiling fell in from the
weight of debris falling from above
the flowers were partially burned The
tolls of water shot into the blaze
-r~,hed them all over the floor
The casket was taken to the Bel
Funeral home on Michigan avenue, {
few blocks away where it remainet
until open air funeral services wer'
held in front of the church starting
pm.
More than 30 fire trucks rushed to
the scene as q Sill alarm was sounded,
and at least 10000 perosns stood wat
ching the blaze which was brought
~ Continued on Page Two)
The weekly echo., 1940-11-15

MRS. WADE FOSTER VISITS STATE
The 32nd annual session of the Miss
ssippi Federation of Colored Women's
Clubs at Columbia was the occasion
which brought to the State Mrs U. J.
Wade-Foster IF Caruthersville Mo.
Mrs. Foster is a pioneer club woman,
having been in the initial meeting of
THE Mississippi Federation of Colored
Woman's Clubs in 1903. She was the
first president of the organization and
composed the words of the State Fed
Grafton Song.
For many years Mrs Foster was
prominent in educational, social
civic circles of the State She served
once as receptress at Jackson College
Nov the Mississippi Training School
for Negroes and later dietician at Al
corn A. & M. College.
Of the work of the Federation, Mrs.
Foster says, There has been such re-
markable progress She observed that
the program has been broadened SO as
to embrace the rural woman as well
as her urban sister. AS guest speaker
at one of the general programs of the
Convention, Mrs. Foster Challenged
the Younger Women to build on the
foundation laid by the pioneers. She
was particularly proud of the part
played by the organization in creating
throughout the State sentiment favoring
legislative action authorizing the es-
tablishment of the Mississippi framing
School for Delinquent Negro Youth.
Mrs Foster visited with Mrs A. L.
Tanner, Mrs. L. J. Rowan, and other
friends of Alcorn A. & M. College be-
fore leaving the State.
The weekly echo., 1940-11-15

WELL KNOWN UNDERTAKEN
PASSES
Mr.. William A. Bordeaux, well
known citizen of Meridian, died in
the hospital at Philadelphia, Mississippi
Saturday night, after a few weeks
illness. He had been in the under
taking business in Philadelphia for
years. He was at one time, the operator
Meridian. known as the Bordeaux
Brothers Undertaken His funeral was
held Monday with burial in Sims
Cemetery. His survivors are a wife
three children, two brothers, one sister
a hist of friends and other relatives.
The weekly echo., 1940-11-15
South Side
School

MERIDIAN, Nov. IS The South
Side School marked its beginning Of
the American Education Week Sun
day, November 10th at $3.50 pm. with
the following program:
Song America"
Prayer
Song America The Beautiful"
The Origin of American Education
Week = R. L. Lewis
Chorus God Bless America"
Presentation Of speaker
Address r. K Smith
Music Father of the Land We Love
Remarks
Benediction
Immediately following the program
classroom exhibits were on display.
Prof R. C.. Hill, Principal.
The weekly echo., 1940-11-15

Dear Editor:
Please let this appear in your well
edited paper that the many rbaders
may know how we are getting along at
Newell Chapel c. NJ E. Church.
The writer was assigned to this
church in November 1889. This beau
tiful church is located on the corner
OF 18th street and 18th avenue.
On my first visit to this. church as
pastor, the pleasure was mine to spend
The weekly echo., 1940-11-15

Mr.. H. S. Jones of Paulding, was in
he office Saturday on business. Mr.
Jones is the energetic president of H
The weekly echo., 1940-11-15

Mr.. Ben Phillips, president Of HB.A
No. 204, Meridian, was in the office
Monday on business pertaining to his
local lodge.
The weekly echo., 1940-11-15

Funeral services were held for the
late Mr.. Will Bourdeaux, VINO died in
Philadelphia, Miss, Sunday morning
in local hospital, at ST Paul M. E
Church, Meridian
The weekly echo., 1940-11-15

CHICAGO, Nov. Is CAMP Ira =
gedy, which struck eight days
before when DR.. l.. X Williams.
president of the National Bap-
list Convention, Inc, was killed
in an airplane nash near Char
lotte, Mich, 81, lck again We'd
nesday morn .ng when tire parti--
ally destroyed historic Olivet
Baptist church drove into
the street 1900 mourners awaiting
iams, also its pastor Damage
was estimated at $4,000
The crowd including distinguished
leaders from all parts of the nation,
began assembling before 9 am Ser
vices were to start al, IL: o'clock That
morning. Around 1890, with every a.
valuable seat filled and other hundreds
standing inside the auditorium, the
Rev. Joseph Bran ham, assistant pastor
discovered flames in the third floo,
classroom.
Running downstairs, he found three
policemen on duty there, Sgt. Carl
Nelson, former bodyguard for Joe Louis
Sgt. Thomas Chapman and Patrolman
Louis Frank the latter two white All
returned to the classroom to try and
subdue the blaze but it had gained
too much Roadway. A fire alarm was
turned in Immediately by Officers
The weekly echo., 1940-11-15
Well Known Undertaken Dies

.soiij aoj9sss 20 bsyslQ
is uUo 10 enc sd3 ,s1eanab
The weekly echo., 1940-11-15
About Folk We
Know

. Funeral Services for the late Mrs.
Charlotte Carpenter, member of H.B.A.
No. 70. was held Sunday at 200 o'clock
from Rose Hill M. E. Church
The weekly echo., 1940-11-15

MIR. c w. Wright, president of HBA
No. AL of West Enterprise, died SUM-
day, November 10 after being afflicted
with eight day" pneumonia.
The weekly echo., 1940-11-15

well organized board of stewards and
trustees that knows no failure
The choir led by Miss Clara B. Noble,
have meant much to the church this
year.
So the writer wish to thank the Rev.
Z. l. Young, the presiding elder, a
leader of Mississippi and loyal mem
Der of Newell Chapel for their un-
stinted support.
=, Rev. M. ]. Jones, Reporter
The weekly echo., 1940-11-15

Miss Matte L. Larkin is confined &C
her room with a sprained ankle.
The weekly echo., 1940-11-15

the week proceeding the pastoral day
in the beautiful home of the Reverend
and Mrs. r. L. Young And in this
home | received a warm reception
Mrs. r. L. Young is a real housewife
and the three children that are, being
reared in the fear and admonition OF
God, knows how to make it pleasant
for me to serve as pastor at this church.
found in tn above named church
The weekly echo., 1940-11-15
HandeIman's The Store Of Bargains Has New Manager

EW MANAGER AT HANDELMANS KosAasko
Of the l. C. Stores here from
The weekly echo., 1940-11-15

MIR Dave Bourdeaux of Hattiesbme
is in the city for the funeral of. his
brother, Mr.. Will Bordeaux.
The weekly echo., 1940-11-15
Pi neer Club
w oman Visits

MRS. WADE FOSTER VISITS STATE
The weekly echo., 1940-11-15

Funeral services were held Sunday,
November 10 for the late Mr.. James
Digman.
The weekly echo., 1940-11-15

Reverend H. E. Morgan and his family
left the city Tuesday for Biloxi, where
the former was assigned as pastor.
Mrs Edna Burwell is resting nicely
in Meridian Sanitarium after under
going an operation.
Miss Leona Williams receptionist for
Dr. A. B. Blackwell is still on the sick
list.
Funeral services were held Sunday,
November 10 for the late Mr.. James
Digman.
MIR. Dave Bourdeaux of Hattiesbure
is in the city for the funeral of. his.
brother, Mr.. Will Bordeaux.
Miss Matte L. Larkin is confined .oJ
her room with sprained ankle,
i
Bargains Has A New Manager |
Hahdelman's KosdSsko Stcre-snys,
always lower and better.
SSsss.ss Ii 49,
The weekly echo., 1940-11-15

B. A. No. 21s.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-21
NIGHTMARE

MUNFORD, Tenn, July 90
PA bereaved father told to-
day of a nightmare that made
him leap from bed and kill his
little daughter under the delu-
sion she was a mad dog.
Magistrate c.. L. Mccain said
Reuben Flynn's strange story
had been investigated and no
charges were being filed in the
death of three-year-old Helen
Marie Flynn at their tenant
farm home Thursday.
The family was awakened by
the child's screams, found the
35-year-old father failing her
against the walls of a bedroom
where she had been sleeping
with her parents. Awakened,
Flynn told dazedly of his dream
that a dog was attacking Helen
Marie. The baby's skull was
crushed and she died in a few
hours.
The Rev. c.. B. Belts, a neigh
Dor quickly summoned, said of
the tragedy:
CAS- IN as they got Mr.. Flynn
awake he Rugged the dying baby
in his arms and would hardly
turn her loose. He is a poor but
kind and gentle man."
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-21
Than One Third OF Wi]mington's Population Reported l-t1ousec
CLARK ADDRESSES
COLUMBUS rally
Congressman Says Defens,
Program Progressing:
Burney Speaks

WH1TEVILLE, July 2o-co,r,
bus county people have heard ,n'
forceful addresses on the sub;aol
of Preparedness in the past tr.'
days, last night, speaking befo,.
several hundred people in tbs
courthouse, Congressman ]. Bs,
ard Clark declared that Adolf E;.1
Ter is fashioning a crazy Quilt .,
European nations which NAV kaa,
him pre-occupied for sometime +,
come. But at the same time, Rar.
Clark emphasized the necessitv \
Americas preparedness for an,
eventuality. |
On Thursday evening, speakir,
before the Law Enforcement ASH
citation of Columbus county. Jude
J. ]. Burney warned the people Of
Columbus county not to minimize
the seriousness of the present Girls.
is, and predicted that Hitler would
try to shove the United States lnn
war with Japan in order to circum.
vent the possibility of our going ID
the aid of England.
He spoke unequivocably in fayr
of compulsory military training 70,
the youth of America because, =
want my boy not only 10 be pre-
pared to defend his country if nee;
be, but defend himself as well"
Clark said last night that he wa,
happy to be able to report that III;
nations preparedness program Wa.
moving forward as rapidly as 900.
judgment and efficiency would per
NIT, and told the people of III:
county that they must prepare t
make personal sacrifice for the1
country.
Preparedness means more tina,
Just the construction of guns ant
tanks and airplanes, Clark told TIKI
gathering, but it means the CO
ordinated effort of all the peopa
nation to put the country in a stat:
of preparedness.
He said that economic relation
might be forthcoming from a Il
talitarian Europe, and that it b.
hooved the American public to de
velop it's own resources to capacfr
in order that the United State
might be as nearly selfsuficient 4
possible.