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Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1943-04-01
ORDER OF PUBLICATION

VIRGINIA.: In the Clerks Office
Of the Circuit Court Of the
County Of Dickinson on the
18th day of March, 1913.
Dickinson County, Complainant
against
D. E. S. Kuhns, Defendant.
The object of this suit is to
subject a tract of land of 81 acres
to the payment Of delinquent tax
es assessed against It in the name
of the defendant with penalties,
interest and costs.
And affidavit having been
made and filed that the Defend
ant, D. e. S. Kuhns, is not res
ident of the State of Virginia, it
is ordered that he do appear here
within 10 days after due publ
cation hereof and do what may
be necessary to protect his inter-
est in this suit. And it is further
ordered that a copy hereof be
published once a week for four
successive weeks in the Dicken-
son Herald and that a copy be
posted at the front door of the
court house of this county on or
before the End March rules, 1913.
A copy-Teste:
K. E. Fuller. Deputy
for WE. Counts, Clerk
j c Smith. pa. (March 1913
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1943-04-01
NORLAND BRIEFS

Mrs. Nettie Sparks Of Norfolk
was visiting friends and relatives
here over the weekend.
CaudilI Colley and family Wis
tied Pat Horton Sunday.
Logan Childress bought a rea-
sonably good COW and calf from
Lundy Willis last week.
Pupils of SWindall School are
planting trees on the playground
in honor Of each boy in the arm
ed forces from this community.
Ernest Stanley has moved into
his newly erected home.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1943-04-01
LONZA NEWS

Worley Gibson and family of
linchco spent Sunday at the home
of C. C. Gibson.
Sunday guests at the home of
Allen Musick were Mrs. leila
and Bonnie Rose, Mrs. Clyde
Amos, and Mr.. and Mrs. Evans
Musick.
Mrs. Corbett Owens spent Sat-
urday night with Ernest Hill and
family.
Goble Branham has recently
traded trucks.
Mrs. Ernest Hill and Mrs. Cor
bett Owens visited at the home
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1943-04-01
INCREASED PAY FOR
TEACHERS

The governor of Virginia, in an
announcement this week indicat-
ed that he was willing to appro-
pirate an additional $750,000 to
increase the salaries of teachers,
provided the members of the
General Assembly are overWhel-
mingly in favor of such pro-
posal. The governor is awaiting
replies from each individual
member of Virginia's law max
ing body.
We safely predict that the gov
ernor will receive favorable re-
plies from all members of the
General Assembly and that each
teacher in the state will receive
an additional fifty dollars next
session over and above the nor
NAL increase expected from
state funds. We cannot conceive
of a single person in the state OF
Virginia who would not favor IN
creased salaries of teachers In
order that they may have de-
cent living wage and remain in
the profession and subsist on
something above the starvation
wage level. Schools are more i'm
portant now than they have ever
been before. but we cannot ex-
pect teachers 10 continue at
work on salaries far below de-
cent living standard
Salaries of school teachers
SnOulQ not NC pau OStt VI YIN ~
idue, but should be among the
first items under appropriations
when salaries are considered by
state and county governing bod
les. Children throughout the state
ora entrusted TO the hands OF
teachers during the greater part
of each year, and it is to the in
terest of all of us that the best
teachers be selected to help guide
the development of our future
citizens. But the best teachers
can only be obtained and retain
ed by good salaries.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1943-04-01

"Well," says Judge Cunning
ham. i see they've got itp'
"Got what?" I says.
Look" beams the Judge. And
he pulls out an article about a
special kind o. lie detector-an
"alcoholometer" they call 1t.
When fellow gets hailed into
court for doing mischief, and
blames it all on a couple of
BEERS" this scientific machine
proves whether just a couple of
beers" is really the true answer.
And o. course it isn't. Because
a couple of beers, enjoyed with
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1943-04-01

Ten per cent of your income
in War Bonds will help to
build the planes and tanks
that will insure defeat of Hit
Ter and his Axis partners.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1943-04-01

It is unfortunate for the hold
ers of A gasoline ration cards
that they were the ONLY pleas
ure drivers-or were they?
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1943-04-01
From where | sit :.
by Joe Marsh

friends, is a way people keep out
of trouble, not get into it!
From where | sit, | certainly
agree with the Judge. The fellow
with the alibi about a couple
of beers" is rejecting on good
citizens everywhere who enjoy
a quiet glass of beer with their
meals-sittin' with their friends
or just relaxing after a days
work. Moderate folks like that
are entitled to consideration.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1943-04-01

Our fighting mer are doing
their share. Here at home
the least we can do is put 1919
of our income in War Eoadq
for our share in America.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1943-04-01

GROW YOUR OWN FRUIT
Planting our Giant Size Trees.
saving time, enjoying fruit much
sooner. Write for free copy new
ow-price catalogue, listing more
than 500 varieties. Offered by
Virginia's largest growers.
WAYNESBORO NURSERIES,
Waynesboro, Va. 4t-pd)
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-08-14
HIGHLAND PARK

Christian Service and District
Board OF Lay Activities. Of the Chi
cago District. Lexington Confer
encc. was held al ST. John Methodist
church in Pontiac. Mich. August I.
,. 6. Jerry Roberts and Elizabeth
Randclls were the young peoples
delegates OF Berea. Berea can we'll
be proud Of her young people and
their work. Our church school and
fellowship reports were the only
Up 10 the minute report in the
district, and our delegates held high
The banner for their church. The
report OF the children's work re-
ceieed big hand from the chair
nan. as well as the delegation. The
program Friday evening closed the
Youth Institute, ard Elizabeth cand
jerry were outstanding on the pro-
gram. leading the worship service
so effectively until young people
came weeping 10 the altar for
prayer. They used our message Of
Sunday night, July %. The district
superintendent. DR.. William II.
Williams, commended our delegates
highly.
SICK
Mrs. Virginia Crawford, deacon
ess of Thompson Avenue Baptist
church, is very i'll. Alberta Davis.
member of senior usher board. same
church. is also i'll. Mrs. Davis,
mother OF our own Katie Davis.
remains All. Mrs. Ida Mae Flanagan,
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-08-14
DEMOCRACY IN ACTION

The announcement made last Thursday that the
annual convention Of the United Automobile Workers
(ClO) had been changed from st. Louis to Buffalo
because Of discrimination against Negro delegates
and guests in st. Louis is encouraging news to those
who favor democracy in action rather than in theory.
The UAW-CIO has an impressive record of inter-
racial good will in Detroit and its sautary influence
during the hate-scarred days of June cannot be
Over-emphaszed. The statement of r. j. Thomas,
president Of the union, needs no comment:
1--WE regret that large city such st. Louis
cannot provide facilities wherein American citizens
regardless Of race meet in convention. The
UAW-CIO makes compromise with racial intol-
erance When we found that the hotels and restau-
rants in st. Louis created color line which would
bar some Of our delegates we decided to move"
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-08-14
Louisville Library
Observation-Disclosures

LOUISVILLE (ANP)-For the
first time in the history Of this city
a Negro has been named 10 the
library board. He is Atwood S.
Wilson, principal Of the Central
Colored High school. The appoint
mentswas announced b. Mayor Will
son w. Wyatt.
Wilson. who has been principal OF
the high school for eight years. is
expected TO lend valuable aid to the
Louisville Free Public Library
board because OF his educational
background and experience in the
teaching field. Before his service
q. Central he was principal of the
Madison Junior High school here.
The new appoiu;ee is at present
in Chicago working on his Pho. At
the. University of Chicago. He holds
bachelor OF arts degree and a
master OF arts degree from Fisk
and Chicago universities. A native
of ;his city. Wilson is also member
Of the War Fund. the Council Of
Social Agencies and president of
the Colored Orphans Home society.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-08-14
FRACTION IN CONGRESS"

The need for mastering the total poll tt |
strength of the Negro in Detroit was mentioned in
these columns last week A supplement to the New
Republic for August 2 called Reaction In Congress"
shows how great is the need for such program on
a nationwide scale The New Republic has this to
say Of the Seventy-eighth Congress:
1T is hard to contemplate the present Congress
without shudder. It's behavior seems like morbid
melodrama but it is real Here are rocco oratory,
suspense dragging delay followed by frantic activity,
mysterious absences violent outbreaks - all the
machinery of passion and intrigue. But behind the
fanfare, large part of the New Deal has been
killed. Farm Security, the Commodity Credit Cor
poration, the NYA and the National Resources Plan
ming board have been reduced to hepessness, if not
quite destroyed. The Wagner Act has been seriously
mutiated.'
The detailed analysis Of the vote of the House
on 20 important measures and Of the Senyte on Is
reveals how party lines were crossed to defeat the
administration. Southern Democrats and northern
Republicans formed the most effective team against
the President. Of the Michigan members of the
House, Sadowski O'Bren, Rabaut, Dingell, and Les
inski supported the administration measures men.
toned above, and Of these Sadowski has the most
impressive record Michigans senators, Ferguson
and Vandenburg, voted fairly consistently with the
forces of reaction.
The voting record is significant because it high
lights the forces of reaction that are gathering
strength throughout the country and which have al
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-08-14
OUR WAR TOO

Editor, VI ch. gan Chronicle.
wonder how many OF Us Negroes
stop 10 th.nk seriously about this
war and feel that il is our war
800. excluding 'he personal feeling
that the majority OF us have be-
Cause most % our boys are in the
armed services
"A daresay that very few OF us
have, the thought We concentrate
upon being the inhuman. unfair.
disgusting and contemplate way
;hat We are treated There is not
one OF us, barring none. that have
not suffered III some bitter way.
publicly or personally insults
hurled our way by the white race
I, has trimmed us down 10 the
point that We don't care about th:s
war. But We must care. This is,
difficult because we are reminded
of our status every minute Of the
day in every way. We mus. care
enough 10 fall in step with Amcri-
ca and keep NaziSm out Of America.
II is enough to fight 10 the teeth
day in and day out for small &C.
cencies and equality Of lie with
the whites without taking on the
added burden OF having 20 start
from scratch and fight an unknown
force. NaziSm.
So my friends. IL YOU are putting
the least amount OF effort in this
war stop ard think Of your Boys in
The service and what they are 60
ing through. Some OF our finest
blood is in the boys in the services
and we need them 20 help us reach
our goal. Help get this war over
so that they can come back-the
boys who would some day make
us proud. These boys cannot come
back safe and sound unless Black
America wakes up and plays their
important and vital part in this
war effort Our boys need us and
We need them 20 help carry on
our fight We must not let them
down.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-08-14
LETTERS TO
The EDITOR


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The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-08-14
THE FACTS IN
OUR NEWS

cepted by the great majority OF
citizens in this country. but feels
that il should be confined to the
Negro section. II II gets out Of the
Negro section, then the next step is
TO ask the police to brutalize and
drive back into the Negro section
the offenders"
Your correspondent has no idea
that churches will even consider
this as constructive criticism. They
won't. The way we now proceed.
with individuals in relationship to
personal salvation. it is through the
assembly line technique. There is
no attempt on the part OF religion
lists to deal with people in their
individual circumstances. We make
them victims Of mystical process
OF salvation. We do not proceed
to teach them that personal happi-
ness must come from within. We
permit them to think that by
mumbling. a few words. attending
a given service. and doing a few
other meaningless things, in the
name Of Christ. they have achieved
salvation. Actually what people
need, is some insight, and some help
with their problems of emotional
insecurity. Unless this is done, the
most magnificent social scheme will
only render us a more confused
people.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-08-14

ready killed the New Deal The coming elections,
both national and local, are crucial for the Negro
for they will determine the place that he will occupy
in the postwar world. The Negro vote can play a
significant part in these elections only if each eli
gible Negro voter registers and casts his ballot.
Negro leaders regardless of party in Detroit are
backing program to get out the vote. We think
that they will find Detroers ready and eager to
support such program.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-08-14
POLICE AND NEGROES

A letter from Arthur Garfield Hayes to the
New York Times pointing to the underlying cause
of the recent iot in Harlem goes to the root OF 'e
distrlSt of the police 10y Negroes not only IN Harlem
but in other centers, and notably IN Detroit. MI.
Hayes who served on The committee appointed IN
1885 by Mayor La Guardia 70 investigate the rict
of March 10. 1885 in Harlem quotes from the COM
mittee report
the insecurity Of the individual in Harlem
against police aggression is in our Judgment one
of the most potent of the existing hostility to
authority.
I'VE think that the police should be made to
realize primarily that they the servants of the
public. whether white or colored and that they them
selves under no circumstances whatever, have the
right to violate the laws they sworn to uphold"
The recommendations of this committee were as
follows: i That the police obey the law in their
treatment of residents Of Harlem; (2) that police
men be given thorough instruction in the law as to
the limitations of their rights and the few occasions
on which they may violence; (3) that the Com
missioner of Police arrange for the appointment
of committee of from five to seven Harlem citi-
zens of both races to whom coored people may make
complaint if mstreated by the police; 4) that Off
GERS of the law who violate the law should not only
be subject to investigation and punishment by the
Police Department but that action should be taken
by the District Attorney, where tits warranted just
as vigorously as where any other person is charged
with crime
We quote this report at length because although
written in 1885, it's recommendations are no less
sound. These recommendations were ignored, &C
cording to Mr.. Hayes, and the recent disturbances
, in Harlem grew out of the same misunderstanding
and resentment Here in Detroit we have much the
same situation, yet no attempt has been made by
city or police officials to make frontal attack on
the problem. 1t would be miracle if Commissioner
Witherspoons police force, unlike the community at
large did not have among its numbers those who
have little respect for the Negroes citizenship rights
Yet Commissioner Witherspoon whtewashes n S
force with heavy hand and infers that they are
more sinned against than SHINING.
The recent damaging N.AA.C,P. report on the
treatment of Negroes by police during the recent
riot in Detroit offers excellent opportunity for
Mr.. Witherspoon to adopt more realistic attitude
toward his department. We would like to see him
take the lead among those who are urging an in
vestigation of the charges made against some men,
bers of the department.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-08-14
POETS
CORNER
A HEAVY HEART
By Charles Harris

A mother living down the stairs
Was saddened yesterday:
And now the solemn crepe she
wears
Bespeaks her hearts dismay.
Although he hardly knew manhood
He met his country's call,
And died in doing all he could
That right. would serve for all.
At night she views the lonely bed
Where once her sonny lay,
Before the war 10 us had spread
And he was called away.
It's then with sympathy and love
She offers up prayer
Beseeching Him. Who dwells above
Those fighting boys TO spare"
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-08-14
We-, The-
Negeo
~ WILLIAM L. SHERRill

n;shingS. .. We strive desperately
10 live and &C; like what We are
not. We must stop this nom
sense. We fool nobody when
we strain and pretend. =. Every
body sees through us :. all We
succeed in doing is making fools
Of ourselves.
:; =; :;
In these days oil plenty we should
stop and count the costs OF our
folly. Are we true TO ourselves
when we are eXtravagant and reck-
less with our earnings in times like
these? Do we gain anything in
mortgaging our incomes 10 keep
up with the Joneses"?--I realize
that the Negro has no monopoly on
this business of keeping up with
the Joneses" or OF being extrava-
CANT as that goes but l call
this failing TO the attention OF the
Negro because. of all groups. he
can least afford these practices :.
This is what prompts me 20 pause
in my criticism OF others and ;urn
the searchlisat OF criticism upon
ourselves. -. We must not flattcr
ourselves instead we must
search for and face the truth about
ourselves.
- :; !:
1T is TRUE tina. the agencies Of
Eovernmcnt,--tAe creed Of industry
and the monster of racial preju-
dice have all denied us our share
of the fat o. this land:-but il is
also true that we have greatly con-
tribu;ed 10 our disircsSful condition
through our own lack OF vision,
sense and responsibility.
II we as a people continue 20
waste our substance there can be
no other future for us but that Of
poverty and suffering. . . Negro
enterprise and institutions must fail
and the race will only move for
ward destruction. :. . The indivld-
ual who lives continually beyond
his means and makes no provision
for tomorrow must end either in
the poorhousc. the penitentIary or
The asylum. A race of people
that is Indifferent 10 the laws gov
erning economic growth must also
end in Illustration and ultimate de
feat.
Unless we make quick detour
from the paths OF extravaganza and
foolish spending 10 that OF modera-
ton and thrift:--unless we master
the fine art of living within our
means.--we shall pay for our ig-'
norance and indifference dearly in
the years just ahead.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-08-14
MISSOURI BAR ADMITS TWO

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. CAMP
Official announcement has just
been made by the Missouri State
Board Of Legal Examiners that two
additional graduates Of the Lincoln
university school OF law have sue
cessfully passed the Missouri bar.
These successful candidates are
Mrs. Lula Morgan Howard and
Scott II. Mayo.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-08-14

THE DISCRIMINATION PRAC.

TICED against the Negro working
class is appalling. :. This column
has worked overtime in pointing
this out from week to week.
But the recklessness with which the
Negro working man throws away
what he earns once he secures
work. is astounding. We talk
about what the other fellow won't
do or won't let us debut our cx.
travasancc in living.-and our in
difference 10 the laws Of economic
stability and progress. is responsible
for much Of the hardShips we as
people suffer. . So many Of us.
in spite of the big wages we now
earn live weeks ahead OF our pay
check. :. SO many OF us who have
no homes, no insurance. no bank
accounts and no guarantee OF our
jobS,-havc our wardrobes be-
decked with finer clothes than we
really can Afford and our flats
stocked with far too expensive fur
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-08-14

OF Klinger avenue, and a member
Of the Stewardess OF Bcrea church,
was taken suddenly III Saturday. j..
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-08-14
w. r. BRIGHT HOST At
TWILIGHT RECEPTION

Mr.. Bankhcad en,raired last
Monday night for s.. Louis. where
he Will visit his daughter. enrou,e
home. For about 10 days he enjoyed
a glamorouS visit with his brother.
the Rev S. ". Bankhead. As you
rene nber We told you that Brother
John Bankhead was that very fine
gentleman and great church layman
Of the Mississippi conference.
MRS. J. VI. JONES. CATERESS
Mrs. Jones. who is unsurpassed
in her line. arranged and prepared
the dainty twilight menu last Sum
cay. just as the dav was fading into
twilight. She arranged small tables
about the spacious room in restful
Fellowship Hall. and centered each
table with a tail lighted taper and
tiny glass vases filled with fresh
cut garden flowers OF snapdragons
rose5uds and touched with fern
The dainty and delicious menu had
been used by Mrs. Henry Ford. on
July %. Mrs. Lottie Lee Hazard
was mistress OF ceremonies. With
her humorous personality she made
the occasion very pleasant. Many
we're on hand TO say goodbye 10
Mr.. Bankhead.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-08-14
NOTHING SEEMS TO BE RE-

MEMDLhLD VI lIlc ldlu years VI
the depression. :. Those lean years
when Negroes suffered so terribly.
Those years Of soup kitchens
and rummage sales. With no
memory Of yesterday or thought of
tomorrow our people take their
fifty TO a hundred dollars Il week
wages, and burn them up in riotous
living. . That which we do not
dump in beer gardens. dance halls,
and amusement centers-we pour
into the pockets of fortune tellers.
root doctors, fake "spiritualistS' and
faith healers." E. Our all and only
thought seems TO be that we some
how. sOmeway. must get rid of our
money.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-08-14
DELEGATES TO DISTRICT
CONFERENCE

The District Conference. Youth
Institute, the Woman's Society OF
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-08-14

WE ARE INDEED A BUSY
RACE-busy as can be. making
millionaireS out Of the other fellow
and suckers out Of ourselves. You
have but 10 walk through any OF
the thickly populated Negro dis
tricts. and spend few moments
in the beer gardens. night clubs.
dance halls and af;er-hour spots To
verify the truth of this statement.
:. II is tragic-yes criminal-the
way Negroes who only short
while ago were in bread lines. +.
are today the greatest offenders
in this direction. They think
nothing of blowing weeks wages
throwing a party" or in some other
manner showing off as big shots"