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Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1949-08-11
Missing Man Found At
Breakfast Table

There was no work at Splash
dam Monday; the miners were
out early that morning combing
the hills for missing brother.
One of Kermit buttons rela-
tives came to the mine before the
men went in to work with the
news that Kermit had been miss
ing since the Friday before. Fur
thermore, he had left message
that within three days he would
be dead. The miners organized
searching parties and prepared to
scour the hills around Splashdam
and Haysi.
The party working over the ter
rain around and in the point be
yond the site of the high school
at Haysi came to the Dutton
home, There, they found the man
for whom they were looking,
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1949-08-11
Stolen Car Abandoned
Near Mcclure
Saturday Night

In a very early hour of Sunday
morning, deputy Oakley Stanley
came upon an empty 1948 Chew
ro1et automobile, bearing Floyd
County, KY, license plates, on the
road in the Mcclure community.
He kept tab on the car and took
possession of it when no owner
had appeared Sunday. Inquiries
were sent to Kentucky, where the
owner of the vehicle was located
at High Hat, in Floyd County.
The automobile had been stolen
on the preceding Saturday
The owner, accompanied by
deputy sheriff Blackburn o f
Floyd County came here Tuesday
to reclaim the car. Local aLthor1-
ties were satisfied with his Gre
dentials and turned the automo-
bile over to him. Deputy Black
burn attracted considerable inter
est himself by carrying heavy
riot stick at all times, as if ready
for immediate action.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1949-08-11
SUPERVISORS MEET
LAST MONDAY

The Board of Supervisors in
meeting Monday, had little more
than the routine business of pay
ing claims. Although the county
budget for secondary roads Is
customarily presented in August,
it did not appear this year.
The board authorized the school
board to secure a temporary loan
in the amount of $4,000 for a pc
riod of five months in order to
meet current obligations. This is
fairly standardized procedure, as
taxes do not come in in much
volume until November.
AS the first Monday in Septen,.
Der is Labor Day, the supervisors
next meeting will be on Tuesday
Sept. 6.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1949-08-11
Three Persons Take
Anti Rab ies Treatment
After Being Bitten

A five-months-old dog belong
ing to Ellie Mullins, merchant
and postmaster of Isom, went on
a rampage and bit three PERSON.
in that community on Monday OF
this week. The people who were
bitten are taking anti-rabies treat
ments at local hospital The dog
is being kept tied.
On the advice of doctors, the
dog was held to wait develop
ments. The effects of summer
heat and digestive disturbances
occasionally cause a condition
somewhat resembling rabies, but
if kept confined such dogs usual
ly recover.
The county agent warns that
all dogs should have been vaccin-
ated before this time and that
real attacks of rabies may be ex-
pected unless the law is complied
with.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1949-08-11
Livestock In Ramey
Flats Injured BY
Acid Solution

A report comes from Laurel
Branch in the Ramey Flats Sec
ton to the effect that several
head of stock were very severely
burned last week by some kind
of caustic solution. A colt and a
heifer belonging to Wiley Stanley,
a mare owned by Yana Stanley
and heifer, the property of Ed
er Harrison Mullins, were found
badly burned. The colt belonging
to Wylie Stanley died from the
injuries, and the other animals
are in critical condition. The
flesh of the colt was literally
burned to the bones.
The animals has been running
at large in the community, and 1t
is supposed that some farmer
drenched them with the solution
to prevent trespassing. No posi-
tive clues habe been found to in
dictate the person who took such
drastic vengeance.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1949-08-11

calmly eating breakfast. He had
got in few minutes before and
was hungry as wolf. He had
been gone from home, all right,
since Friday. He had before his
disappearance, left word that he
would not be alive on the follow
ing Monday But where had he
been? His mind was blank as a
clod on that question. He could
not, he said, give any account Of
himself during the past three
days.
Medical science has many re-
cords of state known as amnes-
la. This is condition of forgetful
ness, usually temporary. The VIC
tim of such break in the memory
may act with seeming good sense
but has no memory of the recent
past when the cloud lifts,
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1949-08-11
Road Camp Being
Located At Mouth Of
Caney Greek

The site of the old Ritter lun1N
Der yard at the mouth of Caney is
being cleared for the convict road
camp, which will shortly move
to that point. This road force,
numbering between so and rs
prisoners, will relocate the high
way between Fremont and the
mouth of Big Spraddle.
1t is hoped that the camp may
be permanently located in this
county. While in Wise County,
this force not only did great
deal of construction on primary
roads but made much improve
ment on the secondary roads.
Recent surveys over the school
bus routes show that more care
full maintenance is needed. This
is especially true of the Brush
Creek road. One of the rural
school supervisors went over that
road last week and says that it
is in the poorest condition of any
improved highway in the county.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1949-08-11
MRS. EUGENE HYDE, SIR.
DIES IN NORTON

Norton, Aug 9-Funeral ser
vices for Mrs. Minnie Mafdes
Hyde, 81, wife of Eugen Hyde, Sr.
who died yesterday afternoon at
her home here, was held at l p.
m. Monday at the First Baptist
church. Burial was at Saltville on
Monday afternoon.
In addition to her husband, she
is survived by two daughters,
Mrs. Florence Williams and Mar
garet Hyde, both of Norton; pSAe
son, Eugene Arthur, Hyde Jr.,
of California, and two grandchil-
rem.
The deceased was the wife of
Eugene Hyde, who was sanitation
officer in Dickinson County be-
fore the health unit was abolish
ed in 1910.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1949-08-11
HAYNES SLOWLY
RECOVERING FROM
INJURIES

Tennyson Haynes, who was
badly cut in an affray on Cutter
Branch a week ago, is making a
slow Improvement in a local hos
pital. Unless unforeseen compl1-
cations develop, his chance for
recovery is good.
Up to this time, no arrests have
been made in connection with
this trouble. There seems to be
no reliable information on the
actual happening or the cause of
the difficulty. 1t is said that the
injured man has stated that he
plans no prosecutions.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1949-08-11
CHURCH NOTICE

Singing convention at Pound
River church, Aug. 81, from 10
to 230 or 800. Bring your
friends and a basket. Dinner will
be served at the church.
All singing people are invited
-quartets, ,trios or anyone who
would like to sing for us.
A good surfaced road leads to
the church, six miles from Clint
wood, two miles from S. T. Null
ms store.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1949-08-11
Teacher Placements For Coming School
Year Announced By Superintendent
School Board Prepares
For Opening Of
County Schools


The School Booard met in reg
ular session Monday, Aug. with
no more than routine business on
the docket. No teacher place
ments were made. No change was
made in the opening date of the
county schools, scheduled for
Aug. Is, but it was said that some
schools would probably be delay
ed in opening for a week or two.
A plan of sick leave for teach
ers was discussed, but no action
was taken. This matter may be
given further consideration, it
was said, before teachers get
their contracts.
M. D. L. Mace was reelected as
janitor of Dickinson Memorial
High School, and Seth Hill was
given that job in the Chnchco
school.
The following bus drivers were
appointed for the coming term of
school:
H. E. Mccoy, I. A. Amburgey,
Luke Bowman, Arthur Counts,
Troy Vanover, Mont Minton, La
mar Colley, Arthur Kennedy, v.
c. Kiser, Nelson Richardson, Tom
Bright and Adron Speer.
H. E. Mccoy, "a member o
the board of directors of the
Dickinson. Federation of Teach
ers, appeared before the board
with a statement of policy made
by the organization to the effect
that the federation would COOPER
ate with the school board in
plans for the improvement of
the schools.
One-ROOm Schools
Notwithstanding Mccoy
Bear Ridge-Edna K. Bowman
Big Oak--Irene Rose
Bise-Eda Clay
Cane Creek
Cold Spring-Rufus V. Mccoy,
Jr.
Counts-Jack Colley
Cranes Nest-Billie Bise
FairvieW-Helen Rose,
Flat Top-C. D. L. Mccoy
Grizzle-Cecil Robinson
Hammond-Helen K. Breeding
Ivy Spring-Beulah Powers
Kenady-Della B. Rose
Lower Lick Fork-Naomi Rob-
inson
Middle Branch-Emma Ambur
gey
Mt. Carmel--Nerva Wright
Nit. View-Louise South
Musick-Madge Kerr
Nealy Ridge-Darrel Clay
Owens-Mary Agnes Edwards
Ramey Flats-Oma Mullins
Rock Lick-Fletcher Davis
Rachel Chapel-Ralph Ratliff,
Jr.
Stonewall-Bascom Bise
Sullivan Branch. r. Tiller
Sulphur Spring-Maynard Ow-
ems
Tivis-Lucille Kelly
Wakenva-Nell T. Linkous
Two-Room Schools
Abner Gap-Douglas Arlington,
Gaynelle Anderson
Davis-Pauline Mullins, Anne
Ratliff
Darwin - Sophronia Cooley,
Fannie Crabtree
Dog CHARACTERIZATION Edwards,
Goldia Ball
Georges Fork-Ruby Mullins,
Bertye Phipps
Greenwood-John w. Hillmna,
Stella Bise
Honey Camp-Minnie c. Mill
er, Jamie Mccoy
Large-Thelma L. Phipps, Gin
as Fletcher
Lyons Fork-Fred F. Fletcher
Geraldine Buchanan
Mill Creek-Jurl Ann Patton
(Turn to back pags)
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1949-08-11
OF
All
Things!

A load of sand for the jail build
ing came in Monday from Deel,
Buchanan County, Rather odd to
think of sand being hauled long
distance into this county where
we have so much of it.
Marve has almost recovered
from the effects of his trip up
Salt River. He says that as he
knew all the bootleg joints up
that way, he and other local char
acters had a hilarious voyage.
Everyone who knows anything
about raising grain agrees that
this has been an extra special
season for corn. Let us not forget
to show our gratitude and good
sense by sowing cover crops on
the corn land. Soil is our most
precious resource.
The hope of road through
Blowing Rock Gap, it is said, tip
ped the scales of the primary re-
turns from Artrip precinct. Sc
riously, "a highway through that
pass would be worth far more
than the cost to Dickinson Coun-
ty and to the state of Virginia. It
would give us a direct route to
the Sandy Valley and would
make lime available to our farm
ers without the cost of long
freight hauls. And we should
keep this fact in mind Dickinson
is the only border county in all
Southwest Virginia without a di-
rect outlet to another state.
We knew that Charlie Deloach
was versatile, that his experience
covered many fields, and that his
knowledge was both wide and
deep. But ON last Sunday night
we were amazed to hear him
more than hold his own in a dis
cussion of the Scriptures with a
mighty expounder of the Bible.
Sherman Mullins was all set
Monday morning to catch the bus
for Norton, where he wished to
lay in a supply of medicine and
get ration of green beans. The
bus, for some reason, didn't get
through that morning, but Sher-
man. ever resourcefEl, laid and
executed other plans. He found
green beans at Harve Johnson
grocery, and evidently found med
icine elsewhere, for he appeared
early Tuesday morning, carefree
as lark and frisky as a goat.
A messge came into the sher-
ifs office last week that domestic
troubles in a household in the
Tivis section had gone so far that
only the law could settle it. A
deputy went to the place of dis
cord and found the man sitting
peacefully in the yard. The wife
appeared, and she and the hus>
band agreed that they wanted a
court of justice to settle an issue
that had risen in the home. They
invited the officer into the house
and showed him three pints OF
moonshine. The man had taken
the position that as master Of the
household he had the right to
bring strong waters into the home.
The wife had denied this conten-
ton. They had decided to make
a test case of it, and so called the
law. There was no ill feelings,
there was only a domestic issue
that man and wife could not re-
solve. They asked that the con-
tention be fully explored in the
light of the law. The court, we
are informed, has the pleadings
under consider, . will ron
der decision a 4 ire date.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1949-08-11
HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING
TO BE READY NEXT WEEK

Contrary to some reports, the
repair work on Dickinson Memo
rial High School will be finished
this week, and the building win
be ready for occupancy next Mon
day. It is understood that princ1-
pal Paul Skeen will not return
from Nashville, where he has
been studying in Peabody College
for Teachers, until the end OF
next week. However, school will
begin under the direction of JACK
Sutherland, acting principal.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1949-08-11
JAMES A. COLLEY ON CRUISE
IN MEDITERRANEAN

James A. Col1ey of the navy, a
son of James Colley of Clintwood,
is on a four-month cruise of the
Mediterranean area aboard the
destroyer tender Grand Canyon.
The Grand Canyon is scheduled
to visit the Island of Crete and
Naples, Italy, during August.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1949-08-11
A CORRECTION

The correct date of the memo
rial meeting for Mrs. Campbell
Willis is the third Sunday in Au-
gust, which falls on the 21st OF
the month. An error was made in
the announcement carried in last
weeks paper. =
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1949-08-11
WILLIE PHILLIPS DIES AT
HOME OF BROTHER AT
TRAMMEL

Willie Phillips, 81 years of age
died after a long illness at the
home of a brother in Trammel
last Friday night. The cause OF
death was diabetes.
Burial was in a cemetery on
Bear Ridge Sunday. The deceas-
ed leaves several children. He
was a son of the late Dee Phillips
and was born and reared on Flat
Spur.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1949-08-11
Lodge Notice

Chase Lodge No. 81 meets ON
Thursday night for degree
work. AS many members of the
team "as can conveniently do
so" are requested to be present.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1949-08-11

Mr.. and Mrs. Harve Johnson
and children and Mrs. Curtis Mul
Inns of Clintwood have returned
home after q weeks stay at
Myrtle Beach, N. c., and other
places OF interest on the coast,
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-06-10
ATTEND CORONATION

Among those who attended the
Miss Hospitality" coronation
ceremonies Wednesday evening
at Gulfport was w. E. Virgins,
who as a member of the COVER
nor's staff was there during the
two days festivities. He was
joined Wednesday by Mrs. Wig
gins and their daughters, Misses
Irene and Daisy Ed who with him
enjoyed the boat ride that was
part of the celebration. Others
attending were Mr.. and Mrs. Ar
thur Smith and daughter, Nan,
and Dorothy Pelham; Mr.. and
Mrs. N. L. Hatten and daughters,
Nola Jean and Jaunice; Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Bogdahn and their
guest, Mrs. David O'Donnell of
Inverness; Mesdames H. K.
Thornton and Joe Lee; Mr.. and
Mrs. j. E. Stone and Mr.. and Mrs.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-06-10
Hail And FcyeweM

In two previous editorials we have pointed out the
many facts surrounding the operation of the Sage Patch
Club "a wide-open gambling establishment that has for
many years operated unmolested in the area where the
Mississippi-Alabam state line divides Mobile and Jack
son counties.
To go over them once more these facts are, briefly:
The Sage Patch Club and the Sage Patch Cafe pay
taxes In Jackson county on a total assessment of $4,000.
A sizeable portion of this assessment is made up on
phenalia.
A bill appropriating $4,000 to survey and establish the
Alabana-Mississippi state line and drawn by Attorney
General Greek L. Rice in 1916 was passed by the legisla-
ture.
After a lot of promises and several conferences with
the Alabama attorney general, Mr.. Rice said recently that
he found no real need to establish the state line and that
"he and the governor" agreed that the suit to establish it
should not be brought. That statement, of course, came
three years after he had drawn and had passed by the leg.
islature a bill to do the very thing that he now finds no
real need to do. Hindsight is sometimes better than fore
sight.
County law enforcement officers say that they can
not touch the Sage Patch because of the uncertainty of
whether it is located in Alabama or Mississippi.
z There you have it!
The Sage Patch is immune to law, it is untouchable,
its proprietors can do as they please and the people will
have to take it whether they like it or not.
Let's forget it, folks, and turn our energies to the fight
to retain state title to the tidelands! That's up in Wash
ington.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-06-10
Mrs. Bessie Lumkin
Dies Suddenly AT
Residence In Wade

Mrs. Bessie Eliza Lampkin, 63
years old, died suddenly at her
home at Wade Wednesday morn
ing. She was found dead in her
bed.
Born May 4, 1886 in Louisiana,
she had lived at Wade for the
past eight years.
She is survived by seven sons,
]. E. of Foley. J. c. of Tampa,
Lyman ]. of port Tampa, Fla,
Leonard E. Of Moorhaven, Fla,
and G.. L., L. l.. and Ira w. Lamp
kin of Wade; four daughters, Mrs
Myrtle Buie, Port Tampa, Fla.
Mrs. ]. w. Hearndon, Moss Point,
Mrs. Bessie E. Hamilton, Mobile
and Mrs. AWE Reus, Wade.
Funeral services will be con-
Quoted Friday. today. at 8 a. IN
from the Stokes Funeral Home
after which the funeral process
sion will proceed to Bay Minette,
Ala, for burial.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-06-10
Merle F. Palmer
Holds Office On
Bur Association

Merle F. Palmer. county at
torney, of Pascagoula, was elect
ed second vice president of the
Mississippi Bar association at the
close of its annual convention and
election of officers in Biloxi this
past week.
Robert w. T. Thompson, Gulf
port attorney, was named to head
the association succeeding Phil
Stone of Oxford and Gipson With
erspoon of Meridian was elected
first vice president.
The state bar on motion of Bid
we'll Adam took action to increase
the number of supreme court
justices from six to nine. Adam
said the supreme court volume of
business had increased to such
an extent it a not handle the
amount of business coming in be-
fore it and that it is a year in
arrears.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-06-10
Plans For Fourth
OF July AT Moss
Point Announced

A full program of events has
been planned for the Fourth OF
July celebration to be held in
Moss Point on that day under the
joint sponsorship of the Young
Mems Business club and the
Woman's club.
The Riverside recreation cen
ter will be the scene of varied ac-
tivities beginning with a softball
game between a local team OF
juvenile all-stars playing a team
of all-stars from Pascagoula in
the forenoon.
Immediately after noon the
cupboard motor boat races are
scheduled to begin when con-
testants from all over the county
and nearby cities will compete
for the prizes being offered by the
YMBC.
Registration blanks for TIL e
boat races will be found at the
following places, Easy Pay Tire
store, Moss Point Hardware COM
pany, Blades Hardware company,
Western Auto, Suthoff's Hard
ware and Supply, and Foster
Lennep's Building and Supply
company.
Following the boat races in the
afternoon, the teen-age ball play
ers will have a softball game with
a team of Moss Point all-stars
playing an all-star team from
Pascagoula.
The swimming pool will be fea-
tured as the setting for an exhi-
bition of plain and fancy diving
and swimming contests with some
of the best swimmers in the
county competing.
To conclude the evening a gor-
geous display of fireworks fea-
turing Old Glory will be set off as
the climax. Tentative plans call
for a band concert Immediately
preceding the fire works.
All of the races, swimming and
diving exhibitions, and ball games
will be free of any charge, it
was stated, while all manner of
picnic food will be on sale by
the Woman's club.
This is the first time In a num-
Der of years that Moss Point has
had a formal Fourth of July Gel
ebration.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-06-10
History OF Red
Cross And Work
AT Annual Meet

1.-The Place of the American
Red Cross in the American Scene
and American Life Today" was
the subject of a talk by Ralph
Mitchell, assistant director of the
southeastern area, American Red
Cross from Atlanta, at the an
nual meeting of the local chapter
on Thursday evening at the court
house.
Mr.. Mitchell stated that in or
der to understand the place of
the Red Cross in America today,
what it does and why it does it,
it is imperative to understand
how the various services came in
to existence.
The history of the Red Cross
was given, followed by an ex-
PLANTATION of the starting of serv-
ices, first aid and water safety,
nursing service, nutrition, pro-
duction, junior Red Cross and the
Dlood program.
Edward A. Khayat, chairman of
the planning committee, presided
at the meeting and introduced
Mr.. Mitchell following the invo-
cation voiced by the Ri. Rev.
Msgr. P. j. Carey. The Rev. Nor
man Boone pronounced the bene-
diction at the conclusion of the
meeting.
The report of the nominating
committee for directors was read
and there being no nominations
from the floor was unanimously
accepted with the following nam
ed to serve as directors. w. H.
Calhoun of Ocean Springs, George
w. Noe of Pascagoula, Henry Lynd
of Moss Point, Fl. P. Plateau and
N. E. Taconi, both of Beat w, for
a term of a year; Wendell Pal
frey of Ocean Springs, Msgr.
Carey of ~Pascagoula, w. H. Har-
ris of Moss Point, Roy Cumbest
of Beat / and Lum Oliver of Beat
II, for a term of two years; Mrs.
J.. H. Edwards of Ocean Springs,
Joe Krebs of Pascagoula, Mrs.
Frank Spann, Jr. of Moss Point,
Mrs. Burton Roberts of Beat v
and John B. Jones of Beat /.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-06-10
Legislation Needed

Our neighboring state of Georgia is also having trouble
in the administration of the 10,O00-patient Georgia Mental
Hospital. All but some two or three of the hospitals doc
tors attempted TO resign, but were fired instead. A Geor-
ga Senate Investigating Committee has moved in on the
trouble.
1t is unfortunate, and tragic, that in most states the
mental institutions get a tremendous amount of verbal at
tention, particularly during political campaigns, and a min
imum amount of trained supervisors and competent adj
ministration.
That is true of Whitfield Mental Institution in our state.
The recent report of our own Legislative Investigating
Committee bore that out. However, as is usual, the fam
fare and flames have died out and conditions at the hospital
have benefited but little, if at all, from the publicity and
Investigations.
AS the recent report of the Legislative Investigating
Committee Said, the mentally i'll are the first wards of the
state. It is shameful that those words can't be turned into
fortnight action to make them reality instead of black
ink symbols on white paper that have meaning only and