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THE DICKENSON COUNTY HERALD
VOL- 1. NO. 3, CLiNTWOOD, DICKENSON COUNTY, VIRGINIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1927. SI SO FER YEAR IN ADVANCE
Local News and Personal
Mention in Brief Form
There have been a few candi
dates, for the various County
offices, placed their announce
ments with this paper, thereby
demonstrating their interest in
the building of a County paper,
but there are others that have no!
given us any business of any nat
ure, thereby demonstrating to us
that thev do not care anything
about the life of their Co. paper.
Ira J. Deel, of Dante, Va., was
in town last Wednesday and left
us his order for two subscription.
We feci sure there are others
like Mr. Deel.
Miss Gcldie Mullins, who is
tsiching in the Nealy Ridge
school, spent the week end with
h ir home folks, Mr. & Mrs- C. J
M illins
Mr. Charlie Jackson, of Ha.vsi,
was a business caller in town
last Wednesday.
Mr. D. R. Crabtree, of Longs
fork, was on the streets last Wed
nes lay.
The many friends of Mis;
Dixie Self are glad to know ihai
she is improving nicely. She had
M_.
Mr. Ira Hale, who has been i
patient at Sutherland’s Hospital
for several days was removed tc
his home Tuesday.
Aunt Rebecca Hughes and he)
daughter, have returned fron
Jenkens, and are making then
home near Longs Fork again.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. J. E
Self, a daughter, weight 6 1-2 lbs
Mrs. N. H. Rasnick, of Leek
who has been ill, is very much
improved at this writing.
Max Thompson, Arthur Masor,
Kenneth Wesley and Luthei
May,all of McClure,were visitor;
in town Sunday.
Bruce Duel, of McClure, spen'
the week-end with his parent;
in Clintwood.
Mrs. J. C. Smith is very much
indisposed.
MRS. A. LOU OQUIN
Mrs. A. Lou Oquin the wife of
Geo. M. Oquin Jr., who was the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. C.
Raines, died at her home at Pra
ter, Va., Sunday Feb. 20, 1927,
between 12 and 1 o’clock, after
an illness of almost four months.
Mrs. Lou Oquin was born Feb.
12, 1885. She was 42 years and
8 days oid at her death. She
leaves a husband and seven chil
dren, father mother, six brothers
and three sisters |bt sides a host
of friends and relatives to mourn
her loss. Two doctors exhausted
their skill trying to save her but
could not.
She was a peaceful quiet in
offensive hard working woman,
who struggled hard to raise her
family. She was well belovec
and highly le p-cted by .those
who knew her. But she has
answered the summons and paid
the debt, we all ere long will have
to pay. Trusting her soul is at
rest with Jesus, we bow in hum
ble submission to the will of our
heavenly Father.
Grief Stricken Father,
J. C. RAINES.
LONGS FORK ITEMS
The Honey Camp school is pro
gressing nicely under the con
crol of Ferdie Beverly and Polly
Hawkins.
Roxie Strouth and Marie Cal
houn were visitors last Fridav tc
the Honey Camp school.
Stella Smith, of Clintwood,
passed thru Longs Fork Satur
day and Sunday.
Erman Davis, of Longs Fork,
visited h;s grandfather’s nea?
Norland, Saturday.
Marell Strouth is moving to his
new home near Wise County on
the Pound River.
Cleveland Beverly near Long.1
Fork, moved to East Jenkens a
few days ago.
BIRTHDAY PARTY
The younger set were delight
fully entertained by Miss Beulah
Muilins at a birthday party giver
at her home Friday evening Feb.
18th. Various games were play
ed, and greatly enjoyed bv tho.-i
present. After refreshment;
were served, a very delightfu
hour was spent in dancing.
Those present were: Misse.
Pauline Sutherland, Edna Mul
lins, Beatrice Wright, Lena Crab
tree and Beulah Mullins. Messrt
Reed Sutherland, Glenn Kiser:
Bernard Tiller, Jerry Chase
Delbert Mullins and Jake Priode
Several who were invited wer<
unable to attend. Miss Mullin.
received many presents, and
every one present thoroughly
enjoyed the evening.
TINY LOCALS
Mr. Ritison Powers, a good cit
izen of Bucu, who entered Abing
don Hospial o n Dec. 3rd. 1926
where he underwent a serion;
operation, returned home the 12th
of this month, after resting al
his son-in-law’s, Judge M. Suther
land at Wilder, for three days on
his way home from Abingdon
Mr. Powers is in very poor health
yet, but about like he has beer,
for the last two weeks. His
many friends hope he will yet
get tetter.
Clintwood Theatre
BETTif BRONSON
and
RICARDO CORTEZ
IN
“NOT SO LONG AGO”
Friday and Saturday
Feb. 25, 26
Picture Will Start
Saturday Night as soon as
Banquet is over
WEEKLY HEALTH HINTS
Last week we covered the com
municable diseases spread thru
the secretions of nose and throat
this week, which diseases spreaci
thru the discharges of the bowel
will be our subject.
The diseases spread thru dis
charges of the bowel are Typhoid
fever, Dysentery, (Flux) Summer
complaint of children, Infantile
paralysis, Hook worm and many
other intestinal worms.
How may they be prevented?
This question is readily answered
the proper disposal of material
that carries infection, and the
elemination of the agents that
spread it. The carrying out ol
this is, relatively simple ano
costs but little, once done there
is little to do thereafter.
When we note that flies a e
probably the greatest offender;
in the carrying of the infectous
material from its source, deposit
ing it on food, dishes, babys
hands and lips, yes and often on
our own, we come to the first
point in the arrest of the diseases
We must get rid of the fly. This
can be accomplished in the home
by screens and use of fly swat
ters and flypaper, this however
only keeps them out of the house
and we also wish to keep then
from the infectious material.
This means the building of i
proper place for the disposal oi
the bowel discharges, and the
erection of a sanitary privy.
This will be taken up in detail
next week.
The other great source of tram
mission of these diseases is thn
the water supply and this must
be guarded. Avoid using grounc
water if possible, and if must lx
used boil it before using. Keej
your spring clean and covered
If it becomes muddy it is an i -
dication that it is being contam
mated with ground water ano
the safe thing to do is to boii
what is used for drinking until
it clears. If the season is dry
and wells become low, the dan
ger is further increased, boiling
is again the safe measure. Tht
annual cleaning of wells will dc
much to keep down spread oi
these diseases. Chloride of lime
maybe usea to purify water,
quanity used should not exceec.
3 drops of one 1% solution to gal
lon of water. This does not
effect the taste of the water 01
render it injurious in any way.
These are not all the means oi
prevention of these diseases but
are the most important and the
ones to be most enforced. It
costs less to prevent than t<
cure. One case of typhoid fevei
in your family will cost more than
the prevention of it and if death
should result the cost would b(
beyond calculation. Money can
not compensate us for those wt
love.
Mr. James Farmer, of Lonza,
was in town Thursday, and paid
this office a call.
Mr. S. Terry Mullins, of Dwale
paid our office a call Thursday.
Mr. Damron, informs us that
his pie sales are increasing lately.
Control Cadelle By
Poison Fumigation
One Big Factor Is Cleanli
ness in Storehouse.
(Prepared by the United States Department
of Agriculture.)
Cleanliness in the storehouse and
granary is one of the most important
factors in the control of the cadelle, a
grain pest known all over the world
and first described in 1758., says the
United States Department of Agricul
ture. Tiie habit of the larvae of bur
rowing into wooden floors, partitions
and walls of bins, storehouses, and
ships, accounts for much of the loss
occasioned by fresh supplies becoming
infested when placed in storage space
formerly occupied by infested ma
terial.
A history of the cadelle, its distribu
tion, and information concerning its
control are contained in Department
Bulletin No. 1428-D, just issued by the
United States Department of Agricul
ture. l lie pest is usually associatetl in
its attack upon food products with
other grain pests. In the case of
package goods, such as breakfast
foods, 11 Mr? holes it bores in the cartons,
give other and smaller posts avenues
of attack upon foods that otherwise
might remain free from infestation.
Tiie eadelle in all stages can be
killed b.v fumigation with carbon disul
phide, from six to eight pounds per
thousand cubic feet of bin space being
used where loins are tight. Carbon
tetrachloride, lias the advantage over
carbon disulphide in that its vapor Is
noiiexplosive and noninflammable, but
it lias tiie disadvantage of being about
one-half to one-third as effective and
must therefore be used in larger quan
tities.
On farms where grain bins are usual
ly constructed of wood, hardwood
should lie used in preference to soft
woods, and the construction made as
tight as possible. Itins should be in
spected annually and any badly bur
rowed woodwork removed. Tiie sub
stitution of concrete for wood wher
ever possible is one of the best means
of preventing the rapid infestation of
fresh supplies of grain or grain
products.
A copy of tiie bulletin may he ob
tained, as long as tiie supply lasts, by
writing to the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture, Washington.
Take Inventory of Farm
When Least to Figure
The best time to tuk a farm in
Ten lory is when the least figuring ,has
to be clone. For general crop find
stock farms, this is usually between
January 1 and when the spring work
starts. For poultry farms, the best
time to take it probably is just after
the pullets have been put in winter
quarters. For those who have to com
ply with the income tax regulations.
January 1 is the best date.
No specific date is set for taking
such an inventory, but any convenient
time will do if it is taken approxi
mately the same time each year, ac
cording to the farm management de
partment of tin; New York State Col
lege of Agriculture at Ithaca, N. Y.
Tile inventory should include real
estate, horses, cattle, sheep, hogs,
poultry, farm tools and equipment, and
supplies on hand such as hay, straw,
grain and silage.
In placing values, a conservative
estimate of what an animal or ar
ticle would sell for, with a reason
aide length of time In which to dis
pose of It, is the best basis. This
Is about comparable to what it would
bring at a well attended farm auction
After inventorying afll the farm
property, list other assets such as lib
erty bonds, certificates of indebted
ness, receivable bills and cash. Shares
of stock in corporations should ho in
eluded at market value.
After inventorying ulL resources, list
debts such as mortgages, notes, and
bills owed, including with the notes
and mortgages the dates of maturity
After it complete list of till thal
Is owed is made, make a summary
showing the total value of each kind
of farm property.
Compute the total resources, and
from this subtract the total liabilities
'Tliis. then, represents the net worth
or the true financial standing.
Sweet Clover Is One of
the Best Soil Builders
Sweet clover is one of the best soil
builders we can grow for soil building
purposes. This docs not mean that
we should grow it to the exclusion of
alfalfa or even red clover, hut it does
mean tlmt we ought to seed down
every acre of small grain with sweet
clover that is not being seeded to some
other legume intended for bay. Or
perhaps at least half of the farms in
Iowa we ought to grow sweet clover
for pasture. It should he introduced
in tlie rotation for both pasture and
soil building. Let us pay more atten
tion to that crop, not for hay, for al
falfa Is much superior for that pur
pose, hut, as stated, for pasture and
for the addition of nitrogenous organ
ic matter to the soil.
Japtain Dick Hager,
Passes to His Reward
Captain Richard (Rick) ih.1
lager, the oldest, and one of tl c
lost popular and best knowr
itizens of Clintwocd, died Mo: -
lay afternoon, February 21, at
;ie residence cf 1 is . grands< r ,
i a Short, in Clintwood. He na<
i-en ill for several months an
his death was not unexpected.
Cantain Hager was horn ir
’oyd County, Ivy., Jan. 18.: 841.
lis family was prominent ii
Rntuchy, and oneof iris rtla iv< s
)2came Governor of Kentucky ;
:ow years ago. His youth w;:
iassed in the stirring pre-Civ
/ar period and in a communil;
hat was sharply divided ovt
. le slave question. At the ou'•
reak of the war lie aligned hii -
elf with the Confederate syi -
> thizers and volunteered ft
/hive service at Prestonburj .
te assisted in recruiting the ht
entucky Regin e .it, command* i
>y r’oloi el John S. Wiilian t
he struggle became so warm, it
hat community that he c n<
tany of nis friends had to fit«
hr safety. He came to Mussed
Jounty, Virginia, in 1363, ant
tore raised and became Captah
Company H, 7th Virgin i
Orvalry, commanded by Coloi t i
‘rentiss. His company sened i
rur in East Tennessee. Captai]
iager was not with his compan;
nuch at this time, as he was
raquently detachea and sent ci
azardous scouting expedition
y the famous General John. H
forgan. He was on one of thest
irips when General. Morgan wi f
rapped and killed in East Tei •
lessee.
Alter the war Captain ilage
narried Miss Pheobe Emilim
'orter of Russell County, Vir
•'inia, and made his home a;
Castlewccd for several year .
ie was a fanner, blacksmith art
sawmill operator, spoc’alizing n
lorse-shceing and wagen mak
ng, which occupation suited hi;
•obust strength. Later heeprr
iteu sawmills in Buchanan anc
Dickenson Counties, finally mov
ing to Clintwood about It 03,
vhere he operated a biacksmitl _
shop until his advanced age com
pelled him to give up this work
His wife died in 1918. He i;
survived by one daughter, Mrs
henora Short, of Clintwood, am
several grand children and great
panel children.
He has long been a consistant
number of the Missionary Bap
ist Church, regularly attending
en’ices even after his hearing
ailed hirn.
Captain Hager’s funeral was
onducted on Tuesday afternoon
it the Clintwood Missionary Bai -
fst Church by Revs. M. F.
]ombs, W. H. Walker aqd M.W.
demines. Thru the driving rair
his exercise was attended by a
lirge number of friends and
•datives, which attested the le
spect and esteem in which he
vas held by his fellow-townspec
>le. . He was buried beside his
leceased wife in Clintwood ceme
erv.
One of the events in his life in
A’hich “Uncle Dick” took great
pride was his part in helping
arrest Wayne Powers and George
jibson, charged with killing
Will Gibson in Scott County, Va.
rear the Russell county line, on
April 19. 1834. Uncle Dick lived
in that community and when the
news was spread, he, with Am
orose Taylor and Alexander Aus
tin, who is now a resident of
Clintwood, pursued and captured
these men. They were later
mngtd lor this crime in Scott
■ >unty. A strange co-incidence
vas the pul lie: tion oi a contem
>orar yaccount of this event by
le I cbxpon News in its issue of
ATrudry 18, 1927, three days
d :it re his death, in which his
ihaie in this occurence is men
'aoner.
DEBUSK LOCALS
This section was visited by the
vorst thunder storm in several
aordhs Friday night: following
the thunder and lightning rain ,
ell in torrents for seme nine or
n hours and the result is that
most of the streams are out of
their banks and foot travel is dif
ficult.
Following the storm of Friday
he weather has warmed up
igain and Spring seems to have
irivi-o a month ahead of schedule.
Luther Silcox o f the Silcox
community was a visiter at the
lome of his father-in-law, it. S.
A.ustir, near here.
Reports coming in from the sur
■ounding country tells ot many
pear and peach trees being in
oloorri on the mountains. Here
,s hoping that they know their
ousiness better than we and that
tney are premature.
According t o reports from
^reeling, Frank Monroe Be.erlv,
"Poet of the Cumberland” is very
ill from a complication of diseases
Vir, Beverly, who vvt s 70 last
nonth, rccei tly suffered the loss
of his eyesight but has regained
it in a measure.
Mrr. Nannie Powr rs of Laural
Branch spent the v. eek with her
lauyhter Mrs. Warren O’Quinn
of Flat Spur. Mrs. C’Quinn will
move to Tennessee in the near
future.
Mrs. Pairot Dcel of Wolf Pen
was visiting in this section early
in the week.
’’Squire Fletcher Powers of
Carrie was legal visitor at DeBusk
Tuesday. The Squire i s fire
warden for this district and was
settling some claims for fire
fighting on Pouring Fork last
Decemt c h.
The hillsides in this section of
Dickenson are a varient green
and many is tl e old cow that has
lost that longing, far-a-way look
she has been wearing since last
October.
Mrs. M. B. Lambert of Lick
Creek was visit nj her parents
Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Austin of this
place Wednesday.
Nelson Castle of Trammel has
rented the John Bowman farm
near here and will move to it
within a few days.
Mrs. Sallie Lambert of the Sil
rox community was visiting in
diis neighborhood the latter part
of the week.