THE DICKENSON COUNTY HERALD
1>L. 1 NO. 12. CLINTWOOD, DICKENSON COUNTY, VIRGINIA, THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 1927. $1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
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CANDIDATES PLUNGE
FORWARD IN RACE TO
WIN HIGHEST STARE
DRIVE HAS JUST STARTED AND NEW
CANDIDATES ARE ENTERING
NAMES EACH DAY.
EVERYBODY WINS IK SUBSCRIPTION RACE
Bif Extra Vote Offer Is Made As
An Inducement to The Early
Workers.
C-r-a-s-h- B-a-n-g! Thus ends
the first round in the big sub
scription campaign just launched
by the Dickenson County Herald.
It is only a starter. The drive
has just begun. Now watch the
candidates plunge forward to
ward the Chevrolet Goal.
And the Ford Roadster goal.
And for those other big prizes.
New Candidates
There is time for many other
candidates to jump in and out
strip those already in the run
ning. New ones are coming in
every day. Folks it is going to be
an unparalelled race, with inter
est waxing hotter and hotter,
and thrills galore for everydody.
To say that the announcement
of the Dickenson County Herald
Circulation Drive, in which thous
ands of dollars worth of splendid
prizes and cash commissions are
to be given away absolutely free
to ambitious workers, struck a
popular chord, is putting it mild
ly. To give such wonderful prizes
in exchange for spare time effort
in helping this newspaper increase
its subscription list i s almost
unbelievable.
Enter Your Name To-day
The drive is ju»t starting. All
one has to do is to first enter his
or her name as a candidate for
one of the prizes. Tnen secure a
receipt book with which to secure
subscriptions. Votes will be all
owed on all subscriptions secured,
and at the end of the drive these
votes will be counted and the
prizes awarded to the best vote
getters. Simple isn’t it? And big
pay, too.
Every Body Wins
One of the most attractive
features about the d~ive is that
all will be rewarded for the part
they take in helping make the
drive a success. No one will work
without pay. In order that each
and every one earn something
for the time and effort spent,
those who are not fortunate
enough to win one of the regular
prizes will be paid a cash comiss
ion of fifteen percent, on all the
money secured and turned in by
them. The libral comission all
owance makes it possible for any
one to enter the drive and make
a nice sum of money during their
spare time.
Big Extra vote utter
The following extra vote offer
is made for early workers and
as a special inducement for more
members: 200,000 Extra Votes
will be allowed on each and every
$30, Club of both old and new
subscriptions turned in from
Thursday April 28th, to and in
cluding Wednesday, May 4th.
These votes are in addition to the
regular votes allowed on each
subscription. Just think of it! If
a candidate could gt-t $30 worth
of subscriptions before Wednes
day night, May 4th, it would en
title them to 200,000 extra votes
besides the regular votes they
would get upon each subscription,
and they are not limited to the
number of clubs tney may secure.
Get as many as you can.
Start At Once
Make your decision now and
become identified with the Dick
enson County Herald Circulation
Drive today, by simply filling out
the Nomination Blank appearing
on another page of this issue.
Freeling, Va., April 23:—News
comes fom Jenkins, Kentucky,
the Consolidation Coal Company’s
colieries in effect that Brownlow I
Johnson formerly of this place,
sustained injuries while working
in a mine, that resulted in his
death shortly after the happen
ing. He was apparently thirty
years of age, and is survived by
his wife and two or thee children.
NEW POST OFFICE
BUILDING FOR OUR TOWN,
We all know that it takes time
todo things, but this paper thinks
that it is high time our eood citi
zens and patrons of Clintwood
Post office were beginning to a
waken to the xact that our pres
ent quarters for the post office at
this place, are a discredit to our
town, and should begin ro see if
there is a remedy for the existing
situation.
The present room in which the
office is conducted, is too small
for the first-class mail, much less
the parcel post and collect on de
livery mail, and there is no way
to improve this situation, except
by a new building. We all know
that at times, it is impossible to
enter the lobby for your mail, on
account of there not being room
enough to accommodate more
than a dozen people comfortably
at on* time, and no one wants to
be stuffed into a sardine can alive,
just for the sake of getting a few
"dun bills.”
We sometimes hear some com
plaining about the mail service
here and indicating,as if the post
mistress was at fault, but we beg
to differ with this opion, and will
say that we have no right to fault
our postmistress for something
that she certainly cannot help.
We feel that the service is all that
we could expect under the exist
ing circumstances and that if we
want better service, the thing to
do is all get busy and get Mrs.
Damron a decent place to conduct
the business of a post office, and
then we will guarantee you the
service that you are entitled.
We must compliment Mrs.
Damron, for the patience and
faithfulness in which she per
forms her duties as postmistress,
and further say, that we are more
than anxious to see her establish
ed in better quarters
We have been informed that
there has been submitted to the
Post Office Department, a propo
sition for the erection of a new
building to be used as Postoffice
Let us all hope that tnis meets
with the approval of the Depart
ment, and that the building is e
rected at once, then with the new
building and fixtures,coupled with
the efficient service of Mrs. Dam
ron as postmistress, we can boast
cf having as good postal service
as there is 10 be had anywhere.
LOCAMTEMS
Clintwood Va, April 9th.
Mrs. Margaret Maiden, entertain
ed in honor of the D. M, H. S.
Faculty, at the home of her
mother Mrs. D. G. Kelly.
Miss Jessie Kelly, presided at
the punch bowl.
There were games and contests
suggestive of Easter. The color
scheme was green and yellow.
The following were awarded
prizes. Miss Virginia Cole, Miss
Genoa Damron, Mrs. C. S. Perk
ins, Mr. V. S. Wolfe, and Mr. E.
J. Sutherland.
Delicious refreshments were
served consisting of Ice cream,
cake, nuts and mints.
Those present were: Misses
Irt-ne Draper, Vi rginia Cole,
Sarah Kate Chase, Edith Chase,
Genoa Damron, Val Hylton, Ruth
Chase, Jessie Kelley, Minnie
Kelley, Mrs. C. S. Perkins, Mrs.
B. F. Kennedy, Mrs. J. H. T.
Sutherland, Mrs. E. J. Sutherland
Mrs. Edna French, Mrs. Emma
Flanagan, Messers. W. S. Wolfe,
Lewyn Reynolds Hager, Glen
Kennedy, Maynard Sutherland,
E. J. Sutherland, J. H. T. Suther
land, B. F. Kennedy, J. H. Turn
er, and L. N. Sowards.
Mr. Vf rnon Damron spent the
week-end with home folks here.
Miss Jane Ruth Kennedy a»
teacher of the Dante High School
spent the week-end at her home
in Clintwood.
Misses Genoa Damron and
Semantha Remines were shop
ping in Norton Saturday.
Misses Edith Chase, and Sarah
Kate Chase, went to Stone Ky,
Saturday.
Mr. John Irley Sutton of Alding
ton was in town Saturday.
Misses Virginia Cole, Ruth
Chase, and Grace Chase, mote rad
to Tazewell. Saturday.
Mrs. Caroll Speights, and Alice
Chase, departed for Hemlock
Tenn. Saturday.
Mrs. Roland Chase Jr, is visit
ing her mother at Haysi Va.
Mrs. J. H. Damron, has return
ed home from Florida.
Mrs. B. F. Kennedy, and daugh
ter Rita Jo, went to Bristol, shop
ping, Saturday.
Mrs. A. A. Skeen, and son
Alfred A. and Harry Pressley,;
visited friends at Bluefield Coll- '
ege last week-end.
Mr. A. A. Skeen who has been
attending Court at Grundy, has
returned home.
Among the subscriptions com
ing in to the office. We notice
one from Mr. Harrell, traveling
salesman for Bluefield Hardware
Co., Bluefield, W. Va. Thanks
Mr. Harrell.
All kinds of home furnishings
now on display at Clintwood
Hardware Co’s Store, better look
’em over.
Mr. James Reynolds, our eff
icient Agriculture Teacher at the
D. M. H. S., and a crowd of .his
students, left Wednesday morn
ing for Blacksburg for the annual
track meet there.
Dr. Chalmers, who has been
away for some time, has returned
to Clintwood.
We thank Mr. Ira C. Hale for
giv ing us two subscriptions to
the Herald for six mo. each. It
goes to Mr. Hooker and Mr. Prof
Hitt, at Roanoke’ Va.
Mr. Charley Bently says he
will have no strawberries this
year, as the frost has killed all
the bloom.
The Locals of Trammel and
Prater were unavtdably crowded
out this week, Dut will appear
next week.
HOME TOWNLETS
Let the Dickenson County
Herald ads help put the sin'’- in
advertising.
Be a booster. Clintvvood can
never go ahead of its leaders. Be
upright. A town is no better‘han
its finest citizen.
Let’s hold Clintwood’s pop
ulation- Remember, it’s just as
easy for good people to get out
of a wide open town as it is for
others to get into it.
When you work, work! When
you play, play! Wnen you sleep,
Slumber! When you eat ,chew!
But when you drink, BE CARE
FUL!
Sir Walter Raleigh laid down
his coat for a woman. Nowdays
we men folks have to lay out our
trousers for our v/ives.
PICKS TOPICS"
It’s hard to get the cue in China.
E .olutionists think they have
the world by the tail.
Well, Henry isn’t the only fliver
driver ever pushed off of the raod.
Two can live cheaper than one,
and sometimes they can look
cheaper also.
Sure, jazz music is classical.
Doen’t every piece of it sound
like an anvil chorus?
Our forefathers paddled their
own canoes, but we moderns have
motors attached.
If they don’t make coal mines
safer soon there won’t be any
miners left to strike.
“Beauty is as beauty does” has
now changed to beauty is as
beauty-cream is smeared on.
Bootleggers don’t pour into this
country any faster than some of
our thirsty citizens empty out.
It’s a funny old world. You
can catch more voters with cam
paign promises before election
than you can with good perform
ances afterwad.
It,s easy to see why Ford is
now richer than Rockefeller.
While John D. has been giving
away his silver, Henry has been
selling his tin.
Two American livers have been
up in the air continuously for
more than 51 hours. This will
remain a world record until the
next democratic convention.
It is charged that we are pay
ing more attention to our hogs
than to our children; bi.t you sel
dom hear of a hog getting pills
stuffed down him before meals,
his spinal column cracked, his
tonsils jerked, needles stuck in
him, his adenoids removed, a Tur
kish bath, and then told that he’s
suffering with enlarged (duzel
emtrionubigxcidebumz:) you sim
ply turn the omniverous mammal
loose in the mud and he grows
fatter day by day in every way.
A Mother's Day Rime.
When you come from far away,
listen now to what I say.
Bring a gift—some little present,
just for mother;
She’ll appreciate your thought,
matters not how much ycuv’e
brought
Along for dad and sister and for
baby brother.
When you have a little fun, after
your daily task is done,
Plan some joy—some little pleas
ure-all for mother;
If you only knew the truth, she’'s
still living in her youth,
There are always little sparks
that age can’t smother.
When home trouble comes along
and the world seem gone dead
wrong,
Have some faith—some little trust
in your dear mother;
You’ll find roses at your feet, life
is never quite so sweet,
If you tell HER first, before you
tell some other
vVhen youv’e got some love to
spare, and you give away a
share,
Give a little—just a little—all for
mother;
You’ll get true love in return,
more than you can earn,
From your your mother,—and
you’ll never have another,
MOTHER.
TO DOC OWNERS
ro all dog owners of Dickenson
County that I expect to make a
close canvass of the county after
May 1st, and all dog owners
found without 1927 license taers
will be noticed to appear before
a J. P. for trial. Lowest fine for
failure to tag doers by May 1st, is
$5.00 and cost. More than fifty
people were fined in this count?
iast year for failure to tag dogs,
and I would be delighted to find
every body with tags this year,
No exceptions will be made, and
every man found with a dog not
taged will have to answer to a
Justice of the Peace.
Nathaniel Mullins. Game Warden.
COLLEY NEWS
Most all the Candidates were
in this section Sat. and Sun.
Miss Vesta Compton left this
nlace for Clintwood Sun. where
she is staying.
Mr. J. Parkis Fuller and fam
ily and Mr. Leonard Younce,
were visitors at the home of the
former’s parents Mr. and Mrs H.
H. Fuller.
Mrs. Dewey Sutherland has
been very ill for a while, we hope
for her recovery.
Mr. Rean Owens attended a
working at Arnold Lambert’s the
2oth and it is reported he went
away very ill from over loading
the stomach with chicken.
There were a large crowd at
Sandlick Cnurch both Sat. and
Sunday. The candidates were
hustling some.
A sad accic’e-.t took place at
the Frying Pan Camp a few days
ago when a train ran over and
instantly killed Mr. Arch Patton.
He leaves a wife and one child.
A large crowd were at the
home of H. H. Fuller Sat. night
and reported a good time.
LONGSFORK LOALS
Mrs. Ura Stanley of Longs
Fork has been ill the past week.
Mr. and Mrs, Solley Lambert
spent the week-end on Honey
Camp at their old home place.
Miss Ruth Lambert and Miss
Gladys Hughes, of Longs Fork,
are back at home again after a
visit to Jenkins for]several weeks.
Mrs Bell Damron and daugh
ter, Jennie and Edna'Maere,were
seen going through Longs Fork
late Tuesday evening.
Mr. Andrew Stanley has mov
ed back to the old home place.
Mrs. Stella Mullins moved to
Longs Fork last week. She says
she is liking her new home fine.
Little Miss Dorsey Baker has
gone to Jenkins te spend her vac
ation. Mrs. Lydia Boggs is visit
ing her parents for a few days.
Miss Virgie Buchanan, from
Jenkins, has come home to spend
awhile with home 'folks.
Ollen Addington and wife vis
ited Mrs. Cora Hawkins Saturday
and Sunday.
We are all glad to say that the
roads on Longs Fork are drying
up considerably. Mr. Ferdie Bev
erly has brought his car home
from Jenkins, where it has been
for some lime. Mr. J, J, Stanley
e ipects his wife be at home with
in the next few days. She has
been confined in Sutherland Hos
pital for some time.
Mr. Marrell Strouth, of Pound
has been visiting his father on
Honey Camp. Mr. and Mrs.
Nathen Beverley. Georges Fork
passed through Longs Fork Tues
day. Mr. and Mrs. Norman
Crouse have returned from Ark
ansas, where they have made
their home for several years.
They expect to make their home
here. Miss Eula Davis was the
guest of Ruth Lambert last Sun
iay.
LIST OF CANDIDATES AND VOTES ACCEPTED FOR
PUBLICATION.
Miss Lucile Smith, of Nora, Va., leads voting list; Miss Arbutus
Hamilton, of Haysi, second.
Get your name in the next list —nominate your self or a friend
The more there are in the race, the easier it will be to win a car.
The names of those who have been nominated as active candi
dates in The Dickenson County Herald Circulation Drive and their
votes accepted for publication follow:
Name Votes
Mr Claude Mullens, Clintwood, Va. ... -_46,000
Mr. Dewey Hale, Clintwood, Va. . ...45,000
Miss Ruth E. Chase, Clintwood, Va. _ ..48,000
Mr. Parker Wright Clintwood, Va. . . ...20,000
Mr. Adron Speer, Clintwood, Va,_ ... ..20,000
Mr. Edison Deel, Clintwood, Va. . 47,250
Miss Georgia Hollaway, Freemont, Va. ...... _49,000
Mr. E. T. Fuller, Hays', Va. . .....37,500
Mrs. Flo Beverly, Burume, Ky. ...... 48,750
Mr. C. B. Hurley, Grundy, Va. . .46,500
Mrs. Orva Good,, Steinman, Va. . ......._20,000
Miss Lucile Smith, Nora, Va. # . _ .53,000
Miss Inez Wilson, Trammel, Va. 50,000
Mr. Ferdie Beverly, Longs Fork, Va. ... ..46,750
Miss Mary Fuller, Colley, Va. ..51,000
Miss Arbutus Hamilton, Haysi, Va. _.. _52,000
The above list is not closed andother names will be added from
time to time. If your name is not in the list and you want to win
an automobile, send it in at once.