The Dickenson County herald. [volume], April 28, 1927, Image 2

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Published Every Thursday at Clintwood.Va. ,
F. C. Raines, Editor
. The Dckenson Couuty Herald is inde
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Entered as second class of ma 1 matter
' February 10th 1927, at Clintwood, Va.,
under the Act af March 3, 1879.
If you feel badly just because
you ^re alone it is jusc because
you are in bad company.
A cynic is a man who doesn’t
realize just how much obliged he
really should be for living.
No matter how early a man
comes home his wife always
thinks he should have gotten
there sooner.
Only time seme men think they
have no kick coming is when it
comes time to kick in with some
cash.
Everybody Benefits.
The preposition of “ trading at
home” has been too often con
strued for the help of the mer
chant alone. There is no greater
economic fallacy. The merchant
may gain the first benefit; the re
sult may show up first in his own
cash register; but by uo means
is the “nusiness man” the sole
heir of local patronage. We are
“business,, people. It is a broau
term, and includes those who toil
or add anything to the total of
human welfare.
The merchant, the banker, the
farmer, the house wife, the teach
er, the preacher, the lawyer, the
doctor ,the|laborer, tne contractor
in short—the “nutcher, the-baker,
the candlestick maker” are ali in
the same class whan it come 5 to
making Clintwood, what it shor'd
be. Set any one of these trades
or professions going and all the
rest are benefitted all the way up
or down the line. If one pros
pers, the others he deals with,
or pays wages to are helped ac
cordingly. It means more to sav
ings, more bank deposits and
more business.
We are living in an age of keen
competition with the big cities.
That the iarge city has its advan
tages and accomodations, all will
admit. But. it has its disadvan
tages. If life is to survive in its
fulness, and richness and culture
in the suburban and rural sec
tions and in the smaller cities
and towns of this country, the
economic side of the question
must be given first consideration.
Without economic prosperity all
would have to move out.
The business of the people of
Clintwood is to do business here,
if it can be done with reason and
propriety. And We believe it
can. Every dollar spent in Clint
wood makes it that much easier
for the other fellow to spend his
money here, and so on, like any
other cumulative dividend.
Investing in your home town
is like getting compound interest,
with the privilege to cash .in on
the principal. v
A Never Ending War.
Ordinary rules of sanitation in
the home and by municipalities
are saving the lives of thousands
of Americans annually and mak
ing virulent epidemics almost un
heard of.
How many people a few years
ago knew that malaria germs
were spread by mosquito and that
many disease germs were carried
)readcast by common housefly ?
\To greater in number than these
vere those who realized the effi
ciency of screens, covered gar
bage cans, dean yards and the
elimination of stagnant water in
exterminating the mosquito and
:r.e fly.
A fly in the house is a sign of
careless housekeeping in this era
of swat-the-fly. It is in the poor
est tenement districts and the
squalid homes of the mountaineer
that the housefly is still given free
reign to taint food and carry dis
ease germs from person to person.
Neither is the mosquito permit
ted to inject his malaria germs
itito the veins of every sleeping
human.
To successfully combat the fly
and the mosquito the campaign
should be launched early in the
year. But the battle against sum
mer’s pestiferous conveyors of
disease must not stop wi h pre
ventatives. Debris must not be
permitted to accumulate, garbage
cans must be closed tightly at all
times and screens must be kept
tightly closed and carefully re
i aired. Amd the fly swatter must
be kept in daily use.
CONQUERING NATURE.
Since man’s beginning he has
waged an unceasing oattle to sub
ject nature to his will and wish.
Though the battle has now wa
ged for thousands of years nature
is still the master of men.
Victory is not yet in- sight for
man but hisadvance.though slow,
is unchecked. Nature may never
be entirely under the crontrol of
man, who is actually a part of
nature, but her many elements
are being subdued one by one..
Man’s greatest struggle with
nature has been the prolongation
of human life, a thing over which
nature forages held complete and
uncontested sway. Science, medi
cine education and sanitation as
conceived by the genius of the
human mind, are succesfully dri
ving back the forces of nature
toward the lengthening of the av
erage span of life. On the basis
of the trogress made in the past
three decades toward tne prolon
gation of human life we can hope
to have an average life span of
three-quarters cf a centu.v with
in the next 30 vears.
The automobile, the railroad,
the airship, the telegraph and
the radio are exemplification of
man’s conquest of nature. As
tronomy and archanlogy—man’s
science—have brought within his
ken the uni\e -se and the past.
Anything man can tnmtt ot ne
can Ho if he woras at it long e
nourh. We hive abolishel the
plagues and devacting epidemics
ox our early history and we shall
abolish the diseases which take
their toll of human lives today.
Nature is surrendering to man
inch by inch and is making
man greater for tbe struggle.
When the time comes—if it
should—when man no longer has
to struggle for supremacy the
decay of the human mind will be
swift and sure.
Diplomatic Difficulties.
With respect to the internal
troubles of other nations, Englisl
speaking peoples are sitting in re
served seats. America, Canada,
Great Brittain, and a part of Eu
rope are favored witn what thej
suppose and have a right to be
lieve is a superior group mental
ity, greater aggregate wealth and
a higher civilization; but subject,
of course, to the inherent right
of every other grounof nationa’s
to make the same similar clt j ns
We could no more prove bur men
tal superiority with, an interna
tional or worl 1 verdict tnan could
the Asiatics, because we hardly
hold the balance of population
Wq can only render Uur own ver
dict of self-satisfaction. A id sc
long as this belief remains ar
uncha dinged conviction, we are
likely t > remain at peace with the.
restof the world. When, however,
o iposing f( rces raise the issue 01
international differences or racial
distinctions,—when one set of
people get too “cockev,”—there
is always some other power ready
and willing to knock the prove -
bial chip off of the conventional
shoulder.
Squeeze misunderstanding, ha
tred, fear, jealousy and financial
aims out of international “diplo
macy” and there is little left of
real substance, But what Wes
tern civilization wants to do, and
is trying to do, is to adjust con
ditions to a point where all people
shall have an equal chance to ad
vance and work out their prob
lems in the light of their own
needs and capabilities. This re
quires tota'ly different points of
view and entirely different meth
ods of action. In the meantime
the protection of nationals in for
eign lands, while incidental, is
none the less important; it will
and must go on; but always in
the desire for protection and nev~
er in the spi it of aggression.
Such a policy can never fail; fail
ure can lie only in the means and
methods of pursuing it.
FLEA BITTEN
By Maynard Sutherland
Colcnel Wright merely
feinted with a few perfuntory
questions in his cross-examinat
ion of these witnesses and W indy
Jase rarely removed his eyes from
the Colonel’s face in an effort to
fathom the other’s purpoe in not
contesting every inch of ground.
Jase then took the stand atRock
by’s request, and the Colonel im
mediately changed his tactics
from listlessness to belligerency.
Jase told the story of the events
of the day on which he had tried
to shcot Drum and the Colonel
lost no word of the recital. \\ hen
he had finished and Rockby had
indicated that he was through his
questioning, the Colonel took up
the cross - examination vindict
ively. '‘You are willing to swear
chat this accused dog, Drum.made
that track in the mud besi de "our
dead ram, are you?’ he demanded,
“I’m swearin’ that the track
showed a toe missin’,’’ replied
Jace evenly. “Drum has a toe
gone.”
But you are not positive that
the track was made by Drum—
chat no other dog could have
made it.”
”1 diun't see him if that’s what
ye mean,” admitted Jase, ’’but
the track’s right thar, an we both
know he done it,”
I don t Know any thing or the
sort,” bellowed the lawyer, ’’Nei
ther do you—you’re simply guess
ing. Now, I want you to explain
:o me—if you can—why it was
that of all the tracks in that mud,
only one print sho wed a toe miss
ing. There were many other
cracks there, I believe you stated.
’’Yeah.” nodded Jase, "but that
was in softer mud. an they didn’t
show up so plain,”
Will you tell the jury that you
didn't doctor that one tracx—
olot out the print of one toe— so
chat the blame would fail on Drum
whom you l.ne w to have a toe
missing?”
”1 object,” cried Rockby, coni
ng swiftly to his feet. ’’That
luestion impugns fraud to my
client—fraud and perjury.”
Impugns—fraud!” snorted the
Colonel sarcastically. ”1 can pro
ve by a dozen witnesses that
your client is admittedly the big
gest liar on Paw-Paw creek.”
But we are not on Paw-Paw
creek now, ’ cut in Rockby sharp
ly and wipdy Jase burst into a
chuckle at the bjting retort in
which he was joined bv mgre
than one of the spectators.
’’Yojir Honor.” said the Col
onel, smiling tolerantly, I think
that question is justified, it
would have been a very simple
matter for him to have obliter
ated the poim of one toe in that
mud, and I feel that this possibil
ity should bn brought to the at
tention of the jury. In my mind
there is a real doubt about the
guilt of the accused and if the
jury cannot find Drum guilty be
yond a reasonaole doubt, they
must acquit him. That is the law.”
Squire Hill pondered the ques
tion for a long minute before
coming to a decision.
“I think” he said slowly, “
that the witness can answer that
question- - jest say whether or
not he in any way defaced that
track.”
“I did not” replied Jase em
phatically.
The Colonel smilled broadly
as ii he had not expected Jase to
tell tne truth anyway and was
therefore not surpriseu at the
answer.
‘‘Stand aside!” he ordered
with a shiug.
‘ Have you any other witnes
ses?” questioned Squire Hill ot
Kockby. “The dog—if I may use
him,” replied Kockby. “ 1 would
like for eacn member of the jury
to examine Lis right front foot.”
To this the Colonel agreed
magnanimously.
I he jurors, led by Preacher
Abner, filed one by or.e before the
the table, and each of them pick
up the doer’s unresisting foot anc
examined it closely. This done,
they resumed their places and the
Colonel called the first of three
character witnesses, one John
Henry Hall, a friend and neigh
bor to Jase. A flicker of surprise
showed in Jonn Henry’s face
when the constable called his
name for he had not been sum
moned.
“Tell the jury,” ordered the
Colonel, “what reputation Jase
Freeman has for truth and ver
acity in this community.”
“Why-1-I reckon th
-: thar ain’t a more honest —.”
“ I didn’t ask about his hon
esty,” interrupted the Colonel
shortly. “ I asked about his rep
utation for truth and veracity, is
it good or bad?”
“Well, I reckon in a joke-lov
in’ way Jase do stretch toe truth
-” “Answer me in one word,
“ roared the Colonel. “ Is itgooa
or bad';” " Bad, dog-gone ye,
“ roared John Henry in return,
“ but he don’t mean no harm by
it.” “Stand asiae!” said the
Colonel testiiy.
The ether two character wit
nesses practically repeated Jonn
Henry’s version, but in addition
they were questioned as to the
previous good character of Drum.
To this both of them stated that
they have never h< ard of the dog
having run sheep or otherwise
menaced the community.
To be continued
ORDER PUBLICATION
In the Clerk’s Office of the County
of Dickenson, on the 26th day of April
1927.
A. R. Yates Complainant,
Against:
Andrew Mullins, Nellie C. Mullins and
Minnie Mullins, Defcedants. The ob
ject of this suit is to sell 6.15 acres of
land belonging to Minnie Mullins on Ca
ney Creek being; land conveyed to her
by S. G. Rose and wife by deed recorded,
records Dickenson County, Va. in deed
Jook No. 511 page 410 and apply proceeds
to payment of note of Andrew Mullim
and Minnie Mullins payable to A. B.
Yates for$53.00 and 10 per cent attorney
fee, with interest from June 26th 1925.
\nd affidavit having been made and filed
that the defendants, Andrew Mullins and
vlinnie Mullins are not residents of the
State of Virginia. It is ordered that
:hey do appear here within 10 days af
ter due publication hereof, and do what
s necessary to protect their interest ir
this suit. And it is further ordered that
i copy hereof be published once a week
’or four weeks in The Dickenson County
lei a d and that a copy be posted at the
front door of the court-house of this
county on or before the first May rules,
1927. A Copy—Teste:
W. E. Rasnick, Clerk.
By E. Hughes, D. C.
j. Mark French, p. q. 4-28-4-t.
ORDER PUBLICATION
In the Clerk’s Office of the Cir
cuit Court of the County of Dick
enson, on the 21 day of March
1927.
Vina Marshall, who sues by her
nest friend Alice Feed,
Complainant
against
Arch Marshall, Defendant
The object of this suit is to ob
tain a divorce, a vinculo matri
monii from the defendant !upoi
the grounds of adultry and de
sertion.
And affidavit having been made
and filed that the defendant
Arch Marshall is not a resident
of the State of Virginia, it is
ordered that he do appear here
within 10 days after due publica
tion hereof, and do what may be
necessary to protect his interest
in this suit. And it is furthei
ordered that a cop/ hereof, be
published once a week for foui
succes1 ive weeks in the Dicken
son County Herald and that a copj
beposted at the front do'w of
the court house of this county on
or before the Second March rules.
1927.
A c w—Teste:
YV. E. Rasnick, Clerk
D. M. Crabtree p.q
ORDER PUBLICATION
In the Clerk’s Office of the Cir
cuit Court of the County of Dick
enscn, cn the 2nd day of April
1927,
Gallie Mullins Complainant
against
Alphia Mullins Defendant
The object of thi3 suit is to ob
tain a divorce a Vinculo Matri
monii upon the grounds of aband
onment and adultry. And affid
avit having been made and filed
that the defendant Alphia Mul
lins is not a resident of the State
of Virginia it is ordered that she
do appear here within 10 days
after due publication hereof, and
do what may be necessary to pro
tect her interest in this suit. And
it is futher ordered that a copy
hereof, be published once a wejek
for four weeks in the Dickenson
County Herald and that a copy
be posted at the front door of the
court-house of this county on or
before the 1st April rules, 1927.
A copy Teste:
W. E. Rasnick Clerk.
Ira Vanover p. q.
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