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THE DICKENSON COUNTY HERALD
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VOL 1.
NO. 23.
CUNTWOOD, DICKENSON COUNTY, VIRGINIA, THURSDAY, JUNE 16, 192 7.
$1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
THE nuiffi SCHOOL MIN.
(BY G. G. HARRIS)
There was a girl named Mary
< Jane, i'.
Who. taught the village school;
And a country gawk, named Silas
Oreen,
Who was very hard to rule.
He aped moat everything he seen,
And atfted Uke a monkey;
Some said Silas waa a dunce,
While others called him donkey.
He’d twist his face in such a way,
Tnat filled the school with
laughter;!
He di i not think about the rules,
Or what might come hereafter.
So Mary Jane did her best, ;
To teach him to be charming;
And to quit his apish gawky ways
Which had become alarming,
One day Si. Green made a face,
That made the children tittfr;
Silas learned a lesson then.
That was most sad and bitter. j
^ Mary Jane grabbed Silas Greed,
And threw him down real handy;
She used her slipper on his pants
Like yankee-doodle«dandy.
When Si got up and looked around
In a manner most alarming;
Whi(e Mary Jane with slipper
drawn,
Lopked both sweet and charm
big.
Si waiti a lad just fifteen,
While Mary Jane was twenty;
She never mpre had to tell hifti
twice,
0n£ telling1, was a plenty.
Silas ^tad learned his lesson well,
He(resolved to make a change;
He'd pierce ber heart with cupid’a
#rt,
Andt thereby get revenge.
Si splrpced right up to Mary Jane.
Heathen begun his wooing;
Th* y.'whiled away their idle hours
Like doves with bills a cooing.
When Si grew up to be a man,
H#:had mastered mathematics;
He h&4 won the heart of Mary
Jane,
In a wav that was pathetic.
He told her at the village school,;.
Hn had got his education;
And bll about the slipper used,
And it’s mode of application.
Now Silas Green loved Mary Jane
And ?he reciprocated;
When he talked to her of “Home
sweet home,
Her heart Just palpitated.
He toldsher of Elysian fields,
His v^orda with rapture thrill
ing
While tl|e noble heart of Mary
Janp,
With wondrous love was filling.
He apogee about ambrosial woods,
With scented flowers growing;
Also ojf his pigs and ducks,
And; his sheep and cows a low
ing
Then Si Green asked Mary Jane,
If hei would get the preacher;
Would she consent to marry him,
And-be his lovely creature ?
She told him that she sure would,
If ’twould gratify his wishes;
Provided', he would get the hash,
And help to wash the dishes.
To this agreement Si said yea,
Which jnade the contract bind
ing; j
And how Si Green lives at home,
And the mill just keeps on
grinding.
They Jive in perfect harmony,
"•Two hearts that beat as one;"
She never*fails to mend his pants,
And sew his buttons on.
l$ary Jane don’t wear bobbed
hair, .
Nor dress like the modern sis
ters;
She never tries on Si Green’s
pants,
But she sometimes trims Si's
whiskers.
faNSEY RIDGE NEWS.
Mr. and Mrs. Rob Stanley, of
Freeling, Va., were the week end
visitors of their daughter, Mrs.
J. B. Hawkins.
Birthday party given by Mr.
and Mfrs. H. E. Stanley, June 11,
for their youngest daughter
Grace on her fifteenth birthday.
Those prssent were: Missis De
la Stanley, Mary Owens, Ethel
Stanley, Myrtle and Taora Long,
Naoma Horton; Messrs. Vincent
Snidow, Virgil Belcher, G. A.
Stanley, Fleetwood Stanley, Os
car Hprton, Carlos Stanley, Bal
lard Horton, Sidney Stanley, Car
ter Long, Delwood Owens, Earn
est Stajflard and Marod Blair.
Refreshments were served, and
everydody reported a nice time.
Rev. Stanley attended church
at Gravel Lick, Saturday and
Rundav.
Mr. Vincent Snidow was visit
ing Miss Dema Stanley Sunday
afternoon.
Mr. (Fleetwood Stanley, will be
leaving for the Citizens Military
Training Camp, Fort Eustis, Va.
Jujy 15th.
Mt. Sidney Stanley is attend
ing summer school in Clintwood.
Mrs. I^psia Silcox of McClure,
died Friday evening June 10th,
from a stroke of paralysis. Was
hurried Saturday June 11th; at
the Ramsey cemetery.
We are* having so much rain
the farmer’s crops are about to
be a failure.
jtPQUNCNENT
To rus VOTERS OF DICKENSON COUNTY:
I snnounce myself a candidate to be
elected to the office of Commonwerlth’s
Attorney fa* the county of Dickenson
which office is to be filled by the popular'
vote of the citizens of the county in the
coming November election.
1 have been asked by a number of cit
izens of the county to make this race
due to 1 the tpct that no Democrat is at
present' a candidate for the position of
Commonwealth Attorney and it is
thought best and proper that a man be
^elected to fill this missing link in the
.Democratic chain of candidates, and in
announcing myself I wish to solicit
the support of all the voters of the
County, and I can assure thorn if elected
to the office of Commonwealth Attorney
that I will faithfully discharge the duties
of the ’ 'office subject to no influences
other than justice and right to all citi
zens and all classes.
6-l-2t. D. M. Crabtree.
WHO IS WHO?
Draw a line through the name
of the candidate you are voting
against, and mail to Straw Vote
Editor in an envelope without
any distinguishing marks on it.
Voting Coupon
For Clerk:
Alva Smith, R.
Lee Stanley, D.
For‘Treasurer:
Eivens Tiller, R.
J. M. Rasnick, D.
f '
For Commonwealth Att’y:
; W. B. Phipps, R.
J. C. Smith, Ind. R.
. D. M. Crabtree, D.
For Sheriff:
G. F. Kiser, R.
J. H. Anderson, D.
For Commissioner:
W. H. McCoy, R.
Emory Reedy, D.
J. H. Rasnick, Ind.
W. Floyd Duty, Ind.
For President, 1928:
Calvin Coolidge, R.
A1 Smith, D.
THE STRAW VOTE.
FOR CLERK:
Alva Smith, R 129
Lee Stanley-, D 71
FOR TREASURER:
Eivens Tiller, R 117
J. M. Rasnick, D 82
FOR COM. ATTORNEY:
W. B. Phipp, R 108
J. C. Smith, Ind. R 74
D. M. Crabtree, D 33
FOR SHERIFF:
G. F. Kiser, R 123
J. H. Anderson, D 73
FOR COMMISSIONER:
W. H. McCoy, R 126
Emory Reedy, D 62
J. H. Rasnick, Ind. 3
W. Floyd Duty, Ind 1
FOR PRESIDENT:
Calvin Cooii{leg, R 126
A1 Smith, D 59
Through the , agency of the
Piedmont Business College of
Lynchburg, Mr. Eugene Wells of
Trautlale, bookeeper T raughon’s
Business College, Knoxville, has
just been placed with the Dick
enson Coal Company of Charles
ton, salary $100 start.
FLAT TOP LOCALS
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. McCoy,
have returned home after a visit
to friends at Sandy Ridge.
Mr. Glosecloth and so i of Bris
tol were business visitors here
Wednesday.
Mr. H. E. McCoy has purchas
ed a Delco-Light Plant to bright
en his home.
Mr. J. H. Rasnick is very proud
of his oldest daughter, he thinks
she will be a June bride.
Mr. and Mrs. Roosevelt Kiser
were visiting here Sunday.
Mr. and'-Mrs.‘Allen Rose of
Coeburn were visiting home folks
here Sunday.
The mild weather has enabled
the farmers to do a great deal of
farming for the past few days.
Edison and Dee McCoy are
planning to spend the next six
weeks at Clintwood Va.
Miss Kate McCoy has been
visiting her brother Mr W. R.
McCoy at Nora Va.
TRAMMEL LOCALS
Mrs. J. E. Murray entertained
the Sunday School at her home
in Walnut Grove on last Tuesday
evening. A large number of
children and adults were present.
The purpose of the meeting was
for practicing hymns and discus
sing ways and means for better
ing the Sunday School. Mr. Paul
Waller, Sunday School Superin
tendent, presided at the meeting.
Mr. W. T. McCoy was t lected as
Scout Master. At the close of
the business meeting the hostess
served delightful refreshments
and a very enjoyable social hour
was enjoyed by all.
NORA NEWS
Deaconess Burns left for New
York City June 1st, where she
will spend a month with relatives
and friends.
Miss Sallie Logan spent a week
in Nora before going to her home
in Salem, Va.
Mr. and Mrs. E. Amburgey,
were the guest of Mr. and Fred.
Waterson, last Sunday.
Miss Clara Smith visited friends
in Nora last week end.
Mr. S. Colley was a business
visitor here Tuesday.
A number of people from this
place attended the circus at Clint
wood Tuesday and Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Will Damron and
family spent the week end with
Mrs. Damron’s father, near Cle
veland, Vr.
A niimber of young people from
Greenwood mortored to Nora, \
Sunday after noon and called on
Miss Lncile Smith.
Mrs. Montague Ball visited
friends here Sunday.
Mr. A. S. Count? , is having lots
of trouble burning off his_ new
ground, the wet weather and
bean bugs is the cause.
Mr. N. B. Counts, is progress
ing nicely, he has beat anybody
out of the first weeds.
Mr. Tilden Rasnick and May
nor Silcox are busy marketing
their stawberry crop. Maynor
says he likes to peddle fine, cause
he gets to calk to so many pretty
“wimen.”
Mr. Sidney Emerson and Ben
son Counts i s very busy this
morning working on their truck,
I think they will have to install
some more machinery, if they
don’t their parents are going to
miss their row in the cornfield.
Mr. R. L. Arinton says he had
rather split rails than to gather
mast for his pet squirrels. He
has one ground squirrel, and five
gray ones.
Beldon Parigen says, if they
don’t pass a hog law on Nealy
Ridge, he is going to quit farming
cause they pick up everything he
lays dawn.
Love'Stanley says, he knows
the -Lord is bound to tt with him
for he has got about 1-2 crop of
fruit.
We hope that the wet weather
's over if not, us farmers on
Nealy Ridge wall have to pasture
our corn fields on account of bears
Mr. William A. Carter, a high
school graduate of Rye Cove, has
just enrolled in the Piedmont
Business College of Lynchburg
for a Secretarial-Stenographic
Course.
CLINCHCO NEWS
Mr. and Mrs, Vanover payed
their relatives a visit in Grundy
Saturday and Sunday.
Mr. Frank Yates and Mr.
Thomas visited Big Ridge yes
terday.
Mr. Enoch Mullin’s daughter,
and Mr. Frank Large’s wife, pay
ed Mrs. John Newberry a visit
Saturday night and returnd home
Monday.
John Vanover and Carl Ander
son are quite worried with rats
among their chickens.
Waulk Boman and John Mor
gan have had some exciting ex
perince in working Mr. Boman’s
mules the past few days.
Corbet Deel and little son were
visiting at Grunday Saturday
a :d Sunday. _
SELECTS
The measure of good times
is the ability of the worthless
to get credit.
Final proof of personality
is to make a car salesman res
pect you even if you prefer an
other make.
Perhaps the scientists are
right. Man couldn’t have be
come as mean as he is in a mere
seven thousand years.
If politics and an auto are
anything r^liko, doubtless lady
politicians always will prefer a
middle-of-the-road policy.
Conceit is just a realization
of how good you are; swellhead
is a conviction that; you could
net be better.
Formerly the dealers in lad
ies’ ready-to-wear took one-half
off at the end of the season;
now the manufacturers do it at
the begining.
VICTORY FOR AMERICAN
IDEALS
This country never faced
such a period of prosperity as
appears to be ahead of it. And
therein lies our greatest danger
Can we as a nation keep our
head and not becomte soft and
discontented ?
Will ^we in our quest for
more of the nimble dollars al
low political soothsayers to un
dermine our government with
visionary schemes at public ex
pense ?
Will material prosperity give
us the “swellhead” and cause
us to feel that we are too “im
portant” to attend to the
troublesome little affairs of
government ?
If this attitude overtakes us
look out for trouble.
As individuals we are “small
potatoes” in the scheme of ec
onomic development. But if
each individual does his part
to maintain American ideals
and sound conditions in govern
ment and industry, “small pot
atoes” will igrow into big pot
atoes and our national “potato
crop” (stability, security, pros’
perity) will be op a safe and en
durintr basis
The feat which "Captain
Charles Lindbergh accomplish
ed is typically American.
Nothing could better illust
rate our spirit of individual in
itiative and {enterprise. Every
American might be called a
pioneer, for every American
has the right to strike out with
his own ideas in whatever field
jf endeaver appeals to him.
it is this priceless heritage
of freedom and opportunity for
the individual which each of us
should strive to uphold. Our
government should always be
maintained on a basis which
protects and encourages the in
Q'ividuf.l and private industry,
rather than on a basis which re
stricts and destroys experi
ments, growth and ambition.
Not only was Lindbergh’s
crossing of the Atlantic typical
ly American in its freedom
from pomp and ceremony, but
Lindbergh himself is symbol
ical of American ideals. He
had the ability, courage and dri
ving force to accomplish results
in the face of seemingly insur
mountable barriers.
It is the Lindbergh spirit,
the American spirit, which has
given us our wonderful modern
conveniences and comforts.
The development of trans
continental railroads, telephon
es, electric power, radio, auto
mobiles and our system of bus
iness, banking and insurance,
while not as spectacular as
Lindbergh's feat, required a
high type of courage, persever
ance ,nd enterprise for their
successful accomplishment.
Our system of government
which has given us unparallel
ed opportunities, was founded
built up, and is maintained by
men capable of understanding
the advantages to be derived
from the fullest encouragement
of individual initiative and en
tesprise.
Pupils desiring to take gram
mar grade subjects in Summer
School see me at once.
John Green.
LOCAL ITEMS
Mr. Floyd Artrip of Skeet
rcck, was in town Wednesday.
Mr. Chas. Stradley of Ston
ega, spent Sunday in Clintwood.
Mr. Homer Coleman, of Nor
I
ton Va., was in town last week.
Mr. Burns Pressley is now
“soda jerker” at the Clintwood
Drug store. , . . „ ^
Mrs. Margaret Maiden is re
covering from having her ton
sils removed.
Miss Sallie Sutherland has
accepted a position at White
Kitchen Cafe.
Mrs. Fred Damron and son,
Carroll Grey, are visiting relat
ives on McClure:
Miss Jeanetta Compton of
Abingdon, Va. is visiting Mrs.
Stella Long this week.
Rose Allen Rush, who has
been teaching at Atlee, Va., has
returned home.
Mrs. F.H.Tojnpkins and family
have returned to Spara, Tenn.
after visiting relatives here.
Mrs. P.C.Gibson, of Fremont
Va., is in the Sutherland Hosp
ital and is improving nicely.
Miss Elizabeth Adkins, of .
Tazewell, Va. is spending the
summer in Clintwood with rel
atives.
Miss Janie Ruth Kennedy
who has been teaching in Dante
Va., has returned home for the
summer.
Mr.F.P.Damron, of F'lknille,
Ky., entertained Dotson Bi-os’,
store fcircei at Fleming Hotel,
last Tuesday night.
Mr. O.H.Beverley, who is em
ployed by Norton Construction
Co., was a visitor in Clintwood
this week.
Mrs. A.A.Skeen and sons Jess
Woodrum and Alfred A. have
gone to Pearisburg to spend
the summer.
Miss Jessie Kelly is leaving
Sunday for Emory andHenry
Cdllege where she, will attend
summer school.
Mr. Harold, Clyde, and Miss
Samantha Remines, and father
will leave this week for Emory
and Henry College to attend
summer school.
Mr. B. Tate Quillen, a teach
er in the D.M.H.S., left for his
•home at Gate City, Va., last
week, but could not stay away
from Clintwood long. We are led
to believe there is some local at
traction for him here.
Miss Sara Kate Chase and
Miss Genoa Damron, and Mr.
Nickolas and Densill Calfee
^motored to ChWowie Sunday
+o see Virginia Cole and then
on to Fordtown, Tenn. to visit
Edith, Grace and Aide Chase.
Mr. C.J.Mullins and son and
daughter, Delbert and Eva and
Mr. R.E.Chase, motored to
Roanoke last Sunday, stopping
at St. Paul on the way and pick
ed up Miss Bonnie Kiser.
Miss Eva and Miss Bonnie en
tered the National Business
College for . a stenegraphic
course.
Mr Peters, who represents
the Postal Department, is in
Clintwood this week.
We think that everybody
enjoyed the Circus, despite the
fact that it rained almost all
the time and the mud was bad.
The show was conducted nicely
and was all we could expect un
der the) circumstances.
JAMES MCNEER-SENTENCED.
James McNeer, former cashier
of the First National Bank of
Pocahontas pleaded guilty to em
bezzlement last Tuesday, and
was sentenced to serve a three
year term in the federal peniten
tiary at Atlanta, Georgia.