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NSON COUNTY HERALD
The Only Newspaper !n The County.
VOL. 1
NO. 39.
CM-NT WOOD, DICK2NS0N COUNTY VIRGINIA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1927.
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Sen Expected to Serve Unex
p’resl Term — Has Been
Father's Assistant
RETAINS PARTY PLACE
I Rnr’n District Committee Ex
pected to Reorganize xoi
1928 Campaign
Richmond, Va., Oct. 4—-Coin
cident with entering on his du
ties as State Comptroller, to
which position he was appointed
Saturday, E. B. Combs, of Leb
anon, yesterday telegraphed his
resignation as clerk oi. Russell
county to Judge William E. Burn
of the Twenty-seventh Judicial
Circuit. He also resigned asi
ident of the Court Clerks’ a o
ciatoin of Virginia.
Mr. Combs arrived here yes
terday and immediatly assumed
the duties of the office. Tempor
arily tb" comptroller’s office will
lie in the old Senate .Chamber
used until the erection of the
Stae Office Building as the
courtroom of the ■ orporation
Commission.
It is expected tnat uuuge ijuih
will name Earl B. Combs, wen of
the comptroller, to fill i ' t'i
expired term of clerk oM:us.wll
county. He has been assistant
in the office of his father since
his graduation at Emory and
Henry College last June. He is
just 21 years of age and was a
star athlete at college, where he
was captain of the 1928 fcotbau
team, and also made hi.; Etiw
in football, basketball, baseball
and track. During .the present
summer he has played with the
Southwest’s champion baseball
nine.
Mr. Combs will continue to
act as chairman of the Ninth
Congressional District Commit
tee for the present. As soon as
possible, however, the commit
tee will he reorganized and a
new chairman selected. This
will be done in t ime for the com
mittee to lay plans for holding;
the district in the Democratic
column in the congressional end
'■residential campaigns of 1928.
The bond to be supplied by the
c mntroller will be fixed by the
Governor, but cannot be less
than 8100,000.
—The Roanoke Times—
T91MSCS, 0? iSTOL
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The human family has an
undance of faults of greater nr
lees degree but one of the v< :e;L
and, sad to say, one of tire com
monest is intolerance. StuU.-d in
: nother way, there is no virtue
so rare perhaps as that of toler
ance. Tt is not our purpose in
tin’s to discerns the various
tvpi■<* or intolerance, j.oucir'.!.
•social, economic or religious.
There are ample inst; nc vs of
<-! *}i ;;H about us. Passing over
the first three varieties listed
ho-- v/e desire to diseu ;s
hr'- "h/ religious intyh ranee,
TV i.a;‘;-os of hi torv are fil
led noth accounts of crimes
eon "fitted in the name of relig
ion. in the name of our Snv
ioi TT-mself. The CatholV In
euVLVn var. i tribunal vhos"
nufoc-so was to wV ' out all
i'he-v. ■ hour opinion-. were at
‘*uc.c +o thof-. - of the Catholic
Church. Pl-o'—iantr of all sects
drt ■ ”i oirnrlered, or tortur-vl
P'V":;,i!d" by, machines do?v
od -r +-?:•*■ ! ■'■rnos;,'. C"> th- < ot
her hand, the followers of Lut
her were c" a ally as cruel to
wards iho (hitholics when or>
ncre " -- of" red, or oven io
o^hev : t|[. wh ;e \ i w .
did ”p* co’fici L w’ih iho'r oa.u,
nnm rshVllv with Loth Ltifner
•' ns ■ :r1 Catholics and did so in
• he nemo cf the Lord. Oliver
Ci\-.r»v«H pw>‘.-v,-'cyod the entire
nopiduLon of the Irish cit'r of
Droc he da. mainly because tH>
inhabit mat . were Catholics. In
our own country Anglicans -per
secuted Puritians in Virginia
while Massachusetts was mak
ing things hot for the Auglic
'ans, Baptists and Quakers .in
: that Colony. So great was-the
prejudice and intolerance of the
Puritans of Massachusetts that
Roger Williams, and Mrs. Hut
'ehenson and their disciples
were forced to flee-from the col
ony into the wilderness and
•there set up another colony,
Rhode Island. 'All this despite
the fact that the Puritans or
iganaliy had been driven from
heir homes because of the rel
dious intolerance and bigatory
of the Auglacia.ns. But in this
even as it is today, often
hose who resent narrowness
wd prejudice against them- -
selves are the worst in their at
idudes towards others. The
ley of actunl physical violence
•n religious persecution has fore j
mately passed in theis country.
But have our attitudes chang
'd? Are we still intolerant of j
ho opinions of others in the ;
natter o: rengioi^s doctrines
The f.v.'i-er has, during the
•:>t month tv six weeks, aijtcr.
rnee!or heard distussed
the doctrines of six different do
aominatic ii-i represented in cur
country. lie is familiar with;
:he bulk ef the membership of
these various sects in this i
country and can attest to their
sincerity, their spirituality and .
;he honesty of their efforts to j
>bey God. All base their faith I
m the Bible which their leaders •
study asiduously and on which
hoy are usually well informed,
.vith us in almost every disput-.
cd doctrine. Perhaps we are;
•ight and they are wrong. But |
,ve, too, must admit, in fair mind j
lernessr perhaps we are wrong. |
The writer ir. not attempting J
•o discount electri :o or doctrinal
ifferences These always have
be; n and always will be. In fact,
iiffoivuces .'ire in a sense the
.cry life of Protestantism. He
xpects to cling to his beliefs;,
/on ought to cling to yours. But
could we not be fairer to one an
ifcher in matters of different
)elief? Is it not most likely
hat we are all partly right and
n;rtly wrong in our doctrines?!
thou Id we not rather say “It is 1
uy belief' or I prefer to thin*’
rather than the dogmatic stato
rn-nt “1 know;” “The Bible says 1
o and, it can’t mean anything ,
la? The Bible was originally:
.vritten in Hebrew and Greek
and wo read an 'English trahs
ation only. Many disputed pas- ;
ages could be translated many,
hany ways with equal exact- !
tticle .so far as the language is
oncerned. One way was chosen
but it might just as well have
oeen another. Bid one of us ever
■ tr-i> lo ciiUK mat there are,
"thousands of people, equally as
. otlly as. ourselves, equally as
>arned in Holy writ, equally as
arnest and sincere who differ:
"dii us in almost every disput
' doctrine. Perhaps we are
• •"ht and tlr y are wrong-. But
too, must admit in fairmind j
press, perhaps we are wrong. |
d _ ‘vou'-d ■ ciaun and do claim |
ino in: piral ion in their in ■
s relation if the Holy Writ,
he writer believes in an in
ured m-nisHy nor would he
< my to any, regardless of his < r
sect, ine : ' tion if
' (•; cor.ci: ■ ‘ i • the daily wal'-v of
1 >• 1 ' r,. that liis Faith : ■ ro
'••‘I'sd to all those around him.
••>v 1 nen cvn one. sect interpot
< ’ 1’ in in one way and an
chor in another way if both
■ : ■ ■ Divinely to teach? We 'are
|C .ught in a dilemma.
>■ at it another v. We
; • 1 S d.-raise and r:n>(t
• do'-.! r:nr of the TnfaJMbality
! t i • . But r*im • < )
‘ ' infallible only when he
, s m m-dters pertaining
1 ' 1 '■ h'.u<• 1 and iis doetrin*s%
1 n their is a dispute over
o rpretation of some pas
s ye of Scripture , the Pope
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PHOTOGRAPHING POINTS
OF IMlEEST IN VA.
(By Carter Wormeley)
Richmond, Va„ Oct. 1—Henry
C. Robinson and Lowell S. Hard
ing, of the Potomac Flying Serv
ice, Washington, D.O., who have
been engaged by the State Con
servation and Development Com
mission to photograph historic
poii - i ,'iroughout Virginia from
the air. have been actively at
work for the past ten days. Botli
aviators are war-time flyers and
saw service together in France.
The pictures are being taken by
Aviator Robinson. Harding pilots
the machine. „
few days ago the two flyers
in their ship, C-74, bucking a
stilt wind sailed Over Richmond
rt an altitude of 5>000 feet. Amo
ng aerial pictures taken at the
Time were historic St. John’s
Church, the University of Rich
mond, several views of the State
•>’sol grounds and buildings,
Vellywood Cemetery, where rests
thousands of Confederate dead,
i principal golf courses and the
mincipal residential and busi
v - i traets of the city.
From Richmond the C-74 hea
ded for hte battle fields of Mal
■•e n Hill and Cold Harbor, then
e to Fort Harrison and Bermu
da Hundreds, on to Hopewell and
0 ’■ mt. and then down the
dimes River to Jamestown. Pic
■ a snapped at Williams
' ' -f’d C rter’s Grove, then
' '’y'-'Cy'd hel fortifications and
T p° T mwtown. Here a unique
ncture was made owing to the
’"H tb-v a number of battleships
vere found at anchor with planes
dying oyer them.
•' ’■ -- ’ noxr visited the city
d M:t’V; ;'n and Langley Field.
- v'-‘re also taken of the old
Plantations and homes in Glou
;est. ‘r and in southern Matthew
counties. The plane landed at
' .-angley for gas and oil. after
•\iuch i* was flown over the na
;'al air station at Hampton Rho
v,’here the flyers spent the
uaht. Aviator Robihson was for
lu-oe years attached to this sta
ll on.
• Hort oik the plane was giv
ferrat welcome, said Mr.
itobmson, who, after leaving this
•o mode straight for the Hoo
r T’l Id Washington. Pictures
vi iii-' taken, according to Phot
rapher Robinson, are excellent
1 ■■■' aviators are still engaged
n their work.
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1 ’ r'‘w are always cheap
ltT];de wrong time of the year.
;; ’ r^:nR’ hke a horse is much
than loafing like a iack
iss.
' ■■ui can t expecct a mere man
0 understand a sex that thinks
1 _ three-cornered olive sand
'• cli a square meal.
settles the matter with his in
■orpretution. We reject his in
(1'i'i‘ctation and turn about and
!o the same thing for ourselves.
Aw many times do we hear
I'.is remark? “This passage
‘K.ms so ana so or has refer
nu-.' to so and so. It can’t
anything else.” Another,
'Th::; L/ right because the Bib
e says so.” We are giving our
^elves the place of the Pope,
mil claiming infallibility for
nn- interpretation. True, we
rise oars on the Bible. And so
loee he claim to do so.
i ' i 1 not written to dispar
i;-:e doctrine or doctrinal preach
:n;;. The writer is not big en
■ - even if had the dis
"inn to do so. In the words
’• -'hir’in Blither, “Let us con
i1*”' to follow the light as God
rives us to see the light.” Mnv
ivo not be more tolerant of the
. , of our neighbor even tho
diey differ radically from our
>vn Nothing could be more
■ an motive of goqd feeling and
’ •otherhood in our country
n n such a tolerance. Before
sunshine of such a spirit
:>f tol ''anc i, the mists and fogs
A' misunderstanding, distrust,
i n.'ey and suspicion would melt
away. In their place would
' 'em the flowers of brotherly
love, unselfishness and helpfui
■■■• v. hose fruit would inevit
'•h be peace, prosperity and
happiness. ,.1
SCHOOL SURVEY 10
I BE UNDERWAY SOW
(By Carter Wormeley )
Richmond, Va., Oct.l—The
actual_ survey , arranged by the
special commission appointed by
the governor to investigate the
educational system of Virginia
and which Dr. M. V. O’Shea of
the University of Wisconsin, to
conduct this important work, is
now under way. Dr. O’Shea has
announced the following mem
bers of his staff to make the stu
dies indicated.
City Elementary Education
Dr. Fredrick C. Bonser, Teach
ers College, Columbia Univer
sity.
Rural Education of Whites,
Dr. Julian E. Butterworth, Cor
dell University.
I f Aministration and Supervis
ion, Dr. J. C. Anderson, Univer
sity of Wisconsin.
Teachers Colleges, Dr. Char
les McKenny, Michigan State
Teachers College.
* Higher Education, Dr. M. V.
O’Shea.
Negro Education, Dr. W. T. B.
Williams, Slater Foudation.
Dr. Butterworth, director of
she rural education section, is
now in Virginia studying at
nrst hand conditions in a number
of typical counties in the rural
sections.
Other members of the staff
who are to study history, the
social and educational back
ground of the State, and to ac
cumulate data on existing con
ditions preparatory to visiting
Virginia, are expected in the Stat
within the next wdek.
Major Robert T. Barton, cha
irman of the educational survey
commission, desires again to re
mind the public that his com
mission will welcome suggest
ions.
(JEW YORK PAYS
TEACHERS RICHER
SALEilES
RICHMOND, VA„ Oct. 6—
School teachers, supervisors
and principals are paid better
in New York state than any
other state, the average sal
ary being SI,942.
In a statistical study of the
State of Virginia prepared by
J. J. Corson, III and Dr. Wilson
Gee, both of the University of
Virginia, figures show that
New York tops the list by more
than S100 a year. Mississi
ppi gets lowest place with, an
average annual salary of
$456.
Eight states, all southern,
fall below Virginia in the rat
ing. the Old Dominion being
credited with an average an
nual payment to her teachers
of S743. Kentucky and Louis
iana rank higher than Virgin
ia.
New York also ■ holds first
nlace in the number employed,
the survey showing- that she
has 63,492 teachers on her pay
roll. .Pennsylvania is next with
50,261. Thirty-one states em
ploy a smaller number of teach
ers than Virginia, which is cred
ited with 16,490.
Nevada also holds a record.
She is the only state employing
!°ss than one thousand teach
ers. 774 instructors are employ -
'Hi there. Twenty- one states
have less than 10,000 teachers
wbi'io eleven have less than
5,000.
• Vim average annual salary
for teachers in the United
States is $1,227. 761.308 per
sons are employed in the teach
ing profession.
TRAMMEL NEWS
The box supper at Trammel
Hi. was attended bv a large
crowd Saturday night.
Aim- Mullins who has been
very ill is better at this writing
we are glad to say.
Sev( ral people from this ter
ri-e'-v are attending court at
Clint-wood this week.
“Bob” Shearl of Logan W.Va.
Local News and Personal
Mention in Brief Form
I is visiting his sister Mrs. W.B.
Phillips.
-The school is progressing nice
I y under the management of Prof
E. McCoy and Misses Lockhart,
Priode, and Winebarger.
Berlin Fleming and wife drove
through our hamlet Sun. after
noon.
; Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Sutherland
announce the marriage of their
daughter Mable to Mr. James
Daniel Brunk of Cincinnati,O.,
Oct. 1st., 1927, at the country
home of Elder W.D.Martin. Mr.
■ Miles Sutherland acting as best
ran and Mrs. Harriet Sutherland
as maid of honor. May their voy
: age’ thru life be as happy and fre
las the dancing waves on the deep
blue sea.
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PIE SUPPER AT SANDLICK
Saturday, October 8th.
Everybody is cordially invited
to attend a pie supper and an in
strumental musical program at
Sandlick School House October
3th., at 7:30 p.m. COME, ALL
We always have a good time.
Adv
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LET THE BOYS ALONE
Two or three attempts were
made by French radicals to
wreck a special train carrying
250 Legionnaires on their way
to the Riviera. It is a pity the
service men can not go back to
France to enjoy a holiday
without being confronted with
unnecessary danger.
apposed to Short Ballot!
'
Stone Ky., Oct. 3—To the vot-1
ers of Dickenson county Va.,
There will be on the General
•Election Ballot to, be voted Now'
8th. 1927.
FOR SHORT BALLOT
AGAINST SHORT BALLOT
I hope all the voters of Dick
enson County will vote against
the stort bballot.
If the short ballot should win
three or four of the state officers
that vve now have the right to
elect, will be appointed by the
Governor, in other words it will
take that much more of our Lib
erties away from us.
And as it is now we don’t have
very much Liberty in Virginia.
Over here in. Kentucky we el
ect all the officers that they el
ect in Virginia, and in addition
thereto, all the judgesof the dif
ferent courts, as well as all the
School Trustees,and we do not
have to bother with any POLL
TAX and REGISTRATION
either.
If I had my way we would el
"ct all officer, including Post
msaters and etc.
So please be careful and not
TIESaWay any °f y°Ur LIBER'
Yours truly
Fmery B. Chase • • 1
I paid advt.
SCHOOL
{ By J. H.T.Sutherland)
The countv school board will;
meet in special session on Thurs- |
October 18, to make such chang- j
es in a bond resolution as mav
be necessary to permit the del
ivery about November 1, of S77.- j
000.00 Dickenson County Scool
Bonds. Funds derived from these j
I bonds will be used to discharge
I outstanding indebtness and com
plete pavment on construction
and ret,air work of last year. The !
litigation recently decided by
I delivery of the bonds for nearly ,
seventeen months and as a result,
the board has been unable to
.make payments long due.
The policv of the board will,
be to complete all funding of i
|outstanding claims and liabili
ties before undertaking any new ,
buildings or rehair projects.
On Friday. September ?.0, J.
H. Montgomery, Director of the
Cooperative Education Associa
tion and all league work in the
State, visited six county scholls
i 'I
| Mrs. W. P. Raines and Maxie
! Speer were shopping in Brostol
last week end.
Mrs. Eivens Tiller spent the
week end with her daughter Mrs.
Tollie Mullins at Duty Va.
W. P. Raines made a business
trip to Big Stone Gap, Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Avon B. Sykes
spent the day Sunday with W.
G. Rasnick.
Mrs. F. H. Sutherland, who
is a patient at George Ben John
son Memorial Hospital at Abin
gdon Va., was at her home in our
City a few days last week, but
has returned to Abingdon for
further treatment.
Creed French and John Neel
who are employed by Sutherland
Brothers at Vergie Ky., were in
town Monday.
E. P. Rose, of Grundy, Va.,
was a business visitor in our
town Monday. ,
Mrs. S. R. Rurley and daugh
ter Amy, were visiting Mrs. W.
P. Raines Tuesday night.
J. C. Raines and D. F. Raines,
spent a few days in town this
week.
We notice that court is be
ing well attended this week.
Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Raines
were visiting relatives at Birch
leaf Saturday and Sunday.
Mr. George Mullins of Grundy
Va., was a business visitor in
our town part of last week.
T. N. Shook, member of the
Board of Supervisors paid our
offiffice a call Thursday morn
ing. Mr. Shook is making the
race for supervisor again this
fall.
The commissioner meet Wed.
at Hibbits Gap to assess the dam
age on the Clintwood, Coeburn
road to be built by the Stat*. Tt
is very likely that every body is
not going o be pleased.
Supt. J. H. T. Sutherland is
keeping himself real busy visit
ing the schools of the county. He
wants to get through with that
part of his work before it snows.
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TEACHERS MEETING
A teachers meeting will be
held at Ramey Flat Sschool. Sat.
Oct. 8th., at 10 A.M. All teach
ers are invited to attend.
PROGRAM
1. Should Corporal Punishment
be abolished from schools—M.
W„ Remines, S. W. Deel F. F.
Fletcher.
2. Do we need more two and
three room schools in Dickenson
County? Supt. J. H. T. Suther
land. M. T. Meade, Silas Strouth.
3. How to prevent whispering
in school. Delphia Mullins, Zella
Kerr, Ferdie Beverley.
4. Aye the schools of Dickenson
County in need of more super
vision ? V. S. Wolfe, B. T. Quill
en, J. H. Turner.
5. Should teachers bear the ex
pense of all school supplies?
Such as coal, brooms, buckets,etc
Cedric Beverley.
C Are the teachers of Dickenson
County requiring the pupils to
thoroughly master the subjects
taught? Open Discussion.
wit’n 1 lie writer. In five of these
schools Bise Fremont, Honey
Camp, Darwin, and Bear Pen
junior leagues were organized
by Mr. Montgomery. At Bear
Pen and at Clintwood, on Friday
night, community leagues were
formed. A tentative organization
of all league workers in the coun
ty was made Friday night with
the election of E j.Sutherland,
M.W.Remines and S.W.Deel as
officers.
During the 1926-27 session,
thirty community leagues with
a membership of over six hund
red raised over $2,000,00 for the
schools and aided the teachers in
many ways. Fifteen junior lea
gues with over five hundred
members raised about $500.00
and did much splendid work in
the schools. It is my wish that
all schools organize, if you have
not already done so, both junior
and community leagues to help
improve the schools. Let Dick
enson continue to rank high in
the State in league work and
community cooperation.