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The advocate., 1897-04-28
Ahont Marketing Eggs.

II. B. Howard of Maine advises
farmers to get their eggs into market
within twenty-fOur hours of their be-
Ing laid; then there will be no reason
to complain Of the prices received. If
you can send them to market In such
shape that customers can depend on
them every time as being strictly fresh
and all alike, there are customers who
will take all they can getthe year round.
The egg that is week old is well on
the road to being, IL not exactly stale,
quite near it. A farmer who has sent
his butter to one place for eighteen
years always gets good price, for he
makes an extra article, and his GUS
TONERS can depend on the uniformity
of its quality. This man had some
friends who asked him II he could not
get a market for their eggs at this
place. He replied chat they could not
send the eggs fresh enough, for the
firm kept man going over the same
territory every day to pick up the eggs
In order to make sure that they were
strictly fresh for the table. Many
farmers do things which, II they were
in the customers place, they would
be the first to make q fuss about, and
they would never trade with one who
would give them the same quality Of
eggs that they carry to market. Small,
dirty eggs are not fit to send to market,
as they lower the price for the whole
casa If there is a dozen Of them put In.
The price for the whole is made by
that one dozen and 1t reacts on the
whole of the eggs thst are sent from
that place. If the market calls for a
large, brown shell Leghorn egg, fur
nish that kind. Find out what your
market calls for and furnish 1t; don't
expect to get the best price il you don't
furnish the best goods. In Mr.. How.
ards experience, in buying eggs for
eight years, he has found those who
keep the Brahma, Wyandotte and Ply
mouth Rocks and their mixtures get
as many eggs In number for the year
as those who have LeghOrns, and a
good deal more in weight. He believes
that eggs ought to be sold by weight.
The advocate., 1897-04-28
About r arm Work.
Animals Supposed to be Foes to
Mankind.

Mankind.
The Year Book Of the Department
Of Agriculture for 1896, which will be
published in about three months, will
contain an article treating the subject
above mentioned. The Washington
Post, some days ego, published syn
Opsis of the matter referred to. It sp-
pears there are more than twenty Of
these alleged enemies catslOgued, in
Guiding the wolf, coyote, panther, bear,
lynx, ground squirrel, pocket gopher,
Jack rabbit, woodchuck, crow, English
sparrow, blackbird, hawk and owl. AS
@ means of exterminsting these pests,
thirty States now offer bOuntles for
their destruction, and to this end they
have spent more than sS,00000O In the
last twenty-five years, Ii appears,
however, that the bounty system has
not always been succesSful as an OK
terminator. Virginia has encouraged
the killing of wolves almost from the
first settlement of the colony, and has
sometimes paid as much as 1926 for the
pelts of those msrauding beasts; yet
Che wolves In that State were not ex
terminated until about the middle Of
this century, or until the rewards had
been In force more than 200 years.
In some parts of the country wolves
and coyotes are very destructive, In
New Mexico they kill from $l5O,0O0 to
100000 worth Of sheep annually, and
In Nebraska the damage done to sheep
is reckoned at 100000 q year, One
difficulty In the wolf problem lies in
the fact that It Is impossible to secure
the CO. operation of all the States. This
lack Of agreement on the subject of
bounties in general opens wide door
to fraud. Scalps taken In localities
where rewards ara low are shipped to
places where premiums are high, and
thus It often happens that county ig
compelled to pay for animals that did
not belong to it. AT the present time
the bounty on wolves and coyotes va.
rles from $3.50 to $5, the latter price
being paid in the Black Hills regions
Of South Dakota. In North Dakota il
is $2; it is SO in Montana and Wyom.
ing, and In Iowa it 10 50, except for
young animals. Thus rewards may be
claimed proftably In Iowa for coyotes
killed In North Dakota.
The wolf bounty In Nevada was so
cents when California was offering $5
for scslps. Consequently thousands of
scalps were shipped from Nevada to
Californis, and large numbers of them
were actually imported from Mexico,
California found herself getting poorer
&C a distressing rate and the bounty
law was repealed. Owing to the igno-
rance of natural history on the part Of
local authorities, heads of domestic
fowls, partridges, pheaasnts, cuckoos,
butcher birds, etc, were accepted and
paid for as those of hawks and owls
under the "aCalp act" In Pennsylvania,
The skins Of dogs and other domestic
animals are frequently turned In for
those Of wolves and coyotes, In the
case Of small animals the heads are
sometimes accepted In one county and
the tails in another county, 30 that the
nrnnnRnrnn arc nnllAntnd tmina One
The advocate., 1897-04-28

raise sheep, and Kentucky and New
Mexico have recognized the possibility
of breeding wolves by requiring affi
daVitS showing that the animals had
not been raised for the sake of the re-
wards.
Maine has encouraged the killing Of
bears since 1888, but the returns for
the last five years show no decrease In
the number of scalps presented for the
bounties. New Hampshire has been
paying for bears much longer than
Maine, hat In 1894 the State Treasurer
called attention to the large number
reported by four or Eve Of the towns,
adding that should the 234 other towns
in the State "be equally successful In
breeding wild animals for the State
market, 1t would require q tax levy Of
100000 to pay the bounty claims"
New York withdrew the premium on
bears In 1895, because the number Of
those animals killed had increased
steadily year after year.
Some States demand as proof entire
skins, which are cancelled and re-
turned. In Vermont wolf skins are
marked by punching two holes in the
ear; In Utah the letters "B. p" stand.
ing for bounty paid" are cut in the
neck, while in Wyoming one hole in
the foot is punched, Thus Wyoming
skins may be presented in Utah with
the foot removed, and the scalps may
be cut off Rfterward and sent to a State
that requires only scslps Such frauds
have been so frequent that the MSn-
tsna law Of 1896 declares the patching
and presenting Of punched skins pun.
ishabIe by a heavy fine.
The destr uCtion Of 100000 ground
squirrels In one county In the State of
Washington made no very peTceptible
difference In their numbers, and Mon
tans, In killing 7l2,l92 squirrels and
lS9,87s prairie dogs in 1887, made little
impression on the hOrdes OF those
small beas to- In the early 70's Cali
foEnis enacted laws dividing certain
counties into squirrel districts, and re-
QuiEing owners to kill the ground
squirrels on their land or TO pay for
having them destroyed, To-day the
animals are practically as abundant as
ever. Nearly 100000 English spar
rows were killed in Illinois In Eve
years without noticeable decrease,
Some Of the animals for which boun-
Ties are offered are actually beneficial,
instead Of injurious, This remark ap-
plies especially to hawks and owls,
Since 1876 great interest has been man
ifested in the determination of hawks
and owls, premiums being offered for
killing them In nine States. Pennsyl-
vania paid $4,000 for heads Of these
birds in a year and half. Careful
estimates 90 to show that the damage
done by the victims Of this massacre
Of poultry in that period would have
amounted to not more than $l,S75.
But each hawk and owl would have
killed at least 1000 mice In a year. Es-
timsting the damage done by one
mouse at 2 cents, each hawk or owl
must save the farmer $40 per annum.
Summing mp all the data, 1t appears
that Pennsylvania expended $4,000 in
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1897-04-09
"Posey'' and His Colt.

Mr.. Henry Preston has a sorrel
colt of which he thinks a great deal.
Last Friday evening as he was put
ting her through her paces on the
road near his home she took notion
to bolt with him and made tracks
out the road leading towards Gra-
ham. Mr.. Preston was on her back
whei she started with only n halter
to control his pet, and not~ithstand
ing the rapid gate the mare started
out, retained his seat and succeeded
in stopping her near Col. Harrisson's
Some distance out the road. We
have heard sew, raj who witnessed
his wild ride remark that from the
way he stuck to the mare he would
have made as proficient jockey as
banker if he had chosen that pro
fessicn.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1897-04-09
Too Heavy Trains.

Under the new management the
freight trains on the Norfolk and
Western are made mp according 70
the gross tonnage, instead ofs GER
tain number of loads, which was tho
former manner OF rating. The ton
mage has been increased to such an
ex tent that the engines can not haul
their trains and as q consequence
are stalling and doubling on hills
where heretofore they were able TO
make running time. There is such
speculation among the men as to
the ultimate result. They eannot be-
lieve that the company will continue
to load trains with so much in ex-
cess Of what they have been hauling,
but will reduce the tonnage to the
hauling capacity of the engine
Bluefield Telegraph.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1897-04-09
Municipal Election.


The following officers were cleo.
ted Monday to serve for the ensu
ing year:
Mayor, j. A. Greever.
Council, J. w. Chapman, B. w
Stras, l.. c. wingo. G. II. Surface.
aud Smith Lockhart.
Recorder, L. A. Lynch.
There were l43 votes cast of
which number Messrs. Chapman
ana Wingo received 14l; Surface
lao; Stras 100; Lockhart, II; Z. A.
Lynch 1877. There was no opposi
ton TO any of the ticket nominated
by the citizens except as to Mayor
Greevsr, who was opposed 10y Mr..
%. g. Emshwiller and DIR. James
.O'Keeffe who was opposed by Mr.
Smith LOckhart. For the forme,
Office Mr.. Greever received 81 vote,
and his opponent 80, aud Mr.
Lockbart defeated DIR. O'Keelie d,
3 votes. Mr. Jno ID. AlexandeI
received 8 votes for council ant
MIR. l.. Miller 5 these latter wer,
not candidates
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1897-04-09


A white woman by the name of
Mary Tate was arrested one day
this week for breaking into the
house of James Williams living on
the farm of the late John Smith,
ia Thompson Valley aud stealing
what wearing apparel she could
lay her hands Oh. 1t is also
thought she is the same party who
broke into the house of Mr.. w. II.
Graham on Plum Creek, and car
ried off an Overcoat, dishes, etc,
and We understand the authorities
have evidence to convict her fol
both offenses.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1897-04-09
Injunction Granted.

Col. James S Browning, OF Poca
hontas, was in the city yesterday and
applied TO Judge Dupuy for an in
junction TO restrain the Southwest
Virginia Improvement Company
from tearing down the tippie and
destroying the railroad track leading
to his nine. The injunction was
granted. The cause Of this action
on the part of the Southwest Com
pany was due to the fact that Mr.
Browning refused tc join the other
operators of the field in giving to
Cashier e. Curran, successors to the
Pocahontas Coal Company. complete
control of the entire output of the
region. MIR. BrowniDgs output
goes to Coffman & Co., of Bluefeld,
and he thinks the combination adop
ted the above plan to force him into
signing contract with Cashier q
Curran.-Roanoke World. of April
3d
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1897-04-09

The election for municipal officers
at North Tazewell was held last
Saturday and the following Off GERS
were elected:
Mayor, G. p. Beavers.
Council, + l.. Whitley, j. S.
Whitley, Geo. p Hall, g. H. Peery,
and j. f. Ireson.
Treasurer, Wilk Peery.
Recorder, r. ii. Ireson.
Sergeant, w. A. Whitley.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1897-04-09
Change of Firm.

Mr.. A. +. Hargrave has sold his
drug business TO MIR. JnO IL. Jack
son, formerly of the firm of Il. A.
Craighill & Co, Lynchhnrg, Va.
The business was turned over TO
the new firm Wednesday at noon,
but Mr.. Hargrave will continue in
charge OF the store until Mr.. Jack.
SOU can make the necessary ar
rangements TO move his family
here. He will move into the house
now occupied 10y Rev. ID. a. Glenn
on Tazewell avenue.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1897-04-09
A VALUABLE PRESCRIPTION

Editor Morrison, of Worthington,
Ind, "Sun,' writes: "You have a
valuable prescription in Electric Bit
ters,and can cheerfully recommend
1t for Constipation and Sick Head
ache, and as a general system tonic
it has no equal.' Mrs. Annie Stehle
1926 Cottage Grove Ave., Chicago,
was all run down, could not eat nor
digest food, had a backache which
never left her and felt tired an weary
but six bottles OF Electric Bitters
restored her health aud renewed her
strength. Price 40 cents ard $l.OO.
tef a bottle at a. E. Hargrave's
pfeg Store
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1897-04-09
CASTCRE-As.
49, =: ] .1ZsHAZzzal -: !: J
Card of Thanks.

take this method Of rendering TO
the good people of Taze~ell my
heartfelt thanks for their attention to
my sister during her recent illness
and death and the kindness shown
Der children. May God take care OF
you all as you did her,. Is the gisA
of sorrowfll brother.
6. y. GAMBLE
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1897-04-09

Washington correspondent OF the
Dispatch: Henry Bowen. OF Taze
we'll. Va, who is an ex-Congressman.
and an ex United States marshall, is
here. lie wants to be reappointed
to the latter place, but it is doubtful
as to the position of General
Walker in regard to the office' Nc
Gov, of Bristol, ip said to be agreed
upon for the place, but it is said
that Bowen will give him bard
fight for it.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1897-04-09
Church Services.

Rev. ThOs. Mowbray will preach
at the Presbyterian church Sunday
morning at IL o'clock and at 3 in
afternoon. Mr.. Ruff will fill Mr.
Mowbray's appointments in the
Cove.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1897-04-09

YOU CAN'T BUY HAPPINESS, but
if you are suffering from dyspepsia.
scrofula. salt rheum, impure blood, you
may be cured and made happy by TAX
ing Hood Is Sarsapariiia.
HOODS PILLS are the best family
cathartic and liver medicine. Harm
less, reliable, sure.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1897-04-09
Sent TO Jail for Fifteen Days.

Charles Profit was tried before
Squire Peery Wednesday for steal
ing about bushei and half of
corn from MIR. G.. w. Doak, and
sentenced to fifteen days in Jail.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1897-04-09
Married.

On Wednesday. at the home OF
the brides father, Mr.. Charles
Crockett, Miss Trula Crockett and
Mr.. John Peery. son of Mr.. G. II.
Peery. OF North Tazewell
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1897-04-09
NOTICE.

have for sale three Poland Chira
boar pigs, narrowed October %, 1896.
These pigs are thorough bred and pedi-
gree furnished with each sale. Write
FOR prices,
TAZEwELL' VA.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1897-04-09

capt. ". - GfluerSieeNe, OF Clear
Fork, was in town on Monday.
Mr.. William Buchanan of Thomp-
son Valley was in the city Monday.
Capt. ID. G. Savers, of Sayers.
vile, was ia town first of the week.
Circuit court brought quite a
number of visitors to town this
week.
DR.. James O'Keeffe returned
home Tuesday from trip to West
Virginia.
Mrs. Jno. ST. Clair was in town
Monday shopping aud visiting
relatives.
The Spring term of circuit court
opened Monday, Judge jackson
presiding.
We are sory to hear that Mrs
james O'Keeffe has been very i'll
for some days.
Hartman & Baltimore have a large
line of children's clothing. Boys
suits from 75cts up.
Mr. E. Goodman, representing
J.. Lazarus & Co, of Pocahontas,
was i'm town first Of the week.
James Warren brother Of t. b.
Warren, was up from Welcb, w.
Va, first of the week. to visit home
folks.
Mr.. T. w. Ratlif has been i'll at
his home OH Tazewell Avenue for
some days, bat is much improved
at this time.
Mr.. j. A. 1iller who has been in
Kentuckyfor some time, in the in
terest of oil fields aud returned To
hts home Monday.
The President has appointed Mr..
Park Aguew, of Alexandria, col
lector of revenue for the Western
district OF virginia.
We take special pride in our line
of furnishing goods. 1t is complete
in every respect. Call aud see
Hartman g. Bottimore.
| Hon. H. NJ. Smyth, Consul Gen
eral to Hayti, we understand is in
New York on his way home, having
left Honolulu on account OF yellow
fever.
Mrs. ]. Meek Snapp and her &C
complished aud attractive daught
er, Miss Pearl OF Burke's Garden,
were in the city shopping first OF
the week.
Messrs. G. G. Mitchell, Mont
Browning anu w. w. French, OF
Pocahontas, and Capt. f S. Blair
of WythevIile, were registered at
the Central Hotel this week.
Chapman & Thompson talk To
the readers of the News on the sub
iect of shoes this week. VOC will
find their ad. in another column
and you should not overlook il.
We would request all parties ex
cept our regular correspondents
sending Us communications of any
kind TO sign their name to same,
otherwise 1t will be impossible to
publish them.
Mrs. Geo. Buston, who has beer
visiting her daughter, Mrs. j. o
jCammack, at Greencastle. Ind, fol
several months, has returned home
much to the qualification of he
many friends.
The town Council has determin
- ed to build a plank side walk dowI
Tazewell Avenue and other i'm
proSements. This Avenue promis
I ed to be one of the prettiest il
!, town some day.
By reference to the announce
: ments for Office you will find tina
Mr.. ID. III. Hartman is uaBnonce'
e as a candidate for magistrate 70
;" Jeffersouyille district, and if ele<
ted, will, no doubt, make a goo
one.
DIR. Waldron. of Grundy, arrive,
l. here the latter part of last week, t
look after his children, and return
-. ed home Sunday. He took tn
= youngest ones home with him AT
will place them ia charge Of Isl
mother at Peery vile, w. Va.
N Hobbie fiano Co, will make
q special reduction in prices aud term
= on pianos aud organs for thirty day,
This reduction is made in order I
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1897-04-09

oi hOuaSer, wiz move 10 our town
soon.
Mr.. r. A. Watkins, of Bluedeld.
was in town visiting friends Wed
nesday.
We bad a pleasant call Tuesday
afternoon from MIR. Jno. t. Peery.
of Burke's Garden.
Hon. S. w. Williams, Of Wythe
vile, is in town attending to his
practice in the TazeMell circuit
court.
Mr.. j, c. Smith Of Abb's Valley,
is in town attending court. His
brother, Mr.. Smith, of Roanoke. is
with him.
Col. W. G. W. Jaeger, is in the
city this week looking after an i'm
por:ant law suit pending in the
circuit court.
We are glad TO be able to repart
that Mr.. Bowen Watts, who has
been Ill with typhoid pneumonia.
is improving.
Col Milt French. one of Mercer
couuty's leading attorneys, was IN
town the first of the week attend
lug circuit court.
A great many of our Republican
exchanges do not seem 10 have
heard anything of the election held
the first of this week.
Mr.. George Landon has returned
home from Richlands, where he has
been teaching in Old Dominion
College the past session.
Among the visiting attorneys i'm
town we notice Judge j. H. Fulton,
of Wytheville, Judge p. w. Stroth.
er, of Giles; aud j w. Hicks, Esq,
of Graham.
Mrs. j. p. Knoll, of Panther, w.
Va, visited friends and relatives in
Tazewell this week, and it is un
necessary for us To Say that she
received warm welcome.
Mr.. p. NJ. Higgins announces
himself III this issue of the NEWS
as candidate for constable for
JeffersOnville District aud requests
you assist him with your votes.
We desire to call your attention
TO oGr large stock Of shoes just re
ceived-latest styles, lowest prices
Cur shoes are guaranteed.
Hartman 81 Baltimore.
Judge Baker p. Lee, of Hampton,
has formally announced himself q
candidate for Governor. Politicians
think the Judges hope would be in
a hot fight between Messrs. Ellyson
and Tyler.
f. G s. NJ. Mckenzie have order
ed fine line of jewelry. which they
will receive about the 10th. II you
are in need of anything in that line
save your order them and thus save
money.
The Princeton Journal and Expo
nent and Blueheld Telegraph love
each other SO well that they do moi
think it very severe strain OF
their readers to devote a column OI
more space TO compl,nenting each
other
Mr.. c. e. Gamble. of PineJ Flats
Tenn. was in the city some days
the latter part of last week. Mr.
Gamble is brother of the late
Mrs. WaldrOn, who died here last
week. He left for his home on
Monday.
Hartman & Bottimore have open
ed their stock Of spring clothing.
A full line and as low prices as ev
er sold in TazeweII. Extra sizes
a speciality. We have bad the as
sistance of Mr.. B. H. Baylor in all
our purchases.
Our Burke's Garden correspon
dent, "Busy Body" doesn't seem to
be acquainted with the fair Juliet
or he would not say that she was
so bad of for want of beau a:
seems to be insinuated in Que o
the b. G. items this week.
If you are going to be a candi
date for district Office this spring
you should aenOunce yourself il
the News. ALL the people Of Taze
we'll do net reads the News, but j
every voter who does read tn
News casts his ballot for you, 70
would "get there Eli"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1897-04-09

Ripans Tabules assist digestion.
Ripans Tabules cure biliousness-
Ripans Tabuies: one gives relief.
Ripans Tabules cure indigestion.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1897-04-09
STOCKHOLDERS MEETING.

Pursuant to provisions of charter OF
Buck Horn Iron and Improvements Com
pany, meeting OF the stockholders OF
said Company viii be held at Tazewell.
Virginia. on the Cd Monday (the 10TH
of May, 1897, at the Office of the Secreta~
ny. All stockholders are requested to be
present. % matters of Importance to the
Company will bc before the meeting
b. w. SrnAs.
Secretary and Treasurer.
April sth, 1897.
Ripans Tabules cure torpid liver
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We are authorized to announce ID.
b. HARLAN as candidate for Magis-
trate for Jacksonville District st the
election to be held the 4th Thursday in
Nav.
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We are authorized to announce p.
81. Higgins as a candidate for Consta-
bic for Jeffersonville District at the
election to be held the 4th Thursday in
Nav
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LOCdL AND GENERAL
NEWS BRIEFS.
ANNOUNCEMENT.

We are authorized to announce ID.
IL. PAYNE as a candidate for Constable
for Jeffersonville District at the cleo
ton TO be held the 4th Thursday ip May.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1897-04-09

We are authorized to annouace r. q.
MCCALL as a candidate for Supervisor
for Jacksonville District at the cleo
ton to be held the 4th Thursday in
May.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1897-04-09

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