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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1901-02-08
Lebanon, Va, JaI

NO~"AOAf foe1 U01s
Editor NEws:-In your paper of
25th, / see some friend has threatened
you with dish of "crow" in case
Swanson is nominated for Governor.
In this neck OF the woods we don't
think you need begin acquiring a
taste for this unsavory bird for quite
a while. We have no objection 60
MIR. Swanson-as representative in
Congress from the Danville district,
but We do seriously object to the
introduction of the peculiar style of
politics practiced in the Southside
into the Executive office. At a time
when the people of Virginia have
overcome their innate repugnance to
q Constitutional Convention rather
than drift further toward the cess
pool of machine politics, they will not
seriously consider the candidacy of
ayoung man already highly placed
who represents nothing TO them but
the incarnation of machine politics.
They are not likely, at time when
measures are pending that will inev
ltably purge and purify the suffrage,
to consider a man seriously who is
notoriously the champion of the very
evils they seek to abolish. II any
sensible man doubts that MIR. Swan
sons candidacy is in the interest of
machine" methods, the rect MT letter
upon which you commented so ably
last week should easily convince him.
Many men regard it as a challenge
and menace to the conservative ele-
meat inthe State. How can he expect
nomination otherwise than through
the agency OF the machine whose
creature he is and whose influence
was plainly oIeshadowed in the tell
tale letter? Is il also challenge on
the part of the machine itself and
the men who find time to manage"
its minutest details Notwithstanding
other duties for which most of
them are paid out of the peoples
money? | have not heard of any
Swanson men in the Southwest, but
If your critical friends are of that
persuasion prepare them bird" of
the kind they suggest, and keep it
on ice to be served with swarm" bot
tie 10 serve after the convention.
Respectfully,
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1901-02-08
Western Rates Reduced

Greatly reduced one-way rates
will be in effect from Chicago via the
Wisconsin Central Railway to points
in Minnesota, North Dakota, Idaho,
Montanna, Oregon, Washington and
Bitish Columbia each Tuesday, com.
mencing February 18th, and continu-
ing until April Both.
For detailed information inquire
of nearest ticket Office or address
@. r. Johnson, Dist. Passenger
Agent, w. @. Ry., 62I Park Building
Pittsburg. Pa, or JAS G. Pond, ,Gen'l
Pass. Agent, Milwaukee, Wis.
April l
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1901-02-08
Benbow Happenings.l

- Mrs. A. b. Buchanan is still con-
''-fned to her room. Her brother and
sister II. @. Chapman ,andg Mrs. J..
b. Boyer, were over to see her Tuee
I day. Mrs Boyer viii remain with
: her sister for few days ti
Miss Mary Faulkner, Frazier Mat
thews and.J. B. Witten'sschildren, all
= of whom were very i'll last week are
much improved at present.
!. Mrs. Milton Thompsonl has been
suffering. from a severe attack quin>
i sy, but after having her throat danced
= twice, is much improved. s.f-r :
Mrs. r. III. Matthew'S baby which
3 wss so i'll last week, is much better.
Miss Matte Crabtree who has been
/, -teGching school FOR several months.
returned home last week. = ...l'
In spite or the bad weather the
: High School is progressing nicely.
While it is with regret that we have
TO give up Miss Ella Olaytor as teach
& 'ers it is with pleasure that we. can
soon welcome Miss Faulkner back
to her department. Ts-s. -,--,r...
'b Mr.. j. l.. Matthews has lust taken
the mail contract;froni this place to
3 Tazewell for anotherfour years. :.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1901-02-08
"a Little Court of Yesterday"
-t-r- By Minnie Reid French,

Is novel the theme of which relates
to the present situation of the so-called
'aristocracy" of old Virginia.
1t.abounds in humor, is written in an
easy, flowing style, and is altoghther a
departure from the conventional South
ern story 1t can be clearly seen that
Mrs. French, being cf Virginian ances-
try herself, irherits a sympathy for the
broken idols and old traditions so dear
o'the Southern hearts, and oftes a
smile but hides a tear. The story has
for its setting an old historic mansion
of Colonial type, and running through
the pages is an undercurrent, there is q
klove-story which reaches its climax in
the chapter. The book is unusually
dainty and attractive.
The above book, cloth bound. on,
dollar, can be obtained from Messrs
Bloch and Company, Keystone, w. Va
1t is published at one dollar. If any
difficulty in procuring IL, The Abbey
Press, Publishers, ia Fifth Avenue
New York (who always issue interest
ing books) will send it post paid fol
the price.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1901-02-08
COAL EXCITEMENT.
Large Quantities Discovered In
West Graham. Other Now.

Large Quantities Discovered In
West Graham. Other Now.
Graham; Va, Feb. 6.-The u ople
of West Graham are greatly el ted.
coal having been found right in heir
midst. Stony Ridge seems TO be one
immense vein of coal. IL has been
estimated that the true worth of the
land Is not less than thirty thousand
dollars an acre. This enormous vein
has been traced through the lnn. Is
belonging TO VIM. l.. Spracher, II q
ry Hurt, Mrs. Ritter and VIM. Mll-
lin. The people are anxiouAly
awaiting further develoDements.
The first term OF Graham Ii sh
School closed Jan. 25. The citiz 1s
are wei, pleased with the work. The
session has been pleasant as well as
profitable to all connected with t.
Judging from appearances, j. f.
Livesay an his able corpse of teach
ers will be quite busy this, the SEC
ond term.
Those who believed the furnnce
would be in full blast by Jan. Ist,
now know it was only "camraign
talk"
Miss Sue Wagner returned from
Bailey Sunday evening.
Robert Beavers, one of Prof. Liv.
esay's most intelligent pupils, is
quite i'll with the measles
The lingering of holiday customs
A social was held at Mr.. Obadiah L.
Neel's last Monday night. This was
the fifteenth, in West Graham. -inct
Christmas. 1t is said that th,, have
all been complete successes.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1901-02-08
Got His Diploma.

Mr.. VIM. Ed. Peery, who in COM
pany with Jno. S. Crockett, Of Blue
field, went TO Cincinnati some weeks
ago to take course in scientific
embalming has returned. Mr.. Peerv.
as did also Mr.. Crockett, got his
diploma as a greduate in the art OF
embalming. La connection with his
business es undertaken this will be oil
great service to him, as well as Ia
the customers who pa'ronizr him
and NAV wish work in this line
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1901-02-08
The Reverlvs

Mr.. Frank M. Beverly, of Freel-
ing, Va, writes as that he is trying
to collect what he can of the Bev-
erly family history. particularly OF
Elijah Beverly, who once lived in
Tazewell, afterwards near Coeburn,
and chen at Castlewoods, in Rus
sell county, where be died in 1885
If any Of our readers known any
thing of this family or of tbeil
descendants they will do a favo1
by writing to Frank ~. Beverly
at Freezing, Va.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1901-02-08
VIII Not Move.

The Tazewell correspondent of the
Blueheld Daily Advertiser stated in a
recent issue, that Drs. Gillespie and
Painter had dissolved partnership,
and that DIR. Gillespie would move
to North Carolina The report is
wholly untrue. DR.. Gillespie will
not move away. This will be good
news to his many friends in the
county with whom he is deseryedlv
popular. we arc glad to make the
correction, but in justice to ourselves
we ought to state that the information
came to the Bluefeld office through
one OF the most reliable gentlemen
Of the county.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1901-02-08
COMMISSIONERS Nor1on
Complainant,

z. j. Hale, admr., etc. Comnlatrant
VS.. In Chancery,
j. B. Greever, ct ais. naeaodoo.s
And other causes heard Herewith. ~
Notice Is hereby given Bank of TazeweII
a corporation, Geo. E, Manood. @. W. Greever,,
=: ~ y. hale, sdmr. OF C. A. Hale, j. p. Gose
Trustee, Wartburg Seminary, a corporation a
Philip, a; stGlair, H; e. Bailey, Thomas Peery,
andJ A. Greever, (tbe last nine named persons "a
lndiyiduals and as trustees), J. b. Greever. II
>. Greeyer, N. Hickman, &. j. Brown. admr. of
X n Brown, decd, G.. NJ. Hanson, n. Al. eau
dill ana j. w Chapman, Receiver, and ali enc
creditors or j. Is. Greever, as well as all Other
prisons ~ any way interested lin the above
s,yieu sust ana me other chancery causes heard
therewlth, now pending ia the Circuit Court of
Iazeweli County, Virginia, That upon March
llth. lOl, at my office at Tazewell, Vireinia'
viii proceed 10 take the accounts directed bv a
decree entered in the abova styled cause and
otner causes heard Herewith at the Decembel
term, 1890, of said Court
III from any cause, SAID accounts be not CON
ciuoeu on that day IL viii be Continued frnn
Gay 10 dav. or time 90 time until completed.
OiN2'' 50 icf my nand, this February ist. 1901
A. hIGGINBoTaAM.
Commissioner
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A P0cARoNrAs GHOST.
Water Famine-Insurance Agent
Visitors-Other News.

Visitors-Other News.
Pocahontas. Va, Feb, 5.-Poca &.
hontas, through the energy and fore
sight of the Southwest Virpinia
Improvement Company has one of
the best water plants In the State.
This company has spent thousands
OF dollars keeping the inhabitants of
tue town supplied with pure, hcalthv
limestone water. This plant is situ-
ated on one Of the most prominent
spurs OF the fat top, with a reservoir
sufficient to supply every fam.
lily with pure water, and at a small
cost, aud at the same time the town
has one OF the best Gre companies In
the State. The inhabitants Law down
at night considering their property
secure and protected from fire.
On last Saturday. the S. w. Va. Co..
and all the citizens OF the town had
this splendid supply of water cut
snort OF. One OF our prominent
citizens bought land on which q few
feet OF the pipe was laid, and sent
men and tore up the pipe completely,
leaving the inhabitants without water.
and the town, in case of fire, perfectly
unprotected. Supt. w. o. Mailev
sent force of hands and rclaid the
pipes, giving the town a full supply
OF water by Sunday morning. There
has been injunctions issued in Virgil
MIA and West Virginia which will
stop any other trouble.
The PoCahontas field was vis,ted
by an agent OF the Insurance Com
pany, of Philadelphia, and with his
close examination, he found efficient
men In every department, at the
shops, electric light plant, sup
ply house everything perfectly sat
isfactory and every thing managed as
though an agent Of the insurance
company was present. Under the
present management q special agent
could not look after the interests OF
the insurance companies more thor.
oughly.
A PoCAHoNTAs GHOST.
On Saturday evening a friend
came in about 10 O'Clock, Just az all
were leaving for a stroll down town.
Don't let me detain you," was his
remark. "as / will go up stairs and
take Sleep In n short time he
heard some noise below. slipped down
In his stocking feet to the bottom of
the stairs, stopping concluded that
he had been dreaming. Started back.
when he heard another noise, pushed
the room door and standing In the
middle OF the room was n ghost with
horse collar extending over the
forehead, about the size of a small
stove pipe. He tainted. Just at
time a lady entererd the front door
and finding him in this condition.
gathered pitcher of water, the only
water on the place, IL being dry
day in Pocahontas, dashed It in his
face, which revived him. He thoupnt
he had fallen in Bluestone. When
he revived he found beautiful Young
lady dressed in a splendid dotted
white dress, with very fashionable
pompadoure hat Not being satisfied
With her looking glass she had come
over to consult her young friend as
20 her make up. My young friend is
only seventy years old, and doubt
II he gets another horse collar scare
whether he will ask any Of the young
ladies' to marry him or not. The
young lady being one of the most
beautiful and popular In the town.
and he's magnificent appearance on
this occasion would have made AN
older man than my young friend faint.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1901-02-08
In New York.

Mr.. II. Cecil Chapman, a widely
known dry goods merchant of Taze.
well, left on Thursday afternoon
for New York, where he will pur-
chase large stock of Spring goods.
Mr.. Chapman has been in the dry
goods business but comparatively
short time in Tazewell, but is rap
idly forging to to the front as one
OF the leading merchants of this
section.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1901-02-08
Coasting Casualties.

There was large coasting party
N,ss on the lot of Capt. John d. Alex
ander on Tuesday night, which
resulted in a-number of casualties,
5ssx tsone at least, of which proved very
serious Herbert Mccall, eldest son
of Jno. MCCALL and grandson of II.
=. M. Hawkins, Sr., had his leg severe
~ fractured between the knee and
-. ankle. His foot,z IN some manner,
saT--. was caught under his sled, aud be-
49,, fore he could stop his leg was badly
broken. He was taken at once to
= the Office of DIR. N.R. b. Gillespie,
hi'si where She necessary medical aud
81 h=z surgical aid was rendered. Mr..
e,ss and Mrs. Mccall have the sympa>
thy of the community. Within-the
past few years several aof their
svs = children have had similar misfar-
- ~ tunes Several of their children
p-H' have had .bones. .hroken--some of
them more than once. Only few
weeks ago, Herbert Mccall, whose
leg was broken Tuesday night. was
sF' accidentlv shot in the face by one
xt0isn of mis- fellow students, which came
ssas : very near. ending seriously. ~ss IS.
.s,,,sv There were number nf minor
8 casualties Tuesday night, such as
mashed fingers, bleeding noses,
sshS scratched faces Sc. The party re,
sss turning from the sport looked as
as;o thoEgh thehad been attending ae
= t'lrish Wakev m !.
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Advice to Borrowers of Newspape

ADVICE to Borrowers of Newspapers
Some timely advice to borrowers
of newspapers is given by the Kan
sas City Journal in the shape Of
warning like this:
"A man who was to econ omical tc
take this paper sent his little boy to
borrow the copy taken by his neigh
Dor. In his haste the boy ran over
81 stand of bees and in ten min
utes looked like a warty summer
squash. His cries reached his fat her,
who ran to his assistance and, failing
to notice a barbed wire fence, ran
into that, breaking it down, cutting
handful of flesh from his anatomy
and running 81 pair of pants. The
old COW took advantage of the GAP in
the fence and got into the cornfeld
and killed herself eating green corn.
Hearing the racket, the wife ran, up
set four gallon churn full of rich
cream ibto basket of kittens, drown.
ing the flock In the hurry she
dropped 81 So; OF false teeth. The
baby, left alone, crawled through the
spilled milk and into the parlor
running a brand new $50 carpet,
During the excitement the Oldest
daus hter ran away with the hired
man, the dog broke up eleven setting
hens, and the calves got out and
chewed the tails off of four fin,
ehirts.'
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Death of a Lovable woman

Wytheville, Va, Feb, AFTER a
lingering illness of some stomach
complications, Miss Sarah McGavock
died at the home of her sister, Mrs.
John ID. Fulton. in this place, this
afternoon at 2 o'clock. The inter
ment will take place at the old Nc
Gavock homestead, Fort CHS we'll
Tuesday morning. The deceased
was about 90 years old. She leaves
two sisters--Mrs. Fulton and Maggi,
McGavock- She was a most loyabl,
christian woman,
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; Annual Meeting.

The Twenty fourth Annual Meet
ing. of the State ". M. @. a.. will be
held in Roanoke, beginn ing Febrn~
ary 2ist, and continuing three
days The railroads and hotels
viii giye-reduced rates, a d enter
tainment will be furnished delegates
If desired. We will be glad to fur
nish any Information tosthose who
may wish to attend from this Sec
ton, and also pro rams nc.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1901-02-08
Married.

j. Floyd Gillespie and Miss Belle
Leffel daughter of Jacob Leffel. of
CLEAR Fork, were married quietly
on Wednesday morning, in the par
lor of the Ratlife hotel. Rev.
Philip johnson performed the cere-
mony, Mr.. and Mrs. Gillespie are
well known in Tazewell, and are
receiving the CONGRATULATIONS of
their many friends.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1901-02-08
Order OF Puhlfoatior

vIRGINIA: In the clerks once Of the CIR
Maud Bell Grouse, oSt TN tssa.y = Is1l :
vs. In Chancery p1AiIs@n's
Mart Crouse,
The object of this suit IA to o,tssr . el5nosns.
u,ivoTce trom the bonds OF matrim0nv bef ~ss<,
tne complainant and the defendanf and M an
Mart Grouse Is q non-residcnf cr tha SS St ~ sns<
ss, a, ~ = ordered that he appear hero wiShSn
nnsSSn ma en- Gays afser due publication OF this order
IA ss.is suit and that copy hereof be posfes ss
A. s. HroorSnora "a "a RASS 3 1kss<AS, On
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1901-02-08
.$'sElE,O.0lI.. PER YEAR.
The, Mule isDeau.


ib-ds with regret that we ehroniS
cleTthe ohe death of the.litsle yellow
mqie,s whfch mp TO q recent date,
carried the u. IS. Mail between this
potntand Burke's' Garden. - ack;;'
If we remember correctly, was rails
ed by Capt. G.sB. Gildersleeee,- on
Clear Fork. He, was known far
and wide for his splendid saddle
qualities. Few horses there were
.w,o could leave @Jackn on the
road when he was at his best, and
none carried the rider easier, 3,
go "Jack, uilike most of his race, had
hts tricks. More than-once he has
landed his rider plump in the road,
" With an ease and. grace, then looked
so meek afterwards that you felt
sure It was an accident, and chat
no. harm was meant. However,
his life was exemplary one, (for a
rhnse9 and. now that he is gone, we
throw the mantle of charity over
5 lissmisdeeds and failures. We hope
he had an easy death. and decent
burial, and that his. s.bones vert not
left to bleach on the bleak noun
tam side, nor his carcas given to
the vu1tures and the croaking ra-
vens OF the woods. Peace to his
dustl IS. 3, .i-- ~ ',~-'
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The Crime of the Century.

The history OF the world may be
searched in vain for parallel to the
spirit of savagery which inflicted upon
"A defeated and Impoverished people
the uDspeakGbly barbarous rule of a
seryile race just liberated from bond
age. Negro suffrage was a crime
against the white people of the South.
1t was a crime against the blacks of
the South. 1t was a crime against
the whole citizenship of the republic.
, Political power never was conferred
upon lace so poorly equipped to
exercise it,
Negro suffrage, accompanied as it
was by the scounderrelly leadership
OF carpet-baggers and supported as it
was 10y military rule, subjected the
States lately in rebellion to an expe-
rience more dreadful than the paraly-
sis of war and defeat. Upon an
already impoverished society It
brough ht the scourge of rule that
was in some respects worse than
barbaric, for it had all the elements
of savagerY under the leadership of
men who had learned from civilation
the arts of corruption and misrule.
The eight or ten years of negro
domination in various Southern
States did more harm than the war
had done. 1t prostrated industry. it
destroyed public and private credit
and it threatened for IA time to resolve
society into its origional factors and
to re establish conditions which were
thought TO obtain only in the wilder
ness.
The effects of this .Lideous de-
6auch upon the blacks was quite as
demoralizing as it was upon the
whites. at time when they should
have been impressed with the re-
sponsibilities which freedom had put
upon them they were melted to
orgies of injustice ard pillage by
characterless leaders bent only on
plunder.A At time whe they should
have been instructed in self-restraint
and made ready for a gradual en-
Reimbursement they were taught only
by an example of license.
1t has required a generation to re-
move from the minds of even the
best informed among the negroes of
the South the effects of the evil in
huences under which the race began
its career of freedom. liany genera
tions will have come and gone before
all of the consequences of this stu
pendous Republican mistake shall
have been removed.
The above is not the utterance of
an RECONSTRUCTED rebel editor. 1t
is not the effasion of some Southern
hot blood in ''the saddle" It is not
the outgivlng of NEGRO hater." Ii
is taken from the editorial olnmns
of the Chicago Chronical, one OF the
most influential papers in the State
OF Abraham Lincoln. 1t has taken
a third of century for the intelli-
gent Northern editor to find out
that crime has been committed
! against the white people of the
South. but late as it is it is gratilv
ing to know that there is at least one
editor in the North who has saffici
, ent sense of justice to acknowledge
that tie North has dealt uniustl,
with the South.-Roanoke Times
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1901-02-08
Put In Possession

Mrs. Jennie Ratlifr, who some
time ago purchased the Dodd hotel
property, which has been rented
for some time by j. M. Coffee, and
about possession of which there has
been law suit, was yesterday put
in possession by order of the court.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1901-02-08

Thankful words written by Mrs. Ada
+, Hart, of Groton, S. D. ''Was taken
with bad cold which settled on my
'lungss cough set in and finally termina-
ted in consumption. Four Doctors gave
rie up. saying l could live but short
ine. I gave myself up to my savio I,
determined if I could not stay with my
friends. on earth, would meet my abs
sent ones above. My husband was .ad-
.yised to get DR.. King s New Discovery
sfor CQnsumptioh, Coughs ind Coidss /
;Eaye 1t trial, took n all eight bettSes:
:ltshas cured me, and thank God, i. am
saved and now a weli' and healthy
woman. Trial bottles free at Jno. K.
Jackson g Daug Store Regular size so.
9nds 81 90. Guaranteed or price refund
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1901-02-08
Our Agents Reception.

DIR. Harry, our soliciting agent,
has been moving around brislxly since
January the first. He has been over
Eastern portions of the county and
has met with good success. We wish
TO thank all our subscribers for the
cordial reception given him. He
tells us that there is little or no
''kicking," but that everybody re
ceives him kindly. He is doing good
work, collecting old and getting new
subscriptions, and in few months
we expect to have a clean, paid up
subscription list. We are anxious,
and in fact, determined to have one
of the very best lists of any weekly
in the State. We bespeak for DR..
Harry continuation of the kindness
already extended him and we cor.
daily thank our subscribers for their
subscriptions. We want every citi
zen in the county. not already on oul
list, to give us a trial.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1901-02-08
The Appetite of A Goat.

Is envied by all poor dyspeptics whose
Stomach and Liver are out of order. All
such should know that DR.. Kings New
Life Pills, the wonderful Stomach and
Liver Remedy, gives splendid appetite,
sonnd digestion and regular bodily hab-
it that insures perfect health and great
energy. Only 20 cents at any Drug
Store. Jno. +. jackson.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1901-02-08
Rismarlx,s Iron Nerve-

Was the result CT his splendid health
Indomitable will and tremendous en-
rgy are not found where Stomach, Liv>
er, cineys and Bowels are out offs
order;1f you want these qualities and
the success they bring, use DR.. King
New. Life Pills. They develop every
power of brain and body. Only 25cts
at John Il Jacksons,'