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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1901-03-08

The American people ere great thea
ter goers and spend about $112, 600, 900
annually for such amusements," said a
prominent theatrical manager to the
writer recently. ''This vast sum of
money is paid into the treasures of
some 1000 companies, which were est
mated to be playing in all parts of the
United States last year. This includes
everything that can be considered
strictly professional companies, to say
nothing Of the countless amateur or
CARNATIONS.
"Of the strictly theatrical organiza-
lions 1t is safe to say that the average
receipts per night for the 1000 compa-
MES Is $500 each. 1t seven perform
nnces per week for each company the
weekly average would be $4,000. The
average theatrical season is 10 weeks.
The entire 1000 companies, with aver
age nightly receipts OF $500. would
produce weekly receipts at seven per-
formances per week amounting to S.
100000, This multiplied by 40. the
humber OF weeks in the theatrical sea
son, viii yield gross receipts amount
ing to $112, 100000. which is probably
far below what the people OF this coun-
try really do pay every year for the
atrical Observation-Disclosures Star.
GnL~,-sl.- g. H. n.TNurC
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1901-03-08

The Gentle Art of Letter Writing.
The classic age Of letter writing, like
that OF chivalry, is gone, although no
Burke has been found yet to utter it's
splendid funeral grafton. Correspond
ence on business, hurried notes contain
ing invitations to dinner or acceptances
thereof-these are the missives which
fill the bag of the letter carrier. The
love letter, we presume, still holds it's
sway, and, IL we are to judge from the
revelations Of breach of promise cases,
It is full of sugary sentimentallsm as
In the days of Lydia Languish But
the letter as It has passed into litera-
ture, the letter whose highest claim to
be treated as art Is that 1t conceals art
the letter as written by William Cow
per, CT Oliver Goldsmith, or Horace
Walpole, or Miss Burney-that charm
ing epistle intended only for the affec-
tionnte perusal of friends and yet OF
such value to the historian Of life and
manners-shall we say that it has dis
appeared from the busy modern world,
killed by the railway and the steam
ship and the thoughts that shake man.
kindT AS least, 1t is now but a rare
product, n fragile flower scarcely able
to maintain itself in our altered social
soil.
Correspondence from being cherish
ed art and solace has in our day tend
ed to become what is called in slang a
grind" 1t is "snippety." like the
cheap newspapers, a sort of ''bits" or
'cuts," giving hints which require to be
filed out, only that the receiver has
hardly time for that mental process.
Truth to tell, great deal of our letter
writing is boredom, the source OF irrita-
ton and WEAKNESS to those who are
called on to undertake it.-London
SDectator
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1901-03-08
CITY PROPERTY.

4-room cottage, nice corner lot, with
shade, 5000. $40 cash end $1Oper month
Large residence on Jefferson street,
good boarding house or Investment; at
81, $50.
Nice S-room residence in Southwest
Roanoke, at $4,000. Terms, 800 cash
and $50 per month.
7-room cottage. large corner lot, new
ly painted and papered, at $1,000. 500
cash and $40 per month. Renting 80
per month.
Lovely 10-room brick reside.sce in best
part OF Roanoke City. 2 acres of ground,
beautiful shade, quantity Of finest fruit
s~room cottage in rear, with stable.
carriage house, etc. for $500. Easy
Payments
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1901-03-08
FARMS

adjoining farms on N. & w.
Ry, 20 miles east OF Roanoke,
level AMI smooth with fine
improvements, good orchards. This
land is fine for grain and espe-
ciallv adoDted to fruit. growing and
belong to an estate that must be set
tied up. Can be sold on long time,
10 years If desired, at from $500 TO
$1,000 per acre, in any size tract de-
sired.
20 acre farm. 3 miles from Bedford
City, good improvements. fine water aud
fruit, bargain at $4,000 on easy pay
ments.
275 acre blue grass farm, 20 acres
river bottom, rs acres timber, balance
in blue grass; fruit of all kinds; good
improvements; on N. & w. railroad
a great bargain at $4,000. Long pay
ments.
Blue grass farm of 215 acres; good
improvement, water and fruits. ad-
Joining a thriving young city on N d
w. railroad; $15 per acre.
I 10 acre fruit farm, 4. 400 bearing trees,
five miles from Roanoke. brick dwell
ing, $2.850.
Bargain in pippin apple farm; i4o
acres rich land all adapted to pippin
apples. Four-room house and barn, IL
miles from Roanoke with 900 ten-year-
old full bearing pippin apple trees, $1,000
$50 acres truck farm in sight of city,
land in. high state OF cultivation, far
improvements, $40 per acre: Water
forced into 10000 gallon tank supply
ing the house aud barn lot with pipes
laid for irrigating truck gardens.
14o acres, first class land, half bottom;
1900 full bearing fruit trees good i'm
provements; convenient to city. 500
per acre; including 65 acres Of wheat
with grass. Nothing better can be had
45 acres good land, near city; fine
orchard; fair improvements; two fine
orses, wagon and harness, cow and
hogs; all crops and farming implements
50 900.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1901-03-08
COAL AND TIMBER LAND.
COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.
G. j. Hale. admir-, etc.
VS.. In Chancery.
Complainant,

G. j. Hale, admir-, etc. Complainant
VS.. In Chancery,
j. Is. GreeYer, ct ais Defendants
And other causes heard Herewith
Notice Is hereby given TO Bank of TazeweEl
a corporation, Geo. K, Mahood. g. W. Greever.
=. .. Hale, admir-. OF G. A. Hale ]. p Gose
Trustee. Wartburg Seminary, a corporation. Al.
Phillip, A. st. Clair, II. e. Bailey. Thomas Peery.
j. Crockett. E.J Collins. ID. Moore. Q. w Keister
andJ "A Greever, (the last nine named persons as
y ndivlduals and as trustees), j. u. Greever, X.
y Greever. N. Hickman, &. J. Brown, admir- OF
K III. Brown, decd, G.. NJ. Hanson, II. A. eau
an ana J. ". Chapman. Receiver, and all the
CREDITORS or j. IL. Greeyer, as well as all other
persons IN any way interested in the above
styled suitand the other chancery causes heard
herewith, now pending in the Circuit Court OF
Iezewell County, Virginia, That upon March
liln> lsOl. at my Office az Tazewell, Virginia.
VIII proceed TO take the accounts, directed by a
decree entered in the above styled cause and
other causes heard Herewith at the December
term, 1900. OF said Court.
III from any cause, SAID accounts be not con-
cluoed on that day It viii be continued from
day to day. or time TO time until completed.
0lVenunder my band, this February LIST. 1901.
A. 5. HI00INBOTHAM,
|, Commissioner.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1901-03-08

In Franklin county the other day q
couple bearing the same name were
married When the license was ap.
piled for. the probate judge asked. ~
the law requires II the bride and
bridegroom were related. ''Well. judge"
responded the bridegroom. I'VE kinder
are. al we kinder amt just what you
might call relations. You see. we were
married together for quite spell, bpi
ma thought she wanted. divorce. an
now we are goin to try 1t over again.
Kansas City Journal
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1901-03-08

CUT MY ARM
yet met We found a rough crowd
indeed, and the evening was not half
over when a burly big fellow deliber-
ately picked quarrel with me- was
giving him the worst OF II when he
drew a knife and rushed upon me-
Duchene, who was standing quietly by,
knocked the scoundrel senseIess, and.
to my surprise, we were not molested
by the half dozen friends of the vic
tim who had been urging him to fin
ish me. l came to know later on that
the whole thing was put up Job, but
I looked upon it then as a brave action
on the part of my acquaintance and
gave him my gratitude and friendship.
7 had never questioned him as to whv
NE was in Paris, where or how he
lived or what aim he had In life, and
he had never dropped a hint. / had
d secret belief that he was a gambler
ano sharper, but to me he was as
straightforward as could be hoped for.
About two weeks after the event at
the dance hall Duchene told me his
story, or part of it He was a pro-
fessional gambler, or had been up TO
Few months before he met me. Then
his eyesight had gone back on him and
he had been obliged to abandon the
business. had observed that he was
nearsighted and had been obliged to
favor his eyes.
a year before meeting me Duchene
and partner had ''roped'' rich young
Fellow into game and skinned him
out OK what would be about $4,000 in
american money. They were then oc-
cupying rooms In a certain house he in
dicated, and, fearing trouble from the
victim, who had declared himself de-
frauded, the money had been hidden
under the floor. Trouble came. Both
men were arrested, and, while Duchene
got year in prison, the other man died
or pneumonia while waiting his trial.
On leaving prison Duchene at once
took steps to secure his money, but
found the floor in possession of an ar
tihcial flower maker who held a lease.
The place could not lie entered and
searched, and the $4,000 still rested
beneath the floor of the front room. 1t
would take 81 900 to buy the lease and
Dust the flower maker and another $500
TO put in a stock Of something to throw
the police of the scent. Duchene could
not raise the money, nor bad he yet
met man he dared trust. His propo-
sition to one was that furnish the ST.
coo and receive $4,000 of the hidden
money as my reward. Had he offered
TO go halves think should have look
ed upon 1t as plant and thrown 1t
over. but In Offering me sixth portion
he seemed to show good business tact.
1T was big return on the investment
big enough to satisfy any one-and /
gave him favorable answer at once.
He had already sounded the flower
maker as to the lease, and If my mon
ey was raised the papers could be sign
ed three days later had good bit
OF cash at my bankers, and on the sec
ond day after hearing Duchene's story
4 drew out $1,000 in gold and placed
the bag u ny trunk. Next day the pa
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1901-03-08
THE MAN UNDER
THE BED. y o sS
Copyright, 1901. by c. B. LOWS.

8rc"ccSSc%@%~%>S @>%>SSScSSS~sScHc
had been In Paris for couple Of
months, living at a family hotel and
knocking about at my leisure, when
made the acquaintance of Felix
Ducbene, as he called himself. He
was q man of about 80. and, though
a Frenchman from head to heel, he
spoke English fairly well. He was
not man whom should have select
ed as friend, and yet there was a
something about him which interested
me. He had Travelled extensively, met
with many adventures and was a good
talker. came to know him as a man
pr nerve and courage. and. though L
feared he would turn out to be a para
site, nothing Of the sort happened. He
seemed to have plenty of money of his
own and never asked for the loan of a
franc.
1 had known Duchene for three or
Your weeks when we visited a dance
hall on one Of the outer boulevards
one night The place was resort for
tough men and bad women and prom
Used phase of Partisan life 1 had not
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1901-03-08
RosINe VERSUS ZEN.

How DO the robins know
When its time Co gof
How can they tell when the day Is at hand
To leave their nests and fly
Away to the southern, sunny land,
Where the blue is in the slSy9
How do they know
Ere the north winds blow,
Bringing the chill and the ice and snow;
Why do they never foolishly wait
Flirting with chance and tempting fatef
Alb, the robins are wiser far
Than some men arel
They take no chances nor fool around,
Thinking. because today is fair,
That tomorrow good cheer viii still abound.
With never q woe nor care
Thinking because things come their way
In clusters today
Good luck has settled with them to stayi
The robin proceeds TO get out of the wet
While the sun is faithfully shining yeti
Chicago Times eralf
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1901-03-08

pers were TO be signed, and week lat
er the door would be ip our possession.
That night the two OF us attended
the theater and afterward bad supper.
and haven't the slightest doubt that
my wine was drugged. While l was
not made helpless, my head seemed as
big as barrel. 1 could hardly keep
my eyes open, and IL Duchene had not
put me In cab and Instructed the
driver I should never. have found my
way TO the hotel had to be helped
TO my room, and fell upon the bed
dressed as 1 was, and was instantly
asleep. l had been asleep two hours
when awoke as keen as a fox. The
effects OF the drug had vanished, and
as got out OF bed TO undress 1 found
my legs all right again. / was fully
undressed and ready 20 get between the
sheets when my ear caught a sound
from under the bed. at once stopped
down for look, and my eyes rested
upon man lying on the broad OF his
back. had him out in a second. 1t
seemed to me as If 1 had FIVE times
my ordinary strength, and though the
fellow struggled furiously and cut my
arm with knife, grasped his throat
and choked him till he lay like one
dead. 1t was only when l had struck
light that 1 found the intruder to
be Duchene. He had come IN through
the window which opened on a We
randa. He had been working at the
lock of my trunk when 1 made some
noise on,awakening, and be had rolled
himself under the bed. He had come
for that bag Of gold, and he had meant
to do for me if necessary.
/ alarmed the house, the police were
sent for, and the fellow was taken
away, but 1t was good hour before
be recovered his senses. His story was
entirely false. and he had put OPP a
Job to rob me. 1t was my testimony
that gave him five years in prison, but
after it was all over and he had been
sent away i was a bit sorry Tor him.
He could tell a good story, had laugh
which made you laugh with him, and
few meu Of his class In Paris or else
where could order better dinner. He
was not a grasping man withal He
had planned to rob me Of $1,000 where
another would have raised the figure
to $1,000.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1901-03-08
order of Publtoation

VIRGINIA: In the clerks Office OF, the Cir
cult Court for Tazewell county, February 4 1901.
Maud Bell Grouse, Complainant
VS. In Chancery
Mart Grouse, Defendant
The object of this suit is to obtain an absolute
divorce from the bonds Of matrimony between
the complainant and tho defendes {, and IL APP
pearfng from affidavit on file In said Office that
Mart Grouse is q nonresident of the State OF
Virginia. IL Is ordered that he appear here within
hfteen days AFTER due publication OF this order
ana do what Is necessary TO protect his interest
in this suit and that a copy hereof be posted a.
prescribed by law. A Copy Testec
II. BAzE HAnMAE, Clerk
A. HIGoISBoTHAM, Pc
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1901-03-08
For Sale or Exchange.

A nice 7-room house and good lot
on Tazewell avenue--out buildings
good location. Will sell or exchange
for property in Graham. For price
and terms apply TO Miss Amy Mnl
line, Graham, Va, or TO w. q. Rat
hde, Tazewell, Va. ! 25-3m-
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1901-03-08
Perfect Health.

Keep the system in perfect or
der by the occasional use Of
TUFTS Liver Pills. They reg
ulate the bowels and produce
A Vigorous Body.
For sick headache. malaria, bill
iousness, constipation and kin
dred diseases, anabsolute cure
TUFTS Liver PILLS
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1901-03-08
REPORT OF THE CONDITION
THE BANK OF GRAHAM.

AT Graham, in the Commonwealth Virginia at the close
OF business the 5h day of February 1901 made to the
Auditor OF Public Accounts of the Commonwealth of Virginia
RESOURCES.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1901-03-08

business property-Splendid 3 story
brick building. B store rooms on FIRST
floor, 16 rooms second and third floors.
renting Tor $50 a month; $500. Thi.
IL a genuine bargain.
Good store house with full stock NJ
goods, two small houses o acres Of
splendid land at village near Roanoke
va For sale at bargain. Death OF
one partner necessitates the sale.
zlt acres beautiful land on street car
line; new room dwelling fine water:
young fruit; Is a bargain at $500.
S-room residence convenient for n
railroad man, 1880; $50 cash and 81 2
per month. Renting for S1075 per
month.
Fine brick business property in CEN
Ter OF city, 30, 600; 81 coo per year. Now
renting Tor 5000.
Broom house with bath. large lot.
stable and fruit, in southwest Roanoke
near railroad, $l,875. Very easy pay
ments.
New brick business house. Al 600.
now renting for SIS per month.
9 room residence. near the Shops.
$95O;$llO cash and $40 per month. Now
renting for ten dollars per month.
Lovely l0-room residence in South
west; large corner lot: $500 cash.
$4,000 acres of fine coal land, carrying
the Pocahontas veins; 8 miles from N
q w. K X. at $500 per acre. A great
investment.
HOTEL PROPERTY.
Fine hotel property, No. solid brick
building OF 62 rooms. Heated bv steam
lighted by electricity, every room nicely
furnished. large, well furnished dining
room. House in good repair and every.
thing IN tine condition. Beautiful loca-
ton, the only hotel in lively town of
1000 p6 ople on N. & w. r. r.. renting
for 81 200 Price $4,000. $4,000 cash
and $1,000 per year, including furniture.
This is rare opportunity for a hotel
man. Original cost of this PROPERTY
$33, 900. besides the cost of furniture.
Has fine custom, and possession can be
given at once.
COAL AND TIMBER LAND.
$4,000 acres No. timber land. on
river, 20 miles above railroad, $50, OOO,-
600 feet timber-hemlock, balsam, pine
poplar, maple, cherry and oak, in Tenn
essee, 50 per acre. This is the finest
bargain east of the Mississippi river.
Speak quick if you want this
5000 acres timber and coal land in
West Virginia; on N & w. railroad
Big Investment at IS per acre.
A beautiful valley of very fine tim
Der land, original growth; Is, 900 acres
st 20 per acre. Nothing can be better
than this.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1901-03-08
A with Others.

- WIN OShers.
she-We1e you ever troubled with
dyspepstst
He-Yes: that's the way II affects
me---Yonkers Statesman
"a - TO Ia IA
Bears the The Kind You Have kIwaE soa
s''. Z AWZHZZs
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1901-03-08

D. u Davenport Cashier of the above somnly
that the above of nv KNOWLEDGE AMI
belief. j. o. DAVENPORT CesSS;;a.
Subscribed and before March, 1901
j. e. MORTON, N P.
CORRECT-Attest
J. w. :! z SSsiSsa', Directors.
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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-10-17

Read Hostetter's ad this week.
Brick for sale at Mortons S yard.
Coffee. 10, 12, and IA cents at
Robison's.
The Rouss Racket Store has a
new ad this week that it will pay
you to read.
Lewis Ockerman, Goshen, Ind. :
"DeWitt's Little Early Risers
never bend me double like other
pills, but do their work thorough
ly and make me feel like boy"
Certain, thorough, gentle. Trout's
drug store
Ex-Commissioner John Skunk
ard of Wells spent day or two
in town last week.
Do you suffer from piles? If
so do not turn to surgery for re-
lief. DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve
will act more quickly, surely and
safely, saving you the expense
and danger of an operation
Trout's drug store.
On account of the illness of
Mrs. Markley, H. X. Markley did
not install the officers of McCon-
nellsburg and Fort Littleton
Lodges last week; but sent Geo.
w. Fisher as deputy.
w. T. Wesson, Jacksonville, Va,
druggist, writes: "Your One
Minute Cough Cure gives perfect
satisfaction. My customers say
it is the best remedy for coughs,
colds, throat and lung troubles"
Trout's drug store.
Cards are out announcing the
marriage of Miss Estella White
Boyd to Harry B. Angle of Welsh
Run, the ceremony to take place
at Stephen sReformed church,
Upton, Pa.
Kodol Dyspepsia Cure IS not a
mere stimulant to tired nature.
1t affords the stomach complete
and absolute rest by digesting
the food you eat. You don't have
to diet but can enjoy all the good
food you want. Kodol Dyspepsia
Cure instantly relieves that dis
tressed feeling after eating, Civ
ing you new life and vigor.-
Trout's drug store
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TON'S
FALL SHOE SALE.


We never get through praising our
Shoes. Voc much can't be said
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$50 Reward.

There strayed, or was driven away,
from my young cattle on Cove mount
ain sometime between July l, and July
10, a small Jersey COW, dark on neck
and back, short horns dark at points
and turn in of points, small white spot
on right shoulder, and one on right
flank, and would have been fresh about
the middle of July. A reward of 500
win be given for the return of the COW,
or for information leading to her re-
covery
DAVID A. NELSON.
McConnellsburg Pa
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-10-17
CLOTHING.

Clothing at still less
prices than before. Mems
suits from 80. 40 up. We
carry a nice line Of Mems
satin lined suits oyercoats
ranging in price at $1.75,
$500, So. 25 and $500.
We carry oyercoats for
boys, youths and men.
Boys corduroy pants SOC,
Mems corduroy pants
Qined) SI.7O. Mems wool
pants 81. 40. Mems heavy
work pants zoe. Men S
lace front flannel shirts
35c. Wo also carry mack
intoshes, gum coats, hunt
ing coats andoyer-all from
10 TO 10 per cent. less than
you can get them else
where.
Mems and Boys caps
Joe each. Boys shirts up
to II years of age l5c.
Mems nice dress hats 25c.
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What S Your Fnce Worthg

Sometimes a fortune, but never
if you have sallow complexion, a
iaundiced look, moth patches and
blotches on the skin all signs of
Liver Trouble. But DR.. Kings
New Life Pills give Clear Skin,
Rosy Checks, Rich Complexion.
Only 25 cents at w. S. Dickson s
Drug Store.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-10-17

l.. G. Mann, Everett's apple
man, in one day last week shipped
$50 bushels of apples. Mr.. Mann
is pushing things in this line and
is experimenting the buying of
apples himself. Everett Press.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-10-17
sterred Into lin Coals

"When a child | burned my
foot frightfully," writes w. H.
Eads, Of Jonesville, Va, (which
caused horrible leg sores for 80
years, but Bucklen s Arnica Salve
wholly cured me after everything
else failed" Infallible for Burns,
Scalds, Cuts, Sores, Bruises and
Piles. Sold byW. S. Dickson. 25c
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-10-17

4 DMINISTRATORS NOTICE. -Notlce f.
= \ hereby given that letters o administrator
nave been granted TO the Undersigned upon
the estate Of JonathauiB Snyder, late Thcmp-
son township, Fulton county, Pa, dec'1
NJ persons having claims against saIi estate
il present them properly authenticated for
p element and those owing the same viii please
Al and settle.
JESSE b. SNYDER,
oct 3, st. Administrator.
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TREspAss NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given by the undersigned,
residents of Ayr township, to ul persons NOT
- trespaSs on any of the grounds belonenl lo
tlem, hunting, tshings &C as they win DrOS-
ccute anyone so offending.
n. w. Holman.
j. p. NELSON
j. +. JOHNSTON.
JAS. G.. KENDALL,
JNO. L. KENDALL,
d NJ. Kendall
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K XECUTORs NOTICE Estate Of Maria
A. Barton late Of Brush Creek township, de-
ceased.
Letters testamentary on the above estate
having been granted to the undersgne all
persons indebted 10 the said estate are re-
quested to make payment, and those having
claims TO present the same without delay to
MASON BARTON,
sept w Akenyille, Pa.