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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1902-08-29
Why This Difference.

1t was noticeable that among the
delegates appointed by the Republicans
last week to the Abingdon convention.
there was not n single, colored man.
Why? We don't recall a similar omission
years past Can il be that the new i'm
constitution has "blufred' the boys?
There are several hundred colored
voters in the county, and, heretofore
the Republicans have acted consistent
ly, and recognized them, or is il because
our friends have joined the Lilly
White" faction.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1902-08-29
Look Pleasant, Please

Photographer G. &. Harlan oil Eaton
o. can do so now. though for ,errS he
couldn't because he suffered untold
agony from the worst form oI ihdiYes-
ton. Ala physicians AMI 'mehcineS
Jailed to help him till he tried Electric
Bitters, whic srked such wonders
for him that h lec..-ros they are II god
send 10 sufferers from dyspe .,~ia and
stomach troubles. Unrivaled iOr dis
neys. they build mp and give new |. q to
the whole system. Try them. Only
5Oc at J Ohn T. Jacks0n's.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1902-08-29
coWPEA WILT.
The Iron Pea Has Proved ResistHns
In South Carolina.


Cowpea wilt has not yet become suf-
fciently widespread to cause serious
loss except In q few localities. though
the aggregate injury from IL through
out the country must be very consid-
cradle. Ii is already a serious annoy
ance In many places. and there is great
danger OF its future spread. This dan
ger Is emphasized by the recent IA pid
spread OF the cotton wilt. a closely re-
lated disease. which Is yearly becom-
ing more prevalent and now causes i'm
mense damage in North Carolina, South
Carolina. Georgia, Alabama, MISSISSIPPI
pi and Louisiana. II conditions favor
its development and the proper means
are not taken to check 1t, the cowpea
wilt may become equally widespread
and proportionally injurious.
The growing tendency toward d.
versification and rotation of crops in
the south is leading to a much wider
use of the cowpea than formerly and
makes an understanding of its diseases
or great Importance. The cowpea is the
principal iegumin0us crop OF the south.
Where cowYea wilt is present In the
soil the injury to a second crop of cow
peas Is likely 60 be much greater 1t
should be possible to grow cowpeas
nearly every year on the same land.
alone or In connection with other crops.
but where the wilt fungus Is present
the peas die. and the farmers. with a
partial understanding of the cause say
the land is pea sick" The real reason
for the failure OF the peas is not the
deficiency of any fertiliZing elements.
but because successive crops Of cow
peas have SO increased the amount OF
the wilt fungus I'm the soil that the or
binary varieties cannot live. This pea
sickness is believed to be due. ia
South Carolina ut least. to the wilt dis
ease, though sometimes peas are In
jured by the root nematOde or by
borer In the stem.
How long the land remains infected
Is not known in the case OF the cow
pea wilt, but the cotton wilt fungus
has been found in the soil after seven
years in other crops and probably is
able TO live for a much longer time.
Where rotation is practiced one or
two years OF other crops will reduce
the amount of the disease SO that IT
will not cause serious loss.
The Iron cowpea has proved to be
the solutioa Of the wilt problem wher
ever IL has been cultivated ON pea
sick" lands in South Carolina. though
more extended trials now in progress
by the department will be necessary
to determine it's value for other local
tiles. The origin OF the variety is un-
certain. 1t was found in cultivation
In Barnwell county, $. c.. four years
ago. 1t is of the Clay type. Though II
succeeds well on infected lands and
produces good crops where others fail.
1t does not produce as much forage or
seed as some OF the other varieties.
such as Unknown, and il will be desir-
able to carry Oh some plant breeding
work TO remedy these faults The
foregoing information Is gathered from
a report by w. A. Orion OF the de-
partment OF agriculture on some dis
eases of the cOwpea.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1902-08-29
WATEK AIaArs lNvIorArE.
Springs and Wells In Palestine Are
Protected by Severe Laws.

bDrfngs aid Wells In Palestine Are
Protected by Severe Laws.
Water Is the most precious thing In
Palestine. and the laws which protect
springs and wells are very severe.
Most OF the wells are artificial. Rich
men at very great expense have CHS
eeed basins and reservoirs out Of the
rocks TO receive the flow from springs,
and in many places where no springs
could be found they have drilled
through the limestone u hundred feet
and sometimes twice that distance to
the artesian basin.
None but very rich sheiks can afford
such an expenditure Nevertheless.
they have not only been the greatest
benefactOrs Of their fellow men, but
those who have sunk wells and built
fountains have erected monuments to
their fame more enduring than palaces
or temples or shafts OF granite.
The temple Of Solomon has vanished
forever, but the pools which he walled
up with masonry and filed with water
still remain. The wells that Abraham
and Jacob drilled in the rock as acts
Of piety as well as power are as i'm
mortal as their names and Will live Cor
ever as long as men feel thirst.
According to Just custom OF the
country. water rights could never be
forfeited No man who owned a well
might refuse his neighbor water for
his family or his fiocks, but the lord
OF the spring was inviolate. No cred
ttor or enemy could take his water
rights away from him. To inJure or
I'LL up a well was an objectionable
crime. When the Philistines threw
earth and stones into the well OF Abra-
ham, they intended to challenge him
to war OF determination. These GUS
toms and regulations remain today
Chicago Record Herald.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1902-08-29
The GREAT JOKE, DEATH.
Funny Side OF Dying often Treated
OF IR Literature.

Funny Side OF Dying Often Treated
OF IR Literature.
Death" said publisher, has been
treated humorously In our literature
often. Indeed / am quite sure that a
collection of many thick volumes might
be made under the title OF Deaths
Funny Side Thomas Hood was one
OF our best writer's OF this sort OF
verse. Don't you remember his ballad
on the young sailor who died heart
broken over his girls unfaith? The
last stanza was:
''His death. which happened I'm his berth.
At forty odd befell:
They went and told the sexton, and
The sexton to!led the bell.
Hood did another ballad on the sub
ject OF n soldier who lost both legs I'm
battle. who was In consequence Tilted
by his sweetheart and who then hung
himself. Now. that is rather tragic, is
II not? 1t has a bizarre but none the
less poignant tragic note. Guy de
Maupassant indeed once handled al
most this same situation, but he ham
died IL from the opposite viewpoint.
aud don't you remember how he mar
rated the first, the crucial, meeting OF
the lovers after Ben Battles double
amputation?
but when he called on Nellie Gray
She made him quite a scoff
And when she saw his wooden legs
Began TO take them of.
''This treatment drove Ben to de-
spair:
80 round his melancholy neck
a rope he did entwine
And for the second time in life
Enlisted In the line.
"And there he hung till he was dead
AS any nail in town;
For. though despair had cut him up.
1t could not cut him down.
''rhere is tremendous literature OF
humorous epltaphs. There must he.
fancy, 10000 of these. but two of them
are all can recall. The first goes:
Here lies the body OF mild Maria;
She went one day TO start the fire.
But the wood was green.
So she used kerosene.
And now she's where the fuel is drier.
''The other is grimmer:
Life is a lie. ard all things show IL:
thought so once. and now / know f.
'"rhen there ere songs on the side
splitting aspects of death. some OF
which have caused tender hearted Ia
dies TO double up with mirth. Johnny
Jones and His Sister Sue is one such
song. and ! bet that six people out OF
ten In America know 1t by heart
''Yes," the publisher concluded. "un-
der the title OF Deaths Funny Side an
anthology or many, many volumes
could be made. The anthology should
be bound I'm black pigskin. with grin
ming skulls and crossbones fooled in
gold on it."-Philadelphia Record.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1902-08-29

my food would not digest. thea kidney and
liver trovbls and my back got weak so I could
scarcely get around. Al last had all the COM
plants az once, the more doctored the worse
got until six years passed 1 had become 90
poorly could only walk in the house by the
aid OF chair, and got so thin had gfvSa 40
10 de, thinking that could not be cured. Then
one Of my neighbors said. Take my advice aud
take Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and
make new man out Of yourself The 6rst
bottle helped me so I thought l would get
another, and after had taken eight bottles IN
about SIX weeks, I was weighed. and found
stout aud healthy to-day. think. as 1 ever was y
FREE. DIR. PieTce's Common Sense
Medical Adviser, paper covers, is sent free
on receipt of III one-cent stamps to pay
expense Of mailing only. Address DIR.
r. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1902-08-29
Nature Hts Hired Man.

1t was In the far south.
"How's timesr' asked the tourist.
Pretty tolerable, stranger" respond.
ed the old man who was sitting on a
stump. Il had some trees to cut down,
but the cyclone leveled them and saved
me the trouble"
THAT was good"
Eyes. and then the lightning set fire
TO the brush pile and saved me the
trouble of burning It,"
Remarkable! But what are you do
Ing nowT
waiting for an earthquake TO come
along and shake the potatoes out of
the ground. Chicago News.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1902-08-29
THE ARABS OF YEMEN.
4 story which Throws q Strong
Light on Their Character.

story Which Throws q Strong
Light ON Their Character.
The Times Of India tells the follow
ing story to show the character of the
Arabs OF Yemen. A man OF Zaraniks
who several times cut the telegraph
Paines and who was punished more than
once was caught on one occasion by
an Arab sheik in charge OF the lines
The sheik intended to send him to
Needy for Imprisonment. but the wife
OF the accused came in and stood rs a
guarantee for his future good behavior.
The shelk accepted the bail and re-
leased him. but shortly afterward he
again resorted TO his old practice Of
cutting the wires and bolted away to
another village at distance OF a days
march, where he had another wife.
The sheik then sent for his first wife.
who stood security for him, and told
her he would disgrace her among the
Arabs II she failed to bring in her hus-
band.
The woman asked the sheik not to
spread the black sheet" "a custom Of
the country when any one commits a
breach of trust until the following
day. She started that night. taking a
sharp dagger concealed under her
Clothes. to the village where her hus
band was staying. She found him
asleep ia his abode and stabbed him,
cut his throat and carried his head
back TO her home. The next morning
she went to the sheik and presented
the head of her husband. saying: Here
is your criminal, and am freed from
the bail. Please do not afiix the black
sheet Telegraph.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1902-08-29

FRAMEWORK PLAN OF oCTAGoNAL sILo.
hold the JOists on the outside where
they belong, place two feet apart, and
nail them from the inside. Spike the
joists at the corners as you go for the
FIRST twelve feet, then put the upper
section up the same way. The joists
may be sawed the same length with a
srosscut saw by punching them to-
gether. BY the plan 1t will be seen that
the 5oists and boards at the corners
all have to be the same slant, which
Is square inter or an angle of forty
five degrees. have been a carpenter
all my life until the last ten years,
when / have been farming. concludes
New York state correspondent In
Orange Judd Farmer.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1902-08-29

Professor Bell had a strenuous time
over his invention OF the telephone. He
took the first working model OF his
instrument to John A. Logan and Of
fered him half interest for $500,
saying that 1t would do away with the
telegraph and that there would be mil
lions In Ii. Logan replied: IL dare say
your machine works perfectly, but who
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1902-08-29

The other day a Mr.. Griffith from
near Columbus. o., who is a farmer
and stalwart Republican, was stop
ping at the National hotel I'm Washing
ton. He was much exercised at the
president having ordered the Drosecu-
ton OF the beef trust. He said the only
protection the farmers had was on
beef and beets. and the Republicans
were trying to cut them down while
the other trusts were not being
touched
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1902-08-29
It Needs atomic.

There are times when your liver needs
u tonic. Don't give purgatives that
grip md weaken. DeWitt's little Early
ksers expeI all poison from the system
and act as tonic TO the liver. w. Scott
OBJ Highland ave-. Mton Pa. says; "
haye carried DeWitt's Little Early Ris-
ers for several years aud would not b.
without them" Small aud easy To tn g
PURIFY vegetable. They never grippe or
distress. j. +. Jackson.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1902-08-29
Skaters oil Records.

Twice IN hospital. p. A. Gullsdge,
'erbena, AZ a., paid vast srm to doe
tors to sU e a sever, ease Of piles. caus
ing "a rdmors When all failed. Buck
len s Arnica SAW soon cured him.
Snbf. ues Inflammation, conquers Ache 3.
klUs Pains Best salve ia the wor
2'5c at John E. Jackson's
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1902-08-29

The labor party, have nominated a
full ticket for County Officers, men,
bers OF House OF Delegates, and will
nominate State senator. Warm
times are expected. The Telegraph
says that the hand Of Esau is plain
the Democrats are working the Rabbit
foot
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1902-08-29
a Necessary Precaution

Cont neglect IA cold. 1t is worse than
unpleasant. 1t is dangerous. BY using
One Minnie Cough Cure you can cure it
Mt once. Allays inflammation, cIesrs
the head, soothes and strengthens the
mucous membrane. Cures coughs croup
throat and lung troubles. Absolutely
safe. AcLs Immediately Children like
it. j. f. jackson
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1902-08-29

Tender feet are often made so by the
use OF much darned stockings. Wear
light wooden stockings, and let them be
OF the cheap kind, that you will not
mind discarding directly they become
worn. TO harden the skin IL is good
plan to rub the soles of the feet with
snethylated spirits every day or to wash
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1902-08-29

A Massachusetts cook who
good word to say about the
seasoning in cooking makes sc
gestions along this line which
novel to many people. For
she seasons apple pie with thr
spoonfuls OF freshly made ia
baked beans with n half CT
sweet cream during the last
baking. corned beef hash with
pepper, fresh meats with la
full OF brown sugar and fish W
vinegar.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1902-08-29
military Institute,
Lexington, Va.

The Board of Visitors at their an
nual meeting on the 21st OF June will
appoint STATE CADETS to fill va
cancies in the 3d, 9TH, 9th, 10th, 18th,
10Th, Goth, both, 9th, 2Sth, end 34th
Senatorial Districts, and three vacan-
cies at large. These appe intments
carry free beard and tuition. Applica-
lions should be addros sed to the under
signed on or before JUNE 10th, prox.,
-On for hat will be sent VI on re-
qur
SCOTT SHIP, supt,
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1902-08-29

We l ave no more faith in the Re-
publicans promise of tariff revision than
our contemporary, the Tazewell Re-
publican has in the Board Of Registrars
Of the county.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1902-08-29

"Politest people l ever knew down In
that fever and ague country" remark
ed the traveller. "In other places they
shake hands when they greet you, but
down there they shake all over."-ChI-
cago Post.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1902-08-29

Any person unable TO read, who can
give a reasonable explanation when
read 10 him. These qualifications apply
to registration this and next year. In
1904 the qualifications are somewhat
different.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1902-08-29

Whence came that sprightly st,p,
faultless skin, rich, rosy complexion.
smiling face She looks good. fees
good. Here's her secret. She uses DIR.
Kings New Life Pill. fsesult,-nll organs
active, digestion go I'd. no head aches
no change Tor "blues," Try them your
sell. Only 25c at John E. Jacl sons.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1902-08-29

Whenever man Tor woman either.)
goes wrong in town in any way the
town is largely responsible for 1.-THE
same asin a family-Ex.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1902-08-29

A Tennessee hOusekeeper claims that
locality can be made very offensive
to ants or to moths by soaking wads
OF cotton In oil of cedar and placing
them on the shelves or In the drawers
to be protected. She also says that
carpets may be protected from moths
by an application OF turpentine and
cold water. one tablespoonful of the
turpentine to quart OF cold water.
First sweep the carpet thoroughly,
then go over each breadth with a
sponge dipped I'm the mixture and rub
dry with n clean cloth. bisxiii.
brighten the colors and sweetei s.
mosphere OF the room. besides .
aging the moths.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1902-08-29
To My Friends.

| is with JOY tell YOU what Kodol
did Tor me. / was troubled with my
stomach for several months. Upon be-
ing advised TO use kodol, did so. and
words cannot tell the good il has done
me. A neighbor had dyspepsia so that
he had tried most everything. | told
him To use KodOl Words of gratitude
have came To me lrom him because | re-
commended it.-Geo. w. Fry, Viola,
Iowa. Health and strength, OF mind
and body depends on the stomach and
normal activity OF the digestive organs.
kodOl, the great reeOnslructiYe toric.
cures all stomach and bowel troubles,
Indigestion. dyspepsia. Kodol digosts
aud good food YOU eat. Take dos- al
ter meals j. +. Jackson.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1902-08-29
1t is cowardly thing to lay your
sins on other people.
His Sight Threatened.

"While picni, kin last mo- th NV = l
year old hoy was poisoned Ly some weed
plant. says w. ii. Dibble, OF Sioux city
la. HE rubbed the poison from hIs
hands into his eyes aud Tor a while we
were afraid h. would lose his sight FL
nally ncighbor recommended DEWITT
Witch Hazel Salve. The first npplica-
ton helped him and i n n few DAYS he
cuts. burns. scalds. wounds. insects bites
DeWitt'S Witch Hazel Salve il sure
cure. Relieves Piles at once. Beware
of countrrlrits j. L Jnrksou.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1902-08-29
PATTON HOUSE.
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BLUEFIELD WEST
VIRGINIA..
OPPOSITE PASSENGER DEPOT.

First Class .AccOnenaOd0t-
ions.
Hot and Cold Baths. New water
closets - Electric Lights Free
Sample Rooms. Porter meets
ell trains.
J. L. 2 ALTON, Prop.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1902-08-29

The prevention of crime costs much
less than its suppression.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1902-08-29

I mine"
res him
m up to
ept him
'ygen. ="
the pro-
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1902-08-29

BULL n
you to
T" Bell
an ex-
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nth in
fifteen
The Elbert County tribune., 1902-10-09
FORTY roars CAPTURED.
Captain Pershins Inficts Disastrous
Defeat on Maein Moros.

Manila. Oct. 5.-capt. John ]. Per-
'shiug's column has completely routed
the Macin Moros, In the island OF MIN
danao, killing or wounding hundred
Of them and capturing and destroying
forty forts. Two Americans were
wounded.
Tuesday the Moros retired to their
largest and strongest fort on the lake
shore. and Wednesday Capt Pershins
attacked them with artillery, lombard
ing the enemy for three hours.
At noon Lieutenant Loring, leading
squad OF men. attempted to set FIRE to
the fort. He crept under the walls and
started blaze, but the Moros discoy-
cred him and forced the Americans to
retreat,
During the afternoon the Sultan of
Cabugalan led sortie at the head of
a band of fanatics armed with krisses.
They crept through the grass and
sprang up and attacked the Americans
The Sultan was wounded six times and
boloed nn American before he died. HIS
followers were killed.
In the darkness Wednesday night
Captain Perahing took his batteries
within n hundred yards OF the fort.
closed In his infantry lines and resumed
the attack. The Aoros broke through
twice and attempted TO escape by the
beach, but were discovered and many
OF them killed.
The Moros abandoned the fort early
Thursday, after fifteen hours lombard
ment, and Thursday Captain Pershing
destroyed the rest of the forts and re-
turned to Camp Wears.
1t is believed the moral effect OF tho
defeat of the Moros viii be great Cen
eral Davis has ordered that hostilities
be stayed In order to permit the Sultan
of Bacalod and other hostile Sultans to
make peace.
The Sultans of Macin were confident
of their ability TO defeat the Americans
and vowed before the fight to enter
slavery voluntarily II they thcmselyes
were defeated.
General Davis has sent General Sum
ner, in command of the American
forces In Mlndanao, congratulatory
telegram on the success OF Captain Per-
shing and the small American loss.
The Elbert County tribune., 1902-10-09
Antl.saIoon League VS.. Funston.

Springfield. Ohio. Oct. edwin
DInwiddie, president of the American
,Anti-Saloon League. gave out the fol-
lowing statement yesterday with refer
ence to the attitude of the league on
the army canteen:
"If such reports as that published
from General Funston are correct, two
things are apparent. First. the can
teen or beer-selling army saloons SO de-
bauched the men in the service that
these conditions of drunkenness and
disorder exist, not by reason of its
abolition, but because Its presence dur
ing the twelve years has had demor-
alizing effect on officers and men; Sec
ond. when generals and commanding
officers are ready to state that they
cannot maintain discipline without a
beer saloon, It is certain proof of their
incompetency.
I'VE advocate the present law on the
broad principle that the government
should neither be in the saloon busi-
ness, permit premises to be used for
such purposes nor officially tempt its
soldiers to drink"