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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1903-01-23
Chorus Girls to Organize.

There Is general movement on foot
among the chorus girls of the theatrical
profession to become organized for the
purpose Of obtaining higher salaries
The girls claim that in the last year or
two the large theatrical managers have
gradually reduced their salaries, Al
present some of the members OF the
choruses OF the largest opera compa-
MES are receiving only $11 per week
ana are compelled to play in as many
extra matinee performances as the
managers see fit to require. They claim
that salary of $14 is insufficient for
them to properly live and buy the great
amount of clothing necessary for one
who has chosen such Il profession.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1903-01-23
ROANOKE SEMI-CENTENNIAL.

In making arrangements for the
celebration o. the Semi-Centennial
of Roanoke College, June 9th-llth.
1903, the Faculty and the committees
in charge wish TO obtain the present
address aud occupation OF every for
mcr student of the College. As ef-
forts already made TO secure tins in
formation have not been wholly sue
cesSfui, appeal is now made to the
public, through the courtesy Of the
press, for aid in completing the reg
lister of students. While many adj
dresses are lacking for almost every
year, the register is especially iucom-
plete for the period of the Civil War.
during which no catalogues of the
students were published. Any persons
who are able 10 aid in tins matter.
will confer a favor by sending
Information 10 Prof w. A. Smith.
Secretary Of the Faculty. Salem,
Va.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1903-01-23

General education Board steps n TO
offer this help. The offer does not
involve any reproach or any humila-
ton on the part of the Southern peO-
pie. The help should be accepted IN
the spirit in which it is rendered.
No prejudice should stand in the
way. Men of means in the North
recog nize the obligation that rests
on them to and in movement that
prom Uses to promote the welfare of
the whole country. They do not
propose to establish schools or take
charge of our educational system
but simply to give aid where aid is
needed and to supplement the fund
raised Oy local taxation and at the
same time to give the benefit of their
experience in the work of popular
education. The movement is yet in
ITS infancy. Some large contribu-
tionS have been made TO the Board,
and others may be expected when
the practicability of the movement
is demonstrated by eXpe rience and
the usefulness of the plan is fully
gecognized.-Lynchburg News.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1903-01-23
General Education Board.

There may be- some miscohception
In some quarters with regard to the
aim and purposes of the recently
organized General Education Board.
The whole subject was fully ventilat-
ed III The conference of State Super-
intend. ais held IN Richmond dur,no
the past week. DR.. Wallace Butterick
explained Inc plans Of the General
+ lucatIoD 'Bonld, and set forth lis
claims to the confidence and support
of the people OF this section. The
Board is in ending to foster educa-
ton IN the whole country, but it's
attention will hr specially directed
TO the Southern States, because here
the need for help moSt urgent.
Each OF the Suulhern S:nies has
done what it could under adverse
circumstances TO promote Iopulat
education. Two Races had to b,, IN
structed, and the cost had To h..
borne chiefly by one race, aud
that race had been impoverish. d BY
war and reconstruction. II is won
derfnl how mucn mas heen done
under conditions so uI.favorable, but
much NOR remains To hr done before
orr educational system can be
b '""gh' up ." M II he requirements
- ~. -. 'pir. Help Is needed es-
prcIalIy D.. country districts where
the sparseness OF population adds to
the difficulty of the problem. The
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1903-01-23
The Employers Mastery Passing.


The industrial mastery OF the en-
plOyer is passing rapidly. Labor or
CARNATIONS and the laborcrs' improved
condition are in fact destroying It, As
substitute for the old system It is in
evitable that the employer must &C
cept the fact and act toward the dealer
in labor as he acts toward the dealer
In raw material, making the best bar
gain he can, with no favor but civility
whole century of change has led
from system in which responsibility
might be shlrked by the master In
oppression Of II servant. by the serv.
ant In the hope of charitable aid
from his master) to this better system
Of coordinate responsibilities definitely
placed and not 10 be Shirked without
loss TO the delinquent. The rise OF the
factory system. with its much lament
cd severance of personal bonds between
master and worker, and the organiZa.
ton Of labor which the factory system
facilitated, have contributed most tc
this fortunate revolution. - Atlantic
MONTHLY
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1903-01-23
THE FLOATING" VOTE.

"a StLouis official remarked the
other day" says the Richmond Times,
that NINETY per cent OF the people
are honest and want good government.
but unfortunately the remaining one
per cent are perniciously active" and
therefore the said official was doubt
full OF reelection to Office. This "per
nicious" one per cent are termed "float-
ers' in most sections OF Virginia. and
heretofore have consisted OF more than
one per cent. They are a class Of
people both white and colored. who
have no political convictions generally
know nothing OF politics, and care less.
They are always present ut the polls,
and literally "perniciously active" OIL
election day. In many localities they
hold the balance OF power. They de-
termine the amyunt Of campaign funds.
and who shall handle it. Without this
pernicious gang campaign funds would
would be no factor in elections. The
remark, "he cannot be elected because
he has no money" would not be heard
but for the "floater," 1t is this con
trollable, corruptible crowd that keeps
men ofmerit out OF office, and puts in
the halls Of legislatures men who can
be bought as the men whom they
bought when elected 1t was this gang
that the new constitution OF Virginia
aimed in vain, to reach. Some Of them
were caught, but not all. They are
still here, else why large campaign
funds last year i'm the elections in this
state? Instead of DISTINGUISHING toe
many, we got too few. The pillow was
not set deep enough. 1t SKINNED toe
near the surface. Down deeper i'm the
subsoil OF corruption are .floatcrs" OF
both colors, deep-rootcd and "pcr.
niciously" productive Of results ON
election days. The penitentiary in
Richmond, and every Jail in every
county would be crowded, If all the
buyers and sellers of votes wclt
brought to justice In the face of al
this, good men, reputable citizens. OF
all parties, will stay at home on election
days, or manifest reprehensible in
difference as to who is elected, and al
low this pernicious crowd To stuff tn,
ballot boxes with bought votes. Who
is TO blame?
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1903-01-23
Graham Items.

Graham, W., Jan. l4.-Mrs.
Beuhow is in Winston NC. where
she went during the holidays to al
tend 'hc.marriage of her sister.
Miss Josephine Hale, "a teacher in
Graham High School is sick at her
homo in Bluff City. Miss Vicie
Graham is filing the vacancy.
3Mrs. Townes who has been very
Ill for some months is improving.
Miss Lethia Witten is recovering
from AN attack of fever. Her
brothers condition Is not improved.
Thomas Newman, "a twelve year
old boy was killed this morning in
West Graham in wreck caused by
switch being lett open. He, with
John Cameron, Il boy of about the
same age. was unloading a coal car.
Young I'meron's face was badly
bruised and several teeth knocked
out.
Ms. X. w. Witten has been i'll for
several days.
Quite number of our people at
tended the opera in B!uefeld Satur-
day night.
Iheyouug people of the town have
been "nJoying the ice for the past
few days.
This letter reached us too late for
] tSt ED.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1903-01-23
Charters Issued to Local Concerns.
tIINI tIIIVN II'IIW IVI
5. Q. II ALI.

The following charters have been is
sued in the Office Of the secretary of
state:
Flat Top Iron and Foundry com
pany, of Keystone, W. Va, to conduct
a general foundry business. Capital
stock, $4,000. Incorporators: J. A.
Ballard and c. w. Wad,, of North
Fork, w. Va, c. p. North and J. "
Virgins, Of Keystone, w. Va, and S.
L. LitZ, Of Graham, Va.
Hemphill Lumber Company f
WEIGH, w. Va, to conduct a general
lumber business. Capital stock So
600. Incorporators: J. a. Dcuchy. " .
}. McClaren, f. l.. Long, A. II Dengcr-
foot and w. S. Dangerfoot, of Welch.
w. Va.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1903-01-23
THH sTArE SuPERINrENpANr.

The great educational meeting
held in Richmond during the past
wee k was n success, in every way.
Great enthusia SIN was manifested on
the part of the superinteudauts OF
the counties, nearly all of whom
We're present. Pity shat any one Of
them were absent.
DR.. Wallace Butterick, of the
General Education Board was pres
ent, and took a lively interest in all
the proceedings. Among other i'm
portaut questions, consolidation of
schools and best education for the
Negroes, were discussed. In regard
to the latter question If was the opin-
ion of "a large majority of the 2duca-
tors present, that Booker Washing
tons plan, L. give Industrial and
manual training is the correct one,
that the State shall give the negroes
Elementary Education. and if they
wish higher grades lei them pay the
cost themselves.
In regard 10 consolidation of
schools, the surprising fact was
brought out that many counties in
the State have already consolidated
their schools, with beneficial results.
"Fewer schools and better ones"
seems to be the war cry now. The
Schools must move up. The
superintendent and school Bourds
arc expected to take fresh hold, or
else give place to men who can grapss
pie successfully the problems before
them.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1903-01-23
Heads Should Never Ache.

Never endure this trouble. Use at { nee
the remedy that stopped it for Mrs. n. a.
Webstdr, of Winnie, Na.,-she writes 'Dr.
Kings NED Life Pills wholly cured me
of sick headaches l had suffered from for
'ytewarS., Cure Headache, Consumption
OBilliOusness. 2jc at J. +. JackSOns dru
Oerst.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1903-01-23

We see that a sale is advertised bv
a large coal company, Of broken down.
crippled up horses and mules that
have "seen their day" in the mines.
Poor old fellows They've had a hard
and busy life, and have made a great
deal OF money for their owners. and
now, that they are no longer of service.
will be sold. 1t is to be hoped that they
viii fall into merciiul hands.-Ex.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1903-01-23
Union to Build a HOSPITAL.

The Chicago local union OF the In
ternational Association of Machinists
has decided to build hospital, to be
known as the Machinists' sanitarium,
and Will have twenty beds for the ac-
commodation of members OF the union.
1t will be supported by membership
fee OF 81 and a weekly payment of 10
cents.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1903-01-23

The question of consolidation in
wolves, ne cessarily, two other questi-
ons, viz: Transportation of the
children TO and fIom school, aud in
creased revenues. The Transports
ton question is the most serious one
in the mountain counties. 1t is easy
in the lower and leyel counties, but,
will no doubt be adjusted all over the
State, in time.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1903-01-23

The population of Pullman. ILL.,, the
scene OF the great strike in the car
shops of 1894. is now almost entirely
composed of union men. The Pullman
company Is not ignorant Of the change
which has come about in spite of its
supposed policy and has ON several oc-
casions lately acknowledged the unions
by making concessions to the men.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1903-01-23

writes Mr.. W. T. Thompson. Of Townsend
Broadwater Co, Montana. "Words fail to tell
how thankful I for the relief as had suc
fered 50 much and Il seemed that the doctors
could do me no good. ! got down in weight TO
rs pounds, and was not able TO work at all
Now weigh nearly 100 and eau do n days work
on the farm. have recommended your medi-
cine to several, and shall always have a good
word to say for DR.. Pierce and his medicines"
The Common Sense Medical Adviser,
zoos pages, in paper covers, is sent free
on receipt of al One-cent stamps to pay
expense of mailing only. Address DR..
X. V. Pierce, Buffalo, n. Y.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1903-01-23
III sleep 1oeU enough at night,
ind the 6Lamedest APPETITE
EZ'eY mortal man b0SSeSSed.D

Riley's farmer Is the very picture of a
man advanced in years, yet in the enjoy
ment of perfect health. A good appe-
title, good digestion and sound sleep, are
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1903-01-23
FAKn AND nOME. SPRTYGFUD M1SS

FAN" and ItVME SPRINGFIELD
Published Semi Monthly whole
vum OF over "Oo Pages
in oTna anon it's noonS
de mentioned he
Farm al garden, the laiA the poultry yard market reports
with lawyer tn 'ioa box fruit culture ar und the
i b. p n AMI il wcS and invention, live stock and
airy the vetna'y f. ii and fancy works. household fea
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1903-01-23

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A..
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It's farmer nanv times 10
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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1903-01-23

ne Cn1ef factors IN
vigorous old age.
Life is sustained
by food, when it is
properly digested
and assiniilated.
W h en- digestion
fails, there is a loss
of nutrition which
soon shows itself
in physical weak
ness, nervousness,
sleeplessness, etc.
Doctor Pierce's
Golden Medical
Discovery cures
diseases of the
stomach and other
organs OF digestion
and nutrition. II
strengthens tn e
body in the only
way possible, by
enabling the as
sinilation of the
nutrition extracted
from food.
II used ten bottles
of DR.. Piercc's Golden
Medical Discovery
and several vials Of
his Pleasant Pellets
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1903-01-23

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The Press., 1903-11-12
klNoeNAn AND oRloLE.
The Difference 1n the Birds shown by Their Nest Building.

The Difference 1m the Btrds Shown < by Their Nest Building.
 The difference in the nature of the kingbird and oriole is strikingly exhib- ited in the style of their nests. The kingbird hasn't particle of ilnagina- lion, not an atom of the artistic. His shape, dress and voice declare 1t. He is hard headed, straightforward and se- rious, somewhat overbearing, perhaps, and testy, but businesslike and refined insaall his tastes. His nest is himself over again-strong, plain. adequate, but, like its builder, refined. Contrast the orioles Romance, poetry and that in- desGribable touch-the light, easy, negli- gent touch of the artist-in every line of 1t! Why, the thing was actually woven of new mown hay-as if one should build his house of sandalwood- with all the scent of the hay field about 1t. I put my nose near and took a deep, delicious breath. The birds had selected and cut the grass themselves md worked 1t in while green. Some of 1t was still uncured. still soft and sweet with sap. One side. exposed to the sun through a leaf rift, had gone a golden yellow, but the other side, deeply shad- cd the day through, was yet green and making more slowly under the leaves. And this nest was woven not built up like the kingbird's: 1t was hung. not saddled upon the limb, suspended from the slenderest of forks so, that every little breeze would rock 1t. And so loosely woven. so deftly slightly tied!- National Magazine. "-~
The Press., 1903-11-12
Official RO0k Rmrninra

The last authorized book burning in Great Britain was in 1779, when ssThe Commercial Restraint of Ireland Con- sidered,' by the Hon. Hely Hutchinson. was given to the flames.
 The war against books began under Henry VIII, when books were burned by both religious parties. All copies of Tyndale's Bible that could be bought up were publicly burned at St. Paul'ss on Shrove Tuesday, 1527, and general de struction by fire of Unlicensed books was ordered three years later by the king. In 1885 the star chamber claimed the power of licensing and seizing books, and it's scrutiny was as rigor- ous as that of the inqlisition.
 Tn 1907 Dr. Cowell's Flaw Diction- ary" was burned by order of the house of commons for it's assertion of divine right in favor of James l.. and .The Kings Book of Sports' met with sim liar fate at the hands of the Puritans in 1664
 About a century later De Foes Short est Way With the Dissenters" was burned by. parliament, and in I763 Wilkes .Nofth Brifon'' was suiYisct to the same wanfon intolerance, whieh in some eases defeated It's own object
The Press., 1903-11-12
Phil May and His Models.

Many of the figures in Phil Mays book "Guttersnipes" were sketched from memory while staying up the riv- CT.
 "One day" he said. when speaking on the subject, 'I saw a delightful lit tie model for my purpose, a dirty, rag ged bit of girl humanity. spoke to her and wrote a message on my card for her to give to her mother: Next morning she came in charge of an older sister. as tattered and unkempt as her self. When I had made my sketches of the two of them I asked the elder one If she had any more sisters like herself. oh. yes. four or five. worse than I am.' Bring them round.' said I. Is the little un to come againT she asked. No. Eve done with her. The next day they came. the little un in- cluded. She had persisted in 1t, for she said: He's my artist. found him first t.'"-London Tit-Bits.
The Press., 1903-11-12
Blinking Eyes.

If you find yourself blinking your eyes rapidly without any cause stop the habit at once or it will grow into an incurable habit that will make your eyesight fail early in life. Natural blinking is necessary to clear and moisten the eye. The average number of natural blinks is about twenty per minute. But nervous blinker will wink 100 times in a minute. The re- suit of this will be an excessive de- Yelopment of the eyelid muscles 1t also involves q counter irritation. which acts on the optic nerve and ren- ders the sight daily more weak and ir- ritable. Once contract this habit and you will find you cannot bear a strong light or read small types. and the eyes will get worse and worse. The symp
 toms may indicate a need of spectacles
The Press., 1903-11-12
THE CURE IS LASTING.
How the Latest Kidney and Bladder Medicine, cal-cura Solvent, Cured MT. Eldridge. Your Money Back if t Does Not Cure.

This is what MT. INV. Eldridge, of Cherry Valley, N. Y., writes to the manufacturers of Cal-curs Solvent:
 eGentlemen :-I should like to tell you, in few words, of the good Cal-cura Solvent, pr. Kennedy's latest medicine, has accom- Phshed in my case, one of kidney trouble.
 Before Itook Cal-cura Solvent my urine was of brick dust color, and there was always sediment of reddish tinge. I procured bottle and gave it thorough trial noticed that the sediment gradu- ally disappeared and the urine became clear. have not taken any of the Cal-cura Solvent for long time, and no sediment has appeared"
 ''I have the greatest faith in your medi- cine, and if ever have a recurrence of my trouble will take Cal-cura Solvent"
 If your druggist does not have Cal-cura Solvent, write to the Cal-cura Company, Rondout, N.Y.; but ask your druggist first. $1.OO bottle. Only one size.
 Guarantee: Your druggist will return your money if Oal-cura fails to cure, and The Cal-cura Company will pay the drug gist. Remember, Cal-cura Solvent cures 9S% of all cases of Kidney, Bladder and Liver disorders.
The Press., 1903-11-12
The Death of Mark Antony.

Mark Antony gave the world for a +vvvoman's love. but found himself so poorly compensated by the exchange that in desperation at the approach of Octavius and being informed that Cleo patrSi was endea voring to make terms for herself by surrendering him he stabbed himself with his dagger. Be ing revived. he received the message sent by Cleopatra that she desired to see him. He was carried to her place of refuge. Cleopatra and her maids raised him by ropes to the window of the tower where the fallen queen found her last home. He was lifted in and died in her arms. ;
The Press., 1903-11-12
Wounds by Rustv NaiIs.

Every little while we read in the pa pers that some one has stuck rusty nail in his foot or hand or other portion of the body and lockjaw resulted there from and that the patient died. If ev- cry person were aware of a perfect remedy for all such wounds and would apply it then such reports would cease. The remedy is simple, always on hand and can be applied by any one, and. what is better, it is infallible. 1t is simply to smoke the wound or any bruise or wound that is infiamed with burning woolen cloth. Twenty minutes in the smoke will take the pain out of the worst case of inflammation arising from such wound. People may sheer at this remedy as much as they please, but when they are afflicted by such wounds just let them try it.
The Press., 1903-11-12
A queer Tug of War.

In Burma the inhabitants have a novel form of the sport that elsewhere is commonly called tug of war In the Burmese game there is rain party and drought party, which pull one against the other, the victory of either party being considered to have imme- diate' e'~results as regards the weather. The drought party, however, obtains few victories, for the kind of weather h Represents is commonly not so much desired as rain. In the face therefore, of a strong public opinion the rain parfy is nearly always allowed to win, the palpable "roping" in the popular notion being generally followed by fertilizing downpour.
The Press., 1903-11-12
wOrdsworth's Secret.

And Wordsworth's secret? Any poets secret? We'll. for aught we can see. it remains secret, a something as far beyond human subtlety to explain as it is beyond human ingenuity to produce. '"The wind bloweth where 1t listeth." Genius" ''inspiration"-it Is hard to get on without the old words. vague though they be. Nay, 1t Is precisely because they are vague that they serve so useful purpose. Even Professor Raleigh. after speaking almost con- temptuously of impatient critics" who seek to account for Wordsworth's amazing inequality" by assuming that sometimes he was inspired. at other times not, is heard a little afterward lamenting that in Wordsworth's case. as in Coleridges, "the high tide of in- spiration was followed by a long and wandering ebb."
 One feels like quoting Lowell. whose arrow in such competitions is apt to hit the white. Wordsworth, he says. was not an artist in the strictest sense of the word; neither was Isaiah. but he had a rarer gift, the capability of. being greatly inspired" d."-Bradford Torrey in Atlantic.
The Press., 1903-11-12
Fish Need Air.

Fishes, like all other animals. need air. If they could not get. it they would be suffocated just as you would if you were locked in an air tight trunk. When the sea is frozen. for miles, as in the Arctic ocean, the fishes find it very hard to come to the top, and must then "breathe" the air which is dissolved in the water. You have often seen the tiny bubbles which col lect on the inside of a glass which has been standing full of water overnight. We'll, that is the air which has been dissolved in the water. and after the glass has been tapped, so that all these bubbles come to the top. fishes could not live in that water. In other words, they would drown.