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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1907-09-06
RIPLEY NOT
GUILTY
States Witnesses Couldn't Con-
vict Negro of Assault-Oth-
er Cases Disposed of.

er Cases Disposed of.
Circuit court has been in session
all week with the exception of Mon
day, Labor Day. The following cases
have been dipsosed Of:
Walter Ripley, colored, who was
brought here to Jail several weeks age
charged with an attempted criminal
assault upon Ella Carr, near the lat.
ters home at Pocahontas, was tried
yesterday morning and acquitted.
All OF the evidence for the common
wealth was presented to the Jury. The
witnesses were Ella Carr, upon whom
the assault charge was attempted.
Maud Carr, her sister ELLA Jane Carr
her mother and Winton Carr, her
father, all of whom were introduced
as witnesses. Owing to the ignorance
OF the witnesses for the Common
WeaIth, an n I e i e N t
e a ct upo n h i r
testimony, could not have been rend-
cred by the jury. The negro, Ripley
left as. soon as released for Pocahon-
tas, where, ii is siad, he had better
make himself scarce" as he is
known TO have attempted the deed
for which he was tried, and has bad
character.
The Carr family are certainly TO
be pitted, as they are so grossly ignor-
ant as TO almost border onimbecility.
Mrs. Carr and her two daughters,
the youngest about II or I3 years old,
walked from Tazewell To Pocahontas
distance of 16 miles, a few DAYS
ago when they were first summoned
here as witnesses againstRipley.
Jacob Harris, from the west end of
the county, charged with shooting
Z. IL. Wysor, with intent To kill,
pleaded guilty TO the charge, and
the Court, after examining Wysor
on oath, fixed his punishment at 80
days in the county Jail and fine of
SO.
Nick Woods, colored, from Poca-
hontas, who was brought here on re-
quisition from CoIubmus, Ohio, was
found guilty of murder in the second
degree and given the maximum term
of eighteen years.
William Liddle, from Pocahontas.
-e1arged with stealing a mule from
). H. Bsher, pleaded guilty To the
charge and was givcl.t three years in
the State penitentiary.
(.anrua
with entreing car of n. & w. Rail-
way ut North Tazewell, with intent
TO steal, confessed and was GWEN
two years III the State peniten-
tiary.
Alex Telapaski, from Pocahontas,
chrged with having ma de an assault
ON Joe Fredrick, was given four
monts in the county Jail and SO
fine.
Hugh Sutphin and Charles Gillen-
waters, from Graham, charged with
entering a store with intent TO steal.
pleaded guilty and were sent to the
reform school.
Charles Harler, from Graham.
charged with shooting Rosa Leece,
was tried before jury, found guilty
and given one year in the State peni-
tentiary.
William johnson and Price Neigh
pors, from Pocahontas, charged
with larceny, were acquitted.
The trial of youngBeavers for kill
ing his father, which was set for this
week, has been postponed on account
of the absence of witnesses.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1907-09-06
On your satisfaction depends our
HARRISON q Gillespie Bros.
Stowersvilie Items.
SIOWersNilln

Stowersville, Va, Sept. ,.
The postofiice at Stowervsille was
discontinued on August 81.
Mrs. ID. M. Bailey, OF Clear Fork,
was the guest of G. G.. Showers Sun
day last.
II. B. and William Robinett made
II business trip TO Bluefield Satur-
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Buck, of Ceres,
spent sevreal days here last week Wis
iting relatives and friends.
Misses Mary, Bessie and Cecil
Robinett spent Saturday and Sun
day at Cove Creek with friends.
Visitor or customer, you are always
welcome at the big store.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1907-09-06
Geo. M oSs Loses SO

Mr.. Geo. w. Moss had the misfor-
tune, a few days ago, to lose a nice
little wad of money from his pocket,
amounting 20 about $40. 90. Mr.. Moss
ala not miss the money until he
reached his home in Burke's Garden.
lie is sure, however, that the money
was lost in this town. The question
is, who found it?
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1907-09-06
POULTRY AT
THE FAIR
Some Suggestion By The Su-
rerintendent of That Depart
ment-A 81 900 Hen.

OF oil animals bred and exhibited
no other have been so highly special
lied rs poultry. If you will examine
the Standard of Perfection (the iron
clad law of excellence in poultry
hraasl;agl, you will find that poultry
breeders have nIUre 'c.~aG.y SI.s3i~ d.
ideal and more perfect system of
Judging than is TO be found in any
other department of animal indus
try. You will find the ideal of all
the recognized standard breeds de-
scribed in the Standard, which all
who are interested in pure bred fowls
should refer 10. The cut illustrating
this ideal is from the brush of a not
ed animal artist, and is made from
denfiite instructions given him by a
committee appointed by theAmerican
Poultry Association, after long and
careful study and discussion. So
clear cut and perfect is this ideal
that il is vrey difficult TO approach
even near To ii. So we are not sur
prised TO learn that there is the
keenest rivalry between breeders and
fanciers TO come nearest the Stand
ard. When a specimen is secured
scoring close up TO the Standard the
price at which it changes hands,
if it is sold at all, is to the novice
or TO the man to whom a chicken is
and nothing more, rediculously high.
A male bird bred with fancy points
sells for any sum from SO to 81, eco.
One breeder last year advertised a
hen valued at 81, 900. Think of 1t,
thousand dollars for hen!
There are two classes of persons in
pure-bred poultry: the fancier, who
breeds, or buys, simply for the de-
light of winning on the show bench,
and the breeder who makes his living
or fortune out of the business. A
fancier is not necessarily breeder
though breeder must be somewhat
of a fancier. Then there is that other
class that takes in all of us, those
who keep poultry because they haze
farm or a back yard and want
To have poultry frequently on the
bill of fare or to supplement the
family spending money.
Now il has been pretty clearly
shown and is pretty generally admit
ted that pure-bred ANIMALS of all
kinds are more desirable than scrubs
and nondescripts. Since everybody
in the county is going to keep pouI-
try why should they not keep the
best. 1t is the object of the poultry
exhibit at the coming Fair to show
the public what is the best and to
stimulate to more intelligent inter-
est in the raising of poultry. Come to
the Fair and study the exhibits.
Then go home and breed up your
poultry with the same degree OF
enthusiasm that you do your cattle
and sheep and horses. And If you are
professional man get a flock of pure
bred birds of some kind and see what
you can do with them. 1t is one OF
the finest diversions you ever saw.
The Tazewell Fair is not simply
an amusement place. If it is ii has
no right to exist. A county Fair
ought to be an educational institu-
tion. 1t can be that and offer plenty
of amusement, too. The educational
idea can best be carried out, as the
Association is doing, by offering 6
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1907-09-06
LADIES:

Palce fifty different makes of
women shoes together, ask ten wo-
men to make a choice, nine of them
VIII pick the Queen Quality. The re
must be reason why Queen Qua lity
out sells all other women shoes i'm
the world.
HARRlSSON & GILLESPIE BROS.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1907-09-06
LADIES:

LADIES:
/. Our fall line of suits, skirts, coats
and rain coats are coming in and we
are very much pleased with them.
We want you to see them. VIII you
give us look2 We thank you will
be as we'll pleased as we are.
HARRIss0N G GII1LESPIE BROS.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1907-09-06

For an all around satisfactory clotn-
ing house TO tie to- come TO the Big
Store.
HARRISON & GILLESPIE BROS.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1907-09-06

Shoes, shoes, shoes. The very best
makes at reasonable prices.
HARRISON g. Gillespie Bros.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1907-09-06
CEDAR BLUFF.
HOUSEKEEPER:

You want To see our line OF rugs,
druggets and mattings, before begin
nign fall house clec~ir....
HARRfSSON & GILLESPIE BROS
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1907-09-06
Burke's Garden Sheep Find
Ready Market.
Irwin, Ohio, July s, 1907.
Burke's Garden Cattle Co.,
TaZewell, Va.

irwin, Ohio, July s, 1907.
Burke's Garden Cattle Co.,
Tazewell, Va.
Dear Sirs:
Yours of the 5th at hand and |
wish TO say that 1 will take all the
Hampshire ram lambs you have To
be delivered +. o. B. TazewclI. Va.
within five days of August 10th
that weigh 40 bis. each ar hqeec-..
If this is satisfactory answer nj
onc0c and / will forward contract and
fa suitable amount of money 10 show
our good faith. We will expect you
TO put tub of water and sufficient
amount of feed TO run them through.
We will expect To forward you draft
for the balance before they are load
ed therefore trusting To your honesty
and good Judgment in weighing and
giving us pure bred Hampshires and
good specimens of the breed. Kind
ly let me know how many you will
have. Enclosed find contract signed
which you can look over and if salts
factory sign and return two of them
TO me, and l will mail you draft.
Kindly insert the number of rams
in space left below. also the amount.
l ann doing this now to save time.
Yours very truly,
a. A. BATES.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1907-09-06
Burke's Garden, Va.

The event of the season-commer-
clally speaking-comes off at Chap
mann's 18th and 14th. Next week.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1907-09-06

LADIES:
Buy your suit now. Have it read
for the Fair.
HARRISON & Gillespie Bros
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1907-09-06

Mr.. Bates came down here expressly
TO see the Hampshires, and took all
lambs we had left. His only obiec-
tion was that we couldn't furnish
him enough. Paid $15 cash in ad-
vance, F.O. B. Tazewell. They go TO
Helena, Montana.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1907-09-06

Very stylish net waists at the B
Store.
Harrisson d Gillespie Bros
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1907-09-06
STATE MT EMIT
Of the Financial Condition of the
Bank of POcahOntas.

Located at Pocahontas, In the State Of
Virginia, at the close Of business,
Aug. %, 1907. made to the State
Corporation Commission.
RESOURCES
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1907-09-06

See our line of ladies waists.
HARRISON & Gillespie Bros.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1907-09-06
Statement of the Financial Condition
OF THE
Merchants and Farmers Bank,

located at Richlands, in the State Of
Virginia, at the close of business, Aug.
%, 1907, made to the State Corpora
ton Commission.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1907-09-06
Letter To

HARRISON, BARN E,S X co.
Dear Sir: A ten year old boy came
ntoa store for quart of white paint
and said :''They are nice lettersDevoe
writes, ant they, Mr.. Knight?"
In Bridgetown, Main. Are they what
brought you here2 asked the mer-
chant. Yes; ma said get quart Of
white; and I've come for the last
gallons paint. That boy'll be a man
before his mother
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1907-09-06
Yours truly
Il w DEVOE & co

p. S. John E. Jackson sells our paint
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1907-09-06

and not by tbe reTS
an party OF Washington county,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-04-10
FOOLED THE PREACHER.
A Doctors Brother Thought Postum
Was Coffee. "

A wise doctor found out coffee was
hurting him so he quit drinking It.
He was so busy with his practice,
however, that his wife had to write
how he fooled his brother, a clergy
man, one day at dinner. She says:
Doctor found coffee was in1uring
him and decided to give Postum a
trial, and we have used it now for
four years with continued benefit. In
fact, he is now free from the long
train of ills that follow coffee drink
ing.
ITO show how successful we are In
making Postum properly, will relate
an incident. At q dinner we gave.
doctor suggested that we serve Pos
tum instead Of ordinary coffee.
Doctors brother, a Clergyman.
supposed it was old fashioned coffee
and remarked, as he called for his
second cup, If you do preach against
coffee I see you haven't forgotten how
to make it."
This goes to show that well-made
fully boiled-Postum has much the
flavor and richness of good coffee al
though it has an individuality all its
OWE. A ten days trial will prove that
it has none Of the poisonous effect OF
ordinary coffee but will correct the
troubles caused by coffee. There's
a reason" Name furnished by Pes,
tum Co.. Ltd, Battle Greek, Mich.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-04-10
Fattening Fish on Corn.

Here is something new in the pro-
duction Of meat. A telegram from
Kenosha, Wisconsin, says that people
along Fox River, in that State, have
opened up a new industry and are
fattening fish on corn for the Chicago
market. German carp, which are
plentiful in Fox River, are scooped
up in nets and placed in a big pen
fenced off in a small stream. They
are fed on corr and grain, the same
as hogs. 1t is claimed the fish take
on flesh rapidly, and it is not uncom-
mon to take carp from the pen weigh
ing from thirty to fifty. pounds. Last
year the ingenious workers IN the
new industry sold over two tons Of
fish fattened in this way. This sea-
son they will dispose of twenty tons,
as there is a good demand.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-04-10
Father Tears Bride of ID
From Husbands Arms.

Richmond, Va.-Jeter Matherly, a
young man of Pittsylyania County, Is
under arrest at Chatham, charged
with swearing falsely to the age OF
Miss Edna Adkins, the fourteen-year-
old daughter of Preston Adkins, to
get a license to marry her. The Rev.
A. T. Ponton, pastor of High Point
Church, had just said, Nov you are
married; may you be happy" when
Papa Adkins and a policeman entered
the parsonage.
The father seized the fearful girl
and took her home, where he locked
her up. The young bridegroom cried
and ragged in the road and begged to
see his young wife in vain. Adkins
says he will prosecute lMatherly for
abduction as we'll as false swearing
and that on these grounds he will d.
vorce his daughter. Matherly pro-
tests his love for the girl, who bitter
ly resents her fathers interference.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-04-10
SALVADOR JOINS HONDURAS
Nicaragua Wins Sea Fight and
Takes Trujillo.
Honduran Navy, Manned With Amer.
ical Gunners, Defeated-2500
S~alvadorean Troops in Field.

Panama. - Information has been
received here from reliable sources
in ~SalvadqS tending to show that the
Republic of Salvador has formed an
alliance with Honduras in the wal
against Nicaragua.
twenty-five hundred Salvadorean
troops are said to have made a land
ing at Amapala on March 10, and to
have started on the march to Cholu-
teoa. The troops r under COM
mand Of General Jose Presa, are we'll
equipped, and came from San Miguel,
Honduras.
General Bonilla. President Of the
Honduran Republic, has started for
Segovia. Nicaragua. leading a con-
siderable number Of soldiers, among
whom are two large detachments of
Nicaraguan revolutionists under
command Of Generals Chavarria and
Chamorre.
The Guatemalan Government is re-
ported to have refused to grant the
request Of some Honduran. revolu-
tionists for permission to cross the
frontier for the purpose Of invading
Honduras.
Managua, ACKNOWLEDGMENT
naval forces have captured the port
of Trujillo. Honduras. One gun, e.
number Of rifles and considerable
ammunition were among the spoils.
The Honduran gunboat Tatumbla
and the Mexican steamer Olympia,
under charter, both with ex-Ameri-
can seamen on board, as gunners,
were reported to have sailed from
Puerto Cortez, Honduras, bound for
Trujillo. It is said mere that the
Honduran naval vessels were defeat
ed by the Nicaraguan forces OF else
they did not arrive in season to pre-
vent the capture Of the town.
Washington.-Philip Brown, Sec
rotary of. the American Legation at
Tegucigalpa, the capital of Honduras,
has telegraphed the State Department
that it is reported there that Tru-
jillo, a port on, the north coast Of
Honduras, is being attacked from
the sea by Nicaraguan forces.
1t was reported several days ago
that three Nicaraguan steamships
with armed forces aboard were in the
vicinity of Truiillo,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-04-10
HELrCoN HALL BURNED DOWN.
Blow to Upton Sinclairs Colony at
Englewood.

Englewood, N. Though He'll
con Hall, the home Of Upton Sin
clair's cooperative colonists in En-
glewood, was totally destroyed by a
fire of mysterious origin, with the
loss of one life and injury to five Of
the colonists, Mr.. Sinclair is en-
phatic in his statement that a new
cooperative colony will soon take the
place of the old, and that the fire will
prove to be an incident merely and
not a quietus. The father OF the col
ony said that as soon as they got d
smoke out of their eyes the searchers
after a modern Utopia would set
about re-establishing themselves:
Joseph Briggs, a carpenter from
Providence, R. l., was caught IN the
burning building and killed.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-04-10
Centenarians and the Bath,

Ones heart goes out to the aged
Irishwoman who was up against the
Keynsham Guardians in the matter
of a bath. They desired that she
should take the statutory bath. She
refused. She alleged that she had
not done such a thing for fifty years
And she had reached the age OF SO
without any truck with this modern
fad Of washing. She is with the ma
jority. The centenarians, as aruie,
don't wash. Many aged peasants
this writer has known in Kentish
villages. One typical old fellow, aiof
vague but advanced age, C"might be
an 'undred," was the general 4opin-
ion,) was worried about his hair,
which was thinning. The doctor had
advised washing the head. Wash
my 'ead!" said the old fellow. Why,
I'd as soon think o. washing my
feet!"-London Chronicle.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-04-10
Newsy Paragraphs.

Balloons are to be purchased for
the United States Army.
ENGLAND is experiencing a wave OF
reform in business methods.
The first thousand Karakas have
been deported from Queensland with
out any trouble.
legislative Investigations of the cost
of Pennsylvania new Capitol was
begun in Harrisburg.
Over twenty-five State Legislatures
+bie winter have undertaken to enact
laws against the railroads., mostly
through regulation. direct or Indirect,
NJ their charges and service.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-04-10
BANK TELLER ABSCONDS.
It is Rumored That He Had Been
PLAYING the Stock Market.

Charlotte, N. Crank H. Jones,
teller in the Charlotte National Bank,
left town carrying $4,000 of the
banks cash and leaving a further
shortage of $4,000,
He told a bank official he had an
urgent call to Richmond. The bank
has offered $1,000 for his arrest.
Jones was prominent in social and
church circles, being a Sunday-school
teacher and otherwise religiously al
lied. He left a wife in a hospital un-
der treatment, and three children.
The shortage will not inconven-
fence the bank, as it has $1,1OO,0OO
assets.
1t is said Jones played the stock
market.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-04-10
The Other Side of the World.

China's trade with Japan has in
creased sixty per cent. in the last two
years.
India is using much portland
cement in building, for temples par
ticularly.
Shipbuilding in Japan employs TO-
900 men at Nagasaki, 5000 at Kobe
and 1000 at Osaka. All the Japanese
yards are full of orders.
New South Wales offers $50 a head
toward the passage money Of ap-
proved agriculturists and domestic
servants to that colony, and $40 a
head for other desirable Immigrants.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-04-10

fading away, and finally 30 weak that
for six months I could not get out OF
the house. I vas nervous, restless
and sleepless at night, and lame and
sore in the morning, Sometimes
everything would whirl and blur be-
fore me. I bloated SO badly ]; could:
not wear tight clothing, and had TO
put on shoes two sizes larger than
usual. The urine was disordered and
passages were dreadfully frequent
got help from the first box of Doan'si
Kidney Pills, however, and BY the,
time I had taken four boxes the pain
and bloating vas gone.s I have been
In good health ever SINCE
Sold by all dealers. 50centsa box
Foster -Milburn Co., Buffalo. NY.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-04-10
Kills Man, FIees With
Victims Wife; is Captured.

Richmond, Va.-"Kid" Scion I'M
wisely killed Edward Darling at the
Eskridge & Carrington's camp, two
miles from Free Hill. Darling's wife
left him two weeks ago and went to
Solon's home. Darling, who Is said
to have made threats to kill Scion,
went to Solon's house. Scion saw
him coming, ran into the yard and
fired twice, killing Darling instantly.
He took $40 from Darling's pockets
and fed with Darling's wife. But the
fact that she was with him made his
capture easier, and he was soon
taken.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-04-10
sTEUNENBERG CASE BEGUN.
Arguments on Motions in Meyer,
HAYWOOD and Pettibone Trial.

LAY "oOo 1Ao StSAoohS $500
Boise, Idaho.-Moyer, Haywood
and Pettibone, accompanied by four
armed guards, were taken to Cald-
well. The train was stopped near the
Court House at Caldwell and the pris-
oners were taken from the train.
All the attorneys for both the State
and the defense except Clarence OAR
row were present when court con-
vened with Judge Fremont Wood, OF
Boise, on the bench.
The Court announced that the re-
mittitur from the United States Su-
preme Court having arrived, he
would hear arguments on the motion
to dismiss. The motion was argued
on behalf of the defendants by At
torney Richardson, who was followed
by James H. Hawley, chief counsel
for the State. When the arguments
ended the Court took the matter un-
der advisement until 2 p. m. and on
converting denied the motion.
Arguments were then begun on the
motion of the defense for a change of
venue.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-04-10
Prominent People.

President Roosevelt has Joined a
riaemen's association.
President T%ruesdale, Of the Lacka-
wanna, deplores the public hostility
to railroads.
Senator Clark, whose term has just
aynired. once worked in the quartz
mines for S1.25 a day.
Former Senator Spooner was
chosen as counsel to all Of James J.
IIill's financial interests.
Joshua Pisa, OF the Isthmus OF
Panama, and one of the greatest pearl
merchants in the world, is visiting
Washington.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-04-10
Died Rather Than Marry
Man Her Mother Chose.

st. Louis.-Rather than marry the
man her widowed mother chose fol
her husband, Miss Grace Truitt, a
pretty girl of sixteen, killed herself,
She took carbolic acid at Mrs. Henry
Lang's home, No. 1882 Finney ave-
nue., and died in an ambulance on the
way to the City Hospital. A letter
from ]. H. Weakley, of Pueblo, COLI
was found in the girls pocket. In
it he called her his "black-eyed
friend" He regretted, too, that Miss
Grace and her mother could not get
along amicably.
II often advised Grace to be less
girlish and to think of marriage
said Mrs. Truitt. "Mr. Weakley was
deeply in love with my daughter and
wanted to marry her. I favored the
match. We moved to No. 80 North
Garrison e two weeks ago, and
1 told Grace that she could not re-
ceive any yoang men there"