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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1907-05-10

sun cases, trunks and grips.
HARRISON & GILLESPIE BROS
MIS-. Hardy is on visit to her
father, MIR. S. ID. May.
Miss Lena Kelly has closed her
school at Giatto, and will be at home
here during the summer.
Mrs. w. G.. HARRISON has as her
guests, Mrs. Avery and daughter. Of
Connecticut.
LADIES
Once more we want to call your at
tention to our line OF house furnishing
goods. We have made special efforts
to meet your wants i'm this department
Can give you Druggets from $3.50 to
S25. Grain, Administer and Velvet
Druggets 6x12 feet and small rugs 20
match. Jap and China Matiings. i'm
very handsome patterns.
Lace and Net Curtains. Table Linen
lowers ana Napkins, and many other
things. Give us call
HARRISON & GILLESPIE BROS
Mr.. !. Nj. Steele, Uncle Boss" has
been confined TO his room for some
time with very deep cold.
Mr.. S. c. Peery has returned from
the Exposition, and reports a pleasant,
lively "Trip. The son of Mr.. Peery. who
has been in Norfolk, returned with his
father.
Mr.. H. G. Fink, of WEIGH, was here
this week on business.
Frank ID. Kits, of Norton, is here
Miss Pinanda Howell, who has been
visiting her brother here, Mr.. P. F.
Howell, will return to her home in
Philadelphia today. She will be &c.
companied as far as Roanoke by Mrs.
Howell.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1907-05-10
NOTICE.

We respectfully solicit all per.
sons having Real Estate for sale
In Southwest Virginia to place it
with us. We advertise extensively
and have a great many inquiries
for property in this section of the
state.
southwestern Virginia Land Agency
Wytheville. Va.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1907-05-10
New Millinery.

We have placed on sale today pretty new duck and
straw hats for women and children 75c and each
Pretty lot OF new street hats of fancy ST. 81 5o $
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-08-07
Money in Frogs Legs.

Thanks to the perseverance OF a
number of prospecting youngsters,
residents of Haddington and Over
brook may now have daily suppers of
choice frogs legs. A veritable mine
of frogs was discovered a week ago
by members of a juvenile baseball
team who were playing near Sixty
third and Market streets. A fly ball
was knocked into ditch, and the
helders who chased 1t found fully
two dozen frogs holding convention
On the shore of the little stream. The
game was stopped and the boys got
busy in the ditch with their bats.
More than half hundred frogs were
captured in the first raid. They
were made ready for the market by
the youngsters, who had little trouble
in selling them at fifty cents a dozen.
Since the discovery the boys have
been prospecting daily, and hundreds
of frogs have been gathered in dur
ing the last few days. Unfortunately
for the discoverers, the news has
spread. and now the frog fields have
been invaded by SO many youngsters
that the price has been cut down.
Philadelphia Record.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-08-07
IT BLEW SHOES.
But Only One of Each Variety
Freightcd the Air.

Fenton II. Pierce, a shoe drummer
for a Chicago house, recently re-
turned from an interrupted Southern
trip. When he arrived in this city
he was incumbered with nothing but
the clothes on his back-and a story.
His suit case and sample trunks were
whirled into the upper air with the
other contents of Heaslip's Hotel
when the tornado struck MacGrew's g
Ferry in its disastrous course through
Southwest Arkansas a few weeks
ago.
The personal property distributed
over a wide area was enriched by
Mr.. Pierce's sample shoes, and in the
days following the storm the entire
colored population was busy probing
for bluchers, patent feathers and con.
gress CATERS in the piles of debris
sitting vici kid oxfords and Turkish
slippers from the drifted sand, and
picking moosehide moccasins, arctics
and Mackinaw leggins like fruit from
the higher branches of trees.
One shoe of a pair, right or left,
fulfils the purposes of a sample in a
shoe drummer's trunk. Thus it was
that the harvest of shoes Industrious
ly gathered by the colored folk was
| entirely made up of odd ones.
The local printer, whose press and
type has escaped the general flight of
things, saw an opportunity to profit
by the general disadvantage. He
began the publication of twice a
week sheet of shoes exchange adver-
tisements. In the eager way the odd
shoe finders paid for space in it's col.
umns his resourcefulness was re-
warded. Advertisements like the fol.
lowing describe the situation in an6
about MacGrew's Ferry:
Homer Peabody has a left fuI
trimmed lady's Juliet size g. Will ex.
change for right tan oxford size H.
Or: Aunt Gloriana Turner will ex.
change a setting of turkey eggs and q
'possum hide for left lady's bluchei
size or over"
Although the advertisements were
inserted in the twice a week sheet
at low figure, the printer made
quite little bit of money, while at
the same time performing a public
service.-Chicago Record-Herald.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-08-07
Slang.

In paper contributed to Putnam's g
Monthly recently Herbert Paul, an
Englishman, deplores the decadence
OF the English language. He thinks
he may be forgiven a passing qualm
when he finds such a phrase az
"queering the pitch" in the leading
columns of great newspaper which
used to be a fountain of classical
English" He is not so futile and
pedantic as to wage war against
slang. But its proper place is surely
private conversation.
Is it? We ourselves are moved to
record passing qualm. Only the
other day in household where the
Lares and Penates were shipped di.
rect from the Athens of America, we
overheard conversation between a
nice old lady and the ten-year-old
daughter of Radcliffe graduate. II
bore somewhat remotely upon the
virtues of thrift, and so we cannot
be quite sure whether the old lady's
manifest bewilderment arose from
the irrelevance or the phraseology OF
the child's impulsive avowal, I'm
going to plant all my dough in a
bike. e."-Life!
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-08-07
The Cheerful Man,

What boon he is in everYbody's
life! Like bright sunrise and a
gentle wind coming together on {
winter morning, he is to all who crosl
his path. He brushes cheerily along,
knocking grief and disappointment
out of his path, and leaving it
fringed with flowers. Such a man
more than all his money, his wisdom
Or his ambitious schemes. People
feel a sort of pleasure just seeing
him coming down the street, and
when they meet him, there is not a
cloud in sight.
Such men are blessing to town.
They make one feel that the town
is growing, is getting more beauti-
full, more than a place Just to eat
and sleep and make a living in.
Sometimes one doesn't meet such
men, and then he feels that the
:own is degenerating, that things are
going wrong, and that the evil spirit
Is trying to put a little malice in
his heart, and he goes home and
meets his wifes smile with a feeling
Of suspicion.
A cheerful man doesn't realize the
amount of good he is doing in the
! world. But it is his nature, and he
cannot help it. Heaven has picked
him out as one of its angels, and he
is faithful to his mission. Every day
some fellow has been made happy
by his pleasant smile and his genial
good morning." and if one has a
DIT of business with him, it passes
by very much like an exchange of
compliments.
To be cheerful may not be so great
a duty as to be honest or unselfish,
but it certainly widens the radiance
Of these virtues.-Ohio State Jour
nal.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-08-07
From this 'coign Of

vantage she could overlook the sur.
rounding fields for half mile. This
was undoubtedly her crows nest
No friend or enemy could approach
unseen. She took to her heels as my
friend approached. The cellar had
been lathed and plastered, and far
down In q remote corner behind the
piastering he found them, three lively
little fellows, about half as large as
n fair-aiZed cat, and two very small
ones dead. Probably some hound
had given her chase shortly before
their birth. This would account for
the mortality among them. (Since
then another neighbor informs me
that he found two of the young dead
in hole) We kept them in the
corn crib as we had kept those of the
year before. | think the old fox came
nightly and prowled around the
buildings. One of my hens had
hidden her nest in some berry bushes
between the corn crib and wagon
house. One morning found her
llmping around the barnyarG minus
her tail. Every tall-feather was
pulled out and scattered In a bee
line from her nest to the yard. Her
eggs were cold and she seemed to
have lost all interest in them. |
looked again next day and several of
the eggs had disappeared. ] took
them all away and at night took a
fresh eGg, and after putting q little
strychnine inside | placed II In the
nest. That, too, disappeared, but It
was several days before | knew that
my experiment had been successful.
Then my boy found the female fox
dead in tie edge Of woods, less than
a hundred yards away.
"A few days after this event my
boy and / were witnesses of a most
remarkable fox play. My youngster
was starting out to get the cows late
one afternoon when | saw what l
thought at first was a shepherd dog
among them, and the cattle seemed
to be taking turns at charging him.
They were perhaps $50 or 800 yards
away As | looked, the dog made
an unusually nimble leap to avoid
being gored, and | grew suspicious.
| called the youngster back and told
him to go cautiously along the ridge
and take look at them without be-
ing seen. In few minutes he re-
was fox, as | suspected. / took out
my gun and we hurried along the
ridge to witness the sport and Incl
dentally to have little fun ourselves
at reynards expense. We crept up
within fifty or sixty yards Of them.
The fox behaved exactly like a
strange dog among the herd. When
one of the cows would charge him he
would run little way and side STEP
then another would lower her head
and take after him. The fox appar-
emily enjoyed the excitement, but
there were seven cows in the herd
and they kept him busy lodging
them. His conduct was extremely
aggravatlng. He would sometimes
stand till one almost caught him,
then he would run and turn and pro-
woke another to the chase. / tried
several minutes to get bead on him,
but the cows pressed him close.
Finally they separated far enough
for me to take aim without endan-
gering my Jerseys. | must have fired
too soon, for he turned and gave us
what l thought was very reproach-
full look before he disappeared in the
neighborlng bareback.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-08-07
An Alternating Wife.

"Henry, what is this dark hair do
ing on your coat?"
Il haven't worn that coat since
last month, dear. You were a bru-
nette then"
"Oh, yes. Washington Herald.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-08-07
Great Thing For Managers.

"a French invention, consisting OF
bulb thermometers, predicts at sun
down whether there will be FROST"
said the citizen.
1--WE certainly got to have one of
them" replied the theatrical mana
ger.-Yonkers Statesman.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-08-07
Wouldn't Dare Say II Now.

The Mllllonaire's Youngest-"Say,
pop, 1t was Monte Crlsto who said
The world Is mine!' wasn't it?"
The Sure! But you
know muck-rakers were unheard of
In his time!"-Puck.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-08-07
Preference,

Which do you prefer" said the
artistic young woman, music or poe
try?"
Poetry" answered Miss Cayenne.
you can keep poetry shut up in a
book. You don't have to listen to it
unless you choose" - Washington
Star.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-08-07
Freshman Wit.

When l graduate I will step into
a position at 100000 per-" modestly
exclaimed the Sibley senior.
per what?" skeptically inquired
the obiiging sophomore.
"Per-haps!" churtled the noisy
freshman.-Cornell Widow.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-08-07
Only HypOtheticalIY.

That young lawyer friend of
yours"
"Well?"
"Has he popped the question:"
"Only alphabetically" - Louis
vile Courier-Journal
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-08-07

It's deplorable fact that the aver
age man spends too much time trying
to acquire money and too little trying
to acquire happiness.-From Point
ed Paragraphs. In the Chicago News.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-08-07
Gray Ones at That.

"It isn't hard to understand why
some jokes tickle" spoke up Uncle
Allen Sparks.
ITS because of their whiskers. -
New York Mail.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-08-07
Caution.

Customer-"When was this chick
en- killed."
Waiter - owe don't give dates
with chickens, sir; only vegetables"
ILLUSTRATED Bits.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-08-07
Knew His Boston, All Right.

NOW, JIMMY"
Eyes, dad"
"Try to keep that Boston girl
outen the conservatory. A sudden
drop in temperature would kill them
flowers. Washington Herald.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-08-07
Nishnm lin To Date.

1t was the terrible car Of Jugger-
naut. Suddenly man was seen to
hurl himself between the ponderous
wheels.
"Drat that carburetor!" he NUT
tered.-Puck.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-08-07
A Searching Question.

Stella -- Laugh, and the world
laughs with you; weep, and you weep
alone"
Bella-"Did you ever try to find
place to cry in private?"-New York
Sun.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-08-07
Wasn't Il n sla!

a hen-pecked Mormon named Jas.
Took leave of his bevy of das.
"When ! reach Cal.
I'll at once tel,
He cried; but they all called him mas.
The Columbia Jester.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-08-07
The Modern Query.

"Well, they are divorced"
"No?"
"Yes."
(which gets rid of The children?"
Washington Herald.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-08-07
The Difference.

Mrs. Crimsonbeak-"When dog
wags his tail he's not mad, is he?"
Mr.. Crimsonbeak-"No. but It's
often different when a woman wags
her tongue! Yonkers Statesman.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-08-07
His Idea of II.

What Is It a asign Of when young
man kisses n girl on the forehead?"
Poor eyeslght. "-MilwauEee Sem
tlnel.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-08-07

The fish population Of the Nile is
said to present greater variety than
that Of any other body Of water. An
expedition sent from the British Mu-
scum not long ago secured 5000
specimens.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-08-07
Requests.

Johnny - "Me grandmother died
and left me some money"
Tommy-"Huhl Mine died and
let me go to ball game" - New
York Sun.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-08-07
The Surprise.

Little Wife-'I'm going to give
you a surprise, George. / want some
money"
Elderly Hubby-"That don't sur
prise me Bit"
Little Wifie-"But it will when I
tell you how much l want. Ally
Sloper's Half-Holiday.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-08-07
Time to Move.

They're putting out an awful lot
Of good songs these days." said Mr..
Staylate.
"Yes?" queried Miss Patience
Come with a yawn.
"Yes; there's a new march song
that's great. It's fine to march to"
Indeed? I wish l had 1t. ia
play It for you" - Philadelphia
Press.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-08-07

The fewest deaths occur in the
hour following meridian and mid
night
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-08-07

Cement sewers and cement pipes
are displacing brick and terra Gotta.
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1907-08-01

But now it is announced that a
double track is to be laid from
Bald Knob, on the main line to
Wynne. The present line is be-
ing ballasted in manner similar
to the main line, and when the adj
ditional track is completed it will
be one of the finest lines in the
system. The double-tracking is to
care for the additional traffic aris-
ing between the two points by
reason of the completion of the
White River road and the building
of the link between Springfield,
Mo-, and Crane, NO., at which
place the White River route is
touched. In this manner the
Memphis branch becomes part of
the Gulf Route, and it is under
stood that the improvement of the
track on that division is merely to
get it in shape to carry the i'm
mense traffic which is already
moving outward, and for that yet
larger volume which will move in
that direction as the canal nears
completion. ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT
July, 80.
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1907-08-01
STATE FAIR QUEEN NOMINATED.

Miss Ruth Powell, of this city,
has been nominated as candidate
of Woodruff County for State Fair
Queen at Hot Springs, in October.
Miss Powell is one of the lead
ing young ladies of this county
and is a fine specimen of pure
womanhood, possessing all the ad-
vantages that pertain to make her
the most charming and entertain
ing queen of the Fair.
Miss Powell has already secured
several hundred votes and should
she be the winning contestant
from this, the First Congressional
District, our people can feel assur-
ed that she will do her best in our
behalf of the representation, which
will surely be perfect.
Let everyone do all within their
power to give this high honor and
social distinction to Miss Powell.
She will appreciate the favor and
so will we. Cut out the blank
voting coupons in this paper and
send them in. If your subscrip-
ton to the NEWS will expire soon,
send in your renewal for six
months, a year or more, and if
you are not a subscriber, you
should subscribe for it at once.
Let everybody save the coupons
and do all they can to make Miss
Ruth Queen of the Fair.
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1907-08-01
DEVIEW.

BY Our Regular Correspondent.
Timber labor is scarce. $500
per day doesn't seem to decrease
the demand.
Miss Emma Shade left Wednes-
day for visit to her sister, Mrs.
Caudle, in Little Rock.
Mrs. II. c. Hall left Saturday
night for two weeks visit to her
mother at Union City, Tenn.
Thos. Womack, and wife, after
few days visit to relatives here,
returned Monday to their home at
Clear Water.
Mrs. s. C. Bishop left Tuesday
for Ward and Conway where she
will spend the remaining summer
visiting relatives.
BORN: To Mr.. and Mrs. Jas.
Armspaugh, Monday, July Is,
1907, twin girls. We extend con-
CALCULATIONS to the happy parents,
of whom the father is sixty three
years old.
Misses Fannie Coward and Liz
zie Armspaugh left Monday, for
Mississippi, where they will open
a milliner store. Their many
friends here wish them much sue
cess in their new adventure.
Miss Fannie Coward entertained
her Sunday School class last
Saturday evening at the beautiful
home of Mr.. and Mrs. A. S.
Thompson. Ice cream was served
and the little folks seemed to en-
joy the evenings party very much.
A worm, known as the Army
worm, has made its appearance in
this section and is doing some
damage to the corn and cotton
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1907-08-01
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.
One Year. in advance. o..
OUR NEW SUBSCRIBERS.

Below is a list of those who
paid us in advance for the NEWS
since our last issue.
W. E. Jelks and W. F. Brown
ing, R. F. d. No. l j; 81. T. Miller
and Mrs. l.. A. P. Beard, r. F. d.
No. 2; Mrs. G. L. Redding, Lu-
Their Ball, Clayton Haley, DR.. L.
A. Jelks, w. G.. Mclean and J..
E. Miller, McCrory, Ark. Mrs.
w. G. Black, 231O West 18th. =,
and Onnie L. Powell, 81 Pulaski
St., Little Rock, Ark. Harry
Joyner, Wiville, Ark.
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1907-08-01

Definite information has been re-
ceived from st. Louis to the effect
that work on the double tracking
of the Memphis branch of the st.
Louis, Iron Mountain and South
ern between Bald Knob and
Wynne will be pushed to an early
completion. Some time ago ru-
mors of this gained circulation,
and it was generally believed to be
true. The telegraph department
recently received instructions to
move the telegraph poles along
side the track between these two
points, but no information was
given as to the reason for the
change. Later the operation de-
partment was ordered to prepare a
boarding outfit for that line, and
still no announcement was made.
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1907-08-01
OBITUARY.

Clemmie Pauline Taylor, age 7
years, is dead. She was a twin
daughter of our worthy citizen.
Mr.. W. M. Taylor, of near town.
She was sick only a few days and
departed this life Tuesday morn.
ing at 200 O'Clock, CONGESTION be.
ing the cause of her death. The
News joins the many friends of
the bereaved family in extending
most heartfelt sympathies.
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1907-08-01

crops. Its greatest damage to
cotton is done by eating the leaves
young bolls and squares. A varv
short crop is expected, at best.
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1907-08-01
ASSESSORS NOTICE.

Don't wait till court week to
assess your taxes. Books close
August, 10, 1907. W. B. Faxes
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1907-08-01
STATE OF ARKANSAS,
COUNTY OF WOODRUFF,

STATE OF ARKANSAS,
COUNTY OF WOODRUFF
l. T. Simpson, County Clerk of Woodruff County, Arkansas,
do certify that the foregoing contains full and
the receipts disbursements and financial condition of Woodruff
County, for the fiscal year, beginning july st 1906 and ending
June 3O 1907 Also the receipts by the Treasurer and dsburse
of funds belonging the schools and districts the
same period.
Given under my hand Clerk this the Goth, day of July,
1902. T. Eek SIMPSON, County Clerk.
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1907-08-01
WOODRUFF co. NEWS.
PUBLISHED THURSDAY OF EACH WEEK AT
McCRORY, ARKANSAS.
WALTER w RANEY, Editor.

Entered at the Post-Ofice At McCrory
Arkansas. as Second Glass mail.matter.
June 1lth, 1909.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-24
Handsome Easter Novelties in
Wells

1t is taken for granted that an item as important
wells will not be overlooked by you when selecting
your Easter things. For this call particu
lar attention to the novelties will show this week.
combination
colors will daintes embroidered designs
as all of the other good spring eolors 2.75
-.
These made
Shown
n a $3.50
of
effects These shown In full
lengths In all of the Ok
desirable colors :. .AsAsV
s 9st aeS tSs weeks a strictly a $500 veil 75c
Hemstched Chiffon Wells made in the best plain or Ok
finish 4nches in all colors As<aO
54nches long in white, black Q00
75c values, selling at OON
including novetiessome
of week time in this city.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-24
Marlicuring Needs

Trihes-but indispensable to people of discrinna
ton. We have the best of every kind here-and the
prices are very moderate
with points small
size-75c $10o and $3.50
quality of Steel small and medium size
flesfastdious
pearl handles
dainty-50c
Pearl
Nail back3c
Nail 75c
Nail stick ebony-two for &C.
abox-peoa at 15c box.
combined50c
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-24

multitude Of orders received
A larger number Of fine hats, already made up
from copies of the best imported models, alone
makes it possible for us to do so. We have also
enlarged our workroom force and prepared for the
rush in every possible way
In fine hats the Easter showing is magnificent.
More Paris, New York and st. Louis models here
than at the Opening even--the seasons bust
ness has been so heavy were obliged to get them.
Not the slightest doubt but that we can please
you in every detail this week. But don't put off
buying until the closing days and thereby risk dis
appointment. Come in just as early you possibly
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-24
Many Popular Offerings Also This Week

special showing of $500 has-fancy trimmed real horse
with beautiful in ribbon
mngs Ill of the leading coors and of them
worth from $3.50 to $3.50.
weight trimmed with
hat band representing college coors Good $500 hahs week
Selling $I75-but $3.50
A chdren's hats including Panama
roll
a price this week.