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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1907-03-29
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Please correct n mistake In a head
ing on the editorial page. The Multi.
pie List Popular" should read. OF
course, unpopular"
The new spring styles in skirts are
now on sale at The Big Store.
HARRISON IL Gillespie Bros.
Preaching in the Christian church
next Sunday night.
The celebrated "GrilTonr waists for
ladies. None like them.
HARRISON Il Gillespie Bros.
just about ono month and the
jamestown Exposition will open. The
railroad, and hotel people Of Norfolk
have an eye to the main chance. and
rates are skyward. This will cut down
attendance.
See our line OF ladies wrists.
HARRISON Il Gillespie Bros.
III. >. Bowen, President, Mr.. T.. IL.
Warner Mr.. II. f.. Hobsun. w. B.
Doak and other members OF the coun-
ty jamestown Exposition committee,
were in town this week, each OF these
gentleman expressed themselves ns
heartily In favor of goiug ahead with
the work.
We are now showing the handso
NEST line OF ladies white waists In town
HARRISON & Gillespie Bros.
Samuel B. May, son OF Mr.. and Mrs
A. j. May, who has been in Stauntor
In business for some time, has come e
Fazewell 10 recuperate His health If
not e od.
Ladies':
We are showing this epring tn,
handsomest and most complete line o
Rugs and Druggets In the town.
HARRISON q Gillespie Bros.
Geo. w. Ruble, well known citizeI
OF Clear Fork. died on Tuesday, anC
buried on Wednesday. He was abou
80 years Of age.
Easter Suits. Easter Hats, Easte
aeckwear, gloves, etc. mt The Big Store
HARRISON & Gillespie Bros.
Mrs Jones, wife OF Jubai Jones' an,
mother OF William Jones, died at he
home near Five Oaks last Frida
night She was about 10 years Of ag
Don't imagine you have seen tn
smartest neckwear in town till yo
have seen our display
Harrison * Gillespie Bros.
We publish this week n statemen
OF the Farmers and Merchants Banl
at Richlands. The figures show growtI
Don't fail to see the line OF rug
druggets and floor mattings at Th
Big Store.
HARRISON * Gillespie Bros.
II the jamestown Exposition con
mittee are going TO do anything the
should be at it..
New spring styles In shirts at III
Big Store.
HARRISON & Gillespie Bros.
Mr.. S. s. Hassard, representing IL
wellknown CortI'ght Metal Roofin
Co., OF Philadelphia, spent several day
in town this week. No prudent or gel
) sible man, these days, covers his TO,
with other than Cortrlght shingles.
Landreths garden seeds onion Sc
at Boyer
oreaa1 ssia' - zl!Es !sss =, xsIs
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1907-03-29

1t doesn't seem like Easter TO the
average boy unless he has a new suit
We have them.
HARRISON & Gillespie Bros.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1907-03-29
For Rent,
LOCAL NEWS

LOCAL NEWS
Capt. j. Il. Ward was on the street
yesterday. His health has improved
greatly.
Universal coffee Percolators at
Boyers.
The News has enlarged this week,
but is still too small.
Mrs. McAlister, mother OF Mrs.
Barbour, OF the Pocahontas Inn, died
at the Inn suddenly last Sunday morn
ing The remains were I'd Ken to her
old home i'm Baltimo ore for interment.
St4kxas about 73 years old.
Garden seeds at Boyers.
Mrs. /. G. Dodd, OF Graham, is here
with her sister, Mrs. Chapman, who is
III
Bluefield has terrible scourge Of
meningitis. There has been large
|l.4;n,ez q deaths.
k. s[sllIeisAln Kentucky this week
bdyiaf + c<sr load OF Jersey COWS.
DIR. Walket1dhd his family left on
yesterday for their former home In
Staunton, where they will reside in
the future. These good people have
many friends here who regret their
departure.
Quarterly meeting at Pleasant Hill
in Thompson Valley Saturday and
Sunday, March 30-31,
Miss Lena Bushone, OF Andrews, N
c., is visiting her sister, Mrs. w. M
Patty. Miss Bushong will return to
North Carolina about the middle o.
April.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1907-03-29

Ladies:
You will make mistake If you fail
to see our mattings.
HARRISON & Gillespie Bros.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1907-03-29
Teachers Examination

iSdCnSTS examination
The examination for teachers will be
held ut Tazewell May 2nd, 3rd and
4th. White teachers in High School
building. Colored teachers In colored
school house.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1907-03-29
Silk Waists.

Preaching In the Presbyterian church
next Sunday at liza. m. and 4 D. m.
the afternoon sermon being to the
children.
"Never Rust" tinware and Guaran-
teed Enameled ware at Bowers.
Mr. Frank Clapp, OF Boston, was in
town between trains, on Wednesday,
ON his way to Ohio. Mr.. Clapp and
his family, it will be remembered, lived
in Tazewell somo years ago, and he is
pleasantly remembered here by q
number OF friends.
Self wripging mops and Eagle mop
wringers at Bouyers.
Mrs j. w. Chapman has been ex-
tremely i'll this week. Her condition
has slightly improved within the past
few day.
Wire cocoa and rubber door mats
Mt Boyers.
Jos. $. Gillespie, OF this town. ana
Robert Gillespie. OF Pounding Mil, re-
turned last Saturday from trip 20
New Jersey,where they went TO look at
some fine Arabian stallions, with
view OF buying. They may purchase.
later, and Introduce Arabian blood in
to the future saddle horse of Taxewall,
Easter is but few days away. You
will want TO look your best. Come to
The Big Store.
HARRISON & Gillespie Bros.
Services at North Tazewell Meth
dist church next Sunday morning. "A
at night at the Main street ~
Rev. G.. A. Maiden will preach.
second quarterly conference will ~
held at North Tazewell on the Monday
following at 10 a. IN.
Flower crooks, iardineers and um-
brella stands at Boyers.
Miss G-ace Austin, 81 Charleston,
w. Va, has been added TO the cospe
of efficient sales people at Chapmans
high class dry goods store.
Keen Kutter pocket knives, carvIngi
sets, scissors and shears at Boyers,
Senator 7. F. st Clair, of Gileso..s
purchased the Joseph Ciayd GarK 4
$4,000.
Cut flowers at Boyers.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1907-03-29

Our ladies waists are the talk Of the
town. Harrison y CHI asple Bros.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1907-03-29

See our line OF Jap and China mat
tings. HARRISON & Gin sspie Bros.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1907-03-29
About Face
For The Big Store.

j. o. Bragg, direct defendant
the famous Confederate General, RED
resenting the Hall Safe Co., spent
several days in town this week. G,ic
company has something to brag on ~
this representative.
Infants bath tubs at Boyers.
The large ad on local page win
tract attention, OF course JudginS
from the figures and statements Ilexa1
given this great sale viii AFFORD an un,y
usual opportunity Of buying fine good
cheap. This is. perhaps, the largest
special sale yet offered the poopIe of
this section, and therell be crowd.
Mr.. d. j. Larimer, of Lodi F1., -
enjoying visit to his broth6z, Il. 8.
Larimer, in Thompson Valley.
The coIored school hold fheigx -
ing exercises this week--Iass7l
tonight, in the town hall.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1907-03-29
Statement OF the Financial Condition
OF THE
Merchants and Farmers Bank,

located at Richlands, in the State of
Virginia, at the close of business, Mar.
%, 1907, made to the State Corpora
ton Commission.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1907-03-29

We shipped nice Oliver machfdo on
Tuesday to a prominent gentleman Ia
Wise county at about half the. cost of
a new one, and the machine was just
as good as a new one. If you want u
good machine cheap write US.
KODAK FOR SALE - Folding
Kodak, 3ix4i, and complete daylight
developing outfit, printing franz =,
for sale. Cheap to quick purchaser.
Apply at this Office.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-07-18
:: The HISTORY OF TAXATION

Some one who can find and tell the
truth without twisting it for the pur-
pose of theory or any other purpose,
ought to write History OF Taxation.
The book would be the story Of the
worst folly and crime in the politics OF
the world since the beginning OF civ
ilization. 1t would be a sort OF a lit
erary and economic nightmare, but it
is badly needed at Jefferson City, at
every other state capital and at Wash
ington.
1t would show, among other things,
that we still have forms of taxation
based on the amiable theory that a
man ought to pay tax on his head
every year after some one has cap.
tured him and consented not to cut 1t
of at once, providing it should always
be used for the purpose of earning
taxes. 1t would show also that we
have principles Of taxing earnings and
property in general, based on the the
ory that both the Garner and his prop
erty have been at some time in the
past captured" and allowed to con-
tinue to exist only for the purpose "f
paying taxes, or in the ancient form
still in familiar use, tribute to
Caesar" AS for Caesar" when he
captured possible taxpayers who re-
sisted too long or refused to consent
to become perpetual taxpayers, he
himself said that he "animadverted"
on them. This means he gave them
his special attention. When the his
tory of taxation is written it will show
that this special attention" resulted
in selling some as slaves and killing
the rest.
With this antique theory OF taxation
working out through the Middle Ages
and down into modern times, common
sense and common justice have reach
ed one plain principle of rational tax
alton at last
1t is that all taxation is a necessary
evil when necessary. and that as little
as possible of necessary taxation
should be imposed on activity, on pro-
duction. on business, on trade. on dis
tribution, on productive earnings; on
the ability and disposition to do what
ought to be done.-St. Louis Post Dis
patch.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-07-18

The heavy man should be most par
ticular about his saddle and that 1t
shall be not only broad seated but long
in the tree, that his weight may be dis.
tributed over as large a surface on the
horses back as possible and should ex-
ercise great care that not only is 1t well
stuffed, especially about the withers,
but that the stufing is constantly
worked light and kept from caking or
becoming lumpy anywhere. Neglect OF
these, precautions will inevitably lead
to chatting and bruising Of the back or
painful pinching and bruising Of the
withers, this latter injury leading
very possibly to further complications
in the way of 6stula, etc, which may
result in permanent and very severe
complications. The individual Of light
er weight is more fortunate in these re-
spects, as he is not so likely to injure
his mount severely by the mere amount
of weight he represents, but even he
must be duly careful not only upon the
grounds of self interest, but upon those
Of ordinary humanity.-F. NJ. Ware In
Outing Magazine.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-07-18
ASKS AN INVESTIGATION.

An illinois Mayor Says WatsrworItS
Are WastSfulIy Operated.
In asking the council Of Galesburg,
ILL.,, for an investigation Of the water
department Mayor Shumway Of that
city brought out some rather startling
facts. He states that receipts from
rentals are $1,40O month and that
$1,000 a month may fairly be allowed
for hydrants. yet the operating ex-
penses are $780, which thus exceed
the income, although, according to the
report, there is no allowance for depre-
citation or sinking fund and apparently
none for interest on the 100000 In.
Vestment.
Even more remarkable is the mayors
statement that three-QuaFterS OF the
water pumped Is unaccounted for. To
quote:
From this condition OF affairs 1t Is
manifest that the amount of water re-
ported pumped is grossly exaggerated,
or the leakage unaccounted for de-
mands prompt and careful investiga-
ton"
To remedy these conditions the may
or makes several recommendations,
among which are the following:
"First.-I suggest that careful sur
vey of the plant and report Of condi-
ton Of same, with1suggestions for the
placing of the plant on a paying and
huSinpSSliEp haSiS he made.
"Second.-That the water rates be re-
vised.
"Third.-That the free list Of water
takers be suspended"
But why should there be free list?
Or is that supposed to be necessary
incident to political management?
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-07-18
How tn. Month. Got Their Nance.

How the Months Got Their Nance.
The months of the year obtained
their names from widely varying
sources. January was named from the
Roman god Janus, the deity with two
faces, one looking to the east and the
other toward the west. February comes
from the Latin word februO, to purify.
1t was the ancient Roman custom to
hold festivals of publication during
that month. March owes Its name to
an old god of war Among the Sax
ons this month was known as lenSt,
meaning spring, which was the origin
of our word Lent. 1t is claimed by
some that April was named from the
Latin word aperire, open, In signi1ca-
ton of the opening buds. In Saxon
DAYS 1t was called eastre, in honor Of
Eastra, the goddess of spring, from
which comes our word Easter. May
was named after Maia, the Roman
goddess of growth or increase, and
June was from the Latin tuvenis
(yOung). Julius. Caesar himself named
July In his own honor, and August was
likewise named by Augustus Caesar.
September is from the Latin word sep
TEN, meaning seven, 1t being the sew
enth month of the, year according to
the old Roman calendar, and October,
November and December likewise re-
tain the names they were known by in
the old Roman calendar.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-07-18
THE UTILITY OF
STATE TAX LEVY

Experts On taxation think 1t is
good thing TO reduce the state tax
levy without entirely removing it. 1t
is case Of ne Quid minis.
Men not experts who have reflected
on this question longest agree with
the experts. They who clamor for en-
tire abolition of the general state tax
and entire support of goveSpment by
special taxes are either beginners,
politicians who exploit a popular idea
without regard to the public interest,
or agents of privileged classes who
wish to defeat any tax legislation
by darkening counsel.
The conclusion OF rational theory Is
approved by experience. States are
always approaching dispensation o.
the whole general tax without ever
reaching it. New York raises almost
its whole revenue from excise and
special taxes, but a fraction of mill
remains. Minnesota has got the state
revenue levy down to a mill, but can
not get it lower. The constitutional
levies for schools and charities re-
main besides, and there is small hope
of dispensing with these. Probably
We shall always have a state tax.
This is not wholly due to increase
of appropriations for public expendi-
lures. 1t is due in part to distrust OF
the theory of exclusive special taxes
by professional experts and practical
administrations alike? The state levy
is q steadying and balancing intu-
ence, a protection against loss OF rev.
enue in bad times and extravaganes
in good times.
Excise aud other special taxes can
not be adjusted to the needs of rev.
enue either way without legislative
action. If they yield too much, profit
gacy is encouraged. If they yield too
little, the public needs are not salts
fed. They fuctuate enormously with
expansion and contraction OF business.
The levy for the general tax can be
adjusted to needs every year by an
administrative act. 1t can be reduced
when the revenue from special taxes
increases and raised when 1t falls on,
preventing either poverty or excess in
the state treasury.
The view of those who understand
the subject best is that special taxes
should be so fixed as to supply the
bulk of revenues, perhaps local as
we'll as state, but never an excess,
and that the margin Of fiuctuation
should be filled out by varying state
tax levy, minute when the special rev.
enues are at a maximum. but never
disappearing entirely.-The Mime
apolis Tribune.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-07-18
Flying Fish Struck Sailor.

When the liner Korea was bowling
along on smooth sea in the tropics
between Yokohama and Honolulu, a
flying fish struck Second Officer r. ALI
man as he stood ON the bridge and
caused him some little injury. The
fish was one Of large school and had
flown to an unusual height at the time.
Altman was at the moment taking an
observation when he felt blow on his
right side. A hasty glance downward
disclosed the flying fish, which lay on
the bridge stunned from the impact
with the officers body. Altman was
not seriously hurt and he saved the fly
ing fish, which Is retained as a me-
mento of his strange experience. The
bridge of the Korea, where Altman
stood, is about fifty feet above the sur
face OF the sea.-San Francisco ChrOn.
icle.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-07-18
FAvoRs AN AMENDMENT.

c. w. Gilgen of the Youngstown
Chamber of Commerce, in an address
before the Tax Commission of Ohio,
said:
| think from the expression of our
committee that we favor a constitutional
amendment that will permit the classi-
fcation of property. 1t is said that cor
porations have no soul and no nervous
system, and that they can stand almost
any shock the legislature puts upon
them. Now these corporations are taxed,
in addition to the regular tax, the Willis
tax Some of us believe that is double
taxation; but we feel in Youngstown as
long as the plan is followed of plumber
ing the corporations that such recom-
mendations should be made that will re-
suit in sending back part OF the plum
der We would like to have sent back
to the county from which 1t came,
share of this tax.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-07-18

.nlmle opened his eyes as they alu
him on his little cot. Tell me about
the robin" he murmured dreamily and
went TO sleep, holding tight TO Nurse
Isabelle's finger.
The doctor, warm and rumpled, look
ed at the two.
"You haven't any business nursing"
he said to Isabelle.
Her startled eyes met his. 81 was
afraid you would say that" she qua
vered. Il was such a-fOol."
You are not a fool" the doctor
blazed, but some women aren't any
more fitted to be nurses than | am to
be the angel Gabriel"
Nurse Isabelle was not so sure OF his
unfitness for the sacred office as he
stood there in his strength and dig
nifty, with his halo Of fair hair.
"If l had anything TO offer you" he
remarked abruptly, I'D marry you"
"Oh" Nurse Isabelle tried to rise,
but Jimmie's thin fingers held her.
"Please, don't" she begged.
DOH OASAuAD my p1RASAe' was NAS
Doctors peremptory command. He ran
his fingers through his hair. "lf l
wasn't so dead poor" he ruminated.
"a woman who breaks down at such
an important moment isn't flt to be in
hospital" he continued. "Sbe ought
to be In a home where the tenderness
would not be wasted"
He came around to Nurse ISabelle's s
side. 1t was very still in the big room.
The screen around Jimmie's bed hid
them from such wakeful patients as
might be In ward I.
I'm my home it would not be vast
ed" he said softly.
Jimmie stirred slightly. Nurse lsa-
belle rose and bent over him. When
she straightened up she was within the
circle of the doctors arm.
oh" she gasped, all pink and white
and beautiful.
You're such little thing to take
care of yourself" the doctor whisper
ed. And Ill make ends meet"
AS she raised a radiant face Jimmie
opened his eyes and took In the salts,
flying situation.
Il told you he was dead stuck on
yOu," he chuckled weakly.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-07-18

Nurse" plped the small boy in cot
3, "the doctors dead stuck on you"
Hush" said the nurse and bent over
him and tucked him up.
Her cheeks were very red as she
went out of the ward and when she
was alone in the diet kitchen she said
under her breath. The idea"
That afternoon she carried a wee
bunch of viOlets to the small boy and
pinned them on his little white night
shirt Il picked them in the yard" she
told him. Spring is coming, and
saw robin on the lawn"
The small boy eyed her adoringly,
and when the doctor came he whis-
pered, The nurse gave 'em to me-the
pretty one with the blue eyes"
Nurse Isabelle?" asked the big, fair
haired doctor.
Yep" said the small boy, "the one
you're stuck on"
The doctor stared at him through his
thick eyeglasses. THE idea" he said,
then with the red coming into his face,
Don ldlh, JlLlulle, IL > uuu IOI gOu'
But when he had tended the poor lit
tie throat and the boy lay weak and
pale on his pillow the doctor whispered,
May | have violet, Jimmie" and
the small boy nodded, and the doctor
laid the little blue flower carefully in
his pocketbOok between the prescrip-
tions and the unpaid bills.
Unpaid bills We're the reason that, in
spite of his thirty-tive years, the doctor
had not indulged in romance. Notwith-
standing his success in his profession,
the expenses of city living and a mort
gage on his mothers farm kept him in
a state of chronic Insolvency, with a
consequent constant shabbfness.
At the door Nurse Isabelle helped
him on with his rusty Overcoat.
There's a button Off" she told him.
"Tll sew it ON if you will wait"
And as she took deft stitches the doc
tor looked down at her white capped
head. From beneath the cap little
blond locks curled against her round
throat
"Jimme's right" he said aloud, and
when Nurse Isabelle said "WhatT' in
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-07-18
BuNGLING N. o. OPERATION.
Frssport, N. ", 10 Paying Several
Times Too Much For Street Lighting.

Frssport, N. ", 10 Paying Several
Times Too Much For Street lighting.
All the evils connected with munich
pal ownership have grown out of bun
Cling municipal operation. A carefully
wrought out plan, with those in charge
held TO responsibility, must be devised
before municipal operation can be sue
cessfully carried on. Leaving the mat
ter in the hands of new officials, elect
ed every year or two. without any
knowledge of how to carry on the
business, cannot be successful except
In very rare instances.
Take, for example. the municipal
lighting syA<rm at FreepOrt. There is
a valuable franchise which ought to
bring in a fair revenue to the village
treasury. Some time ago a wealthy
lighting company, which understands
the lighting business and can produce
incandescent light at small fraction
of the cost of generating 1t at the Free
port power house, offered to pay $780,
600 for the use of this franchise
Computed at per cent, that meant a
rental of $500 per year.. The COM
pany also offered to light the village
with a larger number Of arc lamps
than are now In operation for $1,000
a year Deducting the rental Of $500
from this annual payment, the village
street lighting on an all night system
would cost the taxpayers $500 year.
But the villagers thought 1t better to
have the system operated by their
elected officials, none Of whom Is an
expert in lighting matters, and we no.
tice that this year they propose to levy
between $1,000 and $4,000 by taxa
tion. They assure US that none Of
this money is for private lighting. If
SO, it must all be for street lighting.
Thus the street lighting costs several
times as much under municipal opera
ton as it would with municipal own
ership and intelligent business opera
| ton