Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1909-02-19
MP" And TUCK
in WISE COUNTY
Panic in the Coal Fields-Mai.
Henry for Governor-Other
News Of Norton and Vicinity
Norton, Va, Feb. II.

Norton, Va, Feb. II.
Editor News With apples at So
a barrel, and flour soaring at a SINH
lar height in car lots, il makes Nor
ton feel like putting on the mourn
in gown" These two articles are in
keeping with the high prices of all
other staples, while on the other
hand there are scores of men walking
the streets, their hands in their pock-
cts, and as the old song goes, moth
ing TO eat"
Never in the history OF Coal and
Iron has bigger bluff been put up.
to the people and congress. 1t is
simply this "You monkey with the
tariff and see what you get" a few
progressive Republicans, like Lafol-
lette and others, determined 10 make
good the promises in regard to
tariff revision, have met the thus
far-and-no-farther," "from the monop-
olists, who have fattened on the
public crib that they will not let
loose If it starves every man, woman
and child, in every coal field in the
country, Nothing doing in the coal
fields THE reason is apparent. One
travelling man said the other day,
that Blackwood looked like it had
Joined the Quaker church-Sunday
every day in the week. Ii ii
so bad, but il looks like Sunday-or
30 cents-all over the coalfield DIS.
Thank the good Lord, they can't
pack this Off on poor old honest
Grover Cleveland. Wouln't you like
TO hear Lew Gleaves speak about
this time? or Lew YeIlin' Summers.
1t would be worth the price ofadmis-
sion TO the Bright Lights Show.
The ClintwoodTimes is dead again.
1t TUNED turtle last week, aged 30
weeks, three days and 10 hours, lati-
tude and longitude, subject of vale
dictory- "I've fit good fight, a"
with apologies TO Saint Paul.
Wise county is beginning TO get a
good road movement on. The adver-
tisements for bids TO contract a first
class pike from Norton To Wise will
appear in the local papers in the
near future. The distance is five
miles and will cost aboutSAOO0 10 the
mile.
The st. Charles hotel at Norton
will in the next few days be under
the management OF Mr.. w. Terry
Bowling. Terry is fully com mpetenL
TO run first class hotel, naturally
courteous aud accommodating aud
with the backing OF Lea uder Carroll
who has charge OF the cooking de-
partment we bespeak liberal pat
Ionage TO the st. Charles.
The writer took a peep YESTERDAY
at one of the most wonderful aad
beautifully finished dwellings ever
built in Wise county. 1t is the pro-
perty of Attorney Geo. c. PeeIy, OF
Wise. We intended TO give your
readers a description of this magnifi-
cant home, but George said "wait a
while until the Madam aud the boy
arrives, then come around. That so,
we readily agreed for what is home
with just George in il.
For Governor, "how is Wiser" You
asked me something. If Judge Mann
had been named Nip, L would just
say it is'' Nip and Tuck" You meet
oue fellow, he is FOR Mann, the nes
is for Tucker and the next is for
neither and so ii goes. Major Henry
ought to beat the whole bunch. The
question is would he have a fair
showing this late in the day? One
thing about it, il he should happen Ia
win he would cook Stuart's gose fol
the neSt ten years. The East wou dn't
let us have another candidate soon.
You can count Richmond for Jude
Mann certain, for Richmod knows
that so long as Judge Mann's Iocal
option views prevails that Richmond
can no more be taken by the temper.
ance folks than ii was byMcClellanC
Hooker and Co., in the sixties. Rich.
lnond can only be entered by soIiC
state wide phalanx. What do you say
editorially speaking? Is Judge Mann
as sincere in his temperance views al
you would have him be? q. h. ID