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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1910-06-03
Taft's Straddte of Game.

When MIR. Taft WAS follow ing col
lege baseball more closely than be
has chance To now, lie set out one
afternoon for game between Yale
and Princeton with two tickets I'm
MS pocket. He was I'm the habit of
buying two bench seats. SO that he
would have plenty of room. When
he got In the gram stand he torked
out the two tickets. The usher took
In ut a glance what they were for
and led the way 10 the seats. When
he reached them he paused.
Whats the trouble, young
man?" said MIR. Taft.
Sorry sir, said the usher. "but
III you sit in these two seats YOU 70
going To have some difficulty. Do
you Seef They're on opposite sides OF
the aisle. New York sun.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1910-06-03

The government raises practically
all of its funds through the customs
houses aud the internal revenue
offices where taxes are levied on
things eaten, worn or used by the
people When the consumer purchases
protected article-and practically
all OF the necessaries OF life are pIo-
tected-he pays the real OF natural
value OF the article and i'm addition
addition thereto the amount OF the
tariff tax.
Thus 1t Is not so strange that un-
der the Taft administration, which is
spending more than twice the
amount used by Cleveland TO run the
government the cost OF living is 90
per cent greater than under the
Cleveland administration.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1910-06-03

The exposure of Ballinger's secret
relations with George w. Perkins, OF
j. p. Morgan and Co., in Alaskan
matters, has started reports that the
usefulness of the present secretary
OF the interior to even land grabberS
has been destroyed. 1t Is anticipated
that as a compromise the Investigate
ing committee will not only white
wash Ballinger, but will enamel
him as white rs the lady of Spotless
town, and that in acknow Iedgment
OF this courtesy he will hand i'm his
resignation.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1910-06-03
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Schedule Effective
May Is, 1910

LY. TaZewell for Norton,
9:3f am 3:05 pm
Lv. Tazewell for Bluefleld,
lob m 617 pm
From Blueileld East bound.
$50 "a IN FOR Roanoke, lynchburg.
Norfolk and all points ON Shenandoah
division, Pullman sleeper and cafe car
H. Roanoke. Pullman sleeper Roanoke
TO New York via Hagerstown. Parlor
car Roanoke and Norfolk.
7.2O m daily for East Radford
Roanoke and intermediate stations.
2,2O p IN daily for Roanoke. lynch
burg and intermediate stations and the
Shenandoah Valley. Pullman sleeper
Gary 10 Philadelphia.
9.lS p M for Roanoke. Lynchburg.
Richmond, Norfolk. Pullman sleeper
TO Norfolk, and Roanoke 60 Richmond
wEsTBoUND.
$40 m for Kenova, Portsmouth.
columbus, 81. Louis and the west
Pullman sleeper 10 Columbus.
cafe car.
$50 = m for Kenova, Portsmouth.
Cincinnati, Columbus. West. Northwest.
Pullman sleeper toCincinnati. Columbus
cafe eur to Williamson.
lib for Wclch and intermediate
stations. Pullman Sleeper cafe ears
Write for Rites. Maps. Time Table.
Descriptive pamphlets 10 any stntion
Agent, or To w. Il. Bcvll. General Pas
senger Agent, Nj. +. Bragg. Travelling
Passenger Agent, Roanoke. Va.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1910-06-03
Honor Roll
Honor Roll for week ending May

Honor Roll for week ending May
20
Fourth grade, Mrs. Elizabeth J.
Hunt, teacher. Eloise Buston, Mar
tina Coulling, Mary Coulling, Vars
Jones, Alice Carson, Landon Whita-
ker.
Seventh grade, Miss Marie Louise
Eanes, teacher. - Evelyn Mccall,
Emmaline Pierce, Irene Peery,
Elizabeth Ward, Anita Gillespie.
Eloise Greever, Nancye McBryde,
Sam Hoover, Robert Jackson, Joe
johnson, Alex Wit;en, Andrew
Witten. This roll was inadvertently
omitted from last issue.
For week ending May p.
4th grade, Mrs. Elizabeth j..
Hunt, teacher.
Eloise Buston, Mamie Vandkye.
Martha Coulling, Mary Coulling,
Gladys Scott, Vara Jones, Billy
Copenhaver.
Seventh grade, Miss Marie Louise
Eanes, teacher-Isene Peery, Eve
Ign Mccall, Eloise Greever, Emma-
line Pierce, Rose Simpson, Graham
Preston, Sam Hoover, james Peery,
Andrew Witten.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1910-06-03

There is little doubt but that the
still seriously consider
Taft the logical candidate in 1912,
and if they are In the majority in
Congress after the approaching con-
gressional elections are over, the
President Will nave little or no diff
Guilty I'm securing a denomination if
he desires it. 1t is understood in
many quarters that the promise of q
denomination was the price paid by
the powers that be for the <Presiden-
tiaI signature to the upward revision
tariff bill.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1910-06-03
How to Get Rid of Typheid-Bear-
ing Flies.

d.. l.. O. Howard the government
fly expert, has sent out statement
I'm which he says one third OF the
nations typhoid is traceable TO con-
tamination spread by filthy insects
The germs that produce typhoid
and those that produce dysentry
which is SO fatal TO children in the
summer months. are the diseases
most generally carried by flies, he
says.
Typhoid fever has come to be
known as a country disease. 1t is the
dwslleT in the city returning from
his vacation who starts the out
breaks.
In fight against the typhoid fly
the recognized first step Is to prevent
its multiplying. 1t is known that
its cradle Is the manure pile. If this
can be done away with this year,
there Will be but 10 per cent as
many flies next year and but 10 per
cent as much disease resulting.
The custom In the country is TO
allow the manure tn lie until IT Is
needed for fertilizer. The country is
consequently oveTrun with flies and
typhoid. There are two proper
courses in the premises. The farmer
may build a fly tight enclosure and
put all his manure in il or he may
haul the manure away at least once
"a week and spread il on his land. 1t
requires week for the flies to de-
velop and II the manure 10 spread
out on the land they fall in the pro-
cess. If one of the other of these
methods were used in the country
districts wonld be without flies and
far healthier than they are today.
Flies in the house may be killed
by heating a shovel or some such
article and dropping twenty drops
of carbollc acid on 1t. The vapor
kills the flies.
A cheap and perfectly reliable hy
poison, not dangerous TO human life,
is bicIorate of POTASH in solution.
Dissolve one dram, which can be
bought at any drug stole in two
ounces of water, and add little
sugar. Place In shallow dishes and
distribute about the house.
spoonful OF formaldehyde In
quarter OF pint of water Ia then
sweet and best and cheapest of them
all. 1t will kill all the flies. To
quickly clear room where there
are many flies burn pyrethrump
powder. This stupelies the flies and
they may be swept up and burned.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1910-06-03
They Can't Escape 1t

Almost each recurring day devel.
ops some new and unmistakable evi.
dence of the responsibility of the Re-
publicans for the present high cost
of living and there can be reasonable
doubt that they will be forced e
face the issue squarely this fall, in
their campaign 20 retain control oil
the House of representatives.
The conditions which prevail
throughout the country with refer
ence to the subject are momentous
In their seriousness, and they do not
permit any class OF citizens to escape
their whitening touch.
They are Of sufficient moment to
arouse interest and indignation every
where and to call for adverse criti-
C SIN through the press, from the pull
pit and in the blighted homes OF
men. In fixing the responsibility for
these deplorable conditions, the Dem
ocraiic party, many Republican
leaders of national prominence, and
hundreds of the ablest writers on
public questions trace 1t directly to
Republican tariff legislation. Moth
ing save the most conscientious be-
lief on the part Of Senators Bevei-
idge, Cummins and Dolliver-all
Republicans-that the Payne AL
drich bill was passed largely in the
interest OF protected and privileged
classes, could have induced them to
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1910-06-03
ShIidrOn Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
Q q 8 ITO RIA
Dead Dog Stops Train.

The passengers on train number IL
on the ClInch Valley received big
scare Monday afternoon near Cedar
Bluff, when the air brakes were sud-
denly thrown and the train came to
"A standstill. Passengers jumped
from every car To see what was
wrong and on investigation IL WAS
found that IA shepherd dog which
had been run over had been thrown
in such a way that the angle cock on
the air hose was closed and this
brought the train TO sudden stop.
Graham Banner.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1910-06-03

1t is estimated that I'm 1905 the
cost of living was nearly II pei cent
higher than it would have been
without tariff. Hence, calculating
that the average family consumed
S94l worth OF supplies per annum,
its increased Payment on account OF
the tariff WAS Sill. or this Sill
SIG. 90 went TO the government in
collections, and S94. so, went TO the
trusts i'm high prices. or this $94. 80,
1926 was on woolens, more than
ST. ON other clothing, 1925 on fur
nitrue, 81. 20 OH beef aud mutton and
pork SlO.25 on building matrials and
so on.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1910-06-03
A Package of Medicine Free

Every subscriber to this paper who
VIII write TO the address below will re
ctive, free of expense. IA package con-
tanning small boxes OF all the follow
Ing well known medicines; Lanes Tea
Tor the bowels, kidnets forthe kidneys
Lanes Pleasant Quinine Tablets for
colds and grip, and Sherman's Head
ache Remedy. Address Orator +.
Woodward, lie Roy. N. Y.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1910-06-03
VITAL NEWS OF
WASHINGTON CITY

1t Is the ultimate consumer who
pays the battleship bills, who MAIN
tanis an ever increasing army o.
ofiiceholders in Washington, aud
who meets the one hundred and one
extravagances of the government. He
does it by paying excessive prices for
the things he buys.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1910-06-03

Wealth escapes bearing its just
share OF the burden OF taxation be-
cause OF the absence OF federal in
come or inheritance tax, such as
were long ago adopted by Great
Britain, Germany, France, Japan,
Holland, Australia, Denmark. Swift
erland, Austria and New Zealand.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1910-06-03

eve all know that Taft will be
renominated. That is Inevitable, 1"
says the Post, which in the national
capitol is considered by many to he
an administration mouthpiece.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1910-06-03

Here is a little table which speaks
for itself 1t compares the expendi-
tures on the army and navy in a
period OF peace with amounts ex-
pended for features of civil establish
ment
Expended since 1897
For ruaral free delivery, S173, 700, 31a
For rivers and harbors, 296, 075, I9l
For public buildings and
grounds, 1928, 172, 4OI
For the navy, 1,126, 2IO, IS;
For the army, 1,O44, lOl, IsS
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1910-06-03
Fauquier and LOudon
Ounty Blue Grass Farm <

One valued at 5000 Two
valued at $4,000 each. -Four
valued at $4,000 each. Six
priced at $40, 900 each.
Full description upon applica-
ton.
ii. w. HILLEARY & CO.,
rs Charlottesville, Va.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1910-06-03

In 1910 the cost of living being Is
per cent higher than in 1908, the av-
eIaee family pays Sl0S0 OF which 10
per cent or SOS, is tribute to the
trusts and other protected industries.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1910-06-03

Men who take their business trou-
bles home with them usually take
their good nature to the office and
leave Ii there.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-29
KIDNAPPED AND LOCKED IN
What Happened to Coy Maiden who
Gave EvasIVe
Answer.

She was calling on him. There was no
violation of the properties, however, as she
was years old and he wis 5. They
played and played and played, cut in the
sunshiney yard, while the chickens went
clucking about and the little buds came
popping out on the undresSed-looklng trees.
and there wasn't a cloud in all the big.
blue sky Everything went happily until
George Henry! George Henry! Come
in the house and put on some clean
clothes!"
Out in the yard, Rompers addressed lit
tie Miss Blue Pinafore solemnly:
"Will you wait till 1 come back?"
Miss Pnafore was dubious. IL do
know" she replied.
Rompers pondered deeply; there We're a
few moments of activity, punctuated by
lively remonstrance. Then Rompers
marched dutfully upstairs to don his white
ducks.
But from below came squeals Of a most
piercing and rebellious voice. squeals that
ruso to an unbelievable pitch. but did not
advance or retreat; squeals that stayed
right in the same place, agonizlngIy.
George Henry" mother said accus-
ingly, George Henry, what have you beer
doing?"
said. she wouldn't stay-wouldn't stay
till l got on my clean clothes, SO IL
locked her up In the chicken coop It'll
| could get back down there again"
And he had.-Kansas City Star.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-29
How to Sell an
Insurance Policy
Solicitor is Absolutely Necessary I'm
der Present Conditions Of
the Business.

Good advertising for insurance COM
panies lies in good solicitors" says G. w
Noble OF the New England Mutual Life
Insurance company. "Of course. there is
such a thing as too rigid a degree of
parsimony in general publicity. but for
tho most part the solicitor is the adver-
Using medium Of the insurance company
Insurance is a hand to hand business
To sell II the company must show its re-
sponsbility and solvency; its salesman
must meet the consumer personally and
convince him. Newspaper and periodical
advertising may be used to attract the
publc's attention, but more must be done
to sell insurance. In the case of automo-
bile selling, the producer can exhibit his
wares. lend it's product out for trial and
otherwise put the product on the stand
for actual appraisement. With insurance
this is largely impossible Testimonials
from those who know, the approval Of
financial authorities or a convincing argu-
ment from the solicitor are strictly the
only means of setting forth insurance re-
liability. A prospective purchaser can
have no chance to give an insurance policy
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-29
Mrs. Manchester
Hurrahs for the
Business Woman
Bright Light in Insurance World is
Not, However, in Favor Of Civ
ing Women Ballot.

II do not believe in woman suffrage,
said Mrs Emma b. Manchester, the SUI
preme guardian, or national president or
the Woodman Circle Mrs. Manchester Is
living example OF what a woman can do in
business and she has helped greatly to
make the Woodmen Circle the powerful in
surance order that it is today.
once when l expressed my opinion upon
woman suffrage said Mrs. Manchester,
II was Missed for saying that did not be-
leve that women should go to the polls
and vote, but l took it good naturally, as
such things did not tend to make me
change my opinion. do believe that women
can engage in business. perform their
womanly duties. be a good mother and pro-
vide for their families and still be in a
business which will not cause men to think
any less of them. A business woman need
not be any the less a woman because she
occupies a position such as l occupy.
Il feel that the success of the Woodmen
Circle has demontrated clearly to the world
that women can succeed in business. We
now have a membership of $1,000 whereas
eleven years ago there were only 5000 mem
bcrs. We have an emergency fund of
81, 10000 on hand and this doesn't look like
very poor business judgment. All Of the
tically all Of my assistants in the general
office are women.
The only men who are allowed to join
the Woodmen circle are members of the
Woodmen of the World in good standing
and in this way we are, as 1t were, an
auxiliary to that society, but the manage
ment is entirely distinct and separate
Our order does more than most fraterna
societies do. For example, to all who carry
$500 or more insurance we pay an additiona
fund of 500 for a monument. and in case:
where the members are men, who get g
similar fund from the Woodmen Of the
World, we pay the same amount, only cal
| 1t funeral fund.
"Since our organization in 1885, we have
! paid out 81, 1856 and have bought LII
monuments. l say this in order to SHOW
that the order has had its share of deaths
and has not been particularly fortunate IL
this regard. We have no social member
in the order. and everyone who belongs t,
| the Woodmen circle carries insurance will
the company. This is another thing whicl
may show that women can manage bust
ness as well as men. for men frequent!
require social members to swell the list
of their fraternal societies."
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-29

trials he must either sign It in final
agreement or reject it without undertake
ing a relationship with the insurance com
pany.
Good advertising for the business Of in
surance selling, then, since It requires an
educational campaign, rests finally upon
the personal efforts Of the salesman. In
surance Is not like the commodities OF
hams. shoes or automobiles. Display ads
do not complete the work Of pushing IT,
Insurance IS like the services Of lawyers
or doctors. The individual merits OF a
company is obscured behind the funda-
mental fitness OF the company. The hams,
shoes and automobiles may be pictured
infinitely In alluring cuts and colors, show
ing every essential feature. Insurance and
the ability Of a lawyer or doctor may be
known only from those who have tried
them. The display ads are merely the
opening wedges"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-29

have delighted to put into their verses.
And what Is moro, many OF them have
portrayed their charming pictures OF the
country and OF country life while living In
dcnscly populated cities. and not infre-
quently In an upper tenement from the
windows Of which perhaps not a square
foot OF green sod was visible. God made
the country and man made the town" Cow
per tells u.s. and nearly all the members OF
the fine company OF poets have sung in a
similar strain. Yet, Notwithstanding all
the good things that have been said Of
the country, to the disparagemcnt of the
city, the latter is not without its champions
and its admirers. There is lure that,
apparently, many cannot resist. In an in
creasng ratio do the cities of this and
other countries outgrow, in population,
the country districts surrounding them
In Massachusetts, the percentage Of people
living in cities and large towns increased
from $50 per cent in 1880 to $50 per cent
in 1900, and it is believed that forthcom-
ing census will show an increase of 30
per cent. 1t is predicted that IL the present
census classes the unincorporated villages
as towns II will show that between 60 and
S. per cent of the nations total population
living in cities and towns. There must be
a reason for all OF this This trend from
the country 20 the city is not confined to
any one people or race, but applies to all
people in all countries. 1t is quite OBJ
vious that IL the effects Of the congestion
OF population in cities are to be overcome.
there must be special inducement offered
to get people to reside in the country. Left
to their own choice in the matter it is seen
that they naturally drift toward the cities
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-29
A YOUTHFUL "JIM BLUDSoE"
Like the Hero of the Prairie Belle,
Fowler Post Met His Fate
Unflinchingly.

Those who have time to mourn will find
incentive to sorrow in the fate of Fowler
Post, aged is, third clerk on the steamer
City Of Saltillo. The City of Saltlllo struck
rock in the Mississippi river twenty
four miles from st. Louis and went to
the bottom. Young Post persisted while
endeavoring to rave the lives OF the pas
sengers
When it was apparent that the boat was
sinking the stage plank was lowered and
the officers urged the passengers to make
their way to the shore. The river was
high and there v as a thick growth of
timber on the banks. 1t was dark and
the steamer was listing rapidly. Fire had
broken out in the rear and crew and pas
sengers were panic stricken There was no
adequate landing place for the big swing
ing platform. 1t was tilted at dangerous
angle, but number of the passengers at
tempted to make their way over it to
safety, Young Post was assisting the wo-
men and children. The stage plank struck
a tree and tipped sidewise and a dozen
persons were drowned, among them the
youthful third clerk.
Despite his youth the boy had been en-
ployed on steamboats, for number of
years. On the maternal side he came OF
a family OF steamboat men which has beer
! identified with river navigation for hall
century. His progenitors had lived or
the river and some Of them had died or
the river. The influence OF heredity was
paramount and was early manifested. H,
heard the call of the river" and answered
Il as hopefully and as fearessly as Dc
those who go down to the sea in ships.
louisville Courier-Journal
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-29
BacheIor'a RefIectIona,

Heaven seems so much farther auav
from home than the other place
The foolisher girl Is when she is en-
gagged 10 man the more she can make
him show IL all.
A mans idea OF being patriotic is 70 act
as II he deserved lot OF credit for George
Washington.
There seems 10 he a lot more satisfaction
in winning a dollar on a horse race than
In earning a hundred
What "a woman likes about having a man
make love TO her Is us even more exciting
than II he meant iL-New York presA
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-29

Bushrod Bibblns says the last time he was
down to New York he see a mounted po-
liceman and. Hank Purdy says that's what
they all ought to be-stuffed and mounted.
clothes men on Fifth Avenue, but no plain
clothes women.
Hard times have struck Hiram Sphinx
and he says IL he should run his meal
ticket through a pianola now. II would play
a dang lively tune.
The dogs of war are loose in Peru, and
we SHAH probably soon hear the Peruvian
bark that Is so famous.
"A Chicago woman won a prize of 500 for
cookin' a meatless meal and can now afford
to cook one with meat