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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1910-01-21
Napoleon's Grit

was OF the unconquerable, never-say
die kind. the kind that you need most
when you have a bad cold, cough or
lung disease. Suppose troches, cough
syrups. cod liver oil or doctors have
all failed, don't lose heart or hope.
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any throat or lug trouble. 1t has saw
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masters stubborn colds, obotinrte
coughs, hemorrhagea, la grippe, Group
asthma, hay fever and whooping
cough and is the mosl safe and GER
tain remedy for all bronchial affections
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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1910-01-21
Clergy Wont Help the W. c. r.u.

Al Norfolk the committee an
pointed at the Methodist Preachers
Conference Monday, January 8, tn
consider the proposition presented
by committee from the Norfolk
w. 4. L. U. asking the conference
10 endorse plan for change In the
constitution preventing the sale and
manufacture of Intoxicating liquors
in the State of Virginia presented
The following as their report which
was unanimously adopted:
Your committee, appointed too
conisder a paper brought before this
body at its last meeting by menu
oers of the Womans Christian Tenn
perance Union, asking our endorse
Inent of plar looking to change
I'm our State Constitution on the
subject OF the manufacture and sale
OF Intoxicating liquors, beg leave
to report the following for your
adoption:
Resolved. That while we are
in hearty sympathy with any and
tall lawful efforts 10 secure the sup
preston OF the liquor traffic, and
while we highly appreciate the
good work that the w. G.. T. L..
has donca nd is now doing in this
direction, we beg leave To call the
attention OF These ladies tn the fact
that petition, asking the legisla-
ture OF our State TO give TO our citi.
zens the right to call an election the
subject of State wide Prohibition is
n ready being circulated for sigma
lures, and, on this account, we think
that IL would not be wise To enter
upon an independent movement, such
ms is contemplated i'm the paper un.
der discussion, since this would di-
vide our forces and SO weaken our
cause.
Resolved, second, That i'm view
OF the facts above mentioned, we
urge the members of the VIC. Il. IT,.
That, instead OF publishing at this
time the plan outlined i'm their pa.
| per, they aid ms far as they can tn,
effort To secure sigatures to>the petit
ton already In circulation.
| w. w. Lear,
j. IL Amiss,
Committee.
The conference decided TO circulate
the petition among their different
congregations for signatures request.
ing the Legislature To call n special
election giving the voters the right
10 vote on Statewide prohibition.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1910-01-21

How delicious were the pies Of boy
hood. No pies now ever taste so good
what's coangeu2 the pies? Ms. Its you
You've 81 the strong, healhy stom-
ach, the Vigorous liver; the active kid
neys. the regular bowels of boyhood.
Your digestion is poor and you blame
the foad. What's needed? A csmplete
toning mp by Electric bitteIs OF all or
Rans OF Observation-Disclosures, Liver,
kidneys. Bowels-Thry them. Tse1l
restore your boy hood appetite add APP
probation of food and fairly saturate
your body with new health. strength
ANU Nigor. 5Oc at John f.. Jackson
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1910-01-21
A Prayer For Jimmie

Dear Lord, excuse Jim Banks and
me
For hitting Aunty Griggs when
we
Threw snow balls at the cat, because
We did not know where Aunty was
Jim Banks and me are sorry, Lord
For drawing Teacher on the boaId,
And after what we got, we do
Not need more punishment from
you.
Excuse Jim Banks especially,
Because his mothers dead and he
Just heard of you the other day
And is too bashful yet to pray
But you would like him il you
knew,
Jim Banks as well as we all do.
And If you have some clothes TO
spare,
Remember him, for he's quite bare
He says old shoes will help him
some,
And some worn pants; and he will
come
Most any night, but where he stays
He earns his keep by working days.
And IL there is an angel there
Who might like him and you can
spare,
Would you mind telling this to him
And see what he can do for Jim ?
And Jimmy's hat is straw and old,
You know the weather's pretty cold
And Jimmy's ears stick out into
The weather, and his nose gets blue
Dear Lord, please do the very best
You can for him! I've. got a vest
And sweater on the cIo3et shelf
That / am going 10 give, myself
And, beg your pardon, Lord and
pray
My soul to keep; and Jimmy may
BE President some day, and ther
Well al be proud of him. Amen
Saturday Evening Post
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1910-01-21
ShiIdrop Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
Q a 8 O RIA

(Baltimore Sun.
When little child lies in your arms
at night,
What do you care for care?
When her little lips sing i'm the
evenlight,
And her little arms clasp YOU
there;
When little child lies In your arms
mt rest,
And the sun goes down I'm the pur-
pIing west,
What do you care for the toll and
steam,
When little child lies in your
arms 10 dream?
When little child stands nt the
door and sings
What do you caie for care?
When unto your arms in the dusk
she springs,
And away TO the rocking chair
When n little child tells of the day 4
events
It's laughter and Tilt and It's sacra.
mcuts
What do you care for the pain and
the ache,
When little child loves you for
Loves sweet sake?
When littlee child slumbers In
sleeps sweet fold,
What do you care for care?
L..
fold
And smoothing her silken hair
When little child drifts meath thc
lullaby
To the dreamland sweet OF the
dreamland sky,
What do you care for the struggle
and strife,
With love ut the end of il sweeteI
than life?
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1910-01-21
BE CONVINCED
Who are paying best prices
for FURS this year.

Get the worth of your furs. l
will pay better prices than any
dealer in furs in this section. AS
you well know, l have had more
experience in buying furs than
any other buyer in this vicinity,
consequently ! am in better po-
sition than any one else to give
you the most money for your
furs, and at the same time give
you the most liberal grades. /
invite competition with the dealer
to whom you have been selling,
and will meet him at any time
and any place and compare pric-
es. If you want the most money
for your furs, call on me.
w. NJ. Vandyke,
TAZEWELL, VA.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1910-01-21
APPOINT CORN
DEMONSTRATOR

Mr.. L. .. Sandy, OF BurkevilIe.
has been appointed by the AgricuI-
tural Department at Washington MS
for ten Virginia coun-
ties In the organization of Virginia
Boys Corn Clubs" and the organi-
cation has already been perfected i'm
many of the counties designated.
The movement is regarded as one of
the most Important that has ever
been inaugurated among the farmers
OF Virginia, and IL is expected that
during tie present year the fact will
ne fully demonstrated that Corn Is
King i'm Virginia."
The movement contemplated the
Organization of clubs of twenty We
boys, their ages ranging from ten to
sixteen years. They are TO plant and
cultivate one acre in corn during
The coming year, the purpose being
to interest the boys in the proper
methods OF planting, cultivation and
harvesting of com.
The counties included i'm Mr.. San
dy's district are Roanoke, Bedford,
franklin, Campbell, Halifax Apo
mattox, Prince Edward, Amelia,
Nottwonay, Chesterfield and DIM
widdie. The work Of organization
has so far progressed that the off,
Gals, merchants and business men
OF many of the counties have offered
prizes aggregating from one hundred
TO five hunrded dollars in value.
Halifax county comes to the front
with more than $500 in valuable
prizes, including horses, buggies,
wagons, trips TO the State Fair with
expenses paid and other valuable
considerations. These too go 20 the
successful contestants.
Mr.. +. III. LaBaume, agricultural
and Industrial Agent of the Norfolk
and Western has furnished thou
sand handsome button badges with
IN. and w. Ry" in red and sur
rounded with blue letters with he
inscription Virginia Boys Corn
Club 1910. 1t is now estimated
that ut least one thousand Virginia
boys will be enlisted I'm the move
ment. Mr.. LaBaume hopes to be
| able 10 announce ina short time
some further encouragement TO the
lads in the way of prizes for sue
ceessful contestants; beside, he has
agreed personally 10 award n silver
loving cup, handsomely and proper
ly inscribed 10 the successful contest
ant taking first prize.
Governor-elect Mann will also is
sue certificates of award TO the sue
cessful contestants in each county,
and he has also offered cash prize
OF $50 to the boy earning the high
est awards in the way OF premiums
in the State.
The offer of a number OF counties
last year TO furnish trips TO the State
Fair has had tendency TO increase
the interest in corn growing, and il
Is now understood that some provis.
ion will be made 10 give TO one con-
testant In each county round tiip
to Richmond with all expenses paid
10 visit the State Fair next fail.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1910-01-21

THAT is PROFITABLE. Other peo.
pie will realize that you are living
In live town and move in.
We are doing what we can to put
up front for our town. Lend a
hand, or, better still, let us help you
do il.
The right kind of stationery will
help your business front and the
front of the town.
DON'T BE AN 'ALS0 RAM in
your business. Don't let your town
be classed "among those men,
toned" When a new business or
the opening of new factory is I'M
der discussion get up to the front.
Arranging and repairing business
fronts is our speciality.
HOW is YOUR FR0NT2
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1910-01-21
Young Men
Learn TeIegraphY
Take Advantage of Our Great
Special Offer.

Special Offer.
Life scholarship in Telegraphy,
Tvpewriting and Railroad Agen-
cy reduced to S45 and $3.50 of
students railroad fare paid. Boys
this is your opportunity to learn
a first-class trade that pays good
salary every month in the year
Excellent board at low rates.
Newman has delightful climate I;
5000 inhabitants, moral sur
roundings. Students qualify in
4 to 6 months. Our graduates
positively guaranteed positions
paying S45 to Sos per month to
start on. Easy and pleasant en-
ployment, rapid promotion. Di-
plomas awarded. Great demand
for telegraph operators. Write
today for our free, 64-page illus
trated catalogue, which gives
full particulars.
Sou he. nSc ooloi TIE egrap,ay
Box 272 Newman, Ga.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1910-01-21
Children Cry
FOR ELETCHER'S
- a 9 TO RIA

Opportunity knocks at the door
every day. The trouble is that IL
is seldom heard above the knock
ing'' that is going on inside.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1910-01-21
Town Booming
Helps
W.-How Is Your Front =?

~ - = - - - oAA& =
A frontless man
Is an "also ram"
But the man with the front,
He gets there!
The author of this poem is un-
known.
He wasn't strong on versifcation,
but he was long on horse sense. He
knew that the winners in life are
THE ONES THAT PUT UP THE
BEST FRONT.
It's just the same with a. town.
1T MUST HAVE A FRONT. Every
body living in it or doing business
in it should boost at all times and
in every place.
One of the best ways to boost is
to boom your own business by
EVERY KIND OF ADVERTISING
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1910-01-21
Essays OF Football

The quarterback Is so called be-
cause IL that much of him gets back
after stiff game, he Is lucky. lie
Is the Chauffeur OF the football team.
IL is his business TO giab the ball
from the center and pass IL 10 the hui
man catastrophes behind him I'm or
der that they may scrunch their way
over their opponents.
The quarterback Is usually small
man. This is because IL Is often
necessary for him To wriggle i'm be-
tween one mans hip aud another
mans elbow i'm order To grab n man
weighing two hundred pounds. and
upend him orr his ear. The quar-
terback is GENERALLY only about half
the size OF the center and Is only
about as tall standing up as the lat
ter is STOPPING over. But what he
lacks In size he makes up i'm energy.
In one minute "A good quarter can
grab the ball, hurl IL into the full
backs gizzard, get I'm behind and
push, sort himself ont from under IA
miscell aneous pile of legs and arms,
wipe the gore out OF his eyes, prop
up the left guard with the bum an
kle and repeat the performance three
times.
The quarterback must be very dur
able and IL Is embarrassing TO the
team TO have him killed in the mid
die OF game when no one else
knows his lines. He must have good
lungs SO that he can yell out signals
TO his men while two of the enemy
are sitting on his face. lie must be
able when playing on the defensive
to attach himself To the ankle of a
snorting Percheron from Minnesota,
and hang TO him until some bigger
man can climb upon his back and
twist his neck lie must also be
able TO run back, nab the ball out
eight pairs of legs for thirty five
yards before anyone sits on his neck.
Good quarterbacks are very scarce,
especially after a few hard games.
all its quarterbacks i'm week. II
there was any way OF making quar-
terbacks out of steel, concrete, india
rubber and cat gut, the supply would
last longer. Quarterbacks are much
admired by girls, but are never pes
tered by insurance agents. In some
ways it pays TO be quarterback,
even II your dentist bills are large
Don't trifie with Kidney and Bladder
trouble. Take DeWitt's Kidney and
bladder Pills as directed and you Will
at once notice satisfactory results. De-
Wits Kidney and Bladder Pills are
antiseptic, healing and soothing. Be
sure to get DeWitt's Kidney and Blad
der Pills when you ask for them. Re-
fuse substitutes and limitations. Look
for the name on the package. Sold by
John e, Jackson.
A lot of Christians confine their
efforts TO asking God to do something
for them.
Some people spend so much time
praying for help that they grow
weak to helplessness.
| Some people think they are doing
all right as long as conscience does
not prickahem.
Ii those good resolutions hav,
lasted even one week you you hav
accomplished something.
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-05
women TO DISCUSS
FOREIGN MISSIONS
Jubilee Meeting OF lnterdenom-
national Workers to Be
Held in Oakland

The first of the jubilee meetings of
the womens interdenominational for
eign missions under the auspices Of the
joint committee of the bay counties or
ganizations will be held in Oakland,
October 13 and IL, in the First Congre-
gational church. Twelfth and Clay
streets.
The parent organization is holding
meetings in all parts of the United
States in cornmemoration of its fiftieth
anniversary, and plans are being made
for great gathering In New York city
in the spring of 1911.
Mrs Helen Barrett Montgomery.
an authority on missionary matters and
the author of Western Women in
Eastern Lands" will lecture at Stiles
hall In Berkeley and before the
women's organizations of Oakland and
Alameda.
Fifty years ago there was only one
woman engaged in the foreign mission
ary field, but last year there were
more than a thousand American women
in the service in foreign lands.
The denominations and representa-
tives arranging for the lectures are.
Mrs L. A. Kelly, Presbyterian, San
Francisco, chairman of executive COM
mittee; Mrs. ". r. Brunk, Christian.
Berkeley, chairman of publicity; Mrs. j.
H. Chown, Presbyterian, San Francisco.
chairman Of finance; Mrs. Hiram Jones,
Congregationalist, Oakland. chairman
of entertainment.
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-05
OIL MARKET QUIET
BUT PRICES ARE FIRM
New Stocks Placed Informally
on San Francisco Change

There has been lull during the last
week in the trading of oil stocks on
the San Francisco and Los Angeles ex-
changes. Prices seem to be firm, how
ever, although 1t is believed that they
have been hammered down on the ac-
tive traders to the low limit
Coalinga National and Maricopa Ma
tional were recently listed informally
on the San Francisco exchange and
have been very active traders both on
the exchange and private sale.
The recent investigation by the stock
holders Of the Maricopa National have
brought out two factions, one of
which is composed of several hundred
small stock holders, and the other fac
tion Is apparently under control of the
insiders. composed of a few men who
hold large blocks of this stock Just
now certain parties are believed to be
bearing the market as 1t is thought
they want to buy up more of this stock
at a low price.
The price jumped last week from %
cents on Monday to closing price on
Saturday of S3 bid and 34 asked, with
sales at "a.
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-05
INDICTMENTS ARE
HARD TO SHAKE
Judge LawlOr Denies Motion of
Detwiler's Attorney to
Set Aside l3

A. K. Detwiler, indicted 13 times at
the beginning of the graft prosecution
for the alleged bribery of supervisors
to vote favorably on the petition of the
Home telephone company for a fran
chise, lost an important point yester-
day when Judge Lawlor denied the mo-
tfon of his attorney, w. w Kaufman,
to set aside the indictments.
The motion was based on two
grounds-first, that Francis ]. Heney
was ineligible to appear before the
grand jury in connection with the cases
because at that time he occupied an
office of profit under the United States
government; and second, that the
names of three witnesses who testified
before the grand jury against Detwiler.
namely, Hugo X. Asher, ]. J. Furey
and Frank Butterworth, were not ap-
pended to the indictments, In deciding
that these objections were not fatal to
the indictments, Judge Lawlor did not
make any comment.
BY stipulation with Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Berry, the ruling was
not made applicable to one of the 13
indictments. Kaufman intimated that
he might have a further objection to
urge to that indictment, and later he
will be given an opportunity to present
the new point. After the denial of his
motion yesterday he filed demurrers to
all the indictments, based on the statu-
tory grounds that public offense is
not stated and that the bills are ur,-
certain. The demurrers were submit
ted without argument and the cases
went over to October Is. In the alb
sence of Big Jim" Gallagher there is
little probability OF Detwiler being
brought to trial.
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-05
TOWN OF TAFT
IS GOING AHEAD
Citizens Talk of Incorporating,
Street Improvements and
Gas for Fuel

Springing into a city over night but
a short while back, the oil town of Taft
in the West Side fields has reached the
stage when its citizens desire incor-
poration. A movement has been started
toward this end by a number of promi-
nent citizens and office holders and it
is thought that before very long Taft
will be a real town
Like most oil towns, Taft was the
outcome of a boom. The day before
the boom there were a few tents and
shacks on waste land; the day after
there was Taft, a town of nearly 5000
inhabitants True, the most preten-
tious dwellings were canvas rooted. In
a few months, however, industry and
the railroad swept away the tents for
more durable structures. Now there is
practically every comfort that one
could wish for.
City Improvement is a thing that is
being looked TO now. Sidewalks are
among the surprises of the near future
and scheme is afoot to pipe gas into
the town for street and house lighting
and cooking purposes.
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-05
OILMEN WATCHING
THE MOTOR Drill
New Electrical Device Is Excit=
ing Much Interest in
the Fields

Oilmen of Coalinga are watching
with interest the experiments that the
Westinghouse electric company is max
ing in the field with its electric drill
ing motor. Several tests of the motor
have already been made by the COM
pany on wells in the Coalinga region.
but plans have been made for a thor
ough demonstra tion of the new drill
ing device on well 33 of the X. 7. and
O. property on section 25-20-14 The
electric company has installed its mo-
tor on the well, which is down 1,400
feet at present, and in which 1t is eX-
pected that the oil sand will be reached
at about 1900 feet
Former experiments with the device
have proved fairly satisfactory and if
1t makes good in this test, which is by
far the hardest that it has been put to,
there will probably be q revolution in
drilling machinery. The device is not
so cumbersome a the usual drilling
machinery and is not so costly.
With the increased demand for oil
well supplies there has been for the
last year a great incentive to inventors
of well appliances. The machinery
used at present is crude and expensive
and there is ample opportunity for i'm
provement
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-05
Vast Reservoirs Rich in Petroleum lIndCTHg Southern Utah
SOUTHERN FIELDS
IMPRESS OFFICIAL
Deputy Minister of Mines OF
Canada Marvels at Cali
fOrnia Industry

r. W. Brock. acting deputy minister
OF mines of Canada. who has been dele
gated to attend the mining congress
as the representative of the dominion
government. completed a tour of the
principal oil fields of this state Monday.
He was highly impressed with the
great industry. He, said:
There is one thing that 1 wish
Canada had-oi1 resources such as ex-
ist here. This is destined to be one
of the greatest sections of territory
on the globe.
Canada Is still in an undeveloped
state, though it is being rapidly opened
up. We have wonderfully rich mining
resources, which I must say were first
prospectors. Americans have done
much toward awakening Canada to her
riches.
Our problems in the dominion in
regard to mines and mining closely
follow those of America, and hope
to go home with information which
may aid in the solution of these
questions.
THE problem of conservation has
not troubled us greatly inasmuch as
the greater part of Canada's land still
belongs to the government Some of
the provinces lease mining claims only
for term of years. This is true of
Nova Scotia. Public opinion in Canada
strongly favors the conservation of
natural resources.
From what I have seen of this
southern land from the train windows
can not help but be impressed by its
wonderful agricultural richness"