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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1910-12-23
Help to Make q Little Christmas
Cheer at The County Farm

On Monday afternoon there will be
Christmas tree at the County Farm,
which should be we'll filled with gifts
for the poor. A program of music
will be given by a choir from town.
Any one who wants to help make the
day one of brightness and where for
the really unfortunate citizens of our
county, can leave contributions with
the committee in charge. Clothing,
and food are wanted. as well as toys
and books for the children.
MRS. w. G.. HARRISON,
MISS ELLIE BOWEN,
MR.. LAPSLEY CARSON,
Committee
This committee will also have
charge of a hamper of eatables,
which will be taken to the county
Jail, and any who wish to contribute
any thing for the inmates of the Jail
can leave such articles with the COM
mittee.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1910-12-23
Steelsburg

Steelsburg, Dec. 23.-Mrs. X. b.
Steele was shopping in Tazewell on
Tuesady.
Mrs. w. r. Blankenship, who has
been visiting her father and sister
at Coebrun, returned on Monday.
Arrived at the home of o. M. Fer
rill the 18th, another boy.
Messrs. Robert and Grover White
were visitors in the burg Saturday af-
ternoon.
r. b. Steele spent the first part OF
the week in Bluefield having dental
work done.
Messrs. John Witt and Edgar
Steele, of Paint Lick, were in oui
midst Sunday.
Miss Lucille Williams, teacher here,
and her sister, Miss Grace, who is
teaching in Pounding Mill, will leave
Friday for their home in Giles coun'
ty, where they will spend the holi-
days. They will be accompanied by
Miss Eta Witten.
Mrs. Will Lester and mother, Mrs
l.. d. Ball, were shopping in Rich
lands Saturday.
Mr.. Alex Witt passed through tn,
Burg Sunday as usual, enroute to Mr.
Elswick IS. There must be attrac
tions, when a fellow eats a clot
snack rather than wait for warn
dinner.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1910-12-23
Miss McCalIs Recital

Miss Tot McCall's Music Glass,
which she has conducted successfully
the past session, gave a musical re-
cital in the tent on Tuesday after
noon. The entertainment was pro-
nouced very fine by those who attend
ed: The following program was rem
dered:
L Little Prelude ........L Low
KATE HARMAN, Miss MCCALL
2 The Robin. ...............D De Reef
WILLIE PEERY
3 Spinning Song. .. Ellmereich
MARY MOORE
t IN May: ay:.......'''. 49,. Behr
Polka Mignonne. ... =. Marcus
LOUISE KEIsTER
5 Dream of the Shepherd 49,. Helms
CLARICE SIMoNEs
6 Waltz ..... ..... Schneider
MARY BEAVERS, KATE HALL
z The Dancing Lesson. e. .Fredericks
OAlLlE MUNSEN
g Swing Song 80. ....... Kern
OLLIE KATE BRITAIN
8 The Brooklet .. ..... Ryder
EUNICE JOHNSON
10 Village King. .........H II ems
Mamie ROSE WHITLEY, MAY REYNOLDS
IL La Preciense. ..... -. Lack
EVELYN MCCALL
II Intermezzo. o.........St Stanley
ANITA GILLESPIE
13 Ariel, ScheTzo Valse. Kern
Cora BRITTS
IA Morris Dance. Athertou
ANITA GILLESPIE, BARBARA Hurt
10 Moment de Caprice. -. Lack
MARGUERITE BRITAIN
16 Valse Napolitaine :. -. kinguet
MAY REYNOLDS
IL Iarantelle. e..............H Heller
BARBARA HURT
Is Vase Ele2ante
MARY MCCALL, ELLEN DALEY
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1910-12-23
SecessiOns Anniversary Day

Tuesday was the fiftieth anniversa-
ry of the adoption of the ordinance of
secession by the South Carolina con-
vention.
That convention, consisting of the
same number of delegates as there
were members of the Legislature,
was elected To take action withdraw
ing the Palmtto State from the I'm
ion. OF the nearly $50 men who
composed it. only one. Col. Robert
A. Thompson of Walhalla, S. c., is
alive today.
Many persons have supposed that
the convention was composed of
youthful hotheads. 1t was not. Col.
Thompson says he never sat i'm a
meeting of men where there were so
many gray heads. He was past thirty
and next TO the youngest member
The news of the action of South Car
olna was received quietly i'm Con-
gress. which heard of il i'm fifteen
minutes. The outcome no man clearly
saw. That outcome was the civil war,
which cost hundreds of thousands of
lives and thousands of millions of
dollars. In pensions il is still costing
the country more than hundred and
fifty million dollars year.
Such a war might be supposed to
leave behind wounds that even time
could not heal, but time has wonder
ful curative qualities. All the war
disabilities have been removed. Today
"a Confederate soldier is the Chief
Justice of the United States Thu
statue of the great chieftain of the
Southern armies, wearing the uniform
of the Confederacy stands in the Cap
itol of the United States. IL may be
that the next President of the United
States will be man born south of
Masonand DiNon's line. The house
that was divided againts itself is no
longer divided
This day marks the beginning Of
a long series of semicentcntials. They
will revive no animositics, create no
i'll feeling. The Republic is lone and
inseparable. The World
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1910-12-23
Two Brothers Killed

Emmett and Lafayette Easterlings
were instantly killed and Urban Nash
dangerously wounded in a pistol fight
near Tacoma on last Saturday. II is
stated that the Easterlings had made
improper remarks TO the sister of
Nash, and that they met in the road
and opened fire.
Nash was shot by one of the East
erlings, and he immediatly drew his
gun and shot the two brothers dead.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1910-12-23

The meetings of the various com
mittees appointed by the road meet
ing here recently, will be held on the
following dates:
Maiden Spring District-January
End, 1911, at 10 80 a. m. at Pound
ing Mill.
Clear Fork District-At Tip Top,
January 3rd, at IL a. m.
Jeffersonville District-At Taze-
well, January 4th at ten a. M. and
the general meeting of the entire
county will be held in the Court
House on January 9TH at 80 p. m.
1t is hoped that everybody in the
county interested in roads will be
present.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1910-12-23
Will Revise List Jan. 1st

Our subscription list will be re-
vised before the next issue of the pa
per. New names will be properly en-
tered, addresses changed, and a num-
ber of names dropped from the list
entirely. We cannot carry names on
our list unless the subscriber pays, or
promises to pay, occasionally, anyway.
Before the year is up you should pay
up.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1910-12-23

be held at near date, and take part
in the discussions. Let there be an
honest expression of views on both
sides and if there are any real OBJ
jections to bond issue let them be
brought up so that no serious mistake
be made. Only let everybody give
an honest sincere opinion and then
cheerfully concede to the majority
the right to decide. Let both those
who are for and those who are op-
posed to the bond issue attend the
meeting. This is Mr.. Moss sincere
request.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1910-12-23
A Toast

A health to the girl that can dance
like a dream,
And the girl that can pound the
piano;
A health to the girl that writes verse
by the ream,
Or toys with high C in suprano,
To the girl that can talk, and the
girl that does not;
To the saint and the sweet little
sinner
But here's to the cleverst girl of the
lot,
The girl that can cook a good dinner.
William Cary Duncan.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1910-12-23
Is There A Santa Claus?

Several years ago the editor of the
New York Sun received letter from
little girl asking him if there is
Santa Claus. His answer at once
became n Christmas classic. and
thousands of requests are made each
year for its reproduction, which fol-
lows:
We take pleasure in answering
at once and thus prominently the COM
municat on below, expressing at the
same time our qualification that it's
faithful author is numbered among
the friends of the Sun:
Dear Editor: am eight years
old. Some of my little friends say
there is no Santa Claus. Papa says if
you see it in the Sun it's SO. Please
tell me the truth; is there a Santa
Claus?
Virginia O'Hanlan.
ll5 West Ninety Street.
Virginia, your little friends are
wrong. They have been effected by
the skepticism OF skeptical age.
They do not believe except they see.
They think that nothing can be which
is not comprehensive 10y their little
minds. All minds. Virginia, whether
they be mems or childrens, are little.
In this great universe of ours man is
a mere insect, an ant in his intellect
as compared with the bou dless world
about him, as measured by the intel
ligence capable of graspi the whole
of truth and knowledge.
''Yes, Virginia, there is Santa
Clause. He exists rs certain as life
and generosity and devotion exist,
and you know that they abound and
give to your life its highest beauty
and joy. Alas how dreary would be
the world if there were no Santa
Claus. 1t would be as dreary rs if
there were no Virginia. There would
be no childlike faith thereby no
poetry, no proverbs TO make tolerable
this existence. We should have no
enjoyment except in sense and sight
and the paternal light with which
childhood faith in the world would
be eXtinguished.
mot believe i'm Santa Clausl You
might as well not believe in Sfairies.
You might get your papa To hire men
to watch all the chimneys on Christ
mas Eve to catch Santa Claus, but
even if they did not see Santa Claus
coming down, what would that prove
Nobody sees Sa Ia Claus, but that is
no sign there is no Santa Claus. The
most real things in the world are
those that neither children nor men
can see. Did you ever see fairies
dancing on the lawn? OF cours not.
But that's no proof they are not
there. Nobody can conceive or imag-
inc all the wonders there are un-
seen and unseeable in the world.
"You may tear apart the baby )
rattle and see what makes the noise
inside, but there is a veil covering
the unseen world which not the
strongest man, nor even the united
strength of all the strongest men
that ever lived, could tear apart.
Only faith, fancy, poetry, love,
romance, can push aside that curtain
and view and picture the supernaI
beauty and glory beyond. Is it all
real? All, Virginia, in all this
world there is nothing else more real
and abiding.
''No Santa Claus? Thank God, hc
lives and he lives forever. A thou
sand years from now, Virginia; nay,
ten times ten thousand years from
now he will continue to make GLAD
tho baart Of childhood
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1910-12-23

Mhe quicker n cold is gotten rid OF
the less the danger from pneumonia
and other serious diseases. Mr.. B. w.
l.. Hall, OF Waverly, Va, says;"I firm
ly believe Chamberlains Cough Rene
dy 10 be absolutely the best prepara-
ton on the markets for colds. | have
recommended it to my friends and
they all agree with me-" For sale by
all dealers.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1910-12-23
Ask Them About 1t

For many years physicians and
nurses nave considered Kemp's BAL
sam the best caugh cure. Every drug.
gist and dealer In medicine sells and
recommends Ke.np's Balsam- Ask the
doctor, the nurse, the druggist about
it. 1t 10 for coughs, irritation OF the
throat, byoncbitis, asthma and al
throat and lung troubles. The price il
25c and 50c a bottle.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1910-12-23

IN that town ~ zz~It has been
two years now since the last local on
tion election was held, in which the
'drys' won out by SAFE majority,
but lost on technicality. The cleo
tion, it will be recalled, was held
within few days of another electious
and hence held to be in violation AZ
the federal laws. NE
Our informant states that's fhe1
dry ticket will lac succcssfal thik
time 10y larger majority than be-
fore. A number of workers on the
wet side in the last election. have
dropped out. and there seems. ac-
cording To reports. growing public
sentiment against the open saloons
in that town. not because of any fault
10 be found with the men who are
selling liquor. particularly. but
against the traffic as such. Perhaps
thc business rs under good control.
and handled as quietly and as near
according 10 the letter OF the law.
say they, as IN amy town m the
State. IL is the traffic as such-the
open, licensed. attractive saloon that
is objected TO. and which "a number Of
the citizens are determined shall 20.
A number of good men have expressed
themselves, that while they are op-
posed Co the sale of liquor, would not
vote for the abolition of the saloon in
Pocahontas SO long as Blueiield, right
at the door. is allowed license. and in
this argument there is strong show of
Z reason. But. they say. when il goes
from Pocahontas il will then next 90
frrom Blueiield. Pity il is, that the
country is all torn up by these cleo
tions so often-the time ought TO be
four years intsead of two. Perhaps
statewide prohibition is the only way
of riddmg the state, once for all, of
the trouble.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1910-12-23

Every family has neud Of a good, re-
liable liniment. For Sprains. bruises,
soreness or the muscles and rheumat-
ic pains there is none better than
Chamberlains. Sold by all dealers
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1910-12-23
BETTER THAN A CURE.

1t is well to cure q cold, but better
to prevent it. AS soon as you feel a
cold coming on, take one or two
Lanes Pleasant Quinine Tablets. "
You will not have cold and the tab
lets will leave you feeling better than
ever. They cure grip in few hours.
25c. box at druggists and dealers.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1910-12-23

He who weighs his responsibilities
can bear them. Martial.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1910-12-23

A fool and her money are soon
married.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1910-12-23

Mr.. Moss earnestly requests that
If there be those who are opposed to
the contemplated bond issue, they
will attend the meeting, which is to
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1910-12-23
A Visit From St. Nicholas.

Twas Christmas. through house
Not a stirring, not a mouse,
The stockings hung by the chimney with
In hopes that st. Nicholas would be there
The children nestled all snug their beds,
While visions of plums danced in their heads
And in her kechief, md n my cap.
Had just settled brains for a long winters nap,
When out on the lawn there arose such clatter
sprang from bed o what the matter
Away to the window l flew like flash,
Tore the shutters and threw
The the breast of the fallen
Gave uster of midday to the objects below
When, what my wandering eyes should appear
But a miniature sleigh and eight tiny reindeer,
With little old driver lively and quick
knew moment it be old ST. Nick
More rapid than eagles his they came,
And he whied and shouted and called them by
Now Dasher Now Prancer nd Vixenl
On Comet On Cupid! On Blixenl
To the top of the porch, the top of the wall,
Now dash away, away
As dry leaves that before the wild hurricane fly
When they meet with obstacle to sky,
So to the housetop the they few
With sleigh full of toys, and Nicholas, too;
And then, in a twnkling, heard on roof
The prancing and paving of each little hoof
AS l drew in my head and turning
Down the chimney Nicholas in a bound.
He dressed all in from his to his feet
And his clothes all tarnshed with SCOT;
A bundle of toys he had flung his back
And he looked like a peddler just opening his pack.
His eyes, how Trey twnkled His dimples, merryl
His cheeks like roses; his like a cherry;
His droll little mouth drawn up like a bow
And the beard his chin a white
The stump of a he held tight n teeth,
And the smoke it encircled his head like a
He chubby and plump-right jolly old elf
A wink of his and a twist of his
He spoke not a word, but straight to work.
And filled all the stockings; then with jerk,
laying his finger of is nose,
And giving a nod, up the chimney he rose.
He sprang his sleigh, to his gave a whistle,
And away they all flew like the down OF a thistle.
But heard him exclaim they drove out of sight,
''Happy Christmas to all, and to all good night
HEHGEESZNH&SxES EEEEE&N HESgS@
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1910-12-23

Wives, generally speaking, are
generally speaking.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-27
In Menor;ar,

HIS MAJESTY KING EDWARD VII.
Born 1sH: died May 6. 1910.
At midnight came the majesty of death
Kings OF the earth abide this kings de-
Sudden. and kindlier So to seal the breath
And set the spirit free.
And now the peace he held most near his
heart,
That peace to which his country's steps
he led.
So well for US he played his royal mart.
Broods Ger him lying dead.
Thus passes Britain's crown from king to
king.
Yet leaves secure nation deathless
love,
Dearer than empire-yea, a precious thine,
All earthly crowns above
owen Seaman in Punch
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-27
TALENTED MISS HARTMAN.

Executive Ability of Finaneier's Daugh-
ter, Who Will Wed c. c. Rumsey.
Miss Mary Hartman, who is to
marry Charles Cary Rumsey of Buff
falo and New York on Thursday. May
Edward 81. Hartman, the railway
magnate, who died on Sept. 8, 1909.
and is one of six children who will
fall heir to one of the largest fortunes
of the world.
Miss Mary Hartman, who was
made an executor of the immense es-
tate left by her father, showed that
she had inherited a good deal of his
business capability when in the month
following his death she and her moth
er decided that the girl herself had
better take personal charge of the op-
Grafton of the vast estate at Arden
n. 7. She had always been interest
ed In sports and in the natural life Of
outdoor excitement and pleasure which
the American girl, when she has OPP
portunity to do So usually leads. But
now she showed that she possessed a
talent of no mean order for executive
work on a large scale On Oct. %,
1OOO, SuS 1OTtutliy lOOh CHdrSe OF the
Arden farms dairy and assumed the
management of the $4,000 acres of the
Hartman Orange county farms, and
since that time she has actually been
running them herself
Outdoor sports, such as tennis, horse
back riding and automobiling, have al
ways been Of the keenest interest to
Miss Hartman. Since she has been
old enough to go around without a
nurse she has spent days on the roads
and hillsides and in the great forests
of the vast Arden estate
Charles Cary Rumsey is a son of
Laurence D. Rumsey of Buffalo. The
family is wealthy and socially promi-
nent and has lived in Buffalo for a
long time Young Mr.. Rumsey is a lit
tie less than thirty years old and has
shown much promise in modelling and
sculpture work. He studied for time
at Harvard and later spent several
years in Paris at the Beaux Arts. Fol-
lowing his return to the United States
he has continued his work and has had
a number Of groups in exhibitions
which have won praise from critics
He is a splendid horseman, an expert
polo player and has won many prizes
and trophies of his skill at horse
shows.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-27
J. W. Folk Boom For Presidency

At dinner to be given In st. Louis
on June the friends of Joseph w.
Folk win launch his campaign for the
Democratic nomination for the presi-
dency in 1912. The former governor
of Missouri win not ask the Democra-
cy of the country to place him at the
head of the party in the national cam
paign. but his friends in St Louis and
throughout the state win carry on a
fight to that end with his consent.
This campaign will be carried on ire
spective of all efforts that may be
made to get Folk into the race for the
senatorship.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-27
IOWA OPERATOR F0RGER

Glen c. Merritt Raises Check from
So to $500 and Is Caught
San Francisco May 27-Glen c.
Merritt naval wireless operator who
is said to come of a prominent Des
Moines, Iowa, family, is under arrest
at Vallejo charged with raising a gov
eminent pay check from SIS to $500
and passing it in this city. According
to the federal authorities Merritt has
made partial confession. His arrest
has depressed him so, it is said. that
since his Incarceration on the cruiser
West Virginia, he has attempted to
harm himself by banging his head
against the iron bars.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-27
SENATOR THEODORE E. BURTON.
I"NeverIU1

ton paper determined to describe the
gowns of all the senator's wives pres
ent
Mr.. Senator" she said as she &C
costed the Ohio statesman. will you
be kind enough to tell me what sort
of gown Mrs. Burton will wear?"
Taking his eyeglasses from his peck
ct and putting them carefully upon his
nose. the senator fixed the girl with a
glance that nailed her to the mast and
frigidly replied:
Madam. there is no Mrs. Burton,
and. if l have anything to say about
1t there never will be-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-27
NO EVIDENCE OF POISON

Doctor, Testifying for State in Erder
Case Makes Important Admission.
st. Louis, Mo-, May 27.-The state
yesterday began calling its witnesses
in the trial of Mrs. Dora E. Doxey, ac-
cE3ed of poisoning William ]. Erder
Dr. F. A. Freidburg, who attended Erd-
er before his death, admitted there was
nothing in the patients condition to
Indicate he had been poisoned.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-27
KANSAS MINES TO REOPEN
Coal Operators and Workers Reach
Full Agreement.

s
Kansas City, Mo, May 27.-Fif-
teen coal operators and representa-
fives of about 5000 coal miners of
district No. IA, embracing all of Kan
sas except Leavenworth. came to a
working agreement here and at Pitts
burg, Kan, yesterday.
The miners will go to work within
the next week at the scale demanded
at the Cincinnati convention. Ten
thousand miners quit work in dis
trict No. IA Two thousand of them
have left the district.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-27

such that industrial chemists cannot
compete against it with the ones now
employed and that they must event.
ually make arrangements with him.
The physicion also AYERS that ne has
perfected metal compound fer bear
ings and valves exposed TO the con-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-27

son, a negro who murdered Deputy
Sheriff Scott Taylor at Acton mine
Wednesday, was lynched yesterday, &C
cording to reports The negro was
taken from deputy sheriffs. who had
captured him. and strung up by mob.
but his body has not been found, &C
cording to reports.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-27

posed feats of alchemy, made state
ment last night that he is the discov-
erer of an important process for the
making of certain salts of silver at
so low cost that it will revolution
ize many Industries.
He declares that his method is
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-27

am ready to n.y." said Glenn II. Cur
tiss last night. as he helped wheel
his aeroplane into the tent that viii
house IL until he attempts a flight
from Albany to New York
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-27
curtiss Aasin DELAYS Flight.

Albany. n. Y, MAY 27.--"E Eight
hours more work must go into the
assembling of this machine before !
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-27
JUMPS BEFORE A TRAIN

Chicago Woman, Believed Insane,
Takes Life in Spectacular Manner.
Chicago, May clad only in night
robe Mrs. William Stroker, 43 year
old, today committed suicide by throw
ing herself in front of train. The
body was badly mangled. She is be-
lieved to have been temporarily de-
ranged.
Lynch Slayer Of Sheriff.
Montgomery, Ala, May 27.-Jeff Mat
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-27

slant contact of water which is bet
ter than anything now on the mar
ket.