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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1910-08-05


Mrs Dock Altizer and baby and
Miss Lettie Ringstafr visited rela-
tives OF the former at Coaldan last
week. The latter also visited the
Misses Nunley at Doran.
Miss iva Steele. Rex Stelle and
John Gillespie visited the home of
the latter ut Wittens Mills on SatuI-
day and Sunday.
Miss Margaret Hurt is visiting rel
atiNes ut Tazevell.
Mrs. II. X. Gillespie went To Taze-
we'll last week.
Mr.. Frank Alexander, OF 1azeweIl.
assisted 10y Robert Hobnck, same
place, Is repainIiug w b Steele's res
idonce.
MIS- Baldwin still continues very
Ill nj her home.
Misses Georgia and Addle Harris
returned Sunday from Big Stone
Gap " here they attended n normal.
The former has accepted position
in the High School at EsServilIe.
The latter Will also perhaps accept II
position in Wise county.
MI Il J Davis stopped here the
last of the week for his second recent
trip To New York, and left on No g
for his home I'm Cincinnati.
Mrs Jane Nunley and ; grind
daughters went TO Dornn today TO
visit her SON VIM Nunley.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1910-08-05
TIE MARE MOVES.
A Correspondent Has Queer
Dream About Roads That
May Come True.

NJ. Editor; Not long since / had
n queer dream. Whether i'm my
right mind or out OF 1t, / cannot tell
Whether at home or abroad / know
not. Whether asleep or awake il
matters not. AT any rate, it was ON
this wise; was tying TO 40 some
where; 1t matters not where. was
making poor speed. My mare was
stumbling over rocks and falling in
to ruts. She fell and skinned one
knee and sprained the other; she
could not 60. Is seemed like the
road from Jerusalem TO Jericho-a
very dismal Tlace. The thought
struck me that / should he the Good
Samaritan along the horse line. /
loosed htr from my buggy and was
binding up her wounds, pouring I'm
oil and wine and talking kind,
when 10! "A large crowd OF men sud-
denly came upon me. The first
thought was that they were robbers,
but recognized them at once rs my
friends and neighbors. They said
they were going To Tazewell TO a
Good Roads convention. | exclaimed
Boys, have forgotten where | was
going and now my mare cant go, 80
l will go with you II one OF you
will let me ride behind YOU" Que
biu hearted foIfOu, oougov,oI 81 49,.
| left my mare I'm the wilderness 10
rest while the oil and wine soaked
in and healed the wounds.
At the convention one brother
moved that every man in the con-
Vention donate all his money that
has been on hands long enough TO be
the least bit rusty or musty into
common fund TO improve the roads
OF the county. The motion prevailed.
The convention adjourned TO meet a
week later and see how much money
would pour into the Road Treasury.
The day arrived for the second con-
vention. They came in very slowly :;
scarcely "A quorum was present. FL
nally quorum was mustered. The
chairman pulled bundle of letters
from his pocket and asked the secre-
+ary TO read them to the convention.
The first one read was as follows ::
Mr.. Chairman, L herewith Off
my resignation as a member OF the
Good Roads Association. ! find |
cannot afford to be loyal i'm this case,
for half the money l have is rusty or
musty.
Yours truly,
Simon CritsiIlis. >"
a number OF others were read very
much like the above. The brother
whom rode behind TO the first con-
vention arose and said Il move TINT
we hear no more letters and that we
accept no designations. Let's drive
down peg here and bring every
man TO briny and have sOme good
roads. Law suits and confscation
followed, and twelve months later
started somewhere" again. My
mare did not stumble; fell into no
ruts. She went. | bursted into a
hearty laugh and soliloquized,
know now what is meant by the
old adage, Money makes the mare
co."
1 awoke or "came to-" / know
not which, and found 1t all dream.
So sank into serious meditation
and asked myself the question: VIII
the mare go?
Seeing the big headlines In the
Roanoke Times about the Good
Roads meeting reminded me OF my
dream.
Isham WoolIy.
Big Crater, Va, Aug 3.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1910-08-05
To Meet Next Tuesday

The Tazewoll Good Roads Asso-
citation viii meet next Tuesday in
the Court House al ii M. a full
meeting is desired of every body In
terested in the building OF better
roads throughout the county. BE
with us, and give the Association the
benefit OF your opinions, etc. I'm
portant business will be transacted
Ewing Lawson, Pres.
II. j. Copenhaver, Sec't'y.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1910-08-05
Next Mondays Meeting

There ought to be representative
here next Monday afternoon, OF
every Sunday School In the county
1t has been said that there is not an
efficient up to date Sunday school In
the county including the town. The
object or the meeting next Monday
is to organize the working forces of
the Sunday schools, and move up.
Be present II possible and hear and
help.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1910-08-05
The Last of The TaZeweII Band

hC LdSL vi He dLcWeII Dana
a few days ago some of the boys
brought n lot of old hats and other
paraphanalia formerly used by the
late TazeweIl Band, to this Office,
and deposited the same on the floor
under q table, where IL remains at
this good hour, and thereby hangs a
tale, which is TO say, that the Taze-
well Band is no more. 1t departed
this life sometime ago. The cause of
death was due to the high cost of
living, lack of resources, etc. The
band used a great deal OF wind and
air in their business, but found it
impossible to subsist on this alone.
And so 1t went as number OF its
predecessors have gone Tazewell don't
want band. Perhaps don't need one,
certainly wont support one, or at
least they ain't been dOin' it," A
mum ber OF organizations have exist
ed here in time, but like this one
Gave enjoyed only a brief ceason OF
existence. A surviving member OF
the late band says that during their
two years OF existence they never re-
ceived as much as a penny from this
town, and OF course could not keep
up. This explains why 1t was neces-
sary to pay $4,000 of hard earned
money for the band which played
here on last Memorial day, for the
old soldiers, which band was import
ed from Pocahontas.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1910-08-05
Stock Sales Day

1t Is thought that there Will be a
large crowd In town next Tuesday.
1t is a regular Stock Sales day, the
Board of Supervisors and the Good
Roads Association meet ON that day.
II you can possibly spare the time
come to town next Tuesday.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1910-08-05
Whose Horse?

a bay horse with saddle on was
left hitched behind Depot mt Taze-
we'll, Va, Saturday. l have horse
In my possession. The owner can get
1t by paying for this notice and his
keep.
fe III. g. Peery, Mayor.
North Tszewell.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1910-08-05
""~'"T " WI
Big Crater, Va, Aug 3.

LOST: A brown rubber coat on
last Friday between Natural Bridge
and Tazewell. The finder will re-
ceive reasonable reward by returning
same TO this office.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1910-08-05
NOTICE.

Parties who want to sell their
wool can bring it to us and get mar
ket cash price.
II. G. and M. l.. PeerV.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1910-11-17

and Uncle Remus so far overcame his
shyness as to saunter down the walk
and say, "HOwdy?" The two short and
gray men, both wearing slouch hats
looked like a couple of jovial farmers
When President Roosevelt went to AT
lanta he sent word that Mr.. Harris
must be invited. and be would not let
Uncle Remus slip away. as he tried to
do. until he had ridden about the city
with Mrs Roosevelt and listened 10 a
eulogy of himself from the presidents
own lips
Mr. Harris blushed violently through
1t all, but evidently was not displeas-
ed. as he afterwnrd accepted an invi
tation TO visit the White House. much
to the delight Of the small Rouseyelts.
Children Mourn His Death.
Joel Chandler Harris died on July 3.
1908 Probably no man nas ever been
more sincerely mouruel by the chill
dren OF the world chan which there
can be NO higher rribu,e He was d
friend of peace ana did more thau unr
one can measure 10 heal the wounds
between the two sections He was q
true son Of the south, yer frankly lowed
Abraham Lincoln. love thar theSuurs
did not resent Tie drought lightly OF
his own fame and 70 the end contend
ed. ,har he was not literary man aut
2 Journalist Yer few writer's bare hud
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1910-11-17

Gle Remus had so enlivened them ny
stories and optimistic philos ophy was
more than worth the money.
Despite his shyDrss with strangers.
Mr. Isarris WAS AZ Entertaining with
bis intiinaieS AZ he WAS in ms writ
ings 'Snapbean Farm" is In the wesl
end of Atlanta. and every morning he
caught the same street car downtown
He was not the only one who caught
II. Men would leave their breakfasts
half eaten 10 ride on Joe Harris car
And who ran wundrrt Think of be
ing entertained each morning by a
flesh and blood Cnrle ReuIus.
This coed cheer WAS carried into the
office There was warm friendship
bet ween Harris and Henry W Grady
Each morning before entering on the
day work Grady would have ten or
fifteen minutes test of wits and
Joel was not at all behind him In
the quips thar followed. The other
members of the staff were drawn into
TIE game. and the fun few fast and
furious. II was mental tonic for
the day. ard some of the best Uncle
Remus sketches were written under
its stimulus.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1910-11-17
UNCLE REMUS TO HAVE MEMORIAL
Lasting Juvenile Virtues of
"Br'e r Rabbit" "Br'er FOX
and the Wonderful liar
Baby" to Be tXtOIled
by Roosevelt.

playing no mean talent Moreover. be
was prose poet. Those persons who
see poetry only in lines chopped off AT
certain length with words of similar
sounds al the end of each line may
not lind poetry in Brer Rabbit. Free
Joe and the other creations of Joel
Chandler Harris. but the same persons
would not recognize poetry in sun
rise or hear it in the voices Of the
woods and fields.
Uncle Remus was at heart a poet
even If he did express himself in the
delightful prose of plantation dialect
Harris and Goldsmith were not unlike
in feature. and. more important still.
If We can judge by outward signs, they
were not unlike in soul However. we
know little of the mysterious springs
that make man. any man. much less
a genius We only know that he speaks
our language that yet is not our Ian
guage. There is II divine something
running through it that makes it live
forever
Joel Chandler Harris was Georgia
Goldsmith. On the southern planta
tion he drank as deep of the common
life as his Irish prototype did in his
vagabond wanderings through Europe
more than century before. More
over, Harris own home life was as
beautiful and simple as that idealized
by the writer who was his earliest and
latest inspiration.
Who has not heard of the "Snapbean.
Farm and The Sign of the Wrens
NestT' The last name has a history.
One morning il was discovered that
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1910-11-17
Worked In Family Circle.

Toward the end of his life Mr. Harris
did more aud more of his work at
home. finally severing his connection
with the paper altogether. In an old
rocking chair on the broad veranda or
with his family abuut him of an even
ing he wrote. often continuing until
far into the night Sometimes he
worked with child at either elbow.
He was not disturbed by their pratre
and perhaps even wOve their laughter
into his tales that were to bring laugh
ter to the lips of millions Of children
all round the earth
Aunty Remus imbihed something of
her husbands philosophy When ask
ed If she was willing TO sell the home
as memorial. her reply was that she
would not should she live always. but
that not being the case. she wanted ii
preserved just as Mr. Harris had left
II.
One morning Andrew Carnegie call
ed at The Sign of the Wren's Nest"
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1910-11-17

wreus had built nest in the mail box
before the cottage Harris was out
early to intercept the mail carrier and
admoniSh him not to disturb the new
home of the birds. He even had an
other mail box put up and wrote an
editorial for the Constitution describ-
ing the incident The title of it was
The Sign of the Wren's Nest" and
it made such an impression on the fan
cy of the public that the name stuck.
"Snapbean Farm" was celebrated in
other ways. 1t was said that outside
the domain of the professional florists
it had the most beautiful rose garden
in Atlanta There ut early morn was
heard the snip of Uncle RemuS
shears. Yet the children who focked
TO The place from all about were wei
come to pluck roses by the armful SO
long as they did no injury TO the
vines
There were six children in the Har-
ris household. which ALWAYS seemed
10 me IN ideal uumbpr. While tie fa-
Their was alive he saw one ot bis sous
managing editor of the CONSTITUTION
and another city editor One of them
is now running the UucIe Remus Mag
azine. which rhe author started a year
or two before his death
Wife a Canadian.
The mother WHO loves 80 be called
Aunty EemuS. is a Canadian DIV higgb
When Joel was sticking typa anI
writing heavy editorials on tie Savau-
nah News She and her father made
trip south and stopped ar The hotel
where the young frccEled faced pru
tereditur made his nome rbeir mar
riage followed. In lS7T an epidemic
scare sent them 20 Atlanta with thou
sands of other fugitives. and there
they made their new home
\ story is told of those days which
is good enough to he true. whether it
is or not When Harris asked for his
bin Mt the hotel where he and his liz.
tie brood stopped with scores of other
fugitives the landlord would not take
a cent. saying that joel had canceled
the bill by rhe good cheer he had dis
pensed When the fugitives had ar,
rived they were woebegone lot. but
the manner in which the future I'm
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1910-11-17
eoldsmitl Is l-odeI.

It was THE Vicar Of Wakefield that
inspired him to his own earliest ef-
forts None of these is preserved. but
in them he had the chief character
constantly demuIiShing others by his
contemptuous Fudge" which was as
much like Goldsmith as Goldsmith was
Ike himself
There Is not little similarity be-
tween the two writer's. The same care
free ways, the same love of the simple
life. the same affection for humble
folks. for children and for animals and
The same humor abound in both. Mr..
Harris even had the poetical gift. sew
eral songs and early verses of his dis
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1910-11-17
Atlanta Home Of joel Chandler
Harris TO Ee Purchased TO Per.
peluate Fame OF Southern
Negroes Greatest
DeIinedtOr.
By J A. EDGERToN.

I
! ~ memorial society In At
Il a lania designs purchasing the
home of Joel Chandler Harris.
1.-The Sign of the Wren's Nest" and
preserving il for the public. TO aid
in raising he S2j.OOO necessary for the
purpose former President Roosevelt
speaks at Atlanta CD Oct. 8.
Uncle Remus Is known of all boys
and girls and some grownups. In fact
wouldn't give much for grownup
who did not know him He has been
published in all English speaking
lands and translated into twenty seven
languages When an author is trans
lated into Il foreign language he is
great. so Uncle RemuS is twenty seven
times great.
Yet the first one of the sketches. the
immortal "Br'er Rabbit and the Tar
Baby" was written TO fill space in
the Atlanta Constitution Sam Small
had been writing IA column called odd
ST." and when this stopped Temporal
rily for some reason theer was pub
lie demand for its continuance. Har-
ris was then writing paragraphs and
doing state exchanges. Colonel Evan
F. Howell. the editor of the paper.
asked Joe to fill in till Small got back.
Tar Baby" Still Living.
But Small never came back-not In
that column Uncle Remus caught on
In day "Old Si"-peace TO his ash
es-died when the Tar Baby" was
born. He may have been an enter
tanning old body, bur so far as the
future will ever know he served but
one purpose-that of indirectly and I'M
Intentionally bringing Uncle Remus
into being
Joel Chandler Harris was not
beauty-except in his soul. He was
short and rOtund. red headed. freckled,
abnormally shy. suffered in the pres
ence of strangers. couldn't make
speech. was bored by people who tried
to talk TO him about his work and
lived his whole life literally between
bis home and. office. No man perhaps
was aver known to so few people per-
sOnally who was known to so many
through his printed word. He was Of
fered positions. editorShips of impor-
tant magazines. but nothing could lure
him from his home He took life as
joke. refused TO have worries, said
he had not been mad in twenty years
and regarded his work not as a task.
but recreation He lived through
the civil war and wrote about it. yet
showed no trace of bitterness and gave
as much delight to his northern as his
southern readers.
No man ever did more TO interpret
the south, perhaps, and yet no man
was ever less provincial. He loved
children. roses, birds and dumb crea-
tures. These he made brothers. like
St Francis of ksSiSi. and through
that fraternity they have becomes
brothers to his millions of readers.
And many a moon
viii wax and wane
Before we see
His like again.
The ra bbit will hide
AS he always hid.
And the fox will do
AS ne always did.
But who can tell us
What they say
Since Uncle Remus
Has passed away?
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1910-11-17
Born In Brier Patch.

To begin at the beginning. as well
regulated and proper biographies
should. Joel Chandler Harris was born
In 1913 in Georgia brier patch. He
says so himself He went TO school u
few terms in an academy and the rest
of the time in printing office. Can
dor compels the statement that he did
not come from one of the first fami-
lies His people were so poor that he
had TO 90 to work at the age Of twelve.
\ nearby planter had started Il paper
called the Countryman 1t was pub
lished twenty miles from anywhere.
but followed the ambitions lines Of
Addison's Spectator and Or. Johnson'S
Rambler Il achieved success in Il
modest way and continued until swept
away by Shprmu'S march TO The sea.
Joe Harris was printers devil and at
night imhihed The negro folklore sto-
ries. aflerward to be heard of al men.
or read books from the planters well
stocked library.
The Kind Of books the boy loved fore
Swallowed the man For The most
part ghey were the old classics and the
Bible, From these aud from his own
inner nature he took on the simpliri-
ty aud directuesS of his style The
book he loved most was "The Vicar
of Wakefield. by oliver Goldsmith
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1910-10-20
JAPAN'S COURSE IN KOREA.

The fiction of independence was not
satisfactory or profitable to the Kor-
cans. At the same time it greatly
hampered the Japanese in their efforts
u bring the country abreast of modern
times. The chief point of concern to
foreign nations in the formal n
ton is the matter of eX-territoriality.
Hereafter Japan will control the Kor-
can courts. She will guarantee that
justice will be done in them, and will
probably require the Western powers
to surrender the rights they have held
for years, to have their nationals tried
il Korea by their own consuls. Al
though the act of annexation has been
criticized by the press of Russia and
other continental European countries,
it is difficult to See now Japan, placed
as she is, could pursue any different
course The government at Tokyo
faced in Korea much g., same problem
as that which faced the government
o. the United States after our oc.
cupation of the Philippines. She
might have abandoned Korea with the
certainty of chaos following. She
might have surrendered ii to another
power. Or, she might extend over
Korea her complete rule, She took
this way as did our own government
in the Philippines. Japan needs Korea
for the expansion of her growing pop,
!ulation. Its complete colonization and
modernization will absorb a good part
of her energies for a generation or
more TO come.-From The Progress OF
the World" in the American Review
Of Reviews for October.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1910-10-20
COMMISSIONERS PROCEEDINGS.
Continued from last week.

The petition of Geo. w. Fem, e-al,
dated May l6, 1910, and heretofore
filed with the County Auditor Of
Brookines County, on July 10, 1910,
said petition petitioning and request
ing the Chicago & Northwestern Rail
way Company to construct and build
n good and sufficient crossing for the
accommodation Of the public where
said railway company's lire of rail
read crosses said public highway on
said section line between sections
thirty and thirty-One. in township one
hundred and ten. rarge f|ifty-Yipe, in
the county of ~BroOkings. and state of
South Dakota, in pursuance of an ad-
iournuent OF said hearing made by
the Board Of County Commissioners of
Brookings County. Soutl. Dakota, on
the 18th day of September. 1910, which
adjournment of said hearing was
made upon the suggestion of said rail
way company. through its attorrey
and Division Superintel dent. with the
consent of the petitioners, aid their
attorneys, and said petition and the
hearing thereon having come ON for
final hearing of said matter before
the County Commissioners at the
County Auditors office in the court
house, in the city of Brookings, coun-
ty Of Bookings, and state of South
Dakota. ON the fifth day of October.
at two o'clock u. m. OF said day, q
portion OF said petitioners appearing
in person and all of them appearing
by their attorneys, Cheever & Cheev-
er, and the Chicago and Northwest
ern Company appearing by its Divis-
ion Superintendent, f. r. Moulton,
and one of It's civil engineers, and
said matter having come on for hear
ing before said board of County Com
m~issioners at said time and place,
upon all Of the papers and files in
said case, the evidence heretofore sub
mitted, and upon evidence oral and
documentary. submitted on said 9TH
day of October, 1910. said documents
including plats and documents served
BY sid railway company, all of the
County Commissioners, upon said
hearing, after full and careful inves-
tigation and consideration of all the
evidence and all of the circumstances
surrounding the matter, laving con-
cluded that the public welfare and
convenience demand the construction
of such crossing at the place prayed
for in said petition. therefore granted
the prayer of said petition. and order
ed the erection and construction of
such crossing by said railway CON-
pany, and the making Of an order IL
recting the construction of such cross
ing. TO be signed by the chairman OF
the Board of County Commissioners,
and attested by the Auditor of said
Bookings County. and that such or
der be served Upon the said railway
company.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1910-10-20
GOVERNMENT TOWN LOTS
GRAND PUBLIC SALE.

Newell, S. D.-Thursday, October 81,
Sale of town lots under Govern.
ment Supervision at Newell. s. d.,
the new town on the Belle Fourche
Valley Line tw~enty-three miles east
of Belle Fourche, S. D. Great oppor.
tunities for business openings,
Do not fail to attend. Apply to ticket
agents Chicago & North Western Ry,
for full particulars.