Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1910-10-14
NO blues in
sunny TENNESSEE

Looking out over the broad acres
stretching along the Tennessee river
from east to west and stopping far to
the south, skIrting the Georgian and
Carolina state lines the rich harvest,
the full fruitage and dull autumnal
decay, makes you feel the influence
OF that gentle touch, which ever and
anon comes with the circling seasons
Down here along the Tennessee"
there seems TO watt on every bree re a
sweet refrain coming out of histor-
ic past, shut our eyes. Listen, tits
the music of the old time darkies
singing
Away down in the corn field
And not far from the borders OF
another state comes a melody from a
thousand happy children singing
that old time eye dampener you
heard SO long ago
81 IN coming-I'm coming,
For my head is bending low,
hear those gentle voices calling,
"Old black joe
And still not very much further
away there is the birthplace OF an
other which we all heard and learn
ed TO sing in childhood. Can we ever
foget it2
WAY down upon the Swanee river"
Truly the South is the land of
song. Who is not proud TO proclaim
his Southern blood; who is not
proud OF her chivalrous sons, Just
across the mountain yonder is the
home that gave us a Gordon. Who
wonders that such n land gave us n
Grady, Taylor or Landon G..
Haynes, the poet spirit OF the river
of beautiful waters. 1t could be said
that the South was the crushed vase
among the nations, but il has given
to the world that deathless influence
which makes men tenderer, Drawer
and truer.
To watc.: n glorious October morn
ing break upon such land is in
deed an inspiration. IL n cupids ar
row can so mysteriously touch the
heart and win the fairest that ever
smiled, might not similar cupid
gather the morning sunbeams which
like bright lances come glancine DER
the mountains; tip them with the
jewels OF genius and speed them
away on a mission 10 the minds OF
graceful sons, or beautiful daughters
born OF this liberty loving land for
generations yet TO come. This may
be all airy-iaiTy you say-but as old
brother Shelley once upon a time
prayin for brother j. n. Hartman,
said, Lord bless the preacher, II he
is preacher, or whatever he Is.
Broher Hartman, however, has the
right OF way TO tell how brother
Shelley also prayed for the writer.
Well whatever ii is, that spirit Of
IN ysterious something broods over
the soul of most everyone who visits
this glorious old Southland. We love
every grain of her sacred soil and
cant help and don't want to help 1t.
Just now there is excitement down
here beside the great exposition at
Knoxville, and, by the way, today
is Teddy's day, and next day is the
circus day and IL they can get Buster
Brown and Tige the next day they
will about clean the thing up.
The great Democratic convention
is humming like a thousand bee
trees In the mountains. But just
now we have heard the news and
there is mingled feeling of joy and
sadness brooding over east Tennessee
Democrats especially. The an
nouncement that Bob Taylor is NOM
mated for Governor. 1t was the hope
of many loyal Democrats that the
matter was settled that Hooper
would be the next governor, to them
q thousand times more acceptable
than Patterson. Then il was really
asking too much of Bob Taylor Il
sa:riclie his senatorial honors so re-
Gently won. The dream. of a life
time shattered. Poor Apostle O
Sunshine it may be that a goot
/ deal of the sunshine which he get
> in this campaign will be "home
, made" It's going to be the Bea
fight OF a lifetime. One can haidI
keep from wishing they had let
alone.
] Having taken already too niue
{ of your space kind Mr. Editor wit
q the AIRY fairy" l close with thi
pleasing matter OF fact: Henry STU
art is running as we'll down in Ea
y Tennessee as Ed Carmack ran up
p SOUTHWEST Virginia. T. +.