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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1912-08-02
Fine Painting

Mrs. Chapman Alderson. vir-
ginia artist, now of New York City,
with her daughter, Leola, are out for
visit and rest with her homefolks
here. Mrs. Anderson brings with her
for delivery some fine oil paintings of
persons in the Southwest. distinguish
ned in the past and present history
of the country, which will no doubt
add to her growing reputation as. an
artist. The painting of the dashing
Confederate calvary leader, General
Jeb Stuart, on exhibition in the win
dows of one of our Main Street stores,
looks to a novice even, work Of art.
An old soldier, comrade in arms,
said, when he saw the picture,
"That's Jeb. Mrs Anderson has been
laborious student of art for years,
and has won enviable rank. Mrs
Alderson's many admirers are more
than pleased to have her home again,
even for brief summers visit.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1912-08-02
The Secret Out

Here is secret. The editor can
keep q secret. He has q great store
of them. Here is one he wants to
whisper to the readers of this paper,
but before doing SO enjoins the strict
est secrecy. Don't tell it. Here it ia /:
You owe US money on your subscrip-
tion. You have been owing it for
sometime. We haven't said anything
about it--haven't told a soul, but
unless you pay US pretty soon we will
be compelled to let it be known that
we need money and need it badly.
Now you have the secret. This office
needs ,money-needs the dollar you
owe us. When you read this you will
decide to send your dollar Immediately
at once, and If you want it kept
secret and so state it shall be SO or
dered. Remember--this office needs
money, but doesn't intend to say any
thing about it, but we do need the
money--a small matter to you, ot
course. So send it along
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1912-08-02
THE PROCRESSIYES
ORGANIZE HERE
Bull Moosers@ Convention
Saturday Not Large, But
Will Be Heard From.

The "Bull Moose convention helc
here last Saturday. although adver.
tised extensively, was poorly attend
ed. A very few of the adherents o.
Roosevelt, outside of town, were pre-
sent.
The meeting was organized by the
election of Henry Bowen, of Wittens
Mills, as chairman, and FIRE.. w Pen.
dleton. of Tazewell, as secretary
Rev ] N Harman, who called the
meeting to order, stated the object OF
the gathering, which was to send
delegates to the convention held in
Roanoke Tuesday, and transact other
business, as the occasion might de-
mand."
A resolutions committee, composed
of w B f White, of Richlands, Henry
Bowen, and Walter Graham, of Gra-
ham, retired to the law library, and
prepared set of resolutions, express
sive of the principles of the third
party, which undertook to "give a
reason for the faith that Is in us"
In the absence of the committee
Colonel Browning, of Pocahontas,
was called to the speakers stand, and
made brief speech, in which he said
hings of the Virginia Republican
organization, Mr. Taft. and other
thorns in the side of the Republicans.
He expressed the desire and belief of
many of the leading Republicans,
viz, that Taft could not be elected
President, and that the unlawful
manipulation of the delegations in
Chicago has sealed the fate of the
Republican party for years to come.
"The only glimmer of hope that has
developed, has been in the organiza-
tion of the third party, headed by
Roosevelt" said the Colonel.
The usual amount of enthusiasm
and excitement that exists at Repub-
lican gatherings was entirely lacking
at the meeting. 1t would appear that
the "Bull Moose" party in Tazewell
county is in the hopeless minority,
judging from the attendance at the
meeting. However, the adherents of
Roosevelt claim that he will carry
Tazewell county by an overwhelming
majority, getting five votes for every
one given Mr. Taft.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1912-08-02
TAzEWE[L GRASS
GOOD AS THE BEST
Alfalfa Grows Here as We'll
as Any Section Fine Crops
This Summer.

Mr.. w. H. Coffman. of Bluefield,
Everybody knows him), was here q
day or two this week on business. He
is breeder of fine Berkshire hogs.
His advertisement appears in this
paper. Read it. Mr.. Coffman is also
an alfalfa enthusiast. One object of
his visit was to examine the alfalfa
patches growing here. The editor
of this paper took him to see the plots
on the land of AL Litz, H P. Britain,
and his own. on the experiment
farm Mr.. Coffman was greatly
pleased, though not surprised. to find
that this Queen of he Grasses was so
successfully grown here. He has been
over the eastern part of the state, in
specting every alfalfa field he could
reach, and is still on his tour of in
spection. He says that one patch
seen in Tazeweli is equal to the very
best he has seen anywhere. and be-
lieves firmly that Southwest Virginia
is natural alfalfa country. So this
paper has been saying for years. Time
will prove this assertion to be true.
One plot of alfalfa here was Gu. June
3, the first time, July 18th, the Sec
ond time, and the third growth at this
writing, August 1st, just about 20
days from the second cutting, is, by
actual measurement, 20 inches high
AN inch of growth per day, and
will be ready to cut the third time by
about the 18th. At ieast four, and
probably five, cuttings can be made
this year. No other crop-not even
the most rapidly growing garden vege-
table, can hold light for alfalfa to
grow by Not less than a tons per
acre, of the finest hay in the world,
will be gotten from the "patches
grown here. There are now 1000
acres in cultivation In the state, yield
ing 16. 600 tons of hay. AS to curing
it, experiments prove beyond doubt
that it is more easily handled than
red clover.
j. G. Buston. Henry Copenhaver,
j. o. Corell, and perhaps others,
have nice pieces of this wonderful hay
now growing.
Mr.. Coffman has scheme which he
is thinking oe putting into execution
which contemplates growing several
hundred acres in Tazewell He ought
to succeed, and will, if the land own
ers in this rich section will open their
eyes to their best interest.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1912-08-02
Attention, Town CounciIl !

Editor News: Will you kindly aid
this correspondent, subscriber to
your paper, in an effort to fix atten-
tion on matter of vital Importance /?
Are Incorporated towns, as indivi-
duals, subject to statutory law, and
liable to penalties for noncompliance :?
At the west end of Main Street, on
the "Fincastle Turnpike" there is a
sharp curve, part of which does not
exceed fifteen feet in width of any
thing that can properly be called a
road. This condition, because of the
inability of the traveller to see per-
haps more than twenty yards ahead
while making this curve, is confess
edly a menace to the safety -of the
travelling public. Horse-drawn vehi-
.cles going at the rate of two or three
miles per hour have narrowly avoided
colliding frequently! And now that
the motor car is in vogue and increas-
ing in number, and the danger in
creasing proportionately, it is only a
question of time when the catastrophe
will come. Where will responsibility
and liability rest?
TIMELY WARNING.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1912-08-02
Deaths Corner"

Tazewell has "deatb's corner. I"
A correspondent calls attention to 1T
in this issue. This paper has called
attention to 1t heretofore. We mean
the sharp turn at lower Main Street.
Automobiles rushing around that turn
in either direction cannot be seen
until they are right on you. Two d
horse wagons have scarcely room to
pass each other. The speed limit is
twelve miles per hour, for autos is
entirely too fast for this sharp, dan
gerous curve. No deaths or accidents
have occurred at DEATHS Corner"
as yet, but there is no telling when
some accident wilfoccur there. Is the
road or street the regulation width al
this point (? Are the houses and fences
off the right of way? If not. why
not? The number of automobiles is
increasing steadily all the time.
These machines do not frighten eact
other, or cause each other to rur
away and smash things up. How
about drivers of wagons and buggies
Have these no right to protection and
safety? Will the authorities please
investigate Deaths Corner" !"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1912-08-02
DR.. YeueIl to Return

Tazewell people and the public
generally will be delighted to know
that DIR. Yeuell will return to Taze-
well and give another lecture in the
immediate future. The Baptist people
are fortunate in securing his services
for lecture, the proceeds of which
will be applied to the repairs of the
Baptist church. The lecture will be
given on Tuesday evening, August
18th. His famous lecture. The Paris
of Napoleon" will be given-said to
be as good as the best OF his many
good lectures. The pictures shown in
this lecture are said to be the finest
to be obtained, many of them made
specially for DR.. Yeuell and this lee
ture. The lecture on Oberammergau
and the Passion Play was first select
ed for this lecture, but majority of
people seem to prefer the lecture on
Paris, something entirely new in this
town and community. DIR. Yeuell has
made many friends here, and his COM
ing to Tazewell in August and this
lecture will be enthusiastical re-
ceived. The Baptist people and the
public generally, are to be congratu-
laetd.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1912-08-02
Meetings Closed

The Yeuell meetings closed on
Sunday night. There was a great
crowd present, and large number of
people came forward and expressed a
determination to lead q Christian
life. There were over 100 profess
sions of conversion during the series
of meetings.
On Monday evening DR.. Yeuell
gave his famous lecture on Ben Hur
The Chapel was filled with an appre-
ciative audience. On Tuesday evening
farewell service of social charac-
ter was given, which was greatly en-
joyed. A large number of the people
of the town took this occasion to meet
the Evangelist and his wife and Miss
Roth.
DIR. Yeuell left on Wednesday NOR
ming for Bluefield. where he,gave two
lectures before leaving for Pittsburg,
where he is to preach next Sunday,
and for several Sundays following.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1912-08-02
READY MIXED PAINTS.

We guarantee uur Puritan Ready
Mixed Paint as good as any paint on
this market. We guarantee it to
cover as many square feet as any
paint sold on this market. We guar
antee 1t when properly applied to do
as good job as any paint sold on
this market. If it don't do it, we
will furnish coat of paint free of
charge. Price per gallon, SITS.
When used for church purposes, will
allow 10 cents per gallon less.
Tazewell Supply Co.,
Makers of Low Prices
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1912-08-02
Turn on The Light
L. G. s. COMPTON.

Some one calls at this office to say
that the statements made in last
weeks paper about the Baptist Valley
road, ETC., were not correct, that
Supervisor Lowe is mistaken in some
of the statements attributed to him.
Just what the mistake was our infor-
mant would not say. 1t seems to be
very difficult matter to get at the
exact figures and facts about the road
building and expenditures in Maiden
Spring district. Now, lot Mr.. Lee,
the engineer, or some one else, au-
thorized. furnish an official, itemized
statement for the papers, and settle
tho matter. There are clerks and
book-keepers and officers sufficient
connected with this road making to
keep things straight, and to put the
facts in simple form which can be
understood by the plain people. Give
the public an itemized statement,
officially certified, and put an end to
this constant criticism and fault-find-
ing. There is an auditing committee
for this district. Does this committee
work at it? Let the facts and figures
be known and published. The people
have right to know. This statement
should be itemized. Give salaries paid
the officers-giye everything 30 that
the people may know. Incorrect state
ments do narm. Honest men are sus-
pected of inefficiency. Some people
cry, graft" etc., all of which
criticism has not been proven or
shown to be just. Let the public have
the facts from the officials.
This paper is getting tired of pub
lishing statements only to have them
contradicted the next week.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1912-08-02
A Good Cook Book

The ladies of Elk Garden, Russell
County, led by Mrs f G S Watts and
Mrs Hearon, wife of the distinguished
preacher, are putting out a cookbook,
which should be widely sold in that
county. particularly as the proceeds
of the sale of the book will go to
church purposes. Everybody knows
that Mrs. Watts is great cook, in
every sense of the word. She is noted
in her home section for her splendid
housekeeping and the quantity and
quality of her cooking. Her name
connected with n cook book leaves
nothing more to be said. Mrs Hearon
ls the wife of the noted preacher.
Methodist preachers wives are per-
haps the greatest of all dining room
and pantry experts-knowing how to
make the greatest of the least. If
Mrs Hearon is as fine cook as her
husband is preacher. "nuff said" /"
We may be pardoned for adding
that,the cookbook is gotten out in this
office, and put all these circumstances
together, the book should win fame
as well as money. The price of the
book is only so cents, and worth many
times this small amount. Any one in.
Tazewell wanting copy of this book
can leave orders at this office or write
to Mrs. Watts. at Elway, Va. Ed.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1912-08-02
TAzEWELL FAIR IS
NEXT ATTRACTION
Big County Show Starts Sep
tember l7th-Will Be the
Biggest Yet Held.

The catalogues of the Fair have
been completed and are being malice
out. Only 675 complete catalogues
were issued. However, separate slips
of paper, containing complete pre-
MUM lists in the agricultural depart.
ment, in the ladies' needlework.
domestic and children q departments,
and in the miscellaneous department,
have been printed, and thousands of
them are being mailed out to almost
every man in Tazewell county, and
hundreds to people in adjoining coun-
ties. Now If you do not receive q
copy of these premium lists, don I
feel sighted, but drop card to the
Secretary of the Fair Association,
Tazewell, Va. and he will send you
copy by return mail. He cannot
know and keep up with everybody in
the country, and if you fail to get
one, its because he overlooked you.
These separate sheets do not contain
the premiums on horses, hogs and
sheep, so if you desire to see pre-
miums on stock, or if, for any reason,
you want a complete catalogue, he
will send you one cheerfully.
Go to work and get up an exhibit
for the Fair. There's pleasure and
profit in it. The premiums offered for
agricultural products and for jellies
and canned goods, ETC., compare fav-
orably with the biggest fairs in the
country We have dandy. good
little fair. and the people should give
1T strong support this year and put
out the strongest fair ever seen here.
The officers are making this the effort
OF their lives, and the people are
promised rare treat in many respects.
Remem.ber--exhibits may be made
by anybody, whether in the county
or state or outside.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1912-08-02
CORN is WASHED
AWAY BY RAINS
Former Citizen of This
County Meets With Mis-
fortune in Kentucky.

Rush, KY, July 81.
Editor News Here are few lines
from one that used to be among you,
and that left Tazewel the 18th of
last March and settled near Rush.
KY, on the east fork of Little Sandy.
and was married to Mra.e Louisa
Workman, April z. like this coun-
try fine. and find nice and good people,
and have made many friends here.
We were having fine season.
meadows and oat crop was fine, fine
crop of potatoes, fine gardens, apple
crop very good, also peaches; corn
crop prospect was fine until last We'd
nesday night, the Oath, when the
worst electrical, rain and wind and
thunder storm struck this section of
the country about 8 o'clock and lasted
till IL that night. The waters got up
and were from hill to hill, in store
houses, dwelling houses, barns, shops,
sweeping everything before It. It was
from a to 6 feet deep out of banks in
the bottom land, laying hundreds of
acres of fine corn fiat on the ground,
from 3 inches to foot deep in the
sand and mud. | have taveled about
b miles to view the destruction and IL
makes one feel sad at the heart to see
the damage done along it's course.
visited my friend, Il. Blair Harris,
Friday, who owns nice farm OIL East
Fork. He came from Tazewell 4 years
ago. His damage to corn, hay and
grass runs from 5000 to $1,000. He
had the best field of corn that was
anywhere near here, all bottom land.
Mr.. Tom McGrothan, who lives just
above him, joins farms. His loss ia
hcavy---corn all lying fiat, leaving
him only about 8 shocks standing He.
came from Tazewell. Mr.. Prichard
estimates one thousand dollars dam
age. 20 or 20 acres Of meadows
covered with mud ard sand. One man
had ten acres moved and in shock,
and it was all awept Off. The W ritter
had ten or twelve acres in corn
rented bottom land. Water was from
a to 6 feet deep, and corn all lying
iiat' When we got up Thursday morn
ing and looked out, could see no corn,
but II sea of water. IL WINS not in our
house, but about third of our garden
was under water. Our loss was our
corn crop. The water remained in the
bottoms about 10 hours. No lives were
lost. Many stories of heroic rescues
and narrow escapes. There was some
stock drowned, and no one can tell
the number Of chickens. We hear of
the storm in Ohio. West Virginia,
Pennsylvania tho same night. The
bottoms along the Ohio River are all
flooded. So my friends In Tazewell
county can see what the Kentucky
people are having to go through with.
My best wishes to all my Tazewel
friends.
L. G. s. COMPTON.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1912-08-02
The Reaper's Victims

The following paragraphs are taken
from the Bluefield Telegraph of Tues
day, July Both:
Mrs. Rebecca Jane Flipping, age
seventy three, died at the home of her
son-in-law, w. M. Ratliff, at Big
Vein, Saturday, and was bnried in
Graham cemetery Sunday afternoon.
Deceased was born in Henry county,
Va. She had been making her home
with her daughter, Mrs. Ratilff, and
had made many friends in the COM
munity where she lived, which is evil
denced by the large number of the
leading people of the neghborhocd
who accompanied her remains to Gra-
ham The funeral services at the
house and at the grave were conduct.
ed by Rev. w. M. Minter, whose re-
marks regarding the life and charac-
ter of the deceased were very tender
and were made the subject of an ap.
peal to the living to emulate her goot
qualities and lead nobler lives.
Nathan Arlington, aged eight,
years, and perhaps theo ldest residen
of Pocahontas. died Friday at tn.
home of his son, j. G. Arlington
section foreman for the Norfolk AM
Western, and was buried in Pocahon
tas cemetery on Saturday, the funera
services being conducted by Rev. G
X. Wingo. The deceased was quiet
peaceable citizen and we'll liked by al
who knew him,
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1912-08-02
Cant Stay Away

The editor of this paper is in re-
ceipt of private letter from Captain
George Shafer, formerly in charge
of the brick plant at Tip Top, now
living in Pennsylvania. The many
friends of Mr.. Shafer in the commun-
ity will be glad to hear from him,
and still gladder to see him at the
Fair. Among other things he says: l
had hoped to get down in that section
before this time, but you must know
the life of a show horse man. have
farm of 1876 acres of fine level land
that we work all by machinery here,
and have two race horses at the
Allentown track, and two race colts
that l am now working on the road,
and my farm to look after and some
painting and other work to be done
about the place. Now, isn't that
enough for a poor brickyard hand to
look after? / am still interested in
the plant at Tip Top, and may drop
down that way any time. want to
be there to attend the races at the
Fair Ground. see by your paper
that they are doing very we'll with
the brick plant. Well, if they do not
make money at that plant it is the
managers fault, for that is a good
paying plant, but | am happy on the
farm. Yours very truly,
Geo. Shafer, up on the farm.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1912-08-02

The Bull Moose State Convention
met in Roanoke on Tuesday, with
about 30 o delegates, from different
parts of the state. A state organiza-
tion was effected. Thomas Lee Moore,
Roanoke, was chooses as state chair
munh. A platform was adopted, dele
gates to national convention at Chi.
cago elected, with electors at large,
and, the new party was launched,
full-fedged. There are now three
parties in the state-The Republican,
Democratic and Progressives. or Bull
Moose party.
The Ninth District delegates to
Roanoke met, and endorsed Henry s..
Bowen for Congress, subject to dis
trict convention to be held August
18th. Should Mr.. Bowen become the
candidate he will get large vote in
this county, where he is very popular.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1912-08-02
Freeing

Freezing. Va, July 27.-Mrs.
William McFall has just returned
from visit to relativesa Bolecamp
Wesley Vanover, of Clintwood. was
at Freezing during the week.
Claude F. Beverly left for Pike
vile, KY, Huntington, w. Va, and
other points.
Mrs. Charles Reed is visiting re la
tives at Etty, KY, this week
Mrs. Reuben McFall is visiting
two of her children on Boone Creek.
An electric storm passed over this
section during the week, doing con-
siderable damage to corn.
Mrs. John Trivitt is suffering from
cancer. There appears to be but little
hope for her recovery.
Walter q. Beverly has returned to
Rocky Mount, after a weeks stay
with relatives here.
The Marshall tnok three of Dicken-
son county's moonshiners into custody
while they were vending their wares
near Jenkins, Ky. Their names are
Oliver Reed, Clintwood Mullins and
Meredith Reed. They were lodged in
Jail at Whitesburg to await the next
term of Federal court.
A number of laborers have gone
from here to Mcclure Creek, where
the Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio
Railroad people are grading for an
extension of their road from Dante to
Elkhorn City.