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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1912-04-05
Great Show This Month.

Ever anxious to Off err the most
newest and novel acts regardless of
cost or trouble, Ernest Haag, this
season, presents among grand pro-
fusion of awe inspiring marvels of
the Mighty Hang shows. the incom-
parable aerial Lannon'S. Each and
every member of this matchl ess
troupe seemingly control the law O..
gravitation in each Of their many
death defying deeds of daring.
OF them it may be truthfully said
that they begin where all other aer-
ialists stop, working on apparatus at
the uppcrmost top of the huge canvas
dome, and without net or safeguard
of any kind to meet them, those ven-
turesome men and women execute
their hair-raising stunts with the
same unconcern the average person
partakes of a dinner. Wherever seen
they are proclaimed by preps and
public premiers of their dangerous
profess ion.
The Mighty Haag shows will exhib-
it April 24th., afternoon and even
ing, in Tazcwell, at which time
show goers of this vicinity will be
afforded an opportunity Of seeing this
wonderful troup. 1t is, however,
only one of the several mighty fea-
ture acts tc be placed on view.
By these shows which do not now
have, and never have had, room fn
threadbare and worn out numbe ers,
imitators are never tolerated, and Of
result every name upon the program
of these shows is that of an origina-
or in his or her respective line. 1t il
because of all this that the Might,
Haag shows are today alone and un
rivaled.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1912-04-05
PlSOAH.

Pisgah, April Our Sunday
School W i'll be organized next Sunday
and we hope everybody will unite and
try to make IL success.
Mrs. Pearl Winborn and little
daughter, of Graham, hnve been Wis
iting at the home of Mrs. Capitola
Crockett the past week.
Miss Annie Crockett was shopping
In Tazewell last Tuesday.
Mr.. Oliver Moore went to Tazewell
last Friday night to act as MUSICIAN
at the dance given there.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hopkins were visiting
at Maxwell yesterday.
Miss Martha Hokpins arrived Sat-
urday afternoon from Tazewel High
School to spend Sunday with parents.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1912-04-05
Sunday School Meeting.

On Sunday afternoon a meeting
was held by few representatives of
the Sunday Schools of the town, and
the Banner was awarded to the school
making the highest percentage of at
tendance during the first quarter of
the year 1912. Reports were handed
in from three o. the five schools in
the town. and the percentage stood:
Christian church, Ga /; Methodist, 62;
Baptist. 60. The Christian school
was awarded the banner, and will
hold it until won by some other
school. 1t was appointed that mass
meeting of the schools be held in the
Christian church, on the last Sunday
in June. to determine what school
shall hold the banner for the next
quarter. The school making the high
est percentage of attendance during
the second quarter will be declared
the Banner school for that quarter.
This generous rivalry will help to
increase attendance and encourage
regular attendance of the pupils.
Rev. j. N. Hartman, President of
the County Association, was appoint
ed delegate from the county to the
annual meeting, which is held in
aarrissonburg, April 1921, and any
other member of any school in the
county who can attend this meeting
will be appointed delegate.
Plans for the Annual County Con-
vention were discussed. The meeting
will be held about July 1st., as last
year. and probably held at Graham.
+ Upon motion, the ministers of the
town and every minister in the coun.
ty, was requested to preach a sermon
on the Second Sunday in this mcntf
on some phase of the great Sunda,
School question.
At this meeting there was presen
the following: Besides the Presiden
and Secretary, Rev. E. e. Wiley
c. R. Brown, t. A. Repass, X. C
Patty and j. A. Leslie, Jr., a numbe
of ladies-Sister O'Keeffe, Mrs
O'Brien and number of Sunda.
, School children came in as the meet
ing was closing. 1t is not to be takel
it is hoped, that the attendance o.
this occasion is indicative of the in
terest felt in Sunday Schools by th
church people of the town.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1912-04-05
Wire Fence,

We are offering our wire fencing
for short tine as follows:
Page. spring term, 11-52. 42cts.
per rod. Page, fall term, 11-52, 45
cts. per rod Page spring term, 11-55,
45 cts Fer rod; Page, fall term, IL
55, 4S cts. per rod; Lion, spring
term, 11-48, 27 1-2 cts per rod
Lion, fall term, 11-48. 30 cts. pei
rod Lion, spring term, 99-52, 26 LIZ
cts per rod; Lion, fall term, 9-52,
30 cts per rod; All No. 8 wire thro.
ughout, the best fence made at 48 IL
an d so cts. We guarantee our fencing
to be the best made.
STAR MILLING co.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1912-04-05
Egg Stories

VIM. Walk was here on Wednesday
and brought some wonderful egg stor-
les. He has been clerking in j. P.
Neel and Co.'S, store for several
weeks, and reports that Neel and Co.,
had shipped 1900 dozen eggs this
week, and averages about GOO dozen
per week. There are two other stores
in the Valley, and these are in the
egg business, also, and ship in large
numbers. Walk declared he was tel
ling the truth, and could prove it.
We ask Joe Neel and Jim Buchanan
to come forward and back up Walk 6
egg story. The hens of that good
country are made up of all breeds.
The Rhode Island Reds and Lang.
shans are said to be in the lead there
as egg producers. We beg to be egg.
scused from further comment.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1912-04-05
Nix on the7Hogs

The Town Councils new hog ordi-
NANCE has had the effect already of
causing a number of people to sell
their pigs after feeding them through
a severe winter. They could not aft
ord to build pen of the required
dimensions and the kind required, and
hence thought best to sell out, even
at sacricfie. The Council could have
demanded that pens be kept clean,
but to require that they shall contain
several hundred square feet of space
and room was entirely unnecessary.
A small pen can be kept clean easier
than large one. However, il
is all over. A pig sty is q
filthy place at best, and an ordinance
prohibiting their existence in town a,
all would not be extreme. Let then
tackle the dirty and filthy back alley.
and outhouses, and give some heed L
the open sewer down Tazewell avenu,
standing water in closed bitches
ect., before summer time comes.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1912-04-05
WITTENS MILLS
SCHOOL CLOSES
Profitable Session Closes
With Enjoyable En-
tertainment.

The closing exercises of to Witten's
Mills school on last Tuesday might.
from all accounts, was great sue
cess. The editor was forced by cir.
cumstances to deny himself the plea-
sure of accepting kind invitation to
be present. but reports from several
VINO were present, indicate that the
occasion did great credit to both
teachers and pupils.
Rev. Mr.. Hall, pastor of the Pres
byterian church, opened the services
with prayer. The lengthy and inter-
estlng program, consisting of songs,
dialogues, speeches, plays, pantomi-
mes, recitatiions, ETC., was beauti-
fully rendered. The building WINS
packed with young people and proud
patrons of the school and visitors.
The parting song. "Auld Lang Syne"
was sung by the school, and teachers
and pupils parted, some of them to
meet not again, perhaps.
The school was taught this year by
Prof. James Il. Witt, as Princins!.
MIR. w. l.. Carson, first assistant.
and Miss Brenda Wright, second
assistant. These faithful workers
have made an enviablc record. The
patrons of tho school and the pupils
as well, are said to be highly pleased
with the school. There il n great
deal of difference in the makeup of
communities. In some localities
teaching school is n difficult task.
Three are " fuses and factions" cri-
ticisms and fault findings. SO m any
patrons know more than the teachers.
This does not seem to fit Witten's
Mills community. They are sensible,
reasonable people. Not too exacting,
not too hard to please. While deserv-
ing and wanting the best they are not
insensible to weaknesses and difficult
ties. And, of course, they gave
hearty cooperation to the teachers of
their children, and the result was n
fine years. work. Whether Prof.
Witt and his assistants will return
to this field or not next year is not
known now. but they have the con-
seriousness of work well and satisfac-
torily performed. Wittens Mills
community is coming to the front.
Good roads and good schools, !day and
Sunday Schools. 90 together, and will
elevate any community. Next year
Wittens Mills will have better
school, better church attendance,
bettre Sunday Schools, because there
will bo better means sof transporata-
tion, and everybody will think they
are somebody. Congratulations to the
good people-tenchers and all-at
Wittens Mills.
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Pounding Mill

Pounding Mill, April 2.-Miss Nora
Hankins expects to go to Richlnnds
tomorrow to visit her uncle, M. M.
Hankins, and family, for few days.
j. L. Altizer made a business trip
to Richlauds this afternoon.
Rev. c. A. Pangle, M axwell,
preached here Sunady morn ing and
afternoon.
Rev. Isaac Wright expects to
preach here next Sunday.
Mrs. w B. Steele and daughter,
Miss IVA. spent couple days at
Bluefield last week.
The Easter entertainment will be
given Saturday night. There Is a
good prog. am, everything is free.
everybody invited. An Offering will
be asked for. Come prepared to give
something, if it's nly"The Widow , 8
Mite"
Mr.. Paul Boyd, son of MIR. and
Mrs. Willie Boyd, of near Honaker,
spent today here OH his way to see
his aunt, Mrs. Alex Barns in the
Cove. He expects to try farm life a
while in Tazewell.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. II. Griffith and
chiliden are visiting relatives here,
guests of Mrs. Griffith's parents, Mr..
and Mrs. K. NJ. Sparks.
Mrs. VIM. Azbury, who was right
sick last week, is abe to be out again
Mrs. w. B. Steele spent Sunday
with her mother, Mrs. j. Marion
Mcclure at Cedar Bluff. Mr.. and Mrs.
Mcclure have been suffering from
severe colds but are better.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Ward, Thompson
Valley. visited MIR. and Mrs. r. X.
Gillespie Oh Saturday night, and Wis
tied DR.. Baylor Sunday.
Miss Barbara Hurt spent Sunday
with homefolks as did also Rolfe Gill
iespie.
The Clinch is very much swollen
mos of the foot bridges are washed
out.
Messers George Brewster, Tom,
Walker and Seymore Ringstaff, Chas.
and Tom Robinett, Chas. and Gus
Christian, all bridgemen, were home
here Sunday.
An unique "silver wedding" present
from Mr.. John Gillespie to Mrs. w.
b. Steele, was a silver gray fox, the
25th anniversary occurring on the
24th of March.
r. M. Sparks maze business trip
to Tazewell today.
Mrs. Ira Smith returned from
Springville Friday and veports her
sister, Mrs. Shannon Faulkner as i'm
proving from her recent illness.
Mrs. Ezra Linkous, Indian, and
Sam Sparks, Redwood, were here one
day last week on their way to Baptist
Valley.
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Ellis stop
ped off here on their way from Blue
field visiting her sister, MRS. R.
M. Sparks.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1912-04-05
NARROW ESCAPE
FOR CROSECLOSE
Tazewell Boy Thrown Under
Train at Tip Top and Los
es Leg News of Tip Top

Estill Groseclose, aboit % years
old, only son of Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
II. Grossclose, of this town, met
with an accident last Wednesday
morning early, which necesstated
the amputation of is left leg be-
tween the knee and ankle. The oper
alton was successfully performed at
the sanitarium here on Wednesday
morning, and the patient, now at
his home. is doing we'll.
The circumstances and facts, as
far as can be gathered from conflict
ing reports are as follows: Crosse
close, in company with other young
men from this town, went to Wittens
Mills on Tue sday night to attend the
closing exercises OF the school there.
When he arrived there he was in no
condition, it is said, to attend the
exercises, and had to be helped from
the mule which he rode, having i'm
bibed too freely from shipment of
liquor which he had received the asme
day. After the exercises closed he
was found still unable to walk, and
was taken by some of his friends and
laid on store porch. he having re-
fused to go anywhere. Some of the
boys report that they tried to get him
OH horse to bring him home, but
could not do so. Later in the night he
started home, west. Instead he went
east and was founl mile east of Tip
Top, by sectioni men, early the next
morning, lying on the side of the
track, one foot severed entirely just
above the ankle. 1t is stated that
Groseclose says that he thought he
was coming home, and got turned
track at Wittens Mills. He was
struck by an east bound train, not
about IL o'clock, as reported, as there
was no train east over the N. and w.
at that time. The train,a light an
gine and perhaps a caboose, passed
the depot here between 5 and 6
o'clock Wednesday morning. This
is the car that struck him. He was at
Wittens Mills when the freight
train passed west, between ten and
eleven o'clock Tuesday night. Crosse
close can give only confused ac-
count of the whole matter. However,
he~sh has awakened from a frightful
dream, which was not all dream.
His parents and sisters have the
deepest sympathy. They have had
their share of sorrow, caused chiefly,
if not entirely by too much liquor.
And yet the boys won't be warned.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1912-04-05
Devoe Takes Least Gallons: Always

Paint Devoe; it's the cheapest paint
in the world; never mind the price !;
it may or may not be more. Less
gallons will paint the house; and the
paint will outwear anything.
Skip wear; you've got to wait, to
find that out. 1t covers more; you
haven't got to wait to find that out.
It's the cheapest of all no matter
about the price.
M. A. Thomas. painter, Lynchburg,
Va, writes: "The first job l did
with your paint estimated 81 gal
Ions; had IL gallons left. Since then
! have used Devoe altogether and re-
commend it to all my customers.
When ] commence job, l tack up a
card reading as follows: M. A.
Thomas, contractor, ;Devoe Paint.
That's how.
Sold by John E. Jackson.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1912-04-05

stand by these grub-stakers of the
small farmer, the renter and the lab
orer. He has stood by our fathers, in
their conquest of forest and flood,
from the wave lashed shores of our
eastern coast, to the Golden Gate and
sands of the broad Pacific. Again.
and "don't forget, that the ink that
prints such law upon our national
records. will scarcely be dried, in
these days of "Big Business, ere
the formation, led by the great mer-
camille organizations already alluded
to, will organize huge mercantile
trust, beside hich those of tobacco,
oil and steel. will look like thirty
cents, and make Morgan, if he ism t
in-turn green with envy. We are
being told that it is ourstiuty to help
fight the "rascally epxress Co.'S" We
are not going to defend carriers of
special traffic. Very probably they de-
serve all the critlcims which are lev
eled at them. But is it necessary, is
it admissible or even excusable, that
great Government like ours finds il
necessary, in order to compel COM
mon or special carrier to be honest,
to proceed, urged by a policy, n
POLITICAL EXPEDIENCY, as doubt
full in morals as is the charges aga
inst the express corporations, who to
the daily shame of the government
are allowed to snap their fingers in
Its face, we ask, is il necessary, in
order to control these derelict cor
porations, to sacrifice the business in
terests of the country and village
merchant, which reaches into every
nook and corner of our broad land.
This splendid class of our most useful
citizens. in order that our law makers
and those engaged in their enforce
ment, may be able to get at and
punish mere law breakers, j. e.. the
express corporations.
"Woe worth the day." when our
national government becomes so i'm
mersed in party politics as to forget
and neglect the exercise of its greater
functions, j. G., the equal protection
of the interest of every class of its
citizens engaged in honest and legiti-
mate pursuits. without resorting to
the oppression of one class in the in
terest of another. however powerful
it may be. A. j. TYNES.
Tazewell, Va, April l.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1912-04-05
Cabbage plants.

Owing to the continued wet weather
of last two weeks a large number
of the EDITORS cabbage plants
spoiled-rotted and moulded. A new
lot will be in the last of this week,
and orders already received will be
shipped promptly. Send in your orders
at once. One dozen, 10 cents;
dozen, 25 cents. If by mai add one
cent per dozen for postage. The
plants are the EARLY Jersey Wake
field, strong and rapid growing if pu
out and cared for properly. Colt
weather doesn't hurt them,
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Benbow.

Benbow, April 4.-Mr. Editor
For fear our friends in other part,
of the country think us dead or gone
somewhere, we beg space for two oil
three items in your most, excellent
paper.
Mrs. t. 7. Turner and daughter,
Miss Carene, were visiting the family
Of Mr.. John Thompson in Tazewel
last week.
Our Sunday School which has been
in winter quarters for several mon
this. will be re-organized next Sunday
afternoon at 2 O'Clock
Miss Grace Buchanan, who taught
school at Asberry's the past wlnter,
is at home now as her school ha s
closed. Her many friends gladly well
come her back to the community.
1t ia thouhgt that winter has bro
ken as our friend, T. 7. Turner
bought plow point yesterday. and
says he wants to begin to turn sod
next week, and w. e. Walk says he
wants to begin to FENCE his corn
ground about the same time, the wca-
ther permitting.
Rev. Mr.. Carson preached an un-
usually good sermon at the White
church last Sunday afternoon.
Miss Kathlene Saville, who hns had
charge of the primary department of
the High School at this place, left
for her home at Lexington Monday,
having closed her school last week.
We are glad to report Mrs. Sallie
WINNER. who has been quite sick
all winter. as being much improved
at this writing.
AS you are always giving Thompson
Valley the blackeye, 1--WE are going to
tell you of one little shipment of
eggs made by Mr.. Joe p. Neal this
week. MIR. Neal has shipped twelve
hundred dozen eggs this week, and
hns several more crates on hand Mt
present. All of these eggs were bou-
ght by MIR. Neal at his store and the
greater part of them furnished by
Thompson Valley hens. only few of
them coming from Poor Valley. And
we would have you reminder that
there are two other good stores In
this valley. which buy great quanti-
ties of eggs also. Can Burkes Gar
den, Clear Fork, or any other com
munity beat this for one week q ship
ment or if any other part of the
county has n bigger egg story on
hand we would like to hear it.
Many of our citizens are wondering
why Tazewell county cannot build
roads with convict labor like many
other counties are doing. Is there II
good reason?
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1912-04-05
NOTICE

Directly Boy will make the season,
1912 in charge of Hubert Bailey, at
the following places: Tazewell, North
Tazewell, Tip Top, Grafton, Cove
and Thompson Valley for the small
sum of $40, to insure mare in foal.
His colts are beginning to show now.
All can step good. Think it over and
patronize this horse.
FRED r. STEELE.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1912-04-05
Money Saved

I N buying metal shingles we
l. can save you from fifty cents
to one dollar per square. We
have full line of samples of the
Doric and Old English tile metal
shingles. Call at shop and see
samples, and get prices, and if
you need roof you will buy.
BARNETT & SON, Timers.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1912-04-05

FOR SALE.-I have seventeen
yearling cattle for sale-fifteen hei-
fers and two steers, all good cattle.
Come and see them. will sell them
right. H. G. BREWSTER,
Bandy, Va.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1912-04-05

We desire to say to our friends and
customers, that we will be in the
wool business again this season. We
will be'very glad to handle your wool
and will pay you, as heretofore, the
highest market price, in cash, on the
day of delivery.
I'll. G. and M. l.. PEERY,
North Tazewell, Va.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1912-04-05
Pensions

The Confederate Pension Boart
will sit in the Clerks office at Taze-
we'll on the 22nd day of April, 1912
for the purpose of amending and cor
recting the list of pensioners.
A. ST. CLAIR, Chairman.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1912-04-05
Wanted.

Reliable and energetic agents to
sell Acetylene Light Machines, for
all Illuminating purposes. Attractive
proposition. Address, at once,
VA. ACETYLENE LIGHT co. INC.
Staunton, Wa.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1912-04-05
Wanted.

To buy horse 5 to z years old,
weight HOO to 1900 lbs. Gentle and
good worker suitable for dray.
Tazewell Supply Company,
Nor, Tazewell, Val.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1912-04-05

Tip Top, April Id. IT uesday night,
young man named Groseclose, of
Tazewell, had foot ground off near
Bell Hill Siding. He seemed to know
but little about the accident 1t seems
that he had been at Wittens Mills
until about IL O'Clock in the night,
when, as report has it, he had some
trouble and left.
1t is not known, so far, whether he
was walking on the track, or had
fallen off train. He had crawled
over hundred yards and up steep
embankment, after being knocked or
rolled away from the track. The
mans foot was lying on the track at
the place where cut off, when the
man was found. He is said to have
been game and plucky, insisting on
getting up on the car which the sec
tion men brought down from the sta
tion. Several pieces of bones and
flesh were found, which were rever.
emily buried by some boys who founc
them.
Houston Moore had cow hurt
so badly about the same time ant
supposedly by the same train which
crippled Groseclose, that she will bt
killed today.
McTeer Saunders and the Mellow
ell boys lost several sheep last week
killed by dogs. Mr.. Reese Pickett
on the Peery place, had five or si,
killed about the same time. Mr.
Saunders, also had the misfortune I,
lose fine Jersey heifer. which h,
had given his daughter, Mrs. Myrtl
Joyce, of Portsmouth, Ohio.
Well, we have had more higl
water in our vicinity within the las
few days than for several years.
We have more empty corn cribs
empty hay pens, straw pens an
empty barns also than we have see
for long time.
December. January, February an
March ALT urned in their time, resig
ned and went away to parts unknow
and left poor little April to finish u
the job, and SO far he seems to under
stand his business. S,
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1912-04-05

Frost-proof cabbage plants ready
to put out. Should be put out at once.
Price 10c. per doz. 25c. for 8 doz. If
by mail add 5 cents for postage.
j, A. LESLIE, Tazewell, Va.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1912-04-05

Th, annual meeting of Stockholders
of the. Clinch Valley Coal and Iron
Company, for the election of Direct
ors and the transaction of such other
business as may be presented, will be
held at the Office of the Company in
Jeffersonville, Tazewell Court House,
Tazewell County, Virginia, May lst.,
1912, at four o'clock, p. m.
FLOYD PRICE, Secretary.
Mar. 25,' 1912.