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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1913-10-31
The Lamp Holds Out.

The Clifton Forge Review
hears that Malcolm r. Patterson.
former governor of Tennessee
and friend and pardoner of the
murders of Edward Ward Car
marck, has experienced a
charge of heart. "A new vision"
has come to the man who
brought the Democrtic party in
Tennessee into disrepute and
who fought the temperance cause
by all means within his power,
says the Review, land he boldly
and without reserve admits the
error of his ways, and pledges
his future life to a better cause. "
Accepting his repentance con-
Cltionally, the Review says:
Mr.. Patterson has tasted the
dregs of the bitter cup. First,
he lost political prestige by flock
ing with a crowd that in the day
of troubl could be of no service
to him. Second, his son, through
overindulgence in liquor, got in
to a serious scrape in a Western
State. Third, the ex-governor.
while intoxicated, was found in
a house of i'll repute in Nashville
about month ago during a
raid made by the police.
Evidently in his sober mo-
ments Mr.. Patterson reflected
over his past life. He counted
the cost and found that he had
been both a loser and a sufferer,
and decided, as men and women
frequently decide, to lead a
better life. His speech at Muf-
reesboro, Tenn, and the inter-
view given out at Nashville,
make interesting reading. The
words uttered in both the speech
and the interview ring true. 1t
is our belief that Mr.. Patterson
is a changed man. At any rate.
we hope so. He has it in his
power to be an instrument for
good in the Volunteer.
IL all sounds very well and eX-
tremely encouraging. Evidences
of change of heart have been
given since the unfortunate
incident to which the Review
refers, but proof is yet to come,
and it cannot come by candidacy
for office. Repentance does not
wipe out all past errors, Man
cannot express his sorrow for his
past misdeeds, however sincere
iy, and be received at once on
the same footing with those who
have not sinned as greatly as
he. We have always had sym-
pathy with the protest of the
prodigal's brother who complain
ed that he who had remained at
nome and conserved his portion
OF the esate was showed into the
background by the@s.honors paid
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1913-10-31
Important Features of New
Tariff Law

The most important features
of the Underwood tariff law,
as outlined by its sponsors, are
A reduction of nearly one-half
in the average tariff on food
stuffs and farm products; the
placing of raw wool on the free
list and a reduction of nearly
twotthirds in the tariff on wool
en- clothing, especially of the
cheaper grades; a redu elton of
one-third. average, on cotton
clothing; reduction of the sugar
tariff and its ultimate abolish
ment in 1916; an average re-
duction of one-third in the tariff
on earthenware and glassware i;
abolition of all tariffs on meats;
hsh, dairy products. flour,
potatoes, coal, iron ore, lumber
and many classes of farm and
office machinery; a general re-
duction on all important articles
in general use. The average rate
carried by the new law is 81 per
cent, which is 40 per cent less
than the average rate of the
Dingley tariff, and over a third
less than the Payne-Aldrich
law. 1t is an earnest and honest
effort to correct the gross in
justices that have existed in
preceding republican tariffs by
reason of the fact that the neces-
saries of life were Disseminated
against in favor of the luxuries.
1t substitutes for the reign of
special interests writing their
own tariff schedules a bill pre-
pared by the peoples represen-
tatives. 1t was written without
the aid or assistance of lobby.
1t represents a successful effort
on the part of the democratic
administration to keep its
pledge to the people that it
would reduce the cost of living
by cutting down the cost of
getting goods into the hands of
the consumer.-The Commoner.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1913-10-31
BACK IN GODS COUNTRY

About five years ago young
man and his young wife pulled
up stakes" and moved from
Tazewell to a Northwestern
state. Like hundreds of other
Southerners they were ttracted
to the great west by wonderful
stories and alluring offers put
out by land agents and railroads.
The promise of cheap lands, free
homesteads and the open, free
life of the plains lured them
away, and away they went.
After five years of hard work,
day and night, they returned a
week ago. broke They found
That the newspapcl tories, did
not tell all the story of life in
the great Northwest - -Ihe bright
side of the picture only was
presented. Hot winds, pllzzar DIS
and droughts cannot be put in
pictures, and are never put in
words.
The particular case of the
young man above mentioned is
typical of hundreds of others.
He failed through no fault of his
own. Not all men who move
west fail, by any means, but
the point sought to be made
here is, that there is 70 reason
in the world why any man seek
ing a home for himself and
family need leave Virginia for
the west, or any other part of
the country. Does he seek lands,
= good water, good climate, good
churches and schools? All these
are to be found right here at
home, and right among the kind
est, most refined and most
hospitable people on earth. Vir-
ginia has hundreds of thousands
of acres of vacant lands which
can be bought very cheap, and
on the best of terms. True,
much of this land is called
"poor," but much is productive
and all of it can be made so by
intelligent cultivation. The
your G man referred to, and his
partner, had out last season 75C
acres in wheat, which averaged
about 5 bushels per acre. This
might have been exceptional but
for years the hotwinds, droughts
and billiards., unknown in Vir-
ginia, blighted their crops, and
left them in a hole" every
time. Experience is costly
teacher. The boys will learr
the lesson after a while which
the newspapers and other agen-
cies here have been trying t.
beat into their heads for years
that Old Virginia is is the
garden spot of the earth. E"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1913-10-31
DON'T APPRECIATE 1T.

The Clinch Valley News has
no fault to find with Col. Brown
ings high opinion of bluegrass
Our opinion of this king of
the Grasses" is an exalted one.
1t is truly great. We do object
to his depreciation of alfalfa.
He has never tried it. Has per-
haps seen little of its growth,
and from the tone of his article
has evidently read little about,
and knows less of it's value.
Tazewell makes hay-needs hay.
and although a great grass
country buys hundreds of tons
OF hay-some of it alfalfa
every winter, Our contention
is chiefly, that alfalfa will make
more feed per acre than blue
grass, two to one. That, as
pasture for export cattle it will
equal or surpass bluegrass has
not been demonstrated in this
section. 1t has been demonstrate
ed in other sections that one
acre of alfalfa will furnish as
much pasture, properly manag-
ed as three acres of any other
OF thesgrasses. Whether this is
true OF bluegrass or not we are
not prepared to state. AS a hay
crop however, it is parexcell
ence, the"Queen of the grasses. Z"
This has been satisfactorily
demonstrated on a thousand
farms. We hope to see this
demonstration made here on a
large scale. We believe, after
several years of experience in
growing this grass, that It will
give a good account of itself
every time. AS to the bluegrass
meadows. we believe it would
pay to break them and grow a
few crops of alfalfa on them.
.nd then let them come back in
to bluegrass if desired. Alfalfa
would enrich the soil while
furnishing fine forage. 1t has
never been, claimed so far as
we have seen. that growing blue
grass entr.ches- the soil when
the land is grazed regularly.
Mr.. Browning is wrong again
when he says that the best
alfalfa comes from Russia, and
that Napoleon is dead. Neither
is true Napoleon" was tran
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1913-10-31
Not Paint

With linseed oil at 81 what
sort of oil do you think they
use in paint" at $1.75 and
$1.50?
That stuff counterfeit paint.
You can cheat yourself; you
can't cheat Time or Weather.
Paint is a rubbery coat over
wood and iron to keepuot water.
Counterfeit paint may look
like it; counterfeit money looks
like money.
What are all counterfeits for,
They ae all alike. DEVOE
John E. Jackson sells our paint.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1913-10-31
Dry Goods

Calico, per yard, Sc.
Brown Domestic. per yd. 5 to 1Oc.
Bleached domestic, per yard, SC
to 10c.
Outings, per yard. 8 1-3 to 10c.
Apron Ginghams, per yard, SC
and 8 1-3.
u oou Dress Glnghams, per yd.
1Oc.
Many other bar gains in our dry
goods department.
Good supply sweaters from SOC
to 3.75.
Mems, ladies and childrens I'M
der wear of all descriptions.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1913-10-31
Good Line Queensware, All Prices and Descriptions
Blankets From Csc to $685. Comforts, ST 90 Up
We have many other Bargains and see them
w. I. Witten s. Co.
the returning spendthrift.

the returning spendthrift.
But with the Clifton Forge
Review we are glad to hear that
Patterson has seen the error of
his ways, and though we doubt
that he could even in part take
THE leadership of the moral
forces that was made vacant
when e. w. Carmack was slain
on the streets of Nashville, we
DO not doubt that he could rend-
er great service to the people of
his State. His very regeneration
would do that. and as a fighter
in the ranks he could do more.
Richmond Virginian.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1913-10-31
ONE-PHOspHOROUS, 1916
PHOSPHORUS IS A PANACEA
1t Will Increase Yields and Perma.
nently Improve Fertility
of Land.


Agriculture is the oldest avoca-
ton known to man, but the mode
of farming. to insure increased
production and permanent i'm
provement of lands is scarcely |
over a half century old. The \
farming community almost furn-
ishes the brains of the world, and
on general topics they are exceed
ingly well posted. and it is not
well to take them for people not
susceptible of the highest culture.
Yet it is surprisingly strange to
see how little the farmers of this
country know about increasing
crops and permanently improving
their lands. For several genera
tons there has existed the idea
that any one could farm, and farm
successfully. and tie lands having
been farmed improperly so long.
it now requires the advice of some
Of our most eminent agronimists
to bring about conditions that will
make farming remunerative.
In fact, farm: = at this time re-
quires education it requires brains
and when braies and Drawn are
mixed the result i 1000 per cent
profit. The present yield of wheat
in the u. s. is only a blu. per acre,
as the average for decade, which
is only one-third OF crop. This,
however, is even better than the
production in Great Britain. and
England some 81 years ago. and
England. becoming alarmed at the
decrease in production of wheat
and other cereals. commenced
looking about to see how they
could improve. and today Great
Britain is producing instead Of | a
bu.. 33 blu. of wheat; England.
37N bu.; Germany also has
grown to 20 bu. and Denmark to
over 40 blu. per acre for the de-
cade.
1t is a significant fact that this
increase has been brought about
by correct farming and by feed
ing PHOSPHORUS to the lands. The
four mineral plant foods necessary
to produce crops are PHOSPHORUS,
calcium, magnesium and potas-
sium. Phosphorus. calcium and
magnesium are three of the five
important elements. Usually there
is 1000 years SUI ~ of potas-
stun in the soil. Nitro gen is all.
necessary, as an orga ,ic elemen;
and must be drawn from the at
mospherc wfore there IS an in
exhaustive supply. There are few
farmers who are able to tell ho,v
much nitrogen it takes to produce
100 lbs. of cereals. but it actually
takes about 3 lbs. of nitrogen. Ii
will astonish many people to know
that there are ten million dollars,
worth of nitrogen in the air over
lying each acre of ground in the
state of West Virginia, and to ar
rive at this. every one knows thai
a column of air one inch square,
extending to the upper surface oil
the atmosphere. weighs | 5 lbs. |,
is a poor chemist that cannot tel
you at once that three-fourths oil
this atmosphere is nitrogen. |,
takes lime and phosphorous ap.
piled on the land used for legume.
to catch this nitrogen. 1t is
brought down by proper manage.
ment and cultivation, which cause.
bacteria to grow on the roots Of
these legumes and they absorb
nitrogen from the atmosphere
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1913-10-31
Mems and Boys
Clothing

Mems suits from $3.50 up.
A new stock, no old nor shoddy
stuff.
Boys suits, all prices. from $500
up.
Mems corduroy work pants, SO
cents up.
Boys pants, 25 cents up.
Mems work shirts, Is cents up.
We have a good line mems and
boys caps and hats.
Mems and boys hats SO cents up.
Caps Is cents to $1.00.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1913-10-31
Grundy, Va. Oct. %, 1913.
Mrs. w. B. f. White,
President Woman'S Christian

Mrs. w. B. f. White,
President Woman's Christian
Temperance Union,
Richards, Va,
Dear Madam:
| have yours of 18th instant
asking my position as to the
enabling act, and also as to any
legislation for the purpose of
making the Webb Bill effective.
want to thank you for this
letter, and in answer to same, |
would say that stand squarely
on the Platform adopted by the
party that nominated me at
Richards on the 18th day of
July, 1913. and in addition to
that, | am personally in favor of
the enabling act and any legisla-
ton that will make the Webb
Bill, or any similar act, effective,
and, if | should be elected, | will
vote for these or similar measu-
rers, and will support them in
every legitimate way possible.
Again thanking you for this
inquiry, | beg to remain,
Yours very truly,
(Signed) Jno. A. LOONEY.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1913-10-31
Phone No. 81

sformed by alfalfa, and sold for
a big cash price. Suppose alfalfa
did come from Russia. What of
it. There were some folks a long
time ago that thought nothi ng
good could come from Nazareth.
Until Colonel Browning tries
and proves alfalfa he is scarcely
entitled to an opinion on the
subject.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1913-10-31


of lime in this country; there is
large supply of PHOSPHORUS in
this country. but the Boards of
Trade of the country have not
called the attention with sufficient
force to attract the farmers atten-
ton to the use of PHOSPHORUS and
lime in this manner. Five million
dollars are received annually by
the producers of PHOSPHORUS in
this country. for shipping out one
thousand million dollars,
worth of PHOSPHORUS to foreign
countries. and to the countries
who have been making these great
increases in wheat and other farm
products. Over Is per cent of the
PHOSPHORUS now mined in thia
country is shipped out of the u. S.
IF the farmers could be induced to
use this PHOSPHORUS which is
shipped out, and apply it to their
lands, it would be sufficient to
make an increased yield of one
billion, four hundred million bu.
of wheat. or twice the amount of
our total crops as they are now
going. With such conditions it
looks like it would be well to start
legislation. in the United States
Senate looking towards preventing
| TWO-PHOSPHOROUS. 1916
this expectation of-she--sinews of
prosperity. Gentlemen. the pros
perity of all our agriculture and
the prosperity of these United
States depends upon the farmers
knowing how and actually catch
ing nitrogen from the atmosphere,
and remember gentlemen, that
lime and PHOSPHORUS in proper
combination are the means of
catching the nitrogen.
The foregoing facts have been
tested and are as well-proven as
any other facts about chemistry
and mathematics. They are the
same the world over, and if phos-
phorous will increase the crops of
cereals in England, Germany and
Denmark. it follows that it will in
crease the yield in America; in
fact, every feature increasing
yields and permanently improving
lands, is just as well established
as the fact that the world turns on
its axis.
Every one is Interested in bring
ing down the high cost of living.
Our Pocahontas Coal Operators
would like to be able to feed their
mules for less money. They
would like to sell supplies at
reasonable price to all of their en-
ployees. In order to keep pace
with other railroads, and to be
able for the men to live, the N. &
w. has been compelled 10 increase
wages.
1t is a well-dehned fact that
supply and demand governs
prices. Therefore. if it is possible
to double and treble the produc-
tion of our soil, it follows that if
this increase in production and the
permanent improvement of our
lands is made to obtain, then
prices of these commodities will
adjust themselves to reasonable
level with all other conditions
existing.
Madame DeStael once asked
Napoleon who was the greatest
woman. He answered, The
woman with the most children"
On another occasion one of his
generals asked who was the
greatest man. Possibly quoting
from Dean Swift, he answered,
The man who can make two
spears of grass grow where there
only one"
w. II. CCrrAiAN
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1913-10-31

Fitzsimmons has just told a
jury in the Supreme Court of
New York how Jim Jeffries lick
ed him ;sbut what we would like
to find out is who1 struck Billy
Patterson. Evening journal.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1913-10-31

Here is a woman who speaks from
personrl knowledge and long exper
ience viz, Mrs. p. II. Brown, of
Wilson. Po., who says, 81 know from
experience that Chamberlain Cough
Remedy IS paa superior to any other,
For Group there is nothing that excels
it," For sale by all druggists.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1913-10-31
AFeWSu88estion s
Showing Where You Can Save
Money by Trading With Us.

We submit herewith few prices for your
careful consideration. We are sure, after looking
over these prices and comparing them with Others
you will be convinced that we can save YOU
money Our rule of selling for cash enables us
to sell at much lower figures than those who
conduct credit business
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1913-10-31
Bargain Counter

Our 10 and 25c tables are wond-
ers. 16 at. dish pan 10c.
z at. stew cup 10c, also many
other values.
A good coal scuttle for Csc.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1913-10-31
Women Who Get D;zzv


Every womBn who is troubled w;+h
iaintIng snd dizzy apells, backacbe
headache, weakness, debility. constin,
alton or kidney troubles should nsa|
Electric Bitters. They give relief
when notping else will improve the
neaith, adding strength and yipor
from the first dose. Mrs. Laura Gains
OF Avoca. La, says: -Four doctors had
given me up and my children and all
my friends were looking for me to die
Butter. J did 80, and they have done
me a world of good" Just try them
QUO. and S1.00 at all druggists or by
mail. ~
52sEs Bucklen & Go. Philadelphia orst.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1913-10-31
SH OES

The celebrated Scuffers for
children.
Mems and ladies from $3.50 up.
Good stock shoes, gum boots and
felt boots.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1913-10-31
WHERE THEY STAND

The following cores pondence
explains itself. The President of
the w. C. T. u. of this county,
Mrs. W.B F. White, asked of
each of the candidates for the
Legislature, an expression of
their position, not only on the
Enabling Act, but also on the
question Of making effective, as
far as possible, the provision of
the Webb Bill, which aim to pro-
hibit the shipment of liquors in
to dry territory.
The replies of the candidate
follow:
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1913-10-31

Grundy, Va, Oct. %, 1913.
Mrs. w. B F. White,
President Woman's Christian
Temperance Unoin,
Richards, Va,
Dear Madam:
In reply to your letter asking
how | stood on the Enabling act
and also about legislation for
the purpose of making effective
in the State the The W Webb Bill, |
desire to state, that as stated in
my platform, | am for the Enabl-
ing act and for any law that will
stop the sale and manufacture
of Alcoholic Beverages.
Your very truly,
(Signed) E. II. WITTEN
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-11-08

way ana calling Presto" to them ~
they enter. Now proceeds the practice.
ana Mr.. Steiner. with much energy.
takes them through the score. Every
minute Or two the singing In stopped and
q passage sung over and not passed
until tho four ears close beside tho plano
are satisfied. First It's "Koenigsklnder'
and then IFS Faust" and then it's
Julien" from German to French with
quick shift. and tho slngers ~ II.
hammer and tongs.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-11-08

help having a soft spot in
N your heart for a man who
e- has slept on barroom
door. I've never tried It myself
but its appealing. And when Cyril
Maude came right out with 1t, like a
man who takes the world as he finds
Il I thought OF another Englishman,
John Maseheld. whose Nan" scrubs
the door Of humanity. Masefeld. you
may recall. fed his genius at the free
lunch counter OF a Sixth avenue
saloon and did odd jobs around the
place to keep body and soul out Of
the. poorhouse. Cyril Maude has
slept in the same atmosphere and
the same country. with his coat for
4 pillow. He's as frank as a
"bouncer" and as unspoiled as a boy.
with bundle under one arm and
An umbrella beneath the other he
walked into his hotel from a visit
with Forbes r obertson and an
nounoed himself as-well. here's the
way It went:
KNOWS NEW YORK BOARDING
HOUSES INTIMATELY.
ITO go back to the beginning. I'm
really a Colorado actor. you know. MY
experience on the English stage came
later. From the time | was six years
old I wanted to be an actor, but my
health. unfortunately, was OF first con
alteration to my parents. so they shipped
me or to my brother In Canada, where
I led tho life Of farmer TIL | felt
strong enough to beard the drama in It's
dan. The particular den that attracted
mo was New York, and pending the
roar Of the lion In answer to the call J
was sending out l waited In board
Ing house down In Eighth street There
II was that the real meaning OF melo-
drama dawned upon me. or perhaps
should say descended upon me with the
setting sun. For the landlady was OF
. spirituous. rather than spiritual ma
ture, and every Saturday night she
would collect bricks and other little
souvenirs OF the neishborhood and
smash the windows OF my otherwise
peaceful home. 1t must have been aw-
fully expensive. but she didn't seem to
count the cost, Often. Of late, I've
thought OF her as the original militant
suRragette. intent upon making the
complacent Engllshman bit nervous
Those were good old days. full of UNI
certainty and brickbats."
Nh MAuds closed his large blue eyes
~ snaA n .1'saaa''s 'SA'a ~ ~