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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1913-11-14
NEWS OF POUNDING MILL

Pounding Mill, Nov. 12.--Thi,
place has been in the midst of D
snow storm and cold wav e since
Saturday morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Osborne
from Roanoke spent from Satur-
day to Monday with their
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. James
Osborne and brother, +. Myers
Mrs. r. X. Gillspie visited re-
latiyes at Raven Saturday.
Miss Ocie Lowell spent Sunday
at Tazewel with friends.
Miss Rosa, the charming
daughter of the late VIM. Burton
at Unaka returned to Tazewell
on No. 6 last night, for her
home, after pleasant weeks
visit to the home of w. b. Steele
and family.
John b. Gillespie representing
w. w. Couch and Company
Lynchburg, stopped off with Rex
Steele Saturday and took a bird
hunt.
Mrs. G. M. Hunter spent Fri
day in Bluefield.
Mr.. Morgan Tate who as been
confined to his bed for some time
with heart trouble is able to be
up again.
Mrs. MI. Sturgill who sufrred
a relapse for several days is re-
poted better.
Mr.. Curtis Shamblin who has
fever is getting along nicely.
Mrs. Rebekah Williams left
yesterday morning for Erwine,
Tenn. to visit her neice Mrs.
Leonard Spratt and nephew
Harry M. Williams.
The school here is progressive
ing nicely under the manage
ment of Misses C. V. Mercy
nolds and Mary Brown. They
are too much crowded, need an
other room and anothrer teacher
They have to teach over time in
order to hear all of their classes.
Messrs Hugh and Jeff Brown,
OF the Cove are loading several
cars of big cattle this morning.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1913-11-14
The United States and Mexico.
(Communicated)

The question is frequently ask
ed why should the United States
interfere in Mexico? There are
many reasons; but the principal
ones are, found in the following {:
First we are morally bound by
the Monroe Doctrine" to not
allow any other nation of Europe
to invade and acquire by con-
quest or otherwise any territory
among any of the republics to
the South of us. Second we are
bound by treaty rights of other
nations to see that the rights of
their citizens as well a, our own
are respected in Mexico and all
the South American republics.
In return for this. Europe
guarantees the same treaty
rights and projections to the
citizens of the United States in
Europe. Having served notice
on Europe, that we would not
allow any interference with the
establishment of the govern
ments of our neighbors to the
South, without our consent, we
are morally and equally bound
to use our influence, and power
II necessary, to protect the in
vestments not only our own
citizens, but of Europe also, and
the lives of these citizens while
engaged in their lawful rights.
Every civilized nation guaran-
tees protection to its citizens in
personal and property rights
wheresoever they may go in the
legal pursuit of their business,
and by reason of the position
the United States has taken she
stands pledged to see that the
treaty rights of other nations are
protected and respected among
our neighbors to the South of us.
Valuable property in Mexico
belonging to European and
American citizens has already
been destroyed and many of the
owners driven out the country
and some have been killed. The
continued rebellion and murder
going on in Mexico is causing
other nations to ask and demand
of the United States that she
stop it and give protection to the
property and lives Of their citi-
ZenS.
Again, it is a question of hu-
Thousands are being
rendered homeless and the so
called rebellion, is largely one of
fapine, robbery and murder. AS
a Christian nation, we should
put a stop to it peaceably if we
can, forcibly if we must. H.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1913-11-14
Hands off" Policy.

Washington, DC, Nov. IL. -
Indications today were that
American policy toward Mexico
which it was hoped nations
generally would follow, still is
hands off," The general inter
pretation of the situation was
that the United States, by Civ
ing foreign powers detailed in
formation of its determination
not to recognize the acts of the
new congress. and indicated a
desire that the powers generally
refrain from financial dealing
with the Huerta government.
So far us could be learned there
has been no specific request for
support by the powers, but there
has been n plain intimation that
the United States believes the
collapse of the Huerta regime
Ineyitable if foreign aid be with
held.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1913-11-14
PISTOLS GALORE
AT POUNDING MILL
In Magistrates Trial Of a Special
Policeman Guns Are Drawn and
Lawyer and Client Have Tumble

Pounding Mill came very near
being the scene of serious troub-
lie last Saturday, during the trial
of Grover Shamblin, special
policeman at that place, who was
charged with feloniously assault
ing Reese Johnston, whom he
had attempted to arrest. Shamb-
Inns trial was in prog ress,
Magis trates w. f. Mcclure.
Geo. c. Bailey and j. Harve
Beavers, sitting as judges and
jury. Senator Royal, of this
city, represented Shamblin, and
occupied seat near the door,
where witnesses and Interested
spectators were constantly pass
ing back and forth. The Senator
was leaning back in chair, at
perfect ease, when his client, in
passing hung his feet on the
Senator's chair, and they both
piled up in the floor, with the
lawyer on the bottom. Some
difficulty was experienced in
getting the two men untangled.
as the small space they occupied
did not permit Of much shutting
about. The lawyer was heard to
eXclaim that if he was not re-
leased Immediately he would re-
tire frUm the case and leave
Shamblin to his fate. He finally
eXtricated himself and the trial
proceeded. After a few minutes
mad elapsed Shamblin and John
Hoops had a war of words,
Shamblin charging that Hoops
was tampering with witnesses.
A few words passed, and in the
twinkling of an eye Shamblin
and his brother drew guns and
threw the court, lawyers and
witnesses into panic. Chief
Justice Mcclure is said to have
ordered an immediate adjourn
ment, and sought protection IN a
safer place on the outside of the
court room. tits not related how
the other Justices acted under
fire. AS soon as order could be
restored an agreement was en-
tered into whereby the parties
Interested should hand over their
guns to their lawyers, which
agreement was carried out to
the extent of two revolvers,
which belonged to Senator
clien,s. The trial was
proceeded with and Shamblin
was sent to the grand jury.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1913-11-14
More Corn and Potatoes Than
Last Year.

The crop report of Novemb er
10, 1918 just issued by the
Bureau of Statistics of the Agri-
cultural Department of the
United States, for Virginia,
gives this State an average yield
per acre of 26 bushels against
"a bushels for 1912, and a total
yield of 81, 480, 600 as against
47, $50, 900 bushels in 1912. This
gives an increase in the State of
nearly a million bushels, and
this was not a favorable year
for corn either, in this State.
Better seed and better culture
will greatly increase this yield.
This latest bullitin gives total
yield in United States as nearly
700 million bushels short of 1912,
and the yield per acre of %
bushels against 20 last year.
Potatoes, 100000 bushels in
the State, against 8,265, 900
bushels last year-over million
bushels short.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1913-11-14
THE POSTAL Thief
DRAWS z YEARS
Silsberger, Who Made Away With
Large Sum, Confesses in Federal
COurt-Gets Light Sentence.

Roanoke. Va, Nov, II, 1918.
Edward M. Silberger, default
er for Pocahontas postoflice, who
has been in Jail here awaiting
trial since the middle of October,
following his capture in Beren.
Ohio, was taken to Danville at
6:4O this morning. where he will
re arraigned this afternoon in
the federal district court before
Judge Mcdowell. Mrs. Silberger
and her baby daughter, accom-
panied by Mrs. Paul Jones, of
the Salvation Army, went to
Danville on the same train.
It is expected Silberger's case
will be disposed of this after
noon, and it is not unlikely Mrs.
Silberger will return to Roanoke
with Mrs. Jones tomorrow.
What her plans are for the
future is not known, but it is
believed she will 20 to Eccles,
w. Va, where her father and
sister now reside. The little
Wpiiitll HAS Deen unWaVof1nH In
devotion to her husband. When
he was committed to Jail here
she elected to remain near him,
and was provided a home by
the Salvation Army. Almost
every day since Silberger was
placed in a cell at the city iail
his wife has called on him. often
taking the baby along.
So far as is known, Silberger
never engaged counsel to defend
him and if he yet maintains the
submissive attitude which
characterized the early days of
his confinement it is probable he
will enter a plea of guilty and
throw himself on the mercy of
the court. -World-News.
Later. - Silbeger plead guilty
on Wednesday and was sentenc-
ed to two years in the peniten-
tiary. Silbeger's excuse for
stealing the money was that his
salary of $56 a month was not
sufficient for his support. If he
behaves well he will be released
when he has served a third of
his time.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1913-11-14
The TazewelIs Mixed.

Al. Jennings, the once noted
highwayman and desparado, has
recently contributed series of
interesting biographical articles
for the Saturday Evening Post,
in one of which articles he states
that he was born IN Tazewell
county, Virginia. His family
were driven out of Tennessee by
the invading armies, and he
states that his family stopped
for sometime in an old school
house in Tazewell county Vir-
ginia, at which time he was born.
Inquiry among the oldest
people around here fails to elicit
any verification or recollection
of this family and this event.
More than fifty years have clasp
ed, it is true, but there are
people still living on the borders
of this and contiguous counties,
who should, traditionally at
least, have some information on
the subject.
We think, as does Capt. Tynes
an old soldier, who is familiar,
with the movements of the
armies in Tennessee, that Taze-
well Virginia and Tazewell
Tennessee have gotten mixed in
this narrative. If, .as Jennings
implies. if he does not explicitly
state that his family was be-
tween the armies of Longstreet
and Rosecrans Tazewell Virginia
could not have been the place
indicated, says Capt. Tynes. for
at no time was Rosecrans in Vir-
glnia or even near the line. Can
any readers of this paper give
any light on the subject?- Editor
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Little River Items.

Nov, II, 1913. Misses Myrtle
and Eva Neel from Cedar Bluff
were visiting their parents Mr..
and Mrs. w. E. Neel from Fri
day until Sunday.
w. f.. Lockhart and M. r.
Elswick were visiting friends in
Thompson Valley Saturday and
Sunday.
j. II. Harris, A. r. Harris
were visiting their sister Mrs. j.
j. Elswicle Sunday and Monday.
Little Keiagearge and Lettie
Lester were visiting their aunt
Mrs. Andy Barns from Saturday
until Wednesday.
Miss Eva Lester, of Cedar
Bluff and niece's Misss Clark's
of North Carolina were visiting
Mrs. Preston Johnson last week.
Oscar Hoops, of Cedar Bluff,
spent Saturday and Sunday with
his sister, Mrs. Will Caldwell.
Those visiting the school Of
this place Friday were, Messrs
Reece Preston and Robert John
son, Misss Eva Lester, Mary
and Vernon Clark.
Mrs. j. j. and G.. C. Elswick
were shopping in Richlands
Thursday, on their return home
the horse become frightened
and demolished the buggy
against a telephone post, no one
was injured.
Mrs. Reece Johnson and son
were shopping in Richlands
Thursday.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1913-11-14
A General Snow Storm.

The heaviest snow of the sea-
son began falling about IL
O'Clock last Saturday night. con-
tinuing all day on Sunday, and
at intervals through Monday and
Tuesday. The snow followed
twenty four hours of rain, the
ground being therefore quite
wet, and much of the snow melt
ed as fast as it fell for some
time. Had the ground been dry
at first there would have been
at least 12inches of snow on the
ground.
Newspapers on Tuesday re-
ported that the storm was gener-
al along the Atlantic coast, being
specially severe in New York
and the lake regions, Ohio and
other states East of the Mississ-
ippi river.
In many places much damage
was done. railroads blocked etc.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1913-11-14
The Southwest Governors.

Editor News:-In your last
weeks number you named three
former Governors of Virginia
from the Southwest. Your list
omitted, / think, two names of
former Governors, who executed
the Office with distinguished
ability Governors Campbell and
Robertson, both, / think, of
Washington county, but probab-
ly Governor Campbell was a cit
izen of Wythe. Would like to
hear further about these old
time executives. Yours, S.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1913-11-14
Taking Xmas Orders.

Our MIR. Moore will be at the
sample rooms of the Jefferson
vile hotel November 18th and
18th, taking Christmas orders.
Call and see this magnificent
line and get prices before plac-
ing your Christmas orders.
He will have the finest line of
diamonds, watches, jewelry and
silverware, ETC., ever shown in
Tazewell, and beside this all
the new things in fads and fan
cies in silver, gold, etc. Every
thing fresh and new. Come in
and look it over whether you
buy or not, he will be glad to see
you.
; D. B. RYLAND AND CO.,
The Lynchburg jewelers..
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1913-11-14

and Tazewell boy. one of the
many boys of Tazewell who is
making good" in the world:
Mir. Groclose is Presiding Ed
er in a methodist conference in
Southwest Texas:
THE Picayune man saw Rev.
Groseclose Monday and asked
him for a statement covering the
results in the entire district,
which is given below:
1.-THE yaar just closed has been
the best year in the history of
the Beeville District, M. E.
Church, South. In the face of
the closest money conditions
this territory has experienced
for years, the work has gone
steadily forward. Last year was
a banner year There were
about HOO addition to the mem
bership of the church. This year
the nubmer of additions has in
creased to about 1900.
Last year tfe district raised
FOR all purposs $9O,OO0.OO. This
year the grand total will run to
about $100,00O.OO. When you
take into consideration that this
year seven of the counties have
had complete crop failures, this
is wonderful, indeed.
There have been four new
parsonsages and ten new
churches built during the year.
Many church debts have been
paid and all together the condi-
t1ons were never better in the
history of the District.
The local church at Beeville
has made fine showing. Every
claim was paid in full and over.
The parsonage debt was liquidat-
ed"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1913-11-14
Back Home.

Burke's Garden, Nov. 8.
Mr.. Editor:-Allow me space in
your most valued paper to make
a few remarks, if you please,
concerning our visit to Washing
ton county. We left home Octo-
ber 18th, spent the night at Mr..
and Mrs. James Helmandoller's.
Saturday, the 18th, took in the
coronerstone laying at the court
house, then we spent Saturday
night with Mrs. Rose Humphrey
on Hogback. The next day we
drove to Mrs. Johnson Reynolds
within 5 miles of Abingdon, in
the rain, for it sure did rain.
After a pleasant stay with them
we lief t for a visit to Mr.. R. D.
Browns at Meadow View. After
a pleasant stay with them, we
were accompanied by Mr.. Brown
and son, and Mrs. Charles Nc
Graw and son to Prof. Robert
Snodgrass at Liberty Hall. There
we were most highly entertained
by Mrs. Snodgrass as the pro-
fessor was busy teaching at the
Hall. Then to Abingdon to visit
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin Usage; !;
then to Meadow View to visit
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles McGraw,
then to church Sunday to hear
Rev Mr.. Glenn. Monday to Abb
ingdon to hear Hon. Henry c..
Stuart speak; Mr.. Buchanan and
Mr.. Campbell also spoke, and
others. After the speaking we
dined with MIR. and Mrs. r. S.
Gill, where we were most cor
daily entertained; then back to
Shortsville to Mr.. Reynolds, lat
er to Mrs. Johnson Reynolds,
and from there to Mrs. Will Da-
Wis. From there we turned home
ward, coming as far as Tanners
willie, where we spent the night
with Mr.. and Mrs. Will Hit,
then up Poor Valley home.
! Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. w. Wynn.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1913-11-14
North Tazewell Lots Now on Sale,

We have just completed our
map of lots at North Tazewell,
Virginia,and offer same for sale.
The new county road has been
established through this pro-
perty which is designated on
the map as Clinch Avenue. Lots
fronting on Clinch Avenue and
Second Avenue 30x150 at $125 to
$500, each. Lots fronting on
Center Avenue e0x15O feet at
$3.50 to $500, each. Other lots
110x215 feet at 5000, each. All
these are beautiful level lots.
The rolling lands are laid off
into five, ten and twenty acre
lots at 500 per acre.
Good eight room, frame and
shingle residence with ten acres
of land surrounding the same,
price $1,000. This includes the
garden, orchard and out-build-
ings. and there is running
spring water piped into the
yard.
Terms: on-fourth cash, balance
in one, two and three years, in
terest payable annually.
]. N. HARTMAN,
Agent of North Tazewell Land
Corporation, Tazewell Va,
lila 2w.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1913-11-14
A Social Event of the Season.

Mr.. and Mrs. M. G. Buchanan
Entertained on Saturday evening
November 9th in honor of their
house guests Miss Tommie Lee
st. Elmo, of Memphis, Tenn.
and Miss Jane Elridge, of Lex
ington, Virginia.
Numerous games and contests
were indulged in, first prize was
won by DR.. S. S. Ward, of Uni
versity of Missouri, the BOBBY
was awarded to Rev. Edward
Everett Lambert, of Bandy, Va.
A delightful salad course was
served. Those present were,
Misses Tommie Lee St. Elmo,
Memphis, Tenn, Jane Elridge,
Lexington, Va, Mable Brewer,
Ethelyin Bear, Louis and Margie
Fox. Bandy, Va, Ora Leta
Bastin, Princeton, w. Va, Mary
Davis, Richmond, Va, Patty
Leigh Fuller, West Point. Va,
Reta Don Oxley, Nashville,
Tenn, Marceline Gatling, Nor
folk, Va.
Messrs Holt E. Hankins, Palm
Beach, Fla, DR.. S. S. Ward,
Missouri, j. B. Kerfoot, Lynch
burg, Va, Billy Greer, Huston,
Texas, Hon. J.H. Hurt, Harmon,
Va, Rev. Edward Everett
Lambert, Bandy, Va, Willie
Lowe, Bachelorsville, Md, w.
S. Hankins, Noshoetown, Va,
Fred Lambert, Earl Rex, Laural,
Va, Judge Harry K.Humpherys,
Tip Top, Va.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1913-11-14
West Virginia Must Paw.

Washington, d. c., Nov. TO-
Chief Justice White for the
Supreme Court of the United
States, today ordered West Vir-
ginia to take steps to settle by
June 1914, the dispute with Vir-
ginia in which it is alleged
West Virginia owes Virginia
about $14 million dollars interest
on an old bond issue. A final
hearing will be held in April.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1913-11-14
A Moving Picture" i'm DIR.
Wileys Church.

Yesterday morning while DR..
Wiley, the brilliant young pastor
of Bland Street Methodist
church, was delivering sermon
from the text "Then shall we
know even as also we are
known, a pigeon of beautiful
plumage. which had by some
means found it's way into the
building seeking shelter, per-
haps from the binding snow
storm-left it's unseen perch and
made circuit of the room, alight-
ing finally on the chandelier
which depends from the ceiling
in front of the chancel. From
that vantage point, the confused
and frightened bird for while
surveyed it unfamiliar surround
ings, and then began a series of
wild flights about the room,
which continued until the SER
vices closed.
The sermon was a discussion
of the intellectual limitations of
man, with excursions along lines
corollary to the theme ;and while
the preacher moved from point
to point in the discourse-defn-
ing faith, or giving beautiful
!. expression to the promises of
the Divine One, or lowering elo-
quently on the verge of the un-
known-the bird, the radiant
creature of wings, whose home
is the boundless air, circled and
circled again and again the
strange and unknown prison in
to which it had unwittingly
come. Now it would be attracted
by the dim light that shone
through the stained memorial
windows--it fiuttered with eager
brushing wings against the
picture which portrays some
gifted painters dream of the
scene on the night of the
Nativity-the descending angles
with cherubs clinging to their
garments, the wondering shep-
herds, the sleeping focks; again
it entreated for escape through
the window which represents
the rescue of the lost sheep-the
Savior, returning to the fold
with the lost on in His arms.
1t was an impressive and
unique occurrence "a sermon
illustrated and interpreted bf
bird. -Blueheld Dali sk;fIfrt
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1913-11-14
For Revenue Only

A doctor in an Iown town ex-
pressed the opinion that news
papers are run for revenue only,
whereupon the editor ofa country
paper in a neighboring town
expressed himself in the follow
ing statement published in his
paper:
What in thunder do doctors
run for anyway? Do they run
for glory? One good, strong,
healthy doctors bill will run this
office six months. An editor
works half a day for So with an
Investment of 5000; a doctor
looks wise and works ten
minutes for 5000 with an invest
ment of 3 cents for catnip and a
pill box that costs $1.35. The
doctor goes to college for two or
three years, gets a diploma and
a string of words the devil him
self cannot pronounce, cultivates
a look of, gravity that he pawns
for wisdom, gets a box of pills,
cyuse and a meat saw, and
sticks out a shingle a full-fedged
doctor. He will doctor you until
you die at stipulated price per
visit, and puts them in as thick
as your pocket-book will permit.
An editor never gets his educa-
tion finished; he learns as long
as he lives, and studies all his
life. He eats bran, mush and
liver, he takes his pay in hay
and turnips and keeps the doctor
in town by refraining from print
ing the truth about him. We
would like to live in that
neighboring town and run a
newspaper six months and see
if the doctor would change his
mind about running a newspaper
for revenue only. If we didn't
get some glory out of it we
would agree to take one dose of
his pills after first saying our
prayers. If the editor makes a
mistake he has to apologize for
it, but if the doctor makes one
he buries it. If we make one
there is lawsuit, tall swearing
and the smell of sulphur, but if
the doctor makes one there is a
funeral, cut flowers and a smell
of varnish. A doctor can use a
word a foot long ;but if the edit
or uses it he has to spell it. If
the doctor goes to see another
mans wife he will charge the
man for the visit. If the editor
calls on another mans wife he
gets charge of buckshot. A
medical college can make a doct-
r. You can't make an editor; he
has to be born one. When the
doctor gets drunk it is case of
Overcome by heat" and if he
dies it is heart failure. When an
editor gets drunk it is too much
booze and if he dies it is delirium
tremens. The editor works to
keep from starving, while the
doctor works to ward off the
gout. The editor helps men to
live better and the doctor assists
them to die easy. The doctor
pulls sick mans leg, the edi-
tor is glad if he can collect his
bills at all. Revenue only. We
are living for fun to spite the
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1913-11-14
CATTLE FOR SALE

Eleven Steers and four heifers,
2 year olds. These are young
cattle and will be sold cheap.
Pounding Mill Quarry,
Pounding Mill, Va.