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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1913-03-07

spent $916.04 of the money pre-
rated to the road from mouth of
Teel Branch to Abb's Valley, be-
tween Tccl Branch and Bailey,
and macadamized the road, |
am, incompetent and favor
special interests. !"
z. Because the amount pro
rated to said road from Tip Top
to Springville is not sufficient TO
build it, and | cannot, or will
not provide more money for its
completion, | am, incompetent
and favor special interests"
8. | presume, because | have
been compelled to discard Il
number OF reports made by the
gentleman, on account Of gross
errors, and have them filed in
my office ready for inspection by
anyone, who may wish to see
them, (Mr. White excepted, UNI
less attended by some gentle
mani and the said reports pro-
claim that he, himself, is not
infallible, am, Therefore, On
competent and favor special
interests"
8. Because / will not submit
to this making merchandise of
my good name, and that of Mr..
Joseph I. Wright, in order to
accomplish his designs, ] am,
incompetent and favor special
interests.
10. Physician, heal, myself"
G.. A. WAGNER,
Engineer G. f. Dist.
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thing to do with this report that
1t was was relying solely on Mr..
Wagner's statements in regard
to the same. From the above
quotation it will appear that this
statement covered the work
done on all the roads in Clear
Fork District. This is not a fact,
as it covers only the work on
four sections of road and is not
true in his statement of figures,
showing costs and balances to be
expended. 1t is neither complete
nor true.
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Ignoring Father.

From the Cincinnati Enquirer:
A school teacher recently re-
ceived the following note from
the mother of one Of her pupils:
Dear Mis-. You writ me about
whippin Sammy. / Civ you per-
mission beet him up eny time he
won't lern his lesson. He is jest
like his father an you hev to
beet him with a club to lern him
enything. Pound nolege into
him. Don't pay no attention to
what hiss father says. | will
handel him"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1913-03-07
BIDS WANTED

HlDS will be received by the Board
~ of Supervisors of Tazewell County
at the Clerks Office at Tazewell, Va,
up until noon of Tuesday, March
llth, for the construction and i'm
provement of the following described
sections of road in the Jacksonville
Magisterial Districts
Macadam Roads. Width Roadbed 1Sft.
Section No. F.om scales in Thomp-
son Valley. Westwardly towards
the Maiden Spring District Line,
...... .......2 2-10 miles
From scales in Thompson Valley,
Eastwardly, up said valley. "a mi.
From the hend of Opossum Hollow
via ID. w. Lynche's to the Noun
tain Gate Leading to Poor Valley,
court order number Hip and Id
respectively.
The county proposes to furnish
equipment as follows:
Kelly Springfield Roller.
l Mounted - II. p. Boiler,
l D-24 Steam Drill,
200 feet Sd inch pipe,
l60 feet l inch pipe,
l No. a Champion Chusher with
elevator and Revolving Scales,
l Semi Portable Bin,
1 Mounted 20 IL. =. Boiler and
Engine.
Equipment to be maintained by
parties to whom contract is awarded
in its present condition, ordinary wear
and tear excepted
Bond to be furnished by the
successful bidder equal to % per cent
of estimated cost plus value of equip
ment.
by order Board Supervisors.
A copy --Teste:
G. w. GREEVER, Clerk.
rnzewell, Va, Feb, 20, 1913.
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PRO-RATING.

The Bluestone section S.54
miles in length, extends from
Mrs. Elvira Davis to stat. SOS,
which is about one mile east of
the Divides. This section, all
scheduled for macadam, got
SO, POI. 81 per mile. Six and one
half miles are graded, and four
and one-half miles macadamized.
About two miles of the east end
of this section has not been
touched, nor will be under the
bond issue. The western mile
of this section, which is near
Mr.. Whites home, under his
own supervision, had spent on it
in grading, fencing and culverts,
So, 475.5 sd, which is $273.63 more
than its pro-rata part based on
the lineal mile, and yet, he sees
the cloven-foot in my manage
ment, in that he and his section
have been very badly treated,
because / have Disseminated
against him in favor of lower
Bluestone, where there are two
miles that have never been
touched.
Take the section of SOS miles
from station 565, to the district
line. Two miles of this was tc
be dirt road and 1.68 miles to
be macadamized. On this sec
ton there was prorated So, 297. =
80 per mile, with less than so
per cent scheduled for macadam,
and with not a single bridge on
the whole road.
The section of "a miles from
7. r. Shoots to Tip Top has
under the pro-rating Sd, 702. 40
per mile. / believe this amount
will complete the road, but it is
the only one in the Clear Fork
District that can be anything
like completed with the money
pro-rated. The shortage on all
the other sections is going to be
about in proportion, and why
should |, or any one else be as
sailed on account of the shortage
in Mr.. Whites road? He and
his friends are no worse off that
the other sections, who have
known all the time that the
money would not build the roads,
and what right has any section
to claim it has not been fairly
treated, when it is as well off as
its neighbors?
The pro-rating was made on
estimated cost, and the shortage
on the roads indicates that the
engineers did the work well, as
the shortage is going to be sub
stantially the same on all OF
them with the exception of the
"a miles referred to. This can
be very easily accounted for.
This section had a heavy yard.
age, that has been moved at {
very low cost, and has had but
little to pay for fencing, where
as, the fencing on the 1868 mile:
will cost more than $1,000. 90
which was not considered il
the estimated cost.
AS to the fencing, it was a
first supposed that this expens
would be paid out of our genera
fund, and no estimate was mad
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Hard OH the Poor.

Johnny handed the folio wing
note from his mother to his
teacher the other morning:
Deere techer; you keep telling
my boy to brethe with his
diafram. Maybe rich children
has got diaframs but how about
it when their father only makes
$1.50 a day and has got Five
Children to keep? First it's one
thing and then another now it's
diaframs. That's the worst yit."
From the Vermillion (Kan.)
Times.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1913-03-07

Best For Skin Diseases

Nearly every skin disease yields
quickly and permanently to Bucklen's
Arnic Salve, and nothing is better for
burns or bruises. Soothes and heals.
John Deye, of Gladwin, Mich, sayg,
after suffering twelve years with skin
ailment and spending $500 in Doctors
bills, Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured
him. 1t will help you. Only Csc.
Recommended by John =. Jackson.
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MIR. WAGNER'S REPLY.
Editors Clinch Valley News,
Gentlemen:-

Gentlemen
I am under obligations to you
for the courtesy shown in grant
ing me an opportunity to reply
to the article written by Mr.. S.
A. White, so that my reply will
be published contemporaneous
with his article.
1t is painful to me that an
emergency has come that calls
on me to defend myself against
such unjust and childish criti-
cism as that contained in MIR.
Whites article.
tried to be MIR. Whites
friend, but was forced to ask for
his resignation on account OF
the reckless use of his tongue.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1913-03-07

You judge man not by what he
promises to do, but by what he has
done. That is the only true test.
Chamherlain's Cough Remedy judged
ny this standard has no superior.
People everywhere speak of it in the
hi6hest terms of praise. For sale by
nil druggists.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1913-03-07
Are You Constipated?

If so, get box of DR.. Kings New
Life Pills, take them regularly and
your trouble will quickly disappear.
They will stimulnt the liver, improve
your digestion and get rid of all the
poisions from your system. They will
surely get you we'll again. 25c at j
E. Jackson's, Tazewell, Va
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1913-03-07

Mnny sufferers from rheumatism
have been surprised and delighted with
the prompt relief afforded Ivy applying
Chamberlan's Liniment. Not one case
of rheumatism in ten requires any in
ternal treatment whatever. This lini-
ment is for snle by all druggists.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1913-03-07

Chambcrlain's Cough Remedy has
won its great reputation and extensive
sale by its remarkable cures of cough
colds and Group. 1t can he depended
upon. Try it. Sold by all druggists.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1913-03-07

You can say goodbye to constipation
with clear coincidence if you use
Chamberlain Tablets. Many have
been permanently cured by their use.
For sale by all druggists.
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ENGINEER WHITE
ENGINEER WAGNER.
Continued From Fir.t Page

IL OUtllutU Il II Ill uEG.
Bailey, which was supposed to
be a dirt section in the schedule
when the bond issue carried. He
has recently told the writer that
he expected to apply to the local
road board for more funds with
which to improve the Fincastle
road along the section which he
has been matchmaking. There
are some very bad places in the
newly graded road near Mr.. M.
S. Ireson's, which make this the
worst section of the Fincastle
road. MIR. Wagner has repeatedly
promised funds with which to
repair this place, but so far his
promises have failed to material
ize.
Mr.. Wagner opposed the
change in 1.-THE location of the
Fincastle road through the lands
of Mr.. E. K. Crockett, Mr..
Greear and Mr.. A. P. Gillespie.
At the same time, he admitted
that the old road could not be
made a good road, and that ne
would not advise the expenditure
of any money on the same. He
suggested that the people in this
vicinity could go to Bailey when
they wanted to go to the rail
road. The road from Bailey to
Teal Branch, touching two of
Mr.. Wagner's farms was voted
to be a dirt section, but has
been macadamized.
AUDITING COMMITTEE.
Mr.. Wagner's statement of
December 1st with reference to
his report which he presented
for publication is as follows:
"The auditing committee for
Clear Fork Magisterial District
has submitted the following re-
port covering the progress made
and money expended on the
roads in that district up to
December LIST, 1912"
1t appears from above quota
ton that the responsibility of
this report is placed with the
auditing committee, however,
they have failed to sign the
same. The inference is, that if
the auditing committee had any
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of ii, but it turned out that it
had to be carried by the bond
issue, and this has unavoidably
taxed some sections of our roads
very,much more than others
As to those false reports made
December LIST, 1912.
had given Mr.W hite leave
of absence on account of the i'll
ness of his little girl, and had
no help, except Mr.. Martin, in
winding up the months work,
and when l came to the reports
of that date, | took the state
ment cotton up by Mr.. White
sometime before, and overlooked
the amount spent in November
1912, in sec. swest sta. 565kHand
to which he called my attention,
on his return to my office, lut
too late for correction.
AS TO the gentleman's state
ment with regard to the Blue
stone section, showing s ;,
of December LIST, and as 10 10
work having been done on this
road since. There was $500. 20
spent on this road in December.
and the payroll and other items
that go to make up this state
ment, stand charged on the an
nual statement for this month,
and were placed there by Mr..
White himself. It's rather
strange that lie could so well
remember my statements, and
all facts and figures that could
be perverted, and used against
me, and entirely forget the rec
ords, and it is still more strange,
that | would make statements
to him in my Office land | never
discussed matters with him any
where else) with the facts and
figures before US, contradicting
my state nents.
As to my having opposed the
change at Mr.. e. X. Crockett's
| neither favored nor opposed it,
and am certain that Messrs.
II. S. Bowen. G. J. Hale and II.
S. Moss will bear witness to this
fact. | considered the gentlemen
capable of reaching conclusions
for themselves, and if they
needed my opinion, they would
call for it.
AS to the Teel Branch road, it
was legally built, and myreport,
of even date herewith, shows
from what sources the money
was gotten.
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CONCLUSIONS.


1. Because the gentleman was
discharged by me he says, | am,
incompetent and favor special
interests"
2. He was pc rmitted to spend
$3475. sd on the mile of Bluestone
section near him, two miles of
lower Bluestone getting not a
cent, and because | would not
permit him to spend very much
more in grading this one mile,
and then macadamize it:also, |
am, Incompetent and favor
special interests"
3. He was permitted to build
the best dirt and gravel road in
the Clear Fork District, which
runs in front of his own door,
at cost of approximately $4,000.
per mile, and because the money
will not complete the balance of
the road, and l refuse to assist
him in taking money from other
sections, to favor his pet
theories, l am, "Incompeten
and favor special interests. S."
A. Gle as open and above
board in working for the change,
at E. X. Crockett's, and because
would not join him, but left
the decision of the matter
wholly with the Road Board, l
am, incompetent and, favor
special interests"
S. Because the records in my
office show there was 5000. 20,
spent on the Bluestone roads in
December, 1912, and he recorded
the same in my annual report,
and has either innocently or
maliciously forgotten it, | am,
Incompetent and favor special
interests"
6. He was permitted to spend
almost the total Of $1338. 90, pro-
rated to the dirt road from
Springville to Tip Top, on one
end of said road, and because
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1913-01-17

without limit. We have soils that
are capable Of producing the many
varied crops raised the country oven
and much of Il especially adapted to
the Growth Of fruits, melons aud ber-
ries Of all kinds. We are, ln1eed, a
veritable truck garden.
aVhat we want is The men Of the
State, who are enga ed in apricul-
ture, to take up this work not alone
with their hands, bat viii their heads,
aud the greatest agency to help
bring about this condition is the
creation and continuance Of a College
Of agriculture that is genuinely am
purely built on agricultural lines
which stands for and is Whit it,
pane actually implies. As a frs
step in this direction, it is my deter
mlnation as an individual member Of
the Board Of Trustees Of Maryland
Agricultural College, to 1ecure for the
Presidency Of that Institution the
best agriculturist that can be found
in the country.
On letter received by me from a
gentleman in one Of The large centers
of population Of this country, he said
The cry Of Back to the farm is nc
longer a sentiment. Improved con
tiiions in farm life, and the prodnc-
ton Of increased food supplies to
provide for the increasing population
is the vital issue of the times; and,
upon its solution depends the future
welfare OF the nation; and perhaps
the continuance of our present form
Of government"
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1913-01-17
CONVICTION or ARcnBALp.

By a vote that testifes to the
strength Of the evidence, vote o.
6s to 5, the Judge Of the United
States Court Of Commerce Roiert W.
Archibald, has been found guilty by
the Senate under the first article OF
Impeachment agaius. him. This
article relates to the conditions sur
rounding the purchase by Archibald
Of the Katydid culm dump. He was
also found guilty Of four others Of
the thirteen charges against him.
The decision on the first charge
would have furnished sufficient
ground for his expulsion from Office.
Il cannot be said that Judge
Archibald is a within Of the excited
state II the public mind, for The Sen
ate has not reflected public excite
ment; IN fact, the case has been Of
such technical description as not to
reach to The popular level and to
cause the amount of interest that
might have been expected. The
testimony as brought forth in regai d
to this particular TRANSACTION is not
stronger THAI that given in regard TO
some Of the other matters in which
it was charged he had been closely
interested in and hid used his public
prominence to control or to sway.
So, despite the shame or mortifcs-
ton induced by the conviction, the
country will doubtless approve il
1t is unfortunate that the new in
stituiion Of the Commerce Court
should be besmirched BY the venal
acts i the man who has been found
guilty Of such conduct. Sympathy
vii. be felt for the man wLo has been
marked as dishonest Judge, for
while the conviction has been
Brought against him, he seems to
have been Involved in a series of
transactions the real bearings Of
which in some cases hs may not
nave known or weighed. But there
is here no exculpatiot.-Ameriear
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1913-01-17

There is more Catarrh in this section
Of the country than all other diseases
put together, and until the last few
years was supposed TO be incurable.
For great many years doctors pro-
nounced it local disease and prescrib-
ed local remedies, and by constantly
failing 70 cure with local treatment,
pronounced it ineurable. Science has
proven eatarrh to be a constitutional
disease and therefore requires consti-
tutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure, manufactured by +. J Cheney 4
Co., Toledo, Ohio, is the only constitu-
tional cure on the market. 1t is taken
internally in doses from 10 drops to a
teaspoonful. It acts directly on the
hood and mucous surfaces Of the sys-
TEN. They offer one hundred dollars
for an case it fails to cure. SeLd for
circulars and testimonials.
F }. CHENNEY Il CO., Toledo, O.
Sold by Druggists, 75c. Take Halls
Family Pills for constipation.
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FOR SALE.

Good MpAeaand Mare $40 for both,
Twin ebTeS 0 yrs. old 500 for both,
Dorset Buck go lbs. and is fine ewes.
6eed Rye $500.
F. A. POSEY,
Oct Is Chapel Point, Bel Alton, Nd.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1913-01-17

Fine thoughts expressed in virile
language eraratsl from the Presi-
lent-eieci in his speech to the New
iersay electors. Bat what he sal 1
nay iaean many things In "pick-
ing out progres'iyes only" to aid
I'm IN administering he government
9f the United States for tue next
four years, Mr.. Wilson does not con
line himself TO any clearly defined
group Of statesmen. L Ike "graft )
and social Justice, the word apro-
grrssise" has been much overworked
Of late; and whether an administra-
ton made up of "progressives" viii
be boon or misfortune to the
eouatry depends very much upon
the kind of progressive that appeals
to the individual making the seIec-
ton.
Thus it appears that the Pr sident-
elect has told us little. We can only
await the list to determine what be
really stands for. His address to the
chicago Commercial Club the other
night is Of like texture. In demand
ing that the business men Of the
country acorrect their own faults"
he failed clearly TO indicate to the
many very big business men who
sat around him just what those
faults are, and many of them after
ward publicly expressed the wish
that he had been more definite on
this point. Hi one demand, that
monopoly be discarded as an aim Of
business effort, was the only COM
pass he youchsafed them.
The country hopes that Mr.. Will
son will err, if at all, on the side Of
sound conservatism n dealing With
those new tangled theories Of gov
eminent which have been so widely
advertised recently. His is a great
responsibility 1t is to guide the
ship Of state safely between the
Charybdis Of reaction on the one
hand and the Scylla Of radicalism,
exempIifed by the Roosevelt social
ism, Oh the other II he can do this
he will have performed service
which will write his name high on
the nations scroll Of fame, and found
new hope for a country which is
now sorely beset by harebrained
theorists, But his Interpretation of
progressive" is the touchstone to
success or failure in the undertaking.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1913-01-17
FRIDAY. Jan, II, 1913
TO CONFER ON GOOD ROADS

We do not exactly understand
what is proposed to be done but
there is a public road fund growing
out Of the repeal Of the Shoemaker
law which under certain conditions
can be used for public road purposes
so, Commissioner e. f. Goslin, Of the
State Road Commission and MI.
Shirley, the Chief Engineer, have
announced their intention to be here
in the County and at La Plata on
the 21st., day Of January to confer
with the County Commissioners and
all of the leading citizens Of tie
County who will express an opinion
and confer with them as to how best
to spend the said money on the pub
lie roads of the County in compli-
ance with the acts of the Legisla-
ture.
Now, that we have had taste Of
goods roads and practical experience.
demonstrating how beneficial they
are to the general good and how
m oh good roads count in the march
Of progress, it is to the interest Of
our county that goodly number Of
our citizens turn out on the occasion
and meet these gentlemen and not
only get a line on their purpose but
formulate a plan to have the fund
in question feasibiy spent. II we
want 10 progress, we have got to get
a move on Us. One should not 'ay
back and wait for another, but all
move in concerted phalanx, united
and strong to a common end. These
gentlemen want suggestions and in 8
multitude there is wisdom.
Remember, next Tuesday---the
Dist, is the day. Let the attend
ance be creditable to the County.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1913-01-17

State of Maryland,
County Of Charles, SIS
|, John S. Button, Cashier of the
above-named bank, do solemnly swear
that the above statement is true to the
best Of nv knowledge and belief.
JOHN S. BUTTON, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 7th day Of Dec. 1912.
II. @. CHAPPELEAR, Clerk,
of Circuit Court for Gas Co,
CORREGT-Attest;
ADRIAN POSEY,
JOHN NJ. COCHRANE,
F. STONE POSEY,
Directors.
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School Notice.

THE Board of School Commissioners
will meet in their office at La Plata