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The Ordway new era., 1914-04-10
WORKING the Garden,

Now. as to the garden itself. Select
a shallow wooden box or q number
of boxes for this purpose. A box two
feet by IS inches and 4 inches deep
will be the most convenient size. This
can easily be attached to the window
ledge with the aid Of two small iron
brackets. such as they use for shelf
supports.
The Ordway new era., 1914-04-10

lovers OF nature. The most notable of
these hollows in the morainal ridge Is
the one holding the picturesque Lake
Ronkonkoma. which lies in depres-
sion 30 feet below the surrounding
ridges. Several other similar pits are
SO to s5 feet deep. and some OF the
larger irregular hollows are several
miles In length.
The Ordway new era., 1914-04-10
Envoy Lind Returns to United state.

Washington. =, John Lind, former
governor Of Minnesota, and for the
last eight months President Wilson'S
personal representative in Mexico.
sailed from Vera Cruz for Washington
aboard the presidential yacht May
flower.
The Ordway new era., 1914-04-10

By looping the loop SIX times In an
aeroplane Lincoln Beachey made the
great scientific discovery that some
men are extremely lncky.
The Ordway new era., 1914-04-10

A. Campaign Headquarters.
Campaign Manager-What's become
II all this anti-railroad literature!
Campaign Clerk-It's gone to seed.
The Ordway new era., 1914-04-10
Distress After Eating.

Indigestion and Intestinal. Fermen-
tation Immediately relieved by taking
. oth-overton Dyspepsia Tablet.
Buy 50c. bottle At Druggists. Money
refunded II they do not help. or write
for free sample. Booth -Overton Co..
II Broadway, New York.-Adv.
The Ordway new era., 1914-04-10

An Ohio inventor has brought out
laundry machine that bleaches cloth.
ing by electricity at the same time
they are being washed in hot water.
The Ordway new era., 1914-04-10
chareo.I for the Hogs.

A few Goals from the wood fre OF
the kitchen put into the houses now
and then, where the hogs can grind
them up to charcoal, help to keep the
hogs healthy.
The Ordway new era., 1914-04-10
Gossip.

GOSSIP.
Lou-I saw Ethel yesterday, and
we had the loveliest confidential chat
together.
LUCY thought SO: she wouldn't
talk to me today.-Judge.
The Ordway new era., 1914-04-10

Red Cross Bag Blue makes the laundress
happy, makes clothes whittier than snow.
All good grocers. Adv.
The Ordway new era., 1914-04-10

Putnam Fadeless Dyes are the
brightest and fastest. Adv.
The Ordway new era., 1914-04-10

Temporarily Without Reason.
Parent-What is your reason for
wishing to marry my daughter?
Young Mani have no reason. sir;
/ am in love.
The Ordway new era., 1914-04-10
Not Much.

Bess-Do you think much Of Jim
mie?
Tess-No. only about twenty-four
hours a day.-Judge.
The Ordway new era., 1914-04-10

No man can hold his own who can't
hold his tongue.
The Ordway new era., 1914-04-10
TORREON TAKEN
BY VILLAS men
THOUSANDS ARE DEAD IN cIrY's
STREETS AFTER A MOST
TERRIFIC BATTLE.
ELEVEN DAYS FIGHTING
REBEL CHIEF ADMITS 500 SLAIN,
1,soo WOUNDED; DEFENDERS
LOSS ABOVE 1000 MEN.
villas Fight for Torreon.

Western Newspaper Union New. Service.
The Ordway new era., 1914-04-10
Natural.

Beliefs that girls hair naturally
curly?
Nell-Yes, natural result of the
curling iron.
The Ordway new era., 1914-04-10
NomInated by Prssldent.

Washington. - President Wilson
nominated William WOODBURY.. Jr., Of
Reno. New, United States attorney for
Nevada.
The Ordway new era., 1914-04-10
WOMEN FROM
As to S. TESTIFY
To theMerit Of Lydia E Pink.
hams Vegetable Com
pound during Change
of Life.
westbrook. Me. -"I was passing
through the Change Of Life and bad

pains In my back
and side and was 20
weak I could hardly
do my Aousework.
I have taken Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound and
It has done me . lot
Of good. I will re-
commend your med
icine to my friends
and give you permis-
sion to publish my
The Ordway new era., 1914-04-10

darkness was Light unto the Gentiles.
Illuminated BY that obscurity. That
twas the hrst time the sun set above
the horizon. That. although there were
darkness above the earth. yet there
was light beneath It, nor dare we say
mat hell was dark II he were in It."
In 1708 the British Apollo" finally
settled the question in the following
words: .,..'
"old wives. Phoebus. say that on Eas-
ter day
To the music O. tn spheres you do
capef;
II the fact. sir. be true. pray let's the
cause know, lF
When you have any room in your
paper"
"The old wives get merry with spiced
ale and sherry
On Easter. which makes them ro-
nance:
And whilst in rout their brains whirl
about.
They fancy we caper and dance"
But the conclusion regarding the
dancing sun was not to stand for all
time. since the maidens Of Devon
shire today rise early in the morning
Of Easter for no other than this iden.
tical purpose. Moreover these ex-
traordinary maidens see more than
the mere dancing OF the sun. Their
power Of vision is SO great that they
can discern lamb and nag in the
center of the disk.
Much Importance is attached to the
conduct of the elements on Easter
day. A piece of Sussex weather lore
informs us that II the sun shines
Easter day It will shine accordingly
every day in the year. and the same
they aver II the case with rain. But
other Easter prophets only go to the
extent OF saying that It will shine or
rain until Whitsunday.
"A good deal of rain on Easter day
gives good crop of grass. but little
good hay" runs an ancient proverb.
On this day the east wind and wa
ter also have great power to ward
OF illness. II the wind blows from
this direction the people of many To-
calities bathe in water just drawn to
avoid the Ill effects Of the east wind
during the coming year. Easter eve
on the continent. at Mecklenburs. the
maiden spreads linen cloth in the
garden and in the morning IL the wind
Is due east she will wash herself with
It while 1t IL yet damp from dew,
rain or snow. whichever has pene-
trated 1t. Or in the morning the serv-
ant will draw water and bring It to
the maiden for her bath.
In Sachsenburg. the peasant rides
his horse into the stream to insure It
against sickness Of any kind through
out the year.
Despite these precautions. however.
II the wind Is not due east while one
10 getting the water It will have no
emcacy whatever.
There IL more than one good omen
for Easter. II you wish good luck In
the coming year Easter eve you must
put out all fires and light them anew
from flint and steel. This Is special
protection against lightning strokes
a. well as good fortune In general.
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THROUGHOUT all ages su-
perstition has swayed
the world. In antiquity .
few Of these prophetic be-
liefs crystalixed around
the Easter period. leaving
SO deep an Impress upon
the susceptible minds as to
cause them through the
centuries to be passed
doup With tho ueoatoat
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1914-10-16
Cattle of the Virginia Hills.

From the famous pastures of Hon.
Henry Z. Stuart, Governor of Vir-
ginia, recently went trainload of
steers that sold in New York at
$l0.40. They were made on grass
alone. Governor Stuart carries i'm his
pastures about 1000 cattle and year
by year his grass gets better, the car
rying capacity of his pastures in
crease. There are reasons: The
governor lives in land of rich lime
stone soils; he does not overstock, but
always leaves some grass to decay and
deepen the layer of mold; then when
he may have a pasture with the grass
bit thin he lines it's surface and
perhaps applies phosphorous as well.
Thus he has often doubled the grass
with no plowing at all.
Virginia is perhaps the one State
in America where a serious effort is
being made to increase pastures-to
make them better and to enlarge their
output of beef. Excellent is the sue
cess OF many men. They seed land to
permanent grasses, they lime, they
apply bone meal OF other forms of
PHOSPHORUS, the feed cattle on the
sod. They prize their pastures and
love them. There is record that some
Virginia pastures have made as much
as 25O ponds of beef to the acre,
even much more than that on the best
areas. At 10 cents per pound it is
easy to reckon what such pasture
land is wroth. This devotion to good
grass and good dcattle brings up among
the Virginia hills fine type of intel
ligent, steadfast, land-loving men,
Their farms are not for sale. They
erect fine homes. They educate their
young folks. They maintain as in
teresting civilization as rural Amer
lea knows.-Breedcr's Gazette.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1914-10-16
RATSl RATSl RATSI

1t appears that an estimate given
IN this paper recently, of one rat for
each inhabitnnt, was entirely too low.
The Breeders Gazette puts the cs-
mate at g, and this is most likely near
er the correct proportion. How many
rats would you suppose are on your
premiscs-house, barns and corn
lelds? We dare say that any resi-
dence in this town and every resi-
dencc in the county would show not
less than 80 rats each, and some many
more than this number.
Corn shucking time is here, and
large numbers of these destructive
pests should he killed. Give the boys
b cents each for all the big rats and 3
cents for the small ones, and see what
viii happen. This would prove II mon
cy making business for the farmer.
particularly if he hnsn't II rnt PROOF
CRIB. Each rat destroys about one
hal II cents worth of grain and stun
II day, it is claimed This being about
correct, the 30 rats about your place
are costing you % cents II day. Kill
'cm.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1914-10-16
"The Whipped Cur Yelps."

To judge by the yelping indulged in
by the blooming triplet," who edit
our contemporary, the speeches of
DR.. William Carter and Rev. j. N.
Harman, evidently raised the hair of
these editors. To use a favorite il
lustration of the late General Walker,
"a stone thown in the darkness hit a
cur."-Tazewell Republican.
You seem to be yelping. And, by
the way, we can name a paper, not
very far away, whose pages might
perhaps be improved slightly by the
addition of little "blooming" help.
If plant or tree doesn't bloom at
least occasionally, it. is a sure sign
its dead, and rotten, and when it uses
such word as "cur" in referring to
contemporary, the suspicion is
strong that journalistic decency and
iouurtesy has been entirely overlooked
and ignored,
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1914-10-16
An Educational Enterprise.

Miss Lottie Nj. Evans of Richlands.
in note to the editor, enclosing the
list of premiums of the school fair
which is published elsewhere, SAYS:
II am sure that you feel as | do
that the school fair is an inspiration
and help to every pupil who visited
the exhibition.
1 have no hesitancy in saying that
gave to it more time than / felt |
should, but | never made more will
ing contribution of time and effort or
one that nctted more satisfaction to
me personally.
The standard of excellence attain
ed is an argument for the continue
ton of school fairs, and wherever |
am another year, | shall hope TO hear
only the best of things concerning the
school fair.
Wherever these contests have be-
come fixtures the educational prog
ress is beyond question. The one
great trouble is to find those who are
willing to sacrifice, but you are very
fortunate in your division Superinten-
dent, who has been indefatigable in
his efforts and | have every reason to
believe that he will continue to do so.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1914-10-16

convulsed his audience frequently and
told number of good, live jokes,
which the audience seemed more anx-
ious to hear than the customary TRADE
on the Democrats. The Ex-Con-
gresham is somewhat of campaign
er, if you just knew it, (unlike DR..
Carter, however) rs evidenced by this:
II travelled in the last Congressional
campaign $4,000 or 100000 (our notes
are not clear which) made $50 speech
es in twenty different States, and by
hoky, carried them all but nineteen" !"
Successful campaigner.
Ex-senator Noel, of Lee county. fol-
lowed the Ohioan, but what's the use,
he didn't spring anything new-the
same old chestnuts.
Colonel Browning, Sens. Royal and
Harman and others graced the spa
cious stage of the Amuse-U Theater
bat the other "spell binders" monop-
oiiacd all the time.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1914-10-16
DISTINGUISHED VISITORS.

DR.. George Ben Johnston, the dis
tlnguished surgeon and physician, and
Mrs. Johnston and their daughter,
Miss Ann hoy Johnston, reached Taze-
well on Tuesday. They left Richmond
October lst in II motor car and came
up the valley to Roanoke, thence to
Bristol and across by Lebanon and
to Tazewell, reaching here Tuesday
morning. After short stop the par
ty motorcd over to Burke's Garden.
returning in the afternoon, expecting
to leave Wednesday morning on the
return trip. but were held over on ac-
coGnt OF the ram. DR.. Johneton's
daughter. just out of school, saw for
the hrst tune on this trip through
the southwest, II number of places
AID localities with which her fathers
40 Jpic have been identified, and like
..tr faimcr, viii cherish u regard, in
.>.is 10 come, memories and tradi-
.v...i vi her ancestors III whose char
.N.c., anu achievements there is lust
.'.hSc tor priuc. IN. Johnston and
.''',y iNIt on yesterday ON their re-
-.rh trp Ia Richmond.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1914-10-16
sTEELSBuRG NEWS

Steelsburg, Oct. l2.-Mr. Erwin
Steele came home Monday very sick.
He has symptoms of typhoid fever.
Miss Leara Ball visited Miss Nora
Mcclure last Sunday.
The Misses Still, eastern Virginia
school teachers, were visitors at A.
w. Grifiiths Saturday and Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. w. Oney and Mr..
and Mrs. Steele went to Swords
Creek Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. M. Mcclure, Miss
Roxie Martin, Stella and Clyde Nc
CURE visited Mr.. and Mrs. John Jack
son last Sundty.
Miss Mazelle Nipper,, of Wardell.
spent Saturday night and Sunday with
Miss Pearl jackson.
MIR. and Mrs. w. C. Stephenson at
tended the Hooker -McGlothlin we'd
ding at the home of the brides par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. II. b. Hooker.
Mrs. Ruth Brown spent Sunday with
Mr.. and Mrs. }. III. Martin.
Mr.. JohnH. Nipper has recently
returned from business trip to
Richmond.
Mr.. Gaines Clark and Mr.. Roy Fer
reil were at the Hooker McGlothIin
wedding.
Miss Gay Smith spent Saturday with
Carrie and Beatrice Ferrell.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1914-10-16
SHAwVERS MILLS NEWS.

Shawvers Mills, Oct. 12.-Chester
Belcher, of Switchback, is visiting at
home this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. II. Mahood. of
Northforll, spent the week end with
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Shawver.
Mr.. Luther Dunigan motorcd to
Bnrke's Garden yesterday.
Mr.. Mustard Pruitt and Claude Lef-
fel spent Sunday at Springvillo.
There will be box supper given
at the Shawvers Mills School house
for the benefit of the school. 1t will
begin ut seven o'clock on Saturday
night. All are cordially invited to
come. Ladies, please bring boxes and
gentlemen bring money.
Mrs ID. N. Phillippi and children of
Rural Retreat, are visiting her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. G. S. Compton.
Messrs. Kemp Tarter and Archie
Thompson came out chestnut hunting
yesterday.
There are several cases of diph-
theria in the community.
Mrs. John Gillian, of Cove Creek,
is very i'll.
A crowd from here motored to Blue
field. yesterday evening and reported n
nice time.
Don't miss the box supper.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1914-10-16
METHODIST WORK
OF The PAST YEAR
Presiding Elder Gives Brief Rec
ord of What Was Done in
This District.

Rev. Mr.. Hurley, presiding elder,
and all his preachers and number of
laymenI are attending annual confer
ence this week in Bristol.
This is always an interesting and
anxious meeting for Methodist preach
ers as we'll us for the churches.
What preacher will we get, and what
iieid will get? are two anxious ques-
tons. In many instances, no doubt.
these questions are decided already
when or before, confercnc meets. For
instance IL is certain that Mr.. platt
Will return TO TaZewcll, and also
certain that Mt least four preachers
of this county will be moved, their
time limit of four years having expir-
cd. These are, Rcvs. Wingo, of Po-
cahontas; Hunter, Of Graham; Spring
of Graham and Hicks, of Tazewell.
Where these men will be sent next
year ana who will fill their places, is
presumably, unknown. Rev. Mr..
Hurley, Presiding Elder of this dis
trict, II member of the Bishops cabi-
net, will have Al voice in the final set
tlcmcnt and filling of these vacancies.
But if he had anything up his sleeve
when he left Tazcwell for conference
he kept it c.rcctually concealed from
public view. The Iazcwell circuits
and stations are all pleasant fields
and for the most part in excellent con-
dition, and deserve hereafter, as they
have heretofore. good strong men.
MIR. uURLEY'S FIELD.
The Tazewell Circuit embraces Tazc-
well, Russell, Buchanan, and parts
of Wise and Bland Counties,-a
string of territory, embracing seven
teen pastoral charges and II pastors,
besides quite II number of local min
Istcrs. This year there were 550 ad-
ditions to the churches on this field.
Lnst year there were 500. During the
two years Of Mr.. llurlcy's incumbcn-
cy the field has raised and put into
church buildings and parsonnges
100000, and during this fiscal year
has paid $ll.SO0 for salaries. and
$277O.O0 for missions alone, not in
Guiding other bcnevolcnccs. In nd
dition, during 1913 the field raised
$5300 for Emory and Henry College;
all the churches and parsonnges arc
practically free of debit all asses
mcnts raised, and the Presiding Elder
went 20 conference in good spirits.
This is Mr. llurlcys first field,
ms Presiding Elder. lie came here
from the Snltville field, and has
made good rs nm elder. or coursc he
will be returned here.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1914-10-16
Benbow Bubbles.

Benbow, Oct. 12-Miss Grace Buch-
anan, of Clevelnad, was visiting home
folks last week.
Mrs. G. o. Thompson and children
were the week end guests of the form
ers mother and sister.
Mr.. Eddie Thompson, of North Car
olina, is visiting home folks.
Mr.. j. J.. Wyatt and daughter,
Miss Georgia, were visiting relatives
in the valley last week.
Messrs. Ed. Thompson and Charles
Buchanan spent Saturday night with
Frank Buchanan.
Mr.. Allen Buchanan is spending the
week at Rocky Gap.
Mr.. Edward Remines and Miss Cor
by Cornwell were married last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. P. Neal are the
proud parents of a fine baby girl.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1914-10-16
J. c. Lawson's Stable Burned.

The stables of James G. Lawson,
the draymnn, were destroyed by fire
last Sunday afternoon. The horses
and harness were saved, but lot of
feed was destroyed. IL Is said that
some children, playing in the stables,
ignited n bunch of hay just to sec it
burn. They saw it all right.
The volunteer fire compnny re-
sponded prompt, (thc company com
posed of those who happen to be near
the real house), but after their ar-
rival it was found that the hose would
not reach the fire, and that the pres
sure was also insufficient.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1914-10-16
A ROOSTER FESTIVAL" COM
ING.

A committee of Tazewell women,
backed by the Board of Trade, has
made arrangements with the "Radclif
Attractions" Washington, d. c., to
bring n series of first-class entertain
ments to Tazewell on the End. Bid
and 4th of November.
This combination calls itself the
Boosters Festival" and unites chau-
tauqua features with local at.rac-
tions. There will be twelve splendid
entertainments, besides several To-
cal features, such as Citizens Rally
and Farmers Institute, ETC., which are
free to the public. For the twelve
different concerts and entertainment 5
season tickets will be sold at S1.50.
These admit to all entertainments,
both afternoon and night for the three
days, making each attraction cast
IL 1-2 cents. They are transferable.
The committee will have $50 tickets
to sell. When they are gone those
who wish to attend will have to pay
soc for a single ticket at night and
35c in the afternoon. Childrens tick
cts sell for 25c.
There will be four entertainment
companies. The La Dell Concert Co.,
of Toronto, Can; The Floyd Feath-
erstone Novelty Co., of Washington,
d. c.; The Metropolitan Glee Club,
of Chicago, and Hal Merton, the ia
nous magician, ventrioquist and en-
tertainer. There are also two lectur-
ers, DR.. H. w. Sears and Col. Geo.
A. Gearhart, of Washington, d. C.
Each company will give two per-
formances-one in the afternoon and
one at night, and will present the
finest music, the best fun, and the
most eloquent lectures eyer brought
to Tazewell.
By the courtesy of the School Board
the entertainments will be given in
the High School Chapel.
A more detailed account Of each at
traction will be announced shortly
and subscription cards will be sent out
which everybody are requested to fill
out and return to the sender prompt
ly, that all those who wish to, in town
and throughout the county, may have
an opportunity of securing season
tickets, which are also on sale now al
all the principal stores.
THE COMMITTEE
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Railroad Men Here.

Messrs. l.. C. Ayers, assistant su-
perintendent and c. F. Losh, assis-
tant engineer of the Scioto division
and Harry Weller. Superintendent of
the Pocahontas division of the N. &
w., spent Tuesday, or part oft, in
town, between trains. These gentle
men are on tour of inspection of the
road and roadbed. The N. & w. gives
prizes annually to the section foremen
showing the best kept section, and
these inspectors were looking over the
road with this object in mind.
They said that the roadbeds are in
fine condition, and the awarding priz-
es for the best would be difficult Job,
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1914-10-16
BOOSTER FESTIVAL
fARLYIN NOVEMBER
Fine Aggregation of Entertain
ers to be in Tazewell Novem-
ber End, 3rd and 4th.

Commencing on Monday, November
1st, Tazewell is to have three days
OF lectures, concerts and entertain
ments such as the town and communi-
ty has not had before in its history.
The whole affair is in the hands of the
Board of Trade and the ladies of the
town. The object seems to be to COM
bine business and pleasure, so to
speak, by getting all the people to-
gether in three days of actual enter
tainment given by the best artists to
be had. Visitors from all parts of
the county and outside the county
are expected and general Booster"
time will be had.
Farmers Day.
The entertainment feature is not
the only one. One day will be given
to Farmers Institute and Demon
stration Work, lecture, ETC. At least
two experts are expected, one to lee
ture on fruits, etc, and one on dairy
ing. Tests will be made of milk to
determine amount of butter fat, in
your cows milk, all free of charge.
Corn Test.
A contest will also be had to decide
who has the heaviest corn, 70 pounds
will be shellcd, and the shelled corn
weighed. In this way it can be found
what variety of corn pays best in ac-
tual corn instead of cob. This con-
test is open to everybody. Each farm
er, who believes he has good corn, or
the best corn, is challenged to prove
up. Here will be given an oppor-
tunity to select seed for next years
crop if new seed is wanted.
And so, Booster Week, or "The
Boosters Festival" promises to be
highly entertaining as we'll as instruc-
tive. Tickets for the entire three days
admitting to all the entertainments,
are $1.50. Single tickets, SOC for ev-
ening and 35c for afternoon. Furth-
er particulars will be given through
the paper, circulars, etc.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1914-10-16
MIR. COLE.

This gentleman, who is for the mo-
ment. break hand of Mr.. Slemp, is
rather good "josher." A good deal
of his speech was in the nature of n
reminiscence. For instance, he told
the boys that in the last campaign he
travelled through twenty States and
covered good many thousand miles.
That much of his travel and work was
OF little force and effect was disclosed
Whine summing up results he said,
of the twenty States he had canvassed
all but nineteen had went his way.
The other must have been Utah or
Vermont.