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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1914-03-06
Condemns the Evils.
Burkes Garden, Va, March 2. 191

Burkes Garden, Va, March 2, 1914
Editor Clinch Valley News
In your last issue of the News 1
read where Brothers Arrowood and
c. R. Brown had taken up the ques-
tion as to the evil of dancing and card
playing. Following the Man of Cali
lee will win. Evil will be defeated.
| am glad to know that the good
spirit is moving the people of our
nation.
Christ teaches to observe all things
whatsoever l command you, and,
10, am with you always, even unto
the end of the world" ] am afraid
we do not understand the evil and
pride of the world. Solomon says:
pride goeth before destruction and
naughty spirit before fall" A
Christian will not dance if they will
consider but one moment as to the
evil. as it creeps into our hearts, lit
tie by little, until it lashes our con-
science and wounds them, and we lose
self control. Then the evil spirit
rises up and claims it's rights; says
to the church, "be STILL" Isaiah 3rd
chapter-the confusion caused by
sin; Mark 6, 2f-29, how the evil
spirit crept into the hearts of many.
T. H. SHORT
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Pounding Mill News.


The quarterly meeting of the NJ
E. Church. south, was held here on
Saturday and Sunday by Rev. Hur-
ley, of Tazewell, the presiding elder
of the district. Rev. EdwardSmith
preacher in charge, and Revs. Wiley
Yost and Boiling, of Baptist Valley,
were present, as We're also a num-
Der of delegates. On account of the
lnclement weather the meeting closed
with the IL o'clock service Sunday.
We understand that the reports were
good, and that the various sermons
by the elder were excellent ones.
Miss Wyrcnc Lester, of Tazewell,
vas the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. w. b.
steele and family here Sunday.
Miss Lettie Ringstar has been sicl,
Sor the past week. Her niece, Miss
Alyse Mulkey, of Graham, came yes
erday to take her place in RingstafT
and Sparks store.
Revs. w. p. Long, of Greenville.
Tenn, and Riddle, of johnson City,
who preached several excellent ser
mons here the past week, at the
Church of God, left yesterday for
Maxwell where they will also preach
several times before going into West
Virginia, where they will conduct II
series of revival meetings.
John b. Gillespie, formerly with
w. w. Couch & Co., of Lynchburg,
has resigned his position and will
travel for drug concern of Salem,
Va, in the future. His position with
the Lynchburg concern is being filed
for the present by his brother, r. A.
Gillespie.
DR.. Mark Sutphin, of Seth, w. Va,
who recently finished his course in
Chicago, spent Sunday and Monday
here with his friend, Rex Steele.
George Harris and Fred Gillespie
attended the play "Miss Fearless Co"
ut Cedar Bluff High School Saturday
night, and report the performance
we'll rendered
Miss Lois Hurt, of the Tazewell
High School, was visiting her mother,
Mrs. Ollie Hurt, here from Friday
until Tuesday.
Miss Mary Coleman, of Richlands,
spent II day and night here recently
with her cousin, Mrs. Robert Petts.
She is one of the stars of the Rich
lands basket ball team.
Miss Rosa Brown and Miss Irene
Bcrkcbauck, of Cedar Bluff were
here Sunday as the guests of Miss
Mary Brown.
Mrs. Rebekah Williams has been
confined to her home this with on nc
count of injuries received in n fall
while returning from church Satur-
day night.
DR.. Zimmerman expects to leave
next week for visit to homcfolks
in Maryland.
G. w. Harris made business trip
to Bluefield and Norton from Friday
to Sunday.
William Gillespie, of Knob, visited
the family of II. X. Gillespie ut this
place Sunday.
The marriage of Mr.. Clarence
Mulkey, of Graham, and Miss Viola
johnson, of the same place. came
as surprise to their many friends
here. They cloped to Ironton, o.,
we understand.
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No Horse No Mail.
Tyner, Tenn.

The Tazewell postonice appears to
bo thorn in the side Of the postal
officials in Washington. 1t now ap-
pears that route NO. 2 is without u
carrier, both Frank Wall and his as
sistant, Mathews, having resigned
and their designations accepted. An
examination was held several weeks
ago TO fill the vacancy, but the sue
cessful applicant has not been an
nounced. l.. w. Gibson, substitute
carrier on route one has been serving
the patrons on route Two, and will con
tlnue to do so if he can get O horse.
SO far he has been unable to do so,
and as the one lie has been using has
to be returned to it's owner this week.
the patrons of the route will have
to provide for him if they want their
mail thereafter. The mail for this
town is now being carried by the
street car, the contract with Mr.. A.
Is. White having expired, and the
government refusing to renew with
him at an advanced figure, which
Mr.. White demanded.
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Buckwheat Cakes Back In The
Good Old Days
ShaWver Mill.

ohaWver Mill, Va, March 2, 1912.
Dear Editor
:. l have layed off to write a few
lines about some buckwheat cakes
they used to have when / was boy,
as you have wrote so much about
them.
When 1 was boy they did not
nave any stoves to bake in. We had
twelve inch skillet. We would
make big fire in the fire place and
do all our cooking. We would take
some buckwheat to the mill and have
it ground and bring it back home
and sift the bran out: there wasn't
any bolt to take the bran out them
days, but would use the sitter.
Mother would begin about three or
four o'clock to bake. She would
bake stack about two feet high
and put them on a platoon a tin
plate-not on plate like we use
now, for we didn't have anything
them days but tin and pewter plates
and cane molasses.
There was eight of us children
anq when we sat down to the table
there was something doing for hall
an hour. We would take out two
cakes at time and fill them with
molasses.
We did not have any sausage, but
had spare ribs and back bones. Oul
hogs were razor backs, and they didn't
get fat like our hogs do now. The,
did not have much fat on them, as
they run in the mountains just after
the war, and we could not make corr
to feed them and the children both
So we woul kill hog, fat or lean, SC
we had a lot of lean meat. If We
didn't have hog we would kill 8
sheep. Sheep would not bring much
so we either had hog or sheep.
Now, Mr.. Editor, as this is the
first day of March, and you see wha
kind of day it is, if we could make
a compromise with the groundhog ant
get him to stop it, think everybody
would sign it-that is, if he has any
thing to do with it. This is the wors
day we have had for thirty years, i.
can remember we'll.
/, G. s. COMPTON.
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How l Grew 500 Bushels of Corn On
Five Acres.

hhfC htEtS.
L have under cultivation $50 acres
of good corn and wheat growing land
along the Tennessee river and farm
by the best methods.
My plot of ground containd five
acres of the best bottom land on the
farm. 1t was near the bank of the
river.
In early winter plowed the plot
with an ordinary No. 20 Oliver plow
and did my best to plow close and
deep. In the latter part of January
l covered this plot with ten wagon
!oads of good stable manure, and, in
about two months, / cut this under
and thoroughly mixed it with the
soil, using the disc harrow to do this
with. Before l got ready to plant.
which was about April 20, | cut the
ground thoroughly again, taking care
not to leave any clods of any size.
l laid the rows off three feet and
eight inches apart and planted shall
low, but covered il with loose, well
pulverized dirt.
When the corn began to peep
through the ground narrowed il
with spikc-tooth harrow both
lengthwisc and crosswise. After the
corn had grown TO height of about
three inches | narrowed again as
before. Next | used n reversible
disc cultivator and barred the dirt
from the corn and plowed il with the
very narrow calf tongue plow, run
ming close and deep. After this,
used nothing but the fourteen tooth
cultivator, running twice to the mid
die. l cultivated every ten days until
1t was over my horses back. When
gathered | shuclSed and shclled 500
bushels of corn off my plot.
am going to try twenty acres this
year, using the same process as be-
fore.
ANDERSON C. LEAMON.
Tyner, Tenn.
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Cove Creek Items.

Cove Creek, Va, March 2, 1914.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Showers spent
the day at G. w. Showers Saturday
Mrs. G. p. Compton spent day
last week with her brother, Mr.. B.
P. Showers, who is right sick at this
Mr.. c. G. Showers and Mr.. Isaac
Showers, of Brushfork, are visiting
in the community.
Mrs. j. B. Gregory and daughter
Mamie, were visiting at C. +. Stow
ers' Sunday.
Mrs. Bette Gleason and Mrs. Ge.
nette Rye of Laurel, spent the day
Sunday at the home of B. p. Showers
Miss Hattie Neel was visiting hei
sister, Mrs. A. S. Shannon, Saturday
and Sunday.
Mrs. S. F. Showers, of Bluefield
was visiting relatives here Saturday
and Sunday.
Miss Lizzie Compton, who has beer
visiting her sister, Mrs. John Rich.
ardson, Of Graham, returned home
Saturday.
Mrs. Christiana Showers was visit
ing at Mr.. Milton Showers Saturday
Mr.. Crockett Showers was the gues
Monday of R. B. Robinett and family
Miss Lizzie Compton spent the da,
Sunday with the family of Mr.. Johf
Crabtree.
Mr.. Andy Suiter, of Graham, spen
several days in this community tn,
latter part of last week.
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Another Opnoses DANCING.
Editors of Clinch Valley News:

I1uIUUI5 OF OIIIICII VdIIty NEWS.
Gentlemen Through your popular
paper wish to express my thorough
accord with Revs Arrowood and
Brown, respecting their views on the
subject of sensual and worldly amuse-
ments as practiced in the town OF
Tazewell and other towns, and that
the times are ripe for public ex-
preston from all members of church
es and others who believe in purity
of life, giving an honest statement of
their sentiments regarding these
baIeful evis.
GEORGE BusroN
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COLD WEATHER is
HARD ON LAMBS.
Heavy Losses Reported by Farm
ers Due to Blizzard and Snow
w. E. Peery Loses 100.

Mr.. w. +. Peery was here on Mon
day and reported the loss of about
100 lambs during the recent severe
storm. Frank Bundy, here We'd
nesday, said he lost about 30. A full
report of the county would run the
loss of lambs up into the hundreds.
pcrhaps. Question: would it not
pay to make ample arrangements to
take care of the ewes better about
iambng time, and be prepared for
,hese sudden, severe storms? Per-
maps 1t would be better to have the
,ambs come later in the spring. VIM.
bucnanan, 5. j. Thompson and Jos.
.. gillespie report losses, but not
record. Out of 1l3 lambs he snvs be
has lost onlv one. So there YOU are.
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Prisoners Giving Trouble.

Sheriff Harman has eXoerienced
much difficulty lately in restraining
certain prisoners now confined in the
county Jail. Several IF the men have
made every effort to gain their lib
erty; and have laid plans for over
powering the ATTENDANTS and have re-
sorted to other forms of violence to
gain access to the outside.
Their plans, however, have been
"nipped in the bud" in every inst
ance, and they have baen placed in
irons, and every precaution taken to
insure their safe delivery to tho PEN
itentiary authorities, to which insti-
tuition several of them have already
been sentenced. The mon who have
caused the trouble are Ernest bur-
ton, Charlie Whit, Huff Davis, Walt
er Bowman and Thomas Gillespie.
Joe Sheres, convicted of larceny at
the recent term of the court here,
did the jailer good turn on Wed
nesday by apprising MIN of the plans
of the men. He wrote the sheriff
note, which possibly prevented the
men making successful get a way.
The not read:
"Lock up early. They are going
to try. to get out where the bars are
spliced. Have already had one tap
off, and put it back on. Used piece
of bed for wrench. Coin To try to
get the balance off before you lock.
up. 1t is the bottom plate"
An investigation showed the in
formation to be correct, and the men
implicated were all placed in irons.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1914-03-06
CAPTAIN J.E. VINES
RESCUES A CHILD
Smashes Window of Burning
Home and Carries Baby to
Satety---MOney Burned

The home of Beverly Hall, who
hVes near Liberty tim, was Durneu
oh i"so FRIDAY morning with all rs
eohten1s. One OF the young children
oI Hail hau narrow escape non
neihg burned anve, ana 1t rs SAID tina,
puI Tor the uineiy ARRIVAL mt INT
mouse OF Capt. j. N. vines, superln
tendent OF the convict camp. the chic,
wouid proDabiy have perlsned.
The report says that the supcrin.
tenuent rushed 10 the burning bulo.
ing and upon arrival there. discov-
cred that the child's escape had been
cut OIL by the flames, and that the
only avenue of escape was through n
window. Capt. Vines promptly de-
molished the window and carried the
child to safety.
Mrs. Hall and the other children
had previously made their escape.
and were Mt point of safety before
the plight of the little one in the
home became known.
In addition to the loss of the build
ing and furniture, eighty-six dollars
i'll cash was burned up. The money
had been saved up by Hall and his
wi1e to make payment on their
little place, which had recently been
purchased from w. ii. Medley. The
origin of the fire is reported to have
resulted from II careless handling of
II box of matches. 1t is said that one
of the children had been PLAYING
with box of matches, and ignited n
pile of papers which had accumulated
IN the hall. The child ran screaming
to its mother, and told her she had
set fire to the paper, and although
Mrs. Hall made frantic efforts to
suppress the flames, she was unable
to do so, and abandoned the house to
its fate.
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Unaka News.

Mrs. Frank Catron is very ill at
this writing.
Mrs. Jennie Scott, of Pisgah, is
visiting her sister, Mrs. Eldridge
Yost, and brother, Mr.. Frank Catron.
MIR. Toliver Gerald isn't quite as
well as he has been for several days.
Mrs. Elizabeth Burton is visiting
her daughter, Mrs. c. G. Jones, OF
Clear Fork.
Mr.. Pinkard Repass has moved in
to the property recently purchased
from E. H. Witten, of Princeton, and
Mr.. Hedrick has moved to the old
Kelly house ia the Tan Yard.
Rev. w. w. Hicks will preach at
Concord next Saturday at 8 p. M,
and at Mt. Olivet Sunday at II a. m
Mrs. p. G. Baugh is suffering con-
siderably from rheumatism this cold
weather.
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OUR VIEW EXACTLY.
Lr.l.to,....t

Mr.. L. M. Robinett, in his opium
Tree" article in Wednesdays Roanoke
Times, states in effect, exactly what
the Clinch Valley News said some
time ago, and for the saying of which
the editor was handed little mild
"cussin'," viz: That the manner in
which the patronage of the Ninth
district has been managed has done
and is doing much to jeopardize the
success of the congressional candidate
in this district this fall, no matter
whose mouth the plums fall into.
Stick n pin right here, and watch
when the campaign begins this fall.
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The Other Side

Capt. j. f. Vines, superintendent
OF the convict camp i'm this county
says that the statement in last issue
OF this paper about the exposure of
the convict wagon drivers, was cal
culated to make an unjust and wrong
impression.
The day the wagons were sent 10
town for supplies there was no rain
falling when they started. After the
ram began, says Capt. Vines, he tried
to recall the wagons, but they had
gotten beyond the reach of phones
and could not be turned back. On
the other day, which was cold and
snowy, the wagons were compelled
to come to town to meet prisoners
He states that it is the special care
of the officers to see that the men
are not exposed. The state furnishes
no rain coats for the reason that the
men are not expected to work in the
rain, and never do. Each man is
furnished with an extra suit, both of
coats and pants, all of which arc
made of the best of wool, and the
men, he said, who came to town on
the rainy, cold days mentioned, were
well clothed in these extra suits. suf.
iicient to protect them, even if ne.
cldcntally caught in bad weather
Capt. Vines further stated that com
plants are very seldom, from the
men or any one else, Of unnecessnr
exposure or risks of health and com.
fort Of the men, and that the criti.
cism, mild as it was, would not have
appeared in this paper if the party
who made it had known what he was
talking about.
We gladly and willingly make thi.
explanation for Capt. Vines, whom
we know to be faithful and efficient
officer.
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Democratic Mass Meeting.

A mass meeting of the Democrats
of Tazewell county is hereby called
for Tuesday, March 10, 1914, at
o'clock p. m., at the court house, for
the purpose of electing delegates to
the Bristol convention of the Ninth
district to nominate Democratic can
didate for Congress.
Tazewell county is entitled to one
delegate and one alternate for each
fifty votes cast for President Wilson.
A. S. HIGGINBOTHAM,
Chairman.
II. CLAUDE POBST,
Secretary.
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Thursday the same party went out
and caught six more jew fish whose
combined weight was 1900 pounds.
or an average of 200 pounds for each
fish. They brought the fish back to
the hotel and We're very proud of it.
The above proves that big fish as well
as little ones can be caught in the
old st. Lucie and those that have
poor luck elsewhere should come to
Stuart and try their luck.-Stuart
Times.-
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A Good Wife and Mother Corc

Mrs. Jennie f. Faris Sparks, wife
of q. w. Sparks, of Baptist Valley,
departed this life at IL o'clock D. m.
February 28th, aged AZ years. She
was the daughter of Major Wilson
Faris,. of Smyth county, he having
preceded her to the better land q
few years ago. She joined the Bap-
tlst church twenty years ago, and
lived devoted Christian life. Her
main object in life was to better suf-
fering humanity by visiting the sick
and doing everything for their com
fort at all times. She was always
careful to show the erring how i'm
portant it was for them to shun evil
and live better lives. The culture of
her children shows her untiring eff
forts TO bring them up to be highly
esteemed morally and religiously.
Everything that loving hearts and
tender hands could do seemed of no
avail. There were two doctors in at
tendance--Drs. Johnson and Gross
but the dreadful malady seemed to
defy the power of the physicians.
She leaves to mourn her an aged
mother, five sisters and three broth
ers; also loving husband and seven
children-four daughters and three
sons-Mrs. w. II. Bandy; Misses Stel-
IA, Blanche and Mary F.. Sparks; Ma
Jor, Seldom and George Sparks.
Our heart goes out insympathy To
the bereaved family, although we are
made to feel that their loss is her
eternal gain. We pray Gods bless
ing to rest upon them and ever keen
them in loving memory of the sweet
counsel and admonition given them
by their loving wife and mother. She
was laid to rest in the Hankins Gem.
etery Monday, March End. Funeral
services were conducted by Rev. j. E
| Linkous.
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PROMINENT SPEAKER.

a lew days ago a gentleman re-
minded me that as president of the
Alfalfa Club, | must get busy or
someone would be appointed in my
place who would. Being president of
an Alfalfa Club in this county is too
great an honor to give up.
Mr.. Geo. w. Koiner, Commissions
er of Agriculture, Prof. Heiges and
Mr.. T. o. Sandy, also some local
speakers, will address the citizens of
this county on better farming March
10th, horse day, at the court house.
l.. A. TYNES,
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THELMA HARTMAN

The above are "whoppers", par
tlcuiarly the last item about the
Jew" fish. We're the other fish
caught gentiles? But talk about
fish-Florida is not in it. A paper
received here last week, published at
Havre de Grace, Maryland, stated
that, at one haul in Chesapeake Bay
last week, thirty tons of fish were
taken. How is that? Florida should
go way back and take a secluded
seat.-Editor.
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Every farmer in the county is i,

Every farmer in the county is in
terested in the meeting to be held
here on Stock Sales Day. Make it
Farmers Day.. The visit and ad-
dresses of these experts and success
full farmers, should be great help.
Let every farmer come out and hear
these "big men" talk better farming.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1914-03-06

FIVE PER CENT MONEY LOAN
ED anywhere in the United States to
buy, build, improve property or lift
mortgages; long time, easy pay
ments with prepayment privileges.
Address,
]. w. PONDER,
No. sos American Trust Building,
Birmingham, Alabama.
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Second Installment of Florida
- Fish Stories.
Tavares. FIa Feh or I

Tavares, Fla, Feb. &c, 1914.
Last week Mr.. Jones, who is a
drummer for Guggenheimer & Co..
of Lynchburg, Va, caught four bass
in Lake Saunders the largest of which
measured twenty-five inches and
weighed ten pounds. The same gen
tleman went out yesterday in Lakes
Dora and Eustis and returned in the
afternoon with good string of the
speckled beauties, which weighed Sd
pounds. The three lakes mentioned
are near Tavares.
l also send the following clippings
from Florida papers, which close this
fish story:
Steve Molnar took out fishing
party Monday and they caught rs
pounds of fish.-.Winter Garden Times
j. M. Cullom and Mr.. Buchanan
caught forty-five pounds of bass in
one hour at the lake Tuesday. The
largest weighed six Winter
Garden Times.
A party of PhiladelphiAns who are
stopping at Sunrise Inn went up the
North fork of the st. Lucie river on
Wednesday of last week and caught
one big jew fish that weighed $50
pounds. The catch was photographed
and admired by a large throag. On
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The Gossip.
A Maverick.

He blithely tells you thus and so,
And whispers how he heard of it;
But if you perchance the gossip"
know,
You won't believe a word of it.
II. M. S.
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MRS. A. M. WHIT
Marion American please copy.

We wish to thank our friends and
neighbors and physicians through the
columns of your paper for their kind
ness and sympathy shown us during
the sickness and death of our dear
wife and mother.
G. w. Sparks and Children.
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JERSEY BULL CALF.
For sale, 10 months old. Well
grown. Pure bred, eligible to regis
tration. In fine shape.
j. c. COOPER,
2wks. Tazewell, Va.
Straw hats for spring are being
edged with fur.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1914-03-06

Scotch p!aid will trim the new
morning suit,
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1914-03-06

Steve Molnar took out a fishing
party Monday and they caught rs
pounds of fish.-Winter Garden Times