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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1914-04-03
SPECIAL NOTICE.

On an dafter May 1, 1914. along
with many other papers in the state.
the subscription rate of the .CIincb
Valley News will be $l.5O per wear.
This increase in the rate is nbsolute-
iy necessary If anything like n decent
or reasonable living il to be made
by its publication. Everybody knows
now the cost of living and Of doing
business has increased. The expenses
oil running paper now are double
what they were a few years ago. Our
prices have not, at any time, increased
We believe our readers, most of whom
are reasonable, successful business
men, will approve this step. They
do not work for nOthing, and do not,
therefore, believe that others should
do so. The truth is, for the past two
years the paper has been supported
by other departments of the office.
The paper has not supported itself.
The merchants and business men of
the town have seen fit to discontinue
advertising, which, heretofore, had
enabled the paper to be published at
small profit. But now, as our COL
umns will show, the town is doing
little to support the paper. We are
forced, therefore, to put the paper
W" q Dd5lS WHICH VIII give at least
reasonable return ON investment and
labor. The paper is worth $l.5O "a
year-abOut 3 cents per week--if il
is worth anything. At any rate, the
price will be S1.50 after May /, SO
please make note of this and gov
ern yourselves accordingly.
All subscriptions, new or renewals,
will be accepted, OF course, at the
old rate up to May /. All subscrib-
ers paid up beyond May / will not be
charged the new rate until their sub
scripti0n expires. For instance, If you
are paid up to date in 1915, or any
month after May 1, 1914, your new
rate will go into effect at the time
and date to which you are paid. On
and after the expiration of your pres
ent subscription you will be charged
S1.50 from that time.
All subscriptions, new and renew
ais, will be received for one year or
as many years as you choose in ad-
vance, Mt the old rate. Well see now
who of our readers are reasonable
and fair, and who of them want 1t ali
themselves, and the editors to have
nothing.
CLINCH VALLEY NEWS.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1914-04-03
Mrs. Elizabeth Cecil Dead.

Mrs. Elizabeth Cecil, one of the
oldest inhabitants of the county, died
on Monday night at the home Of her
daughter, Mrs. Maggie Mcclure, at
Cedar Bluff. She was about eighty
five years old. The burial took place
on Wednesday at Jones' Chapel.
Mrs. Cecil was twice married. Her
first husband was w. ID. Hurt: her
second, Witten Cecil, both well known
and honored citizens of the county.
She leaves six children, viz: William
M. Cecil, of Hot Springs, Ark; C.
G. Hurt, of Cedar Bluff; Mrs. Lou M.
McFarlane, of Russell county, and
Mrs. 7. A. Repass, ST., of Cedar Bluff,
Mrs. Columbia Cecil, of Kentucky,
and Mrs. Maggie Mcclure, at whose
home she died.
She was sister of Mr.. A. j. Nc
Guire, OF this town, and grandmother
to Mrs. Wade II. Peery, of North
Tazewell, and MIR. T. A. Repass, jr.,
of Tazewell.
"Mrs. Cecil was a good woman,
is what is said of her by those who
knew her best. She devoted long
life to the rearing of her large family
of children, TO whom she leaves the
rich legacy of christian example
and devotion to the highest and best
there is in this life.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1914-04-03
A CHALLENGE

We will furnish our Fertilizer. to
any and every farmer upon this con-
dition: If our Fertilizers do not pro-
duce as much corn or oats as the
1922 goods which sell for 5000 to
$500 more per ton, we will rebate
the purchase price. If our Fertilizers
produce more, the 1922 dealers to
pay our bill. We know that we are
going TO win out on the fertilizer
question, but not until the farmers
do q little thinking for themselves.
Buy some of our fertilizers and
some of the other fellows and note
the results.
Star Milling & Machinery Co.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1914-04-03
THINK IT'S THE BEST.

Numerous friends of the News have
complimented us the past few weeks
over the appearance and amount of
county news we have been publishing
since the installation of our new ma,
chine. We have made every effort to
issue the best county paper In this
section and our friends say our ef-
forts have not been in vain. Now ID
the time to subscribe.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1914-04-03
An Order of the Board of
Health.

1t is ordered by the board Of health
that all pupils returning to the
schools present n certificate from n
physician that they are entirely free
of scarlet fever or other eruptive dis
ease.
1t is further ordered that all school
buildings and churches be thoroughly
fumigated before reopening. Ali
private houses having been infected
by eruptive diseases must be fumi-
gated. according to directions of the
board OF health, which will be fur
nished OH application.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1914-04-03
Laws Governing Subscriptions.

Most readers of newspapers and
many publishers are not familiar with
the laws governing subscriptions.
They are given for the benefit of
our readers who may be in mr.
rears in the payment of subscriptions.
especially when they desire to discon-
tinue their paper.
Every newspaper publisher has had
trouble with the subscriber who
thinks all he has to do to get rid Of
his paper is to refuse to take it out OF
the postofiice. This plan can give the
publisher little trouble, but in the
end he can collect every cent of his
subscription and make the delinquent
subscriber pay all the costs.
The best way to get rid of a paper
coming regularly is TO pay up all ar
rearages and order same discontinued.
Here are the decisions of the Uni
ted States court:
Subscribers who do not give ex-
press notice to the contrary are con-
sldered as wishing to renew their sub
scriptions.
IF the subscriber orders discon-
tinuance of their publication the pub
Usher may continue to send them
until all dues are paid.
the SuDScrlDcr refuses to take
periodicals from the post office to
which they are directed he is respon-
sible until he has settled his bill and
ordered the paper discontinued.
IF the subscriber move to other
places without informing the publish
er and the papers are sent to the for
mer address, the subscriber is held
responsible.
THE courts have held that refusal
to take periodicals from the postoifice
or removing and leaving them uncall-
ed for is prima facie evidence of in
tention to defraud.
"If subscribers pay in advance thew
are bound to give notice at the end
of the time if they do not wish to
continue taking it, otherwise the sub
scriber is responsible until express
notice with payment of all arrearages
is sent to the publisher"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1914-04-03
Order for Vaccination

..At a call meeting Of the town coun-
Gil March S0th, it was ordered that
all pupils present certificate of sue
cessful vaccination by April goth,
after which time all pupils will be ex-
cluded from school until this order is
complied with. 1t is recommended
that the matter be attended to at once,
so at once, so that no time be lost
from school.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1914-04-03
How Congressman Voted.

On the motion to repeal the Panama
free tolls bill in Congress on Tuesday,
the. vote stood as follows: Democrats
voting for repeal, 220; Republicans,
voting for repeal, %; Progressives
voting for repeal, 2.
Democrats voting against repeal,
62; Republicans voting against re-
peal, 92; Progressives voting against
repeal. II.
The Virginia Congressman voted
for repeal except two, Messrs. C. b.
SSlemp, Republican, and William A.
Jones, Democrat.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1914-04-03
ORDERS ELECTION:
STOPS THE ROADS
Judge Kegley Gives Graham
Chance to Quench Its Thirst
-Tazewell Gets Injunction.

Judge Fulton Kegley, sitting in
the circuit of Giles county, at Pear
isburg, on last Friday issued an in
junction against the board of super
visors of Tazewell county against Il
further expenditure of road funds in
Jeffersonville magisterial district,
the settlement of the dispute between
the town of Tazewell and the county
authorities over the apportionment Of
road funds for the town. The injunc-
ton will temporarily stop road build
ing in the district.
The injunction is the result of in
effectual efforts on the part of the
town council to get Il proper appor-
tionment of road funds for the inn
provement of roads within the corpor-
ate limits of the town. OF a total
length of Il mile and half appor
toned to the town, the board made
an allowance of $4,000 per mile, or IA
total of $4,000 to be spent within the
corporate limits. The average appor-
tionment for roads outside the cor
porate limits of the town was $3.80O
per mile in Jeffersonvillc district. The
issue fund, shrdl cmfwy vbgk etaoid
town of Tazewell's part of the bond
issue fund for which the town is OBJ
ligated to pay, is about $4,000, and
the council modestly asked that the
board apportion to the town as much
as one years interest on that amount,
or obaut $4,000.
The matter will be threshed out in
the court here.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1914-04-03
CLINCH VALLEY NEWS

w. w. Myers is prepared to do all
kinds of plumbing, steam fitting,
etc., and to do it right at the right
price.
Call Phone 57.B.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1914-04-03

WANTED-A girl or middle eyed
woman, white or colOred, for cooking
and general house work. Family OF
two.
Mrs. ]. o. Mitchell,
keystone, w, Va,
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1914-04-03

Leave your order for Cut Flowers
for Easter With Pobst
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1914-04-03

Judge Fulton Kegley last week, at
Pearisburg, granted an order provid-
ing for local option election in the
town of Graham on May I'd, to settle
the matter of saloons or no saloons
in that thriving little city. Both the
temperance and saloon advocates
have gone to work, and the most
strenuous campaign known in tn @
county in years will be waged from
now until the evening of the elcc-
ton.
A report sent out from this town
to the daily papers of last Sunday
stated that the opinion prevailed here
that the Harman law prevented the
sale of liquor in any town in this
senatorial district, except the town
of Pocahontas, but later develop
ments Indicate that the Harman act
has been nullilied so far as the town
of Graham is concerned by n recent
amendment to that towns charter,
and that the election will be held un.
less some unforeseen discovery is
made. The advocates of the saloon
are getting things in shape for the
election, and are leaving no stone un-
turned in their endeavor to win out.
A list of the qualified voters of the
town was secured here this week for
use in the campaign.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-22

the wounded receive first aid and dress
inss and are then put into the rough
Rcd Cross trains and sent to the big
hospitals at the various bases.
When you speak Of the dangers and
risks Of the work you make me feel
somewhat ashamed, for my part Is
rather anne one. | am orderly to our
commanding officer. Ny work chiefly
consists in taking his dispatches to the
base headquarters and running crrands
tn camps, hospitals and offices around
here.
! Joined the corps perhaps hastily,
hut, can honestly say, from "A clear
sense Of duty: yet now when | see men
who are married and who have families
taking the risks in the fighting. ! can
not help linking that |. who have no
one Immediately dependent op me,
should perhaps have Joined a fighting
corps. I must confess. however. that
at tho time of joining this corps
scarcely realized that the country would
SO soon call for every available man.
have taken up this letter again to-
night and Will try 10 make some head
way with a. I am left n one IN charge
Of the orderly tent and II is now :
i. NJ About | 4. NJ. go on picket
duty for four hourS-a lonely ioh. lust
walking around tho camp. keeping an
eye open fIr intruders and occasionally
looking after the horses which are
tothcred up among a little Clump of pine
,rces near by. We are about 100 yards
from the Loire. There is a full moon
Tonight and tho scene from tho front
is a beautiful one. For a fortnight We
have had ClOullcsS bluo skies and ron 'lV
hot weather, The moonlight makes a
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WIEN AN "ARA1Y OF CLERKS" START TO FIGHT

a tearing, strange nightmare. The boat
was large cattle boat and into her
they put ZOO troops and 700 horses, 800
of the horses being wounded! We slept
the first night crammed In a cattle pen.
The loading commenced at +. NJ. and
spent several hours right down in the
hold, hauling the bales and cases and
was half stripped and as grimy as a
stokcr. The French lockers had struck
and We fairly slogged until nearly mid
night.
The horses were being hurried up the
gangwalk. with shouting and yelling,
and great cranes were lifting the heavy
guns and timbers up from the quay and
lowering them into the holds. The
whole scene, lit by the glaring arc
lamps. was so weird that now l can
see 1t all before me as I write. We
lived for the most part on hard ships
biscuits and bully Uinned) beef, and you
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can imagine what that weeks expert
ence was to me.
The two days on the troopship were
awful. The boat had been overcrowded
the accommodations were such that we
could not have kept healthy much
longer. We were stopped once by n
French cruiser and saw the French pa
trolls steaming along the coast.
1t was a beautiful morning when we
sailed into the estuary of the Loire ana
anchored off st. Nazaire, and you can
guess how glad I was TO reach our des-
tination. We came ashore in the after
noon and slept in the open that night
just outside the town. Fifty of the men
had to sleep on the quay among thou
sands of troops who had come by other
ships.
on Sunday We pitched our camp and
unloaded our stores. What a Sunday
that was! Hauling cases and bales and
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-22
British Soldiers Always Whistle or Sing
While Marching and American Rag
time Pieces are Great Favorites---
Life on a Troopship

silver path right across the calm waters
Of the estuary. right over to the oppo-
site shores of the paimboucf
a dozen British cargo boats liz out in
the roads ana they are just distinguish
able in the blue evening haze. They
are laden with ordnance and stores,
equipment artillery and the thousand
things required by "A modern army.
Down among the pines near by fellow
has been playing RaChmaninof's Pre-
Jude in G. sharp minor and the effect
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ST.. NAzAIRE, France, Sept. 81


"O- NIGHT | am left in charge of
the orderly tent of the Red Cross
Corps and IL gives me the oppor-
tunity of writing you "A letter.
I am constantly interrupted and time
10 limited.
| was glad OF the opportunity to get
into tied Cross corps and was really
fortunate in coming with the force so
soon after the declaration OF war. We
left London on Friday morning, Au-
gust rs. and after loading forty tons of
stores and equipment into the special
train We left Waterloo station at l2:20,
arriving at Southampton during the
afternoon.
At o'clock we embarked on the
troopship and arrived at Havre about
o'clock the following morning. There
we dsembarkv> and took up our quar-
ters i'm the enormous dock shed of the
Hamburg American company ON the
Quai Marseilles. We stayed in that shed
until the following Thursday, Septem-
Der 3. when we embarked, and leaving
Havre at nightfall we arrived at st.
Nazaire on the following saturday
morning. and we have been working
here ever since.
I shall never forget the night on
nsl. 1t was "A calm moonlit night and
one could scarcely imagine that Eng
land was at war until the destroycrs
came up to see who We were and the hiG
warships signalled to us across the
water. All the passengers on the boats
coming up Southampton Water gave us
a great cheer and the steamers sirens
fairly screamed at us.
Our boat was uncomfortably crowded
and 1t was a dirty cargo tramp steamer,
so that We were glad that the journey
was so short. The boat carried priSci-
pally Irish reservists and battery If
artillery. Havre was then the British
base and there was a constant coming
and going of troopshps bringing
troops. stores ordnance avid horses. As
we landed the heavy batteries Of artil-
lery were being sent up from Havrc To
the front. They had been quarterinG
horses and guns in the shed where We
blvouacked. So you can imagine what
II was like, 40 of MS in all sleep
ing on the rough Cobble paving of the
floor in all our clothes with couple
of rough blankets and with the noise of
the hundreds of troops around us and
all the thousand noises of the docks
No leave was granted. and ! did not
leave the shed and yard for the whole
week
There were some hundreds Of French
marines quartered in some LONG sheds
behind us. They were badly fed aud
housed and an unshavcn, unkempt
crowd altogether
Tuesday we heard rumors that Rouon
was being evacuated in advance of the
great retreat after the fall of Namur
The same afternoon 1000 Belgian
troops. hot, dusty and footsorc. poured
along the road outside our shed. They
had come from Namur with the
German hosts hot on their heels. They
were in an exhausted condition. hut
seemed relieved to have reached q port
and a safe place.
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War Experience Of a London Clerk,
Which Expresses the Spirit of
Those Former Civilians Now
il the Field for England

During that week the allied troops
poured through lIavre from the front,
and although at the time we did not
know 1t, this was the rctrcating army
OF the Allies. Some of our doctors oC-
CasiOnally assisted when the long Red
Cross trains came in, but we could not
set up our hospital.
Wednesday a troopshlp came along
side and we received orders to load our
stores. &c. with all speed. That night |
shall not forget and now t. seems like
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was crammed with khaki clad troops
and your people gave us "a rousing cheer
as we passed. We sang Rule. Britain
MIA" and cheercd for the United States.
There was feeling in it, for 1t was
spontaneous and unexpected.
As to myself, you mustn't worry In the
least. | haven't seen a shrapnel shell
flying yet, so you can see that hospitals
are not being sent right up to the fight
ing lines. Field hospitals are estab-
lished as near as ii is possible and there
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-22

Can you possibly think Brltishers t,oI
up the war for the sake of more nation.
tealousies? When You 500 Wha' n.
attitude and feeling of tho entire rat'o,
and empire are. the wonderful way IN
which all our quarrcls Of par',,- ar
of factions are being sunk and f1rcN''s
in the cause Of the liberty of sn.
States and the keeping Of n ma, on's
pledged word. even If it he on a "s.t,.
of paper" 1t will help YOU - url ..
stand our action.
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When HerOiSm Grow
~ 7 HAVE boon mixed m with ho
stunts IN tho making OF pho,

NT HAVE boon mixed m with he.
stunts in n" making OF pho,..
play, until ! really feel .
one said member Of film compa
"Of course, all have heard the old 81
u the actors VIII" say they feel nc
selves To h" certain character hccav.
they have played tho part so long. ~.
whore Is there an action Of tho Indoor
stage that equals tina Of the great STAG,
Of nature. in the broad open?
For instance, man may say he O..
no Is Ofhcllo, or N1cbCth. or RoWco
where are the trimmings to holm Ell.
port the Illusion or de,usion? Nv
my case ] have been east in fully ~
photoplays that have a COW. oy ony'~or
ment ! have not been the star NV'
nave had to do a lot side 10y sd, 81.
stars. There's no make believe a0.t
It. have had To ride hard and
pretty fast. ] could always riI, 2
tie, bu, | have improved throu-'
MIN plays, beyond all question
i've had to mount hurr.edly ani
scurry away at a pretty good c'!D r.
had to learn how to make a pre''v p
fall from the saddle while the horse o.,
under way. rye had to ride th'ru-
real wafer right up To my knees ~.
mad to take few chances with -'ns.
! that WaS really burned. NOT desr.r+r'
chances, but enough to give ~, .
tnSIc.
Nov. YOU know. I'm dom. '-.. .-.
get good deal of the spirit of o., .r.0-
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was iin" Last night We had camp
IRE concert. which accounts for the
presence " piano on active service.
our men got il up themselves and
hired cello. cornet Violins and piano
from the town. Lady Dudley. wife Of
the cN-GoNcrnor Of Australia and lady
sup rntcndent Of our hospital took the
char. Great numbers came from
NJ shhoring camp and many of the
tuwnsps ople too. our commanding
officer and a hig stan officer from the
base came. and altoG,rhcr it was fine
affair. We had songs and rotations
and then Lady Dudley sang Mine Eyes
Have Seen the Glory Of the Coming Of
the Lord" We all sang the chorus to-
Gethcr, finally concluding with the
"Marse'llaisc' and the Russian national
anthem and God Save the King"
During he first two weeks of our
stay here the reinforcing troops Simply
poured ln'n this town. and after rest
ing and refreshing in tho local camps
left for tho front. Never shall forget
the week when, night after night. lay
awake, lying on the ground in my tent.
listening Ia the measured tramp ~
thousands Of our men marching to the
shrill and perfectly timed music ~
thor drum ard ME hands. All through
the small hours ~ tho morning We
heard 'hcm. battalion after battalion
their steady read Interrupted only
occasionally ny the trot of the lanccrs'
ar husSars' horses our men always
sing or whistle on tn" march. Sometimes
it's your rartime and other songs such
as "DiN e." WAY Down South" some
times 'he great irish fivoritc. "Tippe-
rary." To-day heard tho men march
ing to the strains Of Marching Through
Georgia" 'lohn Browns Body" is also
great fayorite.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-22

The writer of the following
diary letter was a London clerk
till the war began. What he says
expresses the spirit of the army
of clerks" now fighting for Eng
land. He has three brothers in
the military service.
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The nightmare of the Kaiser.

loading up the wagons all among the
hundreds Of others unloading the guns
from the ships holds. and bringing The
horses and wagons along the long
quays
W" then learned that the army base
had moved from Havrc to 81. NaZaire
and that for a few weeks at least We
should act as "A base hospital. As soon
as our hospitals were ready We received
200 British wounded from the Red Cross
trains. which had taken four days on
their long journey from the front