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The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1914-12-28

Miss Mildred Hill is spending the
holidays with her parents, Mr.. ana
Mrs, J. X. Hill, at their winter home
on San Juan avenue, having come to
Davtona last week from st. Augustine
where she is attending St Joseph 5
academy.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1914-12-28

*lf you have place to furnish can
save you money. Secondhand fnrn.
ture bought and sold. c. II. Lane.
rear of bingham & Maley's, 1l5-eod
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1914-08-21
MAINTAIN ROADS
is QUESTION NOW
Visitor Comments on Highways
But Sees No Up-keep Work
Going On.

A citizen of another county, here
several days ago, having travelled
over much OF the country in his car,
IN response to questions asked him,
said, THE good roads are Il boon to
the country people, and city people,
2s well, which cannot be over -esti-
mated from any point OF view. Com
munlcatlon between nc.ghbors, he
tween town and country rs no longer
Il problem Parties Wishing to take
an outing are nC longer compelled 10
travel by rail, ia hot, dusty c;us. Over
the same road, through the same
scenes, year sn and year out. Autos
and good roads admit OF trips, by
easy stages, through new territory,
~ your lcisusc at any rate ot speed
deancd, stop when and where you
please. It's great, his motoring over
the splendid new rOadsi But, and
here is The trouble" he went on.
"rhcse splendid roads are being rap
idly worn out, and in but few coun.
lics is there any permanent organ-
2Gtion for keeping them up. Right
here in TAICWrL III many places the
new roads are tlrcudy worn down.
/ he naroN tied wagon wheels cut
into the scit limestone, forminE TT
!lc ruts, rr'Lding AID looscuiry the
dus.. The autos and winds gather up
this dust and hur it over the fields
and through The woods. The roads
are being ground up and blown away,
and nowhere, in all my journeys,
have ! come across any one doing re-
pair work. IL seems worse than folly
to spend largo sums of money mall
ing good roads, and make no provi.
sion for maintaining them. How to
do this seems, like the tax question,
pu2zling problem. Each county
must decide upon the method best
suited to their conditions, but some
means, TO preserve these fine roads,
built at such great cost, and so use
ful and necessary to The couniry's
progrcss.'
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1914-08-21
ELEVEN ARE KILLED
in WEST VIRGINIA
Five Italians And Six Ameri-
cans Killed in Tragedy Near
Glen Alum.

The majority of readers of this
paper are already advised of the hor.
rible assassination and robbery oc-
curing last Friday morning, near
Glen Alum, in Mingo county, w. Va
Three men, having in charge $4,000
to be used in the monthly payroll of
the mines, were held up by five Ital-
ians, killed and the money stolen.
The assassins fled to the Businesses
of the mountain. A large number of
detectives, officers and others, pur
sued, with blood hounds. The assas-
sins were heavily armed The result
was, finally, the killing of the five
Italians, the death of six others. in
cluding two detectives-11 in all. The
names of the three guards who were
assassinated, are, DR.. Amick, Shelor
and Johnson. The detectives killed
were, John Belcher, of Northforll.
and A. Burrell, of the Baldwin-Felt
Agency.
There were many thrilling cpl
sodes connected with the pursuit and
killing of the assassins, which oc-
Cured about 20 miles from the rail
road, after pursuit of about "a
hours, by posse, all told numbering
about 200 men. This is regarded as as
the most horrible affair ever occurr
ing in any coalfeld or elsewhere, in
this country.
Nearly all of the stolen money was
recovered. All five men were killed
in Il pit in which they finally barri-
caded themselves.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1914-08-21
Grafton News.

Grafton, Aug. 20.-Miss Alice
Chapman returned to her home at
Norton Saturday after spending a
week at the home of Mrs. Elizabeth
Burton.
Miss Josephine Louder is visiting
friends and relatives at this place.
Mr.. S. w. Bourne hooked up his
wagon in about a minute last Satur-
day and took his wife and the kids,
with Mrs. Amanda Newton and Miss
Louder, to Burke's Garden to spend
the Sabbath.
Mrs. Elizabeth Cooper is visiting
friends and relatives this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. U.J. Shaffer and two
sons, Artemus and Andrew, spent
the weekend at the home of Mrs.
Elizabeth Burton. Mr.. and Mrs.
Shaffer have recently sold their prop
erty in Maryland and expect to make
their home in Tazewel county. They
seem to be we'll pleasmed with the
bluegrass country.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1914-08-21
COMPR PROMISE IN
THE COAL CASES
Assessed Valuation And Clas-
sification of POcahOntas Prop
critics Settled Out of Court.

A compromise was reached yester-
day in the cases of the Pocahontas
Coal y Coke Co., and Consolidated
Coilieries Co., against the Common
wealth and TaZewell county, which
suits had for their object the reduc-
ton of the assessed value of the Po-
cahontas coal lands which carry the
No. 3 seam of coal. Objection was
not only made by the coal companies
to the excess valuation placed on the
coal lands but also to the classiiica-
tion adopted, which, as was alleged,
placed too great an acreage under
development.
Under the compromise the total
assessed value was reduced TO the
1911 and 1912 assessments which
were fixed by the Circuit Court in
the contest two years ago, and the
acreage under development was de-
creased while the valuation of the
lands not under development was in
creased. Under the method adopted
the lands under development were
valued at $500 per acre, and the
lands not under development were
valued mt 800 per acre. The total as
sessed value of the lands amount to
seven hundred thousand dollars.
Messrs. Henry Il Graham Il Haw-
thorne and Henson a. Bowen repre-
sentcd the coal companies, and JAS.
w. Hnrninm, Commonwealth attor-
ney, and llarman d pobst represent
ed the Commonwealth and Tazcwell
county,.
The following witnesses were in
attendance on behalf of the conl COM
panics: srs5
Hon. Joshua Il. Bullitt, of Big stone
Gap; w. d. Tyler, land agent Of
Clinchiicld Coal Corporation; III. w.
Shields, land agent of Pocahontna
Coal a. Coke Co.; George Dungison,
car distributor of N. q w. Ry. Co.;
II. Bert Wright, Chief engineer of
Pocahontns Consolidated Collicries
Co.: Aubrey Stowe, chief engineer of
Pocahontas Coal & Coke Co; Mr..
Fletcher, Commissioner of the Revc-
nue., of Wise county; Mr.. Gosc, Com
missioner of the Revenue of Russell
county, and others.
The following witnesses were in at
tendance on behalf of the Common
wealth and Ta2cwcll county:
w. II. Graham, civil and mining
engineer, of Bluciicld; S. H. Mcems,
civil and mining engineer, Blucfcld;
5. M. Graham, civil and mining cngi-
necr. of Graham; Col. James S.
Browning, A. Y. Litz, Henry Il. Har-
man, prominent coal operators; JAS.
A. Stone, Mineral land assessor, of
Bristol; j. G. Gillespie, Commissioners
Of the Revenue
The assessment and classification
agreed on will be followed in tho fu-
turc and this will end the litigation.
The coal companies made serious
complaints on account of the low val.
uation placed on the grazing and
farming lands, and claimed that the
owners of coal properties were paying
many times more than their just pro.
portion of the taxes of the county.
It does seem that eight hundred
dollars per acre valuation on coal
lands is n little out of proportion with
the assessed value of the bluegrass
farms of tho county.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1914-08-21
No "ElntnnrlInr Alliances. "

The "boys" who are carrying Local
Self Government League matter on
one page of their papers and state
wide prohibition matter on another
page, arc having time of it ex-
planning "our attitude" apologizing,
etc, and some of them bordering dam
gerously near tho "scrappin" zone.
Two such contradictory policies need
explaining, and if possible, excusing.
The Clinch Valley News has declined
all propositions, (somc of which were
accompanied by checks in advance)
from the League" on the ground
that long established and existing
policy Of the paper has been not to
run liquor advertisements in any
form, and we are unable to see that
the Local Self Government League is
anything more or less than an aid
society of the liquor interests in the
State. However, every man must act
for himself, according to his own
conscientious convictions. We prefer
to avoid "entangling alliances"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1914-08-21
THE WAR AND HIGH PRICES.

Within the past ten days there has
been an advance in the prices of
flour and sugar, unprecedented in
this section. Sugar has advanced
nearly 100 per cent, selling now at
retail at this writing, Wednesday,
for 10 cents. Flour has been advance
ed one dollar per barrel. The war in
Europe is said to be the cause of
this rapid, high jump in prices.
Those who claim to know declare
that the European war is only an
excuse, that the spectators have
taken advantage of the situation.
1t is not easy to see how there need
be rise in the price of flour in this
country, with the enormous crop of
wheat on hand just harvested, and
it is further stated that sugar is
being manipulated by the sugar COM
bines of this country. With no ships
at hand to export wheat and great
crop of the cereal on hand it is not
easy to see where there is any rea-
son for the increase in price. The
war scare is pretext only, made
use of by conscienceless SPECTATORS
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1914-08-21
Mitigating the Horror.

We feel that the whole world is
indebted to II writer in the st. Louis
Post Dispatch who suggests that the
horrors of war would be somewhat
mitigated if countries might pick out
and choose whom they sent to the
held of carnage. Countries usually
send the flower of their manhood
first. The weeds could be so much
better spared.
OF course, we are not mt war, but
IN any such dire event it is suggested
this country might view the calamity
with some resignation if we could
send to the front:
One regiment of bad actors.
Three regiments of quack doctors.
Two regiments of corporation law
yers.
One regiment of clairvoyants and
fortune tcllcrs.
One regiment of sumptunry rcfor-
mers,
One regiment of ward BOSSES.
Two regiments OF lobbyists.
Seven regiments of municipal Office
holders.
Nine regiments of perpetual poll
tical seekers.
One battalion of |. w. w.
Sounds good. Might add n few rcgi-
mcnts of the stay-at-homc, frc-in-
the rear press agents who don't know
anything and won't believe anything
any one else tells thcm.-Ncw York
Telegram.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1914-08-21
NO DEFINITE WAR NEWS.

AS this paper goes to press there
is little news of the war in Europe
which can be called reliable. 1t is
almost, if not entirely, impossible to
sift anything definite from the mass
of stuff" published in the daily pa
pcrs. There nrc reports of frequent
"skirmishcs," "heavy cnnnonading
Germans adancing," etc, as there was
n week ago. No decisive battle has
been fought, hut it is admitted that
the great armies are manucvcring
and mobilizing preparatory to II great
clash which is expected soon, and
which may decide the struggle and
perhaps change the map of Europe,
and this great clash may come mt any
mOment.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1914-08-21
THE DEMON AND IT'S ALLIES.
Communicated J

The brewers and liquor dealers of
Virginia say the Local Self Govern
ment Association of Richmond is
their most valuable ally. This must
be true for Judge Christian, chair
man of the Local Self Government
Association says, over his own sig
nature: 81 believe from the bottom of
my heart that Virginia is menaced
with real curse in the threatened
adoption of the so called prohibition
law, involved in the impending cam
vass and that it is the duty of every
citizen to try to avert that calamity
if it is possible to do So" What is the
real curse to which Judge Christian
refers and what is the calamity which
he would have the people try to av-
ert? The curse and calamity is the
closing of the saloons of Virginia!
The abolition of the license system
by which every saloon keeper today
can claim partnership with and pro-
lection by the State, and Judge Chris
tian declares that to close the sa-
looms and dissolve the partnership
would bring curse upon Virginia
that would be great calamity. Look,
if you please, at the lineup with Judge
Christian and his league, to save the
saloon-the Gambling He'll, the bomb
throwers, the white slave traffic, the
anarchist, the dive-keeper, the dance
hall, the blasphemer, the cutthroat, the
dead-beat, the liar, the drunkard, the
rcdlight districts and finally the Local
Self Government League. They have
all Joined hands to save the life of
the saloon. Does Virginia need the
results of the saloon? Rum is no re-
spector of age, community orindivi-
duals. 1t has taken the poor man at
his toll, the rich manathis desk, the
senator in the halls of state. the
drayman on the street, the Judge on
the bench, the criminal at the bar,
the banker with the gold, and the
janitor with his broom, the woman
with her riches, the servant with her
Ignorance, the young man in his fes-
tivities, the old man in his repose,
and plunges them one and allinto n
drunkard's hell. Yes, rum has blotted
out whole families. 1t has drained
enough tears to make river; shed
enough blood to rcdden the waves of
the ocean: wrung enough walls to
make Il chorus like unto the cries of
the lost and damned. The greatest
intellccts, the mightiest talents, the
happiest homes, the finest specimens
of manhood, have been blighted,
crushed, and buried in its blood. 1t
has sent its victims to every jail, pri-
son, and asylum in the land 1t has
sent forth beggars on everystreet and
flooded every city with crime. With
its bloody hands it has dug n hun
dred thousand graves in this coun-
try every year, and sends forth three
hundred thousand crying children and
weeping mothers and wailing widows.
Surely the brave men of Virginia
will vote against this horrible cursA
on the 22nd. of September.
Virginia is going dry.
G. r. BROWN.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1914-08-21

to rob the people. Jobbers and re-
tailers are taking advantage, too. of
the situation. Some of them pur-
chased sometime ago. car loads of
flour and sugar at the low rate then
prevailing, and are now selling this
same stock at the advanced rates.
They are making money, legitimate
iy, of course. business is business"
they say.
President Wilson and the attorney
general are >looking into this condi-
ton of things, as there is good rea.
leading newspaper predicts that, if
the probe is complete somehody will
be wearing stripes in the end. The
present high prices of sugar and
flour will not prevail long.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1914-08-21

Rev. Il. l.. McCue, President of
Stonewall Jackson College, Abingdon,
was in the city this week, in tile
interest of his school. He reports
that the prospects for the coming
session are unusually good. Improve
ments have been made recently, and
the various departments strengthen
cd. This is specially true with res
pcct to Domestic science. 1t is the
purpose of the management to make
this department the best of the kind
in the entire section.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1914-08-21
DIR. Witten Resigns as Progressive
Chairman

a meeting of the Progressives of
the county was held here yesterday
afternoon. The resignation of DR.. j.
Walter Witten as chairman was ac-
cepted, Walter Graham agreeing to
act as chairman until meeting can
be called to fill the vacancy. The Pro-
gressives gave out the following let
ters yesterday relative TO the chair
manship:
Richlands, Va, Aug. 20, 1914.
DIR. j. Walter Witten,
North Tazewcll, Va,
My dear Sir:
Your resignation of the chair
manship of the Tazewell County
Committee Of the Progressive Party,
is received and herewith accepted.
Your support of the nominee of the
Republican party, and your rcpudia-
tion of the Progressive party ticket,
automatically vacates your office.
am instructed by the Executive
Committee to notify you that the
Office Of Chairman of Tazewcll Coun-
ty Committee of the Progressive
party is vacant and your successor
will be Immediately appointed.
Yours truly,
G. G. HARRIS, Secretary,
iaHCWCb OouuIy SOIus ITOB. puTLy.
North Tazewell, Va, 8-18-14.
Mr.. G. G. Harris, Secretary Progress.
siye party of Tazewell county,
Richlands, Va,
Dear Sir:
Through you l wish to inform
Mr.. Rose, that / will support and
use my influence for Mr.. Slemp in
this coming election, and if it is nee
essary under the existing circum.
stances for me to resign as chairman
of the Progressive party of this
county, you have my resignation, fol
| consider that after Mr.. Slemp ac-
cepted and endorsed the platform he
did at Bristol on July 9TH, that he
virtually became progressive, and /
feel he is worth more to the Progress
sive cause than all the men like Rose
in the 9th. District. 1 also heartily
commend and endorse the action Of
my brother, T.. III. Witten, at tho
Bristol convention.
Yours truly,
j. WALTER WITTEN, M. d.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1914-08-21
THE POPE DEAD.

The Pope died in Rome early yes
terday morning. lie was born in June
1885. His illness was of short dura-
tion and his death unexpected.
He was, perhaps, the most inhuen-
tial single parsonage in the world
His position, as head Of the great
Roman Catholic church gave him an
influence and power over larger
number of people, in all countries
than did that of any other parsonage
and his death his created widespread
sensation. He was regarded as a
good and great man, an advocate OF
universal peace, and it is thought
that grief caused by the prospect OF
the great war, which he was utterly
powerless to prevent or check, con.
tributed to the Fastening of his
death.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1914-08-21
POIrNnING MILL

Pounding Mill, Aug. 1S.-Mrs.
Thomas Wyatt; Mrs. John Bowling
and children, of Cedar Bluff; Mrs.
Elhcrt Bowles and daughter, Louise
MIR. S. p. Davidson and daughter,
Gladys, of Blueiield; and Miss Elsie
Walk, of Thompson Valley, were Wis
itors to MIR. and Mrs. II. w. Chris
tian and family Monday.
Miss Maggie Myers, of Norfolk,
who has been visiting friends here
and ut Coeburn, has gone to Blue
field and Roanoke to visit relatives
and friends.
Rev. w. S. Bullard has an APP
pointment here Sunday night, and
Rev. james Graham Saturday night.
Rev. II. A. Repass, of Tazewcll
illled an appointment for Rev. w. S.
bulIard II here Sunday at IL.
got his ankle crushed while hitching
cars at Boxley quarry, is improving.
The w. C. II. U. will meet at the
church Sunday afternoon. for the
purpose of electing officers. All mem
bers are urged to be present.
Mrs. j. Marion Mcclure, Cedar
Bluff, and Mrs. w. B. Steele, return
ed Monday from II pleasant visit to
Bourne and family at Grafton; also
attended the temperance lecture at
Tazewell Friday night.
Mrs. X. NJ. Sparks, of this place,
and Mrs. Raymond Ellis, of White
wood, are visiting Mrs. John Lam
bert at Raven.
Mrs. Cora Shamblin and Miss Alta
RingsStaff visited Mrs. Richard Lowe
and family at edar Bluff Sunday.
j. .B Gillespie, Wittens Mills, was
visitor here Sunday.
Mrs. w. b. Steele and daugher,
Miss Iva, visited Mrs. ]. Marion
Mcclure and family at Cedar Bluff
Friday.
Annie Steele, of Pounding Mill
Branch, visited Mrs. Robert Petts
yesterday.
Miss Margie Ellis, Whitewood, is
visiting Miss Marie Maxwell.
r. M. Sparks spent yesterday with
relatives at Cedar Bluff.
Miss Perry Umbarger, of Athens
is visiting Miss Mary b. Gillespie.
Mrs. Susan Ringstaff is visiting
her son, VIM. Ringstaff, at Richlands
Mrs. Kate Pruett, Richlands, Wis
tied friends here last week.
Mrs. Robert Good and daughter
Acil returned sunday to IaZeWtll
after pleasant visit to relatives
and friends here and in Baptist Val
ley.
Misses Ella Fields, Eta and Alta
Ringstaff, Maudie and George Petts
went to Cedar Bluff Sunday after
noon.
Rev. Rich was the guest of Mr.and
Mrs. c. M. Hunter Wednesday night
A number of the Mollie Hopper
camping party dined at the Boxley
quarry kitchen one day last week
with Rev. Peyton as chaperone.
Miss Verl Osborne and Nobel AL
mond after a pleasant visit to the
formers grandfather, Mr.. James Os-
borne, have gone to Tip Top for q
weeks visit.
Miss Jean Bourne, Grafton. is
spending some time visiting her cou-
sin, Mrs. w. B. Steele and family.
r. X. Gillespie is having his resi-.
dence repainted. Mr.. Wall is doing
the work.
Mr.. C. H. Trayer, who had tonsi.
litis last week, is about well again
j. L. AltiZer was n business Wis.
itor to Tazewell one day last week.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1914-08-21

Charley Crawford, the l7-ycar- old
son of John Crawford, was arrested
here Saturday night ON the charge
of stealing. lie was arrested in the
town building near the head of Main
street by Sergeant Thompson, Craw-
ford having entered the building for
the purpose of securing money be
longing to the town, which the Ser
gcant had placed on the table with
Crawford's knowledge. Crawford
was taken to Jail, and, upon being
questioned, confessed to robbing the
stores of Harrison, Barns Il CO., G..
T. Pecry & Co. and the office of l.. A.
Tynes in the garage of the Star Mo-
tor Co. The sums of $75, $50 and
$3.50 were secured from the firms
mentioned. Two of these thefts were
committed some time ago.
Crawford, in his confession, impli-
Gated in the Harrison, Barns Il Co
robbery Carl Vermillion, the 1d-year-
old son of Mr.. and Mrs. w. X. Yer.
million, who, Crawford alleges, Sc
creted himselfin the store of Harrison
Barns a. co. and admitted him (Craw
ford) after the proprietors had gone
home. Vermilion was arrested Sun
day morning and admitted to bond.
Crawford committed the other two
thefts alone. Preliminary trials were
waived. The trial of the boys will
come up ut this term of court.
Crawford's arrest and being caught
with the goods" was clever piece
of detective work on the part of Off
Ger Thompson. For week or more
efforts had been made to trap the
boy, the general opinion being unan-
imous as to his guilt. All efforts
failed until Saturday night, when
Thompson arranged the trap i'm the
town hall. For n day or two Craw-
ford had been employed on the
streets, not that his services were
needed or that the work he was
doing was necessary, but that the of.
flccr might confirm his suspicious as
to the thefts. About 8 o'clock Satur.
day night Crawford was taken to the
town hall by the Sergeant to settle
with him for his work. The Ser
geant unlocked the safe and got out
Il large pocketbook in which he car
ries the tax collections and other
money belonging to the town, and
after paying Crawford his due, left
the money on table and locked the
safe. Crawford was sent away on
an errand, and while he was gone the
Sergeant hid himself in the building
and prepared himself for siege Of
"watchful waiting" He did not have
long to wait, however. About mid
night the officer heard Crawford ap-
preaching the building, whistling in a
low tone of unconcern. He tried the
door of the hall, and finding it lock-
ed, went to one of the lower windows
in which a pane of glass had been
broken. He gained entrance through
the window, and after admitting him
self, proceeded cautiously to the up
per room where the trap had been
set. He opened the pocketbook, took
out certain of the bills, held them up
to the light to determine their de-
nomination and was helping himself,
when suddenly an electric light was
flashed on and the next instant he
was looking into the business end of
Sergeant Thompson's revolver. He
was Immediately taken to Jail.
Mr.. John T. Hawkins rendered the
Sergeant able assistance in affecting
! the arrest.
Much sympathy is expressed for
the parents Of these boys.