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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1914-08-14
LOWEST LEVEL in
STATES HISTORY
Typhoid Fever Has Almost
Been Banished From the
State by Board of Health.

Richmong, Aug. 13.-Physicians
reports for the month of July, just
tabulated by the State Board OF
Health, show the smallest typhoid
infection for any summer month in
the history of the nealth work in
Summer scourge" were reported by
physicians.
The Board does not regard these
cases as the only ones that occurred
in the State during July and points
out in it's weekly bulletin that these
include only the cases of physicians
who report to the State Board of
Health. But as the records of the
Board for past years are based on
the same reports and on the esti-
mats made on them, the comparative
showing is as good as the actual re-
port.
During July, 1912, following a
very mild spring and cold June,
the physicians of the State reported
4S5 cases, at that time the record
for typhoid months. In 1913, which
was notoriously bad typhoid year
throughout the country, hot and un-
healthy July, the report was 1,114
cases-a record so alarming as to
record, which is below that of 1912
and but little more than one-third
that of 1918, sets new sanitary
standard for the State.
"The Board does not flatter it.
SELF" says its weekly bulletin, "tha,
this remarkable record is the exclu,
sive result of the States health
work. We trust that the investiga-
tion of epidemics, the use of typhoid
vaccine and the dissemination of lit
erature on the prevention of typhoid
have helped. We feel sure that the
favorable season has also been a
most important factor. But the ere
dit belongs to the people of the ci-
ties, the small towns and the rural
districts of Virginia who have come
to see that the prevention of di-
sease is a matter within the reach of
all the citizens of Virginia. The peo-
pie are winning their battles for
better health and need only proper
direction and assistance in outbreaks
to reduce and to control diseases
like typhoid fever and hookworm.
"The Board believes that the peo-
pie can make this record wear if
they will continue the precautions
now being so generally taken in the
care of body wastes and filth. This
is the great essential in the cam
paign against typhoid fever, for when
every home is provided with the re-
quisites for the disposal of filth, the
battle is won. The Board has design
ed a number of plans for this pur-
pos and has just issued a bulletin
styled the Sanitary Box" in which
is described sanitary device so sim
pie and so cheap that it can be in
stalled in every home, even the hum
blest. Plans for this will be sent free
upon request"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1914-08-14
FOUNDING MILL NEWS.

Pounding Mill, Aug. 14.-Mrs.
Robert Yost, and daughters, Miss
Elizabeth and the baby, of Tazewell,
visited their relatives, Mr.. and Mrs.
III. w. Christian and family the last
of the wek.
There has been minstrel show
here since last Thursday, which has
been a change for some of the peo-
pie here. A palmist is also along.
Miss Nell George, Tazewcll, spent
Sunday visiting Miss IVA Steele.
DR.. G. L. Zimmerman and Mr.. j.
II. Williamson gave a stag party
supper last night. The following per-
sons were present:
Jim Bob Hurt, Harvey George and
Rolffee Gillespie, Rex Steele, r. Cole
man, c. NJ. Hunter. A most excel
lent supper and enjoyable time was
had.
Mrs. r. M. Sparks and Mrs. C. II.
Trayer and little son, Malcolm, at
tended the Sunday school picnic at
Maxwell Saturday. Rev. Boyd gave
the address. Mrs. Hurley organized
missionary society just after din
ner, nd Mr.. VIM. GRAPHICAL gave a
temperance talk later on. A most
enjoyable day was had.
Miss Bertha Davoll, of Cedar Bluff
gave her Sunday school class (the
Sunshine class,) a picnic on Cedar
Bluff Knob last Saturday. There
were seventy present. The children
played games and had a fine dinner
spread under the shade of Virginia
cedars. The picnic was enjoyed by
both parents and children and every
one, partin, hoped to enjoy another
Sunshine Picnic.
II. M. Sturgill. of Roanoke, who
is visiting his mother, went to Lit
tie Valley today to visit friends.
Rev. Brooks, young holiness and
Holy Ghost preacher, who is holding
protracted meeting near Maxwell.
was visitor here today.
Mrs. VIM. Gillespie and children,
returned Friday from an extended
visit to Wittens Mills and Raven.
Miss Maggie Myers, of Newport
News, is visiting her brother, f.
Myers.
Miss Verl Osborne and Miss Owens
of Roanoke, are visiting the formers
relatives, Messrs. James Osborne and
Alex Riley and families.
Mr.. Joseph White, Raven, spent
last night visiting his sister, Mrs.
James II. johnson and family.
Rev. Edward Smith, of Maxwell,
preached good sermon her Sunday
night.
Rev. w. S. Billiard has anappoint-
ment here next Sunday at IL a. m.
Mrs. G Nj. Hunter and Mrs. Craig
were shopping in Tazewell Wednes-
day.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1914-08-14
A GIN sENG FARM.
Relative of Edgar Allen Poe Embark
ing in Profitable Business at
Witten's Mills.

A man by the name of Poe, claim
ing relationship to Virginia's great
poet, has leased land near Wittens
Mills from Jim Earls, and plans en-
tering the gin seng business on a
large scale. The proposed farm is
located two miles east of the Wit
tens Mills station and for the pre-
sent embraces only ten acres. Prop
rietor Poe intends in the very near
future to increase his acreage to
hundreds, build large storage houses,
spur tracks from the railroad, etc.,
etc. This report is brought to town
by a Wittens Mills citizen, who is
everjoyed at the prospect of good
things that are to come to his town
on account of the gin seng industry.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1914-08-14
Mrs. Fudge Entertains Society.

Mrs. Grey Fudge was the charm
ing hostess of the Woman's Mission
ary Society Thursday afternoon, Aug.
6. Thirty-three members and two Wis
itors were present. Miss Jessie o.
Keeffe had the literary program well
prepared. She had selected from the
Bible passages which gave Christs
encouragement to His Missionaries
Rev. Mr.. Platt lead in earnest pray
er, after which Miss Wyrene Lester
sang a solo, which was much en-
joyed. A leaflet on the "Menace of
Mormanism" was read by Mrs. w
A. Scott. Mr.. Platt spoke of Catholi-
cism and Mormonism. After the bu-
siness session the meeting adjourned
to meet in September with Mrs
Hampton.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1914-08-14
To vindicate Caleb Again.
From the Wise News.

From the Wise News:
Over in the Eleventh Congressional
District of the Ozark and Bloody
Ground" the stand-pat Republicans
are still "vindicating" murderers and
red-handed conspirators by making
them theig nominees for Congress-
With notch on his gun-barrel and
with three narrow escapes from a
legal "hemp-stretching," and saved
only by the pardoning power of a
partisan Republican Governor, Caleb
Powers is again his party's nominee
for Congress, and is asking the peo.
pie to support him, and that by SO
doing, vindicate him for third time
OF his cowardly part In the assassi-
nation of Governor Goebel.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1914-08-14
FINE new BUILDING
FOR EMORY & HENRY
Contract Let for Creed Fulton
Laboratory in Honor of Foun-
der of College.

Emory, Aug. 11.-Contract has
just been let for the erection at EN-
ory and Henry College of new
science building, to be known as the
Creed Fulton Astronomical Observa-
tory and Physical Laboratory, in
honor of the chief founder of the col
lege. AS the name indicates, this
building will provide for the depart
ment of Astronomy and Physics The
building will be equipped with n
complete set of astronomical instru-
ments of standard make, including
siX-inch telescope, three-inch transit,
chronograph, Riciler clock, sextant
and all accessories. The building is
to be of brick, LOG fet long by about
26 feet wide. The central portion con-
tains the revolving dome and tcles-
cope. The wings and basement pro-
vide admirably for the department of
physics. The building is to contain
lecture room, laboratory room, tran
sit room, clock vault, supply room,
dark laboratory room, photography
room, grating room, dynamo and
storage battery room and workroom.
This will be one of the most ut
tractive buildings of the campus. 1t
is to be situated on the hill west of
the new college buildings now near
ing completion, commanding an ex-
cellent view of the surrounding coun-
try. The architecture is to harmon
ize with that of the administration
building. The entrance is to he of II
very attractive nature, being set Off
with Corinthian columns.
The building is dedicated to the
Reverend Creed Fulton 1805-l86D
being erected to him by his daugh-
ters, friends and the College Such
memorial is an appropriate tri-
butte to the man who gave so much
of his life in self sacrifice to the
cause of christian education. 1t was
chiefly due to the diligence, perse-
verance, cloqucnce and attractive and
forccful personality that the erection
of Emory and Henry College was
made possible.
The Creed Fulton Memorial will
give Emory and Henry College II pro-
minence in cientific equipment among
the colleges of the country. Students
will be enabled to secure here stan
dard courses in these sciences with
the use of the most modern type of
astronomical and physical instru
ments. The astronomical equipment
is to be made by the firm of VIM.
Gaertner and Co., of Chicago, whose
reputation is worldwide. The cont
ract for the building has been given
to the firm of John p. Pettyjohn &
Co., of Lynchburg, Va, who have had
under construction for some months
the newadministratio building. Work
on the building will start within the
next few days, and will doubtless be
completed before January 1.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1914-08-14
BENBOW.

Benbow, Aug. 12.-Miss MAY
Lynch, who has been attending the
normal at Charlottesville, and visit
ing friends in Washington county,
returned home last Thursday.
MIR. and Mrs. John Corell, of Roa
nokc, are visiting their many friends
and relatives in this section this week
We have been having fine rains
almost every day since Saturday,
which is causing everybody to feel
better and makes the earth look much
brighter and more cheerful.
Dan Lynch, Jr., who has been kent
rather close for several weeks with
rheumatism, is improving slowly.
Leck Hankins, who got piece of
steel in his eye several days ago, is
doing nicely now, and it is hoped he
will not lose his eye.
Mr.. Haynes Buchanan has not been
well for several days, but is some
what improved now.
Mrs. d. w. Lynch was in Poor VAL
ley last Sunday and was greatly
missed at Sunday school.
Mrs. John Bowling, of Cedar Bluff,
and Mrs. Alley Bowles, of Bluefield.
are visiting their sister, Mrs. w. e.
Walk, of this place this week.
Mr. Allen Higginbotham was in
the community Wednesday on busi-
ness.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1914-08-14

fourteen Southern States than in the
city of Chicago.
"The legal traffic." said the speak
er, "is robbing your children of an
education. Why should that be so 2"
He cited figures TO show that Vir
ginia has a smaller percentage of
children in school than any of the
States that have adopted prohibition.
There is larger percentage of ne
gro children in school in Georgia
than white children in Virginia." he
said.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1914-08-14
Ben Owen Gets Another Letter.

The following letter is said to have
been written by 15-year-olda Roa-
noke boy to Ben p. Owen, Secretary
of the Self Government League, in
Richmond. The letter is in reply to
one of the circulars against statewide
prohibition:
Roanoke, Va, Aug. 3, 1914.
"Mr. Ben P. Owen, Secretary of As
sociation for Local Self Govern
ment, Richmond, Va.
Your letter asking me to support
local self-government on moral
grounds received. 1 am a boy fifteen
years old and know where | stand in
regard TO the liquor question. | have
lived in a wet town and know the
damning influence liquor exerts on
men. think you ought to be ashamed
to try to get boys to support the sa-
loon. believe your association is
made up Of fools, liars and cowards-
fools for trying to oppose the newt
able, prohibition; liars for trying to
make me think it is morally right to
support the saloons; and towards, for
not having the moral courage to show
your true colors and fight prohibition
in the open.
II hope the sentiment of my city is
dry and would like to make it drier
still.
"Yours for prohibition"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1914-08-14
Letters of Retired Statesman to
His Fool Friends.
On Moratoriums.
(From New York WORLDLY


(From New York Worldly
Hon. o. B. Kahn:
Dear Friend: What is morotor-
ium? you ask me.
Well, if you don't know what it is
in all probability it is not what YOU
think it is.
1t sounds as it might be an obi
tuary poem, but, as Bill Nye said of
Wagner's music, at is better than il
Sounds" which proves that it is not
an obituary poem.
When person is threatened with
nervous prostration he or she is TAX
, en- to a sanitorium, but when a coun-
try is threatened with financial neu-
rasthenia, as often happens when
great civilized nations go to war, the
ruler issues moratorium. OF course
he could call it decree suspending
the collection Of debts instead of n
moratorium, but if he did, people
would know what it meant and
wouldn't pay up.
l understand that the Ludlow ST..
Alimony Club is preparing to orea-
nize the National Moratorium Asso-
citation.
Speaking of civilization and the
moratoriums resulting from the pre-
sent war in Europe, l am reminded
of the remark of another William
Nye Ill Bret Harte's "Heathen Chi
nee," who asks:
Is civilization failure,
And is the Caucasian played out =?
Sometimes am of the opinion
that when some of the nations were
civilized it didn't take.
Sometimes, too, / think that eau
casian civilization is not much deep
er than the stain that is put on a
pine plank to make it look like ma
hogany, or the varnish that is put
on an automobile or Ford.
Only the other day 1 heard two
highly finished products of civiliza-
tion discussing the maintenance of
the balance of civilized power in Eu-
rope.
"Well, I see that the Belgians are
holding the Germans down to no
score there in the new league" one
of them remarked.
Holding nothing!" replied the
other. "When the real German army
gets up there it will make those fell
lows look like lot of Belgian hares."
More to the same effect; the lie di-
rect, and then intervention with a
nightstick by supporter of the IT.
ish Nationalist movement.
Referring again to moratoriums.
1T may be said that the shortest def
milton reducedto American vernacular
is Nothing doing"
"Are there any moratoriums in
this country? you ask me.
Only two, and they are not finan-
cial, but political and perpetual. One
of them has been in effect since the
beginning of the Government and
the other for many years. One of
them embraces what is known as
the Monroe Doctrine and the other is
known as the Moratorium ON the
Third Term.
SAMUEL SMILEY.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1914-08-14
ABINGDON LOSES DIspENsARY

Abingdon, Aug.ii.--The fate of
the Abingdon dispcnsary was sealed
today by a majority OF 48 at a spe-
cial election held for this purpose, out
of probably 275 votes. Two hundred
and thirty-eight were pollcd. The
day was quiet, the ''wets" taking
their defeat good naturedly.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1914-08-14
Graham Has School Troubles.

Prof. Faulkner, who was recently
elected principal of the Graham High
School, has resigned at the eleventh
hour, and the Clear Fork district
school board is having much trouble
in finding a man to take his place.
The cause of Prof. Faulkner's sud-
den determination to quit Graham has
not been made known.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1914-08-14
PEERY-HAyEs

Miss Leona Hayes, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Hayes, of Mud Fork,
and j. Sherman Peery, son of Mr..
and Mrs. J. d. Peery, of Liberty Hill,
were married in Bristol, on Aug. 8,
by Rev. E. H. Boyle. The bride and
groom were accompanied by Mr..
Hugh Humphrey, of Liberty Hill.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1914-08-14
Notice to w. C. IT III

All members of w. C. T. u.
please pay dues at Aug. meeting
or by the last of the month, as
money for State work must be
sent in by the first of September
Mrs. w. 7. Witten, Treas.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1914-08-14
LOST,

at TazewelI or North Tazewel
Princeton University Medal
NAME: 81. FRANK p" Reward
offered.
Allie Nj. Millard,
Aug. z, 1914.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1914-08-14
FOR SALE AT A BARGAIN.

: A lot of counter showcases
all glass.
JNo. E. JACKSON,
Tazewell, Va.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1914-01-19
BEAUTY AND SICK HEADACHES
These Are Sworn Enemies and Few
Women May Keep Both--Some
Simple Remedies.

II you are subject" 70 sick head
aches. then you may be pretty sure
the marks do not disappear with the
attacks. but remain to mar the beau
ty OF your face. That drawn look,
those circles under the eyes. the sal
lowness OF the skin--they are all
traces left OF the headaches
In nine cases out OF ten perhaps
this may be effected By exercising
little common sense, for whatever the
primary cause, secondarily headaches
are due 10 disordered nerves. The
first suggestion, then. lis control your
nerves. Shut of the tension. Let
yourself down. Close your eyes and
shut out thoughts. Remain thus Tor
five minutes, and tomorrow at noon
repeat the performance, and then the
next day and next and forever. Then
put a watch over Yourself and every
time during the day when YOU catch
yourself and your. nerves getting
tightened into knots "let down A
few weeks attention, and YOU will
find that you have those nerves pret-
ty well under control, and If the head
aches haven't stopped annoying alto
gether you are at least now In condi-
tion to deal with them
Perhaps your system is in a weak
ened condition and YOU need a tonic
which the doctor viii prescribe; but
ordinarily camomile tea may be just
what you need, and certainly 1t is
harmless. The less medicine the bet
ter, and never no matter how dis
turbing the headaches, be persuaded
to try" powders or sleeping draughts.
Better let the headaches take their
course than commence that habit.
Eat simply avoiding rich foods, and
eat regularly and often rather than
too greedily at a time Drink plenty
Of water including a glass of hot wa
ter with half teaspoonful of baking
soda in it onse a week, and a glass
of water wi i half a teaspoonful each
of soda and cream OF tartar half an
hour before breakfast one morning
but OF the six.
Take plenty Of rest, snatching a nap
if for only five minutes, in the middle
of the day Beware of eye strain.
Keep the eyes in condition by dous-
ing them with water with salt in it
every night. and keep clear of colds.
In fact, use common, sense to elm
mate the recurrent headache.-Ex-
change.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1914-01-19
Warm Winter Camp.

In winter IN the open tent or lean
TO you viii conserve as much heat
from the campfire as possible. That
which goes up is lost, but it can be
reduced to a minimum by placing the
FIRE as close to the front Of the camp
as possible and having a rather steeply
pitched roof which will catch and re-
fect the heat waves that so diagonally
upward. The heat that would ordi-
narily spread on the side farthest from
the camp can be thrown almost en-
tirely backward into the structure.
The fireplace must have reflect
ing back. which Is constructed by
standing two heavy green sticks in
front of the shelter, as close to it as
It will be possible to have the fire,
and with their tops inclined slightly
away from the shelter Brace them
behind with forked sticks, and against
their front pile green logs to a height
Of three feet or more. The fire viii be
built against these front logs. Better
than this rejecting back, face the
camp against a big rock il one is avail.
able.-Outing.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1914-01-19
WEATHER TO BE SEASONABLE.
No Unusually Gold Temperatures Ex-
nscled This Week.

Somewhat unsettled weather will
orevail during the first part cf the
week over much Of the country, but
the latter part will be generally fair,
tha Weather Bureau announces in its
weekly forecast.
"There are indications. the Off
eial bulletin says, that the low pres
suYes and rains and SHOWS west of the
Rocky Mountains will be terminated
after Mondsy and will be followed
by rising pressure, generally fair
weather aud lower interior tempera-
tures until the latter part of the
week. when another disturbance will
probably approach che North Pacific
Coast. bringing with it another per
iod Of unsettled weather over the
north coast states at least. So
East Of the Missouri river the
weather will be unsettled, with SHOWS
or rains during much of the week,
except that it will be generally fair
during Monday and Tuesday in the
great central valleys, aud on Tuesday
and Wednesday in the lake region
ard the Atlantic states.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1914-01-19
comnetltIon Defined.

In deciding that a retail oil dealer
in Iowa may recover damages from the
Standard Oil company for going into
lhe retail trade in competition with
the plaintiff with malicious intent to
drive him out of business because he
quit buying his supply from the de-
fendant and got it elsewhere. the su.
preme court of Iowa says in Dunshee
VS.. the Standard Oil company:
"Men have the right to engage in
lawful competition, and though the
competition may have the effect of
driving another out of business, if the
competition is lawful no action arises
though injury resulted from the com
petition. Where there is lawful com
petition for gain. for supremacy in
business, for the legitimate control Of
business, even though the purpose and
effect of the competition is to drive
from business competitors, yet If the
competition is lawful and carried on
in a lawful way no action will lie
There is a difference between lawful
competition and simulated competition
carried on with the sole purpose and
intent not of profit and gain. but OF
maliciously injuring others engaged ir
that particular business"
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1914-01-19
HospltabIe. Anyway.

The mother of a three-year-old girl
thought it was about time her small
daughter learned the why and where
fore of Christmas Consequently, one
afternoon when they we're lying down
together to take their afternoon nap
she began to tell the little one about
the Christ Child and the lowly manger
where he was born. AS best she could
she impaired the idea to the child that
Christ was good, and that it was be
cause Of his having been born on the
25th OF December that the day was
called Christmas and was celebrated
all over the world.
When she had finished her story
she waited for her wee daughter s
comment Receiving none. she looked
to see il the child had fallen asleep
She had not; apparently she was
thinking. for her blue eyes were very
serious.
Mamma, what did you say that
mans name was? I'm going TO have
n birthday party and invite him"