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Evening star., 1915-06-13
shade. The shade should not be over

shade. The shade should not be over
more than one-third Of their runs, or
there will be trouble in a damp. rainy
season. Where no natural shade can be
had such as a grove or orchard, sun
shades must be made by stretching
cloth about four feet of the ground or
else by building low frame sheds with
all four sides open for the air to pass
through, thus enabling hens to protect
themselves and at the same time have
the advantage of any passing breeze.
During the hot summer hens natural
ly drink more water. and this should be
supplied at least twice daily. fresh,
pure and cool The warm weather also
develops disease germs more rapidly
and this means that extra care must
be given the drinking as well as feed
ing vessels. Not only should they be
cleaned daily, but it Is well to wash
them two or three times a week in a
good diSinfectant
Evening star., 1915-06-13
Decides to Take Day Off.

My watch told me that it was an
hour past time for me to leave the
house, and the car schedule would have
added almost another hour to my late
ness at the office. So 1 decided to carry
out my determination to stay at home.
1t was the first day 1 had taken off
from the office since early in May, and
there was no lack of things to do
/ had gotten into my working clothes
and was just beginning to feel again
at peace with the world, when Jane,
in all innocence. inquired who was to
blame for letting the pigs out.
That was question l had carefully
avoided raising. 1 knew no one had
been near the pigpen except myself,
and men have been hanged on circum-
stantial evidence less strong. But 1
didn't see any reason why / should
confess to my negligence. I declared
that to mend the gate was one of the
first jobs l intended doing, and to make
good on my declaration I went out and
took off a perfectly good hasp and
substituted one of no superior If of
equal quality. A man simply has to
maintain his prestige as the head of
family.
Evening star., 1915-06-13
Beware of Vermin.

Lice and mites are two difficulties at
tending summer egg production. II
these pests are allowed to gain a foot
hold II will require hard work to erad-
icate them Mites are more serious
than lice because they breed faster
Mites live on the hens only at night.
going onto the roostS and walls OF the
buildings during the day. The hce stay
on the hens all the time. To XIII mites.
the roosts. nest boxes. dropping boards,
the walls of the building and the hoorS
must be sprayed with powerfni dlslh-
fectant or kerosene oil II oil IS used
on the nest boxes, care must he taken
to allow 1t to dry off before they are
used or the eggs will taste of the OIL.
All droppingS. litter. dirt. on the hoors.
in boxes and dropping boards must be
removed. The spraying should be re,
peated weekly for several weeks until
not mite remains. Lice are found
usually under the vent. on the hips and
around the roots of the tail of the hens
A busting with a good louise powder
will remove them. If the flock is too
large to handle. lice can be kept down
below the line of much harm by pro-
viding a dry dust bath. In this the
fowls will cleanse themselves of most
of the lice.
The dust bath may be made of low
sided dry goods box filled with road
dust. into which has been mixed some
coal ashes, a small amount of lime and
few tablespoonfuls of powdered sui
phur. Place this dust bath in a dry
sunny corner of the hen house
How to Treat "Broody" Hens.
Where hen shows a disposition to
sit, coop must be provided and the
hen allowed to remain in it day or so
to cool off the 'broody habit This coop
should have Slated bottom to allow
air to pass freely through and prevent
her making a comfortable nest. She
should be placed in the coop the first
night she shows her broody disposition
and kept there for day or two, then
released, and if still broody returned to
the coop. AS all this requires time and
patience, it is far better to use the nom
sitter where eggs are the object.
Evening star., 1915-06-13
Cheered by the Weather.

With the end of the prolonged rainy
up considerably, though we would like
to see 1t good deal warmer than it
is. Things are coming along fairly
well. but we need more heat for certain
crops, especially for corn and beans.
My early paintings of watermelons and
cantaloupes are a complete failure. so
l have decided to wipe melons off my
slate for the present season. The seed
germinated and the plants came through
the ground, but the weather was so
cold they didn't grow fast enough to
keep out of the way of the bugs I'm
der favorable conditions, a melon vine,
given fair start will grow faster
than the bugs can destroy it: but when
its growth is halted and it puts out
few II any new leaves the odds are all
in favor of the bugs. That's what hap
pened this year. 1 sprayed the plants
three times with bordeau mixture and
arsenate of lead. but it rained after
each spraying. washing off the poison,
and the bugs had only sufficient fast to
whet their appetttes. So gave it up
The ground I had laid off for melons
a very considerable patch, l am going
to have planted in late potatoes There
Will be more profit in the potatoes,
even if there is not SO much satisfac-
ton My cantaloupes last year, I think.
else / grew, but l realized there was
no money in it. They take lot of cul-
tivating and pruning, and the fight
against insect pests is never done until
the last melon is pulled. After the
vines have grown beyond harm from
the striped beetle, the melon aphis
comes along. Only few of them come
at first, and as they take up their
abode on the undersides of the leaves
1t is not easy to detect their presence.
Great on Multiplication.
When it comes to the multiplication
table, the aphides. I think, have all
other living things beaten to a stand
still. Mr.. and Mrs. Aphis are married
on Monday; Tuesday they have chill
dren; Wednesday grandchildren, and
by the end of the week their descend
ants are legion. The aphis is the nat
ural food of the ladybug. and the lady
bug is the natural enemy of the aphis.
This is in harmony with natures pro-
vision for keeping insect and animal
life in check. But when the aphis
family gets good start. the ladybugs
contract indigestion, or gout, OR some
other ailment of overeating. and throw
I'D the sponge. Then there is nothing
for the melon grower to do but get out
and play ladybug himself.
If ever a discouraging job was in
vented that is it. AS before stated, the
aphis feeds on the under side of the
leaf. Poison doesn't bother him, for
he isn't a leaf eater. His nose is a |
hollow tube, which he inserts in the
leaf Then he sets his pump going and
sucks out the juice. When several
thousand of them get to pumping on
one leaf, its edges curl down, forming
a bout the best natural protection to be |
imagined Fish oil soap and kerosene
emulsion are of the few things that
will stop the pumps, but in order to do
any good they have got to be brought
into juxtaposition with the aphides.
Protected as they are by the curled
leaves. that Is about as difficult a Job
AZ ever stacked up against There !
Evening star., 1915-06-13
Jane Takes a Hand.

explained to her, with as much self
control as 1 was able to command, the
reason of my delay and the hard task
that still was before me.
'Is that au2'. was her unsympatheuc
Evening star., 1915-06-13
Shade Should Be Ample.

If possible, hens should have more
range in summer and have plenty of
Evening star., 1915-06-13
Mad as a Wet Hen.

When I say that I was mad as a wet
hen. it is because, just at this moment,
I can't think of any stronger figure of
speech. And know the editor wouldn't
let me use some of the figures Of speech
l employed that morning to relieve my
pent-up wrath. 1 was mad at the hogs
and mad at Ned and mad at myself and
mad at the soil of Sunny Knoll, which
covered my shoes and my trousers to
the knees. The only reason l didn't go
get my gun and make it hog-killing
time then and there was because 1
didn't HAPPEN to think of it. II hard
names were deadly weapons, the hogs
wouldn't have had chance.
l had missed the train that would get
me to the Office on time; was hot, tired
and dirty, and the hogs were no nearer
corralled than they were before ! had
undertaken to show the boys how to do
things 1t looked as if it might be an
well make a day of it. 1t would be
charged up against my leave. and l
would have to make written explana-
tion as to why I was absent from the
office-but l simply couldn't leave those
hogs in the corn field.
Though it seemed hardly worth while,
considering the condition I was in,
decided to go in nd change to my work
ing clothes before renewing the chase
moving, SO they would have a chance
to eat as little corn as possible. and
went fuming and fussing to the house.
Jane almost had flt when she saw
me- She had been busy in the kitchen,
which doesn't give an outlook over the
corn field, and she had supposed l was
on the way to the office.
Evening star., 1915-06-13

WHITE MICE-Fo1rJeen breeders. 2Jc each. or
$. for lot. 12i QucEe- 81. uw II"
SINGLE-CoNB WHITE LEGuORNS D. W
Young and Irving r. Rice strains; Is eggs,
$50. $500 per hundred. Tho.. C. Pollock,
1914 " Pionc Linen 1870.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1915-08-06
EXPERIMENTAL CORN LOOKING
FINE.

Last spring quite II large number of
patches of pure bred seed corn
were planted III this county. The Fair
Association distributed free among
the farmers n package of purc-brcd
Boone County corn, white and yellow.
This corn was planted in plots away
from other corn so MS to prevent mix
ing, and the results will be shown ut
the Fair this fall. Reports from these
experiment patches state that the
corn is making fine growth and pro-
ml3cs well should the season continue
favorable.
On "Thc Experiment Farm" the
editor planted tho Casey, II purc-brcd
variety as did also his nearby neigh
bors, ii. &. Mccall, DR.. Thompson
and Mr.. Mcconnell. These plots are
looking fine. Geo. McCall's was plant
ed May 10TH. little late, perhaps,
but it is looking fine now, and has
alfalfa growing between tho rows,
"as thick as the hair on n dogs back, :"
and no weeds. Has another smaller
patch of the same planted II week or
so earlier which is looking fine. and
another plot planted June 10TH, which
is, of course, too late for maturing.
but is rs fine n growth as one ever
saw. DIR. Thompson and Mcconnell
and the editor planted on May lst.,
and all this corn is fine mt this time.
The Casey, corn highly recommend
ed by Mr.. Sandy, II. w. Wood & Son,
has not been grown here, and these
experiments will be watched with
interest. The seed of the Casey plant
lngs was purchased from Mr.. j. O..
Woodward, Of Lee county, who has
grown this corn for years.
The county is in n fair way now to
get II stock of pure-brcd corn if de-
sired. Each farmer is expected TO
bring sample of 10 ears to the fair,
the best to receive handsome prize,
the corn TO become the property of the
Fair Association for free distribution
next season.
So far, the growing crops clearly
show the effect of early planting. The
early bird catches tho worm, and the
carry planted crop 9eCl the start
ahead. In nine seasons OF. Of ten the
cay planted crop gets tner,.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1915-08-06
THE BLUEFIELD "FRosT."

1t was common talk here on We'd
nesday that the Roanoke Boosters
saw, even in August, "frost" in Blue
field, but that over "The Divide" the
weather was balmy and fine. In Taze-
well, the birds sang, the sun smiled,
the women, Boards of Trade, and all,
were glorious. Well, be that as it may.
Blueiield, the "bumptious city" puts
on airs, sometimes the wrong way ut
at the wrong time. However. what
puzzles Tazewell people is, why the
Roanoke Boosters should have ex-
pressed such surprise at their splen-
did reception in Tazewell. The num-
Der of automobiles, the number of
splendid women, and enthusiastic men,
the good roads, ETC., seems to have
completely stampedcd the Roanoke
visitors. The only explanation which
occurs TO the writer is, that the Roa-
noke People are not used to good
roads, automobiles, etc. There is no
other explanation. Tazewell had no AK
10 grind. Tazewcll people are not
overawcd by the visits and presence
of distinguished pcrsonages in her
midst. We have more miles of fine
roads, more autos, more fine acres
of bluegrass, more fine men and
women than any county in the state,
and some up-to-date- county papers.
What did the Roanoke Boosters ex-
pect, anyway, in Tazewell?
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1915-08-06
News of Thompson Valley.

Thompson Valley, Aug. 3.-Mrs. j.
n. Young, little son and daughter
Robert and Ruth, left Friday for Gary,
w. Va, where they will spend quite a
while with Mrs. Young's daughter,
Mrs. John E. Chidress, of that place.
Misses Anna Lyde and Elizabeth
Adams, of North Carolina, are visit
ing their grandmother, Mrs. Eliza
Thompson, of this community.
Miss Alice Young spent Saturday
and Sunday with her friend, Miss
Gcan Humphrey, of the Cove.
MIR. Clint Keister, of Little Valley,
spent Sunday with friends at this
place.
Ollie, the little daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. James Buchanan, who has been
very i'll with pneumonia, is very much
improved at this writing.
Mr.. Edgar Steele was in town the
last of the week on business.
Mr.. j. G. Young, of Petersburg,
spent last week at the home Of his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. j. N. Young,
K. Young, returned with him.
Everybody was glad to know that
Miss Evie Hepenstall was able to at
tend church Sunday.
Broken Ankle.
Arthur w. Lawson, of Graham, has
been the guest of his uncle, Joseph
Cregar, for the past two weeks. MIR.
Lawson has made a number of fri
ends during his visit, and all regret
his going away.
Raymon, the son of Mrs. Carrie
Buchanan, had the misfortune to
break his ankle last Saturday.
Mr.. S. Il. White, of Roanoke, re-
turned to his home Friday after n
visit of several days to C. A. Leece
and family.
Miss Margaret Buchanan and Mr..
Ben Gildersleeve are the guests of
Miss Buchanan's mother this week.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1915-08-06
Meeting on Clear Fork.

The Rev. w. S. Bullard returned
from Clear Fork on Tuesday, where
he conducted successful meeting in
the Chestnut Grove Christian church.
The meeting was short but of real
spiritual value TO the community. r.
e. Gilmore, who rendered some assist
ance, speaks in the highest praise of
DR.. Billiards. work. Broad in culture,
profound of intellect, and possessing a
wide familiarity with the things of
the spirit, Mr.. Elmore estimates DR..
Bullard as one of the finest types of
the ministry today. Always cour-
teous and gentle, and withal intensely
Jealous for the great things of the
Christian religion, his life counts in
the fullest measure on the side of the
true and good and beautiful. Mr.. Ell
more thinks it one of the very best
signs of the times that the church is
coming back to the right appraise-
ment of the elder statesmen of the
faith, and holding in esteem men of
mature years. There were three ac-
cessions to the church as o result of
the brief services.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1915-08-06
Death Visits Pounding Mill, Claiming
Two.

Pounding Mill, Aug. 1.-Mrs. Reece
Ringstaff, whose illness has been men
toned from time to time in this paper.
died Sunday afternoon at $3.50. Mrs.
Rinstaff has been in poor health for
two or three years, and her death
came as no surprise. She was q
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Wesley
Fields, of Russell county. She is sur
vlved by husband and nine children.
three of whom have preceded her
to the grave several years ago. She
was a member of the Christian Bap-
tist church for twenty three years.
was widely known throughout her
community as a good Christian wo-
man and a devoted wife and mother.
She was thirty-sevcn years of pae.
The funeral was preached in the
Christian church by Rev. G.. r. Tho
mas. A large crowd attended the
funeral, attesting this lady's worth
in the community. The resains were
laid to rest in the public cemetery.
west of the station. She will be miss.
ed by her many friends and neighbors
ond may God bless this bereayed fam
lily and help them that they may Join
their mother who has crossed the
River of Death, and who has left
many witnesses to prove that she is
safe in the arms of Jesus. The family
have the sympathy of the entire com
munity.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Loves baby boy
age one year, died last Thursday NOR
ming at O'Clock, of whooping cough
and pneumonia. The burial took place
at Jones Chapel, Cedar Bluff, on Fri
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alex Riley's baby is
quite ill at this writing with pneu-
monia and whooping cough.
Mrs. Will Asbury and two children.
returned yesterday morning from
Richlands, where she has been visit
ing her sister, Mrs. Cara Griffith, who
has been sick for some time.
Miss IVA Steele visited her grand
mother, Mrs. Jane Mcclure, Of Cedar
Bluff, recently.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1915-08-06
RULES OF THE ROAD.

The following "Rules of the Road
Adopted by the Farmers Anti-Auto-
mobile Society,"" is taken from an ad-
vertising card of the Richardson Way
land Elec. Corp, of Roanoke, distri-
buted by their representative on the
Booster train:
L. Upon discovering an approaching
team, the automobilist must stop off
side and cover his machine with Il
blanket to correspond to the scenery.
2. The speed limit on country roads
this year will be q secret, and the
penalty for violation will be $40 for
every mile an offended is caught going
in excess of it.
3. In case an automobile makes a
team run away, the penalty will be
$50 for the first mile, $1O0 for the
second, 5000 for the third, ETC., that
the team runs, in addition to the usual
damages.
4.On approaching corner, where
he cannot command n view of the
road ahead, the automobilist must
stop not less than 100 yards from the
turn, toot his horn, ring bell, fire a
revolver, halloo, and send up three
bombs at intervals of five minutes.
b. Automobiles must again be sea-
ooiupiy puinIeu, IIlaC is, so Jney VIII
merge with the pastoral ensemble and
not be. startling. They must be green
in spring, golden in summer, red in
autumn, and white in winter.
6. Automobiles running on the coun-
try roads at night must send up II
red rocket every mile, and wait ten
minutes for the road to clear. They
may then proceed carefully; blowing
their horns and shooting Roman can
dies.
z. All members of the society will
give up Sunday to chasing automo-
biles, shooting and shouting at them,
making arrests and otherwise dis
couraging country touring on that day.
8. In case horse will not pass an
automobile the automobilist will take
the machine apart as rapidly as pos
sible and conceal the parts in The
grass.
8. In case an automobile approaches
farmers house when the roads are
dusty, it will slow down to one mile
an hour and the chauffeur will Law
the dust in front of the house with a
hand sprinkler worked over the dash
board.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1915-08-06
FIFTEEN FINECHILDREN IN ONE
FAMlLY-A FAIR YOUNG FARM
Err

Misses Roda and Straus Crabtree
Crabtrec. of Clear Fork, were here on
Wednesday, attending tho opening of
Hankins' special sale-came early, got
what they wanted, and left town for
home about 10 o'clock. Tho young
ladies called at tho News Office to see
about II subscription, and, of course,
were asked II number of questions by
the inquisitive reporter for this paper.
Among other interesting things these
two bright girls said that there are
only 10 children in their fathers fam
lily, all living and ut home except four.
Now, who can beat this? Mrs. Crab
tree was Miss Kinzcr, daughter of
the late Thos. Kinzer, and sister to
big, noisy Millard Kinzer, of Clear
Fork-all good folks who raise large
crops of corn, hay, cattle and-child-
ren. Miss Crabtreo said that she has
been helping her father on the farm,
as girls arc plentiful and boys scarce
III the old home now. She says she can
rake hay, drive II team and even plow
corn. Now, that's the right kind of n
girl to have about the house. Her fine,
healthy appearance shows the unmis-
yahable effects of ''life in the opcn"-
in Gods sunshine and pure air.
Another interesting thing she said
was: I'VE plow our corn three times,
and plow deep every time. We don't
believe III your shallow cultivation.
We 20 down deep every time and make
corn eNery time. We've got old corn
now, and haven't had to buy corn. We
plow deep" When asked if she didn't
think she might have made more by
shallow cultivation she said she didn't
know. 1--WE make corn, and that's
enough for u.s." So, there you are.
This fair young farmer is to he con
graduated. She is helpful. She and
her sister have filled up gap left by
tho departure of their brothers. Pity
that girls generally do not take more
interest i'll outdoor life and work of
some kind. Women arc not capable.
and should not be compelled, to do II
mans work on the farm, but, when
they find work outside that they can
do and like to do, it is well. / saw
once II hundrcd-acre field of wheat
that had been seeded from tho start by
the farmers daughter. She drove three
horses to II sulky plow-ensy and
pleasant work which she enjoyed, and
this is not uncommon on the great
level fields and farms of the West.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1915-08-06
TWO KILLED IN WRECK.

Joseph Kipps, engineer, and Cicero
Pruett, brakeman, Of freight train No.
80, were killed in a wreck at Swords
Creek yesterday morning. Kipps was
scalded to death and Pruett's head
was severed from his body The cause
OF the wreck is not known Passengers
arriving from the west yesterday
morning state that ten loaded freight
cars were derailed on n curve
The two dead men, Kipps and Pru-
ett, were taken through on No. IL
yesterday to Bluefeld, where their
bodies will be prepared for burial.
Kpps home was at Richlands and
Pruett lived at Mill Creek, about two
miles from Richlands.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1915-08-06
THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE
SUNDAY SCHOOL ASSOCIATION.

The fifth annual meeting of the
County Sunday School Association
was held as scheduled on Thursday of
last week, at North Tazewell. The
program, hastily arranged, was of in
terest. Interesting addresses were
made by Revs. r. B. Platt and T. H.
Campbell and the President, C. R.
Brown. State Secretary Diggs was
present, and made several interesting
and instructive addresses.
Short talks were made by Mrs.
Lawrence, superintendent of MAYS
Chapel school; Sam Bourne, of the
Concord school, and Mr.. S. A. White,
of Harman's Chapel. Mrs. d. P. Hur-
ley read an interesting paper on Juve-
nile work in the Sunday School.
THE MEMS CLASS.
Special emphasis was laid upon the
pressing necessity of work among the
men, old and young, of the communi-
ties. The fact was brought out that
less than 25 per cent of the men of
the community, take any part what
soever in Sunday School or church
work, and smaller per cent still do
any Bible reading or Bible study.
Special efforts are being made all
over the country to organize Mems
Bible Glasses in every church and
school, and the Secretary of the Taze-
well County Association was request
ed to do what he can to this end, in
this county.
OFFICERS REELECTED.
The former president and secretary
were reelected, over their earnest pro-
tests. Both of these officers insisted
that the Association find other and
more efficient men for the president
and secretary, but they seemed un-
able to do so, in their Judgment, or
perhaps they did not look around as