Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1916-10-20
BOB AND THE SENATOR.
Do A Little Spell Binding" For Mr.
Slemp at Tip Top.

A party of gentlemen from this
town had the unexpected pleasure on
last Saturday afternoon of hearing
Republican County Chairman R. o.
Crockett and Ex-senator j. N. Har-
man make political speeches to an
audience at Tip Top. The party left
here in a fast car and reached the
appointed place at the church about
3:30. When the party, (seven of
theml filed into the church, Senator
Hartman was speaking, explaining in
detail the blunders of the administra-
tion's Mexican policy, and the COM
plete failure of the reserve bank to
grant the relief expected. He sur
prised his large audience, eighteen
before we went in), by the statement
that gentleman from Tip TOP had
written the reserve bank in Richmond
for a loan and was refused, the offic-
ials of the reserve bank informing
the Tip Top brother that they were
not in the money loaning business.
Comment upon a statement of the
kind made by the Senator is unneces-
sary as majority of the readers of
this paper are intelligent enough to
know better.
Some of his audience expected q
statement like this: "There is gen.
tleman in this audience who has just
received letter from the Treasury
ten for loan of hundred dollars.
The u. S. Treasurer, assisted H., the
Secretary of the Navy and the Secre-
tary of War have had the gall to
write the brother at Tip Top a let
ter in which they told him that the
Treasury department didn't make in
dividual loans, but that if he would
apply to the Tazewell National or
the Clinch Valley banks at Tazewell
he could get the loan, but, in case
they didn't have the money to tell
them the reserve bank in Richmond
had plenty if they needed any,"
If inquiry had been made at any
of the Tazewell banks, reply some
thing like this would have been forth
coming: "The Tazewell banks oc-
cupy peculiar position and very
fortunate one. Our resources are
ness, make our loans, accommodate
our customers with more ease than
some other smaller banks in this
section. But, if it ever comes to q
point where we expect trouble, we
are prepared to meet it."
Senator Harman was unwell Sat
urday, which -robably accounts for
his statement above quoted.
Mr.. r. o. Crockett followed the
Senator and spoke briefly on the won
derful legislative career of Mr.. Slemp
and what an awful liar his oppo-
nent, Mr.. Trinkle, had developed into
Bob said good many things uncom-
plimentary of the Democratic candi-
date which his hearers from Taze-
well, who were his friends, swallow
ed in silence and pity. Bob wound
up. his remarks by announcing the
rally to be held here Monday. While
ne was speaking several freight trains
passed loaded to the limit with Clincf
Valley coal on the way to the east
ern markets at the highest price evel
known in the history of the business
1t is said that several of these car.
were from Senator Harman's coaI
mines at Raven, which are working
to capacity.
The party on the way to Tip To1
passed a number of the farmers Of
the community, some building hous
es, Others. garnering their crops ant
feeding their stock, all apparently
satisfied with the prosperity of thI
country. While on this trip the re
port was received that the Norfoll
q Western had an engineering corp
surveying new road from the VOL
Creek connection down Clear Forl
to come out at the Burke's Gardel
siding to take care of the large vol
ume of coal coming from the Clincl
Valley section, which was causing ,
serious congestion on the Bluefiel,
yards.
Of the twenty-four brethren in tn
Tip Top audience, ten of them wer
Democrats.