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The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1916-01-28
Road Building Machinery.

The machinery used effects. in vital
manner, the finish product, There
is no question about that and ii is APP
plicable 10 the one thing as it is 10
he other But what we have in mind,
however, is the question of building
ads and streets and the proper use
81 the proper machinery in so doing.
In recent editorial ON the subject,
he Atlanta journal scored some
points that have appealed TO a News
reader who sends us the editorial in
question. pronounces il an industrial
sermon, and asks us 10 reproduce II,
exe it is and it is full of common
sense and meats and should make a
very strong impression on all people
who are charged with the important
ask of building roads:
"A correspondent, whose letter ap-
oears elsewhere on this page, points
So ing Of time and money that
can be effected through the use OF
modern road building machinery Prop
&c .pment, as he shows, will treble
the speed of highway construction and
will enable county commissioners TO
deal more promptly and more sener
oUsly with RnhliO needs.
Road work was once reagrded as a
simple task. to be undertaken at odd
Times mlh picks. and shovels in 1ae
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1916-01-28
: RI rsn.
eneaks vel! for Sd. Louis that

speaks vel, for ST, Louis that she
s promptly set her foot on an at
mpt to revive the practice of whip
ping in schools.
OF the controversy, in which the
corporal punishment" teachers had
the worst Of il the Post-Dispatch
says:
Public opinion condemning corpor
PUNISHMENT in schools and public
Institutions is based on sound ply
no ogical science. 1t is the verdict of
modern child study that whipping is
rise than useless, and that other
means should be taken TO enforce dis.
'ipline It has been abandoned in
my and navy, and is now reserved
Dnas and helpless children.
aG lis tendency is to brutalize those
who resort TO its constant use. That
is what constitutes the chief peril in
be case of such institutions as the
strial school 1t is an insidious
grew ing By what it feed upon
suggests the desirablity of prohib
ling corporal punishment in these in
stltutions.
We arc surprised to find SO enlight-
ned paper as the Houston Post
leaning t0-the opposite view. The Post
says there is scarcely a man forty
years old in this United States who
was not larruped in his school days
adding:
Few of the mature men of this
generation win recall the thrashing
they received ut school except with
Q lings of amusement at the pranks
hat evoked the activity OF the teach
cr's right arm, nor will many feel that
they were hrutalized by the nice little
tannings they received when needed >"
If recollectious oH an old,fashioned
fed schoolhouse whaling unless st
was administered TO the boy across
the aislel can awaken any feeling of
fondness in the breast of the man of
forty, il must be because distance
lends enchantmont And if that same
man of forty is today a decent citizen.
it is in spite of his juvenile belt
iugs." not ON account of them.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1916-01-28

Fresh country eggs, CSC per dozen.
q GOWEN 60.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1916-01-28

IA iit.sblzg all right next
NC j.. bat lie refused to fall for any Of
.hose Observation-Disclosures dinners.
While its all right to get rid of the
Philippines-for really we ought never
20 have possessed them, why all of
hi sudden haste about 1t. especially
h map.changing war in
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1916-01-28

hands Of unskilIed and undirected Ia
boIers. Today. it is known to be a
science and an art. worthy OF the best
engineering thought and calling for
the same degree of care that is used
in the construction of steam railways.
a road built by these methods lasts
and costs less than one which
row together pell nell. Further
eel considered plans and up-to-
da e machinery makes it possible to
build two roads where only one was
built before.
Our correspondent says in this CON
nection: Observe a squad OF men
ding one Of our highways and you
-ee Them moving dirt with pick
-..e nd Nogan; The same crew,
H. .oad piows and scrapes could
~ G h &c times as much dirt in the
number of hours. Every coun-
2 mission is besieged with re
ests for road improvements; and
he people Of particular districts often
ain over what they consider a
sex OF prompt service. Yet it is not
uprising that improvements come so
oWly when they are dependent upon
annual labor.
The introduction of modern ma
hinary would go far toward solving
this problem. The cost of such ma
ciinery would be repaid thousand
ines over by the economy of time
and funds and by the broadened serv-
ice it would make possible"
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1916-01-28

49, 80 - OVat., oonttein Ois
.-. -, -. = ., Iot zen eounttes.
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Mrs. Mohr swears she loved her hus-
band. Yes. she loved him so well that
he hired two negroes to shoot him to
death.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1916-01-28
And his hat and his mouth are both
in the ring again.

Both OF the routonic emperors are
i'll. Is the strain of the war Zoo great
on them. or is it due to the paugs of
conscience surely, il there is any
two men in this world who are re.
sponsible for this awful war in Eu-
rope, it is the two reutonic monarehs
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1916-01-28
Prohibition received blow square

Prohibition received blow square
ly between the eyes In the Kentucky
sature few days ago. when a
bmi. the issue to the
as lest by an overwhelming
t.aju.ity What, indeed, would the
Kentucky colonel do without his mint
julepg
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1916-01-28
had the esteemed Flor.

iiAc Lricn has discovered the
real meat in the cocoanut II says:
Maybe the colonel is only ambitious
now to keep Oyster Bay on the nap"
How very nice II is for oyster Bay TO
have such a champion.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1916-01-28

The News presents its compliments
10 the grand jury which adjourned
yesterday II has been business
body from the very start, has eschew-
ed. in. a large measure. small and petty
things and has rendered most efficient
public service. Let US hone the exam
pie will be emulated in the future,
Il ha de'ectable bunch of lightning
rod artists who are now signaling the
skies In connection with that Repub-
lean nomination all fall down the
steps, we rise to place in nomination
for the honor that great American citi-
zen, Or Frederick A. Cook.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1916-01-28

Information from Washington is TO
he effect that Democratic leaders in
both branches OF congress are hope
full that the ship purchase bill of the
administl alton will pass early in the
In II should have passed in the
r End here was sown the first
9f'fe ~ences in the party.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1916-01-28
= taliff commission

tariff commission
for the administration just
n We donbi il most seriously.
-~~ty has rested the tariff in
Strict accordance with its platform
declarations Rnd we do not believe the
country as 4 hole Is suffering from
that treatment. Let tbs tariff alone
uiatii there IS : more marked demand
I'LL another change
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1916-01-28
An Argument for Peace.

"A Hnnn1nf1f fnF Da1Fn
Referring 70 d recent deoate III the
senate the Brunswick News says:
/ senator Johh ohafp "liiiaiiS
might nave peeh eHlIhehli9 correct III
"i7 s'eat speech IN the senate the
49, ne oeeh I'ght IN MS ue-
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-ned III Guba SPAN oiieFed TO make
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The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1916-01-28

A0Fer dad think much Of Ger
bonds Of scientists, but we would
% hand d lemon TO the one who
aiiaples are feminine
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nd
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1916-02-18
POOR OLD AMERICA!

According TO some restless, pcssi-
mistic souls the United States of
America is in bad shape. Critics and
compliments are thick as hail. Men
tai, financial, social, and religious un-
rest is the rule, not the exception.
Why? Who can say? On the other
hand there never was time when
money was more plentiful, crops so
abundant, employment as plentiful
and remuncrative, the people freer to
do as they please, go where they please
and come back when they get ready rs
now. No wars, no riots, few strikes.
Compare this condition with affairs
across the water, and believe that
what Carlyle said was true: "Thc
United States is composed of GO mil
lions, mostly fools"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1916-02-18
SEED CORN, AGAIN.

AT this season of the year the old
question bobs up, "What kind of corn
shall ] plant this year?" A number
of the farmers are satisfied with their
old kind, and will plant the same as
they have for years. A number will
plant the Boone county, seed of
which they saved from the samples
given out last year by the TaZewcll
Fair Association. Some do not like it
on account of its large stalk-"too
much plant food wasted in Il stalk"
they say, forgetting that big strong
stalk is necessary to support II big
heavy car. Some will plant the Casey
and so it goes. The fact cannot be
too strongly emphasized, that good
seed is absolutely necessary to Il large
yield. Poor seed means nubbins and
Il poor yield, however good the land.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1916-02-18
BOND ISSUE IN GILES (D

Mr.. Bernard Mason, a progressive
citizen of Giles county, in the last is
sue of the Pearisburg Virginian, dis
cusses the good roads question, and
favors bond issue for the purpose
of putting Giles in line with her sister
counties. Giles is Il great county, rich
enough to build roads or anything
else she needs if only her citizens can
be made to believe it. Building good
roads by bond issue is not burdcnsome
and is the only practical, business
like way to build them, unless there is
sufficient money in the county treas
ury to do the work. AS to the coun-
ty levies, no county, so far as known,
to this writer, has yet built good
roads by county levy. 1t has been
tried, but with little satisfaction. A
Tazewell citizen said, in this office:
Il pay about $500 per year additional
taxes since the bond issue, and |
would not take $500 year for the
good roads in my section" Tazewell
will issue additional bonds TO make
a clean up of the roads in the county.
And then our road taXes-thc rcgu-
lar road taxes paid annually, will pay
off the bonds and keep up the roads.
This is an instance wherein we are
keeping our cake and eating it ut the
same time. What debt we leave to
our children, they will gladly pay
while they enjoy the benefit of the
highways we leave them.
Giles and the other counties should
be able to build cheaper than those
counties which began first. They can
profit by our example, and-mistakcs.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1916-02-18
RUSSELL PROTECTING ROADS
BY BROAD WAGON TIRES.

AT January meeting the Board of
Supervisors of Russell county took Il
long step forward in the way of pre-
serving their fine roads from unneccs-
sary wear and tear by enacting law
for the county providing for grading
of the tonnage allowed wagons pass
ing over the roads. Briefly, the law is
as follows: "Haulers using wagon
tires not exceeding lM inches in
width" cannot haul over $500 pounds;
tires inches, 5000 pounds; 3 inch
tires not over 1000 pounds; inch
tires may haul as much as 5000
pounds. This is a step in the right
direction. We have insisted more
than once that countys building good
roads should prohibit the use of the
narrow tires. These narrow tires cut
i'll, when heavily loaded, particularly
i'll wet weather. The broad tire i'm
proves the road by packing it instead
of cutting in. The broad tire may
cause heavier pull in mud, but we
are not supposed now to have much
mud to pull through.
While the Russell county supervis
ors are doing Il good thing and mer-
it commentator, we believe it would
have been better to have ordered that
no tire less than or i inches should
be used on the roads or the county at
all, buggies and carriages excepted,
allowing a reasonable time for the
farmers and haulers to make the
change. In the meantime, the broad
tire should be released from taxation.
if possible, and little heavier tax
put on the narrow tire so long as
used.
Everything possible should he done
to protect the nice roads we have
built at great cost, and no one will
doubt for Il moment the benefit to the
roads of the broad tire, and the in
jury from the narrow ones. OF course,
wagons passing through the county
and over the roads from the outside,
would pay a small toll or tax if using
n narrow tire. 1t is said that broad
tires are specially beneficial also ia
dirt roads, particularly when the
wheels do not track" as provided in
some counties.
Russell county again leads in q
good roads" movement, and her en-
ample is worthy Of being followed
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1916-02-18
A GOOD BILL ALL AROUND.

If you go to bank and ask for q
loan of small amount for 80 days,
say, the cashier will turn you down,
perhaps not because the paper is not
good, but for the simple reason that
under the law the bank can charge
only 6 per cent. Six per cent on S25
for 80 days is 13 cents. The actual
cost of handling the note from first
to last, is about % cents. The bank
cr's bill, offered by Mr.. Meyers, au-
thorizes the banks to change min
imum fee of so cents on small, short
time loans. 1t cost us much to handle
a note Of $500 as it does one of
S2500.O0. Mr.. w. Il. Gillespie, cash
icr of the National Bank here, says
the Myers bill is good one, and all
right, for both bank and borrower. 1t
is believed that this bill will meet with
Il happier fate than did Mr.. Meyers
other bill which sought to regulate
the length, breadth and thickness of
womens skirts.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1916-02-18
"NAGGING."

Some folks, in the absence of any
thing better, are given to nagging as
occasion offers those upon whom they
wish to vent thei venom and spleen.
and make themselves ridiculous and
hated the more, too, by sensible peo-
pie. Certain Republican newspapers
IN this section, are given to nagging
constantly the great man who is Pres
ident of the United States, and for no
other reason than that he is a Dem
ocrat. In the utter absence of any
real ground for opposition other than
political differences, the cheap meth
cd of nagging is resorted to.
1t is cheap weapon, and one used
by only small, distorted souls and dis
gruntled political pic-hunters.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1916-02-18
THE EDITORS UNUSUAL EN-
PERIENCE.

The Editor of the Clinch Valley
News has new experience to relate.
Other editors may have similar
story to relate, but in this editors
twenty-year experience this thing hap
pencd for the first time. 1t was this:
a good woman, formerly of this COM
munity, now living in another state,
discovered that she had, in some way,
overlooked or neglected to pay her
subscription for the year 1913. She
paid up to January /, 1917, and in
looking over her checks failed to find
the 1913 check for her subscription.
Nothing unusual so far, but read on.
or her own accord, she sat down, took
her pen in hand, and made out Il
check for the 1913 subscription, for
$l.00. Nothing startling yet. Such
things have often happened. Spring
your surprise" Well, here it is: In
addition to the $l.OO for back dues
she added IS cents for interest for
the three years from January /, 1913
to January /, 1916. Now what do
you think of. it? We have had sub
scriptions paid for years in arrears
subscriptions paid that we didn't know
were due us, but this is the first time
Il subscriber has added interest to an
over due subscription. Not nfre-
quently such subscriptions are repu-
dated, denied and payment refused.
This good woman didn't seem to think
she was doing anything unusual. She
thought she had been in possession of
our dollarfor three years and that we
were entitled to interest. The fact
that the Subscription was not paid
as usual, in advance, was perhaps
as much or more our fault than hers.
Some folks are inherently, relig-
iously and Internationally honest. 9th
ers are honest because to be so sis
the best policy" Others still are kept
in line by the strong arm of the law.
Who is this woman? you ask. She
is too modest to allow her name to be
used. She was born and reared here.
Some of her people live here still, and
are like her, conscientious and hon
est TO fault
We have often boastcd of the sta
bility and reliability of our subscrip-
ton list, but not every one is like this
good woman. Guess who she is.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1916-02-18
Children CRY
FOR FLETCHER'S
G 4 3 7 Q Fri
TRY IT! SUBSTITUTE
FOR NASTY CALOMEI,
Starts Your Liver Without Making
You Sick and Cannot
Salivate.

Every druggist intown-your durg
gist and everybody's druggist has no
ticed great falling off in the sale of
calomel. They all give the same
reason. Dodson's liver tone is taking
its place.
"Calomel is dangerous and people.
know it,, while Dodson's Liver Tone
is perfectly harmless and gives bet
ter results said prominent local
druggist. Dodson's liver tone is per-
sonally guaranteed by every drug
gist who sells it, A large bottle
cos st50c, and if it fails to give easy
relief in every case of liver slug
gishness and constipation, you have
only to ask for your money back.
Dodson's liver tone is a pleasant
tasting, purely vegetable remedy, and
harmless to both children and adults
Takea spoonful at night and wake up
feeling fine; no biliousness, sick head
ache, acid stomach, or constipated
bowels. 1t doesn't grippe or cause in
convenience all the next day like vio-
lent calomel. Take a dose of Gallo
mel today and tomorrow you will feel
weak, sick and nauseated. Don't lose
a days work. Take Dodson's Liver
Tone instead and feel fine, full of
vigor and ambition.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1916-02-18
Steel.

Sabres that glow in the sun,
Helmets that CLEAN in the night,
Cannon that flash in the dark,
Muskets that shine in the light,
Metal, we'll tempered, true,
And sinister cold, reveal;
For men are outdone when Il field
must be won
BY steel, steel, steel.
Squadrons to sweep out to sea,
Ready for action, not boast;
Guns that will clutch at the foe,
Mounted and manned on the coast!
Then shall the envoy of hate,
Submissive and humbled, kneel;
Though blind to the right, impressed
by the sight
OF steel. steel, steel.
Give us the ships that we crave,
The guns and the swords that we
need;
What is our prowess in word?
Defense is by soul-stirring deed.
Faunt not, but turn to the forge;
Let the clang of the anvil outpeal,
And the Nations stride forth, from
the South to the North,
In steel, steel, STEEL
Frederic T. Cardoze.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1916-02-18
AFTER THE Gee SpLTTT!NG"
PHYSICIANS.

A bill has been introduced in the
Legislature making "fee-splitting," as
1T is called, q penal offense. 1t APP
pears, that in some sections of the
State, surgeons and specialists in the
cities have been dividing fees with
physicians who bring or send patients
to the hospitals for operations.
1t is said to work this way: A
physician from the smaller towns or
the county has a patient whose condi-
ton demands surgical operation,
which cannot be performed at home.
The physician has it understood with
the surgeon, and the fee charged the
patient in the san;tarium is divided
with the physician who brought or
sent the patient. DR.. Peyser, Secre
tary of the Richmond Academy of
Medicine and sun gerry, highly ap-
proves DR.. Noland's bill, and it APP
pears that his (Dr. Peyser's) attcn-
tion was called to the matter, cove,
year ago." "and the Academy wen.
upon record as condcmning the re.
prehensblc practice"
Details as to who, when and where
are lacking. Such a practice, if it
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1916-02-18

The Torrens system bill has been
passed, and now becomes law. That
is to say, however, that the measure
is entirely optional with the counties,
towns and cities, who have the right
to adopt by vote if they so choose.
The papers state that Senator Royal,
of Tazcwcll, made speech of an
hours length against the passage of
the bill. The vote in the Senate
stood 30 for and s against its adop-
ton. 1t is claimed that the necessity
for examining titles to real estate
will be Unnecessary under the provis-
ions of this bill, every time Il sale is
made, or mortgage given. Once the
is registered in the land Of
flee in Richmond the State guarantees
the title.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1916-02-18
Your Uncle joe"
lBluefield Telerranh.l

IBIueHeIu IeIeGfaph.J
That was patriotic remark "Uncle
Joe" made in the house in reply to
Mr.. Fitzgerald, of New York, who
sought to chide him for alleged criti-
cism of the president. "The presi-
dent of the United States" answered
Mr.. Cannon, "is my president as we'll
rs your president, and if 1 can find out
what is the proper thing to do, if it is
necessary to do anything, stand
ready to help him do it."
Where the honor and welfare of the
nation are involved men like Uncle
Joe rise above party division. The
country is safe as long as partisan
feeling gives place to patriotic duty.
There are enough issues to be urged
by both parties, without dallying with
the things of such serious nature as
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1916-02-18
PHEoNIX LIKE FROM IT'S ASHES.

The Sandy Valley News plant
which was destroyed recently in the
big fire which almost wiped the town
Of Grundy off the map, is again on
its feet larger and better than ever
before. Editor Ownby, not discour-
aged, went to work at once, erecting
n temporary building, got together
new material, and in an amazingly
short time, had the paper going. The
progressive citizens of the county are
Standing squarely by Mr.. Ownby, as
everybody knew they would, and a
better paper will be built and main
tanned. Mr.. Qwnby merits most
hearty congratulations and support
as well.