Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1916-11-03
LEE TRINKLE AT
JEWELL RIDGE
Democratic Candidate For Con-
gress is Greeted by Large
Crowd on Sandy Ridge-Ev-
idcnces of Prosperity.

Hon. E. Lee Trinklc. Democratic
candidate for Congress, invaded the
Sandy Ridge country near Rchlands
Saturday night, and delivered one of
his characteristic addresses in the
Jewell Opera House to large nu
iicncc.
Mr.. Trinklc reached Richlnnds i'm
the afternoon and wns the guest of
the Democrats in that town until
about 6:3O, when II special trnin was
run to the town of Jewell, reaching
the coal operation i'll about an hour.
About twenty Democrats from this
town went to Richlnnds by automobile
and joined tho party ut Jewell. Mr..
George w; st. Clair, manager of the
Jewell Ridge Coal Corporation, had
arranged for the speaking md hnd
everything in readiness when the par
ty arrived. The opera house on the
top of Snndy Ridge, where the speak
ing was held, was we'll filed with the
people living in the community, the
miners and officials of the company.
MIR. Trinkle, although worn out from
n hard days campaigning, made IN
address equal to any he has yet de-
livered. The people of Sandy Ridge
were treated to an address and an an
peal for their votes upon plane
never before attempted in that vicin-
lty: Never before had the Sandy
Ridge, whose bowels are being Quilted
of the highest rice coal ever known,
this occasion. Mr.. Trinkle appealed
to the higher sensibilities of his nu-
dience for their support, and not to
the baser passions MS has been the
case often there. He stated, rs he hns
done before, that he had challenged
Mr. Slemp time and again to meet
him in joint debate for II friendly
discussion of the issues, and Mr
Slemp had as often declined tho invi-
tation. He pointed out to the nu-
dicnce the many good things that
were theirs on account of Woodrow
Wilson's efforts in their behalf; he
brought to their attention in most
forciblc way the benefits accruing to
this country from the Presidents ef-
forts to keep peace; that their sons
avocntions and not fighting in the
trenches or sleeping in Unmarked
graves on some foreign battle field;
that the country was more prosper
Gus now than Mt any period in the
memory of any of his hcarcrs; that
the product from their lubors was
more remuncrative now than Mt any
other time; and that the only assur-
ance of the continuance of these con-
ditions was the reelection of Dem
ocratic President and Democratic
Congress.
Mr.. Trinkle was frequently inter-
rupted by applause, and was greeted
when he entered the opera house with
"Trinkle, Trinkle. Trinkle; he's all
right; who's all right? Trinklc!"
with the conditions that the section
around Richlands, which has hereto
fore been strongly Republican, will
soon experience change
Empire is Now Reaping Benefits of
Democratic Prosperity.
On the way to Jewell Ridge the
train passes through the operation of
the Empire Coal Land Corporation,
ruptcy in the Roosevelt panic. AS
we wended our way up the hollow
Saturday night it was noticed that the
coke ovens were in full blast, and in
quiry developed the fact that the OPP
Grafton is enjoying prosperity never
bore expected. And yet n number of
our friends in that community will
kill the goose that lays tho "olden
egg.
A Model Mining Town.
The town of Jewell is situated on
the top of the mountain, overlooking
the tipple of the company. The COM
pany has recently erected, and has
now in course of construction some
forty-fve houses for the employees,
including church, inn, opera house,
club house, school house, etc. The
opera house is provided with mod
ern motion picture machine and the
school house is equipped with up to
date conveniences and has two ex-
cellent young ladies in charge, who
are said to be doing fine work.
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