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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1916-07-28
Statement of the financial condition of
BANK OF CEDAR BLUFF.

DAMN VI CEDAK BLUFF,
Qncorporated.)
located ut Cedar Bluff, in the coun
W OF Tazcwell, State Of Virginia. mt
the close of business June 80. 1916.
made to the State Corporation Com,
mission:
RESOURCES.
Loans and discounts, Sl9.7S6 %
Overdrafts, secured, S73.lS
unsecured, loo 74.1S
FURNITURE and fixtures, l.177 2S
Due from National Banks. / 332 %
Iapcr currency, GIG 90
fractional paper currency,
meRels AID cents, 26.SS
S Solu COM 235.00
Silver coin, 5So5
All other items of resource:
Viz: ll1s,2
IorAL, $25.O2I.S4
LIABILITIES.
Capital Stock paid in, 10000. 90
Undivided profits, less amount
paid FOR interest, expenses
and taxes, l.a23 90
Individual deposits. including
~. savings deposits, li,296.73
mo certificates of deposit, 22500
Cashiers checks outstanding, 1921
biliS payable, including Ger
tihcatcs of deposit, represent
ing money borrowed, 1000. 90
TOTAL, $25,O2i.Sl
|, Banc S. Wittcn. cashier. Ito sol
cmnly swear that the above is II true
statement of the financial condition
of Bank of Cedar Bluff, Incorporated.
located nj Cedar Bluff. in the county
of Tazcwcll. State of Virginia, mt the
close of business on the both day of
June, 1916, To the best of my knowl-
edge and belief.
Correct Attest:
BANE S. WITTEN, Cashier,
T.. II. SCOTT,
b. ID. HUMPHREY,
r.. b. SCOTT,
Directors.
State of Virginia, County Of Tnzc-
we'll:
Sworn to and subscribed before me
by Banc s. Wittcn. Cashier, this 18th
day of July, 1916.
G.. b. LINKOUS,
Notary Public.
My commission expires Jan. n. 1917. !
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1916-07-28
NOT ENOUGH.

"My voice is for war"
"But are you willing to offer the
rest of your self !"-l3oston Trans
cript.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1916-07-28
'IWeIl, ! Should Say
Gets III DOES Work"
Look a There, If You Don't Think
It's Just Wonderful for Corns!"

BLESS my stars. look at 1t! Land OF
tho Twin! Why. Just look ut It! That
corn came right off.-Just like peel
ing bananas. Put your finger on my
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1916-07-28
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
Head of the Public School System
Of Virginia.
Departments represented:
College, Graduate, Law, Medicine,
Engineerin.
LOAN FUNDS AyAmABLE

to deserving students. $40 covers all
costs to Virginia students In the Ac-
ademic departments. Send for cata-
logue.
HOWARD WINSTON. Registrar,
5-12-3m. University, Va.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1916-07-28
"Did You Ever Sec the IiItet No
wonder Hcta-lt In the HIprcst
Selling Corn Curc In the aNoritiW

Selling Corn Cure In the SNori,iW
Too. right thcrc.-lon't he afrntd.-
THAT'S it,-rrcl how smooth tho akin
ia? Well. that's whore tho corn was.
We'll. that beats ull!' That's tho wny
"fcts-it works ON all curns every
corn, every time. It's the new. simplo
way OF curing corns. Ioull say good
bye To all foolish contruptionY ltlto
huhdlinE bandagcs. sticky tape, plas-
tors, too-cntinE aalvcs. and grave
dtHgcrS such na knives. raHors and
scissors. "Gots-lt" stops pain. Applicd
in = seconds. Never fills. Nothing TO
stick to. hurt or press ON tho corn
tctS-lt' ia sold everywhere, etc n
bottle, or sent direct by Il, Lawrencoi
IL Co., Chicago. Ill.
Sold in Tazewcll and recommended IA
the worlds best corn remedy by
JOHN t.. JACKSON.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1916-07-28

located at Cedar Bluff, in the coun-
ty of Tazcwell, State of Virginia, mt
the close of business June 80, 1916,
mission: >0'"-
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1916-08-01

ccjsful farming The change is gradual ONLY few head
are added at time but in aggregate the increase in
years Will be enormous The problem State and the
national government is to system which will
make agriculture in this section profitable
The carrying capacity ranges as in the natona,
1orests soon Will be increased least percent The
range of the public domain be improved Oyerstock
ing and premature grazing will be prevented and natural
reseeulng FACILITATED Wonderful progress follow
water development from wells by pumping There will he
greater in the forage both on the range
and on the farm Our rancmen already are using more
and higher grade bulls and adopting methods
Oh handng breeding animals through the year. ought
TO increase the calf to percent and the
weight or a 2year-old steer perhaps 80 pounds
Estimates vary as to cost of production yearling
teer will cost perhaps. approximately $25 and long"
twoyear-old $40.
With sheep there a wide variation in the average
cost of producing California the cost is 81 55
in the Southwest Sill in the Northwest 1882 These fig
ures be altered by increasing diminishing the per-
cenages of births in the herds Better methods
now being adopted in Eko County, certainly increase
the calf and lamb the cost of production
per head.
Livestock Profits Are Large.
The profits from stoctrasng county are large
compared with other sections but small comparison
with the assured development of the future
who now raise their feed would figure profit on
the feed they did raise stock utilize It, The
actual profits in stocrasng therefore greater than
the difference between the price the animals
and the estimated production.
Meat production is decreasing over the world,
of farmers and stockmen will here within
next few years There already is gradual growth and
expansion in the production of beef mutton pork
swine industry here enormously profitable
with minimum loss from disease exposure. With
sheep the losses from these larger The
wool clip is pounds.
Eko county can be made one of the greatest pork
producing sections Of the United States The prevalence
of hog cholera in other sections the country
couraged the development of this industry
cases. however hog cholera is doomed to extinction
an early day In the meantime, 1t behooves home-buid
to for the development the industry this
section starting with small number of thoroughbreds
Investigate These "BibIe".Famed Hogs
In the Imperial Valley California; where hotter
than bazes) farmers who raising the muIeOot
hog of Scripural fame (out OF which seven
devls declare that this breed Is immune from cholera
The Independent does vouch claim
however They nelooking, hardy and active hogs.
Anyone interested may obtain information by writ
ing to Judge Pho JONES' of the Chamber Commerce.
Brawey, California.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1916-08-01


temperature is So degrees and the tenn
perature is 70 degrees
Irrigated Area and Crops
From the o. 8. Census report figures are taken
Percentage OF land in farms in the State, &c.
Elko County 85 percent
Eo Conntys proportion of the irrigated acreage
of State 42 percent; percent
barley about 10 percent timothy TIA; timothy and
clover mixed 567 alfalfa about percent; tame
and cultivated 57S; wild prairie grasses $685.
grains cut green 1885, potatoes s5 orchard
Total for the State 1858 acres. 334973
bushes wheat 2OO acres 396O75 bushels barley
412,149 bushels; timothy 14954 acres 1896 TONS
timothy and clover mixed 1741 acres, tons;
90151 acres, 238383 TONS grasses 78 acres
4O365 tons wild prairie grasses 1915 acres
tons grains cut green 41S1 acres 5426 tons; potatoes
1854 acres, 766,826 bushels orchards $9474O
Good Roads Traverse County.
Eko County, of which the commercial center is the
city OF Elko is bounded the by Idaho on the
south by White Pine County the by Utah.
west by Humboldt County. county roads, radiang
from Eko in direction AGRICULTURAL
mineral empire and travel by automobile comfortable
besides affording views of scenery unsurpassed
earth.
From Elko northward stretches 80 the
county line, domain of lmitless intrinsic value; south
ward to the county line miles, the Utah
line it is 81 miles, and County
line it is 70 miles, these figures being approximate
Eko is, therefore, the center of the great county
tributary to it fifteen thriving towns-Carlin Wells
Montello. Metropolis. Cobre Tecoma Contact Jarbdge
Mountain City, Tuscarora, Gold Circle, Lamoie Tobar
Deeth and several prosperous settlements
situated, geographically, that always
commercial center of the county
Millions In Livestock
This ideally adapted for stoclcraising upon
grand scale This u.s. of the principal industry
the basis of the county's enviable wealth.
Consider this vast Of lands, capable of
producing to tons Of alfalfa connection with
the fact that meat production is declining in the
In four years, 19101914, the number
eleven stocasng states of the West decreased per-
cent For this decline the settlement of public
the reduction Of the primarily responsible
Other contributed but by high prices
This general agricultural development
widespread adoption practice feeding and
winter pasturng alfalfa and other cultivated crops.
The decrease will be wiped out here by the as
sured increase because the number of
and homeseads will be greater in the future the
ranges In the national will improve carry
ing capacity Of the stock of the public domain
be greatly increased High prices range
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1916-08-01

The movement here for the production of live
stock be expected to continue because both market
and agricultural conditions this indispensable
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1916-11-02
No. 253

Senate Bill No. 1874 BY Ir. Robert
JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment TO the con-
stitution of the State Of Louisiana.
exempting from taxation 81 s2s ahd
ocean going tugs. tow-bo''s and
barges engaged in over-s,as trade
and commerce, and domlcIied in
Louisiana port.
General Assembly of the State OF Lou
isiana, two thirdL~s Of the mfmbeTs
elected to each house CcncGrTinE, Fiat
at the general election to be held in
this State on the first TUESDAY follow
ing the first Monday in November,
1915, there shall be submitted to the
qualified electors of the State for their
approval or rejection. the following
amendment to the Constitution.
/. Ships and ocean going tugs, tow
boats and barges engaged in oversees
trade and commerce, and domiciled in
a Louisiana port, shall be exempt from
all State, parish and municipal taxa
ton; provided, however, that this cx-
emption shall not apply to harbOr,
wharf, shed and other port dues.
2 No ship, tug, tOw-boat or barge
operated in the coasting trade of the
continental United States shall be
within the exemption herein granted.
Section 2. Be it further resolved,
etc. That the official ballot to he
used at such election shall have print
ed thereon the words, For the pro-
posed amendment to the Constitution,
eXempting from taxation ships and
ocean going tugs, tow-boals and
barges engaged in overseas trade and
commerce, and domiciled in a Loutst-
ana port, and the words. Against the
proposed amendment to the Constiju-
tfon, exempttng from taxation ships
and ocean going tugs, tow-boats aud
barges engaged in overseas trade and
commerce, and domiciled in a Louisi-
ana port" and each elector shall indi-
IN a tS Wnt IN no -aA MO Il
ment as provided in the general cleo
ton laws OF the State.
FERNAND MOUTON,
Lieutenant Governor and President OF
the Senate.
HEWITT BOUANCHAUD,
Speaker of the House Of Representa-
tives.
Approved: July 6, 1916.
r. G. PLEASANT,
Governor Of the State of Louisiana.
true copy:
JAMES J. BAILEY,
Secretary of State
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1916-11-02
(Co 1tinu , from page y

leans. who shah be elected by the
voters OF the said Parish for the term
OF four years, and who shall receive an
annual salary OF ten thousand dollars,
forty-six hupdred dollars of which
shall be paid by the State OF Louisi-
ana, IN equal monthly instaliments,
and the balance Of hfty-four hundred
dollars shall be paid by the City of
New Orleans, in equal monthly In
stallmentsl he shall receive no other
compensatio He shall be a licensed
attorney and shall perform such du
ties as are new prescribed by law. or
r7"v h"reaft"" he prescribed ~ the
General Assembly. and shah take no
outside practice. He may appoint and
remove at his discretion such assist
ants, who shall be licensed attorneys,
and such clerks, stenographers and
special ofdcers as may be provided by
the Commission Council Of the City OF
New Orleans, and at such salaries and
terms Of payment as the said Commits
sion Council may ordain.
Section 3. Be It further resolved.
etc, That this proposed amendment
shall be submitted to the qualified
voters OF the State, for adoption or re-
lection, at the Congressional election
to be held In November, 1915; and II
adopted, the same shall take effect on
the first Monday In December. 1918.
Section 8. Be It further resolved,
etc, That the voting either for or
against this resolution by any member
Of the General Assembly shall not pre-
vent him from being q candidate for
the said ONCE.
Section 4. Be It further resolved,
etc. That on the oficial ballots to be
Issued at said election there shall be
placed For the proposed amendment
to Arhcle 14e Of the Constitution Of
Louisiana" and the words Against the
proposed amendment to Article 14S OF
the Constitution of Louisiana" and
each elector shall indicate, as provided
in the general election laws Of the
State, which of the proposed For"
Against" he votes.
HEWITT BoUANCHAUD,
Speaker of the House u Representa-
tives.
FBRNAND MoUTON,
Lieutenant Governor and President Of
the Senate.
Approved: July s, 1918.
r. @. PLEASANT,
Governor Of the State of louisiana
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1916-11-02

| House Bill No. 45S. BY Mr.. Leopold
Chairman Conr'fit"c IN >. r.
Works, Lands md Le'Fa". sub
stitute for IiOUfa -5ait .<..
JOINT ItESOI. fTT0.
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4ptti5 az az St.e ~
SIJb eu.loLl 81 tiI Sit'.aS ~ i''
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a. pt e eAp 3 70 5I,,i.1 't'-
anu NOUS, an" - - HI-Nlt
anu Necessary 5 LOT ""Li cay 20 ".
t .loie auequ d I pi" ectlo''
IIat Sa4 a. ~ ' 81 -
ekstlns Jaws avs iI1IeioI,
Prolnote tne puDI,t So CO.
cothlo!t anu coIE eIitH''c"'
* oeotioh l. pc - 'S2'N va -.
Geeneral Assetnoly o. 'IT , .|'t "' '''
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t eIect Sei 70 edch II"r. .'.' 90 pa.
Iue IoIIo" ms am, '',''"," 10
stltutlon OF me SUI - -d ~
the qu5Hned electo'' - '''
thelr ADOPTION or !.
eresSi 10 eIeclIoh 80
Hrst 1ueSuay a.
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Nal me boh d 81 - 20
sIoneIS VI lIie vi go ~ Lett e
is nereDy elnpoHefeh 20 ooISiI.
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on tne SHORES adJt, , NJ :, - 90,
donS me cahaIS coliilcctlH ~
ana IA Sucn otnet Pic
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satL lSEGS anu an II ID.
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a. SI+n4or bo+to,rI os soid tIosa
. 5aos,a ce,eotaI - H. 80 ;,,-
* rttrh+ - onn|Iiro Nv di,ra+io, NJ,
nho.a aynronriation or annronriatton
"a 'io! 81 appr 1890 10 u,
.,I,L +nrrf+arI- n tbo D. rieb of Or-
StCn teI ~ ~ nc ,i q aSn y. a.
leans anu aoJ t h pdldSHe n5 t ir
say poei nv" ndS ~ oiLu
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ING ealu DG . tIiaE ei. ItCU Iy ~
e@peI1enr ioi ~ ~ put po5eS "
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1916-11-02
Act No. 1913
House Bill No. 252-Joint Resolution
BY Mr.. Powell.

House Bill No. 252-Joint Resolution
BY Mr.. Powell.
AN ACT
Proposing an amendment to Articles
225 and 226 of the Constitution rela-
tive to assessment and taxation
Section l. Be ii resolved h. the
General Assembly of the State OF Lou
isiana, two-thirds Of all the members
elected to each House concurring,
and 226 of the Constitution of the
State of Louisiana be submitted to the
qualified electors of the State for their
approval or rejection at the Congress
sional election to be held on the first
Tuesday next following the first Mon
posed amendment to be as follows:
Article 225. Taxation shall be
equal and uniform throughout the ter
ritorial limits of the authority levying
the tax. and property shall be taxed
in a manner directed by law; provided
that the valuation of property for the
assessment of State taxes, levied by
the General Assembly and by this
Constitution, may be different from
the valuation fixed for all other pur-
poses; provided. further. the assess
ment ofsall property shall never ex-
coed the actual cash value thereof:
and provided, further, that the taxpay-
ers shall have the right of testing the
correctness of their assessments be-
fore the courts of justice.
Article 226. There shall be and is
hereby created a Board of State At
fairs whose duty IT shall be to assess.
for State purposes, all taxable prop
erty throughout the State of Louis
lana. It shall have such other author
ity relative to State assessment, budg-
ct. income and expenditure as may be
conferred upon it by the General AS
sembly. The board shall be composed
pointed by the Governor for such
terms as may be fixed by the General
Assembly. The board shall enter upon
Its duties on January l, 1917. The
General Assembly shall have full au-
thority to define the powers and du-
ties Of the board and to fix the sala-
rfes Of the members thereof Act No.
lao, of the General Assembly for the
year 1918. on this subject matter, shall
go into effect as a statute of the State,
On the first day of January. 1917"
Section 2. Be 1t further resolved by
the General Assembly of the State of
Louisiana, two-thirds of all the mem
Oers elected to each House concurring,
That the Official ballot to be used at
Said election shall have printed there
IN the following words: For the pro-
posed amendment to Articles 225 and
'26 of the Constitution of the State of
louisiana, relative to assessment and
axation. and abolfshing the Board of
Appraisers" and the words, Against
he proposed amendment to Articles
l26 and 226 of the Constitution of the
state Of Louisiana. relative to assess
aent and taxation, and abolishing tho
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1916-11-02

Monday in November, 1915. for their
ratification or rejection:
The Board of Control Of the Sta Re
Penttentiary, or its successor or sue
cessors in office, IL hereby authorized
and empowered to- incur debt, ISIS. In
terest bearing notes in serials or 9th"
form for term not to exceed hftec
years, to the amo; Mt of Four HundreL
Thousand Dollars, at a rate of interest
not exceeding Ave per cent per annum
payable semt-annually, for the purpose
of funding aid retiring its floating
and other outstanding Indebtedness
and is authorized to secure same by
mortgage on any or all Of its real es-
tate, and the faith and credit of the
State of Louisiana is hereby pledged
to guarantee the payment of said obli-
cations and the interest thereon, but
the Board Of Control or it's successor
shall be required to pay same out OF
its own revenues and earnings, and
only when the same are exhausted
shall the State make good the residue.
The General Assembly shall pass the
necessary enabling act to carry this
amendment into effect. and Act No.
1877 Uf the Acts of 1916 on this sub
ject matter is hereby approved for this
purpose"
Section 2. Be It further resolved.
etc, That the Secretary of State b.
and he is authorized to have printed
on the official ballot to be voted in
November, 1916. the words. For the
amendment to the Constitution fund
ing the debt of the Penttentiary
Board" and the words, Against the
amendment to the Constitution fund
ing the debt of the Penitentiary
Board" and each elector shall indicate
whether he votes for or against said
amendme:-t, in accordance with the
general election laws of the State.
FERNAND MOUTON,
Lieutenant Governor and President o.
the Senate.
HEWITT BOUANCHAUD,
Speaker of the House of Representa-
tives
Approved: July 5, 1916
r. G. PLEASANT,
Governor of the State of Louisiana
A true copy:
JAMES j. BAILEY,
nAn.n ~
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1916-11-02
eva who married cOnfaderat. soldier.

SwS who married Confederate soldiers
or sailors a second time shall not be
debarred from the beneftR of this Act,
but be entitled to a pension on the
same terms as other widows of deceas-
ed Confederate soldiers or sailors;
provided, further. that pensions, wheth-
er to veterans or 10 widows, shall be
allowed only from the date of applica-
ton under this Article, and the total
appropriations for all pensions in any
annual one mill tex is hereby
levied on all taxable property
in the State. provided said APP
preparations shall never be more
than an amount sufficient to pay all
pensions for any one year. Any ac-
eruing surplus from said tax fund
shall be held as an acc4mulating fund
for the Confederate veterans to be APP
propriated by the General Assembly
Tor their use and benefit as the
General Assembly may in future de-
termine, and the collection of any 9TH
er tax or the making Of any appro-
priation for pensions in excess Of the
amount OF the one-ntll tax levied and
collected, and to be Known as Con
federate Veteran Pension Fund" is
hereby prohibited. and said fund is to
be used for no other purpose than that
herein stipulated; oNd upon the adop
ton Of this Amendment same shall at
once become self-operEtive, and the
ately used for said purpose; and pro-
vided. further, thai the -tax collectors
and assessors she'll receive no com
missions for assessing and collecting
one mill tax herein provided.
Provided. that nothing IN this Arti-
Gle shall be construed so a. to pro-
hibit the General Assembly, from pro
viding artificial Inns t.: disabled Con
federate soldiers or sailors.
Section Q. Be 1t fuF4ber resolved
etc, that this proposed amendment r.
submitted to the cuaiifsd cleo 'ors -
the State Of Louisiana. fo~ adoption OF
rejection ct the Conrres:ona election
to be held on the arst tuesday next
following the first Monday in Novem-
Der, 1915.
That the official halle3s to be used
ct said election shall have printed
thereon the words For the proposed
amendment to Article 3h3 Of the Con-
stitution Of the State Of Louisiana rel
alive to the pensions for Confederate
vetrans," and tn words Against the
proposed amendment to Article 300 OF
the Constitution Of the rstate Of Louis
lana relative TO pensions for ConTeder-
ate veterans" ard oack5 elector shall
indicate, as PROVE fe the general
election laws Of tho State, whether or
not he votes for or against the amend
HEWITT BoI7ANCHAUD,
Speaker of the House o. Representa-
FERNAND Et0UTON,
Lieutenant Governor ans President of |
the Senate.
Approved July s. 1876
r. G. PLEASANT,
Governor or the State. of Louisiana.
true copy:
JAMES J. BAILEY,
Secretary Of State.
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1916-11-02

funding Of certain debts Of the City Of
Shreveport" and the words, Against
the proposed amendment to the Con-
stitutfon of the State of Louisiana pro-
viding for the funding Of certain debts
Of the City of Shreveport" and each
electOr shall indicate on the ballot cast
by him whether he votes for or
against the proposed amendment.
FERNAfID MOUTON,
Lieutenant Governor and President Of
the Senate.
HEWITT BOUANCHAUD,
Speaker Of the House of Representa-
tives.
Approved: July s, 1916.
r. G. PLEASANT,
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
A true copy:
JAMES ]. BAILEY,
Secretary Of State