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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1916-11-24
THE WATERMELON ILLUSTRA.
TON.

| was eating piece of watermelon
some months ago and was struck with
its beauty. / took some of the seeds
and dried them and weighed them
and found that it would require some
five thousand seeds to weigh n pound:
and then | applied mathematics to
that fortvnound melon. One of these
seeds, put into the ground, when
warmed by the sun and moistened
by the rain, takes off its coat and
goes to work; it gathers from some
two hundred thousand times
ITS own weight, and, forcing this raw
material through the tiny stem, con-
structs u watermelon. 1t ornaments
theoutslde with Il covering of green:
INSIDE the green it puts a layer of
white, and within the white n core If
red. and all through the red it scat.
tters seeds, each one capable of con-
tlnuing the work of reproduction
what architect drew the plan? Where
does the little seed gets its tre-
mndous power? Where does it finds
its coloring matter? How dos it col
iect It's ilavoring extract? Until Won
can explain Il watermelon, do not be
TOO sure that you can set limits to the
power of the Almighty and saw inst
what lie can do or how He would
40 1t. l cannot explain the water
mei0n, but | eat it and enjoy it.-W
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1916-11-24
THE GRAIN OF WHEAT.

In Cairo | secured few grains of
wheat that had slumbered for more
than thirty centuries in an EGYPTIAN
tomb. AS | looked at them this
thought came to my mind: If one of
those grains had been planted on the
banks of the Nile the year after it
grew, and all its lineai descendants
had been planted and replantcd from
that time until now, its progeny
would today be sufficiently numer-
GUS to feed the teeming millions of
the world. An unbroken chain of
life connects the earliest grains of
wheat with the grains that we sow
and reap. There is in the grain of
wheat an invisible something which
has the power to discard the body that
we see, and from earth and air fash
ion new body so much like the old
one that we cannot tell the one from
the other If this invisible germ of
life in the grain of wheat can thus
pass unimpaired through three .hous-
and resurrections, 1 shall not doubt
that my soul has power to clothe itself
with body suited to its new exist
ence when this earthly frame has
crumbled into dust-Bryan.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1916-11-24
PROOF OF IMMORTALITY.

(From Bryan's "Prince of Peacc.)
If the Father deigns to touch with
hivine power the cold and pulselcss
heart of the buried acorn and to make
it burst forth from its prison walls,
will he leave neglected in the earth
the soul of man, made in the image
of his creator. If he stoops to give
to the rose bush, whose withered
blossoms float upon the autumn breez-
es, the sweet assurance Of another
springtime, will he refuse the words
of hope to the sons of men when the
frosts of winter come? If matter,
mute and inanimate, though changed
by the force of nature inta u multitude
of forms, can never die. will the inn
perial spirit of man suffer annihi-
iation when it has paid brief visit
like a royal guest to this tenement
of clay? No, Ia am sure that He,
who Notwithstanding his apparent
prodigality, created nothing without
Il purpose, and wasted not n single
atom in all this creation, has made
provision for future life in which
mans universal longing for immortal
ity will find it's realization. am as
sure we live again as | u insure that
we live today-Bryan.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1916-11-24
THE WOMEN DID 1T.

1t is not too much to say that it
was the women who turned the tide
OF battle and won the fight for the
President: Little did he think when he
trudged down to Princeton and cast
his vote for woman suffrage that the
women of the nation would save him
from defeat and give his party an
opportunity to add to its already long
list of reforms still greater reform
which will bring into the arena of
new moral force destined
to make its influences felt whenever
the welfare of the home is involved
but these women will not stav with
us II we take the side of the saloon.
w. j. BRYAN.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1916-11-24
CANDY, THE DRUNK ARD'S BEST
FRIEND

"lf any man doubts that candy will
relieve the drink habit" saws the Med
ical World under recent date, "he can
easily test it,"
This paper goes on: "rhc man who
puts lots of molasscs on his wheat
cakes at breakfast will find himself
gradually forgetting to stop in for
his customary drink on his way to
work. If the man who goes out be-
tween times for liquid refreshments
will go into IL candy store instead
and get five or ten cents worth of
candv and cat it, he will be surprised
at the effect. 1t will not be very long
until he will have candy on his desk
and carry it in his pockets. Not one
man in II hundred knows WIZ he for
got to go out and see man when
attending the theatre, if he had box
of candy for his companion and eaten
n little of it himself for politencss'
sake"
l have known many men who were
stimulants, among them | have never
known man who cared anything for
candy. The reason for this is simple:
Sugar taken into the system is act
ID on by the digestive fluids, fer
mented and thereby produces mild
alcoholic fcrment, which, while not
the least harmful, supplies ele-
ments absolutely necessar'- in the hui
man ECONOMY i'll producing bodily
warmth and blood vitality. The mod
crate eating of candy ut frequent i'll
-ervals will absolutely relieve the al
cohollc craving as no other thing will
10, and this information is of such
vital importance that it ought to be
given the widest publicity to insure
he greatest benefit to those who need
it most-F. ii. LaBaum.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1916-11-24
WHY THE COLONEL IS SILENT
He Himself Tells a Story About il
and Sees Politicians.
(The New York Times.)


Colonel Theodore Roosevelt came to
town yesterday for the first time
since election. In his suite at the no
tel Langdon, Fifty-SiXth street and
Fifth Avenue, he received callers, who
the Colonel smilingly admitted, were
on his political visiting list The Col
onel declined to comment on the de
feat of Charles Evans Hughes or to
discuss his future plans.
81 am very much in the position of
the Bedford whaling mate" said the
Colonel. ale asked his new Captain
just what was expected of him, Il
want you to understand, Sir, that all
want from you is silence and damned
little of that" said the skipper.
thinks that about all expected from
me now"
Mayor William Hale Thompson of
Chicago, was one of the ColoncPs no
litical callers. When he left he said
ne was ovcrjoyed at the splendid
showing made by Illinois in the recent
election. He said he had called on
the Colonel merely to pay his re-
spects.
81 don't think too great credit can
be given to Colonel Roosevelt for
what h, he did to help us in Illinois"
said Mayor Thompson. "He got a
wonderful reception in Chicago. |
think he turned the tide, and lust nj
the right time"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1916-11-24
HE'S STUCK ON HIS JOB"

The above remark was made in our
hearing the other day about q man
who holds a responsible position, ii
not lucrative one.
II never knew q man to be more
energetic than he is" said our friend
"he's stuck on his job. He thinks
himself one Of the big men of the
town." The party referred to held
position which pays moderate sal
ary, by no means lucrative one, for
those days. He was selected for the
place because of confidence in him
as man Of integrity, who would do
his duty as he saw it, to the best of
his ability, and he did it and is doing
it, and is likely to hold the position
ms long as he wants it.
"Stuck on his job" that tells the
story. A man or boy who doesn't
like his job is not likely to succeed.
His heart is not in it. He plods along
OF necessity. The money that's in it,
be it much or little, is the only incen-
tive, and when this is the case, the
man will not-cannot do himself ius-
tice. If he is not "stuck on his Job"
does not take pride and pleasure
in it, and feels that the job is not
worthy OF him, cannot but become n
smaller man as the years go by. To
hold position, whatever it may be,
of sheer necessity, or for the money
that is in it only, dwarfs the one who
holds it, and he may make money
but will be smaller man, mentally,
morally and spiritually, at the close
of life than he was at the beginning.
He has gone through life with his
eyes and his soul glued and fastened
to dollar. At the end he leaves it
all behind him, and takes with him
only ahrivelled soul.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1916-11-24
BRYAN WILL LEAVE NEBRAsKA

Omaha, Ncb., Nov. 22.-As one of
the results of the election. Nebro sko
IS to lose William j. Bryan. He has
dismantled his home at Fairview
shipped portion of the furniture to
MS winter home at Miami. Fla. and
IS sending his large library which he
greatly prizes to his summer home
at Asheville. N. c., where he is said
val 1--we and cast his vote. Fairview
IS said to be for sale, although MIR.
Bryan,s brother. c. W. Bryan, denies
hat MIR. BRYAN has left Nebraska for
all time. Many Nebraska Democrats
believe he has his eye on the Prohibit
tion Presldentlal nomination in 1920.
Mr.. Bryan has been denosed as the
Democratic leader in Nebraska by
United States Senator G. M. Hitch,
cock, who was reelected over Bryan's
most determined opposition. Further
more, Keith Neville, then unknown
Young man from the western part of
the State, who was taken up by
Hitchcock, defeated Charles w. Bryan
the Democratic Gubernatorial
nomination and afterward was elect
cd Governor over the opposition of
both William j. and c.. w. BRYAN and
ali their friends.
At the start of the fight Nebraska
Democrats refused to send Bryan as
delegate to the Democratic National
convention, and his defeat was laid
at the door of the Hitchcock organi-
cation.
Bryan accused Senator Hitchcock
Of failing to deliver message sent to
Nebraska Democrats by President
Wilson, saying that the President
wished Bryan elected delegate.
After the charge was made Presi-
dent Wilson came out in q letter and
Endorsed Hitchcock. Then the Demo-
Gratis of the State also come out and
Endorsed Hitchcock by re-clccting
him. Mr.. Bryan assured Nebraska
that Senator Hitchcock was the lead
er of the brewery forces in the state,
but that charge only resulted in an
increased vote for the Senator Il; 53
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1916-11-24
AMERICAN SUPPORT OF AN
AMERICAN PRESIDENT.

To the editor of the World:
1t is II satisfaction to know that
there is one New York daily fair
enough to give credit where credit
is due. Editorially, you say that the
Wilson majorities, aside from the
South, ''comc mainly from the ter
ritory. in which Bryan did his cam
2aigning this year, These mountain
States are inhabited largely by real
Americans, and we have a true Amer
President elected by real Amer
leans. This is the first time in our
history in which the plantations of
Ie South have been lined up with
he embarrassing and cattle raisino.
ranches of the west.
The Republican managers. with
her foreign allies and protected in
-cfe3ts combined. carried The three
most populous States in the Union
ana they counted on the states wcs,
II the mississippi us a matter of
curse, but the rugged farmers If
ncSe States are doing ,hir own
.hinkng and the crv of high cos, ~
wing is wo-cdgcd sword thai ont :
1o'h ways. The West wants Mono
ND proSperlty and thav voted fo, II
Inc President broke u" Tho o,in,,
rs that were blowing up munificn
ect9rieS and he gained the enmif"
u the hyphcnated Gcr.nnns and tbc
managers of the munition fartor;n,,
also. lie assisted in The nreporcdnns.,
rGGramme and every State exnent
california that gets the contrant
DEMENT'S of the naval orocromnoo
..qHy: against him and the slogan
wilson kept us out of war" is what
'eIGlected him. B. NJ. STOCKER '
Honcsdale, Pa, Nov.1O
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1916-11-24
THE RICHMOND VIRGINIAN

We have had it in mind to saw
something about the Virginian for
sometime, in the hope of contributing
Mt least to the future success and
prosperity of that worthy publica-
ton.
The Vir2inian is in n class by it.
self in this State. The paper, since
the beginning, has stood four square
Tor temperance and morality and has
fought bravely for statewide pro-
hibition. 1t was the only daily in
the State that laid itself out solely for
the cause, and it is now as Jealous
and watchful for the enforcement of
the law to the letter. The people of
this State are due to The Virginian n
debt larger than can ever be paid in
dollars and cents. But, nevertheless,
The Virginian needs the dollars and
cents. 1t cannot be run on good wish
es alone. The hope is expressed here
that the number of people who read
these lines will consider the Virginan
and send this paper the price of a
years or six months subscription
Write the Virginian for sample COPY
and special Christmas price for new
subscribers. You will enjoy this
bright, clean, up-to-date daily paper
In your home. Write for sample copy
and rate today, before you forget it
A postal will do.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1916-11-24
NOT IN FAVOR OF AN EMBAR
GO.

Several farmers were asked recent
ly if they were in favor of putting an
embargo on the shipment of food
stuffs out of this country, in view
of the high prices prevailing of the
necessaries of life. They replied I'M
hesitatingly, "Now A carpenter.
brick-mason and day laborer was
asked the same question and they
each replied without hesitation, Dyes"
So, there you are. The producer on
the one side, the consumer on the
other. One party says dyes" the
other No" The farmers are get
ting IL cents pound for their dress
ed hogs, top price for cattle, 1.SO
and over for wheat, S1.O0 and over for
corn in the field, S150 for potatoes.
etc. Any law or step taken to cut
down these prices raises instant and
lnsistent protest from the farmer.
while all sorts of things are being
said and predictions made by the
consumer and an embargo on ex-
ports demanded.
Inquiry brings out the fact. that
consumers, the so called "lnborinp
classes" including mechanics, dav-
laborers, Transfers, and all, have
not had their wages increased and
these are finding it almost impossible
to live. For instance, the average
farm hand, getting rs cents and n
dollar day is paying top prices for
flour, (about $12 a barreD. meat.
coal, etc, and finds it impossible to
make both ends meet, to say moth
ing of saving anything for winter and
sickness.
What is to be done about it? Moth
ing except to even up wages to CORE
spond. The farmer, coal operator,
cattle grower, lumber dealer and all.
can afford to pay better wages now
and to be just and fair should do so
Should prices decline through an en-
barge or otherwise, there would be
little or no hesitation in cutting war
es. Now, that prices have gone away
up it is only fair and just to raise
wages accordingly, and even things
up.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1916-11-24

Mr.. Bryan, it is reported, will shuck
his coat, roll up his sleeves, give his
SLOUGH hat II push in front and pitch
in for nationwide prohibition. There
will be something doing. He can car
ry more folks with him now than he
polled when he ran for President, as
large as that number was. His job
will be an easy one, it is predicted.
People are getting tired of the liq-
uor traffic everywhere. If prohibit
ton is good thing and works well
in one State or number of adjoining
States why not in all the States? It's
coming and the women are going to he
in Mt the killing.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1916-11-24
HOW IT HAPPENED.

The Republican National Commit
tee, the papers state, is busy trying to
figure out how it happened, and al
ready considering plans for 1920.
To sum it NIL up, the Republicans
sent man into the field without an
issue. He did the best he could with
the material furnished him-criticism
of Mr.. Wilson and prediction of dire
calamities in the future. That's why
we beat 'em.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1916-11-24
CHARLES EVANS WHISPERS.

The following letter was received
here this week by Billy Moore from
his father, Hon. Oscar b. Moore, of
Abs Valley. Young Moore is as
much of Democrat as his Daddy"
and took much pleasure in complying
ter which follows. The small bunch
of whiskers referred to is about the
color of corn silk after about the
third frost.
Here's the letter:
Abb's Valley, Nov. 10.
Dear Billie:
Find enclosed small bunch of
Hughes whiskers. Woodrow was kind
enough to send me Il good bunch
after he shaved him. | have divided
them up among the Republicans as
far as | can.
| want you to rive this bunch to
your uncle Luther, and if he can
spare them. give some of them to
Francis Kelly. | think they both will
appreciate them to keep us souven-
Tell your uncle Luther to take a
big dose of castor oil and come down
and rest ur for week or two, and
we will feed him on fresh hog meat,
us we are going to kill great big,
fat one in day or so.
| always thought Hughes had dark
whiskcrs, but | suppose they must
have faded after the election, BE
sure and turn them over to the Squire
and Francis. Get Will Doall to help
you divide them between the two.
Hastily yours, DADDY.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1916-11-24
HALF OF JAIL CLOSED.
Prohibition is Having Wonderful Eff
feet in City of Richmond.

feet i'll City of Richmond.
Richmond, Va, Nov. 22.-"Duc to
the lack of patronage" said City Po-
lice Sergeant Satterlicld today, zone
half of the city Jail was closed to bust
ness Saturday night. There is no need
for keeping it open. Since November
| have lost just 100 prisoners over
and above the number received. l am
discharging three or four for each one
received. 1t beats anything / have
seen. One month ago | had 300 men
and women in Jail. and today there
are ITO. This is net loss of 100 in
the month so far. There are calls for
men to work the roads, and | would
like to know where they are coming
from. BY the end of the year, at the
present rate, | will have so few pris-
oners that the place will be deserted"
That Sergeant Sattcrficld is correct
in his statement of conditions is borne
out by the records of the police. There
are so few arrests that the station
house men have scarcely enough to do
to keep themselves awake This was
not formerly the case. For instance,
the police court today did not last for
more than an hour and Monday is
usually the biggest day in the court
the Saturday and Sunday arrests max
ing up Il docket that usually required
as long as two or three hours to dis
pose of by rapid work.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1916-11-24
NOT EVEN ON GO-TO-CHURCH
SUNDAY.

Minister, to profancst man in the
community: "If you had heard me
preach as often as have heard YOU
cuss 1T might be possible that would
never have heard you cuss at all"
G. Inc sinner: Maybe so, parson
sorry you had to be where you cd
near me. But if you'd anyways been as
I ian away from me when | cussed as
I've stayed away from you when you
preached you'd never have heard me-"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1916-11-24
THE PRICE OF A SOUL.
(trom "The Price of a Soul" bv w
j. Bryant

ny Vi q 'ooul, by w.
j. Bryan)
The fact that Christ dealt with this
SUBJECT is proof conclusive that it is
important, for He never dealt with
TRIVIAL things. When Christ focused
:, rn;ion upon theme it was because
u was worthy of considcration-and
ohriSt weighed the soul. He present.
ca the subject, too, with SURPRISING
iorcc; no one will ever add emphasis
70 what lie said. He understood the
v,iuc OF inc question in argument. If
I !, VIII examine the great orations
a t at crisis in the worlds his
ooiy' you Will find that in nearly ey-
u.y case the speaker condensed the
l mmoiG SUBJECT INTO n question, and that
~ emDodl" what he regarded
10 C an ;unanswerable argument.
force to the thought which ha nros erve
ed in regard to the soul;s vaIuo ~,
one side he put the world and aII that
me world can contain-all the wooitb
mat one can accumulate, ali the fnmn
i 10 which one can aspire. and ali iho
happiness that one can covet. ond ' n',
me other side he put the soui. tbom
.ie asked the question that has come
lihgihg down the centuries: "Whot
snail 1t rrofit man if he gain tho tho
whole no, world and lose his own soula1
mere is no compromise hereMno
partial statement of the matter Ho
leaves us to write one term of the
EQUATION ourselves. He gives ne ali
me time we dscire, and allows the
to work to the limit and
when we have gathered together into
one sum oil thines but the soul. He
What if you gain it ali,aiI
ALL: and lose the soul? What shall
IL profit ?-From "The Price of
Soul" by w. J, Bryanl
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1916-11-24
ONE CENT POSTAGE.

The letter writer's of this country
ere paying into the treasury of the
postoilice department seventy five
million dollars a year profit, over and
above the expenses of that depart
mcnt, according to recent reports.
Why not, then, one cent hostage.
which in same proportion. would yield
a profit of 81 million and half?
1t was never intended that receipts
from one department should be used
to pay expenses of another depart
ment. 1t is hoped that the propa-
ganda started some time ago for one
cent postage will be pushed along.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1916-11-24
Head-of That All-Winter Couch

At the first sign of sore thoat,
tight chest or stuffed up head, take a
dose of DR.. Bells Pine-Tar. Honey.
The healing pine tar, soothing money
and .glycerine quickly relieve The con
sestion, loosen the phlegm and nreak
up your cold. Dr. Bells Pine-Tar
Honey has all the benefits of the heal
ing aroma from pine forest, it is
PHEASANT to take and intiseptic The
formula on the bottle tells why it re-
heVes colds and coughs. At your
druggist, 25c.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1916-11-24
THERE'S NO FOOL LIKE AN OLD
FOOL"

A friend passes this in for publica-
ton:
"Of all the standard varieties of
fools of the First Blue Ribbon Class
A is the man who is straining every
nerve to make fortune for some
one else to spend, receiving as his
own reward an early and distinctly
flattcring obituary notice.
"A live dog with chance to run
about, bark and enjoy life, is consid-
crably more to be envied than the
lion who has just died in the cage"
Who are you hittin' at?
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1916-11-24
FRAGMENTS OLE Elm

Father, when people go to Heav-
en-, do they get to be angels right
away or do they have to pass a lot
OF darn old examinations? ''-Life.
r, Mother (horrified)- it possible
sammy, that you are in the preserves
again; after l whipped you an hour
ago" Sammy-"Yes'm. heard Won
tel grandma you had whipped me TOO
hard. So thought I'd make it even j"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1916-11-24
Consultation Dulls Your Rr,;,

That dull, listless, oppressed feeling
is due ii impurities in your SYSTEM
sluggish liver, clogged intestines. Dr.
ihilngs New Life Pills give prompt re-
hel. A mild, easy, non-griping bowel
movement viii tone up your system
ana heIp to clear your muddy, pimp,y
SSompieXion. Get bottle of Dr.King's
new Lie Pills today at your drug
glst. a dose tonight will make you
cHeSrlul at breakfast. y
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1916-11-24
HIS ACHIEVEMENTS
(The Worldly

1.-THE WORLDLY
Who built the Panama canal?
II did," said Teddy.
who sent the navy around the
~ did," said T. r.
Who discovered the River of Doubt /?
81 did" said Teddy.
Juan Hill? ''
81 did," said the Colonel
Who elected Wilson?
BILE liei" "'''''''''