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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1916-07-21
ROOSEVELT THE DESERTER AND
GUTTER.

Sometime ago, according to the
New York World, Mr.. Roosevelt said,
in letter to friend in Michigan,
at is not l who deserted the Progress
sive party; it was the Progressive
party who deserted us" Again, rs
usual, it is question with him as to
who is the liar. Did Mr.. Roosevelt
desert and quit or did his party bolt
and kick him and desert? 1t is his
tory now, that the Progressive con-
vention at Chicago did its best to have
the Republicans nominate the waiting
Colonel. They failed, and the Pro-
gressives stuck to him to the last
ditch, would have no one else, and
nominated him by acclamation 1t
required several days for the consci-
entious CD Big Noise to decide
whether or not he would desert and
quit, and he did, leaving his loyal adj
mirers without leader, sulkcd in his
tent at Oyster Bay, dreaming dreams
of an alliance with his old enemies,
whom he swore he would never go
back to. And it required more than
thirty days for him to discover that
"it is the Progressive party who has
deserted u.s." Spirit and shade of
Ananias! This arch dcserter and no
torious gutter tries to so worm out,
and worm in by making his loyal fol-
lowers, who displayed more bravery
and loyalty than good sense, all the
time, the cause of the wreck!
Bosl. PifIle!
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1916-07-21

The evangelistic services projected
and planned by the ministers of the
town, the preparatory services of
which arc already in progress, should
result in great good to the communi-
ty. TaZcwell has enjoyed number
of good REVEALS, conducted by various
schools of evangelists, and each of
these has been more or less success
full, some of them only spasmodically
successful. The coming ministration
of Mr.. McLeeS should be of benefit
He is not sensational and the meetings
will he in charge almost entirely OF
the pastors of the town. which fact
will bring pastors and people into
close touch
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1916-07-21

"Our ideals are the same, and we
must work together for their relaiza-
tion," wrote Mr.. Hughes to IL lead
ing Progressive, shortly afcr the Chi
cago convention. If the ideals and
aims of the Republicans and Progress
slvcs are Identical, will somebody
please explain what they have been
fighting each other about for the
past five or six years?
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1916-07-21
STEREOTYPED.

If there is anything in confidence
Mr.. Slcmp is as good as beaten al
ready. We have yet to meet Il Dem
ocrat from the lighting Ninth" who
will admit for Il minute that the Re
publlcans are going to succeed in
holding their mountain stronghold
against the vigorous and determined
assault that will be made on them
in November by the unterrilicd
Democracy of the Ninth district
Roanoke Times.
Sounds famliar-we have heard
the same sort Of talk sometime back.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1916-07-21
THE LOGIC OF WILSON.
CThc Rev. j. +. Gates in the New
York Worldly

| believe President Wilson is bccom-
ing stronger every day, and that he
will he elected by staggering ma
jority in November. And why should
MT he be? His presidential career
so far gives cause for profound salts
faction to all true republican, demo-
cratic Americans. His aim, as he has
frequently said, and more frequently
shown by his deeds is to be the re-
sponsiblc representative of true Amer
IcanlSm. l cannot imagine Washing
ton, Madison, Jefferson, Lincoln, or
even Alexander Hamilton turning in
their graves at Wilson's record.
a man of profound learning, of
strong will. of elevated tastes and
aristocratic environments, Mr.. Wilson
has deliberately and consistently dis
engaged himself from himself and has
been one of the constitutional ave,
the people of the United States"
81, the Whole Thing" is at present
in a condition of inclamorous des-
uetudc. albeit latent militancy. near
shark-infestcd waters. But Mr.. Roos-
evelt is not as clever political STRAIT
egist as formerly. His retreat, "Any-
thing to beat Wilson," is AN uncovered
highway swept by the batteries of
logic, patriotism and just good horse
sense. The Progrcssives have been
led to the G. o. p. water trough, but
cant be made to--votc for Hughes.
Our great traders agent, Mr.. G..
w. Perkins, slipped Il cog in making
his ideal with the Old Guard. Prob
ably by this time that little worker
realizes that putting through bank
er's scheme and handling a political
radc have points of great dissimi-
larity. A man may command Il bill
lion dollars and not be able to control
the Progressivcs. to say nothing about
pulling 100000 Bull Mooscrs around
by the nose.
LET us hear the conclusion of the
whole natter" Fear God and vote
for Wilson, for he is Il providential
man.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1916-07-21

And now, news reaches the public
of another sensation at Falls Mills
Il four legged chicken. If the supply
is anything like abundant Falls Mills
will become famous in future as Il
Sunday school picnic and Methodist
camp meeting town.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1916-07-21
A COLLECTOR OF FRATERNAI
TYPES.

Stranger &c Officer, Pm-hic AN
Elk, an Eagle, Buffalo and an Owl"
Officer-I want you; I'm a Barn
'um, Forepaugh and Sells"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-05-12
THE WHITE HOUSE SITE.
What David Burns Had to Say to
George Washington About 1t.


When the land for the present CAPT
tai was being secured the commission
ers appointed by President Washing
ton found it hard to persuade some Of
the local landholders to part with their
nelds In Walks About Washington
an old story good enough to be true is
told about one David Burns canny
Scot, who held out so long that Presi-
dent Washington personally undertook
his conversion. After pointing ont to
the farmer what advantages he would
reap from having the government for
neighbor the great man concluded:
But for this opportunity, Mr.. Burns,
you might have died a poor tobacco
planter
Aye, mon" snapped Burns and
had We no married the Widder Custis,
wi all her nagurs, ye'd ha' been land
surveyor the moo ana Il mighty poor
ane at that"
However, when he learned that un-
less he accepted the liberal terms Of
fered him his land would be con
demned and seized at an appraisal
probably much lower Burns met the
president In quite another mood and to
the final question, "NNell, sir, what
have you concluded to do?" astonished
every one by his prompt response:
"Whate'er your excellency wad hae
me-"
On one Of his fields now stands the
White House, and an adjacent lot be-
came Lafayette square
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-05-12
WORKERS MUST ORGANIZE.
Labor Conditions When War Ends
VIII Bear Hard on Nonunionista.

Labor Conditions When War Ends
VIII Bear Hard on Nonunionists
Max s. Hayes, national leader In
the Socialist party the International
Typographical union and the Amert-
can Federation OF Labor, has issued an
appeal to workingmen, bidding them
prepare for economic strife after the
war
In the struggle for mastery between
the central powers and the allies" he
said, they intend TO grind their labor
ing classes to the utmost TO secure the
cheapest possible production to capture
the worlds markets.
In order to meet this cutthroat COM
petition at home and abroad the Amer
ican capitalists will naturally be com
PEELED to produce cheaper and will use
every means III their power to beat
down wages and lengthen the hours of
labor II possible And they can do
these very things where the workers
are unorganized or poorly organized.
Wages viii be cut, hours Of labor
increased, machinery speeded up and
oAACA Opp1 GoSlAE GOHQltlonS imposed,
and there will be no appeal or redress
unless powerful unions exist to make
fight to maintain the American stand
ards Of living. This sandbagging of
labor viii be particularly true in the
machinery trades clothing and food
producing industries and other busi-
neSses that come into direct competl-
tion with the foreign products.
Mr. Hayes admitted that so many
foreigners in this country would flock
back 10 do Lurope's rebuilding that
wages here would at least remain at
their present level ana perhaps rise
slightly. But he said that labor could
take no chances. that the cost Of living
would probably rise and that IF the
workers do not have unions to boost
wages at the same ratio they VIII be
toiling under conditions equivalent to
wage reductions
1T is positively stupid for nonunion-
lists to imagine that chance or kind
Providence will help them out of the
hole In which they Will find themselves
after the war
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-05-12
CONTRASTS IN MEXICO.
A Land Where Extremes Meet Even In
It's Weather Conditions.


Mexico is the land Of contrasts, of
great riches and extreme poverty, q
few of its people massing millions,
while mynads are starving; place
where the most modern machinery NAV
be found in operation at the very side
of the most primitive method of ac-
complishing the same end, where beau
tiful architecture is IN contrast with
adobe huts and where shining automo-
biles of the latest design whirl past
sleepy OK teams hauling carts with
solid wooden slabs for wheels identical
with the design which was used at the
time of the Spanish conquest.
Passing down a prominent street In
almost any of the large Mexican cities
there may be seen fashionably dressed
gentlemen who look very much as
though they were just as much at
home on Piccadilly, the Champs
Elysees or Fifth avenue. Following
or preceding them, however will be q
sandaled peon clad in linen trousers
and a blouse with his 'serape thrown
over his shoulder ana his head protect
ed by wide brimlned sombrero and
his entire worldly possessions upon his
back
In the next block one may meet an
Indian woman, 5arc+oot and with un.
covered head, c..id siung In the re
bosa' over her shoulder About her
there is a suggestion Of garlic. onions
and pulque, While passing along the
same street. comfortably cnsconced in
her victoria, dressed IN latest Pari-
sian creation. rolls nlilady, also of the
same nation.
A gorgeously appointed funeral car
bearing the remains OF one whose fam
lily can afford this expense may arrive
at the burial place simultaneously with
three or four poems, packing on their
shoulders the body Of a comrade in q
plainly painted coffin the use of which
Is rented and which will be returned
after the body is given interment.
One story and possibly single room
adobe houses plastered in colors adjoin
large structures of elaborate architec-
ture. and the poor peon passing along
TO his humble abode may catch a
glimpse through a spacious doorway of
a beautiful patio adorned with flowers
and fountains. Later when he sits
down to his tortillas and frijoles his
next door neighbor is probably being
served with the richest viands and the
rarest wines.
Back in the country districts the
wh1rr of d sewing machine may be
heard coming from a cane or a mud
hut, while the head Of the house nav
be seen scratching the ground with
crude plow of essentially the same de-
sign as those used iii Mesopotamia in
the time of Nebuchadnezzar or thrash
ing his grain by driving animals over ii.
The climate, too has its extremes,
and In the highlands the nights are
cold, while the sunny side of the street
at noon is too warm for comfort. The
lowlands have days Of intense torrid
heat, preceding others when strong
''norther" chills to the bone. Months
of drought, during which little If any
rain falls. are succeeded by intervals
when rain may be expected for a part
of every day OF such contrasts Is
Mexico, once called the treasure house
of the world. Geographic Society Bull
letin
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-05-12
W0RKMEN'S COMPENSATION.
Average Award In New York Less
Than 5000.

nan 9GUO.
An analysis by chief Statistician
Leonard ". Hatch Of the first 10000
workmen's compensation claims In
New York state was contained in the
annual report by Deputy Commission
er William &. Archer OF the state in
dustrial commission. The analysis
showed that the average value of
awards, exclusive OF medical treat
ment, was $15720. other average
awards were as follows:
Death awards, S3,24072; permanent
total disability $7,475,12; permanent
partial disability, $52088; temporary
total disability. 42.41
Death awards amounted to 40 per
cent of the total compensation award
Ell by the commission, temporary to-
tai disability awards amounted to a
per cent, permanent partial disability
awards to 23.14 per cent and perma-
nent total disability awards TO 2.3 per
cent.
IN the first eighteen months Of the
compensation laws operation there
was total of 337 800 industrial acci-
dents reported to the commission, re
sulting In 56,374 cases in which claim
ants were entitled to awards. The
temporary total disability cases com
prised SS15 per cent of all cases fled.
The average medical cost for each in
jury reported was $10.95. There was
a total Of 1,214 death cases, in 81 per
cent Of which there We're dependents.
In per cent Of the death cases there
were alien dependents.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-05-12
RIVERS FROM GLACIERS.
These Ice Born Streams Gush Forth
Milky White In Color.

Some rivers are formed by a rather
slow process. Fed by springs or small
ponds, they issue forth as mere rivu-
lets to be re-enforced by other streams
until they have reached size that en-
titles them to be termed rivers. Some,
like the st. Lawrence, having their
source i'll some extensive lake, pass
through no intermediate state, but pro
ceed as fun hedged rivers directly upon
their course to the sea.
Others emerge with q rush and roar
from the heart of glaciers located far
up ON the sides of lofty mountains.
The waters of these glacier born rivers
are not crystal clear, as many suppose,
but are milky white. due to the lava
dust and powdered scoria contained in
the ice mass This color the waters re-
tain for miles as they flow through the
lowlands, proclaiming their parentage
to the obseryant eye
From the rugged sides of Mount
Rainier. which rises TO q height of
over 1900 feet and which John Muir
declares Americas noblest mountain,
twenty glaciers radiate like the arms
of a gigantic starfsh. From each Of
these springs a river.
The great Nisqually glacier. one Of
the largest on the mountain, is 40O feet
In height From a cavern in the ice
mass large stream. called the Mis-
qually, bursts forth with Il boom aud
goes rushing down the valley and final
ly empties into the waters of Puget
sound 1t is seldom indeed that one
witnesses the formation of river un-
der such favorable surroundings
James G. McCurdy ia St Nicholas
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-05-12
Little Things as an index.

Here said an observer, was a
machine upon which appeared the
name plate Of the manufacturer, a
small and not essential feature But
this plate had been set on true, and
then the screws by which 1t was held
in place had all been turned up until
the slots in their heads all showed In
precisely the same position, alike, uni
form
Whoever put this plate on made a
NICE finished job of it, and l should
be inclined to think that shop that
had such pride In even the minor de-
tails of its work would do good work
throughout. Pittsburgh Press.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-05-12
The Early Drum.

Drums are probably an eastern idea
introduced by the crusaders into Eu-
rope. They are frequently mentioned
In accounts of the first crusade. When
Edward III. of England and his queen
made trlumphal entry into Calais In
1347 'tambours" were among the in
struments which were played in their
honor. Another OF these was called a
"nacaire,'' or kettledrum, taken, to-
gether with its name, from the Arabs
The poet Chaucer also mentioned this
instrument in his description OF the
tournament In The knights Tale"
The king generally kept a troop of
these bandsmen or minstrels In his EN-
ploy, and we read that Edward II. on
one occasion gave sum of 60 shillings
to Roger, the trumpeter Janino the
nakerer, and others for their perform
ances.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-05-12
NOTES OF LABOR.

Recent wage raises by the United
States Steel corporation aggregate $50,
100000 year.
There are about 10000 men and wom-
en- employed in the cloak, suit and skirt
trade in New York city.
The Gillette Safety Razor company
has announced raise OF 10 per cent In
the pay of all its wage earners.
There are 10000 men employed In
the anthracite coal fields, and Of these
125,000 are said to be members of the
union.
More than $4,000 workers Went on
strike for better conditions at the
Pittsburgh plant of the Westinghouse
Electric ana Manufacturing company.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-05-12
Wnan lea Was Dear.

Those who grumble at the price of
tea should turn for consolation to the
records of Its price in early times. At
its first introduction into England,
about the middle Of the seventeenth
century, tea fetched anything between
rs and flo a pound and though fall
in price quickly took place the East
India company still had to pay over
fl for the two pounds of tea which it
presented the king. However, even
thus 1t is doubtful il the tea merchants
got very fat, seeing that the importa-
tion of some 1000 pounds IN 1878 was
enough to glut the market for some
years.-London Chronicle.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-05-12
To Discuss Railway Waaan.

Representatives of the railroads In
the United States and Of the four rail-
road employees brotherhoods met In
Chicago recently to discuss the recent
demands Of the brotherhoods for an
eight hour day. At the Chicago meet
er conference, at which time the broth
erhoods demands will be considered
In detail 1t seems certain the broth
erhoods will not call general strike
while there Is hope Of reasonable
settlement. The roads seem inclined
to submit their case to national
board OF arbitration
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-05-12
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STICK TO UNIoNIsM.

y The editor Of western labor !
= paper recently said that Presi- !
= dent Gompers was one of the !
= first to see the danger Of depend !
= Ing on legislation for things that i
= organized labor should get by its :.
= own power and that many ex- :,
periences have shown his warn :,
lngs were well grounded. There j
r Is lot of opportunity for ref1ec- 4
y ton In this statement The more J
+ lawmakers are encouraged to in J
+ terfere by making special laws j
+ the more complicated the laws i
= are apt TO become, the more lib 4
erty will be restricted, the more i
boards and commissions there i
Will be to support and the less i
y able wage earners will be to !
= work out their own salvation In i
+ their own way through their own :.
= organizations If wage earners /
! are loyal TO each other through !
y their trade unions they viii not ::
+ need to call upon the outsiders 4
+ SO often for assistance, which is !.
+ very often Of doubtful nature j
i Shoe Workers Journal. J
j. =
+ = + I. + + + !. !. 4 + X K y \ j. 4. i
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-05-12

The editor Is the man upon whom
we rely to preserve the standard Of
literature. Without editors, orthogra-
ply, etymology syntax and punctua-
tion would soon fan The beauty about
editors is that they are independent
and uncompromising They yield moth
ing to the rabble for the sake of prof
its. If they print blood and thunder
stories, mushy love tales and plati-
tudinous essays, il is not to make
money, but merely because they know
that if The public doesn't get this kind
of reading il will md worse mischief
elsewhere Life
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-05-12
Sour MILL.

Many people throw sour milk away.
Wise ones utilize it By draining off
the water the curd remains as a solid.
Put cupful Of curd in a cheesecloth
and twist the loose ends together and
hang 1t whore it will drain overnight
In the morning place it in a dish and
fake it with forr ana salt. Give it
to the children ana tell them it is the
same thing that Miss Muffet was eat
ing when along came the spider-New
York World.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-05-12

A general strike OF 10000 or more
garment workers has been inaugurated
IN New York city. 1t was ordered by
President Benjamin Schlesinger and
the executive committee OF the union.
The strike, which followed a lockout
Of over 10000 workers Of the Cloak,
Suit and Skirt Manufacturers Protec-
tive association. has been Matching for
weeks.
President Schlesinger sars the union
has over 100000 in its treasury and
is prepared to carry on the fight all
summer.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-05-12
His Mistake.

How did you lose your last iob?"
Il was fred for making a mistake"
"That seems unfair We are all IL
able 20 make mistakes
Eyes, but told the boss that he
couldn't get along without me De
troit Free Press.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-05-12
A Survival.

Grubbs Humanity has improved
wonderfully In the last 1000 years.
Bor example, We have no such person
nowadays as the professional gladi-
ator.
"Oh, | don't know. There's the pro
fessional chauffeur - Richmond Times
Dispatch.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-05-12
Kiss Produoera.
eason al

Il wish mistletoe We're In season all
the time, said he
Why
ut means kisses"
Orange blossoms are never out OF
season" limited the girl = Louisville
COurier-Journal
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-05-12
That Last Word.

81 can't understand why men should
complain about their wives having the
last word. | never objected to mine
having the last word
You don't?''
Not q bit. I'm always thankful
when she gets TO it" Boston Tran
script
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-05-12
She'll Finish Him

Patience-ls she going to marry that
man?
Patrice-I believe so.
He's a self made man. isn't he?"
Yes, but she IS going to put the
finishing touches TO him. - Yonkers
Statesman.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-05-12
Discourtesy.

Discourtesy does not spring merely
from one bad quality, but from several
from foolish vanity, from ignorance
of what is due to others. from indo-
lence, from stupidity, from distraction
Of thought, from contempt Of others,
from jealousy.-La Bruyere.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-05-12
Bark or aleat2

1t was a New England parson who
announced to his congregation one
Sunday, You'll be sorry to hear that
the little church Of Jonesville is once
more tossed upon the waves, sheep
without a shepherd. Christian Regis
tar
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-05-12
Keen Il Awake

"My boy" said the successful mer
fhant, never let your capital lie idle.
Remember that money talks, but ii
doesn't talk in its sleep" Boston
Post
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-05-12
This Life of Ours.

Our life is not a mutual helpfulness,
but rather, cloaked under due laws of
war, named flair competition" and SO
forth, 1t is a mutual hostility.-Car-
lyle
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-05-12

Ii any one says that he has seen
just man in want Of bread answer
that it was in some place where there
was no other just man.-St Clement
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-05-12

Deliberate with caution. but act with
decision and yield with graciousness
or oppose with firmness.-Co
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-05-12
80 oleep There.

Porter, this berth has been slept inv'
No, sab; | assuah you, sab. Merely
occupied. It's the one over the wheels,
sab. Puck.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-05-12
Ups and Downs.

"Oh, well, everybody has his ups and
DOWNS
That's right. Just at present I'm
down pretty low because I'm hard UD."
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