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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-02-09
LOAFING ON THE FARM.

loafer is an undesirable citizen
everywhere. He is dead expenses
drone in the hive. There are other
"loafers" besides folks-horses, cows,
machines, ct cetcra. There are loaf
ing acres of land, plenty of them
not only unproductive but an actual
expense in the way of taxes, etc.
There are not less than $50 head of
horses in this county, between the ap-
es of three and five years, that never
had collar on, nor perhaps Il bride.
They are loafers, and should be elm
mated There are COWS not paying
their board. and the same, perhaps,
with other farming animals. AS for
chickens, if their feed had to be pur-
chased ut present prices, or the feed
from the farm charged up, there
would be loafcrs among the fowls OF
course, there must of necessity be
more or less idlencss-enforced idle
nes1--on the farm, owing to bad
weather and other causes, which can
not be avoided.
The loafing acres, along ditch
banks, fence hedges, stump and rock
piles, swamps, etc, should be look
ed after. A rockpile with a tree,
brush and briars growing out of it, in
the center of field, is not only an
eyesore, but source of constant
waste. mot more acres, but fewer
loaflng acres" should be the motto
An acre which produces only so bush
els OF corn when it is capable of max
ing rs or more, is loafing part of the
time, and without any fault of the
acre either. Let there be fewer lonf-
ers ON the farm, as well as on the
streets in the towns.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-02-09

prised that 1 was cured. 1 have had
no return of the trouble and l give all
the credit to DR.. Pierce's Favorite Pre-
scription.
"I used Golden Medical Discovery
for my daughter ten years old. She had
sniothering spells and bad cough.
Doctors failed to help her Golden
Medical Discovery was used (only one
bottle) and she has not been seriously
troubled siiice. MRS. ELLA JOHNSON,
Arch Ave, Waynesboro, Va.
Every woman who has reason to
believe that baclsachc, headache, IN
natural pains, low spirits, slecpless
nights, irregularities or catarrhal
condition is caused by arrangement
OF the wonianly functions, owes it to
herself and dear ones TO speedily over
come the trouble before general
breakdown causes permanent prostra-
ton.
DIR. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is
n-alcoholic remedy that any all
ing woman can safely take because it
is prepared from roots and herbs with
pure glycerine, containing tonic prop
critics of the most pronounced char
acter.
1t is not secret remedy because its
| ingredients are printed on wrapper.
Get DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription
to-day, i'll either liquid or tablet fornr
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-02-09
CO. Ac-cs.
s0l As-os. sss2O.OO
A GREAT BARGAIN FOR A
QUCIK SALE,

Farm at Kelleysville, Mercer
county, w. Va, practically on
two railroads-Virginian and
Norfolk & Western, and on fine
automobile road, 12 miles east
of Princeton, 10 miles from the
city of Bluefeld. Farm is well
fenced with wire, well watered
by springs and branches, quite
a fine lot of mine timber, ties
telegraph poles, maple and chest
nut trees. Land is rolling, rich
on top of hills and in valleys. A
large part in bluegrass sod. pro-
duces well when fortified, a fine
grazing proposition. Farm has
two good tenant houses and a
barn. A fine residence and Is
acres nearby can be purchased
cheap. For quick sale, only $40
per acre for this fine farm.
For further particulars, an
ply to J. A. Leslie, Tazewell, or
+. w. Morris, Lynchburg, Va.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-02-09
Danger Signal.

If the fire bell should ring would
you run and stop it or go and help
TO put out the fire? 1t is much the
same way with a cough. A cough is
a danger signal as much as fire
bell You should no more try to sup
press il than to stop fire bell when
it is ringing but should cure the dis.
ease that causes the cough. This
can nearly always be done by taking
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. Many
have used it with the most beneficial
results. 1t is specially valuable for
the persistent cough that so often
follows Il bad cold or an attack of the
grip. Mrs. Thomas Beeching, And
rev, Ind, writes: "During the win
ten, my husband takes cold easily
and coughs and cougs. Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy is the best medicine
for breaking up these attacks and
you cannot get him to take any 9TH
en-" Obtainable everywhere.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-02-09
a BRAYLESS MULE.

The mule, according TO certain Of
Meals IN the Chicago stockyards. is
not in as good standing in the affec.
ions OF the public as is the horse. He
calls the mule u hybrid, says he is no
good except for leather and fertili.
ger. 1t is said that the mule is OH
Jectionable in war on account of his
voice. AT the critical moment. he will
lift up his face and give out such n
sound as can be heard from afar. and
letray the location of the regiment
or army to the enemy. And so. smar,
Paris veterinarians are operating on
the mule to take away his voice.
Think of mule without his brny!
Who would have such mule? His
voice and his kick are innate, essen.
tai characteristics Of his nature. So
are his ears. Forever and eternally
Identified with Southern civilization
and progress, is the mule, and his best
and most intimate friend, the colored
man. We protest against the con-
version OF the mule into horse. Let
Nun alone, just as he is and just MS he
always has been--a calm, sleepy, pa
tient and treacherous beast of bur-
den. AT any rate, Iet his voice re
main. He is the musical member of
all the farm animals. The neigh of
the horse, the lowing of the cow. the
below OF the bull, the bleating of the
sheep-these musical children of ma
ture are all right. But high over and
above all of them is the bray of the
mule. He. whenever the mood strikes
MN, OF ms muse becomes active, lifts
MS head to an angle of about 45 de-
rrees, gives little prelude which
sounds like something between a
sront and a wheezc, and then con.
traces his diaphragm. puts both feet
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-02-09
TRY THIS AND THEN SEND US
4 SAMPLE,

.Angtl surprise Cakes-Five egg,
whites, three-foul'ths cupful of sug-
ar; one-half cupful bread flour, one.
half teaspoonful cream of tartar, ono
teaSpoonful vanilla
Beat whites of eggs until stiff and
dry, then add gradually. while beat
ing constantly, sugar mixed and sift-
ed with cream of tartar Sift into
mixture the bread flour, add vanilla
and cut and fold until blended. Turn
into small buttercd Individual tins
sprinkle with powdered sugar and
bane in a moderate oven. When cool
invert the cakes, remove The ccnters
and fill with chocolate filling. Frost
tops and sides with white frosting and
place pecan nut in the enter OF
each.-WOmans Home Companion.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-02-09

Some one has said that war is not
an unmixed evil, in that it takes out
of the towns and country IL great
many young men who seem to he un-
able to succeed ut anything, and gives
them II job and compcls them to stick
to it, This may be true, but is no JUS
LITIGATION of war. While many me are
taken who can well be spared, the
other class which are needed at home
and compose the bone and sinew of
the land, are also taken. Generally
it is the latter class the first to vol
unteer. The first named class are as
slow and Indifferent to assume the
dangers and privations of the camp
and battlefield as they are to accept
work at home.
And then, they are not the class
wanted, anyway. They do not make
good soldiers. Something more than
brass buttons and an uniform trimm-
ed with gold lace, is required to make
Il good soldier. 1t is said that the
wonderful, Notwithstanding fighting
in the European war is due chiefly to
the fact that the armies are compos-
ed of the best of the young
the countries from which they come,
and under whose flag they fight And,
if there should be call 10 arms by
President Wilson, it will be found
that the first to enlist will he the very
"pick of the flock"
1t WAS so in the civil war. It will be
the case in all wars. We all hope and
pray that the threatened storm may
not reach our shores.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-02-09

ON the loud pedal, runs the entire key
bord and gives out such sound as
was never heard or even approached
by anything else the Lord ever made
One good, healthy mule can make
more noise and excite more noise
music, if one pleasc-on Sunday morn
ing at church than the preacher and
the choir both put together. Useless
to jerk him, or even strike him when
he begins. His song must be sung
"Shet yo' mouf, you'll distub de meet
in" says his driver, but no use. Bet
ter let him alone until he finishes. Nc
we are not in favor of eliminating the
voice of the mule. a voicelcss, bra y.
less mule would be an annmuly.
Intimately associated in memory Is
the mule and the old farm With eyes
shut we can see him with his old bl,id
bride, names, collar and backbansl
the old iron trace chain rafting in
ythmic click with his slow gait, the
plowman sitting on his back sidewise
The mule apparently doing. Sud-
denly Il hog from Il fence corner, goes
"woof, wool" and something happens
"Drat that mule, says the colored
boy rs he picks himself up and brush
es the dust from his head and hal
"You can never tell what dat mules
gwinc ter do untwcll he's done it,
And SO, Jack or old Beck is put down
as ode meanes'" mule Gawd cher
made" Nevertheless, Jim would
choose the mule "to pillow corn wild
before the horse every time. And
then about dinner time Jack, whose
breakfast was getting lonesome
would take it into head to bray. You
could hear him mile away Oit
Beck, or Sue. in another field, would
answer, and the hillside would ring
with such noise as only Il mule car
make.
"When dat mule squalls like dat lis
time fer dinner. He's same as q
clock" and Jim unhitches, feeds ant
takes 4 nap while his mule eats II
you were reared on Il farm (and yor
are to be pitied if you were mott yor
understand.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-02-09
notice.!

TO the stockholders of Buckhorn Iron
y Improvement Company:
A meeting OF the stockholders cf
Buckhocrn Iron & Improvement Com.
pany is called to be held at the of
flee of Chapman, Peery & Buchanan,
IN the town of Tazcwell, Virginia. en-
the lst day of March, 1917, at eleven
O'Clock a: M, to consider resolution;
tdoptcd by the Board of Director;
providing for an amendment TO H.,
charter of the Company as follows:
L. To change the name of the con
rany TO Buclihorn Coal Compan;. In.
2. To provide for the issue by In,
Board of Directors to preferred stcc'
lot exceeding $15O,OO6, bearing Z pe,
Get cumulative dividend;
8. To provide that notice of all
meetings may be given in writing 70
TIE stockholders by serving upon TIE,
personally ~ oy mailing the same ii,
each stakeholder at his last inown
post office address at least ten DAYS
rior to such meeting, either oil which
shall be deemed sufficient notice.
BY order of the Board of Directors
B. w. STRAS, Jr., Sec:c airy.
January %, 1917. Lodi.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-02-09
LIFT YOUR CORNS
OFF WITH FINGERS
Tells how to loosen tender corn or
callus so it lifts out without pain.
(Advprtisomn,,tl

(Advertiscment.)
You reckless men and women who
are pestered with corns and who have
at least once week invited an awful
death from lockjaw or blood poison
are now told by Cincinnati authori-
ty to use a drug called freezone,
which the moment few drops arc
applied to any corn or callus the
soreness is relieved and soon the en-
TIRE corn or callus, root and all, lifts
off with the fingers.
trcezone dries the moment is is
applied and simply shrivels the corn
or callus without infiaming or even
irritating the surrounding tissue or
skin. A small bottle of freezone will
cost very little ut any drug store,
but Will positively rid ones feet of
callus. If your druggist hasn't any
freezone he can get it at any wholesale
drug house for you.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-02-09
StiT, Sore Muscles Relciyed

Cramped muscles or soreness fol-
lowing a cold or case of grippe arc
eased and relieved by an application
of Sloan's Liniment. Does not stain
the skin or clog the pores like mussy
ointments or plasters and pcnetrates
quickly without rubbing. Timber up
your muscles after exercise, drive out
the pains and aches of rheumatism,
neuralgia, lumbago, strains, sprains,
and bruises with Sloan's Linimcnt.
Get bottle today. AL all druggists,
25c. 9
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-02-09
4 SONNET.

When in disgrace with fortune and
mems eyes
| all alone bcweep my outcast state,
And trouble deaf heaven with nv
bootlcss cries,
And look upon myself and curse
my fate;
Wishing me like to one more rich in
hope,
Featured like him, like him with
friends possest,
Desiring this mans art and that
mans scope,
With what most enjoy content
ed least;
Yet in these thoughts myself almost
despising,
Happy | think on thee-and then
my state,
Like to the lark ut break of day
arising
From sullen earth, sings hymns at
heavens gate;
For thy sweet love remembered. such
wealth brings
That then | scorn to change my state
with kings.
-ShukrSno,ro
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-02-09

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. young man,
is to 20, with high school or college
training and knowledge of bookkeep-
ing, to qualify for permanent combi-
nation position with coal company
September LIST ut $50 start with pro
motion. Necessary money advanced
for tuition may be returned SIC
monthly from salary. Railroad fare
paid from home. Write for 200 page
handsomely illustrated catalogue, and
application blank. PIEDMONT BUS
MESS COLLEGE, Lynchburg, Va.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-02-09

Lingering COuEhS are dangerous.
Get rid that tickling cough that
keeps you awake ut night and drains
your vitality and energy. DR.. Kings
New Discovery is n pleasant balsam
remedy, antisccptic, laxative and is
promptly effective. 1t soothcs the ir-
ritatcd membrane and kills the cold
germs; your cough is soon relieved.
Delay is dangerous-ge DIR. Kings
New Discovery ut once. For nearly
fifty years it has been the favoritc
remedy for grippe, Group, cougs, and
colds. Get Il bottle today ut your
druggist. 25c 8
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-02-09
ey assembling and money lending

ey assembling and money lending
machinery"
Then Uncle Sam turns to the in
vcstor and says:
We have enabled the farmers of
the United States to give us their
maSsed mortgages. We are offering
you bonds which are reality first
mortgages against the farms of all
VINO joined this pool. 1t is the best Sc
curity IN the world. because every
dollar farmer borrows is repre-
sentcd by SO worth of land plus the
stock each farmer has purchased i'm
his local association. To make these
bonds even more attractive, so as to
eventually give the farmer Il lower
interest rate, we have exempted them
from all forms of taxation. Even
Uncle Sam will not collect any tax
from them, nor from the income upon
them. No State or municipality NAV
tax them. We have made these bonds
IN small denominations from $25 up
wards, so their purchase will be easy
among people with small savings, and
engraved by the Government Bureau
Of Engraving and Printing to pro-
tect them against conuntcrfcitinp.
and the United States secret service
will watch over them
So the Farm Loan. Act, i'm addition
to providing money for land pur-
chase and farm development provides
new form of security which ought
to become one of the most poular i'm
existence, because it is ascd on the
land values Of the ctnire country.
The next installmcnt will be de-
voted to a discussion of how the farm
loan act may help to reduce farm
tenantry and will he of particular
interest to the Iandless.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-02-09
THE MISTAKEN CITY GIL.

A city girl was visiting in the
country. She came to pond whose
shadows were full of tadpoles-thous-
ands and thousands of little black
tadpolcs Hopping about in an inch of
mud and water.
"Oh," she said, "look at the tad
poles! And to think that some day
every one of the horid things will
be beautiful butterfly"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-02-09
A seventy.Year Old Couple.

Mr.. and Mrs. It. B. Carpenter, of
Harrisburg, Pa, suffered from kidney
trouble but have been entirely cured
by Foley Kidney pills. He says: AL
tho we are both in the seventies,
we are vigorous as we were thirty
years ago" Foley Kidney pills stops
sltep disturbing bladder weaknesses,
backache. rheumatism. For sale by
Hawkins Pharmacy.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-02-09
SALENIAN WANTED

To sell lubricating oil, grease, spec.
ialties and paint. Part or whole OF
time. Commission basis until ability
is established. Permanent position
and wide field when qualified if de.
sired. Man with rig preferred. Riv.
erside Refining Company, Cleveland
Ohio
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-02-09
so THANKFUL.

while my daughter was paying the
piano last night II strange man pulled
the doorbell and wanted to give her 4
half dollar"
"Must have been Il great lover of
music"
"No; he said it was thank offer
ing because he didn't live next door
to u.s."
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-02-09


ache for years.
Had a doctor for
it but he was un-
able to help me.
Then 1 used ia
;vorite Prescrip-
ton l h a d
ilearn ed of it
through til e pa
pers. The use of
one bottle relieved
1ue and I was Sl,r-
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-02-09
FARM LOAN BANKS.
New Federal Act as Viewed From
Standpoint of Investor.
(THIRD ARTICLE.)
Crank K. Wilson, Federal Farm Loan
Bureau, Washington, ID. c.

(frank Il. Wilson, Federal Farm Loan
bureau, Washington, d. CO.
Farm loans have always been re.
garded as the safest security in the
world. But loans made against farm
lands have generally exacted u high
er interest rate than loans made on
other good security.
mere are several reasons for this
Such loans are not readily trans
ferable, |. C., marketable. Farm loans
are usually desired for long periods
a loan Tor less than five years is
usually OF little value to the farmer.
II the loan ! made for the purpose of
buying land the farmers chance to
pay 1t OIL is to make the money out of
inc land. 1t is against reason to ex-
poet that land will pay for itself in
five years.
Well managed commercial bans
cannot make business TO lending
money on farms and carrying the
loans themselves. 1t is not good bank
ing. 1t ties up their funds in per
!nanent Investments and if persisted
IN continually would ruin any bank.
rms TACT limits the supply of local
money Tor farm loans: and partially
accounts for high interest rates nm
them. gu
The farm lands of The United States
constitute great mass of valuable
assets against which money ought to
be borrowed Mt fair rates of interest
but IL mas been n chaotic mass of
value. No agency has eveS under
taken to assemble this mass Sf assets
into negotiable form SO that Il could
be readily handled as a marketable
security.
The Governments Part.
Now the government steps in and
provides the agency. 1t saws to tho
farmer who wants to use his land MS
security: 40
on join national farm loan as
soclation and contribute YOUR mort
gage to great Federal land bank
pool OF mortgages. We have proyid-
ed the machinery for this purpose
and adopted rules for it's operation so
That the interest of all will be safe
guarded. When your mortgages are
maSsed togethr q Federal land bank
VIII take these mortgages and issue
bonds against them; sell the bonds to
investors and re-iend the money to
farmers. The pooled mortgages of
the farmers of the United States
will be security for every bond, The
nlgh character of this security means
that people who have money 70 invest
VIII jump at the chance to put their
savings up against your security at a
low rate OF interest. We will let YOU
have this money at actual cnat m me
plus the cost Of operating T,ia mon.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-02-09
A WELL KNOWN WOMAN.
It's The Same Story Everywhere.

Waynesboro, Va.-oI had suffered
intensely with my back. l had back
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-07-24
"Just a little better than the rest".

The Importance of limestone in the
cultivation of our Florida soils can
not be too strongly emphasized. 1t
not only removes sourness, thus
greatly increasing fertility, but it
helps convert decaying organic mat
ter into humus, makes plant foods
available, and is an aid to fertilipers
A serious shortage of commercial
fertilizers is facing the farmers of
this country, and it is probable that
Southern farmers in particular will
find it impossible to buy enough to
meet their demands for the fall and
srring. In view of this fact, It is all
the more important to supply the
soil with ample lime and to plant lie.
gume eros which furnish nitrogen
and humus. Freight cars are scarce
and. in view Of Government demands,
they will be evei scarcer during the
fall. Every farmer will be acting
wisely in ordering lime for shipment :
during July and July, thus obviating
the possibility of being unable to get
it later in the year. Ground lime
stone can be applied to the soil at
any time, and If used now the bene.
fclal effects will be apparent in big
get crops this year and next.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-07-24

Tor noured off when the grains are
tender. II is delicious then ana can
be fashioned into dozen tempting
d;sbes-vou can do as many things
with il as YOU can with potato
And a real corn-pone, not the sweet
ened short-cake thing that Northern
ers call corn bred" is good. Dotn
TASTY and wholesome. DO you sup
nose that sturdy little Boy Scout OF
yours. or your little girl who goes
about with flag pinned to her dress
would object TO one rice day and one
corn. day a week il you told them
they we're doing their bit to win
the war? Not they! They are good
soldiers. our children. Those three
or four loaves of bread saved each
week multiplied by thousands of fam
lilies will conserve our wheat supply
by Just so much, and the children not
/ WIFI tHe WOISt ioi IT,
YOU and your daughter and your
daughter.in-law and your neighbor's
contingent. suppose, every time you
lunched or dined at restaurant. you
asked for corn-pone, the real article!
How long would it be before the corn
loaf would jostle the wheat.loaf-and
become fashionable. too?
If we organize, set our brains and
our wills to work to conserve, we
women can do as much to guord the
food supply as all the lawmakers put
together But not il the halft oi
us remain foolish"
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-07-24
Don't Poison Your Child
With that Sickenin9
Calomel.

fere with them in school and did not gripc
like liver medicine formerly used. Ny young
est child, three years old, was sick last sum-
mer and it took careful nursing and the at
tention Of ply ysicians to save him, and am
sure that a few doses of Martins Liver
Medicine has prevented a recurrence of the
same trouble. Therefore I feel it my duty
to others to let them know what Martins
Liver Medicine did in my home"
You run no risk in buying Martins
Liver Medicine. 1t is a recognized
standard preparation, made according
to the prescription of prominent
Southern physician. 1t is composed
of absolutely pure drugs and is guar
anteed to give positive satisfaction
If after taking a bottle Of it you are
dissatisfied with the result, carry the
empty bottle to your druggist and
you will receive your SOC back.
If your druggist hasn't Martin:
Liver Medicine, he can easily get i
for you., Do not accept any substi
tute. There is no other medicin'
'just as good"