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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-03-16
THE LEADING CITIZEN.

Recently this writer was asked by
a citizen of another town, "who is
the leading citizen in your commun-
ity?" What reply would you gentle
reader, make to this question, if put
up TO you? Leading citizen" in what
way? 1t would be easy to say who is
not leading citizen" but the
Heading" citizen, who is he?
The leading citizen of town or
community is the one who leads He
sets the pace and goes it himself He
leads the rest. He is the "lcad" horse
in the team which goes before and
directs the movements of the team.
The rest follow his lead. The "leading
citizen" holds position similar. He
directs, he governs the movement of
the citizen around him. As there is
q leader on the farm, Il boss on the
WORKS, foreman on tic building. n
superintendent IN the schools, neal
MANAGER in the store, so there is
supposed to be leader in the town
and community to whom others can
look for suggestion, direction and
leadership. We put this question to
man on the street the other Gay.
He said. ave amt got none" Was he
right or wrong in this reply?
Who would be most sorely missed
from the community affairs if he
were to die today?
Pity the town, community or in
stitution, or party that is without u
leader! Leadership is the crying need
of the hour in Church, Sunday School,
business progress and all The masses
are ready to follow if only some one
will take the lead and the way. Many
cities and few towns have such
men-broad men--intelligent men,
public spirited, unselfish men. On
the other hand most towns and
communities are going it, each man
ION his own hook" every man for
himself. The question of our inquirer
is unanswered, and we confess we
can't answer ii. Wish we could.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-03-16
BUY NO MORE POTATOES; USE
RICE INSTEAD.
Evening Mail.)

Food riots will never reduce potato
prices. Boycotts will help only those
who do not use the boycott
But there is way to get around
high-priccd vegetables. This way is
rice. Rice and potatoes have much
in common. They are very similar
in composition. Rice may be served
with meat as successfully as potatoes,
and, like potatoes, it may be served
in many forms, and all are good.
Fortunately, while all other food
stuffs have been advancing in price,
rice is still Il cheap food. 1t is almost
pure food. Potatoes are largely water
which expands the starchy interior.
Rice is largely starch free from water,
and yet to-day Il pound of rice costs
but little more than pound of
potatoes.
If in buying rice the housewife
asks for cracked rice, she will get
just as good Il food at about half the
price.
The way to practice economy and
so to solve the increasing cost of
food is to buy right, and the first
suggestion is Ia buy rice instead of
potatoes.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-03-16
DO YOU WANT UNCLE SAM TO
GET YOU a JOB?

He can probably do il if you ask
him to. He has been in the employ
ment agency business for some years,
and has now developed the Division
of Information of the Bureau Of I'M
migration, which is Il part Of the
great Department of Labor, to such
an extent that last year more than
eleven thousand seekers for work
were directed to places where they
could obtain it.
There is a mistaken impression
that Uncle Sam cares only To find
positions for those of foreign birth
immigrants who come here unable to
help themselves. There is further
mistaken impression that Uncle Sam
can find work only on farms or in
construction camps, positions for men
capable of doing nothing but physical
labor.
1t would be too lengthy AN OPP
Grafton to quote the entire list OF
trades and professions in which Uncle
Sam found places for inquirers in
the past year, but few may be
mentioned as showing the scope OF
the service. The tall old gentleman
with whiskers and hat made of the
flag found places last year for mcI
and women. boys and girls, in fifty
five different lines. These ranged
from bakers. BARRIERS, boilcr-makcr:
and brcklayers to stenoGraphers,
electricians, fircmen, florists, nurses
I pattern, makers. painters, photo
graphcrs and woodsmen.
If you want job, and don't know
: how to get what lou want, and desir,
Uncle Sans help. the first thing t
do is to 20 to your postmaster ant
ask him for an application fo
: employment" blank If-as may b,
the case in u ,'T''il ofiice-he hasn'
any. write to the Chief of tn,
Division of Informal IN, Bureau o
immigration. Department of Labor
j Washington, ID. C. stating your ag
and what sort Ct Job you want-Th
American Boy.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-03-16
THE LITTLE COUNTRY
WEEKLY FIRST"

Here is case in point All our
country contemporaries ought to read
it, "Thank God and Take Courage"
A prominent professional man of
this town dropped into this office
the other day to 'looK over the
exchanges" rs is his custom. lie
picked up a small weekly paper, one
of our exchanges, and said. "After |
get through with this will look over
the big dailies, but this first" 1t
was n paper published in IL small
town, "bnck home," where he was
born and reared. He rad it through
all hte local happenings and glanced
at the advertisements too. He found
mention made of people he knew, or
whose families he once knew Mar
riages deaths, and all interested him
He lived, for the tine being, his boy
hood and young manhood days again.
There was the death of an aged
citizen, "Ie was an intimate friend
of my father. They were in the war
together. He had daughter | was
very fond of. She married the other
fellow. Yes, he had several sons. All
of them turned out well except one
He wasn't worth q cuss. Killed him.
self drinking liquor" he unused. 81
see where Zcb Eliins has built M
addition TO his house. Zeb was slip
ahod farmer, but good fellow. lie
reared large family. Zeb must be
getting quite old now. His daughter
Sallie ran away with u Sewing
Machine Agent, and lived unhappily
"ever afterwards.
81 see that one of my old schoo
. mates has been appointed TO M
important Government position il
that district. The daily paper sait
nothing about it. Here it is.
"The School Board has decided /,
erect new school building, and hav,
nine months school" He read on
"Jim Haskin; was 'ried last cour
on charge of moonshining, and finet
$500, and ~ months in jail Poor Jim
He couldn't help it. His dadd y befor,
him was distillcr and il moonshner
His mother drank too, no wonder fol
jim" And so it went, and so it is
The big daily is glanced over, head
lines read. Thrown aside
The city merchant and professiona
man sticks the little Country paper il
his overcoat pocket, and takes it HON,
at night and reads it, and il
imagination and memory goes bacl
to the scenes of his youth" This il
not dispnraging the big daily, M
comparing the two. The daily canno
get these country "locals"-wouldn'
print them if it could. The Countr,
Weekly spell it weakly" if you wish
fills niche, large or small, which II,
other paper can.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-03-16
COUNT Won ZEPPELIN.
(Thc Lvnchburr Ncws.O


The Kaiser WAS prompt to tcle-
graph message of coincidence to the
Countess Zeppelin on the death of
her husband. He informs the bereaved
woman that the whole German pco-
pie stands with me in mourning ut
the bier of one of tie greatest sons
of the Fatherlcnd. The AL
mighty may console you and your
family in the great sorrow for the
deceased, whose fame is immortal.
The memory of him will always re.
main sublime and dear TO me-
1t is not to be doubted that for this
;ct of royal condescension, Countess
Ier' elm is truly grateful. The fact,
however, that the memory of her de-
parted husband is to remain sub
lime and dear" to the Kaiser, will not
be regarded as partaking of any espe-
cial degree of importance in the
courts Of Christian civilization. For
this war has proved that quite often
the things rendered Sublime and
dear to the head of the German
nation are very likely to meet with
cordial approval in the precincts of
his Satanic Majesty.
The widow Of Count Won Zeppelin
of course is . fit subject for sympa-
thy, but more for having had Il hus-
band whose name will be forever
linked with monstrors inhumanity in
war. Zeppelin invcn cd an cnginerv
OF unspcakablc frighifulness when his
brain conceive and his hands fash
Toned the plans Of gigantic air.
snip, designed tn lombard cities, as
saSsinate nOn-"nmhatants, and pro-
duce rs ruthless. cruel, cowardly
havoc among civilian populations as
has ever baen wrought in all the his
tory of mortal time. The fact that
in the essay. Zeppelin revealed mark
cd genius; the fact that as result of
his achievement, the Zeppelin arship
may he nut to valuable purposes when
peace shall cone gain; the fact that
Zeppelin was inspired in all he ac-
complished by the ore purpose of
hastenng the hour OF German tri-
umph, does not palate the innate say
agcry Of the wish that was nearest
his heart-the uncomfortable brutality
which the child of his brilliant brain
was intended to Derpetrate. 1t is
enough to knew that Zeppelin was
great in the esteem Of the imperial
government more for the devlish
ntrocity of his plans. than for aupht
else. So when the Kaiser saws TO the
dead mans family that God NAV
comfort them. it is to be hopcd that
his words will be verified in fact.
But it. is also to he wondered how IL
will fac with the Count when he en-
tors n iuridisdic.inn superior to that
Of the KniHer-whether when stand
ing in the tribun"l of divine Justice
nc will discover there the snirits of
brutality slain women. of Innocent lit
Tie children who were suddenly hurl
ed TO awful death because of his in
vcntlve genius-of infants pitifully.
horribly mingled at their mothers
breast; CT the aged and infirrn, all
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-03-16
GO WEST THIS SPRING

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can feel at home and can enjoy pros
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Agent, Northern Pacific Ry., 40 East
4th ST., Cincinnati, o.
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having been suddenly torn to pieces
as result of the Zeppelin's work-to
confront the soul OF this famous"
Teuton-to point TO him as having
been mt once the inventor of the muir
derous air monster. and the urgent,
insistcnt enthusiastic champion of its
use as machine of wintpn butchcry
OF the innocent. And if these things
be, let it bc further conjectured as To
how much oil worth Zeppelin dead.
will attach to the bombastic eulogy
of his career by the man who so pro-
fanely claims Il sort of partnership
with God
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-03-16

Of the other in his own. The dying
Padre he whispered, i am going
again to me. Write tenterly to my
people. This will breal their hearts
And pray that my brother may be
spared There is no ritual for n
moment Ike that. One could but ask
Him who WAS broken also for others
to be near this broken man whose
body was pierced unto dying, for the
sake of those he loved We Yhsrercd
together there few lines of Jesus,
Lover Of MY Suui. ana u verse OF
the Immortality wonderful Lead,
Kindly light And then he put his
arms about my neck, and drew me
| closer. i tried to do what was right,
| said he. % Christ, receive my soul.
Have mercy upon me- heard man
near me. in the dark, say 'Amen!'
And knew the fellows were not
sleeping. They were lying there, in
their own pain. thinking of him who
was passing, that night into the great
beyond. Then | said very quietly, the
last verse of the hymn he had wits.
pered:
SO long Thy power hath blessed me
| sure it still will lead me on,
Der moor and fen, Ger crag ant
| torrent, till the night is gone,
And with the morn those angels face.
smile,
Which have loved long since tho
lost awhile.
"Thc silence lay between us for {
little till the dying man asked, 'Wha
o'clock il, it?' And | told him. pm s,
sorry for disturbing you so late salt
he. Goodbye, Padre till we NEE
: again And with a sigh he passet
| away"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-03-16
HOW BRAVE MEN DIE.
Scene in u Tent of Suffering at the
Front Described by Chaplain.
Under the caption, GLOW Brave

(From New York Times.)
Men Die" British official press bu-
reau issued recently the following ar
ticle written by the Rev. Lauchlan
Maclcan Watt, Scotch Presbyterian
minister, now serving as chaplain
with the British armies in France.
The chaplain writes:
"One day was going through =
tent of suffering men just after II big
stunt 1t was day of much and
great agony for those who were in
actual bodily pain and for those of us
who had to try To help them 10 en-
dure it. saw two men carried in
and laid on beds side by side with each
other. One was obviously very Sc
verelv wounded. The other was
swathed in bandages over his head
and down over his face, apparently
blinded. For a moment / hcsitatcd,
thinking 1t might be better 70 come
back when. perhaps, the agon;es of
the one might be somewhat abated.
But put my hesitation aside. | found
mat the two men were brothers. who,
lighting in the same trench. had beer
struck down by the same shell Loto
tnat evening an ambulance ccme for
me- as Il man was diving, and | found
1t was the soldier had srokcn ia
earlier in the day
The camp lay beautifully still, fo,
the clouds were heavy end the stars
were yelled. | stepped into the tcni
, INTO the breathing dark. The beds
were swathed in shadow. cn.y one
red lamp hanging from central
post. 81
They had brought the brothers
quite closely together, and the man
with the bandaged eyes had a hand
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-03-16
FROM DUGoUT TO rHEATEn

French Front, Feb. 28-From the
hardships of the dugout and the
trench to the restful enjoyment of
the theater is now but step for the
French soldier. Right behind the
front fighting line the best among the |
French public entertainers-from the
Opera, the State-subventioned and
private theatres and the variety halls
greet the soldiers when they come
back for their short interval of re-
pose.
One of the originators of this idea
was Lucien Boyer, perhaps the most
widely known Bohemian poet of
France, and now simple private in
the famous Alpine corps. His age
did not permit him after his mobili-
cation to take part in the actual fight
ing and he was employed on very
necessary but dull work in the rear
While doing this he often entertained
the men of his company with selec-
tions from his songs and the chccri-
ness OF his comrades became so mark
ed that the attention Of the higher
authorities was called to the useful
ness of providing entertainment for
them. Hundred of applications from
vi SooSo "NIt iCSClFSu uShlflE 10 DC
permitted to participate in the work.
The difficulty of allowing women to
enter the battle zone was eventually
/ overcome and now several troupes
! composed of the leading actors and
actresses of France are continually on
tours among the troops. They visit
every rest camp behind the front lines
from time to time and some of them
including Bower have bppn nc far :, c
! Macedonia.
None of the performers obtain any
emolument for the services given
The women are given free transport
to the places where they are to per.
form, and that is all they receive. The
men, when they are of military age
receive the pay and rations of tho
private soldie
/ Hundreds of artists volunteer fol
the work and many of those selected
! forfeit remunerative engagements il
order to serve their country in thi.
way.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-03-16

The value and need Of a newsnaper
IN the household was never rrcater
than at the present time. The great
war W. IN IN Europe is now halfway into
ITS third, and, whether peace be nj
hand or yet'far off, it and the events
TO follow it are sure to be of absorb.
come. ''o'i'h 10
These are Notwithstanding affairs. in
which the United States. willing or
unwilling, is compelled to take a Dart
NO intelligent person can ignore such
Inc Thrice-a-Week Worlds regular
subscription price only S1.Oo per
year year, and this pays for 156 papers
we olier this unequalled newspaper
ana CLiNCH VALLEY NEWS TO-
gether for one year for S2.25 The
Papers is $3.50. wv"
Address
CLlNCH VALLEY NEWS.
Tazewell, Va.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-03-16

"Thcrcs nothing the matter with
the American people except the laws
that's why they're taught to en-
force them"
profit and the appreciation Of
n,p,:.lity generally go together
The English speaking race for
100 years has been trying to make
government mind its own business
and let the individual alone"
Most tax assessors cannot see Il
vacant lot, but they can see Il build
ing
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-03-16
MAKE 1T A FOOD GROWING
YEAR

This good year, 1917 should be a
record breaker on the farms.
The yield should reach high water
mark. We have had fine yields
heretofore. There should be, and can
be greater this year. Not perhaps by
increasing generally the acreage, but
the yield per acre, 1t is time however,
that on many farms the acreage
should be increased. There are too
many idle acres. and in many in
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-03-16
Come on Over, See
My Corn Fall Off"
Il Put Q Drops Of 'Gets.It on Last
Night-NoW Watch"

"See-all you have to do is to use
your two fingers and lift the corn
right off. That's tho way 'Gets-It'
always works. You just put on
about . drops. Then the corn not
only shrivels. but loosens from the
toe, without affecting the surround
ing flesh in the least. Why, it's al
most q pleasure to have corns and
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-03-16
UNDERW AFTER CRAFT.
lLYnchburg News.l

-
In thirty-fivc years the submarine
has ben developed from II clumsy
little iron tub to be the marvel of the
sea.
The possibility Of submarine mavi-
cation was thought Of us early as the
thirteenth century. In the early part
OF the seventeenth century inventors
were busy on submarine boats.
Cornelius Drcbbel showed his in
vention in the Thames river, London.
in 1924, TO King James /.
The first Submarine to be used in
warfare was the invention of David
Bushnell, in l775 and was built in
the United States.
1t was used by Sergeant Lee to at
tack the English warship Eagle in
New York harbor, during the Revo-
lutionary War Lee submerged and
got under the ship. hut the screw by
which the torpedo was to be attached
to the Eagles bottom vas not sharp
enough, and he had to come up with
out success.
Robert Fulton experimental for
nearly 20 years and developed the
vertical and horizontal rudders and
apparatus for the artificial supply of
air while under water.
IIand-Propcllcd Type.
In 1863, McClintock and IIowgate
buii; II hand-propclled submarine to
'ttack the Union fleet, but it sank
four times, each time drowning the
whole crew of eight men.
The first really successful subma-
rinc was built by John p. Holland
of Paterson. N. j., in 1881. 1t has
just been recovered from the bottom
of the Passaic river and placed in
the New York navy yard.
Holland was Il parochial school
teacher with hobby for mechanics
on which he worked after school
hours. When he told his friends OF
his underwater boat. they ridiculet
him. But he built it of old discarded
boiler metal clumsy and heavy, ant
with a Kerosene engine of his ow1
! design, Holland divcd under water
TO the surprise of spectators. the sub
marine came up. A second time HOl
land moved the levers and the heavy
craft again slid under water. But il
never rose. The raising machinery
had failed TO work. Holland was res
cued and his invention left vt the river
| bottom until last year
Al the beginning of the European
war the submarine was PRACTICAL,
unknown 10 the general public. Dur
ing the early stages of the war Eng
land and Germany used the few sub
marines they had for scouting ant
accommodating.
The great surprise came whcr
three of England's large armored
cruisers, the Ahouki, CrcsSy ana
lloguc, suddenly were sunk by Ger
man U-hoat of the smaller type, will
the loss of ! 500 men.
Then followed the German subma
rinc campaign against England an,
more extensive construction of under
sea boats.
The cost of IL modern battleship i!
$4,000 900. The cost of Il submarin,
is about $500 0G0, so 30 submarine.
can be built to one battleship. Thre,
to four years are needed to built
bait leship, while Il fleet of submarine
can be built in from six to ten months
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-03-16
THE COLLEGE FoIrOw-Up

THE COLLEGE FOLLOW-UP.
"My college certainly takes an in
terest in it's graduates" said Jones
to Smith.
"How's thut?" asked Smith.
"Why, here | get n note from the
dean saying he will be glad to hear of
the death of any of the alumni
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-03-16
MIR. LaBAUME CRACKS UP"

In n recent issue of this paper
attention was called ID some facts
in regard to reducing the cost of
living by giving school children an
opportunity to produce vegetables, etc
during vacation and idle hours. Mr..
+. II. LaBaumc has suggestive article
in this issue, along the Identical
lines we suggested. Read Mr.. La
Baumc's article. This paper is glad
to he BACKED up" by such authority
~ the Agriculture and Industrial!
Agent Of the Norfolk and Western.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-03-16
HOW SINGLE TAX REALLY
WORKS
WASHINGTON TimnnA


Remove taxes gradually from
everything except land and raise that
until it won't pay to hold it vacant.
and you will have solved the whole
economic problem" according to John
H. Whlte. lecturer, civil worker and
tax reformer Of Chicago, who told an
audience at the Public Library last
night something Of what had been
accomplished in that line in Pitts
burg and western Canada
re-. In Vancouver" said Mr.. White,
1T became necessary to reduce the
taxes on property in order to get
people to build. They began by ex-
emptlng 20 per cent of the value of
improvements on the theory that
people won't do what they are pen
AIMED too heavily for doing. This cx-
emption was raised in succeeding
years to so per cent and finally in
l?lO the remaining tax on improved
property was removed.
Building Doubled.
"ln 1911 the amount spent on bull
dihg IN Vancouver was double that of
the year previous to the exemption"
ana IN the following two years it
i'p'S tibil UOuDleU.
In Victoria they scoffed at the
plan for Il long time. Then thew
Jumped IN and removed all at once
al taxes on improved property. In
1910 the value of buildings erected
IN Victoria was S2,0O0,0O0. That year
the tax exemption law went into
effect. In 1912 the value of the new
buildings amounted to $4,000, 900"
ihe only way in which the mil
lenlnm of single tax can be brought
ABOUT, according to Mr.. White. is
through home rule. Every commu-
nifty must have the right to saw
whether or not it shall be taxed in
this way. ~ -
Want 10 See Things Go.
reopie want to see things 20. If
you try to sell man an automobile
or IA horse. you may talk YOUR head
OH. but when you &c: through he'll
say Let's see it GO No people will
understand this system OF taxation.
or any other. until theyes see it in
operation. With home rule we can get
to the individual voter and show him
!ust how this is going to effect him
We can't do this when we are dcalinr
with Whole State"
Mr.. White is virile speaker with
4 wealth of satire. Here are a few Of
the barbs he let loose:
Anybody could understand the
OF political economy CIV.
.ept United States Senator Or n
great editor. The business of the lat
,er is % shroud the minds of men in
IN intelligent mist"
"How can one respect the law when