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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-08-31
uliE ANTI-SALOON LEAGUE AND
MIR. DAVIS.

The question is being asked all
around, "What will DR.. Cannon and
the Anti Saloon League do about
lt?" Will Mr.. Davis be supported
by the organization and DR.. Cannon .
1t was the opinion of some at ono
time that Mr.. Davis, reputed to he
a wet man, would not be support-
cd by the League and the "dry" DEM
ocrats, and that the Republican party
mad the chance of its life to elect =
candidate for governor The Renpb-
means do not think SO, and in tb;s
they are wise. The Anti-Soloo,
League Democrats and all good Dem
ocrats are going to vote for M,
Davis, if they vote at all. There be
ing no contest, thousands of Dome
Gratis may not vote at all: bu+ If
,there was a contest it would no
seen that Mr.. Davis would have tho
support of DR. Cannon and the Dem
ocrats of the Anti-Saloon Leoquo
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-08-31
MOVING RAPIDLY.

The United States declared war on
Germany less than six months ago.
At that time the United States was
moving along peacefully, growing
rich. Totally unprcparcd for war,
even Il small expedition on our own
border, the war spirit. if such spir-
it existed sleep the sleep of half
century. Momcntous events shook the
sleeper, and he awokc and began to
arm for action. "An obscure school
MASTER" with no thought of war
when elected was at the head of the
nation. a ongrcss and Cabinet,
many of them holding opposing views,
surrounded him. What has been ac-
complished within the short space of
six months? Has the government
Jagged? Is the United States just
ly open to the repeated charge of
"slowness" in getting into the war?
What has been accomplished in so
short time can not be enumerated
in figures or put down in words.
The raising, equipping and train
ing of hundreds of thousands of raw
recruits, the building and equipping
of ships, air-planes, guns; the
erection of immense factories, the
raising of billions and billions of
money, the communicating of the
immense food products of this great
country, the levying of immense
taxes, Liberty Loan, Red Cross or
CARNATIONS, regulation of the great
coal industry and the railroads and
other great improvements and
achievements. such as to almost take
away ones breath by the swiftness
and sweep of their movements. The
people of the country are not vet
awake to the magnitude of the task
laid out or already accomplished
ANA we arc not yet fairly started
on the war road The sword has been
drawn and will he sheathed ONLY
when the world ais made safe fo,
democracy"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-08-31
THE POPE'S INTERV ENTION
OF. NJ. Smythe in the Bristol
Herald-Courier.

(H. NJ. Smythc in the Bristol
Herald-Courier.
Editor Herald Courier:
To those of my fellow countrymen
who with apparent justice question
the propriety of the recent effort of
Pope Benedict to explain why the
Powers. are impelled to treat an in
tervention which to the casual OBJ
server, may seem not only untimely
but a matter of super-errogation
with the same scrupulous courtesy
they would extend to any ruler
among the few neutral Nations who
yet have that prerogative
Though stripped of all temporal
power, the Vatican has largely by the
force of prescription" and consent
continued TO WELD an influence in in
ternational affairs altogether out of
proportion to its power to enforce its
opinions, and this to some extent is a
survival of its ancient assumption of
the right of excommunication and 9TH
er eXtravagant accessories Of Infalli-
ollity and Divine Appointment. Thus
IN all countries where the Catholic is
the established church the Pope's le-
gate is by courtesy the dean or head
OF the diplomatic corps; and following
the long acquiescence in this cour-
tesy" and other "fictons," the Pope
continues to illuminate his Intellectual
dicta in times of international tur-
mol, and the Powers continue to lend
purely conventional attention to his
communications. Hence, this untime-
ly and altogether impossible pe;.ce
proposal will be treated with more or
less apparent earnestness and it will
probably be answered by an identical
note signed by the princirnl Allies.
couched in the usual high sounding
terms and the incident will be closed.
The generally accepted idea that
HIS Holiness is acting largely in the
interest of Austria, the most intensely
Catholic country in Europe, is prob
ably correct, for there is about as lit
tie cordiality between the Vatican and
Berlin as there is between the most
6leoted Catholic and the unspeakable
Turk.
To the average laymen the whole
thing will appear as inane and incon-
sequent as Punch and Judy show nt
a funeral; and the war which all good
men deplore, will continue its horrid
process of attrition until an ending
comes, which will not be either dictat,
ed.or suggested by any neutral power
spiritual or temporal.
And may il end with the Autumn.
HARRY NJ. SMYTHE.
North Tazewell, Va.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-08-31
SEVEN TONS OF BUNCoMBE
DAILY.

even tons of buncombe Skinned
through the mail every day under
congressional frank is one of the
burdens which the postoffice has to
bear, and yet when there is any short
age in postal receipts the shortage
IS charged against the newspapers.
and they are credited with produc.
ing the deficit.
Seven tons of buncombe shipped
matter, $4,000 pounds day in and
day out, according to u report from
Washington, go out from that city
under the franking privilege, and
possibly all told 100 pounds might be
justified. Nv ="
If congressman were required to
pay postage on the stuff thew unload
on the public the amount sent out
would rapidly drop from the $4,000
pounds a day to nearer fourteen
pounds per day. And still the bill
goes on, and in order to cover up its
own shortcomings in this respect
congress seeks to make a smoke and
blow the smoke over on the newspa
pers!
10 large extent it might be said
that $4,000 pounds of "rot" goes out
per day. 1t is true there are many
splendid speeches made in congress.
1t is true that many congressman
send out material of value. But the
good speeches are not the ones that
are widely distributed, and the good
congressman are not the ones vast
ing public money in this way. To a
large extent the "rotten" speeches
sent out by congressman are what
make up the aggregate. And much
of this stuff is the reasonable kind
sent out by the pro-German element
of the country, seeking to disrupt the
nation with its reasonable utter
ances.- Manufacturers Record.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-08-31
DANGER SIGNALS ON THE HIGH
WAY.

A citizen of Mercer county suggests
thru the Telegraph, that there should
be danger signals" on the public
roads. The idea is good one and
all right. There are numerous short
curves on these mountain roads and
generally the roads are narrow. 1t
is on these curves generally that ac-
cidents occur, causing the loss of life
or the destruction of cars or both.
The railroads put up signals and
whistle-posts along the way for the
benefit of the public, end engineers
are required to sound their whistles
and to look out fer the danger points
Danger signals on the highways,
warning auto drivers to slow down
and look out for approaching cars,
would be the means of avoiding a
world of trouble. A board painted
white, with the words, danger Sig
nal" or some other suitable warn
ing painted on both sides the board,
nailed to a post, would he notice to
cars meeting there to look out. Some
auto drivers are careless about sound
ing their horns at these curves. The
signal would he reminder.
Another suggestion should be
made. A law should be enacted by
the next Legislature making auto
drivers responsible for damages caus-
ed by careless and reckless driving.
Railroads are responsible for acct
dents and liable for damages caused
on their own tracks, too. a man who
breaks up car and cripples the oc-
cupants through failure to observe
the rules of the road or by carelcss
and reckless running, should be liable
for damages. If few ignorant and
careless chauffeurs were hauled up
before court and fined heavily and
reasonable damages assessed for the
destruction of property, etc, there
would be fewer accidents and auto
casualties.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-08-31
THE REPUBLICAN PROGRAM

according to dispatches the Re-
publican party of the state will not
put candidate for governor against
Mr. Davis, for the reason as given
that Mr.. Davis is entirely satisfac-
tory to the party in the state Ara
the boys" entirely honest in this .
suppose there was a good prospect
Oh defeating Mr.. Davis in the Novem-
Der election, what would be the at
titude of the party? While everv
erDody will approve the purpose Of
ehe party leader not to stir up 4
muss in the state, and perhaps in
terfere with Mr.. Wilson's war pro-
gram, etc., some folks will wonder
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-08-31
a SOLDIERS PATRIOTIC WIFE

10 the Editor of the World:
l am the wife of soldier who re-
Gently enlisted in the National Guard
voluntarily and is now serving at q
nearby-camp. The general opinion is
that / as his wife was rather foolish
to let him go.
Now do not feel that way about
It, as am able to take care of my
self sufficiently, and, moreover, |
would rather starve. and, moreover. |
husband drafted. Americas honor
glory and peace are at stake; there
fore, the United States not only needs
soldiers to fight for her, but also
must have wives sweethearts and
mothers put their shoulders to the
wheel and spur the boys on.
FOR SUCCESS AND VICTORY.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-08-31
CHANGING SCHOOL BOOKS.

Much was said during the cam
paign just closed about changing the
text books in the public schools. Ger.
talnly after the war closes, the books
many of them, ut least, will have
to be changed-histories, Biographies
maps, etc. and perhaps some of the
readers. This war will change the
map of the world and mark the be-
ginning of new historical era. AL
ready, we are told the Allies have be-
gun the remodeling of the map of
Europe, removing old stakes and driy-
ing new ones along border lines-to-
be. This looks little like counting
chicks while the hen is setting
nevertheless, it is true, that the
map of Europe must be re-drawn,
and the history of the nations re-
written, let win who may. 1t is,
therefore, unwise to buy new books
of an historical nature or new geog-
raphies or encyclopedias until we
know What's What and Who's Who.
Go Slow" should be the motto. We
have already thrown away too much
money in school books.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-08-31
Deafness Cannot Be Cured

oy local applications. as they cannot reach
inc diseased portion OF the err. There is
oniy one way to cure Deafness and that Ia
oy constitutional remedies Deafness is
caused by an inilamed condition OF the mu-
this tube Ia in1afhcd you have n rumbiinr
sound or imperfect hearing. and when IL Is
onureiy closed. Deafness Is the result, and
uhiess the Inflammation can he taken out
ana this tube restored to Its normal condi.
uoh, nearing Will be destroyed forever: nine
cnsee out OF ten nre caused by Cntnrrh
which Is nothing but an infiaincd condition
or the mucous surfaces
we VIII give Ono Hundred Dollars for any
cnso OF Deafness (caused by caturrhl that
cannot he cured by Halls Catnrrh Cure
Send for circulars. free
F. j; CHENEY & CO. Tolydo. Ohio.
Tako Halle Family Pills for constipation
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-08-31
Summer Complaint.

During the hot weather OF the
summer months some member of al
most every family is likely to be
troubled with an unnatural looseness
OF the bowels, and it is of the great
est Importance that this be treated
promptly, which can only be done
when the medicine is kept mt hand
Mrs. f. +. Scott, Scottsville, N. Y,
states, VI first used Chamberlain's
Cole and Diarrhoea Remedy as much
as five years ago. AT that time had
severe attack Of summer complaint
ana was suffering intense pa n Ono
dose relieved me. Othre members of
my family have since I'LL it with
like results"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-08-31

FOR every coal operator producing
coal there are hundreds of thousands
consuming it, and live and let live is
the motto. The coal barons have
been piling up millions in recent wears
ana OF course, are willing now, in war
times, to be satisfied with "reasona-
BILE profits"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-08-31
He Felt Like Ninety

Nothing makes a person feei old
quicker than disordered kidneys. They
cause cause aches and pains all over the
noay, a s,o ". Morgan. Angola, La,
writes; oh, l suffered with pain in
my PACK. am 43 years old, but /
I I IKE q man 80 years old. Since
I LOOK Eoiey Kidney Pills feel like
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-08-31
Chil dren Cry
FOR FEETCHER'S
G % 9 Q RIA
Has Recovered Her Health

So many women suffer from similar
affections that this testimonial from
Mrs. Laura Beall, Plattsburg, Miss,
Will be read with interest: 81 got in
pad health. My left side hurt all the
time. l took doctors medicine, but it
did me no good: l took two bottles of
Foley Kidney Pills and l feel all right
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-08-31
a CRISIS IN SCHOOL AFFAIRS.

The Tazewell High School is schcd-
uled to open about ten days from this
time. 1t is reported that there is
some doubt as to whether we will
have school at all. Up to this time
no arrangements whatever have been
pade for homes for the teachers. ex-
cept the principal and his wife, and
unless some suitable arrangements
are made at once, the teachers will
not come, and school will not open.
The salaries paid the teachers is not
sufficient to enable them to board at
the hotel, and even the few private
families who are willing to take II
boarder, want an exhorbitant price
for rooms and board. There are fam
lilies here who would be willing to ac-
commodate teachers but for the cues
ton Of help in the cook and dining
room. To obtain reliable help is al
most an impossibility in this town.
And so it happens, that the school is
seriously threatened and may not on
en- at all
This paper called attention to this
matter last year, and urged that the
School Board should make some per-
manent arrangements to house and
care for the teachers. The Board. 50
lar as we know, took no notice of the
suggestion, and now, at the very on
enlng of the school finds that thc
neglect to take the matter up is caus-
ing serious embarrassment. The Board
Diames the people for not being will
ing to make some sacrifice for tho
good OF the school, but however Just
the criticism may be, the Board itself
Is not entirely free from blame in the
matter. The Board should not have
put off this matter to the very last
moment. Arrangements admit one
or more additions into the family can
not be made in an hour. However,
the crisis is upon us and must no
met IN some way. The families in
Town VINO have room and can possibly
DO so, should open their homes to
these teachers, and at price which
VIII be reasonable all around. These
young ladies are not expensive board
ers. They will. in no sense, be n bur-
aen. They will require no extra at
tention, and will care for their rooms
themselves. On the other hand tbev
VIII be an addition to the social life
OF the families, in which thcv live
Their influence will be for good in
any home. 1t is hoped and believed
that the Tazewell people will not "fall
down on the job" but make some sac
fiilce If necessary, for the good of tho
school. And these suggestions annlv
with equal force to the country
schools. "No place for the teacbers
TO board" has been, in moro than
one instance the cause of the com'
inuhity going without school Tho
people of the town and country aro
growing selfish these days. What will
we DO about boarding tie teachers
SS"i
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-08-31

In 1906. Rear Admiral Robert T.
Peary reported that he had sighted
a large body of land on his VOYAGE
OF discovery to the North pole. The
American Museum of Natural Histo-
ry' The American Geographical So
ciety and other scientific organiza-
TONS fitted out an expedition in 1913
to explore this new TERRITORY siobtod
by Peary. The expedition has lust
returned and reports that no such
land exists, that what Peary saw was
only mirage. Now, what has DR.
Cook got to say?
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-08-31

1t would never do in the world for
Mr.. Wilson to hear some things be-
ing said about him by some patriot
&c citizens or written about him in
some Republican papers in the coun-
try Such information reaching his
ears would disturb him and affect
the entire routine of the government.
AND, so, everybody is requested to
keep the remarks and criticisms al
luded to to themselves, and by no
means let Mr.. Wilson hear of them
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-08-31
Feel Worse After Vacation

Inc ehange from outdoor activity
Di vacation time to the quiet of reeu-
,ar employment sometimes makes
c cno FEE iee ta, heavy and Stuffed up" un-
ISo ION and bilious, with a mean
T Tetbacne ana coated tongue. Foley
fnoal Tablets give prompt relief
NdH on taese results of indigestion.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-08-31

Some men there be who gave their
sons, or approved heartily the enlist.
ing OF other peoples sons, in the or
my, and approve CONSUMPTION of the
boys, but these same men some ', &c
them, Kick like five hundred when
their money is conscripted for wa,
purpose. Isn't this placing the dol.
lar above tho man,2p
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-08-31
Chll dren Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
e q s Q RIA
Education Made Possible
For All

Forum Training School is a
-Four Year Agricultural High
School, and offers education to
young people of small means.
Boys can work their way thru
and girls may have a chance,
also.
An unparalleled opportunity.
Write for catalogue.
REV. B. M. BECKMAN,
A. M, D. D., Principal,
Forum, Va.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-08-31

Wheat at $500 a bushel means
hour at $40 barrel for the best
grades, and about $3.50 for the lower
grades. The consumer still "gets it
in the neck"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-08-31

when and how such Il change was
wrought in the purpose and ambition
OF the party in the state, that it
should publicly declare that "a ma
chinc Democrat" is good enough. Z"
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-05-18
Villa Stevens Composition
WOmen's Rights

Dear Juniors:
| am writing yotl composition on
women's rights. | think women as well
as men should have the right to vote
and be elected for offices as well as the
men folks unless they are against
women voting. When ! am old enough
| will not be- / think Miss Rankin is a
great woman and i only wish there
We're more such ladies in the United
States.
If women are to obey the laws made
by men why shouldn't they have a
right to vote for the man they want
and let them hold office as well as men.
am glad that some of our states let
the women vote.
If women do not have the right to
vote in Iowa when | am old enough to
vote | will do my best to get it.
Proba hlv some of the boys won't
like for the girls to have the ballot
when they are old enough because
probably they like to have 1t all their
own.
If Iowa could only have such wom-
an as Miss Rankin to spring up in no
time the women Of Iowa would be vot-
ing.
I hope that such awomen may some
time come to Ottumwa Iowa. | VIII
wish to see answers to this latter
through the Courier Junior by the Jun
Tors.
Vida Stevens. age ~,
119 Gladstone St. Ottumwa.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-05-18
Sweet Potatoes and Corn
BY Lavada TOlbert

Dear Juniors:
AS this is my second time to write l
will write some of the things remem-
Der about sweet potatoes and cotton.
Sweet potatoes and cotton grow better
in a warm climate. 1t takes good. rich.
fertile soil for sweet potatoes and cot
ton. When we lived in Mississippi state
we raised cotton and it grew from six
to eight feet tall When the cotton IS
about two or three months old it bears
little bloss On. Sometimes the blossom
is yellow. white and purple. The bios
som of the cotton is very pretty when
it is full grown. The stalk OF the cotton
is brown and strong. The leaves are OF
a light green They are shaped like a
hand with three big fingers. When the
cotton is big and tall the little green
bowls turn brown. the white fluffy bolls
of cotton pop out. The cotton is snowy
white after 1t is out for two or three
days. After it is picked it is sent to the
cotton gin where it is separated from
the cotton. The cotton is sent to the
press to be baled. 1t is then baled tight
together and Grated tight with some
tough sack cloth. Sometimes father
earned from SIS to 800 for one bale of
cotton which he sold
Lavada Tolbert.
Ottumwa, Ia. SO Ogden st.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-05-18
Consolidated School Life
BY Villa Fellows

Dear Courier Junior:
! thought maybe you would like two
read letter from me so am writing
one. My subject is Consolidated School
Life
This year go to quite different
: school from last year. ride six miles
! in school wagon to DoudS-Leando.
There are ten grades up here. They
{ are building our new school house so
we pupils go in the churches and
school houses. ! am in the sixth grade
in the church. There are fifty-two pu-
pills in our room and we generally man
age to have little fun. For games we
play basket, volley and base ball. We
/ play the latter mostly now and my lit
tie friend Hildred Brown makes about
nine outs out of ten.
We girls go back and forth to stay all
night with one another. Crete. Mabel.
Reva, Hildred, Leona and Lois Dem
ming came home with me.
Hildred came home with me once and
We went flower gathering and Hildred
fell in the creek. When ,Leona came
home with me we went down to my
grandpa's after night and my brother
tried to friehten us by getting under
sheet. We had some bad luck when
| Reva came for we won't car riding and
got stuck in the mud.
| Did YOU Juniors read that last letter
| Hildred Brown wrote describing me.
| Well maybe You would like to know
her. She is my best friend in the sixth
grade. She has brown hair and eyes and
is always laughing. She saws such
funny things to make me laugh that II
/ Miss Oltmann. our teacher. was cross,
although she is not 1t would be bang.
Our teacher is a gentle one and like
her fine
| We now are getting ready for last
days program. Our room gives ten
numbers and any of you boys and girls
may come if you wish. June in tho
Lea ndo park.
Villa J. Fellows. age 4.
DOudS IeandO Ia.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-05-18
THE WILEY BOYS.

Harvey w. Wiley and John Preston
Wiley, sons OF DR.. Harvey W. Wiley,
'of Washington, D. c., former food ex-
pert of the United States government
and author of many volumes of scien-
tiiic works relating TO foods, are prac-
teal examples OF their fathers teach.
ings.
These boys since their births have
had nothing but proper foods" said
DR.. Wiley when asked to share his
recipe with others. First, their
mothers milk until weaving time:
then. modified, pure. fresh clean cows
milk from tuberculin tested animals
until they were large enough to begin
to chew. They have been given only
foods containing materials to secure
growth and not make fat They eat
brown bread, pure milk. good fruits,
succulent vegetables, and after three
years of age they had little meat, but
not very much. Their teeth are espec-
tally well nourished, regular. being
hard, white and flinty. They have not
had any candy, very little sugar or
sweets of any kind, except the sugar
natural to their food Their typical
meal at nighttime is whole wheat
bread with little pure butter. and a
pint each of pure. fresh milk