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The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-11-17

to LOcke's Human Understanding"
and from this latter book of "diSmala-
ties" to the lighter minded reader,
down to everything heavy and semi
heavy which was published to the
week of his death. Senator Hoar kept
his mental condition balanced by turn
ing not merely from the heavy to the
light ON occasion, but to the actual
featherweights Of fiction. He read
Mick Carter"
Woodrow Wilson, 1t is said, turns
away from the studies of states, past
and present and in prospective to the
reading of what the English call penny
dreadfuls, and what the Americans in
the old days called yellow backs. 1t
is said that the speaker of the house
of representatives, Champ Clark, stops
frequently his mental digging into all
kinds of history to take up for relief
purposes books of the kind which
make a boy happy.
Reads Good Fiction.
In the library of Colonel House
there is plenty of good fiction. He
uOeS not turn TO MIC carter, nor 10
"The Hidden Hand OF Mrs. E. D. e.
n. Southworth, nor yet to "Owl Face,
The Pawnee' of Beadle dime novel
fame. but he manages to keep the men,
tai balance even by an evening lamp
hour or two with the writer's of fic-
ton who can lay claim to what the
book reviewers call literary merit.
Today Colonel House Is entering up
on the work of preparing material
which n day, perhaps far in the fu-
ture, will be serviceable to the Ameri-
can commissioners at the great peace
conference. Another has written this
concerning the choice by the president
of Colonel House for this work: "He
is peculiarly qualified for it by his dip
lomatic experience of recent years, by
his study of political problems which
the war has raised and by his integrity
of min,. and Character
sherlock, will you take on the
House Mystery Case?"
Mystery? my dear Watson, there
t:u't any,"
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-11-17
A YEAR OF e

A lot of good fortune is in store for
those families who are on The Youths
Companion subscription list for 1915
a year of cheer.
There will be IL glorious serial or
group stories, ranging from a girls
war story by Grace S.. Richmond and
Indian adventures by James Willard
Schultz, to the unrivaled tales of for
mer days by C. A. Stephens.
The charm of Companion stories lies
in the fact that whether they are es-
pecially written for boys or for girls,
everyone enjoys them to the full. Then
there are special pages for the Family,
Boys, Girls, and even for little Chill
dren-while the Editorial Page, Cur
rent Events and a Doctors Corner
supply all the requirements of the fam
lily for good reading. And this par.
ticular feast can come from no other
source.
The Companion alone is $500.
By special arrangement new sub.
scribers for The Companion can also
have McCalps Magazine-the fashion
authority-for 1918, both publications
for only s2.25.
This two-at-one-price offer includes !:
l.. The Youths Companion-52 is.
u e in 1918.
2. All remaining 1917 issues of The
Companion free.
8. The Companion Home Calendar
for 1918.
A.. McCall's Magazine--12 fashion
numbers in 1918.
All for only $2.25.
THE YOUTHS COMPANION,
Commonwealth Ave, Boston, Mass.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-11-17
Unofficial Counsellor of the Pres
ident Is a Modest But Well
Posted Man.
STUDENT OF WORLD AFFAIRS
Now Gathering Data on Economic and
Other Problems Which Must Be
Solved at the Peace Table-Has
Qualifications That Go to Make
a Sound Diplomat.

AUTHORS NOTE-Men have made 3
mystery of the life and the doings of Col.
Edward M. House, the friend and adviser
of Woodrow Wilson. If there has been
mystery, it is none of the Colonel's MAX
ing. 1 venture the hope that whatever
may have seemed to be hidden is dis
closed in this article, the material for
which was obtained in the only way in
which such material can be obtained, by
direct personal contact, inquiry and
study.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-11-17
OF MAILS.

Mails arrive at the Pleasantville
postoffice from Philadelphia at 7 a. M.
1, 5 and 7 p. m.
Mails arrive from Atlantic City al
Z, 8 and IL a. m, 1 and 5 p. m.
Mails close for Philadelphia at I
and 1870 a. m, 1915, $50, 4.30 and
$40 p. m.
Mails close for Atlantic City at 8.3C
a. M, 1915 and $40 p. m.
Sunday only mail closes for Phila
delphia and Atlantic City at 4.15 p. m
The office opens daily, except Sun
day, at 7 a. m. and closes at 7.30 p. m
Saturday only, closes at 8 p. m.
Money order window opens at z a
m. and closes at 6.45 p. IN.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-11-17
FALSE TEETH we W j, pay :, , up to IS. s'2

Send Parcel Post or write for particu.
lars. Domestic Supply Co., Dept. "a
Binghampton, NJ. Y.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-11-17

When Rubbers Become Necessary
and your shoes pinch, use Aliens Foot-Ease.
the Antiseptic powder to be shaken into the
shoes and sprinkled into the foot-bath. Just
the thing for Breaking in New Shoes. 1t
gives rest and comfort to tired, swollen, ach-
ing feet, Sold everywhere. 25c. adv.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-02-02

will remain powerful. For what
then, are the lives required? Two
millions have fallen for a dream; for
a dream that has had an awakening:
have fallen for scheme that has
been frustrated; have fallen for an
ideal of world domination that has
not been realized, that the German
Government by all it's present actions
admits. cannot be realized. For what
must the other 100000 fall, When
theJ', too, have fallen, what VIII Ger
many have gained by their death? Is
it not high time that the aims for
which Germany is carrying on the
war be made known to the world !?
Can she longer refuse to state her
terms OF peace, now that the allies
have told theirs and the President of
the United States in his address to
the Senate has said: "The Central
Powers united in n reply which stated
merely that they We're ready to meet
their antagonists in conference to dis
cuss terms of peace" while the En-
tente Powers have stated with suf-
lclent definiteness to imply details
the arrangements, guarantees, and
acts of reparation which they deem
to be the indispensable conditions of
satisfactory settlement?
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-02-02
WONDERS "WHY EVERYBODY
DOESN'T TAKE IT."

A citizen of the community dropp-
ed in the Office few days ago, and
among other exchanges picked up
The Farm and Ranch, q fine magazine
published at Dallas, Texas, and after
looking through it remarked, 81 Won
der that every farmer doesn't take
this paper" Well, there are any
number Of excellent farm papers and
magazines, and it is. of course. i'm
possible to take and read them all.
But every farmer, if nc is wise and
progressive, takes one OF more OF
these great papers. They are all
cheap as to subscription price. Even
the highest class among these, is
cheaper than almost any other pub
li-ations at all.
The Farm and Ranch for example.
is IL large, weekly magazine. full of
valuable information. 1t goes into
more than million homes each week
and covers wide field This valua-
BILE magazine is now offered two full
years for $l.00. Think of il, less than
one cent copy. Like our friend, we
wish everybody would take this pa
per, and we believe many Of them
would, if they knew of the maya
zine. Write for sample copy. Adj
dress, Farm and Ranch, Dallas, Tex
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-02-02
is n CONVENIENT TO SCHOOL
AND CHURCH,?

a half dozen or more inquiries
have beon received in answer to ad-
vertisements of farms for sale in re-
cent issues of this paper. 1t is notice.
able that tho first, or among the very
first, questions asked by the home
seeker is, "Is the firm located near
church and school? Other things being
anything like equal, the home located
near church is more easily sold. In
fact, farm remote from church and
school or so located as to render
church and school difficult of access,
is not wanted No man, not even a bad
man, wants to locate his family be-
yond the reach Of church influence
and opportunity.
However impei feet the church mag
be or thought to be, down deep in our
natures the value and necessity of
the Christian church is acknowledged.
Few men care to live in commun-
ity of mfidels and unbelicvers. The
Church in the Wildwood" even, be
1t ever so unpretentious is guar
antee of sobriety and responsibility.
"The people around here are not
heather, there's church,, remarks
the traveller as he passes along. In
such community the traveller and
stranger feels ABSURD of good fellow
ship and protection. He calls at the
front gate and asks nights lodging
and gets a hospitable, cordial wei.
come.
This must be Il tough community
says the traveller. 81 passed a still
house back there, and saloon mt The
grocery store. Lets beat it," and he
heats it, beyond the limits of tn,
still house and the saloon. That's the
difference. No inquirer of homes fol
sale are made in this neighborhood
And 50, with all its imperfections. tn,
worth and value OF the church is re
cognizcd and acknowledged, and that
too by even men who arc not pro
fessed Christians.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-02-02
GOOD FLOWING.

Every farmer agrees that good
blowing is the chief thing in crop
production. Poor land properly brol,
en- and prepared will produce larger
and better crops than better land
halfway prepared. One farmer who
grows fine crops says his plan is
to work his corn before he plants
it. Land thoroughly and properly
broken and prepared needs far less
work >after the crop is planted. AS
10 what constitutes good blowing"
'here are differences Of opinion.
Good blowing means deep blowing
taking small slice, and goinr
down as deep as two horses can we'll
handle. Three horse plows arc bet
ter still. Shallow blowing for corn
is waste Of time and money. AM
land that will not admit of deem
blowing without bringing up too
much Of the clay subsoil should not be
put in corn ut all. Plow at the
right time. and break deep. Ii the
spring blowing is done harrow as
soon after blowing as possible. Be-
lore planting, disk, and harrow, and
pnlverize the soil as fine as an onion
bed. Then your crop, planted prop
erly, with good seed, will need no
more laborious blowing, only shall
low stirring to kill weeds and grass
and conserve moisture. So say the
best and most successful farmers.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-02-02
FOLEY KIDNEY PILLS
FER sACKAcHe KIDNEYS AND BlSDDES
Dnnper Signal


If the fire bell should ring would
You run and stop it or go and helm
to put out the fire? 1t is much the
same way with a cough. A cough is
a danger signal as much as a fire
bell. You should no more try to sun
press it than to stop n fire bell when
1t Is ringin" 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
the persistent cough that SO often
follows a bad cold or an attack of the
grip. Mrs. Thomas Becchinr. And
rev, Ind, writes: "During the win
tel, my husband takes cold easily
and coughs and cougs. Chambcrlain;s
Cough Remedy is the best medicine
for breaking up these attacks and
you cannot get him to take any 9TH
ler." Obtainable everywhere.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-02-02
APPLE STORAGE FOR TAZEwEII

There ought to be built Il large
apple storage ware house in this
town or at North Tazewell. Thou
sands of bushels of fine apples are
lost to the farmers of the county
every year for want of storage ia
cillties. or course, farmers can build
small storage h,uses on the farm
but only the few larger orchards
could afford to erect q suitable place
Tor the storing of their products. and
apples not properly gathered Oh pack
ell after being gathered, keep badly
and must be marketed, if at all, in
such shape and ut such time as to
bring the minimum price.
A large storage plant, managed by
a competent man, would be a having
institution, enabling the farmers to
put their apples on the market at
the proper time and in proper shape
Last fall one farmer we know of
fattened large number of porkers
on apples. Besides those that fell
others were shaken down to the hogs
Apples like these are now selling
readily on the street for a dollar per
Dushel, only a few bushels being
available. This cold storage for AN,
pies would be Il good thing for this
entire County. Tazewell, in few
years would become an apple center.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-02-02
FARM LOAN BANKS.
Use to Which Borrowed Money Nav
lie Put Is Carefully Limited-Niotr.
cages May Run From Five 4 to
Forty Years.
SECODN ARTICLE :,

1t has always been recognized that
the most effective aid one can get is
that which enables him to help him
self. l.
Some critics OF the Federal Farm
Loan Act have charged that this net
makes 1t too easy for farmers to get
into debt, and that there will be a
tendency to over borrow.
A careful reading of the bin will
show that this objection is met by
very. carefully limiting the use to
winch the borrowed money may be
put and by the requirement that the
farmers gradually each year must re-
luce their indebtedness.
The farm loan act was designed to
be helpful to the farmer of average
operations who has heretofore been
denied adequate credit 1t wisely
limits the loans to so per cent. of the
appraised value of the security. be-
cause this limitation makes the secu.
rity OF high character, thus salts
fylng the investor and therefore re-
suits in lower rae of interest.
The use Of the money is carefully
limited to the purchase of land. to
pay off existing idebtedness, to pur-
chase live stock. or to make any pro
ductlVe Improvement such as fencing.
drainage, buildings and machinery.
When money can be borrowed
cheaply for productive use, a mort
gage becomes an investment rather
than handicap. The faIiner is en-
abled to get money to put his land to
letter use. SO that the profits of his
Investment will pay off his indebted
ness; Hereafter judicious borrowing
on the part of the farmer will be re.
garded as business enterprise, lust as
1t Is now considered beneficial for
large commercial institutions to Dor
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-02-02
PROHIBITION STARVING THE
JAILER.
(NcW York TimeS.l

Not only will an old dog refuse to
learn new tricks, but To the end of his
days will he persist strongly in the old
tricks he has already learned, is Il
theory on which Virginia has based
her prohibition law, now in its third
month of operation. She has not
sought to reform the moderate drin-
ker nor even the drunkard. She has
expressly allowed any citizen who
complies with certain easy conditions
to bring into the State q quart Of
whisky or gallon OF wine Il month,
but she has so prescribed and circum-
scribcd those conditions that it is al
most impossible for any one to bring
in. under his own or fictitionS name.
more than the monthly ration" And
she has determined that her law shall
be enforced in letter and in spirit, for
she has sci over it as her Commits
sioner of Prohibition Il militant
Methodist minister who for years
has been one of j. Barleycorn's stou-
test foemcn. There is no doubt about
it. the law will be obcycd, and it will
be the law rs written, not the law in
an accommodating or IN elastic form.
But even so enforced, it is not Il
harsh law. True enough, ii does not
provide the time honorcd hunters ra-
ton of zone quart per man per day."
but the Virginia gentleman may still
have his morning toddy of whisky,
sugar, and water-albcit IL modest
one.l And so the Virginia law leaves
him almost where. it found him.
"Ephraim is joined TO idols; let him
alone"
To the aim and end of the law,
then. 1t would remove from the
State, from the eyes of the youth, the
saloon and the spectacle of public
drinking. 1t looks beyond the present
to- the time when the boys of today
and tomorrow shall have become men,
and it embodies and breathes the
hope that, not seeing saloons, not
seeing the liquor evil too oft, and
not too familiar with it's face they
will never learn to drink. The fra
mcrS of the law believe that under
It's mild hut effective operation the
next generation will know nothing
OF the habitual drink, and, occupied
with other things closer to it and
more important, will care less.
Effective since Nov. /, what has
The law done so far? At least it is
complying the iails of the State and
starving the jailers who live by the
board paid by the cities and counties
for their prisoners. The City Ser
geant of Richmond, Custodian of the
City Jail, sends The Times this state
ment OF the average number of pri-
soners in Jail for each month of last
year:
January, 267; February, $40; March
10y; April, $50; May, $50; June, $50;
July, 3O6;, August, 274; September,
T 100; October, 2GS; November, PIT;
The Richmond City Sergent adds:
:, The reduction in December is no
doubt caused by the prohibition law
which went into effect on Nov. /.
We have in Jail today, Jan. 10.
"nlnety-six prisoners"
The City Sergeant, once one of tho
highest paid city officials, recently
applied to the Richmond CITY Coun,
ell for relief, saying he could no lon
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-02-02

The wheat crop of the world last
year was reduced one-fourth below
normal. In the United Statos ut this
time, the authorities tell us, there is
only surplus OF 50 million bushels.
~ millions of which have already been
sold to foreign governments. Dur
ing the month of January exports of
wheat from this country and Can
ada was eight million bushels n
week, as against five and three-ouar.
ter millions per week during Decem-
oer 1t appears now that all the sur
Plus wheat may be taken before the
next crop comes in. No reduction in
price, therefore, is likely.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-02-02
NICE SMALL FARM.

House and about 80 acres, 1
mile straight and two miles
around the road, from Bluefield.
2 story house, nice lawn, land
all cleared, in high state of cul-
tlvation. $50 bearing fruit
trees, some pears, about half
acre in berries, fine grapes, good
well of water, spring house,
smoke house, 2 barns, wood.
shed, buggy shed, etc. This is
a fine proposition Tor trucking
in vegetables and fruits, etc.
Proximity to Bluefield affords
uneXceptional and ready mar
ket. Cheap at $4,000. Owner
has other business.
For further particulars, adj
dress, j. A. LESLIE, Tazewell,
Va.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-02-02
NOTICES,
10 the stockholders of Buckhorn Iron
Improvement Company:

10 the stockholders of Buckhorn Iron
Improvement Company:
A meeting Of the stockholders of
Buckhorn Iron & Improvement Com
pany is called to be held at the Of
flee of Chapman, Pcery & Buchanan,
IN the town Of Tazewell, Virginia. on
the 1st day of March, 1917, ut eleven
O'Clock n. m, to consider resolutions
tdopted by the Board of Director;
providing for an amendment to the
charter of the Company as follows:
l. 10 change the name of the COM
fany to Buckhorn Coal Company, Inc.
2. To provide for the. issue by the
Board of Directors to preferred stock.
hot exceeding $4,000, bearing 7 DER
Get cumulative dividend;
8. To provide that notice of all
meetings, may be given in writing I'd
tire stockholders by serving upon then,
personally or oy mailing the same to
each stakeholder at his last known
post Office address at least ten days
''lor to such meeting, either of which
shall be deemed sufficient notice.
by order of the Board of, Directors
B. w. STRAS, Jr., Secretary.
January 22. 1917. 1-26-4i.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-02-02
FOR YEARS TO COME"
lNew York Times.l


Since the estimate of the German
losses made by the National Zeitung
of Berlin was sent from the capital
by wireless to Sayville. it must have
passed the German censorship, and,
whether Approximately correct OF not
Its publication could not have been
regarded with disapproval by the
Government. The Letung estimated
the losses at 100000 and declar-
ed that Germany still has at least
8,000,000,000 men available and could
carry on the war for years to come.
1t is worth noticing that, according
to Marshall Joffre's statement to
James M. Beck, the French losses
at Verdun were only 100000 while
the estimate of the German losses
is 100000.
Let us suppose that Germany will
have to carry on the war for only
two more years and during those two
years will not lose any more than
she has lost in the last two, and let
us take the National Zeitung's fig
urcs us correct. Out of the 100000
men the Zeitung promises to the
front, then, 100000 would fall, in
addition to the 100000 that have
fallen already. For what are these
2.0OO,00O additional lives to be sac
riticed, for what gain to Germany?
The. 100000 that have already fall
en- have fallen in vain attempt to
extend the the German Empire, but
that book is sealed now; the German
Empire will not be extended. For
what purpose these other 100000
die, for what are the other 6,O0O,-
900 to face death?
If these 100000 men die, they
will not be dying for the annexation
OF Belgium OF the North of France,
for Belgium and the North of France
will be evacuated when peace is made.
They will not be dying for the an
ncXation of Russian Poland, for Rus
sian Poland will not he annexed to
Germany. They will not be dying
for the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT and increase
OF the Austro- Hungarian Monarchy,
for Serbia and Montenegro will not
be dying that hte British fleet NAV
be dismantled, for the British fleet
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-02-02
ear on The farm OF by the farm.

year on the fsy7n OF by the farm.
Everything and everybody should be
up and ut il. A word of caution is
also soundcd-don't "over-crop" your
self, that is, put out more acreage
than can be properly taken care of.
DON'T bite off more than you can
chew, but only so much AS can be
properly worked. One acre grow
ing 100 bushels Of corn il fer pref
cradle and cheaper than acres grow
ing only the same quantity.
The motto this year 1917 is "Grow
Bigger Crops"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-02-02
BILLY SUNDAY SAYS: put
GOD FIRST"

81 am not n member of any lodge,
and never expect to be-" said Billy
Sunday, "but if were member Of
Il lodge and there was Il prayer-mect-
ing coming OH Wednesday night,
would be ut the prayer meeting
instead of the lodge meeting. am
not against the lodges; they do some
good work in the world, but that don't
save anyone for God. God is first, ant,
the lodge meeting second. God is
Il st and society second God is first
and business is second. In the be-
ginning God Seek you first God. and
everything else shall be added unto
you. Christianity is addition, sin is
subtraction. Christianity is peace.
JOY, salvation, heaven. Sin takes
away peace, happiness, sobliety and
it takes away health You are rob
blng God when you spend time doing
something that don't amount to any
thing. when you might be doing
something for Christ You are rob.
bing God when you 20 to foolish
nmusements, when you sit around
reading trashy novels, instead of the
word OF God, when you sit and dream
over When Knight.lood Was in Flow
er' Ships that pass in the Night or
novels of Marie Corclli, and eating
fudge and panucha."
One of our exchanges reports that
inc high cost of paper has caused
eight hundred papers in this country
to suspend publication. The probn.
putty is that we had at least eight
hundred too many papers and publ.
cations. But some of the papers
which are still going on are among
Ihose we could most easily parc."-,
Religious Herald.
Among which number could be in
Guided, of course, some of the relip-
ious weaklies.