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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-04-20

tho ate little, but about 9 o'clock
had hard chill and became uncon-
scious and never rallied. Went as
though falling asleep. Father ador-
eli gray, SO, dressed in gray, he was
buried in a gray casket. He looked
so peaceful and as tho not dead. Fa-
ther hadn't had care for years. His
boys treated him and mother like
children in their care for them.
Mother, has improved some in health
this winter. She will miss him sore
ly. Her grief makes it doubly hard
fo,. u.s." = M. l.. VOYLES.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-04-20
SUNDAY SCHOOL RALLY DAY.

The time has come when the hiber-
nnting Sunday Schools should creep
out of winter quarters. If not al
ready out, come out ut once, and go
into vigorous spring and summer
campaign. All the schools should set
an early Sunday as rally day, go to
church and Sunday school day.
While the United States is "rallying
around the flag" let church people
not forget TO rally to the Banner of
Peace. Name Orally day." and in
form this paper and date will be pub
lished.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-04-20
MIR. BLACK FORCED TO CLOSE
STUDIO BY ILL HEALTH.

Mr.. A. M. Black, who advertised
in this paper that his studio would be
opened for business on the 20th, has
been forbidden to work by his ply
sician and hns received the sentence
of two months close confinement to
his bed. MIR. and Mrs. Black recently
returned to Tnzewell from Florida,
and on their why home Mr.. Dlnck
consulted the specialists in Richmond
who advised him that complete rest
FOR two months was necessary to re-
store him to health. He is spending
the time ut his home here.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-04-20
FISH Law is STRINGENT.

Under the present law applicable
to Tazewell county person can only
fish with hook and line, with one
hook to the line. For many years it
has been the practice of our people
TO catch horny heads in traps and
nets, and incidentally catch suckers
and other fish, too, but this practice
cannot be indulged in under the pres
ent law. A few weeks ago man
near Graham tried two hooks TO the
line, and he was fined Sis and costs.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-04-20
a GERMAN SPY (?)

"A casual inquiry by stranger on
the street here Wednesday,, to the
location of the towns wntcr supply,
caused some excitement. Scrgennt.
Thompson, fearing that the inquir-
er might have nm ultcrior motive.
plnccd II guard ut the reservoir We'd
ncsdny night with strict Injunction
thnt none should pnss that way un-
less lheir indcntitY wns Known.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-04-20
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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-04-20
French Capture Great Army in On.
slaught OH German Lines.

The German and Allied armies arc
locked in n gigantic struggle on n
12b-mile battle line in what is said
to be one of the greatest battles of
the war, and will be deciding one.
The battle has been raging for weeks,
but reports state, "thc worst is yet
TO come"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-04-20
BANE-NicGUIRE.

Miss Sadie Mcclure, of Cedar Bluff,
and Mr.. Fred r. Bane, of Pulaski,
were married at the home of the
brides sister, Mrs. Wade II. Peery
at North Tazewcl Tuesday. Rev.
f.. M. Buhrman, the brides pastor,
ofIlciated ut the marriage. After the
ceremony Mr.. and Mrs. Bane left foc
II visit east and will make their home
Mt Pulaski.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-04-20
THE BIG WAR LOAN AVAILABLE

On yesterday the United States
Senate passed the war credit bill,
and seven billion dollars will be
available for the armies of the U.
S., and the assistance of the armies
Of the allied powers.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-12-11
CROP VALUES.

We're apt To OyereStlmate the value
OF wheat. just because we eat 1t our
selves From Il broad economic stand.
point the things that animals eat are
more important There's hay. for eX'
ample While our national wheat
crop. at war prices, is valued at the
respectable figure Of Sl,320 600, $40,
our hay crop Is worth 81 ,3900o0,ooo,
The cotton crop is worth more than
that. being estimated at Sl,9Sl ,oto,-
GOO Our corn crop is the most I'M
.portant of all with its tremendous
market value OF Si,6i9.o000o0. Our
oat crop is worth throe-fourth as
much as our wheat, and our potatoes
nearly half as much.
Altogether the American farmer
has produced This year S2i 100000 COS
worth of foodstulfs. over twice The
combined value OF any two previous
years. and as much as our total cX
pend,ures for the first year of the
war, including all our loans to our
allies. We rather guess Reuben has
done his bit May he do as well next
year
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-12-11
THE LIFE or PAsTEUH
Remarkable Private and Public Char.
acter Of French Scientist

Few better eXemplays Of The Car.
iylian definition Of genius ever exist
ed than Louis Pasteur. Painstaking
toll, that in two branches of science
where it must needs be followed thru
with mathematical eXactlture, wp5
me dominant trait in his character.
Coupled with il were an idealism and
IN enthusiasm that would brook no
bounds. altogether an equipment thai
played logical part in the produc-
ION of the splendid achievements
18th which Pasteur's name is asSoci1t
ed. His life is the subject of a reada-
bic little monograph published recent
IT, by the Frederick A. Stokes coni
pany in their Great Men, series (1o
tents). The authors are Albert KeilG
and Louis Lumet. and the translation
/ rom the French is the work of Frcder
il Tabor Cooper
/ Born in 1922. Pasteur passed
through boyhood and early youth
without giving much evidence OF flu.
| lure greatness. In lS42, a note at
! tached to his diploma as candidate
/ FOR tho ecole normale informed the
/ faculty that in chemistry he was oniy
/ mediocre He first attracted attention
/ by his explanation of the rotary pow.
ar of one Of two tartaric acid forms
10 turn the plane of polarized light.
| the experiment once proved, was per
| formed again for the benefit of Prof.
/ Blot, who cried, convinced: my dear
hoy, have loved science so dearly all
10Y life that this sets my heart beat
ing,'
! From this point forward Pasteur's
career is record Of distinguished
successes, eliminating, as every lay
man knows, in his discovery OF The
germ theiry and his investigators OF
hydrophobia and tie founding Of the
pasteur institute. But before these
results we're achieved he had won
fame from others OF great economic
II not SO great humanitarian import,
germ theory and his Investigations of
ruinous sllkworm epidemic which
brought him in touch with the ctomo
oyist. Henri Fabre. He knew nothing
of silkworms, shaking cocoon near
bis car he exclaimed: why there Is
something inside!'' But he mastered
the plague In such thorough fashion
that he preserved the silk industry
for France. An epidemic Of chicken
cholera was stamped out with similar
effectiveness.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-12-11
SORORITY TO HELP
CITYS WORTHY POOR

The ALUMNI Of the Tau Epsilon Scr.
GRITTY win do away with their annual
dinner dance this year on account OF
the war. according 10 announcemC mt
made today and will spend the
money that is always spent on this
dance in sending out baskets to needy
families in this city.
The dinner dance given each year
by the sorority is always It's largest
formal social affair Of the year and Is
given at the Christmas season. Thia
year the dance will be entirely omit
ted and about fourteen baskets, filled
with all kind OF good things TO eat
for the Christmas dinner will be sent
Out
Each basket will contain chicken
canned vegetables cake fruit candy
nuts, coffee. bread, butter and several
other daintics The baskets will be
personally packed aud delivered by
the girls.
The committee in charge OF the
Christmas baskets is made up OF
Misses Margaret lcnt2er. Madeline
Hardin. Martha limbaugh, Florence
Hornung and Mary billiard,
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-12-11
NAVY is OPEN TO
DRAFT ENlISTMENTS
UNTIL DECEMBER IS

Registered men can enlist Ia he
navy until December l5tu provided
thc> are not needed 10 i'm ia tbc de-
fcrrcd quota from this district 40
the prcaen iIWc there is q biz de-
maud for Hrmcu Jpprentic" rcamcn.
ga engine repair men, signal mon
and carpenters Tor the aNiation
branch of the navy The nay in This
branch Of the service is from S&2.Gp
To $3.50 TO start with
The La Sale naval recruiting Offices
located ut So First street is open
every evening until 80. Even men
who have been examined by The local
exemption board can enlist. but every
registered man must obtain writ
zen statement from the local board
SAYING that he will not be- needed 10
nil in a deferred quota before enlist
H..
The last shipment of men TO leave
this district for the naval training
station will be- Friday afternoon. Dec.
18th. at O'Clock
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-12-11
A BUSINESS HINT FOR CONGRESS

One of the suggestions maze by The
president IN his address to congress.
which ought 10 be promptly made Of.
fectigc. Is the reform Of the appro.
priations machinery in The house.
There Is an appropriations committee
which is only nominally what it pro.
fesses to he. II was stripped of pow
or thirty years ago and It, functions
divided among nearly a dozen com.
mittees As a natural consequence,
the logical, systematic handling of
appropriation measures by experts. ac.
cording TO coherent budget plaAt, IL
impossible. The committees. acting
independently, DO as they please.
This arrangement Is enormously
wastcful and dangerous at time
when appropriations run up into tens
Of billions a year A single commit.
tee. composed OF experts or employ.
ing the services OF experts. by cen.
tering responsibility, standarlzing OK.
penditure and avoiding duplication,
might greatly expedite our war activi.
ties aud save the country hundreds Of
millions year
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-12-11
MEATLESS AND WHEATlESS
SACRIFICES"

In Chicago and several other cities
there have been published statements
OF protest against whcaless and
meatlcss days, on the ground that
they lnnict burdensomc and unneccs.
sary sacrifices. Food Administered )r
lIooyer's reply should give quick
auietuS TO all such walls, whatever
the motive back OF them.
1t is only lately. he says, that there
has been enough meat saved by the
Observance Of meatless days to enable
he United States to fnlhll even a
part Of It's duty in shipping meat to
our needy allies
AS for wheat, he explains. the small
surplus OF our 1917 harvest over and
above our own normal demands has
already been sent abroad TO help meet
the urgent demand No more can be
shipped to our allies at ALL until next
years crop is reaped, unless the Am.
erican people are willing to save some
of their usual allowance by the sub
stitution Of other foodstufls.
Thus the feeding of many millions
Of people. with whom we sympathize
and who are our loyal comrades in
the war. depends on our whcatess
and mCatloss days. 1t rests with us
10 determine whether they shall sur.
yiYc in health and good spirits and
fighting efficiency or succumb TO
debility, disease and possibly death
from starvation
And with us Il is not a choice be.
tween eating aud not eating. between
food aud hunger. Nobody asks the
American people to 80 hungry. It Is
merely choice as to whether we
shall ovrr cat Of certain loodStufls.
according TO our old habit, or save
part Of those foodstuTls for cxpor,a.
Ion by tho easy method OF substitute.
Ing For them other foodstuf(s for OK.
portatIon BY The easy method of sub.
stItntlng for them other foodstufs no
less wholesome and nourishiug
In the case Of at least nine people
out Of ten. there's no sacrifice what.
ever about It. It's merely question
OF thoughtfulncss
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-12-11
WHEN ONE MAKES MISTAKES
Extenuatino Circumstances Are usu.
ally Cited as Excuse for the Ma.
jority OF Hlunders.

The average far-mindpd man AL.
mits thnt he makes mistakes AT times.
but. and there always Is the extern
Mating hut" when We seek 10 OK
cuSe our failures, he believes. even If
nnronsciously. that the mistakes that
others make are bigger mistakes than
his. says the Charleston News md
Courier. Deep down in our hearts the
roots OF self-compaccncY SlrilSo--Sn
deep. in fact. that with most nf H.
ii is useless to try and pull Them ont.
At those rare times. Wheu we see
/ ourselves as others see us. when We
begin to understand that we are nt
| fault 70 q larger degree than the other
man. we may make an honest effort
1 to overcome the disposition 20 yield
! to dissatisfaction. but unless we
/ work hard and patiently and pcrsc-
I Ncringlv we will find ourselves forever
/ falling back into the old h1hit. Y is
4 SO easy to criticize something 'hat
| another person does that fails io meet
/ OUT HHptbNili. anu No 'Hll'IN nv UNI
] 10 think that we would never be
/ guilty Of like weakness.
We might have made q mistake we
/ argue but we would have discovered
the error in time 10 correct il. and
/ certainly we never would have hlun.
/ tlered to the extent OF our neghbOr
| How do we know what We would have
/ done in similar circumstances, how
ever. and why should we assume Il po'
eition of superiority which in truth
| We are not entitled to assume? II is
enough for ia 10 concern ourselves
With out own failures, our own mis-
takes. our own shortcomings. and to
leave TO others the readiustment Of
their own lives.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-12-11
Scientific Management.

Expressed concretcly, scientific man.
agement is the conduct of business
along the lines followed by skilled and
successful managers who are broad in
Judgment and progressive in their
mental attitude toward life. asserts
W. Il. ConoYer in Industrial Manage
mont. That Il degree Of advancement
in progressive methods of manufac-
ture, and in progressive principles Of
executive supervision has taken place
within the past two decades. no one
can dispute. II is the formulation Of
these more advanced practices into
definite rules Of procedure which has
come in Percent Years to bc designated
rs a business science.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-12-11
BIG SHOW PLANNED
FOR OTTAWA JAN. !

An athletic contest backed by prac'
tieally all the civic organizations was
agreed upon for New Years day in
Ottawa. according 10 arrangements
made last nigh at a meeting OF the
executive committee in Union hall
The performance which will be
staged at one of the local theatres,
will consist of three or four clever
mills. with some Of the best stars of
the squared ring as participants
Among those who are being sought
for the Ottawa contest are Red Do
Ian. whose first appearance here won
him a strong following of Ottawa en-
tbusiasts. and others equally as we'll
known TO the game rs the brick top.
All receipts from the show will be
turned over TO the Ottawa boys at
Camp Houston, other camps OF the
country and those in cantonmcnts.
The cash will be under the supervi.
sion of a committee Of reputable bust
ness men. every prcCaution being tax.
en- 10 see that no edge Is taken off
the gate and the profits diverted to
any other sources other than the one
promised by the promoters.
Much enthusiasm ccntercd about
last nights meeting when arrange
ments were partially completed for
the exhibition. The show will be op.
Grated rs was the recent one in
Strrator. and the profits will be split
fairly and equitably among the soldier
boys.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-12-11
HIS DRAFT EVIDENCE
FALLS FLAT: Is HELD

Adam Wolff the DO who Vas Al
rested by q Peru policeman while in
the Peru intcrurban station. has failed
10 produce evidence that he regis
tered on June 18th and viii be held
for the federal authorities
When hr was taken into custody
thu officer asked To see his rrcistta
tion card Woln said that hc nal
lost IT, but that Ic WAS registered in
Chicago. He gave the name of
board there. claiming thai it WAS his
local board. \ telegram received
from the president of that board this
mornins carried he news that he
was not registered with them. lie
will be- brought to Ottawa to await a
hearing before the federal authorities
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-12-11
When the day breaks some men are
too lazy to make use Of the pieces.
How SILK Worms Work.

On attaining their fun growth silk
worms seek something to which TO az.
inch themselves in order to wind them.
selves up In their silk envelopes. Iiay-
Ing found it, the worm spins thread
from 800 to 1000 yards long, wrap.
ping II around its body nv It spins.
This takes from 10 to Is hours. Il
LETT alone the worms skin hur,lens, it,
internal organs disintegratc to q thin
Jelly and then begin rcorgnnizing
themselves into those of a butterfly.
within week or ten days II would
be butterfly and as such would eDt
lts way on, through Its envelope Of
silk.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-12-11
ECONOMICS IN THE BI6LE
Everlasting Truth to Be Found in One
Of the Iniunetiors Laid Down
BY Christ.

There is vast deal of sound eco
nonlcs IN the new testament. says
writer in the American Magazine. Br
selfish nobly. Love Thy ueichbMr rs
myself" When Christ said that. h.
set II down as an everlasting truth
that man must love himself in order
to achieve anything N all in this
world, and that the attempt Is loec
another rs he does himself is to Struc-
gle toward an ideul.
Moreover when he told thS rich
young man 10 give all he had ~ the
poor, ne issped the commend net be-
cause he de>pisrd money and the
things money Symholzrs hut because
he saw that this particular yonn. man
Was q waSter. one who couldn't stand
prosperity" and that the use he made
Of his money harmed him instead or
helping him. There were "Q'iartrr
horses" 1000 years ago. inst AS there
are quarter horses today
To be selfish in . fine way is to-
carry oui ones highest destiny. That
is real philosophy, II is also reul COM.
mon sense. Why Is Il man pat into
the world IL ii II not to max" be hc.t
of himself, IT, improve b!mssif to i'm
press himself on his community and
his world? Tint Is Just what he is
intended 10 do.
And he does II in two ways The
first is by his responsiveness, his pow
or TO get things; II matters not whcth
or what h. gets Is money ar learning
or power of cloqucucc, ar the serenity
of lofty thought. The second is by Us.
ing properly what he has got whether
it Is money. or learning, or power
And II he does use II properly h. Is
on sure ground TO use II properly
means that he uses II for his own
good and, incidentally. for tho good
of others. that he wastes II neither
in foolish living nor in extrayagant Nv.
Ing, and, above all that h. uses II SO
that il increases even while II Is be-
Ing used. SO that. in the end, he always
grows In power and self-sutficlcucy,
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-12-11

of good faith and beartcn our boys at
the front and on tho seas. Incident.
ally the Liberty Bond dollars put up
"a rafting good fight against the
oncmv,
Then having accomplished these
useful ends, they're going to come
travelling back TO the people who
loaned them to the government And
they'll come back with interest IT
they could only appreciate the value
Of their services as we do they'd prob.
ably feel mighty proud that they
haven't been used for needless food
and clothing for folks at home. that
they haven't been wasted on idle
pleasures WITH no real recreational
value that they have served their
country abroad and saved wealth for
It's citizens at home.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-12-11
FoundrcSs Of Carthaoe.

II Is believed 10 have been in tho
ninth century Il. {. TINT the phocni.
clans founded the colony Of Carthage,
on the northern coast Of Africa.
destined Ia become tho most famous
of all the numerous settlements made
by them. Legend. however, credit.
Dido With being the fo'ipdrcss Of
Carthage. She was the daughter Of a
king of Tyre. whose successor WAS
rygmalion. the brother Of Dido He
murdered her husband aud sought to
gain his wealth hut Dido. taking the
treasure which had been hidden. and
accompanied by n large number Of
Tyrians escaped by sea.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-12-11
GRANT TO CLOSE AS
ARMY CAMP; MAY Be
MADE A WAR PRISON
RuMORS AFLoAT GOVERNM EMIT
INTENDS TO TAKE OVER ILL
NoIS CANTONMENT AND MAKE
NTERNMENT CAMP OF IT.

! Rockford. H.. Dee lt.--Leadms
men of Rockford ana many Camp
Grant officers are excited today by
+ persistent reports the eanlonment Is
b 20 be abandoned as a training station
/ One version says Camp Grant will be
! turned into an intcmment camps for
alien enemies
Army officers are chiefly interested
in that rumor. known TO have been
discussed today in Washington and
Chicago. 1t is said troops left here
would be transferred TO Camp Custer.
Battle Creek. Mich. consolidating the
selected men Of the two cantonmcnts
into one division. The combination
would leave hundreds of officers OF
this division without assignments.
information is Asked.
John H. Camln, president OF the
Rockford Chamber Of Commerce. is
said to be IN Washington seeking con.
iirmation or denial Circumstantial
evidence, considered sufficiently
strong to warrant worry by those in
.ercsted is offered by these facts and
bits oil gossip,
Abandonment of plans for nam.
moth theatsr building at Camp Grant.
thus supporting the theory prisoners
and not soldiers are to be stationed
there.
Delay by the War Department in
fixing n date for the arrival of the
next increment Of selected men.
Thirty -four per cent Of the draft is
yet TO come
The statement by Il civilian in close
touch with military affairs that the
government about February will in
luguratc system of ballasting re-
turning transports with German and
Austrian prisoners Of war. Addition
al camps would be required for these
prisoners. in addition TO the large
number to be- informed as n result of
he declaration Of war on Austria.
$500 Troops Detained.
Statements by men interested in
construction they expect future train
ny camps will be placed in the South
md Southwest
Failure Of the $500 South Carolina
negroes officially destined some time
ago for Camp Grant 10 appear.
headquarters could offer no lights
Oh The truth or falsity Of HE reports
Of the contemplated removal Gen.
eral kcnnon Is pIunging along. nc.
cording 10 his original plans. treating
his command as permanent division
and With splendid results.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-12-11
Fair WsrnirG.

w ibe reign Of Charles II certa,l
"orthy divine 1I whitehall thus nd
dressed h'mselt 10 the auditory ut the
conclusion pf his sermon; In short. Il
you don't live up TO the prccepis of til,
gospel. but abandon Yourselves to youl
Irregular apnetltcS. YOU must expect IL
receive your reward IN certuin place
Which Ills not good manners to men,
ton here. "--Iaconics.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-12-11
Even.Toned Wood.

Small sp'ioters or the wood Of old
CremoDa violius. when vlbrated with q
bow, have been found to give in.
variably the same note; and that note
is always tone higher when the wood
is taken from the belly OF the instrl.
mept than when It comes from the
back.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-12-11
LIFE STORY OF THOSE DOLLARS

The dollars invested in Liberty
Bonds have many and thrilling advon.
lures. First they 70 to the govern.
ment as a loan to help carry on the
war. Thus they bear messages of
loyalty and determination for success
from the nation to It's government.
Next they are expended by tho gov.
ernmont for food. clothing, smmuui.
ton, which go to our soldiers and
sailors. Here again they are tokens