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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1918-07-26
THE NEGLECTED. HOUSE.
(Minna Irving in the N. Y. Herald.

Mlnna Irving i'll the N. Y. Herald.)
The grass is high around the step;
Unpruned, the orchard trees
Drop rosy treasures overrpcd.
A banquet for the bees,
The blinds half off their hinges swing
The broken gates ajar,
From the window hangs flag
With one blue service star.
The pretty house across the way
Is kept with constant care;
The lawn is cut, walks are trimmed.
The flowers are bright and fair.
A small garage behind it holds
A new and shining car,
But, oh, its window has no flag
That shows Il service star.
And when the people pass along
The road that runs between
They do not glance toward the house,
Where all is neat and cle;.n;
But every eye is turned upon
My paintless window bar,
From which depends the sacred flag
With one blue service star.
I'm proud because the weeds are thick
The roses choked and dead,
The fences down, the shingles off,
y leaky roof DER head.
1t means my man has gone to fight
For France and freedom far
And left me here to keep The flag
With one blue service star.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1918-07-26
THE SOULS OF CORPORATIONS

There is an old axiom of English
law that corporations have no souls.
The manner in which thousands of
corporations have given their services
and their means to the Liberty loan,
to the Red Cross and to the Y. M. C.
A. and to other national efforts dur
ing this war seems to disprove the
truth of the saying.
The Congress of the United States
seems to have adopted the view that
a corporation may have soul, since
it has authorized national banks to
contribute to the American Nation
al Red Cross out of any net profits
available under the law for the dec
laration of dividends. The law fur
ther provides that funds so contrib
uted shall be used by the Red Cross
in furnishing voluntary aid to the
sick and wounded of the combatant
armies, the voluntary relief of the Ar
my, and Navy of the United States,
and the relief of suffering caused by
the war to the people of the United
States and their abide nations.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1918-07-26

on innocent people be avenged. Say
to the folks that when they give to
the Red Cross, Y. M. G. A. funds
that they are rendering just as great
service as those of us who are in
uniform.
We do not have a Y. NJ. C. A. in
this town, but l understand there
will be one opened real soon. The
7. M. G. G. A. does more for. us
than we ever realized while we were
i'm Camp Lee.
/ find it very difficult to get by
with any French. 1t ali seems en-.
tirely foreign to what l studied at
though and hope to be speaking fluent
French when l return to the States.
Inc customes here are so very diff
erent to ours. We spent quite a bit
OF Time learning to count French
money. Uncle Sam introduced us to
1t by paying us off in fancs. He has
adopted their system over here. The
price of everything over here is about
three times more than it is in Amer
lea: For example the stationary on
winch | am writing costs ten francs
or $500, The business people think
we are all millioncires because we are
from America. There is no theatre to
go to. They don't know what ice
cream or chocolate is. They all deal
IN WINE or beer and substitute it for
water. Give all the folks nv love
and write oftener. | will write Won
again soon Your brother, TOM.
from L. l.. Bowling to his sister.
Mrs. Reese Anderson, at Graham.
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To Mr.. and Mrs. A. b. Lcffel. Shaw
vers Mill, Va.
Jesse Crcgar Enjoying Camp Life.


Jesse Cregar Enjoying Camp Life.
list Co, 18th Battery, Infantry
Replacement Camp, Camp Lee.
Va, July II,
Dear Papa and All:
| got your letter as we went thru
the hall to dinner. | think the box
is there, but can't get it until we 70
to supper. We are not allowed to go
to the office except as we go through
to meals.
1t is raining, so we havn't drilled
this morning-thc first we have
missed since we have been here, but
we will be drilled indoors this af
ternoon. y days rest, yes even an
hour, in day time, would be some
thing unusual.
We are called now, l will finish
this later.
havn't been weighed, so don't
know whether I've gained any or moi.
If | could go to the Y. NJ. C. A.,
| could be weighed but we can't go
anywhere while we are in quaran-
tine.
You spoke of pap's coming to Sc
me. 1t would be very interesting to
him to visit camp, but no one is al
lowed inside the barracks where am
stationed on account of the ouaran-
tine, though | could talk with him Mt
distance. We have about all our
outfit for overseas. Can't tell how
soon we will go. None of the fell
lows who came last will be granted
passes home.
Don't worry about me. am ready
and willing to go across. The sooner
we go the sooner this war may end.
am doing the best | can and rs
near right rs | possibly can.
| Well, got the box. Everythine
was good. Reese and a few Others
enjoyed it with me.
The fellow who hunks beside me
IS foreigner. He has a big CLOTHING
store in Roanoke.
often feel sorry for him. He
can't understand the commands. but
he does his best. l will sell YOU q
little thing about him. He has what
he claims is a piece of the robe Je.
sus wore. He has it sewcd up in .
little leather parcel, and wears il
on his neck. He ripped the lcathc,
and showed me the piece of cloth. n
is some kind of silk. took it in m,
hand and examined it. The hest
could understand him, it was handed
down to him by the Pope.
| am sending in this letter Il it'll,
money for Brother Thompson.
will close for this time. JESS.
From Jesse Cregar, to his father
Jos. Cregar, in Thompson Valley.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1918-07-26
MINE WORKERS MAKING BIG
WAGES.

With the patriotic speeding-up of
production, the mine-workers, to
whose efforts the steadily increasing
production is largely due, are making
wages that. even in these days of
high pay for skilled labor, should
make coal mining attractive, and
draw many recruits to the mines.
At Thayer, Va, where the miners
determined to celebrate the Fourth
of July by a coal-digging contest.
one mine-worker with his son as
helper made $25 day. Two nephews
OF the superintendent of the mine
cleared up $45 by their combined eff
forts for the day. These same young
men earned exactly $500 each for
five days work in that week. They
are both going into military service
and they explained their speeding-up
by the fact that they were anxious
to have some spare change when
they went after the Kaiser.
From other mine fields similia,.
conditions are reported. In the Fair
mont district it is common thing
for mine-workers to make 5000 =
month and an instance is cited of q
negro laborer who came to the field
from Alabama and made S132.SO in
the hrst two weeks he worked.
Under the stimulous of the large
amount of money to be made the MI
ners are gradually lengthening their
working hours; more than ever be.
fore getting up to their full forty
eight hours week Many of them.
however, who are working Longer.
hours, are not impelled solely by the
nigh wages to be made, but by the
thought that every extra hours work
they put in is helping, by that much,
to win the war.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1918-07-26
PROVE 1T.

Missing her two-year-old, the mot
her went to look for him and found
the youngster in the kitchen on the
floor by the coal-scuttle, carefully
wlping. piece of coal with his little
white handkerchief. ''o
"Cleanin, toal, mama," he expla-
:. Why, Sony, come away from
there! You can't clean COAL"
Yes, mama. See?" showing the
blackened handkerchief. GAIL COMM
OF; all black comm off."ZHarper's
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1918-07-26

President Taft and Il committee
of Frenchmen several months apo
toured the environments of the Ma
tional Army in the United States,
and rendered the verdict that the
men were the finest body of soldiers
ever assembled in the world. It's
proven to have been just praise as
witness the happenings on the West
ern front in France.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1918-07-26

U. 8. Food NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
or Squire 'Tater low he goin' to
be mighty nigh king or de roos'
'mong garden sass folks We alls
kin eat him as q 'tater boiled, baked,
fried, stewed, cooked wild cheese en-
dey gettin' so dey mako i'm inter
flour; SOS we kin Substitute" him
To- wheat flour. He's lie "suhstitu-
tenest" of all de vittles, he seq.
De udder garden sass folks lals
fnguns, tomatues, cabbage en- turniDs
en- squash don't need to git peeved,
cause dey's goIn' to be room in de
pot fo' de whole tribe. Ev'y las
one on 'em can hep save wheat en-
meat fer de boys OATS DOM dc fight
in over yander.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1918-07-26
ERNEST l.. WALKER.
How the Boys Are Sent on Their
Way in Illinois.
Cambridge, ILL.,, July 16.

Cambridge, ILL.,, July 16.
Dear Editor:
l has been quite n while since l
have. written any for the paper. 1
see from the last issue that a num-
Der of the Virginia boys are to leave
today for Camp. am sorry they have
to go. EXery time 1 see list l see
names l am real well acquainted
with. Kewanee and Cambridge peo-
pie sure do give the boys here :
grand send-off. June 26 230 boys left
Cambridge. Our Baptist church gave
them supper. l just mention this so
you can see how we treat the boys
that go from here. They met at the
Armory Hall las court is in SESSION.
and marched four abreast to the
church. The tables were arranged ar
tistically. Rev. Mr.. Miller, pastor of
the church, offered prayer, then all
sat down; then we women got busy
dishing up. The tables were beau
tifully decorated with flowers, silver
wear, cut glass, china and white lin
en-. We had pickles, jelly Said, lima
beans, bread and butter. On each
plate was mashed potatoes, biscuit,
cream and cake. On the cream was
placed toothpick with an Ameri-
can flag fastened to it. All departed
for different places for the night. At
9:15 on the 9th all left for TIE camp
at Rockford, Ill. 1t was sad scene,
but very beautiful. Then again, last
Wednesday, the Goth, 299 left Cam
bridge for Camp Grant at Rockford,
and all received the same attentions.
1t is reported now that over 500 are
to go in two or three weeks. The sit
uation is becoming critical here. A
large number of the last calls in
cludes farm hands, and it is almost
impossible to get the grain harvest
ed.
1t is wonderful what the Red Cross
is doing here. They had celebration
here at Kewanee the 4th. In the pa
rade six girls carried Red Cross
Flag. AS they marched our people
threw money on the flag. When they
got to the Fair ground they mad over
$500 on it.
We are very busy making hay, cut
ting corn and shocking oats, and put
ting up fruit, and many things to
help win this war. like to have
my Virginia friends keep in touch
with me and if you will please find
space for this badly composed let
ter, l think some of my old Virginia
friends will enjoy reading it.
! am now going to put up 2 BUSH
els of peaches and they are $500 per
bushel. 1 hope 1 can soon call and
see some of the Tazewell people, as
my plans are to go home the first of
September.
l remain, yours truly,
MRS. JOSIE NJ. ANDERSON,
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1918-07-26
SOLDIERS LETTERS.
S. T.. Leirel Wishes He Was At Home
To Help With Corn Cutting.
Somewhere in France

Somewhere in France.
Dear mother, father and family:
How are you all living by this
time? | am well so far, hope l will
continue, but it is cooler over hero
than in the States.
| guess daddy is thinking of cut
ting wheat. Wish | was there TO help
him, for that is something l hardly
ever missed, but hope that l will be
on hand at harvest time next year.
How is Mr.. Pruett and his family
getting along. Tell him he ought to
come over here and learn how to
farm. hope he is we'll. Tell him
would like to sec and talk TO him
now. Is Mus still there or is he
drafted?
How are the boys getting along
with the store by now. Tell them to
do their best, for they can't realize
what they have. would like to write
them, but will hardly have an oppor-
ttunity. This is Sunday. I am not do
ing anything today and l celebrated
my birthday last week, but in an un-
usual way. Is grandma still with you
all? Tell her to write to me, as it
seems | will never get 20 write TO
her, but would like to write every
body.
You all take good care of the little
Ford until | get back. Wish was
there today; would use it little.
| have seen Lewis over here, and he
said Wiley came over or the same
boat. He was getting along ell right.
The rest of the boys are over here
somewhere.
Well, there is little of Interest that
| can write. Certainly hope you are
all well. Take good care of your
selves, and tell the boys to he good
and help you all. Hoping to hear
from you and TO SEQ you soon, l am,
Your loving son,
S. f. LEFFEL..
To Mr.. and Mrs. A. B. Leffel, Shaw
vers Mill, Va.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1918-07-26
FINE FARMS FOR SALE.

Here is farm that ought to COM
mand the attention of anyone want
ing to locate in splendid region.
There are 475 acres, 400 of which
are arabic and easily cultivated, now
producing large crops of wheat, corn
and hay. About rs acres in timber.
The land lies we'll and modern ma
chlnery may be used. Running water
and shade in each of the fields.
There is new frame dwelling
OF II rooms, with two baths, pneu-
matte water system and furnace
heat. The lawn is we'll shaded and
the approach to the house is most
attractive. There are four barns and
other necessary outbuildings
This property is on macadamized
road, close to a prosperous town
where there are fine schools and
other advantages. Station on B. and
o., and electric line 2 miles. Wash
ington do minutes by automobile.
Will submit an offer of Sis per
acre.
A money making farm proposition
IN the very best part of Montgomery
County, Md; 1913 acres of very fer.
tile land, about 20 acres of which are
in timber; the balance of the land
IS arabic and in first class condition;
this, farm produces from 60 to rs
bushels of corn and % to 35 bushels
OF wheat per acre; ample fruit; large
stream through property; 40 acres
of meadow land, set in an old blue
grass sod; the residence is beamti-
fully situated and contains III rooms,
bath, steam heat. Barns, hay bar
racks, etc, all in good condition.
This property is in a macadamized
road. Price $19,S0O.
Our free catalogues describe the
best properties in the best parts of
Virginia and Maryland. Specialize in
Montgomery and Frederick Counties,
Md, and Fairfax, Loudoun, Fauquier,
Clarke and Albermarle Counties,
Va, farms.
REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT
COMPANY, OFFICES:
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Charlottesville, Va, Leesburg, Va.
II. w. HILLEARY, PRESIDENT.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1918-07-26

Lynchburg, Va, July II.
Dear Editor:
AS l am expecting call to the
colors at any moment will not have
the pleasure of again saying good
bye to my friends and loved ones
of Tazewell and my dear old home in
Burke's Garden, and l know of no
better way of saying goodbye to all
of them than thru the G. V. N. If you
can find space for this note, / will
appreciate it.
During the past four years 1 have
been away from home l have been
employed by the Lynchburg Trac-
ton and Light Co. / like Lynchburg
fine and have many friends here l
will be sorry to leave. But none so
dear to me as those back in Tazewell
and Burke's Garden.
| registered for the army in Lynch
burg on the fifth of June. 1917. Since
then | have enlisted in the hospital
corpse of the u. S. navy, and am eX-
pecting to go at any time to some
where in Rhode Island for training. /
hope to get Il furlough home before
embark TO overseas duty. but in
case | do not, may God bless you
dear parents, sisters and friends of
home, and by the help of the same
God | will do my part to help hang
the Kaiser on the sour apple tree and
send sound of peace and comfort
into every heart and home in this
wide world.
Until then, goodbye, and God bless
you all.
ERNEST l.. WALKER
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1918-07-26
WHERE WOMAN EXCELs.

A man cannot do two things at n
time, A woman will broil stake and
see that the coffee does net boil over,
ana watch TIE cat that she docs no.
Seal the temna:.t CT meat or the
Kitchen table, and dress TIE youngest
BOY, and set the table, and see to the
toast, and stir the oatmeal, ;.nd give
the orders to the butcher, and she can
90 1t all Mt onco and not half try
Upton Times.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1918-07-26
Your son, R. P. AsBURY.
The Boggess Boys Are carrying On"

Richards, Va, July 20.-Informa-
ton has just reached here that Bandy
Boggess, we'll known here as a min
ing engineer, and through the coal
fields, who volunteered his service to
his Uncle Sam and was attached to
the engineering department has ar
rived safely in France. Rife Bog
CESS, who has been at Lehigh Uni
versity for the last three months,
studying wireless telegraphy, has re-
moved to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas,
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1918-07-26

General Hindenberg, who has been
reported i'll and dead on several oc-
casions, still lives, according to re-
ports. The latest report, however,
says he is suffering from Fochitis.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1918-07-26

gated to protect their good name,
and back them up in every way pos
siole.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1918-07-26
JAMES j. HILL SAID:

eff you want to know wheth-
er you are going to be sue
cess or failure in life, you can
easily find out. The test is
simple and infallible. Are you
able to save money? If not,
drop out. You will fail as sure
as you live. You may not think
SO, but you will. The seed of
success is not in you"
Thrift Stamps cost only 25c.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1918-07-26

where he is taking his finishing
touches ready for overseas service,
according to information to his home
folks, MIR. and Mrs. w. p. Borgess..
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1918-07-26

"Swan Song" of Ernest L. Walker.
Lynchburg, Va, July IL.
noor Elitor.
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N. AND w. TO TAKE OVER LINE
ON LEWIS CREEK.

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES,
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-04-03
ROGERS COUNTY MAY
HELP FURNISH GUARD
Former Judge II. Tom klght Here
States lie - Planning 10 Raise
Company.

Former Judge II. Tom Hight. Of
the Rogers county court passed
through Tulsa Monday on his way
home from oklahoma CITY, where
he had been in consultation with
col Pentacost. who is forming new
Oklahoma regiment Judge kiIht
states that he rs seriously consider
ing the formation Of company ot
$50 men from Rogers county when
mranv he will tender 20 Col Pen
tacost to be used as a part of his
regiment
1t is col Pcuiacosts Intention to
offer the services of tho new rrgi-
ment TO the United states govern
ment to bc used as patrol for the
Mexican border, or for any other
service that the government may
have for them Later, they expect
20 earn the right 20 he sent 10 France
and take an active part IN the world
war
with tho furnishing of the $50
men for this regiment Rogers Coun
" will have given. bv draft and
enlistment, something like 200 men
for the war Many men. from the
smaller towns about the county, who
were given either exemptions or de
ferred classification iu the draft
volunteered and Claremorc has fur
nishcd a large percentage Of these,
Claremore is Judge Rights home,
and he states that he expects no
dvricuItv IN obtaining the number OF
men he wants TO join the new COM
pany.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-04-03
Soldiers Letters

.
q winchester. Eng. Feb. IT,, 1918
Mrs Myrtle Nor,cll. ow ~ yourself
and family enjoying ME-
guess you have heard an about
our trials on the Tuscanin. We had
oultc an experience but ! am feeling
fine. went through without a
We landed in ID ne boat
ON one or tho little island near Scot
lrnd and was never treated any
hotter I'm my lifc II seemed Ike
l..,vcn fo us There sure arc some
fine propIr ln Scotland Al inc
vnIng ana mlldlc-nged mon here I'm
England have gone 4" "1r W."
tovs lost an our toilet articles ON
The ship aud are fuesing around Tor
70 shave
yyc nnye have sor'l got harkor-
lu, to have a few shots ~ the kalr
..r after he done ug such dirty
Tick irving ip sink ue W" formed
.tr coupruy and went ~ WinChc7-
,ar 10 church this mqrning II wf7
Iu the cathedral and was real nice
This Ir and old town and b. iIrr
,.rrrry 90 look upon bat ! tell '"u
glrr vou'1 enjoy sc"ing some NJ
mo scenery I'm 'ho states
W. arn hardly into th" danger zone
here hgt they snwctimoe max" an
air raid ou London ! Will sure h"
"a rr1uH old bnr '0 got back FOO dear
ala r'g once moro ! don" al
rr,dv promised myself t0 scttl"
down ard ho good hoy an tho rest
or ar.s no ! sure thought NJ some
NJ nv mean tricks when 7 saw our
shin wns sinking n 81 wasn't Tor
rho y " g s This woup' he 20 dun
place us We aren't Allowed 'o. go to
town
M,rifc write and tell Nod 7 viii
try 10 write hcr romriim" W. stu
have 70 few hours ride FOO get to
France nud We arc anxious to get
done with ~ ua wc suro don't Nle
the idoH of ship now. especially
In tho English channel Toll lulr
that tho most NJ the boys his sz'
here wear uniforms and the Y"1ur
.girls arc boo tho army too Tho'
.cau them W A. A. c. (Wowen.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-04-03

Ing at and assistatug In the massacre
OF 500 900 Armcuiuus. were cnumcr-
atcd as showing Gcrmanys methods
"Thc Germans are mad, they have
given up all sense of justice and
morality IN their lust for power
They are Wrong in their heads said
President TAFT "Thcy need a snrgl-
cal operation and the way to give
.it to them is to dofcnt them with a
victory that win open the eyes Of
the German people and show them
that they cannot rule the world
when we do this YOU needn't worry
about the form Of government the
German people VIII adopt They'll
lead the kaiser and his war lords
to place that can't say because
Y am l'nitlrian (tlaughter and
applause Although this situation
almost persuades me to be less Or
thodoN." added Mr. TAFT
The German belief mat England
would not 20 into the war because
OF the invasion OF Belgium that ncr
colonies would not support her II
she did go In, that France couldn't
fight and that We would not enter,
were cited ms showing the Tcuton
state OF mind "Thcy said we loved
the dollar too much-and there are
signs that We do, that we loved lux
ury and ease and are "a 'tango-ing'
people; thTT we never were prepared
to fight and never would prepare
said the cx-pNsidcnt 80 they said.
Wen 20 ahead with the submarine;
wen pay no attention to the Amerl-
can people. what "A mistake tho
Germans made"
Now she's throwing her men into
that nav of he'll as though they
were 50 many cattle, trying 10 win a
victory before we can get over there.
we are going TO whip them" de-
Clared Mr.. Taft, "hut we can't fight
them with messages only cold steel,
gun power ana man power will do IT,
Now let us do IT. II may take us
two or three years to mobilize our
full strength. but we must summon
It. We must send at least 100000
men and build ships. and with our
allies. who hnvn been fighting for
three ycars--nnd fighting for us,
while we were selling them supplies
at big prices let US spend II all and
help save Christian civilization from
the power Of evil and the power OF
the devil as represented i'm the mon
ster military uutocrncy OF Germany"