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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1919-05-09
Statement of the financial condition Of
BANK OF POCAHONTAS,

Statement of the financial condition OF
BANK OF POCAHONTAS.
located ut Pocahontas in the county on
close of business March 18th, 1919,
mission:
RESOURCES.
Loans and discounts, $257,675.l0
Overdrafts, unsecured, 7l5.T6
Bonds, securities, etc, owned
including premium on
same, 52,lO0.00
Banking house and lot, II 300. 90
Other real estate owned 1850. so
Furniture and lixurcs, 100000
! Exchanges and checks for
for next days clearings, lOi.lS
Other cash items, l,02S.32
Due from national banks, l5S,757.l3
Due from state banks, private
bankers and trust com
panies, i,309.2i
Paper currency, 27,26l 90
Fractional paper, nckels
and cents, 4Gl.39
Gold coin, ,430. 90
Silver coin, 6,l33.00
War Savings Stamps, 308.G2
TOTAL, $52I, l77.6l
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock paid in, 100000. 90
Surplus fund, 10000 90
Undivided profits, less amount
paid for interest, expenses
and taxes. l5,7l7.S8
Individual deposits, including
savings deposits, 2g5, 2O7 SO
Time certificates of deposit l36 ,S67 30
Certified checks, $500
Cashiers checks outstanding a37.2S
Due to National Banks, 593. 9S
Due to state banks, private
bankers and trust com
panies, 5i.Gl
Reserved for accrued interest
on certificates of deposit, l,i53.O5
Reserved for accrued taxes, l27.48
Payments by subscribers on
Liberty Bonds, 11,088. so
TOTAL, 1924, 177.54
|. c. NJ. Galway, cashier, do sol.
emily swear that the above in IL true
statement Of the financial condition
of Bank of Pocahonias, located Mt Po-
cahontas, in the county of TaZcwcll,
State of Virginia, mt the close of bus
mess OH the 9TH day of March, 1919,
to the best of my knowledge and be-
lief.
Correct-Attest:
C. NJ. GALWAY, Cashier.
l.. J. STUMP,
O. b. MOORE, q
JAS. w. BAILEY,
Directors.
State of Virginia, county of Tazewell,
Sworn to and subscribed before me
by c. M. Galway, Cashier, this 18th
day of March. 1919.
J. X. SUIT, Notary Public
My commission expires July Is, 1922
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1919-05-09

To the voters of Tazewelel county:
hereby announce myself n candi-
date for reelection to the Office of
Commissioners of the Revenue for JEFF
fersonvine district, and respectfully
solicit your support.
f. p. RUTHERFORD.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1919-05-09

To the voters of Tazewell County:
l hereby announce myself candi-
date for the Office Of Commissioner
of the Revnue for Clear Fork Magis-
terial district, ct the election to be
held Nov. 4, and most respectfully
solicit your support.
j. graf GILLESPIE.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1919-05-09
For Commissioner of the Revenue for
Jacksonville District.

candidate for Commissioner of the
Revenue for Jetfersonville district ut
the November election.
THOMAS MCCALL.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1919-05-09
+. p. RUTHERFORD.

/ respectfully announce myself
candidate for Commissioner of the
Revnue for Clear Fork District. ii
elected I will discharge the duties of
the office to the best OF my ability.
w. Graham, Va. THOS. E. NEEL.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1919-05-09
Political
Announcements

For County Clerk

To the voters and citizens of Taze.
well county.
l hereby announce myself a candi.
date for the office of Clerk of the Cir.
cut Court of Tazewell county, and
most respectfully solicit your support
at the election on November 4th, and
wish to say further that 1 have had
some experience in the office and think
l can handle the work
H. S. SURFACE.
Tazewell, Va, March 9th.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1919-05-09
For County Clerl,

l hereby announce myself u candi-
date for Clerk of the Circuit Court
for Tazewell County at the election
Nov. 4th, 1919. l further announce
that l can do the work.
j. P. HARTMAN.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1919-05-09
This Corn will
Peel Right Off!
"Gets-It" Makes Corns Come OF
The "Banana-PeeT Way!

squeeze yourself up like the letter
'Z", and with bullying eyes draw
your face up into a wrinkly knot
whilo you gouge and pull at the
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1919-05-09

To the voters of Tazewell county:
| hereby announce myself candi-
date for reelection to the office of
Clerk of the Circuit Court of Taze-
well county at the election to be held
in Novmber. C. w. GREEVER.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1919-05-09

NATURAL BLUEGRASS FARMS
Immediate possession. Correspond
ence and inspection invited. j. B.
Fogleman, Blacksburg, Va. 5-2-8t
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Tohn e. Jackson, druggist.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-26
Today's Events

Birthday greetings to Sir Robert
L. Borden, Dominion premier, who
is 65. years old today.
Centennial anniversary of the
birth of William Lawrence, ONO
congressman and first comptroller
OF the United States treasury
Centennial anniversary of the
birth of Abner Doubleday the union
general who for a short time held
command of the field at Gettys-
burg.
Meeting in Canada for the first
time, the semi-annual convention
of the International Association of
Clothing Designers will open IN
Montreal today.
AS the closing act of his ten-year
presidency, DIR. Harry B. Hutchlns
will. himself. deliver the COM
mencement day address at the Uni
versity of Michigan today.
The week beginning today will be
observed in New York City as
cleanup week, when every
agency will aid in a campaign to
rid the city of any danger of pes
thence.
Several thousand country grain
shippers and flour millers of the
northwest are expected in Minneap-
oils today to attend the industrial
convention of the grain trade call
ed by the Tri-State Country Grain
Shippers association.
The first direct test of the ma
tionaI Non-Partisan leagues indus
trial program will take place In
North Dakota today, when special
referendum election is to be held on
seven of the leagues measures
passed by the last legislature.
Pope Benedict, at a consistory TO
be held in Rome today, is expected
to deliver an allocution which it is
asserted. will deal with the situa-
ton of the world after the war.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-26

to supplant or supplement muscle power.
Every manufacturer should as quick
ly as possible so improve his plant, and
when necessary to equip it with labor
saving devices of every kind as to be
ready to meet the certainty of great
labor shortage.
With an enormous wheat crop assur-
ed. at high prices for the farmer; with
general improvement in all agricultural
conditions; with highway work getting
under way on very large scale; with a
marked revival of general constructive
activities; with heavy emigration and
but little immigration, the labor situation
will soon become acute
The wise man will be the one who
now lays out his entire campaign to
utilize to the fullest extent every labor
saving machine available for his factory,
his farm or his home.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-26
Brad's Bit O. Verse
Honesty.

Honesty.
The deacon comes at close of day
when twilight shades are falling,
to pass a little time away In
rounds of pious calling. He sits
him down with pensive mood; and
straightway I conjecture my NOR
ais and my manners ruda are due
to hear a lecture. My son. the
world is full of sin. and reeking
with disohonor; unless 1t stops its
dizzy spin fear 1t is goner. You
know I'm doing all can by
straight and honest living, by
showing folks a noble plan. by
pious preeepts giving. to prove
that honesty's the thing these NOR
tails are needing: and that's the
message that l bring to you. with
tears and pleading" Oh. deacon,
you forget the deal you pulled OF
on your neighboF, that caused him
many a seanty meal and years. of
grief and labor; your eye is buig-
ing with beam SO big that it must
hurt yeui and yet you come and
spring your dream of honesty and
virtue, Whene'eF man goes
Boosting round that heHesty's his
mission, weigh his actions pound
by pound and view him with sus-
aieian. GLEN BRADSHAW,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-26
The Arrogance of the Telephone
Monopoly.

Many complaints are being made to The
Argus by telephone users over the total dis
regard on the part of the Central Union Tele
phone company OF complaints of overcharges
of accounts. The company fixes the price Of
calls, and whether it is in error or not the
camplainants say it sticks. The company as
sumes an attitude of nfallibility It's agents
can commit error, and it's books cannot lie
Hence the bill must be paid-or out comes your
telephone.
Is there anything new about this? Does
1t run within the memory of man where
in incident occurred that the tele
phone company conceded any point to its pa
irons whether in service or charges? You may
kick until you are blue in the face, but all the
satisfaction you get you could put in cipher
There is nothing new. about the company's
present attitude-except that it is hiding be-
hind the government. The holdup charges are
not new, the indifference to the public as re-
CARDS the service is not new. 1t has been the
stamp and character of the Bell Telephone COM
pany since it made its appearance on this earth
There is great department store in one
Of the leading cities of this country which ad-
mits it owes its prosperity and popularity by
dealing fairly with its customers. 1t is known
since it started, its slogan to its clerks has
been, the customer is always right" That
motto may have cost the house some money
and some loss at times, through imposition or
Misrepresentation on the part of its patrons,
but it has insisted upon this course with its EN-
ployes and has forbidden them to argue over
point of this kind and invariably to give the
patron the benefit of all reasonable doubts
and it seems to have paid
With the Central Union Telephone company.
the motto is the company is always right"
and it might have been added, don't ask ques
tons: running this. and if you don't
like our way of doing. get out or well put
you out"
Between this department store and the Bell
Telephone company is shown the wide differ
ence between seeking to accommodate, and
seeking not to accommodate. The department
store in question tries harder every gear to make
it easier for its patrons; the telephone company
strives studiously and assiduously every year
and every day to ship every hardship of the
service onto the shoulders of the patrons.
Always autocratic, due to its early monopo-
listica advantages, it neither consults nor con-
siders the public-except when it wants some
thing. Then it is very gracious and condo
scending
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-26
In the Days News

The Hon. Gideon Robertson. who
has been conspicuous in his efforts
to settle the strike problems IN
Canada, has been minister of labor
in the Dominion cabinet since last
November Mr.. Robertson is well
qualified for the duties of his po-
sition. for he is himself a trade
unionist and was at one time a
telegrapher. In 1907 he was APP
pointed chairman of the organIza-
ton of telegraphers on the Can
adian Pacific railway, which posi-
ton he held for seven years. until
he became vice-president in Can
ada of the Order of Railroad Tel
egraphers. In February, 1917, as a
result of his splendid work in the
settlement of several grave prop
lens amongst Canadian Pacific
Railway employees, he was appoint
ed to the Canadian senate. A few
months later he entered the govern
ment as minister without portfolio.
In the settlement of labor disputes
Mr. Robertson has earned an en-
viable reputation. his tact and
sound common sense having bridg-
ed many industrial difficulties
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-26
True Civic Patriotism.

The action of the four Davenport construc-
ton concerns in pledging the erection Of the
new Lend-a-Hand club building without profit
to themselves is a magnificent example of civic
patriotism that has seldom been equaied in
the tri-cities.
The contractors have made possible a
building which will fill long felt want in
Davenport's civic life. Nothing is more i'm
portant to a community than that proper facili-
ties are provided for the housing and amuse-
ment of the young people The Lend-a-Hand
club has a big place to FILL and with its new
home it will be in a position to serve those in
terests with redoubled effectiveness.
When men are big enough to place the in
terests and welfare of their city above any
small gain that may come to them. then that
city is in a fair way to become leader among
its 'neighbors. 1t is manifest that the spirit
OF cooperation and civic pride has been in
stilled into the business elements of Davenport
and it is that Spirit that is causing our neigh
boring city to forge ahead.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-26

Dear Mrs. Thompson: Some
time ago in your column a young
boy asked in disgust why girls lit
orally cover their faces with pow
der and you answered that it at
tracted a certain class of men.
l admit l belong to the certain
class of men" you refer to, but l
hope that will not bar me from
your column this once. 1t is far
from my thoughts to contradict
you, but in justice TO my sex,
should like to say that the way
young girls use cosmetics to the
detriment of their otherwise good
looks is fully as disgusting to us as
to your best type of men.
Furthermore, / doubt IL the
young girls you see on the street,
painted and powdered so as to rep
resent anything but a rose, are try
ing 10 attract men of my type.
There are all kinds of men and
very few ! think but would give
them the benefit OF that doubt.
They are for the most part good
girls, but silly and mistake them
selves that men admire them. AS
matter of fact, we rather pity their
indiscretion, naturally supposing
that they are motherless or that
their mothers are of the job" l
am speaking only OF the young
girls. 1t is time young girls should
be taught the reverent respect the
worst of US men have for virtuous
women and try 10 appear more like
what they are. WELL WISHBR.
Your meaning is not clear to me.
In the beginning~of your letter you
profess to be OF certain class of
men attracted by fast girls, and
then later you beg that young girls
be brought TO a realization of their
folly.
man who will fiirt with a paint
ed girl is contemplate. His finer
nature admires natural and virtu-
GUS woman. while his coarser ma
turc permits him 10 encourage
cheapness in foolish girls who do
not realize the repulsion of their
makeup.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-26
THE DAILY SHORT STORY

sight of her lovely face. She had
had loved her the six succeeding,
ad loved her the six succeeding.
but had not yet reached the point
of confidence and courage to tell
her so.
Victor was 30, the object of his
affections only three years his ju-
nior. Both were sensible and prac-
teal, hence not inclined to rush
into the dominion of love like giddy
young things in their teens. 1t
had rained all the morning and a
high. b1ustery wind supervened.
Victor had to hold his hat on as
be turned sharp corners. He
reached the residence OF Mr.. Par
sons to find that gentleman now
ing the lawn in front of it, deliver
ed his message and flushed consid-
erably as the Straightforward, SIM
ple-minded old man remarked:
I'D ask you in, only Mary isn't
at home just now
Victor fiuttered delightedly and
experienced a certain sense Of en-
couragement and hope. for the
words seemed to indicate that the
father of his inamorata guessed his
particular interest in the daughter
of the household. Just as Victor
left the place a high gust OF wind
pounced down upon him. Up and
of went his hat, over a hedge,
across a pool of water and was lost
among some bushes.
Hey! we1l get it, Mr.. Wade g
sang out Mary's brother Ned. aged
10.
Yes, wen get It, surelT chorused
Roh- Parsons- four years his junior,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-26
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.


Kindly tell me what you think of
the boils on my husbands neck.
There are two and they look almost
like carbuncles. He is employed in
a machine shop where much oil
is used. ! have been using soap
and sugar to draw them I'M o. 81
ANSWER-The soap is all right.
The sugar will not draw boils-
only flies. The cutting mixture
used in machine Stops is a fertile
medium of spread of pus-germ in
lection from one man to another:
boils and pimples on exposed parts
of the skin of men in the shops
may be prevented almost entirely
by regular disinfection Of the mix
ture. The boils should be incised
by the physician, and large, hot,
moist dressings of gauZe applied,
and kept moistened with a solution
of about tablespoonful of salt and
a tablespoonful of citrate of soda
in a pint of boiled water. This
maintains drainage, gives all the
relief a poultice can give, yet does
not encourage pus-germ multiple
cation as most poultices do. The
affected area should be freely ex-
posed to direct sunlight to further
discourage pus-germ life. The ut
most care is necessary in handling
or dressing boils, lest infection be
carried on the fingers to another
part of the skin, thus producing a
new boil by incubation.
The Bawling Baby.
If a young baby cries very hard
and very long is it liable to rup-
ture itself? How long should a
baby sleep at night without nurs-
ing? How often should a baby
nurse in the daytime? Is it neces-
sary to keep the baby's bedroom
warm? MRS. c. McK.)
ANSWER-The baby is not like
ly to rupture himself crying. A
baby three months old should sleep
from 10 p. m. to a. m. or a. m.
without nursing. A baby three
months old should nurse about
every three hours in the daytime.
1t is not necessary to keep the
baby's bedroom warm, but see that
the baby is kept comfortably warm.
Nameless Correspondents.
DR.. Brady presents his compli-
ments to numerous nameless cor
respondents and gently but firmly
reminds them that he never gives
serious attention to letters that are
unsigned.
Precipitation Under the Arms.
Is there any cure for excessive
perspiration under the arms? "a.
L. c.
ANSWER - Sponge the area
every alternate day for three or
four times with a solution of half
an ounce of aluminium chloride in
three ounces of distilled water or
rain water. Allow this to dry on.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-26

and soon Ned returned with the
truant headpiece. Victor bestowed
dime upon him, resumed the hat
and starting to clean the mud from
it uttered the startled exclama-
ton:
Why, here's the secret of it not
fitting right-it isn't my hat at all (,
II belongs to Mantell, for there are
his initials inside"
When he took It back to the law
yer's ONCE and recovered his own
hat he was somewhat puzzled at
the glad way in which Roger re-
ceived It. The latter turned the
inside band. looked sober and trou-
bled, and Ssked:
why. no." replied Victor. was
Il anything of Importance"
"Oh, >no-decidedly no." fiustered
Mantell. Just a little memo
randa," and thought OF his Mary
Liscombe just as Victory was
thinking of his Mary Parsons.
Victor called upon his Mary two
evenings later. There was a shy,
yet warm greeting that gratifed
Victor while It perplexed him.
Mary was paipabiy nervous. She
wore an air OF expectancy as they
sat IN the porch hammock. Ned
Parsons appeared.
Did you tell Mr.. Wade. sister. -
babbled the little fellow, about the
paper; you knows, Say. Mr.. Wade.
after gave You back your hat Bob
found folded sheet of paper
blue paper. with pencil writing on
It. He thought maybe 1t fell out of
your hat. You've got Il, sister,"
X MAry,s face was red as o rose
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-26
A HATLESS LOVER
BY Victor Radcliffe.
" ' INIVE INNNNIIAIOf
Copyright, 1919. by the Western

NNUpNIlBHI+ 1917 ny llS W tSltl II
Newspaper Union).
Mary was common name. but
as Roger MantelI traced the let
tiers that framed the word he de-
cfded that there was none sweeter
or more appealing in all the world
My Dear Miss Mary" was the most
ardent advance he had yet attempt
ed. It was the mere outline OF a
letter. crudely describing his emo
lions. the framework. in fact, of a
more polished missive to be tran
scribed on the typewriter later.
He tore the blue sheet from the
tab guiItily as there was a tap at
the ONCE door. folded it hastily and
thrust it under the lining of his
derby hat, which lay on the desk
by his side. Enter Victor Wade, his
close friend, also derby hated.
Just dropped in on an errand
from Mr.. Parsons" explained Vic
tor. Wants to know If you have
any word concerning the negotia-
lions for that farm he intends to
buy"
Tell him not yet" replied Roger.
and then the two friends drifted
into a cursory conversation Victor
finally arose, reached out for the
nearest hat, put it on his head and
went his way.
His way was past the Parsons
home. and he was glad OF an ex-
euse TO stop there It was the
home Of Mary Parsons, and Victor
would cheerfuI1y undertake any
mission that mtxht hiring him In
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-26
Household Hints

the rhubarS away. Tie up the
mouth Of the jug with a rag ami
place a nat stone on top. This eX-
cluoes the air and allows the su-
perfuous gas to escape without
exploding the jug.
For the next three weeks add
sweetened water sufficient 70 keep
the jug brimfUl
After the third week drain
liquor through a cloth into clean
jug and place IN a cool cellar where
the sunlight cannot strike 1t and
let il stand for eight months. Be
sure to have the jug covered so NO
air can get in.
Tested Recipes.
Steamed Snow Balls-0ne-half
cup fat. one cup sugar, one-half
cup milk, two cups -four, three tea
spoons baking powder, whites az
three eggs.
Cream the fat, add sugar grad
ually. Sift -four and baking pow
der, add alternately with the mills
to the first mixture. Turn into in
div!dual oiled 'cups, cover and
steam 35 minutes Serve with
strawberry or other fruit sauce.
Sour Cream ssing-One-haif
cup sour cream. one-quarter tea
spoon salt, one teaspoon powdered
sugar, three tablespoons chill
sauce. Beat the cream until stiff.
gradually add the seasonings AMI
chilli sauce and serve chilled with
fruit or vegetable salad.
Serve on iced cucumber sliced
thin or IN head iettuce
Sea Foam-Two cups brown
sugar, three-quarters cup water
whites Of two eggs, one cup nut
meats.
Put the sugar and water into
saucepan; stir until dissolved; put
on IRE and boil until it forms bail
when dropped into cold water
While It Ia boiling beat the whites
OF two eggs until dry; then add the
sugar very slowly, beating all the
time. The chopped nut meats can
be added or the nuts can be placed
On the outside. With teaspoon drop
the foam on wax paper. or they
can be made into balls and dipped
in melted chocolate or rolled IN
chopped cocoanut.