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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1919-01-10
THE ARMENIAN DRIVE.

Next Sunday, the 18th, the drive
for raising thirty million dollars to
relieve the suffering of famine in Ar
menia and Syria will begin.
The allotment for the county Is
thirty-iive hundred dollars, seven hun
dred for the town of Tazewcll, n
mere pittance comparde to tho re-
sources, generosity and big-henrted-
ness of our people.
In order that the public may know
the awful condition of the people OF
these countries and how the money
is to he spent the committee in charge
by the consent of the pastors of the
various churches, have decided to hold
u union meeting in the Methodist
church Sunday morning, the 18th. at
eleven o'clock.
There will be special music, also
addresses by some of the minister's
nnd lnymen of the town regarding
the history, etc. of these interesting
people who hnve suffered for centu-
rics ut the hands Of The uIspraknble
turk, and who are now thrown upon
the mercy and pity of the charitable
nations of the world due to the awful
devastation of this country during
the war.
The committee hopes that nothing
Will prevent your coming to this
meeting. We believ that the Justice
and, pathetic appeal Of that strick-
en land will touch the hearts of our
people as no other call over has, and
that you will consider it not only the
duty but Il privilege to respond to no
great, so noble call---the call Of hu-
manity, aye the call of God.
l.. A. TYNES,
Chairman for the Town Of Tazowoll.
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Summary of County Agents Work
For 1918.

Hinc" we are just entering upon n
new years work II is thought proper
TO make report on tho work for tho
past yenr. With the limited spncc
Ill thia issue of The Ncwa 1t is itnpos-
sible to even give II summary of nil
the work. Therefore, only mention
viii he mndo of the most inDortnnt
work. The county agent will be verv
picahed To have those intcrcptcd to
cnll Mt the Office and examine in do
I'M copy of the regular annual rr-
port prepared for the federal dopnrt-
ment of Agriculture.
The most important work in 1918
was the Seed Corn Campaign. Based
upon the fact That the farmers were
unconSciousiy preparing to plant corn
"i which less than so per cent would
grow uhdcr ideal conditions, and the
chormouH reductions in yields which
wnGld have inevitably followed, the
enecl'Vo publicity, Tho information
E'F''' the f,!mcra in testing their
""h corn; the amount of sccd corn
tested and imported; and the good
crop resulting which proved the suc-
cess or the whole movement, tho es-
tlmhtcd value Of the work IL very
conscrvatlvcly estimated ut S5O,OO0
Considering the economic siiuntion
existing nj the time, the national cri-
al", and the cry for food 10 win tho
war, tho worth Of this work in dol
lars was of secondary Importance.
The work of the Pure Bred Asso-
cinlion liz recognized ms the greatest
moement ever started for the i'm
proVcmcnt Of the stock of the county.
betwcen one and two thousand high
grade and purc-brcd calves are sired
b" the bulls introduced annually and
the best cattlc men estimate the VAL
nc of this work ut from $4,000 To
$1,000 annually. This work should
b continued and increased until tho
scrubs and jerseys are cxterminntcd.
1t is n matter calling for the nttcn-
lion OF nm energetic, able and enthu-
Hiastic man in the future.
Black Leg, the dread Of the cattle
men, has been greatly reduced. Over
3,O10 cattle were personally vaccinat-
cd by the agent for I39 farmers. The
saving effected in this way is con-
scrvatively estimated at $l3,680.O0.
The Farmers Association hus done
. business of $G5,4G8.7G with u direct
saving to the farmers and people of
$9,S65.70. The indirect results in hold
ing in check the profitccrs were fully
as great. This work has u great
Continued OH Local Page.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1919-01-10
ANNUAL MEETING OF GENIE
Terry ASSOCIATION.

The annual meeting of the cemc-
terry association will be held in the
Sunday School room of the Methodist
church Wednesday, January 18th, ut
8 o'clock.
All members are urged to be pres
ent. Those who have loved ones at
rest who have not joined, we urge
you to come and unite with us in
this great work
Annual dues, $1O0. We beg that
all the back dues be paid. These dues
and proceeds from the one annual
benefit are all we have to help in the
upkeep and care of our cemeteries.
This year our expenses are very heavy
because of the many burials and we
know you only need to be reminded.
MRS. GEO. w. ST. CLAIR,
President.
MRS. w. |: PAINTER,
Treasurer.
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THE PRESIDENTS BIRTHDAY.

In 1907 II County Down youth
named james Wilson landed in Phila-
delphia, got work as printer, that
old craft of advcnturcrs and wander
ers and small purses stuffed with
hope. He married an Ulster girl, who
had come over" in the same emi-
grant ship. He thrived rs printer
and editor in Pittsburg, whence his
son, after learning the trade, went TO
to College, became n Presbyterian
minister, after the fashion of 80 many
Ulstcrites, BLACK Mouth Presbyter-
ian," ns phrase of mysterious origin
and rancor calls them, took for n
wife in 1849 Jessie Woodrow, daught.
er of n Scotch Presbyterian minister
settler at the famous English border
town of Carlisle. The Woodrows EN-
igrated TO Canada and thence to
Ohio.
The younger Wilson was mostly a
professor. In 1855 he became pas
tor of church in Staunton, Va.
There, sixty-two years ago today, was
born tn echild, who, by whatever VA
rious gifts of will, Of genius, of des-
tiny, of energy, of industry, Of ambi-
ton prudently and fortunately di-
rected, is now the guest of Kings, the
hope and favorite of many peoples,
perhaps the foremost man of all this
world.
lie was born professor, 80 to
speak. The variousness of his aca-
demic environment in his early years
seemed to bespenk for him that sub
dued but far-spreading influence
which came to him as the head of n
renowned university. He studied gov
ernment and politics. He wrote his
tory before he made it. He fitted
himself consciously or unconsciously
for the marvellous career that no man
can have dreamed of ten years ago.
1t seems like story from fairyland.
his sudden rise, but he had long pre-
pared himself for it. He was equal
to the highest posts and duties. We
knew him as politician Of unsur-
passed acumen and success, n wjelder
and master of Congresses, n thinker
out and maker of great policies, n
speaker and writer of golden words !;
| but nobody knew him in his first
term. Not till he led n peaceful peo-
pie to war and filled them with the
arior of his own conviction not until
his long patience, his unyieldng cour-
age, his large perception of essentials
and general principles, the passion.
and the power of his speech had fill
ed the world with his fame, did we
begin to see the measure Of the man.
There are flaws enough to pick in
him. and the bitterness of censure
has been equal to fervor of tho
praise. This, at least, no one will
deny him, that before he has reached
the grand climacteric Of ago ne has
reached that Of fame. More applaud
ed, pefe illustrious, more powerful
heTSannot be, nor can he inspire n
p'trc sympathetic interest or kindle Il
SSgider attention in the world. On his
Airthday anniversary it is his shining
gserit, his unique position among IA
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STOCK COMPANY COMING TO
NEW THEATRE.

In another column will be seen an
announcement of the coming appear
ance of the Shannon Amusement
Company at the New Theatre, an en-
tire week, opening on the night of
January goth, with the famous play
"a Daughter of Uncle Sam" This is
unquestionably one of the best stock
companies in the country. 1t played
an engagement of two weeks at the
Elks Opera House in Bluefield last
winter, packing the house at every
performance, both matinee and even
ing. 1t was ut that time secured for
the coming engagement at the New
Theatre, the great popularity of the
company making it necessary to book
a year in ADVANCE. This company has
been booked for Il week ut the Cob
nial in February.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1919-01-10
HEAVY HOGS.

Mr.. Charles T.. IInrmnn, of North
Tazcwell says. eve killed lust week
Il Duroc stag, 2 years and 8 months
old, weight TAG H." Mr.. lInrman gives
the names Of six witnesses who saw
the hog weighed.
George W. Lewis killed his big ho,,
the first of the week. He weighed
only b6O. George explains by saying
that he weighed his hog nrtcr il hnd
dried and froze up. If he had weigh
ed when first killed like VIM. T..
Peery did, the hog would have weigh
cd more. This explanation will he nc
ccepted mt It's face value, of course.
Mr. Ilarmnn has the prize so far.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1919-01-10
DEAD FROM OLD WOUND.

Clarence Rose, SON of David Rose,
died in the hospital at Richlands last
Saturday. He underwent an opera
tion for an old wound received some
years ago on his head, which frac-
turcd the skull.
Rose was abou. 26 years old. His
mother died about four years ago,
at North Tazewell Up to this writ
ing, Wednesday, all efforts to locate
the father have failed. At last ac-
counts he was working somewhere in
West Virginia. The remains will be
buried at Richlands.
These facts are given by Mr.. Geo.
Walker at North Tazewel.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1919-01-10
THE FRIENDLY PRESIDENT
(Richmond Virginian.)

Again in his speech at Rome, Pres
ident Wilson has sounded clearly the
call to friendliness between nations
as the basis for amicablc existence
together, that friendliness always to
be firmly fixed in justice.
These are new thoughts for Europe
and the President did well to go
abroad well in advance of the actual
peace conference in order that he
might attract more attention to them.
He has been telling the people over
there what some few reactionaries on
this side have not yet come to un-
derstand, that what was called theo-
retical and idealistic not long ago now
turns out to be practical and neces-
sary.
He decried, in his speech to the
Italians, the claim that peoples can
be held together by force and min
tain friendship among themselves.
He vited the old "balance of power"
theory, on which all international re-
lations have been determined in Eu-
rope for centuries, and urged again
that it be discarded as having dem
onstrated its ineffectiveness and it's
danger. Further along, explaining
his conception of sound relations be-
tween nations, he made this wonder
full exposition of his fundamental
idea:
"There is only one thing that holds
nations together, if you exclude force,
and that is friendship and good will
The only thing that binds men to-
gether is friendship, and by the same
token the only thing that binds ma
tions together is friendship. There
fore, our task at Paris is to organ
ize the friendship of the world-to
see to it that all the moral forces
that mae for right and justice ant
liberty are united and are given q
vital organization to which the pco-
pies Of the world will readily and
gie'"> roznond.
"ln other words our task is no less
colossal unan this: To set up anew
international psychology; to have a
new real atmosphere. | am happy tc
say that, in my dealings with the
distinguished gentlemen who leat
your nation, and those who lead
France and England, feel that at
mosphere gathering, that desire tt
do justice, that desire to establish
friendliness, that desire to make
peace rest upon right; and with thi:
common purpose no obstacles neet
be formidable.
"The only use of an obstacle is tc
be overcome. All that an obstacle
does with brave men is not to fright
en- them, but to challenge them. 81
that it ought to be our pride to over.
come everything that stands in thu
way.
ave stand at the opening of new
age in which n new statesmanshiJ
will, l am confident, lift mankind t.
new levels Of endeavor and achieve
ment."
Small wonder it is, then, that tn,
peoples of Europe are listening to thi
greatest of Americans, who comes il
friendship, speaks openly, and, hap
PLY, has back Of him more than sew
en- score years of squar dealing b,
the United States. His words brinl
nearer the hope long nourished-
that the world may at length fin
abiding peace.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1919-01-10
GET A JOB OR LEAVE TOWN.

Now that the war is over it is to be
hoped that number of war restric
tions will not be annulled, among
which was the "Work or Fight" order
of the government.
This order cleared this town and
other towns of number of habit
ual loafers and others who pretend
ed to work but only played at it.
Some of them will be fiocking back
now and lay around and eat three
meals a day that their fathers pro-
vide or their wives scrubbed out oy-
er a wash-tub. Of all times for ev-
cry man to be up and doing it is now.
Let the slogan be: "Get a Job or
leave town" and do it quick,
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1919-01-10
HE HAS NO FAMILY
(By David Hinshaw.)


little boy of the 400 900 homeless orphaned stav
ing walls which the Committee Relief in the Near East
caring for after being washed fed put to bed cried
Tor bread When the worker gave him bread he went to
sleep with it tightly clutched in little hand When ask
cd later on why he not eating the bread he said with
Pteos intensity Il don't want it to eat just want o-to
hold it in my hand"
form OF punishment frequently practiced in American
homes IS sending child to bed without his supper The en-
tire household disturbed throughout the evening over he
thought OF the hunger OF the little SO punished some
warm hearted member of ne family, most frequently the
mother quite likely to carry food to the little cuprt
Our hearts are moved and rightly at such time
Our punished child has family home friends and food ex
@ cept for one evening & The little fellow the Near East
VINO wanted only to Toto hold my hand" had neither
family nor home He had for friends only those persons in
distant America who had contributed to keep him alive
lie was hungry not for evening" weak and pitifnj
from long starvation No misdeed his caused this gna
ing munger cruel and barbaric practice were re-
sponsble tor his condition Seventeen cents day. five dol
lars month will for him and each of the hundreds of
thousands of needy children of his race Shall Amerca
family. nc '"' ho
When the committee calls you for helm think of tho
starving children in the Far East and give what vo con-
science tells you to. ~ 'ou' co"-
This space contributed starving Armenian children NV
"A Subscriber
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TAZEWEII. RIFLES NO MORE

The local miitia company, Whc
Tazcwcli Rifles has been disbnndcd
upon orders from the State Adjutnnt
General. All the men who turn in
the compnny property in good order
are being given honorable discharges.
Members OF the company who have
not turned in their property are re-
quircd to have same nt the armorv
by next Tue8dcy night.
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Who is Our Neighbor?

The world war just closed has
brought home to us the question:
"Who is our neighbour" The ques-
tion does not need answer. From out
the sorrow and suffering which the
war has brought to the world has
come a vision Of larger service.
The appeal now made for the help
OF the oppressed and suffering Ar
menians and kindred people in the
near East is pathetic one, and Of
fers an opportunity for Christian
giving and service.
We should answer the appeal by
giving. GEO. c. PEERY.
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REV. WM. l.. BALL.

Rev. VIM. l.. Ball, who has recently
resigned the pastoratc of tho Tnbcr.
naclc Baptist church, of Richmond, to
accept n pastornte in South Carolina,
is II native of Russell county. He re-
ccive his academic schooling at Tuzc-
well College, in this town, and is we'll
remembered here. He il brother to
Mrs: w. N. Surface, OF Norton nn1
to Mr.. John X. Ball. Of Hampton Va.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1919-01-10
VISITORS AFTER YEARS OF
SEPARATION.

Mrs. Amanda Walk, mother of Mrs.
V, l.. Stephenson, had visit from
relatives this week whom she had not
seen for years, and never expected
to see again. They were brother
iln-law, Mr.. X. P. Walk, of Beckley,
W. Va, and Mrs. Hugh Morgan, of
Graham, and Mr.. and Mrs. Kyle Walk
of Charleston.
The visit was as pleasant all
around as 1t was unexpected.
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]. +. GILLESPIE TO OPEN BUsI-
NESS IN BLUEFlELD.

j. +. Gillespie, the merchant at
The Bend" requests the announce
ment that he will close business in
Iazewell in n month or so, and re-
quests all who owe him to settle up
at once. All old accounts must be
settled. Debtors will take notice.
ADV.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1919-01-10
NOTICE

The future policy of the New Thea
tire will be fewer pictures, but better
pictures. The new revenue bill has
doubled the admission tax and it will
be necessary to raise the price of ad-
mission to is and 25c. tax included.
On the same class of shows as those
booked by the New Theatre, the Co
lonial Theatre in Bluefield sometime
ago raised the price to 22c
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1919-01-10
DEATH OF Mrs. SHORT

On last Tuesday, at the home of
her mother, Mrs. Wynn, in Burke's
Garden, Mrs. Viola Short, wife of
Emanuel Short, passed to her reward.
She was A years old and had been
a member of the Methodist church
Tor 80 years: Her body was brought
to Central church, where her pastor.
Rev. w. c. Thompson, held short
service. She sleeps in the cemetery
near the church.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1919-01-10
SMALL SUM
ASKED OF
TAZEWEL.Ll
County Allotted Only S3,5OO.OO
For Relief of Suffering and
Starving People in Near
East-SOme Expressions
of Approval.

Another appeal has come to the
people of America for help. We are
asked to give $30,000,0OO for the re-
lief Of the Armenians and Syrians.
These people live in Asia Minor, the
Caucasus, Armenia, Persia and in
Northern Egypt Nest of them are
Christians, though there are many
Jews among them. During the war
they were driven from their homes
by the Turks. They can now return
home, but have lost everything and
re absolutely destitute.
We've had many appeals for mon
tey since America entered the war.
Iazewell county has, believe, every
time done her part and more. Our
people have given generously, nobly.
But 1T may be that many Of us feel
That we have given all that we cen
afford to give. There's O limit to nil
things and we've about reached that
limit. This is the first of the year:
bills have to be paid; and money ia
not MS plentiful with us as il VIVA
We will just have to turn this cali
down. This is the way many of US
feel, and it is natural we should feel
so.
But less examine ourselves and our
affairs not once, but even Il second or
Il third time before we come to this
decision. Have we given all that we
can afford to give when four million
people are facing starvation and death
while we have an abundance? Have
we given all we can afford to give.
when 100000 orphan children are
dying of hunger While our pnntriea
are full? Stop for moment and
try to realize the size of those fig
ures. -Four million pcople-almost
as many rs are in Kentucky and in
Tennessee together. Suppose we
knew that everybody in these two
States were without homes, and food
and clothing, perishing. How quick
iy we'd give and how literally. Shnll
we give less quickly and less liber
ally just because these human beings
live yonder i'll Asia Minor, instead of
here OF our own door. They are de-
pendent on the charity of America.
II we fail them they will die. What
will YOU do?
w. w. ARROWOOD.
County Director,
TaZewell County Committee for Re
lief in the Nanr Enct
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JANUARY APPOINTMENTS

Mt. Oliyet Second Sunday at II n.
M; Concord, 3 p. M; Central Third
Sunday ut II n. m.; Glade at 3 D. m.
White Church Fourth Sunday ut IL
n: M. Pleasant Hill mt p. m. will
also preach Mt Glade on Saturday
night before the third Sunday.
w. G.. THOMPSON
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1919-01-10
Tazewell County Committee for Re
lief in the Near East.
The Oldest Christian Nation Needs
Your Help.

Assassination is the great weapon
OF partisan politics, of both ancient
and modern times. Abdul Hamid the
Sultan of Turkey, had TO his credit
one illion lives of the Armenians, and
was called by VIM. f. Gladstone, Eng
lands greatest statesman, the Great
Assassin"
The ushering in of the nineteenth
century has witnessed the only Mt
tempt known to history TO assassi-
matte an entire nation and that na-
ton, Armenia, happens to be the old
est Christian nation on earth. A rem
nant, however, was left, but were
driven from their homes and arc be-
ing rapidly depleted by starvation.
They need your help. If you cannot
help with your substance, go over and
give your personal service.
II. p. BRITAIN.
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If America Does Not Save Them,
Who Can?

w: w. Arrowood, Chairman:
We are pleased to give the small
amount asked of us in the matter of
the contributions to raise fund for
the partial relief of the sorely af-
hlcted war sufferers of the Christian
races, the Arrnenians and others in
the Near East. 1t takes 30 little from
each one of us, but it meansso much
to them in their starving and dying
condition, 100000 Of whom nre or
phan children. If America does not
help them, who can?
Tazewell County's quota of about
$3,5oO IS small, and no doubt it will
becheerfully given by our people, out
OF their abundance, to help in so
worthy a cause.
A. S. AND a. j. IIGGINBOTHAM.
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People in This County Don't Know
What ii is to Be Hungry.

l know of no cause that ought to
appeal to the people of Tazewell
County more strongly than the Ar
menian-Syrian relief
We In this county have never cx-
perlenced real hunger. We are com
tortably clothed and have warm
homes this winter weather. Over
there 100000 people are hungry,
dying of starvation. They are cold
and have no homes. They are looking
to us. How will we answer the ap-
peal! r. c. CHAPMAN.
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She Has a Father and
Mother
(Contributed.)


On Pine Street the other morning when the mercury was
near zero, and the cold wind whstling from the North
noticed striking contrast between the conditions in
MIA and Syria and the conditions in the United States
OF America and the plight Of the starving children in the
Near East forciby brought to my mind.
In cozy little home there is beautiful little girl that
radiaes sunshine from her rosy fat cheeks the very
picture of health and happiness.
For moment drew aside the veil that separates us
from want and pesence and peeped into conditions in the
countries OF Europe and drew comparison of this pretty
little girl and the thousands of other little orphan girls in
the world who, by divine intent, should have
and fed and cared for the little rosy
girl has been But the fates unhnd to the little girls
OF Armenia and in turn most kind TO the little girl Amer
ica The little girl in America the blessed land has faith
er and mother to for her and defend her-the little
girl in Armenia has not The little girl America has
warm clothes and abundance of food-the little girl in Ar
menia has neither The little girl in America does not know
what hunger lsthe little girls in Armenia are starving
and freezing to death for lack of the necessities of life
What is the duty of the American fathers and mothers
who have been blessed with riches and penthile the
fathers and mothers of the East Yparrdered
and carried away in captivity by the
the brutal hunSs22s