Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1919-06-13
ENDORSE LEECE
FOR SUPERVISOR
Farmers Association Brings Out
Candidate for Fall Election.
Health Officer Favored, and
More Pay For Teachers.

No~N"Nti AOA hObpVhNiSOi lOL
sonville district in the coming election
| The farmers aiso endorsed the move
ment started by DR.. Isaac Pcircc to
employ county health officer, and
approved the action of the county
school board in recommending to the
Board of Supervisors that the sala-
ries of the teachers of the county
be increased.
1t was thought by some that the
meeting in the Court lIouse would
be an unusually lively one, in view of
the fact that opposition has dcvel-
oped to the activities of the farmers
association in buying merchandise in
bulk and distributing it among its
members, instead OF buying FROM the
dealers here rs heretofore. There has
been opposition also to the retention
in Office of r. r. Wall, county DEM
onstrator, some people of the county
contcnding that the Office is Il need
less one and should be abolished. 1t
is the contention of the Farmers
Association that the county demon
strator is needed in the county and
has done and will do great work.
1t was with this end i'll view that the
farmers decided 10 hold a meeting
and endorse candidate for Super
visor they could depend upon to vote
for the tnngs they wanted.
The Gioe,.ng in the court house was
one Of the most representative that
has been he d here for IL number of
years. Farmers We're present from
different sections Of the county, and
took an interest in the proceedings.
President X. NJ. Lawson, of Burke's
Garden, was absent, and Mr.. A, S.
Grecver, County Superintendent of
schools, was called to the chair and
presided over the netting. NJ l..
feery, WAS secretary. Mr.. Greever
stated that The object of the meeting
was the nomination of Supervisor
for Jeffersonville district He stated
that the farmers association was not
in politics, but that their interests
were too deeply concerned not to
favor and endorse man who would
be in sympathy with the movement
Of the farmers in cooperative buying
ana selling and in demonstration
work and other progressive move
ments in the county. The Jefferson
vile district members of the Associ-
alton retired to jury room, ut the
suggestion of Mr.. Jas. Ed Pccry,
who stated that the members of the
Association would like to discuss
men and measures privately, and that
there were men in the audience in
the presence of whom they would not
care to express their views. After
half an hours caucus they nominated
Mr.. Leecc.
Wine the caucus was in progress,
DR.. Isaac teirce was given an oppor-
tunity TO express himself on the need
OF Il county hearth officer. He stated
that the draft had showed that rs to
80 per cent OF the men of the county
were PHYSICAL unfit for general mill
tary service, cause by diseases that
were preventable. DR.. Peirce said
that the closing of the schools of the
county to stop the spread of influ-
enZa last year ha little effect upon
the disease, and that the great loss
to the pupils could have been pre-
vented if the county had had a health
officer. He suggested that the officer
should be chosen from outside the
county and should be man eminent
ly qualified for the office. The ur-
gent need Of such an officer in the
county was evident from the rapid
spread of tuberculosis, venereal di-
seases and other diseases that are
preventable. The doctor stated that
there had come under his observation
within the past six month more
cases of this character than he had
seen for the past six years. Tubercu-
losis has prevailed in Tazewen coun-
ty for many years to an alarming
extent, with little or no effort to
prevent its spread Many families
have had the disease from generate
ON to generation, and no intelligent
effort to stamp it out had ever been
undertaken by the authorities. After
some confusion in voting on whether
the meeting would endorse the
scheme of employing county
health officer, the vote was finally
taken, and so far as could be seen
was unanimous for the project.
County Superintendent of Schools,
"A. 5. Greever, who presided over the
meeting, presented the question of
raising the salaries of the teachers
OF the county. He stated that it was
simply a question of raising the tea
chers salaries or closing the schools.
lie requested vote on this question,
and it was carried in favor of the
raise in salaries without a dissenting
voice. Supervisor Burke caused some
amusement by charging that the an
nuai reports of receipts and disburse-
ments of the county School board
showed an item "All other expenses, :"
which he did moi un;lers. and, and in
timated that it looked 10 him like
somebody VAS making way with the
county school funds. An effort WAS
made to a..plain to him tn. simple
system of bookkeeping used by the
county authorities, Superintendent
Greever and County Clerk Crabtrec,
both aSDlaininp IN hin, ,uh,@ a.