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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1922-09-01
B. G. CATTLE
WIN PRIZES
Ewing Lawson's Cattle Take
Blue Ribbon at Abingdon
Other Personal and Local
News.

Durkc Iuruei, aug, ol.-EWine
Lawson, of Burke's Garden, upheld
County at the Abingdon Fair Au-
gust 2d. 20, 20, when he showed
senior and junior calf winning blue
ribbons with both entries. The writ
er personally inspected the Lawson
herd recently in company with h. Nj.
Lawson, and ventures the statement
that competition must be extremely
keen when the Lawson Short Horns
full to capture the Blue Ribbons.
The above calves were shown as a
part of the hord which tho South
west Virginia Short Horn Breeders
Association supervised during tho
fair, and the reports nro that this
Association figured very prominent
ly during fair week at Abingdon.
The Abingdon Fair was unusually
good this year (whnt about the Tazc-
we'll Fnir?) An old time tournament
was II feature OF the Fair.
Rev Dr. =. ii. Kohn, who waa
,pnstor for tho Lutheran Church in
Burke's Garden 20 years ago has
been visiting old friends in the Gard
cn recently. DR.. Kohn held services
for his old pnrishoners and friends
lust Sunday. lle returned to his homo
In Norih Cnr,l;nn irh,r.d,v IJia
rrionds horc h" W, v"rn " ex,r"mcI', @ % c,od tn
renew fellowship with him again and
wish him well whero he minister's in
tho Old North State.
MIR. and Mrs. Moss Entertain.
Mr. and Mrs. Rush Moss delight
fully entertained friends and reln-
tivcs Thursday Of last week Mt
.'nvnJ ,b"nJn,lv Iudan tniio @ nm,, tho
,,s.;n ,"s;SI "u'H ',,,,;',, ~ ,1" ."u,e Mo 'A'
~ nnvis broihc, to Mr. Rusb Moss
~. Iohn d ~ Grccver M Miss Emn,r
C;,c.vcr Misses Mnrinm and W;r.
'r,n;n C,,cr"r ] or (,nimn,,,i, Gu 6 r.. n
e Credlc md Miss Mnpv Moss AZ, ~ -
y" I I.nyn ' Sar ' S"n,h &C. CSroIin" '
NIys"s Marian, ''""i" and vsr~im;n Groov.
or inrl Wc,mcsdnv For ihc;r bop,n l..
Cohmbin. s G Thci. hrothcr Wnl-
ion Ir drove ihrnnvb from tolum-
bin for them IN nccSunt Of tho aor-
in,,snc.s NJ IN" rn;I strike IN nart.
of North Cnrolinn Thrv havo hacn
visiting their grandfather. John d.
Crncvn,, ,nJ otln, rclnt;uoa born d,,,,
inr The sumner "a Us -''''S's ''''0 ''
Visitors To Agricultural Building.
Mr. ioc MecIs w q Thomnaeer
nm bnwis md I'T, II n q Siomora nU,'toun, tmorn
recent visitors In ihc Vocnt;onol Az.
ricuiturnl Uuildiny Tho A~ric,,itnrsl
Instructor In always clad 20 receive
visitors and will take delight in show
inw th" now nnuinn,ont 20 l., " rondnr
ins any M service nosnihIc to those d.
string mid
Burle's Garden farmers nre plow-
ing tho soil and making adouunte
prepnrntions for fall sccdin~ Most
of the hnv IL IN nnd plows nre nm
ming.
Program TO BE Given Saturduv
The following program will be rem
dered az the ilIeh School Huditorinm
Saturday evening Mt eight O'clock to
which nil are cordially invited:
Reading, (a) "Wnitinr at Tho Sta
tion. (b) "Pn and MAJ by Edgar
Guest Miss Lucy Moss
Readings-(n) '"Burkis IL Willing"
~ "a Pleasant Half Hour ON ihe
Beach" Marpie benton Cook. Miss
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1922-09-01
CATTLE FOR SALE.

/ have for sale 300 head of 1000
to 1900 pound cattle Of good feeding
quality. Any one interested please
write or call on me at Pctcrstown,
West Va, where the cattle can be
seen. j. A. MCKENZIE. Sep 2-2t
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1922-09-01
A CARD OF THANKs

:. We thank our many friends for
Kindness. shown US during the. sick
ness and death of our dear mother,
for beautiful floral tributes, and for
the use Of cars We also thank her
physician, DIR. Painter, and nurse,
Mrs Peck, for their kindness and
attention. May God bless them all
Her children. w. e. Gillespie, Mrs.
II G. P, Mcneil, Mrs. C. ]. Belcher.
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NO SERVICES SUNDAY MORN.
INC

There win be no services in tho
baptist church next Sunday mornh,..
Mr. alexander breaches ut Bundy's
Chapel in the morning at II o'clock.
ana Will preach In tho Baptist church
nero IN tho evening, mt 3 o'clock.
sunday school ut 10 O'Clock shnrp.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1922-09-01

rate, it will do no harm to pay lust
a little extra attention to these new
teachers, until they get "broke in"
the harness.
Names of Rural schools teachers
will be given in next issue.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1922-09-01
BERKSHIRE BOARS AND SOWS
FOR SALE

For sale within tho next eight
days some fine pure bred Berkshires.
Also fine lot Of Shropshire rams
and eve lambs for sale. See Mr.. j.
j., Roach, my farm mknager, for
prices. C. r. BROWN, Tazewell.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1922-09-01
"a DREAM OF QUEEN ESTHER.
TO BE PRESENTED HERE

A treat is in store for the Taze-
well people tonight Friday evening
when some of the best talent of Gra.
ham and Bluefield will present q
play entitled, "a Dream of Queen
Esther" This is biblical drama in
three. acts by Walter Ben Hare, and
Is highly artistic production. Thir-
ty-seven characters arc introduced in
the play, including twelve little Jew
ish children, eight Persian rose
maids, and eight dream characters.
A slight variation in the thrilling
Bible story of Queen Esther supplies
the necessary romantic note. An in
teresting episode consists of the an
ties of the playful Koosh, an Ethio-
plan slave child, and the appearance
OF the beauties Of tho realm before
the king. Elaborate costumes and
scenery, and appropriate music add
color and atmosphere to the perform
ance.
CAST OF CHARACTERS:
The King, Wilson Holder
Mordecai, Captive Jew at Shus-
han, Wayland Newton.
Hegai, the Kings Chamberlain,
Kenneth Newton,
Esther, a Jewish Heroine, Glenna
James.
Meeshe zabeel, her servant. Mrs.
Brophy.
Hanana, little Jewish maid, aged
eight, Eleanor Anderson.
Koosh, little Ethiopian slave girl,
Irene Reynolds.
. Kama Shimeel, a Persian singer,
Sallie Litz.
The Lady Ozoona, beautiful shus-
han maid, Mrs. Joe Davidson.
Jakosha, a lanquid lily, Mrs. Gene
Witten
The Princess zuecca, a proud lady
from Media, Mary Davenport.
DREAM CHARACTERS:
The Witch Of Endor, Mrs. C. S.
Pippin.
Rebecca, Catherine James.
Miriam, Culley James
Deborah, Margaret Sutton.
Adah, Helen Baylor.
Martha, Ruth Metcalfe.
Ruth, Mrs. Parrish.
Electa, Mamie Sexton.
Time-Two and quarter hours.
Don't miss this delightful evenings
entertainment
ADMISSION: 30 and a5 cents
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FORD FOR SALE.

Ford Roadster for sale, in good
condition, starter, Will sell reason-
able. See Mr.. Mauzo ut Hotel Tazc-
well.
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SCHOOL WEEK in
TAZEWELL co.
Hon. Harris Hart Will Make Ad-
dress in Graham Tuesday
Faculties of the Larger :
Schools.

Next week, beginning on Monday
evening, is "School Week" Superin-
tendent Greever has issued a call to
all teachers to meet at Graham, Mon
day evening, where the first of u
series of preparatory and explana-
tory exercises, addresses, ETC., will
be made. Teachers will be met at
trains by the entertainment commit
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1922-09-01

Tuesday, says Prof. Greever's circ-
nlar letter, will be given to short ad-
dresses, and an explanation Of school,
policies, regulations, etc., as laid down
by the new county Board, and also
an explanation fthe compulsory
school law. Hon. Harris Hart, State
Superintendent, and others will make
address at this session, of vital i'm
portance to the. teachers and to the
successes Of the schools this school
year.
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CHRISTIAN CHuRCH.

sunday school IU 3, m, Preaching
IL am. by pastor. -
Judsonia weekly advance., 1922-02-23

and good temper, energy and enthu-
siasm, and that overmastering love
of service for men which are essen
tial to success"
The report tells of the work that
has been undertaken by army chap
Iains, who in many cases with very
few facilities have built up worth
while centers of religious and moral
inspiration.
There have been exigencies of the
service that have necessitated the de.
tail of chaplains to various duties
that are extraprofessional," Colonel
Axton states. "They have served in
the cemeterial section Of the quarter
master department, as post exchange
officers, directors of education and
recreation, as morale officers, man
ayers of Liberty theaters and of box
ing exhibitions, school teachers and
as counsel for the defense"
Judsonia weekly advance., 1922-02-23
WASHING I I7Hl4E>1
S0[1)[{|L[II5|E;|5+ !, ), s.
Palmer as Alien Property Custodian

May. 1918, and was sold by Palmer
to Martin f. Kern OF Allentown, Pa,
on December Z, 1913, for $4,150000.
Although it had been generally I'm.
derstood that the investigation of the
Bosch company, ordered by the De-
partment of Justice, was to be con.
fined solely to It's war contracts, 1t
was revealed that the federal grand
jury In Boston will inquire into the
transfer of the former German prop.
critics from the alien property custo'
dian to Howard d. Griffith, acting
agent for Martin e. Kern.
incidentally, there has been repeti
ton of charges made against former
Attorney General Palmer when he ap
peared before the senate judiciary
committee In 1919, in connection with
hearings on his confirmation. At that
time efforts were made to block his
confirmation because of the position
which he held when the properties
we're sold. 1t was alleged then that
the Bosch stock was worth approx.
mately $7000,0O0.
Judsonia weekly advance., 1922-02-23
Copyright. Western Newspaper Union

| on the stove contains his Sunday din
ner, which he has prepared for him
| self, consisting of white navy beans
and fatback. These beans are now
costing him twenty-five to thirty cents
a quart, and the fatback costs him
forty cents a pound. 1t could have
been purchased few years ago for
seventeen cents a pound, and the beans
for ten cents. He does not get any
fresh meat because he cannot afford
to buy it.
ITO my mind it seems a pity that
the United States government should
employ men of that type, or any other
type for that matter and not give
them enough to live on decently. 1t
is particularly a pity in this case be-
cause he is somewhat superior to
many of the employees. He has
stayed with us as a matter OF faithful
ness to the government, and has
stayed with us when he could make
more in one week outside of the gov
eminent than we pay him for one
month.
"Others have left us, but instances
of that kind have been very few. At
one time I had in our auditorium our
employees and l made an appeal to
them to stand by us during the war
period, and there were more than 300
of them present, and they all of one
accord assured US that they would
stand by us and would give us the
benefit of their labor in our depart
ment during the war period, notwith-
standing the fact that the price for
labor outside was a great deal more"
This curious pride in their work and
loyalty to the government and the
government service was q thing that
cropped up in the most unexpected
places.
AS one employee put it: 81 think you
will find that every service seems to
be quite proud of its work I know
you will find it in our service as far
as compensation and such as that are
concerned. The pay in this office is
small, but that element, that feeling
in a mans mind that he is really help
ing to accomplish good work and
helping this government to function
well, is really part of it. l find in all
my talks with employees that they
really feel proud of their work, and
that pride is really what gets things
done. I think that Is true everywhere
in the whole service, and particularly
throughout the. executive depart
ments."
That is curiously true, and it is one
of the reasons, possibly the chief rea-
son, why men stay on in the depart
ments year after year at low rate
of pay and not much possibility OF
promotion.
Judsonia weekly advance., 1922-02-23
Water Power Development in America

been developed in the New England
states, where the capacity of the water
wheels installed is 1,3S1,0O0 horse
power, and the estimated potential
power at low water without storage
is 86SO00 horse power. In the Pacific
coast states-Washingt Oregon, and
California-the capacity of those
water wheels installed is 1,893,000
horse power and the potential power
at low water without storage is H..
100000 horse power.
The largest water power develop
ment in the world is at Niagara Falls
where the plants in operation have q
capacity of $4,000 horse power, OF
which 3S5, 900 horse power is on the
United States side. The capacity OF
the plants at Niagara is being increased
by $500 horse power in the United
States and 100000 horse power in
Canada. Other large plants are one
of 10000 horse power on the Missis
sippi at Keokak, Iowa, from which
power is transmitted to st. Louis, and
two plants aggregating 26S,5O0 horse
power on st. Maurice river in Canada
from which power is transmitted to
Montreal, Quebec and other cities
Canada ranks next to the United
States in water-power development,
with 2,418,OO0 horse power, or ovel
10 per cent of the worlds total.
Judsonia weekly advance., 1922-02-23
CHlaplains of the u. S. War Department

TT HE first annual report from the
4 Office Of chief of chaplains of the
War department, Washington d. O.,
written by John Z. Axton, colonel,
Unfted States army, chief Of chap
lains, covering the fiscal year 1921,
has been made public. This report
SHOWS corps of 1S5 chaplains, in
cfnding one colonel, nine lieutenant
enIenels, eight majors, AZ captains and
725 first lleutenants. These chaplains
are classified as follows: Baptist, %;
Bnptist, celOred g Congregational, 8;
Disciples of Christ, 10; Lutheran, II;
Methodist Episcopal, Al; Methodist
EYsscopai colored, 2; Methodist
Protestant, [; Presbyterian, IS; Prot
esf8nt Episcopal. II; Cumberland
Presbyterian, /; Reformed, 2; Roman
Catholic. AZ Universalist, 2; Unitarian,
q; Bnited Evangelical, 1.
Nfnety-eight of these chaplalns
we're appointed during the war. They
were selected from among 600 appli-
cants who had seen service during
the World war and who had Indicated
a desire to enter the regular army.
'sThese men had the unqualified COM
nendatien OF their military command
ers and were highly Endorsed by their
respective denominations. They we're
chosen because they were found to
pessess that fidelity, poise of mind,
breadth and tolerance of view, seren-
lty Of spirit, large outlook, patience
Judsonia weekly advance., 1922-02-23

system of competitive examinations
and appointments on merit has been
built up for the classes of positions
covered by the law. But beyond GER
LITIGATION by the civil service commits
sion for appointment of those appli-
cants who are proved by examination
to. be eligible, the merit system is not
fully operative even in connection with
the positions to which it applies Hap
hazard practices in assignments of
work and in promotions, over which
no central authority has Jurisdiction,
have brought about inequalities which
are discouraging to the workers. This
condition and the relatively low sal
aries paid by the government cause
turnover" in government forces
that could not long be withstood by
private business.
The readjustment of government
salaries in the District of Columbia
has recently received the attention
of the joint commission on reclassifi-
cation of salaries, which was author
lied by provision in the legislative,
executive and judicial appropriation
act approved March l, 1919. The re-
port OF this commission is now in the
hands of congress and it's fate remains
to be seen. The report represents
many months of work and an effort to
present data which will enable CON
gress to understand conditions as they
exist
The present civil service law was
enacted to correct the evils of the
"spoils system" which had become in
tolerable. That the plan provided by
the law, that of appointments through
competitive examinations for certain
positions, has been vast improve
ment over the old patronage method
is generally conceded; but the law
failed to be a completely effective in
strument by not providing for the ap-
| plication of the merit system to the
more responsible and, therefore, the
more remunerative positions.
The administrative offices, aside
from the cabinet, which do not come
within the scope of the civil service
law, are p0stmasters at offices of the
| first, second and third classes, col
lectors of internal revenue, collectors
| OF customs; registers, receivers, and
surveyors general of the land office !;
assistant treasurers, surveyors, special
examiners, appraisers and naval Off
GERS in the customs service; super
intendents of mints, assayers in minis,
supervising inspectors in the steamboat
inspection service, commissioners Of
immigration and naturalization, as
sistant secretaries and neads of bu-
reaus of the departments at Washing
ton. etc.-about $4,000 positions In ali.
Judsonia weekly advance., 1922-02-23
NO REWARD FOR LOYALTY

What can a man hope for who en-
tiers the government service as a
career? Let US look at some actual
cases. Here is the story of one as
told by e. J. Ayers, chief clerk, De
partment of the Interior. He cites it
as case similar to that of many 9TH
ers in his department, and says there
are many others who are in worse cir
cumstances:
The records of our department
show that he entered the service as a
laborer at $500 a year, after a service
of three and half years in the Uni
ted States navy as a first-class fire.
man, with an honorable discharge. He
has been with us for more than thirty
three years, and is sixty-six years
old, and has given more than half his
life to the service of the government.
He owns little property three
miles beyond the Chesapeake juno
ton, and he gets up early in the morn
ing, before daylight, and comes In to
work and goes out after dark at night.
Today he Is getting $40 a year. He
has raised family of nine children
three of whom are now dead-eight
boys and one daughter. His elder
sons are married and have established
homes of their own. Two of his sons
were in the military service in France,
and his daughter, twelve years old,
lives with her grandmother, where he
is supporting, educating and clothing
her.
HE is white man, a very intelli-
gent man, eminently qualified for this
particular line of work His wife is
dead. He is his own housekeeper and
he does the cooking and the washing
and the ironing.
His home was established in its
present location because it was not
thought practicable to raise family
in the district, and he bought a piece
ty three miles beyond the railroad
terminal, which distance, as I said, he
walks twice day, leaving in the morn
ing most of the year before daylight,
and returning home by dark. This
small place consists of a shack and
few acres of land on which he has a
mortgage of $1,000, and you can judge
that he enjoys no conveniences other
than The small house, which protects
him from the elements.
1.-THE house is divided into four
rooms, the partitions being of paper
tackled to the framework, there being
no laths or plaster.
'"The small stove standing in the
center of the room he has used for
Judsonia weekly advance., 1922-02-23
industrial Code to Govern Coal Mining

g. ENATOR KENYON'S last act be-
W fore accepting the Presidents NOM
frfation as United States Circuit judge
.of ehe Eighth district, was to recon-
zyreT3 TO the senate federal mediation
BEARD and an industrial code to govern
coal mining. The recommendations
were the result of the investigation by
fine senate committee on education and
Tabor of trouble between operators and
VnieH miners in West Virginia, which
Ted to armed outbreaks and bloodshed
last summer and resulted In the calling
out of federal troops.
The mediation board proposed by
Representatives of the employees,
tsree Of the employers and three Of
the public. all to be appointed by the
Rresidert- 1t would be operated like
4ae Omitted States railroad labor
tsoars, no penalties being provided for
visitation Of its orders.
Among the basic principles which
should be established as an indus
trial code for the guidance of such
a board was suggested:
Coal rs public utility and in Its
production and distribution the public
interest is predominant.
The right of operators and min
ers to organize is recognized and
affirmed.
The right OF operators and min
Judsonia weekly advance., 1922-02-23
READ LANES DIAGNOSIS

In his final report to the President,
upon completing his work as secre
tary of the interior, Franklin X. Lane
sketched with a sure hand out of the
abundance of his experience the pres
ent Washington condition:
The call is for thinking, planning, engi-
neering, craftsmanship. For we are quick
ly passing out of the rough-and-
period of our national life, in which we
have dealt wholesale with men and
things, into period of more intensive
development, in which we must seek to
find the special qualities of the individual
unit, whether that unit be an acre of
desert, a barrel of oil, mountain
canyon the flow of a river or the capac-
ity of the humblest of men.
ITO conquer and to master-the same
old task is ours; but not in the same old
way. We have discovered this land and
made it ours, but this is not the end
of our journey, for now we are to give
thought, the deepest thought, to the ways
in which it may be made to yield most
abundantly in the things which COM
pick society with a most imperious Curl
osty demands.
Washington Is combination of politi-
cal caucus drawing-room and civil serv-
ice bureaus. 1t contains statesmen who
are politicians and politicians who are
not statesmen. 1t is rich in brains and
in character. 1t is honest beyond any
commercial standard. 1t wishes to do
everything that will promote the public
good. But it is poorly organized for the
task that belongs to it. Fewer men of
larger capacity would do the task better.
Ability is not lacking, but it is pressed
to the. point of paralysis because of an
infinitude of details and an unwillingness
on the part of the great body of public
servants to take responsibility. Every
one seems to be afraid of everyone. The
self-protective sense is developed abnor-
mally, the creative sense atrophies. Trust,
confidence, enthuSiasm-these simple vir-
tues of all great business are the ones
most lacking in government organization.
We have so many checks and brakes
upon our work that our progress does
not keep pace with the nations require
ments. We could save money for the
government If we had more discretion as
to how we should use that given u.s.
For the body of the civil servants there
should be quicker promotion or discharge
and a sure Insurance when disability
comes. For the higher administrative
officers there should be salaries twice as
high as those now given. and they should
be made to feel that they are the ones
responsible for the work of the depart
ment. the head being merely an adviser
and constructor of policies.
AS matters are now devised there are
too few In the government whose bust
ness 1t Is to plan. Every man Is held to
detail, to the narrower view, which comes
too often to be the department view or
some sort of parochal view. We need
for the day that is here and upon us
men who have little to do but study the
problems of the time and test their ca
pacity at meeting them. In a word, we
need more opportunity for planning, en-
cheering. craftsmanship above, and more
fixed authority and responsibility below
The employment methods of the gov
eminent could be improved. Under
the civil service law Of 1888 q good