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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1922-12-01

and the house in which they were in
set afire here early yesterday.
Relatives of James w. Smith, 30,
q grocer, his wife. their -year-old
daughter, Mrs. Define Durchfield,
wife of the man being held, and her
son. Charles, 13, were today making
final funeral arrangements for the
quintet, their bodies being found by
fireman after flames had been extin-
guished in the Smith home. Officers
say they evidently had been beaten
to death with an axe and the house
set afire to hide any trace of the
crime.
Calmly chewing on a piece of gum,
Burchfield showed no concern when
no viewed the five bodies late yes
terday. following his capture in john
son City, Tenn. and brought back
here. He was later in the day re-
moved to the Blountville pail for safe
keeping, pending his hearing this af-
ternoon.
While the police claim when they
captured Burchfield blood stains were
found on his shirt and trousers, the
accused denied any connection with
the alleged crime, saying the reason
why he was in Johnson City was that
he was paying visit to q sister pre-
naratory to going to West Virginia.
The police later claimed that the
trousers Burchfield was wearing Mt
che time of his arrest were the prop
crty of the dead groceryman.
According to the policee. Burchfield
and his wife were separated. They
say he is alleged to have made
threats against her after ascertain
ing that she contemplated getting q
divorce.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1922-12-01
NEWS OF HARTMAN.

Hartman, Va, Nov. 27.-We have
had some snow in this section in the
last two days. 1t has been very cold.
Mrs. Lizzie Christian, who has
been on the sick list, is better at this
writing.
Mr.. Roy Blankenship, of Blacky,
spent Saturday night with NJ. NJ.
Nelson.
The forest fires have destroyed
lots of timber and fences for the ,peo-
pie i'll this section.
: Mr.. Halle M. Nelson made n fly
ing trip to Cedar Bluff last night.
Mr.. Lee Lambert, of Cedar Bluff,
was up here one day last week hunt
ing birds.
Mr.. Tom Watkins. of Canebralse,
was visiting Bandy yesterday.
Mr.. Britain Christian, who has
been at work at Coaldan, has re-
turned to his home here.
Mr.. Ora White who has been Wis
iiting in Tennessee for the past month
is now at home.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1922-12-01
WHEN THE HOLIDAYS ARE
COMING.

BY Frank L. Stanton.
when the holidays are comm
I'm a-wishin' night an dny
A fellow could enjoy 'em like
he usedto-far away.
III the years when life was lively
AS n field-lark on the wing.
An the world just rolled in
Music, an YOU couldn't help but
sing! DN'
You don't look forward to 'em like
you used to in the past,
With evcrmore the feeiin' that the
-, next will be the last!
The old sweethearts have left VIM r.
cruel Fate and chance;
An you're not as spry, old fellow
in the Glands round" in the
You ion the glad procession, when
the CHRISTMAS days are nigh;
10" shout your halleluin. but it
dwindlcs to n sigh;
AN IN the merry circle, with the
:, christmas stores unrolled,
iou mriit In dreams forever to the
Christmas days of old.
Us Just the same old story, with
other scenes in view;
So fast the time is flynn the glad
worlds leavin' you!
But Join the great rejoicin'-
-, shadow in the light;
There's this to say: You've had vour
day; ,grieve not to say Good
night!
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1922-12-01
HIS DEFINITION.

Elder Watkins, of Muddy Hollow.
lust back from the city, was telling
his wife of the church he had at
tended.
did you know any of their songs 2"
asked she.
NO" replied the elder! "they did
not sing anything but anthems"
"Anthems!' exclaimed his wife.
"What on earth is an anthem?"
"Wo'l answered the elder, 'I can't
'"ll Won exactly, but if I'd say to
YOU, Betsy, the cows are in the corn
hat wouldn't be an anthem. But if
I'd say, Betsy Betsy Betsy, the cows
the cows, the Holstein cow, the
spotted cow-all the cows are in
are in-thc corn-corn-corn.- All
men! what that would be IAN an
them"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1922-12-01
PEERY'S MAJORITY 1886 is OF
FICIAL COUNT IN NINTH.

Bristol Nov. 27.-The official count
of the November election rs an
nounccd yesterday in Richmond,
shows that George C. Peery, of Taze-
we'll, received majority of 1886.
The figures given out following n
canvass by the State election board
follows:
3SG.
Bland: Peery. 7O3; Hassinger, 7s9.
ser 1454.
Diclsenson: Peery, 17l9; Hassinger,
Giles: Pecry, 1427; Hassinger, $50.
Lee: Peery. 2496; Hassinger 2771.
luias:i; Pcery, 2O73; Hassinger,
RI Russell: Peery. 5000; Hassinger,
o,! Seotn- pcery, 2sos; Hassinger,
as Smyth: Peery, 2l26; Hassinger,
Tnzewell: Pecry, 3iOs; Hassinger,
Washington: Peery. 1927; Hassin-
ger, Bal.
.oN Wise; Pcery. 5155, Hassinger,
Wythe: Peery. 2oss; Hassingcr,
29227 s'''
The igrrc7 also show that Sena-
+cr Swanson carried the district by
majority of 5,306. Swanson got
@7A votrs in the Ninth and Nc
Gavock, $4,000.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1922-12-01
FEDERAL AID is HIGHWAY
BOOM.

Washington, Nov. 21.--Ten thou
sand miles OF fedcral-aid highway
were completed III the last fiscal year
bringing the total mileaee to 19,308,
says an announcement Of the bureau
CT pubic roads department of aeyi-
culture. The years work constituted
a new record.
Texas leads in miles of completed
fcderal-aid roads with 1913 miles,
while Minnesota is second with .416'
Texas is also first in mileage under
construction with 1,408 miles, and
Nebraska is second with go miles.
Iowa is third with 945 miles.
Texas and New York receive the
largest allotments of federal aid.
which Is distributed on the basis of
population and mileage of state high
ways.
Aside from the federal-aid high
way work, the bureau of roads has
completed 1852 miles of road in the
national forests. " ''''
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1922-12-01
WISE COUNTY WRIT REFUSED
BY CCOURT.

Richond, Nov. 27.-Rcpublican eff
forts to compel Democratic regis
trnrs in the Ninth Congressional Dis
trict to allow an examination Of ap-
plications for ballots, filed under the
absent voters law, prior to cleo
tons, came to naught today when
the Virginia Supreme Court of APP
peals refused to grant a writ of
error to C. r. McCorkle, Common
wealth's Attorney of Wise. County,
who sought mandamus against II.
|. Nelson, registrar for Alphabetical
election district in that county. The
petition of McCorkle complained of
the action Judge II. A. w. Skeen,
of the Circuit Court of Wise County,
on October %, 1922. refusing to
Grant him mandamus compelling
Nelson, registrar, to exhibit to him
applications for ballots for examin-
alton and Investigation so that he
might find out whether they COM
piled with the law.
The petition declared that the pre-
else question presented was whether
or not applications filed with regis
trars for official ballots are public
in their nature.
The Appeal Court also refused
writs of error to j. j. Whitlock and
Il. Creghead, both of Bristol con-
victed of violating the Mapp prohi-
b'tion law Each was given ninety
days, coupled with n fine of $3.50.
In their petition stress was laid upon
the proper time for introduction of
Commonwealth evidence. The Appeal
Court adjourned today until Janu-
ary 9, 1923.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1922-12-01
SLEMP'S HULLABALOO.

Congrc.,. III Slemp vents his sDlesn
on the election of George G. Peery
in the Ninth district, through an in
terview this time, in the newspapers
instead of norating through the Con
gressinoal Record. us Oh II former
occasion.
Mr.. Slemp's brainstorm centers in
and around alleged frauds in the
Ninth district in an unlawful and ex-
ccssive use Of money, and fraudulent
registration OF voters, which two
things brought about the defeat of
his party in the Ninth. A casual read
cr would naturally conclude that MIR.
Slcmp was himself the defeated can
didatc and not Mr.. IIassingcr. who,
SO fur us heard from has maintained
a prudent and gcntlcmanly silence,
accepting the results of the campaign
philosophically. Like good sport,
(Which Alr. Slemp is not), he played
and lost, and that ended it, Mr.. Slcmp,
i'll swallowing his medicine, cries and
kicks lie spoiled child and makes
all sorts Of WY and ugly faces as
he gups down the dose. Slcmp's
charge of the use of money in the
Ninth, is something with which lie is
familiar, and has been for years, and
the charge of the excessive and illeg-
al use of money even if true, comes
with poor grace from him, and if the
contest of Peery's election is push
Ia, which is bluflingly threatened in
his newspaper interview. the fact;
can be and will be shown.
The fact is, which Slemp does not
seem to take into consideration, the
Democrats were organized this time,
us the party has never been before.
1t is stated by the management, /. :.
30 per cent Of the 81 per cent regis
tration, voted This, coupled with
loyal and enthusiastic work, carried
the day, just as such conditions car
iicd the day for Slcmp through many
campaigns. 1t is easy to cry "thict, {"
to howl and rant over illegal regis
Natlons and corrupt registrars-an
old song heard in this state for years.
1t is fact that the people were tired
of Slempism, just as the people said
III 1920. they were tired of Wilson
ism, and Virginia and the Ninth.
joined the long and enthusiastic pro-
cession in every state in the union
and delivered smashing blow to thr
reactionary party of Harding, Lodge
ct ais, and in states too, where Dem
ocratlc registrars were not in chan &c
OF election machinery. No honest man
will sanction the illegal use of mon
ey in election or anywhere else. but,
until the kettle becomes white there is
neither reason nor sense in it's call
ing the pot black. Let no one be dis
turbed by Slcmp's hullabaloo.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1922-12-01
WAS THAT YOU SPOKE?
(The Virginia Mountaineer.)

(The Virginia Mountaineer.)
THE Clinch Valley News has lately
put on an air of condescension. At
last, after the campaign is over, it
takes notice Of us. For weeks and
weeks we patiently and persistently
asked them questions, which they pa
tlently and persistently refused to
answer. We made accusations of
fraud and theft; we ridiculed their
little trickster politicians; we hurled
our nnathemas at them all from the
precinct registrar to the governor of
The Commonwealth; but all the while
the News was as mute as an oyster
I-as voiceless as the Sphinx. 1t seems
that the good paper preferred to ip
more us altogether Now since the
election is over, and the News hay-
ing been right in its predictions and
we wrong, We suppose it has set out
New fields to conquer"
p, The News carries upon its shout
ders the weight OF many years, and
we are very, very young. But even
the old sometimes get beside them
selves with joy, and forget that it is
very rude to mako personal re-
marks about one in mourning, espec-
tally If the mourner be q child of
tender years. Surely the eyes of this
venerable sheet are not SO dim that
1T was unable to discern our craze
and our garb of sackcloth and ashes.
Inc election returns came to us
just as we were going to press; SO,
hurriedly, amid tears and in sorrow
and despair, We dashed off an article
under the heading: "John Browns
dead and the big days over" Now
TINS victor whose many years should
ada dignity to its bearing and man.
ner, IS childishly deriding the van
qWshed. when the fight is already
over, after ignoring its fallen foe or
refusing to strike back when the van
quisned was in a. fighting mood. It
wants 10 KNOWS what John we meant
Hasslnger, or whether we are putting
our John in the class with old Jobn
Brown Of Harper's Ferry fame. No.
no, wo didn't mean to do either II
was just the snatch of an old song
that came to US, and we had oftes,
heard it exclaimed after a hotlv cen
tested fight. The anxiety and sus-
pense OF the campaign was over. and
even IL we were sorely troubled, we
were relieved. Hence, the headline.
The News calls US "rantanker-
Gus" sheet: We do not know whether
1t intended that word as term of
praise or an epithet vile. as we new
er heard OF the word before. The
great war added host of new words
10 our vocabulary, so this must be n
chlld of the recent Perry Campaien
Anyway we searched both Webster's
International and the New Standa rd
Dlctionarys, Bankers Almanac land
Sears, Roebuck's catalogue without
being able to find the word listed
But we suppose it will be found with
q full explanation in the next issue
OF the Encyclopedia Britannica"
1.-THE REASONS WHY"
That "rantankerous" campaign
sheet, The Virginia Mountaineer
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1922-12-01
a. B. SEE WOULD BURN ALL.
GIRLS COLLEGES.
New York TimesD

Aionzo 3. See, head of n big Gle.
vator company. would burn ali wo.
mems colleges to the ground and
put all college girls ut hard manual
labor Tor year Ito put into thei,
heads some little trace of sense"
Mr.. See expressed his spleen
against these institutions for high.
or learning for women i'm respoSd.
ing to form letter appeal from,
Aaelphi College, of BROOKLYN. in
which borough he lives, to contri.
butte toward S1.00O,OO0 endowment
fund, His reply read:
A. b. See Electric Elevator "a
As,,: Nov. IT, 1922.
Gentlemen:
l have received copy of your let
Ter asking ME to subscribe to n fund
Tor new college building.
:, IT had my way | would burn NIL
inc women's colleges in the country
ne young women of our country do
not need to be educated but the
educatlon they need is to leave off
smoking cigarettes, stop using slang
StoP their staggering. give up their
Dola ana brazen manner, their paint
and their powder, and their lipsticks
and their high-heeled shoes and r.
cease to dress indecently. ~
VI all the fool things in the world
l. think tho college for women ;s
the worst. When they graduate from
the colleges they cannot write n do.
cent hand. They know nothing abon,
tne English language. They canno.
spell. They are thoroughly Ignorant
OF the things they should know and
they have their brains twisted NV
studying Psychology, logic and mil.
osoophy and lot Of other stuff moi
only utterly useless but absolutelv
hha a1,n t lot of stuff which could
have been concocted inly in the dis.
oased brains of college professors
women used to be highly honored
and respected by tho men. But that
gay th;y, !; is largely passing away, and
snls IS due more perhaps, to the Of.
1 rect that the colleges are having on
else. '''S'hihe
Nothing could be better for ,be
girls that are now in the COLLEGES
than to be taken out of the colleges
ana put to hard manual labor for ~
least year SO that there might h,
pnt-into their heads some little trocs
of sense. ''"e'
ALONZO y. SEE
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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1922-12-01
YOU AND l.

Alittle more kindness and little less
creed,
"A little more giving and less less
greed,
a little more smile and n little less
frown;
a little less kicking man when he's
a title more "Wc" and a little less
"",
A little more laugh and n little less
cry,
A little more flowers on the path
way of life,
And fewer on graves at the end of
the strife.
That is what we need in this old
world. 1t is what you need and |
need and the other fellow needs
Forbes Magazine.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1922-12-01
.ALoNZo B. SEE.
IS HELD ON CHARGE MURpnR
OF FIVE PEOPLE.

Bristol. va.-Tenn.. Nov. 27.--While
authoritfs continued their investi-
cation. Ben Burchfield, IL, will be
brought here late today from tho
Biountyille Jail and given a hearing
on the charge Of murder in connec.
ton with the finding of five charred
bodies believed to have been. slain.
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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1922-12-01

The city chemist of East Orange
says that anybody who drinks boot
leg liquor is fool. Quite frequently
he is n corpse, too.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1922-12-01

We imagine that being chancellor
ot Germany is about as popular as
acting as receiver for bucketshop.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1922-12-01

OF course women have souls. If
not, what would they yearn with .?
The Cordova daily times., 1922-02-14
TRACICAL0RIClV WEDDING VEIL
 OF PRINCESS

LONDON, Feb. IA Dire tragedy is associated with the old Irish point lace which will adorn Princess Mary's s bridal robe when she marries Vis- count. Lascelles next month.
 It originated from the failure of of the Irish potato crop in 1846. The famine which followed was terrible. The peasants lived on the product of their toll and the fruitfluness of the soil, and when misfortune rob- bed them their desolation was all the more poignant on account of their helpessness.
 To holy abbess in the convent of Youghal, in the County Cork, falls the distinction of conceiving this future industry for Ireland. There came into her possession a piece of Milan de Point. She carefully stud jed the piece of lace and unravelled the threads one by one and finally after the exhaustive research, mas tered all the wonderful intricacies of the lacemakers of old Milan.
 She then realized it's great possi- bilities as an industry for the starv- ing Irish children. The children cleverest at needlework were the first selected, and she taught them sep arately what she had learned They were apt pupils. and the industry spread. From Youghal it spread over the whole of the southern and west ern countries of Ireland.
 Queen Mary has ever been devo- tee of needlework, and as Irish point is made entirely with the needle the queen has naturally taken more than a passing interest in this work, for a complete dress of it was made for her at her coronation.
 But the vagaries of feminine fash ion have interfered with it's sale fer some months, and it is devoutly trusted in the southern parts of Ire land that the queens choice for her daughters wedding dress will revive such a demand for Irish lace that will be unaffected by the petty die tates of the mandarins of the Rue de Ia Paix and Hanover Square.
The Cordova daily times., 1922-02-14
OHIO CLAIMS RECORD FOR
 IMPROVED ROAD MILEAGE

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Feb. 14.-State Director of Highways Herrick, an- nounces that Ohio has taken from Pennsylvania the nations record as to mileage of improved roads built within a year. He states that more than 1000 miles of new highways were constructed by the State High way Department in Ohio last year. The previous record, 760 miles in a year, was held by Pennsylvania.
 Inasmuch as but relatively small amount of uncompleted road-build- ing remains in the Buckeye State special attention will be given this year to maintenance work, Director Herrick said He plans awarding contracts this year for something over 360 miles of road building and hopes not only to lessen the cost but increase the efficiency of the main tenance or repair work It is plan ned this year, as last. to go over the entire mileage under State ,mainte- nance
The Cordova daily times., 1922-02-14
SOLVE PROBLEM CRYING BABES
 AT MOVIES

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 14-The man. agement of motion picture theater in a residential district here has solved the problem of what to do with crying babies and still be able to col feet admissions from tired mothers or nurses The solution is-
 4 crying parlOr.
 Tn the balcony has been installed room about ten feet square. About the walls are painted elephants, gir- affes tigers, dogs and all manner of animals. There are little canvas swings and many playthings to amuse babies.
 The front of the room contains a large plate-glass window. The whole inclosure is sound-proof so far as the audience outside is concerned. And it is in this coZy little inclosure that mothers take their babies, and let the youngsters howl as much as they like while the fond parents watch the movie" heroes and heroines through the plat-glass window.
 The experiment is declared to be a great success.
The Cordova daily times., 1922-02-14
SHOW OF CO-EDS IS NEARLY
 WRECKED

CHICAGO, Feb. IA. - Rehearsals of the play Back to Earth" to be pre- scented by the members of the Hermit and Crow Dramatic Club of North western University, are once more progressing satisfactorily. A much needed kiss almost wrecked the show the other day, but the kiss was forth coming and the work again was re- sumed, with renewed vigor.
 LAW, can't do it." Ken Paider, decked out as a fair maiden and des- ignated to kiss one Ben Carswell, ges- ticulated. Ben Carswell is too rough and anyway, his breath reminds me of chewing tobacco"
 The, stage coach was frantic. The whole show, apparently, had struck a snag and one that couldn't be passed. The feminine end of the scene re- mained immovable. and there the show stopped
 When in came Miss Pauline Griner, a coed. She heard the sorry tale of the coach and volunteered "expert" aid.
 "S-Smack-k"
 Carswell grinned.
 That's howl said Miss Griner. Paider grinned and the show went on.
The Cordova daily times., 1922-02-14
AFTER TWO sOMERSAULTS
 AUTOIST PUTS ON BRAKES

ELYRIA, Ohio, Feb 14--Howard Benham lives to tell of his auto turning two somersaults.
 He said that after a chain got tangled in one of the wheels of the machine, the auto turned turtle, righted itself, travelled for a distance, turned the second turtle and again righted itself.
 Benham said he then thought it time to put on the brakes. Benham was uninjured.
The Cordova daily times., 1922-02-14
GIANT FOSSIL UNEARTHED

CURTIS, Neb., Feb. 14.-What is believed to be the largest fossil ever discovered in America has heen part ly unearthed on the farm Of John Corte near here. Sciantis;s from Denver University, who came here to examine the find, say the fossil is } mammoth, which probably lived 250,00O years ago. The bones ale we'll preserved.
The Cordova daily times., 1922-02-14

The Northwestern Hardware Co.'S store will be closed until March 18th. Upon return of MT. H. c. Feldman, a new front will be installed, together with a new, up-to-date stock and how prices. 1-S'1o
The Cordova daily times., 1922-02-14

Acton, London's latest borough made a profit of $500 last year or dances In the local baths. ..->
The Cordova daily times., 1922-02-14
BUSINESS DIRECTORY

Progressive Merchants and Professional Men Who Ad- vertise in the Cordova Daily
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