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ESTABLISHED 1845.
PATRIOTIC RALLY WILL BE
HELD HERE MARCH 30TH
Tazewell Military Company, In Connection
With Military Band, Will Drill on Main
Street, and Act as Escort to Con?
gressman Slemp, the Speaker.
Tazewell is planning to have a pa?
triotic celebration on the 30th, in be?
half of the many war activities now
engaging the attention of the coun?
try. Congresman C. B. Slemp, of the
Ninth District, has been secured as
the orator of the day and will make
an address in the Court He"?? at 1
o'clock.
An effort is being made to get a
band, and those in charge, are confi?
dent that one can be secured. It is
possible that a military band can be
gotten, announcement of which will
be made later.
A feature of the day's program's
will be the exhibition drill of the Taze
well Rifles, the home-guard organiza?
tion. It is the purpose of the com?
pany to march to the station and
meet the sneaker and the band, and
return to Tazewell and give an ex?
hibition drill on the street. The com?
pany is now fully equipped, ready for/
service, and each man will be at his
best on the 30th. Tazewell county
people are proud of the organization,
composed entirely of young men of
the county, most of whom are resi?
dents of the town of Tazewell or live
near by. With the band leading,
with the company fifty-odd strong,
with rifles, bayonets, belts, etc., the
parade will be down main street and
it is Imped will be as good a showing
as the spectacular celebration here on
last fourth of July.
Mr. Slemp will arrive in the morn?
ing from Washington and will have a
message that every man, woman and
child in the county should hear. He
has been loyal to President Wilson
and the administration in the war
measures that have come up in con?
gress, and the people generally feel
grateful to him for this service. He
is not coming to Tazewell as the Re?
publican candidate for Congress, but
as an American citizen, willing to do
all possible to win the war for free?
dom.
An effort will be made to have the
stores observe holiday at least part of
the day Saturday.
Make your arrangements to come
to the meeting on the 30th and help
in arousing the people to the serious?
ness of the situation we arc now fac?
ing in respect to the prosecution of
the war.
NEWS OF THE COVE.
Miss Flora Baylor of Wardell, spent
n week at her uncle's S. J. Thompson,
recently.
Mrs. C. N. Barns and little daught?
er, Mary Taylor, left Saturday for
Smythe county to attend the Rosen
baura-Barns wedding.
Mrs. B. Nesbit and little son, Ben,
of Huntington, W- Va., have return?
ed to their home after a pleasant vis?
it to her sister, Mrs. J. 0. Bowcn.
Mr. and Mrs. Rues T. Bowen. jr.,
and daughter, Annie Moseley, were in
Tazewell Monday.
W. R.'Bowen and O. B. Barns mo?
tored to Burke's Garden Wednesday,
i Dr. P.' D. Johnston was called to
, see Miss Manda Osbornc Monday.
The following ladies were guests
at a most enjoyable At Home Friday,
in honor of the bride, Mrs. Jennie
?Walker Bowen, from 2:30 to 0:00 in
Jtho beautiful home of Mr. and Mrs. J.
C. Bowen ii Mesdames J. Sanders Gil
lespie and W. B. Grecar, of Cliffield;
George C Peery, W. G. O'Brien, G.
Bowcn, ot Tazewell; J. G. Barns, W.
Jeff Gillespie, W. O. Barns, C. N.
. Barns, W. A. Barns, Oscar B. Barns
S. J.' Thompson, H. L. Thompson, R
T. Bowen, jr, S. A. White, B. Nesbit
of Huntington; Misses Margaret E.
Barns, of Salem; Barbara Brittain,
of Tazewell; Susan Galloway, Alberta
White, Alice Curtis, of Culpcpper
county; Susie Sled and Ellie Bowen,
of Tazewell.
An elegant luncheon was served.
Little Dollie Gillespie, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Will Gillespie, had the
misfortune of falling from the swing?
ing bride Sunday, breaking both bones
in her left arm at the wrist.
. Dr. M. B. Crockett was called and
rendered the necessary aid. She is do?
ing nicely.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Walker Bowen were
guests of honor nt a dinner party at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Bow?
en at Tazewell.
Miss Virginia Witten has been in
Washington county at her father's
for several weeks.
difference what I am doing, I stop to
sketch through it and sometimes I
have been been made sad to hear of
the deaths of people that I once
knew, but the general news is such
a comfort to one so far away from
friends and loved ones.
Yours for success,
MRS. J. R. SPARKS.
A letter from Lcwiston, Utah, un?
der date of February 28th.. says:
Editor the News: Please find en?
closed my check for three dollars. 1
am owing you for one year last Sep?
tember and this will pay for the pa?
per until September, 1018. I see you
are advocating more crops and better
ones for the coming year. 1 think
you had belter keep up that "Sow
More Alfalfa," and follow it with po?
tatoes, corn and wheat in regular ro?
tation. You have quit preaching al?
falfa. A. Z. Litz had a nice held of
alfalfa by his barn in Tnzcwell, as
cood as we see in the West.
Does your alfalfa get killed in the
winter? I have not heard much of
rt this year.
Of course the war is occupying
much space, but we all must still eat.
if your alfulfa kills in winter plant
in potatoes first, corn next and wheat
next. You should get many good
crops without fertilizer.
Yours truly,
LEONARD E. LITZ.
WHAT'S GOING ON IN THOMP
SON VALLEY.
LETTERS THAT PLEASE.
Below we give a few of the letters,
the kind always pleasing to the edi?
tors. One is from a Tazewell woman
far away:
Wilburton, Okla., Feb. 28.
Editor the News?1 had felt for
sometime that I was forsaken and
forgotten, but am so thankful that I
was mistaken. I want to thank Mrs.
J. N. Hai-mnn for sending me the
Ci.V. N. for a Christmas gift. I trust
that this will remind some one who
has loved ones in foreign countries if
they knew what a comfort it would be
to get their old home paper they no
doubt would send it to them. I get it
?once a week, and it doesn't make any
? Miss Carrie Cregar, who has been
suffering from inflamatory rheuma?
tism for the past four weeks, is now
convalescent.
Miss Bonnie Barrett spent Satur?
day night and Sunday with her par?
ents. She was accompanied by Miss
Edna Crusenberry, of Saltville, Va.
Miss Florence Bristow and Miss
Lillie Flemings have finished their
school and returned to their homes at
Richmond. These young ladies taught
an excellent school ami will be miss?
ed from our community.
Mr. and Airs. Charles L. Fclty, of
Bluefield, are visiting Mrs. Felty's
father, Joseph Cregar.
Mr. and Mrs. A. Boothe are the
proud parents of a baby girl.
Mrs. Rose Humphrey and son, Joe,
and Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Humphrey,
were Sunday visitors at the home of
W. J. Harris.
Joe Cregar, jr., L. W. Gibson and
Miss Grace Barrett visited friends at
Richlands Sunday.
SEED CORN WANTED.
Yellow flint, early maturing seed
corn wanted. If you have it, little or
much, please communicate at once
with this office. Call up No. 81. tf.
TAZEWELL. VIRG
SUGGESTED CHANGES IN TUE
COUNTY FARM POLICY.
Editor th News:
For more than twenty years I have
felt that s<Ame changes should be
made in the policy of managing and
conducting the County Farm. After
consulting with Mr. McGrnw ns to
what changes he would suggest, bas?
ed on his long experience as mana?
ger of the farm, I have decided to
call attention of those in charge to
these changes, some of which have
been suggested by the retiring Su?
perintendent.
1st. The purpose of the purchase
and equipment of the County farm is
to furnish a home for the Worthy
and the Unworthy, who have no other
means of support.
2nd. No surplus revenue arising
from the County Farm should bo paid
into the County Treasury for other
purposes until the needy on the farm
are provided for.
3rd. There is imperative need for
the erection of sucli other buildings
on the farm as will enable the Su?
perintendent to keep victims of tu?
berculosis and other contagious dis?
eases entirely separated from others;
that will provide quiet and comfort
for the old people, restrictions for the
immoral and bettpr sanitary condi?
tions for all.
In order that these suggestions and
other necessary measures may be in?
telligently presented to the Hoard of
Supervisors I suggest that said board
at its neet meeting, appoint a com?
mittee to examine and report to the
Board its recommendations for the
guidance of the Board in any chang?
es and improvements that ought to be
made. 1 further suggest that at least
three men and two women should be
named on that committee, and that
one of the male members be a phy?
sician.
While we are looking faithfully to
the interests of our present soldiers
and their dependents., let us not for?
get the worthy old veterans in the
battle of life who frequently find a
home on the County Farm, who thru
misfortune have been deprived of the
means of support.
J. N. HARMAN.
WHAT SHALL THE ANSWER HE?
(Manufacturers Record).
America is made up of 100,000,000
units of individual men and women.
It has been well said that God does
not know Almerica as America, ex?
cept as He knows you and me and
every individual who in the aggregate
comprise America.
You are America to the extent of
your individuality. Your responsibil?
ity in this world crisis is exactly the
saVnc as that, of America as a whole.
America must put forth every
ounce of its strength to save itself,
but America will fail to do this to the
extent, that any single individual lails
to do his or her part fully.
Viewed from this angle, are you
truly an American or are you merely
a hanger-on, shouting perhaps with
the crowd, but doing no real effective
service in this, the greatest crisis
since man's creation.
Go deep down into your soul to up?
hold the government, to equip and
sustain our soldiers and to enlighten
their burdens?
What sacrifice am I making to
match the sacrifice of the soldiers who
give up borne and endure untold hard?
ships and offer their lives to protect
mo ?
What am I doing to increase the
output of the things needed for war ot?
to sustain the nation in its stupen?
dous task?
Am I seeking personal gain of
higher wages, or shorter hours, or
larger profits merely for my own in?
dividual interests?
Am I consecrating every ounce of
my strength, every power of my bo
ing toward arousing the nation, to?
ward quickening latent patriotism in?
to a living flame, toward increasing
food protluction, or lessening food
consumption and waste, or towards
the building of ships, the increased
output of steel and iron and coal and
chemicals and machinery, the expan?
sion and at the same time the conser?
vation of transportation facilities by
rail, water and highway?
Am I adjusting my family expenses
by cutting out every unnecessary
thing that money thus saved may
be dedicated to the nation's use
through Liberty Bonds, Red Cross or
Y. M. C. A. work or religious activi?
ties ?
Am I merely a casual looker-on, an
unthinking benst, with no realization
of my individual responsibility to God
and man, or am I consecrating all
that is in me, all my powers of mind
and body, to this great task, the most
momentous to which intankind has
ever been cnlled?
Am I a shirker or a slacker, a phy?
sical, mental or a financial coward, or
am I a man or a woman into whom
God has really breathed the breath
of life in its largest and divinest
sense?
PLANTING SMALL POTATOES.
In answer to an inquiry: It is
safest to plant potatoes of good,
smoothe marketable size. However,
small potatoes of a large stock or va?
riety, may produce a good crop. A
sire from a large breed, although a
little undersized, may produce large
off spring "true to the blood." So with
grain and vegetables, etc. Plant the
small potatoes if you can't get large
ones. Cut about two eyes to ti.e piece,
leaving each piece as large as possi?
ble, for this piece is food for the plant
until it makes leaves above the
ground.
Planting Potato Peelings.
One man says: "I made a fine
crop of Irish potatoes one season
from potato peelings. What do you
think of this plan?" In very rich,
well prepared soil it is entirely possi?
ble to grow potatoes from tho peel.
We never tried it, but see no good
rehson, under favorable conditions,
why the plan would not work. Try a
row this senson and see what will
happen. Should seed potatoes be very
scarce nnd high (which is not the
case this year), it might be economy
to plant the peel, and eat the pota?
toes.
RETURN FROM BRIDAL TOUR.
Mr. and Mrs. Walker Bowen, who
hnvc recently returned from a wed?
ding tour of the South, hove been the
recipients of many""hcarty congrat?
ulations, and tho guests at many din
ings since their return. They were the
guests here Tuesday of Mr. and Mrs.
H. A. Bowen. They are making their
home in the Cove.
INIA, FRIDAY, MARCH 22, ID
WHATREDCROSS
IS DOING IN THE
TRAINING CAMPS'
,_
A Tazewell Hoy at Camp Lee
Tells of Personal Service'
Rendered by The "Angles of
Mercy" in Ministering to the
Sick Soldiers.
The following letter has been re-1
ceived by Mr. A. W. Horton, of Rav?
en, from his brother, who is u mem?
ber of the National Army, located at
Camp Lec, where many other Taze?
well boys are stationed. The letter
will be of much interest to the peo?
ple of this section:
Camp Lee, Va., Feb. 12, 1918.
Jty Dear Brother:
You asked me to write you some?
thing about what the Bed Cross is
doing here in Camp Lec. I have visit?
ed sick friends at the hospital here
frequently and have had a good op?
portunity of seeing the Red Cross at
work.
To one who has stood as 1 have
and watched one of those nurses go?
ing down long rows of cots filled with
stricken and helpless boys, dressing ?
ugly surgical wounds, propping up
the head of some poor fellow who is-'
n't breathing easily, or smoothing .
out a bed that has become uncomforl- I
able, and doing it as carefully and j
tenderly as his mother or sister pos-!
sibly could, it is inconceivable that
any one could be so ignorant or ma?
licious as to propagate such lies as
you mention being circulated. A man
from your county who has undergone
a severe illness at the hospital here
said that it would not be healthy for
anybody to make a disrespectful re?
mark about a Red Cross nurse in his
?presence.
But the Red Cross work does not
stop with caring for the sick. It
maintains a field manager and stall'
of workers here, as in all the other
camps. Through this organization a
soldier may secure expert assistance
in practically any problem that may
arise. For instance he may make an
allotment to his folks nt home und it
is slow in reaching them. He can
take it up with these Red Cross work?
ers and have it attended to at once,
and if the homcfolks must have mon?
ey before the allotment can reach
them they will see that they get it.
Or perhaps his family is about to be]
thrown out because the rent has not
been paid. I have been told of a num?
ber of cases where the van had al?
ready driven up to haul the furniture
away, when a Red Cross worker ap?
peared and hung up a sign: "This is
a home of a soldier," and ordered the
Driver away. Or again, perhaps the
soldier (rets a telegram that his child
is dying "come at once." Possibly he
hasn't a cent, (this is the normal con?
dition of a soldier.) The Red Cross
organization in his camp will see that
he gets the money to go home on.
These are only a few of the things
that the Red Cross does for the sol?
dier at home and in the camp. To us
it is a comforting thought that when
we go out to moet the great test
"over there," behind the soldier of
death and pitilessness will advance
the soldier of life and mercy, loving
and tender still.
Your brother,
CORP. J. C. HORTON.
Co. C, rtl8th Infantry.
RED CROSS NOTES.
Did you know that in achievement
the Potomac Division is behind all the
other divisions of the National Red
Cross?
And do you know that Tazowcll
county is far behind many counties of
half its resources?
What, would you say, Is the mat?
ter with Tazewell county?
Our first increment of the second |
draft will leave for training about |
April 1st. It is thought best for
each to take his Red Cross sweater
with him. All knitters who have the I
sweaters on hand please turn them
in as soon as possible that this need
mny be met.
An urgent call has come to the sur?
gical dressing department of this
chapter for 0,000 of a certain kind of
compress, to be finished by the end of
March.
Mrs. Johnston asks that all who
have done this kind of work come to
the rooms and help get the order
ready for shipment on time.
As it is, the faithful few are giv?
ing entire days and expect to work
into the night rather than fail.
But will that be necessary? Sure?
ly, there are enough wiling hands
to make light work of this big un?
dertaking.
Since the United States entered the
war the American Red Cross has ap?
propriated $30,519,209.60 for relief
work in France.
A box of 9,300 surgical dressings
left our work room last week.
A Red Cross Opportunity.
The opportunity will be presented
to the members of the Red Cross, in
the week of March 18th to March
25th, not only to assist in a great re
llief work, but to demonstrate con?
cretely to the people of this country
the efficiency of the Red Cross or?
ganization.
"American Red Cross has just
started to lead a unique attack upon
trench fever,?one of the most for?
midable enemies confronting the ar?
mies fighting in France. The plan of
'campaign is very similar to that em?
ployed against yellow fever in Cu?
ba immediately after the Spanish war.
Two members of General Pershing's
staff who have authorized this ex?
periment were intimately connected
with the successful fi"ht against yel?
low fever in Cuba.
A. M. MILLARD IMPROVING.
Mr. A. M. Millard's condition has
improved decidedly. Ho was able to
walk about tho house a day or two
ago and his condition is now more
hopeful.
18.
LEFF NEEL NAMED SUPERIN?
TENDENT COUNTY FARM.
Mr. Left* Noel, n well Known citizen
of North Tnzewcll, was elected on
Wednesday Superintendent of the
County Poor Farm in place of John
F. McGrnw, resinned. Mr. Noel will
take charge of the place at onco. The
Hoard also increased the salary of the
Superintendent from $1100 to (500 per
annum, but withdrew the privilege of
disposing of chickens, ogjrs, butter,
? ised on the farm. Heretofore
this privilege has netted a good sum
to the Superintendent in addition to
the salary.
The Hoard has also required the
Superintendent-elect to enter into u
contract to give his entire time to the
management of the farm.
Mr. E. K. Crockett, Supervisor
from Clear Fork district, opposed
Noel und voted for Blecta Hayes, of
Mud Kork, whom he thought' would
discharge the duties of the office more
efficiently than any other who might
be named. Mr. Crockett was of the
opinion that Mr. N'eel's various enter?
prises would consume so much of his
time that he could not jjive the fulfil
the proper attention.
CONGRESSMAN SI.EMI' TO HE
HERE ON THE SOTII.
Special desire is expressed that.
Mr. Stamp, who is to speak here on
the SOth, shall have a large audience
to hour him. Mr. Sletmp's address
will be the first made here by a mem?
ber of the administration since the
war began. He will be able to give
information firsthand, and his address
should be of great benefit at this criti?
cal period.
DIL HUTU AND FAMILY HAVE
RETURNED.
Dr. O. J. Ilulh, formerly attached
as Government inspector at the Tazo
well Packing Company, who recently
resigned ami went west, has returned
with his family to North TnZCWcll and
will make his home there. In con?
nection with C. H. Peery and C. 11.,
Jr., Dr. lluth has opened a quurry at
North Tnzewcll known as the Tnzo
well Lime Stone Quarry, and will
manufacture lime for the trade.
NOTICE.
I'am going out .if business April
1st on account of being drafted and
nil accounts due the North Tnzewcll
Garage must, be settled at once.
Will also sell my Oakland Six lour?
ing car very cheap. Any one wishing
a high class car at a reasonable price
had better investigate.
After April 1st the business will be
conducted by Mr. S. C. Johnson, who
is well known in the county as n first
class automobile man.
C. W. MOORE,
North Time well Garage.
W. C. T. H. MEETS IN I'ltESBYTK
IAN CHURCH.
The Tazewell W. C. T. II. had a
meeting of unusual interest in the
Presbyterian church Tuesday after?
noon. Mrs. John St. Clair led the de?
votional exercises. An interesting pro?
gram had been prepared by Mrs. C.
W. Jones.
The President, Mrs. W. G. O'Brien,
presented matters of importance, the
most noteworthy of which was the pe?
tition for the prohibition of the man?
ufacture of beer and vinous liquors
until tlrt> close of the war. In consid- I
oration of the facts that seventy mil- I
lion pounds of sugar are used annual?
ly in the production of beer, that the i
bread for eight million people could
be mode from the barley used in the
manufacture, of beer each year null
that the closing of the breweries
would release three thousand trains u
day, this appeal to our President ami
law-makers is of vital Importance.
The petition will be presented to
the citizens of Tazewell and will be
signed by every person who is a true
patriot. The county convention of
the W. C. T. U. will be held in Taze?
well in April, the date to be announc?
ed later.
Mrs. W. (J. O'Brien is president of
this convention. Her earnest enthu?
siasm has quickened the interest of
the women of our section in the tem?
perance cause.
She speaks for a large attendance
at the county meeting.
MKS. J. E. WOLFE.
WILL YOU BE ONE OF THEM.
A $50,(100 War Savings Society
is being organized in Tazewell coun?
ty.
Virginia is asked to buy forty mil?
lion dollars worth of War Savings
Stamps and certificates. Tnzewcll
county is asked to buy seven hundred
and fifty thousand dollars worth as
her pro-rnta of that amount. It is
believed that there are nt least five
hundred men and women in this coun?
ty who nre willing to pledge them?
selves to buy not less than (100.00
worth of these stamps during the
year 1018.
This proposition is being put direct?
ly up to tlie farmers, the business ami
the professional men in the county,
and the co-operation of the con!
companies has been asked in plac?
ing it before their employees, who
can buy on the installment, plan, [lay?
ing a small sum each month out of
their wages.
It is n good investment. The mon?
ey is used for your benefit in winning
the war und on the first day of Janu
. ury lO'ill the Federal government will
I hand your principal back in full with
I interest at the rate of nearly 4V6 per
! cent, free from all taxation, both
I state and federal, except surtaxes,
I which mukes it nearly a 0 per cent
I investment.'This is one time in which
I you can use; your money for your own
: protection und at the same time re?
ceive interest on it, a ease of "Ent
? ing your pie and keeping it too."
There arc few men in the county who
: nre not able to become members of
; this $50,000.00 Savings Society, do
i ing their part in supporting our sol
I dicrs who nre now in France, und
1 those who will soon cross the seas to
! fight for the preservation of the lib?
erties of our beloved country.
"Peace is not so sweet as to be pur
chased nt the price of chains and
slavery."
Don't let the returning sohl'ers
i from France, look you in th face
i and charge you with being a "Slcok
i er." Do vour part here if you enn
; j not fight In this war for the freedom
? of the world.
$1.50 PER YEAR
AMERICANS GIVE HUNS
DOSE OF OWN MEDICINE
German Attempts to Penetrate Positions
Are Everywhere Beaten Off?Allies Add
Million Tons of Shipping to Use in
Prosecuting War Against Teutons.
TAZEWELL'S KOA1) LAW.
The road law for Tazewell county
passed l>y the legislature, has beeil
approved ami signed by Governor
Davis. The law gives tho Hoard of
Supervisors the power to establish
loll gates, regulato tho width of the
tires, on vehicles, etc. It. is jiow up
to the Sup 'rvisors.
This put or has been pleading for
years for broad tires on wagons. No
one thing along this line would do
more to protect our roads. The toll
gate question is not so certain, but
there can be no doubt on the tire
question.
PATRIOTIC SERVICES WILL RE
HELD SUNDAY.
Rev. ,1. E. Wolfe, chairman W. S.
S. Ministers' Committee, announces
that, patriotic services will bo held in
the interest of War Savings Stumps
in a majority of the churches in this
county on Sunday, March 24. Tho
chnitmnn bus received iiKSuranccs
from the following pastora that the
services will be held as requested.
Other announcements will be made
as pastors are heard from:
Rev. .1. W. Browning, Graham; Rev.
R. Homer Anderson, liurko'a Garden:
Rev, S. I). Lambert, Cove Creek ami
Neboj Rev. J. N. Johnson, Shnwvori
Mills; Rev. iL E. Kelso, White
Church in Thompson Valley; Rev. J.
E. Graham, Maxwell; Rev. E. M.
Buhrman, Cedar Wulf; Rev. T. II.
Campbell, Graham; Rev. J. S Lots
pcich. West Graham; D. 11. Daniel,
Sunday School at llorsepen.
MR. J. W. CHAPMAN PREACHES.
Mr. J. W. Chapman "pronched u line
sermon" at the Presbyterian church
last Sunday, so Ibis writer was in?
formed by a number of people who
were prevent. Mr. Chapman deliv?
ered an address on the subject of
missions. The Prnsbyterinnn of the
South ari- endeavoring to mine n
three million dollar fund to wipe out
a deficit und for next year's work.
Air. Chapman said, "It I was a
preacher 1 would take an my text,
'how much owest thou unto my
Lord".'" With this scripture ns a
foundation he made an effectivo up
peal fur nn Increase in contributions
to mission work. It is understood
that the congregation here ruined its
quota.
T A N N KRSV1 LI,E N EWS.
Tanuersvillo, March 10.?W. S. Pat?
rick, junior member und store mana?
ger of tin' ftrtn of M. I-. Brown and
Compnnv, has rosiguod and went to
North llolntoiiMondny, u uttuuuuuu
North llolston Monday where ho will
assist, in the store of Southern Gyp?
sum Co., until the 10th Co. of Vir?
ginia Const Artillery, of which he is
a member, calls bim into the ser?
vice. His brother, (i. E. Patrick, hat)
accepted his position here.
Private A. P. French writes his pa
parents, Mr. und Mra. J. R. French,
that hi has been transferred from
Camp Green, N. C. to New Jersey,
He belongs to a field artillery biitlnl
lion.
Mr. W. A. Crnbtree is home again
after spending several weeks at Yu?
kon, W. Vn.
Horn to Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Hilt
last Thursday a girl. Mother und the
baby doing well.
Mr. W. It. Robertson, of Snltville,
was here Tuesday looking after the
tfenber interests of the Matheison Al?
kali Works.
Those who attended the box nupper
at. Asberry's from this place were:
Miss Edna Crusenberry, W. S. and
Lee Patrick, Robert Holmes and Joe
Whitehcad. They report an excellent
time and the promoteni realized $.'tl
to be used for the benefit of the Red
Cross.
W. II. Osborne spent the week end
with friends at Saltville.
Mr. danger, of Rich Valley, was
here buying cattle Tuesday.
Fred Holmes has been indisposed
for several days with a severe case of
measles.
Little Vince Rector has been in a
precarious condition the past week
with spianl meningitis and fails to
improve.
S. L. Whitehcad has returned to
Vicco to resume work.
J. D. Perkins, of Marion, is here to?
day in the interest of the Clinch Man?
ganese Co. E. S. P.
DON'T FAIL TO READ IT.
Many renders of the county week?
lies, Jim haps the majority of them,
from one cause or another, skip the
editorial page. Some, for want of
time, some for want of interest, and
still others who think they know more
than the editor knows, and care noth?
ing, therefore, for his opinion. How?
ever, it is a mistake to skip the edi?
torial page entirely. The very best
things in the paper are to be found
on this page. The opinions of lead?
ing editors and clippings from lead?
ing publications, are to be found on
this neglected pnge.
Whatever else you may skip dont
fail to read the nrticle taken from
the Manufacturer's Record in this is?
sue. There may be other urticles on
that page of interest.
PLEASE NOTE THESE TWO
THINGS.
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pective subscribers free. "Wanted"
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rticles, cards of thanks, are one cenl
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ash with order. Please paste this no
ice in your hat.
The United States und her Asso?
ciates in tho war havu come into ap?
proximately 1,000,000 tons of much
needed shipping with which to aid in
prosecuting tho war against the Teu?
tonic Allies. Having been unsuccess?
ful in perfecting arrangements with
the Netherlands government for the
taking over of Dutch vessels lying
in American and allied ports, the
United Stales and Great Hritain have
ordered all such vessels seized, in ac?
cordance with international law and
put Into service for the benefit of the
allies.
Minor Activities on Fronts.
All along tho western front the ac?
tivities of the lighting forces still
have been held down to small infantry
attacks and artillery duels.
To the French again has fallen the
task of facing the fiercest lighting.
In Lorraine the Qermnns delivered
strong attacks, but nil were put down
with sanguinary losses to the nttnek
ers. At the several other points the
Germans have also endeavored U>
poncrnte positions, but everywhere
nave been beaten off.
Th Americans in the Toul sector
recently have been giving tho Ger?
mans a dose of their own fnvorlte
weapon?asphyxiating gas. Four dif?
ferent sectors of the Gorman front
wore gas shelled ami tho quiescent
attitude of the enemy upon all of
the maftorwards indicated that the
gases had had (be desired effect, On
their part the Germans have adopt?
ed another new plan of warfare that,
tbu American troops on the sector
attack described as "dirty work."
This wan the dropping from an air?
plane of large rubber halls Oiled with
mustard gas. None of the Americans
troops were injured in the attack.
Secretary of War linker hns had a
narrow escape on the American front,
by the bursting of a German shell
within foryt yards of hin automobile
No damage was done.
While the dispatches from Russia
COntillUU to assert that tile Bolshevik
loaders are hostile toward the invad?
ers, mi concrete evidence him been
forthcoming to show Hint for tho
present, nt least efforts are bwing
made to reorganize the army and to
give combat.
THE FOUR MINUTE MEN.
The Thrift Stamp drive has begun
inoiirnosi nil over tho county. Short
nddreSSO will be made nt frequent in
lervuls in the picture theatres in all
the towns, and also in the churches
ami Sunday Schools.
On last Sunday Presiding Elder
Wolfe presented tno cause briefly to
two of his congregations-?Falls Mills
in tho morning and Boisscvaino at
night.
George C, Poery spoke at the Now
Theatre hero on Wednesday night.
E. L. Groover spoke in the picture
show in Graham ami W. II. Worth at
Pocahontns, and other speakers at
points an scheduled in this paper
last week. Tho drive is on in earn?
est and it in confidently expected that
Virginia will come up with her full
quota.
W .S. S. LINES.
Economy Sal had no use us a |ial
For the shiftless kind who drift,
Till along came a tramp with n War
Savings Stamp
She considered was proof of his thrift.
There once was a man who In fun
Ilought a War Savings Stamp for
his son
Hut the boy was so glad
At the gift from his dud
That his parents were glad he'd begun
Knock the helm out of Wilhelm?
Buy War Savings Stamps.
Three Huffnlo nickels and one thin
dime
Will help to break the Hindenburg
line.
Huy Thrift Stamps.
W. S. S. MEANS WAR SAVINGS
STAMPS.
A twenty-five cent Wnr Snvings
Stamp purchases a clip of bullets for
a soldier.
Huy War Savings Stumps and help
stamp Kaiserism out of existence.
Purchase of a War Savings Stamp
means starting the pructico of thrift.
Begin traveling the road to success.
Your postoflice sells War Snvings
Stumps in denominations of 25 cents,
$5, and $100. They're worth that nt
maturity, but sell for much less now.
Inquire about them today.
Teach your children Thrift by half
filling a Thrift Card for them and of?
fering to donate the few extra pennies
necessary to get a War Snvings
Stamp after they have filled the other
spaces from their savings.
Knock the beim out of Wilhelm?
Buy War Savings Stamps
Why travel? Buy War Savings
Stamps and -stick at home.
Whnticss day is this? It may be
wheatluss or niwitlcss, but do not 1st
it. be thriftless. Buy another War
Savings Stump.
'SAFE AND SURE" SAYS RICH?
MOND MAN.
Tells what Tono-Scnlpu did for him.
I hnd used several highly recom?
mended Dandruff cures with poor re?
sults and hnd nbout given Dandruff
cure up as an impossibility.
About this time I was told of Tono
Scalpn being a safe and sure cure,
so I decided to try same, and now I
nm glad to say that it is a sure cure,
and I highly recommend same to any?
one troubled with Dandruff or itching
SCa,P- A. N. COSBY.
Richmond, Va.
TONO SCALPA absolutely remov?
es dandruff. Nothing better. At any
drug store. 3-22-6L
