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TAZEWELL REPUBLICAN VOL. 21 TAZEWELL, VA.. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1912 NO. WILL SURPASS ALL PREVIOUS REVIEWS Gathering of U. S. Warships at Panama California Exposition In 1915 Will Sir pass Any Like Demonstration of An? cient Or Modern Tines Washington, October 21.?It is only a coincidence, of course, that the great naval review held in New York last week was at the very time Europe waa being lighted up by the torch of war. No one, leist of all the United States t'overnment, has any idea that this country will be drawn into war, but it " ? a satisfaction to know that the navy, f called or., would be found ready. To the hundreds of thousands who ?aw our fighting ships in review on the Hudson last week it was primarily a ?lorious ppgeant. The splendor of the i'ight illuminations, the parades of the ?lue-jacket*?, the fine discipline of of i&ers and men, all contributed to make . holiday spectacle rarely surpassed, but overshadowing the pageantry was the :?monstratiori that the navy is "trained o the minute" and this assurance is a <-al guarantee of ptace. In just a little more than two years li'.sr great limiting ships, and others hat will then be in commission, will sail ?ut of New York harbor, sweep majest cally southward, pa>s.through the Pan? ama canal, and in imposing double or ripie column formation turn their ^rows northward to assist in the formal pening of the Panama-California Ex? position at San Diego; then continue heir course to take a similar part a tit? le later in the San Francisco Exposi .ion. What the presence of the fleet vill mean is foreshadowed by the recent .reat review in New York. It will be > sight which will draw people from very land, and no American who has he good fortune to see it will be able to raze on that spectacle without feeling ?is bosom swell with pride. The event which is to call forth the rroat naval review of 1915 will be one f the most significant in all history. It ?ill be the formal opening of the Pana? na canal, linking together two great 'ceans and giving the commerce of the vcorld a short cut between the Atlantic .nd the Pacific. That the whole world s intensely interested in the canal's completion will be evidenced not onjy *>y the participation of many nations in the twin exposition being prepared to ?elebrate the event, but it will be fur -her demonstrated by the sending of rarships from every maritime country to take part in the naval review which will thereby take rank as the greatest that the wot Id ever saw, not excepting the naval demonstrations of ancient imes with all the barbaric aplendor at? tending them. It has been remarked that Europe ???Jems to be more keenly alive to the benefits arising from the opening of the i'r.nnma canal than America is. Prob ibly this is only in appearance, for nere is no real lack of interest in the -?anal in this country. But Europe is ?ghting hard for commercial openings ?nd the various nations of the Old World are watching each other very keenly .est some advantage may be lost. The United States, with the tremendous oiarket fouud within its own confines, ?u been so busy with its own develop? ed that it'hardly has time or inclina on to meet special demands necessary o extend its trade in foreign markets, ?nd yet ita foreign trade has grown -?.mazingly. The commercial interests of the nation feel a quiet confidence in heir ability to meet foreign compet? ion on ita own ground, whenever expe :iency may seem to require this course, .nd to take a fair share of the spoils. That we have an inadequate merchant uarine is generally conceded to be a r.ndicap, and it is more serious that we ?ave inadequate harbor and dock facili ies, hut this latter will be remedied. )n the Pacific coast there are great har iors at Puget Sound and San Francisco, i great one is building at Los Angeles, and at Sao Diego there is one of the moat beautiful, moat tetare, and teest natural harbors to be found in the ; world For years the Government haa been carrying oat a plan of improving i this harbor, the first port in the United State? territory after leaving the canal west and uorth bound Here the navy is establishing a base with coaling and I oiling station. Here the torpedo fleet has its base. Hare there must be re? pair shops and naval dry docks. Hut the Government has been tardy in pros? ecuting its work and the people of San Diego bave voted large funds to carry on the harbor work themselves. They foresee the great future that awaits their city and harbor and are showing , their faith and enterprise by their work. The development of the San Diego harbor bears an intimate relation to the creation of a great international expo? sition. In fact, all of the great public and private works being engineered at San Diego have a most intimate to the success of the exposition, which is not ?holly an end, but to even a greater degree a means. That the exposition shall be one of the most intensely inter? esting, as well as, perhaps, the most beautiful ever held, is the great and overwhelming ambition of San Dieco at this time, but inseparable from the building of the exposition is the awaken? ing of the civic spirit and the develop? ment of the municipal personality. Through her efforts thus far San Ditgo has benef?tted to an astonishing degrem. She has grown in soul consciousness, she has dared and found that she could do, she has awakened to something of the meaning of her destiny. It is good to see the soul of a city awake. It \ ill be magnificent in 1915, to see in wiat manner this civic renaissance has found its expression, to observe how a people can rise above indifference and sordid ness and grapple with the higher prob? lems of life. Cornerstone LayiBg. The laying of a cornerstone after the building had been erected was witne-ss od on last Sunday at the First Baptist church, colored, on the car line. The building has been in use for some years, but there still remained something like a hundred dollars indebtedness on the structure and the pastor. Rev. R. R. Henry, decided to celebrate the ev?-nt of paying off the debt by placing a stone, with proper ceremonies, under a corner of the building. This duty de? volved on the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows, of North Tazewell, assist? ed by members of the order from Tiptop and Graham. The pastor was assisted in the ser? vices by Rev. C. H. Rawlev, of Slab fork, W. Va. Rev. Henry gets his surname from the immortal Patrick Henry, his pa? rents being, before the war, owned by John Henry, a son of Patrick. Rev. Henry was raised on the old Henry farm, the grave of Patrick Henry being in the garden of the old homesu-ad where he was reared; and the reminia ences of his early boyhood are quito in? teresting. Civic Improvement League. For some time there haa been a gen? eral feeling that there should be a defi? nite and conceited action on behalf ot the citizens of our town for civic bet? terment, and accordingly on last Friday night a meeting was called at the oflice of the Clinch Valley Insurance Agency to organize a league for this purpose. There was a good crowd present, con? sidering that the meeting had not been advertised and was only called on the day of the meeting. Much enthusiasm was manifested by those participating, and the hope expressed that a largor attendance and fuller representation of every department of business, profes? sional and otherwise, would be present at the next meeting. J. N. Harman was made chairo an and W. T. Gillespie secretary of the temporary organization. The chairman stated briefly the objects of the meot ing and outlined plans not only for the immediate future but for the more dig OVAL BiWINePOWDER Adits HrallhfulOualiiiesloihelbiit] Prof. Pres?tt, of the University of Michigan, testifiesd before the Pure Food Committee of Congreso that the acid of grapes held highest rank as an article of food and he regarded the re? sults from baking with cream of tartar baking powder as favorable to health. Royal is the only ?Baking Powder made from. Royal Grape Cream of Tartar. tant time, when our citizens will be ful ly awake to the fact that it requires unity of action and bard work to make a "city beautiful," and h? prophesied the time would come when Tazewell could boast of one or more parks, as w?rll kept as our cemeteries, a large as? sembly hall, public convenience stations and all the things that go to make a city beautiful and attractive. High tribute was paid the ladies of the Ceme? tery Association by Mr. Harraan for their untiring energy towards the beau? tifying and upkeep of our city's two cemeteries. John S. I.ottimore, who had been quite active in calling the meeting, spoke of our immediate needs for the convenience of visitor-?. After a gener? al discussion it was decided to call the club the Civic Improvement League of Tazewell, and the following officers were elected: President?J. N. Harman. 1st Vice-I'resident? B. W. Stras. 2nd Vice-President?J. S- Bottimore. 3rd Vice-President?A. M. Black. Secretary?W. B. Leslie. Treasurer? W. T. Gillespie. By resolution the officers were made the executive committee with power to appoint subordinate committees and to draft by-laws to be reported to the next meeting for adoption l>v the league. The meeting then adjourned subject to the call of the president. Grand Worthy Matron Coming. Mrs. Annie S. Reade, of Richmond, Grsnd Worty Matron of the Order of the Eastern Star of Virginia, and the Worthy Matron of Mizpah Chapt- r, Richmond, will pay Tazewell Chapter No. 43 an official visit on next Wednes? day, October 30, 1912. All members of the local Chapter are urged to be present at this meeting to greet these distinguished visitors. The meeting will open at 7:30 p. m. prompt? ly. There are several candidates to be initiated into the mysteries of the Or? der. This will be the first official visit to this Chapter by the Grand Worthy Ma? tron, and a full attendance is desired. TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS Mrs J. P. Kroll left Mondajlko visit relatives in Philadelphia. Miss Blanche Brown returned Satur? day from a visit to friends in Bristol. Services in the Presbyterian church at the usual hour on next Sunday morn? ing. Lea Kimball, of Bluefield, spent Sun? day here with hia brother, William Kim? ball. J. B. Sanders, agent for the Norfolk and Western at Pocah'intas, was here Friday on business A. Z. Litz is in McDowell county, W. Va., this week looking after his busi? ness interests there. Fred W. Pendleton spent the latter part of last week looking after business matters in Lynchburg. Miss Lena Kelly returned yesterday from a ten days visit to the family of Louie Carr at Falls Mills. J. R. Gildersleeve left Saturday for English, W. Va., to look after the in? terests of the coal properties in that section of which he has charge. Misses Cassie Laird and Laura Gilder? sleeve, who are teaching in the Poca hontas High School, spent Sunday with homefolks here and at Gratton. J. A. Leslie returned Tuesday from Richmond, where he had been for the past two weeks taking in the state f:.ir and r??ceiving treatment for an impedi? ment in his bearing. Dr. J. E. Jackson is a business visitor in New York, having gone there fn.m ' Richmond where he bad been attending a meeting of the State Board of Phar? macy, of which he is a member. ! Dr. R. B. Gillespie returned Sunday : from Richmond, where he bad been t j I accompany his son, Berkeley, for an op ! eration for appendicitis The operation was successful, and Mr. Gillespie is re? covering nicely. Dr. J. Walter Witt en has purchased the old Captain John Richardson homo at Norlh Tazewell, and is having it re? modeled to be used as a hospital. Dr. ! Witten has abandoned the intention of returning to Arizona, and will again re? sume the practice of bis profession at North Tazewell. William Peirce, son of Dr. and Mia. Isaac Peirce of this piece, who is a stu? dent in pharmacy at the University Col? lege of Medicine in Richmond, was one of the successful ones out of forty-one that took the examination? for assistant pharmacist before the State Board of Pharmacy last week. Of the thirty three taking the examination as phar? macists only three passed. The ladies of the Cemetery Associa? tion hereby extend an invitation to the men of the town to come en masse to the Christmas bazaar lunch. All visit? ors will be welcome. Dinner and sup? per will be served the 5th of December (first day of the razaar) and dinner again on the 6th. There will be oysters for those who wish them, and otl t-r good things for others. Let us know how you feel about it gentlemen, o that we may secure a large dining room and be ready to aerve you promptly. Many have been generous with their patronage on past occasions, but this time we want all the men and their families. ENGINEER KILLED AND MANY INJURED - Number 15, Big Passenger Carrier on Nor? folk aid Western, in Wreck at Cooper, W. Va., Sunday Morning. ! Passenger train No. 15, one of the Norfolk and Western flyers running be ? tween Norfolk and Columbus, was I wrecked in some unaceoutable way Sun? day morning about 8:45 while passing ! the station at Cooper, W. Va., sixteen miles west of Bluefield. Engineer W. j P. Cowling was instantly killed when i the ponderous engine which he was ! driving overturned, pinioning him un l derneath its immense weight. The ex i press, mail and front passenger coach also left the rails, injuring a number of j employees and passengers who were ! occupants if these ill-f.ited cars. It seems that on Sunday morning there was a stalled freight train on the west bound track between Bluestone ; and the Coaldale tunnel, the route No. | 15 .should have gone, and in order to I save any delay the train was sent I around by Cooper over the east ! bound track. Beginning at the end of the bridge at ?Cooper station the ! grade is a little heavy, and the train I was getting * under good headway to ! overcome this when the engine left the | track and turned over, burying Engi I neer ?Cowling beneath its ponderous I weight. Fireman A. B. Reynolds es 1 caped serious Injury try a flying lesp ! from the overturning engine. The ten I der was broken loose from its wheels ! and forced through a part of the mail car, which was next to the engine. This car swung round, the end next to the engine going down the embanknu-r! '>nd crashing into the pumping station of 'he Mill Creek Coal and Coke Company, which stands alonside the track at that point. The baggage car was derailed and turned over, as was also to first passenger coach. The four clerks in the mail car, G. B. Shepler, Clarence H Hughes, G W. Roush and A. -D. Shrader, were all in jured, the former probably seriously. They were taken to the Bluefield Sani? tarium where their injuries were at? tended to, after which Hughes and Roush were sent to their homes in Col? umbus, Ohio, and Shrader to Waverly. Shepler remains in the hospital at Blue field. The passengers injured were: Ellen Jones, of Pearisburg; A. Otey, of Blue field; Mrs. D. R. Thomas, of Kansas City; Harry McCabe, of Nobleville, Ind. ; A. II. Sparks, of Cooper; George Dearing, Switchback; Rev. R. H. Mc? Coy, of Bramwell: Victor Poindexter, Rocky Mount, Vs.; G. F. Lafaber, Richlands, Va. ; Lee Stewart, of Bram? well. None of the passengers are seri? ously injured. Engineer Cowling, who lost his life in the wreck, had been running on the Norfolk and Western for twenty-three years, and was considered one of the best men on the entire system. He was a man of the highest Christian charac? ter; and was buried from Grace church Bluefield, of which he had been a mem? ber for many years, on Tuesday after? noon at 2 o'clock. PURE ELECTIONS LEAGUE FORMED Democrats, Republicans And Progressives Unite For Honest Elections in Ninth. With prominent democrats, republi? cans and bull moosers present from ev? ery county in the Ninth Virginia dis? trict, there was orgarized in Bristol on last Monday what is to be officially known as "The Fair Elections Society of the Ninth District of Virginia." Judge H. A. W. Skcen presided over the meeting and the following^ officers were elected : President?Joshua F. Bullitt, of Big Stone Gap. Secretary?George L. Taylor, of Big Stone Gap. Treasurer?A. T. Lincoln, of Marion. The by-laws, as originally proposed, provided for one vice-president from each county and city, but after discus? sion this was so amer.ded as to give a representative to each of the three par | ties?democratic, republican and pro i gressi ve. I The list of vice-presidents elected at the meeting follow: Bristol?Charles F. Gauthier, Judge John W. Price. Bland-S. W. Williams, Jr., James D. Hr.naker. Buchanan?E. H. Witten, G. W. Litz, R. C. Williams. Giles-Dr. A- H. Woodyard, Judge Martin Williams. Dickenson?W. H. R .use, E. H. Suth? erland. Lee?R. L. Penning ion, J. R. Legg, H. C. Joslyn. Pulaski?J. W. Eckman, B. C. Hurst, J. C. Wyaor. Russell?R. Walter Dickenson, V. B. Gilmer. Smyth?A. T. Lincoln, B. F. Buch? anan, Mr. Eads. Wythe?E. LeeTrinkle, W. S. Poage, Harry Robinson. Washington?Dr. G. A. Alderson, J. ; J. Stuart, H. E. Wide-ier. , Scott?Buram Keys, E. A. Hoge, I. ! P. Kane. i Tazewell-S. C. Graham, J. Powell Royall, G. G. Harria. 1 Judges. C. Graham, of this place, asked to read a resolution which he de? sired heard before the committee should retire to nominate officers. The resolu? tion offered was directed to the circuit ? judges of the district, asking that they be diligent in instructing the grand ju? ries as to the election laws and in doing all they can in co-operating with the movement for the purification of the ballot. The by-laws and constitution adopted provide that no member of the society shall spend money to influence elec? tions, aside from legitimate expenses, and it is further provided that the so? ciety shall use its influence to prevent the use of money and to keep down fraud and unfair methods. It is a duty of the society to institute prosecution in case of election law violations and the vice-presidents are given inquisitorial powers. Each group, in the county it represents, is required to look after eletion practices strictly. Senator John C. Noel, of Lee county, a republican, after the meeting Monday made complaint of the action of Dr. J. D. Buchanan, democratic chairman of the Ninth district, who although in at? tendance at the meeting, disappeared before the proceedings were concluded and did not sign the membership pledge of the pure election association. "The republican district chairman, C. S. Pendleton, " aaid Mr. Noel, "remain? ed to the end of the meeting, signed the pledge and paid the membership fee. If Dr. Buchanan expects the people of the district to feel that be has a desire to tote fair in the arrangement for pure elections, he will lose no time in maki.in himself a member of the association I feel that Mr. Pendleton has a right to expect as much from the democratic chairman, and he will do his party an injustice if he remains out of the aF?o ciation." Best Gift for Son or Daughter Is a scholarship at the Wilburn R. Smith Business College, Lexington, Ky. It will be an imperishable capital, and will qualify them for a fine position against poverty and for a successful life. Advertisement. TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS Grat M. Mullin returned Saturday from a week's vacation spent in Rich? mond. Miss Ethel Steger, of Pulaski, was the guest of friends here Saturday and Sunday. Rev. S. O. Hall will preach at May's Chapel on next Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock. Mrs. Edward Page, of Portsmouth, Ohio, is the guest of Miss Lena Kelly here this week. Mrs. H. W. Pobst returned Thursday from a visit of several weeks to the Bermuda Islands. Mrs. George Smith, of Bluefield, is spending the week with relatives at North Tazewell. Judge S. C. Graham is back from Bristol, where he attesded the pure elections meeting on Monday. Mrs. Lucy Walker and Miss Ayle'te Henry will entertain in honor of Mrs. Samuel Cecil Graham this afternoon. The Ladies Missionary Society of the Presbyterian church met with Mrs. Eliza Chapman on last Monday after? noon. Mrs. J. M. Sheppard has been ap? pointed postmistress at Falls Mills, this county, to succeed the late Alex Tabor, deceased. Mrs. Sam Ward, of Thompson Va!K y, entertained a number of her friends on last Saturday afternoon. Several fr? m this place were present. There will be preaching in the Lib? r ty Baptist church next Sunday at 11 a. m. by the pastor. T. H. Campbf U. Mrs. Carson Quinn and little daugh? ter, Ruth, who spent the summer h:re with Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Pobst, l??|t Friday evening last for their home in Los Angeles, California. Rev. J. B. Ward, the new presiding elder of the Bluefield district, and his family spent the week-end with friends here while awaiting, the arrival of their household effects in Bluefield. WANTED-1,000 bushels nice ha<?d picked winter apples for immediate de? livery. Write or phone un for prices. Tazewell Produce '*o. Adv. North Tszewell, Va. Mrs. Salina Dickenson died Sunday at the residence of Mr. A. W. Davii* at ! Doran. She bad been in poor health I for some time, and her death occasion? ed no surprise among fier large circle of friends and acquaintances. The de? ceased was about seventy-two years of ago. Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Hurt and M.u J. S. Bottimore, of this place, attended the funeral on Monday at Doran. We wish to announce the following change in our business: Mr. C. F. Tynes, who has been with us in the ca? pacity of secretary, has entered another field of business, and Mr. G. H. Fudge is now with us as secretary. This makes necessary a chat'?- 3 it. UMT business, and the milling department will be run on an entirely different plan after Novem? ber the lit. We will be compelled to have settlement of all our mill MM Un before November the 10:h Please call and settle with us. This does not apply to machinery accounts, but only to ac? counts due for mill products. Star Milling Company. Advertisement. Mm. Annie S. Read?, Grand Worthy Matron of the Order of the Eastern Star o? Virginia, and the Worthy Ma? tron of Mizpah Chapter, of Richmond, will pay a visit to Tazewell Chapter on MBt Wednesday, October the 30th, and it is hoped by the local officers that a large number of the members here will turn out to greet the distinguished vis? itors. Several candidates for initiation will be in waiting on this occasion, and the meeting will open Dromptly at 7:30 p. m. From Out The Past. "We're twenty, we're twenty, Who says we are more? He's a tipaey young jacknapes. Show him the door." Such was the refrain of those gallant old Confederate veterans, when Captain Joseph M. Ferguson, of Ashland, Ky., and Captain A. J. Tynes, of this place, as they met here on last Saturday, aft? er many years, and compared notes oi the days when the Taze?vell Trooper? rode blithely out of the old town to meet unfalteringly the many dangers that the great war of the sixties brought, and of days of gladness and sorrow in the ranki of the 8th Virginia Cavalry?into whicl regiment the Troopers were afterward! mustered. Captain Ferguson's visit was too shorl to go into all the details of the gallan' record of the regiment?the seven dayi fighting around Richmond, the battle o: Gettysburg, its heroic fighting to pro tcct the rear of the harrassad ranks o Lee's great army from Richmond t? Appomattox?all a part of fighting 8th'i gallant record. Joyous were the mema ries of the two old vets at the recoll?e tions of the days gone by, but the could not but feel a tinge of sorrow a they thought how few there are of th old regiment to answer to their name at the annual roll call around the cam fires. Captain Ferguson and his exceller wife spent a few days here ? ith Mi and Mrs. A. S. Higginbotham. and o Monday left for C&atlewood to vis Senator R. Walter Dickenson and fan ily. Captain Ferguson's granilfathci Samuel Ferguson, was one of ihe fin settlers here where our little town no stands, and lived for a number of yea beside the spring on what is now tl home of Captain C. A. Fudge, who, lil all the brave young men of Tazeweil the early sixties, was also a member the fighting force that struggled ma fully through four years of blood w for the Confederacy. Yes Paint. will be high next year, so much wo has been put-off and more will be. Men don't know that it costs mc money to wait than to paint; it coi about 10 per cent to wait, and not o\ 5 for the extra price. What is 5? About $2.50 on the avi age job (3000 square feet) ; 10 galle Devoe, 15 of average paint, yes 20 some. Suppose there's plenty of "il ne year won't paint go-down? Yts, a 1 tie; there can't be plenty of oil; the < mand settles that. Half the work last year and this is waiting; so stu] we are. DEVOE John E. Jackson sells Advertisement. A Natural Mistake. Explaining how it came to class 3 Joshua F. Bullitt, of Big Stone Gap, a republican, the Uoanoke Times sa "The strong impression that Mr. E litt is a republican was caused, pro bly, by his independent habits of thoui and speech." Sure, that is the hall mark of a publican, and rarely found in other j ties, but we did not expect so bitte partisan a paper as the Times to ad it. G. 0. P. AND MOOSE BEN IN LOYE FEASTS Followers of Rootevelt and T?ft In 6reat Meetings at Tiptop and Cedar E uff Chetr Slemp's Name and Are Work ig Har? moniously For His Elecl'om. The committee having in harge the arrangements for the pol?tica: barbecue at Tiptop on last Tuesday p; ovided for feeding five hundred people, and when the feast closed the tablea we. e cleaned. Fully five hundred persons, "?eluding a fair per centagt of women, n,?t to hear the political issues of the da; discussed from a republican standpoint. The meeting was called to order by Hon. Henry S Bowen, ot Witten'a Mill, who, in introducing the f -st speak? er, Hon. George L. Dobson. of Iowa, took occasion to show why tl a progres? sives of the Ninth district ai a support? ing Congressman Slemp in f?e present campaign. Mr. Dobson, wb- is one of the foremost authorities on t:-e tariff in country, gave a clear and con\ ncing ex? position of this great que: ion, and aroused much enthusiasm among his bearers. At the conclusion of Mr. Dobson'a speech the meeting adjourned for din? ner, and the c-smmiUee in charge of this part of the day's prograr certainly did themselves proud and : ?t a meal that will long be remembered by ail who were present. After dinner '.he crowd again repaired to the speakers stand where, if ter short addresses by C >1. Wm. C. :'endleton, Rev. J. N. Harnan and Hon J. Powell Royal 1, the prncipal speak r of the af '.ernoon. Dr. William Cart? r, of New York City, delivered a ms iterly ad? dress, and, Hko the speak' r of the morning, dwelt with telling effect on the tariff The meeting was a grand e iccess and every mention of Congressrn: ? Slemp's name elicited h ?arty applau- ?, presag? ing an overwhelming majori: : for him at Tiptop precinct in Novemb t. As Mr. Dobson had to lei ve for his heme in Iowa on the night trt n Hon. J. Powell Royall. of this citj. took his place on the program at Gra'^m at the night meeting there Tuescty. This, like th<? meeting at Tiptop, was well attended and tho crowd enthusiastic. Unfortunatel?:. for the success of the meeting at Cecar Bluff on .esterday, the day was u ?hered in w h a cold, chilling, penetrating rain thi prevent? ed the crowd f:-om gatherin -,- and in- ' stead of the exoected fiftee ? hundred only a little over half that nu lber were out Dr. Carter delivered th ? principal address of the day and was i ssisted by a number of local speakers. Aa at the meetings on the day previous much en? thusiasm was manifested i ad every mention of Congressman Sie ?p's name was greeted with immense ap ?lause. Had Narrow Escape. Monday while ?.?gaged in preparing dinner at her home in Graham, Mrs. Charles Tickle barely escap d a most horrible death. She was abou her usual household du tie?, preparing he family dinner, when h<--r clothing c ught fire, and but for tne immediate aid of a neighbor would :n all probability have been burned to ?death. Whe her cries were heard the neighbor rue ned in and tore the burning clothes fron her body, thus saving her from the flan es. As It was, Mrs. Tickle was burned ?ight pain? fully, though not seriously, and is re? port?e as rest.ng comfort* bly, with every prospect of ultimate re. overy. Custom-Tai?or Fit, Ready-to wear Price Not only the fit but the same smart weaves and colorings; the same models that Custom Tailors try to claim as all their own. There was a time when all men were divided into two classes ? those that wore " Custom Tailored " and those that wore "Ready Made." The pocketbook decided the question. Now only those who still cling to tradition pay the high prices. American Clothe? with their wide range of models will fit perfectly any man. Snappy new Mooo* fbr young men?conservative but ?cor? rect for the business man. We, ?a well as the makers? stand back of American Clothes. M. J. HANKINS THE STORE THAT SATISFIES TAZEWELLfVA,