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ESTABLISHED 1845.
HEAVY DRAFT
ON TAZEWELLI
Government Calls For Fifty Men
Today, 15 on 29th, and Re?
mainder of 1917 Class For
Entrairunent Aug ust 2.
In its efforts to have a large army
in France as soon as possible, tho
Government is calling men to the
colors by thousands daily. Tazewell
?County county furnishes her quota of
stalwart soldiers whenever called up
on.
Today fifty men will entrain for
Camp Lee. On next Monday, the 29th,
fifteen colored men will leave Taze?
well for the same camp. On August
2nd, Friday, the remaining number
of colored men in Class One of the
1917 Class will be sent to Camp Up?
ton, N. Y.
The names of the men to leave for
Camp Lee today are as follows:
Charles, Lawrence, Bluefield.
Wiley Newberry, Raven.
Jas. T. Lambert, W. Graham.
Horton Sheppard, Cedar Bluff.
Frank R. Henderson, Omar, W. Vn.
Wm. B. Absher, W. Graham.
Amber J. Lyle, Ashland, Ky.
Baxter Duncan, Nor. Tuzewell.
Chas. Geo. Yost, Nor. Tazewell.
Jas. F. Murdoch, Graham.
Meredith Strout, Pocahontas.
Geo. W. Belcher, Indian.
Wm. J. Beard, Wilcoe.
Walter Lovell, Pounding Mill.
Lee Hoops, Nor. Tazewell.
Ellis McFarland, Tip Top.
Robert B. Gross. Maxwell.
Geo. O. Hall, Nor. Tazewell.
Lacy J. Repass, Shaw. Mills.
Robert A. Mutter, Pd. Mill.
Robert A. Leathco, Boissevaine.
Win. Harman, Sayersville.
Frank P. Pickle, Graham.
Gus Asbury, Nor. Tazewell.
Odny C. Thompson, Nor. Tazewell.
.John J. Asbury, War.
Thomas Hughes, Pocahontas.
Wm. M. Groseclose, Boissevaine.
Arthur Taylor, North Tazewell.
John E. McMullin, Wittens Mills.
Wm. Benson, Falls Mills.
Daniel F. Collins, Boissevaine.
Will L. Quesenberry, Bandy,
John Andrews Amos, Graham.
Other Hodge, Pocnhontas.
R. L. Spurgcon, Graham.
Daniel G. Shrader, Tip Top.
Walter L. Hclmandoliar, Shradcrs.
E. E. Brewster, Shraders.
Tr?be T. Bourne, Grotlon.
John T. Grouse, Cedar Bluff.
Jas. Henry Davis, Richlands.
Wm. Bryant, Tazewell rfd.
John A. Waldron, Cedar Bluff.
Peery Boothe, North Tazewell.
Reese R. Boone, Pocahontas.
Thos. Cochran, Maxwell.
E. T. Heninger, Tazewell, rfd.
Wm. H. Cole, Nor. Tazewell.
Robert C. White, Cedar Bluff.
Lum Cregar, Pocahontas. '
E. B. Gravely, Pocahontas.
Wm. H. Neel, Graham.
Colored Men to Leave For Camp Lee
Monday, the 29th.
The colored men named below will
entrain for Camp Lee on Monday,
the 29th:
Herbert Cox, Boissevaine.
Sonny Branson, Pocahontas.
Roland Kee, Pocahontas.
Grant Johnson, Graham.
Roy Stuart, Pocahontas.
Sam Robinson, Graham.
Eddie Jeffries, Pocahontas.
Joseph Moore, Tazewell.
Charles Jordon, Graham.
Joseph J. Pratt, Pocahontas.
Henry Phillips, Pocahontas.
Arlie Stover, Barberton, Ohio.
Shade R. Winston, Boissevaine.
Edd. Graham, Roderficld, W. Va.
Howard Jones, Tazewell.
Substitutes.
Frank Fuller, Mateland, Ky.
Wm. Ed, Morris, Nor. Tazewell.
William Murphy, Tazewell.
Herbert B. Cross, Bluefield.
Jas. Leese, Graham.
Colored Men to Entrain for Camp
Upton, N. Y., August 2.
Adjutatn General Stern has ordered
siiri ui 6iu>:.j)bi2o.i po.iipoa xi? l?nrj
county remaining in Class 1 of the
1917 Class be sent to Camp Upton,
N. Y., on August 2nd. The names
and postoffices of these men are as
follows:
Charles Pepper, Graham.
Felix Walker, Pocahontas.
I. H. Froe, Graham.
Robert Davis, Pocahontas.
Henry Wilson, Boissevaine.
William Fleming, Keystone, W.Va.
Will Roland, Columbus, Ohio.
Ira Lanier, Pocahontas.
Sellers Gilliam, Athens,. Ohio
Roscoe M. Harman, Tip Top. :
Unman Harris, Tip Top.
Lora Morton, Boissevaine.
. John Denison, Tazewell.
Jim Ballinger, Pocahontas.
John Lawrence, Pocahontas.
Ballard Craig, Tazewell.
Jerry Jackson, Pocahontas.
Arthur Preston, Graham.
Dan Crider, Graham.
Geo. M. Staley, Pocahontas.
Allen Harper, Pocahontas.
F. J. Brown, Graham.
Releases Withdrawn.
The local board here has been in?
structed to discontinue issuing re?
leases to men in the draft, who may
wish to choose the branch of ser?
vice in which they, would like to en?
ter.
REVIVALS, QUARTERLY MEET?
INGS, ETC.
Have just closed a splendid meeting
in the East Eend of Burke's Garden
at Glade. Fifty-six professions and
reclamations; twenty-seven accessions
to the church and twenty-five infants
baptized.
Our fourth quarterly meeting will |
be held the first Saturday and Sun?
day in August in the Cove. Preach?
ing at 11 o'clock; Saturday night at I
8:30. Sunday morning at 11 a. m.; |
Sundny night at 8:30.
I will preach next Sunday morning [
at Pleasant Hill at 11 and at White j
church in the afternoon at 3:30.
There will be no preaching at Lib?
erty on t"ne first Saturday night.
W. C. THOMPSON.
DISTINGUISHED COLORED ORA?
TOR HERE MONDAY NIGHT.
(Contributed.)
On last Monday night the pastor of
the Wilbur Memorial Methodist Epis?
copal Church, colored, called togeth?
er members and friends to receive a
service flog which contains twenty
stars, representing the loyal sons of
Tazewell;
The flag was presented to the
church by Judge S. C. Graham, in a
very timely address. The Judge com?
plimented the loyalty of the boys and
the entire negro soldiery, citing in?
stances of deeds of daring.
Dr. W. A. C. Hughes, of the Board
of Home Missions and Church Ex?
tension Society of the chureh, the
speaker of the hour, was introduced
to the audience, and for one hour
held his audience in a pleasing schol?
arly manner. Dr. Hughes placed be?
fore the people plainly the reason
wo ore in the war and why the nc
grose so willingly gave themselves to
their country. He said it was because
they are loyal to the Stars and the
Stripes and believe in democracy, and
because we are true American citi?
zens.
A speaker of this type will always
be welcomed in fazeweli, and those ;
who missed these addresses have lost ]
much. ,
Judge Graham hns addressed the '
following letter to the Rev. W. H. ?
Brown, pastor of tho colored church
in Tazewell:
"I was requested by you to attend
a meeting of the colored people of .
the town at their church ( Methodist j ,
to present a "Service Flag," placed j
in the church in honor of the boys ;
from the congregation who have join?
ed the expeditionary force. This was
un Monday evening last. I was pleas?
ed to be there, as* the assemblage \
was, after the Fing ceremony, ad- ,
Iressed by Rev. Dr. W. A. C. Hughes, ,
Field Secretary of the Board of Home)
Missions nnd Church Extension Soci?
ety of his church. You requested me j
to give my appreciation of his art
Iress. The address of Dr. Hughes j
was strictly a patriotic one. He is
really an accomplished orator, mod?
est, earnest and eloquent. I was [
greatly pleased with his presenta- '
tion of the issues of this world war, I
;o plainly stated that II hie hearers
eould comprehend him. After this r
presentation he then spoke of and to \
dis race; of their Intense patriotism i
rnd devotion to the cause for which I
America is fighting; that the vital "
ssues involved were world wide and :
pertained to all people who wisheu t
ireedom and independence, irrespec- t
:ive of race, That this was the time a
for his race to show its manhood nnd 1
lutriotism. Tis address arose abovo i
partizanry or race feeling of any I
cind. i
He is the kind of an earnest man
;hat is doing good nnd will continue ^
,o do so, and I shall wish him God c
speed. ?
"Respectfully, t
"S. C GRAHAM." t
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GRATTON NEWS. *
The farmers are rushed trying to 6
jet their wheat stacked and saving *
heir clover, all because of the scncir.y
>f help. %
Mrs. Harriet Yost, better knowlt c
is "Grandma" is real sick, the rea- *
son being gall stones.
Mrs. Bettie Kelly, of Tennessee; 3
Mrs. L. P. Peck, of Texas, are visit- *
ng Mrs. H. N. Peck at this place, '
Vlrs. Kelly being called here on nc- 1
:ount of the death of her sister,. c
VIrs. Josie Peery, which occurred in *
31uefield last Sunday at the home of J
ler son, Henry Pecry. Mrs. Peery is *
he daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. N.
?eck. The interment was made in s
;he cemetery in Burke's Garden.
Will Raugh is visiting: home folks
:his week. Will has a position hi a ,
iank at Norfolk, Va. I
Guy Peck of Keystone, W. Va., t
,vas home the last last week end c
visiting home folks. 1
Miss Ada Burton returned home f
ast Sunday from the University of <.
Va., where she took a course or j
itudy. Ada says that part of our t
itate is very beautiful. j
Mr. G. H. Callnway and family ^
jf Landgraft, W, Vc, Misses Helen x
and Margaret Reybern and their f
brother Louis, of Raounawood, W- t
Va., Mr. and Mrs. E. Reybern all j
notored thru to Tazewell last Sun- r
lay, had C, o'clock dinner at Mrs. .
Elizabeth Burton's, and went back j
:he same night. Helen Callaway and ^
ler sister, Mary Elizabeth remained j
for a two weeks visit with relatives (
ind friends at this place. j
Miss Ottio Bourne has been very j
ill a few days this week, but is some j
better at this writing. ]
Mrs. John Fox of Chmtian-burg (
Va., is visiting her daughter Mrs. S. ,
W. Bourne cf this place.
Thomas Gilpin and family of Blue- j
W. Va., were visiting homefclko here (
Sunday. <
The Gzatlon Missionary Society j
met at Mrs. Chas. Cox last Thursday. |
The attendance wr.s fine, 19 mem- ,
bers present, and four visitors. The ,
report for the second qur.itcr was ,
better thin ever before, and t!iO in- j
terest is continually growing. Our
pastor W. C. Thompson has ben with
us most of Uie time, which has been ,
a great help to us.
Mis. Josie Peck of Tazewell, spent
last week with Mr. and Mk-s. Henry {
Peck at this place.
MRS. JAS. T. PEERY DEAD.
Mrs. James T. Peery, aged fifty
nine years, of Burke's Garden, died
last Sunday at the home of her son,
H.- C. Peery, in Bluefield, where she
had been visiting. She was ill on?
ly two weeks. ,
Before marriage she was Mies Jo?
sie Peck, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Peck, of Gratton. Three sons,
S. L., J. E., and H. C, Peery survive,
and one daughter, Miss Mamie Peery
of Burke's Garden. Deceased was a
member of the Lutheran church. Fu?
neral services were conducted from
the Lutheran church in Burke's Gar?
den Sunday, by the pastor, the Rey.
R. Homer Anderson.
FOND OF FRIED CHICKEN.
were sold to persons who have, been
During an absence from home a
night or two ago, of Mrs. Millard
and her family, some thief, with a
taste for chicken, robbed the coop or
about a dozen nice fryers. This
leaves Mrs. Millard in bad shape for
picnic dinner and protracted meeting
occasion. What she wouM like to
I know is, who got the chickens?
TAZEWEL1
A VISIT TO THE
OLD HOMESTEAD
Botetourt is " Up-to-Now" In
Everything But Knitting For
the Soldiers?Press Asso?
ciation and Suffrage.
I returned on Wednesday morning
from a short vacation trip to the old
home in Botetourt. On the way I took
part in the closing service of the
County S. S. Convention -at Graham
on the 17th., and attended also the
meeting of the Virginia Piess Assoc?
iation in Koanoke, 18th., and 19th.
The rest of the time was spent at
the old home near Hollins.
The Pres3 Association was not,
largely attended but interesting. Most
of the speeches and nddro3ses were,
naturally, along lines of the war
conditions. A number of viie leading
Editors of the Staie were present,
and all the speeches wore patriotic
and optimistic, and resolutions were
adopted pledging renewed und con?
tinued support of nil war measures.
The enormous amount of free adver?
tising and publicity given all war
measures by the city and county
papers, was spoken of, and tile
amount of money saved the govern?
ment for advertising, was shown to
je almost unbelievable?all freely
and heartily given.
Woman Suffrage.
On Friday morning several ladies,
three, to be exact, spoke en the Wo?
man Suffrage question to a small '
audience.
The addresses were very earnest i
nnd interosting. As to what the
jrcthren of the Press thought was
lot indicated by ^any speech or reso
ution.
During the session interesting re?
ceptions was tendered the members .
>y the Chamber of Commerce, also |
>y the citizens of Salem.
The Editor had the pleasure of
nceting a number of former Taze- j
veil people. Among them Col. Jas.
tnd Mrs. Browning, Judge Stuart,
tfr. A. D. W. Walton, Mrs. Sam. W.
Williams, Mrs. Dr. R. B. Gillespie,
md Mrs, I'eery. and Mrs. William?
,wo splendid young daughters. All!
he people inquired of Tazewell, and
;poke affectionately of their nume- .
ous friends here. Mrs. R. R. Henry I
s in Ronnoke with her son, J Ran- '
lenry. Her health was reported only i
'airly gopd.
I met nt Hotel Roanoke, Mr. A-"D. j
Vitten, a native of Tazewell, a son
if the late Jas. R. Witten. He is now
i prosperous manufacturer at Mar
insville, in Henry County. lie had
lot heard.of the death of his aunt, j.
Urs. Pauline Kelly and other Taze- j
vpll happenings.
I suggested that he had best sub- I
icribe to the "paper of the people," .
vhich he promtply agreed to do.
Roanoke is a great city and last
veek an exceedingly hot nnd busy <
ity. Along the principal streets, at J
onvenient intervals there are Thrill
stamp boothes, presided over by
roung ladies. They sell stamps and
vnr savings certificates right along.
V.t one of the boothes, corner of Jel
erson Street and Campbell Avenue, >
me of the young ladies said that a
.housand dollars worth of stamps
vere sold on Thursday. There seems
o be no slackers hanging around.
'Fight, work or go to jail," is the
logan, and strictly enforced.
Hollins and the Old Home.
Some twelve miles from Roanoke,
?forth, is "The Cove," and niv old
lome?the "Mecca," where I delight
0 pay homage once a year. I went
iver W'th my friend, Mr. Ernest Ri
ey, in his car, and spent a part oi
bur days. On Sunday at Sunday
School in the morning and at preach
ng service in the afternoon, I met all
he old friends and some new folks 1
lad not known, and missed others
vho have "gone away" since my last
'isit. I made a "few feeble" remarks
m the war work of the Sunday schools
ind Red Cross, Y. M. C. A., etc. Jas.
i. Layman, the "Squire" of the ]
leighborhood, has been for thirty
rears, I believe, Superintendent of ;
,he Sunday School and enjoys the
vork as much as his school enjoys
laving him. He is prophet with hon
>r in his own country. He holds court
n just any old place most conven
ent. To sny-that he "took the bench"
is literally correct in most cases,
rlis courts are held in school houses,
m the front porches of stores, on the
?oadside, with a stump for a "bench.''
\nd sometimes he rides long dis?
tances to the homes of complainants
?nd in a brotherly way ndjusts difn
mlties "out of court." The "Judge"
s a popular man. I knew him and
lis good wife long before they even
,vere sweethearts, and they nre just
the same now as in those yester?
years. 1 am warned by the composi?
tor that "time's up," but I will tres?
pass to speak a little further.
One of the pleasures of my annual
visits is to meet my old friend and
school-mate, Dr. Geo. B. Taylor, the
pastor of the church at Hollins, nnd
in the Cove. He has been pastor at
Hollins for years. He teaches a class,
too, in Hollins College, which, as
everybody knows, is the leading fe?
male school in the South. The little
church "in the Wildwood," or in any
other place, as to that, is fortunate
indeed, in having such a man as pas?
tor. Usually little far off country
congregations have only once a month
preaching, and often just any kind
Of a preacher. The Cove church is
one of the few fortunate ones to
have as pastor, a man of culture,
learning and piety, vim and prudence
all combined. His influence and work
is telling in' this rural community.
1 wonder if tho people there ever
think what they would lose should
George be called to some other field
away from them, or perhaps slip off
to heaven some day? May either
even be long delayed1
Red Cross Work.
The women of the Cove are busy
knitting for the soldiers! Not much.
I was told* that not a stitch had been
knit in the Cove, ? "We don't know
how nnd have mi one to show us,"
was what one woman said.
Where is the Red Cross Chaper of
Old Botetuort? Mrs. Kern, widow of
the late Senator Kern, whose 3plendid
summer home is nearby, a great, big
L,, VIRGINIA, FRIDAY, JULY
hearted woman of culture, piety and
influence, will seo to it, I believe, that
the women of the community do their
bit to win the war in the army be?
hind the lines.
A fine ride again in the car of my
friend, Kniest Kiley, the lending fnr
iiner and business man of the commu?
nity, and I reluctantly turned my
footsteps westward. J. A. L.
COVE CREEK NEWS.
Mrs Frank Steele art! Mr.;. Mar?
vin Steele are visiting relatives in
Maryland.
Mrs. A. P. Fck and daughter Dora,
spent lust Friday at Edd F< x's.
Miss Pauline Stnwers of Uluefield
W. Va., ic visiting relative* in the
community.
Mr and Mrs. II: i ris Kipser spent
last Sunday at J. B. Gregory.
Miss Lizzie Cunipton is visiting
?.?datives at Graham Va.
Mrs. R. B. Robinctt ..nJ daughter
spent last Tuesday with Mrs. R. C.
Fox.
Mrs. C. F. Stowers, Mr. Luthor
Stowers, MisaesHazcl and Glonnio
Stowers made a flving trip to Blue
field.
Mrs. Agnes Compton is visiting at
Worth, W. Va.
SIIAWVERS MILL NOTES.
Mrs. L. E. Walker and Mrs. Bob
Helms of Grahrjn, and their mother
Mrs. J. A. Nash of Bluestose spent
daughter, Mrs. W. L. Skewer ut
this place.
Mrs. R. E. Elmore and her two
daughters of Cincinnati are i.ero for
the summer, with their friend Mrs.
Myrtle Bolchen
Mrs. and Mirs. Grovor McGulro
and children are also visiting Mrs.
Belcher this week.
Fay and Cr.rl Gregory entertained
jo sauiiiu otg| 'Xopung spuajjj jiotn
those presen are as follows:Nohio
Leffel, Mary and Lwclla Stade, Elsie
and Dorn S'-.nwvcr, Elmore Cri btree
anil Harry Elmoru.
Dot Jones entertained a number
of young people in honor of her
friend, Mustard Pructt, who left for
the University of Virginia training
camp Tuesday. Those present nre as
follows: Misses Bessie Loffel, Fannio
Compton, Roxie Neel, Jessie Duni
gan, Hazel Larkey, Mary Belcher,
Minnie and Sallie Kinscr, Bess Shaw
vcr and Nettie Fay Gregory. Mes?
srs. Henry Comptop, Karl Pruetl,
Dill Howoll, Clarence Lewis, Henry
Shawver, Arthur LcfTol, William Du
nigan and Theodore Nedermnior. Ice
cream and cake was nerved all, who
had a most enjoyable lime.
Mr. and Mrs. Will M?ns and chil?
dren, of Tuzewoll, were the guests of
Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Pructt Sunday.
Mr. Morgan Wyiin was the guest
of Mr. and Mrs. S. P. Shawver Sun?
day.
Mr. and Mrs. Ii. S. Kinzer and lit?
tle son, Claude, spent Sunday with
Mrs. Kinzer's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
J. B. Gregory in Bland county.
Mrs. A. B. Leffel and her three
sons, Arthur, Arlo and Boy, motor?
ed to Bluefield Sunday to see Mrs.
Lcffel'a sister, Mrs. C. W. Burton, of
Unit place.
Miss Cynthia Repasa was tho guest
of her friend, Miss annie Compton.
Mrs. Neil Helmnndollar spent the
week end with her step daughter,
Mrs. George Lambert, of this place.
NEW THEATRE HAS SECURED
ANOTHER BIG SHOW.
For August 10th, the New Thcn
tre has booked "Lest We Forget," a
patriotic special which is unques?
tionably the most remarkable motion
picture inspired by the Great War.
This picture shows among other
things the sinking of the Lusitanin,
Rita Jolivet, famous international
star, who is a survivor of the ill
fated vessel, plays one of the leading
roles in the picture.
POUNDING MILL NOTES.
Pounding Mill, July 24.?R. K. Gil
lespie and W. B. Steele made a bus
ncss trip to Cedar Bluff this a. m.
Rev. Wm. Rurleigh, of Washington
City, the Chrictian Evangelist, who
began a meeting here Tuesday, of
last week, has preached to large and
appreciative audiences, and has de?
livered some very fine sermons, in
fact they have all been excellent.
Last Sunday he preached three times
Lo a packed house. He will preach
each night this week and three times
next Sunday at 11, 3 and 8:30. At
3 p. m., he will preach on "Chriat
or the Kniser," which will win? Ev?
erybody should hear this sermon.
Last Sunday at 3 o'clock at the
close of the service, a contribution
was taken and over fifty-six dollars
wns given for Red Cross work. The
subject was "The Kaiser's Withered
Hand." He told of the hellishness and
develishness of the Kaiser and hia
Hun tribe. Tho following are some
of the visitors we noticed present:
Mr. and Mrs. Robert McGraw, Mrs.
Laura Elswick, Mr. Alex Witt, Mr.
and Mrs. George Oney, Mrs. Mollie
Martin, of Stcelsburg; Mrs. Jane A.
McGuire,, Misses Pearl, Mildred and
Helen McGuire, of Cedar Bluff; Mr.
John Scott, of Richlands; Mrs. San?
ders Gillespie, Mr. and Mrs. Harris
son, Mr. and Mrs. Arch Brewster, of
Oillespie; and various others whoso
names we cannot recnll.
Miss Fannio Hoops, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Hoops returned
today from Bluefield hospital where
she was operated upon sometime ago
Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Asbury are mov?
ing into rooms over Gillespie and
Stecle's store. Mrs. Asbury was for?
merly Miss Cora McGuire, of Pound?
ing Mil), and daughter of Charles
McGuire. , - ,
Mrs. James O'KccfTe, of Bluefield,
ia visiting her sister, Mrs. R. K. Gil?
lespie.
A colored man who worked at the
Boxley quarry fell dead Monday af?
ternoon (while throwing dice, it is
said). He had just thrown down a
50c bet and dropped dead. His body
was sent to Winston-Salem, N. C,
for burial. He was unmarried, but
like many others of the negroes of
the quarry hud lived with a wife ns
they call 'em, sho having left him a
week previous with another fellow.
It is said that one colored man has
had as many as four wives since he's
been here and some of the women as
many as two husbands (one at a
time, however).
M)s. Jack Pruett, of Tennessee,
visited his sister, Mrs. J. T. Altizer
Sunday night.
;< Buy War Savings Stamps.
26, 1918.
Preaches Sermon on Reason vs.
Sentiment in Winning the
War?German Strength is
Due to Wise Propaganda.
Dick Norman, who is in jail hero
awaiting trial for bootlegging, has
suddenly seen the light, the evil of
his oust performances having just
dawned upon him. Normen contrib?
utes the following article to this pa?
per this week:
Reason v?- Sentiment in Winning I he
War.
In order to bring success and vie
tory to the Gorman sword, Germany
has, since the very inception of the
war, stooped to sordid political tricks
that would bring the blush of shame
to the cheek of the most unscrupulous
ward-heeler. Her present foot-hold
in Russia is due not. so much to the
crushing force of the Gorman sworn
in to the political propaganda that
lodged and found root in the childish
mind of the plastic Russian peasant.
All those who have made n close,
analytical study of the war, and its
progross, arc agreed that the Gor?
man successes on all fronts have beoi.
due, in a large measure, to the prop?
aganda they have so industriously
and instduously spread. All sane mind?
ed men know that logic and reason
will contribute wonderfully more to?
wards the success of allied arms than
sentiment, yet the average American
resents any efforts made to consid?
er other phases or aspects of the
war than the purely military mp\
physical, Me feels sure that Intousu
feeling will do more to win the wnr
than any amount of cold-blooded
wnnttllOUght. He resents "talk.
He wants "action."
Is that a rather childish altitude?
Is it not rather u dangerous attitude?
Does it not play directly into the
hands of a Wiley foo who is using
intelligence to gain every one of Iiis
ends, whose every effective net ion re?
sults from cryslnlizcd thought?
"Tlnlk,1' from the press or other
sources is gallig to play Its part in.
the winning of this war and no loyal
citizen should lei slip nn opportuni?
ty collar and corner bis apathetic
neighbor nnd preach to him the just?
ness of the allied cause. So, "talk"
all you plea ? and us much us you
can, hut he careful and sure that you
"talk" right.
We have seen Hint Mr, ilrynn's ex
pnnsive statement about a million
men springing to arms between sun?
rise and sunset belonged to the dream
world in which sentimentalists live.
To put our present army on the held
of Fnlndors has required much more
time than Mr. Bryan would have us
believe. Mr. Bryan u emotionalism did
not draft, equip, transport, and train
the splendid army wo now have in
[Trance. We must not buck to the
idealist of Mr. Bryan's type und
thereby permit logic to become the
slave of sentiment. To "remember
the Lusitania" sounds good, but does
it help decide whether it is wise for
Japan to occupy Siberia? The in-'
junction to "stop tnlk and get on
with war" contributes nothing tow?
ards answering the question as to
whether or not the government should
take over the telephone und telegraph
lines. Yet the duration, even the
success, perhaps?of the war may
eventually depend on these nnd kin?
dred decisions.
This war is not a war of savages
or immature children. It is a war
of mature, highly intellectual and
civilized men. We must resort to ev
ei"y means within the pale of civili?
zation to crush the loathsome, mon?
strous foe that confronts us. We
sec that the success of Germany on
the Eastern front was not the result
of military power resulting from pa?
triotic feeling, but of a political cam?
paign directed by infinitely _ cold?
blooded calm nnd unemotional intelli?
gence. So, let us, too, replace senti?
ment with logic. Let us no longer
spread and lend weight to that old
thread-bare mill-dewed yarn about
the "poor, stolid German peasant"
being driven by his military mas?
ters. Though not his military com?
manders cquul in intelligence, ho at
least equals, if not surpasses him, in
barbarity, brutality and inhumanity.
Who dares say the Hun common
soldier abhors pillage and plunder .' If
so, v/hy did the German high com?
mand promise its soldiers a tthc be?
ginning of the "big" offensive the
privilege of plundering Paris as a
reward? Because it knew the char?
acter and nature of its soldiers, knew
the bait to dangle before their eyes
Let us discontinue drawing a line of
demnrkation between the German
people nnd the ' German military
clique. Our boys are on'the muddy,
blood-soaked fields of Prance, so let
us at home stop waxing alopny nnd
sentimental over the "poor German
people," and do all the "talking'' and
whatever else we can to help our
boys "bring home the bacon."
DICK NORMAN.
Tazewell County Jail, July 24.
ROY THOMPSON GETTING TO
THE FRONT QUICK.
Roy A. Thompson, son of Rev. nnd
Mrs. W. C. Thompson, of Tazewell,
is believed to he on his way to the
groat battle, field in France. He had
only boen at Camp Lee a few weeks,
when he was designated from a largo
number to take charge of certain
work for the government nnd proceed
at once for the other side of' ocean.
He has also been 'made a non-com?
missioned officer, which is going some
for n member of the Tazewell Rifles,
although he has been in the Nation?
al Army not much longer than a
month.
THE BABY DEAD.
The remains of Ray Wall the 15
months old baby of Mr. and Mrs.
Leolie H. Millard, were buried here
on yesterday morning, in Maple
Shade Cemetery. The baby died of
cholera infantum, on Wednesday, n
the home in Williamson, W. Va. Rev.
T. H. Campbell conducted the bu,
service at the grave. Mr. r.nd Mis
Millard will miss the baby. Tl.ey n?v
deeply grieved, and have the sym?
pathy of their many friends.
THE FORDSON TRACTOR TURNS
THE TRICK (THIS SOD).
If nnyone is skeptical about what
n Fordson Tractor will do with a
plow ho should have been out on the
farm of J. G. Huston last Thursday
afternoon. All his doubt and fears
would have been removed. It was
absolutely wonderful, and amazing
how that litie Flivver would plow.
Three of the best teams in Tazewell
county could bo no match for it.
The quality of tho work was the
best. Mr. Vaughan, of the Universal
Motor Co., of Richmond, sat in the
seat and although he is from the city i
he is some plowman. There were no j
Goo's and Haw's in the furrows, all
wore the same width ami depth. The
Fordson can do anything from plow?
ing to running a saw mill. It. plows,
harrows, l hi/Us lies, .drills, harvests,
mows, rakes, cuts feed, goes to mill,
and saws wood. Everyone should see
this tractor and seeing is bollovoing,
These tractors are being distribut?
ed by the Virginia Council of De?
fense at factory cost through the
farewell Motor Co., of this city. On?
ly four are left of tho original con?
signment. Act quick ami save the
retailers profit.
LADIES WAR SAVINGS SOCIETY
All ladies, who have signed or who
will sign the War Savings and Thrift
Stamp cards in the United War Sav?
ings Society will meet the flrst Mon-1
day in each month at f> o'clock in the
Red Cross sewing rooms to give a
report of purchases.
Let everyone come or send a mes?
sage and do her' bit in this branch
of service.
MRS. CEO. W. ST. CLAIR,
President.
MRS. JOHN B. JACKSON,
Secretary.
"IS YOUR NAME WRI'ITEN
THERE?"
The malingers of the Wnr Stamps |
Sales here have received the follow?
ing telegram from National Head?
quarters :
Washington, July 15.
"Relive ii extremely Important that
you instruct your organizations and
all solicitors to insist pledges be
mndo for largost nmount proportion?
ate to pledgor's ability. Experience
shows that otherwise pledges will be
for small amounts und results will be
disappointing.
(Signed.) F. A. VANDERLIP."
The work1.1s for the stamp sales inj
Tazewell county propose to begin the
publication of those who have pur
chased stnmpii and the .".1:101111:11 of the
purchase:i. This will : how who has
and who has not
WEST l'OCAIIONTAS.
Rig Vein, Va., July '21.?The peo?
ple are all rejoicing over the good |
news received from the front. We
are always willing anil ready lo hol?
ler hurrah for ihe Americans,
Horn lo Mr. and Mr:i l.cnie Duel
ley, a son. Mother and baby are do-I
ing well. Mr. Dudley lives at Urn- j
ham, but Mrs. Dudley is visiting her
father and mother, Mrs. John Catron |
at (his place.
Miss Annie Drozick, scrip writer
for Rig Vein Coal Co., was visiting
homufolks last. Sunday at RoisseviUno
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Lotcher and
Mrs. Robert Leonard and Mrs. W. H.
Burton attended the funeral services I
of Mrs. Wm. Hill at Bobjsevnine last|
Sunday.
Mrs. Lawson and daughter, of tho
city of Bluoflold. was visiting Mr. and
Mrs. N. L. Barker lust Sunday.
Rev. J. A.-Early preached at Hig
Vein BchoolhoUSO last Sunday eve lo
a small attendance. What is thu
trouble with people that they won't
go to church?
W. H. Burton, who has been in
charge of mines in the Guynn Valley,
has succeeded Mr. Walter Lotcho as |
foreman at No. 2 at Higo Vein.
K. M. Hopkins, of Whipple, W. Va,
is visiting friends in our camp.
Charles Burton and Lcmll are tak?
ing (heir vacation at Eglcston, Va.,
in Giles county.
Mr. S. H. Maxey is doing a fine lot
of sawing just now. lie has trouble |
in lilling the orders received.
SHAWVERS' MILL NEWS
We are having some beautiful
weather now and the farmers are
very busy, and the buzzing of the
mowing machine is very common.
Miss Hazel Larkey of Princeton,
W. Va., is visiting tho homo of Mrs.
W. D. Jones, ami friends.
Quite u number of our boys have,
been called for service, among those I
l>cing, Titus Lambert, Mustard Pru-1
ett und William Shufflebargcr.
Mrs. Elmore of Cincinnati Ohio is
spending the summer here as the
guest of Mrs. Myrtle Belcher.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Clayton of
Bluefield W. Va., motored over and
took supper at the home of Mrs. W.
I). Jones, Sunday, and Mr. ami Mrs.
R. N. Jones apecled them back home.
On Tuesday evening at (I, o'clock
, Miss Mary Belcher Mustard and
Earl Pruett took supper with Miss
Hazel Larky, and at eight thirty a
Surprise party arrived in honor of
Miss Hazel and Mustard Pruett. At
a late hour tho guests wore invited
to the dining room by Miss Dorothy
and Annie Jones where a delicious
course of ice cream und cake was
served. Couples as following: Mus?
tard Pruett and Hazel Larky, Henry
Compton, Bessie Leffel, Artnur Lef?
fel, Snlie Kinscr Henry Shawver,
Jesie Dunigan, Earl Pruett, Mary
Belcher, Clarence Lewis, Minnie Kin?
scr, Theodore Nidermnier, Fannio
Compton, Claude leffel, Bessie
Shawver, D. B. Howell, Roxie Neel,
William Dunigan, Fay Nettie Gre?
gory, Mr. and Mrs. R. N. Jones, Mrs.
W. D. Jones and IL W. Jones.
Mrs. A. B. Leffel nnd family spent
Sundny with her sister Mrs. C. W.
Burton of Bluefield W. Va. Mrs
Leffel's mother Mrs. Yost returned
home with her.
Mr. nnd Mrs. II. S. Kins6r spent
Sundny with Mrs. Kinscr's parents
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Gregory of Cove
Creek.
AMERICA'S ANSWER TO THE
HUN.
We ne'er will ask for quarter,
We ne'er will be your slave,
But we'll swim this sea of slaughter
Or we'll sink beneath the wave.
?Anonymous.
Buy War Savings Stamps.
$1.50 PER YEAR
STRUGGLING TO
CHECK RETREAT
German Army Making Desper?
ate Effort to Offset Crushing
Blows of American and Al?
lies on Western Front.
Washington, July 24.?Mussed
Gorman reserves are holding open
the jaws uf the trap General Foch
has sprung in the Aisno-Mnrno ro-4
gion, in a desperate effort to sta?
bilize their lines without the crush?
ing of the forces withdrawing from,
the Chateau Thierry and Mamo
salients. Ofllclal report to the Was
Department, however, shows that the
enemy hns only a single railway line
remaining in his hands over which
to get his heavy matorlal out ( f the
pocket, into which he has been forced
by Allied nnd American advances.
The situation was graphically ex?
plained today by General March,
chief of stuff, in a mid-week con?
ference with newspaper correspon?
dents. For the lust two days, Gen?
eral March said, the employment of
probubly fifteen divisions of fresh
Herman reserves on the SolsSons law
i)f the trap has practically steadied
the line there. On the eastern jaw
front, bomever, the enemy has been
?rushed back more than a mile and
11 half on a ten-mile front, further
imperiling his whole position in the
mlient from which he Is ondouvorlng
Lo extricate his troops.
Railroad Controlled.
"The railroad running from Sois?
sons to Chateau Thierry is now
uilher in our hands or under our
Pre," General March said. "Tho only
way in which tho enemy can get out
now or get supplies over u railroad
is by the remaining line from Nnti
icuil or the Ourc<| to Utizochoa on the
liver Veslo.
"If was noeossnry for him, if bo
ilid not Intend to he caught absolu?
tely in a pocket, lo keep hoops from
idvaucing ami cutting off this rood,
which would put him entirely at tbo
mercy of the Allied forcos."
General Mnrcli did not indicnto
ivhal development the continued hal?
lo nil along the front of Lhu greatly
educed German salient might hi? ex
icrleil to produco. Among other of?
ficers, the oplninon prevailed that
[jenernl Poch was rushing forward
n nsHun of heavy urlillory, which
A'illi nirplnnou would pound the ln
lerior of the German positions from
Lhreo sideti.
I.uhhch Will lie Great.
As these ofliircrs see the situation
Ihn very strength of the Gorman,
lines now eiiluhlished will make his
losses great from the concentrated
fire of the Allied artillery and nir
?ral't. The enemy force occupy a
wedge, the center of which i:i less,
Iban fifteen miles distant from the
Imrd pressing lines of the. Allies u(.
nny point. All bin communication
lines nre within gun range, once the
'heavies" get up behind the Allied
lines.
There is another consideration^
Lacking railway lines on which to
mnnuevor, tho enemy probably is
malting desperate efforts to get his
IjiggCttt guns away safely. The nt-i
Lacking lines uro backed by circling
rnilwnys on which long range wenp
ms on rnilwny mounts can bo ahul
Lled back uud forth at will. It is re?
called that the Gorman attack on
chateau Thierry little more than u
iveek ago wns accomplished by tho
fire of big naval gnus, shells from,
which fell ten and fifteen miles bo?
und the lines.
Staving Off Attacks.
Tho bitterness of the battle around
Chateau Thierry and along that por?
tion of llio north bunk of the Marne
where tho enemy still retains a foot?
ing probably is largely due to his de?
termination to stave off Franco.
American attacks from (.lie south i\t
[oust until the big weapons have been
I ragged back to safety. The Amer?
ican advances reported today thiough
Chnlolot forest and to the northeast
i>f Epicds is beginning to mennco
seriously enemy positions further
eastward on the Mamo which nre,
;overing his withdrawal within the
mlient.
CLOSES SUCCESSFUL REVIVAL
MEETING.
Editor the Clinch Valley News:
The King's Chapel Christian church
if Tazewell has just closed one of the
most successful meetings in the his?
tory of its existence, and it will be
ong remembered, not only by its re
siplento, but by those who knew of its
procedure anil progress toward the
uplifting of humanity. The world of
mankind is growing more and more
In sympathy with the great scheme
of redemption inaugurated by Je?
ms Christ and consumnted by tho
Holy Spirit than ever before. You
jnn reach them. Why not go after,
th?m? I was assisted by Rev. J. R.
Louderbuch, the ex-pastor, who is
now in Roanoke, Va. The meeting
closed Wednesday evening, totaling
l(i additions to the church. Seven?
teen were baptized, 10 reclaimed and
15 of these were grownups^thc oth?
ers were girls nnd boys. Rov. Lou
lerback boarded train No. 12 Thurs
lay a. m. for Roanoke, where he will
jreet his dear family and respective
:ongrcgations. The prayers of the
?hurch go with him.
Preaching every second nnd fourth
Sundays. Uible school every Sunday
it 10.30 a. m. Adult Bible Class ov
l'ry Friday evening. Every one is
welcome.
I. H. THOMPSON, Pastor.
THE IRISH ALWAYS SCORE.
An Irishman nnd a Scot were ar?
guing as to the merits of their re?
spective countries.
"Ah, wee!." said Sandy, "they tore
down an auld castle in Scotland and
found mnny wires under it, which
shows that the telegraph was knoon
there hundreds of years ago."
"Well," said Pat, "they tore down
an ould castle in Oireland, and there
was no wires found undher it, which
shows that they knew all about wire?
less telegraphy in Oireland hudrcds
av years ago."?Ex.