ESTABLISHED 1S45.
if You Havn
TAPS SOUND FOR
JOHN FL WHITLEY
Taze well's Last Confederate
Chieftain Passes On After
Long- Ill|iess?Was Officer
in Famous Regiment.
Capt. John H. Whitley, 70 years
old, one of the bust known and most
highly respected citizen of the coun?
ty, died at !.is home at Norih Tazo
v/all, on Tuesday afternoon, after a
illness of several months from a com?
plication of diseases.
The funeral took place on Wed?
nesday afternoon from the Metho?
dist church, conducted by the pastor,
Rev. H. E. Kolso. The remains were
intered in the Whitley Cemetery
Wednesday r.ftcrnoon.
Resides a widow deceased leaves
throe sons, J. W. Whitloy, of North
Tazewcll; William Whitley, of Gra?
ham and E. Lane Whitley, of Galax,
Va. Three daughters born to him
are all dead.
He is the last of the family of the
late William Whitley, his brothers,
Wesley, James and Elgin, are all
dead. His wife, who survives, is sis?
ter to Maj. Jas. P. Whitman, of the
Horsepen Cove.
Capt. Whitley was a life-long mem?
ber and officer in the Methodist
church and enjoyed for many years
the confidence and respect of his
brethren.
He was a gallant and brave Con?
federate soldier, going out as Lieu?
tenant in Capt. Titus Williams' com
pnny in 1801 and wns assigned to the
45th Virginia Regiment. In 1862 he
joined the lGlh Virginia Cavalry, Co.
I, commanded by the late Capt. Wm.
E. Peery. In 1804, in July, Captain
Whitley was captured at Monocacy
Junction, in Maryland, and taken to
Fort Mcllenry, where he was held a
prisoner until the close of the war.
After the war he engaged active?
ly in farming, and later in the mer?
cantile business with his son, J. W.
Whitley at North Tazewcll.
Capt. Whitley was a good man. He
leaves behind him a clear record and
enjoys, no doubt, the unalloyed as?
sociation now, of his comrades and
friends and loved ones in the "Land
of the Blest."
WOMEN BEHIND THE FOURTH
LIBERTY LOAN.
Mrs. James W. Harman has re?
turned from Lynchburg, where she
attended a Conference of the County
and City Chairmen of the Woman's
Liberty Loan Committee of Virginia.
Most of the counties and cities were
represented at this conference, and
plans were made for u vigorous cam?
paign among the women of Virginia
to help float the Fourth Liberty Loan.
Secretary McAdoo has called on
the women of the Nation for their ac?
tive support in this drive, and much
is expected of them. The women did
effective work during the Third Lib?
erty Loan campaign, and it is the
plan of the committee to put forth a
greater effort in soliciting bond-buy?
ers for the Fourth Liberty Loan,
which campaign begins Saturday, the
28th day of September.
Mrs. Harman is now appointing
committees and perfecting an or?
ganization throughout the county to
push this work; and every women
who is able to buy as much as $50.00
bond should be ready to do so on the
28th. Buy as large a bond as possi?
ble?not the smallest possible.
Save, economize, and buy bonds,
In order to help win the war.
We can and must subscribe our
quota.
THOMAS-VAUGHT.
(Washington County Journal.)
The home of Rev. and Mrs. S. B.
Vaught,- in the Southwest addition,
Johnson City, Tenn., was a seen of
rar? charm and beauty on Tuesday
afternoon , when at four-thirty o'clock
in the prcsenc of the immediate
friends and members of the families
the lovely young daughter of the
family, Miss Marie Vaught, was unit?
ed in mariage to Mr. Baker Thimas,
a prominent voung man of Newport
News, Va. The bride's father, Rev.
S. B. Vaught performed the ceremo?
ny.
The bride, who is of the blonde
type of beauty, possessing all the
admirable traits of character of a
Christian home, was gowned in a
chic traveling gown of navy blue,
with trimmings of fur, hat uncf veil to
match. She wore a corsage of pink
Kilarney roses.
The groom, a young man of ster?
ling character and untiring energy, is
connected in a prominent capacity
with the government work at New?
port News, being one of fifteen in
the camouflage department, and is a
son of Mr. and Mr3. D. J. Thomas.
This young couple were former res?
idents of Abingdon, where they havt
ahost of friends who join this papei
in wishing for the ma happy life.
PLEASE READ THIS?IT IS NOT
A DUN.
The figures opposite your name on
the label of your papr is not th<
day of the month, but the year, t<
which your subscription is paid. Foi
instance, Mayl8 does not mean th<
18th day of May, hut May, 1918
Sept.10 means September, 1019, am
so on. Some smr.rt people fnil t<
understand. One man renewed ot
Tuesday, saying "my subscription ex
pired on the 17th. Renew for ar.othc:
year." His subscription expired ii
September, 1917, not September 17th
1918. Please get this once for. all
and save all of us trouble and mis
understanding.
TAZEWELL, VII
T BoughtYour Allotmen
Quartette of Tazewell's Confederate
Officers, the Last of Whom Has
Answered the Final Summons
The death of Captain J. H. Whit
ley marks the passing of Tazewell's
last Confederate chieftain. The above
cut shows (1) the late C. A. Fudge,
Captain of Company "A"; first on
the left J. H. Whitley, Captain of
Company "K"; on the right the late
James S. Pcery, Captain of Com?
pany "G"; and at the bottom the late
Joseph Harrisson, Captain of Com?
pany "I"; all of the Forty-Fifth Vir?
ginia Regiment of Infantry, which
was so shattered and decimated at
the battle of Piedmont, June ;">, 1864,
that it was not afterwards reorgan?
ized.
FOR SALB.
I offer for sale my property, sit?
uate in west end of Tazewell, adjoin?
ing proprty of J. N. Hnrnv.n, con?
taining 7 1-2 acres blue grass land,
fronting on West Main Streci. New?
ly fenced, new barn, chicken house,
forty young fruit trees, grape vines.: yyjjj pu|| Heavv Guns That Will
and young shade trees. Modern cess j
-1 NT? l.rtff/ii* l.iiil.lin.i-1 nl in Tnvo-i
pool. No hotter buildingl ot in Taze?
well. Price, 53350. Terms to suit.
II. CLAUDE POBST.
Sept.20-2t.
A REAL, GENUINE VIRGINIA
STOCK FARM.
Smash Fortification on Rhine
in Near Future?Detroit
Factory Hushing Work.
That this is n war of machinery
has become a commonplace, but how
completely this is the fact can best be
realized by a look at the motive pow?
er of our new field artillery. Inspir?
ing pictures of artillery dashing into
No. 865. 525 Acres. $20,000
Located "back" from the railroad
about six miles. This is a stock prop?
osition but a good one and a bargain.
No better soil for grass or grain
will be found anywhere. 150 acres
is "bottom" land and balance is gent-! action, with the riders lashing their
ly rolling up-land of best character, j horses into a gallop, are out of dale.
The farm produces 2500 to 3000 No horses v/ill be attached to the
bushels of shelled corn every year.' greater part of our new field artil
About 100 acres are in fine hardwood lory. Instead, there will be tractors
timber. Improvements consist of a _e()Ujppen wjtn Liberty truck cn
fine 10-room house, gas lighted, good . nd tectC(l b annoI. ,ate
barn, trrainary, chicken house, meat:" 7. ' . * , 1 .
house, two good tenant houses, gas caP*??le of dragging the heavier p.ec
plant etc. Ics over tnc rouKhest roads, or no
Corn, hogs, and a few cattle will
make this place pay for itself.
Reasonable terms and immediate
possession.
Offered for sale by?
EDWARD S. WILDER AND CO.,
9-20-lt. Churlottcsvillo, Va
HUBBLE FARM FOR SALE.
We have in our hands fpr sale, the
Hubble farm, containing sixty-two
acres, located on Hubblo Hill, about
three miles from town of Tazewell.
For price and terms inquire at our
office.
HARMAN AND POBST,
Attorneys for Hubble heirs.
DESCRIPTION OF MARE WANT?
ED.
Chestnut color, blaze face, 2 white
hind feet, about 10 or twelve years
old, name Fancy Golden. She wns
bought about 0 or seven years ago
from a man in this county by Geo.
Harris, of West Virginia. A reward
of ?10.0O is offered for her register?
ed papers when properly transferred
Mare is believed to have been pur?
chased from a man on Flat Top
Mountain. John D. Gillespie, Wit
tens Mills, Va. 9-20-3L
REDUCED R. R. RATES TO THE
GREAT ROANOKE FAIR.
The Norfolk and Western will sell
reduced rate tickets from all points
to the Great Roanoke Fair, sale be
j ginning September 23 to 27th, with
, return privilege good until and in
j eluding the 28th. Ask your ticket
agent about these specially reduced
fares. You can return any time fol?
lowing the day of purchase.
Have you bought your W. S. S.V
roads at all, where the going would be
impossible for horses.
It was the middle of last November
when the ordnance department be?
gan the work of designing the five
ton tractors. The plant had the first
experimental model running thirty
one days after the patterns for the
parts were started. This model was
subjected to all kinds of tests; it was
required to do about everything ex?
cept run upside down?every weak
spot was checked up and corrections
made.
Finally came the order to "go
ahead" with production, the model
having been worked out completely.
In the last week of June the first
tractor was accepted by the govern?
ment. Since then the plant has been
warming up to the job as fast as the
necessary machinery could bo assem?
bled, and the raw material secured.
Twenty-five hundred men are at work
producing the motors and parts and
assembling the machines. This force
is being increased as fast as machin?
ery comes in. At full production be?
tween 5,000 and 0,000 men will be en?
gaged.
Every unit going into the produc?
tion of the trnctor is inspected and
accepted before nssembly begins, so
that the final test is merely a check?
up on previous inspections. This trnc?
tor is required to go up a 100 per
cent grade?that is to say, a hill run?
ning at an angle, of four degrees. As
a matter of fact, it will go up a G0
degree hill easily. The carbureters
in the motor arc designed so as to
run when the machine is at an .incli?
nation of seventy degrees; the oil
system is such that tipping the trac?
tor on end does not affect the prop?
er feed.
IGIN1A, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER
t of War St;
One of thea tractors lias been tipp-1
c<! on end to nearly ninety degrees
without falling over. The venter of I
gravity is so low that the machine l
can do almost incredible things in
the way of climbing sleep places. He
sides hauling batteries of guns und
caissons, these tractors are also in?
tended for hauling other material in
an emergency. Several sizes of spe?
cial trailers arc being built?a three
ton, five-ton and ten-ton?on which
will he mounted guns out of commis?
sion to be hauled back to the bnse
repair shop.
It takes one man to operate n trac?
tor, instead of three, four or five ar?
tillery drivers for six, eight or teu
horses. When the allied spring drive
starts next year American-built trac?
tors in quantity should be on the front
to living the supporting field guns up
to the advancing line?and they won*
ask for roads to bring thoni over.
WILL SWING THE AXE.
Last week a number of subscribers
in arrears on subscription, on our
foreign lists, were dropped. These
will not receive their accustomed
new* letter this week. They all had
?sufficient notice.
Nex| week our county list will be
overhauled. All subscribers in ar?
rears must pay up or he dropped from
the list. This is the last cull. Head
the label. It shows month and year
in which your subscription expired.
If we do not bear from you before
the 2Gth, we shall be forced to any.
"Goodbye."
GRAHAM CASHING IN.
Report reaches Tnzowell that quite
a number of War Savings Certificate
holders have cashed their holdings.
Holders of bonds hnve taken advan?
tage of the ten-day notice privilege
and demanded their money from the
postmaster, so reports say. This, of
course, the owners of the certificates
hud u right to do under the condi?
tions. Pity that this should be ne?
cessary. This course robs the gov?
ernment of needed money at this
time and cannot hut he detrimental
to the owner of the certificate in the
long run. The "mess of pottage"
i:;, however, very attractive to a hun?
gry man.
Wonder what "Steve" Harman, the
Graham boy injured in France, will
think, when he beam, while lying on
a bed of pain, that somu of the people
in Tazewcll for whom be suffered his
wounds have gone back on linn?
Hold your War St muss and buy
more and let's get it over with.
SOME TOMATOES.
The following interesting letter was
received a day or two ago. Some of
our readers may conclude that Kce
see is a candidate for membership
in the Ananias Club. It reads:
Whiteford, Md., Sept. 10.
My Dear Mr. Leslie:
Enclosed you will please find check
for the Clinch Valley News. Sorry
I have neglected it. llut I could not
pass these cold winter days without
my home paper. I got lots of news
I could not get otherwise. This is a
fine country?crops are fine this year.
Fruit is good. Thousands of bushels
of tomatoes were raised here. The
Marylanders claim the averag? crops
are five hundred bushels per acre. I
have one acre and hnve sold three
hundred bushels and it looks like 1
can get that many more. I suppose
1 had belter close before you class
me in the Annanias club. My best
regards to old Tazewcll. Yours tru?
ly, K. H. K EE SEE.
MISS KATHERINE GROH TO AD?
DRESS S. S. MEETING.
Next Thursday afternoon nt 4
o'clock, Miss Katherinc (!roh. State
Superintendent of Primary Work in
the Stute S. S. Association, will speak
in the Christian church. She wishes
to meet all the primary S. S. workers
of the town and surrounding com
muiity nnd S. S. workers generally.
At 8 o'clock a general meeting will
be held in the interest of teacher
training and other Sunday School
work. A number of speakers, be?
sides Miss Groh, will make short ad
drosses. All Sunday School workers
arc urged to attend.
F. H. FORBES, Seereary.
J. M. NEWTON, President,
County S. S. Association.
BIG FAIR OPENS NEXT TUES?
DAY.
The Great Roanoke Fair opens next
Tuesday, continuing through the 27.
The exhibits, it is said, will be spe?
cially operated on lines in compliance
with the wishes of the Government,
along liiiK of utility in the matter of
conservation of nil food supplies and
the production of farm products. The
farmers of the country are promised
an unusual exhibition of the work of
the farm tractors, nnd of improved
farm machinery generally.
The Midway, or "Pleasant Pl.'.za '
has been given special attention by
the management and this featuie
promises well this year?exceeding
any previous show. Roanoke is an
attractive town for the visitor, nnd
no doubt the "Magic City" will ho
crowded next week.
SIN C ER E API' RECI ATI ON.
It would be a pleasant tas to pub-.
lish the names of the people who
have renewed their subscriptions the
past week or two, as well as new ones
entered, but it would be taking too
i much space in our "little paper." We
thank all cf them. They are help?
ing us to comply with Uncle Sam's
> requirement, nnd nt the same time
? helping themselves.
Read your label again, please. This
' will be our last call to subscribers
? in the county. Tho chopping axe
and block must be used next week.
20. 1918.
imps, Do So
Only Those Qualified For Gen?
eral Military Service Will He
Sent to Camp By October
16?10.000 Colored.
Draft calls announced today by
Provost Mhraluil-Getiernl Crowdcr
will send ISI.SIIK men qualified for
general military service to the army
camps before October Id. All State/,
have quotas to till. Of the total, 142,
1)00 will he white registrants wh<> will
entrain between October 7th and llth
The remainder will he negroes win.
will move in two groups, 20,010 en
training between September 2ft r.ud
27 and I0,7ft2 on October 10. Men
who registered last Thursday may he
needed in a few districts to lull the
quotas, it was said nt the provost
marshal general's ofltco, but in most
localities sufficient men remain in
class 1 from the registration on last
June ft mid August 24 to meet the
requirements.
Vlrginin'n quota of this call will
oe 1,843 for ("amp Humphreys.
Colored Men lo Entrain for Camp Lee
About October 7.
The following colored men will bo
called ben- for cutruinmcnt ubouv
October 7th:
Bollard Sanders, Graham.
.lames Marlis, Bousevnilie.
Ulyses Higginbolham, Graham.
Waiter Green, Nemours.
Chnrilo Walter, Pounding Mill.
Lacy Goodman, Grahntn,
Kiit Bailey, Graham.
Oscar IS. Brown Pocnhoiilna.
Win. P. ilobins u, Pocahontas.
.lohn R. Wchh, Boisscvainc,
llobnrl Harris, Tip Top.
Wm. M. Louderback, Graham.
Ituy Rune, North Taxowcll.
George Robinson, Graham.
George Alley. Pocahontns.
Richard Sinl ford. Tip Top.
Walter F. Smith, Tazewcll.
Willis Sinmk, Graham.
.lames Snundcrs, Graham.
Twenty-live while men will he call?
ed for enlraiiimcnl about the sainu
time for (lump Humphreys. The list
hail not been completed a! the local
office yesterday afternoon.
OVER THE TOP AGAIN.
raze well County Exceeds the Gov?
ernment's Estimate of Men Be?
tween Eighteen and Forly-livc,
The registration of men between
the ngCS of eighteen and foryt-live in
Tazewcll county exceeded tin? esti?
mate of tin' Government by fifteen
men. There were 3,120 men regis?
tered at the twenty-eight registra?
tion places in the county. Follow?
ing is the tabulated list:
Richlands, 347; Boissevnine, 213;
Red Ash, ftO: Jewell Ridge, 40; Gra?
ham, 301: Cedar Illulf, 101; Poca
bontas, 434; Freestone, 31; Haven,
122; Poor Valley, 41; Crockett's Cove,
42; liaptist Valley, ,*t2; Burkc's Gar?
den, 47; Benbow, 31; Gap Store, ftH;
Midway. ft2; Thompson Valley, 2ft;
Falls Mills, 00; Pounding Mill, 81;
Dry Fork, D3; Blucslone, ftl; Tin
Top, 01; North Tazewcll, 141; Tnze?
well, 22ft; Lockharl's Chapel, 03;
Oration, 30; Liberty Hill, 0ft.
There were registered at the office
of the local board 111 men in addition
to those mentioned above.
WHAT IT TAKES?WE'VE GOT.
A story is told in a recent number
ef Everybody's Magazine that gOCH
to show the kind of fellows Uncle
Sam has in France pushing the Huns
back on their own dung bill. '1 he
story is told by Herbert Cory:
"I shall always think of an Ohio
man at the foot of Bleme'y Hill as
typical of the Americans in war," hi'
writes. "Ho was a mule driver for
the supply company, and the two
mile, long straight road to Blcmery
whs fairly lighted up hy bursting
shells. The mule driver hnd made the
trip once that night and then his
oflicer came to him, 'I'm sorry, Ja?
cobs,' he said, 'but I've got to send
you up then; again. There's another
loud to be hauled out.' The mule
driver fairly shook, he was so fright?
ened. But be saluted and climber up
on his wagon. Before he chirruped to
his leaders he spoke to his officer: 'I
hate like bell to go up there, sir,' said
he, 'but what it takes to go?I've
got."
Whereupon the Lynchburg News
comments as follows:
"That American mule driver was
emblematic of the American expedi?
tionary forces. What it takes to get
to Berlin, they've got it. Slangily that
expresses a truth that our allies per?
ceive over the outcome. And the
light is beginning to dawn upon the
(it man national consciousness ns
well, judging from the criminations
nod recriminations which the press
and the leaders are now bandying
back and forth.
"We don't believe that Ohio mule
driver was so badly scared as Mr.
Corey makes out. Nervouc be might
have been, but scared?well, the Yan?
kees in France don't scare easily, as.
everybody over here has long ngo
found out and if this chap was scared:
it's a good bet that there was abun- ]
dnnt cause. Anyhow, he wen'.?and
that's the only thing that counts."
NEXT SUNDAY AT CEDAR
BLUFF.
The editor of this paper nnd other
speakers expect to spent: at Cedar
Bluff next Sunday at 11 o'clock on
"The War and the Sundny Schools."
Everyone is cordially invited.
P. H. FORBES, Secy.
NEW ItULES GOVERNING TELE?
PHONES.
Tho postumster General has issued
tho following order:
Order No. I?31.
Owing to the necessity for conserv?
ing labor and material and to elimi?
nate a cost which is borne by the
permanent user of the telephone, a
readiness to servo or installation
charge will he made on nnd after
September 1, 1018, for all new instal?
lations, also a charge for all chnnges
in location of telephones.
Installation charges to be as fid
lows :
Where the rale is (2.00 a month
or less.$5.00
Where the rale is more than $2,
but not exceeding $4.00 a
month.10.0(1
Where the rale is more than $4
a month.15.00
The moving charge to the subscrib?
er will be the actual cost of labor
and material necessary for making
the change,
In accordance with bulletin No. 2
ssucd by me August I, I?)IS. slat
ing that "until further notice (lie tel?
egraph and telephone companies
shall continue operations in the oi
diiiary course of business through
regular channels." and all cases
where the rale adjustments .ire pend?
ing or Immediately necessary I bey
should be 'al.in up by (he company
Involved through the usiiiil channels
and action obtained wherever po:|si
hie. In all cases, however, where the
rates an change.I such change:-, httuuld
?>e submitted to me for approval be
fore being placed iu ulTui't.
(Signed) A. S. BUHLESON,
Postmaster General.
Patrons of the Hluolield telephone
Gonipany in this section lire request
eil In make note of the above and net
accordingly.
W. W. IIAWLKY,
General Manager.
Sepl 20-lt.
PUBB MAIL DELIVERY.
Town of Tazewell to Kujoy t'ily Prlv
ileges, Beginning October I.
PostuuiHlur lluchnnnn iiunoun u.
hat ths rrco delivery i f mail in the
town cf T.i/ewell will beg'n on Oc
lober I. Mr. William Kimhel him
be >n appointed carrier. The plant
as now arranged will call for a dc
livery twice n day in the morn.hit
Mild nfteillOOII. The details of the
innovation have nut been completely
worked out.
DAYS Ol-' PK AY Kit.
(iod is I'll 11 big for a patriotic clans
of men ami women those who will
their very busiest time to Dim.
Time that is not utilized iu any?
thing worth while will not In- a<
ccptud of God as a sacrifice, l.ei us
see Abraham: (iod said tu him,
"Take now I by sou, I bine only sou,
Isaac, whom thou luvest and (lifer
him." The Lord said, "Kobold lo obey
is better than snciillco." I Sam. 15:
22. Then why not the church be obe?
dient to the great head of our cuuu
try as we have been asked to unite
iu prayer, asking God for the vic?
tory.
Allow me lo say that the First
Baptist church bell will ring euch
day at 12 noon and everybody is ex?
pected to give God one minute of
prayer. Ask God lo bless the boys
on the battle Held and to give lo them
Victory, and to guide and direct the
mind and thoughts of the great head
of this country and l he heads of allied
nations. Respectfully,
REV. .1. 'I'. BENNETT.
GRATION NEWS.
Gratton, Va., Sept, 10.?Mrs. Hen?
ry Peck has been ill for SOVOrnl days
at her home here. Her condition is
now improved.
Mrs. R. G. Yost and children, of
Graham, are visiting friends and rel?
atives here this week.
Mrs. Farley and little daughter,
niece of F. G. McFark.nd, of I lock
man, is visiting here a few days this
week.
Mr. John Whilt made a pleasant
call on friends here Sunday.
The farmers are rushed very much
just now corn to cut, buckwheat on
hand, wheat sowing, cane to make up
and all need lo he done just now, ana
help is out of the question.
Concord has its service Hag up
now. We have eight slurs in the Hag
and are expecting more from tin; new
registration.
Miss Helle Rutherford, grand?
daughter of F. P. Rutherford, left, on
Monday for Radford to attend school
this winter.
Mrs. G. F.. Leedy, of Graham, is in
the vicinity for a visit for several
days among relatives and friends.
The Misses McNccl have started
out very successfully with our Moun?
tain View School. The compusory
law has made the enrollment much
larger this year, but they aro get?
ting along nicely so far.
REM A RK A RLE W FATHER.
A slory telling contest between two
idd settlers, recorded in the Argo?
naut, stimulated their memories to
suchan extent that they recollected
fogs that surpass the most pictures?
que descriptions of those pastmasters
of the art of exaggeration?the an?
cient mariners of our coast.
"The worst fog I ever seen," said
the old settler, "was back in '74. I
remember I had to go to the henhouse
that night, and the fog was so thick
I had to get three hired men to push
me through it."
"I remember that there '74 fog
well,' said the second old settler, "but
it wnn't nothin' lo the 'G.'l one. Thnt
was a fog! Solid! Why, us boys sat
on the fence behind the distillery all
that dny makin' fog balls and heavin'
'cm at the people that went by."
Have you bought your W, S. S.?
$1.50 PER YEAR
urday Wight.
ONE U.S. BOY
HAS TOUGH LUCK
Caught in Shell Hole and Live?
For Seven Days on One Raw
Potato?His Three Com?
panions Are Killed.
A special from Purin says:
Under a baptism of Herman load,
of hunger and thirst, Private Bur?
nett of the ? th U. S. Lnfantry, enmo
<ml of a shell hole to toll of seven
red days.
A raw potato was his only food.
Every drop of water hail been sneez?
ed from his canteen. Three com?
rades in his ni|Uml of automatic rifle
mun, who took refuge in the shell holo
when a (iermau artillery and machine
run Imrngc cut them off, fell trying
to make the American lines.
It wus near Flames. The trapped
sipiad, observed by the Hun ami in?
stantly made the target of muchinu
gllll lire crouched down anil decided
to wait for darkness to join their
? om radon.
Itnl the moon came up ovor the hill
cud lighted the narrow strip of de?
batable ground. At midnight, how?
ever, a corporal tried to get hack, llo
fell a few feet from I be ilhollholo.
Ileforu daylighl the next, morning
another tried, lie fell.
The nest, afternoon at ?! o'clock two
linen were left in the shell hole. They
drew Hlrawa. The one drawing the
short Hi raw was to go for help.
Privalu linruetl mew the long
si raw.
Two I ort ous. days I tu r nett waited.
Mis comrade did not return.
The tilth day he devoured the ro
r.:i:iuder of n raw potato lie hud liar
\ ? .led from u potato patch a few days
before. Kill bis canteen was dry; it
bad been drained the si.ml day.
Things turned black the sixth day.
Private llariiel.t mink down nnd could
not rise, lie despaired of ruscuo,
A mure chance brought u turn in
the fortunes of Private llarnoll the
seventh day. An observer with the
replacement unit saw something ly
inir in a shell hole between thu Amer?
ican and German lines. His glasses
showed it to lie mi American sol
dier.
The night of the seventh day a
sergeant and three men crept, out to
investigate, They found Hnrnctt?i
n boy of wanted frame, unconscious,
pule as chalk and limp. The ser
guiinl thought be had been gassed.
Hut it wasn't gall, nor was it shrap?
nel injury. If was worse.
Private liarnell told wbuf scraps
of his story he could remember. And
he will be out of the hospital short?
ly In rejoin Iiis unit for revenge on
Lite Hun.
LOCAL NEWS.
"Uncle" Davy Church was in the
office yesterday und left nn old lml-lr
wing that, honenl-to-goodnoss, looked
like it hud been in use on fho Mexi?
can holder over since the civil war.
Joe llllgy, one of the big nnd ef?
ficient Gillenpio managers out about.
Wittens .Mills, sent, us a batwing by
bis pretty daughter, whose name we
failed to catch, .lo. is getting to bo
a line farmer and only one of a
number of young men the Gilles]) e
people have hvlped up the bill.
Mr. nnd Mrs. J. II. Bradshaw and
a whole car full of pretty children,
passed thru town the first of the
week on a visit to Mrs. Bradshaw's
relatives, She is a daughter of Ev
erett Lee. Bradshaw is with the
Norfolk and Western, Stationed new
at dumpier, W. Va.
L. S. Hetlinger, formerly a Burke's
Harden citizen, now living in Mont?
gomery county, has been on a visP.
to bis obi tramping ground, lie says
be likes Montgomery "very well."
Our old friend, Azariuh Lundy,
who has been visiting among old
friends und relatives here for several
weeks, "broke camp" Wednesday. Ho
went from here to visit a son, Kev.
Eldridgc Lundy, in Wilmington, N.
C. Father Time has deal kindly with
Mr. Lundy. He looks and feels young
as the years go by, and better still,
his faith is still young and stroug
as he nears the goal.
II. O. Crockett, Assistant mnn
ager of the War ISamp Drive in the
county, has been the busiest mnn im?
aginable for the past two weeks "car?
rying on" in the stamp drive. Be has
made a great fight to put the county
over the top, and it is believed that
when the pledges nre nil turned in,
the result will show that Tazewell re?
members the boys in the trenches,
and has lined up with the other coun
tis in the State that have contributd
what the Government asked for.
However, if you havn't bought your
allotment do so at once.
I "A man who is not willing to die
I for his country, is not fit to live in
lit," said Ex-President Theodore Roos?
evelt in an article appearing in a
'magazine this week. The Government
is not asking you to do die for its
preservation, but only to invest in its
securities that you may be permitted
to live in peace hereafter. If you
havn't bought your quota of War
Stamps, you should do so nt once.
Don't delay. Tazewell soldiers on
the Western Front nre distinguisnihg
I themselves in battle. Are you doing
I your part at home?