CLINCH VALLEY NEW3.
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J. A. LESLIE & SON,.. .Publisher*.
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(In Advance.'}
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By mail, postpaid, 0' months,.76
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Application.
Entered at Co Tazewell, (Vn.) post
office as second class matter.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11. 1818.
"AFTER GERMANY HAS WON."
"After Germany has won, the Unit?
ed Stales will find herself confront?
ed with an indemnity, which will
about equal the entire amount ex?
pended by Germany in the whole war.
For every loan to the Allies, for ev?
ery bullet, shell, every Kim. every
conceivable item of war material
shipped by America to the Allies,
(here will be an accounting in gold."
The above statement from the Ger?
man Chancellor shows what we nar?
rowly escaped.
Would you rather lend your dol?
lars to America, or give them to the
Hun?
TAZEWELL LAGGING.
It Is inconceivable and unbelievable
that the Fourth Liberty Loan shall
fail to go over the top. All other
Joans and subscriptions have measur?
ed up fully and as said above, it is
unthinkable that this Fourth Loan
should fail. No doubt the inlluen/.a j
epidemic has diverted the minds of.
the people for tin- moment awa> I
from every other consideration. Now,I
that the worst seems about over, this)
hindrance, if it was a hindrance,!
should hinder no longer. Alone; with;
other sections Tazewell has slowed'
down, subscriptions are slow, and |
the amount subscribed so far is away i
below what it should be. There is
no scarcity of money in this county.)
This is the lime of the year that,
money pours in, anil there is no good
reason in the world why 4%A per cent'
Government bonds should not seit j
like hot cakes, particularly at this
stage of war conditions in France1
and other parts of li.e world. To
fail, or even lag, now, will be to dis?
courage our boys who are offering
their lives on the one hand, and en-!
courage and strengthen the Germans!
on the other hand. |
Up to this gond hour we have not
measured up, due to no lack of pa?
triotism on the part of our people,
<d" course, but whatever the cause
may he Ihn people should wake up
mid go at it with a determination to
put the issue over the top at once.
Tazewell will not be recreat or prove]
truant in this crisis.
Up to this good hour we have not
measured up, due to no lack of pa?
triotism on the part of our people,
of course, but whatever the cause
may be the people should wake up
and go at it with a determination to'
put the issue over the top at once.1
Tazewell will not be recreant, or
prove truant in this crisis. j
II?Y LIBERTY BONDS.
I'll E WAR BROUGHT TO Oi l;
H'iOlts.
in the beginning of Hie war and
up to recent date, we thought of it
as being overseas, thousands of miles
away. For this reason, perhaps, we
had not realized that we were in tile
war at all. Even when the boys
marched away convictions were vague
they were actually going to war.
Now, in an unexpected way the war
has been brought home to us in this
dreadful epidemic, as deadly as Gei?
lnau bullets. The dreadful pall of
death has hung, dark and dreadful,
over the homes of the United States
for a mouth or more. The percen?
tage of deaths in the army camps
in the United Stales is greater, ac?
cording to reliable authority, than
is the percentage of deaths in battlu
in General Pershing's army. While
the rest of the world has been pi.ic?
ed i:i the melting pot, it is not strange
that the United Stales should bear
her share of Borrow in order to win
the share of glory that, shall follow.
We accept the situation?we drink
the cup placed to our lips, gladly,
and suffer heroically in the grein
struggle for world freedom and the
reign of universal peace on earth.
BUY LIBERTY BONDS.
SOWED WHEAT FOR THEIR EN?
EMIES.
The French) armies have captured
a largo territory in Northern France
which the Germans had sown in
wheat, expecting to send thousands
of bushels across the Rhine. The.
French harvesting battallions have
already gathered a million and a half
A SOLDIER'S POSTSCRIPT?
"P. S.?Please id! mother Hint. I am reading a little every day from the Bible she cave me. It's
a whole lot easier than 1 thought it'll he when I promised her I would. Somehow religion is a differ?
ent soit of thing over here. Or, maybe, the difference is with me."
THAT is how this war has gripped the hearts and souls
of our boys in battle. This is more than a war for
democracy. It is a war for righteousness?a war of right f$
against wrong, of good against bad. A war waged by an
army of clean-hearted, thoughtful men. No wonder they
are willing to sacrifice as they do? Buy your bonds the way
they fight. Lend thoughtfully? Consult your conscience
and buy to the point of actual sacrifice.
Ath LIBERTY LOAN
* U. S. GOVERNMENT BONDS
This spate contributed to winning the war by
JEFF WARD, "The Big Store
bushels <>f this wheat. In several
instances German threshing ma?
chines were found intact, and put to
work. Harvesting und threshing had
been carried on by the Germans up
tu ilie last minute, but were short
ol* tune t"> finish. It is stated that
Ihe amount <>f this captured wheat
will go far toward feeding the French
army this winter. Would you call
this "the irony of fate," or just a
piece of "good luck."
liUY LIBERTY BONDS.
Many reputable people of this sec?
tion believe that the influenza that
is playing havoc in the army camps
and among the civilian population of
the United States was started in this
country by the Germans, who sent
the germs ashore from the subma?
rines that operated oil' our Atlantic
coast. Buy Liberty Bonds and as?
sist in giving these murderers the
worst licking any nation on earth
has ever received.
BUY LIBERTY BONDS.
Speaking of Liberty Loan bonds,
il has been a sort of mystery all the
while why men should have to be
urged and persuaded to buy them.
There would, it seems, be a rush
for them. It is one evidence of the
pel vcrsity of human nature perhaps
that men must he urged and begg?
ed to accept free gifts for their own
good and benefit.
BUY LIBERTY BONDS.
Every case of the .German-made
influenza you bear reported go at
OIICC and buy another Liberty Bond.
FIOW TO SAVE YOURSELF
PROM INFLUENZA.
(Advice offered hy the State Board
ol' Health. i)
Keep away from crowds.
Avoid people who are cough?
ing or sneezing.
Don't put into your mouth
lingers, pencils, or other things*
that don t belong there.
Don't use cups used by other*
'without thoroughly washing it.
Avoid getting hungry, tired
and cold.
! Sleep and work in rooms lill
|ed with fresh air, but keep tho
ii >dy warm.
Eat plenty of simple, noutish
; ing food and avoid alcoholic
I drinks.
I When you cough or sneeze,
cover your nose or mouth with
; a handkerchief, or turn your
! face to the door.
I Wash your hands before eat
, intr.
If you get influenza go imme?
diately to bed and stay there for
several days in order to ward
off pneumonia.
BUY LIBERTY BONDS.
.MEDICAL SERVICE OP A $50.00
LIBERTY BOND.
It will protect 1,000 soldiers from
small-pox and liGG from typhoid. It
will assure the safety of 130 wounded
soldiers from lockjaw, the germs of
which swarm in Belgian soil.
It will render painless 400 opera
lions, supply two miles of bandages
enough to bandage 556 wounds.
It will care for BIO injuries in the
way of "first aid" packets.
It will furnish adhesive plaster
and surgical gair/.e enough to benefit
thousands of wounded soldiers.
Every purchaser of a L'hcrty Roml
performs a distinct individual service
to his country end to our hoy* fight?
ing in France.?Scientific American.
BUY LIBERTY BONDS.
"What will you have for break?
fast?" inquired the waiter.
"What's the use of my sitting here
and guessing'.' You go ahead and
bring me what the law allows for to?
day."
Business is ::o good that a lot of
men rre actually getting behind with
their whittling.?Ex.
BUY LIBERTY BONDS.
FRANCE CALLS TO ME,
Across the sea
There comes a call,
From France to me,
1 hear the tender, mutlled BOUIld
Of children's voices underground,
Bereft of every childish thine;,
'flic rigth to love, to play, to sing,
Hear little ones,
I hear thy plea,
I'll come to sine;
And play with thee.
From over there
I here the call
Of France in prayer;
Of women weeping for her mate,
Torn from her by the Huns of Hate;
Of homeless brides who, all alone,
Sit brooding by the piles of stone,
Heroic souls,
I come to share
Your bitter grief,
Your dumb despair.
From over so-.
There come sad Bounds
From France to me;
The mournful peal of broken bells,
Mot shattered by Satanic shells;
The war-sick wind that wails anil
whines
Through battered walls of sacred
shrines.
O, House of Prayer,
With wreck-strewed grounds,
I'll help to heal
Thy wicked wounds.
Beyond the Seine,
I hear the cry
Of Prance in pain,
I The shrieks from shell hole, trench
I and wire,
; Men crazed by gas and liquid tire;
Low groans beneath the surgeon's
hand,
Dumb agonies from No Man's Land.
O, stricken land,
Where evils reign,
Thy call to me
Is not in v:\in.
--New York World.
_
NEWS OF GRATTON.
I Farmers are getting busy cutting
? corn and sowing wheat. Corn is gen*
I orally fine.
: Mr, 11. C. Bourne, of Bluefleld, wa*
I visiting his parents Sunday, Mr. and
' Mrs. W. A. Bourne.
I Miss Alma McNeal, one of the Mt.
I View teachers, has been very sick but
is better now.
Mr. John Whitt, of West Virginia,
was visiting at this place Sunday,
returning to the coal fields Monday.
Little Lula Bourne, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Bourne, is very
ill at this writing.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Rutherford
of Liberty Hill, were visiting at Mr.
.1. W. Yosts Sunday.
Mr. Felix Bepass made a flying
trip to Bluefleld last week.
Mrs. W. V. Bourne and Nannie
Yost were visiting at Tazewell the
past week.
Mr. Walter Baugh, Otie Baurne,
and Blbert Buchanan, Ella Cox were
visiting at Mr. and Mrs. B. P. Be?
pass Sunday.
Miss Ada Burton was at home on
Sunday t? see her mother.
Miss Minnie Rutherford is very ill
at this writing. Y.
BUY LIBERTY BONDS.
LAUGHS.
"Mercy, my boys, do you know
what day this is?'' inquired Iho min?
ister when he found a pnrty of boys
playing marbles on Sunday.
"Cracky, fellers," exclaimed one of
the youthful game'tors, "look at that
guy what's been out all night an' lost
track of the days."
Mrs. Crimm?And so yotl ara go?
ing to be my son-in-law?
He?By Jove! I hadn't thought of
Hat.
Top?Well? What's the growl now?
Priv.?Who censors the mail?
Top?Lieut. Yanut. What's the
kick?
Priv.?Y'ad kick, too, Top, if you
and the loot wrote to the same girl.
What's a gentlcmnn of leisure?
"There isn't any such thing. No
gcntlemnn allows himself to loaf on
these duys."
BUY LIBERTY BONDS.
BUYERS OF
WAR STAMPS!
North Tazewell Pledges and Purchas
Thc following citizens of North
Tazewell and vicinity have bought I
and pledged themselves to buy War
Savings Stamps to the amount op-|
posite their names.
Other lists will l>u published next |
week.
F. Thompson.$1,000
II. (J. Peery. 1,000
K. 1). R. Harmon. 1,000
Town of North Tazewell. 1,000
Mrs. W. L. Baker. 1,000
W. L. Britta. 1.000
J. F. Lite. BOO
C. H. Harmai. 500
J. 1). Peery. 500
E. P. Moore. COO
|T. R. Mitchell. 300
W. W. Peery. :it)0
M. H. Riser. 250
Mrs. Katherine Hall Peery,... 250
Mrs. Emma J. Gillesple. 200
Frank ('rouse. 200
L. F. Patton. 200
Wade H. Peery. 200
I Mrs. Lena D. McCall. 200
T. J. Brown. 150
[Thos. ,F Sisk. 110
Peel Barman, . 100
j E. H. Hayes. 100
I John H. Peery. 100
Mrs. ('. E. Harman. 100
Lb C. Neel. I0o
I A. T?te Harman. 100
A. P. Waldron. loo
Mrs. ('. H. Peery, jr. 100
C II. Peery, jr.. 100
B. R. Howard. lo?
|J. L. Thomas, . 100
Grat Gillospie, . 100
|J. A. Patton. 100
Tom Lite. 100
Mrs. J. F. Lite. 100
I John W. Neel. 100
Ernest Cecil. ICO
Margaret K. Peery, . 100
Mafgaret Whitley. 100
C. P. Beavers. 100
Hazel A. Wall. 100
Thos. W. Shuler. 100
Walter S. Beavers. 100
C. D. Hat-man. 100
C. K. Hall. If"
C. H. Peery. 70
Edison McBride. 70
Howard Ballet Barman, . 50
I A. L. Hamilton. bo
|j. H. Peery, jr.. 50
|.I. I). Peery, . 50
I W. G. Conley. 50
John R. G. Braken. 50
[C. K. Barnett. ?r>0
John Grouse, . 50
J. H. Mitchell. 50
Newt Gillespie. 50
Newton Asbury, . 5"
E. Lee. 50
( W. T. Waddle. 60
G. I). Beavers. 50
jW. J. Nash. 50
Jesse M Ki.ts. 50
I Pi M. Lawrence. 30
J. K. Whitmai. 30
Carter Belcher. 40
H. T. May.
Ralph Ferrell. 2c j
|T. R. Waldron. 25;
I F. A. Jones. 25
G. M. Helmandollcr. 26
|W. G. Patton. 25|
I Sam PoxtOll. 25
W. L. Clibum, . 25
Henry Profit. 25
Mrs. Binna Witten. 25
. R. B. Conley. 25
Rages Sluss. 25
Mamie 1U Sluss . 25
Leesh Waddle. 25
R. Sluss. 25
,J. B. Gillcnwnters. 26
J. L. Lawrence, . 25
i L. L. Dickenson. 25
|W. L. Brooks. 20
C. H. Billips. 10
I Jos. Akers. 15
W. F. Graham. 10
|j. G. Robinson, . 10
1 M. Sluss. 10
L. C. Brooks. 5
F. A. Brooks. 10
George Dcskins. 10
I. W. Neel,. 10
Joseph Edmonds. 6
Mrs. R. B. Conley, . 10
[Violn Conley. 10
John E. Barnett,. 10
(Joe George, . 5
I A. P. George. 10
R. Bogle. 5
M. Mvrrv, .
W. Uyt-.
Annie Crockett.
Charles Brooks, .
John II. Ilclmandollar.
W. T. Green.
Sam Buchanan.
It. T. Brooks, .
Rich Alley.
H. A. Ilobart.
James Alley.
Austin M. Peery.,
W. A. V/ooilvartl .,
W. N. Noel.
Grat Bowmai.
Grat Edwards, .
Brighnm Edwards, .,
Walt Edwards.
Ed. Kinder.
I Lena Louise Peery.
|J. M. Fortner.
I Robert Kinder.
I A. D. Shrnder, .
R. J. Walton, .
Mrs. Liz/.ie Bogle, .
I TOTAL.
BUY LIBERTY BONDS
Liberty Hill Pledges and Pur?
chases.
J. O. Barns.$1,000
Mrs. Rose Humphrey, . 1,000
II. Y. Brown. 1,000
Rees T. Bo wen. 1,000
W. J. Gillespie, . 1,000
IW. O. Barns. 1,000
|R. Rowen Thompson. 1,000
II. L. Thompson. 1,000
S. J. Thompson, . 1,000
J.' G. Barns. 1,000
G. N. Barns. 1,000
Mrs. Grace C. Gillespie. 1,000
James Buchanan, . 1,000
J. C. Bowen. BOO
O. B. Barns and Son. 500
W. N. Barns. 500
S. A. White. 500
Robt. R. Heptinstnll. 500
John B. Thompson.. 500
John A. Higginbotham. 500
J. R. Heptinstnll. 500
W. R. Bowen. 50u
Thomas Duncan. 300
James Peery.250
John Herald.250
C. R. Rutherford.250
J. W. Bowen.200
J. N. Young.200
J. S. Puckett.200
Hugh Humphrey.100
W. G. Gillespie, . 100
iHnyter Buchanan.100
Alice Gillespie.100
R. B. Gillespie. 100
James D. Peery. 100
David F. Humphrey.100
L. S. Slephenson, . 75
Inseph E. Drown. 75
J. L. Lamie, . 50
Alice Lewis. 50
Oscar Johnson. 50
Jess Asbury. 50
Ihne Sheets. 50
S. R. Herald . 30
Albert Lawson. 30
Thomas Lewis. 30
Johnson Stevenson,,. 20
W. L. Brown. 20
Tobe Lewis,. 10
Will Lambert. 10
T. C. Noel. 10
John A. Brown, . 10
M. A. Presnell, . 10
Frazier Stowers. 10
W. T. Bluster. 10
Alex Hall. 10
Eslel Lewis. 10
Jim Lewis. <?
Mrs. William Brewster. 5
George LolP . 5
Sam Peery. 5
R. B. Mutter. 5
Otis Peery. 5
Ernest Peery, . 5
Jess Asbury, . 5
Wm. Henry Patrick, . 5
Dave Lewis, . u
Albert Lawson. 5
BUY LIBERTY BONDS.
SHIPYARDS MAKE RECORD.
Great Tonnage Has Been Pul Out by
Americans Within Past Year.
American ship production again
has broken all records. The output
of Amercon .shipyards for the twelve
month.- ending October 1 waj 70 per
cent of the entire world's greatest
annual pre-war output, according to
figures given out in Washington.
Compared with this it has been re?
vealed that Germany and Austria
lost :t'J per cent of their tonnage since
America became a belligerent. Thru
seizure the Teutonic Alliance lost:
3,700,000 deadweight tons. The
greatest annual pre-war output of
the world was in 1913 when approx?
imately 4,750,000 deadweight tons of
shipping were built. America's out?
put in the last twelve months aggre?
gated close to 2,000,000 deadweight
tons.
Although Germany has surrounded
her merchant fleet with the utmost ?
secrecy, compilations of nynilub'e
facts dislose tho German and Aus?
trian combined merchant tonnage to
lie approximately 10,000,000. This
hgurc, of course, includes all of their
coastwise bottoms, many of which
are too small for trans-atluntic trade,
'the net loss, through seizure, there?
fore, is much more severe than the
figures indicate. Since ruthless sub?
marine warfare began, the total loss
of ships flying the American flag to
Ull 300,000 deadowight tons. This
represents about A of 1 per cent of
loss sustained by the central powers
through seizure alone.
No figures have leaked out of Ger?
many os to her losses through sink-1
ings. Losses reported from time to'
time, as allide or American naval
men were able to gain contact with'
German or Austriun vessels, would
indicate that less than half of their
former fleet remains. Officials here
believe also that ships of the central
powers may be of little value because
of the lack of repairs. Shortage of
steel und other materials used ia,
shipbuilding must necessarily have
forced the shipyards to discontinue
the work on merchant ships which
are bottled up, it is argued. In this
connection, many officials sold, the
German ships will have to be com
pletely rebuilt before they can engage
in ocean traffic after peace times.
THE VANGUARD.
RADFORD NORMAL NOTES.
- Rudford, Vu., Sept. 20.?The sixth
session of the Stats Normal School
at Rad ford opened September 17th,
with the largest attendance in the
history of the institution at the op?
ening of the regular session. The
preparation of the student body is
very satisfactory. The Senior Class
j is the largest in the history of the
I school.
Miss Myrtle Burnett, u graduate
of Pratt Institute, new York, and a
teacher of several years experience,
has been added to the Household Arts
faculty. The percentage of students
taking the Household Arts courses
the present session is about the same
hat it has been for the last three
There arc graves of men from
Michigan, there are graves of
of men from Maine.
On tho wooded height.; of Ar
gonne, in the misty Flanders
plain?
Men who cancelled loving, liv?
ing, to their everlasting gain.
In those narrow mounds lire
sleeping men America loves
best,
Men who heard the nation's
drum-beat, as the heart with?
in the breast,
Calling "Forward, forward, for?
ward!" 'til the order came to
rest.
There are gems too rare for
setting; there are gifts too
fine to hold;
So a soldier's life's for spend?
ing?or the story's hut half
told?
As a banner grows in grand?
eur when it opens, fold on
fold.
So the men who made our van?
guard! They have died butt
not in vain.
Where they led, the Nation fol?
lows in grim, resistless train.
So sleep you men of Michigan,
so sleep you men of Maine.
?New York Times.
ycurs. The proportion of students
taking the course for the training
of high school teachers is a little
larger than heretofore. A great ma?
jority of the Senior Class, howev?
er, are specializing in the elemen?
tary eourses for teaching in the pri?
mary or grammar grader.. A large
number of Seniors will do practice
and observation work in th crural
schools, under the direction of the
Supervisor of Rural Education. The
teacherage or teachers home is being
equipped in connection with a one
room school in Pulaski county. In
this school some members of the Sen?
ior Class will be associated with the
teacher and live for a part of the ses?
sion in the teacherage. _
I Am Public Opinion
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All men fear me!
I declare that Uncle Sam shall not go to f
his knees to beg you to buy bonds. That j
is no position for a lighting man. But if
you have the money to buy, and do not buy,
I will make this No Man's Land for you!
I will not judge you by an allegiance ex?
pressed in mere words.
1 will judge you not by your mad cheers
as our boys march away to whatever fate
may have in store for them.
I will judge you not by the warmth of the
tears you shed over the lists of the dead and
the injured that come to us from time to
time.
I will judge you not by your uncovered
head and solemn mien as our maimed in bat?
tle .return to our shores for loving care.
But, as wise as I am just, I will judge you
by the material-aid you give to the lighting
men who are facing death that you may live
and move and have your being in a world
made safe.
I warn you?don't talk patriotism over
here, unless your money is talking victory
Over There!
I AM PUBLIC OPINION!
AS I JUDGE. ALL MEN STAND OR
FALL!
Buy U. S. Government Bonds
FOURTH LIBERTY LOAN
Contributed to the Winning the War by
Jewell Ridge Coal Corporation
I
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You used to see him swing gaily down the street, radiant with the vigor of his sturdy
young manhood. One day he came home in khaki; then his father told you, with min?
gled pride and foreboding, that he had "gone across" with his regiment.
Yesterday his name was on the casualty list?"slightly wounded"?and your face
grew grave as you thought of the sorrow and suspense of his father and mother.
Prom every city, street, every village, every community, the boy next door has gone
to war.
Think of these thousands of splendid young Americans, reared in comfort, peace and
security, now suddenly plunged into that-roaring inferno of battle, with the hardened
hordes of a desperately determined foe.
What Are You Doing To Help Them?
What are you doing to arm and protect theim. and bring them home in safety? Have
you bought Liberty Bonds? Have you bought all you possibly can?
Has it occurred to you that one more Bond, bought with a little additional olTort, may
save the life of the boy from next door?
BUY ANOTHER BOND!
This space contributed to winning the war by
M. J. HANKINS, "The Store That Satifies"