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ESTABLISHED 1815.
GUNNING FOR
FORMER KAISER
British and French Law De?
partments May Decide to Let
Mr. William Hohcnzollern
Face a Firing Squad.
London, Nov. 2ti.?It is understood
that the question of the extradition
of the former German emperor is be?
ing: considered by the British law ol
fices of the crown, who arc working
in close co-operation with the Fronen
authorities. Action in the premises
was taken immediately after the
flight of the former emperor to Hol?
land.
The Evening News says it under?
stands the law officers have conclud?
ed that the Allies are entitled to de?
mand the extradition of the former
emperor, and that Ibis decision ap?
plies to individuals who have com?
mitted or given instructions for the
commission of extraditable crimes.
It is added that Holland takes the
view that she has not the power to
surrender surh persons without the
consent of Germany.
The French Premier, M. Clomen
ceau, recently requested of Charles
Lyon-Cnch, dean of the faculty of la
of the University of Paris, an opin?
ion on the possibility of the extradi?
tion of William Hohcnzollern. M.
Caen asked to be given time to pre?
pare n decision.
One of the leading French authori?
ties on international law, Eouard Clu
net, is reported to have advanced the
opinion that it was impossible to de?
mand the one-time emperor's extra?
dition. *
The former emperor has been in?
dicted three times for murder in con?
nection with the sinking r.f the Lusi
tania, German aerial raids and the
shelling by warships of unfortified |
east coast towns.
TAZEWELL FOLKS IN A PARIS
RESTAURANT.
It happened in a restaurant some?
where in Paris. Miss Jesse Graham,
Tazewell's Y. M. C. A, representative
?with the allied armies, bad just ar?
rived in the French town, and was
trying to make a waiter understand
that she wanted certain articles of
sustenance, when, during the com?
motion, she heard the name, "Vir?
ginia." She immediately sprang to
her feet and sought ought the sol?
dier who had spoken the word, ami
5n a short time nad located Henry I
T. Haley, Fred and Home St. Clair, j
-lug May and Tom Wors'nam, mem?
bers of Base Hospital No. 41, who arc |
located near Paris. It only goes to
show how small the world is after all.
Miss Graham is now located on the
North coast of France, working with,
the French and English soldiei s.
U-BOATS SANK 115 AMERICAN
VESSELS.
Washington, Nov. 21.?Loss of 146
American passenger and merchant
vessels of 345,449 tons, and 775 lives
through acts of the enemy during
the period from the beginning of the
world war to the cessation of hos?
tilities November 11, is shown by
figures made public by the depart?
ment of labor's bureau of navigation.
The report does not include several
vessels, the loss of which has no1. |
been established as due to acts of
the enemy.
Nineteen vessels and 07 lives were
lost through use of torpeodes, mines
and gunfire prior to the entrance of
jthc United States into the war.
PIGEONS FOR SALE.
Owing to other business I am rom
pe'lcd to dispose of my genuine Ply?
mouth Rock Homer Pigeons at once.
The birds just out of moulting and
beginning to nest again. Will pro?
duce squabs throughout the winter.
Sncrifice at $1.00 per pair if sold at
once. Because they are out of moult,
they will pay for themselves in meat
thru the winter. _
S. J. PETERS.
Phone 115-A
NOW FOR CHRISTMAS.
Thanksgiving is over. The world
should have celebrated yesterday in?
stead of the U. S. alone. Our thoughts
now turn to Cchristmas, never will
there be such a Christmas as will be
the one of 1918. Every one will real?
ize the true spirit of giving. Never
have had the stock that I will get
within the next week. Look it over
before you look elsewhere. IL W.
Pobst.
THE WORLD'S FOOD CRISIS.
(Washington Post.)
Germany's surrender of its sub?
marines and a large part of its grand
fleet, much war material and rolling
Mock, and the scampering of the
German ?rmy to the farther side of
the Rhine make it impossible for
that country to resume hostilities on
a dangerous scale. The allied nations
are now at liberty to confer with
comparative leisure on the program
of pence. It will be several months,
probably, before the principal fea?
tures of European peace will be
fully defined, and many more months
before the details of universal peace
nre agreed upon. There is no driving
necessity for haste, in view of the
cessation of bloodshed. It is better
$Jiat the work should be done care
LIN
I fully in order that peace, once made,
shall endure.
j Hut in the matter of feeding the
world there can oe no delay. The
world is now face io face with a
monster as remorseless as the Hun.
Kamine has already gripped a large
part of Europe and Asia. Hunger
is becoming universal and some
nations will be extremely fortunate
if Inniger is not succeeded by star?
vation and starvation by pestilence.
Mr. Lloyd George describes the situ?
ation in England as an attempt to
feed a hungry giant from a teaspoon.
Hut there is at least something in
the teaspoon, while Russia presents
the spectacle of a giant five times
as large, without any teaspoon. The
situation in northern and central
Russia commands the immediate at?
tention of the civilized nations. Un?
fortunately it will lie impossible to
carry full relief to Russia, however
willing the world may be to furnish
assistance.
Another region in which food is
constituted the battle area in France,
Belgium and Italy. The bad .condi?
tions in France and Belgium are well
known, but the still more desperate
situation in Italy is litlle appreciated
in America. There would be no hys?
terical demand for the sending of'
food to Germany if the terrible con- 1
dltions in Italy were known here. |
Nearly 1,000,000 Austrian priso-?
ners of war were captured by the ?
ictorious armies of Gen. Diaz. These
prisoners must be fed. Then there
are hundreds of thousands of desti?
tute inhabitants of the zone lately
occupied by the invaders. These in?
habitants were robbed of food, fur
| niturc, implements, clothing, seeds
and everything else movable. Their
plight is far more desperate than
that of any German, for they arc the
victims both of the devilish cruelty
of the enemy and of an equally pill
less famine. It is estimated that the
Italian victory has added about 5,000
000 to the population that is now de
pendent upon the allies for bread.
This population is rapidly increasing
on account of the influx of Austrian
soldiers who are driven into Italy by
huntrer.
There is no food for this popu?
lation. The Italian people have been
on insufficient, rations for many
months. There is little or no beef,
no veal and no pork. Horse meat
costs over $1 a pound. Eggs cost
about .">0 cents each, chickens when
obtainable, are $1 each, coffee ?1 a
pound, and butter, oil and milk are
Unobtainable except occasionally a
little milk for the sick. Sugar is lim?
ited to one pound a month and costs
50 cents a pound. The prices are in?
creasing as the scanty food supplies
decrease.
1 ll etaoin ctnoin Walliesetnointnoin
How is it conceivable that the
a'lies should divert food to the Gei?
lnaus when the people of allied
nations arc starving. How can the
allies facilitate the shipping of food
from neutrals to the Germans when
this same food could be sent to star?
ving peoples who have fought for
ihe salvation of liberty? It would
he a crime against civilization, in?
deed, if the allies should be guilty
of such heartless folly.
Cargoes are hastening across the
Atlantic for the relief of the most
so*, ely pressed populations. Mr. Hoo?
ver is on the ground, directing the
: li itment of the food that must be
doled out in rations for the sur.te
nnnce of entire nations. It is not
enough that Mr. Hoover should see
to it that the people* of allied nat'om
should get this food ?that the Ger?
mans should he pre vor-ted from get?
ting their hands upon it. He should
be instructed to gather from neutral
countries all the foo 1 absolutely ro
qu'^ed to keep life in tl-e peoples .if
allied countries, befcic permitting a
pound of this food to go to Germany.
What is victory worth if it results
in the starvation of liberty's defend
! era, while librty's slayers are per?
mitted to feed? The allies control
every pathway on every sea and their
guns dominate the assassin nations at
every point. The enemy has not yet
made peace. It is only a breathing
spell between rounds. There has been .
no knockout blow. Presumably the'
enemy will not come to the center {
of the ring for the knockout. But lie
is an enemy still, a treacherous, dis- |
honorable, inhuman foe who long ago j
forfeited any claim to humane con- j
sidcration'. Now that the whole world
is becoming hungry nnd it is certain
that millions must die of starvation,
the nations that have preserved lib?
erty and civilization must not per?
mit the slayers to feed while their
victims starve. If death must reap
another harvest from this war, let
it be from the devils incarnate who
started the war for the purpose of
murdcrnig their neighbors.
WILL PAY RETURNED PORTO
RICANS.
San Juan, Porto Rico, Nov. 24.?
The American Wnr Department has
ordered the distribution of $80,000
among 2,500 Porto Rican workers as
wages for time spent in going and
returning from Southern United
States ports after he signing of ho
nrmisice. Influenza broke out on
several of the ships during the voy?
age and several deaths occurcd. The
vessels were turned back on their
arrival in Southern ports.
NOTICE.
No stock is allowed to run at large
in the corporation of the town of
Tnzewell. All parties allowing their
stock to run at large will he sum?
moned before the Mayor and fined.
JNO. S. THOMPSON, SgL
V
TAZEWELL, VI
W. G. HARRISSON
DIEDMONDAY
Tdzewell Citizen Expired Sud?
denly at Home in Winterhav
en, Florida?Funeral and
Burial Here Yesterday.
Mr. W. G. Hnrrisson died sudden?
ly at his homo, Wintcrhaven, Fin.,
on last Monday.
A telegram announcing the sad
news, received here, gave no partic?
ulars further than he had died sud?
denly.
The community was shocked by the
sad intelligence. When he left Tazc
well a few weeks ago after his usual
vacation, he seemed to he in the best
of health and spirits, and his numer?
ous friends ami relatives here were
surprised and loathe to believe the
report true. 11 is known, however,
that he had Brighl's disease, from
which he suffered, more or less, sny
bis intimate friends, for several yours
and this is supposed to have been at
least the remote cause of bis sudden
taking off.
William Gillcspio Hnrrisson was
the Inst male member of the family
of his parents, the late Col. Joseph
Harrison and Mrs. Hnrrisson. lie
was born and 1 eared in this county,
where he was an active and success- 1
ful business man. While mcrchan- I
dicing at Liberty Hill he was elected ]
Clerk of the county court. A forward a (
he moved to Tazewell und engaged in
Hie mercantile business.
The firm of Hnrrisson and Gillcs?
pio Hi others is well remembered, lie
was universally popular as a mcr- I
chant as well as a man, with all the '
people.
Ho was twice married, bis Hrst wile |
being Miss Lottie Higginbolham. One
child of the marriage, Miss Marjorio, l
survives. His second wife, who still .
survives, was Miss Helen Spencer,
one of Missouri's most splendid wo?
men, universally popular in this town
where she lived for a number of years
following her marriage.
Mrs. Mary Harman, wddow of the
late II. Bane Barman, is the only sur?
viving- sister.
The remains were met in Bluefield
yesterday morning by a party from
Tazewell and were brought to the
home of Miss Mayola Gillcspio in this
town, where brief funeral services
were held yesterday afternoon, eon
ducted by Bev. Hr. W. S. Bullard, pas
tor of the Christian, after which in?
terment occurred in the Joffcrsonville
cemetery.
The following were the pall-bear?
ers:
Active?Barns Gillcspio, Jeff Gil
lespie, Will Tom Olllespie, W. R. Bow
en, W. B. F. White, A. S. Higginho th?
em, C. W. Jones, Jeff Ward.
Honorary?S. S. F. Harman, G. W.
Honk, A. B. Buchanan, W. L. Moore.
B. W. Stras, J. A. Groover, S. B.
Ward. R. S. Moss, J. F. Kelly, J. W.
Chapman, II. I'. Rriltain, S. J. Thomp?
son.
CKNSOHK BIS OWN LETTERS
NOW.
Qharles J. Gose, son of Mr. and Mrs
Jojlf] P. Gose, has been commissioned
a Second Lieutenant in the Officers
Training School in England, and in a
long letter to his parents in Burke'.;
Garden he describes the peculiar sen?
sations of being a commissioned of?
ficer. He was in the big push on the
front line for sometime, and will
have a great f.tory to tell when he
comes home. Charles mentioned
something about a French girl in his
letter, but?we've said enough.
R7
RGINIA, FRIDAY, N0VEMBE1
BEFORE, t;oi>*S ALTAR.
(Now York Herald.)
I The cabled announcement that the
! one-time ruler of German) conducted
I religious services last Sunday in the
. chapel of the castle in which he is an
I unwelcome guest fills the thoughtful
mind with solemn speculation as to
l the kaiser's attitude toward Him
' whom but yesterday be claimed as a
partner.
; Did the fallen monarch thank his
I Creator that he was not as other men
are, or did he cry, with contrite
I heart, "Cod have mercy upon mo, r
i sinner?" Did his conscience smote him
as he read the divine commands
handed down by the great Law-giver
on tables of stone from the fire and
smoke of Mount Sinai for the guid
, ance of till generations to come.
"Thou shalt have none other gods
before me." This man was as all
times a god unto himself. "Honor thy
father and thy mother." What was
his treatment of his dying lather, of,
his widowed mother? "Thou shalt
not kill." The millions murdered at
his command point accusing finger at J
him. "Thou shnlt not steal." Rav- j
aged France and Belgium make an-;
swer. "Thou shalt not covet." It was
covctousnoss that inspired hi-, mad
dream of world empire, even though
he culled'it "a place in the sun."
There is not a crime in the deca
I logue that has not been committed
by this renegade monarch, now a fu?
gitive from the wrath of his own
people, standing before the altar and
lifting blood-stained hands in impious
supplication to a God who has said:
"Vengeance is mine; 1 will repay."
"HOME BY CHRISTMAS."
Client, Belgium, ondny, Novembei
18.?Entering a little village none
Client, today,, the correspondent
passed an American regiment at
rest. It belonged to nil Ohio division
that has had its share of knocks,
having done its part in the fighting
at St. Mihiel and in the Argonnc
forest, he men were relieved five
ilays ago, but wure going up again.
"Things are coming our way,"
said a doughboy. "We aru going to
end this thing. Do you think we will
be home by Christmas?"
Among all the soldiers, the Bel?
gian seems the most anxious to
enter Germany. "We have got the
Roche going," said a Belgian officer
today. "Let's keeping chasing him.
A little trip into Germany will do
us good."
In Luxembery Capital.
Paris, Nov. 21.? American troops
will pass through the city of Luxem?
burg today. General Pershing, who
is accompanying the forces, will call
on Grand Duchess Marie Adelaide
wdiile he is in her capital city.
A proclamation has been addressed
to the people of Luxcmbcrg announc?
ing that the passage of American
troops through their country is nec?
essary and guaranteeing the disci?
pline and friendliness of the soldiers
toward the population.
French troops under command of
General Berry will enter Budapest
tomorrow. It is believed French
forces arrived at Constitnoplc today,
i hey morchedetaoin clnoinctnoinctaoi
A most enthusiastic welcome was
given to French sohllers when they
marched into Zabcin.
Pershing's Report.
Washington, Nov. 21.?Rojpoi-ting
on the march of the American third
army into territory evacuated by the
Germans, General Pershing's com?
munique for Wednesday follows:
"In the course of its advance today
the third army crossed the German
frontier of 1914, entered the gram'
duchy of Luxembcrg and progressed
farther into Southern Belgium. Our
of Ksch and nrlton, and by evening
had reached the general line: Gand
ringin - Wollmargingcn - Dudelange
Mondercange - Autelbas - Grendel."
R 29, 1918.
Campaign for Y. M. C. A. and
Affiliated Organizations Has
Resulted in Largo Oversub?
scription of Amount.
The campaign in the United Slates
for $170,(100,(1(10 for (ho War Work
Campaign has resulted, uceording to
figures published yesterday, in nn ov?
ersubscription of the umouiil nsked
for by something like $50,000,000.
Nearly every Stale in the Union
wont over its allotment. Tuxcwoll lias
: oversubscribed its nllotinenl hy n
! large sum.
In addition to Bubscriptions from
rounty precincts already published,
I the subscription from Pocnhonlea
came in the first of the week ami was
almost half of the county's allotment
I UNITED W A It WORK CAMPAIGN
AT CEDAR RLUPP.
The following subscriptions to Iho
United War Work Campaign were
reported hy the Cedar Itlull" commit?
tee:
Higginbolltim and Ham-, $2.1.00;
Scott, $10.00; II. O. Norman, $8.00; J,
Henry Lester,, $5.00; Kyle McGuirc,
$5.00; Jeff Russell. $r..(i(); Raymond
Brown, $5.00; John p. Russell, $6,00;
Ceo. W. Onoy, $10; W. P. Grinslend,
$5.00; Bessie Pcery, $5.00; Mr. und
Mrs. Jus. II Urown, $5.00; Mnry
l!iown. $1.00; .las P. Russell, $2.60;
W. . Witten $2.60; r. G. McCnll,'$2:
C. IV Russell, $2,00; Bonnie Hauet,,
$2.00; Ale-: Wilt, $2 00; W. W. Win
go, $2.00; E. II. Scott, $2.00; Dr. A.
T. Graham, $2.00; Mrs. Mollie B.
Unit, $1.26; Miss Alice Kcglcy, $1 50;
The following $l.oo subscriptions
were recejv?u|:
T. M. I.utlicll, C. J. Mitchell, I.. K
Nixon, lind Cruey, Alex Hall, C. T.
Watkins, Sain Raines, G. C. Kiscr,
C. K. Kiser, Mrs. 11. E. Gny, Mrs. W.
.1. Hatcher. Mis. I. O. Perkins, Mrs.
I. O. Perkins, Mrs. K. II. Scolt, Mrs
C. C Hurl, Mrs. K. K. Will. Mrs.
M 1,. Watkhts, Mrs. Eunice Hurt.
Mrs. B. D. Humphrey, Mrs. r. c. Mc
Call. Mrs. 11. I. Payne, Mrs. I,. K.
Nixon, Mrs. A. S. Nixon, Mrs. Mary
Wingo, Mrs Mollie H. Hurt, Mrs. It.
C. Owen, Miss Pearl McGuirc, Mist,
A. S. Nixon, U. D. Humphrey, V, A
Krancisco, 0. M. Per cell, Miss Lucy
II. Ascue, Jas. E. McGuirc, vllgkqj
Luitreil Poster Birkelbach.
50c each Mrs. P. II. Ascue, .Ins.
E. McGuirc, Edward Heavers.
Sleelshurg.
Gus Johnson, $1.00; P. M. McGuirc,
$1.00; A. W. Griflilhs, $2.60; Mrs. G.
W. Oney, $1.00.
Pain) Lick,.
Miss Nell Baylor, $6.00; Miss Flo?
ra Baylor, $6.50; Mrs. Russell Ascue,
$5.00; Mrs. W. S. Whilt, $1.60; Mrs
W. J. Lesler, $1.00; Mrs. Hugh Wilt,
50c; Miss Sallic Will, $l.oo.
Cash from entertainment nl Steels
burg, $22.60.
Cash from Jno. I. DeBord, .Sleels?
hurg, $.M.60,
Mrs. II. W. Bane deserves special
credit for faithful work in collecting
the above. P.
LADIES WORK APPRECIATED.
I wish to express my gratitude t<>
' the Y. W. C. A. Chairmen, recruiters
and solicitors throughout the county
for the splendid work done in the
United War Work campaign, which
has so gloriously turned out, not on?
ly for our county and State, hut for
the whole country.
And it gives me pleasure to have
published for your benefit the fob
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY,
NOVEMBER 29, and 30th
Our line of Ladies Coats,
Dresses, Suits, Furs and Hats
will be offered at greatly re?
duced prices.
CHAPMAN'S, Tazewell, Va.
! lowing latters of commendation from
i our lenders in Richmond.
MRS. GEO. W. ST. CLAIR,
County Chairman.
I Richmond, Va., November n
Mrs. Goo. W. St. Clair, Ttuewell, Va.
j This is the last word from the puh
| llclty department tuuj it is such :i
pleasure to express to you my heart?
iest thanks for the generous co-oper?
ation which you have given this de?
partment during its organization.
The responsibility in the state of
lice has been lessened by the splen?
did work of your committee ami dur?
ing the lime of the epidemic which
"tried men's souls" you carried on
the advertising and distributing of
literature in the most efficient man?
ner. In this way you have ably stim?
ulate I the Wotnuns Movement'in out
State.
With best wishes for you person
nl'.y, for success in your future work
Hid for the future of your county.
Very sincerely yours,
MKS. .1. T. CROCKFORD,
Women's Div. Publicity Dept.
Richmond, Va., November 18.
Mrs. tieo. w. Si. Clnlr, Tmtowoll, Vu.:
We are so grateful to you and your
commit lee for the splendid work'you
did in your county, and we feel sure
you nie rejoicing with us in (he suc?
cess of the entire state. Had each
county not done her part. I fear we
should never have reached the goal.
It has been a great pleasure and
inspiration to work with such a splen?
did group of women. Please thnnk
your Hub-chnirmen, recruiters, and all
who have worked with you for us ami
ti ll them of our appreciation.
Very sincerely,
MUS. It. <i. CA?151,1,,
Chairman Women's Div.
LUCY 10 TERRELL,
Director Women';; Div.
OUR LOSSES IN FRANCE.
(New York Times )
The list, of casualties in the Amer?
ican Expeditionary Forces givon out
by General March rrom Wuslilngton
uii Saturday Is not final, but it must
be fairly complete, since it includes
all returns up to the time of the
signing of the armistice. The 1 itill
is ninth larger than the oslimntc
matle ten days ago on lb*1 basis nf
lossos previously recorded. Instead
of 100,000, calculated then, the Intal
Is 230,117. Hut when analyzed it i
nol so bail as it. seems. The killed
and dead of wounds are 110,154, which
is a little more than 0110-third of the
similiar vnsuultlos, of the Union
armies in the civil war. The wounded
in Franco are 170,025, but it must be
understood that the great majority
of the wounded men will be nblo In
return home as sound aa when I hey
sailed for France. Disease claimed
111,811 victims; the dead from "other
causes," mainly accident, are given
as 2,204; prisoners, 2,10'i; missing,
that is to say unaccounted for. 1,1(10,
With regard to the last grouping,
soldiers are reported every day n't
prisoners in Germany,
This approximately correct, total
?,i casualties reflects the severity of
the fighting in which the American
iii my was engaged. Until fighting
ceased, there was not a day when the
Americans tibi not nssuall strong
enemy positions, in the Rholmn
Soissons salient, along the MeUSO,
ami in the difficult Argonno Forest.
The intrenched Germans could kill
but not stop them. There was no
fiercer anil more desperate si niggle
on any part of the front during the
whole war. The American Army bus
paid for it, but the enemy's casual?
ties wer?? heavier. If our losses are
creater than we had been assured,
there is consolation in knowing lhat
the American soldier proved himself
on every field a first-classfigbting
man, the peer of the best seasoned
voter ana of France ami the British
Empire.
MACK WILLIAMS DEAD.
Mack Williams, a well known citi?
zen of this community, a resident for
perhaps fifty years, died at his home
here on Tuesday afternoon, about
:t o'clock. He was about 72 years of
age. The funeral and burial took
place yesterday.
He was twice married. His widow
survives. He leaves no children.
Deceased .was a man of gooil
character, an enthusiastic Democrat
and Methodist, honest and indust?
rious.
For a number of years his health
has been poor. He had been twice
in the hospital at Marion, each time
improving in health, but never en?
tirely recovering. For sometime be?
fore bis death his mind gave away,
and dea'h to him was a release from
much suffering. Although one of
Tazewell's humblest citizens he en?
joyed the entire confidence of all who
knew him.
For many years he was the chief
cemetery sexton for the community.
He dug the graves for Tazewell foi
many years. Within physical and
mental limitations he wrought as
well as he cared, and was ready and
not afraid when his time came to
take the long journey.
IN REMEMBERANCE OF MRS.
MARY IGO.
Mrs. Mary Igo, wife of James Igo,
of Wolf Creek, passed away on the
H)t'r of November. Her son was bur?
ied the Friday before, influenza being
the cause of both deaths.
Mrs. Igo was a Christian woman,
good wife, loving mother and a kind
neighbor. To know her was to lovo
her. She is sadly missed by relatives
and friends.
?Her nephew, C. D. Igo.
$1.50 PER YEAR
MUCH TO BE
THANKFUL FOR
I Large Crowd Hears Dr. Hitlkud
j Deliver Masterful Discourse
in Presbyterian Cchurch on
"Glorying in God."
The Thanksgiving service in the
Presbyterian church yesterday was of
unusual interest. Tho program giv
t ii hore was carried out with more
Hum ordinary enthusiasm und solem?
nity.
Such n celebration was never held
here or elsewhere before in the bis
toy of nations, condoning as it did,
the usual expression of gratitude for
the blessings of the past year, with
the larger and momentous blessings of
peace, und the propitious closing of
hostilities of the great, war. There
was an atmosphere of good cheer and
gladness about this service peculiar
to the circumstances, which was clear?
ly recognized by every one in the
large audience.
Dr. Dullard's Sermon.
No attempt will ho made here to
give anything like an adequate idea
of (his splendid discourse. Tho sub?
ject, "tilorylng in God/1 whs the key?
note of a masterful discourse, which
al times thrilled the audience. For
rift minutes the crowd listened In
breathless silence, as tho Speaker
pointed mil how that the weak thing:;
the "foolish things," the "despised"
Illings, in the eyes of the world, bad
been used and blest, and out of which
had grown ami developed the truly
great Illings of the earth, even no
with Christianity Itself.
Dr. lillllard's sermons arc always
thoughtful and instructive, and, in
lie' opinion id' ninny auditors, this wan
l he best yet heard from him in this
cnntmunll y.
At ihe conclusion of the service an
appeal fur a collection, made by Mr.
.1. N I hu man, wits taken which
amounted to $03.00.
The program mi rendered, follows.
1 Hymn 13, O, Worship the King All
Glorious.
Music by Union Choir.
'.! Invocation by Rev. T. II. Camp?
bell.
Anthem It is a Good Thing to
Give Thanks.
:t National Hymn, "My Country 'Tis
of Thee."
?I President's Thanksgiving Procla?
mation, read by .1. W. Chnpmuip
Solo, A Hymn of Thanksgiving.
5 Scripture I.chhoii, Psalm C. Ill,
K.ad by Rev. Mr. Hughes.
(I Piayer, by Rev. John M. Crowe.
V Hymn, (117, "Come Ye Thankful
People, Come."
K Sermon ?"Glorying in God," by
Itev. W. S. Uullnrd.
:i The Appeal and Collection by J.
N. Herman.
Ill Closing Piayer by Rev. C. R
Brown.
11 Doxology ami Benediction.
1,200.000 OUT JANUARY 1.
32,000 A Day Is Estimate of Sending
Soldiers Home.
(Washington Post.)
One million two hundred thousand
soldiers out of the service by New
Year's day is the estimate of army
ofllcors in touch with tliu niuateriug
out processes. In round numbers it
is calculated that 32,000 a day will
be the figure from December 1 until
January I, and that after the latter
date the rate will probably be about
5,000 a day. General March went to
('amp Dix the other day to give In?
structions which it is understood will
expedite the mustering out with duo
regard for the preparation and for?
warding to the adjutant gjeneral's
office at Washington of the personal
records of each soldier.
Designated by Pcrshing.
It has been announced tlwit about.
260,000 have been designated for re?
turn by Gen. Pershing, but it is not
unlikely that the next announcement
will give the names of many other
divisions to be returned. At the pres?
ent time there are on the way over
not only the 1000,00 aero troops re?
leased from training duty in England
but a steady stream of the sick and
the wounded from France and Eng
lund able to make the voyage.
Officers think that by spring the
whole national army except those
needed for police duty in Europe will
huvo disappeared. As the men wilt
be entitled to wear their uniforms
only about three months after dis?
charge, the uniformed soldier will
also have disappeared by April 1st
There will probably be many enlist?
ments in the regulars, who will bo
reassembled into nn army as big as
Congress will stand.
The 10,000 American troops now on
the sens trying to beat the arrival in
this country of Thanksgiving day
left British ports on November 10
and may make it.
DELIVERS BIG CHECK.
S. M. Cornett, general agent for the
Shennndoah Life Insurance Company
of Ronnoke, is in town to deliver a
?5,000 check in payment of claims of
a deceased policy holder. The insur?
ance was written in tho early sum?
mer, and the insured died recently of
pneumonia following influenza?Blue
field Telegraph.