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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1918.
CHRISTMAS GREETING.
Four and a half years of bloody j
strife has ended. On November 11 j
the last shot was Bred and the cry of
rejoicing was heard around (he winde
world. Nations, including our own,
were convulsed, wild with joy. Peace
had come to a war-torn and war
weary world. When we meet, there?
fore, December 25th, our celebration
will be augmented. It. will lie the
most wonderful and memorable cel?
ebration since shepherds watched and j
angels sang, on Judcnn hills, nearly
two thousand ycnr3 ago. The angels
proclaimed, "Peace on Earth." This
wns prophetic. The world's greatest
men are assembling now to make the
prophetic utterance of the heavenly
messengers a reality. May we not.
confidently and assuredly believe that
the great war just ended was a right?
eous war, a wsr of right, against the
wrong? If so, we must not forget, in
our Christmas celebration of the birth
of the King, to e;ive Him honor and
.prnise for its victorious ending!
, There is danger, perhaps, that in
honoring and glorifying the heroes
of this war and the makers of peace
at Versailles, we shall forget or over?
look the Christ, in whose name and to
vindicate who^c teaching, the great
war was fought. And so, this will
be a very memorable Christmas cel?
ebration.
The Clinch Valley News extends
the greetings cf the season to all it-,
readers at honte fftid to the deal boy-,
abroad.
May this happy season bring to ev?
ery home in this broad land heaven's
choicest blessings, and the New Yeat,
and all the other years, be years of
plenty and real happiness.
THE WORK Or THE ALLIED AR?
MIES NOT FINISHED.
"The war is over," is an expression
lrctpuently heard. No; only the light?
ing has censed under the armistice.
The Peace Conference will meot ear?
ly in January to consider and formu?
late terms of peace. How can there
be treaties of peace with peoples that
are without governments? Germany,
Austr ia, Turkey, Hungaria, Bulgaria,
arc all in n chaotic state of anarchy
and confusion, while Russia is seeth?
ing with Bolshevism. lie not surprised
to hear that Foch's army is entering
the territory of these turbulent na?
tions of murderers "from the Baltic
Sea to Constantinople," and establish
some sort of stable government.
The war is not won until peace
and order are established and crimi?
nals brought to justice and punished.
The armistice is not peace, nor a
guarantee of peace, and the United
States cannot withdraw her armies
{Until the object for which we fought
has been attained. To do so would
be to lose all.
No, the wat is not over. The armies
of occupation must continue to occu?
py and perhaps do more smashing bc
'fore the autocrats come to theit sens?
es
GREETINGS TO M11. GLASS.
Hon. Carter Glass, of Lynchburg,
was installed Monday hist into office
as Secrctr.ry of the Treasury of the
United States in place of Mr. Mc
Adoo, resigned. Mr. Glass' appoint?
ment by the President, wilh Mr. Mc
Adoo's hearty endorsement ,as his
sucsuecessor and general approval of
the public, is a high compliment to
the character of a worthy Christian
gentleman, and strong testimony ol
his executive ability.
The office of Secretary of the
Treasury is one of great importance
and influence reaching out, as it does,
through many other departments of
the government, and the nation may
well be felicitated that so strong ami
well equipped a man as Hon. Carter
Glass was available to fill the va?
cancy caused by the resignation of
his predecessor.
Martin, Swanson, Glnrs! Virginia
may justly be proud of her sons so
ably filling high seats of influence at
Washington.
Report has it that the Rolshcviki
are murdering each other wholesale.
Don't stop 'em. Let the good work'
go on a la Kilkenny cats.
Despatches state that President
W?3on attended church twice last.
Sunday in Paris, and placed a wreath
Iof flowers on the grave" of Lnfayette.
"Lafayette, we are h?re."
There is decided opposition to Mr.
McAdoo'u suggestion that railroad
control by the government be extend?
ed five years. If Congress is really
anxious to test government efficien?
cy what better plan than Mr. Mc
Adoo's ? Government control as a
war measure furnishes no reliable cri?
terion as to how it will work in limes
of peace. Does Congress really want
to know the truth about government
control? That's a question.
"Have you a heart and a dollar?"
SOUVENIRS OF THE WAR.
Mr. linker, Scrctary of Wer, says
that the Amrican soldiers will be al?
lowed to retain their uniforms, in?
stead of turning them into the de?
partment after three months as was
at first ruled. Perhaps Mr. Baker
concludes, and properly so, too, in
most cases, that after the average
boy wears a suit of clothes for three
months there would be precious little
or nothing left of them worth re?
turning. However, the boys and their
families will keep the uniforms, or
parts of them at least, as souvenirs
of the gi eat war of which they were
a part. Thanks to Mr. Baker
In all that has been said and writ?
ten we have yet to bear of the tirsl
expression of pity for the ex-emper?
or. There seems to be no "eye to
pity, no arm to save." Such a col?
lapse is the most remarkable and
wonderful of all history.
"Have you a heart and a dollar?"
AS TO THE CHEVRONS.
Mr. Raker, with the very best of
intentions, states that soldiers wdio
were kept in training camps in the
United Slates and therefore were not
permitted to go overseas, will be giv?
en and allowed to wcav a silver chev?
ron on their sleeve?one chevron for
every six months service. The hoys
who went to France will wear a gold
chevron. The idea is, that the boy?
through no choice volition or fault
of their own, wdio were kept in train?
ings camps here, in obedience to Un?
cle Sam's order, are deserving of
honor and consideration and hence
this recognition by the Government.
Whether the boys who did not get
over are deserving of as much "hon?
or and consideration" as those wdio
did there will be difference of opinion.
The distinction, if there be a dis?
tinction, will be felt most keenly, per?
haps, by the soldiers themselves, who
did not go over.
Why emphasize and advertise dis?
tinction and disappointment? Why
draw a line, if, as is justly claimed,
the camp man is deserving of honor
equal with his brother wdio went to
the front under compulsory military
orders '.'
No objection can be made or should
be made to honoring the men who
fought in the trenches. However, the
great reserve army held at home,
prepared and preparing to go over at.
the word of command, played their
part?and a great part it was?ill
winning the war, and there should be
no distinction and certainly, as wo
see it, the government should not ad?
vertise to the world any difference of
appreciation, There was a larger num?
ber of troops in training camps in
the United States at the close of
the war than had been sent to France.
Should not this great army of Amer?
ica's strongest young men be so
treated as to increase their loyalty
rather than to feel that tbeii ser?
vices and sacrifices arc discounted
by Unda Sam? Their disappoint?
ment, already keen like a sore, will
not be lessened by continual prick?
ing. There should be no distinction
where there is no difference.
"Have you a heart and a dollar?"
"The ex-Kaiser chops down trees
for exercise," says a dispatch from
Holland. He ought to he an expert
at cutting down trees, lie left, very
few standing?even fruit trees?in
the wake of his invaders.
In the meantime don't overlook the
criminals of Turkey.
"Have you a heart and a dollar?"
The woods of Europe are pretty
full of crown-less kings and defunct
Princes and such.
"Have you a heart and a dollar?"
"Lord Cork weds Miss Gray."?
Headline. Bobbed up again, we
might say.
"Have you a heart and a dollar?"
The Ex-Kaiser trying to prove an
alibi in order to shift the responsi?
bility of starting the war, has only
nibled to his reputation as a liar.
"Have you a heart and r. dollar?"
The lailies of the North Tazewcll
Methodist Church will hold a sale in
the sample room of the Jeffersonville
Hotel tomorrow, at which there will
be for sale cakes, pics, dressed chick?
ens, plum puddings, butter, eggs, sal?
ads, and othr articles that you svill
need for your Christmas dinner.
Buy your Christmas dinner, cakes,
etc., fro mthe ladies of the North
Tazewell Methodist church at the sale
to he held in the sample room of the
Jeffrsonville hotel tomorrow.
Cakes, pies, eggs, butter, chickens,
etc., for sale r.t the sample room of
the Jeffersonville hotel tomorrow.
Patronize the ladies society which
is holding a sale of Christmas eata?
bles in the sample of the hotel. The
sale will be held tomorrow.
"Have you a heart and a dollar?"
HAVEYOU
1
THE
Red Cross
YET?
Do It
NOW.
THE DRAMA OF THE AGES.
ate
(Baltimore Sun)
destiny, somu mysterious di?
recting ami controlling force, .some
awful power which shaped events ac?
cording to a predestined plan was
tho thought suggested in ancient,
tragedy?seemed to he the moral
more or less subtly conveyed in the
allegories of the Grecian stage. Re
hind the particular story could he
I detected the consciousness of a great
dramatic motive*in the affairs of men,
a sense of inevitable and unalterable
prenrrangemetit by an indefinite but
[supreme authority, which in those
days men called the fates. The more
modern doctrine of predestination.
I contains the same dramatic implica?
tion, as does also the blind Puritan
I poet's lofty vindication of the ways
of Providence to men. Perhaps it is
not a forced construction to see a
recognition of the continuous Drama
of the Ages that hits been Btagcd
upon this sphere in the familiar
phrase of our Declaration of Inde?
pendence?"When in the com so of
I human events"?as if there were a
prescribed and foreordained route
[along which events must proceed.
This sense of lite dramatic has been
insistent and all-pervading in the last
four years. We have till used the
I word lightly and often, but every day
|nnd every month of that time it has
grown in reality anil significance.
And now as we look back to the
mighty though ('earful procession of
I events and as we look forward to the
.real toward which I hey seem march?
ing, even the most prosaic imagina
| lion must confess a certain majestic
dramatic character and suggestions in
that is most impressive ami
awe-inspiring.
In all that has been said for and
I against the president's extraordinary
voyage to Europe, however, most
persons seem to have ignored this
controlling dramatic element. Con?
sidered purely as a man-made drama,
how greatly it would have lost in ef?
fect if this climax had been wanting.
From a mere theatrical standpoint,
the concluding scene would have been
robbed of its chief color, pageantry
and glory, had the dominating actor
been absent. The eternal fitness of
things dramatic, the logic of even the
human playwright demanded this
grand and essential finale.
Hut the devout believer in a divine
dramatist must see in this voyage
something more than the will of one
man or of one nation. "There was
man sent from God whose name
was John." Even the most skepti
| cnl must perceive a combination of
rare circumstances connected with
Woodrow Wilson's career that looks
like a calling or a selection, of a mis?
sion imposed from without or above.
Ten years ago nothing seemed more
'unlikely that that in loss than a dec?
ade Woodrow Wilson should be the
most commanding figure in the world,
that he should be regarded as the
innlder of its future destiny. As if
events answered to the prompter's
I cue, he came upon the sUigo just at
the appropriate moment, ami, just as
he came, a way was opened for him
to the White Douse by the fatal feud
in the Republican party. The rest is
history, but history amazing, history
incredible, bad we not read it from
I day to day.
Now this American, obscure until
the fullness of time, makes his first
visit to Europe to give fresh mean?
ing to the phrase?"the course of hu
man events." He is sailing on a mis
I sion not self-selected entirely. It is
I not too much to think that he has
I gono because he was "sent."
Someone has said that it is impos?
sible for an astronomer not to be
devout. Some historians have suc?
ceeded in being cynics, but it is dif?
ficult to see how they have managed
it in the light of the living and un?
mistakable drama which history has
unfolded from age to age. With WOH
I der we may well look on as this seem?
ingly predestined voyager sails across
I the seas. Cod help him, he could do
j no other. The Dramatist above called
for this culimiating act. No voice but
His can call him from the scene.
As he sails across the ocean which
divides but does not separate us from
our fellow-men on the other side, on
this the most momentous voyage in
human history, we can repeat as
j never before, with a slight modifica?
tion those noble lines of Longfel?
low:
Sail on, sail on, O ship of state;
Sail on, O statesman, strong land
great;
Humanity, with all its fears,
[ With all the hopes of future years,
Is hanging breathless on thy fale!
PROM J. W. RAKER.
Rout 1, LaFollettc, Tenn., Dec. 10.
Dear Mr. Editor:
There is much said these days
about a League of Nations. On each
side in Congress is a gang who say
they want this thing, but. they arc
opposed to force being used?for
moral suasion only. The writer of this
has read some during the last eighty
five years and he has never yet heard
of a criminal being restrained, ex?
cept by seeing the prison and the
gallows right at his nose, across his
path.
Some people are too good. If they
had'their way, you and I when we gel
to Heaven would find there the sumo
old coward that we now nave here, do?
ing business after the old style. But
this wont work, because the Almighty
I has some objections.
Many people never bother to find
|out what the Master thinks. They
are hardly responsible. Should be in
ttraight-jnckcts and enclosed in pad?
ded walls, where they could neither
hurt themselves nor others.
Seventy-five years ago my grand?
father said to me, "That an educated
fool was the most dangerous person
you could have in the community."
I tho. gh;. at the time this was too
strenuous, hut now I agree with him
Some good day, in the not far din- j
lanl future all the knaves and fools 1
will ?o to their own place, Hut to this
some people and some preachers ob-.
ject. I
This war was in tears and suffering
and heartbreak has been awful. Hut I
it will pay a thousand fold. Just wait
?have patience. The winnowing fan
is in His band. And everything is as
it should he.
Very truly yours, .
J. W. BAKER. I
SERGT. MAYS, OF ARKANSAS.
(From the Bcntonville, (Kan.) Dem?
ocrat)
Here is another happening showing
bow much smaller the "big war" has
already made our world. The letter,
we publish here tells its own story.!
Having been told about this letter by I
others who have read it, we asked Dr.!
J. F. Mays, Bcntonville, Route No. 2,1
to let us use it. It is from his older
son, who is a sergeant in the United
States Army, now stationed in Call-,
fornia, having been sent there after
two or three years' regular army
service in the Phillippinc s, and the
Hawaiian Islands, and refers to the
younger son, Scrgt. John I). Mays,
now only nineteen years of age, who
ran away from Lome at the age of
seventeen and joined the regular ar?
my in time to take part in the Mexi?
can trouble. Since this letter was
written Dr. Mays has received fron.
Sorgt Mays in France word that he
had been wounded and in the hospital
but was out ami ready to go again
and would soon be back in the trench?
es.
Camp Kcrncy, Calif., October 14.
Dearest Father: I was glad to hear
from you and brother. It looked to
me like you were sick as 1 could not
gel a letter from you. I told one of
the boys this morning if 1 did not girt
n letter from you today 1 would wire
you und see if you were sick. Now,
don't wail, so long, as we are close
together and the other one is in
Fiance, so let's you and I write of?
ten and pray for the other one, for
I he poor boy \a huviug a hard time as
I know, but he can't write it to us;
but I got this straight from him but
he don't know it and ties is how it
came.
Sunday a bunch of us boys were
out breaking mules and horses to
riile. They got me on a young mule
and 1 rode him for a while but he
got too much for me and threw mc
through the fence and knocked the
wind out of me, and when I came to
myself they were pouring water on
me, and one of the boys said "Mays,
are you hurt very much?" und 1 told
him my shoulder was hurt, but I
thought, it was just a bruise, ami that
is all it proved to be. Rut there was a
boy watching us wdio had been sent
back from France to drill us men,
and he came up and askeil me if 1 bail
a brother in II Company 23rd Infan?
try and I was mad and my shoulder
hurting, and I told him to go to h?I,
but he asked me to excuse him for
asking at that time hut ho had sol?
diered with a boy named Mays and
would like to lind some of bis folks
so he could send a word home for
him, and then 1 asked the boy's par?
don and we shook bands and he then
told me about brother and this is the
way be starred out:
"Now, Mays, if you can fight like
your brother I don't want to light
you, for be can wdiip any man ami I
don't give n d-n who he is, for
Mays is sure a scrapper and hell on
the Huns, and when wo go over the
top, Mays is with the first out and in
front all the way. I saw him stick
his bayonet in one old big boy, but
that wasn't the last, for Mays can
sure use them; and afraid?that boy
don't fear anything and takes all the
hardships as a joke. 1 have heard
him says, "Boys, we must whip them,
but I've got a brother that I wish
was hero with me and an old father
that can whip about six of them at
a time; but, boys, we don't need any
more if they will just let me loose."
And then be went on and told how
Brother would help out the other
boys ami how they stood in the mud
up to their knees for hours waiting
for a chance to go over the top;
about the lice and rats in the trench?
es?but Mays smiles through it all
and tells bow he will get three this
time instead of two."
And this is what ho asked me to
tell you: 'Friend, when you write to
Mays' old gray-headed father just
toll him this, that he has got a son
in the front line trenches that be
should be proud of and not to worry
for he can take care of himself; but
to pray God to bless him; and if we
bad them all like that boy the Huns
would soon be in their places in hell."
And he said when you write him just
entourage him and let your letters
be all smiles and how proud you are
of him, and the last things the boy
said to tell you was, 'God bless you
for a boy like that.'"
Your loving son, JOE.
Note?The young men mentioned
above are sons of Dr. J. F. Mays, of
Bontonville, Ark., who is n brother
of B. R. Mays, of North Tazewell.
CANDY AND PICKLES TO YANKS
Every overseas soldier is to get a
half pound of candy every ten days
as a part of his ration, and every man
is to be provided with pickles to last
him several months The candy and
pickles are to bo "rushed" to Europe,
so that they may be used by the ex?
peditionary forces for their Christ?
mas festivities
The total candy to be shipped i.;;
0,000,(100 pounds and of pickles 5G5,
(:00 gallons. As there are 200 rations
to the gallon, it is estimated that
3,000,000 men will have pickles for
several months.'
8,500,000 LETTERS ON WAY"
Paris, Dec. 5.?Three shipments of
homebound mail from the American
army, totaling 8,500,000 letters, leR
Fiance between November 2d and De?
cember 2. The previous week's mail
numbered 0,000,00 letters.
The increase is believed to be due to
the "fathers' letters," which the men
in the army had been asked to write
cn November 24, the fathers nt home
being likewise requested to write to
their sons on-that day. The Stars and
Stripes, tho official newspaper of the
American expeditionary forces, whicu
organized the plan, states that all
the letters will be delivered before
Christmas.
FROM MR. A. M. BLACK.
We take the liberty of publishing
the following interesting letter from
Mr. Black. His many friends have
been hoping for his roturn to Tazc
well:
Kirksvillo, Mo., Dec. 10.
Editor C. V. News;
In reading recent issues of the C.
V. News it seems to nie you are get?
ting fed up on buckwheat cakes, ma?
ple syrup and sausage. Are you not
getting more than your share? I am
expecting in next issue to read that
the editor is down with a spell of
in ligcation from over-inulgencjs
has he a rast iron .stomuch ? At any
rate, 1 can now readily understand
why the editor never needs any mon?
ey. With donations of buckwheat
vessel. They were, however, seen
from the ship, captured and brought
aboard the Viribus Unilis, which they
knew was about to be blown to pioc
es.
As soon as they were certain that,
the explosion could not be prevented,1
they informed the captain of the |
ship's impending fate and suggested
that he take measures to save a
many as possible of his crew.
The Austrian? wer at first Incred?
ulous, but after many of the crew
had jumped overboard the'officers or?
dered all hands transferred to the
boats and, in recompense for the
warning of the Italians, took them
Warship Torn Apart.
The boats were scarcely clear of
the ship when the Viribus Unitis
was torn upart by a terrific explosion
flour, maple syrup and sausage, witu , ..
backbones and spare ribs coming on and sank almost immediately,
to keep them company, with possibly Both Rossetti and Paouluccl have
an occasional load of wood and a few been returned to Italy now in ac
loads of coal thrown in, altho I havo cordance with the terms of the nr
not seen mention of the latter arti- niistice. The daring of their exploit
cles yet, what more does a man want? alui their deliberate readiness to BBC
It reads like fiction to poor mortals rilice themselves to accomplish the
exiled indefinitely in the middle west, destruction of the most effective Aus
You should lean bach, in your office trian ship then afloat is regardoo.
chair, rest your feet up on your'here as characteristic of the Italian
desk, light a good cigar that some War -ipirit at the time, but naval c.x
kind friend or subscriber has con-; ports here and abroad are oarticu
tributed for the editor's pleasure, \ inrly interested in the method en,
contemplate the good things ol life, : ployed to initiate this new and un
nild be happy. ; USual form of attack.
I have wanted for sometime to It is explained in the report that
write and thank you for the copy of \ preparations for the carrying out of
The Mentor, the issue giving the {the plan were long and laborious
write up of photography, which you .?,-,,.. o_. ,
so kindly sent me in the summer. I . reehidcal Features Secret,
enjoyed the article very much, also i \>on}c jf th'-' technical features u.
do appreciate your thinking or me involved are not divulged, but naval
this way. Altho late, I thank you ; consliajctor Rossetti appears to have
for the courtesy. I long haJ the idea that the speed of
. . . . * . , . , la torpedo could be sufficiently lessen
I regret to have to state that I can- L.J to permit it to act as a enrricr
not now see any apparent benefit for two mcn nll(1 lhal one of them
rom my treatment here. For a tbne' uld by employment of a specially
I was easier and dared hope that 1 jnvented device, guide the torpedo,
was making some permanent prpg- wn>ile tnc other could act as its war
less toward recovery. The relief, ? h , aml mRnage the explosive
however, seems to have been merely '
temporary as I have recently had a
set back and am now seemingly in
as bad shape as before coming.
With kindest personal regards to
the rest of the family.
Very sincerely, A. M. ?LACK.
"WHAT AILED BILL."
(Contributed.)
When your back is broke and your
eyes are blurred
j And your shin bones knock and youv
tongue is furred
And your tonsils squeak and your
hair gets dry
And you're doggone sure thnt you're
going to die,
You're skecred you wont, and afraid
you will,
Just drag to bed and have your chill
And pray the Lord to see you through
For you've got the Flu, boy,
You've got the Flu.
When your toes curl up and your belt,
goes flat,
And you're tw.ee as mean as a Thom?
as eat,
And life is a long and dismal curse,
And your food all tastes iike a hard
boiled hearse,
When your lattice aches and your
head's n-huzz
And nothing is as it ever was,
Hero are my sad regrets to you,
You've got the Flu, boy.
You've got the Flu.
What is it like, this Spanish Flu?
?\sk me, brother, for I've been thru,
It is by misery out of danger,
It pulls your teeth and curls your
hair,
your blood and brays your
charge.
The lines of defense which guarded
the inner harbor of Pola were not th
siglicd to meet this form of "human
torpedo attack," it is explained and
the officers figured that it would not
be difficult to slip by these lines nnu
heavily mined ureas by cautiously
guiding the torpedo slowly over them
just as one would guide an automo
bile slowly over bad ruts in the road.
But it was found that even under
the best of circumstances the tax
upon the physical energies and en?
durance of the man acting as the
"torpedo's war head," was a facto:
whieil had to be considered.
Paoulucci. who is twenty-four and
of remarkable physique, is an excel?
lent swimmer and was regarded at
able to stand the strain, but before
undertaking it, he underwent weeks
of stpecial training in the water, he
coming, it is explained, more and
more fit for the task he was to under?
take.
It is believed here that those op?
erators were equipped with diving
suits and compressed air, but on this
phase of the exploit the oflicinl re?
port is silent.
It is stated that, after the torpedo
came to the proximity of the ship's
hull, Paoulucci separated himself
from the missile and swam to the
ship pushing the mine along with
him until he was able to attach it
and set off the time fuse.
It thins
bones
And fills
groans,
And sometimes, maybe, you get well,
Some call it Flu?I call it hell.
your craw with moans and
NOTABLE FEAT OF THE WAR.
(Albert W. F
iX in the Washington
Post).
Admiral V'ovatelli, the Italian nav?
al attache, has received a cable from
Admiral Thaon di Revel, of the Ital?
ian navy, giving a detailed report of
the i ecent sinking of the Austrian
flagship and superdroadnaught Ver
ibus Unitis in Pola harbor. The report
up to now, a closely guarded secret
GOOD ROADS MEETING IN RICH?
MOND IN JANUARY.
Richmond, Dec. 18.?Announcement
is made of the eighth annual conven?
tion of the Virginia Good Roads As?
sociation to be held in Richmond on
January 14th, 15lh and ICth.
With thu prospects of peace and
the removal of the restrictions upoi.
construction work, imposed by the
National Government on account of
the war, the question of highway im?
provement has again oome to tho.
fore. Work of this kind promises tu
be u most potent factor in providing
suitable employment for our returned
soldiers and those released from war
industries.
Many do not realize the important
changes made in the road laws of this
State during i ecent years, whereby
Virginia has put itself in line with
tho more progressive States by es?
tablishing a "State Highway Sys?
tem," connecting the principal cities
shows that this vessel was sunk by
"human torpedo," launched from
Italian submarine chnser from a j and county seats, to be constructed
cosiderable distance and guided thru
six lines of defense by the two young
officers who virtually made them?
selves part of the torpedo to accom?
plish their mission. The success of
this exploit, naval experts say, mnrka
a new epoch in naval warfare.
A young Italian athlete nnd sur?
geon named Paoulucci constituted the
war head of the torpedo. Naval Con?
structor Rossetti, who devised the
plan for regulting the torepdo's speed
and guiding it, accompanied him.
Guided to Vessel's Side.
The torpedo, launched at night was'
guided to the side of the battleship,
whereupon Paolucci was enabled to
attach a high explosive charge, pre?
sumably on one of the hooks hold?
ing part of the not designed to pro?
tect the vessel against ordinary tor?
pedo attack.
A lime fuse regulated the explos?
ion so that Rossetti and Paolucci, af?
ter setting it in operation, had time
to freo themselves from the torpedo,
which they Bank, and await their
chance of s,
pioc
maintained wholly by the State.
It has nlso provided for the designa?
tion of "County Highway System,";
to interlock with the Stitte system j
In all the counties of the State, to De?
constructed and maintained jointly by!
the State and counties.
BLUE WARNS AGAINST RELAX?
ING EFFORTS TO CHECK "FLU."
Washington, Dee. 16.?The danger
of relaxing efforts to check the spread I
of influenza was emphasized again to?
day by Surgeon General Blue of the |
Public Health Service.
"The epidemic is not ended," the
surgeon general said, "and such re?
crudescences and cases and deaths as
are now oecuring in many localities
may be expected to become more or
less generul.
"Any statement at the present time
that the opidemic has 'conic and gone
for good' can only do harm, for it will
put people into a false sense of se?
curity, and cause them to relex the.
ng thnmsclvos on some \ precautions they should take to avoid
of floating wreckage from the j the infection.'"
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In tho Clerk's Office of the Circuit
Court of tho Comity of Tazewell
on the 1th day of November, 1918.
ANNIE S. BLEVINS,.Plaintiff,
against
THOMAS A. BLEVINS, Defendant.
The object of Ibis suit is to obtain
a divorce from die bonds of matri?
mony in favor of the complainant on
the grounds of desertion.
And an affidavit having been made
and filed that the defendant, Thomas
A. Bievins, whose last known place of
abode is Youngstown, Ohio, is not res?
ilient of the State of Virginia, it is
ordered that he do appear here within
fifteen days after due publication here
of and do what may be necessary to
protect his interest in this suit. And
it is further ordered that a copy here?
of be published once a week for four
successive weeks in the Clinch Val?
ley News, a newspaper published in
the county of Tazewell, and that a
copy be posted at the front door of
the Court-House of this county on or
before the 18th day of November,
1?18, that being the next succeeding
Rule day after this order wus entered.
A. copy?Teste:
C. W. GREEVER, Clerk.
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Good news spreads rapidly nnd the
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NOTICE.
All persons having claims against
tho estate of Henry S. Bowen, de?
ceased, will present them to the un?
dersigned for payment.
T. C. BOWEN,
Administrator of H. S. Bowen"