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ESTABLISHED 1845.
Bnyy and Girls Who Slay in
School Secure Advantage Ov?
er Those Who Go Only Part
of The Time.
Children ehouid stay in school as
long as opssible because EDUCATION
MEANS BETTER JOBS.
Coys \nd girls who go to work at
the end of grammar schools rarely
sea good jobs. The/work, they find to
is usually unskilled; it offers little
training or chance for advancement.
When they are older they lind that
they are still untrained for "the skill?
ed work which offers a future. Edu?
cation Mcuns Higher Wages.
Many hoys and girls when they
leave school rind work that offers a
high wage for the beginner. ? But
these wages seldom grow because the
work requires no training.
A position with a future nnd stead?
ily increasing wages requires school
training. ?
Here is the proof?
Earnings per week of children who
left school at 14, the end of grammar
school run from $J.O0 at age of 14 to
$12.76 at ago of 2b.
Earnings per week of children who
left school at IP. the end of the high
school run frofh $10.00 ai 18 years of
age to 30 at age of 2f>.
At 25 years of age the hoy who had
remained in school until 18 had re?
ceived over $2,000 more salary than
the boy who left at 14, and was then
receiving ovei $000 a year more.
This is equivalent to an investment
at 5 per cent, of $18,000. Can a boy
increase his capital as fast any oth?
er way?
Prom this time on the salary of the
better educated boy will rise still
more rapidly, while the earnings of
the boy who left school at 14 will in?
crease but little.
Although the wages paid now are
much higher than when this study
was made, the comparison remains
the same.
I wish that every father and moth?
er of children and every boy and girl
in Tazewell county would read and
reread and think and think again the
thoughts, facts and figures of this
little article being sent out now into
every nook and corner of our great
country by the Children's Bureau of
the U. S. Department of Labor and
c.hilil Conservation Section Council
of National Defense.
Startling as the illiteracy statis?
tics recently given us just as "sur?
prising and distressing are the sta?
tistics of attendance, or rather nou
attendance, of children enrolled in the
public schools of the nation. Let ev?
ery influence be brought to bear to
back this drive to keep the children
in school.
A. S. GREEVER,
Division Superintendent.
Tazewell, Va., March 18.
SERVICES AT THE CHRISTIAN
CHURCH.
Rev. W. S. Forbes, of Richlnnds,
will preach in the Christian church
Sunday morning at 11 o'clock in ex?
change with the pastor here who
will preach at Richlands at the same
hour. Mr. Forbes is an excellent
preacher, and a highly esteemed mnn,
and we cordially invite our friends to
come and hear him.
Tuesday afternoon, March 25th, at
2:110 o'clock there will be a meeting
of Unit No. 2, (Tazewell Christian
Church), in the church here, in the
interest of the united work. Secretary
E. B. Motley will be present and the
meeting will be addressed by W. S.
Louck's, Sunday School .Superintend?
ent for the Southeastern States, and
also by Mrs. Geo. W. Oliver, well
known here. Mr. Loucks is an ex?
pert on Sunday schools and all S.
S. workers will do well to hear him.
We cordiallv invite every lady and
urge our membership to avail itself
of this inspirational meeting.
W. S. BULLARD, Pastor.
SAMUEL T. LARIMER DEAD.
The remains of S. T. Larimer were
interred in the new cemetery Tuesday
afternoon. His death occurred Mon?
day night at 11 o'clock, following an
attack of influenza and pneumonia.
He leaves a wife and five young chil?
dren, besides father, mother, a sister
and one bi other, Mr. Charles Larimer
the general manager of the Electric
Light and Power Company.
For a number of years he was man?
ager for the Bluefield Telephone Com?
pany's Tazewell branch, having in
charge all the wires In this section.
Deceased was an industrious, quiet
man, n good citizen, husband nnd fa?
ther, and his u'.timcly death is a sad
loss.
The funeral service was conducted
?afc hi3 lnte home cn Tazewell avenue,
?a large crowd being present. Rev. B.
O. Shannon, pastor of the Presbyte
rian church in Thompson Valley; and
Rev. T. H. Campbell, pastor of the
Baptist church, took part in the ser
-vice.
There were a number of floral trib?
utes, a beautiful one being sent by
the Bluefield Telephone Company.
Great sympathy is expressed by
the entire community for the bereaved
relatives, particularly for the moth?
er nnd her children.
Deceased was about 35 years' of
age.
REV. MR. CAMPBELL RESIGNS.
Rev. Thos. II. Campbell, pastor of
the Tazewell Baptist church for the
past six and n half years, offered
?his resignation as puator last Sunday
morning nt the close of the regular
morning service, to take effect May
1st.
TJvfe church, after some opposition
was ex,prf:ssed to accepting the resig?
nation, finally decided to (To so.
He has not decided, ns yet, upon n
future location. Mr. Campbell has
many friends, not only among the
Baptist people, but in the communi?
ty, at large, who will regret his
lenving.
No stops have been taken, as yet
rto fill the pastorate vacated by this
iresignatisn.
TREAT SEED OATS, PREVENT
SMUT." .
Duo to the fact that smutted heads,
soon disappear , the loss from smut
Is /auch greater than the farmers
think. By careful counts I found many
tields last summer which were 33 per
' cent, smut and estimute the total
' loss for the county at 10 per cent,
j Smut can be prevented completely
. and easily and safely and very eheap
' ly. Treating your seed onts will cost
? about 3c per acre and increase your
1 yield 3 to 15 bushels. The following
] is the method of treating.
1 Mix one pint -10 ncr cent, formal?
dehyde with one pint of .water arid
. pour I lie solution into a hood spray
'. er. A good hand atomizer equipped
I with an ordinary mason jar to- hold
I solution can lie bought for CO to 75c.
; Now spray the solution on the gruin
as it is being shoveled backwards and
; forwards, taking care not to hold the
j sprayer over the pile because any of
I the spraying solution that drips on
! the pile might injure it. One quart
I of tins solution should spray 50 bush?
els of oats. After spraying, shovel
the oats into a pile and leave cover?
ed for five hours. You can either sow
seed immediately after these 5 hours
or dry them out and store for Inter
use.
lh-tcautions: Use formaldehyde of
proper strength, make solution as
directed. Hold sprayer close to seed,
but. don't let it drip on seed as injury
will result. Keep seed covered for
five hours, no more, no lc.is. Work
j in a ventilnted place as the fumes are
j unpleasant. R. R. WALL,
County Agent.
DEATH OK A WIFE AND
MOTHER.
Bandy, Va., Mar. 18.
! Every heart in this community was
! saddened last Saturday morning on
I hearing of the death of .Mra. Milton
I Whitt. She was Miss Lona Creed,
j before her marriage to Mr. Whitt
I about twelve years ago. Mrs. Whitt
, was a kind and loving wife nnd moth
I er. She leaves to mourn her loss a
I father, mother, two brothers, three
sisters, a husband and several chil?
dren. May the God of pity comfort
these sad hearts.
Other New Notes.
Mrs. W. E. Lambert nnd little son,
Raymond, were visiting relatives in
the village last week. It will be re?
membered by some of our readers
that their store was destroyed by fire
at Berwind several months ngo. They
were burned out again at Canebrake
about three weeks ago. Their mnny
friends are very sorry to hear this.
Mrs. Mary Harra was the guest of
i her brother, J. C. Lambert Thursday
, night.
Mrs. R. L. Lnmbcrt and little son,
I Byron, have returned home from an
I extended visit to their mother nnd
grandmother, Mrs. Day at Narrows.
J. P. Beavers went to Richlnnds
last Saturday to see his sisiter, Mrs.
Charles Henkle, who is in the Mat
tie Williams hospital. She continues
very ill.
Mrs. J. F. Beavers and daughter
I Miss Thcreas, were the guests of
I Mrs. Susan Beavers Sunday.
Mrs. W. B. Young was the guest of
her sister, Miss Ella Young last Sat?
urday.
Arthur Payne and his blusliing
bride were visiting relatives here the.
first of the week. He has just re?
turned from France, where he saw
several months service for Uncle
Sam.
Mrs. Vicie Beavers, of War, spent
last Friday night with her father, W.
M. Beavers.
PREPARATION FOR THE LONG
JOURNEY.
This paper publishes this week ob
I itnary notices of tv/o men, heads of
i families, of about the same age, both
I in the prime of life, and both deaths
j more or less sudden and unexpected.
One, of Mr, Bills, of Idaho, husband
of Miss Baker, formerly of Tazewcll;
the other, Mr. Sam Larimer in this
town. Both of these were victims of
the influenza scourge. Both of them
strong, active men, in the prime of
life. Do we think as often and as
seriously of the uncertainty of life
as wo should? Or do we become, like
soldiers in war, indifferent in the
presence of the ravages of death?
There is the possibility that death
may overtake us unawares. Two
weeks or so ago no one of Sam Lari?
mer's friends, or even Larimer him?
self, had any thought that he would
I be in his grave today. He was young
i and strong, with the promise of a
I long life. May his fate not be yours?
j Call this "preaching" if you want to,
j and throw the paper down.
But, listen: However wo may regard
the thought, we know that our time
' here is short at best with a great
I scourge sweeping through the land,
our time on earth may be shortened,
and we may be taken unawares. At
every tick of the clock some one dies,
prepared or not. It will do you no
harm to give this coming, this chief
event in your enrcer, more than pass?
ing thought. When tho time strikes
it may so strike as to incapacitate you
for thinking. 'So teach us to number
our days that we may apply our
i hearts unto wisdom."
j "Beneath our feet and o'er our head,
Is equal warning given;
' Beneath us arc the countless dead?
I Above is is the heaven."
QUARTERLY MEETING.
Our second quarterly meeting will
bo held next Saturday and Sunday
at White Church.
The quarterly conference will be
held immediately after the sermon
on Saturday morning. It is your du?
ty, as an official member, to be pres?
ent at the session of the conference.
Delegates to tho district conference
will be elected this round.
I All the people arc cordially invited
! to come nnd worship .with us on this
, occasion.
W. C. THOMPSON.
TAZEWELL HOMES FOR SALE.
1 nice house, 4 acres good land,
garden, orchard, good water.
2. New house, 5 acres, on line road,
jii3t outside corporation, garage, all
. conveniences.
3. The residence of the late Dr.
! Henry Crockett, fine orchard, brick
? residence, 7 acres fine land, a nice
home, in corporation, a fow minutes
walk from Main Street, churches and
, schools. For further particulars of
i cither of these properties, inquire at
News office.
TAZEWE
MAXWELL NOTES.
Wo are very sorry to report sovarul
new eases of the flu In this neighbor?
hood.
W. M. Lnwson and family are con?
fined to their.home with the flu.
Miss Mary 15. Gross, of Blueffcld,
spent the wee-end with homcfolks at
this place.
Mrs. Jnines Beavers made n busi?
ness trip to Tazewell today.
Walter Beavers, who is working in
West Virginia, spent the lntter part
of lust week with homcfolks at this
place.
Mr. Willie Graham, of Thorpe, W.
Vn., is visiting his father and moth?
er, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Graham.
Meessrs. Lee Long and Bates Max?
well have just returned from n trip
to Cincinnati and other western pointy
and report a line trip.
Mrs. J. C. Beavers and daughter,
Alta, went to Handy yesterday to
visit their relatives.
C. P. llarman and family have
recovered from the influenza.
Harry, the little son of Mr. and
Mrs. B. I. Payne, who has been very
sick with pneumonia, is much im?
proved.
Miss Louise Long spent Saturday
night with homcfolks on Pounding
Mill Branch.
Mrs. Jabe Johnson, who died Sat?
urday at her home at Tar.ewell, was
formerl ya resident of this place, and
the remains wercb rotight here for in?
terment.
Nell Bootho has been very sick of
influenza, but has recovered.
HIGHLANDS SOCIETY.
Richlnnds, Mar. 17.?One of the
most pleasant social events of the
sesun was a St. Patrick's "42" party,
given on Saturday, the 16th, from 3
to 5, by Miss Susie Kincannon and
Mrs. James Maxwell, at the hitter's
home. The rooms were beautifullly
decorated in St. Patrick's colors, flags
and potted plants. Misses Mayo Hurt
nnd Mabel Clark furnished music for
the ofternoon.
After six interesting gomes of
"42," a tempting four-cover lunch
con -was served, consisting of a salad
cour.se, brick ice cream, cake, coffee,
mints and almonds. The color scheme
was carried out in the refreshments,
also in the tally and score cards. The
prize, a lovely bottle of toilet water,
was won by Mrs. T. 1). Sexton, while
the booby, which was n little green
Irish hat, decorated in flags and filled
with green and white candy, was car?
ried off by Mrs. O. U. TerriM. The
following ladies were present:
Mrs. T. H. Davis, Mrs O. U. Ter
rill, Mrs. Marvin II. McGuire, Mrs. J.
B. Crabtrce, Mrs. W.. P.. Williams,
Mrs. T. D. Sexton, Mrs. Charles
Smith. Mrs. G. A. Altizcr, Mrs. W. B.
F. White, Mrs. W. B. Spratt, Mrs. P.
P. Hurt. Mrs. A. A. Wysor, Mrs.
Creed Shclton, Mrs. Bates Home,
Mrs. Liddle, Mrs. R. Witten, Mrs.
Clarence Hankins, Mrs. Billiard, Mrs.
Julia Williams, Misses Barrett, Sub
lette nnd Boggcss.
Out of town guests were Mrs Gco.
R. McCall, of Raven; Mrs. Harry
Williams, from Cincinnati; Mrs. C.
H.^Peory, Misses Mayo and Elizabeth
Hurt, Mrs. Harry Bane nnd Mrs. F.
Bane, of Cedar Blutr. The guests
thoroughly enjoyed the afternoon and
it was suggested that Miss Kincan?
non and Mrs. Maxwell repeat this
some time in the near future. G.
CLIFFIELD NOTES.
Mr. George Beavers has returned
from a short visit to .his sister, Mrs.
A. D. Soyers at Big Four
Miss Ida Whitt has returned from
a visit to her undo and aunt, Mr and
Mrs. Wm. Cochran, of Riehlands.
David Greear spent Friday night
and aSturday with his uncle Joseph
Gillespie at Tazewell.
Rufus Witt and Dora Busic, the
school teachers of Cliflleld, made a
flying trip to Norton Sunday.
Rev,! J. S. Meadows is expected to
fill his usual appointment here Sot
urday night and Sunday
.Miss Lucy Beavers spent Saturday
and Sunday with her son, Alex Beav?
ers, of Pounding Mill.
Misses Billie and Marie Beavers
spent Wednesday night with their
uncle, and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. M. H.
Beavers.
Rev. J. C. Graham filled his usual
appointment here last Wednesday ev?
ening and preached an interesting
sermon.
There are a few eases of influen?
za in, this neighborhood now. Not
very serious, we ure glad to say.
CARDS OF THANKS.
We wnnt to thank the good people
of the town for their sympathy and
for the many good nnd valunble
things that were brought and sent to
us'during our sickness* We hope to
be able to do something in return for
3o much, done for us. We thank you
one and all.
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Kimhol.
For the many expressions of kind?
ness nnd sympathy shown ua during
our recent boreavoment, we take this
means of thnnking our many friends.
Mrs. Sam Lnrimer nnd Family.
A SORELY AFFLICTED FAMILY.
The large family of Mr. and Mrs.
William Kimball, all of whom, ex?
cept Mr. Kimball and one child, are
recovering from the attacks of influ?
enza nnd pneumonia. Mrs. Kirnball
is still confined to her bed and quite
sick, but said to be improving now.
Mr. and Mrs. Kimball arc profuse in
their expressions of gratitude for the
great, unlimited kindness of their
neighbors during this severe nnd try?
ing affliction.
Mr. nnd Mrs. Ernest Lewis, who
have been occupying the upper rooms
in the News building, will move about
tomorrow or the first of next week,
to Mrs. Lowdcr's residence on Taze?
well avenue. Mrs. Lowder, it is stat?
ed, will move to Bluefild.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
The property of Mm. Jennie Kitts
on Pino Street, now occupied by Wy
att Edwards, was sold last week to
Mrs. M. A. Smith, of Thompson Val?
ley. The price paid was $1800 cash.
H. A. Bowcn and N. W. McConnell
have swapped properties. McCon?
nell moving into the Bowcn property
on Tazewell avenue nnd Bowen into
the McConnell property in East Taze?
well.
LJL, VIRGINIA, FRIDAY, MAR
DOG'S PART IN
THE GREAT WAR
Trained Animals Saved Many
Lives in Preventing Surpise
Attacks on French and the
American Outposts.
Although no government has yet
awarded a cross to any of the dogs
which did such faithful duty during
the war as sentinels, patrols, and
messengers, their distinguished ser?
vice has brought about an organized
movement to make use of their in?
telligence and fidelity, and of their
keener senses of hearing and seeing.
It is certain that, at least, they will
he more generally utilized in police
work.
Since the use of police dogs began
in New York City other municipali?
ties have taken up the work, and for
a time society women living in sub?
urbs engaged trainers to teach their
dogs to watch strangers and in some
cases to attack them. So far no wo
ma nhas been attacked while walking
or riding when accompanied by a po?
lice dog. Property trained dogs walk?
ing or siiting beside their masters
serve us protectors. Hut they can do
? more.
Two years ago, Mira, a Belgian
police dog, won for its mistress, Mrs.
Leo P. Wanner of Mendow Brook
Farm, Hempstead, L. I., a police
badge as special officer. After u sc?
ries of burglaries in Hempstead Mrs.
Wanner was asked for the use of
her dogs, hey were put on the trail
and stuck to it, and only lost it in
the northwest, section of Hempstead
.because the burglars at that point
had mounted bicycles.
While New York City has caught
no murderers with a police dog, one
of the animals trained by Louis de
Winter of Montelair did good work
in a Kidgewood murder mystery. A
girl hud been struck on the head with
a piece of iron pipe, and dragged
across the rond into the woods for
about. 200 feet. As soon as the body
and pipe were discovered de Winter
offered the use of his dog, Herta von
Ehrengrund. After smelling the pipe
the dog took up tho trail, which led
to a farmhouse. The farmer aaid a
stranger bad been there several
nights before, but his description was
not accurate. Tho dog went from the
farmhouse to a building in course of
construction. Then it rushed to a
pile of pipe, and from one piece the
officers found a length had been cut,
The trail then led to a deserted shack.
The dog went upstairs, and an old
mattress was found with bloodstains
on it. The dog followed across the
country and toward evening came up?
on a froup of men talking at the road
side. The dog leapend upon ono of
them and brought him to the ground.
This man ultimately confessed that
he and a negro had committed the
crime.
The use of police dogs in the out?
lying sections of Now York has dune
much to decrease burglarly and there
arc no more interested spectators of
their work at the annual police ex?
hibitions than thieves, burglars, and
other crooks. With the advent of the
police dog, burglars, in sections whe re
they were used, began to use the au?
tomobile as a get-away vehicle.
Police dogs frequently find intox?
icated men, and this is particularly
valuable work in zero weather, when
a man lying outdoors would freeze
to death. They do patrol work with
the policemen and more than once
they have discovered fires at night
calling attention to their barkings
until the police have been attracted
and the alarm sent in
In the sections where they are us?
ed the annual police report shows a
idecrease of petty crimes, parties
larly in addition to thievery.
Up to the beginning of the great
war the number of police dogs ex?
hibited at the Dog Show in New
York City increased by leaps and by
bounds, jumping in four years pre?
vious to the war from seven dogs to
seventy-two.
In European capitola police dogs
have special exhibits of their own.
On the Continent the breeds include
the Airedale terrier, Doberman pins
chcr, German shepherd dog, rottwcil
lor and the bloodhound. According
to the Gcrsbach-Joger instructions,
thirty lessons are needed to turn out
a competent police dog. The first les?
son taught iB seeking and retrieving
articles the trainer has buried; the
second is to teach the dog to pick tip
articles lost or thrown away by the
strangers; tho third is instructing the
dog to make better uso of its noso;
the fourth is carrying a message ti
a co-worker detailed in the same case;
the fifth is to get the dog to carry
a message back to tho staticn, and
so on until the dog is able tc "trail"
a criminal.
The message a dog ca'. lea is by
signs placed on the collai, von Mercy
announcing a code of 'thirteen sig?
nals to call for one, two, three.or
four men as reinforcements, to call
for one trniner and one dog, for an
ambulance, fo a p/trol wagon, for a
fire engine and of paratus and there
were other signfVs to indicate "burg?
lars nt work, f ve men and dogs";
"am trailing ('aspects, trail me";
"murder' Coroner, detectives and t'ne
forces"; "am shot, disabled."
In 1007 a .<ow York police Lieu?
tenant was lent to Belgium to buy
dogs used tlipre for police purposes.
Including the cost of his voyage
across tie ocean, the purchase prico
of th dogs, the freight charges on
ithem to this country, the Lieutenants
! own hotel bills for nearly a month
in Belgium and other incidentals the
bill was $364.80.
I "Why," continued Metz, "thero are
CH 21, 1919.
officials In the employ of the Adminis?
tration who would charge more than
that for n trip to Washington.
The Lieutenant had paid .vio oach
for th live dogs he brougt over. The
CUStomo oflicinls would not believe
him, however. They put a vaulation
of $1,001) on each dog, and wanted to
collect JO per cent. duty. Arrange?
ments were made to bring in the
dogs and the City Controller agreed
to let them see the bill when it was
presented.
"When 1 got the bill," Controller
Mete remarked' at. the time, "1 sent
word to the Custom House that, if
they would send an Inspector up, 1
would let them copy the bill. The
Inspector came, glanced at the bill,
and went away with a disgusted
look."
Little has appeared anywhere, for
obvious reasons, about the work of
dogs as sentinels, patrol aids and in
Ute tarrying of dispatches?impor?
tant work when speed means the sav?
ing of Human lives anil where it would
lie impossible for human beings to
get through alive.
To get an idea of the work of the
scout, sentinel, and laiiioil doer, lot
them be properly introduced, as they
were honored before French regi?
ments, behind the front, when their
deeds were told to the poilll in review
formation:
"Hector No. 23 H, scout dog: At
the farm of Uoisc-Unites, where the
enemy lay hidden, no patrol dared
Ventura. A dog and a man started for
it at night. Hector went twenty yards
in front of the poilu. Approaching
the farm he gave no sign of worry,
and continued. Tho place had been
suddenly abandoned. French teleg?
raphers hastily took charge. Two tel?
ephone calls at dawn and an impor?
tant enemy redoubt was pulverized.
Titine, No. 17 11, dog sentinel:
In the Vongcs, a battalion had bor?
rowed as sentinel one of our partic?
ularly Intelligent dogs. In her first,
week Titine saved two sentinels by
her warning.) and in a mouth eleven,
in each case from actual attack,
which was escaped. She lost no sen?
tinel in tho region where the bat?
talion, previously without, dogs, had
lost as high as seven sentinels in
nine days..
Mcdor, No. (! F, laison dog; 0;i
Sept. 28. 11U7, was struck by n shell
scrap. He accomplished one and a
qunrter miles undi r curli in tire to
carry an order of the brigade I ? a
Colonel; was wounded, yet draggod
himself to the commanding . > i.
where he died lifteen minutes lifter,
Let. an American Corporal lull how
a German's dog foiled him. Will/
two privates the Corporal left a luge
patrol in a ccrlnin place in nn aban?
doned trench in No Man's Land. They
first found a stnoclli wire harrier
which had been shot to pieces by the
American lire. Further on they CIIIII0
upon German entanglements of wire
twenty feet deep, with four pointed
barbs. The men were inspecting nn
opening in the wiie when a dog, ap?
parently chained on the other side,
began to bark. A dugout opened up
quickly in a trench and a gruff voice
was heard to Hay, "fertig," meaning
"ready." Suddenly a brilliant rocket
went up and the Americans threw
themselves Hat on the. ground just
ns a machine gun began to spit bul?
lets in their direction. A few feet,
away a heavy object struck the earth.
This was found later to be bomb
which had been hurled from the Gor
mun trench. It had failed to go oil'.
The soldiers stayed where they were
until tho firing ceased, then they
mndo their way back to the larger
patrol of which they were a part and
reported.
An officer just back tells how a
sentry ?log, supplied to his battalion,
worked when he took it out on patrol
duty. "It was a dark night," he said,
"and wo moved along for some time
and saw nothing. Suddenly the dog
Stopped dead, pointed, and gave a low
growl. We immediately lay motion?
less on the ground. Two Germans
rose up as if out. of the. ground in
front of us and they were imme?
diately baynoted by our men."
Dog required special training for
sentry work. The dog's hearing is
effective at a distance of 100 to 150
yards. Ilia place at night was in a
hole made by shells, behind a rock
or tree or in a ditch. He did not bark
in this kind of service. He growled
doeply, or guve some sign, such as
scratching the ground, moving his
tail, or pricking up his cars to indi?
cate that something was taking
place. The human sent ink* imme?
diately was on guard.
Sentry duty was taught by making
the dog stay in one position and look
in one direction. The sentries were,
the most silent army in the world.
The dogs had a division of their own,
organized, staffed and equipped, like
any other branch of the service. They
had their drills, parades, and ma?
noeuvring grounds, their administra?
tive centre, cookhouse, dressing sta?
tion, and hospital. They lived in the
huts with no front wall, and each dog
had his own kennel.
Artemis, at one time attached to
tho 04th Regiment of Infnntry in the
Ypres sector, once saved the life of
the Captain he was attached to, and
later, during the Crown Prince's of
fr.usive on tho Heights of tho Meusc,
on night patrol and sentinel duty, he
saved the life of his master, Sergeant
Major Poussigue. In the Ypres sec?
tor his Captain was fighting one Gor?
man when another slipped up behind
him with his baynoet ready to use it.
The dog leaped at the throat of the
second Germnn and brought him
down just as the Captain finished off
the first asasilant.
Moth Sergeant Major PJoussiguo
and the dog wero lying in a listening
post when suddenly Artemis began to
bristle and emit low growls. He had
smelted a boche. Tho Sergennt Ma?
jor rcmnined where he was listening
and straining his eyes to sec how
many there wero in the patrol when
suddenly the dog sprang over the pa?
rapet of the listening post and flung
himself at the throat of n boche who
had crept up from another direction.
Rifle firei mmcdintcly began. When
it was over there was one dead boche
and the sentinel's right leg was hang?
ing limply.
The liasison or courier dog must
have intelligence of a high order and
much training. This dog carried dis?
patches day and night, and must pos?
sess speed, endurance and be una?
fraid of shell fire or artillery bur?
nt gc. There were times when it was
impossible to establish telegrnph lines
or there were times when tho wire?
less and telephones, no matter how
d?oply sunk, wen? useless. At times
when by barrage lue the freut lines
were tut elf ami it was impossible for
a human being to make the journey,
these dogs of war. faithful to their
duty, went to it with heroism.
DOINGS AT POUNDING MILD.
.1. 11. Williamson attended tho Roos?
evelt show at Tazewell Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Ringstaff were
visitors to Minefield Monday.
Oscar Hoops, J. T. Altizer, Alex
Heavers, were business visitors to
Tnzewoll today.
C. 11. Steele, of Paint Lick, was the
guest of his brother here Friday. He
reports bis son, .lohnt, having arriv?
ed home the previous afternoon, hav?
ing gotten his linal discharge from
the army. His son, Edgar, is still in
France,
Airs, tins Christian was a recent
visitoi to Uluellcld.
Mrs. Henry ShuUlblin visited her
sister. Mrs. Arch Hruster at Max?
well las tweek. Hoth Mr. and Mrs.
Hruster were very ill of intluonzn.
Rev. Nannie Osborno ami li.tic
son were here yesterday ufterni on.
She had been to Belfast Mills help?
ing her brother. Rev. .lames Graham,
in a protracted meeting.
Miss Gussie Christian has been con?
fined to her bod for the past week by
a severe cold
Mrs, Ira Simpson bad the misfor?
tune to run the head of a needle in
the end of her first linger of the right
baud while brushing down the bosom
of her dress, since which time she
has been ill.. This cshould be n warn?
ing to those accustomed to sticking
needlesin I heir blouses.
Mr. .lohn I?voll, who has lung dis?
ease, is repirted as being seriously
ill.
Horn to Mr. ami Mrs. Itobort I'eltSj
a daughter. All doing well. There is
also a line daughter at Mr. and Mrs.
F, M. -Myers not previously reported.
The missionary meeting of the C.
M. H. M. on last Sunday at 2:110 was
very interesting. Their subject was
China. The following were on fhei
program: Mrs.. Ollie Hurl, Mrs. Mar?
tha Sparks, Mrs. S. 'P. Sparks, Mrs.
W. It. Steele, 'Mrs. C. If. Griffith,
Mrs. ('. II. obinett; Misses Mary
H Gillcspia and Octavin Pruelt.
Rev. Mr. Liddle, of Snllvillo, tho
Methodist minister, has an appoint?
ment here for next Salrud ylinigXXZ
llieilt hert for next. Saturday night,
John 11. (iilluupie made a trip to
Welch yesterday, returning this p.
oi. on No. 11. His little daughter,
iCatl.crine, is Hiiirering from u severe
cold
Thl Sunday Seiend will give a good
p'.'ogtam on Salurdny night, the 29,
all fr< e.
Misa Octavin Pruelt and srier.
Mis. :". T. Sparku are tho drillers A i
plcasnnl evening is anticipated, Cornel
out. mid li!l the house and nee your
children perform. Hazel MnGee i;' the
organist.
Edgar lluiiiellu, uon of Mr. and |
Mrs. Mose Huriiefte, formerly of this
place, but now of llarlwnll, W. Vn.,1
who h is been in the army, was shak?
ing hands with old friends here yes?
terday, lie wears u cross of honor
for marksmanship ami several differ
out stripes on Ins sleeves that your '
thick headed scribe cant remember j
what fur. He bud boon to Cuba and
is looking well and feeling line.
W. H. Steele, U. K. Gillospio of the'
Hlulf Milling Co., were at Cedar Hind
Saturday looking ntcf the mills, which
are under the efficient management
of .1. Ed. McGulre.
Mrs. Martha Sparks has bud us her
guest her brother, Alberl Maxwell, a
grandson of Arl Holland.
Little Louise Trnyor, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. ('. II. Trayer, was very
ill several days last week und Norman
Sparks, little son of Mrs. Martha
Sparks, are both able to lie out again,
Mrs. W. Ii. Steele was shopping in
Tnzzewull today. She has had a very
sever cold for over a week.
Misses Francis Moore und Emma
linger spent the week end with their
friends at Herwind and Graham, re?
spectively.
W. L. Ringstaff. bridgeman, has
been Home a few days looking after
his farm ami store.
AN UP TO DATE BLUEFIELD
STOKE.
In today's issue of the News ap?
pears the advertisumeut of the An
grist-Sntnoth Company, of Minefield,
W. Vu., which has one of the most
up to date and convenient shopping
centers for Ladies und Mens Wearing
Apparel in this section of the coun?
try. The mcmcbrs of this firm are all
well known to the people of this sec?
tion. Mr. Angrist will lie known to
his many friends hero as having at
one time owned a tailor shop in Tnze
wcdl which was later run by his son,
Hen. A. A. AngriBt, who has just re?
turned from sorvico with the U. S.
Murine. Corps and Harry Angrist and
also Miss Rose Angrist are also as?
sociated with the firm. Mr. M. E.
Samoth is also well known hore, hav?
ing been in business in Minefield for
many years with B host of friends on
the Clinch Valley.
Their store is modern in every re?
spect A ladies lounge room and rest
room especially for tho out-of-town
shoppers will be a relief for Tazewell
shoppers while in' Blueflold. Every
convenience is provided, writing dcsk,|
telephone, reading matter, Victrola,1
und other pleasing furniture which
adds greatly to the comfort of the
visitors to their store and where the
shoppers from Tazewell are welcome
to come and lounge during their spare
moments. Space is also provided ad?
jacent to their large building for the
parking of automobiles which tour?
ists and shoppers are invited to use.
The sales force will be found to bo
very painstaking and polite and vory'
accommodating which, adds greatly to !
thnt home-like feeling that prevails ?
Among the sales people will oc found \
Mrs. Presslcy Thomas, formerly of
Tazewell and Mrs. Jfpnnio Sullivan,
and Mrs. J. T. Rnmsey, who are so
well known in this section. Mnny
Tazewell shoppers hnvo already vis?
ited -this fashion centre although op?
en only two weeks and it is certain
others will take advantage of thoir
offerings.
FOR SALE.
The property on Tazewell avenue
adjoining the property of f. A. Leslie
and W. T. Thompson is for sale. Price
$5,000 on good terms.
Apply to Henry A. Bowen, Taze-,
well, Vs. 3-21-3t.
$1.50 PER YEAR.
'BOB' CROCKETT
LIKED AT HOME
Prospective Republican Candi?
date For the Senate Has Rec?
ord of Loyalty, and is Pop?
ular in This Section.
As noted Ln tho news columns of
I Ulis ]>tiper lust issue, the county Rc
; publican muss-meeting endorsed Roh
' ert O. Crockett, of this town, ns ?
candidate for the State Semite, n po?
sition tilled l>y Hon. J. Powell Royall,
for the past eight years. The delc
i gates appointed to the nominating
: convention to he held at Richlnnd.i to
I morrow week were instructed by res?
olutions offered by .Ins. W. Harninn,
, to vote for Mr. Crockett's uominu
tion "as long ns his name is before
the convention."
If this senatorial district is again to
be represented by a Republican, as
usual, tho Clinch Valley News favors
the return of Mr. Royall to the Son
ate. Mut, judging from the proceed?
ings of the mnss-mcotlug, Mr. Roy
all's candidacy is eliminated, unless
I ..here is some move made at the Rich
lauds convention to ronomuinto him.
It is staled by the leaders, some of
them at least, that. Russell county
will vote solidly for the nomination
of Mr. Crockett, as against Mr.
Dougherty, who is also a candidate
for the nomination.
As before stated, if a Republican
! is to represent the district, we believe
j Mr. Crockett decidedly the most ac?
ceptable candidate* Crockett would
earnestly endeavor to do his duty. Ho
is u young man of intelligence, a good
lawyer of evcellent character, busi
I nose ability and entirely temperate.
I He is ns sound as u dollar on the
question of prohibition, und was four
squnru on all war activities since the
entrance of the United Stales into the
conllict, laying nsldo all politics and
pulling his shoulder to the wheel and
helped his county make an enviable
record in ninny of the drives for the
Red Cross, War Stamps, Liberty Loan
issues, "Y" campaigns, etc.
Horn and roared here, ho knows the
people of Ta'/.ewell and Russell, mid is
popular as was bin father before
him, (he late .lohn W. Crockett, for
many years high sheriff of this coun?
ty "lioh" stands well with tho bus?
iness men of his community, as was
evidenced recently by bis election n.s
Vico-Prcsidcnt of the Rank of Clinch
Valley, one of the strongest institu?
tions in Southwest Virginia.
The Clinch Valley News ii; not tak?
ing a political view of the. matter.
We sincorely believe the Demo?
crats should put. up a candidate if
the party is to be held together, and
I hey may do so, but in the absence
of an acceptable candidate of our
own party, we lake pleasure in giv?
ing support, to a young man whom wc
have known since his boyhood, and in
whom not. only ourselves but the en?
tire community have confidence.
D1CKENSON DEMOCRATS HAVE
NAMED SOLDIER CANDIDATES.
Tin; democrats of Dickensnu coun?
ty, who met in convention at Clint
wood on the II fh nominated a sol?
dier ticket for the various offices of
the county as follows:
Clerk?W. B. Rnsnlck.
Treasurer ? Prunk Sykes.
Sheriff?C. P. Flomming.
Commissioner, Eastern District?|
Rev. Win. It. Sutherland.
Western district?Welford Stanley.
Mr. Sykes and Mr. Stanley have
seen considerable service in Prance,
Mr. Sykes having been wounded three
times.
BIG VEIN HAPPENINGS. ..
Mr. N. L. Barker, who has been
confined to his room for sometime by
bronchitis und asthma, wo are glad In?
state in out again.
Mr. M. Maxey, tin- boss pumper at
our No. 2 mine, stepped on a nail last
week and punctured his foot very
painfully tho not serious.
Miss Blanche Lcnthco, who was
reported last week with fever, died
Monckiy night and was buried Tues?
day at Pocahontas cemetery. We are
much in sympathy with the greived
parents, as the deceased was very
popuuur here. May the God above
comfort, the family in their sorrow.
Mrs. Charlie Herbert, of Iloisse
vain, in going to move on Stone street
in the. house recently vacated by Mr.
J. G. Bcninghove, who moved to his
farm in Montgomery county.
Mr. Ed. Pauley and Andy Dawson
have been vei-y busy for tho past
three weeks bunlding n pump on a
new foundation. Thoy completed the
job last Sunday morning by getting
some assistance, from tho mino fore
mnn Ho kept them in good spirits,
while they were at work.
Mr. Sam Berbcrt got his eye hurt
last Saturday night while nt work
by a chip of steel flying from his
hammer, but not Bcrious.
Wiiliam Bailey moved to his farm
last week, which ho recently purcas
cd from W. II. Walters near Rosc
ville.
Mr. J. P. Watson and wife and
Mrs. W. B. Burton, all of this place,
wore visiting in Boissevaino last
Sunday.
Some one reported last week that
somo old worthless dog had broken
in on a setting hen that belongs to
Sidryv Crouch and eat all the eggs.
Thei Ul "moonbayers" nnd hound
dog.t, >uld be ground up into soap
and fti^ ? the taxation on them.
S. BV 'Maxey has been plowing for
a few dnys for his corn and potato
pntch.
There was a wind ator min our
camp last Monday. Joe Litzford was
up a while with us. Oh, don't it get
windy in March.
STARTED SOMETHING.
Our friend, W. IL Witten, of St.
Albans, W. Va., suggests in a person?
al letter thnt such a man as Georger
Kelly, of this community, a thor?
ough, successful furmer, should be
3cnt to the Senate or legislature from
this county. He cays "Put such men?
ns George in these important offices
and keep lawyers out." So, Will ha?
"started something." . ._\.