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ESTABLISHED 1845.
DOUBLE KILLING
WHITAKER RIDGE
18-Year Old Boy, Henderson
Whitaker, Responsible for the
Death of Wm Whitt and
Ellen Nelson.
News of a shooting of n man and
woman, fatally, on Whitakers Ridge,
reached town on Wednesday morn?
ing, by a young man named Whit?
aker. Details are meager. Common?
wealth's Attorney Harman was no?
tified of the killing, and that Whit?
aker was under arrest and would have
a hearing at Cedar Bluff on Thurs?
day, yesterday. Commonwealth's At?
torney conducted the trial before
the Magistrate.
The particulars und the result ol
the trial have not reached us at time
of going to press.
It appears that Whitaker shot and
killed a woman named Nelson and,
Bill Whitt, a man. What the trouble
was about was not stated in th^l
phone message. Whitaker Ridge is ori
the north side of the county,, near j
the West Va. line, and is known as
the seat of a number of moonshine'
still houses, which have given the of?
ficers much trouble, and been the
scene of a number of tragedies. The
supposition seems reasonable that
moonshine liquor was at the bottom
of the trouble.
POUNDING MILL NEWS.
Pounding Mill, Sept. 24.?Mr. Hen?
ry S'namblin captured a still near Mr.
Newt Lowe's last Saturday. Dozens
of visitors went to Mr. Shamblin's
residence to sec the still. It was your
scribe's first inspection of a still and
smelled like and looked like a dirty
slop bucket. The owners of the still
were not captured. Mr. Shamblin car?
ried the still to Tnzewell the first of
the week.
Rev. J. E. Gruham, of Maxwell, the
Southern Methodist preacher of this
circuit, will baptize some candidates
here tomorrow at 4 p. m. in the river.
Miss Bessie Sayers was a recent
visitor to Mrs.R. K. Gillespie's. She
taught here three years and has a
great many warm friends. She fills
the chair this year at Cliffield, the
first station above here. The peoplu
there are fortunate.
The W. C. T. U. will have a meet?
ing at Union church next Sunday ev?
ening. Mrs. W. B. Steele, president
of the union here, expects to go on
Monday as a' delegate to the State
convention at Roanoke, which con?
venes next Monday night, the 2S)th to
the 2nd of October, inclusive. Mrs.
II. M. Sturgill, and Miss Marie Max
well, of Ronnoke, who are members
of the union here are also delegates.
: The following persons, not men?
tioned previously attending school:
Miss Ollic Kate and Jim Sam Gil
lespie, Tazewell High Svcholl: Rob?
ert Felix Gillespie, Medical College
of Virginia at .Richmond; Miss Ciy
Davis, Honaker H. S.; David Gillcs?
pie, Hampden Sidney.
Mr. Jim Bob Hurt returned to So.
Dnkota with his aunt, Mrs. James
Kelly via auto. ,
The C. W. B. M. met last Sunday,
at 3:30 p. m. at the Union church.
The meeting was interesting.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Smith and
family motored to Tip Top last Sun?
day.
Mrs. Martha Sparks has returned
from Bedford City.
Dr. Rex Steele spent Saturday and
Sunday in Blucfield.
Mr. John Wynn, formerly of Bap?
tist Valley, but now of Christians
burg, spent a couple of nights this
week with old friends, W. B. Steele
and family. Mr. A. B. Gilardi, of
Graham, was also a pleasant visito?
Friday afternoon. He put in the stone
work for the railroad bridges 17 years
ago and he and hia young bride and
many others, boarded with this fam?
ily. He has worked for the N. and
W. Ry. as stone foreman since 1884.
Has a lovely home in Graham, which
was made sad the first of May by thu
death of his only son, 14 years of age
and a student of the Graham High
School.
Rev. James H. Graham, the M. E.
pastor, of Belfast Mills, visited his
sister, Mrs. Mary Christian and fam?
ily here today. He came up in the
new Ford.
Mr. and Mrs. John B. Gillespie and
baby returned Sunday night from
Wittens Mills, where the two latter
spent several days with parents, Mr.
and Mrs. John F. Gillespie and fami?
ly.
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Altizer and fam?
ily, of Richlinds, attended the C. W.
B. M. meeting here Sunday aftcrnooi.
but had to leove before the "call
meeting of the W. C. T. U.
Charles McGuire was down today
from the Branch and reports his fa?
ther, W. F. McGuire as not doing
much good.
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Trayer, and
little Louise Trayer, returned recent?
ly from a visit to relatives in Staun
ton and brought back C. H. Trayer's
little son, Malcomn, who spent sev?
eral weeks with his aunt, Mrs. Tray?
er, Mr. Raymond Trayer's mother.
The Fine Rain.
The copious and much needed rains
of the first of the week were a won?
derful help to the farmers in fallow?
ing for wheat etc. The pastures had
become very dry. The storm which
seems to huvc been the "tail-end" of
the hurricane and storm of the 14th
which swept the southern coasts,
seems to have been general over the
State and Eastern sections, break?
ing a serious drought which prevail?
ed over the country.
V
TAZEWELL, VIRGINIA, F
An Interesting Meeting.
An unusually well attended and in?
teresting meeting of the Tazewell
Methodist Womiuis' Missionary So?
ciety was held nt the homo of Mr3.
W. L. Moore, Thursday afternoon,
September the eighteenth.
Mrs. G. W. McConnell capably led
the devotional and literary program.
Inspiring articles, dealing with the
subject?Making Democracy Safe So?
cially from a lawyer's, a physician's,
a president's and the churches point
of view were read and told.
The president, Mrs. W. A. Scott,
presented a questionaire on social ser?
vice, and called attention to the need
of many forms of social servico work
in civic betterment and school im?
provement.
Miss Ellen Scott told of the crowd?
ed conditions of tho Tazewell school
rooms and made an earnest and
eloquent appeal for the help of alt
present in the alcviation of this con?
dition, and urged a hearty response
if a call could come for money, time
or help of any kind.
The District Secretary, Mrs. L. A.
Tynes, announced that a series of all
day missionary meetings would be
held at Lebanon, Tuesday, Cedar
Bluff Wednesday, North Tazewell
Thursday and Graham Friduy. The
ladies of the town were invited to
attend the meeting at North Taze?
well. At the close of the business
session delightful refreshments were
served by the hostess.
The next meeting will be held at
the home of Mrs. S. M. B. Coulling,
with "Mrs. Henry Harmon as leader.
Mrs.- Eliza Thompson Dead.
Mrs. Eliza Anne Thompson, moth?
er of W. E. and J. B. Thompson, nt
Glenwood, died Stmday morning at
2 o'clock, and was buried Monday
afternoon near Glenwood church, at
3. p. m. Rev. W. C. Thompson, her
pastor, was in chnrge of the funeral.
Deceased leaves two sons, W. h.
nnd John B. and two daughters?Mrs.
Jno. B. Adams and Miss Pearl Thomp?
son. She was the widow of the late
J. M. Thompson, who was the
uncle of Messrs. S. B. and S. J.
Thompson, of this community. She
was about 7f> years of age, a woman
of strong character and a faithful
member of the Methodist church for
mnny years.
The Flu In Tazewell.
A few cases of the "flu" have been
reported in the county?a case or
two at Richlandu and Pocnhontas. The
cases reported are said to be in a mild
form. However, every precaution
should be taken to prevent the di
scasc getting a hold in the com?
munity.
Cheaper Fresh Meats.
Commencing Saturday, I will reduce
j the price of meat 14 per cent. Flat
rib roost, 25c:; chuck roast, 30c;
j round steak, 35c; loin stenk, 40c. Also
! have fresh pork this week and will
i appreciate some of your other busi
ncss. It will help me to sell fresh
meat cheaper. J. W. WHITLEY.
A stupendous production?a romance of the great war_
and ? ?tory of the lore that paueth ail understanding
,"A~ tremendoui pie
tare. "
-Tau? Topic.
,'fOn? of the matt stir?
ring filmt eser presented
in New York."
-//?? Vtrrn Stmtm WtiU
"Spectator* thrilled to
it with enthusiasm."
Take? rank with the
great masterpieces of
the screen."
"Our advice it, go tee
' The Heart of Human.
fry.'"
Yth TrUmnt
"Of the'utmost inten?
sity. "
-Ntm Yak WctU
"A distinct achievement
in motion picture cre?
ation."
?-//i*. York Tits...
"l? certain to touch
the heart of humanity."
Ymh R.Hnt
"Panorama? unsur?
passed on the screen."
-V.u, Y-.1 Cent*, 5m
/fa intense 'story will
hold you to the and. "
-Nen Yrrh t?mUtt T.I.,,.,,,
"Conceived with a ?kill
and intelligence that lift,
it high above its content,
poraries."
-Ntm Ycrk Mm Hail
"Beats any story on the
screen."
-PhJtrpt.y Maiailr..
Tiiis is tiie picture ffor your whole fam?iy-bring them
New Theatre Tomorrow
Matinee, 2:30 p. m.
Prices, 35c and 75c. Balcony, 25 and 35.
Evening 8 p. m.
Prices, 55 and $1.10. Ml Seats Reserved
Balcony, 25 and 50c.
Music by Orchestra. Reserved seats at Jackson's.
Third in series shown in interest of the Soldiers' Memorial.
RIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1919
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WORLD LOOKS TO
UNITED STATES
Any Reservation to Article Ten,
President Declares, Would Be
A Rejection of Entire Peace
Treaty.
- Reading again the proposed sen?
ate reservation to articlo 10 of tliu
league covenant. President Wilson de?
clared in an address at Cheyenne,
Wyo., Wednesday that should any
reservation be ndopted ho would be
obliged as chief executive to regard
it as a rejection of the treaty.
The president ndded that rejection
of the treaty would mean negotiation
of a separate peace treaty with Ger?
many and asserted that such a nego?
tiation could not change a siuglu item
of the peace settlement.
Turning to the league covenant, the
president said the question of whether
the heart of the league covenant wus
to be cut out soon must como to u
"showdown." It would mean tho viti
ution of the whole plan, he assorted,
if the nation were to adopt tho reser?
vations to article ten, as proposed in
tho senate.
Ono by one, he said, the other ob?
jections to the covenant had been dis?
posed of. To all "candid minds," he
asserted, it now was apprent that
the Monroe doctrine was fully pro?
tected, that there was no super-gov?
ernment set up and that no dnnger
was feared from the "speaking parts"
given to the British dominions in tho
league nssembly.
Thus, continued Mr. Wilson, the
whole discussion had settled down
upon article ten, under which the
members agree to preserve on
another's territorial integrity against
external aggression.
The reservation read by the presi?
dent was the same as that hel aid be?
fore his audience last night at tho
Salt Lake City tabernacle. By its
provisions the United would assume
no obligations to preserve the territo?
rial integrity of other nations unless
congress should so decide.
Unless the United States went into
the league now, he added, and assum?
ed its full responsibility 1t would
have to come in later with Germany.
Characterizing the pence treaty as
ucompleto reversal of the old auto?
cratic processes of governments, the
president nppcnlcd to the people to
support the league of nations as a con?
summation in the fight for democracy.
The example to which the whole
world now turned, Bnid the president,
wn set by the United States in 117G,
Some European statesmen, he declar?
ed, had "affected to disregard that ex?
ample, but now they all had to come
under its influence.
I The president's address, frequent?
ly interrupted by cheering, was deliv?
ered in a Chycnne theatre which was
filled.
Discussing America's place, and
leadership, Mr. Wilson said the na?
tion must keep its face turned for?
ward just as the American aildiers
always did in the great war.
"They never thought, of turning
back, not only," he said, "but they
i never put any reservations on their
service."
Opponents of the treaty, Mr. Wil?
son said, made many insupportable
objections, but. had "debated serious?
ly" only one-of these objections?the
Shantung settlement. Ho went into
the history of the Shnntung conces?
sion nt lenght, pointing out that pres?
ident McKinley did not protest when
| Germany acquired Shantung rights
now given to Japan, The settlement
included in the Versailles treaty,( he
nsseVtcd, was "unavoidable," while
the league of nations offered the best
hope for China's recovery of her lost
province.
-The United States, asserted the
president, had no precedent in inter?
national law even to protest against
Japan's acquisition of the Shantung
rights. But, he nddeil, under article
eleven, of the league covenant^ it
would be the friendly right of n nation
to protest against any such situation
which endangered peace, or the. ttvtt
time, he said, the United States could
under the league, become the "effec?
tive friend" of China.
A Mammoth Ear of Corn.
Emory Mcarland brought an car of
corn to this office, grown on his farm
this year, which is a whopper. It is
of the yeilow vnriety, measures near?
ly 12 inches, has 20 rows and nenrly
1100 grains. It's great corn. Several
parties who have seen it say they can
"beat it." Talk is cheap. Neverthe?
less, Tazewell is known for its fine
corn and the present crop is one of
the best in the history of the county.
Beat Mcarland's ear if you can.
Uoanokc Visitor's.
Mr. A. D. W. Walton and his friend,
Mr. J. H. Carmichael, two of Roa
nokes prom'jient business men, were
fn tov/n this week, so far as the re?
porter could learn, on a sight-seeing
and pleasure trip. Among other
changes Mr. Walton noted, that Taze?
well jiad taken a step forward in num ?
bering tho houses of the town, not
numbered exactly, however, as they
do it in Ronnokc, but it is Tazcwell's
way, and is all right. Tazewell al?
ways had her own way of doing
th'ng3, just a little different. Taze?
well, Franklin and Botetourt coun?
ties have made Roanoke what she is
?a fine city. Take these named coun?
ties out of the city and keep them
out, and Roanoke would flop back
into "Big Lick" where it started from,
some years ago perhaps. But, then
what would happen to these coun?
ties?
Macadamizing on the Back Street.
The work of macadamizing on thv
back street, parallel with Mam street,
has been about finished up to and in?
tersecting the street running north by
the Episcopal church. When put in
shape, as will be done shortly, thii
street will be used by the heavy traf?
fic nnd thus relieveing the congestion
on Main Street. Kincer and Vermil
I lion are the contractors.
Miss Margaret Jackson tu be Married
Next Monday.
Mm Margaret Jackson, daughter
of Dr. and Mrs. John 10. Jackson, of
Ulis city, will bo married next Mon?
day at tue bride's fiomo here to Mr.
Douglas F, fleet, of Richmond.
Ice Cream Supper At Cavitts Creek.
There wilt be a box and ico cream
supper at Harmans Chapel on Cav
itts Creek, Saturday night, Sept. the
27th, beginning at 7:31) p. m. Proceeds
for tho benefit of the cemetery at
Five Oaks.
The Republican Lender.
(New York Times.)
Senator Lodge does not seem to he
a great leader. The longer ho goes on
lending the more we ore inclined to
believe that Blainc and Thomas it.
Reed wede somewhat more capable
than he. He permits Senator Hitch?
cock, who is no grout tactician him?
self, to manoeuvre him into a false
and ridiculous position. He becomes
alarmed over the prospect that Mr.
Hitchcock will undertake to force a
vole on the Johnson amendment to
tho Treaty, and that if he does there
will be no way to prevent it except, by
filibustering. A Republican Senate
filibustering against peace would, of
course, be an intolerable spectacle,
especially when the only excuse Unit
could be (liven would be that the Sen?
ators necessary to a roll call were out
on the stump "trailing Wilson."
Si it becomes necessary to call
the far-wandering Senators home, at
least long enough to vote on the
Johnson amendment. In the old days
a word of command from such a lend?
er as Blninc or Reed would have boon
onough. Leader Lodge does his best;
ho gets Ilorah back in Washington.
But how to get Johnson? apparently
Lender Lodge has small control over
Follower Johnson, even in a case
where Mr. Johnson's own amendment
is concerned. So. Mr. Borah, who
seemingly has more influence with
Mr. Johnson, telegraphs himan ac?
count of the situation, and and Mr.
Johnson decides to return. That ac?
complished, Mr. Lodge telegraphs Mr.I
Johnson that h's return Is not really
necessary after all.
There are two binds of leaders In
Washington. One is u real leader and
the other is a "whip." The whip
makes no pretensions us n lender. It
is his task to see that everybody is
there when emergencies ruquiru it.
The leader plans policies. The place
of whip is distinctly inferior to that,
of leader. It is a hard thing to say of
a Cabot, a scholar in politics, a man
of heaven knows bow many years of
experience in the high politics und
the low, but the conclusion is irre?
sistibly borne in upon us mat so far
from being a leader, Henry nbot
Lodge in not even a competent whip.
Meanwhile, bow uslonished Gilbert
M. Hitchcock must be! Doubtless,
like most of the rest of the Semite,
he has boon more or less under the
spell of Mr. Lodge's reputation nml
that Brahmin aura?if we may con?
found for the moment two apparently
irreconcilable ideas?which surrounds
him. When he began his little essay
in parliamentary tactics, did he real?
ly expect to throw tho brooding Bud?
dha of Nabanl into a panic und make
manifest so glaringly the fntal lack
of leadership In the Republican Party?
The result must liuve surprised und
delighted him. Mr. Hitchcock is a
statesman of respectable attainments,
but no genius; yet in the first round
he has floored bis adversary in tho
best, manner of David B. Hill.
We would not detract from Mr.
Hitchcock's achievement; but it. is
doubtful if he could have done it if
the Republican Party bad bad a real
leader. Elihtl Root has retired and
Theodore Roosevelt is dead.
Magazine Prices Will Go Up.
Owing to tho increased postage
rates which they now have to pay,
many o ' this popular magazines will
increase their subscription price and
nearly all magazine club prices will
be higher after Nov. 10, 1919. Orders
for magazines placed before Nov 10th
will bo accepted at the present rute.
There are many special offers of
magazine clubs at reduced rntea ef?
fective till Nov. 10. A. M. Black has
issued a special early Fall Bargain
Booklet giving these magazine of?
fers at reduced rates. It will pay you
to place your magazine order before
Nov. 10th. Write for this Early Fall
Bargain Booklet and telephone or
mail your order to A. M. Black, phone
28, Tazewcll, Virginia.
Tragedy Of Dead Cities.
(Manchester Guardian.)
There arc many dead and dying
cities in the world, and they lie scat?
tered in the most unheard of places,
from Siam to Rhodesia, from Mexi?
co to Peru, to India to the hidden sol?
itudes of Central Asia. It. should give
us pause to think of their number
and of our own littleness of the scale
of time. It should teuch us, though
if. has never tuught any of them yet,
how transitory ore even the mightiest
habitations of men, by how slender
threads great empires are held up
from ruin.
None of the men und women who
thronged the strets of these cities
could ever have conceived that places
so full of the trust nnd vigor of lifo
would ono day be buried in the strang?
ling jungle of lie, without a sound of
wheel or human voice, silent under
the desert sand. There are many of
these cities in the East, nnd it is
often a puzzle to know what led to
their desertion. After the fashion of
the East the traveler wi]l be told all
mnnner of fnnciful h'storics, for,
even today, tho Oriental accounts all
material and reasonable explanations
secondary to metaphysical abstrac?
tions.
So, nccording to local legends, these
cities have been left on account of
course, miraculous events, prophecies,
portents, the sudden wishes of roynl
ty, or the hysterical visions of holy
men, but never thought the male
faots of the being which was prob?
ably really responsible for the evac?
uation of at lenst half of them?the
nnopheline mosquito nnd her legacy
of malaria.
Clever Comment.
There is always some woman to
(mend tho heart of the man that an
? other woman had broken.
Marching With Pondilng. i
(Julia Glasgow, in Now York Times.)
"What are the bugles blowing for?"
Said Johimy-who-hud-stayod.
"To toll tho news, to toll tho news,"
The Nurso-on-Duty said.
"What makes your cheeks so white,
so white?"
Said Johnny-who-hnd-stnyed.
"I'm fearing that I may not watch,'
The Nurse on Duty said.
"For General Pershing's coming, he?
He is matching down this way,
That's why they've got the banners
out
And all the streets are gay.
That's way you hear auch cheering,
That's why they shout 'Hurray!"
For they'll march with General Per
shing in themorning."
"What makes my roommate breath
so hard?"
Asked Johnny-who-hnd-stnycd,
"He's tearing up his fever chart,"
The Nurse on Duty said.
"What mukec that rear-row man fall
down ?"
Asked Johnny-who-hnd-atayed,
"He's trying to get oil' his coat,"
The Nurse on Duly said.
"For they want to march with per
shing,
Fevered brow and broken limb
Don't seem to them to matter
If they only march with him.
And they're calling to* euch other:
'Come on, Jack!' 'We're coming, Jim,
For they want to march with Por
shlng in tho morning."
"What's thai so bright against the
sun?"
.Said Johnny-who-hnd-staycd.
"Tho flag that shows the victory's
won,"
The Nurse on Duty said.
"What is that passing overhead?"
Said Johnny-who-hnd-Btayed,
"The spirit of the glorious dead,"
The Nurse on Duly said.
"For they'll- going to march with
Porshiug.
They'll be there, bll we won't see.
They will march with General Por?
shiug
Down the Lane of Victory.
For the land that they have died for
And the lands they helped set free
They will inarch with General Por
shing In the morning."
At The Lust.
The stream i? calmest when Itjienrn
the tide.
The Mowers tho sweetest at Hie oven
lido,
And birds most musical at the close
of day,
And saints dlvlncst when they pass
away.
Morning is lovely, but a holier charm
Lies folded idose in Kveaing'H robe
of halm
And weary man must ever love her
bent
For Morning calls to toil, but Night
to rest.
She comes from Heaven, and on her
wings doth bear
A lady fragrance, like the breath of
prayer:
Footsteps of angels follow in her
trace.
To shut the weary eye of Day in
peace.
All things are hushed before her as
she throws
O'er earth and sky her marble of re?
pose;
There is a calm, a beauty and a
power
That. Morning knows not, in the
evening hour.
Until the Evening must we weep
and toil,
Plow Llfo's stern farrows, dig the
weedy aoil,
Tread with ami feet our rough and
stormy wny,
And bear the heat and burden of the
liny.
Ob, when, our son Is setting, may we
glide
Like summer evening down the gol?
den tide;
And leave behind us, as we pass
away,
Sweet, starry twilight round our
sleeping clay!
Author Unknown.
The School Crowded.
The Tazewell High School now
numbers nearly 400 pupils, says prin?
cipal Ilobbitt. There is lack of room,
but the teachers are going ahead,
doing good work, and are enthusi?
astic, not disguising the fact, how?
ever, that the lime will come soon
when there must be more room pro
vldcd for the school, and the auth?
orities and the people generally, will
do well to begin to think about it.
Newspaper Agency In Tazewell.
A. M. Hlack has just secured
agency for the Lynchburg Newa in
addition to the Roanoke Times nnd
lllucfield Daily Telegraph which he
has had for some- time and will be
glad to receive new subscriptions or
renewals for nny of these. If your
subscription soon expires or if you
wish to take either the Lynchburg
News, Roanoke Times, or Bluefield
Telegraph write or call on A. M.
Hlack nt Tazewell, or call up phone
128 nnd give your order. Mr. Hlack
also will be glnil to handle your sub?
scription for the New York, Wash?
ington, Richmond or any of the city
papers. Place all your subscriptions
through a locnl man.
Fenced In BoisHevnne.
Alex Sayers was here the first of
the week. He says he has fenced In
all of Hoissevanc with fine wire
fences, and is now looking for other
worlds to conquer. Ho is ready and
anxious to begin on Tazewell, and
then 1H work for him here.
He says that his bosses, Superin?
tendent Whitchead and nssi?tant, W.
E. Tabor, are all right, and the finest
ever.
Has Hip Broken. ,
Mrs, Nannie Crockott, the well
Vrt?wn Graham lady, was taken to tho
Rluefiold Sanitorium Wednesday suf?
fering from the effects of a broken
hip, which sho suffered during Tues?
day night by falling in tho bath
room. Mrs. Crockett Is doing well,
nnd expects soon to return to her
home in Graham.
t Call up Phone 31
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BOTH CLAIM GAIN
IN BIG STRIKE
Capital and Labor in Steel In?
dustry in Death Struggle for
Supremacy?Third Day of
Gigantic Contest.
Tho third day of tho groat stool
Btriko passed without cither capital
or labor having niado and uppnrcnt
material gains.
Prom their respective headquarters
industrial leaders pud directors of
the strike issued their usual conflict?
ing statements which left still in
doubt the exact number of workers
who huvo walked out. William Z.
K?ster, secretary of tho strikers na?
tional committee, claimed that in tho
j various steel copters 10,000 more men
bad abandoned their posts bringing
tho total of 342,000, but in tho cruci?
al Pittsburg district officials of tho
.United States Steel Corporation and
I several "independents" assorted that
labor was returning to the mills.
According to roports from Pittsburg
where union labor leaders hold a gen?
eral parley to consider conduct of
the strike, managers of the plants
are seeking now to taku the offensive.
Not content with merely holding
what forces remain with them,' thoy
are said to be trying to induce waver?
ing strikers to return. On tho otnci
hand labor's recruiting forces aro not
Inactive, as shown by tho fact that
organizers from the mino workers'
union hnvo been culled to reinforce
I agents uf the steel workers union in
enrolling non-union workers.
Aa in Pillsburg the situation In
Chicago also was clouded with con
| Dieting roports. The industry in that
section, though crippled by the clos?
ing of so many plants, was by no
means tied up, nnd company nmcialH
idaimed additions hnd been made to
I he reduced forces with which thoy
ere continuing operation.
II will be interesting to watch for
I the outcome of the Inland Steel Com
pnny's ultimatum to its striking em?
ployees at Indiana Harbor, Ind., tbnt
inloss they return to work within
next two days tho plant will bo
shut down for six months. A simi?
lar threat on tho part of the Mucou
[textile mills brought tho strikers to
terms, it will be recalled.
Another Room Pitted Up.
Owing to a lack of room the school
board baa cut off a part, of tho up?
stairs hull, and fitted It up with desks
etc., which makes u very comfor?
table room for a class of little fol?
lows.
Next Sunday.
The members of tho Hupt ist church
re hereby notified that some years
ago a Sunday school was organized
in the Iluplist church, and has bocn
running continuously. If the major?
ity of tho members ever darkened the
iloors of tho Sunday school, or put
their foot inside when tho school Was
in session, no one now living re?
members the date. Am this Sunday
school is about the only organization
of Christian endeavor the church has,,
and it does seem that the Baptist
people would lake at least a small
I interest In the work.
I The Hnptist Church Sunday School
The school meets next Sunday morn
lg nnd every Sunday morning there
I after, at 0:45 o' clock.
Peed For Sale.
I will sell 18 hay stacks nnd 3
straw ricks to be fed to cattle on tho
land it grew on. A Uli acre boundary
to feet) on, running water in tho
boundary. Yearling cnttlo past aro
preferred to bo fed in this boundary.
Write J. II. NIPPER, Cedar Bluff,
Virginia.
Real Estate Men in Town Arranging
For Reynolds Sale.
Messrs. R. II. Cist, E. 0. Akcrs,
and Ron, N. O. Akers, of Abingdon,
comprising the Southwest Virginia
Laud Co. are in town arranging for
the sale of the Reynolds form, which
has been adverted in this paper.
They have divideil the farm into small
tracts so as to interest tho man of
small means. The sale will take place
next Tuesday, the 3Qth, beginning at
12 o'clock noon.
Opportunities for llomc-fieckcrs.
Albermarle County offers today
the best opportunities to tho Home
seeker and the investor. Fertile lands,
conveniently located farms and de
sirable properties can be purchased
here at from $25 to ?90 per acre.
The forms mentioned bolow are all
bargains.
fiOO acres, 1 mile to station, splen?
did buildings,, 2 1-2 miles to high
school. $12,500.
150 acres fine level land, 3 miles
from town on good road. Good build?
ings. $13,000.
273 acres, grass and grain, level
nnd fine. Good builduigs, closo to
town. $23,000.
547 acres, level and rich, close to
town, good uildings, $65 per acre.
741 acres. Absolutely level, prac?
tically all cleared. Fronts on two
main roads, good orchard, good
buildings and well fenced. 10 acres
of blue grass. Suitable for subdi?
vision. This is the best all-round farm
we hove ever seen. Price $85,000.
870 acres, level hay farm, bottom
land and Blue Grass, brick building.
In tho forks of two rivers. Very rich
and very fine. 2 1-2 miles from town.
Price, $55,000. , ,
All of the above farms are level,
well watered and free from stones.
We have larger an dsmaller forms.
Let us know your wants. The above
farms represent the cream of this
section. Write for free catalogue.
B. B. WHEELER and CO,
Charlottesvillo, Virginia.
Sow and Pigs for Sale.
Robert G. Fox has a sow andInto
pigs for sale at a right price. Write
him, Tazewell, R. F. O. Sept, 20 It.