The Big Stone Gap post. [volume], January 09, 1918, Page 2, Image 2

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iftE BIO STONK GAP POST;
WU?NKSUAY, JAN. V, 1918
rutdinbe-d Ever/ Wtdue?d*y bjr tho
WISE PRINTING COMPANY,
Incorporated.
OILltERT N. KNIOHT, - Bditor.
LINDSEY J. HORTON. Aas't Editor
Ono Yonr,
Six Months,
Throo Months.
Sl-OO
,0O
.20
Kntcrcd according to postal regulations
at tho post oflleo at lllg Htono (lap as see
oiid-clasH mstter.
SUBSCRIBERS are earnestly re?
quested to obsorvo tho date
printed on their address slips,
which will keep them nt nil
times posted as to tho date
of the expiration of their subr
soription, l'rompt and timely
attention to this request will
nave all parliert a groat deal of
annoyance
As The Editor Sees It.
ThoHo whn have the welfare
of their town and city al heart
are always glad 10 welcome
worthy people to their midst,
glnd of all additions of their
ranks that tend to tho town's
advancement. Population? de?
sirable population ? is a prime
necessity, Hut there is a (end
ency among a certain class of
our population to move to (own
that, for the best welfare of the
country, should be discouraged.
We nder to the solid, BUbstun
tial farmer, who has made a
success of the farm, accumula?
ted a COinpetonco, and turning
the farm over to tenants, re?
moves with bis family to town
lo "enjoy life." Not thai the
town people would not be glad
to welcome him and his family,
but that they realize that in
deserting his farm he is work?
ing nil injury to the cominuui
ty in general that can not be
remedied. Were lie to sidl his
farm holdings to competent
parties h 1 is move would be
weloomed. But to turn the
farm over to tenants who, in
most cases, have no interest
save that of ex trading the hiHt
dollar of profit from the land,
is working an untold injury lo
the community. The success?
ful farmer owes his success to
his own enterprise and indus?
try. There is no royal road to
success on t h e farm, The
causes thai work for the indi?
vidual success of the fanner,
are tho forces thai go to build
up tho substantial interests of
tlw community in general. No
community can be considered
desirable wherein the individ?
uals are unsuccessful. A com?
munity of well-developed farms
turned over to careless or din
interested tenants is a most
pitiable sight. Not that all
tenants are thus unconcerned,
but the fact remains that tunny
of them tire, and can not bo ox
peeted to b e otherwise, not
having the same inducements
as the owner. The successful
farmer owes it to his commttni
ty and to his own manhood to
devote to the development of
his community the same ener?
gies that have won his success.
And in this age of schools and
churches, or telephones, rural
mails and automobiles, life on
the farm has none of the ele?
ments of privation. In fact, in
inoBt particulars it has town
life beaten to a finish.
A People Aroused.
Whether or not lite American
people are fully aroused on all
matters pertaining to tho war,
there can bo no question as to
their being wide uwako to Hie
importance of increased food
production. As the figures on
this BettBouV, crop becomo avail?
able, the results assnmo stag?
gering proportions. Such crops
tho world never before has seen.
The ono item of Irish potatoes
shows the amnziog yield of 460
billion bushelB. Corn is away
up alongside of the tubers, and
in all linos, except, possibly,
wheat tho figures have swelled
fur beyond nuy Uling?>vor before
known in this country -if enor?
mous yields.
Tho result should bo a source
of great eocourgement to our
people hi many ways. It will
tend to give us some idea of tho
immensity of tho domain we
uro called upon to fight f?r '?
order to preserve its integrity.
It must also cons Mice that there
can bo no reasonable fear of
hunger in such a land unless
we lose either the inclination
or the ability to tickle our soil
to the yielding.
The result is also gratifying
in that there now is no question
of our being able to extend to
our allies all needed supplies of
fond. Last spring this mittler
loomed darkly as one of tho dire
possibilities. That it no longer
exists will lend to remove at
least one of the sources of dis
content, (luce assured that wo
shall not want for plenty, our
people will view with willing?
ness th< oxportuling of supplies
across the waters,
The results of the year's la?
bors should teach one more
lesson. We should reinemher
that no task is so great but that
with the proper pel severer CO
and grit It mav he accomplish?
ed. Also that there are very
few achievements but may be
improved upon. If we can in a
single season so largely swell
the national production, we
should in the next few years,
with an arousing of the well
known American pluck nml
ingenuity, be able to discount i
even that record. In fact it i
should leach us that we have
not yet even imagined a limit
to what we could accomplish.
So, whatever other matters
we may have to give us so dis
quit,wo may b'othonkfiil thai wo
shall not hunger?that there is
enough and to spare.
Is Food Conservation Failing?
Reports come from many see
lion* of the country that the
answer to the appeal for con?
servation is not by any means
what il should be, anil what
the authorities had every rea?
son toexpeet tl would he. Il
has been some time since the
people were urged to economize
on wheat, yet we art) informed
that the consumption of wheat
in this country for the month
of (letobor, 1 IV, was ls per cent
greater than for the same month
last year.
Now, hysteria in the matter
of economy will got us nowhere.
It is useless to seek to scare the
people with the cry of possible
famine. All too well Ihej know
this to be impossible so long as
the seasons come and reason,t
hie work is done I'eople every
where are earning more these
days than ever before, perhaps,
in (he lives. This no doubt uc
counts for much of the increase
in consumption.
Mill while the people can not
be scared into economy, if the
matter is placed before them in
its proper light, common sense
should induce them to econo?
mise,
The present era of high prici H
is in the nature of a windfall?
a streak of luck that can not,
in the nature of things, contin?
ue indefinitely. Eventually tin
cause?war?must lie removed,
when prices will naturally seek
something near the old level.
The man who, while taking'
every legitimate advantage of
inflated v a I u o s, at the
same lime practices economy
in his expenditures, is the man
who will be living on Sosy
Street when tho slump comes.
The fellow who increases Iiis
style of living to match his sala
ry will find himself at that time
iu worse condition than ever.
Hu will have contracted habits
of life that ho will lind iuipos
stble to maintain when condi?
tions change.
There is, however, another
aspect of tho case that should
be impressed upon all. Our
government has decided to
maintain tho Allies to the best
of its ability. It will nlso keep
plenty of supplies going to our
own unities in Europe. Tlieso
causes, together with extrava?
gance at homo,may easily cuuso
such conditions that it will be
imperative that the govern
meat take active steps in food
control. This has not been
done as yet, the government
preferring to place tho people
on their honor in the matter of
conservation. If that honor is
continuity and systeraacticully
violated, the government will
have no alternative other than
10 take charge.
The man who pereislanlly
refuses to comply with the re
quests in the mailer of food
conservation is helping to bring
that day nearer.
The problem of labor for our
farms is looming up as the one
great question, and in many
localities is becoming rettlls
serious. Even before we were
in war it was a matter of con.
corn. Now the matter can no
longer be lightly set aside.
There is no doubt that unless
steps are taken, before the en
lire war darfl is run out, to re?
cruit the ranks of farm labor,
it will be a physical impossible
Ity for our farms to meet the (
demands that will Ik-made up |
011 them another season. Many I
localities report that even now '
the sciiricity of farm labor is i
seriously crippling operations, !
and when the draft is Complct- ?
ed the situation will be even ;
more serious. Il is hoped lh.it i
the amended regulations will |
tend to relieve the situation. (
From the present outlook, it 1
would seem tho part of wisdom j
(hat the draft apply to farm
labor equally with the army. It I
would be hard to loll which is |
(be most important just al litis ;
time. Certain il is that with
out I he farmer our armies will
be impotent.
Jerusaluih is at la.-t in < 'hrist
inn hands, and the preaching |
of Peter the llormil lias been
vindicated During ilia twelve
hundred year8 in which it has
been in the hands of (he Moslem
it would be hard to estimate
the lives sacrificed in the at?
tempt to wrest it from him. 1(
should never again be descent
ed by his presence, to say noth?
ing of his c ntrol. The Hoi)
City should revert to its right?
ful owners, and the entire tor
ntory o f 1'nlcBlihc with il.
They should have a free hand
in rebuilding a Jewish nation
if they so wish.
The Kaiser is quoted as
ing that all he wants is jus- ice,
and the Allied world is of
mind in the determination to
sei- that he gets il?-and in full
measure. The probabilities are,
however, that his kaisorsliip
won'lrecognir.o the article when
he sees il coming.
The war has called back into
service nearly 600 retired ofli
cors of the Navy and DIS former
otlicets who resigned to enter
civil life, including 22 rear ad
mirnls, IS commodores, and 34
captains.
Within 12 hours after receiv?
ing news of tlie Halifax disus
ter the woman's committee of
the council of National Defense
had equipped a relief Meane r
and utnrtod il to the scene of
the disaster.
A nation wide campaign for
economy in the use of con I in
steam plants has been under?
taken by the Fuel Administra?
tion. The Bureau of Mines is
conducting the campaign, with
the help of the American Socie?
ty of Mechanical Engineers.
The retail price of milk iu
England has been advanced
from II to 10 cents a quart.
The sale and use of cream has
been prohibited, except for in?
valids, infants, and for butter
making.
Purchase
War
Savings Stamps
And Help Your Country
Down the Kaiser
Until the last day of January, 1918, you can buy
a $5.00 stamp for $4.12. Twenty stamps consti?
tute a War Savings Certificate, costing until the last
day of January, $82.40.
On January I, 1923, five years from now, the
government will pay you $100 for such certificate,
giving a net earning of $17.60 to you.
After the last day of January the price of these
stamps will increase at the rate of one cent a month.
Better buy at once and save the advance.
FOR SALE AT ANY
POSTOFFICE
THIS SPACE DONATED BY
THE BIG STONE GAP POST
TO HELP DOWN THE KAISER
Radford Nor?
mal Notes
Tlie Second Quarter of the
Normal opens January 2i A Ii?r|??
number pf new students are en?
tering a) the beginning <>f this
quarter; The Normal School at
llutlfnrd is in Bpssion forty-eight
weeks in each year. These forty
eight weeks are divided into
four quarters of about twelve
weeks each. Students enter
without diflictilty in September,
Jlitttinry, March t>r June. The
> ante credit is given for work
done in the Slimmer Quarter as
for work done in any other quar?
ter. Many of those entering
now are teachers, and n still
larger number of teachers will
enter at the beginning of the
-print; Quarter in Mnrch and re
ihhill during the spring it (ill sum?
mer Quarters.
I'rofi \V. E. Gilbt rt on Clirist
tutis Day was mrrricd lo Miss
Harriett T. Cooper, at West
ehester, Pa. Mrs. Gilbert is a
graduate of the West chest or, i'a.
Normal School and litis taught in
the high schools of Virginia for
the lust live years. For the past
tu vp years she lias taught in the
IIa3ford High School. Prof.
Gilbert is a native of Kussell
County, an alumnus of the Uni?
versity of Virginia, and one of
the well known educators of Ihe
Slate. He has been Professor
of History and Social Science at
the Ktulfor l Normal Seoul since]
its opening in 1918. Prof, nml
Mis. Gilbert reached Kadfbrd on
Monday, December .'list.
The physical Director und
Uesidetit Physician of Ihe Nor?
mal School make careful meas?
urements and rests of the body,
physical condition and health of
oncll student entering the insti?
tution. A carefully prepared
record of each student is kept
and physical oxercisoand recrea?
tion necessary for the health und
development of tho student is
proscribed. Certain phyeiral
South-West Insurance Agency
Incorporated
Fire, Life, Accident and Casuality In
surance. Fidelity and Other Bonds
Real Estate and Commission Brokers.
OMcoin Interment Building, I3IG STONE GAP. VA.
1 'icdmonl l'ri'pnced Pi'cI'citccI
Ambitioiii educated men and women qualified for lil^li olasi ittonofrra|>lila positions,
civil Scrrlcc and Commercial poaitiona for atridenta from 48 schools. Salary tuiar
aiitecil by written contract ??00 toll?OO. Tuition unto paid fit) monthly from'talary.
lUilroait tnru deducted. Iloautifully llluatratod'.!OU-r>agc catalog free. Attractive
anil uiulupllcatcil |iro|HMitl?h t<< January students.
Piedmont Business College, Lynchburg, Virginia
RADFORD STATE NORMAL SCHOOL
fttudouta can outer nt tuo boglnnini, of tlio Mcond quarter early in January or
the bcflnuins i>r Hie third quarter Iii March ami tin,l .ill the couraei tiny will itonti
lily wish tree Stale Sehulnraliips, very modoratc oxpcuscai and courtea luitable fur
ali kin k of teachers and |>ros|iectivc lc-iclier?
For Catalogue, Booklet el Views, ami Kutl Information write,
John Preston McConnoll, Piosidont. East Ratllorcl, Va.
exorcises are required of each \
student each week. Tlio trainedI
nurse and resident physician]
carefully look after the health of
the students. During the first
quarter closing in December,
there was lint a single ease nf
anything like serious sickness in,
the whole student bod}*;
Clark-Bailey.
The marriage of Miss lioldou
Bailey, of Big Stone Gap, Va.,
to Mr. Robert Clark, of Kayo:to
county was solemnized on Mon-j
day afternoon at 2 o'clock at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. \V. C.
(i. Hebte: on North Broadway.
The bride is. the niece of Mr. '
llobbs and has been making:
her homo with them for some i
time. She is pretty, bright and
I charming and was educated at
I Bereu College.
Rev. Mark Collis was tho
officiating minister, tho ?jottplo
sealing thoir marriage vows
with a ring.
Only the members of the two
I ami lies witnessed the seremo
ny and aftor the wedding the
bride and groom left for a short
trip.
They will be at homo with
Mr. Clark's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. (Jranvillo Clark, at their
Iplace in tho country on the
Walnut Hill pike.
The bridegroom is n splendid
yo?ng citizen anil prosperous
farmer.
Tim young couple was re?
membered with many hand?
some gifts anil have the good
wishes of all for happiness and
prosperity.? Lexington, Kv.,
Herald. "
Mrs. Clark has a large num?
ber cf friends in the (Jap, who
will be interested in the above
announcement. She is u niece
of Mrs. Klorie lleasor, of near
((linger, where she made her
home before going to hor uncle,
who is a prominent lawjer in
Lexington.
General I'orshing has sent
the American puoplo a message
that contains a voltunn in a
sentence of three clauses. Ho
says, "Germany enn bo beaten,
Germany must be beaten, and
!Germany will be beaten." To
every word of which every red
blooded American will shout
''Amen!"
There are now approximately
111,000 speakers in tho "Four
Minute Men," the nation-wide
j organization of volunteer
{speakers who assist tho Gov?
ernment in the work of nation?
al defonso by presenting messa?
ges of vitul national importance
to mo'.ion picture theatre audi?
ences.