The Big Stone Gap post. [volume], November 06, 1918, Page 2, Image 2

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?VE?NK5DAY, nov. 0, 1018
Pohlirticl Ever? WeilmwUy liy the
WISE PRINTING COMPANY,
tucorpnmtoU,
GILBERT N. KNIOHT, - Editor.
LINDSEY J. HORTON, Ans1? Editor
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Six Moiitlt*. - .BO
Throo Months. - .26
Knlcrtx! MMrdilMt to i?mU1 rv^iilntiiiiiii
m the )>oM-office nt HIr Stono (lap rsrdc
oiul-elrms intttur.
SUBSCRIBERS nro earnestly ro
quested to observe tho ilttto
printed oh their address slips,
which will keep them nt nil
times postoil ns to tho tltito
of the expiration of their sub?
scription. Prompt nml timely
attontio? to tliis request will
save all parties it great deal of
annoyance.
Have Patience.
The neuer,il tune <>( President
Wilson's replies to the German
overtures havo caused u slight
disappoiulmont in certaiii cir?
cles both here and abroad, The
subject of reparation seems to
have been carefully left out,
null its absoiICO invests the mi s
suges with a mildness which
bus exposed our altitude us it
uutiou to the criticisms of tho
over zealous.
These critics hii ve overlooked
the real niilu.f I he < ionium
proposals. I hey were a careful?
ly prepared but fairly obvious
Biutre.
The Prussian diplomat hoped
for one ot two ultomiilivos; the
president would either demand
reparation lo the penny, or lie
would agree to mi armistice.
If he did the former the Her?
man goveriiieut could easily in
terpret the roph to the in i.-s. s
us u proof of allied rapacity;
they could quote the stupend?
ous figures tabulating the Bel?
gian und Servian indemnities,
and with a very little verbal
jugglery convince their follow?
ers that their only hope lay
in fighting to the lust earn.Ige,
Such an answer would solidify
the half disintegrated elements
in German politics.
If the president agreed to an
arihistioo it would not only
estrange France mid England
from us but it would give Ger?
many the respite she needed to
establish new lines of defence
Deported French and Belgian
captives digging her trenches
and making her munitions
could be sweated for many
weeks while plenipotentiaries
asked freak riddles across a
table.
Instead, the president has
aimed at discrediting the Gor?
man high command am) oligar?
chy ut Potsdam I'ho populace
are invited to forsake guidance
which gives them militar)
power while it keeps them in
quasi-servitutc. They are not
threatened with iudemitics -
just yet.
But we ne. d u t concern our
selveB with the question of re
paralion. Though it is not raised
just now there is no doubt
about its introduction at the
conference. Belgian pleni?
potentiaries will be Iber e.
French representatives ? with
long memories ? will present a
few exercises in scientific book
keeping. Your Uncle Sam will
also Iind time to r.iko up a few
bygones, and the passenger
list of the Lusitatiia w ill not be
the only document in his port?
folio.
Germany may have a place
at the conference table ? or
under it ? but she will do
most of the listening.
Whereas the opinion of Amer?
ica seems to be that war is Un?
bent pence argument wo can
make.
It looks as if Austria Mould
bo neuth carved up into separ?
ate pieces by the Allies' big
knife.
A Letter
From France
Mrs. Otis Mouser lias received
the following very interesting
letter, dated October 7th, from
her son,Lieutenant Vi'vion Mous?
er, who is with the J loth Field
Artillery now in active service
on the Western front :
Dear Mother :
Hero I am sitting ti]> before
it nice lire, in a nice clean dug?
out. My bed is all made up.
and every once in a w hile I stir
the tiro with n Gorman Btibro and
look at a big German Colonel
helmet with Iiis hen doss on
the front and gold covered knob
on top, which alone with several
other ornaments have been plac?
ed on the mantel, and best of all.
I am wailing for my Cnptniri to
come back with some chocolate
and cukes which he promised to
bring. All of this while you
are probably imagining me wad?
ing in blood up to my neck. All
of this is line, but who knows
how long it will last, or be until
everything will change to just
the Opposite, as it has been for
some time past. Relieve me, 1
have seen some horrible sights.
I had to laugh the oilier day.
when I read in yohr letter that
you knew I was a good-looking
officer. At that time I was un?
der very heavy lire; had not had
a hath for live week-. I was
mud from head to fool, needed a
haircut, and a- a inuttei of fuel,
had not had my clothes oil' for
over two Weeks. Tile only
thing presentable about nie was
tnv dean face. 1 always gel my
shave in some way or other.
The main thing though, is the
fact that 1 am feeling tine, get
ting alone; good, and enjoying
myself most of the lithe. How?
ever, I have had to stretch lily
imaginative powers an awful lot
at times, lo believe I was not
blue, homesick, or scared, or
anything Ilia! is undesirable.
At last I have received some
mail, about ten letters, evenly
distributed, and nilioug them
four from you, and 1 cannot tell
you how much 1 enjoyed them.
I have so many things to talk
about I would hardly know
where to begin* even if 1 could.
All I can say is that 1 have seen
some horrible things, as well us
great things, and oven beautiful
sights, all of which 1 w ill tell
you about sonic of these days.
In one of the letters I receiv?
ed today, some one was asking
how I felt when I was lii-t under
shell-lire, which reminds mo
that I have never told you anv
Ihillg about it, but we have had
plenty of it. It has u very
strange effect upon one, and 1
believe, a mi Kill re of every kind
of emotion there is; yon become
more or less accustomed to it ;
you rather gel the feeling that
if one hits yen there is no use to
Worry, because' yon would never
know it, and there i- no use to
worry, because you can't dodge
them. The whistle and scream
they make don't worry yon. be
cause when yori hear I hem sing,
you can tell about where HteV
are going to hit. Von have ail
of thai feeling at one t imp. I f
Officers go ahead a- if they are
paying mi attention, their men
w ill do likewise, singing most of
the time, but if (lie oflicor be?
gins to jump or duck, his men
w ill break and almost get scared
to death, and I think lor Hint
reason more than any other is
what makes it possible to go
right ahead, rogaroh.Lwhal
happens, but when a fellou gets
so sleepy and tiled he can
hardly stand up the noise ami
excitement begins to work on
his nerves and it is an awful job
to hold tip, particularly when
you gel a chance to res| and oil
by yourself every noise ninkes
you jump, mil fortunately you
are so sleepy you just lie down
on anything and go dead to the
world, but it is. all very exciting
and Interesting, and in the long
run one is very contented.
Another very strange thing i
the way in which your mind
works in certain eases. For in?
stance tho other night I WAS on a
shelled road and all a! onco'it
occurred to me that 1 was in a
dangerous place, hut all this time
I had not happened to think
of being in danger, 1 had been
j watching the shells burst and
; was trying lo follow the kind of
?lire and the problem that the
IGerinnn battery was firing; that
jis, liguriug what changes in
sighting this Gorman officer was
'making, and why he was making
them, ami don't you know, you
Icuii figure out pretty well his
[commands to the guns. All of
which goes to show how a poison
eull ami will think under such
coiidil ions.
Von said something about
souvenirs, such as helmets, etc.
Not long ago I could have lind |
enough officers' helmets, crosses,
overcoats, etc., to supply the!
population of the Gap, and
would liked lo have soul them'
linme,*hill not much chance to'
do anything like that where we
ale now. and tin" way we have t-3
work. Wo are doing well if we
get letters out, to ray nothing of
souvenirs. I started to carry a
line helmet, but just threw it
away, I.nuBC my poor horse had
enough to carry as it was.
Well, mother, 1 wish you
could lie here with me while 1
am living like a king by (his
big open lire. Since the Captain
returned. I have plenty of jam,
candy und old papers. lie
brought a "New York Herald"
and just think} I am smoking
Philip Morris cigarettes, playing
with my little French dtig, about
like I'ntsy, nnd one big German
rabbit ami live little ones, with
jit's) II few shells away up high
to keep me from being lonesome.
I am afraid 1 have written en?
tirely too much. Will dose for
this time with lots of love io nil.
V IVION.
Mrs. Hannah Kibler Taylor.
In bin Ins) issue there wits a
brief account of the sad it nil un?
timely death of Mrs. II. K. Tay?
lor, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
It. I . ivibler, of Appnlncliiti, Mr.
Kibler being assistant superin?
tendent of the Interstate Hail
road. Following is an account
of her short sweet life :
Mr-. Hannah Kibler Taylor
wa- horn July 10, 1805, in Mc?
Donald, W. Va. She joined the
M. IC. Church when she was a
little girl about leu years old
and always was a devout Christ?
ian and lived .1 devotee) life in
this faith until she passed away
in i iod's keeping i Iciober ?_* 1th
15?IS, aller an illnc'-s of two
vi eck- ami four days of million/, i,
which developed into pneumonia
tit her lionie in Hazard, Ky. Al?
though everything was done for
her that love, science, and nloney
could do, it was unavoidable.
II inn.ill was married just two
short yours to the day, < let ober
J lib. IOT?i before her death b.
Mr. Harry K. Taylor, oldest sou
of dpt. and Mrs. Henry Taylor,
of Big Stone Gap, and u dear
little son, Harry Kibler, was
born to them .limitary 28th,
CMS. They had acquired a
beautiful home in I la/.urd,where
Harry has a prominent position
ami her taking away came just
is -he was beginning to live.
She was absolutely tine, loyal,
self-sucrilicing for her family,
relatives, and many friends and
holds a place in their hearts
w hiidi no one Can Ii II.
In August, 11115, during n
long serious illlie.SS she selected
and marked in her Bible the fol?
lowing beautiful verses from Si.
.lohn XIV chapter the Hlili ver?
ses; Front St. Matthew VII
chapter the I Hi It and 1 Ith verses,
front 1st i 'iir, X\'i clinptei from
the IHIIi lo r.sth verses, to be
rend at her funeral.
Her remains wore brought to
her parents' home in Appalachia
where funeral services were con?
ducted by Ubv. C. W. Dean, of
the M. i:. Church, South, and
Rev. F. W. Ulis-, of the F.pisco
pal church of Dig Stone Cap, lif?
ter which -he was laid to rest in
Gloueoo Cemetery in Big Stone
Gap. Her grave was then com?
pletely covered with the many
beautiful floral pieces contribut?
ed by loving friend.; in Hazard.
Kv., Big Stone Cap ami Appa?
lachia.
II.inn.ih left to mourn their
I..-- her loving husband and ba?
by -mi at Hazard, her father
and mother, two brothers, Frank
and Bruce Kibler and seven-.i
lers, Mrs. Fink Cornau, of Nor?
ton; Misses Frances, Helen,
Blanche, Alum, June und Nell.
Try those fine Hlack Bass at
Paul's Cafe Friday.
AT
D. G,
FES
tone gap,
All Men's and Boys
ill
will sell at the same
price when the goods
were bought. Some
<?{' these goods were
bought three years
ago at low prices.
MEN'S SUITS selling* for $10.00 would cost
$15.00 wholesale now. BOYS' SUITS at $4.00
and $6.00 is $2.00 less than wholesale price
now. SHOES $1.00 to $2.0O less than present
price.
at the old price.
Several MEN'S HATS will be closed out
0 I:
Lots of Goods for less than present wholesale
price on same quality. Good Work Pants $2.O0
to $2.50; Overalls $2.00 to $2.50.
COME AND LOOK BEFORE BEST
BARGAINS ARE GONE.
Associated Charities.
Ddo in tin' epidemic of the
iiillticnza and tho approaching
winter tin- demands tip<>it tho
Associated Charities organiza?
tion tiro unusually heavy and
inasmuch as (hern arc only a
small percentage? of our citizens
who are contributing '^regtilarij ''
tn this fund, the members will
undertake lo see (he people of
the town personally during I ho
next lew days to solicit regular
subscribers. ' it hug .dsn 'been
arranged to make thorough in-]
vestigation of all requests for
aid to guard against giving help
w here it is not actually n.led.
The Associated Charities or?
ganizations solicit your liberal
cooperation i u Ibis wortlily
cause.
Mi:-. II. A. W. SKKKN, Sec.
j
If we cannot oat turkey oh
Thnnksgivon wo can at least
give thanks for victory over
Turkey.
" " I
Woman may not have ob?
tained llie vote; but she is still
entitled to her old-time priv?
ilege, the last word.
The young man and tho two
pound box of chocolates arc
for the present only fond
memories jti a girl's life.
After some difficulty Santa
CluUflC procured his passports
to Franco but the size of his
(tack is carefully prescribed,
The prudent man takes ad?
vantage of beautiful autumn
weather to put up his d Oil bill
windows and look to tho con
dition of his snow shovel.
-
The Hermans have evacuated
the Ladies Koad (Chemiii des
Dames) It may be ho place
jforn lady at persent, lint it is
an i xcollepl location for dough*
; boys.
jT^\ rani
Wash the Woolen Soch.i
You Knit with Grantimus
RANDMA is tiie.prod
Of soap scientists.
I licy tried to get
^something to take the place
of wasteful bar soap?some?
thing that would make it
unnecessary to slice or chip
a bar of soap every wash clay.
So they produced GRANDMA; die
most wonderful soap you over saw.
Not in bar form but Powdered.
You measure it out with a spoon?
no waste. Glorious suds in a jiffy
in any hind of water?no rubbing.
Works like magic. Try it.
V&i-ii:r Grocer l!$Z
South-West Insurance Agency
i incorporated
Fire! Lite. Accident and Casuality In
surancc. Iridslity and ( HIilt Bonds
Real Estate and Commission Brokers.
Bit ! STONE GAP. VA
Tin'oilst nf i lie 2,000.000 gal?
lons of gasoline s iv,mI by gnsleSS
Sundays probably wont into
Liberty bonds. It i- ri pour
government ruling which won)
wink both ways;
How foolish ?11 thes ? kaisers
,lkings wore! I'hoy were n
surviving medieval feature in
a inoileru age?um! if the;, hnd
only kept quiet they might
have endured m c nufort ami
prosperity for some time,
Rxpiorence lias taught us
that we are unlikely to get the
thing wo most desire The
Czech-Slovaks are more, fortun?
ate than most of ns. They
ihave always wanted self gov
J eminent, and i'. looks us if they
wore going to gel it.
Order Shortening Open Season
for Hunting.
VIRGINIA ? At ii regular
oionltily meeting t.f the Mount
of Supervisors begun noil held
f-.r Wise county, nt tho cotiiri
Itouso thereof, on tho 8th day of
October, 1918 Present, H. 10.
Hyatt, Chairman and K. ?'?
i'rescott, \V. K. Culbertson and
?lohn I! Mulling, gentlemen,
members of said board.
Ordered, that the season for
hunting in Wise county shall
open on the 28th day of Novem?
ber and close on lite 28th day
oi December of each year, and
that it shall, he unlawful to
hunt, kill or capture, in any
manner, any game birds, fowls
or animals protected by tho
law- of i in- state or Virginia
except during the open season
for hunting in Ibis county, us
above prescribed.
A copy?Toste:
W. It. Hamilton, Clerk
i By C. M. bVeemau, D. C.