The Big Stone Gap post. [volume], December 18, 1918, Page 2, Image 2

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fflU BKi STONK OAl' POST;
ALDNKSDAV, DEC. 18, LOIS
rnMiphwl Kror/ Wrrtnpjdij- by ibo
WISE PHINTING COMPANY,
Incorporated.
GILBERT N. KNIOHT. - Editor.
LINDSEY J. HORTON. Ass't Editor
Onn Yoar,
Six MolltllR,
Throo Months.
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Kiitrrod According to ixintal regulations'
?t tlio |k>st oflii'r at 111k Sloan I ? i|. m mt
uikI-cIak.i mittler.
SI'IISCRIBCRS are earnestly re
quested to observe tho (Into
printed on their address slips,
which will keep thoin at all
times posted as to the date
of the expiration of their sub?
scription. Prompt and timely
attention to this request will
save all parties a great deal of
APitovanco.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR:
Editor Hit: Stone (hip Post.
Dear Sir: ?As a reader of
your vnlunblo paper and as an
interested party in the progress
of your city and community in
general I trust von will allow
me .-pace for my endorsement
of a movement now on to lid
vunce the general interest of
your town On Friday evening
a meeting of your active men ?
young men strictly speaking,
whs held, and buiug a young
man myself I tt'ils united to
attend. 1 whs there and in
justice must suj that if good
fails to bo uccoinplished it will
be a miscuriiugo ef eifert and
purpose for each nnd every one
pri sent wns bubbling ever in
Iiis desire to see Big Slone Gup
bigger, heiter and more pi<>
greasive. An Organization was
made nnd styled the Young
Men's Cluii, its purpose to ad
vunce thi- common interest
Tie- spirit and purpose as mam
fested was to "start the hall
rolling" and keep it rolling
V rious movements wore sug?
gested and various results
Bought but all centered into
otii I he betterment ? f lli^
Si ne Gap. Specific action for
BpCCific purpose was adopted
and ibis meets in) most hearty
approval and will prove beyond
uiiv question, the key that will
Unlock the situation, "United
\\e stand, divided we full," so
now ?ince these young men,
1 do not mean those whose hair
has not whitened or whose
beard tickle the harhei's fancy,
but lhose whose purpose is to
advance the common interests
and v. he will work to that end
Then- is uo limit to muted and
determined action ami if this
organization is supported by
membership and dues as it
real I j deserves, the buuhood,as
ii truly is, will blossom into
grout accomplishments, if any
citizen of this town refuses to
give aid to this movement, lie
ought not to Claim that he wills
it-- good, and should joill the
Kaiser in Holland, and then lie
bIi -old be returned and tried for
treason to tin common interests
oi Ihm own home. 1 do not
m. in to to meddle with condi
turns not my own, hut I BUggest
thai this organization deserves
tie- public support, "one of
whom 1 am which." The great
resources, the tremendous na?
tural wealth that surrounds
tin- city has never yet been ful?
ls realized by the many who
really desire the development
of llig Stone liap. The sooner
the people get busy lhe sooner
tin- loalizalton. People waul
homes here. No houses lo rent
or buy ami the L. & X. stilt
runs. Morn) ?Uuild houses to
those who \\ isii to UU) and rent
to those who cannot ami let the
trains unload rather than load
up here. '1 Ins v. ill he the first
effort oi the Young Men's Club
Help and help now. Take mem?
bership and join in the work
uecessarj to accomplish, This
is the duty of every property
owner at home und abroad.
Voting men, men of middle age,
join, pay the initiation fee. No
ritualistic ceremony, no prom?
ise of direct dividends, bin good
will come io all. Industrially
united we win, otherwise we
foil.
As a friend, a? an interested
party, 1 trust tin- organization
will enroll every progrosaive,
male and female. The women
want to vote. They ought lo
vote. 1 am a be.iover and they
should join in making Dig Stone
(Jap bigger and belter. They
ought to joiu in this movement.
I suggest iheir solicitation.
Voura truly,
C. 6. Oakuis, Columbia, Ky.
The Christmas Holiday.
j Christinas is llio only one
I Of our holidays the observance
jof which is based upon love and
thoughtful or . i for other people
than our individual selv.es.
Other holidays are for the most
part, as is fitting, in recogni?
tion of a groat natioual event
or in memory of those who
have done and suffered great
things for their country. Thanks
giving expiesses gratitude for
our blessings, and New Year's,
if we keep it with thoughtful
ness is an occasion for a little
self?examination and some
fresh resolves.
But Christmas is rightly a
day of generosity and love.
Wo make the children happy
with toys and candies, Wo think
of the gift which will please
mother, wife, sister, husband,
we plan pleasant home enter?
tainments. Hui Christmas lacks
something if our observance of
it is bounded by our family cir?
cle and our friends.
The festival will bo tin espe?
cially joyous one for America
this year, i'he shadow of a
great and cruel war bus been
lifted from us. We look to an
era of peace and prosperity.
Hut at the same time there
has never been a year when
generosity was more needed.
Prices of all commodities are
appallingly high, and the little
income of intuiy a fninih has
been sadly diminished by the
absence of one or more of its
wage earners in the army. If
w e consider ibis, and not for?
getting our own dear ones, do
what we can to bring relief ami
pleasure to those in need, we
shall indeed feel the blessedness
of a real Christmas. As wo
have been prospered, so let us
give.
Death of Mrs. Bruce.
Mrs. Martha Matilda Bruooi
was born in Mercer county, W.I
Vu., Nov. 7th, IS Hi. She Wna
the daughter of liohert and S ii
lv Kiirr, of Mercer cijunty, W.
Va, Qn Sept 2:trd,1873,she was
married to David lloge Bruce,
of Bland countyj Vn To th.
were born seven children, six
of whom are living. Mrs. .1. F.
Bnllnrd having died in 1003;
Those living ate: Mrs, U. H
Counts, of Coebtirn; lt. H.
Bruce, of Norton; Mrs. 11 L.
Cummings; Misses Ahe,-. Kose
and Flora Bruce, all of Big
Stone Cap Miss K lub M Hal
lard, the grahduiigliter lias
made hoi home with Grand
mother Bruce since the death
of her mother in 1003.
She has also one sister a d
two brothers surviving her, M ii n
Hannah Karr, who for a num?
ber of years has made her home
with the family. Oiles K Karr,
of Qraham,Va., and |{. S. Karr,
who lives in Florida,
Mrs. Bruce had an attack of
iii!Htcn'/.a, and having been a
sufferer for several \< ars from
asthma she stood very little
show against the dread disease
Pneumonia set up and the end
came Wednesday morning, Dec.
11. She has gone to join her
husband and companion who
passed on to the other land in
1011. They had a long and
eventful pilgrimage together
here. They have raised a re
tnarkablc family of children,
of sterling character ami Christ
ian culture, and id intellectual
; attainments far above the av
I eruge. "She looketh well to
the ways of her household and
eatotb not the bread of idleness
'?Her children rise up and call
her blessed."
Mrs. Hruce became a Christ?
ian early in life and joined the
Southern Methodist church, of
I which she remained ah active
and faithful member to the end
1 of iier life. Her life as a Chi ist
j ian mid as a neighbor was
I above reproach. She was an
'old fashioned mother in the
home, sttcii as King Solomon
describes in the ;tlst chapter of
Proverbs: "(live her of the
fruit of her hands and let her
'own works praise her in the
! gates."
' She, was laid to rest in Gloucoo
cemetery, with appropriate ser
vices and amid the beautiful
Moral Offering of her children
and friends.
Card of Thanks.
The family of Mis." l> II
Hruce desire to thank all who
in uny way contributed to their
comfort during the i.lncss and
dinth of ihoir moth er,
Praises Navy
British Expert Pays Tribute
to American Seamanship.
London, Dec. 14.?Archibald
8. ilurd, (hu naval authority,
pays u glowing tribute to the
admirable seamanship of the
American sailors in the course
of an article written for the
Daily Telegraph, in which he
discloses details of the remark
able part the American navy I
took in operations in European
waters.
lie says the service of the
Americans points to a survival
of the sea instinct in America.
Continuing, he says:
"Ask any British naval of
fleer what lie thinks of the aid
given by American seamen and
you will learn t hat it came just
at a moment when the British
crews, after a winter of strenu?
ous and uxhnusting work, were
feeling the strain. Incidental
ly, the arrival of the Americans
permitted the organization of
the convoy system as it could
not otherwise have been organ
izod. Bverybodj knows the in?
fluence this system h id on tho
safety of tjie allied sea com?
munications. Any reference to
tilt: work of American seamen
would he incomplete without
mention of the skill and oour
ago they s.x hi hi tod in laying
the great mine fields in the
Nort h Sea."
Referring to the remarkable
manner in which the Ameri?
cans overcame problems of
training and construction, the
writer concludes by saying:
'?'The Americans hustled to
-nine purpose to develop the
Ulli Kid States navy to meet the
ilumiilldM of this war.''
First American
Captured by Germans Reaches
London.
London. I lee. II. ? .lohn Les?
ter, of Tuiwiler, .Miss., claim?
ing to he lb. tirst American
prisoner of the Germans in the
'Foul sector, having been cap
lured in a raid early in Novem?
ber; I'M 7. readied London lust
night under the care of the
AlllOl lean Bed Cross.
Lester said he had a hard
time in the hands of the tier
mans for tour months after his
capture. lie was sent from
place to place and never given
a decent meal, finally le.ichine
lite camp at T?nche), when
thousands Of Russian prisoner*
were dying daily of starvation.
\ quantity of American lied
Cross parcels began to reach
tie- camp shortly afterwaid,
however, and from that time on
he never needed lo eat a single
ounce of the German rations
(>n 'he contrary , said Lester, he
was able from the surplus re
ceived to lelieve some of his
famished Russians Colnrades.
Norton Loses Good Citizen.
Lee lloheycott, the well
known grocer and councilman
for several years past, has pur.
chased a nice farm near Morris
town, Teno., and will move his
family to it in the near future.
The lust wishes of his many
f i lends in Norton go with him
and his excellent family to
their new home.?Coalfield Pro
gross.
Mr llonoycult, together with
his family, passed through the
Cap last week and spent a few
days hi re visiting his brother,
Dr. (i C. Lloueycutt, being en
route his new home at .Morris
tow n.
Apia* Items
I The Misses Bailey, of near
Drydon. who are attending
..cloud here, have been confined
to their rooms with an attack
of influenza.
Tho Frazior children, about
eight in number, have just re?
covered from severe cases of
mumps.
Mrs. McCormick and Mrs.
McCrncken are reported as be?
ing very low, suffe.'iug from an
attack of pneumonia following
inlluetiza.
Miss Lou Wells, who has been
sick for the paal two weeks, is
able to ne out again,
The llobbs family, who have
had ?i siege of mumps, are ull
improving.
I Born to Mr. and Mrs. \V. T.
I Paunel the past week, a little
u u.
"LIBERTY LOAN SHARKS j
During all tliu Liberty Bond
and War Savings Stamps drives,
the mine operators did all that
was possible to induce atid aid
their employes in buying, set?
ting the example themselves to
the very utmost of their ability.
Meanwhile a bunch o t real
estnters and other get-rich-quick
men, around the towns and cit?
ies, plotted.
The war is over. Some of the
war enthusiasm has waited, so
they themselves and (heir agents
are squatting inside their little
dens or prowling around the
mini's, seeking to inveigh the
men with one or two or three
bonds to sell to them at a heavy
discount?at a price $10 to $15
under the price they are worth
in the market. And even news?
papers which were so patriotic
as to print dozens of full-page,
advertisements to help the Lib?
erty Loans, after they had gone
to all Hie coal people and beg?
ged money with which, at high
rates, to pay them for the ad?
vertisements, now are carrying
the advertisements.i! tin -,- I.I
crooks?but are NOT calling al?
ten) ion to I heir robberies.
The coal men thought I hey
were helping their men into a
better way of lifo when they,
helped them to buy Liberty,
lionds?that with this invest?
ment in the came of liberty,
they would feel a grcni ." pride
mil a more direct interest in
their country. The bond sliuv
srs are doing all they can to de?
feat that pnrpo-e, und to oncoiir
ige laborers in waste, imprnvi
lelice and. perhaps, into B?lshc
vikism.
Let the coal people see that
these fellows are chased oil the
properly. Let them help their
men get the full market price
for their Liberty Bonds, if Ihoy
are compelled to part with them.
? West Virginia Mining New-.
"Charleston, W. Va., Doc. I I
?Governor Cornwell has taken
ollicittl notice of the operations
in West Virginia of hundreds of
what he termed "Liberty Loan
Sharks" by calling upon prose?
cuting attorneys in the state to
prosecute them.''
Just the Gift for Mother
A New Home or
White Sewing Machine
PERFECTLY
SIMPLE
SIMPLY
PERFECT.
Nrftllrn.OM. lUllnnri.l ?11 ttlii.H of K?*ufni; Mfc
eblac Mi|?pllca, itt|Kiirlug a ipeelalijr^
SOLU ON EASY TERIV1S
We have a limited number of these Sewing Ma?
chines on hand arid will sell them on easy payment
terms and at a reasonable price. Conic quick or you
will be too late to get one.
W. W. TAYLOR & SONS
BIG STONE GAP. VIRGINIA.
meats For
Christmas
Buy your Meats from us
during Christmas. We a r c
Specially prepared for the hol?
iday trade.
Wc Kiep all cuts of un?
dressed slock in refrigerators
and wc can give you a choice
dinner or supper stew, steak,
!>n>i! or fry that will please you
Hisel's SVleat Market
In Polly Building. BIG STONE GAP, VA.
Put your flag
in tho
front window
Two and three and more 1919 member?
ships in the Red Cross are not necessary ?
one is enough, and all that is expected of you.
When you join you will receive a 1919 member?
ship button, a service fing and a (older with ten
Red Cross Christmas seals.
Wear your button on the outside of your coat ?
when your button is where it can be seen you won't
be asked to join a second time.
Put your flap, in the front window of your home
? with nn additional membership cross for each
one ol your family who joins.
If you have been a member during 1918, RENEW
your membership NOW ? this wilt be your only
opportunity to answer "present" to the 1919 Red
Cross Christinas Call.
out the Red Cross
all you need is a heart and a dollar
TttlS SPACli CONTRIBUTED BY
MORTON & DAUGHERTY