The Big Stone Gap post. [volume], January 29, 1919, Page 2, Image 2

About The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928

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rilK BIO STUNK GAB l'OST.
iVKDNKSUAY, JAN. 29, lUH?
IMhluhril i?vrry VFeilnfvidsy by Ihe
WlSli: PRINTING COMPANY.
Inrnrporntmt.
Oll.fJERT N. KN1QKT, - Editor.
LINDSEY J. HORTON. A?o?-t Edltor
Ono Yonr. 51 r.O
Six Months, - .76
Thron Months, - .-?O
Kntored SCCOrdlnc t" |?mlal regulation!
tt the post-oaloo st Itte. stone UspsSsee*
*>nd-b)sss matter
SUUSCRIHRKS .ire earnestly re
IttoHtetl in observe tin- tittle
printed on l.lieii address slips,
which will keep tlinm ai all
times posted as to tin- dale
if tlio expiration ol their mih
icription; Prompt and timely
attention to this rctjnesl will
save all parties' a gr'eai deal ol
li iinovtince.
Go-To Clintch Campaign.
Obviously, in I he ptisi few
monlhs, owing to conditions and]
circumstances over which hone
of us have had any control, there
has heeit a fulling oil' in church
nt tendance.
It is Iriii! that only spustuod
ifiil ly have clinches outside of I
Hie lug cities boon lull Sunday
nfter Sunday. We cltiiui lo bo
a practical 'people. We are n|
busy pcojile. Wo therefore pi
a swooping and lather uuqilll
lied jiltlgmcul on everything!
that on tl,. face Of it does not |
hear Hie mark ol' being .1 linsi;
no-. proposition.
lite way so,,,,. clnirClieH und I
?horch im mhers art has driven
away many and many a reasoib
ing person who thinks indcpcnd
1 iitly. Stich people are iilienl
more deeply religious than peo?
ple in get 1 cm I suh'i.t. The
\vhv soine ministers and their
lay :,-i-,a,?s ?ei lias driven
invar many lind maiiy a business
min front the doors of the
ehiirch m le re I hey -etol t heir
children lo Sunday scliiiui. Sneii
im 11 are the greatest asset a
community possess; No won?
der that children all around usl
are falling awiiy from c|iurcii|
teachings. Tjioir elders ;
thru example- And children,
imitate their elders.
Who is tn blame? Where
does the fault lie? What is to
be done.
It is nobody's fault and it is
everybody's concern whether the
churches ,re to lie and remain
empty.
It is hind enough to be hen.
1-I in every day ordinary life.
It is doubB hard to be 11 ? > 11 < ? -1 in
the higher things ol life. The
minister is in .1 dillictlll posi?
tion. It is a piotty tight
squeeze for him to pull through.
He einlies out .,1 the shori .mi.I.
llSually. But the minister must
he \\- honest with himself us
witit other-. He should confess
and seek to remedy his short?
coming!!, and mike the people
to whom he is attempting to
minister know that he wants
their help und Ihoir co-opcrat inn.
I.et us (lien hive a ??Go-to
? hutch" Campaign; I.et us
unite in a service, if need be.
Not to popularize Sunday. It
does not need to be popularised.
But in order lo stimulate the
religious spirit of the COUIIIIU
Service lo God i- escciiliul.
Worship of Coil is also essential.
Tin- church ministers to the
wot ship of tied, not to the glory
of in.tu. Shirt-sleeve religion
has its value m being something
to startle the dormant soul into
a state of being spiritually
awake. But the thinking man
and woman and tlx' intelligent
ehilil wants to know and learn
to know God. One of the best
ways is through the Sunday
eervico, where there is a strong
religious atmosphere mid yet
where a person cnh and should
feel al home. Irl as be our
natural solves ns well in ohurch
as out of it.
Go to church next Sunday.
Death of Lieutenant Vivion
K. Mouscr.
Our entire community were
grieved to hear nf the dentil ol
Lieutenant Vivien K. Mouscr,
son of Mr. and Mrs. ? Mis Moiiser,
of our town, which i- supposed
to have occurred ?t Luxemburg,
(lot many, where lie was willi the
Aincricaii nnny of occupation
when lust heard from.
Lieutenant Mouser whs borti
April 20ili, IS'.l?, .01.1 died .1 in
iiatry Tib. UH1). front piieuuionia,
which evidently iluvclbpcil from
a gus attack tlie latter pan nf
October, ll?ls. The news of bis
death did not re.n'li bis par. lit
until Ihe 2-11 h inst.
Lieutenant Moiisei received
his High s.-l.I induing at Knit
doljdi-Miicon Aciidoiny, I'rohl
lloyal, Virginia, mid nt Phillip
ICxeter, Andovurj Mit?;., iifioj
which lit' graduated 11 "in I In
Kontucky Military- Institute,
Louisville, Ivy., anil was in the
University of Michigan ill Ann
Arhnr, Mich., whoit the I"niI? ?> 1
Slates declared war on IJerhiiinyi
lie iiliiiiediatoly volunteered,
and was in the I n -t t MoVcrs'
Trninitig ('amp ?i Fort Sheri
thin, iieai C'liicngo; 111., the
greater prtrl of which training
was in the liifiiiitni I > it I jn-l be?
fore the l-'iist 11Hi. .? t-" 'iVaiii.ing
Camp i le-i il, lie siiceot'deil in
getting a tntlisfci limn Inl.intiy
to field Ail ill- iv, und was Hu ii
assigned lo Cump l.ee, Virginia,
where he (tiok training in the I
Third Oll'icers' Training ti'iimp ih
Artillery, received.''rliliciite
fof a < 'ninniissiiiii, waf I lien
transferred In (Villip dneksoiij
S. p., In all end ?? mi in in.il ii.a Of
Artillerymen fur Ihe Artillery i
School at Suutitur, France. Me
Siicccssfiill\ passeil this exuini-i
linl ion and sailed for I i iiiie'i
frdin i ' imp Mei tilt, ;it .hi -e\
City, mi May '.'it, 1?IS. lie at
tended the SCllOol at Satiinur.
France, three months, roiH'ivcu
his t'nmiuissiou, ami was will to
Pari", utiil I loin I'm i- to i la I o-.,
and frtihi t'alai- to the Itchji.ui
front. He did service in I'lllll
dcrs, and was on the |'fh|il line
iu Ihe St. Mihicl driv.', and I'roln
there Im ii?il wan sent to the
Argon no Forest anil had Just
taken a position at the front
there when the battle <>f the
I Argon no Forest began.' lie did
service there with the 116 th
Field Artillery until the armis
tiee was signed, and it was in
the Argoune Forest, so far as
we are able to learn, that he re?
ceived a gas attack which proved
I more severe than it was at lir-t
thought by his many friends;
lie Wh- then given a furlough
on November loth, which he
ipeiil at Nur, Moide Carlo, and
ill southern Italy. On account
of being gassed, his furlough
was extended to fourteen days,
il'ler which he returned to his
Battery, then stationed just
south of Verdun, from which
point he marched to Luxemburg.
Iiis lottert) have always beeii
iiipsl cheerful, mid have never
indicated in anyway the hor?
rors of war which he wa- ex?
periencing, except to say "Such
is war."
Arier l>c loh Hi*' school at
I .Sau in II r anil hail ?June tu the
i front,; he wits oH'ered artillery
inst tuet inn wink in the United
Mai-'-, with priliiiot inn in rank,
hut declined bi acl'epl, prefer
rinjf h, stay at I lie front.
lie was a lnemher of tIn- S. A.
V.. I-1 titei nil vi iil i lie University
id' M ichigan.
lie loved his home, and the
iiiminlailis id' Southwest Vir
jjjiniuj where his boyhood days
were spoilt, and was heloved liv
all wlm knew him. His life
vvdir spent in this ruiiiuiunily
and from early boyhood he
me.i -in i.id up to i he highest
hopes and c.\|.(tltinits of his
parents ami friends, diligent,
studious, kind, considerate*: and
(?otilligeous, he was a "manly
'?manic man."' justlv winning
the ies|.1 and love of all. Ills
I il her and lilol hei' W ho have
lived in nur iniilsl for over
twenty years have always beeil
held in the highest esteem and
il," hearts of our people -pen
l >ii.isly went out to them in
I ho di tipesl svliipiithv anil sor?
row?indeed ' it -eeiued as If
everyone had siiltered a distinct
loss ' in Vivioti's den til. His
high idi.'liairier and noble patriiil -
i-m i- v iv idly portrayed by the
fil l that when Oll'ered proiiki
liuti and iuiniunily from danger
i" i et in n ami take charge ot
I raining men in ramp at home
JUST ONE NIGHT
Wednesday, Feb. 5th
GEO E. VVINTZ presents
DONALD TAlRBlVTiKS MUSICAL
35 People Mostly Girls?35
With the Famous Winter Garden
Beauty Chorus Supreme
Prices 75c, $1.03. $!.53. war tax includad
Seats on sale at Kelly's Drug Store
hie declined to accept, * and re
Imaiued where he believed duty
culled him.
Nothing we can say will as
suiigo ihe "ii'.-f 'if Iii? parents
land dear little brother, as time
alone will heal their wounded
hearts. They have the proud
[satisfaction uf knowing that his
life was beyond reproach and
thai he died in discharge of the
[highest duty an American citi?
zen can ho called upon to per?
form, and lake refuge in the
text: "The Lord giveth and the
Lord laketh away. Messed be
the name of the Lord;"
(in to church next Sunday.
New Night Message Rates.
Postmaster (Jem ral llurleson
Iioh announced a scum of great,
ly reduced rntes for short ovi'r
bight mcsHiiges, as distinguish*
ed trunk the longer iiighl lein-rs.
Tin- new rules Weili into > ll'eei
on Jniiuur) Is! mid should prove
(o lie of great vaiiie in ConjuUc
iion with slum communications
which should hot sidl'.-t (he do
lays inherent iii physical linns
|k>rmlion Im Iii'- rnilwiVj im iil
service bill which Hl? inn
slillicielil iiruencv hi iiiipii
uiico lo warrant the payment
of Ilm; In i <> i It i il Ii i cli.iu'.i s here?
tofore in elteot for tolegr phic
tiiitiMiiis-inn Umltfr Iho iiow
schedule slim! liVer-iiigllt in- ts
sages tii.n bo acht ii cmit-idcr
able distance fjir 'is low us -_'o
ctmls, while ibt> muxiintiii raii
U bill) 50 con Is us nun ill St 11 do)
bkr ma x I um in whcb has, pre
vailed. Ahiimui i Lewis of the
loenl Westert! IJiijun nlliees ml
VlSflS I bill lliis'lleW hlglit llit'H
sit^e sei vice ibles nut interfere
in iitiy way with the popular
lll|;lll let lei si I v tee, bill is ill.
tended in supplement it in con?
junction witti Hhorlei cotniniuii
cations which have been gdiiig
by mail bit' which should tie
nimbly no by telegraph. Now
ihat tli- tolcgr ijlhslirn Oppenri?
ed as an integral part of tl,
post olliee net v to- il is undel
? tood in tie ihe imlicv of I'oHl
ii1.1siei lieuei ti Burhson to 151 vie
i he public a n op oil unit s to
umke tie- w hlesl us. nl the tel- -
graph service in (heeliinination
of delays t b communication's
due to separati'bii by distance,
.t the lowliHl juto}< wbicli III.'
icliial cos; hi peitoriiiiiig the
service on a sctndafdiz ? I im-is,
will permit.
I Uuild imue h
IM?; prohh in.-. 6 f ! Iii) [ioiir j
weatherman an- becoming mbre |
complicated euch jionr. The
liiere gnoi sing of m Iii i In i tir hol I
it is gnfiW hiiii Oii a certain day i
or il iiring a ee|-iaiii wlu-k hits
idiuiigi il io ilie niiicli iniire risky
hot of wliethiir 01 noi WO ari-gn.
iog to have winter linin g 1 )i
o-mbt-r, ,1 nnu.n \ itiiii Ki-hruiiriy
nr illiritig June, ?Hily iihd Au
ijnsl.
Go tu church hext Sunday.
Stockholders' Meeting.
Tin- Annual Mi l Hue, of tin
Sioekhot.l. i - ol 'lio lut eiSltlle
Uililrnutl Cnlnp iiiy will he In 1.1
it the Hi Ivim lintel. Alexiin
ilri I. Virgihi i. Woilimsdn) .i?VW
man !!? h l 'l'.i it 12::$()v?* -lock
|i in. Im ill - inn potto of liOtin
liog |i ii n Ii Ii I reports, electing n
lim.id of liiri-eidrs, liutl 11 ni
uc.tiiig such other husiiicss .1
?iiii? propi-rli eoiiie n fore tit.
mooting.
II Ii 1 .mi:.
Stockholders' Meeting.
'I'lo Annual Ueotini! of Un?
stuck holders of I'lie Virginia
Coal & Iron Company will he
hehl at tin- Belvoir Hotel, Ali x
amlria. Virgin! 1. on Wednes?
day, Kebiuiir> 11) h, 1:11:', at |2
O'clock noon, lor ihe purpose of
hearing annual reports, elect
iiig a Hoard of l)n cetera -ami
transacting such oilier hit iiii ss
us liiiiy properly come before
tin- iiioeling.
W. C. Ki:m .
Secretary.
Stockholders' Meeting.
Tin' Annual Meeting of the
Stockhohiers of ihn Wmtz Cor?
poration will in- hohl at the Bel
voir Hotel, Alexaiidri 1, Virgin?
ia, Wednesday, February rath,
1019, at 12:16 "o'clock p. in. for
1 lie purpose of hearing annual
report, electing a Board of l)i
rectors, und transacting stich
oilier business : 11 iy prop rly
come before ihe meeting.
W. c. Kent,
S.erelary.
'iStSB****^ gm
TUE UNI
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!
Tlic Ford truck is just another arm
and hand to the business man. adding
through its mnriilold usefulness to tlic
possible volume of Iiis business, and at
the same time doubling
AllOtlhGI" the value of every hour.
Hand for '"'"'manj ways its :,H
ria-na iui round utiHty servcs the
Business urgent demands of busi?
ness?big and little?
the retailer and wholesaler, the manu?
facturer and consumer, tin; con tractor
and fanner. Everywhere where busi?
ness exists there is a present want for
F?rd trucks. Consider the price $550,
without body, (. o b. Detroit. Let's
talk it over with you.
Miiujnil Motor Company
Bit? Stone Gap, Va.
HI
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inrzllsiiril^blplspOnrz;^ t.5][j?M?J!3t^^^
Our Guarantee of
QUALITY
is back of our entire
stock of
Our line is complete.
Our prices are as low as you
will find anywhere.
Our service is always courte?
ous and gladly given.
The Best in Hardware
Smith Hardware Go. 1
BIG STONE GAP, VA.
IT DOES NOT PAY \ 0 BUY "CHEAP" HAIN I IT
"SCALES" AND COMES OFF OK IT LOSES ITS
BRIGHTNESS.
WE SELL PAINT WHICH WILL "SUCK" AND STOP
DECAY. AND WHICH WILL KEEP YOUK BUILDINGS
LOOKING CHEERFUL.
SO IT "PAYS" TO NOT ONLY BUY YOUR HARD?
WARE FROM US BUT ALSO YOUR PAINTS BECAUSE
OUR PAINTS ARE BEST: ITIKY STAND THE TEST.
Hamblen Brothes
Big Stone Gap, Virginia
South-West Insurance Agency
Incorporated
Fire, Life, Accident andCasuality In
surance. Fidelity and Other Bond?*
Real Estate and Commission Brokers.
BIG STONE QAP, VA.