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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-04-28
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We are always busy because we al- ways can be depended upon to do our work in a careful and painstaking manner.
 Give us an opportunity to convince you, by a trial, that you cannot do better than to entrust your plumbing matters to us.
 Estimates cheerfully submitted.
 All new work guaranteed.
 Phone us when you want a plumber in a hurry.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-04-28

spirit of the times.
 Thirty-eight 6O-foot cars are neces- sary to transport the company, which will be brought here in two trains of 19 cars each, arriving Sun day, May 6. The shows were en- gagged for the fourth consecutive sea- son to play the celebrated Battle of Flowers" at San Antonio, an engage ment that they finished last Satur- day.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-04-28

Net cost to district s19, ,053.5o
 City to donate .................... 100000
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-04-28
PLANTS!

If you want the best Plants in the city call at my Green House. I have the largest and best assortment, both in vegetables and flowers in Pine Bluff; it will pay you to call and see them. Hanging Baskets a speciality.
 MRS. MAE FLOWERS,
 Phone 23S S19 w. 11th Ave.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-04-28
IN RE. SCAYANGER BILLS.

From and after this date all per- sons who do not pay their scavenger bills promptly when the work is done. will be requested to pay in advance. according to law.
 CITY SCAVENGER co.
 By J. s. Currie. Pine Bluff, April 2, 1917. 4-3-1m
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-04-28
PASTOR TO KINGSLAND.

Rev. J. R. Dickerson, pastor of the Hawley Memorial Methodist church, will be at Kingsland Sunday. He will preach the commencement sermon there that morning, and will remain over to conduct the regular service Sunday evening.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-04-28
Piles Cured in 6 to 14 Days

Piles Cured In 0 to IA Days
 Your druggist will refund money if PAZO OINTMENT fails to cure any case of Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Files in to IA days. The first application gives Ease & Rest. soc.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1917-12-19
Red Cross
Christmas Eve

y Red Cross Christmas Eve
is being planned by that organ
ization for use by millions of
IT'S members throughout the
United States. In every home
and place of business there is
wanted II Red Cross Service
Flag duriog Christmas week.
Each member is being urged to
light Il candle behind the flag
promptly at 1880 O'Clock on
Christmas Eve, aud keep it
lighted until 0 O'Clock. An
Churches are asked to chime
their bells at half-hour inter
walls between the same hours.
Red Cross workers will be or.
gained into groups and go
singingChristmas carols though
their neighborhoods.
Each Red Cross Service Flag
distributed will have instruc
tions printed on the back en-.
courging the members to take
part in the ceremony on Christ.
mas Eve by having lighted
candle in his window. Pastors
will be asked to mention it in
their sermons, and educational
institutions will be asked for
the privilege Of explaining TO
the children the Significance of
the custom. 1t is expected that
the desire of the community to
participate i II the Christmas
Eve ceremony will be an inter
esting inducement for the Sc.
curing of new membership.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1917-12-19
ARMY BENEFIT PROGRAM
A BIG SUCCESS
The Blue Lodge and Royal
Arch Chapter of the Mason
ic Fraternity give Enter
tainment for benefit
of boys at Front

Inc program was rendered in
the Masonic Hall, Willis build
ing, Tuesday evening, Decem-
Der llth, and notwithstanding
the lnclemency of the weather
there was Il good attendance.
and every body vas delighted
Rev. b. w. Hughes, Rector of
the Episcopal Church, and a
member of the Masonic Frater
nifty of Canudy, gave Il very
stirring address on the histori.
cal events leading up to tho
present war. The proof of his
sincere and eloquent address
was emphasized by tho gencr-
Gus free will Offering which
followed it. This Offering
amounted to over $1,000. The
money was turned over to Mrs.
r.. j Prescott and Mrs. d. Il.
Person to be expended by then,
tor the mos: needed comforts OF
our neighborhood BOYS who are
now wearing Uncle Sans uni
form. The expense of the enter.
tainment was taken care of by
the Blue Lodge and Chapter.
On the program, in addition
to Rev. Hughes, Mrs. |. O. Tay-
lor, Miss Mary Skeen, Miss
Memo Vineyard, Miss Mabel
Willis, Mrs. W. l.. Jones, MIR.
aud Mrs. j. IL. Mathews. De.
llghtful vocal solos were rem
dered by Misses Willis and
Skeen and Mrs. Taylor. The
Orchestra va $ composed OF
Miss Fannie Ray, Mrs. w. II.
Peck, and Messrs. Saxton, Jes.
soc and Johnnie Ray.
The side show consisted of
W. l.. Jones, S. G., of Big Stone
Gap, Virginia, otherwise known
as DR.. Bug" aud II. A. Came
ron, j. w. of Candida Lodge
Chicago, III.
Refreshments, consisting OF
sandwiches, ice cream, cake
and coffee, followed, after
which everyone went out into
the snow smiling.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1917-12-19
Conserving
Food
Wheatless and Meatless Days
Are Now General Through
out the Nation

From cost to cost meat and
wheat saving days are gaining
in popularity. In New York d
majority of the restaurants are
observing the days for the saw
ing of these commodities. The
New York Stock Exchange
Club has officially adopted two
meatless and two wheatlsss
days each week.
In Wisconsin l60 hotels in
one month effected IL saving of
approximately II per cent in
meats and Il per cent in wheat.
All public eating houses in Col
orado observe wheatless aud
meatless days.
More than half OF the 66 din
ner-car services of the country
have pledged to have meatless
and wheatless days.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1917-12-19
Joined the Col
OrS

Following is list of men who
recently voluntarily applied for
enlistment in tn various
branches OF the U. S. Army at
Norton Recruiting Station, and
were sent Dec. 18th, to Fort
Thomas, Ky, for final exami.
nation:
Aviation Section, Signal
Corps-William Il. Fleming.
Henry K. Lane, Sherman L.
hartley, Irwin NJ. Page, Samuel
Il. Felts, William G. Gates,
Robert II. Wassum, Charles b.
Giliey, John NJ, Dean, Henry
a. Siphers, John f.. Cook John
+. lngle, Fred l., Troy, James
Z. Willis.
Quartermaster Corps, Nation
al Army Henry +. Harris.
William II. McDonough. viii
lard 5. Kilgore, Ulysses G. Elan
airy, Tate |. Adams, Martin G.
Beverly, Adlai $. Litton, Joel
1. Trout, Vernon NJ. Wells.
engineer Corps, National
Army = Foster G, Brown, Creed
B, Kelly, Henry X Mccormick
The men for the Engineer Corps,
National Army, were sent to
Washington, d. g., for final ex-
animation.
Coast Artillery Corps, Regu-
lar Army Henry 5. Osborne
ana Lawrence NJ. Graves.
Eugene y. Davis, Medical
Department, Regular Army.
Men who have registered for
seiective draft, are no longer
ePgiole FOR voluntary enlist
ment.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1917-12-19
Roll of Honor
Big Stone Gap Public School
for November

Grace Mahatfey, Virginia
Churchill Compton, Make
Payne, Dorothy Goodloe, Leslie
disel, Guy Lane, Winton Ora
ham, Mildred Wade, Arthur
Foster, Matte Burk, Nell Jen.
kins, Ohio Hisel, Gilberta
knight, Nina Reed, Mary Akens
Frances Daugherty, Ray Hurd
Evelyn Dean, Louise Holton,
Maidred Barron, Jeanette Gil.
mer, HELEN Witt, Cleo Sword.
Lucille Taylor.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1917-12-19
Demands of
War
Add Many Employees to
Government Payroll in
Washington

Approximately 10000 employ.
ees have been added to theGov.
ernmeut's pay roll in Washing-
ton since the war began. EST
mates place the increase in pop
ulation of the National Capital
at more than 10000.
The War Department leads in
additions to the clerical forces
having added 5000 names to its
roster of washington employees
The Navy Department to-day
has double the clerical force it
had prior to the war. about -
800 having been added. This
number includes 500 "yeoman'
who have enlisted in the Navy
and are now assigned to clcri
cal duties.
TIL Food Administration
now uses n force of 1000; the
War Trade Bureau employs
more than 700, the Fuel Admin
istration employs about 1000
clerks; and the Council of Ma
tional Defense and Red Cross
have engaged approximately
l,400 persons. Wartime print.
ing has added materially to the
large force of the Government
Printing Office.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1917-12-19
Blackwood Boys Off.

I hree of Superintendent
Creveling's office men enlisted
this week and entrained for Ft.
Thomas, Kentucky, Friday
night, along with the Norton
boys. They were O. Fillager,
koy M. Evans and Edward O.
Hawkins. They went in high
spirit, confident that they will
return Norton Reporter.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1917-12-19
KEEP A GOING"

IL you strike thorn or rose,
Keep a-goin'i
IL it halls or it SHOWS
Keep a-goin
'Fain't no use to sit an whine
When the fish amt on your line;
Bait yonr hook an keep on tryin -
Keep a goin'l
When the weather kills your crop,
Keep a-goinl
When you tumble from the top,
Keep a-goinr
S 'pose you're out of every dime?
Getting broke Amt any crime;
Tell the world you're feeling prime
Keep a-goin'l
When it looks like all is up,
Keep a-goin'i
Drain the sweetness from the cup,
Keep a-goin'l
Sec the wild birds on the wing
Hear The bells that swectly ring
When you feel like sighin'-sing,
Keep a-goin
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1917-12-19
To The People OF Big Stone
Gap

Has your home been comfort
able during the past week of
unusual cold weather: Some
homes nave been bleak and
cold Tor the want of fuel.
You have not gone hungry
some have.
You have enough of clothing
TO Keep you warm-others have
not.
The sooner YOU do some
thing, the sooner suffering will
be alleviated,
Send clothing, warm and ser.
viceable for immediate use
Send canned goods and gro
ceries.
Send money.
More than all-Become inter.
ested IN one of these families
share their burdens, give them
the personal touch and your
heart will be gladened.
Associated Charities
Mrs. r. b. Alsover
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1917-12-19
Six Boys Enlist in the
Service
Service

Six more of the Gaps young
men answered the call to the
colors last Thursday night,
when they left for Fort Thomas
KY and Washington, d. c.,
where they will go into
training for a few weeks into
the different departments of
the service of the United States
Army having enlisted last week
at Norton and passed the exam.
nations. They were Creed
Kelly, Oldest son of Or. and
Mrs, j. w. Kelly. Henry Nc
Cormick, eldest son of Mr.. and
Mrs. j. l.. Mccormick, who en-
listed in the Mining Engineer
ing department, Fred Troy who
for the past several months has
had a position in the office at
the Furnace of the Intermon t
Coal and Iron Corporation, who
enlisted in the clerical depart.
ment of the Aviation Corps and
Sherman BARLEY, who had a
position in the commissary, of
the Virginia Iron Coal and Cox g
Company, johnnie Bean, of
the Mineral Motor Company,
and Oscar Willis and Ransom
Payne, who enlisted in the
Mechanical department of the
Aviation Corps, and who have
been sent to San Antonio, Tex
az, for training.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1917-12-19

When Christmas comes you'll
be thinking of gjving-and of
getting. It's when you give
greatly that you get most.
We're always giving here at
this store; the greatest values
we can; the best service we can.
We're thinking of your inter
ests first and it pays us we'll to
do it We get your friendship
and your trade.
c. CARTER,
Big Stone Gap,
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1917-12-19
Uselessness OF
w ant.

The fear frequently expressed
that this country may come to
want should be perfectly use
less fear. There is no logical
reason why the United States
should not produce ample for
her own wants and the needs
of her allies. We have tho land
upon which to grow the crops
and Il climate that renders any
thing approaching Il crop fail
ure an impossibility. All that
remains is for the American
people to apply themselves to
the task.
But il is ut this point that the
trouble arises. For several do
cades now the people haye been
gradually deserving agriculture
for the industrial pursuits Ag-
riculture has been Mt u discount
and the farmer regarded as Of
somewhat Inferior clay. Thous.
ands of young men, if not train.
ed i'll the professions, adopted
the mechanical trades till the
farms have become almost de-
serted. The result was only to
be expected, and naturally the
Industrial rauks were unduly
swelled at the same time. Moth
ing save the over abundance of
mechanical labor is responsible
for the great labor disturbance
of the past half century. Labor
III any line, when il becomes
too plentiful, must either resort
to competition or union in order
To survive. In this instance in
chose union, and the results WE
have seen.
From this time on, there
should be u systematic effort on
the part of the great labor un
ions 10 curtail the number of
recruits to their ranks. Young
III en- should he discouraged
from deserving the farms to
engage in the trades. The farms
need them and should have
them. There il room for sever
al millions more young men on
the farms of this country, and
then h land would not be
overcrowded.
a more equitable distribution
of labor would result in great
good to all parties concerned.
The farms would benefit by the
added forces, while the trades
would benefit no less by the
withdrawal o surplus of
labor that is an endless source
of trouble and strife.
We have reached a point when
IA great reimbursement of labor is
imperative, and this readjust
ment is up to the leaders of the
labor world.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1917-12-19

Sir William Osier, professor
of medicine in Oxford UNIVERSE.
ty, is 6S years old. 1t would be
cruel to sail attention to the
fact that this Is the same Dir.
Osler who commended that a
mans usefulness was ended at
80, and that no should then be
chloroformed.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1917-12-19
Compressed
Air
Sends Missels into the Ger
man Trenches

Many of the mortars employ
ed to-day on the allied fronts
are of the compressed air type,
using a puff of air or gas in
stead of powder to throw the
shell into German trenches.
Present day trench warfare
has caused the pneumatic can.
non idea to be developed after
it had been laid aside for many
years as impractical. Aside
from being silent and inexpen
slve, the pneumatic mortar is
readily manipulated. 1t is used
ut ranges of from $50 to 1000
feet. and is said to be exceed
ingly accurate.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1917-12-19
Insurance OF Soldiers And
Sailors

Washington, d. c. Dec. l5.-
The act which provides for
Government life insurance for
soldiers aud sailors has now
been IN operation IL little more
than month, The Secretary
of the Treasury announced on
November 18th that up TO that
date III ,lGS applications under
the new law had been received,
representing Insurance. IN the
sum of 1857, 003, 900 From four
to six thousand applications are
received each day ut the Treas
ury Department, the amount
Of Insurance applied for
sometimes reaching total vi
fifty milliondoIlars in a single
day.
The law provides that sol.
dIers, sailors, marines and nur-
SEES in active service may oh.
tain from the Government life
insurance in amounts not ex-
ceeding $4,000 at premium
rates ranging from 10 cents a
month at the age of 81 years to
81 30 a month at the age of 81
years, for each $1,000 of insur-
nnce.
One of the primary objects of
this law ia to lessen the tremen-
dous burden of pensions which
has followed as Il consequences
oil all American wars.
1t is evident that the admin
istration of this new branch of
Government work is big bust.
ness in itself. But this is only
one of many governmental ac.
tivities incident to he war
which are adding great hunters
OF clerks, stenographers, and
other servants to Uncle Sans
payroll. Literally thousands of
stenographers and typewriters
have been appointed in Wash
ington during tn e past few
months and thousands more are
to be appointed as soon as they
are available. The United States
Civil Service Commission is
holding examinations for these
positions weekly throughout
the country. Secretaries of To-
cal boards of civil service ex.
aminers at the post offices in all
cities are furnishing detailed
Information.
Luxburg, in an Argentine
prison, would like much to be
able TO follow his own advice
and disappear "without leaving
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1917-12-19
NOTICE.

am agent for all the leading
magazines an d publications
ana solicit your subscriptions.
whether you want to renew or
subscribe. | can give you as
low a rate as any one. ct
Clifford Smith.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1917-12-19

Luxburg, in an Argentine
prison, would like much to be
able to follow his own advice
and disappear without leaving
q trace"
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1917-12-19

bands, has faded into blissful.
faded past. Then, and not un-
I'll then, will the Finance Com
mlttee again be able to convince
them that the Red Cross needs
more men than money!
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1917-12-19
EPISCOPAL CHURCH

5 u II d a y December 23rd.
Christmas service. Special
music. Sunday school 1000 q.
m. Sermon and Holy Commun-
ion ll:O0 o. IN. Archdeacon f..
A. Rich. Everyone cordially
invited to attend.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1917-12-19

KAISER needs rest"-head.
line on q Berlin cable. About
time to be building a sanitarium
on st. Helena.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-26
f"ARREsTED iOr or MEN,.
BuT THEY WOULDN'T GO

q. u. Alexander was fined $40 In
police court this morning when he en-.
tered a plea OF guilty to a charge OF
being intoxicated. He was Also charged
with lmpersonating an officer. and 10
this he pleaded not guilty. Alexander
Is "A carpenter, and for "A time worked
on the police force under "A former chief
Policemen said this was the first time
he was ever arrested or known 10 have
been intoxicated. With too much Christ
mas cheer. the evidence showed, he 80
cured a police club and started out %
Nrrest people all along the street. Hc
was taken hame, and later the polio
received complaint that he was again
impersonating an officer. When the
police found him he told them he hal
arrested "a whole lot OF men, but tha
they would not 80 with him TIL.
mayor, sitting as a police judge, found
he had no Jurisdiction In the Charge OF
impersonating an officer and II was
dismissed.
There were only a few cases In the
police court this morning. Seasonable
leniency had been observed over the
Christmas holiday. and the unfortunates
brought 10 the station We're allowed to
10 their way yesterday as soon as they
had slept on their trouble.
There was little drunkenness and no
the holiday passing of very
quietly in police circles.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-26
THREE HURT IN AFRO CRASH.

u. Adams OF Provence, driver of q
service cur, had taken a woman and a
little child 10 West Broadway yesterday
cftcrnoon between $50 and O'Clock
aHd was Just turning FROM Broadway,
headed east when n delivery eur be
longing 10 ilerndont market, being
driven west on Main street, crashed In
10 Adams' auto. Adams car was
smashed aud he was thrown to the
ground lie struck OF his head ana
was unconscious for "a time. The
market car was driven by Antoine
Heinke and Ross Baker was on the scat
with him. Their car. was also damaged
and both men We're thrown ouC They
were taken 10 the Hardy s1n.tarium
where II was found that Baker had
rustained "A fracture of a leg and was
otherwise injured Hripkr WAS CON
siiei ably bruised. but after his wounds
were dressed he was able 90 leave the
sanitarium.
The impact of the collision threw one
1T the ears against a parked car be-
longing 20 Cooks laundry, slightly
damaging Il. Adams sail the market
ear was being di""cL at terrific
speed. hut that hc had jjwt turned his
car around and had not had time TO
get into high
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-26

From 100000 feetxa ship timoers
day which were going to shipyards
the middle of November. Southern
pine mills are now furnishing the
government 100000 feet g day;
soon it is beiiessd - eoal of 2,OOO.-
600 feet . dsy which the Shipping
Board set as necessaey to operate all
shipbuilding plauts sesfuh time will
be reached.
In order that every man engaged
in mill and woods operations might
be thoroughly impressed with the
vital necessity of exerting his utmost
quantities of ship timbers needed by
the government to construct ships to
transport men and supplies to the
battle line in France, the Southern
Pine Association engaged the serv-
ices Of a number of forceful speak
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-26

e.s. VINO ale NOW canvassiug the en-
tire Southern lumber producing
territory. Congressman, former gov
ernors and other notables have lent
their services. After making three,
sometimes five addresses a day, cam
paigners frequently travel from
point to point at night in automo-
biles, in order to lose no time. The
ship timbers producing area. which
extends from the east coast of Flor
ida 100 miles into Texas. is being
thoroughly covered.
indications are that the wooden
fleet program will be well ahead Of
schedule by the middle of next sum-
mer," said ]. E. Rhodes, secretary
manager of the Southern Pine As
sociation. "The South's lumbe.men
are thoroughly aroused, and may be
expected to do their full du,y to 'h-
nation"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-26
TOBACCO IS NECESSITY. NOT
LUXURY. BRlTON III LES

London, Dec. ll.-(By MaiD.-Tobaccd
Is a necessity. not a luxury. declares
Lord Rhondda the food controller, IN
a statement published here. And we
must have tobacco. / believe that its
loss would be national misfortune. II
means much both the manual laborer
and to he who works with his brains
Men would eat great deal more II
they did not have tobacco. | hold that
the deprivation of it would WORK great
discomfort" Some system of ration
ing" tobacco however. is forecast by
the newspaper.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-26
10 Il ~ SEfiTiE6 FRIDAY

Henryettn. Okla. Dec. eG.-It has Just
been announced here that II. II. Keet
ing, the federal mediator who assisted
IN bringing about a peaceful conclusion
of the telephone operators strike at
Fort Smith, Ark. win arrive here Fri
day To take up the work Of settling
the local strike of twenty'nine opera
tors who have been out since Novem'
her II, during which time more than
'hfty telephones were removed by the
southwestern Bell Telephone company
and shipped from the city.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-26

! Lumberjacks far back in the
forests are eating their dinner these
days to the accompaniment Of patri-
lotto oratory.
Aroused to . realization OF the
important part they must play in the
wa. for democracy, woodsmen. saw
yers and axemen, hard-hsted, strong
muscled men, are toiling with might
and main cutting the big trees Uncle
Sam needs to build his wooden fleet.