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Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1917-01-25
Dear Sir:

iDVdL OIL
Talk about PREPARED
NESS"-Id like to see anybody
in this good old U. S. A. who is
better prepared than l am so far
as Fall Fabrics for Holiday clothes
are concerned.
Just leave it to me for the
snappy styles, the proper patterns
and the other necessary details
that go to make up the sort of
suit that YOU and every other
stylishly dressed man will want
to put on his back, when Chist-
mas morning jingles her way in
on US.
Place your Holiday suit or over
coat order with me right now.
1t won't take a minute or two to
take your correct measure. My
TAPE is always on the job.
Ask any Of the boys" around
town who are now wearing one
of my productions. what they
think of me as a TAILOR? Am
| PREPARED?
Well should say So"
Very truly yours.
A. I. FERGUSON.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1917-01-25

1t makes not a bit of difference
who you are or what you are,
this town has done more for you
than you have done for it. You
may be rich, or you may be poor,
or justin moderate circumstances,
but in either case your home town
has done much for you that you
have never recognized or repaid.
This statement is worthy of
serious consideration by every
citizen who believes in giving as
he receives. If you give it the
consideration it deserves you will
get busy right away and do your
full share towards making this
a bigger and better and more
prosperous town in every way.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1917-01-25
DINGUS.

We note with interest tho
different aspirants for office
whose names appear in the
Courier. Somebody said tina
somebody said that some one,
whose name has not yet appeared
in your paper, is a candidate fol
something. | don't know what.
Why not tell what you wan
through our only paper? A
candidate who is too stingy to lei
his wants be made known through
the columns of his paper would
not make a good officer. An.
nounce, Mr.. Candidate, and if
you intend to have deputies, let.
have them too. Let the Courier
be the means of first communicat
ing your wants and see if printers
ink does not pay if properly used
SLAB.
Editors Note The above from
our Dingus correspondent reach
ed US too late for publication last
week, but is too timely and to-
much to the point to throw away.
On account of the snow ard the
condition of the roads all of oul
correspondents letters were late
last week and we haven't space
to publish them in this issue.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1917-01-25
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GRASSY CREEK.

There is great deal of sick
ness in the country at this time.
John A. Wells OF Stacy Fork is
seriously i'll at this writing; he is
not expected to live.
The Cumberland Pipe Line
Company is laying a four inch
line from Lewis Station on Big
Caney, to the Campton oil fields,
running via, Nickel post office.
Quite a number of the country
boys are working on the line.
L. B. Reed has bought the
James Halsey bondary of timber
for $1,000, and will begin work
as soon as the weather opens up.
Lynn Boyd is a hustler and we
anticipate that he will save a lot
OF money in the job, as he usually
does in all his undertakings.
j. F. and Joe G. Gevedon have
been papering for John M.
Nickel part Of last week.
Most of the schools of the
county have closed: the others
will close this week. They could
have closed two months ago with
but little damage to the country.
The last two months, coming in
mid winter, and taking in con.
sideration the extra
fuel and the small attendance or
account of the bad weather, ant
other troubles incident thereto, j:
simply money wasted. If the
money that has been wasted by
the addition of the last two
months to our school term haC
been appropriated to the building
OF roads throughout the country
there would have been less tall
about bad roads and the whole
country would have profted by it
Success to the Courier and it,
Crew for 1917. FAIRPLAY.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1917-01-25
Aged Citizen Passes Away.

George Caskey, aged about rs
years, died at his home on Elk
Fork near LenoX, Jan. %, after
a lingering illness of a complica-
ton of diseases.
Mr.. Caskey was a well-to-do
farmer and is reported to have
left considerable money, Two of
the gas wells of the Morgan
County Heat, Fuel and Liggt Co.
are located on the farm which
was owned by him.
Interment took place in the
family graveyard Tuesday.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1917-01-25
How's This2

We oScr One Hundred Dollars
Reward for any case Of Catatrh
that cannot be cured by Halls
Catarrh Cure.
F.. J. CHENEY G. CO., Toledo. o.
We, the undersigned. have known F.. ].
Cheney for the last 10 years, and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially able to carry
out any obligations made by his firm
NATIONAL BANK OF COMMERCE.,
Toledo, O.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally
acting directly upon the blood and nu.
Cous surfaces of the system. Testimonials
sent free. Price rs cents per bottle. Sold
by all Druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1917-01-25
That H8ful Boy,

"a Figura:ive Rhyme, By Ivy
Kellerman Reed IN January St.
Nicholas
l ISful day a boy went 4th;
His dog went 2, A fun;
The dog 4stalled a 1tom cat,
Which 4thwith tried 2 run.
The poor at10u8ed cat
Dashed str8way 2 a fence,
And sounds of 3fold rage and
Now emanSted thence.
"This chance | can't AID 2 miss, {"
The boy did speculS;
4thwith he threw l stone, which
puss
Avoided all 2 Is.
DuI ooilieI IloW MS surprise
At l in view appears,
And chides in 4ceful tones be
That boy of lOder years.
"AtlOd 2 me-" his teacher says,
Why | am disconsolS!
I'll 4Ofy your 10der mind
With 40tude, not h8."
But quite in4mally the boy
Calls to his GAG creature,
And pointing 4th his 1in10t,
He 6 him on the teacher!
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1917-01-25
The Ordinary Kind.

What sort of a woman is Per-
kins' wife,"
1.-The ordinary kind. l guess
Perkins has as much trouble with
her as the rest of US do with our
wives. "-Detroit Free Press.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1917-01-25
Buy Out Stock.

DR.. S. R. Collier and G. |.
Brown recently closed a deal
with M. L. Gonley, of Camel
City, and Mr.. Yandell, of New
York, by which they acquired all
The stock of the latter gentlemen
in the various oil companies at
Camel City in which they were
all jointly interested.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1917-01-25
Preparedness.

Clark DO you believe in pre-
paredness?
Clubleigh-Sure! never go
home late without having an ex-
cuse all framed up. Kansas City
Star.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1917-01-25
Ne1Iie's Dilemma.

Caller-Nellie, is your mother
in?
Nellie-No, mother is out shop
ping.
Caller When will she return.
Nellie (loudly) Mother, what
shall | say now?--Kansas City
Star.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1917-01-25
Good Habit.

You will get accustomed to living
your life right through with a want
in it. We all have to do that. You
will get accustomed to wanting, and
this habit will come to be a part of
your life. You will be all the better
for TIL s. Merriman.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1917-01-25
Papa's Haircut.

A woman said to a little boy
with his hair bobbed in his neck :
'FrankIyn, when are you going
to have your hair cut like papa's?"
Il don't want my hair cut like
papa's," he replied, with a hole
in the top. THE Christian Her.
aid.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-11-30

to headquarters just neau OF me. ana.
| assure you, we came through some
mighty hot territory. | was In awful
condition myself. but l think he was
even worse.
l handed my Ease in, and while was
waiting for orders | went OIL to the
petrol stores to fill up the tank on my
bike. Lewis was talking to the officer
In charge of che riders and was stand
ing with his back to the door. Another
fellow came in carrying two empty
petrol tins, and-unintentionally, Of
course-he dropped them just behind
Lewis. They made quite a racket, aud,
coming so suddenly, Lewis jumped
over a table and tainted dead away.
We were all in about the same condi-
ton, and it didn't take much to get a
rise out of US. Poor Lewis was killed
the lex night by falling into a shell
hole.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-11-30
Continued from last week
SYNOPSIS
WILLIAM J. ROBINSON

William ]. Robinson. a young American
on a business trip In London, catches the
war fever and enlists in a British cavalry
regiment and lands at Ostend in October,
1914.
Made driver of an armored car and takes
part in battles about Ypres. Transferred
to the army service corps. has further
fighting experiences as a motorcycle rider
with machine gun attached and as a dis
patch rider.
Describes Christmas of 1914 in trenches
south of Ypres. Fearful losses. Kills a
sniper and tells of Belgian spies.
A brush with German cavalrymen. Tells
of motor work and work of chaplains. doc.
tors and nurses.
witnesses Royal Horse artillery in ac-
ton. Has a narrow escape and takes ref
uge In a cellar. Is sent to Paris.
Describes bomb throwing and aeroplane
attacks and the bombardment of a village.
Kills a trench digger.
The mining and capture of Hill gu. Be-
cures leave and describes wal incidents In
Glasgow. Returns to Ypres in midst OF
bombardment.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-11-30

thing to speak of. There is no doubt
that on certain occasions both sides
have refused to take any prisoners, but
/ would not care to place the response
bility of the beginning of the practice
in any n particular place.
There is no doubt of the fact that the
Germans hate and fear the Canadians.
A peculiar thing happened Don after
the Canadians so distinguished them
selves. A certain English regiment
received orders TO take some trenches
at a given time. The officers of this
regiment had the men fix their bayo-
nets and stick them over the parapet
of the trench several minutes before
the attack was to be made. They did
so and kept clashing their bayonets
one against another and making an
awful row generally.
When the whistle blew a young sub
altern was the first nan yer the para
pet, and he yelled at the top of his
voice, Come on, C~anadians!'
This got the Germans goat. and our
fellows took three lines of trenches
without losing a man. All of which
goes to show that the Germans. while
they may hate the Canadians, fear
them also.
There was considerable hand to hand
fighting on the dead ground between
the two lines of trenches. A bomb
landed in our trench and lay there with
the fuse sputtering. Quick as a
thought a big, burly Welshman picked
1t up and threw it back over the para
pet.
1t bit a German officer right in the
small Of the back just as it exploded
OF course 1t spread him all over the
landscape.
One of our officers turned to this big
Welshman and shouted: MAN alive, do
you know what you've done? Why,
you deserve the Victoria cross for
thatg' To which the Welshman replied
rather sourly: "Aye, sir, mebbe SO.
Anyhow, I'd rather have the Victoria
cross than one o. those wooden unsl'
Our headquarters were still in Pope
ringhe, and the German a%eroplanes
continued to visit us every morning.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-11-30

Immediately started TO counreratIack.
They drove us back a few hundred
yards, but we made a stand, and after
the eGge had worn off the German at
tack we commenced to advance again.
This time there was no denying the
Canadians, and they went right
through until they had retaken all the
ground that had been lost. They also
recovered four guns which the Ger
mans had captured.
AS nearly as can tell, it was at this
time that the reports began to fly
around that M prisoners were being
taken. This is an extremely difficult
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-11-30

Saw Another Sign OF Gas.
me suddenly that it was the gas. The
officer who had left a few minutes be-
fore poked him head down and shouted,
run like h.; it's the gas!"
By this time l could hardly see, and
l was doing some tall old scrambling
to get out of hat place. l would hold
my breath as long as could, and then
I'd take another breath through my
khaki handkerchief. When / got out
side / found that everything was cov-
cred with a greenish yellow haze, and
l couldn't see three feet in front of me.
/ ran In the direction Of the place /
had left my car, and I struck it the
first shot. Perhaps l wasn't thankful
I had left the engine running! l jump
ed in and started down that road for
all l was worth, and before I had gone
100 yards | was off the road and stuck
In a pfowed field. l was clear of the
gas, though, and that was all / cared
about.
waited there for two hours before
any one appeared, and when a fatigue
party finally came along the road | had
them help me get the car out. They
got eight horses, and we hitched them
on to the back. l raced my machine,
and the horses pulled, and after half
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-11-30

one motorcycle dispatch riders he was
one of foul survivors.
mine OF Information. lie na1 the name.
location and strength of every unit i'll
our vicinity and also the location of a
good many of our batteries. He was a
brave fellow, all right, and he played
the game clear to the end.
The next day l reported myself as
usual for the trip to Potijze, and we
decided to make the try again. Even
as we got neal Ypres the fire seemed
to slacken, and we rushed straight
through without mishap.
If Ypres had been in bad condition
before this / don't know how it would
be described nowi In the center Of the
town there was scarcely a building left
standing. All the towers but n bad
been knocked off the famous Cloth
hall, and the whole place had been
Quilted by fire. The cathedral was all
down except half of the tower, and the
inside of that was still burning.
The streets were Uttered with bodies
of every description, and broken wag-
ons, ambulances, water carts, etc., lay
everywhere. The roads were almost
obliterated, and we were riding over
broken bricks snd mortar. The shells
were still coming over, but they were
no worse than what We had run
through before. so we did not mind
them very much. We found the road
the ether side of Ypres about as usual,
SO we got up to Potijze without any
more excitement.
Potijze is a very tiny place which
has seen some hard fighting from time
to time. There was really very little
left of the place itself, but our trenches
ran just outside the village. and we had
| dugouts all around there. On our ar
rival my officer told me to turn the car
around and then to get into one of the
| dugouts and wait for him. I did as he
told me, and for some reason or other
| left the engine running. l shut the
barely ticking e.
I looked around and found a dugout
not twenty yards away and went in.
Two officers were there at the time,
but they told me to sit down, and they
went on with their work.
l found some paper and a pencil and
started to write a letter. After a few
minutes one of these officers got up
and went out. l don't think 1t was
more than ten minutes later hat
heard a lot of running around and
shouting over our heads. and I won
dered what it could be.
Then | noticed that my throat and
nose seemed to be burning, and my
eyes commenced to water. l couldn't
draw q breath without sharp pain
piercing my throat and lungs. 1t struck
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-11-30

No Sooner Had That Shell Landed
Than the Civilians Commenced to
Move.
as usual. Occasionally they would
drop some bombs and kill q few civil
fans, but the situation was not critical
enough to cause us to move the head
quarters.
On Saturday morning, April "a, /
had taken my car down to the corps
supply column to fill up with petrol
when a shell came over and landed
In the field just beside the column. 1t
was the first shell we had had in
Poperinghe, and, believe me, l didn't
want to see whether there were any
more on the way. I had been detailed
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-11-30
n.SMn.u'
FOURTEEN
MONTHS
X AT II
An American Boys
Baptism of Fire
By WILLIAM ]. ROBINSON
Copyright, Little, Brown & Co.
By WILLIAM J. ROBINSON
An American Boys
Baptism of Fire
Copyright. Little. Brown & Co.

The most graphic account of the
great war hat has yet been written
m from the pen Of q twenty-two-
year-old Boston boy, who has just re-
turned from France, where as dragon
guardsman. dispatch rider and motor
car driver he served fourteen months
under the British flag. Out of thirty
one motorcycle dispatch riders he was
one of four SURVIVOR.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-10-12
FOUNDING MILL NEWS.

Pounding Mill, Oct. 10---The mis-
Hionary societies of Clinlcld and Pis-
gah met with the missionary Indies
here today. The meeting was held in
the Union church and led by Mrs. w,
G. Greear, OF Cliilicld Tho following
persons were on tho program: Mrs.
Mary O'Keeife, of Tazcwell, an ad-
dress; papers by Mrs. G. c.. McL.nin,
Mrs. McGec, Mrs. Julia Williams;
talks by Miss Rcbckah Davis; solo
by Mrs. John O'Keeffc, of Tazewell;
duet by Mrs. w. b. Steole, soprano,
and Mrs. DR.. J. ii. Moore, alto, with
Mrs. j. Is. Gillespie organist. Also
n paper by Mrs. Chcs Cecil and Ms.
ELLA Pccry, of Pisgah. Mira. Pecry
lead the devotional, Mrs. Steele led
in prayer. Mrs. c. II. Treyer was re-
cording secretary. with Mrs. julia
Williams rs treasurer. Quite II nice
little sum wns collected
Different topics were explained by
the leader, Mrs. Grccar and Mrs. Mnry
O'Keeirc.
Mr.. William Caldwell left for Camp
Lee, Petersburg, yesterday from the
Court House. He leaves four month
bride almost crazed with grief, be-
sides host Of relatives and friends
W." "'S praying luf UlS SuIC ana
speedy return.
Mr.. Mercer Thomas has II relapse
of, typhoid fever at the home of his
parents, Rev. and Mrs. G. II. Thomas.
Mrs, w. b. Steele on Sunday visit
cd her mother, Mrs. Jane Mcclure Mt
Cedar Bluff,
Mr.. and Mrs. j. r. Altizer went To
farewell yesterday and saw the sol
diers off.
The Rt. Rev. Thompson, Bishop of
the Episcopal church, preached hero
Saturday night; Rev. MIR. Forbes on
Sunday Mt II n. m, and tho Rev. Nan
Is. Osborne, of Athens, w. Va, on
Sunday night. All of the discourscs
were excellent.
James Necl, r. f. d. carrier is Off
on vacation to visit relatives. lie has
been promoted to railway mail clerk.
Mr.. and Mrs. Davidson. of Bluciicld
visited their aunt, Mrs. C. ii. Trayor
Sunday night.
Miss Mabel Bourne, who recently
underwent an operation for nppcndi-
citis Mt the Blucield Sanitarilim, is
making rapid recovery Mt her home
ut Grafton.
Mrs. Efie Spratt and children, of
Irwin, Tenn, and Mr.. Pct Williams
are guests of Mrs. Julia Williams.
Mr.. Clint Ascuc and others loaded
three cars of fat cattle here todny.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-10-12

full in this war must reverse his
tory" said the speaker. "No country
has ever been successful in battle
whose base of operation was far dis
tant." He cited the Napoleonic wars,
the war of the rebellion, tho Spanish
American war, and others conflicts.
However, he asserted that tho Unit
ed States would be successful in this
war beyond doubt, but that to do SO
will require the supremest efforts of
every man, woman and child in this
country.
Mr.. Muncy's opinion was that the
question of transportation, of both
soldiers and food supplies, was the
gravest problem now facing this
country and the allied nations, and
that this question had been RESPONSE
BILE for the result of wars in previous
years-a question of operating too
far from base. The fact seems to
have been overlooked by the speak
er that the nations of the world have
made more progress in shipbuilding
and transportation within the past
few years than in the. past century
and that the methods of construction
have kept we'll apace the modes of
destruction in all the allied countries.
Distances are no longer n vital ques-
tion with the nations of the world.
Uncle Sam today has under contract
and building over twelve hundred
steamers, and the allied nations are
turning them out of the shipyards in
untold numbers.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-10-12
PROMOTIONS FOR TAZEWELL
BOYS.

In private letter from l.. E. Gard
ner, who was attached to the recruit
ing Office during the summer, conveys
the informatioa that three of the
Tazewell boys who joined Company
ID while at Cedar Bluff, Peery, Totten
and Horne have been promoted. The
first two were mnde corporals and
Horne first class private.
Billie Mitchell, of Graham and Dale
Hnrman, from the Same place, have
been promoted to corporals In the
new national army. They are in. the
Tazewell contingent at Petersburg.
Bill Kniser and Charles Gillespie also
received similar promotions several
weeks ago, we are informed.
Newt Edwards, writing from Camp
Lee, says: "Some of the boys have
been sick from vaccination; we got
our second shot today. ,Havn't got our
uniforms yet, but expect To get them
tomorrow. Send the. C. w. N. to Y.
M. c. A; No. 10, and we can all see
it there"
Wiley Neel, writing from the same
camp, says: Received card today.
Glad to hear from home. Any Taze-
well news is good. You couldn't get
lonesome here, for some Of the boys
are always making noiae. Write
me-"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-10-12
TAZEWELL CATTLE AT THE
RICHMOND FAIR.

The Richmond Times Dispatch Of
Tuesday, says: "Among the attrac-
tive features Of the live departments
at the State Fair is an exhibit of %
baby beeves from Lee county and nine
from Tazewell, which were raised by
boys and girls and brought to Rich
mond from the Roanoke Fair. The
boys and girls will compete for the
$500 prize, offered by the American
National Bank.
The baby beeves have been fed and
groomed since February Is, and are
especially fitted for the Fair. The
boys and girls who fed them are also
here for the fair to show the people
how to make n yearling steer weigh
as much as atWo-year old at much
less cost than the old way of produc-
ing beef. At Roanoke the exhibit at
tracted considerable attention.
The average gain Of these calves
per day has been about two and one
half pounds, and the cost Of this gain
was about 8 cents per pound. Pac-
ers have paid Ia 1-2 cents per pound
for fat yearlings, leaving the boys
and girls fair margin of profit.
The exhibitors from Tazewell coun-
ty are as follows.
Claude Kits, Burke's Garden; Jim
Sam Gillespie, David Hurt, John w.
Gillespie, Pounding Mill; Brownie
Greear, Cliffield; Shields Harman, of
Tazewell; Martin Harrnan, Charles
Greever, Orby Parks, North Tazewell.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-10-12
AUSTIN THOMPSON DEAD.

Austin Thompson, eighty years Of
age, a well known citizen of this
town for many years, died at his
home here Monday night about z
o'clock, after several weeks illness.
The funeral and burial took place
Wednesday morning in the new GEM
etery, Rev. w. w. Arrowood being in
charge of the services.
Deceased was gallant Confederate
soldier, volunteering at the outbreak
Of the war in Company X, 45 Virginia
Infantry, and fought through the en-
tire struggle with honor to himself.
A number of his confederates in
that struggle are still living here, and
testify to his bravery and fearless
ness.