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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1918-05-08
Attention, Men Within Draft
Age.

Complete the entrainment for
Charlottesville, Va, of grammar
school graduates who have had
some experience along mechani-
cal lines and some aptitude for
mechanical work, to report 10
the Commanding Officer, Uni.
versity of Virginia ON May 23rd.
Only white men and men
physically qualified for general
military service may be indu ct
ed under this Call.
The men cleared for this SER
vice will receive two months
course of training nj Govern
mcnt expense. fitting them to
serve i'll army positions, rcquir-
ing knowledge of automobile
driving and repairing, and other
mechanical duties incident to
many kinds OF military service,
both Mt the front and behind
the lines. The men taking this
course will receive thorough in
structions which will be Of great
personal value in working their
way ahead, i'll the army and in
civil life. This is an exception
al opportunity for energetic am
bltious men.
The voluntary period will con
duct until May 10Th. After
May 18TH no more volunteers
will be accepted.
Apply to Local Board, Govern
ment Building, Norton, Va, al
once for full particulars.
This is an exceptional oppor-
tunliy for men within draft
age.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1918-05-08

whole world over has ever had
such definite responsibilities or
opportunities for service. AS
the largest boys organization
III the world, the scouts will
make sure that no one is over.
looked and will also give sub
scribers the opportunity to take
Just n little bit more. The aim
III the Boy scout campaign is
nothing else but to serve our
country and help to win the
war.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1918-05-08
An Important Meeting To Be
Held in Richmond
City.

The League of Virginia Nun.
icpalities is an organization
that has not heretofore been
understood or appreciated. Its
object is to promote the welfare
of all cities and towns in the
Commonwealth, as we'll as to
discuss municipal government
in all of its different phases.
The 1918 meeting of the League
will convene in Richmond on
Wednesday morning, August
2lst, and continue in session
two days. Hon. r. r. Fuller
ia the president of the League.
For a great many years he was
n member of the council in that
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1918-05-08
Wise County
Fair

at a recent meeting of the
stockholders of the Wise Coun
" Fair Association, Captain
Fits Stevens was elected Presi-
dent for the coming year. and
q. Il. McElroy, Secretary. The
election of these earnest, eff
cient and enthusiastic men ar
CUES we'll for big, successful
fair this fall. The war and its
alarms should encourage rather
than discourage the farmer and
farming, aud Il deeper interest
should be taken in the fair than
ever before. The war will be
won by the farmer as certainly
as by the soldier. The man
behind the plow is as important
as the. man behind the gun and
every effort should be made TO
increase interest in the best
and most efficient methods of
farming. While Wise county
ID u mining section, il is rapid
ly becoming a farming section
and with the introduction OF
better methods the county will
be on a self sustaining basis in
regards TO food production.
Then let every body get behind
the fair and boost with all their
inight.-Norton Progress.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1918-05-08
RED CROSS WORK ROOM
NOTES
ROOM

Those attending tn c Work
Room for the week ending May
4th were:
Miss Mary Ramsay, G 10
hours; Mrs. w. II. Goodloe, .
l-2 hours; Mrs. f. f. Burgess
8 hours; Mrs. Otis Mouser, 5 | .
hours; Mrs. f., e. Goodloa 3
hours; Mrs. ED Mouser, 8 IL
hours; Mrs. Horace Fox. -
hours; Mrs. w. d. Bum, . 10
hours; Mrs. S. Polly. 3 hours
Mrs. q. j. Prescott, ID hours;
Miss Mabel Willis, . 10 hours;
Mrs. II. NJ. Henkel, . hours:
Mrs. G. g. Long, . 10 hours;
Miss Sara Williams, 1 10 hours;
Mrs. r. NJ. Evans, 4 IL hours
Mrs. |. 7. Taylor, , IL hours
Mrs. j. NJ Tay lor, 9 hours:
Mrs. + w Nickles, . hours:
Mrs. II. a. Alexander, Q is
hours; Mrs. Sayers, 3 hours:
Mrs. Carter, ? hours, Mrs. III,
w. Gillian, l 9 hours: Mrs. j
W. Kelly, 3 hours; Miss Minnie
Fox, 2 . hours; Miss Margaret
Petit, . 1-2 hours; Mrs. f. W.
Lewis, > . hours; Mrs. w. b.
kilbourn,3 hours; Miss Mabel
Qnillln, . hours, Mrs. Villas
Wells, , hours;Aliss Lula Moore
/ hour; Mrs. Judge Skeen. /
5 4 hours; Mrs. Harwell, / 3 1
hours; Miss Myrtle Wolfe, /
hour; Mrs. ID. b. Pierson, / 10
hours; Mrs. J.K. Taggart, 10
hours.
The following ladies', Mrs. E.
e, Burgess, Mrs. w. r. Good
loe, Mrs. S. Polly. Mrs. E. j.
Prescott, spent two and a quar-
ter hours each in work, Thurs
day afternoon, devoting this
time to the making of lagettes
for the French babies.
The attendance at work room
was larger the past week than
has been for several months
anu u great zeal OF work was
accomplished in the various
departments.
Quite Il number of the com
presses were made and inspect.
ed, dressings wrapped and pre-
pared for shipment.
Those who inspected them,
report that many were beauti
fully done. These congresses
must be exactly right and bear
inspection before leaving Work
Room for headquarters, 1t is
urgent to make as many dress
ings as possible and make them
exactly right.
Please remember the meet
ings, Wednesdays and Satur-
days. If there has never been
a time when you ought to work,
tho time has now come. Your
country needs you. OF course
you are busy. Nobody but
busy people are wanted. No.
body else does any good. Come
and do your bit.
-. So ---
H..
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1918-05-08
Liberty Loan
| A Success
i15,OOO,00O People Are En-
rolled on Bond Honor
Roll

Il Washington, May4-For The
Il third time within Il year the
b American people have heavily
4 oversubscribed a war cerdit.
a As the Third Liberty Loan
4 was closing tonight, the Treas.
Y ury announced the campaign
& had been an Overwhelming
4 success" Although 81, 90, 600,
4 coo was the formal goal of the
4 campaign, official reports, in
GLIDING only II small portion of
today's avalanche of pledges,
showed the total as 5000, $685..
400 and there were indications
that the aggregate would be
j increased to nearly $4,000 ,0O0,-
900 next week when banks have
time to tabulate tho multitude
OF last-minute applications.
The exact result of the cam
paign probably will not he
known until late in the week.
Nearly 100000 Sub
scribers
Official estimates placed the
number of subscribers at be-
tween 100000 and $4,000, 00O
far above the 100000 of the
second loan or 4 100000 of the
first-and some officials OK
pressed the belief that the roll
Of bond buyers would DO even
greater. To them this was one
Of the most encouraging fea.
lures of the loan.
All twelve Federal Reserve
Districts, which were the larg.
est campaign units oversub
scribed, and a majority of tn,
States made the same record
Delaware doubled it's quota.
Bond selling continued &C
lively IN many cities up to a
late hour tonight and banks
stayed open in a final effort
to roll up more subscriptions
than the 81 ,Gl6, 100000 of tn,
second Liberty loan last Octo
Der.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1918-05-08
GREEN'S AUGUSTFLOWER

Has been used for all ailments that are
caused by dlsordered stomach aud
inactive liver, such Is sick headache
constipation, sour stomach nervous indi-
gestion fermentation Of food, palpitation
of the heart caused by gases in the
stomach. August Flower Is u gentle
laNitivc, regulates digestion both III sto-
mach aud lntestincs, cleans aud swcciens
the stomach and alimentary cAual, stimu-
latcs the liver To SeCrelc the bile and i'm.
purities from the blood Sold by Kelly
Drug c.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1918-05-08
Wise County
0yersubscribed Her Allot.
ment in the Liberty Loan

In the Third Liberty Loan,
which closed on last Saturday
night, Wise County went over
the top in good fashion. The
total subscriptions for Ii g
county will be about $4,000
The allotment was $780, 900.
In the three liberty loan this
county has subscribed more
than one million dollars.
Big Stone Gap mora than
doubled her allotment of $l7.-
500.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1918-05-08
Boy Scout
Notes
(scout Carl Knight, Editor J

DoJ ocouG MoVement and if
Scouting principles are proving
their adaptability to war condi-
tions.
The constitution of the Boy
Scouts of America states the
policy of the organization con.
corning military activities as
follows:
"In carrying out the purpose
OF the Boy Scout movement as
stated herein, technical military
training and drill shall not be
included for the reason that
they are not eqnal in value or
as suitable for boys of scout
age in training for good citizen
ship as the program of scout
activities"
From the beginning of the
movement it's leaders have en-
phasized the fact that the Boy
Scout Movement was started by
a great military leader because
OF the failure of military activ-
lilies to develop the kind of
character and citizenship which
were essential TO national sue
cess, and that the movement,
while not anti-military W q 8
concerned with the develop.
ment of character aud citizen
ship in boys and not for the
giving for technical training
for military service.
When the United States en-
tered the world war, the ques-
ton naturally arose, "What
will the Boy Scouts do?"
The Boy Scouts of America
promptly answered that ques.
ton. Thousands of scout lead
era and thousands Of scouts
who had reached an age al
which they were eligible for
military service enlisted imme-
diately.
The scout leaders who were
not in position to serve their
country in the Army, Navy or
some other branch of the Gov.
eminent loyalty committed
themselves to the plans formu
lated 10y National Headquarters
for the starting of war gardens,
for increasing food production
OH farms, for an Emergency
CoastPatrol service which could
be placed at the disposal of the
Navy Department immediately
on request, on the sale of Lib
erty bonds and War Saving
Stamps, for the distribution of
literature issued by the Com
mittee on Public Information,
and for any and all service de.
sired by our Government.
The fundamental policy of
the Boy Scout Movement has
not been altered, 1t has proven
its adaptability to war condi.
tons. The service of scouts
and scout officials who have
entered the Army and Navy
has demonstrated the value OF
the Boy Scout training. In
cases too numerous to mention
these men have received com.
missions and have been assign.
cd to technical work which
could not be done by men who
lacked the training which
scouts received.
The enormous increase in the
membership of the Boy Scouts
of America since the beginning
of the war shows that the boys
of America appreciate the fact
that the Boy Scout program
gives them their best opportu.
nifty for serving the Nation in
it's greatest hour of need.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1918-05-08
Keokec Red Cross Branch.

The Red Cross meeting at
keokec during tile past week
were attended by the following:
Mrs. Geo King, Z IL hours:
Deaconess Adams, q hours;
Mrs II. b. Felts, 3 hours; Mrs.
Walter Felts, . / . hours; Mrs.
Robt, Atkins, 4 hours: Mrs.
Mrs. Arthur Rces, . IL hours:
Mrs, Sarah Huff, @ hours; Mrs.
Bob McNiel, 6 10 hours; Mrs.
Palmer Cooper, / IL hours:
Mrs. John llixon, hours: Miss
Edith Cochran, 4 ~ hours:
Miss Laura Mats, ! - hours;
Miss Maud Cox, II hours;
Miss Mary Page, | - hours;
Miss Venus Whlted, ! hour;
Miss Myrtle P4rtUu,j - hours;
Miss Lula Morris, 7 hours.
The Keokce work room re-
ceivcd visit last Friday from
Mrs. iipras Fox, Mrs, j. b.
Ayers AID Mrs. q. G. Long, OF
the Big Stone Gap Chapter.
Some very helpful suggestion
given ~ these ladies have
proved very beneficial to the
branch.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1918-05-08
FOR SALE

Lots " and 10, Block 81, on
Poplar Hill, near j. NJ. Good
loe'a residence. For price and
terms see General r. a. Ayers.
IL 10 JOHN Fl. DUFF.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1918-05-08

Nobody but the farmer
knows how oats, peas, beans
and barley grow" but the ma
ton is getting a good idea how
they taste.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1918-05-08

Our boys are going across by
hundreds, by thousands, by
hundreds of thousands. They
Must be sustained. Let every
American solumnly ask himself
this question; "If either must
suffer privation, must they, or
must II"
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1918-05-08

~ draft on the pool rooms of
the cities ought to round up
many a good marksman whose
time could be better employed
in projecting lead balls than in
rolling ivory.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1918-05-08

Mrs Mrs Goodoe Big Stone Gap 10 subscribers
NJ fII East stone Gap 10 subscribers $3.50. 90
NJ ,piy' hPPaiachia is subscribers 1000.
Me- IeAtnaer lmboden 4a subscribers. $500. 90
NJ ~ ~ Csaka' subscribers ........... 1000 90
NJ; my ooncga 70 subscribers soc.
NJ le',s' NoSa subscribers $50. 90
Me- SptIsc,ng, biackwood so subscribers 5,55o.oo
Me- iI:, Norton 81 subscribers $3.50 90
MI chs' wise and otoneg; 5a subscribers. So $50
NJ ooeouh ana Tacoma, IA subscribers rs, $50. 90
MIS- MIS- IomPkins Cranes Nest. subscribers. 500 90
Ni uhhcy oms Creek 10 subscribers =. $3.50. 90
NJ wson lnnnan IoS subscribers .,.... 7, $50. 90
49, uh' D. au OF subscribers. ........... o,95o. 90
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1918-05-08
LADIES DO THEIR BIT"

Inc following is list of subscriptions secured by the
VomeE National Liberty Loan Committee of Wise county:
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1918-05-08

SIt2lOo.oo
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1918-05-08

The State council of defense
in Maine has set aside $780, 900
to be loaned to farmers.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-12-13
r4eY DoN'r KNOW Wan is OVER

The easiest thing in the world these days is 10 PIE
IL , funny magazine. II ifs easy because yoa can't PICS
one no matter how serious it pretends to be-unies
YOU do pick up "a funny one
Many Of the January MAGAZINES now beng piace3 o
sale were printed over a month ago when the war "'s
being wound up. They are fuu OF war stories. war pe
tures war advice. war activities aud war advertisements
and seem like an echo of another day and generation s'
FAR hack in Che past are their tables OF contents.
Memories OF war activities ana the calls OF war o'
.he people are fading away rapidly and thinGs are swiftly
lapsine into the ormal-everywher but me magazine
t only took The newspapers a day TO readiust- II VIII
probably take The magazines months 10 realize tna4 .M
war is over Magazines talk reconstructon when t9eF
= 10 need to reconstruct over on this side. Real5ns'
ment is the right word TO use in this country nnt ht
magazines seem TO think they are in Europe IN =
in speaking of them says.
SO much has happened in a month that national "l
vertising. in the magazines and the great weeklies has
tone that IS vel nigh humorous. To those who Hive deg
bv dav these advertiseme planned far enough in aa
vance TO permit early publication have the sound OF
voice from another world. For they still talk or war aa
Is the great mass OF citizens TIC war is now someshn
far away. Ii would be a mistake to assume. OF course
that the nations Problems have been solved, but II IS SAT-
10 assert that they are ON the way 70 successful sointos
Business fears uncertainty now more Than anything els
ana labor shares the same fear II congress VIII arise +
the emergency and Danish uncertainty by ADOPTING "a Giles
cut program for future guidance. Jhe country viii dc tl
rest"
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-12-13
THE TIMES


ALWAYS something
HERE the grease cup season Is prac-
.ieally ended
AND close on it's heels comes the
PLANT lice season when we =hai
heVe 10 Kill
SEVERAL hundred thousand or SO
ach sunday.
THE reason why
SOME men never reach the
TOR Of the ladder is because they are
ALWAYS looking for some one
TO STEADY ii at The bottom before
they climb up.
WE notice that women doctors are
declaring against
THE scanty aud indecent dress that
girls wear and this
UNDOUBTEDLY viii have the effect
of making some of
THEM cut off a few more inches from
their skirts.
TT takes all kinds OF people
TO make a world
AND probably there are one % two
who
PREFER reading war news
TO Christmas advertisements,
TIMES are certainly changing
HERE are only 6 men killed in an ex-
p%iosion
AND yet they get a z col headline.
As VIC predicted old George Creel is
ALREADY messing UP things.
THERE are only IS places ia New
york
WHERE a horse can get a drink
BUT there are 1s thousand
WHERE a man can get one
THIS is rather a vulgar thought blu
WHEN we read that the kaiser de
elares lac is
SORRY about the war we feel Jus
like
THE heir to all our baroniaI estate
WHEN after taking a big dose Of cas-
tor OH nc
GEAEELY announced to us that he
HAD just thrown up again
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-12-13

WE sometimes study on the hard
question
WHY. the yenower a girls elbow
THE shorter she wears her sleeves,
WE learn that the kaiser is exeerated
in Germany
REALLY we are not interested fbusi-
ness of covering the mouth).
ITALY SAYS the Americans can nave
anything
IN her markets
ALL right. send us a little Parmesan
cheese ana Lucca OH hy parcel post
G.-sUFFERTNG snakes n9. we said
the H. s. must have its pound Of flesh
NOT pound Of fsh
THE Escanaba Press runs this ad
wANTED-chndren and plain sew
ing"
ALL that was needed was TO ask for
the first. the rest of it
Will come as sure as sin.
BETTER be safe chan sorry. SAYS a
health officer i'm speaking of the flu
{ AND we suppose that's why the
movies are packed and
THE churches nearly empty,
NEIGHBORING newspaper complains
THAT there are too many girls going
| around in
PAIRS at night looking for beaux
! PERHAPS it axes the combined ef-
forts of two girls to
FIND one beau in thai town.
WE note with a great deal OF joyou.
interest that
MISS Hazel Hornboste Of Kansas
City is
THE guest Of Mrs. Adam Fizzel o.
Ohio"
THE acid test of friendship
Is. can # be maintained for - hours.
WE were down at the train the othe.
day
WHEN some soldiers came back
AND we observed that some of tn
+ girls were $50 eager
FOR kisses they didn't even stop 4
take
THE gum out Of their mouths.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-12-13
- - - 800
SECLUDED sATRAPs.

"Tn conference" is an expression that has become 7
Joke around the national capital, Whenever an ordinary,
or even an extraordinary citizen visits one of the deparl
ments. commissions OF bureaus on business with the COY
eminent and seeks a word with some official who IS sup
rosed 10 have authority TO speak for the government, the
outside guard Of the throne room has the ready informa
ton. He is in conference now and I don't think he can
see YOU but I'll find out" congressman who visit the
departments on business for their constituents meet the
same reception. often with the result that they have 70
Wait for indefinite periods. or 60 back 20 their offices at
the capitol and submit the subject matter in The form Fl
letter. answer to which takes all the way from three days
20 a week. It is altogether likely that if the bureau heads
received their positions by election instead Of by appoint
~, the conferences" would not 50 frequently make IT
f~oossible for people to see them when calling on bust
ness
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-12-13
ness.
CONFLICTING OPINIONS.

one striking thing about the present deadly seo1Ite
Of so-caued Spanish influenza is how little the med'eai
profession really knows about it and they are no. aVefse
10 the confession that it mystifes them.
For instance. is a victim of the influenza once he has
had il and recovered, immunized2 Here are the opinions
OF three different doctors.
L. Statistics are not wholly reliable but they
seem to indicate that one may contract II the sec
end time.
mune. at least for a considerable time.
g. I don't know and hardly think ANYBODY
else does, but I believe that no immunity IS at
tached to one who has had it.
AS a matter of fact a person can have ii twice and
with less than a month intervening between the attacks
One doctor recomends the wearing of a mask hy those
afflicted and another doctor viii tell YOU that the wearing
OF masks are foolish and unsanitary. We hear Of doctors
who say that the use of serum immunizes and on the
ether hand other physicians scof at the serum treatment
and say il is a joke.
So it remains a mystery and if the medical PROBES
sion admits it is banled what is the ordinary layman 10
do?
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-12-13
You CAN HAVE ouas. 100.

This Office was favored yesterday afternoon by the
receipt via the United States mail. of an %eight-nage bull
Ietn from the United States food administration, this
bulletin being printed on the finest grade of heavy. white
paper. It was filed with interesting information con
corning what to do with the food left over from the
Thanksgiving dinner. but coming in just a week after
Thanksgiving it was neither valuable nor available The
"leftovers' are not longer Left, says the Fort Wayne
News.
Another thought in this connection Is that the great
majority Of US need 20 instruction as TO what to do with
Pretty Polly parasite sitting in a Washington city office
writing out fanciful recipes for turkey souffe. ~ereamed
chicken with mushrooms. .marshmallow pudding" and
fruit tapioca-" What seems to be more needed than
anything else just at present is for some one 20 20 into
Washington city with a big club and drive out the horde
Of MASTERS and triaers who are there making farce out
Of government and putting the taxpayers of the United
states in the everlasting ten-hole.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-12-13
WORK OF LOCAL BOARDS.

So far as discharged soldiers from local mooniza'
ton points are concerned, there promises to De i'ue
difficulty in Erecting a satisfactory reimbursement OF III
4,striol conditions in Indiana. it, is announced today by
/ c Huesmann. federal labor director for Indiana
Based upon reports compiled at IT. Harrison and 'he
auarrermaster generals depot al JeHarsonvilie' there
are few men in khaki who are asking assistance p Sc
curing places in civil llfe. a large majority OF them
STATE tbat they are going directly home TO their OLD
Jobs and there has been up to this time evidence Of
sufficient demand to take care OF those who are withou
definite plans for the future
The instructions to public service reserve county
directors and community war labor boards TO cooperate
IL a returning soldiers employment bureau are provins
effective in the larger industrial counties Of the state, and
these are expected to be hncioning even more success
fully bv the time the increased number OF soldiers ar
rive home from the distant camps and abroad, and th'
uar industries have undertaken a comprehensive pro
gram for peace-time operations.