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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-04-10

TELEPHONE: Randolph l.
Private branch EAcliAnrc
conncc ting with ali depart.
uIentS.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-04-10

Those congressman who have gone to the
front should make .Xcelicn. soldiers They are
quite accustomed to being gassed
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-04-10

And TO think that used to worry about a
niue unSaic and insane Fourth OF July cello
bratiOn
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-04-10

MEMBER OK THE AsSOtlAIED fhEs>.-Ihc
Is cAclusiSc entitled tue Tor
rrpuhCaliUH of all dispatches Crcuitcd 10 IL
utlSyri.ise crcdted in this paper, and also tho
published herein AL rights OF repuDiiC.i-
ion SPECIAL dis herein also reserved.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-04-10

q with manuscripts anu
Hits u wish have
returned they must i'll ull send stamps
purpose.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-04-10

BRANCH OFFICES: Wash
inEton, 1i6 Fourteenth
street, y. W; New An-k
City. Fifth Avenue Build
ing; Chicago, Peoples Gas
Building; thiiaiclpnia, Alu-
tunl Life Building.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1918-04-03
Speaking Monday Night.

Hon. Harris Hart, State Su
pcrintendont Of Public lnstruc
ton, addressed Il community
meeting Monday evening in
the school auditorium on Ger.
tain Immediate Problems in
Education. BY citing the ex.
periences ofEnglaud aniFrauce
III the great war, MIR. Hart
showed how each OF these
countries had come to the con.
clusion that it was absolutely
necessary to keep the schools
running at full efficiency, not
only as the basis of maintain
ing free government but even
MS an immediate and essential
war measure. The winning of
the war, they discovered, was
dependent upon the work Of
the schools and tho teachers in
and out Of the schools in teach
ing the children of the war aud
IN interpreting the war to the
peoples Of the communities.
thus inculcating that unity OF
spirit which alone could enable
them 10 win over the ruthless
of German autocracy Even so
we III America must keep on
schools going fun force not
only us supplying the corner
stone of democracy, bus as
sources Of information, inter
probation and inspiration for
the sacrifices we must make in
order TO win the war.
In speaking specifically Of
the school administration and
the subject To be offered MIR.
Hart pointed out that the mod
ern trend was for thoroughncss
ms against the recent move to
teach n large number of sub
Jects at Tie expense of thor.
oughness. He made Il plea for
ihoroughEess and more thor
oughncss in our schools.
The following musical pro
gram was rendered.
Selections, The Orchestra.
Vocal solo, Miss Mary Skcen.
Piano solo, Miss Virginia
Baker.
The meeting was closed With
singing by the audience, ac-
companied 10y the orchestra
aud led by Miss Mary Skccn, OF
America
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1918-04-03
RED CROSS WORK ROOM
NOTES
ROOM

The readers are asked to re-
member the meetings Wednes-
days and Saturdays.
y special invitation is ex.
tended 10 every lady to attend
these meetings and an urgent
appeal to bring others. This
branch has done splendid work
This is at it should be at all
times. Everyone is given an
opportunity to help their grand
country through the Red Cross
in their immediate community
Mrs. H. +. Fox, who has
charge of work room. desires
that "A shipment be completed
by April 9th. In order to ac.
complish this much work must
be done. So won't everyone
make special effort 20 attend
meetings 30 do their part, so
that this unit be finished.
Quite number of 4xisponges-
es are still required before next
shipment can be made. Let
the slogan be. make as many
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1918-04-03
Birthday Party

Little Miss Garter Allen and
Master John Allen gave worry
enjoyable party at their home
Saturday afternoon IN honor of
their birthdays, which are in
the same week.
The children played many
games out on the lawn after
which they were invited into
the dlnning room which was
decorated with spring flowers.
and served ice cream and cake.
Each young guest received a
little rabbit and chicken MS @
was leaving as u favor OF the
party.
rhoscpresent were Erscl Or
cndcr, Janet Lawson, Blanch
FILLER, Ruth Mahatl'cy, Marga.
ret and Mary Gilmer, Helen
Fuller, Jennile3 Knight, Eliza
beth, Eloy and Mary Mullins.
Harry Lawson, Fillmore Gilmer,
Johnic Barton, Jack Fuller,
Howard Cummings, Jr,, and
James Daugherty.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1918-04-03

dressings ms possible, and make
them exactly right
The Work Room will be
opened every Wednesday and
Saturday at 2:30 p. IN. instead
of 1880 p m.
Those attending the Work
Room the week ending March
30th, were
Mrs. II. Il. Fox, SIP; Mrs. G.
w. Markle, hours: Miss Mary
Ramsey, 4 hours; Mrs. Arthur
Foster, hours; Miss Margaret
Petit 3 hours; Mrs. G. G. Long,
3 l-2 hours; Mrs. w. ID. Bum,
= l-2 hours; Mrs. /. Nj. Smith, 9
hours; Mrs. W. T.Goodloe, 9
hours;Miss Julia Cox,l l-2hnurs
Mrs. II NJ. Henkel, l hour,
Mrs. t.. Il. Goodloe . hours;
Mrs. Griffith, 3 hours; Mrs. |.
4. Taylor, > hours; Mrs, ID. b.
Sayers . IL hours; Miss Sara
Williams, hour
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1918-04-03

ford to pay for help, even com
petent help. Incompetent help
that must be trained is useless
to the farmer, as he bas neither
the time nor the inclination TO
the task of training
at this stage of affairs.
But the farmers of the coun-
try are loyal and will do every
thing within their limited means
to keep the country up to the
standard of production set for
ii.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1918-04-03
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC

The Interstate Railroad Com
pany has petitioned the State
Corporation Commission for
authority TO charge minimum
passenger fare of 20 cents when
paid at ticket, offices. When
cash fares are paid on trains by
passengers boarding trains at
nonagency stations the mini.
mum asked for is 20 cents.
When cash fares are paid by
passengers boarding trains at
Agency stations the minimum
asked is 30 cents. Tue Com
mission will hear the case in
Richmond. Virginia, at 10 a. m.
April 9th. A.
a. l.. Holton,
General Passenger Agent,
II 1t Big Stone Gap, Va.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1918-04-03
Keokce Red Cross Branch.

The following members were
present ~ the Red Cross meet.
ings at keoiec during the past
week
Mrs. II. 5. King, t IL hours;
Dcnconess Adams. > IL hours;
Mrs. II l.. Carter, . hours;
Mrs H. l.. lFelts, . hours; Mrs.
Walter Felts, > hours: Mrs
Hum, l hours; Mrs. Ware, 1
hours; Mrs Arthur .Recs, q
hours; Mrs Crink shank, hour;
Hiss Velma King, / hour; Miss
Edith Cochran, ! hours.
An error was made in the last
Red Cross notes in regard to
the time Mrs King spent in the
Work Room. 1t should have
been six hours instead OF three.
Several Keokeo young people
presented play entitled "Ail a
Mistake on the night of We'd
ncsday March ~, for the bene
fit of the keokee Red Cross
Branch. The proceeds of one
hundred and twcnty-one dollars
aud forty cents were very wei
come to the treasury which was
getting very low in funds.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1918-04-03
What Your Bond Purchase
Will Accomplish.

The following figures give
a definite idea of what his or
her loan 10 the Government by
the purchase Of Liberty Bonds
will accomplish when used by
the War Department:
One 500 bond viii buy trench
knives for rifle company, or
% hand grenades, or II rife
grenades or 81 cases of sergical
Instruments FOR enlisted mems
belts, or ten cases of surgical
instruments for officers belts.
y 500 bond will clothe a
soldier, or feed a soldier for
eight months, or purchase 3
rifles or 30 rifle grenades, or "A
hand grcnadcs, or % pounds of
ether, or ll5 hot water bags, or
1000 surgical needles.
800 and $50 bond will
clothe and equip an Infantry
soldier for service overseas. or
feed a soldier for a year.
Two 800 bonds will purchase
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1918-04-03

The War is teaching the
American people anew the dig
nifty of labor. We as n people
had almost forgotten that there
was III labor for labor's sake n
dignity not found in Inherit
ed greatness or inherited mil.
lions. We had come to view
labor too much from the view.
point of the old biblecal myth
OF thc curse pronounced on
the first man, that in the sweat
of his face should he eat bread
In short, we had me to re
gard labor as Il necessary evil,
instead of the unalloycd bless.
ing that il really is. All this
the war conditions have
changed. People whose hands
have heretofore been guiltless
OF the crime of toll, now take n
| pardonable pride in the fruits
of their labor, and many whose
incomes range in six and seven
figures are in the thick of the
industrial fray, and there as
genuine industrial units. This
is as it should be. We are yet.
ting back to the point where
we can regard the true object
OF life as achievement. We are
told that the great Ruler of the
universe can and does bring
good out of evil. Certain il is
that many items of good to hu.
mainly are being evolved from
TINS the most devastating war
that civilization has over suf.
fered.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1918-04-03

@ horse or mule for Cavalry,
Artillery, or other service.
Three 500 bonds will clothe
soldier and feed him for one
year in France, or buy q motor.
cycle for q machine-gun COM
pany.
Four 800 bonds will buy an
Eray outfit.
One $500 bond will supply
bicycles for the headquarters
company Of an Infantry regi-
ment.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1918-04-03
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Sentcd
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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1918-04-03

The average American is
likely 20 become confused by
the different lines of advice
being given him these days.
First he is told that he must
not curtoil business, must not
draw iii on expenditures, but
that the success of the Allied
cause can only be assured by
keeping business normal. He
is assured that business >etagna.
ton would be fatal to our plans
and must not be permitted On
the other hand, he ID urged. to
save, save, save. This for the
purpose of loaning to his gov
eminent. There is n homely
old saying that cone can't eat
his cake aid have it," Ameri-
cans would seem to be up
against just such proposition
they cannot save and spend
at one and the same time. There
must be II sensible medium
somewhere. We must keep
business moving, Of that there
can be no doubt, and this very
naturally presupposes some
thing like normal habits of life.
On the other hand, we must
also save, to meet the many
calls upon us.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1918-04-03
Red Cross knitting

The Red Cross has sent to
Camp Lee another shipment Of
knitted articles;
Since Dec. 18th the organizn-
ton has sent in all ,3i2 sweaters,
50 muillers, $50 pairs Of socks,
llOpairs of wrlstletS, 90 helmets.
The committee has on hands
material enough for 30 sweaters
and a small quantity OF sock
Wool viii be kept on hand
through the spring and summer
In August KNITTING Will be be
gun IN earnest again
The committee requests nll
those whohave misunderstanding
TO send in their needles.
That message of sympathy
from President Wilson TO the
people of Russia was not onl>
the expression of the sentiment
of the American people, but t
master stroke of policy as well
Lenlne and his kind have ncvc,
represented the masses of In,
people Of Russia, and it ia no
beyond the bounds Of possibili
ty that her tecming million.
mac Nnt ln,cl,, q N
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1918-04-03

SUBSCRIBERS arc earnestly re,
qucstcd to observe the date
printed on their address slips,
which will keep them Mt 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 u great deal of
ANNOYANCE.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1918-04-03

Entered according TO postal regulations
At tho post Office at Big Stone Gap rs sec.
ond class matter.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1918-04-03

Buy your stationery from the
Wise Printing Company.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-07-19
BACK GIVES OUT!
Plenty of Edgerton Readers Have
This Experience.

You tax the kidneys -overWork them
They can't keep up the continue
strain.
The back may give Quit may ache
and pain;
Urinary troubles may set in.
Don't wait longer, take Doan's kid
ney Pills.
Residents of this vicinity endorse
them.
Can Edgerton people doubt the fol
lowing evidence?
Mrs. Eliza O. Johnson, 118 N. Ter
race street, GAINESVILLE, Wis, says: 81
was troubled with continual pains anC
weakness in my back. [ had miser'
able feeling across my loins and a
heavy bearing-down pain which came
from kidney trouble. | used Doan's
Kidney Pills and they greatly benefited
no -
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-07-19
JOKE ON SCHOOL VISITOR
Fortunately Hamilton Mabie Was Well
Able to Appreciate Unconscious
Humor of the Children.

The late Hamilton w. Mabie, the
well-known American essayist, was
one of those genial men who enjoyed
a joke on themselves. Illustrating this
phase of Mr.. Mabie's character, it is
told that when he was q student Mr..
Mabie made an address in which he
told this story:
He had visi Led q school in Philadel-
phia in which there was a daily fire.
drill. The teacher regularly asked the
students, children, what would you
do if fire were to break out in this
building" The children all repeated
in chorus, eve would rise in our
places, step into the aisle, and march
quietly out Of the building" On the
morning when MIR. Mabie visited the
school, while he was sitting quietly On
the platform, the teacher stepped be,
fore the pupils and said, children,
what would you say if I were to tell
you that Mr.. Mabie is to speak to you
this morning? The children prompt
ly replied in chorus, eve would rise
in our places, step into the aisle, and
march quietly out Of the building"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-07-19
Ace of Fishes.

The most striking characteristic by
which fishes of different ages can be
distinguished is their size. But the
size affords us only the means to esti-
mate the age of younger fishes; as to
the older, it cannot serve us as an in
dication of their age, since their
growth may vary according to the diff
ferent conditions of nutrition, so that
often the younger fish will excel in
size the much older fish. There is,
however, at least as regards the fishes
of the Northern seas, a sure indica-
ton that betrays their age. 1t is the
OtOlites,. or ear stones. These ear
stones grow as long as the fish itself
continues to grow, and form annual
rings in the manner of trees. The
more annual rings shown by fsh's
ear stones the greater it's age. In
this way the age of fish can be ex-
actly determined.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-07-19
Pretty Bright Mule.

The farmer alleged a freight train
of the defendant company had hit one
Of his mules.
"NoW, Mr.. Jones'" said the attorney
for the corporation to the aggrieved
party, who occupied the witness stand,
''will you kindly tell the court whether
or not your mule was on the track, the
property of the defendant, when hit
by the train?"
"Well, SIR" replied Mr.. Jones, II
didn't witness the occurrence, but
suppose things must have been about
as you say. This was pretty bright
mule and ] reckon it that train had
took out after him in the woods which
fringe the track there where he was
killed he would have got behind a
rec"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-07-19
WORLDS MOST. CURIOUS CITY
covered Queer Settlement on
Saginaw Bay, Lake Huron.

The most curious of cities consists
of wooden huts on wheels, to the num-
Der of about one hundred and thirty,
which, when the season arrives, are
rolled onto the ice on Saginaw Bay,
Lake Huron. The population of this
city without name is about five hum
dred. Each hut is fitted with cooking
utensils, hammocks, and stove, and
is occupied by three men, whose bust
ness on the ice is to follow a peculiar
method of fishing.
In the center of each hut a hole,
about a yard square, is dug to the wa
ter. One Of the fishermen then takes
a live fish of the herring tribe. and
after fastening it to q piece Of pack
thread drops it into the water. The
fish dashes away as swift as an arrow
until it is pulled up by the thread,
when it returns towards the hole fol-
lowed by q host OF pike and other fish
DESTROYS to feast on the dainty NOR
sci. Beside the hole stand the fisher
men, harpoOn in hand, waiting the ar
rival Of the pursuers, who are received
with thrusts of the four or five-prOng-
ed instrument, which rarely fails to
bring up some writhing victims.
Some huts can show two hundred
or more of fine fish at the end Of the
days work The most weird appear
ance of this city is at night, when the
fishermen prosecute the work by. the
light Of torches, which, as is well
known, attract fish without the aid Of
the herring bait. The glancing torches
and the shadows Of the men leaning
over the holes make a strange spec
tacle. IF fish are not abundant in the
spot first chosen the hut is wheeled to
another site.-LOndOn Tit-BitS.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-07-19
FAIR PLAY ABOVE VICTORY
Canadian Soldier Generous in Seeing
That Opponent Should Have His
Right Chance TO Shoot.

In an obscure Los Angeles suburb
one of the many stories he tells Of his
experiences:
1t was in the early nineties that q
picked team OF American rifemen
had gone into Canada for a friendly
contest with the Queens Own.
The competition had been fierce and
the score close when the last American
rifieman laid down at 800 yards. He
had to make % to tie and "A to win
out of possible %.
A great crowd had gathered to watch
the contest, and had gradually closed
in behind the firing station until there
was very little space left for the rifle
man.
The first four shots scored the bulls
eye, counting 20. With his last shot
he had to make to tie and to
win. The excitement was intense,
and the air was charged with the
magnetic stiffness of repressed excite
ment, as the commanding officer of
the Queens Own stepped forward and
called out "Get back there and give
the man a fair show. How can he
shoot with you standing on top Of
him?"
The crowd fell back the American
fired, and the Indicator recorded an
other bulls eye, making his score %.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-07-19
A Poets Insniration.

Sir Joshua Reynolds, who was a
great friend and admirer of Gold
smith, came upon him unexpectedly
one day when he was writing 'The
Traveller" Sir Joshua, approaching
the door, heard Goldsmith discours-
ing most earnestly as if delivering a
sermon. Entering, the artist friend
found the writer lecturing little dog
which was trying to balance himself
on his hind legs. Looking over Gold
smiths shoulder, Sir Joshua found
that the ink Of the last line of ''The
Traveller" was still wet, indicating
that dog may be an inspiration to a
poet.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-07-19
A Chance for the Invalid.

If you have a friend lying i'll, try
taking some daintily prepared edibles
next time you make a visit.
Nourishing broths and soups, wine
jellies, delicately Drowned custards
and light buildings made of eggs and
milk are good Or small jar of mar
malade or half a dozen lightly brown
ed biscuit for the invalid's tea. Or
creamed chicken and creamed oysters
delivered in a charming blue bowl and
all ready to be heated up by the nurse.
Grapefruit is always appreciated
and mandarin oranges and white
grapes in pretty basket are an appe-
thing combination, and there are some
inYalids who would be delighted with
a jar of preserved ginger for Occa-
Sional nibbling.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-07-19
ADDED PRAISE.

Over eight years later Mrs. Johnson
said: Il have the same confidence in
Doan's Kidney Pills now as when first
recommended them. i know they are
fine.''
Price Coo at all dealers. Don't sim
ply ask for a kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mrs. Johnson had Foster Milburn Co.. !,
Mfgrs., Buffalo. N. Y.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-07-19
Mrs. Burns Letter.

Here is a letter that is certain to
prove Of interest to people in this vi
cinity, as cases of this sort occur in al
most every neighborhood, and people
should know what to do in like circum-
stances:
Savannah, Mo-, Oct. II, 1916.
Il used a bottle of Chamberlain
Collie and Diarrhoea Remedy about nine
years ago and it cured me of f1ux (dys-
entery) had another attack of the
same complaint three or four years ago
and few doses of this remedy cured
me. | have recommended Chamber
lain's Collie and Diarrhoea Remedy to
dozens of people since I first used it. "
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-07-19
YANkS TAKE 1900
GERMANS IN GREAT
BATTLE ON MAINE
U. S. Troops R0ut Huns in Coun-
ter-AttaCk.
FOUR TOWNS RECAPTURED

Americans Drive Teutons Back Across
River and Hold New Position
Machine Gunners Now Down
Kaiser's Men When They At
tempt to Cross Stream-At-
tack Made on 5O-Mile
Front.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-07-19
The Chow Dod,

The chow dog is diminutive breed
of the Siberian sledge dog improved
and developed in China, from where
they began to be imported into Eu-
rope and America about the beginning
of this century. These dogs have the
coat and form of the sledge dogs and
are very compact and sturdy Of frame
and lively in disposition. In color they
are either all black, even to the tongue
and inside of the mouth, or all white,
blue, red or yellow. The chow made
it's first appearance in America at the
Westminster kennel show, New York,
in 1901.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-07-19
Tn necessary Intestines.

The human intestine seems to be
partly relic of prehistoric times,
largely useless in this modern day and
age. The useleSsness of. the vermi-
form appendix, which is simply the
stump of what was once an impor-
isn't and functioning branch of the
alImentary canal, is well known. Re
cent operations in q London hospital
seem TO indicate that large part of
the lower main canal, the colon, can
be dispensed with without harm. In
these operations sections of the colon
have been removed The work brings
up again the famous scientist Metch-
uikoff's debated contention that these
parts of the anatomy are not only use
Tess but dangerous.