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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1919-08-20
Earl Willis Injured.

Errl Willis, brakeman on the
l.. " \. railroad, was painfully
injured last Friday afternoon
near the furnace " mere he WAS
shocked from thu. top OF a box
car. The train was standing
stu AT the time and while Earl
Was releasing Il set brake il
came loose with great force
knocking him to the ground,
which bruised hun about the
body considerably. He was
brought to his home here, " here,
he Is gradually improving.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1919-08-20
Contro oil Of
Sugar Price
Department of Justice Has
Plan TO Prevent profiteerine,
1t Believes.

Washington, August IA
Through license regulations
and the power of the Food Ad-
ministration to procure cancel
lation of licenses, the Depart
ment of Justice hopes to reach
some cases of proiiteering in
sugar that would be more diff
iicult to reach through enforce
ment of the criminal provisions
of the food control act.
This position of the depart.
ment was made plain in n cir
cular sent to Federal District
Attorneys, calling attention to
the fact that Food Administers
ton officials had taken the posi-
ton that sugar should not retail
for more than IL cents a pound
and that, where 1t is retailing
for more, it indicates that either
the wholesaler or retailer is
making an unreasonable profit"
When the Senate Agriculture
Committee met senators ex-
pressed divided opinions as 10
the necessity for the legis-
lation.
Amendment of the act so as
to enable the government to
prosecute proiiteering in shoes
was urged by Senator Ransdell,
Democrat, Louisiana.
Appropriations otal ing
nearly 100000 with which to
help carry out the Presidents
suggestions for reducing living
costs, we're asked of Congress
by the Agriculture Department.
Strange as it may seem, ma
tional prohibition has been hit
ting it up for some weeks now,
and the nation still survives.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1919-08-20
Seriously Injured in Wreck.

y. T. Wolfenbarger. who is
employed in the pay roll Office
of the Stonega Coke & Coal
Company at Exeter, was Sc
riously injured Saturday morn
ing when ii car he was riding
in, ran over steep bank AT I'm,
boden. The driver, Dewey
Nelson aud another passenger,
were somewhat injured; but
Wolfenbarger's condition is re
garded as critical, being mash.
ed internally and it is thought
several bones are broken. 1t
will also probably be necessary
to amputate II thumb which is
badly mashed. He was taken
to the hospital at Stonega for
treatment. 1t is understood
that the physicians there en-.
terrain hopes for his recovery.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1919-08-20
Drank Iodine.

Freezing, Va, Augest IA
The two-year-old child of
ARENAS Phipps, of this town,
drank a portion of a vial OF
iodine, which had been care,
lessly left within its reach
Since dranking the poison the
child has been in comatose
state. No medical aid has been
had as yet, the physicians
being out of reach for emergen.
.cy
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1919-08-20

three counties of Wise, Scott
and Lee over the proposal of
the Young Mems Club to pro.
mote tile building of n good road
from East Stone Gap in Wise
county down Wild Cat Valley
to Duilield. The total distance
ia II miles, but five miles of this
from East Stone Gap to the
Wise county line at Wild Cat
Summit is already graded. This
leaves only nine miles on which
original construction will be
necessary five miles Of which
is in Lee county and four miles
in Scott county.
The most obvious advantages
to be gained from the construc
ton of this road is, of course.
the shortening OF the distance
fr@m Big Stone Gap and the
Mise county coal field in gen
cral to Bristol. The shortest
practicable road at present pro
yided for from Big Stone Gap
to Bristol is by Pennington Gap
and Stick leyville which makes
the total distance eighty four
miles. This is the road which
is to be completed within the
next year under the plans of
the State Highway Commits
sion with the aid of the Federal
government. BY this road the
distance from Big stone Gap to
Duflield is thirty-iive miles,
whereas if the road proposed
by the Young Mems Club is
buiIt,this distance will be only
sixteen miles, or less than half.
Plans for establishing speedy
iitney service between the
Wise county coaliields and Bris
tol are already being discussed
and it is understood that the
Bristol wholesale houses are
projecting schemes for a much
larger participation in the coal
field business by the use of this
road.
But the more immediate ad
vantage 10 be gained from the
construction of this road will
be the establishing Of quick
communication between the
coaliields and the rich L.ucking
and orchard sections of Scott
and Lee, lying about Duffield,
Pattonsville ana Jasper. The
farmers of this section are large
producers of the very com
modities of which Wise county
IS such u large consumer. Even
IN the present almost impassa-
Ole condition of the road many
farmers of Lee and Scott drive
Tour horse teams 10 Big Stone
Gap and Appalachia with loads
OF fruit, grain and vegetables
Tor sale. 1t takes them three
days t. make the round trip, but
when this road is built they can
readily make the trip in one
DAY. These farmers are very
much interested in the PROPOSE
Ton and are reported to be
ready TO do their part in help
ing it along. Several have al
ready expressed a Willingness
to make substantial subscrip.
tons.
y committee of the Young
Mems Club, consisting among
others of h. b. Alsover, w. H.
Wren, John w. Chaikley, X. L. |
laggart, ana D. b. oayers
working in collaboration with
similar committee of the Com.
Club of Appalachia,
which has also manifested great
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1919-08-20
is LOCAL COLOR
FICTION PASSING?

The death of John Fox, Jr.,
whose stories of the Appalach-
ians revealed the passion and
drama in the rugged lives of our
Southern monntainccrS. moves a
writer III the New York Evening
Post to ask: as the volume
and popularity of the local color
fiction that gives contemporary
social life Il record dcclinlng?'
f such decline exists, remarks
this writer, it lacks the excuse
that the field has been exhausted
of material of interest, because
Large areas are still untouched,
and the rapid development of
American life rcnews old fields
as fast as they are worked. !"
Nevertheless he notes that
San increasing group OF ai-
thors whose stories have definite
locale might usually have chosen
almost any other locality as set
ting. William Allen White lays
himself open to the terrible ac-
cusation of trying to write the
great American novel, with typi-
cal characters; Mr.. Harrington
places his Magnificent Amber
sons and the characters of The
Turmoil III Midland cities which
might almost MS well be Atlantic
or Pacific cities; Mary ). Watts
new novel is half OF the urban
ized trans-Alleghanics and half
Ioi New ork. If we want the
Ola rrovincisl types and local
color we must descend to less inn
portaht authors like Joseph Lin
coin, OF Cape Cod; lex Beach,
OF Alaska; villa Slbert Gather,
OF Nebraska.
Are the days when New
England studies prairie studies,
southern studies, Western stud
res poured forth gone forever?
nc asks Ana II half convinced
that the answer Is Affirmative ne
goes ON to say;
~ might hn urged That local
color lection should decline be
cause inc emphasis Of our lie
mas passed from locaIlsm to ma
,lohai'Sih. we are growing more
homogeneous he people are
peihg stamped by rapid com
lnnhlcatloh and general eduea-
'ion INTO more general likeness
ana whilc III the oid days ii was
proper Tor hctloh to stress the
desperate character OF our cont
munlties' now It should stress
'e"ir UNITY. ar. harrington
may vel draw ms Indiana city,
VI, Nnite ms h"nsaS town. MRS.
watts ner ONO community, as
what Henry James would cal
lhe true american scene a
scene 'la' a t'ah'A, "orcester'
o. rail ana spokane WI recps-
ME- ;'s iuenticai WIN 'leir own
:ocie.y' MS argument mas lnuch
Justice espec'ally a' II rests up
VII .ht cie''r run 'ii'V whereas
Varicu rurai ne was once pre-
dominant, now i niue varied
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1919-08-20
You Do Your
Part

Never III the history of the
world has there been another
war so deadly, SO cruel, 50 cost
ly rs the war through which we
have just come.
More than 100000 men
we're slaughtered outright.
More than 1000, 900 other
men were made cripplcs for the
remainder OF their lives.
Twenty-thrcc nations were in
yolycd, and on them was settled
debt of about $50, 900, 600
600
Men have been taxed and are
being taxed as they have never
been taxed before. While France
increased her taxes 10 per cent.
England increased hers 1000
per cent, and the United States
increased hers 1000 per cent.
Earnings and savings have
been poured into the treasury OF
the United States to an amount
exceeding $4,000, oO0, 900, aud
the war will have n net debt ON
our nation Of $50 900. 900. 900
The total debt will Ice $50 900,
600, 900, of which $4,000, 900,
GOO has been loaned or authoriz-
ed TO he loaned to orr allies.
But all these sacrifices of
wealth in coin are small when
compared with the sacrifices of
human lives and human Iappi-
ness brought on by the conflict.
What brought on this war!
What brought on most of the
wars in the history of the world?
The desire Of nation TO eN-
tend its territory, to take ground
from another, to bring other ma
lions under lis power.
The United States was not di-
rectly involved in the struggle
at the beginning, but inevitably
was drawn into it as were -
other nations from all over the
world.
Just as the future Of all the
nations depended on the out
come of the war, SO now the fu-
ture of the same nations de-
ponds on the final outcome Of
the Covenant OF the League of
Nations.
With the actual lighting end
ed men from All nations got to-
gcther-for what purpose?
TO write peace terms, to enter
into an agreement intended to
accomplish that for which sol
diers fought and died, to pre-
vent future wars?
Is their document Il perfect
one?
1t could not be, because it was
made by men.
The document had to deal
with rs peoples, with all the
races, crceds and prcjudiccs of
earth, but through it all ran the
one central thDught-thc pre-
yention of future wars.
10 be worthy of support, the
document must be SO great, so
good, SO wisely constructed so
full of Justice that all its defects
can be blazed from the house
tops and its merits still stand
out 50 strong that the peoples of
the earth will grasp it as means
of saving themselves from falling
ut each other in battle again.
We believe the document to
be fully that good and that
good and that strong.
There can be no question that
a large majority-almost every
citizen of the United States
wants to do what is right in the
matter.
Every citizen has right to
the strongest arguments that can
be put up on both sides Of the
case, and then to use his inilu-
ence as he sees fit with his repre-.
Sentativcs in tic Scnatc-for by
mr. rnu Stit ution tha finnl ,ccar
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1919-08-20

1t is time, mothers, for you
to demand an eight hour day
for yourselves. Yon deserve it.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1919-08-20

High finance is an ancient
number these days. Profiteer-
ing has backed it off the stage.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1919-08-20

Strange as it may seem, ma
tional prohibition has been hit
ting it up for some weeks now,
and the nation still survives.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-06-24
CORRESPONDENCE COURSE
IN LEARNING LANGUAGES

HeFinuinE with tho next school
year there " 10 he I'm operation AZ
George Peabody college FOR teachory
n national bureau Of French Amcri.
onn educational correspondence.
This bureau viii receive from the
school teachers ~ France. Belgium
ana America tho lists Of pupils whom
thty rrCqWmeud FOR educational cor
rospondchcc Through tho bureau
each Fronrh class In Am,Ntca viii
receive list OF carefully selected
educational correspondents, 80 dis
rrihutcd throughout France and Rel
Eium and the war area that all Inn
rortant ccuters will bee represented
The Fronch and American pupils
will exchange weekly educatignal
letters tho French pupils first Witt
INK FtonCh and The American pupils
writing English Later the Ian
eunrcs will be reversed 40 that each
viii receive practice In writinE3the
Of the other Aside from
the language training, there will be
n fine exchange of historical. geo
graphical. manufactured artistic
and homo life material and infnrma-
ton. picture postalH. kodak views.
clippings. etc. leading up 10 the
deepest exchange OF human sympa-
thios and ideals that wis, greatly
reinforce decentralization.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-06-24
SAVED ALLIES FROM
AN EARLY DISASTER
cultivation of Morale of Troops Pre-.
vented Collapse ~ French and
British Dofcnse.

ST. LOUIE Mo.. june .3 Alfred
" faluAuk, apuus uauaLur %. ,nc
snuinWuss"Iu uiyiS.uu American k,d
Gross. hIb uron dppou,cu manager
pf thy dNiHIuu TO- succeed MaJ. G,plEv
" simmons, who has resigned yu
account ut increased private uus.-
n.rs, affairs. according 10 announce
mrul made AZ division hcAu,Iuh
Mayor Simmons rcCcnuy roturnsd
tyDu siberia, where hr spou, sIN
moNlhs a. the head OF a ltcd Cross
mission there,
farHmk Joined the staff Of The
southwestern division OF tho Red
Cross .n August. 1917. as director Of
civilian relief when Mai simmons
LETT for Russia last January. Fair
bank was made acting manager. BE
fore taking on his Rcd Cross dut"s
ho Wia a member OF the ST. LOUIS
board ~ chlldrcn.s guardian. a." was
also formerly assistant superiutend-
Cnt ~ tho 81 Louis Industrial school
Fighting Disea~c
word Of the change Of manage
mour NJ tbo southwea'crn division
was hrouEhr to ST. Louis hy VII.
ioughby Nallng chairman ~
tho central committee Of the Rcd
Cross. who was 100 81 Louis during
the past work 10 attend th" peace
conference Of the organization
pr Livingston Farrand chairman
~ tho central committee. aho at
tended tho conference and In ala.
cuss'ng tho peace time program NJ
M. American Red Cross declared
that one of tho hiFEcHt problems
facing tho organization today was
the fighting of prcventahle diR''Sea
and the hoitrrment ~ social ccudi-
tionV In nh tho communities NJ the
country
In mis- address ~ tho delegates 20
tho conference Doctor Farrand said
that the American Rcd Cros-l above
ol saved the allies from defeat ar
tho hands NJ tho Germans through
The strengthening ~ tho morale OF
tho soldiers and civilians in France
and italy long before the American
army had chance 90 set foot on
European soil
Americas Advance Courtcrs
Tho fact is that the American J,
Cross workers IN France quietly and
faithfully worked among the civilian
population during tho most critical
period OF the war, he declared They
cared for the refugees and chihJrr
lending n helpful hand wherever .
was needed This saved the people
from utter desperation and defeat
we all know tNAt az tho time The
United states entered tho war the
situation in France was A. most
desperate stage" said Doctor Far
rand Tho people of France know
that America had declared war. hut
they could not conceive why the
American soldiers ala not come a.
once They wondered and waited
and dospaired. and n was not TN
many> months that finally tho first
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-06-24
armenia

How gore the Armcnians per.
soDut,l'
Nuu,H-tdor Morgrnlhnu says
THOR young men were drafted
in'O tho army reduced 10 labor
squads, undorfcd. iIly-clOfnrd.
oy'riadcn ana when they dld not
III" fHHt enough they were shot
or u'l .n groups and hacked %
pi"DcH with clubs. snwa and
awnriH 10 save the powder ana
shot
The older men who were not
drafted were summoned 40 con y
suhHiiuus Win lhs governors
ana obcying the order fur felr
NJ icopardiziug their families.
thoy TOO. were shot. huichHred.
tortured. burned alive
The soldiers. many of whom
were criminals released 10 urf ne
ruurds. 'hcn ordered out the r,-
Tninder ~ the households ana
fn' them ON liuo ~ march io tho
doHuris They were robbed
beaten io-rurci. he women out.
r1F,d. furfOd 10 walk naked for
hundreds ~ miles, their little
ones Killed before their eyes, their
young girls sold into slavery
worse than death
They have suffered untold
horrors and tho cable declares
me Turk boasts. Wo arc not
through with tho Armonans
yet
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-06-24
ALL CLASSES FAVOR
GOING TO SAPVINAW
coSTrNuEp FROM rAaE ovr

''NllNlEp ltlM IA0k ONE
power at his command he made an
eloquent plea for the bond issue that
made visible impression on his
hearers. Tho logic OF his argu.
mcnls carried his hearers with him
from the beginning TO the end Of his
address.
Blnckwclldcr Fnyors IT,
one address IN particular that
carried great weight with th' audi
enco was that OF Paul BhckvC'llor.
widely known efficiency export. who
is employed by the Gu.f plpc Limo
company 10 use his knowledge OF
business Efficiency IN stopping .cak-
age IN the business management of
the firm. MIR Blackwa'ldc- has been
obecrying conditions In rulsp for
months and In his address last night
the principles OF efficiency
~ civic growth. declaring that the
sital need OF tho community was
good water and urged the support
~ the men uf vision who ARE behind
the SpayiuaW proposition
Ralph A Wood discussed the
question from the renters sand
point b. = WorthiuFtun spoke on
the general need of water. and tho
taxation phase OF the opposition 10
the bonds was discussed by John
Rogers and Judge j. A. OUphtn'.
ana oXagEeTatiou were
not resurtcd 10 ~ the speakers who
depended upon the truc facts of the
10 prove their points
4 report from W. q. Stoger
showed that COS bottles of water
were used daily hy about 40 bus.
ness houses in the business district
alone OF the 80 users OF bottled
water interviewed only one was
found who was not supporting the
bond issue and he was not opposing
IT, but merely had not Investigated
the proposition.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-06-24

The following sketch from pa
per printed oycrfonB tells oi What
bcfell Tulsa boy who longci Il"
rec the French Gpital with more
real than diafTcton Tho clipping
was sent 10 relatives here by NlrRl
Oliver ~ the S2rd ordnance division
stationed at LeM9ns France.
Corporal John II CantrcIl Com.
pany A. 5th brigade, 4. : NJ C.,
Son Of the Rev John II Cnntrell.
Tulsa, oklahoma, enlisted ~ tAe
marine corps FIRST, because he
wanted 10 see the world made safe
for democracy. ana second, becausr
he wanted 10 see Paris.
During the war, as everyone
knows. tho marines. busy on land
ana Fon, have no time 90 80 to
Paris. but when the armistitc was
signed Clnircll began 10 look for
ward 10 an early realization o. hc
second Of his desires, which prompt
rd him 10 enlist C1utreN was
given Job taking charge of an
officers commisSary an Brest RcIng
q faithful young man Cantrell stuck
close 90 his post and months went
hy without realization ~ the sec
ond VI his dreams
Al last--about week ago--he
managed 10 get things cleared pp
tt tho commlssary and permission
ip go or on threcrday leave 10
the French metropolis Happy as a
schoolboy at the prospect of seeing
Paris. he stopped only 20 throw
frw toilet articles In a carrier and
was of
. Tho noise and hustle ot city
awakened Cantroll from his s!umb-
ers when the train, running from
Brrst 10 Paris breezcd into LcNaus
C1ntrell went out on the platform
10 Hee what Paris looked like. but
the narrow perspective commanded
from the train platform did not look
likn Paris at all So Cantrell de-
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-06-24
WILSON TO RETURN
TO u. S. AT ONCE
Precedent cables llc VIII Depart
From Brost on Thursday or ri
day. Arrives la Week

WNSiuNGTON June % rrca.
d.nr Win1u paIsd Secretary ru.
muI'y today inp' boo expected 10
.'nr ur'et ON hH homcwarI jour.
u.F "Wednesday or Thursday
The pr0a1rnt should make the re-
uIr 'Ip wlgH.n q vrs- ard immrG.
n'o.. pror ha arrival hero ho WI
personally prrHnI 'h" peace treaty
'D iN' senate fYr ratification Nfrr
ur '..us lis desk Of accumulated
work hr viii make n swing around
'Hr ',r.I'r" speaking in support ~
ihr treaty and the league ~ nations
,ur0rIr'
uREsr juno "a. The y. g. g.
'..... washington. which viii car.
E President Wilson back 20 the
United states received orders today
tu DO" ready 10 sail Thursday morn
INK Tho work Of loading the trans.
port began this evening
buc hH'ileship hGG four deStroyers
Will compose tl1t Escort ~ the
t'vEo Washington. In midocean
four doWroyets from tho Azores WIFI
relieve The original four
hchrly All the civilian attaches Of
ihc N'lrrDaE delegation whubt WORK
De- ended with the signing OF the
treaty hy Germany will return on the
George Washington The ship also
Will carry $500 troops.
The women IN the prudential
party iu addition 10 Mrs Wualn. viii
include Miss Margaret Wilson and
Mrs John " LAWS. wife ~ the
American ambassador in London.
one company of tho guard ~ honor
at tho presidents residence will re-
main in Paris until iho peace noEn
tiations with tho other euomy coun-
tries are concluded
Tho presidents ship viii an =
dltect route from Hres' 10 Tho United
states under fOrc@i draft
EHtrn coal iA being placed on tho
deck spaces