Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1919-05-02
MONDAY WAS
A BIG DAY HERE
Large Crowd Comes to Town ia
See the Tank, and Hear Ad-
dresses on Victory Loan.
Royal Sets the Pace.

The Victory Day celebration her,
Monday almost equalled in point OF
attendance the Fourth OF July cele
bration in Tazewcll in July, 1917
when Colonel Leedy and the members
Of the Second Virginia Regiment
(now the 10th U. S. Infantry and
their band were the guests of Tazc.
well people and paraded on Main
Street. The crowd here Monday was
not rs large, of course, but there was
good crowd here.
Th object of the meeting was to
arouse enthusiasm in the Victory
Loan, $S62,000 of which has been ni-
lotted to Tazewell county. The Vic
tory Loan Committee in Richmond
had promised Senator Royal to huve
distinguished speaker here, but Mt
the last moment II message was re-
ce.ved announcing that the expected
speakers would not reach Ta2ewell.
In the dilemma, Mr.. j. w. Chapman,
who has gone over the top so often
with Tazewell in many war activities.
was drafted and made tho address In
the Court House to . large crowd. lie
apologized TO the audience for tho
absence of the distinguished speak,
ers," and launched into the reasons.
why's and wherefores of the Victory
Loan, and in spite of the painful in
terruption by the cries of the many
babies in the audience he presented
the cause in his usual forccful man.
ner. Many of the good women of
the county brought the whole family
to town, and the seats in the Court
House offered Il good resting place
for the young, tired mothers, and
they took advantage of it, AS Mr..
Chapman proceeded with his address
the walls of the fretful babies rent
the air, and the attention of the au-
dience was diverted from tho ques-
ton In hand.
Mr.. Chapman recalled the fact that
many of his hearers were present on
various occasions when tile "fare-
wells" were given the men who were
sent to camp, (and to some of the
men it was farewell forever), and
called to mind the many promises
made the men to care for them. and
to Garry on" until they were home
again. He emphasized the fact that
it was no less our duty now to sub
scribe to the Victory Loan to bring
the boys home than It was to sub
scribe to the previous loans that had
been used in taking them to France.
Al the conclusion of his address, Sem
ator Royal, county chairman Of the
Victory Loan, made short speech,
and called on Mr.. Chapman again to
ask for subscribers to the Victory
Loan.
Senator Royal set. the example in
subscribing to the loan by taking
$4,000 of the new loan for his chill
dren, the money having been left the
children by recent bcquest, and
Mr.. Royal appointed guardian Of
the fund.
Following are the names of the
subscribers for 1000 each:
j p. Royal and wife, Mary Chris
tian Royal, Rachel Louise Royal,
John Powell Royal, jr., jamie Bowen
Royal, Reese Bowen Royal, William
Archer Royal, Samuel Henry Roy
all.
In all there was raised in the meet
ing about $4,000. Announcement
was made at the meeting that about
$4,000 in subscriptions had been Sc
cured by the two banks.
The V. p. l. band was present at
the Court House meeting and rem
IaYol n1,otln nil -
The Tank An Attraction.
The U. S. Governments armored
tank, "Dixie," arrived ut the station
Sunday, and was unloaded and driv-
en- to town Monday morning in the
parade. The tank was in charge of
three soldiers and attracted great
deal of attention, it being the first
tank" of the kind seen in Tazewell.
Veterans in Parade.
An invitation was given all Taze-
we'll men who had returned from ov-
erseas or from the camps to partici-
pate in parade of uniformed men.
Capt. Jack w. Witten, recently re-
turned from FrGnce, consented to
take charge of the parade and ap-
pointed Lieutenant VIM. G. Werth
and Sergeant Robert Harman to as
sist him. The company was formed
in front of the Court House and to
the iine music of the V. P. |. band
marched to the station, where they
were joined by large number of
other soldiers who came on the train
from the west, and Joined in tho pa-
rade, The line OF march was formed
at North Tazewell, with the band
leading, followed by the tank, and
then by the men in uniform. A num-
ber of automobiles were also in the
parade. As the hand s11lnr into Main