Messenger (Newspaper) - May 8, 1917, Beckley, West Virginia THE VOLUME vn BUCKLEY WEST VIRGINIA TUESDAY MAY S 1917 NUMBER 41 CUBAN NEGRO CITIZENS REBEL THE LATEST LAW FRENCH TAKE 29000 PRISONERS EMBARGO ENGAGES SENATE The following is a law just enacted in Massachusetts The cultivation of land and the rais ing harvesting preservation and trans porting of agricultural products shall BLAST WRECKS PLANT Kingsport Tehn May Battles Raging at Two Vital Points Max Compel German Retreat Stoppage of Food to Neutrals Only Way half the buildings of the big munitions to Outwit Germany Washington plant of the Federal Chein ica Co here was laid in ruins today by senate tin explosion that shook the country for 1 Mav hostile aeroplane Oi I 111 i not on the Lord s day while dropped four bombs on the northeastern wrestled today i miles around United States is at war or until the outskirts of London today killing one sessou with the earB provision I ho plant was bin two years ago at 1 two according to the administration Ad a ot several million dollars The Refugees Tell Horrible Story Upon Arriving at NeW City i first day of January following the tion of such war a statement That lawls in a of the home defense forces This country needs till the assist Slight damage was done to buildings to Have Written Statement of Defiance and Invites American Would Avenge Death of Negroes New York May that I Cuban negro rebels are burning and J pillaging the homes and properties of I Americans and other foreigners in the of Palmarito and Oriente province were made by American and British ref I ugee arrived here today They predicted that there will be a massacre of white residents remaining unless the United States intervenes and asserted that the Cuban government is power less to cope with the situation Most of the refugees escaped witu only the clothes they wore The accusations were substantiated an appeal for aid signed by 116 Americans remaining in the territory occupied by the rebels The appeal the refugees said will be forwarded to the state department at Washington The threat of a massacre is contained in a statement included in the appeal alleged to have been written by General Bins Maso The statement Maso is re to have made said Yon will holler loudest and we will destroy until your hollering will be heard in Washington and force Ameri can intervention For the time being Lord can give us He fur the statement sail the rain the sunshine the soil retirement from France the embryo and man must do the rest come unless can soon and it will take hard work to keep up tlie drive with the munificence of Providence But Todays fighting brought proof of after all is said it is thoroughly Scrip complete realization of the necessity of tural and comes within the gospel of such a retreat by the German com the ox that has fallen into a pit for in mauders in the superhuman efforts these days of deep anxiety are we not enemy is making to save the all in pit struggling to get out and salient are we not helped in our purpose by picked troops are being pulling out weeds aud hoeing the pota into the breach made by the 1 i i mi at issued by Lord French ministration leaders under pressure powder interests financed the from House produced evidence to prove to the satis One man is known to be dead and the senate just how necessary two were hurt The plant was under at is a complete author guard of United States troops anil the to the president to prescribe dras cause of the blast is a mystery tic limitations upon exports of the The plant has been working 24 hours An embargo on food n day lately turning out high neutrals is the only way to from reaching Germany they said The effort State Journal SUMMIT COAL COMPANY Opens Big Between C fc 6 and Virginian Near Ecclen Preach The flower of the German which has saved for j what he honed would be a final decis ive offensive now is being sacrificed great drive started on April 10 the French have taken 29000 German prisoners Six The Summit Coal Company ore of the thousand of these were taken Saturday latest operations financed by Beekley and Sunday capitalists has recently opened a lease aside from the on the Virginian and C O railways ish offensive between the Aisne anil between Eccles ami Baylor The lease Lens the Germans are facing an comprises between 1100 and 1500 acres menace in the Champagne of the administration TO BANK Application for authority to organize ipe force the exact phraseology ho rirst National Bank of Mount Ho by administration in the w Va with a capital iii Oj has been received by the comptroller of the Currency resulted in clashes on the Most of the evidence produced by branch of the government for enlightenment of the senate the conduct of Sweden in the present emergency LARGE CLASS TO GRADUATE THE VIRGINIAN RAILROAD Announcement is made by the officials Will Comprise Graduating Class of Beekley Institute The graduating class of the Beekley Institute this vear will be one of the of the Virginian Railway Company that largest in its history comprising as it their intention to inaugurate new loos nineteen young ladies and i Schedules and install new containing the famous Sewell coal I They know the French offensive be The mine is a drift opening worked the Aisne and to the rise allowing ample drainage threatens to forte their evacuation of with a fall to the proposed tipple per the lines cars to roll to the tipple without The prisoners taken up to to motive power The lease is between the day does not indicate a shattered Gcr of the New River Company man morale On the contrary the Ger at and the K E White Coal Co mans are resisting with a degree of des nt Olen White and the opening has been hitherto unknown driven a good distance the number of prisoners does not tain side At present the coal is being reflect the immense bodies of troops piled up until u siding and tipple can which the Germans arc throwing into be built the conflict put to thd The company is capitalized at slaughter like sheep yer An additional train is con to be placed on the main line from Mullens to Charleston about June 1st to run daily The Winding Gulf branch passenger service is to be mod ified according to plans the schedule of is out whereby an early train will leave and go to Princeton and return to the same day Only one train daily will enter Beekley from the Winding Gulf It will reach Beekley on about the same time as the present trains time and will remain here until about 4 oclock p in we will not fight the government troops Odd with the officers K L Standing ona height from which I will return to Mullens we will not kill you unless you op L Hawley vice could see the French steadily wiping I Winding Gulf train service a pose us We only arc fighting now president secretary out the Hindenburg positions it was proposed by the Virginian i with the torch terrorizing and organ and treasurer John Anderson general possible today with glasses to make out i ot meeting with favor the busi long lines of motor lorries behind the i ness men here or many of its patrons t 7 German trenches each packed tight j Winding Gulf It is argued May 20 we will fight and kill We ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETS with troops find speeding to the the county seat and izing But if Menoeal does not step out manager lire 15000 rebels in this province all armed undone whole province will become a wilderness Your gov can prevent this bv tion invite an American commission to come to the interior and see our forces see the destruction that we are making The good roads advisory committee harnel house was in session Monday the court house assisting the county court to ar lines of the German front whatever legal business or other biisi ness those residing Arriving there these fresh reserves Gulf would have to transact their own against the French And county seat would be the logical place hist for grading and building in the to do it and that an early tram to of roads in the several districts under the Mercer county could not nor the bond issue Those present were A C Km of curate barrage of the artillery the cold steel of French bayonets and the ex and tell their government the truth j J Lewis Bumgardner and T plosions of grenades The statement concludes with the fol lowing message from the generals aide You will notice that we rebels are negroes to a man You will remember the negro revolution of 1912 when 5000 negroes were killed in this prov ince We remember that now H for K K White Dr f A Woods John U Smith of Jumping Branch Ash Mankin and County Clerk would not benefit them It is argued also that instead of diminishing the service on this end of the Winding Gulf branch it is almost imperative that the ANNOUNCEMENT service be improved over it has Sunday Bay and the ser been Traffic along the Winding Gulf Jackson Smith who hasbeen placed on lt church will be ap branch is becoming very heavy and it the committee to fill a vacancy A W for the day A speedy pro behooves the Virginian to pro of the county court Kral is for the mothers vide additional facilities to was also present ami attended the meet Tlle wi at 10 A its attending todi mothers arc urged to be present and all vert trade from its logical source to that we are armed the death of 5000 The committee will meet again with should come in honor of the j other fields is a sad mistake on the part defenseless negroes in 1012 shall now j the court Thursday at which time addi who lived whether j of the railway company It would be be avenged in n horrible war I assure Honal proposals expected the con deceased j far bettor in our judgment to improve you I tractors will be taken up I Tlle ca board meeting will be held instead of impair passenger facilities George Buxton of Norwalk Conn asserted that the rebels held full sway in Oriente province outside of Santi ago and its environs Burning and pillaging he said tire far from infrequent The BORN PRAISED Wednesday evening instead of Tuesday this week in the Bank of Raleigh Small Percentage of Alien People Cause BOARD ADVERTISES FOR BIDS Admonition along the Winding Gulf branch line HARRAH CRICKMER A very wedding was celebrated The Town district board of educa last Saturday at the Christian church tion at a meeting held last Saturday at parsonage when Miss Gladys VI have seen one of my neighbors jug that since the United States leet aRai Saturday May The wedding came as a surprise to friends of the contracting parties as no announcement of their intention Victor Anderson a North Dakotan tered thc war only 125 alien enemies to the work to dragged from his home with a rope have been arrested presidents around his neck and swung from a tree I WANTS HELP because he refused to divulge the hiding About half of those arrested were place of jewels aud whiskey that he was charged with espionage or attempt to to have an allowance school at the Institute and is a young supposed to have j foment disloyalty or disorder The re made by thc department of arms while the had An effort is being made by Commencement week will be from JUnc 10 to lo The baccalaureate ad dress will be made Sunday morning June 10 at the stone building by the principal W M On Monday night June 11 the graded school will give its final entertainment Tuesday night Juno 12 the music de will have its night June 1 graduating exercises of the eighth grade Thursday June 14 exercises of the senior class night June in commencement The school graduating class will include the Dorris Marion Lilly Helen Martin Gertrude Tessie Stanley A mm Shumate Hva Scott Loreua Lilly lla Warden Prank ind Miss lidn Scott will graduate from lie minimi school depart incut being the only graduate of that department received her di fiom high Inst year HE STOPPED HIS PAPER A few days ago a subscriber who is a well known etime to our and stopped his paper fur the In said that it did not suit his We have since met him on the street and it is amusing to note the look of surprise on liis face that we tire still in existence that he stopped his paper Some day and it won t be long either that gentleman will be no more His heart will be stilled forever Neigh bors and friends will follow liis life less clay to the silent city am lay him to rest among silent flowers An obit uary will be published in these columns telling what a good neighbor and be loved citizen he the record ing angel will overlook for In i short time lie wilf be forgotten As lie lies out there in the cold cold graveyard wrapped in the silent slumber of death he will never know the last kind word spoken of him by OC editor of the paper which he so spitefully stopped Did you ever pause for a moment ami think that your editor whoever lie may be will write has been attending some After more than a half hours are held because it clerk hire at the at Mabscott with tlic rebel cidel that they would be dangerous to Raleigh county was freed with many kicks and f the government if remain Wows that I shared in top at large i LETS ROAD military The attorney general renews the ad of Santiago after receiving many monition that foreign citizens and alien tor Pike Let to W for aid did send out and M expeditions their daily and groom well known young man of the Warden neighborhood HEART OUT FROM DEAD BODY Cincinnati May of a shoes anil a kid glove arc clues left by who desecrated the grave of Daniel Hill at UNCLES SUMMER BOARDERS Play Given at Carter Opera House play given at the Carter Opera House Monday entitled Uncle Summer Hoarders under the of the I allies Aid Society of the Christian church was a pro success M j AU t i a Ui b the and force tht the the gov On Monday the county court let to etM the generally passed them without had the f Hil them I have seen 1000 shots fired ina j rike in Slab Tork district to WrM t t Ph which resulted a single Belli joy at hi bid cents per square My one The program opened at 8 oclock to casualty May I surgery did the work An insulated about char am by by thc wire found around the corpse indicated in the cast representing many of WILL GIVE ENTERTAINMENT Manager C H Mead to the Sabine contract begins at Town district to it the best homes in Thc Tlie Auxiliary of the Colleries Co organized in Virginia Tains and runs to Amigo on the from the wen received from the church will hold an with Fritz of Richmond as Wyoming county line a distance of j The lower the house was full in Opera House president Larger is miles Work will be Marled on the I I with some standing and the gallery was Mt Tuesday night at which time contractas soon as the weather will OF MENTION filled to capacity program will be given Hev permit will and many other Inter esting items will figure on the even Ingi entertainment The program for entertainment will be fall when completed fW POSTPONED The court has under advisement the The of many portions of South The proceeds from the sale of tickets America having been found suitable for amounted to over Although originally set by Federal bids of several other contractors and the production of sisal hemp the cult By request the piny will be Judge Jland in New York for May 7 they will be given hearing again on of this valuable product there given again tonight the trials of two wore Went Virginia Thursday of thin week at which time to be quite Houw at 8 oclock many people coil in the New will be clergymen of the Philadelphia get scats Ust night The York court for alleged Mont of of the for admission tonight will lie of the ia if fcf that ia the church have organised and it hr that all of Kew tuned town will offer the fc m fc If j I t 1 f WWM DC It mm JIM PLANS NATIONAL RESERVE CORPS Men Not Subject to Draft and Women Can Aid in National Defense Governors aud State Representatives are Given an Outline of a Program For State Assistance to the Federal Government in the War Washington May for a great national service reserve nude up of men not subject to draft approved by the war department wore submitted to the council of national defense to day at a conference of the council with governors ami representatives of state defense councils Members of the reserve would available for any service they could perform for the government The plans were presented by George a representative of the Pennsylvania state defense council ami chairman of the national commit tee of patriotic ami defense societies The reserve would be by a board of nine nationally known men would operate through a na tional committee of members from all states Under the national committee there would be state and district com and in Washington a permanent headquarters committee would sit to carry on administrative work Member ship on the board of nine has been ten accepted it was stated by for mer President Taft Major General George and Henry L Stim son former secretary of war The purposes of the HH outlined to the defense council would be to furnish tiny military or civic ser vice which could not be performed by enlisted men to nid in recruiting to work under any private employer eu ied contracts ur on farms and to supply the army and navy When not in active service reserve members could aid in home defense They would be given compensation for the time government ser vice Cine of the serious problems facing tne government Mr Pepper declared is to utilize the efforts of thousands n are volunteering for any service they can render Creation of the re serve he said would lift a burden from the of government officials give the volunteer a chance be of real service The defense council today gave the governors nml state representatives an outline of a program for state assist ance to the federal government in the conduct of the war They were told that state defense councils could do these things Promote spirit and educate the people to the magnitude of the task aid in recruiting the national guard assist in carrying out the en for the new urmy and in de termining exemptions from draft tain labor standards establish labor clearing houses assist in getting work ers to use their broken time on the farms assist in getting idle men and the farms afford facilities in aiding the government to collect reven ues help float the liberty loan organ ize central food production committees to work with the state defense council supply their own requirements wherever possible and reduce waste is the home The state councils were asked to in and more responsible men to enter military training camps as going to the first will be advanced in in the near fu ture HAND Man OB Top of Box Oar Flm at Huntington May George Rateliff private in Company I second West Virginia infantry was shot early yes morning while oh sentry duty at Kenova He told the officer that ho shot by n won who fired a revolver from tbc top of a Iwx car which was part of a passing train He returned the fire with his rifle but was disabled after two shots when a bullet from the revolver held by his antagonist struck and severed the finger from his right hand the which he 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