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Telegram-herald., 1890-07-17

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From Nanis =; LudinZion. Baldwin
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press trains.
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Fnfa Hrtrr f-enr Manager
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-10-03

ture eoual to either, and minerals and
timber equal to both combined"
After giving in detail the reasons Tor the
South's position in iron making, ny virtue
Of its abundance of raw materials, Mr.
Atkinson says: a..
zone may not venture to yet name the
specific places; but suffice it that II one
should stand upon the top of the highest
peak among the great smoky mountains
in the heart of the Southern Appalachian
chain. and could bring within his vision
all that would come within radius Oh
seyenty-6ye to hundred miles, he might
he able TO establish the center OF an IRON
and steel production which would not DE lar
away from what has been called the c AZ.
ter of gravity of the population OF th's
country. -.
"If he could then bring within his vision
the whole confguration of the area en-
closed within e circle of about loo miies
in diameter, centering on the Great smoky
Mountains. he might trace the lines made
BY tho erosion of the rivers ana the cups
in the ranges on which the rails may De
laid to the northwest at the southern
border of Ohio, and to the southwest on
the wav toward the Atlantic ports OF
South Carolina, over which the metal
produced at the possible future center OF
the iron production of this country ma!
be distributed on the easiest grades
either for domestic consumption or Tor the
supply of foreign markets.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-10-03
Mr.. Randall's Estate.

A brief dispatch announces the fact
that Dir. Samuel J Randall's entire estate
has boon assessed at only $4,000 che
left no WILL" tho dispatch says Why
should he leave any? A spotlcss and
noble name was all he had to leave u
dependent family, and this they would get
without will. The pitiful $4,000 wore
all that he saved out of n service to his
country of over thirty years.
Yet, this man was speaker Of the House
and, for a long time, chairman of the COM
mittee on appropriations. In this posi-
ton he saved the government hundreds OF
millions of dollars when lobbyists would
have made him n millionaire for his mere
silence but he was a living reputation OF
Walpolc's saying that ''every man has his
price," He was beyond the reach OF
money or power He "scorned alike the
gold and the elephants of Pyrrhus."
But what q bitter commentary upon
lllci 0uTuclu HOtOllOuo OiluPtiVii''
is elevated to the Presidency and his
family made rich by a pension. Randall
pure man and Il great one, leaves his
family penniless after long years of frugal
sacrifice and toll for his country, saving
tho taxpayers hundreds of millions by his
infexible honesty and stern courage, and
thore is no thought of pcnsioning his
widow.
Eulogies there were in plenty. The Sen
ate and the House riyalled each other in
their efforts to exhaust the vocabulary Of
praise. But docs that fill the mouths OF
his family with bread, and does that alone
which Congress showers alike upon the
just and the unjust, upon the patriot and
the pilferrer, pay the debt the country
owes the dead!
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-10-03
A Lecture Gratis.

Southern newspapers have yet to learn
q necessary lesson. Though the most
important problem that can engage the
attention of our people ia now being
solved, leading papers, tho Atlanta Con-
stitution, tho Nashville American, tho
Louisville Courier-J ournal, and even the
Birmingham Agc-Herald, have very little
to say about it. Several of them at least
almost entirely ignore the great industrial
movement now in progress. They have
politics on the first page and politics on
the last page. They have nothing but
politics. They seem to think the welfare
of mankind depends upon the question
whether one politician shall BIO substituted
in office for another. One would think
the life of the nation depends upon who
shall be governor or who shall so to Con-
gress.
And, after all, we have seen, over and
over again, what little difference it makes
10 the masses of men and to their real in
terests who is elected and who is defeated.
Each party gets up "rallies" and "rsti-
fcations," conventions, bondres and brass
bands. Orators prate about platforms
snd platitudes. The mob howls itself
hoarss. People have their minds taken
from business, their thoughts distracted.
They spend thoir money and neglect their
duties to themselves, their families and
their occupations, to pull down one politi-
clan and put up another
suppose the expense incurred by news
papers in getting up and writing up these
hnrrahs, The energy and talent wasted on
them, were devoted TO advertising and
Developing the material intsrests Of their
section, What . different eject they
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-10-03

HENRY WArrBRsoS in his plea for the
South, urged tho dudes Of Boston club
to adopt frec-tradc in order to prevent
the necessity of moving tho Massachu-
sets mills md furnaces to this section.
Queer plea that is for the South; but it is
of piece with that made by the same
man during the war whom he edited u
radical paper in Cincinnati and wrote the
most furious attacks on the Southern
people that appeared in any Northern
journal. One had as well trust the wind
ings and trcachcrcs Of snake as such an
alleged loader.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-10-03

Is the Council sleeping on the pavement
question? 1t seems almost as difficult to
get prompt action from that body as it is
to get freight from the railroads. The
winter is noar at hand; and unless the
Council has corner on the India rubber
boot trade they should give us sidewalks.
Let us have those that can DO most
promptly constructed, two planks wide
anything to afford the public the
means of getting from one strcct to
another 1t will DO useless to put down
expensive plank walks now to be torn up
in year or two. And thon the work of
grading will render tho construction SO
backward that it will not be completed
by next summer. Give us substantial
two or three plank walks, without grad
ing, and give them quickly.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-10-03
The First Iron Bridge.

In these days, when the construction Of immense
IRON bridges Is an every day occurrence Il is interest,
built was perfected here In Philadelphia It's proec
tor was Thomas Paine, the great inidel Of the last
century It was largely his taste for mechanical and
philosophical studies that induced Dr. franklin TO
pstsusae MN 70 visit America While living In Phil
adelphia Paine speculated In mechanics and miner.
aosy as we'll as In politics. liberty and theology. He
submitted proposition to the authorities for he con-
sruction OF on Iron bridge across she Schuykll at
market street, but the scheme thought impract.
cable and was rejected. Subsequently,, however, In
l1ei Paine constructed his iron bridge over the Wear
At Sunderland, England. twas to this famous bridge
that stephenson the eminent engineer, alladed when
wonder at rather than admire structure that win
probably remain unriyaied."
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-10-03

If the foreign visitors do not como to
Big Stone Gap during their Southern
journey it will not BIO the fault Of the
Posr. We have done everything in our
power to get them horo, but wo fear the
opportunity was not appreciated by tho
community early enough. Big Stone Gap
would have boon included in the pro-
grammo had an effort been made at the
proper time When there is such keen
and active rivalry; when every town Is
claiming everything, strangers must 500
for themselves, and We have all to gain
and nothing to lose by close and
thorough inspection. Though wo have
superior advantages over all our rivals,
we must avail ourselves of our opportuni-
tics. The mill never grinds with the
water that has passed..
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-10-03
The Fault with Buchanan.
pulaski News. Dem.l

The entrance Of Col. Geo. T. Mills into politics does
not remove him from the domain Of the gentleman
and be is entitled 10 fair treatment He felt honored,
would any one, with the tender OF a congressional
nomination, but his accepting the honor the result
Of hard work on the part Of the republicans. The
ultimate end In accepting was to serve, il perchance
he is elected, the Southwest by firm stand for the
continuance Of the tariff Had his friends made only
this their platform, Geo. T. Mills would have beaten
John A. Buchanan. Southwest Virginia is not repub-
liean, but needs Samuel J. Randa's and Tildens
stand tho tariff. This Is Mr.. Buehanans one vul-
nerable point he stands forth the type Of the pure
patriotic, South-loving and able legislator.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-10-03

TIE certificate of Mr.. A. S. McCrcath,
giving the analysis of our coke, will be
read with interest. Mr.. McCreath is at
the head of his profession in this country;
and to those who are familiar with the char
acter and ability of the man, this GER
tifcatc is conclusive. All previous tests
of coke made from this coal, though the
coke was mado under difficulties, but con-
firm the estimate Mr.. McCrcath puts upon
it. In short We have, beyond question,
the best coke making coal in the world.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-10-03
would have upon the prosperity and power
40 tkns G ruth

-
Of the South.
There 10 nothing left after political
campaign but .hc debris of tar barrels, a
fow dismantled flag poles, deal of wasted
bunting, unpaid debts, number of black
eycs and dead bodies,an an almost univer-
sal headache. One politician has gotten
in place and another has gotten out. The
victor coon forgets the sacrifices of his
friends, "scorns the base degrees by which
no did ascend" and does not resume his
smiles and hand-shaking until his term is
about to expire. The defeated sets about
for time exposing the "fraud" which
caused his disaster, finally gathers him
self together, and looks about to find some
other Office to run for.
So 1t goes. Politics have been the
curse of the South, and still are.
The civilization as we'll as the power of
people depends to a great degree upon
the advancement of their material inter-
ests. Tho output of iron and coke marks
the elevation Of mankind 1t brings
wealth; wealth brings culture; culture
elevatcs and enobles. The Central and
South American republics have politics
in season and out of season. The result is
they are torn by desperate factions; their
progress is retarded; life and property are
unsafe; there is nothing stable, nothing
to invite confidence and capital. In many
parts Of them the same pillow is now used
that was used in ancient Egypt two thou
Sand years before Christ, and there were
regiments in the late war armed only with
the spear and bow and arrow.
1t is truly time for the South to learn
the folly of this violent political agitation
and this bitter party spirit. Our news
papers should help to bring this consum.
nation about, and not strive continually
to aggravate tho ono and infame the
other.
The successful manufacture Of Basic
Steel at Chattanooga and Birmingham,
and the discovery at Big Stone Gap of
the finest coking coal in the world, are
important physical facts worth volumes of
political platitudes. Yet, only two of these
papers have but incidentally referred to
the ono and al have entirely ignored the
other. The question whether Kentucky
shall give forty or fifty thousand demo-
cratic majority and thereby "rebukc
Reed" or whether Baxter or Buchanan
shall be governor of Tennessee, or whether
Gordon or Norwood shall go to the Senate
from Georgia, is discussed day in and day
out, until one gets sick of the worn out
rot.
And then there is the poor old Rich
mond Dispatch dcvoting its mighty mind
to the great problem whether Langston or
Malone has charge Of the republican party,
and recording with a painful minutcness
of detail how Mr.. Nobody, in Petersburg
sprained his thumb, and how Miss Mig
gins, Of Lynchburg, came near being in
jured by frantic horse.
But happily there are signs Of blessed
change in the thoughts and dispositions
of the people; and with that change will
come changes in the matter contained
in their newspapers. The business clo-
ments will thon demand what most in
terests them and they will get it. Those
papers that fail to recognize their wants
will he buried in the same little ruts
of politics whore they have SO long been
running.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-10-03
Friday, October 8. 1890.

CITIZENS of Big Stone Gap who desire
to have their papers delivered by carrier
early in the morning, will please designate
where they wish them delivered. They
can send US their address by mail, or call
at the office.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-10-03
ANOTHER SUCCESS.
Coke Iron IL Used at the Chattan,,y,
southern Steel Works and Superior
Basic steel Ii Made.
Chattanooga TImes.)

The announcement in the Times Of
terday that the furnace at the SoutI
Steel Works was to be charged lu
the day with coke iron created ~
spread interest, and the interest @a-
confined to iron interests only. bu,
ali classes of citizens, and this
tended up and down and in and out OF
the railway lines leading out from G
tanooga, by which the Times reach.
thousands Of readers.
The interests Of sll branches of IN,
try arc 80 interlaced and inncrwoycn
tho iron business, and go earnest.
for anything that may improve it Vi
vance it's value, that the work d..
steel has been watched by iron ana
men all over the country, and part.cu.
in tho iror. districts of the Sourh ia.
there Is evidence that the initial co.,.
tions have been watched with Il li',l.
tcrest across the water.
When the news Of the success a.
first casting went fling along tn s..
many anxious fears were dispclaa
doubts removed, and now that the $500
or even greater, moment Of thee ,
tries has proven perfectly SUGGEST.
every respect, there opens ~ p,
minds of every reader Of tho,
news a vista of future glory for tai.
ton that fills the patriotic >oa,
breast with pride. 1t means that ,.p.
version Of tho so-callcd "worth,e,-
Glow grade" irons into the higher a
ties Of steel, and the ramiicatio, .
the cognate industries are llimi'aI
means tho conversion of our ,...
and important manufacturing ciiiy-
man can venture the future, or lhe a.
lance to this section Of this gre4 .
ture.
The result Of this second tral j.
fectly satisfactory, as it shows ;ha'
intcndcnt Talbot holds in hi i.
key to quality, in the knowlcd.. D.,
can, by varying the charge i'll tn .l.
secure any degree Of hardness he ..-..
The former trials showing .
quality Of soft steel, YESTERDAY O. 3D..
steel, the two combined in -gch a.
tons as desirable will make a p,el.,
anv degree of hardness desired
THE TESTS.
4 part of one of the runner wa, '..
to tho blacksmith shop by superior
Talbot and put to the same test 81.
output Of the first.
1t proved to be higher grad % -,
even better for some purpose l.a.
other, being harder and con'aina- n
carbon. Superintendent Talho, j. b.
satisfied with tho result and gas a,.
to lay aside the ingots Of this heat Ga
is a superior quality of tool stccI 49,.
be used by him for that purpe-.
will continue to charge coke pis un..-
different grade of steel is waut.i
he will charge as is necessary 80
the demand. Supt. Talbot said
DAYS run will be of as soft and r.a.
grade Of steel as the first run na..
can regulate the degree of the rcmle
steel is to hare in tho furnace.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-10-03
a DISTRESSING TRAGEDY.
tute Have Bloody Flstlc Encoun-
tor From Which One Dies.
Lexington Speclul ]

An inquest was held this norma
tho romans Of Cadet Warren ]
terro, who died yesterday from tI.
Of injuries in u fight with Cadet I,i
McConnico, as stated in the Sun o.: J.
A few days since the two cadet
to report to the commandant s
pute arose as to which should t.k
cedcncc. Taliafcrro pushed hy y
nico and went in first to report
he came out McConnico curse
This, Of course, was resented, and
tho quarrel thus started grew q
which has since caused the Dc.
Taliafcrro. 1t is the custom nt m0
the colleges in this country, and d
bad custom it is, whenever disNu
arisen between two students, whit
not be amicably settled, for the ar.
parties to have recourse TO fight
custom, rs is often rcsortcd 10 al 8.
tary school, has been especially Do
at the institute. Consequently VIII
fcrro and McConnico could not orr.
n pcacablo conclusion Of thi- dt
they determined upon o fight a Peg
time keeper and two seconds g..
cobatant were chosen, and yestcsla.
medintcly aftor dinner, this part; 70
the Cadet Society Hall. Talia:,u
stripped to his waist and in hi '..
feet. McConnico wore tcnni-
tennis shoes. The agreement a.-
the men were to fight one mne'
rest two minutes. Time bciug ca
set to, and for about thirteen roa..
cupying forty minutes they pouui'
other furiously. Tho men Wet
matched. They were equally ,-
McConnico was year and y halt
and more skilltul boxer, bar ..4
had better staying qualitics EE.
in one or two rounds, McCom
rather tho better OF the fight bat g..
tho end became entirely winici.
was thought if the fight contno
ferro would eventually win. I!pas
the next to the last round NJ
threw Taliaferro roughly against
covered bench which runs ar.a
room, and then, while the ii'
down, McConnico held him vii
hand and pounded him with bis
This was resented by Talaier.
foul was claimed In the nat
McConnico again throw Taia:erra t
referee pulled him off and Decide.
fight in favor Of McConnico. Dr.
then shook hands, congratc.aie.
other on his pluck, and were t.s.
sponged and rubbed down ar. pr 2.
Taliaferro was left alone for
after being mado comfortable IL ...
after awhile when his friend 'r
rouse him it was found impo.- j.
so. Tho doctor was hastily -aa
and found that no had been tDa.
time.
At the post-mortem cxamiua,.
this morning it was found '.t
resulted from apoplcxy, supcr.n.
tho violence Of the fight. al:
broughtin verdict according u
nico was brought before JUDI a
this evening and admitted t. i.-
sum Of $4,000 to appear betorr
October & to answer fer hi- .ls'
sad affair. He was seycrclt @
during tho fight. and since thc a'-
Taliaferro has been completcly ir.-i
His father, A. D. McConnicc, o.
Texas, has been telegraphcd aa- 3,
on his way to Lexington. loga-
ferro was an orphan. His mo,a.
father arc buried in Norfolk. -.
his body was sent there this cfc'.
intermont. Tho remains wcft
panied by Captain T. II. Ta.i.t
brother Of the deceased and i-.
tho institute.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-10-03
War Against Doctors In spain
prom the Table,


Tho Spaniards have stranse
of showing their gratitude to 'h' d
men who are risking their live
present cholera crisis. In ValencH
stefan has boon killed By u stiletIo
tho back. At Mogente anothcf
had his head split in two b. =
welded by a woman, while in anou.
trict near Lordo q third was set =.
killed by an Infatuated mob. "
can move about without militia.
and even then cases of assault are q
occurrence. Tho reason assienet
the peasants are opposed to preea~'
regulations. Strange people the
iardsl
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-10-03

Reliable contractors are badly needed.
A number of persons are anxious to build
but have been unable to do so in conse-
quence of this difficulty. Another and
quite an important attraction is the fact
that Big Stone Gap is one of the most
orderly cities in the country. Acts Of
violence are very rare and when commit
ted arc rigidly punished. Ones person
and property arc far safer hero than in
Now York or Chicago.
But no description can do justice to tho
advantages of Big Stone Gap as q manu-
featuring center. One must conc and sec
it to form an adequate conception of tho
situation; and if Gen. Algor will como he
will feel amply repaid.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-10-03
Sweet Revenge.

newspapers In Germany which have deserted him
have lost seriously In circulation. The AllgemeIne
zeitung, In particular, which had for years been
Bismarck organ and has now taken the other tack,
has fallen from q, 900 to 10, 900 daily
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-10-03
Information Given.

The following letter has been received
from Gen. Alger, the Detroit millionaire;
and, as other inquiries of a similar ma
ture are being received, We take the lib
orty of publishing tho letter and answering
il through the Posr:
Ny DSAa Sir:
of the 18th, and am very much Interested In Prof
Procter's report
What have sou to offer In the way Of Inducements
for people who wish to come down to your country!
rejoice In your prosperity Sincerely yours,
R. A. AIGRR.
Ma. C. E. SEAMS,
Big Stone Gap, Va.
There are two Improvement companies
here known as the Big Stone Gap I'm
provemcnt Company and the East Big
Stone Gap Improvement Company. Both
offer Inducements to persons who wish to
establish manufacturing plants, the ex-
tent of the inducement being regulated
by the nature and extent of the enter
prise. But above all such inducements
arc an abundance of the finest coking and
fuel coal in the world, excellent iron ores
all around Big Stone Gap, which is only
100 miles from the magnetic ores of North
Carolina; an abundance of the finest hard
wood timber north of the tropics; situa-
ton that must attract every railroad
going east and west and some north and
south for hundreds Of miles, because along
the line is the best grade through the
mountains to be found in the entire
Appalachian range; an abundance Of
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-10-03
The Worlds Fair Honored.

Gen. Grove, one of vlrgnla's Worlds Fair commits
slonsrs has appointed Miss Mildred Lee daughter
Gen. Robert E. Leo, member of tho board Of lady
managers of the Exposition.