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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1894-08-02

AS long as the Democratic party is
the true white mans party in the
South, dissensions in our ranks
should be earnestly decried. Too
many Of our good party men are
prone in these days to regard the
color question as settled. This is
far from being the case, as the white
people in the black belts of Virginia
will cheerfully and earnestly testify.
The silence and inaction Of the negro
politically can readily be accounted
for by the overwhelming Republican
defeats in recent years. Let that
party once more gain the ascendancy
and the old cry of mixed schools and
negro equality will bs repeated with
alarming emphasis. Tho old enemy
to Southern civilization is not dead
but sleeping.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1894-08-02

The nominee Of the Bristol con-
vention must and will receive the
united and aggressive support of the
Democracy of the Ninth District.
The man is poor Democrat, indeed,
who will say that if such and such q
candidate is nominated ne will not
support the ticket. How long will it
take for some Of our Democrats to re-
alize that it is for principles, not so
much sor men, that the Democratic
party contends.
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F.. n. Hardin ct al.


The object is to recover judgment
against +. NJ. Hardin and I. II. Walker
Jointly in the sum Of $55O.0O, with inter
est frem January 9th, 1890, and against
E. 81. Hardin in the sum of s275 addition
al, with interest from January 9th, 1890,
with costs assinat both, by personal de-
cree and By foreclosure Of the liens re-
seryed in five deeds, all of date January
9th 1891, froia 7 ;Trjgs and wife and T.;
z. Trisg, Trustee, to EN-. Hardin and
Thos. Il. Walker, on lots I, 5, 6, and 8,
Of BLOCK ., of Imbodsn Reservation, in
town of Big Stone Gap, and affidavit hay
ing been made that r. NJ. Hardin, I. h.
Walkcrand ". S. Walker are non-rcsi-
dents of this State, the defendants are
required to appear within fifteen days al
ter dne publication of this order, in the
Clerks Office of our said court, at rules 10
be holden therefor, and do what is nsces-
aary to protect their interests. Aud it 10
ordered that copy of this order be forth
with published once week, for four sue
ceasive weeks, in the Big Stone Cap Posr,
newspaper printed in the town OF Zig
Stone Gap, in the county of Wise, State
of Virginia, and posted at the front door
of the courthouse ofsaid county, on the
frsi day of the next count! court for the
said county after the date Of this order
coov -1eeto.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1894-08-02

Our Compliments to the Wythe'
Vile Journal.
It has been our misfortune, we
xunnoss. that we have never seen a
cony of the Wytheville Virginia
Journal and it is to our
neighbor. the Bristol Courier, that
we are indebted for the perusal OF one
of it's recent productions. The Cour-
Ter copies this article, we
suppose, vcrbotim and with
out abridgement. The subject
chosen by the writer is "Big Stone
Gan" anti he used his paper as a
medium to convey wealth of spleen
and jealousy and narrow prejudice
which is at once astonishing and
amusing. True he does this under
the cover of ribald jest, but beneath
all this there runs current OF per-
sonal feeling so strong. SO reslstiess'
SO controlling that it must be appar-
ens to any reader, however casual.
The writer has some hiden grievance,
we know not what, and we are forced
20 resort 10 the wide realm OF con-
lecture to ascertain the underlying
cause of this unexpected assault on
the merits and pretensions OF our
prosperous and contented and grow
sng little community. One Of the
reasons must be, and we are very
strong in this surmise, that this
great newspaper man arrived at the
depot and was there confronted with
the alarming situation that he had
either to pay fifteen cents car fare to
ride over our dummy line or walk to
the hotel. Imagine the indignation
which filed the great editorial breast
of the distinguished gentleman as pac-
ing the depot platform he considered
the far reaching and vital question
of "6fteen cents or walk" elderly
or death" Oh the town." he
must have said, "I'll write her up.''
And when he arrived at our baauti-
full hotel and contrasted 1t with the
hostelries in his own antiquased vii
lage and realizing in one awful mo-
ment its superiority to any in the far
off Wythevills. We imagine how
overwhelmed he must have been with
jealous Amusement and how again
the awful threat must have Kissed
through his ruby lips, DIN the
torn. tn haze TO write her ap.. And
as he wandered through the CORR.
dors Of the Intermont and no partic-
alar notice was taken Of him, people
did not stop and nudge each other
and soy il awe struck whisper, Look,
there goes the Wytheville Jouraall
man. no reporter songht him ont
ogsa llis views on tho political sitas
,lo eption vas given bin. no.
band 81 saasia ssrsaaslgd hin. bps .a
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over this line. We clicked" at this
enormity, but soon foand shat"kicks"
did not go in that country. SO we and
our dime and half tearfully and re-
luctantly parted company. Upon
arriving at the hotel We found it
was handsome building, equipped
with all modern improvements. This
annoyed us. We next strolled over
the city and were amazed to find
Numbers Of handsome residences
which would have done credit to a
city Of 100000 people. Such houses
having never been seen in Wythe-
VILE, we were considerably ratified.
1--WE were next presented to q
number of Big Stone Gaps represen-
tative citizens, and were not long in
arriving at the conclusion that they
were progressive business men of ripe
attainment and experience, and would
do credit to any city in the South.
People of that character being
the exception, instead of the rule, In
Wythevillc. we felt like swearing a
little from vexation.
"Then, as night put on her sable
robes, we we're completely overwhelm-
ed with surprise to see that the town
was brilliantly lighted by as COM
plete and satisfactory an electric
light SYSTEM as there is In the South.
This made us mad.
"The evening wore on, whom we were
horribly alarmed at suddenly seeing
the heavens afame with brilliant
red glare. Thinking judgment day
had come, We rushed into the hotel
shrieking "fire." Some one caught
us, and while forcibly OBTAINING us.
explained that this remarkable appa-
rition was only occasioned by . blast
from the Big Stone Gap furnace. We
ware somswhat treasured but it was
an outrage iA these Big Stone Gap
people not to have forew4rned NJ ~
what was going to happen. We
might have "braeel" sufficiently to
have met the emergency like q las9.
"Thesc people ought to know that
true Wythvillian that we arc, we had
never seen furnace, much less a
furnace blast. 1t made us madden.
The impertinence of place like Big
Stone Gap, putting on such airS'
successfully operating q fnrnace'
when all the others that We ever
heard of are shut down, and when in
Wythevilla We are having hard time
keeping our one blacksmith shop
from making an assignment:
ooh! we were hot. metaphoricaiiy
speaking; and then We were reliably
informed that in Big Stone Gap and
it's adjacent territory, things wsFo
moving, builling going on; no idle
labor, coal and iron mines being de-
velopsd, capital beginning to pour
into this mountain country at a. rate
to make our head ewim.
"This was bad enough, but it beats
all the way we were treated. No at
tention paid to us; our high and
mighty calling regarded with indif-
ference, our paper never read and
never heard of, and when we asked
one felloy (ap4 We asked no more)
to subscribe, he inquired of US if we
werc not talking through our tile
why, it's,-it's ,-oh! it's HI,
amt it Slack?"
WASHINGTON LETTER.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1894-08-02

The POST hos the largest e;rcula-
ton Of any paper In Southwest Vir-
sinia. and st Is steadily Increasing.
.la Inspections Of sss aubseTpsion last
IS inriaed by those contemplating i'd
vertising.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1894-08-02

Pursuant tua decree rendered In TIC
chancery capsc OF w. r. Edmonds against
Wilson Holhrook, admr.. OH the 9TH DAY
court, tho undersigned viii, OF. the 18th
dayIof August, 1894 at his ot'ses IN the
town of Big Stone Gap, ait for the pur-
pose OF ascertaIniag and reporting theas-
aats and liabilities Of j. Belt Snodsrasa.
deceased, and all liens against the estate
OF said Snodgrasa.
Il. Al, w. SKEES,
III II Commissioner In Ghancery.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1894-08-02

!. soine to make it Iis business TO suc-
- "a and this 10 the spirissthat will carry
him through. Nov is the time when
n abould be encouraged; not told, OF
course. that everything will be easy for
him. hat he should have the privilege of
feeling that 10 10 doing conscientious
york and therefore is entitled to respect
and to freedom from meddling intarfer-
-Hn-nrr's BHxGr.
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was regarded az an ordinary. every
day man. All! great sir, we know
this was almost enough TO make you
write us up. How he must have
writhed. How he must have longed
for some other place,
under such outrageous, such humili-
ating treatment. Meeting
some Of our people,
being impressed with their genteel
bearing, their good breeding,their high
order Of intelligence,the evident COM
fort and refinement of their surround
ings, can we blame him that he is
again consumed by jealous rage.
that he retires to some dark corner,
that he kicks himself constantly and
yehemently and raising his hauds to
Heaven says,"D-n these blue bloods.
I will write them up"
We presume that he wandered up
on Poplar Hill and among other resi-
Dental portions of the town. and, at
ter looking at the many beautiful
and graceful homes which adorn the
place the conclusion must have rush
ed upon him like some mighty torrent
that no town in South West Virginia
could eclipse Big Stone Gap in
handsome residences, that they were
unrivaied in their beauty and taste
of architecture, and that in compari-
son the Wytheville homes would
show up like antiqusted barns. AT
shat moment we will almost conceede
there was some reason for editorial
Indignation, that he was, in some de-
gree. justified in again Ding us
and again resorting to that awful re-
solve to write us up
! Sitting that night in front of the
hotel he must have noticed the skyes
( redden with mighty glare, and. oa in
quiry, being told that it was the
light from our furnace. that it was,
with one or two exceptions, the only
one in Virginia being operated, and
that it was making money at time
when tho iron market was suffering
from the most acute depression ever
experienced in this country, that the
crowds which thronged our hotel
| Hobbies was made up largely of in
vestors seeking this coal field in order
| to develop it, that our coal is already
being mined most advantageously,
and that every indication points in
the next few months to the greatest
industrial development in this section
/ known to the history of the south.
Can tongue or pen depict his Wild
eyed astonishment?
All this true and poor old Wythe-
vile iceaying from old age and the
general dscrepitudc sourness, inert
ness and laziness which generally
precedo death. How could you
stand it, o! noble scribe of the Jour
nal. We wonder that thy mighty
heart did not break with its load of
anguish. We will not follow you to
your couch that night, as pulling the
bcd-covering over your poor old edito-
rial head with wailing and weeping
and crashing of.tceth; you "d-ned"
us again, and in your mighty mind
evolved the manner and means by
which you would "write lis up" And
you did write us up, now didn't you?
Well, we do not care nor do we blame
you. We consider the source, wor.
thy sir, and IN regard TO you and
vour "funny" piece wa are generous
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1894-08-02

GonAAS's speech measured fully
up to the requirements Of the situa-
stiun.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1894-08-02
". f.. KlLGoRE, Clerk.

ByC. A. Johnson, D. G.
WALTER f. ADDISON, p.q. Aug2 $3.50
ORDER OF PUBLICATIONS OF RULE.
VIRGINIA.: In tbs Clerks Office of
the Circuit Court for the County Of Wise
Oh the a11iih day Of JqIj;. 1877. n yssen: :
tion.
VIM. Kelly, Plaintiff,
p. W. Hardin, Defendant
Whereas, al the April term, 1894, of the
Wise County Circuit Court, rule, by or
der, entered in the above styled cause,
was awarded against p. ". Hardin and
W. E. Harris, returnabls to the LIST day Of
the September, 1884, term, requiring
them to show cause, if any they have or
can show, uhy the land mentioned in tho
bill and proceedings in the above atylsd
cause, should not he re-seld to salty the
FIRST delinquent purchase money bond dne
thereon Of $Dt!6l, With i4tsrast rom
January "a, 1893, executed by the SAID F.
". Hardin, with W. Z. Harris as his
surety to H. A. W. Skeen and E. "a. Full
ton, Comr's, and the costs OF resale. Now.
therefore, in pursuance of said order ana
affidavit having been made that the SAID
p. W. Hardin it q nonresident OF TINS
State, he is required to appear here on
the first day Of the next Sept. term, 1891.
Of said court, that being on the Bird ia!
81 September, 1924 to show cause why
the land as aforesaid should not be rs-sold
for the delinquent purchase money there
OIL, with interest and costs Of resale.
And it is ordered that copy Of this err
der be forthwith published once a week.
for four successive weeks, in the Big
Stone Gap Posr, a newspaper printed in
the town Of Big Stone Cap, in the county
of Wise, State Of Virginia, and posted a.
the front door of the court-hcuse Of said
county, on tie FIRST day Of the next Coun.
~ Court for said county after the date OF
this order.
A cspy.--Tsste:
W. Z. KlEaoRE, Clerk.
By g. A. JOHNSON, D. g..
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1894-08-02
Aug.2-32-35 BY C. A. Jonssos, D. c.

Walter e. Addison, p.q.
ORDER OF PUBLICATIONS.
VIRGINIA.: In the Clerks Office Of
the Circuit Court for the County of Wise
on the 3lst day of July, 1894, at o'clock
.. III. In vacation:
Burns l. Fulton ct at Plfs,
James A.. Todd ct al Defts.
The object of this sAt ia to recover Of
James A. Todd ths sum Of $445.7o ana 10
attach the estate of the said Todd In Wise
county, Virginia, ard to net aaide con-
yeysnca from the said Todd to Z. B. Ross,
Jr., purporting to convey to the said Ross
the following lots Of land situated in Big
Stone Gap, Virginia, namslyi Lot No.
10. Of Block Iia, Lot No. 10, Of Block W.;
Lot No. 20, Of Block lis; Lots No. u and
I3. Of Block ia; Lot No. IL, Of Block liz.
Lot No. 3, of Block l.l3, as shown and
designated on map Of the town OF Big
Stone Gap Of record In the Clerks office
of Wise county. marked Improvement
Co.'S Plat No. g." and AFFIDAVIT having
boon made that James A. Todd and G. b.
Ross, Jr., are nom residents OF this State,
tbev arc required to appear within fifteen
days after due publication OF this o'der,'n
tho Clerks Office of our said court, at
! rr,ss =. =; l.. h"ldcn therefor. and ds what
is necessary to protect their interests.
And il js orGsrsS that copy Of this or
der be forthwith published oncs 3 yfek,
for four successive weeks in theBlgSfons
Gap posr, 4 newspaper printed in the town
of Big Stone Gap, in tho county of Wise,
State Of Virginia, and posted At tho front
daor Of tAs coHrt-honse Of said county, on
the FIRST day OF tbs nsxt county court tor
said county aftsr the date Of this srder.
A cspy.--rssts:
". E. KILaonE, Clerk.
~ C. A. JOHNSON, D. c.
p. Ru,,,rr In "A. Auy3 32-35
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1894-08-02
Com .s,Iss,oiscr.s sitting.

II. a. w. SEEEs AND
BURNS s. FuLros, p. a. Aug2 32.3'
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1894-08-02

j, r. BVLLtTr, JR., p. Il. NWSo o~-""
ORDER OF FUBLlCATION.
VIRGINIA.: On the first day OF Au-
gust. 1884. i'm the Clerks Office Of the Cir
cult Court for the county Of Wise:
I. P. Triss, Trnstee,and in his own right,
VS..
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1894-08-02
Ja5NDEE OF PU IsI.ICATION

VIRGINIA.: On the lst day Of Ausuat,
1891 In the Clerks Office of the Circuit
Court for the County of Wise,
T. p. Trigg, Trustee, and iii his own
right,
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1894-08-02
Against
Miss Nettic Kinkead ct. ala.
I'm Chanccry.)

The object Of this salt is TO recover
judgement against Miss Nettie I. Kim
tend in tho sum of two hundred and fifty
dollars, with interest from March 9Th 1890
by nersonaI decree and foreclosure Of the
lien reserved in the deed Of date March
4,h, 1890, from T. P. Triss asd wife and
T.. P. Trisg, Trustee, on Lot No. - Of
Block No. 4, of the lmboden Reservation
in the town OF Big Stone Gap, Va, and
affidavit having been made that said Miss
Nettie r. Kinkead, and Vim. X. Shelby,
her agent, are non residents of this State
the said defendants are required to appear
hore within IS days after duo publication
of thi. order in the Clerks Office Of oar
s.id court, at rules TO ba holden there
for, and do what is neces.
sary TO protect their interests. And 1t is
ordered that copy Of this order he forth
with published once week, for four sue
cssslye weeks In the Big Stone Gap Posr
a newspaper printed In the town of Big
Stono Sap, In the county Of. Wise. State
of Virginia, aud poated at the front door
of the court house of said county. on the
first day of the next County Court for
the said county after the date of this
order. A copy: Tests:
". f. KILGORE, Clerk.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-12-24
New School Building.

The school board has agreed to erect
one brick, twclve-room, school building
on the RhOads place, near the site Of
the present school house, and will ask
the voters of this borough To- say by
their ballots at the February election
that the borough can be bonded for s25,
600 to build the new school house. We
are glad the school board has arrived at
Il conclusion on the school building ques-
ton and that they have decided to erect
one large school house. The voters arc
so well posted on the necessity of "A new
school building that we have not the
least doubt but that the vote to bond
the borough will carry by a large ma
jority. Since the board has decided on
one building. instead Of two, IL is hoped
that they will make calculations on
putting up school house that will be a
credit TO the town. We should have a
modern school house with all the modern
improvements. The time is past for
towns the size Of Reynoldsville to have
anything short of modern schools and
modern school buildings. Erect build
ing that future generations will call you
"blessed," instead Of saying you were
''autiquated foggies" even in the latter
days Of the nineteenth century. We dc
not presume to say that our school board
would even think of building anything
else than a modern school building
throughout but we make these remarks
before the board decides on the plan OF
the building.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-12-24
"ficrald" Office In Ashes.

For the third time within nine months
the Falls Creek Herald Office has been
destroyed by fire. In March the Office
was burned and Editor Bangcrt bought
a new and complete Office. In June the
new Office went up In smoke. Bangcrt,
although somewhat discouraged bought
another new outfit, built himself new
Office and again sent the Herald out as
spicy and neat as ever before. About
one o'clock last Thursday morning
David Postlethwait, Of this place, en-
ginecr on the II. & f. G. R'y, and sever
al other men of the crew who were
flames and smoke issuing from the rear
Of the Herald Office. They gave the
fire alarm and also hastened TO the Office
to assist in saving property II possible.
There was so much smoke and fire In
the interior that they could only get
out n few books. There seems to be no
doubt but that Chas. J. Bangert is the
victim Of some incendiary iend, an imp
that should be where he rightfully be-
longs. Bangert is outspoken and gencr-
ally calls things by their right name,
and has been something Of u terror TO
evil doers--which all newspapers should
be-and 1t is likely. he has stirred up
some vile and corrupt character that is
seeking revenge by the incendiary
torch. Bangert has lost courage-is IL
any wonder ?-and says he will not re-
build in Falls Creek again. Bro. Ban
CERT has our sympathy in his third mis-
fortune,
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-12-24
Juvenile Entertainment.

The scholars of the four rooms in the
Reynolds block, OF which Mildred Full
Ter, Mollie Miles, Matte Waite and Min
ME Whitmore are teachers, gave an en-
tertainment in Miss Fuller's room
on Friday afternoon. The little
folks done real nicely. The pro-
gram was as follows: Song by school;
song, Nulu Neale; recitation, Bessie
Sencor; song by number of girls; reci-
tation, Eta Shaffer; song, Oma Keller;
recitation, Jessie Campbell; recitation,
Eula Shaffer; recitation, Gertrude
Whitmore; recitation, May Whitaker;
recitation, Bert Burns; song, six boys;
recitation, John Bohren; recitation,
Wallace Lowther; recitation, Ethel
Shaffer; recitation, Twila Shaffer; dia-
logue, four boys; recitation, Frank Bob
rem; recitation, Laural MCPHERSON;
recitation, Annie Trudgen; dialogue,
Irene Phillippi and Chester Belnap,
recitation, Jennie Maiden; recitation,
Jennie McGaw; recitation, Frances Say.
ers; recitation, May Tapper; song, class
Of girls; closing song by school.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-12-24
First Visit in Forty Years.

Steve Ross and daughter, Amelia, Of
Worthington, Pa, visited the formers
sister, Mrs. Wood Reynolds, in Reyn-
oldsvillc last week. Notwithstanding
the fact that it is not Il great distance
from this place to Worthington, which
is ak miles out from Kittanning, this is
the first visit Mr.. Ross has made TO
Reynoldsvillc since 1852, almost forty
three years ago. AS the town was then n
thing Of the future and the surrounding
country vast wilderness, 1t Is hardly
necessary to state that Mr.. Ross noticed
wonderful change in the town and its
surroundings when here last week.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-12-24
A Donation.

Rev. johnson and family were treated
to an agreeable surprise last Thursday
evening by the members and friends Of
the Presbyterian church. At about
seven o'clock the people began throng-
ing the parsonage, each bringing a
Christmas donation, and what was even
better, warm genial spirit. For near
ly three hours people were coming and
going, leaving behind them tokens Of
their good will. Rev Johnson has often
said that he wished to be highly stimu-
lated for duty, even though it be
brought about by an occasional scolding
from his people. He says, though, that
the kindness Of Thursday evening will
not only serve this excellent purpose,
but also enable him to do his work with
good cheer.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-12-24
An Old Lady Gone.

Mrs. Rebecca Dougherty, Of Beech
woods, relict of John Dougherty, died
at 800 A. M. Sunday, Dec. 23rd, and was
buried In the Beechwoods cemetery at
1000 A. NJ. to-day. Mrs. Dougherty has
been an invalid for years. She was
about seventy-seven years old. She
moved with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert Morrison from ireland into the
Beechwoods when girl of sixteen sum-
mers, and was consequently one of the
old settlers in that section of the coun-
ty. The deceased was sister Of Joseph
Morrison of this place. She had been a
consistent member of the Presbyterian
church for years and was ready to pass
over. She was the last OF her family to
leave these mundane shores.