The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-06-02
FROM STONEGA.
Correspondence Of The Big Stone Gap po.r.

t Correspondence Of The Big Stone Gap Posi-.
1 SToNEGA, Va, May 3l.-The promised
l pen sketches Of our bright Young peoplc
VIII begin in next weeks issue.
The notable historical event Of the pas,
week was the dedication of the beautifnl
. niue Methodist church at Minersyille.
about miles from here. When Rev
D b. fauSht came to Big Stone Gan last
year he became impressed with the foct
that the church accommodation in this
district was insufficient for the ranidIy
increasing population, and he pulled off
MS coat and went to work with n will IN
supply the deficiency, and this uniaue
niue church which on Sabbath. Nav 2gth
was set part Tor the worship Of God bv
the act OF dedication free of debt. was fine
GROWING success OF his effort and labor of
lo'e. by unanimous consent all tho
| services in the PRESBYTERIAN church .,
otonega were suspended in order TO rive
the members an opportunity to uni,o Ell.
!he good people of Mnersylle and assist
IN The dedicatory services, and the Sinner.
lntendent OF the works and President ot |
the Interstate X. r., john A. Esser. nut
the tram III Tree commission TO carry the
people 10 and from the different points ~
inc church. An excursion from Bristol
had been arranged for, but from somo
cause talled to arrive and the people from
The Gap who proposed coming nv thar
route got left and after waiting in vain cnr
lhe ,. A. o., for an hour and half 20.
turned to their homes, so that tLo
otohegalans mOdestly accepted the nm.
expected responsibility and like tbcir
ancestry did what they could in maxim {
the occasion success, which # wos 20
very sense as when the totals of the
subscriptions were announced ~ of which q
'afne from our lively town $27 more than t
TAU oeeh asked for to liquidate the deli, Il
vas va subscribed. The total being S527
nc ueuicatory sermon was preached lac
'e'' ~ Jones, OF Bristol, from the texi
:, va TINS rock will build Ny Oh lrcb. 6c y c.
he subject the church was discus ..d IN
choIarly aud exhaustive manner. and NIL Y
he propositions being d,duced from an p
'V'uehoHiihatlOIal standpoint had fine :;
i''S''ah stamp Impressed on them. A n,
cess was taken at the close of the morn, 81
u service, and the people from distance =,
ir'ook oil lunch in the church as a storm
'me up Suddenly, preventing the use of
e lawn as intended. The second service Is
's.h at 3 o'clock, and by request Rev p 81
Ioseco preached from Peters LIST letter -
%'"A!s DeihS able to give IA reason for '"'
nope That Is in YOU. Both services Il"
nc neipIul aud impressive aud the nov SO
'erpfise was launched under favoroLle g''
"''' tn
Smith, the civil engineer for mn
CT virginia Coal Iron Co.. il the SIM.
h.ehdent OF the Sabbath School ma
been untiring in his devotion 70 ,ho err
Use since its inception. =
The bakery began operation on Tbrr.
'ast, ana is now turning out broad
!, ~" I"Aes equal to any in the Wild,
Ilu' Henry Hoops, formerly of PHI W,
g, is the director. ''S- "n
am Reed anIJ Green. hath s Mo,
H. sat down last FRIDAY to b,yo
~, e""e VI cards Tor small stakes.
~, "reen was shot, not fatally. and
y nus taken u mountain vacation.
III. burns, minor about 5J years e
!, was Killed while at work in the mine and
iohuay afternoon by TALL of sI,t. OF Il
n'ng out his Lille instantly. He ba, upt,
elalIves here. ""s Safe
he hrst travelling troupe yav, ma drug
lance IN the opera hnusa Lo. The
: nay az evening. The program was made =
oomeiy and music by the Russell u
'any, OF Chicago.
, ana Mrs. L. J. C. Bailey went 10 Il
'y,lIe, N. O., on Tuesday morning far II
EFF visit. "h iof p