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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-11-10
FOR BARGAINS.
The Ayers Mercantile and Mann.
uring Company

Can compete with any house between Knoxville and p
The reason is very plain We buy in large quantities. L
quick sales and small pr0ft In clothing have b,l
from the mills and saved the profit of the wholesale &
instance have large assortment of boys clothing H.
ranging from 81 20 up and they good suits which . .
bought elsewhere in this section for less t,,
OVERCOATS, good, heavy, servceable ones, all the No.,
SO. so and $500 to $4,000. We have a raryaatd c, H
mems suit, which selling for 500. Nothing - ,
before sold for the money PANTS, ,cayaaed all ,,
If you want something EXTRA cut in the very latest
one of our $500, $1,000, $500 or $1,000 suits
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-11-10
Express Companies and the
War. Tax.

Ever since the express companies
have evaded the war revenue law by
compelling their patrons to stamp the
receipts given for consignments, the
Smith Manufacturing Company. a
big medicine concern of Topeka,
Kan, has been sticking a poster on
every package it sends by express,
denouncing express and telegraph
companies. The poster reads
GAS American citizens, proud of
our country, we are willing and ready
to pay all taxes enioined upon us.
We protest, however. against being
obliged to pay taxes fixed by law up
on express companies or other corpo
rations that possess no bodies to be
kicked, souls to be damned, or heprtS
to be patriotic. 1t but lily becomes
those who share the privileges and
benefits of this Nation to attempt to
evade the law and avoid paying their
just share toward maintaining the
honor and integrity of this govern
ment in its present hour Of financial
need. For these reasons We believe
that each shipper of goods should pay
especial attention to this matter and
divert as much shipping as possible
from the combination of express COM
panies. and ship as much as possible
by mail or freight
"The mail service of this country
is unparalleled and is entirely worthy
of patronage and confidence, and it
has done more than all other factors
combined in the past to protect the
people from extortion and force the
express companies to moderate and
reasonable charge for their services.
eve, as shippers, are in favor of
an act by Congress, increasing the
size of packages that may be sent by
mail and lowering the rate of charges
where the packages weigh between
two and eight pounds. We feel will
ling to work for this end, and hereby
urge that each representative in Con-
gress be appealed to by personal let
ter from each person in his district
who is doing and shipping by ex-
press.
eve, as business firm, will here
after ship all our small packages,
that go at prepaid rate. by mail;
and arrangements have already been
made whereby packages will be in
sured to reach their destination. We
shall pay the triAing cost of such
and this cost of insuring
will not be charged to the customer.
at is time that legislation were
enacted looking to the regulation Of
the express rates and telegraph rates. I
1.-The person or firm to whom this q
package is sent is surely interested g
in this, and it is hoped they will give :
this matter the attention it deserves. c
ITO voters--lnstruct your senator
and representative to vote tor a law t
regulating express and telegraph a
rates" i
The United States Express Com
pany notified the Smith Manufactur-
ing Company that it would not re- y
ceive any more packages with the II
posters on them. The medicine COM r.
pany insists on the express company l
receiving and transporting any thing !
i sends it, and the matter will prob. =
ably end in the courts. II,
In
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-11-10
Ladies Department.

This is in charge of Miss Ida Specht who will be- g
you ladies hose at 10 cents thread spoo for cents towels
cents, blankets $1.00, corses 40 cents to $500 c,. six
cents ball. embroidery silk cent SPOOL belts 10. ~ l
cents, gloves fleece lined 30 cents ladies underwear
cents per suit, toweng 81 cents, Misses cape % cents
cry cotton spools for cents, counterpane, $780, n
drilling, ribbons and in fact most everything You want
of dry goods at prices before equaed in Biz Stone m
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Xmas is Coming.

Plumb buildings and cakes will then be in vogue. l.a..
examine our Groceries, CtrOn Olives, Pineaprl,, r.
Currants Soups Oysters, Apricots, Figs, and all Kind, m c
Goods just received some best quality French Pea. With
sell for 20 cents Anything you want in the way o.. G-
from sack Of flour to pound of bacon be had at our
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-11-10

NOVemDer, 1875.
James Chisenball, PHI,
against In Chaucery.
VIM. +. Roberts, Admr.et al
Defendant.
The object of this suit is TO subject the
tract of land owned by decdent, Glen
NJ. Roberts, at the time OF his death, sit
uate on Guests River, containing about
49,. acres, to the payment of plaintiffs
judgment, and the other debts, which are
charges against said land. And an affida-
VII having been made aud fled that the
defendants, Elizabeth Maggard, Emily
Jenkins, Mary Roberts, aud Lexington
Roberts, are not residents of the State of
Virginia, II is ordered that he do appear
here within fifteen DAYS after due publi-
cation hereof, and do what may be neces-
sary to protect their interest In this suit.
And il Is further ordered that a copy
hereof he published once week for four
weeks in the The Big Stone Gap Post, and
that arcopy be posted at the front door of
the court-kesse Of this county on the frat
day Of tae next term Of the county court.
A copy-Teste:
W. f. KILaoRE, Clerk.
BY G. A. JOHNSON, ID. @.
Anderson 4 Bond. 2. 9. nova s4-47
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An Enterprising Druggist.

There are few men more wide
awake and enterprising than j. w.
Kelly who spare no pains to secure
the best of everything in their line
for their many customers. They now
have the valuable agency for DR..
Kings New Discovery for Consump-
tion, Coughs and Colds. This is
the wonderful remedy that is produc-
ing such Juror all over the country
by its many startling cures. Itabso-
lutely cures Asthma, Bronchitis,
Hoarseness and all affections of the
Throat. Chest and Lungs. Call at
above drug store and get trial bottle
free, oil a regular size for so cents and
Sl.00. Guaranleed to cure or price
refunded.
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The above rates are for standing ADVERTISE
ments only.
~~LocAL ADVERTISEMENT will be charg-
ca Tor at the rate Of S cents per line for each
incertion.
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time preachers 1--WE had no ministers
then, they were all preachers). | re-
peat, the hell painted by these good
men had no hope for the lost soul in
it. They pointed out "broad and
beaten highway. Eternal night wells
from us all beauties OF nature. blots
out all hope and we go down, down,
down, into eternal CHASTITY darkness
and cxcrueiating suffering. Is this
final torment? FRANK LINDSEY.
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Hardware.

Our ware house is full of Hardware Come and s, ,- M
stoves at $3.50 We have duplicated original order fir M
stoves twice and they going fast They beat ary., ,
brought to this section. We selling Pocket Ky ~ q -
which can not be bought elsewhere for less than
In saddles sell you anything you want all the $50,
s.. 80 up to $500
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-11-10

A GOSPEL ship is to be built at JEFF
fersonville on the Ohio river. 1t is
hoped to have the ship ready by next
February or March when it can take
advantage of deep water and steam
down the Ohio and Mississippi to
New Orleans. Meetings will be held
at all landings and collections taken
to support the ship in its subsequent
cruise from New Orleans through the
West Indies. The ports Of Porto
Rico will be visited and the ministers
Of the different denominations on
board will use the opportunity to
establish their churches in Uncle
Sans new possessions.-Cincinnah
Times Star.
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COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.

Alfred Il. Mullins ct al
vs. ; In Chancery.
W. Z. Harris ct al.
Pursuant to decree heretofore entered
in the above styled cause, the undersigned
special commissioner in the said cause
will proceed at his Office in the town of
GIadeville, Wise county, Virginia, on the
2lst day of November, 1898, to ascertain
the liens against the lands mentioned and
described in the bill and proceedings of
the said cause; their amounts and prior
tiles; in whose favor existing.
This the 22nd day of October, 1898.
W. H. BOND,
oct27 1916 Special Commissioners.
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And Still the Wonder Grows.

Why we selling furniture at Cincinnati price. m
this, we want to get rid @H We want the cntn r,s
orr building exclusively for cloding., and that is the
giving it away Our store is packed and want space.
this furniture we have lot of pictures in francs ana
without pictures, ranging all the way from Is cents mp s
An assortment of mirrors from the cent hand u
higher priced ones. Come and examine for yourself a W
fed. 1t is pleasure for to show goods and tar ',
Messrs Carnes Garden Kennedy, Gy and Miss Spif ssh M
pleasure in showing you anything you want to see.
Such complete line of goods in every department '''
before brought to this section. All ask ami ~
yourself
The Ayers Mercantile & Mig. Co.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-11-10

The Philadelphia Record asserts
that zone might be inclined to sym
pathize with poor France if the re-
public had not so richly deserved the
tate which 1t has invited"
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ORDDR or PUBLICATION,

In the clerks Office Of the circuit court
of the county of Wise an the LIST day of
November, 1898.
W. H. Bond, Plaintiff,
Against In Cbancery.
I. 2. Lightfoot, ct al, Deft.
The object of this suit is to attach the
following described property of defend
ant, T. P. Lightfoot, to wit: Lots |, 2, 3,
and 5. OF Block II; and Lots I, 2. and 3,
of Block so, all of Improvement Compa-
ny's Plat No. /, of Big Stone Gap, and
subject the same to the payment of plain
TINS debt of $1974, with interest on
$55.64 from June goth, 1896, and Oh s24.IO
the residue, from the 3Oth day of April,
1896, and an attachment having been re-
turned executed on the above described
property. And an affidavit having been
made and fled that the defendants, T. p.
Lightfoot, NJ. P. Lightfoot, W. F. Gordon.
Jr, and r. l.. Calquahaim are not
residents of the State of Virginia,
it is ordered that they do appear
here within fifteen days after due publi-
cation hereof, and do what may he neces-
sary to protect their interest in this suit
And it is further ordered that copy
hereof be published once week for four
weeks in The Big Stone Gap Post. and
that copy be posted at the front door of
the courthouse of this county on the first
day OF the next term of the county court.
A copy-Teste:
W. E. KILGoRE, Clerk.
By @. A. JOHNSON, ID. c.
Il. L. Bruce, pa. nov344-47
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COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.
A. P. Nash ct al


VS.. In ChancerY
j. NJ. Hillman, Admir-. ct al.
Pursuant to decree heretofore entered
in this cause, will proceed, at the Office
Of W. H. Bond, in the town of Gladeville,
Wise County, Virginia, on the 2lst day of
November, 1898, proceed to ascertain and
report to court the lies against the lands
mentioned and described in plaintiffs bill
their amounts and prioriiies, and in whose
favor existing; the Indebtedness of w. II.
Nash at the time of his death what
personal assets came into the hands of j
NJ. Hillman, Admir-, and what debts and
judgments which are charges against said
land are evidenced by writing waving the
homestead exemptions, and any other
matters specially stated, deemed pertinent
by myself or required hy any of the par
ties. This Oct. 22nd, 1898.
r. L. KILGoRE,
oct2I 1916 Special Commissioner.
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Underwear for Winter.

These fross remind us of winter. You will want cool H. .
Underwear. We have heavy winter Undershirt which a
for % cents, and they going tst Drawers for wnr
We have genuine WOOL FLEECED UNDERsHRT which $50 sill
$1.0O, and then have others sell for 5000 Come
them before they all gone. A.arge assortment of
shirts at and all prices.
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FURNITURE.

c. A. Vance has opened Furniture Store IN n'
Hale Building at Wise, Va, and invites you to "a.
on him for any thing in the furniture line ne eo S
sell you bedstead for $.75 and up; Bed h0o.
Suits, $l2 and up; Bed Springs, $3.50 W
Chairs 40 cents and up; Carpets, 10 cents per y%1
ana up; plcture Frames made to order %oI
on hand. Also full line of Coffns and Ca9HT
which he can sell you at reasonable prices n"
Blinds and all kinds of builders supplies Ia"
examine his stock.
@. "a VANCE
wise, V"
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Boots, Shoes, Hats and CAPS.

We have the best Steson $500 hat Some not So ol
cents Come and take your choice at prices ranging b
two Boys Caps Is cents and up to 80 cents Boy, Hat -
and up Boys Shrwaists 10 cents; Mems Shoes ranging r
from 81 20 up to 800; Chldren's Shoes 30 cents Boz
from 81 80 up Ladies and Misses Shoes at SlOO The
of our store is packed and iammed with Shoes
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COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.
Craddock, Terry & Company
va. In ,Chancer
William Kelly Of nj

William Kelly ct al
Pursuant to decree heretofore rendered
in the above styled cause, the undersigned
special commissioner will, at his Office in
the town of GIadeylle, Wise County, Vir-
ginia, on the 2lst day of November, 1893,
proceed TO ascertain and report to court
the liens affecting the tract of land in the
bill meptiOned their amounts and prior
tiles, and in whose favor existing; and any
other matters specially stated, deem per-
tinent by myself or required by any of the
parties.
This the 22nd day Of October, 1898.
W. H. BoND,
Oct27 1916 Special Commissioner.
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Now that the election is over let
everybody get to work and try to
make living.
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WANTED-sEyERAL TRUSTWORTHY PERSONS
THIS state 10 manage our business In their own
and nearby counties. II Is mainly Office wsrk can.
uuciea o. home. Salary straight $500 year and az.
definite, bouaade, no more, no less salary
hohthiy sss- Reference. Eueloss self.addresse3
Stamped envelope, hkasEar y. isss Pfsst, Dept N.
septis-8m
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Soap.

Come and get KEY SOAP FOR % cfyr, # ,
complexion is not rosy try Savon l., Heotropc B.
Clemantic Cream Complexion, one of the different r,
Cogates Soaps we have for sale
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~, Ts.tt- are the only pills to take
AIOOd iiiS with Hoods Sarsaparila.

out of the 9th district into Salt "River,"
where he strike the trail of Billy Malone.
Wide is the gate and broad is the way and
many there be that will enter therein.
SEBA.
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ORDER OF PUBLICATION.

In the Clerks Office of the Circnit Court
OF the county of Wise on the LIST day of
November, 1898.
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In the clerks Office Of the circuit court
of the county of Wise an the LIST day of
November, 1898
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-03-23
Sunday Cabinet Meeting.

WAsHINGTON, d. c, March aO.-Presi-
dent Mckinley did not attend church this
morning, as is his custom, but instead
spent two hours and more in conference
with several members OF the cabinet.
Assistant Secretary Day called about
1880 o'clock and remained until nearly
noon. Secretary Long and Secretary Bliss
were the other members present They
remained less than an hour. Commander
Clover, in company with Mr.. Flint, who
has been acting for the government in the
negotiations for the purchase of ships.
also called and were shown into the pres
idenfs private Office The members of
the cabinet on leaving the White House
said that there was no special significance
in the meeting this morning. The report
of the Maine court of inquiry had not
been received nor was il definitely known
when il would report. Ii was expected.
however. early in the present week and
as snon as received it will be handed at
once to the president and when it has
been read and considered by the president
Il viii be made public. Secretary Long
in speaking Of the report. said that, while
fully realizing its importance, the coun-
try. in bis opinion, would willingly ae-
eede to the president a day or two If nee
essary for its consideration. The indica-
tions seem TO be that the report will be
made public the middle Of the present
week.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-03-23
VALUABLE HINTS.
Which Suggested Themselves to ths
Writer while COnYersing with tho
Employe of an Undertaken.

Ii Is astonishing that men live when we
read of the history Of their disorders. IL
Is more astonishing that they die when we
read of 'cure-alls." Yet death neither
spares a Napoleon who supplied subjects
by wholesale. nor physicians who help
the work along by retail; not even the
grave-digger, who has spent a lifetime in
covering up the good as well as the bad
deeds of his neighbors-he at last is con
signed TO his bed of clay, and is covered
by his own shovel, TO be succeeded by a
younger member who awaits the same
doom. As our representative interviewed
Mr. A. +. Sturgen, Of corner of Jefferson
and Connecticut streets, Rochester, near
Beaver. Pa, with Mr.. Jos. Reno. in the
undertaking business, the above thoughts
suggested themselves to him from the
opening sentences of that interview. 81
believe" said MIR. Sturgen, that quite
percentage of the people would not be
carried 10 the graveyard il they had
known of Doan's Kidney Pills. Just
what brought on my ailment. | do not
know, but ] have suffered for the past two
years. on and of, with heavy, aching
and bearing down pain through the small
of my back. The secretiOns became ir-
regular, high cOlOred, and deposited a
reddish sediment. ! was also bothered a
good deal with headaches and vertigo.
could not rest well at night, and found il
difficult to get into a comfortable posi-
tion, and | rose unrefreshed in the morn
ing. | was advised to try DOan's Kid
ney Pills. and procured them at a drug
store. / used them, and found almost
immediate relief. have used several
boxes, and 1 am now as well as l ever
was"
Doan's Kidney Pills, for sale BY all
dealers. Price 80 cents. Mailed by
Foster-Milburn Co.. Buffalo. y. Y. sole
agents for the u. s. Remember the name
-Doan's--and take no sutstitutc.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-03-23

IL HIS Lancaster speech Mr.. Wana-
maker asserted that he had never voted
anything but the straight Republican
ticket. How about the gentleman who
introduced him, General koontz,
whose friends insist that he will lie a
candidate for the Legislature at the Re
publican primaries, can he make like
statement? We think not. II put on
his oath he would have to answer that
in 1856 he voted for and electioneered
for a Democratic candidate for Congress;
that he did the same thing in 1855, and
again in 1890; and that in 1852 he op-
posed the election of General Beaver
for Governor, General Campbell for
Congress, and Judge Longenecker for
State Senator; and that again in 1880
he voted for Robert f. PattisOn, the
Democratic candidate for Governor,
and solicited others TO do the same.
And it is for a gentleman with polit-
ieal record like this that the independ-
eat bosses in caucus assembled decreed
that all other candidates must stand
aside in order that he and his running
mate may have clear field.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-03-23

THE pretense that the President
wants an early adjournment of Con-
gress so as 10 be free from congressional
Interference in the Cuban matter, did
not merit the emphatic denial which
Congressman Grosvenor gave it. Gros-
venOr did not intimate that he knew
any more about the Presidents inten-
tions than anybody else, but the report
which he denied is so absurd that no
reasonable person will believe it. There
are at least two reasons why the ad journ-
ment story is ridiculous: Congress itself,
by a majority vote, selects the time for
adjournment; Congress has confidence
that the President is protecting the
country's interests in this exigency,
and is giving him faithful support. The
President and Congress are getting on
well together. He has no reason to
want TO get rid Of il.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-03-23
Pension for a Centre County Woman ovtr
One Hundred Years Old.

Senator M. s. Quay has introduced a
bill in the Senate for ths pensioning Of
Mrs. Nancy C. Barger, Of Centre County,
at s. per month. 'Grandma Barger' is
now the most esteemed resid ent Of the
county, because OF her advanced age. the
introduction of the bill in her favor on
the I7th of March being coiueident with
the fact that on that day she was just los
years aud months old. Mrs. Barger
did draw a pension for number ofyears,
but she was one of the unlueky ones cut
of by Hoke Smiths first few months in
thePension Office as Commissioned and up
to this time all efforts to have the same
restored have proven futile Her hns-
band served in the War of 1872. and died
in 1852 Four of her sons served in the
Civil War, one being killed. Her oldest
son-Samuel-who did not go to the War,
is still at home. bat is very decrepit, be-
ing eighty-four years old, and is unable
TO give his mother any assistance.
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conemaugh County.

The Johnstown Board of Trade met
Thursday night TO discuss the new coun-
ty scheme. The Democrat gives the fol-
lowing account CT the gathering:
president Barry, of the committee on
municipal affairs, reported that his COM
mittee lad taken up the new county pro-
ject and intended to push it systemstical-
ly and thoroughly. After the matter had
been discussed by nearly everyone at the
meeting, Lawyer John NJ. Rose made a
motion which was carried. that the muni-
eipal affairs committee call upon the legal
fraternity of the city, who are members
OF the board of trade. and have them
formulate plan Of action. It was also
the unanimous sentiment of the persons
attending the meeting that a committee
from the city councils should cooperate
with the board of trade and that regular
work should be entered upon by the two
committees.
This seems to be about the policy thai
will be pursued by tho board in its efforts
to effect the formation ofthe new county,
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-03-23

INDEPENDENT candidate for Gov
ernOr Wanamaker, President of the
Taxpayers Union Koontz and eoterie
of other equally eminent political re-
formers invaded Lancaster county on
the eve Of the Republican primaries
and, in public speeches, denounced,
vilified and abused Senator Quay, and
on Saturday the Republican voters OF
the county made answer to the villain
Gus charges brought by these latter day
political saints against the senior Sena-
tor by nominating all the Quay candi-
dates by unprecedented majorities, thus
not only giving the lie circumstantial
but the lie direct to his accusers.