The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-04-06
FROM SERGENT.
Correspondence Of The Big Stone Gap Posr.

Correspondence Of The Big Stone Gap Posr.
SERoKSr, Ky, March 2s.-I will attempt
to penetrate the unbroken negligence of
my long silence by giving a few inklings
for The perusal Of the Posr readers.
The still loud shrek Of the progressive
plow-boy is heard on our hillsides; while
the croak of the frog in the ponds tells
the tale-spring, with bursting buds aud
blooming flowers, is coming by and by.
Mathew Shook, formerly of the Gap, is
erecting a new store house on Bottom
Fork creek, where he says he intends to
keep a full supply of cheap goods.
S. Evans Adams, the Evans merchant
prince, is improving his land at Mouth OF
Bottom Fork, where it il stated, he Will
soon erect a new store house aud fill it
with a line of general merchandise.
T. Bird Franklin, of Colly, returned
from Norton today with goods for his
store.
Chas. Hall aud wife went up the river
Sunday visiting.
There has lately been n separation here
in the union Of Flsnary Webb and wife.
The couple having found that their mar
riage was an entire failure. If there were
more true marriages the courts of the
land wouldn't he running over with
divorce suits.
W. NJ. Webb, Of the firm Webb & Null
Inns, of Whitesburg, returned last week
from Knoxville, Tenn, where he bought
the largest stock of goods ever brought to
that town. Let others go forward and do
likewise.
The Yorkshire hogs of James p. Webb
are doing phenOmenally well. Our farm
ers should make il a point to get the best
stock among us and hold to it.
bud" Policy and family have moved up
the river and will occupy the late residence
of G. Wallen.
Mary j. Bates has moved to the Policy
place.
Nehemiah Webb is erecting a nice
residence in our midst, and will he a
hedged Sergentite ere many DAYS.
Vol. /, No. /, of The Mountaineer Maya
a splendid literary %effusion just
launched at Middlesboro, by my friend
Dortch Campbell, is before me, and
a long-felt want in mountain journal.
SIN. Some of tue best writer's of the day
will contribute, and help to make it the
model of Kentucky literature.
The mails between Whitesbnrg and
seems to have Il standstill every
ew DAYS. Would that we could have a
transmission along the line. The
has been notified aud the
delinquent will lie located somewhere
long the route.
Your correspondent did not attend the
republican convention at Whitesburg
saturday, which was called to nominate a
andidate for Senator. 1t wasn't his
"Dug" Hayes was tried at Hindman for
he murder of Policeman George Jones
nd given } years in the Kentucky "pen."
'ublic sentiment was against Hayes and
is light sentence was a great surprise.
he murder Of Jones was probably the
lost inhuman and outrageous that ever
arkened the murder annals of Knott
history.
Hon. Vincent Boreing, leader of the
faction in the contested election
ase of Boreing and White (John d., is
expected in this county ere many days to .
IKE dispositions in the case. Boreing l
esides at London, Laurel county. I
N. NJ. and John S. Webb went to
'hitesburg Monday. >
Joshua Hayes, Of Dewey, Va, was a
lest of Sergent Sunday, where he So
'urned with relatives. |
Uriah 7. Webb, formerly a Sergent boy,
now in st. Louis, Mo-, doing Salvation
rmy work. Since he left here he has
ED audiences in Louisville, Cincinnati, n
Nashville, indianapolis and st. +
ouis.
Mr.. Grant Craft it is stated, will soon :
ed Miss Rachel Craft, of Bilvia. Both -
e promising Youngsters and the Posi-
ms their MANY friends in wishing them
happy %sojOurn over lies weary desert. =
Miss Betsey HAYES. one of Virginia's
ir bells, who has been sojourning here
+ some months left today for her home
Dewey. Betsey leaves a sweetheart
re who is loath to give her up. |
r. H. HolbrOok returned from Norton F
iday.
The roads are muddy aud in many d
aces travel is almost impossible. 1t is "
,art-rending on weak horses. +
fhe young folks had a merry-go-round :
JOHNNY Morgan's Saturday night. In
e heat of passion and heat of the play,
o, some of the 'town boys" were driven
f.. =.
! understand that the school at Whites I
lrg is not proving a success and slowly y
ing down. The Professor from Ohio :
Iould "pick up courage and try again
.%cording to the old adage.