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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1900-06-28
CHURCH DIRECTORY.
BIC stone GAP.

TRINITY METHODIST CHURCH .-REv. J. A.
DVVAt, Pastor. Preaching First and Third Sundays
In each month. morning and night.
sUSDAy-ScHooL.-Every Sunday morning AZ Ia
O'Clock. II. T. 'wotrE, Superintendent.
PaANEe-MsEnS0.- livery Wednesday night.
GAS MErriSo.-Firs, Sunday In each month al
O'Clock D. m.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. --Rxy. r. g. Mams.
soS, Pastor Preaching Second Sunday In each
month, morning aud night, at the Episcopal Church
SusnAt-ScHooi. EVERY Sunday morning at 10
o'clock In Presbyterian Chspple near the bridge.-H
l. SULLIVAN, Superintendent.
BAPTIST CHURCH--R,v. ". 4. wmsox. Pastor
reaching every 2nd aud 4th Sunday, morning and
night Al Norton every 3Td sunday.
SCNDAN- ScwooL.-E Sunday morning. at IL
"cloek-J NJ. Goodlce, Superintendent
PRAYER MEETING. Every Wednesday night
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WISE COUNTY COURTS

County COuRT-IIeId the 4ih Monday in each month
W. N. Bond, Judge.
CIRCUIT Controlled LIST Monday in April, Septcm
Der and December II. A. W. Skeen, Judge.
COUNTY OFFICERS
CouNrY AND CiRCUiT CouRr CLERS.-W. r. KilgorC
COMMONWEALTH ATTORNEY w. W. q. Dotson
TREAstRER.-H. e. Stewart.
COMMISSIONS eastern District -. s. Kelly.
COMMISSIONER Western District)-w. u. McNicl.
S'Ho"L SurERiNTENDENT.--W. II. Wampler
County SuRNEYoR.-S. VI. Taylor.
JnIER.-Charles Hughes.
SUPERINTENDENT % Tar SOoR.-G. II. Skecn.
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STONECA.
u. S. POST OFFICE.
Big Stone Gap. Va.

Big Stone Gap. Va.
J. NJ Gcodloe, r. NJ. s. u. jesse, Asst. 7. N
OFFICE HOURS.
General delivery open from a. IN. TO 9;l5 p. m
teNccpt Sunday.
Sunday hours.-from a. m. to 10 a. m. aud from
1880 p. m. to s pm.
MONEY ORDER OFFICE.
Open from a. m. to y. m. every dag, excep,
Sunday.
MAILS CLOSE.
For l.. y. H. T., Fast, at s 20 a. m.
For l.. n. X. H., West, at < l5 p. M
For Va. \. W. X. H. at 9 A. m.
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A. M. DAVENPORT.
Big, New Idea Free Street Parade

ooch each morning Don't fail to see this mighty naoent
on circus grounds after parade Doors open at
and tp eo'NaceS at and p m. Give the good wife
'.'''e ones the biggest of all holidays Gentemanly
"Shers IN attendance. Tents absolutely water.nroof
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CONNECTIONS.
NO. connects al Bristol junction for stations y,
a., n X. r. and all points west Arrives AT Mid
'ssoro 1910 p. M, Louisville q 20 A. N Cincinns,
40 connects at Bristol Junction with trains from
Cincinnati :5Opm. '''' D. "''
No III connects at Elzabethton with trains l...,.
so1ason CITY $50 m, Cranberry 7:OO a. m Cen
no ~ connects at Elizabehton for stations nm ,.o
~ I. a W. n. {. II. r. Arrives at johnson c ;ne
''$' p m.' Cranberry 5:l5 p M Central time wy
w. b. EnaEKr,
General Passenger Agent.
r s,,,,,s Bristol, Tenn,
Vice Pres. and Gen Mngr.
Bristol, Tenn,
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-07-17
RREVITIES.

Senator Hoar is hurrahing for Nc
trusted this south hater when he was
most rhetorically mellifluous.
Henri Watterson is now back and is
fighting for Bryan and Stevenson.
Here is one of his recent paragraphs:
1.-The fear of degraded currency iced
no longer brighten anybody. The lion
now across out path is the monster
plutOcracy; shall we clip his claws and
lop his horns and break him to work
in harness, or shall We allow him to
grow in ferocity and power until he is
strong enough to throw off every re-
straint and every disguise and to swal-
low up all that is beneficent n noble
in the native life?"
Heigho. For weeks the British have
been saying the Beers are licked and
the war is about ended. But here comes
the news of two lickings for the Brit
ish by the same thrashed-out Beers.
Much loss to the former.
The Nebraska democrats appear to
the tail to the populist kite. In seven
state Offices they got but one. So
much for fusion.
DeIlocFdtIc managers IN 1nQland say
they will evolve a model campaign
plan. Dave Hill will be among the can
vassers.
So far a. we have observed most OF
the northern Independent and demo
ratio newspapers that supported Nc
Kinley in 1896 will support him again
We have seen this manifested in per
haps a dozen instances already.
There is a report that Switzerland
wishes to unite with the United States
That would mean more complications
Bewar of "entangling alliances was
Washington's warning.
Bryan was 40 years Old OF the 18th
of March, 1900. Stevenson was 65 or
the 22nd of October, 1899. Both served
in ngres for two TENS.
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Fish Jones Did Not Catch.

There is a small boy that | knew
who is going to be a millionaire some
day" declared Jones, according to the
Detroit Free Press. AT present he has
only an innocent face splashed with
sunspots. over which he never even
allows the ghost of a smile to flicker.
l am fond of fishing, SO fond, in fact,
h a 1 don't min now and Their COM
ing back from a fishing trip without
even having enjoyed the sight of a fish.
But there is one thing / cannot stand.
and that is the guying of M friends,
who cannot understand tnat the pleas
ures of a fisherman are not solely
confined to a big catch.
Il went fishing the other day for
trout in a small country stream which
L have always held sacred even from
my closest friends of the rod. / had
no luck, and was on my way home
when l met this small boy with a long
string of fine trout. His outfit would
have caused a horse to laugh; but he
had the fish and / had none, so | did
not feel like laughing myself. With
my guying friends in mind / struck a
bargain with the urchin, paying him
three prices, and went on my way re-
joicing. Two days later | visited the
same stream and had the same luck,
not even hooking the big one that al
ways gets away. Coming out l met the
boy again, carrying another string of
trout. and We struck another bargain.
See here" said I, somewhat exas-
perated at his luck, Il will give you
90 cents if you will tell me how you
manage to get such a string of trout
every day"
THE boy held out for a dollar and
got it.
It's jest this way, said he, all the
Kids around here fish moo or less and
sometimes they catch one or two, and
I go around and buy 'em up: then
sell them to some greeny that amt
had no luck. / amt caught a fish nv
self this year. / amt had time he
added, with a grin.
Its a great scheme, and don't
begrudge him the money that he made
out of me"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-07-17
SOM ETHING FOR EVERY WHITE
VOTER

The impudence Of the white fusion
managers groweth- The latest call
from hat black radical chairman Hol-
ton Is TO require OF registrars q writ
ten statement as to - for refus-
ing to register all negroes.
Upon what meat doth this u Caesar
That he hath grown so great?
Quoted from memory.
A prominent Wilmington lawyer au-
thorizes this statement, and the desire
Is to give IL wide publicity:
All negroes who swear out an In
dictment against the registrars OF cleo
ton viii be arrested. All United States
marshals who lend themselves TO tAia
very serious and reprehensible work
Of trying to intimidate registrars vii
be indicted promptly.
Let the White Man stand firm Let
no intimidation be allowed, Let the
election law be enforced.
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Turning from our own telegraphs

Turning from our own Geographic
dispatches TO changes in search of COM
fort and light as to China we find none.
1t is all we'll nigh impenetrable gloom
and despair. Europe has lost hope and
so has the Washington government.
The very sad probability is that the
entire foreign population 1t Pekin
have been butchered. The weeks that
have passed in hat chaotic city have
been weeks Of EXTREMIST peril and nor
ror. Some reports are more favorable,
and that the legations are safe under
the protection of tire empress dowager.
May it prove to be true is the desire of
hundreds Of millions of people. 1t is
reported hat the Russians lost 200
men killed in a brief engagement with
the Boxers. The edict issued by the
empress dowager contains this signin-
can't passage:
IF it is impossible for us to continue
this protection, let it be represented 10
the powers that we must be held blame
less. for h anger Of our people grows
with the rising Of each sun, that sees
more and yet more foreigners and SOL
diers coming to overrun and lay waste
u country and slay our people"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-07-17
THE GOEBEL MURDER
Further Evidence b. the
Prosecution I'm the Powers Trial.

Georgetown, Ky. July 14--Attend-
ance at the trial Of ex-Secretary Of
State Powers, charged with being an
accomplice to the murder Of Governor
4. William Goebel, was smaller today
than hitherto. The garments worn by
Governor Goebel when he vas shot
We're brought into court 10 be exhibited
and filed
County Surveyor Woodson.of frank
lin county, who made the measure
ments by which the prosecution en-
deavored to show that the tal1l snot
was fired from the office of the secre-
tary of state, produced a block Of wood
taken from a tree in the state house
yard which was supposed To contain
the fatal bullet. Woodson was cross
examined in an attempt TO show that
his measurements We're inaccurate.
Mr.. WoodSon, after leaving the
stand removed the bullet from the
block. The bit of lead was passed
about the bar. Judge. Jurors and law
yers all examined it with interest.
Warden Lillard, Of { Frankfort
prison, a close friend Of Goebel. was
next called. On the morning Of the.
shooting, as he approached the state
house with Goebel and Jack chinn, he
said he noticed that the capitol
grounds were clear. as on previous Oc-
caSlons, mountain men were HuiIel-
GUS. He had reached the door 70 the
main car. ,.44ding when he heard
shots 49, cooking back, saw Goebel
fall. He declared that one Of the front
windows in the office Of the secretary
of state was partly raised at the time.
Mr. lila was recalled this after
noon and the commonwealth sought to
ask questions which had been forgot
ten during the examination. The OBJ
i~ections OF the defense were sustained.
DR.. T. 3. WEIGH, Of JesSamine coun-
ty, a fellow state senator or Mr.. Goe-
bel. described the wound in the body
Of the deceased, saying he was shot
in front and that b wound was not
inflicted with a ade bullet. He
said the wound was the size OF a As
| calibre bullet. Hehe the blood stain
| ed clothing worn by the victim on the
day of the assassination was produced
and identified by the witness
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-07-17
Chinese War Notes

Hong Kong, July I4.-L Hung Chang
yesterday received an urgent tele-
graphic summons from Pekin. 1t is re-
ported that he will proceed north to-
morrow. The Chinese agree that his
absence is certain TO lead to trouble.
London, July 1.-THE British con-
SUI general at Shanghai, in transmit
ting 10 the foreign office messages
from the governor of shan Tung, al
ready published, says he fears there
can be little doubt in regard TO the fate
of the foreigners at Pekin.
st. Petersburg, July IA dispatch
from Khabarovsk, dated Thursday,
July 18th, says an international coun-
Gil OF war. held at Tien Tsin, has de-
cided for the present to confne the
efforts Of the allied forces TO fortsfying
lien Tsin and establishing safe com
m~unications with Taku forts and ar
senals- Tien Tsin, il is added, is be-
ing re-armed with guns Of the highest
class.
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to see where his duty lies. There is a
privilege in being an American citizen.
and there is a responsibility common
surate with h privilege. I want
every citizen to SO vote as he would
vote IL he knew that his vote would de-
ternline this next election. When
you get to the polls to vote remember
that you are an American citizen. . .
So you ought to be proud that You are
an American citizen and are able 10
say: II the republic zoe down l am
not to blame for its downfall : g
Already we are in the very shadow of
the empire. MY friends. IL the citi-
zens Of this country at the forthcom-
ing election shall ratify and confirm
the presumptuous stretches Of author
ity that have characterized the con-
duct Of this administration, then We
shall not be in danger o. establishing
an empire; the empire will ave beer
already established We enter
this campaign under conditions fl,
more favorable to success than those
which surrounded US in 1896. Blu
whether we win this year or not. the
fight must be continued until organ
fairs Of the nation md it become.
again a nation Of the people.
We who have been keepers of tn
democratic faith love Adlai Stevenson
not only for what he is, but we low
him also because he is all we have lef
Of the last national democratic ticket
The Bible tells you of the father VIII
loved the prodigal son when ne re
turned. I tell you Of the democrati,
father who loved the son who wen
/. not astray."
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-07-17

The Art Amateur has a new cover
for June. 1t is the best publication or
the kind we have eve seen 1t is strict
" first class. Price, $500 a year or IS
cents a number. Published monthly at
% Union Square, New York city.
We have received a handsome illus
trated volume called The Muse OF st.
Mary's." II is sent out annually from
the Episcopal school at Raleigh. 1t is
unusual in its plan and arrangement
and will be warmly welcomed by the
friends of that old and we'll reputed
school.
The Cosmopolitan" forJulydevotes a
part OF its space 10 The Paris EXPOSE
ton" Its illustrations are fine. The
variety is up to its usual monthly is
sues. Price. s1.00 a year or 10 cents a
number. Published at %Irvington, n. Y.
THE Forum" for July has twelve
papers. Some of its discussions are
Our Relations With Germany" 18th
Shipping Subsidy Bill" Chinese Civ
i%lization." rs Crime Increasing?'
Price, $500 a year or 80 cents a copy
Published at IL Fifth Avenue. New
York city.
Trained Motherhood" a journal fol
young wives and mothers, will be
found helpful. Price, s1.00 a year. Pub
lished at 1921 Park Row, New York.
North Carolina Law Journal" fol
June has a good variety for the law
yer. Price, $3.50. a year. Single couies
80 cents. Published at Tarboro, n. c.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-07-17
A WESTERN FRIEND OF THE
AMENDMENT.

We agreed with the opinion expressed
a half year or more since by Mr.. Cald-
well, Of the Charlotte Observer, of the
excellent qualities Of the gentleman
who edits the Morganton Herald. Col.
w. S. Pearson, as a writer. 1t is
therefore, particularly gratifying to
have from him a kind word Of recog-
milton at this time. In the last issue
Of his paper he thus refers TO the work
Of the Messenger in this pregnant cam
paign, and to the Importance Of the
great issue at stake now:
'The Wilmington Messenger has
rather more largely than any of our
daily papers made a speciality OF the
amendment discussion, and the Herald
has quoted and copied very freely and
frequently from it's columns in this
line.
Tt is published in a section where
the iron has entered the very souls of
all true white men, n we have
deemed it's argument and appeals more
forcible than anything we could our
selves Say-Strangers, as we are, to
the pitiable. conditions hitherto para
noun in n of the most cultured
portions of the state.
1t can not seriously be believed that
western white manhood will prove on
the first Thursday of next month either
laggard or hostile to the patriotic and
racial impulses which have hitherto
marked them, or that the glory of res
cue from foul political vassalage to
negroes is not to be shared by men in
whose veins runs. the blood of the
Covenanter and the Huguenot.
The Messenger has been long i'm
pressed with the Importance of a limi-
tation of negro voting, and has often
stated hat the people who forced upon
us the whitening curse of negro illit-
eracy in the dictatorship, intensified by
the facile way it could be used and
manipulated by wicked, bad men,
should be manly and sober and just
and wise enough to remov 1T. But no
remedy ZONES from the blatant dema-
gogy of the Mckinley gang and the
firm and furious south haters amone
the men and women of lachrymose
turn and nasaI-twang oratory. So it is
proposed to curtail in part a vast evil
and to move out for a reading, intelli-
gent electorate. LIE west Ill OUT COHi
mon North Carolina must stand
bravely and unself1shly by their PEG.
pie in Eastern North Carolina. Al
the brave old Georgian Com. Tat
nall said in China when he went to th'
help of the hard-pressed English
Blood is thicker than water Man
hood is greater h a demagogy or Al
unsanctified lust for office. The dem
ocrats of the negro ridden counties arr
in earnest now and are striving with
mighty zeal and potency for victor,
first that there may be rest afterward
They carry no blood-black flag of tn,
corsair and the desperado. They bea
aloft the great ref1amme of Peace al
Order, and out of the heat of contes
n the zeal of patriots they are look
ing to better government for all am
the reign of law over all North Caro-
lima. God speed the blessed day, an'
reward the Jealous labors of the pa
triots and te-builders with a vic
tory made glorious by it's greatness
and the order of it's march.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-07-17
COTTON MILLING IN THE SOUTH
FOR SIX MONTHS

We are not always sure that the fig
ures concerning progress in the south
are trustworthy. That there is en-
couraging Improvement is we'll known,
but we nave pointed out that the sta
tistical gatherers sometimes differ
widely. The report is that in the first
six months of 1900, the new spind1es
added in the Southland aggregated
S76,3SS. The capital invested rounded
up with $25, 900 900, more or less. In ten
months the south worked up 1851
bales of its own cotton-an increase
over the preceding year of $3.50. The
Baltimore Manufacturers Record fur
nishes these figures. 1t thus distributes
the increase of spindles for six months:
Taking the mill definitely organized,
and emitting all that have been assur-
ed and including the spindles to be
added to mills already established, the
total for the first six months Of he
wear iS &C follows
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-07-17
ECZEMA. ITCHING HTMOR-, PM
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Does your Skin Itch and Burn Dis
tressing Eruptions on the Skin 50 you
feel ashamed to be seen in company
Do Scabs and Scales form on the Skin,
Hair or Scalp2 Have you Eczema?
Skin Sore and Cracked? Rash form on
the Skin? Prickling Pain in the kin
BoiIs? Pimples? Bone Pains? Swollen
Joints? Falling Hair? All Run Down?
Skin Pale? Old Sores? Eating Sores?
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treatment) IS. Be sure the bottle reads
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may test it, a trial bottle given away.
Write for il. Address BLOOD BALM
CO., Atlanta, Ga Describe your trouble
and Free personal medical advice
given
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-07-17
RECENT SAYINGS OF BRYAN

Mr.. Bryan invariably speaks well
and he speaks very often. Recently in
two little of-hand efforts he showed
the statesman and the wise man He
is a man Of most earnest nature and
most decided convictions. He will
nver palter with conscience or leave
any one in doubt as to where he stands
He Is honest, bold and sincere. You
may not like his views but you cannot
despise the man. Open. frank, pure,
decided he is every inch a man. We
clip a few sentences here and there
from his latest utterances:
cit will be the duty Of every citizen
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-07-17

These eight states give 142 electoral
votes. 1t requires but, a little over
eighty more to elect Mckinley if he
can only get the eight. Can any half
way sagacious guesser now say conf
IDENTIFY that New York, Illinois, In
diana, Kentucky and Maryland will all
go for Mckinley? Three of those
named ought to be good fighting
ground. We would guess now that
New York and Illinois would vote re-
publican.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-07-17

The republicans are rapidly electing
Mckinley. They are great fgurers.
They can always elect their men.
There are some democrats who are
equally skilled and car tell who will
win even before the battle begins. The
great battle ground Is given out as
consisting Of eight states. OF these two
are classed Is southern. Here are the
states and their respective electoral
votes.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-07-17

Fall River. Mass. July 14-Seyeraf
additional cotton mills notified their
viii begin the shutdown agreed upon
in order to curtail production. The
mills include the Merchants and Ores
cent. employing LOO hands; the Sag
amore, 900; Stafford, 500: Laurel Lake.
600; Union Manufacturing Company,
!. 900.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-07-17
Savannah's Railway Station Compau

Savannah, Ga, July 1.-THE Union
Station company, to be chartered as a
railroad company, has been formed TO
build a union passenger station and
terminal IN this city. The company
will be capitalized at $500, 900 and will
erect a brick and granite station to be
used by the Seaboard, Southern and
Plant railway systems.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-07-17

o entirely new mills to be built by
new companies, SO have been reported
since January 1, while a number of
companies have been organized which
have not been included in this list,
since they have not yet commenced the
work of construction"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-07-17
Rains In India.

Simla, July 14-General rain has
fallen over nearly all Of India during
the past few days and the prospects of
the crops have improved immensely.
The famine areas have generally been
benefited.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-07-17

! If you wish to cure scrofula or salt
lrheum permanently, take Hoods Sar-
It expels all impurities from
the blood.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-07-17

DR.. E.. A. Alderman has been In
Charleston and the able News and
Courier pays his a very handsome and
la richly deserved compliment n the
following words:
CDR. Alderman, who is attending the
convention, is a SON that North Caro-
lima is justly proud of. His record as
president Of her state university has
not only brought great prosperity to
the university, but a national reputa-
ton to himself. DR.. Alderman Is prob
ably the most widely known OF the
south's educators and ranks in the
very forefront Of the nations teachers.
Twelve months ago Iowa offered him
the presidency of her state college,
with a salary double that he was then
getting. But he stayed on and gave
the Old North Static another year of
his valuable services. The pressure
from Tulane, however, a been so
heavy that he has yielded to it and ae-
eepted its presidency"
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