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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1902-01-16
'he Big Stone Cap Post.
THURSDAY. JAN 10. 1901
LOCAL ITEMS.

FURNITURE oniu ON lNt instant Nl|NN |
pan at Head. Sloan g. Tsylor's.
j. b. Richmond was mp from
Owing. Lee County. Mondsy
G.. L Kidd went % Miidlesboro
Sunday night.
w. II Polly and Marvin Kelly. Of .
S5onega. spent Sunday IN town.
VI. J. Dodson, Of Pennington Gap. +
,as in town Friday.
J.F. Ballard. OF Newport New.
Na.. was visiting in the Gap Ease +
week.
r. X. johnson. OF Richmond. was
Registered az the lutcrmout obi. week .
J. d. Taylor. Of Baltimore. WAS
visitor 20 Big Stone Gap this week.
VIM. b. Hay. Cd Cincinnati, was
registered al Che Intemont ia-t Fri .
doy.
Miss Mamie Duff spent iew days
la.t week visiting relative in Rogers
Vile Tenn
d. ID. '-.-o'"'e returned '''.l
n''ni"s nom a business "'p go
Kentucky
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S.
D.. Bolton "a prominent iiale'-
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Charles Dent OBJ hen ii'f "'- 'n
w b. Hendfics, returned last weeN
ifom @ visit to relative. DOB ta.' ieu-
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snnday night from TRIP 90 Ne"
ap'N Sn" o'her raster" o'''es.
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the Virginia Coal and Iron Com1anv.
ieft Thursday night on business
ifiP 20 Chicago and other western
eites.
Nv E Price conductor of tie T.
IN. local has moved h,s family
int mart ofJ b Kennedy. uron.
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Baxter. the little SON of Mr and
Mr. w. j. Horslev. who was $,
Dadiv hunt dnring the HOLIDAYS bv
falling mantle. is greatly improved
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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1902-01-16

A mad dog created considerable
excitement In town one day last
week After having bitten several
dogs il was killed near thc Wooden
Mills. by the town sergeant As a
precaution the mayor bias ordered aU
dogs In town Keeps up or muazlei.
and any found running st barge oiu
be promptly killed
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1902-01-16

Nine room dwelling-good repair
for rent. Apply 60 S 4. Lowell.
The Delta independent., 1902-12-05

gems OF Delta county are not so easily
fooled as are the sheep men and greasers
down around La Jara.
Our people want Democratic paper
and they mean to have one before the
roses bloom next spring-they also want
to be it's editor. and they will not have
to buy the outfit on time either from
dyed-in-the-wool Republican to pay up
promptly or be shut up suddenly like
bear trap.
The Laborer's silly prattle about the
quantity OF type and the Army press
was not exactly a boyish hips at myself
but cowardly drive at Delta's late
new Socialist paper owned and edited
by our townsman, c. W. Ridley. who is
respected by all our citizens Of all par
ties as strictly moral and honorable
gentleman who is blessed with rluck
and brains enough TO go on quietly with
his work OF winning friends and voters
for his party by the hundreds. while the
Laborer is finding fault with everybody
and keeping voters at home on election
day by the thousand.
Our November election only shows
about 1000 votes cast out OF a registra-
tion OF over 1900 who were entitled to
cast their votes. The Republican vote
only shows a small increase over year
ago, no more than the increase should
be from new comers and young people
becoming OF voting age. The Sociclist
vote was less than dC0 and the Demo
cratic not nearly hall out aud all be-
cause Of bad management and no live
Democratic paper in Delta or Delta
county.
Therefore i affirm boldly, that unless
some younger ard moIe active and de-
voted defender OF Democratic princi ples
establishes u paper before April next /
VIII, and am prepared TO do so.
IL the LIb1rer caunot talk out for its
former party, the POI ulisl, or do any.
thing but grOwI at the city council. city
trustees. city sewer committed, city
taxes and nothing at all FOR the general
| good OF the whole county, then indeed
lis days will soon be numbered.
There now Mr.. La lara, Concjos Hop
kins do you understand that you have
barked first at me and have my answer.
Are you satisfied If so, all right---if not
just dip your pen in gall and go for
X j. COREY.
The Delta independent., 1902-12-05

il relief is not soon had it may prove
the source OF all this trouble. While it
is not denied that the water furnished
the town is not the best in the world. it
is an undeniable fact that Delta has
of her neighboring valley towns and as
good as any OF the valley towns Of the
state for that matter. by going to the
Grand mesa and securing supply from
pure mountain water might be had for
the town and the different boards OF
trustees OF the town in times gone by
have not been unmindful of this fact.
board. made a very careful estimate Of
what it would cost to get mountain
water into the town and it was found
the cost then would be from $4,000 to
the cost of pipe has gone up SO that the
same work would now cost in the
neighborhood OF 100000. This would
mean an increase OF taxes on town
property of nearly hundred per cent
These estimates have been known to the
taxpayers OF the town and the putting
in Of the plant at the present time is
considered too much of burden to bear
However the board OF trustees have
nothing to do with the initiation of an
improvement Of this kind. 1t is up to
the taxpayers themselves and IL they
want the new works the trustees would
do their duty. II the gentleman from
La Jara is not satisfied with the exist
ing supply OF water let him get the
necessary petition signed by the tax
| payers and lay it before the board and
| they will act. 1t would not look wei
for the board or any member Of it to b.
any OF the least active in circulating 6
| petition for this purpose and then have
to act officially on it. Get up petition
and circulate it and quit bowling unit
there is something te howl about.
The Delta independent., 1902-12-05
Rev. Homer wilson.

the noted lecturer OF Fort Worth. Texas
says OF the Schubert's under date of
January 11th, 1897: "Their entertain
ment is first class-will please, delight
and upift the most fastidious audience
Among their warm friends the Schubert
Symphony Club number the leading
ministers OF the United States as vel! as
the better element Of citizens every
where. The quality OF their entertain
ment is snch that it receives tho hearty
endorsement and co operation OF people
who seldom venture to attend perform
ance of any kind. a little wholesome
amusement occasionally is necessary 10
the moral, physical and intellectual wei
fare OF any community. A little relaxa
ton, n forgetting ourselves for time
is cheap tonic and can be had by al
tending the Schubert concert here on
December 80.
The Delta independent., 1902-12-05

The statement made in the Laborer
last week that an ordinance had been
passed by the board OF trustees ordering
the sage brush clean off all lots as a
bluff or for the benefit OF the "official
paper" is false one-no such ordinance
was ever before or ever passed by the
board OF trustees. II Skinny Hopkins
wants something to find fault about he
ought 10 uncover something tangible.
Last spring the board. at the regular
cleaning up time. requested lot owners
to clean all growths Of brush and weeds
from vacant lots and the request was
very generally CONF lied with. A case
The Delta independent., 1902-12-05
R. ]. coffey talks of starting genuine

r. ]. Coffey talks Of starting genuine
Democratic paper in Delta. He claims
the party is not represented as it should
be in the newspaper line and that unless
something is done soon the western
slope is lost for a long time to come to
the Democratic party. 1t rather looks
that way to man up tree. With the
North Fork organ OF the party run by a
red headed nonentity without principles
or brains and the Delta organ controlled
by an ex-Republican cigar tiend, it does
appear that the Democratic party is
rather hard up for mouth piece.
The Delta independent., 1902-12-05
A L,t,,c pIn,n Tnlh TO mr.. Hopkins


Please lie kind enough Mr.. Editor OF
The 1NDEPENDrHT 10 give me enough
space in ,our columns this week TO re.
ply to the would he wit and scare all Of
the Laborer, who in the true old woman
style Of all boy editors goes off half
cooked because somebody told him that
had some notion TO start Democratic
newspaper in Delta.
lie calls me "anoiher freak" with only
and Army preee' ard shirt-tai! full
OF type 10 start with" but adds in
another item that there is still room
in Delta for another Democratic paper"
Well now, don't that assertion Of
another mocra,ic paper" take the
cake and make tho Democratic voters Of
Delta county wonder where that Demo
cratic sheet is located. and simply be-
pnpcr published in the county.
Can it he pr ssib'e that Mr.. Hopkins
Just fresh from the ever solid Republican
county oi Core jss and The little town OF
La Jara, where lie published the Chro.
nicle and where il is eaid no Democrat
ever stopped over night, would attempt
to come here 10 lead or guide The Demo.
cratic old timers and war horses Of Delta
county. II so then he must himself be
the freak" and not only n freak, but
coBsummate jacknarcs. iackadaw and
jaekats all combined. Oh no. tue citi-
The Delta independent., 1902-12-05
kodoI DNrpcpsin Curc.

Digests all classes OF food. tones and
strengthens the stomach and digestive
orgars.. Cures dyspepsia. Indigestion
stomach troubles and makes rich red
blood, health and strength. Kodol re
nuIids worn out tissues, purifes,
strengthens and swecieDs the siom uch.
Lov. u w. Atkinson. OF w. Va, says:
- have used number Of bottles Of Ko-
DOL and have found 1t TO be very eire :tive
and, indeed. n powerful remedy Tor
stomach aiIments. recommend Il TO
my friendi.' w. q. Cook.
The Delta independent., 1902-12-05
The woman. Club.

The Womsn's club will meet mex,
Monday evening with Mrs. NJ. j. Browne
and the, following program will be
rendered:
Roll call response. Morse legends.
"Parlimentery drill''-Mrs. Stephan.
The Physical Features of ofS:andnavia"
Miss Eta Jordan.
The Nibelungenlied'- Merge
Browne,
The Delta independent., 1902-12-05

The Western Slope Republicans met
Wednesday evening at Grand Junction.
but beyond temporary organisation
and exchange Of opinions nothing was
done. Six counties were represented.
Another meeting will be held in tho
near future ii is believed. B. p. Blair.
OF Grand Junct on WAS elected tempor-
AIRY president and George Stephan. OF
Delta. secretary.
The Delta independent., 1902-12-05
what. . Mann g.

Everything is in the name when it comes
to Witch Hazel Salve. Z. &. Dewitt l.
Co, OF Chicago, discovered some years
ago how TO make salve from Witch
Hazei that is IA specific 70. piles. For
blind, bleeding. itching and protruding
piles. eczema, cuts, burns, bruises and
all skin diseases DeWiti's Sulre has no
equal. This has given rise to numerous
worthless counterfeits. Ask for De Wits
the genuine W. G. Cook.
The Delta independent., 1902-12-05

According to the biennial report Of
State + ngiDeer McCune. soon to be
published and distributed. Colorado
leads all the states in the Union in the
acreage waiered artifically. There are
now over 3,CCo,C eco acres under ditch in
Color ado. 200O.00o OF which are being
successfully cultivated.
The Delta independent., 1902-12-05

Through tourist sleeping cars to
oklahoma City, Little Rock and
Memphis Via Choctow Route. Best line
to Hot Springs. Arkansas. Leayes Den
yer via Q. IL =. $3.50 p. m. every Fridny
Leaves Colorado Springs via G., 4 i.
!9:oo "a. m. every Saturday. Lcavss
Pueblo Via =. & S. Loo II. IN. every Sni
urday.
The Delta independent., 1902-12-05

Through tourist sleeping cars to
Kansas City and St. Louis via Rock
Island System. The shortest and quick
est route. Leaves Denver every Saiur-
day 800 p. IN. Arrives Kansas City
every Sunday 0:30 a. tn. Arrives St.
Louis every Sunday 600 2. n.
The Delta independent., 1902-12-05
The FatryScw Coal.

DIR. Butterbaugh, OF the Fairview coal
mines on Oak creek has had an analysis
of the coal made by al analy tical chemist
The specimens sent was taken from the
face of he tunnel 300 feet in and was a
fair specimen of the run OF the mine.
The analysis returned was as follows:
The Delta independent., 1902-12-05

DIR. .. S. Corbip. the Denver eye
specialist ut Delta House December IL
and 10, also December 20 Hud %. Regu
lar trips made to Delta every two
mohehs. Consultation free and invited.
The Delta independent., 1902-12-05

Delta 20. K" flour at s240 per hun
dred.
The Delta independent., 1902-12-05
II you feel I'll and need n nil
Why not purchase the best?
DcNitt's Early Itis fs
fa ltfft.. .trtrt.n~.

Take one-thcy do the rest.
W. II. Lowell. Houston. Tex.. writes-I
have used Little Early Riser Pills in my
family for constipation. sick headache.
etc. To their use am indebted for the
health OF my family. w. G. Cook.
The Delta independent., 1902-12-05
ISSUED EVERY FRIDAY.
Mi.cellancou n. Rates.

Resolutions uf respect and coincidence. obitn-
aries, etc, five cents per line for each addi-
nonal line over one inch.
Card of thanks--sl 90 for each insertion.
Disnlay advertising rates made known on
application.
The Delta independent., 1902-12-05

To cure Gold In = Dny.
Take Laxative Bromo QuiDine Tablets.
All druggists refund the money il it
fails TO cure. L. w. Groves signature
is on every box.
The Delta independent., 1902-12-05

The Delta Best" flour is tho best OF
the market.
The Delta independent., 1902-12-05

Money to loan on good real estate so
curity at per cent. +. N. DICKINSON.
The Delta independent., 1902-12-05

For The best coal eo,o win,on's.
The Delta independent., 1902-12-05

The h owlng dervish OF the Laborer
has bad case og water on the brain and
The courier., 1902-09-27

Mrs. J. c. Barber and Mrs. w. Baird
gave a tin shower last week for Miss
Mabel Parrish. Sixteen ladies were
present. A buffet luncheon was served.
= = =
Doctor and Mrs. +. w. Hill and Miss
Tibbetts will give a series Of four
parties next week: there will be ken
sington Friday afternoon. a card party
that evening. and two card parties ON
Saturday.
Mrs. Harry H. Everett Is visiting her
grandparents in Cedar Rapids. Iowa.
She will visit her parents In Chicago.
and her aunt in Sioux City. before re-
turning home. which will not be until
near Christmas.
y y y
The marriage Of Miss Flora Roberts
and Mr.. Eugene Odell Pace will be
celebrated Monday evening at half
after eight o'clock. at the home Of the
brides mother. Mrs. Belle NJ. Roberts
at 2603 N street.
The marriage of Miss Mabel Parrish,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. George Par
rish. to Mr.. A. Thompson Boys.
young attorney Of Anadarko. Okla.
will be celebrated next Thursday eve
ming at eight o'clock. at the home of
the brides parents. 1431 R street.
. y y
Miss Josephine Shute, q former popu-
lar teacher in the kindergarten depart
ment of the Lincoln public schools. has
accepted q similar position In the
schools at Berwyn, Illinois, an attract
The courier., 1902-09-27

The Elks gave their first party for
this season last night at their hall.
4 y \
Miss Wallace will entertain Monday
evening In honor Of Miss Mabel Par
rish.
Miss Leola Robinson gave a china
shower last evening for Miss 8. Mabel
Klock.
The senior girls of the high school
will give a party this evening at the
home Of Miss Lucille Long.
4 y =
Mrs. Harry Newton Of Buffalo, New
York, is the guest Of her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Luther T. Gaylord.
Mrs. L. ]. Dunn has returned from a
ten days visit to Kansas City, where
she was the guest Of friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter B. Hargreaves
gave q military euchre last evening.
The decorations were in the national
colors.
= = p
Mrs. Frederick B. Ryons and Miss
States gave a dinner last evening in
honor Of Miss Trigg. Covers were laid
for fourteen.
= = y
The president of the woman's club
reports q rapidly growing membership
list. All women interested in furnish
ing the parlors Of the city library
should become a member Of the wom-
ans club and thus aid in this work
The courier., 1902-09-27

i've suburb of Chicago. and begun her
work there at the opening of the
schools.
Mrs. Jeanette Rehlaender gave an in
formal dinner last evening in honor of
her friend, Mr.. Lew Burnett Of Des
Moines. The table was adorned with
red roses and red candles. Covers
were laid for six After dinner Mrs
Rehlaender and her guests attended
the Elks' party.
e 4 4
The e. E. d. kensington met on
Wednesday with Mrs. Fred L. Dewitt
Mrs. Baldwin was elected president,
and Miss Edna Curtiss secretary. Mr.
and Mrs. T. Miltonberger will entertain
the club members and husbands the
evening Of October second. which will
be the twenty-fifth anniversary Of Mr..
and Mrs. Miltonberger's marriage.
The women in Utica, Indiana, a lit
tie town near La Grange, growing
weary OF waiting for the men to make
needed improvements. recently formed
themselves into a committee and liter
ally cleaned the town. The sidewalks
had been washed away by heavy spring
rains and the streets were lined with
weeds. The women built over a mile
Of sidewalk and then cut down the
weeds,
The courier., 1902-09-27

Delta Delta Delta gave a chafing dish
party Wednesday evening at the chap
ter house. Twenty-Five young ladies
were present.
p 4 4
Mrs. Albert Candy has invited a COM
pany of ladies to drink Japanese tea
with her next Thursday afternoon rom
4 until 6 o'clock.
Miss Dorrance Harwood left Tuesday
evening for Lake Forest, where she
will re-enter the school which she at
tended last year.
The International Sunshine society
began its active career with eighteen
members in 1900 and 1t has now a men,
bership Of over 100000.
4 Z z
Doctor Harry H. Everett left Wed
nesday evening for Baltimore He will
enter Johns Hopkins university for a
special course in surgery.
e e K
Miss Du Tell gave a china shower
Tuesday evening for Miss Parrish.
Twelve young ladies were present.
Dainty refreshments were served.
4 4 4
Mrs. Nellie NJ Richardson and her
daughter, Miss Florence Richardson.
have taken the cottage at s20 c street
and are pleasantly domiciled there.
The courier., 1902-09-27

1T ts sad, but true, that among the
many women Of the better class who
nowadays attempt to be self-support-
ing there are comparatively few who
achieve any marked success" said q
man observer in the New York Trib-
une. Putting aside art and literature
which cannot properly be classed with
woman's professions, inasruch as sue
cess in either depends entirely on in
dividual talent quite apart from the
distinctions Of sex, the best they can
do. as q rule, Is to make a meagre liv-
ing. seldom. indeed, acquiring a COM
petence. Those who succeed in amass-
ing enough to retire from active en-
ployment are generally the energetic
women who have adopted educational
careers, and have achieved prominence e
as the heads Of large boarding schools.
This seems really to pay, but in trade
what are known as society women
rarely succeed. At best 1t Is q con-
tinual struggle, and we have yet to
hear Of the fortunate fair merchant.
dressmaker or milliner, who has re-
tired with q fortune. Next to school
keeping, agricultural pursuits on an
adequate scale seem to offer the best
opportunity of acquiring a competence,
and there has been a number Of in
stances. in California especially, where
women have succeeded with their
ranches. and there seems no reason
why even in the circumscribed east
they should not cater successfully for
the market.
why is 1t, 1t is asked, that there 10
50 little real financial prosperity
among women: why should the ac-
quirement Of a bare sustenance be con-
sidered for them a success? That they
have brains in plenty every one ad-
mits, and for a generation, at least,
every opportunity has been given them
to enter the arena Of competition. Why
is 1t, then, that there have been no
radical results. The fault, 1t must be
acknowledged, lies with the women
themselves. They work half heart
edly, because they must, and failures
discourage them. Then. too, they are
apt to try too many things They do
not keep in a groove like a man, who
does not expect success early In life,
and is content to work for years for
the future. Women have neither the
patience nor the daring to make sue
cessful merchants. They expect I'm
mediate results, and are too economical
to scatter for future gathering.
what they can do in the profess
sions Is yet to be proved, certainly
50 far no star has arisen. In short.
we hear a great deal Of the new wo-
man, Of her ability, courage and dar-
ing, but, after all Is said and done,
we do not see that there Is any great
difference between the new and the
old"
4 4 K
Mr.. Harry Melick entertained the
senior class Of the high school Satur-
day evening. Two tables were arranged
for ping pong, and one for cards up
stairs, and in the large rooms on the
first floor, those who were disposed to
dance enjoyed this diversion. Misses
Maude Melick and Edith Burlingim
presided at the chatting dishes and were
assisted in serving a dainty supper by
Misses Alice Auld, Louise Alexander,
Camille Hall, and Minnie Sweezy. Fifty
young people were present
4 4 r
Miss Mabel Parrish gave a seven
o'clock luncheon Thursday evening for
the ladies who will assist at her we'd
ding. The long table was adorned with
The courier., 1902-09-27

i've suburb of Chicago. and begun hel
work there at the opening of tn,
schools.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-09-20

repeating and abrogating Article los
OF the Constitution and the words
against the proposed amendment to
the Constitution of the State of Lou
lsiana repeating and abrogating Arti-
Gle 1913 of the Constitution; and each
eiector shall Indicate, as provided in
the general election laws of the
State, whether he votes for or
against the proposed amendment.
: tSigned.) j. Y. SANDERS,
Speaker of the House of Represent
atives.
(Signed.) ALBERT ESTOPINAL.
Lieutenant Governor and President of
The Senate.
Approved: July 5th, A. d. 1902.
: w. w. HEARD,
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
A true copy:
JOHN I. MICHEL.
Secretary of State.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-09-20

ment of the Governor, with the adyic,
and consent of the Senate.
The Judges of said Court shall eacf
receive salary of Four Thousand
Dollars, per annum. payable monthly
on his own warrant.
All appeals within it's jurisdiction
from the Parishes of Orleans, st
James, St. John the Baptist, Jeffer.
son. st. Charles, Plaquemines, St
Bernard and shall be returnable to
said Court, and the costs of fling the
same shall be, as now, fixed by the
Constitution or the law, until other
wise regulated by law.
Section z. Be it further resolved,
etc., That the foregoing amendments
to-the Articles of the Constitution of
this State, if adopted, shall become
operative on the LIST day of January,
1903, and all cases pending and unde-
termined on said date, in the Su-
preme Court shall be finally deter
mined by said Court and all cases
pending and undermined in the Courts
of Appeals as now constituted shall be
transferred to the Courts of Appeals.
as organized under these amend
ments, having jurisdiction under the
foregoing amendments of the cause,
and without costs to the parties.
Section 8. Be it further resolved,
etc., That said proposed amendments
be submitted to the electors for their
approval or rejection as required by
Article 321 of the Constitution of
Louisiana, and the general election
laws of this State, at the Congress
sional election to be held in this
State in November, 1902.
(Signed.)
j. Y. SANDERS,
Speaker of the House of Repre-
sentatives.
(Signed)
ALBERT ESTOPINAL,
Lieutenant Governor and President |
Of the Senate.
Approved, July sth, A. ID. 1902.
w. w. HEARD,
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
\ true copy:
JOHN L. MICHEL,
Secretary of State.