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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1903-04-16

Is London last year The number of
husbands who advertised disclaimiue
credit obtained boy their wive. wa.
SIS.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1903-04-16

ColoEApo produced last year more
dollars worth Of silver than Alaska
did Of gold.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1903-04-16

Performers were FRS, established
in l464.
AMERICA has 100000 miles Of rail
way: the United Kingdom $4,000.
GrHaANY's pig iron production last
month wss Ts2.4s4 tons. breaking
all records.
CoLoEApo produced last year more
dollars worth Of silver than Alaska
did Of gold.
Ak anthracite coal mine has been
discovered near Have. Mont The
vein is four feet thick.
- -
USru the middle Of the eighteenth
century March was the first month
OF TIE year over ia England
kSelASp Is not going 10 build any
more large vessels. They will prob
ably drop from p 600 70 10000 tons.
a new divice TO prevent locomotive
wheels from slipping maguetizos the
drivers so tina, they stick to the rails.
lnmosrioS works in British India
which cos, S2s.O0O. 900 water Is..
ooo.o acres and pay per cent on
the investment
Is London last year the number of
husbands who advertised disclaimiur
credit obtained boy their wivc. was
SIS.
Tius is the time Of She year when
you plant out fruit aud ornamental
trees. Everybody should plan, many
o. each.
TIM income from one hen will move
than pay Tor your local paper. just
think OF that Now DOME toll as Won
cant afford IL.
FrvK hundred thousand cubic feet
Of cedar wood is used each YEAR D,
the lead pencil manufacturer of the
United States.
IHE boy or girl who succeed. ia
the little everyday affairs Of life aud
sticks 60 a task until it's flushed
have futures ahead.
NrvER undertake anything unless
you can see At east a spark Of sue
cess ahead Then work. work with
all your might 90 have success.
JoHS WASAnASrn who began bus.
iness With confidence. few good.
aud vheelbarrow. will erect IN Phil
adelPhia twelve-story building 60
cost five million dollars.
TnE new niae story hotel being
built in Johannesburg will be- ,he
biggest establishment OF il. Kind I'm
South Africa. 1, is 70 be called the
Carlton.
WaAE DO yoa think Of a state
whose hens laid in 1902 So many eggs
that 3, sold 5i.2I7.T55 dozens FOR
$5.s71.sl5.saG The is the record I
Of Missouri.
NouSc men. II they are to make 4
success in life. must learn that the 1
2Vsh century has small use Tor the 1
wesk, incompetent. the unframed and I
especially the dissipsted.
~ the Manufacture Of cannon the
tendency Is toward reduced weight Of
gun and pTcjee,ile and increased
mnE1le velocity. This gives added
range aud Penetration.
saa
Tan number Of employees in the
New York municipal service has
reached 1926. o. whom 1000 are
teaeaers and 10000 members Of the
police aud ere departments.
The farmer who raises q scrub ealfl
~ colt is not wise. Why no, raise
biooded stock, IL Won't cost yon
my more for feed or care aud the
'na~sl siil be worth much more.
The same sPpiies 20 chickens
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-16
RosALIE A. ooULpINo.
PRITCHARD IS PAROLED
MOBILE WRITE MAN SECURES
 HIS FREEDOM.
Hs Was Convicted of Keeping Gam ing table and Prosecutors Recom- ended Clemency-state-.
 ment of Governor.

Governor Jelks yesterday paraied Nose Pritchard of Mobile. one of the prisoners convicted during the crusade against gambling in that city some time ago
 As in the other cases Pritchard's parole was asked for by the men who waged the crusade, after the prisoner had served part of his sentence.
 Pritchard was convicted in the City Court of Mobile for keeping a gaming table. He was sentenced to six months tmprfsonment, a large part of which he has served.
 n granting the parole the Governor said:
 ssThis man was convicted of keeping g gaming table. He is one of several whd have been convicted of a like offense The prosecutors in the other cases ad- wise d parole after . part of the sentence has been served. The same prayer comes 10 me in this case. Clemency now. they khink, would be n the interest of law and order. It is ordered in this. as in Dther cases. that parole issue upon his future law abiding conduct"
 Pritehard is a well known white man of Mobile. e
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-16
Cleveland's Democracy.

Selma. Ala, April 8, 1903. Editor The Advertiser.
 l cannot refrain from expressing my hearty approval of what you say about Cleveland and his Democracy. l have always felt that the man Las been misunderstood and maligned without cause; and while, in the South particular ly, he has been accused of deserting hia party, the truth Is that the party deserted Bryan and Bryanism led the party so far from its cardinal tenets that 1t will take generation to recover from it.
 It Is because am Democrat and love the faith of my fathers that so strongly deplore the influence of Bryan who has wrecked my party and still intends to rule or ruin 1t.
 In my own voting precinct, where there are an average of 16S Democratic votes cast at Presidential elections. know per sonally eighteen men who refused to vote at all in 1896. When Bryan was forced on us the second time, ten of them re- mained away from the polls and the other eight voted for Mckinley. It is pretty certain that no matter who is the next Democratic nominee, some or these will continue to vote the Republican ticket. being lost to their party for all time, per haps.
 Now. I am sure this state of affairs ex- ists all over the States, and to a greater degree in the North and Middle West. and yet some Democratic editors still apologize for Bryan and solicit subscrib- CTS for his paper.
 Brother Democratsl Let us quit follow ing an ignus fatuus and return to the faith of our fathers.
 Otis A. Miller,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-16
Letters to The Editor.
The Battle of Shiloh.
Editor The Advertiser:

Vne Battle or SnlIon.
 Editor The Advertiser:
 1 read with interest in your issue of this naornfng your editorial upon the speech recently made Dy General Low Wallace on the battle of Shiloh. You fall into error as to the time the battle vas fought. It was not Saturday, but Sunday. the 9th day of April, 1862. Gem line in time to make the attack on Sat- urday, but General Rusgles's division ot Biagg's corps did not come up to the point at which Johnston had formed his line of battle out beyond Shiloh Church. the division, but st.ii 1t did not come un- til Johnston, impatient with one member of his staff, rode fo the rear and found the division lying by the road side and the road in ront 1t filled with wagons. the woods and pass the wagons, but when he got up to his place in line night was approaching and 1t was too late then to attack. Johnston summoned the corps where they heard General Beauregard' $ objection, he being second in command. to making the attack at all. He favored a retreat that night. Johnston settled matters at once by ordering the attack to begin next morning at daylight, which was done. and Hardee, who lead the ad- vance first encountered Sherman's troops. Hard fighting was continued until after I o'clock, when Johnston had carried every point but two. and in carrying one of these he, in person, lead Zolli- koffers old brigade in charge and gained that point. but in so doing re- ceived the mortal wound of which he died in about forty minutes. You stated that if he had survived that the next day Grant and his army would all have been captured. Had he survived one hour. that is if he had not been wounded until one hour later, he would have cap- tured Grant and Sherman, and pretty well all of the demoralized force. Grant never would have been President. His death caused many hours delay and then an hour before dark, just when Bragg Polk anu Hardee's corps were moving to the final assault, Beauregard ordered the Confederate troops to all back into the captured camps and rest for the night The order was transmitted by his stafi officers to the commanders of brigades and not to the corps commanders, and consequently they were in camp that night in inextricable confusion. Durine the night Bells army arrived and Lew Wallace's division, Crittenden and Mel. son formed in line of battle at daylight over mile long. and these fresh troops supported by the reorganized troops oi Grant and Sherman as their supporters | attacked the Confederates, and drove them from the field, and while there wal no panic, they were slowly driven from | the field, and thus was lost the victory
 so dearly bought the day before. 1t wa: | the result of General Beauregard's great ! mistake: It was lack of generalship.
 April 10th, l9OS. Wm. c. Oates.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-16
LOTS OFFERED GOVERNMENT.
Citizens of Florence and Bessemer
 Submit Propositions.

Washington. April i5.-(Special)- Bids have been opened fin the office of the architect of the Treasury Department for two Alabama public building sites. For Bessemer Congress, at the last session. appropriated N2.0O0 as the limit and for Florence $7.500.
 Eleven bids were submitted for the Bes- semer site. two by H. V. Clark. one by the Orleans Land and Building Company, three by the s. E. Jones Company and five by c. H. Stevenson. The sums of the proposals range from $4,000 to SS 300. The lots approximate an average of ls5 by 160
 A much larger list of citizens of Flor ence wish to sell to the government, sev- enteen bids being submitted which range in amount from g. 500 to $10.0O0.
 l.. c. Hudosn offers four lots, N. C. Elt- ing two, c. A. Ware three. One each is offered by M. C. Portlock, A. F. Walker Mrs. Henry B Lee Hattie and Fannie Lipscomb. billiard Insurance and Real Estate Company. ArthEr ". Bliss. Flor ence Land Company. MFA. w. B. Brown.
 The lots range in size from 100 by 156 to 2A by 176.
 The lot offered by M. C. Portlo@x. which Is the smallest, exceeds the limit by >25OO.
 An agent of the Treasury Department will at once visit the two places and upon his report will depend the selection of the site.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-16
GOTH ALABAMA REGIMENT.
Muster Rolls Presented to Directo
 Owen.

Important assistance to the work of Director Thomas M. Owen of the State Department of Archives and History in mands in the Confederate armies was given yesterday by Gen. J. W. 4. San- ford, who presented full and complete mustar rolls of the 60th Alabama regi-
 This regiment, which was commanded by General Sanford. participated in some of the blcodiest engagements of the war.
 The companies forming the regiment game originally from Montgomery, Pike, Chambers, Macon, Lowndee, Butler aud Henry Counties. A considerable percent age of the officers and men were from Montgomery. The companies were Q part of HiIliard's Legion, but they were
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-16
DECISION ON DIVORCE.
Mutual Agreement of Separation Not
 Binding in Utah.

Salt Lake, Utah. April 13.-The Utah Supreme Court today rendered a decision involving the right of husband and wife to enter into an agreement of separa- tion without legal divorce being granted. and thereby defeat the widows right to dover in the husbands estate.
 The court holds that even if 1t ts a legal contract in Georgia. where the agreement was entered into. 1t cannot be enforced in another State if in contraven- tion of the policy of the latter.
 The action was brought by the heirs of W. D. Palmer, deceased. against Mrs. Ida NJ. Palmer, the widow. Valuable property in Salt Lake City and in Atlanta is involved.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-16

merged into the soth Alabama at Charles ton, Tenn It was engaged at Drewry's for gallantry in action. The regiment participated in the battles around Peters burg and in the fights at White Oaks Road and Hatcher's Run.
 The field officers of the regiment were Col. John w. A. Sanford of Montgomery, Iieutenant-Colonel Daniel s. Troy of Montgomery. Major Hatch Cook of Geor- gia and Adjutant James N. Gilmer of Montgomery.
 The Montgomery Captains were David A. Clark and Peter McEachin.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-16

lent spirits and health as at any other time of the year.
 Get a bottle of Peruna when the first languid feelings make themselves appa- rent in the spring. Take it according to the directions on the bottle. Continue this treatment through the first months of spring. This course of treatment Is not experiment. 1t is as positive in its results as any fact of science can be.
 After you have tried it you will say Pe- runa Is positively the best spring medi- cine you have ever tried.
 A great many years of extensive trial of this remedy in this class of derange- ments have demonstrated that there are no failures.
 If you do not derive prompt and satis- factory results from the use of Peruna write at once to Dr. Hartman. giving a full statement of your case and he will be pleased to give you his valuable ad- vice gratis.
 Address Dr. Hartman, President of The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus. O.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-16
KINDEGARTEN ASSOCIATION.
The International Convention Begins
 in Pittsburg.

Pittsburg, April 1.-Two hundred dele gates were in attendance at the opening session of the International Kindergarten Association, held in Carnegie Music Hall in this city today. The convention gas called to order by Mrs. Alice H Putnam of Chicago and Mrs. w. A. Heron of Pittsburg deliver cd the address of welcome. The reports of the delegates followed. during which letters were read from Germany and Eng land, In which it was stated that the work was progressing nicely.
 Mrs. Putnam then appointed committees on resolutions. selection of next place of meeting. necroiogy and nominations. The election of officers will take place Friday. The afternoon was devoted to an inspec- ton of the Carnegie plants at Braddoek
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-16
THE RIVER IS FALLING.
Believed That the Decline Will Con.
 tinue Gradually.

New Orleans. April 15.-The Mississippi to New Orleans, and the flood situation oi the lower river is therefore constantly i'm proving.
 The gauge here today marked 19.7, a de is more than half a foot under the maxi. mum of the present flood. It is believed that the fall will be slow but steady from now until the stream again is within its banks.
 Much progress was made at Hymelia today though some obstacles were en. countered at points where the SCOUT had deepened portions of the channel. With a falling river the chances of closing the break are naturally increased.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-16
PAYMENT OF TEACHERS
EDUoArroNAL DEPARrMENT n0C8Iv13 PAY 1OLLS.
Beginning April Pledagogues Are to Be Paid Monthly Instead of
 ouartsrly Increased Work For Olsrfeal forcs.

The first pay rolls Tor the monthly pay ment of teachers under the new law reached the DepartMent of Education yes terday. They ware eent on by County Su- perintendents of Education who will re- cetve the money for the public school teachers as soon as it can be sent to
 It is expected that the money for the payment of the school teachers will be in the hands of the County Superintendents by the first of each month. The first Sat urday in each month has been named as pay day for all the public school teachers of the State. On that day they will re- ceive from the County Superintendents the pay for the previous month.
 The monthly payment law has just gone into effect. The April salaries of the school teachers are the first to be paid under the new law. The total April pay nnent will be much smaller than for any
 month in the fan or winter when most of the schools are in operation. The terms of a large number of the public schools in the State have ended and the begin- ming of the new order will not overwhelm the Department of Education as 1t would il it started in the fall or winter.
 The clerical force of the Educational Department was none too large when the public school teachers were paid only once every three months. The largely increased work. without any increase of clerical as- sistance. has embarrassed the department to some extent.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-16
FRESH CHARGES MADE.
Rottenness Said to Exist in the Post.
 office Department.

Washington. April l5-Fresh charges are being received constantly at the Post office Department in connection with the investigation in progress. but their nature Is being withheld from the public
 Postmaster General Payne said the cor .respondence in the case of the Assistant Attorney General Tyner 3>sssaAA be made
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-16
Price 25c. at any drug store.

If you nave Rheumatism try Mnnyon' Rheumatism Cure: if you have Dyspep- sia try his Dyspepsia Cure; if you have any Kidney trouble try his Kidney Cure. Munycn has a specific remedy for most every disease; mostly 9 cents.
 White te Munyon's Doctors; advice free. Philadelphia, Pa.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-16

the postal service for the quarter ended Dec 3l. 9o2. were S35, 223. o94, and the expendi. lures S34, 596 49o. The receipts showed an in. crease Of s. GOO. GOO over the same quarter ( year ago. but owing to liberal appfopfiatiohs and extensions of service, the surplus wal S35o, 900 less than the corresponding quarter in 1901.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-16
Too Great a Risk.

A reliable remedy for bowel complaints should always be kept at hand The risk is too great for anyone to take. Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diar- rhoea Remedy never fails and when re- duced with water, is pleasant to take. For sale by all druggists. -adv.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-16
TO CURE A

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY Take Laxative Brcmo ouinine Tablets All druggists refund the money if 1t fails to curA l. tu-th-sa-tf
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-16

public lated. Mir. Tyner's resignation takes effect May 15. No successor has yet. been chosen. according to MT. Payne, al- though number of candidates are in the field
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-16
The Nottingham schoolboy.

The following may not have been writ ten to apply to the young "school-butter' up at Nottingham on the Southern Rail- road. but nevertheless I expect 1t is ap- plicable:
 "A little schoolboy down in Nottingham Makes errors, and seems slow in spot
 ting 'em:
 For when he writes is
 His schoolmaster sighs- He's awfully careless in dotting 'em."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-16
MUNYoNs COLD CU1

MUNYoNS COLD CURE cures cold in the head, cold on the lungs, old colds, new colds and obstinate colds, and all forms of Grippe. It re- lieves the head, nose, throat and lungs almost instantly. It prevents pneumonia. grippe and diphtheria.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-16
vARELLA ESCAPED.
White Convict Got Away from Pratt
 Mines

The State Convict Department yester- day received the following message from State Superintendent of Convicts w. l.. Rogers at Pratt Mines:
 ''Escaped from prison Sunday night April 12. 1908, Joseph H. Varella, con: victed of burglary and grand larceny and sentenced from Mobile County. Descrip. ton: White man, aged SS years. height s feet 1-2 inches. weight 165 pounds complexion dark, light hair, brown eyes clean shaven; heavily built"
 A reward of $2S will be paid for his cap. ture and delivery to the nearest jail tr Alabama.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-16

Evergreen. Ala. April RIA wind storm visited the northern section of this coun- ty, destroying considerable property and killing Henry Solden.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-16
The Sensitive Postmaster.


 A pretty good story is told by friend of mine who recently came to Montgom- cry from the wilds of Elmore County. He said he once knew an Elmore Coun- ty postmaster whose hair was as white as his complexion, and he was as sensi- tive as his hair was white. A package of hair dye came through his postoffice one day to one of his constituents and in rough handling the package had been broken. Distributing the mall the white haired postmaster got some of the dye on his hands and invofuntartly rubbed them through his hair.
 Whats the matter with your hair7' asked the postoffice clerk. seeing the strealxs of blond, and laughing heartily. The postmaster demanded an explana- tfon, but his young employe was SC tickled he could not reply.
 The next minute a crash of glass wal heard and the clerk tumbled head-fore most through che window In another minute he was paid his salary and dis charged. the indignant postmaster swear ing revenge.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-16
The "Nuttv,' Baseball Fau.

The ''Nutty" Baseball Fan. Oh, am the crazy baseball "fan," The wild-eyed. woozy chap Who is ready to cheer or bite off an ear Or chew a thumb in 6 scrap; I sit on the bleaching boards and ''pull,' When our side goes to bat; I below, I yelp, and if it would help I'd willingly eat my hat. I am ready to whip the umpire when He cheats us out of q run; I howl and I sweat and fum eand fret And sadly sigh for a gun; But when he bears hard on the other side Oh. then I'm as gay as clam; stuff!'
 That's the kind of sport am. When we get e run I whoop and hurrah, And hiss when the others score: As I watch the play I'm crazy today AS fan" ever was before, I sass the hateful visitors when They finger in front of me. While they're yielding the sticks from 1
 until
 I'm as ''nutty'' as can be. I kep the figures of all the scores, And study them night and day; I've got them all pat in the field and at
 bat.
 Not one of them gets away. l can tell you what Murphy's average was
  can tell you just when New York had
 six men
 Run down between third and the plate. You say that our players are hired
 men?"
 I don't care tinker's cuss. l want them to down the gang from the
 town
 That's handin' out slurs at us; 1 want our team to stand at the head, And in helpin' to put it there I'm ready to fight. to slug or to bite. For as long as we win it's fair. Oh, am the crazy baseball fan Who yelIs ''Yah, yah!' Hi. hi!" Our players I cheer. at the others l sheer It makes no difference why. I see but one side of the argument And I'm always ready to tam The suckers who say our opponents can
 play That's the kind of a sport I am. s. P. Riser in Chicago Record-Herald
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-16

GERMS OF DISEASE should be promptly expelled from the blood. This ia d time when the system is especially Susceptible to them. Get rid of 1ll i'm purlties in the blood by taking Hood s Sarsaparilla, and thus fortify your whole body and prevent illness.
 adv-tu-thu-su.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-16

Go to Bowdoin Carriage Works for a McManus make of Buggy, Phaeton, Surrey, Delivery Wagon, etc.
 12t 24 and 26 N. Lawrence
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-16

"And they say" continued the story teller. "that it was left for the wife of the postmaster to show him the cause of the clerks mirth."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-16

YN osALIE 0. GoULDING. Washing ton, D. C.. is Chief Vice Templar,
 > Acmo Lodge. No. 3, l. o. Q. F.. parminrham, Ala, also Secretary or the n-American History Company. writes;
 tsContiuued literary work and close application at my desk last spring seensd to af3ect me. ! soon found my usual mental and physical force giv- 1nR way and realised that my brain did not act with its usual wonted ae- tivtty, while my appetite was on the dAelins and my general tone showed mo that needed q change which my busy life would not allow at that tine. M
 ssI decided to take tonic and asked . friendly druggist what he consid- cred the best, and he answered, Pe- runa is the one that never fails.
 ssFor three weeks I used it faith fully and was very much pleased to find that it brought me strength. -
 aI can now work for hours without 4sling fatigued and am enjoying per feet health, and am thoroughly con- vincsd that Peruna is perfectly re- liable remedy"
 RosALrE A. 0oULDINa.
 Any one can escape entirely the i'll effects of spring weather, and instead of dragging dreariiy through weeks of bad feelings and perhaps acquiring fatal disease can find themselves in as excel
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-16
The Negro View of It.
Miss April.

Fling us a kiss, Miss April, And don't be frowning sos
 If you'll only smile
 For little while Tne rose Will start to grove
 And the breeze with it's soft caresses NO more we will sadly miss; The world so gray Will be bright and gay If you'll only fling us a kass.