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The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-13
SCIENCE SETTLES TT. Dandruff is Caused by a Germ That Saps the Hairs Vitality.

It is now a settled fact that dandruff is caused by a germ. Falling hair and badness are the result of dandrufr. pr. E. J. Beardsley, of Champaign. III, got hold of the new hair preparation. New bros Herpicide-the cEly one that kills the dandruff germ. He says: T used Hsrpicide for my dandrufr and falling hair, and I am well satisfied with the result" pr. J. T. Fugate of Urbana, Ill., says: q have used Herpicide for dan drurf with excellent results. l shall pre- scribe 1t in my practice Herpicide kills the dandruff germ. Physicians as well as the general public say so. Sold by lead ing druggists. Send loc in stamps for sample to The Herpicide Co.,, Detroit. Mich. E. G. Fowler. Druggist, fri
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-13
Fir. at Rock Island Arsenal.

Washington, Feb 12-General Crogier, Chief of Ordnance, today received tels- graphic report from Maj. S. E. Blunt, ordnance department. confirming the As sociated Press report of the serious fire at the Rock Island arsenal Wednesday night and placing the loss at $1,7S6OOO. The dispatch stated that the fire was con fined to storehouse A, containing a quan- tity of equipments and small arms. ann intuition, but no machinery. General Cro- zier regrets thed isaster, but is grateful that none of the machinery of the valu- able manufacturing plant at Rock Island was damaged. Major Blunt will later make a more detailed report of the occur renee.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-13
KILLED BY A TRAIN.
o. W. wakeheld's Head Ground on
 by Cars.

Columbus. Ga, Feb. I2.-(spsciai.)-o- W. Wakefield. formerly @ well-known druggist of this city. but who of late has been In the employ of the Virginia Carolina Chemical Com pany, was killed tonight at 9:3o o'clock in the Central Railroad yards. He was walking along the track en route home from his work
 when killed A Central passenger train waa coming down on tho track and a switch sn- zine. pulling @ number of cars was coming in the same direction. down e parallel track.
 Dr. Wakefield stepped to one side to be out of danger from the switch engine and went so near the other track that he was struck by the engine of the passenger train. which knocked him on the other track. His head was on the track and the engine and nine freight cars passed over it. grinding the head of The rest of the body was not mutilated.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-13
DARROW AND BAER
Continued from Page one.)

Workers were spelling the souls of these poor children and yet he was willing to take the earnings of these poor children, that he and his family might be richer because of their toll. These babes knew their friends. There is not one of these children so ignorant not one of them so lost to natural instincts that he does not know who loves them There is not one that would not run from a railroad president to the open arms of John Mitchell and they are right. These little children get $165 year"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-13
STATEHOOD BILL AS RIDER.
Effort Will Be Made to Force It!
 Passage.

Washington Feb. 12.-The friends of the Statehood bill today reached a definite decision to have the omnibus Statehood bill reported as a rider to the postoffice appropriation bill.
 It Is expected that this action will be made tomorrow. It is the purpose to make a fight in the Senate to have the Statehood bill tackled on to one of the ap- propriation bills whose passage Is abso- lutely necessary to the running of the government
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-13
BUILDING STEEL BRIDGES.
Butler County is Replacing th'
 Wooden Structures.


 Greenyille, Feb. 12-(Speclal'-At the session of the Commissioner Court held here Monday and Tuesday of this week contracts were let for. three new iron bridges for the county, one across Ce- dar Creek and two acrosS Pigeon Creek This will make six steel bridges in the county. Gradually all the wooden bridges will be supplanted with substantial steel structures.
 The subject of building a new court house was postponed until another meet ing.
 At meeting of the City Council held last night the privilege of holding a street fair was granted to a company which has many attractions. The fair will open in two weeks and 1t is claimed that the attractions will be of moral. pleasing order. Ten per cent of the income is to be donated to the Confederate monument which is to be erected by the U. D. C.
 The 5-year-old daughter, Nita, of MT. and Mrs. J. Hillard Barganier died last night at Birmingham and the body will be brought here tonight to be inferred in the family burial ground at Magnolia Cemetery The child has been in Ill health nearly all her life.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-13
RUSH TO PICKETT SPRINGS.

Traction Company Will Put on An
 other Car Today.
 The operation of a car by the Montgomery Traction Company has caused sudden rush of travel to Pickett Springs.
 While 1t was announced that only one ear would be run over the line for the present the eagerness of people to visit the new park was so great yesterday that 1t was almost impossible to accommodate the crowd.
 The accommodate the heavy travel. the man egement has decided to put on another car today, and on Sunday several additional cars will be put into service
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-13
A Suspect Arrested.

Butte. Mont, Feb. 12.-Detectivs Mur- phy today arrested William McCunagh on suspician of being one of the North ern Pacific train robbers Four hun dred and eighty-ive dollars was found in McCullagh's possession.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-13
Charter for New Road.

Guthrie, O., Feb. 12.-A territorial charter was granted to-day to the Okla homa City and Northwestern Railroad Company with Oklahoma City as the principal place of business. and with $15. GOO. 900 capital stock. The purpose is to construct line $40 miles long from Okla homa City to Denver. at a total cost of $l5. GOO 900. It is supposed to be a Frisco project. as c. G. Jones. president of the Frisco lines in Oklahoma is at the head of the new corporation.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-13
Bark Founders at Sea.

Wilmington. N. C.. Feb. 12.-Captain Donald Wright and crew of nine men from the bark F. s. Howell, New York to Savannah. arrived this afternoon on tho revenue cutter Tuscarora. their ves- sel; with cargo of cement. having found cred February 9. POO miles east-northeast Of Hatteras.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-13
o,Connell Out of Jail.

Dublin, Feb. 12.-John OConnell. Ma tionalist member of Parliament for South ern Mayo. was released from jail tonight. He was sentenced under the crimes act to three months Imprisonment for intim- idation and melting to boycotting. Dennis Johnson, one of the organizers of the I'.t.ad Irish League. was also liberated today. ,t SB HE EKM III IHH4
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-13
BRAVE MEXICAN STUDENTS.
Young Medicos Will Go to Mazatlan
 to Fight Plague.

Mazatlan, Mex, Feb. 12.-There was only one death today from the plague and that was at the lazaretto, no deaths being reported in the city.
 The medical students from Mexico City who are coming to help fight the plague are expected day after tomorrow. The boat of the Board of Health will take them off the steamer at a considerable distance from port.
 A we'll known merchant at La Piedra Island was removed to the lazaretto yes- terday suffering from the plague. His shop was burned. One of his clerks carried the contagion to the island.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-13
Santa Fe Wage Situation,

Topeka, Kan. Feb. 12.-rhe National officers of the trainmen and conductors arrived to-day and numerous conferences rega rding the Santa Fe wagesituation have been held. Tomorrow the train men will confer with Third Vice Presi- dent Kendrick and other Santa Fe ofti- cials.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-13
BASKET BALL GAMES.
Three Exciting Contests at the Y.
 M C. A

M. 0. A.
 Three exciting games of basbet ball were played last night at the T. M. c. A.
 The lineup was as follows: Jones versus Bartlett; Hood versus Locke; Tisdals versus Patterson.
 Jones's team was victorious in the game with Bartlett. The score was 8 to g. Goals made from field Strauss, | ; goals from fouls. Jsnss. 8; Bartlett, 8. Fouls. Jones, ioI Bartlott 6. In the game between the teams under Hood and Locke. the latter was defeated by . score of to 8. Goals from field. Ivey. [; Sien- knecht, |; Traviss. [. Goals from fouls. Hood. 8: stickney, [. Fouls. Hood 8; Locke. 10. Pattersons team proved too strong for Tis- daIe's team. The score was to 2. Goals from field. Patterson. ii Harmon. !. Goals from fouls, Tisdaie, 8; Patterson. 2; Harmon, l. Fouls. Tisdale, 6; Patterson. @-
 Patterson's individual playing was the fsa- ture of the series of games.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-13
relsrranhers Secure conoession.

St. Paul, Feb. 12.-The Northern Pacific committee of the Order of Railway Tele- graphers has secured from the Northern Pacific notifications of the existing schedule which amount to a special in- crease of one-sixth in wages to a large number of men.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-13
READ THIS SURE.

We want to 1t your Boy with the best Shoes he ever tackled. They are good lockers and good wearers' Cost $1.5o, $2.oo, $2.5o. Bullock & Fleming, Leading Shoe House.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-13
NO NEGRO WAS THERE.

Presidential Reception to the Navy
 and Army.
 Washington. Feb. 12.-(SpeciaL)-The Presidential reception tonight was to the navy and army, the most exclusive of all receptions, and it was made more notable by the fact that no negro was present. Three Indians, including Chief Joseph of the Nez Perces, were in attendance.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-13
PLANTER FATALLY WOUNDED
Joseph wheatley Shot by a Negro
 Bootblack at Athens,

Athens. Feb. 2.-(special (-Joseph wheat ley, a prominent planter. was shot this after noon by a negro bootblack. George Jones. The shooting occurred at c barbershop and was purely accidental. The shot entered from his back between the shoulders, parforating his lungs. Wheatley said he saw the boy with the pistol when he drove up, but paid no atten- tion Nto him. It was Q cheap pistol. but ear ried "a 38-ealibre ball. Ths boy at once sur rendered to the sheriff and is now in taAl. wheatley retains consciousness. but the phy- sicians give no hope of recovery.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-13
The Bennington to Be Utilized.

Washington, Feb. 12.-The gunboat Ben- nington will be put into commission in a short time att he Mare Island navy yard and probably added to the Pacific squad ron, comma nded by Rear Admiral Glass.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-13
WILL GIVE A BANQUET.
Alumnae of Tuscaloosa Female Col
 leRe Will Celebrate.

Tuscaloosa, Feb. 12.-(Special.)-A large and enthusiastic meeting of the A1umnae Association of the Tuscaloosa Female College was held in the college parlors yesterday afternoon.
 The purpose of the meeting was to ar range for an Alumnae banquet to be given the last of April or first of May. The banquet will doubtless be the largest and most brilliant social event to be given after Easter as this college num- bers fits graduates by the score not only in the city, but in Alabama and many of the other Southern States as we'll
 Dr. and Mrs. T. J. Ozment have an- nounced the marriage of their daughter Flora to J. B. Fair of Birmingham. The wedding which is to take place on February IS at the residence of the bhide's parents on Greensboro Avenue will be very quiet affair. The bride to-be is a very attractive young lady and has a large number of friends and ad- mirers. The popular groom was a former resident of Tuscaloosa, being con- nected with the Mobile and Ohio Rail- road and is now with the Southern at Birmingham. Immediately after the ceremany MT. and Mrs. Fair will leave for visit north.
 The marriage or the Rev. J. J. f1aETlS to Miss Louie Ruffin which is to be solemnized at Faundsdale this evening will be learned with more than passing interest by large circle of Tuscaloosa friends. Mir. Harris was resident of Tuscaloosa for a great number of years and at one time was Rector of Christ Church here. He is the father of Nor fleet Harris of this city.
 The preliminary hearing of Henry For rester. who shot and killed Guy Wilson last Friday, came up before Justice J. W. Carson yesterday, but was postponed until February S. It is understood that the defendant will plead insanity.
 The marriage of Mir. Frank P. Jackson and Miss Fannie Minge which was solemnized at Faunsdale recently Is learn ed with much interest here where the bride was a popular student at the Tus- caloosa Female College.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-13
Penrose Postal Plan.

Washington, Feb. 12.-A bill providing for postal checks in place of all bills of less than S5 was introduced today by Senator Penrose.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-13

For driving out dull bilious feeling, strengthening the appetite and increas- ing the capacity of the body for work Prtckly Ash Bitters is a golden remedy.
 adY-wed- -fri-sun.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-13
The Chattanooga Nears Iannnhinr-

Washington, Feb. E.-The Navy Depart ment was informed today that the pro- tscted cruiser Chattanooga, built by Lew is Nixon at Elizabethport, N. J., will be launched on March 7
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-13

Trail Knight, son of 4Ars. c. w. Knight. died this morning after a short illness. He was just grown and was an excellent young man. His death was a great shock to his friends who did not realize how serious was his illness.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-13
eRovE,s CHRONIC CHILL CURE

cures the chills that other chill tonics don't cure. No Cure No Pay. 50 cents
 adv-td-thu-sat-to wkly
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1903-08-27
FROM CRAB ORCHARD.
r'e-poadeae, Of TIE Big Store e.p ro.r.

uorre-pondsHes oi TIE Big Store Gsp ro-r.
CrAn uRCH,ap, Va. Aug. 2i.-W. s.
Palmer has been on the Roaring Fork. in
Wise County, looking over bis companies
lands and returned home SATURDAY..
Several drummers ware here last week
among our merchants.
Ar. J. ;. Rice. Of Clover Lick Greek
vas here on business Friday.
Dr. &. y. Mabe. Of Big Stone Gap. va.
mere attending some sick folks Friday.
The Post Ofice Department has again
made some mail route changes in this sec-
Ton OF the country in the Pocket below
here. This time they have made some rcrr
bad blundcrs, leaving out about seven
Htes square Of thickly settled countr,
18th no mail services 40 au between
Temp aud Cynthia postoficc am COM
hdent when they are shown this error
they viii supply it. This is a vcrv rrea
mistase aud bluuder they have made and
should he speedily corrected. ny
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1903-08-27

went u y sot impossible that two o.
three Il the ecsgvessioaal districts
will become good lighting groups for
Republicans. There are three dis
tricts--the Fifth. now represented by
Mr.. Swanson; the Ninth, 10 the ex-
treme southwest. aud the Tenth
or Valley district, where the vote
might become close.
The new constitutional provisions
regarding the payment OF a poll tax
in April preceding the November
election goes into effect next year.
Accordingly. every man who votes
Tor President in the Old Dominion in
1904 must pay next April a poll tax
OF $3.50, which is three poll taxes in
one--s dollar each for the years 1901
and 1902, and 81 so for the year
1904. The registration last year
was much smsller than the vote cast
IN previous campaigns. and there
can be no doubt that tens Of thou
sands Of voters now registered will
fail to qualify for the next election.
There 10 not State in the Union
where large percentage Of the
voters would give SO so to participate
in an election. Moreover, the date
fixed for the payment is 50 early that
neither party Is likely 10 make an
effort 20 advance money for the i'm
pecunious. II will be long after
April when the names Of candidates
become known and organization for
the campaign has begun.
When politicians pay poll taxes TO
get votes they realize how important
il is TO be sble TO lead the beneficiary
right to the ballot box. As promi- |
oent Virginia politician said here
yesterday; "a man could change mis- 1
mind three or four times between
April and November, aud he could
EASILY forget who had paid his taxes.
Il Is next 20 certain that the total
rote Of Virginia next year will be
many thousands smaller than FOR
ong time. - Washington Post.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1903-08-27
IRON CENTER
is the Prediction Made for the
Future OF This Section.

The Knoxville journal and Trib-
vac. on the 18th inst. had the follow
ing TO say regarding the business
future Of this section.
r. +. Quatlebaum. Of Yazoo CITY
Miss, spent Sunday in this CITY en-
route 70 Big Stone Gap. Va. where
he will accept a responsible position
with the Union Iron & Steel Com
pany' which have in operation large
iron works at that place.
Mr.. Quatlebaum has been in the
employ Of iron industries Of Alabama
Tor several years but he decided 10 90
TO Virginia, where several large new
plants are soon to be put in opera
ton. lie is NJ the opinion that Wise
county. in which Big Stone Gan is
located will become the greatest iron
manufacturing center in the country
That section Of Virginia." said
he. lis attracting millions Of dollars
from the old iron manufacturing nor
tons OF Pennsylvania II has been
only few years since the first ex-
pertinent in iron working was made
in Virginia. There are many rea-
sons for that country is surprising the
other iron producing sections. The
iron ore beds are rich and coal is
mined near the furnaces"
Mr. Quatlebaum visited the Viz
ginia iron works several weeks before
he decided 90 go there 10 accent a
position. lie stated that Big Stone
Gap has prospects Of being larger
and more important iron manuisct-
urng point than Birmingham. Ala
The Louisville Il Nashville rail
way company" said he. "has been
making extensions by way of build
ing short arms 20 penetrate iron and
coal lands from It's main lines in Viz
g'n'A and Kentucky. There sre
more than a thousand coke ovens I'M
.ull blast ia Wise county and several
hundred new ovens are IN coarse Of
construction.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1903-08-27

hlSa howard has patted President
Loubet on the shoulder and has
wn'ten amiahle things to President
Roosevelt. This indicates a very
pretty friendship for republics. still
when Great Britain sees one she can
smash, and TINS gain little more
territory. or some gold mines or
something else Of value. she will no,
hesitate 70 proceed with her destruo-
tive machinery. And no doub, she
vail expect the aid and counsel Of the
United States, Aud that is a rs-
m'naes that this '.lsnd OF the FREE
snd hcme Of the brave can arxe,
recover from the disgrace Of lis in.
diaefeHce--to put the position az an,
government IN no harder phssse--,o
tbs struggles os the patriots az ,hs
fsarssssi and orsngs Free Stat.
c'@c'ssat' ksqsivn.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1903-08-27
GROWTH OF THE SOUTH

The Nanyaciuccr.' Record con-
tains some interesting figures per-
tanning TO the growth Of the South.
Il says.
Twenty years ago the South mined
0,OOO,OOO tons Of coal. lsst year il
mined 81 100000 tons. = gain Of S..
100000 tons Add this 10 last wear s
output aud We will have lis. O0O. 600
tons a. the minimum production of
the South ten years hence. The gain
IN iron was from 397 900 tons in
1880 20 3.l00.000 tons last year or
over 100000 tons increase. aud on
this basis 1903 will see the south
making not less than $500 600 tons
Cotton spindlcs which advanced from
100000 in 1850 20 1900. 600 last
year. viii certainly go 10 IA. O0O. GOO
or l5.OOO.00O in ten years. Aud So
on down the line of Southern ac.
tivity.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1903-08-27

nieAt IN The "1thine." Dorch~ster's
tough negro section. The prineipals
we're Ed Osborne and an unknown ne
gro. A woman was. il is said. at the
bottom Of the trouble. The result Is
two bullet holes in unknown negro,
one in the back aud the other through
the srm- Osborne il being sought
for by the police and the physicians
are working hard to spoil probable
job for the undertaken.
The Big Stone Gap and Dorehes-
ter base ball Clubs should get to-
ge'her and play another series Of
games. Oar people would certainly
give the Gap boys the "glad hand"
should they visit us again.
Henry Morrison spent Sunday aud
Monday with friends in Gate City.
Dorchester has few tennis players
who, while they DO not pretend 20
be experts. woald be glad. for sport
sake, to pit their skin against play
ers from Big Stone Gap or elsewhere
in Wise county.
Saturday WAS pay day in Dor
chester and the peace Of the commu-
nifty was in no way marred by any
disturbance of the peace. This is
marked contrast TO the conditions of
six months ago, when pay day was
always punctusted by more or less
serious ARRAYS aud much drunken 1
ness. The present peaceful state
speaks well for the efficiency Of Chief
Of Police Renfro. aud the wisdom Of
making Wise dry" county.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1903-08-27

Ak observing Undivided says =
wan can today wear paper shoe. and
clothes. eat nom psper dishes with
paper knives and forks at \ paper
table. sit on paper chairs. read the
news in a paper, sleep on a paper
bedstead ia room carpeted with pa
per. wssh in paper tub or bowl. live
ia paper house. ride Ia paper car
or esFriage. sail in paper boat, be
rocked in = paper cradle. be fed with
a paper spoon. take pop or toddy out
Of paper bottle and be buried in a
paper coffin.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1903-08-27
FROM DORCHESTER

corresponisu,e o. Ii.s Ias stone CAP po.r
DORCHESTER. Va. Aug. 2f-Mr
aud MIS-. Henry Taylor are ON A visi,
to their old home, New York CITY
aud 70 other points in the north. Mr.
Taylor is the junior member Of the
hrm Of Esser & Taylor, who are
operating mines aad erecting coke
ovens at Middle Norton.
Superintendent George Esser. Of
TIE Colonial Coal d Coke Company
= enjoying a trip north, taking in
Buffalo, Montreal. New York civ
and other points.
Miss Nellie Csnzey has resigned
s. Posimisiress at Dorchester ana in
the nssr future will enter = training
school Tor nurses at Louisville, Nv.
Mrs. J. A. Esser aud daughter
Mass Esther, LEI, last week to spend
some time st Ocean Grove. n. J..
Phiisdeiphis and other points.
Al active campaign against Illicit
whisky dispensers in this section has
been insugosrated aud Indications
are that before long this viii he :
dry region in fact a. well as in
theory.
4 shooting sif,sy occurred last
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1903-08-27
FROM ST0NEGA.

'nfns po''ifnce 10 iir Pig sisnc Gen pa.~
SroNEoA. Va. Aug. pa en-,
ored tesmster of Osaka went 20 An.
palaehia on Saturday evening and
after filling up with tauglefooi and
procuring an additional supply for
Sunday, started for home. but be cot
overcome by the time he crossed 30
: trestle at Preacher aad laid down on
the railaoad track where he mpst
have fallen asleep. as he was run
over by the engine gong TO Appa-
lachia and was killed instantly An
inquest was held ou Sunday eliciting
the facts as stated above. and he was
Unidentified as Jas. Price, formerly Of
Richmond. Va.
\ serious shooting took place on
sunday afternoon near Appalachia
IA which young man named Dave
Williams WAS killed by an officer
An investigation will be necessary IN
sc; the facts which led to the killing
which 1t was claimed is not iusti6.
able.
Marvin X. Kelly got home from
ms vacation on Friday last and w
Il. FOLLY arrived on Sunday and are
both hard at work at their desks
agsin.
! View Lodge, X. of r., No. 81 |
celebrated their first anniversary on /
Sunday afternoon with varied and
interesting exercises. sermon being
preached 10 them by Rev. J. NJ
coleman. The ledge is strong nu.
nerieSlly.