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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1903-08-27

Wa are IA receip, Of a copy Of tho
Herald new morning psper recent
ly started At Bristol. The editor is
Mr. John Wood. formerly Of the
hoanoke Timc.. The managing edit
or is Nj. Charles o. Hesron. who for
several years past has been connected
with the Richmond Times. The Her.
aif Is six column. eight page paper.
using the associated press service and
's sn up-to-daic paper in every
respect and We predict Tor IL a
successful career.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1903-08-27

CAiiFoRSIA win spend SIS. 900 this
yesr on an examination Of it, forest
reserves. and the work will be con-
timed from year TO year until com
pleted. The object is to ascertain all
those facts abont forests that will
guide the State in passing wise forest
laws. to zee what should be done
with State forest lands, what should
be done about regulating the cutting
OF timber. whether tree planting in
denuded areas will pay. how forest
fires may best be restricted. etc.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1903-08-27
OPEN LETTER

I " ts fo.i a.id 20, Esadrrs.
There eau be mo- doubt that the
'ea's prob'em ia Big Stone Gap il a
very serious one. affecting as il does
our health, cleanliness aud morals
Tor cleanliness Is akin 20 goodness q"
az well 81 protection from the ravarcs
of fire, and we devoutly hope the new
Board Of Control" which comes into
office September /. 1908. will give
prompt and efficient attention 20 this
important matter.
hut there are some other things of
equal Importance that We desire
through the medium OF The POST
20 recommend 20 the careful notice
oi she Board elect" aud 90 urge
upon them the need of speedy action
with regard 10 them az well ~ 20 the
rrirr pfobcaa.
The bret OF these matters is the
filthy condition OF our principal
streets, especially that part OF Fifth
Street. fronting the postoidce. Litter
and Sinking hitter too-from the
several groceries aud fruit stand.
paper. old boxes. &c. a.. meeting
the gaze OF every stranger who comes
10 town, is swept out day bv dav
from the stores aud stands.
Then the loa6ng crowds ofnerroes
aud whites that continually obstruct
the sidewalk ia that locality. par.
iicuia,ly At the corner o. the Eucene
Hotel building. II is no uncommon
thing Tor ladies 10 be obliged 90 leave
the sidewalk, or else crowd through
a iot OF smoking. splitting sons oil
Rest ii they need 70 pass that re- 4
gion
4 hen passers by are often RECALLED /
With boistrous, foul. proiane Ian
;uSge from these same sons Of
Rest, who dehle Gods pure air
With their abomiuable speech a. well
l. their unclcsn habits.
This hst Of grievances with an
'eais for deliveraDee from them can
e much heightened. but We will con-
cot ourselves with brief reference 10
Few others, viz the boistrous be-
svior Of hoodiums collecting almost
iSa'ly At the postofsice when the
nsii Is being distributed: the lump
~ on aud oti the dummy train while
- ranaing, the sbomiuabiy filthy
soit Of spitsing on the sidewalk aud
"A the hoos Of the postofice: the !
hrowiag Of banana and fruit skius
L the Sidewalk. periiing the limbs
I'd lives Of pedestrians. the bail !
laying right ia the public streets;
he fesFiaily dis@greeabie odors ema-
sting from earth closets in some Of ,
le allies. sad 80 on al f,,es. al |
auseaa. al detrimental 10 the last :
egree 70 the welfare. material. so E.
al aae moral q oes beautifully I
iussed ~lnsermoasr little city.
\ last suggestion: 10 aecd :
srfeN La,c.
Earnestly hoping that the above I
'sll secesse the shoughtful attention
our incon ing city fathers, sm.
ar Pest.
A SUFFERING CirrzEx.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1903-08-27

Dave sswsll. the little six-yss
old son q Mr.. ana Mrs. d. G. Sexell
was kisted and serieu~ly hurt By .
horse -S.cndsy evening. The hoy mas
driving the horse aud struck him
with . whip. and the horse kicked
the little fellow in the forehead, ffsct-
uring the bone. DR.. Spencer was
called in and dressed the wornd sad
at present Dave is getting along nice
ly.--.Jonesriie yirginfaa.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1903-08-27

lr is fact. as the Baltimore Sun
says, ihst the great reason why the
people desire the popular election Of
Senators is that the United Senate is
no longer amenable 10 public senti.
ment The Senators represent poli-
uo'ans rather than the people They
are thus made independent Of the
people and find IL perfectly safe to
teiy the public will. There is An.
other objection 10 the present method
and that is that the senatorial cleo
lions interfere with the legitimate
work Of the Legislatures. consuming
time which should belong 10 law
making Il also has a bad effect
upon che personnel of the lepi,la-
tures Men are elected 60 the gan.
ersl assembly frequently with re-
gard only 10 their vote for senator
aud with no regard for their fitness
As law makers, and u has almost
come 20 pass that the Constitutional
plan has been reversed, namely. that
The Senator appoints the legislature
rather than that the legislature ap-
points the Senator.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1903-08-27
HAVE BEEN SICK WITH
SMALLPOX.

HrssAEn SrRiNes, Va. Aug. 2t-Mv
entire family has been very sick with
smallpox and have been under quarantine
Tor p days, but praise the Lord We are All
well again and I filed my appointment
SUNDAY up in the coal fields Our Second
Quarterly Meeting for the Stonera Cir
cult Of the NJ. =. Church. will be held Al
ApPalachia on the 18th and Both of This
month. Everybody invited
Yours very truly,
n c. BUHSnArr.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1903-08-27

Dr.. Cherry has about consipoed
Bob fisnsry that he once knew a
base ball pitcher who had such a
drop 10 his delivery that the bail
would be two feet over the batman's
head and would then take a Sudden
horizontal swoop down on the home
plate. Doc swears he can prove this
by Bill McColgsn. c. Blsnton and
Ted Wentz.--WSse Mere.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1903-08-27
REPUBLICAN, MASS MEET
INC.


iic,o NJ. 49, f,-At ine hepuh-
seeing held 90 ihis place to-
s.... .t-., ue'ee gates ana alicrnatcs
fio,, t,1,aLaH senatorial Oonrca-
tember 5th. iqn1 ,f,. '' ''l-
Rlcuvo,.n r,,s..,.,,.....
70 i'i0
Neiegetes-Dr. D. W. Holly. ". G.. Tav-
r. ~. ','', v 4. 4, u, Legs NJ smith.
Alternatcs \ ill., ~ '.o,e.
p. W. Blondeu Geo M Efi..,-. p.,,'
Stewart, ". " Bickicv. g.. r. Ts,lor
GLAnENfLLE DISTRICT
Delegates ID rbo-,.... a. OPP. ,..,
gore. q. p S. Rafle, n n 49,. ~.
" Renfro. simon not.on. \ ~.
Noah D. smith. grass
Ateruates Wv N ADJ.
Rirer. i D.. LYONS S,,,,,.f 49, ',S','.
Beverly. W % Hol,6ci5 D.
Sin,o, n,ts., "a, late,
Lewis.
ROBINSON DISTRICT
nelegates-E. o. Riser. n d Sal.
Anernates w r. noiita- ',eD
Stallard, l.. r. Grcear. j. W Cren..
IlPps plsTRtc.r
nelesaies-I L. liz, y ST..
". Poucrs. b q gisrr ''e''' D
Alienates. i. Vte,rs ID T. 49,,
rant, Geo. W Mead. G e. R,it,,
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1903-08-27
NOTICE.

l have opened an establishment in
the room adjoining the telephone ex-
change, in the Ayers Building. where
am prepared to clean and press
gentlemen's clothing in first class
style. All work guaranteed. Give
me trial MACK PATTON.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1903-08-27
WANTED.

BIRCH OIL, a $1,000 per gal
PENNfR0YAL OIL. a $500
per gallon.
We can supply stills and full in
formation how to make il.
Address
TsE PowELL BorASIc Co.
noN ooS. Bristol. Tenn
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1903-08-27

Az exehsge speaks OF the game Of
gossip" which is having quite a run
IN some localities in the cast. Il is
played with photographs. They are
shuifed and dealt out like cards.
Everyone in the party receiving a
photo. Ii is then the play to tell
every mean thing that can be thought
OF about the party photographed.
We know Of some localities where
that game has been played for years
without photographs.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1903-08-27

Twelve thousand people were A.
rested in Glasgow last yesr Tor usiag
obscene language. Il would not in
jure the morals Of the town IL the
police would jug" few in Big
Stone Gap occasionally for the same
oficnse.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1903-08-27

THr people Of Wise County should
eiee, a good Bosid Of Supervisors al
the November election This /. a
very important Office. aud good bust
ness men shonld be elected for this
important place
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1903-08-27

HorE i something the trusts can't
corner. When everything else fails
us we can look 10 the morrow.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1903-08-27

Tue official statistics in Rnssia
show that 100000 children be-
tween the age If aud IA receive
absolutely no education.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1903-08-27

THr water question is the one that
is interesting the people Of Big Stone
Gap most At the present time.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1903-08-27
ssrs- .r Apvxwr,S,se.

The above rate. are Tor standing advertise
meats cnly.
"iocsl AsvrHrisEsKErs viii be shsre-
ed FOR 81 TIE rate q 5 cents per line for each
Insertion.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1903-08-27

AccoRuiSo 90 an eastern authority
London is greatly behind the United
States in transportation faciliiies
London 10 her street traffic l. like
New York in she day. Of the horse
car, and fails 10 evidence any psrtieu.
lar desire for improvement.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1903-08-27

Tus postoihce department estab.
iished during thc lat month 2.455
fnrsl free delivery routes The total
number of routes established for the
entire hscal year ended June so. 1908.
was 1904. Il &. announced At the
department that there is remaining
unsllot'ed OF the appropriation Tor the
present fiscal year sufficient sum 70
establish about 1000 additional
routes.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1903-08-27

n a locsl election last week in
Wis county the Republicans were
victorious. Bot this is not 70 he
.ANen a. forecast Of the sppsoseh-
rag elections ia the Ninth District
oecS1se Wise is the banner Repub-
mean eonn'y.-.ibi,y,ioa I-irgiaiaa.
The election being Republieaa
Primary IL wss expected thu, they
would be victorious
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1903-08-27

LAsr year the Illinois Central
railroad earned for,y.Gve million one
hundred aud foIty-6se thousand dol.
Lars. tsi5.i45,ooO) The figure. are
appalling ia their magnitude. Il
was ss,32As7o greater than las,
year its operating expenses and
taxes were ssl,7si.oOo being S..
9iS.660 more than las; year
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1903-08-27

fon the frst time sinoe 1863 the
postoihce department. with the issu-
ance OF the new series Of stamps IN
preparation viii make use II the
American flag In one Of the designs
The will be part Of the two-ceut
stsmp. which by the way. will bear
little resemblance 20 the ono now
current.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1903-08-27

Aro,r an things else the town
should have pure aud sufficient
supply Of water We can do without
most anything else better, besides
the growth. health and happiness Of
the place depends largely upon tho
kind sud quality Of our water supply.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1903-08-27

IasHr are only four states in the
union "h'eh have not been disgraeed
BY lsnching within their borders.
these states are Massachusetts,. Rhode
Island. Utah aad New Hsmp.hir,
The secofSs sho~ from 1885 10 1900
q Ps''ed o. 6as lisle Over sneea years
that 2al6 lynehings have occurred
IN The Caited States. less beine ne
gross. sol ahise. "a Ina;aas. o
Chinese asd : Msxieaps. Tha, !.
an average q owes $50 per yesr.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1903-08-27

Mist Va. August 2g-At the Repub.
lioan Mass Meeting held at this place Co.
day, the following delegate. and alternate.
we're elected Go thc Senatorial Coprca.
ton 90 De held az Big Stone Gap on Sen.
temhcr 9th. fqiI viz.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-10-27

didn't know" who got the schWab check for a trifie of $7,191 ,T94.4S; he did not inspect the share certificates; he protested once or twice" against the use of his name in the financial operations, but was told that he was helping the organization was true. His name was it's chief asset, MT Nixon should have stuck to "mak- ing ships, not securities" He can do that.-New York World.
 But does Addicks care anything for snubs? His career in the Bay state shows him to be about as inyulnerable to snubs and severe criticism as a. rhinoceros is to a bean-shooter. With all of the effrontery of an egotist who feels that he is able to buy his way, paying cash on the nail as he goes, he has pursued his course in Delaware until he stands at the forefront of the republican party. He has been snubbed time and again, but after each snubbing he has bobbed up serenely, and captured few more offices and 8 little more patronage. thus putting himself nearer to his desired goal of seat in the United States senate Savannah News.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-10-27
rmstrument for Mariners.

Mariners have been unable to deter mine latitude and longitude when the horizon was hidden, even though sun, moon or stars might be shining, Com mander Campbell Hepworth. c. B., has now made 1t easy to obtain the altitude 'of any heavenly body without seeing the natural horizon. He attaches to the sextant an artificial horizon, which consists essentially of contact maker operated by plummet and so adjusted that the circuit will be closed and a bell rung when a slit of the horizon glass is fn alignment with the observers eye and the sensible horizon.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-10-27

Cuba expects to show an exhibit of specimens at the St Louis exposition which will cause genuine surprise. 1t Is we'll known that many metal ores exist in Cuba. and from time to time
 sporadic attempts have been made to exploit the mining resources of the is land, but owing to conditions which need no explanation Cuba has found
 it extremely difficult to attract the att tention of outsiders to her mineral re sources. At the world S fair she will show copper, iron, particularly mag netic iron, manganese, zinc and silver ores Copper mining has. been carried on in Cuba for centuries. Formerly it was the custom to manufacture such cannon as the Spanish garrisons re- quired from the native copper pro- ducts. Santiago de Cuba is the prov ince richest in minerals, though sew eral other provinces give promise of excellent development in that respect.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-10-27
HEARD IN PASSING

Importing Welsh miners under con tract is such a fragrant violation of the alien contract law that only perjured jury can prevent the punishment of the firms guilty of it. The forty con- tract immigrants under arrest in Phil adelphla are but small number of those who have been brought into the mining districts for the purpose of cut ting down the rate of wages. Bridge port Farmer.
 Chicago merchants have posted mo- tices forbidding employees from playing the races or. gambling in other ways A man who has kept a book on various tracks and been on the inside of the business says the smaller race tracks would be forced out of existence were it not for the small investments of salesmen, clerks and mechanics. There are other forms of gambling also that would soon become extinct were it not for the small investors. Bridgeport Telegram.
 It is quite possible that William J. Bryan may lose the bequest of his de ceased friend, Philo s. Bennett, on legal technicalities. It is easier to break will than to make one which will stand breakage. But, however that may be, Mir Bennett's sanity will remain clear and Mir Bryan's ethical right to the bequest undoubted There is not the slightest reason why MT Bryan should not accept a gift honest ly made by loved and loving frfend.- New Britain Herald
 Mir Nixon's testimony in the ship yards. trust inquiry yesterday revealed little that was new of the financing of a failure. His statements seem to indicate that he moved in a happy haze of millions throughout the period of the trusts formation; he really
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-10-27
VOLCANOES.
Outbreak of Subterranean Fires Can Re Counted on to Occur with
 Considerable Regularity.


 Mount Vesuvius was active again last month, after long period of in- ternal rumblings, but it's activity was neither strange nor unexpected AL though not in 8 state of continual erup- ton, this volcano pours forth lava with unusual frequency. It's most disastrous eruption was rivaled last year by the explosion of Mont Pelee in Martin tque. Within twelve months Strom- boli, in Sicily, Santa Maria in Guate- mala, .Colima in Mexico, and less known volcanoes in Samoa and other parts of the world have been active.
 The outbreak of the subterranean Ares, says the Youths Companion, can be counted on to occur with consider able regularity. Year in and year out the newspapers will contain just about so many reports of volcanic life; just as, one century with another, the num- Der of disasters from flood and storm will average the sameS shipwrecks will recur with uhchanging frequency, and crimes of violence will repeat them selves with substantial uniformity
 To the student of statistics the round of repetition seems to go on unceasing- Iy, this year repeating last year, and so on back to the beginning But as sHowells has well said in one of his wise and phi1osophic poems, the round Is spiral and each year finds the human family little higher in it's struggle upward, even though the phenomena of inanimate nature may persist with apparently unvarying regularity.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-10-27
Too Much of a Strain.

A good story is told of Prof. Jebb. In the classroom Immediately above his own, Prof. Veiteh lectured on logic. One day the peroration of the professor of logic was greeted with such rapturous applause that 1t brought down some pieces of ceiling in the room below As the bits of plaster dropped about his room. Prof, Jebb quietly remarked: Gentlemen, our premises will not sup port the conclusion of the professor of logic"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-10-27

The sugar trust, having bought a controlling interest in its competitor, the beet sugar trust, the fight so long Waged between the republican factions over Cuban reciprocity will probably cease. The reduction in the duty on sugar for which Cuban reciprocity pro vides, will give the combined trust an enormous bonus, amounting to millions of dollars on all the raw sugar i'm ported from Cuba, and, under the or dinary laws of trade, the price of re fined sugar should decline at the same ratio. But the trust is so fully pro- tected by the duty of about 1A cents a pound on refined sugar that the for eign article can hardly be imported here to compete with the trust, writes our Washington correspondent
 Freight, tariff duty and other charges make the cost of importing foreign re- fined sugar about equal to the trust price. If raw and refined sugar paid the same duty, the trust would have to reduce it's price accordingly and the consumers of the United States would buy their sugar at retail for at least one cent pound less than they now pay for 1t. That is the reason the democrats in the last congress pro posed and passed through the house of representatives the amendment to the Cuban reciprocity bill abolishing the extra tariff duty on refined sugar, which is technically called the discrim- mating duty. When the Cuban reef procity measure comes up at the com ing session of congress the democrats will offer the same amendments. How many republicans will be found voting with them? The issue will be plain one-the trust or the people.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-10-27
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1903.


 We notice that some of our Connec- ticut contemporaries are getting caught by that Mary J. Thompson let ter from California and thus giving a fine free advertisement to an egg pre- server.-Hartford Post.
 Yes. and some of them that are old enough and have been in business long enough to know better They will give cut of town concerns a quarter or half column write up free of charge, ard charge the home consumer a dol lar line. And the funny part of it is that the out of town fellows almost demand these free notices, and give as their reason for being entitled to them that in doing business out of town they cannot compete with the home men. Mere the reason we think, why the foreign advertisers should be made to pay for what they get.