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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1903-09-10

TaE Richmond Tsmes- Dispatch
says that one Of the Prestiest fights
for nomination in Virgins next
fall will be the one which will be
PULLED of by Hon. w. F. Rhea, and
Hon. J. G. wysor for the honor Of
leading the Democrats in the contest
for the sea, now held by Hon. Camp
bell Slemp. iron the Ninth District.
Il Is certain that Judge RheR viii
want 10 try conclusions with Colonel
SicmP sgsin. Il don't know yet.
was the response Of Mr. wysor, when
! asked him the other day II he would
be candidate Then he added ia
his Enthusiastically frank way: "Bui
expect will"
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1903-09-10

Sm TnoNAs LsrroN - in despair
aud issimates that there may never
he smother contes, Tor the American
cup. We sympathike with him in
has defeat. bot would remind him tha,
the American people have very
high regard Tor a gentleman who
has showR 50 mach pluck snd de
tesmsnation. and whether he ever
races for the cup sgAin or not. be
can point 70 us AID say that We are
his friends sn all truth aud sincerity.
lie h~s made gallant light aud de-
feat bat raises him 10 our estimation.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1903-09-10
CORPORATION
COMMISSIONERS,

After q stop OF some six hoars IN
Bristol Nessrs. Henry Fairfax. Bev-
erly I. Crump AMI II. Q. Stuart.
composing the State Corporation
Commission. left yesterday morning
at seven o'clock over the Virginia
and Southwestern Railroad for APP
palachis, a special train Of the Nor
folk and Western being placed at
their disposal. From Appslschis
the Commissioners were taken over
the Louisville and Nashville road to
the border line Of Kentucky and
brought back TO Big Stone Gap.
where they spent last night. This
morning they will travel over the
Louisville and Nashville past Apps-
lscbla aud on 20 Norton. where Su-
perintendent johnson. Of the Norfolk
and Western. will meet them. taking
them on over this road 20 Bluefeld.
thence to Rsdfcrd. where the main
line will be taken TO the East.
Between Norton and Blue6eld. over
the branch line OF the Norfolk aud
Western. the Commissioners will
have, an opportunity TO witness the
burned Craigen tunnel. Fire in this
place has hampered the road for the
past week. the greater part Of the
travel being sent over the Louisville
and Nashville TO the Virginia and
Southwestern and transferred at Bris-
tot. The Commissioner are engaged
in making their annual inspection OF
railroad properties Throughout the
State, having recently returned from
a trip over the Chesapeake and Ohio,
Southern and Sraboard Air Line rail-
ways. and the North Carolina exten-
sion Of the Norfolk and Western.
General Manager John b. Newton
aud Superintendent McCue. Of the
v. aud : w Railroad. accompanied
the Commissioners from Bristol to
/ Appalaohis, and thence over the
Louisville aud Nashville-Busi0.
/ Hcracd
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1903-09-10

this vicisisy declare this 10 be the
fact. The main Isnd owners in this
territory are the international Hsr-
vester Company. Chicago: the Vir-
GINA Coal and Iron Company. the
virginis Coal and Coke Company.
the Imboden Coal aud Coke Com
pany. the Keystone Coal aud Iron
Company. the Interstate Investment
Company. OF Louisville. KY; the
Calvin Psrdce Company. Philadel-
phia; the Black Mountain Coal and
Coke Company. Of Bristol. Tenn.
with several other smaller companies.
The Cumberland Valley division
Of the Louisville and Nashville rail
road runs with the Cumberland aud
Stone Mountains. and are now build
ing and constructing belt line Of
railroad extending from the main
trunk line up through the gorge Of
the Pennington Gap. up the north
fork Of Powell's river 20 the Pocket
and Crab Orchard valleys; also uE
Pigeon Fork Greek. $ branch o.
Roaring Fork Of Powelrs river.
These two lines are TO be connected
here in Crab Orchard Valley thu:
forming a complete ring or belt line
Of railroads passing directly through
these two famous gaps in the range
Of the Cumberland Mountains.
The Imboden Coal and Coke Com
pany Is now constructing a lsrgi
coke plant and mining town Of
Pigeon Fork Greek. The railroad 4
the plant Is nearly completed now
and the Black Mountain Coal an,
Coke Company is preparing TO cree
a coke plant and mining town in tn
Pocket valley.
Several other coke plants are ex
pectcd 10 soon be commence here.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1903-09-10

No single industry is developing
with gfeseer rapiditY than 10 the
manufacture Of cement From a
total production in 1892 Of S.75S.-
e2l barrels the business has grown
60 production o. &c. 43T. SO barrel.
in 1902 We are rapidly coming e.
the cement age. u Is taking the
place Of wood. tile brick aud stoae ia
all directions.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1903-09-10
DEMOCRATIC
MASS MEETING

The Democrats Of Wise county moi al
thc court house Monday. we're called 10
order boy County Chairman q. D. Bruce.
uho briefly stated the object Of the meet
ing 90 De tho election Of County Chairman
aud County Committee. The selection Of
delegates aud aiternat,s to The Lcrisla-
tive Convention. aud such other matters
as thc assembly might think proper 10
consider.
Ccn. d. A. Arcrs was elected chairman.
aud w n. Eads secretary ot The meeting
on motion oi Is. O.. levine The several
marirtorial districts retired into separate
places and selected five members each Co
constitute the County Committee. aud
three delegates and three alternate each
Oh Represent ttc county boz she Legislative
Convention to hc held at time and place
not 'ct determined. but Co Dee agreed upon
b' che Chtitmcn ri Dickinson and Wise
Couutcs--eith che suggestion chat said
convention Doe held 40 Wise Court -hous,
ou ihc .2nd day of september
The matter 90 selecting candidate foi
the State Senate WAS ZEN Co ho dctcrmin-
cd hf the County Committee.
COUNTY COMMITTEE.
Liprs pisirici-lohu NJ. Hiliman. Geo
". Han. j ~ Cauco. Dr.. q - Ashury
aud % a Horne
1laieviiie District Wnhurn Sparks
T W h fultou. DE- N. hiicore. %. p. bruce
and nr. ~. D.. Staliard
Richmond nstrict-j. h. Tate. 3. $
Brooke. q q. Chilly. ". i. hor-lcy, ant
I a. 3 Nianton.
Robinson District -wnImra Buuham
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1903-09-10
RICH COAL.
Crab Orchard Veins Among
the Richest In This
Region.

Region.
CpAn OnCHAnn, Va, Sent. s.
Nearly al of the fine coal lands Of
this section Of country are owned by
capitalists snl organized companies
This valley. which beeins AZ the
gorge IN Big Stone Gap. where the
Louisville aud Nashville aud Viz.
ginia Southwestern railroads pass
through from Big Stone Gap 20 Ap.
palaehia depot, embraces territory
Of about 6iy miles ia length by
thirty IN width. ia Wise aud Lee
counties. Va. and Harlan county.
ny. In this territory the fnest coal
veins sud hacst timber 70 he fouad
on earth today exist.
Twenty-Five veins Of separate coal
sesns are foaad from base 20 top Of
the Black Mountain.
OF these separate veins o. coal
there are eleven fre. thick. vsiashle
seams discovered. aud one 81 these
veins measures fourteen iees thick
This sesm l. located on Eii3h Davis
lsnd ON a creek ia Clover i.ick Val
ley in Hsrlsa county. abou, twelve
miles north u Crab Orchard Valley.
This iine. sslsstle. thick seam "
ocsi uatesi,es the Crab Orchard Val.
Icy. ia Lee cpsnsy. Va Coal experts
who have s<>d prospecting dsia
and drilled ssvsssl hssds<d feet ~
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1903-09-10

\ farewell county Republican,
who WAS here to-day. said he could
not explain the failure Of the Virgin.
ia Republicans thus far TO make nom
nations for the General Assembly.
There are some candidates, but the
Republicans have not generally nom
mated, a. Representative slemp said
they would do. IL viii be recalled
that ia May last Mr.. Slemp stated
publicly that a nominee would be put
OPP iu every legislative district. Il is
agreed that Mr.. Slemp thought he
spoke truly, but il IS by no means
certain that his fcllow-lesders in Vir.
ginia want much increase in numbers
Of che rank and file. Il would make
too much showing II tho pie counter.
Mr. slemp is the only one Of them
who needs numbers. a. he has 90
come back to Congress by Repub-
lican majority. and will not retain
HE place through favor Of the admin
istration - Richmond Ttmes-D Die
match.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1903-09-10
BACK FROM The COAST.

Mrs. J. \. Esser and Miss Esser
of Dorchester, Miss Bailey. Of Hall
tax. N0via Scotia. Mf. aud Mrs
Bailey aud children. Of Stonega, al
returned on the vestibule this morn.
ing from the Virginia Coast. The,
went over 20 their respective home,
on the afternoon tFain.-Brsstot Coz.
ricr "a inst.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1903-09-10

TBr harvest ct this yesr in the
Argentine Republic is unprecedented.
Exact data cannot be obtained. but
the best estimates show that the crop
Of corn (maiae) will be approximately
$4,000 tons. of which 1000. geo
vii be retained for home consump-
ton and seed.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1903-09-10

foxrr y~sf- sgo the a~gro had not
fcot Of land ~, . roof over HE
head Nov tbers are is0.oo0 FARMS
osne@ by negroes szlaei nj $3.50
ooo. o00; ise. zoe homes outside the
farm ownership valued at 1906. 000,
600 and personal property valued q,
xlcs.ooe, Gee So. starting from.
nothisg. here = SO accommodation q
nearly fsec. sea. eeo. whea the work
began. not res eeas u the Negro
<daiss d the sessh conla read o.
write To-day 80 PER cent can do 20.
There ara soc eoIered physiei.ns in
practice, 500 lawyers sna 10000
aphsel ,>s<hes.. Tx<y ex. Sad rrs-
~ - ee@-Pees<s .s& ss.xaziae-.
~ = : ~sseskses ssve<1.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1903-09-10

TINS Mississippi valley IS $500
miles wide in It's widest part. between
the Alseghsnies aud the Rocky noun
tsins. its length is 1900 miles and
its eres $4,000 square miles.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1903-09-10

THEy say John d Rockefeller.
fortune has shrunk 20 the tune Of
$50. zoe, GOO. Il that l. 50 we will
have 10 quit using oil altogether
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1903-09-10

DoS'r forget that every dollar you
pay 10 your home merchant may
some day find it, way back 20 you.
whereas If you send IL to the city you
simply kiss Il an eternal gooiby.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1903-09-10

Trx Usitsd ssssss department q
labor fsds that The average advance
IN price Of luuber aud building ma
terisis from 1899 to 1909 e 100 per
cent.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1903-09-10

srcnErAR, Of War Root will leave
the cabinet January aud will be
succeed by Governor William n.
Taft Of the Philippines. Judge Taft
will in turn he succeeded a. governor
Of the Philippines by General Luke
+. Wright. the present vice governor
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1903-09-10

TINS Scientific American says that
the heaviest train load ever hauled
by one locomotive was recently ~
ported \ train Of eighiy-four loaded
cars. weighing IT, the aggregate :
TST tons. WAS hauled a distance OF
63 miles. at the rate Of I 3 miles per
hour.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1903-09-10

STk THouAs didn't get the cup. bat
he 60, a LOT OF free advertising jus,
the same.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1903-09-10

THKnE is hardly enough water left
ia those New York trust stocks 10
fioat ship
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1903-09-10

Soda water. lemonade. coca cola,
crushed ffuit ices, ice cream and soda
Toe cream. aud np-to date cold drinks
At Taylor Bros.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1903-09-10

ATTORNEY FoLK Is certainly max
ing the lions rear on, in Missouri.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1903-09-10

Sosr wicked fellow has said that
the trouble with Carrie Nation is
that she cannot let whisky alone.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1903-09-10
FOR SALE.

We have for sale hay, chop and
corn at reasonable prices. Call ard
see a.. We are also dealers ia coal.
j. B. PArrzRsox Il Co.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1903-09-10

IHE enrren, wages ia Cubs sre
gwen IN the table annexed. The day
is ten houfs and payment is made 10
Snsni.h sold
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1903-09-10

sr<d B-sss;;-t Sisis> h<s<. s:ed % Tuesday
morning AZ = o'clSck. she he'd only been
fs~ dxvs sick. fstesuert a. Big Stoee
Can "Wednesday
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1903-09-10
sArs- es Apvssrrsrse-

The above rates ar. Cor standing advertise
meats eniy.
ed for Al the rate of 5 cents per line for each
Insertion.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-08-27
HERO OF THE SHIP YARDS.
lie Saved n Fellow n. Life il
~. NfaL ~ Ttu,a

lie Saved n Fellow ma Life in
the Nick of Time.
The heroes are not all dead yet, al
though we may not hear so much Of
them In this strenuous age. The Phil
adelphla Telegraph prints the story Of
a man who risked his life deliberately
to save Il fellow workman whom he
did not know even by sight. The hero's
name Is James Stein. lie is foreman
Philadelphia. When he was praised
for his courage. he exclaimed: "Pshaw,
WHAT'S the use Of making so much
talk about IT, | did II TO save the
company a lawsuit" The story is as
follows:
4 boiler, weighing sixty-four tons,
was about 10 be lowered into the hold
Of a steamship in the big s%hlpyard.
rhe crane in use, which can lift Il
weight Of one hundred tons as easily
as a college girl lifts a wooden dumb
bell, was swinging its great arms to-
ward the monster boiler. eighteen feet
In circumference. Perched on the top
of the boiler was a workman, a poor
Norwegian who speaks little English
and understands less. His back was
toward the crane. He did not see it,
nor did anyone else until 1t was with
in two feet of him. IL the arm of the
giant crane struck him 1t would crush
him as a hammer would an eggshell,
or brush him off. Twenty feet below
was the ground. strewn with jagged
pieces Of iron, to fall on which meant
serious injury, If not death.
The workmen below saw the danger
and shouted. The Norwegian turned
halfway round and saw the crane
coming. 1t was death either way, and,
paralyzed with fear, he collapsed.
At this critical moment, when every
one else had lost his head, one man
was there who knew what to do, and
did 1t. Although he was twenty feet
away when the impending doom over
the man was first seen, he cleared the
space in less than two seconds and
stood amid the Jagged iron.
Jump for your life! It's your only
chance.' he cried, and braced himself
TO catch the falling man, while the
crowd held its breath. The two men
came together with an impact so great
that both were picked up unconscious,
but both recovered.
II was an example of cool grit, clear
Judgment and prompt action.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-08-27
Telling Trees Ages,

THE only accurate way 10 estimate
a trees age is by the measurement of
Its girth.' said a botanist. "rhe count
ing of the rings Of %oxogenous trees
can only be applied to such as are cut
down in their prime, for these trees,
when they begin to die, cease to add
their yearly rings. Girth measurement
is the only safe guide to the age of
trees.
Hence, all over the world, botan-
lists have now for some years been
measuring trees of known and un-
known age, compiling thus, a volume
of statistics that will become more and
more valuable as 1t increases in size.
THE yew is the longest-liyed of
trees. Three feet a century, u sta
tistics show, is its normal growth. Ac-
cordlng to this rule, the Fortingal yew,
Of Scotland, which was SO feet in
glrth In 1869, must have lived over
1,S00 years. The Tisbury yew, In Dor
setshire, is 81 feet in girth, and should
be, therefore. 100 years old.
There is Il table Of the age of oaks
that differs from this. 1t Is not a very
satisfactory table, but 1t was compiled
from trees of known age, and. there
fore, 1t is. statistically, very valuable.
According to 1t, a ~40-year-old oak had
a circumference of eight feet; SO years,
10 feet; 100 years. is feet; 200 years,
20 feet; $50 years. ~ feet; 300 years.
SO feet."-Philadelphia Record.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-08-27
THE CEDARS OF LEBANON.
Only n Few of These Historic Trees
Now

There are only about 400 eedars of
Lebanon now remaining high up on the
rocky slopes. Hadrian sculptured his
imperial anathema against all who
should cut these sacred trees; the Marc
mite peasants almost worship them and
call them the "cedars of the Lord and
a recent governor of the Lebanon has
surrounded them by a great wall so
that the young shoots may not be in
jured by rowing animals. Yet, century
by century, their number grows less.
But if the cedars are few In number
these few are of royal blood. They
are not the largest of trees. though
some of the trunks measure over forty
feet AROUND. Their beauty lies in the
wide spreading limbs, which often GOV
er a circle 200 or 800 feet in circumfer-
ence. Some are tall and symmetrical,
with beautiful horizontal branches:
others are gnarled and knotted, with
inviting seats in the great forks and
charming beds on the thick foliage of
the swinging boughs.
The wood has n sweet odor, is very
hard and seldom decays. The vitality
of the cedar is remarkable. A dead
tree is never seen, except where light
ming or the ak has been at work. Of
ten a great bough of one tree has
grown into a neighbor, and the two
are so bound together that 1t is impos-
sible 10 say which is the parent trunk.
Perhaps the unusual strength and vi
tally of the cedars are due 10 their
slow growth. When a little sprout
hardly waist high is said TO be ten or
fifteen or twenty years old one cannot
help asking, What must be the age of
the great patriarchs of the grove? 1t
is hard TO tell exactly. By the aid OF
a microscope | have counted more than
700 rings on a bough only thirty inches
In diameter. Those who have studied
the matter more deeply think that some
of these trees must be more than n
thousand years old. Indeed, there is
nothing wildly improbable in the
thought that perhaps the Guardian, for
instance, may have been a young tree
when Hiram began cutting for the tenn
pie at Jerusalem.-Lewis Castor Leary
In Scribner's.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-08-27
The That TaIked Like a Man

In John Ashton's Curious Creatures
of Zoology" there is a quotation from
"a little Latino booke printed at Wen
ma in the yeare 155t' which tells a
most wonderful story. Ashton quotes
as follows. There was found in a
move or rycke of corn almost as many
snakes, adders and other %serpentes rs
there was sheafes. so as no one sheaf
could be removed but there presently
appeared a heape of ougly and fierce
%serpentes. The countrie men deter
myned TO set fire upon the barne and
SO attempted TO do, but in yaine, for
the straw would take no fire, although
they laboured with all their wits and
policye TO burn them up.
AT last there appeared unto them at
tlle top Of the heap n huge great ser
pente, which lifted up his head and
spake with a mans yoyce to the eoun-
trie men. saying. Cease to prosecute
your devise. for you shall not be able 10
accomplish our burning, for wee were
not bredde by nature. neither came we
here of our owne accord, but were sent
by God 10 take yengence on the SHINES
of men,"
Ashton leaves us in the dark as to
wlut the ''countrie" men did. but it Is
natural TO suppose that they surren-
dered nj once.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-08-27
Should lie Have Proposed.

In his dainty story, 1.-The Require
ments of the Situation, in the Au-
gust "McClure's,n George Hibbard
puts an interesting and debatable
case. A man loves a girl and has rea-
son to believe that "A proposal would
be acceptable. But instead of smooth
ing the hero's path 10y, say, the hoary
device of allowing him to perform
some valorous service for his sweet
heart, such as saving her life, the au-
thor reverses the usual method by
making the girl save the mans life.
Is a proposal still in order? How
will the girl interpret it? How are
the requirements of the situation to
be met? The authors solution is
clever and unexpected,
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-08-27
CORPORATION Banks.

The largest banks in New York are,
for all practical purposes, corpora
ton banks. Some of them frankly
state that they do not cart for small
customers, by which is meant deposit
tors whose accounts average from one
to twenty thousand dollars; and all
of them cultivate principally the
business of the larger corporations
and of QUITO town banks, says Prof.
Chas. j. Bullock in the "Atlanticn
for August. These features of their
policy entail certain important re-
suits, 1t is a we'll known fact that
deposits of a small or moderate size
are more stable than millionaire
accounts, which are likely to be
drawn down very rapidly when money
is high. Only a short time ago one
of the big banks was notified, an hour
before closing for the day, that a
check for s., 200, 600 had been drawn
against a large account. With "a
little diminishing so a reliable
financial paper states, "the situation
was met in a few minutes; - but the
incident illustrates the conditions
under which the operations of such
institutions must be conducted. The
same tendencies exist also in the case
of the deposits by country banks.
At the approach of anything resem-
bling a panic these are withdrawn
with great rapidity so that they have
been justly called the explosive ele-
ment'' of our banking system. 1t is
evident, therefore, that more than or
binary conservatism will be required
if the the largest banks are to exer-
else a steadying influence in times of
actual or impending danger.