The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1904-11-24

BeeC. Va. Nov. lief course esery-
bod kao~s Il <so~ed on the right Of she |
isth inst Good time for rabbit hunting. K
Floyd Powers. Of our place. has par !
chased big psif Of boots and SAYS he IL |
preparing for the sner,
Well. the election Il over aud nobody |
dead. bat somebody beat OF course. It's
a cold time to make trip up a. alt River |
:. ID. ssthsrlsad. n oar place. hiss G
cases Of measles IT his house. They are
sersiaz people awful had There l. mum
erons other eases in the vicinity.
Dr.. Noah Counts. Of Aiiy. vas rendering
his best medical services TO the victim Of
measles a ;. u. Sutherlahds last Sstur-
day and sunday.
l.. d. X. o~ens. Of Bee. Va has 6 cases
Of 40 called small Pvz At his pisee. From
the best reports from our doctors 10 il on
" q Kind Of itch or something similar.
Measles has stopped our school at this
pircs. We hope TO be able to begin again
by next week.
The Priu.atiye Baptist vii hold their
regular church meeting at sulphur
Springs Saturday sud sunday. The
church i ; miles from Ducu and , from
coiiy.
Resn Ovens. Of Rec. was visiting bis
parents and friend. around Judge last
Saturday.
Grandpa Henry Sutherland. Of Judge.
Va. has been very 40 Tor some time aud
is no better. Osing TO his age of - he j.
very weak and feeble.
y. 3. Sutherland. Of Judge. has had
some Vcss sick children and wife for some
time hut are nov cSuvsiescent. Measles
was the trouhie.
Tom Low Is preparing TO tx our people
up vith winters fuel lie Is a regular
miner aud doesn'i mind getting black.
A. J. johnson. Of cur place the regular
mail carrier from iucu 20 Stratton. pur-
chased good horse Cor the business.
The Teacher-' Association. of nickeu-
SON County. will be held AZ Yates school
house. in Kcuneds school District on
SATURDAY.. isth. We have good progra N
and an able corpse 81 teachers aud are
expecting good time.
We notice an article in the Clint wood
Times FROM Dwale, IA which he saws that
Dickinson aud an the counties In Nicgiu-
"a need a compulsory school system Now
Ne don't propose 60 take issue With the
gentlemen. but jus, -inipiy give our idea
ON the subject While the school laws Of
Virginia are defective aud need caauccs,
We do not need compulsory school iau
Nov. our public free school system was
established hy Thomas jefferson. man
| uho had more sense sud knew shat Nir-
giuiA needed better than We do and he
was a. man ~ no hclucd 60 establish frce-
dom. liberty aud justice and Pc saws We
need tree schoai .vstrm and succeeded
iu having BE- established. aud Ne should
NOT feel ourselves strong enough 10 tear
tbc pillars from under government
foundcd o., .uch mau. Ten es examine
for moment The states ct Kentucky and
Wet irgiuis. We find thc, have COM
rui-orr school lau and the, have from III
te 80 different wass hy ahich they get out
of sending Go school. So is 80 the other
states that haNe such "a lae And the "a
ucafors ui Virginia. ho arc as mane 81
those of either oi the above mentioned
states. riN cope With anv of the oncl
~hich tht, have produced Aud the az
crsEc enrolment is as good and we have
iust as good schools Whenever we adop
-nch Law we Will just double the cxpcus,
ri our school government. Beiid al mani
again school houses, pay a. many sgar
Teachers end still have no better results
THE rate OF interest iu ail the states tina
Save this law is from s 90 ~ pcs cent. au,
/ Virginia only pcr cent. Who b. % tha
paws this taA- lsit unt thc poor lahoriul
man. just boz proportion q, lc rlchf j
therr uot enough protest against hicl
faNf r. There enough pupils iu ,giuiI
uho has 400 opportunity tn aftcnd fchoo
aud does NOT affera Geo paw a. Co mcu
~uch sr expense on ouf -tater T. % pos
-fuir inr aii our people io send CO. schou
htc months each weary 10 ne have pro
Visions We bad just as sell have ire
school gotcrumcut Let our friend an
: ~vcr these questions and ee rill see VII