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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1906-04-12

Mr. Id. Kits. one 90 tne Oid-
..r ,snr.n. of Hich.aui- sou
dead ou the street. ln i,ith'An.'s
or "Wednesday afternoon use
,g,- nlkine io Nr Watt fugaie
at lne time. anl. without "a mo-
n.nf- warming feli over dead.
HE WAS about SD years oi age
and stood high in the esuma
fion of his ueighoors. iie was
+ father to Frank. ana tn' l''
lanes Kits. of This community
The burial takes place todet "a
F Richlands. 80 Inn ch y allie
News.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1906-04-12
ANDREW JOHNSONs GRAVE.

a. Is noteworthy news ina,
eanoress. after these I'm p y
,,.,rs is to take charge OF tne
.,ot where President Johnson
- buried aud make it "a national
rsneierv. subject 20 all the
Kind care and thoughtful atteh-
rioo that Uncle sam oestoW :.
m,nn his -cities of the dead
Ssvs the Bristol Courier Pres.
! i5ent Johnson died in 1870, anc
aIl the wears since his remains
have slept on "A high hill IN al
/ old neglected field overlooking
ltbo town of GreenVllle. 4
lhandsome monument, upon IN
ton of the shaft of which
4, mounted an eagle with ou
: stretched wings, marks CD
/ resting place of this man Oh u
|, heranf Greatness. His rise troI
y lthe humblest walks OF NE
!; ltbe presidency of the Onit'
- states, in spite of the tact tn
=. he could not read until aiIer
"a had grown to manhood, Oree
"A a thought that is full of rich
- sniration, emphasizing the p
~ sibilities that lie out before
- men of mind and heart "
on and determination.
ar AS a man, Andrew johns
re was a tailor, but 1t was not
meath his dignity TO do
atd honorable work for a living
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1906-04-12
BRIDGE AND RAILROAD.
Interesting Talk About Ohio River b''0Se
and 4 New Railroad.

.Tbe Detroit. Toledo ana /
Ironton line into the hen'ucAs /
coaI fields will be constructed
Ills summer. and. with the
.o,,,letion of the Irouton-Ash-
1oa5 hrid0e. we will have I'M
,,,erselv valuable transporta.
tion facilities TO the hoI'n'
saws Eugene zimmerman pres
ident of the d., u. x J., WHO
was i'm Cincinnati Yesterday,
Air zimmerman denied that
his line had suffered reverses in
the bridge project, and said tna'
the reports that it's construec',io io'
had been abandoned were RAISE $,
b. ~The line i'm Kentucky. wh.ii'
financed bv the ID, ]. N j. DID
terests will be owned 10y a sep
. arate company continued N'
F. Zin,marman. 1 will, of course
.- be largely interested m p
n tbough / can't say who Will D.
M the head of 10. The line WI
.e tap the richest coal regions
U Is entucky. am ono
re members of "a syndicate ga.
,e owns 350.000 acres of coal ia'
: i'm that region.
et "Some of the coal that
th brought up 90 Ashland VIII,
3oubf be shipped down the rI
err but by far the greater p,
of il will 20 north over the
Il. x /.
For Il expect that the bridge a
the new line will be both ga
nleted i'm ayear. The survey
om the new line has been IN
ere than two-thirds finished
,ad active construction will oe GO
ute menced i'm the spring. '
orv cinnati Commercial Tribune
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1906-04-12
OIL DEVELOPMENT
peoor, al Doiugs in This Liae go tas'ef'
Kentucky.

Lexington. KY. Aprh '.-
Ou development VIII ul1e' 80
Am expansion IN the Eastern, .
Kentucky fields this spri"s ANA +
-,n,n,er During the winter
+E-a,-ll has been rather quiet, F
/ axcent in the more proven spot7' f
/ lam, nrenaratiOns are now under +
way for drilling some ne" l1'.
,.,torv. and a widening oul ol
me pools will be attempted.
+ Tbe New Domain Oll and GAS
/ Cnmpanv .Standard), has main
tained several drilling rigs I'D
the Flovd and Knot fields Hus-
, inc the winter, but very '','N
. work Is being done there oS
other concerns. Several Ne"
lonerators will now drill m sec
- Mons of the field as soon az riS'
: 49,, he taken into that region.
: one OF the several late He''''
7, which have an important oe"'
I, mo on future developments il
- the Flovd and Knot regions wa
- the nurchase few days ago @
,viI6 600 acres of leases IN ll
- Flovd county field, by O. D.
erl Dimic. The leases were o"he
lie bv Wallen x Day. Inc Pro
he Dects are bright for the drum !,
IN IF a number Of tess wells on u
for property, and as the work w w
he hf. of the wildcat KIND, mus
.cb interest is attached. The ne
ON territory contains strong ms
~ cations of oil. Other operate
are attempting extensions
Mr. ward Pike county, whle on
the lett fork of Beaver creek q
ND on Johns creek, several r
Sar. have been planted prepar.a,,s.''
At to doing some test aTllln .
,kv Some work was undertaken
aino the Pike county side last }
orth but nothing of a definite nat
This resulted. :
ould The Eastern Kentucky
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1906-04-12
CLOSING OF ApPALAcHA SCHOOL,

The Richmond District High
School at Appalachia, viii close
April 18th.
Public examinations We'd
nesdav and Thursday, April
nth and 18th.
All pupils are expected TO
take these examinations. No
pupils viii be promoted unless
/ they attend their examinations
and make a satisfactory grade
Entertainment Friday night
$50. Free TO all. Concert SAT
urday night $50. Admsst&nee'
Z children Zoe, adults zoe.
: VIM. c. Patton, Prin
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1906-04-12

Mn. Aprl meeting of the Ap.
r,lachia- nman Home Mission
~,ci.tv vaa hell April ith 40
Mrs Whifcheai's RESIDENCE a'
lnman. flr president rres'tnE-
~eNen members responded TO
r,N raU One member. Mrs.
F r.l'. ,nas added aud mo
heartily welcomed oN tne SOC
ei.fv Due. collected were etl.lu
Money paid on thc 9loo con
.necuoual fund Slou. masking
IrfO ODD we have raised $50 iat.
|Onr local as9essmeut was rl 90.
|lN. had three very welcome
s. I,,.ifor- Rev H. b. Wilson,
,|alrs Nuddimau and Mrs Dr
+. Holly Leaflets were read ANA
- ALSO monthly uui -ln sent oN
.sIrs. Cawood A.7s Holly cA-
/. hihitei "a picture of the Baby
/. Cottage. sent by Mrs. Vile,
,s which She saws IS heated wl'fl
.c lour coal
y AGENT Our Homes has rt
,t ceived the book ordered, "Lit'
81 InI IUElnUN II. AA"AAtA.
passed around and all TOOK
Glimpse OF it. and then % wa
Started on IT'S reading mission
President reported haNln
written l3 letters, one 90 eac
fIauxiliary in regard 10 the qu'
,l we hope 20 make.
W l6 garments has been givt
'o' 10 thc poor and 3 visits made
7 sick ones. $500 expended
90, s the needy soc for Incidental
F, ,''" Bro Wilson offered a pray
nag for the annual board that NEE
'Ies ~ soon at Asheville, y. G. y
~ then adjourned GO meet WI
go. y" Mrs. Tompkins in May.
pa. The Lord has given as oe'
tiful weather for our meetin
Some of the members son
srFR times walk two miles TO
meetings.
Mrs. w. III. Tompkin'
hes Rec Sec. Pro. Il
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1906-04-12

wavlay. kill and rob them, car. y
~ The money home and report '
that he was the owner OF r'ch q
silver mine. A., /;
II must be remembered that
shard'' money (gold and sliverl
was the only money that was
NJ mar anv where in the United
/ States So these immigrants
usuallv got silver for their
n~onertv which they sold IN the
last put the silver into a bag 7
and carry it on horseback TO +
their intended home IN the 4
DDork and Bloody Ground /
Dr Horton said he knew OF /
= soveral caves in this county
p which contained old bleached
a numau homes. supposed to oe
e tbo victims of the Swift gang
lie said that Gate City. Speers
J. Fcrrv and Dufiield were mpor-
l. tant camping grounds along me
s. IA trail leading from Nortn
5 carolina and Eastern Virginia
Is to Kentucky. He also said tnat
N in connection with this robolng
a tbov did considerable counter
: feiting near where the 90" " o'
~ / Duhield now stands
,k swift was succeeded by ih'
is Nullens gang of counterteiters
Ks vbo were driven from thl
ne county many years ago, "a
Is many of our old men know.
The mineralogists OF \ nci
Docks party said it Wouia p
impossible for amy man lo e'
,a.. tract amy paying quantity
silver from the ore with cha
coal and "a small pair of oeiio"
and and If Swift and his party Do,
.l-v nosscssed n furnace or crucioi
.tea tbov could not have taken Nel
tbel much silver from tine riche
sb- ore without leaving pii sn'l
inn and sipns which could nol
rita concealed
~ >, therefore. Uncle Dock sa
'r.. I+bo Swift silver mime n oou'
who west Virginia was laAe'
d. .snare and "a delusion ' Lo'
that inp for DO i- like looking TOT
as ina not of gold at tne emu o'
that rainbow.
,tion ann told fhi- same mime
.olse baan hunted f.r ODD almost ef
ybile| county n IS lthwe-t Nirsn
in-l There may f. gold and -iiFe
sen. Southwest Virginia. lhere 3
4 N'r be plenty oi be- near Duih
,nrse buf 4 ann quite sure Do has
~ ~ been discovered and mined
Il bel An know chat private ci'
- win -or company. os for t'A
,ns of NOT allowed to com money
# theI though he may have eve
that much of the precious m
! land Certainly. there is pienl
coal and mineral in south
,,t is VIRGINIA. but ] do not oe
.in mo- tbe man Swift ever knew
he riv. thing about It, " Win
sr mart few broken remarks,
mn the subject for an ADLER spe
so I thank YOU for your
ce and attention and good oena,
ii com N'
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1906-04-12

a.. rao,llar monthly meet
n w. W. Town Council on last
f,rdav night a franchise VA WA
,~eoted 20 the Cu,hovii"nS Cu,h,ti ',,S
{k {< nt;on Company TO build ana :
~ LIN a railway within GER
:l'.,l ,, sortions of the corporation.
"a. Ia. r Irvine appeared pc
~ - tbe council, as attorney LOT
-. ~ reaction company. ana eA-
e,'e 's,e ned fully the object ana IN IN
pls .;ons - Of the corporation. lie
.es n tbat il was their intention
so'u ~, 80 work at once securing
~;o6f of ways and gee''nS
dv TO commence WoFA ="
the grading lac, week. s
.,.,s of this paper this coinp'-
~ has been granted q 0i'es' 80, -
the state Corporation Coln' C'.
~ Lon TO build an electro
- = between Big stone D'i
- norton by way OF Appa
- and Blackwood. III
g viii be built at once oe
-, BIC Stone Gap and Ap
locbia and enough none
as already been subscribed
p - tbe road 60 that place
- the company Will eNpe
nc no trouble m gett,nB .
49, funds 10 needs TO oU'iO "'
equip the road. ,. loc+r
The building of this eleS ~ ~
,,ad will be the biggest DO
this section of anything 1n
,oe occurred in "a long time.
-~il not only build up big olo
goD lint an the towns come
III .itb the line. IL Will aiie
tbo people a means OF gel,i,
from one place TO anoVl
quickly and will stimulate tr'
and business IN every llhe, "
Drofession. It's "a good IN
for this entire section, so l'
encourage and help the en'
prise I'm every way we posS'
can. n
Rruce commissioner of tne
onue for the town 90 nli the
cancv caused 10y the resigno
of S. b. Matheney.
tside from granting
street railway franchise
eiectine the commissioners I
WAS mo- business of imporu
transacted at this meet
which was adjourned TO
again ON Friday night, the
inst
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1906-04-12
PENNSYLVANIA AFTER l.. & \.
Negotiations Said to Be Under Way ro'
Southern Outlet

pittsburg. Pa. April from
official sources tits learned mere /
rbot the PENNSYLVANIA Railroad +
Companv is about 10 execute
the greatest coup I'M the history
of t6e road. obtaining con
trolling interest IN the LOUIS
willie & Nashville SO as 10 aC
ouire an entrance 20 the oouV'
and am outlet TO the Gull ior
the system which already oPe-
rates or dominates the operal-
ing of over 10000 miles OF tue
ro0st imnortant railroads east
of Chicago. .;,,
Expectation of participating
LARGELY in the traffic which is
expecfed TO flow into the Oul.
norris when the Panama cana
is completed; a desire TO oecoiil'
a factor in the expanding busl
ness of the South, and equally
potent as an influencing cause
the determination TO checkmat
moves TO the South airead
made bv its great rivals, IN
Vanderbilt and the Wabash II
1erests, are the great motive
which have led the Pennsy lV'
MIA to determine on It's repor'e
coup. -.
The means by which this 2
gantic plan is to be carried o
Is the acquisition of a contro
ing interest in the LouisVii
Roilroad of such nature as Tn
bv which the PennsylVaI
Railroad now dominates I
Baltimore & Ohio, the Nori'
and Western and other roa
In this way the Pennsylva'
would be the first OF the Ea
ern trunk lines TO the S
or a controlling line TO the (
ports. The operations Oh
Vanderbilts in the same Oil
tion. it is admitted was W
first excited the suspiclon'
the Pennsylvania's executi
and finally led them to de
mine on a checkmating pia
The project is of moment
interest to Pitssburg, for, IN
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1906-04-12
VINO SWIFT WAS.
Claimed That tie Was Leader OF oa"a
of Robbers.
lGaie Ciiy nerald)

ilfAI| ANNN At|'At't'f
7 notice the Dutlield CORE
snondent asks who the miner /
,rosnector. counterfeiter, rob
her Swift really was. 90 not
wish 10 pour cold water on the
n,inino business at Dutheid.
hut Will tell what | have heard
ohout the notorious swift.
some three or four years ago
/ Uncle Dock Horton. OF hye
/ Cove. was at my house and the
Swift silver mine was mention
IA Inv some one. The doctor
became interested at once ana
began to talk of the man SwiI1
~ said some twenty years ago
w ID. Jones, of Philadelphia
, and marty of capitalists wer'
nrospecting and making som
Investments IN this county. d.
= chance they heard of the tra-
/ lied legend of the Swift sllVS
q mine. They employed Ohcl
n Dock to go with them over I.
~ country and show them certai
,e property and help search Il
n the hidden treasures OF u
: Great Swift. But the scare
ia Was like that of Poce de Leo
St searching for the Fountain
llf Youth. \
lif They began to trace \
he Swift. and found him to De
&c leader of a band of robbers a a
,at counterfeiters from North =
of olina and Eastern Virginia
es that time Central kentuc.
or, the old settlements) was De
!. settled by people from No q
ous Carolina and Virginia.
the man Swift and his band VIC
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1906-04-12
DR.. srAmARD GOES TO DORCHESTER

DR. Stallard goes TO Dorches- /
tsr 20 take charge OF the miners
hospital which has just been
onened at that place 10y the Co
loniaI Coal < Coke Company.
The Doctor has sold his resi-
aence here and also has Once
/ bnildine TO DR.. Robert Carr:
and he and Mrs. Stallard VIII
hoard at Dorchester Wnile
. this Will be learned with regret,
II NAV be said that the Doctor
viii not entirely disassoclats
himself with Norton, but WI
| continue to practice here to
! limited extent. he Is very pop
Mar as a physician IN the tow
n and community and a mighe'
) noble man with It.
' The Doctors health mas n'
e been the very best for the pa
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1906-04-12

two or three years and tins ac-
counts in the main Tor A"e
change. his work being very
heavy here. N orton re e
Press
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-07-19
Passing of the Period.

what has happened to our old
friend the period?" remarked a man
who observes little things and has a
habit of reading advertisements. ''It
seems to have dropped out Of use al
most completely in the setting up of
advertisements lately. And to any one
who pays attention to punctuation the
absence of the full stop puzzles him a
good deal.
Here's a book ad, for instance.
Reading it as 1t is punctuated, it gives
you reason to believe that In addition
TO the author saying several compli-
mentary things about his own story he
asks you If you've read it, advises you
to and tells you what its price is. OF
course 1 know they want you to buy
their books, but l never saw one doing
this in an advertisement before.
Printers tell me it's the latest style
in composition to omit the period. If il
is it's the silliest fashion I've observed
In a long while, and I'll bet that when
that particular author sees that ad
hell think so too" New York Press.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-07-19
NEGROES WANTED
TO LYNCH NEGRO
They Were Prevented From
Doing so by the Prisoner
Being Taken Away.
WAS A BRUTAL MURDER
NEGRO AT LYNNWOOD, PA, BEAT
A COLORED MAN OVER THE
HEAD WITH A STOVE LEG AND
KILLED HER.
Publishers PreSS1

Wilmington, Del, July 1S.-En-
ragged by the brutal murder last even
ing of Jennie Jones, negro woman
by William Johns, a negro, one hun
dred and fifty Wilmington negroes
this afternoon decided to go to Lynn,
wood, Pa. where Johns had been ar
rested and committed to Jail and lynch
him. Johns killed the Jones girl by
beating her over. the head with q
stove leg.
The Wilmington police learned OF
the lynching exposition and notified
the Lynnwood authorities who remov
ed Jones from the rickety Jail al
that place to the Chester. Pa. city
prison. The Wilmington police are
keeping a sharp lookout to prevent
the lynching party from leaving Viii
mington in a body.
Johns will be brought here tomor
row under a heavy guard and confin
ed in the county workhouse pending
trial 1t was from this workhouse
that the negro White was taken by {
mob several years ago and burned a
the stake for the assault and murder
of Miss Bishop.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-07-19
The Mofar Arm chair,

Anybody who has had a good case
Of seasickness must have felt that he
would welcome the electric chair as a
relief Now an electric chair for sea
sickness has been tested on an English
channel steamer and an ocean liner.
You sit in a snug armchair. A motor
under the seat Is connected with the
ships electric current. You sit and
take vibratory treatment. Up and down
and crosswise you are shaken. Most
sitters need but one treatment. Their
tendency to seasickness is vibrated out
of them. Some need a second sitting
A few are seasick as soon as their
treatment ends. 1t Is a preventive
mark you, not cure. The theory is
that seasickness is essentially nerv,
GUS malady, and that vibration reduces
the nervousness. Certainly imagination
and expectation have much to do with
the disorder. Blessings on the new
armchair If it can block quick coming
seasickness. But many believe and
many doubt-Eyerybody's Magazine.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-07-19
The Fashionable Dinner.

Eight men exclusive of the butler are
required TO serve a dinner of twenty
four covers, one being allowed for ev-
cry three diners. Another is stationed
IN the pantry to run in" the courses.
Absolute order and silence reign
among these men. who perfectly under
stand the buffers cabalistic signs.
Electric signals pass constantly be-
tween chef and butler. From the seat
ing of guests until the ladies leave not
more than eighty-fiye minutes should
elapse. for long dinners are considered
bad form. Upon these occasions
scarcely n member of the domestic
corps escapes some special duty. The
housemaids assist the pantry maid.
After each course twenty-four silver
plates and countless small silver must
be carefully cleansed, wiped very dry
and then polished with chamois before
being put away. Nearly 200 pieces of
engraved crystal ware must be washed
and polished, aud it is too costly and
brittle to be hastily handled.-Eyery-
body'S Magazine.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-07-19
KOngO Punish ment.

A missionary recently returned from
the region of upper Kongo, in Africa,
says that he saw there a CURIOUS plat
form thirty feet high erected in front
of the head sentry's house. The latter
informed the missionary that it was a
large stage from which to shoot Loop
ards, but natives told him that it was
q torture platform. Unfortunates who
did not bring in sufficient quantities of
rubber were first beaten, sometimes al
most to death, and then taken to the
top Of the structure and compelled to
gaze at the sun until relatives brought
the necessary amount Of rubber as re-
demption.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-07-19
ROMAN MILLiONAlRES.

TIT Phenomenon of Mammoth For.
tunes Not a New Thing.
While it is not a very tangible con
ISOLATION to those of US who belong to
the less favored class commercially.
there Is at least n sort Of historic COM
fort in knowing that the phenomenon
of mammoth fortunes is not a new
thing.
A magazine writer goes back to an
cient Rome, when there were no rail-
roads or trusts or corporations, and
gives some figures on the individual
fortunes of that day which might look
attractive even to some Of our modern
plutocrats.
Seneca, the philosopher and author,
was worth $17,5O0,O00; Lentulus, the
augur, $16,600,0o0; Crassus, the poll
tician who formed with Caesar and
Pompey the first triumvirate, had a
landed estate of more than $S,00O000;
the emperor Tiberius left fortune of
Sis, zoo, 900, which the depraved Calig-
ula got rid of in less than a year. A
dozen others had possessions that ran
finto the millions.
1t is true that these Romans did not
''make" these fortunes in what we
would call regular commercial opera
lions. But they got the money. and
they held on to it, which is about all
that can safely be said Of possessions
that run into seven figures in any age
or country.
And, speaking of campaign contribu
lions and so forth, Julius Caesar once
presented the consul Paulus with $3.50,
600 merely as a token Of esteem and
coupled with the hope that Paulus
would do the right thing in a certain
political matter that was pending. The
argument was effective with Paulus
and neither he nor Caesar suffered any
In popularity.
There are many things under the
sun that are not new.-Omaha World
Herald.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-07-19
(Second Cameo

st. L. :. j 2 0 0 2 0 0 o. 5 10 1
Phil E. % 0 4 3 0 X-10 II
Smith and Hickey; Coombs, Bender
and Schreck. Umpires Hurst and
Sheridan.