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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1907-11-27
A Timely Suggestion.

The Christmas shopping sea
son Is on, and many people are
puzzling thei brains in an IF
fort TO decide on a suitable
present for their various friends
and relatives, and with many
IL is also a question of how to
reach the greatest number with
only a limited amount of money
10 every body whom this pa
per reaches we suggest that
they scan our advertising col
umns. They are full of sug0es
tons, and the merchants whose
ads We carry, have lines 10 suif
the most extravagent fancy and
also the unsortunate with the
purse.
In the face of the present
money stringency, indications
point TO an unusual holiday
business, as this vicinity has
enjoyed a prosperous wear. and
the recent furry in the finance
Is dying out, and confidence is
returning and the merchants
nave prepared 10 meet a holi-
nay trade that is without a pre- I
cedent.
And in this connection il
would be we'll to say that the /
Early shopper gets the pick of (
me goods and has an oppcrtu-
atty to exchange unsatisfactory
Articles, while those who wait
intii the last moment, not onlv
ose tnis advantages, but make
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1907-11-27
Irving To Gel Permanent Exhibit.

superintendent B c. Banks.
who has charge of the Mineral
Exhibit at the jamestown Elk
position, was in this section pro
noting a plan 10 have the State
mineral exhibit transferred To
Richmond and made perman-
ent. IL is understood that at
It's next session the legislature
VIII be asked TO appropriate
f25 1000 TO cover the expense of
having the exhibit transferred
and installed.
lt Is generally believed that
the coal and iron operators in
TINS section will gladly give
their exhibits for this purpose
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1907-11-27
To Our Merchants.

In placing your advertise.
ments II is TO your benefit 10
choose from among the legion
advertising mediums til o : q
which create the most favora-
BILE impression.
Take, for Instance, the Post.
u publishes each week. in add.
ton 20 important general news
all the local news i'm other
words news in which YOU are
directly interested, and that is
the reason You look forward 10
It's arrival; the reason YOU keen
II until Il is read from front 10
back. because It's news is infor-
native as. well as entertaining
In value.
The reason advertising in the
Post brings results is because
the people read the ADVERTISE
menss. Ii you have something
worth selling, we can sell it for
you.
Don't make your advertising
4 question Of expenditure but /
I'm Investment. You cannot af- /
ord to take chaures.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1907-11-27

Mr.. Guntner arrived in Bris.
tol and at the bedside of his
mother about half an hour be
Tore she yassed away. Mrs.
Herboth, of Chicago, however.
was not so fortunate. She ar.
rived IN Appalachia over the
l.. * \. Saturday too late To
make connection with No. > on
the Y. " s. w. for Bristol.
Mrs. John Guntner had suf-
iered a relapse from her recent
illness, and was unable 90 at
tend the funeral.
The Post joins the many
friends and relatives in extend
ing sympathy 20 the bereaved
family.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1907-11-27

Our townsman, j. w. Cunt
ner, was called to Bristol Fri
day I'm response TO a telegram
announcing the death of his
mother at that place, an ac.
count Of which is given i'm the
following clipping taken from
the Bristol Herald Courier of
Saturday.
Mrs. John III. Guntner died
at the family home. 316 Seventh
street, at 500 O'Clock last night.
She had been III of a throat
trouble for a month. Her con.
dltlon became critical ONLY a
few days ago. She was thought
to better yesterday. and her
sudden passing was surprise
to the family.
- Mrs Guntner was in her 55th
year. She was a woman of high
Christian character and held in
esteem. She Is survived by her
husband and the following chill
dren: John w. Guntner. Of An
paiachia; Edward Guntner. and
Mrs. Grace Herb0th, of Chi
cago, Charles Guntner, and
Miss Saraphine Guntner. of
Bristol. The absent relatives
We're telegraphed, and John w. /
6untner arrived here last night. I
Mrs. Guntner was a native of I
omyth county. Va, having 1
been born and reared at Marion. /
she was formerly Miss Lizzie /
H. Rider, a daughter of the late
Thomas Rider. She leaves many
'elatives in Smyth county.
The funeral will be conducted
rom the home at > O'Clock sun
lay afternoon"
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1907-11-27

over-work for the clerks 10 such
an extent that when the greatest
day of all the year arrives they
are SO worn out as TO be unable
10 enjoy il in the least.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1907-11-27
APPALACHIA DEPARTMENT

-
~ TO buy cattle for his meat
market at CastIewood.
NJ Kinuard, Middlssboro. was
looking after business matters
here last week.
The Appalachia House Fur
nlshlng Company bought thro'
NJ. l. Massey. of Richmond.
last week fifty New Home Sew
ing machines, and as soon as
the consignment arrives. will
start man on the road to han
die machines exclusively.
J. l.. Boone has sold his res
taurant and shop at the corner
OF kentucky Ave. and Main
Street TO Messrs. Couch * Trent
who will continue the business.
Mr. Boone has ordered eQuip-
ment FOR good restaurant and
VIII open for business as soon
as the fixtures arrive.
f. w. Blondell & Son have
disposed of their restaurant
business opposite the depot 20
Joe Poles, OF Norton. who also
Is IN like business at that place. I
V. 5. Paine, of the Imboden
Coal and Coke Company. spent I
the latter part of last week in
Bristol IN the interest Of his
company.
The recent heavy raip1 caused
some bad washOuts on the
Black Mountain division of the
Y. * ). w. One trestle was
carried away altogether. while
another was carried several feet
out OF line by high waters. de-
aging traffic somewhat. How
ever all damages have been re-
barred and trans are running I
through again as usual. u
+. Il. Thompson, the popular
Try goods and notion salesman.
vas helping John Saltzer dur
ng his usual rush Saturday.
The little child OF Mr.. and I
hrs. ). {. Fuller is recovering {
rom ITS recent illness.
Mrs. b. 5. Grimm spent Sat !
.rday and Sunday in Big Stone I
zap.
Mrs. J. w. Brotherton is con- I
ned 10 her home on account of !
lckness. (
Rogers & James are still
anding ont bargains at w. p.
leads old stand, and what re-
lains Of the latters stock is a
oing like hot cakes at re- Y
larkably low figures. ii
While Engineer Sid Case. of n
he V. u ;. w, is awaiting the N
rival Of a new engine. of "
hich he is 10 have charge. he n
giving his residence at Gate
lty a new coat of paint. e
DR.. ID. II Howard, a popular u
iysician, of Pennington Gan C
as IN Appalachia last week -
J. Ii. Lewis was over from "a
ate City Tuesday of last week. 10
J. 5. Gillespie, a popular citi. 30 -
m OF Iazewell county, was in n,
wn Wednesday. ~
Miss Riggs, one of the teach th
IN the public school. is con In
lei TO her room at Hotel sc
ndsor with la grippe. tn
DR.. Z. Z, Smyth is having a in
rye double porch put on the OF
Hiding occupied by Smyth q tic
= on Kentucky Avenue.
Contractor Scharf, of Bristol
40 has just finished a large
ntract of streets and side
'iSs, is putting concrete sol
Sement under Fuller Bros pu
re and set of steps az Hotel fol
lndeOr Or.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1907-11-27

Saturday was pay day on the
l.. x n. and at ImbOden mines
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1907-11-27

A. T. Peterson came owe
from Sunbright one day las
week.
J. Mulahay, Of Eolia. XIV.
was IN town one day last week
a number of new houses ar,
being erected in the Kilbourr
addition.
5. X. lessee, representative
of the j. h. Ayers Insurance
Agency, of Big Stone Gap. was
an town Thursday
VIM. Ramsey. general man
ager of the Black Mountain
Coal and Coke Company. was
among the guests at the I'm.
perial Hotel Thursday.
J. +. Marshall, of the Blue.
held Furniture Company: was
calling on our merchants last
week.
w. j. Hatcher, of Norton.
was a business visitor last Tues.
day.
). +. Lowell, Of Keokee. was
IN town Thursday.
Prof. r. NJ. Dougherty spent
Friday night and Saturday in
Big Stone Gap.
w. II. johnson. the iowelor
has been suffering several days
from lagrippe, bat is able TO be
nj his place of business again. I
J. II. Mcconnell came over
from Gate City one day last /
week.
Il. A. Johnston. Of Johnston |
* Grommett Bros, the popular /
contractors, is in North Caro-. I
lima looking after some large
contracts.
W. +. Mcdowell, of Bristol
representative of Mahonev
Jones N Co, was over on bust.
ness Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. G.. Crawford
are rejoicing over a new girl \
who came into their home sun
lay night, the 18th inst.
a. n. Bullitt, of Keokee. was
n town Thursday.
sir. and Mrs. Harry w (
Neely, who launched their craft
IN the matrimonial sea at the
lome of j. w. James recently
EFT Friday for Bristol. where
hey will be at home TO their
friends after December first.
Mayor w. H. Horton and
axe McPheron, of the Gan
we're in Appalachia, Saturday
n route home from a trim 10 {
be county seat.
u. w Garrett, OF Rose Hill S
sas in town Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Simmer were
Appalachia visitors from Bristol
lst week.
John T.. Dixon was in town n
lst Thursday. en- route 20 Sto- c
ega with "a bunch of fine mules q
'hich the Stonegs Coke and y
GAL Company had bought from o
n firm at Norton.
Il. p. Henritze, of WEIGH. w u
a, son OF Judge r. l.. Hen. a
tie, OF Middlesboro, XIV. was W
town Friday en- route 10 the d
tier place 10 spend Thanks. q
wing with his parents. II
Mr.. and Mrs. Jamss Skeen b.
ere down from Norton Friday m
wing some dental work done in
DR.. A. =. Pyuner.
s. II. Morrison. of Cumber. =
I'd Gap, Tenn, was in town .u
Iursday attending to business "a
Alters. w
: yc
Frank Kregan, the popular
y goods drummer, Of Cincin. a
g, WAS in town Thursday AN
1iu& - our mrrchsnfs. 10
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1907-03-14

Simmer silks mercerzed small barred checks
Hair lines of blue black reds pnks and other oQrs white
grounds and white lines and checks colored grounds
Regular Zoe Special 19c
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1907-03-14

SPRING FOR LITTLE FOLKS.
We've special effort in little folks readyto-wear Little
wash suits separate wash pants and washable hats They
here and ready.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1907-03-14
Apron Specials.

APA VAE 0pONA&A1Oo
Bingham aprons full length with bib In good quality of blue
and white check ginghams at AZ
Houseceaners apron good big liberal apron that ali
around fastens at back with clasp Best Bingham Ec
pockets 25c
Nurses aprons good quality of white lawn with hemstitchd
shoulder bands pocket top, and hem hemtched at az
Band aprons corded white madras and in white lawn pr
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1907-03-14
THE NEW TANS.

For tan to be the color Champagne biscuit any
ca name you term it, but still tan is it. in solid coor
light and dark and in checks with hair line barred
pl''d' SOC 75C and Sl.25
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1907-03-14

Turnover collar white Baby Irish lace trimmed drawn
work hemsttched and other designs Worth up to Zoe
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1907-03-14

Belts 2 SOC and 5 and have been in special sae at
19c. All that are left will be put In one lot at OC
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1907-03-14
Morning 10 0'6|06k.

odery narrow wide inserting beading and straight bands
ICES from one to three inches Founcgs from to IL inches
let blind and swiss designs Emboderes worth up to Soc yard
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1907-03-14

greatest sold skirts They in good
In with plated panels set the effect OF deep
three folds from grdle hem at each gore
A6 B1.25.
Also in light and dark blue plated designs A6 <B1.35.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-07-05

NEW YORK is poor place for girls
~ who want to get married-that is
for girls who want a man who makes
from $1,000 to $4,000 year. The rea-
son has been established.
Some of the unclaimed damsels de-
clare that it is pure selfshness in the
men, but it is not altogether that, for
nowadays the way in which the
young men live is not conducive to
matrimony. An explanation of this
state of affairs in the opinion of men
of experience is the growing populari-
ty of the bachelor apartment house.
The decline in marriages Of men in
easy circumstances, they say, has
kept pace with the increase in the
number of houses put up solely for
mems use..
From the marriage standpoints a
fairly good boarding house in New
York is much more desirable insti-
tuition than a petticoat-proof apart
ment. There is one large boarding
house in central, desirable locality
where comfortable rooms and excel
lent board may be had by a man at
less than the cost of keeping up an
establishment of his own and eating
at restaurants. A few years ago; the
clientele of this custom was two
thirds men, and in one year there
were five young men and 'ne widower
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-07-05
POSTOFFICE EXTENDS THE
MONEY ORDER SERVICE

partment will not brook interference
on the part of it's officers or employees
with the policy above outlined, and it
is enjoined upon all connected with
the service to use every effort to pro-
note the use of postal money orders
for remittances by mail. Failure on
the part of any postmaster or post
Office employe to adhere to the re-
quirements of this order will endang-
er the official position of the delin-
quent"
Postmaster General Meyer will rec
ommend to the neTt congress that
legislation be enacted providing for
the introduction of postal notes for
sums not exceeding $3.50, or perhaps
$500, which may be issued without
the filing of a written application
or the sending of ar advice, and be
obtainable, not only at all money or
der post Offices, but at many of the
smaller post Offices, where it may not
be feasible to issue money orders.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-07-05

DETERMINED that she will not
II be deprived of the necklace for
which she paid $4,000 to outshine
her husbands former wife, now her
social rival, Mrs. w.. B. Leeds, wife
of the tin plate magnate, has employ.
ed a detective as a permanent guard
for the jewels.
Mrs. Leeds solicitude for the safe.
ty of the ornament recalls the rivalry
which resulted in its purchase. Mrs
Leeds No. l obtained alimony of ST..
100000 with her divorce, and when
her former husband married May
Stewart Worthington, OF Cleveland,
the two women engaged in a strife
for social supremacy which stirred ex.
elusive circles.
Among the plans Of the present
Mrs. Leeds to discount: her rival was
the purchase in Europe of a magnifi-
cent pearl necklace for 1925, 1000. She
had the pearls unstrung when she
left for New York and paid the duty
OF $22,5OO on the separated gems.
Then the government officials dis.
covered the trick and demanded the
additional $110,335 to which the gov.
eminent was entitled if the Jewels
were imported in the form of neck.
lace. The extra duty finally was paid
and the visible complacency Of Mrs.
Leeds No. ] caused considerable COS.
sip as to the source of the tip
which compelled Mrs. Leeds No. "a
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-07-05
HealthfuIness of Fruit.

If people ate more fruit they would
need less medicine and have better
health. There is an old saying that
fruit is golden in the morning and
leaden at night AS a matter of fact,
1t may be gold at both times, but then
1t should be eaten on an empty stom-
ach and not as a dessert, when the
appetite is satisfied and digestion is
already sufficiently taxed. Fruit taken
in the morning before the fast of the
night has been broken is very refresh
ing, and it serves as stimulus to the
digestive organs, says New York
Weekly. A ripe apple or an orange
may be taken at this time with good
effect. Fruit, to be really valuable as
an article of diet, should be ripe, sound
and in every way of good quality, and,
If possible, it should be eaten raw.
Instead Of eating a plate of ham or
eggs and bacon for breakfast, most
people would do far better if they took
some grapes, pears or apples-fresh
fruit as long as it is to be had, and
after that they can fall back on
steWed prunes, figs, etc. If only fruit
of some sort formed an important
item in their breakfast, women would
generally feel brighter and stronger,
and would have far better compilations
than is the rule at present.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-07-05
- -


ing notes of Uncle Toms pedestrian
'mannerisms, is no wonder that your
feet seem to be tangled and your knee
joints refuse to bend.
Or suppose you were George Bruce
Cortelyou and were pointed out as
man who wore his hair pompadour, or
William Loeb, Jr., and heard it an
n0unced that you weren't as serious
as you looked; or If you were an am
bassador and we're standing on the
'front.', stoop of your embassy, looking
up and down the street for your dog,
and heard man telling about you
through megaphone, wouldn't it jar
you? Since he became famous, even
P etc, the White House bull terrier,
has cut and run whenever a sight-see-
ing automobile hove in view.
However, these are but mere Incl
dents or illustrations. The thing that
has brought the top-notch officials to
bay is that some of the rubberneck
lecturers have taken to pointing out
members of the families of prominent
men when they go abroad in car
riages.
Officials say that the lecturers know
the carriages by the coachmen, but
are frequently mistaken as to the
identity Of the occupants. It is very
annoying and embarrassing, they as
sert, and something will have to be
done to stop it.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-07-05
FORESTRY CHIEF TURNS
DEAF EAR TO SOCIETY

hle American bachelor in Washing
ton. The Independent fortune max
ing a 100000 house possible on a
$4,000 salary is a part of this young
mans Inheritance from his maternal
grandfather, Emo, the founder and
once famous proprietor of the Fifth
Avenue hotel.
Panama Canal Tolls.
It will be some time before the ques-
ton of tolls for passing through the
Panama canal will become one Of cur
rent interest. It is impossible, how
ever, not to see that making the Suez
canal free would have a very impor.
tant bearing upon the management of
that across Panama. That waterway
is meant for the benefit of our CON-
merce and that of the world, and it is
equitable that the parties benefited
should contribute to the expense of
construction and management. 1t is
not intended as money-maker for the
government, but, on the other, hand,
it is not intended as a subsidy to in
ternational trade. The rates ought
to be reasonable, but that is very Diff
ferent from saying that there should
be no charges at all. Nevertheless, if
the Suez canal were to be made free
to British trade it would furnish a
precedent for making the Panama
canal free to American trade, and 9TH
er governments would then be asked
to do the like for their subjects that
use the canal. -. -~
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-07-05
MILLIONAIRE STOKES
AGAIN IN THE PUBLIC EYE

w E. D. STOKES, the millionaire
W. who came into print the other
day by reason of the trial of a suit
which woman has brought against
him for payment of $500 week for
the support of a child, has been much
in the public eye since he was grad
uated from Yale. He always has been
a very excitable and not infrequently
violent man, and as consequence he
has been in number of scrapes that
have brought him much noto1iety. His
wife, who was member of the Acos-
ia family, which was distinguished in
Cuban history, got an absolute divorce
from him in May, 1900. Two years
later she married Capt. Philip M. Ly-
dig, a well-known young New Yorker.
Then Stokes was prominent in 1901
in sensational legal fight over the
estate of cousin, Edward S. Stokes.
He once was arrested for assaulting
the janitor of his house. He was sue.
tor $4,000 by man who said he was
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-07-05
BACHELOR APARTMENTS
ARE BECOMING POPULAR

who met their fate in the house, got
married and went to housekeeping In
each case the man and woman sat
at the same table, and in the course
OF time fell into the habit of having
pleasant little chats, walks together
on Sundays and visits to places Of
amusement. In short, they had a
pretty good chance to size each other
up and the marriages in five of the
six cases resulted happily.
But in bachelor apartment house
1t Is different. Often the young men
are comparative strangers in New
York, and any women acquaintance
they may have are not always locat-
ed within easy visiting distance, or
they may not be sufficiently attractive
on first acquaintance to inspire de-
sire to call often. The men, if they
have been working all day, get out of
the way of making social calls. Their
needs and comforts are sufficiently
supplied by the housekeeper to fore
stall any laundering young man may
have to possess good wife and a
home"
There is no falling off in marriage
returns Of clerks and laborers in New
York who earn less than $1,000 year.
They can't afford an apartment and
so stick to boarding houses rztil
sooner or later they marry.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-07-05
The Old Testament Idea,

The Old Testament idea was much
more what may be called the common
sense idea, that strength is strength,
that cunning is cunning, that worldly
success is worldly success, and that
Jehovah uses these things for his own
ultimate purpose, just as he used ma
tufal forces or physical elements,
says G. K. Chesterton in Putnams.
He uses the strength of hero as he
uses that of a mammoth-without any
particular respect for the mammoth.
cannot comprehend how it is that so
many supplemented skeptics have
read such stories as the fraud of Jacob
and supposed that the man who wrote
1t whoever he was) did not know
that Jacob was a sneak just as we'll as
we do. The primeval human sense of
honor does not change so much as
that. But these simple-minded skep.
tics are, like the majority of modern
skeptics, Christians.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-07-05
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THE ENTERPRISE.
= "
w. E. HANNAFoRD, Publisher II
VIRGINIA. MINNESOTA
Divorce in America.


Society protects itself from epidem.
les of smallpox and cholera; it should
adopt some safeguard against mar.
riages that shall burden it with gen.
Grafton after generation of physical
weaklings. moral degenerates and
criminals. Experts tell us that one
half of the insane now confined In
asylums have hereditary tendencies to
insanity. We cannot tolerate the
Spartan law of exposing weakly chill
dren, but, says Judge E. r. Stevens in
the Outlook, we ought to protect our
selves by preventing improper mar
riages and by putting an end to such
improper marriages as become q
menace to society. The success OF the
Jews as a race is largely due to their
regulation of marriage. Some OF the
higher class in Brazil by self-imposed
rule, require the proposed spouse to
present the certificate of physician
that he is not afflicted with certain
diseases. Recently a Women's congress
at Paris voted to require such certifi-
Gates as protection to their daugh-
ters In America we need more of
the English idea that marriage is a
life settlement, in which parents and
guardians should play larger part.
If this idea prevailed, we should have
fewer homes in which such scenes are
enacted as those that have been re-
hearsed under oath upon the witness
stand