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people IS poor-spelled in as heavy captp
tails the word labor
1t is in the labor question the people
show lack of initiative. They realize their
need but refuse united effort to better
themselves Upon almost all of the old
estates live tenants. both colored ana
white. 4 class of people uneducatec,
often not able to read and write, but they
work.
These tenants do not pay money rent.
but give a certain proportion of what
is raised on the farms to the owners. Al
!easl. tHCy are supposed TO do SO. The
landlord pays the taxes and buys all SEED
, The tenant has no outside expense. Tor
the labor is I'm his family. Conse-
quertly the majority of them save
money. They drive better horses and
vehicles than the land owners themselves
and before many years pass are able In
buy property and farm their own land
Truly the axiom THAT every dog has
his day is fully eXemplified in this. Tie
former planter is daily growing poorer
the tenant richer. for his expenses are
few and he can save where the landlord
has 10 spend.
And not only the owner is poorer. his
land is daily growing poorer. Fences are
down. Gullies cross the once fertile
fields The woodland is encroaching
upon tHt "oi hdpic Az tiSe- nv
are lessening. 1t is almost impossible
to secure a stand of clover In conse-
uuence wheat is past crop. And tobacco.
the plant that helped so largely 10 make
the prosperity of Marlborough. is gone
One now sees patches. rarely the magnif1-
cent fields once ordinary sight
1t has been suggested that the old
town has a future in cranberry culture.
There is a wonder ful chance Is small
fruits. but in cranberrieS there is as
N "A
Wisconsin There acres and acres or
marshand are bringing thousands of dol
lars into the section wherein they grow.
The same kind of land is in and about
the old town with two railroads running
through it, within seven hours of New
York city within forty miles of Balti
more. The question is asked, Why not
in Maryland as in that other state which
ships the product of its swanps to Eu-
rope and elsewhere nearer home?"
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Marlboro wharf 1t was hauled to Hills
Landing, two miles away. on the river.
But the geographical conditions of the
river were also changing, and today no
steamer can come within several miles of
the old-time landing place
But before the Western branch became
unnavigable the civil war left its mark
upon the people. although not to so great
an extent as further south, for land could
still be worked by those of the slaves
who remained on and near the Old planti-
tions. But gradually the death of these
people has done away with what little
was left of the former prosperity of the
community. Labor, spelled in capital let
ters, is now responsible here. as else
where, for certain conditions. Labor and
lack of capital. for this once wealthy
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THE WIDOW.

HD UDYARD KIPLING. when he dined
N with me- said a literary Chi
cagoan. told me about Simla.
1T seems that Simla IS up in the noun
tains-the hills. as they say IN India-and
the ladies go there in the hot weather to
escape the heat OF the low country.
We'll. Kipling said that one lovely. cool
morning at Sinla. he was presented to a
'grass-widow.' They calli those ladies
'gras widows whose husbands are de
tanned by work in the hot cities of the
plains.
She was awfully pretty and charming
and as they talked together in the pleas
ant GOODNESS kipling said:
Il suppose you can't help thinking OF
your poor husband grillng down be
low?
The lady gave him strange look. and
H. learnt afterward that she a real
widow.
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stock but there was no regular race track.
When owners wished to speed their thor
Oughbreds and pit them against those
held by others. some level stretch of land
was used for the purpose. Just outside
of Marlborough was stretch half or
three-quarters of a mile in length on the
road that led to Alexandria, and when
racing of Importance was to take place
here gathered, on each side of the road
the gentry from the neghborhood and
elsewhere. This stretch retained its
popularity with each succeeding genera
tion until progress changed the thor
oughfare into a turnpike about thirty
years ago.
This condition of life existed until the
revolution Then came the time when
men must work and women must pray"
The flower of Prince Georges manhood
joined the patriotic forces and no colony
can show finer record than was made
by the young fellows who in all their
lives had done no stroke of work until
their country called them.
1t would be but natural to suppose that
during those stirring times the influence
would have been against the continued
development of the town and it's environ
ment There is nothing TO prove such was
the case. On the contrary. the people
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increased in wealth and in doing made
the place of more consequence, but there
was factor at work, unknown insfdi-
Gus, that was softly. surely and secretly
undermining the very foundations of the
business prosperity of the town.
Situated as it was. within a half circle
OF the Western branch of the Patuxent
this waterway was necessary to ship the
grain and tobacco to distant points. En-
cept TO haul by OK team and with horses
ito Alexandria. his tributary to the river
was the only outlet for the crops of the
neighborhoOd. and the change I'm the
stream came gradually that the danger
To the interests of the town WAS not rec
ognZed until too late to remedy, even if
ii could have been remedied. When prod
uce could no longer be shipped from the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-05
LIKE SOME MEN.

MRS. BELLE DE RIVERA. president
1vA Of the Equal Suffrage League Of
New York. sal id. at a recent dinner:
Wed have had the suffrage.
women. long ago. were il not that, where
women are concerned. men are inclined
to be Il little unfair. "A little churliSh.
Their treatment of women is on A par
with old Hiram Doolittle's treatment OF
his wife. He made her keep a cash ac-
count. and he would go over 1T every
night. growing and grumblng. like this:
- Look here, Hannah-mustard plas-
tiers, 10 cents: three teeth extracted. s..
There's $50 in one day spent for your
own private pleasure. Do You think I'm
made of money!
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TO TEMPER THE WIND.

A m mous poet of Dr. .Da enve M'e he son ns ia
rounds of the Franklin Inn, a literary
club of Philadelphia.
On particularly blustery March morn
ing. the story goes. DR. Mitchell walked
round City Hall Square with a young
editor.
AS the two men held on their hats and
leaned against the blast, DIR. Mitchell
said:
Il think a shorn lamb should be kept
tethered here. don't you? Providence.
then. might be induced TO temper the
wind "
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NOTHING TO GET.

= ELETr BURGESS was talking at a
~ theatrical supper in New York about
the Lark his delightful little paper that
failed.
Nearly all good papers fail" said he
Il have aged friend who runs a splen-
did paper in a small western village The
last copy my friend sent me had this
editorial paragraph marked in blue pen
Gil.
Burglars entered our house last night
To the everlasting shame of the com
munity. for whose welfare we have la
bored thirty-eight years be 1t said. they
got nothing
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dreamers. were they apt to possess
much knowledge OF geology nor of the
formation of words. Still there must
have been some among them who had
d wider information than others, ana,
joining the two words mari and borough,
formed the name as We know it. Borough
means an Incorporated town or village.
and about the site of the place were great
ba nkS of mari.
This is the generally accepted expIana-
ton of the origin of the name; but how
ever named, the town prospered-pros-
pered so rapidly that an early letter men
tons it as "a place of neat houses and
pretty gardens. each cottage apart from
its neighbor and ornamented with flower
beds and strawberries. with lovely
stream wandering TIN ough the valley"
There was much more of interest. but old
script is difficult to decfpher, and the
pages of this letter were yellow and
stained by age. besides holding many pc
culiar abbre viations unknown at the pres
ent time and OF phraseology that in
these days of slang words and careless
expressions sound stilted and pedantic.
From the time OF it's Incorporation MARI
borough became important a shipping.
political and social center. Three roads
were opened-one to Annapolis, another
to Alexandria, which in later years
branched to Georgetown, and the third to
Nottingham. These were the main thor
oughfares rough at best, but serving as
means of communication between the
various large plantations upon whose
acres pine. oak and other timber fourished
for generations after the patent had been
received by the owner and passed on TO
his descendants.
Few of the prominent families lived in
the town. Indeed. in its most populous
days il never numbered over 600 people.
but ii was the center Of an extremely
fertile section of the county, and the bust
ness brought to il by the then small
number of land owners was sufficient to
give 1t "a start toward commercial i'm
portance. Although these planters were
few, their acres We're many and were
gradually being cleared to meet the re-
quirements of the Increased crops and
slowly enlarging population.
So associated with Marlborough is the
surrounding neighborhood, it is impossi-
BILE to draw a line to separate the two.
The lives of both were inextricably inter-
woven The early planters owed as much
to the town as the town to them. Bust
ness and political meetings were held
there. There they gathered with the
ladies Of their household for social rec
reation, for though the place was young
in years it could boast of an assembly
room and clubhouse, sketches of which
can be seen In books in the Congressional
Library, where the buildings are de-
scribed as "one-storied structures of mod
est proportions with hip roofs and large
windows. The present hotel the MARI
borough House. is supposed To be one of
the two buildings. 1t has been so
changed from time TO time. raised story.
and added to in various ways that now
there is no resemblance to the historic
building that once echoed to voices raised
III grave debate, or reSOunded to the
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protruded her head from an upstairs
window.
fou can just go away she said I'm
tired of this. You shan't get in tonight.
But my dear hiccoughed the nus
band. L have brought home a broiled
lobster and two bottles of champagne'
Oh said the lady. in "A Modified tone
And she came down and opened the door
IN make light. dear she said
leading the way through the dark hall to-
ward the dining room
And then she turned on the electric
current and. looking at her husband
froWned.
But where. she demanded is the
lobster and champagne?
Here said the man. with a coarse
laugh. striking himself on the stomach.
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A COMMON ROLE.

CE,NATOR GILCHRIST. discussing In
~ Albany his insurance bilf said of
speculation:
Speculative features. uncertainue-
ought to be removed from our life as
much as possible.
When | think of speculation. | think OF
a man | know
This man, a conservative. suddenly
took to stock gambling. AT the end of a
furry | met him one afternoon and
asked:
day?'
Neither he answered. giving me q
sour smile. i was an ass"
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away in safe place, and today ten
ant paid off a mortgage. and l have an
other 1000 louis in cash on my hands.
don't know whether to seek out another
hiding place for this money or To put it
where the other is What do you advise?
Why said the neighbor. eagerly. If
your first hiding place is safe and you
declare it to be sol should certainly put
this other money there. too
My great-uncle said firmly that that
was what he would do: il was the wisest
course. Then he took his leave.
And when, next day. he went TO the
pear tree again. there, sure enough. was
his lost 1000 louis. all put back again"
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THE NASTY GOURMAND.

GORGE w. RECTOR. at the Lucullus
~ Clubs superb S2o-a-plate dinner in
New York, said, during the terrapin
course:
The gourmet is a connoisseur of foods
and wines. The gourmand is low glut-
ION
1t was for instance. a gourmand-
never Sourmet-who reached his home
al :; O'Clock one morning TO find himself
locked out.
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the guides foot slipped. he fell. and be-
gan to roll toward the edge. But l
thrust my AK firmly into the Ice and.
bracing myself. seized the rope that
bound us together and-the man was
saved
And at the same time. In the hotel
kitchen. the guidS was giving another
version OF the ascent, in words like these:
Well. well, what a customer! An
other like that chap and 1 give up the
business. From the start he was faint
and dizzy: in fact wherever any real
climbing began we had to carry him like
a sack of, meal. And mean. Refused us
single penny extra for all our extra
trouble. Last of all, he begged for the
sprig of edeweiss l wore in my hat. and
[ was fool enough to let him have it "
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A HINT.

CENATOR FULTON. at his annual Ore
~ gon salmon dinner in Washington
told tipping story
I'm Astoria, he said. there used to be
an old fisherman who brought me. the
first of every month, a present Of splen-
did salmon from his master. | always
gave the old fisherman tip.
But one morning | was very busy. and
when the OH h.v S'~Ssgrs po fnsl
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thanked him hurriedy and. forgetting his
tip. bent over my desk again. He hest
tated a moment, then cleared his throat
and said:
Senator. would We be kind as 10
put il in writin' that We didn't give me no
tip this time. or my wife'll think We
Went and spent it on rum.
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1ITH1N sixteen miles of WASH
ington is an old old town
NV that has a history Not so
w old another Maryland
town a little farther away,
but II is ancient enough. Three hundred
years it has to its credit-three hundred
years and more. for Upper Marlborough.
the county seat OF Prince George. was
settled in 1880. five years before the or
eanization of the county from the larger
one of Calvert. Sixteen years later 1t be-
came an Incorporated town. with Daniel
Carroll as one of the commissioners.
Thus early Marlborough made a bid for
first place and secured it. After securing
II she held it-not for a few years. but for
generations. The place was younger by
thirty years than Nottingham. a village
a few miles away on the Patuxent river.
"A short distance now. but much longer in
those early days when one had to travel
through virgin forest. were the home of
Henry Darnall and the hunting lodge of
Benedict Calvert, both erected in 1864.
ana adjoining properties. In the town was
the home OF the CAROLS, and outside and
surrounding the place were the large
estates Of the gentlemen who were slowly
but surely changing the face Of the coun-
try into the tobacco plantations that
eventually made the prosperity of the
town.
Marlborough was settled by Nathaniel
Taylor and party OF Scotch covenanters.
They sought religious freedom land a
place Of peace and hope where conscience
might have breathing ROOM 1t is very
probable they. also wished TO better their
fortunes as did most OF those who came
to the provinces. and they could not have
selected more favorable situation. Sail
ing up what Is now known as the Pa
duxent river. they turned from the main
channel into broad waterway. Some
distance from the mouth of the stream
the party landed at the point now crossed
ny the bridge leading to the agricultural
grounds and just back OF Trinity Church.
On the present site of that building Tay-
lor and his followers erected one of the
five Presbyterian churches in the new
country. 1t Is from the minutes of that
body we know of the date of settlement
OF Marlborough.
y
But why named Marlborough has long
been matter of conjecture. 1t Is un-
likely the Scotchmen called the village
after the duke OF that name. Although
England and their country were at peace.
rancor and hate fingered In the hearts of
the people. If they felt admiration for
the famous peer their racial prejudice and
dislike of all things English would have
prevented so open an acknowledgment d
the naming after him of the place where
in they expected to make their homes.
Yet the only other plausible explanation
seems far-fetched when one considers the
times and the situation of men who heWed
tine timber for their rough log houses and
with ak in hand watched the huge trees
fall to the ground. Such men We're not
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tip look foolish. Here mon vieux. here is
ten dollars for you
And he handed the waiter a crisp ten
dollar note, and then smiled and said:
WHO was 1t. do you remember. who
gave you the five-dollar tip?'
1T was yourself, sir said Baptiste as
he gratefully tucked the ten in his
pocket"
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ANECDOTES TOLD

give hard-workinS but unfortunate mar
some employment"
The householder laid his hand cordial
ly on the others ragged shoulder.
Here's work for YOU right on the
spot lie said. I've got out in my back
yard d great pile of wood that
''Thank you. sir, said the man. as lie
shook the hand from his shoulder gently.
III let my friend know at once. It's not
for myself m hunting d job. but for d
friend little way up the road -
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4" YITHIN sixteen miles of WASH
ington is an old, old town
NV that has history. Not SO
w old another Maryland
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1908-06-17
KENTENIA RAILROAD.

The prospects for the Ken
tenia Railroad are growing
brighter every day
Two weeks ago r. j. Asher.
Of Wasiota, and w. w. Dunield.
of Harlan. went TO South Var
mouth on a consultation with
Charles Henry Davis, Trustee
of the Davis Estate and Presi-
dent of the Kentenia Corpora
ton. We are informed by
good authority that Mr.. Asher
and Mr.. Davis got together on
all the differences between
themselves from which a com
promise was made and all con
tentions settled. The same
authority informs the Enter
prise that Mr.. Asher took stock
in the kentenia Corporation TO
an ample amount TO guarantee
a railroad from Wasiota up
Cumberland River and Glover
Fork 60 keokee, Va The En-
terprise understands further
that the Kentenia Railroad
Company will connect with the
l.. & y. at Wasiota and With
the Southern at Keokee, thus
assuring the cooperation of
both those old roads in the con
structiOn of the Kentenia Road
Harlan Enterprise.
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CADET ITEMS.

l.. II. Wade, of Big Stone
Gap. was in town ON business
Thursday
General Manager and Super
intendent W. b. Riddeu. Of
Chattanooga, + nm was
Ground the tannery aud extract
plants "a few days last week.
Mrs. b. +. McCloskey and
Miss Katherine, of "Ceder
Crest, We're visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. ~ G. Bishop and family
Thursday
Repair work on the Big Stone
Gap Extract Works at this
place is moving on nicely.
w. II Gildersleeve, IF Mid
dlesbOro, Ky, Division Super
intendent for the United States
Leather Company, was IN town
Thursday.
Miss Loretta Blanton, who
has been visiting her aunt, Mrs.
w. G.. Stewart, of East Stone
Gap, Va, returned TO her home
at this place Thursday. She
says Mrs Stewart, who has
been sick for several months is
slowly improving
+. @. Whitaker, travelling
salesman for Morley Bros, OF
Bristol, was calling 0n the
merchants of this place Friday
Miss Martha Kelly WIS visit
ing her aunts Mrs. Jemima
Bishop aud Mrs. Mary Day, at
Pennington Gap, a few day ;
last week.
Mrs. 9. c. Grove and Mrs.
Birdenger, of Stonega, were
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. j. w.
Rodeneiser and family et this
place one day last Week.
Eddie Baker travelling sales
man for the Williamson Grocery
Company, Of Williamson, ~
Va. stopped of on his wag
home Saturday
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1908-06-17
BEET-SUGAR
INDUSTRY
Might be Indneed to Locate Near Big
Stone Gap.

The following letter from the
secretary of the American Beet
Sugar Association 10 Congress-
man c. B. Slemp under date
from Washington of May 25th,
this year, discloses the fact that
a branch of that industry might
be located at this place if the
cultivation of the crop in this
section should prove successful.
The letter to Congressman
Slemp follows:
Dear Sir
1 am in receipt of your favor
of May IS, and in reply would
say that l can only give you a
brief outline of the many con-
versations l had with your
father relative to the establish
ment of the beet-sugar industry
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was endorsed for elector at
large and j. Hoge Tyler. for
delegate at large, and the old
committee was retained.
A.. A. Campbell. Of Wythe.
offered a resolution instructing
for Bryan and n. O. Peters
seconded the resolution. The
delegates gave vent Co their
feelings i'm shout that shook
the building.
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FROM STONEGA.

Stonega, Va. June Is The
following program, rendered by
the Stonega Graded School. in
the Presbyterian Church was a
fine success and all rendered
their pieces IN SPLENDID shape.
due 10 the careful training by
the teachers, Miss Heron. Miss
Bowling. and Prof. Rogers. The
electrical drill. by sixteen girls
was a beautiful piece and "A
fitting climax 10 "a splended
entertainment.
The program was as follows.
eicoinc- -.---.- .-----.-..-- Seven Girl.
81 .enIaker's Song -......... Primary Class
Rest atlen--" 6nilms's Angel ..........
Abby Arlington
kSciiatinn--~lhe Elf child Kitty Collier
Piano Solo" Nyasutis WALTZ .----.-...--
Byron Rhosd.
Re Papa. Letter Ida rsrior
Cauiiai Points Caroline Raoad. Bessie
Young. Maud ~mphcs Gie-sle niHy
Piano trin-- hulers .--. Caroline Ntuads
Bessie Auung. Eyrnn Eholls
Recitation nnI Lesson. Ffrr.n T.ifar
kecliation-"liou Grandma Danced the
MInnHf ....-. ...... Carrie .nt = .ns
Na.ffr..r .It.... ft.....e o. tr. U.
Wa.m e song Twelve Ltte e.r.-
3d.. .l .- e. A.s. 7er.'ns
ur wombuen
Destination" Centennial 0maon- Charles
Re.,t.t,o.- .Esre.. i.ys e.G e,1.- ..,'o'
Caroline Rhosds
Piano Solo. oga. i- '-Eie..ard McDowe.i
ps,,,rr,..,., .,r,. D- ~ N T" .... o....' e''
George Rhoal- contestant ior gold
p medal .,-. ,
.. yo,--
Piano solo-seiecfion fram CavaiieuIs
ha.acana. ..-.. Nr. W.olmbwe'i
tSe p,-,.1.- 49, ,D,'' rt.,.i' II
contestant for roid medal
hoo.p pnl -.-, ,.-----.-.-..-.- h'eht Girls
''.,. -,, '''.. ''''''' 0''''
''S ~ ."vl OF o'N~ oss u