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Times-promoter., 1908-01-24
FARMER AND
PLANTER
ROTATION OF CROPS.
You Must Feed Your Land or 1t VIII
Wear Out.

On the rich prairies of Illinois,
where they used to say that the soil
had no bottom. they once claimed
that the soil would never wear out;
but growing the same crops on the
same land year after year cut down
the yield until change in methods
was absolutely necessary. The rice
growers of Louisiana and Texas, work.
ing on their fiat land, where washing
was hardly TO be thought of, at one
time claimed that their soil was rich
enough from rice growers stand
point to go on raising rice forever;
but experience showed that they were
wrong. Today the progressive rice
grower is seeking methods to use his
land for something else than rice
part of the time, just as the corn
growers on the rich Illinois prairies
aim to do something else now than
raise corn. The Mississippi Delta has
been said to have soil that is SO fer
tile that it would never wear out, but
like the northern corn growers and
the Gulf coast rice growers, the Delta
planters have found that under the
one-crop system their yields will de-
crease
The rich praries of the north and
the wonderful rich prairies of Louisi-
ana and Texas and the marvelously
rich Mississippi Delta had soil that
was so constituted that it was rea-
sonable to hope it would stand abuse;
but in every instance abuse has meant
diminishing profits. Abuse-and the
one-crop system is always abuse of
land-will have bad effect much
quicker in less favored regions.
When humus has been destroyed,
soil can not support plant life as it
did when humus abounded. For prac-
tical farming, humus may be de-
scribed as decayed vegetable matter.
1t may contain decayed animal mat
ter; but to such a small degree that
humus and decayed vegetable matter
generally mean the same thing. Vege-
table matter is got into the soil by
plowing under the leaves. or stems or
roots of plants, of whatever kind, or
by applying barn manure. Manure has
the advantage Of having gone TO build
up some animal body to supply meat,
to perform work, to produce milk,
wool or eggs; and after it has per,
formed this service the manure, wher
well cared for should have at least
three-fourths of it's original fertilizing
value. 1t is for this reason that it is
so often said that good farming must
include stock farming.
Times-promoter., 1908-01-24
The PIow should Be Kept Busy Now.

The fall months were SO nearly per-
feet for gathering crops that but lit
tie time was left for any other work.
Especially was this true in the cot
ton-growing sections. That~is one OBJ
lection to large cotton crops. They
are exacting and require all the
available labor to be obtained to pick
the cotton and leave neither time nor
labor to attend to other pressing
work. AS a result, In the cotton
growing districts, very little, If any,
fall plowing has been done. This
means the plows should now be found
going every day when the land Is In
condition to plow. And inasmuch as
in plowing we are preparing the
home for the plant to grow, each
plowman should strive to see how
well he can prepare that home or
break the land.
Times-promoter., 1908-01-24

No matter III given milk regularly,
calves need water to drink. They
sometimes bawl for it when nobody
seems to.realize what they want, I've
seen well-fed calves which drank their
gallon of milk twice day regularly
empty a bucket Of pure water be-
tween meals. OF course they will not
40 this when quite young, but after
they are three or -four months old they
-saife water as much as aay animal.
Times-promoter., 1908-01-24
REV. TROUTMAN SENDS
BEST WISHES FOR PE-RU-NA
Rev. George A. E. Troutma
Washington, Mo-, Writes,
my Wife and | Are Strong
Believers in Pe-ru-na."
Catarri, and Ia crlppe.

Rev. Geo. A. e. Troutman, Mt.
Washington, Mo-, writes: "My wife
and ere strong believers In Peruna.
Times-promoter., 1908-01-24
Potato Cake.

Four eggs beaten stiff, two cups
brown sugar, one cup butter, four
spoonfuls bitter chocolate, one cup
chopped almonds, one cup mashed DO
tatoes, one-half cup milk, two tea
spoons baking powder, one teaspoon
cloves, one teaspoon cinnamon. one
teaspoon nutmeg then grated rind
II lemon. Frost cake with chocolate.
Times-promoter., 1908-01-24

Ducks and geese may be fattened
very quickly on boiled turnips, pota-
toes and carrots, thickened with oat-
meal They should be confined for
this purpose jand fed fiye times a day
regularly.
Times-promoter., 1908-01-24
Peruf,a in Tablet Form.

For two years DIR. Hartman and his
assistants have necessarily labored to
create Peruna in tablet form, and their
strenuous labors have just been crowned
with success. People who object to
liquid medicines can now secure Peruna
Tablets, which represent the medicinal
ingredients of Peruua. Each tablet is
equivalent to one average dose OF
Peruna.
Times-promoter., 1908-01-24
An Easy DISGUISE.

(To tho bafber): NLather me thor
uughly--there comes my tailor. -
Tilegendo Blaetter.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1908-10-07
SYMPATHY AND COOP.
GRAFTON OS PATRONS.

Sympathy-Oh, the power
and magnetism of that one
word. Ii realizes my dreams
of the Great Beyond, where the
angelic orchestra vibrates the
tenderest chords of sympathy.
There Is no one element so
much needed in our public
schools as the bond of sympa-
thy. The faces Of many of our
school patrons fail TO reflect
sympathetic hearts. White they
give their sympathies to others
and direct the hand OF co opera
ton IN other channels of life.
they meet the average teacher
with face that mirrors a heart
cold an unsympatbetic; shus re-
pulsed the teacher assumes his
duties unaidea aud alone.
The men who employ the
teacher who is 70 take charge
of the intellectual aud moral
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1908-10-07
A TEACHER

Nearly 1900 farms we're
bought last year by people from
beyond our borders. The in
vestment was about $40, 900 900.
The population Of Virginia has
increased per cent. which is
more than any other state of
the south. The farmers are do
ing better farm work than ever
before, farming a less acreage
and securing better results.
They are studying the science
of AgrIculture.-R o ano K g
Times.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1908-10-07

On December LIST, Lee county
will vote on a proposition to is
sue bonds for permanently i'm
proving its roads. This is a
move in the right direction, and
we are glad TO see our sister
county taking this progressive
step forward. Why can't Wise
county do likewise We need
better roads bad enough.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1908-10-07
FORBIDDEN TACTICS.

What the business interests
of this country demands is a
normal, substantial recovery In
trade and industry. They have
had their full of the specular
and the record breaking era.
and of the oveTexpansion that
followed It. They now desire
substance and sanity and will
waive the glittering and pre-
tentious. T n e sensible ones
know that considerable time
must elapse before the country
business will be restored 60 a
normal basis, and while they
work toward that e n q with
faith and patience. they. natur-
ally, must resent the rumors
that such a corporation is about
20 give immediate employment
60 100000 men.
Such misstatements are posi-
lively indefendsible aud serve
no useful end. ON the con-
trary they lead. as i'm Pitts
burg. recently. To increased dis
tress. for idle workman reading
these false announcements re-
paired thither only 20 find the
same untrue and themselves
stranded. This was CRUELTY re-
fined If political acumen in
spires these deceits, then. it is
Of "a low aud uuscrupulous or.
der, and must recoi on the
heads of the originators. Jest
ing with an idle voter about a
waiting job is highly danger
Gus form of amusement
Neither political eXpediency
nor business recovery justifies
such Misrepresentation; an d
We're a particular industry TO
hire 100000 men today, we have
every reason 20 believe tn a {
their retention would not b e
permanent. Recovery cannot
be FASTENED by deceit, misrep-
resentation, or falsehood. If it
could, for ourselves, we should
oppose it.-Wall Street sum
mary.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1908-10-07
ROYAL
IAlJN DRY
CO.
INCORPORATED
BIG STONE GAP, VA.

Formula for washing in use in our
Steam Laundry:
No. - minutes cold bath.
No. 10 minutes hot suds.
No. g. inmates hot rinse.
No. ~ minutes hot sudS,
No. 5-l0 minutes hot rinse.
No. &c minutes hot rinse and blue.
No. = minutes cold bath.
No. s. minutes let stand.
From here lsun6ry goes TO different
machines made especially 10 iron each
article. Fine fabrics ironed BY hand.
SPEclALTlES FOR OCTOBER;
Washing Of winter blankets and dry
steam renOvating for quilts, hair mat
tfesses. felt mattresses, feather pillows.
Get your bedding renovated for the
winter. Phone for special prices on
mattresses dry-cleaned.
Phone At.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1908-10-07
HIS KISSES a CURE.

In accordance with a belief
.of many of the old residents
here that the kiss of "a colored
person will cure a child of
whooping cough, or will act as
sure a preventative of the dis
ease, Charles Miller, a Well re-
nown negro, is kept busy lust
now, owing 20 the prevalence of
the disease Miller's kisses are
said to be especially beneficial
as a cure, and during the past
week more than thirty white
babies have been brough 20 him
to be kissed Many cures are
reported.
Miller is kindly, cheerful
darby, about sixty five years
old, and charges nothing for
his services.
Il love 'em hess 'em," ne said
to day; land even If my kiss
ing 'em didn't do 'em good il
coNildn't DO 'em any harm. I'm
willin' 10 kiss all the babies
that are broug ht to me. Phil
adelphia Record.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1908-10-07
TO THE PATRONS OF Our SCHOOL.

The first month of school is
ended, and we desire 20 thank
you for the hearty cooperation
you have given us in our plans
and methods. l want to assure
you that l have a very efficient
corps of teachers assisting me
and one TO whose training, in
tellectually and morally, you
can readily aud cheerfully trust
your children.
These teachers have not only
the best training for their work,
but are endowed with common
sense, and an intense love for
their work, combined with
much experience. / have in
troduced a new system OF grad
ing which l trust will meet with
favor as il has elsewhere in my
experience.
To each pupil who has lost
no time by hardness or absence
there is issued white card
with this certificate on it. Then
the grade of scholarship at
tanned is signified by four diff
ferent color cards, blue. red,
yellow and green.
BLUE represents an average
Of go per cent on all studies and
not less than so per cent on any
one study, or excellent.
RED represents an average Of
80 per cent and not less than 70
per cent IN any one study, or
good.
Elbow represents an aver
age~of 20 per cent and not less
than go per cent in any one
study. or fair.
GREEN reprerents an average
of go per cent and under. or
poor
Please ask your son OF daugh-
ter which color of card he won
this last month. If he won "a
red or blue card he will be sure
90 show 10 90 you, but If he fell
into the yellow or green list he
viii be liable not 20 show 10 Go
YOU voluntarily. But please
call on him for his report. and
If not satisfactory. ask yourself
how much YOU have kept him
away from school this last
month, and excused hmm for
same. OR if ho came ail Obj.
while. how much studying did
YOU require him 20 do at home
afternoon or nights. Don't. iu
a wholesale manner. undertake
20 blame the teacher with AN
the defects I'M results.
And please don't keep your
children out OF school for trivial
excuses, and when we send
You a polite note mluiring the
cause of your child absence or
tardincss, please don't become
offended and think we are try
ing 90 dictate 90 YOU what YOU
should DO with your children.
We are only trying 90 havevour
child observe the conditions of
success. and with Your COOP
GRAFTON 20 secure his prompt
and regular attendance. with
out which he cannot succeed.
and 90 prevent him from play
ing truant,' as some BOYS have
always done
l am sorry we have no town
clock 90 strike the hours loud
enough 20 regulate the clocks
of the various homes.
We shall endeavor 10 keen
Eastern Standard time Please
help as win success for Your
children and school
JNO. a. HICKS.
Principal.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1908-10-07

SUBSCRIBERS are earnestly re
quested TO observe the date
printed on their address slips,
which will keep them at all
times posted as to the date
of the expiration of their sub
scription. Prompt and timeb
attention 70 this request will
save all parties a great deal of
ANNOYANCE.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1908-10-07

David Parker. Favette. n. Y veteran
% che civil war, who lost foot al GeftCS.
burg, says, The good Electric Biftcrs have
s.o-ss IS worth naore than Eve hundred dol
lars to me- / spent much money doctorine
tor bad eSSc II stomach trouble 20 Hltle
purpose. then iicd Electric S,ierS. and
they cured me. ! now take them - tonic
and they keep II strong aud wel.r soc
AZ J. W. Keliy's drug Store.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1908-10-07
A Healthy Family.

Our Whole iamily has c1ioYcd good
health Since We began using Dr. Kings New
IAie fliis, three years ago" SAYS l.. A.
hartiet 81 Rural Route 1, Gailford. Maine
iaey cleanse and tone The system Ia gem
tel way thai does yoG good. sc al ] W
Nelly's drug store.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1908-10-07

Formula for washing in use in oar
Steam Laundry;
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1908-10-07

! uc patron nave little OF no
say as TO the election of teach
ers; the children must accept
the provisions made. This may
account for the spirit of cold
indifference which pervades
the sacredness of so beneficent
an organization.
My hopes realize the dawn of
a better day when the teachers
will be strengthened by the ad-
mantine bonds of sympathy
and cooperation. Good teach
ers will then be appreciated and
poor ones eliminated, and the
purpose for which schools ex
ist-the training and develop
ing Of little buds Of promise-be
more fully realized.
Hope. like the cleaning tapers light,
Adorns and cheers The way.
And still, as darker grows The Night
Emits brighter day.
In no avocation Of life is the
need Of sympathy so great. A
heart overlooking with sympa-
thy and love is the brightest day
that Eliminates the sphere Of
teachers life and is the beam
which eliminates the shadows
from a care worn heart.
When Death, the great Rec
onciler, has come, it is never
our tenderness that we repent
.of, but our severity.
The patron should lend
willing hand and helping hand
60 the teacher who is TO supple
ment his care and love; in his
failure TO do so he is negligent
in the strongest sense Of the
word The little ones-God' 3
gifts Of love-do not thrive un-
der the influence of indiner.
ence and neglect. The thought
that no one knows aud no one
cares blights many a bui of
promise.
Teachers must have the CO.
operation of patrons i'm order 20
obtain the best results: let MS.
therefore, seek TO help one an
other i'm true Christian spirit.
let us turn the keys of our hearts
TO the music of love, sympathy
and corporation. then no harsh
discords of an feeling VIII dark
en our lives.
"Ihe art Of living, the art of
all arts. at it's best is a series of .
masterful and benevolent
choices. He who has a worthy
purpose and a generous heart
seeks for his own life aud the
life OF others that only which
Is helpful and inspiring
We thus find ourselves i'm this
sphere OF existence with en-
which not only ef-
feet our lives but those with
whom we associate. Our out
ward actions and interior
thoughts have sounds which
vibrate on the electric current
of feeling and wing their flight
from heart 10 heart.
Those of US who conscientious /
" strive 10 serve the public i'm
terests are not often overbur- 1
dened with praise. Ii is rather
the public habit 20 criticise and
90 blame, but in my experience I
| am pleasantly conscious of I
the fact that I have won some
good friends among my patrons I
and when ] am tempted some /
times TO yield to discourage
ments and disgust. this refiec- |
ton has always brought me /
sOlace and recOmpense.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1908-10-07

Taylor HOUSE.
l. T. TAYLOR, .PRoPRBroR.
PEARL STREET, BIG STONE GAP, VA.
Travelling Public Solicited.
Rates Reasonable.

- tain pa the hcad-pain anywhere. has its causa
Pain "a cnngostiol pain is blood 49,
tlrc usually. AT !edsr. 80 says DR.. Shoop and TO
prove u ne has created little pink tablet That
eAeiot-celled DIT. Shocps Headache TAbltt-
coaNeS blood prcssure away irom pain centerS
- eject Is charniiz pleasingly delightful Gently
letiOn ~
u You have headache. it's blood pressure.
~ II - painful periods with women same causa
AZ you are e.eepleSs rest less nervous. its blood
CONGESTION blood pressure. That Slsrely A y
celtai1ty, for lr. Shoop's Hezdache Tahl.ts sf.,r
u n % niCutcS and the tatists simply isfrgf,sss
the unnatural blood pressure.
brg2se your finger. and doesn't Il get nd ana
Swell. and pam yoni OF CourSe il docs rs Con-
l-atNays. lts simply Common sense.
We seu as Is cents. and cheexf1liy recommend
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1908-10-07

Holland does not want totake
us troubles with Venezuela to
The Hague. The fact is, that
Hague thing has been standing
in Hollands back yard so long
that those sturdy Hollanders
have probably lost an conf
dence ln its ability 90 accom-
plish anything worth while.
The Detroit times., 1908-07-29
CAR KILLS WOMAN
IN WYAND0TTE
STORY THAT MRS. LiBENski WAS
MURDER VICTIM pIssIPATEo
BY POLICE PROBING.
Mr.. AND MRS TEAL

Mrs. Anthony Lbenski. living on
what is known as Mud ST.. about nine
miles from Wyandotte. was run down
and instantly killed by swift moving
car, In Wyandotte Tuesday night. Her
body. badly mangled. was found
about. 10 p. m. and rumor became
current that the woman had been MUIR
dered and her body placed on tie
track to conceal the crime. The
Wyandotte police made thorough in
vestigation and reached the conclusion
that the woman's death was wholly
accidental.
With her husband, Mrs. Libenski
had spent the day in Detroit. They
quarrelled In saloon at Fort and
Fifth-sts., where they had beep drink
ing. Ii IL said, and later started home
in their wagon. 1t Is thought the wo-
man fell out OF the wagon when X was
crossing the tracks and lay helpless In
the path OF the cars.
The husband did not know until he
stopped at q saloon In Wyandotte that
his wife was missing from the wagon.
When told of the finding OF a woman's
body on the tracks he declared.
IF Il is my wife. III Kill myself"
For sale keeping he was locked up
over night. and friends took him in
charge when he went 10 Detroit. We'd
nesday morning to notify relatives OF
his wife's death.
Deceased was so years old. Justice
Beattie will hold an inquest Tuesday.
The Detroit times., 1908-07-29
TO PRESS RETR|AL
OF STANDARD OIL

LENOX, Mass. July 29.-An i'm
portant conference was held here to-
day, at the Aspinwall hotei, in which
many of the governments bright le-
gal luminaries took part. Atty.-Gen.
Chas. J. Bonaparte called before him
Frank Is. Kellogg. of>Minnesota; So
licitor General Henry M. Hoyt. OF
Washington James II. Wilkerson, OF
Chicago; Edward NJ. Simms. OF Chi
cago. and many others connected
with the department OF justice.
The object OF the conference Is to
press the retrial OF the criminal case
against the Standard Oil Co. for re-
batting and other legal infringements.
They decided to retry the cases.
Mr.. Kellogg arrived here shortly
after this morning and IL was decid-
ed TO open the conference an hour
later The most important feature Is
the elimination OF any possible con-
tingency upon which the Standard
may secure delay or immunity through
technIcalities.
The Detroit times., 1908-07-29
POOR BOARD IS
LOSER BY FIRE
SHED CONTAINING FUEL BURNS,
AND IncENDIARisM IS
SUSPECTED.

The poor commission has asked the
police department 10 investigate a fire
which destroyed the commission
storage shed In the western yards OF
the department OF public works. Eigh-
teenth and Rose-sts.. Wednesday MORN
ing, entailing a loss OF nearly $4,000.
on which there Is no insurance. Four
barns In the vicinity have been burned
within the last month. and there Is
strong suspicion that an incendiary
is at work This is strengthened by
the fact that the Riverside Storage
Co.'S shed at Fourteenth and the rail.
road was destroyed by fire OF mysteri-
Gus origin Monday night.
Secretary Prenalauer. OF the poor
commission. says II Is possible that
a spark from the city asphalt plant,
close by, may have started the lre. but
does not regard this as probable.
There were stored in the shed go
tons OF hard coal and large quantity
OF soft coal used TO supply poor fam;
lilies OF the city. but none OF the fuel
was destroyed. The only loss is the
building itself The commission will
ask the council to provide funds for a
new shed at once.
The Detroit times., 1908-07-29
STEPS0N Of v. K.
VANDERBILT DIES
IN AUTO CRASH
G. WINTHROP SANDS PINNED UN.
DERNEATH WREckAoE OF CAR
NEAR PolssY, FRANcE-RuMoR-
: ED MILLIONAIRE WAS DEAD.

PARIS, July 29-The killing of G..
Winthrop Sands, a stepson OF w. X.
Vanderbilt. Sr., in an automobile ac'
cident near Poissy today. led to the
report that Mr.. Vanderbilt himself
was victim. Neither Mr.. Vanderbilt
nor his wife was IN the machine when
the accident occurred.
Poissy is 20 miles from Paris. The
car turned over and Mr. Sands was
pinned beneath the wreckage. His
body was extricated with the great
est difficulty.
The chateau st. Louis, at Poissy.
Is the summer home OF Mr.. Wander
bilt and the dying man was carried
in there Immediately after the acct
dent. Mr.. Sands mother ss-was Mrs.
Samuel Stevens Sands before her
marriage to w. X. Vanderbilt in 1903.
Mr.. Sands entered Harvard In 1904
and year later was married to Miss
Taylor Newton. Mr.. Sands was 81
years OF age at the time Of his death.