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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1908-12-23
No. So
THE 1908 CROPS.
Naised ~ The Farmers OF The yai,es
States Record Breaking and Worth
Eighty Billion Dollars.

The annual report Of the Sec
retary Of Agriculture viii show
a record breaking year for the
farmer. The value Of this cron
VIII be IN round up numbers
So,ooo.ooo,o0O. an increase of
about $500. 100000 over the
preceding year. Even at the
rate at which Congress IS now
appropriating money. it would
'ake the body eight wears IN
dispose of it- In other words
enough money IS now being ex-
tracted out of the farms of the
country IN "a year Co pay for
running the Government for
eight years Last year the to-
tai amount Of crops was under
fl,5ue.0Oo .O0l
secretary Wilson now hasor.
perts engaged IN figuring ONT
tne value of the farm rrons
he is getting ready to incorno
rate the facts in his annual re-
port Tn recent years Secretary
" lison s annual reports have
attracted wide notice becauss
OF the paens that have SUNG ~
the prosperity of the farmers.
oi the almost fabulous presenta-
tions they have made out oftbe
corn and hay aud cotton
and other crops. this wear will
not oe au exception In fact
me Secretary VIII be able ~
tell "a story of prosperitv ~
wealth and riches in the land ~
.he United States that will
'ead like "a chapter from
Arabian Nights. Not onlv
Nlil 10 overshadow past reports
lut 20 Will SET forth the facts
about farm production that
ias no parallel la any other
'ountry. Broadly speaking
he farmers of The country ars
'etter oii this year than In
rev ious years in two respects
ne crops are better than the
.verage and the prices are much
higher.
10 ls not So much however. bv
eason OF Increased production
ms year that the farmers are
.etter OFT as it is becauee If
he high prices. The corn crop
'ill head Che list around tbe
illon aud one-halfhgures
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1908-12-23
ATTEMPT TO BREAK JAIL.

Jailer Dougherty discovered
an attempt to break Jail Satur.
day morning, four prisoners
having made an attempt to Sc
cure their liberty. They had
worked the mortar from around
a rock, leaving the outside in.
tact. 1t seems they worked at
night and put back the mortar
IN the morning, also hanging
their clothes over the place.
Mr.. Dougherty heard them at
work, and making an examina
tion, checked their intent. He
put the four men in the CAGE
Gate City Herald.
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In Your Home
or Office
he Standard Dictionary
Is Indispensable.

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'ne nAs cost oyer s Ouo ooo to r,oduce
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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1908-12-23
A PLEA FOR GOOD
ROADS.

Can Wise County. Va. have
good roads without excessive
taxation therefor
In order TO intelligentlv con
slider and answer the above
question, It is necessary for the
taxpayers TO know the AVERAGE
annual rate per cent gain over
the preceding year of taxable
values for county purposes Of
this county for several gone bv
years, as a reasonable safe basis
for determining the amount of
her taxable values % year av-
erage time hence. upon which
the payment of bond issue
running 20 years for "a reason
able amount, say, $500. 600 could
be easily made.
We viii now show her ability
so TO do; The average rate per
cent from and including the
year 1905 to and including the
year 1907 is a per cent gain. |
each year, more than the pre-
ceeding year.
The assessed taxable values
of this county for county levy |
purposes for the fiscal year 1905 I
being $9.4s0, ,4Cs 90 which sum /
say, $3.50, ,46s of town /
lots, etc, charged with back /
taxes, deducted from said total /
assessment would give So, 900, i
10000 as the amount Of her tax
able values for the fiscal year
1909, which taken as a basis on
the annual A per cent increased /
valuation of each preceding
year. will at the average, on
payment into the sink
ing fund amount to 80 per cent
Of the base, being "a times 50.
100000. 90 which is $2I 600. .OO0.0O. I
And a l cent levy on the slOOl
value thereof would yield the
handsome sum of $4,000.
Your obd't serv't,
WM. j. KILGoRE.
Va, Dec. 10.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1908-12-23
Marked For Death

inIee years ago 7 was marked for death
=, - E!aNe- -yard cough was tearing my lungs
hope had hed. when mr husband on, ~ ~
hings New Discovery SAYS Mrs
.iiians, 81 Bac. Ky The first do.s
1.eiped me and improvement kent on nnfil
4 had gained - pounds iu weight and nv
lo 4 q ith was fully restored, This medicine
noids me worlds healing record for courbs
ana colds and hung and throat diseases N
prevents pneumonia Sold under ruaran-
zee :, az az >, W helly's drug store. SOC and
Sl.0O. Trial bottle free.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1908-12-23
NEW COAL COMPANY.

The Continental Coal Corpor-
alton has been incorporaten for
$500 900 capital stock by Erie
Martin and others to operate
coat mines in Bell county, Ken
lucky, taking over the mines of
Highland Rim Mining Co, at
KIM, Ky, Black Raven Coal
Co., and others. -Manufac-
turer's Record.
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BUILDING OF &C. q 0.
such Rosd Planned b. South Caro-.
ians Nearly IS Years Ago.


The building of the Carolina
Ciinchield & Ohio Railroad. in
honor of which Spartanburg
gave a great banquet last
month is one of the most re-.
markable enterprises of the
day. It's completion will fulfill
the struggles of South Carolina
when ITS great Statesman.
Hayne, and others nearly three
quarters of a century ago sought
TO construct such a road. They
saw It's Importance as a freight
and passenger carrier. but they
saw ever more. They realized
that such a connecting link
would unite the West and
the South into closer business
relations, and that out Of this
would come a broader national
development which they be-
iieved would prevent the inn
pending war They indeed
saw with prophetic vision th hatI
the development of the South
would mean the enrichment Of
the nation. But the leaders
40 this great plan were diverted /
from their task by the pressure /
of the politics of the middle of
the last century, aud thus one
OF themost magnificent schemes
of the greatest leaders Of the
Did South went down. Other
great leaders in finance
lave taken up the work. and
.hough their motives may be /
he seltshness Of desire for
gam, they are building a line
which viii prove immensely
'aluable 90 the South and the
Vest alike 10 is SAID that the 1
me already built has cost large II
y over 100000 a mile. which !
or road of such length will :
make 10 one of the costliest 0
ver built in this country. prob. 9
by surprising in this respect
ne somewhat similar line
'hich Harry II. Rogers is build / q
lg from the coal fields of West
irginia TO Norfolk, and into
'hich he has already put $50
10000. The Chnchfeld line :
al form connecting link ID
stween the West and the
outh Atlantic coast. IL will ~
pen up a coal region which a
as been rightly called .The ID
cart Of America, it will a.
ing into the line of active de- u
region of unsur- y,
issed natural resources. of %
arvelous beauty of scenery
ld one of almost uneQualled ~
innate attractions. Its effect ~
ION the development of the 81
hole region extending from -
'utheastern Kentucky through =,
.uthwestern Virginia and thu -
'rolinas TO the ports which il ~
III ultimately reach, probably
Tn Charleston and Savannah ~
III necessarily be very great -
Importance 10 all that terri y
~ can hardly be Overestimat- -
. The people Of Spartan 2"
re- did well. therefore. in &c
'king a joyous occasion to >
ebrate their victory in secur. u
this line. Pu
be
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1908-12-23
GOOD ROADS AND
ROAD BUILDING.

corresponding amount in cash.
Ten years ago n ew York
began to see a little light on
this matter. Two years ago
the people of that state declared
that her credit might be used to
the amount of $50, 100000 TO
pay for a general Improvement
of highways Her several coun-
ties viii furnish as much more.
so that provision is already
made by which a hundred mil
lion dollars will be put into
road improvement. Before this
work will be completed. fully
six hundred million dollars viii
have been spent 60 make good
the wagon roads of this one
state.
Ii is possible that this can
pay' And If perchance it may
pay a state so populous and
wealthy as New York is. could
such AN outlay, even remotel,
approaching this i'm magnitude
10y any possibility pay state
like Tennessee, for example,
How can such use of money
pay, IN "a state which is largely I
New Jersey led nearly AN the I
states IN making good high /
ways ont of the canals OF mud +
which We're called her wagon
'oads. There. as in every other
.tate where road Improvement.
llong sound lines has been un-
iertaken, the farmers were
trongly opposed 90 spending
money for good roads To do /
20 would bee Co drive owners of
eal estate, especially of farm
ands, into bankruptcy. But
'oods roads were made. and the
at once found these
ew highways opened TO them
n easy way out or the bondage
I debt. They could make ;
loney on their crops. and they q
ouid sell their land for from ,
NO 90 ten times as many dollars d
s they could have got foritbe- Z
're the roads were made good D.
Ia Pennsylvania one who C
wned 100 acres of land would a
ave gladly sold il tor $1,000 /
hen the road through the /
.wnship was improved under ''
ate supervision. partly at the II
'st OF the state. he sold the C
nd for $4,000. la MARYLAND q
man arranged 10 sell his farm
n %, 200, and ne who was 10
~ 10 backed out. The invest
ent wasn't safe enough for :
IN. Macadam road was built =
ld the owner of that farm let ,
.rt OF nc go for SIP, 900, and "'
ay get as much more for that W
rt he still owns. In Daviess "
unity, Kentucky. about mil in
IN dollars has been added to of
e assessed valuation, mainly -
cause about 25 miles of road u
We been made good. In Ten II
ssee 25 to 300 per cent has re
ded To the value of land. bv w
Improvement of highways. go
Marked Eo- Da.tL
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1908-12-23

ZION, ana leaves only rotten
stumps. Agriculture draws
from air, water and soil only
that which will be returned TO
the earth. Agriculture gives
10 the United States by far the
largest part of its current
wealth, and better protection
against aggression than the
most powerful Of navies. the
strongest of fortresses could
give. For the nation that can
control the necessary food Of
other nations can get all those
people can give. The power
of the state rest on its farmer.
Few who know the truth will
deny that the climate and soil
of the South would give her
enormous wealth and power. If +
enough farmers occupied her
lands, and used them wisely
10 is known that climate. soil
and other natural conditions I'm
the South are more favorable Go
the farmer than those of pros
porous northern states can be.
yet comparatively few men
seek farms i'm the southern /
states What should be done
90 turn the thousands Of home
seekers TO the sunny and fertile
South.
ls there a suggestion of value
M the fact that lack of easv
anu inexpensive transportation ,
has been a very potent factor
IN causing the abandonment of
many farms in the North At II
lantic states, Across northern ,
states railroads were built :
canals were dug, rivers were p
deepened and harbors were en- .
larged and improved in other !
ways, that the harvests of the b,
newer West might be more =
and cheaply brought =
TO the East; and the farmer of n
the eastern states were taxed 10 :.
pay for these means that were
10 bring competition to drive ~
INN from home markets. and b
lnally his home. \,
Prices of crops lowered in the -.
Atlantic market, while expenses :,
md taxes rose. They whose -,
arms were "a little way from n.
he main taveled roads found =
hat their land could hardly be :,
made TO pay cost of working D,
slowly and surely the debts :.
rev, until at last the hopeless y;
truggle was given up. and the -,
arm was abandoned. In one M
eriod of fifteen years OF such m
am effort TO get a living in re- pa
urn Tor constant toll, the popu- So
alton of seventeen New York ~ ~
ounties decreased BY thousands he
year, while the population of ha
orty-four others ofthe counties ne
that state, in which there m amu
re large villages and cities in
reased 2,069,455. If the seven.
'en counties had gained in like
ITO, 100000 people would have A 9
cen added to their rolls. soI
While nation and state were Kin
wing the money and the pron. WI w,l
ty of the people to help deem ! Ia
} haroors and rivers, dig canals hole boI
"a build railroads, to the great and
ont OF the western farmer and lee
stern manufacturer, nothing $40
as done to lessen for the east.
u farmer the cost of CARVING Nj
S products, his home market
w seemed TO realize that the T
irden of moving the harvests att,
om the field to the nearest $40
llway or canal was heavier Ma
an that of CARRYING them all 90,
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1908-12-23
ENGINEERS AT WORK
Outlook Favorable for an Early Com.
p'eiion 81 the Holsiou River Railroad.

Interest in the Holston Rail.
road Co, is being revived
Within the last few DAYS. II. b.
Spencer, vice president. in
charge Of the construction and
purchasing department Of the
Southern Railway accompanied
by W. II. Wells. engineer of
construction, have been over
the line Of this proposed road
from Persia. Hawkins county
into Virginia They were ac.
companied by several contrac.
tors IL is understood that Che
company will soon award the
contract for the completion of
this line, which is controlled bv
the Southern railway.
A large amount of the road
has been constructed and great
amount of work has been com
menced over a year ago when
financial conditions stopped
railroad constructing. the com
pany cancelled the contract
with the original contractors -
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1908-12-23

A corps of engineers has been
put 20 work on the Holston
River Railway The engineers.
it rs understood, are making am
estimate Of the amount of work
and the cost Of completing the
grade. To is known that the
Southern is very anxious Co
complete this link as early as
possible in order go be able 90
compete with the c., G.. 81 3D..
IA transporting coal southwark
10 is believed by men i'm a
position 10 give their opinions
weight that within "A very few
weeks the work of completinO
the grade will be commenced
and that it viii Dee rushed for
ward with an possible speed
10 rs also believed that ca CON
iracting company prominent in
lhis section wilihave charge of
the work--Gate CITY Herald
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1908-12-23
JOHN FOX, JR.,
MARRIED.

the popular author Of this place.
which occurred at the home Of
his brother, R. x Fox. in New
York on Sunday December
18th:
Friends here have just learn
ed with much delight of the
marriage of John Fox. Jr.. the
novelist, of Big Stone Gap. TO
Nine FRITZ Schetf, the comic
opera star, which occurred in
New York, where the bride is
now playing, last Sunday.
The announcement is Of
peculiar interest here. owing to
the fact that the celebrities
recently visited Bristol on their
return from Nine. Schef's pre
nuptlal visit to Mr.. Fox,s
parents, Mr.. and Mrs John
Fox, Sr., at Big Stone Gap.
A Quie, Sunday Wedding.
The marriage occurred Sun.
day afternoon at the country
home of Rector X. Fox. the
publisher, who is brother oil
the author and was performed
by the Rev Mr.. Wallace of rbe
Mount kisco Methodist Epicso- [
pal Church They returned toI
ihe city and are spending their
honeymoon at the Plaza Hotel. /
Nine. Schen returned Go her
Engagement at tho Knickerboc-
Ser Iheater, where she is hav-
ng "a great run ia 'sThe Prima
Donna and when the curtain
rose Monday night she was
greeted with continued applause
which she smiliugly acknow-
edged
IL is 60 Walter Damrosch. the
musician, that the American
tage owes credit for the bright
tar, FRITZ Scheff. for it was
.e who heard hear sing i'm a J
enecian theatre and realized &
Ter possibilities on the Ameri. d
an stage Her success has
een phenomenal from the n
loment she set her foot ON j
.merican soil and she is lust
ow an the prime of her stage y
Areer, in The Prima Donna ;, o
new Partisan comic opera bv "
.enry N Blossom and Victor b
.erbert, aut thors of the )
ModIste." lt had a great run o
Chicago and is easily the b
llef attraction ON Broadway Il
MS season. b
FoA Announced Plans.
Inc romance, which has at ~
acted so much attention. was y,
tensihed "a few weeks ago ii
hen Mr.. Fox made the first -,
innate announcement of their ~
plans while in Bristol !.
TN his finance. This was =,
imedlately following the visit =,
the bride-eiect to the parents y.
Mr.. Fox, at Big Stone Gap.Ib,
stated TO a Herald Courier -
porter that the marriage r.
'uld occur about the holiday -
ason, as he left for New "a
'rk with Mime. Schen. =,
FRITZ Scheff in her tuneful -,
W Partisan opera comiore %
S been more generally admir- IN,
than any star on the Ameri-
a stage this season. The
rlma Donna" after a re.
lrkable run at the Studebaker
'atre IN Chicago, is meeting
ia greater success in New
rk. 1t is a piece scintillat- an
with clever humor, FUNNY ia
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1908-12-23

Va, Dec. 10.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1908-11-04
Got Quite Pleasant.

The mistress OF hospitable home In
New York recently had to employ n
new second girl whose work she liked,
but whose blunt aud forbiddIng man
ner she liked not at all She talked to
the girl and urged her to be pleasant
and agreeable whenever she had to "a y
anything to other people. particularly
visitors.
A great surprise for the mistress fol-
lowed this admonition. The next day
the girl happened to attend the door,
and she opened It just AZ her mistress
was passing through the hall TO the
establishment and bewilderment Of the
latter the girl reached out and. catch
Ing the caller by the hand. actually
dragged her inside the door, express
Ing her pleasure at seeing her, and
then hnstened to announce the call to
her mistress. New York Sun.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1908-11-04
The Marshal's Advice.

While Wilbur Nesbit was finishing
his humorous novel, "The Gentleman
Ragman.' he was spending n few
weeks In n country town In Indiana
He had sent nearly all OF the revised
manuscript 10 the publishers. but Ger
tain details of the completion of the
plot had been the subject of discussion
between himself and n friend connect
ed With the publishing house.
One day n telegram for Nesblt was
received 1T the. village telegraph Office.
1t read:
what are you going to do about
Annie Davis and Pinkney Sanger"
Annie Is the heroine OF THE Gentle.
man Ragman;" plnkney Is the villain,
II there Is one In the book The local
telegraph operator personally delivered
the message, and Hesbit wrote this
reply:
"Will marry Annie Davis and shoot
Pinkney Sanger as soon as | return to
Chicago
The operator stared at Nesbit won
derlngly when he read the message,
but Nesbi did not fathom that stare
until the morning when he took the
train home. when the village marshal
stepped up To him and said meanlngly
"Mr Ncsbit. | would advise you as
an officer of the law. sir. not to do
anything rash when You get to Chi
cggo."- llnrper's Weekly
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1908-11-04

farmers, social and intellectual life
will be taken up by them. good reads
forestry and landscape gardening
movements Will be inaugurated by the
people everywhere, and in the course
of few decades we shall really learn
how to live.
The solution of the Stun problem
and of the congestion of our great cit
les Is to be found, | am convinced, In
showing these people the beauty. the
contentment and the returns of coun-
try life. The step will also. or should
also, find way of stopping young
men and women from leaving the farm
for the city. Our system of education
Is partly at fault for this. In future
we must educate our young toward the
country and toward nature rather than
away from them.
Rut 1t Is not enough that one com
mission alone should be working along
these laudable lines. There should be
universal movement In these direc
lions among the people themselves.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1908-11-04
One Use of LIVERY.

From my wabbly rustic platform
four thoroughfares are In plain view
4 dirt road, two railroads and rlv-
err The dirt road Is by no means the
least interesting of the four. 1t Is
chiefly used by hoboes and automo-
blles beating 1t out from New York.
Thus the two extremes of life pass
each other ut close quarters, but do not
elash-at least. In the language of Il.
IL. Hartman, mot yet"
The historic horse Is not utterly ban
ished, but is used chiefly to draw buck
sters' wagons and few fashionable
tuinouts. Again the two extremes Of
life-the tradesman and the people
who owe the tradesman.
The coachman on the wagon of
fashion Is thing of glory He is nj
ways In uniform, even in the hottest
weather. He Is paid not only for drlv.
Ing horses. but for wearing clothes and
being uncomfortable. Down at the lit
tie village almost any morning can be
seen coachmen and footmcn galore
suffering sartorial martyrdom.
have often thought the principle
on which they are required TO do this
Is the same that makes people carry
gloves In their hands, on the end of an
umbrella or protrudlng from n pocket
They really must show the world that
they own gloves.
In the same way people have scrv-
ants to hang clothes on The masters
do moi wanr tha taos thomsaIVos far
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1908-11-04
Ready COURAGE.

The Duchesse de Berry, whose hus-
band was the son OF Charles Y. of
France, Is described In the Memoirs
Of the Comtesse do Boigne" as one of
the most courageous characters the
writer ever knew.
One day, when she was driving with
her husband. the Due de Berry, the
horses took fright and ran AWAY. The
duchesse had continued the conyersn-
ton without changing the tone OF her
voice. and at last her husband ex-
claimed:
why. Caroline. do you not see what
has happened"
Yes. | see; but as cannot stop the
horses 1t IL useless to trouble about
them"
The carriage was upset. but no one
was hurt.