The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1908-08-19
NORTON NEWS.

Il aDDac, q 0ACCN a~cee.~%@ - -
here, who, it is alleged, murder
ed his wife here some time ago.
was tried at this term of the
court and acquitted.
Pappas ran a restaurant In the
Aston building, having living
rooms upstairs. After closing
hours on the night of the al
legged murder he and his wife |
wife went 20 their rooms. In
another room on the same floor
a card game was in progress
and Pappas went In 10 take
a part. His wife came to the
door latter and called him out.
In a few minutes after leaving |
the room the men engaged IN
the card game heard pistol |
shot. Pappas appeared at the
door and called one of the party
out and made the statement
that his wife had shot herself.
AS circumstances were very
suspicious ne was arrested and
corouer's inquest held him TO
the grand jury which found an
indictment against him.
Charles johnson, a carpenter
engaged in tearing down the
old public school building, sus-
tanned severe injuries Thursday
by the breaking Of a rope which
held up a swinging .scatfold on
which he was working. He
I fell forty feet to the ground,
one leg being broken about the
ankle and injuries 60 the spine
which cannot yet be ascertain
cd.
/ The Colonial Coal and Coke
. Company, at Dorchester, Is
now working full time, six
days a week, and Will be In full
E swing as soon as possible TO get
. men enough 60 fill the demand
Norton will soon have a jOt
. printing Office and a newspaper
4 II. ID Hanover is OF the head OF
the enterprise and has his out
4 fit now on the road.
Willie Wills. who was IN
b jured several days ago i'm a bal
game between the Norton anC
Big Stone Gap second teami
z is Improving.
r.. G.. McAmis. of Tacoma
near here, who has been work
ing ON the Norfolk and Western
+. Railway near Norfolk wa
! taken violently IN on the traiI
u near Bluefield. while enroute {,
% his home. Mr.. McAmis ha
r Just passed through an attacl
u of typhoid fever and was re
turning TO his home to recupel
j. ate, but suffered "a relapse a
4 stated above. and had 20 b
taken from the train at Blue
field and given medical after
ton, his temperature havin
II ached lO4 However he Wa
again able 90 take up his jour-
cy after one nights rest.
2, Norton does not seem like Oh
~ same hustling. busting litt
= city of two years ago. II
business of the town has bee
considerably crippled since Oh
mines contiguous 20 the tow
suspended operations While
number Of coal mines through
GUS the Clinch Valley field ha'
resumed operations the in
provement in the town
scarcely preceptible, but it
thought normal conditions a
no ! gradually returding and by fs
te all industries will be runniI
q full time.
The Interstate Railroad,
connecting link between q
Norfolk x Western and Sout
ern is building into Norton, al
now have their rails with
= about two miles of the tow
OF This will give this section ,
o., rect connection with Bristol al
IN the South and will be a CO
on venience TO the people of t
lower Clinch Valley have lol
Ike stood In need of it. 4 uni
nd depot will probably be bu
ed here when conditions are su
that the different roads cent,
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