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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1909-09-08
WELLS-TUNIS
WEDDING

A home wedding which was
beautiful in it's simple solemni-
zation, was that Of Miss Mary
Henrietta Wells, the attractive
daughter of Judge and Mrs. T.
.G. Wells. and Mr.. Charles
William Tunis. a prominent
I u IN herman of Hamilton,
Canada, at the home of the
bride at Wise, Va. last Wednes-
day afternoon at half past four
O'Clock.
The parlor was tastefully
decorated for the occasion with
potted plants and ferns. form
ing an altar where the bride
and groom stood when the
solemn promises were made.
Just preceding the ceremony
| Miss Ruth Flannery sang IN her
sweet voice "To the End of the
World With You" Mendels
sohn's wedding march wai
played by Miss Ruble Bruce
niece Of the bride, and th'
bride attired in a travelling sui
of tan chiffon broadcloth, viii
accessories 90 match, and carry
ing BRIDES roses, entered tn
parlor with the groom. Tn
ring being used m the service
was carried on a white satir
= pillow by Master James Llpps
u nephew of the bride. DR.. LOne
of Martha Washington College
pronounced the beautiful cers
d mony that united them for lif
during which Miss Bruce pla,
ed softly "To the Spring"
\ After the ceremony the bridi
d pair and guests were ushere
into the dining room, whic
Z was profusely decorated wit
white chrysanthemums an
> other cut flowers, the electro
&C lien in the center being entwi
&c ed with similax and wreaths
;" il brought 70 the four cOrne
OF the table underneath a
~ elaborate five course lunche,
le was served and at half after s
i0 O'Clock the wedding party W
~ driven 10 a station when N
'7 and Mrs. Tunis departed
Go Hamilton, Canada, and 9th
10 points of interest en- route.
''S The out-of.town guests we
y Mr.. and Mrs. j. c. Sealey a
C. w. Sealey, of HamiltC
10 Canada, relatives of the groo
&C Mrs. J. c. Carpenter. of Hor
on tonville, Ky; DR.. +. F. We
NJ of West Tennessee; Mr.. 8
Id, Mrs. o. B. Gilly, of Osaka, V
u 10 relatives of the bride, and
ne and Mrs. Long, of Abingd
9" Va; Mrs. II. NJ. Rankin,
''e' Aberdeen, Mississippi, and N
ice Eufala Buckley, of Bristol.
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ADVERTISED LETTERS.

List of Letters remainir ,g in
the Postoffice at Big Stone Gap,
Va, uncalled for Septeu lber /,
1909:
Mr.. Charlie Brown.
Mr.. Emmett Carson.
Mr.. K. y. Hit.
Mrs. Lizzie Fritts,
Mrs. Jude Folse.
Mr.. James Foster.
Mr.. z. r. Harrison.
Mr.. Ira Hooks.
Mr.. James Rose.
Mary J Thomas.
Cleveland w ade.
Mr.. X. NJ. Willis.
Persons calling ior any of the
above letters pie sase state tina
they have been advertised.
w. S. RIOS e, Postmaster.
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Batteries. Dorchester, hau and Barlow
Big Stone Cav, Horton and Jones.
Umpire:-Jno o. W. Chalkley.
Time.-2 hours
A banquet such as only our
friend, H. H. Barnes, manager
of the Monte Vista could con-
ceive, was given on Monday
night by the Big Stone Gap
Athletic Aassociation in honor
Of the teams playing the cham
pionsh;p game, with covers laid
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Base Ball.
Biz Stone Gap vs. Dryden, al Dryden.
September I.

Lineup and score.
b. $. G.-Stewart. Do; b..
Carnes, If; Wolfe, cf. Potter ss;
A. Carnes, SO; Jones, C; Kelly,
If; Baker, 10; Horton. p;
Taylor
Dryden and Wise combined.
-Dotson, cf and G; Fulton, ss;
Flanary, 10; Richmond, 3D.
Gilly, % and rf; Foster, ci
lessee, IF; Baker, ~; Custard, p
and %, Caudill, p; Herndon
batted for Jessee it the ninth.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1909-09-08

Your complex on as well as yonr temper
is rendered nis eFahl e by a disordered liver.
By taking Chs4mbeEf aims Stomach nrd Liver
Tablets you can haproye both. Sold by
Enterprise drug Co.
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BLACK MOUNTAIN
COAL. REGION.

OF 1Jfut1ItcNh 80 tNf o@Nrt N'"N
there is no section Of the United
States that has developed more
rapidly within the past Ave
years than Southwestern Vir-
ginia. and az an especially
noticeable locality the Black
Mountain region IN che inn
mediate vicinity If Pennington
Gap, Va. Is has been only a
few years since the Black
/ Mountain Railroad was con-
structed a distance OF seven
miles from Pennington Gap on
the Louisville and Nashville
Railroad into the Pocket"
" here the coal fields are located.
SO valuable are these coal
deposits, and SO we'll known
was the value, that the Louis
vile and Nashville Railroad
, Company constructed the two
miles OF road from Pennington
Gap 90 the point where il
ldiverged from the North Fork
Of Powens River, in order that
;, it might have "a "strangle hold"
: lon the territory The Black
Mountain Railway Company
., constructed the remaining five
miles
The reader will probably con-
=, lclude shat the construction OF
two miles Of railroad 70 pre-
, serve such an advantage is
very small matter and a per-
2. fectly natural step 90 take but
= when it is considered that on
= account of the numerous tun-
- nels and high steel bridges each
of the two miles Of railroad
between Pennington Gap aud
the river called for an outlay of
seventy thousand dollars,
the move becomes more signifi-
en-. cant
Still more significant il the
fact that the Southern Rail
way Company acquires the
r Virginia an q Southwestern
SIS Railroad and constructed "a lin,
Is, down Powells River. and aftel
p q sharp contest with the Louis
"a vile and Nashville people hai
ss. COTTON right into the heart o.
30; the rich deposits OF tn
C; Pocket" country and is divid
: p ing the business on friendl.
~ terms with the Louisville an
Nashville.
3 4 coal operation is like
3 : body Of great mass and weigh
IN that has 90 be- started slowl
and for that reason the res
Significance of the Black Mour
''' tain coal field has been slow /
being realized The rapidit
of movement during the pas
'n 5. three years, however, throug
IN a measure retraded by I'll
'tOne general financial and businei
depression, has been mo
gratifying to those people WI
have cast their lot with n
people Of the Pocket" al
lb. have girded their lions for &
SIS; fight TO give it supremacy as
dill, coal producing section.
The immediate coal tie
a under consideration lies in L
sb county, Virginia, and exten
CT; back through Harlan count
Kentucky. The richness of {
deposits Of coal is so evide
3 in this section that almC
all of the territory has be
.audin acquired by large holdi
corporations. a deal involvi
an investment Of one and III
millions of dollars was CO
readed summated during last moni
'afe :. ~ ~ included in which was sew
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Wise vs. East Stone Gap. al Big stone
Gap, September, 3.


Line up and score:
Wise. Green, 2b; Fulton, G.;
II. Richmond, 3b; DotsOn, ID;
K. Richmond, rf; Lipps, IS;
Hoback, If; Vance, CT; Caudill
p.
+. s. G.-Stewart, %; Judge
Gilly, IS; +. Tate, 10; Taggart.
G; w. Tate, If; Richmond, 3D.
Schuler, IF; John Gilly, CT
Sayers, p.
Score by innings:
1884 $3.50 u X Z
Wise OIO0 0O0lO ?
Z. s. G.. 10000 600 o 3
Home runs. Wade Tate 1.
Batteries Sayers and Tsggarti Caudll
aud Fulton.
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GRE AT ACTIVITY IN
RAILROAD BUILDING
Norfolk & Western Double Tracking In
Ohio. {. 20. Planning To
Reach From The Lakes TO
The Sea.


mouth and Columbus, that the
work of double tracking by the
Norfolk and Western in that
section is of more than little /
Importance. 1t has been shown
how the road is working TO |
double track aud regrade its
road ia Ohio. The central
part OF the work now is being
done north of Ashville aud from
there it is being pushed south
toward Chillicothe. When the
work has gone that far the
Norfolk and Western will have
practically a double track from
| Columbus 20 the sea.
All Of the 707 miles from
columbus TO Norfolk has been
I practically double tracked and
/ firmly reballasted except that
/ portion in Ohio between Colum
bus and Cnlicothe. When work
was begun in Ohio it started at
r Portsmouth and went north
, TO Chillicothe. Now it lis be-
ing started near Columbus and
pushed south.
The huge task of double
tracking has been going on foI
the last five OF six years
Thousands of men have beer
F. employed. and millions Of dol
J.. lars have been spent. Within
the next year OF two the entir
plan of track rehabilitation vii
b. have been completed. Thi
Will include the laying of ad
ditional track and new heav
+. rail i'm Ohio and other place
D where. temporarily spurs an
switches are taking the plac
& of a solid double track. Tn
B ultimate idea is TO have a.
Il actual double track all the wa
90 the sea.
II During the course of the wor
/, hundreds upon hundreds
.e southern negroes aud swarm
, of foreign laborers are beiu
r employed.
D: The double tracking is cnl
Sc a part of the new plans Of q
road. The latest object of Il
10 management is TO build s
,e eighty mile spur from Winston
g. Salem. n. c., 20 Wadesboro,
,v lC. This will connect at q
st latter point with he Atlant
al Coast Line and thus tap direC
IA lly the rich mining fields of O
ri southern district which Ow
,e much of its EndevelopmenJ
a lack of transportation. TT
r spur is to be begun in the We
ae L ear future.
10 In the meantime there
n fu. rther immense railroad 1
a tiv ity in the rich mining regi
of West Virginia, North a
Sou tn Carolina and Virgin
The Clinchfield, Carolina a
Ohio road, controlled by
Cumb. erland syndicate. Of n
in York. already runs from Dan
10. Va, to Bostic, n. c., distar
!, of 2I2 m lies 1t goes throu
the heart of the big mining {
cotton terr itory- The imp
tant thing, however, is that
same road is to ext tended so
to Sp arts .nburg, s. e., q
eventually to Charlie ston)
north to Elkhorn, KY max
a total N ileage of 2S4 mi
At ElKho rn the prospective
tension c. N make connectl
with the chesapeake and [
and thus gain access to
north through Cincinn
However. other more oil
plans ar being discus
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1909-09-08
DORCHESTER WINS
FRITZ SCHEFF CUP.

for sixty in an eight course
menu of which all present
were loud in praising.
...MENU...
Blue Points on Half Shell
Green Sea Turtle Imported sherry
Broiied Spanish Mackeral
with Shoe String Potatoes
Stuffed Cucumbers Hot Waters
Port Wine
Sweet Bread Croquctts
smithGold Jelly Cured Country Ham
Stuffed Celery Beaten Biscuit
Oriolc Sandwiches
Roman Punch
Chicken salad French style
Russian Devoiio In Peppers
Hot Waters
Stuffed Tomatoes with Pimcnto
Rhine Wine
Individual Ices
Imported Cigars Turkish Cigarc' tsi
Blacl, Coffee
The flowers and general colo
scheme of the dining hall wer'
those of both the Athletic AssO.
citation and base ball club, sup
plemented by red and yellow
where the exact color could not
be had these were the nearest
shades TO maroon and old gold
colors of the two.
Immediately following the
banquet q number of invited
guests, ladies, who had been
waiting i'm the lobby were ush
cred into the dining room wheI
the cup was presented 20 Mr.
George Esser, manager of tia
/ Dorchester team by Mr.. Johl
Fox, Jr., at the request of MT
j. r. Bullitt, who presided a
toast master, and was. followe
by Mr.. A. II. Coolidge in a toas
10 Mr.. and Mrs. John Fox. Jr
/ Mr.. Esser responded in beha
of the winning team. while Jn'
/ w. Chalkley represented oh
home team. Then came Mr. {
+ u. Perrin, of Keokee, all inte
esting and holding attention
the last but by no means lea
O stand was Mr.. L. n. Jones
. manager of the East Stone GS
team, who brought down q
house repeatedly in his chara
teristic explanation of how the
bring up ball players in Ea
F Stone Gap. The banquet clos
with all singing America al
"My Old Kentucky Home" L
by the ladies, after which q
, Monte Vista was deserted,
large number repairing to NJ
Salisbury's hospitable roof, III
Touraine, where the dinir
room had been cleared, al
such as cared INDUCED in
most delightful dance.
The Washington times., 1909-04-16
SAILORS STRIKE
ON GREAT LAKES
Refuse to Work on Vessels
of Lake Carriers ASSo-
citation.

BUFFALO, N. Y, April 16.-The
strike of the sailors on the Great Lakes
or rather their refusal to report for
work. is now in effect Fully 1900
men, from engineers to deck hands. are
affected by the decision of the organ
izations not to operate boats belonging
10 members of the Lake Carriers As
sociation until its avowed purpose to
enforce an open shop on TIE Great Lake
boats is abandoned. This strike is Pc
culiar in that the men have not yet
gone TO work.
How effective the embargo viii be
cannot be accurately determined until
the ice conditions permit the boats to
SAIL The insurance en- Lake vessels
became effective last night and naviga-
ton formally opens today. Some boats,
with non-union crews, may try to get
out OF port this afternoon
All along the docks the unions have
l'ickets placed to intercept strikebreak-
ers and persuade them TO leave the
The backbone OF the strike may prOvs
to be the engineers. whose organiZa-
ton has declared against any mem Der
signing contracts containing clause
declaring against the closed shop.
The Washington times., 1909-04-16
Philippine Musicians Will
Open the American
Lunetta.
COLONEL COSBY
LAYS DOWN LAW
Carriages Must Be Parked in
Designated Places to Pre-
vent Confusion.

The new bandstand on Riverside
Drive. Potomac Park, around which ii
is believed washington society will
eventually evolve an American Hyde
Park. or Lunetta, OF Malecon, will be
used for the first time tomorrow after
noon. The Philippine Constabulary
Band, which has experience in playin.;
for society over on the Lunetta H.
Manila, viii play. The concert will be-
gin at D. m, and there will be eight
selections.
Col Spencer F. Cosby. superintendent
OF public buildings and grounds, under
whose directions the stand has been
constructed, is not certain what viii
be done in the matter of seats. For the
concert tomorrow, he said, there will
be a few benches, which he hopes will
be given up to women and men who
are old enough to need them.
Since the bandstand is quite a distance
from an accessible car line it is possible
that the attendance Of persons who
would come on foot will not be large.
Until after the first concert there is no
way of estimating the crowd. WnaT
arrangements may be made for next
Wednesdays concert and for others
after that Colonel Cosby had not CON
sidered. Within a short time the new
bridge, which is to span the waterway V
between the Tidal Basin and the Po-
tomac, will be completed, and then the
band stand will be within a few min
utes walk Of the Mt Vernon electrics
Park policemen will keep order to-
morrow among those who come on foot,
and mounted and bicycle policemen will
look after the vehicular traffic Colonel
Cosby has promulgated the following
rules for vehicles:
Vehicles will be permitted 10 park IN
two rows on the side OF the road nearest
the band stand and all facing in the di-
rection in which they enter the park
from Seventeenth street
Next the parked vehicles will be a
stantly moving in the direction in which
street.
"On The side Of the road furthest
from the bandstand will be a line Of
vehicles which must be kept constantly
moving in the opposite direction TO
those in section two.
Vehicles will be allowed TO change
direction only at the points marked by
mounted police
The Constabulary Band viii give d
concert Sunday evening IN the BS!asco
Theater. when q program Of unusual
features will be given. In the list Of
numbers are several unique arrange
ments of well-known compositions
which the band has made popular in
The concert OF Sundaz, night will
| probably be the last opportunity Wash
| ington music lovers viii have to hear
The Washington times., 1909-04-16
TILTED GIRL GETS
HEAVY DAMAGES
Miss Mates Given $4,000
AS Balm to Wounded
.
Heart.

CHICAGO, H., April 16.-After a SEN
sational trial in which characters were
assailed, lawyers almost came 70 blows
a dozen times, and warrants were ask
ed for half a dozen witnesses for per
jury, a jury has returned verdict OF
81. 900 damages for breach of promise
for Miss Mary Mates, against Hugh
Crabbe, who was once manager Of the
l. T. Letter estate.
"Happy?" cried Miss Mates, in an
swer to a question. "Of course I'm
happy. Wouldn't you be happy if your
character had been assailed In the bru-
tai way mine has been, and then you
won such a victory as this over those
who we're against your I'm vindicated,
and I'm so happy"
Nr. Iitsinger, her lawyer. said:-'It' s
the biggest verdict ever given IN SIM
ilar case in this county, as tar as l can
learn He said the reason the jury
found as they did was, of course, due
10 the bitter assaults made on Miss
Mates by witnesses for Mr.. Crabbe.
on the witness stand Miss Mates
testified she had met MI Crabbe first
at ZiegleT, and that after they both
came 10 Chicago he was most atten-
tive TO her. On one occasion, she said,
she went with Mr.. Crabbe to his apart
ments under a misapprehension, and
there, according TO her story, she was
attacked. made unconscious by striking
her mead against mantel and found
herself still in the room In the early
morning Mr.. Crabbe, she said. had
promised to make amends by marry
ing her. but instead he had married an
other.
For the defense a woman detective
testified that Miss Mates had said she
hoped to get a large amount Of money
from Crabbe that she and her sweet
heart might be married and take trip
10 Europe.
The Washington times., 1909-04-16
WOMAN'S BODY PREY
TO HOGS IN FIELD
Supposed She Fell and Perished,
and Was Attacked BY
Beasts.

ELKTON, Nd. April 16.-Miss Eliza
J. Woods, seventy-five years old. Is
dead today at the home Of her nephew,
Harry s. Davis, at Northeast.
Henry W. Fredericks.- on visiting an
open field on his farm at Charlestown,
Cecil county. discovered the body OF
Miss Woods. which had been partly
eaten by hogs.
Miss Woods resided on her farm OF
forty-five acres. and was seen last
night crossing the field. II Is thought
she became bewildered in the darkness
and fell in crossing Hhe fence, where
she evidently perished. and the body
was attacked by the hogs.
The Washington times., 1909-04-16
Compare Them With UsuaI SI.OC

stockings a
dyea nakng
pmed m
and
al
is SaTingly illustrated
The Washington times., 1909-04-16
BRINGING BODY HOME.

The funeral of Mrs. Elizabeth R
formerly Of washington, widow
of j. II. Warren. at one time vice
president of the Westinghouse Electric
and Manufacturing Company, who died
in London yesterday. will be held at
Quincy, Massachusetts,.
The Washington times., 1909-04-16
WELL-KNOWN CITIZEN
SENTENCED TO CHAIR
Samuel Hardy, of Suffolk, Va,
Accused of the Tiberius @.
Jones Murder.

SUFFOLK. Va. April I6.-Samuel
Hardy has been sentenced TO the cleo
1ric chair for the murder OF Tiberius
g.. Jones.
Hardy is well known in Nansemoud
county. and the trial has been OF the
most sensational character. The de-
1endant has maintained his innocence OF
the crime. Jones was shot from am
bush.
The case will be taken to the supreme
court Of the State. Judge McLemOre
The Washington times., 1909-04-16

Elastic Belts: black and all the
colors, wiz etched and Gains
borough buckles. Wo-th up to 01c
0Oc--- -----...----- =
Shell Hairpins; Large Bar &C
rettes. Worth 15c and 25c-..---.--.1
Rosebud Hatpins; extra long. &C
Usually ..-.-.-.-.-..s-..--.... ,
The Washington times., 1909-04-16
FORTY-SlX REASONS
GIVEN BY COOPERS
Men Sentenced For Carnack Muir
der Allege Errors of Trial
Judge.

NASHVILLE. Tenn, April 16-Forty-
six. reasons are given by the attorneys
for Col. Duncan B. Cooper and his son
Robin Cooper why the verdict OF the
Jury sentencing them 70 twenty years
Imprisonment for the murder OF former
Senator Carmack should be set aside.
Their motion for a new trial has been
filed in the criminal court.
Alleged errors of the trial judge are
given as the principal reasons.
The Washington times., 1909-04-16

the band Next week the little musi-
clans will leave the Capital for the
South, where several concert dates have
been arranged. Plans are also being
made TO fill engagements this summer
In parks of some of the larger cities
on the route to t. Pacific coast
The Washington times., 1909-04-16
TO WIND UP BUSINESS.

LONDON, April I6.-At an extraordin-
Rry meeting Of the shareholders Of the
-AnglO-Califcrnian Bank, Limited, the
decision TO wind up the banks busi-
ness was confirmed.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-18

spector, "and ddn t you know that something would
happen2' Murder and comprehension famed into
Mr.. Godstone s face With an inarticuate snarl he
rushed upon the bard of his bargains and in an in
stant the shop full of scurrying and pursuing
forms. The boss chased Isaac the Inspector fearing
bloodshed, chased the boss; the pullern, scentng
battle, chased the other three The assistant nspec
tor, knight at heart, caught Esther she reeed be-
fore the onrush of the chase and threw her the
high-heaped Egyptian balbriggan underwear" of
the center table; climbed after her; drew her to her
feet and from that commanding but insecure position
they watched the progress of the battle beneath
Around and around the shop flew Mr. Blumberg,
his breath coming heavily his heart aboring under
the mockery of his fancy vest. After him-under
counters over tabes-foowed the BOSS the inspector
and the puller-in. Spaces narrow and the bar
gain display insecure. Heap after heap tottered
and fell until the path of flight was strewn The
crash of tnware heralded the fall of the boss as he
plunged into of coffee pots and dishpans, and
ponderousy to earth The inspector Joined him.
The puerin forcibly extricated the combatants and
Esther clung trembling to the assistant And then as
Isaac his feet, sped toward freedom and
the door, and wondered if he might oustrp vengeance,
the handle turned the door opened and Morris Mogl-
lewsky with message to his aunt stood upon the
threshold. But brief his stand. Mr. Bumberg
escaped the PROSTATE form of his angel of de-
liverance and vanished, hatless and painting, into the
moving Grand street crowd.
The specific charge against Samuel Goldstone was
not proved, but weeks of officiadom and of inquiry
Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-18

followed Torrents of disnfectants ruined the char
acter of the store the confidence of the public, the
temper of the boss much of the stock the of
the headed pulern and the peace of Esther days
For Isaac gone, and she was very lonely in the
transformed store, which smelled acidy of chem
icals its gloom relieved by the constant com
panionshp of the soured and abusive Mr. GoldstOne.
He had long suspected that he had rival in his clerk
and was handicapped by chivalric scrupes against
speaking ill of the absent He spent hours at it; he
rallied at and abused the vanished Isaac bitterly and
increasingly.
''Und for why did he write that fool words? For
why? For why? 1t an'd business und it ain d
sense. l buy them gloves from off my friend Gold
mark. Is Goldmark dead9 Sure not. You seen him
in de store yesterday. He ain d died nowheres, und
he says he died by islands Ain d he crazyg Gott!
ain d never such foolishness 1t s gOot he goes
But to Esther it was very bad For the first few
days she suffered agonies of uncertainty as to his
fate and the sight of his deserted derby under the
hosiery counter almost more than she could bear.
Then her doubts resolved into an even more
cruel certainty. Morris, her small nephew, appeared
one afternoon with tiny note, which he delivered to
her when the eyes of the boss not upon him.
''The salesman gives it to me,'' he whispered 81
him by the corner
The note was short. ''Meet at Grand corner
Essex, tonight. Give the boy penny if you have it,
Isaac"