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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1909-07-28
TWO LAND DEALS

On last Monday two deals
were made of land lying on the
Liberty Hill Road west of Taze-
well. Mr. j. G. Bundy became
purchaser of the farm of Mrs.
Ann Eliza Witten at the price
of $23. 800. Mr.. Bundy sold his
boundry. eight miles west of
town, known as the Spratt land +,
for the sum of $1,000 to Jos. s.
and A. p. Gillespie. -Tazewell
Republican.
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you look over these coal fields
1 believe it will pay from the
beginning. We have one of
the greatest paying PROPOSE
tions in the world.
"There are thOusa nds Of
miners who live at the mines
will come 20 the towns when
this car line is once completed,
10 educate their children and
for their families 10 live in
town.
eve started this thing some
two or three years ago, but
shortly thereafter the panic
came and our furnace went in
20 collapse and stopped and
thus deprived aud estopped us
from carrying out our ideas.
but / hope our furnace at this
place viii soon start again.
I'VE ought 20 start at Jones'
Vile and run on up 90 Norton.
We ought 90 20 TO work to-
night IN earnest and organize.
We have not got the money
with which 20 build this car
line, but if we show a willing
ness and show a business pro
position / think we can get the
money. We have not got 70
show that, show what advan-
tages and the resources our
towns have, and when we do
that we can get the money.
q have every faith of the
proposition n q think there
will be no trouble in securing
the capital Go build this car
line if we viii only put our
shoulders together.
Other speeches were made by
c. G. Hyatt, president of the
| Norton Board of Trade, j. NJ.
Goodloe, Prof. r. II. Sheppe
and A. II. Coolidge, all of
whom were heartily in favor of
the proposed electric line, and
spoke of the many advantages
to be derived by its construc-
ton.
\ committee consisting of K,
| l.. Pennington and w. +. Orr,
of JOnesville; c. G. Hyatt and
/ K. l.. DamerOn, Of Norton; f
w. Blondell, of Appalachia; w.
| T. GOodloe and w. q. Coutts,
of Big Stone Gap, was appoint
ed TO take up the matter OF
organizing a company for the
purpose of building this line
and formulating plans fol
securing the necessary capital
for the undertaking.
The meeting was most en-.
thusiastic and every one seem
ed greatly encouraged.
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GOOD ENTER
TAINMENT.

An excellent entertainment
was given in the School Audi
torium on last Wednesday
night by Mrs. Josephine Kane,
of Bristol, assisted by local
talent. The readings by Mrs.
Kane We're interesting and en-
joyed by all present, as well as
the entire program, which con-
sisted of the following:
M0sic.-violin Solo
Miss Virgins Beverler-
Reading g.-Annabel Lee. Poe Mrs Kane
Music. Tale Of the Sea she'll
From the Prince o. P'lson Miss Burgess.
Reading, The Minister 70 Tea
Miss Elizabeth Agee.
Music. Creole Lovers Song.
Dudley Buck Nr HseAs
Reading. Enoch Ardsn-- Tcnnyson
Part Mrs Kane.
Part II Mrs. Kane
Music --inlroduction Es Polonsise
Mss Virginia Dsesrlev.
Reaaing - Deaeou S'ecum's Pzeseuce
@f Mind Nh Ksns.
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good Tor the cause of education.
The United States Govern
ment j. making preparations TO
commence IN. er. elton - Que
Of the finest Federal buildings
in Southwest Virginia. congress
last year appropriatsng 100000
for tai~ purpose 4 beautiful
site on Wood Avenue, in the
center OF che business section,
has been purchased for this
purpose. This bOil,ling il 60
accommodate the y office a, q
and Federal Conri. he business
of which ls sapidiv increasing,
aud viii continue 10 increase a.
the surrounding country de-
velopes. When this building
is completed, ir is not at all
improbable tina Z important
government Offices will be locat-
ed here.
Big stone Gap has some
splendid churches, aud practic-
ally all the leading denomina-
tions are represented here.
No town in the country has
better hotel facilities than Big
Stone Gap. The Monte Vista
and Touraine, erected last year.
are all that the travelling public
could desire. and this place is
now being made the head
lquarters for large number Of
travelling men, who travel this
section Of the state
/ The town has "A good Board
of Trade that is being supported
literally by the people. and
through il much and lasting good
for the town will be accomplish
ed. II, though only organized
a few months ago, has already
done a great deal of good, and
we hope IN the near future TO
be able 10 report important
things accomplished through
5 this most excellent organiza.
{ ton.
It would be unjust to the good
d women of the town TO close this
article without saying some
thing about the Woman's Civic
League, which was organized
{ last spring, aud which has ac.
= complished much good for the
y town. Through its efforts
! the place was given a thorough
r cleaning up AMI a spirit Of inn
. provement invaded the entire
I community. To the credit Of
Z this League the town has never
- presented a more attractive ap-
q pearance than it does this sum
5 mer.
I If you are looking for a place
. to locate, where conditions are
b as nigh perfect as it is possible
o Co find them, where you can
\ have a good home in the most
!. excellent climate in the world
where your children viii have
the very best educational ad
vantages, where they can q
4 where they please unmolesteC
- by any undesirable element
= where everybody treats every
y body else on the square, yol
/, should locate ia Big Stone Gap
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Awaits Big Stone Gap And Surrounding
Country.

N0unff1.
Big Stone Gap is so situated
that some day, we might say
that it is our opinion that that
day is not very far in the dis
tance, that il will be a great in
dustrial and residential center.
It is one Of the most beautiful
and healthy locations IN the
entire southland, and a more
hospitable and enerjetic people
is not TO be found anywhere.
With all the dull times and
the great depression in business
that has effected the entire
country during the last two
years this place has not only
held its own, but has made
greater advancements during
that time than during any
similar period In the history
of the town.
With the probable building of
other railroads into the town,
and the building of a great
electric line connecting the
great agricultural sections of
Lee county with the coal fields
of Wise county, Big Stone Gap
win grow and prosper as nc
other town in the entire coun
try. People Will buy lots here
and build homes for their fami.
lies, where the social and edu-
catiOnal advantages are second
to none in the entire common
wealth.
4 fine road is now being bull
bctween here and Appalachia
and when it is completed it will
afford easy access to the great
coal mines just beyond the Gap
For the benefit of those OF oul
readers who are not acquainted
with the fact, we will say thar
Big Stone Gap is situated JUS
south of Stone Mountain and a
the mouth Of the great Stone
Gap in this mountain, through
which the Powell River flow,
and through which runs tw,
railroads, the Louisville and
Nashville and the Virginia anC
southwestern, now a part of tn,
great Southern Railway system
and just beyond the mountain
oniy three miles from the town
commences the great coal fielC
of Wise county. the richest ans
most prosperous coal field il
the entire south, a field that i
now IN Its infancy and whicl
has hardly commenced to b
developed. 1t is, however, be
ing developed rapidly. an
within the next fifteen O
twenty years when this sectio
is more highly developed ther
will probably be living within
radius of twenty miles OF thi
place a half million people
Without any desire TO detrae
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GREAT FUTURE

any credit that may be due any |
other town in this section, when
this time comes we firmly be- /
lieye that Big Stone Gap will
be the natural center and head
quarters for this great country
and that a great number of peo-
pie doing business outside Of
the town will have their homes
here, and make this their head
quarters.
The vast area of ground here,
which no other town IN this
entire section has, viii make it.
an ideal place for manufacture.
ing establishments, and numer-
Gus industrial enterprises of
various kinds will be located
here.
We are aware of the fact that
a great many of us, as well as
others who have held property
here for "A long time. sometimes
think that the town will never
amount TO much, and we be-
come greatly discouraged. but
there Is no reason, especially at
the present, fer any one .becom-
ing discouraged. No on G
familiar with conditions in this
section believe other than that
it will soon become one of the
greatest mining sections south
of Pennsylvania, and that Big
Stone Gap will build up with
this section, there is no ques-
ton.
Big Stone Gap already has a
number of active industries,
and the town is in splendid
financial condition. The large
tannery and extract plants here
have been running regularly
during this financial depression,
as well as numbers of smaller
industries.
In addition 20 the vast coal
deposits that lie north and west
of the Gap on the south and
east iron ore and limestone is
found in large quantities. The
iron furnace here, which will
be put in operation as soon as
business conditions improve,
has the reputation of making
some of the best pig iron of any
furnace in the whole country
and its output always finds a
ready market.
The educational advantages
of the town are second TO none
in this entire section. Our
public school is a good one and
we have one of the best build
ings of the kind in the state
built OF native gray stone. Tbs
people here take great pride
in their school. The state
summer normal now in sessiol
and which has been held here
for the past four years, Will
. one exception is the largest il
the state, and is doing mncl
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NH@S - hCACf oCAitNts Wlln the Il
combined efforts Of these
various towns and the interests |
of the influential men of our
section, we may pull together |
sufficient capital 10 realize this !
dream of ours. There are mil.
lions of capital waiting for in |
Vestments.
81 believe that this car line
would prove a paying invest
ment right from the start. as
there is an immense amount Of
timber untouched, and lust
south of Jonesville there is
something still richer-deposits
of iron ore. If this line is con
structed it will bring into this
town an ore which they have
not been getting / am full of
faith that we can accomplish
this veIy thing to connect these
two important fields. I am of
the opinion that when this car
line is completed that the
miners of the mining section
viii realize that they can edu-
cate their children Just about
as cheap by sending them on
the car line TO the country and
towns as they could by keeping
them at home. And instead of
young men looking TO the west
for a home they will stay here.
and look upon this section as
an ideal home and a place 20 be
desired. Let us make our sec
tiOn an ideal one
Mr. Pennington also discuss
ed the plan of building a large
dam across Powell's River south
of Jonesville for the purpose Of
furnishing power TO generate
the electricity TO run the line
and supply power to the vari-
Gus enterprises in the different
towns.
Following Mr.. Pennington,
Mr.. Il. T. Irvine discussed at
length the proposed project.
He said that he looked upon
this meeting as the first step
toward developing this section
of our country. That his faith
had grown very rapidly in the
outcome of this important sec
tion, and that he was very
sanguine of its future prospects
of becoming "a beehive of in
dustry. 1--WE have the most
magnificent resources and we
have made a great beginning
in the last five or six years, -
said Mr.. Irvine.
4 have always said that Lee
county is the most marketable
county / have ever seen. Lee
county has got what Wise cOun-
ty has not got. It has a fine
amount of iron ore and il has
as much timber as any county
in the state, and, moreover it
has got the best of all, the
wealth of the great farming
I section, and you have intelli-
gent farmers to farm the lands.
"When you get prosperity in
iron you get II in everything,
| because il is the greatest enter
prise of the country"
In discussing the financial
prospects of the scheme Mr..
Irvine said:
"It might not pay the first
} year, but if you can finance il
and keep it up for two or three
years until the farmer can get
chance to market his pro-
j. ducts you will find the popula-
. tion has Increased ten times
} more than it is now. Ten acres
! then will yield the farmer more
} than fifty is yielding him to-
> day. Farmers of to day have
t lgot to make their money off Of
their grass, by raising cattle,
! mostly, and they have got 90
{ take the chance of their stock
living and chances of the price
I being good. But when this
r line is completed the farmer
{ can make more clear money in
= k~sxol~ rotCsr0n than H.. ~o., n,
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Being Aroused Over the Proposed Elec.
trio Car Line Between JOuesyiIIe
and Norton.

ton and Appalachia met the
officers Of the Board of Trade
in the Federal Court Room at
this place for the purpose of
discussing the feasibility of the
proposed electric line between
Jonesville and Norton, to con-
meet the great agricultural sec
tions Of Lee county with the
vast and inexhaustable coal
fields Of Wise county.
A good crowd of citizens of
the town met with these gentle
men at the appointed hour.
Judge Skeen was made chair
man of the meeting and T. +.
Noonchester was elected secre-
tary.
The subject of building an
electric line line between these
sections has been discussed for
some time, but this was the
first meeting held by represen-
tatives Of the different sections
through which the line. when
built, viii pass.
Attorney Robert L. Penning-
ton. of Jonesville, was the first
speaker and presented his views
of the situation.
He stated that nothing in his
opinion, is of more Importance
which confronts the people of
this section, SO far as plans of
the organization are concerned
than the movement TO connect
these two great sections of
country together by an electric
line.
81 am a native of Lee county
said Mr.. Pennington, "and am
acquainted with these hills in
Lee and Wise counties and re-
member when the first locomO-
tive was put on the line of the
/. x y. This section was
practically a wilderness and if
any one would have suggested
or predicted that q railroad
would be built through this sec
tion the people would have
looked upon it as a dream and a
thing that was impracticable,
but, we, in less than half a
century, have seen railroads
penetrating these coal fields
and developing the resources
therein.
Here we have on one side q
vast territory of agricultural
land, and on the other a vast
territory of iron ore, lime stone,
coal and coke, also an immense
amount of hardwood timber.
50 you see that this territory is
bound TO become, in the near
future, veritable bee hive OF
industry.
This great field must be fed
rom some source, somebody
farm must furnish the food that
viii supply these people with
the necessaries of life. Whether
they gather it from our midst
OF whether they gather it from
the west is yet to be seen.
God has been more gracious
70 thls section than any other
nave ever seen. Here we have
on one side the coal fields, anc
within close proximity the iron
ore and limestone, and not faI
from here we have the agricul
tural lands, capable of feeding
the whole community. He hal
oeen very gracious TO us in tina
he has given us the streams
which flow through our agri
cultural section with sufficien
quantity of water to afford
horsepower enough TO run al
electric car line into each o
these coal fields. Besides that
not only for the purpose o
lighting towns and running ca
lines, but after the power plan
mas once been installed hun
ureds of factories will sprin,
1p IN our midst and the Powe
company will be enabled t
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-04-15

that the Indians had decided to give up the fight, Ac-
cordingly l penciled the following dispatch:
Col. Bankhead, or Commanding officer, Fort Wal
lace: | sent you two messengers on the night of the
18th instp informing you of my critical condition. I tried
to send you two more last night, but they die not succeed
In passing Indian pickets, and returned. If the others
have not arrived, then hasten atsonce to my assistance.
The Cheyennes alone number $50 or more. They
are s~plendidly armed with Spencer and Henry rifles.
We are living on mule and horse meat and are entirely
out of rations. If 1t was not for so many wounded /
would come in and take the chances of whipping the
reds II attacked. l can hold out here for six days
longer, but please lose no time. Very respectfully, your
obedient servant, George A. Forsyth.
p. S.-My surgeon having been mortally wounded, my
wounded have not had their injuries dressed, so please
bring a surgeon with you
Il confided this TO two excellent men, Donovan and PHI
ley. They left our in~trenchnents at midnight. and as
they did not return I was hopeful that they had escaped
the vigilance of the Indian sentries and were on their
way to Fort Wallace. 1t was these two men who fell in
with Col. B. Fl. Carpenters command two days later and
gave the first intimation of our plight.
"The wound in my thigh having become exceedingly
painful, l asked some of the men to cut the bullet out, but
as 1t lay very near the femoral artery they all declined
to attempt 1t. Taking my razor, which happened to be
in my saddle bag, l managed to cut it out myself, greatly
to my almost immediate relief. On the fourth day our
horse and mule meat became putrid, but one Of the men
shot a little gray wolf that helped out somewhat.
4 had the men raise me on a blanket to get a better
view of affairs and suddenly the Indians sent in a fusiL
lade Of about 20 shots. The man who held the corner of
the blanket upon which rested my broken leg dropped 1t,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-04-15

now 1ne column hesitates and shakes, and the scouts pour
in their last and seventh voney just as a few of the war
riors reach the foot of our little island, and then spring
ing quickly to their feet, with wild cheers and impreca-
lions on their foes, the frontiersmen suddenly pour al.
most into the very faces of the mounted warriors a rapid
fire from their revolVers, while the Indian column sudden
ly divides on each side Of the island and breaks in all
directions for the shelter of either shore, the now COM
pletely defeated and panic-stricken savages, covering
to their horses backs, fearfully demoralized, and seeking
only safety in eager and headlong flight"
Gen. Forsyth was shot three times, but he dragged HIM
self about to care for the wounded. Lieut.. Beecher, shot
in the side, turned to Forsyth and said, quietly and
simply: Il have my death wound, general" and then as
the commanding officer tells the story, he replied to his
subordinate: 'Oh, no, Beecher, no, it can't be as bad as
that"
eyes. Good night l heard him murmur once: MY
poor mother In the sunset his life went out.
Good night. Good knighti'
d After the failure of their attempt to override the little
band of soldiers the Indians besieged the whites for nine
days and the second chapter of the story has much of
the stirring interest of the first, as it is told bwthe officer
in command in that campaign on the eastern Colorado
frontier.
With Col. Forsyth We're 81 officers and men. Before
the Indian lines were broken, as they charged down on
the detachment the bullets Of the Cheyennes and the
Sioux found "A victims, o~ne-third of them being killed
and the others badly wounded. Col. Forsyth had a bull
let in his right thigh, his left leg was broken below the
knee and his scalp had been torn open by a ricochetting
shot.
Let Col. Forsyth tell the story of the siege:
Orders were issued to unsaddle the dead horses. to
use the saddles to strengthen our works, to connect the
rifle pits and to deepen them still more and to cut off
large steaks from the dead horses and mules and to
bury them deep in the sand to avoid putrefcation.
Having made the wounded as comfortable as possible
with water dressings (the surgeon had been .nortally
wounded,) and a strong guard having been posted. I ate
a few mouthfuls of raw horse flesh and doZed away until
morning. The Indians, evidently believing that we would
try to escape in the night, approached at early daylight to
take up our trail. Owing to some one accidentally dis.
charging his rife they threw themselves fiat on the
cuo..ul - z--z IN - IsiIs-- -
next day was very hot and we that were wounded suf-
fered intensely.
During all this time l noticed that there was a steady
beating Of drums and death chants among the women
In the main camp of the savages. 1t was a weary enough
day for we were out Of food save horse and mule meat,
which We had to eat without cooking, but fortunately we
had plenty OF good water. At noon, Scout Gro
yer informed me that the Indian women and children
were beginning to withdraw and l concluded at once
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-04-15
Her Answer.


An Atchison girl had a proposal Of
marriage Sunday night and asked a
week to think it v She went to all
of her married sisters. One, who used
to be a belle, had three children, did all
her W work and hadn't been to the
theater or out riding since she was
married. Another, whose husband was
a promising young man at the time
she was married, was supporting
him. A third didn't dare say
her life was her own when her hus-
band was around, and a fourth was di-
vorced. After visiting them and hear
ing their woes, the heroine of this lit
tie tale went home, got pen, ink and
paper and wrote an answer to the
young man. You may think it was re-
fusing him, but it wasn't, She said
she could be ready in a month.-Atch-
ison Globe.
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