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abrldgement Of the rights delegated to
the secretary Of the treasury by OK.
listing law" and concludes by assert
ing that he rs quito within his rights
in thus employing the service OF these
agents" and that the proposed modifi-
cation which Mr.. Tawney succeeded in
carrying through would be distinctly
TO the advantage Of violatGrs OF crimi-
nal statutes OF the United states /
call attention to the fact that in this
letter OF Secretary Cortelycu TO Mr.
rawney, rs in my letter tothe speaker
quoted below. the explicit statement
Is made that the proposed change win
lie fer The bercfit Of The criminals, a
statement which simply reiterated in
public form in my message 10 the con-
gross this year aud which is also con.
tanned In effect in the report of the
Secretary of the treasury to the con.
SresS.
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IosT-Thursday, ladies' purse con-
tanning $40 note and 81 change.
Return to this office and receive
reward.
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SECRETARY cortelyob sastslasa
The fasts alS5se gwen show heyoad
possibility q doubt lhat VIM he
resary II the treasury ana Ind both
Hritten prior 70 the enactment 81 tie
obnoSious pl1sisi hon anu What I,iiafe
since written IN ily riessage q the
congress stat,s iaet faehs exactly as
they are. The obnoxIous sItovisioa is
Of benefit DULY 10 he criminal class
and can be of benefit only 20 the Grim.
lnal class. II Il had been embodied 10
the law at the time when became
president. al the prosecutions above
mentioned and many uthers OF the
same general type would either not
have been undertaken or would have
been undertaken With the government
At 4 great disadvantage and many
and probably most ~ the chief offend.
ets would have gone scot free Instead
/ Of being punished for their crimes.
Such body as tie secret service.
such body OF trained Investigate
agents. occupying permanent posi-
tion IN the government service and
separate from local investigating forces
IN different Departments, IS an absolute
necessity IL the best work 6 TO be
done against criminals. 1t is by far
the most efficient instrument possible
to use against crime. OF course the
more efficient an instrument is the
more dangerous il Is II fnisused. To
the argument that II force like this
can be inlsused 1t is only necessary 10
answer thatthe condition OF its use
fitness u handled properly IS that ii
shall be so efficient as TO be dangerous
II handled Improperly. ANY instance
of abuse by the secret service or other
investigating force In the departments
should lie unsparinely. punished, ANA
congress should hold itself ready nj
any aud All times 10 Investigate the
executive departments whenever there
Is reason 10 believe that any such iii-
stance OF abuse has occurred. IwislI
to emphasize my more than cordial nc.
qulescence in the view that this is moi
only the right OF congress, but eni.
phatical.y fits duty. To use the secret
service in the Investigation of purely
private Or political iaatters would Id
gross abuse. But there has been NO
single; instance of such abuse during
my term as. president.
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c:LRMEHTISE:
Don't try to make angel food unless Won
use Gold Medal Flour. DEiISpA.
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notice. 10 coNrRAcToas

ON and after April 4 1905, a
bricklayer's dgy win consist OF eight
hours and bricklayers wages I'VE
dollars for eight hours work
Bricklnyers 8 Masons international
Union No. 5. OF clargsbtsrg, W. va.
BY j. c. ISRAEL.
Corresponding Secretary
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Kidnes Trouble Makes You Miserable.
Aith1 eve al ,viio ieis
l'si9eT sgife u lSiioE q tie aoidefia
~ ens nfaiie 81 Dr.
KilIns s. ann
oSsiS Root, the sre lsiiiS
n ESSf der renedy
~ L istiie great riiesls
lfkl-k ficsIl triaillpi u The
S@SEi fineteeiifil ceii M
Fl - discoyt4ed after wears
VI Of scientific 81 fcif
~ 4e< br Or. KiImef the
s-.--s=e eniinels kidnef and
bladder specialist, and Is wcnderfu ily
successful IA profanity curing jaime back
uric acid. catatrh OF the Bladder and
Briqf1tss Disease. which Is the worst
form OF kidney sronhlc.
Or. Silner Swamp Root Is not rec
otnrnended Tor every thing but # you hiSe
kidney, liver Or bladder trouble Il vii be
found Just the REMEDY YOU need. II has
been tested IA so many ways, in hospital
work and in private practice, and las
proved so successful m every case that
special Arrangement has been made BY
which all readers OF this paper, who hass
not already tried It, may have a sample
BATH sent free BY mail alsoa book teiis
ing more about Swamp Root, and how 10
find ont If won have lsidneyor bladd tron-
BILE. When writing niention reading this
generous otTer IN this paper and send yopr
address to Dr. Ki!mef
& Co., BingiiaTfto
N. The regulor ;.i', "A
tifty-ceit and one s'sa 49, - -
dollar size bottles are IiSno q sasmpRoos
sold by all good druggists. DON'T make
any mistake, but telueriber the name.
Swamp Root, Or, ,Kiiiner's swamp Root,
and the address, Birghanton, n. \ !, OF.
every bottle.
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Losr.

LosT-Watcil charm; finder, pIrasc
return to Telegram office ana re-
ceiyc reward.
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I.osT-SIondaY morning between 0eI
w. Pike st and West Va. Business
College, ladies' gold watch, hunt
ing case. Finder win kindly re-
tur nto Telegram office and, receive
liberal reward.
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kinney Trouble Makes You Miserable.
Aiino ever az iyiio + Is news
Iiqi7eEs sure u ,siioE q tie aoader.s
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MISCELLANEOUS

sTENoGRAPHER wANTE D-I
want an experienced stenographer
ana clerk in my law office. good
salary. plenty of work. Preference
will be given TO applicants reared
in Clarksburg or Harrison county,
Apply before January 10 TO 90.
1909. Harvey +. Smith.
WOULD Like 10 Hear of Stock For
Sale in any enterprise where an in
yestment OF, several Thousand dol
lars would be safe. L Darbyshirc,
Box 1854. Rochester, y Y.
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W. BRENT MAXWELL
S. A. SMITH
CHAS. s. SMILEY
i. }. PARRISH
JAMES +. ALLEN
@. ". sHrTTLFwoRTH
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"Privats conauet' d Memhers.

\ careful reading Of the Congrcssion-
al Record Will also show that practical
" the only arguments advanced III ia.
vor OF the limitation proposed by Mr.
Tawnev'S committee beyond what may
he S'lppn.lI = 10 contained by impli.
cation in certain sentences as to
':abusrSg which were not specified
wrrc'thosc contained IN the repeated
Statements II Hlr. Sherley. Mr.. Shcr-
Icy stated that there had been pro.
noulEed. abuses growing out of the
use of tho secret service for purposes
other than those intended putting his
statement in the form Of a question.
and in the same form further stated
that the private conduct" of mem
berS Of congress. senators" and Others
ought not TO lie investigated by the
secret service and that they should
not Investigate a member OF con
greSs" WHO had bccn accused Of con.
duct unhecoming gentleman and a
member of congress" In addition to
these assertions. couched as questions,
he INSIDE one positive declaration that
this secret service at one time wa.
used Sas the purpose OF looking into
the personal conduct or u member Of
congress" This argument Of Mr.. Sher.
ley, the only real argument us 10 the
merits Of the question rnadc on behalf
OF the committee on appropriations,
will be found In columns | and . of
page 50J6 and column / Of page 555I
Of the Congressional Record In col
umn Of page o55G Mr.. Sherlcy refers
to the improperly of permitting the
secret service men 10 investigate men
in the Departments. cGicars OF the
army and navy and senators and cod
gressDlen. IN column = lie. refers 70
officers 81 the navy aud members Of
congress. In column /. page 1857. he
refers only "a members Of congress.
His spec Ii pu;s most weight gu the
Investigation Of members II congress.
Newspaper Article Reproduced.
What appears ia Tie record j. dllr4
ont and explained b m article bid.
appeared III The Chicago Inter Ocean
OF Jan. 8. 1901. under i Washington
Headline and which marked the begin
ming Il tits agitation against the Sc
cret service II was \ special article
Of about 5000 words. written. Us was
then informed and now understand. by
Nr. L. ". gnsbey, u that tinlc priSals
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AIDDLE-.lCED white wouian wan,-
ed for general work IN kitchen;
short hours and good wages to In
teiiigent person. Address with
reterchce. STEADY. care Telegram
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DIRECTORS

QUINN aINrER
F. B. DAWSON
s. A. ELLIOTT
i. J.. DoAR
LEE BoGGEss
JNO. ". STEWART
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Lottery casss LIE othsrs.

Lottery Cases and Others,
Three hundred thousand dollars III
fines were collected by the govern
nent in the lottery cases. Again. th,,
Ink contract fraud IN the bureau or
engraving and printing "a bureau of
the treasury department. was invcsti.
gated by the secret service and the
guilty parties brought to justice. Mr..
Tawney stated in the debate that this
was not investigated by the secret seIv.
ice. but by 4 clerk down there" con
vcying the Impression that tlae clerk
WIS not in the secret service. AS n
matter OF fact, he was in the secret
service. His name was Moran. and
he was promoted 10 assistant chief
FOR the excellence OF his work IN this
case. The total expense for the Office
land field force of the secret service
last year was sl35.0OO. and by this
one investigation they saved 10 the
government over 100000 a year.
Thanks to the restriction imposed 10y
congress. il Is now very difficult for
the Secretary u the treasury 10 use
the secret service freely even ia his
own dciartment-f',r Instance. L. use
them q repeat what they did So ad-
mirably in the ease or this Ink con-
tract The government IS further Grip
pied by the law forbidding Il 10 eni.
plny detective agencies. or course the
government eau detect the most dan.
gerous crimes and pnnislr the worst
criminals only BY Tie use either Of the
secret service ar 81 private detectives.
IL hammer il In using he one alal for
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NgANfED-wIHte girl Tor general
sllousework. good wages. small fam
~ CAN Beil Phone 20. Or Home
phoae 2s1.
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FOR RENT-Four rooms on first
noor, hot aud cold water. rent
S1iOO
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FOR SALIe-So ., II inch undcr-
good typewriter. Excellent condl-
ton, address w" care Telestam-
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Classified
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ron RENG-fIne once rooms In
me. Empire building Everything
ftFnlshed.
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'spIt SALE-B. Il o. mileage, sofa,
4 bonGbt Rnd excha nsed G. RI.
& odell es3 ". Pike 81. Home
phone sis-Y
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WANTEp-rgaIAIlIs IuELR
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bid 4 uSofi il l1c olAtg Cnn inure
e sAe esHsiis Il noae sse Ill ylml
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1909-01-20
THE PUBLIC SCHOOL.

The normal department of
the public school, a notice of
which was given in a recent
issue of the Post, is now perma-
nently established, and work
has begun in earnest. Several
students have entered and
others are expected soon. Miss
Margaret King, of Norfolk, Va. a.,
is directress. She is regarded
by the state board of education
as one of the best qualified
teachers IN Virginia. Miss King
was a directress in the Summer
School of Methods at the Uni
versity of Virginia, and had
charge Of the model School
Garden at the jamestown Ex-
position. She has held other
important positions, and the
people of this section Of the
state should be congratulated
IN securing her services.
A complete physical labora-
tory has been recently installed.
capable of performing nearly
500 experiments on the follow
ing subjects: Namely, Proper
ties OF Matter. Elementary
Mechanics, Sound, Heat, Mag
netism, static and Current Flee
tricity and Light. In addition
20 the above. there is good
selection of chemicals and
chemical apparatus which has
been used I'M the school for
about two years Free tuition
viii be given 10 all students
who reside I'm Wise County.
The music under Miss Baker.
and elocuti0n under Miss MAYS.
are each doing we'll.
Principal Hicks and his ~
celient corps of teachers are
doing efficient work, as eXem.
pliiied by the mid-year examin-
ations which were held last
week. Some pupils failed 20
pass while others are highly
eiated at having pulled
through: and all are taught 90
understand the Importance of a
thorough knowledge of the
subjects studied before passing
90 higher grades. TO This end.
Mr. Hicks and his assistants
are giving due diligence. guard
ing the threshold of each sue
cessi'e step. and laying stress
upon precision, the laXity of
which is detrimental mo it's ma
ure. and leads 90 ultimate fail
uTe.
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ACADEMY BURNED

The greater part of the main
buildings off the Peokskill Mill
tary Acamdemy are "a mass OF
ruins from fire last night.
which caused q loss of t15. 200.
one hundred and twenty-five
boys have lost an their belong
iugs and thirty have gone To
their homes The remainder
are being cared for in vari-
GUS homes in Peekskill.
The blaze started i'm the top
-oor of the north tower. occu-
pied as frat" room bv the
Pm Delta fraternity. and Is
Supposed 20 have been caused
10y defective wires. The fire
companies were promptly at
the place and working.
Ossining was called ON for
assistance, and dispatched a
steamer that lent material aid
ln getting the flames under con
troll Four firemen were over
come 10y smoke, but there were
no serious accidents The
Peekskin Military Academy.
established as high school In
1888, is one of the oldest msti-
buttons OF ITS kind ina the coun-
try. Among it's most distigui-
shed alumni are United States
Senator Chauncey NJ. Depew
Frank Vincent, the explorer.
Commodore John G. Fremont
Professor Frank Dempster Sher-
man, of Columbia University
New York Tribune, January
18th.
George r. Moore, son of Mr.
and Mrs II. l.. Moore, of this
place, was "a student at that
school. He Is now with his
grandmother in Jersey CITY.
where his mother is visitor
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SUCCESSFUL MEETING.
Closed 81 the Methodist Epicopal Church
Sunday Night

one of the most successful
revival meetings held in Big
Stone Gap in "a long time closed
at the Methodist Episcopal
Church Sunday night. The
meeting. which continued for
two weeks. was conducted bv
the pastor, Rev. w. d. Farmer.
assisted by other ministers of
the town. During this series
OF meetings, forty three were
converted, and much good ac-
complished Rev. Farmer is an
enthusiastic preacher and is ac-
complishing much goo dhere.
On the 30th and Slst of this
month quarterly meeting will
be held in this church, 10 which
services the public is cordially
invited.
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Nr. editor.
lt wlll bc good news 90 some
Ut our citizens Go learn that
there Is some ga 10 the credit
of the board OF trade of Big
Stone Gap in the bank here.
Fourteen of our very best and
progressive citizens have ex-
pressed themselves as DESTROYS
ol getting together, and meet
ing wi'l likely be called this
week.. end we have hope 20 see
a good live board of trade re-
organized
We feal aud realize that Big
stone Gap has tremendous All
vantages over other towns.
being situated right in the heart
of one Of the richest deposits of
coal and iron, and one Of the
largest hardwood timber belts
IN the United States.
We realize there are numbers
of people m the United States.
them young and ener-
getic, specialists in their call
ing, who would be glad to know
of the natural resources and
advantages this town has TO
offer.
We realize that the beautiful
scenery, the pure
spring water, the lovely drives
and the modern hotel accomo.
dauons afforded by Big Stone
Gap, would be a great boon TO
the thousands of people living
IN the swampy, mosquito.
plague, fever laden districts Of
the United States, and such
being the case il will be one Of
the chief objects of the board
OF trade TO reach these classes
OF people and induce them TO
Visit our town, or write for
further information.
w. u. Z.
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B. 5. 6. & P. \.
RHILWHY.

follows.
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known in the West has done,
and is doing today. it will soon
become o evident that the
business is improving that even
the most conservative business
man in the town will be willing
Go come 10 the front with his
share of any sum needed to
push some public enterprise.
Nowhere I'm this entire coun-
try have / seen a town more
beautifully located than is Big
Stone Gap. Nor do / know of
one single place located in "A
community more richly endow
ed with natural resources. We
have every single advantage
necessary for the upbuilding of
a large, live. business town.
situated in one Of the wealth
lest. ~ not the wealthicst. coal
field, iu the world That we
should grow in population and
importance is absolutely assur-
ed by cur natural location. II
1872 3d. NOT allow Some place like
Appnlachil O. got ID nll hefor.
$500 walk. to the fact that 'hore
is business M the country and
shat Doe who hustles hardest is
obliged go get the biggest piece.
As matters stand today Appa-
'achia is ou Che move and we
are not 10 is absurd to say
chat Appalachia has no placeto
grow Towns grow straightup
iu tho air or ont into the Sea-
nc there is "a business demand.
That there is such demand is
shown bp the presence of a. live.
coming little town growing up
right n our door and pracu
cally taking bread and meat
ont 90 our very mouths and for
300 0ason. that can see. ex-
cept that we have been too
entirely indifferent to take ad
vantage of what is perfectly
obvious to the most casual 0b
server
When 3 left here about five
years ago There was absolutely
no Aupalecma There wa u.s.
very much tho same Big stou.
Gap that 2 -nl upoumy return.
but where does the money come
CHAT hos built the fine stores
aul at present support the very
considerable businesses of APE
pa'achia
live husuing Board Of
Trade would 80 get some of
shat lasinos aud bring 3D. To-
Che Da. where it. o. every
ruIe of common sense. belongs.
ml Cor one 4m ir for tsut
Such move
respectfully
l-As. LLLL- CAIE-..
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IL proper efforts are put forth
several huddred summer board
ers can be secured for the Gap
the coming summer. This is a
most delightful place 20 spend
the hot season and our hotel
facilities are unsurpassed a
good live board of trade can
assist I'M this matter very much,
and help benefit the town.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1909-01-20

Read the article from Mr..
Cabell n tins issue of She Post.
10 contains many suggestion, if
followed. would prove of lasting
benefit 90 the town. There is
mo- question but that the
citizens ought TO get together
and organize and maintain "a
good live board of trade or
some organization. the object
of which is Co further the inter
ests of The town and help build
arp the place.
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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1909-01-20

Vs. b. Arlington raided in
che Flat Gap section of the
Pound country last Sunday
night and made "a haul that was
entirely unexpected 90 himself
on his possee. They located the
stll and lay in hiding near bv
DO until Monday morning when
he made "a sunrise charge and
captured the whole outfit which
was in fun blast and operation.
The prisoners taken captive
were Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Church
and son. and Mrs. Jane Hub
bard DO was Marshal Adding
toms first time TO capture
Lady Moonshiner' i'm has %
years spent ma the revenue ser
vice. Jim Bradley SAYS that
Addington blushed and then
turned bale as he entered the
still-house door. and said
Ladies. YOU viii please excuse
me for not knocking at the
door. I didn't expect 20 meet
YOU AN here. Wise News.
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The Dummy Will not meet Train No. p
when over one hour late. or when train No
% AID train No. - meet and pass west Of
Pennington Gap. Va.
A B. EATON.
Dec. 2lst. 1908 SAINT
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IF you have any suggestions
TO make that might prove bene-
fetal in helping TO organize and
maintain a board of trade, or
anything that might benefit
the town in anyway, send it 70
the Post, for the columns of
this paper are always open for
anything that viii help to bet
ter the conditions of the Gap
and the people living here.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1909-01-20

The nails and screws and riycts and
staples and other small things that are
required I'd any Tins OF almost an thc
time can DE purchased here io cood ad-
vantage
The iiimss. badly made things We do
NOT hus. The best are cheap enough
and certainly give most satisfaction.
Better favor CO.'S aifh your orders for
ah classes of HARDWARE.
Onr goods. our price, a1d our mefhrf
oi doing business niil please