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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1910-07-20
DANIELS LAST
POLITICAL TALK
Senator'S FamOGs Anti-Bryan speech
Made ia ROanOke.

Two years ago, when the
State convention assembled in
Roanoke to send delegates to
the National Democratic Con-
VentiOn, Senator Daniel was
called on for speech, when he
made the famous anti-Bryan
speech. He was opposed 90
Bryan simply because Of his
policies and urged the cOnven-
tiOn not TO instruct the dele
CATION.
He made his speech with
many Interruptions, and when
he saw that the temper of thu
convention was overwhelming
ly for the Nebraskan, he drew
himself up To his full height anC
said: Friends and fellow citi
zens, we have fought tOgethe
for many years. | have neve
failed to answer roll call, anS
| have not sulked on the fiels
or slept in the tents when Their
was an engagement. You hav'
been valiant men and soldiers
and l wish for you all the pleas
ures of a long life, and hope L
meet you on the other shore.
bid you good bye
With that he closed his Las
political address in Virginia.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1910-07-20

Penses in going to aud from games. and
the home club shall BE- entitled % All gate
receipts on its own grounds
ie. The preliminary games shall ter
inmate on August s7th, 1910, provided
that IL any two or more clubs should then
be tied. such tie OF ties shall be played of
during the following week az such time
and place as this Association may ap-
point. The two clubs having the highest
average in the preliminary games shall
play the final game at Big Stone Gap on
September 5th. 1910. and The winner of
this game shall receive The Fritzi
Sehssic Base Ball Cup" to b. retained by
il until July 5th. 1911. and then returned
to the Athletic Association.
l.. % PETIT.
OTIS MoUsEE.
KARI. SrOFuR
Committee on Base Ball
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1910-07-20
CAPT. j. b. NC
LIN DEAD

News was received here
Thursday of the death of Capt.
j. b. McLin, at mis- home near
Rose Hill. Capt McLin was
~ years old, and well known
throughout this section, having
represented Lee county in the
State Legislature in 1880. and
having been a leader in public
affairs of his county for many
years
He leaves wife and eight
children, three of whom mar.
ried into the family Of another
prominent citizen of Lee coun
ty, now deceased, and a neigh
Dor Of Capt. McLin, III. g. Il
Richmond, of Ewing.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1910-07-20
PROSPECTORS
STRIKE GAS

Wise, Va. July 1.-THE
Clinchfield Coal Corporation,
prospecting for coal on Birch
field Greek, four miles north of
this place, at three this mora
ing struck gas at depth of 600
feet, causing an explosion. The
machinery was destroyed and
two men burned, though not
seriously. The loss is about
$40, 600.
The gas is still burning, the
flames reaching 10 the heights
OF fifty feet.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1910-07-20
Those Pies OF BoyhOod.

How delicious were the pies OF oyhood
No pies now ever taste SO good what's
changed the pies7 No. Its you,
= CA We lost the strong, healthy stomach.
the vigorous liver. the active kidneys, the
regular bewels of boyhood Your di-
aesti0n Is poor and you blame the food.
W hats neededf A complete toning up by
Electric Bitters OF all organs OF digestion
stomach. Liver, kidneys. Bowels--
Try them They II restore your boyhood
aopetite and appreciation OF food and
fairly satnrate your body with new
health, strength ard vigor. soc at J. w
Kel!y's Drug Store.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1910-07-20
REVERSAL IN SUIT

Abingdon, Va. July IA
Tuesday evening the law firm
OF White & Penn received
telegram from Richmond an
nOuncing that the United States
Circuit Court of Appeals had
reversed the case Of Dotson vs..
Kirk, ct al. Several years ago
y. h. DOtsOn, Of Wise county,
sold 20 Kirk and others, of
Ohio, fifty thousand white oak
trees at the price of 81 per tree.
The vendees commenced taking
of the trees and while doing SO
learned that DOdsOn had bought
them at about fifty cents per
tree. They then ceased their
Operations and began 90 move
their force from the State. Dot
son, hearing Of this, instituted
his action of damage for 500
600, for breach OF contract, and
had process served on one of
the parties before he left the
State. This action of law was
then removed by the defendants
to the circuit court of the
| United States, sitting at Abing-
don. Immediately thereafter
the defendants filed their bill
for an injunction restraining
plaintiffs from prosecuting their
action at Law. A temporary
injunction was granted, and
, upon a final hearing, about one
year ago, was perpetuated, and
the contract of sale was declared
null and void. \ large number
> of witnesses We're examined,
: and the record on the appeal
cost Dotson 81, 500. The plain
! tiff was represented by White
q Penn, of Abingdon, and thu
I defendants by X. &. Chase
! Rose q Morris and DAME
: lTrigg. Geo. K. Penn, of the
firm of White 81 Penn, argued
the case for plaintiff before ths
: circuit court of Appeals las
o November Il. NJ. Chase argued
it for defendants. Daniel Trigs
had gone to Richmond at th'
time TO take part IN the argn
ment, and insisted that he b
!. carried 10 the court room
: believing that he could TAX
h part in the argument from hi
he chair. His physicians woul
J. not permit this, and il will b
a. a remembered that he died "a,
IN days thereafter.
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To Suspend All Increases.
Civic League Column

Meetings. First Friday Of Zach Month.
Rome was not built i'm a
day" is just as true saying
now as it was years ago. Meth
er can we have an ideal town
in a few years Of effort, but its
coming, and the beauty along
with IT.
The good accomplished by
Civic League since it's organiza-
tion is wonderful, even II some
citizens cannot see it-perhaps
they have not looked.
Those that have seen the i'm
prOvement grow from the first,
cannot fully appreciate the de-
light Of one who has been away
ami comes again tO find the
present conditions; remarks are
heard on every hand from the
summer visitors rs 90 this i'm
provement, and it should be m
inspiration 90 the League.
Compare the present condi-
tion with the condition of a few
months ago Of the public
streets. They are not perfect,
but oh, SO much cleaner. Then
along the river just walk
down there. and sec where once
was dumping ground. now it
is beautiful. And the cemetery
the school yard. the general
sentiment among the house
holders for more beautiful and
sanitary homes.
These are only few Of the
things that might be mention
ed. but you can see the little
leaven has begun 20 work. an,
"when a woman viii. she will.
Mrs. Irvine. president. an,
Mrs. Petit. corresponding sec
retary of the Civic League
were invited Co address TN
class an Civics AT the Summe
Normal.
a talk that was thorough.
entertaining. as we'll as hcne
| iiciaf. was made by Mrs. Irwin
on the work Of the League. it
| object. what had been accom-
| plished, as we'll as its inspira
tions and plans for the futur,
Mrs. Petit read some import
ant papers on Tuberculosis,
"The House Fly as a Diseas
| Carrier" aud ""The Beautify
ing OF School Grounds -
We hear nothing but th
most complimentary thing c
the children and their "traiT
ers" since the presentation 4
"Fairyland," and the apprecis
, tiOn of the compliment pai
e. them by the League was show
: by the large number OF teacher
that filled the house. IL VIZ
quite a success, and the cred
should go 90 the ones that WOrl
ed SO faithfully over it.
The city Of Bristol seems
b. be having some trouble wi
the weeds growing on the sid
h walks, and the editor of q
n Herald suggests a trip arOuI
q town for the two mayors
r prospects were favorable (
y a good crop of hay " You 3
4 we are not the only ones ha
!. ing trouble over the looks
r the town" and we might add
r little 90 the hay crop,
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1910-07-20

inIOukn 1ittit Olont zap, pas
sing through the town of Big
Stone Gap to the Lee county
line near Cedar Gap. said road
being approximately IA milesin
length.
6. Beginning at n point in
the town Of Rig Stone Gap IN
said county at or near the en-
trance os the Glencoe cemetery.
thence passing up the South
fork Of Powells River. through
the town Of East Stone Gap and
with the county road leading
through East Stone Gap TO a
point intersecting the Wild Cat
road, at or near Minton's store.
said road being approximately
three miles in length.
:. Beginning at a point in
the Little Stone Gap and Pow
ellis Valley road. at or near
West Norton, in said county.
thence running in a Westward
~ direction through the town
OF Blackwood, approximately
along the line Of the road here
tofore located by the said coun-
ty Of Wise 90 the town OF APP
palachia. and from thence up
Pigeon Creek, with the Pigeon
Greek road, passing through
the town Of lmboden; thence
approximately with the Pigeon
! Greek road 60 the Lee county
line, said road being approNi-
mately ID miles I'm length
8. Beginning at a point in
the county road pass n <
through the town of Appl-
lachia, near Callahan Greek
thence up said creek. and ap-
prOximately with the county
road to the town Of Stonega, in
said county, said road being
approximately five miles IN
length.
Q. Beginning at a point near
InterinOnt depot, thence uI
Looney Greek 60 the town OF
Linden, approximately with tn,
present location of the county
road, running up Looney Greek
b said road being approximately
two miles in length.
10. Beginning at a point il
the town of Wise where th,
Norton road intersects MaiI
street, thence Westward,
along Main street through thl
Western boundary line OF th'
! corporate limits of the town O
Gladeville; thence running in
r Westwardly direction approx
mately with the said count,
road leading from the town o
: lGiadeville 20 Donkey, in sai'
: county, said road being approx
I imately - miles in length.
II. Beginning at a point i
q the Gladeville and Norton pix
/. road at Esserville in said cOur
h lty; thence up Guests River, AZ
/ prOximately with the presen
n location of the county road
r passing up the South Fork {
,r Quests River, and through 70
J. Gap to the South fork of POun
N River, thence with the apprO,
a innate location Of the preseT
a county road To the kentuck
/, line ut Flat Gap, said road b.
,e ing approximately I3 miles
y length.
{. -. Beginning at a point c
III the road leading from NOrtC
ID To Big Stone Gap, at or ne;
III West Norton; thence approx
n mateiy with the present lOc
tion of the county road fro
c. West Norton up Powells Riv
Is 10 Dorchester, said road beir
i'll approximately 2miles in lengt
" 13. Beginning at the int
iS section of the Hurricane al
III CoebuTn roads in the Easte
'is portion of the town of Wis
w thence approximately with &
&c said Coeburn road, passing &
y w. III. Nash farm on the top
III Guests Mountain To a point
or near the forks of the coun
of road near X. NJ. Wears stol
'e- so as TO intersect with the sta
ce and county road which lea
fh f~o.,a (Noal,,r.e 70 tho nscl apo
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1910-07-20
BOND ISSUE ORDERED.

bubble meeting and Teorganiza-
HON Of the Wise County Good
Roads Assoc tion, at
ANise last week, the latter
teiiiioned Circuit Court Judge
II A. w. SSeen TO order a
srecial bond issue election TO
Vote on bonding the county for
100000 to be expended in
fosd improvements, which ac-
HON was taken, ,the election
being set for November 22nd,
Rnd the length and route Of the
sarious roads were outlined as
Follows:
The road leading from the
town Of Wise. Virginia. TO the
lickenson county, Virginia,
hue beginning at the Northern
49, Of the pike road now being
built from Norton TO Wise,
Where the said pike road inter
acis the Southern boundary
In of the town Of Wise; thence
a. ms 90 run on an easy grade
ant intersect with main street
a. convenient point; thence
fuuning through main street of
tail town Of Wise In an East
Vardly direction 90 the intersec
finu If the COeburn or Hurri-
tane road with said Main street,
Ind thence leaving said Main
Street and running along the
tresent approximate location
said Hurricane road over
surh route or routes as may af-
ford the best grade TO a point
near the residence of Spencer
Bennett: thence leaving the
tad approximate location 10
H. West and running 60 the
fast SO as Co be on an easy
trade, 60 "a point on said Hur-
flcaue road near the place
\, here John Bennett formerly
lved. known as the "W. A
Powers farms" thence leaving
the present location of said
Hurricane road again 90 the
NNcst and running TO the East
D. as to reach Cranes Nest Riv
T. and the DickensOn county
line on an easy grade at a point
b. near the William Robertson
Iarm as is reasonable practica
BIZ. said road being approx
inately twelve miles in length
d. Beginning at a poin
where the road leading from
Mise. Virginia, connects Will
the road leading from Clint
nv0od. Virginia, near the VII
liam Robertson farm on Crane
Nest River; thence up Crane
Nest River through Fuller
iap;thence approximately Wit
,he old road down Toms Creel
through the town Of BOndtOwu
\ rginia; thence through tn
town of COeburn, Virginia, fol
lowing approximately the Cra
Orchard road down Dry For
T. Bull Run Greek; thence u
/ bull Run Creek across the MOI
+ 50lk q Western Railway, at q
/ hear Dwina Siding; thence al
1 lroximately with the locatiO
4 81 the present county road {
/ irginia City, Virginia, an
/ Frossing Whet Stone Mountain
/ following approximately th
/ location Of the present count
[ foad through the town of :
/ Paul, Virginia, to the Russo
bounty line at the railroa
L bridge across Lick Greek, sal
road being approximately twel
ry-three miles in length.
3. Beginning at the interse
1 lion Of Front and Grand stree
I Pm the town of COeburn, i'm sa
/ county. thence approximate
1 with the present location of ii
k connty road to Banner, i'm sa
II bounty; thence up Little Ton
4 Creek 30 "a point where n ne
1 foad leads up Sandy Rid,
Il Mountain, said road being a
/ prOximately three miles
Il length.
4. beginning at the forks
the road in slab town. near CO
burn, in said county; then
runnlnO annroxinaateIv wi
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-01-26
CONVENTION IS
STILL STORMY
DISTRICT OFFICIALS AND PRESl-
DENT LEWIS OF MINERS
UNION coNTiNE TO FIGHT AT
INDIANAPOLIS.

indianapolis, Jan 25.--The conven.
tton of the United Mine Workers to-
night balloted to determine whether
the delegates from nine local unions
in the Central Pennsylvania district
shall be seated. The decision will be
announced tomorrow. The seating of
the delegates is contested by the dis.
trict officials on the ground that the
nine unions refused to pay an assess
Iment levied by the district admins
tration President Lewis held the
assessment unconstitutional
The aye and nay vote resulted today
in 524 against to 43l for seating. The
roll call was demanded. 1t occupied
four hours. Lewis political enemies
violently denounced the calling Of the
roll, and charged Lewis with uselessly
obstructing the convention and piling
expenses on the men at home"
ut is an outrage" shouted Duncan
Mcdonald, president of the Illinois
district Lewis retorted that it was
the delegates who demanded the roll
call The seating question had been
debated by the convention for a day
and a half After the hearing from
the operators in Ohio and Indiana is
settled, a tri-state conference will be
held in Toledo.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-01-26
DR.. WILEY HEARD FROM
Expert Declares His Work is Ham.
pered by Repeal of Law Cover
ing Cold Storage Foods.

Washington, Jan. 25.--Aside from
discussing the hen and her products.
the feature of todays inquiry into
the high food prices by the house
committee on the District of Colum-
bia was the statement by Dr. Wiley
chief of the bureau of chemistry of
the department of agriculture, who
charged that sinister influences, un-
named, had accomplished the repeal
Of the law relating 20 enforcing the
efficiency of cold storage food vro'
ducts.
Wiley said the elimination OF ap.
vrovriation for this work greatly
hampered his department in protect
ing the public from deleterous food
products. Wiley stated that the cold
storage people themselves had moth
ing to do with this An appropriation
for this purpose was made by con
gress for many years, but was omit
ted last year.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-01-26

in control of the ReichStag, is insist
ing that the farmers of Germany must
supply it's beef and that the imperial
government could not admit the
American product if it would.
A commission to settle the dispute
is suggested President Lallane of
the National Board, in his annual ad-
dress, characterized this condition as
threatening great portion Of the
mercantile interests Of the United
States. The next move In the nego-
itiations is up to Germany. If the
United States insists that beef and
cattle be admitted and the German
emperor declines to yield as it is
said he must, the inevitable viii be
seen in Germany being excluded from
the nations which will enjoy the
minimum tariff provision of the Payne
law, which goes in effect April L.
This, the mercantile interests fear.
is the tantamount tariff war The
national board To-Day decided to ap-
point a committee of five, qralified by
business experience, to determine the
reasons for the present prices, and re,
port If any of them are unreasonable
A movement has been launched to
create national headquarters and
legislative bureau in Washington.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-01-26
TARIFF FIGHT
CAUSES ALARM
BOARDS or TRADE URGE THAT
u. S. RECEDE FROM
ITS POSITION.
CAN Be NO ADVANTAGE
In insisting on German Market for
American Beef, Declare Bus,
mess Men National
Appealed 10.

Washington, Jan. 25-Alarmed by
the critical turn of the tariff contro-
versy between the United States and
Germany. appeals from chambers OF
commerce and boards of trade in sey-
eral cities We're made to the National
Board of Trade today, urging a recon-
mendation that the government re
cede from the position that American
beef and cattle must be admitted tC
Germany If the trade between the
two nations. representing $3.50 ,09l
"a We or to American business houses
lis not to be subjected to the effects
Iof the tariff war.
1t was maintained that there can
be no advantage in insisting on a
German market for American beef
because the home consumption is so
increasing that it will soon command
all the supply, cattle exports having
already decreased by millions. II is
pointed out that the Agrarian party,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-01-26

81 am not going to accept what the
gentleman from New York said as
gospel" replied Macon.
"One of these gentlemen has as
much credence as the other; until one
or the other shows himself a liar and
the other shows himself sain, and
the gentleman from New York is not
saint. | am not here to take back
any part of my statement that the
trip was a junket, as | underSland a
iunket.'
The incident closed after Mann. Of
Illinois, refused to consent to Ma
cons request for permission to re-
wise his remarks in the record. Macon
explained that he merely wanted TO
correct the bad English" but Mann
retorted that it was unnecessary to
obtain consent for that
Bennett insisted that the commits
sion spent only $4,000 of the peoples
money on the trip abroad, had broken
up the white slave" traffic, taken
steps to exclude alien criminals. and
greatly improved storage conditions
on ships.
The house passed a bill creating
the bureau of mines. 1t directs the
secretary of the interior to foster,
promote and develop mining indus
tries, investigate the methods of min.
ing and possible improvements in
mining operations"
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-01-26
OVER CHARGE BY FORMEF r
AGAINST IMMIGRATION
OMMlsSION.
AN EXCITING COLLOQUY
Wherein House Rules on Language
on Foo' We're Strained
Bennett Defended
Commission.

Washington, Jan. 25.-In a colloquy
wherein the rules regulating the Ian
guage used upon the floor of the
house were frequently strained to the
breaking point Macon, Of Arkansas.
and Bennett of New York, threshed
out their differences in the house to-.
lday over Macon's charges made yes
terday of the jllnketing extravaganza
of tho immigration commission on
the European trip. Bennett declared
Secretary Batten of the Immigration
Restriction League, told a wicked,
cruel, deliberate, malicious lie" when
the gave Macon thesinformAtion upon
which the latter based his speech
yesterday.
The attempts Of the gentleman
from Arkansas should require instant
full and complete retraction, shouted
Bennett, after he had explained the
work OF the commission, its trip
abroad and the results accomplished.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-01-26
JOHN e. EALlAINE WANTS TRACT
OF COAL LAND IN ALASKA
FIELD.
OFFERS GOOD ROYALTY
Would Let Government Take SO Cents
Ton IN All Coal Mined, and
He Will Give Bond of
$1,000 o0o

Washington, Jan. 25.--On the eve
Iof the beginning OF the Ballinger-
Pinchot Investigation, which largely
concerns that question. John e. Bal
llaine, of Seattle, said to be the larg-
lest property owner in Alaska. offers
1.-THE government through the senate
committee on territories, a royalty Of
fifty cents ton on all coal mined,
for a lease of 5000 acres in some of
the choicest coal lands in Alaska in
the Katalla and Matanuska district j.
This tonnage-royalty will net the gov
ernment, Ballaine claims, as high as
$2,090,000 per hundred acres.
This proposal comes avowedly to do
battle with the proposition, embodied
in the bill which was prepared but not
iyet introduced, designed to permit the
sale or lease of such lands at $40 per
acre.
Ballaine proposes to give bond Of
Ia million dollars for the fuJlflment of
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-01-26
MERGER is EFFECTED.

New York, Jan, 25.-The stock.
holders meeting of the Utah Copper
Company was in session all day wait
ing the outcome of the court proceed
ings at Trenton. On the announce
ment Of the decision dissolving the
Injunction, the stockholders voted
authorizing the merger SS per cent
of them voting in its favor. Late to.
night counsel for the Utah and Eos.
ton companies made an exchange of
shares, involving over 100000 1t
is understood that Attorney Samuel
Untermyer received fee Of $775,000
which represents over four years OF
work in accomplishing the merger
and that this sum was voted him
unanimously by the directors of both
the Utah and Boston copper com
panies.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-01-26
AGREEMENT HOPED FOR.

Cologne, Jan. 25.-Apparently in
spired by despatch from Berlin, the
Cologne Gazette expresses hope that
the disturbance of the commercial re-
lations of Germany and the United
States will be ayoiedd, "and that at
the last moment way will be found
whereby the opposing views will be
brought to an agreement. One of the
American difficulties emanates from
the meat exporters, whose demands
Germany will reject. in the same way
that the small states, such as Holland
and Denmark, without mentioning
France and Austria, have rejected
them"