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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1910-08-24

FUTURE
For the Entire Appalachian
Region of the South.

The assistant industrial agent
Of the Carolina. Cliuchtield and
Ohio Railway, Mr.. w. ID. Rob
erts. declares that publicity for
the advantages offered 10 capi-
tai, TO farmers, fruit and stock
raisers in the Appalachian re-
gion exceeds in value many
times the cost Of the Appalach-
ian Exposition. Mr.. Roberts
was founder of the Appalachian
Trade Journal, published at
Knoxville, and is now editor of
mining journal published at
Roanoke, Va. In a sense he is
the originator Of the Appalach-
ian idea, having for several
years, both as a publisher and
special correspondent, written
almost entirely of the wealth OF
the Appalachian country in
| Tennessee. Virginia, West Nir
/ ginia, Kentucky and North
/ Carolina. No other territory in
world, he says, even approach
es the Appalachian region il
requisites for human industry
and happiness. None other, oi
equal extent, presents so grea
and varied opportunities for the
| profitable employment of braini
/ and energy, and there is nOn'
where the human machine caI
maintain so long and etficien
service.
During the many years il
which the wealth of the Appa
lachian region remained locke'
, up for lack of railroads, hun
. dreds of thousands of its youni
men moved to Western states
. At home the soil was fertile
! the mineral wealth was grea
and timber was abundant, bu
without railroads there could b
, no commerce, no exchange c
! products. Money, therefore, wa
bur little known in the Apps
lachian sections of the state
q mentioned. Now all this
changed. New railroads, lik
the Clinchfield, have placed th
coal measures and ore bed
I forest, fruit and grazing lane
!. as close TO markets and distril
q uting centers as adjoining coui
r ties were, one to the other,
|, former times. The very ins
q lation of the region has, In thel
q late days, made it truly Il
!. Land of Opportunity for it's ow
n and many thousands of 9th
A people. The next large migr
q tion of home seekers In Il
= United States will be into A
# palachian region.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1910-08-24

world, put new courage into the
cause of liberty and wrung
from the prime minister of
England on the floor of parlia-
ment the confession that the
flower Of the British army had
been humbled by American
farmers.
Prefers q Higher Pisue.
Precious as these memories
are and glorious as these in.
spiratiOns, il was to the present
and future that we are to look,
ne said.
He began Immediately with
the discussion of the tariff, but
prefaced what he had 20 say
with these remarks:
1T has been my purpose TO
conduct this campaign on a
high plane Of principle, and
shall do SO to such extent as my
opponent and the supporters
make such a campaign possible,
lt must be remembered, how.
ever, that no campaign can be
maintained on a plane above
the lowest point at which one
or the other of the candidates
/ choose 10 fix it.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1910-08-24

That a clean. nice. fragrant compound
like Buclicn's Amica Salvc viii instant
Is relieve a bad burn cut. scald. wound
or plies. staggcrs skeptics. But great
cures prove IL is a wonderful healer Of
the worst sorcs. ulcers boils, felons.
eczema. skin cruptious also chAppcd
hands. sprains and corns Try o. 25c AZ
D. W keliy's Drug Store.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1910-08-24
TREASURY DEPARTMENT
WASHINGTON

Hon. &. B. Slemp, NJ. c.,
Big Stone Gap, Va.
Sir:
By direction of she Secretary
/ have the honor to advise you
that this Department is in re
ceipt of letter of August 10th
from the postmaster at Big
Stone Gap, returning the pre-
liminary plans for the proposed
new postOffice building at that
place (which were forwarded to
him August 3rd). and forward
ing Herewith an entirely diff
ferent set of plans showing the
arrangement desired by the
postmaster and other officials,
and which plans have been
approved by you.
As the latter set is radically
different in arrangement from
those forwarded from this
Department August 3rd, you
are advised that it will be i'm.
possible to complete the draw
lings for this building, as was
promised, by October Is, 1910
| 1t was the intention to utiIizl
the drawings for the postoffic'
at Ocala, Fla. but it is not pos
sible to do this and adopt you
plans. Work will proceed il
accordance with your advises
layout, but at this stage u
l tks,tfinite time can be given 70
. tas cir completion.
Respectfully,
G.. ID. HILLRs,
Asst. Sec'y.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1910-08-24

STARTED
Stuart Speaks to Large Crowd
At Gate City Saturday.

Henry 4. Stuart, CduuiudJt lot
congress, opened the Demo
cratic campaign for the recOv-
erv of the Ninth district, now
under Republican rule.
Voters came from all sections,
overfowing the town, and /
united in a Stuart demonstra-
ton that not only again proved |
the popularity of the candidate,
but also gave great encourage
ment to the leaders, who are
hoping to accomplish a revolu-
ton at the polls on election day.
&c. Wysor, of Pulaski, led
of with a brief speech, which
gave the Democrats plenty of
opportunity to test their lungs,
and then Mr.. Stuart took the
platform. His appearance was
the signal for a fresh Outburst,
and from time TO time during
his entire address he had 90
halt while the crowd shouted
its approval.
Stuart's Speech.
Mr.. Stuart began by saying
that in response 20 the very
kind invitation with which he
had been honored by the people
Of the good county Of Scott, he
was there TO say the first word
In the congressional campaign.
Two years ago he was intro
duced 70 a Scott county audi
ence as grandson of Scott.
His grandfather was born and
reared on the banks OF Clinch
There he toiled with his own
hands until ne had gathered a
small sum of money, and then
he walked 400 miles to Win
chester to take a law course,
and when he had finished walk
ed back. 1t was here, Mr.. Stuart
continued, that his ancestors,
among the pioneer settlers,
pitched their tents and built
their log cabins, and Dale Car
ter. one of his fOrefathers, was
killed i'm a fight with maraud
ing Indians at Fort BiackmOre
To those among whom sever
generations of his people are
sleeping in valley and on noun
tainside. he came not alone az
the standard bearer Of grea
political party, but as citizen
friend and neighbOr.
He was proud that he wa
born and had remained a noun
taineer. Certainly if any peo
pie i'm the world had reason T.
be proud of their descent tn
Virginia mOuntaineers had
Only recently had history be
gan 10 do justice TO the grin
determination, the patrioti
self sacrifice and the herOi
valOr of the monntaineer fore
fathers of the people befor
him. He recalled that 1t wa
committee of twenty men liz
ing in the mountains of SOuti
west Virginia who met at
point now in Wythe county an
first of all in this country SO
emnly declared their indepenC
ence of the British crown. MOI
than a year before the Declar;
tlon of independence at Pbll'
delphia, in 1876, these mOuI
taineers put forth a dOcumel
reciting their wrongs, deman'
ing redress and closing with u
burning words: "These are o'
real but unpublished sentiment
and by them we are resolved
live and die" It was Il
mountain men of this Sout
west country who marched
foot 400 miles to Norfolk al
there drew the first blood of q
revolutionary war on Virgin
soil, attacking a large force
British marines who had land
there, and chasing them ba'
to their vessels and cut of V
glnia waters to the high ses
1t was the hardy frontiersm
OF the Holston settlement w
answered Tarleton's threat
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1910-08-24
PLANS
SUBMITTED
For the Government Building
To Be Erected At This
Place.

Preliminary plans of the pro-
posed new Government building
at this place were forwarded
from Washington TO the post
master here on August 9TH,
with the request that he sug-
gest such changes as he deemed
necessary in the arrangement
of the first floor, OF pOstoffice
plans, and also that he confer
with the Judge and other Of
ficials of the L. S. Court, as TO
changes in the arrangement of
the court room and offices on
the second floor.
Court convened On the sth,
and the plans we're gone over
by the Judge. who suggested a
different arrangement for the
second floor, so as TO place the
court room in the corner of the
building To- improve the venti-
lation, and on the opposite side
from the street 20 avoid the
trouble OF noise in the court
I room.
In order TO carry out the sug-
gestions Of the Judge and other
court officials, Mr.. W. +. Baker,
at the request Of the postmaster,
drew an amended plan, and this
was fOrwareed along with the
preliminary plans 10 Wash
ingtOn.
Since they were received q
letter from the Supervising
Architect states that work on
the final plans will proceed in
accordance with the desired
changes, but that the altera
tions will necessarily cans,
some delay.
The preliminary plans sub
. mitted were duplicates of a Sc
made for Ocala, Fla, and i
was expected that both wOul,
) be carried along together an,
be ready for work not later thar
, October 18th. Ii is still pOssibl
that the new plans for this vii
l be ready by that time; tn
D Supervising Architect hopes &
( do SO, but is unwilling 70 max
, a definite promise 20 be read.
so soon, but will do so if pos
sible
The postmaster here state
a that some changes in the post
10 Office plans are desirable ais
n as the plans submitted wer
y better adapted TO the use of
f larger Office and would hav
L made necessary the emplOymer
e of more clerks than the bus
Is ness of this Office requires {
"a can afford at present.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1910-08-24
Civic League Column

EDITED BY THE LEAGUE.
Meetings. FSr-, Friday Of Zach Month.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-20
JONATHAN THOMAS.

1t seems to have been a rather
strange wllini OF fate that two OF To-
peka's most distinguished and valuable
men should die within the same week,
of the same ailment and hundreds and
hundreds of miles from the home they
loved and served so faithfully. Jonathan
Thomas, the lumber merchant and citi-
zen exemplary. is the second one to go.
like the late and much lamented James
z. Hurley, Mr.. Thomas was a man of
large measure, a self-made man, too.
He came out into the west after the
great war, wearing the shoulder straps
Of a captain for the conspicuous service
he had rendered his country. He has
been giving the community in which
he lived and labored the same kind of
service all his life.
Mr.. Thomas had nothing but courage
and good health when he started with
his brother in tho lumber business il.
Topeka. During the brief span of life
he achieved a monumental success. He
died one of the wealthiest men in this
section of the country. He was more
than a wealthy man, as far too many
of II 1 are today. There was nothing
selfish about him. He did not pile ur
"
might end his days in idleness and
luxury. He kept busy with his work
until the recent illness which resulted
| in his death overlook him. And much
of the results of that work he passed
on to the enjoyment and benefit Of
| others. A memorial that will keep his
rame freah as long as Topeka an6
| Washburn college endure is the mag
nificent gymnasium building which hi
| gave to that institution. This is one o.
the outward, the visible testimonials o.
his philanthropy, his generosity. hi
charity. He dispensed it with lavish
hand. His benefactions were as man,
as they were transformations. Only tn
countless who were helped on their wa,
by him are aware of the great liberalit!
of Mr.. Thomas.
He will be missed from his accustom
ed place in Topeka. He will be missed
in the many communities of Kansas
where his business had branch offices
But his family and friends have tn
satisfaction of knowing that in year
he approached the allotted three-score
and-ten, that his life was a noble on
and full of good works
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-20

IS described as middleaged. At 60
they were gabbling in their dotage.
And there is Mr.. Pickwick-that dear.
delightful, benevolent old gentleman OF
IA
Fifty years ago, when a man reach
ed the age OF IS he grew q beard under
his chin, bought himself pair of drab
CATERS and a white neckcloth, and
spoke with anxious concern of the ris-
ing generation, whose manners were so
different from those he had known as
young man." Nowadays the popu-
lar notion of irresponsible, irrepressible
youth is illustrated by Colonel Roose-
welt. who is 50. In our generation 80
is outwardly indistinguishable from 81.
save In that the former has slightly
more youthful tint in its cheek and its
waistcoat.
AS for the fair sex. the genus old
lady IL all but extinct. The pretty
vtvacious matron you admire at a gar
den party may have seen Is or 70 sum-
mers- AS Queen Alexandra not long
since said to Nine. Adelina Patti: 1--WE
two are two of 49, youngest women in
England The illustrious royal ex-
ample has been SO sedulously followed
that the ladies-always young, always
active. always in the height of fashion
may DO said to laugh in the very face
of Father Time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-20
QUAKER NEGOTIATIONS.

(From the Philadelphia Record.1
A bridge disaster-Losing eight
straight rubbers.
When marriage is a failure 1t is gen.
orally due to lack Of capital.
The fellow who makes no secret of his
ignorance couldn't If he tried.
Should a young married man make
light of his wife's first biscuits?
OF course, marriage improves man.
If you don't believe 1t ask his WIFE,
Too many Of US never put on till to-
morrow the trouble we can borrow to-
day.
No woman ever lived whose husband
wasn't pitied by some other woman.
Suppose the prodigal son had come
home to find that his family had turn
ed vegetarians!
Strangely enough, a groundless ru-
NOR seems to be the one that covers
the most ground
Occasionally you find q woman who
Is SO truthful she won't even lie about
her age.
"a word to the wise is sufficient"
quoted the Wise Guy. II suppose that
is why a lawyer will talk to the jury
for half day" added the Simple
Mug.
Little Willie-"Oh, Uncle George. did
you bring your horn?" Uncle George
My horn? Why. / have no horn
Little WilIie-"Then- 1 wonder what
papa meant when he said you were of
on toot last week"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-20
WHISPERS at $1,000 q Hair.

when we were out to see the fight
at Reno" said Alfred Henry Lewis at
the round table at Shanley's the other
night, "a bigger fuss was made over
son, than over Jeffries, even before the
fight. Bat had come back If only to
the scenes of his earlier activities
and there was some doubt about JEFF
fries.
Among the many friends who came
and talk about the pioneer days in the
west, was old Jim Bruce. Old Jim had
no interest in the fight, but hearing Bat
would be there he made the journey
just to see him.
Bruce was the queerest looking
westerner you have ever seem He
rather resembled a down east farmer,
his most conspicuous adjunct being a
paint brush chin beard, an ornament
he has worn on his face ever since he
left Missouri for the border. shortly
after the war, because Missouri was
getting built up.
For years Jim Bruce dealt faro all
over the wild west and was known, by
those who stood by or those who were
curious to find out, as square and
fearless man.
"One time, when he was dealing faro
in Tucson, Masterson told me, two
tough strangers got into dispute with
the old man over whether a bet was
made a certain way.
"'You can gamble that the man was
In the right Masterson said, and he
pulled the money over
"One of the strangers said to his
friend, who was nearest the dealer,
Get the money, Jack, and If you can't
get the money get his whiskers!
1.-THE old man thrust out his chin Till
the brush was almost in the face of the
nearest stranger. and remarked softly,
'Ye can't have the bet, and as for the
whiskers, there's q standing reward OF
81 900 a hair for themn
"And then" concluded Mr.. Lewis, Il
learn the game went on the even tenor
Of its way"-New York World.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-20
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
[From the Chicaxo New. !

lFrom the Chicago News.l
Common sense Is more useful than
common.
A laugh is a good thing-if IL is On
the other fellow.
Ignorance is always ready to pat
itself on the back.
ANY woman can marry any man she
wants-if he is willing.
Other peoples manners WORRY most
OF US more than our own morals.
There Is society for the prevention
or cruelty to all animals-except man.
And many a mans race pre1udice is
due to his having bet on the wrong
horse.
It's better to keep your face closed
than to get into trouble by telling the
truth.
woman's pride may be due TO
something she hasn't got, but which
she wants you to think she has.
Love may be blind, but girl in love
Is never stone blind IL there is a dia-
mond engagement ring in sight.
1t is said that two can play at any
game, but as a matter of fact one Of
them Is merely thinking that he can.
A woman is SO anxious to relate the
PAD dream she had that she can hardly
wait until her husband gets through
saying grace at the breakfast table.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-20
--latest Thing in Marriage.

Listen to what beneficent Mr.. Bangs,
sged 81, has to say of matrimony, ana
then think 1t over. Concisely he ex-
plains that there should be no unhap-
piness in nnatrimony in the following
words:
Marriage need never be a failure II
both parties 10 the contract take out
life insurance. have buried four wives,
and each one of them had $4,000 insur-
ance. If I had died, they would have
received the same amount. It was only
a case of luck, and I shall insure my
intended bride, who is to be my fifth
wife, Cor the same amount"
Mr.. Bangs has had experience. He
advocates a new theory. He does not
say that all men will have the same
luck. Nor does he explain the pleasure
that bride No. 2 must have had when
the bereaved widower cashed the policy
on wife No. to enjoy the second hon
eymoon. But No. had the consola-
ton, when the policy was issued on her
life, of knowing, when she should pass
suddenly away. thai her successor
would have similar honeymoon holt-
day at her expense.
Just think of the rigid laws being en-
acted in France, where no state en-
ploye can hold an appointment unless
he is married, and in New Jersey. where
bachelors are taxed, and in Germany
where 4 man is allowed premium fol
every child he is responsible for in this
world of weolock after six smiling lit
tie Germans have come into the busy
Fatherland.
But in all countries there have beer
matrimonial difficulties.
In Reno, that city of broken hearts
the wise Mr.. Bangs, of Boston, should
go forth, with his theories. and prcacl
them from the highways.
If Mr.. Bangs was so fortunate as tc
collect $4,000 through the death of foul
wives, and has hopes for the final S.
600, what would he do IL he was Al in
stead Of 81? If his willing wives should
have died oftener he might have event
ually found matrimony as profitable as
mining.-Memphis Commercial-Appeal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-20

They are sending Bill Montgomery
down to Girard TO sit on the lid. This
hard work he has done for the admin
istration gang. The Girard lid Is said
to be extremely hot.
Life: A sentence to hard labor. with
nothing of for good behavior.
Hon. Nick Longworth's threat to re-
fuse to vote for Hon. Cannon, reminds
us of the story Of the late Hon. Bar
mum and one of his circus clowns. SAID
clown demanded a raise of wages, and
was refused. Then he packed up his
threat: "Ali right fer you, you old
dub. I'll quit and leave you stranded
right here in New Jersey"
Many q man cuts the homemade pie
with q knife, not because his early
| training in table manners was neglect
| ed, but because he Is too lazy to go
| out and get the axe.
The man who is buying seldom fails
to get laugh out of his stale Jokes.
OF $50 for the return. in good condition.
of his 1S0-pound wife. This, we may be
| pardoned in pointing out. il an ex-
| travagant offer. considering the fact
that II IS Out d tElIlc uIlucr 20 cents por
pound, and but little under the mar
ket price of round steak.
This H. G. Legg who is golfing out
| at Denver: What will you bet that his
| close friends do not call him 'Harry?'
Man wants but little here below
should be qualified. Maybe few men
want but little here below, but the ma
| jority OF them are like the farmer who
1 complained because the haying weather
was SO perfect that he would have no
spoiled hay to feed young calves the
next winter.
WE ARE INDEBTED:
| M...T This Department
To Hon. r. r. H.
To the use Of one perfectly good "a
| rifle, ......$ Many thanks.
Reed pay'met INSTRUMENTATION.
There is one advantage to marrying
man who remembers nothing about his
family. He can't bring up that bro
mide about the pies his Mother Used
to Make.
Cheer up. You are about to get n
much needed rest. This space viii be
filled, during the next week or ten
days, with pure reading matter.
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AN OPTTMTST

he always has word of cheer.
xdls smile VIII always comfort you,
Hes Just the man to have a-near
when you are feeling very blue
Wnen you to him your worries tell
ana an the sorry details give,
He'll beg you to remember well
That trouble is comparative.
He says he suffers many woes.
OF various Ills he has a store
ret he's contented, for he knows
some men go through a great deal more
one day he fell and hurt his knee
But with a smiling face he rose
some other day." he said, you'll see
some fellow TALL and break his nose"
his 6ilis with calmness he doth view
ana never perturbation shows,
he says that they. are nothing to
Inc bills some other fellow owes.
Tnough all your days be full of strife
ana you e'er find your pathway rough
He'll bid you hraveiy stick to life.
For surely youn die quick enough!
Nathan M. Levy. In the New York Sun