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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1910-03-02

OF every million people 500
are blind. and the other 999, 300
cannot see their own faults
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1910-03-02

The way 90 build up "a com
munity rs for every person in
30, who can, 90 put some money
into industries that give the
people employment. and push
the Industries 20 success. In
dustries that last the year round
are ihe best. but those that last
part of the year are better than
none The most valuable pow er
on earth is human power, ana
when II is not employed IL Is
not only lost bur &c also con
.Sumes part of what others earn
Work creates wealth. work
sells money in motion, work
pay debts. work Is the vital
power In prosperity. aud that
city, that community, and that
nation whose people are idle.
are poor, and poor in proportion
90 the number that work and
the time they work. Heaven =
greatest earthly blessing TO
any people is TO give them hon
est, rcmunerative work.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1910-03-02

la the District Court of the United state.
for The Western District OF Virginia
Rig Stone Gap Division.
The United States of America. Plaintiff
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1910-03-02

The ohlec; of the ai,ove STYLED smt is to
set aside and annull ihe Certificate at
Naturalization issued by the Circuit Court
OF Wise County Va. 20 the said Andy
havateS
And tappeAringhv affidavit hled according
70 law that Andy kavaie>. the above named
defendant. Is not a resident 81 the state at
Virginia. u - therefore ordered thar the said
Andy kavates do appear within fifteen DAYS
alter due publication of this order. ia toe
Clerk oihco Of eur said District Court ofthe
United States and do what Is necessary g.
protect hiS interest. And IL Is further order
Ell that this order he Published for four sue
cessive weeks IN the Big Stone tap Post. a
newspaper printed and published ia Wise
County. Virginia. in the Western Judicial
District 81 Virginia.
In the Clerks office ct the District Court
OF the United States for the Western Dis
trict Of Virginia az gSig Stone Gap IN vaca.
ton the sth day Il February. 1910
{. &. COCHRAN
ieb 1910 Deputy Clerk
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1910-03-02

The oldest apple tree in the
country rs ON thc old Stanish
place. Wcthcrsfeld. Mass. and
was planted boz i63~
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on.is th,t l., la,r-f ar,
mind and fh. other i- h.,
hn,n.t am, business
~ .'..' f'' '
la tl.is world th. lnn-t h.sufi
ful thing rs charity, which
gives without hop. cot reward
or return. snnplv for tho ln,eof
giving. aul for the love of other
human beings
a New Aork legislator says
that thr automobiles viii event.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1910-03-02

The best way to buHd up "a
town is to stand by every man
in the place who does right
Whenever "a man is doing we'll
donot tear him down an res-
idents should Dee partners. not
opponents ln aN iVelihoodS
thc more business Your rival
does the more you will DO.
Every business man Who treats
his customers honestly. courte
ou,ly and fairly will get hs
share. and the more business
that cam Dee secured hy united
efforts. thr better DO will Dee for
all When "a town ceases to
grow Do begins to die. and the
more people irv to kll each
others business 300 their town
the more readily Will utter ruin
come Q. all. stand together for
the advancement of every ciu-
gen. 10 "a man shows ability CD
prosper do not pull ham back
through jealousy coz weight him
down through cold indifference.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1910-03-02

ln this world the most bcauu.
ful thing ls charity. which
gives without hoppe oi reward
or return. simply ior the love of
giving. aul for the love- of other
human beings
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1910-03-02

a Nrw York legislator sag S.
that the automobile, Will event
ually regulate freight rates hy
competing with common care
riers 20 hasten the e,rntua-
lion build good roads
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1910-03-02

II the Democratic party does
get together next November and
the Republican party does NOT.
probably HALEY IS comet viii he
CD blame. says the Washington
Herald
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1910-03-02

The hoppiest man boz the land
today is the successful farmer.
He sits under his own vine and
fig tree. undisturbcd by the
maddening noise of the city
Bank, fail. railroads go into
the hands of receivers. booming
towns collapse. AN business
>tagnates. but thc wise farmer
can snap his finger at these
things. nc is thc monarch of
800 Dee surveys on his broad
acres And Che honesty of his
boys aud the purity 81 hi- girls
i- guarded against temptations.
and in them he DIS giving the
country its best manhoo a
AND womanhood The farmer
is to Doe euvied. and. if Doe iS not
cortented with his Dot. he is
lacking DOE wisdom
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1910-03-02
THE BIC STONE GAP PosT. WEDNESDAY. NIGH. 2 1910.
NOTICE. [.

TO the Louisville Il Nashville Railroad
Company. a corporation organized and
existing under the laws Of the State OF
Kentucky. United States Trust Com
pany. Of New York Central Trust Com
pany. If New HOrk. and all other per.
sons whom II may concern.
New-York tribune., 1910-07-16
ANOTHER REVOLUTION?
Utsteins Cargo May Be Destined
for Use in Honduras.

Mobile. July 15.-Another Central Ameri-
can revolution is imminent This time
Honduras IS 10 be the battle-ground. and
PRESIDENT Davila is 10 meet in combat his
old opponent and former President of the
renubiic Manuel Boni1ia. This is the firm
belief of the Central American colony in
Mobile members of which were stirred by
The sailing from Mobile to-day Of the Nor
wegian steamer Utstein. with 115 cases Of
ammunition and other war material. os-
tensibIy for Nicaragua, but believed TO be
intended in reality for use in Honduras
The Utstein had been detained here for
two DAYS by customs officials because she
was declared to have contraband goods on
board destined for the Madriz forces IN
Nicaragua B Abadie. of New Orleans.
supposed TO be in Cnaree OF the cargo, was
q passenger on the vessel The clearance
papers were granted the steamer at mid
night last night.
The munitions on the steamer Ctstein
were shipped by Abadie. tie official repre-
sentative Of ex-President Manuel BOnilla at
New Orleans. He signed the manifest OF
the ship and saw that the goods were prop
erfz 7iacsd
New-York tribune., 1910-07-16
OBITUARY NOTES.

ATOTS WIRSCHING. the inventor OF the
stock quotation telegraph ticker, who also
installed the present fire alarm system in
Manhattan. died Thursday night in his
seventv-ninth year at his home, No 1Ss
South Sth street, Williamsburg. He made
2 cIocl, which has been running for two
wears without any winding, and upon
which the inventor was working, to make
Z, perpetuaI when he died. He was born
in Vienna.
HENRY NJ. KNIGHT. one of the oldest
employees of the Coast and Geodetic Survey,
died in Washington yesterday. He was
eighty years Old and a native of Phila-
delphia.
JAMES B. FAULKS. JR.. professor Of
experimental engineering at Syracuse Uni
versity, died from typhoid fever at SYRIA
cuse yesterday. He was thirty eight years
old and was a graduate OF Stevens Insti-
tute of Technology. and had been connected
with Syracuse University for six years.
MRS. HATTIE BISHOP BRUNDAGE
daughter Of J. Adams and Emma Ham
ford Bishop, and wife OF Percy H. Brun-
daze. a promoter with Offices at No. q Ex-
change place. this city. died at New
Canaan. Conn. yesterday. Mr.. Brudage is
vtce-president of the Barney Estate Com
Dauv and director in the American Ice
company, the Broad Street Realty Com
many and the United Securities Company.
COLONEL AUGUSTE PORsBURG, who
commanded the f2d Virginia regiment in
the civil war. died in Lynchburg yester-
day. after a long sickness he was seventy
nine years old and native OF Sweden. He
was city engineer OF Lynchburg for many
New-York tribune., 1910-07-16
PRINCE GHIKA is A HUNTER
Will Collect American Mammals
for Rumanian Museums.

Ex-Pre.ident Roosevelt has an iraitstor
81 the person OF Prince Nicholas D. Ghika-
-onh>r CT ocs of the former reigning
fe.-1ilies cf Sulnaaia- Accompanied by Cap
tain c. z. Radclytfe, of the British Life
Guards, the prince is going to British Co
i.smb.a and Alaska. where they will fish
and hux.
y frave come over for my own enjoy
meat" ssid the prince In his suite at the
waIdo-f-Astcria last night. but I have a
cSnralssion from my government to secure
as many ss possible OF the big game and
small mammals OF America to send home
for scientific purposes.
Captain Radcliffe has trsversed Alaska
twice and is mighty hunter. His book
on that country is one everybody should
read It has inspired in me a desire to see
that region. SO rich in mineral wealth. We
will remain here FIVE days, then three days
in Washington. three DAYS in Chicago and
FIVE days in Seattle. From there we will
sail for Vancouver Island"
Have you formed any Impressions of
this country
We'll # Is rather early, but I have
been struck with the evidences of wealth
and tremendous activity in this city, even
in this hot weather"
How does the climate Of your country
compare with thls7'
We'll. Bucharest, the capital, has a eli
mate Just about the same as that of New
York The plains. where wheat and corn
are grown, are warm. but the Carpathian
section is cooler"
Is the Balkan war cloud still hanging
over Southern Europe7"
"Oh. no, not at all Now that Turkey
has a liberal form Of government, there is
no reason for war, and II is not likely TO
come. Only war between Russia and Aus
tria would trouble us. We have half
million soldiers and could put three hun
dred thousand in the field In five days.
That is why the Kaiser has sent the mar
shaTs baton TO our commander in chief"
Prince Chika is nct in search Of an heir
ess as he has a wife and three children.
He is man still on the right side of
thirty-five, tall, well built and speaks per-
feet English, with slight foreign accent
New-York tribune., 1910-07-16

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New-York tribune., 1910-07-16
sPPEcKELs BEFRIENDs HERO
Lad Who Saved Four from Drowning
Now Under Sugar Mans Protection

Louis Spreckels. of YOnkers. head OF the
Federal Sugar Refining Company. has
taken under his patronage William Scholl-
never. fifteen years old. who nearly lost
his life recently in saving ten-year-old
bow from drowning in the Hudson River.
OFF the federal refinery dock. Young Scholl-
meyer accomplished the rescue while
dozen able-bodied men stood by and looked
on.
II was the fourth rescue from drowning
the boy had made in aa many years. and
Mr. Spreckels was so epp-eciative OF the
lads heroism that he gave him employ
ment in his fac>ory and brought Scholl-
meyers act to the attention of the Life
saving Benevolent Association of New
York To-day the boy received a medal
and $50 in gold from the association. The
presentation made by Mr.. Spreckels.
who announced that ne mad taken Scholl-
meyer. whose parents are poor. under his
protection and intended schooling MIN in
every phase Of the sugar business.
New-York tribune., 1910-07-16
SPOTTED FOREIGN GOWN
Woman Tried TO Fool Deputy Surveyor
and Failed.

II John J. OCOnnor. acting deputy sur
veyor. quits his present job he Will be sIixf-
Bile as manager Of dressnazing establish
ment- A passenger on the Lusitania- rHfch
reached port yesterday. learned this fact TO
her cost She had bought no gowns abroad
she said. but O'CCnaor looked over the
gown she was wearing and asked where she
got IT,
-Oh. got that here before I left New
York foar months ago
Sorry 20 doubt your word. madame. re-
piled the customs man. but that style was
not worn four months ago" He then
offered to telephone Jo the cressmakeT who,
the passenger said. had made the dress.
'Oh. IL you are going to make so much
fuss over IL I vii add the dress 70 tbs
other articles in NY declaration. snapped
the passenger. and she had to pay the duty.
New-York tribune., 1910-07-16
UNCLE SAM" 20 YEARS OLD
Wears Costume, Goatee and All-Born
in Germany.
GRv Telegraph to The Tribune.

Baltimore. July 15--Charles Dressed
whose remarkable resemblance to Uncle
Sam" has made him a celebrity. celebrated
his SEVENTEEN birthday to-day. Dressed in
striped ''pantaloons, starred vest and
swallow tail coat" and with flowing goatee
and wise smile he welcomed guests TO his
apartment
Uncle Sam. as he prefers to be called.
was born in Germany July 15 1870
When a youth he went TO Canada with his
parents and later served In the Civil War
with the LIST Kansas Regiment as second
lieutenant. After the war he came to this
city, went into the leather business. from
which he retired with competence several
years ago. Among his exhibits TO his
friends to-day was a letter from Theodore
Roosevelt acknowledging the receipt of a
communication from aim consratulating the
colonel on his return from his hunting trip
in Af1ica.
New-York tribune., 1910-07-16
PIRATES ASK FOR TRUCE
Chinese Troops Aiding Portu-
guese at Colowan Island.

Hong Kong July 15.-The pirates on Col
owan Island hoisted a flag of truce to-day.
in order that they might remove their
wounded The Chinese authorities have
sent ten gunboats and 200 soldiers to the
scene from neighboring island. so that
they may be ready to assist the Portu-
guese soldiers. if necessary, in e1terrni-
mating the outlaws.
Several Chinese students have been res
cued after months OF captivity. 1t was the
Portuguese campaign to free the students
which brought about the fighting The
hospital at Macao is filed with wounded
pirates and soldiers.
Lisbon, July 15.-The government con-
siders that the military force at Macao Is
sufficient to deal with the pirates on Col
owan Island Complications with China
are not expected.
An official dispatch from the scene of the
recent fighting says that after the capture
bv the Portuguese Of Colowan fort the
commander of the Chinese squadron, who
had witnessed the operations, congratu-
lated the Portuguese officers, and onered
his services In case of need
New-York tribune., 1910-07-16
APPEALS TO Mr.. TAFT
E. F. Pittman at Work IN His
Brother s Behalf.

Beverly, Mass, July 15.-E- F. Pittman.
Of Cambridge. a brother of William Pitt
man. the American engineer who was found
by Consul Olivares IN a pitiable condition
in a Managua Jail recently, to-day asked
President Taft TO take some steps in his
brothers behalf Pittman came TO Beverly
armed with the newspaper dispatches tell
ing Of his brothers treatment at the hands
of the Madriz government and a report
from the consul. He had no appointment
but he went TO the Taft cottage, where he
told his mission TO one Of the Secret Service
men. Secretary Norton was at the cottage.
and Pittmsns papers will be referred to
the State Department.
Pfttman also went to Nahant to-day
where he talked with Senator Lodge. ask
ing him to request the State Department to
compel Madriz to release his brother. He
asked the Senator TO see President Taft
about the case as soon as possible
New-York tribune., 1910-07-16
DIED.

BENNETT-July I3, Margaret Bennett. sse6 81
Funeraf Church No s4i west Sd 81. camp
bell Building.
BRUNDAGE-Sudd-uiy AZ New Canaan. Corl--
ter Of TT ! Adams z and nd Emma Hsnford Bishop
and wife OF Percy a Brundsze. n ne t'th
year Of her age Notice OF funeral hereafter
CoMsToCK-Arrer brief Illness. az his lsts
Archibald Young Con1stock son oS III. 1s-s
Daniel F and Mary Young Cornroek. IN the
altar.
Dwight 4 Cooley. in the soth year ot bis
Central PRESBYTERIAN Church Summit. \. J..
Saturday. July IL. az $50 p n Tram
leaves Barclay 81 at z p m
DE wIrT-July 15. Martha J. De Wit. No. $50
Campbell. The Funeral Church No c41 West
7sd st
FoOTE-Sudtsnly az HearrueIlvfIle. Vt. James
Foote in his s4th year. Burial AZ Canssn.
Conn. az convenience OF family jamestown
On. u papers please copy
GoELz-on Thursday July "A Ia1o Lsonasd
Bushvick ave and Jefferson Brooklyn. sun
day. at $50 O'Clock
HEYMANN-On Friday July Is 1910. Dtnah-
yesfs n % rnonshs Fler1 rom her IsTs r--i
deuce. No 20 Fifth ave. Brooklyn. Sunday.
1870 g. n
MALONE-At his residence. NO SO Henry 81
Brooklyn. July IA 1910. John Malone Fr-
neral services Saturday morning az =:
Stephens Church. go Relatives and
friends are invited 20 attend
MANsFIELD-JuIy a. 1910. Charlotte Beloved
daughter OF Charles and Ida Mansfslt Fu-
neral from Eilrs undsrtakeTs ehape. Getes
and Nostrsud svss. BROOKLYN. Sunday. July
IL >. m. Papers please copy
MAuGER-JuIy H. 1910 William Mauser. aged
So. Services The Funeral Church Nos
241 and 2a3 West 23d St. Frank E Campbell
Building
MCoRMICK-At Monticeilo. n 7. July "a:
1910. James ". Mccormick. beloved husband
OF Madsleine Dwell, in the 48th year of his
Summit. M \. J.. On Monday. July "a az 1870
a m Carriages will meet train leaving He
az 12:0 D m kindly omit flowers
NKENDRY-JuIy 10 John McKendry. aged So.
Lying in state. The Funeral Church. No 241
West I'd st Frank z Campbell Building
MKINLET-July Il r. ., F5a.x @ a.. F. MoKi1lsT az
zsd ST
MoRGAN-Juiy Il MARY J. Morszn. at resi-
Frank Campbell TIE Funeral Church. No 341
west gd
PETERsoN-On July Is. 1910. q. his residence.
Funeral services sunday. 2 p m. al his late
residence
f1lDse IN STATE. The Flnsrsi cSurch 70 24l West
23d 81. Drank z Campbell Buidins)-
ROsE-On July Is. Kate Ashley. wife OF Charles
Frederick Rose Funeral services Upper Mont
clair y. J. Notice OF time later
WADDINGTON-At Dongan Hills. Staten Isl
and. Thursday. July "a. Elisabeth dausht-r
OF the late General Henry Van Rensselaer,.
Z s A. and wife OF George Waddtrstor-
Funeral services viii be held az 81 AIMS
Church East 12th ST. New York. on Satu-
day. July 49, al 10 a
WARD-suddenly. az London England. July ~.
1910 Or. Leslie D. Ward or Aat-son- v J.
Notice OF funeral hereafter
New-York tribune., 1910-07-16
FREDERICK PIERCE BACON,

IBy Telegraph 10 The Tribune
Boston. July 15.-Frederick Pierce Bacon
q well known newspaper man and musical
critic Of Boston, died at his home, No II
Moreland street. this morning. He was
sixty-eight years old. Mr.. Bacon was born
in Boston July g. 1912. When The Boston
Globe" was first published Mr.. Bacon be
came a member OF its staff. and there
gained his first experience in newspaper
work in connection with musical matters
From The Boston Globe he went to The
Boston Herald" of which for more than
twenty years he was musical editor
New-York tribune., 1910-07-16
OBITUARY..
The REV. FILoMENo FERRARA


The Rev. Filomeno Ferrara. member OF
the FaIesfan Order Of Priests, who have
charge Of the Roman Catholic Church OF
the TRANSPORTATION, in Mott street. was
drowned Thursday evening while bathing
alone IN Long Pond near Hawthorne, N
Y His clothing was found on the beach,
but search failed TO reveal his body.
Father Ferrara went to HaWthcTne
where members Of the order have a sum-
rler cottage. on Thursday. When ne went
to the pond priests warned him not TO 60
out too far in the water. and he promised
not 10. II is believed that he was taken
with cramps. The cottage is some distance
from the water and his cries for help, Il
he uttered any, could not have been heard
Father Ferrara was ordained in Italy.
where he was born. Ten years after his
ordfnat tion he came to America and took
I'd his duties in san Francisco. He later
came 10 New York. and was for some
time a professor Of theology in the old
seminary at Troy. He was about thirty
six years old.
New-York tribune., 1910-07-16
oLIvAREs CARING FOR PITTMAN
Engineer Maltreatment to Figure in
Reckoning with Madriz.

washington. July 15.-Unless further ne
glect and maltreatment are shown by the
Madriz government toward William Pitt
man, the American engineer now held in
Managua as a prisoner of war. the State
Oenartment will leave his case in the
hands Of Consul Oivares.
The dlthy quarters in which the prisoner
was kept before Mr.. Olivares visited him
and the failure to furnish the prisoner with
food will be remembered by the department
wben a day Of reckoning with the Managua
government comes however.
The State Department says II is entirely
ignorant OF the reported intention Of two
Nadriz commissioners to visit Washington
on a peace mission.
New-York tribune., 1910-07-16
H. c. EMERY RETURNS
Has Gathered Valuable Tariff
Information in Europe.
rFrom The Tribune Bureau. !

Washington, July I5.-Henry c. Emery.
chairman of the Tariff Board. reached
Washington tonight from Europe, where
he went on May II TO study tariff problems
Most Of his investigations were in Germany
and Austria. He devoted special study to
the methods employed by these countries in
the collection of data relating to customs
duties.
Although he refused TO discuss the results
of his Investigations. which will be laid
before President Taft soon In formal re-
port It was learned that the chairman felt
satisfied that what he had learned abroad
would help in some degree to solve some OF
the tariff questions which confront the
United States
James B. Reynolds. the second member
of the board. is still abroad, making a sys-
tematic study of tariff conditions in France
and other European countries. In the alb
sence of Messrs. Emery and Reynolds. in
vestigation of tariff facts in this country
was under the direction of the third mem
her Of the board, Alvin H. Sanders.