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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1910-09-21
JUDGE
SKEEN
Decides Store Order Act
Constitutional.

Jonesville, Va, Sept. To-
Judge Skeen, Of Lee county
court, has decided that
the Virginia statute, section
3657d Of Virginia code known
as the "Store Order Act" is
constitutional.
The constitutionality of this
law has been mooted since its
enactment in 1887. The ques-
tion was raised directly here
yesterday in two cases pending
in Judge Skeen's court, of Kel-
ly Hickam Company vs.. Keo-
kee Consolidated Coke Com
pany and w. w. Taylor x Sons
& Witt vs.. same. Both of these
suits were brought 90 compel
the payment in cash of about
5000 worth of script" which
had been purchased from labor
ers by plaintiffs. The coke com
pany, like nearly all the other
mining companies of this sec
ton, have been disregarding
this statute, which requires the
payment of all script IN cash
contending that the law is I'M
contra vention of the ltth
amendment OF the constitution
of the United States, and re-.
fused 20 pay off any script
Except i'm merchandise. The
I Question was argued eXhaus
lively on yesterday by Attorney
/ Robt. l.. Pennington for tn,
coke company and 10y judge
IC. II. Duncan and Senator j G
/ Noel for the plaintiffs The Gel
lebrated decision In the Bake
shop" case, which was recent,
/ SO severely criticised by ex
/ President Roosevelt, was use,
as one of the authorities sup
porting tine contention that th
lstatute is unconstitutional. a
1.-THE conclusion of the argument
/ which lasted five hours, tn
court rendered his opinion sus
tanning the statute and givinl
Judgment against the COX
company for the full amour
claimed In course of his opir
non Judge Skeen said that th
coal operator and the laborer d
not stand upon equal footing
that the position and needs ,
. the laborer places him, to
great extent, in the power ,
the operator, whose wealth an
position gives him great advai
tage over his laborers; that it
the province of the state, IN Oh
l exercise of its police power,
enact laws which viii pr
tect the weak against I'll
, strong and this being the ey
dent intention of the Virgin
+ legislature in enacting On
p statute. as we'll as the logic
e effect of the law, it cannot
q held TO be contrary 20 the l4
, amendment.
= The coal company viii appe
Il the cases to the supreme cOu
T. of Virginia and in all probab
# ity they will go TO the suprer
n court of the United States /
fore finally settled
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Faithfully yours,
r. ROOSEVELT.
Hon. G.. B Slemp,
Big Stone Gap, Va.

big stone zap, a.
The time for Mr. Roosevelt's
coming TO the Ninth District to
deliver an address, i'm conse-
quence OF Mr. Slemp's invitation
is rapidly approaching, and the
people Of the Ninth District. as
well as adjacent sections, will
be much pleased 90 learn in this
way that Colonel Roosevelt is
looking forward Go the occasion
when he will bee with them
Undoubtedly the greatest
gathering that Bristol has ever
known will be in that city on
October 9TH 10 welcome and hear
the distinguished ex-President.
The prominent part which Col
onel Roosevelt is taking
in the affairs of the
country today, that are of fore
most interest Co the whole peo.
pie adds, II possible, 20 the nat.
ural eagerness on the part OF
every one 90 hear him personal
| rs. and 90 thereby form "a direct
estimate of this man who has
/ i'm such an effective manner
gained "a worldwide reputation
and who is considered. on every
hand, "a leader and authority
! Colonel Roosevelt has hiss op
/ ponents and detractOrs, o
I course. as is the case with ever,
man. but that does not alter th
I fact that he lis the leading citi
| zen OF our country today am
lone of the most notable charac
ters in the entire world.
This is "a rare OppOrtunit
which has been secured 20 th
people of the Ninth District b
Mr.. Slemp, and every one VIII
can possibly get 20 Bristol wi
, certainly take advantage OF thi
, opportunity 20 see and hea
3 Colonel Roosevelt.
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ID Saved Ills Leg.

''An thought I6 lose-my leg, writes
j. 4. Swensen, of Watertown, Wis Ten
years of eczema. that Is doctors could
not cure. had at last laid me mp Then
Bucklen's rnica Salve cured 10, sound
and we'll Infallible for skin EruptiOns,
Eczema. salt Rheum, Boils, Fever Sores,
Burns, Scalds. Cuts and Piles 25c az j.
w Kellys Drug Store
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IMPORTANT CASES
LEE CIRCUIT COURT

JOnesville, Va, Sept. 10
The September term Of the Lee I
county circuit court, which has
been in session here during the
past week, has had a number of
important cases under consi6-
GRAFTON.
The chancery cause of Glib
son, ct al, vs.. Ely, ct al, which
has been pending for quite
awhile, and involved the title
20 a valuable piece of timber
land. was argued before Judge
Skeen, at great length, and on
Friday morning the court rem
dered his opinion. decreeing the
land TO the Gibsons and award
ing them $3.50 damages for tim
Der cut by Ely The defend
ants attorneys are taking steps
TO appeal the case.
Another chancery caus e
which is attracting much at
tention here is that of McLin
ct al VS.. Richmond et al, IN
which it is sought by the de-
fendant 90 set up aud prove a
lost deed 60 a very valuable
house and four acre lot In the
west end Of this county, being
the old homestead of the late
| Col. II. c. #. Richmond This
cause was argued and submit
ted on last Wednesday, but the
court has not yet rendered his
| opinion.
The action OF Ellen =. Young
VS.. Fidelity and Casualty Com
/ pany for the recovery of 3 SOC
on an accident policy carried
10y Robert y Noung, deceased was
| compromised just as both sides
had announced ready for trial
| by the company paying sl,o0i
lin full satisfaction of the claim
| The policy was one agains
death BY accident Young los
A.. his life over a year ago az Dry
. den. Va. IN "a shooting affray
lin which another man by th'
< name of Bailey was also killed
Several seem 10 have been en-
, gagged i'm the shooting and /
, occurred in such a manner tina
: 1t was difficult 90 ever ascertain
the exact facts of the case, an
% no one was ever indi-ted O
4, prosecuted for the killing. Tn
insurance company elaine
+ that Young was in fault IN th
= difficulty, and that therefor
f the death did not occur I'm sue
4 manner as would render
liable on the policy, and 10 r,
s fused 90 pay the claim. Henc
g. the suit.
- \ suit which created cOnsi,
= erable merriment while on trii
o. was that on VIM. Young v
+ John Bailey. Young brougl
"a the suit 20 recover $50 damage
Is to his crops done by Bailey
Al | chickens. The jury decided u
,e case IN favor of Bailey, givir
n Young nothing Bailey's pril
cipal defence was that q
al chickens belonged TO his Wi
RI and that he was not respOnsib
n for damage done by them.
le An important land suit
D. Reeve VS.. Ward was tried b
fore a jury and decided in fav
of Ward.
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Continued on page a.
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MISREPRE-
SENTATIONS

There is a natural and fruit
ful source of wonder as to
whether or not the gentlemen
of high character and principal
Continued on page A.
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)HIO EX-
POSITION
Great Value 10 Business
interests of the South.

Tincinu1t1. O., sept o. ne
,,h is Getting a great deal Of /
most valuable advertise /
M and it's advantages are |
inc put before large numbers /
inst the kind of people it .
shes to attract as settlers, /
,srch the magnificent eXhib- /
f.The South and It's Re
rr,es which the railroads
+he South collected by joint
zion and are displaying at
ONO Valley Exposition.
pw in progress in this city
rti. exhibit. said TO be the
comprehensive display OF
agricultural, mineral and
r.f resources of the South
gotten together. is seen
rs 20 tae best possible advan-
Tho exposition manage
nt gave DO splendid position
inarrangement and decora-
niti. most attractive. The
himt covers nearly $4,000
.ar. feet. giving practically
fn.. for every mile of
r-oad in thc South, the COM
rei mileage OF railroads join
KIN tne display being 10000
re- Every product of South
n farms. mines and forests is
h. seem. and the showing
.ie it. been the occasion of
greatest surprise 90 many
f0r- This has been espec
Iy frr. of the display OF corn
B. small grains. hundreds of
lor, having for the first
learned that the South is "a
t-.at grain growing section and
atifs lands can produce as
m bushels of corn. wheat on
l's per acre as any land IN th,
Vest
rha newspapers of Cincinnati
ni -urouuding cities have
lren great deal of space O.
exhibit of tThe South ans
l., Resources. and this rs one
Oboe first features sought hl
s.tor- ou entering the grounds
Ahon It is considered that tn,
attendance is running into TN,
thousands every day, 10 Dis easil,
aan how many people are beinl
n-eresfed in the advantages q
De- South In addition lecture
u,iratod by colored and mOv
rg pictures are given every da.
experts These lectures ar
drawing large crowds. and me-
% charge of the exhibits ar
Eepi busy an the time answer
ng questions Registers hav
1.so been provided on whic
erson- desiring additional m
omaton viii have iteratur
sent them by the railroads. Tn
lrge number of names whic
have been placed on these res
,lers is one of the best eV
lmces Of the great work fC
ihe boosting of the South whic
IS being done by this exhibit
The management of the eXp'
>ilon and business men of Cir
aanati consider this exhibit on
Of ihe really great features
lAe exposition and are most al
preciatEe in their expression
toward the railroads of tf
South for collecting this eXhlb
md bringing il TO Cincinna
aod toward the people of Il
south for their cooperation.
Many Cincinnati manufa
iurers have found TO their su
Prise shat they can buy 10 a
vantage in the South raw m
ienals which they have be-
buying from points hundreds
miles more distant from thel
husln ess men have be
awakened 10 a realization 20 {
Possibilities of trade which [
South holds out. and one resi-
oi the exposition will be
doubled effort on the part
cincinnati to get a larger shs
o Southern trade. The mai
Wy OF the visitors to the exI
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office of
THEODORE ROOSEVELT

Sept. l6, 1910.
My Dear Mr.. Slemp.
! thank YOU heartily, and ap
prcciate you sending me the
speech. which. Of course, l like.
I look forward 90 my trip 90
Bristol
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POLITICAL Department.

Department Republican Committee and the Matter
Used Herein .
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-20

bushels day. 1t is cheap method; but
breaks and bruises many of the berries.
Those intended to be eaten fresh must be
picked by hand, if they are to reach market
in attractive condition.
The high cost of picking emphasizes the
Importance of securing BURBERRY of large
size, if the plant is to be cultivated. Bigness
and abundant yield signify great reduction
in the expense of picking. Large size also
means higher market price. Fortunately,
it is popularity of blueberries that, after
ripening, they remain on the bush long
time, often month or more, without losing
their plumpness or their flavor. This makes
bush at one clean picking.
A curious discovery made by Mr.. Coville
(author of Forthcoming Plant Bureau
bulletin on BURBERRY culture, from which
the material for this article has been OBJ
tained) is that the rootlets of healthy plants
of the swamp BURBERRY are inhabited by a
species of fungus, which, far from doing any
harm, seems to be Importantly beneficial.
Bog plants, generally speaking, for lack of
nitrates in the soil, are obliged to resort to
out of the way expedients to escape starva-
ton. Thus. for example. pitcher plants,
sundews, and bladderworts catch flies and
other insects for food. But the aforemen-
toned fungus appears to get the BURBERRY
out of its difficulty by enabling the latter
to take up otherwise unavailable nitrogen
from the peaty soil, and perhaps from the at
mosphere also, acting in this respect like the
nitrogen gathering bacteria that form nod
uleS on rootlets of peas and other legumi-
nous plants.
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undergone partial decomposition, and the
further decay of which is arrested by the
presence of water, as in a swamp, or by an
underlying stratum of sand. Inasmuch as
the sand does not contain those bacteria
which attack vegetable substances, it pre-
serves to a certain extent the everything
partly decayed material. This material
contains, so much acid that the cultivated
plants of our fields and gardens will not
grow in it at all. 1t is poisonous to them;
but it is Just what the BURBERRY requires.
For this reason blueberriess are the only
possible crop over wide areas that could not
be turned to account for any other kind of
agriculture, owing to the acidity of the soil.
At the present time, where bushes happen to
grow, they supply an annual output of wild
fruit which in the aggregate is of some mar
ket importance. But necessarily it is in
ferior in size and quality to what it would
be if the plant was reduced to cultivation
and the business of BURBERRY growing was
seriously taken up by horticulturists. Fur
thermore, if this was accomplished, the Gull
ture of the BURBERRY would be extended
into many regions where the plant and its
fruit are to-day unknown.
Heavy Cost of Picking
TO reduce the cost of picking, an expedient
often adopted is to employ for the pur
pose a BURBERRY rake, scoop shaped i'm
plement somewhat resembling deep dust
pan and provided in front with series of
long, pointed fingers of heavy wire. With
| the help of this instrument, an average
picker in the BURBERRY canning districts of
| Maine is able to gather from three to five
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The Eternal Woman
Continued from page 10
Continued from page 10

rolled on the floor, and struggled up again,
painting, straining until their muscles seemed
about to burst through the skin. Some
times they spared cautiously, Payson land
ing a blow now and then. Blackmore hit
out again and again without being able to
get inside the others guard. AT times they
would separate and lean, painting, against
table for moments rest.
with the first blow imagine that they
lost sight of the real object of the struggle.
1t was man against man-brute against
brute. They hated each other; they fought
for the Joy of it, for the lust of fighting; and
yet they fought fair.
II don't know how long this went on.
Payson was bruised and battered, and
Blackmore was bleeding from a cut lip.
They were circling warily when suddenly
Blackmore broke in with a quick face blow
which maddened the larger man. With a
growl he closed on the other, and they went
to the floor. Blackmore's head struck heav-
lily, and he could do nothing but wind his
1.-THE body about his foe and cling so closely
that attack was impossible. He was dazed.
and there rang through his head an insistent
tinkle as of distant bell. Payson raised
himself and listened intently. Blackmore
flung him off and rose quickly. In a second
the two men were face to face again, every
thing forgotten but the lust of hate. Both
were bleeding now, their hands" battered,
their faces scarcely human. They were al
most exhausted; yet they fought on till
further endurance seemed alm.st an impos-
sibility. Trembling, gasping for breath.
bathed in perspiration, they struck out
wildly. And then. | think at the same in
slant, both saw the woman.
she stood by the door, supporting herself
~ with both hands clasped on chair. She
never uttered word; she didn't cry out
at the sight of blood. She just stood there,
with wide, fascinated eyes, gazing at the
br1tes who fought for her.
Her presence galvanized the men into
freshness. As if by magic, the old instinct
of the male to show off before the female
came into play Payson lunged, head bent
forward, all his bull strength concentrated
in a mighty blow; but Blackmore lodged
and with lightning quickness hit out. The
other dropped like log.
For moment there was silence. Black
more stood over the PROSTATE figure, ready
to strike again. But there was no move
ment. Slowly he drew back, and turned to
the woman He had won her fairly and
squarely, by right of his fists. She wore
pale yellow evening gown, her concert dress.
still unchanged. She was exquisite, SYM
bolic of all the finest things of life. Bleed
ing, bruised, painting, he approached her.
triumphantly claiming the spoils of victory.
az won you! You are mine!' he NUT
tered, wiping the blood from his face.
"Then she moved. With the quick flight
of a woman who succors, she reached the
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for some sort of physical action overwhelms
them Their blood was tingling in their
VEINS and each was Supremacy conscious OF
the rhythmic swing of his body, the soft
spring air in his face, and of the sudden
surge of rampant masculinity.
He broke off to light a fresh cigarette, and
We all moved little, as people will when
the strain of attention is relaxed for a mo-
ment.
Il don't know" he resumed, that I've
made the thing quite plain to you. You see,
the two men loved her. She didn't love
anyone else, and she liked both of them.
1t was strange enough that such woman
should have been swept into mood of that
sort; yet one can never tell about women.
She was, in spite of her ethereal qualities,
had fallen under the influence of desire for
love, spring night-oh, well perhaps one
can't explain it. One can only feel it. She
wanted to be won, as every woman wants
to be won in certain moods. And she had
the courage to dare.
"The men were decent fellows, as men go.
They had ideals, | suppose. At least they
had an average amount of civilization, per-
haps more than the average amount of Gull
ture. And yet, as they strobe along the city
streets, they were burning with primitive
DESIRES desire to fight, to conquer, to
seize the spoils of victory.
at was Blackmore who spoke first. He
stopped suddenly and faced Payson. I'll
fight you'll he said iercely. That was all.
"Payson met him without hesitation.
Good! When3'
"Now.'
"Come along, then, to my studio
THEY did not speak again until they had
l reached Payson's rooms. The studio
was big, bare place, brilliantly lighted by
a large electric globe suspended only foot
or two from the ceiling. They moved back
against the wall some tables laden with clay
and couple of cloth shrouded figures.
"The preparations were simple, and in a
moment the two faced each other. The pitt
less white glare beat on their set faces and on
their bodies, stripped to the waist. There
was not much to choose between them.
Payson was taller by perhaps two inches,
big, blond, with long muscular arms and
short thick neck. Possibly he was trif1e
Stout but all in all he was a good fighting
machine. Blackmore, s1ighter, with shorter
reach, was wiry. more active, matching bulk
with agility. Possibly he had the better of
his opponent in the matter of science; he
needed this advantage to even up his lack
of weight. But both were fair boxers.
"'It's 60 as you please, and no quarter
snarled Payson Mind you, now!'
"'I'm ready returned Blackmore, and,
even as he spoke, he lunged forward WIN a
straight blow.
well. they fought. They fought like two
cavemen. Sometimes they clenched, fell,
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NORWEG|ANS
CELEBRATE
NATAL DAY

Five thousand Norwegians stood
uncovered last night IN the Armory
while their children sang The Star
SpaRgled Banner" as the conch.d
ing number Of the celebration Of
their great national Independence
day.
The children went through a
patriotic drlll. changing from the
arrangement OF a Norwegian flag
TO an American. after which they
sang the American anthem.
Peer O. Stromme OF Madison.
Wis. was the orator OF the day
and for two hours he held the at.
tention OF his countrymen IN an eio-
quent patriotic address. The pro.
gram was under the direction OF
the National Federation OF Nor.
wesian Societies. Mayor Gin made
an address that was enthuslastical.
~ applsuded
The mayor was introduced by
Rev. C. Lying Hanson. who presided
Thomas H. Kolderup. the Nor.
wegian vice consul. spoke on Nor.
ways Place Among the Nations
]. A. Sorley delivered a patriotic
address in English. The musical
program was an extensive one. and
was well rendered.
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Death LIST
THIRTY NOW
On, uni,sd rse.si

CANTON. O. May rs Yostor.
days estimate Of rs dead In the
explosion OF a battery Of seven boil.
ers az the American Sheet and Tin
Plate compuny's plant WAS too con.
soryatiyc Thirty men APE dead TO-.
day. most ~ them horribly torn
aud mangled and VI least five OF
the so injured will die OF their in.
iurlca.
The big plant H. a total wreck
only shell being left ono hun.
dred men were az work. and only
In dozen escaped injury
ono mans body was blown
through house 200 feet away
For Gods sake hit the ON the head
and klll me called one workman.
with an arm torn OF and a great
hole iu his side. TO man who
found him.