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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1910-07-13
FAN0RS SWANSON

Jonesville, July st h a 9
former Governor Claude q.
Swanson should succeed the
late Senator Daniel in the Uni
ted States Senate. is the almost
unanimous opinion of the peO-
pie Of Lee county.
Mr.. Swanson's record. both
as a representative in Congress
and as governor Of the State
has met the approval Of the
people Of .his section and has
won for him their unqualified
esteem and confidence. It Is as
serted that his experience in
national and State affairs, his
intimate knowledge Of both
State and federal politics. as
well as his great popularity
with the masses. and his mark
ed ability and high character,
peculiarly ft him to represent
Virginia an the United States
Senate. Prominent citizens
here. 90 "a man. regard him as
the logical man for the position
It Is certain that, an primary
Mr.. Swanson would receive
practically the entire democrat
ic vote Of Lee county for Sena
tor. and 70 would be a source OF
great disappointment Co th,
people here IL the governor
should fail Co appoint him O.
the uncxpired term of Senator
/ Daniel.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1910-07-13
S0UTH'S POPULA-
TION HAS INCREASED

Washington. July THAT
the census OF 1910 will show the
states, including Mis-
souri, and Oklahoma, to have
made a gain in population Of
twenty one per cent. since 1900
is the estimate Of the southern
commercial congress. The con
gress estimates the population
TO be 30, 2,4l5.297. The gain Of
other states of the union during
the same period is estimated by
congress TO have been lS4 per
cent. The five states Of the
south. which have made the
greatest gain in population, ac-
cOrding 20 the estimate, are
Oklahoma. Texas, Missouri,
Georgia and Alabama. Okla
homa is said 10 have gained
l,25o,0 900. The figures were
based upon provisional esti
mates Of the census bureau.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1910-07-13
COMFY
To WORK QUARRY
Will Employ Large Force 20 Supply
FluNing Rock irom Little River 10
Y. l. {. Furnaces in RadiOrd
and Pulaski.

The Vaughan Construction
Co, of Roanoke. has taken the
contract for furnishing the ilux-
ing rock for the Radford and
Pulaski furnaces of the Nir-
ginia Iron, Coal and Coke Co.,
calling for from 10, 900 to $4,000
tons q month.
The construction company is
to take over and operate the
quarry and plant at Miles. on
the Little river, at the end Of
the Radford and Southern rail
road The plant is one of the
most modern i'm the South, the
quarry and crusher work being
done exclusively with electric
power, which is supplied by the
Radford Water Power Co. Air
compressers, pumps; in fact, all
Of the plant is operated by
] ticC llClbls
\ large number of men will be
employed in operating and
stripping the quarry, and the
company is advertising fol
men. Grounds for the camp
have been leased this week
from James Zoll, and master
! Carpenter w. G.. Hodge has be
| gun the erection of houses fOl
the workmen. a large number
of these will be built and al
will be lighted by electricity.
The V. !. g. x G. Co. has con
tracted with the Central Lum
ber Co, of Radford, for tn
erection of the commissar,
building and work is now un
! der way .-Radford Advance.
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FOOD ROADS
ASSOCIATION

The citizens meeting held at
Use Court House on Monday.
tuiy nth, for the purpose of
letluoning the Board of Super
'sors and the Circuit Court
4 adge to order bond election
,4r good roads re-organized the
wise County Good Roads Asso-
la'ion, and elected the follow
Phg officers:
John w ChalkIey, President;
II h. Fulton, Secretary and
feasurer; aud vice presidents
o. each district as follows: III.
4 Whitehead, " Richmond Dis
mC'i - DR.. 1. NJ. Cherry. Glade
4 m HE District; Hon. A. p. Crock
~, Llpps District; Thurston
banner, Robertson District.
lhese officers were made an
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1910-07-13
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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1910-07-13
NEW COMMlSSARy AND OFFICES.

The Virginia Iron, Coal and
Coke Co. is at work on the new
commissary and office buildings
which are to be erected at Toms
Greek, We Contrary 60 the
former plan the commissary
and Offices will be in different
buildings, both of which will be
built of brick and concrete.
Both buildings will be modern
in every respect and will be
among the best in the coalfieIds.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1910-07-13
THE SOUTH HAS
FOUND ITSELF

The South is coming. It's
people are in better condition
than they have been at any
previous time since the war
closed, forty-five years ago.
They live better. They have
more. Their barns are filled
with the fruit Of the fields;
their rivers have been harness
ed 10 millions OF spindles; their
banks are bursting with the
wealth their people have made
by honest industry and steady
toll. One Of the surest signs Of
the progress Of the South is 20
be noted in the constant in
crease Of its trade with other
countries. The last annual re-
view Of the foreign commerce
Of the United States shows that
there has been an increase of
no per cent. I'm the exports of
the Gulf Ports i'm ten years. and
an increase OF not less than 24t
per cent. i'm the imports Of these
ports. The increase has not been
so-great at the Atlantic Ports of
the South, but there has been
a most gratifying growth Of the
foreign business at all ports in
the South.
Take the port Of Charleston
for example. Only "a few years
ago 10 was apparently one OF the
least progressive of the South
ern towns. During the fiscal
year ending June 30. it's foreign
exports aggregated IN valu,
4S, ,l04, ,o2l, an increase of So.
OGO, ,5S4 on the business OF Ga,
previous year. The import bust
ness also showed "a remarkabl,
increase, the gain for one yea
amounting 20 3 .595. 100. These
are not large figures. as larg'
figures 20 i'm the greater com
mercial centres Of the country
but they show IN "a most sig
niiicant way how it h. that th
| South is growing.
At Norfolk, at Wilmington
at Savannah, at every poin
| along the South Atlantic Coas
the story is the same. There !
no more thrilling story in th
history of industry and con
merce than the story of how Oh
South has found itself.
Some OF us recall the tim,
not SO very long ago, when tai
part of the country was pro
trate, and its growth forms on
OF the most thrilling epics,i IN tl
history of the world. The Sout
is just beginning 90 feel 81
strength. Richmond srime
, Dispatch.
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Surveyors in Buchanan

Bluefield, w. Va, July g.
For some weeks the coal and
men this section have
been trying TO solve the riddle
Of who is planning a railroad
through Buchanan county. No
one seems TO know, 40 guess
work plays a large part IN the
forecasts. The Carolina. Clinch-
field & Ohio claims 20 know
nothing Of the proposed line,
and so far as can be learned the
Southern Railway has all IL can
attend TO, while the Norfolk x
Western has no direct route 20
that section at this time The
financing OF several railroad
deals would put the Chesapeake
& Ohio out Of the running, and
the men who are now operating
coal lands are hardly % be- ac-
cused Of developing more coal
lands. as n is claimed by large
dealers as well as the smaller
ones that the coal market is
suffering from over production.
The solution OF the problem
must come from some other
source then, and following out
this line OF thought it would
appear IA though the Buchanan
Coal & Coke Company. which
owns and controls about 80, 900
acres Of coal lands i'm Buchanan
county. wants 20 see its proper
] " developed and is figuring ON
/ the cost OF building railroad
through the property which
will bring the coal 60 the mark
et and force the other railroads
90 take it by making "A freight
producing road with which all
the roads will be- willing to
make freight and traffic ar
rangements for fear the other
fellow would get &C. II the
Buchanan Coal & Coke Co. has
the money 10 put the project
through. and really means 20 do
: SO, there is no reason To believe
r they will be able 60 sell their
s coal or find a market for the
D coal when mined
Some people seem inclined q
& believe the Nirginian Railway
= is behind the road, but this car
hardly be the case, as the Nir
y ginian would without doubI
e. like 20 unload on the New y ori
= Central That road with iti
extensive lines finds every yea
a that it must be near good steam
/. coal lands, but with the acquis
# ition Of the coal and coke con
l. troll of western Maryland, th
!. requirement of the kanawh
n and Michigan and their preseu
l. ownership of the Wheeling an
Lake Erie, as well as the r.
De- ported desire TO acquire Oh
- Nirginian Railway, il woul
~ hardly seem possible that th
- y ax.y Nnrl- Hantro1 vyopfl xyaF
* 10 go into any new coal terr
re tory, especially when it wouI
- require expensive railros
Ic building To connect it up Wi
a the present Nirginian line.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1910-07-13
WASHINGTON LETTER

Washington, July Super
vising Architect j Knox Iay-
Tor has started his force Co work
in the preparation OF advertise
ments Co bee inserted in the
various newspapers of the coun-
try inviting proposals for the
sale Of property for sites for the
27O postonice buildings author
lied by the omnibus public
building bill. Mr. Taylor said
today they expect 90 bee able Co
pat out these advertisements in
patches of thirty cor 80 daily
until all the 27O have been com
pleted and allowed the run for
the thirty days re- eIuired hy law
Then the proposals viii be
opened in the order I'M which
sent out. bids tabulated and
special agents sent forth 90 look
at the sites offered. lt will rec
lquire his special agent force
practically all summer and we'll
Into the fall 90 investigate sites
which will be offered I'M various
localities and will bee we'll into
the autumn before even the
first site is purchased. Even
after the purchase there rs the
| ATTORNEY Generals force 90 in
| vestigate the title, whether a
n true and valid title may pass to
the United States. Therefore
one may figure that no site Of
fered will finally pass into th,
possession OF the United States
much before the beginning o
the new year Then again there
Is bound 20 be contests, as fo
t instance the department ma,
} decide upon a certain site "a
lust what is needed and tn
owner for one reason or anOthe
q NAV not wish 90 sell, then if tn
{ government Is insistent con
demnation proceedings are m
: stituted and this causes NOR
D DELAY. Advertisements hav
2 gone out for some thirty site
4 authorized to be purchased /
4 PENNSYLVANIA, Maryland an
j. Virginia.
j. The machinery for the estal
B lishment of Postal Saving
5- Banks throughout the countr
j. will shortly be started, Il
n Postmaster General alread
d having taken up the subJe'
n with some of the Bureau Chic
and il is believed that by Il
end of July the postotiices
the larger cities will ha'
started on the work of taklr
n care of the peoples money WI
" desire 10 use the banks as
medium for their deposits. III
# operation of the law will
Y. watched with a great deal
Of interest, and as Senator Cart
r has said, il is one OF the gre
TT pieces of constructive legisl
m tion this or amy other Congre
he has put upon the statute boz
o. and "wherever the law nee
" strengthening | have no dou
but that it will bee done IN
lt: manner satisfactory to I
nd whole country. l believe I
is Postal Savings Banks Will
n come as much of a factor WI
is our people as the rural m
la carrier or the city mail carrier
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1910-07-13
BUYS BIG TIM
BER TRACT

J. \. Wilkinson, a well known
lnmberman of Bristol, Tenn,
has closed "a deal for a l 600
acre tract of timber on the new
Virginian railroad, at Elicit,
Va. He Will at once install a
mill and begin the development
of the property on large scale
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1910-07-13
A frighiiui Wreck

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wounds that demand Bucklens ArnlcA
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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1910-07-13

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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1910-07-13

lorge and enthusiastic
,5 met at w = @ Court |
q, 8, ,..se u" on Monday, July nth,
z, y .trl o'clock in answer To !
Y. a ,sll for a meeting of the
u ,,ns of the county TO con
nefitioning the Board of
~ ss.rersisors for a bond elect ton
~ bniliing roads IN the coun-
~ ,o ~ Chalkley called the
.sting to order. and General
p AYERS vas elected char
M M the meeting and Mr..
.rtolklev secretary. Gen eral
- made an excellent sp peech
-Syocat.ng better roads, and
-t.-vorls "a committee OF
"A, .e members from each NJ a
aerial District was appointed
se the chairman to formulate a
..sfem to he presented TO the
g. of supervisors covering
~ good roads which 10 is de-
49, to build. This commit
q. uas composed of II. T..
4, inc Jno. W. Chalkley an d
r F Whitehead from the
R,rhmoni District; w b. Full
~ O So Wears and Jno.
r,h,ris from the Gladeviile
n.fr.rt b ID. Clay, A. l..
crackett and W h. Porter from
.Iirps District, Wilbourn Bran
hsm James Engle and John
W Grouse from Robertson Dis
irrf e. D.. Irvine was made
Clairmau Of the committee.
The Board of Supervisors had
sheady formulated a plan Gov
erinr about one hundred miles
"a road throughout the various
n,rt, 40 thc county, and the
Rarl met with the committee.
Ia the meantime the committee
hsi asked Messrs Ayers
hluti aui Fulton 90 give them
al onln.ou a- t0 whether the
Bari of supervisors would
hsve ihe right 90 build roads
Directly throught the various
towns These gentlemen We're
"a opinion that the Board could
IN. committee then recon-
NJ menlei O. system 0f roads Co bt
mlcalamf-d throughout TIA,
cbu0ty. including a few roads
ltuugh the towns, making q
d.. length of about one hun
df-i ani twelve miles, and ths
BOari ol supervisors approve,
\ 4 tms report
Ihc Committee, then, through
il chairman. Mr.. Irvine, rec
& enmeuird t0 h e meeting
afl Nr. O VI Nicare read th'
81 oi roads as changed an,
agieei upon by this cOmmitte
al the Board Ot Supervisors
& ihs sytrm of roads will Civ
/ CO. highways throughout TIA
cunty and we will give i
H. issue O. list of the road
+ pc.mmenIod.
lht Committee further rec
Qnmenied. 90 build these road:
bond issue of not TO excee
sven hundred thousand do
b.. and recommended TIA,
g. Board petition the court I
order an election September 6tl
lO, Tor "a vote on such issul
De- bonds. If voted, Will 1
bounty bonds and not Distri'
& Bonds
AN of the recommendation
the Committee, included
E 5 report, We're pun TO "A risir
Foir, and the several hundrt
-opie 300 the Court House VOt,
tnanlmously for such recor
hendation to the Board Of Su
isors. The Board of Supervi
& p, immediately after the NEE
hg Went into session and pc
Toned the court 10 order ;
lection as outlined above, al
ne court viii enter such +;
erier this week.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1910-07-13

ChAmberlain's Stomach and Liver
Tablets gently stimulate the livor aad
bowels to exPei poisonous matter. cleanse
the system, cure constipation and slcz
headache. Sold by Enterprise Drug Co
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-01-22

did not seem to lend itself to domestic
duties, the lady looked her contempt
and PATIENTLY explained.
Our models did not dress in the
morning and nt home in the same
clothes in which they went to fetes and
banquets, and as there was a difference
then. go there is now. OF course the
home gowns We're not so generally re-
produced in paintings but they exist
and have often been described, so that
we have adopted them, with some slight
notifications for present needs, and
while feeling ourselves 81 delight to our
mankind we are at the same time
comfortable.
Anything" she exclaimed rising. "is
better than the straight up and down
sheaths of today We have figures
and we are not ashamed OF them, and
we feel that we are doing something 10
combat the 'modernizing' OF our city
which is unfortunately only too fast
losing it's unique charm"
] left the enthusiast with the feeling
that a woman as beautiful as Signora
Genoni-She has walked out of Gior-
gione's Judith''-mlght find her re
form dress" an addition to her lowell
ness. but her less well endowed sisters
would be likely to find 1t slightly try
ing. CONSTANCE HARTMAN.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-01-22
Nonderfu Exhibition of Paintings by Poorly Paid Laborers

OF some charming colored illustra. ions
in picture poster style. for children's
fairy books:
Name. Heinrich Schultz; age, 81;
unmarried; trade. printer. education.
national schools; average weekly
wage. S.
me work of this humble printer is
iuil of energy and, as an exception
reveals an eve susceptible TO the
beauties of nature, the blue sky and
the green fields. little of which he
must sec earning his IS week in
the noisy composing room Nearly all
,hc talent seems to lie In the printing
and Iithographing trades although A
chainmaker n bakers apprentice n
chalr-carver and carpenter all displav
signs OF unmistakable talent. Tho
chainmaker. with a weekly wage of
$4-20 contributes some exouIsiteN
hhlshed etchings of some of the cftIc.
ot inc Rhine. his natal region. The
chalr-carver is represented by some
charming water color sketches of
scenery on the shores of Lake Michi
gan. This man was discontented wifi,
MS life In Chicago and returned TO
Berlin and So a week after five yearp
Vi the United States. One photographer.
whose travels must have taken him to
england. has sent in a series of most
artistically finished pen and ink
drawings of St Pauls and WestmIns-
ter Abbey in London and delightful
water color study of a typical Lon
don costermonger selling cabbages off
a hand barrow. Here is the card of
Frederick Pellmann. book binder 0n
Germany generic term including the
pasteboard and boxmaklng trades
whose clever work In pen and Ink and
In sepia, illustrations to German
fairy tales, stands In such glaring
contrast with the grim legend of
poverty; Wages. 81 a week with free
board and lodging"
The gems of the whole collection
are, however, unquestionably the work
OF a twenty year old stone-carver of
Dresden. who Is earning $5 a week
His are some marvelously suggestive
sketches In pastels of hooks and
corners of the pearl of the Elbe, his
native city. flying buttress of the
church. n projecting gable of the
palace. simply drawn but full of all
the dignity of age. the stately repose
OF ancient buildings. 1t seems hardly
credible that a youth. brought up In
the national schools and toiling in the
masons' shops from morning till
night, should have been able to Gull
from his everyday surroundings these
Insignificant features and lend them
such notably artistic expression. His
talent is real. 1t is clearly manifested
In some delightfully."- humorous draw
ings of foremen and fellow workmen,
THE Architect and the Baron" two
mates thus nicknamed in cheap
restaurant. rough sketches of faces
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-01-22

Il had just come out of the Doge's
Palace. she said, with my head full OF
what women used to be, when my at
tqntion was attracted by group of
what 1 supposed were women, They
were standing with their backs to me-
five In a row. with short skirts, sack
coats, worry long. like bodkin cases. and
huge hats covering neck and shoulders
They crowded into the gondola and
went off, all that could be seen of them
when seated being the tremendous fiat
hats, blot upon my beautiful Venice
From that day 1 vowed that at least
Venetian women should disgrace their
city no more If / could help it,
Signora Genoni explained that she
began her campaign among her per
sonal friends, they pledging themselves
TO bring in their acquaintances. and
SO on. The members of the league have
not yet appeared in public in the re
form" gowns. but they wear them In
their own homes and when receiving
their friends.
"If 1t will be any consolation to
women I will tell them that our hus-
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-01-22

bands. fathers, brothers and lovers are
more enthusiastic than we are our
selves. and have declared that they
VIII never consent TO a return to pres
ent day fashions. There is no monot-
ony as might be thought. and as, in
fact. there Is among the generally ac-
copied modes. as We prescribe no spe-
cial form, merely that there shall be
return to the antique. tempered by
modern restraint. Our stuffs NAV not
be SO costly but our colors are the
same, and what could be more beauti-
ful thar the ancient Venetian mode
of dressing the hair? We desire that
all should be in character On the day
on which ! have converted all Venc-
tian women we Will appear on the
canals. worthy / hope of our ances-
tresses, and If the world does not then
ring with praise of Venetian women
shall be very much surprised"
WHY, CERTAINLY NOT.
When limited mildly that I supposed
Venetian women did not sit In their
homes with crossed hands and that the
gorgeous Venetian dress of other days