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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1911-05-10
Funny
Answers.

The following statements
were made in all seriousness by
pupils on examination at the
close of a summer normal for
teachers:
Oysters are n kind of fish that follow
the ships in the sea and eat the food
thrown Oft by the people
The Atlantic ocean does not come up
over the shore because there are states
ON 1t
% grove is place where there are
lots of trees and tin cans
1.-THE equator 10 a man or woman that
says thee and thou and don't take off his
hat in the house"
"'rhe effect OF alcohol Is always TO 80
to The weakest part OF the body. the brain
of the drinker
The last answer was pro.
nounced eminentiy satisfactory
by the examiners and marked
correct"
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1911-05-10
Principals
Meeting.
Norton, Va, May 4. 1911

NOltph, g., wa = i'll
5Mr. EDITOR
Dear Sir: Will you please al.
flow me space to say n few
words about n meeting OF Wise
9County High School Principals,
(which was held here some time
sago.
4 The meeting was called by
3Supt. Elillman at the request of
Zone Of the high school princi
5pals. Two of the main ques
\ lions brought before the meet.
ing by the said principal, wish
to discuss briefly.
One of the regulations of the
Athletic Association says, that
I to be eligible to enter any con.
test a hoy must be in school
fifty days before April LIST. The
principals were asked to declare
Norton player an illegal play
Ter because it took one Saturday
on which he attended school to
make the required fifty days.
no vote was taken on this mat.
ter, but all the principals, ex-
cept one, seemed agreed that if
the Saturday taught was sat
isfactory school day to the local
board, the regulations of the
Athletic Association would not
prevent the Norton boy from
playing. 70 avoid furt h a r
trouble of this kind, it was
unanimously agreed that in the
future, days taught on Satur.
day should not count. To make
ii clear that the principals were
in favor Of Jenkins, tthe Norton
boy playing, and in order to
leave no grounds for further
contention, it was voted that he
be allowed to play on forty nine
days in school
The report that Jenkins was
allowed to play because the
Norton principal said that it
would be impossible to develope
a team without him is a mis-
take.
Another thing brought before
the meeting was that the Nor.
ton team should either be
forced TO go To Big Stone Gap to
play postponed game, or pay
one half of the expenses of the
Big Stone Gap team to Norton;
the principals ruled that this
was not question for them to
decide, because one of their
regulations says that the county
superintendent shall make a
schedule for all preliminary
games The county superin
tendent after hearing from the
two principals concerned, ruled
that Norton was neither due TO
go To Big Stone Gap nor to pay
any expenses of the Big Stone
Gap team for a return trip. The
main point which seemed to
determine this ruling was that
the Norton team had advised
ihe Big Stone Gap team before
they left home that the grounds
We're in no condition for play
ing, and had released them
from coming.
Very truly yours,
j. IL AsHWORTH.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1911-05-10

Jerome and Robert Wells
deserve honorary mention" in
this column for the frat. class
job of whitewashing they have
done within the past week on
the barn and outbuildings of
their home on Clinton avenue.
Misses Lily Wells and Rose
Hamilton, not to be outdone by
mere boys, even If they were
cousins, whitewashed the out
buildings on Mr.. Martin Wells'
place themselves, without as
sistance, and they made quite
neat job OF it, too.
Mr.. Martin Wells has Just set
out row of young naples along
East Third street in front of his
residence and store. Other
property owners in town have
been planting trees also, a fact
which we are happy to make
note of in this column.
The women of Baltimore re.
Gently have organized a Civic
League which they state stands
for better conditions of living
in Baltimore, especially clean
air, clean streets, clean milk,
better garbage collection and
disposal and better conditions
in our alleys" A few evenings
ago the League held n public
meeting in Mccoy Hall, which
meeting was presided over by
eX Governor Warfield.
Mr.. j. Horace Mcfarland,
president OF the American Civic
Association, was the principal
speaker, his lecture being illus.
trated with numerous stereopti.
con views. In beginning his
talk he said: "No great, popu-
lar and beneficial movement
can be success without the
aid and encouragement of the
women. But don't you women
do the work. You do the plan
ming and tell the men how to do
the work"
The Baltimore American, in
commenting, among other
things said. "The display of
stereopticon views by Mr.. Nc
Farland conveyed TO the au.
dience the most convincing
arguments of the advantages
and benefits TO be derived by
residence in clean, healthy
and beautiful city. Mr.. McFar-
land not only displayed pic.
lures that told tales, but also
Expressed some thoughts that
went home TO his audience.
Hero are some of them: Let us
make the streets of our cities
where men live as attractive
and as beautiful as the fields
where beasts live
'Slums don't produce good
citizens. They fill our jails and
keep our courts busy
Bring the parks to the
people. Don't carry the people
to the parks
we want the play oi our
people supervised. We want
them taught how to play. We
can learn trigonometry when
we grow older. There is only
one period i'll our lives when we
can build cur bodies
Public improvements are
not frills, but profitable bust
ness propositions. You can't
get work out of a drunken or
sick man. -
Continued on page 81
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1911-05-10
INSPECT V. & S. W.

The tour of inspection of the
Virginia and Southwestern
Railway by President Finley
and the board of directors, was
completed Saturday, and the
party left the Y. n S. w. at
Bulls Gap for Asheville and
thence to Washington. The
party came to Bristol Friday
night and went to st. Charles.
Lee county, and returned Satur-
day to Moccasin Gap, went over
the Tennessee division to Bulls
Gap, inspecting the new exten.
sion, the new yards at Bulls
Gap and terminal properties
generally. General Manager
7. III. Coapman was also with
the party, while Fairfax Harri.
son, president of the Monon
system, was a guest on the trip.
Bristol Herald-Courier.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1911-05-10
Local Items.

II. X Dennis has moved HIS
family to his truck farm near
east Stone Gap within the past
week.
r.. ID. Morrison returned
Thursday from "A business trip
to Richlauds.
Mrs. Herschey and little son.
Ralph, Jr., are visiting Mrs.
Herschey's parents on Clinton
Avenue.
Guy E Taylor was in town
several days last week,
Ernest Agee spent several
days in Bristol the past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Crockett Ham
blen and little boys will camp
this summer on Mr.. Dave vii
liams' farm below town.
Gardening and chicken-r raising
and having n general good time
are all items on their summer
schedule.
Little Georgia Snapp, who
has been very sick for several
weeks, is much better
The term Of Street Arabs
could certainly be applied to
some children in this town who
simply live ON the streets.
Henry Fuller came out from
Blackwood Saturday and visit
ed relatives here till Sunday
evening. lie holds good po-
sitiou with the company oper-
ating at that place Gate City
Herald.
Bristol is making prepnra-
tions for an aviation meet on
May l7th, 18th and 18th. \
large crowd will be attracted to
the border city on this occasion.
Farmers in this section are
busy getting ready 80 plant
their spring crops.
Now that the cold weather
has passed it is thought there
will be good crop of fruit in
this section this year.
Miss Vera Willis left Tuesday
on q weeks visit to Mrs Il q
Hagy, in Bristol, Va. Miss
Nancy Deering will join her
Friday for the week end, both
young ladies returning Sunday
eight.
Mrs. Mary Chalkley and son,
Guy, the latter having but re.
Gently returned from South
Africa, are the guests of Mr..
and Mrs. John w. Chalkley on
Poplar Hill.
Mr.. Herb and wife, of Roa.
noke, were the guests of Mr.
and Mrs James Body one day
last week.
B. II. Conway, a retired bust
ness man of London, Ky, wai
q visitor to Big Stone Gap las
Saturday.
Contractor Perry has abou
( finished the stonework on tn
foundation of the Baptist par
soHage on Wood Avenue.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1911-05-10
ONE GAP. WISE COUNTY. VA. WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 1911
WARTIME REMINISCENT
CES OF WISE COUNTY.

JOhn FOX, Jr., has given us
some humorous glimpses of the
war time history of Wise conn-
ty in his sketch of Mayhall
Wells and his "Army of the
Callahan" The biographer of
our General Garfield, our muir
dered president, has briefly
sketched the Pound Gap cam
paign,- and the capture of that
place by the Federals in 1862.
DR.. Edward O. Guerrant. of
General Dukes Staff, has told
of the Confederates at Glade
Vile after the repulse from
Pound Gap, while the head
quarters of the general were
established in the old Mann
Hotel
The writer of these lines
knew personally Major Thomp-
son, who was the fist Confed-
crate commander of the post at
Pound Gap, and was n school
mate of his brother and two
sisters, in lS60-G1.
Besides the forces of General
Humphrey Marshall, Wise
county was also traversed by
the Cavalry of General John
Morgan, on their march into
Kentucky, on one of his famous
raids.
Besides this, Burbridges de-
feated, ragged, freezing, almost
starving negro troopers passed
this way, on their return from
their unsuccessful attack on the
Saltworks of Southwest Vir-
ginia.
The writer was at one time
the possessor of a sword left by
a sick Confederate at the home
of Henry Ramey, at Wise,
when the Confederates thought
IL prudent to hurriedly with
draw from the town. The
sword is now the property of
Major r.. w. h. Ewing, of
Washington, ID. c.. the author
of Northern Rebellion and
Southern Secession, and other
books
After the series of Confeder-
ate disasters in the late winter
and in the spring of 1862; after
the capture of Forts Henry and
Donelsoni of Columbus and
Bowling Green, of Nashville
and Cumberland Gap, the union
forces pressed forward into
Virginia and Tennessee, occu
plying, in May and June, a con
siderable part of the Southwest.
ern section of Virginia; particu-
larly Lee and Wise counties.
This general withdrawal Of
Confederate forces and advance
of the union armies. brought
into Southwest Virginia the
first northern soldiers that were
seen in this part of the State.
According to the recent state.
ment of Federal officer.
Gladeville was occupied by
them on Saturday, May 81.
1862; and on Sunday, June. /
1862, the first "blue coats" were
seen in Princes Flats, now
Norton. This occupation Of
Wise and Lee counties was
very short; for in August the
Confederate lines, that had
been pressed as far back even
as Northern Georgia, Alabama
and Mississippi, again moved
northward; Humphrey Mar
shall through Pound Gap.
Stephenson through Cumber
land Gap, Kirby Smith through
Big Greek Gap, and Bragg,
northward across Tennessee
and Kentucky, seriously threat
ening even Louisville itself.
After the battle of Perryville,
in Central Kentucky, in the
autumn of 1868, the lines again
swung back southwark into
Virginia and Tennessee: and
again the Federal troops enter.
ed this section, and Gladeville,
after a sharp contest, was again
occupied by the union forces on
July 7, 1868.
G. Y. CnArMAN.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1911-05-10

Andrew Carnegie, the phil
anthropist, has donated $40, 900
for the establishment of a pub.
lie library at Big Stone Gap,
Va. The Hon. K. Tate Irvine,
who was here Wednesday on
his way to Big Stone Gap, after
having spent a few days in
New York City, stated that the
money was now available, and
that the people of the Gap
would take up at an early date
the matter OF establishing the
library. The conditions of the
gift of Mr.. Carnegie are that
the town of Big Stone Gap will
maintain the library. -Bristo
Herald Courier.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1911-05-10
DELEGATES TO
ROAD MEETING,

Governor Mann has appoint
ed one delegate from each of
the hundred counties in Vir.
ginia to represent this State at
the annual meeting of the
National Good roads Congress.
which will be held at Birm,ng
ham, Ala, May % to 26. The
delegates from Southwest points
follow;
William NJ, Foster, Hillsville;
Emory h. Chase, Clintwood
John f. Greear, Troutdale; r..
l.. Pennington, louisville; S.H.
Fletcher, Lebanon; j. II. John
son, Gate City; j. d. Tate,
Chilhowie; Henry S Bowen,
Witten's Mill; DR.. II. r. Pres
ton, Glade Spring; w. II. Col.
lier, East Stone Gap; J II. Nc.
Gavock, Max Meadows.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1911-05-10

When o married woman ex-
presses the wish that she had
been born man her husband
is very apt to echo the wish.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1911-05-10

Education.

llarrisonburg, Va, May a.
Three of the districts OF Rock
lngham County with a total
population of $4,000 people to-
day voted on the question of
compulsory education. deciding
IN favor of The measure by a
vote of 2S4 to 81. Last week
iiarrlsonburg, the county seat
olazed the way by vote of IS 4
TO III in favor of the same meas
ure.
Rockingham is the second
county in the State to take ad =.
vantage of the act of the Gen
erai Assembly passed in 1908
allowing counties to vote on
thIs question. According TO the
Ia" when county votes in
favor of compulsory education
al children between the ages of
and IL are required 10 attend
school at least three months in
each year.
What Oklahoma needs at the
present moment is a tornado
tanner rather than a trust
smasher.
me abiest boss that ever
ruled in the days when bosses
were omnipotent, never had his
own way more thoroughly than
mas Governor Wilson, of New
Jersey, just now.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1911-12-23

Regulations by the City Council
affecting the electric current and water
rates.
From and after the first day of Jan
uary 1919 the furnishing of electric
current and water by the City of Crys-
tai Falls TO private consumers will be-
subject to the following conditions:
All charges for electric current and
water Furnished in any calender month
shall become dine AID payable on or
before the tenth day Of the next sue
ceeding calender month, and shall then
10 paid to the collector Of light aud
water rentals at the Office Of said COL
lector. All charges not paid In full on
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1911-12-23

or before the 10th day on which the
same shall have become due and pay
able as aforesaid, the said collector
shall Immediately report same to the
superintendent Of Electric Lights and
Water Works and thereupon it snail be
the duty OF said superintendent to dis
connect shut off and stop without fur
Their notice to consumer such electric
current and water supply, and such
supply either of electric current or of
water shall not be resumed until the
charges with the further sum of one
dollar for turning on water or recon
Meeting electric wires shall have been
paid TO the said collector, and when
such supply or electric current or
water shall have been resumed, the said
superintendent shall Immediately re-
port that fact and the date thereof to
the said collector said notice 10 take
effect on the lst day of January 1912.
by order of the City Council.
w. j. Gribble.
Collector OF Lights d Water.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1911-12-23
REVEALING PLANS
KNOCKED IN HEAD
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ing land values but it is probable that
another set of field agents will take up
this work in the spring. With the ex-
ception of the timber men, who will
spend most of the winter in the upper
Michiga woods. the agents of the tax
commission expect TO do nothing more
here until spring
While the work being done by the
field agents of the tax commission in
dicates that complete review of the
assessments OF the iron counties Is con-
templated. IL Is not certain that such a
review will be ordered. according to
Tax Commissioner X. II. Shields. Of
Houghton. Mr.. Shields has made Il
very clear that il is up to the assessing
officers next spring TO determine
whether property in given district
has been assessed fairly and mt Il cash
value. III the local assessing officers
do their duty under the law IL is un-
derstood there will be no interference
by the state.tax commission. but il as
sessments are made ~ they have been
in the past the commission NAV be- ex-
pected to come in and put property up
to it's true value. Inasmuch as the
mines OF the four counties are now
paying taxes on practically their cash
value 1t would be manifestiy unjuet for
other classes of property to be placed
on the assessment rolls mt fraction OF
their tine worth.
IL every county and assessing district
In the iron country does as Iron county
and Marquette city are doing the state
tax commission Is likely to make few
II any changes in valuations. A com
mittee appointed by the council has
been at work here for SOME time in
speoting and revaluing every piece of
property in this city. and last week
the Iron county supervisors took action
looking toward similar revaluation
of the whole OF Iron county. IL il un-
derstood that several township super
visors are also working along the same
line this winter
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1911-12-23
Methodist Episcopal Church
Rev. p. |. Osborn. Pastor.

Rev. Z. 1. Osborn. Pastor.
Saturday 80 p. m. Christmas Tree
and Program.
Sunday 10 80 a. m. Morning Wor-
ship with sermon by the pastor. Sub
Ject THE Spiritual Significance OF
Childhood. Infant Baptisin,al service
IL AS Sunday School with d. M.
Ross. Supt. Lesson: Jesus Born in
Bethlehem.
o 80 Christian Endeavor led by Merle
Lynch Topic: 'The Gift That
Transforms the World.
1880 Evening Worship with sermon
by the Pastor and special Christmas
music by the choir Pastors Theme
Room for Christ
Thursday 2 80 p. m. Prayer and
Praise service in charge OF the pastor.
Theme The Healing Power Of JOY. -
Thursday. Jan 18th 1912. Orpheus
Concert Company will give program of
music and readings at NJ. Il. church
under auspices Of the Christian Endea-
vor Socy
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1911-12-23

Our lingo friends have been having
theii inning over the abrogation of the
Russian treaty Of 1892. due to refusal
of Russia TO honor American passports
in the case of Jews. Pres. Taft toned
down the hasty utterance of the House
and simply notified the Russian gos-
eminent OF the abrogation OF the
treaty. Many OF our people forget
that once upon a time the Russians did
this country very great favor one
that was badly needed at the time, but
then. that's the way with republics
they have short memories
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1911-12-23

In another column ~e give the Mich
igan State Telephone = side OF the tele-
phone CAGE which. ia fairness 10 all
CONCERNED. we have endeavorod 10 state
as fairly and accurately as possible. 1t
is natural for the purchaser to want to
get all he can: likewise 10 Is human
nature for the fellow who has moLo-
poly to try TO screw things up to the
limit. That is what has brought about
the revolt against trusts and monopoly
OF every form However. it is only
fair for the phone user to look ut the
matter in business light The Teie-
phone company is emitted TO a fair
rate. They are not in business here
tor their health.
Likewise. IL is but right for the
Telephone company to look after its
subscribers interests. The telephone
has come TO be a necessity, almost.
The Bell people are enjoying the right
% block up our streets and do other
Things that the private individual Il
not allowed TO do and they have some
thing in return due the public. This
county is in its infancy. Those hav'
ing the welfare of the county at heart
are bending every effort to develop II.
One of the best OF developers OF n new
country is rapid communication both
in dirt roads, railroads and telephone
service. The telephone company can
not apply the came rule TO this county
that is applied in Wayne and Ken
counties where the country Is densel'
settled. IL must measure this count,
by this county's yard stick and fashion
things here to suit the peculiar condi
tions. Cut out the red tape and give
the man on the ground certain leewa,
whereby he can satisfy, within reason
able bounds. his customers. How Cal
ne get the business otherwise and tina
! is what the telephone company Is look
ing after.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1911-12-23

Made Well 81 Vinol-Letters
from a Grateful Mother

New Haven. Conn-"My little girl.
ever since her birth. was frail and
sickly and nothing seemed to DO her
any good until we tried your cod lIv-
or and iron tonic. Vinol AS soon as
she commenced to take II, I noticed
an improvement in her health and ap-
pearance. She has now taken three
bottles OF vinol. and from the good II
has done her can say 1t VIII do all
you claim for II in building up and
strengthening frail and delicate chill
dren." Name furnished on request)
Another mother OF Chicago. III,
writes: Il can not say too much in
praise Of Vinol for delicate, ailIng
children"
We ask every mother OF frail.
siclSly or ailing child In this vicinity
to try Vinol on our agreement TO re-
turn their money If It does not do all
we claim.
REzIN's DRUG STORE
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1911-12-23

The following program will.be given
by the Armenia Sunday School on
Saturday eveing the 23rd. at the Ar
menIa school house. followed by Santa
Claus and Xmas tree.
Song, Joy to the World School.
Recitation, "The First Xmas
Gladys Quayle
Recitation, Xmas Problems
Walter Keast.
Recitation. December
Maude Thayer
Song. "Our Prstty Xmas Tree School
Recitation, Xmas Bells
Phillip Quayle
Dialogue The Fir Tree
Irwin and Clarence Thayer. Wilfred
Quayle.
Recitation. (Which Tree il Best %
Fife Qusyle
Song, 'All ,tlory to God'' School
Recitation Xmas Carols
Sidney A. Quayle
Recitation What Have we Done for
XmasS' Elois Goodney
Recitation, 'Mistletoe Men
Eddie Kumen
Recitation, BED Time Story"
VIM. Champion
Dialogue How pititul Ia Xmas with
the Christ left out
T.. Norton, X. Quayle. A. Thayer.
Quartette. Song In the Air"
Pearl Quayle Maude Thayer.
Philip Qnayle. Russell Goodney.
Recitation. THE Year is Passing"
Ruth Keast.
Recitation Xmas Comes II. Norland
Recitation Xmas Day Will Wheaton
Recitation Xmas IN With Us"
Russell Goodney.
Song GLORY and Praise School
Recitation, Xmas is Coming"
Ada Champion
Dialogue, Good Night" II. Keast c..
Norlon, NJ. Keast. r. Quayls. ID.
Keast. l.. Kermeen. s. Quayle. X.
Peterson.
Collection.
Song. IAN Hail. School
Enter Santa Claus and distribution
OF presents from the tree.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1911-12-23

Governor Chase Osborn. OF Michi-
gan, Is quite likely to be heard from
before this presidential campaign bust
nees IL over with. and right now he is
coming into prominence that is
pleasing TO his friends. about the ooun-
try. Mr.. Osborn is a progressive re-
publican. but he il the kind that be-
lisves in doing real things rather than
a whole lot of--cheap talking that don !
get anything FOR anybody. II the
people. rather than the bosses. had the
nominating OF the presidential candi-
date Mr.. Osborn would give the best OF
them run. because he is essentially a
man OF the people and when the.people
como to know him they will oil be for
Osborn. He IL big enough, too. for
any job in the nation. --HibbinG
MINI. Mesaba Ore.