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Arizona republican., 1911-02-28
AN ELECTION IN PRISON.
How the Union Prisoners in Anderson
 vile Voted for President.

Several griZZled veterans of the civil war were grouped in one of the state offices the other day discussing ques- tions of the hour. when conversation turned to political campaigns. past and future. says the Kansas City Journal
 ''I have taken part in many hot cam paigns." said Farmer A. w smith, United states pension agent. but the hottest one of all was in Andersonviile prison in the fall of '64 That was a campaign that tried mems souls and the loyalty and devotion to Lincoln and the Union shown by a majority oi the prisoners in that awful prison was never equaled anywhere
 Farmer Smith was a prisoner at Andersonville for a year and Jhe trage- dies of life there as told by him would fill a book But the old soldiers wanted him to tell of that political campaign within the walls of that filthy prison. so he did.
 Tt was in the campaign oI 1864. said he. when Lincoln was being op- posed for president by Mcclellan. The southern confederacy was dead set against Lincoln and wanted to see him defeated The southern leaders hoped not only to defeat him but to diScredit him wherever possible. old Captain Wirz. who ran Andersonville prison. thought it would he fine thing if the Union soldiers in that prison would show a majority against Lin coin. He realized that the prisoners were all restless. under the inhuman treatment accorded them, and that many were blaming the federal admin
Arizona republican., 1911-02-28

istration for not coming to their re- lief With this feeling existing he felt that most of them would vote for Me Clellan as rebuke to Lincoln. So Wirz submitted a proposition to the prison CTS that they hold an election within the stockade on the day of the presi- dential election and vote for president He agreed that he would have the re- suit printed in the southern papers. no matter how the vote stood.
 Well. the campaign opened. The organization within the Trison was for Mcclellan. IL was composed or men who were shown favors Dy the old rebel WirZ: favOrs such as an extra ration day or the freedom of the country for a mile around the prison walls. All man had to do to secure such favors was to declare for Me CIellan.
 Within an hour after Wirz had made his proposition several of us Lin- coin men who had not lost faith in the president or the Union got together and decided to oct in the first lick by hold ing Lincoln rally that very night F.. E. Kellogg. Connecticut soldier. was chosen as chairman of the Lin- coin committee. I was appointed as leader Of the glee club. We fixed up a speaking and musical program. picked my bunch of singers and we practiced up on all the old war songs of the Union army; also songs used in the first Lincoln campaign 1t was a great success. The speeches were all fiery and the songs filled the men with
  finished we turned it into a sort of a. methodist revival meeting. only the talks were devoted to Lincoln and what he stood for instead of to the AL mighty. I made my first political speech that night.
 "On the night following. the organ ization' held Mcclellan rally. Wirz furnished them with material for a campaign banner. It played conspic- uous part in their parade. It read: What will a man not exchange for his life?'
 They had a good turnout An ar rangement was made whereby the Lin- coin men held a rally one night and the Mcclellan men the next This lasted for two weeks. At our second rally we sprung a banner. too We tore up old shirts and garments and made it. Our banner read: No conces- siOns to southern cOnfederacy.'
 The campaign grew hotter every day. The prisoners seemed t0 forget their troubles. The division even made them forget that they were being starved to death It was the means of cheering them up. and I belie"e many lives ,t-pra saved bv if
 Well. election day came. It was a straight fight between Lincoln and Me CIellan. By mutual agreement the Illinois election laws were adopted to govern our prison election. I was one of the election officers. We kept the polls open at one central place until 3 D. m. All the men who were able tO drag themselves tO the polls had voted by that time Then we carried the ballot box around to the hospitals and let the sick vote. All told 1.644 votes were cast. Lincoln won by 15S majority
 "I still have the original tally sheets of that election in my possession Some day propose to turn them over to the historical society.
 When the result of that election was announced the Lincoln men simly made Rome howl. We had a big rally
Arizona republican., 1911-02-28

gathered from the fact that Wirz of fered to Iiberate every Union prisoner who would take the modified o3th' that he would not again take up arms against the cOnfederacy. He didn't ask them to take the oath of allegiance t0 the south; just simply promise not to fight the south And out of 37.00O pris- Oners only twenty-sIx tCok the 'mOdi- fled oath The rest said they would rot in prison rather than do it. And many oi them cd rot
Arizona republican., 1911-02-28
RECORD OF TRANSFERS As Reported By the Arizona Abstract & Title Company,
 114 West Washington St.

Leonard Mets to Dora V. Nets town l south range , east
 Natividad de Ocampo to Ernesto Lopez deed to lot block Garcia addition to WickenbuTg
 Dow F. Glines and wife to J. Asher deed to east 90 feet of lot II block l Evans sub-diVision.
 Mary A. Wilkinson and husband to Harry Kay deed to SWA section 4 town north range least.
 Thirty-two right of way deeds from the following named grantors To the Phoenix Railway company. to-Wit: F.. F. Grinstead and wife. C. F. King and wife. C. F. King and wife. C. B. King and wife, C. E. King and wife. Fred Woolsey and wife. Catherine Nelle- gar and husband. J. B. Nellegar and
Arizona republican., 1911-02-28

Burns deed to all of block 20 Irvine addition.
 Warwick Scott and wife to C. II Kunselman deed to lot 13 Highland addition.
 F.. F. Lewis and wife to C. S. A. deed to strip of land in WIZ WIZ NEh section 16. town 1 north. rangt east
 D. II. McClintock and wife to Home Builders deed to lots l5 and l6 block . Hamilton sub-division
Arizona republican., 1911-02-28
MUSTARD FOR MEAT SALADS.

Put half a cup of vinegar on the stove to boil. Mix well one tablespoon dry mustard. one teaspoon salt. two eggs well beaten and half q cup of sweet cream. and stir all into the boil ing vinegar. Place over boiling water and continue the stirring until the mix ture is thick and smooth.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1911-01-04
Mr.. Currier
Will Probably Extend Rail
road Into Dickinson
County.

The people of Dickinson
county have an opportunity to
get Il railroad, will you accept
it! Mr.. w. NJ. Currier, Presi-
dent of the Indian Creek Mar
row Gauge Railroad Co, which
runs from Glamorgan to the
Pound, in Wise county, agrees
to extend his road from the
Pound down Pound river to the
Mouth of Brush Creek to Clint
wood provided the people along
the route are interested enough
i'll this extension to grant the
right of way. We believe the
good people along Pound river
and Brush Creek are public
spirited enough and have their
own interests at heart enough
to say TO Mr.. Currier, bring on
your road at once. we are more
than willing to give You the
right of way, as we feel snre
that we will be greatly benefit.
ted by the road. Let every one
along the route say come, and
come now. we will aid you all
we can. Come and buy our
timber and put in a wood work
ing plant at the Mouth of Brush
Creek and give employment to
our people and furnish them a
market for what they have to
sell. -Clintwood Journal.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1911-01-04
HISTORY OF
RED CROSS SEAL

Red Gross Christmas Seals
date back in their origin to tho
charity stamps" first used for
the soldiers relief funds in
Boston in 1862, during the Civil
war. After the war, this method
OF raising money was discon.
tinued in this country for a
generation, although il found
vogue i'll Portugal, Switzerland,
Australia, France, Spain, Den
mark, Norway, Russia, Sweden
and other European countries.
There are now several hundred
different types of charity
stamps used in all parts OF the
world.
Stamps or seals were first
used to get money for the anti.
tuberculosis crusade in Norway
and Sweden in 1901. After be-
ing used in these countries for
three years, az direct result of
the interest of jacob Ri.s in this
movement, the Delaware Anti
tuberculosis Association, head
ed by Miss Emily p. Bissell, and
the Red Cross Society of Della
ware combined in issuing u
tuberculosis stamp. So success
full was this campaign that
nearly $4,000 was realized, and
the next Year, in 1905, the
American Red Cross was in
duced to issue II national Red
Cross tuberculosis stamp. From
this sale, $lS5 600 was realized,
that amount being almost dlou-
bled in 1908. This year, for tho
first time, the sale is organized
on a comprehensive basis, tax
ing in all parts of the United
States. \ million for tubercu-
losis work is confidently OK
pected.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1911-01-04
Saves Two Lives.

Neither my sister nor myself might
be living today, il had not been for Ijr.
Kings New Discovery" writes A. ID. Nc
donald, at Fayetteville. n. c., II. f. u.
No. 8, "for We both had frightful coughs
that no other remedy could help. We
were told my sister had consumption. She
was very weak and had night sweats. but
your wonderful medicine completely cur
ed us both. It's tho best I ever used oil
heard Of. For sore lungs, coughs, colds
.isa'Jrrhage, lagrippe, asthma, hay fever
cronp, whooping cough-all bronchia
troubles Its supreme. Trial bottle free
DOC. and 800 Guaranteed by KELLY
Drug Company.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1911-01-04
HAPPY NEW YEAR
TO BIG STONE GAP

"a Happy New Year" dear old town
Rejoice in all thy ways
For happy years have come and gone
With brief and lleeting days.
Years we've watched Thy growth
In numbers and in wealth:
In lovely homes, and lovclicr trees;
In cleanliness and health
In pretty streets and shady parks
Where birds their carols sing,
And sunbcams play the livclong day
And joyous snpcrnai bring.
The crystal water that we drink,
Springs from the heart of Earth;
rs ecaselcss as woman's love,
Wherever 1t has birth.
Our men are those Of enterprise,
OF gunption, girt and grace,
who believe that good improvements
Should have no second place.
C"i IVY WI average Wei Will tpyS.
Steady, s,aid, and true,
With tact and purpose well in hand
The RICH, they will pursue.
Our girlsl All, heaven bless them
No better anywhere
They're the kindliest and sweetest
Aud the iiiirest of the fair
Our babies and our little girls:
Our mothers aud our wives,
Are beautiful to look upon:
Are lovely in their lives.
Our school stands without peer.
With promise great in store,
Where Chesterfield is taught As wei
AS Greek. or Latin lore.
This leads to the higher schools;
Our churches. where the soul
Is fed from Gods own gnnaries;
And broken lives made whole.
The guardian angels of our homes;
Where faith and charity
Are taught to bless and tit us for
y bright eternity
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1911-01-04

largely increase the combustion
of the briquettes. The latter are
about the shape of a breakfast
biscuit and are uniform in size.
One ton of the briquettes, recent
experiments have shown, con.
tains thirty per cent. more heat
units than ordinary anthracite
and will burn half as long
again. Therefore, she holds
that it will be more economical
than coal and save household.
ers considerable sum annual.
ly on their fuel bills.
Besides her present achieve
ment as an inventor, Miss
Grayson is a composer of
music, a painter of tapestry
and writer OF somo ability.
She has travelled extensively in
different parts of the world and
is a woman of much culture.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1911-01-04
1000 ACRES COAL
LAND PURCHASED

Whitesburg, Ky, Dec. -.
The Rankin Coal Co, recently
organized i'll Lexington by Jno.
G. G. Mayo, the millionaire
capitalist of Paintsville, Percy
Haley, of Frankfort, and 9th :
ers, have just purchased from
q. ID. Bright and associates of
New York. 1000 acres of choice
coal and timber lands along the
kentucky river and its tribu-
taries above Whitesburg, con
sisting of some twenty-odd
tracts, at consideration said
to be unusually large.
The property lies along and
contiguous to the new extension
of tho Lexington and Eastern
Railroad now being constructed
through the county and will be
developed as soon rs the road is
completed. This property was
originally purchased som e
twenty five years ago by Horse
ly and Moon at so cents and
81 90 per acre, since which time
it has been the subject of much
legal controversy, the original
owners contending that their
title was not good because they
had not paid u fair price for it,
The title, however, is now de-
clared to be genuine. There is
unusually activity in mountain
coal lands hereabouts.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1911-01-04
Rockingham
Sets Example
Banishes Dipper and Bucket
From Schools of County.

llarrisonburg, Va, Jan. o.
Banishing the old fashioned
dipper and consigning the time
honored school water bucket to
the dump, tho School Beard of
Rockingham county has passed
an order requiring all school
children of the county to have
individual drinking cups.
Hereafter, no clippers or
buckets for drinking water will
be allowed in the schools, and
in their place will be water
coolers with no common drink
ing cup. Every child that ex-
poets to drink water during
school hours will have to keep
his own drinking cup, and woe
to the pupil who loans his cup
to another thirsty student.
In taking this action, the
school board of the county,
according to its medical advis-
ers, has taken an important
step in preventing the spread of
disease among school children,
and has set the State an excel
lent example. The medical men
contend, and produce evidence
to prove their case, that the
school drinking cup is one of
the most dangerous agents in
the spread of disease. Where
only one cup is used for the
entire school, they pcint out
how easily a child suffering
from the first stages of diphthe.
ria or like disease, can infect
this cup and spread the disease
to others.
The State Department OF
Health has long urged upon
school authorities the import.
aace of requiring individual
drinking cups, and has express
ed its hearty approval of the
course pursued by Rockingham
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1911-01-04
Clever W oman
Invents Process for Briquet-.
ting Waste Coal Dust.

New York, January Miss
Pauline Grayson, n versatile
woman of this city. has discov
cred il process for briquctting
coal dust which will make
commercially useful the mil
lions of tons of that waste
material now piled about the
mouth of the coal mines of the
country.
Co-incident with the cut in
the price of foodstuffs reported
in different parts of the country
she is convinced that her dis
covery, which she has had
patented here and abroad, will
prove on important factor in
lowering the cost of living. To
emphasize this she calls her
briquettes Economy Coal"
In pointing the way how to
turn to practical account tho
huge culms of dust which have
for years been accumulating in
the coal regions of Pcnnsyl-
vania, West Virginia, Ohio,
Illinois, Tennessee and other
states, she believes she has
solved one of the hardest prob
lens coal operators have had
confronting them ever since
anthracite and biturninons coal
began to be mined
The general introduction of
her process will give distinct
value to these mountainous
piles of abandoned residue from
the mines which haye hereto
fore been regarded as having no
value.
The idea of briquetting coal
dust came to Miss Grayson
several years ago in London
during a coal strike. During
the strike thousands of house
wives were put to their wits
ends for fuel. The supply of
coal in the local yards was
quickly exhausted and all that
remained were piles of coal
dust.
"If it's any good to YOU"
said one Of the coal merchants,
"you may have it,"
Miss Grayson thought over
the problem for some time and
began a series of experiments
which resulted in her working
out the process for briquetting
the dust. For q binder she uses
n combination of secret ingre-
dients. Besides holding the
dust together these mixtures
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1911-01-04
Solves a Deep Myalery.

81 want to thank you from the bottom
OF my heart. wrote G. Is. RAIDER, of Lew
isburg, W. Va, for the wonderful dou-
bic benefit got from Electric Bitters. in
curing me of both severe case of stom-
ach trouble and Of rheumatism. from
which I had been an almost helpless suf.
fercr for ten years. 1t suited my case as
though made just for me- Fer dyspep-
STA, Indigestion. jaundice and to rid tho
system of kidney poisoDs that cause rhau-
matism, Electric Bitters has no equal
Try them. Every bottle Is guaranteed 10
satisfy. Only 6Oc. at Kelly Drug Go.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1911-01-04
Campaign for
Southern immigration

W. -. isOOCitS oSStStduJ III
dustrial agent Of the Carolina,
Clinchfield Il Ohio Railway,
says practically all railroads in
the South will be represented ut
the conference he hns called to
meet at Altapass, n. c., Janu-
airy 10, when the "Back Home
Movement" will be made the
basis of a general campaign of
publicity for the South. Mr..
Roberts inaugurated the move
ment for his company last
August, and it has proven to be
the most popular plan of immi
grafton yet proposed for the
Southern States. In an 1ihr.
view today he said. "1hu
Back Home Movement has
Struggled up close to the wishes
of the people themselves, as
intended Nearly every one of
the two million people who have
moved from the South in the
last ten years has Il relative or
friend here who would like for
him TO come back home: and he.
in turn, desires to see his old
home country and again live
in it. But whether he can 70.
turn or not, he likes to be
invited to do so. and takes a
delight III talking about it to
people where he now lives.
When he does this his home
longing begins to increase, and
the listeners are likely to hear
some favorable things about the
South. This personal interest
of his is the hest possible adver-
Using we can get.
"Whilc we were gathering
the addresses of persons who
have moved to the West and
Northwest we found that many
had gone from SECTIONS OF the
South not on our lines who were
inquiring for homcseekcrs'
rates who really wanted to
come back home. People living
two and three hundred miles
from our own territory were
sending us names of their
'exiles We found, moreover,
that while we were working TO
get back our own people, the
Western railroads were just as
busy trying To take them away.
Therefore, it seemed there was
but one thing to do-to unite
the railroads in a campaign to
bring back home and keep our
people just as the Western lines
are united to takc them away
from us.
Tile small increase in popu-
latlon shown by the recent
census rcturns-l6 per cent. in
the Southern States as against
over n per cent. in the extreme
Western and Northwestern
States is sufficient evidence, we
take it, to convince us that
that mere defamation about
the wealth and opportunity of
the South must be succeeded by
an organized, fighting force.
We must meet the Western
railroads with their own meth
ods-and go them one better"
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1911-01-04
THE MISSION WORKERS,

MTS. NeItlc w oOu ana daugh
ter, Miss lncz, went up to Ap-
palachia Monday after Christ.
mas to have their Christmas
dinner and tree with the twelve
other mission workers who
were sent out TO this section by
the Christian Missionary Ali
ance of New York CITY, and
who have done such a noble
work among the poor Of this
section, particularly in the
mining camps.
The workers are Miss Bor
gren, superintendent, with her
assistant, Miss Church, of Ap-
palachia; Miss Pritchard aud
Miss Nceland, of Stonega; Mrs.
Berhig and Miss Collins, Of
Roda; Miss Dost and Miss
Guild, of West Norton: Miss
Henry and Miss James, of
Blackwood; Miss Peck and Miss
Winger, of lmbodcn; and Miss
Fairlce and Miss Jenkins, of
Sutherland.
The Importance of the work
of these good women can hard
ly be over.e stimated-and they
rork. For instance, during the
year just closed, Mrs. Wood
and her daughter, who have
headquarters at this place, made
over one thousand visits, not
merely calls, but visits of help
when they read and sang and
prayed and gave more material
aid when necessary. Each Sun.
day for months they held n
short song service in the stock
AIDE with the prisoners confined
there, and it was from the
stockadc last TALL that they
rescued II young girl, formerly
of Cadet, who was already a
notorious character, though
scarcely seventeen years of age
and with the help of some of the
charitable people of the town,
sent the girl to the Rcvivalists'
Home for Reformed Women, in
Cincinnati. y recent letter from
the matron of that institution
says that this girl is "a ray of
sunshine in the Home" and
that she is learning to sew and
to do housework and be self
supporting. Many Of these
women have gone out from that
institution and done praise
worthy rescue work, and as
soon us this girl can stand
alone, iigurativcly, a place will
be found for her, too, where the
memory of her past cannot pull
her down again.
Mrs. Wood and her daughter
came here as total strangers,
and their object was not at first
understood nor sympathized
with, but gradually, by their
courage and self sacrifice and
their answering devotion to
the cause they represent, they
have gained the respect and CO.
operation of the best element in
our town and immediate sec
ton. sit is to our shame" said
DR.. .Jno. j. Lloyd. Archbishop
of Southwest Virginia and
rector of Christ Church at this
place, in a recent sermon, "that
since these good women have
found a place here, and are
needed here, that the people of
Big Stone Gap allow them to be
supported by Northern philan-
thropists"
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1911-01-04

The colored people had n tree
at each OF their three churches,
and the children not included
in the enrolment Of these Sun.
day schools, and u number that
we're, We're looked after by the
charitable people of the town.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1911-01-04

Complaints about the dismis-
sal of the garbage wagon hay o
come to us from housekcepers
who like to see the garbage
carted away from their prem
Uses at leaet once month. We
are sorry this wagon has been
discontinued, and hope to SEQ it
reinstated. There liz town
ordinance providing for its
continuance, and we look TO the
Council for it.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1911-01-04

happy time Tuesday night, after
the opening service Of songs
and prayer and responsive
reading. This is also a very
small Sunday school, but very
earnest body of workers.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1911-01-04

Following is n letter, &C
knowledging u check for
prize gained last summer in the
Private Homes Contest:
Woman's Civto League.
TO my great surprise receiv-
ed n letter with enclosed of
- 90. hardly new what to
think for moment or too.
After noticing tho contents of
the letter | was hiely honored
with prise in homer of we'll
kept yard and premises, and we
all SO received second prise on
flowers. My sympathy is unex-
preside. hope to be able to
do better in futher. This will
asshure you that | homer the ,
prise to the hest not for value
OF prise alone but Il wandaful
free gift for trying to keep my
one place in the best shape
could according to my means.
| will try to do better next year.
Froturnly yours,
S. l.. THAXToN, (Col.l