The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1911-05-03
FROM OUR EXCHANGES.

patronized Hotel Berkeley. one
of Asheville's most popular
transient hotels, will regret to
hear that it will be closed per
manently after May /, and the
four.story building remodeled
and converted into an up-to-
date department store.
The name of Virginia Insti-
tute will likely be changed to
Virginia Intermont College.
While this has not been def
nitely done, it is stated that it
has been practically decided
upon. The school was formerly
known as Southwest Virginia
Institute, but its name was
changed some eight or ten
years ago to Virginia Institute,
in order to get a name that
would indicate a school of more
extensive scope. ltis now pro-
posed to call the school Virginia
intermont College, and it is
understood that there ia little
question that this name will be
formally adopted
The school is now widely
known as "V. l." With the
new name tins will not be
changed, but the word "insti-
tute" will be dropped and the
word "intermont" used as sig
nificant Of the fact that the
school is located between the
mountains.
The new name will probably
be adopted for general use after
this year and will be used in
the literature for next session.
Two sullins College girls
slipped away from school last
Thursday and eloped to Church
Hill, Tenn, where they were
married to Kent Kane and
Samuel Wood, Of Bristol, about
fifteen minutes before Professor
Albert aud Assistant Chief of
Police Odell, OF Bristol, arrived
on the scene in an automobile
which had made a record
breaking trip from Bristol. The
young ladies were Misses Eula
Mae Gavin and Anna Harris, of
Florida and Alabama, respec-
lively.
The Bristol Athletics will
have probably the finest cleo
trio score board in the South at
Paramount field, through the
liberality Of the Bristol Gas and
Electric Company, Stone. Hui
ing Lumber Co. and the Cannon
Electric Co.
Red lights will flash the
strikes and balls and viii flash
when each man is out aud also
Indicate the number of the bat
ter, SO that the spectators can
look ri their score card and at
all times tell who is "Mp.
\ sensation was created at
Speer's Ferry. in Scott county,
Monday evening following the
report of a pistol shot. when it
became known that lngle len
nings, n prominent young man
of that place, had sent bullet
into his head with suicidal in
tent. He lived only short
while. IL il said that he was
conscious until within n few
minutes of his death, and that
he probably revealed to the
relatives the cause of Ills rash
act, but nothing as TO the cause
has been revealed to the public.
Mr.. Jennings was a son in
law of George Wolfe, a wealthy
merchant of Speer's Ferry He
is survived by his wife and two
children. He was a popular
business man, and there had
apparently heen no occasion for
anticipating that he might take
his own life.
The Methodist brethren and
sisters of Abingdon, Va, gave
the pastor, Rev. J. NJ. Garter,
until recently pastor OF the NJ.
e. Church, South, at Big Stone
Gap. a fearful pounding Wed
nesday evening. Such things
as bacon, hams, sacks of flour
ana sugar and coffee were hurl-
ed at him. The preacher took
it all good humoredly and when