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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1913-12-17

MI. rIHieN ueatn.
MIR. Harrison is Virginian,
his home being at Belvoir, Vir
ginia. He is peculiarly identi.
fled with the South, as his faith
er was private secretary to JEFF
ferson Davis while president of
the Confederate States, and all
his railroad experience has been
with the Southern and its 1850
ciated lines. Mr.. Harrison was
born in 1869, aud was graduat-
ed from Yale with the A b. de-
gree in 1890, and from Column
bia with the A NJ. degree IN
$50 0, and from Columbia with
the a. NJ. degree in 1891. lie
was admitted to the bar in New
York in 1899 and continued the
practice OF law in this city un-
Til 1896, when he entered the
service of the Southern Railway
in the legal department as so
licitor In 1908, he was made
assistant to the president, and
III 1906 became vice president,
which position he held until
1910 when he resigned on be-
ing elected president Of the
Chicago, Indianapolis and
Louisville. He, however, con
tinued as director of the
Southern Railway so that his
service with the parent compa
ny has been uninterrupted.
Mr. Harrison was one of Mr..
Finley's closest and most trust
ed advisors and is thoroughly
in sympathy with h policies
which made MIR. Finley's adj
ministration so successful both
for the Southern Railway Com
pany and the territory served
by its lines. Through Mr.. Har-
rison entered the service of the
Southern in the legal depart
ment5 his experience has not
been confined to that branch of
the service. He has given much
study to financial, traffic and
operating problems and is init
mately acquainted with condi-
tons on the Southern Railway
and throughout h q section
which it traverses. As presi-
dent of tho Chicago, Indiana
polls and Louisville, he was ac
lively in charge of the opera
ton of the railway, so that he
comes to the Southern Railway
prepared by practical exper-
fence as well as the most de
tails of its affairs to take up the
duties of chief executive. Mr..
Harrison today was also elect
ed president of the Alabama
Great Southern Railroad, the
Mobile and Ohio Railroad, and
Virginia and Southwestern
Railway.
Resolutions deploring the
death of Mr. Finley and paying
Il high tribute for his work for
the railways he headed and the
territory they served we're
adopted by the board of direc
tors of the Southern Railway,
the Mobile and Ohio Railroad,
the Alabama Great Southern
Railroad and the Virginia and
Southwestern Railway. These
resolutions will be printed
throughout the South. Imme-
diately following his election,
President Harrison gave out
the following statement:
II am in entire accord and
sympathy with the policies of
my lamented friend, MIR. Fin
ley, under whom have worked
for seventeen years | hope to
continue to build the Southern
as he built it by promoting and
enhancing lis usefulness to and
its cordial relations with the
people of the South. count on
the support of the entire pres
ent working organization of the
Southern. rank and file. Hav-
ing grown up in the service
with most OF them, know how
to value them and | am proud
to believe that they are my
friends. 4"
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1913-12-17
Notice.

The penalty on Town Taxes
has been extended to January
LIST. Call and pay your taxes
and save 8 per cent.
P, Fl. Barron. Treasurer.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1913-12-17
Weight increased,
Rates Lowered
Important Changes Are APP
proved by Interstate
Commerce Commits
sion.

ashington, Dec. l3.-Im-
portant changes in parcel post
regulations, including general
reduction in rates and increase
in maximum weights, were APP
proved today bv the Interstate
Commerce Commission. The
reyisions were made upon re-
commentator of Postmaster
General Bnrleson, and in ma
jority of cases are effective
January /, 1914.
Books are admitted to the
parcel post; weight limits are
increased in the first and sec
ond zones from 90 to 80 pounds,
and in all zones beyond the
second, from II to 30 pounds;
and rates are reduced in the
third, fourth and sixth zones.
Change in Rates.
The changes in rates to be in
effect January /, 1914, follow:
To reduce the rates for the
third zone from seven cents for
the first pound and five cents
for each additional pound to
six cents for the first pound and
two cents for each additional
pound;
To reduce the rates for the
fourth zone from cents for the
first pound and six cents for
each additional pound to seven
cents for the first, pound and
four cents for each additional
pound.
To reduce the rates for the
fifth zone from nine cents for
the first pound and seven cents
for each additional pound 70 s
cents for the first pound and
six cents for each additional
pound.
To reduce the rates for the
sixth zone from ten cents for
first pound and nine cents for
each additional pound to nine
cents for the first pound and s
cents for each additional pound.
Will Promote Service.
at seems Obvious SAYS a
statement by the commission,
that the service to the public
will be promoted by these
changes. provided the revenue
from the service is not less than
the cost thereof. Experience
seems to show clearly that the
revenue will not be less than
the cost of the service.
"We can conceive of no op-
position to the Increased W Fights
and reduced rates, except from
the carriers that transport the
mails. We have heard some
objections from them on the
ground that the increased
weight should not be permitted
until provision for addition
compensation to the carriers
has been made"
1t is provided by the post
master general with the con-
sent of the commission, "that
the rate of postage parcels con-
tanning books weighing eight
ounces or less, shall be enc cent
for each two ounces or fraction
al part thereof, and on those
weighing in excess of eight
ounces, the zone parcel rates
shall apply" This is to be eff.
fective March l6, 1914.
Gold Admitted
Consent also was given TO adj
mission of shipments of gold
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1913-12-17
Successor
Elected
To President Finley of the
Southern Railway Com
pany,

New York, Dec. 5.-Fairfax
Harrison, formerly vice presi-
dent of the Southern Railway
Company and for the last three
years president of the Chicago,
Indianapolis nd Louisville
Hallway Company. of which
the Southern is part owner,
was today elected president of
the Southern Railway Compa-
ny TO succeed the late William
Wilson Finley, n special meet
ing Of the board of directors
beng held for the purpose of
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1913-12-17

In going up Wood Avenue at
night you will see q beautiful
electric sign at the third story
of the new building recen tly
erected by j. NJ. Willis & Co.
If you are Mason you can tell
what is going on in the new
lodge room without climbing
two flights of stairs. This sign
was the conception of Past Mas
ter a. ID. Owens, one of the com
rnittee who had charge of the
furnishing and fitting Of the
new masonic hall. And so well
has he wrought his work that we
hail him as "RABBONI"which
is the Hebrew for, (not raw
bones but NJ ost Excellent
Master.
But you will be well reward
Ell for a trip up those flight of
steps, for at the top you are
ushured into the beautiful new
home of Big Stone Gap Lodge
No. POS 4. f. II a. NJ. To the
left is the magnificent Banquet
Hall, fitted with the proper
furniture and fittings, with con
venient cafe fitted with range
and ice box, aud all other ne
cessary appurtcnances for pre-
pairing and providing the feast
when the Lodge is called from
"labor to refreshment," or it
can be used "a q chamber of
reflection" With your heels
on the sill of the large south
window you cIn gaze at the
star and Gre sent and reflect up.
Oh the harmony of the heavens,
the brother hoo of worlds, the
unity Of the universe, all gov
erned by the WORSHIPFUL
MASTER of all creation.
Passing through the ante
room, and leaving the box stall
of the festive goat to the left,
you enter one of the prettiest
Masonic halls in the State. In
its furniture, fittings and light.
ing fixtures it is IA model of
harmony, taste and beauty. If
any particular feature is more
striking than another it is the
beautiful Brussels carpets. 1t
will delight the eye of the most
critical housewife, and the la
dies of the town are cordially
invited to inspect it.
The committee of Past Mas
ters, to whom the work of su.
pervising the fitting up of the
hall was committed, were A.
ID. Owens, G. f. Jones and j.
IL. Mathews, and they have
discharged their duty with the
same faithfulness and fidelity
which so distinguished the first
three Most Excellent Masters
who had charge of the building
of King Soloman's Temple.
In the latter part of the year
1889, a few Masons met IN tn e
law office of Duncan and Math-
ews, in what was known as the
"imt oden Cottage, and took
steps towards applying for a
dispensation for opening a Ma.
sonic lodge in this place. Those
present were w. H. Su.hers,
who was afterwards elected as
the first Worshipful Master, and
who is now rich land owner
in the state of Oklahoma, G.. f.
Dutton, afterwards w. NJ, and
who is now prominent and
prosperous citizen of the State
of Florida. DR.. @. d. Kunkle,
a distinguished physician of
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1913-12-17
Money To Lend


THE Standard Home Compa
ny, Incorporated, provides home
purchasing contracts with
guaranteed invest IN emit, an
agreement is made whereby you
can borrow money to buy or
build n home or pay off that
mortgage. or improve your
property with interest at per
cent on yearly balances, and
your return will be $3.50 per
month on each 81 900 borrowed.
Rent receipts never pay diyi-
dends. We have put more than
len thousand people in their
own homes, and can put you in
you're, il you will take our plan.
Loans over $4,000. 600. Assets
over 81, $50, 600. Call or write at
once to
c. B. Ramsey, Agent
Onice-Over Postofjice
Norton, Virginia
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1913-12-17
Gold Admitted

Consent also was given to adj
mission of shipments of gold,
gold bullion and gold dust in
Alaska and to and from Alaska
in packages, weighing not more
than eleven pounds. The rate
of postage fixed is two cents an
ounce or fraction thereof for all
distances.
1.-The postmaster general is
sued an order effective August
10, last, increasing the weight
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-01
JUNIORCHAMBER
PROJECTEDFOR
SCHOOLBOYS
Harrison Jones Is in Charge of
Training School for Young
Atlanta Boosters.

Definite plans for tho organization
uf tlnior department Of the Atlanta
Chamber ~ Commerce 20 be- COM
posed of boys Of the public schools,
viii be formulated by a special exec
ur.Ee committee named by Chairman
Harrison Jones. OF the chamber COM
m.ttee in charge nf the projected or
ean'zat.on. This committee expects
20 have plans outlined in time TO
present 70 a meeting Of the Chamber
~ Commerce which viii he called ny
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-01
Chicken Bone Stuck
In Throat Kills Man

TRENTON, y j., oct. IA chick
en- bone which lodged in the throat
Of Solomon PAPER, nine months ago.
pierced his bronchial tubes and re-
suited in pneumonia, which caused
his death.
All efforts 70 remove the bone
failed.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-01
Crossing Continent
In a Lunch Wagon

NEW YORK, oct Mr. and Mrs
Walter r. Johnson left this city for
san francisco in Il lunch wagon
They expect 10 complete the Jour
ney ia eight months.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-01
125 NEW PUPILS ENROLLED AND
OTHERS ON THEIR WAY TO The
SOUTHERN BUSINESS COLLECT
The Great School of Business
Training Becomes More Popu-
lar Every Day-Business Firms
Calling for Help Many Pupils
Are Securing Positions-New
Arrivals Daily.

One hundred and twenty-five new M
pllS have enrolled for the fall session
and others are on their way 10 the
Southern Shorthand and Business Uni
versity, this citv
This influx Of new pupils increase
the present enrolment to about 225. al
though IL Will very likely reach 2T5 or
800 within . few days
Pupils have enrolled from North and
South Carolina. Tennessee. Virginia.
Georgia
While great activity IS shown in the
matricula ton Of pupils the managers
are also kept busy sending out the pre-
pared students into stenographiC and
bookkeeping positions Almost every
day some Of the students are offered
good positions, no less than a dozen
having gone to work during the past
week
Mr. Frank Wesley. Of this city. is
among those former students who
worked faithfully While attending the
Southern Business College. and. as is
always the case where faithfulness
ChardCterizes the effort. he had no trou-
BILE in finding ready demand for his
services.
Ina letter Just received by the South
ern Business College from Mr., Wesley,
he writes.
"It gives me pleasure TO inform YOU
that / have secured a position with
bavis0n-P aNou- Stokes Company. one
of the largest department stores in At
lanta. ! secured this position within
three days after putting in my applica-
ton, giving YOU as reference.
81 want 10 thank YOU for the thorough
business course | obtained in your col
lege which enabled me TO secure this
position ] take pleasure i'm recommend
ing YOUR college 10 those desiring a
practical up-to-date business educa-
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-01
The southern's Popularity.

There must he a cause for popular
favor The Southorn's attendance is al
ways more than double that of any
other business college in this section
The Graham Pitmanic system nf
shorthand. which the Southern teaches
has been pronounced the best system in
the world by a committee appointed by
the National Shorthand Reporters AS
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-08-23
SUPERIOR sTEVEDoREs
GET WAGE INCREAsI

The Superior stevedore company
announced this week that the wages
Of dockWorkers had been raised from
27k cents an hour to 80 cents at the
-four sheds. Men engaged at unload
ing cement and rails have their wakes
raised from 80 X to IS cents an hour.
!, II ! some churches cold facts make
hot sermons
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-08-23
FARLEY; BOSS FINK
DYING IN new YORK
America Chief Strike Breaker
Faces Grim Responsibilities
From tuberculosis.

James Farley, who for years was
the most daring and INSCRIPTIONS
strike breaker in this country, was re-
ported recently to be seriously i'll at
the Astor hotel, New York City. He
was said to be suffering from a COM
plication of diseases that had made
him an invalid for some time past.
While it was admitted that Farley
was in the hotel. all information as to
his condition was refused. Rumors
of his illness were persistent about the
hotel all day.
For ten years, beginning in 1895.
Farley led strike breaking campaigns
in 40 score Of great industrial CEN
ters. He was reputed to have en-
ployed at different times 10000. men
and to- have amassed. a fortune
through his despicable trade.
He was employed to break the
street car strikes in San Francisco
and Pittsburgh. and the iron workers.
strike in New York. He retired in
1905 and has since devoted most of
his time to driving fast trottins
horses.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-08-23
old DAD WALLACE
VISITOR IN DULUTH
Veteran Tobacco Worker Here
Advertising Goods Made by
Jno. J. Bagley b Co.

Dan Wallace, not he Of circus fame,
but for more than forty years a lead
er in the labor movement of Detroit
and well-known in labor circles
throughout the country as repre-
sentative of the Tobacco Workers In
ternational Union, was a visitor in
Duluth this week. This is Mr.. Wal
lace's second visit to this city this
summer.
Mr.. Wallace is now employed in
the advertising department of the J.
J. Bagley & Co., tobacco manufactur-
ers of Detroit. He is making a tour
of the country introducing new
brand of union made smoking tobacco,
prepared by the Bagley company, sam
pies Of: which are being given free to
the workingmen of every city. The
new. brand is known as "Wild Fruit"
It. is an exceptionally fine smoking
tobacco and Is said to excel anything
heretofore manufactured by the Bag
I ley company.
Mr.. Wallace is also introducing the
Bagley prepared chewing tobacco.
known as Red Brand" made from
/ cigar clippings, and popularity known
| as "craps" in the tobacco trade.
John ]. Bagley & Company are the
! Oldest manufacturers Of union made
tobacco in the United States. They
first were known in these parts as the
manufacturers of the old Lime Kiln
| Club" smoking tobacco which was So
popular among smokers about twenty.
! five years ago. Their Sun Cured
brand was also enjoyed by all user.
| Of tobacco.
] The new "Wild Fruit" brand Of
SIN oking tobacco being introduced
| here by Mr.. Wallace is endorsed by
all who have sampled it and. dealers
report sales as increasing from day t.
day. Union labor should keep thu
Bagley products in mind. They arr
all good.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-08-23

NOTICE OF LIS PENDENS. ~
STATE OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY OF
enth Judicial District. T.
Hilliard Construction Company, "a
corporation), Plaintiff.
George Balm, Henry Baumgarten,% Paul
Bollwein Marga'ret p Butter Il
David Chambers, Crosley Park Land
Eckstein. Olaf strand, William SEby.
3GseRh F Fl ny Fanns F Fess Anna
Friberg, Joseph Grahamer Sophie
F.. B. German. Massachusetts Real
Estate Company, a corporation, Anna
G & HaG'on Hd Mlsd oun Reioc
Hedwig Liewald, Mel Mack, Mrs
Ellen :Martield. Alfred r.; McCordic.
william ,Iha I MeKinaon, nj p: MeGhte,
Fannie =. Ross, Leslie. g. Ross,
:tr.,. Ina N. La Fans, Walter Scott
Charles q s s;chiiier. john john w schulz htz .:
Claiming any right, title. estate. lin;
tersst2 or Hen le IN the real estate de-
scribed in the complaint hrs5sin
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN. That
an action has been commenced and is
now pending in the 81 above named
and against the above named Defend-
ants, the object Of which Is to ,ob tain
Judgment that the Plaintiff Is the
owner,in Zee simple pie ct Lot Four. ,
eight $50, Lots one ThousandT wo:Hun:-l
dred Forty four l244l One Thousand
TWO hundred Forty-f 1--WE 1245). One
unas5aa and T Hun
dred s. Forty.seye 1910 II IN Block
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-08-23


ton are Of the opinion that before
very long, while shipments Of beet
from the River Platte to the United
States may come, they will probably
be directed by. the same interests
which supply the market here, not in
opposition to them. +.
In Australia, Too. II a.
9 Mention has already been made In
this paper Of how the American
Meat Trust 4 is building immense
slaughtering houses and cold stor-
age plants in Australia and seeking
to dictate prices. The latest reports
from Australia state that a fierce
war is raging between the American
and native. interests, and just now
the California people are reaping
some benefit Of that contest for the
mastery. "-. -.
But indications are that the strug-
gle will be shortlived. The Ameri-
can trust game (the most successful
in the capitalistic WORLDLY will be
played ruthlessly. The largest com
petitors of the Meat Trust in ArEen-
tina and Australia will be absorbed
or purchased outright and the small
concerns will be crushed like egg
shells.
There Is no hope Of escape from
the Meat Monopoly except through
naturalization. Every experiment
has been tried during the last dozen
years to tighten the yoke and all
have failed.
Meat Is a Luxury.
Meat has practically entered the
luxury class because Of the arbitrary
raising Of prices, and at a time when
1t ought to be cheaper than at any
period in modern life, and there will
be little relief until the industry is
made government monopoly and is
operated by and for all the people.
Since the foregoing has been writ
ten, the following cable from Buenos
Aires throws additional light upon
the subject: H..
"All Of tn egreat meat companies
except the two North American ones
notified the government today that
they may be compelled to close their
factories owing to the competition of
the Beef Trust. which, it is claimed,
Is attempting to form a monopoly of
the business, unless protective meas
ures are taken Immediately. The six
leading Argentine companies which
gave this notice to the government
accuse the trust of selling, rgentine
meat in England below cost. The
government is inclined to-. grant pro-
lection to the protesting companies.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-08-23
MEAT TRUST IN
SOUTH AMERICA
Continued From Pare I.

plan to acquire control of the world s
meat supply, not only ensure con-
tinuance of their plumber system in
America. but to rob the people OF
other countries as we'll.
Aside from the United States, Ar
gentina and Australia are the larg-
est meat raising countries in the
world, the nations of Europe being
importers rather than exporters of
meat products. the government inves-
tigators have found that; from the
international standpoint the most
important and recent development
in the meat industry of the Argen-
tine Republic is the entrance and
growing ascendency Of North Ameri-
can interests.
The Chicago meat companies en-
tered this field only seven years ago,
but have already attained such a pos
ition that they are a decided, If not
a dominating influence. in the prog
ress Of the trade and the control OF
prices The extent of their interests
is only partially known to the public
either of Argentina or the United
States: but they admittedly hold two
Of the seven companies engaged in
the production and export of cold
storage meat and are believed to have
at least "a working understanding
with several of the others. They
have also secured land for the pur-
pose, it is believed. OF establishing
plants. 5s.* - -
The two avowedly North. American
enterprises are the La Plata Cold
Storage. Co. and. the La Blanca Co.
The former, since coming under it:
present control, has risen, from a
state Of insignificance to that Of the
largest single producer in the Ar
gentina field. ~. - =. -.
Taken together. the La Plata and
the La Blanca companies last year
produced a third Of Argentina'a to.
tai output of cold storage beef and
almost as large proportion Of the
mutton and lamb. Their rapid ex-
pansion is indicated by the fact that
Jointly they have chartered all the
space in 10 new steamships ordered
by the Nelson line for the River
Platte fresh meat trade. .s.s
The Importance Of the position OF
the Chicago companies in the Argen.
tine lis that apparently It puts the
meat industry of the two principal
producing companies iii b the same
hands. Argentina. besides being the
largest exporter Of beef in the world
and next 20. New Zealand the rxlest
shipper sof mutton, has been regarded
as 8 possible source e secure cheap
er NESTS e tor this 5countr hut thos1
rho have INSIDE : stud IS 7ths ssitua.