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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1913-04-30
BOARD OF TRADE
MEETING.

For some time it has been
rumored that the Board of
Trade had on foot several big
things for the Gap, but every
time our reporter asked one of
the directors for information.
he replied: owe nre not yot
ready to make any announce
mcnts" l learned yesterday
afternoon that there was to be
a meeting last night and got
myself invited. was on hand
ut 7,5i and by sos every direc-
tor was present That was n
most unusual thing, for it is al
most impossible to get a full
attendance of any public body,
whether it be church stew.
ards meeting or Il political
campaign committee.
From General Ayers broad
smile when he called the meet.
ing to order, felt confident
something OF interest was to be
given out. General started out
by reviewing the history of the
Gap, going back to the pioneer
days aud coming down TO the
present He referred to the
boom, it's collapse, the slow
recovery of the town aud final
lyto the healthy growth of the
last few years He dwelt upon
the towns bright prospects for
the future. The General stated
that the directors had been ne
gotiaiing with outside capital
lists for some time, and were
now ready to make some an
nouncements which would not
only be good news TO the people
Of the Gap but those of Wise
aud Lee counties az we'll
lie stated that "a syndicate Of
New England capitalists, who
control many electric utilities
corporations throughout the
United States. were Interested
in building a trolley line from
Norton TO Big Stone Gap.
touching Blackwood, Appa.
lachia and other points. 4 firm
of well known New York engi.
nccrs had made a favorable re-
port on the proposition, and the
capitalists were now taking
steps to procure a charter. a
nearby coal and coke operation,
which is to enlarge its plant, ia
TO build type OF coke ovens
which utili1es ;hc escaping gas
for power purposes, and this
company would furnish the
power for the trolley line. Ex-
perments has shown that cleo
trio power could be produced
from these gases more econom-
icany than from water or coal.
a letter was read from the syn
dictate which is to finance the
proposition, saying that their
Investigations had been most
satisfactory, that they were
pleased with the outlook and
hoped to have the line in oper-
alton within a year.
II WAS announced that the
VIZ 5. w officials had decided
to move their shops to the Gap
aud also to build an extension
so that passenger trains and
local freight would come into
town, in plat three.
Aletter was read from rep
resentative of Charles NJ.
Schwab, formerly president of
the Steel Trust, now an indie
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1913-04-30

Our popular county superin
tendent of schools. James a.
Hillman, owing to such a strong
appeal being made by his many
friends throughout the county,
has decided to remain with U.S..
This viii be heralded as good
news throughout the county ms
Professor Hillman's work has
been perfectly satisfactory and
he has placed our county
schools upon a higher plane and
probably has the best system of
public schools 90 be found i'm
the state Coeburn journal
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1913-04-30

1t looks now like Big Stone
Gap will see some nice resi-
dences erected here this sum
mer. Sure, we need them bad
enough.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1913-04-30

the Board of Trade would offer
to procure the location OF a
large furnace and probably a
steel mill. His communication
was referred to the committee
on factory sites with the sug-
gestion that they confer with
the companies Offering factory
sites at a nominal sum ana that
the business people of the town
be asked TO subscribe for a sum
sufficient to cover the cost of
the land wanted, ten acres.
a large Michigan furniture
manufacturers is seeking Il loca-
ton for a branch in the South,
a IL d asked for information
about the available supply of
hardwoods, cost of fuel, freight
rates, and what inducement the
Board of Trade would offer TO
have the factory located here
The letter stated that IS men
would be employed in the fac
tory.
\ letter from a Pennsylvania
capitalist, asking if Il large
boundary of land, convenient
to railroads, containing consid
cradle deposits of rock suitable
for cement or building blocks,
could be bought ut n reasona-
bic price, was read.
1t was announced that Il well
known eastern philanthropist,
who has Interested himself in
education, had made PROPOSE
ton whereby it might be posi-
bic for Big Stone Gap not only
to have State Normal School
but a summer hotel as well.
His proposition is if the peo-
| pie Of the Gap will give six
acres of suitable land and $IO,-
600, he will add 100000 and
erect modern normal school
buildings and maintain the
school for one year, provided
the State of Virginia will agree
to maintain in same "a first
grade normal school, for both
sexes, and keep the buildings
equipped and in good repair.
The proposition was discussed
and the directors thought the
conditions could be met. 1t
was decided TO ask the City
Council to petition the Circuit
Court to call an election to is
sue bonds for $4,000 for this
purpose, and to have an under-
standing with the State that
the town should have the priv.
lege of using the buildings and
equipment in conducting a
lsummer hotel, to be operated
or leased by the town, until
such time as the town had been
reimbursed for the principal
and interest Of the said bond
issue.
put down my pen aud be-
gan to applaud, when / felt
some one from behind shaking
mo and asking what | was
dreaming about. When open
cd my eyes had a bitter taste
in my mouth. \ good supper
had caused me to go to sleep
and missed the meeting
Wonder what they did, Edi-
tor.
it ia hard to tell who is 1T
the head Of the revolution in
Mexico.
a good garden this year will
help YOU to reduce the high
cost of living this summer
Invite your distant friends to
Isnenl thnir Nnrntinn ~ ~.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1913-04-30
A Lesson in Thrift.


hNer make money work for
yont
THAT'S what the world calls
thrift aud "a modern school
OF philosophers "theft'
Every Time you toss away a
nickel cnrelessly you throw
away tine work OF ~ at . per
cent for one year.
throwing away a dime is los
ing the work of - forone year.
Wasting 81 is squandering
away "a Years interest on 500.
when YOU spend s cNtrava-
| gantiN every day for twelve
months yon are dlssipating a
years income at p per cent ON
lN95Vu
Saving iivc cents "a day for "a
year equals having $500 work
ing lor you 1900 days of the year
at . per cent.
Saving ten cents "a day you
gather a sum equal to "a yearly
income ON $3.50 at o per cent.
Saving III O day is exactly
the same as b per cent interest
ON $1,000 for a whole year
These are the elements of
iAlNhNN tilt a - \ on money
D..
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1913-04-30

We violate no confidence in
stating that Taft and Roose-
Welt have not yet gotten to-
gether to talk over the troubles
of eX-presidents.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1913-04-30

Farmers in this section are
now getting their ground ready
20 do their spring planting.
With the interest being taken
by the farmers in the Corn
Club the indication are that
there will be "some corn
raised this year in the Rich.
Imcnd Magisterial District.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1913-04-30

Cleaning up day last Friday
added greatly to the appear
anco of the town. Let every
one do their best to keep the
town clean and beautiful this
summer. It's easy done with
only little effort.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1913-04-30

New automobiles seems to be
the fastest growing thing in
Wise County at the present
time. New ones coming every
day,
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1913-04-30

While the United States pro.
poses TO lengthen the presiden'
tial term, the trend in Mexico
seems to be the other way.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1913-04-30

Invite your distant friends to
spend their vacation in Big
Stone Gap this summer.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1913-04-30

1t ia hard TO tell who is ii
the head of the revolution ia
Mexico.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1913-04-30

1t takes a good man to han.
die other peoples money and a
better one to get any Of his own
10 handle.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1913-04-30

An exchange says that if
folks didn't have money the
cost of living wouldn't be so
high.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1913-04-30

a good garden this year will
help You to reduce the high
cost of living this summer.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1913-08-28
CHINESE BACKSLIDE
ON OPIUM PROBLEM
Traffic Has Increased Since
Overthrow Of Manchu Dy-
nasty.

Picking, Special.-The report Of Sir
J. N. Jordan. British minister to China,
on the opium question indicates, that
there has been some backsliding in
the effort to suppress the cultivation
of the poppy since the introduction Of
the republican regime. -
The report declares that since the fan
OF the Manchus the policy OF suppress
sion agreed upon between China and
Great Britain has been weakened. and
that there has been an immense re-
-crudescence In the cultivation or the
drug. In the provinces Of Anhut, HUI
AN and Sha-tnng the campaign for
the suppression OF the cultivation Of
the importation of Indian opium con-
sequence the importation Of Indian
opium into these provinces will cease.
But investigation in other parts of the
republic tells q different tale. In many
OF the provinces the authorities are
powerless to prevent cultivation; in
others there Is collision between the
powers and the growers, and in still
others the officials are not inclined to
deprive themselves Of q rich source OF
revenue.
The reports, however, are not all
from official sources, many being sup
piled by missionaries and travellers, SO
exact figures are impossible. The min
lister concludes with the statement that
a great deal must be done before the
work Of suppression can be considered
as complete. i5E
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1913-08-28
AND LADY DEclEs (sorroM,.

ing and selling them, she learned
quickly and Is now making q comfort
able living out of butterflies.
Miss Alice Durkin, New York's only
woman master-builder, employs cHer
700 men and completes with the con-
tractors of that city for skyscraping
contracts. For four years Miss Durkin
has been numbered among the master
builders Of the city, and in that time
she has erected buildings To the value
Of $2,O00, 900. She Is the first woman
member Of the Building Trades Associa-
ton of New York. Her career is q YER
liable romance OF industry The daugh-
ter OF a wealthy man who lost his
money, she took a post when quite a
young girl In the office OF q leading
New York builder IL 4years ago.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1913-08-28
Rltt.rnes. Of Cuban Politio..

From the National Magazine.
The last presidential campaign In Cuba
very bitter and even after the elec-
ton Zeyaa, the 1shrewd TaIleyrand of the
liberty party, refused to allow his party
to vote $4,000 for the expenses OF the In
Ruguration OF HIS successful rival. 1t was
q combination Of American politics and OF
old world intrigue and cabaI played By the
Latin people, not without whisperings OF
loved TO paint In his stories OF the antique
s~tatesmanship under he Fourteenth
Louis. Where the American uses hot
words and his fists, the Latin, under the
prefers the rapier Or even the knife or
the shotgun ambush. Stories are told Of
officers invited to visit the homes OF men
Of = rival party. being feted and Toasted
repeat the visit on leaving, but assassi-
mated while presumably attempting to es-
cape" One could not but shudder, how
ever, to hear OF 1000 negroes killed In the
late uprising, and of officers going out and
shooting down inoffensive peasants like
game. One officer boosted that he had
killed from so to 100. Any negro caught
was shot. and It Is claimed there was some
basis for this apprehension, because inno-
cent negroes were led by men who were
h 9 Of the uprising, recalling the
This was most unfortunate In Cuba's case.
because In the war OF Independence the
negroes were usually most valiant soldiers
under the revolutionary hero. General
Gomez.
1t Is difficult for the American to believe
In these blood-curdling rumors, and vet
II Is nothing very different from what IS
going on In the United States, although,
instead of assassination men destroy char
acter by libel n recrimination, and the
tendency toward graft seems no more de-
,veloped in Cuba than. In our own country.
IT has been an eternal fight In all ages
to keep down the aHaricious impulses OF
humanity. Thousands OF men avn
pay without rendering honest services
the same things that are incidents In the
growing city In America-are found In
Cuba. The budget reported under the
Gomez administration called for nearly
$a00O000O, n the aroused people said II
was time to stop, so they went about like
Diogenes Until they found an honest man
for their leader. General Menocai was
inaugnrated IN May as president Of the
slaught of political Dick TrrbIns.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1913-08-28

manufacture OF drab serge cloth in the
Royal Army Clothing Department,
Pimlico, England, recently went on a
strike against the reduction in rates
of pay.
AS the daughter of a deep sea diver,
Miss Marie DeRoek, OF Portland, Ore.
Is anxious to follow her fathers pro-
fesston and to profit by exceptional ad-
vantages In which the hours are short
and the pay high.
Miss Marguerite Ogden, daughter o.
Superior Judge Ogden, OF Oakland,
Cal, and Miss Annette Abbot Adams.
formerly.a '.school-marm," are partners
in a law firm that will have for It's
practice the exclusive 8 Of women
clients.
by means OF strict school attendance
regulations the attendance of domestic
servants OF every kind is assured In
Bavaria, and every girl has to attend a
continuation school for at least three
hours per week until she has attained
the age Of 16 years.
In two competitions, Jeanne Texier
a young French woman, beat all the
male candidates and won the appoint
ment as doctor in the hospital and head
of h clinic In the school of medicine
at Tours. She il the first woman in
France to hold such q position.
Mrs. Caroline Bartlett Crane, NUM-
cipal affairs expert. will survey Is of
the principal cities and towns of the
state of Washington tc recommend
changes in government for the relief
Of conditions and to deliver public
lectures on municipal affairs.
Miss Helen r. Hildreth OF Boston, one
of the foremost instructors ~ the wo-
mans educational and Industrial work
in the United States, has been chosen
to succeed Miss Cleo Murtland as direo-
tor Of the Worcester girls trade school.
Miss Murtland will retire on September
i.
Miss Ximena McGlashan, OF Truckee.
Cal, who is only Is years OF age,
didn't want to be q school teacher after
her graduation and took to- butterfly
farming. Although ignorant Of collect
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1913-08-28
Check on MunlolpsI Essraxaaane..

Possible legal and practical objec-
tons wholly aside, would II not be a
fine idea if the bonds OF a city could
be widely distributed In small amounts
among O large number or Its citizens?
A municipal bond tucked away with
the bank book In q bureau drawer or
in pigeonhoIe OF the desk at homo or
placed in q safety deposit box would
be O material emblem OF ones part
nership In government affairs. II would
be a tremendous incentive for q per-
son TO keep posted on what that gov
ernment was doing. II would encour-
age the bond owner to protest at city
hall extravagance, at wastefulness and
inefficisncy.
Perhaps the day win arrive when II
will be possible for a person to buy
municipal bonds In small denomina-
tons as easily as he can now deposit
his savings In a bank. Pity any man
attempting TO debauch a city govern
ment whose debt Is held by tia own
people. His days would. be too few q
be worth numbering.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1913-08-28
And Now There's an Awful Hub
bub Among Nobility Of
England.
THINK MONARCH HoRRlD.

London. Speciali King George " of
England, and his wife are said to be
planning to deal a cruel blow to Amer
lean peeresses. The American women
who marry English titles are alto
tgether too frivolous and ~ultramodern,
think their royal highnesses, So they
have been very active thinking up
means OF discouraging lively American
heiresses from marrying English
dukes and earls.
The plan that they are said to have
hit upon is to restore medieval court
ceremonies. Up to date Yankee girls
never could stand this. They love
titles and the social prestige titles
bring, but the idea of taking part In
the barbarous court ceremonies of the
middle ages does not appeal to them at
all.
For instance, how could the proud
Vivian Gould, who is now Lady De-
cies, endure having to stand ready TO
hand the queen her clothes when the
latter arises on a cold winter morn
ing, to taste her food before II is sent
to the royal table, to be a waitress to
her highness at dinner, or possibly sit
under the table with the crumbs and
the bones while the queen munches
her lobster salad and chicken a la
king?
That's the way things went In the
middle ages, and King George has q
notion 1t would be a pretty good way
for things to go now. Out with these
rnoderns and all their foolish notions!
In the good old days a whipping
boy was kept for each OF the younge.
boys In the royal family. When the
Prince of Wales ate green apples con-
trary to his parents wishes or other
wise misbehaved himself, the whipping
to which his conduct entitled him,
would be visited upon the whipping
boy. who was generally the son OF q
peer. 1t has been suggested that In
case old customs are all revived the
delightful and useful position OF
whipping boy be rendered to one of
the two sons OF the Duchess OF MARI
borough.
On great public occasions some
proud peerless performed the office OF
"herbstrewer to the queen.' 1t was
her Job to strew aromatic herbs to pro-
tect her majesty from the unpleasant
odor of the greet unwashed. Why, 1T
has been asked, should not the daintS,
Lady Ashburton, who was formerly
Miss Frances Donelly, of New York.
be given this useful and dignifed po-
sition2
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1913-08-28
n sSe.nsiys ENGLAND.
From the WASHINGTON Post.

Living costs the average Englishman
about half wha Il costs the average
American said Waiter L. Travers, OF
Manchester, at the Shoreham. England.
OF course, is a free trade country. Eng
lish laborers do not get as good wages az
American laborers, but they do not have
to pay so much for their living. In Man
chester the fare on tramways is 2 cents
for three miles. 1t is a municipal tfam-
way, n every year returns to the mnni-
cipal treaoury something ike $500 900.
This sum is used TO keep up the efficiency
and instead OF going into the pockets az
the Shareholders, K means that eventually
fares VIII be further radurad
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1913-08-28
standpat Assls,anea.

" UFUHI tI6 NnICHBO FOst.
h Senate was debating paragraph 146
Of the tariff bill last Thursday. The
Conversational Record reports: F.,
Mr.. Gallinger-I call the M OF
senators having charge OF that paragraph
20 the fact that the proper designation for
this produce should be aluminium and
not "aiuminum." I think, perhaps, when
they look In the dictionary they WIN con-
clude to make an amendment to the bill.
MIR, Thomas-I think the senator win
ind that the two words are used inter
changeably in all the standard diction-
Ariee-
Mr.. GaIinger-I think the senator Is
wrong on that point.
The reading OF the bin was resumed.
Thus do the forces OF standpatism ln-
selHshiy help forward the work OF re-
vision. No one can say that Senator Gal
Mnger OF New Hampshire has not patri-
oficaily endeavored to save the dernoc-
racy from plugging headiong into error.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-03-12
TREVOR, IN REPLY
TO LIQUOR BODIES
Grand Jury Foreman Challenges
Criticism of Resolutions
Condemning Saloon.

The following was handed 10 The
Argus today for publication:
Moline. H.. March II. 1913.-An
open letter to the Rock Island County
Bond association. Rock Island County
Retail Liquor Dealers association.
Rock Island County AUTHORIZATION
ieague.-Sirs: There appeared in the
local papers Of Saturday March s. an
article and set of resolutions signed
by the above organizations. condemn
ing the action of the January grand
jury in passing certain resolutions.
First-YOu charge that said resolu-
tons were not passed by the grand
jury while in regular session, to which
7 answer you were wrongly informed.
The grand jury made its report TO
court. Judge Olmsted presiding. At
-er looking over the report. his honor
addressed the jury. saying among 9th
"r things, You are now excused. but
not discharged While il is not prob
able you will be recalled. you are still
,he grand jury Of this term of court"
The grand jury left the court room
and went az once TO the grand jury
,CCm. and the resolutions tnat your as
scc,ation so criticises were then and
there written and presented. freely dis
cus5ed. regularly put before the grand
jury, voted on and passed by standing
vote. IS members voting for and four
members voting against the resolu-
lions. Had the foreman voted. there
would have been 10 for and four
against. Every member of the grand
jury was present and no one else
when these resolutions were discuss
ed and acted upon. So much for the
regularity of the session.
Second You charge that said pre-
ambles and resolutions and the sub
jet matter TO which the same relate
do not come within the puriew Of q
grand jury" etc. AS matter of fact
said preambles and resolutions deal
with the source Of crime, az least a
per cent OF which is caused by the sa
loon business, and 1t is absolutely with
in the purview Of grand juries to in
vestigate the cause of crime.
Third-You say. as body Of bust
ness men VINO carry on ana ConoOct
business which is legitimate and sane
toned by law" etc. I grant you you
business is legitimate and sanctioned
by law. but as individual members o
the Retail Liquor Dealers association
you dare not say YOU conduct you
business in a lawful manner. 7 def,
You to get the dram shop act Of tn
state Of Illinois. read il over. and thel
say you conduct your business accord
ing 70 that law. You protest agains
the language in the preambles and res
/. olutions of the grand jury. but that Il
not 10 be wondered al. You protes
against everything that is said or dom
I and everyone who dares 70 take
! stand against YOUR business.
. You say further that the resolution
> Of the grand jury embrace statement
which are untrue, greatly eXaggerater
and are merely the expressions O
some members of that body who's
prejudice and bias on that subject ar
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-03-12
OBSERVATIONS.
Today's Market Quotations
CHICAGO MARKETS.

tBy Associated PreSs.D
Chicago. March 12-Hog prices de-
veloped strength today on account of
supplies being 10000 less than ex-
pected. Shipping demand was lax.
Cattle buyers had scant orders. Re
ceipts, however, were light. Live NUT
ton was active on account of a small
run.
Cattle 1880; generally steady to 10
cents higher. Stockers and feeders
coca 500; others unchanged
Hogs $4,000: generally cents high
er. Light S.7Od9.05; mixed S.5Od9 900;
heavy S.3OdSS5; bulk S.70dS.S5.
Sheep $4,000; strong to 10 cents
higher; G.00d 40.
Wheat opened 50 1884; closed
S97s.
Corn opened 52ls a52f4; closed
52s4.
! Oats opened 325s @3224 closed SO.
/ Pork 2O95G2O97
/ Lard 1907.
! Ribs 1862.