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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-01-31
Poll Tax Poll Tax
Request to Voters to Pay Their Poll Tax

The 3lst day of January is the last day un-
der the law to pay poll tax and you cannot vote
unless you qualify yourself by paying poll tax
or obtaining an exemption, if over the age OF sixty
years.
There will be citizens ticket against the
ring ticket in the ensuing City election and 1t
will be composed of good men.
We request every citizen who IS a voter to pay
his poll tax.
elections and of fair count to pay his poll tax.
We request every voter that Is IN favor of rea-
sonable water rates and against exorbitant taxa
ton to pay his poll tax.
We request every voter to investigate the
present pay roll of the city of FL Paso and the
personnel of same and then pay his poll tax.
The fight being made against the ring and
its methods Is just beginning. Pay your poll tax
and hel Advertisement
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-01-31
SANTA RITA MAN INJURED.

Santa Rita, n. NJ, Jan 31-Horace
Moses broke his leg when a horse he
was riding stumbled and threw him.
fell on him and dragged him several
feet.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1913-09-24
COUNTY FARM DEMON
STRATI0N AGENT

The Board Of Supervisors
seem to have been unusually
fortunate in securing Mr.. Joseph
G. Stiles of Blacksburg, Mont
gomery County, Virginia, as
Farm Demonstration Agent for
two years. Mr.. Stiles has the
very highest recommendations
from many sources. He was
reared on Il mountain farm; liz
a graduate in agriculture from
the State Agricultural X Ma
chanical College; has served on
and as Field Agent of the State
Crop and Fruit Tree Pest Com
mission; has taught four years
IN one of the State Agricultur-
al High Schools; has been in
charge of experiment work, and
is thoroughly trained in the
science, theory and practice of
farming. II s headquarters
will be ut Wise, in the center of
the county. He wants to hear
from and get in touch with
every farmer, orchardist or
gardner in the county. If you
want any agricultural informa-
ton, write him a postal and he
will see you.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1913-09-24


Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Z. J..
Prescott, on Saturday night, a
girl.
The Esser Coal & Coke Com.
pany, ut Esserville, was sold on
last Tuesday at public auction
by Commissioners o. NJ. Wears
for Sl9,025.00. The successful
bidder was K. Is. Alsover, of
this place, no represented
Mrs. John A. Esser, of Norton.
The sale was confirmed by
Judge Skeen Saturday and the
property Immediately turned
over to the new owner.
Therelwill be an ice cream
supper ut the seminary in Tur-
key Cove on next Saturday
night, to which everybody are
cordially invited.
Creed Kelly, John Allen
Goodloe and Billy Mathews lief:
Tuesday for Blacksburg, where
they will enter school at the V.
p. |.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1913-09-24
SMITH DEATON.

y wedding of unusual i'm
portance on account of the
prominence of the young cou
pie was solmized at the home
of the brides parents, Mr.. and
Mrs, j. A. Deaton at Toms
Creek Wednesday. The bride
Miss Halle Dcaton is The at
tractiye daughter of MIR. and
Mrs. j a. Dcaton and has
many friends throughout this
section.
The groom, Mr.. Grover Smith,
is the popular store manager at
the big Crane Nest commissary
and is also prominently con
nccted with n number of Coe-
burn business enterprises. The
young couple after receiving
h congratulations of their
many friends left Immediately
amid a shower of rice for the
east and west where they will
spend their honeymoon, after
which they viii be at home to
their many friends. The Jour
nal extends congratulations. -
Coeburn Journal.
The bride and groom, accom-
panied by j. A. Deaton, l.. @.
Peatross, Herchel Deaton, E.
G.. Smith, j. b. Smith. f. Hurt,
Misses Grace Deaton and Els
ther Snead motored down from
Toms Greek Wednesday and
took dinner at the Monte Vista.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1913-09-24
Primitive Baptist Association

The Eastern District Associ
alton of the Primitive Baptist
Church will convene at Ayers
Chapel, near the furnace, on
Thursday, October End, AT 1880
n. m. and continuing over Sun
day. If the weather permits
the association will hold its day
sessions in Highland Park.
Rev. j. p. Peters, of Lenoir
City, Tenn, will preach the in
troductory sermon. There will
be preaching each night ut 1880
at the following places by at
tending ministers:
In town mt Baptist Church;
i'll town at Christian Church; at
Cadet in Methodist Church, at
East Stone Gap in Missionary
Baptist Church; Mt Blue
Springs in old church house; ut
Appalachia IN Missionary bap-
list Church, and at Ayers
Chapel, where Association liz
held.
Every one who will is invited
to help entertain the visiting
ministers and delegates, and
every body is cordially invited
TO attend the meetings of the
association
H. G. Giles, Church Clerk
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1913-09-24
LOCAL ITEMS.

i Andrew Reeder left last week
F0r Lawrenceburg, N. j., where
BE will attend school.
i H. +. Fox went TO Richlands
Tuesday, where he is engaged
N engineering work.
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Stone spent
Sunday at Stonegu, guests of
silr and Mrs. w. r. Olcy.
Rev j NJ. Smith, pastor of
slae Presbyterian Church at this
place, preached at Buffalo Sun
Way afternoon.
i Rev W. NJ. Robinelt preach.
Fl at Blue Springs Sunday.
4 c, B. Crisp, who was for
ssome time with theAlonte Vista,
Oui now located at Blneiield,
sspent Friday in the Gap visit
llng friends.
J. d Wheeler, n popular
sllesman IF Knoxville, was
among the travelling men in
ss'owH last week.
1 v. b. Addington, of Wise,
sAll } +. Hurt, Of Wytheville,
tseIe M town Friday on bust
sa,ss
\ For $500 l will sell my resi-
isnce ON Virginia Avonue, Nor
ss.ea, va Also at Cadet for
KY For information write
r. b. Beatty, Crawford, Neb.
Miss Margaret Petit viii
taYe today for Winston-Salem,
s'here she VIII attend SCH DOL.
N w Sears, of the G. G. &
~ at Johnson City, spent sew
sHai days last week in the Gap
Ia business.
IL + Whitehead, of Coeburn,
'as guest Mt the Monte Vista
60 last Thursday.
l., John II Faucet, president of
ev faucctt Peavlcr Shoe Com
ssgiAy, and mayor of Bristol,
'slh., was in town last Friday
$. Johnson, who is engaged
'hf lumber business ut Dione,
A. spent Sunday with his
'amlIy IN the Gap.
Mss Winnie Mullins left
4 AtUnday afternoon for Salem,
aere she will attend school
as coming year. Her mother
Ia company her as far as Bris-
Mss Anna May Moreland
Is sSlt to Abingdon last week,
vaefe she will attend school at
a''ha Washington College.
l. Ms. R. Thrown and son Rob.
H., OF Mlddlesboro, spent Sun
|G,, visiting relatives in the
h, " d Cate Brown left Monday
Ell ntlslol, where she will at
~ school at Sullins College.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1913-09-24

Il. l.. Poindexter, of Rich.
mond, was in the city one day
last week.
John a. Esser, Of Norto
was among the prominent bust
ness men IN town last Satur-
day.
Mrs II. II. Shelton and daugh-
ter, of Bristol, are the guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. II. GRADER at
the Monte Vista.
j. l.. Chanblos, of the Uni
versity of Virginia, spent Sun
day i'll the Gap the guest Of
friends.
A. b. Whitaker, "A prom inent
lawyer of Bristol, was in town
Sunday on his return home.
G. G. Scarf, of Huntington,
w. Va, was in town last week
on business.
w. II. Gildersleeve, division
superintendent of the tannery
and extract works at this place,
spent several days last week in
the Gap looking after the in
terests of his companies.
Miss Lucy Hiner returned
Saturday from delightful
three weeks vacation "trip spent
with relatives and friends in
Waynesboro, Hot Springs and
other Virginia Cities.
Harry Gillian, who has been
in the Stonega Hospital for the
past two weeks, has returned
To the Gap having recovered
from n mild attack of typ hold.
Mrs. Eliza Barron and grand
daughter, Miss Janet Bailey
returned Sunday from n visit
To the family of Judge Orr at
bonneville, where Miss Bailey !,
who is teaching Mt Olinger, at
tended teachers meeting
Miss Flora Bruce, who is
teaching mt Dorchester, spent
the weekend with homefolks
in the Gap.
Frank Hess, of Point Pleas
ant, spent Sunday in the Gap.
DIR. Harden Reynolds, of
Bristol, was in town Saturday
on business.
X. f. Flanary was among the
business men of Norton in town
Saturday.
JIG. Duncan, of Knoxville.
spent Saturday in the Gap on
business.
w. f. Bentley, of Huntsman
Brothers, of Bristol, was among
the travelling men in the Gap
last week.
r.. r.. Riley was up from
Middlesboro Saturday.
r. S. Graham and Miss Josie
Graham, of Norton, spent Fri
day in the Gap.
Will Dixon and family, Of
Roda, spent Sunday in town
visiting relatives.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. w. X.
Peck on Thursday night a girl.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lester Parsons
spent last Wednesday in town
anroute to New York and other
eastern cities to spend their
honeymoon.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1913-09-24

w. S. Mathews returned Fri.
day morning from Detroit
Mich where he spent a month
taking treatment, and says he
is very much improved.
The Norton High School base
ball team came down Saturday
and defeated the High School
team at this place by score of
Miss Glessie Guly, who is
teaching school at Roda. spent
the week end with homefolks
in the Gap.
Miss Matte Jervis has &C.
cepted a position in the West
ern Union Telegraph office.
MIR. and Mrs. II. l.. Lane
spent Saturday and Sunday in
Scott County visiting relatives.
Miss Webb. trained nurse,
who has been engaged in this
city, was cailoI to Big Stone
Gap, Va. for sew raj
wceks.-Pincville Sun.
George Bachman, of the V.
y 5. w. Railway Company at
Bristol, spent Sunday in the
Gap, the guest of G. |. Wade.
Jr.
The Woman's Guild of the
Episcopal Church. will meet at
the Rcctory ! thursday afternoon
mt $3.50 o'clock.
WANTED: BY refined Young
lady, with kindergarten train
ing, position as goyerncss To
small children. Good musician
Address d. q. Apt. %, 1876 NJ.
st. n. w, Washington, ID. c
Mr.. and Mrs. Creed y. Blnn-
ton, of Big Stone Gap, were
in town today. MIR. Blanton is
assistant land agent of the Vir-
Iginia Coal * Iron Co., aud land
agent of the Wcutz Coal Co.
of Kentucky and President of
the First National Bank of APP
palachia, Va. - Middle boro
News.
j. l.. Mccormick went to Alb
ingdon Sunday morning. and
accompanied Mrs. Mccormick
who has been in the hospital at
that place, home Monday. Mrs.
McCormick's many friends will
be glad TO learn that her health
has been greatly improved
Messrs. \. II. Reeder. j. f.
Bullitt and Otis Mouser have
returned from a business trip to
Washington City.
S. NJ. McKendree, assistant
sales manager for the Stonega
Coke and Coal Company, loca
ted at Spartanburg, 5. c., and
ID. b Pierson, assistant sales
manager for the same company
with headquarters at Charlotte,
n c., are in the Gap this week
on business.
Henry Mccormick left Tues
day for Biacksburg, where he
will attend school at the Y. z.
II.
w h. Wolfe left last Thurs
day night for pittsburg, Pa.
where he will enter n large cleo.
trio plant for the purpose of
learning electrical engineering
Mr. Wolfe is very much me
chemically inclined and h is
friends predict for him success
in his new chosen profession.
II. T.. Benedict and daughter
MISS Sophia, returned Friday
morning from an extended visit
To relatives and friends in Ohio
and Michigan. They report Il
very pleasant trip.
The foundation work on the
new Presbyterian Church was
commenced last week and the
work of erecting the bick walls
will be pushed as rapidly M
possible by t he contractors
Messrs. Joshua and John f.
Mullins.
| w. X. Kilbourn, OF Whites
burg, Ky, was Il visitor to the
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1913-02-20
RADIUM CAUSE OF CHANGES
Mineral Has RevoIutionized GeoIo-
gist's World on Account Of Its
lrt4rei+v - Hs-t

Radium has revolutionized the
biologists world. Before its discov-
cry the supplies of heat furnished by
chemical changes in the earth were
considered insignificant And nothing
was thought to replace the heat which
flows from the hot interior of the
earth to the colder crust.
Now when the earth first solidified
1t only possessed a certain amount Of
capital in the form of heat, and if it is
continually spending this capital and
not gaining any fresh heat, it is evil
dent that the process cannot have
been going on for more than a certain
number Of years or the earth would
be colder than it is; less than a hun
dred million, as estimated by Lord
Kelvin. Though the quantity OF ra-
dunn in the earth is thought to be
only about five grams in a cube whose
side is 100 miles, yet the amount of
heat given out by this small quantity
or radhm is so great that 1t is more
than enough to replace the heat which
flows from the inside to the outside
of the earth
The radium gives out so much heat
that we do not quite know what to do
with it, for If there were as much
radium throughout the interior of the
earth as there is in Its crust the tenn
perature would increase much more
rapidly than 1t does as We descend be-
low the earth's surface. II radium be-
haves in the interior of the earth as
1t does at the surface, rocks similar
to those In the earth's crust cannot
extend to a depth of moro than As
miles below the surface.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1913-02-20
TO PROPERLY PACK BUTTER
Farmers Wife or Daughter Should
Study Wants of Customers and
Give Wh>t Is re~ired
By W. H. UNDERwooD)

When a farmers wife or daughter
has sufficient quantity of milk to be
able to sell some butter, she ought by
all means to find out just what sort
of butter people will pay the highest
price for and how the same is pack
ed for sale, and comply with these
conditions. If they do so they win get
all it is worth
On Saturday not long since while
/ was waiting in the store several
persons brought in butter, and with
the exception of that from two GUS
toners myself and one other), il
was all made In large rolls, small rolls
packed In Jars, crooks and pans. Some
was made in round prints and wrap
ped in oil paper, and some Of the
large rolls were also wrapped in oil
paper.
The clerk weighed a basket of eight.
pound prints, and they tipped the
scales at six and one-half pounds
only. l asked him what he paid and
he said IS cents.
tasted the butter. 1t was good
and the merchant would have been
glad to pay 20 cents, the same as Z
got, but he said he could not sell 1t
for more than Is cents because 1t had
a mussy-looking appearance.
If each one of those people would
pay $1.25 for brick-shaped mold that
will make an extra pound; so cents
for a roll of parchment paper seven
and one-half inches wide, tear the pa
per with the aid of ruler into sheets
ten and one-half inches long, dip these
into cold water and wrap each pound
neatly, pack them neatly in a clean
box lined with white paper, l assure
you that they can then get 20 cents
per pound for their butter and the
gain in price will give them a good
many dollars to put into their pock-
cts.
1t will not take ten minutes longer
on churning day to do this, and the
knowledge Of putting first-class
article on the market in frst-ciass
condition will repay In itself.
It is not best to use the oiled pa
per. 1t Is impossible to handle the
butter without tearing it and it makes
the butter look any way but we'll
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1913-02-20
- NOTESOFA.
~ SCIENCE M|
y1NENT1ON'

Sunlight is declared the best known
germicide.
Keep to the right is the universal
rule of the air.
Worlds rubber consumption yearly
is 100000 tons.
Chicken coops are now being made
out of stamped sheet metal.
Finger prints for Identification were
used by the Chinese as long ago as
the seventh century.
A Tennessee doctor has patented a
pneumatic bed-bath, which permits a
sick person to be bathed without re-
moval
For travelling statesmen there has
been invented valise with folding
sides and legs with which it may be
converted into table.
To prevent mice entering pianos
there has been invented simple slid
ing plate to be mounted on a pedal 30
that it covers it's opening.
The average weight of mans
brain is three pounds and eight
ounces, WHll6 tnht VI WOIuAu ls Two
pounds and eleven ounces.
Oxygen constitutes one-third of the
solid earth, nine-tenths of water and
one-fifth Of the atmosphere. and is the
most abundant of all substances.
An Ohio man has invented a simple
variation of the motion picture ma.
chine to project advertisements upon
sidewalks and other public places.
An invisible airship'' Ia made of
chromium, an alloy which takes on
high polish and the theory is that its
invisibility will be accomplished by
the rejecting qualities of the metal
A method for stopping leak In a
vessel with compressed air, at the
same time preventing injury to other
parts of the vessel, has been success
fully tested in the United States navy.
A new sanitary drinking fountain is
equipped with cups in which the wa
ter bubbles over the edge as they are
raised to the lips instead of requiring
a person to lean over q stationary out
let
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1913-02-20
DA!RYNO!TS'

Good pasture lands are the basis
of successful dairy farming.
To make dairying success we
must make 1T of interest to the boys.
Get your COWS started right for the
coming cold weather and they will do
well in winter.
Summer or winter, good dairy
thermometer pays its way wherever
dairy cows are kept.
Give the COWS a chance to get under
the shed every night now. II too cold
keep them in the stable.
Keeping the cows comfortable is a
neglected point in the management OF
the herd during the fall months.
The best cows are never cheap, and
are seldom for sale; so it pays to give
the heiter calves the best of care.
The milk pail should be the main
consideration, but not the sole one in
judging the value Of the dairy COW.
Green fodder at the tail end of the
summer is relished by the COW as ice
cream is relished by the school chill
dren.
The price of dairy animals is stead
lily rising, and the demand for good,
young dairy COWS is greater than the
supply.
The strong COW can eat and digest
large quantities of food, and this is
essential for the production CT big
milk yields
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1913-02-20
SOME QUICK GROWING TREES
Poplar Family Used Quite Extensively
Along Streets or on Newly
Laid Out Land.

The poplar family is used very ex-
tensively to make a quick chewing
along streets or newly laid-out land
near cities. The Carolina is perhaps
the favored one, next to this the LON
hardy, and, of course, the naples are
frequently seen. The maple, says the
Agronomist, is beautiful and will al
ways be used, in spite of the fact
that many varieties are afflicted with
blighgt and bugs, and it is very diff
cult proposition to coax an individual,
much less community, to properly
spray and care for it's shade trees.
The Norway maple is undoubtedly
the best of the species for our condi-
lions. OF the poplars the Carolina is
certainly not worth while; it has too
many troubles. The Lombardy is
merely weird-as we see no beauty in
it. 1t is the spindling straight up and
down thing that is so often seen in
European landscapes, painted or
otherwise. All We have seen in this
country were filed with dead limbs,
were unsymmetrical and scrawny
looking generally.
The japanese poplar has proved a
wonder of remarkable rapid growth,
has beautiful clean bark grows
very thick, has beautiful foliage, is
not injured by anything, was in full
leaf this year over two weeks before
any other tree, and its leaves remain
after most other foliage trees are
stripped. Catalpa speciosa makes
quick growth sometimes. 1t comes
out very late, has a leaf like a palm
leaf fan, and is not pleasing in the
winter
Therefore We most heartily recon-
mend the Japanese poplar as the best
OF all quick-growing trees.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1913-02-20
Looking Upward.

Is not this little paragraph from
Maeterlinck worth pondering; nay,
more, is it not worth acting upon?
I'VE must learn to live in a beauty,
an earnestness, that shall become a
part OF ourselves. In life there is no
creature so degraded but knows full
well which is the noble and beautiful
thing that he should do; but this no.
BILE, beautiful thing is not strong
enough within him. 1t is this invisible
but abstract strength that it must be
our endeavor to increase first of ALL
And thus strength increases only in
those who have acquired the habit Of
resting more frequently than others
upon SUBMITS where life absorbs the
soul, upon heights whence we see that
every act and every thought is infal-
libby bound up with something great
and immortal. "-Chicago Evening
Post.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1913-02-20

vance that he claims will effect a
speedy cure. 1t is shown in the &C.
companying illustration, consisting of
ball, which is fitted with straps and
harness. so that it will be Just be.
tween the shoulder blades. Should the
wearer roll over on his back he will
be Immediately awakened.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1913-02-20
BOTTLE SlPHON FOR LIQUIDS
Remove Milk From Bottom With
out Disturbing the Cream.

For the separating of liquids of DIFF
ferent GRANTEES, a Connecticut man
has designed the apparatus shown
herewith, For the purpose of explana-
ton it might be called bottle siphon,
though its use, of course, is not re-
stricted to milk and cream. But sup
posing it was desirable to remove
milk from the bottom of bottle with
out disturbing the cream at the top.
A cap fits over the mouth of the bot
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1913-02-20

tie and tube runs through the cap.
In this tube are the long end of the
siphon and plunger for creating a
pressure in the bottle to start the
flow through the siphon. The long
arm Of the siphon can be thrust down
to the bottom Of the bottle and the
liquid at the bottom can be drained
off without disturbing that at the top
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1913-02-20
WAY TO PREVENT BAD HABIT
Bali Arranged With Straps and Har'
ness Between Shoulders VIII
Effectively Stop Snoring.

Snoring is undoubtedly bad habit
Unfortunately. it is almost impossible
for the person afflicted with this OBJ
jectionable habit to know when he Is
emitting noisy nasal tones. It is well
known that IL the sufferer from this
habit can be prevented from resting
on his back while sleeping he will not
snore. A Chicago man has devised a
very ingenious but harmless contri.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1913-02-20
TO PROTECT AGAINST NICE
Wire Screens are Quite Effective, but
They are Expensive-Wood
Cylinder Also Good.

Various methods are adopted to
protect young trees from being
marked by rabbits or mice. Wire
screens are expensive, but are also
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1913-02-20
VENTILATING AN APPLE BIN
Air May Be Furnished by Making
Cylinders of Siats-ShouId Have
Small Holes in Center.

Apples placed in large bins will not
keep well, unless they are well ven.
tilated. Effective ventilation can be
accomplished by making cylinders Of
Stats and placing two Of them in a
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1913-02-20

most effective. Wood veneer fastened
around is a good protection if it can
be readily procured. The illustration
shows paper cylinder held tight by
cord. 1t should be removed in
spring.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1913-02-20

big eight feet square. Tho a.a8 Tor
the cylinders are " !
diameter with holes II :ra ... ,er, IS
shown in the sketch. ~ ...o~ II
using the cylinders -
lar Mechanics.