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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1913-08-27
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and will cost fourteen cents 10
mail. w
The farmer who lives two
miles from IA store figures tina,
II la worth more than four,ee,,
cents for him To hitch nm ;.
team and drive To thu vtilnyr
grocery. ltis order goes i'm Gv
telephone The gnuds viii
leave IN the morning and w,lI
be IN The hands of The cuns,pu..
before dsnncr.
1t only remains for thos,.
whom 1t will benefit To get In
grthrr. The Turner WHO has
II surplus going to waste on IN.
farm by IA reading notice i'm lin
local papers can get III touch
with the city dwrllcr who il
suffering Tor fresh vegetables
The merchants ia the villages
and towns, Instead of gum
bilng against the mail order
houses can take leaf from
the'r book of efficiency aud Sc
cure most of the business that
now gets by them by reason
OF lack of publicity. The sole
success of the mail order houses
Is publicity, aud Keeping ever
iastingly before their patrons
by the use of printers ink. and
now that the local merchants
have the advantage in postal
rates, 1t is up to them to say if
they mean to succeed.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1913-08-27
Returns Drift In
Two Envelopes Arrive Two
Weeks After State Pri-
mary Was Held.

Two more big envelopes. con
tanning returns of the primary
election of August ., drifted in
the mail yesterday To the Office
of Secretary j n. Brcnamnn,
of the State Democratic Com
mittce. One was postmarked
Big Stone Gap. Va, aud on the
other the postmark was indis-
tlnct They were deposited
with t h q others unopened
What the envelopes may con.
tain is mere superstition. but
they are the official ones sent
out by MIR Brenamnn before
the PRIMARY to be used in send
ing IN returns, Whether they
contain one precinct or the re
turns of an entire county is I'm
known. Richmond Dispatch
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1913-08-27
Wise County Boosting Special

Ii has been suggested by a
number of our leading business
men throughout Wise county
that "a boosting special train
carrying 10 coaches, each car
representing the different towns
IN Wise county and her leading
industries, including the public
schools, good roads System, bar
association, medical associa-
lion, merchants. coal opera
tions, miners and all kinds of
trades, each car To carry n
large painted sign bearing the
name Of the town or organiza
ton across its face.
1t has been suggested by Su
pervisor j L. Addington, of
this city, that the trip include
the big cities. spending about
one day at each place.
Special low rates can be OBJ
tanned from the n. & w. for
the special train which would
make very low rate TO each
passenger provided as many as
500 people could be induced to
make the trip.
Let MS hear from some more
of our leading business men
who are in for boosting our
county We would also TO glad
to hear from some of our news
paper brethren on the matter.
Get busy and let's get the
boosting Wise County Special.
-Cocburn Journal.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1913-08-27
After Better Coal Rates.

Washington, ID. C., Aug. -.
In an effort To obtain better
rates on coal over the Nirginian
railway from West Virginia
mines to southwestern cities,
Lane Bros. Company, of Alta
vista, today complained to the
Interstate Commerce Comma
sion of alleged unreasonable
and discriminary rates over
that road from Slab ForI, and
other coal points in West Viz
ginia To AltHyistn, compared
with rates from the same points
tn Norfolk.
The complaint alleges that
the rates ARE discriminatory in
nsmuch M 81 30 ton is charg-
ed for the 1879 miles haul from
Slab Fork to Altaviatn. The
same rate az applies to Norfolk
$50 miles distant.
The commission is asked to
order the establishments of a
one dollar rate and grant repa
ration on all shipments for the
past two years.
a favorable decision IN this
case would open up tho qucs.
tion of Southwest Virginia be-
ing charged the same rates az
apply to the coast cities, far
more distant, because on the
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1913-08-27
Prominent Citizen Found
Dead.

Freezing. Va, Aug. % John
b Phipps, n farmer and bust.
ness man Of Brush Greek, was
found dead by the wayaide on
the road between his homo and
Little Zion Baptist church,
whore he had attended services
When found, he was lying with
his saddle blanket beneath his
head, while his animal stood
hltchcd nearby. a slightly
bruised place in or about his
temple was the only mark 10 be
seen about his person, and that
is supposed to have been caused
by some hard object on the
ground, where his head lay
DR.. X. l. Phipps pronounced it
either n case of heart failure or
an attack of apoplexy.
Phipps was nearly sixty years
old. He had held the office of
county surveyor of Dickinson
for several years. He was
known throughout this section
as well as East Kentucky ,
where he had done much work
in surveying lands. He il sur
vived by his wife and several
children.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1913-08-27
Merchants Are
Benefited.
By the new Regulations of the
Parcels Post-Will also
Help the Thrifty
House Wife to
do Shopping.

The new regulations govern.
ing the parcels post became eff
feative on August 18th. Con
trary to the general opinion, the
new regulation which ruises the
weight of packages from eleven
20 twenty pounds does not ap
ply 20 the entire country, but is
only effective when the parcel
mailcl for local delivery or de-
livery within the first and
second zones, which embrace II
radius of $50 miles.
Under the new regulation it
will be possible to mail twenty
pound parcel to any point with
IN 100 miles but no farther.
The rate for local deliveries,
which include from one rural
route to another, is ) cents for
the first pound and one-half
cent for each additional pound.
For The longer shipment the
transportation will be 3 cents
for the first pound and cent
for each additional pound.
This willprove Of inestimable
value locally, as it will bring
the producer and consumer
closer together and help to re-
duce the high cost of living.
With the country fairly teem-
ing with appetizing foods, there
is enough going to waste on the
outlying farms to supply the
surrounding towns, and Uncle
Sam now furnishes the trans
portalion that the thrifty house
wife may throw her market
basket into the discard and re
ly ON the parcels post for her
daily supply of eatables.
For instance, II family using
three dozen eggs and two
pounds Of buUter each week can
make ARRANGEMENTS to have
lhis amount sent in from
neughboring farm. The eggs
Will weigh less than five pounds
which, with the butter and pre-
acrlbed packing, will make
parcel of less than ten pounds.
Drop card to the farm and
have a nice spring chicken or
two added, or one of n dozen
products of the farm. The post
age viii be 10 cents, and the
hest thing of all, the goods can
be sent q. O. d., making the
convenience all the greater
Take the other side. Does
me farmer want n few grocer
las, Nothing easier than for
the dealer to pack up the goods,
and cat they 20 by the first
post Quite II number of ar
ucles can be secured in
twenty pound parcel. An
enierprlsing grocer can mail
To customer n package con
tanning the following: sugar,
hVe pounds; six cakes of soap,
one and one-half pounds; meat,
Two pounds; cheese, one pound;
Tour boxes crackers, tw o
pounds; can syrup, one and one
malt pounds; maxim Il total of
thirteen pounds. In addition,
the following miscellaneOus
articles will be added: two
yeast cakes, tooth brush and
powder, three pair of children 3
stockings, two spools thread,
writing tablet aud shirt. The
total weight of the goods and
receptacle is nineteen pounds
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1913-08-27
Diphtheria Will
Appear Shortly.
Board of Health Issues Warn
ing Against Autumnal Dis
ease of Childhood.

Richmond, Va, August %. -
Virginia may expect the APP.
pearamce Of diphthoria during
the next few weeks aud should
begin ut once to protect itself
against the possible spread of
this disease, according to a
bulletin of the State Board of
Health given out today.
Already the Board has re-
celvcd reports of scattered
cases of diphthcria and has
been called on for nntitoxin,
which is taken by health oni
GERS to be- n sdre Indication
that the seasonal appearance Of
the disease this autumn will be
according to schedule. Diph.
liberia, il is pointed out, never
fails to show itself in Virginia
during the last two weeks of
August and often claims IA
heavy toll before the advent of
the cool weather which is popu
Iarly supposed to favor its
spread.
Anxious that the early cases
may be treated and carefully
quarantined, tn t Board {
Health especially warns health
officers and parents To keep n
watchful eye on the first cases.
"Experience has shown" says
the bulletin of the Board, chat
our failure properly to care for
the early eases of diththeria is
largely Responsible for II e
spread of the disease during the
fall and winter. These early
cases are just as virnlent ~ the
later ones and if neglected will
certainly scatter the disease
broadcast. The only sure way
to protect the State is to see
that every case of the disease
is Quarantined and not released
until meteorological exami
nation shows that tho germs
have disappeared from tn {
throat of the patient"
The Board likewise calls at.
tention to it's standing arrange
ments for the distribution of
antitoxin and reminds the pub
lie this remedy can be had at
the lowest price from the Office
of the Board. On this point
the bulletin states: "rhe Board
has on hand an ample stock of
fresh diphtheria antitoxin,
which can be had at the lowest
possible rates by anyone who
needs it. This antitoxin is of
the finest quality and comes
from one of the best labora-
tories in the country. Sold at
the rate of l0c the thousand
units, plus nine cents for each
syringe, and available at all
times, this antitoxin will enable
any physician with diphtheria
in his practice To control it by
prompt treatment.
"For the convenience of the
public, the Board has written
the supervisors of the counties
and has asked them to pur.
chase and keep in stock anti
toxin for use in emergencies
The Board hopes that h t
supervisors will make these
arrangements and that there
will be no community in the
State where antitoxin cannot
be had within twelve hours"
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1913-08-27
Minister Stays Shake; Averts
Panic.

Bristol, Va, July 3l.-With
out in any way disturbing his
discourse putting crimples in
his line of thought, the Rev
DIR. Dykes, pastor of the Metho
dist church at Sunshine, Tenn. ,
Sunday killed n snake that had
invaded the church. AS DR..
Dykes proceeded with hls ser
mon, he observed the reptile.
which was about two and half
feet in length approaching him
down the aisle. DESTROYS of not
causing a panic among the wo-
men, which he felt sure would
happen if the circumstances
were known, he advanced slow
ly from the pulpit to meet the
snake. He continued his dis
course as though he did not
confront threatening stu
alton. Coming up to the rep
tile, he raised one foot and
planted it firmly upon the head
of the snake, and by turn or
two of the body smashed the
head of the snake almost to II
jelly. He then returned to con
clude his sermon, without mott
flying anyone in the congre.
CATION what had happened, and
none of the women knew that a
snake had been killed in the
church until the services had
been concluded. Thus a panic
was prevented.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1913-08-27
News of Fathers Death
Seriously Affects Daughter,

Freezing, Va, August 81
Eta Phipps, the fifteen year
old daughter of John b. Phipps,
suddenly deceased, is in a criti-
cal condition, as the result pro
duced by her fathers death.
When the news reached her.
she collapsed, since which time
her mind has not been clear.
The spinal cord appears to be
affected, ana doctors say that
even if death does not result
from the shock, the girl Will
never be normal.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1913-08-27

DR.. V. NJ. Pence, Of Penning-
ton Gap, Va, and Miss f. vii
son, also of Pennington Gap,
pomlnent young people of Lee
county, eloped to Bristol We'd
nesday and were married We'd
nesday evening at the Office of
Drs. William and Matthew st.
John. on Sixth street. by DR.. s.
Rhea Preston. The couple was
accompanied by DIR. f. D.
Pence, of Darbysville, Va, &
brother of the groom. Bristo
Herald Courier.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1913-08-27

j. b. Dougherty, an employee
of the Stonega Coal and Coke
Company, returned to his home
ut Big Stone Gap last week,
from a.few days visit with rela-
tives at Hales' Mili.-Gate City
Herald.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1913-08-27
Piedmont Positions Pay
$500 to $500
Guaranteed
"pledmOnl Prepared" Preferred.

City wants lady stenographer
Lumber company wants lady stenog-
raphcr. Lumber company wants 500
man stenOgrspher Lawyer wants
lady stenographer Friends notify
three positions two states.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1913-08-27
Piedmont Placed

Lady stenographer, OF Roanoke
school, ".;h lumber company. AR
rived Friday Like work johnson
City business College stenographer
Getting along nicely Garter, OF
scott
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1913-08-27
The Classical Association of
Virginia.

! The Classical Association OF
/ Virginia already has the pro-
gramme about completed for its
annual meeting which will he
held during next Thanksgiving
week at the High School ia
Lynchburg. Papers will he
read by some of the most prom
inept classicists of the state, in.
Guiding Professor Webb OF the
University, Professor Bowen of
Randolph Macon College, Miss
Helen NJ. McWhorter OF the
Newport News High School,
and Miss Meta Glass of Ram
dolph Macon Woman's College.
Some of these papers will con-
tain very practical suggestions
IN regard 10 the teaching of
Latin and Greek in our Vir-
ginia schools, while others will
present more broadly cultural
phases of classical interest. In
addition to the papers, there
will be, as usual, an oppor-
tunity for informal discussion
aud also for social intercourse
with fellow workers.
Professor Fitzhugh of the
University of Virginia, is prcsi-
dent of the association; Walter
A Montgomery, of Richmond
College, it, vice-presidcnt, and
Miss Nora Fraser of Sweet
Briar College, ia secretary,
while Joseph Anderson, q t
Petersburg, and s. s. Anspach,
of Lynchburg, are on the execu-
tive committee.
The association cordially in.
vites any teachers of the clas-
sizes, who have not yet joined,
To become members of the
organization and TO attend the
next meeting in Lynchbnrg.
Further notice of the exact
time and place Of the meeting
Will be given later in The Nir-
glnia journal of Education.
Both the retiring and new
Democratic Committees held
meetings here Monday, the for
mer to canvass the vote in the
recent primary aud the latter to
organize for busincss. John w
Chulklcy was ro.clo cted chair
man of the new committee and
G. +. Blanton secretary two
wise selections for two import
ant pOsitions. a mass meeting
has been called to assemble here
on Aug. 3Oth to select delegates
to the Legislative convention to
be- held later on for the purpose
of nominating n candidate to
represent Wise and Dickenson
counties in the next General
Assembly of Virginia Norton
correspondent Wise Virginian.
Wade Hamilton has done al
ready what no other Clerk in
all the 81 years history of the
county has bought an
automobile. Yet he il anita
gonistic To both the State aud
National Democratic Admins
trations under which he pros
persl-NortOn News.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1913-08-27
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
ouiid a home or pay off that
mortgage, or improve your
property with interest nj per
cent on yearly balances, and
Your return will be $3.50 per
month on each 81 900 borrowed.
hent receipts never pay divi-
bends. We have put more than
zen thousand people in their
own homes, and can put you in
yours, if YOU will take our plan.
loans over 100000. Assets
over II 100000. Call or write at
once to
t. B. Ramsey, Agent
Office-Over Postofiice
Norton, Virginia
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1913-08-27
Piedmont Prospective

Could finish course in two
months Valparaiso Want two
months training IN Gregg Raleigh.
Expect me September LIST - Ken
lucky. Purpose attend your
school -'fazcwell Gould finish
course in three months '-r tennessee.
Gould earn $i25 To $3.50 if had
ia ken bookkeeping -'Fazswell
county stenographsr Ia Biuefield.
More than ID prospects from Texas
20 Maryland Write for terms.
Now illustrated Catalogue. Liberal
Proposition. Salary Guarantee Con-
tract Help to the Ambitious aud
Deserving
SAM JACK MUSiCK. Mgr.
Piedmont Brsiuess College, lac.
Lynchbure, Virginia
Or. Kings Nav Life PHI,
The best In the world.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1913-09-04

and merchants who sell to him I'M
candled eggs must do so with the I'M
derstanding that he candle them and
pay for only the good ones, as that is
the only legal way to handle them
De Smet News.
1t will soon be time to select seed
corn again. The vital importance of
using home grown seed corn, well Sc
lected, was we'll illustrated in a five
variety test at the South Dakota Ex-
pertinent Station where the home
grown seed of n variety yielded
better than any of the other varieties.
In selecting seed corn keep in mind
the following points: /. Select early,
probably the first two weeks in Sep
TENDER, depending on location. The
experiment station has set aside the
week of September Sth as seed corn
week when all seed corn on the var
ious substations will be selected. 2.
Select good sound ears, from vigorous
upright stalks. 8. Select ears that are
about hip high on the stalk and tend
to hand over, instead of sticking
straight up, the idea being to get corn
that will shed moisture. 4. If you
want to be a seed cor specialist, Sc
lect fifty ears for a breeding plot and
write in to the agronomy department
for instruction circular giving the de-
tails of how to do it.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1913-09-04
COLLEGE FOOT BALL SCHEDULE

The revised foot ball schedule of
the State College on the hill, pro-
misses one of the most interesting grid
iron seasons in the history of the in
stitution. The following list Of games
is announced by Coach H. w. Ewing.
October 4-Huron College at Brook
ings.
October 11-Carleton College,
(Minn.) at Brookings.
October 1S-N. D. Agricultural Col
lege at Sioux Falls. (Under auspices
of the Sioux Falls Commercial Club
October 25-Hamline University at
st. Paul.
November Open.
November S-Huron College at
Huron.
November 14-State School of Mines
at Brookings.
November 21-Yankton College at
Yankton.
November 27-Dakota Wesleyan at
Brookings.
State College foot ball camp opens
at Lake lakewood, near Brookings, on
September 8. Coach Ewing reports
an unusual interest in the camp with
q probability of forty members.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1913-09-04
STATE ASSESSMENT WEALTH

The final totals Of assessment fig
ures for South Dakota this year fix
the figures of state wealth for assess
ment purposes at $1,196, 70S, 270, says
a Pierre dispatch. The classes of
property under this valuation includes
real estate, town lots, and personal
property, which is placed at 81 ,065,429,-
345. Railway property is placed at
$123,554, 720; express and sleeping
cars at $3,061,319; telephones at 3d.
63O,149; telegraph at $1,932,737. I'm
der the levy fixed by the commission
for state general purposes, any proper
ty which was assessed this year at
less than four times it's assessment
for last year pays less state tax for
this year than for last year. The COM
mission attempted to adjust discrep-
ancies in land values for different Sec
tons of the state, but the members are
not yet satisfied with the work Of the
first year, and expressed a belief that
for the second year under the commits
sion plan they will have much easier
sailing, and be able to get things bet
ter balanced up over the state than
they have at the first effort.
That the situation which has to be
met is largely one of local issues is
shown by a prominent resident Of the
southern part of the state who ex-
pressed his approval of the increase
placed on the property of the Home
stead Mining Company, which, he
said, had never paid their share of
state tax" At the same time he could
not understand why when he was
told that was just the way the west
ern and central part of the state look
ed upon the assessment returns of
past years from the southern counties
of the state.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1913-09-04

ly private and some have been organ
lied directly by government agencies,
but all are, Of course, under strict
government supervision. Loans Of the
French institution alone are about 81
per cent of the total business OF the
5000 building and loan associations Of
the United States.
A remarkable fact is that this enor-
nous business has been done with
practically no losses or failures.
The usual practice of the institutions
is to make loans until enough loan Sc
curities are accumulated to afford a
basis for a bond issue. In 1912 the
Credit Foncier made a bond issue Of
500, 000, 900, the bonds running seven
ty years and bearing 8 per cent inter
est. The issue was oversubscribed
twenty-three times. The rate of inter-
est seems low to people of the United
States, but money is usually loaned to
the borrower at about 4 per cent. AS
long a time as seventy-fve years is
also granted to the borrower, and as a
sample case he would be required to
pay 4 per cent interest annually, " per
cent on principal and " per cent o
principal and ITO per cen to the X
pense fund, making a total annual pay
ment of only 4.6 per cent. in introduce
ing this plan into the United states it
would, of course, be n~e@essaI! to
change these interest rates to con
form moro nearly with those prevail
ing here. Such an institution could
make its loans at 6 per cent, and pay
Az per cent, or perhaps 5 per cent,
interest upon its debenture bonds.
All these banks build up a reserve
usually amounting to 8 per cent OF
their assets, and also have a certain
margin Of general assets over and
above the amount Of debenture bonds
which they are allowed to issue.
In order to apply this plan in the
United States it would be necessary
only for a given state to provide for
the organization of such n state insti-
tuition to be under the control of the
state building and loan department,
with a provision limiting the issue of
debenture bonds to a certain proper
ton of the assets and allowing all
building and loan associations in the
state to invest surplus funds in these
debentures in the case of associations
where there are'more funds than Dor
rowers or to permit the association to
make collateral loans from the central
organization, where it has more Dor
rowers than funds. This would pro-
vide a state clearing house which
would make the work of all building
and loan associations more profitable,
and would prove a great incentive and
aid to building prosperity.