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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1913-07-23
Lee County
Fair
To The People of Lee County

Jonesville, Va, July ls.-My
Fellow citizens, l want to speak
a word to you about "Our
county Fair. | say "Our
County Fair" thoughtfully. at
least, because the primary pur-
pose of the "FAIR'' as | IN
derstand tits TO bring together
Tue people from all parts of the
country with exhibits of all
mannerof vegetable production.
iiVe stock of every kind, even
from a bird to the docile horse
yea, more. We sometimes have
0aby-shows TO see who can pre-
sent the best infautile speci-
men of the homo. What
an occasion for socinl better
ment, and the endearment of
ourselves together in mutual
interest and earnest endeavor
to reach what is highest and
best, in all lines of industry and
production, and to get out of
our hearts all selfishness, and
TO grow a desire to see our
neighbor do we'll. 1t must be
admitted that the primary pur
poses Of the Fair have. some
times, been thwarted to an ex.-
tent, and prejudices, aud ill
VIII has sometimes taken the
place of good viii There may
have been some real groundsfor
tins, ana some mistakes have
honestly been made too. at
which some patrons Of the Fair
have, also, been offered per
haps. There are none perhaps
but regret these things in their
calmcr moments. They are
things To be deeply regretted.
aud 1t is To be hoped that the
Fair will be able To improve by
IT'S own mistakes.
My object in writing you. my
fellow Citizens, is to ask YOU.
Whatever state of mind YOU
may haYe had toward the Fair
In the past, if it has been hos
tile, lay aside your hostility:
and. Il friendly, continues your
friendship, aud let's tux the
FAIR. Let's caconaJe the
Fair. Let's see who can bring
the finest speciman of any pro
ductiOn, either vegetables or
animal 10 the Fair. ond lnt'e
be mutual aids to each other
ia learning how to get the best
results from our labors. Let's
practice more love, less hatred
more patriotism, less factional
ism. In word, let's be mu
tual helpers, each to the other
IN the spirit of brotherly kind
moss. And If our county pa
pers, who claim their mission
is to build up the best interest
OF the County, viii give space
IN their columns, | beseech the
good citizens of the County to
write some articles on I h G
County Fair. How to make
it n success, &c, and let's all
got Interested in the biggest
Fair that has ever been at
jonesville, Virginia. What
says you my Fellow citizen
Speak out.
Sincerely yours,
AtvAf~A
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1913-07-23
lBk's Typhoid is
Investigated
Epidemic Attributed to
Mix While Water is
Held Responsible
for Other.

sR;ohmond, Va, July 49,
communities have
Egertd during the past week
ESmtyphoid outbreaks which
kirm have assumed serious
but for prompt
!Stion. according to the weekly
Ellalin of the State Board Of
S.al.h, made public today.
Fla one case, the States in
EssliSator found that the out
esak was plainly due to the
klIuiion OF a spring; in the
Eler epidemic, he held that
hShoid fever on n dairy farm
81 responsible for the dis
kIseamong the users of the
bIIk,
Elnthe former outbreak, which
Ess Investigated by Assistant
y w. Freeman,
Reminder OF typhoid cases ap.
ksred in a single family, with
BIZ case in a family living near
E Examination showed that
Bib families had used the
bSter from the spring which,
hsing the rainy spell, two
seks before the fever appear
II had become filled with trash
bun the surrounding water
BID, at was a typical out
kak and uuquestionably due
tailure 20 protect Il spring
m surface washing said
b. freeman IN his report. The
EMly physician however was
Ete to the danger and had
Hceinated everyone in the com
Nniiy against the disease.
Flnthe other epidemic inves-
slel by Dr Freeman, n mum
sof cases Of typhoid appear
simultaneously in Il Virginia
The local health officer
snle suspicious from the To-
kilcn Of the cases that they
fedue to milk infection and
lled on the State Board of
Ealli for assistance. Inspec-
Kn Showed that a vast major
oi The cuses III the city in
esson We're among those
80 nsed milk from one dairy,
Inquiry at the dairy disclos
Ethe fact that the milk was
teled IN water drawn from IL
esln that flowed past a house
tfe typhoid existed. IL was
E found that the wife of one
lAe workers in the dairy liv-
b aearby had been taken sick
EAliyphold some weeks ago
Forked in the dairy. "a
alHer case could scarcely be
gned, DR.. Freeman report
Gnd the findings of the
a. health officer was confirm
gB GERS of the Board point
sspat the prompt report of
cases and the hearty Co
ss lion of the local health Of
and physicians made pos
The Immediate discovery
.ae cause and thereby enable
afflicted communities to
precautions. "By no
ses Is 1t the rule" reported
Ndemiologist, that the
can be SO easily and def
ascortained as in these
outbreaks. More frequent
= 'ff----a-z-a==s-..----.--
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1913-07-23
Long Tunnel Delays Opening
for Months.

The kentucky extension of
the Carolina, Clinchheld and
Ohio railroad, which is being
constructed at u cost of 80 ,00O,-
600 will be completed by Janu
airy 1, with the exception of
the long tunnel near Dante, in
Russell county, Virginia, which
viii not be completed before
April or May. However, the
road will be in operation by
June
The Carolina, Clinchtield and
Ohio will then have Il direct
connection with the middle
west, as it will Join the Chesa-
peak and Ohio railroad at Elk
horn City, Ky, and through
trains will be run from Ken
lucky to the South Atlantic sea
board, by way of Southwest
Virginia, East Tennessee and
Western North Carolina.
The extension of the Clinch
field fnlfilLs the original ann of
the promoter of the road
George l.. Carter, as it was in 70
t .nded from the beginning that
it should ultimately link the
western territory to the South
Atlantic seaboard. by short
route from Kentucky through
Virginia, Tennessee and West
ern North Carolina.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1913-07-23

Ta2c Wampler, John Elkins
and Joshua Patrick, who were
tried nj the October term of
court last year and who were
each sent to the penitentiary
for terms ranging from thirteen
to eighteen years, have all been
granted new trials, according
to recent ruling of the Su
prene court. They ARE to be
brought back from Richmond
and will probably be tried ut
the next term of court. Bond
~ Bruce are the attorneys in
the cases. Wise Virginian.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-10-26

Lewis Easton is the proprietor Of
the Buffalo tonsorial parlors. Mr..
Easton has been in the vicinity for
ten years, but has been in the barber
business for only the last. five. He
has the only shop in the town, with
hot and cold shower baths. His
equipment is as iup-to-date as is usual
~ found in towns of much larger
size. i
The l.. j. Hough elevator has a ca
pacity OF 10000 bushels. All kinds Of
seeds and feed grain and coal are kept
on hand. The elevator was formerly
the P-V elevator until MI. Hough pur-
chased the property a little over a
year ago. -
(" Drug Store.
John G .MacPhull is the successor
to G. E. Bateman T. Co. pharmacists.
He has had charge Of the business for
a year. He has had over % years
experience as a druggist in the state
Of North Dakota and is perfectly
competent to fill the wants Of the
community. He handles a full line OF
drugs, patent medicines. stationery.
fancy goods, candies, cut glass and
chinaware and has a modern soda
fountain set p for business.
Its Place in History.
Buffalo is a small town with a his
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-10-26

DO you wish to become self.sup.
porting in a short slime? Take a
course in shorthand and %typewriting
with the Bismarck Business College.
Gives you {, training y61I need in 'ev-.
cry vocation Of life. Makes YOU in
dependent. Enables you to accept
and hold any public office. Teaches
you how to do all kinds of business,
draw papers, and how to avoid trou-
bile and loss in business affairs, and,
makes you a most useful and respect
ed citizen of your community. -(Adv)
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-10-26

tory intimately connected with. the
settlement OF the state of North Da-}
kota and will some time have it's
place in the annals Of history. But
even if it had no past, it is-and THIS
is more to the point for present prog
pective settlers-one OF the most beau
tiful little cities i'll the state, aud an
ideal place in which the reside MIR.
More is Loyalty supported by the news
paper and the business men Of the
town for lie has always the welfare
Of the town and its people first at
heart, and they know it. As for the
Express, it is one 81 the Invest papers
in the state and a credit to the com.
munity. IT,
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-10-26

us the "Yim"-wnds its %leisurely
course midst grassy banks and-any-
way it goes up to jamestown, winding
its s~enseeless way up to tho insane
asylum. Tie Northern Pacific also
soes up to jamestown from LaAfolre
and naturally the two travelled to.
gether. Adrian is just halfway up
that fifty- milo line, and between the
railroad and the river. Residents ~
that city are therefore helged III "
two different modes Of suicide, but
nobody ever tried either.baeasse--syoeN
prcceiye--they live IN Adrian and life
is really worth living there (advt.).
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-10-26
ADRIAN
By SCOOP"

Was it Tennyson who wouldn't live
in d town that didn't have a river?
Well, Adrian has the river, SO there's
no use talking about Tennyson here.
Tennyson didn't know anything about
Adrian or about grain shipments. SO
this writeup doesn't concern him.
The Course Of the James.
The James riyer-if you live near.lt,
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-10-26

Nortz Lumber Co. r giving the
best service on coal. All kinds.
Phone T.-fAdv)
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-10-26

So&ks lust 0ut, "As thSs 714ys Rolls.
BY. t5c, or :.l7d postpstd--
(Adv) PICKS MUSIC House.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-10-26

Carney Coal is the talk of the town.
It's q dandy. Sold by Nortz Lumber
ca. PIode 77.-(Ady)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-06
THE KANSAS DOCTORS
They VIII Hold Forty-Seventh Annual
Convention Here Tomorrow.

The forty-seventh annual meeting of the
Kansas Medical society will open at rep
o'clock. An attendance of between two
and three hundred persons is expected.
Numerous representatives of pharma-
ceutical and instrument firms have ar
rived in the city to put in place displays
of their wares for the inspection of the
medical men, a number of whom have
already reached the capital city.
Wednesday noon a banquet will be ten
dered the visitors by the Commercial club
at the Throop hotel. Wednesday night the
Washburn Glee club will furnish enter
tainment for the dope men at repre-
sentative hall. Saturday a supper and
clinic will be held at the State hospital.
be opened with address by the preSi-
dent. DR.. George NJ. Gray of Kansas City.
W. R. Heylmun, lola DR.. w. S. Sutton,
Kansas City DR.. c. c. Nesselrode, Kan
sas City; DR.. T. A. Jones' Liberal; DR..
NJ. S. Thatcher, Turon; DR.. l.. S. Milne,
Kansas City; DR.. j. r. Scott, Newton; Dr.
w. T. Grove. Eureka; discussion led by
DR.. c. c. Goddard, Leavenworth; DR.. Ar
Fredonia; DR.. E. E. Hubbard Shawnee;
DR.. w. c. Harkey. Lexena; DR.. H. M.
Connor, Topeka: DR. w. E. McVey. To-
S. Bullock, silver City. N. NJ; DR.. H. w.
Horn, Wichita. DR.. L. H. Mum of To-
peka will open discussion
Speakers Thursday will be: DIR. E. N.
Robertson. Concordia; DR.. E. NJ. SeydelI.
Wichita; DR.. NJ. L. Perry, Parsons; DIR. J.
c. Kirby. Cedar Vale; DR.. Charles NJ.
Sewer, Holton; DR.. William F. Fair
banks, Kansas City; DR.. H. Hertler, New
ton; DR.. William Emglebach, St. Louis;
DIR. J. S. Cummings Bronson: DR.. F. A.
Carmichael, Goodand; DR.. ]. ]. Sippy,
Belle PLANE; DR.. E. E. Liggett, Oswego;
Dr.. J. H. Langworthy. Leavenworth;
Prof. L. E. Sayre, Lawrence.
Officers of the Kansas Medical society
are: President, DIR. George NJ. Gray, Kan
sas City; vice president DR.. H. G. Welch,
vice president, DR.. Clemens
Kippel. Hutchinson; vice president, Dr.
&. A. Blasdel, GARRETT; secretary, Charles
S. Huffman; treasurer, DR.. L. H. Mum,
Topeka; librarian, DIR. S. J. Stewart, To-
neka
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-06
FOR SUNDAY ICE.
Mayor Cofran Believes Its Delivery
Necessary Labor.

Requests, complaints. demands, pc
titions, epistles of all sort litter the
mayors desk. It's a species of amuse-
ment and a lesson in human nature to
glance over his correspondence. A
woman in Lansing this morning re-
quested particulars concerning the po-
lice woman to be installed in the To-
peka police department. Another
woman objected to a certain violation
of the Sunday peace-ice wagons.
why should ice wagons work on
Sunday" she demanded. 'They dis
turb the peace. Fifty men work when
they should rest"
The woman actually thought she
had discovered a flaw in the admins
tration of justice. The mayor looked
up the ordinance book and found that
if on Sunday a man worked for any
reason rather than necessity or caused
his apprentice to work for any reason
rather than necessity, he could be
fined from two to twenty-five dollars.
The mayor considers the ice mans
trade one of necessity. Melted butter,
warm water, sour milk are no more
inviting the first day of the week
than the second. Ice wagons will be
allowed to pursue their Sunday trade.
The mayors response to the COM
plant was courteous but firm.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-06
DEATH OF CAPT. SCOTT
Lieutenant Gran Tells of Finding
South Pole Party.

Winnipeg, May 6.-Exhaustion and
not starvation was the cause of the
death of Captain Scott and the mer
who died with him on his way back
from the south pole, according to
Lieutenant Gran, member of the
supporting party, which found the
bodies of the party in the frozen ant
arctic. Lieutenant Gran stopped off
in this city today for few hours on
his way to London.
THE end of the party was peace
full declared Gran. When we came
up to the tent in which the bodies
were all silent, the snow had drifted
about the tent and something seemed
to tell us that the end for them had
come. All about US were desolate
wastes of snow and ice and a chill
came over our hearts.
Lieutenant Wright of Toronto, a
Canadian. who commanded our little
party, approached the tent first and
lifted the flap. We followed expecting
the worst, and formed in little group
about the mouth of the tent. Captain
Scott lay on his back as if asleep, but
outside of his sleeping bag. The bod
les of DR.. Wilson and Lieutenant Bow
ers were in their sleeping bags, and
it was apparent that they had been
carefully wrapped up by Captain Scott
who evidently was the last to die.
'Lieutenant Bowers lay on his side,
exactly as if he were asleep. DIR. Will
son was sitting in a half reclining po-
sition, his back against the inside OF
the tent, facing us as We entered.
ION his features were the traces of
a faint smile and he looked exactly
as if he were about to awaken from a
sound sleep. I had often seen the same
look on his face in the morning as he
awakened. as he was of a most cheer
full disposition. The look struck us to
the heart and we all stood silent in
the presence of this death.
While they did not die of starvation,
still all their food had given out, and
worst of all, their fuel. Then it must
be remembered that they were expert
encing terrible storms, and man cam
not see in any direction when these
storms are blowing.
when we had obtained all the equip
ment and record of Scott We laid the
bodies side by side and said a burial
service, then we removed the poles from
the tent and covered the bodies over
with canvas. On top of this we built
a cairn of snow and ice about Is high.
We then took two skies, bound them
together in the form of a cross, erected
it on top of the cairn-a last memorial
to the dead, and left them where they
fell"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-06
find WRONG MAN.
Kansas City Police Capture Wounded
Suspect But Not Bandit.

Kansas City, May "a man suf-
fering from three bullet wounds and
said to answer closely the description
of the bandit who last Thursday night
held up Kansas City Southern passen-
ger train here and wounded Jesse M.
Short of Joplin, one Of the passengers,
was arrested early today near Bir-
mingham in Clay county by Deputy
Sheriff Sisson. The man was weak
from loss of blood. He refused to give
any account of himself. Deputy Sis
son started at once for Kansas City
with his man.
Detectives Truman and Farrell ac-
:Ompanied by posse of constables
and farmers, after searching all night
between Polo and Lawson, Mo, for
traces of another wounded man sus-
pected in connection with the robbery
started an exploration of the territory
between Lawson and Excelsior
Springs. The last seen of this wound
ed man was when he boarded freight
train at Liberty, Mo-, yesterday after
noon. A posse was prepared to re-
ceive him at Polo but when the freight
train reached there the man was gone.
He was supposed to have jumped off
the train and doubled back toward Elk
cedsior Springs.
The wounded man was brought to
police headquarters here and exam
ined. The police We're convinced he
was not the man wanted and he was
DISCHARGED b.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-06
DANCE AND LIQUOR.
Murder of Trait Farm Hand Follows
Night of Revelry.

Pratt, Kan, May George Kelley,
a farm hand, was found dead in Ran
dal Moore'S barn in the northwest part
of the county yesterday by Mrs. Moore.
Kelley had been out riding the night
before with two men, it is said. They
returned to the Moore farm, where
Kelley was working, about o'clock.
The men say that they let him out of
the buggy and he walked to the barn.
Kelley, when found, was lying on
his face and about half of his head
was hidden in the hay. He had a scar
across the forehead and his nose was
bruised. Kelley's shoes were dry and
no mud was on them. That does not
tally with the story told by his COM
panions the night before, for had he
walked to the barn from the road he
could not have avoided the mud, as it
was raining hard Saturday night.
At a neighborhood dance there was
much liquor and two farmers got in
a fight. Kelley took some part in this
affair. The local officers refuse to
discuss the case. Coroner Walker will
hold an inquest today. Kelley carried
$4,000 life insurance in favor of a sis
ter in Sheffield, Mo. Arrests probably
will be made TODAY
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-06
BRAKES ARE ON.
New Divorce. Law Seems to Have
| Checked the Rush.

Whether it is the new state law
relative to divorces nobody knows, but
the records in the Office of Clerk
Charles w. Bower of the district court
show that only one suit for divorce
has been filed in the week since the
new proctor law became operative.
That suit was filed the day the law
took effect, and was a mistake, it is
said, the intention having been to file
it under the old law. O.
Heretofore the aaUerage of divorce
petitions has been from 20 to 80 a
month. During the week before the
new law became operative there were
neither a greater nor lesser number
each working day. Then the law went
into effect, and a week has passed and
only one suit has been filed.
The interesting question is being
raised as to how many DEGREES have
been granted heretofore that would
not have been awarded had an investi-
cation of the circumstances, as provid-
ed for in the new law, been made. The
courts have believed they have been
imposed upon, and that the record of
nearly one divorce for every three
marriages has been too high. Perhaps
the records for the next year will bear
out the theory. But only time will
tell.
At least, there has been a shortage
of divorce suits during the last week,
and the new law is being regarded as
possible reason for it. If it is it may
mean that the divorce business will
drop to low ebb, and that instead of
nearly 800 cases in the local courts
in year that a much smaller number
will be filed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-06
BEERS MURDER CASE.
Likely Not Be Tried Until Next
Fall.

The murder case of the Rev. W. L.
Beers, in which a jury disagreed during
the January term of the district court
probably will not be tried again until
next fall. County Attorney William h
Atchison has his mands full OF otner
matters now, and will prefer that 1t
go over until the weather is cooler
A hard trial during the hot weather
is not looked upon with favor by the
prosecutor.
Atchison is going to try to nave
liquor cases tried about once a montn
to prevent their piling UP on the court
dockets He declares such a plan OF
trial will be of material assistance TO
his office.
II want the cases tried and gotten
out of the way before anybody forsets
what they are about" Atchlson SAID
IF possible l would like to have
bunch of them tried every month 1t
would keep the dockets clear
In the meantime, Atchison says, there
will be no let up in the prosecutions
He expects to make life a burden for
jointists, and will meet every move
they make with some plan to forestaH
them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-06
BOMBS ON BRIDGE.
Kansas City Trains Failed to Explode
q Death Trap.

Kansas City, May 6.-Ten sticks of
dynamite, one hundred percussion caps
and 20 feet of dynamite fuse were
found beneath the Kansas City South
ern bridge in the eastern part of the
city today.
The whole bunch of death" was
only few inches under the rails. How
long it had been there no one knows.
The box containing the percussion caps
was slightly rusty. Lieutenant James
of the Sheffield station deduced from
that that the cache had been there
several days. Dozens of passenger
trains probably have rumbled over
the bridge since the dynamite was
placed there. How the Earring did not
set the caps off and explode the dyna-
mite the police cannot explain.
The police have no theories as to
how the dynamite happened to be
placed on the bridge.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-06
THEY LEFT The WHISKY
Two Men Had Gene Clear to X. c. to
It-Jumped Train.

When the Rock Island west bound train
pulled out of Topeka at o'clock last night
1t carried two cases filled with sc bottles
had been claimants before the train reach
ed Topeka, the officers say, and it is con-
fidently asserted that the former claim
ants left the train at Topeka. But they
did not take the whisky with them
When the train reached the Santa Fe
junction in North Topeka Charles Lytle
detective, boarded it. He spied two men
lists seated in the smoker. Quite near
them reposed the two cases of whisky.
Lytle believes they intended to leave the
train at the junction. and failed to do so
because he arrived on the scene.
Lytle stayed with the train when it
pulled into the depot Both men left
their seats and filed off, but the whisky
remained where it was Lytle remained
on the train until it was pulling out of
the yards The two men followed a short
distance as the train pulled out but again
seeing Lytle gave up the chase.