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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1914-12-23
Raid IS Stills On State Bor-
der.

Whitesburg, Ky, Dec. IS.-
United States Marshal Claude
II. Beverley, of Big Stone Gap,
Va, with Raiding Marshal
Buchanan and possemen, closed
an important moonshine raid
along the Pound River and
Cumberland mountains, border
ing the Kentucky line a few
miles east of here, where they
destroyed six large moonshine
stills. One was pioneer apple
brandy outfit, with complete
paraphernalia.
-Four moonshiners were ar.
rested and taken before IA Unit
ed States commissioner at Wise
for a hearing tomorrow. Dur
ing the last ten days fifteen
illicit moonshine outfits have
been destroyed along theborder.
n great amount of moonshin-
ing is going ON owing to the
approaching Christmas holt
days.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1914-12-23
President
Is Pleased.
By Decision to Give Railroads
an Increase in Freight
Rate.

Washington, Dec. 1.-the
decision of the Interstate Com
merce Commission in the East
ern advance rate case was
highly gratifying to admins
tration officials today. 1t was
believed that the action of the
commission in granting the rail
roads in official classification
territory the right to advance
their freight rates ) per cent
except upon certain heavy
commodities, which comprise "A
large bulk of the traffic, would
pave the way for an Immediate
revival of prosperity through
out the United States. The ex-
captions referred to are coal
coke, iron ore, and certain 9th
cr traffic moved partly by lake
and partly rail, upon which the
commission had heretofore fix
ed rates adjudicnted treason
able" Official classification
territory constitutes the coun
try east of the Mississippi,
north of the Potomac aud Ohio
rivers
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1914-12-23
Railroad to Spend Millions.

Chicago, December lS.-The
Atchison, Topeka aud Santa Fe
Railroad is one of the big"
concerns to show it's confidence
IN the business future of tha
country. w. II, Hodges, vice
president in charge of purchas-
es, announces the placing OF II
% 100000 contract for steel
rails for spring delivery and al.
so that he will spend So ,0O0, 600
n month for the nextfew months
for supplies and equipment.
This is just 81 900 900 more a
month than the average of the
last eight months.
The details of the purchase of
1000 tons of 30 pound main
track steel rails were given out
with the announcement that it
was the largest order placed by
the Santa he fer maintenance
purposes within the last two
years. The Illinois Steel Com
pany will roll IL, 900 tons of the
rails at Gary, Ind. and the Col
orado Fuel and Iron Company
will furnish the remainder from
its plant at Mlnnequa, Col.
81 have called for Immediate
delivery on some of the steel"
explained MIR. Hodges, partly
TO help out the mills to keep
fired up and partly to start our
own work in the Southwest,
while the winter season il on in
the North.
"You can include me among
the optimists. have made
plans to increase my monthly
expenditures for the next three
or four months in buying equip
ment and have made up a long
list of extra purchases, includ-
ing dining cars, passenger cars
and tank cars Six weeks ago
we ordered 100 ncw tank cars
next week 1 am going TO double
the ORDER
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1914-12-23
Mrs. w. N. Wagner Entertains
Her Sunday School Class.

Mrs. w. n. Wagner enter
tanned very enioyably, on Fri
day evening, from seven thirty
TO ten o'clock, her Sunday
School class of ten girls, at her
home at the parsonage.
The large reception hall and
parlor, whore numerous games
were played, were tastefully
decorated with streamers Of
white aud green crepe paper
and ported plants. Also the
color scheme of green and white
was used in the decorations in
the dining room, where deli
cious refreshments were served
consisting of hot chocolate, ros
settle waters, cake. nuts. and
after dinner minis.
Each girl was permitted 90
invite either a boy or girl friend.
The following girls and their
invited guests were: Miss Mar.
garet Barron and Carl Baker.
Miss Nina johnson and Rufus
Petit, Miss Juliet Knight and
Frank Parks, Miss Bruce Skeen
and Junior McCorkie, Miss Mary
Blair Martin and William Bev-
erly, Miss Lucille Martin and
William Goodloe, Miss Abbie
Collier and Truman Kennedy.
Miss Adelaide Pettitt and Cor
don Goodloe, Miss Edith Bal
lard and Martin Carnes, Miss
Bertha Mahafev. Miss Flea
nor Baker, Miss Frances Long.
Miss Sophia Benedict and Mrs.
L. g. Taylor.
The other guests were: Miss
sarah Shields, Miss Harrell.
Miss Memo Vineyard, Misses
Minnesota and Georgia Rost-
wick, Rev and Mrs. |. y. Mar.
tin.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1914-12-23
Campaign Expenses.

Representative Bascom Slemp
spent more money in his cam
paign for reelection from the
Ninth district, in the recent
election, than ali the other can
didates, Democrats and Repub-
licans. in ten districts, expend-
ed in the primaries and general
election, according TO campaign
expense statements filed by the
Virginia congressional candi-
dates with House Clerk South
Tremble. Mr.. Slemp spent
total of 81, 93l56 which is about
sos shy of the $1,000 limit fixed
by the campaign publicity law
AS the amount of money which
"a candidate can expend to OBJ
tain a seat in congress. All
'other Virginia candidates epent
a total of S., 1858. 45-about $IOO
less than Mr.. Slemp's total. r.
Tate Irvine, Mr.. Slemp's unsuc.
fcessful Democratic opponent,
spent total of $2,579 20: John
Il. Rose, the Progressive candi-
date in the Ninth, spent S205.l6.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1914-12-23
President Pleased.

President Wilson. it is known,
was greatly pleased over the
decision, although no formal
statement has been given out
by him. He expects the deci-
sion will have an immediate ef
feet upon the country's eco
nomic situation The President
has let it be known all along
that he believed improvement
of business conditions generally
hinged to some extent upon adj
ditional revenues being provid-
ed for the railroads.
AS result of the commits
sion's decision, which was di-
vided, chairman Harlan and
Commissioner Clements dis
senting, it is estimated that
the roads affected will be able
to add to their annual revenue
about $50, 100000 They had
hoped to obtain increases which
would give them approximate
ly $5o,00O,O00 in added revenue
annually.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1914-12-23
Exports of Foods Increase
800 Per Cent.

Washington, Dec. 49, Three
hundred per cent increase in
exports of foodstufrs, due prin
cipally to the European war,
characterized November's for
eign trade compared with that
month last year.
BreadstulTs valued at $40,
80, $50, an increase of $50, ;
900, were sent abroad, the De-
partment of Commerce an
nounced today. Meat and cat
tie exports increased -, 1854 900
Exports of cotton amounted
to 1911 ,023, 3ll, a decrease of
ST. 900, 900 from November 1913.
and total mineral oils showed II
decrease of almost - 900, 900.
The total value of domestic
brehdstuffs, cotton seed oil,
food animals, meat and dairy
products, cotton and mineral
oils exported in November was
S97 ,l9l $50 against $l3S, 4O2 ,537
in November 1913 and for the
eleven months ending with No.
vember 1897, $50, DOG against
$3.50, 53l ,S3S for the eleven
months in 1918.
The belligerents' heavy de-
mand for foodstuffs is shown in
the increase in corn exports
from $3.50. 0O3 in November 1918
to 81, 159, 100 this year; oats from
$s, 80, TO 50, 900, IVA; wheat from
2,479. go, to $22 ,Sl9 $40; flour
from S5,74l, $40, to $7,S27, IT'S;
canned beef from 1923, 76l, to
81, 253, 1888; fresh beef from $50.
1853 to $l,434 ,6S4; ana bacon
from 50 ,23O. 5l!, to $2,25S, 3l5.
Breadstuffs exported during
the eleven months were valued
at $244, $40, $40, an increase of
Sol, l2l 900 over the same period
of 1913.
The week ending December
l2 shows a deduction of $l7.744
in all copper exports as compar-
ed with the preceding week.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1914-12-23
Children Will Get Christmas
Presents.

The Office employees of The
Stonega Coke and Coal Com
pauy have contributed a fund
sufficient to give all the chill
dren of the employees of the
company at the various plants,
2479 in number, "a nice Christ.
mas present, consisting Of a
toy, candies, fruits, etc, which
will be distributed OH Christ
mas eve. The company will,
also, on Christmas eve, give a
free picture show at all the
plants where they have a pic
ture show in operation. \.
large number of Christmas has
kets will also be distributed at
the various plants Christmas
eve.
This certainly shows IA gener-
GUS Christmas spirit in those
contributing to this fund, which
amounts to almost thousand
dollars, and Will bring an end
less source of JOY and pleasure
to the children at the various
plants.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1914-12-23
The Agriculture
al Value of
Lime.

In report recently issued
by the u. :. Geological Survey
on the source, manufacture aud
use of lime, some very interest.
ing and educational data is Civ.
Ell on the use Of lime as ferti.
lizer which embody the views
on this subject of number OF
our most prominent agricultur-
lists.
The report dealing with the
subject of Agricultural Lime
states that the use of lime as
fertilizer dates from the incep-
ton OF modern scientific farm
ing. Agricultural chemists
have shown that there are five
or six different functions which
lime may perform TO benefit
soil, which may be summarized
briefly as follows: /. 1t is an
essential element of plant food.
=. 1t aids in the conversion of
decaying organic matter into
humus. 3. Informs compounds
with the humic acids which
tend to prevent their being
lcached out of the soil and lost.
4 BY producing proper sani-
tary conditions the growth of
injurious bacteria is largely
prevented, willie the growth OF
nitrifying bacteria is encour-
aged. These niirify ing bacter
Ia convert the nitrogen of the
humus into form such that it
is available as n plant food. >.
Lime aids in the liberation of
potash and phosphorus from in
crt compounds. e 1t tends to
tlocculate clay soils, rendering
them granular and more por-
GUS.
Obviously, permanent results
can not be expected unless care
IS taken TO insure the presence
of some organic fertilizer at all
times. Lime used alone may
be temporary beneficial, but
will eventually be harmful;
when used with cowpea vines
becomes more efficient for gen
eral purposes than almost any
other fertilizer OF course,
I lime is not beneficial TO all
crops to the same extent, and
not all soils need lime.
Thus some of the common
plants which are stated by this
report to be benefited by lime
are spinach, lettuce, beet, cell
cry, onion, cucumber, cauta-
loupe, asparagus, cabbage, pea
nut, rhubarb, pea, pumpkin
bean, tobacco, alfalfa. clover,
barley. wheat, oats, timothy,
| gooseberry, currant, orange,
ounce and cherry. Indian corn
is only slightly benefited
/ Plants which are said to be
slightly injured by lime are cot
ton, tomato, cowpea, concord
grape, peach, apple, and pear,
and those really injured are
radish. flax, blackberry, black
rasp berry and cranberry
Whether a soil will respond 10
timing or not depends on the
amount of available calcium
oxide which it already contains,
Unfortunately chemical analy
sis does not distinguish between
. the total calcium oxide and
that which is available &c
plants, Probably the best in
dication of the need of lime it
the failure to obtain n good
crop of clover.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1914-12-23
Need Five Years To
Build Up Navy.
Admiral Fisk Tells House
Naval Committee Fleets
Are Inadequate
More Men
Wanted.

w hshlnBtOn, Dec. lS.-FlVe
years would be- required to put
the United States navy in the
highest state of efficiency to
meet a hostile fleet, according
to statement today by Rear
Admiral Fisk, before the house
naval committee. The witness
who is chief of The bureau of
operations and u former presi-
dent of the naval institute, said
the navy was deficient in air
craft, mines, scout cruisers, tor
pedo boat destroyers. sub
marines and in number of train
ed officers and men, aud had no
mine sweepers.
Members of the committee
were particularly Interested in
Admiral Fisk's view as TO the
possibility OF foreign air craft
dropping bombs on American
cities. He expressed the opin
ION that an attacking feet
might begin sending its airships
on bomb dropping flights over
New Ork from a range of 500
to GOO miles off the coast.
One foreign navy which was
not named. the admiral said,
was more efficient than the
American fleet in gunnery.
This, he declared, however. was
SO only because the American
marksmen had not been Civ en-
adequate opportunity for prac-
tice. La speaking of the "high-
est state of efficiency" the oiii-
Ger explained that he had in
mind the state of certain I'M
named power, whose officers
and men have inbred the spirit
OF military nation.
The German raid on the Brit
ish coast was referred to sever
al times, and the admiral sug-
gested that if the British had
had five or six fast submarines
IN the vicinity of the attacked
ports the possibility Of the BON
bardment would have been re-
duced Re said that if the
German cruisers passed Eng
lish mines, the explanation
might be "that by the wonder
fui system of spies German '
has, it may have found out
Just where those mines were 10
Gated. - He added though that
possibly the German cruisers
carried mine sweepers.
The officer said no enemy
could attack the Panama canal
so long as the American navy
controlled the sea. With the
fleet defeated, however, he
thought there would be no Sc
curity for this, the most vulncr.
able part of our possessions.
Couldn't you mine there rs
well as anywhere else and pro
tect the mouth of the Panama
canal:' he was asked.
YES. "
Could you prevent n hostile
fleet from coming into the cana
| WIN the deienseS there now
Il should say not"
The Notifications alone, he
explained, would not be sufi.
cient, because hostile fleet
could lana men a few miles
away"
Representative Gardner, o
| Massachusetts will ha Tho f;ne.
witness in the naval hearingl
tomorrow.
WAGE New Fieht On Rristn
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1914-12-23
Trade Balance For U. S. Of
S79,2o9,417.

Washington, Dec. S.-No-
vember foreign trade statistics
show a balance in favor of the
United States of $40, 800, Az.
For October the balance was
$50, $50 500; for September, $lG,
ll,722; within August it was
$40, 400, l06 against the United
States.
November's exports aunounc-
ed today by the department OF
commerce, totalled $205, 766, t24
and imports $12G ,467 .007, There
was decrease of S7l ,000,0 600 in
cotton exports compared with
November 1918.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1914-12-23
THEATRICAL
by Bus

Broadway Star feature "4l3'
was witnessed and thoroughly
enjoyed by a handful of patrons
at the Amuzu last week. 4I3
was by tar the best special fea.
ture production which has ever
been presented Mt the local
theatre, and 1t is to be regretted
that the weather would not per
NIT of larger crowd being in
attendance, especially since all
who were not there certainly
missed picture which stands
in IA class by itself among dra-
mas. However, the program
for Nmas week is one that is
worth the while of any man,
woman or child making a spec
ial effort to be present each
and every night. Monday and
Tuesday shows bespeak Of
week such as has never been
spent before here by motion
picture fans. The two part
comedy "Hc Danced Himself
to Death, Monday night, was
a fitting beginner for this week
of fun and frolic, followed by
the Nin(k)some Widow last
night, Il four part Broadway
star Feature comedy which
certainly takes the rag of the
bush. Tonightis program is
minus a special feature but the
three reels which will be- shown
are unsurpassable and fitting
followers for the past two
nights. On Thursday afternoon
Manager Taylor has arranged
for Santa Claus To be at the
Anuzu To give matinee free
To ali children under ~ years
of age. Santa is TO bring with
him Il program especially ar
ranged for the amusement of
the Riddles and will be there
himself in person to give them
an hour of genuine fun. Thurs
day night Will glow with that
great TWO part comedy Too
Much Uncle, "Josie's Coney
Island Nightmare, a two part
! comedy, and Never Too Old. -
a one part comedy. an entire
evening of comedy, such as has
never before been presented.
Friday and Saturdays programs
have been ilttingly arranged tc
close the week. For Friday
night Selig's great three part
wild animal picture, "The Fifth
Man, has been secured. \
| picture secured only after IN
! expenditure of vast sum OF
/ money, but critics who hav,
seen it are frank in their state
ments that not cent of the
cost of this production was
spent in vain, and that it is a
! picture worth double the pric,
charged for it when il was frs
+ shown, which was more than
I double what it will cost To see
II ut the Amuzu Friday night
Saturdays feature Warfare II
| The Skies" is one of the mos
realistic pictures OF aeroplane.
IN battle, which has been pu
upon the screen since the popu
larlty of war pictures began
and Manager Taylor is to b,
congratulated on his success il
securing this production $,
soon after its release, even il
the face of bids from the large
cities for it, which means tina
a substantial bundle of casi
had To be put up by him befor
he could finally land it. :
| special musical program ha
been arranged for the entir
week, which will be rendere,
by MIR. Taylor's splendid orches
ira in its usual efficient name
and large attendance is ex
pected at each and every night
performance, for 10 miss evel
one would be to cast IL shadoy
tnnnn his prrnntagt Of h,I,.I..-..
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1914-12-23

There will be no world wide
protest against any aeroplane
raid on a gun factory. 1t is an
appropriate target in war time.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1914-12-23

Missouri is justly proud of
its nine pound turnip, which,
when one comes TO think of it,
is more admirable than a ~
centimeter howitzer.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1914-12-23

a log raft containing one mil
lion feet vi cedar, said to be the
largest ever iloated on the
Pacific, recently made the trip
from British Columbia to Puget
Sound. TWAS 100 feet long and
10 feet wide, it stood 10 feet out
of the water and 20 feet under.
Old .nawananars for sale 81
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1914-12-23
w hite Death
Rate Low in
Virginia.
Rate Below That of Reeistra-
ton Area, But Negroes
Die Rapidly.
VlnoINlNs DrNrn RolI. fola.

NIHGINlNs DEATH Rolu, 1913.
Total deaths in 1918 e0.Gi7
Whites ...... 1921
Negroes f2,O5o
Rate per geo i3.9a
Rate in registration AREA 1857
White rate in Virginia MS
Negro rate in Virginia 1872
Deaths from tuberculosis ,. sol
Deaths from heart diseases l3
Deaths nom NcphritiS and
Brght's disease gaD
Deaths from pneumonia 1926
Deaths from typhoid fever 700
Deaths from dphthcria BOZ
Births in 1918 - 5Is3S
Richmond, Va, December
lS.-The annual report of State
Health Commissioners Williams.
filed with Governor Stuart to-
day, shows that the white pop
ulation of Virginia has "a death
rate lower than that OF the
United States registration area
as II whole, and that the appar-
emily high death rate of the
State is to be attributed 10 the
heavy mortality of certain di-
senses among the negroes.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1914-12-23

Old newspapers for saleea
this office.
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1914-02-02
St. Louis Against The South

New Orleans, January 81. =
That st. Louis in frantic en-
deavor to secure a federal reserve
bank is fighting to prevent such
bank being established in any
Southern state. is the conclusion
reached by a New Orleans CON-
mittee of bankers who recently
returned from a visit to several
cities in the South.
Shut off on the north by
Chicago, on the east by Cincin-
natl, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia,
Boston or New York, and on the
west by Kansas City and Denver,
st. Louis realizes that desperate
measures must be taken to in
sure the establishment of a feder-
al reserve bank in that city"
said General manager M. B.
Trezevant of the New Orleans
Association of Commerce in an
open letter to southern interests.
Therefore her only opportunity
for strengthening her contentious
is to claim that the entire South
should be subsidiary st. Louis.
Should the St. Louis plan prevail,
the whole South will be ignored,
and while the Atlantic, the Great
Lakes, the Middle West, the
Rocky Mountains and the Pacific
Coast states will be represented,
the Gulf and Southern states will
be denied q reserve bank. 1t is
pointed out by some that, totally
aside from the merits Of the case
(Which are sufficient in them
selves), the Wilson administra-
ton would not and could not per-
NIT the South to be so grossly
ignored. 1t was the Democratic
votes of the South in Congress
which made the federal reserve
bank system possibility, but
under the st. Louis plan the
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1914-02-02

South would be snubbed and put
in category of unimportance.
1t is inconceivable that the sell
fish program demanded by st.
Louis will be carried out by the
Reserve Bank Organization Com
mittee and that the entire South
will be ignored and merely tied
to the kite strings of a central
western city. St Louis seems to
be in earnest, however, in her
determination to grab every
thing in sight, the South are
equally determined that the
South shall not be carried away
by any such program and we
have fully made up our minds to
lead the fight against St. Louis
and her Anti-Southern attitude,
and we stand unaIterably for a
reserve bank in the Southern
States.
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1914-02-02
TO INVESTIGATE
CONVICT CAMPS
AS Result of Evidence Be.
fore Fulton Grand Jury
STATE PRISON COMMISSION
Will Look Into Conditions Thor
OughlY, Says Chairman

Atlanta, Jan. 30-Chairman r.
E. Dawson of the State Prison
Commission stated today that the
commission would make an i'm
mediate vigorous investigation of
conditions in tbe Fulton county
convict camps, brought to light as
the result of evidence given before
the grand jury by eight convicts
who appeared to testify relative to
the shooting of a convict named
Harry by guard named Ihomp-
son.
Further than y say that the IN
vestigation wouldsbe made by the
Prison Commission; Chairman
Dawson declined to discuss the
matter. 1t has beeP'' brought to
the attention of the commission
that 1872 convicts have been whip
ped in Fulton county camps within
the last two months, the vast ma
iority of the fogglngs having been
administered for alleged laziness.
While the law permits the fogging
of prisoners in the penitentiary, it
is said the theory of whipping is
that it should be resOrted to only
in extreme and aggravated cases.
The Prison COMMISSIONERS au-
thority to prohibit whipping alto
gether if it deems proper to do so.
The commission has been called to
meet next Monday for the purpose
of beginning this investigation.
The grand jury will likewise meet
again Monday for the purpose of
considering the bill against Thomp-
son for assault with intent to mu1-
der which the foreman neglected
to sign yesterday. Chairman TulI
G. Waters of the county commits
sioners stated today that while the
board will probably look into tie
matter he regarded it more as a
matter for investigation by the