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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-28

Policeman Thomas Short returned from
Decatur last night with Joe Holder, for
mer manager of the Huntsville branch
of the Texas Oil company, who was
placed under arrest on charge of beat
ing board bill. Holder expects to make
bond until the case can be adjusted.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-28
BRIBERY CASES TO
COME Up IN FEB.
Huntsville Officials Will Be
Tried in Circuit Court
R. E. SMITH ACQUITTED
Overton Case Ends in Mistrial-Judpe
Almon's Announcement for Con-
gress Occasions Little Sur
prise in Huntsville

Huntsville January 27.-(Speeial THE
bribery cases against Circuit Clerk Over
ton, Ed l.. Spelce and ex-Mayor r. E.
Smith. will be brought up again in tho
circuit court at the February term. which
will be convened by Judge Daniel W.
Speake on the first Monday in February.
The cases will be called during the third
week of the term. Two of the cases
have been tried. one against ex-Mayor
Smith resulting in an acquittal and an
other against Mr.. Overton ending in a
mistral.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-28

The Heralds of Liberty, a fraternal
order, which was formed here about II
years ago, and which has become one
of the strongest of it's kind in the coun-
try, will open for business on the Pa
cific coast during the next two months.
Tracy w. Pratt of Huntsville, supreme
commander of the order. has gone to
California. and will remain there until
the business is we'll under way.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-28

The announcement of Judge E. B. AL
mon as candidate for Congress in
the Eighth district occasioned no sur
prise i'll Huntsville, in view of the fact
that for a month past reports have been
current that he was preparing to make
the race. Until aboue a month ago it
was thought that Judge Richardson would
have no opposition for reelection, espe-
cially in view of the fact that Judge
Richardson has stated that he only de-
sres to serve one more term before re-
firing from politics.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1914-10-07

had been introduced before the
Interstate Commerce Commis-
sion. The defendants again
objected on the ground that 1t
was not competent to offer
only portions of the Record
that if they offered any part of
the Record, they would have to
offer the whole thereof. The
Court also sustained this OBJ
lection. The Attorneys for the
l.. & n. thereupon stated that
they did not have full copy of
Record, aud asked for q con.
tinuance of the case in order to
give them an opportunity to
get n complete copy. The
Court granted the motion and
continued the case until No
vember 23rd, to be heard at
Richmond, Virginia.
While the two points decided
i'll favor of the defendants were
technical only. yet the defend
ants attorneys feel that they
have already won the case,
that is, that if the case is to be
heard only upon the evidence
which was before the Inter-
state Commerce Commission
the Court will certainly deny
the INJUNCTION; because, in u
case of this kind it is only nee
cssary to show that there was
substantial evidence before the
Commission to justify its find
ings. In other words, it is like
setting aside the verdict of the
Jury. a Court may be of opin-
ion that the verdict of the Jury
was wrong, and that if it had
been IN the place of the Jury IL
wonld have come to different
conclusion, vet if there is any
substantial evidence to supper,
the verdict the Court can not
set 1t aside. Counsel for de
PENDANTS claims that there was
not only substantial evidence
before the Commission to sup
port its conclusions, but that
the Court itself, after it reviews
the evicence, will be bound to
come to the same conclusions
that the Commission did. The,
feel, therefore, that the opera
tors in this region need not lose
any sleep over the case.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1914-10-07
Second Day.

Wise, Va, Sept. Another
5O00 people passed through the
gates at the fair grounds today,
making a,total of 10000 for the
two days
Among the premiums award
ed today We're the following:
Best ALI round baby, under 3
years of age, Paul Bentley, son
of MIR. and Mrs. w. Q. Bentley +,
a handsome Hoosier kitchen
cabinet given by w B. Ford
Furniture Company, at Norton.
A steel range to Mrs. w. j &.
Horsley, of Big Stone Gap, for
winning the largest number of
points IN the cooking depart
ment. This range was given
by Norton Hardware Company.
Claylourn Bloomer, of Dooley
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1914-10-07
GAP. WISE COUNTY. VA. WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER Z, 1914.

was awarded first prize for the
best tiraught stallion, and John
Litz, of Coeburn, second prize.
Ed Wears won first prize on
best Jersey and Holstein bulls.
p. w. Beverley won first
prize on best Hereford bull, and
w. II. Hamilton second prize.
Sam Ramsey, of Wise No. | 8,
was awarded first prize for the
largest cabbage head and Wade
Lipps first on the largest roost-
or, and w. o. Bentley, second.
Miss Sarah Cochran, of Big
Stone Gap, made most beau
tiful exhibit of products grown
on town lot in Big Stone.
We dare say that there few
farmers in Wise County who
grow as many different things
on their farms as this young
lady grew in her small garden.
There were number of prizes
given in the ladies' department
for fancy work and cooking.
John Scott's long skinny gray
horse, ridden by William Scott,
ran away with about all the
prizes for speed, although he
had many competitors.
j. g. Stiles will leave for
Richmond tomorrow, where he
will make an exhibit at the
State Fair for Wise County.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1914-10-07

maintain for police purposes
armies and navies of some kind.
II would not be difficult, if an
international agreement could
be secured, or forced, to reduce
this military expense one-half.
or from 81, 455, 900, 900 to $500
100000. The last named would
unless the was is prolonged to
unprecedented length, more
than pay the interest on the in.
creased war debt and the inter.
est on such indemnities that
may be imposed.
All of this is to come later.
but it seems demonstrable
proposition that only by resort
ing to such methods for reiuc.
ing national expenses can the
nations of Europe avoid even
tual bankruptcy. Louisville
Post.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1914-10-07
Good Roads
Folder.

The Board of Supervisors of
Wise County, under the super
vision of MIR H.. j. Prescott,
chairman of the board, has got
ten up neat little folder con
tanning Il road map of the coun-
ty and a beautiful scene show
ing Il section OF our new sys-
TEN of county roads, together
with statistics pertaining to
the cost of them, which will be
distributed at the Road Con
vention which meets in Bristol
this week.
MIR. Prescott and large num-
Der of other Wise County own
ers of automobiles aud road en-
thusiasts went to Bristol yes-
terday to attend the conyen-
tion, and we venture the asser-
ton that no county in the
southwest will be better repre-
scented than Wise County, the
pioneer county of this section
III road building. This county
has spent over IA million dollars
for good roads within the past
four years and has one of the
best systems of macadamized
roads of any county in the
south.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1914-10-07
LARGE CROWDS HEAR
CLINTWOOD SPEAKING.
Irvine and Slemp Heard In
Dickinson County.
Others Speak.

Clintwood, Va, Sept. 2J.-
Large crowds were here today
for the Democratic and Repu6-
lican speaking. Hon. X. Tate
Irvine, Democratic candidate
for congress and Congressman
q. b. SieDp, Republican nomi-
nee for re-eleotion, each ad.
dressed large audiences. Judge
Samuel w. Williams, attorney
general of Virginia, and Elk
Senator Il. 2. Bruce spoke for
Irvine also. Hon. Thomas j.
Muncey, former district attor-
ney and Senator John Q. Noel,
of Lee, spoke for SIeinp.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1914-10-07
U. D. c. Meeting.

The Big Stone Gap Chapter
of the United Daughters of the
Confedepacy will meet We'd
nesday afternoon, Oct. l4th,
with Mrs. j. II. Hagy, at I'm
boden. All daughters are re-
to meet at the home of
Mrs. ii. a. w. Skeen, with
their cars and leave promptly
at 2:30 o'clock.
Mrs. Malcolm Smith,
recording Secretary.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1914-10-07
FORWARDING
BIRTH CARDS.
Formal Certificates Being
Sent Children Whose
Births Are Recorded.

Richmond, Va, October, .
When children born in Vir-
ginia after January /, 1914, are
questioned in court or in school
as to their ages, they will not
have to send for the family BIZ
BILE or the physician who at
tended their births. They will
merely have to produce the
birth-cards which are now be-
ing sent out by the Bureau of
Vital Statistics of the Board of
Health to all children whose
birth certificates are properly
filed by the physicians and are
forwarded to the State archives
by the local registrars.
Ever since the vital statistics
law went into effect IN June,
1912, the State Board of Health
has been working on plans by
which it could give to each
child some evidence that the
certificate had been filed. The
law provided that lawful copies
of birth and death certificates
should be supplied upon request
on the payment of IA small fee.
But it was thought by the
board that the children should
be given without expense some
abstract of the certificate.
TO meet this need, the Board
has ordered and is now sending
ont in the form of postcards,
attractive certificates, showing
the name, parcntage, race, sex,
place of birth, etc, of children
whose complete birth certifi-
Gates are on file. AS each of
these cards bears the number
OF the record in the State ar.
chives, reference is easy. The
Bureau believes that these cards
will meet most of the demands
for some semi-legal record of
birth in case the age of chill
dren is questioned. The card
will also enable interested per-
sons to reach the full legal rec
ord, the birth certificate, with
out delay.
Birth cards will, of course,
not be sent where the full par
entage is not given and cannot
be forwarded where the post
office address of the parents is
incomplete or obscure on the
original certificate. The Board
hopes at Il later time to be able
to send cards to all children
born since the new law went
into effect, but for the present
will attempt onlyeto send cards
for births reported since Janu-
airy /, 1914.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1914-10-07
Mr.. Irvine Speaks
at East Stone Gap.

Hon. h. Tate Irvine spoke at
East Stone Gap to a very large
audience Saturday night. MIR.
Irvine reviewed the work of
the Democratic administration
under Wilson aud Bryan, tell
ing how he stood by them in
the Baltimore convention. lie
said the chief issue was; lis
the Democratic administration
under Wilson success or fail
ure?" lie said he stood square
ly on the Democratic platform
and predicted that the voters
of the Ninth would endorse the
administration by electing him
to Congress.
MIR. Irvine discussed the tar
itT, declaring that the Republi-
cans were insincere in saying
that the Democrats caused the
coke ovens to shut down. He
said that when the furnace ut
Big Stone Gap and many other
furnaces in the Ninth district
shut down in 1907 under the
Republicans, Mr.. Taft failed to
cause them TO resume work in
four years and he said that
hurt the coke production here
very materially. Mr.. Irvine
said that there were as many
coke ovens in blast now us un-
der the Republicans since 1907.
He claimed that 1913 was the
banner coal year for Virginia.
Mr.. Irvine discussed the
Glass-O Owen Currency Law now
about to he put into effect,
which, he claimed, would take
the money away from Wall
Street, making panic practi-
cally impossible. He defended
the Antitrust Bills now before
Congress, defended tile War
Tax, saying that it was pretty
much the same as that levied
in the Spauish-American War.
MIR. Irvine said that on account
of the European War it was
necessary to raise revenue
this way, on account that very
few things were now imported
Mr.. Irvine held his listeners
attention, and many of them
were Republicans, for nearly
two hours, and he strongly en-
doris ID President Wilson 5
watchful waiting policy, declar-
ing the nations at war needed a
Wilson to carry them through.
He criticised Congressman
Slemp's record in Congress, de-
claring that he had been absent
when some of the most impor-
tant measures were being CON
sidered in the history of the
Nation. Mr.. Irvine said MIR.
Siemp was the Republican boss
of Virginia, as was Penrose in
Pennsylvania, and that since
Wilson has been President,
bosses in the Democratic party
are a thing of the past. He de-
clared that the farmers were
getting more for their products
than ever before.
Mr.. Irvine declared that ne
had been received by large
crowds every where he had
spoke III the Ninth District and
that he believed he would win.
He endorsed every measure un.
der the Democratic administra-
ton and stated that he would
help Wilson and Bryan and a
Democratic Congress give this
country good laws that would
J bring lis to prosperity.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1914-10-07
County Fair
Held at Wise Last Week a
Grand Success.

Wise, Va, Sept, 29.-At the
first Wise County Fair held at
Wise today there were 5000 PEG.
pie in attendance. The County
School Fair was held at the
High School building at the
same time and county teach.
ers' meeting. Near 1900 school
children were present and FORM
ed in line and marched from
the school to the fair grounds.
The exhibits at the fair were
of the highest quality. The
exhibit of fruit was of such
quality as to cause comment
from those who had visited the
Worlds Fair and State Fairs.
1t is not likely that the apples
could be excelled in Old Virgin
IN at any rate The farm prod
ucts building, Il large one, was
filled to it's capacity with the
farm products from the green
fields of Wise County.
Among the many prizes
awarded were the following:
Best 10 ears white corn, Creed
Blanton, Big Stone Gap. Sec
ond best 10 ears white corn.
Andy Hood, Big Stone Gap.
Best 10 ears yellow corn,
tClayburn Bloomer, Dooley.
Best 10 ears pop corn, Ralph
McLemore, Wise.
Best single ear white corn, Ill.
G. Stewart, Big Stone Gap.
Second best single ear, Ed Vic
airs, Wise.
BOYS CORN CLUB.-Hen.
ny Hamilton first prize on the
best 10 ears of white corn, Flat
Gap; second prize, Jackson
Jesse, Wise. Best single ear
white corn, Henry Hamilton
Flat Gap. Second best single
ear white corn, Dallas Boiling,
Flat Gap.
Best display of flowers, Sam
Thacker, Wise.
Best peck of Irish potatoes
5. F. Porter, Wise. Second
best peck of Irish potatoes, j
p. Scott, Wise.
Best peck of sweet potatoes,
5. Il. Porter, Wise. Second
best peck of sweet potatoes,
Jake Ball, Wise.
Ed Wears and Walter Hash
won the larger number OF
prizes in the department OF
Horticulture. both of them
having excellent exhibits.
L. q. Litz and Sam Ramsey
and others also had fine exhib
its of fruit.
John l.. Litz, of Coeburn
was awarded the prize for tn,
largest pumpkin, and was MS
sured of the fact that such 4
pumpkin could not have beer
grown under any but a demo
cratic administration.
John Hale's farm exhibit
containing variety of things
among them some very fine to
bacco, attracted much utten.
ton.
The exhibit of women's work
was very elaborate, occupying
all of one side of the larg,
building.
Ray Lipps has been smiling
broadly and continuously sine,
he was informed of the fac
that his youngest heir was
picked by the Judges as tn,
best all round baby under Is
months of age.
Several exciting races wer,
run by the local horsemen on,
of which resulted in Sheriff
beverley falling from his horse
His fall was occasioned by tn,
horse stumbling in ithe sof
ground and throwing his ride
oyer his head and rolling entire
ly over him. "Jinks" says n,
ls not hurt and we trust tina
he is correct in his statement.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1914-10-07
Paying The Bills.

q Various estimates, all based
upon conjecture, are going the
rounds as to the cost i'll money
of the European war, and writ
ers upon economic questions
have been busy guessing how
the bills are 10 be paid after the
! war is over.
A professor in Columbia Uni
yersity has estimated that war
is costing in money $50. 900 900
day, and this figure is accept
ed by many writers, although
the tables upon which the esti-
mate is made are anything but
convincing. No allowance is
made for the fact that, if the
war had not taken place, the
war of ornaments would have
nevertheless continued and the
countries of Europe would have
gone on fighting each other
with high taxes to support ever
growing armies and nayies.
As matter of fact there is
nc way at all convincing of es-
timating the cost of the war.
In addition to the heavy bur
dens already imposed for sup
porting these immense armies
on peace basis, the vast ex.
pense of military operations is
added. Upon this is super-im-
posed the terrible loss to life
and property in the war zone,
the paralysis of business, the
suspension of credit, the re-
duced output of factories, fields
aud mines. Something more
than war debts and war indem-
mites will have to be paid for
after this war, and it may re-
quire many years to accomplish
this, whether the war lasts six
months or one year or three.
There is, however, one sure
way of helping to meet the cost
after the war, and this is by re.
ducing military and naval ex-
penses in time of peace. After
Napoleon crushed Prussia in
1907 he imposed II treaty limit
ing the Prussian army on IA
peace footing to n comparative
~ small body of men. The
statesmen of Prussia at the
time thought that limitation
meant ruin. 1t brought saliva
ton. For a few critical years
Prussia was not able to levy
war taxes in large sums, and
in that brief period the country
rallied and was on II sound
footing when the war for the
deliyerance of Germany came
in 1913.
The latest figures obtainable
OF the amounts of money spent
annually by the countries now
at war-Germany, Russia,
France and Austrian times
of peace show that the enor-
nous sum of 81, 455, 900, 900 was
consumed for the maintenance
of armies and navies on peace
footing. This was divided as
follows;
Russian army, $4,000, 900;
Russian navy, $l22, 900, 900;
German army, $500 0O,O 900;
German navy, Sill, 900, 900;
French army, SOL 900, 900;
French navy, $l20,OOO, 200;
British army, $4,000, 900;
British navy, 1924, 900 600:
Austrian army. 800, 900, 900;
Austrian navy, $40, 900. 900;
Total, $l,+55, 900, 900.
This is a sum of money, all
consumed in one year, to sup
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1914-10-07

rms Is a sum OF money, all
consumed in one year, to sup
port the armies and navies of
iive European nations, consid-
erablein excess of the national
deot of the government Of the
United States and more than
The national debt of the Empire
of's&crmany at the beginning
of this war.
1t is obvious that there is
room for entrenchment in this
expense, oil of which is unpro-
ductive and most of which is
Unnecessary. Granted that all
the warning nations will feel,
after the war, that they must
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1914-05-08

Building Code Discussed at Meeting.
Architects and builders discussed
whether a summer resort Is a hotel,
and should be placed under the same
requirements in the state building
code as regular hotel, at their con-
ference held in the Republican house
with representatives Of the state In
dustrial commission last night.
The representatives of the commits
sion were ]. D. Beck and s. ]. VIII
liams, deputy In charge.
1t was the opinion of some that the
same rules should not apply.
The proposed code does not conflict
with the Milwaukee building code.
The final meeting on the adoption
Of the code will be in Madison May II.
State Library Open to Public.
Wosconsin's splendid library-the
home of the State Historical society
and Of the University Hbrary-is com
plete with the new northwest wing
thrown open for service.
The new wing, work on which was
begun in 1911, and for which the leg
islature of 1911 appropriated the sum
of $4,000 annually for three years, has
been given over to storage of the uni.
versity library. And it ia safe to say
that no American library, and perhaps
in no library In the world, is space
better economical, or are there bet
ter arrangements. In this wing, the
outside dimensions of which are SIS by
so feet, 100000 books are accommo
dated, or will be when the cases are
full. The total number of bound vol
umes in the entire library now ex-
ceeds 100000.
There are four main floors includ-
ing the attic but excluding the base
ment. In the larger part of the wing
there are six stacks" or book floors.
The extra fors are supplied by meg
canine floors of marble half way be-
tween the regular floors which cor
respond to the flors of the main build
ing.
The exterior OF the northwest wing
is of the same type Of classical archi-
lecture as the library proper. the ma
terial being white Bedford stone.
The interior arrangement of the
northwest wing is different, however.
from that of the southwest wing,
which was built at the same time as
the main part of the building, during
the years from 1895 to 1900. One of
the principal differences is the great
er utility of space on the six book
floors.
In the southwest wing, for example,
there are ten cases in each Of the
two rows Of cases on each floor. But
In the new wing there are IL cases
in each row, and yet there Is space
esnough between the cases for two
persons to pass each other or to
stand without crowding at any point
between the cases. y
This addition Of two cases to each
row, or four to each Of the six floors
adds as much as twenty per cent to
the book capacity of the new wing
over that of the old wing.
Annual Meeting for Fond du Lac.
The Wisconsin State Osteopathic so
ciety will hold its annual meeting in
Fond du Lac on May 20 and 81. Sew
eral important subjects will be dis
cussed at this convention.
Prominent among the topics for dis
cussion at the forthcoming meeting
will be the question of amending the
present state laws In order to better
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1914-05-08

this constitution gives to man or cit1-
zen be altered.
Article XVI. This article establishes
the principle that the family and domi-
Gle are inviolable, except for the pur-
poses of arrest under warrant from
a proper court expressing the charge.
Article XVII. No one shall be arrest
ed or Imprisoned for debts Of q purely
civil character. No one shall exercise
violence to claim his rights. The
courts will always be ready for the
administration Of justice. This will
be free, the costs being abolished.
Article XVII. Private property shall
not be taken without the consent Of
the owner, except In case OF public
utility. and by just payment therefor.
Religious corporations or institutions,
no matter of what denomination.
character, durability or purpose, and
civil corporations when under the pat
ronage, direction or SUPPLEMENTARY
Of religious Institutions, or ministers
of any cult, shall not have the legal
capacity to acquire or manage any
real estate except the buildings which
are used Immediately and directly for
the services Of the said institutions;
neither will the law recognize any
mortgage on any property held by
these institutions.
z Article XVIII. State and church
are independent. Congress cannot
make any law establishing or forbid
ding any religion.
The practical abrogation Of the con-
stitution under Diaz and Huerta has
resulted In the building up Of privt-
legged class and the cruel exploitation
Of the people. Vast territories have
passed into private ownership. The
disinherited peon has become the vir-
tual slave OF the land owners, and
freedom has been q privilege pur-
chased from the government by those
who had the means.
These are the conditions that De
Lara pictures, and 1t is to end them
the present fight of the constitutions
alists is waging.