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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1915-04-07

The III o'clock service sun
day morning will he devoted
entirely To Foreign Missions. F."
Besides the sermon there will
he special music and a pretty
exercise by the children. The
following program will be rem
dered:
Song, congregation standing;
invocation: reading of Christ's
last commission. five informed
iates; prayer, pastor: song
junior choir, bible drill, Junior
bible class; oifertory, selection
by Miss Vineyard; baritone
solo. Jerome Wells; violin duet;
The Gospel To the Whole Gre
alton" Dennis G.. Myers, pas
tor: communion; soprano aud
tenor duet; henediction. Chris
tian Endeavor at the usual
hour. There will be no preach
ing sunday night.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1915-04-07
Natures Reliable Guide For
Garden Planting.

Nature furnishes guides fof
garden planting which are even
more reliable than the calendar.
according To the departments
garden specialist, The old resi-
dents of the soil such as the
maple, dogwood, and white oak
are tho best Interpreters Of ma
ture's moods in snring. aud
quickly reflect thcm, SO that
the gardener who follows their
silent suggestions may arrange
the planting of his vegetables
according
When the silver naples begin
to put forth their leaves aud
the "catkinsN appear on the
willows and poplars. nature is
indicating that the season is
right for the planting OF such
vegetables as lettuce, mustard,
onion seeds aud onion sets.
parsley, the round-serdcd peas.
early Irish potatoes, radishes,
spinach, and turnips This. Of
course, is provided that the soil
is in good order, which can be
determined by taking a hand
ful at depth of 3 or inches
from the surface, compact it in
tho baud 10y closiug the fingers,
and If, upon opening them, the
ball OF earth gradually falls
apart, it is ready To be spadei
Manure should then be buried
a full spade depth below the
surface and the soil should be
mnde fine aad compact with am
even snrfnce
Not until about 80 days after
nature las set the date for the
above mentioned vegetables
should such garden truck as
beets, carrots, and kohl-rabi be
planted \ second sowing Of
peas can also be made at this
Time.
'rhe dogwood aud the white
OAK begin TO show signs OF
awakening at a time when 9th
ar vegetables may be planted.
These include bush and pole
beans, sweet corn, cucumbers,
mnskmclons, and vorious kinds
of squash The gardener and
housewife viii rarely plant too
early II they but wait for ma
ture TO tell them what to do.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1915-04-07
To the Citizens of Big Stone
Gap and Vicinity,

For fully thiriy-fyc ga year. the l. X
NJ semi Mixed Real Paints have been
extensively used Throughout, the Umied
States and also IN south America They
have therefore been subjected 10 the tests
OF every climatic conditions mos, sue.
cessiuily thereby proving their extreme
durability aud superior value.
See our advertisement on other Page,
telling pprorty-cwncrs how 10 make
thsi' o"n paint. Hd thereby save sixty
cents gallon on every gallon used.
1oNGMAN II MARTINEZ,
lo-e.ow Paint Makers, Now YORK
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1915-04-07
ANNOUNCEMENT.

To the Voters of Rig stone Gap
1 take This method Of announcing my
sell candidate tor the office of Town
sergeant at the election to be held Tues
day. June sih. appeal 10 all the voters.
regardless Of party for their support
especially 20 those who aye anxious Ia
see our laws Justly and impartial.y en-.
lorcd. IL in;rusted with this oiiicc I
shall certainly perform the duties thereof
Ia the very best of my ability.
Your obedicnt servant,
MARSHALL. BELCHER.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1915-04-07

Historic Cumberland Gap is
30 be marked by splendid
monument, the gifs of paugh-
tiers OF the American Revolution
10 Tennessee. Kentucky, Wiz
ginia and North Carolina. Dur
ing :he fourteenth annual con
ference of the North Carolina
y. q. II this project wac pre-
sented. and the convention vet
ed $IO0 Ioward tho MARKER. 50
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1915-04-07
Cut This Out
It Is Worth Money

Cut out this advertisement. enclose
cents 10 FOLEY X Co. 1885 Shemeld
Ave. Chicago. III, Writing yoar name
and address clearly. You VIII re-
ceivc ia return q trisf package con.
taining
ID F1icSs Honey and Tar Com
pound. the standard family remedy
cough, ,Ish,nSsSa1 and s9'p sor mm%sP'h Ia
chest. grippe and bronchial coughs.
90 Foley Kidney Fiiis. for over
worked and disordered kiaueys and
bladder aiimenia, pain .n aides and
mpscies. siiff Joints backRchr and
rheuutesism.
so Foley Cathartic rablete. a
wholesome and thoroughly cleansing
cathaftic- Especially comforting TO
stout pernons. and a Sursatlvc needed
eS everybody WITH sipgaish bow els
ard torpid liver, You can try thcAe
thee FAMILY rsmedies for cn.2 SC.
-
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1915-04-07

I w. G. skunk. superintendent
of the power and mechanical
department OF { ne Stonega
Coke and Coal Company, has
to pittshpro g " BUSINESS wy
*, u casper. the newly
elec,ied president oi me Athlet-
,c Nssoc'at'on, spent sunday in
''",'on'
H. \. johnson was up from
ehnlng'on Cap last week ON
w q. Oontls mas secured the
n'a ,'nS contract Tor a large
modern sc moo building at
O., .,. ;, : naker IS the
H. p,i. ~ ,;i ~; uuiiu.'is
r a,' ,,"fr oI,iiu.rE up -" nice
r"'"'''' ''' JUS S'"o'' i''"S'
T.. j Prescott, comptroller of
me Stonega Coke and Con
Company, has returned from a
business trip to Washington
CITY
J. r. Samson Of NIiddlos
boro. was business visitor 10
the Gap the past week.
" u Alien oanarol fr.;ah,
and passenger ngent for 7hci
virginia "A n Il Somtbvns,.rn
Railway was n hnsiness v;s;to,
to the Gan last wcol
80,
Mrs. w. II rory mas return
w. :, .. ION a VS.. To re'a'lVes al
o""'hR'oh zap
Henry Bullitt. after a visit to
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1915-04-07

Efforts in New York to raise
The price Of bread to cents Il
loaf were defeated ny the small
or concerns which PERSISTED in
selling for nickel. After this
,hore should be DO doubt that
competition is still a potent in
.luenra in business.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1915-04-07
SUBSCRIBERS ava onrnostIy re

SUBSCRIBERS are earnestly re
quoslcd TO observe the date
printed on their address slips,
which will keep them at all
times posted a. to the date
of the expiration of their sub
scription. Prompt and timely
attention TO this request will
save all parties great deal OF
ANNOYANCE.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1915-04-07
he Dancing Class.

Ready Stepit lively now,
Hop and skip and kick
Pivot twice upon your nose.
Turn a handspring quick
l'ilii your partner ia the ribs,
liin him in the eve,
land him one upon the eal
swiftly sliding by
Take your foot into your hand
Roll along the floor.
flopping sidewise while lcount
One two, three, and four
l'oosi your partner on your back.
Waltz him ON the Wu.
Twin upon your thumbs. and stop
80 the lessons done
Exchange.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1915-04-07

LOST-Poo dog, very
large Color, white with few
brown spots. Missing since
sunday Wears leather collar
with chain Liberal reward
for it's return 10 Mrs. j. G..
Mnncy.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1915-04-07

Perhaps the income Tux will
show whether the farmers or
tile spectators got most of the
profits in wheat.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1915-04-07
Seminary School Closes This
Week.

The public school at the Sem
nary IN Turkey Cove will have
It's closing exercises ON Friday
and Saturday nights of this
week On Friday night the
feature of the evening will be
the contests for the DIR. Pierce
aud DR.. Gllmer medals. and on
Saturday night the feature viii
be a drama entitled "The Black
Hand, = and the awarding of
medals. Every one invited to
attend these exercises.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1915-04-07

Any woman can keep an ex-
pense account but not more than
one in q thousand can make it
tally with her cash.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1915-04-07

Despite the bombardment Of
the pardnnelles AN eighth Of a
Darrell of flour still costs the
American consumer Sl.OO.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1915-04-07

Trees usually wait until they
receive certain assurances OF
spring before permitting their
sap to rise, but the human sap
head is always on the job.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1915-04-07

1t requires a bale of cotton to
make the snokeless powder for
one shut from Il fifteen inch
gun, but probably the south
would prefer TO ell cotton
cheaper TO M axe Bingham
aprons for pretty girls.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1915-04-07

The work Of replacing the
ships that have been destroyed
may do little toward solving
problems of unemployment
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1915-04-07

If all OF the land now above
ven level, 25,O00, eco cubic miles,
were spread uniformly over the
globe, il would form a she'll
about dG0 feet thick
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1915-04-07
RADFORD NORMAN SCHOOL

School
81
Grade Certificate free
Region 1900
sfte j. p MCCONNELL. Ia Va
Middletown transcript., 1915-12-04

the young rector withdrew HIS throb
bing head and started to raise up, and
bumped the back of his head with a
crack on the bottom of an open draw.
err near enough to the top to give him
a good long sweep for momentum.
This mishap being just one degree be-
yond the point to which Rev. Smith
Boyd had been consecrated, he ejacu-
lated as follows:-
No. 1t is not respectful, nor proper.
nor charitable, to set down what Rev.
Smith Boyd. in that STRESS calculated;
but beautiful, gray-haired lady, beau
tiful with the sweetness Of content and
the happiness of gratified pride and
the kindliness of humor, who had
paused at Rev. Smith Boyd's open
door to inquire how soon he would be
down to dinner, hastily covered her
mouth with her hand, and moved away
from the door, with moist blue eyes,
around which twinkled a dozen tiny
wrinkles born of much smiling.
When the dignified young rectnr
came down to dinner, fully clothed and
apparently in his right mind, his moth
er, who was the beautiful gray-halreI
lady with the twinkling blue eyes,
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looked across the table and smiled in
diligently at his disguise; for he was
not grown-up, tall, broad-shouldereG
man of thirty-two at all. In reality he
was a shock-headed, slightly freckled
urchin Of nine or ten, by the name of
"Smitty" on the town commons. and
TOD" at home.
Aren't you becoming trile irrita
BILE of late, Tod?" she inquired with
solicitude, wilefully suppressing a
smile which flashed up in her as she
remembered that ejaculation. 1t was
shocking in a minister, of course, but
she had ever contended that ministers
were, and should be, made of clay;
and clay is friable.
yes, mother, l believe am" con
fessed Rev. Smith Boyd, considering
the matter with serious impartiality
Mrs. Boyd surveyed her son with a
practiced eye.
Il think your appetite's dropping of
little" she commented, and then she
was shrewdly silent, though the
twinkles of humor came back to her
eyes by and by. 81 don't think you
take enough social diversion" she
finally advised him. You should go
out more. You should ride, walk, but
always in the company of young and
agreeable people. Because you are a
rector is no reason for you to spend
your spare time In gloomy solitude, as
you have been doing for the past
week."
Rev. Smith Boyd would have liked
to state that he had been very
busy, but he had a conscience, which
was nuisance to him. He had spent
most of his spare time up in his study,
with his chin in his hand.
"You are quite right, mother" he
somberly confessed, and swallowed
two spoonfuls of his soup 1t was ex
cellent soup, but, after taking a bite
of wafer, he laid his spoon on the
edge of the plate.
81 think I'll drive you out of the
house, Tod" Mrs. Boyd decided, in the
same tones she had used to employ
when she had sent him to bed. "a
think I'll send you over to Sargent's
tonight to sing with Gail"
The rector of the richest church in
the world flushed a triie. and looked
at the barley in the bottom of his
soup. His mother regarded him quiet.
ly, and the twinkles went cut of her
eyes. She had been bound to get at
the bottom of his irritability, and now
she had arrived at it.
II would prefer not to CO." he told
her stif1y, and the eyes which he lifted
to her were coldly green. 81 do not
approve of Miss Sargent"
CTo BE CONTINUED.)
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Afraid of Death.

"The pomp of DEATH" said the wise
Bacon, ''frightens us more than death
itself" The king of terrors has no ter.
rors that we have not lent him J. And
yet who would disagree with the sen.
timent of the unhappy Oscar Wilde 2
Death is the only thing that eyer ter.
rifles me, hate it. One can survive
everything nowadays except id ath."
But Wilde did NOT hate deaf when
it finally came to release his hArassed
and broken spirit. Reason and com
mon sense bid us neither to b ate nor
to fear death. but simply to ignore II
until the hour comes. and then to ac.
cept 1t just as we accept life A Roman
stole philosopher was discours|ng one
day on life and death.
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An American

A native pf any part of North or
South America is literally an Ameri-
can. since he is a native of one Of
the American continents. Usage. how.
ever. has narro we'd the term SO that
IAN American" is generally under
stood to be citizen or native Of the
United States OF America, while a
native of Cafada. Mexico. Central or
South AmeriSa is known as Cana
dian." Mexican" "Brazilian'' "Guate-
malan." or the like. The reason for
the usage does not lie in any feeling
that the UnitHd States preempts
stands for. or overshadows the other
parts of the western hemisphere, but
simply in the fact that, while Can
ada. Mexico. Brazil. the United States
Of Colombia. ETC.. are words which
admit Of adjective formation, sAmeri.
can" Is the only adjective which can
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MakIna q Concrete Ruox.

Reinforced concrete during the last
few years has been invading many
fields which hitherto have been con
sidered as belonging exclusively to
iron and steel. One of the interesting
Illustrations of this fact is the con.
strnction Of concrete buoy at King
ston, Jamaica.
II is stated that the cost is only
about SO per cent of the cost of a
similar buoy made Of steel.
To prevent the mooring chain from
injuring the bottom OF the buoy the
letter Is made concave. The manhole
cover was grouted into its place after
the buoy was afloat- Leakage is han
died BY means Of pump-hoIe.
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plan, and that expression was mas
terry These men, BIZ the sheer force
Of their personality, BY the sheer doni-
nance OF their wills, by the sheer Yiril-
ity Of their purposes.iby the sheer dog
ged persistence which baIks at no OBJ
stacle and hesitates at no foe. had
fought and strangled and thrpttled
their way to che top, until they stood
head and shoulders above all the
strong men Of their respective do
mains, safe from protest or dispute
of sovereignty, because none has risen
strong enough to do them battle. They
were the undefeated champions Of
their classes, and the life Of every
man In that group was an epicI Who
was to be monarch of the new empire
Allison answered that question as
simply as he had the others.
"The best man." he said.
There had been seven big men In
America. Now there were eight. They
all recognized that.
"0f course" went on Allison, my
proposition does not assume that any
man here will begin by reIinquishing
control Of his own particular branch
Of the International Transportation
company; sugar, beef, iron, steel. oil
and the other commodities will all be
under their present handling; but each
branch will SO support and benefit the
other that the position of the consoli
dation itself will be impregnable
against competition or the assaults .oi
government. The advantages Of con
troll, collection and distribution, are SC
vast that they far outweigh any pos
sible question of personal aggrandize
ment."
Don't hedge, Allison" barked Ar
thur Grandin. you expressed II
right In the first place. You're put
ting it up to us to step out Of the local
championship class, and contend fol
the big belt"
THE prize isn't big enough" pro
nounced W. T. Chisholm, as If he .hac
decided for them all AS beftted his
calling, he was slower minded thar
the rest. There are few quick turns
in banking.
Not big enough?" repeated Allison
MOT big enough when the Union Fue
col lpany already supplies every can
did which goes into the Sudan. runs
the pumps on the Nile and the motol
boats on the Yang-Tse-Kyang, supplies
the oil for the fabrication of the cal
of Juggernaut, and works the propel
Ter Of every aeroplane? Not bis
enough, when already the organiza
tions represented here have driver
their r industries into every quarter o.
the earth? What shall you say wher
we join to our nucleus the great
stea mship lines and the foreign rail
roads? Not big enough? Gentlemen
look here!" He strobe over to the bis
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globe. From New York to San Fran
cisco a red line had already been
traced. Now he took a pencil in his
hand, and placing the point at New
York, gave the globe a whirl, girding
it completely. Gentlemen, there is
your EN- pirel"
Again the nasal voice of old Joseph
G. Chrk drawled into the silence.
81 suggest that we discuss in detail
the cond itions of the consolidation. +"
he remarked.
The bell of Allison's house phone
rang.
"Mr. Dalrymple, sir" said the voice
Of Ephraim.
VERY WE'LL" replied Allison. "Show
him into the study. Babbitt, will you
read to the gentlemen this skeleton
plan of organization? If you'll excuse
me. I'll be, back in five minutes"
"Dalrymple?" inquired Taylor.
EYES," answered Allison abstracted-
ly, and went into the study.
He and Dalrymple looked at each
other silently for a moment, with the
old enmity shining between them. Dali
rymple, a man FIVE years Allison's
senior, brisk speaking man with a
protruding jaw and deep-set gray eyes,
had done more than any other one hui
man being to develop the transporta-
ton systems of New York, but his gift
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FIRST "DICTAGRAPH" IN USE
"Ear Of DlonysIus" Got as Good Re-
suits as Does the Modern lnVen-
tlon for Use of EaVesdroppers.

Sicily is rich In Greek antiquities.
Some OF the oest are clustered togeth-
er on the outskirts of the old town Of
Syracuse A very popular one is the
Ear of Dionysius," in the Latonia
del Paradise, an old quarry used as
prison by the Creeks The walls Of
this quarry are over 100 feet high,
and lean inward at an angle Of about
thirty degrees-all chisel work. done
by innumeraLle slaves. The idea was
to prevent any possibility Of escape on
the part of the hapless prisoners con-
fined here, and as a further precau-
tion Dionysius had chiseled Que in the
rolid rock vast cavity, very similar,
az seen from without, to human ear,
hv means of which he is said to have
listened to the conversation Of the
captives. The interior of the cavity
is in the shape of the letter ~S."
ard gradually tapers until at the ex-
treme summit you might perceive
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Eate and charaeter AlLke

1t took the world many generations
to recognize and to accept the simple
truth that fate and character we're
the same Even now, though 1t Is ad.
vocated Artually by ALI creeds and
by all persons who think about the
matter, it is rather an idealistic the.
orys than a practical reality. To
take It into the mind and the heart
to care for it. sufficiently to put il In
control Of the feelings. to give It, In
other words. loving recognition. is to
turn from wayward and contradictory
theories and to make q right start a
living
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MANY MINERS ENToMBED.
One Fatality At Boomer - Rescue
Work a Success.

Charleston, w. Va.-With about 25
miners still in the mine, but one fatal.
ity is thus far reported as a result
of an explosion, due either to a blown
out shot or an excessive use of powder
in Mine No. 2 of the Boomer Coal
and Coke Company, at Boomer. About
80 men had been taken out on motors
or mine cars. All the men suffered
considerably from the effects of the
explosion. but only one of the number
had suffered serious injury, broken
leg.
Those still in the mine are back OF
the explosion section, where they have
barricaded themselves, and it is the
opinion of officials that all the men are
alive. Communication had been made
with the barricaded men.
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CHAPTER xI.
Gall Solves the vedder Court Problem

Gall Solves the Vedder Court Problem.
Rev. Smith Boyd, rector of the
richest church in the world, dropped
his last collar button on the floor and
looked distinctly annoyed. The collar
button rolled under his mahogany
highboy, and concealed itself carefully
behind one of the legs. Rev. Smith
Boyd, there being none to see,
laid aside his high dignity, and got
down on his knees, though not for any
clerical purpose, whereat the little col
lar button shone so brightly that the
rector's bullying eye caught the CLINT
of it. His hand swung round, at the
end Of long arm, and captured 1t be-
fore 1t could hide any further, then
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CAN'T ADVERTISE LIQUOR.
West Virginia Court Hits Blow At
Out-of.state Dealers.

Charleston, w. Va,-The Supreme
Court declared constitutional that Sec
ton of the liquor law which prohibits
liquor dealers outside the State from
advertising their wares in West Vir-
ginia by circular letters and order
blanks. The decision came when the
court confirmed a decision of the Cir.
cult Court of Harrison county.
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sYNoPsIs.

At a vestry meeting OF the Market
Square church Gail Sargent listens to
discussion about the sale OF the church
tenements 10 Edward q. Allison, local
traction king, and when asked her opin-
ion Of the church by Rev. Smith Boyd,
says 1t is apparently a lucrative business
enterprise Allison takes Gall riding in
his motor car. When he suggests he Is
entitled to rest on the laurels of his
achievements, she asks the disturbing
question: .'WhyY' Gail, returning to her
Uncle Jim's home from her drive with AL
lison, finds cold disapproval in the eyes
OF Rev. Smith Boyd who Is calling there.
At bobsled party Gail flnds the world
uneomfortably full of men. and Allison
tells Jim Sargent that his new ambition
is to conquer the world. Allison starts a
campaign for consolidation and control OF
the entire transportation system Of the
world. Gall becomes popular, Allison
gains control of transcontinental trafic
and arranges to absorb the Vedder court
tenement property Of Market Square
church. Gail visits Vedder court and meet
ing Boyd there. tells him that the cathe-
dral Market Square church proposes to
build will be out of profits wrung from
squalor. She becomes the center of mag
netic attraction for the men Of her aunt's
social set
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BRITISH LOSSES NOW 100000.
Total For November Much Smaller
Than For October.

London.-British casualty lists pub
lished during November total 1882 OH
GERS and 45,184 noncommissioned OH.
GERS and men in all fields Of war.
bringing the total since the beginning
of hostilities up to approximately 6OO,-
600. Heavy as were the losses in
killed, wounded and missing for the
present month, they were much lighter
than in October, when the names OF
S,110 officers and 71,187 noncommis-
stoned officers and men were included
in the lists.