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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1915-04-21
Given a Year in Penitentiary.

Sam Blevins and Clint John.
son were each sentenced TO one
year in the penitentiary by
Judge Skecn on last Friday at
the present term of court at
Wise. They were charged with
the robbery of Giles q Robi-
nette's store at this place about
two months ago, 10 which they
pleaded guilty, throwing them
selves on the mercy of the
court. After the robbery they
fled 10 Kentucky and were ar.
rested by officers at Harlan.
Lewis Sewers, who was an ac
complete in the robbery, resist
ed arres and fired on the Off
GERS and the X entncky authori-
ties detained him while the
Others were brought back to
Virginia and lodged in Jail at
Wise.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1915-04-21
Tennis Club.

The Cumberland Tennis Club
has one of the courts at the
lntermont Building ready for
playing and the other one will
be made ready within a very
short time. Already about
twenty five persons have join.
ed this club and more are ex-
pected to join soon. Everyone
wanting to play tennis this
year are invited to join the
club. The fee for the season is
only $500 for men and 81. 80 for
ladies, which is used towards
putting the courts in first class
condition.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1915-04-21
VOLLY BALL
Won Lost
Fences Destroyed by Forest
Fire.

Freezing, Va, April rs. For
est fires have become quite
common in the mountains of
this section during the past few
days, as the weather has been
unusually dry, and constant
winds nave prevailed. Much
fencing has been burned. The
heaviest loser is John w. Chill
dress, of the south side of Cum
berland Mountain. His loss is
about 2,00e panels of serpentine
fence. Some valuable timber
also has been destroyed.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1915-04-21
Farmers Club Meeting.

The Flat Gap Farmers Club
met the night of April l4th at
Flat Clap school house, Morgan
Boiling, president, and j NJ
Hamilton, secretary. The Y
took up the subject of co-opera.
tive buying and made out an
order for Il car of fertilizer 30
be shipped to Rock Switch on
the Interstate. County Agent
Stiles was present and made a
talk on things of interest to the
farmer. II was decided to meet
the 3rd Friday night in each
month. The next meeting to
be held the 3rd Friday night in
May, at which time they will
consider the installation of a
telephone line to connect with
the nearest switch board. This
should be a great help to all
citizens Of the Upper Pound ="
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1915-04-21
Ore Mines
Opened Up
AT lrondale After an IdIeness
of Several Years. Will
Employ 100 Men.

The iron ore mines at Iron
dale, formerly operated by
Kelly 81 Irvine, have begun
operation again after an idle
ness of about seven years, and
will employ about one hundred
men, TIL e Midway Mining
Company, Incorporated, is the
name of the new concern re.
Gently organized at this place,
with j h. Bum as president.
who have leased the mineral
tract from John b. Payne, of
Lexington, Ky. Mr.. Bum is
we'll known in this section as
an operator OF considerable
ability. He states that work
will be pushed rapidly and he
will soon have a large output.
Much work has to be done
however in the way of laying
tracks and opening up old
drifts.
They have a permanent con
tract with the Pulaski Iron
Company, at Pulaski, Va, for
their entire output and in about
a month will be able to ship
about $500 tons per month.
Two car loads of ore were ship
ped to Pulaski in February for
a test aud the analysis was of a
nigh per cent. In fact the Pu-
laski Iron Company says it is
the best ore they have been
able to get
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1915-04-21
U. d. c. Meeting.

Mrs, f.. r.. Goodloe was the
hostess for the April meeting
of the United Daughters of the
Confederacy The president,
Mrs Petit, presided over the
session, and it was attended by
seventeen members and two
visitors. Mrs. Lowery and Miss
Elliot The pupils of the school
competing for the l.. ID. G.
medal have ask ed the chapter
to give them until May LIST to
finish their essays, aud the
chapter has decided to extend
the time To that date.
y letter was read from the
circulation manager of 60
days Magazine" Offering some
very liberal cash prizes for sub
scriptions to that magazine,
and it was decided that each
member make an effort to get
as many subscriptions as posi-
BILE.
y letter was read from the
Sidney Lamar Chapter, of
Macon, Ga presenting the
name of Mrs. Walter Douglas
Lamar, of Georgia, as candi-
date for president General in
1919, and asking the endorse
ment and cooperation of the
Big Stone Gap Chapter in elect
ing her To this high Office. A
letter from the May Mildred
Sullivan Chapter, of New York
City, asking us to support Mrs.
Livingston Schuyler for this
Office was also read.
Roll call in May will be
answered with current event.
This closed the business session
and the following program was
enjoyed: Song, "OId Black
Joe by Mesdames Barrier
Ayers and Alexander; paper.
The Story of Cotton and the
Cotton Gin" Mrs. NJ. II. Nc.
Corkie; song, Garry Me Back
to Old Virginia" Mesdames
Skeen and Goodloe and Miss
Mary Skeen; reading, "Evacu
ation Day Fifty Years Ago, :"
Mrs. 5. A. Baily; letter. THE
Experience of a Confederate
Soldier" read by Mrs. Alex
ander.
The hostess served delicious
refreshments. The meeting
adjourned to meet with Mrs. j
FL. Hagy, at lmboden, in May.
SECRETARY.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1915-04-21
KENTUCKY, TENNESSEE
AND VIRGINIA MAY
FURNISH FUEL.
Congressman Slemp Calls At
tention to the Cheaper
Freight Rates to
Charleston and
Facilities
There.

Washington, d. c., April -.
BY resolution recently in
troduced in the house by Con
gresham G. Bascomb Slemp,
of Virginia. East Tennessee
Kentucky, southern coal fields
may he given an opportunity 10
furnish coal to the military and
naval establishments of the
government. Mr. Slemp recites
IN his resolution that it has
been alleged repeatedly that
these coal fields have been dis
criminated against by the gov
eminent IN buying coal supplies
in favor of the Pocahontas and
other West Virginia coal fields.
one of the chief elements
that has entered into the situa-
ton in ;he interest of the West
Virginia field has been lower
freight rates than could be Sc
cured for the southern coal
fields. Now that large facilities
are being provided at Charles
ton, $. c., for handling coal.
with the result that the rates
offered for the southern fields
will be 80 cents to 81 less per
ton than secured for the coal
from the West Virginia fields,
the resolution calls for the ap-
polntment of a committee of
five members Of the house to
investigate the adaptability of
Goals from the fields mentioned
for naval and army usage.
Two members of this commit
tee are to be appointed by the
speaker of the house from the
house naval affairs committee,
two from the military affairs
committee and one from the
house body at large.
Congressman Slemp stated To
the reporter that IN his
opinion, from the standpoint of
an owner and dealer in coal
lands in the Appalachian coun
try, the products of this section
is equal to, if not superior, to
that of the West Virginia and
other sections
Congressman r. w. Austin,
of Knoxville, Tenn, will work
with Congressman Slemp on
the above proposition during
the next session of Congress.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1915-04-21
Civic League.

OF all the beautiful stories
handed down to us from the
shadows of the past, none is
more touching than that of the
friendship of "Damon and
Pythius, n tale of absolute un-
seifishness and unsuliied honor.
IL would seem almost impossi-
BILE to do justice 10. it in PFC
tnre, but one glance at the
scree takes you quickly back
to the days of classic beauty
and grace. Lovely Grecian
maids clothed in snowy robes
of exquisite simplicity dance
happily in gardens filled with
flowers and fruit. THE sterner
scenes of furious war, the tri-
umphant return of Pythias,
and just as he marries his
beautiful sweetheart, the cruel
test of friendship. Won are
no longer watching picture.
but live the thrilling scenes
yourself.
NO photo play in many sea-
sons has won so immediate and
growing favor as the Univer-
sails presentation of "Damon
and Pythias.' It's six parts OF
wonderful beauty have direct
and impressive appeal To this
great lesson of universal friend
ship. The Grrcian environment
aud atmosphere is complete,
the acting cast superb and the
stage direction the perfection
of motion picture producing. -
From New York Review.
Richmond, Va.
Universal Film Mfg Co.
Broadway, New York.
The Grand Lodge of Pythias
of Virginia, after having wit
messed the exhibition of the
picture, damon and Pythias. -
express their high appreciation
and pronounce this picture a
wonderful portrayal. Every
member intensely enthusiastic.
Have our sincere cooperation
Grand Keeper.
Look out for Damon and
Pythias," the wonderful NOV
ing picture, at the Amuzu soon
for the benefit of Civic League.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1915-04-21
George c. Terrell Dead.

George G.. Terrell, of Rich
mond, Va, came to Big Stone
Gap over a month ago on a
visit to his sister, Mrs. j. T..
Garrison, thinking the noun
tain air would be good for him
and help him to regain his
health. He gradually became
worse and on last Wednesday
took his bed, and notwithstand
ing all that could be done, he
died on Friday night at III
O'Clock from Bright's disease.
The end was expected as the
doctors said they did not see
any chance for his recovery.
MIR. Terrell was y years of
age and leaves wife and one
child, who live in Richmond.
and three brothers and three
sisters. NJ. T.. Terrell, h i s
brother, of Roanoke, arrived in
town Saturday at noon and.
together with his sister, Mrs. j
L. Garrison, left on the after
noon train with the remains for
Danyilie, where burial took
place in the family burying
ground Monday, relatives and
friends paying their last re-
spects on earth to deceased.
Mr.. Terrell was pleasant
gentleman and won a host of
friends during his short stay
here, who deeply regret his I'M
timely death and extend sym.
pathy to Mr.. and Mrs. Garrison
and other relatives.
Old newcomers for sale az
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1915-04-21
Virginia Military Institute. LayInslaa Va

o., ne so,h ci neat June. will arpcsnl STATE
SApEls 10 NJ S.saneiss. 10 TIE ISL and, tth, Oh.
Is,a' t1ll md s'th 3ish Senatorial Distrets ad
appointments eAtry Tree board ard tuition An.
piieslcns shoaid be addresssd 70 the nricssigYiss
s sy.,s request e. " NICHOLS. SAD.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1915-04-21
ANNOUNCEMENT.

10 the Voters of Big s,oue Gap;
hereby snnouncc myself candidate
Tor the Office of Treasurer of the town of
Big Stone Gap, at the election 20 be held
June esh. | earnestly solicit the support
Of all voters regardless OF party affiIis.
lions. Ii elected 70 this Office will en-
deayor to perform The duties thereof 10
the best Of my ability.
Yours very .riily,
r II. REMEDY !.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1915-04-21
Cleaning Up Day
Friday, April 23rd.

Citizens clean Your premises,
back and front, inside and out.
Have Your trash handy for the
men, at your back gate, and
the wagons provided by Town
Council and Civic League viii
haul 1t oil for you on Friday
April 23rd.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1915-04-21

will permit, the board is also
anxious to send inspectors to
help organize clean up cam
paigns in the towns of the
state. Several requests of this
kind have already been filled
since April -
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1915-04-21
Card of Thanks.

We wish TO express our sim
cere gratitude and appreciation
TO our many friends who so
kindly aided us during the i'll.
ness and death of orr dear
brother, George G. Terrell. May
the Lord bless you.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Il. Garrison
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1915-04-21
Clean Up
Season
Late Spring Gives Chance 10
Improve Sanitation,
Health Author
tiles Say.

al clean up campaigns without
delay, tile small towns of Vir-
ginia have an excellent chance
of reducing their typhoid rate
during The coming season, ac.
cording to II statement issued
today by the State Board of
Health.
Observations Mt the local
weather bureau show that the
mean temperature for March,
1919, was / = degree below that
of March, 1914, which in turn
was 81 degrees below the nor
NAL for the windy month As
1914 was the record breaking
year for typhoid in Virginia,
witnessing scarcely more than
half as many cases of the sum
mer scourge as 1908, health Off
GERS here point ont that the
same favorable conditions pre-
vail for the coming season, pro.
vided the necessary precautions
are taken.
"A late spring, by reducing
the early breeding of flies, is
the best basis we can have for
a favorable typhoid year" the
board says in the bulletin given
the press today, "but important
as is the part played by the
weather in raising or lowering
typhoid, the sanitary conditions
of our country homes and of
our towns is also of the utmost
consequence. With neglect, the
initial advantage of good sea-
son, such as we are now enjoy
ing, may be lost; with proper
care and sanitation, the advan-
tage may be so increased that
even if n very hot summer fol-
lows a cool spring, the amount
of typhoid occurring in amy
given community can he kept
down.
There are many Virginia
towns which have passed ordi-
nances for the sanitary disposal
of all human sewage and there
are other towns that have such
ordinances under consideration.
If the latter towns will pass
these ordinances and see that
they are obeyed by all the
householders and if these towns
which have heretofore been re-
miss in handling their sanitary
problems will become aroused
the towns of Virginia can be
rid of typhoid fever, which has
been one OF their most serious
handicaps.
An insanitary town has a
bad name. This reacts on it's
trade and its development as
we'll as on the health of its peo-
pie. On the other hand, the
small towns which have a good
water supply and a sewerage
system or "a we'll enforced sani-
tary privy ordinance are almost
certain To attract settlers.
The general spring clean up
campaigns which are under
taken in some of our small
towns have much to commend
them But all of them should
center about the sanitary dis
posal of sewage. Where this
IS provided for, where pools are
drained and where the breeding
places of flies are broken up,
there is not town in Virginia
mat cannot be made sanitary
and healthful. The State Board
90 Health has prepared various
bulletins on different aspects of
sanitation in town and country
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1915-04-21
Base Ball.
Results of Games Played Sat
urday in the Wise Coun-
ty High School
League.

The Big Stone Gap high
school teams, accompanied by
a hundred or more rooters,
iourneyed to AppaIachia Satur-
day to meet the teams at that
place for the first time this sea
son. The volly ball game,
which took place ut $50, was
won by the Big Stone Gap girls.
capturing three ont of four
periods. The boys were not
quite so fortunate in the base
ball game, losing by score of
. TO {, as the result of sensa-
tional ninth inning rally by
Appalachia.
Big Stone Gap held their
opponents scoreless for eight
innings and in the meantime
had made themselves practical
iy safe by sending four runners
across home plate, and it look
ed like they had the game
sewed mp, but in the last half
of the ninth inning Appalachia
got busy and piled mp five
scores, winning the game. 1t
was accomplished by two time
ly hits, two passes and two
errors contributed by our boys.
One of the hits was two bag
ger by Siphers, who starred at
the bat for Appalachia, getting
three hits out of four trips to
the plate.
Kelly, pitching for Big Stone
Gap, again showed his clever
ness in the box by striking out
fourteen of his opponents and
holding them scoreless for eight
innings Although he w $
touched for two hits in the
ninth and issued two passes.
his team mates, who had play
ed AN almost errorleSs game up
to this time, failed TO give the
proper support or he would
have won easily. Cress, the
Appalachia pitcher, was hit
freely, but not in safe territory
and had good support in tight
places.
The home team is scheduled
to play ut Norton next Satur-
day, Appnlachia will play at
Coeburn. while East Stone Gap
and Wise will play here.
Score by innings:
Arpalachia 10000 ooo5 s. q
Big Stone Gap 0O00l-I >
Errors -Appalaehia. >; Rig Stone. 1.
Two base hit-Siphers
Three base hit-Mullins.
Struck ont by Kelly, II. los Crcss. Is.
Bases on bailS-of Kelly. : oil Crcss.
Double plays Mullins To Baker. II.
brown to G. X Polly.
EMPIRES Ell Cartwright and Billy
Stewart
East Stone Gap vs.. coeburn at coeburn
Coeburn defeated East Stone
Gap in the base ball game by a
score OF 5 to ,, while the East
Stone Gap girls won in the
volly ball game.
Norton VS.. Wise at Wise
Norton won in the base ball
game, defeating Wise II to 0,
and also captured the volly ball
game.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1915-04-21
Swat the Flv

See W. r. Baker, opposite
post office, for screens, doors
and windows. Furniture also
repaired.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1915-04-21
al Don't Feel Good"
That is what q lot of people tell II.
Usually their bowels only need cleansing.
@A6 foA

will do the trick and make you feel fine.
We. know this positively. Take one
tonight. Sold only by lis, 10 cents.
Kelly Drug Co.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1915-04-21

Old newspapers for sale at
this office.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-10
Wool-finish
remnants-1Oc yd.

These are the remnants remain
ing from our recent sale of Ice and
Csc wool-finish cotton suitings.
They come in beautiful plaid pat
terms in reds, greens and browns,
and are especially desirable for
making girls school dresses IN
ON sale. per yard. .... AOC
bargain Basement)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-10
THE MILLS STORES COMPANY
he greatest purchase of suits, coats
dresses ever brought to Topeka

The continued hot weather all
over the country just simply
turned the ready-to-wear bust
ness upside down.
The store that had the outlet,
the spot cash and a representa-
tive in New York last week
could buy suits, coats and
dresses at their own prices.
We had the outlet and the
ready cash and our New York
office bought! and boughtll and
bought!!l
As result we present here the
greatest purchase of suits, coats
and dresses ever brought to
Topeka.
And right in the nick of time
right when such bargains as
these will be most appreciated.
Every style-every color
every size
Don't tire yourself all out go
ing here and there looking"
come to ''The Big Store" and get
the benefit of the superior as
sortment-and the special prices.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-10
Every style-every color
every size
Welcome
Teachers

Welcome to Kansas best store
the store that has tried to
do everything possible to
make your stay in Topeka
as pleasant as possible.
the store that stands ready
to do any thing more that
we can, if you will only tell
one of our floor-walkers
about it.
the store with the largest
and most commodious rest
room in Kansas; the store
of courtesy, convenience
and accommodation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-10
Mackinaws-$2.98

This is a sample line of boys
Mackinaws just received from our
New York office. They are extra
well made, warm ones with large
collars and patch pockets-up to
$3.50 Mackinaws GO 90
on sale p&'CO
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-10
Boys union
SuitS-49G

Boys warm, fleece lined cottor
union suits, well made to with
stand the very hardest of service
all sizes-rare bargains No.
OF
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-10
$500 blanketS-&3.39

Large size, good weight, soft
wool blankets in line of handsome
plaid patterns-regular ca 10
IS a pair wool blankets. Y0sOO
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1915-08-25
The Denison Review. Wednesday. August Is. 1915
:
! SCHLESWiG ITEMS. :
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Mrs. Fred Bestes, of Colone, S. ID.
is here for visit with her mother
Mrs. A Braase, and also her brothers
John and August.
Mr.. and Mrs Henry Jahde went tC
Lake View Sunday for pleasure trip
A number OF ladies spent Monday
|evening at the Z. Watson home to Wis
it with Mrs. Watson's sister, Mrs. S
M. Calm, OF Chadwick, ILL.,.
Mrs. Adolph Hansen and children
went to Odebolt for a few days visit
with her sister. Mrs. Fred Smith.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hugo Weigand are en-
PERTAINING baby girl which arrived
on August 18th.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Greves and chill.
dren went to DenisOn Thursday for a
visit with his parents and from there
Went to West Side for visit with
her parents.
Mrs. Maria Schmidt and daughter,
Jeanette, returned on Thursday from
a weeks visit with her son. NJ. A. Hol'
lander and family in Ricketts,.
Mic Schleuter and family, of Deni,
son. spent Sunday here in the Earl
Brake home.
Mr.. and Mrs Ingwert Hollander
went to Lloyd, Mont. OH Tuesday TO
visit with the Jacob La Franz and
Will Dixon families.
Born on Monday August 1G, to Mr..
and Mrs Louie Grill baby boy.
| Bill Belenberg. John krOhnke and
Herman spent Monday in Lake View.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Grell of Piero,
y.,u do off q NvooR
with Mrs. John Carstens, who is on
the sick list
| Mrs. Anna Schverm went to Ode
bolt last week to visit her daughter,
Mrs. Fred Schmidt.
Alfred RoIwer and helper from
DenisOn were here Friday wiring Mrs.
I'reckman's new home for electric
| lights.
Mrs. Doctor Schultz and Miss Lor-
eta Schmidt were in Denison Satur.
day doing some shopping.
The contract for building the new
l. O. O. f. building was let last Mon
day to Schultz Bros, of Schleswig.
The building is to be made OF pressed
brick, is to be two stories high. the
ground story to be occupied by
store and the upper story 10 De occu'
pied by the lodges. The building is to
be completed by December.
Mrs. S. M. Calm and two children
left for their home in Chadwick. ILL.,,
Sunday after weeks visit here with
her. sister, Mrs. Elmer Watson, and
family. Mr.. Watson took them as far
as Denison, at which point they took
tho train. 10 ~ t1AoJ
Mrs. Paul Jepsen delightfully."- enter
tanned several ladies at gher home
Friday afternoon. sr ia sr
Miss Helen Burch, of Denison,
spent the past week here with her
sister, Mrs, Albert Stoltenberg,
Adolph Jahde, Hans Mahlstedt and
John Glau were fishing at the lake
Sunday. f-s isi l,altsaa-
Scllleswig and Ida Grove played
ball here, on Sunday A good game
was played with the score being to
in Ida Groves favor.