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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1916-02-02
The Las, Five Years

The I.aymen's Missionary Move
ment has been hewing along the line.
OF the national missionary polio,
adopted at the Chicago congress IL
1910. In 1918 the movement took ii
all the missionary forces, botli HON,
and foreign and promoted during the
last two years under the name OF the
United Missionary campaign over 62i
conferences and conventions In as
many places IN an ehort to react
with the message and the method o.
the movement every center of over
5000 people in the United States ant
Canada
The foreign mission offerings OF the
Protestant churches OF this country
which, in 1906, the year cf the or an
ization of this movement. totpllct
about SS,000,00o, last year totalled
s17,25o.oo0. About double that in
crease has been turned into the mis-
sionary and benevolent work OF the
church at home and n larger proper
ton goes to the work Of Local
churches. This IS due larsaly to the
adoption OF the methods Of church
finance, introduced by the movement
and to the Increasing Interest OF mer
In the church's great world work.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1916-02-02
Notifying Passengers of De-
iayed Trains.

The following bulletin has
been issued on all divisions OF
.he Norfolk and Western Rail
way to Passengers, Conductors,
Trainmen, and all concerned
by the respective Superinten
dents:
"ln event of any delay to
trains or interruption Of traffic
which may be important enough
20 effect tile comfort and con
vcnience passengers, conduc
tors will make every possible
effort to find out the cause of
the delay aud lis probable dura
ton, and will furthermore see
that Il suitable announcement
is made TO the passengers and
others Interested"
Conductors and traininen are
instructed to freely and cour-
teonsly answer all questions adj
dressed TO them upon this sub
ject onL give any and all in
formation which may he ueces
sary for passengers to make
suitable arrangements.
1t may not always bo possible
for conductors ard trainmen to
find out exactly the cause of
tho trouble or the length of the
delay In such instance they
will only be expected to do the
best they can.
The division office will get in
touch with the situation and
will aid the efforts of conduc-
tors by giving proper informa-
ton which i'll Iurn should be
given to passengers. Station
AGENTS will cndcnvor to find
out why trains are late and see
that the passengers waiting at
the station are properly in.
formed. The train dispatcher
will keep in touch with the
agents and assist them III as
ccrtaining the cause and extent
OF the trouble.
This company feels that its
patrons should he informed of
any Interruption OF traffic or
extraordinary delays To trains
upon which they may be travel
ing, or about to travel In many
instances information of this
character is of great value to
our patrons and frequently will
enable thom To change their ar
engagements and lessen the in
convenience to which they
would otherwise bc subjected.
Nothing will produce So go3d
an effect and contribute ms
much to the popularity OF the
NORFOLK AND " ESTERN as
the announcement OF lnforma-
ton of this character.
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For the Family
Medicine Chest

Green Bay. Wis. Min. WIN. F. Bubolx uIy,:
u always use Foley. Honey and Tar for our
children Is il quickly breaks up their eolds with
90 bad after eifcets, and they Ike to take it,"
In this season OF coughs, coido and
Group. every family medicine cheat
nhomld he supplied with = good cough
medicine that can be relied upon
when needed.
Such q family cough syrup is Foley's
Honey and Tar Compound This
standard medicine has been or the
market for years aud in many sec
lions was found in every home I'm
the days when doctors were not SO
handy and when money was scarcer.
Foley's Honey and Tar Compound
is an excellent medicine for coughs,
colds. raw or innAmed throat. hoarse-
ness, tishtnesa and soreness of tho
chest, Group and whOopinE couEh.~ It
Ia an absolutely safe remedy. contain
Ing only healing Ingredients, and free
from any harmful drugs.
Mutual Drug Company
Biz Stonc Gap, Va,
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1916-02-02
IN HANDS OF RECEIVER.

In the suit instituted by W.
G Kent. Trustee, against the
Big stone Gap ~ Powell Val.
ley Railroad Company in the
District Court of the United
States here last week Judge
Mcdowell appointed Il. Dren
nen receiver of all the property
of the Company. The railroad
has not been III operation since
the latter part of December and
will probably never be operated
again, as Judge Mcdowell in
the decree appointed Mr. Dren-
men directed him not to operate
it.
the company owes consid-
cradle amount ia mortgage in
.debtedncss and a small amount
of floating debts and it is the
impression chat the rails. roll.
ing stock, motive power and
real estate of the company will
be sold and we viii never
see the dum in \, which
has Gecn a familiar figure upon
our streets for more than
twenty five years, running
again, other than to gather up
aud ship the rails.
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World wide.

The movement has reached ont to
Great britain, Australia and several
countries OF Europe Ill now Its spirit
and purpose have attained world
wide reach.
The present world situation. In
which great Protestant; Christian
powers are engaged In stife. place
an unprecedented burden mon tn.
Christian forces of this country "a
promote the world missionary enter
prises,
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1916-02-02

SUBSCRIBERS are earnestly re.
qucstcd to observe the date
printed on their address slips,
which will keep them at all
times posted as to the date
of tho expiration Of their sub.
scription. Prompt and timely
attention TO this requos: will
save all parties 8 great deal of
annoyance.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1916-02-02

These are the objects OF the srca
Observation-Disclosures campaign beini
conducted under the auspices of tho
laymen's Missionary Movement. I'll,
Virginia convention will be held a
the Grace Street Baptist church. Rich
mond, February 10, Il, 10. l6. ant
viii open with a great mass meetint
on the afternoon OF Sunday Februar!
18th, a, $3.50 o'clock. at the City Audi
torium.
Many denominations In the Unitct
States and Canada havo organized
committees TO promote the spirit AM
methods OF the general movement 1t
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1916-02-02

their own communions. Twenty sec
retaries are employed to give thei
whole time to supervision and exteu
sion work
The Laymen's Missionary Move
mcnt has no membership and no or
gani2ation, apart from committees
There is a general committee OF lOl
laymen, which meets annually, giyinl
general direction: an executive com
mittee of TWENTY-FIVE members, which
meets monthly in New York city, an,
eight division committees are heinz
developed in the United States. II
each city. community or county W q,
work is undertaken cooperating
committee is organized.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1916-02-02

The patches that decorate the
trousers OF calamity bowler
are not on the knees.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1916-02-02
PURPOSES OF A
Great MOVEMENT
Laymsn's Missionary Campaign
Has World Wide End.

To consider new world cond-
tons and Americas enlarged re-
sporsibility.
To study tho missionary progress
OF recent years.
To projce. plans looking toward
the accomplishment of our whole
missionary duty.
To emphasize The adequacy Of
the Gospel TO meet modern soc:a;
conditions.
To increase the spiritual power
and efficiency OF the local church.
To secure the general use OF the
best methods OF missionary educa.
ton and finance.
To inspire laymcn to take their
part In the extension OF the king
dom of Christ
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1916-02-02

Contracts have been awarded
at Philadelphia by the Pcnnsyl-
vnnia Railroad Company for
5000 steel freight cars at cost
of IS, 900, 200,
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1916-02-02

The man who hopes to leave
foot prints i'll the sands of time
must have sand
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1916-02-02

Eighteen Villa bandits were
executed at chihuahua City,
Mexico. All were participants
in the Santa Ysabel massacre
of Americans, say official Car
rama udvices.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1916-02-02

The Joint Educational Con
ference for the Sixth and Ninth
Congressional Districts and
Carroll aud Grayson Counties
will be held ut the Radford
Normal March "a.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1916-02-02

Nhiiu Nuiii Vtu OoiiiBuhl iui
5000 steel freight cars at cost
of IS, 100000.
Eighteen Villa bandits were
executed at chihuahua City,
Mexico. All were participants
in the Santa Ysabel massacre
of Americans, say official Car
rama udvices.
The Joint Educational Con-
ference for the Sixth aud Ninth
Congressional Districts and
Carroll aud Grayson Counties
will be held ut the Radford
Normal March "a.
Exports valued at between
Slo0,oO0,ooo aud 92,0o0, 600
were shipped from the port of
New York during December,
according TO official estimates
complied at the custom house.
Tho November exports were
$iss.o3G ,45s.
President Wilson's drst
speaking tour On his swing
around the circle in advocacy
of preparedness was begun last
Thursday. II will deliver
speeches in Now York, Pitts
burg, Cleveland, Chicago, St,
Louis, Kansas City, ST. Joseph
and Davenport, Mrs. Wilson
accompanied the president.
Great Britain's interference
with neutral trade was the sub
ject Of a vigorous and exhaus.
tive speech in the Senate at
Washington by Senator lIoke
Smith, Of Georgia, who pleaded
for action to prevent England
from advancing her own trade
at the expense OF the United
States while attempting to de
stroy Germany commercially.
American battleships will be
able to survive the explosion of
single torpedo against their
hulls, regardlcss.of where they
are struck, in the opinion OF
navy experts. Experiments
which have been III progress
for more than n year have dem
onstrated that two or more tor!
pedoes mus! find their mark
before these ships can be sent
TO the bottom.
In her most recent book
Court Life From Within the
lnfanta Eulalie OF Spain, aun,
of King Alfonso, gives some
new aud interesting facts abou,
the Kaiser. The court life a,
Berlin is the most formal, the
most medieval that infanta de
scrii,eN. Her pictures of the
Kaiser are very interesting
The equality that makes hin
most misunderstood, both il
Germany and abroad" remark,
the infanta, Sin his religiosity
He has an intimate sense OF
the constant direction of q per
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1916-06-03
COL. MOSBY PASSES AWAY IN
WASHINGTON, D. C.

Col. John S. Mosby, the most famous
Confederate raider of the Civil War,
died in Washington, D. c., on May 80,
at the age Of 80.
AS leader of a band of cavalry that
swept up and down the Shenandoah
Valley, Col. Mosby performed some of
the most daring feats of the Civil War,
and few men in the Confederate ranks
were so hated and feared by Northern
ers; yet this same man, accused of every
wanton crime during the war, not only
escaped punishment afterward, but be-
came one of the most loyal and trusted
servants of the government.
General Grant once saved Mosby from
hanging, and the two men afterwards
became staunch friends. When Grant be-
came president, he appointed Mosby as
United States consul at Hong Kong.
Mosby afterward became special land
agent for the government in Colorado,
and later an attorney in the Department
of Justice.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1916-06-03

happy and prosperous America, to form
even the faintest conception of the
misery, horror and wretchedness which
this war has brought to Europe.
An editorial in The Chicago EVenimg
Post, of May 10, says:
'Facts that overwhelm with their
suggestion of dire suffering are pre-
sented. In Belgium there are 100000
destitute people, living on one meager
meal day and dependent wholly upon
the help that comes from others. In the
conquered portion of France there are
2,112,O00 women and children and aged
men who are lacking in clothes and on
the verge of starvation. In the vicinity
of Longwy alone are $4,000 children
without shoes. The death rate in this
unhappy northern district of France has
gone up from 20 to AZ since the German
occupation. In Serbia are 100000 de-
prlved of their means of livelihood and
suffering from hunger and exposure. In
Poland the situation is indescribably ter
rible-11, 100000 are homeless. In East
Prussia, traversed by the armies of
Russia and Germany, conditions are de-
plorable. A little over 100000 Ar
menians have survived Turkish massa-
ores, but now are the prey of starva-
ton and disease.
"And these staggering figures only
hint at the real story and the read need"
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1916-06-03
COST OF MAINTAINING BELGIAN
REFUGEES

Hon. Percy Alden, member of the
British parliament, speaking before the
Current Events class, in Evanston, I'LL
nois, the other day, said:
'Tn England at the present time there
are 100000 Belgian refugees who need
to be fed every day. This means that
it costs us $5,OOO,OOO month to relieve
their suffering.
'1n addition to these refugees in Eng
land, there are 100000 Belgians in
Belgium who are looking to the United
States and other neutral nations for
food.
1--WE have put in operation. the build
ing of small wooden houses by the Bel
gians for their own use in England.
These homes can be taken down and
shipped in sections to Belgium when the
war is over"
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1916-06-03
GARY URGES MERCHANT MARINE
AND PREPAREDNESS

In an address delivered at New York
on May 26, Gilbert H. Gary, of the United
States Steel Corporation, spoke in a
general way of the condition of the steel
industry, and urged the development of
an American Merchant Marine. He
also touched upon the policy of pre-
paredness. He said in part:
'The steel industry is better
than ever before. Orders have fallen
off to slight extent lately, but the daily
bookings are larger than the total pro-
ducing capacity.
1.-THE markets of the world are multi
plying in number and increasing in i'm
portance. We are hoping for open ports
in every country. We have not here
tofore had our proportionate share of
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1916-06-03
MCCLURE DECLARES BERLIN
FOOD RIOTS A MYTH

S. S. Mcclure, founder and former
editor of McClure's Magazine, in re-
cent article, said:
During the last five months have
been in and out of Germany six times.
Every time I went out I kept hearing
of food riots in Germany. On my re-
turn I would investigate, and the more
I investigated the more astonished I was
at the unpopularity of the naked truth.
'I could never find a trace of a food
riot. I always found people proud of
their extraordinary success in improv-
ing the health of the German people and
especially of the babies"
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1916-06-03
BETHLEHEM STEEL COMPANY
OFFERS TO MAKE ARMOR ON
GOVERNMENT TERMS

The Bethlehem Steel Company, which
has been repeatedly accused of gouging
the government in the manufacture of
armor has now publicly offered to make
armor for an indefinite period at what
ever price the government shall fix.
The United States Senate recently
passed bill proposing to spend SILL
100000 as the initiatory appropriation
toward an armor plant. An editorial
this week says:
In the light of the offer of the Beth
lehem Steel Company, the sinking of
S11 100000 just as a starter in a
government plant will be hard to justify
to the business common sense of the
American people,"
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1916-06-03
AMERICAN DOLLAR DECLINES IN
VALUE IN SWEDEN

The American dollar has been steadily
declining in value in Sweden during the
past few months. This is believed to be
due chiefly to the falling off in American
trade, caused by the English blockade.
An exchange Of letters with America
requires about three and a half months
and this makes it practically impossible
to transact business in this way.
The condition is also partly accounted
for by the fact that Germans have re-
Gently dumped great quantity of
American money and bills receivable on
the Stockholm market.
The English pound sterling, the Ger
man mark, the Russian ruble, the Aus
TRAN crown, and the French franc have
also shown a marked decrease.
Sweden's exports are in excess of her
imports, and this has caused condition
of great prosperity throughout that
country.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1916-06-03
INCREASED REVENUE AS RESULT
OF PROSPERITY

Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo
has recently made this statement:
GAS a result of the great prosperity of
the country and the effective and vigor-
GUS enforcement of the internal revenue
laws by the treasury department, inter-
nal revenue receipts are pouring into the
treasury at rate far in excess of all
forecasts.
"The income from this source will
reach the enormous total of 1896, 900, 900
and probably $5O1, 100000 by June 80,
1916, the end of the current fiscal year."
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1916-06-03
NEWS OF THE WORLD
Continued from page 61)
IDLENESS MOST DREADED STATE
FOR CONVICTS i

Considerable opposition has been
aroused to the Huges-Booher bills, pend
ing before Congress, which seek to pre-
vent the interstate shipment of prison
made goods.
F. Emory Lyon, Superintendent Cen
trial Howard Association, in an article
in The Chicago Evenimg Post, of May
"a, declares that: Increased idleness
and insanity in all the prisons of the
country, followed by an increase in
crime, will be the result" if these bills
pass. He says:
"In addition to their effect upon state
treasures, in general, various classes of
the population would be injured. Many
of the states, for instance, have estab-
lished plants for the manufacture of
binder Irvine; others are planning to do
the same. This has furnished whole
some industries for the men, has proved
profitable for the state and has resulted
in marked curb upon the high price
of Irvine to the farmers. This high price
had previously been charged merely be-
cause it was largely a monopoly of one
or two large concerns. The introduce
ton of healthy competition brought the
price down to it's real worth.
"The same has been true in the case
of other industries. One state had
large brick and canning industry; one
manufactures certain food stuffs, while
several of the states produce cotton.
These all provide abundant and healthy
work for the inmates of the prisons.
They are conducted on profitable basis
by good business management, without
reference to state or national politics.
GIN order to produce sufficient en-
ployment to keep the men busy, however,
and incidentally to make the industries
profitable, it is necessary that they
should have general market, as in the
case of any other manufacturer. All
this would be impossible if the Hughes
Boocher bills should pass Congress, for
they provide that no state can sell the
products of it's prisons in any other
state where there is legislation prohibit
ing the sale of prison-made goods, whe-
Their made by private contract or by the
state"
That idleness often results in insanity
among prisoners is well known. Mr..
Lyon draws attention to the fact that
800 men in Missouri state prison are
kept in complete idleness in their cells,
day and night, and soon 1000 more will
share a like fate. Much the same situa-
ton exists in the penitentiaries of Ohio,
Pennsylvania, and New York moreover,
scarcely prison in the country has suf-
ficient employment for all it's inmates.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1916-06-03
REPORTS AGAIN HINT AT RESIG-
NATION OF YUAN SHI-KAI

Reports regarding affairs in the
Orient are exceedingly indefinite. A
dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph
Company, of London, from Picking,
dated May 27, says that Yuan Shi-Kai
has announced his intention of resign
ing as soon as suitable successor has
been chosen. Reports of this kind have
been current so often, however, that one
is inclined to regard them with skepti-
cism.
A Toxic dispatch, of May 25, states
that the Japanese foreign office has
issued denial of the report circulated
from Picking that Japan has offered safe
conduct and an asylum for Yuan in case
he resigns from the presidency of China,
and leaves the country.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1916-06-03
OREGON-CALIFORNIA LAND
GRANT BILL PASSES
HOUSE

The Oregon and California land grant
bill, designed to restore to the federal
government about 100000 acres of
land, valued at about $50, 100000, passed
the National House of Representatives
by vote of 1876 to 6, on May rs. It is
now in the hands of the Senate.
The bill was strongly opposed by Rep
resentative Johnson, of Washington,
who declared it would result in more
litigation and confusion, and that in the
end the timber land recovered would be
placed in the national forest reserve,
thus further hampering the growth and
development of the state of Oregon.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1916-06-03
JAPAN'S NEW WARSHIP WORLDS
GREATEST

Japan has issued specifications, &C
cording to cable dispatches, for the
building of the worlds greatest super
dreadnaught. It will have a main bat
terry of twelve 15-inch guns, a displace-
ment of $4,000 tons, and speed of "a
knots; also an improved defense against
submarines.
Great Britain's greatest superdread-
naught has a displacement of 27,5OO
tons. The Pennsylvania, the greatest in
the American Navy, displaces 31,4OO
tons.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1916-06-03
ILLINOIS GOVERNOR PREDICTS
GREAT ADVANCE IN ROAD
BUILDING

Governor Dunno predicts that in ten
years time the public highways of I'LL
nois will be famous rather than notorious
He says:
During 1916 we expect that 47O
miles of state-aid roads will be built.
They will be made up of II miles of
brick, So miles of concrete, % miles of
gravel, miles of water bound macadam.
$50 miles of oiled road, and 12O miles
of plain earth.
Consequently, believe that Illinois
is started on one of it's greatest and most
important enterprises, one that will
benefit the business and social interests
of it's people far beyond our fondest
dreams"
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1916-06-03

silver mines throughout the west, which
had closed down because of the cheap
ness of the metal.
A few months ago the United States
mint decided to buy silver, as this would
provide the metal at time when the
price was low; moreover, it would help
keep the silver mining industry alive.
The recent bulge in silver bullion earned
the government a profit, on it's purchase,
of $1,O98,22O.