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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1916-10-18

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Miss Elizabeth Hamilton, of
Middlesboro. is visiting her
aunt, Mrs. Martin Wells, in the
Gap.
Miss Margaret Pierpon., of
Washington, D. c., arrived in
the Gap Friday night to spend
a few weeks visiting her broth
er, j. Il. Pierpont, on Imboden
Hill.
Misses Myrtle Wolfe and
Kate Brown, who are teaching
at Pennington Gap, spent the
week end with homefolks in the
Gap.
Masters Everett and Billy
Drennen returned last week
with their nurse from visit O
their grandparents, Judge and
Mrs. VIM. Miller, in Parkers.
burg, w. Va.
Rev. NJ. p. Carico, D. D., Pro.
siding Elder on the Big Stone
Gap District, will preach at
Trinity Methodist Church next
Sunday morning at IL O'Clock.
Let every member of the church
try to DO present. Tho public
is cordially invited.
d. II. DoalS and family left
Saturday morning for Bristol,
where Mr.. Doak has accepted n
position with the King Printing
Company.
Quite crowd Of democrats
went to Appalachia last night
where they heard Hon. Il. Lee
Trinkle, democratic candidate
for congress, address large
and enthusiastic crowd.
LOST:-One dark bay horse
with white hind foot. Reason.
able reward for his return to-
Mrs. Mary j. Hubbard, Cadet,
Va.
Mrs. j. G. Richardson, Miss
Bonnie Hutchinson and Mr..
George Hutchinson motored to
Big Stone Gap Sunday.-Mid.
dlesboro Three States.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will lessee, of
Big Stone Gap, Va. were here
tho frs: of the week visiting
friends and relatives. -Middles.
boro Three States.
GO. Van dorder, superin.
tendent of the Extract Plant,
returned Monday morning from
two months business trip to
Hartman. George Moore, of
Johnson City, filled the vacancy
very efficient while Mr.. Van
Gorde was away.
Misses Louise Goodloe, Ruby
Kemper, Adelaide Petit and
Catherine peyton, Messrs. Will
lard Miller, James Reynolds,
Reginald Smith and Edward
Goodloe, chaperoned by Mrs.
h. e. Goodloe, motored Satur-
day morning up to the High
Knob, where they spent the
day very enjoyable.
Miss Georgia Cox spent Sun
day night with her sister, Helen
Cox Collins, at Roda.
j. w. Rush, chief representa-.
tive of the new Lowry Whole
sale Fruit Company Branch
house at Appalachia spent three
day this week at towns in Lee
County.
Mrs. j. G. Moore, of Kansas
City, who has been spending a
few days in the Gap visiting
her cousin, Mrs. j. f. Bum,
died very suddenly Sunday
night from heart failure at the
home of her brother, A. l..
Sturm at Appalachia. Her re
mains were taken back to Kan
sas City for burial Monday
night.
Miss Edna Gilly will lead the
Epworth League at the South
ern Methodist Church Sunday
night at seven thirty O'Clock.
The leagues studying this year
the African Mission Fields,
which will be the topic of dis
cussion Sunday night.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1916-10-18

j. V. Alfriend and family, Of
Washington, d. c., who spent
several days in this section
touring Wise County in an
automobile, returned to their
home last Wednesday.
Mrs. NJ. p. Christophus, and
little boy, of ElPaso, Texas, ar
rived in town Monday morning,
where she will spend several
days visiting her father, L. #
Tucker.
L. IL. Pugh, of Pennington
Gap, was a business visitor in
town Monday.
Cook with Electricity.
Billy Gish was up from Pen
nington Monday and met sew
eral of his friends here who
well remember his famous base
ball career in the eos, when he
managed the famous Penning-
ton Gap team and carried away
many laurels from Big Stone
Gap.
Mrs Owen Upchurch, of
kingsport, is spending several
days in the Gap with her grand
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. j. NJ.
Stewart.
We are glad to state that Mrs.
Hugh Slemp, who has been
very ill for several days, is
rapidly improving.
Mr.. and Mrs. Auburn Ham.
blen, of the Cove, spent Sunday
in the Gap with Miss jamie
Slemp on Poplar Hill.
Mrs. j. G. Moore and daugh-
ter, Miss Nell, have returned to
their home in Kansas City, af-
ter a few days visit to Mr.. and
Mrs. j. e. Bum.
Cook with Electricity.
A, b. Tyton, who has a posi-.
ton with the Virginia Iron,
Coal Il Coke Company at Toms
Creek, was a visitor in the Gap
Sunday.
~. NJ. Kinnaird, prominent
insurance agent, of Middles-
boro, KY, was a business Wis.
itor in town Saturday.
DR.. G. b. Bowyer, head phys
ician for the Stonega Coke and
Coal Company at Stonega spent
Saturday afternoon in the Gap.
Operating the typewriter
without looking at the key
board forms one of the modern
methods of instructions at the
Smith Brothers. Shorthand
School on Wood Avenue.
Mrs. w. n. Wagner has re.
turned from two weeks visit
to her daughter in Graham.
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BLISS iua bakef Ia spending a
few days at Dante visiting her
sister. Miss Julia Cox ia sub
stituting for her in the tele.
phone office.
Misses Janet Baker, of Dry
den, and Julia Cox spent Sun.
day at Osaka.
Cook with Electricity.
Miss Mae Williams returned
Saturday night from q two
weeks visit to her grandfather
and other relatives in Clinch-
port and Gate City.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. NJ. III.
GRADER, on Tuesday morning
an eleven pound boy.
You can become a Steno-
gragher before next spring
time by starting in to study
now at Smith Brothers. Short
hand School in the Northern
Methodist Church Building on
Wood Avenue.
Spelling is made n special
and seperate course of study at
Smith Brothers. Shorthand
School recently opened here on
Wood avenue.
Eugene Horton, of Jones'
vile. spent Sunday in the Gap
visiting Lindsey Horton and
family.
j. b. Daugherty, of the audit.
ing department of the Stonega
Coke Il Coal Company at this
place, spent several days last
week in Scott County visiting
relatives. Q
Miss Pearl Miller returned to
her home at Norton Sunday
morning after a visit of several
days in the Gap with her aunt,
Mrs. j. w. Hisel.
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy L. Pugh,
of st. Paul, spent Saturday and
Sunday in town visiting Mrs.
Pugh's parents, DR.. and Mrs.
d. +. Orr.
Cook with Electricity.
Miss Glessie Chilly, who is
teaching at Sutherland, spent
the week end with homefolks
in the Gap.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Willis,
of Dante, are spending n few
days in the Gap with Oscars
mother, Mrs. r p. Willis.
Mrs. Elizabeth Gilly returned
home Friday afternoon after q
visit of Several days with rela-
tives at Osaka and Stonega.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. T. Mahaffey
and daughter, Mrs. G. e. Davis
spent Sunday at Deep Springs
visiting the family of Harrlng.
ton Napier.
Mrs. G. r. Cassell, Of Water
loo, Iowa, has been spending
several days in the Gap visitine
Mrs. John Taylor. Mrs. Cas-,
sell and Mrs. Taylor were
schoolmates at Martha Wash.
ingtop College several years
ago.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. B. Wamplei
entertained at supper Saturday
evening MIR. and Mrs. Guy
Pugh, of st. Paul, DIR. and Mrs.
d. f. Orr. On Monday even
ing for supper they entertained
Rev. and Mrs. |. p. Martin,
Rev. Paul Martin, MissessMary
Blair and Lucille Martin.
Mrs. James r. Taylor lief,
this week for Cincinnati, where
she will spend a few weeks Wis
ting her mother and friends.
Misses Mary Blair and Lucille
Martin spent the week end
with Misses Edith and Ethe]
Van Gorder down at their home
near the Extract plant.
H. E. Fox left Sunday night
on a business trip to Harlan, ky
Cook with Electricity,
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1916-10-18

Miss Ida Baker is spending a
few days at Dante visiting her
sister: Miss Julia Cox is sub
shutting for her in the tele.
phone office.
Misses Janet Baker, of Dry
den, and Julia Cox spent Sun
day at Osaka.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-06-02
A POLITICAL "BOOM."
How the Idea of the Expression Cam,

How the Idea of the Expression Came
to Its First User.
The word .bnom.' as applied to a no
litiral movement, so far as known. was
first used by the editor of Il Republican
newspaper in st. Louis. Mo-. prndin.
the return of General T.. $. Grant from
the trip around the world undertaken
10y him in 1876. Immediately following.
his retirement from the presidency OF
the United States.
The term was used 50 prrSistentlv
anh so clrvcrly that ii soon began to
lodge in popular thought and 10 take
on the meaning which the editor in
tended 10 convey when he declared
that the movement looking to {: third
term for Grant was ''Ioominy," or
when he employed the invention as 4
noun and spoke of 1.-THE Grant booIn.'
The iIea had come to him from a
common expression used hy the peu-
pie along the Mississippi river. When
that stream was at tlnndtilr and sWprp-
ING everything before il ii was said to
he "boomin@.' The ST. Louis editor
aimed to convey the thought that the.
movement for the nomination of
Grant for the presidency in $3.50 was
like the onward sweep of :: great river
under such conditions. and therefore n
boom.
Ihr term soon came into general use
ami has hr"n applied in the United
states rVrr since, alike To spontaneous
ana preronrcrtru or organized move
m"ntS looking TO the placing of some
person in an office Of importance, not
necessarily. but generally. the presi-
denry.Ithristian Science Monitor.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-06-02

orIze verses 3. 1O-Golden Text, He
Giveth Power to the Faint, and to
Him That Hath No Might He In.
creaseth Strength, lisa. xl, 20.
Verses S-1O.-Healing.
From Antioch Paul and HarnabaS
j%ourneyed some three or four days to
the southeast until they reached leo
MUM. Here the same experiences be-
fell them. At The beginning of their
ministry there was u response from
both Jews and Greeks, but when the
hostility of the Jews had been aroused
there came a persecution that drove
them on into L%ycaonia, another section
Of the province of Galatia. Some
eighteen miles southwest Of Iconinm
they entered "I.ystra," where the royal
road from Antioch ended in a garrison
town. Here the ministry was brought
to public attention by the n that
centered about the presence of "a cer-
tain man in n Of their meetings.
The physician-author Of the record is
careful to emphasize the fact that the
man was really lame, He therefore
employs three phrases to describe his
condition-he was 'impotent in his
feet" he had been "a cripple from his
ed There was something about the
intensity with which the man listened
to the message that turned the atten-
ton Of paul to him. The apostle
saw in the man the signs of Il "faitl"
that would enable him "tO be, made
whole in response to any assurance
that might be given him. "Wi1h a
loud voice" To rivet attention and
inspire confidence. "Stand upright on
thy feet" A call to an act of supreme
faith. 1t was the one thing he had
never been able to do. But PAM had
not been deceived in his man. With
ont a moments hesitation "hc leaped
up and walked"
Verses disqualification.
The effect of such d cure upon the
population was not unlike what has
happened in the experience of many
medical missionaries of this country.
The citizens OF I.ystra could think of
no explanation that would fit the case
except the presence Of divinilies in
their midst. So they began to cry.
."The gods are come down to us in the
likeness of men" But they employed
the native language "of I%.ycaonia" in
stead of the Greek that Paul and Bar
nabaS knew. so that the missionaries
did not suspect what might he afOol.
Because of his grave and reserved
hearing ''they called Barnabas Jupiter.
and Paul." us the younger and more
active. was called "Mercury." the mes
senger Of the gods. The priest Of
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-06-02
OLD TIME EGG HOAX.
A Joke That Did Not Result Just as
tine Fcrpetrator Expected.

A Joke. That Did Not Result Just as
tine Pcrpetrator Expected.
Away back in the days When Miller
was prrarhiu= the near end of The
world there We're two men living in
La WrrnreNillr. nei2i,l"'rS. who may he.
named Brown aud Jones. who were
like unto Jonathan and David, Jones'
WAS II chicken falIrirr. Both. like
most people in that day, discussed
MiIIrri~m.
one Saturday night E~r"wnxttno had
read somewhere that If Il l,"i1i,c\ stick
We're dipped in oil anything written
with ii on an egg. and with the egg
held to the tine. MulIn remain inuoli.
l,lr.
Brown wrote ON an "%g. The world
will come I" an end IN Oct. 20. lS4I.'
III" day Miller had stated. and placed
the egg in One of Jones nests. expect.
in@ Jones would come to him a@ soon
as he found il and after q good laugh
he would tell how ii WAS done.
Emt Jones. rs soon as he could get
his clothes ON. rushed To the home ct
Rev. Richard Lea. The news spread
like Wil1lire. and persons coming 10
town to church carried il. and all sun.
day there was II throng calling ON
.l"nr; to soc the c"g. Brown viewed
tn" crowd with Il much troubled mind,
and at last he Went 10 Jones and told
thr story. Never after that did Jones
speak TO Hrown-i.e,trr to Pittsburgh
GaZrtto'TimeS.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-06-02
The Sunday School Lesson
SENIOR BEREAN

| Jupiter, whose temple WAS before lll'
rltH. More property. "Jupiler before
the city, The word "lemplr" is not
in til" original. and ii was customary
TO give a god his distinctive local name.
according t" the position of his tenn
pie. 'Thc gates" Not the gates of
tn" city. but Of the temple. "W'hrn
the apostles heard it, an this prrpn-
ration for sacrifice was going on n, the
aud Harnaba> We're continuing thci!
ministry within the walls. ignorant of
What was being said in llle native
tongue. But when they learned of
What was contemplated they ">pTang
forth among the mnItitulr." seeking
to stop the sarrilcgr. MEN Of like
nasSi"nS.' OF, as better translated in
the margin. of Xix" nature.
"Tnrn from these vain things" The
garlandS and "Nr nf the ilola,ro,ls
sacrifice. ~ living God" The rest of
l'aulS protest bears Il resemblance to
his sermon IN Mars hill that cannot
be O~VrrloOkcu. lie sought to employ
religious terms which they could un-
derStan1. There was lo reference 10
the ancient Jewish worship or to the
fultillmcn1 Of prophecy i'm Jesus. The
entire emphasis was upon tho exist
cnce Of "a living God" directly inter
es1ed in the welfare of all his children
in all lands. The words here recorded
give but an outline Of PaulS eXhurta-
ton. Finally. after much pntrcaty, the
multiludeS were diS>ualcd from dom.
sacrifice to them.
Verses 10. ~. Persecution.
human nature changes very little.
The pendulum of popular thought is
pretty sure to swing from one extreme
To the other. \"l many days after the
citizens Of I.y>ira had been ready to
make gods of Paul and Harnabas they
sought To kill them. Stirred up by hos
tile "Jcws from Antioch and Iconium,
they stoned Paul and dragged him out
of the city, This was the one occa-
sion upon which the apostle suffered
Slonin@ NI Cor. ri. IN ''IIc rose ND"
Luke regarded the recovery as miraru-
lolls. although he had been careful Ia
say that Paul was NOT dead when
dragged outside the walls. .'Entorc,l
the city" Death itself could not deter
him. ION the morrow It probably
required Il day 10 allow his wounds to
heal sufficiently for him to travel.
''Derl". y city ON the southeastern
frontier of Gnlatia. separated from
l'anl$ home at TarSuS by the Taurus
mountains. Thus was the evangelical
ton of Galatia completed.
Searching the What 9th
or accounts of the healing of lame men
does Luke record: I.uke Y, LII; Acts
iii, o-lU.)
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-06-02
Double Action Waterfall,

There are Il good many salt water
calalort> in existence. They NAV Ip
found in Norway, southern Chile and
British Columbia. where narrow tiOrds,
or arms nf the sea. are o~bslrurtpl hy
barriers of rock. The rising tide. flows
owe the filters through such reefs into
the great natural reservoirs beyond,
hul the water is held back at the chl,
until it breaks over the obstruction in
am Irresistible torrent. Most curious
OF all is the waterfall at Canoe pas
sag where the island Of Vancouver
approaches the British Columbia main
land, Here the f"odtidc from the gulf
OF Georgia TO the southwark is held
back at a narrow cleft bet Wrtn two
islands until it pourS ovrr in Il boiling
cascade eighteen feet high with per
maps double the volume of the Rhine.
At the turn of the tide. however. the
waters from the north rush back into
the gulf. producing" a cascade of equal
height and volume. The waterfall ar-
1ually flows both Ways. Baltimore Sun.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-06-02
HARDSHlPS OF INVADING MEXICO

! those who We're so situated that they
could not raise those puny shelters
grouped themselves about campfires
made of green cottonwood and mes
quite. which gives off Il prodigious
smoke. but not so much heat.
1t is hard to suppress the spirits Of
the American soldier. however. and i'm
one big camp. after The rain passed,
there was Il terrific Wllooping and a
wild charge in every direction by hun
drcds of soldiers in pursuit of a badly
scared %jarkrnhbit. They finally ran the
rabbit down and hauled him into a
stew pot before the latler on his sides
had dried.
Twenty real Indian scouts have re-
Gently joined the expedition. Strange
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-06-02
wv GREAT PHRASES.
Which One of Them Is It That No

Which One of Them Is It That You
Are IN the Habit Of Using?
l'id you ever reckon how many times
a day YOU say II cant" or hear it
said:
Probably q much shorter stunt would
ID" to count the number Of times yui
near or say. 81 will"
These two sentences contain the
Whole story Of character. They are
the metal from which, men shape sue
cess or failure.
We hammer alnl force this meta!
daily.
with II can't we east Il weight
which tlStrlN Ms down. With II Will
we Slale n marvellous SPRING which
some" day hands rs n, the height of
our ambition.
After awhile We cannot move lln
weight al all, but in the end we can
NOT resist the spring. 1t raises us in
spite OF ourselves. for 1T Will' has be
ON" Il habit.
Sometimes a man who has Weighted
himself down by %rrpcatin" II can't'
says "~llvi"u$'y. "Nutlling succeeds like
success. And this is true. but nc for
gets HAT back of The first success was
an IL will" and then another and then
another.
II cart" 81 will" There are the
two most important sentences i'm any
mans vocabulary.
Would we not better reverse the
number of times most of us use them
every day: Illinois state journal.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-06-02
Batting Eye Stays Longer.

"Pitching arms may fade II and
legs may wabbIe beneath tile strain of
quick starting and sudden stopping.''
says Grantland Rice. "bul we have
always contended that the batting eye
is the last essential to depart from !;
ball player"
Those who wondered whether Frank
Baker could hit again as in the old
Mackian days will soon find this out.
Baker SO far has only been slipping
into shape. But even this soon and
with a wounded hand he still has that
same old mighty swing and the same
keen eye. If he does not bat around
800 or higher with the New York
Americans those who have been OBJ
serving his early performances will he
more than willing to quit guessing.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-06-02
An INGENIOUS Picture.

There is in one of the European pie.
tnn9' galleries :: painting called "IlOud
land" 1t hangs at the end of n Ion.
gallery. and at first sight il looks like 4
huge rtpllSiyc llul' OF confused color
without form or loneliness. AS you
walk toward it the picture begins To
take shape. 1t proves to he q mass OF
exquisite little rhcrHb faces like those
SiS1inr Madonna. II You go close ia
the picture You see only an innumpr.
able company of little angels and cher.
Dl,iu,
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-06-02

q, oeaFCH'n9 american suspect on 6order.
looking soldiers they are. but regular
soldiers and proud of ii as any i'm the
army. rive of the twenty have for
years been enlisted men i'm the army.
on duty at Fort Apache. and the other
fifteen were recruited especially for
the present expedition. The battalion
of moving picture men had been await
ing eagerly for a week the opportunity
to catch these newcomers in all the
glory of their Navajo blankets and col
orful costumes. Instead they arrived
in olive drab. the regulation costume
of the American soldier. but neither
rules nor officers could make them give
up their eagle feathers. These prout-
ed anonymously from the regulation
army wide brimmcd hats of the
.\parheS.
And hidden beneath their costumes
they carried their soft leather mocca-
sins. Some of the army officers have
done duty ut the army post i'm the mid
die of their reservation. and they said
that as soon as the Indians got in
action there would he twenty pairs of
heavy army shoes thrown away on the
desert. and the Indians would put on
the mocclSinS for the real work,
They are mostly squat. raWhOnen,
powerful looking fellows. the color Of
Il we'll used saddle. their unaccustpmcl
clothing punching on them like sacks.
some of them with long black hair
falling about their shoulders and most
of them being SIXTY and seventy years
old. but with the physical endurance
of an OK.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-06-02
The River d

Among famous rivers must always
u" Included the Jordan, nearly as
sacred 10 Christians as the Gauges is
to the HinhuS because Of the baptism
OF Christ in its waters. The Jordan,
except Near its source, is below the
lrNrl OF the ocean. and the Dead sea,
where il rlnplieS. Is " quarter of Il mile
below The surface of the M%rdirtrru-
mean.
There are four old furls Of the .Jor,
han. At me of these on the Monday
before Faster the pilgrims of the Greek
rhurrl. often thousands i'm number,
VINO have come down from Jerusalem
escorted by Turkish soldiers. perform
IN" well IluWn ceremony of bathing in
IN" sacred stream. \ short distance Inc
low this is the point where the river
loses itself in the ~lifrIrSS waters of The
Dead Sta.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-06-02
The Eagle.

Because of its strength and sWiftnesS
of wing the ra"l" is the king hunter
amon@ the birds. but it does not al
WAYS do lis hunting. for ii often
steals the catch of the tiShhaWk. much
to the latter'S discomfort. TO the eagle
the hawk is Il most useful creature.
The eagle keeps close watch upon him
and by superior force takes away its
prey. leaving the hawk the choice OF
going nreakIaslless or catching another,
fish.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-06-02

bNNN Jus W. Ht very
" nature of the country. with its
scarcity of water and food. with the
hot desert sands to traverse. with the
rool nights and hot days. makes an Eek
petition Il difficult proposition.
When the chase of Villa was in the
most acute stages and when the alti-
tude of the t'arranZa forces was nm
known Il battle between our men and
the bandits was Il more Seriou under
taking than the layman would admit.
The following description of one of the
battles gives a good insight into the
hardships that ON troops We're called
upon to endure:
Out of the gray mist that lay over
the fields surrounding the tiny town
of San Geronimo rode Il ragged. hat
less Mexican. He came. so runs the
story, on a little. shaggy. staggering
pony. and he was furiuuSly rnweling
the rickety ribs of his mount with the
huge seven pointed wheels that hang
to the boot heels of every Mexican
rider.
That he bore news of import was APP
parent in his anne and gestures as
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-06-02
Kramer Looks Good to McGraw.

Young Kramer. McGraw's big right
handler from the Pacific coast. looks
like big league timber. He has a beau
tiful pitching style. with Il fine body
swing. He let's the ball go late. with Il
deceiving motion. 1t is on top of the
batter before he realizes it.