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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1916-09-06
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Chas. f. Hagan, of Bristol
was Il business visitor in the
Gap last Thursday and Friday.
Attorney Ezra T. Carter, of
Gate City, was visiting his
brother, G. S. Carter, in the
Gap one day last week.
Howard G. Miller, who is ac-
lively engaged in the real estate
business at Norton, was II Wis
itor in the Gap Friday.
Miss Amelia Bane, of White
Gate, is spending n few days in
the Gap with Mrs. Q. G. Long,
Miss Gladys Hun'ord return
ed TO her home in Bristol Fri
day, after a two weeks visit to
Miss Mabel Willis in the Gap.
Misses Miriam Taylor and
Ruby Willis, of East StoneGap,
who are teaching at Arno spent
Saturday and Sunday with
homefolks in the Gap.
Mr.. and Mrs. Otis Mouser and
son, Otis, Jr., returned last
week from a several days visit
to Norfolk.
Miss Mollie Dickinson, of
Castlewood, spent few days
in town last week at the home
of DIR. and Mrs. j. A. Gilmer.
Every one should have some
thing to exhibit at our fair
which will be held September
1922.
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James A. Stone, president of
the Stone-Huling Lumber Com
pauy at Bristol, was here a few
days last week visiting his sis
ter, Mrs. S. w. Wax.
Misses Glessie Gilly and Gus
tava Parsons left Sunday for
Switzerland, where they viii!
teach school this year.
Miss Elizabeth Sprinkle, of
Carrie, near Dante, returned to
the Gap Saturday, where she
will attend the High School
this session.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1916-09-06
-THE BIG STONE GAP Posr.wEpNEspAY sEprEmRER s.la,a

o. K. cunningham, OF Mem
dota, spent part of last week in
the Gap visiting his sister, Mrs.
S. T. Fleenor.
Mrs. S. P. Fleenor returned
home Sunday night from a sew
eral days visit to her father at
Mendoza.
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Rev. w. N. Wagner will
preach at Highland Park next
Sunday at 3 p. m. aud at Cadet
at 1880 O'Clock.
Prof. H. l.. Sulfridge, princi-
pal of the school at Appalachia,
and Prof. Il. T.. Givens, princi.
pal of the school at East Stone
Gap, were in town last Friday
on business.
w. w. Buckley is the cham.
pion watermelon raiser of the
Gap, and was kind enough to
present the editor, one day last
week, with most delicious one
t h at weighed twenty five
pounds.
Miss Hazel Fuller returned
Sunday night from a visit to
relatives in Bristol.
Mrs. c. l. Wade and children,
Charles Thomas aud Emily
Louise, of Big Stone Gap, Va, ,
came to Bristol Tuesday for the
fair, and are visiting Mrs. NJ.
L. Thomas on Cherry street.
Bristol Herald Courier.
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The Woman's Home Mission
airy Society of the Southern
Methodist Church will hold its
monthly meeting Thursday
September 9TH, at 3 p. M, at
the home of Mrs Ii. A. w.
Skeen. All are cordially in.
vited to attend.
Miss Rosa Pridemore has or.
ganized II nice music class ut
Dryden, whore she will spend
two days out of every week.
Let's all pull together and
make this banner fair for
Southwest Virginia. We can
do it If we pull together.
John Henry Reason, of Tur.
key Cove, was in town last Fri
day selling his farm products,
such as watermelons, oauta-
loupes, apples, etc.
Miss Edna Gilly spent Sun
day at Stonega visiting her
sister, Mrs. j, NJ. Young.
The expert from the MAJES.
TIC factory will have charge of
the SPECIAL MAJESTIC
DEMONSTRATIONS during the
week commencing Sept. 18th,
will expect to see every boy
and girl ut our store between 3
and 5 in the afternoon. Watch
our advertisement in this pa.
per for further particulars-it
will tells how to get II MALES
TIC aeroplane free. -Hamblen
Brothers.
The now Fair Association has
adopted very fitting name rs
1t will endeavor to cover the
three counties Lee, Wise and
Scott. The fair will be called
the Leewiscott fair.
Misses Thelma Baker and
Gladys Lille left Sunday night
for Roda to teach school this
year.
l.. L. Jessee, resident man
ager of the Mineral Motor Com
pany, will go to Chilhowie the
latter part of this week to get
one of the new 1917 model Ford
Cars, which he will have on
display next week. This new
model is said to be the prettiest
that the Ford Company has ev.
or put out.
II. e. Benedict left Sunday
night for Cincinnati TO spent a
few days visiting. From there
be will go to Michigan to spend
several days with his father.
FOR Rents room house
furnished with bath and lights,
also good cooking rauge. Apply
| To = w WaN Biz Gtnun
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1916-09-06
LOCAL ITEMS.

WEE. Harris, a prominent
real estate dealer and broker OF
Richmond, spent few days
last week in town on business.
DR.. Thomas f. Staley. the
eye specialist of Bristol, spent
last Thursday in the Gap on
professional business.
II. G.. Gilmer, cashier of the
First National Bank at Norton,
spent last Friday in town on
business.
|. G. Kane, of Gate City, was
a business visitor in the Gap
one day last week,
Attorney r. S. Graham, of
Norton, spent last Friday in
town.
Attorney H. G. MORRISON, of
Johnson City, Tenn, general
counsel for the Carolina, Clinch-
field IL Ohio Railway, was a
business visitor here last Thurs
day.
Carrot w. Scott, superinten.
dent of road work in Wise
County, was down from Nor.
ton last Friday.
Mr., and Mrs. Newt Kelly, of
Cadet, spent last week in Bris
toll taking in the Fair.
Mrs. John Carnes and baby
and Miss Margaret Carnes spent
a few days last week at Pen
nlngton Gap.
Miss Gladys Garrison, who
has been spending the past
month in the Gap with Miss
Jermima Willis, left Thursday
for her new home in BluetleId,
where her parents have just
moved from Lynchburg.
Miss Eliza Barron and grand
daughter, Miss Margaret Bar
ron, spent a few days at Dry
den last week with relatives.
Misses Myrtle Wolfe and Kate
Brown, who are teaching at
Pennington Gap, spent the
week end here with homefolks.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1916-07-14

There's a CODE" 1 heard Sam say,
either to me or to himself, that won't
let you shoot a mar in the company Of
a woman; but, by thunder, there amt
one to keep you from killing a woman
In the company Of a mani"
And quicker than my mind could fol-
low his argument he whipped an auto
matte from under his left arm and
pumped six bullets into the body that
the brown dress covered-the brown
dress with the lace collar and cuffs
and the accordion plated skirt.
The young person in the dark sack
suit, from whose head and from whose
life a woman's glory had been clipped,
laid her head on her arms stretched
upon the table, while people came run
ming to raise Ben Tatum from the
floor in his feminine masquerade that
had given Sam the opportunity to set
aside, technically, the obligations Of
the code.
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Sam gave q melancholy sigh.

AAA4
you don't understand, but he does"
he said. HE knows. Mr.. Tenderfoot,
there's a rule out here among white
men in the Nation that you can't shoot
a man when he's with q N l
never knew it to be broke yet You
can't do it. You've got to get him in a
gang Of men or by himself. That's
why. He knows it toe. We all know.
So that's Mr.. Ben Tatum! One Of the
pretty men!' I'll cut him out Of the
herd before they leaye the hotel"
After supper the flying pair disap-
peared quickly. Although Sam haunt
ed lobby and stairway and halls half
the night, in some mysterious way the
fugitives eluded him, and in the morn
ing the yelled lady in the brown dress
with the accordion plated skirt and
the dapper young man with the close
cropped hair, and the blackboard with
the ~prancing nags were gone.
1t is a monotonous story, that Of the
ride, so it shall be curtailed. Once
again we overlook them on a road. We
were about fifty yards behind. They
| turned in the blackboard and looked at
us, then drove on without whipping up
their horses. Their safety no longer
lay in speed. Ben Tatum knew. He
knew that the only rock Of safety left
to him was the code.
So you may perceive that woman, on
occasions, may postpone instead of pre-
cipitating conflict between man and
man. But not willingly or consciously.
She is oblivious of codes.
Five miles farther we came upon the
future great western city Of Chandler.
The horses Of pursuers and pursued
were starved and weary. There was
one hotel that offered danger to man
and entertainment to beast; so the
four Of us met again in the dining
room at the ringing of a bell so reso-
nant and large that it had cracked the
welkin long age. The dining was
not as large as the one at Guthrie.
Just as we were eating apple pie
how Ben Davises and tragedy impinge
upon each other!-I noticed Sam look
ing with keen intentness at our quarry
where they were seated at a table
across the room. The girl still wore
the brown dress with lace collar and
cuffs and the veil drawn down TO her
hose. The man bent over his plate,
with his close cropped head held
low =
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1916-07-14
THANKS TO YOU
dedicated to the Chamber of Com.
morral -

Dedicated to the Chamber of Com
merce.) --
Thanks to you our friendly kinsman,
This to all who helped the day.
Thanks we give each loyal townsman,
We can only thus repay.
THANKS TO YOU!
In your cars you took us riding,
Der the green hills swiftly gliding,
To that bower of secret hiding,
THANKS TO YOU.
For majestic Moscow Mountain,
For the glades of peace and rest,
With the small, yet sparkling fountain,
For these all, we wish our best
THANKS TO YOU.
For most pleasing recreation
Unexpected deviation
From the tiresome recitation
THANKS TO YOU.
All the joy of lunch most tasteful
Mixed with appetite so keen,
Makes us cease departing tasteful,
And express these words of cen
THANKS TO YOU.
For the trip and all it's pleasure,
And fresh air-that golden treasure
For the moments blissfu1 leisure
THANKS TO YOU.
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the thought could possibly occur Il
me not to ride at his side on that. rel
road to revenge and justice. 1t was
/ the higher calculus. | was booked fol
| the trail. | began to eat more beans.
In an hour we set forth at a steady
| gallop eastward. Our horses were Ken.
lucky bred. strengthened by the mes
quite grass Of the west.
| knew that Ben Tatum's card to
play was fight-fight until he came
within the safer territory Of his own
henchmen and supporters. He knew
that the man pursuing him would fol
low the trail to any end where 1t might
lead.
During the ride Sam talked Of the
prospect for rain, Of the price of beef,
and Of the musical glasses. You would
have thought he had eve had a BROTH
er 81 q sweetheart or an enemy on
earth. There are some subjects too
big ever for the words In the Una
bridged." Knowing this phase OF the
feud code, but not having practiced 1t
sufficiently I overdid the thing by tell
ing some slightly funny anecdotes.
Sam laughed at exactly the right place
laughed with his mouth. When |
caught sight Of his mouth ! wished |
had been blessed with enough sense
of humor to have suppressed those
anecdotes.
Our first sight of them we had In
Guthrie. Tired and hungry. we STUN
bled. unwashed. into a little yellow
pine hotel and sat ut a table. In the
opposite corner we saw the fugitives,
They were bent upon their meal. but
looked around at times uneasily.
The girl was dressed In brown-one
OF these smooth. half shiny. silky look
ing affairs with lace collar and cuffs
and what | believe they call an ac-
Gordon plated skirt. She wore a thick
brown veil down to her nose and a
broad brimmed straw hat with some
kind Of feathers adjoining 1t. The man
wore plain. dark clothes. and his hair
was trimmed very short. He was
such a man as you might see any
where. i.
There they were-the murderer and
the woman he had stolen. There we
were-the rightful avenger, according
to the code. and the supernumerary
who writes these words.
What are you waiting for. Sam" ]
said In a whisper. Let him have it
.a)w!'
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1916-07-14

"You don't want no-assistance, as
you might say?"
"Not any, thanks"
81 didn't think you would. Well, SO
longv'
Sam took out and opened a bone
handled pocketknife and scraped a
dried piece of mud from his left boot.
I thought at first he was going to
swear a vendetta on the blade Of it or
recite 1.-The Gypsy's Curse" The few
feuds l had ever seen or read about
usually opened that way. This n
seemed to be presented with a new
treatment. Thus offered on the stage
it would have been Kissed off.
81 WONDER" said Sam, with a pro-
foundry thoughtful expression, IF the
cook has any cold beans left over!
He called Wash, the negro cook, and,
finding that he had some, ordered him
to heat up the pot and make some
strong coffee. Then we went into
Sans private room, where he slept
and kept his armory, dogs and the
saddles Of his favorite mounts. He
took three or four six-shooters out of
q bookcase and began to look them
over whistling 1.-The Cowboys La
ment'' abstractedly. Afterward he or
dered the two best horses on the ranch
saddled and tied to the hitching post.
Now, in the feud business in all Sec
lions of the country l have observed
that in one particular there is a deli
cate but strict etiquette belonging.
You must not mention the word or re-
fer to the subject In the presence Of a
feudist. It would be more ~reprehensl-
BILE than commenting upon the mole
on the chin of your rich aunt
1t yet lacked two hours to supper
time, but in twenty minutes Sam and
I were plunging deep into the reheat-
ed beans, hot coffee and cold beef.
Nothing like a good meal before a
long ride" said Sam. "Eat hearty"
I had a sudden suspicion.
"Why did you have two horses sad
dled?' I asked.
zone, two-one, two" said Sam.
"You can count, can't you"
His mathematics carried with 1t a
momentary qualm and a lesson. The
thought had not occurred to him that
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1916-07-14

Would that we could tell O better
OF that happy restful hour
Than by word of mouth or letter.
Just the clear, true, depth of our
THANKS TO YOU.
But to work we must be turning,
To the class room close and burning,
With the call of nature yearning
THANKS TO YOU.
Trusting that in acts more fitting
Some day we may show our Thanks,
We must leave you, but in fitting,
Let us say you once more Thanks,
THANKS TO YOU.
A SUMMER SCHOOL STUDENT.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1916-07-14

cially for feuds,
believing t b e m
to be even o
overrated prod
ucts of our cOun-
try than grape
fruit, scrapple
or honeymoons.
Nevertheless, If
Y - L. h@-
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o. Henry
Stories
XI.-A Technical Error.
By o. HENRY

copyright by Frank A. Munsey Col
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1916-07-14

"a NEVER cared espe-
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1916-07-27

Watch out for the Red Spider
on cotton. Ii you see little red
spots on the leaves, look on the
under side for the red spider
write the Entomolgy Division
of Clemson College for directions
in controlling them.
Now is the time to mound
your peach trees to control the
Peach Tree Hprer. Make mound
eight inches high around the
base of the tree. Then tear
them down about the 18th OF
October and carefully scrape off
all infestatIons that NAV have
ak Ell place at or near the top of
the mound.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1916-07-27
SAVES DAUGHTER
Advice Of Mother no Doubt Pre-
vents Daughters Untimely End.

Pcady, KY" was not able TO dc
anything for nearly six months" writes
Mrs. Laura Bratcher, of this place, "and
was down in bed for three months.
] cannot tell you how I suffered with
my head, and with nervousness and
wonanly troubles.
Our family doctor told my husband he
could not do me any good, and he had
TO give 1t up. We tried another doctor,
but he did not help me.
At last, my mother advised me to take
Cardui, the woman's tonic. ! thought
It was no use for was nearly dead and
nothing seemed to do me any good. But
] took eleven bottles, and now am able
to do all OF my work and my own
washing.
think Cardui Is the best medicine lu
the world. My weight has increased.
and look the picture OF health. /"
II you suffer from any OF the ailments
peculiar to women, get a bottle of Cardui
today. Delay Is dangerous. We know
it will help you. for ii has helped SO
many thousands of other weak women
in the past so years.
At all druggists.
W,iSs 10. Chattanooga Medicine Co, Ladies'
Advisory Dept. Chattanooga, Tenn, for ,S,ersaJ
Lso.r<fisss on your case and e]-psgs book, Home
IFsstmsns Ter wemsn" u plain wrsppsE NO, iaa
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1916-07-27

The Democratic Congress
continues tOwork for the farmers.
The Agricultural bill carrying
S24, 100000 and providing for
federal grain inspection, federal
licensing Of cotton and grain
Narehouses, and levying a tax of
two cents pound on cotton for
future delivery, has been passed
by the Senate The Lever cotton
future bill
Our Congressman Lever has
worked long aud faithfully to eli.
inmate gam bling in cotton and it
is pleasure to know that he has
at last, despite great opposition,
succeeded Our Congressman
is a powerful lever excuse the
pun) in prizing good laws to the
surface.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1916-07-27

There - more catarrh in this section
OF the country than all other diseases
put together. and for years It was sup
posed to be incurable. Doctors pre-
scrlbed locai remedies. and by constant
ly falling 60 cure with local treatment.
pronounced 1t incurabie. Catarrh is a
local disease. greatly Influenced by con-
stitutional conditions and therefore re-
qufres constitutional treatment. Halls
Catarrh Cure. manufactured by r. ].
Cheney & Co.. Toledo. Ohio, is a consti-
tuttonal remedy. is taken Internally
and acts thru the Blood on the Mucous
Surfaces of the System. One Hundred
Dollars reward is offered for any case
that Halls Catarrh Cure fails to cure.
Send for circulars and testimonials.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by Druggists. 75c.
Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1916-07-27
Scrub Sires Never PAY

Just recently two Utah ranch
men are reported to have sol !
their cattle on the same market
on the same day. Both used the
same amount of NaCional Fores
Range per head, and paid the
same grazing fee. One had used
good bulls TO produce his cattle
the other had not. The good
cattle brought $4,000 per head
more than the poor cattle.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1916-07-27
PREPAREDNESS

Mr.. Edward K ,rle Purinton, author Of "The
Triumph of the Man Who Acts,'.is writing a se-
rles OF epoch. making articles for "The Indenen-
dent Being unable to quote any one of them
In full, We herewith present a few excernts from
his most recent article
But the test and sum Of our preparednessis 10
to prepare for life-to wage an offensive in ware
rare as hery as oul defensive in firm. The great
thing 70 hght tor Is opportunity. Gain this hold
it, utilize it. and you have won the world.
Prepare by action. Things turn up for the
man who digs Doing big things means trying
new things man, like tree, is fruitful only
after he branches out.
Prepare by work. More work better work.
faster work-follow these steps and nothing on
earth can keep you down The time to 90 TO
work is all hour before you have to- Make believe
you like work as much play. Do your work so
we'll you proud of it-tbcn Won will like il
Failure sits on the doorstep of the man who hates
what he has to do. You say you aren't appre:
clated and you arent paid enough? Do you need
pat on the head and sugar-plum for doing what
you ought to do? In the end, work wins. The
hardship of the present means nothing when the
hope OF the future means everything
Prepare by service. Only what we do for
others makes US immortal This life is so short
we cannot afford to waste it self-seAking
And the big chance comes to him who is readv
to advance the welfare of the world The great
misfortune ls to worship fortune. Every man who
earns huge salary, from the president of the
United States down, made his place by exalt,no
the service rendered above the money received.
Every full size man has to fight; the man
who is wrong has to fight himself, and the man
VINO Is right has to fight the world. Hail to YOU
conqueror' in both battles! Some have bled more
than yon are bleedins yet have lived to wear the
laurel-wreath. And the real reward OF any tri
umph is to know you can"
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1916-07-27
THE RURAL CREDIT Bill,

We have alluded in uno'hcr ar.
| tlcle to the agricultural bill pass
ed in the Senate Now Congress
has passed and President Wilson
has signed the rural credit bill
that is one of the greatest meas
ures IN the farmers iutere st that
has ever been enacted.
I'he bill creates twelve llnd
banks and provides for low rate
!, OF interest. A remarkable fea
ture of the bill is that i'm paying
on Il loan Of say $1,000 he paws
each year $60 that reduces the
principle aud PAYS the interest.
The bill provides that the.
farmer can procure money on
his land from to 40 years and
the rate of interest will not ex-
ceed 6 per cent.
The plans of the bill are sim
pie. Ten or more farmers form
corporation and select a Secre.
tery'Treasurer who manages the
affairs Of the association. lie is
the business manager of the as
81 citation. Each member of the
association signs an oath that he
is the owner or about to become
the owner of farm land. That
the land he desires is not more
than $1,000 noriess 800. The
borrower must subscribe for
tive per cent of stock in the farm
land bank.
In borrowing $1,000 the farmer
gets $3.50 cash, the $50 going to
the bank to be repaid at the end
of the loan. 1t is figured that
loan of $1,000 will not cost over
$22 per year. This statement is
make by Congressman who
figured on the actual working of
the bill.
An advantage that farmers
have not had before is in addi-
ton to the low rate of interest,
that tenant farmers who want to
buy farms can do SO, by pledg-
ing their land to the land bank.
When the bill was taken to
President Wilson for his sigma
ture he said: In signing this
bill have not only a feeling of
profound satisfaction but of real
gratitude that we have COM
pleted this piece of legislation,
which | hope will be immensely
beneficial to the farmers Ct the
country.
The farmers, it seems to me,
have occupied hitherto a singular
position of disadvantage. They
have not had the same freedom
to get credit on their real estate
that others have had who we're
in manufacturing and CONNER
cial enterprises, and while they
have sustained our life, they did
not in the same degree with
others share in the benefits of
that life -
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1916-07-27

BE sure to attend the concert
given by the children of the Ok.
ford Orphanage at courthouse,
Friday night. July 28th at 8 80.
The program contains a pleasing
variety of pieces. The cause the
children represent is indeed a
worthy one. Admission: Adults,
25 cents; children Is cents; re.
served seats, 85 cents.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1916-07-27
Gard of Thanks

We take this method of thank
ing our friends and nelghbors
who were so kind to us during
the sickness and death of Mrs.
Helen Steen. May God prosper
them in all their interest.
Mr.. and Mr.. John Jordan.