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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1916-10-11

Miss Jess McCorkle, of Rich
lands, spent Saturday in the
Gap with Miss Virginia Bower
| ly.
Mr.. Morley aud daughter.
Miss Louise, of oklahoma CITY
OKLA, Mrs. j. G. Moore and
daughter, Miss Nellie, of Kan
sas City, are the houscguests of
their relatives, Mr.. and Mrs. J.
y. Bum, in the Gap for several
days.
I Mrs. Anna Skunk, who has
been spending several days in
the Gap visiting her son, Master
Clarence Skunk, at the home of
his grandmother, Mrs. NJ. T..
Skunk, returned to her home in
Buchanan, w. Va, last week.
Miss Eunice Darnell, who has
been teaching at Keokee, is
spending several days with
homefolks near the l.. & N.
depot, the school having been
suspended on account of scar
let fever.
L. Jess Smith, who has a
position with Dupont Powder
Company at City Point, Va
spent Il few days in the Gan
this week with his wife and
baby at the home ofMrs Smiths
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. j. NJ.
Goodloe.
Miss Alpha Chesscr is spend
ing several days in Imboden
this week visiting relatives.
Cook with Electricity.
Chib Stidham, of near DIN.
ger, spent Sunday in the Gap
with his daughter, Mrs. Grover
Barney.
Mrs. L. j. a. Drennen and
daughter, Miss Margaret, left
last week for Parkersburg, w.
Va, where they will spend n
few days with Mrs. Everett
Drennen, who is visiting her
parents, Judge and Mira. Miller,
before going to Beaver Falls,
Pa, where they will spend the
winter with Mrs. Drennen's
daughter, Mrs. H. F. ong.
Mrs. George NJ. Conner and
attractive children, who have
been spending two weeks in
the Gap visiting Mr.. and Mrs.
Chas. Conner on Imboden Hill,
Will return this week to their
home in San Antonio, Texas.
Luther lessee, local manager
of the Mineral Motor Company
at this place, spent Monday at
Wise attending the campaign
speaking and barbecue.
a report has been received
here that Rome Daniels, a
member of Company II, is on
his way home from the Border
at Brownsville, Texas, and will
arrive here probably some time
this week.
Received today, at Goodloe
Brothers, a beautiful line of
Georgett and Crepe De Chine
waists. Prices from $3.50 to
$3.50, all colors aud styles.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Bogard
and little son, George, who
have been living in the Gap
the past three years, but who
moved to Pennington Gap last
week, inotored up to the Gap
Wednesday.
MIR. and Mrs. r. G. Harris.
who have been living in the
Gap the past year, Mr.. Harris
having held a position with the
Interstate Railroad, left Thurs
day for Knoxville, where they
will visit few days before 90
ing is Toronto, Canada, where
Mr.. Harris has accepted posi-
ton.
G. @. Long left Tuesday
morning on a business trip to
Abingdon and Roanoke. He
went overland in automobile
as far as Abingdon.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1916-10-11
Cook with Electricity.

Mrs. Chas. Conner will leave
this week for San Antonio, Tex
as, where she will spend sever
a! weeks visiting her son, Geo.
NJ. Common.
Miss Elizabeth Conner il
spending few days at Norton
with Mrs. w. P. Hall, Jr.
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Cook with Electricity.

WIFI LlCCll lCtlY {.
Miss Virginia Williams, of
st. Louis, arrived at Appala.
CHA Saturday night to assist
Mrs. Hoff and Miss Taylor in
mission work in the coal fields.
Miss Williams is an experienced
mission worker and will, no
doubt, accomplish much good
in this noble work.
Mrs. r. Il. Irvine, Miss aIin-
ME Fox and Mss jamie Slemp
spent a few days in Louisville
last week.
Mrs. w. N. W agnor is spend-
ing several days in Graham via
iting her daughter.
Quite n number from the Gan
went up to Wise Monday morn.
ing to attend tho political
speaking, both the Republican
and democrats having speakers
there on that day, which was
the opening day of the October
term of Wise County Circuit
Court.
The right way to write
English is taught thoroughly
and quickly at Smith Brothers
Shorthand School and Business
College, recently established in
the Northern Methodist Church
building on Wood avenue.
Stenography is also made a
speciality.
Miss Margaret Petit left
Thursday morning for Balti-
more, where she will spend the
winter studying voice at the
Peabody Conservatory ofAlusic.
Mrs. N. d. Presley and baby
are spending q few weeks with
relatives in Scott County.
Rev. j. B. Graft, of Big Stone
Gap, was in town Thursday
and Friday. He preached d
magnificent sermon at the Bap.
tist church Thursday night to
quite good congregation. His
subject was, The Prominence
of Jesus as a Teacher" His
power as pulpit orator is still
In the ascendency, and ne
reaches the hearts of his hear
ers.-Gate City Herald.
Cook with Electricity.
Mrs. Chas. Conner will leave
this week for San Antonio, Tex
as, where she will spend sever
a! weeks visiting her son, Geo.
M. Common.
Miss Elizabeth Conner is
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-09-29

agent premier OF Wilkes Barre, Pa,
and self-acclaimed candidate for the
presidential chair, respectfully re-
quests the return of his famous"
statue, He further issues orders, as
TO It's transportation and warns
against any DETACHMENT In his hui
morous communication, McDevitt
sends his regards to "all the good
fellows and few of my old girls"
McDevitt made two whirlwlnd ap-
pearances in Atlantic City. He first
gained notorlety on his visit during
his ''miIllon-dollar" outing and on his
second trip came in search Of bet
ter half" McDcvitt failed in his lat
ter mission, some dozen applicants for
his hand failing 10 qualify. II was
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on the last-named trip that McDeylti
"honorcd" tho city by tho presentation
of his life-sized statue.
In his letter to City Clerk a. ]. Nc
Nance. Butch said
~ will expect that the city pay
the express on the statue, as the origi-
nal Is broke; and II 1t comes C. o. D.
! will have TO make n good speech or
rob some poor devil to get the re-
CURED amount.
Give my regards to the mayor and
our good friend, tho ex-mayor, and
also to the commodore and all the
other good fellows. and a few Of nv
old girls. | will be leaving soon for
New York on my presidential trir
and will while in the big town think
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len PECKS OUT EYE OF
WOMAN ASLEEP ON PORCH

KoKoMo. Ind, Sept 23.-Mrs. j. II.
Friar. living on farm near here, has
lost the sight of her right eye as a
result of hen pecking her in the
eye when she was asleep. Mrs. Friar
and her husband, expecting to find
sleeping out Of doors more comforta-
Bile than in tho house, took their bed
TO the porch. She was awakened one
morning when the hen peckcd her The
attending physician said the sight had
been destroyed.
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Charles D. Mahaflie, of Portland,
Ore, has arrived in Washington, D.
c., to take up his new duties as
solicitor of the interior department.
Both Senators Lane and Chamber
lain and other prominent Democrats
of Oregon warmly urged the appoint
ment of MahafIie. He is popular
throughout his native state, is known
as a prominent attorney and is de-
elared to be a good mixer.
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~ YOU and Yours. Let me know when
the body viii arrive and other detail.
With a God he with YOU, | am rs even
JOHN JAY McDFVITT.
"0ne Day Millionaire :"
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SHE SAYS MERCHANT OWES
HER $50 FOR WASHING.

CHESAPEAKE, O.. Sept. 29.-Mrs.
Joseph Snyder, of Getaway, has sued
Dade Waldeck, a merchant for $3.50
for the family washing. Mrs. Snyder
says she has been doing the waldeck
family washing since 1907, and that
the bill has grown to such proportions
that she wants her pay,
Fish cannot live in foul water nor
man in foul air?
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Knowing our stores, proftingly
regularly through theI renterprise.
yo ucan hardly read the store "ads"
in the Telegram without little thrill
Of local pride!
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BUTCH" WANTS
STATUE BACK
Zone Day Millionaire" Tells
Atlantic City to Pay Ex-
press Charges.

ATLANTIC CITY, y. J., Sept. 90
John jay tButchl McDeyitt. press
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-30
BRITISH SUSPECT FRAUD
IN STOCKHOLM'S CASE

LONDON. January 29.-The foreign
office last night issued an additional
statement concerning the cargo found
on the Swedish steamship Stockholm.
which has been detained at Kirkwan
and Liverpool. since January IA. and
part of the cargo ordered into the
prize court. The statement says:
"A search of the cargo of the steam
ship Stockholm has revealed the fact
that it comprises a consignment OF
meat amounting to 142 tons, which al
though originally entered on the ships
manifest, had been subsequently cut
out. and for which there was a bill of
lading among the ships papers. Since
the loading of the Stockholm at New
York had been superintended by his
majesty's consul. who sealed the
matches and gave a certificate to that
effect, alterations of the manifest can
not but give rise to the suspicion that
some fraud was intended"
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would attempt to attack the canal. We
need to be strong at sea; we need to be
able to put a much larger army in the
field as first premise. Then, once
Europe knows that the tremendous
resources of the United States, it's bust
ness organization. it's mechanical
genius. it's capacity for application.
have been co-ordinated under an army
staff for immediate use in case of
war, we should have served notice to
any enemy which that enemy would
understand well enough to think twice
before attacking us. They would
know then that they could not get
the jump on us in two or three
months of quick work before We were
able even to start making war. If we
cannot have soldiers, at least let us
make the use of what we have in
plenty-brains and resources.
Copyright. 1915. by the Wheeler Syndicate. Incl
tThe eighth article by MIR. Palmer on
Europe Battlefront Lessons for
America" will appear next Sunday.D
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FORMER CAUCASUS RULER
SUCCUMBS IN THE CRIMEA

LONDON, January e9.-Reuter's Pet
rograd correspondent reports the death
of Count Won Vorontzof- Da shkoff.
formerly viceroy of the Caucasus. at
his castle at Alupka, in the Crimea.
Count Won Vorontzoff- Dashkoff was
born in 1897. He was appointed vice
ROY of the Caucasus in 1905, and ruled
there until last September, when he
was succeeded by Grand Duke Nicho-
las. He worked many reforms in the
country, brought about a regeneration
of trade and industry and put down the
outlawry that had been in existence for
wears,
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Means Money Saving.

Everything in the way of prepared
ness that We can do which does not
take single man out of civil life.
but merely puts him irto system OF
Industrial preparedness, means the saw
Ing of so much money. No nation has
TO pay so much for its regular SOL
diers as we do. We are disincIined to
the idea of soldering for soldering s
sake We are peaceful people. Tn
less We have universal service any in
crease of our actual fighting force must
be most costly. We make machinery
take the place of men in our factories,
and. therefore. We should at war. The
lesson of this war is the value of ma
chine~y. Success has been with the
fciently organized machinery at the
rear no less than at the front.
Before the war the great Krupp
works in Germany and the Cruesot
strongs in England. kept up their
plants partly by immense orders from
sforeign nations. They were supplying
r both sides in the Observation-Disclosures war
ana In the Balkan war. just as some of
our own traders have supplied both
sides in Central American and Mexican
revolutions with arms. The German
government encouraged krupps. This
IS hardly in keeping with our principle
the American people have a strong OBJ
lection as people, in spite of what
individuals may do. to going into the
business OF supplying arms for the
killing of human beings. But we are
preparing for any eventuaIity every
uay WITH our increasing output of arms
ana shells for sale to Europe AT the
ciose OF the war we shall have the
pants to make both rifles and shells
but they will be private enterprises. NOT
under government control In any
scheme OF preparedness they should be
our lrst asset. However most of them
are located in a section of our country
most likely to suffer from an Invasion
y taken by the enemy. their product
would be turned against u.s.
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Work OF Officer Experts.

Here. again. if we gave our staff an
opportunity. it would make canvass
of another kind of reserves than those
who are to fill the ranks of fighting
regiments The nation has only to
give the word and we shall have set
Of officer experts in Washington who
will go On quietly preparing all the
resources Of our country for war, con-
sutinG men III high places. going over
our factories getting d complete grasp
Of everything from the making of SOL
GicrS' boots to tinance. In case Of sud
den war our bankers also should know
.apat to do. The staff should take them
INTO consultation, too. Every single
resource plays its part. Mobilize them
all.
Every boy who goes to a military
school, every volunteer company, every
National Guard or regiment. every Boy
Scout may be of use. Any kind of or
2aniZation may help. The BOY Scouts
in Europe have been of immense serv-
Ice as messengers. They ran all the err
rau,is of the British war office and they
were as busy in Brussels before ii fell
as they we're on the German side
British boy scouts in the company of
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FREIBURG is BOMBARDED
BY HOSTILE AEROPLANES

BERLIN, January 29.-Freiburg was
bombarded at 10 O'Clock Thursday night
by two hostile aeroplanes. which dropped
FIVE bombs on the town. according to
reports received and given out here
by the Overseas News Agency. There
were no Casualties.
of which is not stated in the reports SO
far to hand.
The city theater, because of the cele-
bration attending the emperor's birth
day, was crowded. but the audience
remained calmly inside the building
until the raid was over.
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Liner Attacked by Aeros.

HULL, England. January 29.-The
captain of the Wilson liner Carlo re.
ports that his vessel was attacked in
the vicinity OF Dover, Sunday afternoon
last. by a German aeroplane. which
dropped a number of bombs over the
Carlo and other vessels in the vicinity.
None of the craft. however. was dam
aged.
On Sunday Dover was subjected to
two attacks by German aircraft. which,
according to German accounts, di0 much
damage in the harbor and nearby.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-30
METHODS ADOPTED IN FRANCE FOR THE CARE
OF THOSE ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY THE WAR
AND PROVISIONS MADE FOR THE SOLDIERS
s Made Upon the Purses of the People Never Cease and
Each Appeal So Worthy 1t Cannot Be Denied Says
Richard Harding Davis.
By RICHARD HARDING DAVIS.

. o
wealth increasing their in Franct has
the
the et t II Sank of France. the and 10 D pev he counts
The
Il i much for
% o no those
appeal to magma .mussh plead i the most
Of II carly
TO lin the trenches jus nwilh an in
absence
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More Valuable at Own Job.

y man who is good at rifle king,
a highly expert mechanic of any kind
IN metals, is more valuable on his own
job in .ime of war than he is firing a
rifle at the front. There are a hun
dred thousand men who can fire a rife
10 one who knows how to make one.
1t would be nothing less than a crime
10 have any mechanic good at con
structing the parts of planes or at
assembling them shot at in the
trenches.
Early in this war in England many
men, out Of patriotism. enlisted as
privates who could have better served
their country. once the big army was
started, by following their own voca
lions. or, at least. being given some
military position where their skill
would be Of the most service. Both
England and France had to send back
from the front to the munition fac
tories many expert mechanics, enei-
neers and oversccrs. Thousands. of
such men had been killed and there
vas no one TO take their place in fac
tories at the rear. Invariably the good
men in any occupation are probably
FIST 20 enlist and most likely. in their
cagcrnesS. to take the most risks at the
front. The head of an aeropiane- max
ing plant or Il rihe-makinS plant has
10 place anywhere except on his own
Job in time Of war.
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Movement of Troops.

If we are going to defend the Monroe
doctrine. then cooperation. with all the
South American and Central American
republics is important Absence of CO.
operation has been one of the weak
nesses of the allies. If landing were
made on the shores of Mexico, then we
should be ready with munitions and
help for the Mexicans. If it is our plan
to defend Mexico. Should we lose COM
mand of the sea. how are we going to
defend the Panama canal? 1t Will be
almost impossible to march troops over
land Here the government might CO.
operate with Individual enterprise. We
have no military railroads in the
United States, as they have in Russia
or Germany. Her wonderful system of
railroads have been invaluabl to Ger
many in the rapid transport of troops,
which means that she has been able
again and again to get there first with
the most men," when her enemy failed
to do So Cooperation with the Next
can railroads for the transport of
troops would be the simplest kind of
provision.
But why not the pam American rail-
road. which is to unite the American
republics? Why not. though the seas
could be closed to US. have line of
steel running to Panama itself? That
would mean the supply and reinforce
ment of our garrison there If necessary,
and the certainty of this would prac-
ticaily insure our possession of the
canal 1t cannot be taken in front
past our great batteries. but it can be
taken by landing forces of infantry.
which would move on it's TANKS. and
we should require large forces. well in
trenched, supported by plentiful NUM-
lions. in order 20 withstand these at
taciiS
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UNITED STATES MUST MOBILIZE RESOURCES
TO INSURE SUCCESSFUL DEFENSE PLANS
AGAINST NCURSIONS OF POSSIBLE ENEMY
Germany Got "the Jump" Opponents Because She Was
Ready With Economic and Military Essentials
Well as Fighting Men,
By FREDERICK PALMER.

in sht to
for f uis o
sin mechanca genius dap IL Agi rsu d rep
setaive O fits dr Ian t study he o w ay more O
labor than European c t m sta o do
the work o
W. do i zan w were
anzed for debnscc h sone
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Should Be Freed of faint.

Any propaganda for preparedness
should be freed of a faint that MUM;
ZION manufacturers are lobbying for
an increase of armament in order TO
give their plants occupation after the
war From England and France we
can learn lesson here, too. They
nave stopped munition profits. Early
In the war big fortunes were undsr
way IN England from munition con.
tracts, out the government decided that
ia.f return for its money was all that
caD.;tl could expect in a time OF ma.
uN.'aI peril, and taxes were laid to
mn. the profits. Many of these nlants
art. the war Will give IN making
munitions and turn to other kinds Of
IhahLfacture. but their tools should NOT
oe lost, II takes long tint to make
on organized plant for the manufac-
'N.e o. elther rifles or shells
LhSlahd, except so far as her adj
hlFaity had taken the lead before the
war had rot co-ordinated her indus,ri.I
resources for military purposes MANY
OF her manufacturers who saw quick
pIonts IN munition contracts were NOT
interested IN taking them because thew
preferred. with England in command
OF the seas and Germany shut off from
the trade routes, to try to win perma :
HeHt markets away from Germany
Which would mean permanent rather
than temporary profits. Germany. shut
on FRO mmarkets. turned her whole en-
eFg: Immediately into the making of
munitions. She did nothing but make
war with all her brains and strength
We should be industrially prepared to
90 the same thing. There should be no
mart measures IN time of war.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-30

If We cannot have an army of ade-
quate size. at least our staff should be
allowed to have a roster of every pos
sible organization that could be of
service. In case of threatened inva-
sion of either coast we should want
the coast patrolled as a matter of in
telllgence as to the enemy'S movement.
The neighborhood of our army would
also have to be carefully policed in
order to keep out the enemy's spies. as
is done in Europe. We have made no
such provision.
In taking these precautions the staff
would be doing no more than acting
for the nation in the same capacity as
the president and board of directors of
any great railroad or industrial system.
who keep a surplus against hard times
and lay aside funds for upkeep. act
toward the corporation they direct.
The staff would simply be following
out the national bent of the United
States. unsurpassed in private organi-
cation, but taking little interest here
tofore in national organization where
ii affects national preparedness. In any
case where supplies could not be pro-
vided promptly, then it is obviously the
duty of the United States to have these
supplies ready before the outbreak of
war. 1t must have enough of every
kind whether shells or uniforms,
whether food for the soldiers in gar
rison in Panama or Hawaii, to last I'M
til new supplies can be furnished.
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Railroad Would Aid Protection.

The same service that Germany has
done for Turkey over the railroads of
the Balkans we should be able to do
for Mexico and Central America in time
of war. In the Russo-Japanese war
the Japanese wholly underestimated
the capacity of the transsiberian
railroad, which, though a single-track
road, at the close of the war was MAIN
tanning 100000 troops in Manchuria,
5000 miles away. What Russia did
the United States can do, and little
better With railroad connection to
Panama the canal would be safe, no
matter if we temporarily lost COM
lnand of the seas.
But the great thing is that once we
had such a railroad, once we had our
resources organized, no foreign nation
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for the cockades. And they held it in
the same Palace of Art where at the
annual salon are hung the paintings OF
the great French artists. The cockades
are exhibited in one hall and next to
them is an exhibition of the precious
tapestries rescued from the Rheims
Cathedral. In the hall beyond that is
an exhibition of lace. To this museums,
duchesses and queens have sent laces
that for centuries have been family
heirlooms. But the cockadeS of Mimi
Pinson by the thousands and thousands
are given just as much space. are ar
ranged with the same taste and by the
same artist who grouped and cataloGued
the queens lace handkerchiefs. And
each little Mimi Pnson can go to the
made with her own fingers. or point to
the spot where it was, and know she
has sent franc to soldier of France.
There are some other very good bar
gains. are you a lover of art and
would you become patron of art? If
original water color for so cents and
so help an art student who is fighting
at the front and assist in keeping alive
his family in Paris. Is not that good
bargain? AS everybody knows. the
Ecole des BeauX Arts in Paris is free
the alma mater of some of the best
known American artists and archi-
tects. On its rolls the names of
Sergeant. Saint Gaudens, Stanford
White. Whitney Warren, Beckwith.
Coffin and MacMonnies. Certain schools
spire great devotion on the part of
their students. as. in the story told of
every college. of the student being led
from the foot ball field who struggles
in front of the grandstand and shouts
Let ME go back. Id die for dear