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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1916-05-24
PARENT TEACHERS
ASSOCIATION.

MA s,.,,, .
,, ~ $500" 'i''o''hs VI vhe
aren't teachers Association at
the school house on Wednesday
of last week had an encourap-
inp ottendonca of ovor u;rt,
ton,.I,ar. o,,5 ,,,otI,,
'' ~, ny . ny 'i'o'"ctS'
ne president Mrs. u. &.
Sayers, presided, and the or
ganization was further com.
plcted by the election of a treas
urcr, Mrs. w. G. Painter. The
name Of Miss Nell Van Gorder.
who was unanimously elected
second vice president, was I'M
Intentionally omitted ins our
last issue.
Mrs. Sayers then appointed a
chairman for each Of the com
mittees decided upon last week
These committees, with the
chairman of each, are as fol.
lows
Visiting Committee Mrs. W.
Il. Peck Sanitation Mrs. Jno.
NJ. Chalkley. Interior Decora-
ton Mrs. w. q, Painter.
Truancy- Mrs. n. q. Goodloe.
Membership-M Mrs. Mayo CabelI.
Co operation Mrs. ID. G.. Wolfe.
Library Mrs l.. T Winston.
Press Mrs. Robt. d. Morrison.
Grounds Mrs Otis Mouser.
The committee which was APP
pointed TO select a council of
twelve or Advisory Board of
twelve mothers made its report
through the chairman. The list
of mothers which compose this
important council is as follows:
Mrs. Lille, Mrs. ID. G. Wolfe,
Mrs. W. L. Goodloe, Mrs. Pat
Kennedy, Mrs. l.. O. Petit,
Mrs. II; y. W Skeen, Mrs. j.
w Kelly, Mrs. j. l.. McOor-
mick, Mrs. Gordon Gilly, Mrs.
George Mars, Mrs. q. >. Car
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1916-05-24
GOLF FINALS

The finals of the handicap
tournament which started on
the links of the Mountain Golf
Club April 18th, between -
members Of the Club were play
ed off last week between j Il.
Price and j. w. Gaut.
This match game was the
hardest fought, and closest
match that has ever boon play.
ed on the links, and quite gal
lery watched the match. Gaut
won tho match on the 18th
green with a three up and one
to go.
The cards tnrued in were as
follows:
Cant
out-i a62GlI6t-as
In 3f36355 80 90
outEi83is455-io
ln--i 33l az 40 SO
This cup was presented to the
Club by the Spalding Company,
and is to be played for until it
has been won three times by
any one member of the Club
who then gains possession of
same. This cup will be played
Tor some time later on in the
season.
Gauts card of 70 turned in
Tor this match makes the record
OF the course for is holes, the
former record being rs.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1916-05-24
Detectives Wanted

We will consider applications
Tor membership i'll this Agency,
from certain localities in Vir-
ginia. We look after Criminals,
collect names and addresses OF
Farmers, &c. Collect debts and
furnish Commercial reports to
business concerns. Salary and
lees. For full particulars write
Va. & TENN. DETECTIVE AGENCY, Inc.
Nahonsy Bldg. BRISTOL, Tenn.-ya.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1916-05-24
Musical Recital By Pupils OF
Mrs. S. a. Bailey.

Tho pupils Of Mrs. s. a.
Bailey, on Friday afternoon
and Friday evening, gave a
very delightful and interesting
recital The musical selections
were of the best composers, and
the children all played very
well indeed, and all showed
marked Improvement over last
year. The way in which the
children rendered their various
pieces showed their instruction
had been in competent hands
that no effort had been spared
in their training. Mrs. Bailey
is music instructor of long
experience, energetic and very
competent. No one is more
painstuking with, or more in
terested in her pupils, and both
patrons and pupils are very for.
tunatc indeed to have ut their
command one so thoroughly
competent and interested in th,
work.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1916-05-24

This country should realize
that a strong navy !s not q war
speculation, but q peace inyest-
ment.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-19
Eph Out Of Pashients

Eph Higgins our accommodating P.
M. of the Bingville P. o. is a good
cal put out at the present writing owing
to a misfortune which has happend
to him
Totiner day there come in the mail
from the CO. seat a postal card tor
Mrs. Levina Wilkins. According to his
reglar custom Eph laid It aside instid
of putting it into Levinas box until
stitch a time as he wouldn't be so bizzy
but what he would have time to read
what was on it.
lest after the mail was charged who
should come flouncing into the P. O..
and ask for her mail but Levina her
self Eph told Levina there wassent
nothink in her box which was the
truth, but he diddent say notl1ink about
the postal card for her which he had
laid aside.
After a spell Eph TUX up the card
with a burning Curiosity, to find out
who was writing to Levina and what
about, but he couldn't seem to read the
writing with his far sighted specks, so
he walked all the way home for his
near sighted ones but they wassent no
better. The writing on the card was
stitch a awful scrawl that Eph couldn't
make out neither head nor tail of it nor
even the name signed to it Eph showed
it to several of his P o. patrons but
nobuddy could read it Finally word got
around to Levina that Eph was holding
back a postal card for her so she went
to the offs Madden wet hen and de-
manded it.
Eph give it to her and told Levina
he was glad to git rid of it being as
he had nearly sprained his eyesight
tryin to read it but couldn't nor no
buddy else Levina told Eph for two
cents shed report him to the guvvern-
ment for doing that. Eph told her to go
ahead and report becuz If he lost the
Bingvi1le P Mship he would consider
it blessing ruthern a calamity
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-19

up to Us and our eddytoriul in
flooence & polisy will be largely
determined by whichever side
considers it worth the most to ern.
In short as editor of the Bugle
we Amt made up Our mind as yet
on this vital questshion. We are
open 10 oonvickshion, but we cant
beside stitch a t,irrible important
step according to the diektates Of
our own constituents until after we
have conferd by mail or other
wise with the county organise
shions and ascertain to Witch
party the inflooence Of the Bugle
would be the biggest as rePersent-
ed in dollars and cents.
A HINT TO THE WISE ORT
TO BE SUFFISHENT.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-19
POLTIKAL EDDYTORIUL

The time has came when we
persoom the Administration at
Washington is purity anxshious to
know whether the Bingviile Boo
gle intends to support it for an
other term. In other words it is
only fair to spose that President
Wilson would feel a good cal more
comfortabler if he only could feel
shure that as editor & Prop. of
the Bugle we was a going to fte
tooth & nail for his re-e]eckshion.
Then on tother hand there's
Candydate Hughes. The chances
is 1t would give him a good cal of
satisfackshion if he only knowd
which side of the fence we was on
so he could make his campaign
plans according in order to git his
self eleckted if possibil to the
highest offs within the gift of the
peepul.
Several of our most respeckted
citizens has asked US recent who
the Bugle was a going to support
for President and we repeet that
the time has came when the inhab-
itants of Bingville in partickler
and the populashion of the country
in general is waiting with baited
breth, as we might say, to lern
where the Bugle stands polotikal.
If you have follerd the eddyto-
riul polisy of the Bugle as close
as you ort to of follerd it, you
have probly notised that we have
sort of layed back on our oars
during President Wilson's admin
istrashion. You have probly not
ised that we amt dicktated emmy
policies to President Wilson or
offerd emmy sujjestshions as to
how the guvverment ort to be run.
On the contrary we have left all
stitch crittycizms & sujjestshions to
several of our most respeckted cit
tizens who colleclets every evg in
Hen Weathersbys store and tells
what they would do if they was
president of the L. S. A. Some
of EN- calkilates if they was pres
ident they would run things in
this country a leetle mite different,
but it is our unbiased opinyun that
they would moren likely run it in
to the ground and up the spout
AS to who the Bugle will sup
port at the approaching eleckshion
will depend a good cal on circun-
stances. AS we go to press OUT
inflooence amt been solisited by
either side and we desire to state
in this conneckshion that we stand
ready to be solisited and to talk
bizness with either party. In other
words we are open to emmy prop
Iosishion which they see fit to put
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-19

It looks awful cloudy as we go to
press, but then the sun may be stinin
bright as ennythink when you read
these lines. You never can tell.
Sine Watkins purchased a dog last
wk from Snide Pctersby It was a
pup dog of the hound species but after
Sine had had the dog for few days
he TUX it back to Snide and asked for
his money back on the ground that the
pup had fleas and now he has EN- also.
Snide refused-he told Slime the fleas
went with the dog and he was glad Of
it being as that was the principal rez-
son he sold him so cheap. -
Why don't you take some pride II,
your home newspaper the Bingvil1e Blu
gle and subscribe for same paying
strickly cash in advance Read our fol-
lering great offer:-If you subscribe a
yr for the Bugle and pay in advance
and then if emmy time you amt salts
fed come to us and we will refund
your rnoney-perviding said money amt
been spent by us in the meanwhile.
Take advantage of this offer which we
consider awful good one from our
standpoint
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-19
Heck Palmer Split

Heck Palmer who lives miles west
of Bingville while driving into town
last Friday with butter & eggs to ex-
change at Hen Weathersbys store for
groceries & merchandise in his spring
wagon met old big he-ottymobeel on
the road comm right for him at the
rate of 80 miles hour more or less.
Heck diddent haft to turn out being
as his old mare Nelly done that for
him. The road was narrer at this pint
with high bank on both sides and
afore Heck knowd what had happend
Nelly elm right up the bank which is
steepern roof spillin Heck. butter 6
eggs outen the back end of the Vaughn.
Heck landed in the ditch beside the
road on his head and shoulders which
stund him some.
When he got on his feet Heck was
mad as hornet and grabd up stone
to throw at the fefers in the ottymo-
beel who by tfet tire was several miles
timer on. Then Heck looked up and
there was his waggin hangin on the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-19

moiasses afore he'd bury q spoonful of
same from Hen Weathersby. Hen,
you're drivin away trade by this high
handedness.
Anse Smiley ct three green cowcum-
bers (besides other vittles to numerous
to mentchion) at one meal tother day
and soon afterwards was took with vi
lent pains to his stummick. For a
hour or two Anse was dubbed up like
summer squash tryin to tie itself in
to knots and after the pain had went
he was as weak as a cat. Anse says
he thort shure for spell he was
going to die and felt so misable that
he hoped he would
Doc Livermore our hurning speshia1-
list and veterinary dropped into our Of
fis tother day awful discurridged Doc
says everybuddy in Bingville is SO
helthy at present that its simply dis
gustin whereas ushually at this time OF
yr there is few cases of tifoid fever
or something like that Doc says so
far as he knows In his offishia1 cap
acitty there amt even sick horse in
town & no prospecks of emmy. Well,
Doc, what is your financial loss is
some other critters gain
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-19

Rev. Moore beloved paster of the
Bingvil1e church presented a pathetik
specktakle in the pulpit at morning ser
vice last Sabbath being as it was so
hot the parson worked hisse1f all up
into a iatfer as we might say
II peard like as II Rev. Moore's col
lar melted and run down his neck and
as he pounded the pulpit he got red
dern a beet and was almost exosted
after preaching over 2 hours. So was
everybody else.
Miss Amelia Tucker our raining sos
siety queen give what she cald lem
onade Party" on the front PLAYER of
her residence last Saturday afternoon
to which only few speshial gests
Consisting of Miss Ame1ia's girl friends
vas invited. It was a awful hot day
and al present CUPID down glass after
glass of lemonade until they nearly
busted theirseifs and departed to their
various homes about p. m. too full
for utterents & conscious of most
enjoyable time
Bud Hinckley who aint quite right In
his head went and set down on another
sheet of f1ypaper at HIS house tother
day and his mother larnd him for It as
usfrua1. This is the fifth sheet of fly
paper Bud has set down on in the past
r,unth Mrs. Hinckley says. Bud pears
to forget from one time to another that
its stitch sticky stuff to set on or else
does it a purpose.
Anne Hillycr our talented 1oryer &.
legal light thort he had Ami Coo
kins egged on to bring a lawsuit aginst
Hez Wilkins over the boundry line be-
twixt EN-, but Ame's plans all fell
through and now AMI and Hez is
both as naberfy and friendly as emmy
think and lawsuit pears to be furthest
from their thorts. Anne says it was
awful bitter Disappointment to him and
almost like takin the bred & butter
outen his mouth
Miss Sally Hoskins our beautiful poet
writer whose PONIES has apeard In the
Bugle from time to time in the past
and even some of EN- in the CO seat
papers says she begin a pome on Sum
mer" over a munth ago but amt fin
ishd it owing to the awful hot wether
Miss Sally says her Moose (whatever
that isl wont work when she's all het
up & perspirin
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-19

fence and Nelly nowhere In sight. She
had jumpd clean outen the harness ovef
the fence and struck acrost the field
into the woods. 1t TUX Heck two hours
to ketch her and when he got back to
the road he found the Vaughn badly
damaged, the butter melted and evry
egg broke.
Heck says If he knowd who them
fellers was In that ottoymoheel he
wouldn't sue EN- for damages. He says
that ruthern sue EN- for damages it
would give him a good cal more salts
fackshion to hunt EN- up and knock the
stuffin outen both of EN- until they
would haft to go on crutches for sew
eral wks to come. Knowing Heck as
well as we do we persoom he means
evry word he says and our advice to
them fellers who scairt his horse is to
keep outen his way bectz Heck amt to
be trifeld with when he gifts riled up
When hes that way he'd ruther fife than
etc even when hes hungry.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-19
Cricket Corners

Being as you amt heerd from these
diggins for several wks your corespon-
dent makes so bold as to take his pen
in hand and dash you off few items
from our midst
Tother day Cy Hendricks of here
started to drive to the co seat with two
cans of cream in his spring Vaughn but
when he got nearly up Paradise Hill
one of the cans fell often the wagon
and rolled clean down to the bottom of
the hill over a mile afore 1t come to a
stop. AS luck would have it the wood
stopple stuck in the can and when Cy
opend it he found that the cream was
cflurnd to butter by the rolling SO Cy
went on the CO seat with one can of
cream and tother of butter and sold
both. Cy says Nachure works in mis-
terius way her wonders to perform.
Hyde Srnithers while out strolling
last Sunday with Miss Polly Woods
one of our handsomest young ladies
come acrost a blacksnake only about 8
# long but that was long enuff to skeer
Hyde who left Polly in the road and
run al the way home Sinst then Polly
amt spoke to Hyde, and it is the gen
eral opinyun it serves him right for
showing the white fether and deserving
the fair sex in this cowardlv manner.
Alonzo Peterson kid a sheep last wIc
and pedde1d it out for mutton amongst
his nabers selling it all. 1t was consid
erd quite a treat to git mutton this
time of yr.
Sam Blossom says his wife can take
on one more custunmcr to wash for.
Sam will take and fetch the wash for
his wife to wash See Sam if you want
Missus Blossom to do your wash.
This is all the items we can think up
concerning the Corners at this time.
More a non or sooner than that praps.
NOW & THEN.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-19
Personal Squiblets

Some thinks muskeeters amt so MI
merus as heretofore That NAV be but
flies is thickern ever. (NOTE-This
item don't exaclz1y come under the head
of Personal Squib1ets" praps, but then
it helps to fill up so whats the odds?-
EDITOR BUGLE)
Cy Slocomb while milking his old
COW spot out behint the barn tother
evg dozed off to sleep and 1eand his
head aginst the side of the COW after
he had milkd five gal pail half full.
The old COW stood there supportin Cv
until she got tired of it then she wa1kd
off and when she done so Cy fell with
his Ease into the pail of milk and like
to of drownd before he woke I'D. Cv
was a good cal surprised. He is a
great hand for sleep.
Yves Woodruff our expert hunter &
trapper at the rekwest of Abe Wins1ow
who owns a farm at the foot of Saw
ridge Mountaing set bear trap for a
bear who has been stealth Abe's sheep
and the 1st night the trap was set Yves
loetchd sheep in it. Yves most gen
orally ketches somethink or other in his
traps.
Hen Weathersby has just got in a
bari of black-strap New Orleans mo-
lasses but he amt opend the bari yet
Jim Perkins went to the store for a
at of mofasses recent but Hen got mad
and said he'd be logged if he'd go to
all the trubble of opening up a new
bari of molasses for only just one
measly little ct Hen says he wont
open that bari of molasses until sum-
buddy comes along that wants at least
5 gals of molasses Who in Sam Hill
wants that mulch rnolasses at onct7 In
our opinyun Hen IS wrong in his at
titooc lords this molasses questshion
As for Jim Perkins he says he'd go ali
his life with his tung hangin out fol-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-19
How About
Your Rags.
Hey?

A great menny people pear to have q
idee that rags which colleckts from old
clothes ct cettery around the house alma
good for nothing.
This is awful big mistake. Let ma
tell you that rags Is worth moren YOU
think they be praps. How do you know
that you amt been throwing away or
burning up a small forchune jest in
rags? You don't know
Let stitch awful extravaganza Geese.
Ruther than have your house all clut-
tered Up with rags I will take them
often your hands. l have heerd of
place over to the CO. seat where l car
sell rags at good profit perviding [
can get EN- cheep enuff often you SO /
have desided to go into the rag bust
ness.
This is to notify you that will make
house to house canvas in Bingvi'le
after rags SO save your rags Tor ne.
I will pay you for these rags whatever
they be worth to me which wont be
mulch but even that's moren nothink at
all amt it?
ALSO BOTTLES?
Have you emmy empty bottles? If
so, will buy them often you as cheap
as possibil and sell en- for all I can
get. That's the way l do bizness.
Make a careful serch of your premises
and colleckt all the old rags and bot
tells you can find. then look out for
me. I will pay you for your bottles
according to their size. More for big
ger bottles and less for smaller ones.
Don't do ennythink about rags or bot
ties until you have saw me- g
Yours for rags & bottles,
Simeon Snider,
r. & B. Merchant
BINGVILLE
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-09-18
JOHN MATTISON DEAD
MADISON MAN SUCCUMBS TO I'LL
NESS OF MORE THAN
YEARS DURATION.

John Mattison, aged rs years.
died early this afternoon at his home
North Blanche avenue. Death,
which was due TO cancer of the
throat. followed an illness of about
one year. During the last week Mr..
Mattison has been confined TO his
bed.
Mr.. Mattison had been a resident
of Madison for eleven years. He Is
survived by his wife. three sons and
four daughters. The sons are Hans
Mattison. of Ramona: Martin Matti-
son. SIS West Fourth street. Madi-
son. and Julius Mattison. OF Seattle.
Wash, and the daughters are Mrs.
Hilda Baker. of Graham, y. D.; Mrs.
Ida Bogstad. of Seattle, Wash; Mrs.
Steve Olsbo. sos Liberty avenue,
Madison, Mrs. George McQuillan. of
Orland township. and Miss Anna
Mattison. residing with her parents.
The funeral will be al 10 O'Clock
at the residence and at 10 80 o'clock
Wednesday morning at the United
Lutheran church. The service will
be conducted by Rev. Olin Reigstad.
Interment will be in Graceland Gem
etery.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-09-18
BUSINESS LOCALS.
Eat at Jacks.

AA0A - tGNA
Big Is cent meal at Rays.
For Rent. Four room house
Mrs. Vim. Roche, Phone 1886.
For Sale. House 16x24 in good
shape.-R. II. Mayfield.
For Sale. All my household fur
niture. Mrs. II. NJ. Penn.
For Rent. Four room cottage.
Apply at this office.
Notice. We are prepared TO clean
your rugs.--R. II. Matfield.
For Rent. New six room modern
house and garage. See +. j. Mundt.
Wanted. Girl for general house
work, three in family.-Mrs. W. A.
Rothsehild, 9O4 Egan avenue.
For Rent. Five room cottage,
good basement, well, cistern, electric
lights.-W. G. Abbott.
For Sale. A quantity of upland
and midland hay. in stack or deliver
ed. S. Thompson. Phone 1857.
For Sale. Fine residence lot, four
blocks west of Lyric theater. faces
edSl, line SIdnC anu ll0ll lI009t wa
ter and sewer in front.-H. c. Ball.
For Sale. My residence property
at a bargain.-H. M. Penn.
Chambermaid wanted at once
Jacks Restaurant.
Watermelon on ice, from 35 cents
up, at the Sugar Bowl.
vanilla ice cream 81 PEI gallon, at
the Sugar Bowl.
Eat at Jacks.
Ice watermelon, eanteloupe, ice
cream and soda at Rays.
Eat at Jacks.
Quality-servlce Is me Daily
Leaders watchword in news. printing
and advertising. Try us.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-09-18

limits last Thursday afternoon, were
held at the residence yesterday norm
ing. The service was conducted by
Rev. G. d. Brown, pastor of the
First Methodist Episcopal church.
Ladies of the Rebekah lodge, of
which Mrs. Bourne was a member, at
tended in a body. Accompanied by
Mr.. Bourne, the body was taken yes
terday TO Atlantic, Ia, for interment.
Madison young people are to be
given an opportunity TO take dancing
lessons. Prof. Jack Davis and sis
ter, Miss Babe Davis, known as the
Dancing DaYiSes, of Chicago, stu
dents of Miller academy, have taken
DON at the Lake Park and will or
ganize classes in the city. They may
be zen at the Imperial theater every
evening or at room 16, Lake Park
hotel, from / to 4 every afternoon.
They teach all the latest dances in
ten lessons. They recently closed an
engagement at Huron with a class of
forty-two attendants and have also
instructed classes at Mitchell, this
state, Sioux City and Mason City, La.
County Commissioners d. NJ. Fin
ME and M. COsgrove today went TO
Flandreau, where they were in con
ference with the commissioners Of
Moody county on the Milwaukee
slough drainage ditch project. The
drainage ditch is to be built jointly
by Lake and Moody counties. Fol-
lowing the completion of surveys for
the ditch, owners of farms which
would not be served by the ditch, as
originally planned, asked that it be
extended to drain their land. The
county commissioners of Lake and
Moody counties are now arranging
for the extensions.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-09-18
RESOLUTIONS.

Madison, S. d., Sept. l6. 1916.
Whereas, Almighty God. i'm His
wisdom has seen fit to call to his last
resting place our beloved brother,
William Westaby. and
Whereas. We feel that the order
has lost one OF its loyal members,
therefore.
Let il be resolved. That we, as
members of Madison lodge No. 30, /.
O. O. +, extend sincere sympathy
to his family and friends in their be-
reavement and commend them to