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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1917-04-04
ces Of the country.

ces of the country.
Full equipment of the navy,
particularly for means of deal
ing with submarine warfare.
AN army of at least 100000
men based on the principle of
universal liability to service
and The authorization Of add
tional increments of 100000
each as they are needed or can
be handled in training.
Raising necessary money
for the United States Govern
ment, so far as possible without
borrowing and on the basis Of
equitable taxation"
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1917-04-04
Big Stone Gap Boys Making
Good for Uncle Sam.

News has reached here that
Earl H. Jones, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. g. f. Jones, of the Gan.
has been promoted to The rank
uf Corporal. Earl has been in
the army about years and is d,
member Of Company Il, l7tli
Infantry, He was stationed
at FL Paso, Ten, prior to the
Columbus, y Nj, raid but was
sent TO Columbus. Earl has
been making good, as is shown
by his promotion, aud is now
stationed at Fort Mcpherson,
Ga. Walker Il. Jones, Earls
brother, is ship Printer on the
Y. S Battleship Arizona, which
is one of the largest in the
navy, and is in New York
City, where his ship is under
going repairs at the Dry Dock
This is Walkers sscoud enlist
ment in tile navy. Their many
friends will be glad to learn Of
their success.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1917-04-04
How's This ;

We offer One Hundred Dollar.
Reward for any case of Catarrh
that cannot be cured by Halls
Catarrh Cure.
T.. J. CHENEY g co. Toledo. o.
We. the undersigned. have known r. ].
Cheney for the last Is years, and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially able to carry
out any obligations made by his frIn
Toledo. o.
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken Internally
acting directly upon tile blood aud mu-
ceus surfaces OF the system. Testimonials
sent free. Price rs cents per bottle. Sold
by all Druggists
Take Halls Family pi,ls tor e~astipsJloE.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1917-04-04

Decision!
42. What was "Uncle Tom e
Cabin, and it's effect!
- What was the "Impend-
ing Crisis?
A. What we're the Critten-
den Resolutions?
40. On what four occasions
could Lincoln have easily made
peace?
46. On what four occasions
was the Southern Confederacy
near independence!
a. What was the effect of
Superior Federal Sea Powe,?
AS. Who mapped ous the
first Atlantic Cable?
40, In battle between the
Monitor aud Virginia, which
refused to renew the combat
so. What was the Ku KluX
Khan. why it's necessity:
Answers to above questions
may be found in, History of
U. 81. South in Building of
Nation, Wrongs of History
Righted", "rhe Ku Klux
h lam
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1917-04-04
Radford Nor
NAL Notes

Prof Nm u Gilbrrt nr tbo
Department of Historv Vii
make an address neor Rlnn
Ridge SPRINGS on FRIDAY NOM
and win assist in organizinS !,
20 m IN unity Improvement
League Many OF these Leagues
are being organized under the
auspices OF the Appalachian
school Improvement Foundu-
ton, OF which Professor Gilbert
is Secretary. On Saturday he
WI deliver a commencement
address ~ one OF the high
schools IN Washington County.
Mr.. } n Fisher, for six years
missionary and educational
Workerln thePhilippines, Japan
ana Korea gave an illustrated
lecture IN the Normal School
Auultorium Monday night
showing me educational activi-
ties OIL me United States GOV
eminent III the Philippines.
before the E Nj ,''N[ G, an aaaresS
al District Teachers Associn.
ton ut Orange G. II.
X-Governor ITogn tp,.Iar
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The Thrice-A-Week Edition
Of the New York World.
Practically Daily al the Price of
Weekly. No other Newspaper in the
world gives so much at so low price.

The value and need OF newspaper in
the household wlis never greater than az
the present time The great war III
Europe is now half way into its third
year, and whether peace he al hand on
yet be far on, 1t and th events TO follow
1t are sure to be OF absorbing interest lor
many q month To come
THESE are Notwithstanding affairs, ia
which the United States. willing or I'M
willing is compelled to take = part, No
Intelligent person can ignore such issues
THE THRICE A-WEEK WORLDS
regular subscription price is only $lGu
per year. and this pays for loo papers
We offer this unequAlled newspaper and
the Big Siuuc Gap Post togethcrlor one
year for il 10
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1917-04-04
PRESIDENT WILSON
Asks Congress to Declare That A State Of
War Exists Between America
and Germany.

that demand will be urgent.
We can, we should, we must
make of ourselves that which
wc glory in proclaiming IA ma
ton of farmers.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1917-04-04
Californian Had
Kidney zrou IL

lacN Mates. Coppe-9poiis, ,aii-
says; had such II severe caga
kidney trouble thought Is, u,ii,i 49,, ~,
10 I'll az ny business. ,oJs thtts
tntii.lv relieved mo aud haye KIN
Ne tfcaTfence OF kidney troELle sim
SYpo ears . seems a. ic ycY c,-
10 ioilscr bear tile pain nnd nis.r.,
GA .s"'-cr from h!In,y a..I !'nl''.
fo.' les Tho ache AGREES our hNot
fuN g 1rsu With CSC. il.oyb IN
mar md Gerry rtcp y0u iait N.
70 seems u rob You OF all str.rr,i,
sra .HttEy. Your hcud .cf,s 81,
t~s uerYous ana Worn out, slccn rn6rl.,
."'S ~ IlPet,e. ,atomach l.. I,
SGT -1i bowels irreculnr.
NltF kidney I'iiis lessen Tie ,,,t,
i'i.i % 'iuaity = ne cnlfeiE i,G:
~ 1tr'rEtn aud tone to tho kiintv,
N t-Nr Stton.. active, tuyir "a,
tinf ut rr'uHs tcsr'Tr n.li IA,
tlatl .nd NIut ncalth grows b.tis,
thct fiy !Nr take LIS TieH. IL. IN
M utual Drug Company
Biz Stoe Gap, yn.ss
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1917-04-04
OUR PLAIN DUTY

Az last we are facing war,
aud there seems no honorable
way in which 1t can be avoided
We, therefore. must fight.
But with tho conflict IA reali
ty, i, will be we'll if wc as a
people ARE disposed to profit 10y
the experience of thn nntions
across the water.
1t seems like proHaic matter
Tor discussion, but really ono OF
the greateet factors that Nil
enter into the matter is our
food supply We ARE already
fnced with prices as high az it
would seem we can possibly en-
dure: with pronounced short
age in many lines of products.
and If II large army and navy is
to be recruited from our indus
trial workers the situation is
likely to become serious.
1t is, however, fortunate that
the crisis should come at this
season of the year. when the
people can plan To meet the
situation. The farming season
is Just opening. aud every man.
woman and child III The United
States should be brought to
feel that on his or her shoulders
rests a very tangible portion OF
the responsibility that faces the
patton.
Our people must be fed. In
an ordinary year this matter
would Automatically take care
OF Itsei. But not.so ~ this m
stance Aside from the fact
mat thousands aud thousands
VIII Dc urawh from me ranks
OF the WORKERS. we viii nave
aiso 10 reckon with The rest
iessheSs ana eNci'ement tha'
VIII 'he''tAoiy prevail through
our 'he country ms Is not
comu"cNNc 10 SurceSSiu' Work'
y nu' our people must real'I'
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oon' "''soh tonight urged Con
sreSS' "Sse'"o'eu III Jo'n' SEES
S'o"' TO declare Il state OF war
oN'SV"g between Tue united
suites ana "er''ahy'
III q nispaSS'on"'e' out n"-
measures commentator OF 'he
course % '"o i'hPer'u' German
Cover p'"e'''' Wl'cn ne charac
'er'@'n az a cn"'iehge TO All
nuns 'nu ana " warfare against
an ""''o"S' 'no lreS'"eh' ue-
carer '""' "'u'r"'''S no longer
"' '''''o'o OF "oS''"o'c ""ere
'"e peace Oh inc wor'd was IN
,o''e"' '''"' urine" neu'ra'''y
''',' '''''' e''eo'N - e"o"e"
a. oV'' "''' ""S i'NeN 70 pro-
''oV 'a' - "uS meant 70 pre-
~ '"' "'s'' 'n"' congress
"u''p' 'ne gauge OF battle Win
~ WV '''''o'a u ''o nation
| "'' ''' '""' '"' Congress
NtCluIt inc recent course OF the
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1917-04-04
FIFTY TEST QUESTIONS
IN HISTORY
Prepared BY Mrs. s. f. F
Rose, Historian General,
U. D. c. How Many
Can You Answer?

moan rpOUrunbIcuilN al ttpia
of .Jamestown Settlemen1.
Win mi NV ,yhn,, la.
new EngInnG nn,n.dy " 80
q Win ,vnr.tL.. r,r,.. az
the thrna vassels land;ng =,
Jamcstown lGO7p
Whnt was ORIGINAL capso
of nufnvornble ouinion oc
jamestown settlersg
3 What svstem az livinu
wus unsurcessfuI NJ James
town. also Plymouth Rock
T. What was mama III most
successful settler Jamestown
T. What were tho names Of
three other leading men of lie
colonyY
s. What was In. name of
the first American school. its
location and wear establishment
o. When were tirst lmeri-
can vessels used for importation
of slaves
10 Who we're the greatest
early writers of Indian and
Frontier lifeY
ILL., WHAT principles main.
tanned by colonists ,,orresnond
ed with States RightsY
~. Did luis princinl, cause
war with tbn Mother Countrvy
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-11

given to the feeding and housing of laying fowls at seasons of the year when their natural source of food supply is cut off.
 Although the hatching season proper should be considered at an end by May 1, it may be feasible in some sections of .the northern and northwestern part of this country to continue hatching until the first of June. Chicks matched at that time, with proper feed and management, will frequently begin laying in Jan uary of the following year. The maturity of fowls matched late can be greatly increased if the mother hens are confined until the chicks are weaned. In this way feed that is fur nished the chicks produces growth, instead of energy to follow the moth -er. Extra precautions should be taken in the late spring and early summer to keep the young birds free from lice and disease, both of which cause thousands to die every year More general use of the incubator and brooder will increase considera-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-11
DEVELOPING MUSCLE

The paragraphers and comic pa- pers are having lots of fun with the amateur gardeners According to their point of view, the novice agri- culturfst spends most of. his time ev- enings rubbing arnica on his lame muscles, while he can be distinguish ed on the streets by his lame walk
 In so far as the back yard farmers are suffering from their unaccustom- ed labors their inconvenience is use- full in that it reveals muscles that were lying dormant It is surprising how any new kind of exercise will un- cover faults in one's physical devel- walker, capable of tramping many miles and may be proficient at some form of athletic sport like tennis or golf. Yet when he yields the hoe he finds that many of his muscles were getting no exercise, and that games had only helped him in a one q ded way.
 A many may go along year after year doing sedentary work and think that he is in good health. Then all at once he collapses, and the doctor tells him he must have more exercise and outdoor life. He buys an expen- siye automobile or purchases health exerciser or joins a physical culture class. But if muscles have been suf- fered to lose their fiber through long years of neglect, they can never be put back where they were.
 Wherefore let the gardener rejoice, even though for few days he may need to use a bit of witch hazel on
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-11
ADMITS BEL CANS WERE DRAFTED IN
 GERMAN SERVICE

Copenhagen. May 11.-A represen- tative of the German war department has admitted in the Reichstag that several Belgian subjects resident in Cologne were drafted into the Ger man army in spite of their protests that they were veterans of the Bel gian army. The admission was made in answer to an interpolation by a radical socialist deputy. The war de- partment official promised that the question of citizenship in these cases would be reviewed.
 Emmanuel Havenith Belgian min ister to the United States, filed a pro- test with Secretary Lansing last July against the practice of Germany fore ing Belgians residing in the emp1re to join the German army. The pro- test declared that the Spanish anbas- sador in Berlin had made constant demands to the German government that this practice should cease, but without success. The German gov ernment contended that Belgians res- ident in Germany for five years prior to the war had lost their nationality and were subject to the laws of the empire, including enforced military service.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-11
Minnesota Admitted To
 Union 59 Years Ago

Fifty-nine years ago today Mime sota became a state in the United States and added another star to the flag that is today the worlds symbol of liberty. When Minnesota was ad- mitted it's inha abitants numbered ap- proximately 150,000. Today she is one of the greatest states in the Union with a population of over 100000. The act admitting the state to the Union was passed and approved May, II, 1858. Trials and vicissitudes had trailed this momentous event in an unbroken string until that time
 The first legislature of the state convened December 2, 1857, and con tinuned until March 25, 1858, when it took recess to await the admission of the new state. There was a great scarcity of the almighty dollar at the time and when an effort was made to negotiate a $250,000 loan, the money barons refused to listen, because. they said, all acts of the self constituted legislature were H. legal and the embryo states credit was worthless. Whereupon negoti- able notes in the form of bank notes were issued and became more or less current. For a time they were dis counted, but when the act admitting the state to the Union was passed, they became worth par and eventual ally were redeemed.
 It is curious to reflect upon all of these obstacles that were in the way of the progress of Minnesota for to- day there is in the hands of the treasurer of that state a permanent fund of more than $26.0O0,000 and it is expected that within the next forty or fifty years this sum will be in- creased to s250,00o,oo0 or $300,00O,- 900. The only form of celebration that takes place in Minnesota to com memorate her entrance into the Un- ion is the gathering of the Territorial Pioneers.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-11
BACKWARD BOY SPRINGS SURPRISE
 ON HIS PARENTS
They Had Worried About
 Him For a Long Time

He was enc of those ambitious bows the city is full of, had the will ano desire to work but not the strength. had never been over strong, always pale and anemic, it was up hill work for him to keep up his end either in play or at school.
 His mother remarked to one of the neighbors how bright and well her little, girl had been looking, she was so rosy checked and full of life and good spirits, where before she had been so pale, sluggish and backward about everything.
 The girls mother smiled and said: why that is easy, that child gave her father and me loads of worry. we had tried everything and were about desperate, vixen the farmer who brings in our eggs told us to try Phosphated Iron, he bet that would do the business, his oldest daughter was just the same, but now looked like a new child and they would never be without a box in the house .
 The boys mother took the tip, and you should hear her praise I,hosphat ed Iron, she says he is full of bovish good spirits and tricks, eats the way all boys should, no more restless nights sleeps like a log, where be- fore his work had been an effort and a drag.
 It just seems as if the boys whole system absorbed the Iron he was in such need of it and the Pl1osphates were just what his overworked little brain needed. It sure made won derfuI change.
 Doctors all agree that four-f1fths of sEf trouble is due to the lack of Iron end Phosphorous. If one has them in their make up they are healthy and strong. Good for both old and young. for anyone run down, anemic or lack of red blood corpuscles Get g. package today and feel like your old self again.
 Special Notice:-To insure your re- ceiving the genuine Phosp!aated Iron we have put up in capsules only. Do not allow dealers to substitute Tab lets or Pills. W. P. Hind1e Drug Stores, Bridgeport, Conn.,, and leading druggists everywhere.-Adv.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-11
SCOTS HEATHER
 WORLDWIDE IN ITS ARBITRATION

One always associates heather with Scotland. and 1t is one of the chief glorfes of that land of co1ors. but heather, or ling, is an evergreen shrub which grows all over northern Europe, certain species even being found in Africa, where it reaches the height of large bushes. The. Scotch are so fond of their heather that they have taken it with them when they have removed to distant shores; prob- ably this is why it is today found on certain portions of the Atlantic coast from Newfoundland to New Jersey.
 In Scotland the blossoming of the heather is looked for ward to as a great annual event. The masses of lilac rose bloom spread over wide stretches of hill and valley. Heather has purple stems and spikes cr bell shaped flowers; there is white heather, but the commonest shades vary from pink to purple. In Aug ust the moors and hillsides seem spread with a purple carpet.
 Aside from being a thing of beauty the heather has been put to many uses by the Scotch people. The long est steans have been made by the Housewives into brooms, the shorter little shoots are woven into baskets. Iftentimes the cling heather, with the peat in which it's roots gre embedded, is burned for fuel and cooking. In early days the huts of the Scotch Highlanders, known as "shealings,' were roughly made of heather stems, held together by peat and made into kind of mortar by dry grass and straw. The Highlanders also con sidered a bed of heather the most comfortable mattress known. Several varieties of heather yield excellent honey, and during the blossoming sea son, many hives of bees are brought to the moors.
 There are, in all, APO different kinds of heather: seven of them are found in the British Isles, a few being met with in Ireland only.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-11
TRIAL OF NEWS PRINT
 MEN SET FOR OCT. <

New York, May 1.-The trial of the five members of the News Print Manufacturers association and two others charged with violation of the Sherman antitrust law for alleged price fixing was set today in the fed eral 4courtl for October next
 The defendants are George H. Mead, Philip E. Dodge, Edward W. Backus, George Chahoon, jr., G. II. P. Gould, Alexander Smith and Frank J. SenSenbrenner
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-11
Newfoundland Fishers
 Expect Big Demand for
 Sea Food From the U. S

St Johns, Nf., May 11.-Prepara- tions are being made for the opera ton of Newfoundland fishing fleets aad curing plants on larger scale than ever this year. It is the general expectation that an unusually large amount of fish will be exported to the United States, where it is thought that the demand will be greatly in- creased by the war and the high prices of food n.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-11

bly, the output of chickens, and conse- quent1y the number of layers the fol- lowing year.
 The U. S. Department of Agriculture and the several state agricultural col leges will be glad to supply helpful information to anyone interested in raising poultry on a large or small scale.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-11
Direct From Us To You

his creaking limbs. It simply means
 that they are overwhelming out of sleep into life, and if he will keep at 1t he will be getting a physical de- velopment for which other men are
 paying good money. The gardener gets something other than the choice of vegetables which he stores away in his basement
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-11

FLOWER AND VEGETABLE
 SEEDS JOHN RICK & SON
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-09
SPEAKER CLARK TO JOIN
LIBERTY LOAN SPEAKERS
Will Make Speeches in Missouri, Ok
lahoma and Other States-Secre-
tary McAdoo's Itinerary.

Speaker Clark has Joined the ranks
of speakers for the liberty loan. In re-
Spouse to a telegram from Secretary
McAdoo. now touring the west, Speaker
Clark announced he would make a
series of speeches in Montana. Okla
homa and possibly other states. He
will start Friday for the west.
The itinerary of Secretary McAdoo
from Portland. Ore, to Dallas, Tex, is
announced as follows: October 10, Port
land. Ore; October II. San Francisco
October 10 to Is, included, San Diego:
October 16, Los Angeles; October is
Salt Lake City: October 10. Colorado
Springs: October 20. Wichita, Kan; DC
tober II, Muskogee, Okla, morning.
Mr.. McAdoo will reach Dallas the
night of October II. He will remain
away from Washington until about
october &c, and probably will make a
tour of the south before returning to
the capital
Postmaster General Burleson has is
sued an order to postmasters requiring
them to assist postal employees in buy
ing liberty loan bonds, and to exercise
diligence in circulating all liberty loan
literature sent out by the govern
mcnt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-09
ARRIVAL ON STEAMER
HELD FOR OBSERVATION
Woman Passenger on Norfolk Boat
Takes Many for Husband and Be-
slows Unexpected Kisses.

Numerous male passengers aboard
the steamer Newport News, which
reached this city this morning, re-
ceived unexpected kisses and embraces
from well dressed young lady pas
senger. Her conduct was readily un-
derstood. IT is stated, when she ad-
dressed each favored man as her hus-
band. A telephone message from
Alexandria was the means of having
Detective James Armstrong at the
wharf Of the Norfolk and Washington
Steamboat Company to greet her.
Armstrong received about the same
treatment she had accorded men on
the boat. She seemed to imagine he
was her husband. and in a few minutes
she was on her way to Washington
Asylum Hospital for observation.
The woman told the detective her
name wan Annie Agnes Flanagan. that
In Norfolk.
Later she said she resided in this citv
and gave SO many addresses that SAM.
tary Officer Lynn concluded to have
inquiry made at all of them in an eff
fort to let her friends know of her
whereabouts. One statement she made
was that her father, Edward j. Flani-
gan, is employed at the White House
but inquiry there ELECTED the informa
tion that no person of that name work
ed there.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-09
TO ELIMINATE CONFLICT
WITH GOVERNMENT PLAN

Formal orders We're issued today d.
rectIng that no concessions to private
enterprises be granted at training
camps within the camp precincts to pro-
vide amusement or recreation for the
men in view of the entertainment ia
cilities planned by the government.
Wherever possible. however, govern
ment ground adjacent to the camps or
environments will be opened to private
motion picture houses and the like, IN
der control of the military authorities.
Local citizens associations fostered by
the commission on training camp ac-
tivities will aid the commanders in SUI
peryising these private enterprises and
allotting them space.
Camp commanders" the order says,
will not hesitate to close undesirable
amusement places located on govern
ment property or to prevent by the
use Of the provost guard or otherwise
,he attendance of soldiers at such
amusement places located on private
property.
The concession on government ground
will be sold on cash or percentage
basis, the proceeds to be applied to the
expenses of institutions having to do
with the welfare Of the troops within
and without the camps.