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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1917-04-04
Southern Railway
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Condensed Time Card
EASTERN TIME
EASTERN TIME

No. 2-l.eayes Appalachia $3.50 a. tn RI,
Stone Gap 9;o5 a. m. Gate City 10 u
a. m, for Bristol and intermed,,.
points. Arrives Bristol IL .Oj noo,
Carries through Buffet puIlm,t
Sleeper from Louisville, Ky
No. 4-T-eaycs St Charles LEO p IN
Appalachia 3:O5 p M, Gate Civ M
y. m for Bristol Connects a, Ga.
City FOR llolston River Line; Ban,
Gap aud Rogersville. Arrives B,s-oI
G:l0p. N.
No. D. Leaves Bristol $40 a m. C,,s
City 1901 .. m Big Stone Gap il,g
a. M, Appalachia l;5o m. Ar.
rivcs st. Charles l;l5 p. m.
No. Leaves Bristol 300 u. M. Ga,
city 6;56 p. M, Big Stone Gap STE
p m. Arrives Appalachm s:25 p m
Carries Pullman Buffet Sleeper ID
Louisville, Ky
80. $ Leaves Gate City d5Op M 6,
liolstou River points. Arrives Bull,
Gap $3.50 y. M, Rogcrsyilc $3.50 pIn
80. Leaves Bulls Gap Goa. m.. Ros-
crsyille Slla. M Arrives Gate cit,
N.jl a M
Close connections in Onion Station,
Bristol and Appalachia.
w. Z. ALLEN,
u PA
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and Related Sys,em NeedeJ-FeJeral
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eo'ii''!' LOT llIo'''l'iis necessary trans
potthtioh facilities TO chrc Tor the grow
ing business ana population OF the
country. now rests largely with con.
gress ana not entirely with the rail
road managers, This was the state
mcnt OF Judge Robert $. I,ovet, chair
man OF the executive committee " tile
Union Pacific system, to the NewlHnds
Joint congressional committee when
TINT body resumed It's inquiry into
the subject OF railroad regulation this
week,
In making this statement OF the
changed conditions of the railroad sit
uation Judge Lovett undoubtedly had
In mind the decision OF the supreme
court on the Adamson law. handed
down Inst week, Which establishes the
right OF the federal government to fix
railroad wages ana TO prevent strikes
This decision is regarded hy rnilroad
men and lawyers as marking an epoch
in the development OF transportation
in the United states
eve have our share Of responsible
ity.' said Judge J.oyctt, but it rests
primarily on congress When the gov
eminent regulates the rates aud the
financial administration Of Tie rau.
roads. the borrowing OF money and the
Issuance of securities It relieves tho
railroad officers OF the responsibilitv Of
providing and developing transporta,
tion SYSTEMS, except within the limits
OF the revenue that can bc realized from
such rates and under such restrictions.
For e country such MS ours. for a
people situated as we nrc. to blnnJcr
along with series OF unrelated iucon.
sistcnt, conflicting statutes enacted by
different states without relation to
each other, instead OF providing com
plete and carefully studied ana pre-
pared system OF regulation FOR a bust
ness that is so vital to the life or the
nation, ia worse than folly"
He summed up the present problems
and difficulties OF the railroads as fol
lows;
First.-The multiplicity OF reguln-
lions by the several states with respect
TO tue issue OF securities. involving de
lays ana conflicting state policies gen
orally dangerous and possibly disas.
trons.
Second.-The state regulation OF
rates IL such a manner as to uuduly
reduce revenues, 10 discriminate IN fn-
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1917-04-04
The Thricc-A Week Edition
OF the New York World.
Practically a Daily at the Price Of g
Weekly, No other Newspaper in The
world gives 50 much al so low a price.

The value and need OF newspaper in
the household was never greater Than Al
tho present time The great war in
Europe IS now halfway into its third
wear, and whcthc; pcacc bc at hand or
yen he iar on. it and til, events to follow
]; az sure TO be Of describing interest for
nany a month to come
These Az Notwithstanding affairs in
Which the United States, willing or nm
willing is compelled 10 take = part. No
Intelligent person can ignore such issues
TIE THRICE 4 WEEK WORLDS
regular subscription price is only 81 on
PC ycsi aud this pays Cor 1856 ptrcrS
We offer this uneluallcd newspaper aud
the.hig Stone GAP Post together for one
year Tor II 90
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1917-04-04
WANTED.

Ofe miners al lrondn.c mines.
steady employ uent at good
wages
lntrrmont Conl \ iron Corp,
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Mrs Jack Sitgreavcs, who
came 20 Bristol Saturday to Wis
1t her parents, Col and Mrs.
Eli Warren, on Anderson
street, returned Tuesday to her
home at Appalachia Col
Warren has been quite sick tor
some time and does not i'm
prove Bristol Herald Courier.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1917-04-04
lSy l.. Y. HYATT y c.
y copy, Tcstci |. r. HYATT ID G.
Injunction Order, Endorsed on Back
OF Snid Process.

Virginia In tie Circuit Court for lie,
County Virginia, the 10Th day of March
1917. lu Vacation.
The Electric Transmission Com
rauy of Virginia, "a corporation or
gained aud existing under the laws
OF the state at Virginia Cou-
plainani
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1917-04-04
RAILROAD SITUATION
is NOW LARGELY
UP TO CONGRESS
Must Share Responsibility In
Future Development.
ROBERT S. LOvETT'S VIEWS

"Unifca.iOn of Regulation is Essential"
a Complete, Harmonious, Consistent
and Related System Needed-Federal
incorporation Of Railroads BY Gener-
al Law Favored.
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- 80 N''' ''''t 80 80
the Commonwealth
j. u. Epps, CLERK
l}y l.. Y. HYATT. - c.
y copy Tcstc. L. 7. HYATT ID g.
Injunction Order, Endorsed on Back
of Said Process.
Virginia In tie Circuit Court for Lee
County Virginia, the 10Th day of March,
1917 la Vacation.
The Electric Transmission Com
rauy of Virginia, a corporation, or
gained aud existing under the laws
OF the state OF Virginia Cou-
painani
The Pan American Bridge Com
rany foreign corporation, ctal
Defendants
This day March 18TH ian. came the
Electric Transmission Company Of Viz
gina corporation organized under the
laws of the state of Virginia hy counsel
and moved the Judge TO grant IL an in
junction against tho Pan American
Bridge Company, a foreign corporation.
the grounds iot which were fully shown
and stated in "a certain verified bill of
complaint against the Pan American
Bridge Company and other defendants
which the complainant expects to file
against said defendants, and which was
shown to The Judge and was argued hy
counsel tor complainant
Upon consideration whereof, it is order
cd that the Pau American Bridge Com
| pany, Nud ail of lis agents. servants, rm-
pluytS aud representatives bee cuionel
| inhibited aud restrained from removing
amy the steel or other materials PROPERTY
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-07-20

toners of ours who take this position,
they would have taken this up with
us personally, if it had been of any
interest to them, and candidly, we do
not believe there are any such GUS
toners.
1t is very difficult thing nowadays
to find open defenders of the saloon
element outside of those directly in
terestcd in the business, and none OF
our customers are, so far as we know,
within that classification. In the sec
ond place, our customers would not
support the more or less concealed
threat in your letter, under any con-
ditions. The amendments which we
approved do not provide for any con-
fiscation whatever, or any destruction
of property, and if your statement is
true that this measure, if passed,
would result in throwing five million
people out of employment, then we
would say the sooner it is passed, the
better. There is great demand for
labor for much more important pur-
poses, and if passing this measure
would release five million people for
other employment, it would certainly
be result that would be advocated
by the great majority of business men
and employers in general, throughout
the country. OF course, this is an
absurd statement, and is over-done in
the same way that you overdid former
statements which we have seen, where
you appealed to the farmers a few
years ago, in favor of the liquor traf-
fic, on the ground that if afforded an
immense market for their production,
consuming a very large percentage of
it, whereas when the situation changed
recently, and this same product was
needed for war purposes, you an
nounce very emphatically that less
than one per cent of the grain of the
country goes into the liquor traffic
The liquor interests made a mis-
statement either on one occasion or
the other; probably on both.
We have never, any of us, been in
favor OF anything at any time, except
the utmost possible personal liberty
for the individual consistent with
public welfare. We are, none of us,
members of the Anti-Saloon League
or of any similar organization; we are
simply business men supporting any
rational move which appeals TO us on
grounds OF common sense, and it was
on that basis that we approved of the
amendment in question, and we have
no hesitaney in advising that we will
approve OF any similar ones in the fu-
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-07-20
Beer Worse
Than Whisky
Philip Yarrow Attacks Brewers and
Their Product

"The average beer drinker con-
sumes 10 per cent more alcohol than
the whisky drinker.. Beer stupefes
and brutalzes. Beer is the chief al
coholic cause of disease in Germany.
The atrocities and inhumanities of
German soldiers and sailors must be
laid at the door of beer. The most
eminent scientists of Europe have
denounced beer as one of the great
est curses of the race"
The above facts concerning beer
were recently given by Philip Yarrow
in an article attacking the brewers.
Referring to the brewer Mr.. Yarrow
says:
"He condones law-breaking. Sew
enty per cent of the lawbreaking
Chicago saloons are controlled by the
brewers. Forty-eight saloon licenses
have been recently revoked by Mayor
Thompson for lawlcssness. All of
these saloons were backed by the
brewers"
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-07-20
The u. S. for Alcohol
Would Force Wet
Reform

The United Societies for alcohol
have announced the addition of 1000
names to their membership increasing
the total to 100000. 1t was also made
public that their new plan to save
the saloons involves securing the aid
of the brewers in forcing the saloons
to clean up.
The brewers control more than half
of the saloons in Chicago and doubt
less could make them less objection
able if that is possible. So far, all ef-
forts on the part of the authorities
and all promises by the brewers have
failed to cleanse the saloon OF existing
evils. To demonstrate their power
and sincere desire to make saloons
law abiding, the United Societies
should direct their efforts toward max
ing lawless liquor sellers in Cook
county outside of the city obey the
law. All else has failed.
The following is the Chicago Trib-
of the saloon autocrats:
1.-THE sudden ebullition of virtue
among local vets comes a bit late. 1t
is like death bed repentance. We
seem to recall an occasion something
more than year ago when the same
vets got little nervous and pro-
ceeded to lay out a program of re-
form. 1t was issued by the Chicago
commission on the liquor traffic and
it advocated some rather drastic sa-
loon regulations. But the vets got
cold feet and nothing was ever done,
the proposed regulations would in
terferc with the immediate profit, and
they would rather place their reliance
on corrupt political action than to
seek support by cleaning up the busi-
ness"
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-07-20
AMERICAN TROOPS AND FRENCH WINE

French soil They already being
served liquor rations Tribune of June Is
concerning these
French military which they like
addition abundance of
regular French allowance of vine
soldiers sailors from
liquor and be
Why the flower
efficiency sobety and absolute
and then send them be
vitae by drink and there? Why he
GROWING
will bring changes the
lead terng England and France day
efficiency, andvc ory?-New York Issue.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-07-20
Business Men Reply to
Threatening Letter Sent
By Wet Organization
CONTINUED From Page One)

the liquor business and were determ-
ming TO put an end to it and there
fore had ample time and warning to
get out OF it and into some useful
business.
The liquor business would have
been dead years ago If it were not Tor
the cowardice of some business men
who were afraid that the tactics en-
ployed by various pro-liquor organiza-
lions would cause them to lose bust
ness If they took position consistent
with their conscience. Our nation is
at war and great sacrifices are neces-
sarv Many concerns manufacturing
useful material will be greatly inter-
fered with causing heavy losses due to
Government action made necessary by
the war and it is only sane that the
manufacture of useless and harmful
products be prohibited, especially
when the material from which they
are made is needed for food for a
starving world.
Yours very truly,
Benjamin Electric Mig. Co.
Per (Signed) r. B. Benjamin,
President.
July IL, l9lI.
Manufacturers & Dealers Association
of America, 80 w. Randolph street,
Chicago, Ill.
Gentlemen:-Replying to your let
ter of July 9, per A. P. Daniels, Bust
ness Manager:
We arc pleased to advise you that
we did authorize the use of our name
in connection with a petition to Con-
eressmen in Washington, asking them
to vote Favorable on the Barkley-
Webb amendments, and we are
pleased to confirm that fact.
Your letter is very interesting in
that it would certainly make advocates
of anti-saloon action Of people who
were not already so inclined.
In the first place, you make the
statement that, at the request OF sew
eral valuable customers of ours, you
are asking us If we really did author
ize our signature. In reply we would
say that il there are any valuable Gus
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-07-20
The Letter That Showed Up the
Fake Liquor Organization
TO OUR DEALERS:

TO OUR DEALERS:
We are in receipt OF commune
cation from the Manufacturers
and Dealers Association of
America, which we believe is
formed to promote the wet inter-
ests, stating that some of our best
customers have complained to
them that our name is on petit
ton to Congress advocating dry
measures.
As they refuse to furnish us
with the names of Our customers
making the complaint, we have to
send out this general letter in or
der to learn what the sentiment is
on the subject In general, we be-
lieye, il there is one line of bust
ness that would be promoted by
a dry country, it would be the au-
tomobile business on account of
the added safety of drivers on the
public highways.
Trusting we may be favored
with your views on this matter,
we are,
Very truly yours,
Commonwealth Motors Company.
A Reply to the Commonwealth Mo-
tors Company Letter
One of the dealers to whom the
preceding circular letter was ad-
dressed sent the following reply:
July Is, 1917.
Commonwealth Motors Company
Hearst Building, Chicago, Ill.
conference.-the note that the
Manufacturers and Dealers Associa-
ton of America" complains that your
name is on petition to Congress, adj
vocating dry measures.
Our only regret is that we have not
received similar complaint. We did
not get chance to attach our sigma
ture to this petition or we would most
certainly have done so.
If, as you state, some of your Gus
toners object to your name being on
this petition, you must have some Gus
toners on your list that you could
well afford to dispense with.
We are not bone-dry enthusiasts
and we like our glass of beer as well
as the next man, but we have yet to
hear of an instance of booze doing
the automobile business any good and
we have heard of quite a few where il
did considerable harm.
For unlimited crust this "Manufac-
turers and Dealers Association OF
America" beats anything we know OF
in your well-known city.
Firms Who Signed
The Manufacturers and Dealers AS
ISOLATION is supported by concerns
financially interested in the continu-
ance of the liquor business. Its Off
GERS have often claimed that the or
ganization has no connection with the
makers and sellers of intoxicants, but
practically all OF the members are en-
gagged in the manufa cture of, or are
dealers in supplies needed by the liq-
uor industries, such as beer pumps
corks, whisky and beer crates, bowl
ing alleys and supplies, bar fixtures
and supplies, billiard hardware, brew
cry machinery, hops, etc.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-07-20

The following is list of the firms
that signed the dry petition to Con-
gress: Globe Engraving & Electro
type Co., The Howard-Severance Co.,
r. r. Donnelley & Sons Co., Charles
E. Coleman, Dwight Bros. Paper Co.,
Hanson Roach Fowler Co., Robert O.
Law Co., Blakely-Oswald Co., The
Regal Press, Commonwealth Motors
Co., Hope Publishing Co., Albaugh
Dover CO., George L. Shuman & Co.,
Oglesby Coal Co., La Sale, ILL.,;
Rouland & Severance Co., Hanson
Bellows Co., Acme Steel Goods Co.,
Francis & Nygren Foundry Co., Mel
son Roofing Co., Haggard & Marcus
son Co., Chicago Varnish Co., r. T.
Richardson, Western Brass Mig.
Works, Penwell Coal Mining Co.,
Pana, ILL.,; Patent Vulcanite Roofing
Co., Assumption Coal & Mining Co.,
American Corset Co., Z. Z. Lloyd
Paper Co., Colborne Mfg. Co., Com
mercial Sash & Door Co., Motor
Truck Co., Walter H. Fox Typewriter
Service, A. G. Shaver, Consulting
Electrical Engineer, Bion J. Arnold,
Benjamin Electric Co., L. c. Walker,
General Manager Aermotor Co., As
sociated Sales Service, +. H. Jaenick-
en-, Western Valve Bag Co., Wyoming
Coal Co., Wyoming, ILL.,; Scott Forcs-
man Co., Lovejoy Tool Works, F. f.
Compton & Co., Sampson Rogers,
Joslyn Mfg. & Supply Co.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-07-20
President

The correspondence between the
Commonwealth Motors Co. and the
Manufacturers and Dealers Associa-
ton given below throws light on the
whole situation. 1t neatly exposes
the unfair tactics and calls the bluff
of the wet organization.
July II, 1917.
Manufacturers and Dealers Associa-
ton, 80 West Randolph street, Chi
cago. Ill.
conference.-the are in receipt oil
your letter of the 9TH and before ad-
dressing a communication to all of our
dealers on the subject, we thought il
best to write you to give us their
names as surely we wish to retain our
patrons and not offend them in any
way if consistent with our views.
Before communicating with our list
we shall hold the matter open two or
three days i'll order to get the above
information from you.
Very truly,
Commonwealth Motors COMPANY.
July II, 1917.
Commonwealth Motors Company.
326 West Madison street, Chi
cago, III.
Gentlemen:-Your letter of
July II received. We asked you
question, you did not answer. I'm
til you do, we don't see how we
can give you any information.
Yours very truly,
Manufacturers and Dealers
Association.
(Signed) A. P. Daniels,
Business Manager.
July II, 1917.
The Manufacturers and Dealers As
ISOLATION of America, SO West Ran
dolph street, Chicago, Ill.
Gentlemen:-We are in receipt of
yours of the 18th, declining to furnish
lis with the names of some of our best
customers who had complained to you
in regard to the matter covered by
your previous communication.
This leaves us but one thing to do
and that is to address circular let
ter to our customers in an endeavor
to locate the ones who made the COM
plant.
Covering the principal issue, would
say all the comments we have re-
ceived from automobile dealers are in
favor of dry country, as, if there is
one thing an automobile driver fears
it is that the machine he is meeting on
the street or country road is being
driven by an intoxicated man, thus
endangering his life as we'll as his fam
lily and guests. Furthermore, we know
that the automobile outings of the best
people arc along the route of the dry
towns and not the wet ones or those
past the road houses.
Any time it pleases you to call at
our office we shall be pleased to sub
nit the replies we receive to the letter
going out today, as mentioned above.
Your truly,
Commonwealth Motors Company.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-07-20

Eight persons have been sentenced
at Augusta, Me, for violation of the
new dry law which forbids sale of
soft drinks that contain any portion
of alcohol whatever, unless properly
labeled.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-07-20

Carrying liquor on the person from
one state to another for personal use
is interstate commerce and consti-
tutes violation of the Reed amend
ment, according to a recent decision
of Federal Judge Charles f. Amidon
given at Fargo, n. d.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-07-20
ILLINOIS WET AND DRY REVIEW
News and Views From All Over the State

spectacle people of the country. Re-
ferring to the loose hotels, women on
the streets, chop suey restaurants,
wine rooms and saloons and gambling
in Wet Aurora, the Record says:
at was such lack of discipline in
these lines that mothered the East St.
Louis trouble"
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-07-20

The Quincy council is still delaying
action on the proposed free lunch
Prohibition ordinance. There is a
feeling among the aldermen that the
lunch question is one with which the
council has nothing to do any more
than it has to do with what advertis-
ing individuals in any other line OF
business may desire to do or what
methods, not in themselves illegal,
they may employ to attract trade.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-07-20

By unanimous vote, members OF
the Hoopeston Chamber of Com
merce went on record in favor of ma
tional Prohibition at least during the
war. Hoopeston is one of the pio-
neer dry towns in the state and the
business men there understand its
benefits and advantages.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-07-20

Patriotism leaves profits out of
the question. The liquor profteers
leave patriotism out of the question.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-07-20

Peoria saloons are still open on
Sundays in spite of the state law and
the mayors inaugural announcement.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-07-20

During the strike at Bloomington
saloons were closed as usual to pre-
vent trouble. This is one more ex-
ample of the fact that saloons are
the greatest source OF trouble and
particularly so during times of ex-
element. Why is it that there are al
ways saloons to be closed in towns
where riots occur?
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-07-20

ture, under conditions at all resem
bling the present ones.
Very truly yours.
Joslyn Mig. & Supply Co.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-07-20

Conditions in Aurora are becoming
very bad, according to the Yorkvillc
Record, which says that the police
there must get busy or be placed in
unfavorable light among the re-
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-07-20

The public school picnic at Belle
vile was dry after all for the first
time in more than 50 years. Expenses
were covered from a guarantee fund
raised among organizations and indi-
viduals who objected to the sale OF
liquor at the picnic.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-07-20

An Aurora brewery is armed for
the change to the dry regime by plans
80. conyest it into packing plant.
That would employ more labor and
contribute to the food supply, two
good contrasts to its present use
Rockford Gazette.