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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1918-01-30
DNESDAY. JANUARY 80, 1918.

in the preparation of land for
crops and in the cultivation
harvesting and marketing Of
the crop.
Deductions may be made for
the cost of isecd and fertilizer.
the amount expended for labor
in caring for live stock, cost of
feed, repairs to farm and other
farm buildings, but not the cost
of repairs to the dwellings. The
cost of repairs 10 farm fences
and machinery is deductible,
as well as the cost Of small tools
ana materials which is used Mp
IN the course of year or two,
euch as binding twinc, pitch
forks, spades, etc,
me cost of machinery, such
as tractors aud thrashing ma
CHIMES, cannot be deducted, but
thc cost OF their operation is Il
deductable item.
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siderable exposure and with a
slight nicreose i'll the food that
is rich in fat, keeps up her nor.
NAL milk flow, yeti, is far bet
ter, If at all possible, to provide
good warm shelter both at night
and when the weather is extreme
as 1t has been recently. 1t not
only looks better to see our
faithful dumb animals cared for
properly but in the case of the
COW she pays us for our trouble.
But it is economy from anoth-
er point OF view to keep the
COW up Mt night and during bad
weather. The manure thus saved
and put on the garden, will pay
IN increased production usually
enough in one year to pay for
labor and material to build the
shed or stable.
Have more "town cows but
give what we have better feed
and better treatment.
ID. b. S.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1918-01-30
Navy League
Notes

The following letters show
for themselves the extent of The
good work done by the Comfort
Committee of the Navy League
of Big Stone Gap:
Camp Mcclellan, Ala,
Dec 10, 1917.
We, the undersigned, former
ly residents of and near Big
Stone Gap, and formerly OF
Company ii. Second Virginia
lnfrantry, hereby acknowledge
receipt from the Comfort Com
mittee, Navy League of Big
Stone Gap, of a sw eater, hel.
met, muller, wristlets and TWO
pair of socks, and hereby ex.
press to the committee our sin.
cere thanks and gratitude:
Signed: George Rhoads, Car
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1918-01-30
Income Tax

Richmond, Va. Jan. 2l.-The
Bureau of Internal Revenue is
seeking every avenue of publ
city to educate the people of
the country districts in regard
TO the income tax deduction al.
lowed farmers for business ex-
penses, and the Virginia Coun-
cit OF Defense is endeavoring to
further this cause also.
This'is one of the many ques
tons which revenue officers
who will visit every county in
the United States during Jan
uary and February will answer
in detail. Briefly, they include
the amount expcnscd for labor
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1918-01-30
More Milk Needed in Big
Stone Gap.

~ me present. price OF meat,
tssS ana i"rd lor ia'sl, milk at
'ne eurren. price Is much cheap
- , N.Y. even more wholesome.
hcr@ Is certainty an ample
le';'''lu ior me sac OF MIX here
% luStHy putting ma hrst class
,i'lrl nrru' M ms Is done
~. ~, 0'''Ho''s ~ 'h's town mus,
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1918-01-30
NOTICE

The annual meeting of the
stockholders of the Interstate
railroad Company will be held
at the Fleischman House, Alex
andria, Virginia. Wednesday
February Goth, 1918, at 1870
O'Clock p. m. for the purpose of
nearing annual reports, electing
a board of Directors, and trans
acting such other business as
may properly come before the
meeting.
Fl. B. PRICE,
Secretary.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1918-01-30
Boy Scout
Notes
scout Can Knight, Editor

There has been a prize of
twenty five dollars offered for
the best Scout Troop in Wise
County to be competed for at
the school fair at Appnlachia
early in April.
The items will be graded az
follows:
Membership and attendance,
based on scout attendance of IS
per cent of meetings and hikes
10 per cent during Jan. Feb,
March and April to date of
contest, 10 per cent.
Number of second class scout
10 per cent.
First aid demonstration %
per cent.
Fire building. Boiling ono
pint of water 10 per cent. Knot
tying 10 per cent.
No. of miles hiked Jan. TO
date of contest 10 per cent. Best
essay on any particular hike,
Jan. To date of contest, Is
per cent.
The several troops Of tho
county vii! train for this con
test and close competition il
expected
On Saturday last The Scouts
distributed $50 copies OF tho
RESIDENTS Flag Day Address
Through the efforts of The scouts
this pamphlet will be brought
to the attention of about eight
million people within the United
states The good that will be
dohe by this literature is be-
You'd comparison. IL is highly
approved by the authoratIvcs
at Washington aud every scout
who participated in the distri-
button has done some real work
of merit toward winning the
war and saving their mothers
and sisters from the fate that
beieil the women and girls of
Belgium and Nortern France.
The Scout Birthday Party
will be held at the Baptist
Church Friday, February Sth ut
1870 o'clock p. IN The program
VIII be interesting and instruct
i've TO parents and friends. Tho
public is invited To come enjoy
the evening with the scouts.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1918-01-30
NOTICE

The annual meeting of the
stockholders of The Virginia
Coal and Iron Company, will
be held at theFieischman House
Alexandria, Virginia, Wednes-
day. February Goth, 1918. ut
twelve o'clock Noon, for the
purpose of hearing annual re-
ports, electing a Board Of Di.
rectors, and transaoting such
other business as may properly
come before the meeting.
w. G. KENT.
Secretary
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1918-01-30
Stricter Econ
omy
Bills Introduced Would In
crease Control by the
President

Washington, Jan. 2i.-Stric-
ter economy of food is required
of the American people by new
laws put in the making today
in Congress.
Food Administrator Hoover
has approved them and thcy
are expected to pass promptly
as supplemental to the present
food control act.
Wheatlcss and meatless DAYS
and other economies necessary
that America may help to sus
tain her cobelligerents would
become mandatory by law, in
stead of voluntary as at present.
Such new law the food admin
istration holds, are necessary
to protect the millions of LOYAL
Americans cooperating in food
saving against the wastefulness
of a few individuals and of pub
lie eating houses which are
said to handle probably fifty
per cent of the food supply.
La the Senate, the admins
tration bill was introduced by
Senator Pomerene. In the
House it was introduced by
Chairman Lever, of the Agri.
culture committee, who made n
statement explaining its provi-
sions.
The bill was referred to com.
mittees in both Houses. 1t pro
vldes that wherever the Presi.
dent shall tind that it is essen.
tIal to limit further unrestricted
use, manufacture, sale or dis
tribution of food and foodstutfs
he may, by proclamation, mod
ify, limit or discontinue their
use to the extent necessary to
assure an adequate supply. The
President would be authorized
to issue rules and regulations
which might vary from time to
time to meet changing condi-
tons and in carrying out the
proposed law may utilize any
department agency, or officer
OF the government.
Any person who failed or re
fused to modify, limit or dis
continue the sale, use, manu-
facture, or distribution of such
articles, would be guilty of a
mlsdcineanor, and punishable
by maximum $4,000 fine, six
years imprisonment or both.
The law would cease To be in
effect when the war between
the United States and Germany
is over.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1918-01-30

The Summerfeld Building.
a large frame structure on
Wood Avenue, caught fire last
Thursday afternoon on the sec
ond floor and for while it
looked as if it would be destroy
ed, but the volunteer fire de-
partment promptly extinguish-
ed the blaze. The fire started
from an overheated stove pipe
and succeeded in burning Il
large hole in one side of the
building.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1918-01-30

The following lettarto n yo,inp
lady in the Gap from soldier
boy al Cnmp McClnllon wiIl
show The Navy League how
much Their work is n,nrrcint.d
and how very necessary il i
for l5uitters to return their fin
ished garments as SOON as pns
~ihle especially during tic Sc
we're weather.
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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1918-01-30
County Engi-
neer
Attends Good Roads Meeting
in Richmond.

IL. IL. Bruce, County Engl-
neer, who attended the 9TH An
nual Convention of the Virgin
in Good Roads Association in
Richmond on January 18TH 10th
and l7th, reports a very enthu
siastic meeting on the part of
every one of the $50 delegates
present. He informs US that
particular streets was laid upon
the continuance and construc-
ton of roads in the state, res
olution being unanimously
adopted to that effect.
Two years ago the State Leg
islature appointed a Stale Roads
Committee, consisting of three
members of each house and the
State Highway Commissioner,
to formulate Stste System of
Highways. MIR. Bruce states
that this Committee has gotten
up beautiful eystem of roads
leading into or through every
county III the state, containing
n total distance OF $500 miles.
The plans for this system was
also placed before the conven-
ton for their approval and un-
animously adopted after one or
two minor changes, which the
Legislative Committee agreed
to make.
This bill has gone to the
Lower House as adopted by the
Convention, and is expected to
pass both Houses with very
little opposition, in which case
it will become II law immedi-
ately.
The bill provides that the
State take over, complete the
Construction and maintain the
system entirely, without aid
from the Coupt;es Tho Ana
mobiles Inv viii la nsed 40 =
maintenance fund, instead of
dividing il omono tba Co,,nt,as
nsnt nresent
The STATE Mon.v Ala Io,,
ever viii ba continued hrt ali
convict forces will no vim
drawn from the Counties and
used an ia S,o.a ..,.
present contracts cxnirc wi,h
various counties
MIR Bruce bns in his onica .,
Norton n very interes,iny man
showing the pronosed st,ta ~ 8
tom. The Wise Comfy roads
shown on this man are thn main
roads leading from Russell
County Line at St. paul TO vir
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1918-01-30

Isle Skeen, William Combs.
William I'levins, Tate Reason,
j. f. Bullitt, Major, j +. Horne
Abe Coward, Steve Sebestin,
j. +. Nough, j. b. Marks,
George r. Repass, IL Y. Bailey
John I. Bush, Frank Phillips,
lshmel Tate, Creed Garter, q.
Z. Hobbs, T. G.. Livingston.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1918-01-30
Deserter Killed.

y young man by the name
OF Chisenhall was shot and
killed at lmboden last Thurs
day afternoon by Policeman
Raymond Pritchard. Chisen.
hall had deserted the army and
resisted when Prichard attempt
ed to arrest him, opening tire
with a revolver. Pritchard re-
turned the fire, mortally wound
ing Chisenhali, who died about
two hours later.
WANTED-Highest ca 8 h
prices paid for fat cattle.
K. A HARNER,
Big Stone Gap, Va.
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y ours truly,
Homer K. Adarl


The Comfort Committee ship
ped To MIR. Adams for distribu
zion, II sweaters, lG muners, 10
helmets, is pair WHISTLES.
TO the following boys at home
on furlongh Knitted garments
have been furnished: Roy
Banks, John Allen Goodloc
Harry lessee, Earl Willis, Layne
Miller, Dan Lewis, Talmagu
Wells, Henry Mccormick, Tom
Cochran. Campbell Cochran,
Walter Nickels, Charles Willis,
Ed Edens, Fred Troy, Sherman
Bartley, RyIand Craft, Vivion
Mouser, Henderson IlorsIey.
The League sent to Camp
Lee this week IS sweaters, in
addition to five sent to boys al
other camps.
The Gate City Branch of the
Big Stone Gap Comfort Com
mittee have furnished wool and
knitted 81 sweaters, ~ pairs of
nose, Wnlch Il thelr request,
were furnished to Scott County
boys.
In hands of knitters we have
II sweaters and 4 mufflers.
1t is really surprising what
great amount of material has
been worked up by the enthu
siastic women and girls of our
town and vicinity. The need
is great, as many of our soldier
boys are not yet supplied with
warm garments to protect them
from the wintry blasts they
must endure. They are sacri-
ficing their all for us, can WE
do less than give our means to
supply the necessary material
that the patriotic women and
girls of this community may
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1918-01-30
Notice to Our
Customers
February First the
Discount on all Bills for
Electric Lighting Service
will be One Cent Per
XVIII Instead of Two
Cents as Heretofore.

This action is not taken in
order to fatten our WAR
PROFIT column but merely to
assist us in affording adequate
service to our customers under
conditions as they are today.
Help us to prevent reducing
the discount again by paying
your bills promptly. Remem
Der that when your bill is not
paid Immediately after it be-
comes due you are using our
money without interest and
thereby increase our cost per
kilowatt hour.
Your cooperation in this way
Will help more than you can
imagine.
ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION
COMPANY
OF VIRGINIA
Il. NJ. WATT, Dist. Manager.
Middletown transcript., 1918-04-20
FRIENDS ONE COULD SPARE
Most Of Us Have at Some Time Suffer.
ed at the Hands of Unthinking
Persons.

The fellow who buttOnhOles you, or
picks hairs Off your coat. and maybe
winks rOguiSIl sort of wink, isn't in
it with the shoulder hitter and crazy
bone crusher. He doesn't appear to
be afraid Of your breaking away. but
wants to be confidential and intimate.
Then there is the fellow who per-
sists in trying to keep in front Of YOU.
lie necessarily crowds you to the edge
of the sidewalk or to the wall.
His understudy is the chap who tries
to keep step with you without being
able to get your step. Taking about
three steps to your two he is forever
losing the step and forever trying to
catch it. When you try to accOmmO'
date your step to his you are apt to
find him trying to accommodate his
step to yours. SO that you only muSs
up Il bad mess.
Don't Kill 'cm. Heaven is just and
they get what's coming to- them: may
be not as hot as you would serve it
but they'll get it all right.
There are those who persist in talk
ing when we don't want to talk. nor Il
be talked to. And there are others
notably those who persist in talkin:
w..eu we want to talk ourselves. 1t j:
di!lic,ht TO say Which of these is thu
worse bore.
Middletown transcript., 1918-04-20
Oratory Today.

In Mississippi they tell of young
lawyer retained to defend man
charged with the theft of pig. The
young man seemed determined to con-
vince the jury that he was born to
shine, and accordingly he delivered
the following exordium:
MAY it please the court and gentle
men Of the jury, while Europe Is
bathed in blood; while classic Greece
Is struggling for her rights and liber-
ties and trampling the unhallowel al
tars of the beardless infidels to dust;
while the United States, entering the
war, shines forth the brightest orb in
the political sky, with due diff
dence, rise to defend the cause of this
humble hog thief."-Case and Com
ment.
Middletown transcript., 1918-04-20

One Of the most attractive Dook'e..
issued recently is the year Door ~ ~
out by Swift & Company. covering sre
activities of the big packing conee.n -
during the year 1917. Serving Us a.
Introduction is the address OF the VICE
president. E. F. Swift. to the s.oen
holders in which he tells of the aDDo,-
mally high prices paid for live st"cs
in Chicago and of the prices oDta'u 1,a
for meat: of the investigation Dy 'ne
federal trade commission, and the IL
censine nv the government OF FOOD d's.
tributfng agencies and the hmltins ~
profits on slaughtering and meat pack-
ing to 9 per cent on money emp'oyeu'
M Swift also told with pride OF tne
800 employees who had entereu .ne
various branches of the United ot".es
service, and concluded with the sur
ment that Swift & Company wouio w
their utmost to help win the war.
An interesting and illuminatlve sec-
t;on If the booklet is that devoted 10
statistics of live stock prices ana pro-
duction. and another is given up u
telling 1.-THE packers service to pro-
Queer and consumer" Figures are
given showing that the net pront Oh
the company per head, 1912 to 1910.
averaged s1.22 for cattle, less than 10
cents for sheep and less than 81 cents
for hogs. 1t is explained that the large
,x.,oc,+o .rof3fs are due to the I'M
mense volume Of business done.
The booklet is handsomely Illus
trated with photographs and coior
prints and the cover illustration. mace
from a photograph of corn farm IN
Ohio, is especially attractive.
Middletown transcript., 1918-04-20

QUARTERS FOR DAIRY CALVES
To Prevent Dumping and JostIina Of
Young Animals Small Pens
Should Be Provided.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture.)
Small calves should not be bumped
and jostled about. An easy way to
prevent this is to provide small pens.
not less than four by six feet in size,
in each of which a calf may be kept
for the first two weeks. The pens
should be fitted with feed boxes for
grain and racks for hay. After the
calf is old enough to run with the
others it is placed with them in a
larger pen. Stanchions are fixed on
one side of this pen to provide for the
separate feeding Of the calves, so as
to insure that each receives it's proper
care. Racks for hay should also be
placed within easy reach Of the calves.
Too much emphasis cannot be laid
upon the necessity of having light, dry
quarters for the calves. Bedding al
ways should be abundant and should
be changed often, in order that the
pen always may be dry. Lack of at
tention to these matters is very likely
to allow the development Of the vari-
GUS calf diseases.
After the calf is a few weeks old, it
can stand considerable cold if it is
kept dry and has dry quarters. Pro-
vision also should be made to allow
the calves plenty of exercise. A small
paddock or pasture adjoining the calf
stables is excellent for this purpose.
Except for the very young ones, calves
may be let out in the exercise lot for
a short period each day when the
weather is not too cold or stormy.
If the calves are kept together in
a large pen it is very difficult to feed
them by hand unless they are tied.
When they are loose the milk often is
Middletown transcript., 1918-04-20

Thrown from the open door of a
freight car from which he was un-
loading consignment of fertilizer,
when passenger car ran into an
open switch and collision resulted,
Samuel Fowler Wells, a young farmer
Of rhe Third district Of Anne Arundel,
received injuries from which he died
a few hours later. Mr.. Wells home is
near Jones Station. on the Short Line
Railroad, and it was at that station
he was unloading the car of fertilizer.
In falling to the ground he struck his
head and fractured his skull and, IN
addition. the heavy bag of fertilizer
falling on him broke a rib. which
| punctured his lung.
Middletown transcript., 1918-04-20
$1m Reward. 500

Catarrh is q local disease greatly inn4.
thsrsfore renuires CONSTITUTIONAL treat.
ment. HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE
ia taken internally and acts through the
Blood on the Mucous Surfaces Of TIE S ~;
destroys the foundation Of the disease.
eives the patient strength by improving
the general health and assists nature 1n
doing its work. $1,000 for any ca; 500 95
Catafrh that HALLS CATAHkska
MEDICINE fails to cure.
DruRgists &c. Testimonials free.
y. ]. Cheney 4 Co., Toledo. ONO.
Middletown transcript., 1918-04-20
Temperature FOR CHURNING
Usually From So to 60 Degrees Fahr-
enheit in Summer and From
So to 66 in Winter.

The churning temperature should
be such that Q) the churning will re-
uuire from thirty to forty minutes, and
(2) the butter granules will be firm
without being hard-usually from 81
to 60 degrees Fahrenheit in summer
and from So to 66 degrees Fahrenheit
in winter.
Middletown transcript., 1918-04-20

Cavalrymen have a superstition OF
their own. A mounted man nrmly
believes that he will come through the
deadliest charge unscathed if he car
ries on his person the tooth OF war
horse, the only condition being that
the horse itself has at some time been
through a charge unhurt.
Middletown transcript., 1918-04-20
COWS RESPOND TO FEEDING
Even Poor Animal Will Increase In
Production II She Is Given
Proper Treatment.

A good COW will respond to good
treatment and even poor cow will in
crease in production If she is properly
handled. ~:
With liberal feeding liberal returns
cannot be obtained. A heavy produc-
ing COW cannot do her best work I'M
less she is we'll fed.
Middletown transcript., 1918-04-20

up IN the morning at 1ouro CLOCK, 1o ny
housework, then 60 to q factory and work
all day, come home and get supper and
feel GOOD. I don't know how many OF
nv friends have told what Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has
done for me. Mrs. ANNA METER1ANo.
Sc West 10th St., Peru, Ind.
Women who suffer from any such all
ments should not fail to try this famous
root and herb remedy, Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound
Middletown transcript., 1918-04-20
SANITARY SHED FOR MILKING
Cows Should Be Kept Clean and ID
ders Wiped With Damp Cloth
to Keep Out Dirt.

The cows should be kept clean and
MIXED in a place free from dust. If
the udders of the cows are wiped with
a damp cloth it will prevent dirt, dan
druff and hair from falling into the
milk with their millions of bacteria. A
covered or small-top milk pail should
always be used in milking. It keeps
out more than half of the germs.
Middletown transcript., 1918-04-20

HagerstOwn's bank deposits in
creased s432, 1874 from December 81
to March i, and the resources in
creased $4S6,97S.O3. The eight banks
OF that city had on deposit March
1. .s11,113.6SS.35. compared with $1O,-
651 1851 on December 81. The re-
sources March 4 were $13,496, 1877 10,
against s13.OO9, 1897 on December 81.
Middletown transcript., 1918-04-20
cutieura Beauty Doctor

CUtIcuTa Beauty Ooctor
For cleansing and identifying the
skin, hands and hair, Cuticura Soap
and Ointment afford the most effective
preparations. For free samples ad-
dress, "Cuticura, Dept. x. Boston" At
druggists and by mail. Soap 25, ONT
ment 25 and 5O-Adv.
Middletown transcript., 1918-04-20

spilled, and the larger calves get
part of the smaller ones share. Very
simple stanchions may be constructed
to prevent losses of milk and insure
the equal distribution of the feed. To
prevent the calves from sucking one
another they should be kept In the
stanchions for some time after feeding.
A calf stanchion may be constructed
of cheap or scrap lumber. 1t is usu"
ally SO to 40 inches high and has a
four-inch space for the calf's head.