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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1918-02-20
Prepare Your Home Garden
Now and Plant Early

Turn the land in your garden
AT the first opportunity, ii this
has not already been done, and
put n good coat of manure on
the fresh turned soil. Ii very
little or no manure is used, use
at the rate of 600 to 1000 pounds
of any good fertilizer per acre.
Lime should be applied if this
has not been done, but do not
apply with the fertilizer or ma
nure. Use at the rate of about
! ton per acre if you use bored
or burnt lime, more if other
forms of lime arc used.
When The land is dry enough,
disc, harrow, or cultivate and
harrow until thoroughly well
pulverized seeded is formed.
Plan your garden, knowing
the size and the general produo
lively of your garden, and the
size of your family or the mum.
Der of people you wish to sup
ply proceed to pillow your gar,
den so as to have the relativ,
amount of different vegetables
to supply your needs. This il
very important for two reasons.
You not only get the greatest
supply of desired vegetables
from the garden, but by this
method, you can rotate your
crops To very best advantage,
an ! thus better distribute The
supply.
Early peas, onins, lettuce ,kal,
and potatoes should be planted
on the first good season, aud in
boxes should be sown tomatoes
and cabbage seed.
La every garden should be
planted rheubarb nndasparugus
roots, and some small fruits, az
grapes and berries of several
kinds.
-. ID SiZer.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1918-02-20
James Canter
Refused Trial and Sentenced
to Prison for Life.

Motion for a new trial for
James Canter, convicted Of the
murder of Mrs. Maude Wilson,
wife of y farmer. was refused
in circuit court here today. He
was sentenced to life imprison-
ment.
Canter, who was convicted
several years ago with his
brother, Luther Canter, who
subsequently was executed, had
been tried five times. Each re-
suited either in n mistrial or n
new trial being granted. At
one time, he was offered n light
sentence if he would plead gull
ty, but he declined. saying he
would rather die thar confess
to crime Of which he always
commended he was innocent
Abingdon Virginia Republica.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1918-02-20
Red Cross Work Room Notes

Those attending the Work
Room for the week ending Feb
ruary 10th were:
Miss Mary Ramsey 81 , hours;
Mrs. I'll. f.. Fox, Z hours; Miss
Holton, = hours; Mrs Kyle Nor
ison, . hours; Miss Julia Cox
. ID hours; Mrs. Markle, . 10
hours; Mrs. Foster, hours;
Miss Nj. V. Petit . l-2 hc0rs;
Mrs. Otis Mouser. 4 hours; Mrs.
a. ID. Owens, . hours; Mrs.
w. III. Wren. . hours; Mrs.
Herbert Hcnkel, 4l2 hours;
Mrs. W. r. Peck, hour; Mrs.
James Works, ] hour; Mrs. w
a. Baker, 2 hours; Mrs. e. T..
Goodloe, 3 l.2 hours; Mrs. D.B
Pierson, hour; Mrs. d. G.
Wolfe, l hour, Mrs. Goe. Tay.
Tor. 2 | = hours; Mrs. Long, 3 l 9
hours; Miss Ramsey IL 3 hours;
Miss Ruby Kemper, | IL hours;
Miss Ruth Cr0wder, l-2 hours
Mics Francis Daugherty, l.2
hours; Mrs. Cochran, l-2
hours.
Quite a number of the women
are taking sewing home, such
as bed shirts, operating gowns
and many tailed bandages and
with the hours they give at the
Work Room we are going to be
able to maze a nice shipment
to Washington March LIST.
The Camp Fire Girls have
offered their help in getting the
things packed and ready for
shipment.
If the Boy Scouts would only
come to the front, what help
they would be. Last shipm en-,
we had to pay a man to help
with . he shipment.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1918-02-20
Heatless Mon
day Suspen-
ded
With Provision to Be Renew
ed if Necessary.

Washington, Feb. lG -Sus
pension of the heatlcss Monday
program was announced today
by Fuel administrators Garfield
with the reservation that it
may be put back into force be-
fore the ten weeks period ex-
pires if a return Of bad weather
brings another breakdown i'm
railroad transportation.
At the same time, DR.. Gar
field gave State fuel admins
traitors full authority to contin.
tie the closing order in territory
under their jurisdiction if in
their opinion circumstances
demand it. Aside from New
England, it was said, there was
little probability that it would
remain i'll force anywhere,
The heutless Mondays were
decreed by the fuel adminislra
ton on January II and four
have been observed in all States
east of the Mississippi except
those south Of Virginia. The
order was enforced in the South
on three Mondays, bnt was
lifted there last week.
A preferential coal distribu
ton list established by the or
der remains IN force as does The
section providing for the orders
enforcement. Fuel administra
ton officials believe that pre-
fcrential distribution, together
with continued operation of
railroad embargoes, which has
been promised by Director Gen.
eral McAdoo, will meet the
fuel problem unless there is a
return of extremely bad wealth.
er.
The fuel situation every where
except i'll New England has
improved greatly within the
last two weeks, DR.. Garfield
said today. There it il perhaps
more critical than it has been
at any time this winter.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1918-02-20
Monument
Placed Over Grave of Virgin
ia Aviator.

Charlottesville, Va, Feb. is
The 65th French Infantry,
under the direction of Col.
Gruet, have erected n unique
monument over the grave of
the Virginia Aviator Hero,
James Mcconnell. The stones
with which it is built were
taken from the ruined streets
and houses of the little village
of Villequiers. From one side
of the structure ilys the flag of
McConnell's native land, while
from the other the tricolor for
which he died on the 10Th OF
last March.
This tangible tribute is only
one OF the many expressions OF
the esteem in which he was
held by his French comrades,
as is the tablet in his memory
which will be presented to. the
University on Founders Day
by the French Republic.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1918-02-20
Norwegian Ships Lost in War

London, Feb. 1.-THE Nor
wegian legation in London an
nounces that from the outbreak
of the war until the end of Jan.
uary, 1918, Norway has lost TIA
vessels of l,o5O,5s3 gross ton.
mage. Seamen TO the number
of 883 lost their lives through
the sinking of these vessels.
During the same period So
Norwegian vessels with more
than 700 crew were posted as
missing. About two-thirds of
these are war losses.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1918-02-20
Would Mark
State Line

There is now pending before
theCommittee on Appropriations
II bill to appoint II commission
on the part of the State of Vir-
ginia TO locate part Of the
State line between the State of
Virginia ana Kentucky and to
mark the line, which is not prop
erly located or known. This
line is the line leaving the end
OF Cumberland Mountain, at the
Russell Fork River, which is be.
tween the Counties of Dickinson
and Buchanan, on the Virginia
side, and the County of Pike on
the Kentucky side. The bill
was introduced earlyin the pres
cnt session in the House Of Del
egates by G. Henry Harmon,
who represents the Counties of
Tazewell and Buchanan, and
Roland h. Chase, who represents
the Counties of Wise and Dick
enson; and this bill provides
that j. q. Raines, John q. Nc
Coy and James G. Bclcher, of
Buchanan County, and William
h. French and Il. w. Wright,
of Dickinson County, any three
OF whom may act, be appointed
as commissioners on the part of
the State of Virginia TO locate
and mark this line. a bill Of
like nature has also been intro
duced in the Legislature of the
State of Kentucky, which is also
IN session at this time, by 7. S.
Smith, the member of the House
of Delegates of Kentucky from
Pike County. The bill pending
in the Kentucky Legislature
provides for the appointment of
"a Ike commission on the part of
the State of Kentucky. The
commissioners named on the
part of the State of Kentucky in
the bill before the Legislature of
that State being Stoney Arnick,
Frank Haynes and j. A.. Bald
win, of Pike County, and j. IL.
Blair and |. n. Lewis, of Letch-
er County, any three of whom
may act.
Former Senator Chass, who is
now in the House, said that il
was very important that this
line between these two States be
located and marked, as for thirty
or more miles from the end of
Cumberland Mountain to the
West Virginia line there was a
great hiding Mace for cr;n,;nol.
and distillers, ms it was hard to
prove just which State had jur-
isdiction, and that the criminal
expense of the State of Virginia
and no doubt of Kentucky also,
was increased very much owing
to this uncertainty as to the 10,
cation of this line.-Richmond
Times Dispatch.
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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1918-02-20
BIG STONE GAP. WISE COUNTY, VA. WEDNESDAY FERBI

grandchild, brother, sister,
adopted brother, adopted sister,
stepbrother, stepsister, parent,
grandparent, or step-parent of
tile insured, and parent, grand
parent, or step-parent of the in
sured's wife or husband.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1918-02-20

FOR RENT :--8 Room Resi-.
dence, modern convsniences,
Shawanee, Ave-, Big Stone Gap.
Apply TO w. FL. Polly, Penning-
ton Gap, Va,
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1918-02-20
All Soldiers
On the Torpedoed Tuscania
Automatically Protected
% by Insurance.

ia were protected by United
States Government insurance
Z and Government compensation,
Z Secretary McAdoo announced.
Those who had not applied for
+ Insurance were covered by auto
matte insurance which is 'paya-
bic to wife, child, or widowed
another. The automatic insur-
ance aggregates about 81, 300,
netting s25 u mouth for 24O
ssmonths. Insurance that had
been applied for is payable to II
4 much larger class of benciiciar-
SSies and can 60 as high as $780,
netting $751; a month for 2iO
smonths.
How many of the men on the
transport applied for Govern
mcnt insurance is not yet known.
$ The compensation in case of
death, given by the Government
without charge and regardless of
frank or pay, ranges from $50 TO
+ s75 a month, based on file num-
&ber of dependents. Payments
nnder the compensation feature
OF the military and naval instr
ance act in case of death are
payable to u widow, children, or
dependent widowed mother.
Thus two classes of payments,
insurance ana compensation, will
be made to the widows, widow
ed mothers, or children Of any
who may have been lost Oh the
%Tuscania. Where specific Gov
ernmcnt insurance had been
taken out, the amount of bene-
fits will be much larger.
The automatic insurance cea-
sses on February y, 1918. AT
ter that date persons killed in
inilitary or naval service will be
Sprotected by the Government
INSURANCE, only il they had APP
plied for the same and paid the
snecessary premiums. The com
spensation feature of the act is
separate and distinct from the
Insurance, however.
# Payments under the 'automat-
sic insurance are payable to a
wife during her widowedhood or
s3to the child or widowed mother
while they survive him.
r Payments under the compen-
sssation feature of the act to u
4 widow or widowed mother con.
B tinue until death or remarriage.
compensation TO II child ceases
Il ut the age of l8 or at marriage,
ssunless the child is incompetent.
Il The scale of monthly compen-
4 sation in case of death follows {:
Il GAY For a widow alone, 800.
81 (b) For widow and one
child, $50.
ssass(c) For a widow and two chill,
& dren, $3.50, with SO for each
additional child up to two.
q (dj If there be no widow,
\ then for one child, $50.
j icy For two children, $50.
4 ~ For three children, $40,
B with So for each additional child
q up to two.
B ~ For a widowed mother,
& w. The amount payable IN
= der this subdivision shall not be
I greater than cum which, when
I added to the total amount paya-
Ole TO the widow and children,
4 does not exceed s75.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-10-24
PRo-GERMAN EDUCATION

The United States commissioner of education Mr. Caxton
reported favor German in the schools To what extent it dosn
appear makes difference The who German
in schools little bit has business in public position He
know what education is and certainly he doesn't know what
Americanm There certain of educators who
worship knowledge that they think kind of it desirable and
yet often stands the of real education by perveng the
imagination the vision commonplace life where
marasm, vanity and appetite control the destiny of the pupil
that purpose public education but that purpose
under the weight of professional incubus like have Wash
elsewhere defeating itself 1t is in fact policy
of than of education Mr. Caxon should
knows little of eudcaon think German is essential to
it. has business with schools.
Governor Stanley is another who German shall be
taught in the public schools But the voters will attend his
the November election
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-10-24
SAVE YOUR HAT, FEWER sTRAWs
NEXT SUMMER

Washington, d. C.--Save your old
straw hat for next summer 1t may
come In handy II you are not called
on by the government to wear a tin
hat by the time another summer rolls
around.
This is the advice of the war indus
tries board, which announces 1t is the
intention of the government to curtail
the output of straw hats to a point
where the production will meet only
the essential needs of the civil popu-
lation.
1.-THE industry is asked to consider
the problem in the light of war condi-
tions," said Bernard M. Baruch, chair
man of the war industries board, land
cooperation is urged as of assistance
in theNentire industrial reorganization
made necessary by requirements of
the war program The conservation
division, to this end, has prepared a
conservation program for the manu-
facturers of mems straw hats, re-
stricting the styles, height, width of
brim, and trimmings"
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-10-24
SEEING THE SIGNS

Geneva, October % - Peace must
not be delayed on account of the Hob
enzollerns if they are an obstacle to
it, declares the Volks Freund, of
Karlsruhe, which also is permitted to
speak of the disappearance of the SUI
perstitious belief that the Emperor
was chosen to rule by divine right.
The STEWARDSHIP Takwacht says ev-
erybody is convinced the allies will
not accord Germany a cheap peace,
but if the glory and power of I'M
perial Germany is the price, the Ger
man people are ready to pay"
In permitting such items to leave
Germany the German censorship ap-
parently is preparing public opinion
for coming events.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-10-24
FUR AND INFLUENZA

In order explain the widespread epidemic people trying
up the influenza with various influences Everybody has
pet causeand of The Germans most fire.
quenty mentioned in the ne and while would not emi
from list particular and pet influenza
for this locality s-fur--fur and high coat collars
Any in walking down Second you notice that
majority the wearing scar they do in
msummer and that large numbers too long coats whose
collars the throat and neck way to the chin And these
beautiful golden mellow Indian days the kndest the
whole We have need to fear the air. and have
need the sunshine Threats that wrapped will
be condition resist sudden drafts the evening chill to
nothing of the winter cold Women should think of
bundng than the would of wearing mufer The
have distinct advantage if they will only take it. For styles
permit Them they WISH leave the throat completely exposed
the and air. and they should elect and thus tougher them
selves for winter and avoid threats.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-10-24
A NERVOUS
BREAKDOWN
Miss Kelly Tells How Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound Restored
Her Health.

Newark, N. J.-"For about three
years l suffered from nervous break
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CALLED HER FAMILY
TO HER BEDSIDE
Six Years Ago. Thinking She Might DE- Says Texas Lady But No,
She Is We'll. Strong Woman and Praises Cardm For
Her Recovery

the better That was six years ago
and I am still here and am a we'll,
strong woman. and l owe my life to
Cardui. I had only taken half the
bottle when began to feel better.
The misery in my side got less. =. I
continued right on taking the Cardui
until l had taken three bottles and I
did not need any more for l was we'll
and meyer felt better In my life. :. I
have never had any trouble from that
day to this"
Do you suffer from headache. back.
ache. pains in sides. or other diHcom.
forts. each month"; Or do you feel
weak. nervous and faggOdoutf II 40.
give cardui. the womAn's tonic. Q
trial. IN
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-10-24

Royse City, Tex.-Mrs. Mary, Kill
man. of this place. says; after the
birth Of my little girl. p. my side COM
menced to hurt me. had to go back
to bed. We called the doctor. He
treated me. but got no better. !
got worse and worse until the misery
was unbearable. II was In bed for
three months and suffered such agony
that I was Just drawn up in q knot. :.
told my husband II he would get
me q bottle Of cardul would try IT,.
! commenced taking II. however. that
evening ! called my family about
me-. for knew I could not last
many days unisas had . change for
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-10-24
BOLsHRvIKT FIRES COUNT, GETS
DREssMAKERs JOB

London--The Daily Express says
that the only son Of Grand Duke Mich
ael Of Russia, Count Michael di Torby,
has become dress designer. An ex-
hibltion of beautiful gowns from his
original designs will be held here for
the counts creation have been carried
out by famous west end dressmaker.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-10-24
EMERGENCY BUREAU TO AS.
SYST CIVILIAN COMMUNITIES
In Fighting Influenza Have Been Es.
tablished-Work All Ready Be-
gun In This State.

Emergency bureau to assist civilian
communities and state boards of
health in combating the influenza cpl
demic are to be Immediately estab-
lished at Columbus, indianapolis and
Louisville by the Lake Division Red
Cross Committee on Influenza.
This was decided at Lake Division
Headquarters, Cleveland, at a confer
ence to which representatives or the
state boards of health of Ohio, Indiana
and Kentucky had been sent in re-
spnse to an invitation from Division
Manager B. f. Bourne.
The Lake Division, in the past two
weeks, has assigned hundreds of
nurses to military camps as well as
cities and towns stricken with the cpl
demic, but 1t was determined at the
conference that the increased need for
nurses and the necessity for prompt
ly assigning nurses to influenza work
could be more effectively carried out
by setting up emergency bureaus in
each state.
These state emergency bureaus, ac-
cording to a recommendation adopt
ed at the conference, will search out
every agency through which nurses
can be secured and who can be releas-
ed from other duties" They are to
use all measures at their command to
convince nurses, now engaged in pri-
vate work, to make sacrifice, If ne
cessary, in order to assist in the fight
against the disease. The bureaus will
make every effort to secure widest
possible publicity of the existing need
for nurses for this work.
The hope was expressed at the con-
ference that nurses could be made to
see that nursing civilians i'll with in
fluenza is just as important patriotic
and Red Cross duty as nursing SOL
diers and sailors. 1t was also point
ed out that many civilians are retain
ing so called luxury nurses" which
could easily be spared to assist in the
present emergency.
DR.. Mccormick, representing the
Kentucky Board of Health, stated that
school teachers are being used as
nurses in that state.
No nurse will be assigned to infiu-
enza work except upon the request of
the public health officer of the state,
who will receive applications for
nurses from the local health officer.
The Red Cross state emergency bu
reaus will pay nurses, assigned upon
the request of the public health Of
ficer. the authorized salary and eX
penses. Additional compensation, if
any, in this emergency is to be paid
by state boards of health or by local
Red Cross chapters.
The conference brought out clearly
the fact that civilian communities and
local Red Cross chapters should ex
haust their own resources before ap-
pealing for outside help, due to the
tremendous drain upon the nursing
and medical forces.
A. F. Bentley, assistant manager for
the Lake Division in Indiana, was
named to take charge of the emerg-
ency bureau at Indianapolis and R, c.
Ballard Thruston, assistant manager
for the Lake Division for Kentucky,
was appointed to head the emergency
bureau at Louisville. Appointment of
a man to head the emergency bureau
at Columbus will probably be made
tomorrow.
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FOR KENT

Building formerly occupied by the
Chenoweth Drug Co., Second and SUIT
ton streets Apply to Mrs. ]. C. Rog-
ers. 5-1mo
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-10-24

In facing the foe a fellow never
does double service by being two
faced.
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IN NINE MONTHS

Charles Edward Russell the Socialist and student of
human affairs the last lap of the Nine months
will the end Of the whole thing; but there be
ntess pushing the through these monhsno monkey
with armsce peace proposals rdpomatic confabs The
allies have it their hands whip Germany well and good nine
months and they going do it. That Prussian dynasty will
have give and and take with it its military autoacy
divinity of kings There will treaty leave bit of
ssandng and insult brave soldiers think that
a thing possible This is<wretched
cruel and there be of left the globe In nine
months July. will celebrate
Then will celebrate That is if you your duty help
ing O win the
1t true the end of his rope
When that his will lack
ing the ground.
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down and got so
weak l could hardly
stand, and had head
aches every day. /
tried everything l
could think of and
was under a ply
sician's care for two
years. A girl friend
had used Lydia E.
Pink h ANS Vege-
table Compound and
she told me about
it. From the first
day | took itIbegan
to feel better and
now l am well and
able to do most any
k in d of work. I
have been recon-
nandinn tho Car
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pound ever since and give you my per
mission to publish this letter.
FLO KELLY 476 So. 18th St., Newark,
The reason this famous root and herb
remedy, Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
compound, was so successful in Miss
Kelly's case was because it went to the
root of her trouble, restored her to a
normal healthy condition and as result
her nerv0',-,.--- Iisanpeared.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1918-06-13
TEUT0N SUBMARINES ARE STILL
BUSY OFF The COAST OF ITALY

marines In the Mediterranean cannot
be divulged- There have been instan-
ces OF U-boats entering territorial wa
tiers at night and exchanging signals
with people on shore. Until recently
enemy citizens were allowed to re-
side In seaport towns and even de-
serted villages on the coast, so that all
they needed to communicate with sub
marines was a light. Even now Aus
TRANS and Germans are fnterned in
Sardinia, and more ships have been
sunk by submarines OF this island
than anywhere else in the Mediter-
ranean.
The mail boat between Sardinia and
C1vitavecchia was torpedoed in broad
daylight only 20 miles of the coast
OF Sardinia. Although she remained
af1oat for three hours and the wireless
operator remained on board until the
ship sunk and communicated with a
nearby naval station, unfortunately no
torpedo boats were available to rescue
the passengers. including many sol