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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1920-09-15
Republicans Elect Delegates.

The Republicans mass meeting
which was held at Norton Sat.
urday the 4.h selected the fol.
lowing delegates and alternates
to the convention to be held in
Bristol September 2lst:
Delegates-Mrs. Sally a. Bal.
10y, Mrs. u. j Prescott. Mrs.
F.. ii. Barron, Mrs. T.. 4. Ar
rington, Otis Mouser, j. Nj.
Goodloe, "A. l.. Witt, Henry
Taylor.
Alternates Miss Parilee
Buckley, Miss Lula Moore, Mrs.
j. III. Mathews, Mrs. X. Is. Al
sover, w. Il. Goodloe, l.. II.
lessee, Z. Ii. Barron, 2. A. Ar.
rington.
y new county committee was
elected with Il lady member
from each voting precinct. Mrs
Ollie Roberts Stallard, of Wise,
Va, was put in charge of the
county organization for the wo-
men voters. Mrs. Sally a. Bal.
ley was selected as member
OF the county organization for
Big Stone Gap and vii! have
charge of the registration for
The women of Big Stone Gap.
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Modern Woodmen of Big
Stone Gap.

Big stone Gap Camp No. 10
1879, Modern Woodmen OF Amer
lea, is planning To renew its
regular meetings again. \
special committee of three are
working on the proposition
with encouraging prospects.
This old Woodmen lodge has a
continuous history of over fit
teen years, and has held reg
ular meetings until the World
war scattered over half of its
young men members over the
face of the earth. The old hall,
which was subrented by the
Woodmen from the Odd Eel
lows is now used as private
dwelling, which compells the
fraternal orders to- look else.
where for their home. District
Deputy Hardy, of Marion, Va. i,
has been in town of late, con
ferring with Clerk George l..
Taylor, and several reinstate-
;nents have already taken
place.
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Hereford Cattle
Exhibit From Lee County at
The Smyth County Fair,
Marion, Virginia.

The Lee County Hereford
Cattle Breeders Association
Show Herd has just made it's
first exhibit OF the 1920 show
herd at the Smyth County Far
at Marion, Va. We believe
That the show herd gave Lee
county moro advertising than
anything that has ever gone
out of the county. More than
twenty thousand people saw
the cattle from expressions
heard from the sight seers we
have made n host of friends for
the white face. We won every
thing in all the classes as well
as the sweepstakes and the
grand champion of all the
breeds Twelve tirsts and four
sweepstakes fell to us. The
senior and junior champions Of
all the breeds came 80 us also.
While other exhibitors had well
bred cattle in the show they
could do nothing with the thick
set soggy white faces from Lee.
The uniformity of our herds
was one of the greatest hits of
the show. our cattle are .,oing
good and viii be shown ut Ga
lax, Richmond and Atlanta,
Ga. We will get our share of
honors all along the line.
II >. SUBTLE, County Agent.
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Roanoke
Boosters
Visited Big Stone Gap on
Last Wednesday Night.

~
One hundred anu thirteen
boosters from Roanoke visited
Big Stone Gap last "Wednesday
night AZ 10 O'clock on their tour
of Southwest Virginia, coming
on a special train consisting OF
a combination baggage and OK
press car, day coach and four
Pullman cars. They arrived two
hours behind schedule time be.
ing detained at Appalachia
more than an hour OF account
of "A wreck. But despite the late
hour Il good sized crowd was on
hand To give them II hearty
welcome.
Citizens with automobiles met
the booster party at the depot
and conveyed them to the Monte
Vista Hotel, where lunch was
waiting To be served. While
the party was feasting on the
good eats prepared by Manager
Warner the Booster Band struck
up some lovely tunes on the
street much to the delight of
the crowd. Every member of
the Booster Club were III high
spirits and in for fun, shaking
hands and yelling "howdy" To
every one they met.
q. NJ. Ames and II. IL. Beas.
ly were the chief fun makers,
supplying themselves with
plenty of nickels and dimes
they had II bunch of young
boys scrambling aud racing in
the street rs they tossed up the
coin. by the time the boosters
money gave out the boys were
ready To quit, scrambling in the
dirt and running hundred yard
dashes were hard work they
claimed.
The boosters ended their visit
with what they called n "snakn
dance" led by Sharp and Stauf-
tie, of the Roanoke Times, while
the band played Il lively air.
John Wood, secretary and treas
urar of the Booster Club, stated
that they were greatly pleased
with the reception given them
by every town and city in
Southwest Virginia. 1t will be
remembered that tho boosters
visited Big Stone Gap in 1915
and since that time have visit.
ed other parts of the state, but
in deciding their trip for this
year they voted unanimously
to come to the Southwest
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THE INTERSTATE
RAILROAD COMPANY

hereby gives notice that on the 18th day
of August, 1920 it filed with tha Inter
state Commerce Commission At Washing
ton, D. G., an application for certificate
OF public convenience and necessity 10
construct and operate two branch lines of
standard guagc steam railroad along the
routes designated in such application in
the counties of Wise and Scott. state of
Virginia.
Pursuan, 10 the requirements of the
commission, said application is now pub.
lished as follows:
Application OF The Interstate Railroad
Company for Certificate Of Public
convenience and Necessity under
paragraphs Is TO Y inclusive OF Sec
ton OF the Interstate Commerce Act
as amended BY the Transportation
Act. 1920.
The ,nll name of tho company i,
INTERSTATE RAILROAD C0MPA
poStolfcc address Big Stone Gap.
Virginia II l.. Miller, President; I /. i.
l.enIH, Secretary, and j. f. Hulitt, l1a1
Land Title Building Philadelphia, Pa
attorney
:. Inc company WAS organized under
the lass OF the state of Virginia
.. The making and filing of the appli-
cation has been approved at n meeting OF
! the stockholders held on the 27th day OF
May, 1870, at Alexandria, Virginia, and
at meeting of the Board of Directors
held um the same day in Philadelphia.
l'ehna. That is to say. the stakeholder.
ON the day aforesaid passed resolution
authorizing the building of the branch
lines herein referred 10 aud adopting q
general location therefor and authorizing
thc directors 10 proceed 10 construct this
SAM branch Inc As soon as possible and
10 40 ali Things necessary tO that end in
gliding the raising of funds for the pur.
| pose, AEd the Board OF Directors thercaf.
| ter. to wit, on the SANE day, passed a res.
| olntion authorizing and directing the ex
| ecuitvo officers Of The company 10 proceed
with the work, adopting 4 general ioca
ton Tor the branch lines, authorizing III,
executive officers to sci! $4,000, 900 90 o.
stock At par for the purpose of financing
the construction, cts
1. said branch lines of railroad vii! b.
located partly in Wise county and partl,
III Scott county, Virginia. and in no othe
county or state
| ., II. location and route VI route.
and termini of the lines proposed 10 b,
constructed are as follows, namely:
First: "a branch line of railroad ex
tending from pomt Of connection witt
the present railroad of the Interstate Rail
road Company At or near the town o
Norton, Virginia, down Guest River t,
Coeburn, and thence down Guest Rive
TO point of connection with the railroa,
OF the Carolina, Clinchfeld and Obi
naiiroai Company at OF near the noutl
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1920-09-15
World Record is Broken BY
Pineapple Company.

With an output of IS, OO4
cases, or 777,OOO cans, the liza.
waiian Pineapple Company
broke the worlds record for
fruit packing in single day.
II Is claimed that not in Cali.
fornia, Delaware, Maryland or
anywhere else have so many
cans of fruit been turned out in
a. single factory in 81 hours,
and there is question that this
record has ever been beaten ev.
on by the great salmon Gamer
les OF the country.
The last previous high record
made by the same cannery was
50, 900 cases IN one day. An
effort Is being made today To
break the record of yesterday.
and at noon it was reported
that the cannery was in fair
way 10 do il. Hawaiian
Times Bulletin.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1920-09-15

Campbell Slemp, father of
Representative Q. b. Slemp,
Rufus a. Ayers, Il. 7. Irvine,
Judge II. a. w. Skeen, and
John Fox, Jr., the novelist, were
among the men who pulled Big
Stone Gap out Of the rut OF de
spondency, and the present busy
town is monument to the men
who helped the town weather
the boom days.
"Today w. J. IIorsley is may
or of Big Stone Gap, n city which
owns its own water plant, has
electric lights, aud has eleven
churches within its bounds, The
denomination represented are
Missionary Baptist, Methodist,
two NJ. e. Churches, South,
Presbyterian, e piscopalian,
Christian and Holiness, while
the colored people have Baptist,
Methodist and Episcopal church
rs.
"Big Stone Gap is the home of
the general Offices of the Stonega
Coke aud Coal Company, the pi-
oneer company that tapped the
coal in that section. 1t has the
general Offices of the Interstate
Railroad Company, and the Ap-
palachlan Division of the South
ern Railway, and the Offices of
the lntcrmont Coal II Iron Com
pamy, the South IL West Coal
Company and the Union Tanning
Company
"l5ig Stone Gap has two mod
ern schools with an enrolment
of 700 pupils. 1t has five miles
of macadam streets, more than
one mile of improved sidewalks,
and is on the state highway sys-
tenn OF roads; has two improved
roads radiating from ii and an
other provided for.
"l6ig Stone Gap has the Union
Tanning Company, operating an
extract plant and also a tamnery ::
the lntermont Coal and iron
Company iron furnaces, the
kitzmillcr-Scott Corporations
large central hosiery mill under
construction, the payroll of in
dustries beng fully ~, 900, 900
annually.
'rhe farms around Big Stone
Gap produce all kinds of farm
products, cattle, wheat and corn.
There are no wholesale houses, but
the town has two drug stores,
four dry goods stores and five
groceries.
"Roanokc vics with Louisville,
Cincinnati, Knoxville and Bris-
tol as the jobbing and wholesale
point for Big Stone Gap mer-
chants, while the cattle from
that section is shipped TO Gin
elnnati, and the produced raised
is consumed i'll the coallields.
Big Stone Gap affords Il
splendid location for ii bricl,
plant, cement plant, and for
utilizing the by-products Of coal
and coke plants.
"rhe town is located in a
beautiful mountain section aud
it is an ideal place TO spend The
summer months. Ii has one OF
the finest postollices in the state,
constructed in 1912 at II cost OF
Sl25, goo. One weekly newspa-
per is published at Big Stone
Gap, The Post, edited by Gilbert
N. Knight"
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Southern to Build Shops and
Yards at Big Stone Gap.

shops and yards valued at million and quarter
uoars TO he erected ut Big Stone Gap by the Southern
ha""y' according to an article in bulletin Of
the Manufacturers Record l.. II. (iotlin of Washing.
ton, will he the cnginccr.-Roanoke Times
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1920-09-15
lieut.. Boiling
Ell. Handy
Nominated for Congress by
Democrats of Ninth.

IN DLlitOAI ato Vi iNIlltI.
85 I'nliSmaycd by defeats in the
t,si. The hosts of Democracy OF
Bin Smith Virginia District met
III, Bristol Thursday, and in one
HI the largest and most cntlm.
ssigslr conventions ever held, at
BIZ bich fully Il third of those
Ebrascut were active women del
$tsatcs, nominated Tor Congress
A.cutenant Polling IL. Handy,
Souug lawyer and World war
Sicro of Bristol. Lieutenant
E1lanly was nominated on II plat.
Born endorsing the National
El)emocrctic platform and partic-
ailrly the League of Nationsand
D accepted the honor in Il ring
sing pecch in which he declared
Aht the women of the Ninth
sli,trirl had stepped into the
arccch at the critical moment
$,nl that Democracy would lri-
sauplI in the lighting Ninth in
November.
\ The convention was marked
iby great enthusiasm both for tile
and local ticket, and bv
.aicuse active interest on the
part Of the large women delega-
.iions from every county at the
First Congressional convention in
Virginia ever attended by and
participated in by women.
lInndy's Record Praised.
Eloquent tribute was paid to
the splendid war record of Lieu
lcmnt Handy, his gallant service
Ia the battle fields of Europe,
hi. Standing as a lawyer and clt-
zen and his fitness to represent
the Ninth District in Congress.
In a tlrring nominating speech,
Hon. Il Tate Irvine Of Wise.
predicted that the women of the
Ninth District, irrespective of
party, will rally to the support
Of this young World war hero
'nl thereby champion the cause
u the League of Nations ana
permanent world peace. He said
nat Lieutenant Handy was the
.oh Of mother who sent five
ons to France to fight for Amer.
gan honor, that he was one of
tr first if not the first Young
nan from the Ninth District 10
'nswer his country's call and en-
er the American forces embark
~ for foreign services. lie
and that Lieutenant Handy had
repaired himself to represent
he district in Congress and that
le believed his candidacy would
make an irresistible appeal to all
.Iasses of voters of the district
ma especially the new women
'oters.
lie offered his life for us ON
he battlciields of France, along
'lii his four brothers, that we
night remain III peace and pros
'erity and that civilization
night be preserved declared
he speaker. "lIe was in the
at the Meuse- Ar
.onne, Bellcrurt and st. Mehiei
nd was officially cited for
,ravery in leading his men over
he top against the greatest ag-
rcgailon of brute force the
'orld had ever seen. a man
no was not afraid TO 90 against
he lllndcnburg line i'll France,
mo was wounded and inhaled
'erman poison gas, is not afraid
o 80 before the people of the
'lnth District and ask their sup
qft. Congressman Slemp said
Wo years ago that the next
preventative in the Ninth Dis
ret would be soldier boy then
shllng in France and if | mis-
axe not the history of the next
ew weeks Will vindicate his
rophecy if he makes the race. y
Organization Perfected.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1920-09-15

This is country of free
speech, in which we are some
times jailed if we speak.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1920-09-15

Silence is golden, some say,
but not when you are waiting
for bad bill TO be paid
Omaha daily bee., 1920-12-17
Visitors 10 Marion.

No one is able to suck knowledge out of his
thumb, which is way OF saying that it is by
experience and the exchange Of experience that
helpful information is to be obtained. Senator
Harding. as a member OF the foreign relations
committee of the upper house OF congress,
learned much about world affairs, but he real
:zes that his knowledge is not complete, and can
be supplemented by consultation with others. no
matter what their party or how diverse their
yicT.
That is the explanation OF the succession OF
visitors day after day at Mr.. Harding's home
in Marion. The conferences deal particularly
with the part America is to play in world peace.
Outright opponents OF the league OF nations are
followed by those who would ratify the cove
nant with reservations and in their footsteps
come men who were inclined to favor unquali-
fed entrance into the league, and those who
propose substitutes such as an international
supreme court or an extension of the principle
of arbitration. Hughes, Bryan, Root, Hoover
and many other men OF high rank in public lie
have been invited to contribute their opinion to
the settlement of this problem. Colonel Harvey
has emerged from the consultation chamber
with an idea that the ultimate solution will be
to give the people OF every nation the right to
vote on war and let the rest Of the unsettled
questions, including the irritants that breed
hostility. take care of themselves. No one else
has committed himself after being called to
Marion, and since the meetings continue. it is
possible that Colonel Harvey is the only one
to have settled the problem, and that Mr.. Hard
ing is not yet ready to make definite proposal.
Nor will any specific plan have to be an
nounced until he takes Office. To consider the
matter fully adjusted before it is laid before the
people or the senate would be to repeat the mis-
take made by President Wilson. What sugges-
tions may come from these nonpartsan eoun-
ellis cannot be considered more than tentative
ones offered for the consideration Of the public.
Mr.. Hardings handling OF this great issue is
an innovation. contrasting strangely with the
backdoor conferences and the secret conclaves
with party lieutenants that have marked previous
administrations One OF the pledges OF the re-
publican candidate in the campaign was that ne
would seek advice. and in the practical carrying
out of this pledge is promise OF successful
administration, in which misunderstanding and
unnecessary friction will be reduced to mini
mum. ..
Omaha daily bee., 1920-12-17
Medicine in South America.

In South America, especially in the little
known regions of Colombia and Brazil, exist
untold opportunities for the young medical man
of zeal and courage, says DR.. A. Hamilton Rice,
scientist and explorer. 1t is not alone in the
matter of tracing new diseases to their lair. but
Of spreading some knowledge Of ordinary san
itation and even decency among the people down
there. Speaking at the Harvard School Of Medi-
cine last week, Dr.. Rice discussed conditions a.
he discovered them on trip that included the
upper basin of the Orinoco and the Amazon.
Ignorance Of ordinary requirements Of eleanli-
ness seems to be the thing that was most noticed
among the natives. Even Bogota, capital city
with 100000 inhabitants, lacks the rudiments Of
modern ideas in communal sanitation In lesser
communities, in the rural districts and along
the rivers. the situation gets worse To combat
the diseases,. prevalent there and to give the
people notion Of what is contained in right liv-
Omaha daily bee., 1920-12-17
NOT THE WAY TO PEAtE.

One of the objectives put forth for the open
shop movement is the elimination of undue
pressure by organized labor upon the conduct
OF industry. A fine balance Of justice between
capital and labor would be established in which
dictation from either side as to whether EN-!
ployes should be union or non union would dis
appear together with the boycott and picketing.
1t comes as a shock, therefore, to find that
Eugene G. Grace, president OF the Bethlehem
Steel company and advocate OF the open shop,
has resorted to the same domineering practices
OF which he accuses organized labor.
In New York City joint legislative COM
rnittee has been investigating causes of the nrac
tical shutdown of building In following the
trail Of unfair restraint OF industry thex began
with the Brndell building trades unions. going
thence to combinations OF material dealers and
contractors, and coming now to the question Of
structural steel A building contractor who em-
pioyed only union men charged that his busi-
ness was being injured by the. refusal of the
Bethlehem company to sell him fabricated steel
unless he ran an open shop. Mr.. Grace, called
to the stand, frankly stated that he believed it
was proper ITO protect the open shop principle"
and declared his refusal to sell to contractors
employing only union men would not be changed
even If building operations in New York had to
be shut down
All that has been charged against the closed
shop viii now be laid also at the door Of those
advocating the open shop plan. II this is Mr..
Grace's idea Of protecting the open shop princi-
pie, il must be made plain that his view is not
that of the whole group Of employers who are
back Of the movement. II the boycott is bad
when used by one side, i is equally wrong when
used by the other. Under the plea Of fair play,
there is much that may be urged for the open
shop principle, but to attempt to further the end
by such un-Ameriean, domineering means as that
adopted by Mr.. Grace. in which the rights Of
the public to the uninterrupted process of build
ing erection is menaeed, snot the way to spread
the idea Of better industrial relations.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-12-17

ism differ radically from those held
BY the welfare board. the local news
papers aud a certain faction Of the
commercial club. Yet. know that
l am right. according 10 the funda-
mental principles OF democracy.
There can be no 100 per cent Amer
icanism that does not ignore color
discrimination. The negro In Amer
lea has no other place than that ac-
corded him under the constitution.
The mingiing OF the whites and
blacks in the Monarch. which has
been proclaimed 10 be "unrestrained
democracy" carries nothing repre-
hensible, nothing criminal. nothing
wrong. Democracy needs 10 be more
unrestrained. The trouble now is
that II is too much restrained.
Let the welfare board come clea
and say that 1t In opposed TO thu
ideals Of democracy. While this
position may not appeal TO me and
others, ] shall at least respect L.
flavor of fearlessnsos-
GEORGE WELLS PARkE;,.
Editor Of The, New Era.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-12-17

in homes where there was smallpox
was 35.3 per 100. Among paccin-
ated children in such houses. rs.
Among unvaccinated the rate was
more than IA times that Of the vac
cinated.
2. There is world of statistics
on this point. Whipple Vital Sta
tistics, 1919 says: ITO large ex-
tent the decreased fatality of diph-
liberia has been due to the use of
antitoxin, which decreased the num-
Der of deaths" Rosenau tPreyen-
tive Medicine, 1870 says: When
given in sufficient. amounts during
the first "a hours of diphtheria.
antitoxin reduces the mortality to
practically nil" Boyd practical
Preventive Medicine. 1920 says:
THE employment of diphtheria
,antitoxin as therapeutic agent ef-
fected a gross reduction of S5 per
cent in the mortality rate from diph-
theria."
Omaha daily bee., 1920-12-17

The farmer got something more than pats on
tle back from N. L. Corey general attorney
Of the Federal Land bank, speaking at the Ne
braska Farmers congress here. A definite pro-
gram which included gradual liquidation Of
farm products, revival OF the Allen Root plan
for System by which producers could store
crops under bond and borrow enough money
on warehouse receipts to meet their obligations,
and the restoration Of the land bank system
were laid before the assemblage
Convention after convention Of agricultural
organizations has been held in the last few
months, but the lack OF unanimity is the most
striking feature. Mr.. corey's suggestion that
part of each debt due the country banks be
settled by selling portion of the grain now
and other parts month by month may not be
popular, since the conviction is rather general
that spectators would take advantage of this
assurance of continued movement to market
and force prices lower.
The fact 10 we'll established that exports have
been continuing at good rate and that there
is no big surplus of wheat in the world, or
In America. Mr.. Corey's assertion that the
farmer is being called upon to bear more than
his burden of the cost of deAation Is also gen.
orally conceded. The National City bank de-
clares that the principal condition necessary to
revival Of prosperity is that the prices of what
the farming population wants to buy come into
balance with the prices of what It has to SELL
This touches the point squarely.
More immediate aid seems possible through
a revival OF the activities of the Federal Land
bank This institution is now tied up by suit
in the Supreme court Of the United States, in
which decision has been expected ever since
last October No way OF aceelerating the de-
csion exists. but much relief undoubtedly could
be provided il through favorable opinion new
sources of credit could be opened up to start
the fow of money from farm to village, to city
and back again.