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Smyrna times., 1920-07-14

Tuesday while working on one of the
firms vessels. A piece of the machin-
cry fell on his foot, severely mashing
it.
About 100 feet of the state road
south of Market street bridge, Will
mington, is being paved with Belgian
blocks by the Union Paving Company.
This improvement will facilitate traf-
fic, as the stretch of road has been al
most impossible.
Edward B. LouderbOugh, of Dover,
has just completed fifty years of ser
vice with the Dover State Sentinel,
and although over seventy-five
years of age, Mr.. Louderbough is still
active. Mr.. LouderbOugh started in
the newspaper business in Smyrna
with the Times.
The Sunday school of the Peoples
Christian Church, of Dover, spent last
Thursday at Bowers Beach.
Roger Wilson, of Harrington, and
Miss Mary McGinnis, of Marydel,
were married Wednesday evening, at
7 o'clock at the parsonage of Wesley
M. E. Church, Dover, by the Rev. J.
w. Colona, D. D.
Smyrna times., 1920-07-14

Select your tires ac-
cordinE to the roads
they have to travel:
In sandy or hilly coun-
try, wherever the going
is apt to be heavy-The
u. S. Nobby.
For ordinary country
roads-The u. S. Chain
or Usco.
For front wheels -
The u. S. Plain.
For best results
everywhere-U. S.
Royal Cords.
Smyrna times., 1920-07-14

b. H. EMORY, CheswOld, Delaware
L. F. HILYARD & SON, Kenton. Del
JAMES A. HART, JR., Townsend, Del
Smyrna times., 1920-07-14
FREDERICA-MAGNOLIA ROAD
Cement Stretch Has Been Finished
and Will be Open to Traffic Soon

The concrete roadway, on two State
Highway contracts, has been complet-
ed during the past week. These roads
the Frederica-Magnolia road, and 4
miles on the Georgetown-Laurel road,
will be opened for traffic in about 2
Smyrna times., 1920-07-14

weeks week. The Hare, ~
2out's P"r5 Corner secti,l Conc
from Wilminpt'oUD " 'laae aiS
should 5 follow thu ioa' going a. 4
from New CaetIo fl'er sos \
ton ton via Elsmere,. %,laa NJ lears S1
eon+iohid tom, Christiana and dII5oa.9 coaa5, \
iIls.3 The other detoups sSain s5s 55n !.
lished in our last isn. ass '''q
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1920-10-06
Automobile Wreck.

\ Ford touring car loaded
with several colored men and
piioted by Bum Miller collided
INTO the rear of new Overland
touring cur parked on the side
OF the road near the West End
bridge Sunday afternoon and
turned over on it's top plnning
the occupants under it. but
luckily none of them we're se-
rlously injured. One of the wo-
men suffered n badly cut hand
as n result OF flying glass from
the windshield. Both cars we're
damaged but the Ford appeared
to have the worst of it. The
Overland car belonged to a Mr..
Riner, of Norton
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1920-10-06
Theatrical.

Clothes make the man, but as
to how far they make n woman
is another question. Joe Ben
son trusted to clothes to make
an irate father believe that the
girl he was about to marry, was
another than his daughter.
He didn't get away with it,
because the father didn't be-
lieve q young woman should be
married with her veil down.
What hadpened afterward pro-
yides series of interesting
events, and an exceedingly fas
ciuating story as presented by
Marshall Neillan in his latest
production, Don't Ever Mar
ry," which will be the attrac
ton mt the Amuzu Theatre on
Thursday.-adv.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1920-10-06
lnstalls Heating Plant,

W; f. Baker, local agent for
the Hess Warming and Ventil.
atlng Company, of Chicago, has
Just installed in the plant of the
W Use Printing Company, Hess
w elder Steel Plpeless Furnace,
which so far has proven entire.
~ satisfactory To the purchas-
ers and has every Indication
that it will continue To do 40.
The furnace liz very neat in ap.
penrance, has n perfect ventil
ating system, throwing the
same amount of heat to every
part of tho building and re-
CURES the use of Il very small
amount of fuel.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1920-10-06

babies were the best exhibits,
The great trouble was there
were too many BEST BABIES.
In TINS connection one of the
plans for next year is not prize
Tor the best baby but some
hcalthful points for interested
parents of young children of all
ages, which will be in operation
every day.
Plans are already in the max
ing which may greatly change
Tor the better our Wise County
fair. In the meantime let every
one begin now TO plan their part
IN making the next one the most
edncative and helpful get to-
Gether time Wise has ever had.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1920-10-06
Jacob Mullins Dead.

Jacob Mullins, agsd 10 years,
died at the home of his brother,
j. G. Mullins, near Oreton, on
Saturday, September 18th, fol.
lowing a stroke Of paralysis
about two months previous
The body was Inferred in the
family burying ground, ser.
wees being conducted by Rev.
pearsy. The deceased came to
Wise county about two years
ago from Sneedville, Tenn, and
Is survived by one son, Tyler
Mullins, who lives at Big Stone
Gap.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1920-10-06
BarroWman- Me- ador.

~ quiet wedding of much in
tercst To the people of Norton
and vicinity was solemnized by
the Rev. Carl X. Mathews at
the First Presbyterian church,
of this city, Thursday evening,
September Both, at six O'Clock
when Miss Christine Barrow.
man, became the bride of Mr..
Harry Wallace Meador.
The only attendants being
Mrs. Robert S. Graham, of
Norton, Va, aud Mr.. Brownie
h. Polly, Of Big Stone Gap, Va.
The bride and groom will re-
side III Big Stone Gap, where
the groom is employed with the
engineering department of the
Stonega Coke and Coal Compa
ny BRISTOL Herald Courier.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1920-10-06
School News

Big Stone Gap High School
defeated Norton base ball team
here Monday The score was 8
to 0. The high school boys play.
ed an errorless game and show
ed that they are being we'll
coached by Mr.. Van Garrett.
The Juniors and Seniors rem.
dered ii splendid program in
chapel Friday morning. The
program consisted of several
songs, solos and readings.
Rev. j. NJ. Smith visited us
Tuesday and gave an interest
ed talk on "The Good of Life,
Here and Hereafter"
Rev. Dean and Rev. Shumate
did not pay their weekly visit
To the school this week. They
were missed very much.
Miss Kate Lay spent Satur.
day aud Sunday of last week in
Coeburn with homefolks.
The high school boys and
girls planned IA trip to high
knob, but the weather was very
untavorable and only small
party went.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1920-10-06
Hard Luck Trip.

A part of the high school boys
composed OF John Allen XII.
bourn, Edward Bird, Letch
Bum, Chas. Stacy. Robert Ma
haley, Marcus, Chas. and Billy
Hamblon, Pat Youell and Tom
Goodloe went To this High Knob
last Friday afternoon To spend
a couple of days camping and
hunting, but their trip was
short lived us the landludy of
the hotel near where they wore
camping confronted them Sat.
urday morning with The request
To get out" claiming that they
had stolen her roasting ears
and that some one had broken
INTO her milk house.
The boys state that party
had previously camped there
the night before and much ovi.
dence of roasted corn was ~.
ing around the camp. And fur.
thermore as TO who robbed tho
milkhouse they have no knowl.
edge,
Anyhow they broke camp
and started for home Saturday
afternoon. On reaching the
pike on top of the mountain
they hailed u jitney for their
homeward journey and no soon.
or had they left Lie mountain
descent the Ford cur loaded
with twelve passengers turned
turtle and threw every one of
the occupants out. Letch Bum
is ninus n new ,overcoat that
caught on The car as he started
TO Jump and was torn 10 threads
and he was badly shaken IN
John Allen Kilb0urne landed
in a wire fence and then fell
back in the path OF the car
and was bruised on the back
coming in contact with the ten.
der. Tom Goodloe also Jumped
into the fence and was slightly
cut on the hand. The car WINS
badly damaged, two of the
wheels torn off aud tenders
mashed.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1920-10-06
Good Roads

Richmond, Va, Sept. 30
People in one section of Virgin
ia are soon to see what every
other section is like. This will
be accomplished through the
showing through the Old Do.
minion during October of "Nir.
ginia's New Hour n five reel
motion picture taken under the
auspices of the Virginia Good
Roads Association.
Against a historical, com
mercinl and educational back
ground, the picture shows the
blighting effects OF primitive
roads such rs Virginia has in
large number on modern life.
Every section of the state is
represented and the people Of
the state are the actors in the
production. The picture shows
things just as the camera found
them.
Just how undevcloped rura
primary schools are is shown in
"Virginia's New Hour" This
undeyeloped condition is shown
III contrast to the progress of
the higher educational institu.
tions, the colleges aud techni
cal Institutes. The rapid pro
gress of rural schools when
there are good roads leading to
them over which school wagons
run is depicted in the educa.
tlonal, showing n determine
ton To push these roads far
back into isolated districts and
give the children there educa.
tional advantages enjoyed Is,
those more fortunately situat.
ed
Portable electric lighting
systems will be used TO furnish
the current for the showing OF
the motion picture in school
houses and meeting places ali
over the state where no current
ia available. All arrangements
have been made for this. This
viii permit the picture to bc
exhibited in sections where the
need for better highways is
more acute than any where else.
1t 10 thought that the picture
will be a great factor in bring
ing out II favorable vote on the
good roads amendment when il
IL submitted to vote Of the
people on November .. The
proposed amendment has been
approved by two sessions of the
Legislature.
Initial showing of the picture
will be made in Richmond and
several other cities on October
4, it has just been announced
1t viii only be shown one du,
IN any place IN order that ii
may be seen by as muny of the
people of the state az possible.
There Is great demand for the
picture.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1920-10-06
Report of Work Done by Big
Stone Gap Public Health
Nursing Service for the
Month of September, 1920.

597 school children inspected
Notification blanks sent to
detective chIldrel.'s parents.
crippled child sent To hos.
pital in Richmond.
Two girls applied for work.
$ boys applied for work.
4 crippled cases visited and
treatment offered.
. home service cases called at
Office.
2 widows applied for pension.
: girls sent To industrial
school.
4 Instructive visits paid.
10 classes held for mothers.
100 attended.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1920-10-06
American
Legion Notes

Nearly 10000 of the 10000
disabled veterans now taking vo-
cational training at government
expenses have been placed in
training during the past four
mouths rs result Of the Joint
drive inaugurated last April by
the Federal Board for Vocation
al Education ana the American
Legion, according to figures OBJ
tanned this week by the Virgin
ia Department of the Legion.
For months previous the lc-
gion had been better critic of
the manner in which the board
had administered the affairs of
the disabled. Disclosures made
by the American Legion Weekly
resulted i'll a Congressional in
vestigation of the board. This
investigation did little to mend
matters, it is said, but since the
board and the legion have come
to terms between themselves
matters have progressed satsfac-
torily.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1920-10-06
De ion
Work

Thoughtful men agree that
good roads are II prime neces-
sity for Virginia and what
seems like II good plan to has.
ten this work is embodied in n
proposed amendment TO our
state constitution to be voter
on at our next election. The
Virginia Good Roads Associa
ton has prepared a little pam.
phlet explaining plans, etc.
The writer ask ed for lOO copies
and will be glad to give one to
every Interested voter. ! will
quote here but n single para.
graph:
We are on the eve of Wiz
ginia's New Hour an hour of
prosperity and happiness, such
az this state has never known.
Let us speed it's coming by go
lug To the polls on November I'd
and vote for the Good Roads
Constitutional amendment. 80
that your governor aud legidla.
ture Will be prepared To prompt
~ meet the government dollar
for dollar on all federal aid Of.
fcred the state and the con.
struction of Nirginiu's System
OF highways VIII go forward
without delay"
1t liz estimated that, by the
above plan, our road system
VIII be hustened by eight or
ten years and cost no more.
DO not let any one fear increas-
ed taxes. The amount saved in
our haul of fifteen years over n
good road will equal your extra
taxes for one year. Think of
the comfort and assurance of
driving over II good road aud
getting back without an acct
dent or being stuck in the mud.
Farmers and truckers do not
fail TO put in all the legume
cover crops you possibly eau.
Tins means saving fertility and
increase of crops next year.
Prices are bound to come down
and cheaper production will be
necessary. Increase of acre
production is Que OF the best
ways To reduce costs.
OF equal Importance with the
good roads amendment, ia an.
other to improve our public
schools. Virginia is one of the
oldest of the states, but in the
scale of illiteracy it stands
away too far down the list. Our
children are our richest possess
slon. Good evidence of appre.
citation OF this fact would be
putting money now thrown
away or worse into provisions
for school equipment.
W. 5. Goss, County Agent,
Wise, Virginia.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1920-10-06
Shower for Miss Bailey.

The first of the pre-nuptIal af-
fairs planned for Miss Janet
Bailey, whose marriage to Mr..
Fred Lee Troy will be one of
the interesting events of this
week the informal sewing par.
ty given last Friday afternoon
at three thirty O'Clock by Miss
Ruth Barron and Mrs. ii. l..
Lane at the home of their pa
rents, Mr.. and Mrs. X. p. Bar.
ron, in the Gap.
The afternoon was spent very
pleasantly by the guests in
sewing and chatting" during
which Mrs. Lane passed little
booklets and a pencil to each
guest asking them to write u
suggestion on how To manage u
husband. After these were
written and collected, they wore
made into IL book entitled GLOW
to Manage Husband" and Pre-
sented to Miss Bailey. The
suggestions which were then
read aloud caused much mer-
riment among the guests.
Little Anna Barron then en-
tered the parlor carrying IA large
shower bouqne; of beautiful
roses and asparagus fern on
which was tied several small
packages which she gave to
Miss Bailey, who upon opening
the packages, found many love
ly linen handkerchiefs and 9th
er accessories for her rousseau
Miss Bailey then cut the bou.
quet and gave each guest q rose
and piece of fern for souvenir
of the occasion.
Little Henrietta Lane then
passed napkins to the guests,
who were served delicious car
amel ice cream, DEVILS food
and angel food cake by Mrs.
Lane and Miss Ruth Barron.
The laws of this country we're
made for all people to obey. A
few DaODle do
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1920-10-06
Large Crowd
Expected Here
On Saturday to See the Gin
cinnati Reds Play Local
Teams

Teams
Perhaps crowd equal to the
ith of July attendance will be
here Saturday 10 see the Gin
cinnati National League base
ball team play Big Stone Gap.
This will be the first time ma.
major league team has ap-
peared at Big Stone Gap
or any other point nearby and
those who fail to come will pass
up rare opportunity. The
Reds started on their barn
storming trip Monday and will
play teams III Ohio and West
Virginia before coming here.
j. b. Wampler, manager of
the local.bas bail team, IL pre-
pairing To present n strong line.
up To face the Reds and it is be-
lieved the visitors will have
anything but II waikover when
they hook up with the Wise
countians. The Reds have
agreed to furnish Il pitcher and
catcher, but the home team
doesn' I need IA pitcher very
bad as Wayne Wright, who
has been pitching for Louisville
III the American Association
this season, will be here aud il
ID SAID he IL more than anxious
TO get crack at tie National
Leaguers. Wayne has been
twirling great ball for Louis
Vile of late, having won ma
Jority of his games played.
There is Straley Kelly also, of
local base ball fame, who pitch
ed some great ball in the Coal
Fields League this season. and
1T Is understood wants to work
against the Reds. Anyhow 10.
cal fans are anxious to see him
go in the box aud try his skill
against such heavy hitters as
koush, Duncan, Groh and Dau-
bert.
Business Manager Frank Ban
croft, the dean of base ball will
pilot the Reds on their trip here.
lie has been in active service
tor forty three years. His de
but as Il manager was made at
New Bedford, Mass, in 1878.
lie was connected with the fol-
lowing clubs as team manager
up to the time he assumed the
business management of the
Reds; New Bedford, Worces-
ter, Detroit, Cleveland, Indian
apolis, Philadelphia Athletics,
Providence aud Rochester. He
then retired from the conduct
of teams and took up the bust
ness end of the game in Clncin-
natl i'll 1891. He starts Ills
twenty eighth year with the
Reds this season. During his
career he managed two cham
pionship teams, New Bedford
IN 1878 and Providence in 1881.
He took the first team to Cuba
in fall of 1879. Since then he
has taken the Cincinnati's, Ath-
letics and New York's to Cuba,
conducted the first major
league tour to Honolulu i'll the
fall of 1915 and has had charge
of teams performed in most ev-
cry city from the Atlantic to
the Pacific. Although over his
10th year he is as active ms he
ever was and probably has a
larger acquaintance with base
ball players and patrons than
any other one person i'll the bus
mess.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1920-10-06
$4,000 REWARD

Offered by the Town of APP.
palachia, Va, for The arrest and
conviction of the party or par.
ties who on the night of Septem-
Der 18th, shot Sergeant w. Y.
Tucker. -3S.4l.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1920-10-06
Wise County
Fair
(By W. $. Goss.)

&ont the usual proportion of
Mappontments in the program
Mhich on the whole were good
Hill we'll carried through,
Is The acroplane came and made
-i3s.roic efforts to please every
Eiy, but really came to grief.
9 ysh an attempt TO rise it crashed
EatO wire fence and was so dis
#tled that it could not be re-
F@red for use at this fair.
N Mr. st. John gave ringing
.s1poi speech to Il large and APP
IMAGINATIVE audience. The writer
,hsad not learn why Mr.. Slemp
'ssailel to come, but his place was
}Mly filled by Rev. Mcconnell, OF
ERoda.
q As 10 exhibits the writer pre-
Ehrs not to indulge in fulsomc
l9hrases unless the fact will war
Bhnt, The women's department
..33sss clearly better relatively
salan the mems. The display of
aseedlc work and canned goods
%sa: good and select but not
skrge.
As 10 fruits, vegetables, etc,
8here were heard on every hand
Slhnt they had better stuff at
3lome. Why was 1t not on cx-
Aibition? Doubtless there we're
Bone reason but in the writer's
sliiort to find out mostly excuses
ftere offered which might all
some under three heads" forgot
30 "Did not think in timc' or
s'lt was too much trouble
Now friends the fair belongs
30 the people and all want Il good
a few do the most of
sihls every year and the rest who
ttad better at home come and
sfrlticisc. This sort of thing will
Reyer make Il good fair or make
s,he fair the agent for progress
sihat it can and should be.
You may not like this or that
.or think you have been treated
sanfairly. | imagine that is just
sthc way balky horse feels and
I'VE all know what we think OF
him and how valuable he is.
The little horse that pulls every
time is one hundred times more
efficient than the big fellow that
tries to break his brecching in
place Of his traces.
Let us quit finding fault and
picking flaws and follow the cx-
ample set for us by the Dorchcs-
ter, Blackwood and Stoncga coal
companies, who had nothing to
gain in trade or premiums, yet
each put up n fine exhibit and
added greatly to The interest of
the visitors; also il our apple
growers, who are the busiest of
busy men and short of help ill
The exhibition hall yet they
showed some good stuff despite
The season and all the others
who sorapped up what they
could to help fill up the exhibi-
ton hall.
Wayne McGowun and w. G.
Ross, of the Blacksburg extern
sion force judged live stock and
farm products and "A. O. Hill, of
Norton, judged the poultry. He
was formerly president of u Ten
nesSee Poultry Association.
a new feature was placed in
The premium list this year-"thc
best exhibit from single farm
III this Andy Miller near Wise
took first and Frank Graham
Aear Big Stone Gap took second
place yet neither made II very
good showing. The object of
ms feature is to stimulate the
Live at home PLAN 1 hope
ms will be stressed next year
IND there will be a large number
II entries for if so plans can be
made for allotment of space
shere all exhibits from a single
arm can be grouped.
We need more exhibits like
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1920-10-06

Although there has been an
appreclablc increase in the num-
Der OF applications of OK service
men for Victory Medals since
the American Legion volunteer
ed to assist the government in
the distribution, only 2G5, 900 so
far have applied, out of 3,700,
900 former soldiers eligible to
the honor. Figures are not avail
able for eX-gobs. Any veteran
can apply for his Victory Medal
through any legion post. An
Armistlce Day ceremony in con
nection with the presentation Of
the medals is planned by posts
throughout the country.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1920-10-06

Mrs. Amelia Fowler, Of Ey-
crate, Mass, who gained fame
rs the woman who renovated the
original Stars and Stripes several
years ago for the Smithsonian
Institute, has hand embroidered
an American Legion flag for the
Everett Post.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1920-10-06

The laws of this country were
made for all people to obey. A
few people do.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1920-10-06

At the recent convention of
the American Legion, of New
York, Peter j. Brady, of the
State Federation Of Labor, np-
peared AS u speaker aud bespoke
the friendship of his organixa-
ton for the legion. He urged
cooperation III an educational
program.