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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-09

Christmas Sale of Dresses and Suits r Beautiful silk and cloth frocks are now marked extremely low as are the handsome winter suits, with and without fur trimming. These are really January prices, refecting as they do the very latest market prices.
 Tricotine and wool Jersey dresses. Taf- fetas satins, tricolettes and satins. Sale price, @ $18.5O and $21.75
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-09
NEGROES HERE
 TOTAL 2,256

Washington, Dec. 9-The negro population of Bridgeport, Conn.,, is 2,256, an increase of 924 or 69.0 per cent, the census bureau announced today. The white population is 141,- 195, an increase of 40,545 or 40.3 per cent. All others number 1O4.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1920-07-28

We have been informed that
cows are permitted To run in
the field where the town reser.
voir. is located. which should
not be allowed under any cir.
cumstances, This property he
longs To the town and this res
crvoir is maintained for the
purpose of supplying the town
with water when there is u
shortage from The main source
of supply and To allow cows to
range in this field and wade in
the water .s jeopnidizing the
health OF our citizens, We call
the attention of the may or and
health hoard Ia this matter aud
II II Ii true hs reported IL should
be stopped Immediately.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1920-07-28
Industrial
Agent
Of Southern Railway Visits
Big Stone Gap.

j. q. kitclail, Of Chattanooga,
VIII" was recently appointed IA
dustrini agent Tor the Southern
Halfway ~ the south To take
the place pf sir Stratton, who
has been assigned by his com
puny Ia represent their interests
IN South AmerIcu, visited Big
Stone Gap on las. FRIDAY and
nt,cnded a meeting Of the
Young Mems Club ~ the dining
room uf the Monte Vista Hotel
Friday night.
Mr k'tcheli IS 4 very p!uas-
ahi gcnti,.inan and expressed
himself as highly pIeasei With
Big stone Gap unh liiin section
and Promised his fullest cooper
atiou III ussieiiug the luwn IN
iocatiug Industries AT this place
II Mas through The untiring
Efforts of Sir Sirailuu tina, Tie
large hosiery mn Was located
hers aud We feel sure Mr.. kuci.-
ell wlli ueH his best efforts IN
pushing forward the good wotk
s;erted by hts predecessor III lc-
Gazing desirable industries here.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1920-07-28

The mayor %: this town has Il
far greater nppurtunity To pr
form real constructive work ~
proportion 10 population than
has The president of the United
States The mayor viii he
loyalty supported by his people
IN every good move he makes,
while the President will Ice hrc-
tered aud pestrred aud ohstrnct-
ed at every turn he makes. Hop
In IT, Mr.. Mayor. The honor
and the opportunity are yours.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1920-07-28
Sunday School
Convention

a, =, A
Following Is the program oi
the " Use County Sunday School
Convention 81 Nnr,ou rniun,u,,.
NY center, August 10, 1870, all
day:
by Kew. H. l. Rainfall Norton, Va.
Address of Welcome by Mayor i. H.
Pence Norton, va
1880 a. m.-Tcmporary Organization.
-, m
II 90 a IN, Statement my rms
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1920-07-28

Where are those good hearted
and benevolent souls who insist
Ell that we would have no more
wars-who prophesied that the
cupitulnliou OF the German ar.
my marked the downfall of the
sabre ana the shell? Each day
ii Is becoming more evident that
the scotching OF tho kaiser only
served To bank the fires Of war.
They are still smoldering, and
the surface ia getting hotter
and hotter, and the flames are
breaking out III many spots,
For many years we predicted
md waited for the explosion III
Europe. 1t came, suddenly and
without warning, and the pop
ulutiun Of the earth was mate
rally reduced We did some
of the reducing We expect
much from civilization We
may get a little, for civilization
IL seems, In little more than n
name, II We may Judge by what
II has accomplished. There VIII
be more wars, and terrible
wars. some day the fires viii
again uuru through the crust Of
humanity anu The iii will come
oil with ii roar, aud there Will
be another titcrensc in pupulu
ton. But let us hope we viii
not be called upon 10 repeat HE
reduction act, We have done
enough. But keep yonr powder
dry don't so To sleep For
they say that nothing IN Tins
life Is certain, but death and
taxes nnd some peopir don't
even pay taxes.
We are all firm believers IN
the right of every man To vote
HIS own sentiments. But OF
course his views should coin.
eide with ours III order 10 be
sound nnd logical
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1920-07-28
Annual First
Aid Contest
Will BE Held at Norton, Va,
Saturday, August 18th.

Tho Virginia Statewide An
nnal First Aid Contest will he
held i'll Norton, Virginia, Sat
urday, August IT. 1920, under
the auspices of tile u $. Bureau
OF Mines and the Virginia Cnul
Operators Association. Fol
lowing the precedent of last
years contest, our committee
has decided Ia give Your com
pnny an opportunity of Offering
a prize for the contest, and we
feel confident that you will be
more Than glad to respond lih-
orally To tins worthy cause.
List OF rrlIcs and contributors
NIL bv carried in our programs
ALSO ia circulars aud the varinus
newspapers of the section, and
IN order that we may complete
our program nt the earliest
possible date, wc viii greatly
nI'prccittc vour kindncss in ad
vIsInE us ~ return mail Just
what on wlli oilcr in the way
OF "a p,tzc
Teams from All the leading
coal H..t,tIono OF tie entire
lirld hlvr hrrn cnicrcd for this
cnulrrl dud psoscnt information
indicates that we viii have ap-
pruNimntoiS fifty teams, and
you can appreciate tbs fact that
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1920-07-28
Brutal Murder
AT Appalachia
Married Man, Enamorcd, Kills
Girl in Fit OF Jealousy and
Attempts Escape.

annals of Mise county HISTORY
occurred here SUNDAY about
uoon, when Floyd Freeman an
ex.policc officer aud restaurant
keeper, liz said To have fired ,
shots from a revolver ~ Willie
Bradshaw, IA Nnnng wumau
with whom he was rnamorri,
killing her instantly, fournf III
shots taking effect III The head
aud body Of the wunlu, wl,u
crumbled into a hcap la M
Il ,or in tile kitchen OF l,er bonn
where the shooting occurred.
From several stories current
in regard Ia th" homicide IT APP
pears that Freeman. Who * SAID
10 have been drnkinG, hircd an
automobile and was driven TO u
point near the woman's hornr
on Inman pike, where he aljght
ed. He left instructions viii,
the chauticr to wait Tor han
freeman, according &C. rcrNr,S,
went directly 60 the BradshnNN
home, where, standing IA al
open door he passed u greeting
OF hello folks Ia the u,rl, a
younger ststcr and Charlie fvl
rrs, a bonrdrr. lie is Then sand
10 have drawn his revolver nnd
commenced firing The Brad
shaw woman, who WAS opening
u can of strawherrirs, turned
from her work To rrlurI his Sal
utatiou, only to meet her doom.
After the shooting, Freeman
returned To the automobile aud
covering the driver with rcvnl.
vcrs ordered him To- drive.
through Appalnchiu and up'ihc
Appalnc hln Norton pike to Nor
ton.
News of the tragedy spread
last aud the telephone lines on
Frceman's road To escape werc
broaght into play, aud an auto
mobilcluad of officers and dcpu-
ties were seen ~ pursuit. O,
iicers Pritchard, of lmhCdcn.
Dalton, az Norton, whn wrrc az
Norton when rlr news Cdmc
boarded the east houud Nlffuis
ami Western tram 80 prvvcut
escape from that rou,o li,l
landed Their man 1T Cucbutu.
lie WAS buying u ticiS@rluuud
ing To board The lrmu lum
which the officers mad nIghtcd.
The men who lad fulinwrd
Freeman IN the hulomohic hnd.
gone 10y way OF Cranes Nesr
aud Toms Crcck aud arrived at
Cormrn Just after tho arrest
mad been made 'IhrN hruughr
the accused aud McElruN, liz
chauffeur, lack {" Appalurl'in
III the iatur's car rrcrtnnn
was put IN jail hare under il
heavy guard aud MclllroN, wac
takrn To Big Slme Gap, 3 miles
distant, " here he wa, placed m
jail pending a prclnlmarN hear
ing.
Freeman has a wife and o0c
fh'ih, u s'fI ao"n' ~ Nr'l'' "l
aI". II Is sh'd ihal ne l"d h'th
frequent N,s't"' 't '' I'''h
shaw home for several months
pay iug ms a'ten''"nH u. hl'''
us me uead Woman ""r H''"Nh
IN ponce clr'''N' ~" 10 y"
,honkn' MAJ NJ ''"u "'t"'i''
Jeai"'isoi heF attentions 10 some
olller man
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1920-07-28

Srcfrtary.
COMMITTEES; !. X rnggnrt,
Chairman; Lee Long,C j Grew
cling. Il T. 'raggart, &. Il Neel
aud y W Wagner.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-30

ert themselves, but the old timers take it easy.
 For instance there comes from Nash vile flock of grapevine rumors that the Phillies kicked them that game Sunday. Who knows but that the Phil adelphia bunch was not over zealous to win any game on a Sunday excursion trip to Nashville. Their indifference at this juncture is hardly a crime in baseball laws. At that. the Phillies have shown faster speed in their prac tice work than they possibly did in the three games with the Barons. And any fan who has seen the Barons at train ing has witnessed much better exhi bition than was demonstrated in the games with the Philadelphia Nationals.
 The fans might as well suspend judg ment few weeks and await develop ments with more favorable perspec tive.
 The Birmingham bunch has not
 been rounded into permanent ma
 chine by any means. No claim is
 made along that line. No other
 tenn has progressed this far. Lis- tie Rock has practically agreed
 upon six men. Birmingham might
 go this far today, but there's plenty
 of time and the longer the practice
 the safer will be the selections.
 Molesworth probably has as fair an idea of how many ano what men now it. camp he is likely to retain as other Southern League managers of their az gregations. Molesworth is credited with being resourcefu1 It is reasona- ply safe to say that he has some play CTS on the string to strengthen any weak parts of the teams mechanism when these layers are available. If the fans, however, insist upon picking pennant winner, with further ado about it, beginning the season to- day and winding up tomorrow, the fol- lowing three best bets might be sub mitted
 Nashville to win.
 Johnny Dobbs for place.
 Little Rock to show.
 Six weeks from now they may be among the "also rams" {
 Atlanta is an unknown quantity. Memphis has hardly got it's training camp under way. Chattanooga lost to the Phillies on the short side of William J. Bryan campaign issue. No- body knows anything about Mobile.
 As matter of fact, from training camp viewpoint, Birmingham is a shade better off than most of the other teams in the league with a good -sized bunch from which to make it's selec- tions and in getting down to work early in the game When the pruning hour arrives, Molesworth certainly should De well able opick out his real ones and know just exactly and with the minimum of doubt how much out side material is needed where to get it, and be at the official getaway with as good prospects as any other bunch on the circuit.
 This much is to the credit of the fans, however. They are insistent that the Barons present a team of more finished players than was shown last season. The fans who this year will pay more money to see the game are expecting show that will enthuse them to throw their bonnets in the air and send forth some lusty gelps for the old home town. But some ot them pos, sibly are expecting too much before the getaway.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-30
Jack Handed
 Hard Rap By
 This Writer

H. A. Dutrieh wants to see the Frenchman put one under Jacks chin that will send him to the mat for a couple of days sleep. Here's what he said yesterday in a letter to the sport ing editor of The Age Herald.
 Tn reply to Zac Smith, Jr, regarding the proposed match between Dempsey and Carpenter, in which he expresses desire for Dempsey to win because he is an American fighter l, for one, do not believe that Jack is entitled to be called an American fighter If so, I am thankful at least that the other 100000 men were not of his type or the German flag might be floating over our land by this time.
 "A short comparison of Carpentier's S war record and Dempsey's stacker rec ord as printed in every daily in the United States, clearly shows that Dempsey isn't in class with Georges. and that if the latter consents to enter the ring with him it is to be hoped that the Frenchman will give Jack a taste of the good stuff he fed to the Huns. This is merely my personal opinion and the opinion of one who did not get overseas, either, but who feels capable of judging real American at all times"
 Anybody else a little dissertation upon the Carpentier-D Dempsey proposi- tion? Fire it in to the sporting editor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-30

The central and Indiana sections will be well represented. They will furnish at least two contenders in each class who have been national title holders. In the - bantamweight dfvi- sion, J. Frederick Meagher, national champ, shows as much skill as when he captured the crown in his division Petros, Greek Olympic Club of Chi cago, and Carberry, Steel Works Club, promise to offer much opposition in this class. Carberry recently won the central championship.
 Max Cans will defend his titles. He holds the championship of the feather weight class and of the special weight class Cans is one of the most scien- tific grapplers today. Val V. vosen, Chicago. and Kalman Borsits, Gary will be opponents whom Cans must look out for in the featherweight class.
 Andrew kallas, Chicago, who won the central championship, will be a strong contender in the special weight class. Harry Hohisel, national title holder of 191S is entered to compete in this class.
 "The lightweight division title will be the hardest crown to capture. Bert Johnson, B. A. C., title holder of last year, will find much opposition this year in John Vorres, three times na-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-30
Tigers All Set In Flag Race; Outfit Strong

Macon. Ga, March 29.-Several American League managers expressed suspicion this spring that the De- troit Tigers may be their toughest foe during the pennant race. After spend ing a day in the camp of those Tigers one knows the rival managers have good cause to be suspicious Hughey Jennings seems to have the best base ball outfit he has had in ten years.
 It may be bit hard for the fan to understand why the Tigers of 1920 should be a better team than the Tigers of 1919. It's just about the same team. No youngster is likely to break into a single position. The same fellows will do most of the pitching. Possibly. couple of young hurlers will appear on the slab for occasional games, but on the whole it's the same team that didn't do it very well last year and yet it looks like strong candidate for pen- nant honors this time.
 There's one reason for it. Jack Coombs, veteran and shrewd pitcher of
  Hughey Jennings right hand man. Jacks days of active playing are over and he is only a coach, but it looks as if he will form the cog in the De- troit machine that has been missing since the season of 1909, when Jennings won his last pennant Every fellow on Jennings squad seems to believe that Jack Coombs can tell him just how to win the flag and every fellow on the squad, including even the veteran pitchers, listens to wham Coombs has to say and is doing the things that Coombs asks.
 As far back as one can remember Detroit never had a great pitching staff That gang won three pennants in a row back in 1907, 1908 and 1909 but did it every time with bum pitch CTS. That's the reason the Tigers weren't able to win the worlds cham pionship, but now Jennings thinks he will have regular pitching, genuine big league pitching. If he does who is go- ing to stop the Tigers?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-30

quainted with his topic. It was, "our Uninvited Guest"
 Why Shouldn't a Gentlemanly Northern Negro Marry Southern
 White Girl?'
 Gentlemen, MT. George, of Ala bama."
 1 What happened came in the twink ling of an eye. But it was no bolt 1 from the blue-it was a cloudburst with pitchforks- and bull yearlings. As soon as seven of us, assisted by the head waiter and three of his l flunkeys could get Homer out of reach of any more dishes and pacify him with a Chilhowie cooler, atten- tion was turned to taking census of 1 the casualties. Weadock finally was Identified through mask of au gratin potatoes that partly shut from view his face and stuck around in his collar. Harry Friend was flick ing greenspeas off his vest. But Jim
 Crown WIS bleeding. He was caught on the dome with salt cellar. Most of the china was on the floor. Homer continued hostile and Wea-
 dock was clamoring for revenge un- der Marquis of Queensbury regula-
 tions when Peace-maker Bill" Gull yer suggested that Vogelsang's was open where firts aid to the injured was available with something on the
 side to lull pugilistic temperaments
 and restore diplomatic relations. , But Homer never backed away from his contention that the ''toastmaster
 had dd poor sense or humor." ]" Chicago Tribune headline-"Cubs
 Hand Angels Trimming by to 2; Two Swats Off Alex"
 While LN Magee threatens to throwa bomb into the baseball game,
 John Heydler apparently opines that he's just kicked bumout.
 Keep your weathr eye on the um- pire this year. He might be an I.
 w. w. and call 'em all strikes. Did you note the paragraph in this collection of intellectual genius the day about watching the Vols per ! form? They played the Phillies last
 Sabbath. Certainly. Five to two. Herberts Hoover is referred to as
 ''the man without a party How about the parties without man? According to biscuit-shooter
 around at the Dirty Spoon, c. Moles-
 worth established an indoor record
 during the wintry months of four cans of cove oysters at one sitting.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-30

tional champ, aad Peter Metropoulos, Gary r. Nj. c. A.
 Glenn Smith. welterweight cham pion Will defend his title at the meet GeorSe MacLennan. Gary Y. M C. A.. oids fair to make competition hot for Smith
 In the midefeweight division. tha champion is also entered Tragos, s finished grappler, is ready to take onI all men in his class Walter Maurer1 Chicago, present central title holder.J IS splendid matman and will offes Tragos much opposition.
 Fred Myers, central champion wiu endeavor to capture the light-heavv-l weight title from Karl Kunery. preseut champion. Myers is 21 years of aga and improving all the time He is al real contender for this crown.
 Stanley Czarnecke, versatile athlete of Penn State, with record of four teen major letters wan while in coI- lege, is the title holder of the heayv- weight division. He will undoubtedly have the men above named as coma petitors from the centra. and Indiana sections.
 "The Birmingham Athletic Club is singularly fortunate in conducting the championships this year. When the history of the National Amateur Ath-s letic Association is written for the year. 1920 I predict that it will be adjudged as the greatest in the history of that organization
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-30
TIT oMER GEORGE was one of the

1L7 oMER GEORGE was one of the H U star racing writers of the south before he quiet the newspaper game, entered theatrical circles and later became interested in the auto mobile business in Atlanta. It has been fourteen years since the two of us were on Hearst's Chicago Ex- aminer. Homer was writing about the ponies under the name of Homer Carson. He was on The Age Herald staff for several years prior to go- ing to Chicago.
 With his unobtrusive manner and quiet demeanof, Homer struck the Chicago bunch as about one of the most peaceful, modest, retiring news paper writers ever to wait into the Windy City on the balmy zephyrs of the southland. That is-until they pulled that banquet.
 John Lawson he was killed few years in fall down an elevator shaft at the Chicago Press Club-was leav- ing the Examiner to go on the Inter Ocean. It was decided that John was entitled to farewell party. A com mittee of three Harry Friend, Louis Weadock and Jim Crown framed the details of the disaster It was staged at Kings restaurant, the time 4 a. m.
 The toasts were prepared under strictest secrecy. No guest knew to what toast he would be expected to respond until the toastmaster an- nomced it.
 Freddie Smith, world war cores pondent in Europe for the Chicago Tribune, then night editor of the Inter Ocean, was the only outsider invited. The rest of the banqueters were Hearst employees, including Paul Patterson, city editor, later manag- ing editor of the Washington Times.
 Things launched off fairly well when the amount of stimulating im- petus gathered in advance of the ob- sequies is considered. The table got a bit sloppy and the Milwaukee am- Der certainly was running wild.
 Lawson's toast came first. It was "The Examiners Gain, the Inter Oceans Loss" After his response, John whispered to Homer that some body was trying to get fresh and to look out for rough stuff.
 Homer, stolid as Indian, listened to the toasts until Chairman Weadock began his introduction of "a famous turf writer who halls from the land of ham hook and spinach, hoe-cake and chitlings, ginseng and sedge- grass, whose topic for the evening is; Then Freddie Smith became ac-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-30
PN7NEO FORECASTS
 GREAT MEET HERE
Athletic Official Declares Wrestling Contest Here Next Week Will Be Most Representative Held in His
 tory of Amateur Championships

That the coming national wrestling championships of the Amateur Athletic Union the Birmingham Athletic Club April and G. will be the representative conducted in this country the prediction of George Pnneo president the American Industrial Athletic Association.
 Undoubtedly the champions created the Birmngham
 meet also will be winners in the ous for the American team the Olympic games President Pnneo yesterday declared in statement for The AgeHerald The PanamaPacic in which of the best peted but the coming tourney will entries Champions will be present to defend their titles neraied and A. E x. champs will compete for national titles
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-30

The Barons are confronted with two problems, admittedly They will have to buy at least one fast and seasoned pitcher and one infielder of similar calibre Beyond this, Molesw orth should be able to build a team out of the material on hand-if this week s practice indicates continued improve ment-that will be in the battle for the flag of southern baseball supremacy.
 If the Rickwood foundry fails to produce this week what is in the m0ulds and looking good, then Mir. MOIesworth will simply be forced into the open market for more
 stuff, in addition to an absolutely
 necessary pitcher and infie1der, to
 strengthen further the local aggre-
 gation. But it must be Remembered that just now is no time to buy players and launch a programme of repairing and rebuilding. It can't be accomplished The baseball market has been glutted Tor players by the big leagues and until the releasing and farming out period is better under way, there's nothing on the shelves worth contemplating by the would be Southern League pur- chaser.
 The trouble with the average Bir-
 minRham fan is that wehn he goes ont to Rickwood he expects the
 home team to win the very first
 exhibition game of the season.
 EardIess of anything. He's out
 there to launch the pennant steepiechase before the starter ar-
 rives.
 Exhibition games certainly form no safe criterion for any team. It is purely a practice game. The players know it. The youngsters may over ex-