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lakes. 1t also appears that all rail
roads did not enforce strict OBJ
servance of that order and that as
a consequences the allotment ot
coal due from the Mpnongahela and
ihe 7MorRantown and Wheeling I'M,
der the lake orda fell behind. IN
stead Of requiring the mines which
had not shipped tlt cir all ptmeut to
he 16Ses 10 make M the Eey
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) consideration Of the

ceived the consideration of the
commission,
"As to paragraph (5l 1t was
uointed out that when Order 10
was originally entered the assess
mont made by Agent Griggs re.
uufred that 65 cars per day be used
in mines upon tAb Monongahel1
and the MoFFantoWp ana Wa eel'
ing "a which load coal e t lll
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An explosives expert has figured out not only
what kind of stun let go to that Wall street
explosion, but just how much of it there was That
is doing whole lot better than the much advertised
detective experts who have not gone much farther
than to mako sure that there was large hole IN
the surface Of one of the busiest street corners In
the world.
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Wilson, talking politics to the
country, today says: "Those who
do not care TO tell the truth about
The League tell you that Article x
would make It possible for other
nations to lead US into war whetn-
ar we wIIIed by our own lndepend.
emit Judgment or not. This abso-
Iutelu Is false"
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-10-16

The Department Of Justice has announced that
Its drive against the high cost of living would pc
abandoned on the first of next month because OF
lack Of funds. And yet 1t has cost halt million
obd there have been SO far but 1S1 convictions Few
things cost more than enforced honesty at that
price
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The Lodge Reservation to Arsi-
Gle x reads as follows:
"The United States assumes no
obligation to preserve the territor-
iaI Integrity or political !ndepCnd-
cnce of any other country by the
ploymens Ct the military or naval
forces, It's resources. Or any form
Of economic discrimination, CT to
Interfere In any way In eon:roVcrr-
sizes relating to territorial intesrl'
ty or political Independence, whcth-
or members of the league or not,
under the provisions Of ATticle x,
u to employ the military or nayaL
orces Of tile United States, under
ny article of the treaty for any
Irpese, unless In any particular
use the Congress, wdica under the
onatIt..:ion, has the sole poWsr to
clare war or authorize tic en-
oyment fthe military o" naval
-ccs OF the United StIts5. snail,
the exercise Of fun liberty Of &C.
a, by act or Joint resolution SO
SVlde."
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I he picture above illustrated a
proVerb, one Of the oldest, and
ono of hose most frequently heard
repeated. What Is III See 90
Daily West Vlrslnlan for
correct answer.
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yeyv man, living shall assmcdy Hacet NTH an hour
Temptation, certain critical hour Uhtch shaIt more
,eeiati trv phat letlIc his heart is madeOf
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Wilson, testifylna before the
Senate ForeIqn Affairs Committee.
ono wear ano, answered a CUES
tion BY Senator Knox as follows:
o.-Suppose It is perfectly ohvi-
Gus that there Is an external a9s
gresslon against some power and
suppose it Is perfectly obvious that
it cannot be repelled except by
force of arms, would we be under
any legal obligation to participate
A.-No, sir, but we should be un-
der an ABSOLUTE MORAL OBJ
LEGATION.
Then, In the same cross-exam.
nation, Wilson said to Senator
HARDING: "A moral obligation Isl
Of course, SUPERIOR to a legal
obligation and, II ! may say so. OF
greater binding force"
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Notes About
Things to Wear

New satin use great deal Of lace
trimming 1t considered very fashionable
Don't forget stock of Lady Ruth and Henderson
corses is always quite complete, but It never was
attracvely varOd than the Select
your before do the fall suit dress and
will be assured that appearance of tFiHnosa SO much
sired.
We are now showing many beautiful collars yokes
and Gun sets in dainty hand-ombroidered designs Thes
add such refreshing touch to the dress
New embossed leather vanity cases in shades o. blue.
green tan and have recently arrived. There
several and their contents include dainty
beaptheFa.
il. AZ sS snsFsa and better at
large assortment,
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STATE.

sot Soyernor- Ephriam r. nlorgan. of Tairmont.
fs,Tj ssseretary Of stats--Aouston G. Young, Of
chaSleston
Eor state Superintendent OF Schools-GeOrse b.
Ford, OF Dunbar.
ors state Treasurer-W. s. Johnson OF Mt Hope.
Ea4 state. Auditor-John c. Bond. OF Charleston.
For Attorney General-E T. England, of Logan.
iS5r state Commissioner OF Agriculture--J.. H.
Stewart, Of Morgantown.
q state senate Eleventh Distrlct-George w.
Bowers. OF Warrington.
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sATuRDAY EVENING. OCTOBER Is, 1920.
FFR REPUBLICAN TICKET
NATIONAL.

Z Presfd ent--Warren q. Harding. of Ohio.
4 vice Presldent-Calvin Coolidge, Of Mass.
II Congress Ben ROsonbioOm. of Wheeling.
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JUDICIAL

Fos STATE supreme Court-Frnnk h. Lively OF
Ranawha County.
sor circuit court-WtnheId Scott MeTsdith' Of
Falrmont-
~ Criminal Courl-nmmett M showalseT. OF
n. Fairmont.
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the now assessment requires all
mines served by these roads TO
send 12O cars OF coal TO the lake
which is equivalent to 60 per cent.
as distinguished from the original
assessment of Is cars per day
which was equivalent to 80 per
cent. OF their rated capacity"
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Nearly one-hslf OF the oats grow
in lLowa, Illinois, Texas, Minnespka
ana WisconSin,
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1920-12-22
Christmas Tree
TO be Given by American
Legion at Appalachia.

a special meeting of the Hem
ry n. Tate Post of the Ameri.
can Legion at Appalachia was
held Friday night, December
10th, and the following post Of
iicers were elected for the com
ing year:
Post Commander, w. B. Pc
ters, Appalachia; vice com
mauderS, @. 4. Hood, East
Stone Gap, Roscoe Volt, Big
Stone Gap, Fred Buchanan,
Dunbar, Paul Horne, Roda;
secretary, Sam #. Dickinson,
AppaIachin; treasurer, Festus
lson, Appalachia; post w. K.
officer, George Morton, Appa-
lachia; sergeant at arms, Oliver
b. Burke, Appalachia.
Plans have been perfected
and everything will be in readi-
ness for the Christmas tree that
is TO be given by the post in
their club room over Nickels
Bros store in the Robinette
building at Appalachia, on the
afternoon of Christmas day for
the little folks.
The present outlook for the
future of the post is for the lie
glon as n whole, very bright
Many new members have al
ready been added for the com.
ing year, and every old member
Is expected to renew, and do
his part toward getting new
ones. y membership drive
started December 10th and will
last until February, and the
member getting the most new
members will be awarded a
gold legion button.
All former service men are
lsked to mail their dues to the
secretary or treasurer and
membership card will be mailed
TO them. The post officers will
be glad to assist any exservice
man in fling q claim for com
pensation, renewing insurance,
or III any difficulty he might
have. You need not hesitate
IN asking any favors, it makes
no difference if you are not
member.
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Christmas

December Pa momentous day in the history of the
world
Christie only perfect that God or the world has
produced.
chrsany--thot cnobling faith which keeps civza-
ton alike and prepares the soul humanity great
beyond.
In every Christian heart that beats the ay will be one
oCreverence and humility, in ankrulness that God in His
mercul wisdom whose death should redeem
the world
In the churches, at the home Gresides on lofty noun
tain peaks and in the barron deserts on the
waters of the deep and wherever mankind is there God will
be to look into our hearts and the which we
observe the anniversary of His son.
No heart is pure but what made cleaner and
better by concentrating the mind upon the wonderful deeds
of this perfect
No soul is so stepped in sin but what it can be purified
by repentance and belief for Christ gave life that such
might be
As We observe the day, let honor the man whose
birth 1T commentaries and the God who created him.
But let it end with setting of the sun or at the
stroke Of twelve
Let us carry the lessons and the impressions Of the day
into our future lives, into daily affairs and into our
pleasures and our pastmes.
Let us invoke the gentle orgiying spirit of Christ
IN all things we do and say to the end that the life which
was given for us may not have been in vain
1t is the least that do for so much that has been
done for u.s.
a saGsS as
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HEREDITY, ENVIRON
MENTOR WHAT?

The good old topics for de.
bate, resolved that fire has been
more destructive than water, or
that the pen is mightier than
the sword, still serve for
amateur dobaters; but the moot
question of whether heredity or
environment plays the stronger
part in shaping mans destiny
troubles many Il serious mind
cd grown-up, who would like to
adopt Il child but fears to on ac
count of its Inheritance of traits
that may prove undesirable.
Is u safe to adopt child
about whom you know nothing,
a child that may be the off !.
spring of vicious and weak per-
sons: Can you hope to neutral.
lze the inheritance of such a
child by placing it in favorable
surroundings, giving it care
and education and advantages?
Granted that the child is not
feeble minded, say the majority
OF social workers, the chances
that you will be able to bring
the child to honorable man
hood or womanhood are about
equal to your chances of bring.
ing Il child of your own up sue.
cessfully. Because it mostly
depends upon you, in either
case. In other words both here
dity and environment are less
important than a third factor.
the manner in which the child
is handed. Heredity, environ
ment, and love-and the great
est of the sc is Lowell
OF course, love must not be
interpreted to mean foolish i'll.
diligence and mere petting with
no firm discipline. But it is
well known that many of the
finest men that civilization has
known have had the humblest
origin, and as children known
only poverty and hardship. But
there was love and understands
ing, wise guidance and mutual
helpfulness In those humble
homes, else the humble boys
and girls would not have risen
SO high. On the other hand, it
Is 80 we'll known that rich mem s
sens frequently turn out badly,
that attention 10 always riveted
upon any gilded youth who
takes a job and makes good az
anything more serious than DO
10 OF yachting, thus proving
that Cultured surroundings and
The advantages of private in
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Home From School for the
Holidays.

The following boys and girls
of the Gap, who are attending
school at several of the various
schools, colleges and universi-
ties this year have returned this
week to their homes in the Gap
to spend the holidays with
homefolks: Miss Juliet Knight,
of Martha Washington College,
Abingdon; Reba and Anna Bar
ron Collier, of Stonewall Jack
son College, Abingdon; Bonnie
Catron. Lucille and Irene Ora
per, of neutrality-suspicious. Wo
mans College, Lynchburg; Lu-
cy Maury, of Beechwood, Jenk.
instown, Pa; Edith VanGorder,
OF Oxford College, Oxford, O. (;
Geraldine Guthrie and George
Stacy, of Lincoln Memorial
University, Harrogate, Tenn. :;
Helen Mccormick, of Sargent,
Cambridge, NJ a SIS, Byron
Rhoads, of Leehigh, Pa; Dan
aud James Pierson, of Ken
lucky Military Institute, Louis
vile; William Goodloe, Carl
Youell, Dewitt and Kenneth
Wolfe, of V. p. l., Blac ksburg;
Gordon Good!oe, William Bev
erly and Edward Goodloe, of
Georgia Tech; Clifford Smith,
OF Washington and Lee Univer
sltY; Sidney Mullins, OF the
University of Virgipia.
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Roda News

Mrs. NJ. G. Davis has been
very Ill for several days.
Mrs. Coward Jones has gone
to Benhams To- spend the holi.
days with her son.
Henry Qnillin had the misfor-
tune to fall, while fixing tho
electric lights in the theater
Thursday night and break ons
of his ribs.
Rev. e. l. Mcdonnell spent
Friday in Bristol shopping for
Christmas.
Mrs. II. S. Estill spent Friday
in Big Some Gap with her sis
ter, Mrs. }. ID. Rogers.
Wade Tate was called to Rog-
ersvllle Friday on account of
the serious illness of his wife's
mother.
Our Sunday school is making
u splendid record and the at.
tendance is increasing,
John ID. Williams, our splend.
i'll policeman, is looking closely
for "bootisggers" here. Hn
arrested one last Thursday wno
had four gallons of moonshine.
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Auction Sale
Beautiful Home Sites Pur-
chased on Poplar Hill at
Sale Saturday.

The beautiful square on Pop.
lar Hill, owned by the estate of
the late John Fox, Jr., the au
thor, that has long been cher
ished by many people IA pros
pective home sites, and il no
doubt the most desirable loca
ton i'll Big Stone Gap, was sold
ut public auction Saturday af-
ternoon by the Virginia Land
Auction Company, of Roanoke
The amount realized from the
sale WAS $50, li2 90.
The square had been cut No
into forty four lots aud when
placed under the hammer they
were disposed Of in record ii me
Practically every purchaser of
lots AT this sale bough; them
with the intention of construc,
ing fine homes in the near fu-
ture and 1t is predicted that be.
fore Il great while this block
viii be filled with the finest res
licences IN town. In nearly CIV.
cry instance the successful bid
der, who was given the privil.
eye of taking more than one
lot, took as many as two, three
and four at the same price.
The sale started promptly at
, o'clock as advertised and by
five O'Clock this entire block To
gether with number Of 9th
er lots in different parts OF
town were disposed of. The
sales were cried of by llorncv
Brothers, Of Canton, n. g., the
famous twin auctioneers, who
have auctioned of a number of
big sales in Southwest Virginia
during the past year, and in
their unusual manner OF cry inv
OF the same bids at the same
time afforded much amusement
and attraction to the crowd.
During the year 1910 lIorney
Brothers sold over $1,000, 900
worth of property. During in
PERMISSION of sales Nestcr Witt
and his famous musicians that
comprise the Norton Concert
Band, made excellent music.
Mrs. Barlow, OF Pennington
Gap, DR.. j. a. Gilmer and Paul
Chestnut tied in the contest OF
guessing the number of people
present ut the sale. The names
were put in IA hat aud one taken
out by Il little child aud Mrs.
BARROW won and received the
pony free, which she subse.
quently sold $1,000. X. G. Gree
yer, OF this place, received MS n
prize $500 for guessing the pur-
chase price Of the first lot sold.
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Billy Sunday
To Come to Wise County in
June or July.

a meeting of representative
citizens from ali parts of Wise
county was held at the Com.
munity Center last night and
plans for the greatest revival
ever attempted in this section
we're made.
Rev. j NJ. Smith, G. u. Kill
gore, Il. Il. Hyatt and Henry
Gilmer were the committee Sc
lected ut Il prrvions meeting of
pastors and laymen 10 invite
100 men to a supper at which
time the idea Of having Mr..
Sunday was 10 be passed upon.
n fine chicken supper was serv-
ed by ladies from the NJ. f.. !,
Baptist and Presbyterian
churches.
While the attendance was not
as large as was expected the
county was well represented
and q unanimous call was ex-
tended the famous evangelist
and his party to come to us 1t
will be remembered that Billy
Sunday made short visit to
Wise county last summer at
which time he visited some of
the largest colleries and spoke
to n large crowd at Big Stone
Gap. MIR. Sunday expressed Il
willingness Mt the time to come
buck to Wise county for meet
ing and the all which is ex-
tended him will beyond any
doubt be accepted.
The time of the meeting has
not been fully decided but will
probably come some time in
June or July next year. The
place of meeting according to
the unanimous vote of those
present was Norton because of
it's central location and railroad
facilities.
An executive committee com
posed of nine men from all sec
tions of the county was appoint
ed as follows:
Rev. j. NJ. Smith, chairman;
Otis Mouser, of Big Stone Gap;
NJ. D. Collier, Appalachian; c. p.
Mcdonald, Norton; a, p. Bruce,
Wise; 9. 0. Ramsey, Coburn;
Lee Long, Dante; d. y. Patter-
son, Toms Creek, and NJ. NJ.
Long, of St. Paul. This com
mittee will work out the neces-
sary details of this great cam
paign against evil and with the
cooperation of every good citi
zen will bring to pass the great
est wave of reform ever at.
tempted in these parts.
Let every right thinking citi-
zen in Wise county begin now
to plan to do his part in mall; :
ing this great meeting a sue
cess. -Coalfield Progress.
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NO PAPER NEXT WEEK

Following our usual custom
during the holidays and in or.
der to give our employees few
days rest, there will be no issue
of the Post next week and the
mechanical department will be
closed from Friday Of this week
until Wednesday morning of
next week and those having Job
printing to do will please gov.
ern themselves accordingly.
The business Office will be clos
ed only on Christmas day. We
wish all our customers and
friends merry Christmas and
a happy New Year. We hope
that the year just closing has
been tho best year Of you life
and that next year will be q
still better one.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1920-12-22
Stewart Farm
Sold at Public Auction and
Brought a Fine Price.

The magnificent farm of
IL. c. Stewart near East stone
Gap, which rid been subdivid.
ed in;c four u tracts, was sold
at public az 10y the Virgin
ia Land Auction Company, of
Roanoke, on last Wednesday
and the entire tract brought
about $4,000. The sale was
conducted by MIR. Starnes, man.
a9er of the Roanoke company
aud the parcels were cried Off by
llorney Brothers, the twin auc.
tloneers, Of Canton, n. G.
The purchasers of this land
were; Ballard Carter, T. q.
Norris, G. +. Blanton, j. NJ.
Nicely, Peter Tate and II. c..
Stewart. MIR. Stewart bought
the home place including eight
acres of land.
a This farm is one of the most
productive in the county, it be.
ing in a high state of cultiva.
ton
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struction, fine schools and ira "
ell are not vital factors in char
acter building.
Statists prove, rather sadly,
that most inmates of peniten-
tiaries have been as children IN
mates of public institutions,
charitable homes, orphapages
OF one sort or another. 1t is not
that the children learn crime at
these institutions, but that they
miss the one thing in life that
tends to make boys and girls
stay straight-they miss love,
personal attention. They grow
up feeling that nobody cares
40 why should they-which is,
incidently, exactly the reason
why some of the children of the
rich go wrong, mother being
busy with bridge and father
being engrossed with business.
The fact that there's so much
good iii the worst of us, and so
much bad in the best OF us, has
been the guiding principle upon
which Judge Ben Lindsey has
founded his justly celebrated
Juvenile Court in Denver, Col
orado, which has served as a
model for many other Juvenile
courts all over the world. Judge
Lindsey realizes that every
child is potentially a criminal
as we'll as an angel child, and
that it is not So much the
amount Of money that its fami-
ly has as the amount of under
standing of child nature they
possess W h &c h determines
whether or not the child shall
have opportunity to develop it's
lawless Instincts.
To help drive home this i'm.
portant message TO parents and
teachers, Judge Lindsey recent.
ly consented IL appear in u mo-
ton picture production in Hol-
lywood, California. Tae film,
a William d. Taylor production
untitled The Soul OF Youth"
is by no means propaganda, but
an honest to goodness play
written by Julia Crawford
lvers, who was responsible for
the screen versions of the
famous Mark Twain stories,
tom Sawyer aud "Huck
Finn" a d enacted by the same
lad who made "Huck" live
again on a million screens. But
the humor and pathos OF the
story are no less real aud poig
nant because of the court
scenes in which the youthful
hero first encounters the strong
arm of the law. Fortunately,
for the street waif, justice III
Judge Ban Lindsey's court is
tempered with mercy and u
great knowledge of child psy-
chology, and it is proved to ev
erybody's satisfaction that
there is honor among Juvenile
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1920-12-22

Give boy a bad name and
he has small chance of living it
down. Give q boy a square
deal and you have small chance
of being disappointed in him.
See the Soul of Youth at the
Amuzu Thursday.-ady.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1920-12-22
Result of Fourth Red Cross
Roll Call.

Il. & N. $40 oo;V. & 5. w. $50. 90
National Red Cross allot
) ment Sioo.7e
Big Stone Gap Chapter
allotment 3Sl.6O
Stoncga Coke and Coal
Company allotment. l9S IL
Expense of Drive $50
We are glad to report that
the members of our chapter
have again shown their apprc.
citation of the spirit of service
as demonstrated by the Rci
Cross. The activities of GU,
chapter have resolved them
selves into but one feature, tn,
public health nursing depart
ment. For the continuation OF
this work our allotment from
the roll call is not sufficient.
unless supplemented by more
funds Thanking all local Iii
rectors for their efforts in tho
roll call. Respectfully,
MRs X. b. ALsovEK,
Director of It'll Red Cross Roll
Gall
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thieves, once they are shown a
better way.
THE Soul of Youth" comes
to the Amuzn Theater Thurs
day, December 23.-ndv.
The Clovis news., 1920-06-03
A BEAUTIFUL FLOWER

Mrs. X. +. Rowels sent the News
Office this past week some blossoms
from Coralli Begonia which was
about the most fragrant the News
force has ever seen. Mrs. Rowells
says these blossoms came from a
Begonia that is six feet high, the
largest she has ever seen. This flower
has blossomed constantly during the
past winter.
The Clovis news., 1920-06-03
S8zvY~Az1ale&1
haTE sIE.'. n. !. sl ! {. si,sss|

Senator l.. c. Mersfelder of Al
buquerque was in Clovis Tuesday be-
tween trains shaking hands with
friends, Mr.. Mersfelder was enroute
to Roswell to attend the state con-
vention.
The Clovis news., 1920-06-03

Mr. and Mrs. j. T. Stalcup who
have been visiting at Eastland, Dal-
las and a number of places in Texas,
have returned to Clovis Mr.. Stall
cup has been sick muck of the time
since leaving Clovis but is much i'm
proved now.
The Clovis news., 1920-06-03

Mr.. and Mrs. j. n. Parrett of
Farwell are visiting this week at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. A. S. Moore
near Clovis, Mr. Parrett was man
ager of the Farwell elevator last
year but says he is resting now.
Next week Mr.. and Mrs. Parrett and
Mr.. and Mrs, Moore plan to go on a
fishing trip near Fort Sumner.
The Clovis news., 1920-06-03

W. F. West & Co., building con-
tractors, are now ready to do your
building. We furnish you estimates
on all classes Of work. Call in and
see US. Office at Union Mortgage
Co. building.