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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1921-10-26
Mainous- Dunbar.

The marriage Of Miss Lucy
Mainous and Harvey Ralston
Dunbar was solemnized Sunday
afternoon Mt the home of the
brides brother, +. Q. Mninous,
Col w. Vine Avenue, Summit
Hill.
Rev. G. X. Wingo, pastor of
the Broad Street Methodist
church ofiiciated, using the i'm
pressivc ring ceremony. Only
the immediate members of the
family were present To witness
the simple but beautiful we'd :
ding
Tho bride wore II travelling
suit of blue poiret twill with nc
cessories To match She is the
attractive daughter of MIR. aud
Mrs. j. Il. Mainous, OF Boone
vile, Ky, and has made her
home in Appulachia, Va, for
the past three years where she
has II host of friends.
MIR. Dunbar il tho elleat son
Of MIR. aud Mrs. Frank Dunbar,
OF Purkcrsburg, w. Va aud
holds n responsible position IN
chief chemist of the Stuncg,l
Coke n Conl Company
MIR. and Mrs. Dunbar loft
Monday afternoon for Wash
ington and other points east.
After November list they will
be ut home i'll Big Stone Gap,
Nn.-kuoxville Sentinel.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1921-10-26
RATS CAUSE ENORMOUS LOSS
Damage In Minnesota Estimated at
$4,000. 900 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Also Spread Disease.

Entomoloelsts OF the department OF
agriculture of the University of Min.
nesotn say That MInncsotn's financial
loss from the depredntions OF rats is
from tl0.Ooo.0o1 10 $l2.Oo0.0O0 annual
ly. State directors of agricultural ex-
tension work have estimated the losses
In Montana nj from Sl5.O0Oooo to 800
100000; In North Dakota at SG,Oo0,C+O
or more: In Kansas $l2.O0O,Oo0: In
California $4,000. 900 and In Wyoming
nnd Nevada ut from 10 to Is per cent
Of the value OF all crops.
"in addition TO this monumental
logs Of food products" says Y. l..
wnshburn of the division of economic
zoology. University Farm. rats spread
discnsc. and efforts are being made
by our state and city boards of health
10 reduce the number of these dan
gerous and destructive animals
Every citizen OF Minnesota should
feel the responsibility OF doing his or
her part by making new buildings rat-
proof and by eliminating rubbish
which hnrbors rats. ns well as by an
active campaign leading to their de-
struction both by trapping aud pol
sonlng."
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1921-10-26
Large Increase
In School Attendance ia the
United States.

Washington, ID. O., Oct. al
According TO the census of 1920
there are 3S2 ,533 children 7 To
IL years of age IN the state of
Virginia and of this number
2l,292 or SIS per cent. were
reported AS attending school.
In 1910 the percentage attend
ing school was 7l.5, thus indi-
eating gratifying improvement
ms regards school attendance be
tween 1910 aud 1920. or the
children If and 10 years of age
III 1920, 100 per cent. were at
tending school, aud Of those l6
and IL years of age ii.3 per
cent.
OF the white children Z to IL
years of age, S00.l per cent.
We're attending school in 1910
and SIS per cent. in 1920. For
the colored children of the same
age the percentage in the same
interval Increased from a. Ia
ISL.
The percentage of children at
tending schools was considerably
larger in the city than in the
country districts, the percentage
for children in he urban popn-
lation I to l3 years of age being
o2.7 while in the rural popula-
ton il was S2.5. "Urbann ac-
cording 10 the census definition,
includes all cities and other in
corporatcd places of $500 popu-
ton or moro.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1921-10-26
School Spirit

One of the most essential things that
the pupils of II school should have is n
true school spirit But what is this
school spiritT In our belief, true school
spri, is the genuine love for ones
school and Il constant exhibition of that
love by enthusiastically supporting cv-
cry activity of the school.
One of the best ways of securing "A
school spirit is by organization. In ev.
erything we undertake, whether il be
large or small we must be organized.
We hnve teachers and we mus, support
them in their undertakings Too many
of ns are sclf.ccntered and work for an
individual show, rather than for the
success of the school rs whole.
Along with organizations we must
have cooperation. Without cooperation
II would be useless Ia attempt anything
worth doing Cooperation is necessary
III the class room. for il the pupil does
not cooperate with the teacher he will
in time lose interest in his work and
either fail or soon drop out of school.
We must be unscl.ish and work for the
interest of our fellow pupils as well rs
FOR ourselves.
We should have enthusiasm i'll our
athletics and in everything that is for
the interest Of the school We should
have enough interest in these thing, TO
give orr time and energy for their sue
cess To have real school spirit we must
be loyal to our school Do not kick and
condemn it because something happen
ed you didn't like. Uphold your school
before strangers and students of other
schools. The fact that Your school ap
proves AN undertaking should liz enough
for you TO support il and help make it II
success.
One OF the hest places that one can
show his school spirit is on the athletic
field Root for your team although il is
losing y team backed by bunch of
rootcrs with real school spirit and pep
has u greater chance of pulling out of u
hole than one with rooters that do not
support IT, When u team knows that
the school is hacking it has something
10 play for and the players are more
willing to do their best for the reputa-
! ton of their school-Thc School Bell.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1921-10-26

Money does not necessarily
produce happiness. Its posses
sion is what turns tho trick.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1921-10-26

Sometimes n man il given
credit for being n deep thinker
because h. goes along the street
with head down and apparent
ly III II "brown study" With
some men it is simply IL habit.
With others it is pose. assum-
ed for the purpose of impressing
the public. 1t id often success.
full. The really deep thinker
does not work his brain on the
public street To any great OK
tent. He affords it relaxation
instead. He knows that fresh
air and reasonable amount Of
freedom from care are essential
TO the proper functioning os his
brain, and when he leaves his
Office or study he leaves his
business of thinking behind
him. Because no does this he
keeps both mind aud body in
fit condition, and is able to con
centrato both when occasion
requires.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1921-10-26
WEED SEEDS HARM WOoDL0Ts
Ious Plants There as II Is In
Any Family Garden.

II is Just MS profitable to remove
weed seeds from the woodlot, as 1t ia
10 weed ilic garden; besides you can
burn The wood from the crooked. de
rrcti,c trees. and from those that are
NOT cnoi timber species.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1921-10-26

orally used for fur garments. The
northwestern molc'kinS have recently
sold nj from 90 to- 80 cents apiece and
have been IN great demand.
The total annual damage by rodents
TO crops aud grains In the United
States Is estimated roughly at $500.
systematic poisoning campaigns In
various sections. The territory COW
cred In these campaigns In the last
year amounted TO nbout 3i.ooOO0
acres. The saving 10 crops IN the
destruction of molcS ana OF such ro-
dents rs prairie dogs, ground squirrels.
pocket gophers. nnh Jack rabbits Is
estimated to he SlO,0o0,ooo year.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1921-10-26

Pity tho ma who is consid-
cred without sin. 1t will be a
terrible jolt when he is found
out.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1921-10-26

Some people are unable to tell
the happiest days of their lives.
They have been neither married
nor divorced.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-20
MUSICAL COMEDY
 STARS AT LOEW'S

If one is in search of true variety. he need seek no farther than Loew's Bijou theatre for the opening bill of the week. There is music and com edy of many styles and from the "topliner'' to the final act.
 The musical comedy stars Grace and Eddie Parks, will be one of the main features. Eddie Parks is quite we'll known to Loew theatregoers as the leading man of various musical com edy productions that have gone over the circuit in the last season or two. This season, with the aid of a pretty partner, also musical comedy recruit. he is presenting "A Bungalow of Beauty, Ballads and Bunk"
 Robinson's balloons and a cute little brown bear, who were with Robinson's circus during the past season, will be an added feature of the bill. Cy and Cy, eccentric comedians, are to offer a ticular." The act is said to be one out of the ordinary in it's type of comedy. Ergotti and Hermione, in a dash of versatility, and Charlotte Worth, offering syncopated song hits, will complete the bill.
 Pauline Frederick, in "A Slave of Vanity will be the film attraction of the bill. The screen version of Pinero's powerful drama follows the original closely and is said to offer to Miss Frederick an unusual vehicle for splendid emotional acting.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-20
HUNGRY THOUSANDS.
 STRUGGLE FOR RICE.
Parents In Famished China Are Driven to Suicide By
 Anguish of Babes
By Associated Press

New York hepruary 1o.-tathers and mothers in some of the famine-stricken districts of China are committing suicide rather than watch their children starve to death. says a report received at the headquarters of the Methodist board of foreign missions here from Dr. Ralph A. Ward, one of it's missionaries in China.
 "Multitudes flee from the foodless dis tricts only to die of exposure and hunger in distant cities where rice lines are insufficient, wrote Dr. Ward. Able bodied men, old women and children scramble over each other in the streets in the rush for copper flung by pass erby. Children are often crushed at sta tions of food distribution"
 Dr. Ward repeats the assertion pre- yiously published that 1000 persons are dying daily in the famine-stricken dis trict and adds: More people face starv- ation in China this winter than perished on the battlefields of the great war"
 The Rev. Henry S. Leitzel, Methodist missionary at Sainfu, Shantung, wrote of visiting many villages where there was no signs of fuel or grain of any kind. There was nothing but desolation," he went on. ''The people were sitting around hopeless, discouraged and list less. They know there is nothing to do but starve and end the struggle.
 At least 4O,O00 Chinese Christians are among the famine sufferers. the Rev. Lyman l.. Hale reported in letter In many cases, he said, whole church mem- berships have been, hopelessly scattered. Officials of the missionary board fear that the famine will greatly retard the work or missionaries in soma areas where they have gained foothold only by wears of effort
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-20
FORBIDDEN FRUIT"
 COMING ID STRAND

Cecil B. DeMille has scored another masterpiece. This is the word that has come out about Forbidden Fruit" his latest drama and the feature scheduled for exhibition at the Strand theatre for one week only, beginning February 2S.
 Forbidden Fruit" is another of those great dramas of married life which have given to Cecil B. DeMille the reputation of being the most brilliant and daring producer of photodramas which deal in a vital manner with the most vital subject of modern life.
 The cast in this production is out of the ordinary and as usual with DeMille dramas, is of the all-star vairety. Agnes Ayres, who has appeared to advantage in many big productions; Clarence Bur ton, Theodore Roberts, Kathlyn Will Hams, Forrest Stanley, Theodore Kosloff Shannon Day, Julia Faye and others are featured
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-20
SOUTH INTERESTED
 IN ATLANTA OPERA
Guarantee Fund for Festival 0versubsCribed Within Week
 After Announcement

Atlanta. February 19.-(Special )-Fav- orable comment from many sources has been pouring in to the directors of the Atlanta Music Festival association since the recent definite announcement of the 1921 programme for Metropolitan grand opera in Atlanta, during the week of April p. This comment refers both to the singers who are coming and the operas to be presented. and comes from hundreds of out-of-town opera enthus- lasts. as well as Atlanta folks.
 The guarantee fund necessary to the advent of the big organization here was oversubscribed in less than week after the announcement was published This fund is only q pledge required by the Metropolitan company, and while it must be guaranteed each season, not penny of it has ever been collected during all the years of it's presentation in this city.
 The two new operas on the list are Andrea Chenier" and "Mefistofele." The former is a French opera by Gior- dano, and the story is based upon the life of Andrea Chenier. a real character in the French revolution, patriot and poet who died oH the guillotine. "Mefis- tofele" is by Boito, aud is taken from Goetho's Faust as fs the Guonod op- era. In part it presents the scenes and characters of the opera Faust" but cOHldlnS many points or utIlSTcfCG III tit action, and the music is, of course, en- tirely different.
 One of the keenest pleasures for opera patrons this year will be the return of Lucrezia Bori, the charming spanish singer, who won the hearts of her hear CTS on her. last appearance here several years ago. Due to operation on her throat she was unable to sing in opera for about five years, but she has at last come back with added powers, 1t is said, both with regard to her voice and her histrionic ability.
 An interesting feature in this connec- tion is a story to the effect that Miss Bori declared her voice was restored through prayer. "Never," she said, "dur- ing the long dark months when l was not permitted to talk, let alone sing, did lose faith that in the end my voice would come back, and so I prayed to my patron Saint, St. France of Assist, for I knew he would help me.
 The public sale of season tickets will begin March z. and will close March PC. Out-of-town orders or requests for in- formation should be addressed to c. B. Bidwe1l, treasurer, Fourth National bank building, Atlanta, and these will receive prompt and careful attention.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-20
Psychic Research Popular

From 1.-The Weakness of Psychic Re-
 search; an Examination," by Winifred
 Kirkland in the Scribner.
 Psychic research has become so popu- lar preoccupation that no thinking person can escape the challenge: How is my brain to receive its evidence and it's doctrine? That question is to be lucidly answered only by examining the subject with sharp distinction. first as science, and second as ethical doctrine. There is both truth and falsity in the contention of spiritists that the general public shrinks cravenly from facing the facts of their discoveries. Undoubtedly in the age-long scoffing at ghosts and attempted intercourse with them there is much of terrified bravado. We are n- excusable in our ignorant contempt for the sheer courage of psychic students, especially those great one of the genera tion just past. in daring ridcule and os- tracism in order to investigate an unat- tempted, yet legitimate, branch of sci- ence. Many of us are so densely uiiin- formed in regard to the whole subject that we fail to appreciate the strange and subtle intricaties and ingenuites n- volved in psychic research viewed pure ly as an experiment in scientific method. In ridiculng spiritist investigation We both insult some of the most intrepid explorers humanity has produced and also we acknowledge the flmsiness of our faith if we are fearful that any scientific discovery could shake it. What ever sea any Columbus chooses to at tempt. it is by>~his courage rather than by the mere fact or fiction of his dis coveries that we stay-at-home minds are enriched. As well have no science as to believe any area forbidden. as well have no faith as to believe one that could be affected by the moving of table.
 -Ar-- Ex1. same respect that fair-minded people pay to all new science, however startling or repugnant it's revelations-but we owe 1t no more respect than that!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-20

The sparkling lines which gave the play such vogue are preserved in the laughable titles. while the screen ver- sion, perhaps because the camera, which has "all the world" as its studio, gives wider scope to the scenes of merriment, It would be difficult to imagine a more fittingly chosen ve- hicle flor the dainty comedienne.
 Miss Talmadge not only repeats her former triumphs, but ascends to new heights in her interpretation of the role of Eve.
 The cast is carefully chosen and in- cludes Kenneth Harlan, who is Miss Talmadge,s leading man, and plays the part of pr. Harmon, Fife Shannon essays the role of Mrs. Orin, the mother of Eve; Katherine Kaelred interprets the character of Mrs. Marchant, the sycophantic friend of Mrs. Orrin; George Le Guere appears as Henry Marchant her son and affianced hus- i band of Eve, while Gertrude Le Brandt is "Bundy," Mrs. Orrin's confidential maid.
 The adaptation was made by John Emerson and Anita Loos, who are, perhaps, our best known little adapt ers.. Certainly they have a happy fa- tculty of extracting the last ounce of clean humor out of every possible sit- uation and their names have become on the screen the hallmark of excel- lency. Here is a glimpse Of the plot. Just enough to whet the appetite The outcome must be seen on the screen to be appreciated:
 First is prologue-the Garden of Eden. With the fabled apple tree and serpent only Eve is costumed in a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-20

been on the streets and who knows no bad. The novelty of a man on the housetop is a big event in her coloriess life, and she gladly hides him behind the chimney. When the detective arrives Hilda denies having seen anyone.
 Buck is attracted to Hilda and there after pays several visits to her, during which she inspires him to seek an hon. est living. He makes good. Gregory. still hating Buck, frames him so that some dangerous explosives will be found in the ex-gangster's possession, which point to his having cracked the safe of Gang a pawnbroker. Hoyt, the detec- tive, comes upon Buck while he is with Hilda on the roof. A fight ensues. In the excitement, Hilda walks, for the first time in her life.
 And then comes the conclusion, one of the most thrilling clmaxes ever screened and a denouement all that could be de- sired
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-20


 Picturized from the famous story by Albert Payson Terhune, "The Frontier of the Stars brings MT Meighan ia the role of master crook Those. who saw The Miracle Man have long re- membered MT. Meghans work fin that picture, acting which has been stamped as one of the finest portrayals the screen has known. Such is the role hc again brings in ''The Frontier of the Stars.
 Buck Leslie CThomas Meighan) is an East Side gangster, a man who has never known any good. Buck tries to stop a fight between Gregory, a chem ist, and a Bowery roughneck. Phil Hoyt a detective, finds Gregorys revolver on him and attempts to arrest the gang ster. But Buck escapes, seeking safety on the roof of a tenement.
 In a wheel chair. on the roof is Hilda Shea, a pretty cripple, who has never
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-20
TOM MIX AT R|ALTO
 IN THE ROAD DEMON

Tom Mix will be at the Rialto Mon day in his latest production, "The Road Demon" In this production this dare- devil of the screen is said to perform more hazardous stunts than ever be- fore and critics declare it is one of the best Mix pictures that has come to the screen in a long time.
 As the title indicates Mix is a dare devil of the road and what he doesn't do with his automobile on the race track cannot be imagined. His stunts are said to be marvellous. He is per- fectly at home on the race track, but when it comes to making love he is lost and the girl has to do all the love mak- ing which she does after her hero has performed such wonders as road demon.
 This attraction is a story of thrills,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-20
 PHILIPPINE ISLANDS WANT ASIATIC LABOR
By Associated Press

Manila, P. l., February 19.--Two chambers of commerce and one labor union-the Philippine Chamber of Commerce, the Philippine Chinese Chamber of Commerce and the Chi nese Federation of Labor-through d referendum vote of their members have decided by an almost unanimous vote in favor of immigration of Asiatic laborers into the Philippine Islands with certain restrictions. All three bodies have prepared arguments which are to be presented to the legislature with an appeal to enact legislation admitting foreign laborers for the purpose of relieving the labor shortage in the Philippine Islands. especially in agricultural districts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-20

on buVlerS Harvard university prize York and road run last season. daring evening gown, with a sweeping train covered with leaves, while Adam wears furs. Eve gets Adam .o hand her the apple only by> stimulating Mysteries, which explains the raison d'etre of the play, and which, accord ing to the titles, is dedicated to wom- ans staunchest ally, her nerves"
 To encompass her own selfish case, Mrs. Orrin. a wealthy widow, the mother of Eve. has lease of nerves .'' whenever she is upset by the thought of her daughter ceasing to wat on her. To keep her daughter within her con- trol she agrees to a plan proposed by Mrs. Marchant, a fawning friend, namely, that their children marry and live under their mothers Jurisdiction. Eve consents to please her mother, but does not love her affianced.
 Doctor Harmon is called in during one of Mrs. Orrin's attacks, He sizes up the situation and prescribes that the mother and daughter be separated under the plea that Eve is too i'll to even see her fond parent or her af- fianced husband. Eve falls genuinely in love with the doctor, whose sense of honor does not permit him to marry Eve, although she has almost proposed to him, because Henry Marchant ac- cuses him of seeking her for her wealth.
 Mrs. Orrin has another attack of nerves and tries to hurry the wedding of Henry and Eve.
 Don't you sympathize with Eve? Well, withhold your sympathy until you see the photoplay Mammals Affair.""
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-20

cancer, and what could be more appro- prate2 For it was as a dancer that Miss Johnstone first looked across the footlights, first in the Ziegfeld Follies in 1915 and 1916, then with the Castles in Watch Your Step" then supporting Gaby Deslys in "Stopl Look! Listen!;" then in roles with Raymond Hitchcock in "Oh, Boy and Ed Wynn in cover the Top"
 Her loveliness lends itself exceptionally to the gorgeous scenes of the Thirty club and the exotic boudoir of Broad way favorite
 The Plaything of Broadway is a drama of striking contrasts, ranging from the wild gaiety of Broadway nights to the drabness of the slums, Crauford Kent is her leading man and other we'll known players are in the supporting na a st
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-20

The uancer's story IS told in 'The Plaything of Broadway" the attraction at the Galax theatre Thursday. Friday and Saturday, with the beautiful Justine Joanstone as the star.
 Justine Johnstone was named by committee of 12 famous persons as tho most beautiful woman in New York and Paul Helleu, the most noted French etcher named her the most beautiful worlan he had seen. In introducing her to the screen in "The Plaything of Broadway" motion picture enthusiasts will see not only her beauty to the greatest advantage, but her ability as dancer and her artistry as an actress gained by years of success on the stage
 The part of Lola fits Miss Johnstones ; talents like snug, well-talored gar. ment The story concerns the life of a