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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1921-02-02
Dinner Party at Imboden.

Mrs. II. \. Alexander enter
tanned a few OF her friends front
the Gap at her home in Imbo
den last Tuesday with a beauli
fully planned dinner party.
The dinner was served in seven
courses
Covers were laid for Mrs. J T..
McCormick. Mrs. Karl Stoehr,
Mrs. w. II. Wren, Mrs. d b.
savers, Mrs. Horace Fox, Mrs.
Z. y, Cochran and daughter
Mrs. w. q Hopkins, of Rich.
mond
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1921-02-02
Operated on in Bristol.

Shaler GiIly, manager of the
W hitting Lumber Company at
Boone, n G. was stricken with
an attack Of Appendicitis last
week and went To Bristol where
he was operated on Saturday
morning at ST. Luke's Hospital.
lie was visited Sunday by his
brother aud sister, | T Glny
and Miss Edna Gilly, Who re-
port his condition satisfactory.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1921-02-02
LOCAL ITEMS.

Il. NJ. Farley, of Osaka, was
in town one day last week Wis
iting friends
Jessee KiIbournc attended tho
smoker given 10y the Ameri
can Legion at Appalachia Sat
urday night.
The Lloyd Guild Will meot
with Mrs George Tny lor on
Thursday, February 3rd at 500
p. m.
Mrs. Ida Shanks, Of saint
Charles, spent Il few days in
the Gap last week Win reiu
tiyes.
S T. Witt, Of Norton, was a
visitor to the Gap Monday.
The ladies Of tic Southern
Methodist church Will hayo
sale of eatables, including cake
and pies, at Daugherty's gro
Gerry store on next Saturday
morning from 10 to 10 O'Clock.
You are invited to attend.
FOR SALE UHEAP.-Onel ot
and three room house located III
plat 3. Address Box 40, city
adv.i-7.
Mrs. r, L. l'aggart was host
ess of the Friday Afternoons
bridge club last week
Chas. Gibbons, OF tile W. n.
Sistrnnk Company, Of Lcxing-
ton, KY, spent Il few days last
week in this section on business
Orlando Amburgcy was down
from Norton Sunday visiting
relatives.
LOST. Town Car License
Tag No. IS Finder please leave
at Bullitt q Chalkley's Office.
adv.
Howard Il. Myers, Who has
held a position here for some
time with the Borko Construc
ton Company, has gone to Wise
where this company has some
construction work.
Miss Mary Kilbourne has re
signed her position as relief op.
orator at the Minor building,
where she has been employed
for three years.
The u. d. c. will meet next
Wednesday afternoon February
9th with the president, Mrs. CO.
Cochran.
G. S. Carter, of Bristol, spent
n few days here this week on
business.
Miss Dorothy Tackett, Of
Bennington Gap, is visiting her
sister, Miss Eula Tackett, in
the Gap.
FOR SALE. y Three pure
bred Duroc Jersey gifts about
ten months old John b Payne,
Big Stone Gap, Va adv ,4tf.
Hon. John w. Chalklcy and
Judge II. y. w. Skeen attend
ed the funeral of Mr.. Barr in
Wise Tuesday.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1921-02-02

Word comes from England to
the effect that gas will be the
principal weapon of defense in
the next war. In that case we
don't need an army. Congress
ought to be : bic to stand off the
whole world.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1921-02-02
0ho Rcxall Store
BIG STONE GAP, VIRGINIA

Mr. and Mrs. G, l.. Sparkman
G iave r eur -, rom Ia,n,;i a several
Vasb via ~ 90 "o''
FOR SALE.-A good upright
f Rpno Apply Ic;,a a. TINS Iiice for
CIV
Rev. @. w. Dean was called
TO Wise Tuesday to preach the
funeral of Mr.. Barr, a lawyer Of
that place, who died at his home
disease ''' ''oep'"s
He0rEe u. worth, OF koches-
Ier' ~ - IL spending several
dpys IN the gap the guest of his
mrs. y. - Owens received a
,' Nionday stating that
~ hisoanu VINO was taken to
~ -; A'lznOeth 8 Hospital IN
l.,rh'mohu last W. dnesday, was
getting along nicely.
ron cr
" % Lot io2 feet
'luntase IN 'front.' OF pubic
e S., 'H . nu lung frlce T4Oo'
Pig =" ". Goutts,-adv.
Key y, l.. Shumate, of the
biaptlst church, was called to
fearisburg, Va, last week on
account oil the serious illness OF
ms father who is suffering with
Gwinn Carico spent Saturday
at Blueiield visiting his parents,
mer an" presid iS NJ aldor C "a CO. i Ria
Stone Gan districr Ds
The cottage of G.. T.. SILVER
rssidence If .indna II '0' we wv
Skeen, is comple1ed and Mr.
Salyer will move his family ;nto
it within a few DAYS
\ canary without its voice is
S l"9' r ia "pupu,dr ' as a sparrow.
Phillins IN hnr J I1n;,, Do,o.n ;
umnh "Onceto Eyor., va 5aaa vi !,
adv y o''"i'
me Ladies Aid Society OF
the Baptist church will meet
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1921-02-02

lauu, Tenn. arrived In tho Gap
Tuesday, where she will spend
some time visiting her daugh
tcrs, Mrs. G. V. Wcems aud
Miss Maude Perkins in the
Touraiue flats.
MIR. Taylor has arranged a
program for the Saturday mat
inees for the school children of
Big Stone Gap and vicinity. 4
two reel comedy and three
reel educational picture will be
shown. Opening date to tie an
nounced in next weeks paper.
Mrs a. O. Umsread and ba,
by dang hter, Virginia. have re
turned 10 their home iii The Gap
from few weeks visit to rola
ives in Lexington, Ky.
FOR SALE. about 81 acres
coal and timber lIud rhrcr miles
below kcokcc, Va jninin. tie
Southern Railroad For price
and particulars write or call
{. f Flanary, Arno, Va adv
AZ.
Is your daughter ii spoiled
child Make her sre d ,rothy
Phillips in Once to Every Wo
man. and she'd stay home
from dance 10 do Tie supper
dishes. adv
Mrs. NJ II. G. aber after
81 end my II week with her pa
rrpts, Mr. aud Mrs VI l. Thorn
IS, on Cnerry : rect, turned
Wednesday 10 her home at Big
St"nr Gap, VA. She was nc
cu'nranied by Mrs. G.. | Wade.
who vent to Norton To visit
Nj. Wade. BRISTOL II raid
Courier.
Miss AIDE aide Petit, Of Beatty
vile, Ky, arrived in he GAP
last week, where size is spend
ing vcral days with her sis
ter, Mrs. Josh Bulll,t. Mrs
Builitt gave a party last Thurs
day afternoon ut which Miss
Pettirs engagement to Sir. vii
son was announced.
Miss Nora Youell, WHO is
teaching at Deep Springs, Lee
county, spent the week end in
the Gap and played Saturday
afternoon III Mrs. j Proctor
Browns enjoy able musical.
Mrs. ID. h. Patrick. who has
been spending the past six
months with relatives in Roa-
noke, Salem, Bluetield and OH
or points. returned this week to
her home in the Gap in the
Iouraine apartments
MIR. and Mrs. Harry Meadows.
who have been living in Mre.
Pntrick's apartments in the
Tonraina flats, moved this week
INTO apartments OF third floor
recently vacated BY Mr. and
Mrs. Chas. Conner.
ROOMS TO RENT-At Flor.
ence b. Flanary's. Man and
wife preferred adv 90
Carlyle Moore has presented
the Highland Park Betterment
Club with a large sign for the
community house which is ap.
preciated by every member.
The Girl Scouts Of Highland
Park will give Valentine par
The Hartford republican., 1921-11-04

find some ground for the persistent
belief, one scientist held the theory
that the Ice Age may have been re-
sponsible. Great tracts of tn earth
were once covered with sheet of ice
of vast thickness. In this ice were
Imprisoned such enormous quantities
of water that the level of the oceans
sank quite low, leaving large areas of
land uncovered. One of these un-
covered porSons, he suggested. might
have been the islnd of Atlantic. The
western mountains of Europe and the.
eastern mountains of North America
are said to be fragments of the great
mountain ranges of the mysterious
Atlantis.
The Hartford republican., 1921-11-04
IDLE IL MONTHS, is
NOW BACK ON JOB

"Only man who has to work for
a living knows what II means to get
back on the job after not hitting a
lick of work for whole year. | lost
twelve months straight time on ac-
count of stomach trouble. One of
the worst cases guess man ever
had. Tanlac not only made me a
well man again but built me up 10
pounds in weight. Q | am writing all
my friends in other cities TO tell
them of the wonderful news"
The above statement was made by
George B. Lowe, wellknown employee
of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co..
living at 451, McGowan ST., Akron,
Ohio.
TaDlae is sold In Hartford by DR.
l.. B. Bean and by all leading drug
gists eyerywhere.-Advertisement.
The Hartford republican., 1921-11-04
Only a Cold

Are you II? is often answered.
"Oh! it's only cold" as if cold
was matter of little consequence
but people are beginning to learn
that common cold is a matter not
to be trifled with, that some of the
most serious diseases start with n
cold. AS soon as the first iGd:cation of
a cold appears take Chamberlain s
Cough Remedy. Remember that the
sooner you get rid of your cold the
less the danger. and this remedy win
help you to throw IT off. m
The Hartford republican., 1921-11-04
OFFER 800, 900 FOR
CANCER CURE

The fight against cancer viii COM
mand national attention during the
period between Oct. 80 to Nov. 5,
which will be known as national
cancer week." when clinics and med
ical conferences dealing with the
disease will be held all over the
country. In anticipation of the pub
lie interest that will be aroused, an
anonymous donor has offered a prize
of 100000 for the discovery of a
cure for the disease. The offer is
made through the Cosmopolitan Can
Ger Research Society of BrooSlyn
N. Y.
The Hartford republican., 1921-11-04
THE GERMAN MARK

Nobody is willing TO overlook the
chance to make some easy money"
And anybody with a few hundred
dollars lying idle will listen atteu-
lively TO schemes by which the invest
ment of a small sum will yield large
returns. Very often the speculative
instinct, when played upon by "rea-
sonable" arguments. runs riot failing
to give way to caution and due
amount of investigation. Take. for
example. the speculation in the Ger
man mark.
The amount or money invested in
marks by Americans is estimated at
hundred million dollars. Many of
the investors are people of Teutonic
origin or sympathy, with faith in
Germany's ability to recover finan-
cially. Many more arc people, who
have listened to the reasonable arSd-
ment that Germany is hard at work.
and. being a thrifty nation will soon
er or later recover its equilibrium.
In the meantime. what has heen
the history Of : .rricap investmrn:
in marks? When quot it'Od %; marks
was resumed after the war, according
to Thomas 3. Pratt, in the Annalist,
they were worth from Z "a to s
cents apiece. Many bales Of marks
had appeared in America and othe.'
countries and speculation in them be-
came keen. Oil and gold speculation
crazes mad their counterpart, in the
rush to profit by low foreign ex-
change.
German industry is hummins with
increasing velocity and millions OF
marks are held by investors. yet the
mark has steadily declined in value.
On October q il was quoted at SO,
which is something like one-sixteenth
of its value after the armistice and
one-forty-sixth of its par value. Here
is mystery beyond the ken Of many
holders of the paper. Why should
the mark continue on the downward
grade in face OF a recovering Ger
many and worldwide purchase? Both
these facts would point normally to
a rise.
Investors, however, continue to buy
on the theory that the mark cannot
recede much farther. while on the
other hanC /. may go up. Reason
able as it sounds, this argument ig-
nores the fact that German printing
presses are turning marks out by the
billions while the German gold re-
serve has dwindled to very small
proportion of the paper currency.
Obviously, no paper currency is good
unless II has sound backing.
"Germanys payment of her Sep
tember 1 installment or reparations,"
says Mr., Pratt, was coincident with
renewed outpouring of paper
marks which raised the circulation
of the Reichsbank between August 20
and September 3, 1921, from 6S,-
423 100000 marks to 1,960,0O0,O 900
marks, an increase of $500, 900
marks in two weeks, In the same
period the Reichsbank gold reserve
was reduced from .091,543,0O0 to
1.023.7OS, 200 marks. The gold re-
serve is microscopic.
There is no doubt that the repara-
tion payments which will continue for
many years seriously handicaps the
recovery of Germany's finances. Nor
is continued flow of paper money a
happy omen for mark holders. In
view of the Reichsbank's condition,
il seems clear that investment In the
German mark is no royal road to
riches. II cannot be said that the.
mark will never recover. but the pro-
cess is bound to be long and tedious.
On the whole, the small investor
The Hartford republican., 1921-11-04
would be wiser II he put his money
in less uncertain venture.

Neuralgia of the face. shoulder.
hands. or feet requires a powerful
remedy that win penetrate the flesh.
Ballard's Snow Liniment possesses
that power. Rubbed in where the
pain is felt is all that is necessary 10
relieve suffering and restore normal
conditions. Price SOC, 60c and s1.2O
per bottle. Sold by Ohio Co. Drug
Company. m
The Hartford republican., 1921-11-04
Constipation.

Most laxatives and cathartics 'af-
ford only temporary relief AID should
be used only for that purpose. When
you want permanent relief take
Chamberlain Tablets and be care
full to observe the directions with
each package. These tablets not
only move the bowels, but imrove the
appetite and strengthen the diges-
ton. m
The Hartford republican., 1921-11-04

Irregular bowel movements lead to
ch-onic constipation and a conStipat-
ed habit fills the system with impu-
rites. Herbine is a great bowel
regulator. II purifies the system. vi
talizes the blood and puts the d.
gestive organs in fine vigorous con-
dition. Price 6Oc. Sold by Ohio
County Drug Co. m
The Hartford republican., 1921-11-04

When you get up with bad taste
in your mouth. a dull tired feeling.
no relish for food and are constipat-
ed you may know that you mead a
dose of Chamberlain's Tablets. They
not only cause an agreeable move
ment of the bowels, but cleanse and
invigorate the stomach and improve
the digestion. N
The Hartford republican., 1921-11-04
4 Good Cough Medicine for Children

\ Good Cough Medicine for Children
Mrs. j. w. Phillips, Redon, Ga,
phoned to j. NJ. Floyd. the merchant
there. for bottle of Chamberlain's
cough Remedy and said she had
bought a bottle of 1t at his store re-
Gently and that ii was doing her chill
dren so much good that she wanted
to keep up the treatment You will
find nothing better for coughs and
colds in children or for yourself 1t
keeps the cough loose. expectoration
easy and soon frees the system from
the cold. m
The Hartford republican., 1921-11-04

We state it as our honest belief
that the tobaccos used in Chester
field are Of finer quality (and
hence Of better taste) than in any
other cigarette at the price.
Liggett s. Myers Tobacco c,
The Hartford republican., 1921-11-04
Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
G q 6 7 O p : ~

Jane Willis-Then you really think
her complexion is natural.
Marie-Oh. yes. She has worn it
so long that I'm sure she wouldn't I
look natural without it.-Milwaukee
Times.
The Hartford republican., 1921-11-04

Dick-You and your sister are
twins, aren't you?
Tom-We used to be. but now she's
five years younger than | am.
The Hartford republican., 1921-11-04
xlKoID-FASHIONED GIRL"
y4,y Beatrice Fairfax.

EssN Beatrice Fairfax.
"a -~as ecu much pleased while
I7aaslipE yDnr column few days ago
The Hartford republican., 1921-11-04
The Bible and Shakespeare.

Ques. Are there more words in the
Bible than in Shakespheare's WRIT
ipgs?-Ans. The Bard's writings
include S14,7SO words as compared
20 1873, 3,692 in the James l. Bible.
Shakespeare's plays number over l.
27O characters; one of whom (IIam-
let) has IL. $40 words to speak. Ham
let is his longest play, containing as
it does 1880 lines. while the Comedy
Of Errors" is the shortest. with 1877
lines.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1921-04-21
Unlnnuenced.

Does your wife influence your
voter"
mot at ALL" replied Mr.. Meekton.
Henrietta wants me to vote accord
Ing to my W ideas; but II IS re-
markable how thoroughly my views
always coincide with hers after she
has taken the trouble to express them
and to assure me that she Is perfectly
willing to 60 on calculating until I
fuIlv cnmnrehend.n-
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1921-04-21
Use of Peat as Fuel.

The burning Of peat has an indi-
vidual as well az a national signif-
canoe. For instance, consider this
from Peter Christianson, professor of
m~etallurgy in the school of mines at
the University of Minnesota:
There is scarcely q farmer in the
state of Minnesota, except in the
southeastern, western and extreme
northwestern portions, who could not
make himself independent of a coal
supply for heating purposes by prepar-
ing and using peat from his W farm.
Incidentally, peat is found In sixty
four of the eighty-six counties of the
state. Other states have lots of 1t, too.
"All the man needs to do is to take
spade, cut the peat from his bog in
blocks and dry It. He can do it cheap
er than he can pay S15 or $50 for
coal, too. My father burned peat for
years here in Minnesota and it made
an excellent fire. Farmers are using
il for fuel in some sections of the
state, particularly those from the old
countries, who are acquainted with its
use.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1921-04-21
Valuable

A naval invention first used during
the war may r%evolutionize the task of
the pilot. A cable seventeen miles in
length is now laid from Portsmouth
harbor to the Warner light on the
channel side of the Isle of Wight. The
cable is charged with a high frequency
current, by means of which a ship
fitted with a receiving apparatus may
locate its position and find its way.
Such an invention, IL adopted in ali
the more difficult ports of navigation
routes, would not only add greatly to
the safety of ships, but save much
valuable time that is now lost.-Lon-
don Daily Chronicle.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1921-04-21
dead" SIX YEARS.
american Tells Of Suffering IN
Mexican Salt Mines.
Only Recently Gained Freedom, and
Did Not Know Anything Of the
World War.


The World war had been fought and
won, and he did not know a word
about II.
He was Mate Mcguire, an engineer
and graduate of the Boston Institute
of Technology, who for six years was
a soldier of fortune in the rebel army
Of Mexico. and for five years and
eight months a prisoner at hard labor
in the Mexican salt mines, during
which he never saw the light of day
or a newspaper of any kind.
Mcguire reached Tacoma a short
time ago after a thrilling escape from
the mines, in which he had been on
demned to life Imprisonment after his
capture by the Mexican federals. He
has just taken a position In the county
engineers Office in Tacoma, says a Ia
coma letter.
Young and adventurous, Mcguire
joined a troop of men from the United
States who were fighting under Ma
dera. He became second In command
Of all the troops and was part of
the time directly under villa. He
was truly q soldier of fortune.
But one day Mcguire and two other
officers went into Chihuahua because
they heard trouble was brewing there.
They entered q cantina through a
rear entrance. Here they found sew
eral of Huerta's officers c%arousing.
They had nothing to do but surrender
to them. They were gagged, tied and
taken 60 miles on horseback to the
headquarters Of a United States half
breed serving under Huerta. Here at
a general court-martial they were SEN
fenced to life Imprisonment In the salt
mines of Chihuahua.
at was worse than a death sentence
to u.s." said Mcguire. "We had heard
about the conditions of the salt mines.
where unbelievable conditions were ex-
listing, and the workers were being just
tortured to death.
"We were dropped some 1900 feet
in the ground in a bucket. We felt
as though we were being buried alive,
and when at last 1 stepped into the
mine, with its few dim candles, the
famous lines, All hope abandon, ye
who enter here entered my mind. 1t
vas just pure and simple hell. Rats,
glla monsters, scorpions, lizards, lice
and other underground creatures were
in the surroundings. Food consisted
| of beans and fiabby pancakes.
"That we might get a little tobacco
we sacrificed part Of our meals. No
medical aid of any sort was available,
and the death rate ran about one pris-
oEer a day. Their bodies lay uncov-
cred for weeks sometimes. In all the
five and two-thirds years l was i'm there
l never saw a newspaper or magazine.
In fact, ] didn't know there was such
a thing as the World war.
"But fate at last favored us. The
guards, we noted, were on a c~arousal
that evening. When they came down
the shaft we ended their careers with
blows from huge stones. We donned
their uniforms and made off. / went
toward the United States border,
which was 139 miles north, and the
other two officers went down south.
well, now / am here, thank God !!
Ambition for adventure is wonderful,
bur adventure itself Of this sort is far
/ from entertaining
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1921-04-21
HOG SALE A SUCCESS.
Large Number OF Pigs Distributed.

Friday was "Pig Day" in Oxford,
and the first auction sale of register
ed hogs was pulled off. A large
number of farmers and pig club mem
bers brought in their surplus regis
tered pigs and hogs for sale. By sur
plus we do. not mean undesirable OF
culls, but the surplus of goodly regis
tered hogs.
One very noticeable feature of the
sale was that while registered hogs
of every breed were expected to be
presented, all were Duroc, and every
hog and pig was of the noted Scis-
sors line.
Most of the sales were to Lafayette
county men and boys. One pig was
bid off to Dr.. M. M. Bedenbaugh of
the A. & M. College for $51 which
was the highest price paid for any
pig. 1t is the intention of our hog
breeders to put on a sure-enough sale
next year, and advertise for outside
buyers.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1921-04-21
URGES DAIRYING AS
COTTON SUBSTITUTE
Federal Specialist Quotes Wall Street
Journal.

Jackson, Miss, Feb. 19.-Parsuing
his policy of advocating the substitu-
ton of the dairy farm for the cotton
plantation in Mississippi, H. c. Fer
guson, dairy specialit for the federal
farm demonstration office here, is
giving publicity to the following edi-
torial from the Wall Street Journal
of last November:
"Farm prosperity is based largely
upon corn, legumes and cows. Wher-
ever this kind Of farming is practised
prosperous communities with large
purchasing power. good bank deposits
and high-priced lands are to be found.
An interesting demonstration has been
given by the international Harvester
CoraDanv that should convince the