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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1922-10-04
No Such Animal

Periodically some one starts out
to investigate marketing conditions
with IA view to applying corrective
measures. And just as periodically
that same one is sidetracked or chok-
ed oil by the proftecring Interests
involved.
Everybody knows that we are
sorely in need OF better method 81
getting the products Of our farms
to the tables of the actual con
sumers.
Everybody expects that some day
this problem will be solved, but few
people hope To live to see that day.
a great avalanche of snow rush
ing down "a steep mountain side can
not be checked in its destructive
course until it expends its force up
on even ground.
The protiteering interests, those
human lceches who are sweeping the
country from end to end and from
side 10 side. are just us destructive
in their relentless power, and will
not be stayed until barred by death
or prison doors.
Find the man who can find the
way, and we may hope for ultimate
relief
But he must first bc born and
reared to mans estate. There's no
such animal now.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1922-10-04
Bricks

We all know that the Gap is full
OF what Mineral Motor Wren calls
potential possibilities" TO express
1t in the language of the hour, we
amt. got nothing else but. Now it
is bricks. Not the popular verbal
variety of brick, but the potential
article, the sort that rises one upon
the other until a mans dream castle
stands beautiful target for the tax
assessor. Most men crave n woman,
and once she has been captured he
Graves brick bungalow to house
her in, So, rs William Gibbs Coutts
would say, in this greatest recon
struction period in the worlds his
tory, plans are under way to locate
a modern brick plant in the Gap.
But the plans are real. The best
business heads in the town are get
ting together in an effort to raise
the required capital to exploit the
proposition. Tests of brick shale
have proven beyond doubt that we
have the stuff in quantity and quail
ity. All that remains, il would seem,
to make the plant an actual thing
is that tabled ounce of initiative. II
our Mr.. Coutts can curb his indom-
table energy and enthusiasm long
enough to remember that one thing
at n time is more easily accomplish
al thn man al ihn. bnot NJ tho rrnp>
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1922-10-04
Strength of the Strong

il must have been a discarded
satisist who ignorantly or malicious
ly declared woman weaker than man.
Whoever the phrase making scoun.
drel was he should be forever rele-
gated to ;gnominious oblivion. His
knowledge Of woman was sadly linz
tied. Her strength is apparent in
these lines:
Such special II. mess was about.
That day God sat you here,
knew the lavender was out,
And it was mid OF year"
Whatever it is that those lines SO
subtly portray is hcr strength. size
may no. be able to heave brick
with the same velocity and nc
caraey ns her so called mighty lord
and master, mere man. but who will
deny her power to lay endless
dreams in barron wastes with sim
glc frown7 Poor little man: He
has invented engines Of destruction
to keep the peace Of his fire side as
suredi He has built battle ships to
keep the enemy from his shores.
He has built gigantic corporations TO
feed his corpulcn, vanity with the
cream of the worlds goods, and
then. then along comes a vision in
organdy or pereal and the strength
of the strong has vanished!
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1922-10-04
THE SAND MANS
SHIP OF DREAMS
BY CARTER W. woRMELEY

BY CARTER w. woRMELEY
Last night met the Sand Man,
a most peculiar fellow;
He wore II coat of navy blue,
With pantaloons OF yellow.
His legs were lean and lank and
long,
Yet he could scarcely creep;
He droned dull and drousy song
Which put me fast asleep.
Did you ever meet the Sand Man?
Did he ever take your hand,
To lead you through the silence,
Into the Shadow-Land?
When once you cross that portal,
When once you close that door,
Behind lie all things mortal
With Wonderland before.
oh. | wish you knew the Sand Man,
He is SO kind and true;
His nose is long and round and red
His eyes are big and blue.
He never thought an evil thing,
He loves both young and old
They made his head of gingerbread
His heart they made of gold.
His mouth they made Of chocolate
His teeth they formed Of pearls.
He never comes when we are bad,
But he loves good boys and girls.
And when the white moon glimmers
And the stars begin to peep.
BY the Southern Cross he steers hi.
course
Ger the boundlcss seas of sleep.
Then come. my Little Darling,
Come nestle at my side,
And in the Sand Mans Ship Of
Dreams
We two tonight will ride.
Far through the mystic twilight
Our silver sails wen fly
For the Sand Man, my Darling, i:
calling
From his Ship of Dreams in the SKY
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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1922-10-04

Customer lin music store): 81
wish to buy e copy of The Stolen
Rope"
Assistant: 81 am afraid don't
know OF such song"
Customer: 'Why It goes ,Tum-
tumpety-tum."
Assistant: ooh, you mean, The
Lost Chord'."-Ksnsas Farmer.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1922-10-04

The fellow who gets what he wants
is seldom satisfied. 1t Isn't just sa
be wants II.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1922-10-04
AS the Editor Sees 1t

We wouldn't be bothered SO much
with bad roads il we were more
prompt in repairing them when first
they begin to 80 TO pieces.
If you dip saw into pail Of
water and wipe it off thoroughly
afterward, no harm will be done.
But IL the dampncss is allowed to
remain n few hours the saw will be
mass of rust.
Saws do not cost much, but we are
careful to keep them free from rust.
Roads cost many thousands of dol
lars, and we allow them to become
ruined from neglect.
Can you supply satisfactory
reason for such marvellous inconsist-
ency?
Make home attractive for the chill.
drcn and they will not hunger for
the attractions of the street.
Children are not interesed in mar.
ket quotations, or political discuss
ions, OF the latest morsel of scandal.
They require diversions suitable to
their nge, and when these diversions
nre not to be had in the home thei,
minds naturally turn to where they
hre to be found.
There are lots of soft snaps in
this world. but they seldom come TO
the people who are looking for them
The young man who starts out to
hunt them generally dies an old man
who failed to find them
Honest, thrift and perseverance
will produce them in time, but AN
eternity of mere seeking will be of
10 avail.
When you find man whom dogs
and cats instinctly avoid he is in
variably n person you will do well
to avoid youself.
Dogs and eats understand human
nature about ms well as some OF as
mortals know it. They respond
quickly to Kindness, and are extrem-
ely sensitive to brutality. The claws
under the human surfnce are not
easily concealed from them.
Keep your eye on the dog, aud
you will soon get the number of its
master
II a lion cub becomes unruly the
mother lioncss does not mince mat
tiers. She administers prompt pun.
ishment by n swipe with one of her
paws.
Some people COLL take II leaf
from the lions hook with profit to
themselves aud to their children.
But they don't, and the child pays
for its mollycoddlng long before it
reaches maturity.
The lioness knows. remembers,
and acts.
Many humans know, forget, and
later repent.
And still. we wouldn't care to be
beast, though their intelligence
does at times appear to be superior
To Ours
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1922-10-04

There's nothing in name--when
attached to a worthless check.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1922-10-04

WAS the wedding a SUGGEST"
20, huge one. The women wept
bitterly who didn't even know the
hride."--Boston Transcript.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1922-10-04

OF course honesty is the best poll
icy-when It wilma.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1922-10-04

The fellow who wants to kill two
birds with one stone generally mis-
sea beth.
Evening star., 1922-03-12

The greatest memorial in the
history of the world is planned for
Stone Mountain, eighteen miles
east of Atlanta, Ga. On the noun
tain Gutzon Borglum, noted sculp-
tor, will carve in colossal figures
the greatest Confederate men,
orial," at an expenditure of $2,000,-
900. The mountain is 700 feet high,
a solid block of granite and some
of the figures will be fifty feet in
height.
Wide World Photo.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-11-14
LAND JURY SOON
IN HERR|N TRIAL
Lawyers Believe Will Be Successful
in Getting Panel to Try Accused
Miners; Three Farmers
Tentatively Taken.

Marion, ILL.,, Nov. Williamson
county is willing to pass judgment
On the five union men indicted for
the murder of one strikebreaker dur
ing the Herrin massacre. A jury
was in sight as the fourth day of
he trial opened today.
Three farmers were tentatively ac-
cepted by both side. Prospects
were that a jury composed of about
six farmers and six former miners
would be finally obtained, although
the state was bent on obtaining an
all farmer jury at the opening of
the trial.
Four days Of examination Of We
niremen, however, has convinced
the prosecutors that it will be i'm
possible to obtain twelve farmers
who have in no way been connected
with mining. The majority of the
farmers are union members and
work in mines during the dull sea-
son.
The state has used six of its per-
emptory challenges while the miners
have used only one. The defense is
accepting both farmers and miners
alike.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-11-14
Fed. COURT BUSY
ON STIFF DOCKET
Keeping Step With Assignments,
Starts Trial of Civil Cases This
Mornlng Petit Jurors Re-
porting; No Grand Jury.

Opening day of federal court here
proved to be busy one for Judge
r. l.. Williams tribunal.
Motions pending in the civil cases
were disposed of as per schedule
and this morning work on the civil
trial assignment was begun. The
first case to go to trial this morning
was William J. Scott VS.. Continental
Asphalt and Petroleum company. At
taches Of the court clerks office
who are here estimated that the
trial of this case will be completed
this afternoon.
Twenty-three petit jurors have re-
ported for service during the term,
which opened Monday and which is
scheduled to close next week. Names
of these jurors are:.
T. Il. Brotton, Eufaula; J. d. Buie,
Chickasha; J. w. Case, Allen; L. B.
Chestnut, Holdenville; G. G. Cole,
Tulsa; G. w. Crenshaw, Duncan;
Carl II. Critics, McAlester; Joseph
Druout, Tulsa; r. M. Evans, Chick
asha; M. G. Groseclose, Waurika;
Sylvester Hackworth, Valiant; 0.
w. King, Ardmore; Arthur M. May
ginnes, Tulsa; Fred Parker, Dustin;
M. G. Parks, Hugo; Henry Stott-
man, Chickasha; Fred Struble, Nc
Alester; John H. Swofford, Okmul-
gee; S. ]. Tonkin, McAlester; w. M.
Whitaker, Durant; Samuel w. White
hill, Okmulgee; G. A. Williams, Pauls
Valley, and Fred Wilson, Beggs.
No grand jury will be in session
here during the term, 1t was an
nounced today.
Federal court officials who are
here include: Myatt Lipscomb
Judge Williams private secretary;
Ellis Quiet and Clyde Bennett, dep.
uties from the U. s, district court
clerks office; Jim Martin, deputy
United States marshal Of Pauls Val
ley; A. r. Cottle Of Muskogee, a
deputy from the U. S. marshaps of
flee; w. H. Burton, Of Muskogee
bailiff.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-11-14
FEDERAL MAN IN
PEN RUNS AMUCK,
GUARD IS KILLED
Prisoner Attacks Guards and In
mates With Knife; One Stabbed
In Heart; Three Others
Seriously Wounded.
SLASHES OFFICERS IN
TRIAL OVERPOWER HIM
Shot Twice Before Guards Can Dis
arm Him; In Prison for Murder
Overseas; Served With A. Ell
During World War.

Leavenworth Kan, Nov. f4.-One
prison guard was killed. three 9th
ers seriously wounded and two
slightly cut when Joe Martinez. In
mate of the federal penitentiary
here ran amuck today.
Martinez was finally overpowered
after being shot twice by guards.
He Is not expected TO live.
The three guards most seriously
injured were operated on In an eff
fort TO save their lives.
The guard who va killed was
Andy II. Leonard. He was stabbed
In the heart.
Martinez, soldier was serving n
sentence for a murder while in the
expeditionary forces Of France.
Prison officials believe he became
suddenly insane today
The fatal fight started when Mar
tinez argued about removing his
hat in the barber shop.
W. A. Dodge and Joseph +. Dur
kin jerked the hat off and Martinez
suddenly enraged drew a long steel
knife with an eight inch blade from
his clothing and attacked them.
Dodge was seriously cut in the
right shoulder and Durkin was
stabbed in the left shoulder.
After the stabbng Martinez ran
but was overtaken by Captain
Leonard who glappled with him. In
serting the knife in Leonards side,
Martinez pierced the officers heart.
While other officials standing
nearby attempted to overpower him.,
tile prisoner slashed the stomach
and Martin Lengwell in the should
er. A guard named Dunkle also
was slashed.
After the stabbing orgy Martinez
was fired on by other officials. Two
bullets took effect but he managed
to crawl into a coal bunker where,
brandishing his knife, he withstood
capture for an hour. His strength
failed from loss of blood he was
finally overcome.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-11-14
QUAKE SHOCK IS
FELT ONCE MORE
Fresh Panic Caused Among chlleans
Last Night as Earth Tremors
Start Again; Government
Taking Relief Measures.

Santiago. Chile. Nov. Ii.-,A Sc
we're earth tremor shook the region
of Construction. Chile. at $3.50 last
night. causing fresh panic among
he thousands OF homeless victims
OF the great earthquake OF Saturday
which cost upwards OF 1900 lives.
- .le additional damage was re-
ported.
The Chilean government Is taking
extraordinary relief measures to aid
the sufferers in the coastal towns.
Hundreds are being fed from war
ships. while pack trains are push
ing into the hills where rail com
munication was disrupted by the
shock. President Alessandri will go
to Coquimbo which bore the brunt
of the quake. aboard the warship
Ia Tore tomorrow. will visit the
devastated zone. ----- .--.--=--
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-11-14
PAY PAVING DEC.
10 FOR SAVINGS.
Property Owners May Save Interest
City Clerk Points Out; Notices
Sent to Those Affected; East
Side Is Approved.

Property owners affected by the
Seventeenth street paving project
who do not pay the entire amount of
their assessment before December 10
cannot save the interest on the as
sessment, John 3 X. Wellborn, city
clerk, declared this morning.
"Those who pay their assessment
before that date will be required to
cent per annum from September IA
to the date of payment" Wellborn
said. "Those who wait until after
December 10 to pay their assess
ments, may pay the entire amount
but they will be required to pay the
interest for the entire 10 years
Property owners living in the dis
trict who have not already paid
their assments may save several
dollars in interest by paying before
December TO-" he continued.
Notices have been sent to every
property owner in the Improvement
district who has not paid his assess
ment, the city clerk stated.
The city council in recessed ses-
sion approved the paving on the
east side of Seventeenth street from
Idaho avenue to the Oklahoma Col
lege fol Women and that portion on
the west side of the avenue from
the college to Arkansas avenue.
The force Of workmen employed
by |. e. Hansen, the paving con-
tractor, are now at work on the
west side of the avenue, north Of
Arkansas avenue. They will hard
surface that side Of the thorough
fare from Arkansas to Idaho before
the work is carried on to Minnesota
avenue and two blocks east to
Fifteenth street.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-11-14
Sh0pman's Funeral
Be Held Tomorrow,
arrangements NOW

Changes in the arrangements for
the funeral services for John d.
Dulin, former Rock Island shopman,
who died as a result of a gunshot
wound which officers believe was
self-inflicted, were announced this
morning.
In order that his mother and a
brother may arrive here in time for
the services, the funeral will not be
held until 1000 o'clock Wednesday
morning in the Anderson chapel
Rev. c. B. James will officiate. 1t
was announced Monday that the
services would be held this after
noon at 400 o'clock. These plans
were changed when it became known
that the deceaseds mother and
brother were coming.
An error in the records which
gave the mans age as 73 was dis
covered this morning. He is So
years Of age and is survived by six
children, five of whom are living
at home.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-11-14
JACK WALTON IS
PLANNING PARTY
Inauguration to Be "Trip Shortin'
Blow out"; Barbecue and Square
Dance Plans Rounding Into
Form Rapidly.

Oklahoma City, Nov. 14.-Jacs
Walton. next governor of Oklahoma,
who ran for election as the "com-
mon peoples candidate" on a demo
cratic ticket, is going to have a rip
snortin' blow out at his inauguration
early in January.
Plans are developing fast.
Walton, who surprised the state
with the announcement that his
inaugural celebration would consist
of an old-fashioned barbecue and
square dance, today added that it
would be even more old-fashioned
than at first planned.
Other than the barbecue and
square dance, at which blue jeans
and calico aprons will be formal"
the inaugural celebration will in
clude fiddling and banjo picking
matches to decide state champion
ships in these arts.
Efforts are being made to have
the champion flddler ana DanJO
picker of each Oklahoma county to
contest in the finals.
Offers OF delicacies today came in
from several counties.
Report from McCurtain county said
a bear hunting expedition was be-
ing organized to furnish bear meat
for the Inauguration barbecue and a
bear rug for the governors office.
Carter county announced that the
first cage full Of 'possums had been
caught and the fattening process
started in order that the barbecue
will be southern as well as old
fashioned. Carter county will also
furnish 1000 milk fed" chickens
for the event, it was announced
Promises of fat beeves came in
from several counties, Indicating
there would be no shortage when
the time comes for the "blow out"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-11-14
GRAND JURY NOT
HEAR MRS. HALL.
Mott Announces VIII Not Permit
Reetors Widow to Appear; VIII
Present All Evidence Gath
cred During Probe.

New Brunswick. N. j.. Nov. IA
Mrs. Francis Stevens Hall, widow OF
the slain rector of the Church st.
John the Evangelist, will not be per-
mitted 10 testify before the Somerset
county grand jury, Monday, II was
learned today.
Prosecutor Mott announced today
he will present all the evidence gath.
cred in the investigation of the Hall
Mills mystery to the Somerset jury
next week. II was stated that Mrs.
Halls purpose in appearing before
the grand jury would be to clear her
self OF any suspicion OF the crime.
This would tend to slow up the case
and would not offer any real assist
iance In solving the mystery, Of Of.
fcials stated.
Mott declared he had no intention
OF summoning witnesses again, be-
lieving he has sufficient evidence to
secure indictments and arrests of sus-
pected persons.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-11-14
Quick ActiOn Car
Man SaUes Trolley
CrOlrd From Death

Houston. Texas. Nov. ii.-Closc 10
fifty people. passengers on n street
car here, narrowly escaped death
when the car stalled ON railroad
crossing here In the path OF an on
coming train.
The conductor OF the car, seeing
tho train was too close TO allow him
TO get the car off the tracks. rushed
toward the on-coming train and flag.
ged the locomotive. II was brought
to a stop within few feet OF the
street car.
Several occupants OF the car were
slightly injured In tho rush for the
exits. Most OF the injuries were cuts
and bruises received when pnsseng
ers broke windows and cllmcd out
OF them.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-11-14
SILENT VOTE ON
BONUS KILLS IT
This 10 Indicated From the Votes
Counted; While Has Majority,
10 Short Over 1000 Of Major
Ity Vote Cast.

Oklahoma City. Now ii.-"The
silent vote killed Oklahoma's bonus
bill." Joe c. Campbell. bonus advo-
cate. IN close touch with the next
state administration. declared today.
Although favorable votes toward
the measure numbered more than
the unfavorable. there was not
majority In favor Of the measure
compared TO tho entire vote cast az
required" Campbell said.
Official figures on the balloting Of
n week alo will not be available for
several days. II was said Last un.
official tabulations from 2.Gi0 of the
states 1887 precincts gave 230.997
votes for the measure and 2i2.23S
against. Although this Is favor
able majority OF 1879. II lacks 9.a7s
votes OF being n majority OF the to-
tai vote compiled.
Official and complete returns will
show the measure failed by about
the same ratio. II was predicted.
In spite OF the fact the measure
failed at the general election. efforts
will be continued 10 give Oklahoma
men who enlisted for service during
the war some kind OF compensation.
Campbell said.
The same measure defeated at the
general election will be revised TO
provide payment OF $50, for each
months service, instead OF $50 and
be introduced to the next state
Legislature. Campbell predicted.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-11-14
COUNTY POULTRY
SHOW NOV. 2729
Many Birds Expected to De Entered,
Says Secretary; Judge Selected;
officers Say Show Open TO
Foreign Breeders.

Tho annual Grady county poultry
show will be held at the county fair
grohnds here November 25.2s.29. ac.
cordlng to an announcement Just
made by W. II. Catterall. secretary
OF the Grady County Poultry aaso.
citation.
Competition for the many prizes
TO be offered is expected. as the
show will be- open TO poultry ralscra
In other counties In the state as
well as other states In the union.
Mr.. Caitorall says. Last year. the
poultry room OF the exposition
building at the county fair was we'll
filled with high class poultry. Bet
ter quality as well as increased
number OF entries are expected AT
the show to be held here this month
the secretary OF the association de.
clares.
Charles N. Smith OF Oklahoma
City. has been selected Judge OF the
annual bird show here. Mr.. Smith.
a licensed Judge meeting all re.
QuIrements OF the American Poultry
association. was formerly connected
with the extension department of
the a. and NJ. college at saltwater.
Only small entry fee will be
charged adult exhibitors at the
show. II was announced. No fee
viii be charged junior exhibitors.
"rhe premium list will be an
nounced soon." Mr.. Catterall said.
In the meantime, poultry raisers
should be getting their birds ready
for the show"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-11-14
NAME W. G. T. U. HEAD.
(By The United Press.)

Philadelphia, Nov. 14.-Miss Anna
A. Gordon, Evanston, ILL.,, was today
elected world president of the Wo-
mems Christian Temperance Union
to succeed the late Rosalind, Count
ess of Carlisle, England. Miss Cor
don is also president of the w. c..
T. U. in the United States.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-11-14

Athens, Nov. 14.-An unconfirmed
dispatch from Constantinople today
said the Allied high commissioners
and Refet Pasha, Turk commander,
had broken off negotiations and
that the British had hurriedly begun
fortifying the city.