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Tilg Big Stone Gap
C. M. Harris, Editor and Manager.
Turns oar ScsacMrrto* ?
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Six Months, .
Payment ?tricUy In ndvance.
Attorney* wlro insert logal AdrcftUemcnls In tbe
Poct for their client* will be considered rc?pon?Ible
far them and bills for the some ?rc payable mon thly.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8,1892
'Advertising flutes and Rule*.
The tolling in jnst what it co*ta everybody who
advertise in the eolunuis of the Bra Stoxk Gap I'ost:
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farh subsequent insertion.
Oomranterd Weekly Circulation of Over
One Thousand.
The Poirr fjua rant err to its advertisers n weekly cir?
culation of over One Thousand. It starts out with
thin bonaged list, while hnndreds of others wltl be
added wefk after wwk. The subscription Iwok is
opfti to advertiser* fur exoneration.
Advertiser* contracting for ?pure by the year will
be enttiJed 5o fonr changes of advertisement during
the yiar.
Ob contraets for space for a shorter time than one
y*ar a reasonable advanee over above rate? will lw
charged.
No ^'dead" or unpaid-for advertisements carried |u
thin paper. When contract expires "ad" wilt dis?
appear.
Your Paper.
The lengthy salutatory and innumerable
promises that ordinarrly appear, of
rather a stereotyped nature, in the first
issue of a new paper are unnecessary in
the innitiatory number of Tut: Bn; Stoxk
Gap Post.
The reputation and character of a news?
paper is not built on promises, but its
standing and position in the journalistic
world is gained by the energy and ability
that is behiud it. If these qualities are
possessed by the management of the Post
to a reasonable degree, then its success is
assured; if not, then the result is clear and
understood.
The writer, in establishing The Bio
Stone Gap Post fully realizes that it is
no small undertaking to conduct and
manage a journal that will be a credit to
the intelligent people of the town and the
different sections from which it should
draw its substantial support.
The late Big Stone Post, first under the
experienced editorship of Col. C. E. Sears,
and later in the hands of that versatile
writer, Mr Edwin Barbour, was a journal
of high character, and gained a reputa?
tion hardly equaled by any other weekb
published in the state. Should the man?
agement of the new paper succeed in plac?
ing it as high up on. the ladder of journal?
istic fame as the point reached by its pre?
decessor, a feeling of pride will then
course through the veins of its pro?
moter, but not a feeling of satisfaction,
ILike all else, the point of perfection in
journalism is still to be attained, and the
distance scperating a g?c*i paper from
that point, figuratively speaking, would
possible belt the earth several times.
Unfortunate circumstances, for several
tnotitus past, have forced the business in?
terest of Big Stone Gap to suffer from a
lack of that ivwicfit to be derived from the
publication of a live and readable news
paper. A town without a newspaper is
flake .a bell without a clapper?it. may be a
tfirst-class town or an A 1. bell, but without
ithe newspaper and clapper both arc dumb
and silent. During those few months
that the town has been unable to keep
(b?fou>e ike public the advancement and
developments that have been going on,
much work has been done. As mentioned
elsewhere, the Appalachian Steel and Iron
Co., has been pushing its work, and has
done the most profitable business among
all the new furnaces of the south. This
is easily understood, when the fact is con?
sidered that this furnace practically has
aII the different materials used in the
manufacture of iron right at its door.
So soon as the large coking industries of
the Virginia Coal and Iron Co., the Vir?
ginia, Tennessee and Carolina Steel and
Iron Co., the large company recently or?
ganized, wilh Col. J. II. Allen in charge,
ami another with Capt. G. durris at its
l>cad, begin the manufacture of coke, an?
tritt cr advantage will be given to the fur?
nace wherein thousands of dollars will be
sared etch year in freight-rates on coke.
The Pokt will he devoted to the best in?
terests of tie town at ]lig Stone Gap and
tbe surrounding country, It will use ev?
ery effort possible to place and keep prom?
inently before the world the great and in?
exhaustible mineral and timber resources
?f southwest Virginia and eastern Ken?
tucky, The .great coal, iron and coking
industries that arc gradually starting up
Iwere and getting ready to make this sec?
tion one of the richest and most prosper?
ous in the world, will ever find in the Post
a veady and willing helper in whatever
way it can serve them
Politically the paper will pusuc strictly
an independent course, always supporting
tbe man or meu who can best subserve the
interest of tne whole people.
With these ends in view, and hoping to:
be able,by following the course marked
out above, to impress on the minds of the
good people interested in this sect ion that
The Big Stone Gap Port is their paper,
and to them alone can it look to for sup?
port sad success, I subscribe myself.
Very respectfully,
C. iL HARRIS.
Jay GouhJ.
fyGould, the wizard of Wall street und (
money-king of America, is dead. Ke was
a remarkable man nud perhaps the most
skilled manipulator of stocks and bonds in
theakalc world. His whole aim and am
tiittou iu \U& was money, money, money;
and his tact and ability was peculiarly
adapted to its accumulation. Money was
frit god, uo4 he serw4 him well.
Wonderful, indeed, has been tho life ofi
tkt? groat schemer, and points out what
way lie attained where adaptability, will
ftfotrer ?ud strong mind is combined. He
mM the so? of a small - farmer, nadln hie
youth, Jike ether country boys, labored on
tS&Um* tel$*& t? -tor* *M sim Ifet i
cows, and o?r fa?wortr He liked no
part, of His w&Jc on the farm. He attend?
ed the school in the small town of Rox
bury, N. V., and he is said to have been
different from the other boys. Heprcfcr
cd to remain indoors, by himself, rather
than engage in plays with other boys.,He
had a tough time in life when a boy, but
that master will-power of his was not. to
be bridled and. held in. . At an early age
he cugagesas a clerk in a tin shop, and at
the age of 15 was a partner and manager
of the business. Soon after this, he left
h is business in the hands of Iiis father
and accepted a position wit Iran engineer?
ing corps on a salary of $i20,00 per month.
His employer proved to be a dishonest
man and swindled him out of his pay.
Howcvr, he made a map of Ulster county,
X, Y., which,ho sold for $500. From this
time he began to rise in the world and
fortune seemed to favor his every turn.
He established a tannery at Gouldsboro,
at this time ho was X) years old. He was
made postmaster at Gouldsboro. Soon
after these events, he began his railroad
ventures, and his career in this line of
business, in connection with the Western
Union Telegraph Co., and otbergreat cor?
porations would fill a book of many pages.
Ina certain sense, he has been a terror
?a traut?who has remorselessly crushed
out the very life of hundreds of weaker
fellow-beings. Without a single sense of
sympathy or fellow feeling he has taken the
last farthing from many a family and
i brought its members down from luxury
and affluence, to penury and want: of
. ten to disgrace and degrcdation. At the
end, has his life been worth the living?
He has worked, worried and toiled, wor?
shiping the god of mammon for nearly 57
[ years, and after accumulating the immense
fortune of over $75,000.000 has met the
fate of millions of others before him, and
passed into the great unknown, leaving
' behind him his great accumulation of
wealth and the unpleasant rcccollcctions
of him in the minds of the thousands lie
1 has utterly ruined.
Ruf us A. Ayers and the Debt
Question.
The greatest blessing that the year of
our Lord, eighteen hundred and ninety
two has brought to Virginia and Virgin?
ians is the settlement of the State debt
1 question. This much-vexed question had
been a galling sore upon our body politic
1 for years, and its agitation came near rc
! suiting in the complete wreck of (he
' Democratic party throughout the State. Its
final settlement on an honorable and eqiti
1 table basis has, therefore, been the occa
> sion for general rejoicing and congratula
! tion throughout the Common wealth.
I In this hour, wh??) the final adjust
' mcnt of this question is being /;;,\'led with
so much delight and gratitude all pycr jth.e
' Old Dominion, Virginians shoul.d not lose
sight of the men through whose conduct
" the State has been able to arrive at this
' settlement.
1 Virginia has many able sons who contri?
buted towards the settlement of the much
? voiced debt question. It is not the desire of
1 the Post to detract one iota from the scr
: vices of any one in saying that to Rufns A.
1 Ayers more than to any other living man
in Virginia, is the State indebted for this
happyfi^ffsomntion in that her bondholders
' have been compelled to accept the just
? and honorable settlement for jvjiicb she
1 has ever stood ready to account to her
! creditors.
Such a settlement the holders of Vir
1 ginia's bonds for many years refused to
1 accept, but persisted in an effort to saddle
' upon the Old Commonwealth an enormous
? debt, far iu excess of what in all fnir
1 ucss they justly had a rjg)jt to demand.
1 This effort brought on a prolonged and
I bitter legal conflict in the Federal courts
i between Virginia and the holders of her
' bonds, which attracted the attention of
the entire nation, and became otic of the
I most famous legal contests in the history
,' of our independence. The conduct of that
1 fight on behalf of Virginia devolved upon
Attorney-General Ayers. How he bore
1 himself in this contest now makes a page
in Virginia's history that no Virginian
will wish unwritten. With great ability
lie fought every inch of the ground against
the most distinguished legal talent in flic
United States, but it is for the courageous
stand he took in resisting the mandates
of a Federal judge, who sought to force
him into faking a course which lie con?
ceived to be inconsistent with his duty :is
an officer of the Commonwealth of Vir?
ginia, that he is admired most by the Vir?
ginia people. With statesmanlike courage
that would have been a credit to our
Revolutionary fathers,he'electcd rather to
languish in prison than be coerced into
action contrary to his plain duty.
By an act of the General Assembly
passed in 1887 tjie Commonwealth's at?
torneys of the respective counties iu Vir?
ginia and the Attorney-General irere
ordered to bring suits against all parties
who, on presentation of coupons, clipped
from Virginia's bonds, in payment of
taxes, did not prove the genuineness of
the bond from which the coupon was
clipped .orpay their taxes in lawful money
of the United States. This act, it was
thought, would finally do away with all
attempts on the part of tax-payers to pay
their taxes iu coupons, and was a measure
to which the State was compelled to re?
sort for self-preservation.
General Aver? was Attorney-General of
Virginia at the time, and in the discharge
of his duty as such officer, proceeded to
carry out the provisions of the statute.
Judge Hugh L. Bond, of the United
States Circuit Court, issued an order
restraining the Attorney-General and the
Commonwealth's attorneys from obeying
this law passed by the General Assembly j
of the State of which they were the
?wor<; officers. This restraining order
Attorney-?cnetol ?yers deliberately re?
fused to comply with and ppocp^^d to dis?
charge the duties of his office, rogardleig
of Judge llond's interference, regarding if
as nothing more nor less than an usurpa
| tlonof power on the part of a Federal
j judge to presume to instruct u Virginia
officer as to discharging the duties of his
offien, For this refusal to comply with the
orders or* thawjjr/general Ayers was com?
mitted to jail, and there ?*;n;?ined until
Hie Supreme Court of the United States
interfered and be was released.
General Aver? in refusing to obey tue!
mandates of the Federal judge was far
greater than one not conrersaut with pre?
vious decissions of the Supreme Court of
the United States would think. The pre?
ponderance of opinion among three law?
yers of the country was to the effect that
the Supreme Court would sustain the
Circuit Court and would refuse to grant a
writ of habeas corpus. Less than three
years previous the Supreme Court had
held in the Coupon case that suing a
State officer was not suing the State and
that sueli officers were not exempt from
being sued. The outcome, however, jus?
tified General Avers in his^cause. The
Supreme Court held that his arrest and
imprisonment was unwarrantable, and he
was discharged from custody.
This was the beginning of the cud. The
backbone of the bondholders' cause was
broken by this one bold stand taken by
General Avers. Had he obeyed the man?
dates of that Federal court, or had he lost
in the famous habra* cor/itwcase, Virginia
would still be tottering under the incu?
bus of t his immense unsettled debt. His
bold, courageous action, however brought
the bondholders to their knees. They
at once began to plead for terms. Virginia,
ever ready to be just and honorable,
turned no unheeding ear to that pica; and
the result has been the final and satfsfac- I
tory adjustment of a question that had al- \
ways been the source of unending trouble
and annoyance to this proud old Common?
wealth.
No fair-minded men studying that epoch
in Virginias history will ever gainsay the
assertion that it was the ability, manliness
and courage of Rufus A. Ayers that was
the main factor in bringing about this
happy issue of Virginia's trouble, and for
that aj one he is entitled to the everlast?
ing gratitude of his fellow citizens.
This is the man whom his fellow-citi?
zens of Wise county have asked the po?
ple of Virginia to select to the highest office
within their power to bestow, appeal?
ing not only to his record as an officer of
the Commonwealth but to the purity and
uprightness of his private life to prove
whether he measures up to that standard
set up by the great Jefferson, who said the
first thing for a people to do when called
upon to support a candidate for office, was
to propound the question, "Is he honest, is
Iig capableV"
With ability in almost every walk of life
has General Ayers proven that Jjc possess?
es to a preeminent, degree the qualifica?
tions necessary to fit him for a place
among that distinguished line of men who
from Patrick Henry to Phillip W McKin
ney have occupied the Gubernatorial
Chair of Virginia, and if it please the peo?
ple to place him in that exalted position
his friends may rest aussurcd that he will
take position in the foremost rank of this
j li;;e of great men,
Tobacco Culture a?jd its Profit?
able Features.
Tobacco raising Is one of the most prof?
itable industries that can be engaged in
? by the farming class, and it is stratige that
an interest in this direction has not long
ago been manifested by the people of this
and surrounding counties. That this va
cinity and section is pcculliarly adapted
to its culture is unquestionable, and that
the farmer would make more clear money
, off of one acre of well cultivated tobacco
t tfyan, with the very best results, lie makes
off of ih tn -ji) planted in corn is unques?
tionable.
Why not call a meeting of tiie business
men of Big Stone Gap and'organi/.e an as?
sociation for the purpose of more thor?
oughly and prominently placing before
the fanners of the surrounding country
the benefits and large profits to be deriv?
ed by /hem in turning their attention in
this direction, An interest of this kind,
? when worked up and put iuju ejcppjition,
would not only add largely to the wealth
of the farming community, but would in?
crease the volume of I>ig Stone Gap's
trade by thousand of dollars each year.
The columns of the Post arc open to all
who feel an interest in this industry, and
suggestions looking toward cstablis! -
ing such a!i industry among our people
will be put prominently before the public.
Later on the Tost will furnish informa?
tion as to how to cultivate and cure
lbe plant, and other valuable sug?
gestions to the farmer who may wish In
try his hand at tobacco cultivation.
Since writing the above one of lift;
Stone Gap's business men has called the
writers attention to the following aitic'e
from the pen oi'J. H. Winston, ot l>:i t< I.
Tetin., ?ho is a recognized authority on!
the subject of tobacco growing. Air.
Winston says :
I ';Tho soil b?8.t suited to tobacco is a
sandy soil more or lesi Ijgjif jn color?the
lighter the better?with a yellow subeojl.
A typical tobacco soil is a light-colored,
sandy soil. The principal growth on this
soil is whortleberry, chinqucpin, dogwood,
hickory, sour wood, white oak and pine.
The next best is a gray soil, intermixed
with a due proportion of sand, and the
next best is a slaty soil. The tobacco
patch should have a good exposure to the
sup. 1 prefer a south-east exposure ; next
a southern and next a south-west exposc
ure. Put your north jnnj) in potatoes, or
some other crop ; never in ?'yJ>ar:o. pn
the soil which 1 have indicated it does nof
matter whether it is old or new land, it
will produce the finest quality of tobacco.
If old land so poor as to be turned out, (as
we call it) if plowed in the fall, and ma?
nured in the spring with a dressing of
stable or farm-yard manure, spread broad?
cast and fertilized either in the hill or drill,
it will produce a fine quality of tobacco
and generally asftne as new ground. Some
of our most successful grau>j?r$ make their
tobacco on land that was clcarou Jiffy
years ago; so far as they know, In plow ?
ing this land be careful not to turn up
thp clay to the top or mix it in any way
with tho top sojl. ff possible make hills
for the plants. New ground should be
hilled at least one month before It Is plant?
ed. This gives the hill time to settle; It
retaines moisture better, and the plant j
will take root and grow more easily than
in newly made hill. It is not so impor?
tant to hill old land, but at every work?
ing a little dirt should be put to the plant
so as to make a hill of proper size in the
course of a season."
The gentleman who called the Post's at?
tention to Mr. Winston's article ex?
presses himsejf on the subject as follows.
"The mountain sides of fjjjs section are I
well suited for tobacco ouifurc wjipn j
the people turn their attention to cultivat?
ing it they will realize more mouey than
they will ever gci.from their coal iorn and
timber. It would be well for some of our
farmers to try a few acres next year. Par?
ties desiring to cultivate tobacco, who
lmvo no land of their own, could, no doubt,
lease land from the VirginiaCoal and Iron
?o., or fome oj the other large Jarid own?
ers in thisVicioitv ?do? #jrerr reasonable
Wyandotte Avenue, near East Fifth Street, Big Stone Cap, Virginia.
THE GREATEST BAROAiNS"0\N 'EARTH!
Owing to the fact th?.i i s*>I! strictly for cash, and that my
trade has increased fully ICO per cent in the last sixty days,
and, having permanent U c.Jed at Big Stone Gap, in orderto
attract the attention or trie };i;blic rnc! further increase my
trade, I am now qffetjihg eylry article In rny immense stock at
the small profit of TEN ?ZP< CENT over actual cost. ? I can
supply all your wants in .the way of
MEN'S, BOYS' AND YOUTHS' CLOTHING.
. LADIES' AND GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS.
Dry Goods, potions, Boots and Shoes, Hats, Fancy Goods,
LIMES' CLOAKS, WATCHES, JEWELRY, Sc,
All the ftlwve departments arc f?ll im '? > ? In i t ry respect. IVtow I quota pricey on a number of
articles, which am 'v'hK'.-.'.r.-.'' int] will eoriviix ?? yon lual you can save money by trading with me :
Dry Goods and Notion Departrnai l
ln tins department I hnvi the -'
liu?'over !<? "ii itt lliis ;i;trt t?f ;if-t.'t". Hit??. '1
my prices : Good Cnlicq from i cents : i i!
Worsted, ?rieb as soilsi'claeWbeTc'for \2] ??' l G
o-ntH per yard : Double-w'iiltli I 'laid ?? p l< el
20-cents, only 10 cents per yard : G id 1 ? lc.
Idenchcd and unbleached, fr?m 4 cenl np : ol
tbeLoom l^>mestlc, the ];i'St !:!-:?.?:?! made, old !???
where for 12 cents, going at S cents }?? r yard. \
selection ?>f fine Caidil meres, Mohair, French !'!.?!:
nels. Trlco,riddles"- Cloth Waterproof^ it i i r:i.*lii
low prices. 47"> ]rf.-h linen TwweTg from ??; ? !?-::;>. A
completeaswirtment i>f Riie Irish Lin ?> I re.
Xapkins. Lice Curtains; N. v. To! js ??. Cap .
ItcdfonL C?rd, Snspeiiders, Ilnslery-of i '.? 'rijiti , -.
Good Spool Cotton, for S cents : I . I
T.
the liest made, only 4 ci-n<<: !'?? si ' iitt?n-boU> Tr.'NJ,
2 for ."> cents: Xecdlcs nnd Pin ?. J ? ? a pap r; Kcur?
Wool Half Hose. 10 cents aud np. nil otlier'g ??<??
in this department hi proportion.
Boot and Shoe Cepartm?
I have209differentstyleaof Boots ami Shoi -. fr
a low grade of machine work to th,c >'i II ud
made goods, f ran Hi any and everybody Bftd gtlnr
autee satisfaction.
Hat and Cap Department.
119 different (5ty.li a of II v-, rnngjnj imj n
grade to the finest Imported marie. Mi nrs Wi I'lTafs
from 2?ceiits'up. > II other 'price* hi thl '. partmcuf
range accordingly.
Watch and Jewelry Department,
1 have n handeome and large assortmei if '-V;.:< h- I
cs, Jewelry, kc, nil going at r?>< k-bottom . rice .
Clothing Department.
: in heal the world i:: Clothing. I have purchased,
ii y. v v....i;. .,t the bankrupt sale of one of the larg
i est manufacturing concerns of ihat city, a trememl
? ck . { Men>:, VoutbV and Hoys? Suits, rants
"? re tats, which 1 will cell fifty Per Cent Lower
than my competitors can buy them. I Quote some of
prie H : .V.-n's Suits from ?>.00 np. Oistnni
rriadi !!i:it.? s.-ek, straigbticut and cutaways?iu
Pea? : : diagonals! Scotch tweedy, IWlin t?Ills,
. : ... worsteds. ?vc, which sell elsewhere at from
::C;<KIi ?':'.".! i1. I nm selHng'at half price. Hoy.*'
.'. ioI Suits? front'fl 1." up. 3fS3":l*?tir> of I'aiits, ran ?:
in?; ;' ? m ni ilium ghide !?> tb<? liest cnstorit'-made,"at
the very lowesi Ikrureif. 375 Men's. Youth.-* and
Itoj -' O' .-reo??-, all gi i:t< at astonishing low prices.
Gents' Furnishing Department.
I ' ive the nn si elegant stock of Gents' Furnishing
(i ds in S<?Uiiwest Virginia. Men's Klanel Under
shlris from 22cents np ; .Men'? Gooil Cottoii-fhinuel
Urnwerj frotu 23 cents up. am! all other goods in this
dej irtrni ut ranging in same proportion.
Cloak Department.
My sum is headquarters for kidies' Misses' and
< hit.*] i- i |?>aks. I liavc In stock G^." fidles*, t'liil
>?. - ?<???! Mi -cs <?! iaVs;'a1so a Iiitnds7)irie Hue of
I.i.ii -'. iii - rim! Children's K?u Muff's, Ga|ies,
('ojlar?, 1'iow The IiiUwt bf^les, the fluest qual?
ity, tie.: |*>)Vest pt joro.
Trunks and Valises,
Trunks and VnH--.? . f all kinds and slae?. Also a
bin itoi '. of Stationery. Gootl Writing I'.iper. 2t
hi ? *- for?'cents. Thousands of other articles t??*?
numeron? !?? uteritlon'.
The reason I (lellso clieap I- liceli ??? I hnj for ?.!-':. [bell i< hi Quick Sales and short profits. My
stock is large, Ute styles are elegant and my prises low' Come one, conic, all ; holb greaj and small! Call
ion me and examine my goods and I v- ?! ! r ?..: j ill con taotts, whether you purchase or not. Customers
ccming froin a distance purchasing to thi nmount of flfi wlll-receh ? ;t handsome present. Look out for
the large si>j;n ol
JHUcrfi iatC JSL JsL JSL <
Wyandotte Avenue, near East Fifth Street, Ci?r Stone Gap, Virginia.
A. W. Tracy.
f|0KTRACT0RS AND BUILDERS,
P^NS AND ESTIMATES IN EITHER WOOD OR STONE.
STORE-FITTINGS ?ND FINE WORK A SPECIALTY,
Office Corner Sttawnee Avc. and E. 5th St,
gents for Fay'i Manilla Building' Paper.
Wood Avenue, in Ayers Building:,
Big: Stone Gap9 ^Tir^iml^i,
?Exclusive Dealers in?
HARDWARE and BUitfiERS? MATERIAL,
SASH, DOORS, BLINDS, LOCKS,
CARPENTERS' TOOLS, GUNS.
PISTOLS, FINE CUTTLERY,
(X)OK AND HEATING STOVES, WAGONS, &o.
Gallon us when in nesrj pf anything in the Hardware line.
F- BKKER,*
C().\m\CTOR
-AND
Eg ~IJ X T?< H7> JEZ Ro
imatcs Given. Contracts Taken.
1 ' Fine Work and Store
Fittings a Specialty.
1" ' '. '?? :'..< iug, !'? uei ' Order -
Shop on Wood Aveiitit", w^n lite lutcrinnni,
BIG STONE CAP. VIRGINIA.
P.
Two beta of Coldiig <\'.-il. each one.ovei; siv feet thick, nraking good
Gokip ;is is protlticetl in the tJnited $tates> will be minetl antl coked within
three inilesi of the towh. Two j oils of Gas a&l Steani Coal^each over four
feet thick, and a bed of Caiinel Coal iindeilies the same territorv.
IHOM
Two reliable beds of Red Fossil Iron, one tarrying 48 pe?' cent Iron, at^d
a large deposit of Ori?k?ny ore, earring ^'1 pec cent Iron, underlie in
part the town site, and thousands of acres on lines of S. A. & 0. U. R.
and L. & N. R. R
T]?q most valuable are:; of virgiii forests;, of Waluiit, Hickory, Oak, Ash,
Veilow Poplar (y/hife vyood)j Birch, Kemlock aud Ch^cstntit Oak, in the
(Jnit'ed States, immediately t;ito blip town.
Supplied by two capid ri> ing around thctown, Water crocks,
piping from an elevation 895 feet shove the town site, now in opera?
tion.
R?ILHO?DS.
Concentration of railroad-Is at this point inevitable. South Atlantic <fe
Ohio now completed from Bristol, Tenn., and Louisville & Nashville com- j
p[eted from Louisville, Kentucky. Several other roads now under con?
struction.
Cheap FneL-Clieap Bp Material-Cheap Transportation.
4n $800,000 Iron riant uearjy co: ipleto L
Five humi.rf.ii pp^e Qyen?? to be built at mice.
Electric Light, Street ii'ai.-uay, ijojd IL-Il;! ; pt|,
MORE ADVANTAGES COMBINED THAN CAN BE FOUND IN ANY
OTHER LOCALITY. 5 ?WY
Manufacturers wanted. SubMantial iii'Iuecments held out.
Lots will he sold at schedule rate?. Reductions to builders'.
Prices of lots in Plat So, 5, ran^e from $50 tu $1,00:0 per lot
Address BIG STON 15 GAP IMPROViilMENT CO.,
W?JW?R if reports of foreign incidents
and happening in American j??rnsi suoir|
up as much of the rcdicnlous to foreigners
ns theirs sometimes do to Americans.
In its news from America the Roman
Herald, published in the Piazza di Spag
na, says:
"It is believed ttiat the Democrats will
hare a majority of olM) members in Con?
gress." The same authority informs us
that during the election in New York "a
Democrat, Count Anderson, was killed by
a Republican, -who has also mortally
wounded three others persons."
-. ?> .
Tin: following extract is from a letter
in the Bntstol Courier of yesterday, from
its Washington county correspondent:
Wise county wants Avers for Governor,
He is an exccllant man, a sound and true
Democrat, from core to rind, and would
make us a Governor worthy of the
"mother of States and statesmen." About
a quarter of a century ago, he drove a
wagon and hauled goods for old man
Klkanuah Gilly, from Bristol to Big Stone
Gap. The roads were bad,the country mild
the times ditto, but he worked hard, made
enough money to get a legal schooling,
and is now one of our foremost men. Ho
worked his way up and deserves any honor
the people may give him. Success has
not turned his head, but is a level-headed
true-hearted Democrat. He would make
a strong canvass, a model Governor, and
leave the chair with his party stronger in
the allections of the people. Many years
have elapsed since Southwest Virginia
had this August office, and now that she
has a good man for the place, she should
have it once more.
Lynch burg has a Senator, Farmville,
forty or fifty miles away, has the Gov?
ernor, and now why should not South?
west Virginia have Governor and Sena?
tor? With Rufe Avers for Governor and
John Buchanan for Senator, the State
would be represented and officered as in
ancient times, when there were giants in
those days. Let other sections of the
State name two alder or better or fit tier
men. Democrat.
Washington Co., Va., Dec, 1892.
The next national House will stand, Ac?
cording to the most careful estimate:
Democrats, Republicans, 128, and
populjsts, 8, This gives the Democrats a
majority of 82 over the Republicans and
Populists oonibined, A good working
majority, and not large enough to pro?
mote the evil of absenteeism, which bo
came flagrant during the first session of I
the present House.
Keen Razors, Sharp SclsorK, Clean Towels find
Polite Attention.
Weather and ttalii-fnll at Big Stone (Jap.
Below are given the averrge mean tem?
perature and the total rain-fall for each
month of this year, as taken by Mr. John
W. Fox, Sr., of this piacc, voluutary ob?
servatory of the Signal Service :
Wwlni.
January. :t2.-l 5 mi
rVhnniry. 9 ;t.K4
Mnrrli... 41.0 :t.(i?
Vprll. 52 S l?.f>7
May. (50.7 5.1a
?I"IK'. ('?7.4 7.55
Jlll.V. Co.2. 4.27
Atlfnist. IIS.6 2.81
Septem l>cr. f.ii 1.."!)
October. 4? o o.:w
November.'.
W. L. DOUGLAS
S3 SHOE GENTLEMEN
THE BEST SHOE IN THE WORLD FOR THE MONETf? !
It Is a seamless shoe, with no tacks nr wax thread |
to hurt the feet; made or the best flue calf, stylish
and easy, aud because ice make more shots of this \
gnae than any other manufacturer, it equals baud- |
Bgwed shoes costing from $4.00 to?5.00.
4CS 00 Gcnnlue llnnd-sewed, the finest calf
shoo ever offered for $5.00; equal* Kreuch
Imported shoes which ?> st 'r<?m $s.fXito $i2.iN).
shoe- evftr offered at this price i saino r.-raUu 43 uu4,
(em-made shoes costing from ?i'.iVi (o S:>.U).
50 I'oHee Hhnei Parinora, ttaitroad Hen
ip*Jm and LctterCarrlcrsall wear t bun; fluocalf, 1
seamless, smooth Inside. bca?y three soles, cxten- I
Biou edge. Cue pair will wear a year.
4J50 50 fine cn Ifj no better shoe ever offered at 1
?p<?* this price; one trial will convince those |
who want a shoe for comfort anrl service.
({?9 '23 nur! $2.00 Workincmnn** shoes j
?Jytf&a aro very strong ntnl durable. Those who
hav?3 given them a trial will wear no other make.
KS/tl/c' 82.00 and Sl.?.> school shoes aro !
uUj9 worn by the boys everywhere; they Bell
on l.heTr merits, as the Increasing wiles show.
1 Ctrl lc\G S'.l.OO Unnd-*ewed shoe, best
kaUIwO Dongoto, vorystyUsh; equals French
imported shoes costinpfroin $'..'*) to $fi.i?.
LndirN' 2.50, SJ.00 nnd $1.75 shoe for
Htsseinee, ine bq:jb dueL.Mi!>:a- Stylish and durable. |
{'nuilo.,,_?(;?, ftfyAy.7,: pototjtf to?u ?nd ,
price aro stumped ou tbebotfom or each shoe, |
rrTAKE ptO HrUMTITl'TR,.jrj
Insist on local advertised dealers supnlylnir too.
W. L? DOUGLAS, Brockton, Maas, ?oldby
Take if.
OUDrJK Ulf* < I *1MCATION.
VIIWIXIA: In the clerk** office of tti? circuit
court of the county of Wine on the 3ml day of
December, ISfri. In Vacation.
The LotifrviiAa it Xamiyimx J
Kao.kh\i? Cone axy, V rn (h?nc*ry.
Tnr Favkttk l.%xnCn.. rr w*.;
The object of thin milt I* to recover judavtntMit
against Tlie Fayettc Land Company in tin* num of
One Hundred and Twenty Thousdud Dollars (1130,000)
with Interest thereon from March 8th, IHSO until pay?
ment, ami to enforce the *ame by foreclo?ure of th?
vendor's lien retained In a attain dWd from the
Louisville A 2f*?h?ille. Itallroyd Company and M. n.
Smith, agent, to the Fayett Land Company. daM
MnrehSth. 1S90, and recorded In the Office of th?
Clerk of Wise Comity Court, to which reference i*
here made, on a certain fact ??f land In the town <?f
Big Stone (Jap. Wise county, Virginia, ct?ititiiiin<
about 3*? .tint known a* the FUnary tract, aiul,
described In said above mentioned deed. Atel, afhv
davit having been made tliat John Marston, jr.?a
party defendant Ii?*rei??I? a non-resident of thl<
?tat<>: and, it having been stated in complainant'*
hill :hat there are or may b* other po/ties interested
In the subject matter to lie disposed of who are un?
known, and affidavit*, to thin effect having been mad?j
and filed, the said John Marston, jr, and ?aM parties
imkiiown are required to .Appear within 15 days aft?r
due publication of this order, in the ClerkV office ??f
our said Court, at rules to be hoMen therefor, ?od du
what is necessary to protect their mtereelw. Audit
I? ordered that a copy of this order be forthwith put,.
Hshed once tt wiH>k. tor four *ucce*?lve wtflu, in t; ,
Um Stonk (I \v Tost, n newspaper printed in th* taw n
??f Big Stone Gap, lp the county of Wl<e, and posted
at the front door of ?he court-house <?f ?aid county, ..u
tli?? first day of the next Comity Court for lhe**aii]
county after the date of thi? order.
A copy. Teste: J.K. Liers,Clerk.
Bvu.rrr ,t Kollow? _?>i;P 1- (r\u\,)J
Two
For One!
Ihf special arrangements with the Pah
Ushers, all subscribers to Ute BIG STOXE
GA P POST, who pay $1..13 inside the next
sixty (Jays tritt receire, in combination
with the ' POST, for twelve month*, th>
great srmi-monthla Agricultural and
'Household journal, HOME and FA UM.
HOME and FA UM is recognized us th.
leader in enterprising agricultural journ?
alism. It has recently been enlarged
sixteen, pages, and is mare attract ire than
erer. Its fist of contributors contains thr
names of practical farmers all orer fh*
South. Its /lame Department is unsur?
passed. Its department derated ta Chil?
dren is a icell-spring of pleasure in ret ry
haust hold. Send in uaar subscription fa
TUI] Hid HTO$E mi' tt?tl
with it <iit this great Agricultural ami
Home journal almost AV?v for One Year.
If you want tin s> two papers in eomhi,
nation, clip out mat fill in the foliowina
blank, twlny particular to write name ntul
address plainly, inclose $1,35 and add re ?g
the same io The Jiiq Stone day Punt,
hock Box 20. Jiiy St'na <iapt ]'a.
Past Oflice, . .?.?.
t 'ounty, State,
Dal,
('. M. Harris,
Big Stone dap, Ya.
I in lost d f hand you fl.J.i to pa;/ fVl
une year's subscription to The- Pug Stunt
f*ap Pout and Home and Farm. Send to
me at address gireu aboee.
Very respectfully,
Xame,
RriKhCB Idseam;, Catarrh, Colic, Constipation,
Chronic Diarrbujo. Chrome Liver Troubfe, l>uu ?
betes, Disordered Stomach, IUulueaa. Dyaentery, T
pyspepabt. Eczema, fr'latuleucv. Female Com- Z
Sfaints, tout Ureath,Headache.Heartburn,Ithn, ?
aundiuo. Kidney Complaints, Lirer Trouble*. ?
Los? Ot Appetite, Mental Depression, Nauara, a>
Nettle ItJuih.i ? ? m\ 1'ainful Digfi?- ?
ti^n, 1'implcs, a^b^Bs^. Itnahof hlood a
to the Hf a ii, ^ffi^ggk Sallow Com ?
pteiion. Sal t /fO-?-JWaW Khnini. S.mM ?
Dead, Scrof- /g$xnTit^Zl ??l??i Sack Head- z
ache,Skin DI? I^?>- .c?J easea.Sonr I
K^mach.Tirvd Lfi^Vlly Krrl!ruj.l..rvi.l s
Liver, tflcern, iCSf^^Mr Water Draoh ?
and every oth- ^fcj^BF ir symptom ?
ordtoeaaeUiatl '????"!?? from ?
impure blo<Hl ,,r a failure in the prope'Per'onn' f
ance of their f unctions by the rtomarh, llvrr and ?
intestines. Persons priren to over-eattnjrar? ben- J
eflted by taking eno tabulo after each meaL A m
continued use of the Ul pans Tabu lea is thezurrat 9
cure for olwtinut, ?imstipatlon. Thev eontaln
hothmrf" font'tat? KlnjWPMsju ?hs fy&tdtltt
rat?, i i/?"'^ I*. 1^ H?'?w IHM U gum t/h?,,
1 -'4 (rmw U eents, Sent by mui pciMee'palqi
Addres? THK KIFAN8 CHEMICAL COSPlIfY,
hO. Boa ?73. New York.
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Tab. nr. Ooelda . ...^ S V
for sale l>y S. L. Whitkhkad, Big Stonk
Gap, Va.
BANK OF BIG STONE GAP,
Capital, $550,000.00
Incorporated under Virginia State Laws.
Docs a Ceneral Banking Business.
bfTKKKST w.i.o\vi:d <?' miK niirosiTs.
W. II. XlCKBLS, PreaMent. H. II. BL'I.MTT, Ca*M?r.
Wm. M. M<-Kmi-kk, Teller.
Appalachian Bank.
w. a. McDowell, president, authorized capital $100,000.
Incorporated under the Laws of State of Virginia.
' ' ' * ' ' ~ . ^oes a General j|anKI^ Business
Makes Pratts fcjireot on all the Principal Cities ofthe Wprld,
04*xitqh*i
K. j. iWKi?, jk. j. I?'. iu i.mtt, jh. 4,31. <(outturn. J. II. H. Sfux*.
h. C. M? Dowki.i., jk. K.m. K11.ton. c. w. KVAXI, K. T. Ikvisk.
W. A. VcDowrUm
Depository of the County of Wise and the town of Big Stono
Cap, Virginia.
Temporary Quarters, Opposite Post Office. BIG STONE GAP. VA.
for jvunxctg cars
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Castings of All Kinds,
We fill your orders at the Lowest Cost. We make a specialty of
Write for Prices. Big Stono 9ep ?Srate end Ms nil* Co.*
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