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^-J^gJBjg Stone Gap Post.
VOL. XX. COUNTY. VA.. WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBERliri9l2. No 38 '
Fine Specimens
Of Fruit Grown Near Pen
nington Gap.
Xo better evidence of tho
?reat possibilities of this und
adjoining counties as fruit
raising sections could bo hud
than that shown in Big Stone
(jaii lust week. Q. S. Cako,
representing Stark BroB., Nur
leHesand Orchurds Company,
Louisiana Mo., exhibited thin
Iriiit to tho Post, C. F. Bluutott,
I \v. Cbalkley, J. K. Bullitt,
Judge W. S. Mathows and
others interested in fruit culture
in this vicinity.
rhe specimens shown cumo
from the orchard of J. B. Qil
t^rt,Stark Bros, representative
?? Penning ton Gap and from
In year old trees. The exhibit
included Stark Delicious, Black
Don, Champion und (Irimes
Golden apple; V a in e and
Kieffer pear; Van Dernau
quince and Stark Gold Plum.
??For size, color and condition,"
laid Judge Mathows, "this
fruit in the finest collection I
pave ever semi from our local
territory. C< rtainly it marks
an epoch in the progress of
fiilit culture in Southwest Vir
giuia snd directly lends the
strongest argument for tho de?
velopment of our idle laud, the
clearing and planting of our
mountain und hill sides."
"There is not one thing ex?
traordinary about this splendid
fruit," said Mr. Cake. "Stich
high quality fruit as this can
nnil will he raised in this sec?
tion just as it is aliout Roanoke
and in many other places in
Virginia, thus bringing to your
I.pic a vast revenue to say
nothing of the greatly increased
value of land not now bringing
the owner a dollar. A visit to
the orchards near this city of
Messrs. Graham, Williams and
Cousins, now heavy with fruit,
will bo sufficiently convincing."
"Mr. Gilbert's orchard," con?
tinued Mr. Cako, "is small,
within a mile of Poniiington
anil several huudred feet high?
er. The laud is rough, gravely
loam with clay subsoil. The
orchard has not had any special
care. Other orchards in this
tectiou, notably those of Mr.
Legg and Mr. Smith huve heavy
eropB of quality fruits."
Mr. fake has about conclud?
ed negotiations with Messrs.
Wanton and Chalkloy (tho lat?
ter for the Big Stone Gap Land
and Improvement Company)
(or the planting of two demon?
stration orchards in the valley
near the railroad beyond K-ist
Stone Cap.
TYPHOID RATE IS CUT IN
HALF.
Popular Education is Secret
of Record, Health Offi?
cers Say.
Richmond, Vu., Sept., it,?
August statistics of typhoiil
fever in Virginia, just received
at the State Board of Health
mid compared with the figures
fur the preceding two months
show a decrease of 1,671 cases
over the record of nil 1 and in
?icute that during tho past
"Ummer; typhoid iu rural Vir?
ginia has boon cut in half.
The result of the August tab?
ulation was awaited with much
interest by health officers. Fig?
ures for .1 uuo and for July of
ine present year had shown that
there wur fur leas fever than in
)^U,und thorn waB hope that
" tho August figures were
satisfactory, Virginia might
achieve a uninque record in re?
ducing typhoid fovor. Some
concern was felt, however, ob
several small outbreaks had
neen reportod in August and as
the season had not been especi?
ally favorable. The figures ar?
ranged yesterday, however,
mlly boro out the hopes of
health workers. In August,
?Ml, 099 physicians reported to
'he Hoard of Health 1,043 cases
?f typhoid. In August of the
present year, on tho same baa?
's. Ml cases were reported.
As thoro was a reduction of
cases in Juno, 1912 and 100S
cases in July 1912, as compared
w'th the same months for the
preceding year, the aggregate
reduction for these has been
1C71 cases from, a total of 3198 i
oases m the three months of
1911. As these figures are from
tho reports of less than half the
physicians in tho State, it is be?
lieved that tho total decrease
m typhoid curing the last three
months will reach 3,000 cases.
May Sell
Elk Garden
Report That Swift St Co. Has
Offered $250,000 For It.
Bristol, Tenn., Sept. 14.?It is
stated here tonight on nuthori
ty apparently good that Swift
and Company, tho Chicago
packers, have offered Henry C.
Stuart, tin- Virginia cattle king,
(250,000 for his Klk tlardon
grazing lands, embracing 05,000
ncres in Uussell county^ much
of which is mountainous hut
all of which is adapted to blue
frass.
Mr. Stuart, it is said, hns
I made a price of $300,000, and it
is very probable tin- deal will
be consummated on this basiu.
"The significant feature of
this proposed deal," said a
prominent Kastern Virginia
stock dealer tonight, "is that it
means that the big packers are
coming direct to the soil."
"In my opinion," he con?
tinued, "the day is not distautl
when much of Virginia's graz?
ing lands will be the property
of the big packers and instead I
of depending altogether upon
the farmers, they will in the
future produce beef cuttle for
their packing plants upon their
j own lauds."
Work Progressing on Lexing?
ton & Eastern.
Sergeant, Ky., Sept. 14.?Tho
track layers on the next exten?
sion of the Lexington and
Eastern Railroad into the coal
fields have now reached the
mouth of Kingdom Como, seven
miles below Whitesburg, and
unless something unforeseen
should occur the first trains
will be running into Whites?
burg within eight or ten days,
all told. The date of the com
ing of the first train into the
city will be celebrated in grand
style, an attractive program
being now prepared. Thousands
of people will come to Whites?
burg from the surrounding sec?
tion and it will be a day long
to be remembered. This great
oal Hold is receiving its awak
ning by the coming of the
railroad and millions of dollars
have already been expended
developments, .lust what the]
future "will show in develop?
ments is hard to conjecture.
Coal Mines
At Josephine Preparing to
Commence Operation
Again.
The coal mines at Josephine,
near Norton, owned by the
Intermont Coal and Iron Com
pany, which have been closed
down for the past two years, is
making active preparations to
commence work again, and by
the LOth of October they will be
shipping both coal and coke.
This company's coke plant is
composed of SO ovens, and they
make a good quality of coke.
Tho indications are lino for a
good business at all tho mines
in this Held this fall and winter,
and coal is already bringing u
good price and the demand is
steadily increasing.
Bristol won the champion?
ship in the Appalachian Lon
gue, tho standing being, 1st,
Bristol; 2nd, Knoxvillo, 3rd,J
Johnson City; 4th, Cleveland;
6th, Asheville; 6th, Morristown.
CZfl MINERS wanted by
C>vF Stonegap Colliery Com
pany, Glamorgan, Va. Steady
work. Highest price per ton
paid in tho district. Healthy
camp. Excellent water. School
and church facilities.
Stonegap Colliery Co.
1 arx J. S. CHEYNEY, den'! Sppl.
New Town
in
Soon to Be Built in Carroll
County.
The latest news of impor
tanco and interest at present to
tho people of Carroll county in
the rumor to the effect that
there will be a new town boom
launched in the near future by
the people of tho Northeastern
section of Carroll county, Tho
town is planned to be built near
what is known as tho "Double
Cabins," about four miles south
from Sylvutus, and about one
mile from Baker Mines. It is
understood thnt tho matter
hi being worked up rapidly,
and thnt tho Norfolk and West?
ern Railway Company, bas as?
sured the parties behind tho
move that they will extend tho
branch line of their road up to
this Now Town if iu roturn they
ore assured of n certniu number
of enterpises being erected there
that would furnish freightI
traffic enough to justify the ox-1
tension of the line. Wo under
stand these enterprises have
been secured, one of which is a|
Furniture Factory the stock |
having been subscribed; anoth?
er is a twenty thousand dollar
Wholesale (Irocery. Options
have been taken on some of the
land around the site of the
place.
There are thousands of acres I
of land covered with the finest|
of timber, such as oak, poplar,
maple, pine and cedar through
out the eastern part of tho |
county, thnt would ho manu?
factured into lumber for oxport
which iu itself would pay the
Norfolk and Western Company
to extend its line to the New
Town. The opening up and
development of this section I
would mean much to the peo?
ple of the eastern part of Car?
roll county, us there would b?
market that would be accessa
ble to handle their lumber, tie*,
tanbark and produce. As it is|
all the lund lying immediately
around Harker Minos belongs |
to the Virginia .Mining Compa?
ny, and no one can buy a foot |
of it to set up any kind of busi
ness or enterprise. Mut should
the road run on up to this New
Town, then there will be found
all the land for sale that is de?
sired.
Practically the whole eastern
section of this country and a
great part of Floyd county are
obliged to make Hetty Baker
Depot their shipping point and
haul up the rough mountain
road to get to und from that
place. Hut with the station on
this side of the mountain would
make a vast difference in the
convenience and also consider?
able increase iu the amount of
frieght for the ruilroad.?Car
roll Journul.
Important to Farmers.
It may be of interest to the
fanners of this section to know
that when the State Fair is on
in Richmond that agricultural
products from all the counties
in the State will bo on exhibi?
tion.
Mr. Montague, who works
under the direction of Hon.
Qeo. W. Koiner, was in town
last week, on route to the fair
at Jonesvillo, whore ho expects
to get some good specimens for
the fnir at Richmond. Mr.
Koiner issues bulletins on al?
falfa growing (freo on applica?
tion), which should bo studied
by every farmer, and it is Mr.
Koiner's desire to show at tho
State Fair alfalfa grown in
every county in the Slate,
which is self ovident that it
can be grown us well in one
county as another. Timothy
and cloves all right, but al?
falfa can he cut four times in
one season, whereas the former
can be out only once, the' latter
giving four times as much ton?
nage from the same laud. One
farmer in Southwest Virginia
claims that the four cuttings
of alfalfa measured seventeen
feet, und is satisfied tho ton?
nage was four times that of
timothy.
Look into this matter, toother
farmer, and let Mr. Koiner tell
you Stow it is done.
?The Republican majority in
Ivermont is reduced to about
16,000. And the Democratic
vote is immensely increased.
Officer Killed at the Lee Fair
Jonesville, Vu., Sept. 12.?
The Lee county fair ground at
this place, w?8 the scene of a
murder at 3 o'clock Tuesday
afternoon, when Thomas Floo-i
nor, thirty-five years old, shot
and killed M. D. Denny, a po?
lice officer.
Denny, who observed that
Fleenor was intoxicated and
displaying a revolver, warned
him to leave tho grounds. In?
stead of obeying, Fleenor drew
his revolver and fired three
shots at Donny, ull of which
took effect. Ono entered tho
bruin, another tho head, and a
third penetrated the body.
Denny fell dving on tho spot.
Sheriff A." B. Bobbins im?
mediately arrested and hurried
Fleenor to jail.
Fleonor, who had boon oper?
ating au automobile botween
Ben Hur and Jonesvillo, has a
wife und seven children. Den?
ny leaves a widow und three
children.
Encouraging Southern
Farmer
Atlanta,Ca., Soptembor 10.?
With the view of oucouraging
tho Southeastern farmer to put
the whole farm to work by in?
troducing beef cattle in tho
system of furming and to givo
practical aid in the work, the
Southern Bailway Company
has just issued an attractive
booklet giving valuablo instruc?
tion on the feeding and man?
agement of hoof cattle. The
booklet calls attention to tho
fact that only ubout forty per
cent of arable laud of tho South?
eastern states is being usod and
declares that by the introduo
(ion of stock raising tho re?
maining sixty per cent could
bo made to return hundsome
profit and the land greatly en?
riched. Prof. K. S. Curtis, of
the North Carolina Experiment
Station, and Prof. Dan T. Gray,
of tho Alabama Experiment
Station both eminent authori?
ties on animal industry, contri?
bute articles t o tho booklet
which set out in detail the
methods to bo pursued in feed?
ing and handling cattle to se?
cure tho most profitable results.
Tho Southern Railway desires
to give this booklet wide distri?
bution throughout the South,
and copies will be gladly mailed
to those interested on applica?
tion to F. L. Word, Lire Stock
Agent, Atlanta, On.
Advantages of the South.
Washington, D. C, Sept. 14?
The advantages ami opportuni?
ties which thv Southeastern
states otTer to industrious home
seekers will be strikingly dis?
played during the next few
mouths at funs unit expositions
in Iowu, Wisconsin. Michigan,
Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, und
Now York which last year had
uu aggregate attendance of
over two million people ami at
the great annual Candiail Ex?
position at Toronto, running
over two weeks with an aver?
age daily attendance of about
100,1100, by exhibits which will
be mudo by the Southern Rail?
way System.
Exhibits will be made u t
more thun twenty-five fairs in
the states named, each one of
which has been selected with u
view to its character, attend?
ance, and probable interest in
locations in the Southeast on
tho port of the people attend,
ing. Four sets of exhibits have
been prepared. Each set will
bo shown at from six to nine
differont fairs covering a wido
strotch of country. The exhi?
bits will consist of fresh fruits,
cotton, tobacco, potatoes and
truck crops and colored pictures
showing farm and orchard
scenes will bo displayed. Rep?
resentatives of tho Land and
Industrial Department of tho
Southern system will be with
each exhibit. Attractive litera?
ture giving full information
about the Southeast has boon
prepared especially for these
fairs nod a set of fino Southorn
views will he distributed as
souvenirs.
By these exhibits tho South?
ern Railway will reach a lurgo
number of farmers of just the
type that is wanted in the South?
east ami it is going to tho
heavy exponse involved in mak?
ing the exhibits for tho purpose
of attracting such settlers to
the country along its lines.
Cm LMkr
Corpratii,
Glamorgan, Virginia.
Hemlock Framing, Oak Mine
Rails, and Mine Car Stock.
Oak and Poplar flooring. Pop
Ilar Siding and Ceiling. Lath,
Moulding, etc. M-3t
How Would This Look in Your Home?
We paid $350 for it. Yours for nothing. Want this piano? It belongs to the porson re?
ceiving the greatost number of votes in our VOTING CONTEST. Kill out the Coupon below,
and nominate yourself, or a friend. It will cost you nothing, or the friend nothing.
ACT QUICKLY?$1330 in Prizes Five Lyon-Taylor Piano Prizes.
FIRST PRIZE?to tho porson receiving the highest number of votes, a Lyon-Taylor
Upright Piano, worth $350.00.
SECOND PRIZE?a due bill for $260.00 to apply as pnymenton a Lyon Taylor Piano.
THIRD PRIZE?a due bili for 1250 00 to apply as ubovo.
FOURTH PRIZE?a due bill for $240.00 to apply as above.
FIFTH PRIZE?a duo bill for $380.00 to apply as above.
How to Obtain Votes.
With every $1.00 purchase 100 votes will
be given, and with every dollar paid on old ac?
count 200 voteB will bo given. With every dol?
lar paid to The ?ig Stone Gap Post on
subscription 10O0 voldB will bo given.
Ballot Box Open
and sample Prize Piano on exhibition. Con?
test officially opened with this announcement
and will run without interruption until July
15th, 1013, Watch this paper for furthor an?
nouncements.
Who do you think ought to have the Piatio?
Fill out tho Coupon and send it in. It will not coat you anything and will count 1000 votes
! for your candidate.
S. A. HORTON & CO
MERCHANTS.
Everything Carried in a First Class Store.
Men's and Ladies' Suits a Specialty.
BIG STONE GAP, VIRGINIA,
Good for 1000 Votes
when used to nominate
Uanctlctato.
