The Big Stone Gap post. [volume], March 23, 1893, Image 2

About The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928

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C M. Harris. Edltor and Manager.
T?l'USDAV, ?.IAUCH 28. 1892
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SHALLTHE CITY SAVE $680?
Thk suggestion in last week's
Post that the next citv council should
serve strictly for the good of the
town, with ?ut pay, so" far has met
with -but slight opposition. If it
should bo thought best to allow pay
at all, then, let the amount be small,
say $1.00 to each; councilman for
every regular meeting and fifty cents
f??r each call or special meeting.
The l\>sr believes that Big Stone
(Jap has a sufficient number of good
ami <?>mpetent men within its limits
who have the good of the town , suffi?
ciently at heart to devote an hour or
so once a month to the welfare of the
place. It should be remembered
that the allowance of $5.00 for each
councilman for every regular meet?
ing attended and $2.50 for eaeh call
meeting was fix??d at a time when,the
town could very well afford to pay it,
and at a time too when the work of
the council was more arduous than
now.
Below is given a comparison be?
tween the'amounts mav paid out by
the town and.-that that might be
reasonably paid for the same work,
showing a saving to the corporation
of $080.00.
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I'ttKKKVT .>m ? I AW. K??U KCTCKK OKK TI\l H.
Mav.r. $ 12?.'?? Mayor. .$ 12".??
Ci;y Att'o oi v.. 2i?'?.0? iCiiy Allonn-.v? ?. IfiO.tiiJ
S. rcraot.... >. CWUH) |St?rg?mil. MfO.On
As'l S.Tj:-iioi... JSlt.OO AVt Srirgi'?ht. .. ?.0M
Six CounciltiK>a ?i*'.W> |>'i.\ (StanrlJiiiMi. W).?0
Kvaonler. 8".0? j Heconler. 60.00
Totni.* $ 1.570.ik1 I Total. ? SJHUK)
The aU>vo, of course, is merely in?
tended as a suggestion on the part
of the I'ost, to be considered by.the
voters and tax-payers of the town.
The columns of the paper are open
to ;ill who may wish to express them?
selves on the subject.
UP AND DOWN,
The general feelings of the people
of Big Stone (Jap, for some time past,
have been bobbing up and down, like
the float on a fish-line on rough
waters, sometimes up and sometimes
down, now ami then being "yanked"
entirely tinder the murky waters of
despondency by a lurking mud
sucker; but time after time they
have serenely bobbed to the top, and
to-day they are as hopeful and con?
fident as ever.
As the Post has repeatedly said,
there is naught to discourage the
people, outside of the heretofore slow
progress of development made by the
great companies interested here.
So soon as these companies get the
differences settled that are now hold?
ing them back, work will be com?
menced, and Big Stone Gap will
experience a tide of prosperity and
advancement never before witnessed
in the south. The backbone of
booms (and must of the boomers) is
effectually broken in this country,
and there will be no more crazy
speculation in "cow pastures" and
piney woods. The occupation of
the bine-print man, like that of
Othello, is gone, and he must in fu?
ture eat bread by the sweat of his
brow or "get off the perch."
This is a great country in many
particulars?-doubtless possessing the
finest combination of favorable condi?
tions to be found in almost any other
section under the sun.
For health, climate and pure wa?
iter it is unexcelled. Its agricultural
anil stock-raising advantages are
favorable in every respect; while its
mineral ami timber interests far ex?
ceed that of any other section in the
United States. Of all these advant?
ages and inexhaustable stores of
natural wealth, Big Stone ( Jap is the
center, and wiU naturaly reap a har?
vest from them as thev arc more fullv
brought into use and developed, not
enjoyed by any other town or city in
the entire south.
-Now is the time to get into a po?
sition to share in these great benefits
that are soon to fall into the hands
of the people of Big Stone Gap.
if you think of establishing a
factoring business of any kind,
small or largo, don't let the ad
rvahtges and favorable location of
Big Stone Gap pass you by. If you
want a healthy and pleasant home,
locate here* If you intend to cm
bark in any line of business, remem?
ber that the Big Stone Gap of to?
day will be quite a .different, place a j
a few- yeavh hence, when it is sur?
rounded oh all sjde? 'by thousands of |
busy laborers, and numerous indus-j
.tries^are being operated within its
limits,
?The Post/gladly gives space to
correspondents who furnish short,)
jiewsv letter*.
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Wamiin(jtox, March Ir'Xi.
Etlilnr Pout:
An important question, involving
the proper construction of the Con?
stitution of the (Tniteod- StatoN. will
come before the Senate as soon as
the committee on Privileges awl
Election, makes reports on the creden?
tials of Senators Mantle, of Mori tana,
and Beckwith, of Wyoming, appoint?
ed hy the governors of their respect?
ive states because of the failure of
the legislatures: to elect Senators?
Senator Allen, of Washington, also
appointed hy the govenor of his state,
under similar circumstances, has not
presented his credentials yet. The
whole thing will turn upon what con?
stitutes a constitutional vacancy in
the Senate, and there will be a great
opportunity for the numerous consti?
tutional lawyers of the Senate to add
Ito their reputation, and, fortunately,
partisan politics will have nothing to
do with the final decision, which is
expected to make precedent for fu?
ture ages, as the politics of the ma?
jority cannot be changed whatever
the result. Away back in 1825,
dailies Lanman, was appointed by the
governor of Connecticut to fill a new
term and was refused his seat by the
Senate, which decided that the con?
stitution conferred upon the legisla?
ture alone the authority to appoint a
?enator for a new term; but in'1879
this precedent was'overturned and
Mr. Bell, appointed 'Senator for a
new term by the Governor of New
Hampshire, was given his seat, by a
majority vote of the Senate, against
the majority report of the committee on
Privileges and Elections. The clause
of the Constitution bearing on the
subject reads: ''If vacancies happen
by resignation or otherwise during
the recess of the legislature, of any
state the executive thereof may make
temporary appointments until the
next meeting of the. legislature.which
shall then fill such vacancies.
President Cleveland is said to have
firmly impressed it upon the minds
of the members of his cabinet, and
partielarlv the Postmaster General,
that, no populist shall be appointed to
i even the most insignith'eant office.
He resents their financial opinoions,
and yet, he made Gr'esham the head
of his cabinet. What a queer game
is politics.
Representative Breekinridge, of
Kentucky, still believes that he has
a chance, as the administration can?
didate, to be Speaker of the House,
and he loses no opportunity to ascer?
tain whether a new member has com?
mitted himself on the subject. Mr.
Breekinridge is either the victim of a
delusion or the possessor of knowl?
edge denied to everyone else, for it
has been generally accepted by the
public since Mr. Crisp's memorial
visit to New York, last winter, that
the next Speaker's would be Crisp.
There is a well defined rumor float?
ing around town to the effect that
President Cleveland wants the Sen?
ate to adjourn, ami that he is holding
back a big pile of appointments be?
cause he does not care just at this
time to take the chances of having a
fight made upon some of them by
Senators of his own party. Mean?
while, the Senate certainly gives no
indication of being in the slightest
hurry to get away, nor to act upon
the few nominations that have been
already sent in. In fact at this writ?
ing the Senators are apparently more
concerned over the few officers con?
nected with the Senate, most of whom
will bo changed, than anything else.
For some years it has been custom?
ary in making certain appointments
under the government to give weight
to the recommendations of origanized
labor, but Secretary Carlisle has in?
formed the President of a prominent
labor organization that the custom
would be abolished in the Treasury
department, which will only deal
with individuals, as long as he re?
mains at its head.
The committee appointed by joint
resolutions of last Congress to inves?
tigate the methods of doing business
in the government departments, wiflT
a view to a reduction in the quantity
of red tape used, will organize this
week. The committee has a promis?
ing field to work, ami if it will lay
inside personal considerations and go
at the matter just as ,jts members
would at their own business the re?
sult is bound to be highly beneficial.
Two years are to be devoted to the
investigation and business experts
are to be employed by the committee.
U. S. Senators seem to be thor?
oughly alive to the advantages ac?
cruing to the family exchequer from j
an additional salary, if it be fair to j
judge by the number of them who I
have appointed their sous clerks to
the committees of . which they "are
chairmen. This disease is contag?
ions and in spite of fhe terrible exam?
ples of the past if- .may become epi?
demic. It will never bo entirely
eradiated from the body politic uuti}
then; is a law absolutely prohibiting
the appointment to a subordinate po?
sition by any official of any member
of Iiis immediate family.^
President Cleveland is understood
to be of the opinion that it will be a
useless proceeding to send com mis
sioncrs to the proposed reassembling
of the inter-natioal Monetary Con?
ference in Mav, but the Senate pro?
poses trying a little moral suasion on
him, to see if it can make him change
his mind.
- Nomination* by ih?* l'r?v:id?*nf.
Washington, MYirch 20.?The
president to-day sent the following
nominations t*? the senate:
James It. Enstis, of Louisann, en?
voy extraordinary and minister pleni?
potentiary of the United States to
France.
Theodore Runyon, of Xew Jersey,
envoy extraordinary and minister
plenipotentiary of the United States
to Germany.
John E. Risley, of Xew York, en?
voy extraordinary and minister plen?
ipotentiary of the United States to
Denmark.
James G. Jenkins. Wisconsin,
United States circuit judge for the
seventh judicial circuit.
Walter !)? Dabney, of Virginia,
solicitor for the department of State.
David T. Ghytoni of Mississippi, to
be United States marshall for the
northern district of Mississippi.
K?mest P. Baldwin, of Maryland,
?first auditor of the treasury.
Thomas Halcomb, of Delcware,
fifth auditor of the treasury.
Wade Hampton, of South Caroli?
na, commissioner ol railroads.
.lohn A. Dyson, for postmaster at
Washington. Ga.
Hon. fieo. f>. Wiae M.iy Knter tin? SSacc for
the United St.al?*KSemitor.slilp.
Richmond, March 21.?It is prob
bablc that Hon. George I). Wise,
reprensetative from this district, will
enter the race for the United States
senatorship. Mr. Wise's friends
think that he would make an excep?
tionally strong candidate. He has
not yet consented to allow his name
in this connection:
Mr. Wise, though, believes that
this section of the State is entitled to
the senatorship. If tin: representa?
tive from this district enters the field
it will add to the complications and
increase the donhtfullness of the re?
sult of the contest. Mr. Wise is quite
strong in this portion of the Common?
wealth, and if he competes for the
prize would divide the strength of
Gen. Fitz Lee, Thomas Martin, Gen?
eral Horton and the other candidates
whose names have already been an?
nounced in connection with the seat
in the senate.
General Lee is extremely popular
in this city, and if Mr. Wise is kept
out of the contest would easily secure
the Richmond delegation in the two
branches of the legislators. If Mr.
Wise runs the result is quite sure to
be different, and with the chances of
that gentlemen's making groat in?
roads upon the strength of the other
candidates, not only here.but through?
out the metropolitan district as well
as in other portions of of the State.
Colonel O'Ferrall is expected here
one day this week to have a confer?
ence with his friends as to the man?
agement of his candidacy for the
gubernatorial nomination.
Garden Seed.
The same line of garden seeds?T. W.
Wood & Son's?as have heretofore been
handled by W*. 0, Stielten & Co., will be
found in stouk at J. W\ Kelly's new drug
store, Ayers building, Wood avenue.
These seed have given better satisfaction'
than any others ever sold here. Gardner?
should call early before the assortment is
broken.
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IA W IDEAL FAMILY MEDICI NE!
8 For Imdlgcation, KillousncM.
= Headache, CoiutttpaUon, Una x?B^ ?
jj Complexion, Offensive JJrcath, S?k j
? and all disorders of. Uio Stomacli, /^TWHK ?
I Liver and Bowel?, /?&*v?SBtr\^
B RiPANS TA3ULES /^^SLx55/B
I act gently yet promptly. Ferfert l&g&ffiP"ASy ?
? digestion foUovrs their use*. Bord^BBSBgar^ E
= by dmgrlstfiorBent by mail. Box ^?BfiSSr ??
= (OTlala),75c Pnckafw u boxes), ?3. ^StkW
I For free sampiea-aadress
? BIPAXH CHEMICAL CO., tfcrcr York, i
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5*175
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W. L DOUGLAS
MOT HIP.
Bott Call Shoo is the world tor the prfoe.
w.l.Douglas shoes are cold everywhere.
Brexybody aboold wear them. It is a duty
yea owe yourself to get the best value Sot
year money. Economizo in your footwear by
Vuchaain&W, l. Douglas Shoes.wbicb
represent the bast value at the prioea ad
vortlBod above, es thousands oaa teattfy.
?9* Take No Substitute. ^2
_ Beware of fraud, None genuine without W. L.
uouzLm name and price mapped on bottom. Look
tot ? when yon bay.
W, L? 0ongla3f Brocfcton, Maes. Bold by
For Kale by JOHN M. WILLIS & CO.,
Hlmiv Gap, Va., and B? U. OULOS,
Korton, V% i
1^ NOW ?OING 0]V AT THB
$15,000 WORTH OF GOODS TO BE SOLD AT AND BELOW COS?
DON'T MISS THE OPPORTUNITY! A CHANCE OF A LIFETIME!
BUYERS 'WAKE XJJ? I
This Slaughter Sale Shall Be Remembered and Talked Of for Years to Com? as Being" a Great Revolution in Priens 0
GOODS ! We are Going to Do Business with You, Because We Have Exactly What You Want, and Our Prir r
' are From 25 to 50 Per Cent. Less than You Have Ever Heard of Before! s
OVR FALL AND WINTER ATTRACTIONS WILL CAUSE A GREAT TURN01T!
Such quantities of New Styles as we show in all departments leaves nothing! to he asked for in Quality and Variety. Oar Fresh, X.w j
First Class in every detail. We have the disposition, the ability and the Elegant Goods to please every bnyer seeking bargains in 1
MEN'S, YOUTHS', BOYS' and CHILDREN'S CLOTHING. BOOTS, SHOES, LADIES and GENT'S FURNISHINr
HATS. CAPS, TRUNKS, VALISES, DRY GOODS, NOTIONS, MILLINERY, WATCHES and JEWELRY ?0i
Our complete assortment insures perfect satisfaction in the selection of goods to please individual tastes. You will find onr lar^e si
entirely of Xew Goods, that are trustworthy, serviceable and the best of their class.
EVERYTHING GOES AT AZZI* BEEOW COST!
Come in and see how fair we will treat you, how well we will please you and how much we will save you. Our goods and prices arc 11 ?
your inspection ami will prove this.
The early bird secures tlie worm, the buyer who is cute. The man who buys of us will fiird he'sjJoublv blessed;
Will lie the man who gets in first and picks the slickest suit. He saves good money on each deal, and gets the verv lu st
Remember we mean what we say, and the reason why we say what we do is because we have:decided to get out of the retail business and our stock !..,
there is nothing like a slim figure to put it in motion. We have bought cheap and wo will sell the entire stock at and helo.v cost.
NOTICE?Anyone desiring to purchase our entire stock and wishing to step right into an established nnd profitable business can crcf a bargain a- 1
will make terms to suit the purchaser. For further information nd dress or call on THE NEW YORK CLOTH I KG AX I) SHO.E HOI'S E, Big Stone C* a p] \
Thanking a lilteral public for the patronage extended in the past, and cordiallv invjting all to come and get the benefit of bur slaughter-price^ we 11
NEW YORK CLOTHING AND SHOE HOUSE
BRANCH STORES: Coeburn, Va., ?nd Corbin, Ky.
I. MORGAN & CO., P
roprlet
ACTS
Oliver Invented and Gave to the
World the Chilled Plow.
the genuine OLIVER CHILLED PLOWS
MADE ONLY BY THE
Oliver Chilled Plow Works,
South Bend, Indiana,
ARE THE BEST GENERAL PURPOSE PLOWS IN THE WORLD.
A strong statement but a true one, for these plows are better
known, have reached a larger sale, have had a longer run, have proved
more popular and given better satisfaction than any other plows on
the face of the globe.
We mean the GENUINE OLIVER, and not the imitations claim?
ing to be the Oliver, or equally as good. Such imitations are on the
market, placed there by unscrupulous manufacturers who seek to trade
on the good name of the Oliver.
Look out for imitations, buy only the genuine Oliver plows and
repairs, and be sure you are right before you take the plow home.
fiSTOnce more?Beware of ''bogus" Oliver plows and repairs, aud
take none but the genuine, made by the Oliver Chilled Plow Works,
South Bend, Indiana.
W. W. WOODRUFF & CO.,
General Agents,
'?76-178 Gay Street,
KNOXVILLE, TENN.
Appalachian Bank
W: A. McDOW^LL, president.
AUTHORIZED CAPITAL $100, 000.
Incorporated under the Laws of State of Virginia.
Does a General Banking Business.
Draws Drafts Direct on all the Principal Cities of the World.
dikkc70k8:
K. J. Binii, jb. J. F. ntri.MTT, Jtt. J. M. Goodlob. ? J. B. F. Mills.
H. C. MrDoim.i., jr. K. M. FCkTOX. C. W. Evans. B. T. Ikvisk.
W. A. McOoivKM..
Depository of the County of Wise and the town of Big Stone
Gap, Virginia.
Temporary Quarters, Opposite Post Office. BIG STONE GAP, VA.
BANK OF BIG STONE GAP.
Capital, SHO,000.00
Incorporated under Virginia State Laws.
Does a General Banking Business.
INTEREST ALLOWED ON TIME DEPOSITS.
W. H. NICKKLS. PreiiMent. II. II. RUI.MTT, Cadiler.
Wm. 31. McKuvkk, Teller.
C. A. Tracy.
A. W. Tracy.
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CONTRACTORS AND ?UTLDERS,
PLANS AND ESTIMATES IN EITHER WOOD OR STONE.
STORE-FITTINGS AND FINE WORK A SPECIALTY.
Office Corner Shawnee Ave. and E. 5th St. ?
Agents for Fay's Manilla Building Paper.
8.1 COLLIER'S POPULAR BAR
?AND
wvAxnorri* \xKxn:, rig stoxk gap, va.
BRANDIER, WHISKIES,
WINES AND BEER.
Thevery best grades always kept in stock, which I sell in quantities
ranging from a bar glass up to within a gill of five gallons. Parties
purchasing jn quantity will get benefit of lowest possible price.
HOT EGGNOG AND TOM-AND-JERRY.
When you want a ?.mx1 drink ulway* pjty^ me it call, and you will never leave dlsap|>i.]i,ifd. Messr*.
SlempamMIi'glar?llie grnlleiueii to lie f?Min?l behind my liar?will always treat you c?Urt?msly and sw
that you have polite attention.
I have recently purchased over l.OOO gallons of Fine North Carolina
Whiskies and Brandies. Bar open from 5 a. m. to 1 a. m.
WILLIAM eo/NWAy,
Exporter of Walnut Logs & Lumb*
XS^T^riAlOi^ 15, = = Mi)
Write for Prices, naming your Railroad rate <>l i
I from shipping points to Norfolk and Baltimore.
W. % OSBOHM E & CO.,
i'roprlotorji? of
Ifiddlesborougli : Planing : \\
Dealers In
i
Lumber, Sash, Doors, Blinds, Mouldings, Inside Finish. Cyi
Shingles, Yellow Pine Flooring-, and Glass.
spkci Ai/riKs.
GLAZED.
ODD.
STAIR,
PORCH.
AND QUEEN ANNE.
Work
IVIicIclle-?l3or,oxxg;la,
W. D. OSCORNE, Cen.i
TELEPHONE NO. 36
On L. & N. R, R., N
? Kent tick
F- BHKER
CONTRACTS >H
-AND
Estimates Given. Contract
General Jobbing-, Fine Wi rk
Fittings a Special).
I'm !.ii.-j, Si t ..1! Sjiin. . .'. i .
Shop on Wood Avenue, iicui i
BIG STONE GAP. VIRGIN
G STOME GAf
Two beds of Coking Coal, each one over six feet thick, in;i
Coke, as is produced in the United States, will be mined and
three miles of the town. Two beds of Gas and Steam Goal,?1
feet thick, and a bed of Cannel Coal underlies the same territoi
Two reliable heds of lied Fossil Iron, one carrying 48 pei n
a large deposit of Oriskany ore, carrying 52 per cent Iron, m
part the town site, and thousands of acres on.lines of S. A
ami L. & X. R. R.
The most valuable area of virgin forests, of Walnut. Mick?
Yellow Poplar (white wood), Bird), Hemlock and Chestnni "
United States, immediately tributary to the town.
? Supplied by two rapid rivers flowing around the town, \N
piping from an elevation 305 feet above the town site, i
tion.
Concentration of railroads at this point inevitable. > in
Ohio now completed from Bristol, Tenn., and Louisville & N
pjeted from Louisville, Kentucky. Several other roads now
struetion.
Cheap Fuel-Cheap Raw Material,--Cheap Transport
?Vn $800,000 Iren Plant nearly completed.
rjve hundred Coke Ovens to be built at once,
ectric Light, Street Railway, Good Hotels, etc., etc.
MORE ADVANTAGES COMBINED THAN CAN BE FOUND"
OTHER LOCALITY.
Manufacturers wanted. Substantial inducements held out.
Lots will be sohl at schedule rates. Reductions to builder
Prices of lots in Plat No. 5, range from #50 to $1,000 pei
Address BIG STONG GAP IMPROVEMENT <
. " Big St ue Ca
SOUTH ATLANTIC AND OHIO RAIL?
ROAD COMPANY.
Bu; StoxrGap, Va., Cauo No. 20, Dkcesi
I >, I8th>.
Trains Kant. ..
No. '2 leaves 9:29 a. tn.; arrives at Bris?
tol 12:3a \). in. N<>. 4 leaves 12:30 p. m..'
arrives at Bristol 4 p. in.
Train?? Wwt.
No. 1 Lj leaves f>:4."> a. m.; No. 3 leaves
5:45 p. in.
No*. 'J ami 4 connect with the W.,
and E. T. V. k G., at Bristol. No. !
connects with the L. k N., at Douhle
Tunnel. Eastern standard time.
L. A. PuuMtAan, Agent.
L, R. PERRY,
STONE-CUTTER AND BUILDER.
.Ml kind* of work in
STONE. BRICK, and PLASTERING,
GRANOLITHIC WALKS. &c.
Big Stone Gap, or Gate City. Vae
Id. h,shelby^:
PRICE, H CENTS PER ^
Terms Strictly Cas"
! Office and Yard on Wood
near Interment Hot?1? (
Stono UM* V