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Tie Big Stone Gap Post.
C- M- "arris. Editor and Manager
THURSDAY. APRIL 6,189-2.
Terms or ScwiOKipnos:
One Year. 11.00
SPIxKonths ... go
Faynwnt fttrictlv in advance.
GEN.R. A. AYERS,
In this issue of the Post will be
seen the withdrawal letter of Ex
Attorney General Ruf us A. Ayers
from the Gnbernatorial contest. .
In his letter he gives expression to
that honest, loyal principle that has
always characterize!! the man and
which has so closely eudeare 1 him to
the people of the state, and more es?
pecially the whole people of south?
west Virginia.
Gen.'] Ayers was never a voluntary
candidate for Governor of the State,
but, owing to his popularity and the
unbounded confidence reposed in him,
his enthusiastic friends, in his absence,
placed his name before Hie people of
Virginia as a candidate for the Chief
Magistracy of the State.
Although thoroughly qualified and
eminently fitted for the position, and
while his chances for nomination
were flattering, still, rather than
stand in the way of unity of action in
the ranks of his party, he makes his
withdrawal.
This leaves the field open to Hon.
C. T. O'Ferrall and Lieutenant-Gov?
ernor J. H?ge Tyler.
As stated in Gen'I Ayers' letter,
the day has arrived when the great
resources of the southwest demand a
fuller recognition at the hands of the
party-leaders and slate-makers than
has ever been accorded it in the past.
The people of this entire section of
the State would rather see Gen'I
Avers made Governor than any oth?
er man, but, he having withdrawn
from the contest, lei Soutbwest-Yir
giuians enter, hear! and soul, into a
warm support of a man front
our own section. Tho next Gov?
ernor, according to all right and jus?
tice, shou'd be selected from this end
of the State, and if justice is not
willingly accorded us, let us fight for j
it.
EX-ATTORNEY GENERAL R, A.
AYERS WITHDRAWS FROM
THE GUBERNATORIAL
CONTEST.
Ex-Attorney General Rufus A.
Avers has written the following let?
ter, withdrawing his name from the
Gnbernatorial contest :
Big Stone Gap, Va., April 5, '93.
R. T. Jrume\ Esq.,
President Avers Democratic Club.
My Deah Sin:
I am very anxious that the demo?
crats of Southwest Virginia should
so act as to secure that influence in
the councils of our party to which,
in my opinion, they are under pres?
ent conditions so justly entitled.
While I do not believe that the high
office7of Governor should be sought
for, or filled from sectional considera?
tion purely, and while I have in the
past experienced too much kindness
from the party at large in the State
to be willing to urge the section issue
unduly, I still think in the matter
of the Governorship the Southwest,
which is fast becoming materially
the hope of the State, and politically
the Gibraltar of democracy, should
receive greater consideration at the
hands of the party in the rest of the
State.
It is apparent that we cannot hope
to achieve this with several candi?
dates in the field and divided delega?
tions. Our section should unite up?
on some one candidate, and personal
preferences should be made subordi?
nate to that end, as well as to the
good of our loved State.
I have, therefore, carefully consid?
ered,the situation, and believing that
example is better than precept, have
determined iu the interest of harmo?
ny, and with the view of aiding the
party in this section to nuite upon
ami give its Undivided support to
someone candidate, to request your.
Club to withdraw my name from the
contest, and announce to the party
throughout the State that I am not
a candidate, and that my name will
not be presented to the convention.
In taking this step I am not nil
mimlfui of my obligations to your
Club, the 'kindness of its members,!
assurance of support and good- will
which I have received from my
friends in all portions of the State;
and to them, and to the members of
your Clnb, I desire to express my
deepest and most profound gratitude.
I am very sincerely yours,
R. A. Ayers.
County Primary.
To the Democrats of Wise County:
At a call meeting of the Demo?
cratic County Committee held at the I
office of W. T: Miller, at Wise C. H.,!
on the 3rd day of April, 1803, the |
subject of securing united party ac?
tion in the approaching election for
the office of Clerk of the Circuit
and County Court, was before the
I Committee. In view of the fact that
j there are several democratic aspirants
for this office, and in order to insure
the election of some one of them it was
deemed best by the Committee to call
a primary election of all democratic
voters in the County, and after con?
sultation with severl of the candidates
and their friends as to the most suit?
able date and manner df holding such
a primary, the Committee orderet!
that it be held on Saturday, April
22nd, 1*93, and that the polls be
opend at the regluar polling places in
the County at 12 o'clock noon of that
day and be closed at sundown; that
the votes shall be by ballot; that all
persons who regularly affiliate with
the democratic party, and all those
who have never voted, but who shall
be eligible to vote at the regular
election in May, and who declare their
intention hereafter of affiliating with
the party shall be entitled to vote in
this primary. There shall be two
, judges at each polling place and one
clerk, and in case of a tie between
the judges as to the right of a voter
to cast.a ballot under this call the
clerk shall cast the deciding vote.
All candidates for this office who
desire to submit their names
to this primary and who expect the
recognition and support of the party
will hand their names to the Chair?
man of this Committee at Wise C.
H., on or before Saturday, April loth,
1893, together with the name of at
least one person in each voting pre?
cinct in the County whom he is will?
ing to have act as Judge or Clerk
of this election. From the lists so
handed the Committee, the Clerks
and Judges will be made up and an?
nounced by the Committee before the
day of the election, and impartiality
to all candidates will be aimed at.
The attention of all good demo?
crats is invited to litis matter. As
party organization and submission to
the regularly const i tu teil party au?
thorities is the vital law of party life
and the only means by which we can
hope to continue to win victories and
perpetuate democratic power for tin
good of our County, State and Nation.
l>y order of the Democratic County
Committc, this April 3rd, 1893.
W. T. Miller, Chairman,
R. T. InviNE, Secretary.
WASHINGTON LETTER.
( I'o8t'.-? Itegular Correspondent.;
Washington, April 3, 1893.
Editor Post :
Three sensations in a single week is
certainly piling on the agony, even for
I Washington. People had hardly re?
covered from the shock of the unpre?
cedented proposition made on the
floor of the Senate, to investigate the
charges of the criminal embezzlement
made against Senator Roach, of
North Dakota, when another sensa*
tion was sprung upon them by the
announcement that Secretaries Car?
lisle and Gresham had discovered that
ex-Seeretary of State Foster, who is
U. S; agent before the Behring Sea
Court of Arbitration, was distributing
Uncle Sam's money with a lavish
hand, in the shape of allowances
for expenses to favored government
employees whom he had taken to Paris
with him. Among these-are Major
Halford, who was President Harri?
son's private secretary, and who was
made a paymaster in the army-just
before the close of the last administra?
tion, at a salary of about $3,500 a
year: J. Stanley Brown; who was
President Garfield's private secretary
and is the husband of Mollie Garfield,
who holds a State department posi?
tion paying .$10 a day, and a number
of other government employees. The
allowance made to the two ex-private
secretaries, in addition to their regu?
lar salary, is $15 a#day, and to the
others in proportion. It is claimed
that no necessity existed for taking
these people to Paris, and that it is
simply a pleasure trip at government
expenses for them. The third seu
sation was the bringing of charges
against the Weather Bureau, of gen?
eral crookedness ever since it was
transfered from the War ? the Ag?
ricultural Departmeut, involving fa?
voritism, violation aud evasion, of the
Civil Service law by the employment
of incompetent persons at fancy sala?
ries, and plain common, every day
stealing, all of which proves concV?- j
all branches of the public service
stand in need of a thorough overhaul?
ing occasionally.
The hottest fight yet math? against
a Presidential appointment ia now
I heilig wgaed against J; J, McAlcs
ter, recently nominated, but not yet
confirmed, to be IL S. Marshal for
Indian Teritory. Charges have been
preferred against McAlcster by W.
F. Weeks, chairman of the demo?
cratic committee of the teritory, and
they have been filed with the Presi?
dent and with the Senate committee;
McAlester, who is here is fighting'
bock, and says he is confident of be?
ing confirmed.
There is much uneasiness among
the higher officials in the Depart?
ment uf State on account of the ru?
mor, generally believed that Secrtary
Gresham has a little list of employes,
all in the upper grades, that he in?
tends to dismiss for inefficiency.
Those having occasion to visit that
Department often will do nogrieving
if there is a general shake-up among
its bureau chiefs, sonic of whom have
long been victims <?;* the disease
known as "big head."
After many conflicting statements,
pro and con, the question of an extra
session of Congress has been definite?
ly settled by President Ceveland, the
only man who had the authority to
settle it. ** There is to he an extra
session, audit will be called to meet
early in September, the principal <d>
ject being to puss a tariff bill in time
to go into effect in the srwingof 1894.
It is a big ta.^k. and judging from
past experience in thai line the ad?
ministration will be lucky ii the new
tariff bill gets through by the first of
July, of next year.
Xo position under the government
is more sought after than that ol
government printer. He has more
patronage, outside of the Civil Ser?
vice restrictions, than the bead ol
any other bureau, tu say nothing
of the cotrol of large disbursements
for printing material etc. There
are a legion of candidates, sonic from
almost every sect inn of the country.
President Cleveland says he will not
make the selection for several weeks
yet, and that when he does he intends
to appoint a man who will take the
office out of politics and run it on n
business basis. That will be in?
novation indeed, an there has been
more politics to the square inch in
that office titan in any other branch
of gpverment service, and although
Mr. Cleveland's intentions may !>e
good, it is very dniihtfu! whether he
can seuceed ia banisujng politics
therefrom.
There is an impression here that
the Senate will adjourn a soon as it
has decided whether the Senators ap?
pointed by the governors of Montana,
Washington and Wyoming have a
right to their seals, and it begins to
look as though that decision would
be in the affirmative. It" that be cor?
rect, Senator's Hoar's resolution di?
recting an investigation of the charge
of embezzlement against Senator
Roach will not b? acted upon, nor
will the new officers nominated by
the democratic caucus be elected un?
til next fall.
The .State Line Controversy Decided.
Washington, April 3.?In 1889
Attorney-general Avers, of Virginia,
filed a bill With the supreme court
of the United States, in which he al
ledged that Tennessee was exercising
jurisdiction unlawfully over a strip id'
territory from two to eight miles wide,
from North Carolina line due course
in latitude 36 degrees 80 minutes
north to the Kentucky line.
In the territory described, Avers
claimed that serious couflicts of jur?
isdiction had arisen, especially over
matters connected with the towns of
Bristol, Tehn., and Goodson, Va.,
and he asked that the agreement be?
tween the states of Virginia and
Tennessee, under which the bonmain?
line had been established in 1803 be
declared null and void and that Vir?
ginia be qtiieted in posession of the
disputed territory lying north of par?
allel 30 degrees and 30 minutes.
In an elaborate opinion by Justice
Field, the supreme court to-day de?
clined to grant the prayer of Virgin?
ia. The opinion went into historical
facts exhaustively and discussed the
law involved.
Briefly, the court held that inas?
much as the two states had in 1803; I
adopted the report of the boundary
commission, that that compact had
been impliedly ratifiev by the con?
gress of the United States and that
for a period of more than eighty-five
years the line laid down by the boun?
dary commission had been recognized
as the true boundary, it would refuse
the petition of Virgiuia to now estab?
lish one. Any mark, on the old line,
that may have become indistinct, or
had been destroyed, Justice Field
said, could by proper proceeding at
the term of the court be ordered re
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$15,000 WORTH" OF GOODS TO BE SOLD AT AND BELOW
DON'T MISS THE OPPORTUNITY I ?" A CHANCE OF A LIFETIME
BUYERS WAKE' UP I
This Slaughter Sale Shall Be Remembered and Talked Of for Yearsto Corneas Being a Great Revolution in Prices
GOODS: We are Going to Do Business with You, Because We Have Exactly What You Want, and Our Pric<
are From 25 to 50 Per Cent. Less than You Have Ever Heard of Before!
01 It FALL AND WJNTER ATTEACT^^iYl^AIJSE A GREAT TURX0I T!
Such quantities of New Styles as we show in all departments leaves nothiug t-> be asked for in Quality and Variety. Our Fresh, New I
First Class i.! every detail. We have the disposition, the ability and the Elegant Goods to please every buyer seeking bargains in ti
MEN'S, YOUTHS', BOYS' and CHILDREN'S CLOTHING. BOOTS, SHOES, LADIES and GENT'S FURNISHING
HATS. CAPS, TRUNKS, VALISES, DRY GOODS. NOTIONS, MILLINERY, WATCHES and JEWELRY.
Our complete assortment insures perfect satisfaction in the selection of goods to please individual tastes. Vor. will find our lar^c
entirely of New Goods, that are trustworthy, serviceable and the best of their class.
BVERYTHiXG GOES AT AOT BELOW COST!
Goine 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 prico
your inspection and will prove this.
The early bird secures the worm, the buyer who is cute, The man who buys of ns will find lie's doublv I? Jv? ? < ;
Will be the man who gets i? first and picks the slickest suit. He saves good money on each deal, and gets the ion
Remember wc mean what wc say, und ih?> reason why we s:iy wlral wc do is because we have decided to get out of the retail business and our stock
there is nothing like a slim figure t<? puj i: in motion. VV*c luit'e bought cheap and we niil sell the entire stock at and belo.v cost.
?OTICE?Auyono desiring lo purchase cur entire stock and wishing to >tcp right into an established and profitable business can set a bar'niii
will make terms to suit llie purchaser. For firrthci information address or call on THE NEW YORK CLOTH WTC AND SIIOJE IJOL'SK. Bf? Stone*;;
Thanking a liberal public for the palr?nngc extended in the past, and cordiallv inviting all to come and get the benefit of our slaughter-prices ?
EW YORK CLOTHING ?ND SHOE H??SP
RRANCH STORES: Coeburn, Va.. and Corbin, Ky.' I. MORGAN & CO Pro
fof
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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, lor 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 arc 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.
fciTOnce more?Beware of "bogus" Oliver plows and repairs, and
take none but the genuine, made by the Oliver Chilled Plow Works,
South Bend, Indiana.
W. W. WOODRUFF & CO=,
Genera! Agents,
76-178 Gay Street, - - KNQXV1LLE, TEF^,
Appalachian Bank
yv. a. McDowell, president
AUTHORIZED CAPITAL .*!!!<'. I?00.
Incorporated under the Laws of State of Virginia.
Does a General Banking Business.
Draws Drafts Direct on all the Principal Cities of the World.
K. J. Birk, jr.
II. C. HcDowkm., .nt.
dikkctok8:
J. F. Bui.mtt, jr. J. }>\ . g00dm>k. .). B. F. \llt.lM.
E. M. Fn.To.v. C. \V. Ev.vxs. It. T. Irvjnk.
W". A. Yn DowKr.i..
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,
Ca iJitnl, $SO,000.00
Incorporated under Virginia State Laws.
Does a General Banking Business.
INTEREST /V1LOWK? ON TIME DEPOSITS.
VV. II. NICKELS, President. H. II. BCLLITT, Cuslilcr.
U -.i. M. SIcKmvkk, Teller.
C. A. Tracy.
A. W. Tracy.
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CONTRACTORS ARD ??JLDERS,
j 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. G0LL1ERS POPULAR BSR
-AND
VYYANDOTTK ANRNUEj BIG STONE CA?, VA.
BRANDIER, WHISKIES,
WINES AND BEER,
i
The very 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 in quantity will get benefit of lowest possible price.
HOT EGGNOG AND TOM-AND-JERRY.
When you want a good drink always give me a call, and you will never leave disappointed. Messrs
Sh-mp and Haglar?the gentlemen to be found bebind my bar?will always treat you eourteuiulv, and see
that yon have polite attention.
I have recently purchased over 1.000 gallons of Fine North Carolina !
Whiskies and Brandies. Bar open from 5 a. m. to I a. m.
William eo/Nw;
Exporter of Walnut Logs & I
BALTIMORE,
Write for Prices, naming your Railroad i
from shipping points to Norfolk and Baltimore.
W'. *D. GSBCTRN E &
Prooriefors of
Middlesborougli : Planing
Dealers In
Liimber^Sash, Doors, Blinds, Mouldings, Inside?
Shingles, Yellow Pine Flooring-, and ? i
specialties.
GLAZED,
ODD.
STAIR,
PORCH,
AND QUEEN ANNE
Work t
AS It??li<e?l?oi?OTLii>:l'&4
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ELEPHONEN i
On L. & N. R, R
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Estimates Given. (
General Jobbing', l im
Fittings a S
Sleet on Wood A ^
BIG STONE
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Two beds <d' Coking Coal, each one over six feel i
Coke as is produced in the United States, will be ; ti< .
three miles of the town. Two beds of Gas and Steam '
feet thick, and a bed of Canned Coai uuderlies the *an
Two reliable beils of Red Fossil iron, one carrying 1"
I a large deposit of Oriskany ore, carrying Wl per ee :
part the town site, and thousands of acres on lines ?
and L. &, N. R. R.
TIMBEKc
The most valuable area of virgin forests, of Wall
Yellow Poplar (white wood), Birch, Hemlock ami 1
United States, immediately tributary to the town.
Supplied by two rapid rivers flowing around the *
piping from an elevation 305 feet above the town - i
tion.
Concentration of railroads at this point inevita
Ohio now completed from Bristol, Tenn., and Louisvill?
pjeted from Louisville, Kentucky. Several other i
struction.
Cheap Fuel.- Cheap Raw Material.--Cheap Tran
\n $800,000 Iron Plant nearly completed.
j,Ave hundred Coke Ovens to he built at once,
ectric Light, Street Railway, Good Hotels, etc., i i
MORE ADVANTAGES COMBINED THAN CAN Bl
OTHER LOCALITY.
Manufacturers wanted. Substantial inducements
Lots will be sold at schedule rates. Reductions i
Prices of lots in Plat No. 5, range from $50 to $1.'
Address BIG STONG GAP IMPKOVKJiK>
SOUTH ATLANTIC AND OHIO RAIL?
ROAD COMPANY.
Bio Sto.nk(Jai\ Va., C.Mti) No. 20, Uki-km
1*2, 1892;
Trufng East.
2 leaves ft:29 a. m.; arrives at Bris?
tol 12:35 p. in. No. 4 leaves 12:30 p.
arrives ?t Bristol 4 p. tn.
Train? West.
No. 1leaves 8:1.) a. mV; No. 3 leaves
5:45 p. m:
Connections.
Nos. :l and i connect with the N.& W.,
and E; T. V. k G., at Bristol. No. 1
connects with the L. & N., at Double
Tunnel. Eastern standard time.
L. A. Pbichard, Agent.
L* R. PERRY,
STONE-CUTTERj\ND BUILDER.
AH kinds o( work tn
STONE, BRICK, and PLASTERING,
GRANOLITHIC WALKS. &c.
Big Stone Cap, or Gate City, Va,
D.H.SHBL^-;1 <M
PRICE, 11 CENTS P-j
Terms Str?cl
Office aiui Yard o'1
near lnten?ont
mis stoi?*^ <*'