gJBig Stone Gap Post VOL. XXIV, =^=J?u ? , une GAP. WISE COUNTY, VA.. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27 i?m N?. 39 Civic League. On Tuesday of last week a movement was launched bv the Woman'* Civic League of Big Stone Gap, Which in its good to the county of Wis?, will have far-reaching results. On iuvitatiou from the Civic Leasue of this town, the mens bers of the other Civic Leagues of the county were, invited tofl meet with ihetn. The meeting was held in the Taylor store room, which had been beauti fully decorated for the occasion with goidec rod anil other fall flowers. In response to the in? vitation fourteen ladies came fromCoeburo, twenty-six miles distant, eight from Norton, four from Appalachia, and one each from Imboden and Wise, the last places not yet having a civic league. The meeti ig was opened with prayer by Mr. Hicks, of Coe burn, Mrs. J. L. MeCormick, president of the league, welcom ed the visitors in a cordial and charming manner. Mrs. K T. Irvine, outlined the purpose of the meeting, which was to form a federation of the leagues of the county, in order that through co-operation much more might be accomplished as individual leagues and, in ad? dition, work might be under? taken for the county itself, the hope being that a full-time health officer might be secured for Wise County and visiting nurses for the schools of the county. -Mrs. Irvine spoke in glowing terms of the natural beauty of Wise County, its wonderful system of roads, which made 6uch a meeting as the present one possible, ami the hope that a county so progressive in .oth? er matters, was now ready to undertake this work which would lead to such improve meat in the health of its citi-l zens, and introduced Mrs. J.j Baldwin Ranson, State Super? visor of Public Health Nurs? ing, to outline the work of the! State Board of Health in this! particular. Mr*. Ranson made a very ap? pealing and interesting address, holding the attention of her j hearers throughtout, and show-1 ed conclusively the great re ; turns in improved health and living conditions that would follow if a full time health of? ficer were employed in Wise: County.- She sketched for fieri hearers the duiies of this officer, J the campaign of disease preven? tion he would wage, the im tneu?e saving in public money by the elimination of epidemics, I the immense saving to the in dividual by the elimination of I doctors and nurses bills, paid to| cure the ill when, by proper prevention, illness might have been averted. She told of the work accomplished in the coun ties that now have full time health officers. And in co-operation with the health officers, she. urged that the county employ a County School Nurse. She gave statis? tics, showing that the great per cent of children who fail to make their grades are chil? dren suffering with diseased tonsils, with adeuoids. with hook worm and round worms, with decayed teeth and eye troubles. The duty of the nurse would be to examine these children, report the need of at? tention to the parents and try to secure for the child the pro? per medical attention, especial? ly among the poor would it be her duty to try to secure treat? ment for these children. She gave most interesting experi euces she herself had while nursing in Lyochburg. In closing her address, Mrs. Kaneon said: "Man is three fold in bis na? ture?physical, mental and ? spiritual--and while every where all over the state churches and \ schools are looking after the; spiritual and mental, very little; is being done for the physical. Man cannot be the efficient,; valuable citizens he should be; until he has 'a sound mind in a < sound body.' In Wise County last year $103,000.00 was spent on the schools, and no incon-; niderabie sum on the churches, j and how much was invested in. the health of the people, in the protection and preservation of; the best asset a community has the strength of it's people. If the same methods as r-.-gards health were pursued in the matter of mind, we would close! our schools and spend att the I time and money we are now' speadiog on schools, on ?liter I ates. hav ing first made no ef? fort; t? prevent illiteracy. The! Isame method applied totiioruts,, : would lesuit in closing alt the! churches and paying ministers! : to spend their time in fr?-? jails,! i trying to restore a nun to a ? state of righteousness, after hej had fallen from grace, rather i . than striving to ke--p trie:: from j sin. We now let people get1 i stele, and then empl >y i doctor i to patch them up, whereas em-' ? ploying som-'hi ? to present! j their getting sick would prove! economy, both in money and in ?! [human life and efficiency. One! person in the United States ?liesI every two and a half minutes! with tuberculosis, and tuber-! culosis is a preventable disease! i What is Wise County willing! to do to save its people?"' At the conclusion of Mrs. Hanson's address the members1 lot" the league served to their! I guests a mos; delicious lun-l jcheon, the menu being fried j ? chicken, tomato aspic, potato! ?salad, sandwiches, ho: rolls, i icoffee and fruit punch, the] j tables being decorated with i lovely vases of dowers. The afternoon session was j [devoted to business, the first] j matter being a rep ort from each j ! league represented of the work ; doneby it, and these reports' i showed the splendid, public spirited work accomplished by! the women of Wise County in' various communities. Following this was a full dis? cussion of tlie formation of the j County League and the foi-! lowing plan of organization: NAMK:-This Association i shall be called the Federated ! Civic Leagues of Wise County.: PU RPOSES:?Its purposes j I are to unite all the civic leagses i of our county in promoting the : betterment of conditions of life and health, both in our, town3 and in all parts of our] countv and section. MEMBERSHIP:?E ich civic league of the county uniting with us and regardless of num-i ber of members shall be member of this federation and have one vote on ail questions [and ^ny league haying forty I members shall be entitled tod 1 two votes, and one vote addi ! tional for every twenty mem-j ! OFFICERS:?The officers ishallbe a president, a vice i president, a secretary and a ! treasurer. There shall be an j executive committee of five members, of which the presi? dent shall be ex-orticio a mem-1 Iber and chairman, and tbei (president shall appoint the oth-j er four member*. MEETINGS:?There shall be two regular meetings held each; year, one in the spring in '. the other in the fall. The fall meeting shall be the regular I annual meeting for the election of officers, and the time and i place of these meeting shall bei fixed by the president or execu ! tive committee. Special meet-j ings may be held At any timej and place upon the call of the! presid ?nt or the executive com- I mittee and for such purposes as | the president or said com-j mittee may designate. It was then moved and : seconded that the first work of i the Federated League would be i to request the Board of Super-1 visors to appoint au expert full time health officer and make an ] appropriation for his salary;; and also to secure a county ! School Nurse and to that end : petitions would be circulated! throughout the county to se? cure funds ami that the coal: operators of the county should! be visited and a.?ke," which was given in the school hall by local talent. Letter From Brownsville. Brownsville. Texas, Sept. -? . I9t$.?From the letters I have been gutting from numerous persons at home, it rti-* that they do m: understand the question about discharges. I \ would, therefore, b~ glad if you ? would publish this i ?er, In the first pi ice some of them it>( m to think that I have pv^er to grant or refuse a dis- j charge. Thi* is a mistake. A I captain ia the National Guard: is a very small potatoe. The application for a discharge is I tirst presented to. him. He en? dorses it "'approved" or "disap? proved" and then passes it on to the Colonel of the Regiment. He likewise, "approves" or' "disapproves" and forwards! to the Birgade Commander, and he to ''Higher ups'' la casei >f a private it does not s;o b~ -I General Funst.?n. Com ! mander of the S";itheru Ltt-part-j ment: but to case of an officer or ? jo commissioned otTicer. it ufoee via through ti> the w'ar Department at Washington, l r.? t r-r'i :ires two weeks or more to go and come. The "High upr?-' may or may no". :' II ft h? endutsements below. Some? time-* they 'disapprove'" where es? for any man v?ho joined ftor the "ball"' ( June Isjo< to .pply foe a discbarge. These neu all joined for the "emer iehcy.M They did this with heir lyes open. The authori ies, little and big, take the ?osicion Chat they cannot ex >ecc a release until tne "em'*ir*M {eric/l1 is over. When this; vili be, do dbe here knows; it my "wise one"up there kuows.j .here are some hece who will; jay htm their next years wages : !or the information. (These are :hiefly married cieu and-'would) ae's." It nii'f be true that! 'love makes * the world go around"; but it is cersatnly trne that it plays the devil with a military organizaci ??:?. With reference to students, fi aim still ^ettui^ tnost urgent appeals from parents and I friends. They seem <-i have] overlooked the part that the; order concerning students wasj rescinded several weeks ago. It| is, therefore, wholly useless to', apply for their discharge or furlough. I have said all I started oat I to say but if my light holds oittj I ?i!l add a few paragraphs) which may be of interest. We arrived at Richmond with 120 men and 3 officers. | Thirty men were ''disqualified" on physical examination. Nine] men transferred at Richcvjodi to other companies {to help! make up their minimum of] sixty.five), and five more have | been transferred here. Six j have been discharged on ac count of "dependent families."! So we now have onlv ft enlist-1 ed men and three officers. Among those "disqualified" | were our First-Sergeant and ; Quarte ril aster Sergeant,George: Taylor and Joe Potter. Am?ag those discharged here were W. R. Feck appointed Firse-Ssrr geant in Taylor's place and | Karl Stoehr appointed in Pot-j ter's place?all as tine for their i jobs as any company ever boasted of. These "disqualification j". ?transfers" and ^'discharges have necessitated constant: change and have kept us tia a turmoil?the training of me-? to fill new positions has added to the labor of all and greatly impaired our efficiency. Nev? ertheless we are still in the riutc, and if we go to the city of Mexico, Company H Will not be the last to get there. The boys are a fine set and ar-. veloping into tine soldiers. We stand first in our battalion and first in the regiment. Our non-conmmissioned of Seers are now as follows; Henry M. Bullits, 1st Ser geant: S. H. McChesney, Sup ply Sergeant; Hugh Young iless Sergeant; Tom Cochrau Wm. G. Mashew.-, H. L. Mon {ague, Sergeants; A. P. Ha^u moods, Elbert Gilliam, VT. J Alfneud. William Cresa, J. Pi*nl H>rne. John K. Ewing. I). E. Wright. Uscar Ciitliam and Mi O Boon, Cor-j porsils; Wm S. Wax ??; s J-.- irue *V~!!s, Cooks: Carlisle Skeen, Buglar; and Sim Johnson, Mechanic. My light is about out and so; are mv ?? ? ? i J F^Bullitt. Trinkle Speaks Here. Democratic Candidate For Congress Given Bit Reception. lion E. Lee Vrinkle, Demo? cratic candidate for congress in the Ninth District, ad? dressed one of the largest audt.: eaces here last Wednesday j morning that tver assembled in! she Amuia Theatre to hear pol ! iticai address The house was tilled to its capacity and sever? al were force to stand up. A large number of ladies of the town and surrounding com? munity w^re present. Ifon. K. T. Irvine, of this place, introduced Mr. Trinkle, and briefly outlined the many ? accomplishments of the Demo-1 cratic administration, refering so the efforts of President Wit Ss>n for peace and his icenius in handling the threatning rail? road strike. He urged the elec iion of Mr. Trinkle to represent! the people of the Niath District, in the next Congress as he was! a strong supporter of Mr. VVtt sou's policies. Mr. Trinkt--, in his address,: declared frequently that his' candida:y was not a personal matter with him and that he did not ask votes for his own election aione, but that be was asking the voters of Southwest Virginia to do what is beat for them He recalled the prophe? cies of Slemp an i Tom Muneey tn regard to the $10 bull calves, 13 cent wool and bats making nests in th? coke ovens of Southwest Virginia. He said if the bat.s were making their homes in the coke ovens they were now getting a not recep Mr. Trinkle captivated the audience with his many witty remarks and also of the vast legislation the Democrats bad put sbr ugh i: the last session of Congress At the conclusion of his speech he was met at the stage and given many hearty nand shakes, by maay voters, who pledged him their loyal Big Stone Gap Champion Tennis Players of j Southwest Virginia. The Cumberland Tennis Clui> won the championship o? the! Southwest Virginia Tennis As? sociation for the season of 1316] by defeating the D inte team on September 2>;th. Preseott and Benjamin, of Big Stone 'iap de? feated Paine and Wolfe, of I Dante, 6 J <;>-C ' 5. The match was played before a large gal? lery on tte Dante courts. The final standing of the club is as follows:? SdU PUyid Wi>n Lost E'vc. Big S'cixu Gsn W SM 10 .?3 rjiiota M ?l 1.? ..?I Historical Exhibits. Some very old and interesting [articles were found among the many fine exhibits shown at the Leewiscott Fair here last week. Two ears of corn were exhibited by Mrs. D. H. Bruce that were 22 years old, and seamed to be fairly sound. A <:a:s of sugar pears put up 21 years a^o was exhibited by 'Mrs Laura Bickley. A coun? terpane belonging to Mrs. Bradley Yeary is 7') years old. being made by hergreas grand? mother, and a quilt belonging 5o Mrs. W. A. Baker, made 7? years ago. The nam.i "Sarah Ely" was sewed into the quilt. E. F. Burgess, the accommo ; dating groerymac, surprised the ladies of the Civic League ind their visitors daring their meeting he:e last Tuesday af? ternoon with a large basket of fruit, which was heartily ap? preciated. Prize Winners At Leewiscott Fair Held Here Last Week. Farm Products. B!? Stocis Oap fond Co. tint prlsa on Ai&fta bay. H. C.S*t??ti SrttpriM on best iC? : ij a 6uic?. H. C. iut vv.* ftrtt pr:? On txnt d>s j play Sojl &>aa*, J. 1*. ?'itidham, fccood' ftitt .fso. Dtitonaoo,Sat priro oa tobaco>;| Baiter Horaler, KCQQd prii?? C. K. Blaatoa, iris po;* oaCuw t'ta' hay W; H Camet, nr-t pcU* an Hnbbartl S; i.uii . ! >?' Jon??, Mcuad pru*. J. i\ StWhani, drat pri? on bwii tlx ??_?::?.? of eben . B?j Stona f.5ap Laad Co . ?.:ooii pria.;. J. P. S?Uum. ?nt pria? on best ?ia?l# tax of coca. Emcrinn llyatt, nrtt priaa ou tw.it j t.tu of ; wooo.l prUu oa toss display af Yorit Imperial to. Mj H...;?i.-.drat prias on Mountain Bco va apuioB. A. J TaompHOa. n:o:ua b.:at -0 ouaoe ia apple; A. f. Tbompnoa. iiscu?ol ?? Morris, ptbn) oa hose ta.-Iy pbal l potato*:*. r.in.'c Oribam, pc?? on ix-it lato polo- j i.' T-wvirt. pcu4 oa best ?tl 1* i ?> lit* pru? ou nmva rY f llonlcy lecotul prtxe St daiim drr. p*u?s oa jtr?a ronnaoa. weo?d pcuo. ilc Y pti.w ou IVisiii TH icii ifn. I A. Youoll, pru* oa Wbiw la sa Raaa.'t docxa W. S. Xtthews,ptixooa ?. C. Wiiw jtfbortui ( A. Ydattil, ?ri::>; -.Ii Wblse vv"y?n J'o.tln^i H?Ujan, ?ra; cri?o oa B.?r?d lyaumtb. Bixk?; U. E. AUea, s-tcuatl Jo?hn.? K : .::.? 9tif? on 'o???s vcii rithlokitaa; ?. E. A nets, teeoad pclto Cut Flowers. Mrs P if. Btrroa. &ni prtu on Dah. im: Mr?. f, '. W??>ftcii,Jt.i*MRd pnirf. M?is ficoc trUster, prue oa Siniax Potted Plants. Mrs. C I Wulo. dnc pt5ae oa ST.-ft Art. .Wr?. I.. J. Itortoa. prii? oa P-*.iul| Mrs. tti-?*:e Horton. pri.M oa oil paia^ lt:.?, pr..:t on fcooi ptillriw' ; iax?. I Mum W.ulijo Mdndy, prtid ou tuiarf j pufr.tol ob.'n:v. sbmptbRtopj beac ?jil*e> . '., n t hA-.-.ti c*iutod chiaa. [ Jad^os?W.-a ii. A. A;ox.kiv!or ^a.l| : Wfa. lr. I.. TiyW. Fancy Work. Mrs. W. A. P-iier. jr?? oa pillow i ..?a*m. Mr?. R. 0 BArrta, S.-? prfcis oa dnst-] I ?t *;i.-f MalJ A, Gilmar, attcoail peLuf.; Mrs C I. Wid*. d.-ss priio oa ,?llk to.litt: Wri ?lu.i B.irr>!a. iwiMul pri^e j Mino Bleoau: Bolur, ?ras prtzu oa citt* . : i;:Mri C U.SEtmpssecoao!prii?. I j Mra. W A. B-iit?r, dnt peffa oo o'd [tat loQC; JtrsJ JamtM OiUUr. second. j .Wp?. f. W Xicluts, pr-xe ou tmbroid 11aHirt ??ai3S K-.sa Mab?:' Wii: j, drat o.-iie oa UiaaJ ; maiio cosibiaacioa iuit. Nf Lm i'loruace | .W?Cortuii*.k, tcecaii prti?. Mtsa Mab?! WSlia. 4rat ptiu on nigh?; Sj(o*a: SL?ri .Wafg-.irut f.'araoa, j?oail ipriw. H .13 FUxvmc? MaCcroaA?c, sir? oc j fcimt ctuJ.: ptttfeost. >?U? fiuuiyi Wolfe, drat pcLitf on Ctnoy j corset tfrtVWt Msu Hi.-ya.-scs Cixaws. j lecooil g:ue. j Kn ). I- Camhlos, drat prhia oa em i bjoit!?raiiia/an? utic. Mr*. H. C. ti?.Ti.?. i wooed prij?. Urs K Qi KarrM, prixe oa exQcbcbtfi [ tiiby ^ap. j >lr?- I. O. ?V"ii!o, prta oa :rm:hec buby J ttr>M Mrs. U. C WoMs. prbie oa cr-johet*! I Lion. M?s All.? O!ioi{?r. Jtoccxi prixtt. j bin. EIlssl. pru? ca Uttia^. j itra. fo?a naUiaSt prl-o aa knitted j ih.iv:. i Hsni Maj4i?i Gilly. firit priau ?> 'eroch<'?il ?teterpiece; M.-a. D. C. WolSs I ?!cuaii priza. ' Mta. rf. Polly, ftrat priac oo teaut F1*:*. ereeieced ?jft. Mn. D. C. VToJ&, leco&il Xau Ella* OiUy. first prim 00 ?ot (wuhkml ?nAerji?*; Mm. S. FWty; je?:ou-t pr.r*. Mr?. Br-vEey Vary. pri? 00 Olviea e?uix!a aa ay Ytary. ?eojcd prise I?. R AUun. frt*e 00 corn. >!.-? O N Kaijh:, rtnc prtxe en b?UM l(n i' ? Allen. *:>:.: ; r.i* M.-a- Laar? Sicily, dm prue co beat ?:oi:*-t:uo of S>? ors?re; Mr? ItnJiey Ha W H C.inw?. prtia 00 ccrrsnt jTm Ybatbua Otralur, prii? ?o softe X H N ?. ?? s Is were then exchang? ed and Kird got his gun and followed Poore to a point in front of the Polly Building. Here a scofHa enmed and both men fell on the pavement. While in tbii position Hurd tired his pistol, the ?hol enter? ing Poore'* neck, severing an artery. Two eyewitne* - - 1 ? trlie Beaman, a brother in-law of Poore, (who was with him.; and Tom Garrison, who lit Kurd's restaurant, says the wounded man walked a dis? tance 6f 2-5 or :i<> feet before he fell, bleeding to death in less than five minutes. After the shooting Hurd re? turned to his place of business and on being informed that re ? is dead immediately 1 -1 p pea red and up to the pres? ent time the police have been mal si to locate him. A report was circulated that he intends re ir:i nr.d give himself up to the authorities. 5h- streets were practically leservd at th-; time of the shooting, everybody being at the Fair Grounds, but in a few minutes several hundred peo pl ? had gathered around the spot. Poore's body was remov? ed to the town hall, where is was prepared for burial by W. W. Taylor ? Sons, undertakers and embalrners, and shipped to the home of his father at Bris [to! Friday morning. ? deceased is survived by [a wif>- .tud three small children. : Ke was a native of Bristol bus jh?d btea hsre all 'summer [working for his father-in-iaw, [J. S. Bearnao, a building con ; tractor. j Funeral services was con? ducted from the home at Bris? tol Saturday morning as 10 o'clock by P.ev. J. B. Mullen, of [the Anderson Street Church. { Burial took place in East Hill ' Cemetery in that city. Laundry Installs New Machinery. Owing to the continual in? crease of work coming to the i Royal Laundry, R. P. Barroc, I the proprietor, aas found it fneccesaary to install a lot of \ new and mcderu machinery in order to increase its output. A large mau^l**, used for Hat work, together with other ma? chinery, has been received and I will be installed this week by an expert from the factory. This is one of the Gap's leading enterprises and within Sh? last few months its business has nearly doubled, under the guid wee of Mr. Barron.