rUK BIG STONE GAP POST.. WEDNESDAY, DEO. 0, DJ1G Pubhshi-d Kror/ Wednesday by the WISE PRINTING COMPANY. Iticor|.or?t?t ask themselves if the minister's time and talents are not worth more than those of "any man in tbo church." Tho clergy? man is the ofliciul head of a groat spiritual enterprise which represents, among other things, tho iuvestmont of heavy capital. Iu business parlance, he is the active manager of a concern thnt has from three Hundred to five hundred or eveu a thou? sand co-operating members. He cannot manage that busi? ness?to view it simply as a question of efficiency, for tho moment?unless ho has been thoroughly equipped. This, in turn, involves an outlay on Iiis part of time and money. Why should he not be regarded, iu those respects, as on tiie same footing with any other trained man who handles n like amount of capital and lids to deal with the same number of people? At the very least, why should he not have the opportunity of pro? viding for Iiis old ago of lion productivity) This is the evil. It is obi, it is aggravated, and it is com? plex it grows with every in? crease in the cost of living, and it has never received a lithe of the attention it deserves. In tlie cities i! is worse, if pos sible, than in the country, for the rural minister has at least a chance to dig a part of his liv? ing from the ground while the city minister must purchase practically all lie consumes. A few of those who haye large city charges are adequately paid and occasionally one may per? haps be receiving more than he could earn at any other calling ?that is the case with practi? cally ever specialist. Hut the average city minister lias to cut corners very closely to keep out of debt, even when His chil? dren are small When their education becomes expensive, about the time tlie powers of tlie father begin to wane, the situation is deplorable. Many of those wlio sneer at the preacher's lack of business sense would lie am heed if they knew the domestic economies of liimsolf, ami, more frequently, of his wife. We have never thought of but one way in which the poor? ly-paid city minister could be bettor rewarded, ami we are net sure of that. We refer to a possible reupportionmeut of tin' membership of the churches. It often happens, as we have pre? viously pointed out that some churches have an excess of capable members, ami, some? times, a potential excess of fluids. It more frequently Imp pens that a large church will have in it no men of means ami few real loaders. Perhaps if mo.I the members of the "rich" church could lie trans? ferred to tin- "poot" church,the situation of tlie latter would be greatly improved financially ami that of tlie former would not lie appreciably injured. The better pay of ministers would naturally follow Richmond News Leader. Enjoyable Party. Misses Mary ami Bertie Whilt entertained a number of their young friends at their home near the Southern depot last Thursday (Thanksgiving) night from 7:lto t,> U?U0 o'clock. A number of games were played, after which refreshments were served. Those present were: Misses Kara Wright, Ottie Johnson ami Lillian Williams, of Hast Stone (iap: Mae Williams, Naomi (loll, (Jlossie M?llins ami ICthel Colo. The boys were: Kirby Lyttle and Leonard WH? hums, of East Stouo Gap: Doyle Raker, Prank Allman, Howard ?lessee, William Cole nnd Harry Wallace. Miss Muttio Holten arrived in the Oap Tuesday morning from Atlanta, Ua.j and she and her brother, A. L. Holten, have gone to housekeeping in the Connor residence on [m bod en Hill while Mr. und Mrs. Connor uro in Sun Antonio, Texas, and Miss Mary Connor is with her sister, Mrs. J. 11. Piorpoint. Mrs. Ohus. F. (.'amp returned to the (luii Monday night nf'er a neveral weeks visit to rela? tives and friends in Cincinnati and Huntington. Coal Land Sold Whitesburg, Ky., Nov. 30.? One of the most important coal und timber land deals made in Eastern Kentucky within twelve months was closed yes terday when R, D. Bukor, Win? chester; II. O. Keums, J. L. Keinmerer and others of New York city sold to tho St.iggCoal Corporation, a Virginia con? cern with offices in Roanoke, oight thousand acres of desir? able coal and timber lands ly? ing along the Carr's fork, Troublesome creek and Lull's creek tributaries of the North Fork of the Kentucky river be? low hero near tho Leteher- Fer? ry border. A large part of the property lies on the Louisville & Nashville main line and ac cording to an announcement the development of.the proper? ty on a large scale is to be started within the next thirty or sixty days. While some of the properties are not touched by the L. m* for coas'.tpalloa. Damage Suit Settled by Mu? tual Agreement. By mutual agreement of all parties concerned the damage! suit of Mrs. Rosetta G. Doweil' versus the V. & S. W. railway was disposed in the Bristol,Va., CorporatiouUourt yesterday af? ternoon when the special jury returned a verdict against the railway for$7,MX). Mrs. Doweil, who appeared as plaintiff, suit against the railway as ad ministratix of the esttfte of her husband, John A. Doweil, do coasod. Mr. Doweil lost his life March 'J*J, when acting ill his capacity us engineer on the V. iSr. 8. W. It is alleged that his locomotive overturned with him. The ac cident occured in Hawkins county, Tennessee, In rendering their verdict I lie jury decided that one half of the recovery should he paid to .Mrs. Doweil and the remainder dividetl equally among her seven children, till of whom ore minors. Mrs. Doweil was ap? pointed guardian of the chil? dren j In presenting the case to the court Mrs. Powell was repre? sented by Judge John W. Price and the railway by Attorney H. H. Sholton.?Bristol Herald Courier. Miws Beverly Bay tie Taylor, of While Gute, spent Saturday ami .Sunday in tlio (.lap with Miss Florence McCormick, en route to Norton where she has accepted a position in the school. FincastleLady PraisesTanlac. Feels It Her Duty to Recom? mend the National Tonic Which Helped Her So Much. "1 Buffered from indigestion, gall, liver and kidney trouble ami was so nervous 1 could not Bloep",said Mrs. John L. Crush, of Fincastle, Va., and in ex? plaining her case saitl: "Acute pains in my stomach, right side, and back after eat? ing as much as two crackers, 1 would feel so full of gas I could hardly git my breath. My tongue and IllOUtll was so sore 1 could hardly talk. Since tak? ing six bottles of Tanlnc 1 have gained thirty pounds, can sleep line, can eat most anything I want, am not nervous and 1 just feel fine. Money could hot buy the good Tanlnc has done for me. it lias done me so much good I feel it my duty to recommend it, and 1 feel sure, it will held anyone suffering as 1 have. 1 cannot say enough for Tanlao." Mrs. Crush received remark? able results from the use of the new remedy, but she is oup, another of the thousands who have received the same and surely if it has helped thou sands it should help you if so troubled. Tanlao oan be secured boreal the Mutual Drug Coinpauy, adv. An ex-client way to get ri'tj of a grouch is to forget that yon have one. The man who poses as a model citizen is usually the big? gest fake in town. Make it a war on the high |c.ort of living arid you have our unqualified apqroval. AT Arnim Theatre TOMORROW (THURSDAY i William Russell in THE HIGHEST BID [ A beautiful spectacular production of the power? ful society drama by Ar? thur Hi Cooden. I America's Electrical Week December 2nd to 9th S HELP US CELEBRATE 1 - I Electric Transmission Co, of Va, I i How to Borrow Money Through a Federal Farm Loan Association. !. Ton or morn farmers' wanting loans must organize the association. 'J. No man fanget a loan for more than ?10,000 or less than $ 100, or for less than live or more than forty years. 3. Borrower must be, < r about to become, the owner of the html offered as security,and engaged, or about to become engaged, in its cultivation. I. Borrower to use money for the following purposes ami none oilier: (a) To purchase laud for agricultural uses;(b)to purchase equipment, fertilizers and livestock mvcssa.-y for the proper ami reasonable operation of the mortgaged farm, (o) to provide buildings and improve tlie mortgaged land; (d) to liquidate indebtedness of the owner. 5. A board of five directors must be elected by the members of the association, and these directors must elect a president, vice-president, secretary-treas? urer, and a loan committee of three members. 0. The loan committee must appraise the lauds of all mem? bers, ami the reports of tiiese appraisers, together witli other necessary information, must bo forwarded by the secretary to the district Federal land bank. 7. [f the district land bank and the Federal Farm Board, upon examination, find that all requirements have been com? plied witli a charter will ho issued and the loans grunted.? The Progressive Farmer. Turkey buv'ora have been ac? tive in Tazewell county, and it is said thai farmers are being paid 1?; to IX C0I11B per pound ^ross for turkeys, ami that the shipments from this county to eastern markets for Thuuksviving reached a Intal of eight thousand turkeys. Many thousand will be shipped this reason from the Clinch Vat ley section.? (Jraham Banner. 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