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VOL. XXV,
BIG STONE GAP. WISE COUNTY. VA? WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 17, 1917.
No. 3
To The Peo?
ple Of Virginia.
Certain ntiwRpnperii have n<
cently commented oh iho al?
leged fact that, some citizens
have move 1 away from tho
State because of the operation
of the new lux laws, ami have
attributed lliis removal to tho
harshness of the present mull)
oils of discovering taxable
property. The State Tax Hoard
desires to lie informell ;s to
the public t'eiding au I convic?
tion of the following points:
1. Do you or not believe a
ttlX HllOUld lie levied on ALL
property, real ami personal, for
the support of the government
and of the public frei' schools,
and to pay 'he interest en thi;
public debt, ami to pi\ pen?
sions?
?J. If net, what proper!.}
would you exempt from taxa?
tion oilier than that belonging
to religious and charitable in?
stitutions, etc., already exempt
under the (jonstihution?
.1. Keeling that if large
amounts of hitherto unasscssed
intangible property could he
discovered and taxed, the tax
rate on all properly could he
lowered, thereby better ?Iis
?-Uniting and equalizing the
burdens on all taxpayers, the
General Assembly passed what
is known as the segregation
ant, which reduced the State'
tax on teal and tangible per?
sona! property from :>.'> cents to
10 cents on tho : reduced
the tax on bonds, notes and
other evidences of debt, ami en
stocks other than those of Vir?
ginia corporations, from an
average rate, Slate and local, ol
if 1.7a on tho $100 to a Slate tax
of li.'i cents on the fit'11, with an
optional additional local tax of
not more than !M) cents; reduced
the tax on manufacturers'
capital from an average rat.?
Sri.70 to 70 cents with the op
tionnl local rate of not noire
than 30 cents; reduced the li?
cense tuxes on certain classes
of merchants from Hit cents to
20 seuls on the ileu of pur?
chases; and, making these re
duclinus, made no increase in
any tax rale except as to rail
roads. D?yo??r not approve
these reductions'' If not, wit)
not?
4, If yon approve the.-- re?
ductions in the tax rates on in?
tangibles, made in the eitert
to equalize the burden on the
owner of such properly with
that on the owners of real
estate ami tangible personal
properly, which, although
usually underassessed, pa>
much higher rates, do you or
not think all ititangible proper?
ty should be placed on the lux
books, as all real property is
placed there
5, Do ybll or not believe the
present law to be sound in
policy and principal, which is
designed to collect back taxes
on property never heretofore
reported by its owners, and
therefore never heretofore tax
Oll.
C. Do you or not approve
the limitation placed by the
General Assembly on the num?
ber of years for which buck
taxes may be collected, which
tax, State ami local, can in no
case exceed an average rate of
7o cents on the $100 of omitted
property for twelve years pre?
ceding 1015, thus equalising
this tux with that actually paid
during the same period by the
uverage owner of underassess?
ed real estate and tangible per?
sonal property, hearing in mind
that tho buck tux he irs no in?
terest if voluntarily paid?
7. If you believe all proper
01 (he Week '??<.f ?'oti;;r?? nbw?lve.l ..II mW , ,. ,??.. , n"' fa"<"<'< i??v note "leak" inquiry before the rule* run
,C "CeK son's no o,|j?S -r. vvb.tU.1 s" r. v, .1 nnl . I I "i? "" !",V!,n'-,> ^nowlclCT of (Is- ?.?... while Thomas W La?.
ofhoiscH Iii|.|.tii8 u iihiolccu year okl hi-n soho?i boy Frederick <?,,.'.'? r if Vi '% ?*' s,;,v,'r"f SUnfool White, ran afoul .,f the jaw, being ttceuiml
<?<>!>? iltuftiiln lliili iliisl in Denver 'Hie f.*ir rullronil hrothrrh ?N ft. ? "" Ms "w" thpu?' 1,1 ITrtuMletlphm. After a llnKcrlng Illness William y
iv should lie .?u tin- iiHsu*8<irtt'
books, ami thai hack taxes
fairly assessed in omitted
property should he paid, can
you suggest any better means
to these ends than those now
provided by luAv?
Any reply made by any resi?
dent of Virginia to any or all of
tlie above ipiesiions, given to
lhi> press or mailed to tin' S'ate
Tax Hoard, Richmond, will he
of public value.
STATIC I'AX lit ?AUD.
Gymnasium.
A vacated store building on
I the cornel of K?st Fifth Street
null Giliy Avenue h is I.n re.
; modeled und equipped I'm a
I modern gymnasium Und was
thrown open to the public one
day las! week. 'I'll.pnpim-til
is not complete yet hut it won't
he long itntil all necessary up
jpnratu-.es will lie installed. A
I basket ball court has been
elected on I he lirst llotir
while the second lloOr is he
?ing bseil for dressing rooms
ami shower baths,t wo of which
j are complete. Already a num?
ber of young inen h i\e bhen
practicing preparatory for
seine games in the near future
Tlioy will probably he coached
by VV. II. Nickels', ,lr., who f.u
a number of yeiirs was athletic
instructor ut F.mory and Henry
I'ollege Tllitre ate quite a
number of athletes in tin- (l ip
wlio.it is hoped, will take ,m
active part in organising tj
blisket ball team
Mr. lv I ?rennen, president of
the Athletic As"<>>. irttioilj as?
sisted by \ir. I). I!. Savers.have
I.ii the chief promoters in get
ting the gym Started. I; v. as
almost completed before any
one knew of its existence, and
it looks as though their .11 iris
will be rewarded, judging by
tlie interest already shown. It
is Itopetl some of the neighbor
ing town will take a like inter?
est in winter sports and or?
ganize teams so a few- lively
contests can he arranged.
After tlit) gym (jus been coin
pletcd a .small fee will be charg?
ed each month for its main?
tenance, l-'vervone is cordially
invited to become a member.
U. D. C. MeetiiiK.
.Mrs. A. .1. Wolfe whs Un?
lovely hostess of the January
meeting of the United Daugh?
ters of the Confederacy Weil
tiosilny nfternoon.
Mrs'. .1. I.. McCormick, the
president. presided over the
meeting. Twenty members
answ ered to roll call by an in?
cident in the lives of Gen. I. e
and (icn. Jackson, followed by
the reading of the minutes of
the last meeting by .Mrs. M. It.
McCorkle.
Ihuing the business session
it was voted to older nine new
IllillUte books. Also voted to
send live dollars to the (?hl I. i
dies home in Richmond, which
wns burned in January.
A very interesting program
was then given. It was opened
by all the members singing the
hymn "How Firm a Founda?
tion". Then the life of Lee and
Jackson, read by Mrs. II. AW.
Skeen, followed by tho reading
I Um- po'oiii "Tin:
I.??",*' by Mrs. S
Mrs. W. li. Peck pluyctl very' j
Mivci'tiy';on the violen "Loves
i ?Iii Swi'i-t Song." aecompnniijd
by Miss Nonio Vinovnrd oh the
piano A paper then was 1e i<l.
"The Lifo of Jackson", by Mrs ]
M Smith. A ynry interesting
incident in Jackson's lifo v. a-,
rend by Mrs. .1. II. Iliigy. Af 1
tor tliti reading of tin- "Last i
Words of Jackson", by Mrs. K. !
E. i i.lloe, Mrs. ' Wolf,.. :
assisted by ,\| r?. (' S. CiiHilr
tinil Miss Niemo Viiibyanl,
served a very delicious salmi |
course, consisting of chicken
salad, tomato aspic, pimento
sand w idlest, pickles, olivts,]
doliglihuts ;md coiTeei
Till! following worn prcsont:
Mrs. Alexander and Mrs
VVnlker, .a' linbodon, Mrs. .1.11
IlligVi of Inmaii. \|os.lano s ('.
('. Cuchnin, i!. I'. Long, M.
Smith, h. (>. I'ottit, .1. I, Mo
Uorinick, J\ I'. Wolfw, C S.
Carter, 10. 15, (Ibodloo, 11 A
w. s|;,.,.|i, M. i;. McCoikle, ' i.
L. Taylor, .1 A. (lilmer, I), C.
VVotr?, W. t. i;.||.,... SallS A
lltitley, Mis.s.-s dunel H?iti y.
Nfeiiib V'ineyiird and h'.diia (ill
I.V.
Tlio next mcciiug will bo at
tiie lioiiiii of Mrs. i'. c. L'obg
and the members will answer
to roll call, witb an ilioidenl in
tin- Iii'.' of \VusliitigiiJn.
$500.00 For Union Church
A meeting was hold a I A\eis
?biipei last W-dmsdi;. high)
and it was announced thai
aboiii 'ft. Ii id beeil pledged
tii build ;a t u ion I III tire Ii neai
tin' furnace, a pan of whirl
; has already tnti u ??oil,nod
h was decided to ere<;l i
building about 2H |,y |:| f. , t
wbicli will contain 1221 sipian '
fool of lloor spar.- and seat oVci
'jiio people. Tie- inillding coiji
inilleo is now working on llfii
plans for the building whirl:;
will not cost loss than .i,
probably inure. All tin- ma j
t'orial lias boon promised at
[cost and much of the work will;
bedonated. A site lias already
boon donated lor Ibis purpose.
(?Inch liiomber of the itoytVl
and Oirls' ('luh at the furnace j
lire g;oing to try to got a dollar
a piece1, i veil if IIti'V iinve to
work lor it. Some of t,br chil
dri'ii have their dollar already.
Fifty dollars is tlin largest
contribution so far, ami it is
from a gentleman nut of town.
There arc two J2?.00 donalions,
while tbe others are snr.llor
Everyone should give and give
liberally to this worthy cause:
Tho people of the furnace hope
to have the church built by the
IIrat of May.
The church will be a Union
Church in every respect and
preachers who desires will be
allowed to preach in if. The
people of tbe furnace nood an
adequate church very badly
and when the furnace start
next month there will be a groat
many more people added to
that community. Anyone de
siring to contribute by mail
can Rent! (heir contribution to
P. II. Kennedy, Treasurer
Union Church, Hig Stone (lap,
Va., or tliey ran Bee anyone of
the finance committee who will
gladly receive any donation no
matter how small. Everyone
should give something.
Jnriei Hailey,
Assistant S'f'croturv
NEW PASSENGER ENGINE
FOR I. R. R.
T!i. Interstate Railroad put j
into,service last Thursday iin j
passenger trains operating1 be. j
iweeii Stonogu, Appalaehia und j
Glamorgan a hew engine of
modern ly pn I hat will aihl ma
ttii i ilty in bundling the over in
ercailing passenger business of
this shorl lintl that has long
been recogni'/od as one of the
nioat important "f.I> is" hoth|
in passenger Und freight sorVici
to the various trunk lines (into1)
ing the Wise county eo >1 tiehls.
A few years ago the Intor
Ktnte was operated for a dis-|
lance of only live miles for the
eonvenieiiee of a coal company
in getting its products to mat
ket, find passenger traffic was
Only iif minor significance
though later the main line,
originally operated between
Stonegu and Appalaehia was
extended to Norton and from
there tot ilainoi gan.
Win n the road Itrht begun
business a mt'-ugre repair shop
at its Stun, ga terminal was suf.
Ilcient hilt il his oiitgrouu its
sWutllingj clotllits and ftir the
pit ?. eial months carpenter
and miiohanies in other lines
have been busy building a rail
read ei: v oh I hjii olil tljto of tin
town of i'lU tclinr Which sever
ill 'years ago was wiped out I >
liie. A large number of house*
L'ompittiy 's employees have
moved from various points itO'
that pltjce lo live.
Win' ? in ollicial figures are
ivaiiabhi It is siiid that the
bitcki of the Interstate have
spent during tie- past two years
in and around Appalaehia m ar?
ls three hundred thousand dol?
lars in new rolling slock ami i
bettering tiie road for more ef
llclen! service.
In this expenditure loealj'la
her has In en largely used ami!
in that manner work has been
furnished both common and
skilled labor that perchance
would have been forced to go
to other points to ply their
vocation.
In 'lie matter of locotnotivas
the Interstate has an equip?
ment of engines that rival the
trunk lines lo which their traffic
is delivered for transportation
North, 1*1 list, South and West.
?Appalaehia Progressive.
Pianos, organs, vicirolas,
rented and sold on easy terms;
exchanged for old pianos and
organs. Wanted to trade a
piano for a good horse and
buggy or pony anil buggy
il.md second hand furnitur't
bought and sold. Write blank
enshig, Box !i7, Appalaehia
I Va. 1
enjoyable Book Party.
Prof; and Mrs A. .1. Wolfe
entertained very delightfully
ut their hospitable homo last
Friday evening from eight
thirty to twelve o'clock coni
plimuutury tu the faculty ot the
public school.
Attractive tally cards) assign
o.l the quests to the six tables
placed in the reception hall ami
parlor where Progressive Honk
was played very cut hltsinsticiil
ly during the evening, Miss
Nemo Vineyard mid .1. I'etei
\yolfo,.|r., miking ihy mm
progressions.
At the close of the evening,
beautiful hand ethlir tidored
lunch clothes were placed on
the tables where Mrs. Wolf.-,
assisted by Misses Memo Vine
yard and* Jouol bailey, served
refreshing ice cream and cake
followed by coffee and nuts.
Those preHelll Were: Misses
Winifred Mullins, Fioria Hi nee.
Glnribel Locket t, Murv Loh
White, N.uno Vineyard, Nell
Vim Gordur, Mary I.e. Maiden.
Olga lloiton, Ketti? Thompson,
Janet llailey, Itttbv Kemper,
and Mrs. Sally A Ihiilev Mes
- I- K. 0. Akers, I I 11 1 V .lessee,
V. II. Morgan, .1. P. Welt,., )r..
W. II Nickels, Jr., Campbell
i Joch ran, It, It. i 'asp. r. Mr.
Marks, A. P. Phillips, Lesief
Jess. ami .1 W Rush.
NOTICE.
VlltGIXI Si: At a regular
iitotithly meeting of the Board]
of Supervisors began ami held |
for Wise County, at the i lourt I
hoti'so thereof on lilt) fjlll day of
January, i?.7. Prescht II. K.
ilydti and K j. Presilott and
.1. I! Mullins getltlenieii mein
he, , of said Board.
Be it resolved, that it shall be
unlawful for any person to kill
or capture any squirrel or squir?
rels in Wi.-e County between
the I si day of February and the
! .Hi day of S 'ptemiier in the
year i'jl7, and th r. after it
shall he unlawful for any per?
son to kill or capture any squir
rel or sqniruls in said County
between the 1st day cf January
and the tfith day >f September
in any year.
Any violation of this regula?
tion shall h - punishable by a
'tine not less than $5.00 ami not
more than 4-'*>-0<*- Provided,
however that nothing herein
contained shall be construed
to prevent any person from1
killing or capturing s ptirrels on
I his own land, or on laud of
1 which he is the buns tide rent-j
1 er or lessee at any time. This
regulation shall be in effect on
and after the 1st (lay of Febril
ary, 1917.
And it is ordered that the
Clerk is hereby directeil to
cause the foregoing resolution
to be published in the next is
sue of each of the County Pa
pers, and to forthwith post a
copy thereof at the front door
of the Court house.
A Copy Teste:
W. B. Hamilton,
Clerk.
Sumslnvolv
ed In War.
The amount of money expend*
cd for direct war purposes alone
since August 1, 1914; is eipial
to noarly three times the cap?
italization of all the American
railroads. It represents tifty
times the net national debt of
the United .States, eighteen
times the amount of money in
actual circulation in this coun?
try ; otpVO.t times the total de
posits in all our saving blinks.
With it you could build one
hundred ami forty-six Panama
Canals, or pay for the Napole?
onic, (Jrimcnn, Kuss -Jitpaiies,
South African ami American
CiVll Wars, and null have a
surplus of ;:il.nc i,ot u,i no left.
BUcIl is tin- new and high cost
of war.
The price of glory is being
constantly advanced. The ex.
peuditures for the Hirst year of
the war wore fl7,fi00,000,000;
before tlio second they had in?
creased to $".28,000,000,000; the
estimate :'oi the third year, to
August I. 1017, at the present
rate of spending i-- about ,
000,000,000. This means that
by the tune the next harvest
mo.in shim's the sum will in all
likelihood have represented a
Sacrifice for military purposes
alone *7-..".'10.00(1,1)00
Taking the daily cost of the
war. you lind that Kiigland is
$26,000,000 poorer for every
twenty four hour.- that passed;
that Krane.? must check out
$18j0bo.(>00; ltushia fit! ,000,000;
Italy, ;."i.o|io,<Kio Little Unman
ill is colling the war expendi?
ture I.oil, at tbe rate of $1,000,
000 per diem.
Board Trade
Meeting.
The regular Animal Meeting
01 the Hoard of Trade will be
held III the largo sample room
in the Monte Vista Hotel Build?
ing dii Monday night, January
'JUtli, for the purpose of elect?
ing officer* for the ensiling
year, liyer'y olio interested in
l be well fare of the town is urg?
ed (o be present at this meet?
ing,
Bishop rticker Has Been III
at Lynclilnirjj.
The ninny friends of the Ht.
Kev. lieverley l>. Tucker, I).
I? , the bishop coadjutor of the
Diocese of Southwest Virginia;
will regret to learn that he has
lie. ii quite ill for the past throe
weeks lit his home in Lynch
burg, Vti; Uitiliop Tucker's
condition is now improved and
it is hoped lie will soon be able
lo resume bis .(lilies. ? Rich?
mond Virginian.
Stockholders Meeting.
Tim annual meeting of the
stockholders of the Virginia
Coal and Iron Company will be
held at tie- Kleischtnan Mouse,
Alexandria, Virginia, Wednes?
day, February 21, 1017, at
twelve o'clock N'oon, for the
purpose of hearing annual re?
ports, electing a Hoard of Iii
rectors, and transacting such
other business as may properly
come before the meeting.
W. 0. kbst,
Sccretury.
Stockholders Meeting.
The annual meeting of the
Stockholders of the Interstate
Railroad Company will bo held
I at tiie Fleischuian House, Alex
andria, Virginia, Wednesday,
February 21, 19171 at 12:30
o'clock p. in., for the purpose
ot henriny annual reports, elect?
ing a Hoard of Directors, and
transacting such other busi?
ness as may properly come be
foro the meeting.
H. B. Prior,
?oerotary.