The Big Stone Gap post. [volume], January 16, 1918, Page 3, Image 3

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

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BIG STONE GAP, VIRGINIA
LOCAL, ITEMS.
\V. Hi White, of Cat-' City;
was>a business"visitor in town I
the littler part of lust week. |
N. 1). Bnchman, Jr.; was vis
iting in town last Friday being
a guest at the Monte Vista.
K. B. Danbar, of Benimm,
Ky., spent lust Friday in tho
(Jap on business,
(). HJ. Orr wns over from st
Charles hist Friday on business.
Mrs. B. F. Tale and little
son, Edwnrtl, dr., spent part of
last werk in town visiting tola
ti ves.
Attorney J, ('. Noel, of Boil
nington Gap, spent last Satur
day in town on professional
business.
.1. II. Barlow, of Camp So
vier, S C,passed through town
Sunday entente to B?nnington
Gap', w here be will spend a few
days visiting lioniefolks.
Harry C. Wallace returned
home hist week from Ciueih
nuti, where In- spent a few
weeks taking a business conr.-e.
I Miss Blanche Kilbottriin,
pianist at the Amu/.ti, returned
home Friday night item Bris?
tol where she spent several ilaj H
consulting a specialist for ear
trouble.
Little Miss Virginia Owen's*
daughter of Mr. and Mis A l>.
Owens, has be.Ml sick with ton
Hili'.ts for the past ten days.
Rev. .)? M Smith will hold
services at tin.' Blue Spring
Church next Sunday at 3:15 p.
in.
George Viveth, the hustling
and accommodating janitor ol
the Minor Building is rejoicing
over the arrival ol a IU pound
hoy at his home Monday night.
Mrs. Untold Hatcher and
little son, Harold, Jr.; of liar
?'old, Ky., toe spending some
time in the Cove visiting Mrs.
. Allbtiril Hamiden and Mrs.
Hatcher's mother. Mrs. florin
Beasor.
Monte Vista Hotel Bus leaves
. hotel at 7:45 a. in. and :i:3o p.
in. daily except Sunday forAp
palachia and solicits passen
gors.
Senator .lohn Qooilloo, left
last week for Bichmond, for tho
meeting o f the Legislature
which conveed there on theOtb.
X. 1). Wallace, county sur?
veyor of Tnney County, Mo.,
returned home lust week after
spending several days here vis
King his fat hei-, 1'. (1. Wallace.
We neglected to mention last
week of the arrival of it line
boy at the home of Mr. and Mrs
A. B. Hammond on January
3rd, who has been christened
A. I?., Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. S. ,1. Sundry
motored down from Stonega
und spent a few bouts in the
(hip Thursday afternoon.
Miss Myrtle Kilbou n a
trained nurse of Appaltichla, is
^spending several days in the
Gap, nursing Mrs. Qeo. 1. lav?
ier.
j j Brof. O. B. K.asley spent Wed?
nesday at Norton, where he at?
tended the meeting of the l'rin
.-.cipals of the High Schools of
yjWiso County.
Mrs. Vilns Wells, was shop?
ping in Bristol one dav last
ftfiweek.
;:j Miss Muhle Willis, who has
j'jbeen visiting hor sister in Knox
j|villo since the Holidays, is now
tivisititig friends in Lynchbnrg.
II u. J. W Chalkley and 6. ]
F. BlQntuii spi-iii u low days
last weak in Harlan, Ky.. on
business.
Alfred Anderson, who iB stu- j
tioncd lit Damp Loo, spiMit a few ?
days in town last week with
n lutives.
Mrs J M. Stewart returned
I last week from a three weeks |
visii to her sons in Kingsport to
. the (tap, where she will make1
I her liotiio with her daughters,
.Mrs. Wiley Witt and Mrs. Dan
ILittorol, at Bast Stone Gap
until Spring.
.lust received a line of coats
from manufacturers, sizes .!(', to
60i good selections and :t splen?
did opportunity to buy nt n
bargain. A few ladies suits,
is /es ill to Hs, to go at a sacri
! lice. A pretty lino of waists,
serge and silk dresses.?Good
loo Brothers.
The Ladies Guild of Christ
Church will meet with Mrs
Karl Stoehr Thursday afternoon
at four o'clock.
Henry Lane spent a few days
l.isi week in Kyo Cove, Scott
County, with his parents.
Uov. ami Mrs. .1. M Smith
and little son, .lames Miller,
who have been spending the
past mouth visiting relatives in
Petersburg and Richmond, will
return to their home in the (lap
today (Wednostluy.)
Miss Delia Sprinkle returned
to her home at Wilder, Wednes?
day after spending il few days
in the (iap with her sister, Miss
Elizabeth.
Carl Vouell has accepted a
position with the Civil Engi?
neers in the tlap.
Mrs. Johnnie Gilly and son,
Dillnrd, ami daughter, Miss
Ronnie, are mil again after be?
ing in quarantine nearly two
months from small pox.
Sergeant Will Riggs, who is
now at Camp Lee, is spending
a few davs with liomefolke at
Fast Stone Gup.
Mrs W. T. Alsover, of Char?
lotte, N. ('., is spending a few
days in the Gap, the guest of
Mrs. R. B. Alsover.
The pubiis will he bonefitted
by passenger service between
Rig Stone (iap and Appalachiu
as the .Monte Vista Hotel Bus
loaves hotel at 7:45 u. ni. and
? |i. m. daily except Sunday.
M iss Florence McCurmick re?
turned last week from a several
days visii to Miss Beverly Bane
Taylor ut While Gate.
Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Prescult
returned Tuesday from u three]
weeks visit to poiuts in Florida.
Mr. and Mrs. J. U. Dooley
have moved from the Bruce'
reBitb nce to Oreton, whore Mr.
Dooley is superintendent of the
(>re Mines.
Miss Virgie Neely, of East
Stone Gap, has accepted u posi?
tion as operator in the Tele-!
I phone K.xchnnge bore.
Just arrived at Goodloe Both?
ers a shipment of Hie popular
"Dove" underwear.
Miss Ruth Prescott returned
last week toChambersburg.Pu.,
where she is attending school
this winter at Penn Hall, after
spending three weoks Holidays
in tho (Jap with her father, E.
J. Prescott.
Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Long will
move this week into Mrs. J. M.
Stewart's residence.
Miss Emma Willis, from up
iu the Valley, spent a few tiuvo i
in the Gap last week visiting
her grandfather, Frank Stur |
gi".
Spring goods arriving at
< loodloe Brot here. Liu? ns,
batistes, nuhsooks, gulatoas,
long cloth, luces ami silks.
The many fri ends in the Gap
of Mrs. Jerome Wells, wlui is
living at Arno, will be sorry to
hear of her,illness with scarlet
fever, also her daughters.
WANTED? Highest C a s h
prices paid for fat entile'.
K. II. Ilruce, county engineer,
'left last week for Washington,
I w here he will spend a few days
Ion business. Prom there he will
i go ti> Richmond In attend a
[meeting uf the Virginia timid
; Itohds Association,which meets
j in that city on 15th, lOth ami
17th.
Lieut. Houderson Horsloy, of
Camp Lee. spent a few days
I last week in I ho Gap w ith bis
I father, W. .1. Horsloy. He
stopped in Abiugdon on his
way back to see his sister, Miss
Nellie, who is attending school
at Stonewall Jackson Institute
Mrs Harold Edwards, of
Stonega, and h ur husbnnd,
I Harold Edwards, of Caiiip Leo,
I who has been spending a few
days with bis puronts, Mr. ami
' .Mrs W. H. Edwards, at Appit
hicllin, spent u few days in the
Gap last week with Mrs. |.; i
ward's sister, Mrs K ('. Tay?
lor.
W. B. Kinder, of Artemus,
Ky., spent last week in the tj ip
with his sister, Mrs M. Wells.
Mr. Kinder expects to move bis
family to the (Lip soon from
Artemus.
Mr. and Mrs. E C. Taylor
and little son Ed, Jr., who has
been living in the Tourailie
Flats, left last week for Dante,
where Mr. Taylor has accepted
a position with the Glihchllold
Coal Corporation; having re?
signed his position with the
Stonega Coke ami Goal Comp.?
ny, which be has been holding
several years.
There will be a Union service
at the Baptist Church Sunday
i night at 7:30. All the congre
galions in t iwn are asked to
join. The following Sunday
uiglit a like service will be held
at t Ii e Southern Methodist
Church, and some other church
the following Sunday, See. This
is, We think, a good move, and
we trust large numbers w ill at?
tend. There will be special
music.
The many friends in the Gap
of H. Stilton Wagoner, who
formerly lived here .and a Ptli.
dent in the Public School but
moved to Pennsylvanie several
years ago, will be interested to
know that he graduated last
week from the U. S- Navy Elec?
trical Training School in the
Pratt Institute in Brooklyn; N.
V., with the highest grades in
his class of several hundred
students and has been reccom
mended by the Officials for a
high promotion, after three
months sorvice on < ne of tho
battleshij b
Governor Henry .Carter Stu
art and his stair w ill attend the
ball to be given in Bichmond
the evening of January the'
ninteenth, under the auspices
of ihn God Mother's League i f
(ha Ninth Company, of the Vir?
ginia Coust Artillery Govern
or Stuurt takes a persona! in?
terest in this Company; its his
nephew, Lieutenant William A.
Stuart, i s a member.?Rich
mnod Evening Journal.
Lieut. Win. A. Stuart spoken
of in the above is of the law
jlirm of Irvine and Stuart in
I tho Gitp, but he left here early
j lust summer to g0 into train?
ing at Fort Meyers.
E. A II A BN ER,
Big Stone t lap, Vit.
James W? Fox De ad.
A telegram received here
Monday night from Now York
announced the sudden dentil of
.lames W. Fox in Unit city on
Monday. No particulars were
given regarding the cause of his
death, which was a great shock
to his relatives and friends in
the (Jnp. Mr. Fox had many
friends Jin this section, and well
known to many of our readers,
all of whom will regret to learn
of his untimely death, more par?
ticulars of which will he given
in our next issue.
Urs. VV. It. Peters ami H It
Smith have received telegrams
to he ready to report for service
in the Medical Department of
Army by lh?' 17th of this month.
They are both ready to go and
awaiting their call. ?Appala
chio Progressive.
Notice.
du account of the death of
Mr.'iJallies W: Fox, which oc
I cm ret! in New York on Monday,
the Red doss Work Room will
I not he opened today (NVedlieS
daj ), hut it will he opened tin
Saturday as usual.
11. Terpstra, Superintendent
of Tin; tihl Dominion Power
Coinpuiiy, was accompanied to
Richmond by Dr. R. P. Curr,
w here t he former went to lin
dergo a slight operation which
was perftinned at St Elizabeth's
Hospital where the patient is
rapidly couvalosing. Mrs.
Terpstra is with her husband
? Norton Progress.
Man Best Laugher. Says
Madge Kencdy.
Madge Keneily, star in Mar?
gate! Mayo'a brilliant comedy,
'?Baby Mine," to be seen at the
Amuzu Theatre Thursday, .Ian.
17th, at the second of the Gold
wyii productions, has found from
the depths of her stage exper?
ience that men laugh moreaeisly
ami more whole-heartedly than
women.
??I could even undertake to
prove from my experience be?
hind the foot-lights,'' says Miss
Kennedy, "that men have a
more appreciative geiise of hu?
mor.
^"tleiierally speaking, a man
will laugh where a women only
-miles. Anil when a women
reaches the point of laughing a
Luge majority of the men in an
audience will he emitting side?
splitting whoops.
" Perhaps it is because a
Women is more repressive, but
as an encouragement to a good
lime I would rather have one
jolly fat man in the lirst ro\\
than a dozen women. A nice
tat man whose laughter is easily
-tirred is a great asset al the
Urs I night of a comedy or a
farce. A good laugher spreads
the contagion of audibly ex?
pressed ihorrim?iil
"Ruby Mine" i- Madge Ken?
nedy's .first motion picture, and
slur found the task of acting it a
bit arduous, because nobody in
tin: studio laughed'"
Wise County gives no indica?
tion of race suicide judging bj
the annual report of births and
deaths by Kstptire A. F. Hurt,
of Norton. Although he is the
only one out of twelve justices,
in llu county, lit: reported three
hundred und eighteen births
for the year 191V anil one bun
dred deaths. It is likely that
Wise County will also lead the I
state in the number of divorces
granted during the past year,
and (he number of marriage
licenses issued is also surpris
ingly large.?Norton Pi ogress
Work of the woman's com?
mittee of the Council of Nation
al Defense has already been
started in Porto Rico, a n d
plans now made include its in?
troduction into every Territory
of the United States.
Among the speakers to be
heard in the war conferences,
I which are to be held in every
IState in the Union during the
I next few months, are Secretary
I McAdoo, Secretary Baker, Vice
I President Marshall, Henry J.
I Allen, Rabbi Stephen S. Wise,
I Bishop Charles D. Williams,
'and Lieut. Paul Perigonl.of the
French Army.
DEERING DISK HARROW
The fanner of today lias come to realize that progress in
the world's alfairs depends largely on the proper advance?
ment of agricultural methods and kindred pursuits. Ho must
pay closer attention to the proper tillage of the soil ami to the
correct preparation of the seed bed. This is one of the rea?
sons why he should be particularly interested in the disk
harrow. lie realizes that this instrument is revolutionizing
farm methods arid that by its use he can force the soil t'>
yield its full share where it formerly produced little.
This implement can be seen at our store and we invite
your inspection.
Hamblen Brothers
Hardware and Groceries
BIG STONE GAP, VIRGINIA
Corn Feed k
Pork
This little pig got so round \m
and so fat,
Eating corn on the cob and i^l
such as that, jS=j
Iiis life was cut short, as (a
his curly tail, M
And now we have got him Li
here "FOR SALE." m
Nothing so tempting as
Roust Pork with Spiced Apples
|5J Yo oan lind here any portion of the pig. j?j
iHisel's Meat Market 1
11 In Polly Building, Big Stone Gap, Virginia SI
THE UNIVERSAL CAR
It's no longer nccoMary tri go Into the dotidls de?
scribing tho practical merit-nt" the Kord ear?evory
liody know* all about''The. Uulversal Car." How II
goes anil coniea day after day and year alter year at
an operating oxponse mi small that it s wonderful
Thla advertisement is to urge prospective buyer* lo
place orders without delay as the war 1ms produced
conditloni which may Interfere with normal prnduo.
ductloh itity a fool ? in wheii yon ?an get one We'll
lake good care of your dhlcr- get your Kind tu you
at roou as posalhie?and give the heat In "afleriier
vice" wheii required.
Mineral Motor Company
Ulli STUM: OAP, VA.
FOR ALL KINDS OF WORK
[Timber Cutters, Swampers, Track Men,
Lumber Handlers, etc. Good wages, bonus
o regular men, pay whenever you want it.
PAUL CLINE, General Manager,
Dungannon Lumber Company, Inc.
Dungannon, Virginia.