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Yes, Madam, May Possess the Charm of
WELL-KEPT HANDS
Will you spend three minutes each day u> make your
hands more attractive? That's all the time it lakes to
make and keep your hands in perfect condition! The
new ,
CONSISTINO OK
Cuticle Solvent Nail Polish Cake
Paste Nail Bleach Rose Cuticle Cream
Wonderdust Polish Powder
The complete sol costs only Si.25, hut if you prefer,
you may buy each item separately.
Von ought to know how beneficial N?L?1D PROD?
UCTS are?how attractive your bauds will become
with their use. May we have the pleasure <>f demon?
strating these new toilet accessories to you?
Come in today and let us show you bow easily the
charm of well-kept bands may be ac?
quired and maintained.
KELLY DRUG COMPANY
UAc SftcxaN Store
Bis Stone Gap, Virginia
LOCAL ITEMS.
A. F. Phillips, of Norton,
ipent Sunday in town visiting
friends.
H, ?. Colo, of tho Vunco Mo
k>r Company at Chllhowio, was
a business visitor in town last
Friday.
Miss Mary Elizabeth Kelly
Bpent tho week-end in Norton
visiting friends.
Misses VUnGordbr and Akers
were shopping in Appnlncbia
Friday afternoon.
Miss Eunice Darnell, who is
teaching school at Imbodon
spent the week end in I be QllpJ
(fo over the top wearing a
new hat, Mrs. .1. Pj WblfeS.
Mrs. Vilas Wells spent a few
days last week in Bristol shop?
ping.
Mr. and Mrs. 1). W. Littreil
unit little daughter, Elizabeth,
of Rye Cove, are spending a
few days in the (Jap this week
visiting relatives.
Miss Launa Marrs. of Kcokce,
spent the week-end in the tiap
the guest of Miss Grace Long
Beverly Wren, of Abingdon,
was a business visitor in town
Friday.
Mrs. C. L, Chapman loft Sun
day for Washington, l>. ('..
where she lots accepted a posi?
tion with the government.
Misses Leuna, Ruth, and
(lean .Marrs, Alma Wells end
Miss Panned and John Legg,
nl ICeokco, motored to the Gap
Friday afternoon.
Ask to see the new Gaga ifht'i
id Mrs. .1. P. Wolfes.
Ft >U SA LK - I '?night piano
in good condition. Sec Mrs.
O. ?; Cartriglit, Touraino
M .1. I roBcdtt is spoudiug a
a f- w days this week in Philu
I dolphin on business
Dr. .1. A ( Himer spent last
i Friday in Join syillo attending
the P.eo Countv fair.
[ Mrs. D. S. Vonkie) ???1
j ren left Saturday for King-port.
\ where they will visit relatives
j for sumo1 lime.
Mrs. liyok, of X, w Volk,
'arrived in tho (.Jap hist week,
where she will spend some time
visiting her daughter, Mrs. II.Hi
Benjamin.
Mrs. II. M. I lenk In will he the
hostess to the Lloyd Guild of
Christ F.pisoopul Church 't'liurs
dtiy at I, oclock.
I'aul .lessee has moved his
I family over lp town and is oc?
cupy ing rooms in the Nicklos
Building.
Mrs. J. M. Stewart returned
Saturday from a several weeks
visit tu relativ, s in Kingsport
and ilve Cove.
Mrs. Kppie Smith, of Morris
town, Teiiil , arrived in I he
Gup Saturday, whore she will
spend several days visiting
! Mrs. M. V. Wells, Of this place.
Mis. .1. M. Potter and small
son, Cecil, returned Sunday
night from Dante, where they
spent ii week visU?ig relatives.
Miss Lillian Dead sponl Sat?
urday in Apputaeliia visiting
her sister, Mrs. Ikii Richmond
Mis. Ii. II Ouhi and Miss
M ind Cllld.of Norton, and Mrs
B. 8. Grim, of Appalachia, mo
lored to the Gup Saturday and
spent a few hours.
Had you commenced five years ago to live on
Three Fourths
of your income and deposited the
Other Fourth
in a bank you would today be on a sun- road to wealth
and happiness. Start that system today at 'Iiis Bank.
Xu-.v is ibe time to economize:
Get vour huts in Mm. J; P.
Wolfes.
Mrs. (i. M. Brown returned
lust week from u visit to her
daughter, Mrs. Paul P. Martin,
in Joneshbro, Tenu.
Mrs. l'\ \V Lciws left Satur?
day for Washington City,where
she has j lineil the navy as
yoemtin.
Mrs. .). (). Smith is visiting
relatives in Knoxyille this week.
Miss Georgia Hostwiek, of
Bristol, spent lite week end in
the Grip visiting homofolks.
t'cilil weather is coming and
Iy??r <dd hut will look like it
has had Spanish luiluenza.
Pull in line and buy Liberty
.Bonds and Hats. Mrs. J. P.
j Wolfiis.
Miss Margaret Itarron, who
is leaching at Essnrvillo, spent
the week end in the (lap visit.
itig liomefolks.
Qordoti und Edward Goodloo
left Monday morning for Em
ory, where they will enter Kill- j
ory mid Henry College.
William Good Ion und DeWit
Wolfe, Jr., left last week for
Blacksbtirg, where they will at?
tend school at the V. P. I. this
year.
llotibeii Hanks, who has been
very ill with Spanish Influenza
a! ('amp Lee, is now improving
(i. W Scott and family left
totlti) for SttmOK, Middlesex
County, Ya.. where he will
take charge of ri large farm.
Qttihu Carrion and Howard
jSh-mp left last week for Kmory,
where they will attend school
Uhis winter at F.mory and Hen?
ry College,
Mrs. P. M. Itoasor and Miss
Goltlie Beasor spent Saturday
in Appnlnchin with relatives,
Miss Warren, the domestic
sciei.ee toucher of the Appu
lachie public school, spent .Sat?
urday in the (lap with her cous
in, Miss Mary Alters.
The Home Missionary Society
of i he Southern Methodist
church will meet with Mrs
L. (>. Pettit on Thursday after?
noon nt Ihree o'clock.
Mi:- Anna i\gCO, who has
been spending i few weeks in
the Gap with her grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. S. Polly, has re
turned to her home in Wash?
ington City.
Mr. und Mrs. George Taylor
und children und guests, Mr.
and Mrs. .lohn I'. Marrs and
baby and daughter, of Texas,
spent Monday in the Covo with
.1. K . P. Barren.
Mis. Ol ho Mullen, of Greene
villi . Tenn . is spending a few
days in ibe (lap with her
motlior, Mrs. ,). ti. M uuey .*?'
Mrs. A 11. Bender and
daughter, Miss Belt.ie, who
have been spending a few
weeks in tin- f lap with friends,
returned Mot day to thoir home
in Washington, l>. C.
Buy Bonds ti mi Back the (Inns
that Hit the Huns.
Mr. and Mrs. It it, Bruce and
children and J. B. lloge and
I mother, Mrs. H?ge, of Norton;
I motored to the Gup last Satur?
day and took supper with Mr.
Brnce's mother, Mrs. I>. II.
Bruce at this place,
FOR SALE OB EXCHANGE.
30 acres of good laud foiir
miles west of Abingdoti. Will ex?
change for city properly. Ad?
dress Dr. 0. Simpson, route -J,
Abingdon, Vni :is -id
The good ladies of the (lap
are certainly doing (heir bit in
tin- Fourth Liberty Loan and
ami they were of great assis
tance in the drive on hist Sun
day.
Mis. Karl Stoehr and two
sons. Karl, Jr., and Conrad,
left Monday morning for Wash?
ington, I). (.'., where they will
spend a lew weeks visiting rel?
atives.
Mis. .lames B. Avers and two
daughters, Martha Louise nnd
Emily, left .Saturday morning
for Louisville, where they will
visit relatives a few weeks be?
fore going to Washington,
where they will make their
home this winter.
Liberty Bond o r Liberty
Bound, which will you have It?
TIME TO HOOVF.RIZK ?
Say Mr. Magazine Buyer. You
paid 15.'2o last year, at news
stands for that Literary Digest,
(lot it (or *:i.00 from W. C.
Smith?"Tho Magazine Man."
John P. Marrs, of Austin.
Texas, arrived in the Gap Fri?
day where he will spend n. few
days with his wife and hahy,
who have been the guests of Mr.
and Mrs. George Taylor for a
few weeks.
The Virginia Coal and Iron
Company has completed their
large dam oh ('tear ('reek above
Appalachia that furnishes wa?
ter tu that town and community.
This dam covers about 20
acres of ground with an aver?
age depth of about 1 j feet of
water and will store about nine?
ty million itullous, which will
insure Appalachia a sufticioot
supply good pure water tit all
limes.
\V. B. lvilbourn returned last
week from Camp Boiljainih
Harrison, near Indianapolis,
Ind., where he went to visit bis
son, l'ate Kilbourn, who has
been very sick in camp there
for some time. IHh sou will be
discharged from the service os
soon as the liecessnry papers
can bo approved and he will re?
turn to Ins home m the (lap
Mrs. Geo. T. Winsion, of
Ashoville, X. C, arrived in lite
< lap last Thursday night on n
visit to her son, L. T. Winston.
On her way from Bristol slo
was on the train that had a
head-on-collision with a freight
train one mile west of Gute
City, and was considerably
shaken up and bruised in the
accident. Although many
passengers were badly shaken
up no one w as seriously injured .
The train is said to have been
running on time and had no or?
ders to look out for the freight
The two trains met on a straight
stretch of track and according
to passengers this was the only
thing that averted a BerioUS
tragedy, both engineers being
able to ^et their trains down to
a slow rate of speed. The pas
seliger train was knocked back
several ear lengths by the
heavier freight train but re
maiiicd on the track. Several
cars of the freight were derail?
ed.
'Clius. W. Wright,of Abtngdon,
motored over to the (Jap last
Thursday in his Ford car and
returned to his home Friday af
ternoon. Mr. Wright won this
ear as a prize in the recent
Herald Courier contest for get
illg the most subscribers. He
also got .-in Overland touring
cur the same way.
Ice Cream Supper.
An ice cream supper will be
given at Highland Park, near
the Southern depot, Saturday,
October 5tli at 8 pi til., given by
the girl S.its of that section of
town. The purpose in bavin:;
the supper is to raise money !?>
buy the Scouts' uniforms. Hot
chocolato and cakes will also be
served and the girl- will also
give the crowd some nice music.
Kverymie is cordially invited to
attend this supper.
BOSCHLE'S SYRUP
will quiet, your cough, lioothe the liitlani
inatlon oC a son- throat *n*l limits, atop Ir
rllalion in the bronchial lulle?, insuring n
?'?Mi night's rest, free from coughing ami
with r.vsy ,-x|is.-tiir.iti<>ii in tin- mnrniiic.
M:ul>- anil ?diel in America for ftfly-lwo
year*. A wonderful prescription, aMlat
lug nature in building up voui geh?ht
health ami throwing nit tin- ilkSenae Es?
pecially useful in iuue. I rouble, asthma,
croup, bronchitis, etc, For sale l>y Kelly
I inifj l 'oinpany.
Died At Camp Lee.
Italian! Creech nnd ltile>
Collier, of near Fast Stone Gup,
died on Sunday, Septemhei
;2lst at Camp Li e from an at?
tack of Spanish influenza.
[They had only been in the ser
vice about three weeks, being
among the lust contingent to
I leave Wise County . The bod
lies arrived here last Friday I
night and were taken to the
homes in the valley above town
for burial. Mr. Collier was mar?
ried and is survived a wife.
Notice to the Knitters.
We have just received 25 lbs.
of sweater wool. Cold weather
is coming and our soldiers will I
need sweaters, so please help
by knitting a sweater.
Mrs. C. C. Long,
Supervisor of Knitting,
South-West Insurance Agency
... Incorporated
l ire, Life, Accident and Casvality In
surance. Fidelity and Other Bunds
heal Estate and Commission Brokers.
BIG STONE GAP, VA.
THE UNIVERSAL CAR
Your Ford car is .m investment which produce* when It
Is working It must be kept lb active daily work to reallso
he fullest value from it. To give this service the r.vr. like
any other ptecy of fine machinery, requires mechanical at
tentlou when It occasionally get* "out o'whack."
t Kork owner* are comparatively Independent of repair
shops hut when your Ford does med adjustment* and re?
pairs, take It to an authorized Ford dealer, usually just
around the corner. There you will find ?kllhsl Ford roc
clunks, with complete shop equipment, genuine Kord-inade
materials and regular established Ford prices Qcu?iue Kord
service is thus your guarantee of careful, efficient workman
llitp and satisfaction.
You get genuine' Ford sen ke at any one of the author?
ised sales and service linns listed below, or any other of the
thousands of legitimate Ford dealers throughout tlw
country.
Mineral Motor Company
UiK Stono Cap. Vn.
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wa: fis little j*/o
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CORN FEED
PORK 1
This little pig got so round |gj
and so fat, rg|
Bating corn on the o>|> .ind'J?j
such as that. {j|
I iis life was cut short, as k,]]
curly tail. &.
And now wo have got him fig
here "Lor Sale.'' tpil
Nothing so tempting as
Uoiisl Pork W itli Spited Apples ||
You can lind lu re any portion erf the pig 1*51
at reasonable prices fiQ
All Accounts paid on I1I1I1 nf month must be settled in lull In date. fojj
I'l.ACfi Mil k ORDERS EARLV
si's 11 eat Market |
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UT GOES the dirt.
Those great, big, bub?
bling, cleansing G HANUM A
SUOS just surge through the
clothes anil not a bit of dirt ran
stay. Just sprinkle G-lt'ANDM A
in tier tut? mid then, like white
uiagic, millions of glorious suds
in an Instanti It iuakes no dif?
ference if the water is hard,
soft, hot or odd, the O -"It i*
alwnys the same. (GHANUMA
Is the greatest 'nil 'round"
household' soap of the age . it's
Wash the Woolen Socks poutdered.Ha chipping or slic
x, .. -.1 /--. 1_ 1 ine. No w hole bar w.istini; away.
You Knit with Grandma s "
GRANDMA'S Powdered Soap
Your Grocer Has It!
tc-i tiiylKt.^'.v.v'it'.i .'i.7.j;?l:',iii i:-.;tc-](s?;>J .'-.?el!1 iiV.T^pSiid'p) fwL.iic.Sj^?v^, Ifcl
I am prepared to furnish
Roda Block Coal by the ton
weighed. Call or 'phone
all orders to Long's Garage
BIG STONE GAP,
VIRGINIA
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Buy War Savings Stamps
and Help Win the War.

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