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The Big Stone Gap Post.
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BIG STONE GAP. WISE COUNTY. VA.. WEDNESDAY. SEF^TWBEr^i^9T97
No. 37
iKeeting of the
^?Young Men's
*| Club
, , vi Hu' regular meeting of Hie
v ??,_, Mph's Oliib In-Ill in Hie
* ?11 liiill Insl Friday "iglil sov
" -j| interesting rop?rts wen'
^ ude i,v chairman "I the tlill'er
'; ,(committees.
lien: 1!. A. Ay'ers, chairman
I1. fHio publicity comniittooj sub
- ,j||e(| for approvnl by the cliib,
} sliurl '"it jioiiitorl atlvortise
aenl given t ho advantages ami
sources Big Stone Uap oliors t"
mlii-trios that desire In Iticatc
;| iere, !?> inserted in several
titling trade journals ami mug
11 lino-. It was also decided Hull
gnpn inquiries from these ddvor
liicmctits to mail "descriptive
!'i.itt--i giving complete details to
l),e parlies interested.
IThe next subject taken up for
luCUSSioil was lite proposed pike
r...ul through tlu? wild cat coun?
try to iVuflteM which has been
jit.oi much attention by the
dub recently, lt. B. Alsovor,
chairiimh Of the committee ap
pointed to look up the prospects
i tlii- iiighway, was absent, and
W. II. Wren read a letter writ
Ion by Mr. AWover,'explaining
Iho reason why his committee
IimI been inactive was on account
f another route being planned
just now, which appeared to be
mure practical. II is the route
leading to Scott county by way
I Minion's store, crossing Pow?
ell's .Mountain at Maple (Jap,
' the distance to Onto t 'it v from
here being only about twenty
toill miles, while il would !??
?boil I thirty-live miles by way of
Dutliclil. Kll'orts are now on
fool In have this road made a
state highway and .lohn W.
Clialkloy,' who is more or less in
I lerestod in good roads all the
lime, was in Kichmond last
week conferring with the stale
I roatl commissioners about this
! particular route. Nearly every
Scot I county district along this
route have voted for bonds anil
now claim they are wailing to
see what Wise county will do to
meet them on top of the moun?
tain. The committee on the
Wild Uat-Dullield route were in?
structed by the chairinan of the
!chib in withhold its work pend?
ing Mr. Ohalkley's report. Some
abjections were made by a few
I members to the idea of discern
j tinning the Wild Cat road. Mr.
i Irvine, for one, stated while the
road was somewhat longer, it
would be cheaper to construct it
road through this valley than
across the mountain, and more
than that the maintenance of
same would be more economical,
'?itnio f,)r example the mountain
roatl between here and Norton,
the maintenance of which has
lieen very costly, due to numer?
ous slides.
The committee that was ap?
pointed to present credentials to
the BaptistCollege that is now
looking for a location .somewhere,
in Southwest Virginia, reported
that it delegation would be here
-""ii to look over prospective
sites that Big Stone Gap has to
oiler. It is believed this place
has a splendid chance of securing
tliis school, being able to present
""me unusual inducements;
C. G. Oochran muile his report
in regard to the proposed in?
crease in telephone rates. A
toll service was recently iuatigu
i nilei! by tile telephone company
anil now they an' pet it ionint? I he
Stute Corporation Commission to
grant thoiii the privilege of an
increased flat rate of about $0.00
per year. Mr. Uochruu slated
that upon investigation he had
found that quite a few siibscVib
ors were already paying an in?
crease of ?00 to llttl |ier cent,
more than previous. It was
moved by the club to continue
this committee and do evei'y
possihtc to prevent the increase.
I-'. W. lilies sent in his resigna?
tion a- secretary of the Young
Men's ('lull, which was accepted;
M. K. Oetkinj who has been art
ing as secretary for the past sev?
eral week-;, (hiring Mr. Bliss'
absence, was elected by acclama?
tion to till the vacancy.
Dance at Stonega.
Last Thursday evening ul nine
o'clock, the young men of
Stonegu prove tin enjoyable
dance in the Stonega da ce hall,
which was ileci rated very at?
tract'voly for the occasion.
The cbaperones for the dance
were -Mr. and Mrs. Paul ?UI1
dry, Mr. ami Mrs. .1. M Voting,
Mi-, and Mrs. ?. K. 'late, Mr.
and Mrs. (>. W. Khodenhiser,
Mr. and Mrs. M. II. Dull v. all of
Stonega.
The music for the occasion
w as furnished by Watkins SttX
opbono Orchestra, of Bluulield,
During the intermission dulic
ions silml wiches ami punch
were Borved the largo number
of guests present from Norton,
Wise, Keokee, Osaka, Kxetor
ami the (lap.
The dunce committee were:
S. I). Jackson, (.'. K. Haley,
O. \V. Ulliott and A. S. Pen
inigton, of Stonegu:
Those from the t lap, who mo
loreil up to attend the dance
were: Misses Janet Bailey,
Doris Warner, Kdith VnnOor
der and guest, Helen Kalston,
of Middlesboro, Klsio Taylor,
Anna Mtiiiiy, Bulb 1'rescntt and
gtiost. Mr. ami Mrs. K. J.
I'ruscott, Mr. and Mrs. L. T.
Winston, Mr. und Mrs. Walters,
.Mrs. P. W. Lewis. Messres
\V. 11. Chapman, Bill t Ippenhi
niiir, It. Wolf/., U.K. Patrick,
I-:. Fleming, .las. Bellamy, Her
bert Brown, Brownie roily;
T. I. Ciintrell.
Ballard-Banks.
A wedding of much interest
to the people of the (Jap took
place la.-t Saturday evening at
(I :!I0 at Hie homo of (he Misses
Bruce, w hen I heir niece, M Us
Kdith Ballard, became the bride
of Simon K, Banks.
Miss Vivian Ballard,of Bristol,
sang 'woolly "1 l.ovo You Tru?
ly," To the strains of Lohen?
grin's wedding march, played by
Mrs. Itohorl Bruce, of Norton,
I the bride, carrying a bouquet of
[bride's roses,'entered the parlor
on the arm of I he groom, where
[the ceremony was performed by
Rev. 0; W. Dean.
The bride wore a becoming
suit ni' grey Oxford cloth, with
accessories to match. Her hand?
kerchief, which was of beauti?
ful drawn work and lace,was her
mothers; which she carried at
jher wedding.
The bride Is a graduate of the
Big Stone (lap High School class
of 1918 and is one of the (Jap's
loveliest girls. Mr. Banks, who
was in the navy four years,
spending most of the lime in
China, is now with the Interstate
Railroad Company at this place.
Mr. and Mrs. Banks loft, on
the evening train for the Yellow?
stone I'ark, where they will
spend sometime before returning
tu the dap.
They have the best wishes of
a host o!' friends.
W. ?. Colitis is arranging an
exhibit of bis pipeleas furnace
nt the Wise fair and bopee to
sell ii carload tins fall. Sevoral
people in Big Stone uro pinning
to install these furnaces. The
cost of heating your home
in this way is nbout one-third
I the cost of hot water ami takes
less fuel. The guarantee that
igoe-i with these furnaces is
all any reasonable citizen could
wish for.?adv.
MISS RUTH LAW
Visitor* to ilto fair will bol
Hi veil a rare treat when Ruth'
Law, tlio famous girl aviator
Hies at tlio Wise County Knir,
September lOlli to 20, twice ilai
ly iltiring tho exposition. Miss
Law is a refreshing exception
among aviators in that her nno
idea is to please the spectators
ami give the penplo their mon?
ey's Wurth <<( thrills and in ev?
ery flight slio turns anil twists
her erratic little Corliss aero
pinna into dozens of loops. Hip
Hops, spins, etc. Oho "bid
timer" recently watched Kuth
I.aw in one of her exhibition
Hights and after it was over Im
remarked eloquently and terse?
ly, "That's flying with the big
" 'K' ".
There never lias been and
there probably never will ho an?
other aviator with such perfect
mastery of the air. Miss Haw
does every thine; that the best
aviators can do and some more, j
Her fame at "banking" an aero?
plane, the act of tilting it on
end in making sharp turns, is
world wide. Experienced fliers
Health Man
Says Sanitary Conditions in
Big Stone Gap Arc Had.
Mi. I.. I). Marshal, of the
State Board of Health, is in this
vicinity and lasl week investi?
gated the sanitary conditions in
Big Stone tiap. lie limit) that
out water supply is all right, but
the majority of the privies are
found to be unsauitaiv ami a
menace to the health of the town.
A great many of theni are whol?
ly unprotected from dies and
other germ carrying insects and
are not built.in accordance with
sanitary rule-;. Right in the
center of town close to sewer
lines are (insanitary privies that
should hip! be allowed to remain
in their present condition. We
do- not believe that any one
should he allowed to have a privy
on their promises when.iiuec
tion is possible with a sewer line
and Ottr town council should see
to it thai the proper ordinances
are passed to regulate this nui?
sance and protect the health of
our people, and then the mayor
should see to it that the ordin?
ances are enforced.
Our good water and sanitary
conditions to a great-extent were
responsible tor our fairing so
well last year during the epidem?
ic of influenza and we should
commence now to put tho town
in a good .-unitary condition to
guard against another possible
epidemic of this dreaded dmease
that many physicians say will
come again this winter. We
understand there are twelve
admit that she banks an aero,
[plane steeper than any other
aviator in exhibition work and
her loops are as straight and
true as though the plane was
being driven around a track,
she goes into a loop on the hor?
izontal and comes out on an
even ki el.
Ruth Law has broken all rec?
ords for looping the loop. Her
spiral dives arc most spectacu?
lar anil involuntarily the
throngs watching her from the
ground sends up a chorus of
gasps. < hie of her many stunts
is a perpendicular nose dive,
coming straight down for one
thousand feet and then lialien?
ing out for a long sweep not
twenty feet above the heads of
the crowds in the home stretch
of the race truck. Where most
aviators keep well away from
the buildings Miss Law dips
and banks and ilips just above
them. Always she follows out
her aim of giving the crowd its
money's worth. In her loops
she is careful to slay well with
I in view of the grand stand.
cases of typhoid fever at Olinger
and one ca.-e at the furnace
here in town and we should lake
every precaution to prevent an
outbreak of this disease, which
is communicated from one per?
son to another almost exclusive
; 1 v by Hies who feed on the re?
fuse of persons who have (lie
disease.
Let the new council make it
their lirst duty to see that I lie
I health of our people are fully
protected by passing the proper
iordinances if such we do not
I have, and then let our good
I mayor and town sergeant see
I that the ordinances are strictly
enforced. We believe thev will
do it.
j GIRL SCOUTS MEETING
The Girl Scouts of Easl Stone
Gap met at the school house
Thursday, September I, at -J
p. m.
.Mrs. T?plitz, of tin- American
Red Cross, spoke to the girls on
"The Work of the A. R. 0. in
I France. Those attending were:
; Misses Christie .Iocs, Edith
Mullihs, Bculah Giles; Esther
Steward, Bonnie Wells, Idylo
Weils, Stella Tale, Anna Rose,
Edith Wamplcr, Neville Denni
soii, Maude Wilson, Lrira Burke,
French Taylor, Reno ('illy, Ru?
by Steward, Snllie Burke, Odette
Wells, Alberta Olinger, Mildre.d
Oaw?od, Grlena Sleinp, Janet
Nelly, Viola Eliot, Bonnie Rol?
ler, Eva Wells, Stella Wells,
K ite Bledsoo, Mattie Scott, Ma?
rie Scott, Eddio Tale, Maeie
(iiles, Lavada Giles, Marv Ca?
wood, Hrace Bledsoe.
Highway
Measures
Finishing Touches to Work of
the Virginia Special,
Richmond. Va., Sept. 5.?By
attaching hi* signature to four
highway bills Governor Davis
gave the linishing touch to legis?
lature at the speeial session of
the General Assembly which
marks the beginning of unpre?
cedented road construction in
Virginia. The measures pro?
vide ah additional levy of seven
ccnls on general property, tho
revenue derived in this manner
to be used for meeting the Fed?
eral aid for building and main?
taining highways embraced in
the state system of roads; a slate
highway commission of live ap?
pointive by the Governor and
subject t" approval by the Sen?
ate.
The statue provides that as tar
as possible each of the live geog?
raphical sub-divisions of the
-t?te shall have representatives
on the commission, which will
begin the exorcise of its duties
on November I. Its task will
to draw up and make ollective
rules for tralllc on state highways ;
to act us an appeal board in case
taxpayers and local authorities
protest against the actions of the
commissioner in selecting routes
between designated points in the
state system and to approve ap?
portionment of funds by the
highway commissioner, Tho
commissioner himself Is given
administrative authority over
the department and has sole
jurisdiction in selecting types of
road construction which was con?
sidered by the legislators to lie a
peculiar function of ,i civil en?
gineer. An appropriation of
$800*000 for use in the construct
lion and maintenance nf county
roads during the next two years.
This money is given the counties
upon pruviaiou they put up an
equal amount and taking into
account the $800,000 a year
which the slate now appropriates
for the purpose gives a total of
$700,000 annually for county
road building.
l av Measures.
Tax measures have been pass?
ed to rcali/.o the needed funds of
which already has received the
signature of the chief executive
an increase of the automobile li?
cense tax from in to (ill cents on
the horsepower, the increase to
be devoted to state road con?
struction purposes. Funds de?
rived at the rate cd' in cents still
will ho used for maintenance on
iyi
Both houses of the General
Assembly met today in construc?
tion session for the signing of
the bills. Many of these wero
disposed of. The Legislature ad?
journed until Tuesday, when the
necessary number will return to
finish the task.
Governor Davis signed every
measure that was awaiting his
signature.
Bead the advertisement in
this issue of the 1'oHt of the
Kelly Furnishing Company,
who starts a big reduction sulu
of Thursday of this week. You
will find in this advertieeincnt
many articles that you cannot
possible buy elsewhere at any?
thing near the price this com?
pany is offering thorn for.
Their goods aro all new and
up-to-date a n d they are offer,
ing some genuine bargains.
Buy a Corona Typewriter
' from the Wise Printing Co.
Contract Let
For Rebuilding of Road to the
Corporation Line in the Gap.
The town council last woek
awarded t<> Hugh Williams n
contract to rebuild the road from
the bridge across Powell's River
to the corporation line in the.
Cap opposite (lie rock quarry>
The priee for this work is a little
over nine thousand dollars. This
road is to be torn up and rebuilt
and made sixteen feet wide and
given a heavy topcoat of asphalt,
and when completed will be one
of the best pieces of roads in the
county.
The council is also preparing
to repair the roads leading to
the two depots, which are get?
ting in l.ad condition, and this
work will he commenced at once
as well as work on the contract
awarded to Mr. Williams.
Wise Couuty
Fair
A great deal of time and
money tire being spent this year
in preparation for a great fair.
The management bits consider
ably increased the premium list,
having offered nearly double in
a good many instances. The
premiums offered on live stock
are especially good. The in?
crease was made in favor of
Block owing to the difficulty of
transporting to the fair.
A great live stock show is ex?
pected this year. Wise county
docs not make any excessive
claim to bel?g a high class stock
county, but she does claim to
have made wonderful advance?
ment along that lino. The Wise
County Fair enjoys yearly a
tine display of fruit and this
coming fair will ho no excep?
tion. In fact the fair manage?
ment feels confident of a good
display of all kinds of exhibits.
The ladies' department will
have special attention, Mrs.
Carrie F. Alderson, of Wiao,
heing the one in charge and she
usually has a way of making
things succeed. There are aev
erol committees in the ladies'
department who will work in
co-operation with Mrs. Alder
son. Other brunches of the
work are in the bauds of com
potent and i xperionced men.
.Mr. Floyd Dale heing chairman
of the committee on live stock,
Mr. Andy Miller, chairman of
farm products committee, Mr.
.1. P. Scott, chairman of the
horticulture committee. Asso
oialed with these ditrercnt
chairman are representative
people from ail sections of the
county who are known to bo
especially interested i n the
county fair.
Council
Meeting
The now town council which
is composed of W. J. llorsloy,
mayor; W. T. Ooodloo, W. .1.
Smith, J. B. Wnmpler, J. C.
Mitchell, W. .1. Rogers, E. A.
Compton, councilman* held ita
tirst meeting on last Tuesday
night. Only the business of or?
ganization was taken up at this
m.-einig.
Tho followiug standing com?
mittees were appointed:
Finance Committee,? W. T.
Ooodloo, \V. J. Smith, J. B.
Wnmpler.
Water and Sewers. ? W. J.
Rogers, J. 0. Mitchell, W. J.
Smith.
Streets.?E. A. Compton,W.T.
Ooodloo, W. J. Rogers.
Lights.?W.T. Ooodloo, E. A.
Compton, J. C. Mitchell.
Police and Public Buildings.?
|J. C. Mitchell, W. J. Smith,
IJ. B. Wamplor.
i Parks and Cometory.?J. M.
Smith, J. P. Wolfe, J. W.
Chalkley, 11. E. Fox.
Ordinances..?J. B. Wamplor,
J. C. Mitchell, W. T. Ooodloe.
Newspaper subscription rates
are about tho only things in tho
U. S. A. up to date that haven't
punched a hold in the sky.