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The Big Stone Gap Post.
VOL. XXVH,
BIG STONE GAP. WISE COUNTY. VA.. .WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 24^7919.
No. 39
Crop Condition
Washington, Sept. is.?The
,.,,,|, season has been one of ox
.,, !.,. s according to the Govern*
meat Orop Report for Septem?
ber I. Following nhundant ear
It moisture, droughts were ex?
perienced in -luno, heavy anil
continuous rains ami extensive
floods in July, while August
again brouglil conditions bf
drought; For the last. 20 days
of August no ruin fell except a
light one in southeastern sect ion.
I'raetioally all crops fell blf more
or less in condition. (Nim, oats,
buckwheat and potatoes drop,
pin" from :! lo ?"> below last
moid Ii's figure. Tobacco already
in sorry condition from the buf?
feting and Hooding of the July
ruin- 1ms continued, Undei the
influence of I ho August drought,
|o fall lower to a present condi?
tion of 50, boing spoken of by
re|M)rters as one of the poorest
crops in their experience. The
abundant early moisture favored
!u\ ncrenge, the yields of which
arc reported at 1.88 tons, con
siilerahly higher than usual.
Peanut-, poaS and hod US show
little ehange from last month,
having had the. benefit of I he
late i.tins in the southeast where
principally grown.
Virginia corn promised oil
September I a production of 80,
$87,000 bushels a decline of
1111,000 from the preceding
mollIh, the falling oil being duo
Id I lie August drought and is
uniform over the slate except ill
the southeast part where I he
late August rain proved bene?
ficial. This production is about
TjOOojoOO under last year - crop
ind ii boil I 1,50(1,000 bushels un?
der the live year average.
Stock hogs have increased con?
siderably over the number on
Ii.I for fattening on September
1 last year. Unless very great
improvement Iii corn should take
place in .September the decrease
in corn and increase in hogs will
necessitate marketing the latter
earlier and lighter than last
year.
"uts sull'erod more from the
July rains than was thought at
llie tune und are reported con?
siderably lower than last month,
tie condition being 7s indicating
a production of 4,728,000 bush?
els.
Ihickwheal has fallen f> ho low
Iii? llgitiro of last mouth which
forecasts a crop of 500,000 hush
? the crop hist year being 708,
?00 bushels ; thai in 1017, 600,
?00 bushels and the 101(1 crop.
180,000 bushels.
Virginia has in prospect a
crop of 10,184,000 bushels of po?
tatoes compared with a crop of
1,750,000 bushels last year. The
Mill crop was about 17,000,000
bushels. _^
I lie probable crop of sweel po?
tatoes ig estimated at 8,220,000
bushels against 0,800,000 last
ye ir, 8,580,000 in 1917, and 8,
570,000 in l!>lti.
1 he prospects for the tobacco
' as to production, were on
September 1, about as poor in
^ irginiu as the state ever sees.
Hie cold, cloudy, rainy and sog
J-'.V weather of July discouraged
? be plant, putting it in competi?
tion ,with an immense crop of
weeds, weakened it and made it
susceptible to disease and left it
111 very poor condition to stand
?lie drought that attended it dur
'?6 most of the month of August.
On September 1 its condition
?'?s reported at 50 per cent, of
normal which forecasts n total
yield of 100,740,000 lbs. where?
as UG,800,006 Ihs. wore realized
last year.
Apples in Virginia were very
poor omScptemhcr L. The pros?
pects of the crop improved dur?
ing .Inly but has fallen again to
a present liguro of ?.*> of normal.
The Slicnandoali districl \yhielt
extends inte I'eunsyIvania, Ma?
ryland and West Virginia is on?
ly about three-fourths as prom?
ising as last year. The Martins
burg and Winchester section is
readily as had with a poor qual?
ity of fruit. The Yorks are very
badly nfleeted by cedar rust and
the Hens and Black Twig arc
very scabby; Augusta county
promises a good cr.pp exceeding
last year's by about 100 cars.
The l-'i-hersville districts has a
line crop. The I'iedmont dis?
trict is better than last year,
while Nelson county will likely
exceed last year's shipment by
inn,(int) bushels. Kapahaiiiiock
luis abonI one-fourth less than
last year and the district around
Uoanoke not to oxeaed three
lift iis of last year. Southwest
Virginia will not exceed one
fourth of a crop.
Teaches show an indicated pro?
duct ion of ?:t per cent, against
:SI per cent last year's produc?
tion nf ."WS,(.mi.
Tears -how inure striking im?
provement than either apples or
peaches, heilig reported at .Mi
per cent, of a normal condition
against In per cent, last year
and a ten year average of ??.
The favorable season gave Vir?
ginia a n exceptionally large
yield of hay although quantities
of it were damaged diieetly by
rain- or by overriponess due to
delay in cutting owing to the
rains.
The year ha- heen notable for
line pastures in Virginia and ev?
en now under the influence of
the droughts of August the gen?
eral average for the state stands
at the high liguro of !>:{
I'eanuts were better on Sep?
tember I than in the preceding
month. The southeastern sec?
tion where they are produced
''iving escaped the drought.
The condition of 831 is the sumo
us the 10 year average, but be?
low the condition of a year ago.
Tin- crop on the basis of Septem-]
bcr 1 conditions is forecast at
9117,0"" bushels.
Henry N. T?te
Post Organized
Ai the Wise County Tair on
Soldiers and Sailors1 Day two
Tests of the American Legion
was organized. One of these
posts covers the west end of the
county, including Bus) Stone
Gap, Tig Stone (Jap, Appaliichia,
the Stonega operations and
Black wood. This posl by unani?
mous vote of the members was
named tin1 Henry N. Tale Tost
in memory of Henry X. Tale, of
Ktist Stone Crap, who was killed
in action in France while lighting
gallantry for Iiis country; W. A.
Stuart, of Tig Stone (tap, was
elected temporary chairman, and
.lohn 05 rosed use of Appalachian
secretary and treasurer. An ac?
tive campaign for more members
will be begun at once, and all
members will be notified of the
date and place for the next
meeting.
These two posts between them
will endeavor to get ali the sol
dieas and sailors of Wise county
as members. The State Conven?
tion will be held at Uoanoke on
the tith and 7th oi October, and
each post will be entitled to two
delegates there.
?
:AN EXCUSE IS THE
I SKIN OF A REASON
STUFFED WITH A LIE
Have You Any Excuse to Offer Why You
Should Not Help to Finance the Installation
of the Furnace That Will Keep Your
Child Warm ?
INFLUENZA
is staring you in the face!
PNEUMONIA
is knocking ;u your door!
behind which your children, you think, arc safe; but do you
know tliat
YOUR CHILD
shivered behind school doors through last winter's cold in a
temperature that sometimes fell to 40 degrees while you sat
snugly at home or in your office in a super-heated atmosphere ?
YOUR CHILD
used up body-building energy, in his efforts to keep warm
and Iii throw oil colds, that should have gone into the mak?
ing of bone and muscle.
HOW MANY COLDS
could you have saved him?
HOW MUCH "FLU"
could you have prevented if you had played a man s part and
perfected the heating system of your school building? You
would not dream of keeping the temperature of your house at
40 degrees, so why shut your' eyes to the facts ami make
your kid sit in this temperature for six hours a day.'
THE COMMUNITY LEAGUE
has volunteered to put into the school building a furnace ad?
equate for the purpose, so that YOUR BOY or YOU I. GIRL
will he safe through this winter, which he or she certainly was
not last winter.
YOUR HELP
will he solicited on
TAG DAY, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27th.
You are not asked to help, but you are c.l'/iected to help.
We are assuming your responsibility is looking after the health
and lives of the children of this town. The S? h<?>l Board is
doing its share by expending all of its funds on rcfinishing
the walls and installing new sanitary plumbing fixtures
throughout, so it's up to you, Mr. Parent; to do yours. Don't
give a little or nothing, but let us have a good, live contribu?
tion.
This time last year y ou were "bustin'your buttons" to
help the fatherless children of Europe-?you even sent them
(ood, and old clothes to keep them warm.
THERE ARE FATHERLESS CHILDREN
in Big Stone Gap, who are both cold and hungry, but whose
pinched little faces will nevertheless appear in school.
HELP THEM
while you help yourself!
WINTER IS COMING!
"FLU" IS COMING!
Do what you can to keep your children well.
AN EXCUSE IS THE SKIN OFA REASON
STUFFED WITH A LIE
Telephone Company Asking
for Increase in Rates.
Richmond, Vn., Sept. 10, 'JO.
Mr. C. (!. Cochrnti,
I5ig Stone Gap, Va.
Dear Sir :
This is to advise you that (he
application of the Chesapeake &
Potomac Telephone Company of
Virginia for a general increase
ill- its rates in this State has been
set for hearing before the State
Corporation Commission in its
court room i n Richmond, on
iMoijday, November loth, at I"
o'clock, a. in. All persons in?
terested are invited to attend
and be heard on that occasion.
Very truly yours,
Alexander Kor w a r d .
sep21 Commissioner.
County Farm Demonstrator
for Wise.
Much talk was heard at the
fair last week about a county
Ifnrih demonstrator and ilia fairl
association seems quite favorablej
to the county having one all the
I lime. I
Quite a number of the leading |
citizens in the county have been
approached on this matter and
all agree tliat an agent should be
employed at the earliest possible
date.
Willis-Catron.
A wedding of much interest to
ja large eirele of friends occured
Sunday, September 1 Ith, when
Mis- lvlna Ca Iron became the
bride of Mr. Karl Willis. Mrs.
A. ['.. Stone, sister of the bride
at.inpauied the young couple to
Wise where the wedding was
solemnized at the lionie of IJev.
Curt right in the presence of only
a few friends. Kev. Cart right
Officiated using the beautiful ring
ceremony. The bride wore a
dark blue traveling suit with
Igrey accessories.
Mrs. Willis, who is the daugh
ter ?f former Senator .lohn II.
CatrOn, is an attractive ami tul? |
ented young lady. She is a
graduate of the Kadford Slate
Normal and was a member of
the faculty of the Uig Stone Gap
public school last year.
Mr. Willis recently returned
from France w bete he saw active
service with the S'lth Division of
the American Expeditionary
Forces, lie is now an employee
on the Cumberland division of
the Louisville & Nashville Rail?
road.
The young couple have the
gooil wishes of a host of friends.
Car Situation
Washington, Sept. 11. ? Walk?
er D. llines, director general of
railroads, today authorized the
following statement relative to
the ear situation in the United
State?.
"The Railroad Administra?
tion is fully alive to the impor?
tance of the ear supply situ..
tion in the United States and is j
handling the matter energetic
ally .
??Instructions have been is*
sued to all the regional directors
urging them to bend every ef?
fort.
1. To speed up road and yard
movements.
'J. To secure heavier loading
of equipment.
3, 'I'vi establish and maintain
complete ami ucuruto yard
checks.
I. To reduce the number of
bad order cars.
a. To make prompt delivery
to connections.
IJ.' To ell'ect early deliveries
at freight bouse:, and team
tracks.
' 7. To exec.lite the move
I incut of grain ears in terminals.
''Instructions have also been
issued for the establishment in
each important terminal of a
committee of oflicers of the
Railroad Administration whose
duly it w ill tie to study and ex?
pedite the movement of cars,
empty and loaded, in their re?
spective terminals.
"F.very effort is being made
to speed up the construction of
the 100,000 freight ears ordered
by the Railroad Administration
last year and to place in service
such of these ens as are still in
storage The Kail road Admin?
istration has decided to place
nil these cars in service irre
spectivo of whether or not the
allocations are accepted by the
railroad corporations.
??no September iyr.?, 54,008
of these ears were completed
and in service and 17,4011 were
in storage awaiting lettering
and numbering. The total num?
ber of ears in Hlorago was re?
duced from 94,245 on August 1,
1910 to 17.4TJS on September 15,
liHO Luring the week uniting
September '< h, cars in slorhgu
were stenciled and placed in
service, thus making a total of
s;>l ears per day placed in ser?
vice at the rate of Ulli per day.
New cars at the rate of 2IS per
day were completed and placed
in service, thus making a total
of cars per day placed in
service.
"All available railroad shops
are being used for the purpose
of supplementing the work of
the ear shops in stencilling cars
in storage. The total number
I of these cars placed in service
daily will increase during the
next few weeks:"
To All VV.hom D- May Concern:
-On account of the death of
my wife 1 am closing all of my
domestic accounts, All persona
desiring to transact business in
, my name will please do so eith
jor by letter or in person, as I
will not be responsible for any
{debt or accounts muda agaimt
> rne from any other source.
39 40 C. P. Sntoi.Ks.
In Mine and Factory
HOWARD R. KEISTER
State Industrial Secretary of the
Y. M. C. A.
An Important part of tlio program of
statewide activities undertaken hy thn
Yoiihk Men's Christian Association In
Virginia ts that of helping the thous?
ands of employed In the Industrial
enterprises of the statu to Improve
their conditions, serial, moral und
economic.
This work will lie under the Imme?
diate direction of Howard It. Kelster.
whose photograph is show n above. Ho
u the Industrial secretary attached to
the stuff of the Blalb Executive Com?
mittee. Mr. Kelster was formerly a
1 chemist In one nl the lurgei t Industries
t In Florida. I'm the last two years ha
has occupied nn Important post wUh
the Army V. M. C. A. oversea* lie
will make his headquarters at Norton,
where he will keep in constant touch
with tlio associations to ho organised
at Industrial centers In thu state.
Theatrical.
t hie of the funniest of all t he
humorous Illings with which Ma?
ry Pick lord's new anil host fea?
ture, "Daddy Long Legs" which
will he seen at the Amu/.u Thea?
ter Thursday i- hiadetl in a se?
ries of scones in ?hielt Mary, as
Judi Abbott, take- too much
hard cider.
The funny little ??drunk" is
not indulged in by Judy Abbott,
Hie orphan child Miss I'iekford
play-, with tnalico aforethought.
It happen- that -he and a funny
little orphan with a "prune
-irike" in which they have
sought to obtain heiter food for
the children of the asylum, who
aii- fed on thin soup mid prunes.
The tyrannical head matron
has won the battle, being a largo
woman able to dominate the
cowering little wail's who are
charges id' the institution, ami to
punish Judy, and the little liny
who aided her in encouraging
the children to strike, the ma?
tron puts them out in the yard
with nothing lo eat. A thief
who has been stealing from a
passing wagon throws over the
fence a jug of hard cider, and
-nine sandwiches.
Judy and tlio boy have been
praying for food. They think
this dropped from I leaven, and
|>io>'.1 toe.it and drink without
inquiring 1111111110 nature of the
donation. So it happens that in
the most innocent way both chil?
dren become "happy." Miss
I'ickford's portrayal of the sur?
prised Judy, who punishes her
enemies, giving jam to all the
children and deliea tin- ogre of a
matron is wonderfully done.
It i- only one of the masterful
"bits'' she does in this picture
which carries Judy, the orphan
from her birth to her marriage
to a rich lllilli wdio sends her to
college;
The king ami queen of Kng
land are encouraging royul
princesses to marry common?
ers, there being not sufficient
royal males to go around. Hut
possibly their majesties are far
seeing, mid are providing a
bulwark among the common
people against the day when
the throng begins to wutible.
Tbo kaiser went up like it
rocket, soared like an engl-,
and came down like a chunk of
mud?flattened out beyond all
possibility of future mischief.
While discussing the anarchy
that prevails in Mexico, let Us
forget the same brand that is
rearing its head in our own
country. ' Ilouai cleaning at
? home is a good policy itt times.