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VOL. XXX
hgJBig Stone Gap Post.
BIG STONE GAP, WISE COUNTY, VA., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14
[8 Pages\
1922
No ') A
IMETHODIST HEADS
TO EFFECT EPWORTH
{LEAGUE UNION HERE
fWise County Pastor's Asso
} ciation Meet in Norton and
\ Perfect Plans for Sunday
\ School Training Schools in
County
Ihr iytse County Paitors' Assoi la
tion of ttii- M. E. Church, South, met
in all d?y session at Hotel Norton at
Norton Monday, Jtiiie 5th; at 10:00
o'clock a. m.
The meeting was railed to or?l.-r by
the Presiding Kl.l.-r, Rev. K. A. Shu
k-*ri the fourteen pastors of the
count) were all present.
Having missed a previous ..-ting
? he docket was full; All tin- pastors
worked hard all day. Tin- session
I was unusually Interesting. Many
subjects ail much iiupoiti.nco were
* uiseuwed.
? Plans were nihde to effect mi L'p
* worth League Union. Tin- initial
ItarefnlK will ?hf held at Nortotj Friday
ji-WhiliKi -'nil 1 I at 7 o'clock; All
ill,.- leaguers will he requested jil
' n.M.' a "Picnic Slipper,,. A splendid
(program will he given.
i;., i istors pledged their .peril
i lion in a county-wide cvuilgelistic
; iiinpalK'n. I'liins an- being made to
?: purchase or rent a tent siiiinhle foi
[ the work. I in11iik tlit- months of .Inly
and Xjifcilfl tin- tent will he v.-. ion
' stahl .i ?? at some important point,
\ IVt- hope to reach many places and
1 through Itev. S. S. Hoyel, llolstdn
Conference Sundaj Sccrctuiy, the
] Vi, Idiiig Elder, Kevi .Shiignrt, and
i ihr pastors, plans are made for a
{ number of Sun.lay School Training
i Schools during iii,- simulier an.I fall,
i:. following were appointed a
coiiiniittet on '?Methodist Men's
: Clttl " Kev. ( lias. Stiadli-y, l(e\.
i K, li .-n. lt..n ami Itcv. II. I>i Hurt.
I 'the Committee will complete (drills
and -eint i date for a club meeting
i to be held at AppuiuChia. Tin.- lay
[ men will be chosen from each church;
iiuvij -peaking, good i'ilts and plenty
j of important business iife promised,
the M. E. Church, South, lias in
it ? iutit) fourteen pa itor.i all
write. Thirty churches with a mein
brrship uf 2,500. Twenty Sunday
Schools with an enrollment of :I'1B2.
Twenty one Kpworth Leagues with a
total membership of I.OIIJ. A mini
j ft-r of: Woiueu'fl Missionary Societiei
?H..I ollit-1 urkiltiizutioilK -.1 thli church;
; Heilig Ktippufted by SO great a
j r.niobrr tin- church should ucroin
1 jidi all ii -,-i < its hands to.
FORMER GAP MAN
GIVES HP TEACHING
FOR THE PULPIT
A. J. Wolfe, Former Principal
of Schools Here, Accepts
Pastorate in BTuritfYetd,
S. D.
Rev; A. J. Wolfe, a former princi?
pal of the public school at this place,
b it who for the past three years lias
bad charge of the public school ut
? Duhgaiion, bus resigitcd his position,
and together with Mrs. Wolfe, left
tMs .m. k f,,i Muntliehl, S3. I>., where
Mr. Wulf,, has accepted the pastorate
"f li church at that place. Tin- many
fri?iids uf Uev. and Mrs. Wolfe wish
t'-riii mui-li Success in their new lie Id
SUNDAY SCHOOLS TO
ORGANIZE TEAMS
'"<? pat alien- are under way
' organization of a baseball to.
Jroin each Sunday school in town and
['""n a league. Oik- or two games
U|" br played each week but that]
"ill br decided at a meeting soon
?Weh tin..- the schedule', rules, el..,
i *"l be adopted, j'our Sunday schools
b* represented in the league,
??hiodist, Baptist, Presbyternah and
' '?"stian. Playei-n have to he a full
I ka-duci member of the school before
"?<?> are eligible to play, but baseball
[?Merial i- plentiful from each iirgan
?hil it is believed the league
*?'?* a success.
K I- Morton will have charge of
'? baptists, Hubert Potter .if the
^'ri,t:..n Baptists, Duck Wampler of
?* Methodists f nd Williard Miller ol
** rresbyterlana.
s"Wribr to The Post.
NORTON HAS SENSE
OF HUMOR AS WELL
AS PEP AND PUNCH
Bucket and Blanket Brigade
Rush to Fire and Leave
Modern Fire Fighting Ma?
chine Parked Before Town
Hall?It Looked Good on
Parade
Norton irot a brand new fire truck,
reil as n circus wagon and fitted out
with u peach of :, gong. It looked
*.' "" parade ami the gong sent the
automobiles to the curb in a hurry,
A lire department was organized, the
new bus shined up, ami the prodigy
of the coal fields settled down to wait
for a fire, dm-came. A house burn
be whistles tooted and trie
harked their warning, the
Uncut veteran- of many a
lied lo the fire with a buck
hand. Those who were un
lind a hucket grubbed a
iouscd it undei the nozzle
ered it under the blanket
If walls ?f the house nest
ml little old fire lighting
osling live thousand bucks,
lilly before the curb, guides*
itteii.
id's Weekly had a reporter
here i how he reported it:
IV fire tuick arrived a few
and Muyoi Pur,,- spent ah
entire afternoon riding it
iwn the vaiious streets He
?it beside the driver like a
in:, while Hie brilliantly
in 1. paraded the Avenue, its
ng ami everybody looking
circtl:
Among the lust to iespoild to th
Tue whistles ami pistol -hots were
II M. itaiidy, Mrs. Katie Jenkins,uiitl
Witlj \vol' blankets.d buckets
ot watel Canihlos, Itaiidy ami others
jave'd a home on an adjoining lot
while Mrs. Jenkins and others earned
mil furniture. It is the talk of tli
town how Mrs. Jenkins, with almost
pieces uf furniture of all Sizes ami
Itaiidy got blistered all over. A
contract which he had signed up that
stioyeil in Ins inside coat pocket,
and he had to draw up a new one.
Down on the hillside was Mayoi
Pierce, making a fruitless effort to
stretch an ancient und unelastic tire
BAPTISTS OF STATE
WILL SPEND WEEK
IN STUDY AND PLAY
Virginia Beach Has Been Se?
lected lor Annual Conven?
tion o( Baptist Young Peo?
ple's Union?July 6-16
I'll.- Virginia Baptist Summer Kn
cnuipmcnt, Uceanside Assembly, will
he held at Virginia Beach, July tt-lC.
cliisiveiy to the annual conventions
lid Organized Hilde classes. Blab
orate programs have been arranged
for both of these conventions. Be
ginnitlg Sunday, July '.Uh, and contin?
uing through the ltlth, the various de
parlmehts of the assembly will be
Pastors' and Laymen's Conference,
Men's Missionary Conference.
Women's Missionary Conference.
Sunday School Officers' Confer
li. V. I'. I). Methods t'lusses.
(i. A. and It. A. Camps.
Dr. (leorge W. Truet, of Llallus.
Texas, one of the greatest preachers
in America, will preach twice daily
for eight days.
Special railroad rates will be in
effect from all stations in Virginia,
ami the hotels and cottages offer
special rates for assembly guests.
A beautiful program has been is?
sued by Joseph T. Watts, General Hi
rector, Richmond, Vu.
GOVERNOR'S TOUR GIVES EAST
VIRGINIANS BETTER CONCEPTION
OF WEALTH AND IMPORTANCE OF S. W.
State's, First Citizen is Initiated in Mysteries of Under?
ground Life When Operators of Entire Field Join Hands
in Planning Royal Welcome
LEE COUNTY CHILDREN PRESENT FLOWERS
The Equipment of Stonega Operations is Described as Being
"On Truly Magnificent Scale"?Output of Roda M i es
75,000 Tons Per Month
U, CARTER W. WORMELEY |
Richmond, Vu., June i:',. (Special
to Tin' Post). An inspection ,if tIk*
coalfields in Southwestern Virginia
has just been completed by Governor
Trinkle, who devoted several days
to visiting major operations; At
Tom's Creek, in Wise, the Kxecutive
enti led Sexton Mine No. 2 lb the dis?
tance of une and .nie half miles.
This piuperty it operated by the Vir
ginia Iron, Coal and Coke Company.
It was .01 this Occasion that, owing
t.i a uiidinp, tin- party found it
necejwar) t<. make tin n way nut of
the recesses of the mine on foot, the
electric current supplying light and
po?er having temporarily failed.
During his inspection of the large
milling properties the Governor main?
tained his headquarters at Norton.
Ther*) w.i- ii.i courtesy which was not
extended him hy oillcers of the coal?
ing properties, nor hy II 1.. Miller,
pre hleut of the Inter ate Railroad,
who placed his private c.i ami I,in.
elf at the service of the tat. '? head
Vi,iii Dante Operation
\i living at Ahingdoti Thursday
morning, dune I. Govcttinl Trinkle
was in. I at the station Willi lilltOlilo
biles by Mr. bee bring, vi. e pie.idem
of the fUnehlich! Coal Corporation,
who conducted him ovpr the moun?
tains to Danic, where Is located the'
largest single operation of this cor?
poration. I'he population of Dante
i- about 5,000. It produces at the
tale of 100,01)0 tons a no.nth. The
Clinchfield Corporation controls ami,
000 acres of coal land ill Dickcttsoii,
Km sell. Km hun.m ami Wise counties,
It conducts live major coaling opera
lions, which properties last mouth
produced 200,000 ton .. The Cliin.li
liehl Itiiilibad reached f.i rjlkhurii
City, Ky., to Spartan burg, S. C, a
distance of 2 7 7 niib-t In I'll I this
line Was extended from Datite to I-.11.
horn City, a distance of thirty-live
miles. Just a mile north of Dahle
the Clinelltield load pierces the iftuln
bandy Ridge mountain with a tunnel
two miles long, said to In- the longest
tuunell eust of the Mississippi river(
Between Dante and itlkhorll City the
loud passes through twenty-.,m- tun
nels. Dickenson ebiilily possessed ho i
railroad facilities prior to the cons?
truction of the Clhlcbflehi. This load
now operates on an extensive and ac?
tive scale and i-. primaril.s respoiisi-,
hie for the Wiilillerflll developelllellt i
of that section in Virginia served by
it. The Clincbtiehl Cal Corporation
has a contract with the railroad sys?
tems of the south for an uiiltuu! Sup?
ply of 1,500,000 tons of coal.
fifty Mite, of I rack
Friday morning, June 2, the Cover-1
nor und those with him were conduct?
ed out of Norton in automobiles, ov?
er the crest of intervening mountains)
to properties of the Virginia Iron,
Coal und Coke Company, at Tom's
Creek. The Executive was in charge
of Mr. I). A. Patterson, general super?
intendent,,ut whose home he ami Ins
party we're delightfully entertained.
This company controls 10,000 a. res of
1 coal lands in Virginia ami 15,000
acres in Kentucky. It operates eight
major units ami MOO coke owns, em?
ploys 22,?0ti men, in the mines, not
including the furnace-, ami produces
annually upwards of 2,000,0(1(1 tons.
Its principal units are those at Tom's
Creek, Marion, Shaniion, Virginia
I City, Initial), landen, Laura ami Im?
perial. All but the last named are
located in Wise county, 'i'he Im?
perial is in I.e.-. There are fifty miles
of trackage in Sexton Mine No. 2
alone, the base of the mountains here
being honeycombed,
StoUCfa Pl.uili Pleatr
Friday afternoon, June 2, officials
of the Stonegn Coke and Coal Com?
pany took charge of Governor Trin?
kle, conducting him over the propel
ties of the Stonegap Colliery Compa?
ny, Esser Coal and Coke Company,
Norton Coal Company, and the Wise
Coal aliud Coke Company, Dorches?
ter; the (ntermotlt Coal and lion Cor?
poration, at Josephine; the Black
wood Cou! and Cuke Company, al
Blackwood, ami certain properties; lie
lougitg to the Stohega Coke and Coal
i ouipany.
Saturday, June 3rd, the (iovornor |
taken t? see! othei properties of
the Stoiiegu Coke an.I Coal Company, I
which controls upwards Of 100,000
acres of coal land-; in the counties of
I. Hickcirson ami Wise. I if this
total (ion acres lie in Wise.
Among: its eight units are those at
Arn... Llunbur, Kxoter, K-oke.-.l Isaka.
Ko.la an.I Stuucga. Itodu posscscH
the banner mine of the eompuiiy, with
a monthly output of 70,0011 ton-,. Till'
combined annual output of this com?
pany's mines Is placed at Something
like :i,?,011,0ml ion-. Italph K. Tug
carl is viee-prosldeiil and general
manager. The e.pupuient ami opera
lion- al Itoilli ale on a truly niagnili
. ..lit -. ale The central supply dopol
.11 tin- unit eai 1 o- a ?? ' I fi.ood stock
in loaeliineiy purtu, Tiler,- is a bath?
house foi Itoda employe* erected at
a eoHt of ^ 10,000.
Proi.-nled Will. ITowrr,
Saturday afternoon Coyeinir I nn
kle proceeded via Appuliiihi.i.ili \\ ise.
to St. i liailes, in l.ee. al Which liittoi
Htlitidll In- was met bv a lira-- hand.
Fifty littl.- girls were hi iiUcu.luncC
a- the train pulled in each laden with
mountain Mowers, which they pic out
nil t.. the (lovernor. A el.n ?? of
people was also on hand to welcome
mm. At St. ChuVge (he OioVertior
was taken in charge hi V. W. Iloluliil
rant; an old friend ami important
ope in tor, who conducted him over
several properties. He returned the
?ame owning lo N01I011, tiuvctiflg
b.iiUeoli .'I. (Tliulei- and Appal o-l.ia
in a gasoline truck liiutor, in charge
..f S. II. lioodwin, train muster of
tin- division of the Southern. At Ap
palachia he bouVded tin- piivati- eat
of II. I.. Mill,.), president of the In
teistute Kailroud, wihich look him to
Norton.
I'll,- uniform 1 oui I. . . - to . led
Covornor Trinkle bjl nrtlcers ami
members of tin- Virginia < oul Opera
tor*1 Association, which buntpjetti'd
Inm ai Hotel Norton Saturday nighl,
a:.-- most gratifying to him. tin the
previous evening he had beeil nucst .if
honor in the same ball at a hunpuet
tendered by the Norton Kiwailis
< lul>. On eaeh ucension be delivered
the priiicipul addres-. The walls of
the uparlnieilt in which the l.an.piets
ivere spread were embowered in
mountain ivy, whose fragrance1 and
beauty enclosed Ihe three hundred
guests on all side'. Professional .11
lertutnois were on band fr. New
Vdrk and lti.ston. No expense was j
spared to render the evening delight
ful, euch >>f which was most thorough
ly enjoyed.
Coverh?r Trinkle was aeepmpunied
on Iiis tour of inspection by .lohn
Hall, dr., state commissioner of labor;
A. (!. I.ueas, chief mine inspector fol
tin- state; William Bpucer, state mine
Inspector. Carter W. Worineb-y, di?
rector of the State Bureau of Pub?
licity, was also of the patty.
REVIVAL. COMES TO
A SUCCESSFUL. CLOSE
The. revival in the tent opposite
the post Olllcc ciinie to a successful
close last Sunday night when Ur.
Thomson delivered bis Anal sermon,
"The Judgment.''
The tent was packed until it was
tlece s.i 1 y for a large number of peo?
ple t<> -stand outside during the sei
moil. The revival, which has bee.:
in progress for tbr. e weeks, lias been
unusually successful. About fi7 con?
verts were received and will be re?
ceived by th .-various .hurdles ,,f the
city;
The Thomson party go.-s to Appalu
. Ina from this place where they will
conduct a three weeks meeting. The
tent was moved away Monday after?
noon and was ready for the opening
service in Appalachia Tuesday night.
Before leaving I Jr. Thomson ex?
pressed himself us being pleased with
the reception accorded bis parly dur?
ing the series of meting! in the Cap.
\ppointinciit Meet!. With the
Hearty Approval ol Both
Republicans atul Democrats
of State
Lewis PreMon Summers, Kepublh
cull leader anil prominent attorney
of Abihgdon, has received notice that
the United Stativ; Senate had cou?
nt med his nomination an United
St it." uitoriiey foi thit Western 1).
tritt of Virginia. His appointment
was sent to the Senate by President
Harding several days ago. Mr. Sum
r.iei.s Ii id i.ppoMtion fbi the place
and his appointment was confirmed
at the suggestion of Senators Swan
so ' ait ? (Uu s without question.
Mr. Summers, who is 52 years of
a .-, i- a native lit Abhlgdun, the son
... tili I. .1 > hi C, Summet* an.I Nannie
Pfestbn Suhtmcrs. lb graduated at
the University of Virginia in common
and statute law ami from Tubule
I'liivor-ity in Unman law . In I'.ma
ivlien comparatively a young man, Mr.
Slimtirofs was luuild i . > in m.iii w ,-u It h?s
Attorney for Washington county,
h'roni IPOo.to llitlt In- was collector
of internal revenue foi the Western
District of Virginia and in both po
litions he made an enviable record
elegate to . ? i era I national Itepub
V a lioyyi i Mr. Suiiiinei has hud |
lurked siu.e... heim- identified f.
lie greater put ol hi. time with ha?
ul tlllll . .. ib Hi; ability and pei
iar tin.i made it possible for hi
? he appointed lo his present piisitl
.ill.out ..pp.. It (bit. (>:i- of tin- I
uarkablc feature, of tin- appoint
a. el is that it met v. i.' h lieai ty
nova! of both P.epublicuiis and Dem.
ratsi and . p. . iully niembei -. of tin
nie in Virginia. "The appointment
? ?ei i . i i.- il credit on the appoliltl
...... i sii.l a promiiieiit citi/.cn i
.1. lb.
I.it.
Mm.. ), of HI.,ii,l
.. lie was rey-ehti}
ell.lol em, iii at
CHRIST EPISCOPAL
CHURCH
-;. vines Sunday, dune iSt
T. B. CLINICS DOING
GREAT WORK THRU
SALE OF XMAS SEALS
Wise County Clinic at Norton |
Among the Best in Stale
Ivichiiioiid) .Inn, l.'l. There a
itow . igln permanent tuberculosis I
clinics in the state support,-,I in whole,
or in pail, hy the money realized ]
from the .-ah- of ttibeiculnsb t'hri-t
III..- Seals. These clinics, or dispen?
saries, aie as follows '. A Illental le, |
Augusta, Halifax and Wise countis
and the .'iti.'s ,,:* Newport News, Nor
folk, Petersburg and Portsmouth
TWO of these . linns have only hi
running a -ln.it time, Halifax havin.
begun this work March I-I and Albi
murle May 1st.
The Virginia Tuberculosis Ass...
tioii receives monthly reports fr
'.I... clinks, and it is stated at their
office that since the first ?f Jniiunr)
2.S07 persons having received fro
examination through the-.,, local dis?
pensaries. Of the 2,807 examined,
7 17 w.-re tflAind to have lieti
bereulosis or to show suspicion.)
symptoms of the disease, while
Were alle:.ted eases.
The local org.'tui/.atioiis have sent I
? I patients to the sauitoriuin and]
<>f the remaining ?U3 active or
pielotls cases, I'. I a are taking home
treatment under the supervision of|
the nurse in charge.
CHRISTIAN CHURCH
Hilde School 9:46 I.old's Day morn?
ing. Preaching und ('..nulluni..n ser?
vice nt 11:00. Christian Endeavor
bus its meeting at 7 :0o Sunday even?
ing. Prayer meeting Thursday B:O0
p. in. The public is invited to wor?
ship with us.
PRISON CHAPLAIN
LAUDS WORK OF
SALVATION KELLER
Chaplain R. V. Lancaster, of
the State Prison System,
Makes Tour of Southwest
Virginia Camps?Declares
Keller is Doing Great Work
l: .V. Lancaster, chaplain of the
-tale prison system, made a tour of
Inspection through the seven convict
camps locate,! in Southwest Virginia
last week. He expressed himself js
being highly pleased with the condi?
tions found. The chaplain was enthu?
siast !c in his praise for '"Salvation"
tiill Keller, Norton man who has -
dune much to bring the word of hope'
an.I cheer to men confined to the dif?
ferent camps. K. I.. Brown, a mis
sionary of the Hl.ukwon,I I'o.il and
Coke Company, was also commended
by the chaplain fur bis work among
he prisoners of the state.
"Salvation" Hill Keller has been
correctly named according to the
chaplain. Besides being u leal au?
thority on tin- Bible, he is a forceful
ipenket who delights in making the
other felow's load h-ss burden some.
Iii Sunday he went down into Lee
county and talked to the prisoners of
camp No. Ml. Anting the promliieiil
Hlg Stone tjap woiket who went
with bun Were Hob Alsover, d. It.
u amplei ami several otliei i Hi -uh
ieci w., , "Kea on. Why I Know the
Bible to He the Inspired Word of the
Living Ciudi"
Each Sunday sees more and ihore
visitors corning to the camp, to i nil
with the prlsoilers in worship. At
the Lee eoiilily meeting the vi-itois
outnumbered the prisoners. The sing
oiir is ol.f the big feature-. 6( tin- le
ii.tings. I'he colored boys can
sing ami they are at their best wb.-n
faced lc, .. crowd of strangers.
Salvation Keller bus perfected a
plan wherein ever) eniiip in the
Southwest is supplied with a mini-to:
oiieh Sun.lav. I'his practice was iturl
, il early in the spring and will be coil
I limed so long as the camp- an- local
ed in till! hill -.
PRESTON MEETS WITH
SUCCESS IN EFFORT'S
WHEN WORKING HERE
Many Gapitei Join Virginia
Good Roads Association
When Newton W. Preston
Talks to Them
Newion W Preston, of Richmond,
rich! secretary of the Virginia Cond
I'.oads Association, was in the (Jap
on last bridal in the interest of his
a-s..elation, which is now Conducting
a membership drive throughout the
state. Mr. Piestoh Is much pleased
with the encouragement and cooper
itioil he is receiving irr tili, section,
-specially in Big Stone Cap where a
huge number of rilWells and espeoiul
li business men became members of
the association.
CUPID KEEPS UP
HIS DEADLY WORK
Heaiitilul Romance Ends in
Marriage
Among the weddings recorded in
this month of graduates, roses and
brides, is the marriage of Miss Eliza?
beth Miller and Mr. A. P. Sprache,.
who left last Sunday for Mori istown,
Tenn., where the ceremony was per?
formed. T hey were accompanied to
Morristown by the bride's sisier. Mi
Amelia Miller, who, togelhei w'jl
other relatives at that place witness?
ed the ceremony.
[ The bride is one of Norton's lllosl
charming and attractive young ladi
I She is very popular, and has Won
I many friends and admirers by h :
I singing in local erttertainhtellts; She
Iis u graduate of Norton Migh School,
i und attended Marshall College, til
Huntington. She is a daughter li
Mr. and Mrs. A. I'. Miller, one of the
prominent families of the town.
Mr. Spracher is a line young man
Who was graduated a year ago from
Roanpke College, ami who is at pres?
ent employed in the offices of tile
Hawthorne Coal Company. Fred hat
many friends, who wish for the young
couple all the joys and prosperity ol
a successful married life?Crawford'j
Weekly.
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