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SOL. XXX
ig Stone Gap Post,
BIG STONE GAP, WISE COUNTY, VA., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 16, 4922
No. 33
BiSE COUNTY LENDS
?80,000 TO STATE
|)R ROAD BUILDING
galoney to lie Used for Con
Sgitruction of Road From
99 Donkey to the Kentucky
[Bnich-mond, Vn - AuK- l2-?Loans
Ifg the amount Of $814,000 from
^nuntit.", districts und individuals
fSffliiicr the provisions of the Robert
BKi set were accepted by the Satte
f??i(.-ti?h.v Commission at their second
gS?-Mun in Richmond Friday. The
jSafi'tinK was called. hy Chairman
raj}, (i. Shirley. The money was nc
WLpird hy the commission for the
ffranatiuction of sections of the state
Snghwiiy system under the agreement
F^Ljtli.U the money would he loaned to
SfBa. slate without interest ami would
wfjr repaid us the funds are regular
RHflUiited to the project on which the
Sr'iWls sie used. In addition to the
gSafctiis accepted, the State Highway
BSCuniiiiissioii agreed to accept a loan
lyHluiii the City.of Norfolk for the con
Bmtruclioii of the road from Norfolk
S?St. the North Carolina line as soon
?Sls the surveys could he completed
rKjt.J the estimated amount of funds
iya,,pnicd determined. This loan will
^J.l approximately $250,000. A loan
||}{ 1360,000 offered by Albcmarlc
R?|i,ui)ty was temporarily held up on
SRuutint of a technicality in the olfer.
j^jt ii expected that this money will
S.;J>!-.< he available to the state within
H) ft%\ weeks as soon as the teehnieul'
?|lt) l.as been removed.
)M The city of Portsmouth offered to
I |ive the state outright $40,000 and
I ? loan the slate $11 1,0011 under the
I iobertson act for the construction
> cf three ami a half miles of road
lading out of IVirtsuiouth along the
i )bmal Swamp Canal on the new sec
| ion of state highway extending to
i ? ;he North Carolina line added by the
jot tieneral Assembly. The gift and
t ll.r lean were accepted. The city of
Portsmouth offered to loan the state
j the additional funds to complete the
Ltd to the North Carolina Hue. This
[iilvr (or the present was declined.
Loan From Norfolk
m Hie city of Norfolk offered to loan
'gill the money to the state for the
Kjuuiotiuction of Route No. 27, ex
Htet.diiig south from Norfolk to the
M.'o.rth Carolina line. This olfer was
?tlio ieplt d, the amount of the loan to
ajte determined us soon us surveys are
jniulliplcted.
The county of Dickensoh offered
j tu luan the stute $100,0011 . for the
; construction of state highways in
\ that county . The olfer was accept
? ml. Of this money $200,000 will be
: expended on the loud from Hay side
J tu Freeinout; $150,000 from Clint
wuud to Pound and $50,000 from
Clintwood toward Goeburn.
rh? county of Wise offered to loan
tiit state $180,000 for the construc?
tion of tiie road from Donkey to the
Kentucky line. The olfer was nc
tepted.
< 'I l.r county of Buchanan offered
tu loan the state $100,000 for the
construction of the state highway
I lioin tSrundy to Raven, which was
accepted.
Individuals for the town of Hnli
: SKieed to loan the stute Sfill.UU.i
'ui the construction of the stiita
I higLwMy through the town. The of?
fer was accepted, as Halifax has a
tabulation of less than 2,f>00 p'eo| I".
He county of Halifax offered to loan
the si ite $5t),Ouo towurd the comple?
tion of the road from South Boston
to the North Carolina line, which
fcas accepted.
Public Hearing
The commission directed that the
locution of the Newport News-Rich?
mond highway from Mountcastlc t.
Richmond be made, and an early date
?elected for the public bearing, at
Which time the locution of the route
into Richmond would be finally de?
termined. The commission an i ?unc
'd that the routing of the highway
from Newport News to Mountcastle
l>? been definitely fixed by the old
commission and that their no:ion in
the matter was final.
A request was made by Orayson
<"unty for the uddition of approx?
imately one und a half miles from
foute 12 to the North Craolin i line,
'o connect with a highway being
kuilt by North Carolina. The matter
*?i held up pending the making cf
W survey and location of that sec
"on of Route No. 12 to determine
exact mileage of the addition to
?he system. The request was i vide
JJoder the provision of the new state
"K&way Uw which permits the addi
tion by the Stnte Highway Commis?
sion of two and u half per cent, of
the mileage in the system per annum.
In addition to routine matters, the
commission awarded the contract for i
I the construction of n section of the 1
state highway in Wise county be-1
tweeii Donkey and Pound Cap tu |
Jones and Conihs, of llristol, the
amount being approximately $18f>,
000. There are a number of con?
tracts "practically ready for letting,
held up. The commission felt that
it would be unwise to award con?
tracts during the temporary embargo
on roail materials, due to the strikes,
Where any great amount of lhatria]
had to he hauled by railroads. Some
of the contractors ale being held up
on account of the difficulty in getting
material by rail.
FOUGHT EXTENSION
PLAN: MUST NOW
PAY $3 SCHOOL TAX
People Living Beyond the
City Limits of Norton Must
Pay Tax of $3 for Each
Child Attending School
Many Norton parents who vigor?
ously opposed the extension of the
incorporated limits of that place
have been informed that they must
pay $:t for every child who attends
school in Norton this term.
The announcement that a tax must
he paid has crested a sensation
among the people who live just out
of the city limits. Fully fn)ti chil?
dren^ it is said, will be affected by
the ruling. Parents of these chil?
dren must pay the stipulated fee or
semi their children elsewhere to
school.
A light Was recently made to ex?
tend the limits of the city, but met
with such determined opposition by
people living in sections under the
extension plan that the tight was
given up.
GOOD CROWD AT
SINGING CONVENTION
Held at Hast Stone Gap Sunday
?Next Meeting at Cadet
in September
A fairly good sized crowd attend?
ed the singing convention at Cast
Stone Cap Sunday and every one
appeared to have enjoyed them?
selves thoroughly, Cood singing was
in evidence throughout the day ren?
dered by choirs from Itig Stone Cap,
Cadet, Stonega, Flutwnods, UluC
Springs and Fast Stone Cap.
The next convention will be laid
at Cadet the first Sunday in Septem?
ber at which it is expected a large
crowd will attend.
A convention was held at Wise
Sunday also and not many choirs
from that part of the county attend?
ed. Flatwood received much praise
tor their Bplondiid singing at Fast
Stone Cap and it is sincerely hoped
they will make their appearance at
the next meeting at Cadet
KILLED IN TUNNEL
I'at Hates, a laborer employed by
contractors on the state highway,was
killed by a train in a tunnel near St.
Paul last week. Hates, who is sur?
vived by a wife ami son in Tennes?
see, is said to have been drunk when
the accident occurred. The body was
shipped to his home for burial.
BAPTISTS' GET AID
Members of the Baptist church at
Fast Stone Gap wish to heartily
thank the people for the liberal pat?
ronage of their lunch stand during
tlie singing convention Sunday from
which they realized the sum of $118.
A. sum of $226 was also pledged
which will be used to repair the
church. They expect to replaster
the building,buy new pews and make
other improvements.
OPERATORS MOVE
The Virginia Coal Operators As?
sociation, (!. D. Kilgore, secretary,
have moved their offices from the
Bandy building to the new Ould
building, Norton.
WILL SEND"DELEGATES
The Norton and Appalachia posts
of the American Legion will elect
delegates on August 15th to attend
the Stute Convention of that organ?
ization in Chartottesville, August 24.
Many Wise county "Yanks" are ex?
pected to attend.
COEBURN SOLVES j
WATER QUESTION BY I
INSTALLING PUMP
Water Supply Will be Ade?
quate for Town's Needs is
Belief Now ? Finished
Wednesday
After many months of preparation
the newly installed water works at
CoebUrn is expected to he put in op?
eration today. The pump ha; been
installed and experts believe that it
will solve the water problem in Coe?
burn for years to come.
The entire system, including a
tank which holds more than one hun?
dred thousand gallons, has been built
by private subscription. The work.
Which has been under way for sev.
oral months, bus been one of the
most trying civic improvements in
the state. The finding of sufficient
water has been the proposition the
promoters had to deal with. Sev?
eral times reports have gone forth
that the well was inadequate to sup?
ply the town. 'Phis report was vig.
erously denied by Mayor Quillcn in
an open letter to one of the county
papers.
When It'was first believed thai the
well would not supply sufficient wa?
ter the men responsible for the pro?
ject turned their attention to sev?
eral otfers from land owners who bad
abundant water mi their place*. .A
worked-out mine at Banner was sug?
gested at one time, hut rejected by
the committee in charge of the sys?
tem. It is now thought that the
pump will.solve tin- problem and give
Coeburn an adequate supply of the
finest water in tin- county.
\ NEW DEPARTMENT
j For Big Stone Gap High
at Opening ot Session in
September
The new department planned for
ionic time in connection with the
Big Stone Cap High School will be
opened when sellout begins in Sep?
tember. The local school authori?
ties have been very busy during the
summer vacation putting the finish,
ing touches on the new high school
building. The Smith-Hughes voca?
tional work will be carried on in this
building in connection with the reg;
ular high scheid. Mr. James t'. Pow?
ell, a graduate in the Agriculture De?
partment of the University, of Ten?
nessee and now taking' post graduate
work in Cornell University will have
charge of the Agriculture work. Mr.
Powell conies highly recommended
by both universities as a man who is
not only well trained in technical ag?
riculture hut who has had consider?
able practical experience as a teach?
er and farmer. The Domestic Sci?
ence work will In- carried oh under
the direction of Miss Willie A. Pul?
ton, who had charge of this work
hot year. During the summer Miss
Fulton lias been taking a special po t
graduate course in Home F.cononiics
at the University of Virginia.
It should he remembered in con?
nection with this vocational Work
that only those student-; who want
to specialize in Agriculture either to
become farmers or teachers of agri?
culture will he permitted to,take this
course, and the same is true of the
Home Fcop?mics for girls. Tile reg?
ular high school course which has
been given heretofore will be con?
tinued for the benefit of all student
wishing to pursue the regulut
studies. The Smith-Hughes work
here is supported principally by the
State and Federal governments for
the purpose of giving boys ami girls
from any part of the county who
I may be especially interested in these
I subjects a chance to get a thorough
! training without having to leave the
{county. The establishment of such
ja school will undoubtedly he of great
service in stimulating more interest
in und better methods of home mak?
ing nnd farming. We are anxious to
have any boy or girl interested in
llie.se subjects attend this school re?
gardless of what part of the county
they come from. It is our purpose
to make this department a kind of
center for all scientific work of this
kind in the county, and we hope the
farmers and people generally will
avail htemselves of the opportunity
which this department alktnl.-..
11. L. SULPRIDGK,
Principal.
-o
it's a wise man who knows when
he is a fool.
According to Telegraphic
Survey Made by Journal
of Commerce
New York, Aug. II,?A telegraph?
ic business survey Inade l>y the Jour?
nal of Commerce indicates that the
lending dry goods merchants of tin
country agree prosperity i< "just
around the corner." While business
has been holding back for some linn
past ami while merchants have been
unwilling tu stock up their shelves or
to contract for supplies at any great
distance in the future, it is believed
that fundamental conditions have so
far improved thai business is going
to be brisk. Such sentiments lira
particularly expressed by the leaders
in the southern merchandising Held
in the general business survey.
The mcrclinnl has been unwilling
lo buy for distant requirements, but
this has been due largely to the gen?
eral uncertainty existing. Ilesistnt
illg purchases have been the rule ev?
er since the era of deflation started
ill. Not until prices have adjusted
themselyes t.> what appears to be a
liable bases will the merchants be
tempted to stock up their shulvi
they have in times pa
This situation, according to the
turvoy, is rapidly changing. It is
especially evident in that the mer?
chants are having no trouble with
credits and are aide today to obtain
all the bank backing they desire.
.Merchandising stock-:, however, are
lo?. They will probably lo- increas?
ed if the dealers are assured that the
nulls arc not intending to advance
prices on them. Wholesale stocks
aia- fair and believed to be utuple to
take care of all current needs. Hut
the wholesalers are cautioning the
producers not lo advance pries upon
any probable increase in orders Ibis
Benson. A fair cotton crop is indicat?
ed, which will he marketed at high
prices. All this means a brisk tall
teasoh foi the merchants. It is de?
clared that merchandising conditions
for the next nine months are un?
usually bright.
DELIGHTFUL BIRTHDAY
PARTY AT OLINGKR
In celebration of her tenth anni?
versary, little V.-leria Ardelia Olln
ger, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. ('. I'.
Ulinger, gave a lawn parly to hei
playmate: ami friends on August S.
The spacious grounds around "Wild
Winds." with Its arbor, its llowcrs,
and wonderful shade trees was an
ideal place for such a fete. The af?
ternoon from :! o'clock until It, was
devoted to a variety of umusemcnts.
At IS o'clock delicious refreshments
were served consisting of salads,
sandwiches, deviled eggs, fried chick?
en, pies pickles, grapes, Ice cream
and cake, after which each guest was
presented with n memento of the oc?
casion.
Among those attending were:
Ted and Kermit Itnilcy, Kennith!
Slehtp, Ralph Rcasor, Herman
Hawks, Herman Mooney, Rial l.aw
SOn, Kllla Crystal and Zelma Sh nip,
Velnia Reasor, Marie Lawson, Nora
Hawks, Nora Atkinson ami Agne
Mooney.
BRISTOL BOOSTERS
WILL DINE IN THE
GAP FRIDAY NOON
Retail Merchants' Associa?
tion, of Bristol, Will Pass
Through Gap Friday on
"Trade Booster" Tour
Leaving Bristol tomorrow morn?
ing, fifty automobiles carrying mem
ibers of the Bristol Retnl Merchants'
Association will arrive in Norton "Sit
lj o'clock, where they will spend the
night. Tlu-y will stop in Big Stone
Cap Friday noon for lunch. From
here they will return home.
Norton is the objective of the trip
and extensive plans are under way
providing entertainment for the vis?
itors.
MKN STILL CHEERFUL
With no indication that they are
sorry for the long vacation their
wulk-out brought them, striking rail?
roaders in Wise county remain
cheerful and predict a successful
settlement of the strike.
DICKINSON IS BABY
COUNTY OF VIRGINIA
Last to Be Created it Also
Was Latest Territory Set?
tled in State
Clintwood, Vi.-, Aug. lu.?Dick:
enson county is Virginia's ''baby
county." h was the last of the 100
counties to be formed within the
present borders of the Old Dominion.
It was organized in 1880, being carv?
ed but of the counties of Buchanan,
Rut ell and Wise. It enjoys the dis?
tinction not only of being the young
e t county in the stale, but also it
was the last county to he settled.
Being situated at a considerable
distance from the beaten pioneer
path of the western lands, and Oth?
erwise practically inaccessible to set?
tlers, the great tide of immigration
swept past its borders into Kentucky,
Tennessee and other lowland sec
lions.
Bichard Smith, an Englishman, in
1788 obtained a patent from the
Slate of Virginia for a vast tract of
mountain land embracing within its
boundaries practically all of Dick
enson county. No one asserted
active title to this land for many
years, ami the descendants of the
earliest sitters have had many court
buttles to hohl the land on which
their fathers innocently "squatted."
Without doubt, the first perman?
ent settler within the confutes of
Dickensoh county was Bichard Col
ley, who built a little three walled
cabin at Saud I.ich nbout 1818. lie
was reared in Washington county,
Vu., hut married Chrissa Counts,
.laughter of .lohn mid Peggy (Kelly?
i'mints, who lived nar Cleveland, in
Kit ell county. He was a great hun?
ter, and becoming enamored with
the minting conditions in "Sandy,"
he moved his family to the Butfalo
Lick, later called Sand Lick. Some
of the earlier settlers who followed
Coiley to Sand Lick were Joseph
Counts, John fuller, donas Rhinick,
Abnednego Kiser, and Harden Ow?
en.;.
'flu' next permanent settler was
Johlt Mi.Ihn;, who brought his fam?
ily fr. Kuike county, N. ('., in
1820, and settled at the present
town of Clintwood. Most of the
other North Carolina immigrants
tettled ueai him in the western pari
of the county. Other early settlers
around Clintwood were the < lia.,
Keels, V'anovers, Phipps and Buchan?
ans.
Hunters built their homes on Mc
Clove Creek al an early date. Prob?
ably the first of these was Mica Jill
Krvin, who settled at Stratton.
Other early settler on McClure were
John Yates, Jacob Blair, .lohn Hai?
monds, Samuel Ho e and Simpson
Dyer.
L. & N. WILL HAUL
FREIGHT INTO TOWN
IF WE BUILD TRACK
II Town Will Build Spur
From L. & N. to 5th Street
Bridge L. & N. Will Deliv?
er Freight Into Town,Hol?
lings worth Writes
An extension of the L. ?- N. tracks
to'T?o depot site near tin- Bast filh
street bridge is now a possibility.
Mayor llorsley is In receipt of a let?
ter from 0, H. Ilollingsworth, Su
perinlehdeut of the I.. Jk N. Railroad
saying that if the town will build a
spur track to the old depot site, pay?
ing all the expenses of same, that the
L. & N. would deliver freight right
into town.
11. E. Fox, city engineer, says that
it would cost approximately $6,000
to build the track into town. The
route would be over the old dummy
line to the foot of the 5 th street
bridge.
STRALEY KELLY
VISITS HERK
Pitcher Strnley Kelly, of the John?
son City base ball team, of the Ap?
palachian League, spent Saturday
Sunday here visiting his mother.Mrs.
Mary Kelly. He pitched and won a
twelve inning game from Knuxville
Friday at Johnson City by a score of
five to four and struck out eight
men. Stralry has been pitching some
splendid ball for the past few weeks
and won all his guinea but one.
TO LAST 30 DAYS
Walk-out of L. & N. Train?
men Has Brought About
Virtual Paralysis of Bus?
iness in County
With tin- walk-put of the engin?
eers ami firemen oh the Li. A N. here
.Monday, Wise county settled down
to watch the development < in what
is proving to be tin- grayest crisis in
the history of the county.
Monday afternoon the L. A- \. or?
dered an embargo on all freight
shipments over their lines. Neither
the litte train Monday night or early
morning passenger train Tuesday
ran both haying been annulled by the
company. A special mail train oper?
ated by the Olliclnls came from Cor
blh yesterday and returned la t
night. This train carried only mail.
It was reported Tuesday morning
that the trainmen on the Appaiachia
division of the Southern had joined
in the walk-out. Hut this proved to
be iintrue. So far a vote had not
been taken on this division. Only
sonie of the division tuning Out Of
llrisiol were effected yesterday1. The
Norfolk & Western continues to op?
erate oir the clinch Valley Division,
and so far ho reports have been re?
ceived of walk-outs on any of their
lines.
T he full import of the strike ciinie
to the people of this county Monday
afternoon. Industry has been vir?
tually paralyzed throughout the
county. Il is believed by whole ale
grocery .u that Wise county hail
nUlllcieht supplies nit hand to cany
il about thirty days, tip to this time
no real suffering has been experienc?
ed by the working class, ami stops
will he tak. n to prevent profiteering
during the strike by those who sell
food stutfs, both in the retail ami
Wholesale lines. Abundant green
: lud, much of which is owned by
home owners and tenants, will un?
able the majority of the people ill
the county to live until the cold
months without a great deal of in?
convenience. Should the duration
of the strike make it necessary the
It.-d doss will become active
throughout tin- county, it c -aid.
Southern ofllcials at Appaiachia
were optimistic over tin- nitviation
and expre ted confidence that the
Appaiachia Division would not go
out. The Southern has shown a dis?
position tu settle the strike with the
safely and comfort of the public in
view, and have done much to effect
an agreement with the cumien.
Concern for many Wise county
people now on vacations in the K?st?
ern and Western parts of the United
Slates is now being expressed by
relatives here at home. If the wall.
out should develop int.. a ge.nl
movement many people of this iee,
lion would lind them elves in surious
positions.
i Beneath the under-current anxious
forebodings which the walk ..ut of
the trainmen has brought about
there is ?tili the hope that the (loV
eminent will force a speedy ligl.
merit between strikers and officials
before serious suffering is experienc?
ed throughout the country.
PKRS.IAM MISSIONARY AT
PRKSBYTKRIAN CHURCH
(in Tuesday night, August 22nd,
Itev, Yosip Behyamih, a Presbyte?
rian Missionary to Persia, will speak
in the Big Stone (lap chinch on the
mission work in Ins native coiintry;
Mr. Rehynmin is a graduate of the
Columbia, S. <'., Theological Sen:
inary. He has spent sometime ill
Persia as u missionary. During the
horrors which hnVO/flooded this pari
of the world for tin- past few years,
Mr. ilenynmin received hi- share of
tin- persecutions. He suffered many
hardships und l?st all of his pel oil il
property.
The service will begin at S:iii
o'clock. Everybody is cordially in?
vited to this service. A free-will of?
fering will be taken to assist in pay?
ing the expenses of Mr. Benyajllin'S
trip to Wise county.
TYPHOID IN COUNTY
Many case.-, of typhoid fever are
reported in Norton, Cot-bum and St.
Paul. Mrs. Hill Taylor, of St. Paui,
who died in that place last Saturday,
is tliu first death reported to tin:
county health authorities.