The Big Stone Gap post. [volume], September 06, 1922, Image 1

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/OL. XXX
BIG STONE GAP, WISE COUNTY, VA., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6,
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No. 3fi
IPPALACHIA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
ENDORSE THE WILD CAT ROAD
o.operation Between Appa
lachia and Gap Necessary
before Progress Can be
Made, Speakers Declare
,,,, Thursday night the Ap
Inihiii Chamber of Commerce belli
enthusiastic meeting which was]
by a number i>t' people
.... llig Mi>nc (lap. Mr. Parks pre
I ,? the i.ieeiiii):, ami a number
prescht were called up.ni
rj (..lies. Judge II. A. W.
i niii| i'?I. Klnneken were the
pal speakers from the Gap.
. . a .phnsized the impor-1
dl the road as an outlet for
immediate section, while Mr.
leken called attention to the
I it iiitcii this road was opened |
, i 'a,ml.I he a direct automo
,,nt.- in Kiinxvillo, the grout in
iul and wholesale center of Kilsi
Others making! In lei I
H. i. .1. II. Wniuplcr, II. I'.War
,\ l .1. , ( lay Stewart, II. I..
,u. and Mi I?. Collier. All the
III emphasized the importance
, luieratioii between llig Stone
,tul Appalin'hia in uhj elTurl to j
,u re Itooil lead-. The parti
ti
nl roan uiniei iiisi'U^siou
iir or live miles long and j
ngli the oilg? of 1. cot
f. II. Wien, President
al Itn.-id A-s.>ei it Inn, and I
M.
titli.
. .(nestion up with the I oo
Hoard of Supervisor-. It is
that the people of l.ee , i.llll- |
lie interested ill Seeing this
,. t A committee was lip
to arrange for another meet
lie held al Miic Slo le Cap
. later. It was suggested
. lu vt meeting he arranged]
il, iepiesentalives from l.ee,
?(l Wise counties ami also the
in.
Ii . .Id he added that the me
I i I I,in-day night was a re
ii gdoii, ro-operatlve spirit
?in- towns of Appalachia
Stone (Jap. The Appnln
i Hand gave a few solectlons
Ii added greatly to the ciijoy
I ..! the occasion. After the
Ilm e present had a sump
feast of sandwiches and orange
i (1'arks' Special). This is the
J of spirit which will enable
i lod toads ami every other
il tl.iug we ought to have.
ML TONAGE
0NT1NUES TO FALL!
kitpul Week Ending Au
jgust 20 Only 136,270 Tans]
Uli! production in this field drop
1 8,8112 lulls for the week ending |
KUst 20. t'oke made equally
ut pluming. Most of the coal I
fil l in thi? field is heiug stored |
>ve ground pending settlement
tnil strike.
IrV last week the N. ft W. hauled |
I) 25,8 12 tons from mines along
The N. ft N. dropped to
'IV leas, or 20."> of its normal ea
'Ity. The Interstate delivered 127,
0 tons t>. tin- trunk lines in this
I ll>. Southern handled 31,151
U fur the weel. and the ('., I', ft
jnode the best showing with 47,-1
|1 tuns f,,: the week.
LESLEY ATKINS WILL
ESCRIBE OUR WONDERS
fitur lit Pinevillc Sun Comes to
Gap (or Local Color
Presley Atkins, editor of the Pine
Sun, was the guest of Mr. A. ().
?t.:?| in the Gap last week. The
Mucky editor and writer came
'? tu gel local color for a special
?> lie i- d,,inB for the Electric
?" n 1 " a Company of Virginia
IMBLOS CIV KS
'EM .10 DAYS NOW
?y01 i amhlos went into office as
?' of Norton September 1st, sue
"ng Judge Penrce of the Juven
of Wise county.
ivaa elected last June in
"'? the hottest three-cornered
W '\er staged in the county.
Ml| either things the new mayor
?'"-nl to do was to let the an
''' town cow severely alone. He is
??ung his time to rum-runners
1 Mhet law breakers. He can hand
"?a|i thirty days, according to re
DROPS DEAD
ON STREET HERE
J. C. Cornett, of Cumberland
Gap. Victim of Heart Disease
J. ?. Cornell, anvil about lu years,
who recently cuiiie here front Cum?
berland Cap, Teiim, dropped dead oil
the stn et collier ill front .if the post
office last Wednesday night at 7 ::iu
o'clock. It was several union, be?
fore the man could In- identified, as
he was a newcomer t.i this section,
and had only made a few ae.plnin
tances. il.i was finally identified by
a foreman engaged in street work
herb, to whom Cornell hid applied
for work only a few hours before.
\ few minutes later hi- wile appeal?
ed tu Identify ami claim the body',
which was moved to the hon!? of a
Mrs. Wells, occupying I'. M. (ten?
sor's residence in the w. -t end of
town, who had let tin- family have
room- there since coming hen- fron!
I 'm m it had been siilfering froni
In-art truuhle and other ailments for
tin- past two years, so stales his wife.
She had i-DIIIC hele with the hope of
obtaining work. After being here
a few days she received a telegram
from her husband saying that he was
very nick ami would come the fid
lowing day. tin his ai rival be was
found to he in a very serious condi?
tion and was advised by physicians
t.i take hi- bed immediately. He
aiade social efforts to obtain work
nere, refusing to give up. tin Wed?
le.-.lay evening he came to town for
loinc medicine and on returning
ionic took suddenly ill in front of
he post office and drdpped to the
.lavement. Ity-tanders rushed to
his side only to lind bis lifeless tanly.
The family was found to he pen?
niless ami the local charitable or
rituizntinns immediately set to work
iroviding Ihcin with clothes ami
money. About ?7(i in cash was made
Up by George. I.. Harter in a short
time. The county furnished the
burial ekpehse while the town fur?
nished the grave lot and funds foi
digging the grave.
Mrs. Cornell is extremely grateful
to iIn- people of Big Stone Cap for
their assistance. She said they were
in ver>' hard circumstances as Mr.
Cornett had been unable to do work
for two years. In addition to the
clothes ami money given them sev?
eral merchant , gave v.-i v liberally
of groceries.
Hostile* the widow, a small bo?
nbon! three years bid survives.
KELLY SAVES
NORTON KIDDIES
Those Living Outside Cor
porate Limits May Attend
School in Town Without
Payment of 'Tax
For this year at least children of
parents who vigorously opposed the
extending of the corporate limits of
Norton may attend school without
the payment of a $3 tax as ruled by
the Norton School Hoard. lly a Spe?
cial arrangement made between
Superintendent .1. .1. Kelly und the
Norton hoard all children living in
the old Norton School District may
attend free of charge until June,
1(123.
1 After that the limits of the town
will have to be extended or the tux
paid.
GOODLOE BROTHERS
RIVAL WANAMAKK1!
Goodloe Brothers have turned
their store into one of the most at?
tractive in the county. Dressing
rooms, new show cases and many
other fixtures are among the im?
provement-, everything Is finished
in mahogany ami cost several thou?
sand dollars.
They will hold their annual fall
?opening in the near future.
NICW HO MKS ARK
BKING BUILT HERE
Ii C. Taylor and II. I.. Sulfridge
are among the local men who are
building homes in the Cap this fall.
The Taylor home will be of stone
construction and the Sulfridge
bungalow will he of brick.
1 tot Ii builders are experiencing
difficulty in getting materials for the
[work.
-o
SEVERAL NEW TEACHERS
WILL BE IN GAP SCHOOL
With about 20 teachers secured
for this term the faculty of the local
school is practically complete. Many
new faces will be seen among the
teachers this year. Among them
are, George Orr, Dryden; .lames f.
Powell, ami Misses Sain.la Sew ell.
May Kwell, Llizabcth t'hatlin,
Gladyce lloml ami others.
Miss dice will teach in the eastern
part of the estate, .Miss Lay was
elected hut resigned to accept a po?
sition at Wise, and Miss McKilddcIl
als., resigned.
Mr. Stilfridge has expressed him
-elf as heing highly pleased with the
teaching material for ihis year.
YOUELL HERE TO
BUY COAL FOR
CONVICT CAMPS
K. M. Youell, Siiperintcit
dent oi the Virginia Statt;
Penitentiary, Inspects
Southwest Virginia Cnnipc
ivtul Buys Coal
Major It. M. V?lle?, Sup. i inten
dent of the Virginia Slate I'eniien
tlary, is in Wise count j this week in
-peeling the nine cani|>: localed in
this part of tile state, ami I.living
coal for the 112 camps located
throtighout Virginia.
Major Youell is Spending most ??!'
his time in Norton at the home of
his mother. lie return- t.. Ilicl
mond tin-, yyeek.
SAM WAX WOULD
ATTRACT TOURIST
Suggests That Certain Portions
uf Bottle v.in! lie Used as
Caitiphtg Grounds for Visitors
Cumpiiig ground at..miod.itinns
along the houlevilld, the converting
of the pond nt the hall grounds mto
a public bathing pool, and the gen
emus use of money to exploit lhl>
natural beauty of tin- plhce tire
some of the suggestion- put forth by
S. W. Wax to attract visitors!
Side trips from the Gap dowii to
Clinch and (loislou rlVem foi a da;.'
fishing, or a jaunt to High Knob
would supply the tourist with ample
roughing programs, he rays.
MISS Me FAD DEN WILL
NOT TEACH AT THE CAP
II. I.. Sitlfrldge, principal of the
local school, ha; received a leite,
from Mi-- Kdnn McKadden saying
that she will he unable to teach here
this term. She was elected and ae
cepted the position, but suddenly
changed her mind. No rea on, ex?
cept u persistent rumor of matri?
mony, is given for her sudden
change of [dans.
So far the vacancy left by her
resignation has not been Idled.
JOHN KU TAKES FAMILY
TO PINEVILLE
John Kd Pierce; editor of the Nor?
ton daily, loaded his family and the
, famous Cicero? Wise county's best
I known canine, into his new Rbnmer
the past week and Went io I'ineville, 1
Kentucky, for a .. . days.
Everybody bid tin- times of their
lives, i ice. only Inn! one light ami
I brought the lion.i- home, lie wal?
loped : a aiogaut Kentucky cur dtir
iin|j the in.-, iiflocn minutes the ed?
itor's party was 1*1 I'ineville.
I'ineville is John Kit's old home.
Hi- father was one of the pioneer
school tea. hei s of that place. The.:
I i el in tied El Iduy night.
RF.V. J. I SMITH
VISITS BRISTOL
.Speaks tu Kiwanis Club in
Interest ol Industrial
School
IteporLs from the Ku.iwille ilit
trici convention, an interesting t ill,
by Itev. Jam. .. M. Smith, of llig
Stone ti.ip, a huge atlciiilnijcc niid
?limy visitors ilturkeil the r'fcjciilui
iiicetlng yi'steniaj afternoon of the
lliislnl Kiwanis Club at the Elks'
mine mi Shclb.V tuet.
Aitlnir King in a brief talk lie
..libel) in an entertaining manner
what look place at the riiliveht ion
of the fenne ee Ketiluckj , lub
Mr. Kim: ail that tin- convent ion
w:i. nf the most interesting that
in- had ever attended and Dial he
lya -Iii. Ilri ti.l did nut have .1
larger d^legultiiin. He ipol.f tin
new uiticers, the next meeting plate
in.I the addi. vvtt" made by l.ieltl
Governor W. II. Utilise, a member, ol
il,. Itri Ml i'Inh, and mayor of itiii
till. v.,.
Itev. .Smith) who attended tin
meeting as a guest of A. K. Morlsnii
sjinlo- ul' the wot I, that i- being mi
doitakon in WIs.null for the un
ilui-priviloged children ..f m..?
and mountain people. He said thti
many of these children were withoin
i>.ii.-tii-- ..i opportunity ahd thai ef
forts were now being minie tu star'
il.i oil' rii.lit, to give tili,'In a gine
education und an Opportunity t.
make good citizens. Itev, Smith i
pa .Im nf the |li|> Si. (lap I'iesh.V
lerinll chinch.
I.. A. Sti'ti-hi, Allen Swadl-v an,
Clay Md'li.-i.ey made report oil Ihi
coilntiy st?,.. and reait a Ii i nf ai
Miles that had been donated b
wholesale linns i'lii tin- sjuire. The.
1, : shinlod that tiieri lialidi
ainniint nig to nearly il.mui had til
r.ady been donated. Nu repoWi
were l inde by any other members II
he plan.
l!ev. 0. 8. Hale acted a- ollaillll.it
fur the day. The attendance prize:
Wele Well by I'elllVc Kaillart an
Elijah Kahler.
The following were guests at tb
meeting: Halter .Mitchell. h>
Smith, Eriiiik Kuii-c. (5. I', ll-nll,
mau, ('. S. Carter. Dr. W. T. Iviaii
ami I'. W. Wai n,dev. Jr. Hi ist,
Herald Couri.'i'.
"PUSH AND PULL"
I'ii'.li ami pull
r?r (he hi\\ ii is mil
i ?i Work thai ought to lie done!
i ?LI and new
Aif the problems that lirew --
A job tnr evei'y one
Push and pull
['or your Public School'
!'u ill and I'ull tin yottr lowri!
11" Vtiii help .11111 we help
And every soul here lit-1 j>
Big Stone will cotuc into her o\vn!
Pu-h and i>u!I
With the Leagtte that's full
Of deicrihihaiion lo show
Thai Big Stotie i-> striving,
Is driving and thriving!
(oihiiiunit v I .eague!
Let's go!
Ituy your tickets fur "The Trip Around the World"
at the Monte Vista Hotel, first train leaves thi? station
at 8 i*. Mi, September 8th.
MRS. ED T?TE WINS OH! GOSH! DID IE
BUICK SIX IN m HEAR THE SCHOOL
SUBSCRIPTION RACE "ELL RING MONDAY7
Editor CraWford Deliver
Car to Big Stone Winner
Yesterday ? Mrs. I ate
Cirateful to Friends
Mr*. Kit Thte, of tlii- lily, wit. an
eiisy winner in thv Crawford' . We.
ly subscription . alitc.-t. She i- -
ceived ii total of ?:..:<:.<?.ill
Hoi closest rival pilcil up ?tili I
oiki.
Kditor Bruce < raw Cord l.,..-n ii
lIn? mi to the Hap yesterday and (ire
t. nil-ii it t.. Ml i Tat. . I In- 111:11 nil
>'u. fully iMpi'ippcd with gasolih.
mill lioeit.ii' I a it : Inown in.
K..I ltem .,1, able
.
none than four time- a-i mui
, .. ,
her in the flout i auk . ol d
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v.h.i-h
throughout th.Ii I j re. u,! i
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II. ul.
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wilitilig for her t ? .In
the news . iiine thiij tin m .
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fi'lit I woi'rid liavi lu.il ?
the bus ami went Hit .. i l|.
CROP OUTLOOK
IS STILL GOOD
Work on Virginia Parins in
Very Satisfactory Condi
tioii
rh,
|iig t he past two eK - ii . - I.
fa\ oi able hi some 'i? ?
dry in pan- of thi Valli \
trill disti i. i.-i ami loo i,. th
Ka-t.in altd Suulhea tern -ii -tiiel.-,
iicui.linv. to tin- Vlrgini i ' up !:
port mi' Service.
?
tory jsuniin. r plov. in,; lei .
ly .iplele.l. v.i,'. ' 'h. ?
al..?ut concluded ami a large, crop ? ?'
hay has h>ch iV.irv. :. it,
The ioiji crop p.miv, a?, ,,? I
lent viel.I. except j|, a f.Ka-t
eiii i iiunlies. 1-nr. are busy tili
? lie sillis ami iepi.it ..:. i.i
heavy criip of lilagc i .o II.
Tohaico ha- niature.l unusually
early and a Inrge pail of the Bright
rop ha- been harvested, ib.-.e Im:
been considerable damage In tie
crop In.in hail storms; and then j
sinne complaint iif injury froni ''wild
lire," ... prospect- an not unite a
promising as >>n August Ifittt, but
the crop i-. still one of the li. ! ?. el
grown, anil the final production will
be above the average of rcce'rii
r-'rUit crops are maturing rapidly
and while th" production for the
-t?te i- considerably helow lb. jiy
?rage for the past ten year: . roue
sections have excellent crop's. Kai
ly fall apples have been grillt, r. i
and now the packing of Yorks um
Pippins has commenced. Already
l'.!f> cars of apples have been sbippe.
compared with the total .shipment
last iteitsou of ?'? l I cars. The i|iia)
ity of the apple crop is generally
very good.
I.ate hay crops promise very h. av
yields; soybeans arid enwpen hi|Vi
made unusually large
lures are very excel!.
The peanut crop
-lightly during 1
owing to more
but the outln.
very short crop,
drained land wa
acaliori Done, Ytuilli ol
County (in Back to School
Rccortl-brenking Bnrol
nicht All Over County
?
...
\
\l
;o aPtrr another
flock ok henry
ijvtlnls for iiu.illi.'r thick nf I.ir
r'h'l. I..,,. Wi. u ijnil Iii" Vai\i
? In i . ii, ill In inn k tliii i v nini
in y iv ill L I liim linVo tin-in.
In. tinrnlt'iifil shut iluwn of th*
il<l I'i'iiiiilih' for fiti.4. Wit'ii is
. ? ti ! I.iti I I fltlitj night et this
concrete is going
down past now