The Big Stone Gap post. [volume], September 20, 1922, Image 1

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"FIRST AID" TEAMS DRAW HUGE
CROWDS TO NORTON FOR FOURTH
ANNUAL MEET SATURDAY AFTERNOON
pour Crack Teams Pile Up
100 Per Cent. Score?Roda
leam No. 1 Carries Off
Kirsl Prize
OVER S1.500 IN PRIZES
AWARDED DURIinG DAY
Mine Bureau Chief Declares
Meet is Best Held in U. S.
S? Far This Year
With weather conditions ideal the
: "Kirsl Aid" teams of the en
ithwcst Virginia coal lichls
piU'il up now records at the Fourth
Annual Kirsl Aid Meet on the Nor
to,, |,:,|| grounds Saturday after
lic meet was lield under tho
. of the Virginia Coal Opora
, i lation, the ?. S. Bureau of
jl I, ami the Americah Red Cross.
>t.r. than $1,R0? in valuable prizes
led to winning teams dtir
,; the afternoon',
Roda Tram No. 2
In lhe first contest four tains am
. totalling 100 per
I hese teams Roda No. '<!, Cap
In |m Oeorgc Trent; Norton No. I,
Captain II. Hi Lyons; Osaka No. t,
I) II Chirk, and Wilder No.
In W. K. Wolfe. In the
. irk.nll to decide the champion
Captain Trent's Roda' tenm won first
bin tic Ides winning the annual
nip, Iti il Cross and National Safety
Cnin.il each man was presented
rteen jewel Elgin watch and
Norton team No. I won sec
dill place and six double barrel
ll.iniiiiCrlcSH Shotguns and leather
? I ska team No. 1 captured
and euch mini was pre
.villi a is inch Black Walrus
I.. .it la r I land ling. Wilder team
ighl fourth position in the
rkotl ami won six combination
in and over coats.
participating in the meet
ret It. i? did Coal Corporation,
nil t eal and Coke Company:
: Coal Corporation; Halite
No. I, Hani,. No. "J; Wilder No. 1;
I, Crane's Nest No. 1;
< ual Company; l/ocuhotitai
Fuel Company; Stonega Coke and
Coni|iany?Arno No. i; Dilti
1 a S'ii. I; Kxeter No. I; liuboden
No, l and -; Keokee No. 2; Roda
.:; St.mega No. i ; Virginia
In I il ami Coke Company?
i I i. .1, N'?. I ; Wise Coal and
1,1 uiipiitiy, Dorchester No. 1.
More Tl?i
la and Stonega teams No.
I ' ili a score of tlil.fi I per cent.
in ihe draw, receiving the
liftlt prize i; twenty six-piece Com
Ivor sets, while to Stonot-n
i led the sixth prize-?li elce
' hie lamps.
A tic also resulted at '.?? per cent.
I'ciwieit Dorchester No. 1 and Toms
? I, '1 mantel clocks going
!?<>) of the Dorchester teiill
oVentil prize utferud by the
II.. eighth prize, which was $111 in
old, ottered by the Provident Life
It at In iirnncc Company,
hatlaliongn, was awarded the Toms
[reek team.
it a". I was winner of the
|uiiith p,, ,., with ii score of 08,73 the
' ?' I le ing three pairs of men's
ilcKlroy, Sloan Shoe Com
" Louis, Mo., and three pairs
l.oes by Keystone Lubri
' napnny, Philadelphia.
" Mo; I, with US per cent, won
'? lentil prize?-$30,00 in gold, of.
' Keystone Lubricating Coin
" ? I'hilndelphia.
Star hams, the eleventh prize,
?r.,l by A rhu iur & Company, Nor
weiit to the men of Roaring
'?mi No. 1, who made an av
" "i 07.60 per i.t.
No, in, consisting of 0 ten?
ets hud of Swift * Com
? '. 'iton, went to Crane's Nest
? 1, with ;i7 per cent., while
.No. 1, with an average
pet cent, won tlie thirteenth
" boxes La Crona cigars, by
mia Wholesale Company, Appa
fourtecnth prize?12 twenly
?'"i bags of Jefferson Hour,
I . Andrews and Company,
is awarded to Dunbar
1 No. 1 with a score of 0G.50 per
a e team No. 2 carried otf the
prize?C twenty.five pound
Motional carbide, by Nor
'? Hardware Company, Norton.
Uu" ? teams and their per cant
ages were: Arno No. 1, with 95 per
cent; Pocahonias Fuel No. 1, with
9-1.50 per cent.; Pardcc No. 1, with
92.75 per cent.; Dante No. 92 per
cent.; ami Benedict No. 1, 91 per
cent.
Special Prizes
Each member of nil contesting
teams received a number slip of pa?
per, entitling him to a chance by lot
on certain articles, the lucky num?
bers and the winners being as fol?
lows: No. 223, Wilton velvet rug,
won by I{. D. Kirk; No. 'JOT, baby
carriage, won by Karl Wright, and
No. 320, one trunk, won by II. it.
Gibson.
Souvenirs Given
Souvenir watch fobs, bearing a
red cross and the inscription,
"Fourth Annual First Aid , Meet
Southwest Virginia Field, Virginia
Coal Operators1 Association, Norton,
Va., Sept. Id," were given to mem?
bers of all participating teams, and
Stich fobs as remained were then dis?
tributed among the crowd in general.
Prizes to Captains
Handsome special prizes were
awarded to the captains of the first
live winning teams, as follows:
Twenty live dollars in gold given
by Byers-Brown & Company, Cincln;
natl, awarded to George Trent, Ro?
da, No. 2; 20-picce Community
silver set, II. K. Lyons, Norton Coal
Company team No. 1; $111 in gold
by Enterprise Foundry & Machine
Works, Bristol, Va., to ti. II. Clark,
Osaka N'o. 1 ; one case Sunk ist peach
es, by Norton Grocery Company,
Norton, to W. E. Wolfe, Wilder No
1 ; one Lecitigoll radio battery charg?
ing outfit, by Superior Supply Com?
pany, lllueueld, W. Va., to J. II. Jen?
kins, Itoda team No. 1.
Captains nf other teams are: StO
negn 1, S. W. David; Dorchester,
Clarence Sintpkins;Toma Creek,.l. II.
Franks; fmboden, L. F. Minor; Moss
E. F. Jobe; Roaring Fork, .1. F. Grif?
fith; Crane's Nest, M. P. King;
Dntite, It. W. Irwin; Dunbar, C. It.
Jones; Keokee No. 11, C. II. Miser;
Arno I, .lames Dislnier; Pocahoiitas
Fuel i, G. W. Cydosk; Pardee, Chas.
K. Stapl.ton; Exeter 1, W. M.
liaynes; Dante 2, Tom Brown; Ben
edict 1, P. II. Cooney.
K?Rore Prcaidrs
In the unavoidable absence of Otis
Moiiser, president of the Virginia
Coal Operators' Association, G. D.
Kilgore acted as master of ceremo?
nies and introduced the speakers
A large crowd of spectators were
present for the events, which arous?
ed a great deal of interest und en?
thusiasm. The band from Itodu
furnished pood music dining the
day
List of Official,
Tile officials tor the met were.
Chief Judges?-D. .1. Barker, W.D.
Ryan, K. II. Denny, J. M. Webb.
1'. S. Bureau of Mines?Dr. M. .1.
Shields, the American Ited Cross.
Recorders?W. F. Comann, C. R.
Pepper, o. K. Allen.
Announcer and Starter- Thomas
V. Bicnnan.
Timer?Victor S. Paine.
judges?Drs. C. B. Bowyer, J A.
McGuirc, R. I.. Hillman, T. S. Us
s.'ry, A. W. Martin, 11. C. Cnrsou,
W. It. Colbert son, J. II. llagy, C. A.
Hutchinson, Noah Short, C. C. Curr.
E. R. Pergerson, C. T. Foust, S. P.
Gardner, Thomas MeNeer, D. M.
Moore, F. S. Givens, Benjamin C.
ilenson, J. C. Bentley, IL it. Webb,
It. P. t an-, II. M. Miles, P. D. Pence,
K. W. Walker and H. W. Holly.
Speakers D. J. Parker, chief en?
gineer, mine safety service, United
Slates Bureau of Mines, und W. D,
Ryan, safely commissioner, United
Stales Bureau of Mines.
Committee-?J. K. Taggart, chair?
man; 1). A. Patterson, lt. E. Tugg.irt
A. W. Wagner, C. J. Crevellng, Lee
Long, George J. Walker, G. D. Kil
gore ami K. It. Chishollll.
Dorchester Wins
In the ball game, Dorchester won
over Dante, and incidently irried
away a purse of $100 otTercd h> the
coal operators.
APPALACHIA WILL
LO^E DR. BOTIS
Dr. G. W. Botts, eye, ear and nose
specialist of Appuluchia, will move
his offices to the First National Bank
building, Norton, in the near future.
Yes, the average man is honest, or
at least he thinks he is.
STUART LEAVES GAP!
TO BECOME PARTNER!
IN AB1NGDON FIRM;
Firm of White, Perm and!
Penn, Attorneys at Law,
Announce That Wm. A.
Stuart Has Become a
Member and Firm Will be
Known as White, Penn &
Stuart
Messrs. White, Penn and Penn,
attorneys at law, Abingdou, Va.,
have announced that Major Wm. A.
Stuart, ot this place, has become a
member of the lirm which will now
be styled White, Penn & Stuart.
Major Stuart will leave the tiap
this week to begin his new associa?
tion with the Abingdou Arm. The
law firm which Major Stuart goes to
is one of the oldest in Southwest
Virginia. During the period when
coal lands were being bought up in
this section the legal bus.I i was
handled by Messrs. While, Penn &
Penn, They participated in most of
the famous legal battles waged to
clear up title squabbles ami othei
claims.
The announcement of Major Stu?
art's connection with the firm came
as a surprise, lie has been actively
engaged in the practice ot law in
this section since I'.'17, except for
the war period when he served with
distinction in the ('oast Artillery.
On January I, 1017, he became as?
sociated with It. Tale Irvine, in tIii
city. The lirni was dissolved in Jan?
uary, 1921 i when Major Stuart con?
tinued to practice law independent?
ly
Rhodes Scholar
Major Sttiait is a graduate of the
University Of Virginia, where II*
won the coveted Rhodes Scholarship,
doing la Kngland he graduated fron.
Oxford University in 11)1 I. Upon
returning to America he formed hi
connection with Mr. Irvine. Upon
the outbreak of the war in lOfJ lie
enlisted in the Officers Training
Corps and concluded Ills training by
receiving u commission as Second
Lieutenant. lie was rapidly promo?
ted to the grade of Major, a rank he
was holding when the war came to
a close.
His career has been II succession
of brilliant achievements. During
1021 he was appointed Assistant
U. S. Attorney for the Western Iiis
tricl of Virginia, and has held otllCI
important offices. He has just been
appointed council for Southwest Vir?
ginia by the X. & W. Railroad. Un?
til recently he was District Attornej
for the Louisville and .Nashville Rail?
road.
Major Stuail was married to Mi -.
Kll. n Uotlley, of Louisville, ?n April
2i>lh of this year. They will leave
the Cap this week for Abillgdon.
FORD PLANTS
CLOSED DOWN
Industrial Strike Against
Excessive Coal Prices In
Full Swing; Plants De?
serted
Delruit, Sept. 10.?Henry cord's
industrial strike against what he
charges are excessive prices was in
full swing tonight ami approrci.
ly 73,000 uf his workmen in the Do
trolt district w. ie out of jobs for
an indefinite. p> riod. Thousands uf
others in assembling plants through?
out the country also were ordered to
lay down their tools. In addition,
a score or more of small industrial
concerns here dependent upon tile
Kord Motor Company for orders
were preparing to close. The e em?
ploy upward of 30,000 men.
The Highland Park and River
Rouge plants of the Ford, -Motor
Company, employing about 110,0 0
men, were deserted tonight save for
a comparatively small force that will
be retained to keep coke ovens
warm.
Although many of them were
smiling, the majority of the Kord
workers who passed through the
gates of the Highland Park plant af?
ter turning In their tools today, ex?
pressed concern over the Bhut-down.
Their foreman had handed to them
advice from Mr. Kord to buy ns lit?
tle coal as possible, and to cut their
living expenses to a minimum. Many
of the workers were met by wives
nnd children, eager to learn how
long the heads of families would be
unemployed.
ERA OF PROSPERITY
DUE AS STRIKE ENDS
Government Oflicials Ex?
press Pleasure Ovar Cov.i
promise at Chicago
Washington, Sept. l?.?Agree?
ment between :. htimber (ft key rail?
roads und the shop criift union., upon
a bus! for > mini.; i)sti -triko of ma?
chinists and a Delated workers was
received wltb unanintous appro
bat ion by administration officials.
Meaiii Era id Prosperity
Restoration of peace between i >? I
roads ami employees means the re?
moval of the last obstacle which has
prevented the coming of a period of
national prn.prily, .? raiding to tev
era! Cabinet members i;hd govern?
ment economic o\, President
Harding is known to have h. on con?
vinced of this by reports laid before
him ami i' said t(> hnve tre >cd the
expected beneficial ehe?! of .. strike
settlement in the conferences here
looking to that end.
Secretary Davis, in a statement is?
sued as soon as lie was advised of
the action of the unions' policy vom
mitte.?, congratulated American in
das... on It Ahl? "11 ercoroc Hie hitf
obstacle in the way of the greatest
economic revival tin; nation hri e i
known." The Anaiiean workman
fare-; "a pel io.l of plentiful employ
nieut" the l.ab.it : ? relary said, at
the same high wage, which prevailed
before the recent period of depres?
sion.
Secretary Davis was the first
among the government officials to
receive news of the "break" in Chi?
cago and he personally conveyed Iiis
Information to President Harding
Who was said t" have been outspoken
in expressing his gratification.
According to reports t" Mr. Davis,
between llfi and 10 per com. of the
I country's railroads are affected by
the potential settlement, will, an ng-i
gregate mileage of 05,??? and SO,
000.
Other official*! of the Lahor De.,
partition! bad been adyised,they said)
,that tifty-tuo railroads had definite?
ly aligned thelilselvsc among those
favoring a settlement along the line:
prepared for siibmittn) of the slrik
policy committee.
REHERSALS TOR "THE
ANGEL MAKER" W ILL
BEGIN THIS YVLLK
Rehersnls for "The Angel Maker"
ill start this week. The play, by
(leorgc Itoeblick, will he given at the
local theatre in tin- latter part of
0.'toiler. Miss Ul.mchc Kennedy
and Miss Mary Martha Davenport,
slurs of lasi year's success, "Noth?
ing Hut the Truth," will have the
leading role:-, in the iiew piece. Spe?
cial scenery is being painted, ami
plans perfected for taking lite piece
lo Norton, Bristol and .Middled),.r...
Much interest is being manifested in
the coming production. The cast
will be composed of the hod limateui
talent in tin- county.
'GRAVEYARD"
TOURNAMENT WON
BY DR. STOEHR
The "graveyard" totirnnntent
staged by the Mountain Coif Club
here last Saturday was won by Dr.
Stoelir ?f the Kelly Drug Company.
With a handicap of Oil strokes on IS
holes the Doctor had storied on his
third trip before he had tu plant his
"tombstone."
The tournament proved nmusiug
and was one of the most silccensful
held hfc're tliit year. Eacll player was
given a handicap, or :.i many strokes
to make the 18 holes, lie was also
given a t.I.stone v. Uli bis name and
number of strokes allowed on it.
When the player hail used the al
lot cd number of strokes he had to
stop ami "plant" bi . linibstone.
The majority of the players "died"
across the river on the second round.
"To iibstonoa" were scattered freely
from the fifth green lo the ninth
green.
AND STILL THE
CEMENT GOES
DOWN IN GAP
With the new concrete mixing mn
I chine working perfectly the depot to
' depot concrete street is. being laid
; with surprising rapidity. At the
I present rule the street will be coniJ
j pleted well within the time promised
1 by the contractors.
SOUTHERN RAILWAY1
SIGNu AGREEMENT
WITH ITS WORKERS
Strikers Will Return To
Work Immediately Wit!i
Senority Rights Unim?
paired
Washington. Sept, I .<.--Official.
of tlio Southern Kail?ay ami rcpr.
lent itlves of the union shop crafts
of that system late today signed the
Warfiehi-Wlllard-Jcwell agreement.
'rile strike among the workers of
III ' Mobile and Ohio railroad which
i< controlled by the Southern, also
* i ttled oh the same basis. Thi
workers of the two roads, and those
employed on all other lines controll?
ed by the Southern, who went on
-tiil.c, are to return immediately to
work with seniority rights uhimpnir
cd. '
Orders were telegraphed by the
shop leaders tonight to the divisional
chnirmi n of the various labor union
throughout the south to instruct
.'..Ii men to return to work a once.
Similar orders were sent out by the
Southerti't officials to tlo-ir superin?
tendents to put all of the formet
workmen back at their old jobs te
soiiii as they applied.
J. R. Hotly, general chairman ."?
the I ederatcd Shop Crafts on lb,
A ppalachia Division of the Southern
received n telegram Tue-day from
the general representative of the
Crafts at Birmingham notifying hiitt
of the agreement and ordering 'hi
nu n bad; to work at once. AI! tile
men out at the shops about sixty in
number, have gone hail, to Work, the
first cievv going on at eleven nVlocI
last night. These men have beei,
out since .Inly lint.
NINTH ANNUAL
FAIR TO START
SEPTEMBER 20
Wise, Vn., Sept. 111.?I<nst tain
ute preparations for the Ninth An?
nual Inhibition of the Wise Count.,
Kair are being pit lied to completion
and every indication is that this will
eclipse all previous ones in every
way. The beautiful grounds have
been gone over carefully, fence
have been whitewashed, the ball ilia
mom) made ready for the opposing
teams, the race track rolled and got?
ten in line condition, the stock pen
made ready, and la t but not h ist,
the airplane Is now on the ground
only awaiting the magic build of the
pilot to make a flight. The litter i
eq.ected here Sunday morning, and
if weather conditions are favorable,
the trial flight will be made then.
The machine seems to be in perfect
condition and only lacks the "un
ing" process, which every aviator in?
sists upon doing himself.
The machine belongs l.i Moni..
Hates, of Nellie Patch, and is a
mo.it excellent one. It was brought
lu re by the Pinevillo Aero Club and
was damaged in making a trial Might
.and was practically abandoned, Mr.
Hal,-, had heavy claims against the
machine and hid it in at the sheriff's
sale. lie ordered the missing part"
and employed Winlield Crcer who i
considered lo he the best all round
mechanic in this section, to make tie
needed repairs and install the new
parts. Mr. (Sreer has worked untir?
ingly on the new plane and now has
it in ship shape condition.
The stock and exhibits will begin
arriving Monday and when the gate
open on the 20th; it will reveal the
tin, si line of exhibits in the history
of Wi.te county.
"SCHOOL ULLI." DUE
TO APPEAR HERE SOON
" The School Hell," the publication
of the local High School is due to
make its appearance for the present
term toon. The paper was well and
favorably received throughout the
school world lust year and its success
so pronounced that even bigger
plans are on foot for the sheet this
year. Max Lile will edit the "School
Bell" this term. Last year Carl
Knight, now a student at Washing?
ton and Lee University, Lexington;
Va., was the editor-in-chief.
There are many things in the Bi?
ble that we do not understand. We
do not read it enough.
COAL OUTPUT STILL
ON DECLINE, REPORT
SHOWS FOR WEEK
diamond is still on the decline. In
keeping with the past five weeks a
loss is reported. Kor the week end?
ing September :i production in this
Acid was only IS.t! per cent, of nor*
mn) capacity. The loss is attributed
to car shortage. Orders lire! plenti?
ful ami thousands of ton.-, stored
above ground, but lolling stock con?
tinues to bold the field at a virtual
standstill.
Kor the week-ending .September
U the N. & W. hauled 30,4(11 ton;;
Norton and Northern 1,270 t?n?; In?
terstate .'?.r.'.e.t tons; Southern 21,;
Till ami the C, C. 6. 42,1 Id ton ..
WISE COUNTY FAIR
OPENS THIS IYiOKisINC.
The Ninth Annual Wise County
Knir opened at Wtse this morning
i'oi what promt es to be the most
successful event of ii : history. Ex?
hibit* are reported to be unusually
good ibis year, und the timusenioiihi
are bigger and better than hereto?
fore. II. I). Hate , and Hill Duff have
their airplane in iculiiio , for ;>
(tight Ibis alten.u.
PEfcKY SAYS NICE
I HINGS ABOUT
COUlS'l V TEALrlERS
didnte for Congress front the K'inth
liislrict, wart H gti< i of tin- .Norton
Uiwatiis Clltll al the Weeklj luiichi on
last Tuesday. 1'he faculty of the
Norton school were al o gue t ?. In
a holt tall. Mr, t'eery declared thai
back of all -lie . -. es in o(hoiJ line l
Were the tcucllci'H who tullgllt T In'
citi/.eii i of ton,,., row.
MOUN i AIN EL) I IORS '
MAY MEET At
NOP. I' >N i:.??N
l'ubli h. i ' A laoeiiitioii in Hi.; 1 torn
Cap Wednesday night it whs .1 -. ideil
to Invite the nowspnpci puldhihcn
of I., Scott, l;u .-.. I! and T i/ewell
counties to ntteud the next limnthiyi
uiceling of the association to lie held
in Norton oh October II
ing the wonders of Wie uodnly i.
on the program.
C/EKO SLOVAKIA
MEDICAL STUDENT!
IN WISE COUN N
Hr. K.i Tothenek, Cr.eko,};bivakih
medical stude il ' iding a: Harvard
University, is tb- guest of the Wise
County Hoard of lie .oil llli-i week.
The young medico is reviewing the
health i.,iik us il i coiidueli'd in this
home' in the near future and put
American sanitation ides, into pruc
BUKGLAK ALARMS
BECOME FREQU1 N I
AT NORTON
Relieving that their bom. -, are be?
ing invaded by night prowlers Nor?
ton housekeepers have been keeping
the police Oil the jump an >v, ring
false alarms. On l i t Thursday night,
Mrs. S. II. .lohn ...a, Virginia avenue,
screamed lor help. Neighbor.; rush?
ing; to the Johnson home wer? unable
to lind any trace of burglar?; The
next night Mrs. Banner Jones sen.
in a nurry call from her I.le on the
South Side, but upon arriving at the
Jones home officers' could find n .
trace of the intruders.
GAP GOLFERS WILL
GO TO MORR1STOWN
FOR TOURNAMENT
Sev.-r.il members of the Mountain
Colt Club ore expected to pntlci
pate in the annual tournament held
by the Morristown, Tcnri , Country
Club at that city on the 2.8th mid
SOtli of this month. ? An invil ition
has been extended to the local club
and a good many have expressed a
desire to go. Seven flights, will be,
held and prizes for the winners and
runner:i-up. No consolation prize i
will be givon.