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? BIG STONE GAP, WISE COUNTY, VA., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11 i
922
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No. 41
IEACHERS MEET AT
I NORTON FOR
lllREE DAY SESSION
fglillnian and Shawkey Arc
M Principal Speakers-250
M Teachers in Attendance
jfl.! N'. Illlhhoh, president i>f Emory
*'k Henry College, nhd former sccre
K,v of; tin- State Hoard of Kducn
ti made the principle address on
m i day of the three day session
Esf tii,- County Teachers1 Conference
5|l Norton last week. Declaring that
Hfl,., teacher's life wns n "living hook"
Hh.on which the pupil wns influenced
jlfc a large extent, he begged them to
SL.ml,, i their responsibility to the
Kjtj/i'ti- of tomorrow, lie praised the
Btlu,atioiinl system of Virginia and
Bftinrilra, and especially Wise conn
Sj with its 1-1,000 students. Iiis ad
?ri ivtis inspiring ami full of in
Bai'iri ,ii,iii. Throughout the forty
L he talked the big audience
8?, n.h d to his eloquent plea for
Mill: higher ideals. Immediately at
IS,.| ilia address Mr. Hillman was hur
Bi.d in tin- depot to get the 3160 N.
g$ \V. Cast.
I.arge Attendance
Mote than 260 teachers wen- in
,,i inn for the conference. The
(lii.r .iivs were devoted to discus
i i oi various phases of class work
and leaching methods. Snpl, .1. .1.
I. ... D chnr-cut talk on the
?fal Aims of the County School
lie said it was the amhi
ul the slate to give every hoy
in I i .il in the county a high school
jui ilion in so far as it was possible
Dm ton advocated an eight yeai
.ralory course before the high
l singe was started, lie nlaii
f.ol ih.it the school was not the plncil
?arh religion;" That, lie said,
,i the churches. Only the prin
of a Christian life should be
Itaught in the schools. II. I.. Sul
- explained the "Specific Aims
high school." Always an im
|pri ive spenker, Mr. Sul fridge went
the specific aims of the high
in a pleasing ami atithori
iiittiiner. His discussion was ro
il with a lively interest and
III forth a great deal of com
frojn the teachers.
Shuwkey Teilt It
M. I', .shawkey, superintendent of
ilia, lie hi schools, ami former state
iniemleut of Schools for West
iia, delighted the teachers with
la powerful address on "The Use of
ling in Teaching." Shawkey
id that the "poor toucher"
[needed a change occasionally.
"Instead of going to a auininei
(lasol next summer," he said, "why
ke a trip'.' Where tot I Hi,
dowii to Atlantic City. Cel. yourself
I and white bathing suit nud pa
up and down the beach. Forget
[thai yon mustn't do this, and you
do that. If your patrons for
?II are human, don't you forget
it- Vour pupils will have a hotter
it.-arlo-r."
Uiih forty years of teaching ex
re behind him the speaker
hits of delightful human cxpe
s from his long educational
I life. He said the day of the "just
school was over. He advocated
'life more abundant" for the
'teaching profession, hut one that
a "sweet und clean and noble."
l on," he smiled, "never hurt any
"'a-. If nny one on earth needs a
littlr diversion it is the teacher."
Then In- proceeded to explain why.
ho( in a long time has a more human
and delightful man talked in Wise]
Crowded Condition.
I he 250 teachers tilled Norton In
ovt-rtlowlag. The dining room nt the
Hotel Norton was taxed to capacity,
many having to wait for a table,
?hi ilelaV caused the afternoon ses?
sions to run until almost six o'clock. I
rhe visitors were taken into homes
;ij i made welcome und comfortable
in tin- truly Norton mode of extend-j
hospitality to the stranger. Muy
Camblos hnnded them the key to
"?? city and told them to feel at
home.
1 ne meeting came to a close Sat
Ul-iay noon. ?
NOKTON IS MAKING
REAL JACK NOW
1 1 and coke business may be
K"1" to China or somewhere, hut i! [
15 ? cinch that law-breaking is still j
?n the boom. Up at Norton Mayor'
J-arables collected the small sum of'
f 1,300 in fines for the first month in j
office. Most of the cash was paid in 1
"l- rum-runners.
ORATORICAL
THUNDERS ARE DUE |
TO ROCK COUNTY j
With both sides lining up their
speakers, Republican and Democrat?
ic orators are expected to rock Wise
county next week. The Republican
speakers will invade the coal camps
ami every town, from'the Leo county
line to St. 1'aul. Chairman Kixcr,
reports that he has forty orators
ready for the fray. A num?
ber of Democrats are putting togeth?
er nice sounding phrases in prepar?
ation for the verbal combat.
COAfraODWTiON
CLIMBS 38,377 TONS
A Total of 171,033 Tons Pro?
duced in This Field for
Week Ending September
September 30th
Coal production tonnage in this
field continues to fluxuatc from week
to week. Poor market conditions
ami lack of curs are said to lie the
cause for the slow return to normal
in Wise county. The "liny as Von
Need" slogan of I law eastern city eon
dinners is h large factor in the con?
tinued dull period. Heretofore it
has been the practice of home own
ers to put their winter supply of coal
in al one time. High freight rales
and the sky-high prices of coal have
served to bring about the buy-its
you n.I campaign. It is believed
that the first cold "spell" to hit the
cities will start the market moving,
and from that time on a fair market
Clin be expected.
Vor the week ending September
30til the N. Hi W. hauled :t.s,.V:n
Ions of coal; the-N. & N. delivered
2,5uTi Ions to tin- Hunk lines at Nor
ton; the Interstate shows a substan?
tial increase ami reports .11,425 Ions
for the week; the Southern remains
about the same with 30,138 ton.
handled, ami the C, (.'. .V *0. eon
Ihmes to bail with 52,387 tons from
the I'pper Clinch district.
ROGERS STOOD SECOND
IN SEPTEMBER SALES
W. .1. Rogers, local representative
for the Acacia .Masonic Mutual Life
Insurance Company, covered himself
with glory ami bis salesmanager with
satisfaction when he stood second
in sales for his company during the
last week of September. The first
place was won by a Chicago agent.
Mr. Rogers won a trip to Atlantic
City last iuohth by selling over one
hundred thousand dollars worth of
life insurance lust year. lie has
made several such nips in the past
few years.
EAST STONE PUPILS
STOP DANGEROUS
? FIRE WEDNESDAY
A lire which originated from sparks
from a passing locomotive threaten?
ed to do serious damage in East
Stone (lap last Wednesday after?
noon. Quick work on the part of
the high school pupils prevented the
flames from spreading. Trie orchard
of l>. iL Tute was badly damaged
and the grave yard suffered consider?
able damage before the dames were
brought under control.
-T-o
Conference of Federation of
Women's Clubs of Wise
Covmty
There will be a conference of the
Federation of Women's Clubs of
Wise county, on Wednesday, Octo?
ber II, 1922, at Hotel Norton sixth
floor ut - p. in. The purpose of the
met ting is to discuss plans for the
winter work, ns there will not be
general meeting this fall, beginnin f
With the spring of 1023, there will
be only one annual meet.ng of all
the clubs, the time to be set at a
Inter date.
CELEBRATES HER
71ST ANNIVERSARY
At the home of her daughter in
Stonega on Wednesday of last week
Mrs. Mary Roebuck celebrated her
71 anniversary. In spite of her long
and serious illness she was able to
join her guests at the dinner table
Wednesday evening.-1
CHAD' AND 'USSY'
RETURN TO THE GAPj
ALMOST STRANGERS'
In the Summer of r.il2 or 1913
John Pox, Jr., toltl tin- writer that!
tin.' mountaineer hail no place on the'
(take. This was soon after Char-!
lotto Walker appeared in Eugene I
Walter's drama!i'.ed version of "The
Trail of the Lonesome Pine," Mr.
Pox was deeply disappointed in the
production, Heine young mid nnx
ions to quote SO great a writer I im?
mediately sat down ami wrote the in?
terview?without permission, The
novelist proceeded to give me n rath?
er finished lecture on the ethics of
journalism, hut it was worth it for In?
fold me much id' his ideas of the I
mountains versus the Hinge. At that
time I was firmly convinced that nhy
of his hotter known tales could be
successfully put on the stage. Fresh
from the theatrical world and close
association with many clever piny
Wrights, I believed that one fntnllar
with the mountain- ami the moun?
tain man could do the job. 1 told
him so. He snill. d ami merely aid,
"Wait and see!"
With the exception of the motion
picture ver iohfl of his Storio , ami
some of these have been sadly bun?
gled, his idea ha I st.1 the teat. Per?
haps the liest example oi' this fore:
sight and keen appreciation of the
subject is "The Little shepherd of
Kingdom Come," which was played
by a fairly good company at the
Amu 711 bet Friday night. Perhaps
if the Hlor) bad been made into a
play by a dramatis! like Willar.l
Mack, in a . lever play .bii lor like
Win.hel Smith, it Would have had .1
chance. Sydney Toler1 version of
the famous t.ny was crude, even
amateurish. After the final curtain
iine bad the impression that Toler
had said. "This i a great hook. The
name will till the Imme. Any sort
of story will du." Then be had
proceeded, hot with the story in
mind but with the b.>\ nllice and
what hia percentage would lie. Lit?
tle was recognizable but the name,
of the characters. The real whs To
ler, ti crude piece of pliyw riling in?
deed.
The cast was fairly good. John
Clayton as "Chad" and Juliet Cam?
eron as "Lissy" bad moments when
they were exceptionally good, ( lay
ton was inclined to oVeldii Iiis s. i nei
with Miss Cameron in the first net.
Lester Howard as "Tim Squire"
seemed to be bent 011 making people
laugh. He did it even though he lud
to resort to burlesquing the par".
The Mountaineers, Joel Turner,
Daws pillion and the rest bellowed
their lilies out of all sense of propor?
tion, if a mountaineer on High
Knob wanted to be heard in the Gap
he would hot find it necessary to lift
his voice milch higher thttn "Pappy''
Turner raised his.
Yet With all its Haws and poof
acting the folks enjoyed it. They
knew Ihe'story a. a master had writ?
ten it. It was John Fox, Jr., nl his
best. Knowing tbi-, they forgot, ami
went home telling the real story In
each other. (i. K. it.
WANTED.- Knitters and loopcra
for Morristown, Tenn., mill, flood
wages boanl reasonable - Tailbel
Seott-Kitzmillcr Company. ? adv.
30-11
TWO CONVICTS
TRY TO GET AWAY
Two negro convicts from the camp
near llluckwuod made a dash for lib?
erty yesterday afternoon while at
work on the county roads. One made
good his escape, hut the other was
shot three times in the arm with a
.33 special pistol by a guard, and was
compelled to abandon hi- attempted
night.
The men, evidently by pre-ar
rnhgment, timed their escape to the
minute, making their Suddn breaks
simultaneously, and going in oppo?
site directions. Guards opened fire
immediately, but only oho. of the
fleeing men wns struck by the bul?
lets.? Progress.
MOONSHINE SCARCE
THEY GO BACK
TO DENATURED
Friendly Peddlars Would
Swap Morses nut! Drink to
Fortune and Better Days
Maybe the drouth is the cause of
the present scarcity of moonshine.
[ U ith none of the stuff in sight two
? friendly peddlers from over in Ten
! no isee pausod in the Gap to swap
I horses, A quart of denatured alco
| hoi was purchased and the visitors
1 proe.led to tune up for a real oh!
(ime horse-swapping spree. They
f meant well and would probably have
; gone through with a deal, hut the
' denatured demon floored one of the
: hoys. It made hint deathly sick, if
' not gloriously drunk, und the assis
jtance of Chief Reicher and Mayor
llor.il. y were solicited, the mnyoi
ive the fellows a hunk in the town
jail ami tho rates were high. It coil
the horse-swappers thirty bucks for
boiircl and lodging.
WALLS OF NEW EAST
STONE III BUILDING
GOING UP RAPIDLY
After |Ohg delays made necessary
by inability to gel material the brick
walls of the new ?'.m,mm Rast Stone
i lap High School building are un?
derway. The brick masons started
on the wall- Thursday morning.
Three more were added this week.
The building which will he one of
the finest in the county is expected
to he completed in lime for the com
MAYOR HORSLEY
NAMES COMMITTEE
Mayor \V. J. Ilorslcy has named
a special committee to represent the
flap on "Forget Me Not Hay" here
November 4th, This day has been
net aside as a mark of respect for
disabled veterans of the World War.
The committee is composed of R. It.
Also vor, Chairman; It. T. Irvine,
oii. Mouser, John Coodloe, Rev.
fames M. Smith, .lohn W. Chalkley,
C. N. Knight, James K. Taylor, Mrs.
C, C. Coeiirnn, Mrs. Ralph Ttiggart
and Mrs. J. W. Kelly, J. II, Wampler,
treasurer.
Tin- plans of the committee will
he announced later.
Concealing your shortcomings
only serves to make them more spi?
cy when they ale found out.
LOCAL RESERVOIR HAS 40 MILLION
GALLONS OF WATER AT END OF DROUTH
Thirty Rainless Days In No Way Affects Big Stone's Water
Supply?Famine Hovered Over Balance of County
While Nerton, Cooburn und Wise
wore suriously concerned over their
diminishing water supply Kit; Stone
Gap housewives had all -the water
they needed. After ;!0 rainless
days the big reservoir at the foot of
High Knob Contained approximately
?10 million gallons. This supply
Would run the town HO days, lim?
ing the past month the local author?
ities never once requested the cit?
izens to be careful with the water.
All went on ar. before.
Experts say that the reservoir,
which is owned by and operated by
the town,- could supply the entire
county with water. The commercial
possibilities of the water supply can
not be estimated. While the walls
of the dam are only eleven feet high
?
the reservoir holds, when f?ll, about
70 million gallons. During the !I0
day drouth period the water fell :'.H
inches. The water is the finest in
the county. Filtering devices are
unnecessary.
At Norton is was necessary to
turn the Dorchester water into the
mains. At Wise the wells were al?
most dry. Coehurn, always trou?
bled by water supply, experienced
much trouble. liven the wells on
farina in Powell's Valley and in tile
district around Cracker's Neck went
dry. With the exception of Rift
Stone Gap the drouth caused much
concern throughout the county.
Some day some one will wake up
to the possibilities the Gap has to
offer industry and home seekers.
KIDS AND "BOSIONIAN |
ENGLISH" START ROW
Annie William nml Eunice Coun?
cil, Norton mothers, engaged in a
deadly word battle which lead on to
the generous use of bed slats, coca
cola bot this anil a march to the po?
lice court last Monday. The trouble
arose over the children of the two
women, ami the important question
of which used the "liest Bostonian
English." The women were sent
home ami told to mind their own
business.
GIANTS WORLD
CHAMPIONS AGAIN
Defeat New York Americans
Four Straight Games For
World Title
The New Yolk Giants, champions
of the National League, defeated the
Yunl.es of the American League for
the championship of the world in
four straight games tin- last of which
was played Sunday, the score being
? to It. This is the second time the
Giants have bested the Yankees in
I. e world series contest, the feat
having been duplicated only once be?
fore in history where a team won
two championship contests consecu?
tively.
As is generally the case, the dope
was upset as to the outcome of the
conflict. Leading sport writers over
the country freely predicted that the
Giants could not duplicate their tri?
umph ..I* last year as the Yankees'
pitching stall' was far superior to
anything that McGrnw possessed,
llow'cvei the Giants' pitchers came
through with honors galore. Nehf
the crafty HOUthpaW, won two game.-:,
while .tones, who was discarded
from the Cincinnati team as no good
ami branded as having ecu his best
days, held the slugging Yankees to a
scorclsa game.
Habe Until, the lit.in.- run king, of
the Yankees proved to be a great
disappointment cspctally to the
American League supporters as he
secured only two hits during the en?
tire series, a two bagger and a sin?
gle. His team male, Aaron Ward,
bad the distinction of hilling two
home runs while MeUSCl of the Gi?
ants got a four base hit.
The Yankee-, excelled in only one
department of the game, ami that
was fielding with a mark of .'.IP.*, to
.1172 for the Giants, but in pitching,
batting, base running ami general
ship, the latter a vital factor that is
not shown in figures the world's
champions had a clear cut advan?
tage, The Giants hit .309 as a team.
Collecting fifty bits ami scoring eigh?
teen ions, while the Yankees batted
only .203, making thirty-two hits
and eleven runs.
.Much interest in the series was
manifested locally and fans were
given the score by innings in every
game at the lobby of the Ainu/.o
Theatre by arrangement of Man
nger Taylor. Sunday's game was!
given out at the Western Union of?
fice where a large crowd collected.
BIG LEAGUE STUFF
IS TAME, SAYS DUCK
Locul Banker Sees the Giants
Make the Yanks Look
Foolish
.1. H. ("Duck") Wampler, presi?
dent of the First National Hank of
Big Stone (lap, went to New York
the other day l.i attend the American
Hankers Association. While there
he went to see the Giants make the
I Yanks look foolish. According to
Duck this big league stuff Is tame.
Right down here in the sticks the lo?
cal hoys call kick up as much interest
with the old pill. The ouly differ?
ence is the lot. The lest of the big
town struck the banker as being tin
cut's whiskers. He liked it, he said.
Anil he saw a lot of it considering
the short time he was there." He took
in much that interests the visitor.
Some day he says he's going back
and look the village over when time
is more plentiful. It. It. Alsover and
Dr. Ktoehr were with him.
SHOPLIFTER NABBED
AS SHE LEAVES
WITNESS STAND
Just as she completed her testi?
mony in a Norton police court ease,
Louise Johnson was arrested on a
charge of shoplifting in Appalnchia
Appalachia police went to Norton
for the woman. She confessed and
TAZEWELL VOTER
DECLARES "SLEMP
LIBELS GEO. PEERY"
j Resents Statement In Post
Interview Which Says
Peery's Record is a
"Blank"
BLAMES TAZEWELL
REPUBLICANS
Says Peery Is a Gcnerom
Supporter of All Worthy
Causes?Gave E. or H.
$2,000
The interview with Congress
man Slcntp in The Post hi Sep?
tember J7tli lias brought forth a
groat deal >>i comment tr<>m \.,i
ers all over the Ninth District.
The interview lias been wide!)
quoted and "clipped." Up Iii
lazewell Mr. I'eery's friends
have taken exception to some of
the statements made by Mi.
Slciiip. One of Mr. Peery's
friends declares it is "libel" and
proceeds tu tiefend the Demo
era tic standard bearer. I In rii
ply, published in the Clinch Val
ley News, is pflblished here it
Mr. Peejy'R ieqtie i.
"The llig Stone liai> Post of Sop
leinber 27th contains an "exclusive"
interview with Mr. Bascom S|emp
hy one George Roebuck, in which the
Congressman, if he la correctly quot?
ed, reiterates the falsehood injected
into the letter published in tin. Ron
noke Times following the Domoci i
ic convention at UrlstOl. "Mr. II i
sinner's life," auys Mr. Slenip, "I
full of service to the communities Iri
which he has lived. II- has helped
hospitals, colleges, etc., etc., while
the Driuocrlnu- candidate** rec?
ord on IhU it a blank." If Mi
Sleinp was correctly quoted und if Ii ?
is not ignorant of the wm,l "blank."
In- is guilty of an unqualified ami in?
excusable misrepresentation, pub?
lished in the leading newspaper of
Wise County, with the deliberate
purpose of injuring the Democratic
candidate. This may l?- leas muje
ty t<> the Republican god of hi dis?
trict, hut it is a faet which run 1?.
proved by George Peery a check book
and' by the testimony of hundreds
of witnesses who know hi-, record
in this county from his boyhood job
as clerk in T. E. George's otllco to,
this hour. After graduating from
Emory and Henry College, where he
holds a record as a student and re?
ligious lender unsurpassed in the his?
tory of that institution, he begun hit
career as a public school teacher and
Sunday school superintendent at
Tazewell, As a young man, he was
in straightened financial circuit! tan
ees, hut, as was characteristic of him
now, he gave his moral and physical
energy without stint in high service
of his community. Later he studied
law and became eminent in Iiis pru
fession. He would have made good
in any profession, lie is that kind,
lie has mad,- money, hut he is not
wealthy. Mr. Sleinp charges, ami
others aie helping to broadcast the
charge over the district, that ho
(Georg Peery) is a penurious ninn;
that he turns a deaf ear and closed
hand to every call for cash; that ho
is a dollar squeezer and a penny
hoarder who gloats over his gold like
a Shylock?stone deaf in all instan?
ces to the clarion appeals of charity,
file charge is utterly false and ma?
licious in its intent, and the time ha i
come for George I'eery's friends to
llillg it hack into the fates of his
detractors and, in the name of com?
mon decency nnd fair play, call for
a show down or shut up.
Peery 1? Crnrroui
''George 'Peery is a man of tin,
fibre and real modesty of nature ail I
he shrinks from the vulgarity of n
money-hags campaign such us the
Republican leader and speaker! have
forced on the people. Hi. fronds
have too much respect for his pride
and dignity of character to Inquire
into his private affairs or to exag?
gerate his generosity for political ad?
vantage. It is know positively, ami
it is mentioned without his knowl?
edge or sanction, that in the pa:.! lev
years he has subscribed thousands
of dollars to educational, reli ious,
Red Cross and other good cause f,
among his gifts being a subscription
of $2,000.00 to Emory and Henry
College. In the Centenary dri>e hir
check equaled that of any other eit
( Continued on page six )