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6 Pages ig Stone Ga faL. XXX p Post ? BIG STONE GAP, WISE COUNTY, VA., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11 i 922 6 Pages 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 )