The Post from Big Stone Gap, Virginia • Page 2

TUR HI? STONK GAP POST; WKDNKSDAY, 1011. ISvrry Wednesday by I hi) WISE PRINTING COMPANY, OILBEHT N. KNIGHT, Kdltor. One Yenr. Six Months.

Throo Months, fl-OO as Kntftrcd according to postal regnlatlon? tho nitil matter. S'JBSCRIflRRS arc onrnostly re? quested to observe tlio dnlo printed on their address slipH, which will keep them all times posted as to the date of the expiration of their sub? scription. Prompt and timely attention to this request will save all parties a great deal of annovanee. Von can write it I now. Make Mill the liest year of your life.

Start right. The home paper is the mirror in which those at a distance see ns. While few women can write for a magazine, all can write for a catalogue. Of ovary million people 800 are the oilier cannot Hue tlieir own faults. Many a man wears himself out trying to keep up with his good intent ions Dr.

Cook is not the only man who wauls to make money out of what be didn't do. It is an easy matter to size up a man if his dog crawls under the house when it sees him approaching. tin the ry lin-t of A new diary be began; Hut before the ilrnt of pel. 11 is well meant zeal began lo ebb If yon will carefully count your expenses you will seldom have occasion to ask the bank to discount your note. OllleUS you expect lo slick to them, don't make any New Year resolutions Broken resd bilious don't amount lo much A lie travels by aeroplane, while truth trudges along with lagging step, and yet it finally arrives.

y. good way is to elect men to OlliCO who have the coinage to he decent ami honest when nobody is looking Let's all work for the up building of Pig Stone (lap and Wise county during pill, Con ceiled efforts can accomplish much good. "Woman ruled man for cen? turies," says Prof. Clark. I ho University of Chicago.

Ami wants to rule him some more. A member of the Kansas Legislature wants to abolish the oflioo of assessor. Why not make ihe refoini thorough, mid abolish the collector, also? Nevada's population inrivas ed percent. The census must have been taken Juiy Ith, when Ueno was full of prize fighters and sports. Scientists have how decided that there are no canals on Mars.

In that case they have never had to bother about where the exposition should lie held, when one is finished. When a stranger drops into town jolly him. Toll him this is a great little so it is. Don't discourage him speaking ill of your neighbors. Load him to believe be has at last struck a place where good people live.

Of all tho monopolists tlieono wo most (lotest is lie who mon? opolizes conversation ami pre? vents v.R from getting in our word. Everyone is interested in an item of local news, If you know of any local happening that is not generally known, communicate the fact to this Olllce. "A Philadelphia judge has decided that a husband has no redress when his wife goes through his pockets and takes money from them." Some judges are awful long in wak? ing up. Perhaps when Dr. Cook ni e.Is a little more ready cash he will he able to remember lor some enterprising magazine that he really diil get to that Polo after all.

Since we come to think over it, that gift by Carnegie (o promote peace, might, after all, be used to promote peace by buying up the other fellow's gun and battle? ship. (iovcrnmout attorneys are now roasting the beef trust, cleaning out the balhtub trust, dissolving the sugar trust, pip? ing the oil trust; smoking nut the tobacco trust, and shocking the electric companies. Always something doing. Traveling men that come in our town remark that we have a vei pretty tow n. Yes.

we have a pretty town, and by the liUmbei of traveling men that come here regularly, we know thai we must have a business town W. II. Kails, for mail) years editor and publisher of the Wise News, has suspended publica? tion Of Iiis must excellent little! paper. We regret very much to lose Hill Kads from the journal istic lield of Southwest Vir? ginia. His b' did not suit everybody, but he bad a way of getting hold of ideas and ex- pressing himself, although pe culiar to himself.

I Iis pap 't? was largely read every week by a InrgO number readers. Mr. Kails has a big wann heart and Intakes friends wherever he 1 goes. We wish hint well. COURAGK FOR THE YEAR Have the Courage to start i Igbl and keep right.

Have the courage to turn front evil and cling to that which is good. Have the courage to prefer comfort and propriety to fash ion in nil things. Have the courage to Wi at your old clothes until you can pay for new ones. 1 lave the courage to discharge a debt while von have till! money in your pocket. Have the courage to obey your conscience at the risk of being ridiculed men.

Have the courage to own you tire poor, ami thus disarm pov ertj of its sharpest sting. Have the courage to wear thick hoots in winter, and insist upon your wife ami daughter doing the same. Have the courage to do with? out Cat which you do not need, however much your eyes nniy COVet it 1 lave the courage to speak lo a friend in a "seedy" coat, even though yt.u are in com pail) with a rich and richly attired. Have the courage to speak your mind, when it necessary you should do so, and to hold your tongue when it is prudent mi should do so. Have tin? courage to show your respect for honesty, in whatever guise it appears; and your contempt for dishonesty and dliplicit) by whomsoever exhibited.

Have the courage to "cut" the most agreeable acquain? tance you have, when you un? convinced that he lacks princi? ple. "A friend should bear with a friend's infirmities, but not with his vices." Have the courage to stand by your convictions, bo both courteous and (inn, making no compromise with evil, not turn? ing into by and forbidden paths; choose the right, reject the wrong; bo good and do good and then you will have a Happy New York. Tlio many friends of Miss Kilna Mann, who makes her homo with her brother at this place, ore in receipt of tho following: Mr. Alexander Kelly Mann tin- honor of you 1 iiroaencu Um marriage Iiis anter Edlia to Juaeph Mortimer llryant, in Tuesday evening Ute lentil of January, nineteen hundred eleven, at linlfafter six o'clock, 'Che ll.iptis! Church. Iliit stone (lap, Virginia.

At Home after Um flft'ccnlh of February, My Utah. Miss Mann is a very pretty girl and very popular with a large circle of friends. She has made Iht home with her broth? er at this place for a number of years. Mr, llryant is a Virginian by birth, a graduate of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute, and was formerly locating engineer with the Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Wail way Co. He is at present connected with the Indian I.ami Commission, of Utah, us Government Civil Kngineor.

Mr. and Mrs. llryant will make their home at Mvton, Utah; MONTE VISTA HOTEL January ist Mr. K. Parks, formerly 61 Piricville, ami one the best hotel nun in tin- country, charge of tin- Monte Vista as malinger.

This hotel is one cd tin- most popular and best equipped houses in the State, ami enjoys a good patronage. GOLDEN WEDDING On January 28, 1912, Mr. and Mrs. John Pox. will cele? brate (he llftiolh anniversary of heir marriage.

Should nothing interfere meanwhile, this will indeed be an occasion for a "gathering of the chins." This couple vas among the pioneer settlers in Pig Stone lap, The daring deeds of those days will go down in history, given tin ing fame the pen of John Fox, dr. Wo hope that Mr. and Mrs Pox will livi; to celebrate more anniversaries, for, after all. fifty years is not long only half a HOTEL A. ('.

Anderson has leased the Totlraine I Intel, at Ibis place, and took charge of the same on January 1st. Ibis bouse for some lime has I.h run in eon nection with the Monte Vista Hotel. 11 is well arranged, and is especially adapted for sum met- guests. CARD PARTY Miss Minnie Pox was the charming hostess al a delight? ful bridge whist party Wetlnes day evening before Christmas. Those play ing nt the six tables were Mr.

iuid Mrs Pnllitt. Mr. ami Irvine. Mr. ami Mrs.

Peek, Mr. and Mrs. J. Avers, and i s. Pettit, Mr.

and Mrs. Pox, Mr. and Mis II Pox, Mr. and Mrs. lt.

T. Pox, Mr. nml Mrs. J. K.

Toggiiri, Mrs. Spears Web sti r. Miss Minnie l-'ox, Messrs. Wombwell, 11 od go and Cocli ran. Kvoryone received pretty souvenirs.

Hefresblnetits of punch and salads, beaten bis? cuit, cheese, were served. We lake pleasure in announc? ing thai our readers can secure a valuable fill page diary for 1911 by sending four one-cent stamps lo P. Swift Company, Patent Lawyers, Washington, 1). This diary is worth 25 cents, and contains a memor? anda and date for each day in the ear; the census of 1900 and 1910 of the States; nearly 300 of ti.p 1.Mgest cities; synopsis of useful every day information; business laws, postage rates; and the amount of corn, wheat, oats, tobacco and cotton pro? duced in each State. HIS EIGHT? IETH BIRTHDAY Mr.

John Fox, celebrated tho POth anniversary of his birth on tho 9th of December. A nuinbor of Iiis old frionds called in tho evening and pre? sented him with handsome silver-headed cane in token of their ufTuction and esteem. The donors of the oano wore Qon. It. A.

Avers, Judge and Mrs. O. McDowell, Mr. and Mrs. J.

F. Hnllitt, Mr. and Mrs. K. T.

Irvine, Mr. and Mrs. L. Tettit, and Mr. J.

M. Hodge. Telephones and the South An unusually interesting de-j scriptum of the part the rural telephone has come to play in tho affairs of tho South is con? tained in a paper which Mr. M. S.

Allen, of Atlanta, read before the Twelfth Annual Convention of tho Southern Slates Association Commission ers of Agriculture and other agricultural workers in the Senate Chamber of the Georgia State Capitol, a short time ago. Among other things, Mr. Allen said: In no part of the world can tiner apples be raiseil than in the mountains of Southwest Virginia or North Georgia, but we had to go to Ctah and Oregon to loarn how. is generally conceded that Florida oranges and grape fruit equal or excel those from California, but we had to go out there to learn how to pack and market them. South Carolina can snap her lingers at the famous corn belt of the Middle West, and if there werv a championship bolt, would give any state a run for the money on the basis of the average ield per acre planted, hut it is within a few years that such corn crops have been raised here.

It is not alone in methods of growing and marketing crops that the Smith has had to learn from ether sections. There tiro other things which tend quite as much to improving condi? tions and making country life sufficiently at tractive for people to live there lor other purposes than securing a hare living. It isgenorally recognized that a nation's wealth comes from tin- productiveness of her Heids. Any movement that tends to increase their fertility, or to improve conditions in the open country BO as to turn the si ream of population away from instead of into (he cities ami congested manufacturing centers should receive const ant encourage? ment Two things which have done most 10 hamper the South have been lack of adequate! transpor? tation facilities and adequate means of quick communication. Thiee things which will most quickly overcome these bandi caps good roads, rural free delivery and universal tele phone service.

Of these three, the telephone by rights stands first. It. is the one most accessible in all sec? tions of the country, whether near a karge city or away off from the railroad, ten or twenty miles from the county scat where there is only a small settlement or group of farms. To receive the benefit of the good roads, you must hitch up a team; you must wait for the whistle of the H. F.

1). man to get your letters; but with a tel? ephone in the house, a turn of crank puts you in touch with, points near and far. If a telephone is necessary in a large city, where distances art; short and people accessible, bow much more necessary is it in the country, where farms are fur apart and the average roads poor in good weather and al? most impassable in bad weath? er? On January 1, 1906, there was a total of 102,066 telephone sta? tions in the six Southern Slates of Virginin, North Carolina, Georgia, Florida and Alabama. It is difficult to estimate how these stations were divided between exchange and rural subscribers, but it in probable that the total number, only about 60 per cent, or were located outside of exchanges. On January 1, ISMO, the grand total of telephone stulions in the same territory had increased to 283.2C9, of which approximately are rural stations.

This shows an increase in rural stations alone of 740 percent, in five years. The year 1010 is showing a greater proportionate growth than any previous period, the gain in farther line stations alone for the first ten months being approximately 116,000 stations and the total of lall stations on November 1, 1010, being 313,000. Probably the first and most direct appeal of the telephone in to the farmer's wife. She has less opportunity of getting away from home than other members of the family, she sees fewer new faces and receives fewer new ideas, so that anything which will serve to break the monotony of her life is welcom? ed as a Godsend. And the amount of visiting, which can be done over a long rural line is truly surprising.

All of the neighborhood news along the wire ven quicker than the "grape telegraph" could tell it. anil during bad weather or cold winter nights, the '-voice in the box" is a great comfort. Besides its social side, though, another and even greater appeal the telephone makes is as an aid in emergencies. It is a atch dog that never sleeps, but that is til way 8 ready to summon assistance in any crisis. Many cases where telephone has savsd life come my attention.

Hut it is in other and more practical ways that the real value of the telephone is shown. Yoil ha ve some col ton or ot her produce to sell. How many limes in the old days did you hold that cotton for what you considered a fair price? After days of waiting you learned! that your llgure had been reached. You loaded Up the cotton, and the next morning carried it to town, only to learn lipon arrival that the market bad gone oir twenty or thirty points in twenty four hours. You had to sacrifice the cotton, store it, or take it home again, perhaps to repeat the same operation the following week.

Wit!) "'e telephone yoil get the changes of the market, every time you care to call up, and are in just as close touch with it as though you yourself were on the Moor. I lr you lind you need some machine parts or something with which to repair a tool anil can ill spare a hand or a mule to send to town for it. What is easier than to call up your supplier and arrange to have it sent out by a neighbor? One such experience will save the annual expense of the instru? ment. DRUNKEN EXCITEMENT til Logan, W. is a thing of the past.

Everything in quiet now. Oil))' many cases of Liver, Kidney, Stomach trouble am! Rheumatism all over the coal fields are being cured daily by a new Reined) called Dean's Sure, Sale and Speed) Cure. It does tin work quick and at a small ex? pense, 25c and 76 per bottle. Recommended by Mr. Atkin-j son, Druggist; Mr.

Electrician; Mr. Bailey, Ktcire Buyer; Mr. Will-, Store flerkj Holden, W. Price Brothers Ooal Wanda, W. and many others whose names we have no space for.

Hut ask for a sample or regular size bottle, only 26c hile they last. This remedy is now on sale, rvhilo it last, at ENTERPRISE DRUG Co. Where is Your Friend? The South is the best country for him or anybody else. The railroads of the South are com? mencing a campaign to got Southerners to "come back home," and the Post is inter? ested, and wants you to help in this movement. Call at our office for blanks on which to give your friends' name and addresses.

It costs yon noth? ing, will result in good to your friend ami your country. Old Soldier Tortured. "For years I suflurcil unspeakable tor? ture from inrligostlou, constipation ami liver trouble." wrote Smith', a war veteran ut Krie, -but Dr. King's Now l.ifn Pitts Axed mc nil ri.nht, Tboy'ro simply great." Try them for any stom? ach, liver or kiiliiny trouble st Kelly Company. Old Dominion Stands Twentieth in the List of States.

Washington, 1) Dec. The census of the four states withheld having hcon announc? ed, the list is now complete of all the states and in their rank, according to population they are: New York Pennsylvania 4 Ohio assachusclts issouri icltigdn 10? Georgia 11? New Jersey 12? California 13? Wisconsin Carolina 17? Tennessee 18? Alabama 19? Minnesota 20? Virginia 21? ississippi 22 Kansas 20 South Carolina 27? Maryland 28? West Virginia 29? Nebraska 30? Washington Rico 32 Conn eel 33? Colorado 34? Florida 3ft-- Maine South I Inkot a -North Dakota 39? Rhode Island 40? New Hampshire 4 I Montana 43 Vernum! 44 District nf (lolumbin 4ft? New Mexico Hi 47 Arizona 48? Delaware 49? llfiwaii 51? Nevada 52? Alaska Corrected figures issued by the census ollicers this morning give the State of New York's population as an increase of 1,844,720, or 25.4 per cent: Florida, 752,015, increase 221,077, or 42.4 per cent, and Maryland, 1,295,340, increase 107.302, or per cent. Paid for Logs, Cants or Poplar Blocks 14 in. and up, 1 and 4 1-2 ft. long.

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