Bluefield evening leader. [volume], August 15, 1906, Image 6

About Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911

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The Leader.
ALL ABOUT BLUEFIELD
Mr \V. II. Shutl or Coopers. w.,s
In t he < ity \ esterday.
Mr (5 A Rhlrey left last night for
u tnisluesK trip to Roanoke.
Mi I’. I*. Flanagan, of Kcktnnn,
was here yesterday on busiie is.
Mr. \V. P Hansen has returned
•from a buslm-s. trip '•> Fhbago.
Miss I .el le Crawford left yesterday
for un extended vi It to .Notion
C F Riismi e||, of Mt Powell wa
n business visitor to Illucffcld yes
terday.
The leeetit wet weather has time
x'hat delayed the paving on lllnofleld
avenue
Hurst Ib-eher and Stirling Mann
returned yesterday from a trip to
Mountain Lake.
Mr and Mrs \V. ,\ Itodell return
.ed last night from a pleasant visit
to Atlantic City
Messrs. Harry Itowi-n. of Siininoni
and P. (J Coodwill, of Hoodwill. were
in the city yesterday.
f.O men's tin line) white and fancy
vests to close nt reduced prices They
fire all m-w pedlgo.
\ in overstoeked in ladles’, mi ms',
and children's white duck hat . Must
be closed out regardless of cost K
R. Pedigo.
Mr. R. C Morrison, of the Hint
field Hardware Comiutny, returnod
last night from a visit to his home mi
Eastern Virginia.
The Labor Pay Committee will
bold a meeting at Hunters Hall to
night at 8 o’clock, at which a full
attendance is desired
The Ladles Auxilary to the Order
of Railway Conductors held nn Ice
cream festival at the residence of
Mrs Pouthat last flight.
Mr F. C. Wright, traffic manage!
of Rogers, Brown & Co., who has
been here for several days <.n busi
ness has returned to Cincinnati.
Ladies', Misses and Children's
(-heap, medium and best white duck
hats at greatly induced prices bin
stock to select from at Pedigoe's
• We still have four or live French
pattern hats that were $13..r»n, $!»;.
and $ 1 s. Take your choice at $t.a(l,
but please be in a hurry. K. S. Pedigo.
l)o you mil on the Art-Stationery
More often on Princeton avenue. If
you do not you miss seeing lots of
attractions that would interest you
Cull and see.
Don't forget to remember that
Piinceton is going to have a great lot
sale soon. Better go over and buy
n corner lot and It will make you
rich some day,
Supt A C Needles of the Not folk
und Western passed through Blue
field last night on liis j,| i\ ite car, ac
companied by a party or friends, for
q western trip.
Miss Belle Weeks, one of the ef
ficient clerks in the Ferrell Mercan
tile Company's store, returned last
night after spending her vacation in
West minister, Md
H P. Barlow returned last night
after spending n pleasant visit at
his homo and has resumed hi dutlet
with tin* Minefield Produce and Com
mission Company.
Sublette and Barnes have the
freshest kinds of groceries alwnyu
on hand. They strive to pb-aso and
never fall to keep the best of every
thing You should call and fake a
look at the arrangement of their
store*.
Let all the good people of Mercer
countv who want a clean county gov
ernment attend tin- Democratic ((in
vention on next Saturday. Council
together and nominate your lies? < iti
zens and then nn to work and elect
t hem
A suspicion- looking character was
arrested yesterday after an unsuc
cessful attempt to pass a counter
feit dollar on • v-wa] busines men
of the city He was lodged In Jail
and will have an oppoCunity till
morning to explain how be <•;«!:.** into
|»Os-ses-ion of counterfeit money
The tailor made - i(t that We ar*
offering at about halt price are prro
* lentil V Hie moM|o a will la- worn
in the fall, Kton mats 'I he only rea
son that we re»lu< <• them so low is
to rbar up the odd- and ends Wlo
and economical shopper* will giv
nttontIon to inis ad. K -h Pedigo
Ward Halh y, of \dn ,< In to s< #,
the Trader on •> • .-• # d. It#, jn an
other that is « i llm. 1 in <*|f a
friend of tip Journal l.ct hem con
finite t#, ff.fu# We want evei man
In M< i< >• r county t## remernhc that
in#. I#eadef is f##r |t« home people
fit I t«t*'i the I of htlfnani’ aft# I .
wards.
The annoum- rio nt To
f<« salon of f.
this morning Prof t it j, r
principal, Is at ed < «to of i *•.
perlencc and a thorough genth
man in ©very -e of the word
Mating known him fot a long tim*
we do not think if out of plan# for
a cultivated instructor who tak>*
r | ‘ at pnd* n hi prof# . M I
s hard v ot t t, e<m .. ic-p r.ml i
n. mity.
SOUL AND BODY.
Tie- belief that the soul leaves the
body at the Instant of death Is very
• at isfy III.’ >o the most of us. If It
• mid la- locked tip In a Harvey Ized
rurlble- Met hlehem steel armor-plate
off.n worth $23,000, It Is doubtful If
•ven the toot-toot of the Angel (Ja
oirel's horn could open n crack big
• nogh for Its escape. Our multls nre
j pending vast sums on tombs these
'•lays. But there liusn't been a sensa
tional grave robbery since the A. T
; .'tewurt J«d» was so badly botched
j i'end multls are worth no more than
j i>aiipers just now. The market price
j is lower than May State (las, and
..rnvo robbers tire small potatoes,
unalb r even Ilian highwaymen. The
brigands bad i line chance at itm k
efeller recently, but were afruid
The Minefield (inn Club will have
it elaborate bant|iiet at Hie Hotel
Windsor tonight. The bill of fare
a sumptions and tempting display
«'f the best tilings to be had, and a
ood Him generally is anticipated
Tile Bonder will give a full report of
'lie entertainment There will bo a
oyai good time in store for all who
it t end.
The Swan Company house furnlsh
• s ind undertakers advertise in this
Issue of the Header. They arc loca
' <1 on Mluetlehl avenue and have
i ■ t opened up at No. H7;. They have
line selection of very pretty goods
uni it would be worth your while
to call and see the superiority of
heir off. ling- They nre only tnnk
i g ready to -Imw the public what
' toy propose to do in the furniture
mines- and they are making tin ex
aorilinaiy good start. You should
II at their place of business and see
for yourself.
ACHIEVEMENTS
01 OLD AGE.
It is loo lair' Alt' nothing is too late
I ill tin* tired heart shall cense to pal
pitate.
'.ito learned Greek at eighty; Soph
ocles
Wrote his grand Oedipus, and Simon
ides
Gore off the prize of verse from his
compeers,
When each had nutnhered more than
four score years;
' ml Theophrastus at four score and
1 on
Gad but begun his ‘‘Characters of
Men.”
Chaucer, at Woodstock with the
nightingales,
t sixty wrote the ‘‘Canterbury
Tales.”
Goethe, at Weimer, toiling to the last,
unjdeted "Faust” when eighty
years were past.
Wlint then’ Shall wo sit idly down
and say
I he nigl.it hath come; it is no longer
day ?
I lie night hath not yet come; we are
not quite
Gut off from labor by the failing
light;
Something remains for us to do or
dare
I’ven tiie oldest trees somu fruit may
boa r.
1 or ago is opportunity no less
l mn youth itself, though in another
d ress;
\nd iis tie* evening twilight fades
away
I ie s|<v is tilled with stars, .nvisihle
by «iay. - Henry \V. Longfellow.
MISSING MAN
COMES HOME.
(Mileage \ug. it After an un
1 <p**ctod absence of thirty-one years
I rofessor Charles H. Frye, former
p' i intend' nt of the Chicngi normal
bool, returned to Chicago Sunday.
Gne of his first aits after his arri
• I at hit home, was to hand fifty
* 1 00 hills to his wife with ttie remark
Wk me no questions.”
Fry was i years old when he dls
■ pea red. Since Hint day no word had
• i, received from him by his wife
I ie was recognized immediately in
■He of Ids added years and altered
a ppea ranee.
Hei mid tii have made money in
II * I'hllippiiie islands, where he re
<d»*d for several years.
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Home Product When \
It is The liest ?
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GRAHAM COLLEGE
Will Open Tuesday, September t,
i«oe.
vot it iMTitov.\tii<: soi,i(Tri:i>.
We do honest work and shall strive
to be worthy of your support.
Wo have the followi!ik courses;
LITKItAltY, i:i,«M t '| |0\. Alt sir.
AltT.
Hales of Tuition
Primary Depart meat p«*i month $;*.Jio
Literary Department, all above
Primary, per month,.$1 on
I'loentIon, per moneh, . $4.no
Music, per month.$4 00
Art per month, . $4.00
Hoard in the dormitory and Tuition
in the Literary Department, $n;.00
per month.
Hoard and tuition payable monthly
In advance.
I’or further inform: lion rail on.
or address,
•I. It. Mi-rid I’M. Principal
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Want Column.
WANTED:—Two wliitr men
in (list rilmte samples of
t (dluloid st a fell. Applv at
niirc to M i*. Adams at
I In IT, A ndrcws & Th omas.
FOR RENT.-—Four room
Hat in Paris Pudding. Ap
ply to F. II. Easley, DU)
I ‘riiiceion avenue.
8-iotr.
WANTED: - Nil experienced
dry goods and notions salesman,
to travel southern West Virginia
and eastern Kentucky. Applica
tion should l»e nccompained by
statement of annual sales for the
past years, and reference to former
(Mil ploy men t. Add ress,
F. 0. THOMAS K- CO.,
x-ll-4t. Roanoke, Vu
I OR SALE: Six room h msc
<m IHueficld avcinic. $1000
<*asli, balance $‘jr> per
month. Applv to
•F. A. DON A If 1T E.
TOR RENT:- A six room
residence on Allen st reel.
Apply to (I. E. Edwards,
-M>. AI len si rco f\»r Pari ie
i liars.
W .ANTKI):—Several roomers and
boarders. Hood accomodations.
Apply to Miss Kate 1'erklns, South
ern House, Mercer street.
WORKINGMEN
ATTENTION.
Good positions are wait
ing for you! Call on Amer
ican Employment Bureau,
2!>, Bluclicld Ave., Bluelield,
West Virginia.
THE BEST
FRESH MEAT
at mi;
ENTERPRISE -
MEAT MARKET,
W. J. FORD & CO., Props.
No. 5 Princeton Avenue,
BLUE FIELD, W. VA.
At our place you can get
the best meat selected from
the best cattle in Tazewell
county by an experienced
meat man.
Come and see us, we will
treat you right.
i
BARGAIN 3ALE.
For the next few days we
will offer any Ladles Purse
or Handbag in our stock at
exactly
HALF PRICE.
“ We do do what we say
we do do,”—so if you want
a real
do,”—so if you .want a real
BARGAIN
In Purses or Handbags,
call around to see us.
THE ART STATIONERY
Company,
125 Princeton Avenue.
KELLY & MOYERS.
- wDEALERS IN
WHISKIES, WINES, BRANDIES, ALES. BEERS
Porters and All Kinds of Liquors.
FIRST-CLASS
BILLIARD & POOL-ROOM CONNECTED
OUT-OF-TOWN ORDERS SHIPPED PROMPTLY
TIS VERY TElVIPTINfi1
HAVE YOU TRIED OUR
l : =
Boiled Ham,
v Breakfast Bacon,
• And Dried Beef
Ctr Sliced on our new machine*
any thickness?
Call and sec it manipulated
^ °r Phone Us Your Order.
We keep all the delicacies and
• staples in .. .
? Groceries.
1
Large and new quarters, with a great
f, variety of goods. Prices will
Please and quality of
;1 goods the best
to be had
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"‘CALL OR PHONE ■
SUBLETTE & BARNES,
THE GROCERS --
Bluefield Avenue, Bluefield W Va
....... ' -
Mid Summer-Bargains!
In keeping with my regular custom I am closing out
cost and carriage the remainder of my stock of Seasv,jp
Goods, which is composed of the following*
REFRIGERATORS, ICE CREAM FREEZERS, WA
TER COOLERS, OIL AND GASOLENE COOK
STOVES, HAMMOCKS, COMBINATION FILTERS
AND COOLER, LAWN MOWERS AND WINDOW
SCREENS.
I make this offer in order to move this stock out of the
way preparatory to making room for my large St
FALL GOODS.
ALL goods offered the first class and will be used for
the next two or three months to come.
To any one who may be in need of the above goods,
This SPECIAL SALE offers a rare opportunity to
purchase at Bargain Prices.
Bear in mind that stock in the above mentioned lines
is already running low; hence it will be wise to make pur
chases while stock lasts as we v/ill not receive any more
>of this class of goods during this season
Do not forget that I carry a large^and well assorted
line of Cast and Steel Ranges and Cook Stoves. If you
are in the market or a Steel Range or Cook Stove, do
not fail to examin > my line before making your pur
chase as I am confident that I can please you in quality
and price.. , .
The Shelby Delivers the Light
Where You W'ant It.
I carry a large and well assorted stock on hand all the
time and solicit your orders, which will be filled prompt
iy
M. C. WHITLOW,
Phone No. 12. 323, Princeton Ave., Opp. Freight Depot.
FURNITURE!
!___
^7 tl V' Pf?/CP ^ c make it interesting to shrewd buyers. We me of
______ • feriag some great values for little money. Having
~ ————bought out the (iem Furniture Company, it puts us
in shape to give you great bargains. These low prices will only hold good for a lim
*m" b> loom ti up our crowded floor space. 1 he stock embraces some unique,
nice and line pieces of Furniture.
ELABORATE—
HALL TREES.
CHIFFONIERS,
FOLDING BEDS
COUCHES.
LOUNGES,
ROCKERS
BEDSTEADS.
SUITS,
‘Don’t fail to
Call Before you Purchase.
As we are in shape to
Save you money.
ANP IN FACT, everything in the house furnishing line
BLUEFIELD MERCHANDISE EXCHANGE
- , -—■= RALEIGH STREET. - ■ - -
YOUR CREDIT IS GOOD WITH US.
We are receiving
Stein-Bloch Fall Clothing
Daily.
Are looking for
REGAL SHOES
September 1st.
Thornton Clothing Co.