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DAILY
LiLADER.
Ontewny to Pocahontm Coal rield*.
VOL. 1. NO. ieo.
BLPEPIELD, WEST VIRGINIA, SATURDAY MOR NINO, OCT.13. 1906:
YT
IN,
PRICE TWO CENTS.
On The Watch For
Negro Murderer.
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EVERYBODY IB WATCHING FOR
THE ROANOKE MVRDKRKK
AND THEY WILL CATCH
HIM IF HE DON’T
WATCH OCT.
The Norfolk and Western railroad
from one end to the other Is being
closely watched by special agents
for the negro who murdered Officer
R- M. Beard, one of the oldest and
most highly thought of member of
the Roanoke police force. In a negro
dive in the Magic City at 2 o’clock
yesterday morning.
Early In the day yesterday news of
the murder reached this city and
Immediately the entire police force
and all of the railroad detectives In
the city were given a full description
of the murderer and several men
were sent East to watch Incoming
trains. Among them were Officers
Francisco and Calloway of the local
police force. They went as far as
Lurich and were relieved at night
by detectives who scrutinised every
incoming train. At 2 o'clock this
morning no suspects had been arr
rested.
Tho description of the negro fol
lows:
Twenty-live or thirty years old.
black or v«ry dark singer-cake color,
six feet tall, smooth face, of me
dium build, usually wears light cordu
rory pants and tan shoes, carries
head and shoulders slightly forward,
high cheek bones, sharp chin, has a
gun shot wound on person; one leg
has been Injured, making him knock
kneed; wears shoe heel off on inside.
CANTON GETS
N EXTVMEETING.
SUPREME COUNCIL OP CATHOLIC
NOCIRTY CONCLUDES ITS
SESSION.
Detroit, Oct. 12.—The supreme
council of the Catholic Mutual Bene
fit association, which has been in
seaRion here since Tuesday, closed Its
triennial convention today. The coun
cil will meet in October, 1909, in
Canton, O. The election of officers
today resulted in the re-election of
all the old officers with one excep
tion. Warren A. Carter of Ludlng
ton, Mich., was defeated by L. H.
Hannan of Burlington, Kb., In a
close contest for third place on the
law committee.
An effort to Increase the per capita
tax to $1 failed and it was left at
76 cents.
SAME OLD SPELL;
SAME TWO RACES.
Washington, Oct. 12.—With the
point Installation of the national of
ficers of the United Spanish war vet
erans and the Ladles’ Auxiliary, the
third annual encampment of the
two bodies yesterday came to an end.
The negro question which cropped
out In the business session of th
veterans came to the front yesterday,
when the encampment voted to of
ficially designate camps of negroes
as "negro camps," Instead of "col
ored.** It was also decided to dis
associate the negro from the white
camps In the several States, allowing
each to have Individual State organ
isations.
"Comrade" Roosevelt’s simplified
spelling reform was suggested to the
encampment of a "good thing,” but
with a hearty chorus In the negative
It was decided to Ignor the reformed
spelling, owing to the delegates
"lark of familiarity" with It.
THEY POUND THE GOLD
Colorado surgeons cut a man open
and found a gold nugget In his ap
pendix. These searchers will go any
where In the mad race for gold.—
Baltimore Suo
THE JUDICIAL
POT STILL BOILING
HOW HOMK OF THK NKWNPAPKK
GENTLEMEN ARK DINCUH
Ml NO THK JMKKITO OF
OTHR GENTLEMEN
“An Incident which excited con
siderable talk waa the recalcitrancy
of J. E. Brown a member or the Judi
cial Committee, who had been sup
porting Rita and had signed the Ju
dicial Committee’s call. For reasons
best gnown to himself but about
which there Is a great deal of gossip.
Brown at the last moment recant
ed, went over to Herndon and re
fused to recognise the delegations
chosen under the very call he him
self had signed. The Rita men paid
no attention to him, however, hold
ing that the Convention was the sole
judge of Its own members ”
The above dirty little fling, of
course. Is from the Watchman. No
other paper, not even the Bluefleld
Telegraph, has been contemptible
enough to make such Insinuations
about the gentleman In question.
Messrs. Brown aud Shott both attend
ed the meeting of the State Central
Committee at Hnntington when It
took up the questions submitted to
it by the county committees of Mc
Dowell and Monroe counties In re
gard to their right to call and con
duct their conventions. Before the
meeting of that committee and dur
ing Its meeting both Mr. Brown and
Mr. Shott made the statement that
they intended to abide by the de
cision of the committee. Mr. Brown
proved to be a gentleman of his word
and did abide by that decision. Now
the Ritz organ comes out and
attempts to Injure him because he
waa man enough to do what was
honorable In the matter.—Alderson
Advertiser.
Softly, dearly beloved •‘Dirty" Is
not a pleasant word to apply to a
neighbor. "Unkind" or "undeserv
ed’’ would be more In keeping with
"parliamentary" usage.
We beg to inquire of the astute
Advertiser whether our reference to
Mr. Brown and his sudden change of
position was harsher than the epi
thets of "unprincipled, unscrupulous
thief," capable of any "kind of vil
llany, snake" and the like, which the
Advertiser applied to him a few
short weeks ago. t It was in these
terms that the County Chairman
spoke in his paper of Mr. Brown and
hla colleagues In the latter part of
August and parly in September. If
Mr. Brown waa then a “thief” and
an “unprincipled" "villlan,” as the
Advertiser said, when did his charac
ter change to that of a0 “honorable”
a “gentleman” that the printing of
an unvarnished Item of news be
comes a “dirty” "attempt to Injure
him”? Will the Advertiser please ex
plain this?
That Mr. Brown's reasons for his
sudden change of front and attempt
ed repudiation of the delegates chos
en under his own call are best known
to himself we think must be true.
That his singular behavior has ex
cited a great deal gf gossip we know
to he true, nor has It been allayed by
the Advertiser's labored explana
tion. But why Is It so much more
injurious and “contemptible” to make
this simple statement of fact than to
describe him as a yvilllan,” a “snake”
and a “thief"?
Has Rlemp’s congressional career
| been In the Interest of the republican
party of this district? Mo. It has only
been the means of building up his
own oligarchy of pie consumers and
office monopolizers, who seek now
by deception to cause honest repub
licans to vote for Rlemplsm, the In
dividual tea party of misrepresenta
tion. under the delusion that they
are voting for the party.—Clinch
Valley News,
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ANOTHER VRGUNIA
CAVE FOUND.
ANDY J. WRIGHT DIHCOYKHKD
IMMKNHK CAYKRN IN CVM
HKRUAND MOUNTAINS
WHIMS HUNTING.
May Klug. Ky.. Oct. IS.—What
promises to be a groat natural won
dor has been discovered and explor
ed In Cumberland mountains, near
Pound Gap. on the Kontucky-VIrgln
la border, by Andy J. Wright, a far
mer, who was hunting In that region
a few days ago.
It Is a cave having one Itnenso
pasageway and dosens of shortllne
passages extending In all directions.
Wright accidentally, perhaps, dis
covered It a few days ago. With his
dog and gun ho concluded to tour Its
many hidden and unknown cham
bers. He took the main aud leading
passageway. Far back In the un
derground wonder Wright discovered
almost the complete paraphernalia
of a counterfeiters outfit, showing
that the cave was once a rendezvous
for counterfeiters.
Still finding no end to the cave,
Wright retraced his steps. He la
now organizing a company of sight*
Beers to go through the cave and ex
plore the great wonder in its
entirety. He believes It extends for
many miles back Into the heart of
Cumberland mountain.
Three immense caves were recent
ly discovered and explored on Lino
Fork creek, near here, a few miles
from the Virginia border. One of
these caves explored is seven miles
in length with a stream of water
as large as Main Line Fork. This
rave is believed to rival the groat
Mammoth cave in Edmondson coun
ty. Ky.
Bob Bruce made a fine Impression
In Russo!]. His speech at the court
house was the fairest and clearest
we ever heard. He spoke kindly of
his opponent and not a word fell
from his lips that would insult any
Republican.—Lebanon News.
There is no question about Bob
Bruce being a good mixer, and his
mixing qualities are winning him
votes all over the district.—Big Stone
Oap Post.
MRS DAVIS IS
CRITICALLY ILL
New York, Oct. 12. —The condi
tion of Mrs. Jefferson Davis, widow
of the president of the Confederacy,
who has been ill at the Hotel Mn
Jestlc for several days, Is now re
garded ns serious. Mrs. Davis was
strlken several days ago with a se
vere cold. There was no fear for
the outcome at first, but the Illness
j did not yield to treatment. Mrs.
Davis’s daughter Is now on her way
and Is expected to arrive to-day.
“Lives of poor men oft remind us
Honest toll stands little chance;
l The more we work we have behind 11s
Digger patches on our pants;
On our pants, once new and glossy,
Now are stripes of different hue,
All because our patrons linger
And don’t pay what is due.
Then let us all be up and doing;
Send In your mite, however small
Or, when winds of winter strike us
We shall have no pants at all.”-Kx.
The antiquated and hide-bound
stamp-Hcker, of the Tazewell Repub
lican. still Insists that R, p. Bruce,
when a member of the Virginia State
j senate, voted against submitting the
■ new constitution to a vote of the
people for ratification or rejection
Such a public exhibition of down,
right rot and unsophistcated Ignor
ance and misstatement of facts has
not been heard of or read of since
i the marriage of the Rabboon to the
Raccv^s Bister.—Wise News.
to New York from Colorado Springs.
DKNER8 GRAFT IN
TAMMANY HALL.
CROKKR INRItTC HE GOT NOTH.
INO BIT BAURIKN FROM
ORGANISATION.
Dublin. Oct. It.—In tin* Four
court* here this afternoon J. H.
Campbell. Rlchand Croker's attorney
In hi* libel action against the Lon
don Magaxlne. applied for permission
to serve a writ on the Amalgamated
Press, publishers of the magazine.
The Amalgamated Press is one of
the Harnsworth companies, with
headquarters In !<ondon, so it was
necessary to obtain the sanction of
the court to serve the writ outside
the court’s Jurisdiction. Mr. Camp
bell pointed ont that |he Dublin
agents of the defendant had already
been served with a writ in behalf of
the plaintiff. Mr. Croker he Hatd,
ought. In addition to recovering dam.
ages, to restrain the defendants from
publishing certain ”gro*H nnd defam
atory statements concerning him.”
under the hoadlng of “Tammany In
England.”
“Statements,” counsel continued,
‘had been made therein which were
entirely false and unfounded. The
plaintiff had never, ns alleged, de
rived any money or money’s worth
from his connection with any Demo
cratic. organisation In New York. In
eluding Tammany Hall, aave uud ex
cept the salaries he received for the
different ofllceB he held In the civic
administration of New York. So far
from having at any time uaed his po
aition for the purpose stated In the
article, namely, blackmailing, brib
ing. corrupting and Huborning. he
had never aa a matter of fact bene
■Red directly or Indirectly, an alleged,
and ho did not then or at any time
blackmail, bribe, corrupt or Hiiborn
any person or persons. He solemnly
swore he had never knowingly done
or suffered to be done any corrupt
or Improper act for his personal bane,
fit.”
Mr. Campbell pointed out that Mr.
Croker lived near Dublin, so It was
more expeditious to hnve the action
tried in Dublin. It was of the utmost
importance to him that he should
hnve an early opportunity of vindi
cating his character.
.fustico Gibbon gave counsel per
mission to serve tlie writ on the sec
retary of the Amalgamated Press.
NEGRO VOTERS
FIGHT SLEMP.
HANSON, FNDOItMKI) IIY ItFPI'lt
MCANH, TO t'AI'HK OPPOHI
TION IN FIFTH AND
NINTH DISTRICTS.
Richmond. Oct. 12.—The Central
Republican League will hold a mass
meetlug at Central League hall.
412-414 North Third street, to-night.
The committee on plan of organiza
tion will report and the organiza
tion will elect officers. The avowed
purpose of the league in to Influence
the colored voters of the district to
refrain from voting for Hanson for
congress at the coming election, be
cause of his utterances in reference
to the negro vote In his Manchester
speech.
The negroes have under serious
consideration taking the fight Into
the Fifth and Ninth districts, where
the Republicans are making a real
fight. If this Is done, It will be be
cause they are of the opinion that
the fllemps endorse Hanson's candi
dacy.
The True Reformer, the recogniz
ed paper of the party here, has come
out against Hanson and the Plannet
says It Is preferable that the negroes
vote for men like Senior John W.
Daniel, Congressman Lamb and May
or McCarthy rather than men who
style themselves Republicans and
give voice to such utterances as,
characterized Candidate Hanson's
Manchester speech.
"The Rochester Democrat ventures
that electricity Is in a fair way to
maintain Its supremacy as a shed
der of light until some genius devls
es a method of bottling sunshine and
selling It to consumers.”
Secrets, Long
_Hid, Come Out
SAVINGS
Not every one can be rich. «r want*
to be. But every one can ,!f he will,
be thririy.which Is better. The tlrat
lesson one l». givou to learn when he
enrolls In the school that quallflea
for success Is to put by a part of hi*
earnings each week.
The truest friend In time of ad
versity or In moments of opportuni
ty, and the surest foundation upon
which to build a fortune, Is the ac
cumulated savings of months and
years.
The habit of putting money away
Is reflex In Its action. The money
Itself Is n valuable accessory, and
the quality of mind and character
developed through this linhit makes
for ultlmato success.
A skillful and high-salaried ma
chinist who nt fifty has been forced
to sell a valuable Invention for n
small amount, because he has had no
capltul or his own to float it. re
marked: "If I had only had a little
money I could have made a fortune
out of thnt device."
Ho In badly mistaken. The fact
that ho bun reached the ago of fifty
In a high-paid position without hav
ing aavod any money, In proof posi
tive that ho haH not the toinpernnioiit
and hahita that liiHiiro success In bus
Iiiohn onterprlaoH.
However much money he might
make, aharper und shrewder people
would get It away from him. JiiHt as
they have been getting It away front
him for thirty yearn.
A man who cannot witliHtand triv
ial tcmptatlotiH to Hpond money has
not In him u stiff enough financial
hark hone to mnke a success of any
hlg ImihIiiokh venture.
The stores, the rtreets, the placet*
of nmuscmont, all furnish temptation
to a young man to part with his
money. If his ideal, the* purpose
within him, Is not stronger than these
outside Inducements, his salary, be
It large or small, will he frittered
away on unnecessary expenditures,
and opportunity will always find him
empty handed.
It Is the order of mind such a
course indicates which spells failure,
not the mere frnt of being without
ready money, through the possession
of small savings has often boon the
stepping stone to great success.
Heady cash Is the greatest moving
force In the business world. It speaks
with the loudest voice. It clutches
things with tho firmest grip. It com
mauds lh#» surest confidence.
Ft Ih to th«» hank which has the
largest capital that wo like to entrust
our savings, and It Ih the* man who
haa made the wisest use of his own
money that we credit with btjalnoaa
acumen.
Cornellua Vanderbilt worked day
and night, saving every penny, until
he had $3,000, the neat egg about
which he gathered one of the largest
fortunea ever amnaaed.
John Wanamnker’a first pay wna
only $1.20 a week, and walked four
miles to and from work each day to
aavo a part of It. aa a corner stone
for the gigantic fortune he haa built.
John I) Rockefeller atlll haa the
little hook In which he kept ac
count of every penny a* a time when
hla salary was smaller than la that
of any of the 2H.00O men who work
for him today.
Not all of ua can is* Vanderbilts
or Wanamakers or Rockefellers, or
want to he; but their experiences
point out the way to money-making
and money-keeping, and most of ua
can. If we will, go a reasonable length
In that direction. *
And there are other uses for sav
ings than getting rich.
James a. Garfield teaching school
at $12 a month, saved money to car
ry him through college. Moat of the
, really great men of the past and of
; the present In all lines of endeavor
are self-made—made through their
own self denial and fixed purpose.
H l* not no much the money wived
a» tlu» character that Ih Inilldcd.
Stinginess ami greed are to he ab
horred. They are at the one ox
troute, while profligacy and careless,
ness are at the other. The golden
mean of thrift lies hair way be
tween.
Prudence In expenditure Is ovl
dence of sanity, of right living and
right thinking.
What you possess today Is evi
dence or what needless things you did
without yesterday.
There are philosophers who con
tend that the greatest cause In the
world today Is debt, and this curse
Is fed and nourished by the great
army of spenders who lay not up for
the future, who accumulate no capi
tal. who are prey to every human
parasite and slaves to their own dis
ordered desires.
PLAN TO SOLVE THE
POSTAL PROBLEM.
thk pcmnmrAL pihlisiiliph
AHMOCIATION WILL Nt'CCKMT
a pickmanunt pomtal
TIllllL’NAL.
'•’here will wioti ho presented In
tin* Postal Commission, which hy dl
rocilon of Congress Ih Inquiring Into
Mm» working of second class mull
regulations ti> learn wMother Kh clas
b1 Mention "should not |>o grounded
upon practical rather than Ideal din
Unction," a plan for the settlement of
the diHputoH over classification Iona
troubling the Post Office Department.
This plan, It In exported, will IhIu
the place of the proposal of the Do
part nienl. every where warmly do
nounccd. to combine the second and
third clo hob of mail at a mil form
rate ol fom* cents a pound.
The suggestion comes from the
Periodical Publisher's Association
tho organization of magazlno and
Weekly newspaper publishers repro.
Homing a|| the prominent periodical*
In the country.
M Is In effort that the Commission
recommend to Congress the creation
of a permanent postal tribunal on
the lines or the fnler-Htnto Commerce
Commission, to deal with problems
In postal classification, ns the other
Coinlsslon deals with railroad rales.
Such a commission, It Ih contended.
Would spedlly settle disputes which
now cause so much friction between
• he Department and the publishers,
and at the same time would rid the
second class mall 0f the many sheets
masquerading as periodicals, while
really nothing more than gratuitous
ly circulated advertising mediums.
The effect of such a clearance would
Kreatjy reduce the from sec
ond class m;ill handling and would
render abortive further agitation for
an Increase In tin wrond class rate.
The Publisher*’ Association win
migaest that such a commission be
composed of throe members, one of
whom should be familiar with the
publishing business. It should have
jurisdiction over all matters of pos
tal classification with an nppenl only
to the I'nlfed States Circuit Court.
It should have the right to deny the
•me of tho rnnlln f0 violator* and to
pn*n on all applications for ndmltodon
to second class privilege*
With Bitch a ronmilBHlon weeding
out offenders against the postal reg
j illations, the Asocfatlon believes that
• he present rate for second clans mall
ahould stand, except possibly In re
gard to free sample copies of perlod
1 Icals. The plan ha« been stib mlt
ted already to the Post Office author
ities and Is likely to have their en
dorsement. If the Commission ac
cepts |t. It w||| probably he enacted
Into law at the next session of Con
gress and permanently end the trou
bles of the Post Office Department
over second class mall rates
HTATK S4 0KKS ON STANDARD OIL
IN' THK mu UKAKINfl AT
FIN l»LA V.
1 Findlay. O.. Oct. U.-Nvldonce
wftH broiiaht out by the mate today
In tlio trial of tho Standard Oil Co.
of Ohio for conspiracy aRalnat trade,
showing the owuomhlp of the Mag
hatan Oil Co. of Ohio to bo lu the
Oeueral Induatrlal Development Co.,
limited, or London. Knglnnd. Also
that tlu* Manhattan which buys and
plpoa crude oil, does not compete
with tho Standard, but dooa compete
with Independent companies.
BANKS SPRINGING UP
LIKE MUSHROOMS.
1 WuHhlngton. I). C., Oct. 12.—Tho
Controllor’H monthly report hIiowh
• hat In September thirty-one National
ImnkH. with capital of $1,500,000,
were chartered, of which eighteen,
with a capital Of $450,000, were
with tho minimum amount of capi
tal. and thirteen, with cnpltnl ’of
$1,050,000, with Individual capital
i of $ ft0.000 or over.
I Rlnco March 14. 1900, 3,110 hhko
rlntioiiH with authorized capital of
'>178,758,300. have been charteroil.
At the close of business on Hoptom
ber 29 there were In oxlBtanco 0,1 K9
associations with authorized capital
inf 9M441.H64.775; circulation out
HtandliiK secured by bonds, $6*27.
768,9*24; circulation secured by do
poHlt or lawful money, $40.13-1,18 1,
milking the lotnl circulation out
i standlttK 1573.903.108.
COTTON IS KINO;
WEALTH GROWING
SOUTH IS SMILING
IMI’ltlCHHIVK Kltu IlKS /UIK «IV
10N IN IUOPOKT.
Col. Robert J. Lowry, President of
the Lowry National IlnnUKrf Atlanta.
In a recent address said:
"I Klve you a few statistics about
ilie southern portion of thin great
bind or ours, because I believe that
whatever helps one section or the
country belps all other sections.
Down in Rftuthcrland we were always
an agricultural section until about
twenty-five years ago, since which
Mine wo have gone Into manufnetur
Ing and have progressed by leaps and
bounds, until today there Is hardly a
staton along our railroads where you
won't find a factory of one kind or
another. The whole country seems
alive to the new order of things.
The capital Invested In cotton mills
Ill I MHO wan $2 1,000,000; lu 1890,
$60,000,000,000, And In I 'tor* l» wa«
$225,000,000. Colton bale* lined In
IMKO. 225.000; In 1890, 040,000; In
1905, 2,183,000. Value* of cotton
crop In 1880, $313,606,00; Ini 890.
$390,000,000; In 1905, 680,000,000.
I’*K Iron mado In 1880. 397.000 tons;
In 1890, 2/00,000 Iona; In 1906,
3,300,000 ton*. Coal mined In 1880,
6.000. 000 Ions; In 1890, 21,200,000
lorin; in 1906, 70.000.000 tone. I,um
ber pmductn In 1880. $39,000,000;
In 1890, $90,700,000; In 1906,
•» 2 .>0,000,000. Capital Invented In
mnnufactni-nK In 1880, $267,000,000
In 1890, $669,000,000; In 1905, $ | ,
500.000. 000 Value of manufactur
ed product* In 1880, $467,000,000;
In 1890, $9197,589,000;; In 1905,
$1,750,000,000. Value of export* In
1880. $201,000,000; In 1890, >306,
000,000; In 1905, $666,480,000. The
railroad* mileage In 1880, 20.600;
In 1890, 42.900; In 1905, 00,000.
I'nrm product*, value |n 1880, S000,
000.000; In 1890, $773,000,000; In
I90.», $1,750,000,000 Aanennfvl val
ue of property |n 1880, $3,051,175 -
«00; fn 1890, $4,610,926,000; In
1905. $0,500,000,000.
Muhncrlh* to the Dally leader.