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Gateway to Pocahonim Cool Fields.
BLUEFIKLD, WEST VIRGINIA, SUNDAY MORKINOTOCT
PRTOK TWO OBNTO.
Close |on the Trail
of Fugitive Negro.
—
JOHN HARDY WAN 8RRN RARJ.Y
THIS MORNING
Roanoke. Va., Oct. IS.—The phllce
and detectives are close on the trail
of the negro John Hardy, and It Is
very probable that he will be captur
ed either dead or alive by night, or
at least some time during the night.
An old negro man came to the po
lice station early this morning and re
ported that a negro man answering
the description of Hardy, came to
his house near Rorer Mines early
this morning. The man did not have
on a coat and was limping. The
description given of the man by the
old negro leaves no doubt In the
minds of the police that It was Hardy
and that he has been In thatnelgh
borhood all the time.
As soon as the police were notified
a squad of officers and detectives of
the Baldwin Detective Agency hastily
organized and are now in that vici
nity making a vigorous search for
the murderer.
Hardy Is known to be armed and
It Is not thought that he will be tak
en alive.
It has been learned that he Is kaht
ed in West Virginia and also In
North Carolina for murder, and
knowing that arrests would mean de
tection and subsequent punishment
for these crimes, he killed Officer
Beard rather than submit to arrest.
The fact that Hardy is reported to
have been limpinic indicates that one
of the shots fired by the officers in the
Alleghany Institute hit him in the
1«I- This is probably what caused
him to fall.
HEARST SCORES
HEAVILY ON BENNETT
To the point this week Hearst has
scored heavily. The New York Her
ald’s attack on him for employing
Chinese labor on the Hearst ranch
In California, while the Hearst news
papers have always denounced Chi
nese labor in this country, may have
been based on a technical untruth,
for the real owner of the great Hearst
estate is the editor’s aged mother, to
whom the late senator left all of his
great fartune. The son owns no such
ranch. Hearst himself, fherefore^
could say, »s he did, that the Her
ald's statement was a lie. But he
did more than that. He proceeded
to a counter assault uponJ James Gor
don Bennett, to which the owner of
the Herald had rather recklessly ex
posed himself. For what Hearst did
was to attack the notorious ‘'person
al” column' of advertisements print
ed on the Herald’s first page, which
the editor of the Journal was moved
to describe as a “directory of vice.”
A number of the Herald'*) resident
managers have lately been prosecut
ed by the United States government
for maintaining that column, and
Hearat claims to have caused the
prosecution. If Mr. lienett reads
llearst's speech he will feel the sting
of these words:
The (responsible underlings of
the Herald are befroe the grand Jury
for Immorality and Indecency. I defy
“Cadet” Bennett to come home and
face the United States authorities as
the real prepetrator of the crime. Mr
Bennet wrote me a letfer inclosing
the clipping from my newspaper, and
saying that he would never forget
me for my action In this matter. T
hope he will never forget me. | shall
be proud to have It remembered that
I stopped the New York Herald from
dragging Inocnt victims Into a life
of vice and crime.
If out of the exposure of evil
phrase of journalism that the Hearst
candidacy has provoked there shall
come Improvement In all the offend
ing newspapers, a large measure of
good will have been Indirectly achie
ved. Id»t us hope that remedy of the
things complained of win be Incit
ed—-Springfield Republican
HIS ALIMONY
Rev. Francis M. Kielty, rector of
the church of the Holy Ansels, St.
Louis, who died last Saturday at
the age of 82, was au Irish scholar,
wit and practical joker. Archbishop
Kendrick twice nominated Father
Kielty for a bishopric, once of Mem
phis and once of Peoria, 111., but In
each case Rome gave the honor to
some one else.
Father Kielty began his sermon
one Sunday morning by announcing
In a voice with pathos that he had
.t confession to make.
“I might us well make a clean
breast of It. I've sued for alimony
and you'll have to pay it," he said.
As the congregation gasped he
waved in the air a document, signed
ind sealed to resemble an order of
court. —
“Yes, I mean it," he continued, as
If to kill any lingering doubts, and
then, pointing through one of the
stained windows, continued: 'That
alley out there has been paved and
the city has sued me for the alley
money.”
During the first four or five days
after the San Francisco fire, when
many people could get no money
from the banks, a great number went
to the railroad officials for tickets
to points north, east and south and
west, and both In and out of the
state. They insisted upon paying
eventually, but bad nothing to give
at that time but their written prom
ises to pay as soon as they could
reach their destina.lon. The officials
tok these promises to pay to an
amount aggregating >60.000 from
nearly 1000 persous. It Is announc
ed that within five months of the
disaster no less than $53,000, or
nine-tenths of the full amount, has
been paid by remittances from the
refuses to whom credit had been ex
tended. Much of this came from
grateful sufferers who had not even
been asked to sign a promise to
pay.
A GOOD ONE.
While Richard Henry Dana, an
active municipal league member, was
praising the Massachusi/lts ballot
system nt a recent dinner, one of the
diners asked:
“Is it a good one?"
“I'll reply,” he said, “by giving
(he answer to the girl who receives a
proposal of marriage by wire.
" 'How many words can I send for
2B cents?’ she asked the operator.
“ ‘Ten,’ he replied. Then she wrote'
out; ‘Yes, yes. yes , yes, yes. yes yes,
yes, yes.’
To-day Harvard’s endowment
nmounts to $18,000,000, that of
Chicago $20,000,000. and that of
Iceland Stanford to possibly twice as
much. The annual budgets of at
least four of our American universi
ties have passed the mllllon-dollar
mark, and the anniml expenditure
of u dozen others amounts to half
that sum.
Bubscrlhe to the Trader.
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Ultra Decolfette
Gets It In the Neck.
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WOMAN’S PVIIITY PKI>H RATION
ALSO FROWNNH ON MORMON
CONOREHSMAN.
Chicago, Oct. 18.—The annual con
vention of the Nutional Purity Fed
eration, which has been holding a
three-day's session at Abraham Lin
coln Center, a social settlement here,
closed last night with animpromptu
revival service on the floor of a dance
hal 1 in the center of'the twenty-sec
ond street levee.
At the close of the final meeting
of the conference twenty-five o ftho
workers, mostly women, took a car
for the “red-light district," and spent
j two hours wandering from resort to
I resort, interviewing and exhorting
j the inmates, inspecting every nook
l and corner of establishments, and
leaving no stone unturned In the dl
I rection of sight-seeing.
Amog the “evlla” condemned In
the various resolutions panned at yet
I terdaya session wore.
I Ultra deoollette. Exclusion of mar
ried women from holding *alarb>d po
altlona In public offices; aeatlng In
congrean of “any man who pracflcea
or nubnrrlbcH to colvgamy,” denial of
political cltlr.enahlp to women; an\
| form of state, local or political reg
j illation of vice which may be In any
: W*Y regarded aa a permit.
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THE SURPRISE STORES
GRAND OPENING
otctrm
..SATURDAY, OCT 20,
Largest Line and Lowest
Prices in Bluefield.
Bargains for All Come Early
A SURPRISE IS IN
STORE FOR YOU.
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SENATORS JUST
PLAIN MEN.
Not everything that Senator Hoar
thought of the Senate, its mechanlHm
and ItH membership found its way In
to print. He was a fre? commeta
tor. and as near as uny rnan could
he, possibly, a Just critic. He was u
shrewd Judge of men. and. being an
uncompromising foe of rascals, he
'•ould recognise one on sight.
Riding with a friend to Boston one
day. a few years only before his death
ho fell to talking about the Henate
and Its personnel. As the train drew
Into New iinven, where the station
was as usual bustling with busy men
going to and from the trains pursu
ing their customary avocations he
smiled and in a reflootve «"rt of
way said:
"Now look at those men out there.
They are the prevailing American
type. Study them individually and
von will notice how generally alike
hey are and all apparently ve about
nnmp stand rd of physical strenvlli
th nd. an far as we ran pudge by
fhelr countenances. of intellectuality.
Vow, you know B senator In regarded
as in a way a man apart and above
the ordinary run of citizens, but I
honestly believe that taking us as n
body we would not rank higher than
the average of those fellowcit izens
of ours out there. These men are
looking out for their own private
business Interest as we for the In
terests of the public. We keep our
ears closer to the ground and are
more au fait, perhaps, than they, but
f think they would average up even
and, as far as we can Judge by
with the member of the Molted
States Senate."
If you wish topurlfy the political
atmosphere in Mercer county vote
against the Minefield ring of office
holders who have been dictating po
litical nominations and fattening on
the people’s money.
OEEATXS BLUEFIKIJD
The momentous occasion for Great
er Bluefleld will he fully od at 1:S0
P. m. on Monday the l&th of Octo
ber. A (rand street parade on horse
back will be formed on Bluefleld
Avenue, to start marching promptly
«t 1: SO p. m. All parties on horse
back participating In the parade will
enter the Maple Shade Hog Karma1
free of charge; all other adults will j
be charged 50 cent admission, chil
dren tinder twelve years of age come
in free. The Hog from Ml tour I win I
be in this parade; 25 pieces of the
Naval Gnu Factory Band of Washing
ton. D. C. will render the music. Af
ter the parade Is formed they wt!|
march along Bluefleld avenue to the
eastern pavements, then file to the
right and pass over board walk to
the “Maple Shade Farm; where in
different vocations of moat interest on
the farm, the regular musical pro
gram will be executed, by thla most,
magnificent band. Hogs will |,e
shown In their regular quartern and
points of Interest will be pointed om
by their owner, and timely remarks
will be made on the construction of
their houses, quarters and llie prop
er feeding of all Classen of nwln*.
more particularly the Berkshire,
which will be the only breed of hog
shown. The Audience In requested
to follow the music and at all times
to keep In touch with the music as
a director to the various points of
Interest. The route has boon care
fully mapped out to take the least
amount of tramping, and Introduc
ing the greatest novelties
About half of the march on tho
Maple Shade Farm will he over the
alte where the future "Fifth Ave
nue" of Greater Bluefleld will be
built, and from thin (treat future
thoroiiKhfare It la possible to see
South Bluefleld of the past, present
and future, and at this point the
Band will Unger long and execute
several numbers of our musical pro
gn»iTi. cousfttuYIng a*p»rt of the mun~
leal extravngnnzn to he given on the
lirst afternoon of our Hog Show.
The great hog "Oodlva” will he
exhibited, and every one desiring to
lest their judgement will have an
opportunity to guest* at her weight,
being mindful nt all times that the
party guessing the nearest to the
weight will be entitled to a $10.00
nlze. One guess only permitted
each Individual who holds a ticket to
the show.
A conuntteo of five will he named
to do the weighing on the scales,
located on the farm and anotince the
'••suit, and this committee of flvo
will elect by ballot the party entitled
to the prize money, In ease of a tie
While the guessing Is going on It
will he possible for the audience to
see Greater Bluefleld In a manner
that Greater Bluefleld has never been
seen before. The Classical Stony
Ridge will he in full view as well at
the Northern side of Fast River
Mountain and Hig Midge rising on
an altitude of 4 200 feet aboro sea
level; the audience will be In full
view of the house* with square roof*
on the ridge Immediately east of the
United Staten Court House alte, and
be a 1 in oat dint rcsslngly near to these
houaea.
Who can resist the temptation of
coming out to this great Hog show
and gaze on a true Indian Summer
day at the aky with not a cloud above
the horizon, and nee these great
mountains above giving up their ver
dure and exchanging It apparently
for all colors of the rainbow, and
who can resist the temptation of
treading on the native soil when yet
In natures place, of the future Ffth
avenue of Greater Minefield, where
It will he possible and highly pro
bable thnt noble, lovely and refined
femlsoles will bo reared
In clearing up these lands the Ma
ple and Locust* constituted the for
bidden fruit and have been left to
grow In a natural way, and all prom
ising oaks and other timbers have
been allowed to grow to furnish natur
al shade for the lawns and yards
soon to be constructed over this
property. It has been said that many
men are not unlike hogs, and If it
can be shown that hogs grow and
prosper on these lands, it necessarily
King of Moonshiners
Guilty; Fined $1000.
follow* that It may eventually fur
nlah a fitting abode for all mankind*
What we tnoat desire however, la
to attract a full attendance and the
very acute attention of our brother |
farmera of Mcicer and adjoining
coutiea. Uy not attending to aanl
tary conditiona and the proper houa* |
ing of hoga during the winter tuontha
many opportunltlea and much money
haa been loat to the farmera of thcec
counttea. There la acarcely any far*
liter who can afford to mtaa thla great
allow, not only for the purpose of
Meelng what an Improvement can be
made in the breeding of hogs, but to
, «eo the modern and economical fael
lltlea for tuklng care of the same
It will be poslhle to see Alfalfa and
Rape growing, and actually aoe Illue
Grass growing in the most luxurinnt
form, and the writer very much ro
grets to any that he has not made
use of all hia opportunities to have
the entire houudry covered with the
heat of Illue Grass sod. It is Im
possible, however, to accomplish all
(at once, but the experiment has been
made and success is assured.
We sincerely invite and request
every one to attend various Hog
Shows to be given during the first
part of the week beginning October
15th, 1906, utid pay the small pit
tance wo exact as entrance fee to see
our llog Farm and our Hogs, and
be given pointers how to grow Berk
shire Hogs successfully, and we be
lieve that either a look at the farm,
or hogs, or to hear our music will be
worth double the price charged. And
remember that you still hove nn op
| portunity to earn $10.00 If you are
fortunate to gueas nearest to the
wolght of some of tha prominent
hogs.
Reapootfully.
W. H COFFMAN.
All gates to th« hog farm both
front and roar will be closed on Sun*
day 14. and at all times after the
show.
MARRIAGE LIOENSEB
THOHK WOII (JKT MAItlllKD IN
MKItt'KIt C'OI.’NTY.
Toney lloslion. Kmma Halley.
.lulus I'lles, Ktta Higgs
Jainea Itoden, Hell White
Floyd rnderwoud. Maud Shrews
borry.
John Sllley, Maty Mnxey.
Charles Crouch. Elisa Tilley.
Albert Combs, Neill® Craddock.
Cornelous Duncan, L. 1,. O'Neal.
Harry Yost, Delia Mullins.
Henry Foley, Etnma Cook.
F. Miranda, u staunch business
man of thoTIdcwater railroad, Ingle*
side. W. Vs., mde us a business call
Inst night and left n lot of printing
to bo done. It Is a pleasure to moot
such a $>leasnnt and unassuming
gentleman. He stnnds not upon the
eeromony of price, the question of
credit, or other conditions He pays
as he goca, in a delightful manner.
Thackernry uRod tn lift hln hat
whenever he passed Hie honae of
which he wroto “Vanity Fair."
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Methodists Beating
Record Of Years.
THE ONE WOMAN.
The Richmond papers speak In the
highest l(‘rirm of “The One Woman,”
the Journal thus complimenting th*‘
play:
Mr. Tom Dixon ami “The One Wo
mnn" have come, aeen and eonqun
ed or rather tiiey liave come, been
seen Hiid been applauded, which from
a theatrical aland point. In vast I v
more aatlafactory way of expressing
It.
Three of the four nctn of thlx
much-mooted "study of love and so
clallam” are laid In frlzen Alaska,
but the playwright nnd players ere
happy to nay thnt there wan no cor
relative froat on the part of the audi
ence lant night.
In sooth, the interest In the drama
at times was febrile and the evidence*
of appreciation almost tumultlous
Once of twice the noise Indicative of
cordial approval seemed almost to
shake the Academy «>f Music, while
the contempt for the villains of the
play—especially In the upper gaMery
— was fiercely withering
Anri wln-n an ludlencA gets Setter
*K»lnst a stag* vllllan then In It hl»,li
limp to bring out the laurel chaplet
for the playwright Thin flguruflv
headgear-a wreath of the finest Inin
lap make—foil on the crow i rf ATr
Dixon In the third art, wh<*n h*» an
swered a curtain call and delivered a
speech, which, truth to tell, wan even
more entertaining and animated then
hie very animated piece.
Then It wa« that everybody seemed
to go wild with pleasure, while u
dynamic thrill coursed through 5h«
house and transported the troop •«
the seventh heaven of delight.
Yes, "The One Woman” has uchlev
ed a success In Richmond anun
mlstakahle, uproarous success and
yet. perhaps. Its author. In his I;-art
of hearts, finds himself astonished to
observe that It won applauses* times
whss none was expected
IIOI.SH »N roMlltlvMK I.H I'llO.
CKKIUNG WMOOTIILY AM)
KAIMDLY.
Cleveland. Teun., Oct. I a.- flu
tIj 1 r«l day of iloluton Conference
opened thiH morning with devotion
il service conducted |»y Dr. C. T
Carroll. The btdiop look the chair,
and without special haute or prea
nuro, finished up nearly all tin* mi
nute queations before adjournment
at noon. This Ih n thing not done
before In the flolston Conference in
• he past twenty years.
There remain yet aome of the
shorter minute queatlon, all the re
porta from the standing cominttoen
md hoards, the nddreaaea of a nil m
her of connect Iona 1 men are to h»«
heard, and the class la to he re
ceived Into full connection. Then
(he place Is to ho fixed for holding
'he next annual conference, and the
ippolntments are to he rend.
It now seems likely that the con
ference will get through and the ap
pointments he read Monday aftei
uoon.
PROBLEMS OF
LITERARY MEN
Keatn liked red paper on kin fount. I
Dickens wan fond of wearing jew
elry.
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.#oi»r|itin Millet nailed nil bin whalrn
fo the wall.
Kd*«r alien i'oe alepf with hin eat,
and wan inordinately proud of bin
feet
Aleinnder Dutnaa .the younger,
bought a new painting everv time
he had a new book published.
Robert Louis Stevenson's favorite
recreation was playing the flute. In
order, as he said, to tune up his
Ideas.—Loudon ooiioog
WAYNR H. UOOCB GLAD TO Rg.
CA1*K COAT OP PKW
TROI'HANnft.
Richmond. Oct. is_Wapne R.
Qooch, Known to the Untied St a tee
revenue officers an "King of the
Moonshiners,'• to-dnv peaded guilty
♦ he ITnlted Stilton circuit court to
Indictments charging him with con
spiracy to dofruud tho Rovernraent.
Ho true Hned $1,000 by Judge
Waddtll and suffered tho forfeiture
of property worth $2,000.
Robert \V. Jonea and Crowder R.
Jones, manage™ for Qooch at the
crooked whiskey plant, were fined
$100 each. Qooch will hnvo to bear
<'0!-tM amounting to a considerable
HU 111.
Two other Indictments were drop*
ped and the moonshiners king wah
>.lad to escape with Uie payment of a
few thouHands.
Qooch was Indicted Jointly with
Robert Jones and Crowder R. Jonea.
The moonshiners plant waa captured
by the levenuo men on the Qooch
farm, nenr Joffresa, Mecklenburg
ounty, June 26. The Joneaes ware
tried with the "King of the Moon*
•hlners” on an Indictment chargiug
tie three with eonsplracy to defraud
’ho government.
TIiIh case Ih the most Important
111< 11 »1 iHtlllery ohm with which the
' i l« lal court lias dealt with In many
• •;irs. I< wan worked up by Captain
'hnrlea Geo and L. P. Hannborough,
deputy collectors of Interna! reve
nue.
Captain Clee said to-day that Gooch
ind made a fortune of $200,000 from
lie manufacture and sale of Illicit
•vhlsUey.
The distillery confiscated by the
,"ovomie inon wan the largest ever
lperated In Virginia as a moonshine
•lant li had a capacity of 600 gal
lons.
Wllh the distilling apparatus the
ifllcers seized 200 bags of meal, 76
vhlBkey barrels, a wagon, a tenm of
nules, \ barrels of whiskey, and ma
erlala used In the manufacture of
noomdifne whlskex They found on
lie promises over 1,000 empty bags
vhlcb had contained meal. Forty
hree head of entile and thlrty-sl*
hogs were being fattened for the
rnfirkot on the distillery refuse.
The Gooch plant was formerly a
licensed distillery. It has been reg
istered ns "not In use" for yenrs.
' Only n man of nerve and daring
would have attempted the business
arrted on by Gooch," said Captain
Gee
"The distillery !h surrounded on
"<:m !e by hundreds of acres he.
i.ylii' *o Gooch. A heavy guard
maintained to keep tho crooked
•hi !.<•> plant nnrlcr cover Only
Gooch's m'n were allowed on hla
«lve lands. The king of the
no' i l)ii.or f,wnti broad ncres worth
l*o >1r,0.000 ff(. reigned an a po
t Mat< ov< . i.i domains, To flrlgh-.
,on olT Inquisitive neighbors he made
i practice of riding around the out
skirts of his little Kingdom, armed
»o the teeth and costumed like Buf
falo Bill giving a Wild Went e*hl
hlflon of horsemanship and gun
■kill.
‘ The people of the surrounding
country are In mortal terror of the
audacious fellows.
"It was a difficult Job to steal u
match on the moonshiner king, but
we accomplished It after about a year
of watching and waiting "
Captain Gee and Deputy Harnabor
ough were ths principal witness**
for the government. Judge L. L.
I<ewls, district attorney, and Robert
M Talley, aenlHtant district attorney,
prosecuted tha alleged moon ah in era
The prisoners were defended by
Judge Henry Wood and Attorney R
T. Thorne.
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