Bluefield evening leader. [volume], February 06, 1907, Image 2

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Blue field Daily Leader.
BY T1IK
THE LEADER PUBLISHING COMPANY.
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“Entered as second-class matter April Sth. 1900. at thy post office
at Blucfleld, \V. Va . under act of Congress of March 3. 1X79.”
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CH K HHOtIM t>te
Went Virginia
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"Fortunately for the country, its
population is Increasing more rap
idly thun the railroads ran kill It
off."
Emperor William Is sending Wal
derman von Sell: < k to the I’nited
States to study the commercial and
financial situation here, upon which
subj»*cts he has been at work In the
German Foreign Office. The Em
peror is also sending at ills own I
lexpe?iH*». six army officers to f.he
United State for several months'
travel, for their general benefit
King Oscar of Sweden, Is one of
the most remarkable of European
monarchs. nosides being a volumi
nous writer ho la a first-rate musi
cian, an expert linguist, a good
speaker and an all-round sportsman
In his younger days Ilia Majoty wns
possessed of a fine tenor voice nnd
bad necessity demanded, he could
easily havo made a substantial In
come as a vocalist. He la nlso do
voted to the sea. having been him
wolf reared a sailor..
Wu Ting-fang Is almost forgot
ton. although ho was the best-knowr
Chinaman In tho lTnitr<l States onl”
a fow yoars ago. It la reported
from China that he has retired com
pletely to private life, after serv
lng on the Imperial hoard of foreign
affairs and for a short time In a
minor office. The rumors that he
Is too modern to get on well with
those in power may be well found
ed, although Mr. Wu pleads 111
health as the reason for his with
drawal from the public service.
The monetary circulation of the
country was Increased during the
past month by a little over $19.
000,000, and during the year end
ing February 1 the increase exceed
ed $3 2 2,000,000. The circulation
per capita is now $33 90—the high
est ever known In this country. Yet
there Is great complaint of a soar
tty of money. The trouble Is of
ours** not n scarcity of money, but
of capital in relation to demand,
\vhl< h Is reflected in the money mar
ket.
The\ have pot so far In an an
(smoke nuisance crirsado tit Pltts
I burp as to Indict the hip Jones &
Lauphlln steel company. . It la not
so much as a menace to health that
the smoking over of cities has been
objected to ns a discomfort and In
jury to clothes and houses and so
on mu i no i.onuon ijnncei a
mod leal journal. Is presenting the
smoko nuisance as a direct Injury
to health. It has found from melt
ing show gathered on tho roofs of
London houses that every gallon
contained some 5.6 grains of am
monia. chlorine, sulphuric acid and
tar compound, whilo an analysis of
melted snow gathered out In the
country beyond tho smoko area
lelded results almoat. exactly like
listllled water. People who breathe
•mi air laden with smoko from fac
'ories are evidently taking Into their
system a variety of unwholesome
*md Injurious gases and substances.
WAGES OF SIN
Again hns the wages of sin been
loath, for a ijuarro] over Illicit love
made Mabel Conger Stanley mad
with despondency this morning, and
after giving the address of her fam
ily to R. A. Stephenson, the man
with whom she n'tarrelod, she went
to her room at 56 West Maple street
and placing the cold steel barrel of
i thirty «>!ght caliber Colt revolver
to her white forehead, pulled the
'rigger and an instant later her
soul fled to eternity.
The hall crashed through her
brain, fracturing her skull In sev
eral places and <,aiming instant
death.
Miss Conger was a first cousin of
K. II Conger, former United States
Minister to China, .and one of the
most prominent diplomats of the
present duy. On July 13. 11*0 4. she
tried to end her lifo by drinking
laudanum. After taking the poison
she boarded a stieet car and rode
to the county hospital. Informing
the doctors there what she had done
she requested a bed upon which to
await death.
The following verses. entltled 'The
Ending of Sin," wore found In her
purse, and these she placed upon
her breast this morning before fir
ing the fatal shot:
THE RXIHXfl OF KIN.
And you said you loved nu>. darling
And swore by the heavens above
That the Lord and all His angels
Would 'sanction and bless our love;
And 1? I was weak and wicked, niv
love was pure and true.
And sin Itself seems a virtue
If only shared by you.
tied says love one another.
And down In the depths of hell
Will He send the soul of a woman
Ilocause sho loved and foil!
I know that my beauty l» fading.
Sin furrows tho falroyt brow;
And I know that your heart will
weary
Of the face that you smile on now.
You will take a bride to your bosom
After you turn from me;
You will alt with your wlfo In the
moonlight
And hold her babe on your knee—
Oh, Ood, I nevor could boar It!
It w-ould inaddon my brain, I
know.
And so, while you love mo, dearie,
I think F had hotter go;
It Ir nwoeter to know my darling.
To know as I fall asleep,
1 hat some one will mourn and mlaa
me,
That womo ono !g left, to weep.
Than to dlo as F should In tho fu
ture.
To drop In the street some day,
Unknown, unwept and forgotten.
After you cant me away,
Perhaps the blood of our Savior
Can wash my garments clean,
Perchance I may drink of the waters
That flow through tho pastures
green.
Mabel Conger Stanley’s life has
been one of successive sorrows, len
til tho last few years she tried toe
forget all. and plunged Into the
pace that kills with such a reckless
fury that she attracted the attention
on all fiido from devotees of that,
life.
Mabel Conger Stanley was a very
beautiful woman. She had a deep,
rich. Southern nccent was cultured,
and showed her high education
whenever she spoke. Hut there was
something in those dreamy brown
'ye.s of hers that spoke louder than
iny words of a soul-racing sorrow,
ind whenever she would talk of her
lonie and her past tears welled into
thorn and coursed down her full,
’air cheeks.
Tho early story of the girl’s life
roads like a romance. Reared with
♦>very luxury hui rounding her that
wealth and culture could afford,
with her beauty she wiu the relgn
ln»? hello of Waco, Texaw, her
home.
Adjoining the colonial niamtlon «rf
the Conger* was the homo of Col.
Henry Fullerton, a noted officer In
the Civil War. and his won, John.
:tnd Mabel (i^~ trer were nwoethearts
from childhndcll They were engaged
to be marrhVrand. at the outbreak
of fho Spanish-American War, the
youth enlisted and, ns a Captain In
his home regiment, went away, while
the beautiful Mabel Conger bade him
a fond adieu.
\ carnival came to \Vac0 while
Mio war wan on and Mabel Conn er
Rn<l a party of frl< nds wont to It
"M" fight. Stanley was there with
«»«k< of the companion exhibiting and
be soon arranged It so that he met
the belie of Waco.
After a short courtship he mar
i led her. Great was the opposition
of the family, but the couple seem
ed happy und they lived at the Con
ner homo.
\V hile anticipating a happy ovent
the young woman wa.s thrown from
a cart In which she was driving one
day, and she was hurried to New
^ ork, for a delicate operation had
to be performed at om-o. Three
months were spent in the hospitals
of »ttd veerythlng that
money could do was done for her.
Since then the abdominal trouble
that resulted has mused fourteen
operations, and she ytald only yes
terday thnt she would have to go
to a hospital In March to have an
other.
rite kinship to United States Mln
flfder Conger is ns folfowsa Tho
Hiilclde was a daughter of Edward
H. Conger. He |8 a brother of
Loren this Conger father of the Unl
tod States Minister.
NOTICE.
T° Contractors and Builders;
Uo it known that the members of
the Carpenters Local Union. No.
976- of niuefleld, W. Va.t have
changed ltH rate of wages and hours
"f work—Nine (9) hours to consti
tute a days work, and wages to he,
eight (8) cents more on the hour.
Effective April 1st. 1907.
S. L. PAYNE.
H L. AUSTIN.
S- J. GIIiSON.
Committee.
Jan. 80th. 1907.
NOTICE OF MEETING
OF STOCKHOLDERS
Notice is hereby given that the
Annual Meeting of tho Stockholders
of tho Louisville Coal * Coke Com-i
i-any will bo held in (he office of
Jones, Watts & Company, Law build
ing. Lynchburg. Virginia, at. 10
o’clock a. m. Tuesdday, February
1 9th. A. I). 1 907.
This January 27th, 1 907.
ISAAC T MANN, President.
JA I Itl’S COLLINS. ‘Secretary.
Time brlnga ro»oa—German.
He loses least In a quarrel who
keeps his tongue in check.—Dan
I AM AGENT
i'or two of the largest But
terine concerns in the coun
try. Good Terms and lowest
prices obtained for those
who favor me with their or
ders.
Am also wholesale dealer
in the Finest
CREAMERY BUTTER
j Packed in squares and solid
Prompt Delivery.
FRANK. BARRY,
Phone 93. Pulaski St.
THE m CO.
I n dor takers and Funeral
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Prices Reasonable,—Satls
faet ion guaranteed.
Day Phone, 19f>; Night
Phone -188J.
Telephone Building, Bland
Street.
WHV NIFFKK FKO.M
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Do you know that rheumatism cai.
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try one application of Chamberlain’*
Pain Balm. It will make rest and
sleep possible, and that certainly
means a gieat deal to any one af*
fllcted with rheumatism. For sale
by all druggists.
Read the Dally Leader.
R. KEMPJfORTON.
ATTOKNKY-AT LAW,
Graham, Va.
bTb. HARDING, C. P. A
Auditor and Methodizer,
GRAHAM, VA.
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CLAUDE W. MOSS, District Agent.
THORNTON BUILDING, BLUEFIELD, W. VA
A FEW DAYS ONLY.
All Fancy MANHATTAN SHIRTS at and Be
low Cost. No Reserve! ENTIRE STOCK TO SELECT FROM.
s
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$1.50 Shirts Reduced to. *i l^m
52 00 ’• ”.n* 1
$2'50 ” ” .. $1.75
2 5300 ” ” . $2.00
^FANCIES ONLY; No White Shirts included in above.
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