Bluefield evening leader. [volume], February 21, 1907, Image 2

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Biuefleld Daily Leader, I
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West Virginia ( ome to the Hills
The I .and of Prosperity and Of West Virginia, Where
Plenty. Has the Greatest Nature I^avist'es Her
Natural Resources in the Greatest
World. Sifts
Prof. Lyon William Phelps of
Yale, in a recent lecture in Connecti
cut. declares that “Mark Twain is
easily the greatest American novel
ist in the history of the country’s
literatu re.”
Oowing to a lockout and strike, Do
newspapers are being printed n>
Butte, Montana, just now. The poor
people out there are left to guess ns
best they can how Mrs. Thaw look
this morning.—Richmond Times
Dispatch.
Big chief Pleasant Porter, ruler 01’
10,000 Creek Indians, may be one
of the Democratic candidates for the
United States senate from the new
state of Oklahoma. Like Senator
Curtis of Kansas, Porter’s father was
a white man and his mother a
squaw.
It is said that powerful mediators
have smoothed over the difficulty be
tween president Roosevelt and Bell
amy Storer because of the latter's
recall and that in the future the in
cident will he regarded by all par
ties interested as having arisen from
a misunderstanding.
I>r. Thomas L. Shearer one of tin*
most prominent physicians in Bal
timore, has decided to go bailee
for the rest of his life and will tr>
to induce others to follow hia ex
ample. Dr. Shearer holds that it
men would only go bareheaded a
generation or two .the bald headed
man would become n thing of the
past.
The road8 will be left by the leg
islature just as they are. Schools
will have the skimp along with re
duced appropriations. But Elkina
was elected anyway and somehow.!
somewhere, some place. We are
supposed to have derived great and
lasting good from the present ses
sion of the legislature.—Charleston I
Gazette.
Sarah Bernhart lias been appoint
ed to the professorship of declama
tion at tfie Paris Conservatory of
Music and Declamation. The Up
point ment was mad& in order to re
move the objection of the chancel
lery of the Legion of Honor which
declined to contirm Mme. Bern
hardt's nomination for the cross of
the Legion of Honor on the ground
that actors could only be decorated
in tlie quality of professors.
THE JAPANESE
SETTLEMENT.
Only time can settle any differen
ces of opinion as to the effect on the
country, or even on any section of
the country, from the new legisla
tion. . its wisdom or unwisdom did
not enter Into the consideration
Meager and Isolated Interests, which
it is absurd to rail national in scope
were alone regarded If the presi
dent has brought Congress to terinr j
he himself was first brought to term i
and \erj exasperating term** at that
The inside history of the negotia
tions Lading up to the framing of
this curious legislation will hnrdb
be likely to discredit the Informa
tlon that is already open to th pub
lie. It appears from tills Informa
tion that the president originally
won the California congressional del
egation to his point 0f v i(.-A respect ’
lug ' International morality"; thai1
the Legislature of the state was in '
du<e<i j#, »f (in from p ing a vL 1
lent resolution directed at the "In
terfenrice" of the I'nlfd States in
local affair that the offLLis of tin
city of Sail J' > o < itilf to V. ;> -' >
Ington prepared to meet the presides
on fill chosen gi mod, »• d thai th< •
the insufferable organization which
styles it. "If tiio “Japanese and Ko
ean e. I i. m. league'' trained its
• -alteri's on the con Terence and com
pelled it* i ng of the terms laid
down in tin- new law. The sand lots
git.itors ol Kan Francisco are tho
real victors
According to the* humiliating
greeinent that has thus been reach*
(1 between the local authorities and
he executive and legislative branch
s of the government of the United
| States with tho irresponsible tin
\morlcun element of the city of San
'•'ranclsco revealed as the real pow
r In tiio matti'r, the Japanese school
hildren will no longer be dlscrlml
•aied against. What becomes of the
"liner contention that these rhll
lren are unendurable for association
vith (he white children titles not np
>t«ur. Ofllcially, Japan will probably
also in, new issue over tlie exclusion
aw, since it is noi, in terms, ap
•lit'tl to the Japanese. The Japn
icse people, however, will doubtless
10 stirred to resentment because the
■ tilcut is perfectly clear to anyone
no the diplomatically blind. What
:s more to tiio point, however, is
hat the San Francisco excluslonists
ire not expected to be satisfied, since
lie law will hardly go far enough
o suit them, in such a pernicious
i.ti the president and Congress are
ikety to tind that, having given an
Mich, ihej will promptly be called
ipoti from that quarter for the ell.
Frovidenee Journal.
WHERE SNUFF IS USED
So you thought that snuff had
lied out, did you?” said a millionaire
f snufr manufacturer of Philadelphia.
"‘*11’ It *la« died out among fash
ionable people, |„if millions of
pounds of it are still consumed.
1 send a great deal of snuff south.
In Georgia. Alabama and the Caro
Unas the poor dip’ snuff in huge
quantities. To dip It is to rub it on
'bo gums and In the crevices of the
teeth.
I also send a lot of snuff to
1* ranee. Tho lower classes of France
still carry their horn snuff boxes and
till sniff snuff up their noses in the
regulation way.
1 do a good trade, too, with South
America aid Africa. The Kaffirs stuff
'heir noses with snuff mixed with
pepper, w hile the Patagonians ram it
ip their nostri with small wooden
Toons.
“Have no fear about the snuff
rade. They Is still a good living
in It.” Philadelphia Bulletin.
DESERVINGS.
this Is the- height of our deserts;
A little pity for life's hurts;
A little rain 5I little sun,
A li"tie sleep when work Is done,
\ little righteous jiiinlshment.
l.<-ss for our deeds than their Intent;
\ little pardon now and then.
Because wo are but struggling men
\ little light to show the way,
\ IB tie guidance when we stray; I
\ lift if. love before we pass <
To rest beneath the klrkyard grass, i
A little fai'h In davg of change, I
'.V hen life is tark and bare and
strange; j {
\ solace when our eves are wet l
'Altli tears of longing and regret.
i
True It Is that we cannot claim
i n measured recompense or blame.
” <au*e our tvay-ef life |k small;
\ li »If I the sum of all.
Mall Pouch Gazette.
» money a man makes, the'
ha«. if he Isn't married.
BIG BATTLESHIPS
DREADNAUGHT WILL
LOOK SMALL.
THAT'S WHAT BOAT OF ENG
LISH NAVY WILL APPKAIl
IIFSIOK U. 8. 81111*8.
Washington, Feb. 20.--The United
StateB will have the two l^ageet bat
t lesh I pa known to naval architecture.
This fact was deter mlrpnl to-day
when the senate corunii^L> on na
val affairs approved tion of
trie house in provIdln^B
ton of those ve-'^R
was made by the bcIH
in the house lilll so fa^
fo too uuilainK or the twf^^WWnTj7H i
that will make tho British Dread- !
naught seem like a toy boat. The
uni of $3,000,000 was added for
the armament of other vessels un
der construction. It is believed that
ihe acceptance by the senate com
mittee of tho house provision for
two huttleshlpg of the largest type
known was chiefly influenced by the
recently developed apprehension that
war between ithe United States and
Japan must come at some future
time.
AN OUTSIDE
LOOK AT US.
HIE KNtJUISII ,\NI) MEXICAN
VIEW OF OUR BUSINESS
PROSPECTS.
* - .
Many opinions have been given of
!ato as to the probable duration of
>he present period of prosperity in
'he United Slates. Over In London
^lr Felix Schuster holds that the
•eriod of great financial and indus
trial activity in the United States is
• tearing its end, and must be re
placed by liquidation. Similar views
have been printed coming front
American business men, but the
^reat majority think, aparently, that
the “turn of the tide" will not ar
rive till after the present year.
Bouncer crops the coming autumn
'°uld aid in maintaining prosperity,
hough fear is expressed of the reck
• ossneg of the great Wal 1-street spec
ulators.
It is argued that the very real
prosperity which has continued so
long must have resulted in large sav
ings .which will powerfully aid In
keeping things going, especially if
the great bankers and men of In
fluence and capital adopt a more
cautious policy, coupled with re
t Tenement and the curbing of waste
and extravagance.
Sorno of the London financial
writers are cautioning investors
against "plunging” in American se
curities, and on0 London criticism
of Now York financiers is that they
have been "attempting an impossi
bility in running two things at the
same time—namolv*, a commercial
and a speculative 4boom." British
experience is that great stock ex
change activity does not coincide
with similar conditions in the lead
ing Industries. British critics point
<o labor troubles as sure to arise
I,n t*1® United States on account of
fhe higher cost of living, and they
nail attention to the prospect of
heavy additions to the capitalization
of leading American railways
life London attitude toward
\rperlcan investments is not wholly
a distrustful one, but It Is marked
by caution. American prosperity is
thought to be ioo great to last much
longer.
Meantime the loadrfng American
busIncRg men nro going forward con
fidently enough, and plans are be
ing made for a gree‘ addition to the
existing railway system, go much
needed fo keep freights moving.
Hopefulness Is the dominant senti
ment in fho United States, and yet
f !)08, with its disturbing presiden
tial campaign, lH Approaching. If
the election turns on soelallstic la
nes there will he no llffle nervous
ness experienced till It is over. Big
crops and a conservative triumph
at the polls would combine to give
i he Cnited States a new lease of good
f I rues.
The woman who wants to wear a
i hr»*e-sfory hat In the winter wants
to go bareheaded In a snowstorm.
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CONDENSED STATEMENT SHOWING CONDITION OF
THE AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK,
_BLUEFIELD, W VA . FEB. 2d. 1907
PAY
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ON
• A VINO
ACCOUNT#
PESO'JPCES
f Jill Receivable. $220,415.37
1S Hnnd <* I'ren im- 40*'*nn3
Uondf, Seriirlt|c». , 11,003 12
Due From Hank*, WOK.15
( a-h tm«l Due From I s 25,450 73
__$4o:v»v» no
n i — i - < 'mmm&m
LIABILITIES.
< apital ftork, .. 8100/100.00
I'ndivtdrd Profitn. 4/100.40
< ire ul Ition. 45,000.00
Hill - PaynMc A RfdiHct’d 32,710.00
I>«‘po*i»*«,.223,154.51
$400/104 .Of)
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master of the barge wants
*{.500 FROM TUG AND
SCHOONER.
Norfolk, Va., Feb. 21.—Jesse R.
Hunter muster of the barge Theo
dore Roosevelt, hus libeled in tho
United States District Court the tug
Mary Lee and the three-masted
schooner J. S. Lamprey for $3,500
damages.
The tug was towing the barge
down the James river from Rich
mond, when It Is claimed by Captain
Hunter, the tug stopped, allowing
Jhe schooner to foul the barge, Tho
Large, which was loaded with cross
Pies, went down in 15 feet of water.
HOPEFUL VIEW
OF THE NEGRO
We are not afraid of the good neg
ro, no matter how well educated,
how rich and prosperous he may be.
We insist thut the good negroes do
not make a race problem; we feel
i sure that they never will.—Rich
■ mond tinea-1 >ispatch.
A FEW DAYS ONLyTI \
All Fancy MANHATTAN SHIRTS at and Be- |
low Cost. No Reserve! ENTIRE STOCK TO SELECT FRuiUl. %
i
$1.50 Shirts Reduced to. $1.15 I
$2.00 ” ” . $1.38 '
$2.50 » » . $1.75 i
$3.00 » " . $2.00 \
FANCIES ONLY; No White Shirts included in above. I
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