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WAI.KH WANTS NKW TIUAL.
Chicago, March 9 —Motion for a
new trail in the case of John R.
Walsh, the aged financier who «i.<
convicted of irregular practices In
his management of the defunct Chi
cago National Bank; will probably
be argued tomorrow. Attorneys for
Walsh are confident that they will
yet secure the acquittal of their cli
ent.
t*ooi> GOVBRXMENT MKKTINti.
The Democratic Good Government
i Club will meet tonight In the Bailey
building on Bluefleld avenue for the
election of of fleer* and transaction
of such other business as may be
expedient. A full attendance of the
iclub is desired, and the books are
always open for the enrollment of
new members.
MESSRS. NIXON and ZIMMERMAN
BEG TO OFFER THEIR VERY NEWEST PRODUCTION
Simple Simon Simple
A musical cartoon extravanza in 3 acts by Chas. H.
Brow n ond Otis F. 'Wood. Copyrighted in the
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Dear Old College Days
Plckannlny Muse
Ma Southern Oriole
RThe Simplevllle Cadets
Captain Kidd •
Oskalooaa Lou
The Cow and the Bee , ,
The Bachelor M^ild
Yankee Doodle Up-to-date
Wally Clarke Whistle
Simon and Mose
The Frog pond at Night
1 he Ballet of Nations
The Fancy Dress Ball
Simpleville on Circus Day
La Meta
Herr Splegelburger *
Tany and Ills Gang
The Ghost's Dance
1 he Dance of the Nursery Rhyme
A FEAST FOR THE EYE AND EAR
A series of beautiful scenes and
pictures Introducing the 7 wonders
of stage craft. A host of pretty girls
in brilliant eoBtumes, charming
choruses, dainty dances and
a half dozen really funny
comedians. Everything essential for
an up-to-date, double distilled, cy
clonic success.
A composite elixir of mirth and
melody improving ui>on the theme
and scope of "Tho Wizard of Oz,”
"Babes In Toyland," "Beauty and
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Great cast Includes Nell McNeil,
Geo. Edwards Farnuin, Anna Mc
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1 STORY OF f
THE WAR i
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SKHOKANT JOHN H. IK MtlNKON,
OF T1IK 1TTH KKCilMKNT OF
VIKCHX1A CAVAMIY. TKI.LS OF
HIS WOFKIHNC1 ANI) ( AIIYUK
AT BATTLK MONOFAFY, MD.,
HIS IMriUSONMKNT, KSCAIMC
AND KFTt'UN TO DIX1K.
"1 volunteered In the second com
pany that wu8 organized In Mercer
county for the defence of Virginia.
Wm. B. Dorman was elected captain,
J. C. Straley. C.. D. Straley and .las.
M. McCue were elected lieutenants.
The company was first sent to Rljn
mond, Va., where It was incorporat
ed-Info and became a part of Wise
lx.‘k!on. Co. I. 59 Va. regiment, com
manded by Rrlg. Gen’l Henry a.
Wlae. Subsequently this brigade
was transferred to the Greenbrier
Kanawha sections, and l&ter to Ro
anoke Island. N. C., where the . n
tlre command were made prisoners
of war on the 8th day of February,
1862, by the federal army, com*
manded by General Burnside.
We were detained as prisoners
about ten days and then parole],
and later on In the following sum
mer we were exchanged.
The one year for which we volun
teered having expired, nnd arter we
had been exchanged, we assembled
at iPriuceton, where we organized
out of Dorman’s former company, a
company of cavalry, with Jacob c.
Straley as captain, which company
was attached as company R. of the
17th regiment of Virginia cavalry,
commanded by Colonel William 11.
French, and assigned to the brigade
of General A. G. Jenkins,
Our first service with this cavalry
regiment was with General Lorlng
in the Kanawha valley in the fall of
1862,
As I have started out to tell the
»tory of my wounding nnd capture
at the hattle of Honorary, July 9th,
1K64, and my subsequent escape
from prison, I do not think that It 1
would especially interest the read
ers of this story to tell of our march
es, and our ups and downs between
the period of our return from the
the valley of the Kanawha In the
fall of 1862, anti the date of our
march with General Karly to the
battle of Monarary. in this battle
the brave and gallant brigadier gen
eral, John A. McCauslnnd, com-!
manded our cavalry of brigade. In
the midst of which battle I was
wounded and carried to the field
hospital by some Federal soldiers.
On arriving at the hospital I was
laid down near a man who, from
hiB groans, I took to he, and as It
proved afterwards, was badly wound
ed. This man looked at me and
said: ’’Robinson, are you wounded
j too?’’ F answered In ihe affirmative
and inquired: "Colonel, where are
you wounded?" He answered,
"through the breast." a truer,
braver man thau he never lived. He
was my lieutenant colonel, Tavener.
Afterwards, in a day or two after
I had been removed to the hospital
at Frederick City, a man enme In
where I wa*. Inquiring if there was
any one there belonging to the 17th
Virginia Cavalry, whereupon 1 an
swered; "That is my regiment,’’ He
said he was sorry to Inform me that
I my lieutenant colonel was dead
j had died at hls house.
i remained at Fredrick City one
month, wanting six days. We were
very kindly treated, the citizens of
the city supplying us with every
thing we needed, and a great deal
more than we could make use of. I
have ever since had a special liking
and high regard for a Marylander,
and especially the true chlvalrle and
generous people of Fredrick City
and Baltimore. We did not receive
this nice treatment for all the time
we were at Fredrick, but at the end
of about three weeks the good peo
ple referred to were not allowed to
do anything for us. and we had to
put up with what the t'nlted States
government furnished us.
As fast as the wounded would get
able to travel they were removed to
West Building hospital, Baltimore.
Having made up my mind that I
would probably be one of the next
number called for as able to be
transferred to Baltimore. I began
J the use of my crutches that I had
j procured a few days previous, and
found thAt In two or three days I
j was able to hobble about a few
| steps at a time.
It was only a few days until the
ambulance was brought around and
an inquiry was made to know who
was able to go to Baltimore. I of
fered myself as a candidate, was ac
cepted. stepped out and In. Just as
I had spent the night, without coat,
—^_ _
THOMAS K. PKRRY, M. D,
Specialist,
Kjre, Ear, Nose and Throat.
Blue Held, W. Ya.
Orrullst for N. A W. Hallway.
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t Assets Over . . . $90,000,000
| Surplus Over .. 5,000,000 iflp !;
H. EASLEY, General Agent, Bluefield, "West Va.
pants or shoes, went to the station
; a!Jd a very short time was on the
way to Baltimore, where, on our ar
' rival, we wore placed In a large
■ brick warehouse at the foot of Ton
cord and Mill street®, between the
two, culled West building®, which
the government had converted into
| a hospital for the Confederate
wounded. The hospital wards were
on the second and third floors. My
ward was the first at the south cud
'of the liuSding on the third floor
overlooking the bay. My ward was
"B." Coder me on the next floor
was ward "A.” to which jjas as
signed* the com missioned oftirors. By
; the side of ward “A” wns ward “G;M
by tlie side of ward “B” was ward
! "IV and so on through the build
ing nphabetlcally. Mach ward had
| about forty cots, composed oT a slu
; «le Iron stead with mattress, sheet
i auJ blanket. The cots were mun
■ !H?rt'd from 1 up, and every night at
; s o clock we would have to answer
j roll-call, each man answering to the
! number of his col, my number lining
! 35.
Th<* diningroom was on the lower
i floor and in order to reach this, we
[had to pass through ward “H” and
I also through a room where a wood
workman bod a number of tools.
A day or two after my arrival at
the hospital Lieutenant I. A. Oney
of my company, and also o' prisoner,
finding out that I was In the same
building, visited me and frequently
repeated these visits.
It was mote than a week nftcr I
reached the hospital ut Baltimore
before | was able to get down stairs.
Lieutenant Oney’g whole thought
and conversation to mo wns. how to
' *» t hi . pr Ison 1P> won!
often come to my room and aay
‘ Murry up, John, and get well aui
plan aotno way for our coca 1*0.” H<
said that he had surveyed ever;
thing about the promise* and eoult
see nothing that gave any encour
a«emont in tho way of escai>e; tha
he waa anxious for me to get ou
and that he knew If there waa an;
way open for esraiH*. I would fln<
it, wheu ho would fall.
In a few daya I waa able to go
down and out Into tho yard, am
utter looking over the surroundings
Oney mid uiyself seated ourselvei
against the south wall of tho hoa
pita! in the warm sunshine. I gav<
Oney what 1 thought from my oh
servatton. the best thing to do, 01
rather opened to him my plan o
©•capo, lie took In the situation a1
once, and wondered why lio had no
seen this before. We t>egan n
once preparing for the undertaking
aiming to get ready In about thre«
'lays, hut the day before we were t(
make the effort. Oney was started ti
Fort Delaware, lie esoai>ed on tin
way by Jumping from the train, th«
guard having gone to sleep. Mj
next lH»st friend was Lieutenant
Stewart, of Georgia, to whom I gav<
my plans, and he agreed with tm
that we could escape by the plan
that I had laid down. We communl
caieil the plan to Captain Thornton
of Georgia, who Insisted that he
must mnke one of our party. Th*
only objection to this was that the
captain had to use his crutch***
which we were very much afraid
would not only embarrnss, hut pos
sibly lend to our betrayal before w«
could reach or And our friends.
(Continued tomorrow.)
DAVID E. JOHNSTON, p. M. PETERS.
President. Cashier.
R CJ. M ClaACGllERTY. W. M. CORNETT,
Vice-President. Assistant Cashier.
| State Bank of
I Bluefield |
SAFE. CONSERVATIVE,
Strictly Commercial Banking
1 I Paid-up Capita! . 9 00,000.00
Stockholders’ I.lability . 00,000.00
Surplus Fund . 4-1,000.1*0 ij
Security to depositor* . $141,00000
% i \
Attention Is call d to the fact that this bank Is STRONGER ;
rilAN kit Ell, liliving during tho “hard times” Increased Its !
capital and surplus from $r»0,000.00 to $94,000.00, and Is j
* now prepared to take care of any account large or small.
PAYS INTEREST ON TIME DEPOSITS
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MAT I IK_IKKLLEY At MOYER BLDG.
UHIM TO HPKAK.
, Klchmond, Va., March 9.- Gover
nor Swanson handed to the legisla
turo a telegram from William Jen
’ nlnga Bryan In which the Nobraekan
■•*<* that he would speak to the
member* of the Virginia legislature
; «n the afternoon of March 2!*. The
lawmakers are exacted to he In
I i their scats after a roc«»»8 on the
morning of that day.
, T'*>e announcement that he wcul |
I com« to Richmond was received
with groat applause. He will he the
( Ru*'8t while hero of Governor Swan
son.
TRAP-MIlOOTIXu TOi ltVtMl \l
Philadelphia. March 9. Crack
> ttt'ots from all over the country are
congregating In Philadelphia today
to take part In the target tourna
ment to ho hold in connection with
this week’s sportsmen's show. TI10
show Is In the First Regiment Ar
niory, while the marksmen's moot
, "*** take place on the grounds of the
Keystone Shooting league at Bloom
Ington Junction, beginning tomor
row nnd lasting through Wednesday
and Thursday.
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MWKIIRM FA YOU FNVLK JOB.
Aurora, ill .. March 9.—Hundreds
of members of the Swedish Republi
can League of Illinois gathered In
Aurora this morning for whst prom
He* to be the most enthusiastic con
vention b» the history of the organi
sation. A majority of the delegates
uo apparently admirers of Speaker
| Cannon, although Secretary Taft
also has many friends among the
i Swedish-American voter* for th*
! Htate. The convention will close
with a great banquet, at which sev
en,! men of prominence in Republi
| political circles will respond to
toasts.
NPKCIAL ItATR MRRTINO.
Chicago. March 9 —Railroad rstea
b no than two cents per mile will
probably In* adopted by several lln<Mi
because of the numerous national po*
lltlcsl conventions and other moet
laftM t<» in* held this year. Several
conferences on the subject have re- '
cently been held and a final decision
on the special rates matter Is expect
ed when the Central Passenger As
sociation meets In regular session
thin week.
IN 1778 Til MUM WKIIK l.'I STATUS
IN t»ON TIIKKU AUK 141 STATUS Pf*n(Yf"ACOl
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In April, 1008, Im'kiiii bitnlnowH. in January, 1008, tlio
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UNITED STATUS l>K POHITAItY.
Capital . .)ft | 4)0,000.00
StocklioldoiV 1liability.. .. . 14)4),4)04).OO
Surplu* . HA,000.00
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Resources Three - quarter Million Dollars.
Pays 3 per cent. Interest on Time Deposits.
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