VOL. vNO 25,___BI.UEPIELP. WEST VIRGINIA MONDAY ALTER NOON, M AY .s, ,ooS v PRICK TWO CKNT-?
IITRIPPLE
THREATENED
WHITE MAN KILLS SON—(DIME
OF NKGItOKK NOT MENTIONED
IN TEEKGItAM.
Dyersburg, Tenn.. May 18.—
Should ihree participate* in iwd
tragedies here be raptured this com
iii iniry may witness a triple lynch
•tu. with one white man and two
n ‘sroeg victims. Indignation Is at
vhite heal over two tragedies. John I
R. Palm r. a farmer living several
i liies northwest of this place, stab- [
l <• I and prebably fatally wounded >
1.'.8 son. Green Palmer, yesterday
aiteinoon. The trouble arose over
• he cJder Palmer's attempt to break
up the family. It isyK&id. When It |
breatne known that Palmer had al
most killed Ills son, a posse of men
ormed In Dyersburg and securing
bloodhounds w< nt out In search of
the fugitive. if h» is caught It Ik
raid I In' posse w ill swing him to the
first ti*ee in sight. The elder Palm
« r is sixty yrain of age. White citi
aens are Indignant at *»,> tragedy
and will lynch the negroes If cap
tu red.
(Note.- -Ther' Is evidently an
• omission in this dispatch, but we
.were unable to get It repeated.— Ed
itor.
ALL IS PEACE
liKTntXRli MINISTRP. IIK('I..\I{KH !
TIIKItK IS XO I HKTION HR. !
TWKRX liM’li: H.\M AND VRN
RZl’RliA.
New York. May 18.—United
States Minister to Venezuela W. VV.
It issell, accompanied by Mrs. Rub
r II and Uielr four-months-old baby
i'irl, Augusta Virginia, arrived from
Caracas on the red liner Caracas to
day on what ho declared his annual
tvo-months vacation. Minister Rus
sell denied that he had been sum
moned home by the president or
that there was any trouble between
th United Slates and Venezuela,
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RRfAfONT CAPR.
Dally.
l ull Course Dinner*.
12 to 2 p. ni.
5«lc.
D. it. MASTIX, Proprietor.
A. fJ. SI.MS, Manager.
JOHNSON VISITS THK HOlSK
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Member: Fxteud Cordial Greetlnit i
t*» Minnesota (lovemor.
Washington. May 18.—Governor
Johnson, of Minnesota, was a visitor j
at the oapitol Saturday and spent
some time on the floor of the house,
where he nan the recipient of much
attention. Democrats and Republl- j
cans alike extended cordial greet
ings.
He received general applause ’
when escorted by Mr. Tawney. he
ascended the rostrum and was In
troduced tg S|>eaker Cannon. Gov
Johnson bowed his acknowledg
ments and for several minutes en
gag'd in conversation with the j
epoaker.
pflireo
\ KG I tO, MAN UAK FLOATING IN
HLl’KHTONK ItIVKH.
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Saturday night about 8 o'clock
while Charles and Grant Crumpton,
Hoy Johnson and Jim Haley, color*
♦mI, were fishing under the. fifth
bridge, about a mile west of Gra
ham, they found the body of a col
ored man floating li: the water un
der the bridge. The remains were
brought to the colored Odd Fellows'
hall at Gratia m, and yesterday
morning the body was Identified as
that of Charley Crockett, of Kggles
ton Springs, Va., who wah well
known by several colored |#ople of
Graham. He was also seen in Mine
field Saturday morning and was In
Graham about 3 o’clock Saturday
afternoon. There are variotiR opin
ions among the colored fieople at
Graham about his death. Some,
think he was knockixl from the
bridge by a passing train while
others believe he was murdered. HIb
skull bone was split across the cen
ter of the head and some of the
colored jieople think it was done
with a hatchet or an axe. His pipe
and watch were found on his body,
and also an emblem of the colored
Red Men was found on 1he collar
of his coat. The remains were
burled In *the pauper burying ground
near Graham about 2 o’clock today.
Crockett was about 25 years of age.
twkVtv thousand MOKK.
The public buildings bill of con
gress as It passed the house on Fri
day f'aA’rfed an fiddUlonal twenty
t hounnd dollars for the federal
building In this city. This, with
the $10,000 paid for site and $100,
000 previously appropriated, makes
a total of $130,000 for Blu‘field
imstofflce and court house. The
contract for the building was let to
D. J. Phipps, of Newport News, Va.,
but there are some changes and de
tails yet to be perfected before
work will begin. Mr. Phipps was a
former Blueflelder, during the first
boom days, and w’ent to Newport
News alKMif ten years ago, where It
Is said ho has prospered.
vor SBE IT AT PEDIOO’8 IT’S CORRECT j»
PEAP EASY [
i Of course you want your iji
Neckwear correct -every ijij
ill
man does. Just tfo to Pedigo’s ! :
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Auerbach’s Solid Silk i|:|
Neckties, every correct ij:1
shape and shade for business, j j
church, social and dress
I wear. i|||
25c and 50c.
New Washable Ties —
just the thing
25 cents i
Corliss Coon Collars^
built to defy the laundry,!
to make the wearer feel!
comfortable and look his ^
\ best. All this at
2 for 25 cents
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326 AND 327 PRINCETON AVE. *
BLPEFIBLD WEST VIRGINIA’ j 1
m ui, ORDERS RECEIVE PROMPT attention.
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REGAL WEDDING
FOR MISS REID
0
MARItlAOF CKREMONY OF
AMKItl( AN KaYOY’H RACCII
TKR 11) UK IN (HU RT CHAPKL
WHFKK VICTORIA ANI) OTHKIl
ROYALTIFK WKRK WKDDFD.
London, May 18,— It 1b already
certain that the marriage on Juno.
23 of .lean Hold and the lion. John
Herbert Ward will b etho grandest
wedding of the London season.
In compliance with 'the king's
wlah. the ceremony will be in the
historic Chapel Royal of St. James'
Palace, where. Queen Victoria and
Prince Albert wer.* wedded, and
where several of the daughters and
other kin have since b«en married.
Indeed, the chapel has been looked
ti|K>n <as sacred to royal w«>ddiugs.
King Kdward has aet a new pro
icedent 4|or dhl|c ^ocoanloti, Iwytuiw
this la the flrat time, the daughter
of an ambassador to the court of
Ht. James has married a member of
the British nobility in lrnndon. In
this instance the daughter of the
American ambassador Is to become
the wife of a brother of th * new
governor general of Australia, the
Karl of Dudley.
Rail of Itoyal Witnesses.
King Kdward, Queen Alexandra
(If possible), 'the Prince and Prln
ceas of Wales, (he future king and
queen, other members of the royal
family, as many of the peer* and
Iteereas** as can get invitations, and
all tlu» representatives In Knglnnd
of foreign sovereigns and republics
will witness the ceremony. Kvery
thlng pertaining to the wedding will
be on a scala of royal magulficence.
HARRIMAN IS
VERY OPTIMISTIC
HAYN OOCNTHY |H ALL RIOIIT
AND HKKH NO RKAHON FOR
ANY DHPRKMHION.
Washington, May IK,—That tho j
country Is all right and that there '
Is no reason why prosperity should ■
not reign, aro the opinions expressed
by K. H. Harrlman In an Interview
her*, Mr, Harrlman la exceedingly
optimistic over business conditions.
"The country Is all right," he Is
quoted as saying. "Kverything is
normal and there is no reason why
we should not have pro*|>e,rlty In
plenty. The basis of prosperity In
every country is the product of the
soil, and the croi>* here could hard
ly b* better. Farmers are content
ed; they have no mortgages to pay;
their fences are built and the land
Is producing all they nerd. Kv -ry
thing de[»ends on that. I see no
reason for any business depression.
We aru all right,"
NOTH'B.
The following Is notice that .1.
Maker, residing at Minefield, Mer- I
cer county, West Virginia, has made
application to the county court of
said county for a license to sell at ,
retail spirituous liquors, wines, por
ter, ale, beer and drinks of like na
ture for the imrtod Imglnnlng on
May 1st, 1908. and ending June 30,
1909, at No. |i Minefield avenue In
the town of Minefield. Mercer coun
ty. West Virginia.
Olvon under my tiand thrts tho
15th day of May. 1<»0K.
Teste; EflTILL BAII/KY, Clerk.
5-1 6-lawk4 wke.
FOR RENT Four rooms with pan
try and [marches, No. 222 Mine
field avenue T If R Christie.
5-18-2t
cm iSKIt WINS SI'KI'.I) IlKitlltl),
South Dakota Makes *Jt*2.:ht Knot*
I «der KornM Draught.
Wan Francisco, May is.- \ wire
less message from the armored
cruiser South Dakota, which Is r
turning to this i*ort from her Huai
trip, reports that she has broken all
records for vessels of her class.
Her averag > speed during her
four hours' trj.il was It.36 knots
under forced draught and 20.0"
knots under natural draught. Thh
Is ,3t> knots In excels of con trad
requirements.
I he picture at the left show* Hon. John Ward, the affianced or Mina
Jeon Held, daughter ot the American ambassador to England. At the
i r,«h* ft l)Jcturo the Karl of Dudley, Mr. Word * brother. This
Picture shows the strung family resemblance between the two. At the
bottom is a picture of the Chapel Roval of St. .lames’ Palace, where
the wedding will probably take place.
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AliliHOHAW NATIONAL ol
IMTTSIHJIM* IN THK II ANIM4 Ol #
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Pittsburg, Pa., May t*. Today
I the doom of the Allegheny National
(tank, long prominent in the finan
cial life of *the. city, failed to open.
The alleged defalcations and irregu
larities of former Cashier Win.
Montgomery, now conll,el in the
Allegheny county JaiJ. were found
to r_»neh ho enormous a Lotul that
tho continued activities of the In
stitution has been found impossible.
No other istltutlon will he afforded,
and It will he without perceptible
effect In Pittsburg. United Suite;
Bank Examiner Folds will be tom
porary receiver. lie will close the
institution and lake everything to
Washington.
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WASHINGTON m:\lOfTt \TS
Spokane. Wash., May i s. T< n
<1 ’legates to represent I lie Mate ol
Washington and It* <ongr anional
districts in the Denver convention
will be elected by the Democratic
state convention here today. Th re
Is every likelihood Dial Bryan will
be unaninioiiHly Indorsed nnd that
the entire delegation will he In
st meted for him.
WILL BREAK
fMWIlH’K .1 UK DtVlH MIST
HrUNI) HOMU ni HIS HKMTII
OR ''lll'ST."
Reno, N#v , May I The worl »\
automobll • record from rtnn Fran
cisco to New York is to lie broken
by Rawhide Jack Davl-. Nevada's
n«*wf*Ht. millionaire, who has been
spooling his money Ijk«> a king In
Reno for the past we k Davis >■* .
reived $250,000 in part payment
for one of hi* mines at Rawhide last
week. He has not si pt In several
days and claims he is spending hi*
money as a means of a void Inn a
breakdown Davis Is 30 years old.
married and never saw a gold mine
befor * coming here from Oregon a
year and a half ago.
< in\(.i #*i i iim
M. Rosenberg, who has been In '
the clothing business at 27,7 prince t
ton avenue in fill* City for the i»i«J t
eighteen years, ha* lately sold his I
•ntlre stock of merchandise and fix
ture*. which amount* -tu $20,000. *
»o Col. D (i and P T. Filly, who
will also occupy hi* old stand. In
retiring from •business Mr. Rosen-1 *
l*erg wish#* to thank all his old t
customers for past patronage; he
also highly recommend the n#-w *
firm to all hi* customers. a
M KTIIOIHST MI'/iSTKIt, t\S\\i:,
* o.m.mits iioicmitu; i.i i k
\\l) SHOCK ICl.K'IOItllH Ills
MINI*.
Valrmont. W. Y'a., May is.- Key.
!•’. I-’. Kaufman, aged r.n years, and
one o ft he heat known Methodist
Kplfleojial minister In the district,
killed Ills wITe early this morning
while sufTerlnR from a lit of inranl
•y. NY’lien he had cut her throat h<
Inimediately berame sane. lie Ik
now under arrest and In the county
Jail.
Thin lr. a photograph of "TV-"
Ml.mi. who died r-een'ly under ^ur.
delotiH elrrumntanrea. in hi* print'*
Mien wan known an the “wlrk<1
■ t man in x« w York.” lie kept n ’
mol room In that < ity for many !
<\iM, whirl had pern raided noroe
hing like thr e hundred tfmon by
he pollre. An Investigation I* now
wing made an to hi* death.
MATTI.H iMiMvmfs |’<mp i i,pi;t
Se.Tttir-. Wash.. May is SeatfM
rill attempt to prlve. ft* rlalm an
ho moat hospitable city on the pa
Ifle roast when the battleship fleet
Milrh leave* San Pranelgro today,
rrlve* here on Saturday.
THE ELUSIVE
mhs. ui xnksk a i* \ssi*:x<j»-:it ox
I'll \ XS ATL.VXTA’ HtKAMHIII!*
Ol I’ of dAIA FMON.
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l.nporte, Iml., May |S. Mrs
Hello dullness Is lodny speeding
across the Atlantic on the Hamburg
American liner Danin, according to
Information received here. Identi
fication in dalveston. Texas, of a
woman who tallies exactly with the
missing murdei/, s, was imadc by
•lames Mtokes ami Hrank Dayton,
who talked with tin woman Just as
sAe was about to sail on the Danin.
Turn .lohnaon and Judson Har
mon have gotten together on a mu
tual basis of agreement and Johnson
»ays he Is for Harmon and har
mony. With sin'll a combination
llie democrats or ‘Ohio might as
well begin to pick out the ofllcers
they want, for victory Is certain
this year. The Itopublicnns might
bent Tom Johnson, or they might
bent Judson Hannon, but they can
not defeat Harmon and Johnson.
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Iii tlu> Kanawha county primaries
Saturday, the entire “Hog Combine"
tlekel won by largo majorities. The
llekot. was forecasted a week before
* be primary by the Charleston Ga
zette. and a re.wnrd of $ i .000 was
offered by the Oa/.etto to anyone
who could successfully deny that the
ilekot had boon slated. Tho tlckot
nominated Ih as follows;
1 louse of Delegates Charles W.
Good, John Nugent, John A. Thayer.
Sam c. Harless, K. C. Colcord.
Cor Clerk or County Court I,. C.
'.‘art. y.
Cor Clerk or Circuit Court Ira
1 •. Mottleshoard.
h'or Prosecuting Attorney H. M.
Avia. .
l-’or Judge Intermediate Court.
H. K. niack.
Cor Sheriff S. P. Smith.
Cor County Commissioners M P.
Malcolm, A. It. Shepherd.
!• or Ahhcshoi Grant, ('openhaver.
Coi County Surveyor Crunk I).
Barron.
ATTKNTIOV, |f. C. \.
There will lie a meeting of Mercer
County camp, IT. C. v., at the city
hail in Itlmfneld Saturday, the 23rd
inK»t,. at M o’clock a. m. to arrange
for attending the reunion at Bir
mingham Oil June !!, In and II. A
full nit* n lame Ih desired. By order
* It. If. BA I BUY.
C donel Commanding. ,
C. S. Grove, Adjutant. <
H\M|0 I'WH’bK—Itl/IIKIC FKKD
Wo are Improving the <|iiallty or
our feed and holding It down to the
lowest possible price. Send us your
orders Tor Flour, Meal and Coed.
HDHKCMODD CF.Kp CO.
forhiuopenine
ISMMT.au ORY STORK
ItFMMFS llt’HINRSM — FKIt
UKI.I. MFIK'ANTII.F CO., IN*
<<>iM*oit\TRi>, TAKKS m\ Kit
IHSINFSS OF W. (1. FV.XRRI.Ii*
The Ferrell Mercantile company,
successor to W. Q. Ferrell, formally
j opened this morning for the aunt*
, nu*r I fade. This storo needs no in
troduction to the |>eople of Mercer
and tl'1 coalfields. Ferrell’s wag rec*
, ngnigi'd as an up-to-date city store
j for ladles, where the highest grade
, °f ladles’ apparel In the latest
idyl >s could lie had at much lesa
than mall order prices. The store
was at tractive outside as well os In
side and passers-by were attracted
b> the beautiful whitlow displays.
The inside was provided with all the
Mutest store fixtures, show, wall and
mill cases, cash carriers, etc., and
the clerks wore polite and atten
tive. Under the reorganisation all
tli >s(* features will be maintained
ami tin abundance of captfal pro
vided to carry on flu* business an
nus to tb«‘ public a continuance
<»f lb' policies that have made For
rell’i famous. Mr. Ferrell will be
dell: titl'd to see you, call In.
Wll.li IlFt'OMF AN M. II.
Unfits H. Brown, n former book
keeper for the Dully !.codor. and
one of our best citizens, returned
from Baltimore this morning, where
lie has rented a house and will take
his family Saturday, to remain un
til he graduate* in medicine. Mr.
Brown Iiuh our beat wishes for hid
Mloro*p.
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I’lVI'J DOM,Alt 1*11 IZR.
I lie h >si and most desirablo prize
vet offered at tho rink will he glveu
away on Tuesday night. The prize la
a ftve dollar gold piece and It will
lie hidden among the rafters. At
the rounding or a >wih I«tl«a it ho
t.kilters will all conn* to a atop and
lo the person who Is nearest -the
I’.olil 1 ho prize will ho given.
\ I > >11 \ I ST B A T< lB’fl NOTH R.
Scaled bids will 1m» received by
the undersigned until the 2fith day
property of tho Into RrnivJfj If.It
of May. I!»0X, for tho following
proper!y of the Into Ernest II. Art
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All tho liquors, wine* and beer,
loir fixtures, restaurant and hotel
fixture*, equipment, goods, chattel a
mi I coeds, pool and billiard tnhl.*,
■iloc|< of cigars and 'tohnlicco, which
property is now In the building
known as tho Windtsor Blot^l, In,
llluc.flo.lfi. West Virginia, and n.\
'•her property In said premises;
■ l*i the u n ex pi rod term of tho lease
for Raid Windsor Hotel.
The right is reserved to reject any
>r nil bids and lo sell said property,
any part, thereof, nt public auc
lon on said premises at said lime
>i at a subsequent date.
K If. RABI.RY, Administrator.
,OHT A sllvA* knob from nil um
brella handle, engraved If. W. W.
^j^Bur^JB^^eaderofflcc.
Iri V) THE observant man, to the man of
JL clear intellect, facts speak much more
eloquently than words.
IT IS not the claims we make that give our
clothing its perfection of detail and con
sequent , favor among critical dressers—it is
not our words, hut the facts that underlie
our words.
A Summer Suit for $22.50
Handsome olive shade, pure worsted, with faint stripe,
Campus style. Coat:, Two button, single breasted sack,
wide InpHs. full chest, three button sleeve with vent,
t Vi st: Three button, flap button pockets. Trousers: hip
fitting, full seat, Ixdt loops, side straps, buttoned hip pockets.
Other Suits $15.00 to $30.00
I.OOK TO.|)AY—BUY IT YOU ARE PI.EASED
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Metropolitan Men’s Furnishing Co.