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SPECULATE Cl I | ~ I | \ • * *tV ' - 1 1 u i u Washington, .1*!' _*■> \* , ton polltlcnl wiseacre • r<-a’: imslly engaged in n - , n ml Hots for Judge Tlllt -■! Colonel ltryan. Scor< of j»j *>^ • tie at ion* are being made i>r tie* i •!>;!!>'•• line up and batting or • r f the- di*= tiuguished men who will h<- called to aet as olti. ial . Ivisei-- u* t! next occupant of i ! • wli: . bout In case of ... «»! Taft, .t l« generally agr. • <1 that the re- \ ill ; he- few vital changes. Kilhu Root Is slated to retain the Mate folio as long as he wants t. pro\ l c-ei, of course*, that the- Itepuii , continue in control. George \ n • Meyer. postmaster general ia Roosevelt's cabinet will likely be o'l'iUK'm in ini' treasury srcreinr> sklp. Gum-ral Luke f\ right s w t-a4n to no mu i u «s head o’ t' <• ,vm doirartiiHiit unior tlie i «jt n -iuy Prank M. Kellogg, it f§ fch nr be selected to succeed Attorn. y General Bonaparte, while Frank H. Hitchcock will be awai led with the office of posttnasti r general. Janies Wilson, the perpetual -oi n* tarv or agriculture, will not he dis turbed. and James A Garth Id wil continue as secretary ol th in terior. Whether Metcalf will !>e r tained as secretary of the n r. ai ’ Straus as the secretary o' ' m:"' . and labor 1- a lunT-r of dV. -p-* m<nt, some of the wiseacr. <i c ar- i Ing that they will have to mak ■ ; for some of Taft’s mon in in rioiu workers. Doping out a Bryan « abinot of course, more interesting ince i allows a wider latitude of i c , and presents mon clean ui. »> mi certainty. %\t the head of »h* li r as secretary of state, most o tl • wise ones place Judsoii llarnu a ot Ohio. A few think that .1 ■,.!'• G-n Gray of Delaware, would he eh :, mi for this Important portfolio, hut this is not consider* I probah e by those acquainted wiTTi just the ■! gree exlsiting between the Xebi « li nn and the Delaware jurist. The t Bryan cabinet, it is thought, would be largely composed of westum- rs. with finly two or three ea tern an 1 southern men include I. It is likely in the event tbit Bryan is elected, that his cabinet will be substantially as follows Secretary of state -Judson liar mon, Ohio. Secretary of the treasury I oh * A. Johnson of Minnesota. Secretary of war G orge Turner of Washington. Attorney (Jonora! William J. or New York. "oKtim ti r general Ifenry |>. > •: n ol \lahnmn. > o tin navy- Theodore V ll 'I o California. ‘ ■ >’.v of the Interior Thus. M. I :■! t• i -. »n i f Colorado. ^ i< : iy ol agriculture (Mark Howell of (icnrgln. Secretary of commerce#and labor John VI iti 1m li of 111 Inois. “livery man to mi* trade" is an hi » lag* a t I;- fum'llar to u+irly or tis It Is brief In Its wording ■ :f «• invvs a great d al In Its mean- i t It is merely a terse way of ii2 that a man who makes a spe aity rtf any one thing knows more 'bout, and la more proficient In his j >arll< alar spec ialty than any one eoul 1 he . It la for this reason h. t we all seqjk a specialist when • hav atiy serious physical all • '•ent. it 1 for the same reason that • i'* Itydal Remedy Co. went to one : f be best specialists In the United Hates on 1 ir• r and Intestinal trou i prof©! sor In a Columbus. Q., •iixlleai Collojve, and secured from • i. a prescription from which Ry Isvt.r Tablets are made. • ’ir. .specialist knew more about llv- | • r t. oubles than • doc tor who treats - and thut Is why Ry ‘ • fJver Tablets relieve and cure ri quickly all liver troubles than o ordinary liver pills and pow iers. •'.<) tablets In a metal box, 25 "t.'. For Bale by the White Phar macy. u \i.i s i.i: \\ i;s <• \ \ \i» \. -> ' ■ filly IV.I While the i oui i farewell s;i 1111«• i ' mm', t h Prince of WaleB • I Hi s morning for England. i i> in Quebec which mm lie remembered as the ' n 'tab i visit of royalty to t’an * There will be additional pa ui;d pageants tomorrow and "i . but the departure of the ,•! nee marks the beginning of the i i <>i tin* tercentenary celebration 1 it ;i few days the ancient city • have returned to its customary ! Mi nit 1 (fillet Nile. an undertalter: Gough rid Coughing end In Coffin. Cure the ■ tgb. stop the cougntng, and let undertaker keep bis Coffin. Ry 1Cough Elixir Is ' no best and! :*'sf way ()r accomplishing this re- I if. Rest, because It rontalns the Jt remedies known to aid nature to I 1 a cough. Surest, because it posl-j « !y (loes not contain opiates or ■rifu! drugs of any kind. Guaran-1 ed under the pure Food and Drug iw For nale by White Pharmacy. Try a Tender Want Ad. TO FIGHT OVER WILL New York, July 21B—A bitter ! contest I expected over the will of te late Benjamin Hart, which will probably be filed tomorrow*. The estate or Hurt, who started life as a peddler. Is valued at over a mil lion. lie died in Paris on May 11 aft' r many years residence there. Then* were five codicils attached to tin- will, one or which Is missing, | and over this the fight will hinge. Inder the w TIT. Hart divided his property among relatives* and f rlends. Hart, originally a bagman, sold good from a pack to the wives of farmers and Invested his profits in New York real estate. Thirty years 1 ago, having amassed a fortune, he. went to live In Paris. Hart mar ried twenty-seven years ago and he and bis wife adopted the Luce best girl. Mrs. Hart lived in this city Tor twenty-four years following her separation from her husband, and was known as Mrs. Rllzabeth Wright, her residence being No. 21 Perry street. “She is now said to be living in the Chelsea district. Hart's adopted daughter assorts site is en titled to all the property. Quantity and Quality rarely e.ver go together. Here’s the exception, j Elliott’s Emulsified Llnlmeri con tains half pint of an emulsion of i Spirits Turpentine. Origanum, Kero sene Oil, Ether and Ammonia, and hc.Hs for only 26c a bottle. Guar anteed or money back. The White Pharmacy. MEN ICON GOVERNMENT LETS CANAL CONTR \CT. Mexico City, July 2D.—The Mexi can government is building an in land canal 104 miles long, to con nect the ports of Tampico and Tuxpain. This inland waterway is row about one-half finished, and the contract was recently let for too construction of the remaining j portion. It Is estimated that the canal will have cost, when com pleted. about 6, OttO. 000 Mexican money, which is equivalent to $2. 600,000 gold. It is 76 feet wido and# has a uniform depth of 10 1-2 feet. GOVERNOR CUTLER QUITS. Kbit Lake City. Utah. July 2D.— Governor John C. Cutler will uot seek to succeed himself as chief ex ecutive (,r Utah, and the Republi can nomination will doubtless go to United States Marshal William Spry.' FRANCE WILL DEFEND TEACHERS I'arls. July 29.—Tin* French ' government ls about to submit to the chamber a measure intended to defend teachers in the primary schools from what is regarded as a **• w clerical scheme for Interfering with the lay education provided by I he stat . Several teachers have been prosecuted lately by parents oil the wore or nat 1-religious character of the Instruction im parted to their children, t inier the new law such actions will have to be brought against the state and not against thu individual teacher, if the justice of the accusation be proved, the state will, apart from disciplinary measures, have a legal remedy against' the teacher. This measure, with another hill which has Just b* on Introduced, will help to satisfy those government sup porters who hold that there is a sort of i*< it conspiracy to block the working of the law. ARREST FOR KILLING iiAMiAKH (ii iMAiw (haimiih WITH MlltHKIt or UjAVTON S.\ |,| J \<;k. Maty City, Va„ July 2D.- Mallard (lullllnm was arrested yesterday afternoon charged with the murder of Clayton Sailings at Hill Station, Sunday sight. He has retained W. I). Cox to defend him. and will be given a preliminary trial today. GETS ilCUOSTICE MliArivSMITII, WIIO SHOT \I\W ItlCI VSWH'K MINISTKIt .H |,V | 15, hi:M'|.;\i |.;ii. New Itrnnswick. N. .1.. July 2!>. Another example or iptiek Jersey justice whs given yesterday when Arefiio Herron, the former black smith. who shot and killed the |{eV. 8. M. I*iekf*tt, a Methodist minister on July 15, was convicted of mur- 1 dor in the first degree and was sen tenced to be electrocuted at Tren ton on September 17th. Herron's trial began Monday and the cas«* was given to the jury yes terday. It took but forty-live min utes for the jurymen to bring in a1* verdict of guilty. I 1 • E‘ T,ERNEY' P"*Idcnt W* «• THOMAS. Vice-President R. E. BOI LING. Cashier \ t Every Bank Account deserves SPECIAL ATTENTION & | ACEI YOUR BUSINESS WITH 5JS o o And it will receive that SPECIAL attention, we are always ? '? pleased to give every account whether large or small. & { Flat Top National Bank i ? Resources nearly a Million Dollars United States Depository ? ? BLUEFIELD, WEST VIRGINIA | n— , LI»U IX MA\!f, Preuldont. WALTER C. POLLOCK, Vh'<*-Pre«id*Iit. L. A. HOOPER, CuMliier. 1 [ T^e First NeUiorwaJ Be^rvk _BLUEFIELD, WEST VIRGINIA f ' \i-n w,; *ioo.o»o. whui. *200.000. VNMvmp.n profit*, ho.ooo. I OTAL RESOURCES ONE AND ONE-THIRD MILLIONS _THREE PER CENT. PAID O N TIM E D E PO S ITS 1KI xont RANKINU 11IMINEW WITH THE OU.B.T AND «TUOMGK*T IIAxi IN TOWN WILLIAMS’ KIDNE* PILLS Rave you tea your Kidneys? Rave you overlooked your ifervouB Byptern and mused trouble wltli your kidneys and bl^ddor? Hive you palun In loins, side, back, groins and bladder? Have you a flabby appear ance of the face, especially under the eyes. Too requently a desire to pass urine? If no, William s Kid ney Pill will cure you. Price fjOc. For »aie by Tho White Pharmacy. Cor. B'and Htreet and Prlncelon iv«. a \\(>i\\ci:Mi:\r. My friends having boon denied iho privilege of voting for nia in iho Republican county convention, after my name had been properly and regularly placed before said convention, they fool that they Uiould have the right to vote for me In tlie general el >ction. 1 there fore announce myself an independ ent candidate for the ofiic of county clerk, and promise, if elected, to Faithfully and impartially ditcharge the (lutTen of said of lice. J. E. T. SENTZ. Try a Leader Want Ad I PROTECT YOURSELF I v phoid fever and other water-bourne diseases, by S g drinking g | PALATABLE DISTILLED WATER | Its Pure, Healthful and Palatable f BLUEFIELD BOTTLING CO. 1 £ i g Phono 2H;;. g $ BLUKPIBLI), W. VA. 9 * | ^o-:-o :*o*:o:o*:-o-:-oi-csi-o-!-o-:-o^-o*!-o :o:-o-!-o-:- o:-o:-o-:o:-o-:-o:-o-i-o-io | 5 Turner Brothers Company f IP FOUR LARGE STORES IN DIFFERENT CITIES $ 9 Has the latest things in the DECORATING g LIN I*, that can be found in the largest cities. II $ you want want vour home or your store rooms deco- $ rated, call at 8 107 Princeton Ave. Phone 182 t. 9 TIP TOP, VIRGINIA . V'' " cl building just completed. Everything good to eat that the markets of Tazewell County affords, and of vours " rrrT T A neXCe!lent P|ace *° ***** ,he h*a,ed ,erm- «® a"<l imp us to send some friend ' ur s. i he Daily Leader will send a young lady and her chaperon. See contest notice in this issue. RED SULPHUR SPRINGS Monroe County, West Virginia thel'or" - -!TU? re5"r,' MaS bcen ,,,,|Hllar fnr more ‘ha" half a century and some of the greatest men and women of wc, L ,h ' 7 ° v "* gues,s- Th* l,ai|y Leader is C'oing to send one of its young lady friends to spend a week there Jos summer.. You can help choose the lucky one. Read our outing offer. MOUNTAIN LAKE Giles County, Virginia • a hhnkctVnV'.’'» "'7 A"<:fh,,n‘<:s- '‘"““"K aad pishin* <>" «•« mounlain top. So cool there (hat you can sleep under ‘ “ oo,.tte5t nights. An old Virginia favorite. 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