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THE CIRCULATION OF THE DAILY LEADER HAS NEARLY DOUBLED WITHIN THE PAST FEW MONTHS |
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the weather.
Fair tonight and Friday.
VOL. 3. NO 145.
BLUEFIELD. WEST VIRGrNIA. THURSDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 15, 1908
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PRICE TWO CENTS
INflTRtrre GRAND Jl'RY OF Mc
ROWKLL ('<>!'XTY TO IX'DICl
SOCIAL (’LIUS WHO VIOLATE
THK LAW—DAILY LKADKR
CHARGHB TO UK IXYKSTIGA
TRD.
The legislature of 1907 enacted
the following statute concerning so
ctal chibs In fho state of West Vir
ginia:
“120a. Any CjriKirat'.on or asso
ciation chartered and organized as
a social chib in. this state which
shall desire to kee^t on hand (at its
club house or other place of meet
ing, wUnes, ardent spirits, or bit
ters containing alcohol, or fruit pre
served tin ardent spirits, to be sold
directly or indirectly, or given away
to the members of such corporation
shall on or before the thirtieth day
of April in each year make applica
tion to the county clerk w herein the
club house or other place of meet
ing of such corjKirnfion is located,
for a certificate of license; the per
son maki ng the application for such
license shall file with the qlerk
of the county court an affidavit
ehowing the number of persons who
Uiave been members o.” such corpora
tion during the preceding year, and
the clerk of the county court shall
hie such affidavit in h'.s office which
fhall be open to the examination
and inspection *of the prosecuting
attorney or the si ate tiax contmis
oner, and assess the taxes against
such corporation or association at
iwo (dollars for every person who
h«« been a member thereof during
the preceding year, and the appli
cant shall pay the license tax as
other license taxes are paid; provid
ed the license tax to the state shnll
not in any case exceed five hun
dred dollars; unless and until the
said tax has been paid any pers'on
concerned in keepi ng such wine, ar
dent spirits, malt liquors or mix
tures therertf, al<V>hollc bitters, bit
ters containing alcohol or fruit pre
served in ardent spirits and sell di
rectly or indirectly, or giving away
the same, to any member or mem
bers of such corporation, shall be
subject to the penalties prescribed
by section three of this chapter for
persons selling spirituous liquors,
wines, porter, ale, beer, or drinks
of like nature without a state li
cense therefor.
An corporation or association
chartered or organized as a social
club and paying the tax above pre
scribed shall be entitled- to distrib
ute and dispense wines, ardent spir
its, malt llqtforH or any mixture
thereof, alcoholic, bitters containing
alcohol, or fruit preserved in ar
dent spirits, to and among its mem
bers. without obtaining any license,
or paying any further tax, either
state ‘or municipal or county, for
the said privilege than Is above
prescribed; provided that the sa>ld
corjoration is organized and con
ducted as « bona fide social club;
and provided further, that no per
son or oorporation shall he enti
tled by the payment of the tax
above prescribed to conduct the
but in* ss of a wholesale or retail
liquor dealer for which Heense 1s
required under the existing laws of
the state.
j I'pon dom plaint of any person
<ha4 any such corporation so char
tered as a social club Is being con
ducted, or has been conducted, for
the purpose of violating or evading
the laws of this state regulating
the licensing and sale of liquors,
and after service of such complaint
ton such corporation at least ten
•days before the hearing of said com
•plaint, the circuit court of the
ctounty, wherein is located its place
of business or meeting, or the
•judge thereof in vacation, shall ln
•quire in to the truth of sa' d state
ment and if the court or Judge in
•vacation shall adjudge that the said
coriKiration is being donducted or
•has been conducted lV>r the purpose
of violating or evading the laws of
•the state regulating the licensing
•and sale of liquors, the ('bartered
rights and franchises of sa' d corpo
ration shall cease and be void with
out any further proceedings, and
(ontlnued oA page three.)
ANOTHER FIRE
PRINCETON VISITED WITH AN
EARLY MOKXIXG CONFLAtiKA
TION—imowx IIKOS. Ll'MHEH
(t) A HEAVY LOSER—LITTLE
INHIHANCK.
Princeton, Oct. 16.—Special.—
This morning at 4 o’clock the lum
ber plant of Brown Brothers Lum
ber Company was destroyed by fire
with a Iobh estimated at from $3,
000 to $4,000, with only a small in
surance. The plant was sltuAted
near the depot. A great deal of
lumber was saved, and several
dwellings near by were also saved,
but only after hard work on the
part of the volunteer fire brigade.
rl he funeral of the two children
burned to death here yesterday will
tako place this aifternoon at 2:00
1 oolook. Mrs. Karnes is resting qui
I etly this morning after a sleepless
night, and her friends are hopeful
that she w.ll be up very soon. Mrs.
Bailey is completely prostrated.
FII11-: DESTROYS SAIiOON*
On Monday at Panther fire broke
out in a Hnloon building owned by
Halsey Hailey nnd occupied by a
man named Uwe, destroying the
entire building with Its contents.
The origin of the fire ia unknown.
The loss amounted to about $2,200
on which there was $1,700 insur
ance.
USE MONITOR PULVERIZED.
The flour of aue’lty. (At ftll store*)
NOTICE
To the public and subscribers of
the Bluefleld Telephone Ca. On and
fter January 1st, 1909, there will
be a charge made of five cents for
all local calls made from pay sta
tions operated by this company.
This is to apply to subscribers as
well as to non-subscribers.
BMJFJFIEHD TELEPHONE CO.
W. P. Hawley, General Manager
10-1 3-08-tf
IF YOI HKK IT AT PKIWJO’8 IT’S OOKRECT.
PIERROT RUFFS’
DIRECTOIRE RUFFS’
You have seen them of course.
All the pretty girls are wearing
them, and they are all buying them
from Pedigo’s. All Colors, All
Styles, All Prices.
E. 5. PEDIGO
325 327 Princeton Ave.
. WEST VIRGINIA
BLUEFIELD,
liltYAN MAN'AUKIIS CARRY OPT
PROMISES TO THK PEOPLE.
New York. Oct. 15.—New York
contributors to the Democratic cam
iwiftn fund were given out todAy as
follows Nathan Stras and National
Democratic Club $7,560 each; Nor
man K. Mack. $2,000; James K
McGuire. John W. Cox, Perry llel
''.nont. S. llntermcyer, Jacob Rup
pert, Delaney Nicoll and W. F. She
ba n, $1,000 each’ W. F. Barnes,
$X50; C. 0. S. Miller. $600; W. P.
Mitchell, llourke Cochran and Jef
ferson Levy $500 each; A. J. Elllj,
$400; H. C. Lehman and John
Stanehflcld, $260. Checks for $1,
j 000 came from Guy B. Tucker, Ar
kansas; M. D. Cary and A. McNeil,
Connecticut, M. I. Dunlap, R. Sul
livan and J. P. Hokklns, Illinois;
Thomas Taggart, Indiana; E. O.
Wood, Michigan; E. F. Goltra. I).
R. Francis, and M. C. Wetmore,
Missouri; W. J. Bryan contributed
over four thousand dollars, profits
from the Commoner; Senator Clark,
of Montana, gave $2,000. More than
$300,000 have been subscribed thus
far. One hundred thousand more
is needed to carry on the campaign
to the flnluh.
A HOWLING MOB
The Dally reader is In receipt of
two communications from Wise, Vn.
concerning the recent Joint dlsom
alon at that place between Congress
inan Slenvp and next Congressman
Byars, one of them is from a well
known business man and Is not for
publication. We take the liberty
of quoting a lew sentences, howervr.
He says. “It was a howling, drunk
en mob. and It was concocted an I
fully planned to howl Ryars down,
as I fully believe. They actually
got right up In front of the stand
and howled and bow wowed like
dogs, so that It was impossible for
a time for Ryars to he heard. Sletnp
plight to be ashamed of himself, for
he <was responsible for It. He shows
the coward that he is by refusing
to meet Ryars except at Tazewell
and Wise, where he knew he would
have the crowds, and I am credibly
Informed that he tried to have the
same tactics adopted at Tazewell,
but the people were not quite so
drunk and refused to carry out the
contemptible scheme, although they
were getting pretty mellow before
the meeting was over and made so
much noise that Slemp himself wax
unable to »be heard. Every such
meeting will disgust a lot of decent
people and help to elect Ryars.
Three Republicans declared today
their disgust and Intended to vote
against Slemp.”
The other letter i» an follows:
Wise, Va., Oct. 14, 1908.
Dhily I/eader:
Had the Dally Telegraph known
the faotB of the go-railed Joint dls
cuHHion between ftyarn and Stamp
at Wise, Va., on the 12th 'nst., It
certainly would have hesitated at
least to report the matter aH given
In Tuesday's Issue from a Hlg Stone
Gap correspondent. It looks very
much like Slemp and hla crowd nev
er Intended to have a discussion.
In the flr»t place Mr. Slemp would
never agree to a Joint discussion
except at two points, mark you— I
Tazewell and Wl»e—having posi
tively and flatly refused to meet
.Mr. Byars at other points where
numberg were more evenly divided,
and where there would have been
no howling down a man who was
attempting to make a fair discus
sion of the Issue*. It I* well known
that Mr. Byars even challenged
both Mr. Slemp and Mr. Muncy, of
fering to meet them single handed
at certain points and they barked
squarely down. Aak any fair-mind
ed mfan, let him be Democrat or Re
publican what he thinks of the
scene at Wise last Monday and he
will tell you that It was a shame
and a reflection upon civilization. It
waa a mistake upon Mr. Byars’ part
to ever consent to try to make a
speech under the conditions that
existed at Wise last Monday. Then
to call It a victory and a rough han
dling of Mr. Byars by Mr. Slemp.
The public, those who were not
present, can guess the element that
«f.d the rough handling. At any
rate it did not. pay. It lost votes
for Mr. Hlemj). There are men who
would have supported Mr. Slemp
who. If they will not vote for By
ars will not vote at all. after wit
nessing the attempted joint discus
sion at Wise.
i 1
MAJOR SAMUEL
CAXMOATK h)lt HOI HK OP OKI/*
KOATKS PltOM MI UCCIl I'Ol’X
tv, issrps r.vm» to votkiin.
To the Voters of Mercer County:
Gentlemen*—»At the earnest re
quest of the democratic county com
mittee ana many individuals, both
Democrats and Republicans. 1 have
consented to ink? the place of Mr.'
D. H. Barger on the Democratic
ticket hh candidate for the legiHla:
ttire. Mr. Barger was found not to
be ellgkble on account of not having
resided In the state the Hufllclent
length of tlmo. I assure you 1 am
very sorry to be deprived of the
pleasure of voting lor Mr. Barger.
Ah practically all of my time ban
been arranged for during the next
thirty day* It will be simply Invpos
slble for me to vtait you an I shoul 1
very much like to do. 1 do not like
politics and It was with consider
able reluctance that I gave way. 1
have frequently said (hat I could
not bo Induced to accept any politi
cal office, but the political condi
tions 'n Mercer county and the stale
of West Vlrg'n a at present are
such as J think should make every
well thinking perion do all they can
to remedy the many wrongs exlst
ng. Ah I have accepted I now
want your votes.
You have my record for twenty
seven years In your county and
forty-one yearn in your state.
Should I be elected I will not go to
Charleston as the representative of
any trust, corporation, organization
or individual. 1 will go as the rep
resentative of the people of Mercer
county and the state of West Vir
ginia. 1 shall endeavor to treat all
fairly to the very best of my ability.
Should a bill be offered and consid
ered a democratic or republican
measure and I believe It to be detri
mental to the interest of the people
of Mercer county 1 most assuredly
and without hesitation will oppose
it. On the other band. 1 will as
earnestly support any 'measure,
democratic or republican, If I be
lieve It to be lo the Interest of my
county and state. I do not wear
the yoke of any man or set of men.
Should anything arise concerning
the Interest of what Is known as
capital or tabor | surely will not
hesitate to do rujr duty regardless of
consequences, as I have no “fences”
to keep repair'd, and consequently
I shall not consider my polltleal
fate. My record with tlie moneyed
Interests as w< II as ,with labor Is
well known. I believe in fair play
between man and man; I do not
stop to think whether he is rich or
poor.
dont
If you want a grafter to represent
you. don’t vote for me; If you want
a scheming politician to represent
you, don’t vote for /no; If you want
a person who will b<- afraid to voto
an his conscience may dictate on ac
count of future political aspirations,
lon't voto for me.
If you have confidence n my hon
r,aty and think I have the courage
to do what r beHovc to he right
where my fellow-man la concerned,
regardless of his politics, religion,
or flnanc;«| standing, I a.*k for your
vote; I ask for the Republican
vote as well as the Democratic upon
the ground that I propose to rep
resent the people If elected, | ask
for what ’a known as the labor
vote;; I ana for the vote of th •
business men; for the vote of the
people who possess money as well
as that of th*' poof man, and I offer
my record to Justify ,my request.
I feel competent to act fairly and
/squarely with all. I am ;n your
hands.
SAMUEL WALTON.
October 1 r». 1ft08.
TKIAfj PfWPOM'KI).
New York. Oct. 15. The trial of
O. W. Morse, the former Ice k nir,
and Alfred Curris, former president
of the National Hank of North
America. was continued before
Judge Hough todaq. The charges
against the defendants are over cer
tification and misapplication of the
furida.
RRPLY TO 8TATKMKNTH OF 4. L.
KKItSKY IN DAILY LRAJ>Klt.
Mr. l’erkiug says;
Referring to the statement that
Mr. J. L. Kersey made on the 12th
I wish to nay that I was In the
eighth ward the entire day of the
election held on the 5th day of last
M<ny. The only time I went over'
the sixty foot line was Just after
Mr. Kersey had been on the outsldo
or the building talking to Mr. Lilly
and Mr. Newkirk, the chief of po
lice, and 1 noticed that no objection
"as made to either of these gen
tlemen appearing within' sixty feet
of the building. 1 went to the house
whore the election was being held
land called for Mr. Lowder, one of
the commissioners, Hnd Mr. Kersey
jumped up amd came toward the
door and donintided mo to get off
the election grounds, l told him I
wanted to see Mr. Ixiwdcr mid he
threw hia hands bark on his hip
pocket as If he wan golifg to draw a
Kun on me, and 1 told him 1 did not
comic there for any trouble, 1 oamy
to see Mr. Lowdar. He then called
the ohlctf of police, Mr. Newkirk,
to lako me off the grounds, and Mr.
Newkirk told him that I wan not
doing anything, and then ho went
hack in the building slid Issued a
warrant for me and called on Mr.
Hunt to Hervo the paper, who said
he would not have anything to do
"li'h It. a«( to the statement that
It had been agreed by the electfon
officers that I should be arrested I
have only to refer you to the offi
cers themselves, who will contra
dict the statement. of Mr. Korney.
The election officers were Mr. C.
R. l.owder, Mr. X. L. McKinney, Mr.
.1. B. Martin, Mr. R. h. Austin, Mr.
W. 1). Carter and Mr. Abe) Massey.
Mr. Kersey cannot prove by these
gent lemon t'hat an agreement, was
made that I should he arrested, I
had no Intention of Intimidating,
nor did I intimidate any one.
Mr. Kersey appeared before the
grand Jury last spring and preferred
charges against me upon which I
was indicted, both for intimidating
and carrying n club. The indict
ment for carrying a club was for
asHHitlUng a fictitious person.
Yours truly,
W. F. I*ERKINS.
To the Editor of the Dally Leader:
Please allow me apace In 3*our
paper t>o answer a statement ttiacIo
by Mr. .1. L. Kersey lu your Issue
of the lUth. I will «ay In roply
•’bat I did make affidavit ‘according
to law oh I understand It •*.<> several
voters of the eighth ward. I had
been advised by several lawyers
that betng a candidate at that time
did not del/*ir me from making affi
davit >to a voter. The law said, as
1 understood It, that a person not
registered was /equlred to secure
affidavits of two reputable citizens
•of the same ward to make oath to
same before he could vote.
I have never been proved a cit
izen off disreputable character. Now,
• Mr. Kersey Mas Indicted mo for
•making affidavit to voters as I was
•a candidate for councilman. He
t’lVHH an officer of the law, Inasmuch
)ih he was commissioner of election
ion that day, and It was his sworn
‘duty as such to Issue warrants and
'have me arrested, which he did not
Vfo, nor even Intimated that he
{would. It seems to me if I was
violating the- law, as he claims that
1 was, that It would have been his
duty on oath to have had me ar
rested and sent t*o J;a I. ft seems
steange that he would allow me to
make affidavit to some te i or twelve
•ot«*rs and remain silent upon this
question until after the grand Jury
had met, the second “Ime although
he appeared befc re the- grand Jury
several months ago. Mr. Kersey
sav» In hln statement that there
were several vlo'atlonw of the law
on that day, but he? did not seem
i*o remember, either time he was be
for< the grand jury since the elec
tion, of his having a conversation
with one of the Republican candi
dates Just In front of the room In
which *he election was being "held,
which lasted not P*** than fen min
utes and ha I to be called out by
Mr t’nrson scene two or three times.
I do not mean to cast any reflec
t on on this gentleman that, called
him out, as I understand that hf
wanted i'<» know rather than to fur
nish Mm a list of tlfoee who had
registered and had no*, voted. This
Yir. Kersey did not do as It was
against the law.
Mr. Kersey knows that. 1 did nbt
violate the law on election cfay. if
1 did he certainly did not cho his
sworn duty 'or he would have had
me arrested and taken away,
i 1 have spoken to all of the of
IVcers, includtUK John 1). Martin,
who was the Demooratlo challeu
Iter, whose name he failed to men
tion in his statement of the 12th
as one of the election officers, ami
have been told that if I violated
any of the election laws on that
day they were x*ot aware of the
fact.
I have been living in Bluefleld
for eighteen years and in the eighth
ward for about six years and I am
perfectly willing for the people of
niueflold that krfow me, irrespective
of their politics, to aay whether I
am h man who wilfully violates the
law. the Indictment that was dis
missed against me last Wednesday
should be ou rettord and I wouM
be glad for all interested to Jlnd
out for thcmfcelvea If Mr. Kersjy
did not make one of those Indict
ments ugainst me.
If I have done Mr. Kersey sn in
justice and ho will come to me as
a man should do nnOthor <nnd con
vince ine of the fact I will make
proper apologies.
It aceniH to mo that would be the
better way tt) (to, rather than to try
to cause mo all of the trouble and
expense that he can In having me
g*> to and from Princeton.
I will nay In conclusion that I
am not afrfeld of the Indictment. I
am confident of being exonerated
of any wrong doing.
Very respectfully,
A. B. THOMPSON,
22 Allen Street.
BB. BULL VERY lU
OIIKATLY Dh'PRk'HHKI* AT NK1VS
OF l>KATH OF Nt'KMK.
New Yorlt, Oct. IB.—Jlr. W. T.
Bull, tho famous surgeon who Is
lying desperately 111 at bis homo
here this morning, had a sudden
change for tho. .worse. ..He was In
formed that his nurse who had been
with him' during his Illness, had
died. The melancholy coincidence
affected the renowned surgeon
greatly. Ho will probably never
recover.
NTIUKK imiOAKP.lt lATItFI)
TO PltOIIAltl.10 IMOATII
Now York, Oct. 16.—1George Leu
vltt, a strike-breaking taxicab driver
whh lured to a trap by a handsome
ly gowned woman and almost In
atantly killed by a mob last night,
Ch dying In the Presbyterian hospit
al tod-ay. The police arrived too
late to capture his assailants.
JONH ll.’H IIIO PIKK.
Cleveland, O., Oct. 16.—Fire this
morning destroyed several buildings
and a forest owned by John i).
Rockefeller, near Colllngwood vil
lage. Ills loan Is propably one hun
dred thousand dollars.
FOOT HALL.
High School vs. Athletic Club.
South Bluefleld, Saturday at 3:30
p. m. A good game anticipated.
BHliMONT CAJm.
Dally.
Pall Coarse IHnnrrs,
11 to I r ro.
SOc.
I>. B. MABTfN, Proprietor.
And Msuger,
JAPANESE FOREIGN OFFICE AT
TACHES LITTLE IMPORTANCE
TO THE MATTER.
Toklo, Oct. 15.—The Japanese
foreign office attaches very little
4kn*port*ncte «*.o the encounter bo
twremi Japanese troops and Chinese
troop* at Kantao. According to In
formation received here the Chlneae
attacked a Rarrluon of police and In
the fight that followed olght Chl
noHe and threo Japanese were kill
ed. The Chinese were the nggreaaora
and apparently fired on the Japs
without provocation.
BASE BILL PROFITS
AmilMttlONH THIH YKAK KXCKKII
ANY FOHMKIt YKAK IN THK
lllMTOItY OF TIIK (1AMK.
Now York, Oct. 15.—The profoa
Hlonul bancball noanon recently
brought to u clone Hurpanned In
point of attendance of nny year In
tho history of the Kiime. The to
tal numlber of paid admissions to
tho national leaf no was 3.514,285
an aga'lnst 2.737,798 for 1907. For
tho American T.cngun the gain wan
loan. Figures are 3,554,837 an
'against 3,398,764 for tho previous
season.
OFF FOR OREGON
Judgo David B. Johnston and
(wife and John I). Foote Jr., left last
night for Portland, Oregon, whero
Judge Johnston and Mr. Foote will
engage 'In the practice of law.
Judge Johnston wan no much pleas
ed with the city of Portland on hln
second v 1mIf. there Inst summer that
ho Invented several thouHund doll'am
in real eat ale and ho Is woll pleas
od with tho Investments. Judge
Johnston has boon a resident of this
county for 38 year* and his regrot
at leaving Ik no keener tlinn that
of the people of thin city and coun
ty In seeing him go. Judge John
son haH held tho offices of prose
cuting attorney, member o? the
house of delegates, state Honate, cir
cuit court Judge and member of
congress. In his official relations
aw woll as In his personal relations
he wan always hold in tho hlghusl
esteem and it Is a distinct loss to
the state when ho goo*. And tho
same statement applies with equal
force to h’ls family.
We Engrave Wedding
Invitations Visiting and
Business Cards, £nd
Engrave Them Right.
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The Arvon is marie
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The prices are right.
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Elk* Building JBland Street