^UEFIELO n '•XIVW AFTERNOON. . I>KCl:.\l 1. KR • l’RICE TWO RENTS 10 BLUEFIELO Stated that the Company Contemplates Line From In Reside Through the City TO BE CONTINUED INTO VIRGINIA Ultimately to Reach the Coal Lands Acquired by Rogers’ Estate. According to what is believed to bo a r liable ’•epoft Hluofleld will have! two ralro.ds within a year There Is a rumor aflonr today tha' tli inl.it. will c immence the first of A|»rtl a preliminary sur\»-y from Ingleside, across :be N. «V \V. b> tius sle to me base of the Hast lllver Mountain, running through tin* valley oil the south side of this city, con tinuing at the foot of the mountain t- Tazewell then into Ihichan in an i r>ickeraon co un tic* where it. wll reach the recently acquired co » i t it by tht 11. H. Roger’ estate. H is also expected that a branch 11 n will he run to Berwlnd in order o reach the territory owned by Je M r wind-Whit Coal Company. It is no opinion oft ho persons who gave out. this report that the V > :• inn and the ('. C. & O. will ultimately j combine. it was fur her stated that the I'nited States Steel Company ! 1 qui -tly dickering for tlie purchase of immense troots of coal lands in Much anan counties, and will within a few years own till the coal properties on Clinch Valley and In tin* Pocahontas field. A well kr own coal min stpted yes terday lor the t< re are val table iron deposits in Mast Riv* r mountain, ami :be«e would bo tapped t»v (In* phoposed branch f»f the Virginian. EARLY PAY DAY OF N. & W. The N. &■ \V. payroll of the Poca hontas division for the month of No vember was sent to the paymaster's office at Roanoke je-gtorday, anfl amounted to $70,000 this is $000 less than the October pay-roll which was the largest on© this year. The rail road company will pay off on the isth of this month as is the custom or the company ach y< ar. in order to give Its i rnp!»;«s nmpl'* time In which > do th i, Christmas shopping. DIF.P SUDDFNLY ST WDIMSRON A funeral party frrnn Wlli.'n passed :hrou«h tho city thin in KoinK to Hu -i It.idford \vh* r llv r< - inair - *>f I f). peters aired 7*'. will 111 **• rr >' today. Mr P«»t im *1 fc»r1 id d* oly }Mt Hundny nlfcht n* 10 f-k having be> n in tli" he t of h< ,t It It n* V Unis to l.i ik* mise. II ■ wv • i prnr r it’.g ia’vy* r at Radford lor ni.ru> .V ais Imr retired severs 1 > in a and ha1' made his homo with hi - son .1 \\ !*<■;* i‘M ni WlU'iitnxoii. Amotn? the fmn ral party wa I*. !•’. Peter* <>:' I’orr -mouth. Ohio, n-dsinn* tratiim i tor on tin tfcloto division, and his f w ’ Mi- W. P. Pliz* of i Infilli;‘on and .1. \V Peten of William-on. RAiN A BLESSING. A report reached h • Mils moraine that blit f«»r the heavy renin thi-< morn in* ilo’lin- I? sfltu.e. Va.. would have had lo i-losv tlio school today on ac count of th« heavy drought, th> im Iiiodso reservoir n< ar th*- school be ItifC entirely dry a-*1 no way to ir*>t wat of. OFFICERS OF RIEL COMPANY OFFICIAL DIRECTORATE OF NEW* CONCERN ANNOUNCED FOR FIRST TIME TODAY. The personnel of the newly organ ized Pocahontas Foci Company was given out today for the llrst time. It will include Isaac T. Mann, president; S. S. rhorn. vice-president; T. F. Farrell, general numug r. and T. S Ka lev. treasurer. .T. II Hardy, who <> rttroll* d the Forahontus Fuel Cotn 1 any before the new organization look i old of it has not been appointed as > t but h<> will be placid in a uic.i ratlve position very soon, il is stated. K. A. Parkinson has b *en assigned the agency of the company at N >r folk and 11 ,1 Howe will have charge of tin Cincinnati oi c An office will soon b sta di il in Hoston and one will be ojieni d in C i< uto'li.o first of the year The nan.> s id the agents in these cities have not b« n learned. The tonnage of the n* w company will be 3.(00,000 tons a year, mostly for export trad. This wi i exceed by a million tons the output of the 1 ’<• • ■'< n i t ’■ Jo Coni pany. The offlc* force .n this oily '• 111 b greatly increased about tie test of t1 >• year, tie force now ledng iuade q a'e to tarry on tin* increased bu-d nes.i. 1 ucahontas, Di e. 7 —.limit s (I Lit/,, who has brill appoint'd to tin- .Nat ional Ki\ t and Harbor CongM . a, ..a-, prepar'd a Will which lie will pre sent to that body and end* avor to hav« the national congress act upon it this coining session. Mr. 1.1*/, propose* having New river locked as tar as (Leu Lvn, Va.. which is on tile state line of the two Vir ginias and at a point where the Nor folk & Western and Virginian tail ways Interned, thus affording water traffic to a vast section of Soul him West Virginia and Soutinvest Vir ginia. Mr. Lltz ha ree dved much encour age tnen t and l> lb v» s that if lie does not get ills bill acted upon at tltis meeting of Congtess that i* wil b* at an earlv day take n up by tin1 unf it tin I gov* rnnient. Washington. f> c. 7 1 >hii M. Par sons, of It.dept lidenn Vu . a meinbei of the Virginia fit-aL senate, who was tlm Rep ihliran Candida**' for ( on trre-i In the Fifth Congressional dis trict, has arrived in Washington to pros'outo his congest for the seat now held b;, Hepte entntha K. W. Saumb is, Democrat. '■'(‘II i' I’sir' (»n •; l!< > ,.'U ■ 1 y<" ■ ’ It} ai }.«• confident of }*< Ini: awarded I j f o f l -r Mon (V r'l cat' by 1 h<* H'hiju nf It or •< ntallv. . If -aid the ron j »r.-t will probably be r o 'r llo'iio RlfT'ion f'onirn'tt on \V<"! 1 ' f * -rr t" 'h- l«v th<* lto'ud of rnnrn- ’r«. Room ^nf »'M- . ?n*!nd r ! won by !*1 n ;i iorlty. Ir i i r Pa or a Mot T-ormip ion to nr <* '1 f Mtli K WllUud and that Oov 1 Mwar^ou. upon his r< tlrrmcnt next •fan 'tr. a governor of Virginia will r Mira to hits ohl dl.-frio*. tak< the I* »nor r ir noMl nl|r>n for Conga and tn “k' Ip- fi tit of his llf»* to re deem fm l» rrorrary tie Fifth district oii04i a In norm Mo hI ronnhnfd. Oov. st an non always carried ihr fifth r!is1 bv iro t| natoilf He |« roroKtiiz d as one of tho best earn- j i I riienrra in Virginia. and is v< ry pop ulnr In the Fifth district. WILL OPEN COAL Ml E. Cunt's rland, Md.. Drr 7 Tho vfr i rtianP ('oaf Coinpwnv, ".h h h <*,• •fort urn a of coal lands Mi Prt *on * oimtjr, VV. Va . hi> pjarh i r - m« tils to op# n a mint? . tr It'1- ds Leading characters In the great Budget fight, w'.ich has plunged Eng. •and into a political and fin^ri.'l 1 nos, and which may uttfmat' / result in the elimination of tin* House nf Lords. In the i pper row. beg ming at the left, are: Lloyd Georg?, Chancrhor the firoebequer, and Inc author of Budget: Lord Lansdowns, Hie leaner ' f the oooosition in the House of Lords, who offer«?d the pmendujent, w Ich provided for a referendum vote n the 8udg.it, and ciectc tno prtmnt Cri jin; and Premier Asquit, who defended the Budget n the Hcuse of Commons. In the lower row. on the left, is ex-Pre.nhir Palfoyr, who ted the co p-nent* Budget in the House of CgnUTjUj*; .attl, or the right, Ldrd Rothschild, whose epaeoh was ivon-co vuiiit*.-1, but who w;, coon, 1 among the opposition. As one of the vor'd’s leaning b.-nkers, he wil' no doubt re-io a great harvest in the present crisis, as the Government will have to borrow n nnev to pay the running expenses i at!! a finance bill Is passed Chlen.'u. Dec 7. The lit. ' blizzard j if ib.‘ .-•* struck Chicago todayj Ph'‘ wind is Mowing n .criflie u,. , im! (ii ■ is a heavy mow fall. Yrallle s tied :i*> on all tin* road, nt*. at ende! t’ic Inf* mat ionnl t,iv stock •xhlhltion last wo k. M:*. So u..." n; ho wcal;hlc«t cal lie own'*'* >n ihn ’Hr H v-»|% y and owns sov-i",i dno pra^s »»»!? 5AIOONS W r?f : iqqiti7 1 WvLi 0 n i t"f , Ki tr **f | i o 11 k ( ill * arc holdtti' • I e ion » Otlity. 'l * i ; 11 ( on qin tlon , . tl; amount l lie in most of Hu nt. J'oth side nr" doit • fi olive w n! »r vi ■ RAINS ARE WELCOMED .1, Kyi Mon ., rue r (Miri n n t- iicflkinp of the heavy rain iV he worhi droufJi in Ihi I * I two w l has ever hill f’nflnjfs fha t < • Kid none t’.ry »» f »r< wcr,< ! lnd P am- ti r* were r**n|>ifiu a Ids !• END O F3TRIKE NOW IN SIGHT EM. pi'll. lice. 7 The wltchin Many iwitchtn* n l>tt<. feltim*-! t» «'ot k and th" train) afe fodit’ ri:o i n;r on schedule timr sv I\1?I i I’o’-. I-:.noii, I7. \ report roach f <1 hf‘rr! foday of u botw o„ |,: ,ru ' ' a • ■ • rt or / i-ijraV f<»r • in uliicij tin* jBttor worn com pit • ■]> routed. s< v r t! hundred wore k:*|o,l and wound’ d. WASHOUT ON THE r, C. & 0. A rO|u,! i reach* r| lir-ro lo'ljiv of ;i Mir '■ • b mu on M;e c. r. c /v o. j,, twoon and St. Pad. fuM* ’.V an,l lh*« put* nni/**,* i>r> ■, di’i not i„,ko conn re, i»n w.’h Mi \ & W. ir.tii>#< at St. P,. i) thIk itiorniriL A lar:ro lor e rn*-,t i nt «/,.i - ml n i;n shovel 1,.»- b» e„ i un Jiiiinnin City. I \K . V|».•/>*. . ivafTU' v 111 | .) rotuinr d hv nk-lit. ' I. TI E FMTHUSIA3M IS PROV0K E O ANJ NC OTHFR 8U9INE88 IS TRANSACTED. YVaxliititc in, I>00, , 71,0 |»r< ]. ijir, with tin* v.ifi. r* com* moDtlaMo.i> which th* Procid-ht. hai heretofore ouPIned. and |. • | d *■!*• for wh >i l*o « mde. Tl i, • no i rr! I II, Kill Huntington. 1>< * 7 On text Sun day »V. <’ i»nple !l, «r Huntington, 'and .1 ml• Frank Cox, <»f Morgantown. ! < * I ■ r -ii.'ii' "hr* ti’< f.f West Virgin - la, will ro to Washington, whom on Tuesday. Di'o-mli r Id. they will i ]> resent tin* hdi'i (!. Carlisle secretary of tho triM ir> under (inn r Cl. vi land nnd .1 mli*** Stlh also of Mew Vork. Phis s tin* in oh I noted piece of land Ulltralloti < uw meordod in tho court- of !l i* ll; it' ll St»it» involv Ing m*»r«* ildiica ioH and :• vn t« r ipialitv or liiml than nil\ other suit in which an individual has lltcui i! as uni* i>t tho principals. The lands in question 11c in Mln m Moflowi M and Wyoming c.ouu jli“ W * t Virginia, .ml In lluolmn ! i a>*d o'hor on tit' ■ <*s m tin nlato | of Virginia. i Mr. Cn.nphfll hnr iiooti < lonely •• »ii I necl< \ llO il.l» O ! till ** i e k ll«* for ‘"VI r i! e " •• I • fill! 1^ 1 'Htfi'la J( nn, the P ** hw • |r vcd V ' ■ freed by the court. ,f. * p^arfc-i ■;< fy to tht emtfr?lor*i< pt of 1 bit no wi.tf p,*.ij v - <• th» sympit y 1 r her. that money was r^il'd by pub* . sub scription and h- • sefltoncr vi s sus pended. f ' ■ r, the man for whom she COUNCIL STABS THK ORDINANCE BUILDING REGULATIONS ADOPT ED BY BOARD OF AFFAIRS GTTS IT IN NECK. I'wi y .'ii inolv's ami Tmuji \k*• nu* Ak r; n ail tin* \oluinonou: now buiUllnt ordinance, on motion of !•’ : 1 j f 1* row n. After tlm mail in k; of the ordinance1 Mr. Itro'va at at mi that llio stringent ! rub's laid down in tin* building onK-t nanc* »v.»ro an imposition np*m"’ tin ■ !1 progrn «ivi» people of tills city, and would naiurallv pn'vcnl tin' erection <*| THill|> lMlllUillK.1' IH'IV, A volt* was taken and tli«» ordinance wns vetof'»l b.v n vote of IT to 2; l’isl< \ ami Me A i*l or voting for It. .1 M. IVliols’ motion tIml tlu« per nilf a ran led the u^les 1 I ho I hoard oi affairs Ik* vetoed, was lost ’> n voto of II lo III*. Martin and' F. .1 Itr i'vii not voting. <*onneilincn Hale. Witten. Itorden ■ :uwl Il irnmn w«>iv appointed by tho| pn siil -ni to wail on the hoard of af fili'r at each inccliiiK for a month I and r p u-t the workings of the board at the toinicil meetings. fin ni »*ton of Mr Witti»n the m«*et imr hour of the eon net I was dimmed , from $ m. to 7: so p m 'I’ll - It hvi r Pond Teachers’ Instl tm will n o« t Friday morning ill the hi^li seluol rooms and there win he afternoon and evening sessions. Snp I’<•rl.it 'inleiit Ford and his teacher .lam arranged an excellent program. |'' od If l- xpi'cl'-d to have present i I Walt man T Puli Hold agent of thc| ,‘tlate I nivei" ||y and I.. I,. Friend, as sistant 't.ito siipoi'intcndcni of snh no Is ! I Is Pro: Ford’:; Idee to make (hi ,;"f' of < pepllig wei| o fop n Nor folk nod Western teachers* round Wasliitu'on, Inc. 7 Whllo liin! wire Did tHr* - lii'ifrhinK children I • food out Ido tin1 door of hi room in iIn (truflou II/' i ii .kint; admitlance. ] lolili K Howller. mi arilsl, thirty-! nine y* i s iJtl, m*llt a hull* t Dirouxli! his In-id .lid elided hi lift* . Iiortl I/' Toro noon ynsli rday. Mrs Ho nnr was Alis.i Mon* ’’’ay loo, of i- repot * V’l.ift, 1 rlifne a- I ho old, reply lo In r n t| and w. ;m . In: dr»-o old?"hitiff at her dross she rude ■ < I dow? a,ilrn for ns.si static* . \VIi» :i th- door, which had mm n Iwk'd nod hoM**d, W;ih broken *m>< n hy mijpl ► • of the tint I, Vlr, H n'liu i lay on tie- hod With a built v. i: . d lrt Mu mouth and a revolver » i o i ' h iiund On the h r n in I iooui *aj a onto < .Idontly written hitrrl" He *»«i / < r. fi iv. If Wft* ftddrotWu! It \J> fr;mio of mind vvlo ii I,' d 1 let r a' - hot HOU Jit 10 an HI iltV a <• it'll;m• d mi no, inn with fin n >ro. and fsMiliff to i« > hi . ' ‘-amt d ? ;*ond h? and on/)••'!, RIOl IN MADISON SQUARt 1 NEGLECTED OPPORTUNITIES IN THE SOUTH Assistant Secretary of Agri culture About Commer cial Possibilities in Dixie \DDRESS TO THE SOUTHERN CONGRESS L'ho Blood of the Mountain eor is a Most Valu able Asset Washington, i>ec. 7 - At the second d-o's .so sion of Uio Southern Com nnicial (’ongre*s llarvlo Isiidnn of Mlantn |»to id ut of tile Southern Cot ton Association, presided, an.I the load Inc ttdtlri’ s of the morning was de livered by Wlllet M. Hayes, as sit sin* secretary of ngrlculture on “Nogl otiu ort unit lex of t )i«> South.’* !’• W. IAixoii of the M< mplii*, Tenn Ihisiii' -s Men’s (tilth, pn aided at tle> aft(»inoon a -Ion, and President Pa, lor Will* preside ill the evening sr; shill. Mirny of the f.OOn or more delegates here to attend the annual meeting of the National Rivers and Harbors congiv3.- wlileli meet;. Ionium w iv attending tho ineotlng. An Istaui Secretary Mayes In its ad dr s this morning said In part: I’d ■ with promise are the opporlii« *•11 !«• of tie Southland, with Its ge in.il elPnato and equally genial peo ple. with Its wealth of forest au<* oil, Its burled treasures of minimal and ore, its abounding water power, It; noble Inheritance of brain and blood The South is only l>eg!nuiug lo awake to tho value of her natural ' ndou /ii it iuid her birthright of privllogi and power Much el h"r splendid water pow er flown to tin sea, a total waste of •"■Hut might be harneasod to mill and add brilliantly to her pros perity Only recently has souther? niu . c; 11111 a I and brawn milted to draw fi.tii Hie earth rich store# of in I ne i als , i d m- • them in developing l otne in In; 11 >. Only recently has the '"utIt li ’tin ofllelallv to develop he" coat Helds. A m i. a moie widespread neglect e; the productivity of the great an*a of arable >11" I nunonsl rat Ion fnrm • i• i allowing in a mo t wonderin' wa v ho: h that tin roils are neglected, end t h i f Hair opportunities can h* revived ' Tli* |i',oi»l** of Um \orth, f*spcrlall> 111*- i>**»iil*> of tin- tn at cIUoh ,,nil im ri in * fi uni Kurop-, sic nogloctiiiK i *’. • «< mi-1 in* t1- u *>fT* r« <1 by tho i p n< gU ct i alOR| lin* of !'<'n* i ;iI farming, but the 'ini i. . for Hpp«-lali/<*(i farming r !'* -r/ !■. Til*- northorn •'»i " • *» I •; b- • *i* loobini: toward * t'.tii.uli >n no tliw* * boubl inv • -'■ 'If •'■'out 11 Th" in.in w bo wlnh ' to 1 Hie hop or Hi** ol< rk's rouiitor i-1 oiibl lmvi* tlt'ni*- ©outhorn In'l r►;••»<>rf ml't* m Tb<’ Immigrant V bo v. ilh* “ to Iiln.nl bi-n * If *n»l fnm il- wh* r*- Hoy ran i-arn ii farm : »iont•’ l*>*ib itr** th* • opjiort unit Ii-h for • ork and pood Hvlnr, and turn to fft© op* n fount ty umlor ©iinnv *kt*>!i. ' •! b< h: 'Mnii'I* r, uN<». tlionltl i.ik*’ hi fa mil out on |*,*■• for il« 1*11 I* * * i ir'o th*’ b* nuliful val* •I Vir" : 1 i< now of fUral r^trlon ’ '■•■ • n n f*,’* **t o dpportu» of ■ '*, v !i*> ]|v- on • r ■ i .'*••'! ft tbo unny val* . T,'i ** ho h iv« n t. on tho w ho*© d vf»oi> d r. al / * ff- ftfv* rvfsfotfiJ of f 1 fh> ffvtnlr < T>ai»r.