Bluefield evening leader. [volume], December 11, 1909, Page 6, Image 6

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Rank Second in Value in List of
Articles Brought Into
this Country.
Washi igton. Pee. 11.—Importation
of hides and skins in the year whirl
olid .vi'h tin present month will ue
greyate yearly 100 million dollars am
rank secjnd in value* in the list o
article* «,r groups of articles import
cd. The value of hides and skin
imported it. the 10 months endim
with Oc. >Ler 1909, is. in round term?
82 rillim dolais. and should ilk
av rage he maintalnetl in tlie No
ven ’•< r end Pecemher figur s tin w>
tal value of this class of merman
dis< imported would aggngat,. piac
ticully I O') million dollar?, whiU tie
single item of Importation likely t<
show a greater value - ?tigar—show
SI tni’*i )ii dollars' worth im.ortei
from foreign rounrties in the 1
months ending with October, to a;
nothing of the 56 million dollar?
wor h coming from llafa.i and Torn
Rico dur ag the same period but no
cla'"*‘d under imports, since llawai
and For19 Rico are now customs dis
trict- of the United States.
This 'o'al of practically 100 milliot
dollars’ worth of Imports of hidei
and skins which tho figures of tin
calendar year 1909 will show will • x
cecd by many millions those of an
ear! r tear. The high's' figur
va of oniportatic ns of lihh • am
skins !n j ny prior year " is ''l nr!
lion doll us’ worth in 1906. the aver
ug,. during the past decade bavins
be :i but 67 million dollars’ worth
The quantity Imported during the
year will exceed 500 inMkon p -un
whi on no earlier occasion I is the
total rev Mtil th>- M0 million line, the
highest figure being in 1906, HIM) mil
lions. Thus in quantity and value
the importations of 1909 will Ik* ap
proximvdy 25 per cent in excess of
* , those of tlu* previous highest record
1 year, 1906. Tlu average nionthy Im
portation o .hides of cattle in the
I pe riod much tin ii* vv tin iff A went
, into < IT August it. 1909, I is been
24 1-2 ' iililon pounds, again t about
19 millions In the 7 months iminedl
3 ately preceding that date.
The growth of importation of hides
, and skips into the ITiit.ed States,
- an agri'iltural country, has l**en a
mark' d tdatur* of the import trade.
The value Of hides and skills nported
• in the ' -al year lS9u was. round
- terms, >2 million dollars, n 1900.
? r.s million'*. and in In ealend ir year
) 1909 will, as above indicated, be
* ii* ioximately 100 millions: while the
, q’ian'it> imported, which in lie cai
» endar v m- 1900 was but :io7 million
pounds, will in 1909 exceed 500 mil
' lions.
» Olio especially interesting feature
of this development in the invporta
i tiou of Vdes und skins is found in
the fact hat nearly one-third of the
value of this large total consists of
i goat skins. The value of goat skins
t imported in 1909 will alone amount
• to about 50 million dollars out of the
approxi"'lately loO Millions represent
ing lie gr tni to al of import 1 hides
and rki’is of all kinds. Gout skin-*
I form, in fad, a larger proportion of
the to*al \alue of hides ami skins
imi orie l during the last t* n years
than do's any other single class, and
aggregate 1 about 2.74 mill on dollars
out of a total value of 657 million
dollars’ worth of all hides and skins '
import'd during that period. The
total vai te of hides of cattl import- j
ed in the decade ending with 19091
will ag i ■'gate'about 185 million dol
lar.'*. Mil l tlie miscellaneous group,
entitled ‘all other.” 218 million.
Latin American countries uud thej
Orient vo the chief contractors of]
the 100 million dollar «/ worth of;
hid . .mi skit iii)|,orti l in irniy. Of,
the hides of cattle imported, over'
om -half mine from \i xito and South
America; end of the goat skins im
ported. nearly one-half came from
the Hid' 'i I-Jas: Indbs
C0LDE8T DAY OF SEASON.
Toe thermometer *• th»- ( lilted
States weather observatory at tht
division office registered 10 degrees1
above ze.*3 this morning This ib the
lowost it lias been this season I*'ist. |
winter’s reiiort showed that the last |
day in . .u nary was tfio coldest day
of the mason, the thermometer be*
ing at 7iro. Tlie Uiemiomortors
alrout ton sho*' oil four and six de
gn ea above zer this morning.
IS HAH ? VT WORK
Atlantic battleship Fleet Maneuver
inj Off Virginia Capes.
Norfolk, Vn., Dec. 11.—Under the
direction o’ Its commander-ln-chief,
Rear-Admiral Schroeder, the Atlantic
butt I ship il< et today is hard at
work m • volutions and manoetivers
some thirty mil* s off the Virginia
capes i n vi at is known as the South
ern Dr 11 (irouuds. Those drills will
continue there next week and the
ships Hi m will come into Hampton
Roads iicparatory to going to New
Yorlt harbor to allow the men Christ -
mas leave.
Wcath 'r conditions outside the
capie are ideal for tin* battle practice
of the fleet. - '
SUES CIVIC LEAGUE.
Char* con. Dec. 11.—Steve Rowe to
day ent >red suit against the Char
leston Civic League, composed of clti
zens desirous of enforcing the laws
against illicit liquor selling, for $100,
which no claims is due him for de
tective wrrk In convicting bootleg
gers. Howe claims the league against
the violators, hut have failed to pay
him.
THE SALVATION ARMY
Uapt. Charles Harrison, officer In
charge or the Salvation Army at
Hunting >n will speak at the Chris
tian chit oh on North Mercer siroet,
Sunday afternoon at ,1 o’clock. Sub
ject “A Helping Hand” or "The .So
cial and Rescue Work of the Army.”
Vdniissim free. Everybody welcome.
A New Excuse.
One of the men In u large pottery
took two or three days’ holiday now
ttnd • -In. ti' iT ' ;t’i In' ea**jo back, on
t*«■ j»•«. ed w!,.it was wr in:. tie said
ht <1 been away buryltr-. Ills jrrand- '
mother
lie did this two or ihreeMiuics. and
fIi4»n tie though' lie bad belter eliange
Itis excuse, ho. on aslK*'! the next
Mine, be replied
•'Well, my brother, tile sailor. Is at
heme )ust now. and lie* I - so used to
the sound of Hr* wave** :h-t I lid to !
lash pailfuls of water on the window
nil night before he could sleep, und
then I had to sli*op during the day.”—
London Mail.
A Monumental Bull.
At Kilkenny castle may be seen a
••monumental" Irish hull in the form
of a tombstone ereeted to the tneniorj
of a former retainer of the Ormonde
family. The stone hears the truly 111
hern I in Inscription. "Kreoted by John
Toole In M tm ry of IIU I•osterity." —
Hr!?:;nnln M igazine.
His Strcikf.
Mr. I’i.llt 1 s«\ I'mi's the worst fo
luieeo I ever smoked! Mrs. IMJif Oh.
Ueurge. you're smoUitie toy fam y silk!
I put it In your tobacco j tr to keep It
... tn
Oddest Parasite In Creation.
I hi* royal Bengal tiger is infested
with one of the strangest erea*un*s
ilmt ever lived. It is s.:t<l to lie a tact
easily demonstrated or proved by out:
who has access to a zoological collec
tion that the web of the foot of tigers
of ilit* above named ape* ies is inhabit
ed by a bloodsucking Jnsect about the
size ot a common lien which Is n per
feet counterpart of a tiger in erery
particular, shape, claws, tail and
stripes Included.
Rough Passage.
"I hope and pray. ’ remarked a gen
tleman as lie left the steamer, “that i
hall never have on usimi to cross the
>tlaidle again.”
‘'Rough passtige, eh?” tjuerled a
friend.
“Rough is no name for it. 1 had
four kings bout three times.’’—New
Yolk Situ.
V\>‘y She Stayed at the Foot.
Being upbraided h> her mother for
being the lowest in |n*r class, little .Ma
bel exclaimed in tones m injured in
noeence: “It ain’t my fault. The gi..
who has always been loot left selio- ’
—Delineator.
*—’* • t f*
Hard on the Egg.
Bat T tdy Yes, .,ir: ib.u' - the beaut \
of keeping fowls. If heier I run s|Jor
o’ meat or I'm in a ’urry. I always fall
hack oil a hegg.—Loudon Bystainier.
r"
Re true to yo'ir word srd your work
•tut your friend.—O’Reilly.
Christmas Suggests Music
Music Suggests
Ford Music Company
Every Musical Want Can be
Supplied Here
Christmas Shoppers are Cordial
ly Invited to Inspect Our Line o
PIANOS, MUSIC
AND MUSICAL
INSTRUMENTS
<j|The Everett, Harvard,^Widdifield,
Frayser and Other High Grade
Pianos. Three Thousand Copies
of New Music Just Received.
M IL ORD RS GIVEN SP CIAL ATTENTION
FORD MUSIC COMP’NY
BLAND STREET
BLUE FIELD, WEST VIRGINIA
P ORDER YOUR WHISKEY
from us today. Do not be deceiv
ed by ‘ so called ’ cheap mail order
houses of today.
DON’ I You know that imitation
whiskey ami cheap drugs are dear
at any price? Poisoning voim s s
tem and adding to your doctor’s bill day
by day. Biiv double stamped, old fash
io- ed. p cop- er distilled goods direct
fro • the manufac* urer gurra tee 100
per cent i roof, a d strictly pure; ai d not
this rectified *tuff —the human destrover
against which the United States Gov rn
ment is now waging a bitter war. This
is w hat we have to say, and will vouch for
‘• me. \\ e arc ope ating an ol fas ion
' C'-pp'-r still, pr«'duciri. the satin grade
o; stuff as our ion-fathers drank ) ears ago
and lived to en »y a r'pe old age and
never knew a head che. Tt’s pur ; it's s
ch ,s spring water; it’s the old fash
ioned make. Our distillery is located at
Godfrey, \V. Va*. in the heart of the
1* at To]> Mountains made famous bv
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Hawks are distilled * here you
have tf e middle man’s profit
Horn fail to give us t he n <me« of all your
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ise and stop buvin-f cl eao -,t-,f♦ r,r
ratlm a class of goods ti e purity of
w hch it is hard to determine
Costs No More Than Inferior Goods
IF YOU BUY FROM
The Hawks Liqt*o* Company
TO MY OLD FRIENDS AND CUSTOMERS
I beg to call your attention to the fact that I am now connected with the
ah vc concern and defire, m (he irtfteM cf .« n e c ff 1 c-'t r ni pttrr f f A f
you well kn< w. I I ave been making Apple Brandy and Corn V h skey tor ovet
thirty years and have been supplying some of you for the same length ot time
and therefore need not dwell upon the merits of our product. I will simply say
that we arc operating an old lime copper still, using the same material and pro
d icing the same product that 1 have furnished you from my old distillery in en
roll C mnty, Virginia As stated before I have been engaged in this business for
over thirty years, and if I nave ever had a dissatisfied customer they have never
made the fact known to me. Therefore I feel no hesitancy in making you the
following proposition. Send us your order, and when same is received, examine
it in the presence « f the express or freight agent, and if not entirely satisfactory in
every respect return to us at our expense and get vour money back. As some ol
you are rather remote from us, I will make it my special privelege to sec that
each and every order is filled prompt’y on the same day it is received.
Thanking you for your past patronage, and with an earnest solicitation foi
your patronage, I am.
Yours very truly,
BILLY” HAWKS.
Center Show Christmas order now. It will be shipped the day you desire
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TWO MORE WEEKS '
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these Popular Brands
4qts 2-gal jg 4-gal jg,
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“HAWKS” Flat Top Corn
^v:L7T.v™: 2.50 4.75 9.00
“HAWKS” Crano Creek
r p.r,lu...100...":: 2.00 3.90 7.75
“IIAWKS” ‘^onshlne,
2 00 3.90 7.75
4.00 7.7515.00
Cork screw .vnd Drinking Glass \n
Every Package.
f 1' £ ' ; jf I f
Every diijIfTjent ptjt up in a neat,
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