Bluefield evening leader. [volume], December 18, 1909, Image 5

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I LOCAL NEWS OF WELCH
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..Welch, Dec. IS.—(Si»oeial.)—County
Clerk R. H. Bern helm and Circuit
Clerk W. Burbridgo Payne, who have
been in Cincinnati all this week on
business in connection with the An
nex to the court house, returned tc
Welca on No. 4 Friday morning.
On Monday morning after a visit
of a month to her daughter, Mrs. 1
J. Rhodes, Mrs. W. A. Wilson and
Miss Camille Gibboney, Mrs. J. M.
Gibboney returned to her home at
WythevUle, Va.
Bayard H. Taylor of Tlieeealia
Giles county, Va.. has been here this
week visiting his sister, Mrs. .1
A. Strother. He is here for the pur
pose of applying to tho comity court
of this county to be admitted to prac
tice law In tills state, he having sue
cess fully passed tho bar examinati
sometime ago. Bayard Taylor is a
brother of W. L. Taylor and M. S
Taylor both atorneys of this place.
Mr. and Mrs. John A. Varner had
as their guest for several days the
first ofthis week, Mrs. Varner’s broth
er, ICdgar S. Watts, of Glasgow. Va.
Miss Shirley Davis, who has been
spending several months visiting
friends and relatives in Cleveland and
other places in Ohio, has returned
to her home here.
Judge Isaiah C. Herndon, having
completed a term of circuit court at
Princeton for Mercer county, re
turned to Ills homo here Thursday.
, Mrs. Thos. P. Connelly of Cedar,
W. Va., was tho guest of Mrs. James
P. Flannagnn the first of the week
J. S. Clark, who has been report
ing for eircuit court at Princeton has
returned to Welch.
Mrs. Ira J. Rhodes had as her
guest, this week for several days Miss
Maud Hewitt, of Uramwell.
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Mrs. Isaiah C. Herndon has as her !
guests, Mrs. A. M. Herndou and chli
! dreu, of Goodwill. \V. Va.
Miss Leola Sanders of Oceaua is j
! spendiug several days here visiting •
friends. . P
Dr. \V. R. Iaeger of War Neck. \
one of the residents 05 McDow,
: county during its pioneer days, was
! here Thursday on business in connec
tion witli some of the extensive tracts
of coal land which ho owns in th
guest of Mr. and Mrs. James A.
Strother.
Henry Rawie, a civil engineer for
merly of tills place but now of Colum
bus, was here several days this week
1 on business. I
Rev. and Mrs. Tlios, Crowe were I
j here Wednesday attending the Doll
I and Apron Hazaar given by the La
• dies’ Guild.
M illiam and Douglass Leckie, sons
of Mr. and Mrs. William liCckie. are j
at home for the holidays from Con
cord Normal School at Athens. An-;
j drew Leckie. who is a student at
' Swathmore College in IVim >]\.,uia
1 is also here for tine holidays.
Mr. and Mrs. W. \V Whyte and
sons are 8]>cnding several days in
Cincinnati tills week.
Miss Lottie Counts, who is making !
her homo at Iaeger. Is at home t<
spend the holidays -with he r parents
Judge and Mrs. G. L. Count. . She j
• has as her guest Miss J’areelP
Attorney L. C. Anderson and I). J.!
|F Strother returned Friday morning I
| from Washington whore tney have 11
been in attendance upon the supreme
fcourt bf the United States. Mrs. |
Strother accompanied Mr. Strother to
j Washington. ;
W. W. Hughes has been in Rich
j niond this week in attendance ujkmi j
, Federal court in that city.
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KILLED THE COBRA.
Methods a Mongoose In Attacking
the Big Snake.
I bad the good lortuno to witness a
fight between a four foot cobra do
enpello and a mongoose.
On Urst eat* iiitig. sight of ilie cobra,
rikki tlk (ns Itudyurd Kipling calls the)
Indian mongoosei quietly smelled its
tail and then hung around awaiting
events with curiosity, hut lie had not !
long to wait, for the cobra spread its!
hood, hissed out its death sentence and
prepared to dart from its coil at its
natural and hated enemy.
Now commenced a most interesting
and deadly battle of feint and counter'
/eiut„by the mongoose und strli*e and
lightning-like recovery by bis adver
sary, who was nlso on the defensive,
all the time watching for tho opportu
nity to get In his properly aimed bite.
Time after time rikki tlk squirmed
slowly up to within reach of those ter
rible fungs, lielly on ground, with ev
ery -gray hair of Ids body erect with
anger and excitement, his eyes glaring
from his hfetd. which, by tho way, he
invariably held sideways during this
approach und attack, but tlie moment
tho cobra struck in a flash back sprang .
master mongoose, and, although often
• V .ij/jiuui na II Hiijiusniuii* UiiU Ilf’
could have escaped ihe dreaded fangs,
ne’er a scratch harmed him, and there
he would be again wearing the cobra I
out and pressing his advantage Inch
by Inch. At last, with a growl and
sharp rikki cry, the plucky little beast
flew In. nvoided the strike and soized
the finake behind the head, never for a
moment getting under his mouth, but
right at the nape of the neck and
head, which lie scrunched with a loud
cracking sound despite the struggles
and twisting and turning of the cobra.
Again and again rikki returned to the
now writhing reptile and bit Its head
and body nnlfl it lay dying.
Finally lie ate three or four inches
of Ids mortal foe. but carefully avoided
eating the fangs and poison glandr.
which | picked up by a stick and
found them broken, tint with the ven
om sacks attached.
Contrary to popular belief, I am of
opinion the mongoose is not Immune
from snake poison, else why should lie
so particularly and carefully avoid be
lug bitten? It is only bv his marvel
ous activity that lie escapes the spring
and darting strike of his deadly ene
my. the cobra de cn pel lo. — Ceylon
Times.
French Convicts.
Convicts who are sent to the French j
penal colony In Frolich Guiana are i
punished in exactly Inverse ratio to
their crimes. The murderers and the i
most dangerous convicts are sent to j
the island of Salvation, where they
lead lazy and healthy lives, hut the
men convicted «>l le scr oft'en.-cs work
and die In a terrible climate on the
coast. Iii the settlement of St. .lean
de Maroni (he mortality Is from 10 to
HO per cent The average life of a i
convict l« two years.
MBT VOI II '•ROFKTtTY WITH t’» +4
fc. O’EEAPY & SON,|
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♦♦4 Real Estate and Rental Agents, J4
X Biuefleld, W. Va. j.
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V Gen. /\gents f?«* Eureka and Hale I and Co. V
TO FIND FAULT.
People Are Sometimes Paid For That
Express Purpose.
Von have no idea how many tilings
are wrong in a l»ig business until you !
are paid t<» look lor them, writes Ge- ,
lett Burgess in Collier’s. There were
the clocks, for one thing, when I llrst
began. The gills wore too many rats
in their hair, there was grease on the
elevator doors, expensive bats were ,
dumped one on another, the veutlla- II
tion was bad. the boxes on the shelves |
showed from the street through the I
show windows and nhottt a thousand it
other things. Then £\yindclhciin sold
teapots just like our eighteen cent j
ones for M cents, and for a concern
like Smith A Co. to be uuderarad Is
fatal. There’s really nothing that so
enrages Mr. Smith; also Ituhinstein's I
window dresser has heateu ours. too. |
at times. I town it goes in tny little I
rpport. Wouldn’t anv woman love mv E
Job.
x «•*, ns i mi in i»e pain ror nemg a
misanthrope, hut it's hard work too.
At 0 o'clock I begin my promenade
through the store—downstairs, up
stairs. basement, attic and annex. If
a girl at the counter Ins dlrtj linger
nnllH or too wide a pompadour to suit
me I stop and talk pleasantly, buy 0 *
cents’ worth of edging and so get her
number from the sales slip. She nev
er knows anything about it fill her
superintendent gives her a scolding the
next day. I have eyes like a hawk
and a nose like a hound and cars like
a small boy uuder the sofa when n
young man’s calling on big sister. In
ten minutes 1 have spotted the dust |
in tho corner of the aisle, a girl who j
wears brass bracelets, a porter who is
not attending to Ills duty, a badly ar
ranged counter, an error in spelling
on a pi in ard. two store delet lives loaf
ing on their job and a hideous com
bination of colors in the front window.
I go to 11io ladles' r torn and make a
note of these things surreptitiously.
I don't dare go there to > often, though,
for fear I'll be identified, so sometimes
I run ha ok to iny office, two blocks
away. So it goes till a lam l I o'clock,
hither and thither, nigh and yon, look
ing f<T trouble. It doesn't do a clerk
any go<sl to lie uncivil to me. I o; n j
tell you, or to make me wall too long ,!
for my chance, but t try to be fair,
and if I Dud a particularly willing and
considerate sales person down that
name goes in my report ton. Von
might suppose Hint tinned be good
graft III that; hut. of course, I keep
rny position only so long ns the head
of flic firm has absolute <onlldenee .'i
my itvegrlty. The funny part of it is
that the more I complain the hotter to*
likes it I'm like the opposition party
in* congress. I'm never satisfied.
When 1 am I II have to look lot an
%tlior position.
At 1 o'clock I go track to my little
office and dictate my report from tnv
notes to a stenographer, and when ft's
typewritten I send it to the tiead of
the firm
Store Closed
Friday morning
December
to arrange and
Mark Down
goods at
Miller’s
Our
Guaranty
Every garment in the
house
Marked in Plain
Figures and to
be sold as Ad
vertised or Your
Money dack.
And in order to prove
our statement bring this
ad with you and ex
amine our prices.
-OPENS
Saturday, Dec. 18th,
at 8:30 A. M„ at
MILLERS
UNDERSELLING STORES
42Q-431 Pranceton Ave., BLUEFIELD. W. VA.
THE MILD WINTER SEASON
Has J OKCtD US to sell this High Grade stock ol lailor-made Clothing and I ur
nishings. Hats and Shoes for men and women at prices unheard of at this season
of the year. As we have found ourselves with the full and complete stocks of
Pall and Winter goods in every department with
I tie Best Part ol the Season Gone
so the sacrifice of this great slock must begin now, and at Holiday .buying season
The Greatest
Clothing Sale j
in the ll'orli/'s History.
$ir>,000 Worth
<»/ Seuaotmble Stock tot
less (him the ttctunl cost.
.Ill Hoi it hij- i I < toils incite!
t'tl in this Sole ut
Mil, I, Kirs
till /'rinceton Aeentiv,
/HocHi hi; uJso Sort h fork.
M Vs/ I ’ir^iniu.
• >tV extra heavy fleece*
lined Underwear QCn
Sale price uub
$2,50 tine worsted dress
Uantf, newest shades.
Sale price
$4,00 Ladies line dress
skirts in voile and Pana- I
macloth ir. black 1 Q0
and blue; sale pr. * »w0
$<>.00 to $S.OO extra
voile and chiffon Q /[0
shirts; sale price v.HO j
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Men
and
Boys ’
Cloth
ing l ‘
at the |
Great- >
est /
Sacri
fice
Ever \
Known{\
$10 and $12 Men's Fine Suits C QQ
Newest shades. Sale Price WawC
$15.00 Men's. Suits and fine Worsted
Cravanette Raincoats Sale "J QQ
Price 9
518.00 Men's Fine Suits and Over
coats in Worsted and Cashmeres,
wide rang« to choose from. 0 0ft
Sale Price
$22.00 Men’s Suits and Overcoats
will go at this Sale 12.98
*25 and $30 Suits and Overcoats, a
special lot of new grays Velours and
Cashmeras, strictly hand 4 Q QQ
tailored, to go at this sale I 0.%?0
Fanny Vests—50 Per rent. Reduction
And an excellent Xmas Gift, which
is always useful and alWavs appre
ciated At this sale you can get *3.00
Fine Fancy Vests at $1.98. *4-00
and $5,00 Fine Fancy Vests at $2,98
SEPARATE TROUSERS
2.50 Trousers for $169
3. 50 Trousers for 1.98
4.00 Trousers for.. 2 48
!5.00 Trousers for 2.98
6 00 to 7.00 Trousers for 3.48
EXT RA SPECIAL
Umbrellas at Half Price. A complete
hne of Ladies’ and Men s Umbrellas
in Horn, Gold and Pearl trimmed
bandies at one half the original price.
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Make your Dollar do Double Duty at this
Great Sale. Never in our business career
did we sell suchahigh grade mere handise
al the price as now,so come early before
sizes are broken up. The best goes first.
I here are i hotisands of articles too iiiiincr
oat* to mention; von will have to see them
to appreciate the Karenins!
BItINtr THIS Al). WITH YOC,
Lookers on are .'s welcome as buyers. Read below
tor a few of the many Bargains of this Ore at Sale:
Durihg this Great* Holiday Sale there will he
lmm«nse Bargains in our Burnishing Department,
ifou will have to s^e th«m to appreciate their
Va!ue.
L
§ I5c Fancy 1-2 Hose in all the ^ <
leading shades 3 "P
,j 50c. Silk Lisle and Wool Cashmere
Half Hose Best Value on
earth for tfUC
25c Geot Suspenders. Sale 4
Price i (C
50c Silk Lisle Suspenders Genuine
Calf Ends. Sale Price 23c
75c Silk Suspenders in Fancy Boxes,
A handsome Xmas Gift 48c
$1.00 Silk Suspenders in Fancy Boxes
. A handsome and useful gift.
Sr.le Price
50c Fine Silk Neckwear Sale
Price £OC
75c and $1.00 High Grade Silk Neck
wear in fancy boXes. Best r'fh#*
gift on earth. Sale Price vUC
75c good Gauntlet Work Glove
Sale Price tOC
$i.50 Sargent Work Glove. GO#',
Sale Price , Ot
$1.50 Fine Dress Kid Gioves.
Sale Piice WflC
50c St|k Handkerchiefs. Sale
Price LdU
$1.50 Fine Negligee Shirts. Plain or
* pleated bosoms. White Dress
Shirts included. Sale Price
Boys and Children’s Clothing at a
Sacrifice, we offer a fu’l selection of
Suits and overcoats, and foi this sale
wc have put them at the following
prices;
54.00 Boys’ Soils at 51.08
5^00 Boos’ Suits at 2.08
87.00 Rots’ Soils at 3.08
81705 0 to 17.
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Given
Away!
t A Fine f
Ladies Hat
FREE I
with every ||
sale oi a
Ladies Suit
on Saturday
bchween 9 ;md
12 A.M. »
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—
9 Sample Ladies' Suits in the new
models in b'ack, blue and green
> They are $15.00 Values for gg
19 Ladies' fine sample Suits in Fine
Worsteds and Broad Cloth in the lat
est shadings. Values rang- oo /
^ingtoSao. Sale Price ZJ mZStj
Ladies $1 OO Waists for only
LINENS, PERCALI AMI FUNNELETTF*
Men's and Women's $3.00 Hand
» welted Shoes in all leathers a *»
tor 1 . ( 5
‘•3.50 and $5.00 Shoes, Hadd-welted,
in all the latest toes, in Cun Metal,
Patent Leather. Box Calt
for dm | fc
$5 00 and 6.00 Dce-Vee Shoes in all
leathers. Another pair for every
pair that doesn’t wear to
your satisfaction »5, i
HATS AT A SACRIFICE
2.00 I Ounce Hats $1 F>
2.50 Soft and St'ff Hat;
3 <M> Soft and Stiff Hats I 79
$5.00 New Beaver Hats in all <5 CO
the latest shades. 1 his salt* C.wCf
$3.00 New English Crush Hats in
Grey and Brown mixtures A Oft
will go at i „9a
Our entire line of Wiiitei EiF,th and
Plush Cajr: v ill ^o at 1-2 Price.
$150 Wright's Health and all Wool IJn
derwear in Cray. Red. Etc.
Sale Price OwC
I MAKE NO
MISTAKE
lie Mire you finrl the Rtom
» f.A( f. Do not enter until
Von iev the name
MILLER’S
UNDERSELLING STORE
UNDERSELLING STORES
Conditions of Sale:
Slricll) oiu: P»j <
No (rofxl Ch.ii jt «!
Alterations I*'n< t
Money's Worth
or Money Back