Bluefield evening leader. [volume], February 28, 1910, Image 2

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551c SANITARY GROCERY. |
it & fancy Groceries 1
. r navi: rr pan based the business « I the late firm of
1 lari & <'onum.. corner Prim Iton Avenue and Russell Street.
Thr Store has -en thoroughly renovated, repapered, painted
a d our >tock replenished with the most up-to-date line of groceries
e er belo.: o‘11:r< i in Ii 1 c:c:tie* 1 c 1 •
\\ e iuvite th< in.-p-vti >n and patronage ef the citizens ol the
e'• t\ and vicinity.
Everything sob in compliance with the Pure Food Law. |
POST1 ™ _
The Grocers. I
Phone 57. Blucficld, W, Va jjjj
‘ Muenchener
BEER !
H cojitain- a ;>rv I
I or-, n df ? ! d, o riliv i: ■
tor. predicted, „mi 2a ;i p ;» I
i . • .)<> .. v B
ened digest1.v* nr-jn . B
cent ■
I mo-., the xnf . r *e . .. o ;>•
and f trei.it> hf uing ;
if; a sample cairn.
3 • 'j ft
* #
Iran Thomas of Kimball spent
S i i’a> in Itluefleld.
Holier: .Mo s of Hrnmwell was ia
llie e.I' 1 o(l iv
It. II Forrest of Sun Hill was in
t. « cry \ysterdnj
J H. Jameson or Hoanoke was .1
bit ; .• visitor in town jv.etrday.
V H. Hi ley and J K Walker of
Hendon Hpent Sunday in the cit>.
Thomas Mason of \rlingien. Va ,
was in thy epy yesterday.
-M H. McC'ork * . tin* coal operator
i Hiehlamls. Va . was in the city
night.
>. H and M N .Mooreinan of lu
g* :. were ill > guests at the New Alta
nicnt ycsterda>
WAS SLIGHTLY
BEHIND TIME.
New York. Fei>. 2k —The remark-1
ib enacity with which Miasourian j
fling to the ' show me" is exempli-j
fi'd ip a letter from Mrs. Emma Pool
Al <n, of Mi sotiri City. Mo. ad- I
dr. fd t<» * M i Edgar Allan Poe.
N» >v York university " which fell in
to hands of the chancellor. Pei
ry McCracken of the miivcr.it.'
today.
>1 lftt.r j. ad.- ni part as fol
low#
»-av:i,g saw •, !i• tIe sketch eon
f mine ;oiir niter, we fare I felt a
lit'. inrercHterl in the name myself.
,f' i-e tha' was ny. name hereto
1. d I hav« often beard of you
av . been woidering if we w > r*
r* ;f on. M father is from o.u
K. n* **.;■ — name Anderson Poe —and
brother also If you should
a :■* a to receive this, would lx
glad *o hear from you "
’ ' ■ b ttfr wa, probably ipiompted
•> * i,. discussion recently received
n r card to the prompting Poe-*
n iii e r, bp engraved in the ln'1 o*
A HEAFINO ON
aqueduct pta
N hearing
odav on the objection# to
;• dan of He local water born :
< t mm 1 i. k A'an hat tan t .
I hr ng TV wafer from the new c .it
) -‘Tied f o the r e.Vr* ejfy
A BOWLDER BRIDGE.
Probably Placed In Position by an An
cient Cloudburst.
One of tlu> most remarkable fredks
of wind ami erosion known in the
went is to |)e found in one of the small
er side eanyons of the Grand Canyon
of the Colorado river ia Arizona.
In a narrow gorge, carved through
couture., of Mow <>f water and wind
driven sand down the little valley.
Mien? lies a hug - bowlder ns big ns the
average house moving van seen on a
city street. it is bold up solely by
friction ou the sides of the gorge and
S entirely free fro.n any solid cornice
Mop with the sides of Hie sandstone
wails.
From tiie sandy bed of the little
gorge to tlm rock is fully seventy tiv*
feet. Tiie Indiana who ouce routuen
over tlt»* Grand canyon country have,
of course, legends to account for the
location of tin* big round rock, but ..v
n matter of fa.-t it is believed to lin e
rolled < If the slope of a rocky and i re-1
eipltoiis mountain about live n ;< s
distant from the canyon and to have
been picked up in the path >f s >nu>
cloudburst years ago and rolled to iis
present resting place.
The stone hangs only by a sip PI
projection on each side, but it is so
•olid that it forms a convenient foot
bridge across ibe gorge over which tiie
pedestrian may take ids way. Kan. us
City Journal.
Brown's Troubles.
"Brown l« such n pessimist.’'
"Is he?”
"Yes."
“Why. I thought lie was very happy
with his large family of children."
“That’s fie trouble. Ills children
«r* r.li girls and his wife is a nuf
fraget ft.”
Chance to Shine.
"Think I would make a good act or?”
“Vou might do If placed under hotel.'*
"In what position?”
"Taking tickets at the door.”
Ch&nea to Escap:.
Thrico *?iromf'. Wright and other*!
To fly we will prepare
Though millionaires may o * t;>e earth.
They ennnat fence thy ur
PERT PARAGRAPHS.
A men finds it hard to im thlngi
V* suit himself exactly and i.e marital
at the enim* time.
One reason why their own talkie |
tloe*n't drive some women t<» <
tion is because they «-an talk :tl .1;
without listening to themselve .
II 1* seldom •li.it tlio m,u who l
nothing to any and - ,-tently s ■ j
It gets into trouble
The gambler believes in 1 1. j, if j* ;,
nothing but bad In 1
Th'1 Lvenlng Loader I* the boat v!
fcrtifllng mrfiim in ttis aectbm
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IS nVP, ;'n)f ■ ir,r,,v: !*Si* receipt for cvfir\ expenditure, and m
V(;, ‘ f l<f'P- ;• record of all transactions.
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tCO V*Y ' ' : -'-.tie archil attention
ar st account on our books.
rise first I k I:
BLUEF,CLD- WEST VA.^ h
SHE SMASHED UP
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Mi»r Ethel Wareliatu, girl plulsn*
Un-ovist, was ou« or the flrty ladles,
old nud youug. that attended the
"aLlcd tueermg of the Cj> lifter*. That
society to ho mainly composed
of Mrs. tisnoral Llarou, her husbuud
uud her sou. Fred, the latter u youug
man of tv eniy-tbree. Mrs. General
was president, her husband treasurer
and I red tnn rotary. '( lie object of the
society, ms stated nt the hnd public
i looting. vas to uplift the poor nud do
away with poverty. When Mrs. (Jen*
'■ral had get through speaking and the
.viieral had got tiirough speaking and
Pred had finished hi* remark* it was
quite plain to the audience hew the
uplifting Was to he done
x arm us xduauiuwi were appomtiKl
Mill ucketl to report at the t.axi meet
tng. Mina Wnrakum wu* appointed a
committee or one to accumulate pen
oral know lodge on the subject of up
lifting. hud it is mostly xvltb Ler re
port submitted at the next meeting
I bat this story lias to do. When Mi's.
General bad reported tluit the way to
uplift the poor was to securu them
situations in banks and otilceti at good
salaries and the general bad reported
In fax*or of providing them with mu
sical insii-umcnts and young Fred Lad
given It as his opinion Hint the better
the brand of rigors smoked by the
poor man the sooner he would climb
to tbv top Mis* Wurebum arose and
made Ler report, as follows:
• "A day or two after the lust meet
ing 1 prepared myself with raiment
suitable to a poor young girl uud
made a trip among the dwellers of the
tenements. In doing so 1 came across
several members of this society on er
rands of charity. Some or them had
wheel music and some had swuot cake
tor the poor. ‘They Loiight no coal nor
paid any back rent. They talked a
great deal about the uplifting process,
and efforts were made to convince
hungry people that they ought to gel
together und orguuize debating school*
and strive for a higher plane. They
referred to Abraham Lincoln being
boru in a log hut and to Joan of Arc
feeding pigs and milking cows. Very
nheeling. Must, have t**en like a full
meal to tbs hungry.”
At this poiut Mrs. General interrupt
ed t<> say that time pressed and the re
mainder of the report could be dis
pensed with, but Miss Vruickaiu re
fused 10 giro way and went on:
“One of our members and a promi
nent philanthropist advertised for a
Purler maid. Nothing was said of any
uplifting, but that wufe inferred. 1
wrote myself a recommend and ap
iJied for the pface. 1 was told that 1
must not presume on the fact that 1
could read and write. Fnder no cir
cumstances was i to open a book from
the library. If ex'er found drumming
on the piano instant discharge' would
be the penalty. Objected to my doing
up ilj hair like a lady. Objected to
»uy small feet. Met her husband the
next day. lie said I could uplift by
Copying the manners of his wife. Met
L .r son. lie wanted l<» pal me on the
cheek; said that was the first step in
uplifting."
' A motion to adjourn will lie in or
der," announced Mrs. Central ax she
arose, with blaring face, but no one
made such a motion, and Miss War#
hrtm continued:
■ l was worked about sixteen hours
per day. The food given us servants
was about the same as the average
tenement family sits down to. No
family prayers to uplift us. No piny
In* and singing of sacred music.
ben we s|x>lio of attending church
we were informed that the house eould
net be upset. We were not even fur
nished tracts on the sin of profanity
nnd intemperance. Whenever I en
countered the husband in the nails he
expressed the hope that I was feeling
duly grateful for a place in a pattern
family. On several occasions the sou
informed me that hut for that old cat,
'meaning his mother, he would taka me
for an auto ride."
"ticaeral itarou, will you more t*
adjourn?” almost shouted Mrs. Gen
eral as her face wpnt from red to
white.
Hie general opened his mouth, but
no words came. Therefore the repot
otitinued:
On a certain occasion the lady in
■lUCdiua ordered mo to arensnpany her
"D -» tour among tiie poor to distribute
• h-irity. V, <• found the poor. They
v< -o first assured that it was entirely
Mif-ir fault that they were poor nnd
' I.‘'flu /richcrl to attend seminaries
t d colleges and reach a higher plane.
The clothing ve gave out sccmerl to
■ re l orn collected from servant girls,
f e food I carried came from our own
’ni l •—after toe family had eaten. |
m i f i.v that the poor did not exhibit
snr crest Interest in the uplifting
business My lady seemed c,ulte dis
appojnteii to jjjifl them so anxious
about < o i| and so indJQerent to upiift
*-»•*' t'hc found fault w ith me because
I hadn’t suggested Hint we tiring along
14 fe-\ e) eap Teddy lenrs"
This time when the pause rnnie tt
wi# noticed that the general and .Mrs.
0 natal had •dlently folded their tents
aid "to’en mft of ti e ball.
’Vh^n the rending was finished Mi*:*
1*.. re tin rn sat down Owe pc onn f|,£
t f Iffers tiro>r nn't tiptoed out. and at
last she was alone with the smiling
f 'd I'hen ns It** got Up to follow ttm
Others be Mid
This ends Jf for the old lad.v *nd
fh* governor. They will never never
aerg t . uplift the |H><>r, refot tr * lie
wti ked and make the world n.irn*
disc Y*u Ijhvu Mii ished tie* • < mbit a
lion.’’
•ubtf.i it ¥ for cbt L« nb r.
CARE OF ROADSIDES. '
Remove All Rubbish and Preserve
Trees to Make Highways Attractive.
Ko matter bow smooth and well
construe ted the traveled road may be,
if the roadsides are not cared for the
highway as a whole will not give n
go.*! impression. All rubbish should
be removed, the excavations should te
rmed and embankments smoothed and
planted with gross wherever it will
grow. Unsightly brush should be cut
and grubbed out. Sometimes, however. 1
the brush and small trees If suitubly
trimmed add to Uie attractiveness of
the roadside.
All trees which are ornamental or
which have value os shade trees
should be preserved and protected un
less they grow- so close together us to
make a dense shade. In hot. dry cli- '
mates particularly and Indeed in most
places trees are a considerable factor
In reducing the cost of maintenance
since they lessen the evaporation of
the moisture from the macadam. In
exposed places, where the sweep of
the wind would he otherwise unbro
ken, they serve to prevent in a meas
ure fhe blowing away of the binder
from the road surface. Unfortunately
In such places It Is often difficult to
make trees grow. Care in the selection
of the kinds of trees best suited to the
locality In Important.
A good arrangement along roudsides
for trees with large tops Is to set then,
about fifty feet apart, on each side, hul
alternating, so that there will he a tre»
every twenty-five feet along the road.
HELPING RURAL CARRIER.
Good Roads Cnn Shorten His Work
and He Can Ssrve More Patrons.
Tlie mnu who brings your paper*
a ml letters to you more rogulurly than
you could go to town after them,
minding not the rain or other inclem
encies. deserves good roads that he
may shorten his work or serve more
patrons.
Much ror.d building is neglected till
late fall because tbe farmers think
that this is the only season in which
they have time for such work. Very
often this work is wasted because It
has not time to acquire permanence.
'There are. however, a number of road
repairs which may lie done to very
great advantage nt this time. The ruts
may be tilled, tin* bridges re-enforced,
ail culverts cleaned out, ditches deep
ened or straightened out, the split log
drag used after rains. Resides helping
tJ'e carrier, all work done on the road
redounds to the advantage of the
farmer, enabling him to cnrrj bigger
loads tfi town in shorter time.
Wherever there is any rubbish that
w .uld 'cause snowdrifts for the car
rier to wade or drive through in reach
ing the box It should lie removed. The
mall boxes should he so placed that
unnecessary straining or renehing is
avoided.
The mail carrier crjn always tell you
where tho roads need working.
TIPS TO HIGHWAY USERS.
Engineer's Novel Method Fop Keeping
Roads In Good Condition.
A novel ami unusual method of coll
ing attention to the proper wav in
wiiicrl. to use a good road was recently
pul in operation by State Highway Eli
gineer A. .V, Johnson of Illinois. It
consists of a card hearing the follow
ing legend:
t HOW TO KEEP THIS ROAD j
j FOR YEARS. *
1
I This road was constructed for t
i your use. ,
t Don t drive in one track. Avoid r
I making ruts. $
{ If ail use one placo all the !
(wear will be in one place and •
make a rut, j
If you use a littlo care and do £
Inot drive exactly where the last •
wagon did the wear will be dis- ?
tributed, which will koep the !
surface smooth and the road ]
will remain good for years: T
i otherwise it will soon be rutted 1
I and the smooth surface gone. f
! lie cards nre V,\\ by JVj inches in
size and nre given to the men in
charge of road work for distribution to
passers by. This calls direct nttentiou
to tli<> subject and seems to ho more
effective than placard* tacked at the
side of the road. Instead of a hasty
glance in passing, t ho patron a of the
toads put the cards in their pockets to
lie reread and given more mature con
sideration.
Multimillionaire Road Supervisors*
S.i:i Diego county, Cal., boast* the
only multimillionaire board of rond
oipervlsois In the United States, ac
• "iding to Director Logan W. Cage of
Mi * public roads division of the de
part meut of agriculture, who says:
"San Diego county hns a lot of
Tea it hy residents. Most of them own
rOtr,mobiles, r*nd there was a lot of
L ‘king about tlm rough roads. Among
Mu* kickers wero A1 O. Spalding, who
made bis millions manufacturing base
balls; Clans Sprockets, Jr., whose fn
tlier accumulated a bank roll that
u-»uld choke a railway tnnnel, and FI.
M Scripps, who owns newspapers all
•ver tho central west. The road com*
" • -doners grew tired of the growls
"*d ippointed n Island of roadway su
|H*rviHors composed of the three gen
tlemen I have mentioned. Tbo mat
outputs agreed to serve without pay. I
r-day they are spending ft.’JoO.OOo In
Me* county. It doesn't make any dlf
b recce to them what it costs to build
i rond. If the comity hasn’t the men* I
sy 1 hoy donate it. Mr. Spalding built
nine miles of as fine road as I hare
••*’ driven over and Mr. Spreckeis
twenty,"
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<)ii0 lot of Jariiea Whito Waists
tl.ou and 91 2f» value* at 79c. K S i
ivij go up.
All the Latest 1 I
Spring and Sum mcr Su tf gi.
Come in today and let us sh w ycu cur
line.
Have your suit made at f cmo.and kn-w
know you are getting a fit.
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Remember, all clothes made by us
Cleaned and Pressed free of charge.
J. H. FRANKLIN,
• THE TAILOR’’
Higginbotham Ave. Bluefield, W. Va.
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