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BLUE HELD
EVENING LEADER
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Catered u aeoocd elaaa setter
x*»rll 8th 1906, et the Poet Of
•••e et llluefleld. W. V .. uoder
•f Oongrew March Ird 1879
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THURSDAY, MARCH 9. 1910
DON'T OVERLOAD.
The great trouble with people who
do things and discover things Is that
their first great care Is to make u
i jld dash for [publicity and attract
an amount of attention which soon
makes them tiresome with greater |
or less discredit connected. A man
may be a great anything, but if he
bor^s tho eteniaJ life out of you, the
chances are that you are going to
pass him up after t-be similitude of
a white chip,
To illustrate, Mr. Weston, not
many moons ago attracted a great
deal of attention ay the champion
walker in th„ world, and tho newr,-;
papers over the country wore giving
Mm front page space on his theor
ies of living forever. Fletcher came
with an ultimate mastication process
which for the delivery of nutrition
to the alimentary canal had dhe
world by the umblicus with a
down grade pull, and last in th,-. lime!
light were Cook anfj Peary who dis-i
covered thg north pole, tu>t t< men
tion aoivof tlu> lesser artists.
Whrt ha.; happened? Every moth
er’s son of these gieat men would
have to commit suicide to get a pass,
ing glance. Wheu a newspaper scents
a good story, it uses it. aa it has h'
right to do,regardless of cofiscriuen* i
ccs. If fhese people wnbt. to Mart!
in by Veiling their beads bff. provided '
tl»«y have <|jiie aomctfcing worthy
of attention, there is absolute'y no
doubt about seeing tlielr name a in
print, bu* interest dwindles whh
continued cvploi'ation.
The philosophy is plain. I >-,u
have something to sell, publicity, is
'"'■‘in In yoor pursy, because the uoo
pl** credit your motive ami they are
willing to examine your tomls, but
if you want to chest about who you
ar« and what non hav© done. Miey
mi'Tht soon g* t tired of you Vote
Pear}-, Cook, Fletcher anci We ten
The moral Jr dnn l overload, hut 1
let th0 th'ng dawn gradually. Obi!- j
viojj and a continued play ( • 1m*J
•■'pet light ai> closely akin.
THE "WORKING GIRLS"
I
A Chicago naman's cl ib ha % m- j
nod the I'.rm 'working gi l? . ' \.
substitute pro*..*-., -he c.\r tv 1
awkworj I'-' cr ;*t v<. Km »• uin '
a/1!*- * . ■! v. : " s.'iys the f M ■
.fouri .1!.
The - woman's club -boi'i t!r- • ,
change Its n «n • '7 conform <* b
v*e» Th ' chairw xnar cf 'be'
commit’. . or much ado obou: no1 h
• ng if th;i coaim te“ drat i 1!:«
»oaollit Ir n Imre *>f*rred *0. hould
be called n cbalriady,’ t t.10
C01in1«»« <XCUpirj.; be Ola
W*. have oc’W*t>* u un* . v. o . ♦
devoted *o charit.’. uor'., v un-i
Vat4eHng for p)«.-^ur. a.»
writing boks and plays, g.rl- , «•••,*,
iug fashionable school.-.. . -
Ing titles, girls s.ngm^ i- •*»*• cti •
and girl- and women <ngag. . ,t#l
all -or*- of nctlvKt and in ,ir. i«
po*‘trv and art without any ;.c- ivlt .
The statirsuian, th*. orator, the ;ju
•hor. tb** hOld »i, the dr,1 mat *,
eivi, engineer, the ph.’.sJcia. , ’!i<- ;»
Momom-r, *b b ‘orian, d Ml
ma*’.8t. tn«. 'da/“k.-iij *n. be m.b aturs
paint*: and men in various other
"eTnploy*mf*n*s are prond r the»r
work if it, i*« well done, and no-, of
the r employment. W’e hav* ' K*ui
tl*TO<-n of ’h*- Jur./Vvt men i- go*.
ertinvnts build transcoa renta'
rat'wa;,*. - hk chat into *b* bowels
of the earth f<. coal or gold, gird*
I be glob*- with !.n** of <x.ar, <*<••rarn
ccm. Its' raid* tinder tb«> o « *n to
foe I IK* v communication *<>*■>•
or *ij ft tries, change the map* of r n»
pile*, cant out king-’, up * pub
i< «, delend liberty increa* jghl
I and otherwise exert themselves in
| honorable ambttious nuclei takings.
I when * (irking girls go upon a strike
fo higher wages the public is Inclined
j to sympathize with them, and to up*
• jdaud the parade and uphold the
right of tbe working girls to con
sideration. Tho world has a tremen
dous amount of res|**ct fpr girl* and
| for work. Hut It would probably be
i more difficult to stir up sentiment
When working girls go on a strike
' for higher wages the ^public itu-liued
: for ‘'young ladies employed" if they
! should find their employment uncon
genial. their hours unsuitable or
their remuneration Insuffk'eut for
them to live us a young lady employ
ed ought to live.
UNCLE SAM AS ROAD BUILDER
Government Constructing Great High
waya In Nawly Daveloped Country.
Experts of ninny countries are mar
veling nt the great roads which the
I'nilcd Stales government has con
structed and Is now constructing dn
tho reclamation projects In the far
western states and territories.
More than GOO miles of the must ex
cellent highways that it is possible
for man to produce have been com
pleted and are In daily use.
These, of course, do not include the
byroads leading to tunny farms or the
many other roads being used for the
time being iinUI tho macadamized kind
can bo built.
Tito dry farmers have had good
burses and vehicles since the reclama
tion work began seven years ago, and
these good roads are enabling them
to haul their products to the towns
and railroad stations and to send their
children to school. They regard them
as the moat important of all olds to
progress and prosperity.
Many of those pioneers own automo
biles, and it Is no unusual sight to see
on .Saturdays or Sundays n dozen or
more motorcars of the latest designs
in any of the towns of tho older proj
ects. Jt I? interesting to note that Un
cle Bam has only fairly begun the
building of roads in this newly devel
oped country and that in a very few
years the mileage will be reckoned in
thousands where it is now counted in
hundreds.
KENTUCKY ROCK ASPHALT.
An ideal Highway Built of It In De
troit, Mich.
A highway of which a Detroit publi
cation speaks In terms of high praise
is the road lending to the approach to
the Belle Islo bridge. It is surfaced
with Kentucky rock asphalt, under
specifications, from which the follow
ing facts are taken:
The subgrado was excavated and
brought to an even surface eight and
one-half Indies below and parallel
with the proposed surfaco of tho road
way and compacted by rolling with a
ten ton roller. Upon this crushed
limestone two to four inches in size
wa* placed sud rolled to three inches
in thickness, A second ourse of
similar sized stone filled with lime
stone screenings and sand was also
rolled to threo inches, making the
foundation course* six inches in thick
ness.
On tljis foundation was evenly spread
a two and one-half iuch course of
crushed limestone one and one-half to
t v> ■ and one-half Indies in size, which
was given one rolling. The asphalt
was then spread, beiug taken to the
read on wheelbarrnws. dumped and
raked to a uniform depth of about
three-quarters of an inch iu a loose
state, this being equivalent to about
From 0)0(1 Roads Magazine. New York.
I- %YIN(. on Tlir ASPlfAF.T.
forty pounds- per square yard. This
" ■* * forced ;!'i llie voids I»y two roll
ii . <. i'lieij another similar layer of
t jdi ilf w - applied, rolled twice, left
to stand until the next day, then rolled
acnln. The same plan was followed
during * he two succeeding darn, the
r<. <1 being closed to traffic and one
rolling each day being glren. The
ro*d was then opened to traffic
TAFT FAVORS STATE ROADS.
Chief Executive Think* the Highway
Qu#*tion Not a National Mattar.
Vstioual aid for permanent roads, n
ststeru of national highways coune't
*ng the capital of tuo various slates
and of state highways coiiocrUng the
various county seats, use of federal
prisoners for budding roads Hint the
establishment of roAdtnaklng ou a
slide? v business basis are some of tbe
suggestions made at the good roads
> con \ ention.
A letter from President. Taft de*
; • lured against nationiil aid to any
great extent. The president sars
My own view of the good roads
question is Ihflt it Js chiefly a state
function and that nil the states ought
to unite in on effort to promote good
roads. I do not think that the farmers
are a« touch interested In (he matter
as they ought to be.
‘ Next to education. Hie system of
good roads Is the greataft CiTilU#r.”
j M’ and Mm t; F Hotter ic'urned
lu t night fVjrn a v wit t.> \|j -
I'e> » jjiarents a' tivingUm. Va
[GOOD ROADS
MEAN PROGRESS,
- '
| They Tend to Increase the Value
of Property.
WILL LOWER COST OF LIVING
Farm Landa Will B« Sattlad Mora
Rapidly, More Good Crops Will Be
Raised, and the Consumer Will Re
ceive Suppues at Smaller Prices.
A team of horses struggling along
a mud road In the endeavor to draw
l half n load nffords a striking object
j lesson of road improvement when coni-;
, pared to a team drawing a be.-iyil/
l loaded wagon at. a comfortably. (rot
along n stone surfaced road. This ifco
lated example must be multiplied by
0. 000.0UO ill order to obtain the eiuuu
i III live effect of bad roads upon traffic
J in i lie 1 idled Stales. Not less tluiu
$250,000,000 is the useless tribute nn
uunlly levied upon the people of the
1. 'ii11otl StatcH by ils bad roads.
in 1890 u widespread inquiry made
b.v the office of public roads indicated
that. I he average cost of hauling on
roads in the l ulled States was 25
cents per ton per mile. In i‘XHl llic
bureau of statisth-s ascertained from
Its 2,800 county correspondents that
the average cost, per ton per mile was
about 2!i cents and the average length
of haul 0.4 miles.
j lie nigh cost of hauling is not Hie
only burden which the Aiucricun
people are currying by reason < f their
bad roads. In traversing a region of
country isolated from markets by rea
■ou of bad roads one is struck by the
wastes of uutiJIed Jaud aud by the |
lack of variety in the products. This
is a condition more frequently due to
Inck of adequate transportation fm-lli
tles than to lack of itiduslry aud intel
ligence of the inhabitants.
The point may be illustrated by as J
suming a series of concentric circles j
to bo drawn about a market town or*
railroad station, constituting zones of |
production in all of which the roads
ore uniformly had. Within the first
zone all products can be delivered to !
market at a pro tit. Within the second ’
zone certain products must lie elitul-!
bated because of the length of haul.
Milk, small fruits and certain kinds I
of vegetables requiring quick delivery1
and careful transportation might be ,
cited ns examples.
In the third zone still oilier products
must he eliminated because of the
prohibitive cost of hauling. The
fourth zone will include only those
products which can be held until the ;
roods are passable and then hauled '
long distances and sold at a profit.
Beyond this zone fho land must lie
left unproductive or utilized for grnz*
ing and timber.
Every improvement In the roads I
leading from this market widens these!
V-nnes, makes unprodhetiv e land jiro-■
duetir* anfl-»cnabICs the farmer to cx-j
ercise a wider discretion In deterroin-j
big the character oi his crops.- -®lia
prosperity of the individual former l»e* j
comes far greater, the traffic of the
railroad increases, the consumer "Ve
celves better supplies at lower prices,
and thus the beneficial effects continue
In an ever widening circle.
While it is impossible to assign an
arbitrary percentage or a mount to rep
resent the Increase in land values by i
reason of road improvement, it is gen
erally believed that the average In*
t. 7
Country roai> t NiMPimvtn.
crease per acre within the zone <>f in
ffuence of an improve^ road would he
from $2 to $!* per tpre As there are
about 850,0on.0(tt) acres of farm lauds
Improved and unimproved lu the l niv ;
ed Mates the possibilities of aggro*1
gate Increase In value are enormous, I
These figures consiltute concluatwa j
evidence of the immensity of traffu on
the common roads Thcv do more —
they give food for icflc tlon as l«.
where tho cumulative losses in wear
and tear of lvagoiu, harness and
i teams, due to poor roads, will land us
on tho deh*t side. Nobody £an ever
approximately estimate thin drain, but
everybody i.Pi't knr if. is in terms of
j millions.
The loss in dollars i< serious enough
I for grave cotreru, but when the ad
j ditional charge Is made that bud roads
ace a menace to our inatltutions, ouf
, health and our educational develop
ment i* constitutes nti Indictment of
such gravity as to demand paramount
coosiderati;n. Hundreds of millions
of fertile acres remain untillcd while
the Insanitary and unwholesome city
| tenements are crowded w ith human
! beings whose standard of living must,
result in their meatnI, moral .uni phys
leal decay.
It I" not generally rea. zed that our
Ono ml'es of road constitute a
g’ -ri *. u* e of d « t - e. By means of
dust dtsrr*e germs enter the humaa
w* «*<■ Tb.s Is particularly true n#
I ‘ The, v# i new preserve in Hot*
I hai no7 'Ye the subway
ifirn Itoston Herald.
WANTED:—Boarders at HOd Rogers
street. $10 per month Mis. L
i R. GRAHAM *
fa 1W ’f
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WANTED: A nurse—apply Mrs. I,.
.J. Holland. Gil Hyplami avenue.
2-2*4-10
WAN 1 ED:—-A girl to weav* and
make switches, experience not
necessary. Apply .Madam .1 De
Cantor. Ferrell Mercantile *.’#
2 28 10 2t.
FOR SALE AT A BA RGAIN : — lm
proved furni six miles from BIui -
li<*id two and one naif miles from
station, good house and out. buil
dings. water at kitchen door, two
good orchards - in bearing condi
tions. Your upper unity to buy u
farm at a bargain Price $4,000
G. II. SURFACE, Saul Lick W. Va.
2-18-1# 12t.
FOR RENT— Kail. room Hit In
center #r business section, all mod
ern conveniences. Ideal plao. for
Dress-Malt.ug KOnli. hne-nt. Clean
ing ami Pressing Rooms, or any
business where gr mml finer is not
necessary. For Pent at a. Bar
gain. Call eu er write The Poland
Printing Company, 211 Princeton
Avenue. ’Phono 10b.
2-2-tf.
HOUSE AND LOT FOR SALE: As
agent for the heirs of the lat0 A.
•I. KUis, I will oiler for salt.’ ai
public* auction to the. highest bid
der on Saturday loth day of March
19iu at 11 o’clock a. no., on the
premises. The property formerly
occupied by (he Kald Ellis situated
on Davidson street in the e*ity of
Blue-Held. Terms of sale made
know n on day of sale.
M. II. POST LEW A IT E.
Agent.
3 I 5 It.
NOTICE OP TRUSTEE’S SALE.
By virtue of a certain deed of trust
bearing date the"T5tfi day of Apr-1,1
1908, executed by ’Patrick. Coles to
the undersigned Trustee, to secure
Win. E. Ross and O. T. Ross In the"
payment of Six Hundred ($000.00)
Dollars as evidenced by twdr:
notes of $.‘*0.00 each, which said
trust deed of records in the *>03 e
of the Clerk of the County Court,
of Mercer County, West Virg uia, in
Trust Deed Book 17, page 78, and
default having been made In tho
payment of said notes as agreed in
said deed of trust, and having been
requested s« lo do by the said Win
K. and C. T. Rons, the undersienod
Trustee *11] offer for sale by wa; of
public tuition to the highest bidder
upon the pr*u)iso3, on the
12 f M DAY OF MARCH, 1919,
at 4 o’clock, p. w o» tbe aa<d day,
tb«* following described real estate
lying and being in the City of Hhto
fleld. West Virginia. !*-*it;
BKCtlNNlNU at a point N. 16 d-■
grcf*s .'iff’ W. one hundred and for
ty-six (146.lt and one tenth feet
from a point on the northern line of
West Bedford Street (which point on
said north* rn line of West Bedford
Street is s. l»7 degrees W. one hun
dred and ninety-seven (197-feet tr»in'
the intersection of the north side of
W*‘3t Bedford Street with the west
8id» of Mercer Street, and which
point Is situate at northeast corner
of We t Bedford and Peck Streets);
thence from said i»oint of beginning
N. 16 degrees ;;u' W. flftv-jwjvon
('•7 1-21 and on*-half f.-,u to a point;
thence V 67 degrees 10. Forty-fwo
(421 fret to si point; thence K 16
degrees 30* K Hf'y seven and one
half (77 1-2) feet to point; thence
X 67 degrees W forty-two M2) feet
?o the point of boginning
TERMS IF 3ALK ca«h In hand
paid on day of sale
•I X HAT IBB,
Trustee.
Th a lltli da.' of February, 1910
It one week 2-12-10
"Or* extravagant man." said i a
I Eb*n m mo’ or le-. liable t * t
I high cost of livin' mix;>d up in !i
(mind wlf do cot I of high living.'
Washington Star
It. 0 KELSON,
Public Accountant and
Systematize!*.
Graham, • Va
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Hehcdu’e tu FITwt
MARCH 6, 1910
Leave Uluefleld 7:20 a. m. Tor Itoa-1
noke. Norfolk ami all i*oii)t* of Shell-1
sdoab division. Pullman Sleajrvi
Roanoke to New York, v a Hagefr. I
i town, Pullman Parlo*- Car Roanoke ,
to Norfolk.
8:55 a. m. for Kcauoks, Rich
oioud, Norfolk. Pullman Sleeper. |
Dicing Car to Roanoke. Parlor 3ai
, Roanoke to Norfolk.
; 18:40 p. u^for Roanoks, Lfatfc-,
burg and intermediate station** an 1
the Shenandoah Valley. Philadelphia .
»nd New York. Sleeper to phiadu'
[ ph!a. Cafe car Gary and Shena*
> doali.
9:18 p. m. “or Koanoks, Lynch
burg. Rich mono, v«,rfo!k. Pullman
Sleeper to Norfolk, K'vsnoke to
, Richmond ^ 1
Leave piuefleld 8:20 p. m. for l&i; '
37*, Columbus and all points
ind Northwest. Pull re an Sleeper flw
Columbus a». h Cincinnati. Caf« ws
8:10 •. m. 7ollnura 8>tepar Cpr
Columbus. Cafe ntnlnc <’»*•
Leave 8:40 a. in. and 2.01 p. m.T
lalV/ for Tazewell, Norton md 31
itatlons on Clic* h Vail > division
Arrive f-»m Norton and point* oc
ho CMacta ■’'’aUev dlvlslou st 12:20 p
) m. and 7:2<» p. m.
Lou Vo U: 17* a. in. for Welch and
utermv dlato sta-too*.
Leav*. 10:45 a ra. for William
j on a'.n] liner mod'ate sLit'ons.
Leave 2:ir p in. for Welch nrl’
r utormediate aijt’ons.
; For K'tillUotiai hifor.nnt! n rill Ci
*jeut Norfolk an,] West am Rat! ’.ay
W. B BEVIL,
Gen. Pass, Agent,
Roanoke, Va.
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Bluefied, Wes! Virginia.
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Knfnn: In Flat-Tnp National Kank
BLOEHID UNOEBTAKtNG CO 1
"NO.* 11 PRINCETON AVE.
•R. W. HONAKER. Prof).
W. S. CROCKETT, r. D Di- .
re< to*-.
• ’PHONE 128 UAV OR NIGHT
1 R.Kem? Morton,p
j Attorney-at-Law, fi
| Bluefield, W. Va. >
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hi: Room Nn. 13. KcI!p> Mnyp.r
Bllfidtnr
I 'b&K'Af&S'Ss'XAV/Ai,', WrVSA'y
"The 'Evening T.efldf^'r ahotiM- l »
, n every home. Iiegiti ihe .\<-w Y >r
by euhicrlblriK to niu<-flei4» On y
Evening faper.
\VE’P e after you
You arc the individual we require'’
THE ABOVE IS INTENDED TO ATTRACT THE ATTEN
TION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE USING THE SOCK INSTEAD
OF THE BANK FOR A DEPOSITORY, AND WHO IN CONSE
QUENCE ARE RECEIVING NO ►MEREST. ON THEIR BAV
WE PAY INTEREST ON C E RTf FIC ATES OF
WOULD BE DELIGHTED TO HAVE ALL PRESENT '“SOOK
BANK PATRONS CALL AND TALK OVER THE “REAL THING”
banking Proposition with us. * fcjfl
^ Flat Top National Bank
BLUEF1ELD, W. VA.
Resources Nearly On Million Dollars
Officer* I,. K. 1 ierney. President; Edw. T. Tyree, Casn>-r, W
U- Plumas, v'.ce President; W. H. Hicks, Asst. Cashier.
I»l HKCTOKS
. J- J)- Honaker T. E. Peerv C. B. Hancock.
dVi H. Thomas. C. O Wright. P. J. Kelly.
E- E. Bailey \\\ 1). Thornhill, E. S. Pedigo,
C- E. Tierney. M. (iarrett, 11. A. Heller,
ipr J. B-Jkirk >r- 1.|lI. Clark W. J. Jenks.
Strongest Organized Bank in this Section- Tfie Hroorc**
• vc National Batik of lllucticld.
«*re Local Dealers for the Renowned
* RFMTICO
TYPEWkiTER SUPPLIES
M. nufartueed hy the
Remington Typewriter Company
(Incn'pora^J)
Remtico Paragon Ribbons !
- in ail colors and for
4 all makes of typewriters.
I
Rcmtico Paragon, Red Seal
and Billing Carbons—of
different weights suited
for all classes of work.
O
A!! Remtico Typewriter
Supplies are known as
the Highest Grade j
Goods Manufactured.
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Curtis^Pearson Company *
STATIONERS
Phonc|308 Bluefield\ W. Va.
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uThe Bank Where Money Grows.M
A General Banking "Bu5tfteSsT£ Conducted
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•—ttys cofyipuiw-' which invites accounts of . every
^ize rfhcT ch&r.itfttflV •assnnrf‘<- eVtfPP d^bfcftffer’tfte at Ivan t
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4 Per Interest paid °n Sav
mgs Accounts and C«*r
Cent tificates of DrpOsit. |
fidelity Banking Trust Co.
Ulucfield, West Va.
TOLAND PRINTING CO.
Particular Printers
231 Princeton Avenue
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j LOTS FOR S
vfohn m. Wii gman,
* Apply to
wi-i. McCarthy, Philadelphia
\ BLUEFIELD. W. VA.
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M‘T Vo’ V <*nOPKRTT !»rITH 11*.
|: C. O'LEARY & SON
£ Real Hsiate am) Rental Agents,
I: BlueficlU, W. V«.
L Agents for Eureka an d Hale Land Co.
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