Bluefield evening leader. [volume], October 31, 1910, Image 1

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BLUEFIELD |£V}ENING LEADER 1
ESTABLISHED APRIL 1906 _ BLUEFIELD. W. VA.. MONID/ AFTERNOON^ OCTOBER’3l7l9IO " PRICE TWO CENTS
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AT ANAWALT
John Wade Shoots to Death
Will Emerson, Aged
20, in Syrian Res
taurant
SHERIFF'S POSSE
AFTER THE MAN
Trouble Originated Over
Slight Matter in the Eat
ing Place Saturday
Will Emerson, aged twenty years, a
white boy, was shot Saturday night
at 9 o’clock in a Syrian restaurant
at Anawalt, on Tug River by a negro
named John Wade, and died Sunday
afternoon-at 5 o’cIock.
The negro who did the shooting is
at large, but on account of his physi
cal impairment, he having two peg
legs, his capture will likely take place
this afternoon. Deputy Sheriff Hep
ford, of McDow’ell county, with a
posse is searching in the vicinity of
the No. 12 operation, where it is said
the alleged murderer is in hiding.
The trouble is said to have started
when the negro walked into the res
taurant, and in an effort to get close
to the stove pushed Eniercon away
from it. Emerson heaped a few
oaths on the negro, for his obtrusive
ness, which the negro refused to
take. Wade jerked out a revolver and
before any of the bystanders could
interfere shot Emerson three times,
nil of the shots taking efTect. The
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BIG SPOOK ARMY
HEADED EARTHWARD
Spook City, Witchland, Oct. 31.—
An army of 45,647,389,326,403,123,761
witches, spc/oks, evil spirits, gnomes,
spirites fairies hobgoblins, imps, dev
ils and hants, headed by John J. Beel
zebub. left here shortly after mid
night this morning, bound for the
earth, where they are due about 10
o’clock tonight. The army would
have been larger but the supply of
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OUTBREAK IN '
—
Eight Christians Are Killed
in a Native Uprising
Against Foreigners •
in Islands
/ i
Washington. Oct. 31.—Eight Chris |
tians, one American and two Chinese <
have been killed in a native outbreak I
against foreigners on the west coast
of Gulf Pavoo, Sout^| Bolton, accord
ing to cable dispatches received today
at the war depatment from Major |
General Duvall, commanding military
forces in the Philippines. General
Pershing is operating against the reb- \
els.
Duvall does not believe the situa- ,
tlon is serious.
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SUDDEN DEATH \
OF H. LMTSONi
H. B. Watson, aged 34 years, one of
the most popular business tnen of,
this city died shortly after noon to
day of pneumonia at St. Luke's hos
pital. where he was taken last night '
in a dying condition.
Mr. Watson had been ill for a week i
but his condition up until last night I
was not considered serious.
Manager of the Domestic uel 1
company Mr. Watson was in a posi
tion to make many friends who re
gret his untimely death. He 1ms
been Ip this city neurly four years,
coming from Richmond where, he was
born r*id raised.
Ht* relatives in Richmond have
been, notified and his brother. James
Watson, cashier of the City Nat
1 lonal Bank, is expected here tonight
oi No. 3.
ECKUN YARDS
John Broyles. thirty-five yeas old,
a miner was instantly killed while
trespassing on the Kckman yards of
the Norfolk & Western Saturday
night.
In company with Will Cbanler of
Eckman he was returning from Key
stone when he stepped in front of
extra 'J93.
Boyles was married and his wife
resided at Coeburn. His father, Kd
! Broyles, lives at Gla^e Springs, Va.
BEN PENDLETON
TONIGHT!
W. B. Pend*eton of Princeton, T>emoeratk: candidate for the house
of delegates will address the voters at the E. L. Bailey hall on Bluefleid
avenue this evening at 8 o'clock under the auspices of the Minefield Dem
ocratic Club. Mr. Pendleton bis been billed on several occasions by tie j
club but contingencies have arisen which prevented his coming. This
time, however, unless sudden death, high water or something elso of s I
calamitous nature Intervenes. Mr. Pendleton will be here. A telephone I
menage from him this morning stated as much, and the voters may ex- I
pert to hear one of the best speeches of the campaign.
.Mr. Pendleton is one of the heavyweights In this pari of the state I
and his ability as a speaker Is too well known to require comment. He
will deal with the issues In a fair and square manner And he has them at |
his fingers' ends. Everybody is Invited, and a special invitation is ex* ,
tended to ladies, even If it is Hallowe'en.
CONFIDENT OF
MOTION
Henry Stuart, candidate for con
gress on the Democratic ticket In the
Ninth District of Y'lrgtnia, was in the
city Saturday night and Sunday, and
In an interview' with a representative
of the lender stated he was satis
fied he would be elected b> u good
majority. Mr. Stewart left for his
tome in Russell county yesterday af
ternoon.
BODY IS CUT IN
TUN BY CARSi
Silaa D. Voting, aged 24, waa found
dead on the Norfolk and VVeatern
tacks near Hemphill Tunnel early
Sunday morning.
The man wai evidently killed late
Saturday flight, as the body was cold
when found by a train crew. He was
rut in twain. Nothing la known of 1
I the man's re'ativea. Hwas employed
l as a ear repairer on the Williamson
'■■UW mP11—j‘i dj* 1
The following paper was prepared
>y a committee of representative Re
publican Insurgents. so-called, or >ler
■er county, at H meeting receutly
leld:
To the voters of Mercer county:
Shall the peopl^ RULE?
This is the issue now being waged
n Mercer county, which must be de
eded on the 8th of November
The Republicans who aro not wili
ng to sacrifice their manhood at the
;rack of the whip of the ring politi
cians, and who stand for good gov
'mment and clean politics and claim
ho right by fair and honest primary
lections to select men to administer
Iby affairs of the government, are
branded as being bolters and Insur
gents. Those men are the true Re
publicans, advocating principles, Which
must bo udvocated nnd carried out.
dec the party will eventually be de
itroyed. No man can claim for mm
»ulf that he la a Republican If ho
condones fraudulent nominations and
indulges In fraudulent practices In
meeting men to administer the af
fairs of the government. Every man.
»** matter of what political party ho
belongs, should condemn fraud and
jnfalr dealing whenever and wrhero>
er found. That is what the so-called
Insurgents are doing In this election.
The time has arrived whon the peo
ple feel tho necessity of of selecting
capable, honest men to till otfleeH.
This can be done only by fair means.
If corrupt methods are resort<U to,
pose is searching In the vicinity, o?
hv« nc wayj*jqwn corrupt. uu-om
r<*» .r.t men *s:.x result.
*t Ik being isserte 1 that many, or
rI’.rOst all. of'the so-called insurgents
're* falling' in Mine with the ring poli
ticians. this* statement Is not -true,
1 ut Is made for- the purpose of trying I
'o unduly atur improperly influence
those who art standing out, advoent |
'■'•K t he causa that Is right, to go with !
•he ring antf aid thorn in their do
•a'gns to eJctjt a ticket and thereby
’intinue the pm chine in pow. r/vTlie
people who oppose the ring politician*
people who opposed the ring politicians1
’.:i the primary election are opposing I
them now, porsfbly one or two
exceptions; itod, in fact. It In believ
ed that there arc many more who have
rvwakened to the situation rincc the
primary election and who are openly
declaring themselves against the
kind and character of political warfare
■hat the I^p^ublloans of this county
•i‘e now Waging. Many mon whom
the litigator* think are with thoip are
going to the election amluiloxitly
clauglj er rhjhm. A des|>erato flgiit is
'wing made ly tlic lligaters apd tboetQ
in office, ani those who arc ftxpeot
mg to hol;V .Office, because tlujy (eel
«'»c power iftrplng away from theiq;
but, aside ftxni these, tlury ane vert
V-w peo]>le 'Who are taking any ‘ in
‘.eivst In thf alleged Hepubliean tick
et. Hut wflfli nil their effort.! it. wjjl
| be thoroughly demonstrated on cW
ion day thet the peppio are migliTy
ppd that ftt(*y will no longer sujrn&ji
May Yohe ono :>f *ho font victim* of tfc© ,4tfi infiueti. © of n,» More
liamond; the Urdu *ft*if, and Marie Antoinette who wa« ptk-. iffi
he first persons to wear It and who was one *«#>the first persons 10 r*ar
t and who was beheaded. The revival of the history of this atorfcJwhMtt J
* 6« I *. <aiats, And which has brought death Qf misery to nearfyl
»erson who has owned t* ts due to Its reappearance In a Paris jcwelryst ” I
Vh. rr. It 1 mg offered for - om pa rarely low pi
PASSENGER DELAYED
Passenger train No. 4 was delayed
htrty minutes at Davy morning
Pn account of a draw ht*d a being*
pulled out on tbo baggttfce car. The
'ar was side tracfe^ and anchor one
was picked up tier*, \
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TO ADDRESS STUDENTS
Rov. R, W. Moore of tho T’r<;HTl$1’
♦ar‘an obumh left for Davidson, N.
C„ this morning. Ho will ho thorn
for a week making nddrosso.^, in tli*
students of the Davidson cyllrjo, nit*
alma mn'er,
i ft
(lor Into tho hands of ring politicians
tho affairs of this county to be furth
er administered.
The ring politiciai s go broadcast
over the community nss rting that j
♦l*o Republicans ought to support the I
fiileged Republican ticket. In the I
l*rst place we charge that there is i
no Republican ticket, because all of
the nominations were brought about
by fraudulent practices and a fraudu
lent primary election. Fraud vitiates j
nil contracts in law, and why not In
politics? So, if there was fraud in
tho primary election, then every lion
et man who haB any intelligence is
bound to admit that the Republican
party in this election stands without!
% single candidate nominated.
Why should wo listen to the appeal
tb support the alleged Republican
tickot wh» n we feel thi|t it does not
represent u majority of the votes of
the Republican party? The candi
date may lie a good Republican, lint!
that is a matter of no concern. Why? I
Recause tho people are entitled under
our form of government to say whom j
we shall have to administer the af-1
fairs of our government, and tho ques
tion as to whether or not he is a
good Republican dorp not enter Irtc
It. or flip people are the only o irs
to determine whether o- not he is
,'l.eir choice to administer their at i
fairs.
These people, too, who are now,
glamoring loudest that all Republi
cans should £iand together and sup-1
;port tho ticket are men who have no
[rigl'ft to Insist on regularity( because.
I they have boon guilt/ of more irrpg-|
ularitlea than any one who now
claims the right to chastise them in
this election because of their fraudu
lent practices. In the year 1904 the
men. or most of them, who arc now
most strongly advocating the election
of the alleged Republican ticket, or
ganlzed tho coal field in this county
against the state ticket, or a part Of
it. Yet, they claim to be Republi
cans; they claim to tie aide to advise
us now how- to vote. Some of these
'same men worked and voted against
L. ft. Farley for county clerk, and de
feated him after he became the nom
>nee or the party by compromise*
Some of these same men fought Wil
liam Seymour Edwards for Congress
because ho would no) promise to
give them oQice. Some of these same
men voted against, and defeated, Dav
is Thorn for county court, who had
to bo nominated throe times in the
ton vent Ion before the chairman would
(Jet' la re ills nomination, and yet they
declare they are In favor of honest
and fair nominations. And there aro
many such Instances which couhl h *
given to show the irregularities or at.
least most of the ring politicians who
are now howling about supporting the
alleged Republican ticket.
Hoginning with the first name on
the ticket, the alleged candidate for
congress. How was his nomination
secured? He started out with a pack
ed congressional committee, loaded
down with postmasters and other
men who were trained to do his bid
ding; and they denied his opponent
the right to a primary election afraid
,of the people. They not only do
nled him a primary election In the
district, but they refused him a pri
mary election In his home county; re
fused to give him a primary election
in McDowell county; refused to give
him a primary election at any point
in the congressional district, and re
fused to give him a minority repre
sentation In any county In the district
where th»* alleged Republican nomi
nee for Congress fop sure he could
carry the county;'but in those conn-1
where Mu alleged Republican
nominee feJt that, lie was In the ml
ucrlty and where he coui/i control the
committee, he claimed for iiinisclf
minority representation <n all the
/ounkles except Mercer county, and in
this county the ringsters were at
that time trying to make It appear
ffhaf they were fair or it would not
*ligwe beep done here, nut in doing ho
they felt ure tlof* the> could carry
the county under the same schemes'
and practices which resulted in the
defeat, of the other candidates for
^he nomination, which had they not
been indulged in. Mr. Lilly would
have arrled this county by at leaf,,
‘a* thousand majority. Rut, after ail
th|p. they became so desperate that
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CIS PERMIT IS
1
\
Board of Affairs Rescinds
Its Former Grant and
Company1 s Bond is
Cancelled
l.ato Sat unlay afternoon the board
of affairs In a vote or three to one
decided to rescind (ho building per
mit originally granted the Uluefleld
(!as & Fuel company. The member
voting against tho motion of Mr. Pe
ters to rescind was James Kahle. Tho
motion did not aet fortli on what
ground the permit was rescinded, but
it is to bo inferred that the action
was taken on account of n petition
signed by forty-one property holders
and residents in tho vicinity of the
proposed location in the wost end.
praying a reconsideration of tho per
mit on tho assumption that a gas
plant would prove a nuisance.
W. E. Ross, attorney for the gas
company, asked tlint it he relieved of
the bond of $1000 guaranteeing the
Bt art lag of work and the completion
of the plant within specified time
limits. Tills request was granted.
No definite action lias been taken
by the gas people and it Is not known
on what lines they will now proceed.
BRIDOE EMPLOYE
LOSES HIS LIFE
W. II. Webster, employe^ by the
Virginia Bridge company at Bckman.
had both legs cut off by extra 849
on the west ond of Bckman yardrt
Saturday night. His homo is at Hoa
noke and has a brothor living at Bek
man.
COIL SHIPMENTS
TB HUE POINTS
Washington, Oct. 31.—The ship
ments of coal during the month, while
also lower than the month before,
compare favorably with correspond
ing 1909 figures. Hard-coal shipments
for the month, 375,391 short, tons, des
tined mainly to Superior, Chicago,
and Milwaukee docks, were consider
ably in excess of the September, 1909
figures. The season shipments to
the end or Septeml/br, 3.038.434 short
tons, were about 22 per cent larger
than a year ago. The soft-coal ship
ments during the month, 2,457.721
short tons, of which over 60 per cent
wan destined to Duluth Superior and
Milwaukee docks, were also lower
than the month before, although near
ly 25 per cent larger than during
September of the preceding y» ar. The
shipments for the 9 months or the
season, 13,697,705 short tone, by far
exceeded corresponding totals for any
of the preceding years.
LEG BROKEN FROM
FALL THIS MORNING
Mrs, .1, H. Walker of Noth Powell
street, In ilick*town, sustained a
broken I'g tbls morning from h fall
In front of tho Mercer Merchandise
company’s store on Hlueflctd avenue.
She was Immediately taken to her
homo where she was given surgical
attention. She fa resting easy thin
a fterroon
DEEP WATERWAYS
PROJECT REPORT
St. I/Oufs. Oct. 31 The preliminary
report of the hoard of engineer*! ap
pointed by the War Department to *n
vestlgate the feasibility of the lakes
to tho gulf waterways project will
he the principal subject of consider
ctlon at the annual meeting of the
l akes to the Gulf Deep Waterways
Association, to bo held « i< on tie
2-"th of next month. Whether n
great project over becomes a i .
depends largely on the decision of the
engineers, who have spent the last
month In lookiDg over the route.
THROUGHOUT
Desperate Efforts of Ex
press Companiesto De
liver Goods on Ac
count of Strike
MANY PERSONS
ARE INJURED
Strikers Plan to Make the
Conflict National in
Its Scope
New York, Oct. 31, Wild rioting
throughout tho city followed tho des
perate efforts of the express compan
ies which have been crippled by the
strike of drivers and helpers to de
liver goods.
Hevon thousand police are on slrlko
duly end they are kopt checking fre
quem outbreaks. Many persons wero
hijt^d and shots wero fired In sharp
conflli *h.
Mohs attacked express wugons in
all parts of tho city.
BuaineMs Tied Up.
Now York, Oct. 31. —With tho ex
pos* business completely tied up in
Now York, Jersey City and Hoboken,
the loss to tho various companies iu
Contlnii'd «*n page three
MPIONSHIP" }
IN DOOR MT
New York, Oct. 31.--Athletes wear
ing tho colors of leading clubs and
colleges from Boston to the Gulf and
J’uciflc coasts will be seen In action
at Madison Square Garden during
tho national championship indoor
meet of the. Amateur Athletic Union,
commencing today. Never before have
the entries for this meet boon so
large and classy and representative
of so large a score of tho country.
Montreal and New Orleans. Chicago
and HI. Ix>uls, Seattle and San Fran
cisco. will pit. their gladiators against
the best in New York and the Fast.
The finals and most important events
on the program are reserved for to
morrow, while the Junior events will
supply snappy sport for those who
hold today's admission pasteboards.
In all thirty-two events will he con
tested. which is a record for nntional
Indoor meet*. Never before In the his
tory of sport has a governing body
or any individual asosclatlon ever
attempted to give ho many events at
one meeting.
If Is, of course, practically certain
that tho Irlsh-American and Now
York athletic clubs will win first hon
ors. At the recent national outdoor
meet In New Orleans tho two New
York clubs led In number of points,
and the rivalry between them Is keen. .
The western clubs have a number of ^
good men. however, and the Gotham*
ifes will have to work hard fo every
advantage gained
GUN MAN GETS
i SOAKED FIFTY
—"■ 1 *1 I '1^
Hen Washington, colored. did not
get soaked fifty plunks In police
court this morning for carrying an
ax, but. for making of himself a smoko
wagon conveycnce.
Washington had all tire negroes on
a jump in Parker's restaurant on
Raleigh street last night and It is
said he snapped the lead holder at
he* lfe devot.il tin f ; b fate
I nor gt *■ liis town the into
riety Kouiiokr .. .mg at present -
the gun refused to go off, Hen was
sent to jail for thirty days in default
jof the currency.