Bluefield evening leader. [volume], November 05, 1910, Image 1

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Mr. Hawley Denies Charges
Generally But Has Fail
ed to Give Any Speci
fic Explantions
WHO PAID THE
BOND PREMIUM;'
If Legislative Candidate Will
Respond, Other Queries
Are on Tap
Editor Leader:
The questions propounded to W.
P. Hawley, candidate for the house of
delegates of Mercer county, through
the Bluefteld Evening leader on the
3rd inst., not having been answered,
the committee of so-called insurgents
feel that they have a right to insist
upon and demand answers to each
and ail of them inasmuch as Mr.
Hawley lias shown a willingness, by
the publication of his card in the
Daily Telegraph a few days ago, to
deny charges made by the so-called
insurgents in the article appearing
in the liluefleld Evening Leader on
the 31st of October. If Mr. Hawley
is willing to deny or answer some of,
the charges against him, it looks as
if he ought to make full disclosures
and answer all questions propounded.
It does not seem that he is dealing
fairly with the people to deny one
charge and then to allow many others
to go unanswered. As Mr. Hawley is
a candidate for public office he ought
to take pleasure in answering any
questions propounded to him which
in any way bear upon his official du-i
ties and which he may be called upon
to consider if elected.
We would also be glad if Mr. Haw
ley. when answering the questions re
ferred to. would answer the follow
ing question?.
1. Were >ou d* puty sheriff of Mer
cer county at the time the district
of Beaver Bond issued and sold school
bonds for the erection of the High
School ami other buildings?
2. If you were such deputy slier
iff, were you not required to give an
additional bond before being permit
ted to receive this fund? If so. who
was your security on this bond, that
is to say, did you give personal se
curity or did you give a guaranty
company as surety?
3. Jf you gave a guaranty company]
as surety, did you not have the hoard
(Continued on Page Six)
BUT 0, HOW BUY ,
THEY NOW ABE
'To the Voters of Morcer County:
To show the insincerity of \V. P.
Hawley and those who are claiming
to advocate the alleged Republican
ticket oil tile whiskey (JPr-Rtion. the'
so-called insurgents desire to invito
your attention to n petition asking
for licenses for a colored wtloon in
the city of Biueflcld, to sell at retail
spirituous liquors, which petition, with)
the signatures of certaiu parties sign
ed thereto, is as follows:
, To the1 county court of Mercer
County: We earnestly frocommend
that you grant license Jo sell at retail, |
spirituous liquors, etc, to Ooodwyno
Miller.
July 20th 1907.
Harold A. Ritz. E. L. Bowman. W.
P. Hawley. W. 8. Foutz. H. I. Shott,
Wm. Hicks, A. U. Ha* ley, w. J. New
enham
The signatures to this petition ar6
In the hand writing of the parties and
it will be well to note that each and
all of thorn claim to bo Republicans.
Respectfully,
COMMITTEE.
Nor, i, 1910,
Facts and I igures of Repub
lican Cr;r.n?ittec‘s Inves
tigation Into Extrava
gance Charges
(By Jas. W. Wicr.)
Likins. Nov. r». The governor, the
state Republican oomnilt‘oo through
its plate matter disseminated through
out the State and the auditor. wivo?<>
August speech has been widely cir
culated as a campaign document a’l
while tacitly admitting the exti »va
ganco of the legislature, have stout
ly maintained that the vast a tun of
?7,000,000 expended every four years
was needed for the maintnlnnnce of
the state institutions and have <!« IP d
critics of his and proceeding admin
istrations to show* wherein they
would be able to curtail expenses or
to show that these institutions were
not all that they ought to be or that
they could be operated and maintain
ed at less expense. A challenge was
Issued to show wherein the Repub
lican administrations had not been
laiimui stewards. Tile answer to
these claims is found in the report
of a legislative investigating commit*
tee appointed at the 1007 legislature
whose report was submitted to the
• legislature it was a Republic m
committee and it reported to a Repub
lirpn irglslature ;o tliat wliat is scal
ed here can not lie charged to Demo
cratic sources.
NN iiile tile system under which in
stitutions are governed now inis been
changed the methods prevailing in
• he administration of these institu
tions has not been in ofTect changed.
The findings of tin* committee from
which tile facts and figures used here
are to be quoted are In manv cases
startling and show how the money
paid by the taxpayer has gone to
waste.
Commenting upon the handling of
money for the \atious state Institu
tions this special legislative investi
gating Committee In its report said:
There is a state treasurer and twen
ty-three governing the State’s institu
tions*. and the moneys appropriated
for their support are drawn f»*oni the
State Treasury and placed ir. the
hands of these twenty-three treasur
ers. The aggregate average hank bal
anoe for the year 1906 and ’07 In the
hands of these twenty-three treasur
ers was $ 1 <19,416.16 and the amount
on which interest was paid at the
rate of two per cent, at the time the
committee made its examination was
$96,955, leaving $129,591.15 ns an aver
age bank deposit for these two years
on which no interest was paid. The
state lias hern able to realize Hirer
per cent on her bank balances, and
therefore, growing out of the system
prevailing, has been losing this rafe
upon $129,491.16, amounting arnuallv
to $3884.75,”
ATHLETES ON A
TEN-AAILE RON
New York. Nov. 5.- A bunch of
classy athletes representing some of
I he leading chibs and colleges of flic
I'nited States are entered In Hie nat
ional fen-mile championship run of
the Amateur Athletic I’nlon today.
It is announced that the national
Junior cross-country championship
will he decided Nov. 19. and the rep
ior championship a week later.
|_ Kngine of the C hicago Fast Mail
Photograph uf tin: engine o* t c (Tr.rrgo hu«t Mall Known ;\a ti e onn express, which clashed Into an open
switch at bo'Mh Orange, and turned a coai/ilt t- summersault. Alth ough four ol the cars Wro d<*ralled,
piled upon each othe r end bioiusi in o splinters, i. me os the passengers nor the erew of the train sulTerc'd
any injury. '1 he train was travelling a' she' rate of 11 fly six miles an hour at tin* time of the accident.
biiKE LAYS THE * i
mm STONE!
Care Town, South Airier., Nov. &.
reiverslty Hall, the principal building
oi South Africa's \.po»nd groat edu
cational institution, it ad i»:» incept ton
today who nine Duke of CotjuAught,
brother of the lat » King tldward, laid
the foundation stone cf the edifice.
Tito new university is expected l<>
rank with those in Kngtuud and Axncr1
iei and will provide iacillties f6r
higher education to the youth of lip*
new l'nion of South Africa.
The parliament o( the Itajpf}. which
was inaugurated yesterday'/by the
Duke of Connaught, adjourned today.
will begin its actual law-making
grind next week. T ie race ipiestion,
as relating to the granting of politi
cal rights to the native negro popu
lation. threatens io bo a source of
bitter disagreements among the mem
bers of the new parliamentary body.
ENTRIES TO HORSE
SHOW CLOSE TODAY
Chic* No\. ... Kntri » for iho
I Internationa) Horse Show, to opon
here Nov. 1VI, curse looay and the Hats
nhov: many notable stab) 3 alt over
: this (ountry, Canada and abroad. The
j coming exhibition will ha* e several
I new classes and prizes, an interesting
I innovation in the saddle borne divis
ion being a judging competition for
students of agricultural colleges. The
pogrom has I It*, ( lasses in all and
I the indications today are that ail will
jbe well filled.
TO HONOR SWEDISH HERO.
Stockholm. -Sweden, Nov. A
gnat musical festival and review ot
troops were features of lit. eelnbraf
Ion today of the anniversary of Cm
tavus Adolphus, the victor of the bat
tie of l.ut/eu and the Swedish nat
ional hero. Th«* exact ahniversai.v
i falls tomorrow, Sunday, when relig
ious observances of a hpeel )I <•:», r
arter will mark the day.
MIHI STUDENTS RESPOND TO
LEADER'S ID WRITING CONTEST
In response to The T^eadcr'a an ,
nouncetneut October ft*, that this pa '
per would offer a prize of one year s
subse'rlplion to the student in Mian
Ethel Wall's department In the Blue-:
field High school who wrote tho best
advertisement setting forth the sub
scription contest now being conduct
fid by this paper, nineteen students
through their Inst rue-tor. Miss Wall,
have left at The lender office the re
sult of their labors to win th eprlze
orered.
A committee consisting of O. W.
j Thornton, <J. E. Shumate and Nathan
* f*ohn have beon requested by this
| paper to ^stau tUc advertisement*
carefully and award the prize. After
the judges have determined the win
nor (who is now known solely b\
number) the result o( the Judges do
liberations will be announced to Jdiss
Wall and she in turn wtll notify The
Leader as to the name of the success
ful person, and -hortly afterward the
advertisement will b<- printed in The'
leader.
I’rotii a hasty * at tin adver
tisements, the writer believe* that the
Judges will have a hard time to de
termine jus* who tin winner tnaj he
every paper presented having so much
merit.
Watch this paper for the awaid.
Minneapolis. Minn., Nov. ». Mo
mortal set vice; in honor >f the |.nr
Chief Justice Melville Fulli r of the
Culled Staten Supreme ( >url wi*1 m
held tomorrow, with judges from all
over the North w st and members of
tin* bar of tin Twin Cities in atten
dance. The Kev .lames Freemnn, rec
tor of St. Mark's, who was u close
personal friend of the late chief jus
tice, will rsurfuct the services.
GUY FAWKES DAY.
Condon. Nov. .1. Guy Fawkes Day,
Engluud'B annual celebration oi an
event which /lidn't happen, was ob
served today with the usual enthusl
HMit by the youngsters. The anniver
sary is that of the discovery of the
plot of Guy Fawkes and his fellow
conspirators to blow up Parliament
House.
HARVARD VS. WEST POINT
iioKtson, Nov. r*. Harvard vs. for
noli which has caused the football
fans of Moston to oul out this morn
ing for Cambridge, in the hope of
seeing one of fh** snappiest games of
the present season. The betting fa
vors Harvard. : the Ithiea eleven I-,as
made none too good a showing
against the minor teams it lias play
ed.
Harney K. O .sen, a millionaire
banker of Wallace, Idaho, who re
eently paid a visit to Hark Mow wher«
he ured to sell newspaper ^ tVmn**1
yrarw a*o. O'Neil who is now a mem
her of the executive commlttm of •'.<
Atneri'V Bankers* Association amt
director of many trust eompanie-, \ ie-1
Itcd the nerwaboy'a home and told
them how it wna he wen: We t
“When I was selling palters on Hark
Mov.1" said O’Neil, “Horace Hreelv
eatne out with i»is sloyan, 'fib V*< >*f
young: man.’ I took Ids advle<- and
went. 1 worked with my head and
hands. Always trv to use your head
aud you will rise."
FULLY HECOSNIZE
THE COMMITTEE
■x>
To the Voters of Mere r County:
There appears. in the Issue of tile
Minefield Dully Telegraph this morn
ing a communication signed t*y \Y.
I'. Haw’ey and 10. S. Maker, in wlileli
they Hate that they will answer the
questions propounded to them through
tlx- Minefield levelling Deader on the
3rd Inst , ii tlie members of the com
mittee will publish an affidavit giving
tli names of the persona composing
: aid committee, and those who had
anything to do with tie* publication
of said quest ions.
These gentlemen, in the card which
they published in the Minefield Dally
Telegraph of tlu» 2nd Inst., wherein
they stated that they did not agree
to run on either wet or a dry plat
form, fully recognized the committee,
And in making this answer they did
not ask for the names of the commit
fee, buf they proceeded to brand the
statements of tin- committee as false
hoods. Why did not they ask for the
names of tin- committee then? Am<
wer. Now, after so having recogniz
ed flu- committee, and alter Invmg
undertaken to answer one of tin- si Mo
ments, why is I* they aiv not willing
fo come out frankly and squarely, and
answer till the questions propounded?
Is It material as to who asks a can
didate questions as to matters which
may come before him in an official
"ay? Has not any citizen the right
to e«k <ieh questions? Have not all
the i e | ; a- right to know? And
v- •< - candidate asks for the suf
frage of the people, ought, lie not to
(Continued on Page Three)
IS SERIOUSLY ILL.
° II. Halrd, proprietor of tin- Tazr- ^
well Steam Laundry passed through
the elfy today enroiile to hit; home
at Hrlstol, Tenn.. where lie way rail
•d by a tnessttge on necounl of the
werioiifi illness of |||n father who is
not exjioetrd to live leit a short tie < '
Mr. Haird n<ih at on* (Itne manager
of fie Minefield Steam Laundry
BLUEFIELD DEMGCRATIC CLUB
IB RECEIVE ELEGTION RETURNS
At the meeting *»t the democratic
CJInt> in Halley hall last night It wan
announced by the Chairman that the i
flub would re*elv<* elertlon returns on j
Tuesday night from all the Mate*
The Western l nlon Telegraph com-!
pany will extend a line- t<» the Halley
building and an expert operator will1
handle all of :he return* It was also!
announr* d fhn* admission to the hall
Oli III* light of the eleetion will lie j
free to all who pledged themselvua (0
work election day In the interests of
th« demo* rat It: * andidaif*.
Everybody in the hall last night'
*‘00*1 i!p '*■ h» n d M. Kaaiey asked!
how many w r«- willing t*i pledge
tt.em.-.ch« - to work aii (lay of the elec-'
t Ion.
( Akctu «tidIda's for the houscl
CANDIDATES IN
ADTO ACCIDENT!
John A. Dix and His Re
publican Opponent Fig
ure in Smashups
Last Night
New York, Nov. 5. John A. I>!x,
Oemocrntle candidate r<ir governor ami
Henry L. Stlmson his Republican op
ponent, figured itt an automobile acci
dent last night. Mr. l)lx was on his
way back from Vlbany to Troy when
his machine ran Into street excava
tion. The car was wrecked and Dix
was severely shaken up but he con
tinued ids Journey In a carriage.
The mishap to Stlmson Occurred In
Tarry town when a taxicab lie was
riding in broke down. Ho was not
hurt.
TO STOP 8EGEARS
FROM^ESTERIKG
At the annual meeting of the Asso
ciated Charities or Minefield held lust
night at the Mlueiioui b’urnlture store
ft was voted to request the elty otn
rials to assist the organisation. in its
efforts to slop the indiscriminate beg
gars who have been pestering the
residents of the elty. The president
on vote was asked to appoint a com
mil tee oi throe to go before the coun
ty and city officials for funds.
Those present were President (\ it.
Hancock; vice president M. A. Marks;
Ke\. T. S. Hamilton; Kev. It. W. . rup
n»‘ll; Kev. C. It. W. Kegley; Rev. \V.
S. Mullurd; Rev. 1«\ Y. Jack sou; Rev.
H. S. Mable; W. VV. Reese and J. A. ,
M. Mruce
The election of officers resulted us I
follows: C. M. IIuilcocU, president;
M. A. Marks, vice president; I. A. ItJ
Mruce, treapurer; Rev. C. It. \V. I<ek
ley, secretary.
football in west.
Chicago, Nov. 5. Purdue will bo
Hu* attraction on tin* Cnlvorsity of
Chicago gridiron this urtcinoon. and
will probably prove enfty victims to
the prowess of the Windy City hoys.
Next Saturday Chicago will meet Cor
n«*U at 11liucsi in the Hist big inter
sectional contest or the season. Mie’i
ignn and Notre I tame jday today r.
Ann Arbor, and the Michigan rl..
will have to fight hard to prev» lit d
feat.
DR. HAWK GETS
MIS1IN CHURCH
Key. |ir. I) K llawk late pastor of
Hie Bland Street Methodist church,
who was transferred to the Wfst Tex
as onferenee at the last session of
the Holston conference, has been np-i
pointed pastor of the CniversKty
elmreii of Austin, according to infor
mation r< celved toda> by Key K 11
Cassidy, presiding ebb i of Hie Blue
field district.
Hi Hawk's many rrleudr, in He ejtj
are glad to know that he has received
such a good appointment
of delegates in a short talk emphn
sized his position on tiie prohibition
question, assuring ills hearers that he
would, if fleeted, do everything h«
eould to get tiie question to a vote of
tli«' people He also stated he stood
squarely on the Itenioeratle platform |
from top to bottom, and would do
everything to further the interest* of
the good people of \|errer county.
W E I toss talked for a few min
utfs and told the audienee that the
(*ut look in Hie outside distric ts \
exceedingly bright, espeelally at friti-'
reton where the Democrats we re stead
Hy gaining ground.
Another meeting will he held to
nigiit at which the* different ward
workers will be organized. Everybody
Is invited to be there.
I
CRIP PEN TO
BE RANGED:
ON TUESDAI
Appeal from Verdict of Q-u;
ty Was Dismissed and
the Death Sentence
Ro Affirmed
LAST HOPE OF
FREEDOM DOOME1
Prisoner Took Blow Ver
Hard and Trembled in
His Cha r
* A
London. Nov. Dr. Crlppen s a
puil from tin* verdict of guilty re
dorod against him for tin* murder <
his wife, Hello iClmore Crlppen, wt
dlHinlsHod today and death sentont
was reaffirmed in the high court i
criminal appeuls.
The American’s last hope for fro
dom was doomed when tho appe
Judges refused to grant him anotln
trial.
Crlppen will lie hanged on Tue
day. The prisoner took the blow vei
hard. 11 iu face turned white and I
trembled In his chair.
RLA1G LEADS
RAILROAD STOQfi
- ** ti0
New York. Nov. .V Renewed a
llvlty appeared during the caj'ly tra
ing In Wall street today gju* stoc
In general quoted fractional gain
Heading loathe railroad stocks ln'4
adwrtire of 3-8. I'nlon Had 11c also a
vanccd the same amount. Htool ope
cd strong blit dropped hack. II
stocks were strong ut the heginnlu
In tin* second hour market became
regular and in many instances ear
gains were wiped out.
Wheat Firm.
Chicago, Nov. f». Wheat was fli
and higher at the opening with pric
up 1-2 to 3-4. Corn opened slight
easier and declined a shade furthi
Oats was steady and unchanged, pi
visions were firm.
Cotton Lower.
New York. Nov. Crop estlinat
and easier cables caused the cott
market to open from two to five polr
lower today. Habersham King, t
fJeorgla export estimat'd cotton yU
at thirteen million hales. The bflj
ers thought King’s estimate rndlc
opening November 14 3*5. bid; E
eember olTered H IM; .lantmry 14.3
March 14 4k; June, offered 14:58.
SONS OF ELI
ARE FEARFU
N* w Haven. Gnnn., Nov. .i.~ Rc
of nirl Kll are oppressed with t
fear II.at file blue banner will
• railed in ih<. dust today by the fo<
l-all atju.id from Hroup I'ntversl
'I ne game w lib llrown is looked up
as a test of t r *a i c s'rength
the Y'ah ami !'■ aid < levens, 1
this venr aueli a test is hardly n#l
ed Harvard defl ated ih < 1’rovidclfl
aggregation by a score of 12 to 0, !
unh a 'lu Itlues show a remark®!
improvenu nt In form, it will be gl
prising If the Invaders do not ti!
th*tn into camp, or at least hold !
Yahs even. In such event. Yalo a!
admit; the football seapon for 1
Id is will he ,*|l o<er but the w®
leg.
GREAT NECK RACE MEET.
New York. No\. f.. Seven swg
stakes, with plates added, will ;iff
good sport a' today s annual meet
or the Great Nork. I. I . Pacing ,
soelatloti \ high class of thorou
breds haw been entered in this
all event of horsey'' society, and
Is expected that some of the ki
■*' Hiding track records will be loti
•d.