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BLUEFIELD EVENING LEADER
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Entered as second class matter
April 8 1906, at the Post Offlce at
Bluefield, W. Va., under act of Con
gress, March 3, 1879.
'JTKSDAY, XOY 22, 1!W)
Folks used to sigh for the wings of
u dove; now they an* sending lor1
aeroplane catalogues.
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Where election frauds occur they
are permitted by candidates who are
dishonest and necessarily so in all'
walks of life, else they would not as
pire to public ollico in order to be in .
the best position to cheat the people.
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Vv ben Democratic President Cleve
land used an idle government boat
to take a short trip to hunt ducks the
w hole Republican party rose up to I
condemn the whole Democratic party!
for its extravagance, lustead of go-1
ing duck hunting .Mr. Taft is going to
' take a look ’ at the Panama canal,
which can be nothing but a pleasure
trip as his presence cannot faciiiate
the work. Curious that the Demo
crats have not objected to Presidents
Roosevelt and Taft taking these trips.
Being analogous, we wish to inquir •
if any one has had the time to couut
the exudation of dollars for presiden
tial trips since Cleveland’s time, and
bow much it comes to. over and abovei
the cost for the scow used by Mr. ‘
Cleveland.
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WHAT MAKES A u i Y CROW
A well known Bluefleld b :slnc.<s
. !
man, who recently returned from a
trip to the Pacific coast -aid the oth
er day that if Bluefleld and :.be ad
jacent coal areas could be lifted from
their present moorings, and placed
somewhere on the Pacific slope there
would be a city of 60,000 In less than
ten years on account of the hustle,
energy and eternal booming of the
people. He visited many towns where i
the people were continually boosting,
8ivd where the natural advantage
were not to be compared with those
of Bluefleld, but it was doing the
work. This same man expressed the
opinion that it would hardly be pos
sible to keep Blufleld from growing,
but with the present population and1
the disinclination to advertise th»*
city’s advantages the growth would!
necessarily be slow.
And h«^re is exactly where the wes
tern people have us beaten. They be
lieve in advertising their towns and
cities, believe in going atier outside
capital. They go. and what is more
they get it too. They have chain-!
bers of commerce, and business men's
organizations tlia are not dead. \\V
know* v.bat 'h-'** i , f n accom
plish in the \ a o .tiding up cltie-,
becouse We have 8(,,D it done.
Along this line the following from
the Philadelphia Press covers the
situation
The veteran, John Bigelow, in an
address read at. the dedication of a
museum presented by him to h*s na
tive town in .Massachuseitg. declared
tha', No people in town, village or
city ra- he really prosjK-roys or hap
py without being brought, toge'hej
frequently to sh.ire eouimon amuse
nunti and recreations nod exchange.*
of opinion; jt such a*’ractions that
h contributed in a great degree to
make Paris, Ixuidon. Florence and
Home pilgrim shrines '
I his is tic opinion of a man M * >1
•Pal ion, of kc»n observation ap** oi
cxjiei*hr < ;gf: n l,ng life *-■*
ing beyond ninety ycat g. I* in i.o*
new, for it lias been felt in almost
every community a* one time or an
other, bit* it has such obvious tru»h
and force that it is wor'h reviewing
any time and all thn time Harmony
of thought and purpe *• and action
have prosp« red many a city. We have
had perhapa the best demonstrations
of this In Western cities, particular y
on the Paci.ic ( < tsf, where there has
been marvelous growth of the new
municipalities. Everybody helps o
*"***■ '*,on*» u jty, aj] j|g iu.
torests. and they ;,11 wuk to one deli
nite end, not, pushing and pulling
against each other.
Every city, whether large or small,
I s a community of common interests,
t reat enterprises, whether of a pub
lic or private character, are to t 'o
advantage of all. The prosperity o(
one business is helpful to another,
m <1 when all interests work together
ti.i j ure irresistible. Public improve
ments are In a measure better a* tend
ed to in European cities than in the
average of American cities because
municipal authority abroad is more of j
u unit and can act upou its own initia
tive. and it has in most instances a
popular approval lor what l does be
cause one of the llrst considerations
is to provide for the pleasure of the '
people, and give them every opportu
nity tor reasonable enjoyment.
All that makes a city attractive and
prosperous can be hnd by almost any
c ty whose people are united in tho
purpose. The city which goes ahead
is the city whose people understand
♦ ach other and act in harmony. We
in Philadelphia would promote ourj
own interests better if we got togeth
er more readily and more frequently.
Tlie city belongs to all. and to all be?
longs the responsibilty of aiding in its
advancement.
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Nmeets favor.
The enndMacy of Col. L. K. Tier
ney for the United States Senate to
succeed .Nathan Ray Scott is meeting
with much favor, judging from news
paper comment, all over the state.
( >1. Tierney is recogn.zed as not only,
a business man of ability and a loyal
Democrat, but a clean, sound man in
c\ery respect. There is no lack of
candidates as far as this is concern
ed. and many good men have been
m ntioncd in connection with the of
lie**, but no better, abler man is runn
b<Ted among the aspirants, and no
n an who would represent his state
to a better advantage than Col. Tier
n y. It is raid that (leorge Wash
ington when considering the qualifl*
e cions of an applicant for any po
s.tion, always held that the paramount
questions touching the transaction!
were, "Is he honest?" "Is he capa
ble?- With respect to Col. Tierney,
both of these questions can be an
bw erod affirmatively. He i.s not only
honest, but he i.s eminently capable, \
and there are few whose names have
b.*, n mentioned who would represent
the state more ably. He knows the
state, knows its people and their
needs and he has the ability to work
for them to the best advantage.
ATHENS** NORMAL
The burning of the main building
of the Athens normal school i.s great
ly to be deplored. This school has
done much in an educational way in
■ h.-. part of the state. It has been
one of the important factors respon
sible for the general improvement of
our public schools in that it has help
ed more than any other source to fur
nish efficient teachers.
However, there will be no suspen
sion in ihe work, beyond a day or so.
(Other buildings have been secured
and the sehool will go right along. It
is probable that the building will be
replaced just as soon as possible.
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| Other Editors |
The McDowell Returns
It is argued that everything was ex
a tly prof. r in the McDowell county
election because, forsooth, the utsif
lic jil r •'urns from th*1 whole county
reported tn Huntington by t»«u
o . loclT on * he flight of the election.
1 hat fact In Itself is one 01 ;v
strong arguments that there w.i , gro a
fraud in McDowell county.
Means of communication in . ic
lH»well county an- no better than the>
are in Cabell county. Yet a» ten
o'clock on the night of election day.
only meager reports had been recelv
»d from the various precincts in
Cabell county, the count In probably
ha f the precincts In the county not
having been completed Yet. long be
for. ten o'clock, the result was ap
parently known in McDowell, and
Hughes majority was given as thirty
seven hundred. The "official" re
turns confirm the ‘ result" as sent out
b or.- the ballots could have been,
counted, much less the returns tabu
lated.
In ' iew of these things, there is far
more than a suspicion that the re
turns from McDowell county wire
n ode up merely w ith the view of gh -
Hig Hughes a majority that coul
no* be overcome tn the other conn
IHes of the district.
, Th'1 fart that the “official ' returns
'onfirm the announcement tiiat was
made before any other than fragmen
<r. returns conic nave been secured
adds to the conviction that major!
ties in McDowell can be arranged, and
were arranged, to suit the exigencies
of the political situation.—Hunting
ton Advertiser.
Damage For Breach of Promise
Evidence of an appreciation in the
value of women's affections as esti
mated by juries in suits to recover
damages for man's perfidy Is supplied
by recent awards in breach-of
promise cases.
A Boston jury has allowed a law
| yer's stenographer the full amount
| sued for' $20,000, and at Sioux Fails
a bunker's fiancee recovered $25,000.
A suit for u similar amount has been
instituted by a Philadelphia broker's
lifc-year old stenographer. In compari
son with these court estimates, the
girl bookkeeper at Tacoma who of
fers herself as the grand prize in a
$10,000 lottery, tickets $1 each, se's a
modest value on her affections.
But the interesting thing is the ap
proach toward a standard of com pen-1
nation for self^iuppoiViujg women
whose affections have been trifled
with. In the Sioux Falls rase the
plaint iff furnished proof t hat she had
refused a position as bank cashier
with a $5,000 salary, a sum which on
a basis of capitalization at 5 per
ent. might have encouraged a demand
tor $100,000. Generally speaking,
however, $2.>,000 with its income of
$1,250 a year, represents an Indemni
ty equal to the earnings of s com
petent stenographer.
A standard of jury awards in
breach-of-promise cases will enable
male triflers to count the cost of love |
spurned. In a larger sense the higher'
scale of damages based on the in
creased earning power of plaintiffs
cannot but afford satisfaction to all
champions of woman's cause. New
York World.
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Farmers And Railways.
The Department of Agriculture
states that the aggregate agricultural
production of this year is more than
s per cent, above last year, and more
than 9 per cent above the average of
the last five years. The railway rate
dispute would allow the railways to
earn an aggregate income on their
property equal to the increase in the!
farmers’ income. And it is to be re-1
marked that the increase in the far-*
mors’ income is additional to the in-1
crease in the "um-arnod increment"!
of the farms, w hich is something way j
up in the billions.
The farmers have now had 13 sue *
cessive good years. The railways have!
had several trying years, and others!
of the same kind loom ahead for
them. It is possible for farmers and
railways to prosper together, hut it
is not possible for eitlu r of them to
sutler much wihout the otner suff.*r-!
ing also. Live and let live is a he*,
ter working theory than getting rich1
by the losses of others. -New York
Times.
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I Just Joshes |
The Canny Scot.
"I read that Glasgow people were
badly scared by a recent spell of dark
ness, (an it be that they are so
ignorant?"
Ignorant, nothing! Glasgow people
are wise in being afraid of each other
n the dark."- Tit-Hits.
What’s The Use?
He bought an airship new and trim; I
Next thing the poor man heard,
His wife desired it on her hat
Because ’twas such a bird.
--New York Telegram.
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HanQy Bonnets.
The new automobile bonnets the la
dies are wearing are just too cute for
anything. Resides they come in han
dy as night caps.—Rochester Herald.
Unspeakable.
Wlmt would you think, daddy, h
Algernon Nocash should suggest hr
coming jour son In-lnw?”
"Wl'hdrnw, my «1< ir, while 1 think
aloud.' (Rrooklyn l.lfei
Question
Molly is a aweet young miss
On whom I rail n’nlghta;
And long we sit close ?ip like his
Roth lost in dreamy flight'
Now, as we coddle up to ea< h.
A question grips my noddle;
While she’s what fellows coll a
peach,”
Am 1 »i Mollycoddle?
f\ Mtillin in Pink.
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The Bachelor.
fubh The bachelor is worse off |
ihan the married man.
I’egrew How do you make that
out ?
bibb The married man Ir afraid of
only onr womanj the bachelor Is
afraid of all of them.
Phone Introduction.
She calls me r»n the Telephone;
1 have not. »eon her, m
•JuRt wha* she may be ir> my sight
Is yet for me to know.
iRtP there is music in her voice.
I Such music that I feel
M.v eyes will sen the loveliness
| I hat now my ears reveal.
I * New York Presa.
Reasonable Obj«c*ion'\
‘What Jb your chief objection to
moving pictures?”
"Thu dust that has accumulated be
hind #theiu."- Birmingham Age-Her
jold.
j R not cost you « cent to get
j 4 chance on the $25 heater that the
| Eureka Hardware Company are going
(‘o give away.
Who is the most popular candidate?
NOTICE.
A civil service examination, as
provided by the Charter of the City of
Hlueileid. will be held at the City Hall
I of waid City on the 25th day of No
vember, 1910, at 7:34 o’clock p. m.,
for examination of applicants desiring
“ppolntments in the police and fire de
partments of said City.
Application blanks may be had up
°n application to the undersigned.
Ry order of the Board of Affaire.
•I* T. AKERS, Auditor.
tfpend 50 c<mts at the Eureka Hard
ware Company and get a chance on
the ft REE Heater.
Why Chrl;;ma2 shopping
Should Begin Early
* *
| First.—Beeiiuee you can get
better bargains when the stock
is fresh and full.
Second.—Because you thus
have time to mako proper se
lections instead of buying "just
anything" to make out your
Rift list.
Third.—Because you can time
the gifts you send away by ex
press or by mail so that they
will reach the recipients just be
fore Christmas and not a day
or so late.
Fourth.—Because by spread
ing your shopping over several
weeks instead of doing all of it
in a few hours and in a great
rush you will be able to get
what ytou want when you want
it.
Fifth.—Because you will be
doing your part toward making
things easier for the shopgirls
and the other clerks, who are
rushed almost to death when
everybody buys everything the
last few days before Christmas.
Eliminate all element of chance by
insuring with E. II. Easley, Insurance
Agency.
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tall Saxon Lime & Lumber com
pany, Phone 78 for kindling wood.
JOTHAM’S
MESSENGER.
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11 Brought Him an Answer That
He Appreciated.
By CLARISSA MACK IE.
I Copyright, 1910, by American Press Asso
ciation.!
Mr. Jothnm Reed, bachelor, tiptoed
into Ids lonely house as if fearful of
>eing caught in some nefarious act.
As a matter of fact, there wns never
a man quite so utterly alone in tlio
world ns .totham, so free to go and
< ome. with no questions asked, for
there was no oik: to ns!; questions,
.lothnm was master and mistress, chief
cook and bottle washer of tlie* snug,
white palnlcd house on the hill,
Carefully he trod through the spot
less kitchen bit., Hu. sitting room,
where lie pla<rd a mysterious package
• II the table :• ::»1 drew a Hiatr . lose be
-ide it. Then h«» nnwmp.xd die pack
ge. <:iSf!( ii - a lat e bos kite made
« f stiff red paper, pliant n< ds and
wire.
"I think ■' « •! .l. ijinni ‘tleefully,
"that kite v ill <! . the Job- I'll have to
wail a day < r t-,vo ill) die wind coineii
“what i» Tor; * (>Mi: FOtt, THfN "
up. It'l! need n pretty brink Kale to
Kit it Into 11m* ilext county. I don't
w^d^arj^LUUft^ivor folk* tqjy ijjtfd
■i IE Fir>i l'ii put on tbo i.~i i.oti ft
■ u»td while I ni waiting for it I can
j write the letter."
He lighted the oil cook slow*, aud.
lining the shilling teakettle at ihQ
pump, he placed it to boil and returned
to the sitting rootn. From a narrow
cupboard in the chimney lie brought
writing materials and spread them
forth on the table, l'inl; tinted note
paper, purchased at tin* same city shop
where he had bought the kite, end a
fresh bottle of purple ink were other
results of that secret expedition.
Jot ha in put on bis glasses, thrust his
pen i» the ink and tightly linkisl one
foot around the other. He wrote with
cramped fingers, and his sun burned
forehead was knotted in an anxious
frown;
lo the I.adv* That Captures This Kite:
Dear Maduni—The writer of thl* letter
nn unmarried man who wants a wife.
I’vo got u nice forty aero farm and a
nine room house nil paid for and a thou
sand dollars in the hank, two cows and
a horse that any lady can drive; also two
I'lfT* and no end of chickens and ftowers
No widows need apply. What I want is
» good, neat looking wife that knows how
io cook and will appreciate a loving hus
band. For further particulars address P.
O. Box X Kittle River. Strictly confldcn
*,3‘* JOTHAM REED.
1 lie teakettle was bobbing erratic*
ally about the stove when Jot ham fin
ished his letter. Before preparing his
supper, however. In* reread Ids letter,
nodded grave approval and slipped
it in an envelope, which lie addressed
to "The I.adv That Finds This Kite."
Slipping l lie flap of the envelope
around the reed frame inside the kite.
Jot ha m gummed it securely in place
and laid the kite carefully in the closet.
As he puttered around the rooms,
preparing tin* meal, eating it and aft
erward washing tin* dishes. Jotham
mused on the few amatory privileges
that bad been Ids. Once when he was
Hiite young he bad fallen in love with
Iwo girls at the same time. Mary Gray
and Sophie Trenton. I ncertain which
mio ho really desired. Jotlium had re
torted to 1 lie simple method of his
diildliood—In* wrote their mimes on a
slip of paper and then recited. "M.v
mother told me to tnke this one." anil
his finger had fallen on the name of
Sophie Trenton.
He asked Sophie to In- his wife, and
she had scorned him—not simple re
fused him. but laughed In Ids face
Then it was that he discovered .Mint
Mary Gray was really his heart's do
tiro. and he marveled that lie should
have hesitated. But Sophie lir.d con
fided the proposal to Mary Gray, and
when Jotham tried his fortune there
he was coldly sent about his business,
while Mary Gray married somebody
*>nu mined away ri'om Little Liv
er. Sophie hadn't married any I tody.
She was the village milliner and was
especially pleasant to Jotliam deed.
In spite of this unhappy result of
trusting to the grd of chance. Jot ham
in Ills middle life onee more placed his
((Taira in the hards of tlie deity, lie
had thought of the Kite tin* night lie
fore, and tlie idea appealed to him.
it was romantic; it was Ihi'illingly mi
tfli'tain.
Two days passed by before the wind
Odd’> Mamed.
A Mr. Hudson, who had made a
large fortune as a dentist, had built a
very expensive country house near
Dublin, but of such an extraordinary
construction as to hid dctinucc to the
criticism of the architect.
Ono day after dinner at Curran's this
jiugulnr mansion became a subject of
merriment for his guests. The question
for their satirical inquiry was. "What
was its order of architecture?” Oue
said it certainly was (Jreciau, another
contended it was Saxon and a third
that it was oriental, when their host
thus interposed:
“Excuse me. gcuMruirii. you are nil
wrong, it is i list.-ini. mu the ir
regularities of tiie mansion and from
its proprietor iielng a doutM the Irish
call It Snaggi.*tooth Hall."- London An
swers.
THE COTTON GIN.
WHitney Got the Idea From the Work
of an Old Negro.
Eli Whitney, the Inventor of the cot
ton gin. got the germ of his great idea
from seeing througli the interstices of
a hut an old negro work a band saw
among Hie freshly picked cotton stored
within.
Tho teeth of the saw tore the lint
from the seed easily and quickly, and
young Whitney die was barely thir
teen at the timet realized at once that
a machine working n number of simi
lar saws simultaneously would revolu
tionize the cotton growing industry.
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