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The Western news., 1903-10-14
Fearful Odds Against Him.

Bedridden, alone and destitute,
Such, in brief, was the condition of
an old soldier by name of J. J. Hav.
ems, Versailles, o. For years he was
troubled with kidney disease and
neither doctors nor medicines paye
him relief. AT length he tried Elec-
trio Bitters. It put him on his feet in
short order, and now he testifies. ''I'm
on the road to complete recovery"
Best on earth for liver and kidney
troubles and all forms of stomach and
bowel complaints. Only Soc guaran-
teed by Bitter Root Drug Co.
The Western news., 1903-10-14

lind nothing better for liver de-
rangen4ent and constipation than
Chamberlain's stomach and liver
tablets.-L. F. Andrews, Des Moines.
Iowa. For sale by Corner Drug Stores
The Western news., 1903-10-14

We want to show our School Suits
to every mother who has boy to send
to. school. Valley Clothing Co. 45t4
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-11-15

Jim that he had made this sushS
reservation for feart that possibly ne
might have given the Senator VINO
introduced the "oil bill'' to under
stand that he was favorably inclined
toward q friend OF the Senator's.
Later Jim was informed that the
records OF executive correspondence
showed no such ENHANCEMENT, ana
that the appointment would be mace
as soon as circumstances Woulo per-
NIT, But, somehow, there appeared
to be regular glut OF executive CT .,,
cumstances, and the big plum sun
stuck to the tree In spite OF Gil tue
shaking Jim could do. Finally, months
afterward. when Jim's bank account
was wasted to shadow from an acute
attack of creeping consumption, no
got straight tip from SQUARE pon-
tician who had one leg IN the grAye'
that the Governor had appointed an
other fellow. Then Jim went up to
the mansion and put his case strong.
He got square-ln-the-eye assurance
that all was we'll. and that the de-
lay was simply for the reason OF ex-
ecutive policy.
The next day, while the man with
the full or practically solid party
at his back and working over tme'
was bordering and guessing, he was
called to the chamber
..Your State needs YOU" said the
Governor, ''in another capacity. sir,
and shall not take No for an an
swer. am about to make up COM
mission to exploit to the world one
of the greatest Industries OF our COM
monwealth. You know industry as
few OF our citizens do. True, there
Is no salary attached to the position,
but your labors will bring you IN
contact with the great captains or
finance, and the way Will specify
open for you to mako great deal OF
money. Your sacrifice In letting the
other position pass Will be only tenn
porary, and you will soon come into
your reward"
Before Jim could catch his breath
and get his bearings he had accepted
tin-foil honor. When the announce
ment OF the appointment was made,
the state boss Gamer to Jim and ex-
planned:
"You old Ninny! Two months ago
the Governor gave his absolute pledge
that he would make you oil lnspec-
tor hut bound me not to tell You be-
cause YOU might tell your wife and
let tho thing leak out before he could
FIX his fences for the United States
senatorship. And now he's worked
you into trading $4,000 year for
tin horn
peryerseness of dead sure pulls, and
then started in on campaign that
cost the Governor the senntorship
But that didn't pay his grocery bills,
and before the next session he saw
several hungry days. AND coula
fell Won n dozen other Incidents that
show as clearly how double-rlveted
null can taper Off into thin air and an
house. buy bonds, or throw over your
present Job until you have the COM
mission that you banker for actually
In your hands,
Yours as ever,
WILLIAM BRADLEY.
Copyright. 1908. mpson-Hodges Co,
Chicago0
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IRON FURNACE AT CONVICTION.
manufactured OF pulp n necessarily very
complex. and, therefore. very costly.
Too PEEI,ERS

manufactured OF pulp n necessarily very
complex. and, therefore. very costly.
LOG PEELERS.
In connection with tho pulp department
a system OF log peelers has recently been
ere running at full capacity they can
reel over two hundred cords OF logs every
twenty-four hours. In the pulp DEPART
ment there are also three enormous pulp
machines One of these Is dry ma
chine, and the other two are what are
known as wet machines. The daily
output OF the pulp department is seventy
Ave tons OF pulp.
Every twenty-four hours about 1so
cords OF logs are ground into plup.
There are two large paper machines
with an aggregate daily capacity OF forty
tons OF paper. All grades OF book paper
and several grades OF writing paper are
made In the mill here. Some OF the
Lar gcst and best known magazines and
other publications are printed on paper
made In tho Cov1ngton mills. All OF the
paper on which Outing. Harpers
Weekly and Iron Age" are printed, In
addition to much OF the paper used by
5"coIliar.s." !s manufactured in covington.
PAPER EVOLUTION.
The visitor to the pulp and paper mills
viii sec every stage in the process OF
manufacturing paper from wood At the
upper end Of the pulp mill one. Will see
great piles OF logs: next the logs CUT
into small chips, which are conveyed Into
the "digesters," where they are treated
with acids ad become thoroughly dlsin-
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Tho furnace Is within easy access to
several Of the iron ore mines In the
county. Branch railroads lead from the
furnace to the Potts Valley and Dolly
Ann mines.
At present the furnace Is closed down
It Is understood that 1t Ia not likely
that operations will be resumed until
the iron market becomes more settled
or the price of iron advances.
FOUNDRY AND MACHINE SHOPS.
The foundry and machine shops have
been a great source Of benefit to the
town. These plants are operated by the
Covngton Machine Company, and are
usually run at their full capacity. Al
most constant sources OF work FOR ehe
foundry and machine shops are the
large coal mines OF West Virginia, the
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, ana the
furnaces in Allegheny county:
The Covington Machine Company man
nfactures a number OF patent coke ex-
tractors These machines are used for
getting coke out OF beehive coke-ovens.
Thi. company is the sole. licensed manu-
facturer OF these extractors In the United
pm AND BRACKET FACTORY.
Tho Din and bracket factory has been
built and put In operation Just recently.
The factory Is owned by the Allegheny
Pin and Bracket Company. which was
organized last year at Clifton Forge.
There are six white churches IN tne
town.
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logs TO Covington. when there is a sum-
cicnt rise In the river.
A large amount Of freight Is handled
daily, all the wood which Is used by the
pulp and paper mills for making pulp
and paper being sent here over the
chesapeake and Ohio Railroad.
Covington Is the eastern terminus Of tho
Hot Springs branch railroad. and all the
express and much OF the fn,ight for Hot
Springs has to DO handled at the depot
here.
PULP AND PAPER MILLS.
The pulp and paper mills, which are
among several mills operated by the West
Virginia. Pulp and Paper Company. arc
the largest plants in Covington. and two
OF the largest mills of the kind in the
South. They are Just across the Jackson
River from the northern extension OF the
town. the ground on which they are To-
Gated being especially adapted to the
buildings and other apparatus OF the
mills.
The buildings are very extensive ana
arc made OF brick and steel. All OF the
buildings are fre-proof and are supplied
with automatic fire e1ttnguishers
In the pulp department wood pulp Is
made Not all Of this pulp Is used IN the
manufacture OF paper in the local paper
mill, but is shipped to other paper mills
IN the United States. Also pulp that IS
made in pulp mills at other places Is
used in the Covington paper mill In max
INK certain grades OF paper
Tho machinery which is used IN the
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-11-15

tegrated. This macerated wood being
we'll mixed with water forms coarse
prlI% which, after passing through many
machines and being refined. comes out
into the pulp room In liquid form. There
I. is dried and pressed together by pass
ing between many heated rollers. coming
off these rollers In CONTINUOUS sheet
about one-eighth Of an inch thick.
The pulp which is to be used In the
paper mill here is put into the heaters"
again and thoroughly mixed with water
and chemically treated. then going Into
one end OF tho paper machine as thin
LIQUID and coming out OF the other END
az a nne grade OF book paper.
There are about 700 people employed
by the West Virginia Pulp and Paper
Company In their Covington mills. The
mills ara run both day and night.
The tannery, which belongs to the De
Ford Company is the next largest indus
try at Covington. It opens so large q
market for tan bark that the local supply
Is nothing like sufficient for the demand.
The buildings OF the tannery are To-
"a ted in tho southern part OF the Town.
FURNACE.
Tho iron furnace here is one of the hrst
large Industries built In Covington. 1t
Vas arst put into blast about twelve
years ago. The furnace belongs TO tne
Low Moor Iron Company. and Is operated
BY thi. company under the same man
apement as the furnace at Low MOOT.
The capacity OF tho furnace Is about NV
tens OF iron every twenty-four hours
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Especial to The Times.Dispatch.).

Especial to The Tlmes-DlspAtch.).
CONVICTION. VA. Nov, 1.--Few other
towns In Virginia have grown as much
In the last ten years as Covtngton. Not
only the population has greatly Increased
within the last decade. but the town has
gained much In Industrial Importance. In
fact, since 1890 the whole OF Allegheny
county has been greatly developed in
many ways.
Twelve years ago the population OF Cow
(ngton was about TO; to-day 1t is a 900. In
1880 there was not an important manu-
Featuring plant here; to-day there Is an
iron furnace, large steam tnnnery, brick
plant, foundry and machine shops. flour
mill. ice and light plant. pin and bracket
factory planning mill and pulp and paper
mills The payroll OF Covington Is the
second largest In the State In proportion
TO its population.
TIMBER MILLS.
There IL considerable money invested in
The lumber business. About ten miles
above town some very fine timber is being
cut, which will be brought here to be
sawed and shipped. This tim Der Is owned
by the Jackson Lumber Company. which
has recently bought large areas Of TIM
Der land along tho Jackson River north
Of tie town. 1t Is the purpose OF this COM
pany to erect alarge saw mill at Covtng-
ton as soon as the lumber. which they
now have cut, can be brought to town.
Ehe river has been cleared and extensive
preparation has been made to float the
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ONE OF THE LARGEST PAPER AND PULP MILLS IN

with the company's new electric light
and power plant
There are two national banks: The Con.
ington and the Citizens. The president
OF the first one is Mr.. R. L. Parrtsh,
the president OF the second 10 Mr.. r. B.
Bopes. Both banks sh9w good deposit
lists and do an extensive business.
There are two good hotels.
Following are the different organiza.S
lions and orders which have chapters or
lodges in Covington:. Masons. Mystic
Chain, Odd Fellows Royal Arcanum. Jus
nior Order of American Mechanics. Royal
Arch Masons. Royal Tribe OF Joseph. and
Maccabees. HI
The Covington Coronet Band which
has been comparatively recently organ
lied, has been we'll trained and is g.
source of much enjoyment for the people
OF the town. rs;
Tho water supply OF covington would be
unusually good, even for much larger
town. At a cost of $4,000, water was
piped to town from a fine mountain
spring. about three miles away The ca
pacity of this spring is 100000 gallons
& OF water every twenty-four hours. Sss
The members of the present Council
are: J. w. Bell, R. L. Mckinney. w. II.
McConlhay, T. F. Cover. ]. e. Rollins, u;
w. Payne, w. G. Turner and NJ NJ. Col:
Inns. Mr.. L, T. Dickey is mayor.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-11-15

HERE ID a vast amount u oiA-
II ference between Wall Street
i stock panic" said Colonel Moore.
fS1S5TSI 1.-THE public has learned to pay
ISks.4sSgJ little attention to the former.
but financial panic Is ever at
tended with danger to the entire country.
It is a serious matter when any consider
able proportion OF the community begins
to be suspicious Of those who have the
keeping of their money. But 1t Is entirely
possible COR money panic to develop and
pass away without lnflicting lasting dam
age to the country at large. The panic
most to be feared and the one most diff
cult to forecast or guard against is the
Industrial panic. The fright of stock gam
blers, or the fears Of bankers and their
deposItors Is OF small account compared
to the frenzy which sweeps the country
when the discovery Is made that there Is
no market for the products Of factory and
mill. The banker Is middleman, the
stock manipulation Ia a parasite, but tho
manufacturer and his employees constitute
the foundation of national prosperity. A
stock panic Is a gust OF wind nnanclal
panic Is storm Of greater or less inten-
slty, but an Industrial panic Is an earth
quake"
us there not cause for alarm In the
Increasing number OF bank tallures1
asked Judge Sawyer
Anything which tends to impair conf
dence is menace" replied the colonel.
"but 1t is better that banks rather than
mills should close their doors
my experience teaches me that the
average bank failure Is caused by The
demands of deposltors whose unfounded
fears create stampede" argued judge
Sawyer "A bank cannot be expected to
Instantly liquldate all of its securities at
the command of u swarm OF men and wo-
men who are influenced solely by curl
oslty to know whether or not their money
Is In the vaults at that particular mo,
ment."
'.That is the way you look at 1t as q
banker" said Colonel Monroe. .but the
action OF the frightened deposltor Is the
most natural thing In the world. He does
not wish his money so long as he thinks
1t is safe. Why should he2 He does wish
instant possession of his money the mos
ment he thinks 1t is In danger, why
shouldn't he? He knows as we'll as does
the banker that In times of panic money
Is the most valuable form of property IN
the world. He knows that II he does not
draw 1t out he may lose H. ana yet
you bankers grumble about the stupidity
of depositors In times of panic. we nave
been through the same thing score OF
times, and the results never differ, Under
the circumstances ] consider the contl-
dence of depos!tors the first marvel OF me
age"
'"rhe banks are solvent II the public mas
confidence. and the depositors do not get
FRIGHT enedn insisted Judge Sawyer.
EXACTLY So" assentcd Colonel Monroe,
.Does ii not occur to you that blind con-
fldence and stupid courage form mighty
poor basis for financial stability? AS a
banker you sollci, my money on deposit
and assure me that can get y oaek az
moment one of you bankers sets fright
ened your first act is to call In loans,
but you resent It II deposltors call In their
loans. There is nothing In all the World
which can compare with tho incongru''x
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The Lincolnville Philosopher Ex
plains the Difference Be
tween Financial and In
dustrial Panics.
an FREDERICK yPHAM ADAMS.

HERE Is vast amount of DIFF
ference between a Wall Street
stock panic" said Colonel Moore.
1.-THE public has learned to pay
little attention to the former,
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woodworking factory has been erected
In the factory arc made insulator pins.
yellow pine crows-arms. which are used
in putting up all kinds Of electrical wires.
and wood spokes and handles OF all
kinds.
PINS AND BRACKETS.
The Allegheny Pin and Bracket Com
pnny Is the largest manufacturer OF
insulator pins and brackets In America.
The power which runs the Ice and light
plant operates tho pin and bracket fac
tory also.
There are about forty retail stores in
the town. The Retail Dealers Protective
Association Is nm organization of mer-
chants, including retail dealers In all lines.
This association was formed June 25th.
1902. This associa ton has department
OF credits and collections, which has
done good work In Its special llne Mr..
c. W. Rush Is president and Mr.. r. L.
Mckinney Is secretary. of the association.
NEW BUILDINGS.
Many new buildings are now going UP.
The Masonic Temple Is the most impor-
tant one. This handsome, three-story
brick structure. on Main Street, will be
completed by December LIST, The lower
floor will be used as an opera house;
the second story as a banquet hall. and
the third floor for lodge rooms.
The Covlngton High School has seven
teachers. not including the principal.
Tho ice factory will be run in connection
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-01
VISITORS AT ST. LOUIS HOTELS.

1eYs Is, p Fl sss ST. e. H RSa,Sn on
are n at the ans h Una f. SCHWARTZ OK memphis
%, s Putnam soo ., Mexico City. Mexico is
at the New St. James.
&C. W. l. Brown Of Little Rock. Ark. is reg
C. W: Churchill of Detroit. Mich. is guest
Mr.. and Mrs Frank H. Gordon of Paterson.
n j.. are at the Moser.
was at Horns yesterday.
on the guest lis, at the St. Nicholas.
&C I E Long Of Franklin. Ky. is registered al
Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Alexander Of Tampa
y. Thomas of Marion. Ill. has rooms at the
r N. conley of Denison, Tex. is stopping
guest mseG at the s P Fl nteMn OIL NIL" '
IT. =. PenaerErass of San Antonio. Tex. was
Mr.. and Mrs John spillman of Kenosha-
wis. are at the Moser.
Charles bennington ,sn &, N; Of Nashville Tenn
j. F. Barry of Sioux City. Ia. 10 registered
;-GeorEe = Evans of Louisville. KY. is stop
New st. James with Mrs. Thomas
e. Manchester of sParsoEs. kaS spent yes-
terday ut the Laclede>
~ 4 , rhys sna w' Wis Is registered
william H; Hussey Of New York 10 on the
guest list at the st. Nicholas.
II A. Banks Of Little Rock. Ark. IL regis
Mr.. and Mrs ]. D. Deal of Charleston. No..
ore at the Southern.
y. A. Wilson OF Nation. ILL.,. has rooms at
the New st. James.
George B. Patterson OF New Orleans La,
spent yesterday at the Lacede.
j. r. Belcher of Denver. Colo, Is on the guest
list at the Planters.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-01
PASSENGER COACHES
FELL INTO OCEAN.
-Four Coaches Jumped Track on High
Embankment-Forty Persons
Were Injured.

Santa Barbara. Cal, May a.-Nearly for
ty persons were injured, according to q
report received to-day by tho falling of
four coaches of the Southern Pacific south
bound overland limited passenger train
down a forty-foot embankment into the
Pacific ocean last night.
The derailment occurred near Rincon.
where the tracks run along high cliff
overhanging the ocean. Word was sent to
Santa Barbara and Los Angeles and special
trains went to Rincon. The more severely
injured were taken to Los Angeles Many
persons were wedged under the cars, but
the coaches were partly fioated by the sea,
SO that the prisoners were not crushed
fatally.
The severely injured:
Mrs. Nelson johnson. For. Madison, Ia. bruised
and cut about head.
Mrs. j. C. Smith. Los Angeles: both arms
crushed must DO arnputated at shoulder.
q. W. Grady. Lawton. Ok. cut and bruised
J. Z. Carr, CresIon. Ia: cut and bruised
Mrs. J. E. Carr Creston. la. bruised.
Mrs. Alice Stebbens. Ithaca. n. VI head. face
Mrs. j. NJ Casey Fort Madison, Ia: cut and
bruised about head Internally injured
Robert Casey: bruised and cut.
Ffye-year-old son Of Mrs Casey; slightly cut
Nelson Johnson, FORT Madison. Ia: badly huFt
about head and shoulders.
Train Agent o. NJ. Wells: right shoulder and
il is not known Just what caused the wreck,
1t is believed. however. that the rails spread a.
the locomotive was passing over them.
Several other cars left the track, but did not
go down tho bank.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-01
GROWTH OF TEXAS
IRRIGATION PLANTS
United States Geological Survey
Issues Report on Artificial
Watering Systems.
CANALS EIGHTY FEET WIDE.
Area Reached by bitches Extend
ed in Ten Years From PecOs
Valley to Eastern Val
leys of the State.
The Republic Bureau,
nth ST aud Pannsrlrnnia ita

18th st. and Pennsylvania Ave.
Washington May 31-A report. prepared
by Professor T. U. Taylor. on Irrigation in
Texas" has been issued by the United
States Geological Survey.
The report treats Of every irrigation plant
In the State Of Texas, from Orange to FL
Paso. and is divided into two sections-irri-
cation for ordinary crops and rice irriga-
ton.
The first section contains a full treatment
of the irrigation plants in the transpecos
section. In the Pecos Valley. in the Edwards
Plateau in the San Antonio section, in the
Lower Rio Grande Valley. in the Colorado
Valley and in the systems north of the Col
orado Valley.
In the transpecos section the largest plants
are those Of Fort Stockton and along Toyah
creek, In Reeves County. In the Pecos VAL
ley the Barstow system Is more elaborate
ana serves f greater acreage than any plant
In the Edwards Plateau Outlined by the
L; q q: n. r. r., the Southern Pacific, the
pecos River and the Colorado River) there
are nourlsh1ng systems at Del Rio along
Las Moras Creek in Kinney County, In the
san SABA valley from Fort McKayett to the
t ~ R OF san saba. along the Upper Nueces
kimble County. 49,
The San Antonio section lie, historically
and Instructive irrigation sections i in the the
the sinuous old Mexican bitches, whose
D,ith was simultaneous with that Of the
n Ihe c,ty limits. many Of the most modern
piaMnlte. deriving water from artesian wells,
:. me report shows that irrigation for or
oinary crops is slowly making its way
eastward In Texas and that it is now prac-
{iced in the BRACES Valley and along the
houston and Texas Central Railroad
rice was first raised in Texas in 1852
our1ng the Civil War, but in a small way
ana Tor local and not commercial use For
thlrty years the industry was confined 70
small patches located in wet places or IN
swampS and were intrusted more to Proyt-
dence than to science,
The cultivation Of rice by irrigation be-
gan about 1888 and developed rapidly. Rice
Lano Is no longer confined in swamps but
on the low fiat prairies bikes are thrown
up by the pillow around practically level
areas into which bitches or canals lead
WIDE ~ ~ A-S 49,
Powerful pumps with capacities of 49,
w gallons minute, located on some fresh
water source raise the water into a fume
that conveys 1t in turn to the canal that
carries 1t to the rice farm. which may COM
prise from LOO to 1900 acres. In ten years
the rice area in Texas has extended itself
along the Gulf coast from Orange to
brownsville, on the Rio Grande. The acre
age In 1901 was $4,000; in 1902 over $50 900
acres were under cultivation and the area
bios fair to reach go 900 acres in 1903