The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1903-05-22
From Fields Of Notorious Outlaws.
WAR EAGLE, 20, April %.

p today, and ] have thought that pei
e haps II few points from my mountain
: home (?) may interest your readers.
I Today LIST Saturday after the 2Oth, /
+ pay day ON the Elkhorn." Thi
phrase embraces all the coal operation
between Pocahontas and Williamson
- in number. The Flat Top aDC
Pocahontas coal fields in Virginia
have semimonthly pay days the l5ti
aud 30th Of each month.
Pay day means an Influx first, Of all
the miners, bosses aud fOremen N the
mines Ia the cOmpany's Office for theil
monthly settlement, and with these
come the carpenters who build the
shacks, the Triples" and the larger
residences Of mine foremen, superin-
tendents, &c, then the stone masons
and bricklayers who build the coke
ovens. followed 10y the clerks, book
keepers, slenographerS, electricians
ct al, who flock in one continuous
stream OF humanity tO the pay roll
office of the cashier at each Of the diff
/ iereut little mining towns up and
down this wonderful valley. The
amount disbursed monthly is enor
nous. Tonight settlement follows
with the Store keepers, the saloon
Keepers, the boarding houses, Re, and
all the week following will witness the
coming Of drummers in every line of
goods imaginable, collecting from their
customers payment for former orders
aud taking new ones; but the whiskey
drummer comes out ahead, the canned
goods man being next in order Of vol
ume Of currency collected. A drum
mer for "Old Henry" whlskey told me
a day or 50 ago IN Keystone, that his
firm sold last year 100000 worth Of
whiskey between Bluefeld and VIII.
iamsun
This Is the home Of the widely cele-
brated Cap. Hatfield, head aud chief Of
the numerous elan Hatfield, Of whose
bloody feuds with the McCoys Of past
years the whole United States has
learned through the press. The name
War Eagle" is given to the new vii
lage IN honor Of their chieftain. Every
fourth man one meets is a Hatfield.
They are more numerous than Blan-
tons in Cumberland have met and
with several of the clan and
they are all akin, aud although on the
surface there seems no feud existing,
am told that the click Of one gun
would see them rush to the standard
Is Of yore.
The Hatfield family, a. have seen
hem, are courteous, aliable gentlemen.
Three are practicing physicians Of high
epute, three others are United States
'ostmasters at different towns, the
hlef Is a saloon keeper stones throw
rom where write, and, by the way,
have piece Of news to convey which |
teel sure few Of your readers already I
now, aud that Is, the renowned Cap !
you never hear captain il IA resident D
nd has been for many years Of old :
'irginia and not West Virginia. =
AT this point the State line between v
Buchanan county, Virginia, aud Pike D
)uniy, Kentucky, runs down to the o
ug river and this river divides theoth d
rs from West Virginia. The waters
Tug lave the doorstep Of Cap. Hat IL
eld's home, 80 in few strides he can a
IN Kentucky, and with "a few strokes a
the oar he can cross into West Vir- "
ula, but Of late years understand he "
Is remained unmOlested and unmo. u
sting any one, although he lives II
e Of suspicion He is man Of fine y
'pearance, tall, heavy set, weighing u
. pounds, with an eye land, by the W
ay, he has but one eye rs keen as an IN
giles. No word for the stranger es- u
pes his lips, merely one searching ca
ance; but cordial greeting for his "A
onies. lie is still under fifty years, / as
a told, and as agile as a cat. A SOUR. Ie'
Is eye at distance Of 800 yards is Is
favorite target for practicing. He WI
'lks the streets Of this village com ca
ste arsenal Of fire arms, his unerring re-
lie always under his arm-not on his or
Dulder-ever ready for surprise. sta
His knowledge of human nature is !
Ell beyond belief. A gentleman to- =
y gave me this instance Of ms I'm. A
ing Judgment. Some time ago there u
ne stranger here looking for work !
was in reality Louisville detec- Ii
e lie put up at a cheap boarding >
lse, donned OyeralIs, &c, went up d
branch railroad that was being b
II every morning carrying his din =,
pail with him, aud returned al
ut grimy aud dirty, the very pic ~
OF a day lab0rer He was civil NJ
polite to everybody he met, and in b
goings and cOmings occasionally II
the Cap. A passing good day. Or
~ was all, and So a month passed on Or
one day thinking his plans were
ming, lie crossed oyer the little So
am to Caps saloon and called for :"
skey, at the same time passing some Tn
plimentary remark. Cap. ins tead a.,
handing the whiskey said: "Your An
X overals are all right but show Ma
your hands, aud the next instant WI
lille was at his shoulder, its muzzle ~
ne mans face. zone minute TO II
that stream or you are dead
>" was the Caps remark, aud not
ing for boat or bridge the detective Farm
Ell across aTmpit deem i'm uafar. D.