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Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-10-07
FIVE MORE
BODIES FOUND.
WORK OF RELIEF PROGRESSING
RAPIDLY AT MOBILE. Ala
-sUPPLlEs NEEDED.

Five more bodies were recovered
yesterday ON the south shore. which
was swept by the great storm OF last
Thursday. says Mobile Ala. dis
patch. One was Identified as that
of Capt. Jack" wroten and ano.
ther as Capt. William Rose streiner
The work OF relief Is going on rap
Idly. The following telegram has
been received at Nashville. Tenn.
from Mayor Lyons OF Mobile. In ans.
wer to am inquiry: "Ail south coast
people are in need OF provisions.
clothing. lumber. etc. with which to
begin life again. We could use cash
to best advantage I'm purchasing
needed supplies; can also miscella.
neous shipments"
The first train over the Gulf
Coast route OF the Louisville and
Nashville railroad from New Orleans
to Mobile since the storm washed
away several miles of track a week
ago. will leave New Orleans at 6:2s
this morning. Louisville and Nash
vile officials announced that resump-
ton of train service will probably
precede the resumption of telegraph
Ic service.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-10-07
HELPING ALONG
BRYAN POLICY

I'm his address at Burlington. N. !
Senator La Toilette said to n oues.
TONER that he was unwilling to un-
dertake the great experience of pub
lie ownership until IL can be proved
that the railroads cannot be con.
trolled by state and federal Iegisla.
ton. But ''if Justice cannot be oh
tanned for the people on one side
and the railroads on the other by
the government, 7 do not hesitate to
say I am heart and soul for federal
ownership"
The La Toilette program is really
the conservative one. He wants to
give private ownership a full ana
fair trial under the most scientific
system OF regulation that can be de-
vised. But the syndicated railroads
will not have IL. And so they plunge
the country headlong, in spite OF its
deep distaste for that program, to-
ward the policy which the Roosevelts
and La Follettes would avoid, but
which the Bryans despair of avert
ing.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-10-07
The Work Of Rescue Is
Ended.
AND THE OPERATION WILL BE
RESUMED IN A FEW DAYS

A true and frank statement is
made below as to the casualties In the
West mine explosion at 2ocannotas.
Those In charge OF the mine have
worked faithfully for the rescue OF
those lost in the mines and have
done all In their power during the
whole period of the accident. Ever,
care has been taken of the unfortu.
nate men who lost their lives I'm the
explosion and everything will con.
'tinue to be done for the good of all
concerned.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-10-07

John Sharp Williams opening
speech in his campaign for the United
States Senate was delivered down ib
Mississippi Saturday. The New Or
leans papers report that "he strong
iy advocated the candidacy of Will
liam jennings Bryan for the presi.
dency, but In equally strong terms
he disapproved OF Mr.. Bryan,s
scheme for the government owner.
ship of railroads." Both Mr.. VIII.
iiams of Mississippi and Mr.. Bailey
Of Texas will be strong Bryan men
regardless OF the railroad issue, even
if Mr.. Hearst wins in New York.
They regard the New Yorker as n
personal enemy and would accent
almost anything rather than a
Hearst leadership in the nation.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-10-07
Correct Statement
of Mine Disaster.
BLUEFIELD
ENTERPRISE.

We have received the announce
ment OF the Bluefield Dry Goods
and Notions Company. importers and
exclusive jobbers. OF Bluefeld. The
President and General manager of
this large concern. paid his respects
to the Leader last evening and out.
lined the business Intentions of this
new enterprise for the city OF Blue
field.
four-story brick home. yocated
on Raleigh. Scott and Stewart
streets. convenient TO passenger sta
tion, hotels. etc, SO 1885 feet, to
contain $4,000 square feet OF floor
space, and all modern facilities for
the safe. prompt. economical and
correct handling of All kinds OF mer
chandise in the stock of an exclusive
jobbing Dry Goods and Notion bus
mess. VIII be pushed to completion
as rapidly as possible. This build
ing Is now well on its way to com
pletion and when finished will be one
of the most complete structures in
the State OF West Virginia. They
VIII be doing business by the first
of January. 1907. Their buyer is
already in eastern markets taking
advantage OF all Inducements offered
This Is another indication that
Bluefeld is taking her stand with
the leading cities of the country as
a wholesale centre. That they will
DO good business cannot be doubt
ed. The business will be presided
over by men OF large business ex-
puerience and the firm has all the
capital they want to make the va.,.
'PhC'O outCCoS. w men you
see such enterprises as this of which
we now write launched out in a city
II Is assurance that there is great
future before IL.
In future issues we shall tell our
readers In detail as to the progerss
of this Bluefeld undertaking and
speak of the men who had the pub
lie spirit TO put sufficient money he.
mind IL TO make IL the largest busi
ness house in southern West Vir-
ginia. The gentlemen who are doing
this should be congratulated, the
city OF Bluefeld should feel proud
and the merchants OF our region
should feel grateful for such q
convenience. The Leader is pleased
that we are TO have such business
In our community.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-10-07
LARGE WARSHIPS
TO LEAVE CUBA
WILL BE NO LONGER NEEDED
WHEN ADEQUATE FORCE
II LANDED.
ic service,

WASHINGTON. ID. c.. Oct. G.
II is expected that the largest ships
OF the American fleet. II not all OF
them. Will be Withdrawn from Gu.
ban waters as soon as there is a
sufficient army force landed To af.
ford security to the provisional gov
ernment and the protection OF prop.
erty interests
The ships themselves, IL IL stated
at the departments. do not afford
any protection to Cuban interests
save as being quick transports and
barracks for the bIuejackets and
marines, which have been landed on
the island. There is no suggestion
that the big guns OF the ships or
even the small batteries would be
used against the towns and cities
whose harbors are large enough to
accommodate the naval vessels.
Therefore, II Is stated. at the depart
ment, the ships will be ordered ca
resume the cruises which were in
terrupted when the rush orders 10
proceed to Cuba were issued.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-10-07
JEROME BRINGS
LIBEL CHARGE

District Attorney William r. Je-
rome went to White plains, N. Y.
yesterday to have the Yonkers Her
Id indicted for criminal libel. Or
thursday OF last week an editorial
ppeared in the newspaper I'm which
was intimated that Jerome enter
into conspiracy with life insur-
(nce officers I'm accordance witt,
ghich the district attorney was no
TO prosecute them. After takinr
the testimony of Mr.. Jerome and
some OF the Herald,s men, the grand
jury adjourned the case until to.
day' when Frank Xavier. the editor
or the Herald, will have a hearing.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-10-07
PLATT
MAY RESIGN

WASHINGTON, Oct. Cit is re.
ported here on authority very closc
to Senator Thomas G. Platt. that he
VIII shortly tender his reslgntion ae
U. S. Senator. The venerable states.
man has decided to take this course
it is said, on account OF falling
health
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-10-07

Says the Rochester Post Express
Until the American people put a
stop TO lynching and race riots I'm
the south, they will have no license
TO find fault with Russia" How
about the desirability OF putting a
stop TO race riots and lynchings I'm
the north?--News-Le
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-10-07
Q. & O. EMPLOYS
BALDWIN AGENCY.
DETECTIVE OR AGENTS OR COR
PoRaTION WILL RE ON
GUARD.

an arrangement has been entered
into between the Chesapeake A. Ohio
raiiway company and Baldwin De-
'ective Agency. by which the latter
corporation Will have charge of all
inc guard and watchman's stations
OF the system.
The order transferring these du-
Ties became effective Oct 1. and n
majority OF those doing guard or
Waterman duty have been notified
or the change and VIII hereafter
look to the Baldwin agency as their
employer.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-10-07

Henry Kinsler and d. Vermlllion.
OF North Tazewell. stopped over in
Bluefeld yesterday, on their return
from Princeton. They are interest
ing themselves in the purchase of
property I'm Princeton and Bl IefieId.
and will locate in one OF the other Of
these prosperous towns.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-10-07
SULTAN RECEIVES
u. 8. AMBASSADOR.

CoNsTANTINOPLE, Oct, 6.-The
sultan today officially received the
Ambassador Leishman, who present
ed his credentials as first ambassador
Of the United States to Turkey.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-10-07
Mrs. r. g. Christie. who has hoo

Mrs. X. G. Christie. who has been
visiting her sister. Mrs. A. J. Hearn.
Of South Bluefeld, returned 10 her
home at Matoake yesterday.
Bird Akers, OF Bland county.
while riding his horse on our streets
last afternoon, feIf therefrom
and received painfu1 injuries, but
not serious.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-10-07
HELP WANTED:

perienced clerks for the
New Surprise Stores. Sec
f.. ID. LUCAS, Mgr. al
once.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-10-07
PROVERBS AND
PHRASES.

Fancy may bolt bran and think
u hour.--F From the German.
Condemn the fault and not the
actor of t.-Shakespeare.
cool mouth and warm feet live
long. George Herbert.
He bears misery best who hides it
most From the German.
The best revenge is TO prevent the
injury. From the Dutch.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-10-07

j. r. Strange, OF Williamson is
here on business.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-10-07
GAVE BIRTH TO FOUR.

ST. PAUL, MINN., oct. Ga spe-
cial from Mondovi, Wis, says that
Mrs. John Stevenson gave birth to
four boys yesterday.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-10-07

Read the Daily Leader
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-10-07

Try a want ad nthe Daily Leader.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-10-07

Mr. Ed Minter. of Williamson, Is
in town.
The Florida agriculturist., 1906-04-25
Mare Flagged Train.

If true. the following story indicates
almost human intelligence:
J. S. Perry, editor of the Daily
Tribune" Temple, Texas, tells re-
markable story of the intelligence of
a mare which saved her colt from be-
ing killed. by stopping a train on the
|. and G. n. railroad. 1t is certified
to by the engineer. railroad men and
passengers on the train.
The mares colt had fallen, with its
legs through a railroad bridge from
which it could not escape, and the
mother started down the track to meet
Il coming train, and as the train came
up. stood on the track facing the train
whinneying. The train stopped, and
then moving slowly the mare trOtted
ahead of it until she came to the
bridge where the trainmen and pas
sengers succeeded in eXtricating the
colt which trotted off with its mother
apparently perfectly happy.
The Florida agriculturist., 1906-04-25
Improve Your Roads.

y South Florida exchange prints an
item which it credits to the Times
1t contains some directions for max
ing what is called road drag and
which has been used at the North with
good success. The plan, as given is
Il good one, especially the mulching.
There are places where pine straw is
not plentiful, if the long gray moss is
abundant and easily obtained it will
make better road bed than pine
straw.
DO you want Il good road past your
house and farm? If you live in the
country you naturally do. Then take
small tree, say, ten inches in diam
eter, cut off five or six feet of the butt,
split it into halves, fasten the halves
together with pins pushed through
auger holes so bored as to slant the
sections about fifteen degrees. Then
nook Oh a stout clevis, attach a double
tree, harness a couple of horses and
start your newly made drag OH the
side of the road so it will slide the
sand toward the center of the high
way. In a day you can crown"
mile of roadway sufficiently to make
it pack into a tolerably solid ridge.
Then spread pine straw an inch thick
over the surface, and you have a road
that will last Il year in condition for
an average team to trOt over with
ton in the wagon behind them.
The Florida agriculturist., 1906-04-25
mixing pour water into the dry DOW.

mixing, pour water into the dry pow
der, little by little, stirring all the
time, until dough is formed, almost
identical with that from flour, after
which thin with water to the proper
consistency, which should leave the
foliage distinctly white after spray
ing. / think , pounds ought to make
10 or 20 gallons white enough, to
which add several tableSpOonfulS of
creoleum, compound of carbolic acid
and mixes perfectly with water.
Doubtless the pure carbOlic acid, or
some other compound of it would an
swer just as well, though l never tried
them. Then try, say, . pounds of the
Indurine mixed with a whitewaSh
from ), 10 or more pounds of strong
rock lime, thus greatly reducing the
cost. Such a wash was the one L
used, but as to exact proportions L
kept no account and cannot say.
Strain carefully through cheese cloth,
and spray when fruit is the size of a
large pea or small marble, keeping a
sharp watch for punctures of the fruit.
Give second application several
weeks later, when peaches are about
the size of large marble. That was
all | did, which bluffed these little
pests so completely that not a single
peach, plum or apricot had a worm in
It, while fruit all around me was full
of worms. Let everyone keep a
record.
The Florida agriculturist., 1906-04-25
Is Tt True?

The Farm Magazine makes a state
ment which we are not by any means
prepared to endorse. Are any of our
readers able to give evidence either
for or agaist the theory?
The fact is undisputed that fence
posts set in the ground the opposite
way from which the timber grew, that
is with the top downward, will last
twice as long as those posts which
are set in the position in which the
timber grew. Almost every farmer
has noticed that half of the posts rot
off sooner than others. This is the
reason for it.
The Florida agriculturist., 1906-04-25
Gasoline Power.

The Farm Journal prints an interest
ing account of the way that one farm
er has rugged up his gasoline engine
so that he can run it from place to
place and do all kinds of work with
It, The original was illustrated with
a cut showing the engine mounted on
il low truck as described, the back
wheels evidently from an old moving
machine The account is so plainly
written that we do not think that you
will have any difficulty in understand
ing how it was done. When we can
buy grain alcohol, rendered unfit for
IL beverage, cheaply because the tax
is taken off, these engines will become
much more common than at present.
When | bought my gasoline engine
was somewhat uneasy as to whether
or not | could run it; but, after read
ing the Instructions about how to start
the binder, cut hole through the
Now my opinion is that any one who
can run binder or other machine can
easily learn to run a gasoline engine.
My engine is one and one-half
horse power machine. L built truck
for it out of an old steel binder. By
buying a few extra bolts and a small
wagon wheel, and using the binder
truck for front wheels, 1 rugged up
this truck for a few dollars. L put a
plank platform on the truck. L used
the same gearing that was used to run
the binder, cut Il hole through the
platform and run d belt from engine
down to pulley. The outfit moved it
self along nicely. But l shall put a
SprOcket-chain belt on instead of a
rubber belt as the latter slips some in
going up grades. A bevel friction, to
start with, would be another improve
ment. L put my engine to the follow
ing uses: Pump water for our stock,
at a cost of seven cents per week.
Saw pole wood at the rate of-well,
three of US went to the woods and
fastened down buzz saw machine and
engine; at nine O'Clock we started to
saw, and at noon we were through
After dinner we piled the wood up
four feet high and the pile was eighty
three feet long. You can figure out
the rate per day, if you like
l go about the neighborhood cutting
corn fodder and doing odd jobs.
have pumped water at our County
Fair Grounds several times. The
engine has paid for itself, and is as
good as ever. l have also attached
some of our machinery as grind
stone, fanningmill, corn-sheller etc
The engine has been worth a great
deal to me in running these utensils.
Think of thus grinding an ak, or reaper
knives you put on all the pressure
you wish, and the fellow turning the
The Florida agriculturist., 1906-04-25

many years to establish them on deep
roots, which a root pruned tree, like
Il seed, will strike at once.
And here | will note most re
markable thing about those old Ell
bertas which were prOpagated by
Frank Ramsey, of Austin, and must
have come almost directly from the
parent tree, and that is, they are
from week to ten days earlier in
ripening than any Elberta around
Lampasas. In order to see whether
this is entirely due to local causes,
| took several hundred cuttings over
to Palestine and distributed them
among the growers for trial.
And now a word of advice to all
who put cultivated orchards down to
grass, for it must be remembered
that such trees are entirely without
a natural surface system of roots, due
to the plOw and cultivatOr, and it
will require a year or more for them
to take complete possession of the
surface soil. In the meantime, the
grass and weeds will quickly spring
up and appropriate much of both the
moisture and food near the surface
For this reason, l would earnestly
advise that all trees about to be put
to grass should have a top-dressing
of some good commercial fertilizer
at once, to furnish food for both
grass and trees this season. Hereaf
ter, on good soil, it will not be neces-
sary. Another important thing is
thinning the fruit, especially if the
season should be dry, though there is
little danger with the present good
supply of moisture in the ground.
Another point, on which several in
tending sod growers have asked infor-
nation, is how to treat orchards on
newly cleared land, full of stumps. If
l owned one, l would crOSS-plOw it,
running about four burrows in the
middleS each way and keep the strips
clean, as a protection against fire
leaving the trees in uncultivated
squares, which l would fertilize well
this spring, and thin the fruit severe
ly. In few years, the growth of
grass or weeds will mulch the ground
SO thoroughly that no harm will re-
suit But the stumps should be either
dug up, burned or cut off even with
the ground as soon as practicable, so
as to admit of moving.
Now, few words as to the curculiO
and plum gouger:
AS l kept no record last season, /
would suggest a trial by everybody
this spring. on a limited scale only
so as to determine definitely, the best
treatment Remember the object is
to deter, not to kill, as that is useless
in the case of these pests. But for
the cost, which is 10 cents per pound,
the cold water paint -Indurine or In
deliblO, as it is variOuSly called, is
by far the best material, as it is
entirely harmless to man or tree, and
adheres tenaciously to the leaves. In
The Florida agriculturist., 1906-04-25
New Stock for Spring Park Farm.

There must be profit in breeding
thoroughbred stock, and considerable
demand for it judging from an article
in the Gainesville Sun:
AS will be seen by the following, n.
a. CalliSOn, manager of the Spring
Park Stock Farm Company, has pur-
chased another carload of registered
cattle of the Hereford variety. The
notice, which is from The Fort Worth
Daily Record of March %, says:
Some good sales of Hereford breed
ing stock were announced Yesterday,
n. A. Callison, general manager of the
Spring Park Stock Farm Company of
Gainesville, Fla, bought a carload of
heiferS and young bulls, securing eight
from the herd of B. G. RhOme of Fort
Worth. two bulls from Lee Bros. of
San Angelo, and ten head-twO males
and eight females-frOm w. S. x J. B.
Ikard, of Henrietta. The purchase
price for the carload is understood to
be in the neighborhOod of $4,000.
Mr. Calliscn is no novice in buying
Herefords in Texas. At the last Fat
Stock Show, he purchased a carload of
w. S. Il J. b. Ikard, that was said at
the time to be the best lot of Here
fords ever taken out of Texas. Later
in the year he bought another carload
from Lee Bros. of San Angelo
''The Hereford herd of the Spring
Park Stock Farm Company now
number seventy head. At the re
cent Florida State Fair held at Tampa
this herd captured every first and sec
Ond premium.
1.-The company also owns a regis
tered herd of Jersey cows purchased
from the celebrated Vanderbilt Bilt-
more herd.
in discussing the possibilities of
Florida as a stOck-grOwinS section,
Mr.. Callison said yesterday that Ber-
muda grass is destined to be the saliva
ton of the stock farmers there, Occu-
pying the place that curly mesquite
holds on the Texas range or bluegrass
on the pastures of Kansas, Missouri
and Illinois,
The Florida agriculturist., 1906-04-25
PAINT WITHOUT OIL
Remarkable Discovery inat Cuts Down the
Cost OF Paint Seventy-nvt Per Cent.
\ FREE TRIAL PAChAUE Is MAILEL
To EN EkYONE MuO " KI1Eo.

A. L. RICE, A PROMlNNT MANUFAC
TUkER, of Adams, n. y, has discovered
process of making a new kind OF pant wi-houi
the use OF oil. He calls 1t PowderpaInt. Ii
comes to the farmers IN dr. powder and all
that Is required cold water to make paint
weather proof, tire proof. and as durable az
oil paint II adheres to any suri@ce, wood
stone oi brick, and spreads and looks like Oh
.,,al,il. and cosIs aDuut One-iUurth much
Write to the general agent ior tree sampk
package, color card, price list, etc Write
dav. Addrr-- ". 1. STEELE,
General Agent, Switzerland, Fls
The Florida agriculturist., 1906-04-25
stone doesn't say world This means,

stone doesn't say word! This means,
too. much better job.
Some folks think it pays to have an
engine only on Il large farm; but / say
that a man on small farm can get
along with less hired help if he has
an engine to help him. L have left
mine running, and have gone to town,
and when l got back it was still dig
ging away; so it is more reliable than
some hired men.
Since | mounted it on a truck, so as
to propel it with its own power, l call
it the Farmers Auto" My boy,
nine years old, understands it very
well. He and | were about to take a
trip when the above picture was taken.
The Florida agriculturist., 1906-04-25

Jensen, Fla, Nov. 16 1904.
E. o. Painter, Esq:
Jacksonville, Fla,
Dear Sir:
Please ship me six tons Bean Fertilizer
as you sent me last. L will add that L tested
it carefully by side of - and SO far your
goods at $500 per ton, giving better re-
suits than at $3.50. Several of my
neighbors are watching results and think it will
be big ad. for your goods.
Bill my order to Stuart, Fla, and oblige,
Respectfully,
H. E. Olds.
Jensen, Fla.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-11

William Jones, William Evens, COL
lin Uurse, Harvey Slader and Homer
Luellen, pupils at the Seventh Ward
school of Washington, Pa, have been
arrested and it serves them right.
These boys secured a bunch of small
pox signs somewhere, in ways that
boys have of nosing around question
able places like the health Office or the
morgue, and placed them on the resi-
dences Of a fine street in Washington.
The whole street was terrorized. Resi-
dents returning late in the evening
feared to enter their own homes. The
boys were overjoyed and stood around
witching with unspeakable delight
various reputable residents suddenly
become transfixed with horror, when
the police nipped the whole bunch of
boys and put them in the trunk for the
night