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Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-09-15
COUNTY COURT ORDER.
! NEW fPRECINCTs TO BE MADE
in MERCER COUNTY.
WEST VIRGINIA.


At County Court continued and
held for the county OF Mercer at the
'court house thereof on Monday. the
2Srd,day OF July. 1906.
In. the matter of increasing the
voting precincts In Beaver Pond dis
trict! So
This day II. l. Shott. A. J. Hearn
and p. J. Kelley. who were hereto
fore appointed committee to lay of
aud describe additional voting pre-
cIncts In the city OF Blueheld. and
sR, c. Dangerfeld. J. c. Davidson and
Alex Cooper. who were heretofore
appointed to lay OF and describe a
voting precinct for Brush Fork. sub
mitted their respective reports in
writing. which are in words and
figures to wit: Ito tina Worshipful.
the County Court of Mercer County"
&c. which reports being inspected By
the Court are i'm all matters con
fr'med and adopted. II is further
Torrance with the report OF the said
fl. I Shott. A. j. Hearn aud p. j.
Kelley that there be and is hereby es-
:tablished within the city OF Blueileld
s voting places. numbered from TO
g, inclusive. the precinct lines OF
which are and shall be bounded as
follows:
Precinct No. l
On the north by Norfolk and West
ern Railway Company s right OF way;
on the east by Thomas Street; on the
south by the summit OF Gravely ridge.
running with line OF the Blueheld
Water Works and Improvement
;cempany's land. and on the west by
the line dividing the states of Virgin
Ia and West Virginia Voting place
at the store OF w. A. Reedy
Precinct No. 2:
on the north by the Norfolk and
Western Railway Company's right
OF way; on the east by Mercer street;
on the south by the summit of
Gravely ridge on the line mentioned
above: on the west by Thomas street.
Voting place at store building OF f..
H. Carter.
Precinct No. 3:
On the north by the Norfolk and
Western Railway Company's light
of way; on the east by Higginbotham
avenue: on the south by summit OF
Gravely ridge on the line mentioned
above, and on the west by Mercer
street. Voting place at City HALL.
Precinct No. 4
ON the north by the Norfolk and
Western Railway Companys right
Of way: on the east by Monroe street
thence a straight line to summit OF
Gravely ridge; on the south by the
summit of Grayely ridge on the lines
of the Bluefield Water Works and
Improvement company. and on the
west by Higginbotham avenue Vo-
ting place at store building of OF p.
j. Kelley.
Precinct No. 8:
u, On the north by the south line OF
Precincts Nos. l, 2, 3, and s. on
the south and west by the Virginia
state line; and on the east by the
(Ada) Precinct No O. Whiting place
at store building of Hall & Noel
Precinct No. G.:
On the south by the summit OF
Gravely ridge. or precinct no. 8, to
point opposite the i'm
tersection OF Monroe and Raleigh
streets; said line being also n part of
the northern boundarI of Precinct
No 8; on the west by straight line
TO the intersection OF Raleigh and
Monroe sereets; thence along Monroe
crossing the railroad to Henry street
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-09-15

littlesburg to Falls Mills. by way OF
y Higginbothams and from that
point 10 The dwelling house OF Mrs.
". B. Davidson. and running from
the said dwelling house OF Mr.. w. b.
Davidson so as to include any voter
al said house on straight lire to
the dwelling house OF Hezikiah Poe
so as TO include any voters that may
be at house on the waters OF Lorton' =
Lick and from that running with
the waters OF LOTIONS Lick 20 the
line of Rock District and running
from that point in south west d.
rection and with said Rock District
line until IL connects with line di.
viding Mercer and Tazewell county.
and with said county line until Il
connects with the corporate lines q
Bluencld and with said corporate
line OF Blueield TO the beginning.
and the voting place shall be at
Brush Fork School house.
II is further ordered that the num-
bering OF the voting precincts I'm
said district be and Is hereby changed
so that Ada Precinct shall No q
Belcher's School house No. 10, lat
tleshurg No. IL. Brush Fork school
house No. -. And the electors with
in the said precincts shall at ensuing
elections vote at the places herein
set forth within thesr respective pre-
cincts. lt Is further ordered that tha
Clerk OF this Court do forthwith
make on and deliver To the snerin
of this county four copies OF this
order for each precinct herein de-
scribed and the sheriff shall post
in four public places in each pre-
met copy hereof The Clerk IL
also directed Ia cause copy OF this
order To be posted at the front door
OF the court house
IL is further ordered that the
Clerk do cause copies hereof to BE-
delivered to the Dainty Leader a
democratic paper In said county aud
the Daily Telegraph. republican
paper i'm said county, for publication
and said papers nre directed to pub
fish in their columns this order for
one month and render their account
tn this Court.
\ Copy Teste:
EsTU.L BAILEY. Clerk
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-05-15

Fry. d. \, Fry. w. N. Nicholson, \.
G. sharpe. j. w. Nanstory.
- IL . Daughters We're pinning these
tributes to the breasts of the
old soldiers, there occurred an III
cident at once touching and beautiful.
one OF the young ladies in fastening
the cross upon a veterans lapel muir
INJURED i'll Il voice broken with feeling.
"This ought to be gold-aye, moro
then gold At this The old warriors
eyes &listaned with tears, but through
them broke a smile ineffable, a silent
bcnediCtiOn.
At this j|uncture the Governor. ac-
companied by Hons. w. d. Turner
and l.. G. Caldwell, entered the court
room, and the building was shaken
by an outbreak of applause. The
party seated themselves on the Judges
bench, and Rev. G. NJ. Richards arose
and opened tn" meeting proper with
prayer.
His was an eloquent absorption of
praise to the Most High. Tie thank
ed Him for the cause that men call
lost, for the patriotism which leads
to such self sacrifice, for the de
voted heart OF Southern W~OmanhOOd
supporting loved ones ON the field In
days of fiery trial-for those Women
who AVE reared here Il memorial not
10 their matchleSS selves, but to the
men who faced shot and shell and
went down in the iron hurricane that
swept the South for four long weary
years.
At the conclusion of the prayer
hon. w. u. Iurnef arose and pre-
SeHltd lAe GOVERNOR Briefly and
Win fofcefuI grace he spoke of the
different signs of Che times at different
places, and said that monuments
showed a heroic people ~ every
hamlet should nave n to speak to
unborn generations Of the heroic actS
of the dead. lie spoke of the 1900
soldiers furnished by IredelI and of
how 700 were left on the battle fields.
He said that the inscription on the
monument referring to the cause as
lost, was an error; that we did not
lose, that there were five questions at
issue and that We Won three and lost
two. He also paid a glowing tribut
to the women of the South and their
devotion 10 this cause, which will live
for al time TO come. The North
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-05-15

words, speaking for the Daughters Of
the C~onfcdcracy, he rendered he
monument to MI. l.. G. Caldwell. rel,
resentiGg the county commissioners,
I'm the name Of these sweet ladies, ;"
he said, 81 present to o one Of the
most beautiful. most lasting tributes
ever erected in North Carolina. MAY
you cherish il with the same devotion
that prompts them to offer it to you.
Thus speaking the Governor took
his seat, and ~ he did SO almost dis
appeared under q rain of flowers from
the hands of q number of pretty white
robed young girls, but out of these
prodigaI floral offerings his broad,
strong face beamed with a smile that
was 4 benson.
In accepting the monument Mr..
Caldwell paid a graceful tribute to
the fair daughters of Iredell whose
earnest efforts for such memorial had
now crowned hope with realization;
and at the conclusion of his remarks
the throng left the building to gather
upon the our house green where
the monument was unveiled.
As the filmy fabric enVeloping the
shaft was drawn aside by eight young
ladies, Misses Essie CoWles. Annie
Belle Walton. Sarah Adams, Mary Cal
vert, Beth Evans, Rachel Gill. Katie
Reid Wycoff and Willie Jenkins, the
monument flashed into the light: It
picture Of loneliness and grace. Sculp-
tured out of Vermont granite. it is
s~urmounted by the figure. heroic in
size, of a Confederate soldier at 'pl-
rade rest Including the massive
base and the figure, it is tWenty-three
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-05-15
SPENCER


III change Of a word in transmit
tin to Ita-ei3h I'hursiay the re
nalEs OF senator Simmons Win re
gard to the ELK Ms amendment, which
had for its object the separation Of
railroad . manufacturing n pro-
ducing business, destroyed in a way
the meaning Of one paragraph in The
speech. The WOr interests was
used for Connection which Woul0
have placed the Senator in the atti-
tude Of being in favor of DESTROYING
certain interests in the State. Here
is what he did say on this subject:
MIR. President. / am in favor OF
effective Legislation by which the evil
aimed at by the amendments can be
reached. The evil is so great that |
am free to say here today if it be-
comes necessary to destroy cOnnec-
TONS. such as | have spoken of as ex-
listing in my State, | am ready, if nee
essary, to destroy those connections,
and divorce these Other interests, how
ever embarrassing and rcpresSiVe may
be the consequences, in order that he
people may have relief from the dis
elimination and oppression Of monop-
oily
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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-05-15
Offered by the Railroads
to the People.
THE SPOkESMEN BUSY
Aldrich and Kean are Debating the
Incorporation OF Every Provision Z
in Rate Bill and Republicans
Resist Every Effort for Lin sssESSss
tied Court Review.
BY THOMAS j. PENCE.

Washington, d. c., May 1.-THE
railroad influence in the Senate
through it's spokesman, Aldrich and
Kean, are debating the incorporation
of every provision in the rate bill and
it is general opinion here that this
measure which the people have de-
manded Will be more stone than bread.
Today the dominant element resist
ed every effort to insert q provision
Tor Il limited court review. The Bailey
amendment which would have taken
the rate-making power out of the
hands OF the inferior federal court
Judges was defeated by a large major
lily, eight Democrats joining with the
Republicans. Three Republicans got
from under the Republican lash and
voted for the Bailey amendment, the
adoption of which would nav meant
railway regulation in fact as Well as
in name. They We're Lafollette, Haze
and Burkett.
Mr.. LafoIlette has shown By re-
peated efforts during the vote on this
bill that he is his own boss.
The Presidents ig~nominious surren-
der to the railroads was the subject
Of violent attack today by Senate
Rayner. Of Maryland. and Bailey, 3f
Texas. Mr.. Rayner characterized the
Allison amendment sanctioned by the
most recent pronunciamento from the
White House as q "~coWardly subter-
fuge," ana Mr.. Bailey congratulated
the Senator from Rhode Island. who.
he said. unlike most Senators, always
knew what he wanted and generally
gets it."
The Republicans Smile.
Both Mr.. Bailey and Mr.. Rayncr
spoke With unusual fire ana force, but
the Republican leaders. chief of whom
is MI. -Aldrich. secure in their large
majority and the Well known subser-
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-05-15
THE SOUTHERN BlPTTSTS
Several Hous Devoted 10 the Affairs
of the Sunday school Board.
CBy the Associated Press.)

(By the Associated Press.)
Chattanooga. Tenn, May 12.-The
Southern Baptist Convention today de-
ote several hours to the affairs Of
the Sunday School board. The remain
der of the sNEEon was given up to the
welfare of I'd missionaries under the
convention.
The afternoon and night session II
the Southern Baptist Convention were
devoted to a discussion of the home
mission work of the Southern Baptist
church, the principal reports being
those Of work among the negroes and
mission work in the Isle of Pines,
cubs and Panama. Towards the end
Of the afternoon session several Of
the most prominent members of the
convention became involved in a dis
cussion whether there should be a
business session on Sunday afternoon.
This was finally voted Town.
The visiting delegate will fill all
the pulpits in the city today.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-05-15
CANDIDATE FOR TRTA-i 10.
Nir. Thomas VI. Arlington M. r.
ana Return TO Nash ca"

Mr.. Thomas NJ. Arr...
clerk in the state Prlsaa
the most capable ana p6ilu
n Italcigh. has returned .
10 his home IN Nash e..
many friends in Raleigh
With regret that he coutaH
signing his position here a.
ing to Nash to live. y.
ROCK Mount Record say
1t has been announce#
to"nSman and cOuutrymtu.
NJ. Arlington is a caudlIat.
Once OF treasurer Of Mash H..
ne Record gives TO him 5rz (.
liofSement. Mr.. Arlington
true ana tried DemocTal
aeiped to fight every batlle
fdc% ~ Nash county since j.
srsSes that trait of cnara.r.
noes not reDel those who
aim IN politics or In auythiu4
mas an influence in Nash Ca..
mas always helped the -.
.icket. OF sterling integrity Il
Ing address, he is WithHl al.
thced accountant. ana if ele".
ufer viii be q competent o.
accommodating TO every citll
county with whom he has g.
Mr.. Arlington now holds
slDle position as Chief Cler.
state Prison. but he feels
should be at home to hely Z
TWO boys in the ways Of l-
and has therefore decided 90
manently at home after Dec.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-05-15
JOHNSON.

To the Editor:-As an article under
the caption, Dare in the Lead" pub
lishcd in q recent issue Of your paper
is calculated to arouS prejudice
against our work here. / beg the priv
ilege Of space in your columns Cor eX-
PLANTATION. and the statement Of a fact
on two.
The article is written by Rev. a. j.
Parker. who quotes the following ex-
tract from a letter OF mine. read i'm
December. to the Baptist state ON
v|cntion. This whole coast section *
a vast terra in~cognit9' To the Baptists
OF this state. Few ever enter it cX-
,crt dfun1mers, Fulton Market fish
buyers. Northern sportsmef.. and a
circuit rider or two, and Vet it is It
thtttty and populous section: cut off,
it Is true. and destitute of the best re-
llEtous privileges. but Astounding ia
GOOD people and firSt-claSS oDportuni-
ties" - this he adds what purports
tO hr quotations form the speech OF
Mi Whitehead. II Beaufort. bur which
MI. Whitehead shows in your paper
are a p"rvcrsion.
Now. * to what ] said. l reaffirm it.
and stand by every word OF it. Con
slider it carefully. 1t was written de-
scriptive Of a trip along the shore
from Kitty Hawk to Hatteras-Wrjt-
ten from the view point OF a Baptist
missionary. and read to = BaDtiSt
body. What does il say? This only.
Here Is a magnificent section abDuud
ing in good people and opportunities
and Yet IT IS an unknown land 10 Pm
lists. None Of you have ever entered
II. Spoftsmen enter il and get what
they 90 for-game: fsh-buyers enter
and get what they go for-fsh. Netho-
dist circuit riders enter il fand ait
honor u them for doing So. ana al
what they go for-thc people. RIM
t'sts nae not entered ii, ana consa-
quently have nothing"
II IS diflcult TO suppose Mr.. Parker
saw any other meaning in the extract
IMAM ne above. but he had q use FOR
IL ahg made il ser-e his purr,nea
FlFst ne fixes attention upon my LET
'cr. men picks out Of Whiteheadfe
SpeTcIl S9ch expressions as .dumnfng
soruids' r~Mormonism." "skepticism ;
HiiteIdie, etc. applies the Who'll. f.
Lle, aHd s From Mr.. Woods state
49, one would infer that Roanoke IL
iaHu anu the whole coast section 80
li'tie removed from the superetitiam
aI4 ignorance of the dark ages ana
@IuS, mis- is a reflection unon tha
sou people Of Roanoke Island and
~ coast section Where ha,a
iidue any such statements ~ -
uise that reflected upon any 80
p me utmost ingenuity cannot |
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-05-15
Wanted In Wyoming.
(Eyerybody's MagaZine.)

Vt the international Sunday-school
Convention at Louisville. Ky, IN an
SWer to the roll call Of states, lepoI1o
We're invariably given by the various
state chairmen. When the Lone star
State was called a braWny specimen
If southern manhood stepped out INTO
the aisle. and with strident voice eN-
claimed: we represent the great
state Of Texas. The first white No-
nan born in Texas is still Iiying-she
now has a population of over 3,o0o,-
o0G."
There wa q pause Of bewilderment
for n moment. and then a voice from
the galleries rang out clear ana dis
tinct:
.Send that woman out to Wyoming
need her
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-05-15
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regard Ia his B.tptis, brethren. ht.
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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-05-15


l.f.r ~ the taIlveT-1a = crown
Is ..-.s-e IL. President N8Ht~ 1aa
.n ana listened with z ~3htt.
rHa urly reaNy uer8forbogs aha*a8
nr. .4u tne rst. ban ShIen Eot -
s.rt IS ukely 10 IL knocked gu
tT.5. tA- ts-pa-S provision winch
~ aimed a fn* lobbyists ibis 1tA
GENTRY aha are confined almost ra-
~. to ih+ legal profession. ltfh ta
-. ~.st,- Is sell az su A~hth-t9
. Teen very busy during III. }sAk
~ Their Efforts IL knock oat
I.4. .r..5sioH l-sel-t ~ them seems
81 .f eltee bal IS even bought
.t.. tn.at f0uo rua th- Foraker
..4m-aE making III unlawful Tor
..e.r " Congress aad public ofu-
.5sa :. accept passes Satt ug nothing
ata#E iI!t.3' 49,.
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II aMfio" ii." 'H'I i.4h
49, Dan. 'e oo''-iaet'4 anu ~
JufasE ~'-i
'f' '+'7
blackburn Aeain - fsoliih--
I.nu.Gra state Chairman Ri
fts .at 0..r anxious III issue :
ctH FOR meeting cf the Executive
c~.a4mIttee. which is Ia assemble tht
R--f.HUe4u state Convention. aUd
CO. gresham Blackburn wishes -
htIst8 ti41 i'sI'L H.
ett1.s, invested the Irier "i 4 Is"
gt.r stamp Only a ie% days Z IL
oEt4tT 10 secure an expression from
NJ. Rollins. and his failure IL secure
the Desired information has not dis
cgara-,i him IN the least. He is back
at tHe State Chairman in 4 pepperl
letter iu which ne calls specifically for
information hat has been denied him
IL plainly i~ntlnateS that n" "9uId
much prefer the committee deGlNioii
To the Chairman IMPRESSIONS 81
opinions. and insists that as a ~
IT the committee he has 2 right -
IT,. same. Mr.. blackburn does not
sax So. but he leaves the impression
that the commIttec's views are entitled
10 more consideration thah those OF
the state CHAIRMAN.
fttlftStttitlNt hldckbui lHl'i
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-05-15


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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-07-25

tense. Columbus, the cleanest of men
morally and mentally, but sailor to
the backbone, never tolerated swear
ing. The English, as early as the
thirteenth century, punished blasphe-
mers with keelhauling, and in Queen
Elizabeth's time some inhuman de-
vices were employed to curb the un-
ruly spirit of the sailor. 1t was not
an uncommon thing in the fleet to see
an able bodied sailor tied up IL a bag,
hung at the bowsprit end he being sup
piled with biscuit, bottle of beer
and knife, SO that when weary of the
situation he could put an end to his
life. Another unfortunate might have
been seen suspended from the yard
arm by the heels and humping against
the side of the ship every time she
rolled. Five hundred lashes were Of
ten given to riotous sailors, produc-
ing no better effect than a dozen in
flicted in our day.
The rough masters of the pilgrim
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as one of our foremost financial in
situations in promoting the Industrial
growth of the city. and in developing
the wonderfully rich tributary section
of country.
The capital stock is $4,000, with
net surplus and profits of $12,132. The
deposits amount to more than a quar-
ter of million.
A general banking business is trans
acted with special attention given to
loans, discounts, etc. No pretenses are
made to enterprises of a hazardous
character, and its conservative but
thorough business methods as vouched