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Evening star., 1906-03-22
Famous for It's Apples.

But whatever doubts there may be about
gold deposits in Arkansas, there isn't any
question as to the big red apples, and an
orchard In Benton county is better than a
gold mine. Arkansas has always been
famous for its apples. and every mountain
ca bin las been surrounded by fruit trees
but until the railroads came there was no
market for the fruit Now the Industry IN
Increasing very fast. In 1895 apples were
selling for % cents bushel and a few
carloads were shipped TO Memphis and st
Louis. Today between 5,9G0 and 6,uSD car
loads of choice fruit are sent out OF Wash
iBgton and Benton counties alone and sod
for 81 bushei, while more than 2 900 car
loads of inferior qualities go 10 the evapo-
rators and cider mills
Benton county now claims 10 be the BAN
ner apple county OF the world with about
4.eoc,0O0 trees. which yield an average of
two bushels to the tree in a good year and
sell for an average of 81 a bushei Al this
rate the farmer realizes from $50 To sI5 an
acre and every good year his profi,s will
equal the cost of his farm and his fruit
trees.
MIR. Giliis. manager of tie Crescent Hotel
at Eureka Springs, who has a reputation
for truth and yeraeity. told me that n
friend OF his In Benton county last fall
sold his crop of eighty acres of apples on
the trees to Chicago commission man for
SIS 900. The buyer picked and packed the
fruit. The farmer had four men 10 axstst
Evening star., 1906-03-22

II you want work read the waAe eea.
umns OF The Star.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-05-26
CONDUCTOR HARMON
EXPLAINS.

The conductor OF the street car
who put the little girl from ear q
day or so ago feels that he was JUS
titled in doing so, and informs us that
he treated her with every courtesy
and only wished to teach the little
girl lesson. and besides his orders
are very strict as to the collection
of fares. AS an evidence OF the cor
rectness of his action In this matter
MIR. Harman has been exhonorated
both by the superintendent OF the
street railway and the father OF the
child, after having explained the
OF the incident. After
hearing his statement IL gives us
pleasure TO state that we do not
think Mr.. Harman would Intentional
ly wrong anyone, much less little
girl. He says no was only perform
ing his duty and desired to correct
the little girl, and even after he had
acted he regretted the occurrence.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-05-26
BETTER THAN
CHARITY.

There is a popular disposition to
look upon the man who owns store,
however small, as In way prosper
Gus. whereas In fact the profits or
petty trade are uncertain and the
shopkeeper often finds II hard TO
make ends meet under comparative
ly favorable circumstances.
The most helpless man In San
Frfancisco today Is not the mechanic
who lost his tools, and even his home,
or the laborer temporarily out or
job.
The man with trade has his capt
tai secure. For him and for the labor
or San Francisco. IN rebuilding will
open n prodigal hand. Times will be
better for them in the next few years
than ever before.
The millionaire whose fortune was
swept away still has the energies and
the aballtles to build anew. Man
rises TO his level as water does, and
most OF those who wero milllonaires
and are impoverished will, In FIVE
years or ten. be rich again.
The man most cruelty injured and
who will long continue TO suffer most
is the obscure unit In the commercial
life OF tho great city who saw the sav-
lngs OF years and the sacrifices OF
lifetime swept away.
Tho Retail Druggists Association
proposes 20 advance TO each of the re-
tail druggists who we're ruined 1900
in cash and 20 provide him with lin
tied credit until he gets on his feet.
Other lines OF trades are consId
erIng a similar course
Charity for the helpless is fine
but business system which enables
the small business man TO help him
elf and maintain his self-respect.
while getting back upon his feet, Is
better still
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-05-26
GREAT DAY AT FALLS
MILLS SUNDAY.

Rev. J. r. Adams, Pastor of the
Christian church of Blueheld, is con
ducting protracted meeting at Falls
Mills. The crowds are the largest
in the history of this place and ev-
cry night the place is crowded to its
utmost capacity. Already, although
the meeting Is only FIVE days old,
there have been FIVE conversions.
However, Sunday is TO be tho
greatest day Of all. a great basket
dinner Is to be given in the grove
whore Rev. Adams will preach in the
morning at / O'Clock and in the af-
ternoon at 3, and at p. m.
Following the afternoon services
the ordinance Of baptism Will be ad-
ministered Rev s. Davis, Of Tazc-
well, Is conducting the music. a spe-
cial programme Is arranged for all
the Sunday services. Duets, trlos. and
quartettes will be a special feature.
A great crowd is expected.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-05-26

SETTLERS.

IL is announced that Hon. G. W.
Koiuer, commissioner OF agriculture
OF Virginia. is To sail this week for
Europe. where he will spend some
time. especially in England. Ireland.
and Scotland. in the interest of inn
migration to his state. The general
assembly of Virginia at its recent ses-
sion appropriated $4,000 to
strengthen theshands OF the commits
sioner in his work Tor the upbuilding
of the State. and rs he goes abroad
well stocked with Information about
the advantages and opportunities
OF Virginia Tor the settler. his trip
may be expected TO bring about ben
edits TO Virginia by no means TO be
measured by the money that it may
cost. II il should result in adding but
a hundred capable workers To the
population the Investment by the as
sembly would be many tinios repaid.
But the bringing IN OF hundred
settlers would in all probability mean
merely the blazing OF "a way for a
great influx of thousands OF desirable
settlers Manufacturers Record.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-05-26
POCAHONTAS
COKE SHIPMENTS

According TO the statement OF the
coke shipments from the Pocahon-
tas Flat-Top field of West Virginia
from 1883 to 1905, both inclusive.
as prepared by Mr. John j. 4.ibseln,
chief engineer and superintendent of
the Grocer Land Association of Elk
horn, w. Va, and published by Coal
and Coke of Baltimore. Md. the ag-
gregate shipmsgts for the 2s years
anaaAlassassAel. ssAel.-ltst4e-ssS-~ss.s-4sns.
During 1883 coke shipments aggrega
ted 1896 tons, and for 1905 1926
473 tons. the largest tonnage in the
history of the field. Total shipments
of both coal and coke during the
period referred to amount to 49,
S26,527 gross tons.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-05-26
ACROSS THE ANDES.

While Italy and Switzerland arc
shaking hands through the great
Simplon railroad tunnel, Chill and
Argentina are preparing TO do the
50 me thing beneath the summit OF
the Andes. The first section OF the
Transandine railroad has been finish
ed. In a distance of 81 miles this
bit of road climbs almost one mile in
1900 feet to over 1900 feet.
There will be another dizzy scram-
BILE toward the clouds in the second
section of this unique railroad. II
Will be only nine miles long, but IL
must rise more than 1000 feet. Hav-
ing been carried to hight of 1896
feet, or almost two miles, the road
will rise up no farther, but will
pierce the summit of tho great noun
tain range through tunnel. Hail
this tunnel is being constructed by
Chill and half by Argentina, the to-
tai length being two miles.
The traveller who crosses the Unit
ed States by way of Pixies peak, the
gorge OF the Arkansas and Tennes-
see pass, reaches an altitude at the
latter place of 10000 feet, which Is
little higher than the new tunnel
through the Andes. When Nature
threw mountain chain like a huge
backbone down the whole western
hemisphere II made an immense bar
rier TO cross. Human enterprise Ia
tho United States long ago carried
railroads over the vast Rockies. and
now IL is most inspiring to know that
our southern nelghbors are doing an
equally grand thing by crossing the
Andes. philadelphia Press.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-05-26
MAY GO TO FOR
EIGN MARKETS.
IL the President Deems American
Panama Bids ENtortiOoate or
Unreasonable.

Secretary Taft appeared before the
Senate committee on finance, and
urged that Congress give 10 the Pan
anna canal commission authority to
purchase two steel dredgcs in the for
eign market, and to take action au-
thorizing the purchase abroad of 9th
or supplies, when It is found that
prices for supplies OF domestic man
ufacture are extortionate. The com
mittee authorized the reporting Of
the following resolution. That pur-
chases of material and equipment for
use in the construction Of the Pana-
ma canal shall be restricted TO arti-
cles Of domestic production and man
ufacture, unless the president shall
in any case deem the bids or ten
ders therefor 20 bo extortlonate OF
unreasonable"
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-05-26
CAMPAIGN
CONTRIBUTIONS.

Because OF two laws that have
been made effective by the signature
of Gov. Higgins, the giving of money
for political purposes will be here
after hedged about with legal re-
strictions that will mako Il almost
as difficult to- give as IL is to receive.
Hereafter all political committees
must be organized and each one must
elect a treasurer. If ever the sum
OF 5000 or more Is collected by "a
committee, aNstatement giving all the
details as to contributions. the
amount contributed and the dates on
which the. sums were given must
within fifteen days. be filed with the
secretary of state. 1t must also be
shown to whom these funds were
paid.
There is also n new law prohibiting
u candidate for Judicial ofiice CIV
ing money 10 aid In his election ex-
ccpt for the ordinary expenses.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-05-26
MR.. PLATT THINKS
DEEPLY

Senator Platts body is so Scared
with official wounds that one or more
thrusts make little impression out
wardly, but his friends say that this
latest refusal to accept him as the
spokesman for the party in New
York, has gone deeper than a flesh
wound; it has sunk into his political
soul, and rankles.
The Republican boss OF New York
state, whoever he happens TO be, n
deprived Of the patronage attached
TO the customs service OF New York
city, is very much in the position OF
a gunner without ammunition. II his
followers learn that the road 10 polit-
ical advancement does not lead
through the senate chamber. or the
Republican headquarters OF this
state, but directly from the railroad
station TO the rear entrance OF the
White House, the boss is very apt to
find his occupation gone
The worst Of the situation from
the Plat standpoint, is that as Mr.
Roosevelt IS not looking for a poilt-
ical future, there does not seem to
ho INV ,,,apper {n uybfcb tbo oe,od
politician can tickle him under the
rib.--New York Exchange.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-05-26
STRONG FOR
MR.. BRYAN.
Northwestern Ohio Democrats In-
dorse Him--was Robbed in
ID0s.

William Jennings bryar was in
dorsed for president at l.iiea yester-
day by the democrat's Judicial con-
y'Etion OF 16 counties of northwest
EN- Ohio. Tho veso' ..Sns. wh,ca
were adopted with cheering. declare
that Bryan would have been renomi-
mated and elected IN 1904 had the
ufnsts not stolen the nomination
from him and that the national DEM
ocracy viii nominate him I'm 1908 by
reclamation.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-05-26
LARGE CROWD
WAS PRESENT.
Evenings Amusement at skating
Rink Was "a brilliant Success.

One OF the largest crowds over as
sembled In the city or Biuefeld for
amusement and good time vas that
assembled at the skating rink OF tho
Dlaencld Amusement Company In
the East end last evening. at which
time a masque carnival on wheels
was the main attraction.
AS early AS o'clock the crowd
commnced congregating and by 3
o'clock IL was estimated that there
were at least 800 people present.
The costumes worn by the parti-
cipants were very neat and much
comment was indulged In as to who
would be the lucky winners OF the
prizes.
Skating was indulged In until
about 10 o'clock whom the Judges
selected for the awarding OF the pri-
yes entered the center OF the floor
and those who were competing for
prizes showed their skill and ability
for about l 8 minutes after which the
judges announced that the following
persons had been successful In the
competition:
lst prize Miss Joy Reynolds,
as colonial dame.
Ind prize, Mrs. J. a. Diamond, rep
resenting the Daily Telegraph.
Bird prize. Jessie Burke, represent
Ing a colored lady.
Immediately after the awarding
OF prizes some very fancy skating
was, done by some local talent which
elected much applause.
At IL o'clock the musicians arriv-
cd and dancing was commenced by "a
large crowd. At least 25 couples be-
ing on the floor.
Those who were present last night
at the nights amusements speak In
glowing terms OF the brilliant time
given them by the management OF
the Bluefield Amusement Co.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-05-26
RIVAL Oh THE rE$NsYLvANIA
BEING BUTT BY sTANDARD
The Secret OF the Sackcr OF the Tide
Mater Comes out- ia Financial
Circlcs--Thc First New
Trunk Line for Years.

New York, May ~. lit became
known in financial cirolAs ON yester-
day that Henry IA. Rogers, OF the
Standard Oil Company. is the pro-
motor OF the new railroad which
practically pareliels the Baltimore
and Ohio roads through the Appa-
iachian range to Norfolk. Virginia.
a distance OF over 400 nstles.
The road is known as the Deep
water and Tidewater railtoad. and is
to connect the New River and Pooa-
hontas coal fields with Nyrrolk. over
5000 men are now worling ON the
line. and it is said that 81, 100000
is being expended every month on
construction.
According to Dow, Jones and Co.
financial centers have beeu kept prac-
ucally ia ignorance OF this import
ant trunk line by Standard OH inter
ests. which 1t will have accomplished
in three years what required thirty
years of labor on the Chesapeake and
Ohio system, and almost as long
time on tho Baltimore and Ohio.
This is the first new trunk line
construction in the UnitcdtState for
many years. and it Is the only trunk
line that has ever been projected
To run from destination ID destina-
ton without the slightest Preference
in towns and cities in the interior.
Throughout It's entire len3th there
will be no grades more than seven
aud one-half feet To the mile, except
eight miles across the Alieghanies.
where there is "A maximum grade OF
twenty-five feet. The road Is probably
destined TO be the greatest coal-carri-
en- in existence.
Tho track is being balLssted as
Laid, and-its intended wlasfre}ky tvs-itt
ARE connected 20 have the road ready
for operation. The line Is being
constructed from both ends. over
one hundred miles from Hampton
Roads is ready for rails. and from
forty to fifty miles of rails have been
laid. The building OF this road is
said to be OF great Importance TO
New England, insuring cheap coal
transportation.
Mr.. Rogers is understood to have
already acquired large coal proper
ties In the New River and Pocahontas
districts, notably the Cooper Hew-
1T properties of about 100000
acres.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-05-26
ARITHMETIC.

Sidney Smith. writing TO a child,
asked what life would be without
arithmetic. except scene OF hor-
rors? What. the child might have
answered. is 1t after all. even with
arithmetic? But she didn't IL was
another child, friend of Walter
Scott. who wrote. II am now going
20 tell you the horrible and wretched
pleague that my multiplication gives
NE, you can't conceive 1t. the most
Devilish thing is times and
times Z, il is what nature itself can
Aendme.' With this child, certainly,
would 90 the majority, rather than
with Smith, or with Arbuthnot, who
believed that mathematics, besides
being friends to religion, May serve
for pleasant entertainment for
those hours which young men are apt
To throw away uncu their vices; the
delightfumess of them being such as
TO. make solitude not only easy but
desirable" Mathematics are losing
ground in colleges, under the elective
system, partly, perhaps. because
there are SO few teachers who know
how to make SO abstract an exercise
of Interest TO the young.-colIier's.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-05-26
HEAR GRAHAM TALK.

That the Graham team has lost
all the games played so far this sea-
son is no sign that they can not play
ball, and the boys are not at all dis
heartened. Graham has winning
team, but the boys have had no prac-
tice whatever except what they get
in playing a game. Manager Crock
EFT should make an effort to get his
boys together, ii possible. about two
afternoons each week and give them
some practice. Mr.. Crockett deser-
yes great credit for the efforts he
has put forth TO build up winning
team, and his efforts are about to be
crowned with success. The sport
loving citizens should give the team
all the support possible and help
them make a record for Graham this
season.
There is TO be a game SATURDAY, af-
ternoon, when BiueficiI viii again
cross bats with Graham on the home
grounds OF the latter. and this time
Graham expects to win back some OF
the laurels that have been carried
off by the former team Get together
boys with determination TO whoop
er up and give Blueheld such a
"Walloping' that she will not for
get IL this season. Graham Banner.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-05-26
SLAVES TO
THEIR MONEY.

Tom Bendelow. the famous maker
OF golf courses. has enjoyed extra
ordinary opportunities for observing
the rich at their pleasure. And he
has returned from Europe with the
conviction that the wealthy people
OF the country do not know how to
enjoy their money.
You Americans" he says, do not
know how 10 live. You never Know
when you get enough money. An
American who gets Sl50.O00 thinks
tie can get the earth. Instead OF in
resting IL and living the rest OF his
life comfortably on his income. he
restlessly slaves his life out seeking
Oliver Twist-like for more. But the
Englishman knows. His Sl50.000
invested in farms gives him good
living without work. He is a landed
proprietor. lie drives, hunts, fishes.
plays golf and other sports and en-
joys his days. His sl50.000 does
him some good, and he does not have
TO spend all his surplus earnings over
and above his $4,000 in paying
doctors TO cure him of dyspepsia.
caused by quick lunches or no eating
at all, and does not, like the Ameri-
can, become a bankrupt in the great
things OF all-health and happiness"
There is much truth TO be learned
1t appears, even on the golf links.
But Bendelow must have failed TO
observe the important truth that the
average rich American finds keener
enjoyment in making money than in
fishing OF golfing.
The comparison he draws is not
fair. In England money-making Is
slow and painful drudgery. In this
country the making of IL in large
sums is "A fascinating game beside
which golfing is tame indeed. In
England the man who has made
$l50,000 has practically reached the
limit OF possibility. Here the man
who has made SI50.0OO is just get
ring INTO -rhy7sarfe. he IS '6hIy -bcgin-
ming to show aptness as pupil in
the art.
Again, the average rich American
keeps on making money because he
does not know how TO do anything
else. All his thought and sentiment
nave been absorbed in his business,
and the thought and sentiment are
not necessarily OF a high order. The
cultured tastes through which wealth
may afford enjoyment have never
been developed in him. Art and lit
erature are sealed mysteries to him,
and without these there is poor pleas
ure in travel, and leisure is torture.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-05-26
N. g. w. OFFICIALS
TO VISIT EUROPE.
Special to tho Leader.

Isoanokc, Va, May 25.--Two prom.
inent Norfolk & Western railway
officials will leave Monday for "trip
abroad. General Manager ID. y. Ma
her and superintendent Of Motive
Power, W. ". Lewis, will go TO New
York Monday and will sail on the
Steamer Cedric Of the White Star
line, June 1st. London, Paris. Ber-
lin and smaller cities viii be visited.
aud they will be absent a month or
six weeks.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-05-26
PETITION A MILE LONG

a petition more than mile long
and bearing more than $4,000
names was sent 10 Gcvernor Gtid
asking him % commute 20 ht, im
prisOnment the sentence Of death uI.-
on Charles l.. Turkce. for the mIr-
der OF Mabel Page az Weston In
1904. An express wagon was neces-
sary to transport the petition TO
state house. FIX.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-05-26
OUR CHURCHES.
Places Where You Can Worship I'm
the City OF Blucacld.


Services conducted by Rev. Stcph-
ON Davis. Pastor OF tho Christian
Church at Taxewell, Va. as follows:
$3.50. Bible School.
IL. Sermon. Subject; Pleasure. -
is. Communion Service.
s, y. m. Gospel Sermon. Subject
The Skeptical Apostle"
MIR. Davis is gifted young man.
fine speaker and beautiful singer. All
are welcome.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-05-26
VETERAN PEDESTRI-
AN RENEWING YOUTH

Edward Payson Weston. the veto
ran pedestrian, who is G8 years old i,
started from Philadelphia at 1906
O'Clock yesterday morning to walk
To- the New York city hall in ~ con
secuuve hours. The distance IS %
miles. Thirty-hve years ago Weston
was the object Of study by physi-
clans IN a walk Of 800 miles in FIVE
days
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-05-26
TIRED OF LIFE.
THOMAS CUNNINGHAM TOOK
FOUR BOTTLES OF LAUD-
ANUM.
Roanoke, Va, May 20


Conductor Thomas Cunningham,
OF the Radford division, attempted
to commit suicide at his home, No.
1903 Second avenue, n. w. last
night. and is now in critical
condition.
The family and friends OF Mr..
stand why no should want TO kill
himself They say he had a good
position and was able to marry If he
desired to do So
He has a chance TO live, thanks to
the faithful work of his friends.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-05-26
GREAT TIME A-CoMIN'

Wait for the bringing I'm time for
he big hesdlinesl When We SEQ Gov
crnor Dawson unloading a pile Of
rails In the back yard OF the state
house Secretary Swisher drawing
spikes. General May coming through
back streets with freight snRlDs
and Mr. DDlop totin water 70 the
boys, we1l use type a foot high 49,
Charleston 5LaiI.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-05-26
NEW SCHEDULE.

q new schedule viii 80 into ef-
feet on the Norfolk and Western rail-
road Sunday. The changes are slight
merely a few minutes difference In
the arrival and departure of trains.