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Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-12-23
BANkUPTCY SALE OF yALUApr.E
STOCK OF MERCHAND1SE

Notice is hereby given that I viii
as trustee. IN the matter OF o. c.
Phelps, bankrupt. at 10 O'Clock a.
m. on tho 2lst day OF December,
1907, proceed TO sell to the highest
bidder the entire stock OF goods.
wares. merchandise. fixtures and 9th
er properly belonging to the estate
OF o. c. Phelps bankrupt, and now
In the store rooms formerly occu-
pied by said Phelps in the city OF
Blueieid, West Virginia.
Terms OF sale---One third cash and
the balance in three and six months
from date OF sale. the purchaser
giving his notes with approved se-
curity for deferred payments. bear
ing per cent. interest.
Private bids on said stock OF mer-
chandise. fixtures. etc. will be re.
ceived until the same is offered at
public auction and the bids opened
at the highest private bid.
NJ. b. POsTLETHwAITE.
iz-ll-lot Trustee.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-12-23
Bilious Jim grew 20 thin

Bilious Jim grew 20 thin
He hardly made shadow.
One day friend presented him
With Rydale's Liver Tablets.
he took the hint. began their use,
And this Is what befeii him
he grew so fat. neither shoes nor hat
Could be found to at him.
MORAL-Don't make your Wills
But cure your Ills.
BY using Rydale's Liver pills.
so chocolate coated tablets In a
convenient box. Price only 25 cents.
Easy to take. pleasant In effects. safe
cure. We guarantee them.
For sale by The White Pharmacy,
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-12-23

plastic the presentation and discus
sion of pedagogical problems in re-
lation TO music. Foremost among
these topics Is the status OF musical
courses in general institutions like
colleges. schools and universities.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-12-23

THE . q foC. STORE. 80 Bland
street, has received over a thousand
dollars worth OF new holiday stock
for Santa Claus. Get pick early.
12-2-tf
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-12-23

MONITOR Is BEST, BECAUSE
IT'S PUREsT, AND GOES FUR
THEIR. 49,.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-12-23

High Time 10 Ne Cautious.
He-So you fnsist In breaking nm
the engagement
shs--Moss decidedly. what DO you
take me fort
He-oh. about forty. Better think
II over; It may be your last chance.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-12-23

That Empty Coal Bin.
Bronson--l'm going to cali ON .
mental scientist this afternoon.
woodson-whst fory
Bronson-To see II he can't make
me believe that there 10 no such thing
a. an empty coal bin.--Judgs.
The Butler weekly times., 1907-04-18
Poison in Wall Paper
Causes the Death Of Woman.

Evansville, Ind, April Is 1t has
developed that the death OF Mrs. q
Watson, In Posey county, Ind, a
few days ago, was not the result OF
meningitis, as first reported, but was
caused by a species OF poison con-
tained In the wall paper that covered
the walls and ceiling OF the psrlor.
The wall paper has been examined
and was found to contain virulent
poison. When brushed or shaken a
fine mica. like substance falls from
the paper In q cloud. It Was to pre-
vent the mail clerks and postal EN-.
ployes from being poisoned that the
government recently forbade the
mailing of souvenir postal cards
covered with this preparation.
Mr.. Watson has lost three wives
during the last three years. They all
showed the same symptoms In their
last Illness and is is now believed
that all we're poisoned by the wall
paper. Mr.. Watson recalls that all
ri his three wives cleaned the wall
paper in the parlor q short time be-
fore they were taken sick and died.
The Butler weekly times., 1907-04-18
Schemes Of travelling Men.

these travelling men are great
schemers when 1t comes to getting
rooms assigned to them ahead Of
other guests who registered first.
There were several guests on the
waiting list for rooms. One travel
Ing man came up to the desk hold
ing his hand to his stomach, saying
he'was so sick be must have q room
at once. He was accommodated. In
d few minutes another travelling
man who was among the list OF
guests waiting for rooms came up
and said he had boarded a sleeper
at 2 O'Clock in the morning and tried
to get some sleep, but that II ran In.
to an open switch and gave him
such a shaking up be couldn't sleep.
He said he was almost dead with ex-
haustion and loss Of sleep and must
have q room at once.
Hardly had he gone to his room
when a third one came up and said
he too must have a room immedi-
ately. What do you suppose his
reason was? He said a horse fell on
him the day before and he thought
he was injured internally.
The Butler weekly times., 1907-04-18
Four Ex-Presidents' Wives.

From the Philadelphia North American.
Washington There are living
four wives OF former United States
Presidents-"rs James A Garfield, -,
. Mrs Benjamin Harrison, Mrs. Will.
liam Mckinley and Mrs. Grover
Cleveland. The first three are widows
and the husbands OF two fell victims
to assassins' bullets.
In her quiet home In Mentor, o.,
lives Mrs Garfield, the talented wo.
man, who spurred her husband to
become President OF the United
States, and whose sons are now
prominent in national life.
She has led q secluded life these
many years, but she is still the same
kindly woman as in the days when
she shone In Warrington life. Weight
Of years has not marred her intellec
tusl qualities, and she takes deep
interest in the worlds affairs.
Mrs Mckinley is In Canton, Ohio,
the resting place OF her martyred
husband, Here, in quiet, she lives
among the memories oi the happiest
days OF her life, awaiting the day
when she will be called to join her
loved one.
Peace also marks the days OF Mrs.
Harrison in Indianapolis. She takes
little interest In society, and devotes
her time to the education OF her
daughter.
Mrs. Cleveland is more or less In
the public eye by reason OF the
sturdy interest her husband takes In
politics. But her home life is dear
to her, and she seldom leaves Prince
ton,
The Butler weekly times., 1907-04-18
Prison Rather Than Tell.

plln, Mo-, April Fred W Troy,
lveling photographer, 35 years
>%ho shot and killed his wife,
osia Troy, and fatally wounded
,h Guin In this city New Years
pleaded guilty to second degree
der in circuit court and was ser-
ed by Judge Gray to ninety nine
8 In she penitentiary.
'oy represented that he had
Wedge ofhis wlie's uniaithfulness
a conspiracy against his life by
and her. He said, however,
! he preferred a sentence for Sec
degree murder to the ordeal OF
ling In court the story OF the
;edy.
The Butler weekly times., 1907-04-18
Where Draw the Line?

We are told by one u',d auo'her
school of reformers that all stimu.
lants OF every kind are bad. Millions
OF precious lives are lost every year
In the foods OF tea and coff. shat
sweep over the land. (Iiyou don't
believe IL look In the advertising
columns OF thepnpers Salt II had,
peppers is worse, and vinegar Is ".he
limit" Meat is quite unnecessary;
yeast In bread IL suicidal and 80 on
Almost everything shat tastes good
is bad IL We are to believe one. half
OF what We see In certain journals of
health and hygiene, the wonder Is
that the human race has not become
extinct long ago. But somehow or
other there are still u few folk leis
and more are coming at every tick
OF the clock.-Our Country.
The Butler weekly times., 1907-04-18
"Pneumonla's Deadly Work

had 80 seriously affected my right
lung writes Mrs. Fannie Connor, OF
Rural Route 1. Georgetown, Tenn,
"that l coughed continuously night
and day and the neighbors predic.
Northumberland newt
able, until my husband brought
home q bottle OF DR.. Kings New
Discovery, which In my case proved
to be the only real cough cure and
restorer OF weak, sore lungs." When
all other remedies utterly fail, you
may still win In the battle against
lung and throat troubles with New
Discovery, the real cure. Guaranteed
BY F., T. Clay, druggist. 60c and
$1.0O. Trial bottle free.
The Butler weekly times., 1907-04-18
On Probation" Says Bryan.

hoxville, Tenn, April 15.-Mr
hn said that although he admit
that President Roosevelt had
eyed popularity in enforcing
ocratic doctrines, before he
Id admit MIR. Roosevelt to the
ocratic party he would follow
Methodist doctrine and put him
t least six months probation to
|rtain- how he worked In Demo-
fc harness.
|ir. Roosevelt" said Mr.. Bryan,
hever 30 popular as when advo-
bg those ideas. That being the
should we not have an all Dem
tic President instead OF one who
Fmocratic hall Of his time?"
The Butler weekly times., 1907-04-18
TO MEET MAIL ORDER PRICES
Lumbermen of Kansas and Mis-
souri, Decide to Sell Cheaper.

souri, Decl0e 10 sell Cheaper.
In an effort to drive out of bust.
ness the mail order and catalogue
houses which sell direct to the con-
sumer In the Middle Western states
the lumbermen Of Kansas and Mis-
souri, st meeting at she Coates
house, decided to reduce the prices
on hardware, paints, doors, windows
and sashes so as tQ meet the prices
OF the mail order houses, They de-
cided to go further, too. The lum-
bermen in each town in Missouri
and Kansas have obligated them.
selves to form an Organization
among the local merchants and drive
down the prices OF merchandise so
as to compete with the mail order
houses.
The way the lumbermeu express
themselves the situation is becoming
alarming In some OF the country dis.
trlcts. The trade of the merchants
in many OF the country towns ia he
coming seriously affected because
the catalogues OF mail order houses
are Offering to ship goods to any
part OF the country at price cheap.
er than the local merchants have
been in the habit OF selling them.
The lumbermen say the business
men In certain districts must either
reduce prices on all goods or go out
Of business. The country newspa
pers are taking up the fight for the
merchants against the mail order
houses and the customers OF the
country merchants probably will
buy goods cheaper for awhile than
they have been in the habit OF pay
ing.
"In some OF the small towns iurth-
er east the grass Is growing In the
streets and merchants have been
forced out of business by the mail
order houses" Harry A. Gorsuch,
secretary of the Southwestern Lum-
berman's association said:
Throughout Missouri and Kan.
sas the business Of the merchants is
being gencroached upon by these csta.
logue or mail order houses 1t Is
time for the merchants to wake up
and do something before 1t Is too
late.
"Ths lumbermen are not badly
hurt, but other lines OF business are.
1t Is better to do bushes at loss
for a while than to be driven out of
business. The local merchants must
stand In with their customers and
make prices to meet the mail order
houses. The people had rather buy
goods from the local merchants,
prices being equal, because they can
see what they are buying"
The Butler weekly times., 1907-04-18

A fine Percheron Stallion, 6 years
old, dark gray, good style and &C.
tion. Will make the season Of 1907
at my barn, 8 miles due east Of But
ler.
BRIGHAM. A fine black jack,
mealy nose, sired by Elams, Is hands
and 2 inches high. viii be 8 years
old In July. Fine style and action.
VIII permit jack to serve only q few
mares.
TERMS: % for horse and $40 for
jack to insure q living colt. Money
is due when colt IL ioaled. Colt to
stand good FOR season. Care taken
TO prevent accidents, but will not be
responsible should any occur. 21.4t.
DEWITT MCDANIEL.
Season TO begin April !, 1907.
The Butler weekly times., 1907-04-18
Roosevelt Names Negro For
Position Pen oSe Man Holds.

Washington, April II President
Roosevelt paid his respects In very
pointed fashion, both 30 Senator
Foraker, a Ohio. his most outspok-
Ell enemy, and to Senator penrose,
o. Pennsylvania, whom the Presi.
dent associates with the "S5, ,OOO,-
600 conspiracy" against himself and
the Roosevelt policies.
The President removed W. L.
Brown, Penrose man, and appoint
ed Robert L, Tyler, q negro, OF Co.
lumhus, o as Auditor OF the Navy
Department, at salary OF 81 900 a
year.
Brown is Il Pennsylvania machine
politician and n lieutenant to PEN
rose, which makes his removal d.
rect affront to the Pennsylvania
Senator.
The appointment the Ohio negro
Is a bid by the President for the con-
fidence and support OF Ohio negroes
a. against Forake-, who has their
sympathies because of his fight
against the Presidents order dis
charging the three companies OF ne
gro soldiers belonging to the Twenty
fifth Infantry.
The Butler weekly times., 1907-04-18
A W0man's Leap to Death.

Portland, Ore, April 15.-Mrs.
Ignatz Lowengsrt, wife OF u leading
merchant OF this city, and daughter
OF she late Garrison Gerst, who was
formerly a San Francisco capitalist,
committed suicide by jumping from
the Ford street bridge, which Is sixty
ieet high. She had long been a SUI
ierer from nervous prostrstion.
The Butler weekly times., 1907-04-18
Bitten by a Spider.

Thr ugh blood poisoning "aused
by spider bite, John Washington,
OF Bosqueville, Tex, would have lost
his leg, which became a mass OF run.
ming sores, had he not been persuad.
ed to try Bucklen's Arnica Salve.
He writ"s: "The first application
relieved, and four boxes healed all
she sores" Heals every sore. 25c.
at Clay's drug store.
The Butler weekly times., 1907-04-18
A Missouri Bank Closed.

st. Joseph, Mo-, April-The Bank
OF Conception, in Clyde, Nodawsy
county, has closed Its doors by order
OF the secretary OF st ate. It's lIabili-
ties are given at $4,000, with az.
sets almost equal to that amount.
The bank has been in business TWEEN.
ty years and It's failure is attributed
to bad management before the pres.
,ent officers took charge. The depos.
itors will be paid In full.
The Butler weekly times., 1907-04-18
A Cashiers Wife Accused.

Wichita, Kan, April 15.-The di.
rectors OF the Goddard States bank,
whose cashier, W. h. Dwight, COM
mitted suicide leaving shortage Of
$40, 900, have fled suit in the dis.
trict court here against the widow
for possession Of the Dwight home in
Goddard.
Mrs. Dwight Is charged with being
q party to the fraud by which the
bank was swindled. Il is charged
that she and her husband had abso.
Lutte control Of the banks affairs for
more than three years. It is said
Dwight bought q home With the
bankfunds and two days before com.
mitting suicide decided the property
to his wife. Many patrons Of the
bank have deposit slips, but no rec.
ord Of such deposits appear on the
books Of the institution.
The Butler weekly times., 1907-04-18
Letter to Levy Mercantile Co.
Butler, Mo.

Gentlemen when you see we'll.
dressed man, you like to say;
There's sample of my clothes.
That man is worth two OF himself as
he was when be came 70 me-"
We have the same feeling. Our
paint on a house is worth twice as
much as old fashion painters paint,
lead-and-Oil. It looks she same when
tir-t put on. In three months it
don't. In three years il decidedly
don't
Lesd-snd oil chslks off in three
years: IL is considered a irst-rste
job that lasts three years
Devoe lead.and.zinc Ia about as
good In three years ss it was she day
the painter leit is
Zine is the secret OF It. no secret at
all. A good many painters know
zinc; some mix il In with their lead.
We grind 1t IN: not a little: good
deal.
ls's the zinc and the grinding that
does Is. You ucsn't mix zinc by hand.
We grind 1t in by machinery.
Painters are finding us out, though
some painters are slow.
You know that It pays a good
man to wear good clothes. How
many customers have you that know
Is? Yours truly
+. w. DEvoE & Co.
New York, Chicago and Kansas City.
Nv. Hess sells our paint.
The Butler weekly times., 1907-04-18
The Price of Health.

"The price oihealth in a mslarious
district is just 25 cents; the cost Of a
box OF DR.. Kings New Lille Pills."
writes Ella Slsyton, OF holland, Ark
New Lille PILLS cleanse gently and i'm
part new life and vigor to the system
25c. Satisfaction guaranteed at F
T. Clays, druggist.
The Butler weekly times., 1907-04-18

New York, April 15.-Dr. 8. A.
Mitchell, instructor In astronomy at
Columbia university, says be has dis
covered q new sun spot ss large as
that discovered by Prof.. Brashear, Of
Alleghsny, February Is. The spot,
which is near the meridian, DR..
Mitchell says, seems TO be the center
Of an unusual solar activity. Dr..
Mitchell does not look for any violent
storms az q result Of the spot.
The Butler weekly times., 1907-04-18

Kodol is q thorough stomach relief.
Ii digests what you eat and gives
the stomach rest and assists in re-.
storing it to It's normal activity and
usefulness. Kodol Is sold on q guar.
antee relief plainly Clsy's drug store.
The Butler weekly times., 1907-04-18

When you need q pill, take q pill,
and be sure it's an Early Riser
They are sold here by Clay's drug
store.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1907-03-22
Attracting Attention.

The Kentucky political situation
is attracting a great deal Of atten.
ton at the national capital. Ga
June 10 the Republican clans Ct
Kentucky will meet at Louisville to
choose a state ticket, and whether
Secretary Taft or Vice President
Fairbanks. or neither, will be indoors
ed for president is a subject Of
debate.
There is unquestoAably senti-
ment among the leaders Of the Re-
publican state organization in Ken
iscky. which Is shared by the three
Republican congressman from the
state. that II would be unwisc to
cloud Republican prospects in the
state by an Endorsement of anyone.
either for United States senator or
for president. Their view is that
the Republicans have a better show
Of winning in Kentucky this year
than for many years, and that a
fight to capture an Endorsement
either for president or senator would
jeopardize Republican prospects in
the state campaign.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1907-03-22

keeping boarders In many little
university town. Some OF these are
the mothers Of the working girls OF
today girls vho have been forced
from babyhood 10 face a future that
looked lark. bu, they have brough,
no gloom 10 their work. It is the
radian, irresponsibilitY Of youth and
gayety that has counted for the sue.
cess Of the southern girl as much as
anything else.
Divorce is practically unkn own in
the far south. bat the average south
ern girl can marry any day she is a
widow. and the majority Of them do
marry-keeP on marrying. as one
Alabama beauty vittily explained.
''to have a man about the place,
you know"
A delicious story that will bear
re,elling anent this point is told by
debutanle OF las, year. She was
walking with her hance in the family
buying ground on the old plantation
home. Finally the group composed
Of her maiden aunt, her grandmother
and mother. herself and escort.
halted beside the grave Of Arthemise
Depew. an aunt Of the maiden Who
told the story. This grave is flank
ed on each side by the graves OF
her tvo husbands. "Her life vas
like a beautiful flower garden, y
breathed the sentimental grande
dame. "Full OF bridal bouquets.
whispered the irreverant young man
TO his beloved.
The southern girl. God bless her
II she isn't serious she's mighty
sweet. in southern psrlance. With
her red rose hat and her Wild rose
face, her fluttering ribbons, her ilmy
gowns, her tact. her beauty and her
inde6nable charm. she believes in
and loves the whole world, and the
whole world. cynic though the ex-
perienced ones aver il is. quick to
respond TO the heart that really
trusts IL, dohs its cloak 10 keep the
mud from her feet. and she. conf
dent OF It's continued gallantry,
strolls serenely on-a phantom OF
delight
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1907-03-22
Notice.

To my many friends in Hickman
Ky; take this method Of thanking
each and every one Of you for the
kindness shown me in regard 10 my
dismissal from the Police Force Of
this city.
! sincerely hope that the time
will shortly come when these things
will be revealed to the Public and
that they may see as ! now see.
Ny conscience is clear in this matter
for ! know that have done my duty.
Thanking you again. remain,
Yours very truly.
Al JOS. BALLARD.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1907-03-22
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and remember the n.xt time you suffer
from pain-cnussd hy damp weather when
Yuur heal uenfly hufsts frum ueurEalinafry
liallnrdn SNOW ilulmcut. ~ Nlli curV yuu.
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Twas. NrltHsi II have used your nnimsut.
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The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1907-03-22

rheumatic sufferers can have free sam
Ole ~ Dr. Shoops Rheumatic Remedy with
Shoop. nnclne. Wis. This bnok Will explain
how lr. Nhoopa Rheumatic Remedy size
tassfIlly drives Rheumatism Out ~ the
hlosd. This hsmsdy 4 not RELIEF only. 10
aims 90 clear the blood entirely Of hhcuuin-
tlc poisDua. and then Hheuuatlsui must dio
q natural death. sold b. all dealers.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1907-03-22

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