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Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-03-12
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Janualy 6, 1907.
Schedule I'm Effect

Leave Bluenold 9:3h a. IN. for Ro.
onoke, Lynchburg. Norfolk and all
polnts on the Shenandoah division.
ulinhan sleeper TO Roanoke and Ru-
anoke TO New York, via HaRerstown
Parlor car Roanoke to Norfolk.
S:l6 a. m. daily for Roanoke ana
Intermediate points
200 p. IN. for Roanoke and Lynch
birg and intermediate stations and
ne shenandoah Valley, Philadelphia
md New York. Sleeper to Phlladel-
Roanoke to Richmond.
S:SS y. m. for Roanoke, Lynch
burg, Richmond. Norfolk, Pullman
leepor East Radford TO Norfolk and
.ynchburg TO Richmond. Cafe Car
Trains arrive at Bluefeld from the
east at S:5S. a. m, 2;10 p. m, $40
y m. and $50. y. m.
From the west at 800 n. m. $40
a, m. 2:Ob y. m. and 8:I8 u. IN.
Leave Blueneld at 500 y. IN. for
henova, Columbus and all points
vest and northwest Pullman sleep
ors for Columbus and Cincinnati, o.
Cafe car.
H;OS a. m for Kenova. Cincinnati,
Portsmouth, Columbus, St Louis.
Through Pullman sleepers 20 Colum-
bus. Cato car.
Leave 0;15 a. IN. and 2.25 D. N.
daily for Ta2ewell, norton. and all
stations on Clinch VALLEY division.
Arrive from Norton aud all points
on tho Clinch valley division 1T 2;i0
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intermediate stations via Wayne.
Leave 600 and gao u. IN. for
WEIGH and Intermediate stations.
For Pocahontas $3.50 A. IN. 9:0S
m. gao y m and $40 u IN. Ar
rive from POcahontas at 500 a. N.
1908 p. m. and Sis p. m.
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n IN, 9:0S n IN. 2:40 p III and $40
u. m
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Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-03-12

In the London record Office there
is preserved letter written I'm the
year 1916. The writer asks for the
payment of 81 for three ship-loads
of salt sent from France to England.
1t is the earliest example OF the paper
extant
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-03-12

MEEHH HzEREHRMEEmEm ERMEHmNMR
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-11-20
Id is Now or Never


All cotton goods manufactured the past eighteen months
have been sold on basis of IA to Is cent cotton Tne
present low price offered for the raw material is not be-
cause the spinner cannot afford to pay MORE but because
he happens by cooperating with other gamblers Of the day
in the great coupe fixed bear down the prices Of every
thing bought and sold on the New York board Of trade
it is his opportunity to break down the Farmers Union
which is strongly organized throughout the cotton belt
With the purposes Of this organization siAed the mid
die realizes that future years he and the farmer
name the price cotton.
the farmers yield now and throw their cotton on the
market at price they know to be lower than its value
simply because the bankers; all Of whom in the great
cities least standing against his hope for fair prices
and holding what money they from channels Of trade
he is doomed many years He not afford to
yield; afford make any concessions, no matter
what pressures may be brought TO bear on him.
1t is the fight Of his life. He can and must win it
Let the banks hold their money; let the financial man
ipulations send Europe for all the millions Of gold they
will They must have the cotton to send in exchange for
gold or return the god which they will never do Just
soon as it asceraned that one third Of the present
crop sure enough in cold storage for Is cents and
that will not stir for penny less have no fear but that
the price will be forth coming.
Farmer friend you had Just as we'll have few bales Of
your cotton stored away in your shed to help make up
that one third held out Of market have done without now
especially since the fight made directly on you per-
sonally.
Hold your cotton for Is cents you'll get it before the
March winds turn warm. Have no fears. The present
financial condition will take care of itself
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-11-20

Gradually but as rapidly as circumstances and wealth
err together with funds hand will permit the supervi-
sors OF Sunflower county carrying their work OF
building better roads by the Of burnt earth. This
tera is said to be the best yet applied in the delta section
for surfacng purposes and as many Of those who have
studied it hold the only successful method by which the
the mean buckshot mud roads can be surfaced in order
Ito give satisfactory service The great trouble and obs
acIe in the way of generally adopting the burnt earth
system is the comparatively high of getting the mater
ia and the cost Of the fuel for burning though putting
against that the comparative value Of the work, when
pery done and the general and perman good derived
the cost is after ALL insignificant and the SunAower peo-
pie will carry on the work successfully begun rapidly
as practicable and is also quite probable that other
counties in the delta may use the same system The
mated cost per mile Of the burnt earth treatment Of roads
is from $1,000 to S16O0 according to practical tests and
calculations made by Walter Clark president Of the Sou
hern Cotton Association on his Coahoma county proper
ly the principal item Of cost being the wood which is
necessary to burn with the earth Putting this against the
cost incurred for graveled roads, the difference largely
in favor OF the burning system A road burned by Mr..
Clark four years ago. according to the recently issued
road bulletin from the department Of agriculture and
merce is in perfect condition today and does not show
the effect Of wear though subjected heay-whee traffic
The surface when properly treated with well burned
era is practically similar hard vitri6ed brick surface
with from twelve to eighteen inches covering, and is
moi surprising that the planters and county authorities OF
the delta investigating and figuring along 1.-The same
line.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-11-20

certain some OF WhCn are purely drDltraTy W.T.
Bgeow voted for the seventeen consecutive year the
recent election and this record declared be absolute
" unparalleled in the history OF the country Whether
II is or not it is evidence Of signay lofty conception Of
the duty Of voting distinguished from the exercise Of
mere prerogative. IF this conception obtained more
widely many Of the evils OF administrative affairs would
be removed. The greatest menace TO the various NOV
ements for honesty and patriotism in the conduct Of public
affairs the fact that many otherwise good citizens do
not take the trouble 10 register or if registered to go to
the polls,
Mr. Bgeow has been voting annually since the ell
ection at which Martin Van Buren was the successful
candidate for president For seventy years, the allotted
period Of human life according the Psamist he has
pressed his opinion at the polls in the local. and
tiona elections He now 81 years Of age and leaves
behind him the egacyo splendid appreciation OF ci-
zenshp. He is Just an humble modest old man; bis lite
has been spent quietly and unobtrusiEe; he probab
lyunknoNn out his immediate vicinity until Heating news
paper paragraph carried his beyond those unpre
tenious con6nes But he has done something OF which
he should be immensely proud, and perhaps he is. He
has done his duty conspcuousy that he stands alone
in that respect Perhaps his vote has changed the
result Of even any election, but that does not matter He
illustrates The splendid difference between priced and un-
priced citizenship.
II 4 great deal to have assisted even in the most in
conspicuous degree in the settlement Of all the questions
which have arisen since 1887 this country The bat
lie Of Waterloo was fought on the Belgian plain the year
before lie was born and the echoes Of the war d 1872 IN
our own country had not Yet died away. Abraham Lin
coin Was lad o7 when Mr.. Bigelow first drew breath
Lincoln has been dead Eorytwo years. while Bigelow is
hale and hearty and undoubtedly proud ot the fact that he
voted twice for the Great Emancipator for he has always
voted the Republican ticket Bigelow was man oE 70
when the Mexcan war broke out and was As years old
when Sumpier was fred upon Heacked but one year Of
reaching the 6ieh milestone when Lee surrendered and
Liucon was shot He was go years old when the Cen
tenniaI exposition was held, and when the Maine was
sunk he was 81 He has the rise and fall cl parties
ihe coming of the railroad the telegraph, the telephone
and all the tremendous umphs oE science and invention.
e has seen the country purged of slavery and victorious
IL two Eoreign wars since he attained his majority
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-11-20

the estate. consisting Of body OF nephews
and neices got something but the defendants Of these
heirs are now after more They think that congress
ought appropriate CROUCH make up the value
Of the Western lands hch the estate failed to receive
This is a rather cheerful proposition The Washington
claims include the present site Of Cincinnati and other
Aourshng cities sone Of the finest coal lands in West
Virginia; and the aggregate value would be, possibly,
billion Of dollars. If the claimed only the value at
the time Of Washngons DEATH the answer is that the
lands apparently had little value else the title de-
fectve so that the administrators Of the found it inn
possible to secure them On this basis the heirs not
entitled to anything
No one doubts that Washington deserved well Of his
country He received biggest honors and could have
had mors had he heen willing to accept But that such
descendants should put in claim which is extra legal and
demand of congress immense largess their Just due
account Of the services Of their collateral ancestor. is
rather amusing than otherwise.
If the heirs have any just claim let them fight out in
the courts If they have only sentimental one the coun-
try will be moved Washngons Imagination foresaw
the greatness Of the West He tried to get in the
ground floor but through circumstances beyond his control
he failed and one has been the The sleeping
dogs Of ancient land titles should be allowed lie.
People who keep working and trusting in their
br ain and perspiraon instead Of politics can rely
Providence as heretofore regardless Of what the Repub
lie party omits from the face Of the Almighty Dollar
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-11-20

is over two million bales short Of the normal demands OF
the world the producer finds himself confronted today by
a condition, not theory.
This condition is that he must recede from the just f.
CURES he will accept for his material.
This condition has been brought on by the great army
Of BEARS whose seat Of operation has been transferred
from Liverpool to New York. and behind the organization
formed to break down the purposes Of the farmers Of the
South arrayed practically all the gambling money Of the
world
True this looks like an opposition to such small army
Of producers yet there is not shadow of doubt but
that the farmer as organised today will be equal to the
emergency 1t all depends on his nerve If he meant
what he sad this FALL when he realized that the yield
must be minimum CROP that he would store his cotton
there to leave until he could cash at Is cents the
tory is bound to be his
AS certain as and 2 make the world Of consumers
must have every bale Of produced this year. The
man whose shirt falls pieces wait for another crop
to be raised and the spinner who the ma
teral into the fabric from which that new shirt must be
made will, when comes to show down. pay even more
than Is cents pound before he will close his factory and
decline to perform his part
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-11-20

We want to find place for our art the Japan
ese have found place for theirs throughout the civilized
world. These are bold words used BY Miss Angel de
Cora instructor in native Indian art at Carlisle School in
paper read at the recent meeting Of the National Associa
lion, and now reproduced in the Southern Workman.
They define purpose that condempates in one line at
least something better for the Indian than pathetic repe
ton Of an obsoescent art unworthy Of perpeuation,
savsn imitation Of Caucasian form American lie will
be richer Il this purpose is realized There IS vogue for
Indian baskets blankets and pottery that is based on
craving for the novel or the exocif truly Indigenous
art may Be called exotic but On perception Of Their
gnal beauty and decorative value, Miss de Coras
enton is that the native art instinct o the Indian has not
been lost Il has been subdued and discouraged that
teaching which sought to uproot anything Indian in his
customs and institutions But under wiser counsel It is
reappearng among the young whose pictorial talent has at
the out set the recommendation oE accurate eye and
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-11-20

skfu hand, ever IA white man work. and which, when
native designs, Iares anlicgnn mishopoeatde ID elf
applied tomark, rig at once with tSsne to broaden
Indian art BIZ a udy of Persian designs with which it
has some affinity ut its forms have place Of their
conventional Il reproduction Of nature under aspects
aroader than are mp6ed in the decorative Of other
beoples
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-11-20

forming his modest share in little hamlet up York state
deserving we'll Of the country he loves and conducting
himself that may point to all the nations triumphant
achievements at the ballot box and say with Aenaeas:
All Of this saw and great part in ii bore for the
part Of duty is always large.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-11-20

was in debt and every friend who wanted cash applied to
Washington and was always surprised when he couldn't
get the money. Washington bitterly complained that
every radesman in Philadelphia robbed him. He could
barely live on his salary Of $4,000 year others did
on $30OO He owned houses in Alexander but could
collect no rents He owned FARMS but could get abso-
luely nothing from his tenants He had vast tracts Of
land in the West and he reaped from them only taxes and
litigation.
The estate which he left was found to have moderate
cash vauc Most Of the lands in the West sold for
song or we're shown have detective titles The heirs
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-11-20
WASHINGTON AN EASY MARX.

HEN the father Of his country died he
was esteemed the wealthiest man in
America. He was not, however, rich
in the modern sense, and even when
his fortunes we're highest he was gem
orally bars up for cash.
Those who have perused his diary
and his letters are aware that the fa-
ther of his country was considered an
easy mark. Every man with
scheme TO promote. every man who
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-11-20

HILE the situation looks anything but
encouraging, the farmers Of the great
Southland will never be in better con
dition to settle the long, vexed ques-
ton whether they or the men in Amer
ica and Europe, who must have their
great staple, shall make the price.
Though no attempt is made to deny
that the present year's crop Of cotton
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-11-20
A GOOD CITIZEN

He record of Charles N. Bigelow Of
North Wolcott, Wayne county, New
York, is most interesting one might
even say inspiring in its relation to
the duty Of exercising the elective fran
chise. The general conception Of the
right Of suffrage is that it is merely a
right, privilege conferred by law up
on those who possess certain qualih-
cations and withheld from others for
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-11-20
HOLD YOUR COT
TON FOR BETTER
PRICES

1t makes no difference whether
you belong to the Farmers Union
or not, it is rank foolishness to
let the Eastern cotton gamblers
dictate TO the producer.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-16
CtLLs PICkETING yN-tuERnCAN.
chancellor Restraints Strtk ers n
Discusses Rights Of strike Breakers.

Nice-Chancellor Bergen granted a tempo
rary injunction in Chancery Chambers,
Jersey City. yesterday restraining the
striking employees Of the Graef Hat Band
Manufacturing Company from interfering
with the mon who have taken their places
in the concerns plant at 2ls Van Houten
street. Paterson The strik ers are mem
bers of Branch l. Local 1872. Industrial
Workers Of the World. against whom the
rule to show cause was directed.
Lawyer John X. Hardin. representing the
company said that pickets who had been
placed about the factory had tried by threats
and intimidation to compel the workmen
TO give up their jobs. He declared that
the strikers also warned trades people
that they would he boycotted if they didn't
stop selling things TO the "scabs."
Lawyer McGinnis, counsel for the de-
~fendants, said the pickets simply went TO
the factory TO familisrize themselves with
general conditions.
The reason for pickering" interrupted
the Vice-Chancellor, "is to force men 70
quit work and TO compel the manufacturer
10 submit to their terms. When compul-
sion OF that sort is used it must be branded
as I'M American
These men have a right TO contest for
better living conditions, more money and
shorter hours" retorted the lawyer
They have no legal right 10 raise a con-
test in which that sort Of colnpulsion
figures" replied the Court.
1T seems TO me, continued Mr.. McGinnis,
that the courts are going too far when they
tell men that they must keep away from
this mill and not try 70 persuade men not
10 take bread and hutter out Of their mouths
Trusts and combinations of capital have
arisen and workmen have a right TO or
ganize and fight these evils"
In granting the temporary injunction
the Vice Chancellor said:
Men cannot he hindered from refusing
TO go IN work or from quitting work, but
they nave no right 10 modest employers or
go into a combination to intimidate other
men or 10 prevent them from earning an
honest living. The employment of pickets
puts them logically in an attitude Of in
timidation, which In illegal and wrong.
These men are only restrained from doing
= lawful acts. II they are law abiding
they will not want TO do the things
they are restrained from doing"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-16
DIVORCE FOR CBYLDREN,s SAKE.
WIFE Would Free Man VINO. She SAYS, Is
Living with Another Woman.

supreme Court Justice Scudder in Brook
Ign took the papers and reserved his decision
yesterday in the application made on behalf
OF Isabel s. Cunningham Of 90 Clifton place
to have the in~terlocutory decree OF divorce
granted TO her on April 0 by Justice Crane
made final. The defendant is Joseph T..
Cunningham. manage Of an electrical
firm at Ill Broadway, Manhattan, and who
Is living at 5Sl7 Fifteenth avenue, Borough
Park, Brooklyn. Lizzie Dempsey, who
lives at the latter address, is named az CO.
respondent. The Gum inghams we're
married in Boston in 1894. At thai time
Cunningham took a n active part in Demo-
cratic politics, while his wife was prominent
IN social life there. Several years after
their marriage Cunningham. so it Is alleged.
fell in owe with Lizzie Dempsey, who be-
longed to a prominent family in Boston.
Then Cunningham deserted his wife and with
Miss Dempsey went to Brooklyn. Mrs.
cunningham followed and, coming across
the Dempsey woman at the Grand Central
station, Manhattan, about seven years ago,
horsewhipped her.
She continued her investigation inc
found hat Cunningham and the Dempsey
woman were living together at Borough
Park and that there were two girls. o and
Al years old respectively. Of whom Cunn-
ingham was the father. IL is also alleged
that the borough Park house. which is
worth $4,000, was given to the Dempsey
woman by Cunningham
Mrs. Cunningham said the reason she
delayed in bringing the action for a divorce
was because she did not seek the publicity
which was bound to come with t.. One Of
the strange points In the suit is the reason
why Mrs. Cunningham brought the suit
when she did. In a letter to her attorneys
abe wrote in part:
The little girls are a and "a years
respectively. Because Of them was
able to bring myself to n point where I
was willing TO divorce him. 1t was through
him that | lost my horses, jewels and other
property everything dear to me. | horse
whipped her seven years ago when he
wanted to come back to me"
II 10 said hat Mrs. Cunningham feels
sorry for the two children. as they are
illegitimate, and as soon as she gets her
final decree of divorce her husband will
an opportunity to marry the Dempsey
woman.
Mr.. Cunningham settled $50. 900 on his
wife when they separated. thist to be in lieu
of alimony N dover right.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-16
EX-SENATOR MCOWAS MARRIED
HeN Here with His Bride. Who Was the
Widow of Judge Muir Of Kentucky.

Ex-United States Senator Lewis E..
McComas. now Judge Of the Court of APP
peals of the District Of Columbia. registered
at the Waldorf yesterday with his bride Of
two days, who was Mrs. Hebe Harrison
Muir. widow Of Judge Upton Muir Of Louis
Vile. They were married at Atlantic City
at noon on Saturday.
Judge McComas SAID Yesterday that the
engagement had been of several months
standing and was we'll known TO their friends.
The marriage took place in st. James's
Protestant Episcopal Church. the e w, W.
B~latchford, the rector. officiating. They
will sail for Europe on "Wednesday IN the
Adriatic. They will make an automobile
tour of Europe and return to Washington in
the autumn.
Judge McComas has just purchased n
house AT Wyoming and Connecticut ave-
nues. Washington. He owned up TO being
so years old. He said that his wife was 81.
She has two children. Her sister is the
wife of John Watts Kearney. Judge
McComas was a widower. He has one
daughter. Mary, who married G.. Goodloe
Edgar Of Detroit. Mich.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-16
PETE KNELL'S GRAND HILDREN
Each and Every One Can Get 1000 ny
Making Himself or Herself known.

Any Of the grandchildren If Peter
Knell, who used 10 he sexton ~ p German
Reformed Church At 2ts Delaney street
back in the 'jns, can get a share Of n s2S 900
estate by making himself or herself known.
The estate of n relative Of Peter Enell
canno be settled properly until these
grandchildren are found. Each %grandchild
II To get $1,000. but how many there are Of
them or what the names of them are the
viii does not disclose.
Peter Kncll lived for many years on the
East Side. most of the time AT the corner
of Delaney and Sheriff streets. He was
n substantial citizen who made his wav
in the world md did not bother much
about his relatives. He died in 1879. and
seventy years later q member of n col
lateral branch Of the family has left so 900
to each of Peter Knell's grandchildren"
One of Peters daughters, IL is known,
was named Christina and she married a
man named Lawrence. 1t is thought that
several NJ her descendants are living in
This CITY.
Those who are concerned in the settle
ment of the estate have asked Nelson II.
Tunniclif of 20 Liberty street, who is an
heir hunter by profession, to find the grand
children. He said yesterday that he was
having a hard time Of IL. hut he thought
that If the members of the Lawrence family
hereabout heard Of the s25, 900 probably
some Of them would get busy and the
e executor Of the estate would he called
upon to turn the money over 10 the former
sc xton'S heirs instead of sending IL TO the
City chamberlain.