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Middletown transcript., 1907-04-27
THE WOMAN'S PAPER


TIE Sun is the best type of news
paper, Iorally and intellectually. In
additio the news of the day, it pub
fishes the lest features that can be pre-
sented, such as fashion articles, and mis-
cellaneous writings from men and women
of note and prominence. 1t is an educa-
tor OF the highest character, constantly
stimulating to noble ideals i'll individual
and national life.
THE Sun is published on Sunday as
we'll as every other day of the week.
By Mail the Daily Sun, So a year in
Guiding the Sunday Sun, $4. The Sunday
Sun alone, 81 year.
Address
A. S. ABELL COMPANY,
Publishers and Proprietors,
BALTIMORE, MD
Middletown transcript., 1907-04-27
Brass screw-Hooks

Brass hooks screwed into the stained
wood Of the frame held smaller button
and tape bags and hinged board attach
ed to one fold that could be made into
cutting table did duty for ali the many
things that are demanded OF such CON
vefiieuce
Middletown transcript., 1907-04-27

This week saw the end of the contest
for the Presidency of the Daughter of the
American Revolution, who are meeting
in Washington. Mrs. Donald Mclean,
the present President General, was re-
elected by an overwhelming majority.
The Daughters are building magnificent
hail for themselves in Washington. 1t is
almost finished and has been partially
dedicated. 1t will cost about $3.50, COO
though not remarkably large building,
and will act not only as national meet
ing place but as hall of records for the
society.
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The Machine salAntad

The machine was the most expensive
and important purchase to be made for
this cosy and profitable cerner and with
her usual good sense. she selected a No.
Z of the same make that she had been
used to running in her old home. It was
a great improvement on the older machine
had all the latest and most up to-date at
tachments, was especially light running
yet would answer for any requirements
she was liable to make upon it from the
most substantial sewing to the tuckings,
new puffings, ETC., that would ornament
her prettiest blouses and other garments.
She felt that it was safer to buy from an
old established firm, than to risk purchas-
ing a machine of a nondescript, cheaper
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The Little New Home

Her own little house offered no such
spacious accommodation, in fact at first
sight there was no room available to set
aside for the purpose. There was how
ever a jut about 6 feet square at the end
of the second floor hall with long win
dow door that opened out OH small bal
cony and this she determined to utilize
for her sewing room.
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The State Department received this
week another $50, 900 in aid OF the Chinese
famine fund. This has been forwarded
TO the Missionary relief committees in
China from whom report has just been
received showing the progress OF the work
mp to date There has been over 5000, 900
contributed By this country since the call
for funds by the President and the mis-
sionary committees state that they have
now on their register 10000 famine suf-
ferers who are being fed from the funds
and all of whom it is believed can be kept
alive till then harvest, which promises
to be reasonably good.
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HOUSEHOLD LETTER

fro BE CONTINUED
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JOHN S. CROUCH, Cashier.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1907-09-05
Poultry at the TszeweII Fair.

OF all animals bred and exhibited no
other have been so highly specialized as
poultry. If you will examine the Stan
dard of Perfection (the iron-clad law of
excellence in poultry breeding) you will
find that poultry breeders have more
clearly defined ideal and more perfect
system of judging than is to be found
In any other department of animal in
dustry. You will find the ideal of all
the recognized standard breeds describ-
ed IN the Standard, which all who are
interested in pure-bred fowls should re-
fer to. The cut illustrating this ideal
Is from the brush of a noted animal ar
tist, and is made from definite instruc-
tons given him by committee appoint
ed by the American Poultry Association.
after long and careful study and discus
sion. So clear-cut and perfect is this
ideal that it is very difficult to approach
even near to it. So we are not sur
prised to learn that there is the keenest
rivalry between breeders and fanciers
to come nearest the Standard. When a
specimen is secured scoring close I'D to
the Standard the price at which it
changes hands, if it is sold at all. is to
the novice or to the man to whom a
chicken is chicken and nothing more.
ridiculously high. A male bird bred
with fancy points sells for any sum
$1,000 to $1,OO0.00. One breeder last
year advertised hen valued at 81. 200.
Think of it, a thousand dollars for a
henl
There are two classes of persons in
terested in pure-bred poultry: the fan
cier, who breeds, or buys, simply for
the delight of winning on the show
bench, and the breeder who makes his
living or fortune out of the business. A
fancier is not necessarily a breeder
though breeder must be somewhat of
a fancier. Then there is that other
class that takes in all of us, those who
keep poultry because they have farm
or back yard and want to have poul-
try frequently on the bill-of-fare or to
supplement the family spending money.
Now it has been pretty clearly shown
and Is pretty generally admitted that
! pure-hred animals of all kinds are more
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1907-09-05

desirable than scrubs and nondescrints
Since everybody in the county is going
to keep poultry, why should they not
Keep the best? 1t is the object Of the
poultry exhibit at the coming fair To
show the public what is the best and IN
stimulate 20 more intelligent interest
IN the raising of poultry. Come to the
fair and study the exhibits. Then po
home and breed up your poultry with
1he same degree of enthusiasm that
you do your cattle and sheep and horses.
And If you are professional man get =
hock OF pure-bred birds of some kind
and see what you can do with them. 1t
Is one of the finest diversions YOU ever
saw.
The Tazewell Fair is not sirplv an
amusement place. If it is it has no
right to exist. A county fair ought to
be an educational institution. Itcan he
that and offer plenty of amusement too
The educational idea can best be car
rled out, as the Association is doing bv
offering a carefully graded list of pre-
miums and by giving to the public a
careful fair and honest grading of
products. (Prearranged awards. or
awards made on any other basis than
individual merit, stamp the STIGMA of
disgrace on the institution that auov,s
1t and defeats the very object for which
1t exists.) Now in the poultry exhibit
we purpose to give every exhibitor =
square deal, and we solicit exbih;tors
on this basis.
II you have nice chickens or turkeys
or ducks bring them to the fair and we
VIII give you welcome and courteous
attention. Look up the rules and d.
rections given in the catalogue and let
US hear from you at once. We sbopld
IKE to know at least several days be-
lore the fair who are going to exhibit
so tnat We can prepare space and az.
commodations. Don't neglect to look
up the regulations in the catalogue.
Write to either of the names signed
below. Tell who you are and lust what
you to have to exhibit. We will make
entries now or at any time before the
nrst day of the fair. Don't expect to
win everything, but bring vour stufr
along anyway and help to make the
poultry exhibit success.
A. S. GREEVER,
Supt. Poultry Dept.
GEO. H. MOSS,
Assistant Supt.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1907-09-05
Chairman.
]. H. C. BEVERLEY,
w. H. EGGBORN,
Executive Committee.
Proceedings in the Circuit Court.

Since last Thursday the following are
the proceedings on the criminal side of
the circuit court:
Jacob Harris, for the west end of the
county, charged with shooting C. B.
Wysor, with intent to kill, pleaded gull
ty to the charge, and the court, after
examining Wysor on oath, fixed his
punishment at 90 days in the county
jail and a fine of $1,000.
Nick Woods, colored, from Pocahon-
tas, who was brought here on requisi-
tion from Columbus, O., charged with
the murder of Bud Robinson, in Poca-
hontas, was found guilty of murder in
the second degree and given the max
imum term of eighteen years.
William Liddle, from Pocahontas.
charged with stealing a mule from ]. L.
Baber, pleaded guilty to the charge and
was given three years in the State pen
itentiary.
George Brown, colored, charged with
entering car of N. & w. R. r. Co., at
North Tazewell, with intent to steal.
confessed, and was given two years in
the State penitentiary.
Alex. Telapaski, from Pocahontas,
charged with having made an assault on
Joe Fredrick, was given four months in
the county jail and $1,000 fine.
Hugh Sutphin and Charles Gillenwat-
ers, young boys, from Graham, charged
with entering a store with intent to
steal. pleaded guilty, and were sent to
the reform school.
Charles Harler. from Graham, char
ged with shooting Rosa Leece, was
tried before jury, found guilty, and
given one year in the State penitentiary.
William Johnson and Price Neighbors,
from Pocahontas, charged with larceny,
were acquitted.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1907-09-05

mlnistration, and congratulate him
upon his splendid victory won at the
election last November.
And we, as a committee, appointed
by the Republicans of Buchanan coun-
ty, Virginia, do hereby suggest and
earnestly request that our people will
seriously consider the endorsement and
nomination of a man for State Senator
and Representative from this district so
that we may wisely suggest and vote
for the man who may be the most bene-
hciai to our county and district.
And we place our seal of condemna-
ton upon the present partisan suffrage
laws of Virginia, including the poll tax
qualification, and we denounce the Dem
ocratic legislation which took from the
the people the right to elect their Com
missioners of the Revenue, and also
the constitutional provisions that give
to the Legislature, the Governor and
other partisan officers the power to ap-
point so many officers that should be
chosen by the people.
"(Signed)
''E. H. Witten, Chairman.
"A. B. McGlothlin.
"H. ]. Vandyke,
81. A. Cook.
"W. L. Looney.
ID. NJ. Charles.
''Dorcy McClanahan.
Rev. James H. Kelley was then called
for and made ringing speech in favor
of the resolutions offered by the com.
mittee.
1t was further ordered that a
copy of these resolutions, together
with the transactions of this meet
ing be mailed by the secretary tc
the Tazewell Republican, Buchanan
Post, Southwest Journal, Wise County
Herald and L. P. Summers, Abingdon
Virginia.
Upon motion the meeting adjourned.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1907-09-05

The ladies of the Cemetery Improve.
ment Association will serve lunch at the
iair again this year. They are going to
Try 70 give good lunch and they ask
the patronage of everybody.
every friend of this organiza ion "a
expected to contribute to this lnncb
Please DO not wait for further solicit
lng' nut let me know at once what your
Donation will be. Goods will be collect
ed at SPOTS Bros. store again, as it was
last year, and our wagon will 60 to the
grounds early every morning. Please
be prompt and thus help US to make a
success. The privilege of serving costs
US nigh this year, and if we succeed. all
must help. H. s Harr;o.on
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1907-09-05
To Whom 1t May Concern
Graham, Va, Augl

Graham, Va, August 20, 1907.
The firm known as Graham Mercan-
tile Co., and owned by Chas. H. Green,
Jas. A. White and C. C. Trigg, deceas-
ed, have sold their entire stock of goods
and store fixtures to T. P. and E. B.
Wright, and parties of the second part
to run firm in the name of The Graham
Mercantile Co. We, members of the
old firm, Chas. II. Green, Jas. A. White
and Simon S. Trigg, administrator of
G. c. Trigg, deceased, wish to state
that our responsibility ceases after
August 10th, 1907.
]. A. WHITE, Gen'i Manager.
sept5w4
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1907-09-05


should be published in regard to its
meetings by delegating to one of its
own officers the power to give to the
newspapers such matters as were to be
printed in the public press. Surely the
board was strictly within its rights in
doing this, and only followed a custom
which is almost an invariable rule IN
other bodies.
The board has in no way restricted
the commissioner in what he may pub
lsh in regard to his own work, as the
columns of the Richmond papers, since
this action of that body, will amply tes-
tify. 1t has always been the intention
of the law that the Virginia Polytechnic
Institute, at Blacksburg, and the de-
partment should be in harmony one
with the other, to promote the agricul-
tural interests of the State. The object
has been defeated since Mr.. Koiner's
occupancy of the office of commissioner.
for no other reason than he did not wish
to divide with this institution any of the
credit for the work. This spirit on the
part OF the commissioner tended to les
sen the good that might have been done
had he not manifested this disposition to-
ward an institution with which he should
have been in harmony. A provision in
the Constitution recognized this state
of affairs and sought to overcome it.
and has only been by persistent effort
on the part of the board, that this, to
some extent, has been done.
FOUND IT NECESSARY.
AS the question will naturally arise as
to the immediate cause of the formulat-
ing of the plan of reorganization we
VIII state that reports had reached the
ears of many members of the board in
regard to the manner in which the COM
missioner was conducting his office. In
every part of the State some phase of
this matter was being discussed, and it
has been a subject of comment that the
board took no action to remedy the evil.
This summer while the president of the
board was in Richmond, he made it his
business to inquire plainly into this mat
ter and thought it wise to call a meet
ing of the executive committee 10 fur
ther investigate affairs. The result of
this. was the plan of reorganization. 1t
had been intended not to make any ex-
posure of the conditions as existing in
the commissioner office, but to simply
adopt new working plan that would
tend to correct them. The attitude with
which the commissioner received this
plan, however, has placed the board in
a position when it is compelled to make
these exposures, Mr.. Koiner posing as
a martyr, while the board was receiving
larger share of unjust criticism than
it could stand.
The committee does not think it nee
essary to go into further details or ex
plantations of the reasons for the adop-
ton of the plan which has caused such
criticism. The board has done what it
deemed best for the interests of the
State, and what appeared to be its duty,
under the law, which empowers it to
manage and control the Department of
Agriculture and Immigration, and to
prescribe the duties and powers of the
commissioner.
c. w. HEATER,
Chairman.
J. H. c. BEVERLEY,
w. H. EGGBORN,
Executive Committee.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1907-09-05
BOARD OF AGRICULTURE
Severely CrltlcIses Commissioner Of
Agriculture.

severely CritictSes commissioner OF
Agriculture.
Here is the signed statement of the
executive committee:
So many erroneous statements have
been made in regard to the plan of re-
organization recently adopted by the
board, the latter having been in some
quarters attributed with other motives
than the real ones in making the chan
ges set forth, that we think it is due to
the board and the public generally that
a full explanation be made, and the rea-
sons given for the establishment of GER
tain rules and regulations by which the
body, responsible for the conduct of the
work, could be given more general su-
pervision over It than had existed under
the old plan.
The board had hoped that 1t would not
be necessary to go into the newspapers
with this matter. Thus far, it has prac-
tically remained silent, and allowed un-
Just criticism to be heaped upon it, be-
cause it still hesitated out of regard for
the feelings of the commissioner. Final
ly, the plan of reorganization was pub
ished, the board believing that its pro-
visions were so plain that they would
appeal to any one who read it, and that
it could not fail to be seen that the
board was making an effort to prevent
abuse of power by the commissioner,
and to remedy evils that had existed un-
der the board. The public, after all, has
q right to know when its officials cease
to serve the people to the best interests,
and stoop to lessen the good they might
do, by resorting to methods for their
individual gain.
WHY THE PLAN WAS ADOPTED.
Mr.. Koiner, in a statement in The
Times-Dispatch, has said that he did not
know why the plan was adopted. The
commissioner was present at the meet
ing at which the plan was adopted, each
section being discussed and explained,
but we take Mr.. Koiner at his word,
and will now enlighten him.
The present commissioner, for a Pc
riod of eight years, covering almost his
entire incumbency of the Office, has
sought to bring to the family purse
every dollar that he could out of the
funds derived from the fertilizer tax,
the income with which the department
conducts the work.
Two of the members of this committee
have been president of the board,
among their duties as such being that
of signing warrants issued by the treas
urer, and they know that the commits
sioner's entire family, except one, have
at various times drawn upon the funds
for work which had been given them a.
the department From June, 1899, to
June, 1907, daughters of the commits
sioner have occupied the position of
stenographer, at salary equal usually
paid men who do this class of work.
This, however, may not be considered
"A matter of such great Importance. OF
far more Importance is the fact that the
mailing of the bulletins of the depart
ment has for many years been given to
members of the commissioner family
at higher price than the work could be
done by others. For a long time no eff
fort was made to secure a bid for this
work. When q bid was received from q
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1907-09-05

Ladies, place fifty different makes Of
women's shoes together, ask ten wo-
men to make choice. Nine of then,
VIII PICK the Queen Quality. There
must be reason why the Queen OnaI.
lty outsells all other women's shoes in
world. siioes ln
Harrison & Gillespie Rros
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1907-09-05
CATTLE FOR SALE

nave for sale seventy-five head of
Two and three-year-old cattle. They
are OF good quality and fat.
K. w. SHREvE,
Doran, Va.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1907-09-05
Dorset Sheep.

nave some very fine Dorset bucks
Tor sale. Correspondence solicited.
SAMUEL T. HENrNcER.
Burkes Garden, Va.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1907-09-05

Al kinds Of chop at the Tazewell
Mill mad of Lu- grain only.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1907-09-05
Lunch at the Fair.

HARRISON & Gillespie Bros.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-11-27
VlfMBkR 29
Money Famine at an End

Substantial aud effective r, lief OF the
financial sLringrncy should r, suit from
the action Of the Government in decid-
ing to sell $50, 600 900 Of Panama canal
bonds bearing 2 per cent interest, and
to issue treasury cci iticetes or notes to
the amount Of 500 0.0 90, bearing 3
per cent interest. The b ls will be
issued in amounts of $40, 500 81 900 and
$4,000, aid will be redeemab' . in gold
after 10 years. The CT .lic les will
run Tor on year and will b fer $50 each.
The bonds aud certificates or ties will
have the credit OF the G " ,ument of
the United Stat. : behind lh M and will
b the safest lnvestm nj ia he world.
Their sale should attract into circula-
tion money which is now being boarded,
the withdrawal Of which by timid cap
italists having been largely responsible
for the existing financial stringency.
The President points to the fact that
already $50, ,0OO 900 of gold ha' been i'm
ported from abroad, and that the Gov
ernment has deposited In the national
banks $50 600 600 additional The pro-
oeeds of the bond and note sales will
also be deposited. Under the circum-
stances the end OF the money famine is
in sight.
The issue of these debt certificates, in
tempting denominations, will serve to
unlock all the safety vaults and home
hiding places for the money of alarmed
investors No one is hysterical enough
to doubt the Governments honesty and
solvency. No one is silly enough to
hold fast to money which brings in no
income when he can place it in the
nations securities with absolute safety
and IA fair rate Of interest guaranteed
Bring forth your money and place it
in circulation and all will be we'll.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-11-27
A Hard Debt 10 Pay.

~ owe debt OF gratitude that can
never be paid off," writes G. S. Clark,
of Westfeld, Iowa. "for my rescue from
death, by DR.. Kings New Discovery.
The ominous dry, hacking cough quit
before the first bottle was used, and
two more bottles made complete
cure" Nothing has ever equalled New
Discovery for coughs, colds and all
throat and lung complaints, Guaran-
teed by Stoke & Feicht Drug Co. drug
gists, Reynoldsville and Sykesville'
SOC and 81 90. Trial bottle free.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-11-27
Appendicitis

Is due In large measure to abuse
of the bowels, by employing drastic
purga ives. To avoid all danger, use
DR.. Kings New Life Pills, the safe,
gentle cleansers and invigorators.
Guaranteed to cure headache, bilious
ness, malaria, and jaundice, at Stoke
& Feicbt Drug Co. store, Reynoldsville
and Sykesville. 25c.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-11-27

OF December. 1907, at two O'Clock D. rn Of
said date. his petition for an order to sell
at private sale for the payment Of debts,
all that certain messuage and tract of land
OF which the said decedent died seized, lying,
beingand situate In David Reynolds addition
to the Borough Of ReynoldsvIlle, county Of
Jefferson and state OF fPennsylvania, bounded
and described as follows. to-wit:
Beginning ut q post on GRAFT street, corner
OF lots Nos. 81 and 81; thence North thirty
and three fourth degrees West forty-eiglt
and fifty-6ye-one hundredths feet to post;
thence South nfty-three degrees West to
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-11-27

Mable.- -one Of the seven Juniors, gave
up the beloved study of Cicero. Mable,
before we have finished seven orations
we shall mourn our loss.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-11-27

Willow Alley; thence South thirty and three
fourth degrees East forty feet 10 lire OF lot
No. 81; thence North ffty-nine and cne-half
degrees East TO Grant stI Get. the place Of
dred forty zone and ONE fourth square feet.
BeingAthe eastern half nf the parcel or lot
Of land conyeytd by N. W, smilh TO r. A.
Gourley. the said decedent. by deed dated
Office In and the said county of Jefferson.
In Deed Book Vol. ia, page I1, for the prize
or consideration OF Twelve Hundred 0i20O
Dollars. payable aslfoIlows; lODe Hundted
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-11-27

tsIC0l Dollars having already been paid TO the
Administrator in pursuance OF written
agreement for the sale OF said land subject
70 the approval OF the CourD; rhrre hundred
$500 Dollars upon delivery OF deed, and the
equal annual pay yments with int crest, secured
Dy bond and mortgage. at which time II any
exception is taken, or objection made Il,
xraniine the order Of sale as prayed for, the
Court VIII take action ON said petition.
w. N. CONRAD,
Alto. nev Tor pefiticnor