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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-03-11
How Will the McManus Bill Work.?
shenandoah Sc ntinel-Post. ]

many as you can call to mind OF the
men and boys here who use liquor.
You do not need to figure In the
deal at all. nor will your name be
used in connection. There will be
nothing that can ever connect you
with the transactions. We will send
them box of good liquor G. o. D.,
$3.50. You go ahead and notify them
as you would in any case and when
the goods are delivered collect the
$3.50 and when you put up the G. o.
d. to return to us enclose So and put
the SO cents in your pocket On re-
ceipt of the paid G. o. d. we will
Immediately ship another box to the
same party 50 that he viii always
have something on hand and
D. in the same way"
Other representatives will use a
plan something like this: You give
use the names of the people who will
probably use our goods and we will
try to. work up some business that
will prove profitable to both of u.s.
In the course of time the G.. o. ID.
comes and is delivered and the full
amount OF the G. Q. d. is returned,
but once each month the agent will
receive a letter without signature
or anything to indicate from whom
or, where, but containing a new,
crisp one. two or five dollar bill.
There will not be a scratch OF a. pen
or word of explanation, but the
agent can surmise where it came
from.
The writer continues: 'sThese
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ditions in the English society which
The Throne" represents and speaks
for, have no actual bearing on the case.
1t is easy to suggest that English So
ciety look toward home but that does
not change facts Or excuse the Amer
lean that paper attacks. Most Amerl-
can citizens will agree with THE
Throne" that If Mrs. Thaw's charges
are true, the man is utterly unfit TO
represent this government in any ca
pacity and should be Immediately dis
missed from the public service. Any
public officer who has been connected
truthfully with the orgies and the viii
lany exposed by the Thaw trial and
whose official head is within reach of
the executioner, should suffer decapi-
tation And this should include the as
sistant secretary of state, II 1t IL true
that he was a guest at the notorious
dinners Of the Stanford White Clique
The opportunity is for a stern rebuke
and President Roosevelt will further
endear himself to the masses by adj
ministering the coup de grace to every
man in official life who made part of
the infamy made public by its legiti-
mate result, murder.
The public is not to be blamed when
Its servants play the knave and fool.
1t is to be censured when it condones
scoundrelism and immorality in high
places and retains discredited and
convicted men in its service. Then we
become parties to the indency and offer
a bid for further misbehavlor. That
other men In the same positions may
be mo better is neither here nor there,
The question Is. are we ready to permit
such men to represent us with full or
even partial knowledge of their char
3acters. This knowledge is the stand
ard and the test of public morality.
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Topics Of the Times i

|. T
"would you do the proper thing?
Drag the roads.
| Drag the roads.
| Set the system on the wing:
| Give the drag a lively swing;
Toss the laurel wreath to King!
Hats off! Everybody sing:
| Drag the roads!"
AA3a
An astonishingly large number Of
county weeklies are backing the state
marshals bill.
It Is we'll to be quick, good to be
capable, but best to be reliable. Every
thing is tied to the reliable man.
S. sef
Labor troubles and threatened riot
have their good uses. They closed the
saloons in Waterloo.
*@&* H.
I A Burlington preacher is circulating
La petition to the president asking the
dismissal of Assistant Secretary of
State Robert Bacon, who is said to
have been one Of the guests at Whites
famous pie girl dinner. The preach
er should be sure of his premises, but
granted that Bacon was there few will
refuse to sign the petition and the gov
eminent should lose Its Bacon"
promptly. Stanford White dinners and
the public service hardly belong to-
gether.
Tho poosavaJt,e naver came closer. to
the great public than when Arches
life trembled in the balance.
Perkins made restitution to the in
surance company of the money con-
tributed to campaign fund. This
leaves the campaign fund in a peculiar
and unenviable position.
Mrs. A-You appear to be very
much interested in that awkward crab,
George.
Mr.. A.-Yes, he reminds me of some
thing.
+ Mrs. A.TWhat does he remind you
of?
Mr.. A.-why. woman getting off Of
! a street car.-Chicago News.
isignor Bruno an Italian inventor,
whose name is associated with wireless
telephones, has perfected another de-
gparture in swift electric communica-
ton. His new invention is one for
sending telephone and telegraphic
messages simultaneously along the
same wire by means of an arrange
ment setting in motion electric waves
!. of varying energy which neiisei
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methods are used right along, all
over the country every day, and not
only causes the agents to work the
business for all it is worth, but is an
injustice to honest liquor houses, as
an agent will always try to deliver
the goods on which he gets COM
mission. l think amy express agent
who has studied the question will
say, il he is honest, that a saloon is
far preferable than the G. o. D. bust
ness. Ii an agent is in IL for revenue
he should pay license and if he is
not in ii for revenue he should not
be compelled to handle it,
Now, l do not know that these
conditions apply to Shenandoah. 1t
is doubtless true that many agents
absolutely refuse to aid the liquor
houses in any way. The whole bust
ness is repugnant to them and they
do just as little of it as possible.
OF course when package comes ad-
dressed to an individual they are
obliged to treat it just as any other
package and they usually keep their
mouth shut about it IL they want to
iiOlQ lIleiT JoU. lc agent Wlio ftdiht'
is apt to lose his position. The ex-
press company makes money by
handling the stuff and they do not
expect their employe to try to hurt
their business by denouncing it. Ii
he encourages 1T a little they are not
going to denounce him for it. and
when they cut down their help, the
ones who have to walk the plank are
the ones who have not worked to the
interest of the company.
/ heard of scheme that was worked
in a town over east. A lot of cases
were sent with blank addresses or to
fictitious addresses. The local agent
of the liquor house goes to the express
office with citizen of the town and
says to the agent: rs there a case
of beer here for John Smith," NO"
yes there must be case here for
him for he ordered one and it should
he here Look and see if you can't
find it." SO the agent looks around
in his back room for while and fin
ally announces that he has found it,
apologies for the oversight and pro-
duces the case properly addressed to
John Smith, collects the money and
returns 1t in due form to the LIQUOR
house. Human ingenuity has devised
more ways and means to circumvent
the liquor laws of the country than
any one under the sun.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-03-11

A travelling man in Shenandoah
last week made the statement that
a large number of agents of the eX-
press 4 companies receive commits
sion from the brewers or liquor deal
ers for handling the G. O. ID. liquor
business, the usual amount being %
cents per case. Desiring to learn
from reliable sources whether such
is the case or not, / took pains to
write to such agents in other parts
of the state whom I happen to know
and they are trustworthy, and while
they eNonerate the express company
they state that agents generally are
approached and sounded by the rep
resentatives OF tho liquor houses,
and II found to be susceptible, they
are paid by the liquor houses, the
commissions in some cases being
greater than the salary of the agent
To one agent it was presented in this
way: Say would you object to pick
ing up ten dollar bill IL you found
1T lying on your desk?' What do
you mean?" We'll you have to
handle this liquor business anyway,
and you might as we'll get something
out of It, You take care of 1t the
best you can and l will be around
once month or so and will leave a
ten or a five or maybe twenty on
your desk, and il you find it just put
it in your pocket"
sAs
Another writes as follows; 1T is
the arrangement for a liquor repre-
sentative to call on the agent and
submit proposition something like
fhiS..a Van rrfxyo mo nc nf oc
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lap nor mingle The control is so com.
plete that messages can be exchanged
between any two points. notwithstand-
ing that other stations intervene.
Fred--I hear you have taken up the
study of palmistry. Do you really be
lieves in it?
Jack-Not on your life But it gives
a mighty good excuse for holding
hands, Somerville Journal.
Why He Gave Short Weight.
Senator Tilman was attacking an Of
fender who had pleaded a hYpocritical
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-03-11

and false excuse.
why" he cried, "the man is worse
than the rich coal dealer who said to
his weigh clerk during blizzard:
Jim, make that ton of coal for
Smith $50 pounds short. Mrs. Smith is
a poor. delicate widow. and shd will
have to carry all Of it up two steep
flights OF stairs. ] don't want her to
overtax her strength
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-03-11

A Wonder.
Everybody who has tried Bucklens
Arnica salve, for cuts, burns and
says it's wonder 20 cents
Guaranteed. Mcbride & Will Drug Co
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II writing 4os.nt, =. g. foot STATS = eEs.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-03-25

O. ita nature Goa he Caesaaav AMI
Wilkinson Building ia te tom Of
Uglesidc. w Va
Given under nay hand this 9th
tas O.. March 1907.
ESTlLL BAILEY, Clerk,
Iorcor County Court. w. Va.
j Baker residing al Blueaeld
w Va application Tor license to
soil at retail spirituous liquors,
wines. porter. ale beer and drinks
OF like nature al 80. IL Bluefeld
Ave, BluoGcld, Mercer County. w.
Va.
T. l.. Cohen. residing at Bluefeld.
w va, application for license to
sell at retail spirituous liquors.
wines, porter. ale, beer and drinks
Of Ike nature in Building No. 449
on Princeton Ave. Blueneld, w. Va
H. II. Hunter, residing I'm Bluefeld
W Va application for license to
sell at retail spirltuou3 liquors.
wines. porter, ale, beer and drinks
of like nature at 10 % Princeton
Ave. i'm the City Of Blueaeld, w
Va
p. J Kelley and Jas. H. Meyers,
partners trading as Kelley & Moy-
ers both residing at Blueaeld,
w Va, application for license to
sell at retail spirituous liquors,
wines, porter, ale, beer and drinks
OF like nature at 80. 30 & Al Bland
Street Blueheld. w Va.
b. NJ Cohen, residing at Blueheld.
W. va, application for license to
sell at retail spirituous liquors,
wines. porter. ale, beer and drinks
of like nature at Altamont Bar in
the City of BlueGeld, w. Va.
j II George residing at North
Fork, w Va application for IL
censo to sell at retail spirituous IL
quofs, wines, porter, ale, beer and
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the Town of Cooley. Mercer Co.. W.
Va
T. G. Asbury, residing at Giatto.
Mercer County w. Va, application
for license to sell at retail spiritu-
Gus liquors. wines. porter. ale. beer
and drinks OF like nature In the
Barbara Asbury Building, in the
Town Of Giatto. Mercer County. w.
Va.
G. II. Tabor & Co. residing at
Rock. Mercer County, w. Va, APP
plication for license to sell at re-
tail spirituous liquors, wines, por-
ter. ale, beer and drinks OF like ma
ture, in the L. A. Foley Building,
in the Town of Rock. Mercer Coun-
ty, w. Va
VIM. Linkenhoker, residing at
Blueheld, w. Va, application for IL
cense to sell at retail spirituous liq-
uors. wines, porter. ale. beer and
drinks of like nature in the G. w.
Atkinson Building. in the Town OF
Thornhill. Mercer County, w. Va.
r. NJ. Corvin, residing at Blueheld.
w Va, application for license to
sell at retail spirituous liquors.
wines. porter. ale, beer and drinks
of like nature in the Martha c.
Cassaday Building. in the Town of
Ingleside. Mercer County, w Va.
Floyd Lusk. residing at Clark's
Gap, Mercer County. w. Va, appli-
cation for license to sell at retail
spirituous liquors, wines, porter. ale,
beer and drinks Of like nature In his
building in the Town of Oakvale,
Mercer County. w. Va.
Given under my hand this the eth
day of March, 1907.
Teste: ESTILL BAILEY.
Clerk of the County Court OF
Mercer County West Virginia.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-03-25

ton for license TO sell al retail
spirltuous liquors. wines. porter.
ale. beer and drinks Of Ike natrre
a. No. 81 & IS Blueheld Ave. In
the City OF BlueGeld. Mercer Coun-
ty. w. Va.
The Jung Brewing Co. corpor-
alton with its principal onico az
Cincinnati, Ohio, application for IL
cense 10 cell porter, ale. beer and
drinks OF like nature at No. 81 q
3S Bluefeld Ave, Blueheld, w. Va
]. L. Corvin, residing at Bluefeld.
w. Va. application for license to
sell at retail spirituous liquors.
vines porter, ale. beer and drinks
of like nature at No. 1873 Princeton
Ave, in the City of Blueheld, w.
Va.
Bluedeld Brewing Co. a Corpora
ton of the City of Blueheld, w. Va.
application for license to sell por-
ter. ale, beer and drinks OF like ma
ture at their building in the City
of Blueneld, w va
Ernest H. Arters. residing at
Blueheld, w. Va. application for IL
cense to sell at retail spirituous
liquors, wines, porter, ale. beer and
drinks of like nature at No. 453
Princeton Ave, in the City of Blue
field. w Va.
John Turner, residing at Blueheld.
w. Va, application for license to
sell at retail spirituous liquors,
wines, porter. ale, beer and drinks
of like nature in the Turk Building
on Bland street, i'm the City of Blue
field, w. va.
J. Walton Thomas, residing at
Godfrey, Mercer Co. w. va, ap-
plication for license to sell at retail
spirituous liquors, wines, porter,
ale, beer and drinks OF like nature
in the ID. p. Crockett Building in
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drinks OF like nature in the III. r..
Raudenbush house on Raleigh street.
In the City Of Blueheld, w. Va.
l.. Lazarus, f. Goodman and %. A.
Heller. partners trading as L. Laz-
arus & Co, and their respective
residences are l.. Lazarus and f.
Goodman, Lynchburg, Va. and b. A.
Heller, Bluefeld. West Virginia, APP
plication for license to sell at retail
spirituous liquors, wines, porter.
ale. beer and drinks Of like nature
in the Lazarus Building at Corner Of
Stewart and Princeton Avenues
Blueheld. w. Va.
NJ. II. Kelley. residing at Giatto
w Va, application for license TO
sell at retail spirituous liquors,
wines, porter, ale, beer and drinks
OF like nature in the Ashworth G
Bailey Hotel Building. Giatto. Mer-
Ger County, w. Va.
Hoster Columbus Associated
Breweries Co, a corporation OF che
State Of Ohio, residing at Columbus.
Ohio, application for license to sell
at wholesale porter. ale. beer and
drinks of like nature. in the Hutso.
and Garrett Building on Blueheld
ave, Bluefeld, w Va.
ID. a. Fudge, residing at Bluefeld,
w. Va, application for license to
sell at retail spirituous liquors.
wines. porter, ale, beer and drinks
of like nature at No. $50 Raleigh
St, in the City of Bluefeld, W. Va.
c. l.. Stinson. residing at Bluefeld.
w. Va, application for license to
sell at retail spirltuous liquors,
wines, porter, ale, beer and drinks
of like nature in the ]. A Hicks
Building, in the town OF Giatto,
Mercer County, W. Va.
w. f. Stlnson, residing in the
City of Blueheld, w. Va. appilca-
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-03-25
NOTICE OF APPLICA-
TION FOR LICENSES.

This is to certify that the follow
ing is complete list OF Applica-
uons for Licenses to sell at retail
spirituous liquors, wines, ale. beer
and drinks of like nature, and to
sell at Wholesale beer, ale and drinks
of like nature. as filed in my Office,
which said list contains the names
of said applicants, their respective
residences, and The place for which
the application is made
NOTICE.
The following is notice that J.
S. Burnett who resides at BlueGeld.
vs.. va. has this day filed i'm my Of
doe am application to the County
Court OF Mercer County for license
'o son at retail spirituous liquors.
wines. porter ale. beer and drinks
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BLUEFIELO DAILY LEADER.

Advertising rates mad, nuovu on
application
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West Virginia

West Virginia
The Land OF Prosperity and
Plenty Has the Greatest
Natural Resources i'm the
World.
Come 90 the HIS
OF West Virginia, Where
Nature I.avishos Her
Greatest
Gifts
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"EnTerod rs s0VOnU-VTINs WdII"'
April Sth, 1906. at tho post Office
at Bluedeld w Va Under act of
Congress of March 3. 1873"
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Silver Tea Sets, Knives and
Forks, etc., etc.
Suit Cases, Leather and I'm
itation
. Stereopticons
| Table Cloths
Tinware and Novelties
Toilet Cases, Silver, etc.
Travelling Bags
Trunks, % best made
Steward
/ Telescopes
Table Furnishings
Toys Of every description
see them
| Umbrellas, four dozen good
ones
| Wallets and Bill Books
D.. Wine Sets
Wagons, goth Century, at
cost
White Goods in profusion
Watches, EIgin and Wal
than and S1OO
. Work Shirts below cost
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-29

I landed and roamed idly over leaf
strewn walks past nearly a hundred
cottages, TO whose windows and
verandas the winter blinds gave a
dreary and inhospitable air. There
was, at one point. a casino, whose
broad veranda hung over the edge of
the lake, while beneath, on the water
side, was q boat-house.
walked back to the wharf, where l
had left my canoe, and was about to
step into it when | saw, rocking at a
similar landing place nearby, another
slight craft Of the same type as my
own, but painted dark maroon. was
sure the canoe had not been there
when l landed. Possibly it belonged
to Morgan, the caretaker, l walked
over and examined it. l even lifted it
slightly to test its weight. The pad
die lay on the dock beside me and it.
too, weighed critically. deciding that
it was a trifie light for my own taste.
"Please-if you don't mind"
l turned to stand face to face with
the girl in the red tam-o' -snanter.
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morning. He rose, cursed his i'll luck
and, hugging the wall close, ran
toward the lake. Instantly the pursuer
broke into view. It was Bates, evil
IDENTIFY much excited and with an ugly
cut across his forehead He carried
a heavy club, and, after listening for
a moment for sounds of the enemy, he
hurried after the caretaker.
1t was not my row, though 1 must
say it Weakened my curiosity.
Strengthened myself out, threw my
legs over the school side Of the wall
and lighted a cigar, feeling cheered
by the opportunity the stone barricade
offered for observing the world.
AS l looked off toward the little
church 1 found two other actors ap-
pearing on the scene A girl stood in
little opening of the wood, talking
to man. Her hands were thrust into
the pockets of her covert coat; she
wore red tam-o -shanter, that made
a bright bit Of color in the wood. They
were not more than a dozen yards
away, but a wild growth Of young
naples lay between us. Their profles
were toward me, and the tones of the
| girls voice reached me clearly as she
addressed her companion. He wore
| clergyman's high waistcoat, and l as
Sumed that he was the chaplain whom
Bates had mentioned. / am not by
nature an eavesdropper, but the girl
was clearly making a plea of some
kind, and the chaplain's stalwart fig
ure awake In me an antagonism that
held me to the wall
IF he comes here I shall go away,
so you may as well understand 1t and
tell him. 1 shan't see him under any
circumstances, and I'm not going to
Florida or California or anywhere else
on a private car, no matter who chap
erones it."
Certainly not, unless you want to
certainly not" said the chaplain.
You understand that I'm only giving
you his message. He thought it
best
Not to write to me or to Sister
Theresa" broke In the girl contemp-
tuously. What clever person he isl"
And how unclever 1 ami" said the
Clergy Iudu, Idu6uiuS. W6llJ HL any
rate, 1 thank you for giving me the
opportunity to present his message"
She smiled, nodded and turned swift
ly toward the school. The chaplain
looked after her for a few moments,
then walked soberly away toward the
lake. He was young fellow, clean
shaven and dark, and with pair of
shoulders that gave me a twinge of
envy. l could not guess how great a
factor that vigorous figure was to be
in my own affairs. AS l swung down
from the wall and walked toward
Glenarm House, my thoughts were not
with the athletic chaplain, but with
the girl, whose youth was, / reflected,
marked by her short skirt, the uncon-
Germ with which her hands were thrust
into the pockets Of her coat, and the
irresponsible tilt of the tam-o'-shanter
There is something jaunty, q sugges
ton Of spirit and independence, in a
tam-o'-shanter, particularly a red one
If the red m-o'-shanter expressed, sc
to speak, the keynote of st. Agatha's
the proximity of the school was not sc
bad thing after all.
In a high good-humor and with 8
, sharp appetite went in to luncheon.
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CHAPTER vi.
The Girl and the Canoe.


Bates did not refer to his encounter
with the caretaker, and l resolved to
keep my knowledge of it to myself.
always prefer to let a rascal hang him
self and here was a case, I reasoned,
where, If Bates was disloyal to the
duties Pickering had imposed upon
him. the fact of his perfdy was bound
to disclose itself eventually CHANGING
around at him when he was off guard
l surprised a look Of utter detection
upon his face as he stood with folded
arms behind my chair.
He flushed and started, then put his
hand to his forehead, where a strip of
plaster covered his wound.
Il met with q Slight accident this
morning, Mr.. Glenarm The hickory 8
very tough, sir. A piece of wood few
up and struck me-"
TOO bad" l said with sympathy.
You'd better rest a bit this after
noon"
Thank you, sir; but it's only a
small matter.-only, you might think
the cut a trifle disfiguring"
He struck a match for my cigarette
and l left without looking at him
again. But as l crossed the threshold
Of the library l formulated this note:
BATES is liar. for one thing, and q
person with active enemies for an
other; watch him"
All things considered the day was
passing well enough. I picked up q
book, threw myself on a comfortable
/ divan to smoke and reflect before con
+ tinuing my explorations. AS I lay
! there, Bates brought me a telegram, {
reply to my message to Pickering. L
read:
Yours announcing arrival received
and filed"
1t was certainly a queer business
my errand TO Glenarm. I lay for /;
couple of hours dreaming, and counted
the candles in the great crystal chan
delier until my eyes ached. Then
took my cap and was soon trampin:
toward the lake.
There were several small boats an
a naphtha launch in the boat-house.
dropped a canoe into the water an
padded off toward the summer colony
whose gables and red roofs were plain
~ visible from the boat-house.