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Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-02-22

JAKE WALDEN, State
Bank Barber, will on Sat
urday morning be found
at the Art Barber Shop
Lindsey's Pool Room,
Bluefield ave. 1wl
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-02-22

The KEEN KUTTER
Line is fully guaranteed
against imperfections in ma
terial and workmanship,
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-02-22
DISTRIBUTING AGENTS
FOR THIS SECTION

For the Celebrated
KEEN KUTTER
Brand of Carpenters tools,
and in the future will carry
a large and well assorted
stock of all the tools of this
celebrated brand used by
the craft.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-02-22

LOST: Bunch of keys OF
Ramsey Steet. Kindly re
turn to this Office.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-02-22

eIe no line OF carpenters tools the market today
uaC VIII compare with them We solicit your valued pat
Lonage when IN need of anything in the tool line We
promise you class goods reasonable prices and
will be appreciated ~
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is being improved from year to year
Much credit is due the present school
board in conjunction With Mr.. l.. e. W..
Mcybcrg chairman. for having built
a fine school building in the last year.
Two hundred and thirty-ons pupils at
tended this school last session. Three
of the teachers for next session have
been appointed as follows: Miss Fen
nell Crawley. Of Farrnville. Va. sew
lcnth and eighth grades. Miss Alice
tseed, fifth and sixth grades, Miss Ger
tr,idc Bowers. third and fourth grades.
The principal for next session has not
yet been appointed.
The town is fast realizing a some-
what independent position as far as
public service enterprises are con-
cerned. The ayIorCorporation. owned
and manage: by Mr.. G. w. Nj. Tax
lor, is now successfully operating the
Ashland Steam Laundry with the most
modern and efficient machinery, and
the Crystal Ice Company. all under
Mr.. Taylor's management. is now turn
ing out from three toifive tons of man
ufaotured ice day, smade from arte-
sian we'll water.
The Hanover Bank at Ashland is the
pride of the community. 1t has met
With wonderful success, and its de-.
posits have increased enormously for
a bank of it's size. Mrs. J. DosweN is
president of the bank. and has re-
Gently been appointed treasurer Of
Hanover county. --.',---- .---t--
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Coree Grenrr. Dlsturhed.

SAN JLa@ Y. r. jay 2o.--The
members u ssle FfsFcis coiony, nearly
ali Of whou. arr cpffee growers, have
held an assembly at Iapco 10 discuss
t!ie coffee proRtEioHx In the Franco
American tFeatY4 wbIcb unless IL IL
amended Wiii hurt the coaes Industry
OF the island. Tae following eabied
dispatch waE gent 70 the French am.
bassador ~ Washington;
THE French coipnp, greatly inter.
csted IN the cultivation Of coffee. hopes
for Favorable solution 81 the tariff
questions with the United s5tntefp
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SOUTH GROWING
VEAL THY DtPL.DLY.
Continued from First Page.)

provement is equally marked in the
mill villages. where newly painted
houses, flower gardens and shade trees
are the order Of the day. Many mill
owners when they first commenced
the Improvement of millvillage life in,
this way ten or fifteen years ago,
found comparatively little encourage
.mcnt, among the people Themselves, but
year after year there has gradually
been developed in 1nany OF the vii
lagos local pride which is now re-
sulting in great advance in the beau
tifylng of the villages.
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ing timber or mining regions, but a
large number of others are designed
10 afford passenger and freight ia
ciliues over long distances, this be-
Ing particularly the case with trans
portution plans in Texas, Indian Ter
ritory and Oklahoma, where railroads
OF considerable length are the rule,
and not 1.-THE ,oXception.
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Railway Building.

q. r. - e 2 y Z : r 7 :
During the first six months OF the
present year the Manufacturers Re-
cord received reports of either the for
nation of incorporation of LOG new
railway enterprises-tha is, companies
not connected with existing trunk
.lines-in the different Southern States
Including Missouri. Indian Territory
ara Oklahoma, the total was 49,
Some of these companies represent
projects Of several hundred miles in
extent, and While as yet comparative
aly little has been done In the way
Of construction. the incorporators and
promoters of these various plans arc
taking time by the forelock, making.
surveys, securing rights OF way or
bonuses, as the case may be, so as to
be IN readiness to push construction
when the financial market shall have
witnessed the restoration of its
equilibrium, which will permit the
undertaking of such work.
Texas in the LEAD.
Texas has the greatest number of
these new railway projects, her total
for the six months being %. Next
comes Oklahoma with 16, then North
Carolina and West Virginia with II
each. followed by Georgia and Mis-
souri, with 10 each. The other States
next in order, and their number or
new railway companies. respectively,
| are as follows: Virginia. o; Arkansas.
| z; Tennessee, z; Alabama, 6;Kentucky.
Isl, Louisiana, 5, Mississippi, a; Florida,
rs: Maryland. 3; South Carolina 81;
Indian Territory, /. i,,
There are many OF these proposed
railroads for the purpose Of develop
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the acorns that fall from the oaks.
Wealth-Proaucins Forests.

The forests of Mcchlenburg are very
extensive, and in them can be found a
great variety of timber. More than
one-third nf the county IS still COW
cred with forests, a large portion Of
which Is pine. that springs up spon-
taneousy on lands loft out Of culti-
vation. This growth appears quickly
on all abandoned fields, and in q few
years furnishes timber Tor building
and other purposes. When cleared
and cultivated again, the lands are
practically restored to their original
fertility. These old field pines, with
broom straw, seem to be the remedy Of
nature for restoration Of impoverished
soils in this section.
Tho varieties In the forests are the
heart pine. hickory, elm, red. white,
black, Spanish, willow and post oaks,
MAPLE birch. beach, mulberry and
sweet gum. Virginia hickory Is said
to be especially valuable on account
of It's iirmness and elasticity.
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MORE BUSINESS IN
GREATER /DAAY|LLE

CONTINUED from First Page)
small tierces. with glass fronts, and
samples nicely arrangcd.vT hc different
growths of the various grades pro-
duced in this section are shown to
advantage.
Permanent Exhibdtors.
It is purposed to make, the exhibit
a permanent one, and after the expo
sition is over to move it. TO Madison
Square Garden in New York City,
where each year a tobacco exhibit is
held, showing the different, growths in
all parts of the United St:ttes, and the
products of the most progressive man
lufacturcrs. Those who contributed
towards the exhibit at jane town are:
,"Teinple ana, Company, Suthcr!!n
Meade Tobacco Company, Dibrell
Brothers: Pemberton and Penn. John E,
Hughes and Company: ATeratt Tobacco
Company, J. e. Parkinson and Com
pany, z. *. Jones and Company and
several other concerns and warehouses
of this city.
Business men and the citizens gen
orally are much interested in the va
rous reports published in The Times
Dispatch regarding the probability of
another railroad running into,Danville.
The city Has for years had but one
road. the Southern. and all efforts
tending towards having a competitive
lire cut IN here will be looked on with
great favor.
Dnnville Day to Come.
y joint committee from the City
Council and the Commercial asspca-
/ tion have under consideration plan
Tor The celebrating of a "Danville Day
lat the jamestown Exposition. A sub
committee. consisting Of f. "A. James
4 ". z. Mitchell and a. B. Darlington
/ waa appointed at q meeting held last
night IN the rooms of the
Commercial Association for The
/ purpose OF negotiating with the
] officials Of the Southern Rail.
4 WAY TO secure reasonable rates from
i here 10 Norfolk. 1t is likely that th,
matter VIII be pushed through witt
ylgor in a few days and those, VIII,
4 are interested hope 10 make the day
\ great success.
}. The plans for the new Young Men
Il Christian Association building hav
been completed, and bids have beel
J asked for the work on the building
: which VIII cost between $4,000 am
!, 10000, VIII begin IN a short timc
aIr. G. G. Kent The secretary OF III
association, arrived here isis wee
from Clifton Forge and IL now active
lIly Al wogk MT. Kent @iss formcrl
J secretary OF the 7, ". G. ~ at New
8 port NewR and rg9Ec recently 81 Ports
: mouth.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-07-21
virginia Patents.

Especial to The Tlmos-Dispatch.
JYAsHINGToN.5 July 20. - Messrs.a
pavls & Davis, washington patent at
torneys report the grant this week TO
citizens OF Virginia OF the following
", bernard, OF fredericksburg, open
II. i, Cunning, Of Roanoke. reducing
s q ". .Deaton. Of salem hay press. !.
u n. II. Forbes and CoGp. Hogan, OF
Roanoke, automatic torpedo signal ap-
vi ). = IT, L. lngersoll, OF Richmond, con-
crete building mold
+. ID Nelnls, Of Roanoke iirearm.
A, H. Smith, Of Richmond. shock
binder, I, Nv, ~, ,,,in z
dow screen. J..
f9S S6'5B --------, js IN
Or. w. r. u, Smith, pastor seccons
Baptist CHURCH, viii preach TINS morn
| ing. There Will be no evening aef
| vice,
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Water for Drinking.

Pure drinking water is everywhere
abundant, flowing from clear and
never failing springs, The surface Of
tho county is not level or swampy,
but broken and hilly. affording good
drainage. There IS scarcely a hundred.
aero farm in the county without
springs or runs, hills and dells, with
suitable places for fish and Ice ponds,
and branch gardens. Wells from TWEEN
ty-five to sixty feet deep, walled with
rock or terra Gotta, are used for con-
yenicnce. the water being as good as
from natural springs In the South
western part Of the county are the
famed Buffalo Iithia Springs. whose
waters are sold and shipped all over
this country and to Europe, and cele-
brated for their potential health-pro-
ijducing and medicinal properties.
At Chase Cityi is situated the Neck
lcnburg Hotel and Sanatorium, erect
ed in the last few years, and their
llithia and chloride calcium waters are
noted for their adaptation to wide
y
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!, clarksvllle, Lacrosse and South

iiill.
l'oSdton, the county seat, and sit
Buated near the centre. was laid out for
a town in 1872 Tho Norfolk division OF
tho Southern Railway Company passes
through the town from Danville. Here
are the courthouse, erected about Sow
enty years ago, two hotels sixteen
stores, two banks, twoi tobacco ware
houses. one wood manufacturing
plant and ono newspaper. Populn-
ton, about 500.
Chase City and South Hill are splen-
did towns, which have recently been
written about in this section OF Tho
Times-Dispatch.
Railroads and Transportation.
The Atlantic and Danville branch OF
the Southern Railroad traverses the
county from northeast to southwest. q
distance of forty-six miles, giving d.
rect communication with Norfolk, Pes
tersburg, Danville and other cities.
Tho Richmond and Danville branch,
from Keysville to Durham, N. G.. passes
from the northwestern to the southern
portion OF the county, via Chase City
and GAINESVILLE, a distance of about
forty mlos. The Seaboard Railroad,
built in 1900. passes through tho cas-
north to the North Carolina line, about
twenty miles.
Postof cex and Education.
There are sixty-nine postoffices in
the county, and rural free delivery In
many portions.
Education is by the public free school
system, and controlled by the State.
High. graded, and other schools are &C
cessible in every locality Whites and
colored have separate schools. At
tendance is voluntary. No informing
ling Of races in education.
The financial condition OF the county
lis good: taxes are low; personal In
l.debtedness greatly diminished, and
eleven banks of deposit and discount
in a prosperous condition in the. county
would indicate that money Is generally
distributed.
The county government is entirely
under the control OF the whites. and
there Is no probability Of! It's being
| otherwise.
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Stock RnIsins.

Recently, an interest has been
awakened in stock raising. and 1T is
destined TO assume large and valuable
results. Horses and mules are reared
at comparatively small cost; beef cat
tile can be profitable grown; hogs and
sheep thrive remarkably we'll, and can
be raised with assured profit In pine
fields, sheep find good protection in
winter, and at other seasons of the
year good food. Some farmers intro
| duced improved blooded cattle. sheep
and hogs; tho climate suits them. ana
they are source Of profit. The
| variety OF grasses seem well adapted
to all stock, and diseases rarely oc-
| cur, Horses reared here have superior
noted for their endurance and general
/ usefulness. Over Il ha!f-tentury ago
me county was the Lome'of the thor-
oughbrcd racers OF wido rcpu tution
page of the booklet under review
IS devoted to poultry raising. whlcl
has IN rccent8Sears become a very
lproltnble industry in the county
Wild game also Is treated, for be 4
Remembered that along the Dan anc
s,aunton rivers which come togethe,
lac clnrksvilleSnnd form the Roanoke
all sorts Of water fowl may be fount
| In abundanccs Other game In aburd.
| ancc may be hunted in every field
4 Wild turkeys, partrldges deer and
/ everything IN the game line gre there
4 10 tempt the sportsman,
Many kinds Of fish are caught III th'
4 Roanoke and its tributaries, which cam
mot be surpassed for good flavor. I'M
4 rcd horse rs a largo and palasable FISH
4 easily laKen with trolley lines, seinas
I,traps or hooka. Here, too, Is the Jack
a fish only found in4theSwaters tlowin'
to The Albelnarle Sound This is
grand fish, VARYING in weight from on
10 fifteen pounds, and his excellenc
II for d table dish Is not widely RhoWn 9
| account Of limited snpplS'
Incorporated FoWns'
M9ckiennurg county naR ~. w.,
porated towns. namely: Boydten, Geas'
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Springs, near South Hill; Magee's. at
Clurksville, and many more recently.
discovered, whose analyses indicate
wonderful restorative and curative in
gradients. In fact, in almost every
LEGALITY in the county mineral waters.
have been found, and some Of great
value. The very earth seems to be
pregnant with flowing unIer-currents
of health giving waters, which burst
forth from their hidden sources to
crafty the thirst, and give relief, j. and
brighten the life of afflicted humanity.
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The, public school system or Ash.
land has for several wears been on n
Very substantial basis, and the grade
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The forests and abnpdoned fields
abound in varieties Of nuts. grapes,
pcrsImmons. and wild berries. which
furnish delightful food. Hogs roaming
In tho woods. With little additional
feeding, are kept in good condition on
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-07-21

In some portions of the county
gold, silver, granite, soapstone, ana
kaolin have been discovered. There
are Indications that these mines were
worked many years ago with rude i'm
plements. and when no convenient
transportation facilities existed. They
require now only capital anl men Skill
ed in the business for successful and
profitable development. On nearly
every farm are to be found beds OF
granite and other stone suitable for
foundations or building purposes.
Much OF it has been shipped to cities
to be utilized for building or street
| paving. y
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Orchard planting has greatly in
creased in the last few years. Apples
pcache5 pears. grapes Strawberries
raspberries. dewberries, hlackberrIes
and all other fruits not strictly trop-
ical, grow well and yield regularly and
in 80 ,DfftiCg
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(Continucd from First Page.)
small tierces. with glass fronts, and
samples nicely arranged The different
growths of the various grades pro-
duced in this section ace shown to
advantage.
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There are many Of these proposed
railroads for the purpose of develop
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-03-04
LIVINGSTON Is PREPARED
Is Furnishing Pointers for tot'oh
Exchange Investigation.

Washington. March An accord
ance with the house resolution pro-
viding for an investigation OF the
husiness methods of cotton eNcnah-
ees dealings in futures, the bureau
of corporations OF the department Oh
commerce will begin an inquiry INTO
cotton dealing Immediately after
congress adjourns. Representative
Livingston of Georgia. who has been
active for months in the agitation
for reformation in cotton exchange
methods said today that he expects
to anpear before the bureau ON March
and at that time will present much
data which he has collected on the
methods of cotton dealers.
The department has been supplied
bv Nr. Livingstone with the names
of many witnesses whom ne wishes
Ia have called and additional lists
will b, furnished hy representatives
of thu cotton exchanges and other
nersous interested In the investiga-
| tinu
As the resolution was amended "
! do.s mat pfovide for an investigation
of sny cotton exchange, but lt is he
lirvsd by members of congress inter
r4tea ip the matter to ne "'t'sa
sroush to extend tho inquiry to the
New YarE. New orleans aud Mem
/ phls cotton ,Nghangee.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-03-04
A RAID BY THE POLICE
Ststent Quarters SesrChed and Arms
aad txpleSiveS Seized.

St Petersburg, March A bodt
of 1900 picked policemen from
every quarter of the city surrounded
the Polytechnic Institute at
O'Clock yesterday morning and was
engaged in a search until O'Clock
in the afternoon of three blocks or
student quarters, in the course OF
which twelve Internal machines. a
score of hand grenades. a quantity OF
repeating rifles. 200 pounds of py-
roxylin and 400 pounds of dyna-
mite were seized.
The descent upon the POLYTECHNIC
Institute. which had long been sus-
pected to be a nest of social reNolu-
tionists was due To the information
received that series of outrages on
important personages had been plan
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-03-04
ned for March 10.


The besieging force was prepared
for all eventualities, being armed
with rifles and wearing culrasses
and helmets. Two police captains
were in command.
On the arrival of the force in the
yard bomb was thrown from an
upper window, but did not explode.
Led by Prince Gagarin, director OF
the institute. the searchers went
through all of the thousand rooms
of the dormitory and seized, besides
the arms and ammunition, several
wagon loads of proclamations and
thousands of copies of the new organ
of the revolutionary party for circu-
lation in the army.
Among those arrested We're two
members of parliament from ufa,
who had remained over night In the
building after conferences with mem
bers OF the Group of Toll and Social
Revolutionsts
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-03-04
FIRST MONDAY CROWD
TArosss Of People On fhe Streets . Re-
miaasr Of tH(ss Days.

There was no circ8e with It's gilt
ter and tinsei and the smell of saw
dust IN the clay today but the
throngs Of people Oh the streets re-
minded cue of that oyeutful occasion
when the elephant makes his annual
visit, The crowd waS not so large as
the gatherings which are attracted
here by the circus, but Il outnumoer~
ed any collection of people on the
streets since the visit of the big
shows last fall
II was an ideal day fof the farm
ers TO come 10 town, and they took
advantage OF this opportunity TO vis-
It the county seat, purchase supplies,
swap horses and incidentally swap
q few warns, before the beginning Of
the busy season with their crops.
The ground was hardly dry enough
to plant corn and this is the first
work TO receive attention when con
ditions are favorable. In this part OF
the country. where cotton Is king,
the farmer has little time for leisure
from the time he begins planting un-
til his crop has been gathered and
sold. Most every section Of the
county was represented here today,
and many from the more remote sec
tions came in yesterday afternoon
and spent the night in the city. Inc
wagon yards were almost filled 10
overflowing with vehicles, and to-
time TO feed the hungry horny hand
ed sons of toll
The usual contingent OF horse ira
ders was on hand and that part OF
jefferson street where they congre-
gate to buy. swap and sell was al
most impossible during the greater
part of the day The stock offered
today was good, bad and Indifferent.
Some excellent animals were sold,
while others We're not worth leading
home.
The annual show of colts this al
ternoon attracted great deal of at
! tention, and large NUMBER OF Ilhs
young animals were on exnlpltloh.
1t is estimated that about on
! hundred bales OF cotton were receiV
$ed during the day. Besides cotton
a5nat many farmers brought In Woo
lcorn, hay and poultry, all OF whlc
they sold at good prices.
The moving picture show did
good business, and the vender
medicines, which will cure all the IL
flesh is heir to, the man with the do
rack and the man who gives thre
chances to ring knife for dim
were on hand to furnish amusemen
| for the visitors