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The Elbert County tribune., 1907-04-18
POPULAR APPROVAL OF THEFT.
English Writer Sees Significance In
Qualification of Robbers.

The idea of private property has
never been fully accepted by the
masses OF the people. and never had
their cordial approval as IN institu-
ton, says a writer in the London
News. The most popular songs and
ballads OF our nation in all ages. it
may be noted. have been those which
described sympathetically attacks on
private property. from the Robin Hood
cycle to the broadsheets in which
Turpin and Sheppard were made
heroes.
Even nowadays the literature that
really touches the people, the litera-
ture that the educated classes seldom
so much as see exposed for sale. the
literature that is sold in the small
general shop in the back street. and
costs fewer pennies than the novel we
know costs shillings. still very largely
deals with the romantic exploits OF
the robber. He is never a villain: he
is noble and generous to a fault: but
he is convinced of the impropriety of
persons having too much money.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-04-18

should quote in his advertisement
should show the public that he IS
giving bargains; they should be prices
that would compare favorably with the
prices of the mail-order catalogues,
public that he not only shows them
what they are buying before they pay
for 1t, but that the purchaser has no
freight to pay. and does not have to
wait an interminable time for the
goods he buys. as when ordering of
the mail order houses.
1t is specific advertising that draws.
The advertiser who describes in de-
tail the goods he has to sell, and
quotes the price he asks for 1t will
attract the favorable attention OF the
public far more often than the one
who deals only in generalities. 1t is
this kind of advertising that pays. It
is this kind of advertising that is at
tracing the dollars from the smaller
cities and towns and farms to the mall
order houses of the city. It is this
kind of advertising that drew $780,
100000 into the Golfers of the Chicago
mail-order houses alone last year, and
it is this kind of advertising on the
part of the local merchants that the
mail-order houses fear more than any
other one thing.
But. Mr.. Merchant, whether your
line be hardware. dry goods. groceries,
clothing or other commodities, 1t is
well to go further than your newspa-
per advertising. though this is the
foundation of success. Go to the local
printer and have him make you little
catalogues of your own. They do not
need to be large affairs, but small
folders of four. eight or 16 pages. Put
into these folders the descriptions and
prices of the goods you are carrying,
or leaders in the line. Be sure that
the prices quoted are right, then put
one OF these into the hands of every
customer; keep them circulating
throughout the community, and make
a practice of getting out new one
every few weeks.
You. Mr.. Merchant, can make adver.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-04-18
BABY WASTED TO SKELETON.
In Torments with Terrible Sores on
Face and Body-Tore at Flesh
Cured by Cuticura.

MY little son, when about a year
and half old began to have sores
come out on his face. They began to
come on his arms, then on other parts
OF his body, and then one came on his
chest worse than the others. At the
end of about a year and half of suf-
fering he grew so bad had to tie his
hands in cloths at night to keep him
from scratching the sores and tearing
the flesh. He got to be mere skele-
ton and was hardly able to walk.
sent to the drug store and got cake
of Cuticura Soap and box of Cuticura
Ointment, and at the end of about two
months the sores were all well He
has never had any sores of any kind
since, and only for the Cuticura Rem
edies my precious child would have
died from these terrible sores l used
only one cake of Soap and about three
boxes Of Ointment. Mrs. Egbert Shell
don, R. +. D. No. 1. Woodville. Conn,
April %. 1906"
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-04-18
True to the Sex.

On swept the amazons. Suddenly
the long line OF female warriors halt
ed on the brink of battle.
What are they waiting for?" asked
the war correspondent
Powder" replied the commander
laconically.
"Ah, they are about to put some
powder in their guns?"
mo; they are about to put some
powder on their noses. Just because
they are warriors is no reason why
they should be any different from
other women"
And then there was a moving-pic
ture scene of animated pufs and
flashing hand mirrors.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-04-18
Silhouettes.

There is nothing so lonely as a rich
man alone in a castle
Some mems idea of good story is
one that is told in whispers.
wise fish will not do business on a
butchers scale.
A man is to be pitied who marries
woman that talks in her sleep, too
A rich uncle is mighty good thing
to have in holy memory.
Nothing worries a man like forget
ting something his wife told him she
knew he would forget.
If men spent as much time in church
as they do in saloons. the millennium
would have a run for its money.
What some people need more than
luck. is grit.
When a married man loses IS he al
ways suspects his wife first
A man whose gambling propensities
never carry him beyond mind bet in
game of solitaire, is safe from the
clutches of the demon Chance.
Two things that never should get
old-puppies and asparagus.
Many good trade has been learned
in the penitentiary.
1T is simply impossible" says an
exchange, for one man to love two
women at the same time" Why
should a man try?
There would be less matrimonial
trouble in this world if the women
would spend more money for grocer
les and less for dry-goods.
Is it because salvation is offered
free that so many people seem to be
afraid to take it?
Modesty seldom gets a raise ii
wages.
The best temperance lecture to Q
child is a father who practices TEN
perance.
When a man admits he doesn't un
derstand woman, there is still hop,
for him.
Some men just seem to live on be
cause they haven't enough where-with
all to pay the undertaken.
1t has been discovered that big
hearted millionaires do not carry theil
hearts in their pockets.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-04-18
HOW TO ADVERTISE
EFFECTIVE METHODS THAT WILL
BRING RESULTS.
SHOULD TELL THE PRICES
GeneraIities Are Meaningless to tn.
Public-Why the MaiI-order Man
Wlns-Try the Plan.

II you. Mr.. Merchant, would compete
with the mail-order houses there are
three main essentials to success-the
goods-the prices-advertising
The last of these is quite as essen
tial as either of the others.
In the great majority of cases the
local merchant has the goods. and he
makes the prices. but in very many
cases he either fails to do the adver-
Using. or what he does do is not effec-
tive in the same way that the mail
order mans advertising is effective
The writing of effective advertising
is not an art, it is not a business that
requires years of study tc learn. A
few hours of study and comparison
will give you every essential detail
that you will need
1t is comparatively safe to say that
15 per cent. of the advertising carried
by local merchants in the local papers
is worded in generalities only. Such
advertisements as the following are
found in every paper:
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-04-18
NO TAoRNs IN HER PATH.
Josephine Daskam Writes In Tribute
Of the Golden Rule.

Il believe myself to be notably for
tunate in my relations with my do
mestic employees. During a period of
eight years. in which have employed
household labor in four widely differ
ent places, 1 have never once been ad-
dressed with intentional disrespect by
any person in my employ" says Jose
phine Daskam Bacon in the American
Magazine.
Il have never been left a day with
out my regular staff of employees,
which has varied from one to five
Chat is to say, that / have never
been left suddenly or without sum-
cient notice to supply the vacancy.
Il have never had satisfactory
worker leave me except for what
considered good reason Qn the ma
jority of cases an advantageous mar
riage).
Il have never lost an unsatisfactory
one except by my own dismissal 1
have never to my knowledge, or even
suspicion. suffered the loss of a pen
ny's worth by theft, and my record
for breakase is such that it produces
utter incredulity.
In three cases out of four / have
had services willingly and frequently
offered me along lines where it was
not expected or requested. / have
had extra money offered by me to Off
set extra work occasioned by sickness
refused on the ground That at such
times all the household expected TO
share the trouble.
"And c1fr7av nm oh1a IN zta so
that once, at least, on my offering a
raise in wages to express my appreG-
arion of competent and devoted sery-
ice was met with the astounding sug-
gestion that as my expenses were
heavy at the time and likely to in
crease had better not consider It
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-04-18
Fate.

I've noticed oft n freak of Fate
For instance, take pretty miss;
Then add a dozen more quite plain
The one you want to you can't kissi
It's just the same in other things
The house you love is not for sale,
The horse you want is someone's pet.
The business you could buy will fail
The place you want has just been filed
The auto that you liked is sold.
The train you took has changed its time
The butter on your toast is coldl
All. Things look better; there's thai
girl
The one I've Swallowed all the spring.
| need that queen and I'll just try
Great Scott She's wearing an engage
ment ring
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-04-18
nr]gg|'4|||lH B
1W UNCLE BY
Her Mission.

Oh. Cupid went out In the mart to shop
II seemed that the rascal would never
stop,
He bargained for all of the maids in town.
Excepting just one-and her name was
Brown.
Her name is was Brown and she kept a
cat
And lived by herself in a gloomy nat;
She wore all her curls in corkscrew
style
And neyer-no. ncvcr-was known to
smile.
Her face was as sharp as hatche;'s
blade
said Cupid. Il guess won't need this
maidt'
He left her alone with her camphor gum
And took all the rest. Then he traf-
ficked some,
He opened store and the trade was fast
Until every lad In the place was lassedi
There wasn't man in the whole blamed
town
To wed with the maiden whose name
was Brown
Said she This is fine; ! viii live. indeed.
And give TO the mothers advice they need:
There's got to be one single girl. l know.
40 bring up the children as they should
go,'
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-04-18

misleading-a thing which Blanks ad-
vertising should never be-they at
tract the attention of the reader and
possible purchaser because they tell
about some one thing that he may pos
sibly want.
The mail-order man makes a run
on few things which he is willing to
sell at close margin of profit in or
der to attract trade in his general line
on which heavy profits are made.
Blank should advertise hardware in
much the same manner the mail-order
man advertises hardware, and he has
this advantage-he can invite the peo-
Pile of the community to visit his store
and see the goods for themselves so
they will know just what they are buy
ing.
II, instead of expressing meaning
less generalities in a two-inch space,
Blank had used a little more space
and properly displayed an advertise
ment something like the following he
would have been sure to have at
tracted attention to his store, and in
all probability would have been sur
prised at the drawing power Of his ad-
vertising:
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-04-18

tising pay larger returns than the
mail-order man secures; you can make
1t the mainstay of your business. and
you can make it the means of killing
the mail-order competition in your
community. And when you do this
do not begrudge the publisher the
reasonable price he asks you for ade
quate space in his columns. He will
give you better value than any other
commodity you can buy.
WRIGHT A. PATTERSON.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-04-18

Laundry work at home would b
much more satisfactory II the right
Starch were used In order to get the
desired stiffness. 1t Is usually neces
sary to use so much starch that the
beauty and fineness OF the fabric is
hidden behind a paste of varying
thickness. which not only destroys the
appearance. but also affects the wear
Ing quality of the goods. This trouble
can be entirely overcome by using De-
fance Starch. as II can be applied
much more thinly because of its great
err strength thap other makes.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-04-18
A Paradox of Amhiaultv

u never saw any one so stuck-up as
Markley," began Popley. Last night
he"
Why" interrupted Goodart. that's
not like Markley at all He's the best
natured fellow"
"Of course" continued Popley, but
last night he came to my house with
molasses candy for the children and
let them sit on his lap while they ate
tn
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-04-18
Winter.

Here is a schoolboy's composition:
Winter is the coolest season of the
year, because it comes mostly in the
winter. In some countries winter
comes in the summer. then it isn't Sc
worse. | wish winter came in sum.
mer here, then we could go skating
barefooted and make snowballs with.
out getting our fingers froze When
1t SHOWS in summer they call 1t rain. >
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-04-18
Prize for the Unmarried.

The latest novelty in bazar attrac-
tons is that introduced by the Spring
side Wesleyan chapel. Rawtenstali.
England. wedding cake was cut up,
and in one section was concealed a
marriage certificate. 1t was announced
that the bachelor or spinster securing
the chunk containing the document
had the opportunity offered to be mar
ried free of cost within the next IL
months by the Rev. ]. Bennetts.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-04-18
Why?

why shouldn't Miss Nanny know how
To bake and to fry and to brew?
Her mother knew how. am told
And she was a fine woman, tool
IT Is said she was neat as Miss Nan.
Was belle of her home and her town:
She knew how TO dance and to play
As well as to bake and to brown
I'm sure she was sweet. and a queen
Her picture suggests she was fair;
Her checks were afiush with the rose
And wavy and soft was her hair.
Miss Nanny is beautiful. too
But truth cuts me deep as a knife
She couldn't bake bread or fry steak
To save her delectable lifei
She brings to the lover she weds
A face and form-Ah, divinei-
BUT-When Bridget goes Off in a hun.
Well-how in the deuce will they dine?
S>ar~,MsAe4=s
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-04-18
seneft d Modem M.ehIn.rx.

It is estimated by the department
OF agriculture that last years crop
was produced and gathered at . saw
ing Of s6s5.Oo0.000 over what would
have been the cost of raising an equal
crop so years ago. This saving was
accomplished by the use OF mode. a
agricultural implements.-Farm Mar
chinery.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-04-18
HOw'S This?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any
CatArrh Cure.
FL. CHENEY q CO., Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known +. J. Cheney
for the last IS years and believe him perfectly hon.
orabs In all business transactions and financial y
able TO carry oct any obligations made by his hrm
WALDfse. kiSSAs a MAEvrs,
Wholesale Druggists. Toledo. o.
HAIRS Catarrh Cure Ia taken Internally acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces the
system. Testimonials sent free. Price as per
bottie. Sold by all Druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-04-18
RcXenQe.

''If l had an enemy mean enough,
remarked Uncle By, casually, and tn,
devil had granted me one wish of re
venge. / know what it would be-
What's that?" asked the listener.
I'D wish that he had to wear a den
lists rubber dam all the rest of hi.
lifel"
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-04-18
Queer Name. of Jurxmen.

Among those drawn for jury serv-
Ice for the April term Of court in
Franklin county are: Mr.. Button, Mr..
Hasty. Mr.. Curl. Mr.. Lord. Mr. Dyer.
Mr.. Cook and Mr.. Pear.-Kansas City
Star.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-04-18
AutomobIIe nrattersalIs.r

A great mart. to be devoted wholly
to the sale of autos and accessories is
to be built in London. 1t is to be an
automobile "Tattersalls"
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-04-18
WASHDAY BARGAIN SALE
BLANK
NEEDED FOR WAsHDA'
AT BARGAIN PRICES
During Thursday, Friday and
Saturday of this week

80 ~ for yoar guaranteed best uaiity
~O'<> Clothes Wringer, the King of Wiring
ers, Solid rubber rolls. steel spring and patent
guide board.
81 /2 for a good American clothes wringer
10 inch rolls. hardwood frame.
1/r for genuine No Sag" Curtain Stretchers
/f~ Center brace and will not sag.
OSc for extra heavy copper rim and bottom
wv wash boilers.
I/C for dozen of the first quality Clothes
~ Pins
ISc for so foot white Cotton Braided Clothes
AOS Line.
2Of- for hardwood folding Clothes Bar OF er-
OS~ ceptional size fos the money.
INC for full sized very best quality Wash
>&S Boards.
zEc for medium sized galvanized iron Wash
/OS Tubs.
2<c for Ia-at. heavy galvanized iron water or
&f$ scrub pail.
Lec for best quality fiber Water Paii of eI-
TO- ceptional merit.
zOC for excellent quality of ironing boards
/S> that will not warp.
54C Basket.
The prices given here are OF course
mere fiction. but the prices Blank
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-04-18

Defiance Starch is the latest inven-
ton In that line and an improvement
on all other makes; it is more eco
nomical. does better WORK, takes less
time. &c. it from any grocer.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-04-18

Nobody does anything well which
he cannot help doing; work Is only
done well when it is done with q will.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-04-18
co TO
b l. A N ks
FOR
hardware, Stoves and
Tin ware
co TO
BEST GOODS
LOWEST PRICES

BEST GOODS LOWEST PRICES
The mail-order mans advertising is
different 1t is specific, and while the
glowing descriptions given are often
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-03-30
GREATEST LIVING
AMERICAN.

OF seven Harvard professors who
nave expressed themselves as to- tho
Greatest living American. five name
President Eliot of their university
while ono stands for president
Roosevelt There Is loyalty I'm this
demonstration. but thcre is better
ect the tribute of am appreciation
founded ON intimate acquaintance
Tugo Muusterbcre tho German pro-
ossor of philosophy votes with the
iyc as do De Sumicrast. The pro-
cssor of French. Hart tho historian
Dean Uurlbut and Greek Prof Smyth.
rh.so are no. Tho men whom a.
trenuous critic would point ont as
bearinr Tie brand of the molly
coddlc
Ordinarily almost instiuctiycIy
one who casts about for names of
nations great men turns TO the
lists of statesmen and soldiers The
hoico indicated ot Harvard prompts
70 different line of thought II sug.
costs the idea that in the successful
carrying ON of a broad leadership
of minds i'm he forming there are
qualities OF geatncss quite compara-
bile to those exhibited i'm fcats of war
or of politics such leadership
Or Eliot has maintained for almost
half century al his university His
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-03-30

ood p.o..sGue. Oh. h..I...r.
The urcsv.,rr n.il... CoY..r.
The August Term 1000 of .r-rrer
County Cil.sif c-.. sme,l. 4
garaliaph TWELFTH of IL. p..i-
ION Boo thi pro.. .ffr. I'm r..ar3 .o
The lands therein described as re.
oueiug 10 one T. y Meadows. Or.
lvorug that the loyal little to uiI
land SO described u -aid Para
rarh TWELFTH is iu yor othcr
lau James u. Williams ana q. j..
Williams. his wife. as lo,rs at law
Of John Woolvuc. deceased. and
praying that you. other than said
NiIiamss Doe made parties 90 this
proceeding as such heirs at law, Go
DE end Chat gcr may set up auy
lain You hov. to or lien upon said
land aud That The understand may
get perfect title TO same
And won viii furthe,. tal. >-oti.e
that at the sebrra,.y form too7
am Order WAC orfor.5 g, t.' ,,,,,
entitled proceediro ,,i.fr- 81. .,id
Apnlioant The D,onva.ar Roi,va,
co,opon,- loo,. 90 eIo ,- ..d1i,,o.,.l
Amended petition or A,rlfo,tion
settipg forth eYcb oddi.t,n,I Tact.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-03-30
HEI EN- GOULD'S
ROMANCE

That love which the Bible calls
Charity" is the large word writ
largest in Helen Goulds life. says
Mabel Potter DaggctJ 300 April
broadway magazine Not a thread
Of romance seems to fire with color
the web of her days. woven in all the
soft pastel shades of sympathy and
r7crifce one summer nigh. She sat
with a friend amid the purple bloom
Of her wistaria-coyered piazza at
rvndhurst. The setting-sun land
scape bathed in the soft afterglow OF
the half light that helps the heart
to expression. The small white hand
shaded her brow a little as She look
ed ont among the trees no" she
was saying. what YOU imagined was
never so. ! did not love him when T
sent him away. Long ago I made up
my mind never to think of any man
like that" Almost it seemed as if the
slender fingers pressed against her
temple were trembling now. but It
might have been only the play of the
shadows. "I am neither brilliant nor
pretty. and" she added firmly. "uo
man shall marry me for my money
4 duke and count and q bishop
son are among those whom umOr
has had it would have wO0ed ir She
wOuld have listened. lint fhnre Is mo-
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-03-30
GETS DIVORCE FROM
18TH HUSBAND
MOST-MARRIED WOMAN N IN
DIANA WIDOW AGAIN

Boonvillc. Ind, March 3O.-Mrs
Polly Weed Bakcr. widely known as
the most-married woman i'm Indiana
yesterday was granted a divorce from
her eleventh husband. John Baker
MIR Baker is the ninth of her hus
bands from whom She has been De
galy separated one husband died
a natural death and another commit
ted suicide.
Mrs Baker is sixty-nvo years old.
She first was married back i'm the
early SOS to Henry Fuquay after %
brief courtship After seven years of
married life mingled with occasional
turmoiIs. Fuquay himself applied for
divorce and was awarded the de
cree on a technical point
Her next husband was James Flu
quay. a cousin of her first spouse.
with whom she lived for n little over
a year. seeking the divorce court
when he took TO drink Next came
James Henry Robinson doshine
young widower from whom she was
divorced mt the first term OF court fol-
lowing their honeymoon.
James Fuquar was then given a
second trial. but was again found
wanting. Husband 80. was George
s. Boydon, travelling salesman for an
Evansville firm. who lasted for ten
long years. At the end of that time
she applied for a divorce and her plea
was granted. She was married to
Samuel r. Weed ON January 23'
1889. but after four years he died.
Husband No. Z was another former
husband. as was husband 80. S who
happened to be Mr.. Boydon. Since
their first separation ne had fallen
victim to strong drinl, and i'm i'
of melancholy he drowned himself
i'm a well.
Husband 30. 9 and husband 40.
10 were divorced and She was marri-
ed to John Baker i'm October 1905,
and the trial. which resulted i'm her
being granted decree of divorce.
has been pending for some time
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-03-30
CURED OF RHuMATIsNL

Mr. VIM Henry OF CHATTANOOGA
Tenn. had rheumatism i'm his left
arm The strength seemed to have
gone out of the muscles so that II
was useless for work" he says. 81
applied Chamberlain Pain Balm
and wrapped the arm i'm flannel az
night, and TO my relief found that
the pain gradually left me and the
strength returned In three weeks
the rheumatism had disappeared and
has not since returned If troubled
with rheumatism try a few applica
ions of Pain Balm. You are certain
% De pleased with the relief which
&c affords. For sale by an druggists
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-03-30
COMMISSIONERS NOTICE
OF AN ACCOUNT

The parties In the suit OF The Mil
Ter supply Company VS.. G.. l.. Walker
ct al, pending i'm the Circuit Court
OF Mercer County, West Virginia
viii take notice that, on the 18th
day OF April, 1907. at my Office in
the City of Blueheld, in said County,
viii proceed to execut the decree
rendered in said cause by said Court,
on the 9Th day of February, 1907,
when and where they are required
20 attend with such books, papers,
vouchers and evidence, as will enable
me to comply with the requirements
OF said decree.