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Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-01-14
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Schedule Ia Effect


Leave Bluenold OBS n. m. for Ro-
anoke, Lynchburg, Norfolk and an
points on the Shenandoah division
Pullman sleeper TO Roanoke ana Uo-
anoke to New York, via Hagerstown
Parlor car Roanoke to Norfolk
S:lb a. m. daily for Roanoke and
intermediate points
2:55 p. IN. for Roanoke and Lynch
burg and intermediate stations and
the Shenandoah Valley, PHILADELPHIA
and New York. Sleeper TO Philadel-
Roanoke to Richmond
1888 p. m fof Roanoke, Lynch
burg, Richmond. Norfolk, Pullman
sleeper East Radford 90 Norfolk and
Lynchburg TO Richmond. Cafe Car.
Trains arrive az Blucfeld from the
east at SOS, a. N, 2:l0 p. m. $40
p IN, and o 20, p. IN.
From the west at 500 a m. 9:2O
a. m. 2:05 y. M, and 8:18 p. n.
Leave Bluehold at g 20 p. m. for
Kenova, Columbus and all points
west and northwest Pullman sleep
ers for Columbus and Cincinnati. o.
Cafe car.
9:08 a. m. for Kenoya. Cincinnati.
Portsmouth, Columbus, ST. Louis
Through Pullman sleepers to CoIum-
bus. Cafe car.
Leave 9:15 a. IN. and Z:25 p. n.
daily for Tazewell. Norton. and all
stations on Clinch Valley division
Arrive from Norton and all points
on the Clinch valley division at 2:40
and 7:55 y. IN.
Leave $3.50 a. N for Reiioya and
intermediate stations via Wayne.
Leave 600 and 2:40 p. m. FOR
WEIGH and intermediate stations
For POcahOntas $3.50 a. ~. 9.0t
a. m. 2:4O y m and $40 p M. Ar
rive from POcahontas at 800 A. m
2:05 p. IN. and 8:1S p. M
For Bramwell, leave Bluefield so
a IN, 9:O8 q m, 2:f0 m and 500
.. m.
Call on agent Norfolk and Western
Railway. for tickets. maps, and addi-
tlonal Information.
W. p. BEVILL, @. p. A.
gosnOhe ~
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-01-14

or lot decided by w. A. Harris and
wife to one j. Il. Kennedy, by deed
dated the 25th day OF August. 1895;
thence with the line OF said Kenne-
dy lot n. 6S deg. fourteen (1D feet
to a point I'm said line; thence S. 10
deg. 15 min. e., still with the line
OF said Kennedy lot, six (6) feet TO
a point; thence. continuing with the
said Kennedy line. N. 6S deg. E.
forty (4OO feet to a point I'm the
West line OF said Rees street; thence
with the said West line OF Rees
street S. 15 deg. 10 min. seven CD
feet and six co inches to the point
of beginning. Being the same
property conveyed TO the United
Banking & Trust Company by w. A.
Harris and wife, by deed bearing
date on the 16 tn day OF April, 1900.
and recorded loo said C',lh. Office
In Deed Book So 40, page POI
TERMS or SALE: one-third cash
on day of sale. and the residue pay
able In two equal instalments I'm six
and twelve months respectively from
day of sale the purchaser executing
his two bonds, bearing interest from
date, with good personal security,
for the deferred payments.
u. w. CROCKETT.
Special Receiver.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-01-14
GOLD CHRISTMAS"

Throughout Christendom. in all
probability, most people celebrated
Christmas on Dec. 25. But there are
{ till a goodly number Of devout per-
ons In the mountains OF Georgia,
he two Carolinas, Tennessee and
,entucky to whom the real Christ
mas does not come until Jan. 6. That
3 "old Christmas" the day on the
1idnight OF which the COWS get
own on all-fours and the sheep and
oats make obeisances and are sup
osed to be saying their prayers.
hen the calendar was changed,
any years ago. Christmas was ad-
need to Dec. 20, but there are still
enables In the country who adhere
the old calendar for religious pur-
oses. and I'm such families "old
hristmas" will be observed with
en- greater fervor than the new
te.-Savannah News
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-01-14
CHAMBERLAINC COUGH RENE
DY A SAFE MEDICINE FOR
CHILDREN

In buying a cough medicine for
children, never be afraid to buy
Chamberlain Cough Remedy There
is no danger from It. and relief is
always sure to follow II Is intend
cd especially for coughs. Group and
whooping cough, and there Is no bet
ter medicine In the world for these
diseases. II Il not only certain
cure for Group, but, when given as
soon as Group cough appears. Will
prevent tho attack. Whooping cough
Us not dangerous when this remedy
Is given as directed II contains no
opium or other harmful drugs, and
may DO given as confidently to a
baby as to an adult. For sale by all
druggists.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-01-14
EW YoRK'S HOTEL
POPULATION
Is SIX TIMES THAT OF PARIS
AND IN SOMETIMES AMOUNTS
TO sIs5, 900 IN A SEASON.

The home spirit In New York city
: already been so shattered by the
andiose hotel that Al per cent OF
so-called "fashionables'' now re-
In these bewilderlng caravan
les in preference to dwelling be-,
ath their own vine and fig tree. The
sst edition OF the Social Regis
+" shows that 5000 fanatics in
w York city with wealth and aris-
cratic pride have given up their
ivate homes TO live I'm hotels. An
pert who has studied the hotel bus
ess In every principal country OF
o hemispheres says that New York
res for three times as many per-
in hotels as does London, six
les as many as does any other city
At can be named. There are 1876
'ge first-class hotels In Manhattan
pne. more than 500. including the
naller ones: and. at the rate OF con
ruction at present, the calculation
IS been made that within 90 years
ere Will be on Manhattan island
one $50 hotels of 400 rooms each
OF greater size.
Graded wherever II may have been
10 hosiery art has surely found it's
ONE In the American metropolis.
nd one needs no further figures
IAN these Just given to furnish ex-
lanations OF the amazing evolution
the hotel In New York city. With
floating population each day rang
1g from $4,000 to 1876. 900. accord
Ing TO the railroad passenger &C
ountants, for the various seasons
4 the year. there is little wonder
hat New York has become the city
n earth most conspicuous for It's
otels.
The word palace" has been APP
lied 20 hotels since the memory of
ian runneth not to the contrary, and
good natured world has always &C
epted II as a jestful hyperbole. But
ut OF the New York conception OF
hosiery has come a creation in the
description OF which palace" be-
ONES a feeble misnomer.-Succes
fagazine.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-01-14
SALE OF REAL ESTATE.

l. q. 49, Crocsett. special Receiv-
Ell, h. virtue Of the authority vested
in me by decree entered by the
Circuit Court of Mercer County,
WOst Virginia, in the chancery
cause therein pending in the name OF
II. Carter Wexford, who etc, VS..
United Banking & Trust Company,
will, on the End day OF February.
1907, at 10 o'clock, a. m, at the
front door OF the law office OF Crock
EFT e. Crockett, in the City OF Blue
field, County OF Mercer and State OF
West Virginia, proceed to sell by way
Of public auction to the highest bid
der all that certain lot or parcel of
land situate In the city of Bluefeld.
County of Mercer and state of West
Virginia, and moro PARTICULARLY
bounded and describe as follows.
to-wit: Lying on the North side of
the Norfolk & Western Railway and
adjoining the lot OF the Brick Com
pany, of Elijah Trigg and the Wu.
A. Harris lot, and fronting forty-six
bounded as follows: Beginning at "a
stake, a corner of the VIM. A. Harris
lot and a corner OF the lot hereby
conveyed; thence North forty (40)
feet to a stake, corner OF lot OF w.
/. Lusk; thence with the line OF said
Lusk and Trigg East eighty-nine
(89) feet to a stake I'm the edge OF
Rees Street; thence South, with
the line of said Rees street, forty
forty (40) feet to a stake; thence
the VIM. A. Harris lot; thence West
forty Cd feet to stake; thence
North six co feet to n stake
thence West forty-nine (49) feet to
the point of beginning Being the
same property conveyed to the
United Banking e. Building Compa-
ny afterwards the United Banking
e. Trust Company by II. l.. Denoon
deed bearing date on the 21st day
OF June. 1897. and recorded in the
Clerks Office OF the County Court
OF Mercer County, In Deed Book No
35, page 240. / will also at the same
time and place proceed to sell the
following lot or strip OF land, which
adjoins on the South the above de
scribed lot, this strip having been
purchased by the United Banking e.
Trust Company from w. A. Harris
and wife, owing to the fact that the
building on the above described lot
was constructed partly on the strip
or land hereinafter described
The said strip or lot OF land is
bounded and described as follow
to-wit: Beginning at a point o.
West line OF Rees street ~.
10 min. w. seven hunder4 m I-ru
ty-two (722) feet END .sJ f-.h .
from the int s-tuu .f tho said
West line .f H.a ar..t vith the
South lir' ot Ha'road avenue. said
Intersection being at the top of the
nDankment OF the Norfolk g. West
ern Railway Company's yard, and
running from said beginning point, at
right angles with the said line OF
Rees street, s. "a deg. As min. nifty
Tour Cb4 feet to a point; thence NJ
3 deg. is min. w. six (6) feet and
four % inches to point In The line
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-01-14

sioner b. w. Pendleton. has given
the bond and security required OF
him by decree OF Mercer Circuit
Court in the cause or u. w. Hale,
Com. VS.. John a. Bailey, ct al.
w. b. HONAKER, Clerk.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-01-14
AfTTED:- Is GOOD
Carpenters. Apply to
FUFUS B. BIRD,
Building Extractor.
Princeton, w. Va.
HY SUFFER FROM

HY SUFFER FROM
RHEUMATISM?
DO you know that rheumatism can
> relieved? II you doubt this Just
ono application of ChamberIain's
ain Balm. 1t will make rest and
leep possible. and that certainly
leans q great deal to any one at.
ieted with rheumatism. For sale
Y all druggists.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-01-14
COMMISSIONERS SALE.

BY virtue OF a Decree OF the Cir
cult Court or Mercer county, rom
dered at the February Term, 1905.
thereof. in the Chancery cause of
Il. w. Hale. Committee,
We.
John A. Bailey, ct al.
Tho undersigned Commissioner, ap-
pointed for The purpose, will pro-
coed to sell at the front door OF the
Court House OF Mercer County, West
Virginia, by way of public auction.
to the highest bidder, on the
End Day OF February, 1907,
the following described Real Estate,
situate in said County, to-wit:
A tract OF land situate near the
CITY OF Blueneld, I'm the neighbor-
hood called "Dcavor pond" contain
ing something over 200 acres OF land
and owned by the late Carmaclt Bal
ley and upon which he resided I'm his
lifetime.
TERMS OF SALE:
CASH I'm hand on day OF sale.
b. w PENDLETON,
Special Commissioner.
Dec. 81, 1906.
l, w. b. HONAKER, Clerk OF the
Circuit Court Of Mercer county. do
hereby certify that Special Commits
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-01-14
7. 7. Carter,
ARCHITECT.
. once o and Lazarus Building.
BLUEFLELD, W. VA.
NEW HOTEL RIVERSIDE
Keystone, w. Va.
N. A. NICHOLSON, Manager.

Newly rented throughout with
comm iious sample rooms.
p RYTHING FIRs%-CLAss.
opo day and night and run on the
European and American Plan.
Your patronage respectfully so
jioitsd.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-01-14

The Evening Leader is growing I'm
popularity with the people.
The Washington times., 1907-02-07
CONGO LOVE SONG TO BE
HEARD on U. OF c. CAMPUS

Congo love songs and the latest music
OF the African jungles Will be sung on
the campus of the University Of Chicago
from the original phonugraph records
which Prof. Frederick Starr has just
brought back from the wilds of the dark
continent.
Music and musical instruments always
have been amCng the noted anthropolo-
gist's hobbies. and his findings on his re-
cent trip were especially valuable. He
now is prepared to introduce African
music drst hand to Chicagoans and at
an early date viii present 10 his classes
some of the ruling RACES OF dark
Africa
Prof Starr was unwilling TO make
comparison of African music with Amer
lean music, but he limited il would not
take mucn to surpass My Zulu Maid,
I'm the Kid that Built the Pyramids.
and some OF the other favOrites of the
hour.
Grand opera, he asserts. thrives among
certain trik@s-Or at least something on
the order of grand opera. Most of the
cannIbals were musically lnclmed-sOme
with CarusO V0ices-and on certain fes-
tivities he was able TO record the mu-
steal ceremonies.
The professor carried with him also a
moving picture machine, and viii be
able to present a double bill 10 his
classes. While n phOnograph is Keeling
on the music, the anthrOpOlOgisJ will
throw the singer on the screen and send
him through his antics, which are gen
orally quite varied.
Many of the ceremonies. dances, Gus
toms, and modes of life of the Africans
have been recorded by the anthropOlo-
eist with the photograph, moving pic
ture machine, camera. ana by the real
objects which are included in his hve
tons of baggage.
The Washington times., 1907-02-07
BROTHERS MIXED
IN LONG SEARCH
One Fails to Find Other,
Gives Up-Second Be
gins Hunt

Los ANGELES, Cal. Feb. "A. j..
Morton, of Tempe. Ariz-, and Richard
Morton. whose present whereabouts are
unknown, two brothers, after remaining
apart for eight years as the result OF a
Quarrel. are now looking Tor each other.
AS the plot Of a novel Is woven, the
characters just failing, through unfore-
seen circumstances u accomplish what
they set out 10 do. so these two men
came near finding each other. but failed.
Richard Morton arrived here January
6. and, making his headquarters at the
New Hotel Southern. at North Main
and West Market streets, announced
that he was searching for his brother.
He was III at the time and seemed anX-
ious 10 locate A J. Morton without
delay Many inquiries were made about
the city, and an article printed in a
newspaper upon the subject Of his quest
Here the second chapter began. Rich
ard Morton failed utterly 10 accomplish
his purpose. and, on January :, LETT the
hotel going il is not known where But
a copy Of the paper containing the no
tice found its way into A. j. Morton s
hands He Immediately dispatched a no
tice 10 his brother, both in care OF the
newspaper and To the New Hotel South
ern, but neither has vet reached the ad-
dress.
The two men who thus almost found
each other after eight wears OF enmlty.
and each Of whom is now anxious TO
Ia We the friendship of the other, with
one seriously sick, have again drifted
apart. IL is thOL 4hJ. however, AT the
hotel where Richard Morton stayed
while in Los Angeles that he is still
living somewhere IN the city
The Washington times., 1907-02-07
Civil Service in New York.

Effective civil service reform has
a hard time ia New York. Federal
Offices are kept fairly well in hand.
But the State ofices-partly because
there is az present no State law
against political activity on the part
of officials, and partly because the
State administration has been an
tipathetic 10 such restrictions-have
been conspicuous as organization
bureaus,
Two recent happenings illustrate
this admirably.
Philip Leininger, deputy collector
of customs, Buffalo, was a Reuubii-
can general committeeman and took
active part in a recent contest for
craftsmanship of that committee.
The Treasury Department noted
this campaign and decided that Mr..
Leininger had been "perniciously ac-
tive" Thereupon the collector
asked for and obtained Mr.. Lem
myers resignation.
Down in Gotham precisely the
same situation arose, and the same
action was had But before Collin
IL. Woodward, the deputy there con
cerned, could resign, the State or
ganization found him IA berth as
deputy superintendent of elections,
"a position ne now holds.
But al the offenses are not
chargeable to the State. as the fol-
lowing from the Amsterdam Even
ing Recorder viii indicate:
II was postmasters' convention that
met al Saratoga last Friday TO name
the Republican Congressional nominee.
Postmaster Liddle. of Amsterdam. pre-
sided. Postmaster Davey. OF Mechanic
Nlle, was secretary, and Postmaster
Durey. of Johnstown, was the nominee.
postmaster Balm. OF CanajOharie sec
onded the nomination on behalf of
montgomery county. and the convention
adjourned on motion of Postmaster
Dewey. Of GlOveFsville. The able and
eloquent nominating speech was made
by maker OF Representa-
tive Littauer.
This is the Commonwealth whose
secretary of state wrote recently:
"When President Roosevelt was
governor of New York he injected
hundreds of pounds of starch into
the civil service. 1t is now hard as
cork tree as the result of his work"
The Washington times., 1907-02-07
Bryan and Williams.

Dispatches from Mississippi de-
clare that John Sharp Williams ops
position TO Government ownership
of railroads is proving one of the
serious elements of weakness in his
contest with Governor Nardaman
for control of the primaries which.
next August. viii determine who
shall be the next Senator from the
State. Mr.. Williams is determinedly
opposed 10 the Bryan policy. and
has not been backward about say
ing so. He has permitted the inn
preston 10 get abroad that he
thinks the Madison Square Garden
speech of Mr.. Bryan reduced very
largely the chance of Democratic
success in the campaign of 1905.
But, il is now alleged, the people
OF Mississippi are for Government
ownership. They believe in it, and
so does Nardaman; and this is one
of the reasons why Nardaman is
making such "a strong showing in
his preliminary campaign.
There is in this Mississippi re-
port food for reflection concerning
the tendencies of Democratic opin-
ion in general. Here in Washington
Mr.. Bryan never was very strong.
The politicians of his own party
have not much liked his domination.
but have accepted il with more or
less reluctance because Bryan had
the people with him.
When Mr.. Bryan declared for Gov
eminent ownership as an alternative
in case public regulation should not
prove a success. the antagonistic
elements in his party seized upon it
as occasion for redoubling their OPP
position 10 the Nebraskan. 1t was
not material that Bryan hardly
went farther than Mr. Roosevelt
has gone. Each has suggested pub
Tic ownership as the unavoidable
alternative. Mr.. Bryan was instant
y declared 10 have made this the
tissue" of 1905. and 10 have done his
party irreparable injury.
But il appears that Mr.. Bryan
gagged better the drift of opinion
in his party than did the politicians
of the organization. There have
been signs for q long time of a deep
interest in this proposition among
he Democratic masses. The Mis-
rissippi report is only one of many
indications of the same condition.
Public ownership sentiment is devel-
oping in all parts of the country, in
and out Of the Democratic party, at
The Washington times., 1907-02-07
SAYS SNETTENHANS
SWARM IN ENGLAND
Disguised Britisher Wants
TO Become an Ameri-
can Citizen.

NEW YORK, Feb 7.-Disguste5 he
said, at the number of Swettenha.ns in
England. and desiring TO become az
American citizen. middle aged pros-
Porous looking Engi3shman has applfed
Tor his first papers at the naturaliza-
tOn bureau in the Federal BUILDING. He
said his name was Noah Edward Barnes
end that he was heavily Interested in
gold mining properties. He had come
on here, he said. TO attend a meeting
Of directors of his company, and was
about 10 sail for England and wanted 10
have his first papers 10 show his friends
H5 said America was the only place In
the world 10 live in
II was learned later that the president
or Mr. Barnes company was Lord Fran
els Godolphin Osborne, and Ct was said
that he and Mr.. Barnes werl one and
The same person. When Mr.. Barnes was
asked for an explanation he declined 10
go into details.
Lord Francis is the ninth Duke Of
Leeds and was born in ls64
\ lawyer, who accompanied him said
Mr.. Barnes had made something over
there that entitled him TO wear "a
many pointed star and a collar" bur
he did not quite know what the title
was.
Mr.. Barnes showed the clerk a cable
message, with the signature OF Lord
knOllys, secretary 10 King Edward
thanking him for some favor he and the
citizens OF Barnes, Colo, had shown the
King.
The Washington times., 1907-02-07

At the very time TO which this
letter refers. according TO Good
Government" this extraordinary
record of a county civil service
board was being uncovered:
The secretary Of the State commits
sion recently made an investigation Of
the Oneida commission From this in
NcstigatiOn IL was discovered that the
commission had held but two meetings
during 1906; that the commission had
no records worthy OF the name; that
no entry in the minute book had been
made by the secretary since October
II, 1900 that the present commission
nae certified no pay rolls. that there
was no registration Of labOrers, and
that IL Was impossible from the books
and papers composing the records OF
the commission 10 discover that the
provisions of the civil service law We're
being complied with in the slightest de-
gree.
There is evidently need for a
little more starch.
The Washington times., 1907-02-07
AT A WESTERN WINDOW.

j gaze from the western window
AthWaFt the narrowing day
Where the sunshine and the shadow rs
In parting glory play,
To violet isles enchanted
That smile at the open door
AS the argOsIes of evening
Sail through 10 a fairer shore.
The day is long behind me.
The night is coming on;
But ] hear a robin singing
The song he sang at dawn
Now one with the morn is evening,
And one are the earth and sky.
The bloss ms In the meadow
With ID stars that breathe on high
And youth is young forever,
And love is never old.
Though masks of art are breaking
Back 10 the primal mold.
SO here, from my western window
L gaze. as the stars increase,
And the mortal and immortal
Are one in this blessed peace.
Benjamin $. Parker. in Reader.
The Washington times., 1907-02-07
The Real Victor

New Jerseys election last No
vember was heralded as "a crushing
defeat for the reformers. OF the
whole band, young Mr.. Colby, the
leader, was practically the only one
sent TO the State Legislature ON "A
platform which made the defeat of
John f. Dryden the matter of first
Importance.
But now Mr.. Dryden has been
beaten. As the New York sun
points out, his seat does not go to
Colby but to Frank o. Briggs. Yet
il is clear, as the sun also indicates,
that Mr.. Colby's beating left him
in possession of the field. Not Mr.,
Briggs, who comes 10 the Senate, or
Mr. Dryden. who was '-vindicated'
at the polls, is the real victor. That
is Everett Colby. the rcformer.
The Washington times., 1907-02-07
FINANCING TOUR
OF MARINE BAND
Americans in London Raise
Guarantee Fund for Pres
ident'S Own"

LONDON. Feb. George Ashton.
who Is known as the Kings Enter
tainer." because he makes ali arrange
ments and Is personally present when
King Edward visits any London theater,
is now circularizing the American col
ony in regard to the United States Ma
rine Band. which Win wish this country
probably in April or MAY.
Mr. Ashton is forming a guarantee
fund so as TO make the visit OF the band
a financial success.
THE Presidents own" the band VIII
be known here. will have enormous eX-
penses, and americans in London are
being asked 20 take shares OF $40 each
IN the guarantee fund.
The response has clearly been very
hearty, and many LOndoners have al
ready applied for shares If the band
is a success, as Mr.. Ashton hopes, the
shareholders should make a handsome
Profit. The band will visit Manchester.
Birmingham. Liverpool. and Glasgow
after London.