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Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1907-03-27
Easter For Two

g HE stood in the doorway. frown
~ wrinkling her pretty forehead
and something of tragedy in her
voice and gesture.
II can't go" she declared. in evident
disappointment.
Cant go, Elizabeth?" he repeated,
in perplexity. You're not III. What on
earth has happenedT
"My hat she began and stopped
abruptly.
"WellT he queried
Didn't come" said she.
Horrors" he exclaimed He pulled
aside the curtains and looked out on
an ideal Easter morning "Horrorsl'
he repeated, while the ghost of a
smile relaxed his firm mouth.
ITS no laughing matter" said the
girl. with some warmth.
II know" he said contritely. "Of
course it isn'tua1RQven't you another
haty
i11< lseornfully.
winter hat" she said.
EXACTLY" he said calmly. II Ger.
tainly would. 1t will be a tremendous
service at the Church of the Apostles.
Menoni is to sing and there's to be a
string quartet from the symphony"
you don't imagine" said she, in
Amazement. that I'd go to the Church
of the Apostles Easter Sunday wearing
my winter hat, do your"
He smiled patiently.
II confess | had no proper realization
of the enormity of such an act" said
he. "Would they put you outT
The girl shrugged her shoulders in a
quaint little gesture of despair.
"That's the man of it." she said. "Of
course can't hope to make you under
stand, but the simple fact remains that
/ can't CO."
"All right" he said cheerfully, and
he resumed the seat he had vacated
when she entered the room.
"But you'll go just the same" she
said.
"AloneP Neverl" he protested, with
vehemence.
81 hate to keep you away from
church on the only day in the year you
ever CO." she said.
"See here" said he, well compro-
mise Well attend service this morn
ing at place where your hat will not
be conspcuous-at a place, In fact,
where they will never know whether
1t is of the winter variety or the latest
Easter creation. viii you go?'
"Of course | WILL" she replied.
They took suburban car and rode
to the end of the route. Then they
walked a mile or so along a secluded
road and presently turned into clump
of woods.
Elizabeth looked about her with In
terest then turned to her companion.
"And where is the churchP she
asked.
1.-THE groves were Gods first tenn
ples,'" he quoted serenely.
IT believe you're glad the hat didn't
come" she said.
He regarded her with quiet amuse-
ment.
II believe ] am" he returned.
"I don't believe my hat will be un-
duly criticised here" she said, with q
meaning glance in his direction.
< "And / shall have you all to my
self" he said, with content. Lets
perch on the fence and have an Easter
service for two. There is at least one
deyout worshiper here" he said point
edly.
They climbed the low fence and sat
down on the top rider. The air was
soft, and 1t was freighted with the
smell of warm, wet earth. The sun
light through the branches made an
interviewer shadow fabric on the
ground. Bird voices piped with pleas
ant plaintiveness.
'Its good 10 be alive" he comment
ed.
'Isn't it?' she said.
"And to be here" he went on.
"Rather than at the Church of the
Apostles?" she asked.
'Decdedly," he ayerred. i've much
more courage here"
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1907-03-27
MISS coRNELIA MERCER, WASHINGTON BEAUTY.


daughter of the Mccall Mercer Pitburg
society
home
tanning quite extensively granddaughters
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-02-01

Pursuant TO adjournment, the o.
Heals vi ,ne company met IA joint con-
4erence with the engineers and ire
mems committees at Roanoke. Fri
day, January 18th, 1907. At the
opening Of the conference the com
mittees of the engineers and fremen
still had failed to agree on a basis
OF settlement. But the management
stated that they did not believe that
all efforts 10 adjust the question at
issue had been exhausted; that since
the time Of adjournment on the 18th
instant, the matter had received most
careful consideration, and it had been
determined that further efforts should
be made TO have the question decided
by some one other than an official
of the railway company; that as
further effort, they were OF the opin-
ion that the chief grand officers OF
each of the respective organizations
mould be asked to join with the Of
iicials OF the railway and the res
spectve committees. Therefore, Mr..
w. S. Stone. Grand Chief OF the
brotherhood Of Locomotive Engineers.
and Mr.. J. J. Hannahsn, President OF
the Brotherhood OF Locomotive Fire
men, had been requested by the man
agement to come TO Roanoke for con-
ference. On account OF engagements
Of both these gentlemen, they replied
1t would be impossible for them TO
come to Roanoke. Upon receipt OF
this information, it was suggested that
the officials OF the railway and the re-
spective committees should go to
Columbus. Ohio, provided Messrs
Stone and Hannahan could meet them
there. This information was commu-
nicated to the gentlemen with the re-
Continued on Fifth Page.)
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-02-01
NORFOLK & WESTERN S
Objects Simply TO Assist Engineers
and Fircmcn to AmicabIy Adjust
Their Differences.
CIRCULAR LETTER GIVES
HISTORY OF CONTENTION

The following has been issued from
the Office of the general manager OF
the Norfolk and Western railway al
Roanoke:
To the Locomotive Engineers and
Firemen in the service of the
Norfolk and Western Railway:
Gentlemen: a controversy has
arisen between the locomotive engi-
neers and the locomotive hremen i'm
the service Of this company. as to
which of the accredited committees is
authorized TO negotiate and deal with
the management of the Norfolk and
western railway with respect to-
rules. regulations and rates of pa,
Cand particularly subjects arectins
grievances of engineers whether
they are members of the brotherhood
of Locomotive Engineers. Brother
hood Of Locomotive Firemen or
neither of these organizations; and the
management takes this method to-
place in the possession Of each EN-
gineer and fireman, the company's po-
sition in this controversy.
On November LIST, 1903. the COMPANY
was requested by the accredited rep
resentat!ves or committee Of the To-
connective firemen to and did insert in
the rules and regulations the follow
ing:
Article XLVI. The MANAGEMENT
10
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-02-01

s.ncors to the above quoted regula-
ON and no objection was made until
about the middle of the year 1908.
On February LIST. 1906, the mana 90
nent, Al The request Of the commit ,e
II engineers, inserted the follow a
equations in the rules and regula-
ions relative to engineers:
The eng nemens committee will
landle all business pertaining 10 en-
sinemen"
I'm this controversy u
controversy affecting two labor or
LIMITATIONS each interested in pro
Getting its present membership and
Increasing its membership-the com
any has had no part or interest, di-
rect or remote, except the desire to
ee a just, wise and permanent set
Iement of the controversy between
ne two organizations Of employees so
mat the travelling and shipping pub
lie, vitally interested i'm the perform
ance by the company of the company
iuty as carrier, the employees, and
the company shall not suffer.
With the purpose of arriving at
UGH settlement the management
LAS made every effort by nego iations
with committees from both 0rganiza-
ions to arrive at an adjustment sat
.Sfactory TO both and effective to
maintain the service of the company.
20 give opportunity for these nego-
atoms Article XLVI of the firemen's
rules and the above quoted article
rom the engineers rules and regu-
lations of February list, 1906, were. by
agreement between the engineers
committee and the fremen's com
mite, under date of March 18th. 1906.
temporarily suspended until January
18th, 1907, the engineers and firemen
agreeing that the president OF the
company should, lin the meantime.
that is TO say, from this date until
January 18th, 1907, and until the
matter at issue is finally settled" be
he judge as TO how Investigations OF
matter pertaining to engineers were
10 be conducted. Since January 18th.
1907, continuous negotiations have
been under way between the com
mittees of engineers and fremen rep
Fesentins the employees of this com
amy and the officials of the company
acting merely as Intermediary.
Four suggestions of n settlement
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-02-01

-e.e~, one man. the fremen one, and
II the two SO selected could not agree
then 20 call in third man, an Of
iiciai oil the Norfolk and Western
Railway Company. as umpire. to
whom the whole question should be
referred for decision:
(b) To leave the whole question
TO be decided by Mr.. l.. h. Johnson,
president OF the Norfolk and Western
Railway Company. his decision to be
rendered at the present session OF
conference.
with the submission of these sug-
gestions 10 the committees OF the en-
gineers and hremen, the meetings of
January 17rh, 1907. concluded and
tie conference was re-convened at
IL a. m. OF January 18th, 1907. At
this meeting suggestion b (to leave
the controversy for decision to Mr.
Johnson was accepted by the en-
gineers' committee. but both and b
we're rejected by the iremen's com
mittee. leaving the controversy no
nearer solution. At the afternoon
session Of the conference on January
18th, 1907, there was discussion but
no agreement or conclusion could be
arrived at by the committees of the
Two organizations and the confer
ence then adjourned until 10 a. m,
January 10Th, 1907 When the con
ference re-convened according to ad-
journment only the officials OF the
company and the representatives OF
the fremen's committee were present
1t FIRST and the firemen's committee
made the following suggestion as a
method OF settlement:
The engineers committee to select
,ae man, the fremen's committee to
select one man and these two to Sc
ect n third man, the three so Sc
lected to be disinterested and the
three to arbitrate the controversy.
Upon the submission OF this sug-
gestion the iremen's committee re-
,ired and the engineers committee
:ame into the conference and rejected
ne last suggestion Of the hremen.
At p. IN. of January 18th, 1907 AN
afternoon session OF the conference
was held and the committee OF the
engineers at this meeting presented
letter insisting that the contro-
versy was "a question of justice due
the engineers by the management
and should be granted at this time :"
the position Of the engineers being,a
as the question related to engineers,
the engineers committee should have
general control of engineers griev-
ances. The conference was then ad-
journed to II o'clock Friday morn
ing, January 25th, 1907.
After the adjournment the engi-
neers' committee, under date of Jan
uary goth 1907, made this further
suggestion of settlement:
The question and the decision
thereof to be left to a board of arbi-
tratiGn, composed of three disin4er-
ested persons, to be chosen one by
the engineers committee, one by the
firemen's committee and one by the
governor of Virginia.
The management of the company
communicated this suggestion to the
firemen's committee, that committee
making a counter proposal of arbi-
tration as follows: The engineers
committee to select one man, the
firemen's committee to select one
man and the two men thus chosen to
select a third man. all three to be
disinterested
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-02-01
BLUETIELD LEADER FRIDAY EvEIN T. FEDlAt1 l. 1907


were made by the management al a
meeting at which the company's Of
hcials and the committees OF the twC
classes OF labor were present at Roa
noke. January 18th, 1901. being the
first meeting held pursuant 10 the
suspension agreement OF March nth.
1906. between the committees repre-
senting the engineers and the fire
men. the four different methods be-
ing as follows. any one OF which
would have been satisfactory to the
management OF the railway company:
Il. We submit that enginemens
committee will handle all business
pertaining 10 enginemen. nth the
proviso that, i'm case an englneman
whose case is taken up for hearln
desires TO have an engiuewan. en-
ployed by the company AT me time
and not on the eng.nemen's com
mittee, sit in at the hearing. he
shall have the privilege
-. Or, we will agree 20 let the
matter rest with the understanding
that whatever the board of arbitra-
ton, to which the same question has
been submitted az between the
outhern Pacific railway and it's en-
cheers and firemen, decides. the
anne shall govern the Norfolk and
Western Railway Company and its
ngineers and firemen.
80. Or, the matter TO be submitted
% arbitrwtion-the enginemen to Sc
lect one man, the firemen one man;
and If the two can not agree, they
TO select a third man not connected
with the Norfolk and Western. and
their decision shall be final and ac-
cepted by all parties.
a. That all parties interested
agree in writing that they shall leave
this whole question to be decided by
Mr.. L. f. Johnson, and that his de-
cision be final and all abide by
same"
At an adjourned meeting held at
3 o'clock in the afternoon OF the
same day, the first three OF the above
suggestions were rejected by the com
mittee OF the engineers and the fourth
was accepted by the engineers.
The committee OF fremen rejected
and suggested a substitute for as
follows:
"A committee OF enginemen will
handle all business pertaining to en-
sinemen, but in the case Of a pro-
NOTED fireman who has a case to be
presented to the management OF this
company, he may, If he so desires.
elect the regular engineers com
mttee to handle his case, or com
mittee OF engineers employed by the
company at the time, and in the lat
ter case should the regular engineers
committee, or a part thereof. desire
70 be present at the investigation they
may do so"
and rejected 2, accepted 9 general
arbitration and rejected 4.
The meetings of January 18th. 1907.
were, therefore, abortive as the
committee OF the engineers and the
committee OF the fremen could not
agree upon any one OF the four sug-
sestions made by the management OF
me company to settle the controver-
sy. At the close OF the adjourned
meeting OF January nth, 1907, the
management of the company, in the
light OF the action by each organiza-
ton upon the suggestions l to A.,
submitted two other suggestions, as
follows:
(a). Arbitration-The engineers to
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-02-01
Why ;, FFER FROM
RHEUMATISM:

Do you know that rheumatism car
be relieved? II you doubt this JUS
try one application OF Chamberlain
Pain Balm. 1t will make rest and
sleep possible. and that certain1,
means a great deal to any one az
ticted with rheumatism. For sale
by all druggists.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-02-01
Reason Why.

~ AO0iDNfNi BENEFITS which is the amount paid by the
hS IN lSVO STANDS by Itself in history of
sURNcE as world record OF ACCIDENT BsNEFTs paid during one
amount gseater than that combined
and in itself an invncbe proof
First. THAT ACCIDENT ona q, fro
necessities Of ife
Second THAT THE ACCIDENT Travellers are o
liberal and carefully protect their policy holders and that
the Company actuaed generous spirit OF adjust
ment which for the polcvboIder 90 tho ~ %
Third THAT THE TRAVELLERS THE PIONEER COMPANY has
een advertised by Its satisfied poholders
great Accident cmnanv ~ tho world
CLAUDE w. MOSS District Agent
THORNTON BUILDING, BLUEFIELD w VA.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-02-01

Read the Daily LeaGer.
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Continued on Fifth Page
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1907-11-07

The financiers" have had their inn.
ing, and there is good deal of cotton
in the hands of the raisers yet.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1907-11-07
Hall For Conventions.

Secretary J. +. Letton OF the Little
Rock Boosters Club, is endeavoring
to create enthusiasm in the prospects
of a big convention hall in the capital
city. His idea is to raise the money
by popular subscription. This may
sound like large amount to raise in
this way" he said, but this is the
manner in which Kansas City raised
the money for its convention hall,
and there is not a finer one in the
country. When this is considered the
task does not seem to be of such stu
pnedOus magnitude There are many
national conventions which could be
brought to Little Rock We're there
such a convention hall, which it is
now impossible to secure A de
termined effort will be made to
bring the Trans Mississippi Con
gresS here, and there are many
such meetings that would come here
had the city suitable meeting place
to offer. Not only conventions, but
many other meetings, would use the
convention hall, and in this way it
would soon be made 70 pay more than
the expense Of keeping it.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1907-11-07
Withdrawals Are Limited.

Little Rock banks have adopted the
course pursued in other cities to pre-
vent possible runs, and from now I'M
til the furry is over, cash Withdrawals
by depostors will be limited to $50
per day. except to meet pay rolls.
However, clearing house certificates
for balance on deposit will be issued
upon request. These certificates are
a new variety Of emergency currency
available for banks alone II is auth
orized by an organization OF banks,
secured by bonds or other collateral,
and IS advocated by bankers as the
best means of securing an elastic
currency. 1t differs from the bank
note, in that ii is restricted to the
payment of daily balances at the
clearing house. Shipments OF cur
rency to country correspondents have
been discontinued and institutions to
which the recommendation applies
have already decided to require no
tice of withdrawal Of deposits.
number of bankers from various parts
Of the state have been here within the
past few days inquiring into cOndi-
tiOns. but it is said that practically
none has been after currency. and
that all believe they will be able to
hold their own.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1907-11-07

The Carnegie Library BOard net
the first Of the week and selected as
site for the proposed new library
| building three lots at the southwest
corner Of Seventh and Louisiana
streets, and the dreams Of the public
spirited and the literary inclined citi-
Zens of the capital city, in which
doomed up a handsome and commo-
diOus public library, are about to be
realized. No definite plans have as
yet been made but it is expected that
Edward l.. Upton of New York, the
architect who has designed many of
the Carnegie Libraries throughout the
country, will be here within a few
days, and commence work on the
plans at once The ligrary project
was preached about a year ago and
in quiet way that gave no presage
OF the present splendid realization.
II. F. Auten Mayor Lemon and T. NJ.
Mehaffy were at luncheon when the
latter gentleman casually mentioned
that he had been to st. Louis for sew
eral days gathering Information from
one or the Libraries in that city. ms
gave rise to the natural query, why
isn't there library in Little Rock? ~
Suffice it to say that before the gen
tlemen separated after their luncheon,
they agreed to propose the question
to a number of other business and
professional men of the city. Some
time later there was another lunch
con. at which some Is citizens sat.
Before it was over they had sub
scribed over $4,000 toward a library.
A Library Committee was then appoint
ed, with H. F. Auten as chairman, and
within few days they had raised
over 500, 900 as a public subscription.
Following the appointment of the
board, negotiations were carried on
with Andrew Carnegie which Ana ~
resulted in the securing Of a dona-
ton of SIS. 100 for the building alone.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1907-11-07
To Be Ready In January.

The new city hall is now in the
hands of the plasterers and it is ex-
pected that it will be ready for oc-
cupancy by January. The marble
work to be done will require two
months time for comp. etion and as
soon as the plasterers complete their
work. the inside woodwork will be be
gun. The third floor will not be fin
ished at present, but when the growth
Of the city demands more room for its
Offices the rooms will be there to be
had
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1907-11-07
State Capital Notes
Governor PindaIl's Report.

Acting Governor Pindall has re-
turned from his tour of inspection or
the state convict farm, and has sub
mitted a written report to the board.
Among other things he says that the
cotton is practically all opened on the
farm and approximately 200 convicts
are engaged in picking. Believing
that the levee work should be con-
tinued he ordered about 90 negroes
taken rom the fields and put to work
on the levee and that the levee work
be not again allowed to entirely stop
during good weather. The cotton
crop he estimates at between 1900
to 1900 acres with an average yield
of between $50 and 1000 bales which
will be classed as good middling. The
corn crop he estimates at about 1000
bushels In conclusion the governor
suggests that a board meeting be held
at the farm. Or some member be au-
thoriZed to visit the farm at convent
ent intervals with full authority to
act for the board concerning any I'M
foreseen details which might arise.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1907-11-07
Balance in State Treasury.

State Treasurer Yates Friday gave
o0t a statement of the actual cash
on hand in the treasury. The total
amount of gold, silver and currency
in the vaults at the close OF business
last night was s7S9, 404.44. Various
persons have been estimating the
amount of money on hand and the es'
Inmates have ranged from S1,5O0,0UC
to as low as 100000. OF the total
amount of cash now on hand S2b3,-
259.04 belongs to the general revenue
fund and it is from this fund that
all of the running expenses of the
state are paid. The remaining S326-
1880 is divided among the various
funds Mr.. Yates and his assistant
disbursed $67753.S7 of the money APP
propriated for the use of the state
university. OF this sum, 500 500 was
paid out under the university def
cheney act and the additional $4,000
was TO meet the current expenses OF
the institution
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1907-11-07
Cotton Futures Demurrer.

Attorney General Kirby is preparing
a demurrer in the case testing the
validity of the cotton futures law,
which Will be heard in the United
States Circuit Court November IL.
Logan and Bryan are the plaintiffs
and seek to restrain Attorney General
Kirby and Prosecutors Jones, Rhoton,
Graves and Means from enforcing the
law. The Postal Telegraph company
is also a defendant in the suit.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1907-11-07
Must Be Presented Personally.

The State Board Of Railroad In
corporators at called meeting re-
Gently in the secretary of states
office, adopted a new rule which. it is
expected, will better facilitate it's
work in the future. 1t was ordered
that hereafter the board would re-
fuse to consider the application for
a charter or for the extension of the
time in which to build road unless
.he matter shall be presented by
some attorney or representative OF
the road interested. In the future no
written request for railroad charter
or for an extension Of time for com
pany TO commence the bui ding of IT'S
road in order to preserve its char
ter. will be considered by the board
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1907-11-07
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Fight In County Jail.

johnson Baker. farmer who lives
near Mountain Home, and is confined
In the county Jail charged with shoot
ing and seriously wounding a boy
named Walker, became involved in
quarrel with Jerome Wells, a
neighbor, who had called at the Jail
to see him, and struck him with a
large piece of iron, crushing his skull.
Baker then cut his own throat with
a large knife in an attempt to commit
suicide, and it is thought he will die
as a result OF his injuries.