Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-07-30

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Charleston, w. Va. July 29.-The
secretary OF state issued eight char
ters on Wednesday last. equally d.
vided between resident and non-resi-
dent. The majority of these. how
ever. have a small capitalization and
did not net the state very large
sum.
A number of changes arc about 10
be made about the main building.
which will likely add to the CON
Venience OF several OF the depart-
ments. Bank Examiner Mathews Of
noes VIII be moved from the second
moor TO the first floor, taking the
rooms formerly occupied nv
'hiei Paul Of the mine department
When HIS offices were on the first
moor and which are now usad ~
stock rooms by the superintendent
OF printing. The stationery ia scat.
tered all over the building. wbersvar
was possible to store tie stock
=" effort will be- male 10 rot rho
STOCK together as much as possihIo
Ihe large cracks that have boar
appearing i'm the floor IN the corr,.
uorS are being repaired. The cracks
were due to the settling OF the floors
III many places. The old hniIdir.
SHOWS that &c has done service In
""nyplaccs ana repairs arc constant
~ necessary to keep Il I'm some SORT
Of shape.
state Auditor Ogdln has returned
TO his desk from jamestown. where
n" has been for some time. As vet
he has not found much time to talk
politics but II Is given ont that he
VIII he candidate TO succeed him
self. He is very we'll pleased with
West Virglnia's showing at James
town and urges all who can 10 take
In the exposition The selection OF
a successor 90 Mr. Lewis ms score
tary OF the commission has been de-
cided and the appointee Is already
on the ground and taken hold OF
matters. The new. secretary. Dr.
Loundsberry. is resident of Charles
ton and we'll known here and I'm the
medical profession.
A large corps OF graders are M
work under the state Suporindont OF
Schools going over the examination
papers from the recent examina-
tionos held I'm the various counties
|of the state While the papers are
not yet all in Chief Clerk Friend be-
lieves the number will exceed 5000
as he predicted some time ago. The
work OF grading all these papers will
probably consume a month unless
a much larger corps OF assistants
are secured.
II is understood that Major J. NJ.
Burns, u. s A.. former head Of the
cadets In the university, and who
was recently appointed as inspector
OF the State Guards by Governor
Dawson. and who was in the city n
few days this week viii do some
good roads lecturIng and assist the
present good roads commissioner or
inspector I'm enlighteninR the public
on this important matter, which IS
giving West Virginia so much con
Germ. and has for some years. Major
Burns II will he remembered was
n candidate for the good roads posi-
ton and is well informed on the
subject He has for many years
been a strong advocate Of building
only permanent roads claiming that
the most Of the money the taxpayers
have been paying for repairing roads
has been money thrown away and
I'm the end the farmers had no roads
AT all. At TO travel over. The Ma
ior will likely begin some good roads
work during his spare moments ms
soon as he returns from HIS sum
mer home at Mountain Lake Park
Md. where ne speud. few months
every summer