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The Mena weekly star., 1908-02-13
THE BOX FACTORY.
J. L. Hagan Goes to Grannis to Hav' Mill Machinery for New Plant
 Shipped Here.


 J. l.. Hagan of the grocery firm of J. B. Littlejohn & Co.,, and one of the proprietors of the Mena Box and Manufacturing Company recently organized in this city, went down to Granniss last week where he spent several days experimenting the loading of a big lot of mill machinery which was shipped to this place to be used in operating the fac tory.
 The site purchased for this factory, consisting of 6A acres, is located in the south part of town and lies between the rail- road and the Huston brick works, and will have d trackage of 1250 feet.
 The first machinery to be in stalled will be the sawmill and as soon as it can be put in running order lumber will be cut from which the factory building will be built. As soon as the main building is completed the other machinery will be installed and the factory ready for operation.
 This new company is composed largely of local men and it is said that the company has already received several large orders for egg cases, cracker boxes, etc.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-02-13
F. WIMBERLY ACQUITTED.
Charge of Stealing Steer not Proved Indictments Against Garden Boys
 Dismissed.

Attorney J. I. Alley returned Friday from Waldron where he has been for several days at tending circuit court.
 In conversation with a repre- sentative of The Star, MT. Alley stated that one of the most inn .portant criminal cases that came up for trial at this term was that of Frank Wimberly, Boaty. Claud and Junius Garden, all of this county, who were charged with committing larceny by stealing a steer belonging to John Herrir, who lives in Scott county.
 It is claimed that this crime was committed in June, 1905, and that in February, 1906, the grand jury returned an indictment against all four of the parties.
 The case of Frank Wimberly, who was represented by Mir. Alley, was called up for trial and after hard fight between the attorneys the case was given to the jury which returned a verdict of not guilty. The states attor- ney then dissmissed the charge against the Garden boys upon the ground that the evidence against them was the same as that given In the trial of Wimberly, which was not sufficient to procure conviction.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-02-13
ChiId's Life Saved by Chamber.
 lain's Cough Remedy.

Mrs. John Englehardt, of Gera, Mich., tells Of the anxious moments spent over her little two-yeai-oid daughter who had taken hard cold, resulting in croup. She says; q am satisfied that ifit had not been for Chamber lain's Cough Remedy she would have choked to death. l gave this medicine every ten minutes ard she soon began to throw np tbs phlegm. l can recommend 1t in the highest terms, as I have another child that was cured in tho same way" Sold by Jackson Drug Co. and all druggists.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-02-13
L.wL. at Rich Mountain.

Cacar Ziewitz of Mt. Mena has received his appointment as justice of the peace at Rich Mountain and will hold court each Saturday at the hotel at Rich Mountain station. He was in Mena securing necessary blanks and papers last week.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-02-13
|DR. VANDIVER HITS
 EDITOR H. P. ROBE
Took Exceptions to Articles in The News Democrat Reflectiug Upon His
 Conduct as Alderman.
ONLY ONE BLOW STRUCK
Charges of Graft and Corruption if Council Regarding Sewer System
 Responsible for the Ill Feeling.

A ripple of excitement wa: created on Mena street abou 9:30 a. rp., Friday by the actior of Dr. w. c. Vapdiver, alderman from the First ward, in striking RI. P. Robie, editor of the News. Democrat because of articles pub. Iished in his paper.
 The difficulty was of short dura- lion, only one blow being struck, but this landed hard just over Robie's right eye, jarring him Considerably and cutting small Rash.
 The particulars, as related by an eye witness, were that Editor Robie and D. B. Joplin were Handing ln the street iu front of the Mena National bank, a few feet from the sidewalk, when they were approached by Dr. Vandiver from the opposite side of the atreet. On coming up to the two men Dr. Vandiver said to Mir. Robie that he had seen his last article published in the News Democrat referring to him, and he then struck out with left arm, landing a hard blow over MT. Robie's right eye, knocking him Against an awning post. As eoon as the blow was struck, MT. Joplin grab bbed Dr. Vandiver and held him. Robie reached down to the ground and picked up a rock, but was prevented from using 1t by bystander catching his arm.
 This trouble was brought about by a series of articles pub- Hshed in the News-Democrat in the nature of attacks on the city council for granting sewer franchise and strongly intimating if not charging directly that the members of that body and Dr. Yandiver in particular were in- dnenced in their votes by cor r0ption and graft.
 The particular article which brought the matter to a climax, vas published in this weeks issue of the News-Democrat, part of which reads as follows:
 "There'll be a hot time in the sBloody First, Arkansaw," as the ward is sometimes called. Sxveral candidates are in the 6eld for alderman, and the ssoystem" is putting forth every eHort to re-elect Dr. Vandiver, who IS the special advocate of the "system'-voted to give away the franchise-voted for the ordinance to compel the peo. pie to patronize it-and is still known to favor it, together with conpulsory patronage. Every citizer of the city knows the s'sy ystem" is a graft. almost a perpetual drain on their pockets, md they know the "system" will bend every effort to keep the council in line to continue the monopoly"
The Mena weekly star., 1908-02-13
Frank Wimberley is still unde

Frank WimberIey is still under indictment on the charge of robbing the Caddo Valley bank at Black Springs last fall. Two of the Garden boys, Claud and Junius, who were supposed to be also implicated. made their escape and no trace of them has ever been discovered so far as known.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-02-13
chamberIain's Cough Remedy a
 Eavorite.

ssWe prefer Chamberlain's Cough Remedy to any other for our children" says Mir. L. j.. N oodbury of Twin;ng, Mich. eIt has also done the work for us in hard colds al.d cft np, and we take pleasure in recomme r ing N" For sale by Jackson Drug Co. and als druggists.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-10-22
publican ever had said.

This paper is intense in its convic-
tons, and rs severe sometimes in it's de
nunciation of the leaders and manage
ment Of the Democratic party. But we
have never said anything that was as
nearly severe of Mr.. Bryan as has been
uttered about him by many of the Dem
ocratic newspapers in Virginia, nor that
was half as severe as Mr.. Bryan has
spoken about Mr.. Cleveland.
The peculiar disposition to pronounce
Presidents and Presidential candidates
insane Is found with Democratic news
papers and speakers. 10 the Presiden-
tial campaign four year ago Governor
Montague spoke at Tazewell in behalf
OF the safe and sane Democracy. On
that occasion he charged that Mr..
Roosevelt was lunatic, and was not a
safe man to be elected President. So.
our Richmond contemporary must see
that the habit of calling prominent pub
lie men insane is peculiar to Democratic
newspapers and speakers. The Lynch
burg News in 1904 said that Mr.. BRYAN
had "blackguarded the most conspicu-
Gus Democrat mentioned for the Presi-
Dental nomination. If Bryan black
guarded Parker, didn't that make Bry-
an blackguard? The Lynchburg News
headed the editorial of 1904, lis He
Deranged?" and the closing sentence of
that editorial was: 1T may well be
inquired if Bryan still retains his mental
balance in degree that entities him to
be considered sane" Is that not equiva-
lent to saying that Mr.. Bryan was a
lunatic.
ADDENDA:-Since the above was
written the Lynchburg News has edito-
rally declared that it meant what it
said about Mr.. Bryan in 1904. and had
no apology to make.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-10-22
ORDER OF PUBLICATION

VIRGINIA-In the Clerks Office of the
Circuit Court of TazewelI county on
the LIST day of October, 1908. O
JAMIE b. Mcconnell, Plaintiff,
against
harold w. Mcconnell, Defendant
The object of this suit is to Obtain ~,
absolute divorce from the bonds of mat A..
rlmony in favor Of the complainant
from the defendant. -'-''li I
And an affidavit having been rada
and filed that the defendant, Harold w
Mcconnell, is not resident of the State
OF Virginia, it is ordered that he do an
pear here within fifteen DAYS after SI1e
publication hereof, and do what NAV he
necessary to protect his interest in tb;s
suit. And it is further ordered that =
copy hereof be published once a woet
Tor -FOUR successive weeks in the Tazn
well Republican, a newspaper publ;she6
IN the county of Tazewel!. and that =
copy be posted at the front door Of tba
law. e4uii GU ny
A copy-Teste:
S. M. GRAHAM. Clerk
L. c. Bowen, p. q. oct1w4
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-10-22
REPUBLICAN VIOLENCE.

Isn't the Tazewell Republican going
rather too far when it speaks of Mr..
Bryan as BLACKBOARD and lunatic? To
De sure, the expression occurs in the
course of girding The Republican does
at the Lynchburg News because four
years ago the News described Mr.. Bry-
an in some such terms. Of course the
News did not mean quite what it said.
This contemporary is very able and
fairly edited, but now and then permits
its party zeal or the intensity of its
feeling to betray it into language which
It's own good sense tells it is too violent
for n occasion. Richmond News
Leader.
We thank our esteemed Richmond
contemporary for its kind disposition
toward the Tazewell Republican. But
we want to assure it that we did not
call Mr.. Bryan 20 BLACKBOARD and luna
tic" These were merely deductions
from what the Lynchburg News had
said about Mr.. Bryan in 1904, and were
used to show the inconsistent record of
the Lynchburg News in its estimates of
Mr.. Bryan's character,
Only short while ago our Richmond
contemporary under the head: Tho
Chaste and Elegant" took US to task
about some things we had said about
the Virginia Democrats. We responded
to that by showing that the News Lead
er had said much worse things about its !
party in Virginia than the Tazewell Re-
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-10-22
FABRICS FROM wAsrE PLANTS
scientists Look fer Important Com
meTSiaI Possibilities.

Scientists in many lands have been
giving an increasing amount of atten-
ton to the problem of producing from
the plant world substitutes for the
hbers and fabrics now generally In
use. To find a new cotton plant or a
new fax straw or a fiber which shall
take the place of wool or silk, or to
put among commercial possibilities a
new material from which to manufac-
ture tine paper, are among the aims.
-Four inventors have recently reached
what they claim to be success, each
In his own particular search, and de-
scrfptions Of their products showing
how widely varying results are being
attained are printed in the Technical
World Magazine.
From ramie, a nettle which came
originally from China, but which
grows well in various countries. is
made a fiber which rivals cotton for
usefulness, and has some of the
beauties of silk. From the huge cac-
tus leaves of our American deserts a
Kind OF fabric called cactus-leather is
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-10-22
FOR cURTAINED BARBER SHOP
Woman pseries the Common Practice
Of Publicity.

Queer. isnt It" said the observ.
ant woman, that though American
men are modest individuals, they have
been content AL these years to be
shaven and nhorn and massagod in full
view OF any one who happens to be
passing. I mean that al the barber
shops are on the street level or below
1t, and with q wealth OF unourtained
glass front that allows q mans toilet
to be regarded as q matter q public
Interest. You might think thaz expos
ure was tolerated By tho customer
only because II insurSs a good, strenE
light for the deHoahs operation of
shaving; but not 80, for even at night
when the electric lights are glaring
down the shades remain up, and pedes-
TRANS may gaze upon unlovely lath-
cred faces In any barber shop they
pass. Going over q comparatively
small area last week counted 200
tonsorial parlors and not one Of them
attempted even the gauAiest screen
Ing between its customers and the
public gaze. Personally 1 don't con-
slider that a man Is 1T his handsonasst
under the BARRIERS hands, do your
New York Press.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-10-22
ORDER OF PUBLICATION

NIRGlNIA:-In the Clerks C,f7r. of
the Circuit Court of Tazew ell count,
Virginia, in vacation, the LIST Ssv ~
October, 1908: oay OF
W. M. Nelson, Plaintiff,
N. L. Mcleod. Defendent.
The object of t,ais action ar Law .,d
OF tne attacbrnent issued therein bv the
Clerk Oh sald Court, and levied on fen
5lacks OF lumber, property of said No
Leoo, at Cedar Bluff, Virginia on and
aeJolnlng the depot grounds and rioht
OF way OF the N. & W. Rv. Co is 70
recover Of said defendant the sI,na 90
~, by enforcing the lien of said at
lacnment against said ten stacks of
q, And 1t appearing from an affidavit On
NE IN said Office that the said NJ +.
ncLeod Is nonresident of this Stste
II is ordered and required that he d on,
pear here within fifteen DAYS after dro
Puolcation of this order, and do What
Is necessary to protect his interests
Anq 1t is further ordered and directed
that copy hereof be published once a
week, Tor four successive weeks. In The
Iazewell Republican. a weekly news
paper published at Tazewell. Virpin;s
A copy, -feste:
w. b. Spratt,
& Pobst, D. d.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-10-22
Had q Close Gall

Mrs. Ada L. Groom. the widely known
proprietor Of the Groom Hotel, Vaughn,
Miss, says: For several months suf-
fered witha severe cough, and consump-
ton seemed to have its grip on me, when
a friend recommended DR.. Kings New
Discovery. l began taking it and three
bottles affected a complete cure" The
fame Of this life saving cough and Geld
remedy, and lung and throat healer is
world wide. Sold at Jackson's drug
store. 5Oc. and 81 90. Trial bottle free.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-10-22
A TRAITOR 10 HIS PARTY

At last we have heard from one OF
Them. Witness the following;
baltimore, Nd, Get. 1s.-General
Simon Buckner, WHO ran with Palmer
on the gold Democratic presidential
ticket, in an interview here, said that
Bryan was not Democrat, and that he
intended to vote for Taft,
Simon Ruckner Is as much a traitor
TO the cause Of Democracy as Benedict
Arnold Yves to the cause Of the Colonies,
and anything that he might now have
to say will be accepted by either party
in about the same way as the words of
the traitor Arnold were received the
world over. Staunton Dispatch.
This Is the way the Democratic pa
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-10-22

pers In Virginia have treated prominent
men in the party who have seen fit to
qnt its ranks and vote for Republicans.
They have been especially severe in
their abuse of such men when they
were ex-Conrederste soldiers. We're
call how they abused Gen. Longstreet.
Gen. Malone, Gen. Walker and Gen.
Rosser, when these brave and honored
Confederate Generals dared to think
and act for themselves in politics. They
were not only denounced as traitors to
their party but as traitors to the South
and The Lost Cause"
Now comes the Staunton Dispatch, a
fair sample of the Virginia Democracy
that will change its position in every
National election, and turns itself loose
on General Buckner, an old Confederate
soldier and an honest Democrat. Be-
cause he will not accept Organism, he is
called traitor, as infamous as Bene-
dict Arnold.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-10-22
The World. Greatest Flee.

While Great Britain may claim the
chief distinctions OF the maritime
world, the largest single fleet carries
the red, white and black, and its
house nag is the Hamburg-American
Its es distinct services carry the
worlds commerce into and out of
nearly every important port Of all
continents. n the entire feet were
assembled in one harbor, 1t would pre-
sent an imposing array of leO ocean
steamers, eight others under constrpo'
uon, and 215 river steamers and har.
Dor craft total OF SsS vessels. with
gross tonnage OF nearly a million
II this fleet were welded into one
mammoth steamer. It would be nearly
nve miles long, more than a mile wide
ana about a milo deep. To load If
with bales Of cotton would require the
average yield of 10000 acres. n
could take the wheat crop OF 9. 900 Ooo
acres. and half a billion feet of lumber
would not MI it. This IL the commer.
cial hyphen that has connected Han!
burg and America for 81 years
Werid's Work.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-10-22
TRYING TO PLAY ANARCHIST.

Mr.. Byars, the Democratic candidate
for Congress in this district, has become
infatuated with the idea that the Taze-
well Republican has been trying to mag
Nifty him into real, live anarchist. He
is greatly mistaken. We have only
sought to picture him to the people of
the Ninth District as a demagogue of
moderate proportions.
A short time ago Mr.. Byars published
an interview in the Bristol Herald
Courier, responding to a criticism we
had published upon his first printed ad-
dress to the people of this district. For
some reason, Mr.. Byars and his friends.
have concluded that the said interview is
very forceful, and he has again had it
published, this time in the Roanoke
Times. The last publication, however.
is more ridiculous than the first. as il il
an enlarged effort of the small dema-
gogue trying to assume the role of
dangerous anarchist. The closing para
graphs of the address is as follows:
Gigantic combinations of capital are
threatening the destruction of the rights
of the people. We are face to face
with Plutocracy which if longer en-
dured may become more damnable and
oppressive than the despotism of Russia.
MY countrymen. the ballot is both
shield and sword; shield with which to
protect your interests, and sword with
which to enforce your rights. Let us
join hands with those who are fighting
for the people against the encroach-
ments of corporate greed. This is
labor's opportunity,
"Ohl Heart of Labor keep steady.
And stand for the rights you need;
The people were never so ready
10 Pray for the fall of greed.
And whatever you do, remember
That the Maker of men and tbinqs
OF earth and star and Ii afar.
hAnKS LABOR above Crowned Kings.
Your obedient servant,
81. CLoYD BYARs. &"
There is no doubt ABOUT the above
having the unadultered anarchistic
stamp. 1t would sound true if uttered
by the late Herr Most or the living EN-
ma Goldman. But coming from the
placid, genial Byars, it sounds false
and absurd. He is trying to play the
part of a ranting anarchist, marching
under e crimson flag. but his effort is
laughabie. Byars ia the
role of the anarchist Ia about AS sue
cessful as Esops ass was in the role of
the lion. when it tried to make other
animals believe he was lion by cloth
ing himself in lions skin. When the
ass tried to roaF it gave forth the un-
mistaksble donkey bray, THUS revealing
its aSinine identity. So, when Mr., By.
ars tries to roar as an anarchist he ONLY
brays and reveals himself as a small
Democratic demagogue.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-10-22

Samuel Gompers, the labor leader, is
presenting the injunction plank in the
Denver platform in such a way as to
make the Washington Post protest and
call upon Mr.. Bryan for information.
The Post wants Mr.. Bryan to say
whether he endorses the views held by
Gompers on the injunction question.
The Post is Democratic paper, but de-
clsres that the utterances of Gompers
are snarchistic, and his views if carried
out would destroy the authority and
usefulness of all the courts, even the
Supreme Court of the United States.
MIR. Byars, the Democratic candidate
for Congress, and the other small law
yers who agree with him, ought to
jump on the Washington Post and make
themselves ridiculous by assailing the
views of that able paper.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-10-22
oesfnsss Cannot q. cv,.d

~ ~ local applications, as they cannot reach
ene diseased portion of the ear, There il
Snly one way to cure deafness, and that Is
oy constitutional remedies. Deafness IL
caused by an InAamed condition of the
mucous inning of the Eustachian Tube.
Mns9 this tube is infamed you have a
rGmoiing sound or imperfect hearing. and
Wnen 1t Is entirely closed, deafness is the
result aud unless the inflammation can be
TAKEN cut and this tube restored to its
a aosmai condition, hearing will be de-
stroyed forever; nine cases out Of ten are
caused by cstarrh, which IL nothing but
an Unnamed condition of the mucous sur.
faces, su'-
We Will give One Hundred Dollars for
any case of deafness caused bv catarrbI
mat cannot be cured by HALLS Catarrb
Cure. Send for circulars, free.
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S.,s. Toledo, o.
Take Halls Family Pills for constips-
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-10-22
,.:']sA %f-y:+$-'
our Real Army.

No nation ever can or ever did main.
tain at all times a standing army suf
nciently great to defend itself agains,
all other powers. The strength ana
the dependence Of every government va n e y
is IN her ciHzen soldiers, and is Ia
sxact proportion to their bravery and
effectiveness The state militia" or
national guard" in our own country.
the auxiliary reserve In England. the
Landwehr and the Landsturm in Ger
many stand behind and form the great
military reserve Of the resuiars armies
OF these AsAens:-AFmy and Nav
tlfe:
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-10-22

collection OF historic remains, inclu
ding four-wheeled chariot, richly
and quantity decorated, four sledges
three OF them ouriously carved. sever
al oeds' hntels, a mill, spinnins
wheels, and variety of kitchen uten
sils. A diligent examination of these
has led to the conclusion that the flu
neral ship belongs to the ninth cen.
fury. ~" CO.
Many Of the ornaments. mostly OF
carved wood, are unique. The shin
and its strange cargo, constituting one
OF the most important archaeological
hnas ever made in Scandinavia, after
being carefully restored, will be placed
In the Christiania museum.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-10-22
Where RuIIot. Flaw

David Parker, of Fayette, N. Y, a
veteran of the civil war, who lost foot
at Gettysburg, says: The good Eiec-
trio Bitters have done is worth more
than five hundred dollars to me. spent
much money doctoring for bad case of
stomach trouble, to little purpose. 1
then tried Electric Bitters, and they
cured me. now take them as tonic
and they keep me strong and well. "
soc. at Jackson's drug store.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-10-22

There are but two Confederate Cen
erals now living in Kentucky, and both
of these have announced their purpose
to vote for Mr.. Taft for President.
They are General Simon B. Buckner
and General Basil Duke. In an inter
view at Baltimore few days ago Cen
eral Buckner said: 81 am Democrat.
and, therefore, cannot vote for BRYAN.
am supporting Judge Taft" General
Buckner further said: Bryan is a
Populist and Socialist. He took first
one side and then the other in the mat
ter of the Brownsville incident. His
theory Of the guarantee OF national
bank deposits is a vicious one, and
would cause trouble in the working out,
as it would allow dishonest men to car
~ out their schemes and know they
were being protected while doing SO. I"
These are pretty strong reasons for an
honest old Democrat, like General Buck
ner, refusing to vote for such a man as
Bryan.