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Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-08-24

w. r. Dicksy ag nj SOC tn fray
GERS Insurance Compa ". wedt to
nc E'khorn country tolaY ~ bust
lesf
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-08-24

w II. Thomas left yesterday on
busincs7 tip ID Richmond.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-08-24

George French Stroller Of Wclch
IS in the city today.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-08-24

Miss Bessin Mccall. OF Culpepper
Va. is the guest of Mr. ana Mrs. !
H. Hoge at their home on Fairfal
street
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-08-24

Mrs. w. c. Moon, of Lynchburg
wha has been visiting Mrs. w. C.
Francis. of this city, returned home
TN s. morning.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-08-24

An infant child or Mr. and Mrs
George w. Tuggle was buried ST..
day evening, Rev. d. r.. Hawk o..
iiciating.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-08-24
Personal.

George French Stroller Of Wrlch
IS in the city today
w. H. Thomas left yesterday on
a business tn d Il richmond.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. r. LATER. of Bots
sevain, were shopping n &c city
today.
The infant child of Mr.. ana Mrs
G. II. Sanford is quite III at their
home on Boone street.
Mrs. Lille Sutton and little son
John w, are the gne..3 nf Mrs.
James Scott on Bland street.
w. +. Dick,y az nj SOC tn FRAY
GERS Insurance Company, weut to
nc E'khorn country .oiay ~ bust
Ie ~.
Miss Bessi Mccall. OF Culpepper
Va. is the guest OF Mr.. ana Mrs. j.
H. Hoge at their home on Fairfax
street
An infant child or Mr. and Mrs.
| George w. Tuggle was buried So.
! day evening, Rev. ID. r.. Hawk Of
| ficiating.
-
Mrs w. c. Moon, of Lynchburg.
wha has been visiting Mrs. w. c.
Francis, of this city, returned home
| TN 81 morning.
Il. T.. Martin, traffic manager for
the Flat Top Grocery Company. has
returned from Cedar Bluff. Va. with
| q SeXern cASn OF nAlnrYis
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-03-23
WOODEN COLLAR BUTTONS
Produced Here in Enormous Mum.
 bers for Special Uses,

Collar buttons are made not only of various metals but also and in great numbers of wood.
 Round sticks of wood are fed into machines which turn the buttons and cut them off automatically. Taken from the turning machines the collar buttons thus made are placed, thousands of them at once, in barrel shaped receptacle con- taining japan varnish, in which they are rolled and tumbled until each is completely coated.
 To be dried they are placed, thou sands at time, in a similar drying apparatus in which they are rolled and tumbled together, until they are thoroughly dry; and then there are the finished buttons, which have never been touched by hand.
 Wooden collar buttons are sold to the trade by the great gross, but they are not counted out in such numbers, for even machine counting would take some time and cost money, so the weight of great gross being known. discovered by actual counting and weighing. they weigh out the buttons for packing, such and such a weight of them making a great gross. In this way they practically count out 1,72S but tons at time, that number being in the trade the wooden collar button unit
 These collar buttons of wood are sold to dealers in laundry supplies and to manufacturers of shirt waists Altogether the number used for these purposes is enormous, amount ing to many millions annually.
 Wooden collar buttons are one of the minor products of factories mak- ing specially of turned wood goods
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-03-23

agree with him, they refused to identify themselves with his move ment, because, they declared, they had enough to do to attend to their own affairs without inviting trouble with both the president and secre- tary Taft.
 The business interests of the coun- try, as is suggested by a prominent senator, need building up, not tear ing down. Such stories as recently have been circulated are calculated to do serious harm" said he. "They indicate bitterness of feeling and a class prejudice which actually does not exist. The American people. of the two great political parties, are going to make the presidential nom- ination and all other interests will have to abide by the decision of the people. Depend upon it, the nomina- tions will be made with the interests in view of not merely some of the people, but of all of the people,"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-03-23

Ideas are changing rapidly as to the values and uses of certain woods. The longleaf pine is disap- bearing from the land and there are few young trees to take the place of the old. Necessity for future wood material has resulted in many investigations and experiments with inferior kinds of wood. Loblolly or old field pine has been found to be exceedingly durable when impreg- mated with creosote. This has given the old field pine a new value and to- day thousands of railroad ties are cut near the railroads and shipred to treating plants to be creosoted. Small portable mills are easily anJ cheaply located and many of these are now cutting the best trees in these old field stands for lumber to be used locally among the farmers. The future numbering will be carried on extensively in these second growth stands of old field pine.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-03-23

They do not necessarily think that he was blameless, but they are quite convinced that other people were to blame more than he was in sending out steamer so i'll equipped against dre.-NeW Haven Union.
 It Is an interesting suggestion coming from Middletown that ex- Governor John L. Bates may possibly be asked to become president of Wesleyan university. It may be doubted whether the Massachusetts ex-governor would care to give up the practice of law, but if he should become a college president he could teach the boys oratory and morals, and tell them some things about pol itlcs besides.-Springfield Republi- can.
 Grover Cleveland thinks Bob" Evans should now be made an ad- miral. There will be opposition to it-but there was opposition to MT Cleveland's election as president the last time because he did not turn the rascals out" and give the demo- crats chance. Cleveland won, how ever. His ideas may win in this case. The politically active demo- crat regards Cleveland in about the same spirit that Wall street regards Roosevelt.-New Haven Palladium.
 Governor Hughes says truly that the hardest task governor has to perform is to hear the pleas of the mothers of men condemned to death. Hughes wept while the mother of Chester Gillette, who killed his sweetheart, was begging for clemen- cy. Pardons cannot, of course, be granted out of mere sympathy for gray hairs brought to sorrow by the mlsdeeds of children, but it is har- rowing to the souls of humane men to be compelled to deny such boons. -Evening Times, Pawtucket, R. I.
 New Ravens pure food authori- ties, it is reported. are just now at work on the problem of the health If. our homegrown oysters. Not but those lusty bivalves are fiourishing and fat enough, but the suspicion will not down that they fatten on sewer matter, and that they com municate some of the injurious germs which that matter contains to the persons who eat them. It is not a new suspicion, and there are those who assert that certain cases of ty- phoid fever and other diseases can be traced to the suspected oysters.--- New Haven Register.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-03-23
WILD CAT STORIES.
Washington Is Alive With Rumors
 About Presidential Candidates.

Washington, D. C., March 21.-
 This capital of the United States is
 the source of more campaign lies
 than any other place on the AL
 mighty's footstool. In the last montL stories have emanated from Washing
 ton concerning the pending presiden-
 tial campaign which have not the
 slightest foundation in fact. Or
 iginally, they were mere rumors and
 ultimately were exaggerated into
 statements of fact by circulation
 from mouth to mouth.
 It has been stated, for instance,
 that President Roosevelt was work
 ing, tooth and nail, for the republi-
 can nomination and when the time
 was ripe would throw Secretary Taft overheard and take the nomination
 himself; that J. Pierpont Morgan had declared for Taft and would car ry Wall street and its interests with him, because of an apprehension that Roosevelt might be nominated to succeed himself; that Senator La Toilette. of Wisconsin, would receive the active support of the Hearst In- dependence league and that he would announce his platform In speech to be delivered in the senate on the AL drich financial bill; and that Will liam Jennings Bryan had concluded to step aside, as a candidate, and ad- vocate the nomination on the demo- cratic ticket of Governor John A. Johnson of Minnesota.
 All of these yarns were published, and published in good faith, too. Some of them had as authority im- portant politicians or statesmen. The La Toilette story. for instance. was given to the newspaper men by a prominent republican senator. He probably made 1t public In good faith, but he certainly did not overlook the importance of the announcement just at that juncture. He realized, of course, that such an announcement 1 might go far to discredit any utter ances the Wisconsin senator might make. As a matter of fact, La Fol- lette's speech was in the hands of certain newspapers al the time the senator made his statement and 1t was perfectly clear to them and to all who had knowledge of the facts that it was purely a discussion of he Aldrieh bill. and not. in any sense, an announcement of a political platform.
 The story about the attitude of NIT Morgan and Wall street was equally foundation. Mr Morgan's presidential preference is not known and Wan street certainly has given no indication of its desire in the mat ter. IL would be very important If t did. It might serve to divert from It's candidate some of the support he otherwise might receive. but 1t cer- .ainly could have no other practical sfect. It Is known here that former Governor MyTOn T. HerTick, of Ohio zhO is strong supporter of Seere- iary Taft, went to New York . little Thile ago to try to induce support oE the secretary His argument was hat Taft would be better" than Scosevelt-s1pposedly for "the in srssJs," and that if the secretary -ere not nominated the president Eould bs- Although some of the New York people were ineliBed to
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-03-23

The German government is con-
 sidering the question of abolishing
 the limit on the quantity of notes
 which may be issued by the Reichs-
 bank free of tax or an increase fin
 their amount. It Is asserted that
 the limitation Is only a hamper on
 the bank and has nothing to do with
 prudent banking, which depends
 upon the metal reserve of the bank to the outstanding circulation; that the tax was compromise between the English system of banking and the unlimited issue of paper money. The following Is list of discount rates prevailing in important money centers in November at the height of the crisis. and their subsequent re- ductions when the stringency began to cease after the first Of January. 1908: Bank of England. January 2- ' to 6; January 16-6 to 5: Bank of GeFmany-January 13, "A 10 : is <; Bank of Belgium-January i3. 6 to 5; Bank Of RoumanIa-Jnpu. ary 12, sAs to "A; Austro-Hungar- ian bank--January 10. 6 ID 5 i; Bank of Franee--JRnuary 9. | to 3h. ItI is to be noted that the rate of dis count was higher in Germany than In any other country mentioned eE- eept Roumania. This Is to be attri- buted to the intense business actlv- .ty of the country and consequent de- ] mand for money.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-03-23
HEARD II PASSING.

"lt begins 10 look as though the ForskeF fuse had gone Out," says an exchange. But a lot of people would feel more comfortable if they thought the Ohio senator had lost his match box as weIi.-Sew LDu- don Telegraph.
 4 society Eofnan says that moth- CTS make their daughters tro ex- psuslFe for yOung msn-Shich Is quite true unless a handsome duSer gDes with the daughters. In that case poor yauhg men may get a chs1cs.-NsEids1 Journal
 A school census of Chiesgs is about 10 bs taken, and iG will Of course bs made plain that there is 10 race suicide there With 10 race saici5s and ID death rate 10 speak of. some day Chfczg8 Efn have a population Morning Jour Rai-CO8sisr.
 Forty thsHszsd PesFis have signed petitions ssking for the rssszss of Captain Vas schziek sf the slDeum-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-03-23

President Woodrow Wilson of Princeton, who is now in Bermuda, is quoted as saying in reply to a re- quest for his opinion on the woman suffrage question, that Women may have to fight against adverse circunl- stances in some parts of the world, but in America at least, they are al most too much protected" Think of that, from the head of a great university, says one who believes in suffrage. Does he not know that 6,O0O,O00 women in this country of ours are working outside the homes. and that in many of the industries in which they are engaged the aver age rate of wages in considerably less than the average cost of living? If this be a protection, then indeed the women of America are suffer- ing from ''too much" of it.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-03-23
GROWING UNDER COVER.
California Gardeners Plan to Get an
 Early Crop of Cantaloupes.

Peter D. Fedick. a landscape gar ! dener, florist and nurseryman, has started a series of experiments Tn vegetable growths in the Imperial valley which seems likely to prove valuable.
 At Brawley one of Fedick's achievements is the growing of can ! talOupe vines under muslin canopies so that they will have two or three weeks advantage over the plants grown in the ordinary way. These cantaloupes are on a six acre tract directly adjoining the town of Braw- ley on the north
 The cantaloupes are planted in the usual manner, SO far as milling ana spacing are concerned, but over each hill there is stretched a canopy of white muslin about the size of fl mans pocket handkerchief. Two nrched wires are used. crossed Jver the melon hill somewhat like the center wicket fin a croquet ground. The ends of these wires are sewed to the corners Of the muslin squares and the wires are thrust firmly into the ground sO as to secure the cano- pies and prevent the wind blowing them away Mir Fedick estimates that these protectors will cost com plete about s cents each.
 The melons have responded to inc genial warmth thus engendered and the protection from the winds and frost. The plants are now mn an average Of two Inches high and look strong and thrifty. IT the oIsp proves all that Is hoped for It 1sxt year 1t will be tried on a large scsTa on the Fedlck ranch near HoitviIIs At ths BraSIsy experimental gar dens there are six acres of melons and of these sTs hills have been GOV cred with the eanOpIes.-Isos An geles Times.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-03-23
ODD USES FOR 4 COAL RANGE.
One Woman Finds Stove Answers Many Purposes Besides Cooking.

A Brooklyn woman who moved into an old fashioned and therefore com Portable apartment found the kitchen most desirable except for the fact that it had a coal range as we'll as q gas stove. Like many New Workers she had come to believe that the gas stove was all sufficient to cook with.
 The coal range had been put in to stay and she let it stay. Soon she be- gan to find it useful article of fur niture in its uncoaled state.
 The ovens were too commodious to let lie idle" she exclaimed, and as there never is enough closet room in any kitchen I store pots and pans and stove blacking and brushes and all sorts of odds and ends of kitchen utensils.
 Then there was all that lovely ex- panse of stove top going to waste. ] covered it tas;efully with paper. At the back the stove sets into the chimney and in the nook thus formed I keep my bread box and pepper and salt tins and other truck.
 ''The front part of the top of the stove makes a lovely serving table. It Is right next to tlie gas stove. and my servant has a place to assemble the dinner courses before serving them.
 Il have heard of glrls dividing up m apartment into bedrooms and how one of them found the kitchen q pleasant sleeping place because she could keep her hats and shoes osi the but I have found q use for what looked to be a perfectly use less thIng-fOr me.
 Some one suggested that the stove wouId make . god refrigeratOr-iust put the Ice where the coal usually goes and keep the butter and eggs and milk and other periShable thiHgs Ia the ovens But I am afraid tae ise wouldn't last long. Not because the of past fires would finger and melt it; of coarse not. But there's a draught up the chimney and draft nelts ice. Anyway, I have a refTfg- arztor. and the stove serves the double purpose Of a closet and q tsbIe-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-03-23

The Democrat k now Hlaking a big magazine oder ia order to fndues subseribsrs to Pay in advance and to secure new subseFibers, For 4. cents a mohth. which is les fhss q cents . dAT. you eaa secure the Even ing Democrat and three mcnfhly magazines. RaHaeiE, Spare Moments. DressmAking at Home and the Moth. CTS Magazine. All that is nece- saFy fs to pay ia advance. You mar par oas. tsO OF as many months f1 sdxzace 2s yOa desfFe-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-03-23
WATERBURY FIRE ALARM.

z-Cor South Main and orand sts
 6--Scovill Manufacturing Co. fPl
 6-Cor Bridge and Magill sta. | 7-Exchange Place.
 8-Euclid and Roseland avenuea 12-Rogers & Bro. (P)
 i3-Cor East Main and Niagara sta 14-Cor East Main and Wolcott sta 16-Cor High and Walnut streets. 16-Cor East Main and Cherry sta 17-Cor East Main and Cole sts. 21-Cor North Elm. Kingsbury sta 2s-9urton street engine house. 24-Waterbury Mfg Go. (P) ab-Cor North Main and North sta. 26-Cor Buckingham and Cooke sta 27-Cor Grove and Prospect sts. 2S-Cor Hillside avenue and Pine sta. 29-Cor Ludlow and N. Willow sta. 31-Cor Bank and Grand cts. 32-Cor Riverside and Bank sts. 34-Cor W. Main and Watertown rd. s5-Conn. R. & L. Go car house (Pl 36-Waterbury Brass Co. (P) a7-Cor Cedar and Meadow sta. 3s-Cor Grand and Field sts. 42-Cor South Main and Clay sta. t3-New England Watch Go. fPl 46-Benedict & Burnham Mig Go (Py 46-Waterbury Buckle Co. (P) t7-Cor s. Main and WashinRton sta. b1-Cor Baldwin and River sta. 52-Cor Franklin and Union sta- 53-W'bury Clock Co, case fty. fps 54-Rose Hill houso.
 66-Cor Liberty and River ste. 57-Cor Baldwin and Stone sts. bS-Cor Luke street and SyIan axs e2--Cor Doolittle alley and Dublin ssL 12-Cor West Main and Willow sta Is-Cor N Willow ct and Hillside av. 74-Cor Johnson and Watarviiie stG. 14z-Wolcott st above Howard. l63-Cor Walnut and Wood sts. ls2-Cor East Main and Melton sta I73-Poli's theater.
 212-The Platt Bros. q Co. fpr ala-shoe Hardware Co. (Pl s14-Wbury Clock mvt. factory. fpt ls-Cor Cherry and North Elm sta z6l-Cor Round Hill and Ward st. sss-Fsrm street. cor St Paul sst-Cor Etna and North Main sts tel-gune Cooke and N. Main sfs 2es-Cor Abbott and Phosni, s~ ns-Groye, Central and Hoimes sr. Ml-S. N; E- Tel Go building IPl slz-Cor Bank and Meadow sta 6 Clowe& fpl s14--Plums & Atwood (p1 3ls-American Rin< co (p, als-KlectTic Light Station rp 5is-Hosmes. Booth e Hsvs.,s rvx s71-Cor Bank and Washinrton s2f-Cor Green and N. Lscnsrs ... 37s-cor wash'ton ave Portiass .t s24-Ccr Charles and Porter sfs s76-Cor Lafayette, Washinrton - 377-Riverxids Park. near brsusrT, sf1-City Lumber and Coal co. (Pl 417-Trsey Brok (PD t7s-Cor Clay and Min sta ts2-Cor Liberty and s. Main ssa ssi-Steels q Johnson Mfg ca fpt s1f-Cor Baldwin and W'kington sts ssf-Cor Baldwin snd Rye sfs 5fa-Cor Ridsewooa and W'vfIIs r<x
 eIGEAIA 1. oze ssroks calls s1psrtntsntsnt n
 the City hall.
 1-f- Two strokes. fire cut, recall. I-i-i. Three strokes 12 msr m- t-f-f-f-i-1-f-i-i-1. Tea rtruksx
 euick win indicate !. general sIarn
 and vfil csil the entire fores lrts
 s<rvtca
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-03-23
MONDAY, MARCH 23, 1908.
March 23 In History.

1749-Pierre Simon Laplace, French astronomer, born, died 1927. lSl5-Treaty of Vienna. lS5T-Richard A. Proctor, British as- tronomer, well known in America, born at Chelsea, England; died 1888. 19oS-Ras Makonnen, the most noted man in Abyssinia, who commanded the army which defeated the Ital- ian expedition of 1896, died at Ji. butt.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-03-23

K0dcI fs to-day the best known rem cdr for all disorders Of the storseh. sueh ss dyzpepsis. heart burn. sour stomach and beiehing of gas sold here by Buckingham pharmacy.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-03-23

foa're losing money esery day that tenement is ld1e- Find a tenant by placing . 2se sds ia the Demo
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-03-23

ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS:
 Tonight and Tomorrow Morning. Sun sets S:11, rises 5:52; moon rises 12'Os a. m; planet Mercury visible.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-03-23

Try . Democrat vssf d
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-03-23

Persons having umbrellas at our store to be recovered and repaired are notified to call for them at once, as we need the room We cannot Irresponsible for goods left over thirty days.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-03-23
THE TALE OF A TUE.

60 far as laundry work is concerned. Is tale of the past in up-to-dats iaundries. Machinery that Is exact thorough, and yet extremely delicate in its handling of the flimsiest fab rics. has superseded the hand-work of long ago. We are looking for the trade of particular people who want their linen washed right and deliver ed on time at the right kind of price if you send them to us.
 s0c-A WEEKS FAMILY WASHING-s0e
 New Method Family Laundry. 36 Ward St Waterbury. Conn Tel 138
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-05-15
FOSTER CENTER

William o. Phillips is gradually failing
in health
Gardner Howard was in Providence
Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Almond o. Howard and
son, Hilton, have been visiting here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nathan Wright of Provi-
dence were in this village on Tuesday.
Benjamin Eddy visited with his brother,
John, in Providence one day last week.
Clarence Mathewson of Greenville is
staying with Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin Eddy
William Henry and son, Arthur, of Pro-
violence were at the DR.. Phillips farm over
Sunday.
Miss Jessie Linsley is teaching school at
Howard Hill and Mrs. Sarah I. Brown at
Foster Center.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Bowen, a newly
married couple, have gone to house keep
ing at Clayville.
MIR. and Mrs. William A. Howard of
Providence are visiting with Mrs. Howards
parents this week.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-05-15
CLAYVILLE

Mrs w. NJ. Williams called at Mrs.
Mary A Ford's on Tuesday.
Miss Grace Hart is visiting her sister,
Mrs. W. J. Brenner at Slocum.
Mrs. Henry Harrington entertained her
mother from Providence, the past week.
Mrs Louis L. Sanborn visited Mrs. J. c.
Andrews at Buttonwoods on Wednesday.
Mrs. Louis Sanborn attended the State
Council d. of l.. meeting on Tuesday even
ing.
The funeral service of Robert Yeaw was
soemnized on Saturday last at the Clayville
Church.
Mr.. and Mrs. Manley Fuller of Provi-
dence visited with Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Stone, the past week.
The annual meeting os the Foster Old
Home Association on Saturday resulted in
the election of Rev. i NJ. Buker, presi-
dent; Spencer Hopkins, first vice presl-
dent; George c Clapp, second vice presi-
dent; S. 4. Bennett, third vice president;
Elmer Hopkins, fourth vice president; sec
retary, Mrs. May III. Sanborn; treasurer,
Ray Howard; executive committee, Henry
] Paine, George Spears, Elmer Hopkins.