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Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-09-04
GOOD ROADS IN ENGLAND.
w. n. Moore Says the United States
Should Follow British Example.


w. III. Moore. president of the Ma
tional Good Roads association, writing
to the editor of the Kansas City Star.
says:
The finest examples OF perfect. easy
and durable roads 1 have found I'm the
British isles are the Warwick road
from bennington TO Warwick castle.
about two and half miles: the Kenil-
worth road from bennington TO Kenil-
worth castle. five miles, and the STRAIT
ford road from bennington TO STRAIT
ford-on-Avon. ten and half miles
These roads are about four rods wide
between fences. The Travelled or i'm
proved portion is twenty-five feet wide
between grass edges.
All these roads have horse paths on
one side. Some Of these are carefully
prepared with stone averaging from
two to three feet deep. the top surfac-
ing being earth The paths on the
side, which are two or three feet from
the main road. average about FIVE feet
In width. No material has ever been
nor ever will be found more suitable TO
horses feet and to the horsemen than
the common earth surfaced roads. The
roads referred TO receive careful and
constant attention.
In the early season. May OF June.
they receive an application Of coal tar
product. This IS impervlous to rain
aud allays the dust The very best in
terests Of the people OF the British
isles socially and commercially arc
conserved by the splendid system Of
public roads. II the great army of pol
iticians in the United States who are
making pyrotechnic speeches and all
candidates for municipal. state and
federal Offices should confine their cam
paign TO the subject Of good roads and
when elected 20 after the question Ia
earnest they would soon accomplish
the greatest good In their generation.
Every county can afford good roads
With little common sense fnancler-
ing by bonding or making n special
levy with an interest and n sinking
fund consideration any community
can possess good roads, with all their
attendant blessings. The cunIe OF mud
roads in the United States is nation
al, monumental fraud. It ista hideous
evidence OF mlsgovernment, a reproach
against the advancement of equal
rights and liberty to all.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-09-04

feared he was fatally hurt. but he
finally pdlled out all right. This
dastardly attack will fail OF the ef-
fect II was intended to have. that
of frightening the Leader into ST.
ience. On the contrary, 1t will riv-
ct the attention OF the press NJ the
entire state upon the UBIQUITOUS con-
ditions in Mcdowell. and will aid TO
large extent in cleaning ont the
gang that has dominated that coun
ty TO its utter disgrace. The gang
may send its emissaries to beat up
and intimidate. and even to muir
der. those engaged in the work OF
bringing decency into the community
but the places of those who fall will
be taken by others, and the work
will go on with even more determi-
nation. IL this government was
worth what 1t cost to establish, IL
is worth just as much to maintain.
and men will be found to rise AMI
take the places OF those who fall
in the right as rapidly as vacancies
occur. The light that Hatfield's
cowardly attack will cause to be
turned on Mcdowell county condi-
lions will prove the undoing OF the
gang of which the perpetrator is
part for such as It can never exist
after illumination once strikes into
its haunts
A curious thing was brought to
light by a publication in the Mail
of this city some days ago. That
paper printed the platform adopted
by the Swisher Republicans. with
additions. The additions were
planks declaring in favor of protect
ing the negro in all the privileges
he now enjoys, and commencing
Senators Scott and Elkins, and all
the West Virginia congressman. The
Mail says these two planks were
left out OF its columns at first be-
cause OF the hustle ami hustle"
incident to newspaper work at a
big convention. That Is not a true
statement. They were left out OF
that paper and all other papers be-
cause they were left out of the
platform as reported by the COM
mittee on resolutions and adopted
by the convention. They were in
serted by the state committee to
meet the anti-negro planks in the
Democratic platform, and the plank
in the Lincoln Republican platform
denouncing the two senators. II
was entirely meet and proper that
the state committee should do this
thing It said who should sit in
the convention, IL named the ticket
headed by Swisher-why should u
not declare the platform upon which
the campaign SHOULD be conducted?
The negro plank thus adopted
makes the issue between the Swish
critics and the Democrats very plain
though 1t will cause a lot of en-
barrassment to some of the candi-
dates on the Republican ticket
throughout this ana the Norfolk &
Western sections. According to
the Mail the platform with these
additions, is the document certi-
fled by the committee, and there
fore the gospel for those of the
Swisher cult.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-09-04
IRAN GLOBE TROTTER IN
BLUEFIELD

Mikulee, who lis making q
|ey around the world, starting
Austria February 5th. 1906
h walked through France, tia
pain Portugal. Africa and
America. landed in Bluefeld
Iday. Joe Is making this walk
200 in order to win a prize
n by the Regnum Creatorum.
Rkly paper OF Austria. He ex-
to complete his journey som
IN January, 1911, and in order
so he must walk at the aver
peel OF fourteen miles per day
is doing better than this al
he has gained about seven
ted miles, which makes him
Y sixty days ahead of time. He
~ wears the flag Of his coun-
red and white, on his sleeve.
|aving worn his last flag thread
he Is unable to secure one at
pit. Mikulee Is working his
toward San Francisco, where
Fll work his way on a steamer
|dney. Australia. One OF the
remarkable features of his
IS that he hasn't lost day
fcount Of sickness. which goes
Hove that walking is essential
|Od health. He is now wearing
biDeteenth pair Of shoes, the
pair being given him by Grail.
Terry & Co.. ofLynchburg
b he claims is by far the best
he has ever worn. He has only
with one misfortune. being rob
In Brazil his record book i'm
b he gets the certificate of the
# or CHIEF of police TO show
he is walking AMI has visited
tain town. was taken from him
he was some time IN gaining
sion OF HIS book. lie claims
is the greatest country Of them
e will be in-the city tn tonor-
when he will continue on his
y way.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-09-04
NEWS OF THE STATE CAPITAL


Charleston. w. Va. Sept. a.
mistake was made in this CORE
Pm scnce last week in giving the
lount the legislature had appro-
{isrd for the four years of Daw-
ism. and an apology is hereby
de to that administration. Ii was
that, whereas, the MacCorkle
Illustration cost s2.649.2SO, the
Tson administration would cost
money having been already APP
priated. s5,s0O.0O0. This was a
btake. Insteal of costing So
900. the Dawson administration
had appropriated for its use
e01.110. A little matter OF a
dred thousand dollars difference
tile matter of s3.607.S3O in
Sc In expenditure in twelve
hrs. More than nine hundred
lsand dollars year. OF course
he people of West Virginia think
are getting value for their
hey. and want to keep on paying
an ascending scale, they have
right to do so, ana to elect an
FER Republican administration
mean that they are going to
{. III they want to return the
Illustration OF state affairs TO an
est. economical basis. they will
the Democratic ticket.
he Democratic state committee
decided to have the formal open
OF the state campaign at Yves
on September IL. when Hon.
S Bennett will make HIS first
speech. The other state candi-
and other speakers will be
ent and the day is expected to
he biggest in a political way
seen in central west Virginia.
great reception given Mr.. Ben
by his neighbors upon his re-
from the convention at Chales-
showed the esteem in which
hold him, an was an earnest
hat Weston, Lewis county AMI
surrounding country will do for
when they have a chance 10
y show how much they ike
be desperate condition of the
blicans in Mcdowell county is
n In the outrageous attack
by III. ID. HATFIELD, secretary
ne county committee, upon II
tits, manager of the Bluefield
Or. The Leader had toll OF n
made on a vile Club" near
tone, run for the purpose of
lay liquor selling and gambling
her with race equality among
abitues, and that Hatfield had
sted against 1t as being done
political purposes. Afterwards
was at Welch and Hatfield
Pached him In the hotel and
sSed some remarks to him in
enly manner. The two walked
together and were proceeding
side by side, when suddenly
eli struck Kits, knocking him
and then beat him up ter
Kits nose was broken and
Uttered some internal injuries
. the head, that caused hemor-
y from the ear, and was, in
on badly bruised about the
and body. At first it was
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-09-04
WILLIAka'
KIDNEY PILLS

Have yOG ovsree>so your Kidneys7
Have you overlooked your nervous
system and caused trouble with your
kidneys and bladder Have you
pains in loins. side. back, groIns and
BLADDER Have you q fabby sppear.
snce Of the face. especially under
the eyes. Too frequently . desire
10 pass urine7 II 40. williams Kid
ney Pill will cure yon.
Price soc.
Fer sale by The white Pharmacy,
Cor. Bland street and Princeton avo
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-09-04

LAKE HOTEL
MOUNTAIN LAKE, GILES CO., VA.

The coolest place in the sunny
south. Hotel and lake $500 feet
above the tide. Bounded on the
south by a rich agricultural district
and backed up on the north by more
than 100000 acres OF continuous
primitive forest. THE Silver Gem
OF the Alleghanies" is now ono of
the most popular summer resorts
In the Virginia mountains. IT'S the
only place east OF the Rockies or
south OF the Adirondacks where you
can really cool of and enjoy "the
good old summer time" Reached
via Pembroke Bradford, Pocahontas
Il Scioto div.sions) n. & w. Ry.
Rates 50 and SO per day. $40 and
SIS per week. write for descrip-
tive booklet.
Address
b. ELLISON,
Manager
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-09-04
Pnrsl IN scoi Pm,wJi

Williams IhS1aD Pile Ornament
Will cure Blind, Bleeding and Itching
Piles. It absorbs the tumors, allays
itching at once, acts as a poultice,
gives instant relief. williams In
dian Pile Ointment Is prepared Cor
Piles and itching OF tho private parts
Mail DC. and 800. Williams N'fg
Co., Cleveland, o.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-09-04

quantity and Quality rarely ever
together. Here's the exception.
/ otrs EmulsIled Linimens CON
s half pint or an emulsion OF
|rits Turpentine. Origanum. Kero-
10 oil, Ether and Ammonia. and
g for only csc a bottle. Guar
.eed or money back. Tho White
armaey.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-09-04
JUDGE ROBERT oNEY
DIES IN IDAHO

Judge Robert T. oney died at
Boise. Idaho. on Friday. August
"a
Judge Oney was well known in
Bluehsld. having been cashier OF
the Peoples Bank until is absorb
ton by the First National in 1898
JUICE oney was held in high es-
TEEN. He was originally native
OF Bedford county. Va. and served
with gallantry as Confederate
soldier during the war between the
states.
He was 7S years OF age at the
Tina OF his death and the immedi-
ate cause was tuberculosis.
In every cline It's :sme Is heard,
Its name has spread from sea to
sea.
BE not surprised IL I'm the other
world
You're made TO take Rocky Noun
tain Tea. (Begin now.)
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-09-04

CHAS. G. BURGNER, Expert Piano
Tuner, overhauling and refelting
old actions a speciality. All work
guaranteed. Best of references.
Headquarters Bluefield. w. Va.
Mail orders receive prompt atten-
ton.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-09-04

FOR SAILS room frame resi-
dence comparatively new with hot
and cold water bath room, electric
lights and all modern Improvements
Lot 60x140, near passenger station
Price and terms reasonable. Apply
w. X. Thompson, 113 Boone street
City 8-15-6t
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-09-04

FOR RENT-A neat room dwell
ling with furnace and bath room on
Wyoming street. for rent for twelve
months. Everything about the house
neat and well finished. ID. b. Bald
win, pioneer real estate agent, rooms
1 and 2 First National Bank build
ing.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-09-04

FOR SALE---A fine bluegrass farm
I'm Tazewell county, Virginia, con-
tanning 13t acres, within one mile
of churches, school and store.
Farm well wateTed. big fruit crop
and other crops sufficient TO do
the place for next twelve months.
Possession can be given at once.
House OF six rooms. frame, and
ell necessary outbulldinRs. Also
following property: All crops
growing. such as hay, corn. oats,
rye. wheat, garden, ETC.; two
good horses, wagon, harness
farming implements. bran new
surrey, all hogs, COWS, poultry
and household and kitchen furni-
ture n desired. Good terms or
will trade for town property. Ap-
ply 20 Daily Leader.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-09-04

FOR RENT-Two nice dwellings
on Boone street, rooms each. cleo
trio light and bath rooms. will rent
for twelve months. ID. ID. Baldwin
Pioneer Real Estate Agent, rooms
/ and First National Bank bldg.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-09-04

WANTED-A reliable nan with
experienience to operate Lime
Kiln. Write or apply to II. l..
Spangler. lngleside, w. Va.
1wk-4wksS-2S
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-09-04
CLASSIFIED COLUMN
Money to Loan
L. J. HOLLAND
FOR SALE

Three hundred shares or the can
itai stock OF the s. NJ. Smith Iu-
surance Agency. Par value $1,000.
The owner OF this stock wishes TO
sell Immediately ami will tgko
S13. so cash per share, for same.
Address Insurance" care DAILY
Leader.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-09-04

Observation-Disclosures and un-
experienced lady clerks, apply Saml
Turk. 9-2-12t
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-09-04

WANTED-Two white expert
enced chambermaids for coalfield
hotel. apply at Daily Leader office.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-09-04

FOR RENT-Two nice rooms.
suitable for light housekeeping.
Apply to No. AZ Rogers street 9-2-2t
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-09-04

FOUND-One Hound. owner can
get same by calling at the Altamont
bar. 9-2-3t
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-09-04

FOR RENT-Five room house
corner Marshall and Beasley streets.
Apply John ID. French, Phone 22.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-09-04
HELP WANTED.

Manager for BRANCH
office we wish to locate here In
Biuefield. Address, with refer
ence, The Morris Wholesale House
Cincinnati, o. 8-5-1m
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-09-04

WANTED-An experienced sales
lady in suit and cloak department.
Apply 6 Bluefield avenue.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-09-04

furnished rooms
Tor light housekeeping. Address
a." Leader office.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-09-04
Address

b. ELLISON,
Manager.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-09-01
LICE AND MITES

Wherever poultry is kept the above
pests are sure to be found unless
strict watch is kept and proper meth
DDS of destruction are employed, says
Successful Farming.
Lice are found largely about the
head and neck of fowls and under
wings and around vent. They seek
moisture in some form, hence are
found about eyes, in nostrils and
around vent.
Dust should be provided for the
daily bath. If fowls become debilitat-
ed they will have to be aided in rid
ding themselves of this nuisance.
busting thoroughly under wings, about
neck and around vent with insect pow
der is the best remedy. The applica-
ton should be repeated about three
times at intervals of one week in
order to kill those which hatch.
For young and growing chicks a
device planned by the Arkansas Elk
pertinent Station has much merit in it.
1t is made as follows: Take an Ordi-
nary barrel and, cut hole in head
s 10 inches in size. Place the
chickens (about twenty-five half
grown ones) in the barrel and sprin-
kle a handful of the powder over them
and then roll the barrel about for a
minute or So The station claims that
this method has proved very effective.
Mites work on the bodies of poultry
during the night and are found in
crevices about roosts and in nesting
material in the day time. The free
use of kerosene or carbolic acid solu
ton or some of the commercial dis
infectants proves effective in fighting
this pest. A good coat of whitewash
applied inside of hen house is good
remedy.
If your house is SO built that you
can't kill the lice and mites by spray
ing insect killers into every crack and
corner then fumigate. Do this when
you can keep the fowls shut out for a
day. Any physician can tell you how
best to fumigate a house. The sui
phur method is easy and cheap, but
it takes quite while to get the house
fit for hens to go into safely The
method is slow-that's the objection.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-09-01

pings with road dust in alternate lay
ers, which may be kept in barrels in a
dry place. The earth thus mixed with
the fertilizer lessons liability in same
to burn the crop 1t should not be ap-
piled long before the crop is put in, as
the nitrogen in it is readily soluble
1t produces an immense growth.
Hot weather is not favorable to hen
manure especially as so much OF 1t
comes from immature stock that 1T is
not especially valuable unless mixed
with the manure from other stock.
Unless labor can be bestowed on the
droppings from now on until the late
fall it is better to mix them with
barnyard manure. If the pOultryman
or farmer has little time, however,
to prepare the droppings they can be
made very valuable by using an alb
sorbent under the roosts. Kainit,
German potash salts, is one of the very
best absorbents to use under the
roosts of poultry houses, as it is solu-
BILE and serves better than plaster for
fixing" the volatile matter in the
droppings. 1t should be cleaned up
with the droppings and the two will
form a chemical combination that is
superior to either alone. The innate
substances are rendered soluble and
the whole is very available as plant
food.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-09-01

ing discovery. BY means of addition
al marks which distinguished the eX-
traordinary pullet from all the other
hens in the yard he proved that dur
ing the following March and April she
actually laid two eggs a day at fire.
quent intervals, finally establishing the
record which she has since equaled,
but which no other hen has ever bro
ken, of ten eggs in d. five consecutive
days A careful record of her work
during the remainder of the year was
kept, but she never laid more than
one egg a day afterward in 1906. In
April, 1907, the same hen duplicated
her record of the previous year, and
in March of the present year several
other hens in the same yard laid two
eggs a day for a few days. In all
of these cases the hens were perfectly
normal, and the deduction, therefore,
is that the number of eggs hen can
lay depends entirely upon the health
of the hen and the kind of food she
takes
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-09-01
OPEN AIR POULTRY HOUSES.

The open air house has become
fixture in modern poultry husbandry
We formerly thought we must keep
our hens warm in order to get the
best results, which required houses
to be artifcially heated. The modern
poultry house is single boarded and
tight with practically an open front
containing both cloth and glass, and
instead of costing from four to
seven dollars per hen, need not cost
even with present high prices of lum-
Der, to exceed two dollars per hen,
and in many Instances even a less
amount.
There may be some question of
doubt in the minds of certain poultry
men as to the advisability of using
cloth over some of the window open
ings in place of glass, particularly
from the fear that the hens will suf
fer from the cold. 1t is a surprising
fact which we have demonstrated in
our experiments covering three years
where we have been comparing houses
otherwise similar, one containing
glass, another cloth, and still others
with both cloth and glass, and one
without either, that we found on an
average during the winter, the tenn
perature of the house with cloth win
dows was only about one and one-half
degrees colder than the house with
the glass windows. The cloth window
house was dryer and contained purer
aid. The hens have been, as a rule,
healthier and have given us our best
general results as compared to the
house with the glass window. In 9th
er words, we have found that although
comfort is important and that, other
things being equal, the very cold
house would be less desirable, never
theless, hens will do far better in
cold, pure air than they will in warm,
impure air; that fresh air is of more
Importance than warmth if we can
not have both. Inasmuch as glass
lets in about three times as much
sunlight as cloth, it is desirable to
have both cloth and glass in the
front of the house. Without pure air
in poultry house, a poultryman can
not stay long in the business unless
he has large bank account to foot
the bills. Low vitality in the breeding
stock which will result in infertile
eggs and weak chickens will soon put
the poultryman out of business
Prof. James e. Rice, Poultry Husband
ry, Cornell Agricultural College.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-09-01
HEN MANURE.

Hen manure is a very rich fertilizer.
In composition it much resembles the
bird guano of commerce, but is less
rich in phosphoric acid than the latter.
If it comes directly in contact with
seed the danger is present that it may
harm the latter by burning, on the
principle that excess of potash will do
this.
1t is a good plan to mix the drop
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-09-01
MADRoNA POULTRY FARM.
Happy, Handsome, Hardy, Hust

Hng-Houdans, Buff Orpingtons, Buff
Cochins, White Wyandottes. White
Minorcas, Barred Rocks, Indian Run
ner Ducks. All of these breeds great
est money makers on the farm. Have
bred them for years to lay, weigh,
win and pay. Large, vigorous, early
maturing, heavy winter layers of fine
large eggs. rooster from us will
double the value and productiveness
of your flock Foundation stock very
reasonable. Grand male birds, $3.50
to SIS each Hens and pullets, $3.50
to 81. Fine fertile eggs, $1.50 to SO
per setting; 81 to $12 per 100. Want
your trade and can please you with a
square deal at honest prices. Corre-
spondence or advice a pleasure. Ma
drona Poultry Farm, II. b. Orr, Jr.,
Sec. Box 4, Richmond Beach. Wash.
Evening journal., 1908-07-16
STOVE FIGURES
IN COURT CASE
The Rent Was Due, So the
Kitchen Range Was
Sold

Joseph Russell. colored. did what he
thought was best n few days ago when
he sold the stove. lie knew that Il
there wasn't some money got someway
that the furniture would be put ont
into the street and-what could he
have done under the circumstances but
sell the stove. OF course the stove
didn't belong TO him: but then he felt
he was responsible for ghe household
articles until Alex Bower should re
turn. Alex was down state few
miles, having gone there is spend "a
few days at one Of the big buildings on
a large estate on business of sufficient
Importance TO keep him there for a
while.
When he returned and found thu
stove gone, not knowing the circum-
stances under which It went. he had
Russell arrested on a charge Of larceny.
The matter was explained to Judge
Cochran this morning in City Court.
The assistant city solicitor said that
the money received for ;he stove had
been returned to Boyer. and that he
was willing the case be dropped. So
Judge Cochran ordered It discontinued.