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Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-02-14
CITY OFFICIALS
INDULGE IN
SOCIAL DRINKS

Bristol, Va, Feb. lin a star
chamber meeting this wocl, the may
or and board Of aldermen Of Bris-
tol Tenn, after listening to the
sharp criticism OF ono or two city
officials who arc said 10 have in
dulged pretty generously I'm socia'
drinks, the body decided TO take up
at IT'S next meeting a resolution Of
fercd by Alderman Joe y. Taylor.
providing for a fine Of $40 against
any officer or official who may take
drink OF Intoxicating liquor while
on duty and providing for suspen.
sion from office for a second oncnge.
TO be followed by expulsion I'm the
event Of a third onense. u ig be-
licyed that the reslutlon viii be-
adopted at the next meeting Of The
board
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-02-14
DEAD FROM
STAB WOUNDS
BOYS AT SCHOOL or CoRREC.
TIoN ENAGE IN DEADLY COM.
BAT--FIGIIT OCCURRED IN
pLANROOM.

New York. Feb. 14.-One boy IL
dead from stab wounds and three
others seriously hurt as result OF
fight last Saturday evening. In
which twonty boys participated. I'm
the correctional institution on RAN
dall's Island. The dead boy ia NIey-
er O'Shansky. 10 years old. Raef-
fello Sonsa. the same age. Is under
guard at the institution, charged
with having inflicted the wound
which caused O'Shansky's death. All
the boys involved in the trouble
were inmates OF the institution.
The fight occurred when 24O bovs
were at recreation In the playroom
of the big building, but IL did not
become knowns outside the institu-
ton until after O'Shansky's death.
There were several officers present
when the fight broke out at one end
of the playroom. Only about TWEEN
ty boys were actually engaged In
the conflict, but the others crowded
around them so closely that the Of
hcers had great difficulty in reach
Ing the combatants. The four wound
ed boys, including OShansky. were
lying on the floor, unconscious. Two
knives were found nearby. The
other injured boys were Samuel
Blumenthal, 10; Julius Axelerod, 16
and Samuel Kramer, IS. All wei'
suffering from stab wounds and a.
apparently were in n serious condi
ton. The condition of all the boy
seemed TO have improved until yes
terday, when O'shansky became sud
denly worse, and dlGu yesterday art
crnoon Young Sonsa was placed
under guard as result Of informa-
ton given by Blumenthal. Axelrod
and Kramer. lie and O'Shansky
were nshtlng together against the
others, the boys said. and sonsa
stabbed his friend by accident.
Th" knives with which the boys
were armed had been stolen from
the teachers desks i'm the school
room.
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Mr.. D. HOWARD ROYER
IS TAKEN BY DEATH
TO HEART FAILURE
IN WASHINGTON HOTEL.
Grim Reaper Suddenly Seizes Well
Identified with Traffic Affair
of shenandoah Valley
and n. 81 w. Roads.

Roanoke. Va, Feb. 13.-News
was received here this morning over
the long distance telephone that Mr..
o. Howard Roger, of Roanoke, had
died about $50 o'clock in the Ho-
tel Raleigh, in Washington, of heart
failure.
Mr.. Roger called to the clerk
about 4 a. m, asking him to call
a doctor, as he was very i'll. A ply
sician responded and found Mr..
Royer sinking rapidly. and he ex-
pired few minutes later. Mr.. Roy
er was assistant general freight
agent Of the Norfolk g. Western.
He left Roanoke Sunday evening
for Philadelphia and on Tuesday he
went to Washington to attend a
meeting of railroad officials.
Outside Of the phone message
above referred to no further details
have been received. The family were
notified of his death by his pastor.
Rev. Arthur Rowbotham, pastor OF
Second Presbyterian church.
Mr.. Royar is survived by his wife.
Mrs. Helen Roger, and seven sons
and one daughter. as follows: Miss
Margaret Roger, and Messrs. James
s., Donald, Howard, Stewart. Doug
lass. Richard and John Roger.
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IDENTIFY waiting there for some pur-
pose or other when MrsaJ. A. Dan
cey, white woman, came by en-
route to her home. She was ac-
companied by another woman whose
correct name could not be learned
and her young son. who Is about 6
years OF age. without any warning
Rippey rushed at her and grappled
with her, throwing the woman to
the ground before those with her
were aware of what his purpose was.
Then with gun pointed at the wo-
man who accompanied Mrs. Dancey
he accomplished his helish purpose
second time within forty-eight
hours The woman at whom the
gun was pointed was afraid to move
and the mother had to be maltreated
and outraged before her 6-year-old
sons eyes.
Immediately the outrage had
been committed he threatened the
women and after warning them not
to speak he left for the mountains.
The women and the boy went TO the
mouth Of the west mine and thore
told the miners who were coming
from work what had happened. They
became enraged and several OF them
went out to look for the negro.
The crime was committed I'm the
hollow between the old machine
shop and the West mine electric fan
house. The scene of the crime is
isolated and ~ place Zoe such an
inhuman act Mrs. Dancey IS a
widow. Her husband was a miner
and was killed in the recent mine
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GIRL IS PAROLED
HAD BEEN SENTENCED no
MINES FOR RIDING on TRAIN
TNLAWFTLLY.

MONTGOMERY Ala. Feb. fi
Billie Bates. the girl who dressed
as a boy sent from Houston county
to the mines. after conviction Of rId-
ing ON trains uuIawfuIy. was today
paroled by Governor Conner. aionl
with Joseph Bates, her brother.
Many persons in different parts of
the state interested themsoiys ln
her case and urged tho governor to
release her The brother and sisl r.
were tramping fsom Jacksonville.
Florida, TO- Torre Hautc. Indiana
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MISU NDE TOO D
SIGNALS CAUSE
WRECK

Wilmington, Feb. 14.-Of the ff-
teen persons mem/rs Of tho Phil
adelphia Orchestra who were IN
jured in fatal wreck at FELTON,
station, north OF here on the Baltl-
more & Ohio, 1t is reported today
that all will recover. The wreck is
believed TO have been due to a mis-
understanding Of signals The en-
CINE Of the passenger train. which
crashed into the rear Of q freight.
turned over and Engineer William.
son and Fireman Elliott were kill
ed.
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explosion at Pocahontas. She Is a
comely woman about 80 years OF
age. II IS said that the woman who
accompanied her was but Is years
OF age. This could not be verified.
Rippey, the negro who assaulted
Mrs. j. A. Dancey at Pocahontas
yesterday was brought to BlueReld
this morning and was kept here
about two hours. 1t being the in
tention OF the officers who had him
In charge to take him to Tazewell on
the regular passenger, but on learn
Ing that mob was coming from
Pocahontas on No. 2, which meets
the No. IL at Graham. Va. they de-
cldei TO take him on to the county
jail on the special. and were accom-
panied by officer Reynolds.
Special Reporter J. a. Muir. OF
the Daily Leader, also went TO Taze.
well with the prisoner, where he
was safely landed at 2:3O O'Clock
this evening.
Rippey is about 90 years OF age
and VIII be remembered by the peo-
pie of this section as the colored
man who frightened two younC
OF Robert Carr while they
were out gathering berries last sum-
mer on the Browning property. For
this offense he was halei bogore the
grand jury and as the only evidence
that was brought before the grand
jury tended to show that he had only
run toward the girls. he was dis
missed on the grounds that sufficient
evidence had not been advanced to
show that he had intended rape.
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in blasting for the foundation of
their power house or the first shovel
full of dirt was turned, they have
now got two shafts working and a
third one in process OF construction,
which promises for them one of the
most complete plants in the field
when the finishing touches are put
on.
1t is an undoubted fact that CON
ditions are improving all along the
dine and should the improved condi.
tions continue in the large centres
OF industry Bluefeld will soon have
assumed its old time appearance OF
bustling activity
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LUMBER MAN
IS KILLED BY
MERCHANT

Johnson City, Tenn, Feb. IL
A. II. Cline, prominent lumber
man OF Bristol, was shot and killed
last night at Elk Park by Luke Ban
ner, a wealthy merchant OF Elk
Park, q. G.. The killing is thought
to have been the result of diff
ference over business matters be-
tween Cline and the Banner family
last summer.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-02-14
THE TRANSVAAL
CHANGES ATTITUDE

Cape Town, Feb. 1.-THE Trans
vaal government has decided to re-
consider its attitude towards ASH
atIcs, with a view OF fnding less
Objectionable registration system. It
is understood that a judicial inves-
LEGATION Of the subject will be in-
stituted pending which. all prosecu-
tions. for violation of the present
law viii be dropped.
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REMOVAL
MAY RENEW
RIOTING

Bombay, Feb. While the ma
tive quarter is outwardly quiet to-
day 70 is feared that riotlng will be-
renewed as soon as the soldiers now
guarding that quarter are with
drawn Last nights riot resulted in
five Mohammedans being killed and
forty wounded, but 60 is believed
that many dead natives we're spirit
cd away.
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Without Warning Young Negro Fiend Grapp1es
With Mrs. j. A. DanCey and ACComplishes His
Dastard1y Purpose Before the Eyes of Her Six
Year-OId Son
SCENE OF THE CRIME WAS A FIT
PLACE FOR SUCH AN |NHUMAM ACT

Pocahontas, Va, Feb. 14.-(Spe-
cial) l)-Walte: Rippey, who commit
ted a dastardly outrage on Mrs. J..
A. Dancey, was captured at Coai-
dale last night and kept in hiding
by the police until 1915 TO-DAY.
when he was taken to Tazewen. Va
on a specia. train and lodged in
jail.
The negro was in charge of Po-
liceman Pemherton and Geo. Mays.
and DIR. l.. J. stump and Detective
Slater.
When the officers and their pris-
oner within square of the station.
the mob which had been forming
since early this mornin, made rush
for the negro, but were held at bay
by the police and deputies at the
point OF Winchesters, the negro was
then rushed to the depot, where lie
was placed in n box car and taken 10
TaZewell.
Had 1t not been for the prompt
action of the authorities, the negro.
i'm all probability, would have heen
lynched
On Wednesday afternoon at Bois-
sevain he overpowered a colored wo-
man. the wife of James Coolies. and
criminally assaulted her. The col
ored men became enraged and went
after him but were not able to eff
feet his capture. If they had IL
would have been bad for RIppey.
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Pcdigo's Clearance Sale will con-
tinuc all week. Saturday last day.
Lace curtains and other lines added.
2-14-2t
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Ky. SENATORIAL BALLOT.

Frankfort, KY Feb 1f.- The
senatorial ballot yesterday resulted.
Beckham. 50. Bradley. 5S. Camp
bell, 3 Allen. r. Blackburn. J..
Necessary TO elect. 60.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-02-14

Sew York. Feb. 1G-It has been
determined U.s. tho American Red
Cross society to enter into gem
craI campaign for an increased d mem
bcrship both annual and life. The
executive BOARD has appointed I'd.
ward R Johnston .o the position OF
national registrar
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-02-14
BUFFALO
HAS FIRE

Buffalo, FEB. 1.-THE warehouse,
stock ana storerooms OF the Courier
Printing company were destroyed by
fire today. Loss quarter million.
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HELLlSH DEED OF P0CAH0NTAS BRUTE
CONDITIONS IMPROv|LG IN
THE POCAHONTAS COALF|ELD

EMPTY CARS ARE BEING PUSH
ED TO NEARLY ALL OPERA
TIONS-INCREASE Is QUOTED
AT FROM so TO 100 PER CENT.
MORE THAN LAST MONTH.
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Pedigo's Clearance Sale will con-
tinue all week. Saturday last day.
Lace curtains and other lines added.
2-14-2t
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-02-14

Pianos tuned and repaired. Prof
r. " r Christie. No. 222 Blu field
avenue
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-02-14

Yesterday afternoon about A
o'clock he was in the hollow leading
up to Browningstown and was evil
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-02-14
MEN,s HATS

Were $50 TO $500. Cmost
of thcso sold at $500.
$3.50. $3.0O), choice O5c
Ought to be closed i'm one day
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-02-14

The Daily Leader, the best Ad-
vertising Medium. Try h and buila
mp business.
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WEATHER FORECAST.

Rain tonight, colder i'm western
portion; Saturday rain or snow and
colder.
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COUNTING LOVES TOLL FRANCESCA BY ,.,ur,

my mother in service In the oud country"
said Mrs. Moriarty, putting the Irons the stove
and folding the roning.blanket. "All the same
Sheilah what about Pat? Won't we be flingin' away
good chanst?"
Sheilah shook her head 81 guess there'd be others
But Pat-wel, guess he'd wait Mother" sud-
den passing crept into her voice 81 like him we'll
enough--as much I ever expect I'll care for any
But the truth Is" she faced her mother def
antly, II want easier life than you've had Here
you are, nigh fifty, and working hard get all
played out at the store but that's easy to what you
do. You're your feet all day! Three meals, and
the dishes, and the washing and the ironing. and
the making and the mending When things
done. We rest yourself by taking up another! hate
to see you live so, and won't live myself. No,
like Pat But don't like him we'll enough to slave
for him and his children as you shaved for poppa
and u.s.
you'd not slave Sheilah"
Tho words from the open door, and both
women turned in some dsmay. Patrick OMeara, in
his Sunday suit Of pepper and salt bright blue tie
matching his honest eyes and contrasting peasingy
with his red hair stood In the doorway, flushed and
evidently perturbed
why good-evening to you, Patrick" said Mrs. Mo
rlarty pleasantly MY! but It's been the day!
Sit down Sheah, seat"
Patrick nodded to Mrs. Moriarty but his blue eyes
rested hungrily upon Sheilahs dainty smalness and
slimness, as she stood before him. her dark head
bent.
Il came to sec IL ye'd go to the roof garden with
me- Sheilah,' went on Patrick, laying some roses on
the table He looked wistfully from them to her.
If only he could get her away into the environment
OF the roof garden, which ne vaguely felt to be
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propitious more appropriate. he might yet say all
he had meant TO say, hear what he had hoped to
hear His Celtic nature revolted against the prose
of the present situation.
Sheilah turned away. her embarrassment masking
itself as sullenness.
Thank We, Pat. | guess won't so out tonight"
"Sheah! Yere turned against me?" he cried
"Never think that, Pat interposed Mrs. MoIiarty
with a troubled glance from him to her daughter
Sure, the childs not feeling good we hearin
what she said. And she was but havin' her Joke,
girls will Sheilah, get your hat, won't ye? Sure,
breath of ar' do we good"
sheilah turned passionately to her mother And
you stay slowing here. all the same! Come too,
mother, and III CO."
Mrs. Moriarty smiled
II go, alanna and leave MORA and Mike to come to
grief on the sidewalk? No l can't 60"
Sheilah hesitated.
Come, Sheilah' pleaded Pat. "If We knew how
I've been counting the hours TIL this should come
seund And we promised"
The girl shook her head
81 guess l won't. Patrick. I'm sorry We heard me
as ye came UP. But mothers wrong, | wasn't Joking.
What | said mean. So It wouldn't hardly be fair,
would it. to let we spend your money on taking me
to roof gardens, while was Meaning"
Again Mrs. Moriarty came to the rescue.
Mercy on u.s. Sheilah! that's not the way a young
looks his money. Sure he's glad to go to the
roof garden, and it's mighty dull without GIRL"
Patrick glanced at her gratefully. He appreciated
her efforts to restore ghtness to the unexpected
gloom Of the situation.
That's the size of It, Sheah." he said anxiousy,
my evenin's spoilt II we don't come"
Mrs. Moriarty brought the black hat the girl had
thrown aside upon her entry, and Sheiah slowly put
It on adjusting her hair by the aid Of her sidecomb
Without another word she let Patrick take her down
the stairs passing by MORA and Mike without looking
at them Silently they boarded a car and as silently
rode uptown and presently seated side by side
In the open-ar theatre with the gay stage in front
peasurescekers to right and left and the vast pan
Drama Of New York behind them
They gave but perfunctory attention to the per-
Torrance upon the stage, and Pat took her to the
roof gardens edge and began to plead
Sheiah leaned against the parapet the salt sting OF
the air cooling and freshening her fevered cheeks
Roof beyond roof stretched before her, sharply &C
cened in the clear air lighted both by the rising
moon and the suns aftergow. Far beyond wound
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to talk and hear of Sheilah
Spring fingered that year. but it came With Its
coming the Van Tessel season ended Among the ser
wants retained to accompany the family to Newport
was Sheilah
1t later in the summer-a hot, humid summer
and the papers filled with accounts of deaths
from heat prostrations.
When Pat came back to Mrs. Morarty he found her
bending anguish NORA lying in white stiffness
the table, drawn close to the window. The child
looked a smaller Sheilah, her face made older by
WEAKNESS and pain
Il buried Mike yesterday" said the poor mother
simply. And I'm thinking III lose Mora. too"
Pats thoughts flew TO Sheilah. He spoke her name
Mrs Morarty shook her head Its thankful am
that she's where she get breath of air she said
Maybe, II she'd stayd at the store she'd have gone
under too. Shelahs not strong, not strong at all.
All that night Pats red head bent beside the gray
the dying child. And when the end came
and the bereaved mothers anguish found the plen
and eloquent expression which Is the gift OF the
Celt, Pat beside her, vowed that no woman should
through him, know such grief. Sheah. whom he
loved, had refused him. but she might marry richer
man. Let her, He would be free of her pain He
would not look at her sorrow. to know himself the
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and vivacity natural to her.
Mrs. Moriarty drew chair from behind her and
sat down
Pour me sup O tay into yer saucer" she said,
her speech suffering relapse into its earlier phrasng
"Ah" She drank deeply. That's what used to
say Sheilah aroon-What's the use? But my poor
mother was English and mind me how she struggled
to keep up with the tubing of the children Satur
day nights and the clean clothes to put on ivry Sun
day morning If let that GO she'd be saying,
seems like I'd let everything GO And now, since
himself whit home and I've had the care Of we all,
find meself o-sayin, What's the use? and me other
self asayln my poor mother said IF we let that
go, yell let evrything go "
She stopped, for Sheilah had ceased to listen Put
ting the saucer down she and resumed the iron
ing But she glanced from time to time, at the girls
dreaming eyes following the sharpening outline Of
roofs against the sky.
"Sheilah," she whispered tensely rs Patrick
OMeara coming for ye the night?'
The delicate flush on Sheilahs checks burned to
crimson.
He'll come" the girl said hesitatingly. but
maybe it's for the last time"
Mrs Morarty studied her anxiousy. Hes a good
man. sheilah" she urged "A CathIic. and steady
and-ye wouldn't have to work. yer fingers to the
bone. And yere not strong"
Sheilah's eyes sought the skyline again.
81 Just think of 1t all day" she said simply. Last
week I'd made up me mind to say yes and I'd begun
| to think of me clothes But"
Il scared Of We goin' to that big store"
sighed her mother THE clerks there dress like
dudes-and they're to a girls fancy than plain
man like Patrick who works the roads. But It's
on their backs the money goes, sheah. Yell
have Pats for yer housekeepin'
Its not the clerks, mother. Sheilah rose and put
away her cup and saucer. 1--WE thought Of taking
70 service"
Her mother started. ITO service?'
Sheilah nodded "Milly Searn has aunt in
Mrs Van Tesses service. She's got My In She
lives Just like lady mother There are seven upper
maids and each has tiny ROOM all new and
clean and they take bath every day-not just
Sat'dy nighs-and they clean clothes, pink and
blue chambrays and caps and aprons like the ones
you see the stage. The works easy. Mlly's aunt
says-and five a week while | get three-fifty now.
Five and me keep I'd send you home three and get
meself trousseau with the rest AS for marryn'-
lhatd come later"
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much Of hardness. Pat, and it's sorry am II words
of mine have made think that love isn't worth all
IL COSTS
She stood at the other side of the table. The light
was dim, but they could see how strange a beauty
g,owed the rough, kindly face
1--WE said that it's hard to boar children and hard
enough TO raise EN-" she went And only the
dear Mother Mary knows what it is to lose EN-. But.
for It all, do We think I'd have lived single? Do you
think I'd missed the times when Dan Morarty courted
me and the years that he my man-mine, and not
another woman's-for the sake O. the work.? Do
you think I'd a missed OF my babies, for the
trouble they made me? Why. when my little ones
died and you stood by me, Pat, like the son we've
been med!dn't we know that ! thanked the Lord
they'd been mine for time, II it but five years
and six years? Oh woman's life is hard, and her
strengthll 60, and her looksll go; but If her mans
good man. and loves her, it's worth It all Pat; it's
worth it all"
Pat turned from her to look at Sheah. The dusk
falling, and he had to step closer to her to read
her eyes And IN the dim room with Its poor furnish
ings another light was growng-the light of the hope
that had come back.
Its worth il all" repeated Mrs, Morary.
"ys ite' his eyes asked of Sheah's.
Her answer was a step forward, her arms held ont.