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Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-11-19

Iesidentelec; TAFT thinks that
Charlie might cultivate a little mod
es'y. and keep out OF the Ohio sen
ai'ral muddle until after The SIN
~ March But Charlie N nks and
wisely that II Is now or never. m
he gets IN At all Il must be while
The Taft fever Is In :he air.-Park.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-11-19
CLASSIFIED COLUMN

Five sales ladies wanted at the
new store in the Hicks building.
first door west OF the Fiat Top Fur
niture Company. Bluefield avenue.
Must have had some experience.
The Bait more Stock company.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-11-19

Let's make IL q point to see that
everything in the way OF conven-
lions that we have any opportunity
to secure is gone after.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-11-19

WANTED Four boarders In pri-
yate family. middle aged men pre-
ferable. Reasonable terms. Over
Follansbee's Drug Store. No. al
Bland street.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-11-19

FOR RENT-One seven room
house. apply r. J. Black OF F. J.
Brown. 9-18-tf
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-11-19

FOR RENT-Two four room fats
with bath on Red Lot. over Busy
Bee restaurant. Reasonable prices
Z. O'Leary & Son. 1O-3O-tf
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-11-19
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10. 1908

John ID ou the witness stand ap-
pears "a verg complaisant old gen
lehman
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-11-19

- inch ovorcoats and So inch
"a ncoats. are being sold at the Met
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-11-19

FOR RENT-Four nice large
rooms on Fourth street. near The
new public school building, ]. e.
Keith, 312 Fourth street. 11-9-6t
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-11-19
CRUSHED LIME STONE.

FOR SALE-A fine bluegrass farm
In Tazewell county, Virginia, COZ
tanning 131 acres, within one mile
OF churches, school and store.
Farm well watered. 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, AID
all necessary outbuiidings. Also
following property: All crops
growing, such AZ 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 IL desired. Good terms or
will trade for town property. APP
ply to Daily Leader.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-22
A Wrong Principle of Choice.
 lprnNIdnncn Inilrnnl


 According to the New York Sun, Sec retary Taft, In the event of his election as president. and his brother, Henry w. Taft, the secretary's personal adviser in New York state politics, will be likely to have voice in deciding upon the republican to succeed Mir, Platt,' IL may be conceded that If Mir. Taft, as president, were to choose the next sen ator from New York the choice would be entirely satisfactory in itself, and that the state would be material gainer. Mir. Platt can scarcely be char acterized as useful or ornamental m his capacity as a member of the upper house at Washington. But 1t Is wrong principle of selection for a president to interfere in such a matter, The voters of New York should choose their own senator, and the laws should De go amended as to enable them to make their choice without the hindrancc now imposed of petty and unscrupu- lous bosses
The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-22

slty or convenience, or If I'll together they were not sure to riotlze con vention, As the policies are uniform ly absurd and the outgrowth of thoughtlessness on the part of the committeeman, and their yielding to preposterous clamor for effect, they can be dispensed with by simple vote.
 The practical effect of reducing, as Mf. Clark suggests, the number of delegates one half, and rhe practical effect of adding Mir. Collins suggestion to exclude the public except as recog- nl2ed in the newspaper reporter would be to bring the national con- vention down to the size of the con- gross of the United States, That would suggest at once the rse of the capitol building at Washington, the nations seat of governm ant, for con- ventlon purposes, It Is cmlnenty proper that the great national nom hating conventions should be held at | Washington, and equally pro per that the national halls of legisll'ion would be utilized by them. The advantages of this scheme would be many and manifest. The commercial instinct would be squeezed out at the start, The delegates would be protected in what should be their deliberatlve needs The atmosphere ir which the conventions would then be held could i not help but add to the sense of re- sponsibllity which each delegate should cultivate and feel. The sug- eestion Is worth sober consideration as practical escape from condition which ls universally declared to be i disgrace to great nation of self governing people.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-22
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE.
Health Department Inactive.

To the Editor of The Journal Courier. We are very glad to have some place to air our grievance in regard to this garbage business,
 We appealed 10 the officers of the Hygeia Ice Co, but instead of assist ing us, they sold their land to a gar bage collector for perpetual nuisance The health department seems to have no desire or no authority to abate the nuisance as the health officers have fir North Haven.
 We are overwhelmed at times witf the odor from the Rpiggeries on Foxer street and Middletown avenue, and il the Civic society can have any innu. ence in removing these foul odors, we shall be very grateful, as they deprive us of the privilege of breathing sweet pure, healthful air
 ELIZABETH S. BARNES
 Qulnnipiac Avenue, New Haven, July 21, 1908.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-22
NoiscIcss New York.

The bang of the broken car wheel Is stlll and the changing bell It's note of warning hushes
 By strangely silent spell, And the shrlek of the wheels upon the
 rails. When the brake goes on, subsidies and
 fails. The chug, chug. of the auto
 Is muiiled to repose, And the honk- -honk horror settles To the quiet of doze; The shouts of the peripatetic
 Street vendors die away Like the vesper prayers of the pious At the passing of the day; The whistling of tugs and steamboats Huns soft and sweet and low, And the truck and the carriage rum
 hle
 Like footballs in the snow; The shouts of the playing children Are whispered in the air, And the coal unloading racket
 Is nolseless everywhere; The deafening din of cargoes
 Of steel and Iron bars Is silent as the movements of nightly wheeling stars. The roar and the roll and the rumble, The clang and the bang and th'
 shout, The shriek and the Jar and the racket Are ordered to quit and get out, And soon in the erstwhile noisy,
 Nerve knocking city will There be no sound but Bingham
 Commanding us all to be still. New York World.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-22
\ NEEDED POLITICAL CHANGE.

Both of the two great parties ought to proceed to the consideration of the modern national political convention in a determined spirit of reform and do everything within their power to put an end to spectacles which call into question seriously the American sobriety of thought and sense of the fitness of things. The Springfield Re- publican speaks accurately and truth fully of there being in the prevailing method of nominating mon for the presidency and ce-presidency "aa entire absence of dignity"
 Congressman Champ Clark of Mis- souri, who attended both conventions this year but only one as a delegate, says that "of all the idiotic perform ances on the face of the earth in mod ern times, national conventions are the worst" During the convention at Chicago and again at Denver, when short sessions were the order of the day and frequent adjournments rule, the question was asked more than once by inquiring men: When will the convention adjourn Quickly came the intelligent response: Ask the hotel keepers It is their affair. In other words the bargaining, which precedes the adoption of any city for convention purposes, not only deter mines the length of the iession of the convention but 1t determines the mum Der of people to be attra ,Ned to the city. Money given in liberal amounts to either political party has to come from somewhere, and until it has ar rived or the necessary advertisement enjoyed the farce is drawn out.
 Champ Clark is not the only public man to urge substitute plan but the one he offers has this merit that It points in the right direction He would reduce the number of delegates one-half and admit not more than D. GOO spectators to the hall The Springfield Republican recalls Patrick | A. Collins recommendatiol which favored limiting seats in the conven- tion to delegates and representative of the press, This plan lie considered would answer all the demands of a needed publicity To adopt either of these plans political committees must agree at the outset to eliminate bid ding for place among the ambitious cities of the country. To 1o this pre- conceives the abandonment of the convention policies which nave been followed for many years, This would be a difficult task If any o.;s of these policies had its roots in public neces-
The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-22
ouR PRIDE IN CANADA,

Not In all her born days before, says the Boston Transcript" has Can ada been so brlmming over with en- thuslasm as now" There can be no question about It, Canada is country with considerable of a past but with much more of a future, Giant strides have been witnessed in Great Britains great American dominion of late years, such as the loyal subjects of King Ed ward on both sides of the water have good reason to rejoice in, The expect cd arrival of the Prince of Wales today will not be nearly as notable an event in itself as 1t will offer Dame Canada an excellent opportunity to show to the world and 10 herself just what she has accomplished at the very time that she Is putting her best foot forward for | the prince,
 So intimately connected are the thittu Sthtes anu tanaut III iHaHS ways that they each may well rejoice in the success and prosperity of the other. Geographical juxtaposltlon has been largely responsible for ths Then, too, both countries are the offspring oi one governmental mother; and If Nne of the two has been wayward and left the famlly-fold, that fact has long since been overlooked or forgotten by the other and by the mother country as we'll We of the United States and they of Canada have the same blood In our veins, we talk the same language and have largely the same aspirations. American capital is invested in Cana da, and vice versa. to such an extent 1 that the fact that the countries are un- der two different governments is very seldom thought of Since 1897 United states capital has been invested in l50 important industries in Canada During the last calendar year this country exported to Canada goods 10 the value of s222 ,5S2, GOO, an increase of S26, i5j,0 over the previous year. In view of these and many other matters, 1t cannot but be considered fitting that the second in command in this couii, try, Vice President Fairbanks, win be on hand to welcome the second In com- mand of Great Britain. the Prince of Wales, when he arrives In Quebec to- day.
 As for the future. 1t looms up even rosier for Canada and for the inter-re- latonship of Canada and the United States. During 1907 there was built 1,5OO new miles of railways in Canada, thus totalIng 2SO0o miles in all. As the means of transportation gets bet ter 1t Is certain that Canada, as a commercial center. will prosper and the population will increase by leaps and bounds The agricultural, mineral and manufacturing possibilities of the coun- try are almost limitless. Although there continue to be many who expectantly hope for future time when the stars and Stripes will float over the Domln- ion, as might be most fitting, consid- erlng the many mutual interests of the two countries, still even they cannot but rejoice with Canada today when she celebrates her advancement, upon the S00th anniversary of the founding of Quebec by the French navigator Champlaln.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-22
The True Lover of AauotIcs.

(Springneld Republican,
 The fate of Rev, A. J, Haynes of New Haven, the latest victim of the capsized canoe, cannot fail to emphasize the danger of this pastime. Such Incidents, deplorable as they are, will not and should not discourage persons from en- toying themselves on the water, auy more than automobile accidents should compel the abandoning of the pursuit of motoring. However, they do teacn the Importance of skill and caution In handling the canoe and rowboat and especially the necessity of knowing how to swim to good advantage If thrown overheard, in order to be meas urably safe, Tie fault of many ls that they do not care to enter into the mat ter thoroughly enough, and here, as elsewhere, a little learning and skill invites peril The true lover of aqua ties schools himself In the essentials, and so Is comparatively immune from danger
The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-22
"IIigi,cr and Thinner"
lNew York Evening Post.


 Higher and thinner, gentlemen; re- member that Is your motto; ever high CT and eyer thinner" Our ears almost catch the words of the commencement orator as he bids the young architects go forth and develop Il proud national architecture on the model of Dream land and Luna Park. Higher and thin ner and uglIer. For some time SIP feet had been an actual inhabited re. allty. Then came 65s feet; then 999 feet; and now 1t Ia to be a thousand feet exactly, higher than ony other building. and good for as many column | feet of newspaper comment as of alti- tude The Singer tower Is bad enough, visible to the greater part of the world as red shaft rising from the pure white City Investment buildlng--to which it does not belong. Such pictur ed anticipations of the new Equitable building as have been given to pant | ing nation reveal q capacity for the monstrously ugly that would draw the widest admiration from the leading architect of Tierra del Fuego. Yet | even this corporeal.zed representation of a bricklayer's idea of heaven IS not to be allowed a lonely and unhappy | emnence And there Is no denying l that within thousand feet of space an architect should he able to achieve a very miracle of uglIness. Visible ten 1 miles out at sea to the alien and tn. | tugboat captain, what matters the wis. ual agony of us who only have tc dwell about It's base?
The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-22
BISHOP HENRY C. POTTER.

In the death of Bishop Henry Cod man Potter there has passed from this earthly plane of life one who has been prominent for many years in every good work for the lifting of human kind to a higher atmosphere of moral and spiritual life. Born in Schenectady, N. Y.. May 25. 1885, he came of a family long identified with the work of his church, the Protestant Episcopal. His father, Aonzo Potter, was also bishop of the same denom-, ination and also professor and vice. president of Union college, New York; brother, Eliphaet Nott Potter, was also president of Union college, and later of Hobart college, Geneva, N, r., and an uncle, too, Horatio Pot ter was bishop, in New York, of the Protestant Episcopal church, Henry Goldman Potter became assistant bish- op of New York in 1883 and bishop of the diocese. of New York In 1887.
 He was a man of broad culture of mind and heart He had his convic- tions of Christian truths, but was great enough to consider with tolerant spirit those of his brethren who may differ from him in any theological tenet He was also a man of large sympathies and did not hesitate to undertake any kind of work which he believed would be of use in lifting his fellow-men a little higher. It may at one time be crusade against vice amid surround ings sadly at variance with his own tastes, or it may be in a service of a missionary character, or in arbitrat- Ing the differences between workmen and their employers, Whatever 1t may be and however some may have differed with Bishop Potter regarding | IltlllDt, lOllc Nlli queSlioli llle Slll- cerity and whole-souled purpose of the man to do something, anything, to ele- vate human life. He was greatly in- terested in the progress of civic af- fairs and rendered valuable counsel as member of several civic organ izations
 He had remarkable ability in public speech in convincing men that his views touching a matter were right and he could address a miscel- laneous audience of varied and con hicting ideas and deftly gather out that on which he might harmonize l the views of his hearers. He was ap- proachable and on the other hand sought to know men in all walks o1 life in order that he might help them
 A little past seventy three years oi age his life has been filled with mum. erous activities His was no eloisteret life. His ambition was to move abou among men doing good. In this he magnified his office and the good tha he has done will continue with in creasing influence,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-22
wANrED--MoNEy.

MT Bryan's appeal to the democrat ic newspapers of the country to open their columns to contributors to the party fund calls even more emphatic attention, first to the fact that In the past the corporations and men of great wealth have for the most part financed both parties, and second to the great need there is for money to meet necessary expenses, Money must be had to keep the wheels nov Ing and If 1t Is not to be, forthcoming from those who have 1t a-plenty, 1t must be forthcoming from those who are willing to make a sacrifice for love of party
 Mir, Bryan says that there are very few democrats who cannot afford to give something to the party fund, One of the reasons why they should give Is because the people will never be able to control the government un- less they take on themselves the bur den of supplying campaign funds, As long as a few men furnish the money to finance n campaign the men will exert an undue influence upon the government There Is no reason to doubt that there Ia truth In that part of the statement, which relates to the sense of political proprietorship which ls established by large gift of money but there is considerable reason to doubt that popular fund such as Mir. Bryan suggests will automatical- 1 ly restore to the people their power to control the government. There Is no such distinction attached to a dol lar given to q popular fund that il may be trusted farther than dollar given in another way. It is conceiv- able that a man, who Is made the beneficiary of huge popular fund might become in office an unendur- able autocrat, and meet the evil of the older fashioned system of collecting money with a new evil quite as cor rupt In It's power,
 Il Is desirable that the people of the country should pay their own DO. litical bills, and that contributors should be denied an entrance to tho captains office who give in order later ' to control, but in the last analysis the man in office Is the one upon whom l the people must rely for protection against every kind of malefactor. IT ! the search for that man the greatest | imaginable use of publicity should bC made Every man who gives a cent ! should be willing to have his name Nrecorded, or be denied the right tc give, Every cent that is expended should be recorded in an open book ! When some such scheme as this k adopted the fear of tainted money ! corrupting the administration in pow. CT will soon pass Great strides thi, year have been made towards that enc but the road yet to travel Is hard ant long. Fortunately two honest mel
 are travelling 1t, and so the countr!
 has less this year to fear than evel
 before under existing conditions.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-22
OUR CONTEMPORARIES.
"Wnter-buryipg" the Lily.
lMalerburY Republican.l

wv NdVtTUUTN NVpUUIICHTIJ
 The canning season Is on in the off, flee of the New Haven Journal Courier. Colonel osborn is putting up Woodruff boom communication from Voter, Republican, "Dhgusted," Constant Reader, Pro Bono Publco' and "One Who Voted for Fremont The colonel is a deft housekeeper but the best of us need a little advice occasionally, Put in one-tenth of one per cent of benzoate of soda, colonel, so thar they'll keep until the primaries.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-22

It is said by the officers who arc bringing back Walker 10 Connecticut that they expect he will make full confession of the whole affair When interviewed in Los Angeles Walker said: "I never received dollar of the missing sum" Somebody must have received 1t, Should Walker come back to turn states evidence, an unex- pected turn would be givln to the whole incident Yet, in spite of his saying he never received q dollar, he relterates that 1t was his intention to make full restitution. This man is doubly honest. He would pay back what he never took. T fled because knew my ability as a mo oacy-maker,' he says, and up to the last, l have felt confident that could repay every dollar through the mining interests l have acquired since reaching Mexico" If Walker had less "moaey making ability, he would not prooably be in the present fix.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-22

Mir. Taft is a union man. He has received notice of his election to hon orary election to the International Society of Steamshovemsn Really, after some of the insnua.ions made at the time of the recent Chi, ago con vention, we might have more expect antly looked for an election to the m-road-roller-men. If there are any such. Now they are making q unlonist out of Taft, the politician, perhaps they will make q 7ure- enough politician out of Gompers, the union- lst
The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-22
Annual Sale For Cash.

si.so, s2, and s2.6O Gloves (BrokesI LOts), q. N and S5 Automobile Gloves, S2. &S and S3b Automobile Coats, Half Price SEQ and x35 Raincoats, Half Price. S5, s1.60, S10 and s25 Bath Wraps, Half Price. $50 Imported Dressing Gowns, Half Price. Guyot Suspendcrs, Half Price. Broken Lots of s3.75 per dozen collars e1.5O dozen. N English Handkerchief, 50c. s3, So, s0,5O, sIO and s15 Automobile Lnp Robes, Half Price. ss White Flannel Trousers, Half Price. Si0 White Serge Trousers (Black 'stripe), Half Price.
 Price.
 Canes, Half Price. Si.1o and F2.50 French Half Hose, R1 Pr. broken Lots of shaker Knit Sweaters, Half Price. NegliKec, Silk and Tennis shirts, straw Hats, 17c. Half Hose, and 25c. Bow Ties have about melted away. Store Closes Saturday at ?. m. | Other days at p. m. ..l
 CHASE & GO.
 OUTFITTERS FOR MEN. N
The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-22
The Way of the Trnnsgrcssor.

lilhl lIulu NuiI HHl'J
 Embezzler Walkers outward journey was not a happy ane guilt and fear journeyed with him all the day lorg and sat by his pillow through the night, when he awoke they were ll- ways there--unescape terrible companions. Think what his homeconl. ing must be Hard indeed, is the way of the trangressor. No humane man
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At least eight persons were drown ed in New England on Sunday The principal causes were cramps care lessness and canoes" says the Hart ford Times Other 'mlsfortunase drownings in this locality since Sunday makes this danger still more apparent. IL is simply further argument for the contention of the Journal-Courfer that swimming school for .he children should be established Necessarily even the ability to swim may not aid one when seized by the cramps, but 1t must help the rescuers, f any are at hand.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-22

will gloat over Walkers shame and misery, all right minded men must ra- iolce that, in so fragrant case as this, earthly Justice has not been at long Inst bAmed md mocked
The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-22

Reggy sapp--I can feel that am surrounded by thought waves from my own head,
 Miss Tabasco-Thought waves. Ora cious, Now I know why you look so pale, you are seasck,'
The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-22

death in day" remarked the boarding house lady
 How do you know?" replied the thin boarder Have you any around heree' @Yonkers Statesman,