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Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-08-31

The lily white planks or the state
platform are not things for people
to become excited over The Jim
Grow" plank meets such a plain de-
mand that 1t needs no argument In
It's behalf. A trip upon any railroad
in the southern part of the state
Is an argument that cannot b. equal
ed or answered. 1t says all there is
TO say upon the qu 'stion. As for
the DISTINGUISHING plank. nobody
should hesitate about that. The ne
gro has shown himself absolutely
unworthy to enjoy the suffrage. and
II should be taken from him until
such time as he prepares himself
for It, II was not his by right. but
by free gift. and having shown that
he has no respect for It, he should
be deprived of the opportunity to
further debauch it. The white man
struggled for thousands OF years to
secure free government. and when
he secured 1T he had fitted himself
to preserve 1t. The negro, having
been given part in it all too cheap
ly. holds it as all people hold those
bhings that come to them too cheap
ly, and there is no reason in good
morals or good government why IL
should not be taken from him.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-08-31
GUARANTEE OF DEPOSITS

During iha acute Stages of the
lGt' financial squeeze" the wise
ines told us that the trouble came
from the boarding of money by the
people. Granted. They told us that
the people drew their money from
the banks because of fear that they
would not or might not get it when
they should want it. Granted Now.
the Democratic party's guaranty
plan removes that fear and at all
times makes it impossible for de-
positOr either to lose his money or
to be compelled TO suffer any incon-
venience from the closing of a bank.
4 bank fail 4 in Oklahom, and the
next day, the banking commissioner
stood ready to give every depositor
his money. The state lost nothing
because the guaranty tax was ample
to reimbursn the depositors. When
the KnickerJrocker Trust company
failed, there were hundreds of de-
positors who needed their money in
their businesses and to pay living
expenses. After many long. weary
months of waiting. they got it; but
the anxiety. inconvenience and loss
es had to be endured. All this man
ey was, for months Withdrawn from
business. Many men were bank
rupte,d because they did not know
whether their deposit was an asset
would ahve averted the anxiety and
suffering, and put the money into
use again at once. But If the plan
had been working there would have
been 40 failure. If every depositor
he'd felt secure, there would have
ben no run on the bank. Indeed,
with absolute security to dcpositors,
hidden funds would have been at
work, and none Of the banks would
have been forced to call for cash
or enforce collections. The man
who argues against protecting the
deposition has uphill work; and the
guaranty plan admittedly does the
work. There is as much money in
the country as there ever was. If
1t were in the banks the people
could 10 business. Bryan proposes
to &c. the people to put it in the
banks not with a stick, but by max
ing Jhc banks as safe as the gov
eminent Why not? All who do
not want the depostor5 to be Sc
cure hould vote for Taft. If you
want bank deposits safe and there
by n quick revival of business vote
for Bryan.-Charlesto Gazette.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-08-31
TURN ON THE LIGHT

Reports continue to pour in upon
the good work the Leader is doing
in Mcdowell. The negro social club
at Elkhorn was raided Saturday
night and it is but a question of
time until all these dens of inioui-
ty will be broken up The good
people of Mcdowell are aroused rs
never before. The time is oppor-
tune for redeeming the shameful
conditions of the past. The RENE
dy is simple. Eliminate the igno-
rant and vicious from the exercise
or the ballot We would not dis
FRANCHISE the better class of negroes
We would allow all who could real
and write the exercise of the bal
lot. and even if they are unable In
read or write and owned taxable
property to the extent of $500 90
This would eliminate the dangerous
element. The condition i'm Mellow
ell can be traced TO the fact tina
the negro is factor in politics
Eliminate the ignorant AMI v.cious
ana You remove the cause.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-08-31
IN MCDOWELL

Ire BlUeGclI Leader OF August
70 had sensational story. but one
evidently grounded on facts, de-
scriDing the raid.ng OF the Union
Political and Social Club" at Key
stone. II alleges the grocsest and
most revolving instances of the prac
tic OF social equality in Keystone.
Conditions in that locality have
long been ntolerable for self-re-
spcct.ng whites, and they are rap
idly becoming so all over Mellow
ell and Mercer counties. II is lit
IL wonder that representatives
from those counties sho Id have
been so instant for the "anti-negro
planks" i'm the Charleston plat
form. Hundreds OF white Republi-
cans in those counties are going to
vote the straignht Democratic tick
et this fall. I'm the hope of getting
some relief from the prospect that
confronts them
DO the white people OF Mingo re-
a'izn that If our renegades win and
again fasten their chains upon us.
that it is only a matter Of time un-
til parts OF this county will resem-
Bile Mcdowell? You white people
who saw the negro repeaters mar
shall i at Matewan and Thacker
two years ago, how would you like
to have Mcdowell conditions here
permanently? Every vote for the
renegades this fall is step in that
direction. Williamson Enterprise.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-08-31

This talk Of white men enacting
laws that will dsfranchise white
men is all bosh The DISTINGUISHING
planks in the Democratic platform
are aimed at the negro and at no
body else. This is done because
Of the fact, and justified by the fact.
that the negro as a race has shown
himself absolutely unappreclative
Of the ballot, and utterly careless OF
the manner in which he uses #.
The people Of all parties are in
,erested I'm an economical admins
tration Of the state government.
The Republican party does not even
promise any such thing. The Dem
ocrats do. and by their past actions
have proven that they will admin
lister the government honestly and
economically For that reason. n
for no other. the Democratic ticket
should receive the support of all
classes Of people
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-08-31
VOLUNTEER FUND.

In accoTdGnce with the request of
the NATIONAL committee. the Leader
viii lake subscriptions for the ma
tiona Democratic campaign funa.
Mr.. Hryan refuses to accept contri-
buttons from corporations or trusts.
He appeals to the people instead OF
the interests. He favors campaign
publicity and will publish all CON
trioutuns so that the voters may
know from what source the con
trnuUuus are received. Four years
ago Hartman raised a quarter mill
Ion dollars for the Republican cam
paiEu und Mr.. Bryan refuses
lars. Hntributions, and appeals to
Che greet masses instead. If the in.
teros.s put up the money they must
be- repaid by special iavors. The
Democratic party is the 9artyof the
pcaH.. All contributions given the
Daily Ladder will be acknowledged
giving H name of the contributor,
un.. requests otherwise. and
tae MONIES. forwarded to the treas
ur,r o r national committee ev-
cry saturday night.
ro..UgUons Acknowledged.
Daily Leader employees ......sG so
H.u"0.H Furniture Go. clerks 800
u.s. 81. I''a"t .............. 100
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-08-31
ANSO1rNCEMENr

Ny friends having bocn denied
tho privilege OF voting for me in
the Republican county convention.
after my name had been properly
and ro arly placed before said
convention they feel that they
houi1 have The right 90 vote for
mo fro tho general el,ction. I there
fore announce myself an independ-
ont candidate for the ofGc Of county
clerk and pronise. II slocted, 10
faithfully and lmpartially discharge
the dut.os Of said office.
J. 70. T. SENTZ.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-08-31

supervision over the uniform
system Of accounting throughout
,hc state by the tax commissioners
office is an addition Of considerable
more power 90 that department. and
OF the ability TO take care Of several
more specimens OF the Sam Mont
gomory stripe. IF there be such
which God forbid The building up
OF this department % its present
power and influence with which 10
"il Doc gifted unless something is
done TO check &c. IS the most dan
zerous thing that has beer done in
West Virginia since the enactment
of the reconstruction legislation.
Ih" accounting business belongs
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-08-31

John Sherman Darst thought he
would like to go on the Scherr tick
ct for auditor, so as to make his
election as sure as his calling: but
Boss Mathews said nay, and so
Johnny comes down. You can't be
on both tickets, says the boss, and
the boss is running things at Swish
or headquarters.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-08-31

Scott and Elkins are both occu-
pying seates in the Swisher band
wagon. They were afraid to appear
at Charleston and take part in the
convention; but they knew enough
and had nerve enough to crawl un-
der the wagon cover when the storm
began to rage
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-08-31

Meredith Simms, head of the Fay
cite county court, head of the Fay
ette county whiskey ring, head of
the anti-prohibition lobby, is bet
ting big wads of money that Swish
er won't come off the ticket. And
you can bet Meredith knows what
ne is talking about. His is ed
ucated" money.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-08-31

The decent Republicans of West
Virginia would get together and
kick both Scott and Elkins into the
scrap heap if it were not that the
Democrats will save them that trou-
bic ard eXertion. The next United
states senator elected in West Vir-
ginia will be a Democrat.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-08-31

Don't for get that the people
ought to take a look at the books
this year. If so many bad things
can crop out with the books all in
hands of the gang who can guess
what those books really contain?
Let's take n look.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-08-31

Sam Montgomery got what he
went after when he turned Ger to
the Swisher side, but it will be a
long time before the people get
through handing him the full meas
ure of contempt that was araused
IN their minds by the same action.
The position Of field agent" with
its 500 month, is dearly purocha-
ed at the price pretty Sam is paid
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-08-31

The party that allowed Sam Dix
on to operate his mines at Parral
and Stuart in direct violation Of
the law should be voted down and
put out with the aid of every mine
worker In the state. The mine de-
partment, and the executive depart
ment. knew that those mines were
being operated contrary to law. and
yet they were allowed to go on. in
stead Of being made to obey the
law or close down. What pull has
Sam Dixon with the Dawson admin
istration that he should thus be ia
yored at the expenss Of the lives of
so many people?
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-08-31

Chairman Grant with his lonely
stenographer sits one in the Dem.
cratic Aid Society headquarters Civ
ing out interviews, afraid to go
home in the dark-Huntingto Di
patch
He ought to ask friend Hughey"
IF Bluefield, to pilot him home. He
knows both camps pretty well now
and could doubtless tell him the
'ins" and "ous" on either side.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-08-31

properly to the auditors office. but
because he is e'acteI by tbc people
ana the gang has wanted TO buiJ
up the power OF tn governor tho
new department was added TO tho
tax commissioners office that being
filled b. appointment by the gov
ernor.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-08-31

The time will come in Mcdowell
when the good people OF that coun-
" will not be afraid TO take a
stand for better conditions.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-08-31
Every woman desires a GOOD com

Every woman desires good corn.
plexlon, but oft-times either ruins
the one she has OF Falls to gain one
by the paint and powder method she
employs. A good complexion ls from
within and can't be painted or pow.
dered on. Two things are necessary
in order 90 be the possossor ~ 8
good complexion healthy action
Of the liver and good rich blood
Rydaies Liver Tablets taken coca
sionally and followed for a week or
ten days by Rydale's Tonic and plen
~ OF fresh air and out OF doors OK
ercise will beat all the paint and
powder IN the world Try II Just
once aud see The white Pharmacy
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-08-31

MERCER COUNTY.
For House OF Delegates:
d. II. BARGER,
Hiawatha.
CHAS b. HANCOCK,
Blueheld.
For Sheriff:
JOHN B. NEAL,
Rock.
For Prosecuting Attorney:
JOHN r. PBNDLBToN,
Princeton.
For COMMISSIONER County Court:
WRIT A FRENCH,
Princeton.
For Clerk OF the County Court:
ROBERT n VERMILLION.
Athens.
For Clerk OF the Circuit Court:
j. A. B. BRUCE,
Blueheld.
For Assessor:
JOHN X. PECK,
Athens.
For Surveyor Of lands:
FILLMORE u. THORNTON.
Ingleside.
Mcdowell County Ticket
For House 81 Delegates
O. s. ANGEL
u J.. ANVIL
BEAVER POND DISTRICT.
Justices ~ the Peace.
JUDGE GEO T.. DILTARD.
W. % PO8TLETHWAITE
For Constables.
w. T. BAILEY.
J. g THOMPSON
For school Commissioner.
Il. J HOLLAND
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-08-31
GRAY MACHINE REPAIR SHOP
Now I'm the Rear of FOwler-Rich-
ardsOn Company.

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Mowers, Sewing Machines, Bicycles
Guns. Pistols, Typewriters. Adding
Machines, Locks, Keys Fitted and
in fact, all kinds of machines. Work
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Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-08-31

For state ScnatOr--Sixth District
GEORGE FRENCH sTRoTHER
Mcdowell County.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-08-31

Address all communications and
all remittances To The Bluestone
Publishing Company.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-08-31
DEMOCRATIC TICKET

DEMOCRATIC TICKET
NATIONAL.
For President.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN.
of Nebraska.
For Vice President.
JOHN WORTH KERN
OF Indiana.
For Presidential EIectors-at-Larpe.
HOWARD l.. SWISHER.
BRUCE MCDONALD.
For District Presidential Electors
J. ! p. O'BPiEN.
VIM. G. BROWN. Jr.
JOHN G. LOBBAN.
JAS. A. ROBERTS
HI WILLIAMSON
FOR COngreSS-Fifth District
DIR. l.. II. CLARK
OF Mcdowell
For Congress
Ninth Virginia District
j. CLOYD BYARS
of Bristol, Va.
STATE.
For Governor
LOUIS BENNETT.
Lewis County.
For Secretary OF State
ADAM b. LITTLEPAGE.
Kanawha County.
For superintendent of Free Schools
IRA e. BUSH,
Summers County.
For Auditor.
OSCAR JENKINS,
Wood County.
For Treasurer.
JEREMIAH MILLER.
Ohio County.
For Attorney General.
e. II. MORTON,
Webster County.
For Judges OF the Supreme Court:
VIM. G. MATHEWS,
Kanawha County.
WALTER PENDLETON.
Roane County.
MELVILLE PECK,
Barbour County.
For state SenatOr--Seventh District
JOE L. SMITH
Ct Raleigh
For state Scnator--Sixth District
GEORGE FRENCH STROTHER
Mcdowell County.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-08-31

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For State SenatOr-Seventh District
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Ct Raleigh
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-08-31

MONDAY, tGUST 81. 1908
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-08-31

Entered as second class matter
April 9Th. 1906. at the Post office
at Bluefeld. w. Va. under act OF
Congress. March 3rd. 1879.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-08-31
The Daily Leader

Published every evening except
sunday.
Blue-grass blade. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 188?-19??, 1908-09-20

(By Arthur Ewald.)
When Pain and Death first spread 'mongst
Their miasmatic woe,
In mans first dawning epoch, when
He first began to know;
Succeeding ages long of night
Where grim fortuty,
Still wounding, offered him no light
To know of misery
In that same day when reason dawned,
And primal man could see,
Then Error sealed her hideous bond
That still binds you and me.
First Nature blind compelling force
Nor VIII nor Destiny
Evolved from one primordial source
Her struggling progeny.
Chaos had known in lawless night
No strife so sinister,
And shook to see the law of might"
And blood administer;
Where Nature had built up her realm,
Insensate mistress blind!
And still, for sensate things, the helm
Set careless Chance to mind
Lo man at length as one more fit
Such struggle to survive,
Long ages flown, lamp new lit
Within his BRAIN doth strive
And conquer DER the might of blood;
And man is half supreme;
Yet sickness, sorrow, fire and food
O'erwhem, mightier stream.
For yet mans new-found Pickering lamp,
Is but a twilight glow.
Where Error sets her vague, weird stamp
On what no eve may know,
Thus Error sealed her hideous bond,
That still binds you and me;
And there in semi darkness spawned
Her myths of deity
And gods and wondrous mystic lore;
But worse, aye tenfold worse
This child. this monstrous child, she bore,
40 be mans latter curse,
And called her Virtue-mockery FOUL
Mans last dissenting cause
And decked her in a desperate cowl,
And made her damning laws!
Nor Virtue was conceived alone,
But Error bore twin,
Whose heart was warm as Virtues, stone,
Blue-grass blade. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 188?-19??, 1908-09-20
BLUE GRASS BLADE
THE TWINS

And Error called her Sin;
Now Virtue, throned in high estate,
She hailed beauteous child,
While Sin, consigned to hideous fate
Was cursed and Oft reviled!
And so the sanguine struggle grew.
And in mans throbbing heart,
Blind Nature placed a sorrow new,
And sunk poisoned dart
Now some successive ages roll
And men Oft times descan.
On Virtues beauty and her Goal
On Sin and Hell-strange cant!
How some are saved, how some are
damned;
OF vaultng Charity,
THAT from a throne which she hath
shamed
Breeds rank disparityD
Of condemnations, endless woe;
OF love, who knows not love,
Whose hearts connive to death her blow,
Who coos a sensate dove!
And some whose hearts do so incline
Live now as Virtue would,
Which others feign and some resign
Them to another food
And men see not that naught is sin,
Naught Virtue to be crowned;
That only JOY is fit to win.
And all is hallowed ground;
That Virtue is no more than joy.
And Sin but grief and woe;
And harmony without alloy
The best that man can know!
So still the bitter strife goes on
Twixt Virtue and twixt Sin;
While some proclaim heavenly dawn,
That others would not win,
Who feel more Strong the living call
or mortal happiness,
Ano ask but this to be their all:
This strife is mans distress,
And leads him through a vale of tears,
That dampen all his joys
Where still he plays midst trembling fears
With Errors subtle toys.
Blue-grass blade. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 188?-19??, 1908-09-20

Say priest, say layman, what is bad,
That brings no sorrow here?
That makes men throb with Joy too glad
To ask better sphere?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-26
FIRST METHODIST CHOIR.
It Is Now About compIete-A Song
 Service Soon.

The First Methodist choir, reorganized several weeks ago under the leadership of Adolf Dahm-Pe Peterson, is now said to be in good form. It is made up of 2S voices but there is room for two more altos When these voices are secured the choir will be completely balanced.
 The following singers compose the solo double quartette: Sopranos, Miss Bick- ley and Miss Horton; altos, Miss Moore and Miss Orr; tenors, MT. Goldthwaite and MT. Denson; bassos, MT. Muchmore and MT. Hanby
 With the concurrence of the pastor, the choirmaster will give his first special musical service. with solos, double quar- tette, female quartette and mixed chorus and he will be- prepared to give during Lent 8 Sunday evenings service of pas sion music, including the whole of Gounods "Gallia,'' in addition to other appropriate things.
 The choir is working hard and the Rev. Dr. Duncan and the music committee have spoken in high terms of it's progress.
 Last Friday evening after rehearsal Chairman Major of the music committee entertained the choir at supper served in the church parlors.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-26
Bad System To Blame.

To the Editor of The Age-Herald:
 As your paper is giving some space to the discussion of the condition of the public roads of Jefferson county, l de- sire to make a few suggestions. When the law was passed dividing Jefferson into eight road districts, with one road overseer to each district. 1t was freely suggested by the public that the roads would suffer very materially by the oper ation of this law. and conditions since then have shown that the peoples fears were we'll founded. Up till that time each precinct had road overseer whose duty it was to look after and keep up the roads of his precinct and l for one know of my Knowledge, that under the opera ton of that system the roads were look ed after fairly well.
 Each overseer's work was near him; he could look after his roads, and if any road got in bad order and he failed to look after it at once. his neighbors went after him and then he "got busy" Each overseer under this system had only a few miles (about 20 miles) and after bad spell of weather he could take a few additional hands and build up the broken places in the roads before they got very bad, and thus made "a stitch in time save nine as our mothers used to say.
 While that system was In operation the roads were improved. Some one con ceived an idea that there were too many road overseers and that instead of one man having from 20 to 30 miles of road to look after and keep up he should have from 100 to 125 miles. The overseers in charge are certainly not to blame for the present deplorable condition of the pub lie roads in Jefferson. They are doing the best they can.s The system under which they are working is at fault After a bad spell of weather such as we have been having most of this winter, when all the roads have been broken in places and need quick repairing, when only small amount of work would save the road if it could be done at once. but now the public must wait its turn till this district man can make his road over his 100 miles or more of road-and throw @ shovel of diet in the road here and there, and finally in two or three months he comes around only to find the road in an almost ruined condition, for the want of early repairing.
 We are not surprised at the bad con- ditions of the roads in Jefferson county. but we are surprised at the officers and citizens of this county standing for any great length of time for a system that would make these conditions possible. Respectfully, c. l.. DOBBS.
 Bessemer, January 25. 1908.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-26
IN THE BIRMINGHAM
 REAL ESTATE MARKET

Deeds of conveyance were filed in the office of the probate court yesterday in the following transactions in real estate in which amounts of 5000 or more were involved:
 $S0O0-Edward Wald and wife to G. B. Brown. Jr., lot 19 in block 43, Birming- ham, as shown on the map of the sur vey of the Elyton Land company, the said property fronting 50 feet on the north line of Fifth avenue, north, between Eff teenth and Sixteenth streets and extend irg back 190 feet to an alley in the rear.
 S1500-Pratt Land and Improvement company to M. R. Hendon, property in the northwest corner of the northwest quarter of the southeast quarter of sec tion 9, township IS, range west.
 $l0O0-Ensley Highlands company to James F. Armstrong. lot 3 in block 5S, Ensley, as shown on the map of the survey of the Ensley Highlands company.