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Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-03-05
DEATH OF MISS
SOPHIA {. HUBBLE

Born in Smyth county. Virginia
May 10. 1881. Miss Sophia f. Huh.
Die was aged &c years and nine
months when death claimed her this
morning. She received her early
education at Tazewell, Virginia. and
was converted there about fifteen
years ago and has been a faithful
COMMUNICATE of the Christian church
ever since.
one was young woman of
bright and cheerful disposition and
beloved by all who knew her. . She
early evinced an aptitude for bust
ness and has earned the means TO
purchase the home where her ma
rents now reside. at Tazeweu. She
mad been forewoman at the Crystal
steam Laundry for several months
and attended to her duties faithfully
and to the entire satisfaction of her
employers.
Miss Hubbel is survived by her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. r. l.. Hubbel.
three brothers, James E., John r
and Henry G. Hubbel. and three sis
ters' Mrs. Mamie Mccoy, Misses
Nellie Fl. and Annie f. Hubbel.
Funeral services will be conduct
ed at the Christian church tomor-
row at 1890, by Rev. j. N. Har-
man. assisted by the city pastors.
and the interment will take place at
Iazewell upon the arrival of train
No. II.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-03-05
iFFLlCTED WITH sORE EYES
FOR 33 YEARS.

have been afflicted with sore
'yes for thirty-three years. Thirteen
ears ago became totally bind and
was blind FOR six years. My eyes
we're badly infiamed. One OF my
neighbors insisted upon my trying
Chamberlain's Salve and gave me
half box OF 1t. To my surprise 1t
lealed my eyes and my sight came
back to me.-P. c. Earls, Cynthiana.
KY. Chamberlain's Salve is for sale
~ The white Pharmacy.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-03-05
WAR CLOUD
GROWS DARKER IN CHINA AND
JAPAN-THE LITTLE YELLOW
JACKETS QUARRELsOME.

London, March 5.-War is un-
questionably Imminent between
China and Japan. Members OF the
English government have believed
until very lately that the continued
squabbling between the two nations
meant nothing serious. High cfh-
Gals are at last unoffoially admit
ing, however. that there is every APP
pearance OF a disposition on Japan's
part to force quarrel on the
Chinese
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-03-05
LARGE REAL ESTATE DEAL.

The Bluefeld Water Works and
Improvement company last year dis
posed of their holding on the North
Side to the Eureka Land company.
and 1t has just leaked out that they
nave transferred the remainder OF
their large real estate holdings lex
elusive of what is necessary in their
business as a water company to a
Philadelphia syndicate. The pur-
chase price is understood to be in
the neighborhoOd of $125,OOO and
embraces a large boundary OF land
in the West End as well as numer-
Gus lots in the East End. This com
pany was the owner at one time Of
the greater part Of the land on
which the city is built.
This deal does not affect I'm any
way their franchises or privileges as
a water company and they will con
unue in business as supplier Of
water just as II the real estate deal
had never been made.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-03-05
A BLACK DOG.

Fond Du Lac, Wis, March 3d.
superstitious folk in Fond du Lac
are greatly concerned at the actions
Of black dog, which for weeks past
has occasionally appeared in the
streets at dead of night. bowling
dismally II is alleged that the ap-
pearnce Of the canine has alwa -
been followed by death in the
neighborhood that It chooses for ITS
nocturnal lamentations.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-03-05
CLEARFORK NEWS.

Clearfork, Va, March 5.-Rev. n
Is. Philips will preach at Laurel
next Sunday.
Robt Shufflebarger has sold mis-
farm at Cove Creek to Lee Hicks
and moved to Hicksville, where he IL
engaged in general merchandise bus
mess.
Miss Bette Wynn. of Hicksville
is on visit to her sister, Mrs. w.
w. Carter, who is confined to heI
bed with La grippe.
Jesse Childers, of Grapefield, was
here on business Saturday.
Moses Sarver is at Tazewell on
business.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-03-05
THE VIRGINIA DEBT
SUIT ADVANCED ONE STAGE TO.
DAY-WEST VIRGINIA WOULD
LIMIT POWERS OF MASTER
COMMISSIONER.

Washington March b. The big
suit between the states- OF virginia
and West Virginia over the claim
OF the former that the latter Shouts
share iu The S33.OOO,OOO debt. was
advanced one stage today when at
torneys for west Virginia presented
TO the supreme court arguments for
Limitation Of powers OF the master
whom the court proposes TO appoint
to take testimony in the suit Vir-
ginia wants the master given a wide
field.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-03-05
SHOE FACTORY
WILL START UP
APRIL 18TH

The Huntington Dispatch says the
Newberry Shoe company's new fac
tory will be ready to begin opera
tions April 15.
The machinery has been pur-
chased and all arrangements will be
complete for the start on that date.
The factory will employ 100 persons
at the start, the majority OF whom
will be highly paid workmen.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-03-05

Are you satisfied with the price
and quality of the Meal you use in
making your Bread, and the feed
you give your stock? If not you
should try our Pure, underground,
Buhr Mill Meal for your bread, and
some Of our IL different kinds of
ground feed for your stock.
BLUEFIELD FEED co.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-03-05
HuGms TO SPEAK IN GOTHAM.

Sow York, March Governor
Hughes will be a guest OF honor az
the dinner OF the Traffic club tomor-
row night, and e is expected that
he wifi air his views on the subject
Of railroad legislation.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-03-05
DECISION FRIDAY.

In Tazewell circuit court. the
legality of the wet and dry election
al Pocahontas has been argued ami
submitted and the court has taken
the matter under advisement. a
decision is promised FRIDAY
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-03-05
PANIC REACHES
BRAZIL
THE FINANCIAL TROUBLES ARE
WORLD WIDE As. they WERE
IN 1s92-'96.

Rio de Janeiro. March 5.-The
Bank OF Commerce. Rio de Janeiro's
principol financial institution. has
suspended. The failure threatens
serious embarrassment to smaller
institutions.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-03-05

We have the largest and best
stock OF feed to be found anywhere
in the coalhelds. Give rs a trial.
The best feed at the lowest price.
BLUEF1ELD FEED co.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-03-05
OFF FOR PANAMA.

j.. II. Rosenheim, Jr.. formerly
connected with the S. & w. rail
way has accepted a position in Pan
anna and will leave on No. 2 today
for New Orleans. where he will take
a boat for his destination.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-03-05
SULTAN WEEDS NO. @.

Paris, March 5.-According to adj
vices from Morocco. Sultan Mulai
Hahd is now celebrating his sixth
wedding since his proclamation as
sovereign in Marrakosh a few
months ago. The bride in the pres
ent nuptials is a daughter of the
Katd Ghlowi, a powerful supporter.
1t is alleged in Fee that Mulai Hafid
is collecting taxes to pay for his
numerous weddings.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-03-05

-OST-A bunch of keys, including
Yale key No. 1913. Return to
Daily Leader.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-03-05

Pure, Underground, Buhr Mill
Meal. For sale only by
BLUEFIELD FEED co.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-25
Letter to 7hs kd;sor
yssss y..s se.' nas.,se..

Verhena. Ala, Eeb. 2a. 1908, Editor The AdvertiHer:
 In The Advertiser of 23rd 1t is en- nounced that Justice HaraIsou will not pc . candidate for ra-slection to the Supreme Court Bench.
 Tn referring to his gsnealogy 1t Is stated his mother was sTemperance Martin. daughter of John Dunklin, and Temperance Martin Hamilton"
 Thte Is an error, as his mother was the daughter of William Dunkiin and Anne Hendricks Dunlxlin. nee Hamil- ton. Justice Haralson was of Revolu- tionary ancestry. as his maternal grandfather, Thomas Hamilton, was a soldier in the Revolutionary war fi77s), and lived in south Carolina du- ring the exciting scenes of that mo- boyhood have l listened to Grandmoth- CT Hamilton {wife of Thomas Hamii- ton. above mentioned), also my mater- nal ancestress. recount In vigorous language some Of her personal expe- riences with the Tories (who swarnied in the locality where she lived) and the Red Coats. as she called the British
 Although an octogenarIan, when re- lating these stirring events of her early life. her eyes, dim with age, would glow with patriotic fervor, and her bosom swell and expand apparent iy with the reviving spirit of youth, as with eloquent lips and animated gesture she. poured forth these reml- 5S H W, Caffey,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-25
A nIeemlng optlmIst.


 Honorable William Hughes of Patterson, representative of the sixth New Jersey dis trict in the sixtieth Congress. Has just introduced In the house Q bill designed to take the "stinger" out of the sherman act, far as the laborer and the farmer are concerned, by tacking this ameendmsht onto 1t; This act shall not be construed to apply to any arrangements, agreements or combinations between iaborers made hours of labor or of increasing their wages nor to any arrangements. agreements oF combinations among persons engaged in horticulture or agriculture made with the view of enhancing the price of agriculture or horticulture products" Ever since the United States Supreme Court and the supreme court of the District of Columbia in the Danbury hat-manufaeturer's case and the St. Louis stove-manufacturing com pany's case respectively organised labor has been in a peck of troublei it had imagined itself immune from prosecution for eef- tain crimes and is now importuning itS lawmaking friends to have the statutes ''set right for 1t. Washington reports rep full of getting the house Judiciary conn mittee to make q favorable report on his measure. He must be the most bloomips optimist at the national capital Ona car imagine what that clearheaded constitu- tional lawyer. the Honorable John n Jen' kins of Chippewa Falls. Wisconsin, chair man of that committee. win say to the trust but not an 'oil trust" and to allow the farmers to fix the price of wheat oI corn or raw cotton at their own sweet will but to send all the millers and the spin ners to ian for "combinding" to sustain the prices of thier manufactured productA
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-25

leaders in the Congress are very oesy marks; they never look ahead and tall readily into every pit that is 6igged for thoir foolish feet They tnink tney ing nntagonism between the President and his party. little thinking that they are playing right into the hand Of the common enemy. .n A 5noests 5ns spssinss . pralss % of MT. Roosevelt's late message will be turned to good political account by the Republicans in the Presidential cam- paign. and Abou Ben Bryan's euiosy
 Speaking of the wotherspoon ap- pointment and the Presidents use of Democratic support to carry his point.
 nS If aii of theodore Rcoseveit,s other distinctive policies should come 70 nothing he would still be rememosred for the invention of more ways Tor
 pus osssSsr sss As When on Senate failed to confirm appointees like Collector crum. gf Charleston; bs orc,nStIa an1 Presidents have done; but 1t was not enough for Mir. Roosevelt So, when the appointments of Wood and Crum expired under the Constitutfon with the stitutionsi lawyers of his cabinet promptly invented 'constructive. cr inBnitesimaf recess between 12 o'clock and 12 o'clock, and used 1t to give these men a new lease of office. Just at present. the postnAsters whose names the Senate actually rejected are still filling their offices, becausesthe Presi- dent appoints no successors. The Sem ate is planning to take away the,r sal aries, but 1t cannot oust them. Lead ing Senators are said to be of the optn- ion that this makes the advice and consent requirement. farce The Sem ate fighting for it's precious patronage is not, perhaps, q spectacle to inspire either patriotism or admiration. But 1t does afford a capital example of one of the small ways fin which the Consti- rution Is being stretched, by interpre- tation.
 But what difference has the Presi. dents disregard of the prerogatives of the Senate and his own rights under the Constitution made to the Denao- cratic Senators and Representatives, None whatever. They have played politics" in very small way and ale ways into the hands of the administra- tion. None of their number, with the exception of Senator Tillman, has had the courage to resist and resent the encroachments of the executive upon the legislative department of the gov- k sernment. Yet this bunch of, alleged "1eaderss at Washington is ~reRarded as the hope and stay of the Democratic party in the Presidential struggle up- on which we are about to enter.
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-25

But there. as elsewhere. fate and numbers were against them. On the Atiantic coast, as we'll as In New Eng land. entire tribes disappeared and nothing is left of them but their tribal names and some fragments of their ianguase. except as they have left evil dencss of their existence In the numer. ous local nernes abounding there. They vanished before the superior race.
 And 90 if Is going everywhere in the domains of civilization. They have held their own ways in the West and Northwest longer than in the East, but they have held 1t solely because the white race was not ready to crowd them out and take possession. As fast as the older regions illed up with the white race. they moved Westward. and took the land wherever they wanted 1t. Some tribes have disappeared forever as separate people. Some have been rounded up on reservations where. for the most part. they are dissatisfied be- cause they are crowded beyond what they think is right. while some have accepted the situation and become civ- ilized and thoroughly good citizens. Americans of the Union in all respects. Perhaps all this is merely carrying out the decrees of inexorabie Fate, and may ultimately be for the best, but all the same 1t is said to reflect that with in the lives of many now living there will be no Indian tribe left to keep up the manners and customs of their an- cestors.. Sentiment and tradition must give way to civilization and the march of human progress is not to be haltered by any feeling of regret over the dis- appearance of . race. but the vanishing of . people Is not without its pitifui side. Tn some respects, the aborigines who antidated the whites on the conti-
 nent were a people of high and noble traits. and many of their virtues could
 well be adopted anl followed by the | whites. But they were. unfortunately for them. non-progressive. ana standing stiil is not in accordance with the
 white race. The Indians must go; and
 it is we'll for them that SO many of them have accepted the inevitable and have cast their lots with the conquer ors. Tn that way only can the Indians survive in North America.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-25
TUESDAY. pEBnUARr sS, IDS.
pooR rMNrIGRANTs.

Mir Oscar straus of the Department or Commerce remarks that the best irn- migrants are poor. 'Tt is not only true" says The Boston Globe, that the best immigrants have been poor, but ;t is the obvious fact that without the poor immigrant this country never could have attained it's position of power and wealth. The kind of immigrant who came here from the beginning, and con- tinues to come here, with little or noth- ing more than his capacity for hard work; seeking the opportunity which the republic typihes. developed the con- tinues to develop the unparalleled re- sources of the country"
 If we go back to the earliest times in our national or colopial history, we will find that the men who did most to conquer the wilderness and to build up a great nation were hardy toilers who came over here to find opportunity to work and to make homes for them- selves. It is true. of course, that many men of ample means have come to America and have done their part well. It is equally true that many poor men come over who are little better than tramps. and whose presence among us is frequently hindrance and a menace. who are. for the most part, not only undesirable citizens, but dangerous ones as well.
 But the men of weath who come over here. and the worthless and criminal dregs form the two extremes, and together make but a small part of the total immigration to our shores. Be- tween them stands the great army of poor men who have little but health. strength and determination. and who come here with a laudable ambition to hew out road for themselves and to become self-supporting and self-reliant. They are the kind of immigrants who help to build up a country and who are to be desired.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-25
This h My 6Oth Birthday
Edward H. Hartman.

Edward H. Hartman, the capitalist and railroad magnate, who has occu- pied such a large share of public ar- tention during the past two or three years. was born at Hempstead. |. l.. Fehuary 25, 1s48. His father was an Episcopal clergyman, and beyond be- ing able to give. his son a common school education and the benefit Of his own college requirements he had noth- ing to ofeer. At the age of fifteen the son went to work. After trying his hand at various things for a while he finally obtained < position as a clerk in a Wall street firm. The financIal world first heard of him through his activity in opposing as minority se- curity-holder the reorganization of the Erie Railroad by J. Pierpont Morgan, Later he appears as the controlling power Tn the Chicago and Alton ratI- road; and then his Influence as a rail- road fnancier began to attract atten- tion; He directed the reorganization of the Alton company. He next turn ed his attention to the Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf Railroad which he reoFganizer into the Kansas City Southern. Next came the combination of the Union Pacific and the Southern Pacific, with MT. Hartman as the head of the system. But more recently MT. Hartman has been in the public eye as the defendant of suits brought by the United States Government toSpr0ve that some of the later deals and meth ods in railroad affairs were contrary to
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-25
Buncoed by the Prenldent

CharleSLOn NeWS ana NOurI6r.
 Several days ago the appointment of General Wotherspoon came up in the cratic Senators voted for his confirna- ton and seven Republican Senators voted against him. "It ls an interest ing speculation" says The New York Evening Post. .'just how. soon the President will be depending wholly for support upon the Democratic par ty." When the President wanted sup- port for his battleship program he sent for the Democratic members of the House Committee on Naval Affairs and wFsstled with them. Tn other cases he has relied upon Democratic support for the success of his meas ures. '"rhe Republican leaders" we are told by our contemporary. "who are leaving the President are far more numerous than the general public real izes," and "Republican Washington ie a hotbe0 of dtscontent, and every bit of Democratic applause for the Presi- dent but increases the tension" Prob- ably ao. but 1t would seem to an out aide observer that 1t also cripples the opposition to the President and the policies which he would advance by Democratic support. The Democratic
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-25
INVITES uNMmPLoYED.


 Loulslana Provides Farms and Free
 Transportation ko Settlers.
 Pittsburg, Pa. Special.
 Sixteen unemployed Pittsburgers, having families. left here tonight for MuHros. La. where they win be pro- vIded with farms, houses. tools and seed and an opportunity to buy the land they cultivate. The same induce families. Their transportation is paid direction of q. L. Knoepfier Secretary of the Louisiana State Board of Immi- grafton. who is now in this city. Speak ing of the plan Mir. Knoepier said to-
 aI am here to give men opportunity to better their condition. I represent the State and no land companies. We have in Louisiana 27,000,000 acres of land and only e.0O0.o00 are being culti-
 'sWe want families to till the soil and study our methods. The Legislature of Louisiana is promoting the present plan, and in order to enlarge our scope of usefulness we must get men who who are progressive, and planters with large tracts of land stand ready and willing to aid every man who is will- ing to help himself, and sell small farms on ten years' credit. But in the mean time we are causing immiRra. tior to our State by securing men who are willing to farm on shares. Houses are provided for families who so. We fufnish each family with 6 horse or mule, seed to plant crops, ground and garden trucking implements.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-25
THE VANISHING RAGE.

The Columbia State has some reflec- tions on remark recently made by Francis E. Leupp. Commissioner of In- dian Affairs. to the effect that at the end of thirty years or so there will moi remain on our continent any party or nation of Indians retaining their old habits and tribal relations. "The saddest event of the centuries" muses The State. ''is the passing of race. Tn death of a nation Is like the death oi an individual. but the tragedy is oi deeper significanee--a thousandfold more pitiful. There are no mourners no posterity to keep alive the memory of defunct people. The race merely displays it's unfitness, succumbs to the austere demands of life, passes away without requiem, or Q regret, and Ii heard of no more. The simple fact that nation has not strength within itself to survive perhaps Is the vital reason why 1t should go, and why the rest of the world is indifferent and soon forgets."
 This passing of a race" so far as the Indians of North America are con. cerned, is not a new sight by several centuries. It may be said to have be. gun when Do Soto and his followers journeyed through this region in theiI anabasis of murder. rapine and spolia. ton. It was renewed with set deter imitation when the Puritans landed on the bleak shores of New England those same Puritans of whom some one with more truth than poetry. said that they prayed on their knees on Sunday and preyed on the natives an the week. This delineation of the earlier settlers was about correct. In their way. they were as ruthless and cruel as the span- iards were. Tn effect. they said to the Indians: You must either be civilized and Christianized after our fashion. ol you must clear out" and those who would not comply with either alterna. tive were killed out. 4 number of the original New England tribes disap. peared forever under the "Christianiz, ing" methods of the descendants of the crew of the Mayhower and othel pioneers.
 And they did not fare a great dea, better in Maryland. Virginia and the CaroIinas. The Cavaliers who came tC that region in the early days were moi overly tender towards the natives True, they were not so illiberal and pu. ritanical as the first who went to New England, but in the main they gave thu Indians to understand that the pale faces proposed to boss the country. ant the Indians must not resist. But whs should they not have resisted the en, croachments of an alien racer TheS believed themselves the original pos aassors of the soil, planted and pro tected by the Great Spirit, and theI were not disposed to tamely suffer themselves controlled, dispossessed ant driven out by these intruders. as the! considered them.