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Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-03-28
THE DEM0CRAA|C TICKET

The past few weeks have brought
to light a number of prospectives
for the head of the Democratic tick
ct in this state. During the special
session of the legislature it looked
as though John j. Cornwell had
the thins cinched If he wanted 1t,
but others are nursing boomlets
now. The last one is Jairus Collins,
a prominent coal operator OF Bram-
well.
For long time Adam Littlepage,
of this city, was considered the most
likely candidate and he was en-
dorsed in Summers county recently.
Mr.. Cornwell then came into prom
inence and movement was later
started to spring the name of ex-
Governor w. A. MacCorkle a little
later. Just what became OF the
former executives boom is mys-
terry and there are some who yet
believe that his name will appear.
The past week has called forth
much comment in favor Of Louis
Bennett. Of Weston. and at present
he Is getting the majority OF the
press notices Sam V. Woods, Of
Philippi. is also mentioned and
yesterday came news that Mr.. Col
Inns would announce himself in a
few days. The Democratic race
promises to become lively before the
head OF the state ticket is named
Charleston Mail.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-03-28
WHY DEFER tariff REVISION?

Upon the question of deferred
tariff revision the Morgantown Post
says:
There seems to be no doubt
whatever that the tariff will be re-
vised at a special session OF con-
sress to be called Immediately af-
ter March 4. 1909. or just one year
from now. That is, of course. If a
Republican president and a Repub-
lican house are elected. There is
no knowing what Democratic
president would do and If one did
attempt to secure n revision of the
tariff it would probably preclpitate
4 deadlock between the Republican
senate and the Democratic house
which would prove most disastrous
to the business of the country"
The Post is about as inconsistent
upon its tariff ideas as the Morgan
town Chronicle, which is anti
Swisher but pro Dawson, while
Dawson is for Swisher.
If the Republicans want tariff re-
vision why not prove their faith by
their works and revise while their
party is in power?
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JUDGE MOORE'S WIT

Judge Forest Moore, at one time
pastor of the NJ. b. Church South
at Piedmont, is now general counsel
Tor the West Virginia Pulp and Pa
per Company in New York. At a
timer of the Southern Society in
hat city a few days ago Judge
Moore recited few original verses
abiding to the progress of prohibi-
lion in the south that are worth
reproducing and we give them\here:
Lay the jest about the julep in the
camphor balls at last.
for the miracle has happened and
the olden days are past:
That which made Milwaukee famous
doesn't foam in Tennessee.
And the lid in Alabama is as tight
locked as can be.
And the comic paper colonel and
his cronies we'll may sigh.
For the mint is waving gaily
And the south is going dry.
by the stfllside on the hillside in
Kentucky all IS still.
And the only damp refreshment
must be dipped up from the
riH:
North Car'lina's stately governor
gives his soda glass shove
And discusses local option with the
South Car1lna gov.
u jig useless AZ the fountain TO be-
winkful Of the eye.
For the cocktail glass is dusty
And The south is going dry.
Ii Is water. water everywhere and
not a drop 20 drink.
We NO longer hear the music Of the
mellow crystal clink
When the colonel and the general
and the major and the ledge
Meet TO have little nip to give the
appetite an edge.
For the eggnog # IS nogless and the
rye has gone awry.
The punch bowl holds carnations
ana The south Is going dry
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SUBSCRIPTION RATES.

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ture porter. ale, beer and drinks Of
like nature and to sell porter. ale.
beer and drinks OF like nature at
their building on Bluefield avenue
and Locust street. in the city of
Bluefeld, w. Va.
Ernest III. Arters. residing at Blue
field. w. Va, application for license
to sell at retail spirituous liquors,
wines, porter, ale, beer and drinks
or like nature at the Windsor Hotel
Building, No. 453 Princeton avenue,
In the oity OF Bluefield. w. Va.
l.. Kaufman, residing at North
Fork, w. Va. application for license
to sell at retail spirituous liquors.
wine, porter, ale beer and drinks OF
like nature on lot adjoining the
Patton House on the west In the
city OF Bluefield, w. Va.
Samuel l.. Matz. residing at Blue
Held, W. Va, application for license
to sell at retail spirhuous liquors,
wh.s. porter. ale, beer and drinks
OF like nature on Lot No. z "Hig-
ginbotham Reservation" on Prince
ton avenue in the city of BIuefield,
w. Va.
G. T. Beamer residing at East
Radford, Va, application for license
to sell at retail spirltuous liquors.
wine. porter. ale. beer and drinks
OF like nature in the building where
j. Baker is now conducting sa-
loon on Bluefield avenue, In the city
OF Bluefield, w. Va.
A. Il. Goodwin and Thos. III. Mil
Ter, partners trading as Goodwin &
Miller. application for license to sell
at retail spirituous liquors, wine,
porter. ale, beer and drinks of like
nature in a house where ID. A.
Fudge has saloon ut this time on
Raleigh street in the city of Blue
field, w. Va.
Given under my hand March 9Th,
1908.
ESTILL BAILEY,
Clerk of County Court of
Mercer county, West Virginia
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NOTICE TO TAKE DISPOSITIONS.

To William H. Greenwood:
Take notice that on the 18Th day
Of April, 1908, at the office OF u.
". Easley, in the City Of Bluefeld
In the County Of Mercer and state
OF West Virginia. between the hours
Of 9 o'clock a. m. and 6 O'Clock p.
M OF that day, / shall proceed to
take dispositions OF myself and 9th
ers. to be read In evidence in my
behalf in q certain suit I'm equity
pending in the Circuit Court OF said
county, In which / am plaintiff and
you are defendant; and, II from any
cause the taking OF the said deposit
lions be not commenced on that Gay.
or, II commenced n they be not com
pleted on that day. the taking Of the
said dispositions VIII be adjourned
from day 10 day at the same place
and between the same hours until
they are completed
CABRYE A. GREENWOOD
SANDERS & CROCKETT.
y ". EASLEY,
Attorneys for Plaintiff
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Every man to his trade" is an
I'D adage and is familiar to nearly
Ill of us. 1t is brief in it's wording
out conveys a great deal in it's mean
ng. 1t is merely terse way of
aging that man who makes a spe-
lalty OF any one thing knows more
lbout, and is more proficient in his
particular specially than any one
Use could be. 1t is for this reason
nat we all seek a specialist when
We have any serious physical all
nent. 1T is for the same reason mat
the Rydale Remedy Co. lent to one
If the best specialists in the United
states on Ever and intestinal trou-
oles. a professor in a Columbus, O..
Medical College, and secured from
lim a prescription from which Ry-
'ale's Liver Tablets are made.
Lhis specialist knew more about liv-
o., ,oubles than doctor who treats
III diseases, and that is why Ry-
Hie's Liver Tablets relieve and cure
more quickly all liver troubles than
he ordinary liver pills and pow
lers.
80 tablets in metal box. 25
cents. For sale by the White Phar-
macy.
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Jlqas, Brother a Star.

Frank Donahue, the new Boston
American infielder. is not yet 81 years
old, but has for the last year been re-
garded as one of the most promising
players in the Central league. His
playing has been uniformly good dur
Ing the present season, his batting be-
Ing much better than last years. He
is the idol OF the Springfield fans, few
OF whom hesitate to predict for him as
brilliant a career as that of his
brother, Jiggs, the great first baseman
Of the White Sox
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Advertising rates made known OF
application.
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One hears and reads a great deal
these days about Combination"
especially Combinations of Capt.
tai" The government is after a
great many of them with the big
Stick" and it is to be hoped 49,.
they will be broken Up. There is
another great combination however.
that "A source of much good, and
not only does not come within the
swath of the big Stick" but CON
forms strictly the law. 1t is a
combination of Quality and Quantity
to be found in the half pint bottle
of Elliotts Emulsifed Oil Liniment
for csc. Guaranteed under Pure
Food and Drug Law. Yellow pack
age. For sale by the White Phar-
macy.
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to pass urine? II 30. Williams Kid
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Price SOC.
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OF TaEU.S. CENSUS

simple machine composed Of parallel
rollers by which blanks were unwound
from a roll and six columns-one from
each of six different blanks or tables
were brought into close proximity. AL
though this apparatus appears very crude
when contrasted with the marvels Of to-
day, 1t effected a great saving In the
time of the clerks. AS time went on.
however. 1t proved inadequate, and when
preparations were commenced for the
eleventh census 1t became manifest that
some form of very rapid mechanical tab
ulation must be supplied.
Under this spur of necessity there was
evolved in 1890 that system of electric
era Of automatic statisticians and which,
IN the light Of recent development
bids fair to suffice for many years to
come. The system originated with q
Washington man. and the keynote of 1t
is found In the transfer to small cards
of the facts contained upon the various
schedules that are made out by the emu
merators of census canvassers who travel
from house to house In every nook and
corner of the land gathering facts about
the population.
In a sense it is just another version OF
the card index system, of which we have
heard so much during recent years. only
the facts contained on the formidable
looking sheets sent In by the field work.
ers are not copied on the cards by means
the information Is recorded by punching
holes in the cards-there is a card for
each man. woman and child in the coun-
try. The positions Of the holes on the
cards carries significance. In other
words, the locations of the holes on a
card convey to census expert who
understands the code certain information
regarding the individual who is repre-
sented by the card in question. No
writing whatever Is necessary.
Two Glasses of Machines.
The use of this short cut in census TAX
ing requires two main classes of ma
chimes. First. there is the machine that
punches the holes in the cards as above
described. and. secondly, there is tab
ulating machine that takes these cards
after they have been punched full OF
holes, and solely by mechanical means
adds and Classics and makes up totals
from the cards that pass through
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1t was. you know, the headquarters OF
the Boer government. the home OF Kruger
and the pivot Of anti-England during the
great war in South Africa.
In going over the country now one sees
no signs of the recent struggle except
some dismantled forts and an occasional
monument put up to the soldiers. The
square stone blockhouses which were
erected to guard the railroad between
here and Johannesburg are still In evil
dence. But that is all.
The population Is everywhere now COM
posed of both English and Beers. The
crowds on the streets are made up Of both
nations. and the families are marrying
and giving in marriage. Within a :tone's
throw of my hotel is the parliament house.
where the British and Beers sit together.
and where the Beers, notwithst andirg
their defeat, are in the majority 1t is
Boer who is the premier. Gen. Botha.
who led the Boer armies. now rules the
Transvaal. and he. with cabinet largely
of his own race. directs the policy of the
state and, to considerable extent. die
tates its laws.
The parliament of today is held in the
government buildings which were erected
by President Kruger in the early nineties
at a cost Of about $SOOOO0. and the Palace
OF Justice. another magnificent building.
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was commenced by the Boer government
before the outbreak of the war. although
1t was not completed until after peace
was declared.
A Dutch Town.
Notwithstanding this, the Pretoria or
today Is a Boer town. Its people are moro
Dutch than English. There are Dutch
signs over the stores. and the bookshops
have many Dutch books. One hears the
people talking in Dutch as he goes along
the streets, and the farmers in the coun-
try about are almost altogether Beers.
1t Is the Dutchmen who still own most
of the lands and their long teams Of oxen
may be seen going through the city or
standing in the market places just as they
did when Paul Kruger ruled.
Indeed everything about the city sti1
bears Kruger's marks. The house In
which he lived is here, and his bones lie
under plain monument out In the ceme-
terry. went down the other afternoon
and looked at the home of the former
Boer president
1t Is q plain one-story building, situated
on the principal street, with garden
about it. 1t is not much better than
that OF many clerk in the United states.
Kruger was supposed to be rich. and
statements have been made concerning
the millions which he sent to Holland
during the Boer war. THESE stories arc
to be that the Boer president came out
of the war comparatively poor as far az
money was concerned His wealth was
mainly in farms. which he had divided
among his relatives before the war be-
gan. While the struggle was raging he
lent something like $e!oOc0 In cash to
his government to keep the soldiers In the
field and this was paid back in the money
of that government. which is now worth
less He also lent about $4,000 addi-
tional. which believe. was in the hands
OF Gen. Botha at the time the war closed.
This was offered to the British but they
refused it and the money still forms
part of the Kruger estate. 1t Is said here
tina, Kruger was not a money lover or
money grubber and that he cared more
for his country than his fortune.
l understand that the same Is true OF
Gen. Louis Botha. the present ruler OF
the Transvaal He is a BOer In the full
sense of the word but he believes in the
building up Of South Africa. and is doing
all he can to further the interests of the
united races. Gen. Botha was noted az
statesman before the war began. He
entered politics early and was member
progressyes of the Boer Republic at that
time. He left this position and went into
the army as a private. and by sheer force
made his way from rank to rank until he
became nder-in-chief. One OF hiO
greatest battles was that of Coenso,
where he fought Gen. Butler and hiO
1900 men with Boer force of 1000 and
that Kruger made him commander-iN.
chief of the Boer forces, and 1t was large.
ly due to him that the army held out -
long as 1t did making one of the brave0G
campaigns ever known in the annals .
war. FRANK G. CARPENTER
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more rapidly than the eye can follow.
AS may be surmised. the two types OF
machines are of equal Importance. and
each is essential to the successful use OF
the other
From a mechanical standpoint, how
ever the tabulatng machines have up
to the present time been the most re-
markable. but all this has been changed
by the preparations for the coming CEN
sus. The card-punching machine that
has been In use Is rather simple al
fair in which the pressure Of lever by
hand power Is necessary for the punch
ing of each and every individual hole.
A mechanical expert in the employ of
the census bureau took hold Of the prob
lem Of developing a new machine. and
after years of work he has within the
past few weeks perfected a machine that
is entitled to rank. If ever one did, In
the group Of historic machines that al
most think"
The new machine bears no resemblance
to the old apparatus. 1t Is built on the
plan Of a typewriter. with 24O keys. The
operator, instead of punching one hole
at a time. can depress as many keys as
are necessary. and after all the facts
have thus been recorded by the Keys
button is pressed which brings an cleo
trio motor into play and all the holes are
punched at once without. any effort on the
part of the operator. The average num-
Der of cards punched per day at the
census Office with the hand puncher was
900. With the new machine girls have,
the officials say. with but one weeks ex-
perience, attained speed of $500 cards
per day, and this output will doubtless be
greatly exceeded when operators become
familiar with the new machine.
Working the Punching Machine.
In the old punching machine hole
was punched in the card every time a
key was depressed, and If an error was
made the card had to be thrown away.
thus wasting not only the cards. but
much of the operators time. In the
new machine each key is depressed in
dependently of the others and can be
released at will without punching a hole
or recording any fact until the operator
is ready to press the motor key which
punches all the holes at once. In this
way before the operator punches any
holes she can look over the depressed
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and it Is estimated that it. takes 10000
eggs to make one pound. They will last
for years without Matching, so that, al
though the Iocusts are killed, a new crop
may come forth again and again from the
dormant eggs.
The African natives are all fond of
locusts. They eat them, and I am told
that the Boer farmers frequently use
dried locusts for chicken feed paying
as high as 81 per bag for them. Another
trouble that the farmers have in many
regions is the drought, and there are also
cattle fevers and other diseases.
Agriculture Since the War.
Since the Boer war new interest has
sprung up in agriculture. and the govern
ment is now doing all 1t can to open up
the country and to improve the condition
of the farmers. 1t has already establish
ed experimental farms in several places
and it is trying to better the live stock.
Many new plants are being introduced.
the tobacco industry has been encouraged,
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the year lOiU. Inc counting, 1t
the end OF each decade, of every man.
woman and child in the republic is the
biggest undertaking that Uncle Sam is
called upon to assume. Realizing that
with the continuous rapid increase In
population the next census will be a
record-breaker in every respect, the gov
eminent officials sought to take time by
the forelock and secure at the last ses-
sion of Congress an appropriation OF
money that would enable them to plunge
into the work forthwith.
However. there were many unexpected
demands for money at the last session
of the national legislature. The law
makers agreed accordingly. that the ap-
preparation for the census should go
over until the winter of 10OS-O9. There
is reason to expect that the sum needed
for this counting of noses on a grand
scale will be set aside soon after Con-
gress convenes next December. but in
the natural order of things it will not
become available for use until the gov
eminent New Year day following-July
1, 1909.
The Time to Get Busy.
Thus 1t will be next summer at the
earliest ere Uncle Sam will begin to give
places on his payroll to the thousands
OF extra employees who will be needed
to take the census. But. as has been
said. 1t has not been necessary for the
officials to await formal congressional &C
ton before beginning some Of the pre-
liminares for the thirteenth census OF the
United States For months past the au-
ministrative officials of the bureau OF the
census have been puzzins their brains
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these crawling insects. and you can no.
tice them in front fleeing from the engine.
The locomotive seems to be sweeping
them apart like a snowplow. and this
work continues for miles and miles as
the train goes on. Sometimes they are so
many that the wheels Of the cars. going
over them, crush them upon the rails and
the rails thereby become creased and the
wheels roll around without catching.
At some of the stations l have stepped
out Of the train and scooped up handful
Of locusts They look just like our grass
hoppers and are probably the same sort
Of insects as those which almost ruined
Kansas and Nebraska crops some years
ago.
When the locusts come they eat almost
every green thing. The grass disappears
and the sheep and cattle perish for want
OF food. At present the different gov
ernments are paying a certain price for
locust destruction. The farmers receive
so cents per bag of 200 pounds, and In
Natal locust eggs are bringing II cents .
pound. The eggs are laid In cocoons.
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over q thousand and one details of the
vast work, and perhaps even more i'm
portant In results-the mechanical ex-
perts of the census bureau have been
gradually evolving a number of wonder
ful new machines which will enable the
census returns to be compiled by me-
chanfcal means more quickly and more
accurately than has ever heretofore been
possible.
This state OF preparedness for the GEN.
sus is something that did not exist in
the case of any previous national emu
meration, and has been made possible
only by the creation of the permanent
census Office. which came into existence
after the last national census-that OF
1900. Just here 1t may be explained
that whereas the Constitution of the
United States requires an enumeration
once In ten years as a basis for the ap-
portionment of representatives in Con-
gress. no provision was made during the
first century of our country's history
for any permanent institution or organ
ization that should be responsible for
this important task.
Old Plan Of Census Tabulating.
Each time decennial snapshot OF the
nation was taken for the benefit Of all
time Uncle Sam was pretty much in the
position OF man embarking in a new
business. Each successive census was
an independent enterprise that was in a
great measure a law unto ITSELF Condi-
tons changed so during a ten-yeae lapse
that there were no dependable prece-
dents that could be blindly followed. and
worse yet, 1t was necessary to recruit for
each census a new army OF census work.
ers. There is no activity wherein ex-
perience counts for more than in this
highly specialized field. and yet, under
the old conditions. there was no certainty
tnat the government would be able to
secure persons OF experience even for the
important executive positions Ten wears
is long time. and during the interval
many Of the men and women who made
creditable records for census work drifted
Ing such progress that not even the nfrer
OF high salaries would induce them to
desert the new occupation and go back