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Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1909-10-21
ANTI-SAL00N VENOM.

The bitter attack made by the Anti
Saloon League upon prominent, good
citizens of the city of Roanoke is not
calculated to elevate the Anti-Saloon
organization in the esteem of conserva-
tive, fair-minded people of that city, or
elsewhere in the State. The Electoral
Board, the city treasurer and judges of
election are attacked viciously. The
charge is made that the registration
lists were padded by the "wets," with
the connivance of the city treasurer.
that the Electoral Board made changes
in the judges of election for corrupt
purposes and that one of the new Judges
of election is a we'll known gambler.
The friends of the city treasurer will
resent these charges, as will the many
friends in both parties of Mr.. R. H.
Angel, member of the Electoral Board.
and one of the most popular and useful
citizens of Roanoke. The Judge of
election, who is called "a well known
is Mr.. F. A. Wintermeyer.
well known and respected employee
of the Roanoke Machine Works, for
whom he has been continuously at work
for the past twenty-three years. He
has published a statement in the Roa-
noke Times. He says: 81 desire to
say that the party or parties who are
for that statement have made
an unjust, untrue and vicious attack on
the character of man who has always
made it rule to attend to his own bust
ness and not make an unjust attack
against nor attempt to ruin another"
Verify, the Anti-SsIoon League,
which was instituted to advance moral
IDEAS, has been debauched by associa-
lion with the Democratic Machine and
is embarkment in the field of politics.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1909-10-21
Deafness Cannot Be Cured

by local applications, as they cannot reacl
the diseased portion of the ear. There is
only one way to cure deafness, and that il
by constitutional remedies. Deafness is
caused by an lnhamed condition of the
mucous lining Of the Eustachian Tube.
When this tube is inhamed you have a
rumbllng sound or imperfect hearing, aud
when it is entirely closed, deafness is the
result, and unless the inflammation can be
taken out and this tube restored to its
normal condition, hearing will be de-
stroyed forever; nine cases OUT of ten are
caused by catarrh, which is nothing bot
an intiamed condition Of the mucous sur.
faces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
any case of deafness (caused by catarrh)
that cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure. Send for circulars, free.
+. ]. CHENEY & CO.,
Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c
Take HALLS Family Pills for constips-
ton.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1909-10-21
English Racine Story

To an owner of racehorses there
are few more expensive luxuries than
an unsound animal. and therefore the
recent disappointment Of a certain
youthful noble lord who manfuIly gave
1900 guineas for a bargain which
turned out to be wofully detected In
his Understandings" can readily be
understood.
Let me see; you are the rascal
who sold me horse with only three
legs and a swinger," he said one dav
CHANGING to bump up against tn.
horses late owner in the paddock at
kempton. Certainly" replied the LATE
owner gleefully; that is to say If Won
are really the idiot sold him to-
Tit-Bits.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1909-10-21
DOubIe-e0ttOmed srolIIna Pan.

ter of an inch, forming supports for
the bottom. This false bottom should
be nearly the same size as the pan.
On large pans, of course, the bottom
should be braced with strips of iron,
to prevent warping from the heat
In service the sust melts, and runs
down through the psrforations to the
bottom of the pan. No matter how
hot the fire, the sust will net catch
fire. as It is protected from the flames
by the perforated bottom which acts
like the screen Of . Eainer's lamp. The
bottom can easily BE- removed and
cleaned and the suet In the pan be
emptied OUT. A. BerEstrom. In Sci
entific American.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1909-10-21
THURSDAY. OCTOBER IL 1909.
REPUBLICAN STATE TICKET.

Election November End, 1909.
For Governor,
WILLIAM P. KENT,
of Wythe.
For Lieutenant Governor,
A. T. LINCOLN,
of Smyth.
For Attorney General,
GEORGE A. REVERCOMB,
of CovingtOn.
For Secretary of the Commonwealth
JOHN B. LOCKE,
of Newport News.
For State Treasurer,
JOSEPH P. CRUPPER,
of Alexandria.
For Commissioner of Agriculture,
JAMES T. ROBSON,
of Rockingham.
For Superintendent of Public Instruc.
ton,
FRANK P. BRENT,
of Nelson.
For House of Delegates anC
Buchanan Counties,
JOHN NJ. RATLIFF,
- of Buchanan.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1909-10-21
Corn chowder.
ssansonssIs Hint

Where there are small children or
pet animals to push against the low.
er half of the screen doors the SCREEN
IL either torn or made TO bulge. To
prevent this cover the lower ssctidn
of tho screen WITH wire netting a.
about oneinch mesh. and replace tbe
molding around the edges. II netting
is painted the same color o. the screen
1t is scarcely noticeable and win pro-
long tbs NE q ~ 1sB inAsanitsaz
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1909-10-21
A DlS6RACEFUI ACT.

One of the most disgraceful thin~s
the Democratic Machine has done in
Virginia has been its continued mani
Hesitation of esteem for W. ID. Smith.
the notorious political crook of Scott
county. He has not only been retained
as a member of the Democratic Com
mittee for the District and State, but
he has been reappointed superintend-
ent of schools for Scott county.
When Mr.. Eggleston, Superintend-
ent Of Public Instruction, spoke at Taze-
well last Spring, he declared that the
Board Of Education would select coun-
ty superintendent who possessed moral
and educational fitness for the positions,
and that politics would have nothing to
do with the selections.
W. D. Smith may possess the neces-
sary educational qualifications, but on
the moral line he is very deficient, as
the Board of Education must know.
He is the self-convicted promoter and
promulgator of the "'Scott County
Ballot" 1t is a well known fact that
at the Rhea investigation he left the
stand discredited and disgraced wit
ness. No impartial person who heard
and saw him testify at that investiga-
ton could fail to conclude that he had
deliberately tried to suppress or con-
ceal the truth. That was the general
belief of both the press and the public.
General publicity was given to Smiths
connection with the election frauds in
Scott county and in the Ninth District,
and his demeanor on the witness stand
at the Rhea investigation was surely
known to the men who constitute the
State Board of Education. But Cover
nor Swanson declared at the Rhea in
vestigation that party service was a
badge of honor" 1t seems that the
party service of w. ID. Smith has been
treated by Mr.. Swanson and other
members of the Board of Education as
badge of honor. This badge of hon
or has been handed by the State
Board of Education to w. D. Smith in
appointing him superintendent of
schools in Scott county. On that badge
should be written: 81 was the author
and promulgator of the famous Scott
County Ballot" 81 was the man who
went upon the witness stand and
patiently and persistently suppressed
the truth to shield VIM. F. Rhea. -
IL am the man who received a let
ter from VIM. Hodges Mann, who
heard me testify at the Rhea investi-
cation, expressing his warm personal
and political regard for me, and con-
graduating me upon my reappoint-
ment as superintendent of schools in
Scott county"
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1909-10-21

What an unselfish citizen is the Hon.
Samuel W. Williams. He spent FIVE
THOUSAND DOLLARS to secure the
Democratic nomination for Governor,
but plead the Confederate soldier ex-
emption provision to escape the pay.
ment of his poll taxes. What do YOU
think of this Mr.. News Leader? You
are always talking about Mr.. Good
Citizen. How about the good citizen
ship of your candidate for Attorney
General?
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1909-10-21

The people of Buchanan county ought
to give John M. Ratliff a rousine ma
jority. He knows their interests and
will protect them as a member of the
General Assembly. Yes, politics ought
to be laid aside in Buchanan and an al
most solid vote given Ratliff. Tazewell
county will give him as large majority
as the vote the Democratic candidate
will receive in the county.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1909-10-21

The Democrats are claiming that the
Republicans are taking no interest in
the present campaign. Maybe they are
too busy looking after their farming
operations and other work. But we
venture the opinion that every Republi-
can in the Ninth District who is able to
get to the polls will be there on the End
of November and register his protest
against William Hodges Mann. Yes
the boys will turn out and give another
sweeping Republican victory in the
Ninth.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1909-10-21

We notice that the Hon. Carter Glass
in the joint debate with Pat McCaull
at Amherst, stated that the post offices
in the Ninth Congressional District had
been farmed out to the highest bidders.
Whence came this knowledge to the
Hon. Carter? 1t originated in his own
fantastic brain. He's the prize-winner,
the creative genius in the way of fiction,
the illusionist of the Virginia De-
mOcracy. Witness the part he play
ed in connection with the making of the
new constitution and his absurdly I'M
truthful statement about the post Offices
in the Ninth.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1909-10-21

Mr.. Tucker has been suffering with
terrible nausea ever since he made that
speech at Stanton, presumably to
assist the Machine, but actually to pre-
serve his party standing. Hehas taken
but the one dose of medicine. Will he
make another effort to swallow the
dose? What's the use2 The Machine
will continue to hate him.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1909-10-21
A GREAT CRIME.

In his speech at Surry Courthouse,
Governor Swanson undertook to prove
that Democratic administration of the
affairs of Virginia had been successful
and clean. He boosted particularly of
the excellent achievements of his own
administration, many of which were
never accomplished; but he failed to tell
of one act that will go down as one of
the greatest POLITICAL crimes ever COM
rnitted in this Commonwealth or in any
republic. We refer to the so-called
redistricting of the Fifth Congressional
District. Those who originated this
dishonest scheme never undertook to
offer any reason for its adoption beyond
and above desire to keep the district
under the control of the Democratic
Machine.
The Fifth District, as it had already
existed, was what was called a shoe
string district, and was in shape a
geographical freak AS it now exists,
according to the redistricting bill pass
ed by the Machine Legislature of 1908,
1t is a Typographical monstrosity. The
shoe string has been nearly severed at
one point, the district being some four
or five miles wide at that one point,
though it is one hundred and fifty miles
long.
In the redistricting of the Fifth Dis
trict the Democratic Legislature in
fracted both the spirit and letter of Sec.
50 of the constitution. The provisions
of that section as to population, and
compactness were brazenly defied, and
the provision for contiguity preserved
IN such way as to make it ridiculous.
Now, what was this crime committed
for? Its perpetrators say for the good
of the Democratic party, by making its
domination in the Fifth more assured.
Recent results show that there was
deeper and darker reason; and that the
ACKNOWLEDGMENT of the district was
brought about for the peculiar personal
and political benefit of one Claude A. |
Swanson.
The Democratic Machine was alarmed
at the result in the Fifth at the Con-
gressional election of 1906. They re-
allied that it would be Republican in
1908, unless something desperate was
done. Then was conceived the reds
tricting scheme and the preparation for
Swanson's candidacy for Congress in
1910. 1t is now understood that Mr..
Swanson will be the candidate of the
Democracy in the Fifth for Congress
next year. So, this outrage was com
mitted with double purpose, to serve
the Democratic Machine and Claude A.
Swanson. The dishonest measure was
passed by the Machine Legislature and
the Machine Governor approved it.
No reputable Democratic paper in
Virginia has ever tried to defend the
crime. Some Of the papers made fee ,
BILE protest at the time it was done. Will ,
any Democratic newspaper in the State {
now undertake TO excuse or defend the I
:rime7 1
Party service is q badge of honov. - ]
Was this the kind Of service Mr.. Swan I
ON referred TOT L
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1909-10-21
Odd Trade In Mannhmri.

Connected with the fur bushes are
certain drugs, which come in as a NV.
product. Among these are ttqars.
bones and claws. Several Thousand
pounds of tigers bones are annuaIIv
exported from Manchuria to China
and the deer horns used for the same
purpose numbered 1000 pairs in one
year. A good pair of such horns is
worth $25 and one with many antIers
Will bring as much as $500.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1909-10-21
KEEPS SUET FROM THE FIRE
improvement for the Broiling Pan
viii Be Welcomed by the
Modern Housewife.

When broiling steak, chops or the
IKE IN a gas range, the suet that is
tried out from the fatty part invari-
ABLY catches fire. AS a rule the fat
Is overheated and burns fiercely, and
many efforts to put It out. when Ia
ken from the oven fail.
me accompanying illustration
shows very simple way to avoid this
In the pan used for broiling is placed
perforated false bottom, made out
OF black iron of any thickness. The
edges are turned down. say one quar-
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1909-10-21
Durable Ink.

The question Of making durable
ink perplexes the manufacturers o!
to-day. Observe closely any letter
five or ten years old and one will nc
tice that in all probability the writ
ing has faded to brown color and is
very indistinct- Go to any large mu.
scum and there will be geen ancien'
manuscripts the writing OF which
as black and distinct as IL it hat
been done the day before YESTERDAY
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1909-10-21
There is an old saying that. figure

There is an old saying that, Figures
won't lie." That depends upon how
you place them. Claude A. Swanson
acquired the art of placing them so as
to discredit the old saying, when he ran
for Congress over in the Fifth District.
His speech at Surry Courthouse shows
that it has not become a lost art with
Claude.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1909-10-21
The Skirt Tree.

Before the advance of civilization
trees proved the principal article OF
clothing" for inhabitants of tropical
regions. One of the best examples OF
these trees is the "Sack tree" amt.
arts innoxia) of Ceylon. To obtain
the bark Of this the tree is felled
and cut into sections; these are sub.
merged in still water for several
weeks for the purpose Of rotting the
bark, the latter being washed and
pounded so as to separate the paren.
chymatous tissues from the closely in
terwoVen layers Of Abers. The bark
is afterward dried and bleached, when
it is ready for use In a fashion ac-
cording to the fancy Of the wearer
The sections Of the bark may be cut
SO ss to adapt 1t for either a ready.
made skirt kilt or shirt
Corn chowder.
Into q round-bottomed iron ket4la
hung over slow IRE, put two slicss
of salt pork minoed, one minced ON,
ion; fry till brown. Add six potatoes
cut In cubes and water 20 more than
cover. Boil 20 minutes. Ada one
quart milk. ono spoonful Of salt. two
shakes Of pepper, ons can corn. Iat
boil. Add eight soda cranksru. Ynt
steam five Alnutes. Serve.
Substitute fresh corn IN season. W.
often cook Il over . gypsy firs IN the
back yard.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1909-10-21
The Bedrock Of Success

lies in a keen, clear brain, backed by in
domilabie will aud resistless energy.
such power comes from the splendid
health that DR.. Kings New Life Pills
impart. They vitalize every organ and
6uiid up brain and body j. A Harmon,
Lizemore, w. Va, writes: ssThey are
the best pills ever used" 25c. at
Jackson's drug store.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1909-10-21
INCREASED JUDICIARY EXPENSES.

1t will hardly be denied that one of
the most plausible reasons urged by the
Democrats for making a new constitu-
ton for Virginia was to reduce the
judiciary expenses of the State. Those
who urgently advocated the adoption of
a new constitution very frequently
would compare the judiciary system of
North Carolina with that of Virginia.
as the latter obtained under the old con-
stitution; and would demonstrate that
the North Carolina system was not only
more efficient but much less expensive
than the Virginia system. Results
that have come under the new constitu-
ton, however, show that the people
bave been deceived in the judici-
airy matter just as they were deceived
in many others. We will present some
tables below which are made up from
the Acts Of the General Assembly. The
appropriation bill for 1902 shows the
Judiciary expenses for that year. the
last under the old constitution, is as fol-
lows:
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1909-10-21
THE STATE LIBRARY.

Our recent remarks about that ap-
preparation of six thousand dollars for
the publication of the Journals of the
House of Burgesses has caused the
State Librarian. H. R. McIlwain, to
write lengthy communication to the
News Leader, in which he undertakes
to defend the appropriation and its use
He says: The $1,000 appropriation,
to which he (the editor of the
Tazewell Republican, objects was, how
ever, not only for travelling libraries
and the publication of the Journals of
the House of Burgesses, but to pay
salaries of several assistants"
So there it is, the appropriation was
made to give employment to more as
sistants, new office-holders, for an en-
largement of the 'office-holders trust"
to make places for proteges of the
Machine.
Previous to 1903 the State Library
was under the supervision of the Score
tary of the Commonwealth, and one of
his clerks was librarian, that clerk re-
ceiving salary of 1900. After the
new constitution became effective in
1902 the position of State Librarian was
created and he was furnished a CORPS Of
assistants and helpers. And in 1908 we
find the State Library cost the tax pay
ers for running expenses as follows:
Salary of Librarian $500
Salary of Assistant 1,6OO
Salary of Stenographer $50
Salary of Catalouger 900
Salary of Assistant Janitor 300
Salary of Doorkeeper and
Janitor $50
For publishing Journals
House Burgesses 5000
Total 5 $3.50
In 1902 the expenses of the office of
Secretary of the Commonwealth were
as follows:
Salary of Sec. Commonwealth s z, 1000
Salary of clerks, one of whom
was State Librarian $500
Contingent expenses 600
Total 5 $500
In 1903 We find that the expenses of
the office Of Secretary of the Common
wealth were as follows:
Salary of Sec. Commonwealth 5 $500
Salary of 3 clerks $500
Salary of Janitor 600
Contingent Expenses 600
Total $500
SO, we see that the expenses of the
office of the Secretary of the Common
wealth have been increased 81, 900, an
nually, under the new constitution,
though he has been relieved of the
charge of the State Library. This
change is, therefore, costing the people
of Virginia the increased sum of SI4, $50
year.
This shows how the Machine has been
providing for its hungry followers at
the expense of the tax payers. Is it
any wonder that the State treasury.
which had surplus of nearly one mil
lion dollars two years ago, is now practi-
cally empty? Is it any wonder that the
expenditures of the State in 1908. were
more than two hundred and fifty thou.
sand dollars in excess of the revenues?
This the News Leader calls progressive
government. A more appropriate des-
lgnation would be progressive jobbery
and bankruptcy.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1909-10-21

sufficient amount al.
you will undoubteii
increase not onlJ lAe
average yields, but You,
profits as well.
Write to the vi.
GINA Carolina Chem
ical Company for its
new Year Book or AL
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1909-10-21

These figures show that instead of re-
ducing expenses by a change of the
Judiciary system the cost in 1908 was
$34, 700 more than it was in 1902.
Have we a better system and better
judges now than we had in 1902 and pri-
or thereto? The people will know from
experience. And the expenses of the
courts will continue to increase, unless
the people put their foot down on the
wasteful machine that now makes raids
every two years upon the public reve-
nues. At each meeting of the Legisla-
ture since the new constitution was put
in force new judgeships have been es-
tablished and salaries increased.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1909-10-21

ADVERTISING RATES furnished on ap-
phcation. Correspondence solicited.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1909-10-21

poll Tax" Williams is his name.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1909-10-21
Plain Talks on Fertilizers
Increasing and Safeguarding the Wheat-Crx

The use of COM
mercial fertilizers on
the wheat crop is year
ly bec-om ming more
general-proof enough
that it pays, and pays
well.
Too many farmers,
however, use fertilizers
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1909-10-21

The publisher of THE REPUBLICAN is
not responsible for opinions expressed
by Correspondents.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1909-10-21

Total 5 149, $40
The entire cost of the judiciary sys-
TEN for 1902 was $149, $40. This was
under the old constitution, which the
Democrats wanted to get rid of to re-
duce the judiciary expenses and of all
the departments of the State Govern
ment- To show how this pretext of a
reduction has worked out, we will now
give the expenses of the judiciary in
1908. The following table shows:
JUDICIARY EXPENSES 1908.
SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS.
Salaries of Judges 5 %, 700
Salary OF Reporter 1900
Salary of Stenographer 1,4OO
Salaries of Clerks lao
Total $26, TAO
CIRCUIT AND OTHER JUDGES
oaIarles OF % circuit Judges 10000
Salary Circuit Judge $500
Salary City Court Judges 1880
Salary Corporation Court
Judges 1880
Salary Corporation Judges 1000
Mileage of Judges 5000
Contingent Court Expenses 10000
Civil Contingent Fund 10000
Total 5 157. 500
Total Judiciary Expenses
for 1909 etoI o1o
The Honolulu times. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1902-1911, 1909-12-01

the church by the central aisle, fol-
lowed by the maid of honor, brides
maids and ushers. The bridal
party and intimate friends motored
at once to Moanalua where a recep-
ton was held.
The bride is the daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Damon, both of
whom descend from famous fami-
lies. The brides grandfather was
Rev. Samuel Damon, who was
known to sailors from all the -Four
Seas as Father Damon, pastor of
the Seaman's Bethel of Honolulu.
The wife of Father Damon was the
daughter of Samuel Mills of CLAY
stack Meeting" fame, one of the five
young men who met and decided
that they should go out into the
world to advance the cause of
Christianity among heather people.
The brides mother is the daugh-
ter of the late Rev. Mr.. Hopper,
one of the early and well-known
American missionaries to China.
Mr.. and Mrs. Damon spent much
time in China and it was due to
their religious associations with the
Chinese that decorations were given
an oriental tone.
Doctor Putnam, the groom, is
well-known resident of the Island
of Kauai, a rising young practicing
physician, who is also member of
the Hawaiian Territorial Medical
Association.