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Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-02-19
ATTEMPTED INCENDIARISM

1t is reported that an unsuccessful
attempt was made Wednesday night
to burn the colored school house on
the south side. Very lite damage
was done, but a strong effort ought
TO be made 20 find out who did 4.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-02-19
ARRIVES FROM FAR WEST

NrN. Thomas Roscamp srrieved
yesterday from Salt Lake CITY, Utah
and is visiting her mother and sis
tiers, Mrs. d. NJ. King, Mrs. j. w.
Colt, and Mrs Al Kins of this
city
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-02-19

ID. G. Sewer, OF Bramwell, is in
the q ty today on business.
How about that suit for Spring?
Bergman, succes sor to p. J. Kelley
w. T. Hartman OF Tazewell is N
the city.
w. o. Williams, OF Bos EVAN, was
in the city last night.
Hon. Peyton F. ST. Ciair, OF Bane,
Va, is inthe q ty on business.
G. II. Lucas, Of Newport, Va, is IN
the city visiting friends.
DR.. j. b. Kirk, of EIkhorn, was in
the city ye- terday.
Attorney p. b. Abbott. Of Matoa-
ka, is in the city on bus ness.
l.. A. Dunn left this afternoon 70,
a business trip to Roanoke.
Robert Kent, Esq, Is in the city
and Ed Bell, Esq. of Lewisburg, Is
also here on business.
AK your druggist for trial bot
tie of Conquerine for dyspepsia and
indigestion.
w. l.. Elswick, Of Richmond. Ky.
was in the city last night and left
this morning for Raven.
Have your SUIT made where you
can see how 1t is made. Cbas H
Bergman, Raleigh street.
) Hon. Gordon T. Porterfeld anC
son, of Maybrook, Va, were in The
city last night.
w. j. jerks left last night on {
business trip to Jacksonvill Fla.
where he formerly lived.
| Misses Minnie Geisen and Sadi,
Baer, of Pocahontas, visited friend,
in the dty yesterday.
For dyspepsia, Indigestion am
constipation, try a bottle of Con
querlne.
w. H. French, of Rocky Gan
va, was in the city last night AND
eft this morning for Princeton.
III. n. Evanson. c.. E., Of Gary
was in the city yesterday on bus
mess TIP.
Rev. d. E. Hawk, who has beer
ind'sposed since Sunday, was abe
to sit up for a short time today.
A M. Brooks who has been in the
city and coalfeld on business. re
turned to BEDFORD this afternoon.
II you want hand-me-downs, gel
them. If you want tailoring see 9
tai or. G. H. Bergman, Raleigh
street.
j. Lee Harne, cashier of the Fl.
deiity Banh ng and Trust Company
left this morning on business t-ir
in the coalfields.
Mrs. f.. Edmund5 and daughter
Miss Lucille, eft IN No. 4 this morn
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Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-02-19
Indian River Oranges
JUST RECEIVED


INDIAN RIVER ORANGES are
pronounced by connoiseurs the fn-
est favored oranges in the world.
Our Indian River Oranges are ship
ped direct from the Florida groves
to us. They are Al Just try the
them. The proof of the pudd .ng is
the eating OF it.
FINE GRAPE FRUIT
TANGERINES
LEMONS
BANANAS
MALAGA GRAPES
APPLES
SUBLETTE & BARNES
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-02-19

Judge II. G. Woods arrived fro n
Princeton today to attend the funer.
al of his brother-ln-law, Judge Nc
Claugherty.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-02-19
WILL FIRE COKE oyENs

The United states Coal and Coke
company are making preparations
to nre every one OF their ovens
by April LIST.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-02-19

Mr.. and Mr.. B. w. Stras, of
Tazewel, were in the city a few
hours yesterday visiting friends and
left last night for New York.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-02-19

j. II. Farrott, general manager,
passed through the city this after
noon en- route from MuComas 70
Salem
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-02-19

II your stomach tro I5'os you try
a bottle Of Conquerine.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-02-19

ng to visit friends and relatives
at Petersburg va.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-02-19

Mrs. w L.. freshman and chill
dren viii go to Basic City this ART
ernoon to. visit for some time with
her parents. Mr. and Mrs. F. s.
Grove.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-02-19

DIAMONDS OF QUALITY
at prices that are lower
than the lowest
RANDOLPH 81 NuTTENDoRF
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-02-19

Mrs. Mamie B. McClung, who has
been the guest OF her daughter. Mrs.
l.. j. Holland. left this afternoon
for Blountville, Tenn, to visit Mrs.
w. c. Crockett.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-02-19

Rev. James S. Jamison one of the
brightest young IN nisters of the
Holston conference, was buried at
Emory, Va, today. 1t is said that
be supported a widowed mother and
two blind sisters and literally work
ed himself to death. He gave prom
ise Of a successful career.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-02-19
Boys Heavy Overcoats

All Boys Overcoats to go at prices
named:
81 80 grade, our sale price So As
3 %, 3 30 and 3 Is grade, to go at
So so
z 90, 2 IS and 2 90 grade, at 81 90
l 10 grade, now go at CSC.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-02-19

Mis- Phillips, who has been Wis
ting her uncle, Rev. p. L. Cobb,
at Bramwell, is now the guest Of her
sister, Mrs. Eugene Cassidy. at the
Methodist district parsonage.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-02-19

How about that suit for Spring?
Bergman, success or to p. J. Kelley
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-02-19

ID. G. Sewer, OF Bramwell, is in
the q ~ today on business.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-02-19

Mrs. F.. Edmund5 and daughter
Miss Lucille, eft IN No. 4 this morn
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-02-19

w. T. Hartman of Tazewell is N
the city.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-02-19

j. Lee Harne, cashier of the Fl.
deity Banh ng and Trust Company
left this morning on a business t-ir
in the coalfields.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-02-19

Mems 4 ply Linen Collars.
Lion Brand, 15c. grade reduced
to lie. 25c. grade Cuffs, lie.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-02-19

II you want hand-me-downs, gel
them. If you want tailoring see 9
tai or. G. H. Bergman, Raleigh
street.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-02-19

w. o. Williams, of Bos evain, was
ia the city last night.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-02-19

Hon. Peyton +. ST. Clair, OF Bane,
Va, is inthe ty on business.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1909-05-08

did not know its name, but it had
bright eyes and curly hair and a very
merry smile. 1t had no father. 1t
had worn an old cloth cap and a rag
OF a coat with NANCY fur.
The policemen looked at him and
at each other, and smiled furtively.
Eyes, sir. Certainly, sir" one an
swered, to whom a silyery voice had
spoken. Wen keep a lookout, and
let you know if we come across the
little chap"
And when the man was rome back
to that room where the TOYS and
sweets and clothes had emptied them
selves of meaning value, the men in
blue smiled more broadly still.
"We're so likely to come across the
little chap, amt We" one said to the
other, Seeing there's thousands and
thousands of little chaps exactly like
him? Bright eyes, and curly hair,
and a merry smile, and dressed in
rags, and no fatherl Well, well !"
Perhaps it is because there are so
many thousands that the man has
never found the little chap again.
But he has found some of the
others; and he knows more about
buying clothes and sweets than he
knew on that first night. Only no
other child can ever be the same as
that one. No other child comes to
such a desert with such a rose. And
sometimes he wonders whether. after
all. But he will never know.
Or perhaps some day it may be that
he will know. He thinks of that
very often he thinks Of it.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1909-05-08
AND THE LISTENERS BALKED
Were with Raconteur Up to a Certain
Point In His Wonderful Story,
But After That

Tive been all over the world" re-
marked the globe t~rotter, ''but l
have never seen a place like NADIA
gascarl Such v%egetationl Such
charming nativesl Such foodp
"When l went there | was a sailor
on a schooner. We lay in a NADIA
gascan harbor for several weeks.
Well-will you believe it? At the
end OF the first week a deputation of
sailors waited on the captain. They
threatened to mutiny unless a GER
tain demand was granted.
Now, what do you suppose they
demanded? Salt pork Salt pork,
mind you instead of what the cap
tain had been giving Them"
"And what was that?' inquired
the auditors.
cartridges and ~pheasants. Grouse
and quail, and"
At this point the interest shifted
from Madagascar and its charms to
the question of the raconteur's
veracity.-New York Times.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1909-05-08
wlLDs OF CALIFORNIA.

While the great explorers Of the
age are going forth to discover what
the Arctic regions, the Himalaya
heights, the Arabian deserts and the
mysterious depths of Tibet have so
far kept from the eyes of civilized
man, it may be interesting to Cali
fornians to know that here in their
own state there are tracts that are
still as wild as any of those in
Africa or Asia and about which com
paratively little is known.-Sacra-
mento Union.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1909-05-08

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had friends, he had tired out their
friendship. If he had had a love,
her love had wearied of his ingrati-
tude and his exactions. If, with the
waning Of the winter daylight, his
life-lamp should also go out, none
would be the loser, he least of all.
Only his laundress coming at her
own time and season would be a lit
tie surprised, a little shocked.
He had no need to work for
money, and he had no heart to work
for love. So he sat in the warm
dusk and hated everything.
And the dusk deepened to a dark
ness that was like black velvet in the
shadows Of the room, and like gray
velvet shot with gold in the oblong
of the tall windows, because they
looked out over the inn gardens. and
were filed with the sky that is over
London.
The fire fell together with a crash.
and he stretched his arms and
sighed, and got up out of his chair.
1t was then that he heard the child
crying. 1t vas crying softly, with
subdued snuflings and gurglings.
and the sound came from keyond his
door. On the oak stairs he found
The child sitting, its head in the pitt
able cap-a mans cap with a peak
leaned against the carved banisters.
It's hands, black and red, were
screwed up against its eyes. Its
clothes were horrible. One garment
outlined with NANCY fur, wet and
Shiny.
"Hullo, l sayl" said the man.
Don't cry. What's the matter?'
"I'm lost" said the child.
@But how did you get in here ?"
cts raining outside" said the
child. shifted, rubbed its fists once
more in its eyes, and stopped crying.
you've got a fire. it said, turn
ing bright eyes to the open door.
where's your mother ?" he asked.
"she's lost me-" said the child.
'She said to me stay there, and she'd
come back. And she amt come
estay whereg he asked.
"rhere," said the child. q say.
you do burn lots Of Goals"
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1909-05-08
Il E SHE HAD HIM.

She-I had such a queer dream
last night.
He-Yes? What was it?
She-Well,I dreamt you gave me
a beautiful diamond brooch for
Christmas.
He Tin a very weak voice)-You
did?
she-Yes, and the funny part was
that the stones turned out to be
sham, and, OH I was so glad"
He (brightening)-Glad?
She-Why, yes. You know dreams
always go by opposites. That meant
that you were really going to get me
a genuine diamond brooch for
Christmas.
He (gasping) - I-I-see-e-e.
aside 0, Lord
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1909-05-08
TheGtHeChaD
B \ E. S B
Opyright. BY Daily Story Pub. {

copyright by Daily Story Pub. Coz
The man was tired. For long
enough, and too long now, the
wings of life had dragged, broken,
shedding cleaning feathers along
the dusty high road where, for
others, flowers grew. For others the
road led to the City of Dreams; to
his feet, laden as in Nightmares ones
feet are, the road was only the dust
wherein he str5ve to advance to
something, he knew not what, and,
striving, failed always.
He was not ill-the body did its
work well enough, He never knew
fatigue. Only despair he knew. She
twisted her claws in his heart, and
pulled till he longed for the roots of
life to sunder suddenly, and the
whole sorry business be done with.
His rooms were haunted bv his
own dead hopes and dreams. Life
was a chain of cruel jests, and the
merriest of them was the knowledge
that once he, too, had been merry.
The books that lined his walls looked
and forbidding to eyes that
no longer loved them. In the gar
dens of Gray's Inn the rocks cawed
to branches now wholly bare. For it
was winter, and if there had ever
been summer the man had forgotten
1t. The dark-painted doors, two of
them, shut from him the dark stair
In his low-ceiled rooms
twilight hung wells like cobwebs.
And it seemed to him that in all the
world there was nothing that made
the world worth while. If he had
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1909-05-08
WOMAN LED ORCHESTRA.

Miss Meredith, daughter Of George
Meredith, has demonstrated her
ability in England to lead a munich
pal orchestra. The other day at Har-
rogate at the last minute it was
found that the conductor Of the mu-
nicipal orchestra, which is one Of the
best in England, would not be able
to take his place, and Miss Meredith
stepped into the breach.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1909-05-08
HIS TYPE.

"What buttonhole flower do you
think is suitable for this social
celebrity who has consulted me on
the EubjectS he is a great deal Of q
beau in bis dress."
Thsn I should give him q dandy
Iion.n
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1909-05-08
AshbroOk 2S4o5

Trotng Record 2:13 IL; Winning race in straight heats,
21414, 213 ~ and PA IL.
3 BROWN; Is "a hands; very handsome; dispo-
sition the best.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-04
ELKS

T VERY part of Uncle Sans big
H. farm will be represented at the
- Elks' grand lodge. Free and equal
Elks from every point of the compass
will meet and greet each other in the
pleasant pastures of lovely Los Ange-
les. Our city is better equipped with
hotels, boarding houses and roomnig
houses than is any other, and there is
not a hotel, boarding house or rooming
house In all our metropolis that won't
be packed full, with an overflow to the
roof and the fire escapes.
Elaborate preparations are being
made for the entertainment of the Elks
and the questions of adequate ar
rangements for eating and sleeping
form a large part of the arrangements.
To house our visitors well, and give
them the best food in the world, cooked
in world-beating manner, will be the
aim Of Los Angeles citizens, and in or
der to accomplish that aim with credit
1t is necessary to make painstaking
preparations, and to do 1t now-for
that's the Los Angeles way.
In order that our visitors may not be
put to any inconvenience it may be
necessary for citizens to practice self
denial. Our citizens realize the i'm
portance of giving the coming guests
the best of everything and everything
of the best, and are prepared to make
with cheerful tranquility the little sac
rifices they may be called on to make,
Our friends will find many of our
citizens have given up rooms and suites
in hotels in order that guests may be
provided for. Los Angeles does not
brag of its hospitality, and then invite
travel-fagged guests to sleep in the
parks-as some cities that pretended
they were convention cities have done
That's not the Los Angeles way. All
our guests will be cared for well, and If
our citizens in some cases are subject
ed to a little temporary inconvenience
they won't mind it. 1T is all In the day
work, when the days work is entertain
ing our friends and fellow citizens from
UP the shore and down the bay and
over the hills and far away
Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-04
HARBOR THIEVES

TN the complaint on which the in
junction against the latest at
Il tempted harbor steal was obtained,
conspiracy on the part of trustees to
defraud the citizens Is alleged. The
statement is made the trustees "Unlaw-
fully combined, conspired and confed-
Grated together to divert from the
treasury of the city of San Pedro the
money available to be received from
the sale of franchises for wharves on
the waterfront lands"
If there is any subject for congratu-
lation in such a sorry episode of the
history of Greater Los Angeles it is
from putting their nefarious plans into
execution. The city council spoke for
the people of Los Angeles when 1t
gave City Attorney Leslie r. Hewitt
vote of thanks for his work in con-
nection with the anti-grab injunction.
During the past few months citizens
have had to combat repeated attempts
by trustees and anti-consolidationi
to interfere with consolidation by CIV
Ing corporations control of territory of
vital Importance in the proper devel-
opment of San Pedro harbor, the sea-
port of Greater Los Angeles.
The despicable motive which prompt
ed these attempted grabs win not soon
be forgotten by the indignant citizens
and the names of the traitors openly
or secretly in the employ of unscrupu-
lous corporations will long be remem-
bered for treachery and infamy.
On the eve of a step of great and
vital Importance to all the best inter-
ests of all the people of Los Angeles
and Southern California, these little
possessors of a brief authority must
needs hustle" to give their masters,
purchasers and owners the benefit of
their possession of authority and must
needs use their positions Of trust in
order to inflict upon Los Angeles, San
Pedro and Southern California an ir-
reparable injury. Such creatures, de-
voted to treason, stratagem and spoils,
have forfeited forever the good opinion
and the respect of their fellow citizens,
and will be distrusted and despised as
long as they live.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-04

On this Independence day let the peo-
pie of the United States be thankful
they have no Indian empire. One of the
penalties of imperialism" is that in
course of time the annexed countries
become stronger than the annexing
country, and this is especially true
when the population of the annexed
territory far outnumbers that of the
ruling" power. When Rome's day of
doom came it was not merely invaded
by the nations 1T had annexed. 1t was
oVerrun by them.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-04
LITTLE BOY BLEW

fArtbur Chapman In Denver Republican,
The little toy pistol Is covered with rust,
INT waiting new victims it liesj
And the little toy cannon Ii thick WIN
dust
Since it injured our little boys eyes;
Time was when the little toy pistol was
new,
And tbe cannon was passing fair;
Ah, that was when out our Little BOY
Blew
Kicked them and left them there.
"Now don't let mo see you again." he
said,
At the end of that day of noise;
when we bore him off TO the hospital
NIong the rest of the injured boys;
And as he lay grOaning the doctor,
strong,
Took charge of our Little Boy Blewj
O. the years are many, the years are
long,
Rut his face bears scars not a few.
Awaiting some other Boy Blew they
Each in the same old place
Tetanus germs they would put In MS
hand
And powder marks DER his face;
And they wonder, as waiting the long
years Through
ON each Fourth of July, with its blare,
why they are hated by Little Boy Blew
Since he kicked them and left them
there.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-04

Hello Bill Elk. Welcome to Los
Angeles. Glad to meet you and greet
you Make yourself at home. We will
lend you the eity-it is a mighty fine
city, too, so fine you will hate to give
it back to us; and we are sure we will
be sorry when we have to say good by.
But just at present we are not thinking
of farewelling. We are all saying
"Howdye? Hello, Bill. Here's my
glad hand. Give me yours"
Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-04

Like every intelligent, unprejuoiced
American who has visited Australasia,
DR.. George A. Gates has returned home
filled with admiration for the citizens
Of our race who, far remote from "in-
fuences" and interests" have made
progress which DR.. Gates in his ad-
dress to the City club characterized as
fascinating and astonishing. There is
no child labor and there is no desti-
tute poverty under the Southern Cross!
Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-04
BUILDINGS


A MOST important decision of the
"a supreme court of the United
II States affecting Los Angeles and
all other cities in California with pop
ulations of over $4,000 has been called
TO our attention by the committee on
congestion of population in New York
According to this decision, which was
rendered in n controversy between
some Boston building contractors and
the building commissioner of the city
of Boston, city has right to enforce
regulations to secure healthy living
conditions in sections where the land
values and existing conditions permit
In 1904 the Legislature of Massachu-
setts passed m act dividing Boston
into two districts: A, the business sec
tion; B, the residential In section A
no building is to be erected to a height
of more than l25 feet above grade. and
in section B height vas limited to so
feet above the grade of streets In
1905 the act was amended so that three
heights were established. In district
B there We're certain areas where
buildings could be erected tC a height
of between so and 100 feet.
A commission of three members was
appointed to determine the heights of
buildings in district r and action was
brought against this commission for
refusing permission to erect a building
in district B to a height of 124 feet 6
inches. The action of the supreme
judicial court of the state of Massa-
chusetts in confirming the limiting act
was appealed to the United States su-
preme court, whose decision is most
important in its social significance.
This court argued that taller buildings
in the commercial part of the city
might be less dangerous in case of fire
than in the residential section, in
which there would be a greater num-
Der of women and children sleeping.
An undiscovered fire at night might
cause great loss of life in a very high
apartment house.
From broad minded, humanitarian
point of view the action of the supreme
court in affirming the opinion of the
state court is one Of the most encour-
aging decisions OF recent years, since
it affirms the right of a city to extend
and to discriminate in its protective
police powers.
Says the supreme court of the United
States: "Under these circumstances
lie, regard for the safety of human
beings) there is no unreasonable in
terference with the rights of property
of the plaintiff in error, nor do the
statutes deprive him of the equal pro-
lection of the laws The reasons con-
tanned in the opinion of the state
court are in our view sufficient to JUS
tify their enactment"
Every city therefore may impose
building restrictions which win tend
to prevent congestion of population in
crowded tenement districts. This is a
big step in the right direction and
greatly increases the responsibility of
city governments in respect Of the pop
ulation under their care. In Los An
geles, where there is plenty of room
overcrowding and building congestion
are not yet pressing social problems
but steps should be taken to prevent
the formation Of conditions which may
laad to such problems.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-04
AT THE THEATERS

AUDITORIIM-DarE.
MASON-Princess company in Peggy from
Paris"
BEIASCO-Richard Bennett In THE Lion
and the Mouse"
BURBANK-"Sherlock Holmes"
GRAND-"A Girl of the Streets"
NIAJESTIC-"Sergean Kitty"
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
LOS ANGELES-Y audeville.
WAIKE
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. and musical comedy
FISCHER'S-Musical comedy and vaudeville