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Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-03-26

all others voted aye. and the re olu-
tion was adopted. The reso tutors
are as follows:
BE It resolved by the Bluefield-
Graham Chamber OF CONNER that.
Whereas. a bill was pa.sed D.
the recent session OF the West VIZ
giaia Legislature providing for the
independent school ditrict of Bea-
yer Pond, the boundaries OF which
are the same as those of the present
magisterial district of Beaver Pond;
and
"Whereas. said act provides That
the same shall not become effective
until the question OF creating sail
district shall have first beea submit
ted to the voters of Beaver pond dis.
trics. at special election to be held
ON the srd day Of April. 1909. aud
providing that should majority of
the voters cast at such election be
in favor OF creating said dist. ict that
the said act l. to become effective;
and
Whereas the Chamber Il Com
merce does not approve said bill as
passed by the legislature and now
prevented 30 the voters OF said dis
trict, for their ratification CT rejec-
ton for he following reasons:
First. II authorizes the board
of education to employ by contract a
superintendent of schools for an in
dofinie number OF years, and tn n
give the superintendent of schools
so employed. extensive and unusu-
al powers, and to a great extent sub
ordinates the board OF education to
The viii and control of the superln-
tendent. thereby making the crIploye
OF the board largely its ma ter.
Second. At time when The peo-
pie OF said district are already heav-
liz burdened with taxes It provides
for the levy OF additional taxes to
Che extent of some 100000 pr
annum for he next five years etima-
ting the said amount upon the 1908
assessment in said district, which
would De increa ed II. proportion as
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-03-26
APPROACHING
MARRIAGE

Invitations have been eent out BY
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert l.. Gillespie to
the marriage Of their daughter, Miss
Angelina, to Russell A. Wells. The
interesting ceremony will occur on
the evening of April q, at 7 O'CLOCK
In Wartburg Lutheran church The
prospective bride Is one OF the most
popular young ladies In that city
During her association with her faith
er In the conduct OF the Crab an
postoffice she has extended her ac-
quainsance until she ia probably more
widely known than any other young
lady IN Graham. The groom-to-be
is member of the contracting firm
OF Baker and We Is, and Is a young
man OF great promise.
The bride-elecf IL a sister OF Mrs.
s. N. Worley, OF HI city.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-03-26
EoosBvpITs HUNTING TRIP

His aim--Fo secure for the Smith
sonian museum one adult specimen
Of each sex Of every large animal
in Africa.
Division of expenses mithgonian
institution pays for preservation and
shipment OF specimens Roosevelt
pays expenses of himelf and so7
Kermit.
How Plan orfginated-Ro Roosevelt.
suggested II to Chas. ID. WaIcost.
secretary of Smithsonian, in letter
dated June 90, 1908.
Date Of ssart---March %, from
Hoboken, New York.
African starting poIntAsMombas-
sa.
Course Of travel-lNorth, through
Africa TO Nairobi Thence to Lake
Victoria Nyanza. Thence toward
Nile.
Finish Of hant-&-About March
1910, at KhartohmL Egypt.
CnleI dangers-|Attacks OF rhinoc-
eroses. said by hunters TO be mose
treacherous OF animals.
Nature Of Illnesses that may over
take Roosevelt 'eeping sickness,
fatal caused by bite OF tsetse ~.
spiritum fever, caused by bite OF
spiritlum ny. usually fatal. BIacx
water fever, fatal. fr-
Rooseve'Gs return to America 49,
About June 1910.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-03-26
MEADowBRooK FARM.

IN the story ~ w. +. Mann's new
est success, 'p<eadowbrook Farm"
which comes 10 Elks Opera House
April lst the sathor, Il b. Parker,
has woven mot interesting story
around the iife of "sl Holden" a
quaint New Enzland farmer. whose
grand daughter Mary Holden. Is be-
ing persecutsd BY one aof those city
chaps. Stanley Ward OF Boston.
Ward hAs bese the direct cause Of
'Mary's being an orphan and he Is
in possession of certain facts ra-
garding a rortpne left her by a iiS-
tant relative. ! He lays hts plans
With q view - his marriage with
Mary, but is .h@arted Ia his designs
by Jim Jasper, who has been Mary,s
protector throush childhood.
Polly Bird. a servant and Billy,
Bates, a circus bill poster, figure
very conspicuo4sly in the story and
furnish a copisus amount of COM
edy which may a'so be said OF sim
smith and Timi Siocum, the town
constable and Justice OF the peace,
who are Instrumental in dealing our
jastice TO sfms'ey Ward.
The scenery carried by the CON-
pany Is q feat,se and the company
consists of players OF prominence,
and who are Ashded by j. j. Swat
wood. ~
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-03-26
CANDIDATES
FOR pen
kidnapping Craze Strikes
PittsburgIron City
Lad is Held For
Ransom

Pittsburg. March 26.--rhe ksl-
mapping craze has struck PittsSuve.
II was learned early this mornfAs
that Lawrence Gib.on. son % A.
I'D Gibson, wealthy man OF I'M
city, was missing from his home.
His father received the Following
note delivered TO him by special de-
livery at midnight last night.
Mr.. A. l.. Gibson--ws hare
your son, and IL you wish HE safe
return You will forfeit fiftsen :Aoss-
and dollara II you are willing 70 40
as above stated insert an advertise
ment IN the Plt.sburg Dispatch. "a.
dressed 30 J. M. p"
tSigned) -. NJ. r."
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-03-26
Straight From
The Shoulder
JUDGE RHEA
VISITING HERR

Judge w. #. Rhea. OF RBchnopa.
member OF the Virginia CorporstioA
Commit sion, is In the CITY visitiss
hif daughter, Mrs. q. II. Goody-
Loontz. Judge Rhea dissented fro4a
the majority of the commission In
the receas rate decision and his pc
sition has been fayorably commsntsa
on Ply majority Of the virgiala
newspapers. His position Wa ssAssa
in separate opinion published -
the time and is too freh In the minds
OF our readers to require repctiticu.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-03-26
ARCHITECT Hills
IN TIE CITY

Wiibur II. Mills. OF Columbus, o ;,
architect Of the new high school
building, Is in the city and Is very
much pleased with the work 40
far. Mr. Mills compliments M. II.
Pedigo on the worE and progress
being made under his supervision
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-03-26
PRONOUNCED IT
CHICKEN P0X
Careless Inspector Respon-
sible for an Epidemic Of
Smallpox

Philadelphia, March &c. The
state quarantine station here is
threatened with an epidemic OF
small 'pox through the carelessness of
the government inspectors, who pass
ed several sufferers on the steam-
ship Merton as chicken pox Victims.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-03-26

There will be a social given by the
Pierian Library Society Saturday
evening at 1880 to the teachers of
The Biueheld city school and High
school and to the members of the
Bluefield High School
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-03-26
a2gB1

Lady Lister-Kaye, formerly Mics
Nstica Yznaga, OF New York. who
recently entertained the Prince aud
Princess of Wales at BriIilan. din
ner party in London.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-03-26
$4,000 RESIDENCE

Mesars. Pedigo and Garry have
the contract for the $4,000 resi-
dence of Judge Joseph NJ. Sanders.
which they Will erect near Wilson
Spring, just east of Gee. S. straders
handsome residence. The site Is IN
a fine grove and commands an excel
lent view Of mountain and valley.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-03-26
GERMANY IS
MODELLING
TROOPS
Two Army Corps are Sent
ito the Russian Frontier

st. Petersburg. March 26.--IA re-
port which reached here today says
Germany is rapidly mobilisins two
army corps on the Russian frontier.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-03-26

Mrs. NJ. O. wittsn has returned
from Greensboro N. c.. whers she
has been visiting her daughter. Mrs.
Archie Sterne.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-03-26
WILL NOT Be KING
Servian Prince Refused the
Right of Succession.

Belgrade, March 261Prince A.
exander today refused the right OF
succession to the throne renounced
by bis brother George.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-03-26

Don't fail 90 see the play at era
ham college tonight.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-03-26

the assessed va'ne of property Ia the
district is increased.
Third. It authorizes unu yual and
unnecessary expenses TO be paid out
of the building fund Of said district.
places no limit upon the salaries
whisis may be pad BY he board OF
education 10 employees of all classes
and thus, opens wide the door which
might lead to extravaganza in tn,
expenditure of Tho peoples money.
I'VE therefore feel that 1t would
be to the bet Interests OF the sch ools
and citizens OF said district for the
schools to be carried on under the
general law until the next session OF
our state Legislature can give us a
la wbetter suited to the con gitions
and requirements OF said district.
rather than have the said bill in It's
present form become a law.
For the lessons stated the Cham.
Der ofCcmmeree is unable 30 favor.
ably recommend the said bill to the
voters of said district.
(Signed)
WIN MCCARTHY.
~. w. RUFF"
A motion was carried requesting
the daily papers Of the city to pub
fish the resolutions. Mr.. Shot IN.
CURED IL the chamber or commerce
owned the daily papers and intIma-
ted tha the would do as he p'easAd
abont publishing them. They APP
peared this morning, however, AMI
ne wia no doubt In time forgive the
chamber for not holding the same
The Columbus journal., 1909-10-27
Sparrows Kill Turkeys.

English sparrows kill turkeys in
Rhode Island, according to Dr. Philip
B. Hadley. They convey the black
head" disease, whose fatal prevalence
among turkeys is threatening the ruin
of turkey farming in the state. DR..
Hadley says that poultry, generally
game birds, and some wild song
birds, have the amoeba or coccidium,
which causes the disease, and so why
he lays all the blame to the English
sparrow does not quite appear, unless
because the little pest has earned so
bad name on other accounts. The
British grouse are troubled in a way
similar to the turkey. And the seri-
BUSINESS of the case is illustrated by
DR.. Hadley in the statement that
whereas 80 years ago Block island
alone used to send out more than 49,
900 pounds year, the turkeys now
raised there can only be counted by
dozens
The Columbus journal., 1909-10-27
ALSO READY WITH A BLUFF
Quick Thought That Probably Saved
American from Death at the
Hands Of Mob.

John Lover, the wild animal expert
of the Philadelphia Zoo, was talking
about big game hunting in Uganda.
You must be quick" Mr.. Lover
ended. You must be as quick as a
cousin of mine once was in White
chapel
1T was Jack the Ripper time. Do
you remember that terrible time? All
Whitechapel. all the world, was on
edge.
my cousin, looking for excitement,
wandered one night through the dark
est and dismalest alleys and courts of
the Whitechapel slums, and all of a
sudden a woman blocked his way.
"'Give me your money, all of it,
she said, or I'll scream out that you're
Jack the Ripper If this crowd gets
at you then
MY cousin was always phenomenal
ly quick. He took the woman's arm
in viselike grip, and he let his eyes
blaze to hers.
Madam he Kissed, I am Jack the
Ripper
And with smothered scream she
turned and fed"
The Columbus journal., 1909-10-27
ANTS A PEST IN LOUISIANA
Orange Crop Threatened with Destrue-
tion, According to a Lead
ing State Authority.

Warfare of a most strenuous charac-
ter will have to be undertaken against
the ant pest in Louisiana within the
next few years If the orange crop is
to continue This is the opinion of
Wilmon H. Newell, secretary OF the
State Crop Pest commission.
Strange to say, correspondence,
which l have had with other sections
of the world has established that the
same kind of ants which are devastat-
ing the Vegetation of this state and
causing thousands of dollars worth
of damage annually are equally as
much pest in other places" says Mr..
Newell. From Portugal, from the Ma
deira islands, from South Africa, from
California and from Brazil, their
home, the damage reported is large.
The greatest harm in Louisiana seems
to have been done in the orange farms
of the lower coast sections. By eat
ing the tender buds of the orange
trees they make them almost barren,
and after the ants come all sorts of
parasitic scale animals which COM
plete the destruction.-New Orleans
Times Democrat.
The Columbus journal., 1909-10-27
NEEDLESS SACRIFICE OF LIFE
Constant Supply Of Pure Milk Will Re-
suit in Immense Reduction Of
Infant Mortality.

The problem of the milk supply for
the babies is one that has to be solved
all the year round. The mortality
from the gastro-intestinal diseases is
heaviest during the summer, but the
babies need pure milk quite as much
in the winter as in the summer, and
the municipalities that fail to insure
it for them are virtually asleep at the
switch. The eventual wrecking of
countless baby lives is inevitable. The
city fathers who make no provision
for the supervision of the sources of
the milk supply are not only virtually
asleep, but recklessly extravagant
DR.. Goler's estimate is $500 month
for city the size of Rochester. Put
opposite this amount the economic
loss, due to the appalling waste of
baby life. 1t is estimated that 375, 900
babies under one year old died in this
country last year. Economists put the
financial value of each of these babies
at $50, so that the total loss, ex
pressed merely in dollars and cents.
amounted to $33,75O,OOO. And yet
physicians say that at least one-half
of this waste could have been pre-
vented by the adequate supervision of
the sources of the milk supply.
The Columbus journal., 1909-10-27
MONUMENT FOR HER0'S GRAVE
Feeling That Last Resting Place Of
Sam Houston Should Not Re-
main Unmarked.

In quiet nook in the Huntsville
cemetery repose the remains of Gen.
Sam Houston, whose name will ever
be linked with the history of Texas
because of his patriotic and able serv-
zee rendered the state both before and
after Texas became a state. 1t is
marked by cheap marble slab bear
ing this simple inscription: Gen.
Sam Houston. Born March 2, 1898,
died July &c, 1863"
The Thirtieth legislature, through
the efforts of Senator Mcdonald
Meachum and Col. A. T.. Mckinney,
senator and representative from that
district, made an appropriation OF
$4,000 to erect a suitable monument
over Gen. Houston's grave, but unless
it has been done very recently no con-
tract has been let for the work, the
relatives of Gen. Houston, it is said.
being unable to agree upon suitable
design.
But what does a monument amount
to anyhow? I'VE live in deeds" not
in monuments. Gen. Houston needs
no monument to keep his memory
fresh in the minds and hearts of Tex
ans. The most imposing monument
that could be erected at his grave
would crumble into dust before his
name and history are forgotten in
Texas. But the monument should be
there, not for Gen. Houston's sake,
but as an evidence of our own appre-
citation and recognition of patriotic
service.-Wills Point (Tex) Chron-
icle.
The Columbus journal., 1909-10-27

Exhibition of Courage Determined
Youngsters Vocation to Be
the Army.

In his Memoirs of Eighty Years, -
DR.. Gordon Hake. who was nephew
of Gen. Charles Gordon, tells how he
won the appreciation of his uncle,
later celebrated as the hero of Khar-
tum. 1t was by boyish feat which
he learned in his school days. Most
boys feel vaulting ambition at that
age, but too few of them in later
years fulfill its aims.
may mention here, In taking leave
OF my boyhood, that there was bath
at Islington called Peerless pool, to
which in summer the boys of the
school were sent to battle.
1t was large mass of water, oblong
in shape, with a wide promenade.
There we would spend whole after
noon, sent there by the authorities
when the half-holiday was at hand.
There, to excite the wonder and ap-
plause of the other boys, I punished
myself by taking the longest run to
the waters edge that was obtainable
within the Enclosure, and by leaping
somersault-fashion into the air to
great height and reaching the water
in a seated posture
In doing this inflicted on myself
punishment equal to that of being
f,ogged.
Being somewhat sheepish at the age
of 10, did not stand very high in the
estimation of my uncle, Gen. Gordon.
while staying with him at Woolwich;
but one day he took me down to the
Thames to battle.
There was platform, probably for
the soldiers to jump from into the
water. This afforded me long run,
and I resolved on performing my
feat
My uncle was perfectly amazed at
it, and often alluded to it with sur
prise in later years. After this dis
play of my pluck, he was much in
favor of my going into the army
Youths Companion.
The Columbus journal., 1909-10-27
Novel Entertainment.

We wish to call the attention of our
readers to the advertisement of the cat
tie driving contest and the exhibition of
military and high school workmanship
by Mr.. Aug. Volkmann. The entertain
ment will be a novelty for Columbus in
it's entire programme. In the cattle
driving contest every rider will be re-
quired to cut his steer out of the herd,
drive him on the race track and take him
on a good run down the home stretch
under the wire; and then and thore turn
him and start him in the opposite diIec-
ton. The high school and military
riding exhibition by Mr.. Volkmann is
alone worth the moderate price of ad-
mission. We consider this novel enter
tainment we'll worthy of our patronage
and We feel confident that the people of
Columbus and vicinity will not fail to
attend in great numbers and thus en-
courage the promoters of this enterprise
The Columbus journal., 1909-10-27
Marriage Licenses.
G. r. G. on Himself,

Like all men, l play many parts;
and none of them is more or less real
than another. To one audience l am
the occupier of house in Adelphi
terrace; to another l am lone of those
damned Socialists" A discussion in a
club of very young ladies as to wheth.
err l could be more appropriately de-
scribed as an old josser or an old
geezer ended in the carrying of an
amendment in favor of an old bromide.
| am also a soul of infinite worth. l
am, in short, not only what l can
make of myself, which varies greatly
from hour to hour and emergency to
no-emergency, but what you can ZEE
in me.-George Bernard Shaw in the
London Nation, in Reviewing G. X.
Chesterton's George Bernard Shaw"
The Columbus journal., 1909-10-27
AROUSED TOO MUCH INTEREST
Why City Woman Preferred Chicken
Dinner to Keeping Fathers
Present as a Pet.

A Massachusetts farmer not long
ago sent large black hen to his mar
ried daughter, who lives in Springfield
and who wished to keep the present
as pet. Upon the arrival of the fowl
it was Immediately placed in a coop
which CHANGED to be within sight of
the street.
1t wasn't long before a neighbor.
passing by, said:
Got hen, haven't you?"
"Yes," said the new owner.
Nice, black one. isn't it,"
YES"
This neighbor was almost immedi.
ately followed by another, who made
the customary observation:
why, you have a hen!"
YES" 4
Just one?'
Yes
Coal black hen, isn't it,"
Yes"
An intermission of a few minutes;
then another neighbor.
We'll, l do declare, you have "a"
Nary" called out the lady of the
house. Kill the hen for dinner!'-
Lippincott's Magazine.
The Columbus journal., 1909-10-27
New Idea in Eco Boiling.

Porcelain eggs that are hollow and
unscrew make the latest egg boilers.
They are of various sizes, according
as the breakfaster wants one, two OF
three eggs. In their usage the cook
opens the real egg. drops its contents
into the egg of porcelain, takes 1t of
when it is soft, medium or hard, as re-
quired. and serves it in the porcelain
that cooked it. set in a little silver
stand.
The advantage of this novel egg
boiler Is that no bad eggs, but only
good ones, need be boiled, and the
service is achieved in a manner the
least troublesome and the most appe.
tizing.
The Columbus journal., 1909-10-27
French Birthrate Grows.

France, after all, may not be fail
ing. Last years census of that coun-
try, where the signs of decadence are
usually believed to reveal themselves
in declining population, shows that
in 1908 there was an excess of births
over deaths amounting to 46,411. In
two years prior to 1907 there was an
excess of deaths over births. But the
excess of births over deaths last year
was higher than the average for the
preceding ten years. 1t is noteworthy
that for 1908 the number of deaths
was the smallest in IL years and con.
siderably smaller, of course, than in
the average for the preceding ten
years. The birthrate, then, is a recov-
cry. And marriages are the largest in
IL years, five per cent greater than
the average for the decade.
The Columbus journal., 1909-10-27
The Good Dinner.

The successful housekeeper was
planning dinner for few of her hus-
bands friends.
Il must have apple pie and cheese
for dessert" she remarked without a
flicker of indecision.
But should think you would want
something more dainty this time of
year." suggested the woman who al
ways worried herself sick over a COM
pany dinner, IAN ice or a frozen pud-
ding
''Oh, but apple pie is my husbands
favorite dish. When he has company
always serve what he likes best;
then he thinks his guests have had
such good dinner, and everybody is
happy. At least my husband and
are happy, and if the guests aren't
no one is the wiser"
The Columbus journal., 1909-10-27
Next Week at the Opera House.

There will come to the Opera House
next week, The Ernest Fisher Players, a
high class aggregation of clever people,
drawn from stock companies and pro-
auctions of New York, Chicago and
Minneapolis.
They will appear in list of recent
metropolitan successes, presented in the
best possible style with beautiful scenery
and sumptuous stage appointments.
The opening will be the "Heir To The
Hoorah," comedy of life in a Rocky
Mountain mining camp, which kept
New York laughing for most Of season
The Columbus journal., 1909-10-27
Apropos of Taxes,

Apropos of New York's 1909 assess
ment rolls, Lawson Purdy, president
of the department of taxes. told a re
porter a story about Gladstone.
Gladstone had no great scientific
knowledge" he said, land at a dinner
when Faraday described an importans
new scientific discovery, the premier
showed Indifference
latter ALL he said. hiding a yawn
behind his hand, what use will it eve,
be-?
why said Faraday, there's every
probability, sir. that some day you'h
be able to tax it. "-Washington Post
The Columbus journal., 1909-10-27
only five years ago.

only five years ago.
There is not poor play in the Fisher
company list, nor poor player in the
company which comes here from the
New Grand Theatre, Souix City.
To introduce the Fisher Players to the
besj patrons of Columbus, ladies will be
admitted free on the opening night for
the performance of "The Heir To The
Hoorah -
The Columbus journal., 1909-10-27
The Dog in the Game.

1.-THE boys in our street have a fine
time skating" said the woman with q
boy of her own. "One of them has
a big st. Bernard dog. gentle as q
kitten and SO playful! This dog chases
around the street with them when
they get their skates on. pushing them
by turn by his head from the rear
until they go sailing half way through
the long block without any effort O,
their own"
The Columbus journal., 1909-10-27

Mr. August Volkmann, an ex-offcer of the
school horse training Come and see him put
Lady Grace" q Kentucky bred saddle horse
through the different gaits. See him ride
caesar, Nebraskabred saddle horse trained
by him. See the horses jump fences and bitches,
and see them obey every verbal command of
their trainer and rider. An attraction of inter-
est to ladies and children, as well as to men and
boys.
The Columbus journal., 1909-10-27
Her CompanY.

Don't Judge a woman by the COM
pany she is compelled to entertain.-
Illustrated Bits.
The Columbus journal., 1909-10-27
The Philosopher of EoIlx.

"Originality is fine thing" says the
Philosopher of Folly, "even if you
have to steal it,