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Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1909-10-14
ATE HIS CHOP IN SOLITUDE
sons Aloofness Respected by
Tow Diners at Restaurant
He Patronized.


One OF Tennyson's favorite resorts
In ms early days was the Cock" in
r leet street, few yards east of TEN
pie Bar. Chandeliers sign projected
over the door and inside was the con
venuonal sanded floor and the furni-
ture and fixtures made familiar to
American tourists by the "Old
Cheshire Cheese.
In will Waterproof" Tennyson
demonstrates his appreciation of the
cocks genial offerings. notably that
pint of good sound old port for which
the ancient hosiery was famous. The
Cock was torn down many years
ago to give place to a Bank of Eng
land branch Office and many lovers
OF succulent steaks and chops lament
ed its demolition. l remember well
the fat and plethoric waiter who re-
1oiced in his recollections of the great
poet and indicated the particular
spot on which he ate his chop. drank
that immortal pint of port and
smoked the long clay churchwarden
anected in the chop houses of those
hne old days when chops were not
frozen into woolly havorlessness in
Australian wilds, when port was IN
sophisticated and tobacco innocent of
rum and Tonkin beans.
Tennyson liked his curly tailed
chop well done. with the tail crisply
burned, and he removed the skin of
the mealy potato with care and preci-
sion. He spoke to no one. He was
moody and silent and pulled for a
couple of hours. the smoke encircl:ng
MS great name. Occasionally he
would command-that is the word in
his Casa second pint of port. drink
ing it slowly and with nice delibera-
ton, and not greedily. in great gulps.
like DR.. Samuel Johnson. Having
paid his score, he would wrap around
him great cloth cape and. with
stately step and courtly bow to the
head waiter, stalk forth into the
night.
The walters viewed him with great
awe and showed him marked rever-
ence. They had not read his poems,
but they knew he was a wonderful
poet and they respected that wealth
OF hair and beard and that grave and
even austere manner. The other Gus
toners of the "Cock"-lawyers and
Journalists mostly-accepted his de-
sire to be left to himself, and even
those who might have claimed &C
quaintance with him were reluctant
to intrude upon his chilly solitude
Head waiter. honored by the guest
Half-mused or Keeling ripe
The pint you brought me was the best
That ever came from pipe.
But Tennyson unlike his own VIII
Waterproof. spoke no word OF COM
mendation or blame. He was self
contained. impregnable and as the
old waiter told me with inimitable Sc
robustness of aspect and expression.
Ike was a very 'aughty gent"
The Pecuniary Standard.
do you assume to compare your.
self with the masters Of literary ex.
pression?"
Sure" answered the man with the
typewriter. II was paid more for
my latest story than John Milton got
tor Paradise Lost"
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1909-10-14

Coming down to the Office at an
early hour the other morning the Re-
view man noticed one of our most
popular and highly educated young la
dies busily engaged in carrying in
and stacking the winter supply of
wood. And she didn't seem to mind
a bit who stopped and rubbered at the
unusual sight. The chap who gets
that girl to trot with him along life's
stormy pathway will be in big luck
Jefferson (Ore.) Review.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1909-10-14
PRIMARY ELECTIONS"

"The bill to legaliz, primary cleo
lions after laundering fearfully in the
committee came upon the calendar too
late to be reached in due course, and it
was not allowed TO he taken I'D out of
its order. This is the fourth session
that measures of this kind have been
killed nv indirection. A few gentlemen
In the Senate, several of them upon the
Committee on Privileges and Elections,
have been the chief executioners. 1t is
more than suspected that they have had
the encouragement of some other gen.
tlemen OF considerable political promi-
nence in the State who are not mem
bers of the General Assembly. The
old-time politicians who knew so well
how to pack and dominate conventions.
have learned how to manipulate our
present loose and irregular primaries. !"
This is esp cially illuminating in view
of the widespread suspicion attaching to
the late primary, with its most recent
equipment-addingm machines.
The methods of the "old-time politi-
clans" are so well set forth in the
News-Leader's editorial written about
the time that the foregoing appeared,
that it is here Reproduced:
Zone mistake that many Democratic
party leaders and would be directors of
Legislation in Virginia make constantly
is is forgetfulness of the existence, the
strength and the increasing respectable
ity of the Republican party. For a
few years here we could do as we
pleased because we had no serious op-
position to fear. The results of cleo
tons were in the hands of the election
officers who were all Democrats, and
discreetly selected. We could count in
or count out al we liked. White peo-
pie dared not refuse to vote the straight
ticket, no matter how many or acute
their grievances and resentments might
be, and the Republican vote could be
made to disappear mysteriously.
1t should be remembered that some of
the "old time politicians" are still
alive, and that the departed have we'll
trained successors.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1909-10-14

j. Thompson Brown. Doubtless this
record chilled the Governors enthu-
siasm.
1t must be conceded that according to
the official reports of the Superintend-
ent of the Institution known as the
state Farm, the cost of living has
increased there. Given a fine James
River plantation, well stocked with
modern machinery and other appliances
and equipment, together with convict
labor and expert supervision, it might
be supposed that the farm would be at
least self-sustaining. This is far from
the facts, however, according to the re-
ports of the Superintendent when taken
IN conjunction with the Auditors re-
ports and the appropriation bills. The
Superint endent's reports show that
during the past four years this enter
prise has been conducted at net loss to
the State of about $25. 10000. 1t ap-
pears that at one time the "rock-crush-
ing" plant operated in connection with
the State farm was one of the chief
sources of revenue. 1t is said that the
product of this plant has been marketed
in competition with the private enter
prises, with disastrous results to them.
The Governors speech is undoubtedly
notable, especially for its rash asser-
tons and its significant omissions.
Among the latter may be found an in
tensely interesting subject to Demo-
Gratis just now,-the legslized primary.
The following primary comment from
the Times-Dispatch's review of legisla-
tive proceedings (session of 1909 is
worth reading:
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1909-10-14
N INV Norfolk & Western
Schedule in Effect June 20, 1909.
Leave Tszewell Daily for Bluetield
ll:l3 N. 6:06 D. n.
For Norton
1924 a. m. sos p. m.
LEAVE RLUKFIRLp,
EAST BOUND.


sos &. m. for Roanoke, Lynchbur,.
Norfolk and all pointp IN Shenaudoah
Division. Pullman sleeper and Cafe Car
TO Roanoke Pullman sleeper Roanoke fn.
New York, via Hagerstown. ParIor cs-
Roanoke and Norfolk.
100 a. N. daily for East Radford. Roam
oke and Norfolk. Pullman Parlnr
car Roanoke and Norfolk.
1910 p. m. daily for Roanoke, Lynchbnry
and intermediate stations and the Shen-
4ndoah Valley. Pullman sleeper Gary
to Philadelphia and New York via Hsgers-
town. Cafe car.
9:lS p. m. for Roanoke, Lvncbhurc
Richmond, Norfolk. Pullman sleeper p,
Norfolk. Roanoke to Richmond cafe car
WEST BOUND,
500 a. m. for WEIGH and lO:45 a m
tor Williamson.
$40 3. m. for WEIGH, Williamson. Ke-
nova, Portsmouth, Columbus and no,nrs
West. Pullman sleeper to Columbus
Cafe dining cars.
2;l6 p. m. for Gary and intermediate.
stations. Pullman sleeper. Cafe car.
S;2O p. m. for WEIGH, Williamson. Ke
nova, Portsmouth, Cincinnati. Columhn.,
st. Louis and the West. Pullman sIeeDs i,
to Cincinnati and Columbus. Cafe car
For additional information. apnlv j, =.
ticket Office or to
W. B. BEVILI, MI BRAGG.
Gen. Pass. Agt. Ira. Pass. AT.
Roanoke. Va.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1909-10-14
Splendid Bargain
Real Estate !!

A nice home near Shawver
Mill, Tazewell county, Va,
can be bought at rare bar
gain. New frame house with
SIX rooms and two halls, good
stable, fine garden and about
% fruit trees in full bearing.
Churches, school house and
mill within a few hundred
wards. One of the best neigh
borhoods in the county.
Call at REPUBLICAN Office
for price and terms. They
will astonish you. feb11tf
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1909-10-14
NOTICE..

The overseer of the poor for each
Magisterial District of Tazewell county
IS provided with contingent fund Of
nifty dollars for each year, which is
under control of the overseer of the
poor and the member of the board, of
the respective districts. to be used for
cases of emergency. After this emer-
gency fund has been expended by anv
overseer of the poor, for any one wear.
he has no authority, under the law, to
bind the county for any further amount
under any circumstances. All further
allowances must be made by the Board
of Supervisors.
Published by order of the Board of
Supervisors of Tazewell county.
Tests:
Jan2stf S. M. Graham, Clerk.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1909-10-14
Real Deep Sea Fish.

In the beginning of the last century
halibut emigrated to deeper and deep
er water, until they are now caught in
depths of $50 to $50 fathoms, in deep
sea valleys. Halibut capture cod by
stunning them with strokes of the tail.
The roe of 35O-pound halibut
weighing A pounds, was over two feet
long and contained more than 2,0OO,-
600 eggs, says Prof. Daviu Starr Jor-
dan
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1909-10-14
Idieness Is an Atronhx.

The prosperity of a people is pro-
portionate to the number of hands
and minds usefully employed. To the
community. sedition is a fever, cor
ruption is a gangrene and idleness is
an atrophy. Whatever body or soci-
ETY. wastes more than it acquires
must gradually decay, and every being
that continues to be fed and ceases to
labor takes away something from the
public stock-Dr. johnson.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1909-10-14
Providential Escape

The old lady had had a severe i'll
ness, and she was relating its vicissi-
tudes to a friend or two in the
grocer's shop when the minister came
in. IT'S only by the Lords mercy"
she piously declared. that I'm not in
heaven to-night"-Mancheste Guard
ian.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1909-10-14

Offers double the advantages of other
schools. Erecting It's own elegant
building. Buying new equipment.
Employing additional teachers. $50
students last year Positions for grad
yates Rates reasonable. Fall session
opens Sept. lst. Write for prospectus.
Address.
E. NJ COULTER.
JyzZm3 President.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1909-10-14
He did that whiTa-ha ,

He did that while he was asleep ,"
lnoeed ne did. and when walk
ened him he couldn't remember a
thing about It, How In the world do
you explain it,"
"Oh, that's all right Don't worry
It's funny. Of course, but II he had
done 1t while awake it would have
been blamed sight more unusual ;,
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1909-10-14
Her Grievance.

Never mind" said Socrates, you
may disapprove of me, but posterity
will lend an attentive ear to my teach
ings." That's what exasperates mel"
replied Xantippe. ITO think a man
would go to such lengths in order to
have the last word!"-Washingt
STIR
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1909-10-14
School Of Agricultural Apprentices

Zone Year Course for Young Farmers
Total cost of session of nine months,
including tuition and other fees, board,
washing, uniforms, medical attendance,
etc., $276. 60. Cost to Virginia stu
dents, 226. go.
The next session opens Wednesday,
September 22nd, 1909.
PAUL B. BARRNGER, MD, LID.
jy6m8 President.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1909-10-14
VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE,
BLAcKSBURe, VA.

Degree courses in Agriculture, Hor-
ticulture. Applied Geology, Civil, Min
ing, Mechanical and Electrical Engin-
eeriDg. Metallurgy and Metallorgraphy,
and Preparatory Veterinary Medicine
Sixty-four Instructors, Thoroughly
Equipped Shops, Laboratories and
Barns. Steam heating and electric
lights in dormitories. Library 1900
volumes. EARN of LOO acres.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1909-10-14
Cause for SIrnrica

My dear. I'm afraid our Willie 70
somnambulist," said the FOND
mother.
What's he doing now"
We'll last night I heard a noise
In his room and I crept in, and there
was Willie walking about. I followed
him and he went down stairs. picked
up the lawn mower and the pruning
hook and broom and was starting ont
the door when I stopped him"
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1909-10-14
Prayer Quickly Answered.

That the fisherman's net might be
filled to overlooking" was the prayer
of an Edinburgh minister in an Eye
mouth church recently, and the fol-
lowing night such quantities of fish
were caught that a boat load had to
be thrown overheard
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1909-10-14
Notice 10 the Public.
80ARi0RE COLLEGE
NUM- L hE Salem, Va, U. S. A.

For Men. Courses for Degrees; also
Commercial and Preparatory Courses.
Able Faculty. Library. "a. 600 volumes;
working laboratories; good moral infiu-
ences; M BAR ROOMS Healthful noun
tain lDcatol Small expenses 57th
year begins September 18th. Catalog
of 20 pages free. Address
j. A. MOREHEAD,
President.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1909-10-14
A 5o-cent bottle of
SCOTS Emulsion

given in half-teaspoon
doses four times a day,
mixed in its bottle, will
last a year-old baby near
ly a month, and four bot
ties over three months,
and will make the baby
strong and we'll and will
lay the foundation for a
healthy, robust boy or
girl.
FOR SALE RY All. DprrccrSrc
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1909-10-14
officers.
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.

+. HoMr~"N. rh ~ O.. JEFF '-ouvi IL D.s't
f.. e.. " AG~ER &c. Fork district.
". J. LEI KR Ne'c-p ~urlry district
Meetings of the Board of Superv -
ors for Tazewell county are as follow.
Regular meetings first Monday IN
) january and fourth Monday in Juv.
Gall NEE tings the second TUESDAY N
each month except January and july.
s. NJ. Graham, Clerk.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1909-10-14
TEACHERS SALARIES

The Governor says that under the adj
ministration of the Republicans the
State was unable to pay the teachers.
He also compares the salaries of teach
era for the year 1888 with those for
1908. Evidently he overlooked Superin-
tendent Eggleston's official report on
this subject in which he says: cit is
hard enough that teachers in Virginia
have to be paid such low salaries. That
they should be required to wait for
weeks, and sometimes months, for
their small wages, and that in some in
stances they have to discount their war
rants, is disgraceful condition of affairs
that should be remedied in some way. 4"
The Governors comparison Of salar-
les of teachers shows how progressive
the Democratic party really is. Ac-
cofding to his figures, it has taken the
Democrats twenty-five years to advance
the salary of male teachers less than a
hundred dollars year, and that of the
female teachers about half that amount.
Perhaps the party policy in regard to
the school system is better illustrated
by the attitude of its leaders towards
the salary of the Superintendent of pub
lie instruction which in about three
years has been increased $500. 90 q
year (from $1,000 to $3,500OO). A
similar rate of progress is noted in the
salary of one of his clerks an increase
of thousand dollars year in the same
period. There is a vast difference be-
tween the modest teacher, who devotes
his obscure life to earnest work for the
children and lives on seanty allowance,
and the clustering and aggressive politi-
clan who can serve the party machine
and proclaim his achievements from
the house-tops.
AGRICULTURE AFFAIRs-sTATE FARM
The Governor claims that some prog
ress has been made by the Department
ment of Agriculture, but makes no eff
fort to relieve the Department of the
burden of its record as disclosed by Mr..
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1909-10-14

Total increase for past five
years. Observation-Disclosures. $l26, 971 %
Average yearly increase
for past five years. s 25. 1894. 25
The Governor undertakes to Justify
the deduction nf the increase in salaries
of judges ard the expense of the Cor
poration Commission by the claim that
the former was occasioned by the
change in the judicial system, and the
latter by the creation of the Corpora
ton Commission. But as the revenue
to apply against these items has been
included in the receipts by the Auditor,
he properly includes the full amounts
paid for these departments as expendi-
lures The Gove<ior contends that the
increase in s1srf$A;s justified by the
increase in re%A IeE The only correct
method by which to ascertain the in
crease in the salaries of officers of the
government is, therefore, to determine
whether the revenue has increased in
proportion to the increase in salaries.
This result will show whether the Gov
ernor's assertion is well founded. His
figures show that the revenue has
largely increased, it is true. His state
ments also exhibit an enormous increase
in expenditures. The Auditors reports
show that the revenue for 1908 amount
ed to SIS, 526, GIG 43, while the expendi-
lures amounted to IS, 786, O18. 20, show
ing an excess over and above receipts
of $3.50, 402 q for the year 1908. The
increase in revenue for 1908 over that
of 1903 is fraction over fifty per cent.
The increase in salaries of officers of
the Government for 1908 over 1903, is a
fraction over one hundred per cent Is
the Governors assumption we'll found
ed? Undoubtedly, as he says, both in
tegrity and wisdom are required to ad-
minister the affairs of the government.
The public can readily determine what
measure of administrative wisdom and
skill the foregoing exhibit displays.
The Governors failure to commend this
vital feature of the situation is worthy
of at least honorable mention.
Here are a few items of increased ex-
penditures in recent years, not men
toned by the Governor, and picked out
at random:
Governors secretary increased from
$1,000 90 to 100000.
srnor's assistant secretary from
$9,eo Ito $12OO.OO.
~. man Of Board of Fisheries (now
CoIn'r of Fisheries) increased from
$120O.O0 to $25OO.OO.
Sy,~Ftary of Board of Fisheries in
ere DC from 100000 to $l6OO.OO.
F"' Fisheries, salaries, expense and
boatenl Increased from SIG, TOO to $55, 900.
Officers and directors penitentiary
from $s172 n to s12,S5O.
Guards penitentiary from $27, 7O1. 40
to $39, $4,000.
Superintendent public instruction
from 81, 900 to $3500.00.
Clerk to Superintendent Public In
struction from 81, 800 to 50, 10000.
Police and employees capital square,
governors mansion and library from
$40, 377 81 to $40, 5SO.7S.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1909-10-14
FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS

Send loc., name of paper and this ad. for
our beautiful Savings Bank and Child's Sketch
Book Each bank contains a Good Luck
Penny.
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Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1909-10-14
NOTICE.

All persons are warned against OBJ
strucung any of the roads of this coun-
ty, or any often constructed for the
drainage of any road, by throwing
therein any waste material of any kind
whatsoever.
By order of the Board of Supervisors
s. NJ. GRAHAM, Clerk.
Sept. loft
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1909-10-14
TAzEWEII ca DIRECTORY.


Frlto n ", j. e; 4. q .Lsi..,
'-rk. crir &c c.. 81 NJ Az IN
tebrusiy ami ! b n .day D." . An
gust and November.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1909-10-14
Increase over
previous y ear.

Total increase for past FIVE
years. ................. $l26, 81 %
Average yearly increase
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1909-10-14
The Pecuniary Standard

do you assume to compare your.
self with the masters Of literary ex.
pression?"
Sure" answered the man with the
typewriter. Il was paid more for
my latest story than John Milton got
Tor Paradise Lost"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-07-13
PERSONALS.

Prof Herman Babson and wife left
for the Coast on the Coronado, Sun
day.
VIM. Mccormick, of Wahiawa, will
leave on the next steamer for the
Coast to attend to the sale of his fresh
pineapples.
DR.. and Mrs. J. NJ. Whitney leave on
the Mariana next week for a two
month trip. They expect to spend a
week at Seattle and viii spend the
rest of the time at Harrison Hot
Springs, B. c., returning by the Ma
kura, September II.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-07-13
LOCAL BREVITIES.

The band win play this morning at
the steamer Hilonian.
Excelsior Lodge, No. l, I. O. 0. F.,
will meet in Odd Fellow s hall at 1880
this evening.
Court Canoes, No. 8110, A. o. F.,
will meet in san Antonio hall this
evening at 7:30 O. clock.
Mrs. Jas. Wilkinson takes this means
Of thanking all of her friends for sym
pathy in her bereavement.
The transport Thomas viii arrive
from San Francisco this afternoon at
8 clock with 283 sacks of mail.
Superintendent of Public Works
Marston Campbell yesterday signed the
commission of Joshua Tucker as head
of the Land Department.
The anniversary Of the taking of
the Bastile will be observed by the
French Consulate, on the 14th instant,
by the hosting Of the tIicolor.
Superintendent of Public Works
Marston Campbell yesterday trans
ferred to the City and County of Ho-
noluiu strip of land at the corner of
Bethel and King streets.
Raymond NJ. Baker, charged with
bigamy, will plead on August 2. He
was to have come before the bar of
justice in the Federal Court yesterday,
bat his ease was continued.
Chief Thurston of the Fire Depart
ment is completing his inventory of
Territorial property in his possession.
He stated yesterday that he expects to
have the list ready TO turn over by
Thursday next.
The site of the new therapeutical
laboratory for the Kaihi Receiving
Station has been located. Secretary
Mott Smith visited the receiving sta
ton yesterday morning and decided
upon the location.
Treasurer Conkling has forwarded to
Dillon a. Hubbard of New York certi-
fed copies of the session laws of 1909,
and the journals of the House and Sen
ate Dillon Hubbard are the legal
advisers to the Territorial government
in all matters relating to the issuance
Of bonds.
On August l the hack and bootblack
stands at King and Bethel streets must
move. They have received notice from
superintendent of Public Works Mars
ton Campbell that on that date the
ground must be clear 50 that the Su-
pervisors can commence improvement
work there.
Lisbeth Noa drank a four-ounce vial
of cafbolic acid at her home in Palolo
valley yesterday morning. Dependency
over the death of young Bellina, who
hanged himself short time ago, is
said to have prompted her desperate
act After strenuous work the doctors
brought the would be suicide back to
life.
Yesterday report was current to
the effect that the gay and festive
youth who, under the name of John
7. Baker Jr., ran up several bills last
week which he has failed to pay, had
married the daughter of a well-known
man in public life. The mysterious
Mr.. Baker has managed, so far, to
create more than mild sensation.