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Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-06-07
TO HATCH ENGLISH
PHEASANTS IN MO.

st. Louis June 7--English pheas.
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missouri j ln' plans OF }. a. Toler'
,o"' S,''o F''"o ana i'Sn commissions
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several hrao6s -, ' ,, ", ,..., ,'"''"'"s' ,i ana
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Tbo ba,ctin" ,
ponin,cr, hl ,'"1 10 ""'' py ordinary
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Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-06-07
SPEED KINGS ARE
COMPETING TODAY

Now Haven, Conn, June 7.-SOmc
Of the most famous speed kings of the
automobile world will compete today
I'm the third hill climb Of the Yale
University AUTOMOBILE Club at ShinE
lc Hill, West Haven. Thousands Of
spectators are gathering TO witness the
events, which include six automobile
and three motorcycle contests. with
Caleb Bragg. Strang, De Palma, Rain
ier and other stars entered. IL is Ger
tain the carnival will eclipse even the
one of last year, when the climb had
the largest entry list Of any climb in
the United States, except that Of the
Fort George, n. y, climb.
Shingle Hin. whore the climb will
be held although in the town of West
Haven is only about four miles out
side Of New Haven. just off the shore
road to Now York, and is about a mile
in length, running through most
picturesque country II has been clear
ed of dangerous curves, and a corps of
road workers have H. in fine cOndi.
tion for the event
The Yale Automobile Club which
will give the climb. is made up en-
tircly Of Yale students, and one of IT'S
orignators. some four or five years
ago, was Caleb Bragg, the amateur
who defeated Barney OldGcld in a
match race, and also established a
now amateur record at the recent Los
Angeles races.
The club has given an event of
some kind each year, and for the past
three years it has been a hin climb.
Automobile manufacturers arc racing
enthusiasts from al lover the country
have supported the student autoists
in their cdimb. and the list Of particl.
pants has included some of the best
known automobile mon lu thc United
states.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-06-07
BANNER RUN
BY FIRE BOYS
In the Midst of Strawberry
Festival Alarm Sounds
and Men Break the
Record.

Citizens were aroused i'm the Silly
watches last night by fire alarm, but
there was no fire and the alarm was u
josh. The firemen wero having a lit.
tie banquet consisting of strawberry
&ice cream, and n few other delicacies
of the seatson and In the midst thereof
an alarm was turned i'm from box Is,
near Sublette and Barnes on Bluefield
avenue. There was scatterment of
dishes and delicious unparalleled i'm his.
tory and the men made the run, q
distance OF about four blocks I'm ono
and half minutes one OF speeddiest
in the history of organization. Tho
chemical wagon hit the Mercer street
bridge in exactly twelve seconds after
the alarm was turned i'm.
Some man, whose name it would not
be policy to mention on his own ac.
count, persuaded Chief Speiden to LET
him pull the box when the festivities
were at their height. The chief was
reluctant but he finally concluded thar
it would be a good test OF the spirit
of his men and no gave his consent.
And he is not sorry since his men
made a banner run.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-06-07
MEDICOS MET
IN ST. LOUIS

st. Louis, June 7.-Thousands of
physicians are assembled I'm st. Louis
today from all parts Of the country
to attend the sixty-nrst annual Sos
sion of the American Medical AssO-
citation. The convention will continue
four days and It is expected that the
total number Of visitors registered
during the period will reach 10000
The 81. Louis Medical Society is act.
ing as host and the delegates viii be
entertained i'm lavish manner.
This is the fourth timc the associa.
ton has met in ST. Louis. previous ses.
siOns being held in 1854, 1873 and
1856. Since the last ST. Louis meeting
the association has own from ecw
hundred members to $4,000. The com.
bincd strength Of the state associa
tons affiliated with the national d..
ganization is $1,000.
Meetings viii be at the Odoon Thea.
ter. Coliseum. y. ". G. A. and church.
cs and halls ON Grand avenue. between
Laclcdo and Finncy avenues
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-06-07
BLUEF|ELD MAN
IN NEW BANK
Is Capitalized at $500,OO0
May Be Known AS Colon
ial Bank and Trust
Company.

Roanoke, June 7.--Yesterday after
noon the formal transfer OF the Amer
ican Savings Bank OF Roanoke was
made to the new concern, which prob
ably will later be known as the Colon
ial Bank and Trust Company Business
viii be continued, however, under she
present style until al arrangements
have been completed. The ncy insu.
tuition has an authorized capital of
$I00O,ooo, and starts business with
100000 capital paid in
The transfer Of the properties cor
robborates the statement printed q
week ago.
The officers and directors are as fol-
lows:
r. H. Cooper, of Salem president.
=. w. Mollohan, of Washington,
yice-president.
Directors DR.. c. ". Y. Cole. Of Rou.
nokc; s. NJ Smith Of Bmcfcld. w. va.
j. @. ~. Smith. Jr. of Baltimore. and
b. w. Mollohan. Of Washington.
Mr. Mollohan who Is vice president
Of the institution, said last night that
the building now occupied by the Banl
viii continue for q time as the home
OF the new institution. but that it. win
be rcmodeled
Baltimore. Washington West viz
piufa and fCoaI D4rffaTt.t. .... f.t.......
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-06-07

The summer meeting Of the West
Virginia Coal Mining Institute which
convened at the Elk's Opera House in
this city this morning at 10 o'clock,
passed resolution unanimously en-
dorsing DR.. Joseph a. Holmes. who
for six years was chief of the technol-
ogic branch OF the United States Geo
logical Survey as chief OF the newly
created Bureau of Mines and secre-
tary Day, of the Institute wired the
action to President Taft at noon to-
day.
The various mining organizations IN
different parts OF the country, it is
understood have almost unanimously
endorsed DR.. Holmes He is under
stood to be a conservationist but not
a factonst.
The resolution was offered by j. b.
Johnston Editor OF the Coal and Coke
Operator of Pittsburg, Pa and is as
follows
Whereas, The Congress of the Unit
cd States has authorized the creation
and organization OF Bureau Gf
Mines and a director thereof is vet
undesignated. and
Whereas Dr. Joseph A. Holmes for
six years as chief or the technolog,c
branch of the Geological survey, whose
learning, special knowledge and exper-
fence have been demonstrated to all
interested in the mining industries,
therefore be it,
Resolved, That the West Virginia
Coal Mining Institute in midsummer
session at Bluefield urge upon The
President the appointment of Or. Jo-
seph A. Holmes as director of Bureau
OF Mines.
The resolution was adopted without
dissent
The institute was called to order
this morning at ten o'clock by Presi-
dent j. b. Hanford, general superin-
tendent of the Elkins Coal and Coke
Company at Morgantown, who briefly
stated the object of the meeting The
attendance at present numbers about
two hundred delegates including mine
superintendent operators. coal mining
engineers, and scientific men from
various parts of the country. In addi-
tion to the authorized delegation there
is a good attendance of townspeople
and local coal men.
At the morning session ]. c. w.
Gerth of Pittsburg gave an instruc-
five talk on Mine Water, Softening
and Publication for Coal Operations
In substitution OF the address If
General u. O'Toole general supern-
tendent Of the United States Coal and
Coke Coz at Gary. w. Va, on the
CONSTRUCTION and operation of Mod
ern Coal Plants There will be dis
tribution OF an exhaustive paper upor
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-06-07
INSTITUTE RECOMMENDS
DR.. JOSEPH A. HOLMES
Wire Sent By Mining Men to President
Taft at Noon Today Asking the Ap-
pointment to the Chiefship of the
Newly Created Bureau
Of Mines

the subject 10y General O'Toole when
the excursion to Gary takes place to-
morrow.
Concluding the forenoon and after
noon sessions the following we'll pre-.
pared and thoroughly scientific pa
pers on the different phases of coal
mining were read:
Address THE Relation of the Deep
water Ways of the Mississippi to the
Waterways OF West Virginia" Col
John Luther Vance, President Ohio
Valley Improvement Association. Co
lumbus. Ohio.
Address Goal Mine Equipment" d."
w. s. Mayors, Consolidation Coal Co..
Fairmont w. Va.
Address Safety Chambers in
Mines" George S. Rice, Mining Engi-
ncer L. s Testing Station. Pitsburg,
Penna.
Address Construction Engineer
ing" H. n. Eavenson. Mine Engineer.
L. S. Coal and Coke Co., Gary. w.
Va.
Address Allotment Of Cars for
Coal Mines" j. w. Heron. Allotment
Commissioner. c. & O. r. r. Co. Hunt.
ington, w Va.
Address-"Mine Resistance" Thos.
w. Fitch Jr, American Blower Co..
Pittsburg, Pa.
Address Some Economic Phases
of Bituminous Coal Production and
Marketing" j. b. Johnston. Editor
Coal and Coke Operator, Pittsburg,
Pa.
Address-"Tho Dan River Coal
Field of North Carolina" u. s. Geo
logical Survey Washington, D. c.
Address Mine Ventilation" James
Horne Mine Inspector, U. S. Coal and
Coke Co., Gary. w. Va.
The program tonight Will be as fol
lows:
Address-"The Geology of the Blue.
field Region and the Pocahontas Coal
Series DR.. l. c. White. state Geolo.
gist, Morgantown. w. va.
Address-"The Development of Tn.
To-Date Fire Fighting Apparatus for
Mines" illustrated, Arinur G. Morse
Department of Railroads and Mines
American La-France Fire Engine Co.
+ Elmira ~ Y
/ There will be a complimentary *.
cursion given by the Norfolk and West
ern railroad tomorrow to Gary Icav
ing at S:15 in the morning. The spec
ial will arrive at Gary at about 10: &c
and will 20 to the No. 9 operation oi
. the United States Coal and Coke Com
/ pany. Later the party will be showr
through Nos and g, returning tc
Gary for lunch. After lunch the No
I - operation and the power plant will
be visited. The special will leave fol
'Bluefeld at about $3.50 in the after
noon.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-06-07
President Taft Sends a Spec
ial Message TO Congress
in Regard to the
Matter.
IMMEDIATELY TO
BE EFFECTIVE.
Wants the Rate Contention
to Be Brought Before the
Commission.

Washington, June President Taft
today sent to congress n special mes
sage which in substance he asks the
House and Senate to send railroad
bill to the conference i'm order that
the bill can be so changed that it will
be effective Immediately upon pas
sage.
He recites the recent conflict with
at yesterdays conference to await the
passage of a bill and then bring the
matter of increasing rates before In
terstate Commerce commission.
He urges the passage of the rail.
road bill as soon as possible.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-06-07
Mingo Republican Conven-
tion at Williamson Re
sembles An Irish Wake
in Good Old Times
A FREE FOR ALI.
FIGHT IN HALL
James Hughes Makes His
Celebrated Speech ct
Were PARED" "

Eye witnesses today state that the
Mingo county Republican convention
held at Williamson yesterday was UNI
exampled i'm the political history Of
West Virginia Nothing like it has
ever happened before and may neycr
happen again within the present
generation. II $ of interest. A non
partisan, disinterested and interde-
nominational observer says that more
nearly resembled an old time IriSh
wake. or a rough house i'm frontier
mining camp than anything else he
knows OF.
g Hon. A. A. Lilly of Beckley canGi-
date for Congress in tho Fifth District,
made a speech arragning Hughes
HIS opponent, for voting for free coal
and on sundry other counts, accord
ing to the Leaders eye witness who as
has been said merely dropped in to
the mill. The crowd appeared to be
going his was when the Hughes con
-
on or so men were more or less phys
ically injured, and guns flashed, with
out really shooting, all over the hall.
Whenever a man showed bis head he
was knocked down by some idle 0y-
stander. It was glorious occasion,
and old Ireland would have been
proud Of II. II was modernized Irish
wake, greatly intensified and the Lea
der's eye witness says If it was not. 1t
should have been the political wake
OF Mr.. Hughes of Cabcll.
Mr.. Hughes on the arraignmcnt for
his usual absence on voting occasions
II congress is said to have repeated
his celebrated explanation now histor-
ic which is in words is as follows:
During each time / were absent from
congress. were pared"
The Leader representative does nDr
claim to be physician or surgeon,
capable Of passing upon wounds. cJn-
tusions or the like. but after care.
ful physical examination OF Hon. a. A.
Lilly who arrived in the city today.
he found what under ordinary condi.
tons II he had them ON his own por.
son, he would take them TO be several
bad bruises on the left arm. and a con,
siderable knot ON the back OF the
head. In addition to- this Mr. Lilly Us
sporting an Ingcrsoll watch bought
for eighty-ninc cents To- replace tho
1856 gold watch which he lost I'm The
melee. He says that 'hc methods oi
Mr. Hughes SAVIOR Of iron teeth and
brute majority I'm an interview with
the Leader ne gives iho following:
There was a large crowd present
and it was quite evident that every.
thing was cut and dried Ny friends
had been somewhat apprchcnsive as
to an attempt Of forco being used, and
this was greatly Increased when the
chair appointed several scrgcants-at.
arms some Of whom were Bob Bus
kirk Grecnway Haffel1 and Alex Huf
ford and so we Thought &c better fD
bide our time for am opportunity TO boz
heard such Am opportunity having
been denied mo by lha county chair.
man. After certain c1t and dried res
oIutions and list of delegates had been
prepared and adopted and Mr Hughes
had been called upon by the chair 90
address tho convention. which he did.
Il s..e. a..
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-06-07
". VA. CAR IS
AHEAD OF TIME
Col. Smiths Speedwell Bids
Fair to Make Close Fin
ish in the Auto En-
durance Race.

Spartinsburg. S. c.. June 7-(SpeC-
iaD The West Virginia car Is ahead
OF schedule time Notwithstanding
forty minutes spent I'm repair Chariot
te, N. G. last night. Thousands rf
people out ot every Gown 80 witness
the passage.
The Specdwell owned by Col. S. M.
Smith OF Blucfield is the only West
Viginia entry and IL bids fair I'D
make a close finish.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-06-07
THE PRESBYTERIANS
HOLD CENTENNIAL

Stockton 81 Y June MANY
prominent Presbyterian cIorgymon
participated today in the celebration
of the centennial of The Larison's Cor
nor Presbyterian Church The orig
inal church was built about 100 years
ago by % German Reformed congrcga-
tion. I'm 1910 tho cd'dcc was taken
over by tine Prosbyterians. and to-.
days observance commentaries that
anniversary.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-06-07
HUNDREDS ARE KILLED
IN AN EARTHQUAKE
Naples Shocked Today And Death List
is Something Frightful---Vesuvius is
Belching and General Panic Pre-
walls Throughout Coun-
try.

Naples. June T. Naples was today
shaken by severe earthquakes and
the shocks continue. The coast To- tho
south including SalcIno is also affect
ed. The death list will run into the
hundreds
Nesuvius is giving signs of eruption
and a general panic prevails.
The southern part OF the pcninsu-
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-06-07

lar is believed to have suffered enor.
nous damake.
Many towns are thought to- have
been destroyed or badly lamagei.
Martial law has been proclaimed
throughout the stricken districts.
King Victor left Rome today for the
Earthquake scene.
His advisers tried to restrain him
but he said his place was where no
could do the most good
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The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1910-02-03

Aid society, which showed both. the
necessity of our educational work in
the South, and tho startling disparity
between the provision made for the
schooling of whites and blacks. The
statistics were supplied by Superin-
tendent E. B. Gresham from the Office
of the school commissioners of Burke
county. Georgia. Pupils of school
age-from. 6 tb h7-are f3os whites
and 6976 -coloreds or 5673 more of
Ltn lfe 1atteF than the former But for
this much larger number the ap=
pnopriatidA Was hut $8168 as against
SIT 500 for the much fewer whites.
1t is true that the, attendance of col
ored pupils is but so or SO per cent
OF the enumeration. while that OF
the whites is S0..sRar cent, But even
on that basis the colored pupils In
the schools would outnumber the
whites nearly three to one.
The number Of schools for whites
is "a. for colored 65. There are IS
white teachers and 70 colored. The
length of the school term is seven
| months for whites and six months
for colored.
The same course, of study is pro-
Vided for white and coIored pupils.
There are the same text books, the
same school work tor both white and
:colared schools Though the seventh
year There are three grades Of
teachers certificates, By the law Of
Georgia, 10 white teachers can teach
in Negro schools
In the town of Waynesboro with a
population Of about 5000, there are
1913 white pupils and 287 colored-
total, $50. The appropriation for
this year was: Whites, $500; col
ored, $3.50; total, $398O. There
are white teachers and colored
The school term is months fol
whites and six for colored. The av-
| erage wages per month-whites
&5S; colored, SGT. Whites have
good school-rooms and single desks,
good black-boards, rooms steam
heated, commodious, well lighted and
ventilated, Colored. schools have
poor desks, no btackboards, rooms
heated by stoves, aud nnsanitary
buildings A small amount of high
school work is done for the white
pupils, and no work for the colored
pupils above the seventh year.
1t may be that the South is doing
| aB 7welt as It cgu for eoaored~ children.
! But the differences in appropriation,
number of teachers, school rooms
ETC., as revealed above, are Startling
And Georgia, We are assured, is the
most progressive of the southern
states. It surely 1Qoka as if there
might be, room. for Improvement.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1910-02-03

Notice is henahE given Eaat at a
meeting Of the stooktao1ders OF Loe-
wanstein Il Sons, a corporation,
created and organized under the lave
Of the State of West Virginia held
at Charleston on the 31st day of De-
cember, 1909, the following reeolu-
tioDs were adopted:
Resolved, First, That Loewenstein
& Sons, corporation, created and
organized under hfs iaws OF State OF
West Virginia, does hereby discon-
tinue business 60 q corporation, and
surrenders to said State fits charter
and corporate franchises The BOARD
Of Directors will proceed to convert
the property chooses fn action and at
assets Of this CORPORATION Into cash
and pay on and dtseharge adj OF tt
debts, liabilities aHA pBllg s8iggas, anS
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1910-02-03

sit Ia ths.~halcony, this boon, being
granted oris!aalIs to accommodate
Negro nurse. girls accompanied by
their charges. Did We hear anything
about the evils of theatr e. going /?
Not SO that anyone could notice 1t.
Now behold, the reverse Of the
shield
4 number OF Negroes opened n
vaudeville theatre. They keep their
place clean. preserve order. give re-
fined shows and exhibit only high
class pictures. No discrimination is
ATTEMPTED and all are treated with
courtesy. They give employment to
other members Of the race who might
be hewing wood or drawing water
for all the other theatre proprietors
getting Negro money cared. Do they
receive the same treatment from
these leaders which they extend to
white proprietors Of theatres with
Jim Crow" accommodations? Do
they? Not by a - long sight.
There is frothing at the mouth, con-
niption fits between warnings to flee
from the wrath to come. -.--
What is here said is not to be con-
strued as plea for or against the
dance hall or theatre. It. is intended
solely as bird's-eye view Of actual
conditions, thumb nail sketch of
what q Negro may expect who in
vests his money in any enterprise de-
pendent upon the patronage Of the
race for success or failure.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1910-02-03

after fully discharging all such debts;
liabilities and obligations, divide the
remainder among the stockholders
pro rata with their several hooiiddii1s holdings
OF stock, hut no such-payment- shall
be-m ade~to any stakeholder until
after the publication of the notice
hereinafter provided.
+ Resolved, Second, That the presi-
dent OF this corporation cause notice
of the adoption of the foregoing res
piutions to be published in some
newspaper Of general circulattoR.
published near the principal. Office
or place OF business of this CORPORA
tion once a week for four successive
weeks, and that he certify these res
olutions to the Secretary of State of
the State of West Virginia, and de-
liver to him q certificate showing the
publication of said notice as provided
by law.
Given under my hand this / 9Th
day of. January, 1910.
. JOE LOEWENSTEIN,
President of Said CORPORATION.
Attest: ABE LOEWENSTEIN,
$50. . Secretary.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1910-02-03
THE KNOCKERS.

In every community. and Charles
ton is no exception, there is a class
OF Negro leaders ever ready with
their little hammers to pound the
life out Of any enterprise started by
another member of the race, without
regard to its character.
LAS soon as they hear that a bust
ness enterprise is TO be started. they
begin to throw cold water upon i, bv
predicting failure. If the promoters
nave the courage to put their plans
TO the test, these same leaders name
date for the death of the venture
and then proceed forthwith to verify
their prediction by open, but more
frequently concealed, opposition. It
matters not to them whether the on
terprise is worthy or not. if it con-
hicts with their real or fancicd in.
1erests 1t gets the hammer.
member Of the opposite race
may have conducted a similar bus,-
ness and was patronized by the Negro
even under humiliating conditions
mats all right. Our leaders are as
dumb as the Sphinx. But let 2 No.
gro begin similar business, but wifi
TINS exception, he gives employment
to other members of,tbe race. That,
all wrong. These very same leader,
throw their hands up in holy horror
ana make the welkin ring with admo
n1t1ons to the race against works O
the devil
AS case in point. there were thos.
a. goooiy number, who openly prayet
TO God to open the earth and swallow
up or send down a bolt from heavo,
and blot from natures face tn
knights Of Pythias building in tbi
city, because they permitted DANCING
SO long as the Negro fraternal socIe
ties were holding their meetings i
a filthy little hall owned BY whit
persons where dances were held an
dtsorderly conduct was the rul,
dancing may not have been condonc
but 1t certainly was not CONDEMNED
Of that more anon.
Then there is the theatre. Sine
their opening it was the custom, II
III recently, for the moving pictul
theatres to segregate Negroes
seats at the rear of the house.
the opera house they climbed thrt
nights of stairs to. occupy dust
h seats in the gallery, except on the a.
pearance of q Negro show or at
: mn sinee, when they were allowed