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Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-11-19
PROPER SCHOOL AGE.

There has always been more or les.
discussion among educators and par
ents as TO the proper age at which
children should be sent to school A
srea; many who have made stud,
of the subject incline TO the belle,
that law raising the age to seven
years would prove great benefit
not only TO the children themselves
but to the country in future years. as
logical conclusion of course. We
nave seen the results of the present
system OF starting children at five and
SIX, rushing them through school and
we know that they lack a great deal
OF being satisfactory. In great
many instances those who favor early
,'arlng are prompted by the motive
of Sinking the responsibility of their
care Tor the children rather than on
account OF the little learning they
would acquire. We believe the
he starring age should be raised and
We have frequently noticed that chill.
Cren started in school at eight or
nine, can catch up with their classes
and in the majority of instances make
moro substantial progress in the long
run.
Inc following from the American
Journal of Clinical Medicine has n
direct bearing upon the subject.
"A nice old English lady, hearing
an American child spoken of as ner.
Vous, said: Nervous, Is there any.
thlng the matter with it's mind?"
She was one of the class OF com.
portable phlegmatic English women
VINO live and move and have their
being with a placidity simply madden
ing to us Americans. Her babies were
roly-poly, kitten-like creatures. tucked
away thro babyhood in quiet corners
o stare AZ nothing, doza and breathe
and sQuirm and grow. Nerves in =
enid 10 her could only mean grave d..
rangemcnt, probably mental. and in n
certain sense she was right.
childhood should be period of
healthy animalism. Simply to observe
and absorb is enough in this ei,,Ir-
cal American atmosphere of ours IN
vi enid is seven years old. To teach
rim anything previously is a mistake
lie has enough to do if he sin,iv
takes i'll his surroundings. and ttat -
what every child does, and that 6
why a cow-like. uncducated Crrt iii
terate or vulgar) nurse is oftcn he.
ter for the first year Of a child : lilo
MAN its highly organized nervous
mother. Such a vnurse has the same
erect upon the child as the compan.
lonship OF dumb animals, than which
there is nothing better. II is an
iHhuonce which soothes and amuses
Goes not disturb and is wholesome
After seven, however, when it is safe
10 develop the little mind, a nursery
ftNe,ness should be substituted for
nc servant; perhaps it may be wise
earlier"
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-11-19
SILENCE BROKEN.

Colonel Roosevelt has broken sill
cnce. and in the Outlook. of which
publication he is contributing editor
re intimaies that he is tsill in the
ring bu, how baby disfgured the
deponent sayeth not.
Here is his statement.
ON every hand. personally and NV
correspondence. have been asked IN
make statement regarding the clcr.
tion. So far as am concerned
h't@ nothing Whatever to add to ~,
TO take away from the declaration of
principles which nave made IN IN.
osawatomie speech and elsewhere
East and Wess, dur,lg tho past thrcr
months The fight for proeresgiya
popular government has merely begrn
ard will certainly 90 on ,ota trinm.
pfant conclusion in spite OF initial
checks and irrespective Of the nor
'oral success or failure of individnai
leaders"
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-11-19

Hamilton belong to the federalist par.
ty? Equally did John Adams, and we
might say, George Washington. The
charge of Hamiltonianism. which Mr.,
Bryan brings against Mr.. Roosevelt Is
based on the fact that he wants cor
porations like railroads to seek m.
tional incorporation. So he does, and
Tor the reason that this will allow
better supervision. No, says Mr.. Bry.
an; not that. but in order that they
may escape state control. We accept
the reason given by Mr.. Roosevelt
as adequate. One national control
is better than forty-sIx state controls.
and more likely to be effective in res.
training wrongs. 1t is state legisla-
lures that have been most subservient
TO corporations. 1t will not be easy
TO brighten the people by talking to
them OF usurpation Of power by the
national government. IL is only what
the people give that the central power
at Washington. through the will of
Congress and the approval Of the
supreme court, will execute. Never
was our government moro absolutely
democratic, in state or nation, than 1t
Is today. We shall have no new ma.
journalism except as the people demand
1t; and this we may assert. that the
people take more interest in the ma.
tional interests. as against state in.
terests, than they did in the old Ham
iltonian and Jeffersonian days. And
the people will rule, undisturbed by
bugaboos."
Ii the editor of the Independent will
examine the plan of government pre-
pared by Hamilton he will find that
hamilton was not at all in harmony
with our system of government as is
today and that we have been growing
away from his ideas rather than to-
ward them. The Independent is also
mistaken when it thinks that national
incorporation is intended for the bet
ter supervision of railroads. Mr..
Roosevelt, in his message recommend.
ing national incorporation, gave three
reasons, one of which was that j.
would relieve the railroads of state
supervision. This was the real rea-
son. We intend national incorpora-
tlon TO secure such additional federal
control as may be desirable. There Is
no need of national incorpora ton OK
cept TO get rid of state control. Tie
democratic platform declares in favor
OF both state and national control. the
national control to be added to state
control. not substituted for it,
III may be true, as the independents
suggests, that the people do not fear
usurpation Of power by the natij
government. Al usurpations of power
nave come gradually and without the
people recognizing the danger, but
Mr.. Roosevelts's new nationalism ore
sents the matter so clearly that when
eXemplified by his own we'll known
views, the people are likely to resist
before it is too late. The word buga
boo may serve the purpose of the In
dependent now, but if it intends to as
slst Mr. Roosevelt first to concentrate
everything at Washington and then
TO concentrate everything in the presi-
dent and then to nave the president
act as sort OF guardian of the public,
1t VIII have to quit using phrases
and employ arguments.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-11-19
Presbyterian Church.

The services tomorrow should he
unusually interesting Sunday school
at the usual hour, $3.50 a. m, MIR. G..
y. Hancock, superintendent.
At. ] a. m. Rev. Samuel W. Moore
the pastor elect will be formally in.
stalled as pastor of the church accord
ing 10 the Presbyterian form of
church government by a commission
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-11-19

Ell happens to make hit you iliavc
calls for II al nauseam
Attendant whaf9 oh Nes |
think remember. We've had one or
TWO calls for j., bu. it's rather com.
lnonplace, don't you think?-Chicaso
Tribune.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-11-19
United Charity Successful

The secretary of the Associated
CHARITIES of Bluefield is calling the at
tention of the public to the impor.
lance OF giving your offering for char
ity now. Whatever you plan to give
send 1t at once to treasurer Bruce.
1t is given out exactly right.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-11-19
Lutheran College Qay.

BY appointment of the church one
sunday of the year is to be observed
as college Day The local Luth-
Grams observe today giving their pray
ers and also their offerings for their
two colleges at Salem, Va. Roanoke
College and the Woman's College.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-11-19
Lutheran Church Services

Sunday school at 40 a. IN. Divine
service at ii a. IN. Offering for our
colleges. At 1880 p. IN. song ser.
vice with special music. Subject of
sermon: Last Days and Judgment. -
Michael Angeles famous painting to
be described as the Christian idea
Public invited.
G. II. w. KEGLEY, Pastor.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-11-19
Grace Methodist Church

sunday School at $50 a. IN.
Junior Epworth League 2:3O p. m.
preaching by the pastor at IL a. m
and 1880 p. m.
we give cordial welcome to all.
j. S. HAMILTON, Pastor.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-11-19

or VIII preach on Americas Providen-
ual Relation TO the Nations.
Having been for twenty years Sec
rotary of the Northern Baptist For
traveller in mission lands of the
Far East, DIR. Mabie will speak from
vide observation. The public invit-
ed.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-11-19
In The City Churches
FIRsr eAprIsr cAuRcH

Worship az 100 O'Clock. a which
Dr. ". G.. Nabie, OF Boston. will
preach. Special music.
There will be no evening service.
on account Of the absence OF the
pastor, who is attending the Virginia
General Association, in Roanoke, vir-
ginia
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-11-19
Bland Street M. &. Church

Sunday school at 9:3O "A. m. ]. l.
Harn, Superintendent.
PREACHING at IL u. III. Subject:
White as Snow"
Epworth League Gas a. m.
Preaching 7:30 p. IN. Subject: Eek
perience"
FRANK Y. JACKSON. Pastor.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-11-19
SATURDAY, NOV 10, 1910
REASONS FOR CONTEST

That Hon. Rankin Wiley has good
cause to believe with fair elections
in Mingo and Mcdowell he would
have been victorious over his Repub-
lican opponent becomes more appar-
ent as the evidences of fraud are
brought 10 light in those counties. In
the name of clean politics, good gov
eminent and in justice to himself, Mr..
Wiley should push his contest to the
bitter end. Both parties are tired on
the corrupt methods of these ring
sters and it is high time for them to
get at least a portion of their deserts.
The Williamson Enterprise which
is on the ground and thoroughly adj
Vised as to the situation says:
The worst election frauds in the his
tory OF this county were perpetrated
by the renegade gang last Tuesday.
This is saying grea. deal too. for
in 1904 this gang perpetrated enough
fraud to give them an excuse for
counting in whole county ticket that
was not elected by some very strain
ed and new presidents of our Su-
preme Court. This only emboldencd
them and prepared the way for
stronger effort in the direction. and n
more pronounced series of frauds i'm
1906. Then all decent people thought
the limit of rascality had been reach
cd and that even the renegade gang
of Mingo county would not dare 90
any further. But in l90S they carried
their nefarious schemes still further
by fraudulent registration, repeating
negroes from Mcdowell county and
Pocahontas. Va. and still the peoplc
OF the county were patien. ard did
not resort to any Hefarious means OF
self-defense. The renegade gang lad
been sustained by the State commit
tee as the recognized Republican mr.
~, and the party authority Their
thieyery had been sustained by tho
highest court in the Safe. Tho Re.
publican party was running the state
and the Supreme Court was c9nstrr.
ing the law. The people of the coun-
" were thoroughly DISCOURAGED. The
worst feature Cf the whole thing was
the character OF men they put in Of
nee by the steal. The details of this
part of the calamity are 50 revolving
that We refrain from DISCUSSING trcm
at this time. The actions Of these
men as will be shown in the comm.
contest. will speak for themselves
The crimes of 1908 could only have
been perjury of the men who then
held most OF the county Offices: brt
all the crimes named pale into insic.
niflcancc and took weak and child.
like by the side of the crime or
crimes committed this time.
The county officers scattered over
the county and led mobs of armed
Tufiians into the polling places and
took charge Of tho r-5--. ran tho
Demccro.ic election officers awav
from the place at the point OF pis OILS
and guns, and took complete charge
Of the polls b yplacing men AS con-.
missioners and clerks who would do
their bidding, even TO the extent Of
perjuring themselves by swearing
mat they are Democrats. This meth
cd was carried out in nearly every
prer'nc, in The county except three
or four outside Of the city Of VII.
hanson. and 10 was ATTEMPTED at all
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-11-19
THANKSGIVING sEnulcr

The Thanksgiving services at the
First Baptist Church will be held at
80 o'clock on Wednesday evening.
November 23d, instead Of on Thurs
day morning, TO admit of larger at
tendance.
DIR. III. G. Mabie, father of the past.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-11-19

rule to free themselves from his gang
of criminals. but their patience is
nearly exhausted.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-11-19

The whole world knows what
Frank Virgins, secretary of the Los
Angeles chamber Of commerce. has
done for that city. It is said that
without him it would be a resolution
body like all the rest This MAJ
''il 10 mind tina, BluehelI has a stint
Jar organization resolution body
'f" all The res, but no Frank
Virgins.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-11-19

Eliminate all element of chance by
insuring with r. IT. Easley, Insurance
Agency.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-11-19
Just Josles
Just Struck One.

II was an old custom among high
waymen 10 stop prosperous-lcoking
men on the street at night and in.
quire the time. and then. when tho
oDliging party had pulled out his
watch and named the hour. to snatc,,
the watch and run off with it.
One night one of these footpads nc.
ccsted an athlete.
What time is it?" inquired the
footpad
The athlete dealt the crook hand
punch on the jaw.
Just struck one" said the athlete.
as the footpad went down before his
singing blow.
Gee said the crook. I'm glaI /
didn't NEE, YOU an hour ago. Nat
ional Monthly
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-11-19

Spend 30 cents at che Eureka Hard
ware Company and set a chance on
the GREE Heater.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-11-19

Call Saxon Lime e Lumber corr
pany, Phone 7S1for kindling wood.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-11-19
Among thc Darwinians

AMONG The DarWnians.
yes said The club house bore 81
suppose J owe some Of my success to
the fact that ~ been golfers fin
OUT FAMILY for generations. was rc
Gently looking up my ancestral tree
bId they throw any nm 90" asfcd
mo quiet man in the corner. World
OF COLI
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-11-19

II viii not cost you cent TO get
= chance on the So heater that the
eureka Hardware Company are going
give away.
Who is the most popular candidate?
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-11-19

Coupons count for your candidate
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-11-19
The Joke On Her.

The Friend Your wife doesn't an.
pear to be- in very good humor
Husband No: She thinks I'VE in,ii
cd you TO dinner Jean Qm Rit.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-11-19

New One On Him.
visitor Cat public library sun.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-02-25
|ND|ANS|N STRAIGHT WAY
Campaign for "MoraI UpIift" and
Temperance Shown to Have
Borne Fruit.
BANIsHING THE FIRE WATER"
Seven Hundred Navajoes Give Ur
Gambling Devices, Which Are
Exhibited at Washington.

Uncle Sans campaign for moral
Upil1t among his army wards, which
Qas been carried on with vigor since
1T was begun by the Roosevelt admins
tratlon, has been marked chiefly by the
suppression OF the sale and use Of
'hre water among the braves and the
consequent reduction in the number
OF warl1ke outbreaks on the reserva-
lions.
Annual reports of reservation super
mtendents attribute their success to
the cooperation of state and federal
authorities, which has been more gen
eral during the last year than ever
before. Th1 campaign Of well direct
ed effort among the Indian officials
has been fraught with good results
in other directions and gradually the
tribesmen are being drawn from many
OF the destructive habits of their for
mer nomadic existence.
Washington officials evinced deep in
terest in the report to Assistant In
dian Commissioner Abbott that 700
Navajo Indians went to their white
father superintendent recently and,
surrendering an enormous stock Of
gambling paraphernalia, enrolled their
names beside those of the simple life
opponents. The gambling devices were
shipped to Washington and have been
placed On exhibition with the immense
collection of relics and trophies at the
indian bureau.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-02-25
AFTER RETAIL TRADE,
Steel Trust Now Wants the Profits
Of the Jobbers.

The United States Steel Corporation
has decided to go after the steel job
bling trade and the steel jobbers' profit
throughout the United States, and at
the same time deliver a telling blow to
Independent makers Of steel, according
to a Pittsburg dispatch. Its plan was
revealed recently through the letting
OF contracts by the Carnegie Steel
Company for a mammoth warehouse
in the heart Of the business section If
Pittsburg. The corporation will deal
directly with the small consumer Of
steel in any form, something the trust
has never before done.
The Pittsburg warehouse, which is to
be duplicated in Boston, New York,
Philadelphia, Chicago, Buffalo, Cincin-
natl, st. Louis, Omaha, New Orleans
and Dallas, will have power to run
cranes, cold saws, planes, punches, etc,
SO that the small consumer, who has
hitherto bought from the jobber, can
have his material cut and fitted before
1t leaves the warehouse.
Independent, as we'll as trust-made
Iteel, has been handled by jobbers.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-02-25
All Eyes on Hnlley'a Comet.

An interesting variety Of opinions
have found their way into the press n
regard to the nature and possible in
auences Of Halley's comet, which Is
Que to approach nearest to the earth on
May 16, and on which the eyes or the
whole scientific world are now center
ed. Prof. Edwin B. Frost of the Yerkes
Observatory in Wisconsin says: Hal
tev's comet Is about 1000. 900 times as
large as the earth, but although the
eerth's gravity may change the orbit
~ the comet, the earth's path through
the sky will be unaffected by the ap-
nroaching proximity of the two bodies"
He points out that the comet is gas
cons and it's mass comparatively slight
and that. therefore,, it's attraction will
not affect the planets while the solid
heavy planets are likely to affect the
comet a great deal. Prof. Edwin Booth,
of the department of chemistry at the
University of California says that If
the ronomer are light in their es-
timation of the amount of
gas in the tail Of the comet, we may
have a chance to feel the sensation of
the bugs and insects that are being
killed by this same gas. He says we
will he all snuffed out II enough of this
ras unites with the oxygen of the
earth's atmosphere. The astronomical
and Astrophysical Society of America
Is eGuipping an expedition. under Fred
eric Ellerman of the Pasadena ONserV-
Atory. which will take observations of
Me comet from the Hawaiian Islands.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-02-25
TEMPEST IN A TEAPOT.
How u Girl and Her Photograph Led
to Two Courts-mnrtial.

How n Girl and Her Photograph Led
to Two COurts-mnrtinl.
A girl and her photograph were the
innocent cause of two courts-martial
at Boston recently, and the effects Of
which may be long continuous. The
girls name is Dorothy Hesler and her
home is at Evanston. III.
Recently Miss Hesler paid a visit to
an uncle in Boston and a chance visi-
tor at the ~latter's home was DR.. Ed
ward S. Cowles, middle-aged and mar
who is a pretty young girl Of Is and
the daughter Of a soldier who fell
fighting in the Philippines. One day
he took her photograph from her
uncle's home and Is said to have
boosted. while exhibiting 1t, that his
manly pulchritude had charmed her.
Miss Hesler was engaged to Past
formerly of the Charlestown navy
yard, and acquainted him with the
conduct of DR.. Cowles. There was a
dance given at the Charlestown navy
yard, to which DR.. Cowles was invited
by one of the officers. There he en-
countered DR.. Robnett and the latter's
intimate friend and master of cere-
monies. Paymaster George p. Aud.
An alteration ensued, and during an
interchange Of back-hand courtesies
DR.. Cowles was elected by Aud, aided
and encouraged by DR.. Robnett. The
following day the latter said things
to DR.. Cowles over the phone and de-
manded that he return at once the
picture OF Miss Hesler,
The dignity of DR.. Cowles was in
suited and he lodged a complaint
which resulted in the Secretary of the
Navy administering a reprimand to
Paymaster Aud and DR.. Robnett, and
in transferring the latter to Newport
naval station. The wife Of DR.. Cowles
was not placated by this punishment,
and went to Washington, where her
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-02-25
sPLINTERs.

The apple pie is not always known
by it's fruit.
When a man pats you on the back
he is trying to jingle the coins in your
pocket.
A high hat has helped many a nan
by where he would fall down with a
derby.
The things that you need the least
are the things that you try the hard
est to get.
The pen may be mightier than the
sword, but nothing short Of an axe
will do for some people.
A girl may have a beautiful car
riage, but that does not prevent her
from wanting an automobile.
quiet out in the country? Ruraiite-
Oh, no: I've got my mother-in-law, a
parrot and a photograph nj there.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-02-25

such as those which are found n b Tactic acid in the mik-are lifeliving
and healthful, so when the health officer says there arr three million germs
in this quart of milk" h e does not NEAR necessarily that there are three anil
lion life destroyers there.
Ten thousand people handle Washngtons milk, that is they help shove
it along from COW to front door. Tons of ice arr used daily lin getting the
milk from the outlying arms on the railroad. A squad of inspectors meet
the milk every morning n check it off, ST that Every can may be traced
direct to the original farm whence it came.
Before the antimeat movement started people expected to ca about
200 pounds of neat apiece a year Now, of course, they are expected to eat
non at ALL according to the leaders of the great moveme Some of those
who have delighted in heavy breakfasts and have had a club steak and
sable, but the figures don't show it-not by a jugful. The hotel men and
lunchroom men are pretty good judges of this thing, and they say that about
onetenth of the meat only is eaten at breakfast Still, If you had to pay
the check every morning O would have a nice little item to attend to-
Brown the wheats!" A cnys stack Of wheat cakes, buckwheat cakes
and other delicious things of the sort would make a mighty nice warm
blanket n a cold night. The theory that a newspaper reporter, and a pre-.
pared flour salesman worked u while waiting for a plate IF hot cakes in a
"a apporhoned off into parcels representing the average morning consump
tNn, h cooks could mix and bake a stack of wheats a thousand feet high
OF course, all that includes cornmeal,p patent pancake flour and the rest Of
them-Washngton Post.