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Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-11-17
%-..A
WILL CONTEST.

Whenever anyone mentions fraud
in the elections of Mcdowell and Min.
go counties, the Republican papers
instantly throw several different va.
rieties of fits. They proclaim more
kinds of righteousness than it is pos.
sible to imagine ever existed among
the Republicans of those counties.
Wnen it is a notorious fact that both
machines are VIGOROUSLY crooked. In
Ninso mandamus proceedings had 10
be Instituted in connection with the
registration books and in Mcdowell
the county court refused to appoint
Democratic election officers. not to
mention the charges OF negro repeat
CTS. II ever grounds existed for a
just contest there are the exact spots.
Hon. Rankin Wiley says he will en-.
fer contest on account of gross
frauds alleged, and G.. X. G. Wilcs of
Williamson, Democratic candidate for
House Of Delegates in a letter yester.
day TO Blueheld friend says that he
VIII also con'cs. In part Mr.. Wnos
says
shall give notice OF contest not
that am needed in the House. be-
cause our majority is amply sufficient
Tor our purpose. hui in order cha. the
Legislature may know under JUS what
conditions We are living down here.
Ihis ought to be strong argument i'm
favor OF the enactment Of such laws
as viii prevent the fraud and ballot
box siuning in this county, and will
discredit the local crowd here with
aii tho decent men in their party
fHrorghoI. the state
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-11-17
LEGAL ADVERTISING
NOTICE OF TRUSTEES SALE.

~ Vt NJ y Z Z GALE.
By virtue of the authority vested in
me by deed of trust bearing date on
the 18th day of July, 1907, executed
by J. w. Marshall and wife to the
undersigned, ID. NJ. Easley, as Trustee.
to secure G. OLeary & Son, a cor
poration, the payment of certain notes
therein described, and recorded i'm the
office of the Clerk of the County
Court of Mercer County, and State
of West Virginia, in Trust Deed Book
No. 10, page Asa, and default having
been made in the payment of said
notes, the sum of $4,000 with inter.
est, now being due thereon, and hav-
ing been required by said corporation
so TO do, the undersigned will offer
for sale, at public auction to tn. h.eh-
est bidder, in front of the Flat Ton
National Bank of Bluefeld. BIuefieId.
West Virginia on the Goth day of No
Yembcr, 1910, at 4 o'clock p. m. the
following lot or parcel of land i'm the
City Of Bluefeld, Mercer County, West
Virginia, and described as follows
10 wit:
FRONTING Forty (4O) Get ON
Greenbrier Street, $50 featetaoishrd
running back in a Northerly direction
between parallel lines at right angles
to said Greenbrier Street. $50 feet
and being Lot No. o. Section no. -.
as shown on map of lots attached 10
deed from Joseph ] Doran and Ida
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-11-17

thick up here. and be lost me. When /
come back he was gone. Say. " sure
v hain't seen nothln' OF him down
tharT'
Air you Speer's wife,
wal, there warn't no un 10 marry
us when we come up here"
DO you want us to find him for
you?"
Reckon / do. and when v find him
| want v to hold him while | shoot
him"
The men consulted i'm an undertone:
then Quigley. who had carried on the
conversation thus far continued It,
Were out puspectin' and don't want
to waste no time. but If one kin do
anything TO sarve Il lone woman as
has been treated bad we don't mind
dom it-that is. ifsit don't take up too
much time. Speer hain't gone down
below. cause IL he had we'd "a met
him. He couldn't 20 up the divide on
either side o. the crick cause it would
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-11-17
IRIS THE woMANr'

be too hard climbin'. Consistently he
must a gone up the canon How far
is it up TO the top:"
IL dunno. Spccr jist brought me here
spell ago"
1--WE kin cit him for you. no doubt
about that, for the canon ends in
cliff he cant Git over
'Y' mustn't let on yer after him.
He knows all about this we're gulch
and if he knOwcd v wanted him he
mought find Il way out v never heered
about"
There was further consultation be-
tween the men while the woman stort.
on her porch waiting. She was an an
gular creature with frowZy hair and 4
dirty calico dress.
How would it do" asked OuiClcy.
for you TO 20 after him. pertend YOU
was sorry for what you'd said to him
and bring him back Ia yer cabin: We
kin hide about here. and rs soon as
you git him inside we mou@ht srp Thar
he done v no harm. You doin' what
YOU like with him"
"'TwouIdnt do ut all. Reckon he's
huntin' for me now To Kill me"
While The men continued 10 confer
the woman appeared To he thinking.
Il tell v what" she said presently.
EFF one o yOu'll lend me yer clothes
! might 20 up The cam'on. steal around
.lank Spepr. git above him ANA then.
'howin up MS man. drive him down
into yer clutches"
THAT sounds we'll" said Ouisley.
and he asked the others what they
thought of the proposition.
All agreed that since they were 10
help the woman she should do as much
as possible in the matter. None OF
them seemed Ia relish climbing the
rough ground bctwrrn ihom and the
upper end of the canyon The man
nearest the wUmans hci 10 divested
himself of his outer garments and she
retired and lut them on.
"Iou better tell us. -pfd OuigIey
before y 20 what cn,r red clothes
s2eer's weariu, SOS wrL know the
difference between -"
MacMahon's Epiaram.
When Marshal MacNIahop in tbs
Crimean campaign took the MalakcH
by storm and wrote bis celebrated dis.
patch, "Jy suis; j'y reste" c'ucre
am; here stay'). these words made
MIN famous all over the world. Vet
ms friends said that the worthy sol
der had written them i'm the most
matter OF fact manner. with no
'nought OF phrase making. The most
surprised person over The success OF
TINS epigram was MacMahon himself
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-11-17
| Other Editors
Railroad Commission.


West Virginia needs railroad COM
mission, and if the State Board of
Trade is wise it will urge the next leg
islature to enact n law creating such
n body and clothing it with the proper
powers. At the present time rail
road companies and al lother public
service corporations in West Virginia
can handle intra-state service lust as
they see fit We see it in the inferior
service given on many of the branch
lines within the state, notably the
Little Kanawha, and in the lack Of
sufficient local trains on the trunk
lines to handle the traffic offered
notably on the Chesapeake and Ohio
between Huntington and Hinton. At
many points, Parkersburg happily is
an exception here. the traction com
J; MICS pack their passengers into
cars with less regard to comfort and
dc'eacy than the average railroad
uses in transporting swine II you
ever travelled between Benwood and
MCIndsville, or between Fairmont
ana Clarksburg or between any other
dry and any other wet burg on jag
nIcht YOU can appreciate what impo-
sition a trolley company can put on
its passengers when IL goes after
shekels. Then the power water and
Iicit companies throughout the state
though they do business by the cx-
pres permission of the people. can
do as they please We don't say
that they all do as they please. but
that they all can do as they please.
They have the power, and the Nero
existence Of such power il bad for
the community.
Sojouruers from other states fire.
quently complain that railroad and
kindred service in West Virginia is
inferior to that in other states This
criticism is not wholly true. but d. is
partly true. and there are two rca sons
for its being true at all First a.
most points in West Virginia there
is no competition in public service
second there is no authority 10 com.
pei good service. We cannot cure
the first defect very handily. but wc
can get at the second
So good q railroad man as the Hon
Henry g Davis who knows all about
raiir0ading both from the standpoint
nf tho operator and from the position
of tho shipper has often expressed
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-11-17
The TRAPPED
DESPERATE.
A Woman Enters Into the Work
OF Catching Him.
5y MARY EDMoNDs.


Copyright. 1910. by American Press Asso-
ciation
Hair a dozen men were scromblino
over rocks, fallen trees. underbrush
and such debris as will get wedged IN
narrow deGlc, slowly making their
way upward ana onward. Coming TO
an open space just big enough to hold
q 10 by IL cabin. they saw woman
standing before the door watching
their approach
Have any q you men seen Hank
Speer down that a-wayY she asked.
No" replied one Of the party; I'VE
haven't saw Speer."
The woman looked disappointed.
What y want with himT" asked the
other.
II want TO Kill him"
What's he done 10 your"
Whats he done: Done 'nough. lie
brought me up here, tcllln' me he had
q fine house and lots o. sheep. /
hadn't never been here and didn't know
nothin' at all about what kind OF n
kentry IL was This mis'abIa hurs the
fine house he was talkiD' about. and
the sheep is all mp on the divide. They
haven't been tanned ylt. I-tole him
what ! thort Of n man who'd treat a
woman that away lie list tux up a
piece o brushwOOd and was goin' 10
brain me with it when I lit out He
follered me q spell, but It's mighty
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-11-17
NOTICE.

MARY c. LEWIS, Plaintiff, VS.. WIN.
+. LEWIS, Defendant.-In the Cir
cult Court of Mercer County, West
Virginia.
To VIM. +. LEWIS:
Take notice that on the Ord day of
December, 1910, between the hours of
nine o'clock a. m. and six o'clock p. m.
at the law Office of John r. billiard.
in the City of Bluefield, County of Mer-
Ger and State of West Virginia, will
take the dispositions of myself and
others, to be read in evidence on my
behalf in a certain chancery suit now
pending in the Circuit Court of Mer-
Ger County, West Virginia, in which
am plaintiff and you are the defend.
ant.
If, from any cause, the taking of
these depositions shall not be com
mcnced, or being commenced, shall
not be completed on that day. the
taking Of the same will be continued
from time to time at the Same place,
and between the same hours until they
are completed.
MARY G. LEWIS,
by. Counsel.
JOHN r. DTLLARD.
Counsel for Plaintiff
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-11-17
SHRINKING SAVINGS.

Nothing shows more clearly the
strain on the resources of the people.
caused by the increased cost of liv-
ing, than the shrinkage of savings re-
ported by the Savings Banks. High
prices-caused by tariff protection,
which fosters trusts and combinations
and creates monopoly-if they do not
in every case force the withdrawal OF
savings, certainly prevent adding to
the store. Those who have been self
denying enough to save will rarely
spend their savings except through an
extreme necessity. What crime II
IS. therefore, TO tax necessities that
should be free-to enable the protect.
ed few to profit at the expense of the
many,
This high proJective-tarin tax is "A
two-edged sword. 1t decreases i'm.
portations that would compete with
the products of our trusts and com
bines. and allows the prices of home
products to be increased nearly to the
same level as the imported articles.
II the tariff tax were reduced. the
price at which imported articles could
be sold would be relatively lower;
and TO preserve their trade. the home
manufacturers would have to also re-
duce the price of their products.
The protectionists declare that to
reduce the tariff on manufactured pro
ducts would make paupers of the work
men employed, because they would
have to compete with the pauper labor
OF Europe and elsewhere. But eX-
perience in England shows that since
the free trade era began, the wages
for all kind of labor have risen over
100 per cent, and the government saw
ings banks have more deposits year
after year
Then, there is the further expert
cnce OF Germany and France since
those countries adopted high protec-
ton as their policy; commodities
have so advanced in price that there
is great unrest among the working.
men and those with small salaries
and demands are being made to re-
duce the tariff taxes, which, as i'm the
United States, protect the manufac.
turers at the expense of the consu.
mers.
One can hardly wonder, therefore
that with savings decreasing and the
price of necessities continually in
creasing there is strong trend TO.
ward Democracy, which stands for
tariff for revenue instead of tariff for
protection.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-11-17

RIDICULOUS STORY.

The Charleston Mail prints a silly
special from New York in which il is
alleged that Hon. William f. Chill
ton of Charleston, Hon. Clarence Wat
son OF Fairmont and several other
prominent Democrats got together in
the Waldorf the other day, and agreed
that Mr. Watson should succeed Nath-
an Bay Scott in the United States
Senate, Mr.. Chiffon withdrawing from
the race with the understanding that
should the illness of Senator Elkins
prove fatal Mr.. Chiffon is to succeed
him. 1t was hardly necessary for MIR.
Chiffon to deny such an improbable
story However, he does very fatty
in an interview printed in the Ga
zette. He says:
yes. saw the statement in the
Charleston Evening Mail of yester-
day to the effect that / had been in
New York and had made combina-
hon with Hon. Clarence w. Watson.
by which the latter shall 20 to the
senate, and that in the event that
Senator Elkins dies, that / am TO take
the place which will thus be made
vacant.
1T is hardly necessary for me TO
say that this story is ridiculous. I
went East for the sole purpose OF
joining my son, who are at school
at Woodbury. Forest. to take them TO
the Yale-Princeton football game. We
went 10 the ball game and had good
time. While ! was East / talked to
Col John 7. McGraw. who happened
TO be in Philadelphia while WAS
there. While i'm New York Sunday r
met Colonel Watson and had talk
with him There was as much OF a
nomination made a. the one confer.
ence as at the other and there was
no combination made at either It lis
natural that we West Virginians
Wherever We meet now, talk politics
nut IL was broad politics along the
lines Of doing what is best for the
ana Co. ,.. ,'I. virgin"
'.ae
nav never drawn from .Ie
fight for the United states senate. be-
cause have never SO. announced ms.
wa. matter O'inS 'n the hands
-, mus ana y'. TO Doc decided
go, ~" - ''''' 10 say OF men Ike
-, N''oI'eI watson and
go .'"I We would discuss va.
ean.,,. y r.,,..l son. upo" ln' death Of
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-11-17

W. his wife to the Bluefeld Water
Works e Improvement Co. by deed
dated the 2nd of May, 1891 and re
corded in said Clerks Office in Deed
Book No. %, page 8 &c. and which
was conveyed 10 the EureEa Land
Company by the Blueiield . Water
Works G. Improvement Co. by deed
dated the 18th day of October. 1906
Terms of sale CASH IN HAND ON.
THE DAY OF SALE.
ID. NJ. E5Ss5I 10y.
Trustee.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-11-17
Time Will Tell.

The father of four boys discovering
the eldest, aged l3. smoking a cigar
cite, called the four together for a lee
ture on the evils of narcotics.
Now, Willie" he said in conclus-
ion to his Youngest, are you going
TO use tobacco when you get to be a
MANI"
Il don't know" replied the 6-year.
old, soberly I'm trying to quit"
Success.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-11-17
Harmony in Small Mattsre

Now, said the architect. who was
putting the finishing touches upon Mr..
NGrich's new residence, what color
do you prefer for the parlor decora-
tions?"
"Oh, they've got to be red" replied
zurich. MY wife's got red plush
photograph album that always sets
ON the parior table K Catholic stan.
Gard and Timesh.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-11-17
One Of The Producers.

You should enueavor to do some
thing for the comfort of your fellow
men, said the philanthropist. with.
out thought of reward"
i do. | buy umbrellas instead of
borrowing them. Washington Star.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-11-17
Really Appreciation.

Groom What's your father going
20 give us for wedding present?
Bride-A big check. darling.
Groom-Then the ceremony must
take place at . p. m. instead Of 8.
Bride-But why?
Groom-The banks close at g.
Cleveland Leader.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-11-17

change tending toward the restora-
ton OF peace and stability, with a
quietus upon agitation and it's twin
sister. extravaganza. the situation is
ripe for a proper commission law
Parkersburg Sentinel.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-11-17
Just Joshes
at Pays To Advertise"

1t happened in Topeka. Three
cltohing stores are on the same block.
one morning the middle proprietor
saw to the right of him big sign,
bankrupt Sale and to the left,
Closing Out at Cost" Twenty min.
utes later there appeared over his
own door in larger letters. Main En-.
trance. "-Everybody's Magazine.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-11-17
Among the Stars.

The tower of Babel was in process
of construction.
We will go as high as we can and
then nave a woman stand on the top
with her new hat on" they explained
Thus we learn how they hoped to
reach the stars.-New York Sun.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-11-17

When it comes to frameups for SEN
ator SCOTS successor, remember that
we have some timber in this neck OF
the forest which will figure in the con.
sideration.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-11-17
POLITICAL PARAGRAPHS.

Up TO the time of huruiug to press.
''" returns show that 145G ncwspap-
ors throughout the county began their
posIelectiou editorials with Sow
Iha. .ho smoke Of battle has cleared
away
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-11-17
Tommy'S Ideas.

Smiling Visitor addressing the Sun
day SCHOOL, children, want. to
ask you a question. Will some little
boy tell who Adam was?
Tommy Tucker-Adam was the man
that made the devil famous Chicago
Tribune
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-11-17

Eliminate all element of chance by
insuring with e. H. Easley, Insurance
Agency.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-11-17

Thomas Taggart. Indiana Democrat.
ic leader, was born in ireland fifty
four years ago today, and has been
a hoosier since 1874.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-11-17
Art and Real Life.

Venus is charming maid
When viewed for arts own sake:
But what use would this fair maid be
In real life as a wife If she
Could not prepare cup of tea?
Sweep up or fry a steak?
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-11-17

When it comes to being thankful
for small favors. the Socialists are
TO be commended The wearer OF a
red button can get more nutriment
and bona fide 20 out OF carrying a
township that can an old party man
out of national landslide.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-11-17
Very Pronounced.

The hair so fair which she doth wear
Beneath her mammoth hat
J" brilliant but cratic; with
The accent on the rat"
Washington Star.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-11-17

Spend 80 cents at the Eureka Hard
ware Company and get a chance on
the GREE Heater.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-11-17
THERE FIRST.

Christmas day is drawing nigh.
Old Time is on the hop;
Remember that we said il first.
Now is the time TO shop.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-11-17

tain political ambitions In both rcli.
gion and politics, she follows In the
footsteps of her famous father.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-11-17

AS place not 20 put to cross,
the circle under the scales seems 10
have been highly popular with New
York state voters Mr. Hearst's In
dependence League appears to he
about as dead as the Socialist Labor
party.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-11-17

President Taft is certainly having a
run of tough luck. On top of it all
the returns from New Haven on Sat
urday threaten to be even worse
than, those from Ohio.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-11-17
THURSDAY AFTERNOON, NOV. II
FAITHFUL DICK.

Bill Taft has gone to Panama.
The Colonel's in retreat.
But. an our faithful Ballinger
Still occupies his seat.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-11-17

Miss Maud lngerson daughter of
.' greatest of au Republican spell
''ndors. Col Robert O. Ingersou i an
ardent sunragist and is said to enter.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-11-17

Charles Edward Russell, Socialist
candidate for governor of New York.
having rolled up an unprecedented
vote for his party. has gone back 10
his regular job of undertaking for the
magazines. Owing to the stress of
campaigning. Mr.. Russell has had con
tributions in only about a dozen of the
November magazines. bur by January
he expects TO be back with his old bat.
ting average
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-11-17

A local statistician estimates that
the number Of people who, during the
last nine days. have said Il told you
So" are about equally balanced by
those who have remarked THAT is
laways the way in off years-just you
wait till 1912"
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-11-17

Final election figures just received
from the outlying districts Indicate
that w. II. Taft. will continue TO be
President for at least another pair
of annums
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-11-17

Owing to the stress OF events since
the late pleasantness OF unpleasant.
ness of the Sth inst. it has just leak
ed out the the Rev. James Berg, pas
tor of the Lutheran Church OF Mount
Vernon. n. Y. was elected alderman
from the Fourth ward of that city.