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The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-08-18

Hyman Shapiro came home Sunday
from a trip through Arkansas, where
he has been buying and shipping furs
Mrs. Joe Sheriff., Of Chicago, is in
the city visiting the home Of her moth
.er. Mrs. Mamie Little, on Bank street.
Big Muddy washed nut coal is best for
cooking. At Union City Ice q Coal Co.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-08-18

Mrs. Ed Wells aud little daughter, q
Troy, were in the city Monday visiting
relatives and friends.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-08-18

Mr.. Wood Taylor, Of Franklin, Tenn,
is now located in Union City again in
connection with the Taylor Grain Co
as corn buyer.
Messrs. win McAdoo, Will Flack
Will Beckham, Curtis Verhine and d
II. Beclxham were in Fulton Sunday
evening in Colonel Beckham's auto.
You want CLEAN bread Then asl
for DAHNKE'S wrapped in GERM am
DUST PROOF WRAPPERS.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-08-18

DIR. and Mrs. G. w Miles and others
in DIR. Miles car motored to Fulton and
visited the family Of w. w. Morris
Sunday.
DIR. and Mrs. ] D. Carlton are alb
sent this week visiting relatives and
friends at Sturgis, KY, and Middle
Tennessee.
r. +. Pursley gives personal attention
to moving furniture and all transfer
work Phone No. COG. 29-tf
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-08-18

d. A. Edwards has returned from the
gun tournament in st. Louis.
Mr.. and Mrs J. r. Massey and Miss
Reba Wrathef visited Fulton Sunday
Mr. Glenn Davis has been very sick
this week az home on Exchange street.
Mrs. w J. Phillips, Of Fulton, was
. visitor in this city last week with
friends.
Use Jersey Cream Flour, None better.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-08-18

Mr.. and Mrs. G. II Cobb went tc
Nashville last week to attend the Van
fierbilt football games.
All kinds of coal at Union City Ice 4
Coal Co.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1911-08-10
Democratic Committee Meets.

The Democratic committee of this
county met on last Tuesday morning at
the court house here for the purpose of
selecting chairman and secretary for
the ensuing year. Only one candidate
was nominated for the position of chair
man, Mr.. A. S. Higginbotham, and his
election was made unanimous.
The committee then passed a resolu-
tion that the chairman select his own
secretary, and Mr.. Higginbotham Sc
lected Colonel j. B. Boyer for that i'm
portant place.
In the matter of a candidate for State
Senate for the Third district, it was re-
solved that it was the sentiment of the
committee that the Democrats of the
Third should put a candidate in the field
for this office.
In the matter of county officers for
Tazewell county, it was resolved not to
attempt to put any Democratic candi-
dates in the field as a party. In ex-
planning this, however, it was said that
this could not and would not prevent an
individual Democrat from running as an
independent, but the party as a whole
would take no action towards putting
out a ticket.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1911-08-10
To the Republican Voters
Of TazeWeI County

makes necessary for me
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party of which Mr. Barns chairman
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not as allow the free and untrammd Republican
Mr. Barns and his or
ganiSatiOG % said No will have politics
have with this
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mapped out before hand calls September not
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which to @ for @ % f ey fS15 months since this April
kept entirely in the dark and unless
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hid Mr. Mr. Fair Fair Minded and Honest Voter do square
believe like conditions prevail county today "
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s Instead of this docored meeting
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held S welded % y % p @ hand s @ P TH 0 time whip was
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of this county
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know they believe they will against ring rule
For thirty Republican party of this county in
sssv ss s ad % be % & %s nat to s in Length
hat % believed to be right against the the
for For these
Believing will see the justice my position. am,
adv Very respectfully yours, yGSs ,,n,,,,,,.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1911-08-10
Call For County Convention.

At meeting of the Republican Com
mittee for the County of Tazewell held
in the town of Tazewell on the 3rd dsv
of August, 1911, it was determined to
hold delegate convention for the pur-
pose of nominating candidate for clerk
of Tazewell county, and in pursuance
thereof we have been ordered to call
upon the Republican voters of Tazewen
county to assemble in precinct meetings
on the 26th day of August, 1911, 2:3O D.
m, in their respective precincts, at the
usual voting places, for the purpose of
selecting delegates to said convention
to be held at the Courthouse on the End
day of September, 1911.
The delegates are to be apportioned
upon the vo'e of the Congressional cleo
tion Of 1910. and each precinct will elect
one delegate for each twenty-five (25)
Republican votes, or fraction thereof.
cast at the precinct in said election of
1910. Precincts that cast only a frac-
ton of twenty-five (25) votes will elect
one delegate and one alternate. By this
apportionment the various precincts
will elect the following number of dele
gates and alternates:
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1911-08-10
LARGEST COAL
PRODUCTION
Virginia Breaks Record in 1910 With
0utpus Of Over Six and a Half
Million Tons,

Virginia's coal production is steadily
increasing. The total output of the
State in 1910 was 6,5O7, ,997 short tons,
with spot value of SIS, ST., ,496, accord
ing to Edward w. Parker, coal statist-
clan of the United States Geological
Survey.
Virginia established two new records
In the statistics of her coal production
in 1910; first in quantity of coal produc-
ed (6,507, ,997 short tons), and second,
In the amount and percentage of in
crease over the preceding year. The
production in 1909, 4, 752, PIT short tons.
had exceeded all previous records, but
this was beaten in 1910 by unpre-
cedented increase of 1,755, ,7S0 tons,
nearly 81 per cent. The value increased
81, ,626. 430, or 3S per cent, from S4.25l-
O56 to S5,S77, 4s6. Although little if
any of the Virginia product was shipped
to the West to make up the deficiency
caused by the prolonged strike in the
mines of the Mississippi Valley States,
the shortage in those States was the
indirect cause of the remarkable in
crease in Virginia's tonnage. The strike
in the Middle West naturally created an
unusual demand upon the coal mines of
West Virginia, and large part of the
production of that State, customarily
sent to the seaboard, was diverted to
the temporarily more profitable market
in the West. This demand in turn gave
opportunity for larger outlet to the
seabosrd for Virginia Goals, an oppor-
tunity of which Virginia coal men were
not slow to take advantage.
Virginia stands well among the States
In the quantity of coal produced for
each man employed. In 1910 the num-
Der of men employed was 1884, who
worked an average of 241 days. The
average prodution per man was 896 tons
for the year, and 3.72 tons for each
day. Both of these averages are better
than those shown in the majority of the
coal-producing States. Most of the
miners in the State work 10 hours a day
OF the 1884 men employed in 1910.
5, 71O worked 10 hours and / ,021 worked
9 hours. Only one NINE was reported
as working hours.
To Virginia belongs the distinction of
having produced the first bituminous
coal mined in the United States. This
initial output, however, was not derived
from that portion of the State which
now gives Virginia some prominence as
as a producer of coal, but was obtained
from what is generally known as the
Richmond basin, small area near the
city of Richmond.
The existence of coal in the Richmond
basin was known as early as 100,
though mining did not begin until the
later part of the century. In 1889 ship
pments were made to some of the
Northern States. In 1922 according to
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1911-08-10
Raven Items.

Richard White was visiting friends at
Big Lick Sunday.
K. B. Elswick was the guest of friends
on Piney Creek last Sunday.
Rev. Murray. of Swords Creek. will
begin a protracted meeting Big Lick
this week.
Peery Deal, of Honaker, spent sew
eral days at the home of J. A. New
berry this week.
The stork visited the home of Mr..
and Mrs Greever Rakes few days ago
and left a fine boy.
The little son of Mr.. and Mrs. Greeley
Turner, who has been sick for some
time with typhoid fever, is improving.
Mr.. Henry McGlothlin died at his
home at this place last week after a
long spell of sickness. He leaves a
wife and several children to mourn the
loss of loving husband and father.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1911-08-10
WHITEWOOD ITEMS
News OF Interest From the Little
Buchanan County Town.
whitewood, Va, Aug. 9Th.

Whitewood, Va, Aug. 9Th.
B. P. Elswick was recent visitor to
Ricblands.
Bart Colley has returned from a visit
to his family at Clintwood.
Mrs. ]. B. McNiel is visiting her pa
rents in Lawrence county. KY.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Shelton are the
proud parents of fine baby girl.
Sam Ward was called to Pounding
Mill last Sunday by the illness of mis-
wife.
DIR. Ritter had the misfortune to lose
valuable cow the other day by over
feeding.
Our old friend, W. o. Young, of Ho-
maker, was attending lodge here Satur-
day night.
Henderson Johnson, of Swords Creek.
was visiting at the home of B. R. John
son here recently.
A lovely baby girl came to bless the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. b. R. johnson
one day last week.
Miss Lou Gillespie, of Witten's Mills.
was the guest of Mrs. Ritter at this
place on Sunday last.
The school at this place opened on
yesterday with w. NJ. Grimsley as prin-
cipal and Miss Lou Gillespie as assis-
tant
Mr.. and Mrs. r. L. Ellis and dauSh-
ter, Miss Margie, left Sunday for Big
Stone Gap, where the former was called
on business.
Fuller Ratliff returned from a visit to
relatives at Swords Creek and Honaker
Saturday, and left for his home at
Grundy yesterday.
Mrs. H. S. Bailey and Miss Ethel
Bailey, of Richlands, were guests of the
latter's sister, Mrs. l. C. Gillespie, a
few days last week.
Uncle Frank" McGraw, of Rich
lands, entertained our people Thursday.
Friday and Saturday nights with bis
moving picture show.
We understand that Robert L. Clark,
of Honaker, was found dead in bed at
his home on last Monday morning. He
had been in poor health for some time,
but his death came as a great shock to
his friends.
W. c. Walker has resigned his posi-
tion as store manager for the C. L. Rit-
ter Lumber Company, and we under
stand will leave Whitewood within q
few days. We regret to lose such an
excellent gentleman from our midst.
Rev. Goff preached an interesting SER
mon at Bethany Sunday morning, quite
a crowd from here attending. Among
the number we recall were: Mr.. and
Mrs. Tom Worley, Mr.. and Mrs. Harve
West, Misses Rachel Nunley, Luella
and Nellie Worley, Fuller Ratliff, Chas.
Griffith, Will Reese Sparks, Gabe, Hi
ram and Will Worley, Homer Brewster,
Harman Walden and Deedy Mullins.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1911-08-10
Tax Reforms in Virginia.

The above is the title of pamphlet
containing a speech of DR.. Douglass
Freeman, the Secretary of the Estate
Tax Commission" made July IL, 1911,
before the Virginia Press Association,
at Natural Bridge, Virginia. This
speech contains some valuable data and
information on the tax situation in Vir-
ginia. While no suggestions as to the
particular recommendations that will be
made to the next General Assembly by
this commission are revealed, DIR. Free
man has plainly indicated in his speech
that GENERALIZATION of the taxing
power of the State will be strongly rec
commended.
Unless the people wake up and take a
vigorous interest in the election of rep
resentatives to the next General As
sembly and then keep a close watch on
the proceedings of that body, central
lied system of taxation will be fastened
upon them that will cause ''groans that
cannot be uttered"
The power to tax its citizens is one of
the greatest powers any government
can exercise. Chief Justice Marshall
said: ''THE POWER TO TAX is THE
POWER TO DESTROY" The farther
removed from the people and the more
centralized the power is the greater the
! temptation to abuse and the more dis
tasteful it becomes to the democratic
principles of the taxpayers. Such a
system destroys the patriotism and 10y
atty of the citizens to the government.
Therefore, l submit that only such sub
jects of taxation as are absolutely nec-
essary to produce the required revenue
should be included within the States
power to tax. hold with Thomas JEFF
ferson that the less the State interferes
with the individual the better for both
parties to the social contract.
But DR.. Freeman says: eve must
face the facts and acknowledge freely
that DECENTRALIZATION in mat
ters of public finance is synonymous
with INEQUALITY, UNDERvALU-
ALTON and INJUSTICE. Remember,
IL you please, tnat there IS no statute
authority that has any adequate control
over land assessors and commissioners
of the revenue, who assess property
worth 81, 700, 900 to the State even under
the present system"
Now, with all due Difference to the
secretary of the State Tax Commission,
/ L U0I1ld like t0 aak. sTWhu ahonId anu
State authority be exercised over land
assessors and commissioners of the rev.
enue, under any tax reform system
which the State should adopt? Can any
good reason be given why the State
should not select few sources of in
come which will produce sufficient reve-
nue. to pay the expenses of the State
government, and leave the real estate
] and personal property to be taxed bv
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1911-08-10

to Mr.. R. c. Taylor. in his Statistics
OF Coal, the production amounted to
1000 short tons. For nearly a century
the Richmond basin maintained some
prominence as coal producer, but
when, in 1882, the Pocahontas district
was opened up, and especially when,
soon afterward, the New River field, in
West Virginia, was developed, the
mines in Richmond basin were put at a
disadvantage and operations in them
were for a number of years practically
suspended.
The mining of coal in Southwestern
Virginia, whence the present the produc-
tion chiefly comes, began with the COM
pletion of the New River division of
the Norfolk and Western Railroad in
1888, in which year the first carload of
Pocahontas coal was shipped to Nor
folk and distributed among the poor.
During the next 10 years nearly the
entire production of the State was OBJ
tanned from this locality in Tazewell
County, which forms part of the fam
Gus Pocahontas-Flat Top coal field.
The development of the coal resources
of Lee County was begun in 1905, in the
area known as the Pocket" district.
This district is chiefly contained in what
is known as Black Mountain, a portion
of the Cumberland Range. Here no
less tnan twelve separate beds of work
able thickness have been located, and
several mining operations are in pro-
gress, as shown by the production in
1910. Most of the coal is of high-grade
steam and coking quality. Although
the coal fields of southwestern Virginia
are of comparatively small extent, the
high quality of the coal and the number
and thickness of the beds give promise
of considerably increased production
within the next few years.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1911-08-10
BURKES GARDEN NEWS
Items Of Interest From the Garden
Spot Of Virginia.

Burkes Garden, Va, Aug. 8.
Rev. Copenhaver, of Marion, is visit
ing here.
Miss Katrina Gose is visiting in Pu-
laski City.
E. L. Greever visited homefolks here
last week.
Graham Preston, of Tazewell, is WIS.,
iting friends here.
Miller Kinzer. of Shawver Mills, was
in the Garden Friday.
William Pruett, of Shawver Mills,
was in the Garden Thursday.
Rev. j. P. Miller, of Mt Pleasant, N.
C., was in the Garden last week.
DR.. DUNCAN was here Saturday doing
dental work for Mrs. Steve Boiling.
Misses Callie Greever and Josie Loud
er, of Tazewell, visited here last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Spracher, of Gra-
ham, are visiting Mrs. John Thompson.
Rev. H. M. Fugate. of Farmville,
held an interesting meeting here last
week.
Misses Barger and Coiner, of Waynes-
boro, are visiting Mr.. and Mrs. A. s.
Greever.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. ] Moss returned to
Tazewell Sunday. Miss Ida Greever is
visiting them.
Will Silas Wynn and daughters, of
Roanoke, visited his mother, Mrs. Gym
thia Wynn, last week.
Mrs. Sallie A. Crockett, of Bluefield.
is visiting here daughters, Mrs. Simon
Kelly and Mrs. Alletia Crockett.
J. N. Rhudy was in the Garden last
week for the purpose of erecting a mon
ument to the memory of the late DR..
James Crockett
Mrs ]. Meek Hoge visited her son,
jeff Hoge, in Bland county last week.
She is now visiting her daughter, Mrs.
7. C. Bowen, of Tazewell.
Misses Ethel and Estelle Harman, of
Ogden, Utah, visited Mr.. and Mrs.
Rufus Thompson last week They are
daughters of the late James Harman,
formerly of the Garden.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. S. Greever gave q
porch party to the young people last
Thursday night. Every family in the
Garden was represented Mr.. ALBERT"
is considerate of the young folks.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. NJ. Lawson enter
tanned about sixty of the yo1ng folks
at their home on last Friday night.
Mrs. Lawson is a charming hostess. 1t
was given in honor of their guests, Mr..
Percy Veezie, of Baltimore, and Miss
Cassard.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1911-08-10
RichlandS News.
Richlands, Va,

Richlands, Va, Aug. 9Th.
r. d. Stinson spent Sunday here with
his parents. .
Joe Griffith spent Saturday and Sum
day in Bluefield.
w. B. Spratt was a business visitor
to Tazewell today.
Logan Ringstaff, of Pounding Mill,
was visitor here Saturday.
F. F. Hurt was transacting business
in Bluefeld one day last week.
Miss Ethel Pobst, of Tazewell, is the
guest of Miss Ollie Stinson of this place.
Clarence Hankins, of this place, left
on No. 6 Sunday for a visit to Lynch
burg.
Miss Edna Donahoe is spending the
week with friends in Honaker and Elk
Garden.
Mr.. Baker is putting an addition to
his shoe shop, which adds greatly to its
appearance.
Misses Bertha and Lena Scott and
Pearl MCGUIRE were shopping here one
day last week.
Miss Nell Yost left on train No. IL
Saturday for Graham. where she will
spend some time friends.
Charles Griffith, of Whitewood, was
here Monday night the guest of his pa
rents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. H. Griffith.
An enjoyable time among the young
people here was had Wednesday night
of last week on a hay-ride to Cedar
Bluff.
+. F. Hurt, Mrs. Hurt and little son,
Earl Garner, of this place, spend Sun
day and Monday with the formers pa
rents at Gardner, Va.
Quite a number from this place went
to Blackford picnicing on last Thurs
day. Among the crowd were: Mrs.
Hutton, Miss Sexton, Miss Barrett,
Miss Clark, Miss Brown and Mrs.
Meade.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1911-08-10
Overwhelmed.

During July the Roanoke National
Business College was overwhelmed with
applications for graduates. Although
600 students enrolled last session, every
graduate is now in position, besides
scores and scores of undergraduates
have been placed. Even then more
than 300 positions went untitled. A
bookkeeper in bank, and two stenog-
rsphers for wholesale houses are want
ed right now. This college wants neat,
willing, intelligent young people with
which to fill positions. Read their ad-
vertisement in this paper.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1911-08-10
". C. 7. U. Elects Officers,

The Woman's Christian Temperance
Union at their annual meeting last Tues
day elected the following officers for
the ensuing year:
President-Mrs. w. G. O'Brien.
Vice-Presidents-Mrs. ]. R. King.
Mrs. j. A. Leslie and Miss Hattie Har-
man.
Recording Secretary Miss Ella Bow
en-.
Corresponding Secretary and Treas
urer-Mrs. M. j. Hankins.
The order is steadily growing in num-
bers and enthusiasm. The rest rooms
recently fitted up by the good women of
the order are constantly receiving addi-
tonal donations of furniture, and has
assumed cozy appearance.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1911-08-10

the counties for all local purposes? Tn,
State might enact a general statute, 8,
as to require uniformity among tn,
In 1909 was asked to make sugges
tions as to certain "planks" to be in
serterted in the Republican platform a
the Newport News convention. In re
sponse thereto 1 submitted the follow
ing:
1--WE submit that the paramount
issue of this campaign is evidenced
by the widespread demand for
more business-like, economical and
non-partisan administration of the
State government. That the anti
quated system of taxation, book
keeping and the manner of paying
public officers for their services
should be replaced by more efficient
and modern methods. The cost of
administering our State govern
ment has increased by about one
half since the proclamation of the
New Constitution. We submit that
this is useless expenditure of the
peoples money without a CORE
spending efficiency of public ser
vice.
Looking toward the attainment
of moro economical and efficient
administration of the government,
we favor the enactment of such
statutes and such amendments to
the Constitution as may be neces-
sary to secure:
First: The abolishment of the
Second Auditors office; the office
of Examiners of Fidicuary Accounts
and that of the five District School
Examiners or Inspectors;
Second: Tne election by the peo-
pie of the members of the State
Corporation Commission, the Audi
tor of Public Accounts; the Division
Superintendenns of Schools and the
Commissioners of the Revenue;
Third: The abolishing of the FEE
SYSTEM for State, municipal and
for county officers;
Fourth: The segregation of the
several kinds or classes of property.
by January l, 1918, for the purposes
OF taxation, so that expenses of
the State government shall be paid
by specific license taxes and taxes
on corporations, leaving the real es-
tate and personal property for taxa
tion for local and county purposes,
thus relieving the people from the
burden of another expensive board,
which is now being proposed by the
leaders of the Democratic party,
to wit: The State Board of Equi-
lization of Taxes and securing to
the people their right of local self
government in the matter of taxa
ton;
Fifth: The decentralization of
our government, which is now nnder
the direction of an office-holding
trust, administered by commissions
bureaus and boards, appointed by
the Governor and the Courts.''
In finding a basis for taxation, tn,
revenue derived from the manufactur,
and sale of intoxicating liquors shoulC
be eliminated, because, as soon as tn,
people are permitted to have the privi
lege of voting on that question thes,
taxes will doubtless be abolished. 1t il
well to bear in mind also that no pres
ent figures as to the cost of State gov
ernment can be taken, as the correc
basis, as several other offices an,
in addition to those above men
tionee, should be dispened with unde
the reform system of taxation.
j. N. HARMAN.
Tazewell, Va, Aug. 2, 1911.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1911-08-10

Robert c. Clark, who for many years
has been proprietor of the Altamont ho-
tel at Honaker, was found dead in his
bed Monday morning, his sudden demise
being the result of heart sailure. He
was forty-three years of age and leaves
widow and four children He was a
son Of ID. o. Clark, an old soldier. and
one Of the pioneers of that section
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1911-08-10

To the Voters of Maiden Spring District:
l hereby announce myself a candidate
for the Office of Constable and earnestly
solicit your support, and if elected will
faithfully perform the duties of said
office. Respectfully,
l.. ID. Boyd.