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Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1911-04-06

the more time put in, the more he gets
out OF 1t. With competent road en-
glneer, good board of supervisors. the
State highway commission, and those
most interested in the road under con-
struction, do you believe said engineer
would have this $625, 900 of the peoples
money in his vest pocket" If the road
Is not up to specifications, cannot our
supervisors refuse to pay for same, sue
the bondsmen of the contractors, and
recover damages?
PAY as You CO. advocates. as we
know you, you are men high upon our
Industrial and professional ladder. we
view your commercial dealings and sue
cess with feeling of admiration and
awe. We have refrained from
personal attacks where you have left it
possible, for we would not offend YOU.
or say one word to cripple your in
fiuence. Often you are upon the right
side, and we think it a great pity and
misfortune that you have chosen the
losing side this time. We wish and hone
that you will yet see the error of vour
way, confess, come across. and cooper-
ate with US in this, the most important
question ever placed before the people
of Tazewell county.
BOND ISSUE ADVOCATE.
Open to Conviction.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1911-04-06
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Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1911-04-06

If the legislature will give them an act
or amend the special road law of Taze-
well county? To those who live on or
near the 64t miles of dit road to be
otherwise improved under the bond
issue movement. l would ask you this
question: When will you get these 64t
miles of dirt road permanently improv-
ed if you rely on the promises of those
who believe that the special road law of
Tazewell county, WHEN AMENDED,
is an admirable system under which to
build roads? In the pamphlet issued by
those opposed to the bond issue, they
state that THEY BELIEVE that they
can build the 40f miles of macadam
road in ten years, and after that time
they would go on to improve the roads
in the district. Under their proposed
plan you, who live on or near the 644
miles of dirt road are to wait for ten
years, and at the end of this ten years,
you will have to rely on the promises
which have been made ten years prior
to that time. Under which system do
you think that you will first have the
SAT miles of dirt road improved?
MR.. COMMON SENSE SETAXPAYER
when you were trying to prejudice the
minds of those whe live on or near the
64s miles of dirt road, designated in the
Courts order, to vote against the bond
issue, why in The name of common sense
didn't you tell them what you proposed
to do for them?
JEFFERSONvILLE DISTRICT VOTER.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1911-04-06
RAILWAY HEAD
FOR BOND ISSUE.
President Johnson, Of the Norfolk & West
eTR, Most Heartily Endorses The Move
meat for Better Highways in TazeweIl

To know what a keen, practical busi-
ness man thinks Of the proposed bond
issue, Mr., Geo. w. st. Clair of this
place wrote Mr.. L. E. johnson, presi-
dent of the Norfolk and Western Rail
way, for an expression of opinion. Mr..
st. Clair's letter and Mr.. Johnson's re-
ply sre published herewith.
Mr.. Johnson's reply is we'll worth the
attention of every one interested in bet
ter highways in Tszewell county. A
practical man, engaged in road building
for years-for railroads and wagon roads
are practically the same proposition so
far as construction is concerned-a
practical man, who by sheer energy and
ability, has risen from the ranks to the
high position of president. of one of the
greatest railroads in the south, if not
indeed in the entire country, his words
have weight, and more especially when
you stop to think that in the year 1910
of the total road tax in this county,
amounting to $27, ,95S.12, the Norfolk
and Western Railroad paid 81. 334 81, or
more than one-fourth of the entire road
tax of the county, and is now willing.
even anxious, to see the improvements
go on, it would seem absurd then for
those whose taxes are only few dol
lars year, to object to the bond plan.
If the Norfolk and Western Railroad
would only build under the pay as you
go plan" where would be all the glori-
Gus development of the Virginias, made
possible by those who are not afraid to
borrow money-not afraid of the debt
to posterity-and not afraid to spend
one dollar to earn two? But let the let
ters speak for themselves. They are
an follows:
Tszewell, Va, March q. 1911.
Mr. L. E. johnson,
President N. & w. Ry. Company,
Roanoke, Va.
Dear Sir:-You no doubt know that
the judge of the circuit court of Taze-
we'll county has ordered the polls to be
opened in this county on the 18th of
April to submit to the voters the ques-
tion of issuing S625. 600 of bonds for the
purpose of constructing roads in the
county. AS your company is one of the
largest tax payers, will you advise me
if the Norfolk and Western Railway
Company favors the construction of
modern roads, if so, please give your
reasons for same, and permit me to
publish in the newspapers of this coun-
ty your reply to this letter.
An early reply will be appreciated.
Yours very respectfully,
GEO. w. ST. CLAIR,
Chairman Campaign Committee.
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Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1911-04-06

Roanoke, Va, April l, 1911.
Hon. Geo. w. st. Clair,
Tazewell, Va.
Ny Dear Sir:-In reply to your two
letters of the 9th instant, in which you
call attention to the fact that the judge
of the circuit court of Tazewell county
has ordered the polls to be opened in
your county on the 18th day of April to
submit to the voters the question of is
suing $625, 600 of bonds for the purpose
of constructing roads in your county,
and your inquiry that as the Norfolk
and Western Railway Company is one
of the largest tax payers, whether we
are in favor of the construction of mod
ern roads, to which most emphatically
answer YES, and the reasons therefor
are based upon an economic business
proposition, coupled with the unques-
tionable benefits arising to the people
of Tazewell county from an education
al, religious and social standpoint
1t has been reliably and authentically
stated that more than $40, ,00O, 900 are
wasted on the public roads of the United
States yearly through ignorance, in
competence and Indifference, and have
no doubt that it could be demonstrated
that Virginia has borne its proportion
of this tremendous waste of energy by
the lack of proper work on roads. 1
quote as authority for this statement
Mr.. Logan Waller Page, director of the
J United States Office of public roads
The way Mr.. Page figures it out, the
annual loss due to incorrect and made
quate methods in the construction,
maintenance and administration of pub
lie roads may be set down at $40, 900, 600,
while the burden imposed through ex-
cessive cost of transportation from the
farm to the railroad station reaches the
impressive sum of $3.50, 900, 900, making
a total of $3.50, 200, 900. Let the citizens
of Virginia impress upon their minds
what proportion of this vast sum of
money they may credit to themselves
as losing by lack Of good roads through
any and all sections of the State. Would
IT not be possible to determine the ag-
gregate weight of crops of all charac-
ters, including products of the forests
and mines hauled to market annually in
in your county, determining the average
haul and the average cost? You will
then be able to make a calculation as to
what the cost per haul would be with
improved roads.
The authority quoted above also states
that the average haul in the United
States is "a miles and the average cost
is % cents per ton per mile. Compar-
ing this with Europe, where good roads
are the rule rather than the exception,
the cost of hauling is much less thar
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1911-04-06

is easy enough to say that criminals
should be punished, but we who are law
abiding citizens, do not know the rea-
sons that men and women disregard the
law.
1t is gratifying to know that the
southern states are taking the lead in
the matter of using their convicts for
road building. or the fifteen thousand
miles of highways built in the twelve
southeastern states between 1904 and
1910 the greater part was accomplished
by the use of coovict LABOR. Georgia
keeps $500 convicts at work on her
public roads the year srourd.
No fewer than thirty-three states
have laws favorable to the employment
of convicts in road building. Unfortu-
nately, though, the laws in many cases
are vague, and in still others narrow; 50
that the plan is actually followed in but
eighteen states, though in several 9TH
ers convicts are employed in quarrying,
cutting and crushing stone for use in
road bnilding. It has been found that
convict will do practically as much
work in day as free laborer and that
the cost Of guarding and maintenance
on the highways is actually less than
the cost of maintenance and guarding
in jail, in addition to the great benefits
to this class Of people by being given
outdoor work to do.
Believing, as l do, that your county
will vote in favor of the bond issue, it
then becomes necessary that dollars
worth of road be obtained for dollar
expended, and this cannot be obtained
by divided authority or without proper
plans and specifications and thorough
supervision Of the construction of the
road. You may rest assured that money
will be saved if your roads are properly
laid, properly surveyed and grades and
curvature established in manner that
will not make weak link in any por-
tion of road built. That is to say, a
stretch Of road five or six miles long
should be so graded that there is no one
point which will prohibit other than a
maximum load. The State of Virginia
has well equipped department for this
class of work and it is within your pro-
vince to call for assistance from this
department
Another and just as important feat
ure is that after your road is complete
it must be cared for and kept in good
condition all of the time, for if it is al
lowed to deteriorate here and there,
your road will soon be weakened.
In conclusion, representing as do
one of the largest tax payers of the
county of Tazewell, urge, with all the
force at my command, the voters of
Tszewell county to cast their votes in
favor of the bond issue, and if it pre-
walls, then the citizens of Tazewell
county see to it that their money is
properly expended and that they get a
dollars worth of road for a dollars
worth of money spent.
You have my permission to use this
communication in any manner which
seems to you best and which will be
the most beneficial.
Very truly yours,
(Signed) L. E. JOHNSON,
President.
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Clinch Valley Goal and Iron COmuauy
80 BROAD STREET
NEW YORK

April l, 1911.
To the Stockholders of the
Clinch Valley Coal and Iron Companv.
The annual meeting of stockholders
of the Clinch Valley Coal and Iron Com
pany. for the election of directors and
the transaction Of such other business
as may be presented, will be held at the
office of the Company in Jeffersonville
lTazewell Court House), TazeweIl
County, Virginia, on Wednesday, Nav
3rd, 1911, at four o'clock o M.
H. CARROLL WINCHESTER,
maro"4 Secretary.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1911-04-06
NOTICE..

The overseer of the poor for each
Magisterial District of Tazewell county
is provided with contingent fund of
fifty dollars for each year, which is
under control of the overseer of the
poor and the member of the board, of
the respective districts. to be used for
cases of emergency. After this emer-
gency fund has been expended by any
overseer Of the poor, for any one year,
he has no authority, under the law, to
bind the county for any further amount
under any circumstances. All further
allowances must be made by the Board
of Supervisors.
Published by order of the Board of
Supervisors of TazeweII county.
Teste:
mar9tf S. M. Graham, Clerk.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1911-04-06
Spray Your Trees.

If you want fruit this year now is the
to spray. We have a full line of
ATSCendted Lead.
BIueStOne.
Sulphur.
Paris Green and all combinations Of
spraying compounds.
John {. Jackson.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1911-04-06
NO. IA
RUSSELL REPUBLICANS RUsTLE.
A Clean Cut Ticket Of Representative Men
For COUNTY Offices,


The Republicans of Russell county
held their convention in the motion
picture theater in the Odd Fellows Hall
at Honaker on last Saturday.
Judging from the number of csndi-
dates for the different offices, the Re-
puolicans of Russell must think the
election all over but the shouting and in
fact it seemed to be the unanimous
opinion that with fair election Russell
would again swing into line with at least
500 majority. There was an immense
crowd present and the hall would not
begin to accommodate the crowd which
led to considerable delay and confusion
in getting started ss delegates could
hardly reach their appointed seats.
The convention was called to order by
Chairman Geo. w. Gilmer at l O'Clock
p. m, with brief speech, followed by
Frank Griffiths who after promising to
support cheerfully the nominees of the
convention placed in nomination for
temporary chairman Hon. G. Bruce
johnson who was unanimously elected
as was Charles Honaker as temporary
secretary.
Hon. R Walter Dickenson then NOV
ed the appointment of committee on
credentials and permanent organization
and suggested as the time was short
that no committee on resolutions be ap-
pointed
The chair then appointed the follow
lowing on the committees:
Credentisls-B. B. Jessee, DR.. Meade.
o. Wedder, L. A. Mathena, w. S. John
sohn, B. B. Meade, W. A. Gibson.
Permanent Organization-T. P. Dick
enson, W. E Akers, Geo. Price. &c.
Wilburn Frank Taylor, Will D VIII
liams, Allen l. Kirg.
The commi tee OF CT, d ntials report
ed full delegations from each precinct
and no contests.
Inc committee on perma1ent orCqni-
z4'lon RECOMMENDED nat n temp, ~ary
organization he made permanent with
addition of $ b. F. Counts as assistant
secretary
The frs ight in The convention come
up over the order in which candidates
be nominated, but finally acre g on the
following order:
Clerk.
Treasurer
Sheriff
Commonwealth Attorney.
Commissioners.
Member House Delegates.
For Clerk-Prof R. E. C. Honaker
j. A. Henrltze, W l. Jessee and F. K,
Wallace were nominated, Hepritze
won on second ballot.
For Treasurer. NJ. Dickenson
Sam G. Hambrick and John Hurt were
nominated. Hurt won on second ballot
For Sheriff-Geo. W. Gilmer. John
Z. Davis, W. w. Campbell and c. II.
Boyd were nominated. Gilmer won on
second ballot.
For Commonwealth Attornev-Hon
ID. e. Routh received the nomination
over Arthur Griffiths.
For Commissioners-Ora Salver for
the west end and Jas. Slate for the
east end received the nominations.
For House of Delegates-C. c. MAY
nard won over Lacy Sutherland.
After a ringing speech by the Hon.
ID: 7. Routh the convention adjourned.
While some of the candidates, who
were sanguine of receiving the nomina-
ton were just little sore, it will soon
pass away and all Of them will be found
hard at work to wipe out the set back
that Russell county received last wear
in the Congressional election.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1911-04-06

Let US do your job printing.
The Detroit times., 1911-10-18
PEPPER THROwER STARTS
SNEEZING EPIDEMIC

ADRIAN, Oct. 1S.--The manager OF
Croswell opera house says he will
give a reward OF $40 for information
that will lead to the arrest and con-
viction of the person who started
sneezing epidemic at the theater'
Someone in the gallery threw hand
full or so OF red pepper into the air
The consequence can at once be
imagined. The audience sneezed In
unison, I'm quartets, duets and solos,
II was fun, OF course, for the one who
threw the pepper but extremely annoy
ing for others who paid their money to
see the performance. The sheriffs
force and police force have been noti
fed and II the identity OF the pepper
thrower can be found out there will
be something doing.
II is understood the same prank
has been played In some of the NOV
ing picture shows. presumably by the
same person.
The Detroit times., 1911-10-18
SENT TO PRISON FOR
ROBBING CHICKEN COOP

GRAND RAPIDS, Oct 1S.-Shower'
ing kisses on the pudgy hand OF the
woman whose hen roost he had oe-
spoiled. Mike Manaskey was an aD'
iect sniveling prisoner In police cour'
charged with the theft of four fowls
from Mrs. Maggie Tyczynski, ~
Eleyenth-st. Mike and a companion
were caught with suit case ful oi
chickens, feathers protruding from one
end of the overflled grip proving their
undoing.
Detectives Mcdonald and Viergever
sought and found the source OF sup
ply. and Mrs. Tyczynski swore to the
complaint against Mike, former near
neighbor. When brought into court
Manaskey shed tears so profusely as
TO wash clean those portions OF his
face down which they splashed and
offered in mixed Polish and English
a mournful plea for mercy. He readily
admitted the theft of the fowls and
said, 81 got drunk and then crazy sat-
urday hight. Then | steal EN-.
Asked to pay fine of $25 and costs
Mike said: 81 no got money at all,
and added that his young wife was
but little better off. He was sent to
jail for 60 days, for which length of
time hen roosts will be safe from his
depredations.
The Detroit times., 1911-10-18
ADVERTISING TALKS.
WRITTEN By
WILLIAM q. FREEM AN.

/ was told the other day that
the GIMBEL PHILADELPHIA
STORE expends more money in
TESTING CHEMICALLY ALL
FOODS SOLD IN THEIR GRO
Gerry DEPARTMENT than the
whole Commonwealth of Penn
sylvania spends in the city of
Philadelphia in testing the foods
that are sold to Philadelphians
through the groceries of that
city, good and bad.
Is not this a REMARKABLE
CIRCUMSTANCE?
/ understand from the State
representative in charge of the
Philadelphia district that the law
. allows him only $4,000 a year to
expend for chemical analyses of
suspicious foods.
Just think of so mall a sum
of money being appropriated for
such q purpose in such a large
. city as Philadelphia, when one
store in that city REGARDS
THE SALE OF PURE FOODS
tosstinssd On Last Pagsl
The Detroit times., 1911-10-18
TEACHERS IN SCHOOL
FOR DEAF ARE PEEvED
Only Ones in City Who Haven't
Profited BY Recent Salary
Boost.

The 10 teachers In the School for
the Deaf, on Abbott-st., are very
much peeved over the fact that they
are the only ones In the city who
failed TO get a slice OF the melon
when the increase In pay for teachers,
averaging about 10 per cent, was d.
vided. Supt Wales G. Martindale
sayss the whole matter is simply one
OF adjustment.
The state OF Michigan reimburses
the board OF education for money
spent In teaching the deaf children,
but the act under which such pay
ment is made, states that the amount
paid shall not exceed $50 per pupil
per year. complied on the basis OF
aggregate days Of attendance. AZ
present, there are only Sc pupils In
the deaf school, which does not al
low the teachers an increase under
the $50 limit set by the state.
IF all the pupils who should be In
the school were really in attendance,
there would be enough to warrant
the paying of the teachers at the In
creased rate" says Supt. Martindaie'
TT is merely matter of adjustment,
and II IL, In way, up to the teacn'
ers to get the pupils into the school.
The Detroit times., 1911-10-18
KID Mccoy TO WE'D
MuLIONAIRE'S DAUGHTER

NEW YORK, Oct. 1S.-Neither Nor
man Selby (Kid Mccoy nor Mrs
Edna v. Helm. divorcee and daughter
of the ."Honduran Money King,
would disclose today the date for
their approaching marriage. 1t Is be,
Iieved. however, the ceremony Will
take place within the next two weeks
and that the couple will sail at once
for a honeymoon on the continent.
McCoys eight marriage will be the
result OF an interesting episode in the
life Of the White Way.
Mrs. Helm, daughter OF the million
aire head OF the South American firm
OF Valentine Brothers, was formerly
the wife of Honduran Vice-Consul
Helm. They were married in 1902
They separated in 1909 and in long
drawn out divorce suit. in which both
made sensational charges, Helm testi'
fed that he saw his wife bow to Nc
Coy In Rectors one night. Helm later
left the table, he said, and when he
returned. Mccoy was sitting with
Mrs Helm, while the orchestra play
ed: Love Me With Thine Eyes"
Helm later withdrew his charges
and Mrs. Helm was granted the di'
vorce.
The Detroit times., 1911-10-18
P. o. LAWS ENSNARE
REAL ESTATE DEALER

HOUSTON. Tex, Oct. 1S.-An In
dictment charging fraudulent use OF
the mails In real estate business
was returned here today by the grand
jury against Charles j. Horn, pro-
moter OF the Brazos and Velasco Land
Investment Co/The indictment re-
cites seven ce1nts.
II CHARGES Horn with selling sew
eral thousand acres of sand and
swamp lands at the mouth Of the
Brazos river, to purchasers In north
ern states. on the description that 1t
was hne farming soil. Poatofhce
agents say he mailed hundreds OF
thousands of circulars from Velasca
in which he graphically described the
agricultural beauties OF the section.
1t Is alleged Horn cleaned up 100000
on his sales.
The case Is one OF the first in a
campaign which the postoffice depart
ment has inaugurated against mail
order real estate dealers.
The Detroit times., 1911-10-18
COLD WEATHER MAKES
VETERANS FLOCK HOME

GRAND RAPIDS. Oct. Is.-Thc
Soldiers home is filling rapidly, and IL
Is becoming something OF a problem
now to know just where all the vet
erans will be placed. Those who have
entered since Oct. 10 are: Clifton j.
Schenck. Owosso; John Ruth, Layon-
10; Clement Chamberlain. Hart: Rock
well ID. Corwin: Elijah Bowerman.
Springville; John Schnitzwe, Franken-
muth; Thomas Simmons. Adrian: John
Carroll, Harrisville; Smith Gillett.
Lansing: Harmon Demasest, Char
lotte; Merritt j. Avery, Battle Creek;
James r. Mcclure, Ludington: and
Erastus Aldridge
Matron Brown of the women's annex
declares that all of her 109 beds are
taken and number OF wives, daugh-
ters, and mothers are temporarily pro-
vided for In the hospital. where there
is still little room left.