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The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-06-13
A New Hospital.

DR.. H. c. Goings. of Matewan, is
doing a great work in establishing
hospital at Matewan upon the most
modern plans and most conveniently
and admirably situated. The build
ing Is really gem of attractiveness
and comfort. DR.. Goings is fortu-
nate in having procured the services
of DR.. A.. M. Sorrell. Resident Sur
geon. Of baltimore. Md, who will
be constantly at the hOspital and
render his efficient services toward
building IN the reputation of this
home institution. This hospital is
50 near Williamson that il will be
Of easy access and its conduct will
be of such nature that all our people
can avail themselves OF its advanta-
ges with the greatest confidence. We
congratulate DIR. Goings upon his
great achievement In this much
needed and necessary enterprise and
wish for>him satisfactory returns in
every resnect.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-06-13
G. 0. P. "DARKHORSE"
LOOMS IN CHICAGO
Bribery and Theft Charges May
Upset The Slate.
Director Mckinley Says Roosevelt
Forces Plan to Corrupt
Delegates.

Apparently irreconcilability of diff
ferences between Taft and Roosevelt
leaders in the Republican party,
borne on rising tide of charges of
bribery, theft and other accusations,
threaten to precipitate decisive de-
velopments before tho opening of
the national convention next Tues
day
The charges of corruption we're
made in statement issued by Direct
or Mckinley of the Taft bureau,
which directly accuses the Roosevelt
managers Of an effort to capture the
convention by force.
Prominent men on both sides ad-
mitted the situation had become SO
acute that almost anything might
happen within the next few days
Among possibilities discussed in con-
ference rooms, hotel corridors and
party headquarters We're two that
continued to come again and again
The, first of these was the posi-
bility of q bolt by the Roosevelt
forces and the organization of
progressive" party If President Taft
is to be renominated The bolt talk
was ever present during the day and
,once in meeting of Roosevelt lead
ers rose to point where William
Finn, of Pfttsburg, who was presid-
ing, refused to let 1t go further
The second possibility, and this
seemed to hold the center of the
stage, was that of compromise On
a third candidate. A number Of
the leaders asserted that now it was
positively beyond question to expect
either the Taft or Roosevelt people
to abide by the nomination of the
Others candidate.
The situation was crystallized to
great degree by the action of the ma
tional committee in the contest hear
ings, particularly the California case.
Roosevelt men insisted that they
could expect nothing for their candi-
date at the hands of the ruling Taft
majority In the national committee,
and criticized the work of that body
with bitterness.
The question of Whether or not
Colonel Roosevelt would come to
Chicago and what effect his coming
would have upon the tense situation
came up at almost every turn Of the
endless discussions and arguments
nearly all agreed that the arrival
of Colonel Roosevelt would bring the
situation to an immediate focus, but
the final outcome of such an event
was disputed.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-06-13

Williamson is growing more me-
tropolitan every day. Her thorough
fares are crowded with strangers i'm
vestigating the possibilities of our
future. Hosts of workmen are COM
Ding to our section to aid in the great
development which is now in prog
ress all around our city. Contract
ors on our new railroad are busy
rushing work forward and the de-
mand for labor is. geater than ever
known before, Property is increas-
ing in value and real estate men are
4 busy and active set Of hustlers.
The building movement is good and
new contracts fer new structures are
increasing. Not vacant place OF
any kind in the city and the demand
increasing. 1t is with pride that we
point to our rapid progress and look
to the future with confidence and the
greatest enthusiasm for a greater
prosperity.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-06-13
Baptist Cnurch.


Come to our Sund ay School al
9:45 Sunday mornin =. We have
graded lessons for all ages up to II
The Bible Class for men is taught
by the pastor Mr.. G. H. Whites
carver teaches BIB e Glass for. la
dies
The pastor will preach at 1900
O'Clock Sunday morni ing and at 500
O'Clock Sunday event g. We give all
a special invitation to come and
worship with us. If YOU are mem
Der of the church but have no pastor
in tewn, come with us and take part
in our worship. Are you a stranger
in town? We want sou to come.
Prayer meeting an d Young Peo-
pies Meeting Wednesday, at 500
O'Clock Subject David"
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-06-13
CAME NEAR Be,
ING A TRAGEDY
Editor Headly Knocked In The
Head.
An Uncalled For And OUTRAGEOUS
Attack.

On the evening of June 9Th 1912,
hev. Q. Z. Headney, of the Citizens
Herald, Matewan, was brutality at
tackled in his office and knocked
senseless byga beer bottle in the
hands of f. NJ Kennedy, Of Calico,
this county.
1t seems that VT. Headley had
never met the man and had never
heard of him before Kennedy came
into his Office and pretended that he
wished to subscribe to his newspa-
per and Mr.. Headley had commenced
the writing Of his name and address
but before he had finished doing this,
Kennedy struck him on the side of
the head with a beer bottle and
felled him to the floor unconscious.
There was no other person in the
office at the time and Mr.. Headley
did not know anything for quite a
while, but when consciousness re-
turned he staggered to his nearby
residence, where his wife and little
children were, and the alarm was
given of the coWardly attack. Soon
a large crowd gathered near the
scene, and officer Chain did good
service in arresting the guilty man
at once and confined him in the
city lookup.
Kennedy was arraigned before
Justice Boggs, and Headley being
unable to appear at the trial, the
Il
was put under a $1,000 bond. Hav-
ing failed to give this bond in the
city Of Matewan, Mr. Greenway Hat
field, a brother Of the Republican
candidate for Governor, was at last
appealed to, and went on the bond
of Kennedy. After Kennedy had
been released under bond he pro-
ceeded to abuse Mr.. James Crawfor,
for having refused to go on his bond,
when Crawford, so it is said, gave
him an unmerciful beating. DR.. HI.
G.. Goings administered to Kennedy
and bound up his mutilated head
and face, after which he went on his
way, homeWard to Calico.
At this time Editor Headley is
doing we'll and is out and unless his
hearing is injured there will be no
permanent injury, though he was
severely wounded.
1t is an open secret that this VIZ
political attack upon Rev. Head
ley, who had been active in showing
up the gang in this county and was
instigated simply to kill him or
frighten- him from the State; or, at
least that is the way it looks to MIR.
Headley.
Our citizens generally are bitter
in their denunciation of the attack.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-06-13
lDJBs TAFT METHOD THEFT AND
FRAUD"
Roosevelt Declares Republicans Are
Not Bound by Dishonest Leaders.

IRoOsettlG DttthFeS. hSphDlCanS Are
Not Bound by Dishonest Leaders.
Theodore Roosevelt discussed pres
lent conditions at Chicago in an article
emitted "A Naked Issue of Right nnl
Wrong" just made public, which Is
t. appear in the current issue of the
Outlook. Mr.. Roosevelt says in part:
The contest for the Republican
nomination has narrowed to a naked
issue of right and wrong; for the
issue Is simply whether we shall per
Tit system of naked fraud, of aak-
ed theft from the people to triumph
Properly speaking the national
committed only function Is to Judge
what delegates have prima facie the
right to seat and to suggest the
name of temporary chairman Prac-
Itically the attempt Is being made by
the Taft managers to use the present
national committee for the purpose
of unseating honestly elected dele-
gates and of seating enough fraudu-
lentlv elected delegates, especially
from the states where there is no
real republican party, to obtain the
nomination for Mr.. Taft.
I'm Ohio fragrant action was taken
(which, while it may not technically
come under the head of cheating,
represented such outrageous defiance
of the popular will as to call for the
condemnation or every honorable
man. The state went. bv over 10000
majority. against Mr. Taft at the pri-
mary, but the Taft managers. in the
state convention by adroit political
Itrickery, sent six Taft delegates-at-
large to vote at Chicago for the man
whom his own state had just repudi-
ated.
81 wish to call attention to the
fact that 1t is Messrs. Barnes. McKin-
| ley and their associates, in behalf OF
Mr. Taft, who are engaged In the ef-
| fort to penetrate the gravest wrong
upon the Republican party and uDon
| the people of the United States, and
that in such action they stand. not
as the representative of the Republi-
| can party. but as individuals mis-
representing that party. with nc
claim to loyalty from 1t. and whom II
| is the bounden duty of that party to
lrepudiate.
IT wish also to call to the atten-
ton of the honest men who hitherto
have supported Mr.. Taft that the
issue is now one of naked right and
wrong. and that they cannot support
or acauiesce in the action of those
who. under the circumstances given
above, are seeking to nominate Mr.
Taft without being false to the prin-
liples of good citizenship"
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-06-13
TAFT WILL VETO APPROPRIA.
TI0N BIEIS

President Taft told friends he
would veto the legislative, executive
and judicial appropriation bill, IT,
when it comes for his signature, II
abolishes the commerce court by cut
ting the courts appropriation Both
the house and senate eliminated pro-
vision for the court from measure.
Taft told callers he considered the
court necessary to prompt and effec-
tive enforcement of tht interstate
commerce act. The President
friends say he will write a vigorous
veto message.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-06-13
This Would Give Us the Beginning
of Real Parcels Post.


Senator Bourne's bill would estab-
lish a real parcels post, covering the
whole country and fixing rates that
would enable shippers to use the
Government service The parcels.
post is not an experiment 1t is in
successful operation in neatly every
other civilized country When insti-
tuted it should be founded on
sound business basis, on scale COM
mensurate with the half a continent
and 100 600, 600 people 1t Is to serve.
The Bourne bill consolidates the
third and fourth classes Of mail mat
ter, at | cent an ounce, up, to four
ounces. For the parcels post the
weight limit is fixed at eleven pounds
the present limit of the internation-
al parcels post. The eleyen-pound
restriction is the one serious fault of
the Bourne bill, but that can be rem
edied later Mr. Bourne proposes to
establish six zones-the first So
mile radius, the second up to 200
miles, the third up to 500, the fourth
| up to 1000, the fifth between 1000
and 1000, and the sixth of distances
beyond 1000 miles. Beginning at 8
cents for the first and cents for
each additional pound within so
miles, the rates gradually increase
| for each zone, reaching in the sixth
a maximum of twelve cents pound.
the international rate This is not
so low as the English rate, for an
eleven-pound parcel may be sent
anywhere in England for % cents.
The British Postmaster-General. in
a speech in Parliament a few days
tion In the parcel rate to France,
three pounds to be carried to France
for shilling, "a cents, eleven pounds
| for 3S cents, IN Germany packages
Weighing 10 pounds may go by mail
and In Switzerland there Is no limit
But in spite of the restriction to
eleven pounds In England the postal
service handles more than 100, 0O0,-
900 packages a year. and the higher
rate in this country would not pre-
vent the parcels post from doing an
immense business Once establish
ed, 1t will not be difficult to reduce
| tht rates and readiust the zones,
| II the first arrangement does not
| work satisfactorily II Congress will
institute the parcels post, the pat
rons of the postal service will do the
rest.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-06-13
ROOM % pEPosIToRs TRUST BUILDING

Mr.. T. ]. Alley, of this city, is Wis
iting relatives and friends in Ken
lucky. He is one Of those easy-going
citizens whom everybody admdres.
We wish him a pleasant and happy
outing.
Iden Bishop, an old time resident
Of Williamson, now of Dante, Va,
was in to see US on Tuesday. Will
Hanson lost a good citizen when he
changed his residence, and we do
hope some day he will come to live
with US again. To say that we were
glad to see him again is putting it
mildly, He is now on vacation
from the G. C.. & O.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-06-13

After lingering illness of tuber-
culosis, Mr.. Mont Williamson, of
this city, passed away from the
scenes, of this life on last Wednes-
day morning at his residence on
Second Avenue. He was middle
aged man and had lived useful
and respected life in this city from
a young man He was Kestuckian
by birth and was laid to rest on
Johns Greek near his old home. A
number of friends and relatives ac-
companied the remains to the old
homestead today. He was a kind
hearted man tand made everybody
his friend BY his gentle and genial
instincts. He leaves a wife and a
number of relatives and friends to
mourn his loss, to all of whom we
extend our sorrow and sympathy.
We had known him personally for a
long time and had always admired
him for his faithfulness to duty and
courteous manner. We hope he has
gone to happier sphere.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-06-13
SEMI MONTHLY SPAN DAYS FOL
RAILROADERS.
Change viii BE Effective on First
Of July

Of July.
The Norfolk and ~ estern will
shortly announce that the road will
commencing the first o July, pay off
semi-monthly instead or once a
month as at present, The pay days
will be on the first saz d fifteenth of
each month.
The change, which Will be effective
over the entire system. is made in ac-
cordance with the law passed by the
last Virginia legislature requiring
railroads to pay semf-monthly The
law win not go into ERECT until Sep
TENDER, but as the fsc al year Of the
Norfolk and Western commences on
the first of July the change will be
made at that time. A. a gondy por-
ton Of the mileage Of the Norfolk
and Western is in virEinia thesman-
agement of the road, which trahsacts
all business from Roe noke, has de-
cided to put the semi-ua onthly pay in
to effect all over the system SO as to
reduce to minimum the amount of
work required to pay off the thous-
ands of men in the employ of the
TOdu. Lie dunuul7ss AOdyIOIl VI lhC
Norfolk and Western Is in the neigh
borhood of $3.50 900 now and the
distribution of part of this sum
along the system every two weeks
will be a big boom to the business
men and great help TO the employ
ees because they will not be forced
to wait thirty days fer their money
as they do at present
The plan for the semi-monthly
payments have not yet been complet-
ed, but it is expected that the plan
Of operation will be completed this
week as all of the chief clerks and
those in charge Of pay rolls will 60
to Roanoke on Monday for confer
ence with officials there at which time
the new pan will be thoroughly ex-
planned to the men along the system
and each given iIistruc tions as to how
the company wants the plan carried
into effect
The merchants will be greatly ben
Gifted by the new order of things
and 1t is belived that many of the
employees who have frequently been
garnisheed in the past will be reliev-
ed of further trouble along this line.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-06-13
Hanors for Mr. Leckie.

The many friends OF Mr.. William
Leckie will be glad to learn OF the
honor being conferred on him by the
coal companies with which he is
identified Upon the death Of w. $.
Lathrop a short time ago, and the
reelection of officers and Directors
of the West Virginia, Pocahontas,
and two other operations, Mr. Leckie
was chosen president, vice Mr.. Lath-
rop, deceased. Up to the time of
Mr.. Lathrep,s death Mr.. Leckie was
manager of the Coal and Coke
COMPANY which position he recently
resigned -Tazewell Republican.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-06-13

Rev. o. T. Headley, Matewan, this
county, is undecided as to whether
he will continue his newspaper pub
LEGATION or not. 1t is becoming a
serious question with him and others
as to whether it Is healthy to publish
a Democratic or Independent news
paper when beer bottles are trumps.
He might negotiate to relieve US on
this journal and give US only short
time to consider his proposition. We
should have to consider the fact of
already being on the ground with all
the requisites for political fight,
but still we might be induced TO re-
linquish our brilliant outlook
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-06-13
Mrs p q Gninas secnnd Ave.

Mrs. B. B. Goings, Second Ave
nue. this city, entertained happy
ard select party on last Friday
night in honor of her visiting friend,
Mrs. Gates, of Charleston, this State
IL was a most pleasing affair and a
royal good time was the sesuit OF
the social gathering Mrs. Goinga
was at her best and made her home
joyous with pleasure by her inimlta-
bic manner of making everyone at
her bounteous board feel that they
were at home and We're welcome
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-06-13
DEMOCRATS HAVE NEW COM
MITTEE.
In View of Heavy Contest New
Scheme is Adopted.

In View of Heavy Contest New
Scheme is Adopted.
Plans are being formulated b.
members of the Democratic national
committee. it is LEARNED, to create a
new office to be known as chairman
of the campaign committee. This new
officer who will work with the ma
tional chairman, may or may not be
a member of the national commit
tee, and his selection will be made
by the presidential candidate or at a
conference with the new national
committee members. The national
chairman will continue In general
charge of the campaign. Already
United States Senator O'Gorman has
been discussed for chairman of the
campaign committee. just how ma
ny members will constitute the new
committee has, not been considered,
but the creation of the Office of chair
man was believed to be advisable
because the coming presidential
contest promised too much labor for
the national committee.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-06-13
TURN TO ORAToRY TO SAVE THE
COLONEL.
Roosevelt Boomers Plan Big Demon
stration in Theater Before
Ca........

u
stration in Theater Before
Convention.
Roosevelt leaders have announced
details of a mass meeting for Friday
afternoon which will be staged at
Chicago's largest ,theater as a spec
tacular preliminary to the, opening
of the Republican national conven-
ton
At this first big Roosevelt demon
stration, the headIiners will be Fran
els J. Heney of California graft pros
ecution fame; Gov. Stubbs, OF Kan
sas, he of the fiery tongue" and
Judge Ben B. Lindsay of Denver
with his recital brought down to the
present day situation of the Trail
of the Beast"
From developments it is plain that
the fight for control Of the conyen-
ton is to be CONTINUED with a com
plete change of scenery The Roose-
welt managers are known 10 be lay.
ing final plans to start the campaign
tof band playing, flag waving and
loud huzzas. The movement whereby
the Roosevelt leaders hope TO STAN
pede the delegates is to be launched
at once.
Hundreds of Roosevelt boomers
are en- route to Chicago and they are
to be stationed, all according to care
fully considered plans, around the
quarters where the national commit
tee is meeting, in the hotel lobbles
and on the streets, under iastruc.
tions to beat the tom toms for all
there is in it. All this is to be done
in an effort to stimulate interest iii
the first of a series of what it is
hoped will be hurricane Roosevelt
demonstrations Extraordinary eff
forts are to be made to continue
these demonstrations until the mo-
ment the decisive vote on the presi-
Dental nomination is cast.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-06-13
"A New Remedy.

"A dumb boy in Philadelphia I'M
dertook to examine the hoofs Of a
mules hind feet and had his power of
speech kicked back into him. Scien-
fists are not exultant over the gen
eral adaptibility of the discovery OF
this curious cure Baltimore Amer
ican.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-06-13
LET FER IRON OKLAHOMA. !
An Old Former Citizen Of Mingo
Writes to FRI END Here.
Sapulna Okla June 1912

Sapulpa, Okla, June z, 1912.
DIR. Ben c. Harris
Williamson, w. va,
Dear Old Scout:
How goes it with you by this time
This leaves me well and doing o. X
Say, Ben, | am 'encIosing my check
for $500, which you will please
hand to the editor of the Williamson
West virginian. | believe it Is
Thomas b. Garner, who edits It.
Anyway, send me the Democratic
paper, and If there is no Democratic
paper published in W. lliamson please
don't send me a Republican paper,
for as you know, cant stand the
odor Let me hear from you, old
man.
Kandest regards to the folks.
Your friend,
LAFE RUTHERFORD. NJ. D
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-06-13
One Popular Plank.

We hope some one will think to
slip plank into the National Con-
vention platform against the use OF
money In politics 1t ought to be
popular, now that most of the money
has been spent PHI E1adefphia Press
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-06-13
Harmony.

BRUTAL unfairness," 'tnaked inn
morality plain theft" political
ltrickery." These are but a few of
the nice expressie ms that are being
used by the West Virginia republican
newspapers in commenting upon
some of the actions of their political
brethren.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-06-13
T. R. Electors to Bolt if Taft rs Nom

r. r.. Electors to Bolt IL Taft Is NOM
mated.
Recourse to the Roosevelt men
elected as presidential electors in
the different states is announced as
the plan of William Finn Of Pitts
burg, should the convention nomi-
nate Taft.
Finn made this statement in a
vigorous attack on the national COM
mittee.
His position is endorsed by Gov
ernor G1asscock Of West Virginia
who declared all the West Virginia
electors will vote for Roosevelt in
the electoral college, regardless OF
J the action of the convention.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-06-13
Great Time Adjoining.

Clark boomers are to, invade Balti
mort with a brass band. Great times
in store for the little niggers and fox
terriers. -Richmond Virginian.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-06-13

Vote and then see that your vote
is counted.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-06-13

If you want to get all the local
news read this ! urnal.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-06-13
AIBHLING BROTHERS
REAL ESTATE OFFICE
OFFER THESE

Lots 3rd Avenue $4,000
Lots 3rd Avenue 80 Feet 5000
Lots 3rd Avenue lz,OOo
3 Lots. Cor. 3rd Ave- and Harvey St. 10000
Dwelling Lots $3.50
] Dwelling II Lot 2,25O
Dwelling ~ Lot l,ZoO
2 Dwellings, Lots 2,4Oo
Mere an lie and once Bldg, lot 5ox9o 27,soo
4 Dwellings "A Lots o,oOo
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-06-13

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