The Messenger from Beckley, West Virginia • Page 1

VOL. 1. WILL CONTEST TO THE HUBBARD IN NO -'WISE DISCOURAGED BY APPARENT SCO'iT VICTORIES. Not Until the Result is Ascertained By Vote in the Legislature Will the Vigor of the Fight Be Relaxed. STRENUOUS POLITICS RECKLEY, W.

TUESDAY, MAY 31, 1910. tm mi hi of the claims of Senator Scotl's friends to the effect that ho already has a majority of the He-1 publican caucus of the next toture, the fight of Mr. will continue with as much Hughes Forces Resort to Desperate Measures. In Logan county last lit convention the Lilly adherents CiUTUKl the day by an actual coumVcf to 80. An attempt ol' Postmaster Honamrtu control the convention resulted in the precipitation of a number of lights, and there will probably be contesting delegations rom tluu county.

In Boone county Lilly was victorious, while lie also got the ma jority of delegates in Putnam the machine made a fol to was a good ne i conducted since day when he made his announce- whore delegates are vet to be'W Isplected Koi only do friends of Hubbard I' laugh at the of the Scott! people as absurd, but they even; assert that Mr. Hubbai cncoHI ti-uauis in the IN COURT HOUSE anrs chances have boen assisted by the results tj lored Pc le Held At of the first few primaries in tended Rally SunnVv. state. That the endorsement of several counties was obtained for as a result of corruption at tha poll ancls the indiscriminats use of money i asserted and the effect of this kind of of a campaign it is believed by Hubbard supporters will be tatter's candidacy. beneficial to the In tiie interest of the new cd church- now in course of struction a'rally was held at the court house on Sunday, which was n-ell attended ut both the NO, 53 HALF DOLLAR COST A LIFE and evening services, (juite a neat sum boring realised from the col- At any those who know scuons jof bui 11 church, Mr.

Hubbard well, know that he is nbfciroing to the race which tic lias entered and that so far as he is concerned the end will not be until after the 'meeting of the 'legislature next January. The nomination of a number of Hiibbartl supporters, while their counties gave majorities for Scott, seems likely tojead to some bit- terncss and much uncertainty as to what the delegates or state senators thus chosen do, if they arc elected. Friends of. Hubbard assert that these men arc not even bound to support any man thc meetings every point of view, pleasant incident, be-iiii fr 10 only when a visiting printer giving the naino of iw m. Candidate for Nomination for House of Delegates.

iH Raleigh is developing more rapidly than any other county fe mthcitatfl. Thcsa developments have brought about new 673 condition mid questions of vital importance arc constantly tea nsel'ves for solution. It is our duty to meet squarely, solve them fairly, and go forward. I believe that constant and unnecessary tinkering with our statutes tend krclisturb business conditions and proves a men- Iji ace to the people of our state; therefore I favor only such town for several days, undertook to demonstrate his views to the congregation. Mis portion of the exercises was concluded in Mm county jail.

Reception to New Pastor A reception will be held sit the church on Saturday evening, June -1, commencing at 7:30 in honor of the new pastor, DEPUTY SHERIFF T. R. GILLESPIE KILLED AT STANAFORI). Was Shot With His Own Pistol By Cap. White, Colored, During a Fight Over Fifty At Stnuiiforcl, on evening, Deputy Sheriff 'T.

os pie undertook to collect iii'ty cents which he claimed was owing to him by'Qii) White, a colored "man residing at that place. White disputed the claim, and an altercation ensued, which culminated in the jack and a pistol, with which ho attacked the negro. In the scullic he dropped the pistol, which was picked up by White and fired at Gilk-spio, two shots penetrating his bowels and causing wounds from she effects of which ho died shortly afterward. White, immediately after the- shooting, started for (o give himself up, and was on his way here for that purpose when met by theoil jeers who had gone to It is claimed that both men were drinking at the time of trouble, although White maintains. f.liat:-iic.wa's-absolutel--sober':' nominated by fraud or corruption.

Dunaway, who comes On the other liaiid, it, is claimed from Wavcrly, -to take the for most of them that they were running on the Hubbard platform and were chosen as supporters of Hubbard and that they are as much bound under the result of primaries to support Hubbard as they are under the other results of the same primaries to support Scott, BURNED. TO DEATH Horrible Fate of Henry White, a Well-Known Negro. Henry While, a well-known ne- gro of this place, was found early on Sunday morning lying near the colored house in tlie West End, so horribly burned that lie pastorate of this church. A general invitation is extended to the public to be present at this reception, and thc members of the church arc especially urged to lie present. Hev.

Dunaway will preach his first pastoral sermon here at .1.1 a. in. on Sunday morning, June 5. and will preach in the evening at eight o'clock. The two cent rate tow should be strengthened and made 5g effective, and connections between competing railroad lines eg should be forced: in this coivacctioTnTrtcTFtioTTurcalltrd to deplorable abuses now being practiced against the shippino- public by the Virginian and Chesapeake Ohio railroads be" tween Eccles and Jenny's Gap, where a half a dozen steel rails tes would connect the lines of these competing railroads and there- by give to the shipping public cheaper and better shippino- Si 5J3 facilities.

Ss, sg -State, county and dish-ictgorernment should be judiciously Ip administered nnd no species of property unjustly or unduly igj burdened. Something is wrong cither with the- law or in it's Pi administration when taxation becomes excessive. Persons A firms and "corporations should be justly "taxed; and any attempt ia to thrust upon them an unjust lax should be op- espic was known" to be a man of intemperate habits, and the opinion of those in position to know is that the negro was acting purely on thc defensive, and was id-up to the time he secured possession of the pistol which Gillespie had drawn to use on him. pose I favor the declaration in inv died from the effects of his ries the next day. He stated that he had fallen into a fire, face downward, and was unable to get! away from il until it had burned him from the waist to the.

knees, 1C He was subject to epileptic fits best was probably burned while that condition. (dent to old age. Hoping for Mistakes place Monday. Wouldn't it be nice if when you sent a soiled one dollar bill to Uncle Sam's new laundry io have it Condition Critical. The condition of' John Bcckle.v, who has been seriously ill for some days has become so critical that the news of his death may be expected at any time, in view of hj advanced age and the fact that his 's platform on the of temperance, and in regard to a state-wide primary oloction law whereby the people shall have a voice in "thc selection of their candidates for public office by direct vote.

Upon these principles I submit my candidacy for the tion to the house of delegates, subject to thc action of the re- If publican primary on June mo, and respectfully request all those who ate in accord with these principles, and believe Is in my ability and Illness to advocate them to assist me by their 1 votes and influence. KJ fSF" Very respectfully, M. K. MATI.BXV. sJ li (i ca tt Wants a Change We arc tired of being called "Virginians" everywhere we go, for it is true that outsiders make no distinction whatever between this state and the Old Dominion.

Thc words "West Virginia" make too big a mouthful and are not calculated to assert the dignity and power of an independent state. Everybody outside of our own borders, being misled by the name, regards this state merely as jiin adjunct or dependency of the Old Dominion, and it will be age.s before our jwople can overcome thc handicap of misleading name. U't's make it distinctive, sonorous and rythmi- Oracle. health has been on the for some time. Old Citizen Dead.

P. Lilly, one thc and! Cil ylh0rc 01 known citizens of the Flatlf jfoi-fl to have generals who Why He Will Resign What It May Mean "I have no intention of resign-j Although some of the larger mg," says Secretary Balliuger. over in the fifth lossibly not; but it is a safe guess have, by crooked work on the part Preaching Printer Dead Thc Rev. Alexander Fraser Munro, known in this country and Knglmd as "Hie Preaching Prin tci-." whose work in the interest of workingmen, temperance and Sabbath observance was praised by Queen Victoria, is dead at his in Top section, died at his home hist! lavc cncmls vv Saturday, from (he ailments inci-l Na dent ls nilluck nn(1 "f- gasman from that district, Hon. A A still has His funeral took dry cleaned, would get a nice new live-spot back' by mistake? Things like that sometimes happen in steam Times-Star.

Tillman in Sanitarium SiilVcriim- from a severe attack at' rheumatism, United States-Senator Benjamin F. Tillman, of South Carolina, arrived in Atlanta Friday night and was taken to a sanitarium for treatment, and an unlucky cabinet ollicer is an unneccessary load for any administration to car- JIr Hal- chance for the nomination. jtm f- ing it over thc people by a few henchmen may mean a democratic congressman from of the dis- yeans old. a meeting which established first National Typographical union in the British isles. A few years later he came to this country.

Society Amusements Smuggling seems to bo running Word from Br'er Williams Overlooked makes the trust magnate i i OVMUV ttlv' Io- Ad-jtriclsin West Vir fc ton Messenger. look so worried "He'has-just "read that Don stand the way of Pros- American farmer is very prosperous, and he feels that he must divorce a close second as a popular amusement in high Washington Times. perity and don't try to take it all. The world was made for all of us. -Atlanta Constitution.

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