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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-04
Lawrenee-You buy two-sixteenths Of


Lawrenee-You buy two-sixteenths OF
! a pound
Z o. buy one-half and One-fourth Of a
/ pound how many ounces do buy?
/ Winfeld-You buy twelve ounces.
< al buy one-eighth of Il pound and
: one-half of pound how many ounces
/ do | buy?
1 John-You buy ten ounces.
! Q.-How many things make dozen?
Arthur-Twelve things make ono
! dozen
a. buy half dozen things, how
: u{uv things do 7 buy?
it3ereSa Nuu buy six things.
n jn.fhree-fanr1hs of a dozef there
GT. uuU u1%rt tGin&s2
flafry-in three-fourths of 4 lozan
there are nine things.
Q.-TwO-t birds of a dozen?
Earl--Are eight things.
Q.-At lac IA dozen what will two-thirdS
Of dozen cost?
Mabel-Ten cents.
Q.-At lac dozen what will one-sixth
of Il dozen cost?
Frank-Three cents.
Q.-Iow many days in week?
Tom mere are seven days in one
week.
o. go away visiting three weeks,
how many days am / gone?
Tom-fOu are gone twenty-one days.
OFF | should go away visiting two
weeks. how many days?
.ohn-Fourteen days.
O-H0W
Mabel-Four weeks.
o. hen two weeks are what part of
IL month?
Charlie-1wo weeks are one-haf of "a
month.
OFF | so away three months how
many weeks am ! gone?
Frank-Twelve weeks.
OFF | should go away for four
months. how many weeks would that be?
Guy-Sxteen weeks.
GLOW many months. make year?
Theresa-Twelve months make year.
Q.-tan you tell me some part of
year-how many months il would be?
Charlie am going away to stay
half year. which is six months.
Lawrence am gone one-fourth of a
year which is three months.
Frank am gone one-thrd of ii year.
which is four months.
Off | SHOULD be gone two-thirds of u
year how many months am | gone?
Ton-Eight months
Q.-Three-fourths of year,
Herbert-You would be gone nine
months.
GLOW many quarts in IA gallon?
Addie-Four quarts.
Q.-fiow many pints in Il quart?
Theresa-Two pints in one quart.
Ct.-Four gallons are how many quarts?
Herbert-Four gallons are sixteen
quarts.
Q.-Eight quarts are how many pints2
Mabel-Eight quarts are sixteen pints.
Q.-tIow many gallons can you get out
of twenty quarts.
Lawrence-F'ive gallons equal four
quarts.
Q.-How did you know it was four
Lawrence-There are five fours in
twenty
Q.-Eighteen pints will make how many
Quarts?
Frank-Nine quarts.
GLOW many pecks make a busheI?
John-Four pecks make one bushcl.
GLOW many quarts make a peck?
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-04

u, ~. ,
'''e' upon ''e i'''h'' - aeoie y
others we're raised, EXPRESSING eager.
ness 10 answer the question IL the mrs
one failed ISN'T tbare vvare no failures
and it is certain that the young mathe-
mati.i.,s. a,..c.a .h.+ ,ha,, ,,a,,
'''''o "i'"ei ''o''' "h' 'he' WV
about The presentation of this verba
~,
80 ieiNi' leeus ~ '+t'uSe. ! He ledch'
er asked tH4 frIesif.u. al random anf
the mans N the pnnil 1Ddn whom she
called is Indicated ui,b thn anaye,
A''
Here are the questions and answers
;,s, a.. ,ho, ~
N' oii'o'
GLOW many inches in a foot?
Hazel-In a foot there are twelve inches
On half a foot?
Herbert-In half a foot there are six
inches.
ON one-third of , f,ot9
Charlie@M on a hi Of a2o =" foot there are
Fam, inches 49, - -
% a. II tuo-,,irds If !, foo,a
E.,,,,l.- In tu,n.thirdo ~ ~ e.. -.
e;abt inches VI q 10y 'iioi al :
- r., ~, ,,,r,h 80 eo
II;rrv-in nna-fnurtb ~ y zoo, ,h.ra
a,e tl,r.a in.has A''' ''ei'
~ H., -fn,,th, of , sao.,
s...ia ~ ,, ff,,,tb.
,ra ~ n!h, ~ fni,,, ~ 9, io'' ti,ei 7,
j,,st tha san,n az "nc-b,if If :, f' e. 10 -
.-Threc-fourths Of d foot?
I.awrcnce-Three-f ourths of "A foot
equals nine inches.
On one-sixth of a foot there are
how many inches?
Eari-In one-sixth of a foot there are
two inches.
ON two-sixths of a foot?
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-04

binary methods. then With eyes close I
the class in concert does this again, al
50 tracing in the air With their fore
fingers The forms u the letters as
though writing them with a crayou
With such discipline 1t is not easy to
forget the half dozen new words ,hat
are handled each day
In writing the copy book is used lsn
the first time Sheldon's publications
Nos, and being employed in thls
grade. The style of penmanship taught
is the vertical, neat ana legible hanG
with 80 many advantages ana such an
utter absence of Disadvantages that W
wonder much why any other system
was ever allowed 10 exist. The vertical
system Of penmanship viii he fully
article in this series 1t is enough u
note here that the pupils make wonder
fui progress under it. and at the Very
first acquire hand that puts 10
shame the older pupils under the foe
mer system. OF rather under the former
lack of a SYSTEM
Beading ana language work receive
much attention in Grade IL and are
taken up in practical and most inter
rsting way. Several readers are used
during the year, as We're mentioned
earlier, Memory gems are introduced
in this grade. These are choice bits
Of selected verse. short and generally
conveying a moral truth or lesson.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-04

son. Then the thought and meaning OF
each phrase, sentence and paragraph
are made plain by questions from tbs
teacher which the pupils can answer IL
the words of the printed page After
the lesson has been read oVer,the books
are closed and in their own words ths
pupils tell the story to the teacher. All
this is fine discipline in developing the
little minds. and in teaching them to
act quickly and independently. Read
.ng is no longer the dull rote prcc-
ess of the oiden time, with its mean
lnSless sing song utterance of words
and lines not half understood. The Ian
| Suage work OF the second grade. as in
the nrst, IS correlated with nature study.
and here also the A Il C's of geography
and history are taught The meaning
they occur, and the pupils are required
to tell the story in their own words
New England's two greatest poets, both
50 dear to the hearts of children. Long
fellow and Whittier. are taken up in
connection with the language work Of
this grade. The outline of their lives is
learned. and many Of their poems. es-
pecially those touching on childhood
are made familiar, \ large number Of
the memcry gems come flom these
sources
In number work. as we'll as in Ian
sua2e work. the methods employed in
Grade II are systematic, practical, and
interesting to the visitor The wooden
solids. used in the Speer method of the
first grade, are now dispensed with. as
the pupils have acquired considerable
ability in handling numbers. In a gen
eral way the work Of this grade IN
cludce the handling of all combinations
Of numbers between T. and 50. or
cours" the pupils recognize larger num
beers than 80. and even read numbers OF
three figures. and add combinations Of
three figures. but o. an the numbers
between !. and So a complete and sys-
tematic study is made TAKE the nuns
Der Il. for instance. upon which Gh-
class was working when We visited Miss
LeProhon's room.
The class discovered ~ numerous
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-04
To the Holders of the
< Bonds of the
Kennebec Light and
Heat Co:

The kcnnebec Light and Heat Com
pany. exercising the right given in the
bonds issued by said company and in the
mortgage securing the same, dated May
H. A. D. 1891. hereby calls in for re-
demption. cancellation and retirement,
its first mortgage six per cent bonds
hearing date the eleventh day of May, 4.
ID. 1891.
The principal of said bonds will be paid
at the rate of one hundred and three
dollars Csl03p for each one huladreQ ldol-
lars $1,000. face value of said bends TO-
Sether with tLe accrued interest there
on. f&
Said bonds will be paid at the Office of
the Union Safe Deposit and Trust Com
pany at Portland. Maine. and should be
presented there for payment and re-
demption.
All interest on said bonds will cease
on the ninth day of April A. d. 1898
kennebec Light and Heat Company,
BY GEO. f. WEST, Treasurer.
Dated Jan. 10, 1898.
janis, d3w
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-04

less of the character of Il playroon1. but
not Vet does the work of the school life
suggest itself as work to the young
minds. ana they get true enjoyment
singing in the second grade as a IN ans
Of resting the pupils. nor is this ey-
crcise used So much as method ii
teaching as in the, first grade still
music plays an;important part in every
session. While there is less rute sing
ng there is much more from the chart
DIAN i'll the first year
No lessons are assigned in Grade II.
ana there is little or 10 studying done
from books. The board is much USED
in all the exercises of this grade. TIL
only books used are in connection With
the language work, and here several
readers are employed during the year.
among them being Aesop's Fables, the
Sears Reader and Natures ByWays.
An interesting feature OF the rooms ~
Grade H.. and the same feature is
found in all the four lower grades. is
the calendar found upon the board IL
each room. The calendar for each
month is carefully drawn. surrounded
by some tasty design, emblematic %
the season. and upon the space re
served for each day the children h
turn record the weather for that day
by appropriate symbols. Thus a snow
storm by perpendicular lines; far
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-04
OUR SCHOOLS--N0. 3.
The Good Work Which Is AC-
compIished in Grade II.
A Verbatim Report Of Recitation
in Number Work.
Visit 10 the Scho0ir0oms OF Miss StIbinu.
Mrs Perry and Miss LeProhon.

In the four rooms of Grade l. in ,ha
Village district. whose work was out
lined in the last article. there are about
$50 pupils. In Grade H.. which is the
next step forward made by the little
means indicates that of those who en-
ter the first grade 100 fail to go for
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-03-23
IL 4 M z TON n EW 5.

ebe to attend. but good showing may
oe expected. The Peninsula Guards will
take about thirty men With them.
Following is the order issued by Col
onel Hodges:
Headquarters Fourth Regt Infantry.
Virginia Volunteers.
Norfolk. Va. March, a1, 1895
Order No. IA:
The regiment wifi parade at Newport
News on Thursday, the Nth instant
Ior the purpose OF escortinS Governor
]. Hoge Tyler. OF Virginia. at the
iaunch.ng OF the battlv ships Kentucky
and kearsarge.
Companies la. 3. aud E Will assemble.
at the arnaory on the above date at
"A. W. in ssLtVice uniform. With leg
slhss. and Under command of Lieuten-
ant Colonel George w. Taylor, proceed
to the Chesapeake & Ohio whnrf TO
take steamer Louise for Newport News
Companies c. D and II viii report to
the commanding officer at Newport
News ION arrival Of steamer Louise.
companies f. and VIII take Sea
boaCH and Roanoke railroad from THAR
respective stations in time to arrive. and
make close connection with ste,amer
Louise leaving Portsmouth at TAO s.
Captain "A NJ Higgins. inspector of
rilie practice. IS hereby detailed as act
IN IN" resimsntal adjutant. Captain p.
thornton 'Narye. Company C. ami Lieu
tenant c. r. Vance. Company A. as
battalion adjutants. Ry order
COL H. HODGES
p. e. YEATAIlAN.
Captain and adjutant.
The regime ntal band Will head ,he
procession "
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-03-23
ID ROPOSA1S FOR NToN JAIN. rOp
y ELIZAIEEsI1Ii CITY GO .laa =

owl SsS LOCK BOX 80 Hampton. Va
- ROPOSAGJS FOR Nuoyy JAN. For
4 EIIzAiBETH CITY co, VIA.
Sealed proposals will be received at
the County Clerks office for the ersac-
ton or new JAN until "Wednesday.
March So 1898. at 10 O'Clock "A. M.
Plans and specifications can be seen
py applying to the clerk OF the County.
Court of said county at his Office on
ana after Wednesday. March 16, 1898
Aal bids must be accompanied by a
certified check for 10 per cent of the
amount Of said bid as a guarantee that
the bidder-should he be successful
VIII enter into n contract with the
county OF Elizabeth City, acting
through the Board of Supervisors, 20
erect the Jail according to the plans
and specifications for the amount set
forth in the bid
The successful bidder or bidders will
De required to execute bonds for the
fai thfua perform ance of the conditions
OF his or their contract or contracts
as follow,s:' The successful bidder for
the building will be required to execute
a. Bond in the penalty OF $4,000. and the
successful Bidder for the iron and steel
work. as per specitlca tons, will be re-
Quired to execute a bond in the pen aity
of $4,000.
And the Board reserves the right to
reject amy or ali of sslid bids.
Teste: H. II. HOLT,
mlS 2l-I % Deputy Clerk.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-03-23
RRIE:F ITEMS,

L
The United States double turreted
monitor Puritan has been ordered to
Key West and will pass Old Point this
morning.
The battle ship Massachusetts did not
leave Key West with the Texas. but
will proba bly,. sail in a few days to join
the Hampton Reads squadron.
The new United States cruiser New
Orleans. formerly the Arnazonas. may
come to Hampton Roads when She
comes from England.
Posters have been issued advertising
fcir men for the United States navy. a
number of these men are required for
the cruisers Columbia and Minneapolis
which will form part of the Hampton
Roads squadron
Governor Tyler is expected to arrive
at Old Point tonight. He VIII attent
the launching at Newport News tomor-
row. The Governor was in Norfol4
Monday and from there went to Onhn.
! cock. While in Norfolk. he said. in ref.
e:encs to the probability of war II
OCCURS to me that We are getting fur.
| Their away from the necessity of armed
| conflict every day."
| Hundreds Of tHamptoninns will go t.
| Newport News en- maSse Tomorrow II
witness the launching Of the battleship
Kentucky and Kearsarge 8
| "A hop was given at the Hygeia G5ote
last night.
Colonel Frank, accompanied by del
! ega ton from Fortress Monroe. will at
tend the luilnching at Newport New
tomorrow
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-03-23
BALTIMORE. MARKETS.

BALTIMORE, March 2e.-FiouI
and unchanged.
Wheat-Qu.et; spot and month
99A: April 99A@99gs; May s9A
Steamer No. 2 red $685. @99A; so
wheat by sample 96@1.O0; do ON
35ia @99Es.
Corn-Firm; spot and month
1895; April $685. @33lA: May 3S
steamer mixed 325s @2A; so
wSite corn 3sk@3411h; do yellow
$3.50.
Oat@Du1l and easy: No.
western 34Gp341zs; No. 2 mixed do
SO.
Eye, RysmF i'm No. Z nearby 5SA;
Hay-SGow; choice timothy s12
Grain Ne.ghts-Dull: inquiry
unchanged.
Sugar-Strorg; unchanged.
Bu1ter-Sttady; fancy creamel
20; do. imitation E@1S; do la
good ladle 1904; store packed 1
Eggs-Firm: fresh 1O1s.
Cheese-Steady; unchanged.
Lettuce-S1. 25@1.5O per basket.
iWhiskey-Unchanged.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-03-23
CHICAGO MARKETS.

CHICAGO, March 22-Weathe7 and
var proba,biijties were the chief fac
tors in todays wheat market. Fears of
damage from the freezing temporal ure
rapidly spreading over the winter wheat
belt made the market strong through
out Though the news from Washington
had q. tendency TO restrict trading. May
closed ia cent higher and july id
vaneed - cent. Corn and oats We're
both affected by the weather and ad-
vanced abcr,t IA cent eaci. Provls-
.ons We're very dull and closed sub
stantally unchanged.
TIE leading futures ranged as fol-
flows:
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-03-23
ARRIVALS AT OLD POINT.

Following are the latest arrivals at
tive Hygeia Hotel:
John H. Ames, Lincoln, Nebaolluld
John H. Ames, E. c. Ames, lincoln.
Neb.; T. Burnett. K. Burnett, Sc,:an-
ton, Pa; r.. r. Window. New York
city; c. G.. 'Hoven and wife. Cleveland,
OHIO; F. C. Strong. New YORK: c. G..
Buery. O. C. Keerb.ach. West Virginia:
ALBERT Todd. II. II. Ludlow, U. S. A.:
N. w. Fiske and wife, Mrs w. Nc
Donald, w. F. Mccarthy. w. II. Ell
lott, Boston. Moss: G. ~. Mckntree.
Worcester. Mass; N. c. NfciNelia. New
York CITY; III. C. DougaN, Newark. N.
j.: DR.. Heating and daughter, New
York: W. J. Whitehurst, Richmond;
w. T. P. seipp, Buffalo, n. Y: s.. D.
Mack, w. F. Adams New York City:
NJ. l.. Dock, Harrisburg. Pa; w Bald
win and wife, a. J. NeaAH and w:fe Bos-
ton: Prof. A. 'E-t Willis. ]. Fischer and
wife. New York: J. j. Brown and Wife,
White Plains, N. Y: G. r. r. Rivers,
Massachusetts,: c. NJ. Howard ana Wife
J. f. Howard. Jeffersonvilae. Ind: Mrs
G. S. Beers, Miss f. Fl. ;Sners. J. 4
tanning, ST. Louis. Mo-; Fl. c. Greeley
and wife Clinton, Mass: Mrs. ]. M
Iverson. Lakewood. N. j.; A. NJ. Scott
Richmond, Va; NJ. Consoloo, Norfolk
Va; Z. B. Price, U. S. ".
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-03-23
MAYORS COURT.

Mayor ]. Barron Hope had quite a
large docket TO dispose of in the police
court yesterday morning. Following
are the cases tried and the disposition
made of them by His Honor:
John Goliath. charged with being
drunk; fined s. and costs.
]. .Hankle. charged with being drunk:
fined 81 and costs. Sent to jail for ten
days i'm default of payment
j. w. Clark, charged with drunken
ness, was fined s. AID costs and went
to Jail for ten days in default of pay
ment.
Huge Monty. drunk and disorderiy
fined s. and costs.
Sarah Brown <col.), using abusive
language: dismissed.
Joseph Cook (col.) charged with as
sa,ult fined $3.50 and costs.
Jccan Davis (col.). charged with us
ing abusive and insulting language;
fined s. and costs.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-03-23
Z ouTRAGEoUS ACT.

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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-03-23

Don't T1bavco Spit AID smose Yuar Lifb Away
+ yen want TO quit tobacco using easily
full OF new life and vigor, take No-To-E BAG
the wonler-worlicr: that makes weak men
strong. Many gain ten pounds in ten days.
Over 400, 900 cured. Buy No-To-Bac of your
5l.0O. Booklet and sample mailei free Ad.
Sterling Remedy CO.. Chicago or ~ CIV YORK..
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-03-23
NEW YORK COTTON MAiRa

/. NEW YORK, sTarcb ea.-cottt |s
lures closed steady: sales $4,000 Ed
March 5.S6; April $50; May $50 ~
5S July 5.94: August 5.97; SApteH
e-96; October 5.96; November sos;
cember 5.37: January 500.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-03-23
DEEDs PlEcoEDEn

DEEDS RECORDED.
Inc following deeds We're recorded in
ths clerks office yesterday:
=: IAtem to S. ]. Hopkins; com
sideraton, 500.
john Q. Leavy to John NJ. Lindsey:
cons.dera ton, $3.50
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-03-23

MARRIAGE LICENSE NSsIyDD
a marriage license was Yesterday
granted to Joseph Rane Brinkley and
Mary Virginia Stacy. Miss Stacy is a
resident of Hampton. and Salisbury.
Md, is the home of Mr.. B.nkIey.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-03-23

Cabinets, 81, LOO dozen; diamonds $150
rer DOZEN: t iu31 types z ton, Csc. i, at NFag-
oner'a 24ls Ws,sh mat On aacsl a7-st
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-03-23

NJ Cassarefs stimulate liver. kidneys and
. DSoWselaesN lever sicken, weaken Or grippe.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-03-23
Strictly
lJp-tO-Date
CIothiers
AND
FurnistlierS

are what we claim to be and
a glance through our stock
will convince you Of this
fact.
Not garment i'll our store
that is Tot fresh from city
workshops. All clothing
direct from our own factories
ana to you minus the regu-
lar middleman's profit.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-03-23

TOW 10 JOIN z tf1ta' .S.--nfa- or Ulle 3 FOuftn
Regiment. which wifi escort the Gov
ernor and his staff from the Chesa-
p'sake & Ohio depot to the shipyard,
where they will witness the launching
sof The battleships Kentucky ana lSear@
Esarge The fun N membership Of the:
FloWuth will IN atra probabll sty moi ssbe
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-03-23
Hampton Bnrrau,
Whe % ally 70 ress,
King Street. near Queen. opposite the
new poetoff1ca

All news letters for publication in
this department should be addressed
to Daily Press Bureau. Hampton.
The Daily Press will beTfound for
sale every morning at the following
places:
MISUNDERSTANDING news stand,
Colberts book store. and at the King
street office.
Old Poiint-Baulch's stationery and
book store, Hygeia Hotel and Cham
berlin Hotel
Sherwood Hotel
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 90, 1898.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-03-23
Money Loaned Tor Building PURPOSES

on the most liberal terms Plans and
speclncations furnished gratuituosly.
Address Lock Box eos HAMPTON va
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-03-23

We have only one request to. make !:
See our shoes before you buy If we
can't give you more style. comfort and
Tong wear for the money than you can
get elsewhere, why, t5en-buy else
Where. All We ask is a chance Do
not think you can afford not to give US
that chance
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-03-23
FINANCEAND COMMERCE.
Market Quotations From the
Leading Business Centers.
NEW YORK MONEY MARKET

NEW YORK MONEY MARKET
VIEW York. March 22.-Money on
gail easy at 1902 per cent; last loan
per cent; prime MERCANTILE paper 4 y
Qota Per cent: sterling exchange easier,
with actual business in bankers bills
at 81 s4@is4ls for demand, and at
S4.slAGi.Slas for sivty days: posted
mercial bills s4.SO14 @4.SoA; silver Ger
tificates 56@561s; bar silver 55A; Next
can dollars 40 government bonsd ir-
regular: State bonds duli; Milroad
bonds weak.
NEW YORK. March Gatherings to
sell We're not heavy in today's stock
market. except in few stocks and ia
ternittently. But the buying demand
was at SO low an ebb that even the de-
sulrory offerings that We're dribb,ed
upon the market drove prices down
ward almost continuously. The result
three points in a great many of the
standard railroad stocks and leading in
dustral spec:alitieS, and Of over three
POINTS in the local TRACTION specialties.
During the morning session there were
evidences OF an atternp to support
prices in a few stocks, due to the efforts
OF a large operator recently returned
to the street. There was also extern
sive covering by another the larg-
est operators in the street, who has re
Gently been 4 persistent seller. The
slightest Indication of a rise in prices
brcrlg'ht out such heavy offerings all
purpose apparent to bid up prices was
abandoned for. the rest of the day.
The total sales of stocks today were
161 500 shares
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-03-23

west Hampton. $50 feet from railroad
track, surrounded by four junction roads
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1898-11-04
" HoFRR sRorHRRs.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4. 1898.
DIRECT NOMINATION.

Much Interest Is taken aud many
are expressing themselves on TIN
JOURNALS plan OF direct nomination
OF a city ticket.
This plan Is open TO all parties, and
is only suggestive 10 bring forward
suitable candidates. So many requests
for ballots have been made that next
week The JOURNAL viii haYe "a lot
printed besides what appear la this
paper from day TO day.
Cut the blank out OF the paper aud
All Il out at your leisure.
The ballot will DO absolutely secret.
The citizen has just as much right TO
a secret ballot on nominating .caudl.
dates as on eleetiug them. Direct
nominatiou Is for all parties 10 express
their choice. Then n the managers
OF a party do not wish 20 be guided
thereby and put up ticket 10 suit
the people, the people can elect the
candidates for whom they expressed
IhelF choice as nominees.
The power that nomlnates a oandi |
late generally controls him after he
> IN ofice, and II the people want OF
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