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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-12-16
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 There's something else, too If you are going 10 help q little child hang up a tiny stocking, and if you are now : answering all sorts of questions about Santa Claus and chimneys and rein deers and if, on Christmas Eve, you go to a little bedside and kiss the sweetest lips in all the world, fall up on your knees and thank God, for you are blessed.
 X merry Christmas to you all.
 MME. QUI WYE
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-12-16
CHRISTM AS, DAY OF
 CHEERFUL GIVING.
Then. Ii at No Other Time, the Purse Strings of Everybody Are Loos-
 emed-Outlay in New York.

From the New York Herald
 What does it cost the 100000 fami- lies of Greater New York to have Christmas? Certainly $250,000000, perhaps S3O,O00, 0,000. Irrespective of nationality. or religious faith Christ
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-12-16


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 1 Shortage ot rurke4s.
 Although turaet afe=Hz zdmfU Christmas dish, and tfle eral f8e pression is That everybody 4Ha an afford il 5ets q turkey .re s155= show hat there ae uaH enoa4h lal@ keys raised annually in sfe United i States 7 give every faa8E 3hoI. turkey to itself. While millions o farmers raise tens of millions q chickens and ducks, and geese an, raised by the millions, there arc oulA 20,000 or 30,000 raisers of turkeys. ant if all of this years turkey crop Were evenly divided it would give each fam fly only two-thrds of a whole bird There need De no difficulty on tlla score. for with the exception of tur keys all kinds of poultry are plentiful and can be had at moderate prices The cranberry crop is not as bounti full as usual, but there are enousl cranberries to go round. There Ina! never been better season for Vege l tables, and potatoes, onions. cabbagee salads and other staples of the Christ mas dinner are in large supply an' reasonable in price.
 Taking the average price of th family Christmas dinner to be which, considering how many eXpen sive dinners there are, is rather low the dinner item alone of the Christ ms Day expenses will be $2,o00,0oo,
 Christmas Trees by Thousands.
 One hundred and eighty thousan Christmas trees are shipped to Create New York annually. This year ther'
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 No aa these expe0ses are wholly e6ar4eable nndeI. the Christmas item .faa Christmas presents in money which banks. Iar4e mannfacturing es- tabIisameats and other employers atvc to tbeif employees are spent ill thr stores f5r Iae necessities of life. u. well as for cefehtatfu9 the Christmas holidays Mau> of these sifts of mon ey cannot he regarded as only pres ents, as they come in lieu of additions ] to salary or as bonuses for faithful services or q successful years busi- ness
 1 Christmas presents are of all kinds ] and all values, from the 4o,000 neck faces casually bought and easily giv- len by the great to the penny and five cent toys which mean more privation, love and pleasure in the homes of the poof Few there are who do not give Christmas presents of some kind. A fYe dollar bill would more than pay for all the Christmas presents that many homes can afford, but the house. holds where thousands of dollars are expended in costly presents will bring up the general average of Christmas presents to at least s.,
 Putting down the Christmas pres ents al this average, which would bring their total to eighteen or tWcn- ty million dollars, adding the Christi mas dinners and the Christmas trees, the vacation trips and the pleasures,
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ina .=s a.3 0a t.3 E=Eas gt dts. aF ral aa, gegard- sH hz 1', but h Hio o..tom2 aal glas aaeesaarg HriEtas tz7rity aH1 fe6 when D4. Sa ap2fillse Ie.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-07-19
MORE TROUBLE FOR MUTUAL,
Four Men Object 70 Being Namei a,
Trustees of the Conoany.
lBY NSsOciatc cd preasN

NEW YORK, n. y. July is -Four
Of the members OF the Ir'2rnati1nai
l'c!icyholdcrs' committee ui the Nh,
tr"l and the New York life Insurance
companies who We're Yesterday incIud
Cd in the new boart of trustees as an
administration ticket" dcciacd to-
day to permit the use of their II ,mel
In this connection. On their behalf
n protest was forwarded To Otto KeI
Sey, State superintendent of insurance
at Albany by Samuel Untermeycr
counsel for the polcyholdcr organ
iza'ion.
Despite this protcst however, ii WAS
stated by counsel for the Mutual tina,
me trustees have Il right under The
law to nominate whomSovcr they
choose and that requests for with
drawal cannot he considered once the
nominations are announced.
The four members of the policvhold
ers committee affected are .Iuds,
George Gray. Of Delaware; General
benjamin +. Tracey, of this city;
Colonel Alfred NJ. Shook Of Tonnes
see and Harlow n. Higsinbotha,n
All OF these men sent kilograms tc
MIR. Gntcrmeyer today declaring iha:
they were nominated without being
consulted and without their consent
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-07-19
DISSOLUTION NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that the part
nership heretofore existing between =.
Is. Sherman and Jacob b. Levy, con.
Quoting Il butcher business under the
style of Sherman & Levy, has this
seventh day of July. 1906, been ml-
tually dissolved.
Mr.. u. Is. Sherman has purchased
the interest Of Mr.. Levy and will here.
after conduct the business under the
name of p. Is. Sherman. All out
standing claims against the firm will
he paid by i. Is. Sherman and he will
also collect all bills due the firm of
Sherman & Levy. The business will
he continued in J. r.. Lees brick
building 1872 West Queen Street, the
present site. p. b. SHERMAN.
7.S-tf JACOB LEVY.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-07-19

tive parentage and natives whites oil
foreign parentage.
Commenting on this fact, the report
says:
There is, however, no reason to be.
licre that, many immigrants drift In.
TO almshouscs soon after their arrival
III the United States. for only . per
cent. of all the foreign born In aims
houses had been In this country loss
than five years. AMONG the different
nationalitics of foreign born whites
the degree of thrift. combined with
racial characteristics, seems to deter.
mine In large part the tendency TO.
ward pauperism.
Oh the paupcrs. As per cent had
been laborcrs and servants. 10 per
cent. engaged In manufacturing and
mechanical industries, and u pcl,
cent. occupied with agriculture, trans.
lnrtation and other outdoor pursuits.
More than thrcc-foirths of the women
paupcrs had been servants.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-07-19
PAUPERS IN POPULATION.
/. Proportion Decreasing Immigrants
Do Not Drift to hImhouscs,

Proportion Decreasing Immigrants
Do Not Drift to AImhouscs.
WASHINGTON, July 1S.-Accord
ing to a report issued by the censu:
bureau today. there were in the Unit.
ed States In 1904 1916 persons IT.
almshouses, and of these 111,S17 were
males.
Although the number has not kept
pace with the growth Of population
and consequently the ratio of aims
house paupers to population is de
creasing. In 1880 1t was 1872 for 100,
600 Of population; it decreased to Ii,
In 1890, and to 101 in 1908.
While pauperism is less prevalent
among women than among men the
chief distinction between the two
sexes seems to be that women, hav
ing once entered an almshouse, ~;
there permanently. while men are t.
a large extent only winter boarders
negro paupers do rot consulate 81
large proportion of the almshouse
population as negroes form of tn,
general population.
The foreign born whites, whose
economic position Is not so high
show a greater tendency toward pau
perism than the native whites of ma
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-07-19
Austrian Gets Down on His Knees
and Prays Stays There
About Ten Minutes.
KISSES MOUND OVER THE BODY
Accompanied by Deputy Sheriff. His
Lawyer and Friend. He Goes to
the Cemetery In Street Car-ln.
f.. qures About His Life Insurance
Policies and His Appeal.

Julian Pavlinic. the Austrian, con.
victed and sentenced to eighteen years
In the penitentiary for wife murder
yesterday visited Greenlawn cemetery
and for the first time saw the grave
which holds the body of the woman
he shot to death.
Ever since his arrest Pavlinic has
desired to visit the grave of his dead
wife and the trip yesterday was made
In conformity with an order OF Judge
Blackstone, in the Circuit Court.
Deputy Sheriff Edwin Curtis took
Pavlinic out to the cemetery on a
trol''y car. Judge Edgar t. Monta.
que, the attorney for TIE cnnviclc,l
man, and MIR. Robert Marcus. who
has interested himself in behalf of the
Austrian, accompanied the prisoner
and the deputy on the trip. Pavlinic
was attired In neatly lifting suit oil
black and was in good spirits on the
way to the cemetery, conversing free
ly with those in the party.
Arriving at the cemetery shortly
after O'Clock, the convicted man was
taken to the little mound under which
is buried the body of Elsa Pavlinic
Pavlinic got down on his knees. offer
ed up prayer. kissed the earth over
his wife's body and then placed a
bouquet of mowers on the mound. He
spent probably ten minutes looking mt
the grave and consoling himself in
prayer.
While Pavlinic was standing on the
corner OF King and Queen streets
awaiting the arrival of car. crowd
Of curious folks took a good look al
the Austrian. He inquired of Judge
Montague as to the status of his an
peal to the Supreme Court and also
requested the attorney TO look into
his insurance. Paylinic said that liz
has policy for $500 in fratcrnal
company and he does not desire TO see
1t lapse.
Deputy Sheriff Curtis had no trou
bic In getting the convicted man to
leaVe the cemetery He told the Off.
Ger he would do just what was asked
OF him, and he kept his words.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-07-19
$4,000 IN NUGGETS FOUND,
New Eldorado in the Hills of WASHING.
ton Found

New Eldorado in the Hills of Washing.
ton Found.
TWO Minneapolis young men. Henry
jeub and Arthur Sprague, In company
with third mining partner, have
made rich find In gold nugget, in
Whatcom county, near BcllingEam
Wash. and have created furry Of
excitement in that region, says the
Minneapolis Tribune.
The total value of the nuggets
brought out b ythc men is $1,000 One
IS the largest gold nugget ever found
in that county and is valued at $39.45
1t was found on placer claims located
III Canyon Cree kin the Slate Creek
mining district.
Tho young men own three claims
there and have been mining them fCI
months and have averaged $50 pei
day. In one buckskin poke they ex
hibted nuggets worth 81 900, and IN
bottle were contained smaller mug
gets worth 5000.
The largest nugget was found abou,
20 feet below the surface.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-07-19
PROPOSALS WANTED.
PROPOSALS WANTED FOR
STREET PANIMG

Sealed proposals addressed to tho
Town Recorder, Phoebus, Va" Will
be received by the Street Committee
until s O'Clock p. M, Thursday. July
10Th, 1906. for furnishing material and
labor for paving Mellen Street from
Mallory Street to Water Street, Nal.
Tory Street from G. & o. Railway to
Asylum street. Asylum Street from
Mallory Street to Soldiers Home
Bridge. Water Street from Mellon
Street to Government Bridge.
The surface to be covered Is approx.
tmately 22,223 square yards. and the
material to be used will be selected
by the Town after the bids are
opened.
Specifications and plans can be had
by applying to this office.
A certified check for 81, 600 must be
deposited with each proposal.
The Town Council Of rhoebus re.
serves the right to reject or accept
any and all bids.
JOHN G.. TEEMER,
f-3'tl9 Town Recorder.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-07-19
LYNCHtNG CASE DELAYED.
Question of Jurisdiction Goes to the
States Supreme Court.
tBy Associated Prcss)


CHARLOTTE, n. c.. July 1S.-
Judge Thomas J. Shaw. presiding
over special term of Union county
Superior Court ut Monroe. y. c., to
day entertained motion to quasll
the indictments against the allege
lynchers of Johnson, at Wadcsboro
\. c.. on the ground that they could
not properly be brought in Union
county.
The counsel for the State except.
ed and appealed to the Supreme
Court The twenty defendants were
held In $4,000 bonds each for their
appearance al the next term of Union
Superior Court by which time de
cision may have been reached by
the States highest court.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-07-19
HIS EQUAL IN HEIGHT.
hncoIn's Pleasant Little Interview
With Conl Henver.

hncoIn's Pleasant Little Interview,
With n Conl Henver.
When Lincoln was on his way to as
tume the office of president the trais
was delayed at Freedom. Pa, by as
accident to freight train that was Z
little way ahead. Lincoln was accom-
panied by Major Sumner and Colonel
Elmer Ellsworth Of the celebrated rogb
ment of ZollGves. Neither Major Sum.
ner nor Colonel Ellsworth was tall, and
ns they stood beside Lincoln on the rear
platform while lie made lis address
they looked shorter than they really
were At the close of Lincofn's short
speech coal HEAVIER called out, "Abe,
they say you are the fullest man I'm the
United States. but don't believe you
are any taller than am" Lincoln re-
piled, Come up here and let us meas.
rre.' The coal HEAVIER pressed his way
through the crowd and climbed OH the
platform, where Lincoln and he stood
back to back. Turning to Colonel Ellis.
worth, Lincoln said, (Which is the tall.
err"
Colonel Ellsworth, being 80 much
shorter, could not tell, so he climbed on
die guard rail and, putting his hand
ACROSS the top Of the heads Of the two
men, said. 81 believe they are exactly
the shma height" Then Lincoln and
the coal HEAVIER turned around and
faced each other. The crowd shouted
loudly when Lincoln took the black
sooty hand of the coal HEAVIER In Ills aud
gave n hearty handshake to tile mar
who waa his equal-in ieight.-Thomas
a. T1bhles In Success Magazine.
Old papers for sale at the Daily
Press office at 10 cents per hundred
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-07-19
COTTON SEED OIL IN TRUST.
Arkansas Takes Action Against 1t:
Local Corporations.
(Bv Associated Prcssl

LITTLE ROCK. ARK, July H.
Suit was entered today against the
five cotton seed oil mills of this city,
by Attorney General Rogers AMI Pros
acuting Attorney Rhoton charging
them with being members of com
bine in violation of the antitrust law.
md alleging restarint of trade.
The suits ask Judgment in the SUN
of $4,000 per day, aggregating $3.50.
900 against each company and asking
also the revocation of their charters
and alleging restraint of trade.
1t Is the understanding In colrt cir.
|cles here that similar suits are 70 be
entered against the remaining thirty
four mills. ,lmih
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-07-19
PREACHER ASSIGNED.
Lynchburs Minister Goiry to Ohio to
Accept a CHARGE.
Especial TO the Daily Press,

Especial to the Daily Press.)
LYNCHBURG. VA. July IS.--Dr.
F. T. Little, president of the Mary.
land Conference of the Methodist Pro
testant church has assigned Rev. w.
b. Judefind to the o1stcrate CT the
Lynchburg Methodist Protestant
church to succeed Rev. James II.
Straughn, who has resigned In order
to accept the presidency of the Yves,
Lafayette College, at West Lafayette
Ohio.
Mr.. Straughn will taxi, up his
new duties In Ohio on August L, and
Mt efind'e appointment becomes
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-07-19

Miss Hickman Going to Florida.
Miss Alice Hickman will start this
morning for Miami, Fla, to be with
her niece. Mrs. Ethel Baltzell. who
is Ill in that city. Reports from
Mrs Baltzell yesterday were to the
effect that she continues to improve.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-07-19

Farmers Take Notice. Lowry
builds his Market Wagons from the
hest at material and will save you
from IS to $40 on each wagon. Call
and see the stock before the paint and
putty hide the flaws. Yours,
LOWRY,
Tho Harnesa end vsi,Iela Man.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-07-19

Miss Sallie Bird Garnett has gon
to Front Royal for a stay of tire.
weeks.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-07-19

Mrs. j. T. Dudley is detained in
her home in Chapel street by III
ness.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-07-19

Miss Ida Rees started yesterday
for the mountains of Virginia where
they will spend the remainder of tn,
summer
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-07-19

effective on that day. The new pas
tor Is a native of Kent county. May.
land. He is 81 years old and was or
dained to the ministry in 1893.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-07-19

Old papers for sale at the Daily
Ere Press Office at 10 cents per hundred.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-07-19

Mrs. Alice Tucker, of King ant
Queen county, is visiting her broth
er, Capt. r. II. Richardson, In the
East End.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-07-19
PERSONALS AND BRIEFS.

The Coming and Going of the People
49,. You Know.
Mrs. j. +. Nichols and children, OF
Holly street. will start this morning
for Bay City, Mich, where they will
spend about six weeks
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-07-19
Take Notice!

Having been Informed that certain
men are canvassIng the peninsula
towns claiming TO represent the ,. r
and 10 cent store. take this method
OF regulating the men. have never
employed n pcddler, nor have any
salcmcn outside my store. My goods
are first-claSs and | have no necessity
for these pcddlcrs. These pchdlcrs
claiming to- represent mo arc frauds,
and my customers should remember
this
w. H. RAPPORT,
G-29.1m. Prop 3. and tO.Cent Store
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-07-19

Old papers for sale at the Daily
Press office at 10 cents per hundred,
, 1906-12-19
Observation-Disclosures, S or Groom
house, within two or three weeks. G.
Meyer, Western Union office. If
BRIEFLY MENTIONED.

There was very little change in Mr.
Connor's condition this afternoon.
The Eagles installed their officers
last night and several new members
We're taken in.
E. c. Gray has resigned and will go
to Green liver as clerk to the district
foreman there.
The Republican is issued in six-page
form again today, on account of heavy
advertising business.
DR.. Hamilton was called profession.
ally to Red Buttes this afternoon, ex.
pecting to return at 5 o'clock.
Bernard Holtum today filed for the
Utopia Mining and Milling company To-
cation notice for the Struggler mine.
Conductor Frank Simpson was a lit.
tie better this afternoon when a re-
porter called at his house at 8 o'clock.
The bank barometer at Q O'Clock this
afternoon had risen from 22.96 to 23.00
and had an upward trend at that hour.
A blaze on Second street, in a barn
belonging to j. w. Connor, took the
fire department to the scene at noon.
Little damage was done.
The Negus traction engine pulled its
large load of lumber into the city late
yesterday afternoon, the train having
consumed several hours in crossing
the Laramie river.
The condition Of T. H. Trewartha is
not materially improved, his health
, 1906-12-19

Boston, Mass, Dec. 19.-Today a fire
caused heavy damage in the block
bounded by fremont, %Broomield,
Washington and Winter streets, and,
although the flames were confined
practically to one structure, the Studio
building, in fremont street, it for a
time threatened to cause much greater
destruction.
Attacks Theater Building.
The fire broke out on the lower floor
of the Eldridge & Peabody furniture
establishment and quickly swept up
through the six floors of this firms
section of the Studio building. The
roof fell and the fire jumped across a
alley to the roof of the Or
pheum theater, formerly Boston's fam.
GUS music hall, and to the top of the
building occupied by the Talbot COM
pany, clothiers, in Washington street.
Hard Fight by Firemen.
The firemen had to fight in a narrow
alley on ic~e-coated ladders Inc fire
escaped and with their own bodies en-
cased in ice. The loss is lea $3.50 600.
Many Hurt in Wreck.
Hutchinson. Kas, Dec. 19.-Early
, 1906-12-19
BIC FIRE At BOSTON
CAUSES GREAT LOSS

this morning the Chicago, Rock Island
n Pacific train No. 30, e%ast-bound,
was derailed at Cullison, in Pratt
county, south of Hutchinson. Two
cars and the engine left the track and
all but the engine turned over. More
than twelve persons were injured,
some of them more or less seriously.
Spreading Rails the Cause.
The wreck is believed to have been
caused by spreading rails. The in
jured were brought to a Hutchinson
hospital. The most serious hurt was
the Pullman conductor. Among the
injured were the following: Mrs. C.
G.. Stevenson, Bucklin, Kas.; Mrs. E.
M. Lecerne, Keokuk, Ia; Lee Lecerne,
Keokuk, Ia; Charles B. Frederick.
Cheney. Kas.; r. L. Horton, Bisbee.
Ariz,; j. D. Blant, Chicago; L. M. Ran.
som, Eel Paso, Tex; E. P. Hayes, Wich-
ita, Kas.; Edward Graham, Peabody,
Kas.; F. NJ. Davis, Meade, AXIS, and C.
E.. Dralle, Chicago. The wrecked train
was made up at FL Paso.