Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-03-30
oRAToRY AND WIT
FOLLOW 4 FEAST
Annual Banquet Of Chamber Of
Commerce Brilliant and En-.
ioyabIe Function.
PROMINENT GUESTS PRESENT
Hon. W. a.. Jones Shows rha, the
New FIRST District Is in Reality the
Old First Dis,ric. Reun,ed-pres,.
dent stevens Talks of Additions to
Passenger Depot.


Chamber Of Commerce. held last even.
ing in the dining room OF the Hotel
Warwick. was brilliant ana cnjoya
BILE function.
Nearly Il hundred Of the most prom
inent business men Of the city-mcn
who have had hand in developing
the interests fthe municipality, were
seated at tastclnIly decorated tables
III the large dining room.
at the Speakers table. which was
presided over by Mr.. w. -. Livczry,
president of the Chamber Of Com.
lniTece, and who acted as toastmastcr
we're seated the guests or honor
non W. a, Jones, Representative vi
the First District in Congress. being
seated at Mr.. Liyezcy's right. while
Hon Francis D. Wilson, lieutenant
governor of North Carolina. was scat.
ed at the tuastmaslcr's left. Others
seated at the table, in addition 10
those whose names appeared ON the
toast list. were Captain Koch. of the
German cruiser Bremen and his off
GERS. In full dress uniform; Hon. j /.
Taylor Ellysun, licutcnant-g governor of
Virginia. President George w. Ste,
VEINS, of the Chesapeake a. Ohio Rail
way Company; Naval Constructor
Stahl, Mr.. G.. II Arnal, MIR. T.. d..
} Luening and MIR. II. II. Carr.
Alter the members of the chamber
and their guests had heartily discuss.
ed the excellent menu prepared by
Manager Moore Of the Warwick. Pres
ident LivcHey raped for order and in
a few well chosen and happily TX.
pressed sentences babe the guests /,
cordial welcome.
MI. Livezey announced that letters
and kilograms of regret had been re.
ceiyed from many distinguished per
sons to whom invitations had been
sent Among them were Senator
Martin, Governor Swanson, Represent
alive John Lamb Hon. John Goode,
Representative Maynard. Secretary
Shaw, Secretary Bonaparte, Repre-
sentative Hay. Representative Rixcy,
Messrs. Archer NJ Huntington, Geo
r. Adams and g. II Day
The first toast proposed by the
toastmastcr was Newport News" and
Mayor S. r.. Buxton was introduced
correspond to the sentiment
He spoke of the marvellous natural
advantages Of the city, saying that
they were an Inspiration to the citi.
zens Of the municipality to do noble
things not dream them all day long
he spoke of the marvellous develop
ment OF the city and touched upon
the growth OF the shipyard from its
establishment in the latter eighties.
with a payroll OF s350.OOO year to
the present time. with it's payroll ul
s3,5O0,00D in 1905. This one industry
had paid out $30,O0OtJ0 in wages
alone since its establishment. He ex
pressed the belief that the remarkable
progress and development of the past
were but All earnest Of what the fiji
ture had in store for the city.
MIR. William f. Leath, Of the Daily
Press staff, responded to the toast
The Press"
Mr.. John Weymouth, of Hampton
responded to the toast '.Old Times
III his usually bright and happy style
declaring that "oId times" was mrrcl,
a comparative or relative term TIL,
grandfather turned his face toward the
good old times. the father did like
wise. while the three-year-old boy
lcngingly gazed backward upon thu
GOou oiQ tlhlCS NICu liz ultl nOL lldNt
TO wear shoes. In Introducing one ui
the speakers Toastmaster Livezey had
said that he believed. in point OF res
idence, he was perhaps the oldest In
habitant Of the CITY. Mr.. Weymouth
said the assertion reminded him of All
incident which occurred at IL baseball
game between Hampton and Newport
News teams when one Of the rocLers
Tor the latter aggregation taunted the
Hampton crowd with the charge of i'm.
porting players for their team. why
don't you play natives, like we do?''
he shouted. Hampton wag replied
There ain't but one native In New
port News and that's Mr.. Ben West y
The New First District" was the
sentiment assigned to Hon. William
A Jones In introducing the subject
Mr. oJncs spoke Of the pleasure it
gave him 10 meet the representative
mn OF the community men whose
enterprise and energy had contribut.
ed 50 largely to the marvellous growth
aud advancement Of this truly wonder.
tul city. lie then made the statement
WHICH was news to many Of those
Present-that il was not the new
FIRST District, but the old First Dis
trict re'cstablished and reunited. He
pointed out that more than fifty years
ago the First District was composed
OF the fourteen counties which now 90
70 make 1t MP, and that Warwick.
Elllzabeth City and York counties
\ we're included in tie number II 50
remained remained until the war When the
I n.ate was rcdistricted after the war
nose three counties were placed IN
the FIRST district and remained there
toi TOUR years, MI. Jones gave an
increasing historical sketch Of the
zen VINO mad represented the district