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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-10-02
UNIFORMS FOR PHOEBUs
ATHLETICS ARE ORDERED
Strong Football Aggregation Viii Soon
Appear In The New
Outfits.

The phoebus Athletic Association
has placed IN order for nineteen suits
for the football eleven with Mr.. Busky
and IL lis expected that the new suits
will be here within Che next few
days. The uniforms will consist OF
gray sweaters, gray stockings. gray
caps and the regulation trousers.
Manager Frank Larrahcc is cores
pending with several college teams
and ii is expected that some very
good games will be pulled off on the
phoebns grdiron the coming season
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-10-02
TO WE'D IN ST. JOHNS.

Marriage of Miss Minnie Smith and
MIR. r. &. Cox Occurs October is.
Cant. and Mrs. John Nicholas
Smith, of pboehus. yesterday sent ont
cards announcing tho marriage OF their
daughter. Miss Minnie Edith Smith. to
Mr.. Robert Edward Cox. chief gun
ncr in the United States navy The
ceremony will occur in old st. Johns
Episcopal church on Tuesday after
noon October Is, at o'clock.
Miss Smith is one of the most Mt
tracIiyc young women in Phocbus. and
Is musician of considerable note.
Mr.. Cox has for sometime been sta
toned at the Newport News shipyard.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-10-02
NEGRO BADLY CUT.
William Blank Uses Razor on Simon
Sykes.

Sykes.
Simon Ev'scs. n negro. was badly
cut about the face, head ana arms
by William Blank. another negro
during a row in Epstein's saloon In
West Queen street about / 80 o'clock
this morning. Blank was arrested by
Police officer Hope and the wound
cd man was moved to tho office OF
DIR. j. Wilton Hope. where his wounds
We're dressed.
The cutting resulted from an ar
glment between the men. Blank using
n razor on his opponent
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-10-02

Fresh lot of Eyacinlhs. Tulips, Jon
pulls, Freisias and Chinese Lily Bulbs.
also Giant Pearl Onion Sets for sale
at George r. Woods. 9-2G-12t
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1907-11-08
What Makes the Filipino Cuss?

From recent advices from the
Islands it is learned that an cpl
demic of swearing is prevalent among
the Filipinos. 1t is of two kinds,
some are swearing by the United
States and some are swearing at
the country of benevolent assimi
lation. Those who are swearing by
your Uncle Samuel have abundant
reason to do so. They now have a
stable and effective currency and
are free from financial disturbance.
Sanitary reforms have been inang
urated which save thousands OF
lives every year. Manila now has
a system of water works built by
the U. S. Government, which re-
lieves them from drinking water
charged with disease. Harbor of
Manila is being improved to the
degree that it is one of the finest in
the world. They have cable COM
munication with the United States.
A system of public schools has been
established. They have postal saw
ings banks, a convenience we do
not have ourselves. The land titles
have Teen Strengthened out and
church lands opened to the public.
They have all these material i'm
provements and are working into
local self government having just
elected their first national assembly.
No wonder the intelligent Filipinos
are happy under the American
flag.
But there are some who are
some who are swearing at the U. S.,
and they have a ''kick coming"
The tobacco and sugar growers are
not treated fairly. We admit all
commodities from Porto Rico and
Hawaii free of duty and charge only
20 per cent, of the tariff on sseods
from Cuba, bat our full tariff is i'm
posed on the principal products of
the Phil pi e Islands. 1t isn't
fur and is a growing cause of COM
p amt and dissatisfaction. 1t Grip
pes them commercially or forces
them to trade with other countries.
1t ;s a glaring inequality which we
should remedy.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1907-11-08

Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Roy of Au
burn, Nebraska, are visiting Mrs.
G. J. Beach.
E. X and w. F. Ramsey of Jnd.
sonia. Arkansas. are here with their
families to make kenneWick their
homes.
DR.. Pfister, the noted eye specialist
who has over 1900 patients in the
Inland Empire. Will be at Hotel Ant
lrrs. Satu' day and 81 inlay Nov. Ii
and II. Examination free.
All voters residing within the city
limits should register with City Clerk
Fay F. Dean before next Tuesday.
Only Is have registered and the to al
registration for the city was 200
You can't make folks believe we have
a growing town If the registration
falls off.
The second number of the enter
tainment Course. IL lecture by Joseph
q Camp was given Monday evening
at the Methodist Church to large
audience. The subject .Mas .Truth
and Shhms." The public was GEN
orally pleased with the lecture which
was indeed fine in spots and very
ordinary in other places. The next
mum Der comes Dec. 9Th. the CARRIER
Howe Entertainers
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1907-11-08
Sunday Laws Of Australia.

Melbourne. Australia, has some laws
which are wonders. One Of them pro-
hibits the opening Of any cafe on Sun
day before II o'clock in the morning,
and the unwary American who may
not know this finds himself suddenly
high and dry without a thing to eat
till II. So he soon learns, If he's in
lodgings, to sleep till II and then for
age forth.
Another nice thing that contributes
to the hilarity Of the Sundays here
and the gayety of nations generally
is that there are no street cars running
till after 2 O'clock on Sundays. All
the steam roads bring thousands Of
people into the city, but they have to
walk once they are inside the city
limits.
And If you buy bakers cakes and
pies to be taken away from the prem
Uses you may only buy them between
1 and 3 Sunday afternoons. And you
may not invite friends to dinner with
you in Sydney, which is in New South
Wales and under different jurisdiction,
If you are living in hotel, because
tn some mysterious way, which is not
at all clear, you are breaking the Sum
day law.-New York World.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1907-11-08
Finnish Honesty.

Russians all over Russia are glad to
employ Finnish servants, because
they never steal. and nothing has to
be locked up" l remember how once.
when went to the captain Of a steam
er which was carrying me to Stock
holm to find out when l could tele-
graph to Helsingfors for a valuable
gold buckle had left in the hotel. he
replied: There is no occasion to tele-
graph. Write to the hotel manager
when you get to Stockholm, and he
will send the buckle on to you. No one
ever steals in Finland" l wrote as he
directed, and the buckle followed me
70 England, where l received it soon
after my Arrival.-Mrs. Aleakin's Rus
STA.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1907-11-08
Irish LEGAL Wits.

The mots Of the celebrated wits
Harry Deane Grady, Lysaght and KEEL
ler-of the Irish bar early in the last
century are now In large measure for
gotten. Some few are, however, on
record. Harry Deane Grady, leader
of the Munster bar, voted in the Irish
house of commons to support the union
against the wishes Of his constituents,
one Of whom demonstrated Indignantly
with him ON his intended course of ac-
ton. What, do you mean to sell your
country?" YES" was the cool reply,
land very happy am to have a coun-
try to SELL
Ned Lysaght, celebrated wit and
pOetaster of the period in very embar-
raised circumstances, applied to Mr..
La Touche, the we'll known banker,
for place in his establishment. what
situation, my dear Lysaght, could pos
sibly suit your said his friend, who
felt himself in a difficulty. Not only
one, but two" was the reply. pray,
what are they?" IF you will only.
my dear La Touche, make me cashier
for one day III become runner the
Law Notes.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1907-11-08
Very 1ikeIv.

you're queer looking thing tt
want to fight with me-" said the youna
bulldog contemptuously. You're not
in my class"
perhaps not" replied the porcupine
quietly, "but I think can give you 4
few points. "-Philadelphia Press.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1907-11-08
sure.

Sunday School Teacher-Tommy. can
you tell me what caused the f1ood1
Small Tommy-Yes. ma'am. It rai,ed.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1907-03-05

prisoner, and who was promi-
nent and came in contact with
Wirz as spokesman of the prison
"relief-asking" committee.
When the Confederacy finally
succeeded in getting the Wash
ington Government to accept as
a gift the $4,000 sick and infrm
and disabled, as we were parad-
ed over the North their photo
graphs appearing in all the mag
azines and newspapers Of the
North. These photographs of
the sick (not the well) excited
North and "retaliatory" meas
ures we're demanded. During
this 'retaliatory period" Capt. P.
says Stanton moved a wide
swath-to such extent that cat,
Notwithstanding IFS nine lives,
could not live five minutes in the
rebel prison at Elmira, N. Y.
And all this shows that the
cemetery at Andersonville IS not
so much our deed as the North s
Then Audersonville is no place
for the Wirz monument. That
cemetery stands there a perpet-
ual reminder of the atroclou in
b II mainly of the North to its own
Why place Virus monument
there? Let his monument be
disassociated with the spot that
marks the inhu manity Of the
North.
Wirz was humane. Capt. +.
says he found him eminently so.
And why not in connection
with Wirz's monument erect
along with it a monument to those
brave and heroic prisoners who
went to their own and their own
received them notTwho, like
Alexander Stephens, went on a
mission of humanity and mercy,
and were Knocked for their hu-
lmane endeaYors.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1907-03-05

2 Mule teams a mules) and
wagons, 2 a oxen) team young
oxen, S. Clare.
LOST:-On Main street, a
circular Breach set with Brill.
ants; will give fifty cents reward
to any one who will leave same
at Uncle Jake Schroll's, Corner
Grant and Lemon.
Ethel NJ. Sehroll.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1907-03-05
For Sale

Four lots on the corner of
Oconee and Bragg streets. A
bargain at 81. 500, and can be had
for this if taken at once. Per-
feet titles given, Apply to
w. E. Daugherty,
21tf Sylvania, Ga.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1907-03-05

legal pudSG u UIdlu0SGS WAL4C
Mr.. z. M. Pierce. of the Office
of Public Roads, discussed the
good roads problem. The
awakening and instruction
of farmers in such matters
should be followed by far.reach-
ing results, i1d the railroad
company is to be greatly COM
mended for its initiative in the
matter.
That the State of Arkansas is
becoming greatly interested in
the subject Of drainage is evi.
denced by the fact that the Ar
kansas Legislature recently invit-
ed DR.. Mead, Chief of Irrigation
and Drainage Investigations,
United States Office of Expert
ment Stations, to address that
body on the subject of drainage,
but unfortunately he was unable
to accept the invitation.
In South Carolina the question
of drainage is being taken up
with great energy and thorough"
ness. Following the example of
the Charleston County Sanitary
and Drainage Com mission which
during the past year has been CO.
operating with the Department
of Agriculture in the prepare
ton Of plans for the drainage of
swamp lands in the vicinity of
Charleston, the South Carolina
legislature recentlp extended an
invitation to address them on the
subject of drainage. Mr.. c. G.
Elliot, drainage engineer of the
Department, responded to this
call, nd on the 9th inst, made
an address before the legislature
on the general features of drain
age taking up in particular the
legal phases CT the problem
from the standpoint of the ex-
perience of other States.-Dublin
Tines.
In all the south there is no fin
er field for practical experiments
as a matter of swamp darihage
than is afforded by southwest
Georgia where many of the best
agricultural counties contain
hundred of acres of swamp lands
that now produce mosq uitoes
and miasms, could be made to
produce the mos t bountiful
crops.
The effort O t b e drainage
of these swamps would be to en-
hause the value of all other real
estate, not counting the lands re-
claimed, 500%.
Ten years ago the writer was
very much interested in the sub
ject here dlscusse ed, but at that
time congress vas hesitating
about appropriations for the re-
elimination of western lands and
we found it impossible to get an
appropriation,
1t may be years yet before any
thing tangible is accomplished,
but some day the people of that
section will send to congress
man who will secure national c.
operation with state and counties
in the reclamation of the vast
and fertil swamps of southwest
Georgia.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1907-03-05
Drainage Of Swamp Lands.

aShlngton, 1t would seem thai
the people of the different states
are awakening to the importance
of draining the swamp lands.
Associations are being formed
in various localities and bills are
being introduced into various
legislatures, looking to the drain.
age of swamp and overflow lands
from Maine to Florida and from
the Atlantic to the Pacific.
On1y last year the question of
draining the famed Everglades
of Florida, the home of the small
remnant of the once powerful
tribe of Seminole Indians, be.
came an issue in the state cam
paign, the project being defeated
because i t was supposed that
after the drainage was done at
state expense, the land would re.
vert to various railroads under
grants made years ago, to en-
courage railroad building.
But in most instances drainage
as a means of agricultural i'm
provement is very rapidly gain
ing ground. This progress is
clearly reflected in the opera
tons of the OAice of Irrigation
and Drainage Investigations of
the United States Department Of
Agriculture. The work of this
Office in drainage extends over
the entire country from Florida
to the Dakotas and from Massa-
chusetts to California. Drainage
maps are being prepared and the
general soil, topographic, and
photographic conditions as re-
lated to drainage are being stud
led in a score of 1ocalit i 8.
Among tn drainage, projects
recently taken up are the follow
ing: A preliminary survey OF
the Everglades with a view of
securing d ata upon which to
base a plan for the drainage of
that district; aud surveys along
the Little Forked Deer River 10
Tennessee.
To carry on these investiga.
tons and other work, which will
be taken up during the next ifs.
cal year, $150,0OO was included
in the general agricultural APP
preparation bill for the use of the
Off :e of Experiment Stations.
This bill has already passed the
House of Representatives,.
A farsighted aud business like
policy of assisting 10 the impro
ment Of the agricultural condi-
tons a the territory through
which they run is becoming very
popular with railroad at present.
The Missouri Pacific has recent
ly undertaken very neces sary
application of this policy along
it's lines in Arkansas and Louis
lana. In this section there are
numerous aud extensive areas Of
marsh and swamp land, notably
those Of the St. Francis d
Washita basins aud the Cypress
Creek District. Through Dat
this territory drainage aud good
roads are the two most pressing
require nents of the agriculture,
and the farmers are ia great
need of reliable information and
instruction as to how best t o
secure the necessary improve
ment.
Realizing the i'm PORTAGE o f
this need the Missouri Pacific
provided a special train. d
farmers institutes were b e | d
duriog the latter part January
and the early part of February
at various points along the line
of the railroad. Mr.. ]. 0. Wright
drainage engineer, represe nted
the Office of Irrigations and
Drainage Investigations, giving a
series of address illustrated with
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1907-03-05
Honor for Andersonville
Prisoners.

us eOTuaTy numDeT, makes du
appeal for a monument to be
erected to save from oblivion the
names and memories of those
brave men who were sent at
their request from Andersonville
prison to Washington City, to
get the Federal authorities 10
agree to exchange of prisoners;
and, failing in their mission Of
mercy returned TO Anderson
vile. They were brave men
and their efforts to aid the Con-
federacy in relieving prison con-
diticns should be recognized.
They were men selected for
their ability, and they presented
to the Lincoln Cabinet the in
ability of the South to properly
care for prisoners, especially
without medicines, and proper
food for the sick.
Capt. P, a Federal officer, a
prisoner at AnersonviIle, writ
ing about Capt. Wirz in the Con.
federate Veteran, says: For
forty years the North has been
deluged and flooded with distor-
ted and false histories of Mai.
Henry Wirz, the political or
sectional martyr, a man who was
condemned before he was tried.
Capt. P. was at Andersonville
for many months, and was head
of the "relief.asking com mittee, ~
spokesman for the prisoners,
and became intimately acquaint-
ed with Wirz. He says: III
liked the man. / never saluted
Capt. Wirz, no matter how busy |
he was, that he did not return
the safute. lie never refused a
reasonable request, if in his
power to grant it. Twice, when
waited on him tears came to
his eyes. The last time saw
him with tears in his eyes, he
exclaimed. What can l do?
Why, sir, my own soldiers are
short on rations. They have not
enough to eat" Aud he turned
his back on me. We were both
crying. l was the first prisoner
to ask him for relief from our
own murderous thugs. He
granted us permission to organ
ize court and try our prisoners.
It was | that asked him to send
tim Der to build a scafold upon
which we executed them. ( There
were five of them hung within
the PRISON.
In the sum mer of 1864, after |
the return of our delegation,
we all knew that Stanton's policy |
was to let US die rather than eX-
change us. We realized that we !
we're forsaken by our Govern
ment. This brought despon.
dency, and when a prisoner be-
comes respondent he is doomed.
II knew about everything that
was going on at Andersonvllle.
1t was news to me in November,
1865, to learn that Capt. Wirz
killed prisoners right and left.
There was enough perjury at
his trial to fill good-sized penn
tertiary"
Capt. P. takes the high ground
that the Washington authorities
should be held responsible for
the $4,000 graves at Anderson
vile. Capt. p. says Stanton was
guilty of atrocious inhumanity
to the Federal prisoners.
AT the close of the war the
feeling against the South was so
intense that something had to be
done to satisfy clamor. and Capt
Wirz was doomed before his
trial. In the death of this inno-
cent man there was an an odor of
Stantonian ma1ignancy. It will
ever remain in the annals of
A merriam hist0rU "a a most afro.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-03-07
What Do They Cost.

The people wauld very mitch like
to know what the Philippines have
cost this country and what the an
nual expense of holding OH to them
is. For some reason or other the
administration senator's don't want
this information published. Sena-
tor Clay, Of Georgia introduced a
resolution the other day calling for
it, and Senator Lodge at once OBJ.
jected, saying that the information
was in the published reports. and
was accessible to anybody who car
ed to hunt it up. When the reso-
III ion was passed he Lad it referred
to the committee of which he is
chairman. Will he ever furnish
the Information to the senate? If
he does it will be because Senator
Clay insisted upon having it.
And why shouldn't the people
know what it is costing us to teach
the Philippines how to govern them
selves? 1t is we'll known that the
islands, since we have had possess
sion of them, have cost us hundi eds
Of millions Of dollars and thousands
OF lives. And there is no doubt
that they are going to cost us 9TH
er hundreds of millions of dollars
if we retain possession of them. If
they have been Of any particular
benefit to us the act has escaped
general observation.
That the administration senators
want to keep the truth from the
people is pretty good evidence that
It would create sentiment in favor
of getting ria of the islands at the
earliest practical roment. And
there is probability that they will
involve us in a war that will cost a
vast sum Of money and many valu-
able lives. Senator Clay should
not only insist upon having the in
formation he has called for, but he
should make such use Of it when
he gets it that the people will have
no trouble in understanding clearly
ii any benefit has accrued to us
from the possession of the islands
or whether or not any is likely tc
accrue to us.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-03-07

directors or employees thereof, and
it applies furthermore to miles
travelled and makes no provision
whatever for ccn,ra>is to be made
or tickets to be sold for the present
or future transportation Of pc, sons.
The clause which provides the pen
atty. clearly liminates ,he company
as such tom its provisions but at
tempt, to punish an officer, director
or enploye who shall violate the
act" In ether words the offense
is conlmtted by the corporation
but the penalty is pnt upon the in
dIvidual so that both are certain to
escape when the matter is brought
to judicial test. 1t is generally be-
licved, moreover, that this fault in
the construction of the measure is
not the result of accident but was
by design and for the purpose Of
making law that will be worthless
from the start.
A railroader who visited the
capitol the other day gave hint
as to the reasons why the Pennsyl-
vania railroad was so anxious TO
defeat the proposition to measure
the line between Philadelphia and
Pittsburg. 1t is estimated that BY
strengthening curves and building
'cutoffs" during the past few years
ten or a dozen miles have been cut
off the distance between the two
cities but the mileage has not been
cut down at all. 1t seems that
alter the measurement Of ole of the
New England roads recently, mer.
chants who have been for years
paying for excessive mileage for
their travelling men, sued aud re-
covered immense sums. II is esti-
mated that the Pennsylvania rail-
road OH its cut off Of ten miles be.
tween Philadelphia and Pi,tsburg
sells or takes $40. ZOO worth Of ex-
cessive mileage each year, on the
sale of mileage books alone. If
tha, amount annually say 70. six
years, could be recovered it would
he worth while and for fear it could
be recovered, it is said that the bill
was killed.
G. D. H.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-03-07
Children in the Cold.

The February Grand Jury hclds
up to we'll deserved iiGicnle the rule
which keeps school children wait
ing outside of the schoolhouses in
wintry weather until the gong
strikes to summon them to their
lessons. IF this absurd regulation
were enforced against teachers and
principals there would be shrek
OF indignation that would make
Father Penn totter on his lofty
pedestal. --PhiIa. Record.
In would be a good idea for the
Grand Jury of this county to do
the same thing. 1t is fact that
the school children in this town
have to stand out in the cold it they
get to the school FIVE, ten or fifteen
minutes before the door opens.
p. III. F.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-03-07
Predicts Late Winter,
Jersey Prophet Says Spring Weather will Be
Dri and Hay Crop Light.

John R Downer, of Williams
town, N. j., who has made FORE
casts on the weather months in ad-
vance f-r some years, says he does
not base his predictions on the
goose bone, planetary influence or
hog spleen, but he declares that
winter will last we'll along into
March, followed by dry spring.
Mr.. Downer says thai hay will
be rather light, but winter crops
will be fine; that fruit will be plenti-
ful, corn and tomatoes will grow
we'll, but that dairymen will com.
plain of short pasturage. Truckers
along the Delaware shores will have
successful season.