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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-03-25
NIGHT RIDERS IN VIRGINIA.

me niGht-rider movement which
controls the tobacco belts of Kent,,cl;, !.
ahd tennessee. has spread TO the IN +.
lncco belt of Virginia. Barn.burninc
mas begun near Danville. and farmers
are being threatened by letter with
respect to their crops.
rms was to he expected. If lynch.
ing Is in order in dealing with the TO.
Dacco trust il must become general
To win, Wherever tobacco is grown
planters must be coaxcd or driven TO
terms If any great number hold out
and insist upon managing their own
ahairS. the pooling proposition cannot
rca'i%c the purposes of its promoters.
But II is both amazing and alarm
ing that lynching should have been
adopted in behalf OF such cause. The
tobacco trust. it is 10 be admitted, is
quite as heartless as the other trusts.
II would, IL 1t could. reduce the TO :
bacco planters TO a condition of peon-
age. 1t has reduced some of them ia
condition bordering on beggary. l.
mas lowered prices TO point where
HE poorer planters, unable TO hold
their crops, have been Mt the trust'e
command. Nobody sympathi2es with
the trust, nor does the trust care for
sympathy
The torch and the ballet. however
are. in the first place. not the weap-
ons of legitimate opposition. and. in
the second place. are not a. applied
injurious TO the trust The men who
are employing them are In reality
battling against their own interests.
Ihey are embro'ling the communities
IN when ihey live { are destruc-
loiists. and arraying neighbor
against neighbor. In a word they are
sewing the seeds of anarchy in their
own homes; and that they will rean
disastrously is as certain as anything
can be. IL the price of tobacco coul,
DC advanced by sach means to n thou
sand dollars pound the crop would
be a,curse to any community produc-
ing it.
These three. states are peopled by
men OF American birth and antece-
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-03-25

ping and snealiing theft Asserting
tina, his long dormant conscience mad
been suddenly awakened, he calmly
admitted the commission OF most oc
the crimes which civilized mankind
has united in regarding as hcinoms, to
say nothing OF lesser onenscs. As Il
exhibition of human lepravity, at once
deliberate and mercenary. his confess
sion was so monstrous that IN many
quarters much OF II was considered
Incredible.
lf only one quarter of his testimony
was to he believed the man had bccu
one OF the vilest criminals of the age
II the other three quarters was false,
he WAS Il monumental liar ms well.
That he was guilty of cowardly as
sassination there Is apparently no
doubt whatever. Whether he should
be hanged or shut Zip for the remain
der of his miserable life Is uues.
lion on which opinions may differ.
l'ni II is obvious that degenerate
of his dangerous type ough, never be
again set at liberty.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-03-25
HARRY ORCHARD, THE ABMoR.
NAL CRIMINAL.

The action of Judge Wood in Idaho
In sentencing Harry Orchard to death
for the murder of former Governor
Steiienberg, and then recommending
that the penalty should ne commuted
to Imprisonment, revives The memory
of one of the most notable trials of
recent years. Altogether apart from
those aspects of the AFFAIRS which
concerned the conflict between the
mine owners and the employees. the
personality of Orchard, as it was 70.
vealed by his bwn narrative in the
witness chair, was abnormal to de.
gree which excited the keen interest
of, students of criminalogy. BY his
confessions, repeated under merci-
less fire of cross examination and
given. he declared, voluntarily and
without hope of immunity or reward.
Orchard had perpetrated series of
roli biooded murders. varied by sys.
ternatic swindling, wife assertion. in.
cendarism, attempts at child kidnap-
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-03-25
"ENoueA OF MARRIED LEE. .

Mime. Anna Gould declares that sh,
will not wed the French prince with
whom her name has been associated,
and thai she has no thought OF mar.
rying again. 1t Is also reported that
The lady said with considerable spiri.
that she had enough of marriage" II
is probable that this statement Will
be accepted as IN important contrl.
button to the discussion of the uues.
ton whether marriage Is Il failure or
not Nine. Gould is the mother of
lhrce line boys ana the posscssor oi
great wealth which enables her 10 sat :
isiy practically every material wish.
When she says that she had enough
of marriage the superficial may con
cludc that even under the circum
stances married life is not joy for
ever
The discriminating, however. may
question whether Nine. Gould really
knows much about married life. What
married life has she enjoyed? Her
husband was a fortune hunting adycn.
tnrer utterly incapable of bearing in
his heart a true love for any woman.
Il took only short time for Mime.
Goulds husband to prove that 1t WAS
her money and not his wife that he
cared for. 1t cannot be called mar.
ri"se In the best sense of the word.
and must not be accepted as lair
type of the union which mankind in
It's collective experience has not cca1.
cd to idcaliae. We do not believe
Nine, Gould is qualified to speak on
the question.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-03-25
WEDNESDAY. MARCH %. 1905.
VISIT OF THE FLEET TO IA
PAN.

In the closing sentences of tho
opening paragraph In Ambassador
! iiakahiia's note of invitation for our
Fwarships, the mikado and his govern
snent are declared to he 'sinccrcly
nnxlous to he afforded an opportunity
to cordially welcome that magnificent
fleet and to give an enthusiastic OK.
pression TO the sentiment of friend.
ship and admiration invariably enter.
tanned by the people of Japan toward
the people of the United states"
This Ia not the language OF astu.c
diplomacy--the fine PLEASING that
means the opposite of what It appears
to mean; or what John Hay once said
OF diplomats. women and crabs, when
they seem coming. they are going:
when they seem going they come
Honesty. sincerity and cordiality
breathe from every word of It; and
Tor anybody to affect to discern in II
any hidden meaning or sinister pur-
pose or any sentiment less creditahlo
to japan than those qualities Is to
practically charge that nation with
fslsity and the most dcspicable de-
gree Of bad eaith. TO n wholly I'M
prejudiced mind 1t Is almost unthinl
able that any portion of tho people
ofEJapan at large entertain any feel
Ing toward the American people and
nation any different from those dc
scribed In this Takahira note; and
the extending of this invitation and
It's prompt acceptance ought TO put \
final quietus on the suspicious and the
misgivings about this cruise that find
9freqnent and exaggerated expression
In the Paris and Continental press.
China Russia and other nations
With ports in the far East may now
be expected TO follow Iapans example
in the matter OF entertaining our PA.
sscific fleet and by the time it has pass
ed through the Suez canal. across the
Mediterranean and out through Gi.
braltar into the Atlantic most of the
8 European powers will no doubt have
acted rs host TO 1t. II NAV he truc
mat Great Britain Is our only true
and sincere friend among these-bnt
they Will probably all fan "in line" If
only to save themselves from appcar.
Ing ridiculous and foolish.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-03-25

If You have any doubt. as 10 WON.
ans ability to cope with men Just
read the Geographic reports of the
national convention of Royal Neigh
bors, the membership of which is
composed of the gentler sex. We are
told that waists were torn, hair pull.
ed eyeglasses broken. faces scratch
ed and all tho officers reelected"
The manifest bunch of men who ever
managed meeting could not hone TO
do better. in proving the royalty OF
their neighborllness.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-03-25

What in the world are we going to
DO with our poor millionaires? A lit,
tie while ago they were sacrificing
their diamonds and automobiles, ana
now they are hooking their yachts
Wonder if they are not trying to work
on lot of second hand go-carts and
dingy boats on us so they can got the
latest things in road and water con :
traptions?
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-03-25
Novel Method Of setting ouarrels.

The ladies OF the Never Never"
sad to say. sometimes quarrel-as Ia.
dies will the world over. They have,
however. a peculiarly vigorous and
summary way of settling their dis
putes. On the Fitzroy River and Eas-
tern coast line long poles are made
for the especial use of the ladies'. To
their credit. be II said, they always
fight fair-which is more than, can be
said for females everywhere. Thus.
If Dat one stick is available. they take
it turn and turn about 10 strike each
other from above down on the hea !,
which is bent to receive the blow AZ,
ter three or -four whacks-six is tho
maximum which the author has OBJ
served when real business in in
tended-one or other of the combat
ants falls to She ground. stunned or
faint from the loss of blood.-wide
World Magazine,
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-03-25
WITH THE pARAeRApHERs.

by courtesy lots OF people will soon
l'e calling 1t spring Birmins-
ham News.
To the fiat dweller, is there any
place like home?-Charleston News
and Courier.
Easter hats will not be so large
this year. The fashion in purses is
also Misunderstanding Gazette.
Times.
The President of Haiti looks like
head walter in the uniform of ma
jor general.-Atlanta Georgian.
The Harrisburg Capital crafters
have been convicted, after their attor
neys had assured them that they
didn't DO it.-Detroit News.
The colored brother is asked 10 for
get Brownsville and accept the sop
offered in the nature of n threat to
reduce Southern representation
Knoxville Sentinel.
The Roosevelt boom exists as
subconscious manifestation only. T.
has to exist. for II Is TO be Taft or L."
Birmingham Age Herald.
With the approach of the Denver
convention there are indications that
the heated argument between Mr..
Bryan and Roger Sullivan of Illinois
may be renewed precisely where II
was left OFF some months ago.-New
Orleans Times-Democrat,
a gentleman named Taft. claiming
to he member of the Presiden.'a
cabinet. visited the war department
for few moments the other CAY. A
few of the older employees OF the de
partment are said TO have recognized
him as former habtue of the build
ing and welcomed him accordingly
New York Times.
Johnson opens headquarters In New
York and Hughes hangs his single
in Missouri. 1t is getting time for
Fairbanks TO look after his Florida
MISUNDERSTANDING Constitution.
Mr.. Taft has made UP his mind Ito
think for himself" says the Boston
Transcript. Mr.. Taft may yet be fore
cd 10 enter a general denial of all
suph rumorr -Wron hiuUtop IIarol1
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-03-25

a year ago this time people were
counting the days TIL the Jamestown
Exposition opened. Some people are
SIN counting days, but 1t is to keen
tabs on when they must appear at The
bank.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-03-25

Perhaps the diamond trust is get.
ing II in the neck. but not half so
hard as some OF the phcnoms who
went South with the big teams.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-03-25

The much mooted question OF
where the state Deorcaiic convention
VIII he held has been settled and now
the only thing that remains for the
party in this state to do is TO endorse
Bryan.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-03-25

And now it is whether Lincoln did
Or did not drink whiskey that is both
erins some people. What's the Diff
ference anyway?
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-03-25

1t is n dream of the future. but
won't 1t be funny when the police de.
partment has to have an alrship pa.
troi wagons.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-03-25

Oh that the city of Newport News
would follow the example of the good
housewife and go house cleaning
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-03-25

The whole country will soon wit.
ness the placing on tight of the lid
the Easter lid.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-03-25

And the 'shipyard' ears are still
running because the words Newport
News contain few more letters and
cost few cents additional.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-03-25

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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-03-25

IFS fool system TO decide right
after eating dinner what to have for
Breakfast.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-03-25

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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-03-25

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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-03-25

Johnson opens headquarters In New
York and Hughes hangs his single
in Missouri. 1t is getting time for
Fairbanks TO look after his Florida
Notwithstanding Constitution.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-03-25

Mr.. Taft has made up his mind Ito
think for himself" says the Boston
Transcript. Mr.. Taft may yet be fore
cd 10 enter general denial of all
such rumors Washington Herald.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-03-25

Entered at the Newport News. Va.
postofice IA second-clasr matter.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-07-17
ENDS OF EARTH SOUGHT
international Race for the North
and South Poles
UNITED STATES RACES NORTH
While Great Britain Sails South---British
Antarctic Explorers Started First
But Perry Hopes to Win.


New York City-When Commander
Robert E. Peary boards his steamer
Roosevelt at Sydney, Cape Breton, and
starts on his expedition in search OF
the North Pole, an international race
to the uttermost ends of the earth
will be on.
Peary hopes to carry the stars and
stripes to the North Pole, while Brit
ish Antarctic expedition, commanded
DIV Liept. Ernest H. Shackleton, is
trying to place the union jack OF the
British empire 80 degrees south. Al
though the British expedition has
year handicap in point OF time, Peary
hopes to win the race. Lieut.. Shack
Teton and party left London on July
80 1907, on board the Nimrod, orig
inally a Newfoundland sealing vessel
of 227 tons, but which has been rent
ted as a steam barkentine.
Shackleton is an officer of the Brit
ish navy and before leaving London,
King Edward bestowed upon him the
Victorian Order, He was member
of the British Antarctic expedition OF
1902-03 under Captain Scott, and with
his commander and another member
of the party accomplished sledge
iournev with dogs to point 81 de-
grees IL minutes south latitude, dur
ing which thew were absent from their
ship, the Discovery ninety-three days,
and covered a distance OF $50 miles
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-07-17
NOMINATION ACCEPTED
Thos. Watson Formerly Notified
by Populist Party.
MADE ELOQUENT ADDRESS
In Atlanta Defending Policies of His
Party--Six Thousand People At
tend the Meeting.

Atlanta, Ga.-Honorable Themes b
Watson of Georgia was notified
Thursday of his nomination for the
presidency by the populist party. the
notification speech being made by
Judge Jay w. Forrest of Albany, N.
Y, and in an address which covered
national issues in vigorous and COM
prehensive fashion accepted the NOM
ination. Previous to his being noti-
fed of his nomination Mr.. Watson adj
dressed the Georgia state convention
of the populist party.
The notification meeting was held
at Ponce de Leon Park at Atlanta,
and the hall was crowded. About six
thousand people being in attendance.
After Mr.. Watson assembled the plat
form, DR.. w. w. Landrum, pastor OF
the First Baptist church, Atlanta, Of
fered fervent prayer, and when Mr.,
Watson was presented to the audi
ence, the band played Dixie" and be-
cause of the continued applause 1t
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-07-17

was several minutes before the speak
er was able to begin his eloquent adj
dress, in the midst of which he he
ceived frequent applause, holding the
close attention of the entire audience.
In his speech of acceptance Mr..
Watson referred repeatedly to Himself
and his political comrades as 1--WE JEFF
fersonians," indicating family the
change in title which it is. predicted
will ultimately be made in the peo-
Pies or populist party.
The change, it is said, will not be
made by any sudden act or resolution.
The name Jeffersonian, say the au-
thorities, will gradually come into
general acceptance and will eventual
ly supersede the present name which
the party headed by Mr.. Watson
bears.
Mr.. Watson's speech was clear
exposition Of the principles of the pop
ulist or Jeffersonian aarty.
With forcible diction, Mr.. Watson
advocated and condemned, upheld and
criticised. He declared himself in IA
vor of municipal ownership, in direct
reference: though municipal owner
ship with its corallary, government
ownership is condemned by many
populists as creating a government
political machine, gigantic oligar-
chy, which it would be impossible to
overthrow.
He condemned corporations and
capitalism in specific terms, excoriat-
ing them for their greed and for the
insatiate NAV which they feed with
losses of the civil war.
He attacked President Roosevelt as
an alleged big stick president who
stands pat. with the stand-patters.
He criticised the president for not
issuing government notes and break
ing the money corner in Wall street
that caused the panic last fall.
He condemned protective tarih, be-
lieving that trusts are the offspring
of monopolies and that trusts can
never be stifled until monopolies are
done away with.
He denounced the new national
currency law, the Aldrich-Vreeland bill,
saying that the national government
has surrendered it's sovereign power
to individual bankers when the consti-
tuition expressly forbids even to states
the right to issue currency or to make
other than gold and silver their legal
tender.
He attacked the interference in
state government which federal judi
ciaries have been practicing Of recent
years, arrogating to themselves a
right which does not exist. At the
conclusion OF his speech Mr.. Watson
was given a great ovation.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-07-17
MRS. CLEVELAND GRATEFUL.
Ex-President's Widow Acknowledges
Coincidence.

New York City.-So great has been
the number of messages of coincidence
received by Mrs. Grover Cleveland
since the death Of the ex-president,
that she has found it impossible to
make personal response to all of
them. Therefore, she has given to.the
press the following communication in
acknowledgment of these messages:
Westland, Princeton, N. jim our
great grief there have come to my
children and myself from all over our
country and from other lands express
sions of coincidence in our bereaye-
ment and Of participation in our
sorrow. My heart is touched by these
and by all the tributes paid to Mr..
Cleveland in-word and act. | am deep
ly grateful for the comfort that God
gives in this way. i regret that the
multitude of these messages renders
it impossible for me to send a per-
sonal word of thanks for each. The
press has kindly offered to bear for
me this expression of my own and my
chiIdren's gratitude and appreciation,
and | hope it will reach all who have
thought of him and of us.
FRANCES f. CLEVELAND.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-07-17
STATE SANITARIUM Fur GEORGIA.

Bill Pending in House Calls for Estab-
Ishment of Such an Institution.
Atlanta, Cav Whether Georgia Is to
have State Sanitarium for the treat
ment of tuberculosis will in all prob
ability be decided by the General AS.
sembly this week.
There is pending a bill in the
House, by DR.. Whitley, Of Douglas,
which calls for the establishment of
such a sanitarium Recently there
was held In the hall OF the House OF
Representatives meeting, at which
time addresses on the subject OF the
treatment OF tuberculosis were deliv-
cred by DIR. Willis Westmoreland,
President Of the Board of Health; DIR.
Whitley, the author OF the BILL DIR.
Clarke, OF Macon, and DR.. Hardman,
Of Commerce. Each spoke in adyo-
cacy Of the measure.
Dr. Whitley will arrange to have a
vote taken on his bill, which has been
reported fayorably by the committee,
during this week.
Great interest is attached to this
proposed sanitarium, BY reason of the
new southern remedy for the treat
ment of tuberculosis. 1t has been
found that cotton seed oil, one Of the
richest vegetable oils in the world,
when made up into an emulsion
proves a great fat producer and
health preserver for those afflicted
with the great white plague There
are numbers OF cases throughout the
South that are being beneficially
treated by this cotton seed oil emul-
sion, and in the event Georgia estab-
fishes a State Sanitarium this Won
derful vegetable oil as an emulsion
will be given test in the sanitarium.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-07-17
FIGHTING IN HONDURAS.
President Davlia Has become Alarmed
Over the Situation.

OVSG the OAEuET1OMs
Puerto Cortez, Honduras. The
fighting which has occurred about Ora
cias and Choluteca bears the ear
marks of organized revolution. The
reports say the attacks on these towns
were begun by small bodies of armed
men, who were at first repulsed by
government troops, but who returned
the attacks and finally Won
President Davlia has declared the
republic in a state of war, and has
begun to concentrate Honduran troops
as rapidly as possible in order to beat
off the invaders.
Report places two of the leading
personalities of the five republics at
the head Of the present trouble, Els
tada Cabrera, president of Guatemala,
and Manuel Bonilla, who was a year
ago deposed by a revolution from the
presidency of Honduras, are those al
legged leaders, and while the reports
differ as to the details of their plan,
an attack on Nicaragua is said to be
their aim. 1t is said that if Honduras
is gained possession of, the revolu
tionists will make Bonilla again pres
ident, and that General Domingo Vas
quez, will march at the head of an
army into Nicaragua. If victorious
he is to be made president of Nicara
qua, thus bringing the three largest
of the five republics, Guatemala, Hon
duras and Nicaragua, under the con
troll of a faction, with the president
of Guatemala at its head.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-07-17
"JOCK" FLEMING is DEAD.
Won Fame by Taking Cruiser TaIIa-
hassee Through Northern Fleet.

Halifax, N. S.-"Jock' Fleming, who
won .renown during the United states
civil Manipulating the confederate
cruiser Tallahassee out through the
eastern passage in Halifax harbor, in
1864 Guiding the northern feet that
was lying in wait, is dead at Ketch
Harbor. He was SO years of age.
Fleming had been pilot for over 60
years ahd while he figured in many
adventures his most famous exploit
was that OF the Tallahassee.
The. Tallahassee was trapped in Hal
flax 6afb6r while eoaling, by1a strong
northerA feet. and was given forty
eight hours By the British admiral
within switch to escape or surrender
to the British flag. In the dead OF
night Fleming took the southern cruis'
-er down the eastern passage, a shall
low unused channel on the eastern
side of the harbor used only by fish
ing boat and when morning broke the,
Tallahassee had vanished.