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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-05-02
Association feFAamplonand Elizabeth
Chg County Formed BY Prom
hent nen Yesterday.
CAPT. +: Y. DARLING IS CHAIRMAN
Clerk Of the Courts Harry n. Holt 10
Elected the Secretary and Mr..
Frank c. Rees 10 Chosen the treas
vrer-Win Hold Big Rally Meeting
On June 5th.

The movement for better roads In
this section was given IN impetus
Yesterday morning, when number
n prominent men Of che city ana
county met in the courthouse and
formed the Hampton and Elizabeth
City County Good Roads Association.
The organization will be affiliated
with the Virginia Good Roads Asso-
citation, and the indications are that
the local organization will have big
membership and accomplish conSid-
cradle work.
Capt. Frank w. Darling. who was
named as the ice-president FOR
Hampton by the Virginia Association,
was chosen the chairman OF the local
association with Clerk Of the Courts
Harry H. Holt As the secretary. Mr..
Frank c. Rees was elected the treas
urer, and Mr.. Henry G. Shelton WIS
named IS the vice-president for Eliz-
abeth City county to the State Asso-
citation.
Names the Committees.
Chairman Darling appointed the
following committees On membership:
From Wythe district-Messrs. John
C. Robinson r. s. Hudgins and jesse
Thomas.
From Chesapeake district--Messrs.
Glib Phillips. e. NJ. Tennis and J. s.
Wyatt.
Hampton district-Mes. J. w.
Rowe, Frank c. Rees and Elmer R.
Shields.
The association decided to hold 4
big rally meeting on Saturday, June
8, when several speakers Of promi,
hence In the good roads movement
will be invited to make addresses.
Among the men to be invited are
Hon. r. Il. Withers, Of Suffolk: Capt.
p. 81. julien Wilson, State Highways
Commissioner. and possibly one or
two others.
Messrs. Hunter r. Booker. F. c.
Rees and Mathew c. Armstrong were
appointed a committee to make ar
raneemeuts for the rally meeting and
to entertain the speakers.
The association will meet again on
Saturday morning. May Is. at 10
O'Clock.
It was said yesterday Mr.. Shelton
will decline TO accept the Office Of
vice-president for the county.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-05-02

rp Neus-0vekrce Cottage,
%. fsrnisAcd. one unfuruishcd. see
- o. LACKEY. . 2
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-05-02

Take your prescriptions to HULL'S
CUT RATE DRUG STORE.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-05-02

number of packet lines engaged in
business on the Mississippi and its
tributaries are mentioned as showing
traces Of railroad influences" Sever
al private canals are also mentiined
as being dominated by railroad in
fluences.
In this connection the report strik-
inply shows the extent to which state
and private canals hav been abon-
doned, the total mileage abandoned
to date icing 2.444,26 miles. repre-
senting- a cost Appropriated at $751;
171,374. Among the more important
causes for this wholesale abondon-
ment of canals are the inability OF
some canals to compete with modern
railroads and the mismanagement OF
other canals. together with popular
impression that such systems OF pub
lie works have done more harm than
good. and finally, a belief that the
chief means of internal communica-
ton was not to be water but rail.
In discussing the relation of water
transportation to railroad rates. the
report says: 1T has been claimed
that water transportation is a safe
guard against exorbitant charges by
railroads through large sections OF
the country. 1t is undoubtedly true,
at anv rate, that water competition
is a potent cause Of local discrimi-
nation in railroad rates"
1t is pointed out that the import
ance OF water competition depends
very largely upon whether it is by
las II
pears to vary with the.t hysical char
acteristics OF the navigable water
ways employed and the number and
size Of the vessels which can be used
thereon.
The importance Of canals as regu-
lators Of freight rates. 1t is shown.
Is much less than formerly. Relative
to rivers, it is stated that their In
fuence on railroad charges varies
with the length Of the navigable
route. and also with the depth. wharf
age facilities. etc. The Mississippi is
paralleled on both sdes by railroads
operating long trains over easy grades
at the least possible cost. River steam
ers can still underbid the railroads
10 some extent on local traffic. but
they are at a disadvantage in load
ing or terminal expenses. and in In
surance or risk, as we'll as on &C
count Of the rise and fall in the river
II il claimed tia: the railroads take
traffic at unduly low rates along the
river and al competitive points gen
orally. and recoup Themselves by high
charges at non competitive points.
The serious declaration IL made
that in many cases railroads are prob
ably carrying goods al less than cost
for the purpose Of shutting out water
competition. 1t is evident that In
such cases an increase in THE rail
rate would 10 an advantage 10 all
concerned II Is declared. for II
would restore certain bulky traffic 70
the waterways, where IL economically
belongs. and leave the railway equip
mrnt available for traffic property
moving nv land. and AZ ,he same time
making possible a reduction Of othe,
rail rates by cutting Of business dons
at a loss and by increasing tho vol
ume Of profitable business. No
should the railways fear the rcs;o
ration ~ water traffic 10 this extent
for the history 81 wafer transporta
ton shows that II freaucntly make!
sraf,c for the railroads moro that
srficient 10 mske up for the apparcn
loss of business"
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-05-02
Your House Should Be

rented through tho oficc " ". q
I.ACKEy hid ever occur To you
that 30 ycr cent. of tho people Iook
ing for 10 rent house como 20 hts
oficc FIRST Hc can handle your PROP
cTty to better advantage than any
other agent. 2
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-05-02
INVITED TO READING.
HAMPTON Firemen Asked to Visit
Thss CITY On Labor osv.

The Hampton Fire department has
received an Invitation from the
SchuyIkilI steam Engine Company. o;
Reedins. Pa TO visit that city next
6epteu1ber and be she special guests
a that Organisation on IaboT Day.
The nrcmcn Of Reading arc preparing
20 cetshrste Labor Day with . ape
garsAe and program and all Reading
b anxious 20 have the Virginia iai.
Dies
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-05-02
Mr. Cumming - Visit Here.

Rev. William Cumming. of Wiz
chester. Nv. is expected To reach the
city tomorrow m a visit TO hts broth
~. NJ James ". Cumming. In south
King street
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-05-02

AT oNCE-RAPID. NEAT.
accurate operators for Smith Pre-
m:"r Tyroxriiers. Give references
and experience. ~ any. Address Y
y. Box No. 2ss, Hampton. :
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-11-12
A Great Central Bank

u,ss too small a child to apprecia'e
-orditions when President Andrew jan
son svore by the EternaI thaI NJ o's
,s1tral hank should obtain in these Unltea
states and I have lived TO over three
score and ten. and there has been no O's
-entral bank UP. TO date.
II the people OF these United sla ',SS
AYE been gradually educated up 70 the
sseo-y and policy OF a central oanh, I,is {
Idea has been slow in maturing Ola
Hickory was a very. determined Hs,u
statesman in his day and generation he
aid not get his opinions at second manu-.
and from all accounts he raised cam
when he fiattened out the big eenuai
hank in Philadelphia and dared the bank
people to come out in the open ana snow
their hand
And he also secured reelection ana
~ re-ele.tion stands for vindicauon. Whlcn
IS not always true. he was amply vin-
dfcated in his opposition to great de-
posft OF the peoples money, under the an
solute domination OF a few rich men who
expected 10 make fortunes in the bank
ing business I'm General Jackson's time
We will see the first opening move
iuent toward a central bank when con-
grpss assemblies in December
Elderly people are supposed 10 grow
into caution and timidity. That being true,
I should advise very cautious progress
out OF present system Of finance into the
proposed central bank proposition
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-11-12
Boston Prodigy

Boston Cor. Chicago Record-Herald.
Boston. the city Of culture, has a
new wonder to marvel at and boast
of in the person Of 11-year-old Will
liam ]. sidis, son Of DR.. Boris Sidis,
of IL University road, Brookline.
William has just matriculated at
Harvard University, and he gives
promise of completing the regular
academic course in much less time
than is ordinarily required. Both the
boys parents are physicians and are
Russians, and being themselves unusu-
ally endowed with intellect, are very
naturally proud Of their rosy-cneeked
phenomenon. Comparatively rev
months. not enough to make up many
years at any rate, were spent by the
boy under the instruction Of teach hers.
Most of what he has learned, and his
knowledge appears to be limitless, even
now, has been picked up by the child
himself, unassisted. even by his par
ents.
Dr. Sarah NJ Sidis. Williams moth
err is authority for the statement That
as a baby he was slightly backward.
but as soon as he began to talk he
also began to do unheard Of things
At the age of he could spell, read
and write. He became deeply absorb
ed in books when other children were
playing in the sand and making houses
of blocks. He devoured everything
readable that he could lay his hands
on. and when he had advanced to the
age of 5 his yearning for knowledge
had also advanced to such a stage that
he began taking books from the Brook
line public library.
II ever a boy was self-educated this
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-11-12
Royalty Has Us Troubles

when our American millionsires push
into royal circles abroad and shell down
the cash for the sake Of a title in their
families, they act as II they thought the
state Of royalty was equivalent TO King
dom Come. their eagerness is so great
and their haste so impetuous. They will
agree TO repair old castles. to retuvenate
old bankrupt estates and effectually i'm
prison their daughters in these old houses
Just to hear the young woman called a
countess or baroness or something Of the
same sort as a prefix to their welded
names
Having secured the title they generally
set to work TO buy divorces for the
young women. who very soon discover
that they are worse than slaves and al
zusted ones pass from the stage OF &C
rem
But this glamour around royalty seems
IN be perpetual These Over-rich peo-
pie never appear to learn by experience
OF others. A new, crop OF applicants for
titles comes on Just as rapidly as the dis
cnsted ones pass from the stage OF &C
tion.
Emperor William OF Germany is un
derstood TO be the most active and self
possessed OF all the sovereigns OF Europe
He holds undisputed sway over his en-
pire. and has no equal in ability or in
kingdoms abroad
King Edward OF England is his uncle,
But the uncle has only shown himself to
be a maker Of fashions and leader In
what Is known as society Being only
a figure-head IN the British empire; he
confines his efforts TO new hats, new
clothes. shoes. etc. and in regulating his
visits to rich noblemen's homes.
But Emperor William is OF superior
character. and he came 10 his throne IN
due course OF succession and has fam
Hy OF sons and daughters to inherit his
name and estates when he passes out Of
life
He aims 10 do something to immortal
lie The name OF William, the Second, OF
Germany. but he acquired what he holds
through fire and storm. with dissensions
in his family for years. together.
have been reading his early history
and il is a sad commentary on earthly
vanities.
His father. Prince Frederick. married
the princess royal OF England. She wa
the most noted princess then living, a
beautiful. strong-willed. ambitious young
woman. oldest OF Queen Vic's family.
Frederick was heir 20 the German
throne and nothing stood in his way Il
the crown but his own aged father. who
hung on 10 life until he passed into the
Sos
For more than 20 years Frederick
wife waited and waited for a RELAXATION
OF her dream OF fame and power. She
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-11-12
Takes Issue With
Bishop WA. Gambler

Editor Atlanta Journal:
If 1 am not too late desire to register,
through your columns my vigorous pro-
test as a loyal citizen of the splendid
new south, against the most recent at
tempt of Bishop w. A. Gambler to fan
into flame the rapidly dying embers OF
sectional and partisan hatred, as publish
ed in The Journal of last Monday. And,
at the same time, 1 wish to commend
mostly highly the thoughtful reply which
emanated from a member of this spirit
ually belated bishops own denominationA
household as published in Tuesdays Jour-
nal, and to thank this brother for so
courageously Drawing the penalties OF
.'lese majesty and voicing the sentiments
of a multitude Of southerners, who II is
safe to assume, hold as dear to their
hearts the GOOD name and the continued
prosperity of Dixie as does this dignitary
of the great Methodist church.
have been a somewhat frequent read
err Of the bishops contributions to the
public press and regret to be obliged to
testify that this is not his first offense
in this particular direction. Nor is his
violation of sectional ethics and social good
manners to be condoned in this instance
because he has chosen to employ the
narrow, bigoted, prejudiced, 'picayunish"
editorial which he quotes from the New
Orleans Picayune as the medium of his
unreasonable and un-Christian censure Of
the motives and intentions of a man who
evidently desires to be of service to hui
mainly, for whoever indorses the evil
word or deed of another becomes him
self a partaker of the unhappy fruit
thereof.
AS have from time to time been sur
prised and saddened by these puerile, pet
ulent, pessimstic outbursts of this unre-
constructed ecclesiastic, 1 have felt that
1t is high time that the great church
whose splendid spirit of fraternity and
progress he so grievously misrepresents
should unitedly insist that he begin
course of suggestive therapeutics which
would induce him to exchange jeremiah
for the second Isaiah as the prophet Of
his inspiration or, better still, to sit at
the feet of the Nazarene and catch. His
spfpit of love, forgiveness. reconciliation,
faith and optimism. For it is to be great
ly deplored that the high official posi-
ton of this writer lends to his utterances
a sense of weight and authority in many
minds, out of all proportion to their wis
dom and logic, thus constituting them a
reactionary force of sufficient gravity to
warrant the serious attention of all who
are anxious that our glorious southland
shall live up to her happy reputation or
hospitality, fraternity and progress.
The war is over and only the echoes
of it's horrors remain to warn us of the
utter futility of such barbarous and me-
dieval methods for the settlement of dis
putes which must always ultimately come
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-11-12

11-year-old wonder is. His mother and
father aver that they do not teach
him He simply got books from tie
library and learned unassistej. When
he was he was sent to the Runkle
school The school authorities placed
him in one of the higher grammar
grades. but withdrew him after six
months, for he knew more than they
taught at that school, and it would
have been a waste of time to nave
kept him longer with the other pupils,
ordinarily bright enough, but drones
compared to him.
Two years more were spent in idle
ness. and not idleness entirely, either,
for his brain was always active and
he was continually absorbing knowl-
edge.
When he was eight years old he was
sent to the Brookline High school,
one of the best in the country, for IL
Is supported by the richest town in
the world. He remained there five
months. That was long enough, for
he was then further advanced than the
school.
He evinced strong liking for
mathematics and physics at the age Of
eight and was greatly interested in
astronomy and other sciences. At that
early age he was ready for college,
but his parents declined to send him
to the higher institution, as they were
of the opinion that their son would DO
more thorough work at home 1'c
was allowed to study whenever he
wished and whenever he. liked If he
elected to go for a walk he could do
so; if he chose to stay in the house
he did; If he wished to study geometry
he was his own master. He was never
forced along any particular line.
Greater Boston's most remarkable
boy has been a puzzle to scientists,
astronomers and mathematician. He
prefers the company Of men and
women who gather at his home, vino
are on an intellectual footing with
him, to the boys Of the neighborhood
He discusses on advanced sciences
with them with the learning of a pro-
fessor.
When a boy of eight ne spoke four
languages, as a freshman at the Brook
line High school he took second year
prizes with pupils nearly twice as old
as himself made astronomical calcu-
lations which puzzled professors in
mathematics, invented a new system
Of logarithms in series Of twelves in'
stead Of tens, and helped pupils in
classes above him to master their
lessons.
At, Harvard ne will pursue the reg
ular academic courses for the pres
ent.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-11-12
RAPS CLERGYMEN
WHO USE TOBACCO


CANTON, Ohlo.-Debts, tobacco, chew
ing gum and ostentatious millinery
came in for a hard rapping from
Bishop Dacid H. Moore at the recent
session of the East Ohio Methodist con-
ference. It was only when all available
adjectives were exhausted that he drop
per his hammer. he said. Then he de-
clared that he wished some one from out
side of the church would come in and
express his adherence of these evils in
more forcible language.
"I do not possess language strong
enough to express my sentiment against
embarrassing debts, especially those en-
numbering a minister" he said. 1t is
proper that we have ruled against the
admission to this conference of preachers
encountered to the degree of embarrass-
ment -s- -.
THE use Of tobacco by a minister of
the Gospel is too obnoxious for express
sion. We cannot admit an habitual user
of tobacco into this conference and those
of you who use it now owe repentance to
God. 1t is the pioneer of whiskey.
THE chewing of gum is a nefarious
miserable habit. Is there anything so dis
gushing as to see a minister with quid
of gum rolled up in the side OF his
cheek?
"Of clerical millinery, I do not approve.
but 1t is to be preferred to clerical I'M
dress. All we want is wholesome clean
illness and propriety in the dress of our
pastors. It will gain for them respect
from their congregation and will assist
them in stunning temptation. People who
would lure a preacher into sin are pre-
vented from doing so by a natural re-
spect of the clerical dress.
Finally, we want preachers and not
literary curiosities in our churches; plain
hard Gospel facts, and not incomprehensi-
bic philosophy from the pulpits 1 do not
want to discourage study by our preach
ers, but I do urge more strict adher-
ence to the Gospel in delivering SER
mon"
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-11-12
Are You Holding -
For a Higher PrlceY

When cotton gets in the neighborhood
Of Is cents per pound. somebody Is go
ins to get rich or else somebody Is golhe
40 brealx before many moons shall wax or
wane- -
OF course, it is the short crop that mas
raised the price. but / am AFRAID OF So'
ton speculation and spectators
n the prfce keeps up, there will be
more demand for cotton land TO cultl-
V-ate An 1910 than was ever known in Geor-
Efa before but will the price keep Up
I don't know. Loo, q,
Rut II had a good deal of cotton 10
Ill 7 believe | would sell half ana take
NV chances on a good price in the sprihe
with the rest ,,.,. ,-,ov,,
ana I e-uess YOU viii all understand your
oO-n business best. and could give hiS
POINTS that would do me some service
Let VI be thankful II Is as wen Sii -
as h is. and that we have any 10 sen a.
sn sfter the slump in the western cotton
country
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-11-12
A Woman Gold Digger
Westminster Gazette


Lady Sybn Grey is the latest distinguished
gold digger She accompanied her father, Earl
Grey, governor geperal Of the Dominion. on his
recent trip to the Canadian Arctic gold fields.
Near Dawson City the capital of the NOudlke,
she pegged out claim for herself with all the
prescribed legal formalities and christened 1t the
Sybil
Her first panning out produced $50 worth
of gold which she considers very promis-
ing start During the long arctic winter Lady
Sybil will work her claim by deputy, but Sue
says she VIII return next summer to supervise
operations and examine results in person.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-11-12
Good Work.
Troy Weekly Times.

1t certainly is a good work in which
the New York Herald and The Atlanta
Journal have Joined hands-that OF
preaching the gospel Of good roads in the
SOUTH Assuredly there is no sectional
ism in this, for northern and southern
journalism unite in the crusade, which
all recognize as tending to promote the
public good. An effective beginning was
made yesterday when three-score automo-
biles left New York city bound south.
This is not to be a race, but a demon
stration of what good roads can do and
what lack of good roads involves. And
everything that can help to substitute
improved highways for defective ones is
to be applauded.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-11-12
RmdSz Homo

See Liberal trial o1er in full page announcement
on last page OF this issue.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-11-12

TO the arbitration Of dispassionate DELHI
Grafton and sane judgment. The God or
battles has decreed that we shall be,
henceforth. one nation, not two Jealous
and warning peoples. Any disability or
shortening which handicaps any particu-
lar section of our extended domain be-
comes, therefore, a national affair and
an occasion for national solicitation. "Wc
are members one of another" and GER
tainly one member may not suffer with
out all the family being involved in the
disaster
It is not fair, it is not charitable, IL
is not sensible for the bishop to contin-
tally impugn the motives of various ci"-
liens of our united country whose pa
triotism and humanity impel them toward
efforts to equalize the blessings Of health.
education, and happiness among all of the
children of the nation which our faith
ers planted along the shores of the At
lantic, from the palmettos of Florida to
the pines Of Maine, and 1 feel that am
not overstepping the bounds of proprietg
and courtesy in herewith registering my
protest and my rebuke. And. despite the
disparity in our ages, I shall even make
so bold as to remind the good bishop OF
the solemn warnings of all history con-
corning the absolute certainty and impla-
cability of that nemesis which ever waits
those who attempt to clog the wheels of the
onward surge OF that civilization which
irresistably moves toward the consumma-
ton Of a universal brotherhood. Wake up,
brother, wake up! Clasp the hands ex
tended to you In disinterested fraternity.
Join the glad company Of those hosannas
Of the innumerable company OF the proph-
cts of better things. But, II this is not
possible, If indeed your disease has reached
the incurable stage, then in mercy, at
least spare us the depressing effect of
the pessimistic wailings Of the winter OF
your discomfort as you wrap the mantle
of sectional satisfaction about you and
sit on the ash heap of your unconscious
spiritual desolation and watch the world
go by!
EVERETT DEAN FLEETWOOD.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-11-12

Recorder Broyles holds that the word
damn" is profane, although the supreme
court has held 1t is not. technically speak
ing. 1t might safely be termed profane
usage.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-11-12

EVERETT DEAN FLEETWOOD.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-11-12
Occasionally Up.
Boston Globe

E. Everett Cakes, and a daughter of
''You'ra way behind the times" said the
tourist in sagebrush City. You haven't any
skyscrapers."
shanty wus 400 feet high in the last cyclone"