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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-10-08
f"ITiBR
straw USED for Matches.

The straw Of various grasses ana
cereals has been tried and found suit
able for vrod IN making matches.
The straw Is cut into two-inch lengths
by machinery. winnowed to obtain uni
form size. and then boiled In parahiue.
dried and dipped into the mixture Of
chIorste OF potash. gum arabic. etc.
for the tnfammable tip. The process
should. n adopted on a large scale.
obviatc the use Of wood and also give
an improved match. with the advan-
tages Of a var vesta. q, very small
cost
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-10-08
A Great Character.

A great character, founded on the
living rock of principle, is, in fact,
not solitary phenomenon, to be at
once perceived. limited and de-
scribed. II is a dispensation of Prov
idence. designed to have not merely
an immediate. but continuous, pro-
gressive. never-ending agency. 1t
survives the man who possessed it;
survives his age-and perhaps his
country, his language-Edward Ev-
erett.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-10-08
DIDN'T HAVE A QUORUM.
Hampton City Council Failed TO Have
REGULAR Session last Night.

The Hampton city council failed 20
hold its regular October meeting last
night owing to the absence OF a qro-
rum Ct the members Seven mem
bers of the council-Messrs H. r.
Booker. r. w. Darling. W. W. Rich-
ardson. F. C. Recs. John Weymouth
r. c. Lee and c. r. Holtzclaw-were
present. but it requires nine to con
stitute a quorum. The meeting was
adjourned until next Tuesday night
when the regular routine business
will be taken up.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-10-08
New Quarterly Conference.

The third o-Arierly meeting Of the
Phoebus Methodist Episcopal church
will be held this evening after preach
ing AZ 7:S0 O'Clock by Rev. Mr.. Jones.
Of Salisbury. nd. district surerintend-
cnt. at the Phocbus Methodist church
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-10-08
FOOTBALL IN PHOEBUS.
Elmer Clarke Elected Captain o
Eleven at Graded Schools. :

The Phoebus Graded school has
completed the organization of its foot
ball eleven for the session Elmer
L. Clarke was elected the captain OF
the team. with Prof. W. Archer
Wright as the manager.
Miss Preston has been elected the
manager Of the Phcebus school bas-
kctbail quintet
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-10-08

Many Of the Irish wells have most
Interesting legends connected with
them. There is a well In North Ire
land the water OF which. according %
the natives. viii not boil. however
much u II heated. but unfortunately
they will not allow anybody to test
the trufn % this statement, and Il Il
hardly discreet to make the attempt
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-10-08
NOTICE.

The annual meeting OF the stock
holders fthe Peoples Building and
Loan Association of Hampton. Va,
will be held in Bassettes Academy OF
Music In the City of Hampton At 8
o'clock D. m. on Monday. the llth
day of October. 1909, for the election
# directors TO serve for the ensuing
year. and for such other business as
may properly come before the meet
ing.
HARRIS BARRETT. Secretary.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-10-08
A Contrary Course.

Here's Jimmy's doctor said he must
get away from business and have
more fresh air." ''Well?" How is he
going to get fresh air in salt sea
trip"
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-10-08

Mr.. NJ. H. Morgan has left for hlch-
mond in response to a telegram an
nouncing the serious illness of his
brother, Major z. II. Morgan, super
intendent of the penitentiary.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-10-08
SOCIdl-PerSOndl

Mrs d. C. Moriarity and little son.
CT Saratoga Springs. \. Y, are 'isl,
ing Capt. and Mrs. c. II. Hewins, III
Park Place.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-10-08

Read RusseiTs Al and profit oy
sane Round STEAK. f2szc. Sirloin
Steak. fsc. Forterhouse steak, 1sc
Best grade. ~
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-10-08

Charity on your prescriptions
Congdon fills them free. IT,
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-10-08

Miss Mary Wills Booker LETT last
evening fer Annapolis, where she IS
TO be the bridesmaid az a wedding
Her sister. Miss Bessie Lee Ludweli
Booker will leave for Annapolis TO-
night.
Cant. Richard Coke Marshall, OF
Washington. is visiting his brother
Mr.. L. F. Marshall. in East Hampton.
Mrs Paul Tabb left yesterday for
visit to her parents in Aberdeen
Mr..
Judge ]. w. G. Blackstone, of Acco-
mac county. spent several hours IN
the city yesterday.
Mrs. Patrick. wife of City 1feasur-
er AlonZa Patrick, who has peeh
quite sick for several days. was SAD
, to be much improved yesterday.
Among the Hampton people attend
ing the fair in Richmond are Mr. and
Mrs Frank W. Moore. Mr.. and MIS-
A. Tyler Hull. MS Amy Andrews
Mrs. VI. p. Andrews, T. Samuel b
Lawson. iss Eggie Wood, and others
Mrs Mary B. watkins. accompanied
nv her daughter. Miss Katherine wat
| kins. will leave next week for Alex
-s-;. nj xvaching:On
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-10-08
LOST.
FOR SALE.

SEE US FOR FOOT BALL GOODS.
We sell Reaches, the very best
Everything In the line guaranteed
LEE AND SMITH HDW CO. "a
W. Queen St. Hampton, Va. 9-3-3m
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Congdon's pharmacy accurately
compounds prescriptions. II.

REPAIRING ANTIQUE FURNITURE
a speciality. Satisfaction guaran-
teed. Packing and Grating. EST
mates given. LAPiDARY. Phoeous.
49,
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-10-08

Capt. Richard Coke Marshall. OF
Washington. is visiting his brother.
Mr.. l.. F. Marshall. in East Hampton
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-07
Loksl glsms

Lime Peterson suffered a good cal from the jaw ake for several days last week. Lime thinks 1t was pneuraigia in his face, but them as knows what d great taiker Lime is thinks that his jaw aked him jest becuz he naeheriy wore 1t out.
 Mrs. Jefushy Perkins left a glass jar of FniIicerieat on our desk one day re gently and when we went to pick t up to take 1t home the jar slipt outen our fingers and fell to the floor breaking with smash. Another jar of mince. meat would he very acceptable. Jerushy.
 Cid Johnson went to set down on d cheer in Hen Weathersby's store totheF ev'g.s and one of the iegs of the eheae broke and Gid fell wrenching his back and injuring his feelings to eonsid- erAbIe extent. Cid went home purty mad and says that Hereafter he'1l patron- ixe some other store than Hen Wealth ersby's.
 Miss Amelia Tucker. our raining so- cietY queen, was i'll for several days last week. Miss Amelia thinks she overdid her soshiai funckshion duties and was jest nacheriy run down from attending 60 many parties and losing sleep. Miss Amelia says its quite customary for so- shjal leaders to get run down occa- shionally
 Jabe Crum from Beaver Dam Flats, nine miles west of here, driv ail the way 10 BingviIie last Tuesday for his mall at the Bingvilie P. o. which he hadn't come for in five weeks. There was no mail for him. Jabe says he wasn't dis appinted being as he didn't expect any mail and seairccly ever gets any.
 Ham Whittacfe while pairing his eornl with razor last Sunday had the razot to slip on him and like to of cut of one of his toes, which to we did not learn. Ham says hell be blamed if he'll para his eorns agin until he has to.
 Wilder Henderson is turrible diss gusted with her hens which have went back on her and ain't layin more than half dozen eggs per day whereas they used to lay three or four dozens. The Widder says it's awful aggervatin es- pechiaiIy now when eggs is 40 cts pes dog at the Co. seat.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-07

Last week we meant to of wrote a editorial on "Groundhog Day, ? which was Feb. 9, but the date slip ped by before we realized it and as a result no editorial on Ground hog Day" appeared in last week s Bugie. It is never too late to mend, however, and sinst we left out the editorial last week the next best thing is to write one for this week, even though Grounding Day" is went and gone, as you might say.
 A great many folks in Bingville puts a heap of dependence on whether or not the groundhog kin see his shadder on Feb. 9 or not. They say that if it is so cloudy that he can't see his shadder, then he don't go back into his hole, be- cause he knows that the backbone of winter has been broke and that the weather will be mild enuff for him to come and go until spring sets in. But if he does see his shad- der on the snow, they say he hikes back into his hole as quick as he kin hike and goes to sleep jest as quick as he kin sl1et his eyes, know ing that it will be colder than all git out for the foilering six weeks.
 We have watched the ground hogs professy, as editor and prop. of the Bugle, purity clost for the past several years and from our observashions we calkilate that the groundhog ain't much more of a weather profet than old Dad Hen derson, who is the champeen wealth CT profet of Bingville. Dad ain't hit weather perdickshion onct in the past two years, whereas you would expect he would hit it onct or twict in that time even by axi- dent.
 Well, to go back to "Groundhog Day." the weather was bright and 1 fair in the forenoon, but about 12 o'clock the sky clouded over and the sun didn't shine a mite for the rest of the day. Now jest suppose for the sake of argument that a groundhog in the vicinity of Bing- vile come out and seen his shad- der in the forenoon and went back into his hole and is denned up for six weeks to come. Then suppose another grounding in this vicinity come out in the afternoon and be- cause he didn't see his shadder is Icaikilatin on rernainin outside more or less until warm weather. Now l it must be evident even to the more lienorunter of our inhabitants that both these groundhogs can't be lright-one is either agoing to waste | hole lot of his time sleeping or else tother is agoing to git frostbit
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-07
PaTER WaS SQuQZa

Peter Hoskins, brother of Cy Hos kins, met with a reverse while milking his old cow Spot in the COW stable tother evg. Peter when he went into the stall to milk Spot, absentmindedly went on the wrong side, where as any body with any sents knows that COW won't let herself be millxed on the wrong side. Pete give Spot nudge and told her to ''hist," but Spot she started to turn around in the stall and wedged Peter aginst the side of the stall and like to of squoze the breth outen him. Pete hollered for help until he hadn't any breth left to holler. Finally Spot straightened out again and soon as Pete recovered suffishient he got buggy wkip and give her a good wallopin' Then when he went to milk her she wouldn't let down her milk and he gave her another, and finally give up getting any milk. Old Spot don't give only about a at of milk now anyhow-she's going dry,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-07

what he said. By and by Ix seemed to git despefit and leanin outen bed he managed to reach bopt-jaclx, which he let fly at Hank. The boot-jsck struck Hank right aerost the bridge of the nose and like 10 of broke the bridge. Hank says t would of been ridiculous to of pertended to be asleep after that boot-jac struck him, being as he was SO mad that his eyes flew open and he jumped up and shuk his meant by sich ackshions. IF told Hank he Ort to be ashamed to try to intini- date a poor sick invalid ike him in that manner. "Sickr snorts Hank {; "yod ain't no niore sick than be-" ting up in bed and beginning to brissle.
 You iiain't. uuthsr--yoa'se jest plsy- in. Pos:aEa' ;s says | Hank' a.s1l 7.
 "You're twict everything you call
 Does that mean I'm two liars1ss asks Iz.
 'Yes t does," says Hank; "and you can take that CT leave it alone"
 It was then that 1x thfowd the bed- cioIneS Clean up 10 yhe eetAtnB ana jumped outen bed and with one spring landed right on top of Hank and knocked him clear acrost the room and got on top of him and begin to pound His face for him. Hank hciiered "Enuffr several times, but Ix appeared to be so bizzy he couldn't hear him. After Iz had walloped Hank all about the room, he says: There, will you admit I'm sick now, or not?" "Yes," says Hank; you're sick, Iz--I can tell the way you act that you're sick man"
 IF then let Hank up and told him to take his hat and git outen his house less he desired to De thfowd through the second story windef.
 Hank he went home in disgust, and he says he callIiiates the next time he sets up with a sick person hell be sure they're sick. As for Iz, he was out and around town early next morning and ain't been to bed sinst. Iz says # he hears any of his neighbors who has set up with him telling around that he wasn't sick hen give them a rood drubbin single-hauded and alone, and as a result there ain't been much talk about 1t.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-07
Bud Glvs a Poor impression

Bud Hinckley, who ain't quite right in his head, met with a mishap last Tuesday which also proved to be a narrer exeape from a journey to that bourne whence from which no travel Ter returneth. Mrs. Hinckley Buds mother, has been reading q good 'eal to Bud lately in the hopes that she might teach him some sents, and not long ago she read him a acct in the history of the U. s. where General George Washington crossed the Dela-. ware River on the ice. This seemed to make a turrible impression on Bud, who made up his mind he would give as good imitashion of General Wash ington as he could, SO on last Tues day morning Bud he snuk of from home and went down to Snake Crick and just below the rifles above the bridge he started to march acrost on the ice, giving imitashion of General Washington crossing the Delaware The ice was too thin jest below the swift worter to hold Bud, and when he got bout half way acrost he broke through with a splash tip to his arm pits and hung onto the edge of the ise in desperashion and hollered for help as loud as he could holler
 Fortunately Lem Brown, our expert carpenter, happened to cross the bridge about this time, and hearing Buds hollers Lem run down and found a long pole and showed it out to Bud and thus puld him ashore. Soon as Bud reached shore he started home, bellering and crying something tur- rible, and by the time he reached home his pants was froze on him. Soon as his mother could get dry clothes on him she give Bud a good sound thrashin', Mrs. Hinckley says she cai- kilates she can't never teach Bud nothing.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-07

1t is our opinion that a Groundhog Day that is half sunshine and half cloudy is alfred poor day for a groundhog to make perdickshions. Perhaps the more ignorunter and sooperstishious inhabitants of Bing- vile takes some stock in "Grot d. hog Day" perdickshions, but we don't.
 Subscribe for the Bugle, no mat ter what the weather's goin to be for the next six weeks. The Bing- vile Bugle is the fanily's fireside friend-it contains the latest news printed as soon after it happens as possible-it contains in its col lums opinions for them as ain't got no opinions of their owrf-it dif- fooses knowlidge and disserninates intelligence--it's good to spread on cubbard shelves and to start fires with. Subscribe for the Bugle at onct!
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-07
MlSfOTChuns OVOTiakeS Dad

Old Dad Henderson met with a trr- rible calamity some time on Wensday night. Last fall as ushual Dad had a bari of cider made for. medicinal use through the winner Last week Dad tapped the hard cider for the first time and said it was the primest hard cider that he ever tasted. Dads nabers had to take his word for this, being as Dad is sich a tightwad that he don't never give anybody else a opportunity to sample his hard cider. Well, Mrs. Henderson went down cellar last Wensday and opened the winders to air things out and forgot to close them, and about sundown 1t set in bitter cold and the bari of hard cider froze and busted the bari, and when Dad went down cellar next morning he was flabbergasted to find the barl slaves laying all around and what had been the hard cider froze into solid ise the shape of the inside of the bari, but split in half. Dad he thort he would save the hard cider yet, 30 he broke up the two half barls. of ice into chunks and melted them in kettle over the kitchen stove, only to find to his deep disgust that after they waA melted that what had froze was nothing but worter and that the alkohoi which gives hard cider the kick 1t has and which won't freeze had been drove toward the centre of the lee as the cons tents of the bari froze, and when the ice split had all run away
 Dad says he ain't had sieh beFeave- ment to happen to him for awful long time and don't know whether he kin survive it or not
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-07
THE BINGVlLLR BUGLE!
 The Leading Taper of the County
Brisht-Brsesy--Bsllioo lioose-sustlins
New doth ths tany llstia hes Improve each aiming hous.- Bg gsthefing hQnsy all the day EFeM every epenfnB eeuR.

i Ths ehaapsss aassstssEag medium in tks country. If yoa believe in adveFttsing cema an1 aea us For farfhee information call eR CT aaaresn the editor.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-07
Country Correspondence
BEAVER DAM FLATS

BEAVER DAM FLATS
 Being as you have not heard from Beaver Dam Flats for some time re- gently I take my pen in hand to pen you a few items.
 The weather here is all that could be desired for them as desires awful
 Miss Mindy Smith has boil on her neck. This is the second boil Mindy has had, but not ofi the rieck-- tother one was on her wrist.
 Pete Dickson's old COW has went dry. Pete says this is turrible calam- ity to have happen to a person, espesially in winter, and he will haft to drink his coffee black for spell to come.
 Sim Hooker traded razors with Bige Wilkins several wks ago and got the worst of the bargain. As a result Sim ain't shaved since and his whiskers is so long that they interfere when he's eatin'
 Miss Lucy Adams of Pea Ridge was the gest of your correspondent for two days last week aud reports having had a very enjoyable time. PANSY.
 LANDS END.
 Bill Henshaw, while repairing his henhOuse one cold morning recent had the harnmer to strike his thumb, smashing same. Bill says his hands was so goshrammed cold that he scarcely felt it.
 Rufe Atkins old dog Tige has been having fits recent Rufe says he don't know what the tarnashion has come over Tige lately to make him have fits. The last fits Tige had he jumped into the open fire and singed the hair most all offen his tail.
 Hi Saunders, who went to the Go. seat to work some time ago. is get ting along fine. Hi writes home that he has a lucretive job in a livery stable which pays him $4 week. This is 9 purity big salary for Hi. UNO.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-02-04
QUAKE SHAKES SPAIN
SEVERAL COAST TOWNS WERE
DEVASTATED.
barcelona Devastated by Tidal Wave.
Fearful Panic Among People.
Loss of Life Unknown.

London.-A special dispatch received
here from San Sebastian, Spain, says
that terrible earthquake has dcvastat-
ed several towns and villages in South
and Southeastern Spain.
A tidal wave partially submerged the
coast near Barcelona and great land
slide at Ceuta buried the village of Ro-
mara and several hundred inhabitants
A dispatch from Tarrassa says that
Barcelona has been overwhelmed by a
tidal wave. The loss of life is unknown.
The subterranean roarings preceded the
tidal wave, causing fearful panic among
the people on the promenades and in the
buildings of the city.
News from Malaga says that many
houses Were damaged in the town of To
tana and several villages in the province
of Murcia.
Barcelona is situated on the Meditcr-
ranean shore of Spain, and is the princi-
pal seaport of that kingdom. 1t has a
population of one-half million souls. All
the commerce of Spain centers in this
city.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-02-04
TO DEVELOP COTTON USES
Secretary Wilson Directed to Make
Investigation.

Westinghouse is the belief of Rep
resentative Sheppard of Texas that raw
cotton is suitable for larger variety OF
uses than those which it is now put to,
therefore he introduced n bill this after
noon directing Secretary Wilson to in
stitute an inquiry into the matter. The
bill authorizes and directs the secretary
to make an investigation into the use
and substitution of raw cotton for other
articles in various manufactures in the
United States, and cause to be promul-
gated report thereon embracing data
covering details of manufactures into
which raw cotton may enter; facts as to
the cost of using cotton compared with
articles for which it may be substituted,
and other information that might be
used in campaign for increased use of
American cotton among the manufacture
ers of this country.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-02-04
WON'T GO TO WHITE HOUSE
Roosevelt Will Go Direct to New
York After Inauguration.

INSTRUMENTATION Roosevelt will
not follow the custom and ride back to
the White House on March with his
successor in office. He will go direct
from the capitol after Presidentelect
Taft takes the oath of office to the union
station and take train for New York.
The presidents purpose was made known
in accepting the invitation of the New
York county committee to be allowed to
act as her personal escort on the way
from the capitol to the depot.
This invitation was presented by Rep
resentatives Parsons, Bennett and Olcott
of New York. The county committee
will have 500 members in line. They
will form east of the great parade to the
capitol, will go with the ex-president to
the train and return to their place in line
on the return march.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-02-04
Cold and La Grippe


Mr.. c. Happy, Hardin, Ray Co., Mo-,
writes: Il can safely recommend Pc
runa as a remedy that will cure all ca
tarrhal troubles
cit was of great benefit to me, as it.
cured me of catarrh of the throat, and
1 took a very bad cold and had la
grippe last February. 1t settled in my
throat and lungs. took three bottles
of Peruna and it cured me.
II highly recommend it to all who
are sick, and am glad to add my en-
dorsement to that of Others"
Pe-ru-na for Colds
Mr. L. Clifford Figg, Jr., 1929 East.
Marshall St., Richmond, Va, writes
that when he gets a cold he takes Peru
ma, and it soon drives it out of his sys-
tenn. For several years he was not.
entirely well, but Peruna completely
cured him.
People who object to liquid medicines
can now secure Peruna tablets.
For free illustrated booklet entitled
"The Truth About Peruna," address.
The Peruna Co., Columbus, Ohio.
Mailed postpaid.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-02-04
KISSED GEORGIA GOVERNOR
Miss Thompson Causes Sensation at
Railway Station.

Brunswick, CA resounding kiss
planted squarely on the lips of Gov
elect Joseph NJ Brown by Miss Mildred
Thompson, pretty school teacher of
Brunswick, threw the next governor into
confusion and caused him to beat a
hasty retreat. The episode occurred at
the depot, where Little joe" as the gov
ernor-elect is Familiarity known, was
waiting to take train. A large crowd
was about the governor-elect, listening
to him talk.
Suddenly there was cry of "Oh,
there's Governor Brown" and Miss
Thompson came rushing through the
crowd to the governor-elect and threw
her arms about him and glued her lips
to his. The governor-elect broke away
as soon as he could, and, blushing like a
girl, rushed into the train and didn't
show himself until the train pulled out.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-02-04

Tulsa, Okla.--Great destruction has
been wrought by he terrific blizzard
which struck this section friday. Every
oil region within four niles Of here is
reported down or with other lease build
ings demolished in the Gscnn pool south
Oh this city, where damage by the storm
is estimated at $4,000 ami may be much
more. Ono dwelling house in Tulsa was
totally demolished and other buildings
have been wrecked. Evag neighboring
town reports much destruction. There
have been some injuries from flying
debris,