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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-03-16

WANTED-TO SELL SEED POTA-
toes. Irich Cobblers at lowest prices:
flour, meal, hay and grain. Full line
of fruits. COUNCIL PRODUCE
CO., Twenty-eighth Street and
Huntington Avenue. 3-l6
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-03-16

NEI.MS & COMPANY, INC, 25l7
Washington avenue Insurance Of
all kinds. loans rents, real estate.
notaries public. The Oldest agency
in this city. See them first. or
flee hours from s to 500; SATURDAYS
a. m. to $50 p. m. 3-lS
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-03-16

FOR SALE-GOOD HOUSE & LOT
on newly paved street. near Wash
;ngton avenue rooms and bath.
hot water. electric lights. formerly
$500. Our price only $500. Easy
terms. Good place for c. & D.
man or anyone wishing to be near
Piers. SOMMERVILIE TRUST
co. ID
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-03-16

ATTENTION. FARMERS & TRUCK.
ers-For sale: Canada field peas:
seed oats snd full line garden seed
and ferti. Tiers. 8. A. RUDD, phones
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-03-16

WANTED-SECOND HAND BAGS
and Burlap. any kind. any quantity
anywhere. Write for prices. RICH
MOND BAG CO., Richmond, Va.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-03-16

FOR SALE INDESTRUCTlBLE'
and Double Disc PhOnograph and
Talking Machine records. 35 and
Csc The records that are adver-
tised in all the magazines. GEO. ID.
HAMPTON PIANO CO. 210 2S;h st.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-03-16

NORFOLK TALLOw co. DEAL
animals removed free OF charge b5
C. H. SchodeId. Phone SAL, hamp
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-03-16
FOR SALE.

FOR SALE-TWO FINE SMALL
truck farms. near Newport News.
Va. EELMS & CO.. Inc. Real Es-
tate, Insurance. Rents and Loans.
No. 25i7 Washington avenue, New
port News. Il
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-03-16

DIR. X. LEE ROBINSON. DENTIST.
now located at y. w. cor. Washing
ton avenue and Twenty-eighth SITS,
over The Mirror
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-03-16

felony to knowingly and falsely certr
fr the condition of II bank In order 10
give Il a credit to which Ii Is not en-
titled, is wise. ard should be contih'
ued and enfnrcrd and | would not.
as governor. with my present views
and convictions, sign bili when
would red &c" the penalty from 4 lei
ON. 10 q miSdrmNanOr.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-03-16
Lowest Penalty Not Imposed.

Another difficulty in extending
tlcmrncy, if | were SO disposed. by
{, mmutaliOn 10 Jail Imprisonment. ~
Tn. fact that tn" jury which heard
un the ryidrnc" in tn" cas-" found IN"
prisoner guilty and imposed W."
wears instead OF one. thus clearly
showing that to their minds ana con
sciences The prisoner WAS not emit
led to the loves penalty under IN"
existing law. TO ash III" /" r"dlS'
the penalty TO less than IN" minimum
txcd by the law. which they them
:, Ives doubled the lowest penalty, Is
AN inconsistency which does mol
) rungk appeal TO me-.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-03-16

LOTS FOR SALE OR LEASE IN ALL
parts OF the city. Call and get
prices. OLD DOMINION LAND
CO, Hotel Warwick Building
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-03-16
FOR RENT.

TWO ROOMS FOR RENT-SOCTH-
ern exposure, 1900 West Avenue.
II
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-03-16

FOR RENT-3lG AND 3lS FORTY
fourth Street. two ten-room houses:
modern conveniences; apply 3lO3
Washington Avenue. 3-2'u
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-03-16

FOR RENT-NICELY FURNISHED
room; lest location. near water;
cheap rent. "EXCELLENT," care
Daily Press. IL
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-03-16
FOR SALE.

FOR SALE-i0 ACRES OF LAND
within ? miles Of city on good road
Excellent location for cottage Tor
shipyard man. Caa have chickens
and hogs. $500 Easy terms Coco
10 days only. SOMMERNllL'E
TRUST CO. INC. 10
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-03-16

WANTED-TO BUY. SELL OR EX-
change. furniture and stoves. c. w.
LEWIS. 1902 Huntington avenue.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-03-16
|d|eness still the Ruling Factor on
The Stock Exchange.
SUSPICIOUS OF. TARIFF Bill
Spectators Waiting to Hear from
Ways and Means Committee and
President Taft-European Situation
Also Gives Traders Some Concern.

NEW YORK March l5.-Busin"ss
stocks today tell another degree in
th,. seal, towards idlpEc5S. The as
srmt'.ing OF Congress had little effect
III releasing the market from It's
bonds. The delay in reporting the
n,w tarin bill. and in sending III the
presidents special message was the
assigned motive for the halt Conf
d-nce is not great that those events
will end the season Of dulineSS in
stocks
Such interest as was taken in af-
fairs was not expressed by any active
steps in tn" stock market.
The troubled European situation
vas responsible Tor some Of the heavy
tone ut the outset. Selling orders
were executed for foreign account in
various internationally listed stocks,
with the result OF carrying them un-
der the closing level OF Saturday.
Specula ors III Reading had anOth-
~ disappointment in the absence Of
Il decision by tn" Supreme Court in
tie commodities clause Test case.
TIE effect OF this pOstponement on
the stock is taken to indicate ,hat tn"
professional speculative element is
counting still on Il decision adverse
to the railroads. Prices OF copper
were marked down again i'll quota
tons both Of bid and asked prices.
falling full quarter OF cent per
pound a, the local metal exchange.
The days price movements so nearly
balanced in their contrary courses
that net changes are trivial
Bonds were irregular. Total sales.
par value 1884 900.
. United States bonds unchanged on
cali. Total sales today 3l6,5O0 shares,
including: Copper, $4,000: Sugar, L.
200: Tobacco, 200: Chesapeake and
Ohio, 1900: Louisville and nashville.
100; Reading, $500: Sloss-Sheffield
100: Southern Railway. 100: Southern
Railway, pfd. 100: Tennessee Copper.
300: United States Steel. 5000; Eir-
pinia- Carolina Chemical. 2.100
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-03-16

T. 3. BOONE. EXPERT HAIRCUT
ter: first class BARRIERS employed:
best attention paid to all. BIZ
Washington Ave. s-z'
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-03-16
SPECIAL NOTICE.

COUPONS GIVEN WITH EVERY
Shoe Shine at BOHLkEE 26o9
Washington avenue. H.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-03-16

FOR RENT BRIGHT. AIRY
rooms with board: mod. conven. 100
31st. st., Bell phone 366. 2-16-1m
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-03-16

FOR REMITTANCE, WE'LL LOCAT
ed store room, formerly occupied
by T. w. JUDK1NS. Terms very
reasonable. For Information apply
Daily Press Office.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-03-16
Chicago Grain and Provisions.

CHICAGO. ILL.,. Mar"+l l'.---W'ak
cables and IL slump in corn had de-
pressing effect on the wheat market
today, prices At the clos" showing
net losses of Is to * cent compared
with Saturdays final quotations. Corn
and cats closed weak "uu provisions
steady.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-31

and even on the air over the public
streets. When the cities were mere
towns the people felt differently about
such matters. The man who would
lay gas main or build street rail-
way was looked upon as a public ben
efactor, one who was contributing
toward the growth and the develop
ment of the city. But it is different
now. The solution of these questions
lies in permitting the public to partici-
pate in the profits When new fran
chises are granted 30 such corporations
it should be on the basis of the rental
value of the streets. The man who
uses a street for some extraordinary
purpose, that is VINO is permitted to
put down tracks or to stretch wires,
expects to make money out of his in
yestment. He is asking for a conces-
sion that is valuable to him and that
will be of increasing value, whatever
may be the benefits he bestows upon
the public. He should, therefore, pay a
reasonable rental, which should be a
certain per cent of the gross earnings
of the corporation.
If such a policy were followed the
corporations which are benefited
would help to sustain the city govern
ment and make possible the greater
development of the public highways
the parks and so on.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-31
SNEAKING INTO HEAVEN.
TVinton Times


AT recent Sunday morning service
ing fact that nearly two hundred of
the enrolled members had failed to
keep their promises OF paying the
sums guaranteed by them to defray the
church expenses and that another lead
ing church had nearly hundred de-
linquent members on its list.
This looks a whole lot as tho some
folks are trying to get into heaven
without paying any admission fee
They are probably figuring on climbing
over the fence when no one is looking
or expect to get by Saint Peter when
that noble gate-keeper has his back
turned.
When anyone would go thru the
Formally of joining church and Their
seek to evade the payment of his JUS
proportion of the expense is one of the
queer things we find in the makeup O.
mankind. Whatever virtue or advan-
age there may be in church member
ship must certainly be lost if the mem
Der neglects to make good his obliga
tons.
1t takes a crowbar and about fit.
pounds of dynamite to jar some mel
loose from their money, and for sucl
as these. despite their open avowa,s o
their belief of the doctrines of thei
church, they appear to have little hop
of reward for the good deeds done il
the body or little fear of hell for tn
mean acts done in this life.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-31

which Iowa Is convinced is lined up
against the interests of Iowa and the
rank and file of the party. Judge Smith
has represented the district ten years
practically without opposition and
mainly because he has not been strong
ly opposed. He has done the balancing
act in politics; has been a hail fellow
well met in Iowa and good fellow in
Washington but upon analysis it will
be hard to find much that he has done
for his state or where he has stood
boldly except as one of the assaultlns
party led by Cannon and the Cannon
ties against Theoore Roosevelt after
Roosevelt and Garfield had attempted
to secure the public domain against
grafters.
Bvers is of different mettle and make
up. He should win. 1t is most likely
that he Will win Iowa is seeking the
Byers' kind to represent her in con-
gress and the Ninth district is no eX-
ception in Iowa. 1t will be a great fight
in the Ninth on clean cut and Clearly
defined lines of which Cannonisln will
be one of the main issues. And it
may be we'll to remember that Byers
was once a candidate for congress in
the Ninth and lost BY seven out OF a
vote OF 500.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-31
IHF FIGHT IN THE NINTH.

Attorney General Byers has, it is an
nounced definitely, decided to become
a candidate from the Ninth Iowa dis
trict. 1t is good news, for Web Byers
is by reason of talent, sincerity, politi-
cal faith and above all by character the
kind Of man the state Of Iowa needs
and desires in congress.
Byers is a progressive. He is more
than that a type of the highest citizen
ship of Iowa. Politically he is not
politician but a statesman. He has
never stood for Byers above the is
sues he considers important to the
general welfare. He is honest to the
core; clean inside and out; good
lawyer; nobody's henchman: with
passion for fairness believing in the
equality of all men under the law and
in the supremacy of law over all men;
mentally and morally strong; in the
prime of his intellectual, physical and
moral vigor; fearless; faithful, man
who may be depended upon and who
has always been depended upon; with
out a stain and above suspicion Of even
his worst enemies. Not newspaper or
a politician in Iowa will deny any Of
this. It is a combination that Iowa
needs in congress.
Howard Webster Byers is distinc-
lively American. His biography reads
like those of the typical American who
makes good and grows into prom
inence He is the son of a Hancock
county pioneer who came to Iowa in
1873 from Wisconsin when the present
attorney general was 10 and when Han
cock county land was worth S. instead
of 800 an acre. Byers was a farm
laborer a hired man up to his goth
YEAR. Then he began teaching schoo
and followed that occupation FIVE years
He "clerkel in store betwee his
25th and both year, studied law ant
was admitted to the bar when he was
go He was elected a member Of the
Twenty Fifth General assembly; re-
elected and made speaker of the hous'
and was again reelected to the legis
lature He was a leader in the pro
gressive fight which reversed tn
administration Of state affairs an
brought about the reforms 70
which Iowa had waited since Lar
rabee. In 1905 he was electe
reforms for wfsch Iowa had waite
since Larrabee. In 1905 he was electe
attorney general, reelected in 1870
and has given Iowa an administratio
of that office which can not be ques
toned or condemned He has been al
torney general and the office has NEAR
something over Iowa
Byers candidacy in the Ninth is
protest against Cannonism and the il
terests whoch are Cannonism. The
is suspicion much justified by his ON
words and acts that the present il
cumbent in the Ninth belongs less
the people OF Iowa than to the coter
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-31
cossoN FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL.

Senator George Cosson, at present
special counsel in the attorney gener-
ais office, announces himself as can
didate for the attorney generalship. 1t
is a candidacy which will be generally
welcomed by the people of the state
who desire the enforcement of state
laws without fear or favor. Mr.. Cosson
has demonstrated his fitness for the
place and earned a claim upon the
lawaoiding people Of the state which
will not be generally discounted He in
troduced the laws known as the Cosson
bills, and urged them upon the senate.
He has been employed in their en-
forcement since and the knowledge
that the attorney generals office stood
ready to enforce these laws with all
the vigor ii could command, has been
responsible for much law enforcement
over the state.
Cosson is straight as q string. He
has no enemies 10 persecute, no friends
to favor. Like Byers he looks first 70
the law and to his duty. He publicly
announces that he stands for the Byers
policies in the attorney generals office
and his personality and his work are
pledges to his sincerity.
The Cosson laws have to a great
extent banished the red light districts
from Iowa cities: the Cosson laws and
the knowledge that Byers and Cossor
stood behind them ready and anxious
TO see them enforced; the remova
laws have worked not only for officia
reform and in cases have assisted Il
individual temperance.
The Cosson laws are great stel
toward needed reforms and are so rec
ognized by other states which ar
passing similar laws, but they nee
officials like Byers behind their en-
forcenent. Cosson should be elected I
succeed Byers. The state needs jus
such fearless and competent men 6
the head of It's department of jastie
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-31
ROADS AND DRINKS.
Lsibley Tribune.l


When friends come together it is
often meet and drink. Up in Mime
sofa after next week the form Of the
usual invitation may change to Lets
mend the highways" A new law goes
into effect with the new year providing
for the appToppc!!et ton Of 10 per cent of
the sum received from saloon licenses
in towns under 10000 population of
road work.
It is cunning statute. The Mime
sofa highways are not much superior
to those of Iowa, and the new law
makes 1t possible for the man who
drinks a plenty to be a sort Of public
benefactor, altho It contains no pro-
vision for a monument to one who
loses his life fixing up the roads by
crooking his elbow before the bar
Under Minnesota's local option system
a neat bride is offered to communitie.
ambitious to swell their trade thru
good roads. The dryer the town thu
wetter the highways leading to it arr
likely to be. A brewer probably stood
at the elbow of the author of the stat
ute when it was written.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-31
Topics of the Times
Tafts decision is not new: whisky is
whisky, but some whisky is worse.

Senator Deliver says this is a poor
boys country but not poor mans
government" All the poor boys" get
rich?
Iowa suffragett are preparing to
swoop down upon Washington. 1t is
not known whether or not they intend
to take Shirley Gilliland along with
which to amuse themselves.
make more than million profit at s
cents a quart, the Iowa milk dealers
ought to be able to declare dividends.
1t is hoped that Senator Delivers
illness which prevents his attendance
day is not a stomach difficulty aggra-
waited by distaste of the cooks. The
senator has on a number of occasions
given evidence of "a weak stomach but
has afterward hung about the progress
sive table with ravenous appetite. 1t
should occur TO him that even in this
day of plenty the time may come when
there will be little left to warm over
for belated guest
he kicked his feet against the pole in
an effort to keep up circulation.
Zelaya came into Mexico City with
two grips full OF American money
Travels like an old time political boss
doesn't he?
General Bragg's assertion that civil
war is certain to break out in the
United States is mere Bra gadocio.
"A man died of heart failure near
Mason City running to catch train
To find a train on time is a pretty Sc
we're shock and one which a reasonably
healthy man may find hard to with.
stand.
Nothing more clearly defines tn,
passing of the wild west than Heny
suit Cor libel against Croker. And i
might have been settled on a stree
corner with ASS in the good old ar
gonaut way.
Be careful Saturday; drop whe,
You write it.
/ Frederic Remington is dead and wi
be long missed and regretted. but h
fixed on canvas two disappearing type
the cowboy and the bronchos. The
We're his contribution TO the portraitur
of history.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-31
kina Reduces Stables.

It is taken as an evidence Of the ac-
curate touch which the English king
has upon the public pulse that he is
thinking of reducing his racing stable
in order to set an example to other
gentlemen to curtail their extravaganza
in these times, when poverty and dis
tress are rampant. His stables cost
the king large amount, as, apart from
his Derby successes, he has won but
few races in many years.
Lord Marcus Beresford, who man
ages the royal stables, has not pleased
the king since little incident OF last
season, when Beresford was ready to
resign. The king intends to sell num-
Der of his horses next season, and will
no longer breed, but will lease a mum
Der of 2-year-olds from various own
ers. The trophies which the king has
won in racing are kept at Sandring-
ham. His most valued cups are those
which his children presented him OF
THE occasion Of his Derby victories.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-31
Parson Wa. We'll Posted.

Senator Tillman at recent banquet
told this story:
THE pastor Of Tallapoosa church. y
he began, said rather pointendly from
the pulpit one Sunday morning. :
".Ah sutny am rej'iced to see
Bruddah Calhoun White in chu'ch once
mo-. Abs glad Bruddah Calhound ha.
saw de error of his ways at lawst, TO
dere is mo- joy obah one sinnah da
repenteth don obah de ninety an
nine
But at this point Brother Calhoun
White interrupted, angrily:
"'Oh,' said he, from his seat, ID
ninety an nine needn't crow. All coult
tell some things erbout de ninety an
nine eff All wanted ter "-Washing
ton Star.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-31
ODD "ExAM" REPLIES.
Unconscious Humor Of Student

UNCONSCIOUS 7umof OF STUDENTS.
There are two points of view regard |
ing the Regents examinations in the
schools of New York state. They are
those of the student and the examiner.
With what anxiety does the student
take his seat on the morning OF the
day Of examination preparatory to the
struggle with the questions which are
soon to be laid before him. and with
what mingled feelings OF hope and fear
does he look forward to the announce
ment of his fate!
The examiner at Albany who passes
upon the students work has 50 such
sentiments. Reading answers to the
same questions day after day, and
marking the papers OF unknown stu
dents, living, possibly, hundreds of
miles away, Is a benumbing task in
deed. Occasionally curious or anus
ing answer catches the eye and serves
to tighten the labor and bring a smile
to the lips as he or she reads YEARLY
down the sheet. 1t is like an oasis in
desert Of words, an indication that
the pages have a connection with hu
man experience. By contrast these
CLEANS of humanity appeal to the ex-
aniner and he is tempted to record
them for his future dslectation. Here
are a few gathered from the multitude
nous papers which passed thru the
hands Of the examiners the last sum-
lmer. Evidently the phenomena of the
natural world are stumbling blocks to
not few
"Of what benefit are fish," was an
sWered by one student in this way: II
it were not for the fish in the lakes the
water would often overflow and destroy
forests, for the fish drink a great deal
of water"
Possibly the youth has succeeded
where scientists have failed in solving
the mystery of the passage Of the Red
Sea, the FISH drinking heavily as the
Hebrews approached, and returning the
water to it's former place when Phar-
aoh and his cohorts appeared in pur-
, suit.
Franklin proved that lightning was
electricity, produced by rubbing cats
hair on the back backward wrote one
youth.
; History. mythology and politics also
trip the feet of the plodder in the fields
of knowledge.
Name men of Massachusetts and tel
IJI Nadt uOlSu. MdS OllS QuSSlfOu
Mr.. Salem Wittlecraft, Governor O
q Massachusetts" was a reply.
a Describe the character of Paris a.
6 conceived by Homer?"
Paris great hobby was women, an,
the was worthless in anything"
What is the presidents oath?"
"Swears that this country shall com
I. before God" Another answer was
.'The president takes the yoke Of OF
q fice.''
= The answers to the question, de
g scribe the spoils system" were variou.
q One wrote: 1.-The spoils system was
# system or place where all spoiled thing
IS or waste was kept and the plan c
If appointment which has largely replace
this was the board of health"
81 A second answer was, AFTER a Will
,r the republican party became known a
w the Free Spoil Party" while thir
10 wrote "The public system that has re
ic placed the spoil system is by lettin
D. the people choose the cabinet officers
,ol The brief reply Of another was: II
by the victim belong the spoils."
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-31
a~mA7~A
Iona Newspapers
JUST A SMALL LOAD.
[Duncomb Tribune.]

We heard good joke about a coal
dealer the other day. A farmer drove
on the scales and said he wanted a
load of good Hooking. The coal dealer
weighed his wagon and told him to get
it out of a certain bin. The farmer
drove to the coal shed and after look
ing at the coal concluded it was not
good enough for him and drove back
to the office to tell the dealer. He
happened to stop with his wagon on
the scales. The dealer weighed the
wagon and stuck his head out of the
door saying, Not a very big load this
time, John, only GOO pounds"