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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-12-19
bunker" Ships No Longer
Have to File ManifestS.
NEW ORDER PROMULGATED
Collector OF Customs Stuart Gets con-
sent OF Various Departments 10
Change Requirements Relating TO
Certain Glasses of Ships.

Announcement was made yesterday
by Collector of Customs j. r. Is.
Stuart that in the future foreign YES
sells enroute from one port to another
with cargoes which stop here for fueI
coal only and which remained In port
leTs than As hours, will not have 10
fie cargo manifest at the local Gus
toms house. and likewise all foreign
vessels coming here from one Port
hopnd for another in ballast ana
which take fuel coal cniy VIII not
have TO file a store list at the Gus
toms house.
Heretofore all foreign vessels COM
ing here for fuel coal which had load
ed cargoes at other ports have
been compelled to file copies of Their
cargo manifests and all foreign yes
sells coming in water ballast for fuel
coal had to file a store list at the
customs house. AS the making out
Of these lists caused much incon-
venience to the local shipping agents,
CAPTAIN Stuart took the matter up
with the different departments of the
government interested in such mat
ters and he has Just secured the con-
sent OF the heads of these depart
ments TO do away with the filing oil
the manifests and the store lists.
As a substitute for the former prac-
tice, the masters CT ships coming Tor
bunker coal will furnish the customs
boarding officer with memorandum
manifest. stating that the vessel has
ca board cargo and ships stores,
or is lin ballast" and with ships
Stores" as the case may be. This
will he sent to the customs house
by the boarding officer, duly endorsed
and this will be sufficient manifest
for entering and clearing the ship.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-12-19
FARMERS WILL HEAR
INTERESTING ADDRESSES
Excellent Program Arranged fo'
Agricultural Session Here
Tuesday.

Final arrangements for the agri-
cultural session OF the Chamber or
Commerce at the Bell iheater Tues.
cay from 40 a IN. g. D. IN, were
completed Yesterday by the commit
tees which have the matter In charge.
The program was issued yesterday
and is "A most interesting one. A
dozen speakers. sCme OF them from
the United states department of
agriculture. Will address the meeting
and their talks viii prove Of practi-
cal value 10 the farmeg.
Invitations 20 attend this session
have been sent by the Chamber 10
the farmers In warwick. Elizabeth
city. YORK. James CITY, Isle or
Wight and other counties and II Is
expected that the Bell theater VIII be
crowded when President Powell raps
the meeting TO order.
Following is the complete program
10 a m.-Called TO order by w Zee
Powell. president chamber of com
merce. Prayer by Rev. A c. karkau,
pastor Lutheran church.
) 1905 a NC. X Graham, "Ponl-
try Raising
1925 a. m.-Geueral discussion.
1895 a. m-George Neims Wise
Drainage
1850 a. m.-t;eneral discussion.
i 1900 a. m-Hon. George w KEN
or. Farming On the peninsula.
f1.30 a. m-Dr Il. X. clark,
practical Points on Stock Raising
li.50 a. m.-General discussion.
1900 ms. Il. Hedges. Corn
Raising
I2. 20 u. m.--General discussion.
1890 p. nj. o. Sandy. Dairy
ing"
1850 y. m-General discussion.
100 u. m.-Representatives CT the
departmen; OF agriculture Of the Unit
ed states will give a series OF taik'
aud demonstrations. Among thoss
expected are: ID. A. Brodie, I. I
johnson, l.. C. Corbett and others.
300 y. m.-Luncheon at SlOs wash
,ngton avenue 80 which all attending
the session are invited.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-12-19
LAST OF FELONY CASES
TO BE HEARD TOMORROW
Mary Blizzard and Louis Nelson,
Negroes. VIII be Tried for
Felonious Assault

Unusually rapid progress has been
made in the hearing Ct the criminal
cases at this term OF the Cooperation
Court and the last two cases viii be
tried tomorrow The case of May
Blizzard. charged with feloniously as
.aulting Rebecca Lee. will be pken
up at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning
and when this trial is finished, Louis
Nelson. charged with feloniously as
saulting his wife. will be placed on
trial. All are negroes.
A number of misdemeanor cases
are pending and these VIII be taken
up on December 81. after the court
reconvenes following the Christmas
holidays Among the more important
of the cases are those of Councilman
Cox and former Councilman BurcheT,
charged with violating the election
law.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-12-19

Armstrong, DR. Clarence Porter Jones
and Mr.. $. Gordon Canning. special
committee TO take up with the navy
department the matter Of lifting the
embargo on Virginia milk and oys-
tiers and the committee Immediately
opened CORE spondenee With the
navy department. The result was
that the ban was lifted, but the com
ndttee was not informed and whsn
the feet returned here from New
York last month the committee again
took the matter ~ with the depart
ment.
Mr. Armstrong has received a let
ter from DR.. Edgar stating that the
embargo had been lifted before the
SHIPS returned here from New York
In November.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-12-19
Small Naptha Yacht Will 60
from This Port to Chicago.
THREE THOUSAND MILES
Little Craft Will Travel 20 Miami
Fla, by inside Route and Go UP
Mseissioni Riyer--Owner and Par
ty Expected Here This week.

Bound on a voyage Of about 5000
mile, ; to Chicago Via Miami, Fla Ne"
orleans ana other cities, the hand
scme little naptha yacht lgloo. when
was recently completed at BaNohhe'
y J.. for j X Stewart, a wesi'hN
manufacturer Of Chicago, arrived at
this MT Yesterday morning and tea
nm al the Chesapeake & Ohio pas
senger pier 10 await the arrival OF MI.
ana Mrs. Stewart and a party OF
friends who will make the trip TO chi
cago. They are expected mere INNS
week.
From this port the Igloo Will pro-
Ct ed by the "inside route to SaNah-
nah. Ga The route les through the
Dismal swamp and canal To Abe
marie S und and PamlicO Sound,
hence along the smaller sounds on
the Carolina coast and through small
rivers IN South Carolina TO savannah.
Leaving Savannah the lgloo wiii
mass along the Georgia coast through
The numerous sounds and then along
the Florida coast to Miami. There
MIR and Mrs. Stewart and their par
tv will spend the winter and then the
Isloo will continue around the far emu
Of Florida and up the west coast OF
that state and along the coasts OF
Alabama and Mississippi to New or
leans The vessel viii then proceed
up the Mississippi and other rivers
70 Chicago and out on the Great
Lakes.
Cautain Moore. formerly Skipper OF
the four-masted schooner Sarah w
Lawrence, which was wrecked on
the Virginia ceast several years ago.
is in command Il the Igloo and Will
take her TO Chicago. Captain Moore
is well and favorally known mere
and Yves crested yesterday by num-
Der OF his friends in this city.
The Iglco is one OF the handsom-
est and trimmest little yachts that
has visited this port in many years
Her hull is built OF seasoned pine
and the interior Is finished in ma
h, gony. Accommodations are provld-
ed for twelve people The Yacht IS
propelled by twin screws. driven by
two Standard engines OF 40 horse
mower each. The sustained speed II
70 kncts an hour.
The Yacht is about 45 feet long, ten
feet broad and u feet deep. She Is
eoujpped with fire buckets, large
searchlight and a small gasoline
launch, which is made fast on the top
of the house.
The IgIco came here from Bayonne'
y. j.. via the inside route. passing
thfc,igh the Delaware canal and down
the Chesapeake bay
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-12-19
SAYS STATE REVENUES
WILL NOT MEET DEMANDS
Senator Aot Declares Senate Finance
Committee Must Make Some
Cuts.

state Senator Saxon W. Holt WHO
has lust returned frcm attending j
meeting OF the senate tnanc" com
mittee at Richmond. declares that the
revenues OF the state this year VIII
not meet the demands Ct the state
Institutions and government. e
a,,ylains, schools and other insiitu-
tons are urgently requesting addl-
tional appropriations and the senate
committee is having a hard time 70
make 10th ends meet aud at the same
time grant reas. able appropriations
10 the various stst departments.
senator Holt sass that under the
present rate OF tsxsiicn the state *
no, able TO increase any approprla-
lions and he doubts that the eppro-
priatlons fer good reads next year VIII
be as large as at present. and now
enlv $3.50 900 is being gi'Nn 10 good
roads.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-12-19
SOClAL-PERS0NAL

Miss Anna Manville will entertain
the ~. r W" card club tomorro"
evening at her home SioS West ave
nue..
Mr.. and sirs. w. Il. Burrnss, who
have b. en- the guests of Mr. and MIS-
e. J. Patton. on Thirty third street.
will return today to their home III
Norfolk.
Miss Christian. OF Norfolk. $ the
guest OF Miss Adeline Lapsley. g"
Thilty-third street.
Mrs. John Grierson, Of North Clro-
lima, has arrived hcie TO spend the
Christmas holidays with her parenIa.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fl. J. Fleury. on TWEEN
ty-Gixth street
Mr.. II. W. Dodson has gone To Ne"
York TO spent the holidays with lis
parents
Miss Anne Lash will return THIS
week from the Randclp h Macon W-m-
ans College. Lynchburg. to spend the
HOLIDAYS with her par nis, Mr. hni
Mrs NJ n. Lash. on Thirtieth vet
Mr.. Yale Bradley will leave tomor-
cow for Atlanta, Ga, where he VIII
spend the holidays with his parents
Miss Geneveive Schultz. who has
been i'll several days. is allie TO be out
again
MIR. G. F. Cotton is visiting in Gclds-
bore. n. c.
Miss Nellie Walden, of Atlanta. ia
is the guest CT her sister. Mrs. X. n
Maffatt. on Twenty-ninth street.
Mrs. J. A. Buxton, who was sum
rnoned to Baltimore by the Illness OF
her sister has returned home.
Miss Lrcy Curtis. who is attend
ing the Woman's College. Richmond.
VIII arrive this week to spend the
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-12-19
EMBARGO GIN MILK AND
OYSTERS Is RAISED
Chamber of Commerce Committee In
formed That Ban Has Long
Been Lifted.

Chairman NJ. c. Armstrong, OF the
speciaI committee of the Chamber OF
Commerce, has been informed by Dr.
John NJ. Edgar, of the navy depart
ment. that the ban placed on Virginia
milk and oysters by Rear Admiral
Evans has long since been removed
and that both the milk and oysters
from this section are now being used
on the ships Of the Atlantic fleet, now
anchored in Hampton Roads.
Several months ago the CHAMBER
of Commerce appointed Mr.. Richard
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-12-19
Death Of Robert Perry.

Mr.. Robert Stuart Perry. aged :"
years. disd Friday afternoon at his
home, SIC Thir;y-thifd street after
n shut Illness from typhoid fever,
He Is survived by widow and two
small children. The body was sent
TO Orange court house yesterday
morning End interment Will be made
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-12-19
PILES CURED AT HOME sY
NEW ABSORPTION METHOD

n YOU suffer from bleeding, itcE
Eng. blind or protruding Piles, send me
your address, and / will tell you how
10 cure yourself at home by tie new
ABSORPTION treatment: and will alsa
send some of this home treatment free
for trial. with references from your
own locality IL requested. Immediate
relief and permanent cure assured
Send no money, but tell others of this
offer. W.ite today TO Mrs. NJ sun
mers. Box p. Notre Dame. Ind.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-12-19
ASSOCIATED CHARITIES.
Rev. T. c. Darst to Address Meeting
This Afternoon.

This Afternoon.
The Associated Charities board WIN
hold meeting IN the assembly ha'i
OF the Young Mems Christian Associs-
ticn At $3.50 o'clock this afternoon
Rsy. Thomas C.. DsTst. rector ca 81
paurs Episcopal church. will address
the meeting, and City Sergeant +. w.
slilstead. the president. viii preside.
Although Christmas is at hand and
the board has much work TO do 1or
the unfortunate people of the city II
is without funds and an appeal Is ne-
ing made 10 the people Of the city Tor
aid A large attendance is expected
this afternoon.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-12-19
LOADING Piq iron.

Another schooner. the Abbie H.
Gheen, arrived in port yesterday 10
lead cargo OF pig iron. She VIII
take the iron to New York. This is
the third schooner to lead this com
modify here this week.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-12-19

by Indlgestion's pahgs-trying many
doctors and 5000 0G worth 6s medi.
cine in vain. p. +. Ayscne. OF ingle-
side. ~ C.. at last used Dr. Kinss
New Life pills. and writes they whui-
ly cured him. They cure Constipa-
tlcn. Biliausness. Sick Headache.
Stomach. Liver. Kidney and Bowei
troubles. 25c. At Academy Pharmacy
Drug Co. and Petsold Drug Co.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-12-19


Miss Mabel Kliugaman. who mas
beer visiting relatives IN CleYs land
Ohio. has returned home. She was
accompanied by Miss Blanche kilhsa'
man. of Cleveland, who viii bs"her
guest
Miss Mary Richardson, who is at
tending school N Chester, Pa. wall
arrive re today to visit relatives.
The Misses Goodman have as their
gcoft ON Twenty sixth street. their
cousin Miss Margaret Greene. Of TO-
led.
Mrs. W }. Kernegay has as her
guest at her home IN East End her
sister. Mrs NJ r.. kaihley. e Wash
ingtOn, ID. c.
Miss Jennie Peyton has returne''
from a visit TO relatives In Richmond.
Miss Nettie Rollinswurth. who has
been visiting relatives in North caro-
lima. has returned home.
MIR. and Mrs. Harvey y. Schoneld
and son viii leave today for Phlladei-
phia. where they viii make their
home. They VIII be accompanied ny
Mr.. Sch fields mother and sister
Mrs r. X. Schofeld aud Miss Ella
Sehc field. who will be their guests
until the last Of January.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-12-19
SHIPPING REPORT
Saturday, December 10, 1909.
Arrived.

Steamer Andyk CDtch.) Van Wal
raven. Baltimore--to Holland America
Line with merchandise.
Steamer Katherine (Br) Wnyte'
B3ltimoi e-to Bel wind White Coal
Company in ballast.
Steamer Bay State, Sneirdern. Bcs-
tonic White Oak Coal Company in
ballast.
Schooner Abbie II Gheen from NJ "
York-loading pig iron.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-12-19
Calendar for Today.
Calendar for Monday.
Exports fer GLASGOW.

Carrying a part cargo Of exports
loaded at this port, the British steam
er Almora steamed yesterday for
Glasgow.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-12-19
Cleared.

Steamer Almora (Br} Turner, Gas
gow-United states Shipping Com
pany.
STEAMERS Almora OBJ Glasgow; ;
Melrose. FrCstad Everett.
Schooner Samuel Dillaway, Smith,
Jacksonville.
Barges Indiana for Boston; +. X
Sutton for Providence.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-12-19
Coal for TROPICS.

The British steamer Katherine ar
rived here yesterday from Baltimore
to load a full cargo CT coal for a
tropical port.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-12-19

Rev. II. W. Dunkley. pastor CT the
Grace Methodist church. Will address
the macs nesting for men in won
derland theater at $3.50 o'clock THIS
afternoon.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-12-19

Miss Mary Nelson. OF baltimore. is
spending IN. holidays with her m"'h-
er here
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-12-19
Notice.

Having assumed the management
Of The Ideal Pharmacy, will re
pleased to have my friends call. and
will appreciate their continued patron
age. f. 3. CAMERON. %
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-12-19

Miss Cora Mttzinger. who has been
visit ne Gi,nds ia Roanoke ana
lNnchlurg. has returned home.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-12-19

Mr.. L. \. Meyers has reformed from
a business tIip 10 New York
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-12-19

". E Rouse-Funeral Director
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-12-19

holidays with her father. MIR. }. NJ.
Curtis, On Thirty-fourth street.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-12-19

Miss Lrcy Curtis, who is attend
ing the Woman's College. Richmonu'
VIII arrive this week to spend the
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-12-19

Mrs. J. A. Buxton, who was sum
Inoned to Baltimore by the Illness OF
her sister. has returned home.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-12-19

Miss Anna Manville will entertain
the "E. T. W" card club tomorrow
evening at her home, 34oS West ave
nue..
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-04-19
Citizens of Oklahoma Take
the Law Into Their Own
Hands.
AVENCE MURDER
Men Charged with Murder
ing Former u. S. Marshal
Are Hung to Tree

Oklahoma City. okla, April 19---
Four men, Jesse West, Joe Allen. T..
E. Brown and j. Is. Miller were Ia
ken from the Jail at Ada this morn
ing at an early hour and hanged TO n
tree opposite the jail yard. The
bodies were discovered just after
daylight this morning by passer-
by. who notified the police and thes
began an investigation. IL developed
that the guard at the Jail was over.
powered and the lynching was done
so quietly that nothing was known
of it until after daylight.
These men were being held In coa-
nection with the murder of "A. A.
Bobbitt, former United States Ma
shall and Ii is known that he had
incurred the hatred of Miller and
others, who had violated the laws
while he was an officer. Allen and
West are said to be prominent and
wealthy cattlemen of Texas.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-04-19
w. A. Duerson of the Wind.
ing Gulf Railroad Fired
Upon by Negro.
HIT IN THE BACK
At Hinton Hospital n. d
Thought by Staff That
He Will Recover.

Hinton. w Va, April Nv. A.
Duerson, a walking boss for Carpen-
ter and Boxley, contractors on the
Winding Gulf railroad, was fred up
on yesterday morning by negro
named G. II. Croft and dangerously
injured. Mr.. Duerson was brought
to the Hinton hospital last night AMI
was operated on immediately.
The story as learned this morning
from w. Duerson, OF CuIpepper, Va.
father OF the injured man, is that
the negro Croft, who IL Is stated was
more or less worthless, made appli-
cation TO be transferred to some 9th
erworks on the road. Mr.. Duerson
made the remark that he did not
think that ~the negro had any great
desire to work anywhere. The negro
walked a way few yards. and when
Mr.. Duerson's back was turned, he
pulled "A Colts and fred one shot.
the bullet entering the lower bowels,
severing several intestines in its
course and coming out in front.
The negro Immediately fed, AID
has not yet been apprehended. The
authorities sent for blood hounds
and the murderer Is beng tracked.
James Belcher, constable of Hinton,
was in Beck'ey at the time on a for
gerry case, and he left at once In
pursuit Of the negro.
Mr.. Duerson, the wounded man. is
a nephew OF w. w. Boxley, the jun
Tor partner OF the contracting firm
of Carpenter and Boxley. He is also
relative OF william Duerson, the
second mayor of Hinton.
Mr.. Duerson was brought to the
hospital by DIR. w. a. Hume Of Beck
ley, formerly OF Hinton. The opera
ton was entirely successful and the
last report from the hospital is that
there Is little doubt regarding his
recovery.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-04-19
DEATH Of MRS.
DANIEL B. BAILEY
Prominent Lady Falls Vic.
tim to Pneumonia-Sur-
vived by Husband and
Five Children.

Mrs. Bette Bailey, wife OF Dan
lei NJ. Bailey, died last evening ut
z O'Clock, at her home on Brush
fork. near Gap of Stony Ridge, FIVE
miles northeast OF Bluefield, OF pnei-
monia. Mrs. Bailey had but recently
moved to her late home and lived
but a short time to enjoy Il. She
was born and reared at Clearfo.k,
Va, at the old Bishop homestead,
and was a daughter OF the late DR..
William NJ. Bishop, and a sister Of
DR.. j. j. Bishop, of the same place.
she was about So years OF age, and
is survived by n husband and five
children, namely: j. Mason Bailey
OF Rock Mrs. s. Frazier Showers, OF
this city: Mrs. Jerry Morgan, OF Ca
tawba, Va; Oscar Bailey OF Rock;
and Mrs. Leonard Graves, OF Nd
toaka.
Mrs. Bailey was a lady OF fine
christian character and was greatly
esteemed for her womanly virtues
and sweet disposition. Her neighbors
a. Clearfork were greatly distressed
when IL became known that she and
her family were coming to Mercer
and the news OF her death will carry
sad message to the Cd home, as
well as to the many friends she had
made in her new home.
Arrangements for the funeral had
not been completed when we heard
from her late home. Her father.
mother, brother, and three OF her
own children are buried at Bshop's
Chapel, Oh Clearfork, and IL is Ike
~ that she will be taken there zoo.
Later - Funeral arrangements
have been made and the hour has
been fixed for ten o'clock tomorrow
morning at the late residence OF the
deceased The pastor OF the Rocky
Gap circuit, Methodist Episcopal
church, south, is expected to assist
In the service. The burial will take
place at the T'uggle burying ground
three miles southeast OF Bluefield, at
noon tomorrow. Mr.. Bailey's father,
mother, and relatives for more than
n hundred years have been buried
there. The Baileys were the earli-
ert settlers in this nelghborhood.
having settled a. Beaver pond before
the Indians ceased 90 MAKE their
incursions here.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-04-19
WOMAN ARRESTED
FOR IMPLICATION
Mary Wilson Had Coins and
Rings From Mohler Safe
Taken Into Custody at
Charleston.

Charleston, w. Va, April ia
woman giving her name as Mary
Wilson and said to be implicated
in the Spring Hill and Mohler Lum-
Der company burglary cases, was ar
rested yesterday morning at a house
on Dryden street, by Constable Tom
Cochran. The woman, when arrest
ed, said she came here from Ironton
o., to marry George Peck, one Of
the three alleged burglars, now in
jail. Several Of the old coins taken
from the Moh'er safe were found in
her room. She also had in her pos
session three rings, believed to have
been taken by the men at Spring
Hill.
Patrick Murphy and George Peck,
two Of the men charged with the
5urglaries, are now under $1,000
bend each. United States Commits
sioner John A. Thayer held each OF
them to the federal grand jury Sat
urday In the sum OF $1,000 for
robbing the Spring Hill postoffice
and Squire Hill held them to the
Intermediate grand jury in the sum
OF $4,000 for the Mohler burglary.