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HAD LIFE OF ADVENTURE.
Pittman, Captared By Ha1riz's feroes,
Ran Away from Home When : Der.


William p. Pi1tman, who Va cap
tured at BluefieIds By the MadrIz for
ces, Is an East Cambridge man. the
son OF Rachel Plttman. widow. lie
Is % years old. SIX feet md one inch
tall, and weighs over tEo hundred
pounds.
Billy Pittman. IS he Il called by
those who knew him . dozen years
ago, had an unconquerable love Tor
adventure from boyhood. When i
years old he ran away from hls home.
17e Spring street. East Cambridge.
and for six months kept his where
abouts such a profound mystery thai
he was given up by his mother. TO
brothers and a sister for dead. Not
word Was heard from him until he
returned in the fall Of 1893. He tod
his family he had been picking cram
berries on the boEa of Cape Cod. To
his intimates he said he tried u HhIp
on a vessel leaving Boston. Va Re-
fused and walked To the end oI The
Cape working on cranberry bog. He
saved SIS, and when the season -
over he tramped back.
In a short time he disappeared
again, went to New York and shipped
on Liverpool steamer - N enKIn-
GERS helper. After one voyage he
returned TO New York and got berth
as engineers oiler on 4 tramp steam
er bound for South America.
At Valparaiso. Chile. he shipped N
another steamer. bound for 0iazEaa.
Scotland, being employed h spare
hand In the engine room. The steam
er was converted Into British IHana-
port and sailed for South AffIsa. Load
ed with supplies for tie British am
lighting the Beers Pittman spent
six or eight months In thai country.
some OF the time unloading mules
and horses and driving them - he
front.
He next went to Australia. where
he herded sheep for 4 time.
Then he went 10 Mexico. where h
engaged ms an engineers aIler On :
small steamer sailing for Venezuela.
Then he got position rs assistant
engineer on the steamship Moro a.
tie OF the Ward line and remained NIih
that line for a year or more.
He was a member Of the sraH of
the United States transport MePher=
son when that ship vas wrecked N
Matanzas, Cuba. He afIerRafd ~
on another United States transport
sailing between Cuba and New York
In the summer of 1917 he returned
aud remained until the fall. xnen
he got employment In the Government
service in Panama as engineer N :
| small steamer In the quarantine HsH=
vice at Aneon. He Wa subsequently
employed in the construction depart.
ment for about 4 year. building .noz=
els, scows, etc. for use IN digging
the canal, and was then made engineer
of the power plant At Ia Doea. which
he practically rebuilt. While IT n.
con he was in the hospital Tor three
months with fever.
PittmAn paid another visit 10 HI
family last summer, and seven months
| ago returned to the Canal zone
There he got acquainted With General
Chamorro's brother who prevailed
upon him to join the Nioaragnan ret.
olutionists.
4 Last April he wrote to hla mother
describing the hardships the reYoIu.
! tlonary army was enduring and tell.
ing Of the extreme youth Of moHI d
the soldiers. The last letter reeaIy.
| ed by his mother was written from
Rama, May B. In II he sad he nad
been transferred to General Mana.l
-
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Press OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Adelaide

Press Corfespondent--MlH Adelaide
Mess1er, IInrood.
Temperance supL.-Ho5ert ]. Brand
en1nrg. Wo0IbIne.
Pastoral GonnaaIor--Rey. G. w
Banghman. unlonIown.
Rev. :. :. WerIz, of Gettysburg,
then gave N interesting address on
Jesus. King Of the Religious Life .
He said n part The Bible has many
characters Hho have confessed Jesus
as King o. the Religious Life.
Modern men should be able to say,
"a Peter said J: Thou art Christ, the
Son Of the living God We should
take Him Is our example. Earthly
kings are unproaehabie. but not so
King Jesus.
The Convention Choir gave excel
lent music At this time and also dur
Ing the whole convention.
The closing address was given by
Rev. Price. q Baltimore. on Jesus,
King Of the Individual Life"
Heaven. he said. can be looked upon
as the capital Of the kingdom. and
the Bible Is orr guide book to this
kingdom to point ont the way. The
kingdom Of God L IN our hearts. He
saIu the products OF this kingdom are
righteousness peace and Joy In the
Holy Ghost. Seek to have these pro-
ducts and bring them unto our indI-
Yidual lives. Let not aYarice rule
your heart. but King Jesus. To obey
Is better than sacrifice. We can only
conquer hearts through love. God
will give u The best he has and let
u give al Ne have to him. II we do
not make Him Lord Of all. IL Is not TO
make Hin Lord IT all
: closing conservation service by
Rev. Z. 7 Read. He said we must
have the touch Of Jesus to get along
In life. That vii take away all
things.
Al Joined IN singing Praise God
from whom ii blessings flow" after
which al repeated The e. z. Benedic-
ton.
Mss SARA '. VERT. Sec.
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Joseph b. Koontz, Of Canada Hi
exhibited at this Office on Wednesday
afternoon a branch loaded with white
wax cherries taken from one Of the
trees from which he realized ID bush
| els.
The Rural Letter Carriers, Asso.
citation iof Carroll county vii ceIe.
brate the 4th of July BY an aIl-day
picnic In the grove of Mr.. Joseph ?.
Yingling, at Pleaaant Valley. Watch
bills and advertisement IN this paper.
John Flater, who had been sick IN
hospital in Newark. New Jersey,
with typhoid fever, returned to his
home, Center street. last week. Mr.
Flater will stay here for a month IN
til he is improved sufficiently to re-
sumo his duties as a base ball pitcher
on the Newark Club.
Our fire company. accompanied By
the First Regiment Band. attended the
Firemen's Convention and parade N
Baltimore on Thursday and received
good drenching from the weather
man. Mr.. John B. Baker. Of Han
chester, was elected president Of the
Maryland State Firemen's Association
after lively session.
The Prohibitionlsts of Woolery's
district will hold their annual picnic
July 2, afternoon and night. Hon
Finly G. Hendrickson. Of Cumber-
land, will be the speaker for the oe-
caslon. A band of music will be IN
attendance and the CarrolIton quartet
will be prepared with some choice
selections. The public Is cordially
invited.
Rev. c. Il. Mccullough delivered his
splendid illustrated lecture. IN lis
Steps," to an appreciative audience 1T
Brandenburg M. P. Church 81 BerreLt.
on Thursday evening. The lecture
was highly entertaining and insIruc-
tive, illustrations being Of An IN
usually high character. We commend
Rev. Mccullough and his lecture 70
any church desiring his services.
Following a brief conference Sat
urday afternoon between General
Manager Robertson, OF the Western
Railroad Company, and 4
committee representing the IraInmen.
II was learned that = satisfactory
agreement would be reached within
the next week OF two over the demand
Of the employees for m increase n
wages. The trainmen asked Tor :
raise OF from to 10 per cent. n s.eII
as certain concessions IN service reg
ulations.
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The Job Department.

Former Employer--And 80 you are
a newspaper man now. Thompson
Thompson---Ycs, sir; I'm the editor Of
the Job department. Former Employ
ed-Editor of the Job department
Thompson--Yes sir: carries N coal
and scrubs the floor. and cleans the
windows, and all such edith. h that
sir London Graphic.
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Confetti, large sacks Sc, ct the News
A.z.4
MARRIED..

1t Dsxf Park u. p. Parsonage, Sunday Even.
n. June 5 1910, BY Rev. v. o. Ewing Mr.. David
i. Spencer ard Mas Laura v. CoIlet both Of Car
~ County. ID. e..
In Alexandria. Va, May 18th, b. Rev. Robert
lex folaal, pastor Of Independent Methodist
Protestant Church. Charles HELEN, Of Baltimore
nd Carrie ~ Holm. Of Westminster
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E. 0. DIFFENDAI-. Manager.
FRIDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 10, 1910

The date On the label On yeur paper
shows the time - which sear sub
scrIptIon II said.
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A good extermlnator of feas is
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Vim. L. Richards. Patapseo.. ship
ped tons Of cherries to Baltimore
this week.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1910-06-10

June 18th. 1880. the farmers In the
western part Of the county started 10
cut wheat.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1910-06-10

Charles DeIphey has bought the
blacksmith shop Of Harry Diffendal,
Union Bridge.
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Mr. Henry eassell. AYondale. and
Mr.. Howard Koontz. Pennsylvania
avenue, brought their new Maxwell
automobiles to their homes on satur-
day. ]. II. Ioekafd & Son, agent.
made the sales.
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The watch ratified on By the Union
Bridge Lodge, I. Of ?. was won By the
FrogtburR Z. Of p
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The first annual convention of the
York County Association of the jun
ior o. I. A n. vii be held at Spring
Grove tomorrow. ]. T. Busser. OF
Manchester. Il a member of the law
committee.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-04-28
LINK CONNECTING ROAD
AND STREET COMPLETED
Newport News and Hampton Now
Connected by Excellent
Highway.

The work of connecting the new
macadam road IN Elizabeth City
county to the Twenty-fifth street paw
ing at Chestnut avenue was complet-
ed yesterday by the city street force
and the link is now open for traffic.
This work was started about a week
ago and in spite of the rainy weather
good progress was made.
The total width of the connecting
link is thirty feet. eighteen feet OF
which is covered by crushed rock.
The rock has been covered over with
dirt and will have to be packed by
traffic over the road. The roadbed
is rounded well so as to give good
drainage
With the completion of this piece
|of highway. Newport News and
Hampton are connected by one OF the
finest roads in the state The county
road from Hampton to Salter's creek
is well built, layer after layer of
Icrushed rock having been put down
and the whole packed by an immense
steam roller.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-04-28


The new directory of the Southern
Bell Telephone Company of Virginia
las been delivered 10 the subscribers
IN Newport News by Manager X. NJ.
McCandlish. The new directory Is at
tractive in appearance and contains
all of the changes and corrections In
listing to February 18th, 1910.
The number of new names appear
ing in the list would indicate thai
there are constant additions to the
rumber of subscribers in Newport
News and vicinity and the telephone
development is continuous.
The Southern Bell Telephone Com
pany of Virginia has evolved a plar
whereby 1t furnishes telephone ser
vice to farmers and other rural resi-
dents on an economical basis. As a
result the telephone is now the rule
rather than the exception. on the
farm. and farmers in all sections Of
the State are installing telephones In
their homes. ~.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-04-28
MRS. MONTAGUE SPEAKS
BEFORE BETHEL CHAPTER
Wife Of Former Governor Makes Ap
peal for Home for Needy Con-
federate Women.

Mrs. Andrew Jackson Montague
wife of former Governor Montague
and vice-president o. the home Tor
needy Confederate women, spoke be-
fore Bethel Chapter. United Baugh-
ters of the Confederacy. yesterday al
ternoon in the interest OF the home
Mrs. Montague arrived here from
Richmond yesterday morning.
Bethel Chapter held its regular
monthly meeting yesterday at the
home of Mrs. w. +. Barrett, 3Sli
West avenue. and there was a large
attendance Much business was trans
acted, among the most important OF
which was the appointment Of com
mittee on Memorial Day exercises.
The committee is composed of Mrs
}. L. b. Stuart, chairman. Mrs. NJ. w
lGayle and Mrs. b. b. Scmmes and
will meet like committees from the
other Confederate organizations OF
the city to arrange the program ior
Memorial Day.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-04-28
Census EnumeratorS Will Re-
port Next Week.
INTEREST IN THE RESULT
Rumors Say That Uncle Sans rig
ures VIII Show That Circuit Court
Counters Missed People by the Hun
dreds Here.

Uncle Sans census enumerators
are rapidly finishing up their WORK II.
Newport News and by Saturday nlgnt
all of the noses within the city VIII
have been counted. Should the
enumerators miss any person, that
person should report the TACT 10
Supervisor w. w. Woodward so that
the census. can be made as complete
as possible. However, such reports
are not to be made until after the
enumerators complete their Work.
While the figures on this city S
census are being kept secret, IL Is
toregone conclusion that the govern
ment census will give Newport News
o much larger population then that
shown by the census OF the Clrcult
Court, which was taken seVeral
months ago. The government enumer-
ators have been doing their Work IN
systematic manner and but very
few persons will be left out OF the
census.
Many Not Counted Before.
The court enumerators had to hur-
nv through their work and at best
il was but poorly done. At that time
there were many who declared that
the census was short by many hun
dred. and from various reports now
in circulation It would appear that
such was really the case. IL Is sald
that the government enumerators
have found many persons who were
not counted in the court census ara
in all probability many who were
rot counted in that census have kept
quiet.
So far as has been learned, the
enumerators at work here have had
no trouble in getting the desired in
formation from the heads OF families.
The enumerators have the power TO
have persons withholding information
placed under arrest, but thus far they
have not had TO resort to that END
to get the information. In many
instances the house wives have plain
~ shown their annoyance when Wis
tied by the enumerators and possibly
in some cases they at first refused
to give the information. but after
hearing what the enumerators had TO
say on that subject they came
across"
Finish Next Week.
The complete reports on the census
of this city will be in the hands OF
Supervisor w. w. Woodward early
next week, but the figures Will not be
made public ior several weeks to
come. The reports must be made to
Washington and there tabulated and
printed.
The enumerators in the county dis
tricts have until May 10 to complete
their work ana it will be late next
month before the complete census re-
ports from all sections of the United
States are received in Washington.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-04-28
NEGRO BROUGHT HERE
FROM ISLE OF WIGHT
James Mailman Charged With Hav-
ing Knocked Junius Newly over.
board from Steamer.

James HallmaD, a negro, who for
merly worked on the waterfront here.
was arrested in Isle of Wight county
yesterday morning by Sheriff w. A.
Edwards and brought to this city 10
answer the charge Of murder. He
will be given preliminary hearing
before Justice Brown in the police
court this morning.
Mailman is charged with having
knocked Junus Newly overheard
from an Old Dominion steamer at
Chesapeake & Ohio pier No. 6 one
night last December Newly was
drowned and his body was not recov-
cred until severa' weeks afterwards,
when it was churned up by the wheel
of one of the Old Dominion liners. At
that time it was thought that the
man had accidently fallen overheard
from the vessel, but several weeks
later the wife of the dead man swore
out a warrant charging Mailman with
murder.
After learning that Mailman was
working on a farm in Isle of Wight
county. Chief Reynolds sent the war
rant to Sheriff Edwards. of that cOun-
ty, and the arrest followed.
Mailman says that he can prove
at today's hearing that he was not
working at the Old Dominion pier
on the night that Newly was drown
ed. A long array of witnesses have
been summoned to court to testify at
the preliminary hearing.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-04-28
SAVED OLD LADYS HAIR

MY mother used TO have \ very bad
hurnor on her head which the doctors
called an eczema. and for u ! had two
different doctors. Her head was very
sorr and hcr hair nearly ell fell out
in spite q what they both did One
dav her niece came IN and they we're
sp-sking q how her hair vas falling
out and the doctors did Il no good
She saws. Aunt. why don't you try
Cutic,rra Soap and Cuficura Ointmenfl'
Nofhrr Did and they hclp>d her. In sir
months time the itching. burning snd
ealing q her bead vas over and her
hair began growing. To-day snc feels
very r1uch IN debt 70 Cuticvrs Soap and
Ointment for the fine bead ~ hair she
has for m old lady % srventv-four.
MY Own casc was an eczcunr m ny
fr~f. Assoon a. thecold weather csr1e my
fe~t would itch and bum and then they
would crack op~n and blcrd- Thcn
fhouehf I would hee % my rncfher's
friends. CuficiIra Soap end Cuticurs
Oinsmrnf. I DID for -four o. Eve winters
ard nov nv feet ar ~ smooth ss any
ones. Ellsworth Durham. Hiram. We.
e<pt a. ioos-
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-04-28
Norfolk Shipping Men Far
From Satisfied.
MORE CHANGES WANTED
Committee Of Quarantine Commission
Has Recommended That Certain
Ships be Exempted From inspec-
tion-Newport News Interested.

Though the rules reyisions commit
tee of the Board OF Quarantine Com
missioners of Elizabeth river has re
commended that all vessels coming to
Norfolk from any Southern port in
the United States, outside of the Gull
of Mexico, for fue. coal. shall be eN-
empt from inspection by the State
quarantine officer, the Norfolk board
of trade and shipping men are
still far from satisfied and they are
making a determined fight to have all
vessels coming from Mexico Gull
ports for fuel coal only exempt from
the State quarantine.
The meeting of the board of di-
rectors OF the Board OF Trade SEIZED
uled for Tuesday night failed to
materialize, but President Anderson
and several other of the directors
who gathered for the meeting in
dulged in some strong talk and de
olared that the matter would be taken
up at the regular meeting of the di-
rectors cary next month. They want
the ships coming from the Gulf for
fuel coal exempt and they also want
the quarantine commissioners TO
altar the regulations so that vessels
coming from tropical ports via North
ern ports of the United States and
which have been inspected by the
federal quarantine will not have to
undergo a second inspection by the
State quarantine officer.
Local People Interested.
Local shipping men are watching
developments in Norfolk with a keen
interest and they are determined TO
use every effort possible to have the
quarantine regulations here changed
so as 10 meet any change in the
Eegulatiosn governing Norfolk which
may be made by the board of quaran
tine commissioners for Elizabeth
river. DR.. w. +. Greasy has agreed
to lend his aid in keeping this port
on a par with Norfolk SO far as any
changes of regulations are concerned
and if the commissioners for Eliza
beth river adopt the recommends
ton of their committee on rules re
vision, the local shipping interests
will take the matter up with the Cham
Der of Commerce and DIR. Greasy and
seek to have Governor Mann issue
the necessary order to place this port
on an equal footing with the port
, across the Roads.
Want One Abolished.
Present indications are that the
Norfolk shipping interests and com
mercial bodies will make determined
fight for the abolision of either tn,
State or federal quarantine.
AS is the case here, there seems
to be a diversity of opinion in Nor
folk as to which should be abolished
the State or federal quarantine.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-04-28
A Pleasant Surprise

That's what you've got comins
when you get your first months gas
bill for cooking and lightning.
We venture the opinion that 1t VIII
not be one half as large as you ex'
Lected it would be.
II you think that gas Is too ex-
pensive for you to use for cooking
why not satisfy yourself on thai
point?
Well charge you nothing for tell
ing you about what the amount OF
gas you'd likely use would cost you
each month. Just think of the com
fort you're missing by not having q
gas range.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-04-28
AN HONEST DOCTOR

remarked 30 his patient who had been
cured by Lydia +. Pinknam's Vege
table Compound after his efforts had
failed. Mrs. Weber. ] do not believe
in patent medicines, but | viii say
that Lydia T. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound is the best medicine ever
discovered for women. Continue to
use it," This is another link in the
long chain of evidence to prove the
reliability of tbs standard medicine foi
women
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-04-28
SHIPPING REPORT.
Wednesday, April 27. 1910.
Arrived.

Steamer Akershus tNOrD Martin,
Philadelphia-to Chesapeake Ohio
Coal Agency Company in ballast
Steamer Luchana tBr) Smith, New
York-to Berwind-White Coal Com
pany in ballast.
Steamer Batoum tBrD Howe. Port
Arthur-to Chesapeake & Ohio Coal
Agency Company for bunker coal
Steamer Cayo Soto tBr.) Glad
stone, Tampa-to Chesapeake & Ohio
Coal e. Coke Company for bunker
coal.
Steamer Felix from Providence-to
Chesapeake e. Ohio Coal & Coke
Company in ballast.
Barge G.. r. Skolfield from Boston
to Chesapeake & Ohio Coal & Coke
Company in ballast.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-04-28

Grand Vizicr-Shades of Shushan.
zerky. do you think you can get an
army into Greece without arousing
suspicon7
xerxes-Why not2 The royal press
agent has quietly spread the repor;
that the Baxden baseball squad Is
gonig South for spring training
Puck.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-04-28
Workman signify Injured,

While working on the old Casino
building which was recently moved to
Twenty-sixth street. near the federal
tUilding. A. T. Denton. a carpenter.
was slightly injured yesterday morn
ing by being struck on the shoulder
with brick, which fell from the top
Of the building. a distance of about
thirty feet. The brick narrowly miss
ed his head.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-04-28
Collier Nestal Steams.

The United States naval collier
Vestal steamed from this port yester-
day for Hampton Roads with a cargo
of 1888 tons of coal. The vessel
is awaiting orders in the Roads, but
In all probability she will take her
cargo to the naval coaling station at
Portsmouth. n. II.