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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-03-19
|CRU|SER BIRMINGHAM
ORDERED 70 LIBERIA
Government Asks United States
for Assistance 70 Put Down
Rebellion.

WASHINGTON. ID. c.. March IS
The United States cruiser Birmins-
ham, Captain Fletcher. has been or
dered to proceed forthwith 10 Mon
rovia Liberia. on the northwest coast
of Africa.
This action is taken upon the ur-
gent request of the government OF
Liberia, which has represented to the
state department that IL was power
less to hold in check the rebellious
tribes now in revolt against them.
II appears that the tribes OF Gre
bees. a powerful people inhabitng the
region of the Cabaly river. adjoining
French territory to the Southeast o.
Liberia, have rebeied against the IL
berian government and are besieging
the town OF Harper at Cape Palmas.
where there are considerable Ameri-
can missionary interests.
The object of the insufrection
seems to be to force the LiDerian
government 10 purchase peace.
The Liberian government request
ed through the American legation.
that the United States send gun
boat to Liberian waters so as TO adu
prestige to its efforts TO regain and
assert It's authority over the disaffect-
ed natives. Under the treaty of 1862
Liberia cCnfers upon the government
Of the United states the right 10 IN
tervene on their request in such al
fairs.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-03-19
GLENN IN ALBANY.
Cardinals Ex-Governor Introduces
Delegation to GOV. Hughes.
(By Associated PressD

ALBANY. n. Y. March lS.-Former
Governor Il. Il. Glenn OF North caro-
lima. who has been on speech mah-
ing tour in the north in the interest
OF the Anti-SalOOn League, paid MS
respects to Governor Hughes today.
He introduced a delegation from
Charlotte. y. c.. who were in Albany
10 invite Governor Hughes 10 attend
a convention in that city in ADiii.
Inder the auspices of the Greater
Charlotte Club in the industrial
growth OF their section.
Governor Hughes said he could not
give a definite reply TO the invitation
at this time
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-03-19
New Oresmlsnd.

Having been disappointed by one or
two acts. the New Dreamland theater
is not oHering Is elaborate bin as
usual during the last three days OF
THIS week. The management Is max
ing the best OF It. however. and
promises 10 make amends by present
ing one Of the best shows Of the
season next week.
The bin for Monday and Tuesday
will include COden and clifford. in a
crmedy sketch and Musical SeeIey.
who IS said TO have a greaI musical
act For the last half 81 the week.
Howard and Howard. a singing and
dancing team. will head bin includ
ing Bert Nelson. the ~slack-wire wiz
ard and Marcose. billed a. the
great shadovgraphiSs."
A. usual today's bill viii include
an entirely new program OF movins
picfares.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-03-19
stss.hoos BIZ to Come Up.

WASHINGTON. ID. c. March IS
" became known TO-DAY that the
Aizona md New Mexico statehood
bin win receive the attention Of con
eress before the close Of the present
session Senators Hale and Bailey.
speaking presumably for the sgo sides
Of the senate chamber. sereed today
on this point. but their agreement GA
not 20 . che extent % guaranteeing
he passage % Tie bnl
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-03-19
Vaudeville and Pictures

He. She and It," presented by
Michal Braham Company has proven
one OF the biggest laughter producing
sketches that the Academy has yet
offered. A feature OF the act is the
celever work OF the trained dog. Lit
tie Miss Bright Eyes This act ap-
pears tonight for the last time II the
Academy. together with Leviss ana
Lloyd. those singing and dancing
kids and Gravitvo. who presents one
of the best novelty acts Of the season.
consisting OF magic. juggling. chin
balancing. etc. That he has pleased
the public is proven by the big ap-
plause his difficult feats secure.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-03-19
Two Killed at Dance.

MONROE. Ia, March IS.-At a
couatry dance last night in the Nip
and Tuck neighborhoOd. in Union
Parish. % miles north OF Monroe. two
men were killed and four others
wounded The men. il Is said. were
all drinking when two Of the NoIaas
became involved in a row and a gen
eral free for all fight followed
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-03-19
TWO NEGROES LYNcHep.
Arkansas Victims Charged With Aid
ing in Jsi! Delivery.

MACON, ARK. March 1S.-Boh
Austin and Charles Richardson, ne
groes. were lynched early today IN
the courthouse square by mob OF
500 men The victims were charged
with aiding and abetting a jail denv'
cry here Monday night
Richardson was arrested in Mem
phis yesterday and was brought here
last night He confessed to com
plicity in aiding the escape Of prison
ers and Implicated Bob Austin. who
was soon apprehended All is now
quiet here.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-03-19
Eight Separations Already
Granted This Year.
TWETY-F0UR ARE PENDING
More Than one-third Of All chaneery
Cases on Corporation Court Docket
Are Actions for Divorce-Yeaf
Promises to be Record Breaker.

With eight divorces already granted
and twenty-four suits for separation
pendlng on the chancery DOCKET Vi
the Corporation Court. the year 1917
PROMISES to be a record-breaker ioi
divorces in Newport News. Deposi
tons in many Of the cases are no"
being taken and these suits VIII De
disposed of within the next ie"
months.
Owing to the fact that few OF enc
suits entered here are important the
public generally pays but little a,teh-
ton 10 them. An examination OF 'he
court dcckets shows that more thah
one-thrid of the chancery causes pend
ing before the court are actions ior
divorce. The dockets for the past
few years shows an almost equai
ratio and this city seems TO be rapldiy
developing into a second North Da
kOta."
Divorces Already Granted.
Since January /, 1910. Judge Bar
ham has granted divorces as follows;
James +. Thomas from Livinda
Thomas; Sussannah Clarke from Will
liam G.. Clarke: Virginia Galloway
from Robert Galloway. Sarah +. Ma
honey from Edward h. Mahoney; hes
sic Nav Heron from Charles Scott
Heron: Sadie J. Butter from George
II. Butler: Samuel Brown from Ella
Brown, and William Harris from Julia
Harris.
The cause for most of the above
divorces was desertion, and II VIII
be noted that in most OF the cases the
wife was the plaintiff In but few OF
the cases did the defendant offer OBJ
lection 10 the granting OF the decree
by the court, the defendants in sever
al OF the cases being now non-resl-
dents OF the state.
The Pending Cases.
Among .he cases pending before
the court are:
Allen s. Grace VS.. Mamie B. Grace;
Bessie Alma Moreiand VS. Irwin
Moreland: II. y. Lipscomb VS.. Della
Lipscombp; Robert II. Harvey VS..
Ida Talmage Harvey: walter Harris
VS.. LESSEE Harris: Walter Robertson
VS.. Emile Robertson: Elizabeth Ham
mcnds VS.. James Hammonds; Otis
Lynear vs.. Sallie Lynear; Lenia Fulta
VS.. John rultz: Alline l.. Thomas VS.
Waverly Thomas: Hattie l.. Beatty
VS.. J. p Beatty; Mary Taylor VS.
Jackson Taylor; William Alexander VS.
Patsy Alexander; Alex Kalouisna VS.
Mollie Kalouisna: ]. II. Hales VS..
Clara o. Eales: Joseph Reed VS.. Ellz-
abeth Reed: Joshua Hines VS.. Mamie
Hines: William Canady VS.. Matue
Canady; David Simmons VS.. Susan
Simmons; Tressie NJ. Roberts VS.. J.
r.. Roberts: Francis Smothers VS.. vii
liam Smothers. and Emma L. Achuff
US. Alonzo Achuf.
AS is usually the case. desertion is
the ground on which majority OF
the pending suits were brought In
some cases cruelty and other charges
are made.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-03-19
Buys Fayetteville Cas- Plant.

WILMINGTON. \. G. March n
William Randolph. Of Essex county.
y. G.. consulting engineer and large.
~ Interested in the Tidewater Pow.
cT Company. operating all the public
utilities in Wilmington. today pur.
chased the gas plan; AZ Fayetteville.
y. G.. and Is said 10 be negotiating
Tor the traction franchises Of that
city.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-03-19
MAY COMMISSION TRANSPORT.
Rumored That Vessel Here Will Take
Government PARTY on Trip.

According to rumors in circulation
here yesterday. one of the United
States army transports at this port
may be commissioned this summer 10
take a party of government officials
and army officers to a celebration
which is to be held in Buenos Ayres.
Argentina, several months hence. A
resolution appropria;ing $4,000 to de-
fray the cost of the trip OF the party
is now pending before congress.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-03-19
Boat Building Plant Sold.

The plant of the Hampton Roads
Boat Building Company with the ma
chinery and boats now in course OF
erection vas sold Thursday to At
torney Allan d. Jones. representing
the holders of deed of trust. under
the terms of which the plant was sold.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-03-19

ST. Agatha's Guild Of ST. Paul's
Episcopal church will hold a food
sale on Saturday. March 10, at Abbe's
Book Store, beginning at 2 p. IN.
Home made cakes. pies and candies
on sale. ~.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-03-19
SOCIAL-PERSONAL.

Right Rev A. NJ. Randolph, bisnop
OF the Southern Diocese OF virginia,
and Mrs. Randolph have announced
the engagement Of their daughter Miss
EVELYN Barton Randolph, TO James
Fulton Wright, OF Portsmouth, the
wedding 10 take place on THURSDAY
April Z, at 4:30 p. m. at their resi-
dence on Freemason street. NorioiK'
The wedding will be very quiet and
no invitations will be issued.
Miss Clara Porter. who mas been
visiting IN Norfolk and Portsmouth
has returned to this city.
Miss Myrtle Stoddard has returned
from King william county, where she
was the guest of relatives.
Miss Charlotte Avery. who has been
spending several weeks with relatives
In Charlottesville. has returned to her
home in this city. She was accom-
panied by Miss Alice Shawen, OF
Washington, ID. C.. where she VIII
spend the Easter holidays as her
guest.
Miss Irene Mueller, who has been
i'll for several weeks. has suffered
relapse and is again confined TO her
home on Twenty-sixth street
Miss Blenche Benton has returned
from a visit to relatives in Norfolk
Miss Ella Burton, who has been
visiting friends in Portsmouth, mas
returned home. She was accompanied
by her sister, Mrs. w l.. Manning. oil
Elizabeth City. ". c.. who will spend
the Easter holdiyas as her guest IN
this city.
Miss Fannie Roberts has returned
to Petersburg after visiting her SIS
ter. Mrs. c. NJ. Roberts. on Huntington
avenue.
Miss Helen Spencer. who has been
visiting relatives in Roanoke ana
I-ynchburg, has returned home.
Miss Madge Oakley has returned
from visit 10 relatives in Baltimore.
Her brother. John Oakley. accom-
panied her home and will spend
week here with his parents.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-03-19
Bay State in Dock.

The whaleback steamer Bay State
was hauled out in dry dock No. J.,
at the ,shipyard. yesterday morning
to have some minor repairs made.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-03-19

The handsome Newman residence
On Forty-eighth street. facing the
rateT for rent-i0 large rooms Al
conveniences. Reynolds Brothers
27-u.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-03-19

See Reynolds BROTHERS, kd Extra
good values In Real Estate. 27.ff
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-03-19
Carriages-Call w. f. Rouse.
Cook With Gas

Just Try G. b. S. Special.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-03-19
A Pleasant Surprise

That's what you've got coming
when you get your first months gas
bill for cooking and lightning.
We venture the opinion tnat it will
not be one-half as large as you ex-
Eected it would be.
If you think that gas Is too ex-
pensive for you to use for cooking
why not satisfy yourself on that
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 a
gas range.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-03-19
cOOk with ga

". E ROuse-Funeral Director.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-03-19

Miss Myrtle Stoddard has returned
from King william county, where she
was the guest of relatives.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-03-19

Miss Clara Porter. who mas been
visiting IN Norfolk and Portsmouth
has returned to this city.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-03-19

Miss Irene Mueller. who has been
i'll for several weeks. has suffered q
relapse and is again confined 10 her
home on Twenty-sixth street.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-03-19

Miss Madge Oakley has returned
from u visit 10 relatives in Baltimore.
Her brother. John Oakley, accom-
panied her home and will spend q
week here with his parents.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-03-19

Miss Blenche Benton has returned
from a visit to relatives in Norfolk
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-03-19

Miss Helen Spencer. who has been
visiting relatives in Roanoke ana
-ynchburg, has returned home.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-03-19

Miss Fannie Roberts has returned
to Petersburg after visiting her SIS
ter. Mrs. c. NJ. Roberts. on Huntington
avenue
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1910-08-19
BONNY

Ponny clabber is an Old time dish that
is worthy of revival, and is good at
any meal. Allow good unskimmed milk
to sour without disturbing it. After
about the second day. dish it out in
spoonfuls and serve with sugar and
nutmeg busted ~ it.
Nothing could be more delicious
than Devonshire cream served either
on berries or on the breakfast cereal.
Scald rich new milk, at least two
quarts, put in a cool place for the
cream to rise. The ncXt day remove
the cream and serve Oh fruit or cereal.
Fruit omelets make d pleasant
change for a breakfast dish. The fruit
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1910-08-19
It Was the Other Way.

"Mr. JONES'" said the senior partner
in the wholesale dry goods house to
the drummer who stood before him in
the private office, you have been
with us for the past ten years"
Yes, sir"
And you ought to know the rules
of the house. One of them is that no
man of ours shall take a side line"
But I have none, sir"
But you have lately got married"
"Yes; but can you call that a side
line, Mr.. Jones?"
Technically, it may o be"
"You needn't fear that having. g.
wife is going to bring me in off a trip
any sooner"
"Oh, l don't. 1t is the fear that
having a wife at home you'll want to
stay out on the road altogether"
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1910-08-19
HINTS.

When going camping this summer
the following suggestions may prove
helpful: Dig a hole IN the dry ground
about three feet long, Is inches wide
and about as deep.
Build a good fire in the hole of hard
wood, and let it burn to Goals. While
ready to bake. If parboiled first in a
soda in the water it softens them
more quickly. Turn the beans into
the camp kettle, cover with boiling
water and add a piece Of salt pork
some salt and an onion, then cover
tight. Clear a place for the kettle by
raking the Goals aside, then put il
down in. Arrange a layer Of ashes
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1910-08-19

may be added to the omelet and
cooked in 1t or served around it as a
sauce.
For hygienic reasons it is well to
have days throughout the summer
when a meal may be omitted entirely
or serve something very simple.
A favorite breakfast is composed OF
rolls torn open and toasted in the
oven, then lightly buttered, to be
served with coffee and a cold cereal
in which some fresh fruit was stirred
while hot, this to be eaten with cream.
For another breakfast try whole to.
matoes that have been peeled the day
before and placed on ice, season with
salt, pepper and a little sugar and eat
with thick cream and toasted bread
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1910-08-19
A Corner in Ancestors
BY ELEANOR LEXINGTON
Witherspo0n Family '~~
BY ELEANOR LEXINGTON
Copyright by Mcclure Syndicate,

Cosmos lines, the eminent authority
on Scottish surnames. believes hat
Witherspoon is a name derived from
a locality in Scotland. Variations OF
the name, found in records. are Wod-
derspoon, Wotherspoon, Weitherspoon.
and Widderson seems to be a name
rather closely related.
If one 60 back to the old Gothic
word vidus, perhaps we get at the
origin of the lame. From vidus comes
the old German WITH, and the Anglo
Saxon wudu-all these-vidus, with.
Wudu, mean a grove. With" is the
Danish for grove, or forest, and With
err or Wyther vas a tenant whose
name is recorded in Domesday book.
One who lived in or near a grove
would be designated as Wyther or
Wither, or using the word wood for
forest, wooder or wodder.
Then again, in trying to find an
origin for the first syllable OF the
name Witherspoon-wither is old Ger
man for army; or wit is a word mean
ing knowledge, from which we may
have wither. AS to the last part OF
the name-spoon-it may come from
an old Roman word sponsus, meaning
promised, or a bond.
Still again, if we may theorize fur
ther,% regarding the origin of the name
or the last Syllable, in one Of the
stories of the day. The Post Girl"
we find the word spawer, meaning one
who goes to the country, or to a sum-
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1910-08-19
WEDDING REFRESHMENTS.

A sunrise marriage, followed by a
porch breakfast is particularly adapt
ed to a small company. For this early
breakfast, simple Arcadian fare is the
most appropriate. Fresh berries on
the stem, brook trout or fried chick
en- with water Cress and creamed po-
tatoes, waff1es or baking powder bis
cult with honey, and coffee fragrant
and rich with thick country cream,
will make a collation. satisfying to
any.
If a wedding takes place at noon,
a wedding breakfast follows. A cere-
mony at four o'clock is followed by a
buffet luncheon. which need be no
more elaborate than an afternoon tea
and still be in good taste. For a more
formal entertainment the guests are
seated.
A Wedding Cake Novelty.
If the bride is as fortunate as the
n at a recent wedding, she may have
a composite wedding cake. The
brides cake contained beside it's usual
ingredients, small portions of the
Wtuul1S CAKE VI tlS Dllut pdl Sllto,
her sisters and brothers, as we'll as
the silver and golden wedding cakes
Of the grand parents.
In the wedding cake which the
bride cuts there is often hidden a
ring, a thimble, a dime and a raisin.
These are wrapped in paraf1ine paper.
The n receiving the ring is properly
supposed to be the next bride, the
thinble foretells spinsterhood, the
dime wealth, in prospect, and the raj
sin an u~nannounced engagement.
Aside from the brides cake, which
may be either white or black fruit
cake everything is small and made SO
that it car be handled without soiling
fingers or gloves. Usually the cakes
are made in sheets, then iced and cut
in squares, triangles or cubes. These
may be decorated with candied cher.
ries. rose leaves or violets.
While most brides prefer to cut their
own wedding cake as a pretty touch
OF sentiment, the fashion of distrib.
uting small slices of the cake, daintily
boxed, is a prevailing one.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1910-08-19
Only One Cobb.

The morning after Judge Andrew
Cobb, a M time justice of the SUI
preme court of Georgia, rendered his
resignation, an Atlanta lawyer and q
shoe drummer sat in the same seat in
an outgoing train.
The lawyer bought a newspaper and
looked over the headlines. Then he
turned to the drummer and said:
well, see Cobb has resigned"
Gee" said the drummer. What
will Detroit do ow?"-Philadelphia
Saturday Evening Post.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1910-08-19

mer resort. 1t seems that this is a
word in use in some parts OF Eng
land, particularly Yorkshire. 1t
from the word Spa or Spaa. a town in
Belgium, noted for its mineral springs,
one of the oldest in Europe, and men
toned by Pliny. A spa then became
a place of springs, and is thus used in
some verses by Beaumont and Fetch
er. We have imported the word, for
we often see "Ballston Spa" or "Sar-
atoga Spa" Spaw is an old spelling.
Is it not possible that what it now
spoon" was once spa, or spaw, and
Witherspoon was originally wuduspa,
or witherspa-'a spring in a grove"
One who lived near such a locality
was designed accordingly. and-well.
enough said, the writer merely sug-
gets that this is her theory.
One immigrant ancestor, John With
erspoon, born in Scotland, came to
South Carolina in 1874 on the ship
Good Intent. His wife Janet died ON
the voyage. He brought children and
grandchildren with him. We will let
one of the %grandsons tell something
of the experiences of their first years
here: Another alarming circum-
stance was the Indians. They were
in great numbers, like the Egyptian
locust, and we were oppressed with
fears on divers accounts, especially
Of being killed by the Indians. or bit
by snakes, or torn by wild beasts, or
being lost and perishing in the
woods"
DR. John Witherspoon, "signer,"
was y lineal descendant of John Knox,
and through this line the lineage is
traced to Robert the Bruce. John
Knox, reformer, married Lady Marga-
ret Stewart, daughter of Lord Ochil-
tree, WHO through the earls of Arran,
the ears of Lennox, the noble houses
of Ham; ton and Avondale traced back
to the H"uce.
One laughter of Knox and Lady
Margaret, vas Elizabeth, who married
Rev. John Welsh of Ayr, and their
daughter, j lucy or Betty, married Rev
John With erspoon, O Wotherspoon
This ts W! ere the Witherspoon and
Knox O n ection begins. and Rev
John, the igner, was OF this lineage
He was 4 header OF his church II
Scotland ara his high standing trr,
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1910-08-19
History Cleared Up.

The third grade was having his
tory" Forty youngsters were ma
king guesses about the life and char
acter of the Father of His Country,
when the teacher propounded a ques-
ton that stumped them all.
why did Washington cross the Del
Alvarez"
Why, indeed? Not a child could
think of anything but the answer to
the famous chicken problem: ITO get
on the other side,' and, of course,
that wouldn't do. Then little Annie's
hand shot into the air. Little Annie
crossed the Delaware every summer
herself, hence the bright idea.
well, Annie?"
Because he wanted to get to Allan
tic City.'-Philadelphia Times.