Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-04-30
Merchants Association favOrS
Electric Railway Proposition.
WANTS NEW COURT HOUSE
Committee is Appointed to Oppose
Repairing Old Structure and AS:
for New euiiding-Effort to Close
Stores for Memorial Day Exercises.

The Elizabeth City County Mer-
chants Association, which held its
annual meeting in the court house
last night, placed itself on record
as favoring the sprinkling OF the
streets in Hampton by the Newport
News and Old Point Railway and
Electric Company and will also urge
that the entire road from jackson
street TO Mill Creek bridge be
sprinkled twice daily during the
summer months. A committee viii
appear before the city council in
Hampton to urge that body to accept
the offer of $500 per month from the
road TO sprinkle the Hampton streets.
The association also adopted a
resolution asking the Newport News
and Old Poinnt and niectric Com
pany 10 establish a freight depot in
the town OF Phoebus and TO give
both Hampton and PhOebus early
freight service in the morning. Presi-
dent Booker will today or Monday
name a committee TO take up these
matters with the railway company.
Stores Close Memorial Day.
Major Frank C.. Rees brought up
the matter of closing the stores on
Tuesday, May II, from 3 TO 6 o'clock
SO as to allow the clerks and mer-
chants TO attend the Confederate
memorial day services. The associ-
alton instructed the secretary TO re-
quest every merchant to close his
store on that occasion.
A resolution was passed prohibiting
the merchants rom advertising in
anything but newspapers, unless the
program, pamphlet, etc, has been en-
dOrsed by the board of directors.
Banquet at chamberiin.
After some discussion the assOcia-
ton decided to hold its annual ban
Quet at Hotel Chamberiin sometime
during the latter part of May.
Messrs. David FraBkel, w. w. Rich
ardson and Charles s. Kaufman, the
banquet committee, were instructed
to complete the arrangement and to
invite certain guests as speakers.
The association decided to make an
active campaign to increase the pres
ent membership and with that end in
view a committee was named con-
sisting of Messrs p. |. Nicholas and
+. NJ Tennis, IN Phoe5us, and w. A.
IT
Favor New Court House.
Mr.. w. w. Richardson brought up
the matter of having the county build
a new court house on the present
site, instead of making repairs to the
resent structure. Messrs. Richardson,
Louis Heffelfinger and J. F. Rowe
were. named a committee to confer
with the board OF supervisors as to
the ACCESSIBILITY of erecting a hand
some colonial structure.
President Booker named Messrs. W.
A. Peasants, J. F. Rowe, C. s. Kauf-
man, David Frankel and H. r. Hous-
ton as committee to confer with the
street committee OIL the city council
over the street sprinkling PROPOSE
ton.
Old Officers Reelected.
The elecuon of officers resulted in
the unanimous reelection of all the
old officers for another year, as fol-
lows: President, -1r. Fl. r. Booker;
vice-president, Mr.. p J. Nicholas;
secretary. Mr. e. NJ. Pace; treasurer,
Mr.: Walter v. Wood; directors,
aessrs.- &C. 8. Kaufman, <. NJ. Tennis,
J. s. Wyatt, J. F. Grant, Segar Whit
ing and C.. E. Cheyne.
President Booker gave a report of
the work the association has accom-
plished during the year, which show
ed that several important matters
were accomplished.
Z. l.. Carmines & Company and the