Daily press. [volume], April 28, 1906, Page 5, Image 5

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DR. PEABQDY TO
MAKE THE ADDRESS
President of Harvard University
!o Speak at Unveiling of Arm?
strong's Bust Portrait
NORMAL SCHOOL IS 38 YEARS OLD
Exercises In Commemoration of This
Event Will be Held on Sunday. Mon?
day and Tuesday. May 6, 7 and 8?
Bust of Booker Washington Also to
be Unveiled.
Things arc beginning to assume a
lively aspect at the Hamilton Normal
and. Agricultural Institute in antici?
pating of tho thirty-eighth anniversary
exercises of the institution, which will
tnkn place on Sunday. Monday und
Tuesday of next week.
Many distinguished visitors are ex?
pected to be in attendance.
Unveil Portraits.
Tho anniversary exercises will open
on Sunday afternoon at I o'clock when
In the gymnasium (.here will be un?
veiled a portrait bust of the latu Gun
ernl Samuel .Chapman Armstrong,
founder of the Hampton Normal
school. The bust Is the work of Mrs.
S. Cndwalladcr Guild and Is n gift
from tho Armstrong association ot
Now York.
The nddross on the occasion of the
unveiling of General Armstrong's por?
trait will be made by Dr. Francis G
Peabody. president of Harvard univer?
sity. Dr. William .1- Schlefflin. presi?
dent, of lite New York Armstrong as?
sociation, will present the bust to the
school, and Dr. Robert C. Ogtlcn. presi?
dent of the board of trustees, will ac?
cept it on behalf of the school.
Bust of Washington.
Kol lowing the presentation of Gen?
eral Armstrong's bust portrait, a bust
portrait of Booker T. Washington,
president of the Tuskegee school, and
a graduate of. tho Hamilton Normal
school, will be presented also as a
gift, from the Armstrong association.
?Miss Colia Usher Is the designer of
Hie Washington bust. The bust of
Washington was made to the school
through the Instrumentality of Mr.
R. U. Johnson, of the Century com?
pany.
Visitors from Washington.
A party of prom Incut, people from
Washington is expected to attend the.
'Unveiling exercises. Among those ex?
pected arc Senator Crane. Senator
Proctor. Hon. and Mrs. James It. Gar
field, and Hon. and Mrs. Frederick L.
Allen.
Monday Virginia Day.
On Monday. April 7. "Virginia Day'"
will be celebrated. A large party of
educators from Richmond and other
points in Virginia Is expected to at?
tend. Governor Claude A. Swanson
has been invited and It is expected
that he will come. Hon. .f. D. Kggl.?s
ton. superintendent of public instruc?
tion: Dr. S. C. Mitchell, of Richmond
college: Mrs. B. B. Munford. presi?
dent of the Richmond Educational as?
sociation, and Bishop A. M. Randolph,
nie among those who will likely he
here.
Mr. Ttoswell D. Page: of Hanover
county., anil Mr. Walter It. Page, of
New York will he among the speakers
on Virginia Day.
As usual, papers of interest will he
read on Virginia day and on the an
Spring Suits
That Have Class and
Character
Our Spring Suits arc much superior
to any others shown here about. Com?
parison will prove it. They have
class, character, style, elegance, qual?
ity and the way they fit Is simply won?
derful.
NOBBY SUITS FOR $10.00, $12.50
and $15.00.
None better made?none better
styled?none prettier?none cheaper,
than ours from $1.50 to $6.50.
isenman,
36 W. Qu-en Street,
HAMPTON. - ? V?
HAMPTON'S BEST STORE
t
Foot Form
Shoes For
Children
A c hild wit Ii strung natural
feet. Ulkus morn exercise and
grow.-; Healthier and happier
than the unrorliinato who is
forced lo wear lll-fltllng shoes.
We give particular attention
tn the fitting of children's
shoes, and have a carefully se?
lected slock of natural Pool
wear', which is so constructed.
Ithat all the delicate joints of the
foot are given aniplo room to
grow as they should.
Prices range from $1.00 to $2.50
according to si/.o and quality,
tilvcrsary day proper by students of
the school.
Tuesday Anniversary Day.
Anniversary Day will he observed
on Tuesday afternoon, when ihe mem?
bers of the graduating class will tie
presented to the hoard of trustees.
Ogden Party is Coming.
The Odgen Educational party is ex?
pected to reach tho school on Saturday
afternoon and will remain there until*
Tuesday evening.
Successful Year.
The thirty-eighth anniversary will
hrlng to a close one of the most suc?
cessful years in the history of the
Normal scohol. The total enrollment
of students lias been 1.383. represent?
ing thirty-six stales. Canada ami tho
British West Indies. More than 000
of tlic students are from Virginia.
The Rev. H. B. Fr Issel I the presi?
dent of the school, lias just completed
his annual report, which is a sympo?
sium of the splendid work accomp?
lished in Ihe year now closing .
-
LARGE CLASS TO GRADUATE.
Many Students to Receive Honors at
the Hampton Normal School.
At the thirty-eighth anniversary
exercises of the founding of the Hamp
f,:>n Normal and Agricultural insti
tuc. which will occur on Tuesday af?
ternoon. May 8. 110 students will he
(Continued ou Page Six.)
COLONEL i E. CAMERON
WILL MAKE AN ADDRESS
Norfolk Editor to Speak at the Com?
mencement Exercises of Hampton
High Schools.
Colonel William H. Cameron, for?
mer governor of Virginia, and now
tlie editor of the 'Norfolk Virginian
Pilot, -will make the address to the
members of the graduating class
nt the commencement exercises of
(he Hamilton High Schools on Thurs?
day evening, June I I. Colonel Cam?
eron is not only one of the mosl
gifted writers in I lie State, but he
is considered ohie of the leading ora?
tors in the Old Dominion.
!Mi\ .lohn M. "Willis, superinten?
dent of Ihe schools, will present the
diplomas to the successful students.
MB. CHARLES JUNKEN
IS ELECTED SECRETARY
Hampton Dixie Hospital Aid Asso?
ciation Holds an Interest-1
ing Meeting.
Al the iueetin<r of the Hamilton
Dixie Hospital Aid Association last
night a committee, of which Dr. .1.
Wilton Hope, is chairman, was
named to appear before tin; town
council of Hampton and the board
of supervisors and request those
bodies to make annual contributions
to the hospital fund.
The meeting, while- nol. largely at
temlod, was an interesting one. Mr.
.1. M. dimming offered bis resigna?
tion as sucrctary. and Mr. Charles
Juhken was diesen to succeed him.
Tho association decided to meet
monthly hereafter Instead of annually
and it is expected that much work
will i\h> accomplished In the coming
year.
\ "Dixie 'Hospital" contribution boxes
will be placed In all the hotels ami
other public places.
Green Vegetables Today.
We havo received a large shipment
of green vegetables, including every?
thing Ihn market afford and you
had better give us your order today.
?Radishes. Asparagus, cabbages, sal?
ads, onions, lettuce, cucumbers,
squash, beets, peas, beans Beasliy
and Bush. Phone [phone]
TEXAS TOWN DESTROYED
Thirteen Persons Killed and Many
Injured by Tornado.
APPEAL fob mo fob SUFFERERS
Fire's Havoc Completed Work of
Destruction and People are Lcfl
Homeless?Track of Blow Eight
?Miles Wide.
(By Associated Press.)
FORT WORTH, TEXAS, April 27.
?Thirteen persons were killed ami
many seriously injured by a tornado
which last night swept over tho lit
tie town of Bcilcvito.
The tornado covered an area ulgh!
miles wide and destroyed farm
houses and crops. A carload of pro
visions was sent from Fort Worth
and tents were forwarded from Wi?
chita Falls.
The property loss will probably
reach $200,U0Q.
Reports from Sloneburg say the
cotton gin there was wrecked by the
storm and many dwellings were
damaged. No one was injured.
Sydney Webb, chairman of a relict
committee organized at Bctlpv?c.
Tex., has asked tho Associated Press
to give 'publicity to the following:
"?Six hundred of our people arc
homeless and practically destitute.
Thirteen were killed and a number
bcrously injured. The entire town
Is In a heap of ruins, the destruc?
tion being complete. Help of every
kind is needed and this relief com
mit.tce appeals to the .public for aid.
The committee requests that all con?
tributions bo sent to W. B. Worsham
& Co., bankers, Henrietta, Tex."
MRS. THOMAS DIES.
Widow of Major Thomas Succumbs
Afte Lingering Illness.
Mrs. El I it Thomas, who has been
111 for more than a year, dlcd.ul
12:10 o'clock this morning jfroni^ojui
'.Mrs. Eliza Thomas, who lias been
thirty-two years old is survived by
one son, a boy- of seven years, and
three sisters. Mrs. R. S. Hill, of New
port News; and Mrs. S. A. Harnoy
and Mrs. Thomas Jones, of Hamil?
ton.
Before coming to Hampton, Major
and Mrs. Thomas lived in Smith
Held. Her husband was a major in
the seventy-first reglnie.nl.
Tho funeral arrangement have not
as yet been made. 'Mrs. Thomas wa*
a member of the 'Episcopal church.
pay your 'mm
BEFORE NEXT SftTURDAY
Unless You do You Will Not be Able
to Cast Your Ballot in the Con?
gressional Election.
Unless the men of Hampton, Phoe?
bus. Fox Hill and Elizabeth City
county pay their poll taxs (between
now and next Saturday they will not
be able to vote In the Congressional
election next 'November.
Hardly more than 250 men have
qualified to vote in the election of
congressman. County Treasurer
David Johnson and Dr. Frank W.
Shields, his assistant, are doing
)tl.e lr best to get the voters to pay
the pol 1 taxes, but it. now looks as
though the volo will bo small in
this county.
The men of the county should not
overlook this important step. Tho
payment, of tho poll tax is absolute
ly necessary, and no man desires to
bo unable to have a say as who
shall represent this district in the
next House of Representatives.
BATTLESHIPS ARE HERE.
Four of the Fighters Came into
Hampton Roads.
The battleship Indiana. Alabama,
Iowa and Illinois, of tho North At?
lantic squadron, came into Old Point
from- Annapolis at 7 o'clock last
evening. It is understood that most
of the ships of Admiral Bvans' fleet
will come to the Roads before dis?
persing for repairs.
?Mrs. Charles Faulkner. Miss Allie
Faulkner and .Miss Sallie Faulkner,
accompanied hy Ml>-s Lillian Young
returned to Marlinsburg, W. Va., last
evening.
Those Country Hams.
That's so. we received a big .ship?
ment this week'and they go again at
18 cents per pound. Belter come to?
day and get one. Beasley'aud Bush'.
Phone 18. 4-27-2C
DEPARTMENT
STORK
HAMPTON. VA.
IIA1LITY P???S to
UALITY
The Daintiest Tie
Of the Season.
It Is of patent cull, skins, with ? plain silk lmw ns Us ouly br
rianicnt. ninclu very plain- hut very rich in appearance Iis fit 1 Inj;
finalities are unusual, medium weight weite?! sole, slight extension
sole, stylish heel and a graceful tapering toe . . . ?.$3 a pair
Many other styles at $2.50, $3.00 and .$3.50
PRESCRIPTIONS
That's Our Business.
We epmpotind I hem carefully ;t ttrl accurately n lirl
our drugs are always fresh nuH of the best., No bettor
place in Hampton if you want a prescription filled.
TOILET ARTICLES
We arealways ready to supply you with the beot toilet
articles and soaps.
MURRAY'S PHARMACY
FORMERLY HOWELL'S DRUG STORE.
EAST QUEEN STREET. 'Phone 9. HAMPTON. VA.
. TT?TrvTToTnroTnnr^
G HENRY L SCHMELZ, FRANK W. DARLING,
G President. Vice-Prcsident.
\ THE BANK OF HAMPTON
2 HAMPTON?VIRGINIA.
* ts the Oldest and Largest In Either Hampton
? or Newport News.
5 CAPITAL, - - - - $100,000.00
I SURPLUS & PROFITS, $100.000.00
DEPOSITS OVER ONE MILLION DOLLARS.
o The only designated Depository in the State of Vir
o ginia in Eastern Virginia. Wo make loana on Real ^
0 Estate?Not Prohibited?as are the National Banks.
? FOUR PCR CENT. IN TED SOT PAID ON SAVINGS DEPOSITS.
o
1 NELSON S. GR00ME, Cashier. ?|
oJLIUULlLOJULfl-P.^ g Q-8.9.B.P-B B Q-BJLJ-B. iLQ.,P..g.JLfl Jt SLCJLg_&^
Call Monday and see my patterns. Will sell what 1 have
left.at cost. Shapes and ready-to-wear hats very cheap. Cal
and be convinced that I will save you money. I have at
artistic trimmer and ma leer.
MRS. I. M. STACEY
NO. 30 EAST QUEEN STREET, HUDGIN3 BLOCK.
Heatdl?y & Pleosants
21 W. Queen St., Hampton, Va.
FURNITURE RUGS LAMPS
STOVES CLOCKS TRUNKS
MATTINGS CURTAINS PICTURES
EVERYTHING FOR THE HOUSE
CASH OR EASY PAYMENTS
ill
Office Phone 166. TJilV 1 Oft
Residence Phone 340._QUA iOg
S. J. WATSON, JR.
ELECTBICal COJjJMOTOn
Estimate? Given on All Kinds of Electrical Work
tf your Hat or Bopnet came from
BURGES' MILLINERY STORE
It's just the thing. The store is filled with many of the prettiest
Millinery creations of the season, and a visit from you Is always a
source of pleasure to us. .lust drop In and talk '.'Hats or Bonnets."
with us. We aro Milliners?that's all.
BURGES' MILLINERY
Ea3t Queen 8treet, Hampton, _Va.
Quick Cash
Buyer
I can sell you .1 I 2 ncrcs In MencH
?vllle on deep Creek. Warwick coun?
ty Good .1 room house ami outbuild
Ings; young orchard and [Ino Spring
water for $550
A small farm. 10 acres; 2 1-2 mllss
from Morrisons; about 15 acrea clear?
ed; the balance well timbered; ulce
!orchard, and shade: two fine Springs
of water on tho place; no hulldings;
$750 cash. ,
-' " *\
W, E. Livwsoii
'No. IS N. King St. Hampton. V?,
Free Samples of
We Iuvlle evey housekeeper In
Hampton to call at our store and get
a Ramplo can of JAP A-LAC, '.ho
"great floor atalnor"?FREE. 1
Hotter call early and got the sample,
W. Queen Street. Hampton.
INotioe to
Since ihe change in the
(firm we are iu better shape
to furnish on the shortest
notice, anything you may
need in our line than erer.
Promptness in shipping and
satisfaction in stock- guaran?
teed. Try us.
Hampton Sash &
Door MFg Co,,
Hampton. Virginia,
Phone 72. Lock Box 187.
DO YOU KNOW
that a gallon of Lead and Oil
hand-made point will not cover as
much surface by nearly 50 per
cent, as the samo quantity of
Davis* 100 per
cent Pure Paiat
In addition to doing more work.
Oavis' will outwear Lend and Oil.
Can you afford lo disregard a sav?
ing like this?
FOR SALE BY
RANSONE
Hardware Company,
HAMPTON, VA,
Lots
30x115 Victoria Avenue, uear La
I Salle, $250.
30x115 Erwlu Street, $160.
25x145 Moore Street $100.
Also lots in Hampton ami Phoebusj
all on small monthly payments.
I Rent
Two Victoria Avenue dwellings?
modern in every respect, $30.00 and
1135.00.
Cottages at Ruckroo Reach,
fi-room house, near C.&O. depot. $10,
fi-room house, Jackson Street. $10.
fi-room hotiso on Washington St., $9.
4-room Hudgins Street, $6.00.
Real Estate. Rental and Fire Insurance
18 S. King St.. Hampton.
10 N. Mellen St., Phoebus.
RELIABLE HARNESS Is tho kind
to buy.
That's tho kind LOWRY makeo
from Pure Oak Tanne ' Leather?tbe
best kind.
LOWRY. I i
The Harness and Vehicle Matt, '
Mo. 125 West Queen Street* 1