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STATE BOARD ELECTED
MR. HART PRESIDENT
Annual Reorganization Effected by
School Examiners at Meeting
Held Yesterday.
WILL SPEND THE WEEK HERE
Methods of Teaching Employed In
Local Schools to be Observed by
the Visitors?Superintendent of
Public Insructlon Eggleston Attends
Open Meeting Tonight,
Tho Stato hoard of school examin?
ers, composed Of Messrs. Harris
Hart, Koanoke; Chnrles O. Mnphls,
Charlottcsvllle; E. H. Russell, Farm
ville; J. 8. Thomas, Lynchburg and
Joseph Hi Saunders, Portsmouth,
convened nt Hotel Warwick yester?
day urternoon nnd effected Its annual
reorganization. Mr. Hart was elected
president nnd Mr. Russell was re
elected secretary, which posltton ho
has filled during the past year. Mr. I
Joseph H. Snundcrs, who was recent?
ly appointed a member of the hoard
to succeed Prof. Willis A. Jenkins,1
who resigned because of tho work
he hns chnrgo of at tho Jamestown
Exposition, formally took his seat on
tho hoard at the session.
Examination of Teachers.
Tho board decided to hold tho reg?
ular examinations for school teach-,
ers In 15)07 on May 2. 3 and 1 and |
to hold the special and professional
examinations on July 20, :t0 and 31.
A number of reports were heard and |
discussed before the conclusion of j
the initial session of tho convention.'
The examiners will remain in Now-,
port News the remainder of this
week, studying tho city school sys?
tem. Dally business sessions will al?
so be held at Hotel Warwick. ThlB
morning the examiners, accompanied
by Superintendent W. C. Morton, will
Inspect the Twenty-eighth street
school and unotber business session
jwlll bo held at Hotel Warwick this
i afternoon.
Educational Association.
Tonight the examiners will attend
nn open meeting of the Newport
News Educational Association In the
High school assembly hall. Mayor
Samuel R. Duxton will presldo nnd
the principal spanker will be Superin?
tendent of Public Instruction Joseph
D. Eggleston, who will arrive hero
from Richmond this morning. Ills
subject will be "Patrons' League."
Among others who will address the
meeting will be Messrs. Saunders and
Thomas, of the board of examiners.
An interesting musical and literary
program has been urrnnged for the
occasion nnd the meeting gives prom?
ise of being the most largely attend?
ed and successful In tho annals of
the Educational Association.
An official of the Educational As?
sociation last night stated that tho
meeting would not be hold primarily
In the Interest of tho establishments
of a public library in this city as has
boon stated.
Tomorrow morning the examiners
will visit the Central school nnd study
the conditions there and In the after?
noon the examiners will meet with
the city school teachers and discuss
matters of Interest to them.
Open Meeting at High School.
Thursday night the city council and
the members of tho school board will
attend nn open meeting to be held
In the High school assembly hall.
This meeting will bo addressed by
tho members of tho board of examin?
ers and the i>ubllc generally Is In?
vited to.attend. Friday afternoon tho
oxamlh'ers will meet with tho High
fTo'o-o-o-o'a'fl'a'yo'oTo'oa a e a wyvrr
Another Rise
IN
? Diamonds
We made umr ual
ly heavy purchases
g last fall, and can of
a number of stones
below the market 2
values. 2
I fen
2
One especially good
investment is a bril
S liant, white stone,
I over 1 1-2 carats, in
* Tiffany Sterling for
? $235.00.
J.R.Sprague,
Manufacturing Jeweller,
28ih and Washington Ave.
'Jlsl&s a a ? a b a o o.<loj)jul(L9jlbjl?j?;
14 to 5
Per Gent Cheaper
If we are not mak?
ing monthly pay?
ment loans 14 to 5
Per cent, cheaper
than any other
money lender in the
city we will make
the party disprov?
ing it a present of
SI00, or a loan for
life at no cost.
We pay 4 Per cent
on savings deposits.
Give us a share of
your business.
Powell Trust Go.
2711 Washington Avenue.
school literary society, which will
hold a public meeting in the High
school assembly ball in honor of the
visitors. .^ix-msai
FIRE COMPANY SENT
ON WILD GOOSE CHASE
Laddies Raced Up and Down Avenue
While Chimney Burned Out?Boy
'Phoned Wrong Number.
A boy whose identity could not bo
learned, called the Central fire com?
pany out on a wild gooso chase about
7:48 o'clock last night. At that hour
a telephone message wub recolved ut
the Central fire station, stating that
a building on Twenty.third street be
tween Washington nnd West avenues
was abl?se.
Headed by Piro Chief W. K. Stow,
tho Central company hastened to the
I scene of the supposed fire, but resi?
dents there told the chief that there
hud been no blaze in that neighbor?
hood. Thinking that possibly the
boy who telephoned the fire Into the
department had meant Thirty-third
stroet Instead of Twenty-third street,
Chief Stow ordered the company to
that street.
Followed by hundreds of excited
people tho chief's buggy, combination
wagon and fire engine raced up
Washington avenue at break neck
speed, but when the company reached
Thirty-third street It was found that
there had been no fire there.
The compnny then returned to tho
Central station and Chief Stow after?
wards learned that a chimney afire
at 119 Twenty-ninth street had caus?
ed all of the excitement.
GEORGIA ClllES WILL
FURNISH BULLOCK HALL
Atlanta Heads the List of Eight Will
An Appropriation of Five Thou?
sand Dollars.
The eight leading cities of Georgia
will each furnish n room In Bulloch
Hall, a reproduction of the home of
President Roosevelt's mother, which
will be tho Georgia state building at
tho Jamestown Exposition.
Atlanta Is expected to make an ap?
propriation of something like $5,000
to participate In Bulloch Hall and
each of the other cities to participate
will expend from $500 to $2,500 in
i equipping their rooms.
j Those other cities will he Savan
| nah, Augusta, Columbus, Macon, Val
i dosta, Albany and Cordele.
i j PLANS FOR BUILDING
I NEW GENERAL HOSPITAL
Mr. Manville Asks That AH Interest?
ed In Project Meet Tomorrow
Night.
There will be a mooting at the of?
fice of the Old Dominion I^and Com?
pany tomorrow night for the purpose
of discussing plans for building a new
general hospital. Mr. L. B. Manville
said last night that everyone Interest?
ed In the project was expected to bo
present at the'meeting.
Mr. William Garner has .said that
he will he one of twenty-five men to
give $300 toward the erectloo of a
hospital nnd it 1b probable that an ef?
fort will be made to find twenty-four
more citizens so generously Inclined.
CHARGED WITH SELLING "DOPE"
Sam Wo Jailed for Selling Poisonous
Drugs to Young White Man.
Snm Wo, a Chinaman who keeps
a laundry nt Chestnut avenue and
Twenty-seventh street, was arrested
yesterday on a warrant charging him
with selling poisonous drugs without
boing a registered pharmacist.
Wo was arrested upon the strength
of statements made by Otto Loeb, a
young white man who was arrested
in the laundry by Officer Messlck
Monday night. The white man was
under the Influence of drugs and was
not In a condition, lo appear in the
police court yesterday. The case will
'bo tried thin morning.
SPECIAL HAIES FOR
Passenger Desiring lo Spend One
Day May Travel (or One
Cent a Mile.
GENERAL TWO-CENT RATE CASE!
Corporation Commission Begins Hear-|
Ing, With Assistant-General Pas?
senger Agent Bronson, of the Ches?
apeake & Ohio, as First Witness?
Companies Oppose the Movement.
Representatives of nil the steam j
railways operating in Virginia ap?
peared before the Corporation Com?
mission yesterday In response to an
order to show cause why a general
two-cent passenger rate should not
be adopted in the State. Tho compa?
nies will De heard in liBted order, the |
Chesapeake & Ohio coming first. As
Blstnat Genernl Passenger Agent I
Bronson, of tho C. & O., wa3 on the |
stand throughout the session yester?
day afternoon.
Among other things of Interest, j
Mr. Bronnon's statements gave infor?
mation concerning the rates which I
tho Coesapeake & Ohio proposes to |
glvo during the Jamestown Exposi?
tion. In response to a question con?
cerning excursion rates, asked by At?
torney Henry T. Wlckham, for the
railway. Mr. Bronson said:
"For the wealthy citizen who will
go down, sparing no expense, and
who will stay a month, we will have a
rate of 2 1-3 cents or even 2 cents
to the mile; for the citizens of mod?
erate means, who will go down to
spend three or four days, we will
have a rate of about 1 1-2 cents; for|
the poorer mnn, who will go down to j
take in the exposition in one duy, we
will have a rate hardly running over
1 cent to tho mile."
In connection with this investiga?
tion, the case against the Southern
Railway, instituted by the Travelers'
Protective Association several years
ago to compel the road to issue two
cent tickets, will come up. This case
will he heard when tho case of the
Southern is taken up in regular or?
der. Hon. A. Caperton Braxton will j
represent the Southern.
In yesterday's proceedings Attor?
neys Henry T. Wicltham and Henry
C. Taylor appeared for tho Chesa?
peake & Ohio, opposing the proposed
two-cent rate. Attorneyjlenernl An
I derson appeared for the State.
* Social-Personal **
The ladies who are working ' in
tho Interest of a public library for
Newport News have arranged for
u series of euchre parties, the first
to be given on February 5th, from
3 to 5 o'clock in the parlors of tho
Pocahontas Hotel. The patronesses
of the affair are MrssJofin B. Locke,
Mrs. Elber t Nexseny^Hs. J. L
Patton, Mrs. J. D. fa. Brown and|
Mrs. Abe Horwltz I
Miss Olivia Willojrft hns returned
from a visit to ffljfnds in Baltimore.
Mrs. J. A. Mackin is ill at thoj
Elizabeth Buxton hospital on the
I Boulevard.
Mrs. Pattoe, of Atlanta, Ga., is ]
spending the winter with her sister,
Mrs. Hudson, on Thirty-first street.
Miss Cecelia Walker has returned
from a visit to friends in King and
Queen county.
Mrs. Mary Donnau Wjlson left
ycBterday morning to visit .friends In
Richmond. While out of the city,
Mrs. Wilson will visit her daughter
Mrs. Preston Roper, of Petersburg.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Thomas Marston
[have returned to this city from
their wedding tour torough the val?
ley of Virginia, nndaJb now at home
to their friends atl raa Twenty
loi?htrn' street. | ^
Mrs. Parker Marston is able to bo
I out after an illness of several days
I at home on West avenue.
Mr. Raymond Butler has gone lo
Cuba on the transport! Kilpatrlck as
an employe of the aftw-oiuartermas
tern' deportment. I
Little Miss Mittle Adams is ill with
I appendicitis at the home of her par?
ents, r,34 Twenty-seventh street.
Lewis Knocked Out Smith.
(By Associated Press).
DENVER. COL., Jan. 22.?Harry
Lewis of Philadelphia knocked out
Rube Smith of Denver in tho eighth
round here tonight.
(Straight 6 percent, money to lend In
small or large amounts, on approved
city real estate. See us before you
arrange elsewhere. C. B. NELMS.
President, Clarenco G. Nelms, Secre?
tary; W. E. Kitchen. Treasurer; W.
Howard Bowon. Director's*' H. E.
Parker. L. P. Stearnes, Albert Hot*e.
No. 2517 Washington Avonut?. Real
Estate, Insurance, Rents/ l^oans, etc.
1-22-Ct. /
Dr.vLyon's7
PERFECT^
ToothlPowder
Oleansoa^and^beautifles the
teeth and.purifies.tho breath.
Used iby people ? of refinement'
for over a quarter of a century..
^Convenient for.tourists. /
COMPLAINT AGAINST
OLD DOMINION LINE
Travelers Dissatisfied Because Steam?
ers Do Not Touch at Old
Point.
Many complaints against tho Old
Dominion Steamship Company are to
ho heard because the steamers of that
line do not touch at Old Point when
they enter Hampton Roads from New
York. Recently the company adopted
the policy of having Its liners go di?
rectly to Norfolk and come from Nor?
folk over here.
Passengers who board the vessels
in New York after purchasing tickets
to Newport News or Old Point are
forced to go on to Norfolk, arriving i
there too lute to catch the Old Do
minion Richmond boats or the Ohes-!
apeako ft Ohio steamer Virginia, and :
having to reach this city by way of
Ivy avenue.
This policy will do Newport News!
and Old Point great injury if cont n-j
lied during the Jamestown Exposition
period, and it is probable that tha]
matter will be taken up by the Cham?
ber of Commorce nt its next meet?
ing with the view of protesting to
the company.
NO ELECTRIC LIGHTS,
NO OIL AND NO CANDLES
Town of Walker, Minn-, Will Not
Have Use for Rcaalng Matter
for a Few Days.
(By Associated Press).
WALKER, MINN., Jan. 21!.?Wal?
ker has exhausted Its coal supply.
This caused the electric light plant
to shut down Saturday. Most of
the residences in the village use
electric lights and when the electric
light plant shut down, a run was
made on the keroslne tanks.
By 9 o'clock Saturday night not
?. drop or oil in town could be
bought. Then followed a run on
the town's supply of candles and
by Sunday night all the candles
had been sold. Dealers were caught
unexpectedly and supplies; of both
oil and candles were limited. Many
homes will be In dar'kness this
evening and a majority of the mer
chants will have to shut their shops.
Coal Pier Burned.
(By Associated Press).
BALTIMORE, MD., Jan. 22.?The
large now coal pier of the Pennsylva?
nia railroad at Canton, and the six
masted schooner Cohassett, of Boston,
wero burned today. The men at
work on tho pier and the crew of the
schooner got away In safety. Tho
loss on the pier was placed at ?30,
000, fully insured. Tho schooner Co?
hassett was built in 1903 and was
owned by John S. Emery and Com?
pany of Boston. The vessel was val?
ued at $G5O,C00. She Is a total loss.
Straight G per cent, money to lend in
small or large amounts, on approved
City real estate. See us beforo you
arrange elsewhere. C. B. NELMS,
President; Clarence C. Nohns, Secre?
tary; W. E. Kitchen, Treasurer; W.
Howard Bowen. Directors, H. E.
Parker. L. P. Stearnes, Albert Howe.
No. 2517 Washington Avenue, Real
Estate, Insurance, Rents, Loans, etc.
1-22-Gt.
K Where Quality Is Uppermost. %
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? I
DISCRIMINATING MEN V.
H INSTANTLY RECOGNIZE K
S SUPERIOR MERIT IN
I ' 1
The I
8 Stetson
Shiny Leatherc, $6.
Dull Leathers, $5.
WE FIT FEET.
\ EISENMAN'S
I Shoe Palace, ?
5 ' "" *
jp 2S00 Washington Avenue. ^
Capital Dry Goods Hou
Washington Avenue at Thirtieth Street.
[roifsto^ you moneS
DO YOU GARlt f ?fi?
AT LESS THAN HALF OF THEIR REAL VALUE?AT L|
THAN WHOLESALE FACTORY COST.
IF SO, READ THIS
Owing to the continued wnim weather we find ourselves at i
season of the year with too ninny Kurs.
Directly after the holiday season we remarked the tuitire
making the prices lower.
Now for a clean sweep of nil Kurs. We offer you a Bpt
discount from these already reduced prices of
One-Third Off
Come in our store and select any Fur yon like. The prlct'
plainly marked. You may have it for one-third less.
Don't fail to get one if those Satin lined Tailor-made Suits)
$7.98; reduced from fifteen dollars.
For a limited time we will
make our Patent Rim Teeth.
There is no plate to interfere
with the tongue, and will not
drop while eating, talking or
laughing.
m WILL ONLY CHARGE
FOR COST OF MATERIAL
This is done only to introduce
our Rim Teeth.
DR. W. E. DORSET, Mgr.
26th Street & Washington Ave.
DK. W. E. DORSET,
City:
In reply to your favor of ISth,
I take pleasure in stating that
I have worn a set of your Rim
Teeth for a good many years
and I can eat anything, even
to biting corn from the con,
with perfect ease and comfort.
Yours truly. P. D. GREEN,
C19 N. 7th street, Richmond, Va.
DR. W. E. DORSET,
City:
?I take pleasure in stating that
your Rim Teeth that I have
worn for the last C years have
proved perfectly satisfactory,
and I can recommend them to
any-one wishing to lay aside
the old for the new.
JAS. E. STANSBURY,
630 N. 6th street, Richmond, Va.
DEAR DR:
I am a graduate since 1888. I
have worked in nearly every
large city from New York to
San Francisco. I have found
no full Plate to give as univer?
sal satisfaction as Dr. Dorset's
Patent Rim.
J. C DANA. D. D. S.,
No. 12 Rundel Park, Rochester,
N. Y.
TRY MY
Old Virginia
Apple Toddy
IT'8 FINE!
LIQUID REFRESHMENTS
In endless variety.
Family trade a specialty.
Goods delivered anywhere.
Bell Phone 67.
JIM E
AND
FBM1LY LIQUOR STOHE |
<| 2312 Washington Avenue. Z
CLOTH h3S
Cleaned
Pressed
and Dyed
The Hub Gleaning and
Pressing Co.,
211 Thirty-third St.
Pitz. 'Phone 328.
J. H. WHEELER, Prop.
Is
Good
to
Drink
Best Fountains
and Cafes
The Hampton Roads Traction
pany stopped operating its cars i ]
city Urn its ot Newport News atJL
night, December 15, and will herul
only operate its cars to the <\'iy H
at Twentieth street and Chestnut!
nue.
Sooner or later the eyo loaei
flexibility of focus. We try to
small print, but It is difficult, am
strain the eyes, until at last we ?
llze that we must have glasses. 1
we go where we know we will
an expert and correct examlna
and correct and well fitting frai
Of course we go to I
HULL & HULI
OPTICIANS,
121 26th Street. Opposite PostofI
Newport News, V?.
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Norfolk and Newpi
News Express
Leave Shipyard Ijeave NoM
Newport News for Pine B?
for Pine Beach und NewdJ
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W. W. S. BUTLER, O. M.
Hampton. Vn.
OEO. W. HATCH. Supt
Norfolk,