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NEWPORT NEWS, VA., APRIL 7,"MM?7.
HONOR TO WHOM HONOR IS DUE
IS POLICY OF THE DAILY PRESS
Handsome Diamond Rings to Be Given as Trophies to
the Most Deserving Lodge or Society Worker
of Newport News and Vicinity.
GOLD WATCHES TO BE GIVEN AS
SECOND TROPHIES AND ALL TO
BE AWARDED BY POPULAR VOTE
Vote Today arid Every Day for the Lady and Gentleman You Think Most Entitled
to the Honor and the Tokens of Esteem?It Costs Yon Nothing
to Vote? Vote Now.
Pick Your Favorites and Thote You Would Reward for Faithful Work in the Cause of Your Lodge, Club,
Society, or Organization, and Help Them Get One of These Splendid Trophies of Merit?No
Favorites are Played, Except by Their Friends, in whose Hands Rest
the Question of Success.
it lias frequently been snUl tliat
tio city of Its sizo in this section or
the country hns more lodges, clubs,
societies, and similar organizations
than has Newport News.
The past year has been one In
which the different organizations
have done injich good and the mem?
bers have cause to felicitate them- J
selves on the achievements and pro?
gress made, and while congratula?
tions are in order it is well not to
forget those men and women who
have made possible the success and
good which have obtained.
For the growth and prosperity
which have attended the different or- j
ders all the members are entitled to
a share of the credit. The loyalty !
of the rank and file or those enlisted
in the cause of the different lodges
and societies has never been ques?
tioned, but after all has been said
and done It will not be denied that
the work of extending the principles
for which all are contending and of
furthering at all times tlte best In?
terests of the organizations lias de?
veloped upon the few.
Tills is true of societies every?
where. It has been true of every
movement designed for the better?
ment of humanity since time began
and no doubt the hnndl'til of workers
will continue to do the work that
the many may be benefited until the
end of time.
These /tiien and women, few in
number in every community, have
given of their time unsparingly and
ungrudgingly that their favorite or?
der might, live and prosper. Wi.
them it has been a labor of love,
with no thought of reward other than
the consciousness of duty well per?
formed. But while their services
have been rendered thus unselfishly
it does not follow that they should
go entirely unrewarded.
Votes of thanks are good In their
way, but. the DAILY PRESS believes
In something more substantial.
Diamond Rings As Trophies.
To further increase its subscrip?
tion list?as well as to offer a re?
ward for faithful effort on the pnrt
or lodge and societv workers?the
DAILY PRESS is Impelled to otter
two handsome diamond rings, valued
at $200, to he voted to the lady and
the gentleman who in the opinion of
the people of this section are most
entitled to the honor and the tokens
of esteem and who receives the larg?
est number of. votes. They are both
diamonds of the very first quality, ab?
solutely flawless,' and are personally
guaranteed.
Gold Watches as Second Trophies.
In addition to the two diamond
In the Newport News
One Vote For
HiillM to lie Counted J
Around Uordor nnd Oepc
LADY'
( Name
( Nnroe
c
rings two beautiful gold watches will
be given as second trophies to the
lady and tlit* gentleman receiving the
second largest number of votes.
They are in keeping with the din
moml trophies in point of beauty and
artistic merit.
It is the desire of the DAILY
PRESS that the contest will I? the
means of rewarding, in some degree
ai least, the ones who shall be most
deserving of Hie trophies it offers,
and tlie only regret is that a similar
offer cannot be made for everyone
deserving of such rewards r.f merit.
The rules governing the balloting
have been made as clear as possible
to permit of absolute justice mid im?
partiality to all.
The simple clipping of the ballots
published herewith and filling In the
names of those 'counted deserving of
the honor will serve to place them in
nomination when the ballots are re?
ceived at the of rice of the DAILY
PRESS?and surely there are many
who sit in lodge meetings with you
who deserve this slight token at your
hands.
The thing to do is to clip the bal?
lots today?rill in the name of your
favorite lady and your favorite gentle?
man in your lodge or society circles
and send in the ballots to the Contest
Editor of the DAILY PRESS.
Everything is in readiness to re?
ceive and register them and the voto
will be published in each and every
issue of the DAILY PRESS during
the life of the contest.
The DAILY PRESS would suggest
that the different lodges and societies
take the matter up in an ofriclal way
nnd nominate candidates who will be
the unanimous choice or the organi?
zations.
Orville Cook, or the Cook nnd Bor?
ders Service, of New York city, will
I manage the enterprise for the DAILY
PRESS and will h? ready at any time
to jurist ony and all candidates, but
in an Impartial manner.
If you are interested in the eon
lest either for yourself or u friend
and do not understand the condi?
tions, call up the DAILY PRISSS of?
fice and Mr. Cook will he glad to
thoroughly explain them to you.
Rules and Conditions.
Candidates must he members of
regularly organized lodge, club,
church, labor, literary, or social or?
ganizations,
The voting will he by ballots clip?
ped from the DAILY PRESS and by
voting certificates issued with sub?
scription receipts for the DAILY
PRESfe.
For payments made on subscrip?
tion certificate votes are issued for
5 BALLOT
ofCmulliUte )
of Organisation )
Daily Press Popular Voting
oniest.
ton bo .ccparnted. Carefully Trlinnit-il
?Ited unfoidaii.
6?????????
both a lady and a gentleman as fol?
lows:
On Payments on Old Subscriptions.
I SI.00.10 weeks. (10 votes
i$LG0.15 weeks. 90 votes
$2.50. 0 months.100 voles
$5.00. 1 yenr.312 votes
; On Payments on New Subscriptions.
j $1.00.10 weeks. 90 votes
I $1.50.15 weeks.135 votes
i $2.50. f! months.234 votes
' $5.00. 1 year.ICS votes
j While euch payment or $5.00 for n
I year's subscription entitles the hold?
er of the receipt to 024 votes, If the;
; subscription is an old one, or 930
I votes If tho sul-serlptton is a new
I one, these cannot he voted for one
j candidate, hut must hp equally divid?
ed between a lady ami a gentleman.
No certificate will be issued for a
j less payment than one dollar.
Combinations may lie formed be
\ tween a lady and a gentleman can
j dldato by which the lady may ex
I change. her gentlemun's votes for
' ludy's voles, and vice versa. But
combinations between candidates of
tho Bilme sex will not he permitted
Voting certificates will be issued on?
ly upon cash subscriptions, paid at
the offiec of publication, no account
being taken, tor the purpose of this
I contest, of subscriptions through
! newsdealers or others who handle the
] paper on their own account.
No voting certificates will be ts
I sued in return for the payment of
j back subscriptions due to newsdeal?
ers or news agents. Voting certifi?
cates are available only nt the DAILY
I PRESS office, where ail payments
' must be made in order to secure the
j same.
The DAILY PRESS reserves the
right to reject any candidate and also
to pass final judgment on any ques?
tion that may arise.
Votes once cast cannot be changed
to count for another candidate.
Special Awards.
To the lady and gentleman randl
] dates receiving the largest number
. of votes up until 6:30 o'clock Friday
j evening. April 10th. an additional
j credit will be given or 1,000 voles.
After- this first special award of
i 1,000 votes is made an honor certifi?
cate will he given daily to each lady
j and gentleman candidates who receive
1 tho largest number of votes for that
; day.
j These honor certificates are to be
. retained by the candidates until the
'< end or each week when the candi?
dates having the largest number will
be given special vote awaids as fol
lows:
Week ending Friday evening, April
GENTLEM
One Vote for
( Nam
^ Name
In the Newport News
* JS*** Ballots to lie Cooriled !
??-^ Around Hunter ami Depo
20t Ii. son voles.
Week ending Friday evening, May i
n, r.oo votes.
Week ending Friday evening, May |
10th, 300 votes. I
In the event of u tie In number of i
honor certificates held at end of any
week between candidates of the same:
sex the extra credits will bo awarded !
to the candidates having made the]
largest Increase in votes during that;
special credit period.
These daily honor certificates are ?
good only for the week for which'
they are issued nnd cannot be used!
in the competition of any of the fol-j
lowing weeks.
The balloting will begin with this
issue nnd will close at nine o'clock ?
Saturday evening, May 11th, I!i07. j
The returns at the close of the bal?
loting will be canvassed by a com?
mittee of well known business men
of Htunding in the community.
The place of holding the final conn'
will be announced in a Inter issue of:
the DAILY PRESS.
No employee of the DAILY PRESS;
nor member of his or her immediate
family may become a rcndidt.te.
Clearing House Statement.
(By Associated Press.)
NEW YORK, April 0.?The state?
ment of clearing house banks for the
week shows that tue banks hold
$19,441,2213 more than the legal re-?
servo requirements. This is nn In?
crease of 16,309,950 as compared with
! last week. The statement follows:
Loans, $1,002,088,800; incrense, $6,
! 143,G00.
j Deposits, $1,030,713,100; increase '
I $ 10.895,800.
i Circulation, $50,938,800; decrease,!
' $421,200.
|- Legal tenders, $71,CGI,500; decrease
I $704,400.
Specie, $200,958,000; increase, $11,
I 298,300.
Reserve, $27S,G19,500; increase,
$10,533,900.
Reserve required, $259,178,275; in
crease, $4,223,950.
Surplus, $19,441,225; Incrense, $G,
! 309,950.
Ex-United States deposits, $27,038,
;G50; Increase, $9,383,975.
A Criminal Attack
on an Inoffensive citizen Is frequent?
ly made in that apparently useless
little tube called the "appendix." It's
, generally the result of protracted
, constipation, followed liver torpor. Dr.
: King's New Life Pills regulate the
, liver, prevent appendicitis, and es
j tablish regulur habits of the bowels.
25c at Tho Ideal Pharmacy.
AN'S BALLOT
e of Candidate)
of Organization)
Daily Press Popular Voting
ontest.
kluHt'tlw.fAerarnteu, ( artfully Tilimncd
tiled Unfo.dcd.
ADAM AND EVE.
Th* Forbidden Fruit, the Fall and the
Three Mystio Qlfta.
Many are the attempts to Identify
the forbidden fruit. .Some Bttjr It wus
the tig. others the grape, others, ugiilu,
the pomegranate, but tho most "Ara?
bian Nlghtlsh" description puluts It us
un ear of wheat which looked like a
ruby und was its big us tin ostrich egg
and grew on u tree whose truuk was
like gold, Its branches like silver and
Its leaves emerald.
dir Iii st parents wore expelled about
1$ o'clock of the afternoon of Friday,
the 10th of May, having resided in
Eden seven years, two months, two
weeks mid three days. Adniu wan
banished to Ceylon und Kve to Mecca,
and they remained apart for 200 years.
Adam, according to some accounts,
spent half his time weeping, with his
face to the earth. Others less chari?
table aver that his solitude was cheer?
ed by I.Illlh, who resumed her former
relations with hint,
When lit- repented nnd rejoined Evo,
he begged that something might bo
given him from the happy garden of
Innocence which lie had forfeited, and,
lo, In answer to his prayer three
mighty archangels were sont to him,
Michael bringing gold, tlahrlel frank*
Incense and Raphael myrrh?mystic
gifts In after years associated with the
offering of the magi, whom early
Christian tradition ldentlllcd with
Enoch, Melckiscdck nnd Ellas.
FLY FISHING RODS.
It la the Weight Outboard From th*
Hand That Tall*.
Much pleasure will bo fouutl In buy?
ing roils and tackle. If Inexperienced,
nny old angler will rather eujoy help?
ing you out, or you can go to n first
? hiss shop, us); for a Hnlesuinn who la
an angler aud tell him where you pro?
pose to fish. If economy Is an object to
you, very fair working tools ciro bo
had for a little money. It la surprising
to handle some of the rods Unit aro
priced at $5 to $10. I do not consider
Weight in the scales of great Impor?
tance, as I like a good sized, comfort-,
able handle. It Is the weight outboard
from the handln that tells. Ono of tho
lightest rods 1 ever saw weighed eight
ounces on the scales. It had a big, fnt
wooden handle nnd mil,stautlal fittings,
but the roil proper was very light. My
Individual preference Is for a rod of
leu feet, but lots of men prefer some?
thing shorter. I have seen good work
done with an eight foot rod, but there
1? n great difference In the power of
rods of the snnm length. A tall, strong
man can handle n rod of great power
and with a suitable line bring out all
then- Is In It. He mny be able to do
this all day long without great fatigue,
while it weaker person would be heav?
ily handicapped and tired to dentb.?
Forest and Stream.
Strange Freak of Memory.
There Is a strange story of how
Sir Walter Scott, producing "The Bride
of T.nminermuor" during Illness, was
nfterwurd found to have forgotten en?
tirely what he had thus created. Ac?
cording to James Ballnntyne, "the hook
was written and published before Mr.
Scott wns able to rise from his bed,
and he assured me when It was first
nut Into his hands In u complete shape
that hp did not recollect a single Inci?
dent, character or conversation It con?
tained. The original Incidents of the
story, which he had known from boy?
hood, be still remembered, but be knew
no more about the story be hml writ?
ten than he did before he begun to
write or even think about wilting It."
These facts were corroborated by Mr.
Lockhnrt, Sir Walter Scott's son-ln
law and biographer, so that they are
placed beyond question.
An Earthquake In Persia.
Processor Vambury, the Hungarian
orientalist, was lu Shlrnz, Persia, at
the time of one of Its devastating earth?
quakes. The shock was terrible, throw?
ing great houses about like shuttle?
cocks und splitting the bills beyond the
town. When the very earth seemed In
process of disruption and men aud wo?
men were weeping ami tearing them?
selves lu agonies of fear two iuud fa?
natic priests stalked through the tot?
tering city crying aloui! that the for?
eigners sojourning in the place had
brought on the calamity. And the peo?
ple took up the cry "The Frengla are
unclean!" and made a rush for the
lions'? In which the professor had been
staying. Only the entire collupse of
the property adjoining beat off their at?
tack nnd enabled bliu to mnke Via es?
cape from the city.
Dross Millennium.
When the dress millennium wrlves
ami every woman finds herself a thing
of Joy to look nt, able to walk In com?
fort and with n pocket for her purse.
It will be the result of an elementary
training In dignity, comelineir*, and
common sense?Reader.
Wanted a Second Trial.'
"You were guilty of one matrimo?
nial mistake. I shouldn't think you
Would marry again."
"Oh, but you know a verdict of
guilty usually leads to a second trial,"
rolle?1 the gay grass .wldot r-Cblla
deiwr^^-ttiMtaf ?
BRAIN AND BULLET. ? i
Afhst Happens Whan the Skull I*
Pierced by a Shot.
Tho results of llrlng n bullet nt a
lint brittle bone mid Into n soft sub
RtUUCQ like tho bruin uro very different.
The hone Is pierced, nnd the Intern! dln
plnceinent of Its pnrttoleti Is very slight,
but the brain Is thrown aside lu all di?
rections. Tho difference Is duo to tho
different degree of coheslveuess of the
particles composing tho two bodies or,
In other words, to the greater fluidity
Of the softer structure.
Next, the Importance of fluid con?
tent* in intensifying tho effects of a
bullet IIred through a closed recepta?
cle 1? shown by one of Koeher's experi?
ments. Two Identical tlu euulsters
were tilled with equal quantities of
lint, which lu one WttS dry and lu tho
other saturated with water.
A bullet of moderate velocity llred
through them simply perforated tho
dry one, but caused tho wet oue to
hurst explosively. Kocher nlno filled
a skull with water and found that a
bullet fired through It caused bursting
of the sutures.
Very roniurkiible Is the shuttering
that results when skulls that have boeu
filled with water or with wax aro
treated In this way, and If thoy aro
compared with others showing the ef?
fects or bullet wounds trader normal
conditions It Is easy to'apprcclnto that
the variations presented aro depend?
ent, In part nt least, upon the differ?
ence In the diameter of the coutouts.?
Current Literature.
SPONGE FISHERS.
The Greek Git I Diver* of the Island of
Hlmla.
"We were cruising In tho Mediter?
ranean lu the bite full," said a globe
trotter, "and on u golden afternoon wo
stopped beside u little licet of Hpongo
divers. Nearly nude, the divers sat on
the edge of the boat. They held big
stones that would help them descend.
One at a time they Inhaled throe or
four lung lirenths ami then plunged,
with their grout stones Into tho blue
water.
"One boat interested us. Its divers
seemed t>o graceful and young. Wo
drew nearer, nnd, by Jovo, tho divers
were ull girls. Thoy were young Greek
girls from Illmln, an Island near
Ithodes. It seems that In Illmln tho
sponge diving Is cnrrled on by girls
altogether. These girls seemed very
expert. Their dark hnlr knotted on
their shapely beads, thoy reclined on
tho sun warmed deck till their turn
came. Then, graceful us stngo dan?
cers, they leaped overboard and In tho
son's dim green depths tugged at tho
plack sponge growths.
"The captain said the Hlmla girls
wero not permitted to marry till they
had brought a certain quantity of
sponges from 11 certain specified
depth."?New York Press.
Quoer Chinese Belief.
It Is n common belief among China?
men that If one commits any crime
against certain nnlmiilB?cats, for ex?
ample?the soul of that animal will
take possession of the wrongdoer until
the offense has been purged. A serv
nut girl, ncconllng to the oriental tale,
unmindful of tradition, put to death a
cat nnd Its three kittens. Sho wa
taken violently III. Her mistress, sus?
pecting the cause from the fact that
the maid was scratching anil mewing,
apostrophized (lie Imdy of the dead
cat, demanding to know why It thus
tormented the girl. The spirit of tho
cat, speaking by way of the girl's
mouth, denounced tile quadruple mur?
der. The whole story nvuk told by the
girl In the character of the cot. Theu
she expired In violent convulsions.
Elephants Cm Carry a Crude*-..
A Hindoo mahout was employ ,? with
a working elephant In Bangkok, Slam,
nud frequently used n steel goad lu de?
fiance of all warnings. The result wns
that his elephant made frequent at?
tempts to kill him, nwi finally the man
wan discharged. ?Nearly four years
afterward, by a-most reuinrknble coin?
cidence, both elephant und mahout met
again lu Matilinalii, Burma, and no
sooner r?08 the big tusker out of sight
of the snwmlll and well Into tho forest
than ho curled his trunk up backward,
seized his old persecutor by the neck,
hurled him to the ground, uud In an
Instnnt a mighty forefoot had crushed
out bis life.
Bewitched.
Morrison, nn English traveler of the
seventeenth century, while at Daotelc,
Prussia, says he "saw a mill which,
without the help of human hands, did
saw boards. It had n grent Iron wheel,
which did not only drive the saw, but
which did also hook In and turn tho
logs on to the saw." Dr. John Dee
must havo seen a similar mill at
Prague. Of It ho says, "I saw mo a
mill at Prague of which I verily be?
lieve the de i'll himself was master."
There Is talk about the United
States Interesting itself In t|ie Control
American quarrel. It this country per?
sists in enlarging its sphere of inter?
ference It will he necessary to ar?
range for aa indefinite extension of
the period of prosperity.?Ban Fran?
cisco Chronicle.