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Roaaus.. .Bell 'Phone No. I I Uusbievw Ofllco.. .Boll 'Phono No. IRl No employco of the Dally Press OpU>]*)ny is authorized to contract ? mty obligation In the nain?.> of the company, or to make purchases In the mine of tho same except u|xm order Hlgjftod by the PUBLISHER OF TDK ItAILY TRESS. tho Newport News. \"i.. as nccond class matter. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY li. 1!'<>8. electric chair better than the gallows. - There Is every prospect that the Hootrlo ebalr will be substituted for the gibbet 1n Virginia, and 'that such hs the case Is a cause for rejolclnx c?f the genuine sort. The gallows Should have been relegated te the rear .vrwrn ago, as they aro a relic of nges long gone by. The execution of mur? ders and others Ly the electric chair lti nol _ an experiment any longer, as It has been tried and proved satisfac? tory. New York sdnto almost two do radon agosuhstltuted the chair for ji HUggestlon that the old method of tailing the lives of. condemned rinirtK-rer be resumed. The clmlr was auch n success In New York tlrnt sev? er.-.! other states have adopted It. nnd it seems as If the endows w< re dcom <h1 to utter obliteration, as tiny should he. All of the harrowing details which accompany a hanging are misting when the execution Is done by elec? tricity. Not even a quiver Is seen on tlie features- of the face or on the body t>f the. person who Is pissing In? to eternity, nnd the whole proceeding is marked by such orderliness nnd decorum that there is nothing revolt? ing about the eecutlon, And there can he no queatlon but that It Is a much more humane method. Within n year there have been two bungling hanging--* in this sti'te. during which (he condemned men must havo suf? fered tortures beyond description. On tlie other hand the electric chair has almost a clean record In this respect. Of the hundreds of legal killings In New York state thorn have been only two electrocutions tliat were not suc? cesses, and one of those was the very first which to:>k place. The other .. was the work of all incompetent oOl elnl. In Ohio. Mnssnchirsottr, New Jer-it y and other states where the olectrlc chair Is used there have been : no bungles. It is certainly a very different record from that or the gal? lo w::. Tho argument has l.'-'in ndvailc 1 that a "man who has- killed another deserves no consideration when It comes time <o meet his Master. That can he dismissed with the statement that It Is the argument of a person who has- but a mighty .--.rant allow? ance of Christianity within htm. It is true that the person has taken t!i" life of another, the gravest crime on the statute hooks, hut that is no reason why a commonwealth should not be humane. It Is a cast? of where two wrongs do not make a right, and ' .'hllo It Is follshnc.-u to waste any sympathy on the perpetrator of a cold blooded murder. It lr, the fluty or the stale to l>o n? humane toward him during bis last moments on earth as pbiislblc. the great army of the UN? EMPLOYED. It hns lakyn some little Mino but Too ..recent financial panic is now; beginning Ui reach down to the work ipij? classes, .who arc the last to suf? fer, but who suffer the eit?;t,-and the rbstilt the rank? of the army of unemployed In all tlio large cltk-s are jjvewlng vapidly In Chicago'n <R?i ons'ratlou of 20,000 ldlo moo l.-ho pro posed a pm-ndo through ihe streets was prevented by the police without1 any Apparent right for doing Ii oth< r than tlm ruther far fetched assump tlcn Ibn.t It was to be a "riotous gathering." Now it appears arrange? ments are bolng made for a parade of 180,000 unemployed men In New York city who according to the pro? gram of their leads win march to the city hall and ask the mayor for work. Imt a* that official will U> powerless to grant their request, It Ik evident that the proposed deroonhrl'rnloh, it It Is permitted by the authorities, will accomplish nothing than the adver? tisement of the extent of the distress existing among the unemployed in that city. It is likely that this distress will (grow mere acute as- the ranks of the unemployed Increase and evidence In not wanting that the Situation is causing the Republicou leaders In Coiignens much anxiety. They have reason to fear that the conditions he fore the beginning of next summer, will make hocost-ary the establish* ment of soup houses throughout the country as wna done In 1003, when the soup house was wich n powerful factor In the elections llial wore held that year and the year following. Aside from nil conslileratloun of a po? litical character the foot is luminous that the problem of tho unemployed l? becoming a' serious one in the country, and In tho near future will press for a solution. Therefore pub lie attention baa been called to the system which has- been adopted In Austria. Tho New Orleans Stutis iii describing tho system in that coun? try, says: "In Austria, It Is said, eveiy town has an ehi| loynu ht 'bureau where over}' workman unemployed regis? ters his name and Cue kind of work ho desires or ita able to do. and In this way the employer und the lu borcr are brought together, If an Idle workman roaches ? town nr.d finds no work for him lit tho bureau ho Is aonl to the government farm or government workshop, established! ncariy, and is given food and lodg? ing for hl? servlcea "Until the buivnti has found employment for him. A provision or 'he law is that a man may not leave t*'o position found un? less he furnishes the district super? intendent of the bureau with proof that he ha:; some oilier Job is open for lllm, or Unit ho has some other good reason, in this way it Is Im? possible for Ii 1111 to become a public charge or remain Idle long enough to bo forced into crime.'! -ft" iii..\r','io true that (Ids si?..eni operates with excellent results In Australia, but wo may doubt if it would work equally will in this- coun? try. However. Jf something like It could bo adopted to suit the condi? tions existing in the United Htatos 1* would tend to keep workman, e.ipo-] clnlly of the unskilled class, more reg? ularly employed and greatly reduce the percentage of beggary and crlino. It must he admitted that such a sys? tem In paternalistic In it* character, but If operated within the mate; und under state direction, many of the objections to It oil tills score would bo minimised. A now* d!'. patch say a: Judge Proc? tor of Montgomery county, Michigan, olferu to trade his dog. which, ho 'H?y*i will dig- bait for ilsliiiig.for the hen of Lawyer I. U. Miller or Yotiugs town, Ohio, which is said to he fond of ohewlng tobacco. If we were re fereo'.ng that trade we would say Unit tho mail with the hen should Bjlyq something to boot. Niles, O.. boasts of a calf that chases cats up trees'. There Is hope for the animal, however. It I? young, and In time will probably learn to tie tin in up In bags and throw them in] the creek. A Des M?ln?s woman who owed a j man $7,000, cancelled the debt by marrying hltll. A woman who regard? ed herself that valuable will u-jl stand for any duns. Let us hope somebody will g; t. nhold of Harry Thaw during his stay at Matteawau who will teach him to write a letter that would not be a disgrace to tin- primary department. This Is the season or the Chinese Now Year. If your own resolutions are used up. why not try some of the Chinks. It seems a shame to make H poor politician out of such a, good novelist a? Owen \Vi.-i< r. I Governor Hughes is firm in the Her that the newspapers ia tile vast majority of c?scb want to tell the truth. Tha'fl why some people hate the new.'isipi rs so IntensYJy. Since December 5 we bnve been Continually (Old that 'be navy "wn; going south.'! I< Is only a matter of a few days when it will be going north. A Mlclije.in rn-ivcr.ity professor nays, "all (Ppups; poopV? ?ro asses.'' Wonder-how-'old ho is. ? INTOLERANCE RUN MAD. j Sornratlon ur church and state If a (lie!ilnc especially dear to a largo; portion of tho people or Virginia. Yet wo road In tho Halifax Onzotto, of this wool;, a lottOr Indicating a rcmaika? hle condition of affairs. A correspon? dent of that newspaper, writing from clover, under date of Jan. 15. lyos, Bays that the preacher whoso church he attends recently announced in Iho pulpit (hat he would send << petition to have the .Maun Inw amended, so as to fared wot counties Into local option elections, to i nch of his I elinrches. lie rurlher said (hat he' wanted (o see (hose petitions before they were sent off so thai he might know how each member or his congre gatlon stands on ?hat question. "All <>r his members," he added, "would p.- required to uhow their colors." I Home time ngo when The News- i t rader said that a certain branch or lhi> hardshell Daptlsfa in rt mote | mountain secilniis <>r (he Carolinas had voted to expel all members who supported the no-fence law. members of Hint denomination challenged the assertion with evidences of Indlgnn lion nu,l repudiated It holly. Yet. here Is a preacher In the county of Halifax, conducting; something very like the litqnliltlon the Cathol'c church conduct. ,1 in Spain centuries nen. He gives Iho Implied warning, or threat, that those members of the congregation who refuse to sign (he petition for the amendment of the Mann bill will h, brought under dis? cipline. The Inquisition used to de? cree burning, hanging and tortures for horotlcit .those who differed from its nn mboraj In matters of belief or doc? trine, or who falb d to measure up to their requirements of morality and faith. Fortunately for the Halifax congregations, the law forbids the use of thode drastic measures against such of the members as decline t" favor the forcing or new election< oh wet counties; bid the clergyman goes as far as the law will let him In frightening and punishing. It seems lb UH the spirit of this man?no doubt :i eon I nnd woll-inonnlng man?Is precisely that of the Inquisition, some in.mbers of which doubtless were good nnd woll-meanliig men firmly peri ended thai (hey wore serving Cod [ h,y tearing the llosh of heretics to nieces With I'cdnoi pincers or burning tin m alive. If this is not Interference i-v church In the affairs of stale we would llko lo know what It Is. If It Is not fol? lowing the same principle that guided tho ignorant mountaineers In ex? communicating those who opposed a popular law on a political question, We do not know to whnt denomination this preacher bolongn. Tho corres? pondent does not Indicate. If his method Is not Intolerance, imrrow iie3i- and bigotry carried to the great? est possible etrenie. we would like to know what It Is. The correspondent of the Ciuolto says be never has tak? er, a drl.ik of liquor, hut h^ l.s clns.i?v' ar a whisky man because he votes on the prohibit Ion question according to his own Judgment and refuses to Sign the petition presented to him by the church. Of eo-ii -e. It Is argued that prohibi? tion Is a moral and not a political question, but we can force mirselvea to belli ve any political bsue to he n moral one. Pdotile in the moonshine districts honestly believe that they have- the moral right to do us they please with Hie products of their own labor, and to make their corn into whiskey if (hey like. And. en that ground, they Justify themselves In killing revenue officers who undertake to Interfere with thetii. At olio time opposition to free masonry was made a moral question, olid all over Now England the ftholltlphists taught that no man could b a Christian, n ser? vant of Cod and n proper member of ti Christian chinch ir he opposed tlio Immediate and violent abolition of slnvcrv. Here In the South we call ? that fanaticism. What shall we call tile Implied declaration that the man I who refuses to p'gn a petition for a ' prohibition election, however sol ?er. , however righteous In his life, bow ever squarely he may live to the pre? cepts of the testaments, shull be treat-.d as an outcart und denied the communion of hie church. We see that at another point In the state where a town in a local election declined to accept prohibition, an < f fort Is being made lo have the ques? tion whether the town shall be wot or dry ib elded by a vole of t'be county. And we suppose If the county shoul I vote wet. wo would have a demand that the state have an election to de? cide. Thl< seems to us to he as un? fair as It Is inconsistent. Tho pro? hibitionists, where they cannot carry a whole city, demand a vote on (ho, liquor question in each ward for it nelr anil put up the plea or the right cf local self-government; but when u lown votes Wi l they forget about lo? cal self-government and' want Iho country around called In to try and decide the case. Fanaticism and Intolerance have defeated thomselvcs through all the history of the w orld. The tempi ranee people are permitting themselves to be ltd by extremists Into courses which will bring a violent reaction and a general sweeping triumph of the whisky Interest< as surely as the I recorded facts of history are true. I lUshmnnd News-Loader. Keep Coins Out of the Mouth. 'Wotmn are addicted to many per? nicious habits." plUcrved a physician, "but I cannot conceive of one that Is more idiotic than the placing of coins- In the mouth while the purse or money bag Is being opt d. Mo:-: I women do this, rapoolnlly ;i the strict ears, and nr.- ,? :t...;- unmindful of j the fact that they at- thereby lnvlt ? lug dangerous throat and lung trou? bles. I have often wmchoi Women holding coin-, between their. Hps, ami have bo$n vow strongly telpptod to utter an admonishing word. Only to? day 1 saw a beautiful girl giye a con? ductor a dime. Silting opposite to her was a dirty looking man. whose bands looked as ir they hadn't been washed for a week. He gave tho con? ductor n nickel, and the conductor iftlgOiPEIg C?OflTlrlES forMIHN To Get One of Those SUITS at $6.95. Former prices were $15 and $20. Alterations to be paid for by purchaser. 27! 5 Washington Ave Newport News, V'a. handed H to the young woman in change f?'r her dime. She placed it between her Hps whiles-he opened her money Uig. Why do* s not sonic In? genious woman introduce a small pocket or couio device In the femi? nine wardrobe tbnt will lake tho place of the llpB, for holding coins? Cer? tainly she would bo a benefactor to] her sex."?New York Press. WITH THE PARAGRAPH ERS. The proposed "prosperity conven? tion" in Bultiinore is an Idea. 11 is entirely feasible, All the convention would need to do would DO to pass revolutions and adjourn. Confidence i would bo restored and the "(lurry" would be over.?Springfield Republi? can. ! By granting titles of nobility to ] American men we might stop the flow Of good'American money Into the cof? fers of 'titled foreigners who marry American girls, bfit the remedy would I" weise than the disease.?Chicago [ Mows. Croat work ha- been don? by Mr. Fairbanks In demonstrating that a full vlce-pre.sldentlal t< nil does not ne cossnrlly lead to obscurity.?Washing? ton Star. If those Kentucky "night riders'' don't atop burning t ibacco wo shall all be compelled lo smoke cabbage leaves very soon.? PhllOdl lphla In? quirer. .There Is an advantage In living in Ohio. They have more chances to I run for President there than in any I other state.?Philadelphia Pi cas. Thaw's Insanity, having begun at ! least ni.- far back an the cradle, will probably endure to the end of the journey.? Philadelphia Ledger. For one who is net In lh< race, Roosevelt must seem to Taft to he using up a lot of the flash powder.? New York American. Count Szcchenyi's next step will be I to replenish Ids Vienna "roil."?Kan? sas City Star. I And not an Atlanta wife lin.s- h en hinten since prohibition went Into of j feet:?Atlanta Journal. Do you RlippOSe Kaiser Wilhclin's mustache looks anything like that when he gets up In the morning?? Chicago Tribune. ' We trust none of the IQ-coht maga? zines will feel hurt by the persistent report that all Is Well with the licet. ?Chicago News. Or. (V A. Waterman, who says fa? tigue Is not a genii, hut a condition, may be right, but sometimes it is plainly a heritage.?Louisville CO'.trl iT-Jonrnal. At last a Chicago politician has gone to jail, and the people of that town nre as, proud over it as if Ceorge Ade had written a new book.?Phila? delphia Inquirer. OUR WAY. We line a man plunks twenty-flyii For shooting at some one. But soak hlni for a "cintury" For carrying the gun. ?Houston Post. Insubordination. "I nin very sorry to hear, Cant. Salter. that yo-ir wife left yon so un? ceremoniously." "My mistake, sir. I took hor for a male and sl'o nroved to be n skipper." ?Current Ulcraturo. ' The Cynic Loose. "Lovers once, but rtrangers noi Sighed the roaiaWk* one. i "Married?" imfSkod his practical friund.?Louisville clmrler-Journal. TRANSPORTATION GUIDE. Chesapeake & Ohio Ity. Fast Tralr k to Richmond arid Ihe Wem. Leave Newport 10:05 ??>. in* 0:25 v- Ol. uociil Trains to Richmona. 6:30 a. in., 5: 15 p. in. Trains arrive Newport News, 10:00 a. Di., 10:35 a. ni., 5:35 p. in. und 7:20 p. m. Steamer Service for Norfolk. Leave Newport News 10:4" ?. m., 5:40 p. in. THE NORFOLK &. 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Wo give them a littlo more attention than oilier laundries do?n little nioro the way you want yours laundered. Give us a trial this week and let Us convince you that what We say Is true. Hotel Warwick Laundry 119 2401 STREET Both Phones NJ- 10. ?Mpf sVMHHMMHBBI ? ?MHBPHK IT IS FOR LADIES, TOO. I They Clin ?top Thrlr llntr j villas Ool Will? Ilrrplcide. I.adlM who have thin hnlr and whost I hair Is falling out, cun prevent tlio hair 1 railing out. und thicken lh-> growth, with Nowbro's "Herplclde." Besides, Hcrpi ! rid* Is on? of tho most ajjroeablo. lu.ir dr<w!n(rs there Is. Ilerplcldo kills tho dnndrufT aorin that eats tho hair off nt tho mot. After Ilm ?jei-ni I? destroyed, Ihn root will shoot up. ?,nd the hair grow Ion*: rii ever. Even a sample win e n. vlnce ory lady that N*wbro's rtornlcldn Is .in Indispensable toilet requisite. it contains no oil or grease. It will r.ol stain or dyo. Sold by leading drugBlits. Srnl 10c. In rUmpn for anraplo to Tho IlaiTl ?ido t:o.. 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