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CAPTAIN HASKEILS FEAT
Sclwoner Cressy Navigated Through
Gale Witt) Broken Rudder
WHS BOUND 001 OF THIS PORT
Whtn Three Days Out, the Vessel
Struck Storm and Rudder Pos!
Smashed ? Skipper Used Tillei
Ropes on Big Craft With Success.
I: was learned hero yesterday tha*
? h hilf, livc-maste.l schooner Cora F
c'p'.-sy arrive.l a' Portland, \i>-. utt
Tuesday last, in o\\ t the tui; I'udi t?
writer, after cue ol the mos' rcuiarkn
hie trips on record.
I he Cressy left here on January
' I with :t cargo of coal consigned
from the Sinoke|e>s I'm I Cioipatn
of this city to parties in Portland.
Captain lloskel) rep its tIki: after
the vessel was Hire.' days out front
Iiis port, she struck a heavy gal"
and her rudder post was broken,
but by double reefing of the sails ami
au Ing'nous urrangeniem of ropes
attached to tit.- rudder, the vessel
was sately navigated through the,
'heavy sea and stiff gale all (hi' way
to Vineyard Haven. i
After anchoring in the Vineyard
iho schooner was taken in tow by
the tug Underwriter and tewed to,
her destination.
Th- Cressy and Captain llaskell
are very well known at this port, the
vessel and her skipper having trade.!
here in the eoal carrying business
for a number of years, and the fact
of navigating the hig schooner the
long distance in a gale of wind l*|
regarded by shipping men here as a'
remarkable one.
SHIPPING REPORT.
Thursday. February 4, 1909.
Arrived.
Steamer Twilight (Br >. Morris.
N.-w Y rk ?to Baker Whiteley Coal
Company for bunker coal.
Steamer Foxley (Br.). Mafheson.
P.-nsacola?to Chesapeake and Ohio
Coal and Coke Company for Lunker
coal.
Schooner M. i). Cressey. .lohnstone.
Portland?to George B. Warren Coal
Company for cargo.
Sehe- in i Sarah W. Law rence.
Portsmouth?to Chesapeake and Ohio
Coal ami Coke Company for cargo.
Barge Ohio. Fall River?to Chesa?
peake and Ohio Coai Agency Com?
pany for cargo.
Barge Pottsville, Salem?to Chesa?
peake and Ohio Coal Agency Compa?
ny for careo.
Sailed.
Steamer Belford (Br. l. Marshall,
Havana; St. Croix. Warner. San Fran?
cisco: Tiger (Xor.), Rtlgge, Norfolk.
Schooners W. H Sumner, Small.
Providence.
Barges Enos Sottle. Providence, Hel.
en A. Wyman. Providence: .Julia A.
Demps'-y. Providence: Gibson. Fall
River, Eastern. Boston.
Mahne Notes.
The British steamer Twilight rail?
ed here for bunker coal yesterday
whil" enroiite to Mobile, Ala.
The Norwegian steamer Tiger
which has been at the shipyard hav?
ing her l.otlom scraped and painted
( lea red for Norfolk yesterday to load
cargo at that port for Cuba.
The tug Virgaie. went into dry
nock No :!. at the shipyard, yester?
day afternoon for repairs to s't-ni and
<ther minor shell repairs.
The Seaboard Transportation Com
BUY CLOTHES RIGHT
Special On
Odd Pieces Of
Underwear
75c and 50c
Values Now
35c
Garment
Wertheimer
& Co.
WasMurt?! Ave & 2?tfe ?t
I ail) 's fui? ?i- P<MTt>\ ill. ? ill bo i:i
n ectej by t r? - - I'nited States local
inspectors ai th.' ship*. ar?l
Tti. lirii.'sb steamer Foxlej . aii.-.i
h?*iv y.st.-ula) f r lunik. ! ?; ,.| ami
cleat cii for l{oitct.1;.in
The following wreck report was is
sped from ibe custom house icatei
daj
CALENDAR TOR TOCAY
Sun i is, - . 7 n| a. in
Sun sets... ..Iii p m
IIIkIi water a. hi : I" ") p m
I ow w atcr :; a. m t ?:' p in
Wreck Report.
Tlie following wrick repori w.i.
given oil! in 111.- i list, m house yo-telS
da>
.Ian. IM.?About I". mil,-- nortr ,,r
Itain.-ga an,I 7 miles Off sh' te, |>ass
od close to a submerged derelict S
Croix iS S i Warner.
.Ian AI mi miles SK. of Ctir
rituck. passed a vessel's) low.riliasl,
spars and boom-', apparently attach
Io submerged wreckage Ma :'.\ \ llaill
iSch i Husk, II j
NOTICE TO MARINERS. /
The lighthoii.-e board h is it-siiod Hie
toll wing
Kli/abi th River. Va. Kli/abclh Ith
? r entrance liell buoy, found drag !
gt d on' of position, was replaced inj
Position January
Lower IRimbert Point buoy, 11. teni.j
p rarilx a wooden spar, found missing,
was replaced January l'7
(loose Hill Channel Range from
light. Janes River. Va The laulcrii
is on a wooden platform, enclosed in
a whit, wooden structure open in
front of the lantern.
Chaff in liluff Light. James River.
Va Change tin- name of this light in
tin- list of I. is, etc . from "ChafTlns"
to "Ctoaffin", to agree yith the 1 i>- ol
light--, etc
THE VERMONT LEADS. |
Battleship Will Receive Pennant for
Superior Marksmanship.
WASHINGTON. 11. C. Feb. 4 ?The
armored cruiser Maryland was com
pelh i to haul down her tlag as chain,
pioii shooting ship of the navy, ami
the pennant floats over the battleship
Vermint, the new trophy winner. Of
ficia) announcenn nt w as made at (he
navy department yesterday that t!i?'
Vermont had wem the battleship tro?
phy as a result of the record target
practice at Manila Hay last fall, tak?
ing the honor from the Maryland. Con?
gratulatory messages were sent to the
fleet, now at Gibraltar, to lie conveyed
to the ca; tain ami crew of 'In- yes
s-1.
The Maryland, which is now on the
Scyth American coast in the Pacific,
with Pacific fleet, made her record
score in the fall of VH"7. in Magda
I lena Bay. Tin- Vermont mail'- her
record last tall in Manila Hay. Th"
I exact score.- ami the percentages ate
now in ing computed by Commander
W. L Sims, inspector of target piac
tice. and will be made public tomf r
rcw. The standing of all the ships
of tin battleship class in gunnery?
thft is. all battleships anil armored
cruisers?was cabled yesterday by
Secretary Newberry. boti- to Admiral
j Sperry. commanding Hie UaUleship
; fleet proper. at Gibraltar, and to Ad?
miral Swinburne, commanding the ar.
? mort d cruiser fleet on its way north
to Panama fr in Valparaiso The set-,
retary, after extending Iiis congratu
i lations to the officers and crew of
the winning ship, ordered that the
V.-rniont should fling to the breeze
the gunnery pennant w ith appropriate
; ceremonies.
j The stan ling cf the ships, including
I (hose of both fleets, is as 1 Hows:
Vermont, Minnesota. Pennsylvania.
Colorado. New Jersey. Kentucky, 111:
nois Maryland Tennesse,-. Virginia
Missouri. Kearsarge. Louisiana. Rhode
I Island. West Virginia. Georgia. Con?
necticut, Kansas. California, Onio and
. Washington.
f The Vermont with her heavy guns,
not only made the bos: record of any
I of the sixteen battleships, but of ."ny
I of the twentv-one big shops that went
through the practice. The Minnesota
came a close second, while the i'enn
rylvania headed the percentage in
tlie Pacific fleet. The Maryland j
dropped frrm first cf all lan year
t.. eicbtb in the entire list this yed'
and to third place among the armored
cni:-ers. The armored cruiser Wash?
ington dropped to the bottom of the
list. Of the battleships last year, the
Illinois stood first, her reccrd being
^second to that of the Mvrymnd. The
year previous the Illinois won the
navy pennant in :hc gunnery work
at Gaantanamo, in which Hie Kear
sarge explosion occurred. This record
1s based on b th day an I night prac i
tice. The reports ?how that on the
whole, the liattleshlps had rougher
weathi r tor their nraciicc in Mini!
Hay than the cruisers did ai Magda
lena Ba^ where :he battleships l-roke
the world's records last spring
), While Captain Frank F Fletcher,
commanding the Vermont, is cimmpn
j <!ed. it Is admitted tint twocs of the
I credit for the Vermont's w rk is due
I to Rear Admiral W P Potter, who
wrs the ship's captain more thrn a
year before the practice, and who
bf: the ship fir promotion only on
the eve of th- Iteir.nning of the prac?
tice. The battleship C nnecHcut. Ad
inlral Sfe rr> s flagship, stand-, seven
feen in the list cf all the big ships.
;-nd twelve in the 1st of battleships.
I i
Death Can be Avoided
in man\ instance.^ tsr hav.ng in th. I
home a bottle ef HOWANS PNKI" '?
MONI A PRFPAR ATION It reduce*
inflammation, ?ca'ier? cor.g'stion ard
is Valuable wherever there are pfteS)
moatl croup. Colds. conrb>. pains and
soreners Kxterna!. ijirckly sb?orbed
Sold by a": drrgrfsis fr m II"*? toj
55c. It ,\ it today snd keep it in the
home 'Or ? m^rcencp a
in Carmack Murder Case.
JUDGE REMOVES WrilTWORTH
State Strenuously Objects. But Court
Yields to Contentions of Lawyers
for Defense?Judge Resents Reports
of Jury Box Tampering.
<Rv Associated Press.I
NASIIVII.I.K. TK.VV Keii I
When an early adj uniuie.it w.i>
lak< n today in "Ii?' trial of Coloin I
Dun.-an li Coop r. H tbili I Ciaipci
and .lohn li Sharp.'. i-haiKed wi'h
the murder ?>:' K W. Cannnck. the
jurors pulsed for the tii.il .if I he
i-a-c had been reduced from eleven
to in b> the removal f Juror Wlii'-.
.mi. ih and a new venire of iiikl tales?
men had been ordere,| suminoiid tor
a; i?'aranee al ft o'clock Monday morn.
Ing. and from these hoth the Siat
and defense expre.>s the hope thai
the two jurors necessary t.> c mplete
the trial panel fill be s.-Clireil
Judge Makes Statement.
When conn o|ienod .lullte llari
said:
"There have been intimations i't
the press thai the Jury list lias been
tampered with. I wish :.? say 'ha:
an drawn is In the custody 11' Circuit
are drnwn i* i nthe custody o: Circuit
Clerk Lewis Mitt. The namea in
it were placed th.-ie two years ago.
1- r.-inaiiis sealed and is controlled
by Hiit. who was earmark's campaign
manager, I make this statement In
justice t<> every one concerned."
Judge Hart Bcemcd to feel very
deeply the insinuation thai there wa'.
an effort made to go- men on the
pam-l friendly to the defendants.
Very few If any in he room ha.I
heard of such a charge which was
sent to i he judge in the form of a
clipping from an out < f town pane
New Venire Drawn.
The court then drew the new venire
and sent for Juror Whit worth.
The latter was asked to explain
his remarks that he wrfs against
Governor Patterson
1 said I was against him because
of his abuse of the pardoning power
and in turning criminals loose."
Judge Anderson. <-f toe defense,
cross ? amined the Juror.
Whit worth declared he would much
prefer to escape service, but denle.l
any bias.
The court th.-n briefly reviewer!
the charge He held that the claim
that the juror had said that the de?
fendants should be hanged, was con?
troverted.
Denial Not Specific.
On the second charge that he had
said that Governor Pa'tereon had a
hand in the killing, the judge held
that the juror did not deny it specif!
cally enough
"Therefore." the court concluded. "I
deem it best to excuse Mr. Whit worth
from ihe jury '
The State objected strenuously, and
declared that the court's action
would disc:-..lit and disgrace Whit
worth.
Judge Han hastened lo say that
'her?' ?as no ground lor such a state?
ment.
The State continued to fight th.
decision and in lengthy speeches
sought to change i: without avail.
Court then adjourned until Monday
at 9 a. in., when the efforts to secure
two mttre jurors will to- resumed.
AGREEMENT REACHED.
British Arrbaeeador Bryce and New.
foundlandert Agree. .
fBv Associated Pres*.)
WASHINGTON. D. C. Feb. 4 ?It
was siid tonight m official quarter.
that Ambassador Bryce and ih. New?
foundland auth riiies have reached
an agreement in the matter of the
questions in rh ? fisheries cotitTOvi rs>
lo be submitted to .The Hague court
for arbitration.
Seine concessions were made 10
the colonial govern mem at the recen
eontcrem-c iti Washington bftween
V r. Bryce. Secretary K ot an I Minis
ter Kent, of Newfoundland, whir'
were incoi iiorated in the treaty sign
ed with reservations by Mr Bry*
and Mr. Roo'.
This compromise has won o\.r th?
Newfoundland authorities and as soon
as the signrd 'reaties are form-il!>
exchanged the American copy of tb<
treaty will b<- =ent to the Senate t r
ratifies i |nn
State department official-; are an*
kons to obtain action on it before Hi*
present session of Congress e\pin s
"Black Horse" Cava\rym*n Dead.
WAKRKXTON. VA . Feb. ?.?Pr
W. W. Payne. 7.*. years old. died in
his home h?-rc last niehl at a kit
hour from llrieh*'s dtsea-e.
In- Payne was the son of 'he la??
Richard Payne. >.( Warr?n on ar...
after prae'leirtg medicine was en
gaged for main years as a *cho"!
teacher
Or Payne fought in th" early year.
?.f tile Confederate wsr in the f on"
Bla. k Horse" Cavalry, but was re
tired n account of health.
H< was a graduate Stadent from
the Medical College o' Virginia, in
Richmond also from the Cnlrer-I'y
.f Pennsylvania
PRESIDENT ALDERMAN
OFFERS HIS DEFENSE
(Cntlaued from F'rst Pago).
natu and uurrow t. : nur considers
lion iu a prise n itch a emu
position at such a ? int.- as this
Eulogs ^ f Lee.
As a Southern. 1 whose kindred
shod Iheir bhtod Hair country
under hi> leadeisin; ,n tucuihei
of a generation to wh.ch In- has been
Tin- supreme moral kuhIi and lasi
as a man from ?h >???? eyes the sight
o| his pielured l.n iias io\er been
absent -in< >? the dann of conscious
inss; as a stud'-1?t who has studied
liia career In ever' hook he 1 011 Id pro
eure in iur lungn.ig. as a teacher,
a ho has used his ie a itifnlly baUiuccd
life as a model ui e\h utatiAn to
toting men In lie \'o lb and hi tie
South. I almost !? :i haunting sens"
of indellclcy to in\ higher t. ellli;. :
j in making a nieti ntcstntioti of r?
I elence fi I ROttOH I' I. e | le. | In OH
j spirit I did actuali\ respt .-l and iai
I eiate the rathei ? . 111 ?hose b ins I
-prang
'Nowhere in tin i il/e . ss \ in hin
judgment can aii\ fail interpretation
discover a purpos. m rlaim 01 a s'a
nielli to t he efl'ei 1 bat K?ln 11 E
I l.ee was a (laltO;- ;i: and oliolls Sense
"It Is an axiom - < lull ipret itfon
[that it 1st ..fundamental!) nufiiir and
productive of wrong conclusions 10
judge of any lit. 1 ? \ production I?.
detached sotit? n?-i taken from 11 and
even more"unjtisi and confusing to
.'it in twain the sentences Ilms de
I I ached Y'-t ibis - precis. I. " lint
hi's been done in 'he ease ol Miss
j Itryson's paper.
Some Irritatmy Paragraphs.
Some of her ciitical > pinions wer?'
in- xact and Irritaiitig, but never ?>>
niy thinkng, aim iv< 01 malicious
For instances, the tissertion thai most
I llie people of the South were dense
ly ignorant was .1 foolish echo < f an
[erroneous view current at one tine?
in her sec'ion and in many Northern
mind-, based upon nnanaly/ej sla
tistics of illiteracy, and tue added
statement that the South was i 111 ? -1 -
h-ettially dead. deri\.-,i from the same
misunderstanding was as offensive
to m>- as to my 1 ri ies Hut I did
not think such misstutenieiits disipial.
ifed I he paper.
"This young Minnesota woman be
I an ber study, no doubt, with many
misconceptions. She ended it by i?
holding tlie essential justice of I he
cause for which our fathers fought
t by declaring that we were jusl as
loyal to light as ur fathers, and by
pleading for a uwnum< nt to Lee as
a gift of the American people from
all sections to spleuild loyalty, to
sin passing worth and unsullied patri?
otism and hon-cr
"This is growth iu historic grace.
I indeed. What this institution needs
I is more light ami raininess and Jus
I tie.- just a touch of the splendid
tob ranees of 1.00 himself.
"I., t Miss Boy son's paper lie print
ed. 1/ 1 it be read T.et our position
as Judges and the standards that
euided ur decision be understood and
then let the verlief as to whether
we deserve censure throughout the
country as lacking in reverence and
love of Robert E. l*e be made up
I would abide such a verdict with
serene confidence."
In addition to the foregoing, the
Ulchnion.i News-Leader, of Rlehiir nd.
minted Miss Bay.-on's essay in fill
and the Veteran's Magazine comments
as follows:
Editor's Comment.
(The T'nite.i Daughters of the Con?
federacy supplies the prize paoer
from the Tea. tier's College. Columbia
University. New York, under the
ab ve cr.ption. The pri;-e of one bun
drid dollars offered by tue United
Daughters of the Confederacy for the
best essay written on the south'.-"
part in the war between the states
was awadred to Miss Christina B~>
son of Minnesota. Miss Boy son was
a student of n markabb- ability, an I
displayed from the firs, a genius for
English Tin .ommittee making the
award is com; used of I?r. Alderman,
"hairman. president of the University;
of Virginia: IT. C. Alph.nso Smith,
department of history of the t'nivr.-i
ty of North Carolina, and Di .lohn Ii
Finlev. pres. i-nt Of the College of
the City of N. w York. This work
was inaug :ra > d a few year. ;sn
by Mrs Livingatcn Row.- Schnyler.
Who is iintirinu In her efforts to pro?
mote a truthful record <f the war
between the states. The topic chosen
by the couiiu nee of whtc Mrs
Scbuvler is ? hairman. was 'General
n. E I.'" fei l**7?-his centennial
yea r.
White the at le jndec< have award?
ed the on.- 1 mired dollars to this
N rthern ' 'be Veteran is unwil?
ling to mak' -e.-ord of it witho-it pri
test aganst >? --Tai statements, snrh.
'or iliftsnre 3:
"Int. Ilectn. i!-. the Sou'h was pra<
'?rally dead Most of the people w-r.
densely Ignoi int." A.7ain To do
now what le General 1 did then
world be tie j n. for the C:vil War
has since t: '-- t what is nth: in this
regard." w ? -hail have con:.' ?<>
think ot I.e. a* the Et:gl-h did ?>'
Washing"oe -for Indeed h.- ?lif
fercd tietn greater Washington
< nly :ti ch<? - s the wrmi; side
He ha t to -" gle with ignorant and
'nfer.or assis'anta who often niisun
-trod hi- 01.1 - and often made hi*
'aith in t! ? a closg for cirryinu
out th<ir 11?' designs Often he
had his os , alor and '!??? I yalty
of a few -1 to oppose the alm'<?'
boundless o-irces of the North
Western :- <* were alwav- Inom
oetent." ? ? ? la consist> n with (h<
spirit of lb' v rller to use 'he term.
"L si Can Let Son-Is. r"? 1 s all
stop using term
II term - unfortunate that ?h*
"Wise pip ? ts out b\ he I'nit'-!
TVauth?. r- he CoSjfedcrrci under
'he erite^i ? ? ?niaatlon of the eminent
scholars head of ?h> s. bight'
?"ep-ita'd. ? -s of Karr.ir.g should
s?- on?>li ' ? ??? s hw?tor\ t. . 11I0?:/ ?
He ? . 1 ' -ood Oen'ral l^--- at
'be ?\rs..' nearly all ??v i? 'r
of tb- "8ei . nd t.et p opli Thi
?cholsrah:: ^Iveaj for tb.- host .
-ar on s pertslnieg '.. tb"
Healths i.v " the war between the
states, tie ?d Daugh ers of the
Confederacy tu appi Int the Judge- i<>
examine tli" piipiis. und the winner
of tin scholarship is required In re
in a 111 mill pursue the subject, the ami
belie; to s. i ine the study of correct
history from the Souths view pool
Ve il*. Ibe writer of this essay has
much to learn, bill the rnited DaiiKh
!? is of the t\nfederacv will hardly
contribute .> lei further educiition
unless she i ll.mites her teachers i
AS TO SMITH STATEMENT
Mis. Randolph Commtnl? on North
Carolinian's Letter.
RICHMOND. VA., Feb. 4. Mi > \
V Itauilolph. prcalden: o| tin Unit
moml Chapter of tin Dsilthleis ol
tlie t'oiifi leracv in a eoinmiiiilcation
addressed to the editor ol the \.-?
I.'.lib ; .l.i, writes as follows eon
ceiuitiK ihe much-discussed prize cs
say nn Oenernl Koben K. 1. ??
Will von kindly slir me space In
your paner fot an answer to a letter
which I have not received from Pr
Smith o: North Cgrnlna although
said letter was published In your pa
per of yesterday, l>. Smith s?is In
has nev. r received offli lal u lice <>?
tlie action of tic Richmond chapter
(liir official notice was not to He
gentlemen wiio madci Hie award, n
was official notice to the Cnitcd
Daughters of the Confederacy who
j ba,| ch. sen these gentlemen. In A,
dermaii. Dr. Smith. In r.nney to
PUSH upon all hi-tcricul is-avs.' tin
I'nited Daughters to preaenl the prize
of $|oil We hud a livlii as members
of tin- I'nited I laughters of the ion
federac> to protest against thl> essay
that these learned gentlemen had
passed upon as being fitting to re
reive this prise
Seek Truthful History.
"The I'nited Daughters of Ihe Con
fedei'ac\ ate a iiidv of women hand?
ed together to collect and preserve
material for the truthful history ol
the war ayd 'o endeavor to have
tired in all S'JiCherlf schools such his
' rlea as are jest and true This hi
finical essay' (and it is sunken of as
such in the I'nited Daughters of the
Confederacy's minutes of Gulf purl and
Norfolk i. is printed In f ill (with com
mem i i the editor I in Coufederat<
Yeti tans of December, edited ill Nash
villi I wisli that ever> Sou:hern
man and woman could read it us a
whole, no) 'fragmentary.' us in- Smith
says we have done, ihen give their
opinions on this cs-uy a.- a present
estimate nf General Lee or a true his
lory of the South and lier peonle. or
If tin \ think 'Iiis paper worthy to
be 'preserved in our nioi ls "
Lcuiriana Oauohters Indignant.
BATON ROIIGK. I.A.. Feb. I?A
\ igorors protest has gone up from
ihe liOuislaua division of the I'nited
I laughters of the Confederacy aaalnsl
the award cf |ltiO, a prize ottered
ly the organiiaMou of -he Diugh
ters. for the best es-ay dealing with
the lit.- of Robert E, Lee, to Miss
Christine Boyson, a student of Coluni
bia Cnlversity.
Tlie subject of the winning essay
was "Hubert K. I/-.?A Present Day
Estimate."
The Louisiana Daughters claim that
it abounda in misrepresentations and
reflections on Ibe South. Miss Boy
son. Is from Minnesota
The judgcK of ihe contest were
Dr. E. A. Alderman, president of the
Universit) of Virginia: Dr. Alphonso
Smith, frrmerly or the Louisiana Statt
University, and Dr. Flnley of tne New
Vork University.
A committee was uamed to Inves
tigate and bring the matter I "fore
the members of the national organ!za.
lion.
TEXAS MASONIC CHAPTER
CENSURES OHIO MASTER i
Takes Exceptions to Action Making
Taft a Mason "At Sight"?
Obian's View.
HOI'STON, TEXAS. Feb. I ?The
Masonic Chafer at Wort ham. Texas,
late last nigh: adopted strong res -
lotions condemning the action of th*
grand master of Ohi ? in granting i
special di-pensatlon in the case of
President-elect Taft, permit ling him
to la-conic a Mason "at sight' Fahrn
a:\ is at Columbus. Ohio.
The resolution will (.?? forwarded
' ' tin- high priest.
Claims Action Regular.
CiXCINNATl. OHIO. Feb. 4 ? W.
H Mellsh. past grar.d master of th? ? j
grand lodge of Masons, said 'he adop
H n of he resolution by the ma onlci
chapter at Wort ham, Texas, cor. j
demnlng th.- action of ;he gran I ma- I
ler of Ohi iirumntiiiR a special dt*
l?-ns.itinn in the case of PjvsidVn'-'
elect Taf' (?ermi'tlrg him to Iktoiii ?I
a Mason at sight " is unprecedented j
and inexcusable.
He declared the action of Hi- gran I (
mas'.-r of Ohio was ab-obiv-ly regu !
lar am! Mas nie in every respect and ?
in acordance w-jth Masonic per?ed>n*
Brode for Special Agent.
i liy Associated Press i
WASHINGTON. D C. Feb. |r-Jul
b n L Broile. of Memphis Tena.. s
graduate or the Cnlvcrsity cf <'k
and an ? *|w-ri in the < -?tton business
will In- api?oin*>d a sp*1* lal agent <?r
the d< partni- nt of commerce and la
law to inquire Into ib.- matter of cot
Ion *? ? ! products He will srec ed
Albert <; Perkins of Tennessee, who
ha.- r.-*;trr'd
Mr R rode 's wotk all Ixg.n in the
mih i France and win extend east
. ? >r a- Si. Petersburg
Electric Road Seid.
<Rv AsM'elaled Pres. 1
ASHKVII.I.K. N C. F' h 4 The
sal. <f th- irre Hock Mountain Rlee
r.r K.i l?:i\. forne-rlt operated to
the Kami Transit ('ompani. a Peas
*vl\a:,!i corporation ?as completed
today The p'|r<- was not miio'ino-d
Th ? perrbir-rv ar. M K How "and
former ewn't ?if ik. Norfolk, ml
Southern R ii wa? and M< ssrs |W
bee. M *l- and Chlk .. a lora| or
pora'ion I
Siv what a Unit- lauuc) paid ? -i? ti Start ta owning your furniture now
wtvk vkill l) iv Von won t cvci 1111 >
Ii H...I il.. 'article w. i>:.hl In. u" '?ukeliaaav %lo have anything jrot
iN'foi" ..." rcall/e ii whim for your comfort at home.
Vou Can For
?5. A WEEK 50c A WEEK $1.00 A WEEK
PAYMENT BUYS ^^ OF S??N PAVS F?"
\ Tiiink hi i Kim GOODS. \ Nico lied Kooirt
Hi a Sic?- Dining Tu Suite
?' ' ' "' " ' ' ' ' " ii ''a riitb-hoin ! x Vl"' ,,ininK RooBI
Or a China Clus? : Suite.
,,, , iii,?i?, "?' ;i foocli A Nice Kitchen Outfit.
' ' ? , ' A Nice Pa, lot Suite.
O, .. vi.... Dms.r " ,,,(|. < 'toi'l'1"
in ., P.U Mattress '"' .Vic worth of any
Oi a Hocking I'liaii or au An S?| tare ? r thing y u may neod
Druggett. n, make the homo
<>? a fall' Polle'rs. ,,, ., l30.i'a,.j
more comfortable and
?' ' ''aria.- Lamp oT-a Flne*Tiunk Inviting, .lust think
Or clor' or a Itooiu ?? M t'i nv how easy i: is to have
Or a Toilet S-'t
lit. Kt?. I'tc K
in- on ci.e'i ?r Line- Ihal piece of furniture
letiiu Miu have l??en want
Come in an?I we us. W?- will supply your wants, and
you ran pay us fach week in Midi email amounts that you
will never inks the money, yet soon own the aiticles. Start
lit now. Kegin to accumulate something w?ith the money
lyou have been throwing away
Harvey Furniture Co.
226 Twenty-eighth Street
The Home of Satisfied Customers and Low Prices
Look ?vt ThiV!
For Sale and Lease!
REAL ESTATE MANUFACTURING SITE
BUSINESS LOTS FARMING LANDS, ETC..
Lots 50x150 above Fifty-eighth street; very desirable lota between
Fiftieth and Fifty eijht streets; lots in Second and Third wards In
rapidly growing communities, within 10 minutes of poetofAce.
PRICES RANGING FROM $150 TO ?1,800 ON VERY EASY TERMS.
Call and get Particulars.
Old Dominion Land Co.
NEWPORT NEWS. VA.
HOTEL WARWICK BUILDING
Schmolz Brotheis,
City and County Depository. 9
Steady growth evldencea satlsfsctory service:
Deposits December Us*, 1904 . $ 518.643.SS
Deposits December Mat, cm.. . 742.192.82
Deposits December .".1st. 1?0G . 788.721.38 '
Deposits December 31st. 19U7 . ?2t>.238.1fi
Deposits December 31st, 1908 . 1.048,324.27
THE BEST SERVICE.
UNIFORM COURTESY. H lJl*'?: I
AMPLE ACCOMMODATION.
The Largest ?9 Strongest Bank in the City
THE BUSINESS MAN
Who needf an accommodating and secure
Rank will do well to open an account with
CITIZENS & MAR NE BANK
A Credit Builder
A -ubstential accunt with a string, reliable banV. such as the
Firs' National Rank is one of the best credit bt:ild??Ts of modern
turn*
Th?- Secnrlty. Manageneni and Service of 'Us bark give It as
impor'uPt po* ?!? n among s'r?.r.g Mansine Instilatioms of the state.
The -Fii st National Bank
Newpcrt New-. Va.
Cap.tat $100.0CO.OO
United States Depositary.
Surplus. $190.001X00