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Newspaper
Mathews Journal
Location
Mathews, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1907
Page
2
Publication notes urge readers to mail news by Wednesday. obituaries and resolutions require payment and will be published only as paid notices. Advertising rates apply to readings notices and transient ads with per-inch charges for insertions.
The piece critiques attempts to favor Bryan as nominee and condemns Lasiter for pressing a Bryan on Patrick Henry Day. It ridicules factional attacks, cites Lasiter and Graves, and argues for a steady Democratic ticket beyond insider manipulation, urging respect for the party's will.
The author extols the gifted Southern son for public service and notes his private character akin to a great Nebraskan. They urge support for his return to national leadership, claiming no postwar President has equaled him. A lighthearted apology acknowledges a pun filled editorial cadence.
The Democratic committees of two counties met at Cricket Hill on June 7 1907 with members listed. They elected primaries for county and district offices to be held July 20 and named fees and notification rules for candidates. A mass meeting to elect a county committee was authorized for November Court day and two committees organized with chairs Garnett and Ryland.
Maxwell Richardson a conductor for the Newport News and Old Point Railroad was instantly killed when knocked from a running board by a telegraph pole as his car crossed the Mill Creek trestle at Old Point. Sergeant Baxter Seerrell of Fort Monroe was slightly injured. Richardson, son of Claude Richardson, was brought to Mathews County for interment after his body reached Mathewson Tuesday.
Sunday evening crowd packed Holly ve Church for children day program. Music recitations and solos impressed, with performances by Forrest family and peers, organ by Miss Virginia Billups, and an address by Rev. Louis Suddith.
A. M. Ake of Wood Indiana recalls years of severe lung flare ups with hemorrhages. After trying multiple doctors he began Foley’s Honey and Tar and reports his lungs are now sound. He urges its use in advanced lung trouble.
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