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Newspaper
Mathews Journal
Location
Mathews, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1906
Page
2
Fragmentary item urges advertisers to submit copy by Wednesday for the office. It notes many items will be carried over to the following week if not ready and prepared for publication.
Journal questions the necessity of the Legislatures investigation into the Corporation Commission. It questions motives behind Byrd and defends Judge Crump and Senator Sears, praising Crump's impartiality and Sears report while criticizing Upshur’s vanity and the overall inquiry. The piece affirms the commission's public service to Virginia.
The excerpt shows a dispute over Prohibition era sentiment. Mr Lane defends Judge Taliaferro against alleged misrepresentations, calling them a diseased imagination. The debate centers on whiskey cases overwhelming court time and local attitudes toward liquor.
On Tuesday March 6 Miss Victorie McCoy hosted a progressive euchre party at the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Mathews. First prize went to Mrs. Maye Matthews, second to Mr. Julian T. Christian. Music by Misses Sarah Grizzard and Lola E. Corsa and by Mr. E. W. Matthews and Mr. Tobin. Refreshments included wine, cake and tropical fruits. Dancing continued into the early morning amid thanks for a happy evening.
Chairman Dr T B Lave and officers J A Weston W F E Pitchett Giles B Cooke J W Minter W A Brooks and J J Forrest preside as a subscription of 60 50 is opened. The camp accepts a donor offered to fund entertainment and invites Union soldiers and Northern friends to April 2 meeting to enlist support for a monument to the Confederate leader of Mathews county. J W Minter records the proceedings.
A rustic exhortation to persevere through trouble with steady effort. The fragmentary lines urge pulling through wind and hardship, keeping spirit up, changing tactics, and not giving up. It mentions fishing, work, envy, and grit shaping character, ending with a nod to an Alkaloidal Clinic.
Friendly call to keep school friendships alive as thirty pupils joined the High School. Departures of Rev Moss and Miss Carrie and Emma from Mathews are noted with fond letters from Blackstone. Harold Blassingham moves to Norfolk for business life. An open day is planned for Friday March 30 with parents and friends invited.
The Executive Committee of the Mathews County Monument Association held a meeting at the.
On March 2 1906 the Senate rejected the special committee verdict and adopted Mr Sears Mathews minority report criticizing the majority’s handling. The action followed a period of delay and public pressure as senators voted twenty nine to five with no debate.
The House of Delegates on March 3 rejected the majority report and adopted Mr Sears report. The special committee on the Corporation Commission affairs included Byrd Chum Early Wilson Sears and Sims with Sears the sole signer of the adopted report.
E W Browne, who runs a cigar store at 279 Main and owns Browne News Co at 313 Main, won the bid for a cigar and superior privilege in the new National Bank of Commerce building. He bid fifty cents higher than the next contenders. The stand will be at the main entrance on the right. Browne has operated in Norfolk about twenty years and will run the news business as Skyscraper Cigar Company. He is a Mathews native praising his county as The Paris of America.
The 1905 Virginia Assembly adjourned with many laws enacted and some failed. Total appropriations near five million dollars. Primary schools and pensions funded more, and new offices created with salaries set. Jamestown Exposition grant approved and reapportionment moved Newport News to the First District. Separate streetcar law for whites and Blacks passed. District high schools and general insurance laws established. Transportation rates capped at two cents per mile. Several bills failed including the Rew Crab, RR merger, Mann Liquors amendments, and others.
Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup is presented as an improved laxative that avoids griping and nausea. The product is described as pleasant to take and guaranteed. Available for sale by 8S.E. Richardson.
In obedience to instruction from the State Board of Examiners and Inspectors the uniform examination for those wishing to teach in the Public Schools of Mathews County will be held at Mathews C H on May 3 4 and 5 beginning promptly at 10 oclock AM White and colored applicants examined the same way Thos B Lane Sup t of Schools Mathews Co.
St Pauls School announces weekly Roll of Honor for March 6 with Harold Burroughs Curtis Hudgins Arnold Hurst John Miller George Miller Charlie Powell Willie Ripley Lester Smith Georgie Armistead Columbia Borum Clara Hudgins Saidee Ripley Lottie Ripley Ruby Ripley and repeated four week honorees Curtis Hudgins and Charlie Powell to receive certificates of merit.
A brief health ad promotes Foley's Honey and Tar as a cure all for colds and courts health matters. It warns against non genuine products and notes a yellow package with 5S. E. Richardson as the seller.
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