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Fleet Returns After the Longest
Cruise Ever Taken
BY A WAR SQUADRON
The Great Armada Steamed Mnjea
tit-ally Into Hampton Bonds Monday
in Battle Lino Ton Miles in
Length?The Greatest Navel 1 >isplay
Ever Witnessed at Any Time.
Old Point Comfort, Feb. 2 2.?
When the globe encircling battleship
fleet east anchor today in the
immense watery trianglo, bounded
by Newport News, Norfolk and the
gray old walls of Fortress Monroe,
there ended one of the most spectacular
and successful cruises in the
history of the . world. The fleet uncharged
after the review at the place
jvbere it started more than a year
ago and it is home in almost as good
o it'lw,.. II Iir?i 1, Itu .1 <> _
VA'lIMM l\ / II llfJ ?? I I \ II IV l/V foUII I to I M |
000 inilo journey, more than twice
the distance ever sailed by any licet
in the history of tlie world.
For a week the cities bounding
Hampton oltads have been fleet mad
and the culmination of the enthusiasm
and oxcitement was readied this
morning when the great battleships
steamed majestically into the roads,
with the flagship Connecticut leading
the procession and Admiral
Sperry on the bridge. With the
sixteen battleships was the third
squadron, commanded by Admiral
Arnold, which had been sent out to
sea last week to meet and escort
it home. When the ships cast anchor
in the roads there were twenty-six
in all, of which twenty were battleships.
Saturday and Sunday every incoming
train and steamship brought an
immense m u it it ado of nemilo intn fh<>
cities around Hampton Roads and
tho number of sightseers lias never
before been witnessed in these waters.
It is estimated that between
20,000 and 25,000 visitors lined
the shores or were in the scores of
pleasure crafts ailoat in the roads.
Tho crowd was even larger than the
great throngs which saw tho lleot
depart. People are here from every
Slate in the union.
Tho marine spectacle and review
today was something extraordinary,
an event which will live in the mem
ory of every beholder. Early in the
morning the day promised to be
ideal, but about 10 o'clock the sky
became overcast and a light drizzling
rain began to fall, which continued
throughout the review. This
marred somewhat the great panorama.
The ships Hied past the Mayflower,
under a lowering gray sky, and at
times the rain and the mist almost
obscured the tail of the fleet, while
the saluting guns sounded mullled
in the fog. Otherwise the marine
picture was perfect. The review occurred
at the tail of the llt.se Shoe,
which lies between Cape Charles and
Cape Henry, eleven miles from Old
Point Comfort.
When the ships were first sighted
coming up through the Virginia
capes, grim and gray looking, they
began to lire the presidential salute
of twenty-one guns, and a vast pall
of smoke hung over the scene. Then
as they filed past the president's
yacht, each ship fired , twenty-one
Klins. Airain at 12 nVlnplf nnnh v<??.
sol fired t wenty-one guns, the national
nalule in honor of Washington's
birthday.
At 9 o'clock tins morning fifty or
more excursion steamers, private and
small pleasure crafts of various kinds
left Norfolk and Old Point Comfort
and raced down the bay to meet the
fleet. They were black with people
and covered with immense signs oi
"Welcome Home."
When the Connecticut arrived opposite
the Mayflower, the excursion
fleets' sirens screamed, whistles blew
and the bands played the Star Spang
led Rannor.
The Mayflower, having on boarc
President Roosevelt, Secretary of the
Navy Newberry and Mrs. Newberry
the Roosevelt family and Represen
tatlve and Mrs. Rongworth, and sov
eral friends, arrived at llamptoi
Roads early this morning, liavlni
come down tiio Potomac from Wash
ington Sunday afternoon.
The Mayflower was in its positioi
at 11, a. m.P at tlie Horse Shoo tail
and the battleship ileot, ship b;
ship, headed by-the flagship, stoame<
slowly past in review.
The ships amid the thunder o
their guns wero in a lino which ex
tended for almost ten miles and fron
the time that the Connecticut pass
od the Mayflower until the last ves
sel dipped its flag and the last salut
has boon fired, more than two hour
elapsed.
The vessels steamed four hundrci
yards apart and the division cigh
hundred yards apart.
After the review they dropped an
rhor in a two-column formation am
the barges of the admiral's flee
carried each captain to the Mayflowe
where they wero received by th
president. Tho reception was brief
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FLINT FLAM GAME
WORKED 11V A SLICK NEGIIO
ARTIST IN ANDERSON.
lU'njK'd a Rich llarvrst by Claiming
to bo tbo Forerunner of Rooker
Washington.
Anderson, Feb. 2 4.?Special telegram
to the Greenville News tells of
a Aim 11am game worked on the colored
people of this county by a slick
rascal of their own color. Claiming
to bo a forerunner of Iiooker T.
Washington, a negro by tho name of
Will Johnson has reaped a harvest
among the colored people of this
county during tho past few days.
Ills harvest-reaping was abruptly
stopped when Sheriff King and Policeman
Martin of the local force
nabbed him on a street of this city
a couple of nights ago.
It is said that Johnson has been
operating in this section some time;
that he has picked communities far
from any cities. He claimed to bo
an insurance agent, and that the company
he represented was organized
and manned by Hooker Washington.
Mo talked tho ignorant negroes into
paying him sums of money, claiming
that Hooker Washington urged
him to come here to causo them to
take out good lnsuranco at cheap
rates.
lie collected considerable money,
giving tho victim in turn a slip of
paper, which ho said was Greek, and
which could be translated only by
Hooker Washington, "who is soon
to visit this section and who will
deliver the insurance policies in person."
Evidently the negroes hereabouts
are anxious for a glimpse of
Washington, for 110 doubt tho suggestion
of his delivering the policies
had as much to do with causing them
to "take out policies" as did the
need of insurance.
Johnson was haled before Magistrate
Muldrow this afternoon, and
when brought faco to face with nine
indictments he plead guilty to eight
and not guilty to the ninth. Magistrate
Muldrow imposed the maximum
sentence in each Indictment
making the sentence aggregate $800
or eight months. The prisoner will
he given a trial on Monday next on
the ninth indictment, and in the
meantime between 40 and 50 other
Indictments will be secured from other
victims.
Johnson is a slick-looking negro,
and his scheme was well worked.
At present he is resting in the county
jail, and will remain there until
after Monday, when he will likely
commence service of his long sentence.
FAUMEltS SHOULD CO-OPKKATE
For Their Business, Social and ICducutional
Advancement.
The Farm and Factory Journal
says if farmers and other dwellers
in the country begin to organize and
co-operate for their own business,
educational, social and spiritual
good, mey will ho following the example
of tho people of the citios, who
have found It necessary to act together
to solve the great and intri
cate problems that have confronted
them.
In this ago of organization tho
class whose individuals do not organize,
do not exchange views for
tho common advancement, do not cooperate
in the promotion of their
common welfare, must inevitably fall
into a relatively background position.
This country which is fundamen,
tally an agricultural nation, whoso
strength is peculiarly founded in tho
1 soil, cannot afford to let its rural
life fall behind. For this reason
, tho movement now inaugurated
, should have tho most sympathetic
? support of the whole natio'h, "bf tho
whole population, whether rural or
urban.
i
, Killed by Lightning.
Donalds, Feb. 23.?Capers Robinson,
a respected colored man of this
1 community, was killed by lightning
j Saturday afternoon, lie was sitting
, with his family at tho fireside in
- his homo. The others were not* hurt.
i tho officers returning to their respec;
tivo flagships.
Half an hour later tho president
proceeded to the flagship Connectil
cut, where he was roceived by Ad,
miral Sperry and tho officers and
/ whore ho remained some twenty min1
Ut08.
The next ship vistied was the Louf
isiana, which is the flagship of the
- second division, and tho presitdentlal
i party spent twenty minutes aboard
- of her. The flagship of the third
- division, the Georgia, was visited
o next, wncro an equal amount of time
a was spent, and the last visited was
tho battleship Wisconsin, the flngtl
ship of the fourth division,
t Tho president arrived at the Wisconsin
at 4 o'clock. After the vl^it
- to tho Wisconsin he returned to the
[1 Mayflower and tho vessel will loavo
t for Washington late this afternoon,
r On each flagship tho president made
e brief congratulatory speeches to the
', assembled officers and crews.
/>_ . s.
SAID TO BE FAKES
ALL CONSUMPTION CURES ARE
SO BRANDED BYT
Tho National Aiiti Tul>erculosis Association?Fresh
Air, Rest and
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?? luurwiiiu rood lllll)' I TCUtlllCIlt.
A dispatch from Now York says
in view of the constant agitation and
exagerution with regard to the treatment
of tuberculosis, the national
association for the study and prevention
of tuberculosis has made an
examination of more than 200 of
the so-called "cures" for consumption,
and after consideration of
them, announces that the only sure
cure for tuberculosis is fresh air,
rest and wholesome food. The
"cures" examined by the national
association are of two kinds.
The lirst class of "cures" include
the quack remedies and nostrums
with which the public is being constantly
deceived. Some few of these
are pig blood, cod liver oil, lino dust,
malt extract, goat meat, corn oil,
clabbered milk, vegetable teas, ultra
violent rays, malt whiskey, and nu
morons inhalations of supposed germicides,
besides a large number of
well known patent and proprietary
medicines.
The national association afllrms
that no drugs, medicines, inhaled
gases, or home made remedies can
cure consumption. Neither is it possible
to inhale a germicide sufllciently
strong to kill the consumption
germ. Such an inhalation would I
kill tho patient before it would kill |
the cerm.
The second class of "cures" include
tho "institutes" and secret
remedies advertised by so-called
"doctors" and "professors." These
"institutions" or persons claim that
they can "euro" consumption, and
in every case they cheat the patient
out of his money. Tho national as
sociation denounces all of these "Institutes."
*
1IA1U) ON TIOODY.
Tillman Wants Message Excluded
From tho Mails.
Washington, Feb. 2G.?Senator
Tillman today astonished the Senate
by the introduction of a resolution
instructing the committee on postolllce
and post roads to inquire whether
messages and reports recently
sent to Congress by tho President
should not be excluded from tho
mails as obscene literature, unfit for
circulation. The resolution was on
motion of Mr. Tillman, referred to
the committee on postofllce and
postroads, its reading in the Senate
and reference causing no discussion.
Tho resolution includes not only
the President's message, but the report
of the commission, and the committee
on postolllces is directed to
cuusuier wneiner 1110 use ol tne
mails should not bo prohibited to
the entire matter.
The resolution refers to the President's
homos commission, dealing
with homes in Washington, to the
message 011 the commission's report
and to the report itself, which treats
of conditions in the alley homes of
the City in plain language. *
A 11 LOW AT THIS DOGS.
Owning of Sheep-Killing Canines to
lie Prohibited.
Columbia, Feb. 27.?The following
bill became a law by passing the
House last night:
Section 1. That from and after
the 1st day of April, 1909, all persons
are hereby prohibited from buying,
selling, receiving, giving away,
or otherwise owning, controlling,
having or keeping in possession anyl
dog or dogs commonly called "sheepkilling,"
and known to be such.
Section 2. That the violation
knowingly, in any one 01* all respects,
of the foregoing prohibition,
shall be a misdemeanor, punishable
upon conviction by a line of not exceeding
one hundred dollars, 01* imprisonment
for not exceeding thirty
days.
DKATli OF GOV. SLOAN.
Dies on His Way Home From Philadelphia,
Pa.
Columbia, March 1.?The State of
this morning says news was received
in the city late last night that Col.
John T. Sloan, former lieutenant
governor of the State, passed away
on the train, near Greensboro, N.
C., while he was being brought home
from Philadelphia, whore he went
some time ago for medical treatment.
*
C111L1) BURNED TO DEATH.
Little Elizabeth llardin of Chester
Meets Frightful End.
Chester, Feb. 28. ? Elizabeth
llardin, Che 5-year-old child of Mr.
and Mrs. J. F. Hardin, died today
at 12 o'clock as a result of burns received
earlier in the day. The little
one's clothing caught fire and
she was frightfully burned before
the flames could bo extinguished.
/
THE STATE DRY
For Fifteen Days, During Which
Time the Great
WHISKEY QUESTION
Will Ho Settled by the Wet Counties
to Suit Themselves?Local OptlonIsts
and Prohibitionists ltcuch nil
Agreement Upon a Referendum
Measure I'jmui Sale of Whiskey.
Columbia, Feb. 2 6.?Refusing by
a vote of 28 to 9 to adopt a Statewide
prohibition bill, and by a vote
of 2 7 to 11 to pass a State-wide referendum
bill, the Senate today passed
tiie prohibition measure with the
Clirlstensen and VVillliains amendment,
after a lengthy discussion as
to what was really the agreement of
tlie evening before. During the discussion
Senator Otts, the prohibition
leader, charged practically that there
had been a breach of faith among
thoso who had r< ached this compact,
and asked the prohibitionists to consider
where they were in the matter.
j no Dill, as finally passed in the
Senate to third reading, provides for
State-wide prohibition in the counties
of the Slate from tho first Tuesday
in August until the third Tuesday
in August, when an election
shall he held in the counties now
wet. This election is to determine
the policies of the wet counties as
to whether they shall retain tho
sale of whiskey. Tho right is reserved
to the dry counties, as under
the Carey-Cothran Act, to vote upon
tho question once every four years.
Tho Christcnsen amendment as
adopted provides:
The Christcnsen Amendment.
Section 14. This Act shall take
effect on tho first Tuesday in August,
1909: Provided, that in the
counties then having dispensaries an
election shall he held on tho third
Tuesday in August, 1909, for the
purpose of determining whether the
dispensaries located therein shall he
reopened, and such election in each
of said counties shall ho held and
conducted by the same officers ami
under the rules and regulations provided
by law for general elections.
Section 15. At such election the
tho election commissioners for such
county shall at each voting precinct
therein provide one ballot box, In
which the ballots must bo cast, Any
person who is n qualified elector of
such county may vote in said election.
Every voter who may bo in
favor of the sale of liquors and beverages
in such counties shall cast a
ballot in the box provided therefor,
on which shall be printed the words,
"For Sale and Manufacture of Alcoholic
Drinks and Beverages," and
every voter opposed shall cast a ballot
upon which shall be printed the
words, "Against Sale, Etc." If a
majority of the ballots cast in such
election be "For Sale, Etc.," it shall
be lawful for such liquors and beverages
to he sold in said county as
hereinafter provided. Provided, that
the expense of these elections shall
be borne by the State.
Section 1G. In case an election
as herein provided shall result in
favor of the sale of liquors and beverages
the dispensaries in each county
so voting shall be reopened and
conducted under the provisions of
an Act entitled, "An Act to declare
the manufacture, sale, use, consumption,
possession, transportation and
l disposition of alcoholic liquors and
beverages, within the State, and to
polico the same," approved the lGth
day of February, 1907, and Acts
amendatory thereof: Provided, that
all of the provisions and limitations
of the said Act not inconsistent with
this Act shall re nip in in full force
and effect in all of the counties of
the State: Provided further, that
in counties which shall reopen dispensaries
therein, the county dispensary
board and dispensers in ofllce
on August 2, 1 909, shall continue
to discharge their several duties as
if Hiwh iHononaai'tr /-, ? ..i~
.,...|.vi.on. J ui It's
had not been closed.
The Williams amendment,
which occasioned a great deal of disdission,
finally being adopted provides:
Dry Counties Can Vote.
Provided, that in counties whicli
have heretofore voted upon the question
of dispensary or no dispensarj
under existing or previous laws, and
havo no dispensary at this time, slial
have the right at any time after th<
expiration of four years from tin
last election on the liquor questior
to hold an election upon the questior
of dispensary or 110 dispensary as
provided for in "An Act to declan
the law in reference to and to regu
late the manufacture, sale, use ant
consumption, possession, transporta
tion and disposition of alcoholh
liquors and beverages within th<
State, and to police the same, ap
proved the lGth day of February
1907."
This would give, unquestionably
the right to the dry counties to vot.<
upon the whiskey question, which i
seemed that the Chrlstensen amend
ment did not clearly and expressl;
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