Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1895-09-04


II Ida Wells feelings have been outraged
BY the lynehing and hanging Of a demented
negro by unmarked men in Ohio, she has,
thus far, made no cutlery. BY all means she
ought to 20 back to England and tell her
friends all about il.
A contemporary credits the following sen
tsnce from an obituary to an Ohio weekly
paper Dying about z p. IN, his spirit
reached heaven in time for evening service
The writer overlooked the scriptural state
ment that "there is no night there
A strike of carpet wesvers, 5000 of them,
which has been on for seven weeks and par
alyzed a dozen big mills in Philadelphia, is
declared of-adyauced wages having been
accorded them. And the employees Of the
Fair Hill Rolling Mills have been granted
a second 10 per cent. increase. Thus the
Wilson bill is showing good results.
Rev. James P. Smith, for several years
past co-editor and proprietor with Rev. w.
T. Richardson Of the Central Presbyterian
at Richmond, has purchased the interest of
the latter-Dr. R. having recently died
The now sole proprietor, As is well known
TO southern P~resbyterians generally, Is the
Captain smith Of S@tonewall Jackson staff
and memory.
m ..L. enc E, Fairwount
Park. Philadelphia, turns out to be no fs-
sure at all. Il was a crack heard but not
seen-perbaps a joke Of some Quaker City
humorist, born of the late aPprehended Re
publican split. or an echo Of Quay's decry
Of the growing use Of money ia elections
the latter is enough to make Georges Hill
split It's sides with laughter.
Governor O'Ferrall, who is a candidate 20
succeed Senator Daniel, Is very slow 90 eN-
press himself. but 10 is believed he Is opPos-
ed 20 free coinage Charleston Gazette.
Governor OFerral was never known to
be slow. He has, too, quite emPhaically
expressed his views on the silver question.
He is opposed to free coinage and gives
good reasons therefor.
An American writing from Mexico on the
subject Of silver tells how the laborer Is
robbed there by the cheap dollar, and also
asserts that argue as they will, there can
be but one result from a silver basis in the
United States, which should be made clear
to all who are dependent for their living
upon their daily labor. It is that wages
would not be percePtibly increased, and that
the purchasing power OF those wages would
be diminished almost half
The State University viii open It's doors
TO students Wednesday Sept. llth. The
outlook for a large increase Of students Is
promising, thanks 20 the renewed interest Of
teachers, the people aud the press-the lat
ter a strong lever which does an the putting
free gratis for n0t8ing.-l0rggnt0un Post.
The newspapers Of this State have given
the State University Sl00, 900 of free adver-
Using in the past ten consolidating
Journal.
The Legislature a%ppropriates quite liber-
ally for the University. It might be well
for it to provide a fund for Advertising
Everybody working for and with the Uni
versity is paid except the newspaper man.
There's no provision for him.
Unless The sage OF The Old Family Jour
nal" means 20 ~criticise our use of the word
speculation" we are at a loss as TO what
be refers. If we are right, his dictionary
must be the one used when The Old Fam
ily Journal" WAS born, or his early under
standing Of the word must have been im-
parted 10 him by "Uncle Remus' or aunt
Dinah" or possibly by Johu Browns first
victim, "that inOfensiye colOred man - for
the prime definition is-"Ihe act OF spec
ulaling intellectual examination mental
view contemplation" To wont 90 Co de-
pend upon the old time teachings of ante
bellum sections-this is a progressive age
fall 10 line-P0HeT Press.
The Pioneer Press is informed that The
FREE Press uses "Webster's Unabidged,
and in it finds that I'm the United States, a
few men have been enriched, but many have
been ruined, by speculation Hence, the
party that removed John Browns Fort"
70 Chicago made a bad "speculation"-h
lost money. Those who are instrumental
in bringing it back, may make money and
thereby prove the removal scheme a good
speculation. See? "~Speculation" may be,
a. you say, "the act of speculating i%ntellec-
tual examination mental view cootem
plation." The removal of the Fort may be
a iob-"the act Of Speculation g"-under the
Ruise Of sentiment John Brown seuti-
ment that is. or should be rather sickly 10
this community. "John Browns Fort :"
Why John Brown wasn't a soldier-the Sc
Of that old engine house for a place
Of refuge proved IT, He was only a lunatic
and murderer. aud his frs. victim at Har-
per's Ferry, though he came, ostensibly, to
smancipate the slaves, was an industrious,
inoEensive colored man. 10 didn't take him
long % free Hayward Shepard's spirit from
is bondage TO & tenement Of clay, and it
bis ~prerOgsliye to do it.