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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-16

nit Of a library in each school. contain
ms textbooks prescribed by the State
Beard of Education, for the be1leAt OF
tho scholars.
/ think the ''public school teachers
are, in most cases. doing their duty, IL
they are not collegiate graduates i could
Give many illustrations, but one will SUI
fee: A collegiate graduate appeared IN
this vicinity u few terms ago. Some OF
the patrons patronized her instead of the
common schools After her departure
enc of her pupils. who was a very orisht
girl of fourteen years, entered the com.
1ucn school," and was entirely ignorant
CT simple notation. She positively dlo
net know how to notate 5000. And as
for our superintendent, he is a very po-
tertial man, discharging his duties iuils.
Same fuss about trustees or olstlie.,
Ours are certainly as good ana lmpar. .i,l1
az: any we have had in the past OF couio
get in the future. think some one viz :,
compared the teachers to sycopllai..es
acted the part Of a sycopha,i., enoAi'se =
and failed to be remunerated.
BY the help of God. who. IS our si ts1;eYe
auxiliary, hope and sincereis i,,itss
that through the public schoo.s ~
racy will be distinguished ent,r rGSI1.
Dorou,od Va March 10, 1907
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-16
A PLEA FOR TEACHERS.
Give Them Better Opportunity to Improve
Themselves

Editor of The Times:
Sir,-I am delighted that a Virginia
newspaper has reached tnat po,ns "a p, on
the Improvement of the public school
system may reach the people. The Times
should ever be yenerated h by tne S SenoH
OF good tidings for them. Our people
are at last to be awakened from a
despicable lethargy by the most efficient
means.
In these discussions the all-important
one of a summer school-a Virginia chal-
auqua-must not be neglected. Inc
foundation of a perfect system must pc
laid of course, by special department
work in our colleges. chairs of pedagogy
in our university. etc. Educated teach
ers mean a perfect system. THESE lnno-
ts.uons mean a step, perhaps a strlu.'
toward perfection for generations yet UNI
born. But to-day there are children
gathering crumbs sf knowledge, VINO, IN
a year or two. must become the citizens
of castles idealized by us. What are we we
doing for these prospective archltects!
Their teachers cannot afford to leave
the school-room for an entire college
term and hence miss the benefits of the
new order of things. II our plans succeed
they must be developed by experts. IS
y G present mode OF instruction given 10
the prospective citizens conducive to sue
cessful work on public school improve
ment? I am not censuring the teacher.
She is so unfortunate as to have bee1
born tiftv years too soon; so we must
help her. Give the struggling teacher
chance to cope with the mighty burden
we have put upon her. Let her year oy
year take Il course in some branch OIL
study that will keep her abreast OF the
times. A summer school at Charlottesvilie
for six weeks every year will accomplish
more in teaching present Virginia teach
ers what they do not know than dozen
colleges. We need a school whose cur,
riculum shall comprise an academic ana
collegiate course. The branches Of study
so arranged that a student in the six
weeks may complete q years work on
one subject in the collegiate department
or several in the academic. AT the end
of this time submit to her such q test
that her certificate Of successful eXam1-
nation may be accepted as final by any;
college she may wish to enter or shall
exempt her from future examination on
those subjects.
The four weeks normal institutes. gives
the student little or no status. Al the
end OF a term she has progressed not one
step in her profession. nor will she IN
three years of faithful attendance. HE'D III
remote country towns the instructors
have access to no apparatl except tnat
brought with them.
Our school should be permanently To-
Gated at the State University where the
State owns the apparatus and can furnish
such as is needed for successful instruc-
ton.
All prominent educators of Virginia who
are Interested in publc-school work are
strong advocates of such q school. Ills
through this instrumentality that the ex-
neriment Is to be. tried next summer at
Charlottesville. Men and women inter
e:ted in our children will watch the result
with abating breath. Success means a
cnatauqua for Virginia an dthe South
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Failure means death to progress for the
next decade. Truly the ties. Is crucibte.
we would urge upon the teachers. the
Importance of attending this school. 1t
is the ultimatum of the Board OF Edu-
cation.
We have letters from many prominent
educators endorsing "a six weeks school.
But the permanent organization depends
upon the patronage or those needing IN
small means the school is intended to
help Until we can raise this teacher to
;, progressive standard. or replace her by
one up to the standard, there is little hope
Of better work or more remuneratiVe
compensation. Since your valuable paper
has opened it's doors to opinions on edu-
c:ttionai points, am sure you Will De
glad of expressions pro and con OF our
six-weeks school. II these are more than
your space, have them forwarded to me
at Clifton Forge Va. Box 44. They
shall be laid before the State Board OF
Education during July.
Clifton Forge. Va. March TO- 1902.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-16
Editor OF The Times:

E-ultOE OIL ne lillcS.
Sir.-There is at present considerable
discussion going the rounds of the press
about the uselt ssness of college education,
and most of the participants seem to
think that an energetic young man can
get on just as we'll without having been
to college. None of the gentlemen, how
ever. Suggest any line of study FOR the
young man with a common school edu-
cation who is trying to make up his de-
ficiency by reading at night. Now. for
my own benefit. and in the interest OF
hundreds OF young, men in Virginia SINH
larIy placed. will ask The Times to in
dictate a course of study that will enable
one to get n good command of English
and to write letter or composition that
will stand comparison with anything done
by the average college graduate.
READER.
Lawrenceville, March 10th.
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THE KINDERGARTEN,
What the Ladies OF Norfolk Are Doing
for il.

At the request OF Mrs. Mary Goode
I.rooke, daughter of Hon. John Goode,
The Times reproduces the following from
the Norfolk Landmark of February 10th:
Recently the Norfolk kindergarten As
ISOLATION, which had been conducting a.
the Fourth Ward Public School q Free
kindergarten as an cbject-lcsscll, PIE
scented a petit il to the City Councn for
the appropriation Of fifty dollars a month
out of the city's funds for the payment OF
the teacher in charge of this kinderGar-
ten.
The petition set forth briefly the history
of the association (Which was formed in
April. l90D and explained how its plans
had been successful in some respects ana
unsuccessful i'll others. The financial sup
port expected from the ublic was not
forthcoming in the case of the pay kim
derrarten and the association had to rely
for funds almost entirely on membership
fees and special donations. The failure
Of the public to patroniZe the pay KIN
dergarten caused the petition tor city
support OF the Fourth Ward Free Kin
dersarten to be presented to the Councils
in advance OF the time set in the original
plan.
10 >the great qualification of those IN
1crestea in the kindergarten work and
familiar with its value, the Councils
acted III accordance with the request
of the association When the resolu-
ton providing for the appropriation had
been passed, the association drew up anu
submitted TO the Councils the following
letter of thanks. which was read ana
ordered filed in the Common Council on
February 9TH, 1902, and in tho Select
Council on February 18th, 1902:
..ro the Honorable Select and Common
Councils Of Norfolk, Va.
"Gentlemen:
..rbe women Of the Norfolk Kinder
garten Association desire to express TO
the Select and Common Councils their
sincere thanks for the very favorable
consideration accorded the recent peti-
!-tion presented by them.
."rhey are deeply grateful not only for
this substantial proof Of interest and con-
fdencc in their work. but for the cour-
tesy and symathy extended thcm by each
i member Of the Finance Committee and
and every member of the Councils to
whom the matter was presented.
1t is the earnest desire Of the KINDER.
garten Association to prove by the good
results attendant upon their work thai
! the trust reposed in them will not have
been misplaced ant: the organization
prophecys a time in the not too distant
future when Norfolk in proudly pointing
to her we'll established system of Public
| Eindergartens will do honor to the pres
ent Councils for having laid the corner
stone of this great educational udvane
our city.
LAS 1t is. the supporting of our one
Public kindergarten for one year en-
sables Virginia in some slight degree to
take the place in the educational re-
cord. OF our country to which she is So
Justly entitled thirty otlsar States hav-5
Ing preceded her in the adoption of Pub
lie Kindergartens. And this fact will
j also not be without interest: Norfolk
sha1St tbs xreat honortof adinEs her sister
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cities, since the School Boards Of both
Lynchburg and Richmond are just now
beginning to consider the subject
Norfolk, Va, February 4tf. 1907
(sici1ed) "ELLA# KING.
President.
MRS. w. T. COOKE.
Vice-President.
''MARGARET B. ROPER.
End President.
'.MARY GOODE BROOKE.
Corresponding Secretary.
MRS. w. w. FREEMAN,
Recording Secretary.
MRS. NJ x. KING.
Treasurer"
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ScottsylIle Chat.
fsnaciol DisnatcE to The Times.)


SCOTTSVILI.E. VA, March 15-Mr. B.
n Jones. travelling salesman for whole
sale hardware firm of Wheeling. W. Va.
has returned to West Virginia. after
few days visit to his mother. Mrs. Mary
a. Jones, near here. Mr.. Jones expects
to resign his present position, which he
has held for a number OF years, III the
near future and will lock after his in
terests at his hons about two miles from
Scottsvlle.
returned to his home after a short visit
to his mother and other relatives here.
Mrs. r. L. Stone and Mrs. j. A. Smith.
of Arvonia. have returned homo after
visit to the Misses Pitts. OF this place.
Mrs. Susan Fox is quite i'll at her home
near here.
Little Irving Dunn, grandson OF Rail-
road Commissioner General James G. Hill
was severely burned about the hands
and arms by falling against heated
stove a few days since. His injuries are
very painful but are reported to be get
ting along nicely.
Mr. Jackson Beal left yesterday on
business trip to Salem. Va.
Mr.. Scott Heath paid a short visit to
his parents here and has just returned
to Lovicgston. Va, where he Is at pres
entS enga geds- in business.
Miss Mamie Quick has moved into her
residence on Valley Street. recently pur-.
chased from Mr. w. A. Shepherd:
Smith Were married Sunday afternoon
at Woodbridge. near which place both
parties reside, by Rev. Mr.. Critzer.
Rev. Nv g. c.. Flcurnoy preached his
farewell sermon to his congregation at
the Scottsville Presbyterian Church Sum
day. He having resigned to accept a call
near Ronceverte. w. "a.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-16
Utin1atum.

..I offer you my love" said the young
man. with bitterness. land you offer me
your friendship and good wishes! No.
PuIsatla. there can be no such recipro-
city as that between us two
$50, then said the young woman.
coldly. Its annexation or nothing, Is
it?''-Chicago Tribune
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-16

Dr.. John L. Hankins. brotherato ]. G.
Hankins, Of this city. has entirely re-
covered from D. long and serious illness
and came from Halifax county.
son his way to West Virginia. where he
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-16
A Young Mans Query.

Dublin. Va. March :. 1902
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COUNTRY SCHOOLS OF VIRGINIA

Rosewood, Va, March 10, lsoz.
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A COUNTRY IEACTiE
New Store, Va, March II. 1902.
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4 REMEDY.

Clifton Forge. Va. March 10. 100:
The Holly chieftain., 1902-03-21
Would Smash tAs Club.

If members of the clay Fever
Association" would use DR.. Kings
New Discovery for Consumption,
the club would go to pieces, for it
always cures this malady, and
Asthma, the kind that battles the
doctors, it wholly drives from the
system. Thousands of once hope.
less sufferers from consumption,
pneumonia, bronchitis, owe their
lives and health to it 1t conquers
grip, saves little ones from Group
and whooping cough and is posi-
lively guaranteed for all throat and
lung troubles. Soc. sl.OO, Trial
bottles free at Ikelman Bros.
The Holly chieftain., 1902-03-21
Tho Vic. OF SasoIns

Clouds the happiness of the
home, but nagging woman often
needs help. She may be SO nerv.
ous and run down in health that
trifles annoy her. If she is melan.
choly, exciteable, troubled with
loss of appetite, headach, sleepless-
ness, constipation or fainting and
dizzy spells, she needs Electric
Bitters, the most wonderful remedy
for ailing women. Thousands of
sufferers from female troubles,
nervous troubles, backache and
weak kidneys have used it, and be-
come healthy and happy. Try it.
Only SOC. Ikelman Bros guaran-
tee satisfaction.
The Holly chieftain., 1902-03-21
A pr'nt.r greatly Surprised.

Il never was SO much surprised
in my life. as I was with the re-
suits of using Chamberlain's Pain
Balm" ssys Henry T. Crook
pressman of the Asheville IN. c. }
Gazette. Il contracted severe
case of rheumatism early last win
ter by getting my feet wet. | tried
several things for it without bene.
tit. One day while looking over
the Gazette, | noticed that Pain
Balm was positively guaranteed tc
cure rheumatism, SO bought bot.
tie OF it and before using two.
thirds of it my rheumatism had
taken it's flight and I have not had
a rheumatic paiu since" Sold by
1kelman Bros.
The Holly chieftain., 1902-03-21
ance.

la accordance with law, Gov
ernor Orman has designated Fri
day, April Is, as Arbor day. His
proclamation urges that the day
be observed by the planting of
trees and shrubs for the beautify-
ing of farms and homes, of public
parks and grounds, of streets and
highways, and that the day be
especially recognized in the public
schools with appropriate exercises
Arbor day is legal holiday fol
public schools only.
The Holly chieftain., 1902-03-21
Gill & Gill
Successors to Tdrbox & Gill.

We ask the public in general to come
and see us. We have a new. clean
stock of groceries. the only exclusive
grocery store in Holly, and will keep a
clean, up-tG-date stock OF goods, We
will buy for cash and sell on cash
basis.
We solicit n share OF your trade
ard in return will use every precau-
ton TO treat YOU preciscly right,
All goods guaranteed to please and
il not as recommended can be returned
and money will be refunded,
All goods delivered free o! charge to
parties living IN the city.
Respectfully yours,
Gill & Gil,
The Holly chieftain., 1902-03-21
Having \ Run on chambsriain's Cough
Remedy.

Having Run on chambsriain's Cough
Remedy.
Between the hours of eleven
O'Clock q. m. and closing time at
night on Jan. 25th, 1901, A. F.
CLARK, druggist, Glade Springs,
Va, sold twelve bottles of Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy. He
says Il never handled medicine
that sold better or gave better sat
isfaction to my customers" This
remedy has been i'll general nse in
Virginia for many years, and the
people there are we'll acquainted
with its excellent qualities. Many
of them have testified to the re-
markable cures which it has effect
ed. When you need good relia-
bic medicine for a cough or cold
or an attack of the grip, use Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy and you
are certain to be more than pleased
with the quick cure which it af-
fords. For sale by Ikelman Bros
The Holly chieftain., 1902-03-21

The Syracuse Journal, nnticipa-
ting boom for that town as re-
suit of securing the Santa Fe divi-
sion, has traded its Washington
press for a huge Chicago Stop
Cylinder press. The editor talks
about rush" of business. It is
a mighty poor town in the Arkan-
sas valley now days that can't
scare up some pretext for a boom.
The Holly chieftain., 1902-03-21
Loekiaw from cosweb.

Cobwebs put on cut lately
gave a woman the lockjaw. Mil.
lions know the best thing to put
on cut is Bucklen's Arnica Safve,
the infallible healer of wounds,
ulcers, sores, skin eruptions, burns,
scalds and piles. 1t cures or no
pay. Only Csc. at Ikelman Bros.
drug store.
The Holly chieftain., 1902-03-21
TIME TABLE
GOING WEST.

GOING WEST.
No. l-California express. 3:ll u. III
No. f-Denver express. l2::3S il. III
No. Sway freight....... 7:225 a. m
GOING EAST.
No. 2f-California express. 1898 a. m
No. 8-MexicO and Califor.
MIA 1press.................... l2:l5 p. m
No. s4-Way.freight...... 5 sos p. m
Nos. ! and 8 are local passenger
All passenger trains except No.
carry tourists and Pullman sleepers.
No. 8 carries day coaches and Pull
man sleepers.
ANY information concerning train
services. ticket rates, etc., cheerfully
given. H. P. HORST Agt.
The Holly chieftain., 1902-03-21
ABOUT HOLLY.
Gill & Gill,

Having received numerous in
quiries from eastern people who
are contemplating moving to Colo
rado, We will devote a little of our
space for their enlightenment.
Holly is u town of something
over three hundred inhabitants,
located in Prowers county, within
four miles of the Kansas- Colorado
state line. The town has two gen.
eral merchandise store, one gro
Gerry store, two hardware stores,
one drug store, one bank, two bar
Der shops, one harness shop. one
wagon factory and blacksmith
shop. two furniture stores, two
saloons, two lumber yards, one
coal yard, one hotel, two restau-
rants, one bakery, one confection-
cry, two telegraph Offices, the
Western Union and Postal, two
churches, the Presbyterian and
Methodist, two newspapers. one
laundry, one grain and feed store,
one millinery store, one real estate
firm, two doctors, two livery sta.
bles, two dray lines, two photo.
graph galleries, one stock com.
mission agent, one veterinary sur
geon, one meat market, one watch
repalrer, one auctioneer. architect
firm, eight secret societies, besides
contractors, plasterers, painters
and builders too numerous to men.
ton. We also have one of the
best schools in the state, four
teachers being employed, with an
enrolment of IT'S pupils.
Holly is the headquarters of the
Arkansas Valley Sugar Beet & Ir.
rigated Land company. This COM
pany owns an immense body OF
land north and northeast of Holly
which they are rapidly bringing
under cultivation by selling to
farmers in forty acre tracts. The
land is watered from the Arkansas
river by means of the Amity canal,
and to protect the farmers crops
from suffering during the time
when water is scarce in the river,
the five huge reservoirs in which
a bountiful supply of water is
stored, are drawn upon, thus max .
ing the water supply for irrigation
purposes an absolute certainty
throughout the entire season.
It.is this perfect system of stor-
age reservoirs which is causing
such an influx of new SETTLERS in
this section at the present time,
it being an advantage which no
other locality in the irrigated west
enjoys.
The Holly chieftain., 1902-03-21
PrOwers County Directory

Clerk and Recorder. J. +. Curry.
County Treasurer. W. W. Reynolds.
Superintendent. J. A. Rosebrough.
Sheriff. +. NJ. Tate.
Assessor, f. II. Rosacrans.
County Judge. L. F. Blodgett.
Surveyor. l.. VI. Markham.
Coroner. Fred Lee.
J. X Stevenson,
Commissioners ! Thomas Griffith,
". +. Mcpherson.
Holly Precinct:
justices: A. l.. Hare.
W. G.. Simpson.
Cunstables. a. l.. johnson.
J..W. Bryce.
The Holly chieftain., 1902-03-21

In 1867 John W. Prowers put
in a claim to the government for
$4,000 damages for cattle and
mules killed and run off by the
Indians. This claim has been be.
fore the authorities Washington
all these years, and not until last
week was any definite action taken
on the claim. Now the attorney
general writes Dan Keesee, admin
istrator of the estate, that $500
has been allowed the heirs. The
government moves slow, some
times, but it generally gets there.
Bent County Democrat.
The Holly chieftain., 1902-03-21

y fire occurred near Fowler last
Friday, which consumed hay
barn, grain elevator, ten carloads
of corn, five wagons, many tons Of
hsy and lot of feeding troughs
on the j. II. Riley cattle ranch.
The fire caught from Santa Fe
freight engine. The loss was $40.
COO. which was covered by insur-
ance.
The Holly chieftain., 1902-03-21

You will never wish to take an
other dose of pills if you once try
Chamberlain's Stomach e. Liver
tablets. They are easier to take
and more pleasant in effect. They
clense the stomach aud regulate
the liver and bowels. For sale by
Ikelman Bros,
The Holly chieftain., 1902-03-21
Chronic DlArrhoea.

Mr.. c. B. Wing6eld, of Fair
Play, Mo, who suffered from
chronic dysentery for thirty-fve
years, says Chamberlain's Collie.
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy
did him more good than any other
medicine he had ever used. Fo..
sale by Ikelman Bros.
The Holly chieftain., 1902-03-21

When you wake up with a bad
taste in your mouth you may know
you need dose Of Chamberlain's
Stomach d Liver tablets. They
will clense your stomach, improve
your appetite and make you feel
like n new man. They are easy to
take, being sugar coated, and
pleasant in effect. For sale by
Ikelman Bros.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-08-07
,xicrr The Color Line Ends.

There may be mul;. ttocs, quadroons
ana octoropns, but the eighth bloodcd
negro is tho last possibility in that pro
gression. No one has ever seen, as far
as we can learn. !; human Icing of one.
sixteenth negro blocd. No pure blood.
cd Caucasian and octoroon have been
known to have Issue. Many years ago,
Just after the close of Tie civil war,
when H.shep Ncwlnnn WAS advocating
tie amalglnriticn idea in Now Orleans
one Of Tie most famous physicians and
ctllnologis,s of that city offered re-
ward OF $1,000 to any person who
would bring 10 his Knowledge human
being of ohc-siXtceEth negro blood. NJ
ono evei. Claimed the reward That
particular pi'olact DO man has ever yet
found Oh csiih. From the octoroon the
revcrsion TO type is the only available
erection. Atlanta Constitution.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-08-07
Little Willie Brotherton has Il
measles this week.
Mrs w L Richardson and Mrs
II r Richardson were guests of
Mo Valley relatives Tuesday.
Stock Markets.
NYE & BUCHANAN CO.

M u ~ BUCHANAN co.
South Omaha, Aug. Gsh.-Cattle re-
ceipts growing larger. Prices have
kept strong on good feeders and range
beef. Cows are weaker and % to 4Oc
lower. Demand for feeder and stock
or steers increasing and desirable stock
meets with ready sale at good prices.
Choice cornfed steers strong at $3.50
to $50.
We quote choice range beef S.. so to
6 90; choice feeders 81 Is to 5 35; (this
class in demand also for killers) fair,
Sd 30 to 4.65; stockers SO so to 4.25;
common, $3.50 to 1925; fat cows SO 90
to 400; common, 81 IS to 275; stock
calves $500 to 4 so; veal, $3.50 to 5 $50 i.
Hogs continue weak under light re
ceipts. Will go lower. Range of
prices Sis to $50.
Have had fair receipts of sheep and
market has declined on fat ones 25 to
40c for the week, but is now steady.
Feeders in small supply; demand good
Eat yearlings So Is to 425, feeders
So % to 3 40; fat wethers SO so to 400;
feeders 50. IS to %; fat ewes SO IS to
4 40; feeders $l.OO to 1926; fat lambs
81 so to 525, feeders $3.50 to 400.
Heavy receipts expected within the
next four or six weeks.