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The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1902-08-23
lIon. e.nI. 6. IIumpnrI.. E.sslsd Q cOns,ss.

The Cong ressional election, which
came oil in this district Wednesday,
was productive Of little interest, az the
new congressman, Hon. p. q Hum
phreys, had no opponent The vote
vas fair, considering this fact
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1902-08-23

IL forty delegates from Greenville,
\, have made arrangements for q
Ia sleeper to San Francisco after
blose Of the convention, and will
y the story Of their cotton picking
Be uttermost parts of the nation.
III samples OF cotton products have
4 almost as great a hit among the
|ens and visitors in Salt Lake as
|heirturn.out in the parade.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1902-08-23
- vo..I AcoompIIehments

Mr. ana Mrs. Dan McLiaIn are enter
taIninr avery attractive lady At their
home. she Is only II days Of age, but
her vocal Accomplishments are many.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1902-08-23
OUR COTTON ACREAGE.
Comparative Estimate With Last
Seasons Crop.

Theodore H. Price. Of II Wall st.,
New York City, is to issue report,
giving as clearly az he can ascertain,
the condition Of the eo.ton crop to the
22d Of August, and has sent out inqui-
ries for information as to the condi-
tion OF the crop. together with a few
statistics by which the informant is to
be guided In answering his questions.
IN his compilation, he states that the
cotton crop Of Washington county
census fgures) last season was 6s,515
bales; and that the indicated produc-
tion Of the same county for the season
1923, according to his returns OF July
|, 1902, was $500 bales, or 2,s15 bales
less than last season.
When compared with the actual pro-
duction Of cotton, as CLEANED byyour
correspondent, Mr.. Prices estimate is
wrong
The actual production of cotton In
Washington county from October /,
1901 to Jan. /, 1902 was 1910 bales
From Jan. | to July ], 1902 $1,000 /"
From July | to July 81, 1902 262 g
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1902-08-23

Judge Cooper. he Tennessee
lnri-s. All q man ~llH p -sts-e'l =
big isAfs' i. deaa
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1902-08-23

services Largely Attended.
The service Of the Baptist Church.
held ii the park last sunday night vas
largely attended
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1902-08-23
TolaI y. 9a,441 bales

lOtal al.............. 92,44l bales
In 1897, the banner crop year, in
wich we had an overflow, the produc-
tiop was s2, ,25S bales, SO it can readily
be seen that this seasons crop will
overreach Mr.. Prices indicated
production, some $4,000 bales and the
number of bales produced in elisa
bales making last seasons crop the
largest in the county's history.
Washington county is situated in
the heart Of the most productive sec
tion on earth---the Mississippi delta
has total acreage of 440,327 acres,
with 184,961 acres Of cleared land.
The first railroad ever constructed in
the delta was built in Washington
county some thirty years ago, and to-
day she claims more mileage than any
other delta county.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1902-08-23
pIcKERs' COLUMN.
From the Salt Lake
Papers.

.ord set up a yell as the Cotton
~. - vim ers Of the first prize
snIree last year, came into
,he van was a typical negro
p,cIe, Il a broken and uopainted
s,awu by a horse and a mule
,hree big bales Of cotton on
~ seated three pickaninnies.
',bers Of the delegation, who
i foot, we're characteristic
,t,ons Of the happp, lazy, care
IA types Of the Southern cotton
with blackened faces, torn
cIterous calico shirts trousers
With flashing colors, they
A along, giving the looss-ioint-
.Iass gait of the plantation hand
gesion. There we're the super
4 mammies and the joyous
I'm doing a rag-time stunt and
Ia combined. The Mississippi
|bably made a better hit with
q Salt Lake than the Park
'FIze. takers, as there was more
10 the exhibition.
Mine members of the Mississ-
.aleoation. Will Newman by
Ind the landlord Of the leading
n Greenville by occupation, has
|lessed by nature with a beauti'
.ice. which he exhibits to his
4 on state occasions. He brought
A him on this trip. When the
4 reached Memphis Joe Silver
another member Of the dele
|. received the following tele'
referring to Mr.. Newman
bet name is Nellie"
'ep Nellie's voice in trim fol
Axe. Vaudeville engagement a
1ary,"
Mr.. Newman saw the tele
he Immediately cut out every
stronger than mineral water ant
I raw egg for. breakfast ever.
Ing TO keep his voice in condition
stimatea that it will take hin
wears to make up for the drink
ton the trip, and when be got Y
AXE be found that his Greenvill'
i had put up q job on him. Bu
i even by statIoning himself 4
ii the sleeping apartments Of tn
ation Tuesday night and warblinl
he G Gloaming,'' y until his fellow
threatened to send in q FIR
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-17
The NEGROES MISTAKE.

1t is announced that the negroes will
hold a convention in this city to take
steps toward testing the constitutionality
from a national point of view Of the new
Virginia franchise law.
Tho negroes are making a great mis-
take, IN our opinion, to agitate this Ques-
ton. The white men OF the State have
made UP their minds that the large body
Of ignorant negro voters shall be elimi-
mated. and they are determined. All
negroes will not be disfranchised. Those
who prove themselves to be good citi-
zens, who show that they are capable
of voting intelligently and in the interest
to vote, and all, as rapidly as they
qualify themselves, will be admitted tc
the suffrage.
Politics mas been the curse Of the negro
The fifteenth amendment has brought
him no good, but always harm. If the
negro had not been forced into the poll
tics of the South the negro problem, So
called, would have been very much more
simple, and clashes between the races
would have been far less frequent When
ever the negro stirs up political strife
4 he makes trouble for himself and for his
race. 1t is the part of good sense for
! him to accept the situation as it is. to &c
/ on and build himself up and accumulate
/ something and qualify himself for citizen
1 ship He can do this very much better
under the new franchise law than under
the old, and it is the greatest mistake
/ possible for him to make trouble. If ht
/ makes trouble for the whites he is sure
! to make trouble for himself. Those whs
advise him to the contrary advise him
to his hurt.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-17

OF the law. All crimes are nat the same.
but all disobcdience OF the law is the
same.
In the case Under review the complaint
against Policeman Wyatt, who has shown
great courage and Industry in working
up evidence to sustain his charge, comes
rather from those who are summoned
as witnesses than from those who are
charged with operating gambling estab-
lishments. These witnesses seem to think
II great hardship that they should be
hauled up In court to testify. and in SO
doing to make public confession that they
have been gambling. We cannot con-
ccde. however. that there Is any Just
ground for their complaint. II men so
into q gaming establishment which they
know to DO illegal. and engage in play,
they must take the consequences, ana
1t is the part of good sense for them to
take their medicine without murmur
They went into these establishments to
play game Of chance, they knew, or
ought to have known. that they were
taking risks when they went in. and 1t
does not become any man who plays a
game of chance TO sgueal when the play
goes against him.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-17
TEACHING AS A PROFESSION.

The Charlottesville Gazette, whose edi-
tor is one Of the oldest and most dis
tinEuished of the country editors in the
State. contains an article on the respon-
sibility of teachers, from which We take
the following extract:
1t is not the extent of knowledge but
the ability to impart what one knows
which makes a good teacher. 1t is rather
the ability to call forth the mental power
of the child, to teach him how to learn,
TO bring into action the power of thought
The brain OF a child is not an empty
cavity or n storehouse to be filled, but
like a great muscle to be developed and,
strengthened The best teachers are not
those to whom all knowledge comes by
intuition, but those who have climbed
the hill by patient and laborious effort.
This is a subject which is attracting
the attention of the general public and
upon which many writers have dis
coursed, but we have seen no more force
full and concise presentation Of it than
this. Educators have learned a great
deal IN late years about teaching, but
they have learned no moro important
truth than this, that teaching is pro-
.
ter of stuffing. The purpose of correct
teaching is not to stuff a child with in
formation. but rather to train the mind
As some teacher has said. education is
dynamic. In training a child we may
learn much from natures way of de-
velopment. In making crops the endeayor
of the farmer is simply to assist nature.
He digs about the roots of a plant,
nourishes it with fertilizers, makes all
the conditions to growth as favorable
as he can, and then leaves the rest to.
nature, and as surely as natures laws
are fixed the plant which is thus treated
will grow. The intelligent teacher will
follow this plan in teaching the young
idea to shoot
But while there are some who have
talent for teaching and some who have
not, while there are some who are born
teachers, still every teacher should be
instructed in the art Of teaching. In
other words, teaching should be a pro-
fession, and those who intend to make
this their occupation in life should have
something more than a common school
education. They should have the addi-
tional training in the profession Of teach
ing, as the student who selects the law
for a profession should have special
training in the principles and the prac-
tice of the law.
We shall never attain the best results
in teaching until men and women make
it their profession and their fixed occu-
patton in life. The person who would
go into teaching for little while as a
anybody's children.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-17
AELQuRISHING TOWN.

South Boston is not on a BOOM" re-
marks the Times Of that place. .but for
the past eighteen months its growth has
been phenomenal New buildings have
been continuously springing up and
modern structures have been taking the
place of the old ones, which have so ma
telially marred the looks Of the city
South Boston has grown and pros
pered because it is full of live, enterpris-
ing men. 1t has number of flourish
ing industries, and We We're interested
to learn in recent visit to that town
that these industries were carried on al
most exclusively BY residents and by
home capital.
Another interesting fact is that there.
is sort of community Of interest among
tho various manufacturing enterprises,
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-17

Commander of Cruiser Vanita
Invites Mr.. Montague to
Spend Day With Him,
1902 and 1904 E. Main ST.,
RICHMOND. VA.

Governor Montague went to Newport
News yesterday to be the guest for the
day of the commander of the German
cruiser Fanita- HIS Excellency returned
to tho city last night
The Governor yesterday granted abb
soiute pardon to Eddie Vial who was con-
victed of petit larceny in the Police Court
OF this city on March 9Th, 1902, and SEN
fenced to eight months IN Jail In exer-
cising clemency in the above case the
Governor gives as his reasons the fol-
lowing:
This is a. sentence of Police Justice
Crutchfield of four months each for two
cases of petit larceny. The pardon is
urged upon the ground that the young
man had heretofore borne a good rcputa-
ton. and that Lis crime was the fault OF
very great .itoxication. and this appli-
cation is concurred in by said Police Jus
tice and the r. ~ from whom the goods
were stolen. addition. the young man
has a good POSITION offered him In
another State where he is anxious to
start life anew. He has served over five
months of his sentence These consldera-
tons constrain me to direct a pardon.
Private Secretary D. a. Richie return
ed yesterday after a. pleasant stay OF two
weeks at Atlantic City.
Executive Clerk. Sam W. Bigger will
spend his vacation at the .tIIotel ALLIE
ghany'' at Goshen, Va. Mr.. Bigger will
LEAVE to-day
Treasurer. Patrick Henry Sweet of New
Kent county, and Commemorative At
tcrney Evans, of Amherst county, were
the callers at the State Auditors office
yesterday.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-17
THE ANTl-GAMBL!NG LAW.

In considering the question OF gamb-
ling as 1t presents itself to-day to the
people of Richmond we must, in order
to avoid confusion, differcntiate the moral
question from the legal question-we
must eliminate the moral question alto
Gether. fer il is only indirectly involved.
1T Is not a question in dispute just now
whether or not gambling is right or
wrong moral or immoral, or whether or
not there should be a law prohibiting
gambling houses. The lawmakers have
settled that question They have deter
1nined that it is contrary to public morals
and against the peace and dignity of the
State that such houses should be per-
United to carry on their trade. and so
they have made a clear and distinct
statute against them. This law is as
or larceny or any other offense. As such
tt is to be respected, as such it is TO be
enforced The duty of the officers is
plain. 1t is not for them to pass upon
the righteousness OF the law. With that
they have nothing 70 do. 1t is their bust
ness to enforce the law as they find 1t
written In the books. 1t is their duty to
spy out all gambling places which exist
contrary to law and to apprehend all
persons who may within the past twelve
moaths have violated this law. If the
law is obnoxious to the public the remedy
is IN the hands OF the people. All that
they have TO do is 10 Instruct their rep
yesentatiscs in the General Assembly to
repeal the law. But until that is done
the law must either be enforced or
brought into public contempt
For our part, we think it always better
To have no Law of this character than
to have a.law which is ignored. for every
such instance tends to bring the whole
law and the whole system OF law into
contempt II one law is violated by COM
mon consent The whole code OF laws saf-
fsrs. There is but one safe rule and
that Is to compel obedience for tho sake
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-17
From CHURCH PAPERS.

How grateful we should be that God
does not deal with us, either as indi-
viduals or as nation,
OUR DESERTS. according to our de-
serts. How sadly we
should fare if God did so! God loved us
while we were sinners, and sought TO
save us, Our hope Of salvation IS that
God saves sinners, not that he saves
Christians. God does not love US in spite
of the fact that we are sinners. but
God loves US in spite Of the fact that we
are sinners. That is our hope. AS ma
ton we have been prospered Of God not
because we have dealt fairly with other
needy peoples, but in spite of the fact
that we have ill-treated other peoples or
races. We have ill-treated the Indians.
we have ill-treated the negroes, we have
ill-treated the Chinese. We have q sad
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-17
HEPRIMARY PLAN.

It is conceded that the primary plan
for the nomination Of party candidates
is in the main admirable, There has been
much discussion pro and con as to the
viva voce system of voting, and there is
something to be said on both sides. But
as to the primary plan in general The
Times has always favored it, and we are
not surprised that it has proven itself
to be successful and satisfactory.
The main objection to it is that 1t puts
the candidates to heavy expense and
practically precludes the poor man from
entering the race. This, to our mind' is
the most serious aspect to the subject
and some sort Of remedy Should De iouilo'
as we believe it will be found by and Dy'
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-17

spoken by One who knew the hearts
OF all men.
Ever let men hear and heed this word
of caution; "Beware!"
When the harvest is abundant, then
'Beware!'
When health is long-continued and the
doctor an unknown stranger in the
house.-'Beware!'
When success attends our endeavors.
and plaudits our actions.-then .'Be-
ware
When a house Is added to house. and
land to land,-then Beware"
It is SO easy to love this present world.
SO natural to be absorbed in it and its
pleasures.
Not only in the perilous march, but In
the quiet camp amid noble trees and by
clear mountain streams, the true soldier
polishes his armor, and sleeps upon it,
ever ready, listening for the call to battle.
The true Christian living in the world,
amid its pleasures and entertainments, ever
keeps his heart fixe d on the great
end of life, and his ear open to the call
of duty, remembering that this is not his
rest.
For the things which are seen hire
temporal; the things which are not seen
are eternal
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-17

Tho plains Of industry, Of that town
do not conflne themselves to one particu-
lar Industry, but each man. while giving
his special attention to one line, gives
a part Of his money and a part Of his
time to other branches. That sort OF In
dividuai enterprise and public spirit are
bound to make any town grow. South
Boston IS in rich agricultural section,
and it enjoys natural advantages as a
manufacturing centre. But location IS a
small matter as compared with individual
and concerted effort. It is the men VINO
make the city. This was said long ago
by Shakespeare, the philosopher, and II
is as true to-day as it was then.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-17

Irvington Citizen: IF Hon. W. j.
Bryan's decision not to be again can
didate for President has no string at
tached to 1t the Democracy OF the
nation are truly to be congra tula'ed'
and he is deserving their sincere thanks.
Hardly his most sanguine adherent can
picture for moment conditions that
would land Mr.. Bryan in the Pres!den-
tiai chair, and he must recognize the
truth OF this himself. Let US nope
that our erstwhile leader has become
wise through adversely, and that while
he will not onLy peremptorily refuse TO
be considered as a presidential posi-
bility. he will not pass into the category
of sorehead and common scold.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-17

Mr.. Powell Wyer. connected with the
prescription department OF the Polk Mil
Ter Drug Company leaves Monday for
N;irrenton. Va. his herne. on a vacation.
Samuel E. Duggins leaves to-day for
Baltimore. Philadelphia and New York
on a business trip.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-17
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Trend of Thought s
3 : In Dixie Land 8
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OkCAO+O<OfC*O* 4O%O*C%O%Ct
The Savannah News. feeling a little
Disguised over the Gaynor- Greene out
come, says:
eff the fugitive from Justice is a negro
he should go to Boston. where they will
pose him as q martyr and make much
of him If he is a white man with bar'I
he should go to Quebec, where they have
learned to drive q wagon through ex-
tradition treaties
The Birmingham News. discussing the
possibility of Southern man being run
for President. concludes:
.sWhat is required is not Southern
man for President, but more Southern
men that are pre-erninently qualified for
the presidency. II more of the South
ern leaders would sit at the feet of John
T. Morgan, for instance, and drink in
statesnanship as broad as the nation
instead of blindly following the eccen-
trio leadership of sentimentaiist the
day when a Southern man would be
President of the United States would
be haStened-,
The Macon, Ga. Telegraph, replying to
an article in the Springfield. Mass, Re
publican, says:
the eventual death knell of cotton
manufacturing in distant sections has
been sounded. The consciousness of
this fact is one of the causes of the hue
and cry in certain quarters over child
labor in the South. It would be unfair to
say it is the only cause, and we do not
say it. There is, of course. genuinely
humane sentiment that is aroused in this
connection everywhere. but that fear
md iaat S1,S -31S n.
The Atlanta Constitution. in an article
urging textile education in tho South.
says:
THE scarcity of help is suggested as
| the chief obstacle to be faced by South
| ern cotton mills at this time The scare
| ity of good help is not, however, con-
| fined to the South. as many OF the
! Northern mills are short of hands, hav-
| ing had such trouble in securing good
| weavers that a good deal of mill machin-
| cry through New England IS lying idle.
| The present troubles of the Southern
| mills are not as great as those expert
| enced by Northern mills, because greater
| skill is required in making the finer
| cloths of the Northern mills; but II the
| South is to progress, it must meet with
out delay the problem Of securing
| skilled labor"
Columbus Enqurer-Sun:
| 81 Virginia fortune-telling negro de
clares that the fates have decreed That
| Mr.. Bryan shall be president in 1912, but
| that Mr.. Bryan. by his own acts, may
| defeat this decree
Chattanooga Times:
| MIR Carmack seems really hopeful
| that Maine Will go Democratic. But then
| Congressman Brownlow has frequently
| prognosticated that Tennessee would so
| Republican. Your politician is very en-
| thusiastic person-on paper"
| Mobile Register:
In Boston one man was fined so for
| kicking mis- horse, and another man
| fined $ for kica-ng his wife. The moral
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-17
-, /, P;t Humorous.

There should be a large and Juicy tor-
ne ~. the man who will embark In the
,',s;na ass Of canning predigested crow for
rsmocratic tables.-Judse.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-17

Bsrnes-Is the girl prettys
Shedd-Beautifu1! That is to say. my
wife doesn't like her a bit I haven't
seen her myself. you kIow.-Boston Tran
script.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-17

In Old Kentucky: Basit-Did old Stller
leave his family anything when he died?
Zeke-Yeas. sah- He lett mortgages
an two feuds.-Chicago Daily News
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-17

.,ra ,;ou really think that the political
toes OF Your party is q greater man than
~. eli" answered. the candidate. It
von't exactly say he's greater. But hs
has a great deal more influence with the
neonle with whom am doing business as
nT,sant."-Washinston Star.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-17
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
: I'm -Four Goth
: Wrginia Editors
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

The Fredericksburg Star says: Dur
ing the interval which will elapse be-
tween now and the fall meeting OF the
Virginia Legislature, the people and the
press of this State should use every effort
to persuade members OF that BODY Oh
the urgent necessity Of making an ap-
preparation for the ST. Louis Exposition.
Especially should this matter commend
itself to the management and others
interested in the jamestown Ter-Cente-
nary, because this Virginia affair can
not afford to ask other States for appro-
priations should this State show an I'M
willingness to exhibit at st. Louis.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-17

We are not given to enumerattns fowls
previous to incubation, but will venture
, the suggestion that in the event OF Dem
ocratic success in 1904, Bailey would be
fitting successor to Knox.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-17

Iady-Ain't you ashamed to be begging
On the streets:
Reggar-Well. yes I'd sooner do It IN
de- pulpit or at church fair. but fate Is
agin me.-Judse.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-17
Remarks About Richmond

Newport News Press: 1.-THE witnesses
who are wanted in the cases against
the Richmond gamblers seem inclined
tc go on strike"
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-17

The Richmond Times mildly insinuates
that the fellow who told Mr.. Bryan that
silence is golden played the fool. AS
between silence and silver Mr.. B-will
take silver every time, everywhere
Raleigh Post.