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The Monticellonian., 1902-02-28
Pnbiie Speakinp.

At meeting of the county cans didates 1t was decided to speak at the time and places as follows, tos wit!
 Plantersville. Monday March 10. Myhand Place Tuesday . II. Florence, "Wednesday 1s. Selma. Thursday E. Tillar, Friday II. Baxter. Monday r. Collins, Tuesday IS. Highland Park Tuesday night, March IS.
 Craig School House. Wednes. day, March Io.
 Gotham School House, Thurs, day. March 20.
 Prairie Grove, Friday, March Lacy, Saturday, March 2.
 Ozment's School House. Mon day, March 24.
 Green Hill, Tuesday, March a5. Wilmaf, "Wednesday night. March 26
 Allis, Thursday night, March 27 Monticello, Friday, 2S. 
 The candidates hope to meet all the people, in order that their merits may be known and discuss- ed.
The Monticellonian., 1902-02-28
For Sale.

A fine Jack-six years old, medium size. Apply to Wm. Stephenson,
 Selma. Ark.
The Monticellonian., 1902-02-28
Saved Him From Torture.

Feb. 2IsIoo2.
The Monticellonian., 1902-02-28

The store-house of C. $. Msbane was burglarized last Monday night, and a lot of cheese, sardines, shoes, socks, etc., taken out. One of the front windows was broken, where by 1t is supposed the entrance was made. No clue to the burglar or burglars.
The Monticellonian., 1902-02-28

Our readers will find in to-day's paper the announcement of MT. NJ. D. Parker, one of our oldest and most influential farmers, who is d candidate for County and Probate Judge of Drew county. Mir. Park CT has been a resident of Drew county for twenty seven years, and is thoroughly indentifed with the people. He is man of consider able experience and bears a good reputation. If the people see fit to honor him with the office he seeks he will serve them faithfully and to the best of his ability.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-15
AlITTlE ERROR.

In the New York Evening Post of
"wednesday appears a letter on The His
tory of Southern Education" The letter
is written from Randolph-Macon College
under date Of June. 1902, and is signed
by William E. Dodd- In the course of
his letter Professor Dodd says:
1t was not until after the civil war that
any break in the ranks OF the college
quadrivium was made: and this was done
by Professor Thomas r. Price. now of
Columbia University, New York. He sue
ceeded in getting the first chair Of Eng
lish in the South established in RANDOLPH
Macon College. and from this high-grade
denominational school the University OF
Virginia secured its first professor of
English. Gradually the other Southern
schools followed suit This gave the col
lege five culture Cor disciplinary courses.
and these compose to-day almost the en-
tire work OF the Southern college stu
dent The conservative forces Of nearly
all our educational Institutions deny
positively that any other subject has
anything like the culture value of one
of these. 1t Will be asked Did not his
tory form any part OF the training given
by the colleges? 1t did. The University
of Virginia required its language profess
sors to teach the history of the people
whose language was being studied Hence
arose the custom OF aSsociating the his
tory of Greece with the Greek language.
the history of Rome with Latin, and SO
on with France and Germany And, as
has been seen, what Virginia" did. the
other colleges Initiated.
1t would appear from this that until
Professor Price went TO the University
of Virginia history was only taught in
connection with Latin, Greek and the
modern languages. In point OF fact the
chair in History and Literature at the
University of Virginia was established
long before Professor Prices day, and
under Professor George Frederick Holmes
became one OF the most popular tickets
of the University course. 1t was entirely
distinct from the history course in the
Latin. Greek and modern languages
classes. When Professor Price was finally
called TO the University Of Virginia he
went there not as Professor of English,
but as Professor of Greek, to succeed
Professor Gildersleeve. who went to Johns
Hopkins University.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-15

influence TO that end, and that II all
fails to resort to legal methods
Just what legal methods the PresI-
dent OF the United States can resort
to- TO compel a Pennsylvania corpora
ton to work when It does not choose to
work the Sun does not say. Bat 1t init
mates that the President may take some
sor. of action against the coal combine
that VIII bring It to terms. The Sun in
sists that these corporations were char
tered to- mine coal and not TO monopoliZe
the coal-ficlds and cut off the supply OF
coal. But IL legal proceedings are TO be
instituted under that phase Of the sub
ject. clearly the duty dcvolves upon the
Governor of Pennsylvania rather than
upon the President of the United States.
Let US suppose. therefore. that the
Governor Of Pennsylvania shall UNDER
take to compel the mine operators to
work. We admit that a corporation
which enjoys the privileges of a charter
is under certain moral and legal obliga-
tons to the public. But the Sun also
refers to the protection which these cor
porations and all corporations enjoy
under the law, and that is the pith and
marrow of the whole question. No fair.
minded man will contend that the mine
owners of Pennsylvania should be COM
PEELED under the law to accept the terms
of the coal miners organization. If it
be held that these mine owners must
work their mines and deliver coal the de-
PENDANTS can, with justice and right on
their side. claim that they must be free
to employ any and every man who may
be willing to work for them, and they
may with right and justice on their side
demand the protection Of the State for
their property and for their laborers. In
short, if the State of Pennsylvania com
pels the mine owners to work it must
give them police protection from any
persons or from the members of any
organization who may oppose them or
interfere in any way with their opera
tons. If the Governor of Pennsylvania
Will guarantee such protection. we have
no doubt that the mine operators will
soon give the public an abundant supply
Of coal.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-15
AEoUT SLANG.

Or. Stanley Hail. president Of Clark
University. recently told a number OF
teachers in Chicago that boys and girls
needed slang, that it was good for them.
Us ii kept them from becoming tongue
bound. DR.. Hall has been severely criti-
ciaed for having given such advice. and
il is said that the teachers who heard it
were quite shocked.
Like everything else in this world
slang has its uses and it is a good thing
ii not abused. Our language has been
greatly enriched by slang 1t is through
slang that new words have come into
the vocabulary, and through slang that
old words have been given new mean
ing and made more forceful.
Many words and phrases which were
brought into the language through this
means have now become standard, and
few people suspect their real origin.
Among these Appleton's Encyclopedia
mentions the verb TO bolt. the phrase to
so ahead, and such words as wire-pull-
ing, axe-grinding, flibustering, carpet
Dagger, and SO on. Our designations
stamp greenback. copper, nickel (denot-
ing a scent coin Of that metaD. and
others were originally known as slang
1t will not do 20 make hard and fast
rules for writing and speaking the Eng
fish language. We recently heard a dis
tinguished professor at the University
OF Virginia say in a lecture to teachers
that the best writers and speakers fire.
quently ignore the hard and fast rules,
being unwilling to sacrifice fo-cefUl ex-
preston to a rule OF grammar or rhe-
toric.
There is IN this day nnuo9, vulgar slang
which polite people Will not use any
more than they Will indulge in any other
vulgarity. Children should be taught TO
avoid such slang, for it is more or less
demoralizins, and the slangy girl is par
ticularly disgusting But sensible men
and sensible women will employ the most
forceful words or phrases in the English
language to express their thoughts and
to point moral. and if the most force
full expressions are TO be found in slang
they will use slang. After all it is a
matter Of good judgement and good taste,
and people who have these may well af-
fora to snap their fingers at prudish
rules, whether they relate to speech or
to conduct.
a Richmond sunday-school teacher was
trying to explain TO a class of boys what
John the Baptist meant when he said to
the Jews. Think not TO say within your
selves we have Abraham to our father"
81 think explained the teacher, that
John meant to say something like this:
Don't you fellows come talking to me
about your father and your grandfather
I want TO know who and what you are
In the Gospel which l preach ancestry
don't
The teacher paused, perhaps for a pur-.
pose, and one of the boys finished the
sentence for him-"Don't cut any ice
The lesson was Impressed without fur
Their remark.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-15
ADVICE TO THE PRESIDENT

The Baltimore Sun has undertaken Ia
convince President Roosevelt that it is
his boundcn duty as wei as that it is
to his political interest to bring about a
settlement between the mine operators
of Pennsylvania and the striking miners.
President have a "heart-to-heart talk,
with the mine owners and show them
that i, is their duty TO the public to
bring this strike TO a speedy close and
resume operations. 1t urges the Presi-
dent to exert his personal and political
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-15
That Business Wagon

You are thinking of getting. let US show
you something good at low price II
HAVE SOLD MORE CARRIAGES AND
BuGGIES THIS SEASON THAN EVER
BEFORE. consequently you will find our
STOCK right up to the notch as regards
a,ste. The quality and finish of our vefi-
q > IS too well known to need description.
ally would we like you to see our
ne ne o. HIGH GRADE VICTORIAS.
o!ANHOPES. PHAETONS, SURREIS
i.Nb RUNABoUTs.
LIES AND HARNESS. our stock
is admittedly tbs, hnesr IN the civ
We are glad to mail illustrated cata-
lcsues. Tut would prefer your call.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-15
A Wisconsin attorney has drafted bill

A Wisconsin attorney has drafted bill
which he will present to the Legislature
rext winter, the purpose of which is to
prevent the telling of fish stories
The bin provides that every fisherman
must. under penalty of fine, register the
weight of every fish taken exceeding one
pound IN weight. 1t provides for the APP
pointment of a State officer. with county
deputies, with whom register shall be
made, and whose duty 1t shall be to see
that The law is enforced.
There are some mean people in the
other peoples fun.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-15
If Fitted Him.

snifkins-I was going to propose to
her. but thought first I'd read her
some love verses I'd written about her
Miss Pepprey-And did she Ike them:
SnifkinsEVeAl. shio remarked if she
eyer married she'd prefer a man with
more money than brains:
Miss Peppery-Ah! then you proposed
and were ccepted.-Philadelph Press.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-15

Very few know what a hold the quiet
scotchman had upon Michigan until
Senator Mcmillan died. and he left his
political power to his son.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-15
COLONEL wATTERsoN DECLINES

Colonel Henry Watterson. editor of the
Louisville Courier-Journal, who has been
mentioned as Democratic candidate for
Governor of Kentucky, announces that
he viii not be a can44uate for that posi-
ton. His card is Characteristic and is
worth reproducing. 1t follows:
Since so much has been said on the sub
ject without authorization of mine it
seems proper that I should, in some pub
lie manner, declare that / shall not be
candidate for Governor of Kentucky.
Although I have never had machine,
I am not a stranger either to the char
acter or the efficiency of machine
methods nor do I lack some points Of
vantage in case I would so construct a
machine for my own purpose, but no I'M
clean dollar has ever passed my hands,
either coming or going, and l am too
old TO turn rascal. Sometimes I have de-
clared that I should like the people to
write Governor of Kentucky" on my
tombstone. but / should III rest in my
grave if there We're q, suspicion OF stain
upon letter of that honorable epitaph.
I stand upon my record. such as it is,
and profoundly grateful to my fellow
citizens of every way Of thinking for
their confidence and favor often in the
face of serious differences Of opinion,
profoundly hopeful of the future of the
party and the State, I shall continue to
labor under my own roof-treeA till my
race is run, a free man, a kentuckian,
and Democrat
HENRY wATTERsoN.
Louisville, Ky, Aug. 12, 1902.
Mr. watterson has been in politics for
many years and has been a recognized
leader in local as we'll as national poll
tics He has not always been success
full In his leadership, and in 1896 he was
despised and denounced by many for the
position which he took on the money
question. There are those who say that
he is something of a visionary in politics
and that he is unsafe as a leader. But
it is a grand thing for any politician to
be able to say, as he has said, and to
say it truthfully, that that no unclean
dollar has ever passed his hands, either
coming or going" in his political career
and that he has done no political act Of
which he is ashamed. lie confesses that
he Should like the people to write Gov
ernor of Kentucky" on his tombstone
but a greater honor than this is to have
the inscription upon the marble that shall
mark his last resting-place, Here lies
man who was free and who was an
honest politician and a patriot"
Colonel ]. Richard Lewellen, Of the
Virginia press, used TO say that the only
epitaph he desired was this: Here lies
a virgnian, q Confederate soldier and
Democrat"
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-15

The sum of 100000 is a small mat
ter. Certainly that sum should be spent
in street Improvements in Richmond.
and more. II more be necessary. to give
US city streets. Richmond has outgrown
dirt roads and cobblestenes
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-15

AS soon as the pot metal pictures OF
the deceased complete the circuit of the
patent outsides, the Tracy incident will be
closed.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-15

To summer girls and their associates:
We shall be glad to see you at any time,
but remember that it takes more than
one cool night to make a winter. a rush
from the mountains back to town is a
little premature when it occurs in Au-
clist
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-15

Mr.. Watterson's remark that he is too
old to turn rascal is but a new version
of you can't teach an old dog new
tricks"
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-15

Lightning is no respecter Of persons or
conditions. Within the past few days its
churches, jails and merry go-rounds in
about equal proportions.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-15
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
The Charlottesville Progress, taking
note Of the personalities INDUCED in by
the congressional aspirants in the pri-
mary contests, remarks:
when people or political organizations
have no common enemy to fight, they
are very apt to get to fighting among
themselves. Thus principles are elm
mated and personalities take their place.
AS a result OF the Constitutional Con-
vention we confidently look for a strong
party Of opposition in Virginia and as a
result OF that party we Confidently look
for cleaner and better politics in the
State.'
The Norfolk Ledger has run up with
something that is q little peculiar. It
says:
LAS paradoxical as It may seem the
citizen who considers the newspaper re-
porter the most annoying proposition of
his life experience, is the man who goes
to the front door the soonest and oftenest
to see if his newspaper has come. Strange
world, ths!''
This valuable information with caustic
comment comes from the Petersburg In
dex-Appeal:
MANY ex-Confederates have been mis-
led into supposing that the new pension
law entitled them to a pension. It ap-
plies only to Confederate deserters who
Joined the Union army, and when the
list is completed It will be a roll Of in
fanny which will stand for all time in
the public archives. No true Confederate
would consent to have his name on it for
ali the money in the vaults OF the United
States.''
According to the Roanoke Times,
Roanoke county is setting a. good ex-
ample The Times says:
THE supervisors of Roanoke county
have issued call to the farmers OF the
county to attend mass meeting on court
day, Monday, the 18th, for the purpose
OF considering and devising plans for the
betterment of roads. We can but regard
Z this as an advanced movement to be fol-
lowed by other districts and countless
The Norfolk virgnian-Pilot refers to
the resignation of Professor Sledd as fol-
lows:
There will doubtless be a great thun-
dering in the negrophilistic organs of the
North. but Professor Sledd viii go, and
he has done wisely to decide to go vol
UNFAIRLY. Let him hold to his views by
all means Let him write them and
speak them and practice them if he VIII.
But he has no right to complain ii
community whose views differ SO radi-
cally with his should decline to intrust
the instruction of its youths to him And
# cannot be said that q charge Of intoI-
erance legitimately lies against such a
community, either.
Newport News Press: Torchlight pro-
cessions look tame and enervating after
the fireworks injected into the campaign
by the Hon Harry Maynard and the
Hon. Joe Lawless.
Petersburg Progress: There is a law
on the statute books which should be
strictly enforced. II is the law with ref
erence TO the sale OF liquor to minors.
The law is not violated TO any great ex-
tent in Petersburg but there are in
stances in which minors are known to
have purchased .Iauor. Let this law be
rigidly enforced and the guilty made to
pay the penalty.
1t Fitted Him
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-15

An exchange thinks the Very thought of
tcn-doliar coal will make man hot, but
uni ortunately that kind Of warmth will
not cook dinner and will not keep the
rest OF the family comfortable.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-15

Wireless telegraph brings from Oyster
Bay rumors that Mr. Roosevelt is loading
up with strenuousness for a second round
with Congress on the Cuban question
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-15

Tho effort TO find real white men on
the Island OF Mindanao seems to have
gone to grass. The folks there are not
only colored. but of very Objectionable
color.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-15

All things seem to- be going IN favor
of the coal barons, There is ice In Maine.
sieer in Connecticut. frost in Kansas and
too much cool danpness in Virginia
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-15

Wonder if it ever occurred to gentlemen
in public life that reporters never mis-
quote the man who seeks not the repor-
torial ear.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-15

Europeans are to be congratulate ted
that Pierpont Morgan didn't bring the
whole business home in his valse.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-15

And the question arises: Are those
trusts that have popped up in South
Africa of English or American origin?
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-15

General Grosvenor, of Ohio, has his
weaknesses, but one Of them is not a
laundering for the presidency.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-15

Lieutenant-Governor Joseph E. Willard
will leave for New York to-day in order
to meet his family. who are expected
to arrive from Europe Saturday
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-15

The weather man has started all the
cities to boasting of their attractions
as summer resorts.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-15

II the Crown Prince forces the German
Kaiser into a rough and tumble fight
with the forces OF General Cupid, the
world viii take a lively interest in the
contest, at least up 10 the eighth round.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-15

As soon as the British assumed control
in South Africa new gold mines were
round. Some believe that that Is what
the fight was about. anyhow.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-15
OF INTEREST TO WOMEN
AND ABOUT THE HOUSEHOLD

sreedily and are no more Keep It out
OF the children's way. Several house
keepers have told me that they rid their
premises of cockroaches by scattering
fresh cucumber pairing lavishly about
their haunts. Others inject red peoner
and>borax into cracks and about sinks.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-15

Mr.. Fred =. Connie, Of Philadelphia,
is visiting his sister, Mrs. Philip V,
Schlosser, Of 211 South Laurel Street
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-15

Miss a r. Howard. and her sister. Mrs.
Albert Bruce are at the Grand Union
Hotel. New York Before Mrs. Bruce re-
turns to the city this autumn, she will
visit Boston and points on the Massa-
chusetts coast.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-15

Gaynor and Greene are free. II told
you So
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-15

Mrs. Maybricl1's pardon has not yet re-
ceived the Kings signature.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-15
Trend Of Thought
In Dixie Land
Observation-Disclosures


In closing the discussion of Professor
Sledd and his magazine article, so far
as 1t is concerned, the Atlanta News says:
The insinuation that Professor Sledd
was bidding for cali through sympathy
to a field Of activity in the North must
be surrendered. a careful reading of his
article will give instant dismissal to that
Idea. He arraigns the North as liercely
and as directly as he does the South and
uses such language as would effectually
queer candidacy for a chair in any
Northern institution supposed to be IN
radical sympathy with the negro. There
was at least no bid for Northern patron
age in the Oxford professors lines
The Birmingham News rejoces that
the tendency in the South is to have
fewer elections and shorter campaigns.
It says:
THE feeling has for some time been
developing that a constant political agi-
tation is injurious to the business and
agricultural interests of the people. This
feeling doubtless had no little effect in
enbodying In the organic law Of the
State the provision to have the regular
once in four years.
of color line, as follows:
THE relations between the races in
the South, as seen by Booker Washing
ton, the negro, and Professor Sledd, the
white man, are very different, the for
mer esteening the Southern white man
as the friend of his race, While the lat
ter, though born in the South depicted
him as a savage. Professor Sledd evil
IDENTIFY thinks the Southern negro is
sometimes superior to the Southern
white man, and no one can read extracts
fl ON his article in the Atlantic Monthly
and Booker Washington's speech in At
lanta without knowing that in this re-
spect at least he IS right
The Atlanta Constitution, in summing
up the worls<of the Negro Conference in
its city, makes this note:
The absence of the politician has
been one Of the conspicuous features
of the congress. The men whose only
idea of saving their race is by getting
office under a friendly national admin
istration, or selling their influence as
officers in the party organization or
their own vote, if they are so fortunate
as to get to q national convention, did
not figure in the notable congress which
has just concluded its sessions
Nashville Banner:
''Mr. Bryan's display of temper because
of the interview which represented him
as a possible Presidential candidate was
little overwrought. The correction did not
greatly alter the situation He is not an
announced candidate. but Presidential
candidates never announce themselves.
and Mr.. Bryan hasn't yet said that he
would not acccp. 80 nolllna, ION.
Durham Herald:
1.-THE South might get even by sending
some one to investigate the conditions
of the mill operators of the North"