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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-10-22
Hot Journal Season.

According to an old railroad man
the hot journal season is approaching
and accidents due to axles burning off
are to be expected. The reason ad-
Nanced is that tramps rob the axle
boxes of the oily waste, finding it
good material for starting fires, and
many journals which have heen at
tended to thus run dry at unexpected
times. On freight train on the d..
L. & w. which passed through
Bloomsburg Friday, there was a hot
journal, the flames OF which leaped
half way up the car. 1t must have
been discovered by the trainmen as
no wreck was recorded.
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a school without additional expense
TO the district.
This course of High School studies
is calculated to follow the work as
presented in the course of study for
the common schools. Admission into
High Schools will, therefore, be con-
ditioned upon graduation from the
common school course and the pie-
sentation of the regular County Super.
intendent's certificate or its equivalent.
The course has been outlined on a
basis Of an eight months term and
covers three years work, each years
requirements in the various subjects
to be outlined month by month.
BY adopting the plan of alienation
all the work can be we'll done with
one good teacher, but the success of
the High School depends upon the
teacher having the necessary qualih-
cations required by law to do High
School work. This implies that he
must be either college graduate or a
graduate of the State Normal School
in the regular course.
Promotions from one grade to
another and graduation from the High
School course shall be determined by
means OF annual examinations at the
close of the term to be given by q
committee appointed for the purpose
by the County Superintendent. Thus
committee shall consist offour leading
teachers of the county and shall bC
under the direction of the County
Superintendent. In making promo
tions the committee shall confer will
the High School teachers concerning
the special conditions which should b,
taken into account.
Il Questions for the examination mus
be based strictly upon the require
ments of the course of study.
All the principals Of the Higl
Schools following this course are ex
pected to meet with the Superintend
ent at least once a month during tn
school year for the purpose of discuss
ing the various phases of the work.
Il This course of study represents tn
careful work OF several months. TIL
opinions of large number of educa
tors, both at home and abroad, hav
been carefully embodied in it, and W
feel fairly confident that it is adequate
to meet the present needs. Expel
i; ience will no doubt reveal the nece:
sity for revision, which shall be mad
by the teachers and Superintendent
when necessary.
VIM. w. EVANS,
Co. Supt. OF School:
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Kidney and Liver Trouble.

(they commonly 60 together) attack
the rich in their palaces, the poor in
their tenements, the lawyer, the
doctor, the judge, the preacher, the
woman at her housework, the sailor
on the sea. DR.. David Kennedy
prepared his new medicine, Cal
cura Solvent, to eHre it, andit does.
Write to the Cal.cura Company,
Roundout, N. Y. for free booklet
and sample bottle.
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For Piles.
Sample mailed free.
One application gives relief.

The continued use Of Hum
phreys' Witch Hazel Oil per-
rnanently cures Piles or Hem
orrhoids-External or Internal,
Blind or Bleeding, Itching or
Burning, Fissures and Fistulas.
Relief immediate-cure certain.
Three Sizes. 2sc., soc. aud 800. Sold by
DRUGGISTS. or sent prepaid on receipt OF price.
Humphrey Medicine Co., Cor. William and
John sts.. New York.
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Committed Suicide.

George Herbert, a retired mer-
chant and former councilman of Car :
bondale, committed suicide last week
by shooting himself in the head with
revolver. Two of his properties
were inundated by the late food. He
was brooding over the possibility Of
his tenants leaving him and became
deranged. He viciously assaulted his
wife, and then, going upstairs, locked
himself in his room and took his life.
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SHYLOCk

Shylock was the man who
wanted a pound of human
flesh. There are many
Shylocks now, the GONZALES
cent, the consumptive, the
sickly child, the pale young
woman, all want human flesh
and they can get it-take
SCOTS Emulsion.
SCOTS Emulsion is flesh
and blood, bone and muscle.
Itfeeds the nerves, strengthens
the digestive organs and they
feed the whole body.
For nearly thirty years
SCOTS Emulsion has been the
great giver of human flesh.
We will send you couple of
ounces free.
SCOTT g. BOVINE. Chemists.
4Oa-4l5 Pearl Street. New York.
soc. and sIooi all druggists.
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Runs daily. Flag station:
E. NJ. RiER, T. W, LEE, -.
Supt. Gen. Pass. Agt.
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NERVOUS DEBILITY,

Vital Weakness and Prostra-
ton from overwork and other
causes. Humphreys Homeo-
pathic Specific No. 20, in use
over 40 years, the only success
full remedy. 81 perv vial, or spec
ial package for serious cases, $5.
Bold by Druggists sent prepaid on receptof price,
, Humphreys Med. Co., William & John Sts.. N.Y.
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VIM. w. EVANS,
Co. Supt. OF Schools.

We don't question the truthful
ness Of the old fling " experience is
the best teacher" but we have
learned that her rates of tuition are
sometimes pretty high.
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RAILWAY.
In effect May II, 1903.


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AT. DICE, EPSON j. WEEKS,
Gep'l Supt. Gen'l Pass. Agt.
The Columbus commercial., 1903-08-25
JUDGE CR|Tz ENDORSED.
BY HIS HOME TOWN,

We, the undersigned citizens
of West Point, Miss, have read
with feeling of outrage and in
dignation the vile circular, en-
it'll Q d ga Criminal N OF q
Saint" issued by Abe Steinber-
ger &c Sons, of Okolona, against
our esteemed fellow townsman,
Judge Frank A. Critz, and we
most earnestly resent it as a
gross and unwarranted misrep-
resentation of one of the clean
est, purest men in Mississippi.
Since he attained to his major
ity, Judge Critz has spent his
whole life among the people of
this community and there is not
a man in it who stands higher
morally than he does. His in
tegrity and Christian character
are above reproach. That he
has done one disreputable act
during the present gubernatorial
campaign, we most positively re-
fuse to believe. His whole life
and character protest against
such a charge. Nor is it true
that his campaign management
is corrupt one. The cry of
"boodler' made against him is
a campaign slander. We do not
believe that he has spent one
dollar for illegitimate purposes.
1t is easy to make vague and
accusations against
public man, but amid all the
charges of corruption
made against Judge Critz, not
one single discreditable act has
been specified or proven. In the
recent primary election the
county of Oktibbeha, in which
he was reared, and Clay, his
home county, went overwhelm-
ng for him for the office of gov
srnor, and this they would never
have done were he a boodler or
sorruptionist. We feel that
;hings have come to a pretty
PASS when an alien and outsider
rom Kansas can come to Mis-
'issippi and attack one who was
The Columbus commercial., 1903-08-25

When Major Vardaman said of
President Roosevelt's mother the
words given below, he said some
thing which, If said of your
mother, would call for something
more than words. Major Varda-
man said in The Commonwealth
the following:
F'It is said that men follow the
bent of their geniuses, and that
PRENATAL influences are often po-
tent in shaping thoughts and
ideas in after life. Probably Old
lady Roosevelt, during the period
of CESSATION, was frightened by a
dog, and that fact may account
for the qualities oil the male pup
which are so prominent in Teddy.
| would not do either an injustice,
but am disposed to apologize to
the dog for mentioning it. .
We have no tolerance with
Roosevelt as a politician, he is
unreasonable and too strenuous,
like his critic, Major Vardaman,
but his mother was a woman, a
woman, and the man
who is so forgetful or reckless to /
cast such an uncouth reflection 4
on a woman, it does seem would 4
be an unsafe man to place in the I
Office of the State OF 4
Mississippi. = Greenville Demo-
crat.
Then in accord with the gen.
sral reckless, radical course of
Major Vardaman, he pitched into
ReY. Quincy Ewing, of Green
7ille, because Mr.. Ewing took the
position in a sermon that it was a
Christian duty for the superior
ace to educate and Christianize
he inferior or negro race. The /
.ttack of Mr.. Vardaman on Mr..
ewing was entirely unprovoked
g well as unjust. Mr.. Ewing is
!. deep thinker, a consecrated :
christian gentleman, an eloquent
preacher, and withal as modest I
nd gentle as a woman, and yet
/ a spirit of recklessness Major {
The Columbus commercial., 1903-08-25
Who Steinber9er Is.

No one knows exactly. From
his acts we can only infer what
he Is. Immediately after ne came
to Mississippi he was sent as q
delegate to the populite presiden-
tiaI convention az Cincinnati and
sold the populite secrets to the
republicans for =, 10000. With
this amount of money he got hold
Of the Okolona Messenger, a
dwelling and q st0rehouse. max
inc partial payments for the prop
erty. 1 have it from a reliable
source that he IS hopelessly In-
volved and his own relatives are
threatening o. foreclose the mort
cages. \ criminal action Is the
only thing that would reach him.
While It Is not positively known,
many believe Steinberger o be
an ex- communicated jew. lie
has several libel suits pe0ding
against him in Kansas Things
have gotten IN a pretty mess in
Mississippi when a fugitive from
justice can come into the state
and at pleasure assaiI the charac-
ter of our first and foremost citi-
Zens as well as try % dictate 20
The Columbus commercial., 1903-08-25

Vardaman said of Mr.. Ewing
The lurid and hel-helchiug
utterances Of the Greenyile eler-
gyman and other sprightly mis-
takes of his class, win not re-
duce the number Of nigger lyuch-
ings in Mississippi or anywhere
else, but they wlll give this gen
tleman a little notoriety, whsch,
after all, seems % be the great
desideratum. think tbs clerical
Don QuiX0tte would Ike % have
a better paying job iR q northern
city, and he fell upon this plan s.
the cheapest and most electual
way of advertising for it. ! hope to
God he may get it.-Nardaman s
Green wood Commonwealth.
The Columbus commercial., 1903-08-25

-. such A1rontsry sAau3 80
resented BY AT good citizers-
Now this unprsnc5pl~1 wr~<ch
who sala his honor a. clncinnAti
and who = . political conscsroes
scared contortsonist-e1ltinS TO
papers % exactly opposite prin-
ciPies-this allen. thls izyhAwker.
this interiop~r. ccmes e. Mlssis-
sippl. and because Judge Crgz
would not entertain his dirty
proposition. turns ON la1x~
Critz with a. the vena@ of h4s
jsyhawkinE nzture ard wra4l1
ass2ssinAte his chzrActer 3s hs
assassinated The Boys In Cray Ia
6t-65. it is bad % get fnto a eoa-
troversy With a man so has
character nor rra~Grne1t.
for he Will have the last wrurd.
Bul everybody Ia Misslssippi 4a~s
nos know Steinb~rS~r. wAse
says Judge Crstz has
spent a dollar uiegitimztely 1ur-
ing his campaign Re les ard 10
one knows e better thar thkn
StelnherEer.
BERNE nALnuS.
Editor Tines H9rzl4-
West Point Mss. Aue. E9. NN8.
The Columbus commercial., 1903-08-25

Forty years ago when the dark
war cloud was lowering over the
land, doubtless Abe Steinberger.
character assassin. was iayhawk-
ing on the Kansas border. and
today there are any number oi
unmarked Confederate graves
whose occupants are victims of
his deadly aim from ambush. Not
content With assassinating the
Boys IN gray forty years ago. he
would assassinate an old Confed- :
crates character now. Sfissis-
sippiansl What are we coming
to, when a man Ike this Il al
lowed to even 1--we in the Stases
But when men are So venom
Gus there is always a reason. Abe
Steniberger has q reason FOR as
sailing Judge Critz as he has; in
fact he has two reasons; the first
is, that he may sell extra papers
For the pitiful sum of a few dol
The Columbus commercial., 1903-08-25

are sure they have The riSAf par
ties.
The position - Mz5o- VArl4-
man Il entirely u,oSicAL NJ z4n
can lncite discorG znd q1eu H-
He says thai Re hopss tAzt lyneh-
.incs VIII continue. he puts rs
seal upon IT, tie ADVISES Missis-
sippians when they are on =
lynching expe2itSon 60 kl the
vicdm quick. 80 the 100 wIl -
done before The troops arrive.
This question must naturally
arse Troops are sf 40 s~rv3ce
unless they Ere In AT en=rSsrSy-
Would Major NAr3a@&n as rov-
srnor approve Of the troops kzl-
Ins members 81 = moh IL neces-
sary % prevent = lynchlnEg
Major NArd&1An 6oes uos 3weu
upon this feature. hut i woald -
Interesting 60 know if Re wuuli
have men shot 59~n ter 9ognx
shat he considers q holy act.
Lt wll Dc noted Also thai 30 is
sllent as - whether he wuull
- prosecute tAo@e en-
ia 3 iynchfnS. he al
vises -.the boys - % the t1b
quick because he wil send troops.
out after the Iob hAs beer donr.
Ehas theng
Major NArdA-An's poilcy As
outlined is thai of r~trorr~@siun.
The election of \ -An hcldlnr
'9ch views would be a eiow 2liks
y the moral ard material d~we1-
'pment % Mississippl Birrninx-
Am News
The Columbus commercial., 1903-08-25
is NE THE MAN FOR eovERNoRG

Becaues the Rev. DR.. Bailey,
editor of The Baptist, the official
organ of theBaptist of Mississippi,
published at jackson, dared tc
differ with Major Vardaman
about public questions which af-
feet the whole people, Major VAR
daman uses the following insult
ing language about DR.. Bailey in
his paper, The Commonwealth, of
August 10Th 1902. Referring to
DR.. Bailey he says;
'sThis strange mingling of pre-
tended piety and pisant malevo-
lence, ofthe stupid parson and the
unscrupulous politician; of un-
fathomable ignorance and asinine
wisdom; of the dirty tool in the
dirtiest hand of the manipulation.
and over and above all as high
as the sparkling pleiades hang
above the groveling earth the
cheap pusillianimous qualities of
this Christ discrediting re a
eighteen carat fraud
'tBut when the impudent little
squirt leaves the high plane of le-
gitimate argument and descends
to the miasmatic mire of offensive
personalities, prostitutes the place
he holds in an honored religious
sect-takes advantage of and be-
fouls the office of a minister of God
to serve a political gang, then
have right to protest and en-
ploy that inadequate medium, the
English language, to express the
depth Of my contempt for such a
person.
Continuing in the same editor
,al Major Vardaman says of Rev.
DR.. Bailey.
stBut for one of these little /
stud, self sanctified, the
illogical runts of the type who
sdits The Baptist, | have not the
to express the depths
If my commiseration and con-
The Columbus commercial., 1903-08-25

lars he woald assas=lnAt@ Aay
man : character. TIE s@coa3 raa-
son J. because IN F@b-uAry &C
made JeaS~ Critz's campaign
managers > prOrosl1on - work
for Critz ~ $1,000 P~r w~ek.
which Infamous Propossoon ~zs
spurnei- Recently he Published
3 viilzirous attack n TIE OkOlcrA
sun. democratic ard TIE Okoloc4
MessenSer. Popuhte. which he
edits fron The s2ze o1zce- tie
charges Judge Clz wisA b~anS .
.boodler' over his o~n Signature
tie invites Judge CritE @ cal hi2
g ums in the courts IL TIE ch2rS-
es are untrue. he says h~ has
$4,000 invested In business ard
Is good Tor either civil 81 criminal
libel. he lies whsn he says BE
IS wa1rth $4,000. Parties Co
Okoiona paid OF 4 mortsASs On
his chatteis in Kansas hefore ue
could move here.
The Columbus commercial., 1903-08-25

yobr opposition Mr.. Allen to
Judge Critz will ceuse a stampede
to the Critz forses in many sec
ton of the first congressional
district. The friends of Senator
McLaurin, of the gallant veteran,
Cri4z and of good government will
see the head of the niger and
will begin the clubbing process
without any great delay or hesit-
ancy.
The Columbus commercial., 1903-08-25
vAR0AnaS AND tvscstSs.

There has been some differ
ences Of opinion as to the views
on lynehing by Major James X.
Vardaman, candidate for sovsr-
nor Of Mississippi. In a speech
delivered last Monday az Lexing-
ton, MAJ. Nardaman gave frank
expression 70 his views and out
lined his policy. The Memphis
Morning News thus quotes HIN
'sIf / were the sheriff Of Holmes
county ana one os these seoun-
drels were to fan into my hands I
would speedy run him away II
possible before the avengers
gathered to attend 70 his case. If.
Iwere governor cf Mississippi and
the sheriff Of any county should
TO me for troops 70 guard
such a scoundreI IN his custody. +
would order the troops sent by
the quickest route and in NUM- +
bers sufficient 70 do the work n
were neither sheriff nor COVER +
nor | would head the crowd 70 .
hang the internal black devil be-
lore the troops could get there.
That is my position IN a nut
shell.
81 hope 70 God the day viii
lever come IN Mississippi when
he people of Mississippi viii fail
o hang them just as soon IS they
The Columbus commercial., 1903-08-25
IoHH ALLEN. Oh JoHNI

The negro in the Wsodplle OF
the letter addressed by Hon.
John Allen to the correspondent
of the New Orleans Picayune in
Tupelo, and which appeared as
an interview with the fish hatch
cry stateman, becomes palmer as
the letter of the FIRST district man
is studied. It isn't. Critz, as he
would have the public believe;
the stories of Doodle have had no
weight upon the mind of Allen;
he has no conscientious scruples
against accepting favors from
corporations during political
fights in which he is engaged,
and we doubt the sincerity of Mr..
Allen when he solemnly states
that he believes Major Vardaman
the best equipped man for the
high office of governor. Indeed,
the more Mr.. Aliens position is
studied the more we see of the
Hon. A. j. McLaurin, whom he
loves just about as much as the
Hon. Jim Vardaman does, and
who would like to see the Senator
given a shock in Mississippi poll
tics as bad as the Leflore man
would like to give it. Says the
former congressman, at present a
federal office holder under the
delectable administration of Ted
dy Roosevelt:
''In the first primary | voted for
Captain Noel. In the next it is
my purpose to vote for Major
Vardaman."
Assuming that Mr.. Allen did
vote for Mr.. Noel, will he pretend
to say that his influence went that
way? Has it not been pretty
generally known that Allen in the
first primary was for both Money
and Vardaman, although osten-
sibly supporting Noel? Is it not
a fact that the Sykes Allen fac
tion in thelFirst district has given
all it's support to Vardaman since
the campaign opened, notwith-
standing the effort being made in
the household of Allen to deceive
Captain Noel and his friends?
To those who are acquainted with
the situation the tconverson" of
Mr.. Allen was accomplished be-
fore the campaign was fairly
ST claim to be the only thor
reformed and completely
sanctified politician in the state"
By what process was this
reformation brought about? Was
it when the people of the First
district began to turn TO some
man who would give them proper
representation in congress, and
their intention of
nominating and electing the Hon.
zeke Gambler? Or was it when
the Hon. John Allen went be-
'ore the people abusing Anse
in the hopes of land
ug the senatorial prize? Purg-
I'd by the fire of defeat and
.leansed by the waters of humilia- /
ion the former congressman
.laims political sanctification.
'sI admire Major Vardaman for
lis ability, integrity and manly p
md courageous independence. Y
Really, now, Mr.. Allen, isn't
The Columbus commercial., 1903-08-25

tempt. He is a discredit to the
Baptist church and ought to be
pulling a bell cord over a mule
instead of misdirecting the offic-
ial organ of that splendid sect of
devoted Christian men and wo-
men,