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The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1906-01-18
John Griffith i'm Orchard the Third.


John Griffith, the we'll known
and very popular tragedian is
booked for performance Oh
Shakespeare's King Richard
the Third at the Colum bus thea
tire at an early date. This an
nouncement will be welcomed by
theatre goers who patronize only
the leading plays and stars, for
Mr.. Griffith always makes good,
and his CONF pany is the best OBJ
tainable. His scenic, costume,
electrical and mechanical equip
ment is adequate for the most
thrilling effects, and evenings
spent at his perfOr manceS are in
tellectual treats to his hearers.
The production of King Richard
the Third" is about twice as ex-
penSive as Macbeth" ia which
Mr.. Griffith starred for the past
three seasons. but his manage
ment feels assured the public will
recognize and appreciate the fact
that the desire to please it will be
rewarded.
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1906-01-18

Mr.. r. G. Edwards. "a popular
travelling man who for some timr
made his headquarters iu C0Ilm-
bus but who is now travelling out
Of Rock Hill, y. c.. has been
spending the past few DAYS .u
the city.
Mr.. W. Il. Rogers. a highly
esteemed citizen of the Caledonia
neighborhoOd, has decided b H..
move to Memp and together
with his family left for the BluF
City last week.
a number of young people en-
joyed delightful dance al the
court house Thursday night.
Don't fail 10 see the offerings
of the gigantic sale-Surpri-e
Store.
Beautiful line spring emit. sd
cries now on sale AZ Cheap Joe's.
Mr.. j. o. Banks. Of Eutaw. Ala
is visiting relatives in the CITY.
Big cut in every price at the
gigantic sale-Surprise StOre.I
Do not forget that Schwab's
Inventory sale is DOW on.
Surprise Store is DOW running
the gigantic sale.
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1906-01-18

Miss Salina Martin, who was
sick during several days of the
past week. has recovered ano
has resumed her duties at Frank
lin Academy. During Miss Mar
tins illness her place in the
Academy was filed by Miss
Olivia Leigh, the accomplished
supply teacher.
With reference to prescrip-
tions, the Importance of prompt
ness can hardly be over -estinat-
ed. Our stock being fresh is an
other strong point that neces
sarily must receive due recogni-
ton. Tell your doctor to leave
prescriptions with l.. E. Lide &
Co.
Two boys with two bicycles to
travel the streets every d ay de
IlVef1ng prescriptions from L.. E.
Lide & Co.'S New Drug Store. If
you want it and expect to get it,
phone L. E. Lide & Co., SOP.
Purest, freshest and best drugs
from E. Merck & Co., are used
by US. We are direct buyers.
Send US your prescriptions.
MAYO & WEAVER.
Suppose you try "Blocton"
and Brilliant" Coal, the best
sold in this market. We are pre-
pared to deliver it promptly. Tel
ephone the Coils. Brick Co.
Mr.. J. G. Ferguson, a former
citizen of this county who is now
living in Birmingham. has been
spending the past few days in
the city.
The gigantic sale is making
things hum at Surprise Store.
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1906-01-18
TO the Farmer.

Please allow me to say TO the
farmers of this county that | an
handling this season the stand
ard brands of Fertilizers, such as
Goldsm mith S Improved Mixture,
Meridian Home Mixture. and the
WONDERFUL DAYBREAK Guano.
The above goods are all made by
men who know how to make Fer
tilizer, and every man will do
well to get my prices before pur-
chasing. Will have goods on hand
here in Colum bus and also at
Steens, Mississippi. S. ecial
rates on car lots.
wv. j. A. GOREE.
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1906-01-18
MUNICIPAL
Will Open Soon. --Believed
that Mayor Gunter will
Stand for Reelection.

Although none Of the prospect
i've candidates for municipal af
fee have as yet announced, the
cam paign is being freely dis
cussed, as Colum bus is growing
very rapidly. and the people fully
realize the fact that the reinS OF
the city government should be ia
com petent hands. They also
realize the fact that it would be
| i'm possible to secure more
worthy, more competent or a
more conscientious official than
our present mayor, Hon. j. T.
Guuter. Although he has not
yet announced his decision in the
matter Mayor Gunter's friends
are trying to induce him to stand
| for re election. and it is conf
dently believed that he will yield
to the pressure which is being
III OCdI OH
Mayor Gunter S ad ministration
has been marked by signal sue
cess and prosperity. 1t was be
who first suggested the magnifi-
cent system of cement sidewalks
which adorn our city, and which
are a source of pride and Mort
to our citizens. He also suggest
ed and urged the need for city.
park, and it was largely through
his efforts that Bradford Square
was secured by the city and
transformed into a pleasure re-
sort for her citizens. In admin
istering justice Mayor Gunter
has been as fearless and as fair
as he has been jealous and ener-
getic in working for the advance
ment of the commercial intereses
of the city. In the court room
all personal friendship is laid
aside, and his action in every
case that is brought before him
governed entirely by the evi-
dence submitted. He has made
splendid mayor, and should not
fear to stand on his record for
re election.
While several of the mem bers
of the City Council seem to be as
yet undecided as to whether they
will stand for e-election, it is
generally believed that they will |
all be in the race. With the ex-
ceptiou of Councilman Moore,
they have all been in office a num-
ber of years, and have co oper-
ated with Mayor Gunter in ad
the affairs of the
city in progressive and bust
ness like manner.
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1906-01-18

| Mrs. Julia B. Flood informs
The DISPATCH that she intends
to leaYe at an early date fo1
Birmingham, and will make that
city her future home Mrs.
Flood has been a resident of Co.
lumbus for a number of years
and has numerous friends here
who sincerely regret her de-
parture.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. w. Boyd, of
Dunbar, were in the city yester-
day. TIE DISPATCH is glad to
note that Mrs. Boyd, who has
been sick recently, is able to be
out again.
A new drop curtain has been
put in the Columbus Theatre.
The curtain was painted by the
Chas. F. Thompson Scenic Co,
of Dallas, Texas, and is quite
pretty.
Mr.. lack Hartsell has accept
ed a position in the laundry at
the Industrial Institute and Col
lege.
We are friends of the good
physician, ministers to do his
pleasure. MAYO & WEAVER.
Every purchase guaranteed at
the gigantic sale-Surprise Store.
Remember Schwab's Inven-
tory sale is now on.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-19
NEW COLLEGE FOR WOMEN.
Sweet Briar Institute in Amherst
County, Va,


A new college for young women will open
in Virginia in September. 1t is located at
Sweet Briar, in Amherst county, on the es-
tate IT the founder, the late Indiana
Fletcher Williams. Mr.. Fletcher was
teacher who went from Vermont to Vir-
gfnia, where he amassed quite fortune,
and he looked forward to founding col
lege for women. His daughter, Mrs. WILL
Jams, cherished the plan for years and
looked forward to using her property for
the school. In her will she left several thou
sand acres of land and over half million
dollars for founding Sweet Briar Institute.
The board of directors, whose president Is
the Rt. Rev. A. M. Randolph Of the Protest
ant Episcopal diocese of southern Virginia,
has formulated and carried out plans that
make it possible to open this school, and 1t
is expected to make Of 1t one of the finest
non-sectarian women's colleges in the coun-
try. ..,.
The Sweet Briar mansion has been fitted
up as an administration building. For the
college proper an artistic and uniform early
colonial style has been selected and the
plan has been consistently carried out in all
the other buildings on the place. Four build
ings have already been completed, two dor
building. In grove on slope Of a hill
not far from the mansion are three pro-
fessOrs' houses and an apartment house for
the members of the faculty
The grounds Of the school are all that
could be desired. An athletic field, a lake
half a mile long. and stretches Of beautiful
country afford, 1t Is believed. a chance for
every variety Of outdoor sport. The prop
erty of the school Is located In the beautiful
Piedmont region On the main line of the
Southern railroad, and only few hours
ride from Washington.
The faculty Of the school, which has re-
Gently been completed, Is made up Of men
and women who have had the best possible
training in their line Of work and years of
successful experience as teachers
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-19
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA.
Story Of Pioneer Institution Founded
by Jefferson.

The University Of Virginia was chartered
at time when the educational resources
Of the south were at a low ebb. The
foundations hitherto made had been erected
with the view rather to imparting educa
ton as a genteel accomplishment than as
service to the state. and UNCONVENTIONAL
interests had played a large part. For forty
years before the charter Of the University
Of Virginia was granted by the legislature,
in 1919. Mr.. Jefferson had been studying
educational systems, especially those in
Europe, having always in mind the purpose
of preparing the people Of Virginia for the
responsibilities of citizenship. He realized
that the restricted suffrage which ruled in
his day would be eventually enormously
broadened and he sought to prepare the
voter for an enlightened exercise of his
privilege.
The establishment of the university was
difficult to undertake eighty years ago.
There was nothing like 1t at that time in
America. Indeed 1t was not easy to pro-
cure teachers even for the classical schools
which were maintained with great difficulty
in some favored places in Virginia. But
the founder never relaxed his purpose and
when the lecture halls were ready for oc
cupants and professors Of sufficiently pro-
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found attainments could not be found in
America he sent commissioner to Europe
to assemble faculty competent to do the
work Of the university. The cutlery of the
press at this alleged unpatriotic course was
unheeded. The friendly protest Of John
Adams did not shake his purpose.
The professors came and the institution
was inaugurated in 1928. and has done much
of the pioneer work which has made the
educational history of the United States re-
markable. Throughout this long period or
time it has had more regard to the output
to use commercial OF industrial phrase
than to the ingathering; more concern for
the making Of scholars than for the num-
Der of it's matriculates and the honorable
share 1t salumni have had in every field Of
erdeavor and the leadership which they
rave won and sustained, justify and approve
its policies.
The university has had a steady. though
not a rapid growth, and spite OF its pion-
eering, 1t has been a conservative force al
ways. It's standards have been high, to the
exclusion of some who sought easier roads
to degrees. It is said to be holding on cour-
ageously to the vital things Of its history
and constitution.
Its recent career has been Of more mark
ed development, and a comparison of its
teaching force shows that within six years
the increase has gone from forty-seven pro-
fessors, associates, instructors, ETC., to nine-
ty-six. With this growth of the faculty
there has been a corresponding enlarge
ment of physical equipment, and the plans
of the present officers sure of realization,
contemplate even greater expansion in the
immediate future.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-19
ROCK HILL COLLEGE.
Select Boarding and Day Institution
for Boys.


Rock Hill College. described as a select
boarding and day school for the education
Of young men and boys. Is strictly a liter
ary-scientific institution under Catholic
auspices. to train youth not only for the
learned professions, but also for success in
mercantile life. The college is situated
upon the slope of one OF the picturesque
hills overlooking Ellicott City. within a few
minutes walk of the railroad and trolley
stations. 1t Is easy Of access from WASH
ington and Baltimore. The sanitary and
natural conditions of the country surround
ing the buildings OF the school are said to
be the best.
Rock Hill offers students every facility
for acquiring a broad. liberal education.
The institution Is organized with two dis
tinct depertments-the college proper COM
prising the four college classes, freshman
sophomore. junior and senior, and the
preparatory or high school. with four
classes.
The college Is conducted by the brothers
Of the Christian schools. a body of men
devoted exclusively to the cause of Chris
tan education. Their methods Of teaching
have been successful in all parts of the
civilized world and in every grade of school,
twelve years of age. Applicants are ex-
amined on entering and classified accord
ing to proficiency. Class honors and dis
tfnctions will depend on the monthly re-
ports and on the January and June exami-
nations. Testimonials OF merit will be given
each month to all pupils whose average II
not below 80.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-19
MERCERSBURG ACADEMY.
School Points With Pride to It's Rec

every Mercersburg student contends
that you helped make him not only bet
ter student, but a better man." was writ
ten by Yale graduate to the headmaster
at Mercersburg. The words are said to inter-
pref we'll the Mercersburg ideal. MERGERS
burg Is proud of her standards in scholar
ship. having sent boys during the present
summer into Yale, Princeton, Cornell, Mas
sachusetts School Of Technology and other
higher institutions without conditions, and
having boys on ten college honor rolls dur
ing the past year. Mercersburg rejoices In
the quality of social, oratorical and musical
training that she gives her boys. She points
with pride to her record In athletics, ten
OF her boys having served as varsity cap
tains during the past two years and many
others as managers Of college teams. Her
boys and alumni like to think of the work
which the school is doing In China.
With many Of her friends Mercersburg
has come to be another name for growth.
Thirteen years ago, when the present ad-
ministration began, the total enrolment
was only thirty students. The enrolment
academy to be one of the largest schools
OF its type in America. During thirteen
years seven new buildings were erected, in
Guiding what is claimed to be the most
beautiful school dining room in the world;
modern conveniences Of water. light and
heat have been placed in the various build
ings and the campus enlarged from four to
I'D acres. the sum spent in Improvements
being $4,000. The total enrolment dur
Ing the thirteen years was from nearly all
the states and many foreign countries and
numbered $500 boys. one-half of whom
later entered sixty-two higher institutions
Of learning.
Mercersburg's friends say that her growth
Is phenomenal. that her power for discipline
keeps pace with her material growth and
that she Is a school with a soul, where
boys are nodded into men Of manly type"
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with it's great organ. makes, as 1t were,
the heart of the school. Eight granite
buildings, including dormitories gymnasl-
UNI and residences, were constructed A
street of professors houses and an inn
with superb dining hall and kitchen
worthy of the Waldorf In the midst or
this group of buildings the italian gardens
give beauty and charm by contrast with
the massive stone surroundings.
1t is policy of the school to fit for any
thing in life-college or university. trade or
profession, with a solid base in mathe-
mates and the English tongue, with much
vocational training. Nowhere is the at
tention paid to the individual greater. NO
boy is allowed to get behind in any sub
ject at any time. When he falls ne Is
placed, without cost. in the hands of
special tutor provided by the school, who
brings him up to proper standards of work
and returns him to his class.
There is in addition to the curriculum for
the boys school. a two years college
course for men who wish to enter the pro-
fessional schools without the loss of the
four years time exacted by the academic
college. These men want studies specially
Gapted to their purpose as, most en-
phatically, the. first two years of the reg
uiar college course are not. and md mere
the best balance between the cultural and
developmental studies arranged upon
two years basis.
Although the boar ding school has been
In existence but four years. 1t already mas
prestige and the confidence of it's patrons,
who say that, like Rugby, Eaton and Har-
rew-on-the-Hill, it is a great school for
hOyS
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EDUCATIONAL sANITARIUM.
Special Function Of "The Larches,n a,
Cranbury, N. J,

SPSSA14 - 0ASSkSA Va \ AO xdICuSS, at
Cranbury, N. J.
"The Larches," located at Cranbury, N,
j., is recommended as an educational sani-
tarium for children and others of retarded
mental development. It Is situated in the
village OF Cranbury, on the Camden and
Amboy division Of the Pennsylvania rail-
road. in the midst OF the garden spot of
the state, a rich farming country with no
lowlands and no malaria. and where the
pupils have all the benefits OF country Iife
A circular descriptive Of the institution
states that the building is large and commo-
dious. having been erected for a seminary,
and has all modern improvements The up
per floors are used for sleeping rooms, and
each has q separate bed and three or four
windows in each room, which gives ample
ventilation. The spacious grounds are well
shaded, as on the beautiful lawn in front
are many elms. naples and larches A
croQuet ground. tennis court, swings and
hammocks are also on the lawn, and every
effort Is made to promote health and happi-
ness
Medical gymnastics and physical develop
ment under the direction OF a physician are
also given, and each child IL examined by
an orthopedist upon entering the school
and the diagnosis filed with the history of
the case. Particular attention is given to
moral training. truthfulness, courtesy and
habits of neatness.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-19
FAUQUIER INSTITUTE.
School for Young Ladies at Warren
ton, Va.

In the blue grass section of Virginia, In
the town OF Warrenton, Is the Fauquier In
stitute for Young Ladies. It's elevation Is
100 feet above sea level, and 1t Is within
full sight Of the Blue Ridge mountains. hav-
Ing in every respect a fine location. The
institute is distinctly a boarding school for
girls and the young ladies are treated as
members Of a big family. AS the number
Is limited to twenty-six the institute can
be made home school, in the real mean
ing of the word. In that particular 1t Is de-
signed to obviate the objections so often
urged against boarding schools that social
graces and health are sacrificed for mental
accomplishments.
It is the aim Of the principal. Mr.. George
@. Butler. to make the school all that
could be desired as a seminary OF learn
ing. The principal gives his personal su-
pervision to all the departments and takes
part In the daily instruction Of the classes
The course Of study includes a primary
and collegiate department, but pupils not
desiring tc, take the whole course may pur-
sue a partial course without being regularly
connected with any Of the classes provided
they have at least four studies. The Fau-
quier Institute has corps Of eleven in
structors.
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MARYLAND.
Continued from First Pase.)

usefulness and reputation" How well this
provision has been carried out the many
distinguished names found on the register of
the alumni are sufficient proof In the short
space Of thirteen years from 1898, when the
first class was graduated. until 1905 the list
of students contained the names Of four gov
ernorS of Maryland, six United States sena-
tors five members of the House of Repre-
seutatives. four judges OF the court of ap-
peals. eight judges OF other courts, one At
torney General. one United States district
attorney. six state senator's. fifteen mem
bers Of the general assembly Of Maryland.
besides officers of the army and navy, other
celebrated lawyers divines and men well
known in the various walks of life.
It Is an interesting fact that George
washington whose mind SO prophetically
conceived the necessity Of national uni
versity. should on the one hand have had
own state. William and Mary. and the first
college Of Maryland. st. Johns He writes
after visit there while President. In 1791,
accompanied by the governor. to the faculty
of the college. saying:
"Gentlemen:
"The satisfaction which have derived
from my visit to your infant seminary Is
expressed with much pleasure. and my
wishes for its progress to perfection are
proffered with sincere regard.
''The very promising appearance OF its In
fancy must fatter all its friends with
whom entreat you to class mel with the
hope OF an early and at the same time ma
ture manhood.
"You VIII do justice to the sentiments
which your kind regard toward myself In
spires by believing that reciprocate the
good wishes contained in your address. and
I sincerely hope the excellence Of your
seminary will be manifested in the morals
and science of the youths who are favored
with your care
GEORGE WASHINGTON.
April 17th 1791."
Washington would have been much elated
could he have known that years later In
the same state q college would be organ
lied that In its scope and method was des-
tined to give q new and epoch-making inn
petus to science In the nation at large.
The founding of Johns Hopkins with ideals
no less high than those Of the incorporators
of the earlier institution was peculiarly
fortunate as the German methods OF scien-
tifc research which 1t introduced into the
country are acknowledged by all educators
to have been this stimulus which has made
over all the institutions of higher training
In the land From Maryland has emanated
the idea Of profound university work which