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The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1908-08-21
That letter Of President
J. j. Gill.

1t Is with pleasure that we copy with
the polite request of Mr.. JuliAs j. Gill
President Alumni Association A. & M.
College, which you will find in this issue
of the News and ask our reader to give
| 1t that perusal that it is worthy Of. fol
We regard 1t a most fmportrnt product
ion in the main. Mr.. Gill is splendid
man of high attainments and q fluent
writer, but in this letter, 1t seems to US,
that he manifests degree of being
cramped or embarrassed. that but for
his official relationship to the assoica-
ton he would not be enjoying now the
present distinction and newspaper not
eriety, and that it was his duty In his
official capacity to promulgate the let
ter at the request of some Of its mem
bers.
1t might be properly suggested that
it was foregone conclusion that this
letter should be promulgated first and
that the Executive Committe of the AS
sociatlon should sfterwards meet, which
1t did In the city of Jackson the first of
this week. What that Committee did
we do not know at this writing.
The Alumni Association sees the
s.popular insert over the affairs Of the
A. & M. College and for fear this hay
ing harmful effect on the College In
terest," is the chief reasons, in our op-
iniop, that the letter purports to con-
vey. Lest we forget, wish to state now
and here, we know of some Of the MEM
bers who are not in accord, either In
spirit or the letter OF the document and
who are as true and loyal to the iustitu-
tion as any who may lay claim to the
expressions and sentiments contained
in the letter OF Mr.. Gill. II there is
one thing more prominent than anoth-
or, as in shown the communication, the
college was never more prosperous in
It's existence than under the present ad-
ministration. Hardy's administration.
Generous and unstinted appropriations
by the preceding and the 1908 Legisla-
ture and most cordial and liberal pat
ronage throughout the State, all this
under The administration Of President
J. c. Hardy. What better could be
said Ii support Of Hardy than shown by
Mr.. Gill.
I In our. opinion, from expressions In
Inherent circles and walks Of lie.
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About j. G. Hardy.

tits high time for Jack Hardy
to send in his resignation as
president of the A. & M. College
and put a stop to this talk. The
people are getting tired of all
this foolishness. .-Pontotoc Senti-
mel.
President Hardy should not
be asked to resign at all. If he
is q bad man and not doing what
he ought to do for the state then
he should be put out by the
board Of trustees; but If he is al
right and doing the best he can
for the state and the institution
he should be Loyalty supported
by the people of the state. The
Sentinel has not taken sides in
this matter and has no lnsterest
in it except that of a Mississip.
plan insterested in the welfare of
the Agricultural and Mechanical
College which has turned out so
many good and strong men who
are helping to make Mississippi a
great and glorious state. have
not seen the testimony as taken
before the board of trustees, but
have read great deal about the
nuddle on both sides. And
without any feeling in the mat.
ter one way or the other, and
with no insterest to subserve save
that of the state I love, l have
reached the deliberate opinion
that this whole affair is slmply,a
cut and dried persecution of
Prof. Pardy. Hardy has been
at the head of this great school
for about eight years and there
has been a wonderful growth and
development under his admins
tration There has been no seri-
Gus trouble at the A & M. until
Capt Wei born was discharged
by Hardy and now be comes
along with string ef charges
against the President, and it
looks to the man up tree just
like it is all conceived in a spirit
of anger with view of "retalia-
tion" and persecution. If Hardy
is very bad man and Wellborn
knows so much about it, certain
ly the knew it before he was disc
onnected from the pay roll of the
College, and if he knew it then
and didn't expose it he, is not an
honest man and no attention
should be paid to him. The Sen
tinel is of the opinion that during
his eight years OF official life at
the College, Pres. Hardy has
made some mistakes. but they
have been fewer in number and
less serious than most men
would have made occupying the
same position. It occurs to the
Sentinel that he has shown him
self great educator and a man
of rare ability. He is man of
high moral ideals and of reIig
lous culture. He has worked
necessarily for the welfare of
the college since he has been at
the helm and has had great
success and he should not be
kicked down and out now after
the board has exonerated him
and re-employed him for anoth-
or term. The Sentinel believes
that when the reading public
get all the facts and views. both
sides Of the matter, that they will
then seetthe injustice bhat has
been done Hardy and will rally
to his support. Ripley Sentinel.
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roll 81, $500.
It is ordered by the board that
the following amounts be charg-
ed to Sheriff.
Addit'nal realty asm't by
Sheriff .......... "a 710 90
Addit'nal personal assm't
by Sheriff ...... 3 $40 90
Polls (S8) -, ................... 76 90
G. S. Fondren and D. w. Out.
law Jr. committee appointed to
examine Harpole and OBrien
road reported said road in bad
condition.
Geo. w. Parker, road contract
or was ordered to notify all part.
les having gates to put same in
good condition and if order is
not complied with within twenty
davs Parker is ordered to remove
said gates from public road.
The following road overseers
were appointed to serve uutil
first Monday in March 1909
Bradley road-Buster Sides.
Road No-Sec. 3-Ben Simp.
son.
Road No-Sec 1-G. B. Hutch
enson.
Starkville and Maben road
MuldrOw Sudduth.
The board having examined II.
III. Skies, books IN the Circuit
Clerks Office found them in good
condition, and all discrepancies
found by the auditors was ex-
planned by Mr.. Skies to the sat.
lsfaction OF the board.
All road everseers are required
to pnt their roads in good condi-
ton, report same and file report
with the clerk by September l,
1908 as the law requires.
The Clerk is ordered to adver.
tise for bids to build the follow
ing bridges:
Bridge across Talking Warrior
on Louisville road, 800 yards
causeway or plank on Steels
Mill and Pheba road.
D. w. Outlaw was authorized
to spend $125.OO for road ma
chine for Beat 5.
The board ordered the enumer-
alton of educable children as
made by the assessor approved.
The mileage and per diem for
the five days services at this
term was ordered allowed to
members of the board.
Board adjourned to meet first
Monday in September 1908.
A. A. MONTGOMERY.
Droc
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MIR. Doxsey stated that while
he was in favor of giving the
colored people a new school
building, bnt at the same time
owing to the financial condition
of the City he would oppose vot-
ing for it at this time whereupon
Wash Chiles and D. G. Rogers
stated that if the Board would
give the assurance of a new build
ing or the body of new build
ing sufficient in size to accomo-
date all pupils, that they would
by subscription raise $1500.O0 of
the money. DR.. J. w. Eckford a
member of the Board of Trutees
stated that in as much as the
Town would have to repair
and build an annex to the old
school building, 1t would be
cheaper to accept the $15OO.O0
and put them up new building,
whereupon the Board accepted,
and adjourned to meet as soon as.
Chiles and Rogers succeed in rails.
ing $500. 90 above mentioned.
]. D. Deanes. Mayor.
PIG. Sudduth, Clerk.
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victed of unlawfully retailing
liquor. it appearing that the
sheriff, physicians and reputable,
citizens having made certificate
that said Boone is disabled from
work and blind, and that more
than thirty days had elapsed
since the date of his conviction
and sentence, it was ordered
that he be discharged.
The board then proceeded to
equalized taxes consuming the
balance of the day.
Adjourned to meet Thursday
Aug. 6. 1908.
THURSDAY, AUG. 6, 1908.
The board met pursuant to ad-
journment. All members and
officers present, and consumed
the entire day in equalizing taxes.
Adjourned to meet Friday
Aug. z, 1908.
FRIDAY AUG. Z, 1908.
The board met pursuant to ad-
journment. All members and
officers present.
The report of DR.. J. W. Eek,
ford county health officer rela-
tive to the condition of the school
building and several manufactur-
ing plants was read and filed.
L. Fl. Nichols was authorized
to spend $4,000 for repairing
bad places and building bridges
on the Harpole road.
The following accounts were
allowed:
Sallie johnson, pauper .......... 4 90
Henry Crow causeway ............ 4 IS
] M Tomlinson, nails. ............ at
Bette Templeton, pauper ......... 4 90
Lamar Quinn poll tax refunded. ;. 2 90
Drs Eckford & Scales Wis pris. -. 90
r P Washington lumber ........ 116 "a
Nose SimOns C b porter .......... 10 90
Jim Bell, pauper .................2 so
Arthur Davis, pauper. 4 90
L Fl Nichols insp roads .......... l2 90
Ann and Nancy Chaffin, paupers :. 90
w Hunt right of way for roads. 80. 10 90
B K & L Weir sta'ny S Ed. 500. 95
r X & L Weir sta'ny Cerk ....... ATT
r X & F L Weir sta'ny Sheriff. 20
Geo McInvale keeping clock. .... 2 so
C c e. w ] Leitz lumber -. ....... IT
Lem Douglass nails. s............. 10
q w Parker road work ...... IS 80
w III Miller salary ......... 49,. 80 33
Jas Edward causway. 4 90
A A Montgomery insp road ...... 90
w w Hall lumber. er................... 2 Is
Charlie Morgan bid bridge. Is So
Charlie Sharp bid bridge ......... II 90
Nat Office Sup Co stationary. 49,. / 25
E o McIlwain per diem Clerk -. IS 90
T James per diem as Sheriff -. 10 90
D w Outlaw insp roads .-......... IL 90
u G James making assessments. z SO
The personal assessment roll
for 1893 filed by j. l. Lucas tax
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Proceedings Board Of Super
Vl6Or6.

The Board met Monday. Aug
3, 1908. All members and Offi.
GERS present.
The following accounts were
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b f Sudduth lumber. er............. 16 S5
Board appointed D. W. Out
law and G. S. Fondren to inspect
reads running to Longview,
which was petitioned to be made
a public road, and report at next
meeting.
The keeping of the poor house
was let to J. B. McCreigqt at $40
per month for each pauper, this
beng the lowest and best bid.
The bid was accepted by L. Fl.
Nickles, G.. s. Fondren, D. w.
Outlaw and r. A. Lampkin vot-
ing yea and A. A. Montgomery
voting nay.
The contracts for building
bridges across Bevils canal and
across slough near canal bridge
was bid off by Bill Belts. The
board after due consideration
rejected both bids.
The contract for building
bridge across Sand creek on
Hunts road was awarded to Sam
Hu1t at 81 cents per running
foot, his being the best and low
est bid.
The bridge across Big creek
On Louisville and Houston road
from Sturgis corporation line to
Big creek was bid of by J. H.
McMinn for 1926. 90 per miie the
same being 81 miles.
The second link beginning at
Big creek and ending at Beat 3
line was bid off by w. w. Nc
Reynolds at the sum of $500
per mile the same being q miles
in length.
The following overseers were
appointed:
Sturgis and West Point road.
]. w. Sanders.
Starkville and Mayhem road.
Henry Erwin
The following accounts were
ordered allowed:
q w Panker working roads. 49,. 55 so
T G James feeding pris 'ns........ 80 40
Board adjourned to meet Tues
day at $50 q. m.
TUESDAY AUG. 4, 1908.
The Board met pursuant to ad-
iournment all members and Off
Gers present and proceeded to
ennallze taxes consuming the en-
tire day. Adjourned to meet
wednesday Aug. 5. at $50
o'clock.
WEDNESDAY AUG. 5. 1908.
The Board met pursuant to-
adiournment. All members and
of6cers present.
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thereon.
We committee appointed by
your Hon. Body to make some
investigation as to the sale of the
old Col. College Building and lot,
and cost of q new Building. beg
to say that we will be able to sell
old Building and Lot for $500. 90
and it will cost about $25OO. 100 to
put up new Building.
Respect.
F.. M. Hale,
J. l.. Martin.
John Gladney,
J. w. Eckford,
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for 1898 hlled Dy j. Il Lucas tax
Assessor was approved as cor.
rected and the Clerk required to
make copies of same as provided
by law.
It is ordered that the Sheriff
be credited with the following
assessments:
Jessie French Piano Co. for
the yrs. 1898 to 1907, inclusive,
SIS, 10000.
Wrought Iron Range Co. 1893
to 1907, 81, 10000.
A. K. Houch Piano Co., 1892 to
1907 $24,OOo.OO.
Singer Sewing Machine Co.,
1887 TO 1902 $31. 10000.
Erroneous personal assessments
(86 polls) $500.
Erroneous personal assessments
on valuation of personal proper
ty $4, ,235 90.
Reduction of Realty by board
81, ,205. 90
Personal insolvences as per re-
port (1252 polls &2, 604.OO.
Personal insolvencies as per
Capitalization of personal
property$16, $4,000
Errors made IN copying real
New-York tribune., 1908-10-24

THE STORY OF THE NEW ENGLAND WiAl~
ERS. By John r. Spears Illustrated $40. PIP
The Macmillan Company.
New-York tribune., 1908-10-24
1fr III. q. WeUs in the Saddle OF a
Firing Machine.

THE WAR IN THE AIR. And ParnsuIarf ,sisd
NJ Bert SrnallEays fereo Wnie ~ -.
Nv p G. Wells Illustrated oy ErIc roPe
-enao N. viii. 50. Ihe Mecnlilan '-ol-pes-
New-York tribune., 1908-10-24
Literary Neovs and Criticism

esf and ambitious His heart Is on IRE T1tn III
cignation at the ruthless havoc King spruce Is
making of the great timber lands, ano the tlp
ute of life and limb levied broadcast upon MS
human subjects has reused the mans whoie
being TO revolt Leaving behind him his sweet
heart-who ss It happens, is the daughter OF ms
bitterest opponent the president Of the Umcol-
Gus Lumber Company-he fights his way step
nv step to recognition, influence, commercial
victory To support him he has Rodburd Ide'
owner of the independent timber lands, and his
plucky daughter. Nina; also old Christopher
Straight who knows every inch OF the wilder
ness and Tommy Eye, the best log driver In
the county-when he isn't drunk. The treless
Vaccinations OF King Spruce as well as some
quite unforeseen plot entanglements of a more
personal nature. furnish forth melodrama that
is at times, impressive Mr.. Day loves his for
est country. and his story. II it accomplished
nothing else should at least serve to direct pub
lie attention anew TO the methods by which
great timber interests have been making des-
olatton Of the Maine woods.
The author of "Arthur's" is one Of those nu-
rnerous observers who have lstterIy turned their
attention to the humblest possible types His
Arthur" is the keeper OF London coffee stall,
and MI Lyons's purpose is TO exploit the humors
illustrated by the sort Of persons who frequent
such an institution, cabmen, vagabonds ana
miscellaneous unfortunates. Naturally ne pro-
ceeds to show US that while the speech and the
manners of these individuals are crude to the
point Of Enthusiastically, their hearts are more or
less like the hearts of luckier men and women
They are human souls, kind according to their
lights, and their experiences, II not fanooy-
antiy romantic, are not, the other hand
necessarily prosaic. Mr.. Lyons is clever. He
knows where to stop The stories are all con-
cisefy told They are written, too, with a sin
cerity that is disarming. In spite Of the un-
lovely language in which the tales abound, we
read on with sympathy for his types Of urban
hardship and cheerfulness
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write r. the whole school. having become saiheo
we're OF TO wind'ard. going FIN out. ike mad
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OLD SEA TALES.
Dnf from Before the Days
When Steam Came In.

THE STORY OF THE NEW ENGLAND WFiAL-
ERS. By John r. Spears illustrated $40. PIP
AIS The Macmillan Company.
OCEAN LIFE IN THE OLD SAILING SHiF
DAYS Bv John D. Whiddeu illustrated a|o.
pp. 314. Little, Brown & Co
The born whaler had something of the mad
ness of the gold prospector about him aver
age pro6ts were far below those Of other sea
faring pursuits, but average profits he never
considered Just as the forty miner was always
expecting to make his big strike next time, SO
the whaler fully believed that he would return
from the merit cruise with "a greasy ship And
it did frequently happen that vessel made Il
fortune in a single voyage Whaling was a
career that counted on the big chance. The men
attracted to it were men Of reckless daring ana
dogged persistence: the kind OF men whom We
of a later generation cannot afford to forget.
Mr. Spears has made careful study OF the
whole history of the American whaling indus
try, and his book is filled with valuable in
formation well presented
The narrative goes back far as the middle
Of the seventeenth century, when the authorities
Of Easthampton. Long Island, were making
provision for the constant maintenance OF 4
lookout on the dunes. so that the appearance
of q whale in the offing might be at once re
ported and the whaleboats manned. But 1t was
at Nantucket that the industry first really came
into its own and until after the War OF lSl2
this town held undsputed supremacy. Indeed,
Nantucket was the mother town Of American
whaling AS the ships came 10 be built for
longer and longer cru!ses-two and three year
voyages to tho Pacilc-and their Increased
draft prevented them from crossing the Nan
tucket Harbor bar the whalers quilted their
island homes and settled at other ports Nan
tucket captains put out from New Bedford and
the Buzzard's Bay harbors; Nantucket captains
were in command of the English and the French
whaling fleets: even when she no longer could
boast a fleet OF her own Nantucket repre-
sented wherever there whaling ship.
The figures are interesting. In l7IO the Nan
tucket feet numbered 125 ships, as many as all
the other American ports combined. In 1SIs.
after the disasters OF two wars. Nantucket sent
eighteen ships to sea; New Bedford twenty five.
By 1857 the record showed four. against
ninety five. But New Bedford's day
TO be over too. The Civil War marked a sharp
New-York tribune., 1908-10-24

decline in the industry, and when the war was
over it never recovered more than vestige of
its old footing When one reads of the two
score old whalers bought at the New Bedford
yvharves by the government in 1851, towed TO
Charleston and sunk for a blockade at the
mouth of the harhoT. has the feeling Of
reading an obituary notice; but this at least
was a more dignifed fate than came to many
others Of the old feet-that of being disman-
tied and converted into coal barges.
Mr. Spears's story of the growth and decline
Of the whale fisheries Is on the whole supe-
rior in interest to his descriptions Of the outfit
and methods Of the whaers. Yet the latter are
explicit and instructive. and the author has
livened them with many anecdotes borrowed
from first hand records
CAPTAIN Whidden who appears to have had
about every sort of experience that could be had
adoat, made one voyage on a whaler This was
in 1S49 He was only boy then, barely seven
teen but already he had been five years before
the mast and had visited, among other ports.
Liverpool, Canton, Rio. Tahiti and Honolulu
While the Tsar lay at anchor in the Hawaiian
harbor he had deserted her. in the hope OF get
ting passage to San francisco and the gold dig
gings But no passage was Obtainable at any
price; every inch of space every vessel bound
to the Golden Gate had long been appropri-
ated and the disappointed boy finally driven
to ship a New Bedford whaler. cruising home
ward by the South Seas.
Ten or twelve days out we sighted our first
whales. There she blows!' from the look
ont stationed at the royal masthead while to the
depand, Where away" came the response, -Four
points off the lee bow, sir!' Captain Turner.
seizng his powerful marine glass. sprang into the
rigging, and quickly ascended to the lookout, from
whence in a few minutes came the order, Keep
her four points," Shortly could see from
the deck large school OF sperm whales heading
eastward
With excited but perfectly trained dispatch
the boats wero manned and lowered; there were
a few breathless minutes OF suspense while the
school sounded" and then came the ordes for
rowing. For a whaling crew this was always
the time of supreme effort: speed priceless.
In the present instance the boat brought
close to its peize that the boy could hear the
"Choo! choo!" the water spouted from the
blowholes OF the whales.
were now right between two big whales
least eighty barrels each. the boat being In whal
ing parlance, wood and black skin" T. C., touchng
the skin Of the whale. when the mate shouted Let
him have IL 80 The boat-steerer, who la the har-
He drove at him. but failed To fasten
curely. Catching up his second iron ne fairly
pitchpocd IL him. 1t is singular fact that
a soon whale in a school Is struck all tho
rest know 1t. In instant there was not earth
quake but waterQuake around us, seethnB
mass of white water, with heads nukes. and fms
every direction. In less TINA than It takes TO
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write r. the whole school. having become saiheo-
were of TO windard. going fin out. ike MAD
When the mate found that the whale had been
missed he became almost insane from anger ana
disappointment. Had he not been prevented by
the crew he would have killed the clumsy har-
nooner on the spot. The loss OF the first whale
meant the loss OF all. long. exhausting pur-
suit was undertaken. but in vain, and the boats
finally had to put back to tho ship. For the next
two weeks not a whale was sighted. and In the
course of tho third week. while the Samuel Rob-
ertson lay close under the shore CT Tahiti, young
whidden not finding whaling TO his taste. man
ased 70 get ashore and away.
Aside from this curtaiied whaling venture and
a single trip to the Grand Banks as navigator ON
a fisherman Captain Whidden's twenty-five
wears OF seafaring (since 1870 he has been
ashore) were in the merchant service. He has
set down his story in a straightforward. plain
spoken fashion that has homely charm OF Its
own There is no indulgence in sentiment. no
idle play Of fancy. Neither is there any intimate
revelation of character.
New-York tribune., 1908-10-24

JOHN KEATS. A Literary Biography. By Ahert
Elmer Hancock. Illustrated. svo, PIP XII, Z54.
The Houghtoa Mif1in Company.
New-York tribune., 1908-10-24

Mr.. Kipling in his school days appears to have
been exactly the sort of young person he seemed
TO Uncle Stalky. There in those days a
woman Of Bideford who kept & curiosity shop
much frequented by the schoolboys Of West
ward Ho; and this dame in her old age has been
full Of anecdotes Of the authors ways as an
urchin. The Pail Mall Gazette" quotes her as
saying: He would often come in here to sell
his old schoolbooks. 1 remember 'un well one
day coming in with some other young gentle
men he was always with Come alonF. mother
he says. you take this lot for shilling No
says don't want no moro OF them the place
IS fairly Uttered UP It is 1 won't give n,
more than fourpence, and don't want them then
Come on you chaps he said. won't take
that and / won't cart them home Over the
bridge they go!' And sure as life he thro,as
them over into the river" The old dame added
that many people had been TO her shop of late
years TO try to buy Kiplngs old books They
hoped TO find rhymes scribbled in the margins
and that put out they were to hear / had
rubbed all his scribbIings out! No. says Mas
ter Kipling was always fair TO me- and he may
have written things not good as those he
has sold since. / wasn't going to have 'em polk
Ing their fun st him.