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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-11-06

ELECTION over, now help push along
the return of business prosperity.
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1908-08-14
PROMINENT ALUMNE
SUPPORTS HARDY.

Nash BOyles Writes Letter in Defence
of Hardy and A. & II.
To my former school mates, friends and
other citizens of Mississippi who
would act according to the dictates
of justice:
Prior to the investigation Of
the Mississippi A. & M. College.
and when this much ado about
nothing" was begun, I, with two
other ex-students of that institu-
tion, gave out a letter through
the press in which we pleaded
with the honorable legislators
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1908-08-14
The Mobile & Ohio.

Addressing a meeting of rail.
road men at Washington q few
days since Col. E. l.. Russell OF
the Mobile & Ohio paid a hand
some compliment to the State OF
Mississippi, among other things
saying: 1.-THE Mississippi legis.
lature behaved with much intelli-
gence and patriotic conservatism.
Mississippi never follows the
policies of the States around it.
It Institutes it's own, and the
people of the State had the pOllt.
ical courage to put aside anti
railroad influences around them,
such as was shown by Arkansas
on the West, which wanted and
got 2-cent per mile rate. and
Georgia and AIabamaon the
East, which wanted and adopted
a 81 centrate per mile.
1T is quite certain to my mind
that the people of Mississippi
will not have cause to complain
of the liberal way in which the
Southern and Mobile & Ohio
were treated when they offered
to reduce rates in their State at a
time when they could ill-afford
to do so without a loss or great
reduction in expenses somewhere
along the line. !"
Col. Russell, like q great many
other railroad managers Of to-
day is q native of the State of
Mississippi, and he never loses
an opportunity to do something
for his State. He has a head
that correspondes to the size
of his heart, and can always be
found on the side of the people
when in his power.
Now, let's see what the South.
ern and the Mobile q Ohio are
going to do about this proposed
seven per cent increase that is
proposed by the traffic men of
the several roads doing business
in Mississippi. LEX.
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1908-08-14

er the facts we must all commend
President Hardy for relieving
Capt Wellborn from duty as
early as it was learned that he
welding an unwholesome in
fiuence in the student body. So
much for Captain Wellborn.
Now, let us take a look at the
records to ascertain whether or
not our judgement is just in the
case of President Hardy. Under
his administration we have seen
the institution grow from valu-
alton of $270, 900 to that of more
than 81. 600, 600; in attendance
from abont 800 students to more
than 1000; we have seen the 7.
NJ. C. A. growfrom about twelve
members to three hundred; we
have seen the president attend
lug the sick beds daily, watching
carefully the conditian OF the
sick; we have seen him put down
cigarette smoking: we have seen
him run down the illicit selling
of whiskey in the town of Stark
vile; we have seen him develop
athletics and a wholesome col
lege spirit; we have seen this
great institution do its great
work in this great commonwealth
for over seven years harmonious
ly. We have seen all this, and
now are we going to turn our
backs on this man whe has given
to the State the best part of his
life? No! The people of Miss
issippi are falrer than that. AS
he has sown; so shall he also
reap.
Although we may be prone to
consider President Hardy's work
with only cold justice, untemp-
cred by by the least mercy, even
then we must feel in our hearts
Ia sympathetic vibration, and
shall be compelled to accord him
our sincerest co operation and
bid to this great Mississippi A.
& M. College God speed in the
fullfillment of its noble mission.
E. NASH BROYLES,
Class of '03.
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1908-08-14
Editor The Starkville News
Dear Sir

1t has occurred to me that 1T
may not be improper for me to
address you and other represen-
tative editors in the Southern
States on subject which | be
lieve to be of great Importance
to the future prosperity of our
section.
MY duties require me to keep
in touch, as nearly as possible,
with business conditions through
out the country, and especially
in the South. Since the begin
ming of the business depression
from which the country is now
recovering, I have been greatly
impressed with evidence which
has come to me that. while busi-
ness all over the United States
has been unfavorably affected.
the efforts of the depression
have been felt most severely, as
a general rule, in those commu-
mites the energies of which are
devoted principally to the pro-
duction of a single commodity,
or of a few commodities, and
that business has been relatively
less affected in those communi-
ties in which production is more
diversified. l have been i'm
pressed especially with the fact
that the business depression has
been relatively less severe in
those Southern localities in which
attention has been given to the
growing of fruits and vegetables.
There has been a steady market
for these products, and, although
prices have not in some instances
been as high as ID other Seasons,
I believe they have generally
yielded profits TO the growers.
The press of the South has
already accomplished much by
advocating diversification of ag-
riculture and manufacturing,
and. looking back over the past
twenty-five years, we can realize
that much has been accomplished
in this direction. | believe, how
ever, that the time is especially
opportune for continuing our ef-
forts in this direction and for
urging that each Southern COM
munity shall make the most of
the opportunities which revival
of business will open up to it.
Nature has favored the South
with practically lnexhaustible
resources of great variety, and
the industrious and resourceful
Southern people have shown
their ability to take up and carry
to success new lines of industry.
I believe, therefore, that you
will agree with me as to the de-
STABILITY of encouraging still
greater diversifieation uf indus
try in the direction of utilizing
to the fullest extent the natural
resources of our section.
Without attempting to enumer-
ate the lines in which progress
in this direction is possible, 1
would suggest that, in many
localities, agricultural prosperity
might be advanced by further
diyersification of fal ming, es.
pecially in the direction of pro-
ducing the fruits and vegetables,
best suited for each locality; that
live stock and dairYing might
profitably receive more attention
in some localities, and that, in
connection with a larger produc-
tion of fruits and vegetables,
there are many localities in which
canning and preserving indus
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1908-08-14

mics of the institution and to
lend the most earnest co-opera-
ton in it's president. ln the ex-
act language of the letter we
stated:
There has been great hub
bub at the Mississippi A. & M.
College, uncalled for and unnec-
essary. which is rendering par
tally incapable for a time that
grand institution, and seems a
calculated attempt to blight one
of the grandest characters that
Mississippi has ever produced" /"
Did we speak erroneonsly!
For answer I call your attention
to the results of the investigation
of the College and of President
Hardy by fourteen representative
and distinguished citizens of our
commonwealth. appointees both
/ of Governor Vardaman and OF
Governor Noel.
They declare the president the
same honorable upright, unselfish
man that we depicted him, and
this board, by virtue OF the facts
presented in evidence, utterly put
to rout his enemies.
Although the investigation is
complete, President Hardy has
been sustained and exonerated;
and Capt. Wellborn has met with
failure before the legislature of
our State.- with contempt from
the board of trustees of the col
lege, and with severe criticism
from the war department at
Washington; still, this army OFF,
Ger is unwilling to sacrifice his
petty prejudice on the delibera-t
tive affairs of these tribunals. but
lfrom rumor it is learned that he
still intends to continue the fight,
through selfish motives no doubt,
which will to q limited extent
impair the efficiency of our great
institution, and which will pur-
pose to discredit it's great head.
And this man, Captain Wellborn.
has some following. Why? Let
me tell you.
At the June meeting of the
board it was the request that
public judgement be suspended
until the conclusion of the Well
born charges against President
Hardy. This request was obey.
ed by President Hardy and his
friends, but the Wellborn forces.
realizing no doubt the weakness
of their position, did all within
their power to prejudice the
public mind by the circulation of
a variety of unfair and highly
colored reports. Thus he secur-
ed some following while he had
the field to himself.
Now, since Captain Wellborn
has made the assault with the
utmost vehemence, and still.
when the dust and smoke of his
charges have cleared away, we
see the A. & M. College and
President Harry standing like a
stone wall, let as see what man.
ner of man is this Capt Wellborn
of heterogeneous fame who dares
to come within onr bordere and.
through q spirit of revenge, stir
up strife until q gigantic investi-
CATION, incurring additional in-
convenience and expense, must
be held, in. order to get rid OF
him. AS adduced from the evi.
dence presented at the investiga-
tion, Iquote the following from
the summary as presented to the
hoard hv President Hardy:
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1908-08-14

Industrially, l believe it should
be the aim of the South to add
to the profits of producing raw
materials the profits Of manufac-
turing, by converting Southern
raw materials, as far as possible,
INTO articles ready for use. AS
indicating what may be done
along this line. I may refer to
the cotton textile industry. AL.
thongh the South has substan-
tial monopoly IN the production
of the most widely used textile
fibre in the world, some of US
are old enough to remember
when it was believed in many
quarters that cotton manufactOr-
ing on a large scale could not be
established successfully in the
South. The Southern people
first demonstrated their ability
to make the coarser grades of
cotton fabrics, and they are now
demonstrating their ability to
make the finer grades as well
and to bleach and finish the
products of their mills. / think
we may look forward with conf
dence to the further development
of this great industry and of in.
dustries depending upon it, such
as the manufacture of cotton
goods into articles of clothing
ready for wear.
I might enumerate a long list
of opportunities for the further
development Of manufacturing.
It would include the conversion,
on a larger scale, of Southern
made leather into boots and
shoes, harness and betting, in
Southern factories, and the con-
version of the products of South
ern forests and mines into long
list of articles ready for use. /
have said enough, however, to
you. The point wish to make,
which is, that I believe that all
of us who have the prosperity of
the South at heart should do all
in our power to encourage the
diversification of Southern in
dustry and the conversion in
Southern factories of Southern
products into articles ready for
use rather than their shipment
to other sections in the form of
raw materials or of partly manu-
featured commodities. I need
not assure you of my great in
terest in every movement for the
advancement of a Southern COM
munity, and you know that, this
Company, through it's Land and
Industrial Department, stands
ready at all times to cooperate
in every proper way with indi-
viduals and communities along
it's lines for the establishment of
new industries. the promotion of
such immigration as may be de-
sired by each community, and
the general advancement Of
Southern prosperity.
Yours very truly,
w. w. FINLEY,
President.
PROMINENT ALUMNE
SUPPORTS HARDY.
Nash BOyles Writes Letter in Defence
of Hardy and A. n.
To my former school mates, friends and
other citizens OF Mississippi who
would act according to the dictates
of Justice:
Prior to the investigation Of
the Mississippi A. & M. College,
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1908-08-14

guarded and promoted, l have
earnestly sought to keep the at
mosphere of the college morally
and religeously pure, and to
guard the students from tempta-
tions of every kind. When be-
came president, the Young Mems
Christian Association had in it
about dozen members; now it
has three hundred. Believing,
with most men, with all physi-
clans and with many legislatures
in other States that cigarettes
are deleterous, especially as to
young men, / prohibited them
altogether, and have, as far as
enforced the prohibi-
ton. Believing strongly in tenn.
perance, have used every effort
to peevent the sale or drinking
intoxicants among the students.
All of this is in keeping with the
settled policy of the trustees. In
carrying out this policy, I have
always received the cordial CO..
operation of the faculty, and
have encountered no opposition,
until Captain Wellborn came to
the college as commandant. He
alone openly cast his influence
against me in these matters. 1t
was he who favored Sunday
parades and who opposed relig-
eous revival services. 1t was he
who, in speaking in his class
room to students. characterized
the devoted Christian workers in
heathern lands as the damn
missionaries" stating that they
did no good-a conclusion which
he had a perfect right to draw,
but which contrasts sharply with
the testimony borne publicity by
both Mr.. Bryan and Mr.. Taft.
Ii was he VINO had card party
IN his home, despite the fact that
the regulations in the college
prohibited card playing among
the students and in the homes of
the facnlty. l claim no right to
crltiscize his own conduct in his
own home, except so far as it en-
couraged disobedlence in the
student body. 1t was he who
confessedly gave intoxicating
drinks in his own home to mem
bers of the senior class, and
whose only apology for it is, at
that time they were under tenn
porary suspension. 1t was he
who, without encouraging in
subordination among the seniors,
advised them in an address to
take as a rule or motto the
words, $50 act that you can look
any damn man in the face and
: - . :.
tell him to go to hell"-a motto
whidh appears. | am told, in the
Annual, published by the stu
dents, as a motto of the senior
class. The young men of the
class can hardly be blamed for
the evil which may result from
such language, especially when
they acted under the advice of
the commandant, who, along
with the president, is charged
with enforcing the discipline of
the college,"
My friends, kindly contrast
the two men. Are we going to
listen to this man, Capt. Well
born, further9 Are we going to
permit him to interfere further
with the harmony that exists in
our State institution? Is this
the kind of q man to whom the
people of Mississippi would en-.
trust the training Of their sons ?
Connecticut western news., 1908-08-27

Tine Canaan base ball team met defeat at Sheffield Saturday by score of 3 to O.. In tke fifth inning McCann of Sheffield hit ball toward third base. The Canaan players declare the ball was foul and the Sheffield boys claim it was fair. We refrain from discussing the merit or dis merit of this decision as Canaan com pleted the game under protest and the matter will be adjusted by the board of directors.
 One of the umpires, he who made this decision, is brother of pitcher Schmid of the Sheffields and Manager Roraback of the Canaan team was the second umpire.
 The News believes the umpire system in the Housatonic Valley League has been wrong from the start. It has been carried on in a lax, hit-or- miss fashion in nearly every, if not quite every, will lage in the circuit. We do not believe Manager Roraback of the Canaan team should umpire a game in which the Canaan team participates, we do not believe Dr. Knight or Walter Norton should umpire Lakeville game nor do we believe the brother of a Sheffield
Connecticut western news., 1908-08-27
Sharon Man is Doing Time.

Two or three weeks ago complaint was made to the Sharon authorities against Charles LounsburY of that town, the accusation being wife beating. He eluded the officers for some time, simply visiting his home at night at irregular intervals The other day Constable Peck of Sharon was taking a party to the Cornwall Bridge railroad station when he espied man asleep along the road. It proved to be Lounsbury and as soon as Mir. Peck landed his passengers, he returned to the spot, found Lounsberry still there and placed him under arrest. He was sentenced to pay a fine of seven dollars and costs and to serve thirty days in jail. He was taken to Litchfield by Deputy Sheriff I. P. Horbeck of Falls Village.
Connecticut western news., 1908-08-27

the campers have for him, and also in appreciation of the marked interest he takes in matters pertaining to the lakes and the summer colony.
 Mir. Bodiey deftly mingled humor and sentiment in his remarks, and the brief speech was model of its kind. He referred to his long acquaintance with the Judge, to the latter's rise from one position to another among the adminis- trators of justice, until he reached the exalted position he now holds. The speaker said that although the cup ap- peared to be empty. it was really filled to the brim with the we'll wishes, love and esteem of every person present, and that 1t was the wish of all that happi- ness, prosperity and all the other good things of this life may ever attend the Judge and his family.
 After recovering from his astonish- ment, the Judge, heart filled with varied emotions, fittingly expressed his thanks
 The contributions for the purchase of the cup, were solicited by the Rev. E. c. Gillette, and never was a request more generously or eagerly responded to. It Is of the beautiful Gorham design. On one side is engraved the following in- scription Presented to Judge A. T. Roraback by his friends, at Twin Lakes, August 23. 1908" On the reverse side appears this quotation: Folk of many families gathered together in the peace of this roof" The quotation is from Robert Lewis Stevenson's prayer which was read earlier in the evening by the Rev. E. c. Gillette. The inscription was particularly appropriate Sunday evening as there were 200 of the campers present.
Connecticut western news., 1908-08-27
Norfolk Camper Injured.

Wilbur Baker, g years old, of New York, was probably fatally injured at Norfolk last week by falling out of a carriage and sustaining severe injuries to his head He was taken to the Hart ford hospital for an operation, and while no fracture of the skull was discovered his condition was extremely serious. Baker was one of party of campers at Norfolk, and has mother in New York city
Connecticut western news., 1908-08-27
AS to Mir. Lilley.

Much has been said in ths papers about our present Congressman at-large, Geo. L. Lilley Ton know the words of the poet Tenuyson, about the fierce light which beats upon throne aud blackens every blot. No man long in the lime light of political life, can escape some measure of citicism. Recall, if you will the abuse heaped upon Washington by his rivals. The condemnation of Lin coin for some of his best measures IS n matter of recent history. If You ex- anime the records of Congress during the past winter, you will find that the Connecticut delegation sided with Mir. Lilley upon the vote after the so-called by those from his own state. And fur ther, if you investigate the action of MT. Lilley upon public measure, you will find an unusual record for independent action.
 He did not always follow the crowd and obey the dictates of the party boss. On the contrary his efforts were at times calculated to bring him under censure. For he dared to oppose measures which took money from the public treasury for purposes of political pull and not for the public welfare.
 It is said that if MT Lilley is Governor he will be subservient to the machine. I have no fear of that. He has shown independence i'll his Congressional career. And am willing to trust him Governor of Connecticut.
 A word as to the machine in politics. It is what we make it. If it Is a bad
Connecticut western news., 1908-08-27
George w. Hall Injured.

Former county commissioner George Hall of Falls Village was quite seriously injured Friday on the new state road In company with boy he was out driv- ing and had stopped to speak to a friend. A bee stunR the horse which started to run. throwing MT. Hall to the ground, fracturing two ribs and bruising him severely. The boy remained iu the wagon, too frightened to jump and finally reached over the dash, regained the reins and finally stopped the horse. MT. Hall was taken to his home where a trained nurse is caring for him. For number of days he has been practically helpless.
Connecticut western news., 1908-08-27
A LOVING CUP FOR
 JUDGE RORABACK
GIVEN BY TWIN LAKES CAMPERS
"The Court' was Taken Entirely by Surprise-He Found Sentences" to Express his Appreciation but it was Difficult Task.

Everyone in this section knows Judge
 Alberto T. Roraback of Canaan, and
 they know that no more hospitable man
 lives. This is one reason why, when
 Vesper services every Sunday evening among the campers were suggested that the Judge offered his commodious cot tage with its spacious verandas for the purpose. It was immediately following one of these services Sunday evening that he was so thoroughly and complete ly taken aback that it was several mo- ments before he regained his wonted mental serenity. After Mrs W o. Bullock of Canaan had rendered vocal solo and after the Rev. k. O. Gillette of Canaan, by whom the services had been conduct ed, had pronounced the benediction, the Rev. H. I. Bodley of New Britain, one of the campers, presented the Judge, on behalf of the campers, with a loving cup, in observance of his 59th birthday, also as an evidence of the love and respect
Connecticut western news., 1908-08-27
SENSIBLE VIEW OF
 SERIOUS PROBLEM
BY DIR. 6. H. KNIGHT OF LAKEVILLE
Some SideIights on the Condition of ImbeciIes and the FeebIe-Minded Suggestions for Prevention of h. crease An Existing Law.

We present this week, in our series of we'll known men in this section, the pict- urs of Dr. George H. Knight who con- ducts school for imbeciles at Lakeville. The doctor is prominent, not only in his home town, but has wide acquaint ance in various parts of the state.
 In speaking of his past, he says: l have simply plodded along in my line like any other man with work to do. went to Minnesota i'll 1880 and estab- Gshed an institution there for feeble minded children, returned to Lakeville in 1885 and have been here ever since Yale gave me Master of Arts degree in 1902. Up to about ten years ago I was interested i'll the matter of organizing new institutions throughout the western states for the feeble minded on such