The Evening News from Monroe, Louisiana • 5

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Err The K.l Publishes the Police Jury News and all the City and Parish News. This is the Season FOR LOW QUARTER SHOES WE are headquarters for all kinds of shoes but just at present our specialties are in Low Quarters. For the Children Patent Leather Sandals, I strap, silver buckle, 2s to 5s, 50 cents. THURSDAY, MAY 15, 1902 an.THF S- udoll Can ba Counted A Ranadell Can be Counted Mr. Amon the Strong Supporters of 'ratuiii For Ladies Twin Strap, Shaped Heel, to os, $150.

Colonials, 3s to 6s, $175. For Men D011-golas, 1-50. Patent Leather, Extension Soled and Back-stayed, 175. Vici, 2.00. LARCH DRY GOODS CO.

West Monroe, La. A The Island Indies, Cano lai were kit without dent Rt the app, dollars distres of this 1 aid it a pos govern 1 aid. LOCAL NEWS WEE The editor of the Bulletin has enjoyed the pleasure of some recent correspondence with Con gressman Joseph E. Ransdell touching public affairs; andwbile the Congressmans letters were not written to be published, the following one touching the all-important subject of education is offered to its readers, with the writers consent, as being the expression of one of Louisianas foremost public men upon a subject to which it were well that all our public men should address themselves with patriotic seriousness and entire candor. The suspected opposition of the planters in the black belt to a very much larger appropriation for public schools to which the writer refers, grows out of the very natural indisposition of the tax-payer to see the use of money conferred upon negro education by any but the local authority who shall be entirely under the influence of the tax-payer; but the Congresman who is himself a large tax-payer in the black belt outweighs the fear that the State authorities would spend too much money on the negro where he is in large bodies, with the hope that the money spent on negro education maybe well invested, that the planter himself in the negro' belt will, out of the increased tax, better 9 schools than be now has and the schools throughout the State in every locality will obtain a much needed uplift.

He is willing, therefore, to see our Legislature go to the limit of the law in providing for schools. Herculean efforts must be made, he says, to bring Louisiana up in the scale of literacy. The full text of the letter, which was dated at Washington on the 8th is as follows: I note the great interest you are taking in education and heartily approve your efforts. I not discussed with any the large planters in the black belt the question of a large appropri-jation for schools. In my judg- ment they would hardly be as favorable to same as the people of those localities where there are so many more whites, but as a class the planters of the bottom lands are liberal and I do not think seriousopposition will come from them.

In actual practice it enables the river parishes to have first-class schools for their white children. In my opinion there is no question conlronting the people of the south more difficult of proper solution than the education of the negro. If he can be instructed along agricultural and industrial lines, as advocated by Booker Washington in his Tus-kegee college, I believe it beneficial, but I question very much much whether or not the slight smattering of education obtainable at the ordinary country school is of any real benefit to the negro. And yet he is with us and with us to stay. It is our duty to work out his salvation not alone for his sake but principally for our own, and shall we say that education which is so beneficial to white men is detrimental to the black? I am hardly prepared to admit it.

Truly alit-tle learning is a dangerous thing, but is it not necessary to undergo the danger of this smattering ia order that perfect education may come to some after a while? I for one am willing to see our Legislature go to the limit of the law in making provision lor our schools. The people of the south are far behind those of the north, east and west in point of literacy. Of course this results largely from our negro population, but be the cause what it may, the fact still exists and in my jadg ment we should make herculean efforts to change the situation and show a vast improvement when the census of 1910 is taifen. The cause of education in our State can count me among its strong supporters. With regards and best wishes, I am, Very sincerely yours, JOS.

E. RANHDIiLL. Born May 10th to Mr. and Mrs. Morris Nathan, a boy.

The Phoenix restaurant has been closed by the sheriff. Born to Mr. and Mrs. J. Ii.

Harrison, Thursday May 8th, a girl. Mr. F. Guerriero will build four cottages on Washington st. Contractor Brooks has the job.

The cotton receipts up to Saturday at the compress were and at West Monroe 10,222 bales. Judge Hall sentenced I.Rosen-berger, Saturday morning to 60 days on Monroes streets, for robbery at Swartz. Fire Wednesday afternoon badly damaged the roof of a cot-age on North Seventh street belonging to J. W. Wright.

Mr. II, C. Voss has begun the erection of the Conner building on South Grand on the site recently made vacant by fire. The revival spirit still continues in West Monroe. Rev.

J. S. Edmonds is preaching to large congregations every evening this week in Ilaynes school house A meeting of the stockholders of the Standard Warehouse and Compress Company is called for next Saturday at 11 a. m. at Stubbs Kussells office in this city, The body of Carlisle Dawkiis was recovered from the river Thursday morning of last week and interred in the Monroe cemetery by sorrowing relatives and frieuds that afterpopn.

Truck gardeners about Monroe have harvested and sold profitably good crops of strawberries this season and their gardens are flourishing now with the seasons delicacies. Cottol iroutly ions of i veal her 'here an vaslilng iurliyef itutoil rc veather mm; ei iver Bine lurishes. on, tnlh or molsl OCUiltlV' looil stal nice wltlj Sugar I ust as i eeu shower sop 11 mil mil pre aims er Corn: ihowei food -JllliUiMl rrop fu Arc 0 of 111." Mount. pato for I May 2iii UNDER- PRICED CLOTHING. Nutlet between honn, I will of one sol 1 trityud 1 nmrdititf dish, Yi C'ullioui -These goods are not Undervalue; but Under-Price- They are good quality; but we are offering them at twenty per cent, below the usual price.

tjon Oily of counuili day, piled te The following prisoners were taken to the penitentiary this week: Dan and Mitchell Young, negroes, manslaughter, three years each; Robert Downs, negro, assault and robbery, 18 months; Carl Thompson, Tom Richmond and Andrew Smith, larceny, 10 months. Lovers of good music enjoyed a treat Monday night in hearing the Ottumwa male quartette who sang in the Auditorium, All their numbers were very good, the rendition of Tennysons Blow, Bugle Blow, and the passage from Ecclesiastes, Remember Now Thy Creator, being profoundly touching and beautiful. The Daughters of the Confederacy entertained Monday evening at the Masonic hall, with music and an address by Major Fontaine, an ex-Confederate soldier, the author of Alls Quiet Along the Potomac Tonight. The evening was very entertaining. Major Fontaine is an interesting talker.

He was introduced by Capt. W. P. Renwick, also a veteran. THREE WEEKS resign' the 1'aii and as 1 1 i4.

II. 0. era of The con tion tun, uiection the retu the May ami to tl for the 1' hand an lflotf. HV-Msi The Governor's Message. The Legislature met Monday and heard the reading of the Governors message, a very lengthy document which says a great deal and leaves a great deal unsaid.

The governor recommends that not less than a mill and a half be given to public schools. The general demand is for two mills and the only reason this much cannot be given is because nearly every function of our government is extravagantly administered. He refers to the operations of the Southern University at New Orleans, for colored youth, which reflects credit upon its management, and yet this school gives 470 negroes the poorest smattering of English history, grammar and arithmetic and tries to take them into Greek, Latin and higher mathematics, and actually teaches them printing, bookkeeping and typewriting. The idea that the State of Louisiana, whose common schools need more money, should waste anything teaching a negro Greek, Latin, Calculus and to keep books, set type and typewrite, professions in which bis services are not wanted anywher in the United States, is borribiy absurd and foolish. What the negro needs is not a University! The Bulletin will review the message and the first ten days wot of the Legislature in its next issue.

A New Saw Mill. Mr. W. M. Gibson was town yesterday.

He has just started his new saw-mill which is located at the mouth xl the Cypress 17 miles below Monroe by road or 40 miles by river. He is now ready to saw and plane lumber of ber on band, both cypress and pine. He would like to sell some of bis output in Monroe. Natchez has recently organized two new banks. Rayville is trying to organize a bank with $20,000 capital.

Batson has been sentenced to be banged but his case is held up by an appeal to the supreme court. Rev. J. S. Edmonds returned recently from Alexandria where he iftet with the board of trustees of the Baptist Orphans Home which has fiepp located at Lake Charles and for which an appropriation of $10,000 is available for a building.

Plans for a building were accepted conditioned on the board's being able to contract for its construction within the price fixed. Orphans of every Beet will be admitted to the home, to the maintenance of which money is solicited front all generously disposed persons. KAULKNI Leaves urd-iy We will make a drive on Clothing. We shall be pleased for, every body to examine our stock. Overalls $1 to $2 a suit Linen Suits 2.50 to 5 3.50 to 12.50 Blue Serge, Coats and Vests, Complete line of Trousers $1.00 to $5.00.

A splendid line of Children's Clothing. THE FAMOUS CO. Itd. Monroe, Louisiana. 1 H.

.1 Leaves -CXtuM-i, A M. Leaves Mpnda) For freight Rev. C. Sliallowhorne, a rnlnrod i nyr Young Negroes Christian Congress as its vice-president for Louisiana. The Congress will convene in session in Atlanta August 6-lltb pro.

The object is to study the moral and religious status of the negro with a view of bettering his condition. Booker Washington is a director in the organization. In selecting Mr, Shallowhorne, the Congress fcas chosen one of the ablest and bestof Louisianas colored men n. At th.