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erat] LJgews. - y -j P. RA, JANUARY30,1V02 TvT45A VENYUATIC PARTY MUST STAND FIRM. 11ON. W. J 1RYAN'I P ICF111 A' '1-iH siNQUI as e hioncy Po,weir Nost Om'i ipotowa- A S.rvie is Reniderdt 1[niMakild Sj I.mirg 11#4 lie Party ltaretemi'm Conanitutionial (Govt.rstmoat. Wooster, 0., Jan. 6. -Tho lion. William J. Bryan spoko hero tonight at the Jackson Day Banquet, which was hold this evening, at his sug gestion, in order that he might koop engagements at Boston and New Haven later inl the wook. His sub ject was "Steadfastness," and be said in part: "Among the traits of character which distinguished Andreiw Jack son, no trait was more prominent or more helpful to his country than steadfastness. Whon lie believed a thing, lie believod it. Whorm duty led, lie followed without questioning. When he decided that anything ought to be done, he did it, and no power could overawe him. Io did not have in his voins a single drop of 'anything to win' blood. When Nich olas Biddle declared that, through the national bank lie conld make and unmake congresses, Jackson replied that that was more power than any one man ought to have in this coun try, and he then began his war against Biddle and his bank, which resulted in the overthrow of t bat great financier and the institution which he so autocratically controlled. Others were afraid that Biddlo's in fluence, if antagonized, would defoat theDemocratic party, but Jackson saw in it a menace to his country and he did not stop to considor what ef. feet an attack on the bank would have on himself or on his party. He won, and we revote his name and celebrate his day. "Benton, in reviewing Jackson's work, said that, as Cicero overthrow the conspiracy of Catalino and saved Rome, so Jackson overtbrow the bank and saved America. We sihall observe this day in vain if we do not gather from the life of Jackson in. spiration and encouragement for the work which lies before us. Today the Domocratic party needs to learn from the hero of New Orloans iho lesson of steadfastness; it needs to learn from him not only that to be right is more important than to be successful, but that to be right is the best way to insure success. "A party must have principles or it can have no claim upon pIblic con * idence; anid how cau it commend its principles bet.ter than by standing * by them. Who will have faith in the *c~reed of a party if the party stands ready to barter aiwa, its creed ini ex change for t he promise of pat ronage ? *A hatling, vacillating course not eonly . fails to invite recruits, but, it alien. - ates and drives away vetorans. "Another reason for ste-adfastness * .is found in the fact that, no onie canii tell untill the attempt is miade what - obstacles courage can overcome. Tihe bold and fearless triumph wvhere the timid fail. Tlhe victories which live and light us on to the noble dleeds are the victories snatched from the jaws of defeat by intrepid spirits wvho proferred deat h to retreat. "There is a profound philosophy, as well as a religious tr-uthI in the - words: "He that saveth his life shall lose it." The party that has no huig h er purpose than to save its own life will die because it dles.erv. s to *die,"if need be, for the sake of a great cause will live because it. de serves to live. Who says that the money power is omnipotent and that the Demo it or surrender to it? Not until hu annature is entirely changed can the financiers be mntrusted withI the guardianship of the p)roldneers of wealth; not until greced becomes just can the money changers constuet a system for themselves which will b)e fair to anyone else. A top can be balanced upon the point only wvhen it is in rapid motioni, and so t he great finanucial structure designed by Wall street for the benefit of Wall street will stand upright only so long as it can keep whirling; the collapse will come when the 'speed is slackened. "Who says that we cannot ifford to neasure strongth with th14e groat Monopolies which now arroglintly assuie to control the dotnain of pol it ies ats well its the fiol( of industry 7 Not until we can gather good fruit from an evil tree, and figs from this ties, can we expect, a privat monop ly to bring forth public blessings. The wiater that has been poured in to the stocks of our groat corpora tions has for the most part boen drawn from the agrioultural regions, and the drought that is sure to fol low will teach the farmor the men ing of the trust systom. "Must we abad(lon the solf evident truth that governmouts derivo their just powers from the comisent of the governed ? Must we accept imporial ism as an accomphshed fact and join in the shout for blood and conquestr Our republic rests upon solid rock and while its principles are revered it cannot be overthrown within or without, but, if all parties joined to gether to erect. an impiro from Amer icain soil, thoy would build upon the sanO and the edifico could not ondure. It is a law divine in its origin, irre sistable in its force and oternal in its duration, that wrong doing ulti. inately destroys the wrong door and no nation or combination of nations is strong enough to evade or resist retributive justico. "But suppose--what no one should asBuime and what no one can prove that steadfast adherence to Demo cratic principles would result in re peated defeat, is there iny reason why we should abandon these prin ciples and adopt others, or havo none at all ? Those who prefer prison fare, or a survile subjcmt' lot to the dian gers of the battlefield, may condemn the Boers for continuing what some describe as a hopoloss struggle for indopendence, but those who can measure the mighty influence of great deeds know that tho sturdy Dutchman of South Africa have al ready confei red upon the world a benefit that cannot be measured by money. Their valor has brought greater security to all rnpublics of the earth; the bodies of their dead, have built a bulwark blehiind which the friends of liberty will fight for centuries. The fact that England has been compelled to employ more than 200,000 soldiers to subjugate loss than 25,00() thousand men in arms tile fact that England has expended more than $1,000 per Boor-the p -r capita wealth of the United States and has neither been able to purchase themi nor kill them-thilee facts are immeasurably valuable to people who want free government for them selves and are content that others should enjoy it also. ''So t ho Democratic party, wvhet-her in powver or out of poweur, is servong mankind when it standls steadIfastly for constitutiiionmal government and insists that the government shall be a~ dmin)ist ered accoOrdIing to ~Jefferson isn maxim, 'equal rights to all, and special priviloges to none.'" (heui11 I i4 CONVEINTION. <h- he xt, to ha- Held i nili Auigu,4in-.151 ain giubI.ed Men. to bwe P'. s -hi. F'rom J anuary 20 to thbe 25, inclu sive, a Good Road Congress will be held in Augusta, Ga., and earnest efforts are being made to influence the attend(ance en masse of the p0o pie in the numerous counties suir rounding August a. The railroads will put on special rates, and speak era of national reputation will in struct the people upon the economic value of good roads, the road1s of the world, best methods of construction, the legal necessities of this section, etc. Addresses will be made b)y Hon. Martin Dodge, director of the road dlivision of the U. S. Depar-tment of Agriculture; by M 0. Eldridge, as sistant director of thoe division; WV. H. Moore, president of the Nat-ionail Goi od Roads Society ; Supjerinitendlent Machien of the U. S. Free Rural Do. livery System; by Governors Candler of Georgia,-and McSweeney of South Carolina, lad the State g(eologists of Georgia, South Carolina and( North Carolina. Several of those lectures by experts will be illustrated. Sec retary of Agriculture Wilson has wvritten from Washingtn that ie wil alsio ondonvor to be prosont. Efforts are being mado to securo the attend. Anc0 of the South Carolina logisla. turo, which will be Hitting at that time. An invitation haH beon ox tended to Admiral Schley, who will bo in Georgia at that timo, to be present, and his attondanco will be secured if possible. Admiral Dowoy has also beon invited. It i%i desired to got a groat outpouring of the poo plo to considor the important matter of public road improvement. A train of ton to twelve cars of the latost road machinery will be on hand, in charge of the National Good Road Society, and road making and working will be carried on for the flive days under the direction of that society for the instruction of the pub lic. With this machinery the most rtipid, economical and modern moth ods of road improvement will be shown. The public excises and ad drossos will occur on the 23rd and 2-Ith. Tht- greatest noed of this section of the South is good public roads. III this particular we are far bohind the ago. To illustrate: On most of the ordinary roads ontly two and three bales of cotton can be drawn ' by two horses; in the most. improved road sections of the United States from ton to twelve bales of cotton, or their equivalent, ore regularly drawn by two horses. It costs the pople in much of the territory surrounding Augusta frotm threo to five times what it shiould to haul their products; from three to five tims the invest ment mn stock is required in this tor. ritory as in good road sections to do the HIam10 amount of hauling. It. is impossible to expoct propor profits or much dovel opemnnt under Such a con1dition. It is a (1utiOll of traIslort tioI; transportation being at the basis of modorn dcvelopement. People will not emigrate to the see tion having poor traisport-ation fa cilities; nor can the youth reared in such a region be retained. Under the poor condition of our public roads, lands have deteriorated in value in compation with the superior facilities of transportation of other sections. The only way to reclaim these values and bring permanent development is to provide public highways equal to the best in the country. The awakening of the pub lie conscience upon this grave matter claims the best efforts of the most patriotic men of the section. TROOI?d ORDEICED HO0ME. Thei ntIre Gatrrlson ait Puerto P'rlinclp withldrawns. WVashington, January 6.-Acting in accordlance with a recommenda tioni madle by Giov. Gen. Wood, mili tary governor of Cuba, Secretary Root has directed that jthe third squad ron of the Eighth cavalry, compris ing the entire garrison at Puerto Principe, be brought to the United States. At the first favorable op. portunity Geon. Wood reported that tile garrison could be abandoned without detriment to public interest and that the troops in question were not, needed elsewhere in Cuba. Al though it is said at the war depart, mont that there is no other sugges tion to this mlovement it is adlmitted1 that it is practically the beginning of the general withdrawal of United States troops in Cuba preparatory to the transfor of the control of atf fairs to the civil goveanment to be installed (luring the coming summer. So far as known thlere will be no furthler withdrawal of troops until final arrangements are made for the formaul transfer of the government to the newly elected oilcials of Cuba. wIIwow. wINS8 7,O000,000. Mra'. lie-nry lI. Piant.L Hsustains lia-r s'alt, '1I hat heia~~ w il i.i Ier e iasnri shoutgi h.* Estiablihed ini Niw .York. New York, Jan. 4. -Th1e widow of H-enry B. Plant won seven millhons today by the dlecisioni of thle Supreme court, Justice Leventrit, that the will of tihe malgnato shiouldl b)e (stablished3( in this julrisdiction on thle ground that although he (lied in Connecticut he was a resident of New York. Un der thle New York laws the widow gets propertyv valued at seven milios THE MATTER OF THE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOLS. HU'T. McMAIK%N PR'tCN 4" l'RAorI (CAL SUGGIUCsTIONs. Genri Act it Not Yot Nected-.1ut County Hoar'do Slouli bi Given Power to Meet. the Demanmd for 111gh Pchools. (The State, 8th.) Stato Suporintendent of Educa tion MeMahan in his annual report has the following to say in the mat ter of county high schools: "lIn many counties the town school is attended in its higher grades by pupils from country districts, who in some cases (as in Orangeburg and Union) are admitted free of tui tion by the generous action of the city board, but genorally aro requir ed to pay tuition. In either case the limit of capacity to admit pupils is being reached or has been reached in niany towns-especially in those that have granted the privilogo with out the barrier of tuition charg s. What is to be done to supply the do mand for high school education ? Moreover, many smaller towns have never yet been able to provide a high school department for their own childron, and consequently in some counties thore is not even this begin ning of a high school accessible to the children of the country. If the law provided machinery by which town and country-county, in short -could unito in establishing and supporting such a school, it would at once become attainable in many places whero now the need of it has come to be sorely felt. Indeed, we havo reached the time when some counties have developed a sentiment in favor of providing high school ed ucation for all children from town or country, who will attend. The colmty board of Anderson, for exam ple, in the person of County Super intendent R. E. Nicholson and City Superintendent T. C. Walton, have been agitating for a year the estab lishment of a county high school, to servo the city as well as the country. They have called meetings of the school trustees of the county and so cured cooperation looking to com bined contribution of public funds for this end. But more voluntary cooperation of boards liable to con stant change of membership will not suflice. A simple enactment that the county board may reserve and apply in its discretion 10 per cent. of the school fund would suffice. It would give in Anderson more than $3, 000. While that board would use the fund of a high school, a board in a county not yet ready for a high school might use a small sum to assist in supplying good teachers to specially backward or poor communities, or might think best not to exercise its power to set aside and expend part of the school fund. "It would b)e best to attempt no distinct legislation on the subject of high schools. An elab)orate system created by law for all counties at this time would be postively hurtful -a v aste of money which is sadly needed in the country school dis tricts. In any definite legislation there would be danger of forcing p)rematurely a high school upon some county not yet prepared for it. All that is needed is to strengthen the hands of the county boards, by the several safeguards and powers sug gested above, and these boards will estab)lish the necessary high schools as soon as local conditions can be do., veloped to warrant them. The county board would thus he, as it should be, the governing board of the county high school. The county superin tendlent, employed by the county board, would have general oversight of the county high school, aus of all the othe'r schools in the county. "in sonmc counties these schools would serve for the better prepara tion of local school teachers, until that distant day when the colleges anid the niormial schools shall suffice to supply trained teachers for all the schools of the country. In some counties these high schools would take the form ot industrial schools for boys and girls-satisfying some what the craving t hat nlemson ..,d Withrop alivo sorvol to awat.,-n III the bru.1ats of thosIanL who e:mnt reach I h se spmlndid iIn:stit tit Any ono of our coiinti, i 1.nvg s i Stato of tho old world, an,I is amply able to provido within its bordors i high school for I ho trite tical education of its cilildrn, rich and poor." N ICWS ITICINM Ntiwv Putt Inato shiu orm 00: fitr t hl i It Il rn-1 Renter-Otslcalfrmt F.xviosigo. Tho old Liborty Boll ims arrived in Charloston. The Schley court of iiqiry is bobbing up occasioilly inI Iogr.ss. Work will bo conmmonedtl i a fow days on Columbia's twolvo story building. Gckn. Wado luampton has boon quito sick, but hais iijproved smito in the past. fov (lays. Secretary Gago has sont in his rosignation to the Presidint and it has boon ceptlled. The omigrat ion of neirotis to tih turpentino farms of Gkorgiat and Florida have begun. A negro fell from i steoplo lifty, foot high in Iloroneo a few days aIgo and climo out unhurt. Admiral Schiey has auppotlid to the President fron tie ilmijimitv r port of tho Court, of Ii(uiry. The suprotmo court. Is decilted that a Stato ham the power to comlip-1e a railroad company to pay balick tI xo-. A bank mishier It Tauniton, 'Miss., has boon specbilliting inl cottonl fut turos and is short in iis Itet-miits $33,000. Six whito menol havo I onI Hoentenlcod to hung inl North i CarolikU (mi Fn ri ary 2>th, cHarged with ussa-sinatti1n and burglary. lUssages were sOit SttIIII:1' b the wiroloss (olgraph sitem fionl, Capo. Henry to Iamiev, N. C, a diN tance of nearly 200 miles. The Board of County ComIni sioners of R.ichllund County are mitk ing an (5lfort to got the Good NIlnd-s train to como to Columbia. Isaac M. Bryan, Esq , of Gr ville, 111s ann111olimee'd hiisOlf as a candidate for the Unitod Stitos Smi. ate to succeed Sonator McLaurim. Two white mon in Oritngoburg County had a shooting scrapo about a cow a few days ago. One wats so riously wounded, the otIher unhurt. The Anderson dam which was do atroyed by water a few days ago is to be rebuilt at onc(e. TIhe dama111ge (lone amounted to $7E>,000) or SI 00, 000. The Stato Agricultural11 and Mo' ehaniical Society wvi Illhl its aiol Sng moot ing in Ciharlestonlltl uhs year, on the first Weodnesday mi Feb ruary. Chief Justico Mclver is detained at his home by sickness and1( is not ini his seat in the Supreme Court. Thiiis is the first time 1his seat 11has boln va cant during his entire service, for 27> years. Secretary Long defends the navy against criticisms relative to t he dis tribution of prize money. lIo says his department, has nio cenit rol over the matter; th bonont.y is (INtermiinied by the court of claimis. The supllroIi court, has1 handedd downi a doci1ilon, in wvhich it is hel that a bank cannot hold( a guiaraLnton company responsible (on a bond( (If an officer who speculates antd t ho bank fails to notify the comnpany of the fact. A resolution has boon1 int.roducedh in Clongress providing fe r an1 appro priation of $12,000 for bronze tualets commemorating six grealt naval vic tories, beginning with those of .John Paul Jones in I1797 atnd c'losing with, the battle of Sanit inga bay, "1(ommro dore Winfield Scott Schley comnlfd. ing," in 1898. The Giovernor has nlamIed dIehi gates to attend the Augusta Good Roads Convent ion from 1'aIg0fieldl, Barnwell, Abbevillo, (Green wood, Aiken, Hampton and Saluds, anid if any persons from othter co>unties wish to attend, all they have to (10 is to write Judge Eve ait Augusta1, and1( that will h)e anmnlient creearntils A bill oI r111nch intorost to ox (')n fdh,ttte sohdlimrs lhas homin falorably avted u1poll by tho holiHo coluinittvo Mn wrilla V m111l1.. It provideii for pay ing formor Confedorato moldiors for lol.ws, sidlos, bridlosi and tsido artaLln 'rom thoim inl Violation of (' h (i '. If 11rI.1 ldor 1i1do by Gollm. Iwo wind Ji,hnsoni with (es ; Gm 1ran t, mid Sherinim. Tho bill vas int-ro. <hi'd bN leopesntat ivo Pad'gott of 110ISSON WIL,L tISKIMIN i Iitvt I 'uIIIIW . - ua itit'ntI, for Ctitgres,. Bilminghani, Alit , .fln. 5.-A Sp10. eial from i t on-ry, Al1., salv Cil't. UliciIa41 1. Rtobson will socin ro-sigln fromt tl l' lnvy anld itor poli. ies. It i Said lit will oppo4I, 11ll. Johh I I. I llaind ts colgrIssimill fromll th111 iixt di ( sriot. I Il iM 11m 4 f 11n11fi , Oll or rO ,,T4 . m414 ,,, E1114HI 'V I. Tillilm, f Smnth Carloilia, wvho htc. lion, here last night, tIhis- Hize's up1) I'rosid('nt k(monsvolt inl anl interviow I1')4111 ,% iPolrsonillyll) I liko MIr. Hloomovolt. I thillk h(i is ail hornv,st manl, striving I do right. Ibt I llust, aldlitc tho conIVWIIn thalt hll ili n1'tlrly ilWAlM bl1 1 o -lfpit-rfor ing tho d itio of tho Pid1) nl 'f th . U id Staltos as the , th'li he pefr e . lo it Im 41111ch of it Sim y potrol. I 1 CIIIIIo(It Ily -whf it, winldl is not. high. 1Il11N of his acts oir n lot only radield, I1V l Oli 0 t 01 ".'' itN< n W Tlh bes;t wav toI avoid 11marital iii mlr.tanings tis o tVoid tho T y aizl withIt th loso wh a110r downin he wrldit is nwet'stiary for I ou vIag down thwro yoursolf. Ak wolilinl whlo wIll ask anothor W1m1411 t o si>w her how I o (b tat t ilg ablilt!inks.enoulgh of hi. o heri frivn 1. Vatiliys not at wonlmilli's strong poinlt Bk4mr [. marriago H) HigIhs to thiink hIow Ilol is going to b 4, and aiftvrwAn't'(i ( He ig11H to (thi[lk hIOW happy Shw tionghl shin was go"cing tt) bo Thl wvay to got a woman to for IIVIy N 1i not to lorgive her. Gnll,y you canl got inl idlolk of you1 to staly wheoreo is 1, hnIt. to go t. i o11(4 sltill Iti. 1111plt n o i AX mairried miani's trouble hoginsl got malIrried(, but1 Onl whalt incomol1i on1( caliveIi~' aft or got i ing Iarri(3d. No womanil ennii (over accounit for lior lihisag hy Oid of irito orest i or dIip41lmaI and1 theo phIotographd of heor The( wayl to( coninco alO wVomanIl you loveolher is to 4)8it. inl abs1traction for a baRgtimo treadhes aywtha.tr y you vor sawl hor. Theli surest1 way to got rich is to (fnit being poor. Forent of habi1t has1 ak goodl (deal to do4 with Ith way( some 8(114peopl go ont lovinig (ech oth.1. When41 ai luneky man11 gets it. into. his hand that11 ho is a groat manIf, hio isi due1( to los(4 his8 luQk. 1. worset to b) (leh 3y11r hir thankf to wearf ai wig, bult. you1 0on1d offe'r a mtillioni dlollarM rewaird for a1 womankf wvithl hair onl bor headi( who would akgroo w'it h you, anid you'd neovor linid her. "Alanm1, whatLLIV wonll you (10 if thait big vaso( ill tIhe parlor shouh11( got "I shoul whip whoevetvr dIid it,"' said1( \I ts .flh1nks, gatzing siovoroIy at "Wll, t hon, you'd blottor begin to got, upj your) musicl," said( 'OTmmiy, "1cozt papan's broke it."' ThoI) man11 who rocks thle boats iri hninui t.hn t.rna uith conmimtiblina CONCISE STATEMENT OF PROPERTY VALUES, A4MESMIIENJ. (JIVrN 11Y INOIRMASE ANI)IDEUlCAs1Cs. A shiowilig that IN of Moro than Usual In terent t4 11, ile't'ipli% (f soul caroIna. [The StAe, 7th.] in tihe Cownptrollor eneral's offlice yostorday thoron was prepared ono of th Im1ost, c r0111 1)rhf)lnsivo statemots ovor issuod from that oflico showing tho not incronso ill the valuation of all taxablo property in the State for th yoar 1901 as compared with Lthe year 1N00. There are in tho oitiro sclIedule of taX blo proporly onlythree items in whichi doereasoti are shown. The following is tho statement, giving a vory good idon of where the principal ille'ilclsos inyo boon: R es14 k'StatO OltHide Cities anl towns ..................$ 399,355 00 l.10 e-stlato ouitsidn citles anld town4 ........... ...... .. 710.658 00 RI-iro is ...... ............... 1,684,970 00 M\aillifit,illIg, eninhes, tools, vk, ................... . 3,286,035 00 Iimlu ks ....................... .... 918,323 00 I ''11 ilu , I lls I iorance C(l' 1) il I . . ........ .............. 250,202 00 I.sores anitimulei............ 1,054,769 00 (J,:t I(!, sheep, tild hogs ... 138,004 00 M igs ............... .............. 20,077 00 kiobd andi silvor watteti an1 - phte ....... ............. ...5,642 00 'il is atid org' 4 ........... 10,807 00 P1-il-aur varjIallge4 ant1d oit-r' v'VhiCI........ ...... 358,234 00 NIe're11ha1ti4' rItII1-4......... 48,466 00 M o licy ........................... 298,302 00 Houst-hold antd kitelc fillnit and other propurt..y ..................... 1,237,908 00 T,otil.........................$10,451,652 00 )it Valulo of credl I .- .................$1 1 ,030 00 in vi lit, of bollds and storks...... 7L8,004 00 .40 p1(r ce-i nt,ln Il(.y ............... 41.00 $833,075 00 Nut. incireiase $9,618,577 (1) 'Tli above figurms are well worth a ca-roful study, going to show along what linos progross lits boon made in South Crolina during the first year of thio now contury. A JO1E ON aBL. .AA. silym 'riat II,. Ir,ot titn Fatlior of we mon 1141014) Papier Muan. 'Thmy somn to have a large juicy joko on Major Charlos H-. Smith, the Cartersvillo, (ia., philiiopher, so well known am Bill Arp. Ie writes to The Const ittit ion tbout it as follows: But, Mr. Editor, I am still per pIlxod. MI y ristms pleasure has bee111nImarred someIwhaIt by my pity for theo poor credutlous dependent womiin all or the land1( whio are dupes of Itat MIonticello man. E~vory (day brlin)gs mIoreO Ittersi from those who haIve long 81ince sont the $25 to my son1 lat Moticelolo. Fla., and get rothiung b)ack(. They say~ they trusted hime hecause lie was miy son. Many of themi beggod or borrowed the $25 for theiy couldl not get the subscribers arid so they maltde upi a list of names from thtiir acquaintances and then they wont to w'rk on the endless chin hiumlbug anid got other women to send( money and be duped. Now, Mr. Editor, I beg you to put it ini large typo and print it in red inik that .Joel Smith, of Monticello, is no son of mine, nor do I know any thing of him or his paper. I saw a late issue in which he boasts of hay ing 40,000 subscribers wvhich I sup. poso0 means1 $40,000 that these de ptl(ondlt women have sont him. He p)romfised them $20 a month to write thlr,-' hou11rs a dayl) and1 some of them 81.14hltei r j.ewoIr.> arnd other precious things to raiso t be $25. Mr. Editor, (10 please lend your columns to stop this fraud upon our poor Southern women. And now we see that an other end(11ss chain paper has started in~ Athens, Gia. These frauds are bringing dliscredit upon poor women. I enclose a sample circular. Please stop it. Kill it. Crush it. It is worse than the cherry tree swindle. Bill Arp. P. S..-I will give $10 to find out who started that lie that the Monti cello uman was my son. I have re ceived at least 50 letters saying, "Your son at Monticello," etc. They make me tired. I had three from Tea t.his morning. B. A.