Invariably In Advance AH subscription not paid in advance will be charged at the rate ol Kt cents per month whether delivered by mall or carrier. All papers discontinued at expire Uon of time paid for, unless subscrl her repuests paper sent on credit Entered as second-class matter September 26, , at the post-office at Harrisonburg, Va. What a bump we got! Hay was. Responsible, together with bills opneerning enlistments and prohibiting advancement in rank by reason of personal preferences, carried through by Mr.
Hay over the opposition of army officers, has given him unusual prominence. While the Democrats of Rockingham will regret losing Mr. Hay as a congressman and his influence as such, none will refuse to rejoice over the honor conferred If he agrees to accept the office. His sixteen ears rvice as congressman from this has made, a place in the hearts people of Rockingham that hard to fill.
They have ii. Particularly successful in this respect was the meeting held at Norfolk last year, which has been most fruitful of co-operation in an undercurrent movement, looking to wider study of Latin and Greek, the former especially. The association appeals for encouragement and unity of action with it, to teachers of all subjects, and in all grades throughout the state, and also for the support of every lover of the humanities, whether teacher or not, in Virginia.
Wilson's flection to tlje Presidency, which is already Indicated, means that for the first time since a Southern Democrat will be inaugurated and occupy the Presidential chair. Sixty-five years have elapsed since a Southern man and a Democrat, too, has been named President of the United States.
James K. Polk, the eleventh Presldent which the country had, was a Democrat. He was born in North Carolina and eleeted from Tennessee. He was inaugurated in Woodrow Wilson will be the twentyeighth President and the first Southera Democrat in that position, therefore, in this generation. There have been two Southerners elected to the Presidency since Polk and one non-Southern Democrat, but the combination of a Democrat and Suotherner has not been repeated Zachary Taylor, the twelfth President Was a Southerner, born in Virginia, He was inaugurated in.
