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The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1899-04-01
flee, at once.

VS. have often thought that as
maiden ladies seem intended by
Providence to fill the niche in
homes, either left vacant by death
or other circumstances, so married
people without children of their
own may supply all important part
of Gods economy by caring for the
orphan and the homeless. In line
with this thought is the following
paragraph in the Atlanta Constitu-
ton
A few days ago an aged lady
died i'll Dahlonega, Ga preceded
by her husband a few years before.
They had cast their fortunes in
that place before the indians had
fully left, and then came to them
friends, fortune, but no children.
This worthy lady might have gone
forth to tell other people what to
do; she might have developed
theories and a" higher mode Of liv-
ing" But no, the old mode was
good enough for her She first
adopted an orphan, one after an
other. The other day, this lady
died, and rs mOurners at her funcr-
al she had ten orphan children
whom she had raised to maturity
and responsibility. This was hard
er and more continuous work than
finding fault with the law.
There are hundreds of little chill
dren all through this state who
would be glad to have a home. Many
of them arc unkempt and unIoyely
just now, bat under the gentle
touch of the woman who would take
the mothers place to them, what a
transformation would take place
There is work to do, but not so
many who are willing to do it.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1899-04-01
the latter part of the week.

Mrs. Monroe Morris and daugh-
ters visited Woodville Saturday last
Garner Smith is still very i'll, but
at last hearing was somewhat better,
Quite heavy rain fell last Mon
day night, The farmers appreciate
ed it very much.
John f. Griffin made a pleasant
call in Fairview neighborlood Sun
day evening.
Misses Jennie Carney, Lucy Og.
den, Lizzie and Mary Morris attend,
ed services in Jackson Sunday eve
ming. They were accompanied by
Reginald Ogden Of Whitcstown,
Daisy.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1899-04-01
HeW Hope Items.

Riley ThomS went to Jackson
last Saturday.
Mrs. G. d. Spillman is on the
sick list.
Rev G. P. White spent several
days visiting the sick this week.
Mrs. John Campbell was called
to the neighborhood on Tuesday by
the illness of her brother.
Miss Annie Wicker is visiting
her sister Mrs. P. P. Kennedy in
Slaughter, She is expected home
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1899-04-01
First Meeting Of Cyedi-
tors. j..

In the District Court. of the United
States for the Eastern District Of Louisi
ANA, Baton Rouge Division, IN Bark
rnptcy.
In the matter of Max Mann Bankrupt
In Bankruptcy.
10 the creditors of Max Mann of st.
Francisvil" PARISH of. Wet Fcllciau,
and district aforesaid, n bankrupt.
Notice is hereby given that OIL thn 9th
day of March A. d. 1899 the said Max
Mann was duly udjudica:cd bankrupt,
and that til" first meeting of his creditors
will be held at st. FrancisvilIe in West
Frli"iana Parish on the 12lh day Of April
1899 at three o'clock in the AFTERNOON, at
which time the said creditors may attend
prove their claims, appoint "A trustee, cx-
anime the bankrupt, and transact such
other business as may properly come up
before said meeting
Olivier 0. ProvoSiy,
Mar 1888, Referee in Bankruptcy
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1899-04-01

W. J. Bryan, in addition to his
0churlish and boOrish way of declin
ing an invitation to the Jefferson
banquet in New York, is entirHly
too free in making comparisons
from the Scriptures. His crown of
tborns shocked many, not necesSari-
ly religious minds, but his cOmpar-
ing q Jefferson dinner to q Demo-
Graf as being like the Lords supper
to a Christian is an inexcusabIe
detilement of sacred associations.
The invitation to the banquet was
intended as courtesy to promi-
nent man, and he would have been
wise to have accepted and possibly
made new friends, rather than to
have read the riot act to Perry Bel
mont, with whose private opinions
he had nothing whatever to do.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1899-04-01

1t will no doubt interest the
farmers of Louisiana to relate brief
ly a story told by the Atlanta Con-
stitutiOn ola Missouri farmer named
Rankin, who has become million
Rire by raising corn and feeding it
to stock, He owns a farm Of 49,
OOO acres and his average crop is
close to 500, 900 bushels. lie buys
each year from 5000 to 10000 head
of cattle off the range, and gets
them into prime condition for the
market. Hogs he raises on his own
farms, averaging to keep 10000 to
u 900. He employs from 100 to
$50 hands, and pays them from $50
to $50 per month and board. The
key to this success, he claims, is
not to sell corn, but to use it entire.
ly i'll making meat.
There is every reason to believe
that if our Southern farmers will
take the advice of Mr., Rankin and
raise corn for feed, instead of f.
cent cotton, they will find it as
profitable as he has. With the
present facilities for shipping beef
and pork all over the world in cold
storage, the demand for meat is
such that q large number of fields
in the South could be made to pay
better returns in meat than in cot.
tOn.-N. Q, States.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1899-04-01


A precedent with regard to trusts
will result from the coming trial be-
fore the U. s. Supreme Court of
the Addyson trust case. The de-
PENDANTS are certain manufacturers
of iron pipe, and the government
claims that these firms had entered
into combination in unlawful re-
straint of interstate commerce, and
demanded that all pipe sold and
conveyed from one state to another
be cOnfscated according to law,
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1899-04-01

During the course of a speech in
the Senate the ether day Mr.. Calf,
cry, Of Louisiana, read a long OK,
tract from large, clothbomd vol
ume. Some of the phrases attract
ed the attention of Senator Spooner
who was among Mr.. Caffery's six
auditors, and he asked: "From what
is the Senator reading ?" 81 am
reading" replied Mr.. Gallery, with
chilling emphasis, "from the Con,
stitution of the United States."-
The Verdict.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1899-04-01
GulnbO File.

If yon wish to purchase good
gumbo file, I have it for only 25
cts a quart. Good not only for eat
lug, but as a poultice for bruises,
burns and other complaints. Good
for weak eyes by saturating the eye
with solution of file diluted with
water.
Try some. Prepared for the
world. Lewis TOrrce.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1899-04-01

Mr.. Victor Levi comes ont in the
Wilson Columbian denying that he
ever said his wife died of yellow
fever. He states that the physicians
pronounced the disease hux.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1899-04-01

A survey of the Philippine islands
has been ordered by Secretary long.
Private individuals usually know
what they arc buying before they
pay for it, but our Uncle Sam is rich.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1899-04-01

just as Perry Belmont makes
his formal reply to Mr.. Bryan, o..
II. p. Belmont his brother comes
out, to prove family diversity if
nothing else, with a SinguIarly yarie.
gated platform, containing assorted
planks from every body else's plat
form. The similarity of name has
caused some confusion in the news.
papers, many thinking Perry and O.
II. p. are one and the same. The
truth is that the glory of being a
descendant of Commodore Perry
was too great for one only to bear
the name hence the repetition. 1t
is limited that the most sense does
not go with the threc-fOld initial
however.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1899-04-01

The war in the Philippines may
look like peaceful ministration"
a la Mckinley, but it looks more
like ultimate annihilation-of the
Filipino.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1899-04-01
FOR SALE CHEAP.

Valuable mercantile property TO-
Gated in the business portion Of St.
Francisyitle. For particulars ap-
ply to j. Hereford Percy.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1899-04-01

Cuba is to be divided into four
military departments.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1899-04-01

There are still two thousand en-.
lightened citizens of New Orleans
lacking, to petition for a sewerage
tax,
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1899-04-01

Jurors for the April, 1899, term
of the 18th Judicial District Covrt.
for the Parish of West Feliciana,
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1899-04-01
TENNESSEE JACK
BLACK MONARCH /,

Is 1851 hands, 5yrs old !,
with white points, largs' ny
Will make the season -
place, $1,000 service a.
return privilege, if mare, i, y
prove i'll foal, Pastnro ,. ~
but will not be responsil,.
loss. q
A share of public patror,
licited.
C. B. Hamilton
Laurel Hill 20.
La.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1899-04-01

Miss Mcknight and her niece
Mrs. Eva Hamilton of Balls were
i'll town, Monday.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1899-04-01

State Of Louisiana Parish of West
Feliciana LIST Magistrate Court.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1899-05-05
WANTED TO Die.
Nicely Lewis, of Crofton Takes a
Big Dose of Laudanum.
Tired of Life Because He Had No
Friends Who Cared
For Him.

Nicely Lewis, we'll known young
m an of the Crofton neighborhood,
attempted to take his own life Mon
day. He swallowed a large dose
of laudanum and it was with the
greatest difficulty that he was
aroused from the stupor two hours
after swallowing the drug.
Young Lewis is the son ofthe late
James Lewis, and since the death
OF his parents has been making his
home with Mr.. Thomas Davenport,
his cousin. Mr.. Davenport and his
wife left home for a short while
Monday and when they returned
they found Lewis asleep in bed
and breathing with great difficulty.
A vial containing laudanum was
near the bed, and Mr.. Davenport
at once suspected the young man
of having taken some of the poison.
Before swallowing the drug Lewis
wrote a note and'placed it over the
door, in which he stated that he
had no friends and that no one
cared for him, and told them good
bye. After being aroused from the
stupor it is reported that he said
that they had just as well let him
alone, as he was going anyway.
He is about p years old.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1899-05-05
Welded WEDNESDAY.
Mr.. Alternately and Hiss Donald
son Quietly rlarried and Leave
for the South.

Mr.. Henry H. Alternately and
Miss Ida Belle Donaldson were
married at the brides home at
nine o'clock Wednesday morning
and left via Nortonsville and the /.
c. Railroad for a bridal tour to
New Orleans. They will return to-
morrow and be at home at their
handsome residence on South Vir-
ginia street. Mr.. Alternately is
leading tobacconist and his bride is
one of the most cultured and charm
ing young ladies in Hopkinsville.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1899-05-05
BLUE AND GRAY.
Kentucky's Monument to Fallen
Heroes at Chattanooga.
Unveiled BY the Governors
Daughter With Formal
Ceremonies.

Chattanooga, May 3.-The beau
tiful monument erected by the state
of Kentucky in Chickamauga Park
was dedicated this afternoon with
imposing ceremonies. At noon Gov.
Bradley and his staff and other
prominent Kentuckians left the city
for the Park, and promptly at 2
o'clock the exercises began. The
preliminary portion of the pro-
gramme consisted of music-one of
the numbers being "My Old Ken
lucky Home and an impressive
invocation. Maj. Thomas H. Hays,
of the Kentucky Commission, in an
eloquent address then formally ten
dered the monument to Gov. Brad
ley.
Following this address Miss
Christine Bradley, the Governors
beautiful daughter, gracefully I'M
yelled the shaft. Gov. Bradley
next formally accepted the monu-
ment and transferred it to the gov
eminent.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1899-05-05
DEAD.
Barrett E. Mcknight, aged IS.
Effie Mcknight, aged 81.
INJURED.
T. T. Mcknight, Jr., arm
blown off and hurt internally.
John White, both legs broken.
Eph. AusbroOk, cut on head.
Richard Davis, slightly.
Jim SeweIl, slightly.

Crofton, Ky, May AT 7 clock
this morning a terrible explosion
occurred at Meningitis sawmill, a
few miles west of this place.
Two men were instantly killed
and two others horribly mangled,
with broken limbs, and scalded by
the escaping steam.
The dead men are Barrett +.
Mcknight, owner of the sawmill, a
young man about IS years of age,
and his brother, "Effie" Mcknight,
few years younger. The injured
are T. T. Mcknight, Jr., another
brother about p years old, whose
hand and arm were so badly man.
gled that amputation will be neces-
sary, and John White, a workman
in the mill, who had both legs
broken.
The explosion was caused by an
unsufficiency of water in the boiler
and came without a moments
warning.
1t caught the three brothers and
White standing close about the mill
and the two who were killed hardly
knew what hit them. The survi-
vors, manned and scalded with hot |
water, barely escaped with their
lives.
The report from the explosion |
was like cannon and was heard !
or miles around. Parties nearest
% the mill at once ran to the scene
and the dead were removed and |
he disabled taken in charge.
The Mcknight brothers were
sons of the late James Mcknight,
md nephews of T. T. Mcknight,
Sr., of near Crofton, and J. J. c.
of Howell. Barrett was
| thrifty and energetic young fell
ow and had been operating saw
Mills all of his life. He owned about
90 acres of timber lands in North
hi istian and did a big lumber
urgical aid to the mangled men.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1899-05-05
ASK $1,000 DAMAGES.
Claims He Called the Con-" And
Begged Him to Stop.

MIR. "A. H. Harris, of Oak Grove,
has filed suit against the L. & N.
for $1,000 damages. He alleges
that one day in April he was in
formed that his sister was at the
point of death in Todd county and
went to Oak Grove to take the train.
He claims that the train passed the
station without stopping, notwith-
standing his entreaties to the con-
ductor to stop, that he might take
passage, and that as a consequence
he endured great mental anxiety,
etc.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1899-05-05
SCHOOL ELECTION.
Two Trustees are to Be Chosen
Saturday.

The annual election of school
trustees for the Hopkinsville Pub
lie Schools will occur tomorrow.
The two trustees whose terms
have expired are ]. E. Mcpherson
and w. H. FaXon. Both gentlemen
are candidates for reelection,
Mr.. w. A. Long is also a candi-
date and DR.. B. F. Eager author
ICES the announcement that he is
in the hands of his friends and will
serve if elected. There are no spe-
cial issues, political or otherwise,
and each candidate is running on
his "good looks and popularity"
The old board members are run
ming together, and the other candi-
dates are making the race each up
n hjsx 2YV meJitf Tbs slsetjon.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1899-05-05
SNUB FOR PERRY.
His New Wife Will Not Be Re-
ceived Into Lexington Society.

Lexington, Ky, May 3.-Mr. and
Mrs. Perry Belmont are expected
here tonight in their private car
over the Chesapeake and Ohio. They
comet to look over Mr.. Belmont's thor
oughbreds, quartered at Hal. p.
Headleys Beaumont farm. Mrs.
Headley, formerly Miss Annie Lee
Byrne, and a leader in Lexington
will not entertain them.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1899-05-05
KILLED HER BABY.
A Woman Arrested i'm Daviess
County for a Terrible Crime.

Greensboro, KY, May ELLA
Harralson, colored, is charged with
killing her 20-months-old child in
this county Sunday afternoon by
crushing the baby's skull. She
was arrested and brought to this
city and lodged in jail. The feel
ing in the community where the
crime was committed is said to be
strong against the woman. The
woman is thought by many to be
crazy. No excuse was given for
the murder.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1899-05-05
DUFFY. BYARS.
Wedding Announced of
Prominent Young People.

The approaching marriage of
Mr.. John c. Duffy to Miss Mamie
Byars is announced for Monday,
May 18th. The newly married
couple will take tour of two weeks
and be at home on South Main street
after June LIST.
Mr.. Duffy is well-known young
lawyer of fine promise, and his
is an accomplished and
handsome young lady, a daughter
Of Mrs. Sallie II. Byars.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1899-05-05
A Terrific Explosion Destroys
Meningitis Sawmill.
TWO MEN KILLED INSTANTLY AND TWO
OTHERS FEARFULLY INJURED.
PARTICULARS OF THE HORRIBLE AFFAIR.

business. His two younger broth
ers were associated with him in the
business. John White, the work.
man who was injured, was formerly
a peddler in a small way, and lived
in the neighborhood.
Drs. Lovan and Williams, of
Crofton. were summoned and went
at once to the scene and rendered
The injuries to T. T. Mcknight
are liable to prove fatal. In addi-
ton to the mangled arm he is very
badly hurt internally and is splitting
up blood. The latest report yester-
day afternoon was that there was
but little hope Of his recovery.
T. T. Mcknight and White were
On top of the boiler shed, over the
boiler, and were blown up into the
air nearly forty feet and the Won
der is that they escaped alive.
Besides the four men mentioned
above three others were more or less
injured.
Eph Ausbrooli was hit on the
head by flying debris and his
scalp cut, but he was not disabled.
Jim Sewell and Richard Davis
were slightly injured in the same
way, being more or less bruised.
The boiler had been started uu
at c. clock by Barrett Mcknight.
About o'clock he noticed the water
was low and turned in more cold
water. There was splutter inside
the boiler followed by a terrific
tearing loose. Barrett and Eff
were close together. The first was
blown 100 feet from where he was.
standing. His bowels were torn out
and scattered along the way, His
left leg was torn from his body and
carried 50 feet further on.
Eff. was carried through the air
and his neck snapped like a reed
in the wind. He was not mangled.
The shed with the other two men
was raised up and scattered to the
winds.
The boiler was hurled through
the air and 80 feet away struck Il
hickory tree as large as a mans
leg and cut it off 80 feet from the
ground as smooth as a knife.
The mill itself was utterly demol-
lshed, the property loss being about
81, 900.
Barrett and Eff Mcknight were
7. r. Mcknight and
John White are married. The form
er was married about one month
ago to Miss Ely, of the same
The coroner left for the scene
yesterday afternoon to hold inuuests
over the dead bodies.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1899-05-05
SUGAR TRUST.
Turns The Screw on The Public
Thumb.

New York, May 3.-The American
Sugar Refining Company today ad-
vanced the price of ali refined SUI
gars sold by it q cent per pound.
Standard graduated was thus
placed at 81 cents, against5 4 cents
yesterday, and SIS cents month
ago. The move was quickly followed
bv all independent refneries.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1899-05-05
CUT WORM PLAGUE.
Acres of Corn Being Cut by These
Pests.

Cut worms are playing havoc
with the young corn in some sec.
tons of the county. Some fields
have been almost destroyed by the
pests and in a few cases the entire
crops will have to be laid off and
Continued warm weather, how
ever, would have the effect of cut
ting short the destructive work of
these insects.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1899-05-05

Mary Wills sues her husband,
George Wills, for divorce, alleging
abandonment. The parties are
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1899-05-05
New Member Installed.

The board of asylum commission
ers held their regular monthly
meeting Tuesday, when Mr.. Gabe
l.. Campbell, the new member, was
installed. There was no other
business Of special Importance
trap 81 W., ,yss,s y,
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1899-05-05
COURT AT EDDYVILLE.
Small DOcket-COmmonweaIth
Business Finished up.

Circuit Court convened at Eddy
Vile Monday. The docket is the
smallest for several years. The
Commonwealth business was fin
ished up Wednesday and it is
thought that in few days more
he civil docket can be cleared.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1899-05-05

will occur at the City Court room
and only white voters will partici-
pate.
The council will appoint officers
tonight to conduct the election.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1899-05-05
BIG CROWD
Attended The Celebration at Little
River.

A large crowd attended the circle
meeting at Little River Saturday
and Sunday and the affair proved
to be quite a success. On Saturday
Rev. A. w. Meacham was present
and there were appropriate exer-
cises celebrating the Goth anniver-
sary of his ordination. A number
of people from this city attended.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-08-10

THE revolt against Goebel. who
leads the regular democratic ticket ia
Kentucky this year, and who won his
nomination by sharp practice. is get
ting stronger as the people have cp-
portuuity 10 think over the situation.
Capt. Stephen G. Sharp, ex-stste
treasurer, and prominent sound
money democrat, says: 1.-THE disaffec-
tion in Kentucky today is nearly four
times greater than it was in 1895, when
Mckinley carried the state by small
majority. 1 take II from what 1 have
seen and heard that 90 per cent of the
sound money democrats are against
Goebel, and that there are three times
as many Bryan democrats against him
ss there were sound money men in the
campaign when the currency question
was the ISSUE"
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-08-10
DURING times of prosperity. Labor

DURING times of prosperity, labor is
fully employed, and so great is the
demand for it among the new enter
prises that are started, that the work
man can intelligentlyd ecide.what to do,
and where his services will be best re-
warded. In times of depression no
such choice is afforded and he is some
times glad to work for a bare subsis-
tances. Therefore when labor is in
demand he forces capital to parley
with him as to its value, and strikes
are not infrequen;. Strikes are an in
dication that times have improved with
labor. During tho Harrison and Nc
kinney administrations strikes among
laboring men prevailed; during the ad-
ministrations of Cleveland q large body
OF IabOrers were converted into trampsi
and there were no strikes. The republ-
caa party Is the friend of labor.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-08-10

OUR contemporaries tell US that the
central part of the district has many
candidates to strike lances with our
fellow townsman, Hon. w. w. Turney,
for the democratic nomination for con-
gress. Every town of Importance
seems to be represented. Among those
who are mentioned as candidates are
DR.. P. G. Coleman of Colorado City:
John II. Stephens, the incum bent, of
Vernon: W. B. Piemons of Amarillo:
Dan M. Jones of Arson: Fred Cockrill
of Abilene; w. M. Grogan of Sweet
water, and J. N. Browning of Vernon.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-08-10
The yellow fever situation is improv

THE yellow fever situation is improv-
ing. The disease is not spreading
at Hampton Roads, and the percent
age of deaths is small. In the coun-
tries to the south of us, while the fever
still continues, sanitation and quarap-
tine methods have prevented it's spread
and reduced it's virulence. 1t is the
opinion of many physicians. skilled in
fighting yellow fever, that it has lost
much of its deadliness, that the recur-
ring epidemics of the United States are
becoming less and less fatal, and the
disease is yielding better to treatment,
aed that in time it may be controlled
by theImedical fraternity as we'll as
other diseases.