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The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1900-04-21
SUCCESSION SALE.
In the matter of the Succession Of
RANCOIS JUSTIN DUPLAIN,
Probate Docket No BOIL,

lStu JuulCldi DlstglCL OOuTts
State Of Louisiana, Parish of st. Martin.
By virtue of an order and commits
sion issued from the Honorable the Nine
tenth Judicial District Court Of the
State of Louisiana in and for the Parish
of st. Martin, to me directed, will offer
for sale and will sell or cause to be sold
by any duly authorized and qualified
officers, at public auction, for Cash to
the last and highest bidder at the Court
house door at st. Martinville in the Pa
IRISH of st. Martin, La. between legal
sale hours on
Thursday May grid, 1900,
the following described properties be-
longing to the Succession of the late
Francois Justin Dupiain, viz:
I. That certain lot situated in the
Town of st. Martinville, La, bounded
North by Bridge street. South by proper
ty Of MillOt, East by Market street, and
West by property of Or. Jos. s. Martin.
With the improvements thereon.
2. The undivided 4 Of another lot 81.
tuated i'm the Town Of st. Martinvilie,
La. bounded north by property Of the
DANES de Progress, South by Port
street and West by property of Mrs. jules
Oyer. .-.--
3. Another lot in Pinaudville In the
town Of st. Martiuville. La, measuring
one hundred feet front on Cora street
by about one hundred and eighty two
feet in depth. Bounded North by Cora
street. South by lot Of Clara Landry
East by property of ]. B. Jacquet and
West by lot Of Pierre MERCER.
4. A tract Of land situated in the Pa
IRISH Of st. Martin, La. Il wsrd contain
ing (5W fifty superficial arpents being
lot No twelve Q9 of plan made by H
P. Meredith. Surveyor and annexed Il
an act of sale from Oneziphore Della
houssaye ST.. to Edwin Delahoussaye
recorded June 18th. 1872, bounded North
by lots % and 26 of said plat. South By
lot No. seven GU, East by lot No. Eleven
t1D and West by lot No. Thirteen (l3).
3. The undivided half of a tract .oi
land situated in the Parish of st. Mar
tin, La, containing in all Eight super.
fetal arpents. bounded North by land Of
S. v. Martin. South by land Of Declouet
East by land of S. V. Martin and Yves,
by land Of Isidore Tailey. Also one male
and a few movables.
Terms and COnditiOns-CASH.
R. MARTIN, 2
Tcstamentary Executor
MARTIN & VOORHEES,, Attyrneys.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1900-04-21

perity in cotton growing and cot
ton fabric usings. 1t is in its
manufacture nearby the spot
where the raw material is produ-
ced. The development Of textile
schools has encouraged generous
building up of cotton mills all
over the. cotton belt, and South
Carolina, strange as it may ap-
pear, now ranks next to Massachu-
sets as a cotton manufacting
State. The agitation of the ques-
ton of more and improved facto-
ries for the shaping of raw cotton
into the finer cotton fabrics has
resulted in the formation of man
ufacturing companies and the con-
templated building of cotton fac
tories in all sections of the cotton
belt.
It is in the finer cotton fabrics
that the huge profits in its manu-
facture lies. To that end our fac
tory construction should be devo-
ted, and this fact admonishes us
that we need more textile schools
| in the South. where we can deve-
lop these and other higher class
| industries to the end that freight
rates from here to Europe and
back again may be saved, and that
the enormous profits made ON con-
vsrting the raw material line into
the finished product may remain
here, q part of our accumulated
wealth.
| As an intelligent authority, who
has given the subject careful stu
ky, observes: 1.-THE planter who
buys his wife a gown of one OF
these new and artistic cotton ia
brics weighing five pounds will
have to pay 500 pounds of cotton
for it this year, and last year il
would have cost him 1000 pounds
of cotton. The difference between
the five pounds of cotton in the
fabric of which the gown is com.
posed and the 500 or 1000 pounds
Of cotton which the ready-made
gown costs, goes to freight rates
and manufacturers, who receive
it must be admitted, more than
their share"
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1900-04-21

"Is professional success bar to
happy marriage? All, there is
the other side of the shield. The
actress plays her part all the bet
ter for the home she left to 60 to
theatre. The artist who knows
what marriage means paints q bet
ter picture than the single woman
of the same ability. The writer
who has shut out the warm glow
at her heart for the sake of writ
ing-who can question that her
work is better for the love she
leaves behind her? But the home
the actress leaves, the husband
the artist forgets, the child the
writer neglects do they fare?
Not SO we'll. Believe me, not at
all SO well. Marriage is not bar
to professional success, either to
man or woman. But professional
success is a bar to happy marriage.
That is not a serious affair from
the mans point of view. From
the woman's-how serious every
thing is from the woman's point
of viewi"
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1900-04-21

You assume no risk when you buy
Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and Diarr-
hoea Remedy. T. j. Liable, druggist
will refund your money il you are not
satisfied after using it. 1t is everywhere
admitted to be the most successful RENE
dy in use for bowel complaints and the
only one that never fails. 1t is pleasant.
safe and reliable.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1900-04-21
Cotton, Cotton Mills and Col
ton Fabrics.
Daily Item.

The Item has contended that the
present price for cotton is due to
causes which asserted general
and permanent advance in ell COM
modities. These causes were in
themselves given vigor through
legislation, which fixed permanent
ly a reliable and expanding cur
rency. and the fostering of indus
trial creations, which gave employ
ment to the toll of the nation.
New markets and an ever en-.
larging area for supply has con-
tinually met the increase in cotton
production, until a'l0, 0O0, 900 bale
crop at 9 cents the pound is readi-
ly absorbed. But this is not all
improved methods and machinery
have brought cotton fabrics to q
point of perfection where they
equal silk in beauty and can scar.
cely be distinguished from it in
appearance or texture. Indeed, il
is questionable if finer results can
not be obtained from cotton than
silk. The coarser cotton fabrics
must, from its heavy texture, seek
markets in colder chimes, while
the delicate textures of the impro.
we'd process manufacture, have all
an Orient to demand a supply; q
world of population. 30 to speak,
in a climate where silk-likA and
lighter cotton fabrics are worn.
Even the fashionable and wealthy
of the more frigid Occident are re-.
planning famed silks and satins'
with the dainty cotton stuffs of the
new looms. The silk of commerce
that one sees draping fair forms
or hears rustling tantalizing frou
frou, is beautiful in many instsn-
ces only when taken in connection
with its cost price. American cot
ton that is now being converted
into silk, or into fabrics that out
rival silk, will cost vastly less but
will look and last ebually as we'll.
And then there is an advance Of
the cotton grower yet another re-
salt Of the causes for general pros
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1900-04-21

T. j. Liable. Druggist. guarantee
every bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Re.
medy and will refund the money to any
one who is not satisfied after using two
thirds of the contents. This is the best
remedy in the world for la grippe,
coughs. colds. Group and whooping cough
and is pleasant and safe to take. 1t pre-
vents any tendency Of cold to result In
pneumonia. Fn1 & Nf''N
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1900-04-21
Remarkable Cure of Rheumatism
Kenna, Jackson Co., W. v.

k6NUd, JdCkHOH OO's WV
About three years ago my wife had an
attack Of rheumatism which confined
her to her bed for over month and rem
dered her unable to walk q step without
assistance, her limbs being swollen to
double their normal size. Mr.. s. Mad
dox insisted on my using Chamberlain
Pain Balm. l purchased ifty-cent
bottle and used 1t according to the d.
rections and the nent morning she walk.
ed to breakfast without assistance In
any manner, and she has not had . 81
milar attack since.-A. B. Parsons. Fol
sale by T. j. Liable.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1900-04-21
NOTICE.

Mr.. Charles Gutekunst. Parish Survey
or has charge aud supervision of all our
swamp lands and is authorized to prose-
cute all tresspassers.
TRELLUE CYPRESS LUMBER Co.. LTD,
SAM r. GUYTHER, See. and Trea.
Patterson, La, Jan, 8. 1900.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1900-04-21
Farm For Sale.

Residence For Sale.
The property Of MIR. B. L. Durand. north
Main street. is for sale. price low, and
terms reasonable. apply to this Office or
to B. L. DURAND.
The Portland daily press., 1900-03-21
FRENCHMEN WERE EASY.

Paris, March 20.-An audacious rob-
berry of 400, 900 francs was committed to-
day from the Northern railroad. The
company, which three times weekly
deposits large sums with the bank of
France, sent 100000 francs today. of
which amount 10000 francs was in
small bills. This was placed in a satchel
and the money was conveyed from the
station to the bank in a cart which was
in charge of two clerks. Before they
started one OF the clerks placed the
satchel beside the coachman. Two men
then approached and engaged the atten-
ton of the clerk and coachman while a
third man picked up the satohel and
bolted with it. The loss was not noticed
until it was too late to apprehend the
robbers.
The Portland daily press., 1900-03-21
GEN. WHITE LOCATED.

Grand Rapids. Mich. March 70. The
mystery concerning the whsrsaDout Of
Gen. White, fugitive quartermaster gem
eral Of Michigan state troops. was solved
today when friend of the missing Anne
sican received letter from him, writ
ten in Cape Town, South Afrloa, dated
February 10. Gen. White says he is sorry
he did not remain In Michigan and
fight his troubles out. He went to Chi
cago from Grand Rapids, December 80,
left Chicago for New Orleans, December
81, arriving next night. he secured q
position as foreman on the BritiIh ship
MalIn of Dundee, Scotland. laden with
mules for the British army in South
Africa and sailed for Cape Town January
z. He arrived In Cape Town early In
February. White claims to be innocent
Of any intention OF wrong doing.
The Portland daily press., 1900-03-21
SENATE PACIFIC CABLE BILL.

Washington, March 20.-The Senate
ccmmittee on naval affairs today agreed
TO report the bill for Pacific cable
which Senator Hale was authorized to
draft at the last session Of the committee,
and the report was later presented to the
Senate. The bill provides for a present
oatle from San BraDoisco only to Homo
lulu, but declares a purpose to extend Ii
In the future to the Philippine Islands
and to Japan.
Three million dollars Ia appropriated
for the work and further surveys are
authorized to determine the most prac.
ticahle route. The secretary In empowered
to cause plans TO he prepared im med stely
upon theipassage of the act and to employ
paval vessels II necessary In the oonstruc-
tion.
The control of the cable when oomplet-
ed is to be transferred TO the postmaster
general.
A new provision In the bill require
that "tte cables. wires and other instru-
msnts, materials and appurteuances ne
cessary in the work to laying the cable,
shall be of American manufacture, pro-
vIced that ID can be procured at cost
not ex Gee ding ~ per cent above what II
could DO procured for In eforeigu mar
kets."
Senator Hale presented a written report
to accompany the bill, in which he said :
"The increasing business of the United
States uron the Pacific sea has for years
drawn mems attention to the advisAbility
of an ocean cable between our western
coast and some point Oh the Asiatio
shores. The annexation OF the Hawaiian
islands has added to this feeling and the
ommittse has cit ITSELF justified In re.
porting a bill which provides for q calls
which, II built, will be the beginning OF
trans Pacific submarine cable. 1t Ia
believed by the committee that the pro-
visions are smpls to secure the work by
private enterprise, while leaving the
general charge with the government
and the ownership there when completed.
At any rate the experiment will be
tried in the building of the short end
OF the line from San Fancisoo to Homo
lulu, and our future course Can be gov
srned by our experience In this work.
Ii Is believed that the cost OF the line
between the two places named win not
be far from s., 900, 600 and, should the bill
become law, at the present session OF
Congress 1t is hoped that the work may
be under way within year.
The Portland daily press., 1900-03-21
In THE HOUSE.
The Consideration of the Land Bill
Begun Yesterday.

Washington, March 20.-The House to-
day entered upon the confederation Of
the Loud bill to restrict the character
OF publications entitled to cent per
pound rate rs second class mail matter.
The bill has bssn before Congress for
several years. Mr.. Loud defended the
bill In q lengthy speech. The other
speakers were II. o Smith Of Michigan,
in favor of the ti)l, and Messrs Little'of
Arkansas, Bell Of Colorado, Henry Of
Mississippi, Stokes Of South Carolina
aud Brown OF Ohio In opposition to it.
Before the bill was taken up, Mr.. Sulzer
Of New York delivered dennnoiation Of
the administration in connection with
his resolution of inquiry onlling upon the
war department for information as to
what Notifications Great Britain was
erecting on the Canadian borders. The
committee CD military affairs submitted
@ reply to Adjutant General Corbin
saying such Information was secret, but
that Great Britain WAS ereoting no
works which threatened our rights. This
committee recommended that the reso-
luton lie upon the table. Tie Honse
sustained the committees recomm enda-
tion by vote Of Ito TO 81.
The Portland daily press., 1900-03-21
A Republican First Congress.
SiOnaI District Convention
WILL BE HELD IN
RECEPTION HALL, CITY BUILDING.
PORTLAND,
Tuesday, April II, 1900,
At O'clock p. NJ,

for the purpose of electing two delegates
and two aIternates to attend the National
Republican Convention, to be held at
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. on Tuesday,
June 10, 1900. and tTansacting any other
business that may properly come before
it
The basis of representation will be as
follows: Each city and town will be en-
titled to one delegate, and for each sew
enty-five votes cast for the Republican
candidate for Governor in 1896 an addi-
tional delegate, and for fraction of forty
votes in excess of seventy-five an addi-
tional delegate.
The District Committee will be in ses-
sion at Reception Hall at one o'clock p.
m, on the day of the convention to re-
ceive the credentials OF the delegates and
to attend to such other. business as may
be necessary.
Per Order Republican District Com
mittee.
MILFORD G. CHAPMAN, Chairman.
SAMUEL w. JUNKINS, Secretary.
Portland. Me-, March s. 1900
The Portland daily press., 1900-03-21
FAVOR EXPANS ION.
But Philadelphia Methodists want
President TO Abolish Canteens.

Phila delphia. March 20.-The Phila-
delphia conference of the Methodist
Episcopal church today adopted paper
in support of the expansion policy of the
present national administration. The
paper is in all respects similar to the one
adopted recently by the South Kansas
conference and is in the form Of call
for volunteers to go to tho Philippines
for evangelical work. 1t was presented
by the Rev. T. Is. Nicely, who stated tina
nothing more providential had occurred
in recent years than the acquisition by
this country of the Philippines and that
it was absolutely necessary that we as
sert our power. The conference also
adopted resolution deprecating the
action of attorney general Griggs in set
ting aside the act of Congress abolishing
the army can!een aud calling upon Presi-
dent Mckinley to exercise his authority
as commander in chief of the army and
the navy.
The Portland daily press., 1900-03-21
Secretary Root Discusses Conditions
on Island.
Municipal Elections To
Be First Step.
Inhabitants Ignorant OF Self
Government.

Washington, March 2O.-Secretary Root
this afternoon gave to President MoKin-
Icy the results Of hia observation of
affairs in Cuba during his recent trip to
the island. Subsequently the Secretary
consented to talk for publication ss 20 the
existing conditions In the island and the
possibilities Of the people in the direo-
tion CT sslf-zovsrnmsnt. The Secretary
Views on many important matters Affect
ing the Island and its people were very
fully given through the Associated Press
before he left Havana.
On the whole the Secretary expressed
hin self as satisfied with what he saw.
Naturally the question OF the ultimate In
dependence of the island came up for dis
oussion during the Sscretary's visit to
Cuba, but he was not prepared to say
ju't when the United States government
would be willing that this should be q
reality. Incidental to this matter, which
is uppermost in the Cuban mind are the
formative Steps thar will bring 1t about
The first of these is the holding of tbs
municipal elections.
The arrangements for carrying into
effect this first step towards an independ-
ent government were matters into which
Mr.. Root looked very carefully.
"These elections" said the Secretary,
will be the Cuban's first effort toward
popular government. Unaocustomed as
they are to these things. they are as the
babe unborn and have verything to
learn. The whole plaE for making effec-
tive the scheme of municipal suffrage
had to be carefully worked out and the
people instructed In all the details.
"This Involves vast amount CT labor
and takes considerable time. but ulti-
mately 1t will he worked out and the
elections will take place. l hardly be-
lisve, however. that the authorities will
be ready for holding the elections by the
first of May. "
SECRETARY Root was not prepared to
venture an opinion as to just when he be-
lieves this government would grant COM
ple.e Independence to the Cubsns. The
sclaration In the joint resolution OF
Congress, however, granting them full
Independence would, he declared, be
carried cut.
The Secretary said that he believed that
when q stable and settled policy OF rule
had been established the island would
have season of prosperity. and that
outside capital as we'll as much now
there remaining uninyested because Of
the uncertainty that exists, would find
Its way into the channels of trade and
agriculture
The Portland daily press., 1900-03-21
A Republican State Convention
WILL DE HELD IN
City Hall, Lewiston,
We'd, April 18th, 1900
City Hall, Lewiston,
At II O'Clock, A. NJ.

for the purpose of selecting six candi-
dates for electors of President and Vice.
President of the United States, and four
delegates at large and four alternates to
attend the National Republican CoDven-
ton to be held at Philadelphia. Pennsyl-
vania, on Tuesday, June 49, 1900, and
transacting any other business that may
properly come before it.
The basis of representation will be as
follows: Each City, Town and Pianta-
ton viii be entitled to one delegate, and
for each seventy-tive votes cast for the
Republican candidate for Governor in
1895, an additional delegate, and for
fraction of forty votes in excess of sew
enty-five votes, an additional delegate.
Vacancies in the delegation of any city
Town or Plantation can only be file by
resident of the county IN which the
vacancy exists.
The State committee will be in session
in the reception room of the hail at nine
o'clock, on the morning Of the conven-
ton, for the purpose of receiving the Gre
dentials of delegates. Delegates in order
to be eligible to participate in the con-
vention, must be elected subsequent to
the date of the call for this convention;
and delegates, under this call, should not
be elected to the State convention to be
hereafter called for the purpose of nomi
Mating a candidate for governor.
All electors of Maine without regard to
past political differences, who are in
sympathy with the sentiments expressed
in the call of the Republican National
Committee for the Republican National
Convention, are cordially invited to unite
with the Republicans of the state in cleo
ting delegates to this Convention.
Per order Republican State Committee.
JOSEPH II. MANLEY, Chairman
BYRON BOYD, Secretary.
Augusta, Maine, Thursday, Jan. 4, 1900.
The Portland daily press., 1900-03-21
sENATE-CoNsIDERs TREATY.

Washington, March 20.-The Senate to-
day In executive session considered the
treaty between the United States and
Great Britain regulating the disposal Of
the estates Of deceased citizens Of one
country who may died In the other one.
Senator Woloott explained the legal bear
ing of the agreement saying that 1t
covered practically the same ground as
treaties with other countries on the same
subject.
Senator Bacon of the same COMMITTEES
criticised the treaty as comforting a power
upon the federal government in the reRu-
lation Of estates which Was an infringe
msnt upon the rights Of the states and
territories. The treaty was amended by
striking out the time limit for rAtifoa-
tlon which made IL expire on the second
instant. No vote was reached and when
the Senate adjourned there was an under
tan ling that the matter should again be
taken up tomorrow.