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The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-06-30
TIE RAILROAD BEGUN.
Dirt Broken Last Monday.

Last Monday evening the lirsi
work on the projected railroad, run
ming westward, was started on the
outskirts of the town, down at the
end of Hood street, and near the
line of Mr.. Phil McGnire's planta.
ton. A large number of teams
were brought to town, and prepare
tons were made to 90 to work in
earnest last Tuesday morning, but
the rain on Monday evening and
night flooded the grounds to such an
extent, that work had TO be post
poned. -
Nevertheless, the projectors of the
road mean business, and as soon as
the weather clears up, things will be
pushed along at lively rate. The
rails will start arriving next week on
the Julia from Memphis, and in this
issue appears an advertisement for
bids on crossties. The road will
run either to Mer Rouge or Portland
in Arkansas. We have not been
able to learn yet the exact direction
it will take, as the gentlemen at the
head of the enterprise have not given
us much information on the subject.
However, in short time we will be
able to give more definite details as
to the direction and ter minis of the
road.
The promoters of this road are E.
j. Hamley, j. 5. Millikin, Jos. <.
Ransdell, Phil Mcclure, j. w.
Dunn, +. Y. Ransdell and Capt. l..
2. Cummins, of the Memphis and
Vicksburg Packet Co. They have
expended considerable money in the
last two years or more in the venture,
and have allowed nothing to dis
hearten them or make them despair
of ever succeeding. With only q
limited capital, they have persevered,
and to-day their plans are IN a fair
way of being carried out.
A road running westward, either
TO Mer Rouge or Portland, Ark,
with Lake Providence as one of the
will do our town a wonder
Jul amount of good. Values will be
enhanced, people will come here
md open up business houses, the
population of the town will increase
and the old sleepy look OF
title country town will give place to
newborn activity and the old
liners will rub their eyes and loosen
Up their joints in order to keep up
Nth the band wagon.
A few there are who are disposed
o laugh at the enterprise manifested j
y these. gentlemen; but as they repre- !
ent neither capital nor individuality.
is waste of time to take note of
hem. In every hive there are al
avs drones. But the bulk of the
eople, and especially the business A
lement OF the town, will welcome the I
ay when the country is opened up J
} the outside world, and the vast 4
'ea of country west and northwest =
us can ship their products here :
I'd get cheap river rates. P
In few weeks, or more, we hope !,
be able to give our readers more Il
Finite information. At present we
IA only say that work has been
arted and that the road is a GER g
inty. OF
We congratulate the gentlemen re
'ove named for the enterprise they ;,
we shown in this laudable under D.
king; and If ever Lake Providence
built up into a prosperous little
y it will be to their credit that
ey were the inaugurators of the
neiits that will accrue to the town
rough a railroad running west
rd.
SO far, so good. v
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Mckinley was known to be so
weak that Roosevelt of New York,
was made his running mate to give
the ticket strength. Their plat
form was cut and dried for weeks
before their convention by the trusts
and millionaires, who are protected
by the 6. o. p. of spoils and corrup-
.ion
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Administrators Sale.
State of Louisiana, Parish of East Carroll
Ninth District Cnur4

state OF Louisiana, Parish of East Carroll
Ninth District Court.
Succession of John s. Ikerd
BY virtue of writ of Sale to me directed
by the Honorable Ninth District Court for
the parish Of East Carroll aforesaid, ia the
above entitled succession. L will proceed r,
sell AZ public auction, at the door OF the
courthouse. in the town of Providence
East Carroll, parish, La. on Saturday. the
14th day OF July, 1900, between the bonn,
prescribed by law, all the right, title and
interest Of the succession of John s. 1ken1
In and to the following described property
Lot or fractional section No. thrity-three
Oh township twenty-one North. rance
twelve East of the district of lands NorIh
OF hed River; less forty acres sold OF Inc
n orth end Of said Tot by s. ". Davis to y
r. montgomery as per deed of record In
Notarlai Book z p. T37; leaving 1913 40 acres
Inc same to be sold to pay debts.
Terms OF sale-cash in accordance with
the Inventory. WIN
JOHNsQ. IKERD,
Ikerd oo"n o.
Lahc Providence, La, jane s. 1900 .-otL-zt.
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The rains have been so excessive
down in the Port Gibson section
that the planters have abandoned
part Of their crops.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-06-30
of the Police Jury before presentatio,

oi JUG UIIce jury befors PRESENTATION
for payment:
The clerk was instructed to order
900 feet 10-inch thing for use in re-
placing small bridges.
The Board then adjourned to meet
on Tuesday, July 81, 1900.
ROBT. NICHOLSON, Pres.
YANcEY BELL, Clerk.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-06-30
QUEEN AND CRESCENT ROUTE.

New Orleans and NORTHEASTERN Rail-
road Company, Alabama and Vicks-
burg Railway Company; Vicksburg,
Shreveport & Pacific Railroad Co.
Account 4th Of July, Queen Il Cres-
cent Route will sell oil July 2, 8 and 4,
round trip tickets 10 all points Oh these
lines, and In addition thereto, will sell
tickets to all points south of the Ohio
Potomac Rivers and east of the Missis-
sippi Rivers, at greatly reduced rates:
final limit July7, 1900. Do not misr
the opportunity to celebrate the Att
by visiting friends, etc.
GEO. II. SMITH. r.. j. ANDERSON.
G.. p. A., New Orleans, A. G. p. A.
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Notice.

The assessment of the parish of East Car.
roii having been completed the rolls are
open Tor inspection and correction for :,
period OF 20 days from this date.
w. c. McRAE.
Providence, La, June 1G. 1900.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-06-30
Saturday, June 80, 1900.

FIFTH DIST, hEvEE BoHRp,
Regular meetings second Wednesdays
IL January, April July, and October, at
Delta. La.
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Succession Notice.

Ninth District Court, Parish of East Car
roll
Succession of Leonard X. Barber
Notice is hereby given that DR.. r. r.
Bernard has applied to be appointed ad-
ministrator of the succession of Leonard
n. Barber. deceased, and that If no opposi-
tion be made thereto within ten DAYS. he
will be appointed as prayed for.
Done and signed this 2lst day OF June,
A. ID. 1900.
GEO. +. BLACKBURN,
Clerk Of Dis Court.
Lake Providence, La, June 90, l9O0.-3
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Lake Providence. L., June 49, 1000

Lake Providence, L., June 10, 1900.
The Police Jury elect for the parish
OF East Carroll having qualified, met
with the following present:
RoBT' NICHOLSON, 1st Ward.
! w. @. HOPE, End Ward
| PHIL'MOGUIRE. 3rd Ward.
A. 81. NELSON, 4th Ward.
L. w. JAY. 5th Ward.
MIR. Nicholson called the meeting to
order. and stated the first order of bust
ness was the election of officers.
Whereupon, MIR. Nicholson was elect.
ed President, Yancey Bell elected
Clerk. +. j. Hamley elected Treasurer.
T. 5. WHY elected Attorney, J. N.
Turner elected Supervisor of Elections.
The Baaner-Democrat elected the
official journal of the parish.
The President appointed the follow.
ing Finance Committee:
W. G. Hope. chairman; Phil Nc.
CURE and A. NJ. Nelson.
The following ordinance offered by
MI. Hope. was adopted:
be it ordained by the Police Jury of
East Carroll parish. That the follow
ing budget OF parish expenses for the
hscal year ending June 3Oth, 1901, be
and is hereby adopted
Assessors Fees 45o M
Sheriff's Fees 50O On
!" Iness rees 500 90
Jurors Fees 500 90
oes''ces reace Us 90
y 175 90
noaoS ana bridges 1000 90
: oiire Jury expense 500 90
Public Printing e5O o0
Serving processes beyond parish.
conveying lunatics to asylum Il
ana conyicts to penitentiary 800 90
Clerks salary $50 Oo
ireasurer's salary 9oo an
Attorneys salary loo o0
chaf ps.s 100 90
Jail note ,JOo 90 90
Levees 80 W
Coroner's salary - ~ :
80 800 oouf. ices 200 90 G
80 eencies 500 06 f
p'i'oners 1000 90
~, -l5
-. =. $9705 90 u
on motion of Mr.. Mcclure, the
'ierk was instructed to make all pur. =
'hases OF stationery used by the public
rflicials
On motion of Mr. MCGUIRE
DC It resolved, That all bills, except
oad work and other public improve
1ents shall be anprovad h,
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WATER TANKS for sale bv
III. SCHULZ.
Lake Providence.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1900-10-13
St-2s-- ss-t-. L.; +EL-= = :.tes
THE UNIVERSAL LABEL.
1t Will he Opposed BY the Cigar
makers' Union.

1t Will he. Opposed BY the Cigar
makers Union.
The Label League of Chicago is pre-
pairing to 60 before the next convention
of the American Federation of Labor
with proposition that a universal la
bel be adopted, to be put on all goods
manufactured by union men, believing
that it is a better method of securing
union conditions in all branches of in
dustry. The cigarmakers will oppose
this label very vigorously, on the
ground that it is an injustice to their
label, which they have maintained un-.
der heavy expense and many diff
culties. They declare that a manufac-
turer can : obtain the universal label
by applying to the Boxmakers' union
whether the contents of the box are
union made or not. President George
w. Perkins of the cigarmakers makes
his: reasons very plain in opposing the
uniyersan label. A box of cigars made
under union conditions bears the ci-
garmakers.' boxmakers, {! printers and
engravers labels. BY employing one
Of these trades that is union the manu-
facturer could put hts goods before the
publ sas y genuine union rticle, and
gohe ssl 81
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Labor i'm South Carolina.

Growth of labor unionism in the
south has further illustration in a re-
cent gathering in Columbia, S. c., OF
representatives of various unions in the
state who thought their strength in
numbers warranted the organization
of the South Carolina Federation of
Labor. Its announced object ia the Sc
curing of proper recognition from en-
ployers, the general public and the va
rious municipal, state and federal leg
islative bodies and the enactment of
laws Ito alleviate the condition of the
wogeworking class" 1t will ask of
the Legislature an anti child labor law,
carrying with it compulsory education,
a state labor bureau and Inspector of
factories, reduction in the hours of Ia
Dor and a law to compel the branding
of convict made goods and to impose a
special tax on dealers in such wares.
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peacefully conducting themselves sure
ly demonstrates this fact. What great
er insult can be offered law-abiding
American citizens than for troops, with
their bands playing Battle Cry Of
Freedom to come in among them to
intimidate and to prevent them from
ever speaking to a set of men, that is,
through their work, giving efficiency
to a system that is beggarizing the
honest worker and adding more and
more to the power of an already grind
ing capital. The public must under
stand that the scab Is to his trade what
the traitor is to his country-only USE
tul to the party in troublesome times
he is the last to contribute assistance
and the first to grasp benefit he never
labored to gain. For monetary and
worthless appreciation he would betray
his friends his family and his country.
"A traitor in every sense of the word,
who first sells his fellow man and is
himself afterward sold by his employ
er and stands an enemy to himself, to
the present age and to prosterity. For
to uphold this Judas in his work will
! only prolong your embarrasssments.
10 sit down and act indifferently, to al
low without a murmur Of protest the
state troops to be called into use to as
sist grinding capitalists to dump down
in communities where men are con-
tending for that which is justly due
| them, the putrid ferment Of other
states, is to SOW seeds which will in the
end bring national decay.
If the gradual rise and development
of the working class is the great social
fact underlying the whole industrial
question. Labor organizations that con-
duces to the permanent moral eleva-
tion and physical well-being of the la
boring classes, should be cherished as
! natural and legal right-in fact, the
| sheet anchor of prosperity, and con-
F.; stltutes the only medium through
which we will gain this much desired
end. If it is right that the employer
shall conduct his business to best SUBJ
serve his and his family's interests. it
is just as right that the worker shall
conduct his with the same end in view,
and he has a just right to an equitable
share in the profits which may legiti-
mately arise from the development of
the industry in which he is employed.
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Negroes a. Mill Operatives,

Another effort to turn the nogro into
a first rate cotton mill hand is to be
made in Texas under the auspices. of
the North Texas Fair and Cotton Ex-
position association. The general pur-
pose, according to the Dallas News, is
to excite in the negro, whether he lives
in the country or in town, q greater in
terest in the production and manufac-
ture Of cotton. '''The promoters of the
enterprise, says the News, believe
there is in the cotton patch, and in the
cotton factory plenty Of room for every
negro in the country and that oppor-
tunities may be found in this lire
which will not excite any serious COM
petition Or antagonism between the
races AS operatives in cotton mills
in the south negroes have not yet prov
led a general success.
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STRIKING OBSERVATIONS
ihcE Are Manifestation of
Unity of LabOr's Intere.+.

iheE Are n Manifestation of 1be
Unity of LabOr's Interests,
Strikes are condemned as being use.
less when they fail, but nothing is said
when they succeed.
strikes which take place at a season
able time, backed by good organization.
invariably win. Strikes rushed into.
pell-mell, without means, are usually
lost, and are used to illustrate the i'm
potency Of strikes.
Public opinion may aid a strike. but
strikes dependent up popular sympa-
thy alone usually fail.
TO be prepared to strike is the best
way to avoid a strike either by con-
cession made to the union or by the re-
fusal of the employers to assume the
aggressive. These silent victories.
which are by far the most numerous.
are not recorded.
Lost strikes are bad, but often a re-
fusal to strike under sufficient provo
cation is worse. 1t is peace purchased
capacity to cause respect and consid-
GRAFTON; even lost strikes do that
Strikes are revolts against Injustice.
They are the manifestation of the unity
of labor's interests.
Strikes are to industry what a thun-
der cloud is to a su1try day.
Danish the possibility of strikes and
greed will have no bounds.
Strikes are resorted to mostly by in
telligent and educated workers, and
take place in the most progressive
countries.
Strikes are industrial wars, and like
all wars. should be avoided if possible,
but peace at any cost means subjection,
degradation.
Strikes will continue as long as labor
Is bought at the lowest price,. The
strike is the workers demand for re-
cognition as human beings.
A strike u.s. an indefinite holiday taken
by labor for labor's benefit, but it is
but a moment compared to the time
usually lost while out of work. IT,
A strike only requires the joint action
Of fellow workmen in a shop, upon is
sues simple and direct, while general
reforms depend upon the uncertain
public ....s.s -. a.
Philosophers have pronounced the
strike q, wasteful struggle, but the 'un-
appreciate workingmen still refuse to
take heed. s:t sI. s.3:s ~. I
The strike may be a.crude weapon,
but q better one is still to be devised.
s'kag gWay. Alaska. printers have or
!8anixed. II. y
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pealed to the coal trust ana Its allies
to make some concession, to agree to-
a conference, to arrange for arbitra-
tion-anything to avert strike.
The only reply of the coal trust was
made through the newspapers-they
would not recognize the miners un-
ions. Then came the strike.
Consider the facts. The coal trust.
consists of the following corporations:
Pennsylvania Railroad company, AL
exander J. Cassatt, president.
Lehigh Valley Railroad system, AL
fred Walter, president.
Delaware and Hudson Railroad com
pany, r. M. Olyphant, president.
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
Railroad company, w. H. Truesdale
president.
Central Railroad Company of New
Jersey, J. r. Maxwell, president.
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad
company, Joseph H. Harris, president.
Erie Railroad and New York, susque-
hanna and Western railroad, E. r
Thomas, president.
Delaware, Susquehanna and Schuyl
kill company, Irving A. Stears. presi-
dent.
New York. Ontario and Western rail
road, Thomas B. Fowler, president
. AS these nine railroad companies pro-
duce about 72 per cent Of all the har,
coal supply and absolutely control tn,
freight charges for all the mines, the.
are supreme. They regulate the
amount of coal mined and the price al
which it is sold.
The coal trust violates the federal
antitrust law. Yet it's members &c
unWhipped of justice because Presi-
dent Mckinley and Attorney General
Griggs refuse to prosecute them. TIL,
coal trust violates the constitution OF
Pennsylvania, which prohibits railroad ID
corporations from owning or operat-
ing coal mines. The coal trust violates
the law of Pennsylvania, which com
mands coal companies to pay their EN-.
ployes every two weeks instead OF
every month. But the members of the
coal trust keep out of prison because
the governor of Pennsylvania will no
| hale them into court.
The open crimes Of the coal trust-
crimes that injure a whole people-are
committed with impunity. Why? B.
cause the members of the coal trus,
contribute literally to the Republics,
campaign corruption fund. Is that ;
unfair statement? Are the facts M,
as clear as sunlight?
But when the starving coal minor,
com olne 1l7IslY lawfully to secure more .war, i.
they are denounced, and their 49, %, :, I:
sa.lon q lightly referred to III .r:out
lsaass s1Ht ..,
4 'i's fsnssssiS III ii
meek enough in the presence 81 81,
coal trust. It's flagrant crimir J, ~, ~,
leaves him unmoved.
| But it is different with tho ~,
tfust-the Mine Workers Union -
America. A scuffle, a. blow. a random
pistol shot, and the armed so1dierv -
pennsylvania is instantly in motion
the Mills and valleys swarm with eaga
| troops and armed mercenaries hire,
ny the coal trust and it's plant sheriffs
PRESENTLY the starving miners are call
ed upon to look down the mouths -
loaded rifles and cannon. The who'll
armed force of the state stands benin,
the coal trust
why should the crimes of the coa
trust go unpunished while the sliohtos
oHenses of it's workingmen are visite
by death.-New York Journal Son,
q, 1900. op'
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citizens have no rights. The soldier.
look at all as a sort of prey. The min
ers disappeared. The more ignorant
ones were afraid they would be shot
on sight. There was. soldier with a
gun for nearly every striker who had
none. They felt that the odds were
against them. They looked on them
as the employees Of the mines, and
were badly frightened.
On the third day number of strik-
ers were leaning against a rotten
board fence watching the soldiers pre-
pare dinner. They were not more than
fifty feet from the soldiers, lounging
around the camp. Without crack
for warning the fence gave way, and
the miners tumbled into camp. In an
instant 200 were rolling head over heels
toward the soldiers. They jumped up
bewildered and astonished. They ran
Ievery which way, and some few ran on
toward the camp
The soldiers thought the camp was
being attacked by the miners. In a
minute they began rushing with low
cred bayonets toward the men who
had tumbled through the fence. Those
who had gained their feet saw them
and made a rush for home. Some of
them are probably running yet
The report went all over the district
that the miners were rioting again.
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HERE TO STAY:
Organized Labor In More Firmly Els
tablishcd Than Ever Before.

Organized Labor IN More Firmly Es-
tabIisllctl Than Ever Before.
Organized labor is an aggressive
force, says the Labor Journal. 1t is
ever on the go and never sleeps. No
matter what may be the development
of today, even though defeat maJ
perch upon its banner, tome row,
s every s 11 ile b e sround & los gned
This IS the one great ignfflcant tact
in connection with trade unionism.
Traitors may betray it, it may go down
in seeming irretrievable collapse, but
any check is but temporary; it always
rises to its feet again and reasserts it.
self more determinedly than ever. If
history has demonstrated one truth,
that truth Is, that organizations of la
Dor cannot be crushed. The employers
of labor who enters into a contest with
them may win out at the time, perhaps
after an enormous expenditure of
money, but as sure as fate, sooner or
| later, the organization he has sought
to crush comes to life again and he
must recognize the fact. No sane OBJ
server to day but that will admit that
labor is more powerful at the present
moment than ever before.
There never was a time when sc
many recruits were f1ocking to its
standard or it's membership so large
To it's enemies the most significant
fact should be that every year it's pow.
er and influence is increasingbnd thai
no rebuff can set it back.
Labor has a long memory. 1t has
begun to discriminate against it's enc.
mics and in favor of it's friends. Its
motto is, 1--WE never forget" and wher
it is fully alive to it's opportunities, as
it assuredly will be, the outlook fo,
those who have proved unfriendly tc
the cause will not be bright.