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The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1901-09-20
Automobile VS.. Goat.

1t seems that the Woodmen of
the World camp in Baton Rouge
have substituted an automobile
for the proverbial goat in the
initiation of new members. Last
weeks Truth of that city says:
"Live Oak Camp No. Ia will
have to discontinue its automo-
bile rides as the jar of the vehicle
is destructive to the plaster in
offices beneath their hall. Mem
bers admitted hereafter will be
denied this celebrating pasttime
and much sorrow is felt in conse-
quence."
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1901-09-20

This letter was written by one
of Monroe's most progressive
citizens and we are pleased that
he called our attention to the
mistake appearing in our report
of the completed assessment of
this parish. The total assessment
for 1900 was $l,225, 7j6 and the
1901 assessment shows az increase
of S379,031. The mistake Oc-
CURED from a rush in the printing
Office and we are pleased to correct
it, as it placed the 1900 ASSESS
ment about 100000 in excess of
what it really was.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1901-09-20
Game of Arch Ball.

Players stand in two or more
lines, single file, players about two
feet apart. The leader throws the
ball backward overhead to the
player behind. If the ball falls to
the ground, the one who fails to
catch it must pick it up and return
to his position in the line before
throwing it. The last one in the
line runs to the front with the ball,
takes his Place at the head of the
line and begins over again. The
line wins whose leader first gets
back to the front.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1901-09-20

This country is making a bad
showing in the matter of the as
sassination of its Presidents. In
April 1865, Lincoln was aSsassi-
mated, in Jnly 1881, Garfield was
assassinated. and in September
1901, an attempt was made to
assassinate Mckinley. There is
not another government on thc
globe that has made as bad a
showing in this respect as we
northumberland.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1901-09-20
Only Once.

81 shall pass through this world
but once. Any good thing there
fore that l can do, or any kind
ness that l can show to any hui
man being let me do it now. Let
me not defer it, for l shall not
pass this way again." This is one
of the most beautiful paragraphs
we have ever read. 1t breathes a
righteous knowledge of our
proneness to overlook the cares
and sorrows of others and grieve
for our own hard lot. How
much more happier we would be
if part of our time was given i'm
sympathy for others. A sympa-
thetic word, a little kindly deed,
each in its turn has the power to
carry ray of sunshine into a
clouded heart.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1901-09-20

The Dodson Times and The
Southern Sentinel are having a
little tilt over ''blind tiger booze. :"
That stuff would always make
friends fuss.-Peoples Demands
Yes. blind tiger booze win part
the best of friends, however we
decided to leave such stuff alone
and let the courts manage the
tiger.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1901-09-20
Excitement North and South.

The south is eternally being
condemned for lynching and vet
the speech of Rev. t. Dewitt
Talmage. the great divine and
orator. who said befor2 a congre-
CATION of 1000 persons that he
wished the policeman who wrested
the pistol from Czolgosz had used
the butt of it in Draining the as
Sassin. show, that during eXccite-
meut the American people are
pretty much of the same temper
ament. These 10000 people who
were wrought up over the horrible
deed which CzolSosz tried to COM
nit all applauded and concurred
with the great theGlogian in
his expression, regardless of
the fact that Mr.. Mckinley
WAS not uedu.
The remark may have been a
hasty one. but it was the excited
remark of Emma Goldman which
cause the deed to be committed
in the first place. Had not cool
heads presided after the shooting
Czolgosz woIld undoubtedly
have been hung. This all goes
10 show that excitement is the
fywheel which manipulates most
of the violence that is committed
by mobs in this country to-day.
In the south in a case where
some black brute crimiIally as
saults some pure. innocent white
child, and where the indignation
Of the people rises to point that |
knows no bounds when it comes
to punishment, theNorthern press
s loud in cries of denunciation.
Which is the worst of the two:
\ white man shooting another.
Or ablack brute robbing, wrecNing
md running the life and often
ven numbering some puo', white
,irl. There can be no question
about which is the worst. Yet
ralmage says he wishes an officer
If the law had Drained a prisoner
vho merely shot Il man.
Yes, when facts, pure. cold
nd simple. are brought to bear,
t should not be so hard for the
Northern people and press to
understand that the same emo
ions as to right and wrong beat
n both breasts and that IN an
oar of excitement both will act
n the same cord.-Crowley Sig
nj
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1901-09-20

The streets in Baton Rouge
must be nearly as filthy as the
yards back of some of the stores
in WINFIELD. A recent issue of
the Baton Rouge Advocate con-
tains the following:
IF there are any scientists in
this quarter of the globe, who
want germs, spores and things
generally, belonging to this order
of nature, we can supply cart
load or two at most any corner
on third street. A few cart loads
may be had near Baltz's, near
Main, Then a little further up,
about the gravel road eight tons
can be spared; still further up,
near Convention street, the sci
entiic world can be supplied.
We guarantee all sorts. shapes
md sizes, and all alive and
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1901-09-20

The boys certainly do '.bum''
Editor Schwing for cigarettes.
Here is what he says in last
weeks Iberyille South;
ssWhat is q cigarette? Nothing
more than a roll of paper, tobac-
CO and poisonous drugs with a
small fire at one end and large
fool at the other. Some of its
chief enjoyments are condensed
Nightmares, fits, cancer of the
lip and stomach, spinal menin-
gifts, softening of the brain, flu
neral PROFESSIONS, families
shUuded in gloom. There are
plenty of subjects left, however,
who are perfectly willing to I'M
dergo trials of such q trivial
nature for the sake of putting on
, cortain amount of style.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1901-09-20
.Qon't Mind Ne"

Mary was a very conscientious
child. One day she was allowed to
go end spend the day with some lit
tie cousins about her own age. After
taking off her wraps she went to her
aunt and said very soberly:
"Now, Aunt Cassie, if Sallie and
Lizzie are bad today please don't
hesitate to punish them because /
am here"
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1901-09-20

l. it not time we were discover
ing some way to deal with anarch-
lists? Why waituntil they assassi-
natesome one before hustiing them
off to prison or out of the coun-
try? Shall we permit people who
believe in andpreach assassination
to dwell among us unmolested?-
Guardian-JOurnal.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1901-09-20

The Dodson Times completely
does us up in its last issue. Ii
gets away with us so completely
that we do not feel able toanswer
it. 1t proceeds to roast us and
then goes into mourning by in
verting its column rules. The
Times was printed the day before
the death of the president or we
might suppose it was in mourning
for that distinguished parsonage,
but as il mourns before the pres
ident's death we are made to
believe that it mourns for us.
However, we sympathize with it
in its great sorrow. and offer our
sincere coincidence.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1901-09-20

We exclude the Chinese from
the United States. Why not en-
ciude the anarchists? The yellow
man of the East is not wanted for
economic reasons principally.
He is far from being as bad a.
the anarchist. He does not con-
spire to assassinate our presidents.
The anarchists should be shut out
from our shores. or rather as
many of them As possible
Lafayette Gazette.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1901-09-20
Farm and Ranch.

The best all-round paper for
the farmer is Texas Farm and
Ranch, published at Dallas,
Texas. 1t contains the best read
ing matter to be had on all ques-
tons concerning the farmer and
also department. for the women
and children. 1t is a pleasure to
read such journal. 1t is pub
lished weekly and the price is
81 year, but by special arrange
ments with the publishers we are
enabled to send it and the Senti-
mel both one year for sl.50.
This offer will hold good only a
few months.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1901-09-20

The most idiotic, profane and
disgusting utterance we have
yet seen on the subject of
the assault on the President
was the TRADE of an idiotic min
isterial crank who said that it
was Gods retribution for Mr..
McKinley's failure to suppress
the liquor traffic. The author of
such rot will be in a class by
himself and not a great distance
from the anarchist procession
Baton Rouge Advocate.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1901-09-20

The merchants of Winfield
advertise less than any set of
merchants in the State. 1t may
be that they are too busy to add
vertise, and it may be that they
are letting Dodson, st. Maurice,
Montgomery and Tullos sell
goods that they should sell.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1901-09-20
Notice..

L have accepted position in
the Verda College for next session,
beginning Sept. 10, 1901. We
propose to make this one of the
best schools in the State. Our
terms are very reasonable.
Apply to President Watson,
Verda, La, for Catalogues.
Respectfully,
a % l m.) W. I. NORMAN,
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1901-09-20

Some people argue that the
world is not growing better, but
worse. Fifty years ago a whiskey
drinker, horse racer and gambler
could be elected to office, but now
it takes political pull to get
such a man in.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1901-09-20

Volume l, No. /, of the Ma
chen Triumph, published at
Machen, Grant Parish, is on our
table. 1t is a neat paper and
full of local happenings in and
around Machen. Judge M. +,
Machen is editor of the new pa
per and will doubtless give the
people of that country good
paper. He has welded the pen
Gil before and, although he is not
welding it populistically now, he
will make 'the way of the trans
gressor hard" politically. We X
with pleasure.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1901-09-20

The Southern Sentinel, pub
l;slied at Winfield, La, is on
our exchange table. 1t is a
splendid paper, edited by ID. B.
Coates. who is an able writer.
tiood luck, brother.-St. Ber-
nard Voice.
Brother Roy will accept our
thanks for this nice compliment.
If Winfield was not so dry we
would set 'em up, but will have
to be content with assuring
Brother Roy that his remarks are
highly appreciated.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1901-09-20

We have received neat cata-
logue from the Pollock High
School. This is splendid school
with over three hundred students
and five teachers. The catalogue
is a piece of art and speaks lots
for the Demands job Office where
ii was printed.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1901-09-20

1t seems the bushes men of
Winfield have all the business
they need as they are not adver-
Using. We would be glad to sell
more goods for them but we have
failed to convince them of the
value of advertising.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1901-09-20

Five women at Lake Charles
were sentenced to pay a fine of
slOO each for selling liquor with
out license. Not having the mon
ey to pay the fine they were put
to work on the public roads.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1901-09-20

A parent having a girl out of
an evening is in a great deal more
serious trouble thai when sitting
ND with her when she had the
measles.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1901-09-20

Sixty-nine of the seventy-fiye
co mites Of Mississippi are without
saloons, the most exciting CAM
paign in the history of the State
resulting in a victory for the
prohibitionists.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1901-09-20
NOTICE..
Change of Time on Arkansas
Southern Railroad.

BY recent change of schedule
on the Arkansas Southern Rail-
road, passengers can go to
Shreveport, have two hours and
thirty-five minutes and return
home the same day.
W. III. QUIGG,
Gen'l Fr't & Passenger Agent,
RustOn, La.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1901-09-20
The man who smiles and SAYS
nothing often lies the most.

s.Texas is the best State i'm the
Union,' says a Texas exchange.
Evidently that editor has never
resided i'm Louisiana and does not
read the weekly papers from this
State.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1901-09-20
PRESS OPINION.
Pungent Pencilings Pur-
Joined from the Press.
THE BEST OPINIONS WEEKLY
From the Newspaper Fraternity throughout
the Southern States.

1t is a pity that the anarchists
cannot all be rransplanted to
some island where. like the can
nibals, they may feed their blood
thirsty desires off of one another.
Webster Signal.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1901-09-20

There are some citizens around
this town who remind us of
pyramids-broad at the founda-
ton and narrow at the top.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1901-09-20
A Future Kinc.

His royal highness, Prince Ed
ward of York, the great-grandson
of the late Queen Victoria, viii, II
he lives, reach the throne of an en-
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1901-09-20

Union parish has placed the
liquor license at $4,000 year.
which means that Union shall be
"dry".
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1901-09-20

Monroe, La, Sept. 1s, 1907.
The Editor OF The Sentinel,
WINFIELD la.
Dear sir:-
read your paper with interest and under
stand it very well usually, but the figures in
this clipping stump me. should the 1860
figures be sI.225.75s INSTEAD of SI.525.756l or is
there an error in the increase9 Your parish
and town are prospering in a marked degree
and your paper is the best proof that the pros
perity is 10 continue.
With best wishes l beg leave to remain
fraternaliy,
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1901-09-20
An Explanation.

We have received the following
letter:
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-02-02

the national helping hand to lift them
out Of that hole Now, then, the fellow
who sees nothing in it but a graft for .
few who have the pull can never be
expected to see any good In any bill Of
the kind, and as the arguments for and
against the protective tariff arc
passed. it will be worse than a twice
told tale to rehash them in defense Of
the ship subsidy bill. Capital has been
induced to enter the fields of manufac-
ture and remain there till in many
cases able to stand and walk without
support or protection Now the pur-
pose OF the subsidy bill Is to show cap
fta1 the business sense in entering the
seas and competing with the rest of
the world. whose immense handicap is
to be nullified to a degree by the ship
subsidy--DaytoD (O.) Journal.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-02-02
...Hs the World Reuolues...

everything else in sight and invaded
private homes as well as public par
lors in successful search of booty. Lar
ceny upon social occasions has become
so common at even private receptions
that, despite detectives in evening
dress and police in uniform, hostesses
and guests alike dread a throng even
under the most beguiling cfrcum-
stances. A wave of theft appears to be
over the world. Thou shalt not steal
is a lost commandment. Yet the jails
are full of thieves and the courts show
reawakened zeal in Furnishing offenses
against property.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-02-02

There is a commissioner OF educa-
ton at the head of one of the bureaus
of the interior department 1t is his
duty to collect statistics and facts
showing the condition and progress of
education in the several states and
territories, and to diffuse among the
people information about school sys-
TENS and methods of teaching. SO as
to promote the cause OF education
throughout the country The commits
sioner is aided in his labors of diffu-
sion by chief clerk, a compiler, and a
statisticfan. Among them they collect
data and get out yearly reports which
may serve in degree to promote the
cause of education. Senator Hans
brough has introduced a bill to expand
the bureau into department and the
commissioner into secretary
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-02-02
REPUBLICAN "orPRHssloN"

No one can have forgotten the sor-
rows Of the Porto Ricans or the alleged
iniquities of the Porto Rico tariff of
which we heard so much a few weeks
ago. 1t was provided in the bill that
the Is per cent of Dingley tariff rates
levied should be abolished as soon as
the legislature of Porto Rico should
provide other means OF raising rev.
enue. That body is now in session and
there is strong protest in it to any
change The representatives OF the
Porto Ricans say that no other method
of taxation would furnish the funds for
the islands needs with so little hard
ship to the people, and they are in
clined to let the tariff alone So per
ishes another instance of Republican
oppression" Seattle Post-Intelli-
gencer.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-02-02
OATMAN OLIVIA.

Miss Olivia spent in India studying the
spfritist phase of Buddhism. For IL
years of that time she was but a novi-
tiate and wore the white robe. She
has risen to a higher plane now, how
ever, because of her studies and adj
vancement in her chosen religion, be-
ing clad in yellow robe.
The priestess really is entitled to
wear the purple vestments, the insig-
mia Of the highest rank, but she mod
estly disc1aims that she has sufficiently
developed herself to assume such an
exaltation. In her lectures Miss Oil
via yesterday explained briefly the
leading tenets of her faith. Like all
Buddhists the Spiritists believe it sim
full to sacrifice life in any form. Be-
levers in reincarnation, they naturally
respect the lives of even the lowest an
imals and protect them in every man
ner possible. AS a matter of course,
they are strict vegetarians.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-02-02
PARALLEL DOCTRINE

The doctrine of protective tariff and
the doctrine of the ship subsidy are
parallels. He who has accepted the for
mer as worthy of enactment into ma
tiona1 law and sustained it as builder
up Of home manufacture can find no
Inconsistency with h-S views in the
subsidy bill. The idea of it Is wholly
protective, as the Mckinley and Ding
ley laws were and are protective, not
withstanding the znd-cratic yelping of
the s-robber baron" chorus. It is very
plain that American ships sailing un-
der the Stars and Stripes, paying the
high American scale of wages. are in a
hole when competing with the rest Of
the world. and the ship subsidy II but
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-02-02
Firsr Girl Mess~nSer boy

Firsf Girl MessenSer Boy"
Miss Dottie Hammond of Denver, a
pretty young woman of 16, is one of
the few messenger boys" in the coun-
try. She il regularly employed to car
ry messages by the Western Union
Telegraph company from its stock
yards office in that city. She is SO
prompt and speedy in the delivery and
collection OF kilograms that there Is
talk of replacing the usual messenger
boys in Denver with girls of equal en-
ergy and promptness. While perform
ing her regular duties, Miss Hammond
has learned to receive and send mes
ages, and she is soon to be promoted to
q regular position as operator. She has
served as a messenger for more than
year, and declares that she can see no
reason why girls cannot do the work
as well, if not better, than the boys
usually employed. For one thing, as
Miss Hammond points out, the girls
do not smoke cigarettes
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-02-02
GOOD SIGN FOR THE SOUTH.

There are a good many indications
sentiment in the south in favor OF gov
ernmental aid for the American ship.
This will, no doubt, be brought out
very strongly at the National Maritime
congress soon to be held in Georgia
In the meantime such messages as this
from the south show which way the
wind blows:
The Southern Industrial Convention
passed the following resolution and
directed it be sent to be read to the
United States senate: BE it resolved
merchant marine is very important to
the further development of southern
industry, and therefore we recommend
to our national congress the early pas
sage of ship subsidy bill for all Am
ertcan vessels which shall be equitably
based upon the tonnage actually car
ried. besides compensation for carrying
the mails,
Our esteemed southern exchanges do
not lead public opinion, but, like news
papers of other sections, try to follow
it closely. A few resolutions like the
above will do much in the way of she'd
ding the proper light along the path
way of southern journalism We re-
specially recommend to Industrial and
commercial bodies to hold aloft this
beacon whenever possible, in order
that our valued contemporaries may
have a light unto their feet-New
York Marine Journal
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-02-02
DisbonesfY Is Spreading.

Is kleptomania new type of univer-
sal pestilence? Sanitary science has
sterilized incursions of cholera. The
black death and related types of old
time plague have been denied admit
lance to the cleanly western world
But while the health of the human
race is better than formerly all the
year around, is morality, especially as
to the meum and tuum, is apparently
getting worse
At a governors installation at a
state capital last week the city was
infested with thugs and genteel thieves
who tore women's costly coats from
their backs, snatched jewels from ears
and fingers, picked purses freely and
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-02-02
CHE Confeesion Of Afford.

Alvord, who was the biggest default
er in the record of last year, has con-
fessed his crime and has thereby avoid
ed the costs of a trial, and evidently
expects to get more lenient sentence
than he otherwise would have had.
He stole $1,000 Of the money of the
bank in which he was employed, and
lived for time in clover, enjoying the
good things of the world apparently
without considering that there must
come a day of settlement, for of all
crimes embezzlement is the most Ger
tain to be discovered and to be pun
ished.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-02-02

As sufferers from rheumatism Lord
Pauncefote, British minister, and
William Gwynn. colored doorkeeper at
the Office of the secretary of state, are
bound by a mutual tie. Some time ago
Gwynn ventured to recommend thai
his 1ordship try certain cure for the
torment named The two met on the
street week or two later and the
diplomat said to the doorkeeper:
That's sure cure you recommended.
William. 1t cured me of rheumatisu
and gave me the govt"