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Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1902-12-12

I Notification has been received by
the Agricultural Department of the
injecting Of the National Live Stock
association, at Kansas City, No., Jan.
13. Each State, Territorial, parish or
local stock association Is entitled to
bne delegate, and the Ghvefnor is
authorized to appoint three at large.
Fhe Agricultural Department and all
commercial bodies may send a dele
gate for every 100 members. The
State ond Agricultural Department are
t3king much interest in stock raising
ADD delegation will be sent to Kan
sds City, as follows: DR.. W. 81.
Dhirymple. Baton Rouge; W. L. Fos-
ter. Aug. Mayer. Shreveport; s. @.
H3llingsworth, Coushatta: Francis
II Constant. Anterior; DIR. @. II.
Jamerson, Farmsrville; O. O. Da-
vepport, Mer Rouge; r. E.
Thompson, Wilson; Aladdin Vincent,
vinton; ). Shaw Jones, West Monroe !;
J. B. West, Oak Ridge; Geo. B. Ridg-
ley. Lindsay; D. W. Pipes, Clinton;
Worthy Quereau, Gueydan; G. W.
Sentell, Bunkie; J. ". Shelmire.
Zachary; Overton Cade, Jr.. Lsfay-
cite; Geo. L. Gayden. Gurley; Fl. d.
Wilson, Amite City; 7. P. Boone, Bru-
nette.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1902-12-12

JEFF seaton. a coal operator 10
Gated near Shelbin4. Mo-. hai
opened two nines-oae for unior
and one for non-union nen-so thai
the miners can take their choice
Eleven men have com henced work
in the non-union mine and tifteer
have gone to work IN the other
The same scale Of pay 5 10 effect q
both mines.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1902-12-12

DR.. Hartman, one Of the best known
physicians and surgeons In the United
States, was the first man to formulate Pc
runa. 1t was through his genius and perse-
veranee that it was introduced to the medi-
cal profession of this country.
If you do not derive prompt and satisfac.
tory results from the use Of Peruna writc
at once to DR.. Hartman, giving q full state
ment of your case and he viii be pleased
to give you. his valuable advice gratis. a
Address DR.. Hartman, President Of The
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1902-12-12

Gentlemen: Il
have used several
bottles of Peruna
and feel greatly
benefited thereby
from my catarrh
of the head, and
feel encouraged to
believe that its
continued use will
fully eradicate q
disease of thirty
years standing"
David AIeekison,
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1902-12-12

= ne readers Of this paper win be pleased to
N that there e at least one dreaded dis
that science has been able to cure IN all
Etegcs. and that Is Catarrh. HaIl's Cafarrh
Re is the only positive cure now known to
medical fraternity. Catarrh being con-
ufional disease, requires constitutional
atuent. Hau's Catarrh Cure is taken inter-
nv. acting directly upon the blood and mu
><ous surfaces Of the system, thereby destroy
nH the foundation Of the disease. and giving
= lo patient strength By building up the con-
Iltrf'o1 and assisting nature IN doing It's
F<fk The pronriefon have 20 much faith IN
~ ouziltire powers that they offer One Hun
1ret Dollars Tor any case that Il falls t. cure.
Send for list Of Testimonials. Address
p. Y. CHIMNEY 4 Co., Toledo. 0.
Sold By Druggists. 75c.
Hollis E1ni!Y Pills are the best
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1902-12-12
The Dear Women.

One of the most common expressions
heard in feminine conversation:
why, she looks old enough to be his
nothery-New York News.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1902-12-12

Joseph Graux. bf Napo'eonville,
has been appointed deputy collector
of internal revenue, with headquar
ters in Donaldsonville.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1902-12-12

The Geiser Manufacturing Compa-
ny. Of Baltimore, manufacturers of
rice threshing machinery, will estab-
lish branch house in Lake Charles
at once. A lot has been purchased in
the business section of the town on
which q building will be erected as
soon az the plans are completed.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1902-12-12

Judge A. @. Allen, of the District
Court at franklin. La, has decided
that a sheriff must accept payment Of
poll tax BY mail.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1902-12-12

Bayou Lafourche continues to rise
rapidly and is expected to be naviga-
BILE for steamboats, in a few days.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1902-12-12

The new steal drawbridse at Perry
has been complsted. and the public
permitted to uss It. The bridge cost
the parish s11. 900.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1902-12-12

Sheriff and tax collector J. B. San.
ders, of the Parish Of st. Mary, has
made his monthly settlement for No.
vember, paying in 81, 2s0sO.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1902-12-12

Floods in the Red River Valley
above Shreveport. Ga.. have caused
losses aggregating 81, 900, 900.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1902-12-12

Jess Brown, colored, under sem
tence for the Illicit sale Of liquor at
Arcadia, recently made an opening in
the brick wall aud escaped.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1902-12-12

The Shan Of Persia has shocked
his court by rednting bis hareu
from !, 100 to sixty.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1902-12-12

When q Woman smiles It Is a sign
Vie has pretty tssta.-Ssw Fork Press,
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1902-12-12


The Dick Taylor Chapter, Daugh-
tiers Of the Ccnfederacy Of the Louis
ana Division, has been organized at
Alexandria, with 81 charter members.
The following were the officers elect
cd; Mrs. L. j. Hakenycs, president;
Miss Mary Hunter, first vice presi-
dent; Mrs J. NJ. Armstrong, second
vice president; Miss Sallie White, re-
cording secretary; Mrs. L. B. Bay
nard. treasurer; Miss Emily Craw-
ford. corresponding secretary; Mrs.
F. W. Bradt, historian, Mrs. W. B..
Turner, registrar.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1902-12-12

IL 81. 0sz<x's 13ers, of Atlanta, Ca, are
To cry soccessf1l Dropsy Specialists IN the
( world. Sec their liberal offer IN advertise
4cri n another column Of this paper.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1902-12-12

The Model Steam Laundry Of
Shreveport Was destroyed by fire a
few nights ago. The loss is $4,000
The fire is supposed to have been
caused by spontaneous combustion
and to have started in the dryroom.
The plant is total wreck and was not
insured.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1902-12-12

I7Ispormanontlyou red. No ats or nervous-
rssrafttr 6rst day3 use Of Dr.. Hines Great
Nerve es<orer $2triai bottle and troatiselros
D<.H. 4. kLIsx, Ltd. e3i Arch st.. Phila. Pa.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1902-12-12

Civil court at Abbevills has been
postponed until the 10th inst Be-
fore postponing the court. however
Judge Gordy handed down very i'm
portant decision which will no donbt
go to the Supreme Court. 1t was in
the suit of s. o. NuckolIs against the
Hunter Canal Company, and it invol-
YES property worth several thousand
dollars. Judge Gordy decided that
plaintiffs title was defective and bar
red by the statutes of limitation
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1902-12-12

The police Jury of West Feliciana
has accepted the lowest bid for build.
ing the new courthouse. and awarded
the contract to Memphis firm. The
buildinfs which will be very hand
some enc, will cost nearly $50. 900. 90.
Work e to begin in January and the
contractors say II will be ready in four
months. The police jury also appro-
prieted money for the purchase Of q
new hsrIal ground Tor o,lored paopIe,
the expense 81 which viii be shared By
fho tovn,
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1902-12-12

Thieves broke into the store Of Mrs.
ia Whitaker. about 10 miles above
Napleohvl Thursday night of last
week. No iement has been made
of what the piers secured. Some
money was en- from q peddling
cart that was ken from shed near
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1902-12-12

The man who is always on time often
BE-. 10 wait.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1902-12-12

The body df an unknown man was
found near the Southern Pacific rail-
road company's track recently near
Chacahoula. at mile post 6. DIR. N. P.
Knobloch. of Gibson. was called to
view the body. No particulars are OBJ
tainsble.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1902-12-12

There was reprisve granted by
the Governor few days since that
saved mans life. at least for q few
Days. at the very last moment. Eddie
Williams, sentenced to hang In West
Feliciana for the murder Of one Of his
own color, was to have been executed
between the hours Of IL and 2. at st.
FrancisviIle. On the application of
influential citizens. Governor Heard
granted reprieye for fourteen days.
fixing the date of execution for Friday.
the 19ih. It becomes necessary to
use the telephone, and the sheriff was
notified that the official authority
would be forwarded by mail.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1902-12-12

y"Do tell me something about the
play" she said to the young man
''The5 say that climax at the close OF
tie third act was superb"
yes. am inclined to think It was
very good"
"Cant you describe itto met"
why. the heroine came stealchily
On tharstase and inelt. 6agger IN
- md clump OF pink rib
ne hero emerged from large
of purple flowers, and as soon
b perceived him she fell upon
7fpbbed him twice and sank halt
into very handsome
lhis may sound queer. but
1ont OF me didn't remove
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1902-12-12

The following letter Is from Congressman
Meekison, OF Napoleon, Ohio:
The Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus, O.:
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1902-12-12
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40 AAOQ0 uAtuatAOA 10 aA4A min ~
end in the vicinity Of Shreveport.
Water from Bed river has backed into
ST. Paul's bottom and Silver Lake
bottom, causing much distress among
the nego and Italian residents. Hun
dreds of humble dwellings have been
abandoned and the negroes are max
ing their homes wherever they can
stretch tent or improvise a dwelling.
It is feared that there will be con-
siderable distress in these quarters
where stores have six feet OF water in
them, aud in some places only the
roofs Of houses show. In Shreveport
proper, there is not the remotest
danger. The severest loss here is in
the curtailment Of up-river trade.
Many small dealers have been ruined
by the flood and it is probable that
every vholesale house in Shreveport
will feel the effect of the high water.
On the upper Red river the water has
submerged number Of plantations,
notably the Pandora. Hammond, Var
borough and Leqhrd. These places
have been aband ~ for the time be-
jnG ruined and thou
q drowned. From
river is falling, due to
|l9 reading Of the water above and
below that place. At Missionary, 1t
reached very high stage, and at
town called Rock Bridge. on the
Kansas City Southern road, there was
seven feet in the streets. A number
Of refugees fed to Shreveport from
that place. They report all the cot
ton lost, baled and in the field. and
say every resident left Rock Bridge.
The Newark journal., 1902-07-11
Vacation Days.

Vacation time Is here and the children are fairly living out of doors. There could be no health fer place for them. You need on- Iy to guard against the accidents incidental to most open air sports. No remedy equals DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve for quickly stopping pain or removing danger of serious consequences. For cuts, scalds and wounds. ''I used DeWitts Hazel Salve for sores cuts and bruises" says l.. B. Johnson, Swift, Tex. sIt is the best remedy on the market. :" Sure cure for piles and skin dis cases. Beware of counterftits. J. |. Sturdivant
The Newark journal., 1902-07-11
Killed q Negro.

Star City, July 5.-News reach ed here this evening of the kill ing of q negro by A. c. Cogbill, I planter on Bayou Bartholomew. The facts. as far as learned, are that Dolph Lee, the negro, was drunk, and went to Mir. Cogbil's house and began to curse aud abuse him. Cogbill ordered him to get out of his yard and go away. This seemed to have an eered him. Mr. Cogbill told him if he could not get hun out one way he could another, when he stepped back In his house, got his gun, fired and kiiied hum.
 Mir. Cogblll IS one of tue largest planters in thls (Lineoln) county, and IS q man who always attends strictly to his owu business.
The Newark journal., 1902-07-11

Southern cause. He participated in all the leading battles and was wounded at Helena July f, 1863. At the close of the war he. resum- ed his trade of typesetting in Memphis, but in November 1866 he returned to Little Rock and be- came foreman in the office of the Daily Arkansas Gazette. During the eight succeeding years he was connected with that paper, becom- ing city editor, managing editor and finally proprietor. He took an active part in the celebrated Brooks Baxter war in 1ST4 and served on the staff of Governor Baxter, with the rank of colonel. Upon the overthrow of the Brooks faction and the reorganization of the state government he was ap- pointed commissioner of state lands. He was chairman of the democratic state central committee from 1878 to 1882 and was an un- successful candidate for the demo- cratic nomination for governor in 1880.
 Col. Smithee was an eminent example of the self-made man. Debarred from the priviledges of education, the printing office was his college; without patrimony his head and his hands were his eapi- tai. For twenty years prior to 1885 he was prominent in the his tory of Arkansas, and occupied many positions of honor and re sponsibility.
The Newark journal., 1902-07-11
WHITECAPPER KILLED
Band of Whitecappers Meet an Unexpected Reception From Their Intended Victim in
 Fulton County.

Mammoth Springs, July 4-As the result of an alleged attempt at wbitecapping al Union, I small village in this county, yesterday, Pink Gibson, | well-known eiti- zen, was blown into peices and nine other men were more or less seriously injured.
 Harvey Sexton received warn- ing that Il band Of whitecappers were to visit his house, with the avowed intention of killing him and dynamiting his building.
 Sexton barrieaded the doors and with rife kept q sharp look out. Yesterday morning the alle- ged whitecaps made their appear ance md Sexton fired one shot.
 The bullet struck Pink Gibson in the stomach, passing through d pocket i'll which q stick of dyna- mite was carried.
 Immediately there was terrible explosion, and the ground for yards arolnd where the man stood was torn up. Nine of his com panions were thrown to he ground and more or less injured.
 The party immediately retreat ed.
 Gibson was literally blown to peices, small portions of his body being found long distances away.
The Newark journal., 1902-07-11
Poisoning the System.

It is through the bowels that the body is cleansed of impuri- ties. Consilpatioa keeps these poislons i'll tte system, causing headache, dulness and melanchol- ia rt first then un-igiriiy crrpti7TIs and finally serious illness unless t remedy Is applied. DeWiifs Lit tie Early Riscrs prevent this trou- ble by stimulating the liver and promote easy, healthy actions of the bowels. These little pills do not act violently but by strength- er.ag the bowels enable them to preform their own work. Never gripc or distress. ]. 1. Sturdi- yanJ.
The Newark journal., 1902-07-11
Patents at Cut Prices.

In orlerto keep hui>Y during the summer, Swift & Co., the prompt and proper patent lawyers, oppo- site U. $. Patent Office, Wash ington, b. C., have made a big cut iu the price for obtaining patents. Inventors who desire to save money and get the best work should write them while the cut prices prevails,
The Newark journal., 1902-07-11
HIS SCHEME DIDN'T GO
Farmer Poured Coal Oil in His Well to Sell His Place as Oil Land, But the Sucker
 Didn't Bite.
(New Orleans Times-Democrat )

(New Orleans Times Democrat )
 'Some veal ago." said the naf- rator, "an oil boom hit Litchfeld H., and everybody for miles around was seen sniffing for oil and .eyery stranger suspected Of heinz an expert looking for a good thing. An old farmer named Loomis had big place three miles out of town which would have been fortune for hlm had he not been possessed of a mania for swapping, manifest in a per- ennial attempt to trade off his land for twice its value.
 "When the boom was at the top notch Loomis received q visitor who took so much interest in the farm, so liked it's appearenee, location, etc., that the old farmer scented a petroleum man and saw visions of incalculable wealth. Being a shrewd man, Looms did not eare to take any unnecessary chances with Providence, and on the quite he sent the hired man out the back way with orders to dump the kerosene can into the we'll. The visitor liked the eu.ire place, inspected the barn, the chicken yard, and then, as if by chance, asked for drlnk of wa ter.
 "Loomis was waiting for that and hauled up q brimming bucket before the mans eyes and poured him out Il gourdful of liquid with Il fine, opaleocent scum upon 1t. The visitor smelled it, tasted 1t. make a wry face and asked if the water was always like that Oh, yes said Loomis, but you soon get accustomed to the taste and our doctors says this IS tle finest water on earth for tue stomach. We'll 1 am ding-danged if I'll ever get used to it, was tue unex- pec,ed response, I am looking for a fam, not an oil we'll, and if 1 have got to haul my drinking water three miles fro m Litchfeld 1 guess I'd rather buy nearer town
 ''It took Looms six months to get the taste of oil out of his well, and by that time the boom was over and nothing was left of the oil craze but rotting derricks and abandoned shafts"
The Newark journal., 1902-07-11

and one familiar to every old-tme circus goer.
 In after years he was able to lifta mortgage from the home of q widow whom all the world seemed to neglect. As David Harum gave the clear title to the little woman, he recalled the time when her husband, long since dead, bad found him eutside the circus tent, taken hlm in to sec the show and given money to him for red len on ade and peanuts, Republic.
The Newark journal., 1902-07-11
lie Didn't Forget it.

When Davis Harum was a boy, he ran away from home to see the circus. He had no money only the average boys longing to see 2 real, live circus. As he stood
 outside Of lhe tent watching the people go Ill, the tears filed down his checks. A forlorn creature,
The Newark journal., 1902-07-11
ENDED HIS OWN LIFE
Col. J. N, Smithee, Politician and Journalist, Fired Bullet Into His Brain With
 Suicidal Intent.

Col. J, N. Smithee was found dead in bed in his room at the Merchants hotel in Little Rock Saturday. A bullet hole through hls head and pistol cIasped in his right hand explained the cause of death. On table in the room three notes in Col. Smithee's hand writing set forth briefly his req sons for killing himself.
 In an envelope addressed to ". II. Tindall the following note was found:
 Take my body to ". II. Tindall's un- dertaking establishment. I want no one but him to handle it. I would prefer cremation, as 1 believe all dead bodies should be thus disposed of. If that cannot be done plain, unpaint- ed pine coffin will suffice. It is mat ter of perfect indifference to me where the remains are planted The less ceremony at the funeral the more it will please l. N. SMrrHEE.
 The following two notes were found unenclosed on the table:
 For cripples, paupers and mendi- cantS 1 have no use. Fearing I may get in one of those classes by reason of the injury with which I was re- gently visited, 1 end the doubt.
 Thirty-nine years ago today Lee was Tetreating from Gettysburg. Vicks- burg was surrendered and the battle of Helena was fought and lost. That day the Coafederaey received it's death blow. It is beftting that my "taking off" should end today.
 With his own hands, and while other people were celebrating, Col. Smithee ended his life on the Fourth of July.
 James Newton Smithee, journal, ist and politician, was horn in Sharp county, Arkansas, January II, 1912, His ancestry were Scotch-Irish, resident in America since colonial times, and his pater- nal grandfather was soldier in the revolutionary war. His father was farmer by occupation. The sons education consisted of a three months attendance at d country school, and until his twelfth year he worked on his fathers farm. He was then apprenticed to the publisher of a country newspaper, the Des Arc Citizen, and for four years worked for his board and clothes, learning the trade of printer and compositor. When but Is years of age he purchased half interest in the Prairie Coun- ty Democrat, of Brownville, Ark. :, and conducted 1t in the support of Breckinridge and Lane in the pres idential campaign of 1860.
 When the war arose he sold his paper and ardently espoused the
The Newark journal., 1902-07-11
That PopuIists Meeting.

Tie Arkansas PopLlists arc making extensive arrangements for the Arhadelphia mass con vention on July D, Joe Poner of Louisville, chairman os tho national allied committee, and Cyclone Davis of Texas will be tbe chief attractions.
The Newark journal., 1902-07-11
ADDITIONAL LOCAL.

Albert Arnold arrived home Saturday from trip to points in Colorado.
 G. R. Rutledge, of Gilme., Tex, remits the necessary coin for three months reading of The Journal.
 J. r. Morgan has our thanks for half dollar to apply on the subscription of Thos. Carver, of RobinsvIlIe, N. C.
 A Livingston and daughter, Miss Elowise, of BatesviIle, spent Friday and Saturday here visiting Mr. and Mrs. c. Q. Magness.
 A wonderful cave i'll South Da- kota has aroused the attention of scientists. An effort is on foot to include 1t in u national park.
 C. NJ. Edwards orders The Journal sent to hls brother, Jim, who is spending the summer att Ilotehkiss, Colo, for the benefit of hls health.
 James l.. Ashley, formerly edi- tor of the late Salphur Rock Mes senger, WAS in town Il short time Monday and made this office an appreciated call
 Lee Nayhan returned to Little Rock Saturday to resume his dut- les at tAe State Blind Seh4a!, If ter spending Il two weeks vaca- tion with home folks.
 J. F. Morgan recently harvest ed q little plot of timothy which contained less than all acre and 1t made by actual weight 5,3l0 pounds. Who can beat that?
 A. A. Coyington, of White River township, Was in town Sat urdav and ordered The Jorrnal sent to hls daughter, Miss Ger trude Coyington, at Sulphur Rock.
 Attorney k, A. Moore has bought from G. 0. Magness the residence formerly occupied by Harrison Drennen and Is having some repairs and additions made. !. C. Lewis is dong thc@work.
 Rev. I. NJ. Usscry arrived home Sunday from trip over in Green and Craighead counties where he fAs been holding q series of re- yival meetings. He will begin q meeting here at the Chiistain church tonight.
 Congressman Dinsmore critters es Governor Davis for writing letters 10 President Roosevelt protesting against the appointment of Senator Jones to a place on the lsthmian Commission. He says the letter will have no effect.
 Governor Yates of Illinois is almost swamped with lesign,t- lions from his appointecs all over the State. The friction is said to be due to the fallure of the Re publicans 10 reconize the Chief Executive as the party leader in the state.
 A farmer living near Poplar Bluff heard noise in his ben coop the other night and rushed out iu d deeolete condition to . catch the thief. He found no, the man, hut big bear Reach ing for bis pocket knife, he dis covered that he had forgotten hl: trousers. With rare presence oi mind he returned to the house il , two CT three jumps and closed tho , door just i'll time to save eve. y thing but the end of hls shirt, , handful of which hruin secured By the time the farmer had SC cured his shot gun the bear ba,