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The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1902-03-15
Oh, That Qualification !

The qualification clause adopted
by the Democratic parish execu-
tive committee is troubling the
Review to q considerable extent;
as far as the Messenger is con-
cerped it matters not what the In
depreciation of the Review is, in
our opinion the language OF the
committee is plain enough for any
ono to understand it's meaning
and we are perfectly willing to let
the matter 90 to the commission
ers of election who will be the
sole judges of the resolution, and
after they will have qualified 81
commissioners we are certain tina
their ruling will be to allow all
white voters who are qualified, t.
cast their votes.
The resolution is passed ant
will stand unless the committe
can zee ct to hold another meet
ing and change it, but as it is, tn
commissioners cannot conscienti
ously refuse the right to vote t
any white man, as the resolution
says, regardless of their pas
political afiilistion.
The committee may have mad
q mistake in adopting such q rese
luton, but the wording OF the n
solution cannot be mistaken.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1902-03-15
SATURDAY. MARCH IS, 1902.
Protect The Farmer.

We publish elsewhere in this
! ssue an article from the Harle-
auin, showing the extent OF the
robbery of the commission firm OF
H.& c. Newman, of New Orleans. |
We do not believe that 81. 4 G.
Newman are the only thieves in
commission, and often the ex-
preston of the farmers when they
oct their account sales, and from
the same product get different
prices, different clsssi6cations and
different weights, do not believe
thew are treated fairly, and the
general belief is that they are not
treated fairly and honestly.
The Legislature will meet in
next May, we are Of opinion that
some ofou Legislators could do a
great Bal of good to the farmers
s6fa13 state, II they would pass
some laws that would protect the
farmers, and compel the commits.
sion houses to render strict anc
honest returns Of product placed
in their hands.
Under the present system o
commission dealing the planter j
completely at the mercy OF dis
honest commission houses, ant
the Newman robbery serves +
show the rspscity Of such dishon
est firms. and since the New Or
leans press refrain from exposin'
the rascals, and they go unwhir
ped, - says the Harlequin Q
press and justice, how can tn
country people know the theive'
and the moment that they kno'
that there are some thieves in th
commission business and there
no safeguard to protect them, VII
should they not Be suspicious.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1902-03-15

Tho grand lodge. Knights of
Honor, held their annual meeting
in New Orleans this week, and
elected the following Grand Off
GERS:
Grand dictator. Louis p. Psquet,
Of New Orleans.
Grand vice dictator, Solomon
Klos, Of Nspoleonville.
Grand assistant dictator, w. j.
Ellsworth of New Orleans.
Sitting past grand dictator. ].
E. Leblanc, of Donaldsonville.
Grand reporter, Henry Walters,
of st. Martinville.
Grand treasurer, Lewis w. Kof-
skey, of New Orleans.
Grand chaplain, G. L. Widney,
of New Iberia.
Grand Guide, e. J. Vas, of New
Orleans.
Grand guardian. Dr.. A. B. Kidd
of Choudrant.
Grand sentinel, B. J. Goodman
Of Baton Rouge.
The next annual meeting of ths
grand lodge will be held in New
Iberia.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1902-03-15
Marshal's Sale.

Acting under the stock ordinance Of
the town have taken possession Of and
will sell. for cash. to the last and high
est bidder. ct the Court-house square. be-
tween legal sale hours. on
Saturday, March 27nd, 1902,
the following described property. Ont
Bay Horse.
w. 8. THOMAS, Town Marshal
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1902-03-15
State Of Ohio, City Of Toledo.
Luoaa County. q

Frank J. Cheney makes cath that he
d the senior partner Of the 6rm OF F. ].
Cheney & Co. doing business 10 the
City Of Toledo. County and State afore-
said, and that said arm will pay the
sum Of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for
each and every case Of Catarrh that can
not be cured BY the ~ Of Halls Cstarrh
Cure. FRANK !. Ch6NhI.
Sworn TO before me and Subscribed In
my presence. this 9Th day Of December
A. D. 1883.
S=} Av-s s.ss Public.
Halls Catarrk Cure b taken Internal
" and acts directly On the blood and
mucous surfaces Of The system.
FL. Cheney b Co.. Props. Toledo. c
Sold BY druggists. price lie.
Halls Familv Pills are the best.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1902-03-15
A Printer Greatly Surprised.

A Printer Greatly Surprised.
II never was SO much surprised in my
life, as was with the results OF using
Chamberlain's Pain Balm" says Henry
T. Crook. pressman Of the Asheville IN.
CT Gazette. II contracted . severe case
Of rheumatism early last winter BY get
ting my feet wet. tried several things
for It without benefit. One day while
looking over the Gazette. l noticed that
Pain Balm was positively guaranteed to
cure rheumatism. 90 bought bottle Of
It and before using two thirds Of 1t my
rheumatism had taken It's fight and
have not had rheumatic pain since.
Sold bv 7. ]. Liable.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-05-26
GLOBE sIeHrs

When an undertaken looks sympa-
thetie. no one believes that he feels it.
A certain Atchison man never dresses
up except when he is about half sick.
An Atchison boy has such big feet
that he is ashamed to be seen on the
streets.
Hereafter, when an old person grum-
bles, we intend to refer to 1t as a de-
tonation.
There is no getting around the fact
that the average girl imposes outrage
Ously upon her mother.
We wish we were a public school
teacher: three days more, and then
three months in a kimona.
Talk about a woman working for
her church: it is said a man worked SO
hard for the Ellxs fair last Sunday that
he tainted.
Two men-belong to same lodge
brotherly love their motto-bets freely
Offered that they viii fight before the
week is out.
Every husband is a sort Of Mont
Pelee, and though he shows symptoms
of growing dangerous. his family re-
fuses to take warning.
An Atchison man lost s75job; heart
broken family Out Of work a week,
and got on at s125. Wife claims it was
her prayers Was it?
It is related of an Atchison man that
he gave his first grandchild a silver
mug valued at $50. He bought tin
cup for ten cents yesterday, remarking
that it was for the fifth.
The food man eats has something
to do with his disposition. An Atchi-
son man who can eat five pounds Of
beef at one meal, is always beefing
around about something.
How many things are loose at your
house? One man counted seventeen
different noises in the high wind last
night indicating that there were sew
enteen different repairs he should be
making.
When a mother goes away, her
daughters get out on parade, and talk
about the housekeeping they have to
do, but when the daughters 60 the
mother does all the work. and says
nothing.
1t seems to be the thing for every so
ciety to have "colors, - and the Atchison
Cook Ladies' Union yesterday adopted
red and black for theirs: red in the face
from cooking over a hot stove, with
smudge of black on the nose.
Ever. notice that when women kiss
each other, they seem to drag them
selves to it2 The woman who insists
on kissing other women, is always
talked about: the women who don't
care about it. always say, I don't see
why she insisted on kissing me- I
don't know her very well"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-05-26
WICHITA GETS RATE.
Rock Island Claims It is Not Discrim-
mating Against Topeka.

Topeka jObbers and wholesale men are
considerably worked up over the reports
from Wichita that the Rock Island rail-
road has announced that on June l
reduction of % per cent IS to be made
in the freight rates on agricultural I'M
plements shipped into Oklahoma and
Indian Territory. The Wichita Eagle
This means that this city will have
the same rates on mixed carload lots
of farm implements that Kansas City
has, and gives Wichita jobbers d de-
cided advantage over the jobbers OF
the Missouri river city. This means a
reduction Of nearly % per cent on all
implements shipped by Wichita jobbers.
Now the eastern manufactures can ship
his train or car loads to Wichita and
the jobber here reload the cars with
other implements and ship them south
at the same rate per mile as the Kansas
city people DO, and this concession VIII
greatly encourage the establishment OF
wholesale implement and branch houses
in this city.
Wichita now stands second only to
Kansas City in the amount of farm i'm
plements shipped out. Heretofore the
rate has applied only as far south as
the Kansas line, and now the shippers
can send their goods throughout the two
territories at the same proporuonate
rate
The action of the Rock Island viii
compel the other roads to grant the
same concessions, and this will make
every inch OF the territories Wichita s
ground for selling implements
1.-THE action Of this road was taken after
a visit to this city Of Mr.. H. II. Embry.
general freight agent of the Rock Island
last Wednesday. He had a conference
with the rate committee Of the Southern
Kansas and Oklahoma Implement Deal
ers' association, and Mr.. H L. Besing,
secretary Of the Commercial club, and
upon his return to Topeka the rates were
adopted Too much credit can not be
given to Mr.. Besing for his work in get
ting. lower freight rates for the jobbers of
Wichita -
II. H Embry confirmed the statement
that the reduction of freight rates had
been made to the Sedgwicl county city
but declared that Topeka freight rates
places Topeka on the same basis as the
other shipping points in Kansas He de
clares that Topeka has an advantage on
some classes Of freight
The Topeka. shippers deny these asser-
tiOns and say that Topeka is discriminate
ed against. The announcement of the
new freight rates for Wichita may result
ton by the Topeka shippers
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-05-26
A BIG FUNERAL.
Elaborate Services in Prepare
ton For Lord PauncefOte.

Washington May est is evident from
the preparations so far made that the fu-
neral of the late Lord Pauncefote viii be
conducted with great dignity and viii be
made memorial occasion. All of the
available military and naval forces in
Washington and vicinity viii take part in
the procession. The services at St. Johns
church will be conducted by Coadjutor
Bishop Mackay- Smith, though Bishop Sat
erlee VIII attend. Officially the attendance
will be confined to the president and his
cabinet the diplomatic body, the supreme
court, the members Of the senate commit
tee on foreign relations and the house COM
mittee on foreign affairs, Admiral Dewey,
and General Miles and their stats. the bu-
reau of chiefs of the state department and
the assistant secretaries from the other de-
partments-
It is pretty well settled that the remains
of the late Lord Pauncefote will be carried
to England on an American warship and
either the Olympia flagship of the North
Atlantic squadron and Admiral Dewey s
flagship at Manila or the Brooklyn. Adnli-
raj Schley's flagship at Santiago bay,
which is just returning from Cuba, will be
selected for this duty. The date of de-
parture will depend upon the convenience
of the PauncefOte family, but it is certain
that the casi1et can not be landed on Eng
lish soil before the conclusion Of the coro-
nation ceremonies.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-05-26
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

[From the Chicago Newsl
After a mighty truth has prevailed
men call it fate.
When a man starts out for a lark he
begins with a swallow.
A polished gentleman is sometimes
too slick for his associates.
Happy is the man whose wife possess
ses more prudence than vanity.
SUNNI er girls undoubtedly will be
just as engaging as ever this year.
There are times when the truth is al
most as disagreeable as it is sublime.
All the space between the cradle and
the grave is filed with uncertainty.
What doth it profit a man if he
maketh three-bagger and dieth at
third base?
If the newspapers didn't roast the
oficeholders some Of them would never
get done.
BY the time Strawberries are really
delicious the season is over and there
are no stra wberries.
The man who labors under the i'm
preston that some other man is always
in his way never amounts to much.
A man may find it hard to determine
who is the least in portant person in his
neighborhood, but he can place his
finger on the most important one at any
stage of the game.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-05-26
BEAUMONT OIL STOCKS.
". W. Gavitt Knows Which Are the
Reliable Companies.

Mr. W. W. Gavitt thoroughly ex-
amined into the condition of several Of
the oil companies while at Beaumont,
and especially those companies who
have been sending literature around
here, such as the Success, Mo, Kansas
K Texas, Continental National, Silver
Dime, sun. Union and others. It is well
to be a little cautious. as there are all
kinds Of schemes foated.
The Beaumont oil business is in its
infancy. If with good management they
can pay or 8 per cent per month
the first year, what may be reasonably
expected of them in the future?
If you are thinking of investing in
any Of them, if you will call US up by
telephone 610-2 or send postal card, We
will give you all the Information that
you win need in regard to any Of the
companies.
Many of the best companies viii have
all their stock sold by the 1st of June
that they expect to sell
Stockholders Of record on the 1st O.
June in best companies get their first
dividend Of 3 per cent June Is.
W ". CAVITT & co.
322 East Fifth Sstreet
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-05-26
sing at a recital at Kansas City on the
evening Of Tuesday, June 3.
An ALIBI ALL AROUND.
O'Brien's Entire Testimony Con
tradicted by Mcdonald.

Washington. May 2e.-Capt McDon-
aid, formerly Of the Twenty vol
unteer infantry, one Of the officers ac-
eused in CORPORAL O'Brien's testimony
was before the senate Philippines COM
mittee today. He denied all allegations
made by OBrien and said O'Brien was
on duty elsewhere at the time he claim
said that American officers had not vio-
lated Spanish woman nor other wo-
men to his knowledge. He also denied
the statement made by O'Brien that he
(McDonald) and a number of other Off
GERS misbehaved themselves at a native
dance. He showed that at the time al
legged Major Cook. one of the officers
named, and himself, were on duty else
where.
The shooting of bearers of flags of
truce and the burning of woman and
a child by his conn and, was another
story by O'Brien that he denied
Capt. Mcdonald said OBrien was a
troublesome soldier from the first.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-05-26
auAKER RFFLFoTToNs.

IF'rom the Philadelphia Record-l
The self-made woman doesn't boast
about it.
The fellow who is out for the dough
takes the cake.
It doesn't take a dressmaker to rufe
a wOman's temper.
No Maude. dear, farmers don't use
field glasses to drink from.
Quite naturally there is a lot of puff
ing when play has a long run.
Running up bills is not the sort of
exercise that does the most good.
You can't make the waiter believe
that every thing comes to him who
waits.
When a boy is told that he is a chip
Of the old block it generally makes him
feel clipper.
Some people are so accustomed to lies
that they can't even tell the truth when
they hear it.
Hook-''What was the outcome of
their marriage?' Nye-''The outcome?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-05-26
THE REBATE DODGE.
IFrom the New York Sun

lbrom the New York Sun.l
The resurrection in the senate of the
so-called rebate" scheme for avoiding
the performance Of a plain duty to
Cuba is not likely to avail the oppon-
ents Of reciprocity.
The proposed rebate is not a rebate
at all. There is no precedent or con-
stitutional warrant for collecting the
duties on imported sugar at the full
rate, covering the same into the treas
ury and then voting them back in a
lump. not to the importers who have
paid them, but to the Cuban govern
m ent for distribution among the plant
ers.
The only precedent alleged for such a
proceeding was invented by Congress-
man Tayler Of Ohio. He found his pre-
cedent in the fact that duties collect
ed on certain imports from the Phil
tppines were repaid from the treasury
after the decision of the supreme court
IN the case Of the Fourteen Diamond
Rings. Those duties were refunded be-
cause the court held that they had been
collected Illegally. The rebate advo-
Gated by the Oxnard people would be
she refunding by wholesale OF duties
@alleetea legally.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-05-26

How do I know2 I don't even know
their income"
The man who loses his temper loses
his friends
Every married woman feels that she
is reformer.
It takes lot to satisfy the average
woman with her lot
People who are in love with them
selves have no fear OF rivals.
Most people are eager to tell tie
truth, when it is disagreeable.
The pawnbroker is in a class by him
self; that is, he stands a loan.
Some fellows have to be fast in order
to keep ahead of their creditors.
Hoax-tWhy can't an automobile
waikiki" Joax-' Because it's tired
The fellow who has nothing to do can
generally be depended upon to do it
well.
The huckster may not be a Jack-of-
sil-trades, but he is man Of many
callings.
BIobbs-"I saw a sealslzin yesterday.
Where2'' B1obbs-'Out at the
zoo"
It isn't always true that he who hesi-
tates is lost. At an auction sale he who
hesitates may save.
The only thing that can squelch a lit
tie German band is a rain storm, and
then it has to rain to beat the band.
Mrs. Auggins-''A1rs. Highf1yer has
divorced five husbands" Mrs Buggins
THAT woman never could take man
seriously"
Wigwag- They say a drowning man
will clutch at a straw" Guzzler-"So
will a thirsty man, if there's a mint
julep at the other end of it."
No. Maude. dear: when detectives
scour the country 1t doesn't improve the
landscape.
The men who write soap advertise
ments think the public should wink at
a little I've.
There is some consolation in the fact
that the office boy who smokes cigar
cites isn't always whistling.
Poets, remarked the Wise Guy, ARE
born" That's funny" said the Simple
Mug. Il always thought they grew on
trees
Blobbs-"D' Auber IS an artist. isn't
he?" Slobbs-"Ive seen him draw a
full house on a four card draw. An
artist2 He's a wizardi''
Aren't you afraid to die?" asked the
curbstone evangelist. No, I carry a
pretty heavy fire insurance policy re-
piled the man with the impressionistic
nose.
Wigg-"Bjones says he is finally con-
WINGED that there is such a thing as per-
petual motion" Wagg-.'W Worse than
thatl He is even addicted to the end
less chain habit"
L am almost afraid to show you my
play" giggled the authoress. TT is 50
terribly naughty well, the naughty
play isn't generally the one that comes
to naught," remarked the astute man.
ager. Lets see it,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-05-26
TO BUY PEST HOUSE.
Board of Health Win Locate It
Tonight.

The board of health and the city sanitary
committee will meet this evening for the
purpose of taking final action on the
lection of a site for the pest house. The
contest for the honor" of having the pest
house has narrowed down to the follow
ing locations:
Five acres of unimproved land belonging
to John D Knox and lying close along the
bank Of the Kansas river north Of Auburn
any house and is held at $500
Five acres with T-roOm house, sewer
and city water, four blocks south OF the
Knox property. near the Rock Island
tracks This property is owned by NJ. Les
ter and will cost s.. 100
Five acres east of the cemetery owned by
Capt Curtis, who offers to trade it for
the cfty's Deer creek land and $500 TO boot
It is likely that the county commission
ers viii assist in the purchase Of the pest
house. City Physician Judd had a con-
ference with the commissioners this at
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-05-26

Some apparently well informed writer
contributes an article to the New York
Sun in which he undertakes to show
that the popular idea concerning the
wealth possessed by United States
senators is wholly exaggerated and err
roneous and that many of the mem
bers of the upper branch of congress,
so far from possessing anything like
the wealth commonly credited to them,
are in reality quite poor. According to
the Information which this writer gives
out and which he claims to have gather
ed from authoritative sources, there
are only twelve senators who are
rated as millionaires, and the wealth
credited to each Of them is as follows.
William A. Clark of Montana. S25. O0O,-
900; Thomas Kearns Of Utah, SO, 600, 900 +;
John Kean Of New Jersey. $4,000, 600.
James Mcmillan of Michigan, s., 900, 900;
Stephen 3. Elkins OF West virginia,
81 600; John Dryden Of New Jersey,
$5.000,000s Reddeld Proctor Of Vermont
$4,000, coo; George Peabody Wetmore OF
Rhode Island, s.. 100000: Nelson w. Aid
rich Of Rhode Island. s., 600 900; Marcus
A. Hanna Of Ohio, $4,000 900; Chauncey
II. Depew Of New York. $1,000, 900, and
Eugene Hale Of Maine, 81, O00 900.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-05-26
'TED' HOLIDAYS SUCCESS
Topeka Boy Attracts Attention as a
Baritone.

Terrence Holiday. the son of F. F
Holiday, who formerly lived at 91S To-
peka avenue, but who moved to New
York about year and a half ago. viii
visit in Topeka this week.
Ted" Holiday. as he is Familiarity
known among his acqua intances has
been making quite a reputation as
baritone He has devoted his entire
time since going east to his vocal stud
les, and he is considered as having one
of the richest baritones for one so
young ever heard in New York city, and
it is said he gives great promise Of de-
veloping. He has been preparing him
self to appear in comic opera He viii
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-05-26
APPEAL TO THE CHURCH
On Behalf of the Stricken Town Of
Goliad

Dallas. Tex, May 26-At today's session
of the general conference of the NJ. E.
church South, Arson West of Alabama
entered a written protest against the &C
ton of the general conference creating
the Order of Deaconesses which elected
a spirited argument. but the conference
permitted it to be spread on the records
in Difference to the long service of Dr.
West"
A resolution was adopted that no new
legislation enacted by this general confer
ence affecting the local preachers shall
so into effect before the 1st of Septem-
Der 1902.
An appeal to the church at large sec
onded by the bishops in conference for aid
to the cyclone smitten town of GoHad,
was adopted.