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The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-04-26

The end of the BatSon case, Sc
far as this district court is con
cerned. anne rather unexpectedly
in court this morning. lmmedia-
tely after court convened at nine
O'Clock, the motion for a new
trial for Batson was called up
for final disposition,
Only the attorneys and officers
of the prisoner and very few
spectators were present, the
prisoner as usual being closely
guarded.
The motion for new trial was
based almost entirely upon the
exceptions takenby the attorneys
during the trial. 1t recit"d that
the court had erred in not grant
ing the motion to quash the
venire; in not sustaining the
challenge for the cause in the
case of certain jurors: in admit
ing Frank Roberts to give expert
ties timony as to handwriting and
in admitting certain testimony
from other witnesses; in permit
ting certain documents and arti-
cles to be offered in evidences and
in not permitting witness Downes
to testify as to a conversation he
was alleged to have had with an
other witness. The usual aver
ment was made that the verdict
was against the law and the evil
dence.
Attorney Winston Overton, who
represented the defendant, sub
mitted the motion without argu-
ment. Judge Miller had previous
ly placed on record a brief and
clear statement of his reasons
for making each of the decisions
objected to, and it was no sur
prise when he at once denied the
motion for new trial.
1t was then that he directed
the prisoner to stand up and ask
ed HIM if he had any reason to
offer why the court should not
pass sentence upon him.
mo nothing" answered Bat
son quietly and firmly, except
that [ am innocent.
AS usual, the prisoner was the
least discomposed man in tie
room. AS he pronounced the
dreadful sentence of the law all
the spectators felt a little thrill
and the Judges voice grew husky
with emotion.
Attorney Overton then asked
and was granted an appeal to the
supreme court of the state, and
for the present, at least, the
Batson case is closed in the dis
trict court.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-04-26
COrrigan improving.

By Union Associated Press.
New York, April ga bulle-
tin issued this morning says that
Archbishop .Corregan passed a
com Portable night and that his
symptoms continue to improve.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-04-26

Don't hang your shades the
old way get the Trojan hanger
from Jennings Hdw. Go. tf97
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-04-26

Jennings Lumber Co., Ltd. is
receiving lumber every day and
will soon have q nice stock on
hand If
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-04-26
Have Some Sense,

Why pay 10 cents for Il cigar
when the "Queon of Paris" for
sale at Gauthier Bros. is equal
to any 10 center on the market.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-04-26
Sole Agents in Jennings and vicinity for the
Harris Oil Burner


There are five sizes and patterns of this
Burner designed for various uses and var
ious kinds of boilers. They range in price
from $500 to $25. 90. including plans and
specifications and full instructions for
equipping any kind of plant. Write for
circulars or call on
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-04-26

Another carload of Clark Bug
gies just in at the Louisiana Ma
chine & Well Works Co. Ltd,
Jennings, La, tf97
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-04-26

~ Water clsternS, oil tanks
for wagons or reservoirs, see j.
B. Killinger, Jennings, La.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-04-26

The Jennings Hdw. Co have in
new in the way OF
Lawn and field fence. tf91
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-04-26
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re now opened
and ready for busf-
ness. Read the fol-
lowing List Of prf-
ces. Call and ex-
anime the goods, il
will be a pleasure to
show our goods to
ALL Callers.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-04-26

For lawn mowers see the Jen.
niDgs Hdw. Co. tf97
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-04-26

Get your watches clocks and
jewelry repaired by Joe S. Ritch,
at Hulburt book store. 99tt
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-04-26

Cypress screen doors! A large
supply on hand at the Jennings
Woodworking Co. H, F. Jaenke.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-04-26

More new pattern hats. Miss
Lola Moses. 992t
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-04-26

Have your eyes fitted by,JoeS.
Ritch, graduate optician at
Hulburt book store. 99tf
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-04-26
CENTS DEPARTMENT

CENTS DEPARTMENT
Teck Scarfs, 24c up
Bank Bows, 24c up
Shield Bows, Sc up
Imperial Ties. 4Sc
Four-in- Hand Ties, 24c up
DuBarry Ties, QatesO 24c
String Ties, dozen iSc
Celluloid collars,
Celluloid cuffs,
Genuine Guyot Suspenders, 4Sc
Large assortment Suspenders, &c
H HANDKERCHIEF
CROWN SHIRTS, none better,
each, 4Sc
ARMOR BRAND COLLARS,
regular l5c kind, 12c
ARMOR BRAND CUFFS, regu-
lar 25c kind, 23c
SELF ACTING CUFFHOLDERS
&c up
Fine Assortment Gents FANCY
JEWELRY, insisting Of
COLLAR BUTTONS, CUFF
BUTTONS, SHIRT STUDS,
Lot WATCH CHAINS,
Complete Assortment Plain and
Fancy HOSIERY from &c up
KNITTED UNDERSTANDS and
DRAWERS. 23c up
NANSOOK UNDERSHIRTS
and DRAWERS, 47c up
SCRIVEN'S STYLE NAN
SOCK, UNDERSTANDS &
ORA WERS, 47c up
SCRIVEN'S STYLE, JEANS 47c up
OVERALLS, union made SOC up
JUMPERS, union made SOC up
LEATHER BELTS, 23c up
HOSE SUPPORTERS, from &c up
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-09-19

and erected mills OF his own. He had a
mania for picking up street railways
and soon became known as the trolley
king, controlling lines i'm indianapolis,
Springfield. H.: New Orleans. st. Louis.
Brooklyn, Columbus and Cleveland
and In other places too numerous to
mention" He bought them for little,
put mortgages on them as heavy as
could be fioated and issued stocks and
bonds. which the people who believed in
him gladly and freely bought Incl
dentally, he made many other fortunes
besides his own, and his own is now es-
timated at $4,000 900 or $40. .0O0 900.
But at last this money getter OF un-
surpassed abilities saw "a great light"
IL was many years ago that he first
read a copy OF Henry Georges noted
book, Progress and Poverty" and he
became single taxer from the mo-
ment that he met the author. He was
then a monopolist of the strictest sort.
owning valuable franchises obtained
from the public for next to nothing.
yet he turned about and became-in
theory at least-a pronounced enemy to
all privileges OF whatever sort granted
by the people and fostered by govern
ment. local or national. 1t was on New
Years day 1899. that he announced II
have withdrawn from all my business
enterprises in order to devote my time.
my fortune-in fhct, my life-to the
PRONUNCIATION OF the CHenry George)
single tax ideas" This change of front
and the mixed ideas he has put forth in
politics have caused many TO call him
the political paradox" the modern
Moses" tom Tolstoi Johnson" and a
variety OF names. complimentary and
otherwise. But Tom Johnson does not
care what people call him.
People were astounded when this or
ganizer OF railway monopolies and steel
rail trusts offered himself for congress-
as a free trader and opponent of mo-
nopolies, but he won an election in n
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-09-19

many disaster. 1t would seem from,
the reports of various accidents that
the greatest danger to an operator
whether experienced or not is from
skidding, when the steering gear re-
fuses TO act properly and the machine
persists I'm waltzing. first on its fore
wheels. then on it's hind particularly
when the road is wet and slippery.
A burst tire will cause the worst cor,
or slipping. the experts say. and to this
klnd OF accident they at first ascribed
the terrible happening in France last
month, though the latest reports make
IL due to defective steering wheel.
Pneumatic tires have a less firm hold
upon the road the broader they are and
the manufacturers must work TO the
end OF securing tires with narrower
bearing as well as to produce a steering
gear that VIII act more quickly and ef-
fectively and not break. AS at present
arranged. the chauffeur is sometimes
completely at the mercy OF his machine
no matter how experienced he may be.
An auto is swift motor having no
rails to hold Ii to Its true course
For the prevention OF accidents in the
future, at least for minimizing their
results, there should be perfect co-op-
Grafton on the part OF manufacturers
auto users and owners and the general
public. The first named must strive tn
produce more nearly perfect machine
one that can be brought under control
no matter what the condition of roads
or weather. The time has gone by for
Ignoring thu automobile, as Ii has be-
come factor in motor problems that
is destined TO supersede the horse: so
the only thing now is to accept II. but
to hedge its use about with precautions.
as in laws restricting speed and severe
penalties for their infraction.
EDWARD M. SEPHTON.
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bilt has been arrested since he an
nounced- his renunciation, for speeding
in the streets of Newport
In the development of the automobile
machines have been evoked many tons
in weight and capable of speeding UP to
seventy miles an hour, but experience
has shown that the relatively lighter
autos are the best, all things consider
ed, and also the most durable. The Au-
tomobile Club of France has placed a
ban upon all machines weighing more
than 900 kilos (about 1900 pounds), and
this edict. together with the popular
outburst against driving those huge
machines so recklessly over the country
roads, has created a revulsion there in
favor of lighter and slower machines.
No doubt exists as TO what popular
sentiment is respecting the speeding of
autos In our streets and highways, as
shown in the passing of state laws gen.
orally regulating the speed TO less than
eight or ten miles an hour.
But 1t is one thing to get law enact
ed and quite another to enforce II. A
strict enforcement OF the laws. with the
substitution of Imprisonment for a fine
(Which the millionaire drivers OF auto
mobiles only laugh att. will reduce the
nur. ber of casualties on our highways.
while 1t sh uld also be further enact
ed" that every chauffeur must be pro-
vided with a license setting forth his
qualifications as an engineer.
First of all. says the eminent Four
nier twho has himself been in many an
accident, by the way), a chauffeur
should be n good steersman and have
not only his hands. but his feet. under
full control His eyes must be fixed on
the road in front unless reversing,
when they must be over his shoulder.
He must have confidence. but not be
oyerconfident. fault that has caused
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-09-19

strongly protective district and served
as representative during three terms
from 1881 10 1895. His greatest feat
while there was the inserting of the en-.
tire body OF Henry Georges book In the
Congressional Record and securing IL a
circulation Of more than a million cop.
les, delivering IL conjointly with FIVE
other members as speeches In the
house.
The hight he made for the mayoralty
OF Cleveland and his election TO the Of
nee on the LIST of April, 1901. are still
fresh In memory. The spectacle of a
nve cent millionaire" championing the
cause or three cent fares on street rail-
ways and eventual ownership of this
peoples franchises by the people them.
selves attracted the attention of the
whole country.
In personal appearance Mr.. Johnson
is short and sturdy and weighs about
2So pounds. He has a big bull" neck
a round, smooth shaven face. strong
square jaws and jovial. youthful look.
his figure Is corpulent. but his shoul~
ders are broad and capable of carving
all that can be placed upon them. In
dress ne Is simple, and his manners are
the same. He moves in the highest So
ciety, out mingles freely with ali class
es, particularly championing the down.
trodden and oppressed" His energy ia
unmistakable. and his mental acuteness
vs. shown by his "tackling" French
lesson daily and keeping il up for two
years In order TO master a language he
wished 10 understand. strong fighter
and hard hitter, Tom Johnson is al.
ways good natured withal. and as may
or OF Cleveland he elbows aside the vast
throngs OF office seekers as jovialIy as
erstwhile he combated his opponents in
congress. He has always been CHEEKY
OF manner and polite to all, so the peo.
pie like him whether they indorse his
peculiar views and political ambitions
or not JAMES L. ArFTJNc
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-09-19

and when the lad came I'm with his
bags OF money he carefully deposited
them i'm the safe and slammed 10 the
door. This attracted the attention OF
the bookkeeper who asked him surlily
what he did that for. Dunno" an
swered the boy. but the rules say Put
the bag i'm the safe and I'm going to
do IL whether you like IL or not" The
bookkeeper didn't like 1t. While the
two were in the midst OF an angry
discussion the owner of the road walked
In and inquired what the row was
about. Tom told him that he was try
ing 10 live up TO the rules. and his en-
ployer was so impressed that he made
him chief drawer on the spot. Two
years later. so the story runs. he was
superintendent OF the road.
He learned all he could about street
railways in general, invented a nickel
in the slot machine for collecting zone
horse" fares and soon found himself on
the highway TO success. That highway.
he had the good sense TO perceive. was
to be traversed by trolley lines. and he
stuck right 10 them until he had
amassed fortune. His first monopoly
in a small way was newspapers. his
second came through his patents on
several street railway devices and his
third was In the street railroad bust
ness on grand scale. Before he was
twenty-five he borrowed money and
picked up his first railroad in Indian
apolis. He was one of the first TO per-
ceive the vast benefits to accrue from
"electrifying" the one horse and one
mule roads, and soon blossomed out as
a full fledged capitalist.
He was healthy as well as specula-
tive and always with an eye TO the
main chance. When he married he Sc
cured a rich girl with lots of money,
and beautiful one TO boot. When he
found that the steel mills charged him
too much to manufacture the patent
rail he had invented. he bought land
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-09-19

ceived and perfected the scheme OF
consolidation was doubtless that of J.
Plerpont Morgan. who thus welded an
/ other link i'm the chain with which he is
girdling the globe. the man who has
appeared most prominently in it is Mr.
Nixon. Born I'm 1861 at Lcesburg, Va.
where his father was keeper or the
county jail, Lewis Nixon early dis
played the force and energy for which
ne has since become conspicuous. Sent
10 The Naval academy at Annapolis. he
graduated a the head of his class and
was ordered by the navy department TO
England, whore he took "A special course
In naval architecture at the Royal col
lege. Greenwich.N on his return to the
United states he was appointed assist
ant naval constructor at Washington.
lie designed the battleship Oregon. lat
or resigning from the navy and enter
ing the works of Cramp a. Sons at Phil
adelphia TO superintend the construc-
tion OF several large warships. In 1895
he purchased the Crescent shipyards at
Elizabethport. N. j.. since which time
he has been actively engaged not only
as a shlpbuilder. but as a Tammany
politician who acquired n lowing by
his energetic qualities.
However much the new combine may
contribute To the bringing about OF this
desired condition OF affairs, when Amer.
Tea shall become mistress OF the worlds
marine construction. there is one fea-
ture or tho scheme which appeals espe-
cially to national pride. and that Is the
building OF great drydock which shall
be large enough to accommodate the
biggest vessel now afloat on either the
Atlantic or Pacific coast.
So FAR as the vessels OF our navy go.
there are several floating docks which
can take in the biggest battleshfp in the
service. In pursuance OF the plans re-
Gently adopted by congress. appropria-
tions have been made for a chain Of
docks along the Atlantic coast from
Portsmouth, ~. IL. Co the gulf of Mex
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-09-19

opment Of a vast industry OF the coun-
try space permits mention of but two,
typical, however. of them ALL These
two stand with a continent between
them. geographically speaking the
Bath Iron works and the Union Iron
works OF San Francisco. The history
Of American shipbuilding is written in
the creations OF the Bath builders, who
have to their credit the fast clipper
ships of olden times as well as the
speediest steamers of the more modern
period. Adapting their yards for the
building OF wooden ships to the re-
quirements OF the steel age" the Bath
builders soon turned out marine archi-
lecture second to none. The Bath Iron
works were founded by General T. w.
Hyde in 1887 and in 1890 contracted to
build their first gunboats for the United
States navy. following with merchant
vessels OF enormous tonnage and noted
for their speed. The yards are regarded
as models of their kind and capable of
immense development.
While the Union Iron works OF San
Francisco are now ranked among the
largest and most nearly perfect In the
world, they have been established with
In twenty years. Their first contract for
building a United States war vessel was
that for the Charleston i'm 1856. the ia
nous Oregon being their first battle-
ship. the keel of which was laid in 1891.
seven years before she made her re-
nowned voyage from San Francisco to
Santiago de Cuba. They have also
built the Ohio the San Francisco. WV
oming. Tacoma. Olympia. immense mer.
chant steamers, etc, their work rank
ing with the worlds best. Among the
forces now operating TO place the Pa
flc coast states among the foremost in
the race for supremacy I'm our mercan-
tile marine none outranks the great
shipbuilding industry known as the
Union Iron works. which is now a mem.
ber OF the great combine.
ALFRED q. EDwARDDa.
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vanced his salary to 81 per week. His
strict observance of rules gave him an
other promotion, which came about in
this way: The office had a rule that the
drawers" on the company's street cars
should deposit their days receipts in
the office safe and be careful about IL.
They had fallen into the habit. however.
of dumping the bags of money on the
office floor and leaving IL there to be
locked up by the bookkeeper One day
Tom was drafted 10 be a drawer"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-09-19

1854 he is only forty-eight years old.
yet he has been a multimillionaire for
several years past. AS a boy he ran
errands for a livelihood and did not
despise the nickels that came in his
way.
To begin with. he owed his advance
ment 10 having been born frugal in
stead of carsless or trifies. His picking
up OF a piece OF old iron and throwing
II on his employers scrap heap attract
ed the attention OF that employer and
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-09-19


vention in the future. 1T Is signii-
cant fact that more accidents have oc-
CURED this year than in any year pre-
vious, due doubtless TO the increasing
use of the machines as we'll as TO the
mania for racing which seems TO have
possessed many auto owners and hur-
ried several of them to untimely deaths.
Ii was on the l4th of last August that
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles l.. Fair were
killed by the wrecking of their auto
mobile while touring in France and
only twelve days later that Mr.. +. j.
Matthews and a lady companion were
killed by similar accident in New Jer-
sey. In both instances the machines
were going at high rate of speed, and
the accidents could have been prevented
by the use of ordinary precautions;
but the mishap of Sir Thomas Lipton's
auto a little later was one that even the
most experienced of chauffeurs could
not have prevented. Sir Thomas ma
chine "skidded," and the ever smiling
baronet was considerably shaken up in
consequence.
The persistence with which these au-
tomobile accidents have occurred shows
that there is something radically
wrong. both with the machines and in
the manner OF using them. The French
have come 10 the conclusion that the
manufacturers OF automobiles must use
greater care in their construction.
They have of course, accepted such or
ders as were sent TO their shops, and
the most of those orders having been
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-09-19

secured his first promotion. Before this,
however, he had displayed his shrewd-
ness by cornering all the morning pa
pers when he was a newsboy in Staun-
ton, Va, and selling them at tremen-
dous profits. This was his first bust
ness venture, at the age of thirteen. A
boy who could conceive and carry
through a newspaper combine and at
the same time was regardful Of triies
was just the one the street railway
magnate was looking for, and he ad-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-09-19

trolling as ~ does all the essential ma
terial for building torpedo boats. de-
stroyers. battleships and ocean liners.
and also plants for the manufacture Of
armor plate. guns. large and small. and
forgings OF every kind. with this ac-
question: snys member Of the com
bine. the United states Shipbuildlng
company will be by fGF ehe most com
pletely equipped plant OF It's Kind in the
world. manufacturing everything ITSELF
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-09-19

his record OF n mile in 81 AS Sec
onds was drive9 by gasoline, as also
was that used by w. X. Vanderbilt. Jr..
who has the wonderful record TO his
credit of a miles in as 2-5 seconds.
The latter has recently forsworn all
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-09-19

auto racing, having been Influenced in
that determination through the tragic
death of his brother-in-law. Mr. Fair.
and his wife, though blaming IL" on
the defective roads and lax road laws
of the country. And yet Mr.. Wander
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-09-19

for racing machines. or at least for
autos that will make and maintain a
high rate of speed. naturally enough
they have worked to develop such mon
sters as the White Ghost, the Red Devil
and others of their type, some of which
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-09-19

including It's armor plate and guns.
This combination. with the enormous
facilities behind it. it's strong financial
backing and the management IL will
have, Is destined TO put this country
again I'm the position which she once
held as the leading shipbuilding nation
In the world"
While all the constituent companies
OF the combine are interesting. illus
trating as they 20 the enormous devslo-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-09-19
THE OREGON.

leo and also on the Pacific from san
Diego to Seattle. Immense masonry
docks are Co be constructed at the New
YORK and Norfolk navy yards capable
OF receiving the heaviest warships and
carrying q depth az thirty feet OF water
Recognizing the necessity OF Keeping
pace with the vast Increase In size and
armament OF the modern battieships
the navy department has prepared its
plans well ia advance. and we are no
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-09-19

have records up TO sixty miles an hour
and are fearful engines of death when
on a rampage.
Most % these machines are propelled
by steam, especially the largest. but
the machine in which Fournier made
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-09-19

longer open TO the reproach OF being
unable To dock warships Of our own
construction In our own yards
Tho most important factor i'm the
shipbuilding combine Is probably the
Bethlehem Steel company. which itself
had n capital of SIS 900 600 and had Is
sued bonds 60 the amount of nearly
sg0oo.0O0 more. Thus the great ship
building concern becomes absolutely
unique i'm the position IL occupies. con-