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The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1903-08-15

The negro question throughout
the land is daily becoming alarm
ing. Property and educational
suffrage qualifications in nearly
all the Southern States, which are
legal from the fact that repeated
efforts have failed to annul them,
have made the negro absolutely
powerless in politics, and when
President Roosevelt appoints a
negro to Office, he does him more
harm than good. The negro is
now in position to better him.
self, by industry and in various
other ways to elevate the general
status of his race. There is no
incentive now for any political
adventurer to seek to prey upon
him against his white neighbor in
politics. Strange to say, however,
in the North as much as in the
South, there is now going on q
regular carnival of negro lynch
ings and there is hardly a news
paper but what teens with such
occurrences. In nearly all cases,
it is the ugly passions of the
negro beyond his own race, for
which offense mob violence is
always justifiable, and beyond
control. Swift and condign pun
ishment by the courts, such as
was done in our midst in the case
OF Esau Lovely by Judge Allen
only a few weeks ago, would go a
long way towards mitigating the
evils of lynch law. and we believe
the time is opportune to advocate
it in every section of the country.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1903-08-15
The OUTPUT

The output is the Keynote to profit.
In deciding upon a price at which to
sell, manufacturer, no matter what ar
ticle he has to offer. considers how many
he is likely to sell, and bases his charges
accordingly. 1t is quite reasonable, too.
If tailor sells only two suits of clothes
each week, his income must come from
the profits of these two suits. If he can
however, double or treble his output
without materially increasing his work.
ing expenses, he can naturally afford to
make the profit on each suit much less,
Again, this output decides the buying
power. 1t is only necessary to state that
there have been manufactured and sold
over
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1903-08-15

Cotton commercial circles of
New Orleans are all astir over the
discovery of the veritable Mexican
boil weevil in patch of cotton at
the Audubon Experiment Station.
The incident has attracted the at
tention Of the National Depart
ment of Agriculture and the
discovery pronounced very
serious matter. How the pest
got into this particular cotton
patch is a deep mystery, but
it is surmised that the larval
were in the seed, although much
of the same seed has been
planted in various parts of the
State and mo boil weevils have
turned Up anywhere else. Every
measure IS being taken to stamp
out the pest. The fact of the mat
ter seems to be that the Mexican
boil weevil is a very destructive
insect and if it should once get a
foothold in this State it would
probably put stop to the culti-
walton of. cotton. So far, the
weeyil has confined itself to Mex
leo, and parts of Texas. Louis
lana is not SO much of cotton
State, but the pest wonld play sad
havoc ia all those States east of
the Mississippi if something is
not done to stop it in its incipient
stage.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1903-08-15

In Cook county, Illinois, they
have a law which requires the
owners of property to have all
noxious weeds cut and burned at
ter fifteen days notice. If it is not
done within the time limit the
Lord High Weed Exterminator
throws a gang of men onto the
weeds which are cut and burned,
and the owner finds the cost
assessed against him when he
comes to pay his taxes. That law
might work to advantage in some
other places.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1903-08-15

General Nelson A Miles is no
longer the commander-in-chief of
the United States army. In fact
that exalted military position
has become extinct. The army
is now commanded by. a COM
mission of expert military men
coupled with the War Depart
ment. It is probable that these
changes have been the result of
the scandals which came to the
surface during the war with Spain
when prominent officials of the
War Department and General
Miles were at loggerheads, to the
great discredit OF the nation in the
eyes of foreign nations.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1903-08-15
At the last Congressional cam.

At the last Congressional cam
paign in this State there was an
amendment aiming at the repeal
or abolition of the poll tax law as
it now stands. This amendment
was defeated and we were conse-
qlently led to believe that it met
v In the views and endorsement
Of a united Democracy on the
subject. This, however, does not
seem to be the case with promi-
nent faction of the party in the
parish of Lafayette. At politi-
cal meeting held in Lafayette re-
Gently strong resolutions were
adopted asking that the poll tax
clause of the Constitution be re-
pealed and that the right of SUI
frage, without this prerequisite,
be established in favor of every
citizen 81 years of age and over.
Among other resolutions adopted
at this meeting was one advocat-
ing primary elections for the Sc
lection of State and parochial
candidates, and the discontinuance
of the appointive power now en-
joyed by the Governor Of the
State. There can be no doubt
that the selection of officers by
primaries is the leading question
before the people Of our Common
wealth, and we believe the de-
mand is well-grounded, because Of
the fact that the suffrage laws We
now have presupposes that none
but thoroughly enlightened and
intelligent men compose the ranks
of the voters OF the present.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1903-08-15
SATURDAY, AUGUST Is, 1903

A. E. Batson, the murderer OF
the Earl family at Welch, Calca-
sieu parish, expatiated his crime
on the gallows yesterday.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1903-08-15

The biggest coward under the
sun is the man who deserts his
wife because he is too lazy to sup
port her.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-02-08

Southern problem and assumes the prophet
ic role. After picturing the frightful
wrongs of the Southern negro he predicts
that i'm the fullness of years there will be
a great race war south of the Ohio river.
The negro will gradually become educated
and will develop leaders who will lead and
soldiers who will fight, and, as in the case
of slavery, his wrongs freedmen will be
wiped out with a sponge of blood. Ingalls,
predicts that the great commercial North,
sympathizing with the negro, will stand
neutral in this contest. This speech is per-
haps the most far-reaching of any in this
most fascinating volume. Again. in an
other speech under the title of 1.-THE Image
and Superscription of Caesar" ingalls,
points out the fact that when it was de-
livered $1,000 men owned more than one
half of our national wealth. He denounced
millionairism in the most scathing terms.
He said boldly that no man ever earned a
million dollars, and insisted that our grow
ing plutocracy was, as in the case of Rome.
the rock upon which our Republic would
ultimately split. This speech was delivered
twelve years ago. ingalls, died in 1900, and
did not live to see the remarkable begin
ming of the conflict between capital and
LABOR winch the anthracite coal Strlke OF
last fall has marked-one illustration of
which was and is the resolution of the
great Democratic party of New York to
authorize the United States government to
seize upon and operate for the benefit Of
our people our anthracite coal fields. That
we are on the threshold of some great So
cial revolution no thoughtful man can
doubt. What will be it's ultimate outcome
not the wisest man living can predict any
more than in 1856 he or they could predict
the solution of the then great negro slavery
issue.
ingalls, had his limitations. He may
fairly be described as brilliant without
| being great He was an ardent advocate
! of free coinage. Always outspoken, often
| bitterly prejudiced and cratic, still this
| volume is a valuable contribution to our
| literature. 1t is to be inferred from some
| omissions notably his celebrated letter to
| Bishop Charles c. McCabe, and his wonder
| full estimate of Admiral Dewey, that the
present is to be followed by another volume.
Anything from the pen OF Ingalls, will al
ways be welcomed. (Hudson-Kimberly
| Publishing Company. Kansas City. Mo-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-02-08

his money b. furnishing "speck' (oacon)
to the soldiers of Frederick the Great dur
ing the seven years war; he was a He
brew. and Hebrews had no surnames in
those days
This particular Hebrew, though. was
called Speck for fun because. in defiance
of the law of Moses, he handled pork
whether American pork among other. his
tory does not recount. Anyhow. Abraham
Speck, so-called, gathered in considerable
wealth, and the Dresden Court. always
hard up for coin. offered him the ''Von," a
commodity far more highly esteemed then
than now. At the same time he was "gra-
ciously permitted TO buy a landed estate
which was also a boom in those days. for
Jews were not allowed TO own farms.
After paying right well for the privileges
extended him by the prince-the won" and
permission TO use his own money as he
pleased-the newly created nobleman bought
the estate Of Lutzschena. near Leipsic.
which has remained In the family ever
since. And to this circumstance your cor
respondent Is indebted for the interview
above recorded Baron Speck Won stern
berg went to Lutzschena to set matters
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-02-08

which prompted the troubled patriarch TO
ask that momentous question TO which the
centuries have given no answer: If man
die, shall he live again.
ingalls, was master of the pathetic as
we'll as the vitriolic. Here is a specimen
of his pathos:
Lying in the sunshine among the butter
cup and the dandelions of May, scarcely
higher in intelligence than the minute ten
ants of that mimic wilderness, our earliest
recollections are of grass; and when Life's
fitful fever is ended and the foolish wranSle
of the market and forum is closed grass
heals over the scar which our descent into
the bosom of earth has made and the car
pet of the infant becomes the blanket of
the dead. Grass is the forgiveness of ma
tuTe-her constant benediction. Fields tram
pied with battle. saturated with blood, torn
with the ruts of cannon, grow green again
with grass and carnage is forgotten. streets
abandoned by traffic becomes grasS-grown,
like rural lanes are obliterated. Forests
decay, harvests perish, flowers Danish, but
grass is immortal"
Walt Whitman's best-known book is en-
titled Leaves of Grass and his best
known line is "And now it Igrass1 seems to
me the beautiful uncut hair of graves"
Ingalls, had few or no intimate friends.
He was cold, distant and very reserved
man. No one except his family ever got
very near him. He had eleven children.
One of the most merciless of his sarcasms
was leveled at our rich people who increase
the prospective inheritance of their chill
dren by limiting their number to one or
two and seldom to exceed three. To show
Ingallss higher and better nature 1 make
an extract-with slight change-from one
of his letters to his wife:
81 woke at half-past two this morning,
after bad dreams, feverish and restless,
longing for you and the baby who has
grown so tenderly in my heart. Much of
our married life comes back to me. Incl
dents forgotten, songs you sung to Ruth in
winter midnights in the little back room up
stairs so long ago: looks, caresses painful
sad regrets for injuries inflicted upon your
love by my indifference, GOODNESS and I'M
kindness: wonder that your love had not
ebbed away from me and left me stranded
] forever; hopes that We might not either be
| left long upon this desolate earth to mourn
| the others loss.
"Oh. my dear. my heart cries out to you
| and will not be comforted. You must never
| forsake me here or hereafter. If you go be-
| fore me to the undiscovered country, wait
! for me-.
| On his religious side ingalls, was cratic.
He believed in God. immortality and Jesus
Christ He looked upon Job as the greatest
book in the English language. One of his
| vagaries was that he expected another
| Christ and another revelation. He said: II
have no doubt that in res ponse to the
search for eternal truth another Christ will
come and another revelation will be made"
Was ingalls, great statesman? Yes and
| no. To answer this let us turn to his two
most elaborate speeches deliberately chosen
and given in full in this volume. In one
entitled Fiat Justitia' he discusses the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-02-08

straight before sailing for New York. and
was wayiaid and caught at the Kaiserhof
in this city when he was about 10 return TO
Berlin. f+
Lutzschena, by the way. is a fine place
with fertile acres and n fine castle contain
ing some Italian masterpieces OF note.
The estate brings IN about <12.5co a year.
owing to the really good beer brewed al
the palace President Castro should make
note OF that and order some yet al
retty.'' l. T.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-02-08
The Silver Poplar.

Have you not marked the poplar in the wind
Change in moment. its plain robe OF green,
For one OF mingled pearl and moonlight sheen
BY sudden stress of some wide wandering breeze
Made loyeliest of all the roadside trees?
And men there are, akin to this same tree
We scarcely note them come and go.
But, ah, when gales of Joy Sorrow blow,
Transigured they stand forth, so dear so kind
Have you not marked the poplar in the wind?
-I.ufu Whedorr Mitchell.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-02-08

A Review by Judge ID.
p. Baldwin Of n recent
Iy publish ID biography
of the late Kansas SEN
afor.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-02-08

Was Ingalls, great statesman? Yes and
no. To answer this let us turn to his two
most elaborate speeches deliberately chosen
and given in full in this volume. In one
entitled Fiat Justitia" he discusses the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-02-08

who lost the battle through the activity of
his moral nature would be the derision and
jest of history. This modern cant about
corruption of politics is fatiguing in the ex-
IRENE. 1t proceeds from tea-custard and
syllabub dilettanteism and frivolous senti-
mentalism.''
ingalls, was unquestionably one of the
most brilliant literary men of the last CEN
tury. In proof of ii is given below an IL
iustration or two 1t is the custom in the
United States Senate to pronounce eulogies
upon its deceased members. One. of the
most celebrated of these is that of ingalls,
upon Ben Hill. If excelled at ali IN our liter
allure. it is only by that OF Colonel Inger-
soil upon his dead brother:
Ben Hill is gone to the undiscovered
country.
Whether his journey thither was bur
one step across an imperceptible frontier.
whether an interminable ocean biack
anfiuctuating and voiceless, stretches be-
tween these earthly coasts and those in
visible shoreS-we 90 not know
Whether on that August morning after
death he saw more glorious sunrise with
Unina ginable spiendor above a celestial
horizon or whether his apathetic and I'M
conscious ashes still sleep In cold obstruc-
ton and insensible oblivior-we Go MOI
know.
Whether his strong. subtle energies
found instant exercise in another forum:
whether his dextrous and Disciplined facul-
ties are now contending in a higher Senate
than ours for supremacy. or whether his
powers were dissipated and dispersed with
his parting breath-we do not know.
Whether his passions. ambitions and
whether he yet remembers US as we re-
member him-we do not know.
These are the unsolved. the insoluble
problems Of mortal life and human destiny
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-04-16
PURELY PERSONAL

T.. Barton John was at home over Easter.
lie is located at Bethlehem.
DR.. and Mrs, A. K. Aldinger are spend
ing this week in Philadelphia.
II. O. Vert was among those who started
out on Wednesday to fish for trout.
Mrs. A. l.. Schoch aud Mrs. c. w. Me-
Kelvy went to Philadelphia on Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. S. Rsh,on and son
Myron are visiting in Philadelphia this
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. d. Holmes, of Cresco,
have returned home. They were the guests
Of relatives in town several days the past
week.
Elwell Funk returned to Lehigh Univers.
on Wednesday, after spending week at
home.
Oliver Watts of Middletown spent Sum
day with friends here. lie returned home
on Monday.
Frank p Zarr, student at Penna College
Gettysburg, spent the Easter vacation with
his father in town.
Miss Mary Knapp, teacher in the schools
at Glen Mills, Pa, spent Sunday with her
mother on Iron Street.
Frank ID. Dentler, saves today for White
Pigeon, Michigan, on business in connection
with his fathers estate.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Leverett departed
on Monday for their home in Philadelphia,
after visit with relatives here.
Samuel Hess, formerly of Bloomsbury,
now of Freeand, is attending the meetings
of Caldwell Consistory this week.
Miss Rose Mcpherson left this morning
for New York City where she will sojourn
for week or ten days with friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. John {. Gilbert returned tc
their home at Philadelphia, the former Sun
day evening and the latter Tuesday, after
spending Easter in town.
Chas. p. Elwell expects to spend couple
of weeks at home soon. He is permanently
engaged in musical pursuits at Troy, N. Y
during the winter, and at New York Cit.
during the summers
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-04-16
MARIE O0RELLl

writer for the Philadelphia Press,
Sunday, April I9, on "The Body
Snatchers." A savage, unbridled at
tack on those who have given and pro-
pose to give memorials at the home of
Shakespeare. Miss Corelli is nothing
if not sensational when she champions
a cause, and in this vigorous 'appear'
she flays everybody who hold opinions
different from hers on the subject and
attacks generous Americans, lnclud.
ing the late George w. Childs and
Andrew Carnegie.
Read it in next Sundays Philadel'
phia Press, April I0.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-04-16
Columbia & Montour El. Ry.
rIsrr. TABLE IN EFFECT JUNE
r,IoOe, and until further notice

Cars leave Bloom for Espy, Almedia, Lime
Ridge, Berwick and intermediate points as
follows:
A. NJ. 500, $40, 6;ao, 700, 7:4o, $40,
900, o:4o, 1920, II:oo, II:4o.
P. NJ. 1890, 100, I;4o. 2.2o, 800, $40
4:2o, 500, $40, 6:2o 7:co, 74o, S;2o, 600
1o:2o and QI:oo Saturday nights only.)
Leaving depart from Berwick one hou'
From time as given above, commencing a
800 n. IN.
Leave Bloom for Catawissa A. M. 6:2o
700, 7:4o, $40, 900, 9:lo, io;oo II;4o.
p. M. 1920, 1900 I:4o, 2:2o, 800, $40
S2o, 500, $40, 6:2o, 100, TAO, $40 goo
40, 1920 and (II:oo Saturday nights only
Cars returning depart from Catawissa q
minutes from time as given above
d. G.. HACKETT.
Superintendent.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-04-16

A nuptial event of considerable
interest to Bloomsbury people was
that of Miss Dora Jury and Mr.. d.
Perry Boone which was solemnized
at Binghamton N. Y. on Saturday.
The bride is the daughter of B. w.
Jury of town and the groom a well
known young man of Wilkes-Barre,
The bride has large circle of ac'
quaintance here who extend con-
gratulations.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-04-16

Shipments by express from
Bloomsbury to far-distant points
are not unusual. The U. S. Ex-
press Co. shipped flowers for ]. L.
Dillon one day recently to over a
dozen states, including California,
Florida, North Carolina, Massa-
chusetts, Michigan, Oregon, Nina
esota and Canada, and this is a
common occurrence.
The shipments of the Paul f.
Writ Fountain Pens cover every
state in the union.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-04-16

The law prohibiting the sale Of
cigarettes to boys under 2I years
of age, is in effect, but the boys in
some way or other get them just
the same. Only last night three
little fellows were standing under
the awning on Market Square puff
ing away for dear life on the paper
rolls. 1t would be well for the
officers when they see boy smok-
ing a cigarette, to investigate and
try to find out where he got or how
he came in possession Of it.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-04-16

Mrs. Elizabeth Jane Hardy died
at her home on East street Satur-
day morning. She was the widow
of the late Thomas Hardy and was
born in Dauphin county September
IS4I. She for several years re-
sided in Hemlock township, where
as we'll as in Bloomsbury she was
highly esteemed. Rev.W. p. Eve
land of the Methodist church con-
Quoted funeral services Tuesday
morning.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-04-16
May Spin Flax at st. Louis.

Mrs. J. S. Woods, whose flax
spinning was an interesting feature
OF the Museum conducted in the
old Presbyterian church by the
ladies of the Civic Club during the
Bloomsbury Centennial last sum-
mer has received a communication
from the chief of the Pennsylvania
department Of the st. Louis Expo
sition, relative to giving the exhib-
it at the Exposition which opens in
st. Louis next year. Mrs. Woods
is undecided in the matter as yet.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-04-16

A large number of prominent
Masons from different parts of the
state have been in town since Tues
day attending the meeting of Cald-
we'll Consistory. There will be a
banquet at the Exchange Hotel
this evening. Caldwell Consistory
has a membership of over five hun
dred and there are but four other
places in Pennsylvania where the
highest degrees of the order are
conferred.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-04-16
TAILOR MADE SUITS.

N. S. Tingley has accepted the
agency for Reinach, Ullman & Co.
of Chicago, merchant tailors, and is
ready to supply made-to-measure
clothing at prices lower than can be
obtained elsewhere. He has large
line of samples to select from. His
place Of business is the third floor Of
the COLUMBIAN building. q.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-04-16

The Third anniversary Of the
Daughters OF Liberty will be held
in G.. A. r. Hall this evening.
Elaborate preparations have been
made for the event. Besides a
choice literary program, Schwarz
orchestra will be present and ren.
der music throughout the evening.
Admission including refreshments
only ten cents. The invitation is
general.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-04-16

The stack of the round house,
Catawissa, collapsed Monday night.
1t fell on the rope of the whistle
causing loud and prolonged Shrek
ing. The greatest excitement pre-
vailed and until the cause was as
certained, the people were almost
terror stricken, fearing that some
terrible calamity was upon them.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-04-16

Mrs. Gertie Nickerson, Worthy
Deputy of Potter county, Pa.
writes: ULYSSES Grange, No. 1855
is slowly gaining. We have initiat-
ed five members since Jan. Ist, and
have five more applications, AT
the beginning of the year a library
was started. Some twenty maga-
zines and papers are now received
regularly. Among them, Public
Opinion, Country Life, Frank Les
lies Monthly, The Arena, The
American Inventor, Success, Every
bodies, St. Nicholas, (for the child
ren,) Fruit Growers Journal and
Hoards Dairyman."
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-04-16

The Odd Fellows of this county
are making elaborate preparations
for the celebration of their eighty
fourth anniversary at Orangeville
on April 25th. The exercises are
to be in every way commensurate
with the occasion. 1t promises to
be the biggest day Orangeville has
had for some years.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-04-16

Rev. Sawtelle delivered an ex-
cellent sermon to the fremen of
town in the old PRESBYTERIAN church
Sunday evening. He also sang a
solo in a pleasing manner and he
and Miss Media McHenry rendered
duet very effectively. Mrs. Saw
telle also sang a solo in a way that
showed considerable talent.