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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-26
HELP WANTED FEMALE.

Homework.
HousEGIRI. WANTED = Gin for General
errEce. e223 N. Broadway
HoUsEGIRL wANTED-Girl for general
hocseworlx: no children: good wages; German pre-
ferred $50 Euclid ave. city.
HOUSEHOLD wANTED-Girl for general
housework in small family; no children: no out
side work. 2sg7 Washington ave.
HousEGIRL WANTED-Gocd girl for gem
eral housework in very small family: best
OF vases paid: S6l3 Russell ave
>, m0usEtikL WANTED Girl , for general al
oen:e- gate Of Tower Grove Park.
HousEGIRI. wANTED-Compe.en: German
girl for cooking and general housework, without
washing or ironing. 4l3l Westminster place
HOUSEGIRL WANTED-A competent CIR! for
general housework: family of two: good wages.
Apply third floor west. 4Sl5 LindeH bouevaid-
HoUSEGIRL whNTEp-Colored girl for gen.
eral housework. washing and ironing; 81 per
week: must go home at night ETA owe 81.
HousEGtRL wANTED-Grl for general
work: small family upstairs. sos Market st
for light housework and take care Of two small
children; good wages. Apply 29ls Nebraska ave
HOUSEGIRL WANTED-Girl for general
housewcrii: must be good cook: wages SO: family
Cf two. Address stating reference. W 1884, Re
public.
HoUsEGIRL wANTED-Gir to do general
Homework: two in family: good home: good
wages 5os3A Delmar bou:erard: telephone Fo;
HousEwoMAN wANTED-Woman to assist
with houscwork in exchange for basement rooms:
all family. 2124 Olive.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1903-08-14
BATSON TO HANG.
Governor Refuses TO Interfere
With the Law.

Baton Rouge, La. Aug. To-
Governor Heard today informed
the mother of +. 4. Batson, who
is under sentence Of death at
Lake Charles for the murder of
the Earl family, that he had
decided not TO interfere and that
Batson would be hanged Friday,
August II. This is the first time
in the history Of Louisiana that
a governor has turned down the
recommendation of the Board of
pardons. Governor Heard's
action is due largely to the state
ment Of Judge Miller. the trial
judge, and The minority member
of the board of pardons, which
convinced the governor of Bat
sons guilt.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1903-08-14
Canning Factory Output

Following is the output of the
Alexandria canning factory to
date: $4,000 cans beans, $4,000
cans okra, 30, 900 cans tomatoes.
4 statement of the Donaldson
vile factory, given by the Demo-
crat of the 30th, gives the
following output of that factory:
23.010 two-pound and 93l
three-pouAds cans of tomatoes.
and 1865 two-pound cans of
blachberries. From I a. m. to
9:15 p. m. in one day, 1885 two
pound cans of tomatoes were
canned. a good days work for the
Donaldsonville factory.-Alexan-
dria Town Talk.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1903-08-14
HART'S SCHOOL HOUSE BURNED
The New School Building OF I l.at District Fails
Victim To An incendiary Torch=--ScI,ooI
Going On However
1t is reported here that the new

| 1t Is reported here that the ncw-
school building in The FIarr
School district was DESTROYED by
hre ut about 3 o'clock last Sun
day morning. 1t was Il new
house, recently built and furn-
lshed ut Il cost of about $350 to
the patrons of the school. and Il
prosperous school was going on
there ut the time of the fire. with
Prof. J. L. Miller As the teacher.
The fire is thought to be of in
cendiary origin as there was ne
lire anywhere near the building
and no one knew of the fire till
after the house was burned to the
ground. There has been some
trouble over the land on whicl,
the building stood. the builders
havingp ut the house there on the
assurance that Il title to the land
would be made to the parish
board as soon as the house could
be built. But after the ho.lse
was completed the owner of the
land refused to make title aud
the matter has been standing
that way up to the present time.
When the school opened it is
said that threats were made to the
effect that the school would n3t
be taught out, but little attention.
was paid to the threats. \ move
was on foot to appropriate the
land ON which the house stood
and it is thought this had some
thing to do with the buraing of it.
But the patrons of the school
are not to be outdone. and the
Old log house in which the school
used to be taught was h.,ugfff
back into service and the school
Is being taught there until ar
rangements can be made for
better one. Hart School District
is prosperous community and
supports good school and the
burning of the school house is IA
deplorable affair.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1903-08-14
L. s A. TrackIayiilg.

Tracklaying On the l.. & A.
extension from Winfield to Jena
will begin as soon as the steel
arrives, which viii be within the
next few weeks. Mr.. Walter
Summers, yho will have charge
of the work, arrived from Shreye-
gort Friday night and is stopping
at the City hotel. He brought
his wife with him and during the
night new a-pound Summers
arrived and took up his abode
with them and is now claiming
the attention aud affections of
father and mother.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1903-08-14
THE LATEST PARODY.
"Mary Had A Little Lamb" as ii
Is Printed Today.

An exchange graphically de-
scribes the conditions of today in
this manner:
Mary had Llittle lamb: that
time has passed away. No lamb
could follow up the gait that
Mary goes today. For now she,
rides on air shod wheels in skirts
too short by half; no lambkin
shares ler airy fight hut you can
see her calf. But who IS there
that can complain or cry in woe,
'.Alas.." So long As Mary's ealf's
all right the lamb can go to grass.
So eli the men delight to gaze,
their JOY is not a sham, for while
the other erittersat they have
no use for lamA
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1903-08-14
A VALUABLE POINTER.
How to Induce immigration from
the Middle West.

When our northern friends
come South and invest in home
and spend a year or more here
they grow enthusiastic over the
country, and see many good
points to write back home. A
gentleman from Indiana settled
in one of the Gulf States and
paying visit to his old Indiana
home wrote a letter to his old
home paper. He said: Il have
just returned from my farm in
the South. / am interested in
farming and stock raising. We
have 1000 acres under fence.
We turn in the native cows and
breed to short horn bulls. We
have native grass the year
through. This is a fine section of
country. The people are high
grade, up-to-date farmers. The
population is growing rapidly.
Land is cheap compared with the
land in the North, but it is in
crcasing rapidly in price. A man
can maintain a large family in
this section for the cost of winter
clothing and fuel in the North.
1t is a fine place to live. 1t is 4
fine climate, with delightful
weather in winter, aud on ac-
.count of the proximity to the
Gulf it is not SO hot in summer as
it is in the North. We get from
900 to 400 gallons of fine syrup
per acre and other things in pro-
portion. =
If we had one or two such far
mers here writing back to their
northern home papers we would
have no trouble of getting many
good immigrants who would be
valuable to our section of coun-
try.-Monroc News.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1903-08-14
CANNING FACTORIES.
They VIII Do More Good Than
Is Supposed.

The Alexandria Town Talk
says:
The value Of canning facto-
rics to Il community Is much
more than most people suppose.
In some states canning factories
have been successfully operated
for many years, and have enrich
ed the owners of the factories as
we'll as farmers and truck grow
ers who sell to them. In some
Of the states the factories were
located in what is considered Il
poor country" but the farmers
by fertilizing have placed there
farms IN Il high state of cultiya-
ton, and all their success and
prosperity has been due to the
fact that they could always sell
What they raised, right at home,
aud for cash.
The canning factory is virtu-
ally IL new industry in Louisiana.
Up to this year we do not rc,nem-
ber of Il factory being in opera
ton in the State. but we know OF
three which have been canning
this season, viz: At Alexandria,
Thibodaux and Donaldsonville.
Canning factory machinery has
been erected at other points in
Louisiana during the past year,
and next spring we hope to see 1T
least three more factories busily
at work.
Louisiana is one of the best
states for vegetables in the Union,
and the fruit and berry yield is
also fairly good. There is no
reason why Louisiana should not
head the list of states where veg
etables are canned for the mar
kets Of the world.
Another good feature about
canning factories is. that consid-
ering the outlay for machinery,
no investment gives 50 much
employment to home labor. a
cotton factory demands the ex-
penditure of "a hundred thousand
dollars, or more, while five thou
sand will put a canning factory IN
operation.
I'VE believe that the Alexan-
dria canning factory. in year or
two, will be unable to can the
vegetables ani fruit brought to
Il, and when the time arrives
another factory should be erected.
Ii we can get all the small farmers
contiguous to this city planting
vegetables fer canning factories.
prosperity now undreamed of
will come to the farmers fas we'll
as all business interests Of this
portion of the parish; and seeing
what is being done in Alexandria
ward, ether sections of the parish
will take up the same industry
and our people will have dollars
where they now have dimes.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1903-08-14
TOES SHOT OFF.
Albert Luther Lost A Couple of
Toes Accidentally.

On Tuesday of last week
Albert luther, who resides near
Couley in ward five, sustained i
painful though not serious acci-
dent. He visited a neighboring
farm and carried his single-barrel
shot gun along to shoot squirrels
along the way. Heand his neigh
Dor, Bud Jones. had been setting
down and had examined the gun
unbreaching it. They must have
failed to let the hammer down.
for when they started to 90, and
Luther was walking with the
muzzle of the gun resting on his
right foot. it exploded tearing a
a hole through his toes.
DR.. Peters of this place was
called to see him, and the Doctor
advised that he come here for
treatment. He arrived Friday
and it was found necessary TO am
putate the second and third toes,
which was done by Drs. Peters &
Peters. The wound is now get
ting along fairly we'll. Mr.. Lu-
ther is a young man and a son of
Mr.. j. NJ. Luther of Couiey.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1903-08-14
Coinnlissary Burned.

The commissary of j. Hugh
Walker, one of the grading con
trac tors on the L. & \. railroad.
was burned near Georgetown one
night last week. Tie camp had
been moved up this side Of
Georgetown to help finish az
some work and nobody was about
the commissary. 1t contained the
tents. tools, etc., of the outfit.
The fire is believed to have been
the work of an incendiary and tIse
X. M. Quigley Construction
offering a reward for evidence e
convict the party or parties. NJ
Walker believes the house was
burned with malicious intent. a.
he has been shot ut more than
once frem ambush in that section,
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1903-08-14
GRUESOME FIND.
Dry Bones OF A Man Found on
Arkansas Southern

The Ruston Leader reports q
most gruesome discovery at or
near Elmo, seven miles south of
HUSTON on the Arkansas Southern
railroad. a crowd of negro boys,
while near the railroad. were
attracted by buzzards to a thichct
where they found the remains Of
a white man. The flesh had been
stripped fInm the bones By buz-
yards and hogs and the bones
scattered about. The coroner
was notified and an inquest held.
Clothes which had been worn
by the man were of good texture
which showed him to have been
of some consequence. 4 search
of the clothing revealed a large
pocketbook containing a certifi-
cate of oil stock in a company at
Pacossa Springs, Texas, and
silver dime. In a shall pocket
in the shirt was found three $40
gold pieces and a baggage check.
Investigation revealed the fact
that the dead mans yalise has
teen in the hands of the bag
gage man at Ruston for over two
which shows the remote
ness of the mans death.
The bones were found in a |
dense thicket where but little
travel is done and probably would
never have been found but for
the curiosity of the negro boys. |
At the depot with the dead man. $
valise was a kit of machinist's
tools. and in the vaIise was a
vest to match the coat found |
VIII titt DOHto. III tnC tSSo NstsH |
a letter addressed to II. l.. Adj
gett, probably the dead man :
name. as it is the name in which |
The oil stock is issued. There
was also a money order receipt |
for sio to John Adgett; letter
~ G. E. Hadley of Priest River, !
Idaho, bearing date of March.
1903, and in a memorandum
book Is also the address Of c. 4.
at Sand Point, Idaho,
Box 100, and a poll tax receipt
FOR $500.
1t is the opinion that the man
met a violent death. probably at
.he hands of robbers, who over
Iooked the gold in the small
pocket in the shirt. An effort
will be made to learn more of the
and unravel tiff possible.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1903-08-14
Mrs. lila Mathis.

Mrs. Tia Mathis, the young wife
of our friend t. IL. Mathis, died
at their home at Calvin last Sat
urday. after an illness lasting
several days. She was 4 daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Garner
who reside in the eighth ward.
The Sentinel tenders c0ndoleace
to the bereayed.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1903-08-14
Wallace Sold Out.

On Tuesday G. p. Mathis,
formely senior member of the
firm of Mathis 6 Siess. purchased
the mercantile business, good
will and all Of w. NJ. Wallace,
the Jones street merchant, and
has taken possession. where ne is
now ready to meet his numerous
friends and customers. He will
hanale . tinc of general merchan-
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1903-08-14
After the Hogs.

The Board of Aldermen re-
fused to repeal the hog ordinance
and instructed the marshal to-
enforce the law. As a result his
razorbackness is being caralled
occasionally.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1903-08-14
C0ULEY NOTES.
Personais--Correspo pendent Anxious
About Candidates.
Special to The Sentinel.

I special 10 Inc SSEttIei.
Couley La. Aug. I've are
having too much rain fer cotton
Il. B. Kennedy is progressing
slowly harvesting hay on account
Of the rainy weather.
c. W. Worsham and family,
and Mrs. T. J. TeddIie, returned
last week from visit to relatives
at Lincecum, La.
Quite number OF our people
attended the campmeeting at Eb-
enezer.
Hon. c. Moss, Superintendent
of schools visited some of the
schools, in this part Tuesday and
Wednesday.
Looney Wyatt is at home
again, after an absence of several
months.
Albert Luther accidently shot
himself in the foot Tuesday while
hunting. DR.. j. j. Peters of
Winfield was summoned to dress
the wound and pronounced it a
painful one. DIR. Peters advised
his removal to Winfield where he
could be treated more promptly.
which was done yesterday.
B. S. Kennedy has been on the
sick list for several days.
Miss Annie Lee Furguson, Of
Atlanta. has charge of the Couley
school, which is progressing
nicely.
j. 4. Jackson passed through
Monday on a visit to relatives and
friends at Clear Lake and Calvin, |
La.
I. &. Milan and family. ae=
eompamed by C.M. Sven,lsen and
wife and I. d. Machen. came out
Monday on a fish. They were
Joined by Dr.. T. j. Milan and |
family, of Calvin. We trust they |
caught plenty of the iinny tribe |
and had apleasant outing.
W. d. Sherwood of Sarlis was
here last Saturday.
Bob Stroud of Calvin was here
Tuesday.
Walter Everett has charge of
lhe mail from here to st Maurice
now.
6. NJ. Wyatt is on a business
rip to Shreveport this week.
p. Kieffer visited at Clear Lake
Sunday. Pete is manifesting
much interest In y certaian belle
)l tIlat Vicinity ]tlSt NOW.
G.. NJ. Wyatt has sold his entire
gin and grist mill to Steve Stroud,
who will "do business at the
same stand.
Is it possible we are not going
10 have any candidates for the
various offices in this parish?
We have slightly heard of two
ior sheriff. From what the
writer can gain, there is much
.anyassing and "stiIl hunting by
going on. A good corn
md "tater' crop (Which we
lase) will justify more candi-
lates than ever, so let 'em come.
SrprppIEp
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1903-08-14
Oil Excitement.

Interest in the Winfield Oil
company's well was revived We'd
nestlay when several large rocks
were thrown out of the pipe by the
pressure from below. Drilling
is going on and every inch the
drill goes down the gas pressure
grows stronger. The drillers are
keeping a lookout for an eAplos-
ion of oil III any time.
Truck growing bids fair to be
the coming industry Of North
heuisiiana.
.7z1sl1
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1903-08-14
LOU SIANA NEWS IN PARAGRAPHS.
Brief Summary of the Important Hapneu,cs of
the Week Throughout the Pelican
State---The Latest News

Az Garter, sixteen Years old
Shot and Killed his brother-in-lay
David II al near kentwood Sun
day.
Eagene jolly used a six-shootel
and killed Jose Nenable in Shreye
port. Both negroes.
The North Louisiana Planters
Association held a three day.
session III Shreveport, beginnin g
"Wednesday.
The plant Of the Louisiana
Paper company has started up at
Shreveport. 1t is the first plant
in the state to turn out printed
Wrapping paper.
Judge ]. I. Watkins, at a bar
becue in Webster parish, stated
that he is candidate for gov
-ernor only and would not accept
some other place on the ticket as
compromise.
The city council of Alexandra
is advertising for the sale of $685.
600 of bonds, which will be used
for paving purposes.
The body of Nelson Jenkins, a
young white man who fled from
Mississippi to escape the wrath
Of the relatives of a girl he be-
trayed, was found in the woods in
St. Helena parish.
The North Louisiana Institute
corps hes finished its work for
this summer.
The new courthouse of Lincoln
parish has heen completed and
received by the police jury. In
round numbers the cost is s55.-
900.
Martin L. Neal. a prominent
rice planter, was killed by a train
at Gueydan.
The municipal officers nomina-1
ted BY citizens of Zachary re-
fused to act and the town is with
out officers.
Arthur Leibut got leg badly
crushed In the mill of the Grant
lumber comp my at Selma and
bad to have it amputated.
The city council of Lake
Charles has decided to prohibit
gambling in all forms in that city.
Aatchitoches has a new ice
plant and steam laundry in oper-
ation.
The 6-year-old SON of Mrs. B.
81. bnede was crushed to death at |
Abbeyille BY a pile of lumber
which toppIed over.
People of Jewella had a big
oarbecue Tuesday at which Judge
Blanchard and Congressman Bra
seAle were the principal speakers.
Farmers of Red River parish |
nave organized a permanent
parish institute.
Dave Hink.e was stabbed five
anles by Rube Bittner at Vivian
= Caddo parish.
Shreveport Woodmen of the
Grid are making big prepar-
IONS for a Logrolling there in
itelnber.
lincoln parish will hold fair
kuston early in October.
New iberia has increased the
enlSipal liquor liense to ST.
per annum.
ast Carroll parish had a
elskey election and went wet by
isrge majority.
eoiored prisoner in Jail at
alchItolies charged with muir
zng his wife died of typhoid
lIliam Bradford, an architect
building contractor. has dis
cared from Lake Providence
90 trace of him can be found.
ee police jury of st. Mary
A has recently expended $5,-
en the public roads Of that
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1903-12-30
Marriage Ceremonies Under Old
Law are Valid

The publication Of the discovery
that the law requires marriage
licenses to be issued by clerks OF
the Circuit Courts instead Of the
County Courts, has unnecessarily
disturbed many people, especially
those who have recently entered
into connubial bliss. While the
General Assembly erred in making
effective from its passage on De-
cember 12tl, 1903, instead of
February LIST, 1904, the bill regr-
lating marriage licenses, the fact
is, according to the opinion of
good lawyers, that not one Of
the marriages performed will be in
the least affected by the error,
whether tie law is amended or
not.
The law has been complied with
go far as the contracting parties
were able to comply, and the con-
tract entered into is valid in law.
Marriages are civil contracts, and
as such with witnesses, the cere-
monies are good in law. AS for
the other phase Of the question,
marriage is above ali "A religious
institution, and is as sacred and
inviOlable under existing circum-
stances as under the old regime
when county clerks were autho-
rized to grant licenses.
The oversight by the law makers
was one of those things that are
always liable to occur in the hurry
of the closing days of General
Assembly. AS soon as the mis-
take was discovered, steps were at
once taken TO remedy the same.
Senator J. Lawrence Campbell Of
Bedford county, and yesterday
elected to represent Rockbridge and
Bedford, as the successor Of the
late Judge Galloway Brow, last
Tuesday introduced bill in the
Senate to validate all marriages
performed by the granting Of
licenses since December 18th. The
measure passed the Senate, but on
account of the failure to get a
quorum in the House, it had to
carry over until after the holidays.
In Rockbridge County Clerk
Shields issued Is licenses from the
18th to the 25th, all of which will
come under this law. Since that
time he has been issuing licenses
as deputy clerk of the Circuit
Court; hence there can be no
question about the validity of
licenses now being issued here.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1903-12-30
Glasgow

Gazette Correspondence.
Dec. 29.-Miss Ida Cleveland, who IL
attending Hollins, is spending the
holidays at her home here.
Misses Jean and Martha Paxton of
the Southern Seminary, are spendi ing
the holidays with theil parents, Mr.
and Mrs X. Ct. Paxton.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Douglass Moose
and little son of Lynchburg, who
have been visiting the Misses Moose,
returned home Monday.
Mr.. Charles L. LocEer is visiting
relatives here.
Miss Pansy Edwards of Lynchburg
is the guest Of her sister Mrs. b. &.
Baldwin.
Mr.. Harry o. Locher, Jr.. of Rich
mond, is spending the holidays with
his parents, at "Kelvin Grove"
Cadets Locher and Paxton of V. p.
]. are here for the holidays.
Santa Claus visited the Presby-
terrain Sunday school Christmas
night and lett very sweet and sub
stantial evidence OF his love for the
little ones. A pretty tree hung with
goodies" and gifts of various kinds
delighted the hearts of the little ones,
and made them repeat the often made
wish of the little folks, THAT Christ.
mas would come twice q year"
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1903-12-30
Strong Proof
John l.. Henderson, Superinten-
dent of the Poor, Gives Nolun-
tary Public Testimony.

A man in public life stands upon his
recori. He must speak the truth or he
loses the publics confid, nee The fol-
lowing public statement, made by John
l.. Henderson, Superintendent OF the
Poor, and prominent business man Of
Lexington, commands respect.
"NIy kidneys troubled me for twenty
years off and on. Tried many different
remedies but without obtaining any per-
mancnt relief. had an almost constant
heavy dull aching across the small OF
my back and often was taken with severe
stitches of pain so that could not stand.
did not rest comfortably and when |
first arose in the morning felt tired and
worn out. The secretions from the kid
neys were Of high color and whole sys-
tenn seemed TO be affected. Reading some
advertisements about Doan's Kidney
Pills | concluded to try that remedy and
procured box at b. II. Gorrelps drug
store. They gave me prompt and efficient
relief. have never given my name be-
fore for publication in this way but the
great amount OF good | received from
Doan's Kidney Pills warrants me in
now doing So
For sale by all dealers. Price 80 cents
per box. Foster Milburn Co, Buffalo,
n. Y, sole agents for the t. s.
Remember the name-Doan sand
take no substitute.