davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-06-10
#1iste1taaeuus geadina.
A NATIONAL CONVENTION.
Great Work That Is Performed Always
Under Stress.

Onoer stress.
Few people who have not been able
to attend one Of the great conventions
at which the delegates thus elected
gather to select a presidential candi-
date, can appreciate how wonderfully
dramatic and enthusiastic they are.
To begin with, when the national COM
mittee selects the place Of meeting, it
Is guided first Of all by the size Of the
hall. In the last ten years, there has
probably been no hall used for a ma
tional convention which did not seat
from twelve to fourteen thousand peo-
Pile. The largest one ever used was at
Kansas City in 1900. On the floor are
thousand delegates, thousand alter
mates, not far from five hundred jour-
nalists, representing the pick of the
American press and full a thousand
prominent men, not always Of the
both parties attend occasionally the
conventions Of their rivals. In the rear
Of the floor seats and in the galleries
are from eight to ten thonsand people
interested in the convention. At varf,.
Gus points ,,are stationede the bandA
each with a leader who watches out
for the moment to strike up in celebra-
tion of the arrival Of the particulsg :
politician or statesman by whom he
has been engaged. AS men come in
who are known, cheers go up and
noisy music rings out. AS gradually
the convention settles down into
quietude the leaders are seen moving
from delegation to delegation, trying to
effect a compromise here or to work
a trade there. The first day. as rule,
little is done. The committees are ap-
pointed and the committee on resolu-
tions wrangles for several Eours. The
people who attend the convention go
away in despair, and the sessions of
the convention are cut down to a very
few moments in the morning and af-
ternoon. When the fight Of the bal
lot comes on, the real drama COM
mences. Then men known by name
from Sandy Hook to the Golden Gate
check off one by one the votes Of the
various delegations, and a gain or a
loss is signalized by cheers and enthu-
siasm. If a nomination Is made, the
scene is one which Is possibly equaled
nowhere else In the world. No man
who saw the nomination Of Mr.. Bry-
an in SO, the nomination Of Harrison
in '92, or the later nomination Of Bryan
in 1900 can forget the enthusiasm which
attended the completion of the work
of these conventions. Men Of stand
ing, politically and financially, great
men in the nation, acted like children,
danced with banners, seized horns ard
trombones, attempting to play tunes
upon them. If I may be permitted a
pei sonal reminiscence, the most pic
turesque spectacle that has been seen
in any convention, at least in my time,
was when Senator Clark Of Montana,
widely known as the richest man In
the United States, carrying banner in
one hand and holding on his arm
the one woman delegate IN the 1900
convention, lady from Utah, led the
grand march in the Kansas City con-
vention hall in celebration Of the NOM
ination of Mr.. Bryan.-The Pilgrim.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-06-10

Unidentified animal matter ....... 5
| OF the insects mentioned in this list
only three varieties are said to be ben
eficial: ground beetles, carrion beetles
and spiders. They comprise only II
per cent Of the animals diet, while %
per cent Of all the insects he destroys
are described as neutral. They are
ants and worms and have both good
and bad qualities.
But Of the remaining 81 per cent of
insects which the toad eats. caterpil-
lars and cutworms, beetles. sow bugs,
snails and grasshoppers, moths, wire
worms and potato bugs ell damage a
farmers crops or his goods to an ap-
preciable extent.
Nor can any one sniff at this table
and say that toad is too small to eat
bugs to count for anything. The
amount Of food the little animal con-
sumes, Mr.. Kirkland says, is remarka-
BILE.
| In one stomach IT thousand-legged
4 worms were found; in another were 81
tent caterpillars. Sixty-five gypsy
moths were found in the stomach Of a
third, and IS army worms in a fourth.
Eighty-six housef1ies are also said to
have disappeared down the throat OF
one toad In less then ten minutes; and
the record Of stuffing Is held by anoth-
er, who was still hungry after consum-
ing 80 rose bugs.
Using his experiments as a basis.
Mr.. Kirkland has estimated that in
NINETY days a single toad may destroy
216O cutworms, 1900 myriapods, 2,160
sow bugs, 3,240 ants, $50 weevils and
as many ground beetles.
Laws protect our insectivorous
BIRDS" says Mr.. Kirkland, "as we'll as
others whose worth to man Is, to say
the least a debatable question. The
toad's worth is an established fact.
Should 1t not receive similar protec-
tion?"
Farmers who have realized the value
Of having many toads on their lands
have planned to establish toad colo
nies but, unless the animals are
brought a considerable distance, trou-
BILE will be encountered because Of
their strong homing instinct.
Toads, as a rule, Mr.. Kirkland tells
us, live year after year in the same
locality. One animal Is believed to
have occupied the same dooryard for
twenty-three years, and F. H. Mosher
of Westport. Mass, has positive knowl-
edge of a toad that occupied a certain
feeding ground for at least eight
years.
| But toad colonies can be formed. as
is shown by the experience of the au-
thoress, Celia Thaxter, who found her
gardens on the Isles of Shoals, off the
Massachusetts coast, overrun by In
sects and snails. A considerable num-
ber of toads were imported from the
mainland with the result that In
short time the pests were suppressed.
The best plan for forming colony,
Mr.. Kirkland says, Is to provide
breeding place and carry the toads to
1t at mating time, so that later In the
season, when the young toads leave the
water, they may establish themselves
| in the vicinity. A shallow pool having
small, but constant water supply Is
all that Is needed-New York Sun.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-06-10
Mrs. Mason began chatting aottlt Altce'

Mrs. Mason began chatting aotth Alice.
stant she found herself shaking hands
with q rotund and gray haired lady OF
dignified bearing, but Of kind and
courteous manner. An introduction to
Edith followed. and then Frank ac-
knowledged her polite How do you
do, Mr.. NasonT with his very best
bow.
Mrs. Mason began chatting with
Alice in the pleasantest way and with
seemingly cordial interest In all she
said, while Blanch kept quiet and
Edith devoted herself to Albert. 1t
was after the second curtain when
Mrs. Mason said: II must insist that
you divide your visit with US. Miss
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-06-10

.sI The man who Is too meek to speak
in meeting gets over it before the elec-
ton. =! =
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-06-10

TT The divided spirit cannot do d.
vine service.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-06-10
CHAPTER XXXVIII.

70 HE proposed change did not
seem to disturb Aunt Susan
ssSS1 much, although Alice noticed
81 that she was more quiet than
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-06-10
CHAPTER XXXVII.

f~ HE mountains around Sand
gate were aflame with the
s scarlet and gold Of autumn
tSk2J before life seemed quite as
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1904-08-04
]. E. DEL0ACH.
After q Lingering Illness He
Finally Succumbed.

1t was with feelings of sorrow
that this community heard the
report that Jonn E. DeLoach
died vt 6 o'clock Saturday eve
ming, July. 80. He had been in
bad health for more than q year.
Although he had shown symptoms
Of getting better, his death was
not unexpected. He was at one
time sheriff. of this parish and
was always peacable. lawabiding
citizen and had many friends, the
number only limited BY the ex-
tent of his acquaintance. He
was q member of tho Knights ol
Pythias and Masonic fraternities:
| He leaves a wife and several
small children, . host of relatives
and friends to mourn his death
His remains were laid to rest a
Union church, six miles north
east Of Winfield Sunday evening
Rev. S. r. Morris, pastor Of th'
First Baptist church Of Winniiel'
lcondncting the funeral service
- ,zs2>-,..-.-z = S e.s<<.f1->..< zvl1.l
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1904-08-04
STUDEBAKER VEHICLES 4 Z: e..
We .:s:.s 81 them: NM FISHER DRY GOODS CO., I'd. !
A JAIL DELIVERY.
Prisoner Tore UP a Cot and
"Swung Out"

Sunday morning between the
hours of s and IL O'Clock Walter
Lewis, a white man, broke jail
and escaped and has not been
captured up to this time.
Lewis was put in Jail the latter
part of last May for stealing a
pistol from j. l.. Patterson of
Dodson while the two were pass
engers on the Arkansas Southern
train going to Ruston. Patter-
SON caught him with the pistol
and brought him back here and
placed him in Jail. He later
pleaded guilty of the charge and
was sentenced to sixty days in
Jail. He had served forty days
of the sentence when he escaped.
Lewis with others prisoners
had been allowed to remain out
of the cells and in the corridor of
the jail where they could get
some exercise. The Jail had not
been searched for few days
and it is supposed a knife was
smuggled to Lewis by someone.
He ripped up a cot and going
into the cupola on top of the Jail
raised sash and tied the strips
made from the cot together. He
fastened one end in the cupola
and slid down the string to the
ground and went on about his
business. there being no one
stirring about town at the time
and few people in town who
knew the man. He had an easy
thing of it.
The cupoia of the Jail is pro-
vided with several windows and
they have nothing in them but
thin sash. 1t is an easy matter
for a prisoner to escape unless he
is kept in the cells, The police
jury at its July session authorized
the sheriff to have CRATES or bars
put in these windows and the
has been made for the
work, but Lewis took advantage
of the opportunity and escaped
before the bars were put in.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1904-08-04

Others. Following is a statement
in his own words:
"Crickett Simmons is dead.
She came to her death Thursday
night between 10 and Ii O'Clock,
because the mother wanted to
dispose of her so that when she
left home she would not be trou-
bled with the child. | was pres
ent when the child was being de-
stroyed. Kate Champion was
present also. Nit Hinson was
present also. Nit held the child's
feet and Mat held its mouth and
cut its throat. Kate was stand
ing right up over Mat. / did not
have anything to do with it ex-
cept to go with them. They did
not ask me to 60 with them.
After they did the work they all
went back home.'
Nit Hinson and her friends
claim she can prove allbi. Mat
Page, the child's mother, denies
the accusation, presistently as.
serting that she does not know
whether the child is dead or alive,
and pleading her innocense of
any knowledge of the crime.
A bloody knife was found by Il
sheriff Pullen concealed in one of |
Kate Champions shoes, since she |
has been in Jail.
John Less, another negro
charged with completely in the
crime, was jailed Monday. We
have not heard the circumstances
leading to his arrest.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1904-08-04
School Exercises.

The Pleasant Hill school will
close on Friday evening August
IL tn, and on the Saturday night
following appropriate exercises
will mark the closing of the best
session the school has ever had.
Prof. Founder has arranged a
splendid programs and extends an
invitation to all who would like
to do so to attend. The schoc.
is near DR.. A. p. Collins place
on the Tullos road eight miles
east of Winfield.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1904-08-04
Change Of Scenery.

Jno. B. Smith, who has been
chief clerk in the Winfield post
Office since March, 1908. has
changed places, having accepted
q position in the store of L. Siess
where he will be pleased to meet
and serve his numerous friends.
He will be missed in the post
Office, but if his friends will call
at the Siess new brick store they
will find him ready to jump the
counter, or the moon if neces-
sary, to wait on them.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1904-08-04
WATKINS ELECTED
He Carried Seven of the
Nine Parishes.
Received a Majority of Over 700
in the District--Old Winn
Gave Big Majority.

In the election last Thursday
Judge j. T. Watkins was nom.
mated for Congressman from
this, the Fourth, district by a
majority of about 700. The Ex-
ecutlve Committee will meet in
Shreveport today to canvass the
returns and officially promulgate
the result of the election, and un-
til the committie issues its state
ment the exact result will not be
known. 1t is certain however,
that Judge Watkins carried
seven out of the nine parishes
comprising the district. He car
ried Bienville, Bossier, Red
River, Webster and Winn, while
his opponent, Mr.. Breazeale,
carried Caddo and Natchitoches.
These parishes did not give Mr..
Breazeale the majorities the Wat
kins supporters had expected, and
they had also expected Red River
to give Mr.. Breazeale a majority.
But after the result in Caddo and
Natchitoches were known Wat
kins' nomination was conceded
even should Red River give Me.
Breazeale a majority.
The vote in Winn parish was
very light only one-half the reg
istered vote being polled. Follow
ing is che vote by wards:
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1904-08-04
Mexican Shot q Negro.

Last Friday night a Mexican
shot q negro named Hill Williams,
the difficulty taking place near
the Arkansas Southern depot.
Tie ball broke the negro's right
collar bone and ragged down into
the chest. A second shot was
fred but it missed. The Mex
lean sslit ! shuck" and has not
been heard Of while the negro
will get we'll.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1904-08-04
THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL.
The Southern Sentinel Has Been
Designated as Such.

BY reference to q notice in an
other column it will be seen tina
The Southern Sentinel has bee,
designated by Parish Printe,
Payne as the official journal OF
the parish. This is a tribute o.
which The Sentinel is iustl,
proud. And the police jury and
Mr.. Payne are to be commended
for the manner in which the
"public printing question" ha:
been settled. It could not have
been settled better, perhaps,
than it now is.
Feeling that the proceedings of
the police jury are published for
the benefit of the public, the
police jury endeavored to have
the work done where the greatest
number could see it without
going to the extra cost Of sub
scribing for other papers than
the one they are already taking,
and as nearly everybody in the
parish wants paper from the
parish seat, The police jury re-
quested that Mr.. Payne have the
printing done at WINFIELD,
in his own paper by moving here
or in one of the papers already
here After looking into the
matter thoroughly and consider
ing the wishes of the police jury,
expressed by resolution and
adopted almost UNANIMOUSLY,
Mr.. Payne has decided upon a
plan that will be satisfactory to
oil persons, or at least it should
be. He has named the Southern
Sentinel as the official journal
and it will do the printing Off
cially. weile the same work will
be done in his paper, The Dodson
Times. for the benefit of its
readers. This will give the in-|
formation contained in the Off
cial proceedings to all the people
in the parish without it being
necessary for any person to
change his subscription from one
paper to the other. As stated in
Mr.. Payne's notice, all notices
and advertisements required to
be made by law must be made in
The Sentinel, which will carry
out ths request of the police jury
that the printing be done in
WINFIELD, and the publication
of the matter in The Dodson
Times will carry out the desire to
zive the matter the greatest pos
sible publicity.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1904-08-04
The Farmers Meeting.

All persons interested in farming
should make it point to attend
the meeting at WINFIELD Aug.
20. There will be large crowd
on hand and it IS expected that
several prominent men will be
present and deliver lectures on
agricultural subjects. It will
not be q political meeting, but
one soley for farmers and those
interested in farming.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1904-08-04

Total 415 121
1t will be noticed that wards 2
and 6 made it unanimous for
Watkins while ever other ward
in the parish give him good ma
jorites.
Judge Watkins, on learning of
the vote given him by -Winn.
wired his thanks for the support
and expressed a desire to so con-
duet himself as TO merit the con-
fidence manifested by our people.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1904-08-04
Seventh-day Adventists.

The Seventh-day Adventist of
Louisiana are holding their Sec
ond annual conference at Arcadia
beginning last Monday for ten
day session. Delegates from
differents parts of the state are
present.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1904-08-04
CRIME
Negro Child Killed by It's
Mother.
Town of BienviIle the Scene
Of a Most Revolving
Crime.

| Ihe Rlnggold Register of Ring.
gold. Bienville parish, contains
the following particulars of a
crime committed at Bienyille In
that parish:
Last Sunday morning DIR. j.
III. Givens, coroner of this parish,
was notified that an inquest was
necessary to be held at Bienville.
The dead body of a negro girl,
apparently about four years old,
was found in a thicket of woods
near the main street of the town.
Its throat had been cut from ear
to ear, and when found the body
was being deyoured by hogs.
The coroner empanelled a jury
of inquest composed of j. c. Nc
Coy, j. w. Bruelton, G. w. Sut-
ton, w. O. Townsend, and j. T.
Bryan. The verdict reached by
the jury was in substance that
the child came to her death by
having its throat cut at the hands
of Matte Page and Nit Hinson,
and named as accessories Charley
Taylor and Kate Champion, all
negroes. Evidence adduced at
the inquest led to the arrest of
each of these parties. They are
now in Jail at Arcadia, commit
ted without bail to answer the
charge of murder, except Nit
Hinson, admitted to bail in the
SUM of $500.
Briefly, the facts which led to
the discovery of the murder and
the arrest of the alleged murder
ers are as follows:
Mat Page is mother of the child,
. disrepuutable woman, living at
the time with Chas. Taylor in "a
house on III. f. Scheen's place
where she was employed as cook.
One morning she remarked with
in hearing of Mr.. Scheen that
some one had stolen Cricket
Chat was the child's name) the
night before. Mr.. Scheen noticed
that she referred to the alleged
kidnapping in an Indifferent way
and manifested no concern about
it further than to say it was sto-
len. This and other circum-
stances led to the suspicion of
her and her paramour. Taylor.
The latter being accused of
knowledge of the. crime finally
admitted that it had been slain
and claimed it was thrown i'm a.
creek near town. One searching
party at once began dragging the
creek, while another was inspect
ing every nook and corner in and
about town in search of the body.
Members of the latter party fin
ally discovered the body at the
spot and in the condition above
described.
Taylor, in his testimony before
the jury of inquest. made a clean
breast Of the whole affair, which
involved himself and each of the
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1904-08-04

William Smith, nego working
Ga ! levee above New Orleans
was kicked By ! mule and carried
to tho hospital whore i ,~s ~sss found
bis wounde ~ere serious. Upon
e..ssr,lne Of his conditions the
homeless man insisted upon get
ting ! lawyer to bis bedside when
Re willed tho sum Of 81 ,075, which
be had On deposit 10 tie bsnk 9
IS. Fraacis1ille, La, and al he
90 "a . earth - ~ Gha<its
Flcof ~ q 11ev lEleo1g
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1904-08-04
Industrial Institute.

The Louisiana Industrial I:s-
titute ut Ruston will open its
doors September 21. From pres
ent indications the Institute will
have the largest attendance dur
ing the comirg session in its
history.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1904-08-04
SING. CONVENTION
Pleasant Hill People En-
tertained the Crowd.
All Present Had q Good Time
and Enjoyed an Excel
lent Dinner.

Last Sunday the East Dugde
monia Singing Convention hell
forth at Pleasant Hill church il
ward two. This conv ention wa,
organized several years ago and
has for its object the improve
ment of the singing facilities a,
the various churches in that
section of the country. Nc
church is complete without a
good choir and it is the object of
this convention to meet at the
different churches at stated times
aud practice the art of singing.
As y result of the work of the
convention all the churc hes visit
ed BY the convention have choirs
that furnish excellent music for
the services.
At Pleasant Hill Sunday DR..
A. P. Collins presided as chair
man Of the convention and o. X.
Allen as secretary, DR.. Collins
called the house tn order and
called on Prof. j. A. McMurray.
to lead the singing. For moro
than an hour the audience en-
ioyed the excellent music OF the
happy young men and young
ladies who make up the conven-
ton. It was truly inspiring to
be, after 7-mile drive, among
the crowd in that grove surround-
ed by the beautiful piney woods,
and listen to the faultless singing
of the choir more than fifty
strong. And to make it all the
more inspiring was the thoughts
Of the numerous boxes and bas-
kets snugly tucked away in the
wagons and buggies to be brought
out in due time. The Sentinel
nan was there and the thought
of the boxes and baskets In
spired him.
At 1890 o'clock the conven-
ton adjourned for dinner. An
abundance of almost everything
ono could ask for was spread on
the long benches under the trees
and divine blessing invoked.
By the thoughtful request of
Dr.. Collins The Sentinel man
vas allowed to dine with the
balance Of the crowd and such .
feastl The people there know
how to prepare for such occa-
Mons and they had not failed in
apy particular on this occasion.
After dinner and q short ssrest-
ing spell'. to give the boys :
few minutes to chat, the con-
vention was again call to order
and business session held. DR..
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1904-08-04

Tie Republican papers are not
having quite so much to say
about Judge Parker's .'silence.
as they we're wont to do. They
have found out that he knows
when to speak, and what to say.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1904-08-04
Postoflce Sunday Hours.

Sunday hours at the WINFIELD
postofIice have been changed. Al
now arranged the Office will be
open from 8 to 10 o'clock a. M,
and from 3:15 to 4:15 p. m, on
Sundays. The lobby will remain
open all day so that those who
have lock boxes can get their
mail.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-12-30
Notice Of Forest Reserve Lieu

Notice Of Forest Reserve Lieu
Seleetion.-(e61oD
United States Land Office,
Santa Fe, n, NJ, Dee, 10. 1904,
Notice is hereby given that the san
Ia 70 Pacific Railroad Company, by
Howell Jones, It's Land Commissioner,
whose Post Office address Is Topeka
Kansas, applied At the L, =, Land
Office, at Santa Fe, New Mexico, on
November IS, 1904, under the provis'
ions OF the Act OF Congress OF June
ith, 1897. TO make Forest Reserve
Lieu Selection, In lieu Of lands sur
rendered by said company In the San
Francisco Mountains Forest ResU yo,
Arizona, TO the United States, for the
following described tracts OF surveyed
public lands, towit:
The s. II. IA OF Section No. :. Town
ship l6 North. Range IA East OF the
New Mexico Meridian.
within the Thirty (S0) days
period OF publication Of the notice OF
such application, protests against
said application and selection on the
ground that the lands described, or
any part thereof. are more valuable
for mineral than for agricultural pur'
poses, should be filed In said land of
flee at Santa Fe. New Mexico.
MANUEL II. OTERO, Register,
First Publication, Dec. Is, 1904