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The Greeley tribune., 1904-07-07
STAMP
kMps, BLUE STAMPS,
ANY STAMPS.
lame to the Grafters as
lunanv Owns Them
LAre After Greeley
Merchants.

hin, stamp fiend has struck
Id along with Denver their
to push into Greeley If
E.rardless Of the cost to
hen. With the giving OF
BY merchants this story
\ to do. 1t is with the
are operating as owners
keen Trading Stamp. alias
Trading Stamp, alias the
king Stamp, that we have
Fhe scheme is for a smooth
10 hit the town, see some
or rather, one IN eacn
line, explain that by the
| nd gift OF green trading
! Ihich are only sold to one
in each line, mind you,
Is man can add largely to
| and encourage cash pur-
the stamps are only given
sales. 1t looks plausible,
as many business men as
BID lines, bite, then comes
both Salesman No. 2 who
trading stamps, and ex-
thOse business firms that
bked to come in on the
t, that he represents a
bpany than No. |, and this
IS up one in a line. In a
comes Salesman No. 3 for
fading stamps, and repeats
those who failed to con-
the first two fellows. By
' the town is pretty we'll
! nearly erynody Is CIV
fading stamps, which cost
four to ten per cent OF
Sales, and the customer, II
pugh stamps and the 6fm
the stamps don't break
amp, gets as a premium
le that is listed at from
times its wholesale cost.
fme has had its run all
past and has made a few
pf Its owners, but not a
The firms who were per
take it up. We append
lngs from Denver papers
Just how it is regarded
nile premimus are often
Oh pushing certain lines OF
Is far more satisfactory
Fichant TO furnish them
d turn down the outside
nus he can furnish better
Al less cost and be sure OF
An effort is being made
En- out of Greeley, us has
'V' The past seven years.
epfesenting two branches
pdny Claiming of course
Two companies have nc
nave already been here
mail ioothold, put there
mat the firms VINO con.
stamps will cancel their
Soon as their time ex.
'n'ehtion to introduce in
VII lor an ordinance tC
'ols y, who deal in the green
stamps Some of the rad.
i, want to prohibit the
stamps altogether on the
''ley ale nothing but lot
d,a., anolher pame, but legal
",ued whether their use
"u'led' There is no lues-
vat The persons who trade
VI required to pay license
h, y stamp evil has aroused
,.. ,'s business people of the
wy. 1t is looked upon
~ TO fair dealing In busi-
y considered as demoral-
|. .'Ulnmunity as lotteries.
Itself is a delusion and
Is Intended to catch the
,al and the unwary.
k,p una conference of mem
,4 ~ branches of the council
1aa 'us matter OF introducing
The Greeley tribune., 1904-07-07

Miss Margaret Doolittle is spend
ing her vacation in Glen park
The Greeley tribune., 1904-07-07

proved 80 successful In the past, has
stirred The merchants to determine d
opposition to their coming. The fol.
lowing article from the Fort Wayne
Mining Journal. Gazette shows now
trading stamp people are regarded In
other cities:
In discussing the trading stamp
proposition a merchant OF Sioux CITY
said:
"'Now, If merchant buys $40
worth of trading stamps-God forbid
that he ever shou!d-the trading
stamp company sent 60 per cent of
that amount, or s6, to their home
Office at once, as that percentage OF
stamps are never redeemed. Do they
pay the customer the other 81 In cash?
They do not. They give him chair
for it worth about 81. Now, il
friend should pay $40 for a present
for you and you only got something
worth Sl-and some CRATER kept the
other S9-you would think there was
something wrong.
"'This, in nutshell, is the
modus operandi of the trading stamp
game. Is it necessary for the re-
tallers and consumers of this country
to allow these grafters to come be-
tween them and their transactions
and rake off per cent, or do they
prefer to place themselves in the po-
sition OF the man who lost heavily in
game OF poker, aud when his little
daughter asked him where he was all
night, said that he was taking care
OF a sick friend? She asked him If
he tathed his friends head. When
he said NO." she asked him Of he
held his friends hand.
NO, '" he replied, but l ish
l had
I" The trading stamp scheme is
like a lottery. Both are founded on
the alluring idea Of getting some
thing TOR nothing. The lottery
traff1c, until 1t was stIangled by our
government, made many millionaires
and many suicides. The men made
millionaires were the ones who owned
the lotteries. The trading stamp
scheme Is of recent origin and was
started by poor men. Yet Brad
street and Dun have several stamp
millionalres ON their books already.
The consumers and legitimate busi-
ness Interests Of this vast country
have made these grafters immensely
wealthy men.
""In the city of Milwaukee dur
ing the past year the business men
paid half million dollars for that
loss to themselves and the business
community and all they can show for
that loss to themselves and the bus
mess community is lot OF chairs
and broken dishes-a few trading
stamp men cleaned up close to $500,
900 in that city.
"'Don't think you can ever get
rich swapping nickles for pennies
You are out cents every time you
make that kind Of trade, and le'
duced to its final analysis, that l.
exactly what you are doing in this
trading stamp business. denver
Post
Another attempt is being made tt
The Greeley tribune., 1904-07-07

Another attempt is being made to
turn back the tide in Denver and make
it lay" town, through the use Of
the green trading stamp, lt Is
claimed by the agent Of an eastern
firm that makes the stamps that
one or two large houses In Denver
are seriously considering the advIsa-
billy of taking hand in this foolish
method of doing business. The re-
sponsible stores in the larger cities
that have tried the experiment nave
been glad to be rid OF 1t. Ihey
found it expensive and degrading to
customer aud merchant. 1t involves
a lot OF trouble and the person who
deals in the stamps in the loser.
The 'green stamp" scheme Is used
to get rid OF a lot of "phoney
iewelry and crockery at extravagant
pr,ces. 1t was the invention OF a
LAWYER In the east who made lot OF
money out Of it at the expense of
others. He established a company
that sold the stamps to smaller
stores on contract that the stores
returned to the company . per cent
of the sales. or course the pur-
chaser paid for all this ana more
Such a number of the lo-cent green
stamps entitled the holder to
clock or a piece Of china that could
have been purchased for tithe Oh
what is cost the holder of the stamps
Stores that de"l in green stamps
mark up their prices to recoup theih-
selves for the expense ana iapof'
When they give stamp gooh loi
nickel they add 10 cents to the price
But the practice has always nau d
demoralizing effect, and reputaoie
stores and the manufacturers Oh
sound goods do not encourage 1t
Denver Republican.
The Greeley tribune., 1904-07-07

| ~, VI The trading stamp
lpsus en- JACK into the Denver
e operations, which
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1904-06-04
AN ORDINANCE

For the enforcing and execution
OF the stock law in The Alb and 5th
Wards of Vermiltop Parish:
Be it ordained by the Police JURY
of Vermilion PaHish, La, in regular
session assembled, That
From and after the PRONUNCIATION OF
this ordinance that Mr.. j TrayiIe
Broussard be appointed for the 4,h
and Mr.. John Dubose for the 5lh
Ward respectively, pound masters t,
take charge Of and sell any s,ocL
runrdnG at large and damaging the
crops of residents of SAID ward.
Said ''pound masters" to keeo and
render correct accou4jt of the mr.,
cecds OF the sale of such stock tntI,
Police Jnry. Said pound masters +
receive 10 per cent on gross aDouu
/ Of sales as their fees for said aervice
Adopted
j. n. Williams, NJ. L. Eldredge.
Clerk Pres'.;ras
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1904-06-04
VAGRANCY LAW.

The Vagrancy Bill, introduced by
Hon. Rom. P. Leblanc Representa-
tive from this parish, is as follows:
An act to define vagrancy, to make
it misdemeanor, and to provide a
penalty thereon.
''Section1, Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of the State of
Louisiana. That the following per-
sons are and shall be FURNISHED as
vagrants, viz,
Persons wandering or strolling
about in Idleness, who are able to
work and have no property to sup
port them.
Pers ons leading an idle. immoral
or profigate life, who have no. prop
erty to support them, and who are
able to work and who do no work.
All persons able to work, having no
property to support them, and who
have no visible or known means of a
fair honest and reputable livelihood.
The term ''visible and known means
of fair, honest and reputable liveli-
hood" as used in this section, shall
be constructed to mean reasonably
continuous employment at some law
full occupation for reasonable COM
pensation, or fixed and regular in
come from property or other invest
ment, which income in sufficient for
I the support and mainte nance of such
vagratt.
All able-bodied persons who loaf,
loiter and idle in the cities, towns and
villages of this State for the larger
portion Of their time, without any
regular employment and without any
visible means of support, An offence
under that's section shall be made out
, whenever 1t is shown5that any person
has no visible means of support and
only occasionally has employment at
old jobs, being for the most Of the
time out of employment.
Persons having g fixed abode. who
have nc visible property to support
them, and who live by stealing or by
trading or bartering stolen property.
| Every able-bodied person who shall
60 begging for livelihood.
Every person whos shall abandon
his wife,, or family, without just
cause, leaving her or them without
support or in danger of becoming a
public charge.
continued or page FOUR
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1904-06-04

isaac solomon Abbevile la Iat
acres sWI-4 Of nWl-4 nwI.4 Of swl
nj of swl-4 sec 13 t II r2 east val
aatlon 619 state tax 4 05 parrish tax
80 Gotai 10 st
Laporte Theodore and Ut Labir
hbbeville La S74 acres bounded north
by A Young and road east by road
south by BlaDchette and road vaiua-
ton 620 state tax 3 Y parish tax 6 20
total Q %
Meyers T Abbeville La acre bound
ed north south and east by C J Moss
valuation $40 state tax 3 06 parish
tax $40 total 8 l6e
Mouton Clariso Mrs Abhevile La
8 acres part of lot four sec 2t13r3e
and imps valuation $50 state tax | so
parish'tax 2 so total 4
Swain W I Gueydan La 58 acrtSs.
nel-4 sec 81 II r 4 east. so acres
bounded north by self south by Thi-
beaux. AZ acres bounded north by
self south by Porter tract valuation
1910 state tax 8 "a parish TAX Is 90
total % 81
Touchet Marie Idolie Abbeville Lib
Ii arpents bounded north by Toucher,
south by N Frederick valuation 50
state tax .39 parish tax IS total | Oh
Trahan Alexandra est of Abbeville
La 170 acres north by F Duhon south
by bayou, so acres north by Bourque'
south by Brasseux 40 acres SWf sec
20 l1r2 east valuation l7Ol state
tax 10 20 parish tax II OIL total 27 q
Wright Joe Abbevile La one lot of
ground bounded west by read south
by Bonrque and imps valuation 335,
state tax ? OIL parish tax 3 35 poll |.
total 6 36
CORPORATION OF ABBEVILLE.
Broussard julien Abbeville, La one
lot LeBlanc's annex valuation 26 state
tax ,l5 parish tax .13 total Is
Corner Virginia, Abbeville La lot area
annex valuation 100 state tax 80 parish
| tax so total 10
Davenport Isiah .,Abbeville La lot n
| Leblanc annex valuation 100 state tax 6f
parish tax so total ], 10,
Feray L J Abbeville La lots 4. 5, and II
! block Youngs annex valuation 1900 state
taxi 20 parish tax 6 total l3 20
Feray Zema Abbeville La /! lot Bourqufe
annex valuation IA state tax 30 parish tax
SO total II
Gooch Victoria Abbeville La lot 35 and
! SO Youngs annex and lot block l3 Young.
valuation 10 state tax G6 parish tax 81"
| total | q
Hacker L P Abbeville La lot 70 and
| imps Megret valuation 600 state 6J
| parish tax 90 total6 80
LannJ S Abbevile La lots 10 II and -
/ Youngs annex valuation $50 state tax 81
parish tax 25 poll total rs
Levine Mary Mrs lot 10 Bourques annex
valuation 200 state tax 90 parish tax
! 4otal 20.
Lincoln Fellcienne Abbevlle La of
| lot 81 sue + d Young, valuation 26 state
tax IS parish IS total 2S
Mouton Eraste Abhevilie La, lot 4l
| Mearet, one lot bounded north by bank
tien 2oSo state tax Il As parish tax 10 4o
poll total 23 IS
Nnpsz Olivia Mrs Abbeyille La lot
16 boet and imps valuation go stat
tax | 50 parish / 25 total 2 p
Wadworths Kate Mrs Abbeville In
/ 2 l-3 lot Edwards imps valuation 6ag
state tax 8 80 perish tax 3 25 total Z ~
continued on page twot
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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1904-06-04
STATE TAX SALE.
OF ENJOYABLE PROPERTY
State of Louisiana

Delinquent Tax Debtors,
Parish of VermiEon.
Office of State Tax Collector, June
3rd, 1904.
By virtue of the authority vested
in me by the Constitution and laws
70 the State of Louisiana, l will sell
at the principal front door of.
the courthouse, in which the civil
district court of said parish is held,
in the parish of Vermilion, within
the legal 'honrs for Judicial sales
beginning at II O'Clock m
Saturday, .BuRy 9th, ,E19O8.
and continuing On each succeeding
day until said sales are completed,
all immovable property on which
taxes are now due to the State of
Louisiana and Parish of vermilion,
and Eighth Wardl Drainage District to
enforce the collection of taxes assess
ed iu the year 1903 together with in
terest thereon from 51st day of Dec.
ember, 1908, at the rate OF 2 per
cent per month until paid and all
cost. The names of said delinquent
taxpayers, the amount of taxes due
| by each OF the assessment rolls Of
said year and the immovable proper
| ty assessed to each to be offered for
| sale are as follows, to wit:
FIRST WARD.
| .Miguez Eugeuie Mrs, Delcatnbre La
$500 OF an acre lot four partition heirs
OF Z Miguez 4 imps valuation $50
state tax 80 parish tax so total 80
Primeaux severin est Abbevlle La
acres bounded north by town Of
Erath l acre north by Miguez, south
! by Mrs Leblanc valuation $275 state
tax Sligo parish tax - rs total So 40
Theriot Homer, Gueydan La | acre
/ bounded north by Broussard south by
l. Broussard valuation $5 state tax .G3
parish tax .O5 poll tax l total l so
| Prineaux Severin est of, Erath La
) acres acquired of land in Erath val
uatIon ~ state tax. IL parish tax 10
1 total %
SECOND WARD
Brocssard John sr Henry La 20
acres bounded north by j Pickett
south by E Broussard valuation 2l5
state tax ] 20 parish tax 2 Is total 3 40
| Hebert Sosthene Perry La 5 acres
bounded north by cade south by henry
valuation 230 state tax 80 parish tax
~ total 3 6S
Pullen Edward Henry La 6 acres
| sW} sec tp Is + east and imps val
uation los state tax .G3 parish tax O5
total l rs
THIRD WARD.
AbbeVile Building and Loan Thi-
beaux Pierre Abbeville La l3 acres,
in nw4..sec 30 tp L 4 east valuation
200 parish tax state tax | 2Ototal 3 20
Abbeville Cotton Gin Abberi'le La
lot Il y % stebbins and imps alua-
tion $500 state tax 19 so parish tax
81 total so SO
Montague Alfred Abbeville "a lot
$50 aud 537 Godchaux's annex Valua-
tlon 200 state tax l 20 parish tax
poll tota! f 90
Faulk Dolze AbbeyilIe La 20 arpents
bounded north by hers Of c Bourque
east by q Faulk valuation 80 state tax
4S parish tax 80 poll tax l total ? %
GODDARD A j Abbevll.e La Sc acres in
sel-4 of nel4 sec IL Il + east 4C
acres III stl4 of Sc I 4 sec 7 II :
east valuation $40 state tax 5 81 par
lsh tax 80 total Ia 2
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1904-06-04
EsrOfe ssTOBal CPrds
r. p. Nelson, DDS

,n#os,,n residence. on Washington. street
oin'' near the Depot.
ABBEVILLL. LA.
,col and see me for first-class worh in
,nanttstry. Crown ard Bridge WorE a
anacialty. Prices reasonable and all
work guaranteed satisfactory.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-01-28

And the answers. repeated over
and over again. and passed from
mouth to mouth, were:
mo further details of the accident
had been ascertained, ard no names
of the victims had yet been published.
as the telegraph lines had been brok-
en-.
The first train to Bannock Bridge.
the scene of the disaster, would be
run as soon as the line was clear. and
that could not be for some hours long
er. The unfortunate people who
craved to know what might be the
fate of some of their nearest and dear
est, could do nothing but wait, hour
after hour, every minute of which
seemed an age. and each separate
hour an eternity.
And SO, at last. the hours Wore
away, and very early in the morning
a train started, bearing its weary, hag-
gard load of men and women, each
hoping that God had at least been
merciful to him. or her, whoever else
He might have bereaved.
Ted Burritt sat in his corner of the
carriage. and let his thoughts wander
where they would. All at once the
thought occurred to him, What had
become of the friend? The friend
whom his father went to meet, and
who was to return with him? But
what did it matter about him? Why.
but for him. though the accident
would have taken place all the same.
it would have had nothing to do with
that pleasant, peaceful home Mt Dull
wichl
BY the time he had recovered him
self little he saw that the day was
beginning to dawn. Surely they must
be very near the scene of the disas-
ter.
Even in the faint early light which
was all they had to illumine the
scene, signs of the recent catastrophe
began to appear BY the side of the
line they saw drawn up some of the
ruined carriages Another moment.
and the train drew up at the pictur-
esuue little country station. which
had now been converted into tenn
porary dead-house. The mournful.
wild-eyed cavalcade. which alighted
at the platform, were met by the sta
tionmnster. who merely motioned with
his arm, and said. In there"
The whole crowd. with one accord,
poured in the direction indicated.
dreadful sight met their eyes In
the waiting room and booking office
a dozen charred remnants of human
beings were laid out on tarpaulins-
each one of which had lost all sem
blance 10 humanity. There was no
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-01-28
Cleaning Fancy Collars.

Net and lace collars. that there is
danger of pulling out of shape during
the washing process, should be care
fully folded and sewed lightly togeth-
er before being put into the suds.
Never rub things of this kind. Make
suds with snap-jelly and warm
water. Lay the folded collars in this
and leave for twenty minutes or half
an hour.
Then squeeze in your hand and
souse up and down in suds till clean.
Repeat the process in another clean
lot of suds II there is any doubt of
the cleanliness. and finally rinse in
warm water and squeeze as dry as
you can. II ironed at once on we'll
covered board. wrong side up. first
under a cloth and then without. no
starch will be needed.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-01-28
cHAPrER vl.-con,lnued.

"a dreadful railway accident has
taken place on the Southeastern rail-
way. A goods train from London to
Maidstone. which contained two wag-
ons loaded with petroleum barrels.
through some mistake in the signals,
ran into the 4:30 up train from Do
yer. at the point where the lines cross.
The engine, tender, and three first
class carriages have been smashed up
and burnt by the petroleum. Twen-
ty-thrce passengers are either dead or
dying"
The persplration stood upon his
brow us he read this-this grim and
CHASTITY paragraph-over and over
again.
How could | possibly let them see
this?" he groaned to himself. They
would go out of their minds with the
struck him, what Is to prevent them
from reading 1t all, and more beside.
in the morning papers? Though. of
course, there is hope-there must be
n CLEAN of hope, Some must have
escaped How slow this train is. And
yet. why should | want to travel fast
er? How do know what awaits me
at my journeys ond?''
When the train reached London
Bridge, a little before ten, he found
all was hustle and confusion. The
news of the accident had spread like
wildhre. and momentarily increas-
ing throng OF agonized friends ana
relatives besieged the officials. at
tackled the telegraph office and hurried
hither and thither, backwards and
forwards, in search OF something def
mite In the shape of information.
Ted Burritt forced himself through
the crowd which was gathered round
some person in authority. and put
the same questions which burst from
so many lips at once.
WAS anything more known about
the accident? When would the line
be clear, and when would a train be
allowed to run to the scene of the
Disaster"
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-01-28

Knife cleaning will be more easily
accomplished If you mix a little car
Donate of soda with the bath brick on
the knife board.
When making cakes begin by warm
ing the basin. This will cause the in
gredients to mix more readily and tho
result will be lighter cake.
If cork seems too big for the necl,
of a bottle. soak 1t for three or four
minutes in boiling water and then try
it again. 1t will probably go in then
quite easily.
Wash children's states occasionally
with water in which washing soda is
solved. This will take off the greasi.
ness which makes writing on the SLATE
a difficulty.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-01-28
Were "pandx.Iions.n y

He had been in the Dark Continent
for two or three. years, and when
home on visit he delighted to spin
his "tall' yarns about his experiences
in Africa. The hunting of wild lions
was his specialty-how he could shoot
them, how he could go out and be
sure of finding one, how it was done,
etc, etc. and he generally wound up
by saying that he never yet saw lion
that he feared.
One night after he had finished
yarning he was a little taken abacx
by one of his audience, who said:
That's nothing. | have lain down
and actually slept among lions in their
Wild natural state"
81 don't believe that. I'm no seol,'
said the great hunter.
Its the truth. though"
you slept among lions in their wild,
natural state?"
Yes. l certainly did"
Can you prove it. Were they. Az
rican?'
We'll, not exactly African lions.
They were dandelions."
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-01-28
CHAPTER VII.
In the vestry.

There was very little sleep for any
one at Magnolia Lodge that night.
Mrs. Burritt was at last persuaded to
go and lie down upon her bed. where
she was ministered to by her daugh-
ter and the cook.
So in lamentations and torturing
suspense. together with brief intervals
of broken rest, the night wore away.
The servants, with scared faces. crept
about the house and prepared the
breakfast. which nobody touched.
May Burritt came down stairs about
eight O'Clock. and the first thing that
she saw was the daily paper lying in
its accustomed place beside the urn.
"Ahi" she gasped, now TO know
the worst"
The account she sought was as
signed the most prominent position,
and was headed in large capitals,
Terrible Railway Accident. Thirty
two lives lost, Numbers roasted to
DEATH"
She read the brief paragraph, into
which so much horror was condensed,
and stood as though turned to stone.
Then coming back to herself. she muir
INJURED: Mother must never see this.
it would kill her!" And she left the
room. taking the paper with her.
After all. though" she ventured to
hope. there have been some saved.
Why may not he he among them?
Surely Ted will send telegram soon.
Poor boy! | wonder what he is do
ing?"
A little later in the morning. when
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-01-28
Practical ToYs.

Toys. whether useful or as a pas
time as instructors, are fascinating
However, the up-to-date toy is prac.
tical. Children have miniature work.
ing autos. A make-believe train. q
splendid toy, is real train of cars
with real locomotive and real track.
There are. children out West on
whose fathers property small streams
cross. These boys initiate the things
they see going on about them. They
build dams, check the water. con-
struct miniature systems of irrigation
in exact copy of the plan used by the
farmers of that country. Tie water
thus damned nourishes a garden plot
of their own.
In this play there is the dignity of
education.