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The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1904-07-09
Chan2berlain>Hunt
Academy
Port Gibson, rlississippi.

Magnificent new brick building,
the most omplete III the south for
boys boarding school. Ninety
rooms. Steam heat. Electric lights
sanitary plum bing. Campus fifty
acres, Healthful location in the
chill country" Superior discip-
line, Home influence.
Thorough instruction. Military
trainingif desired. Number limit
ed. Certificate admits to Univer-
sites For catalog address.
w. G. Guthrie, Principal.
A sad and distressing accident
occurred in Patterson last Mon.
day in which a father and chill
were drowned. Mr.. Richard II
Reams with his four children wer,
fishing in the river when Mamie
aged 10, slipped into the stream
when the father, although ne
could not swim, plunged in t.
her rescue. After struggling for a
while in the water eEdeavoring t.
save himself and child both
sank to rise no more. AS soon as
the alarm was given search was
instituted for the bodies which
was found several hours after
wards. MIR. Reams was an en-
ploye Of the F. B. Williams Lum-
Der Co., and his death was shock
to his many friends. The de-
ceased was 3S years old and ma
tive of New Orleans where the
bodies were taken for burial.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1904-07-09
Letter to RI. Bell.
FRANKLIN, LA .

Dear Sir: Would you rather have
your customers speak of your shoes
as wearing well, as not running down
at the heel, as turning water. and tax
ing a shine: or wag their heads and
say nothing?
We'd rather have ours. at long in
tervals, say: I'VE want some more
paint, and we want Devoe." We
know il isn't in human nature to paint
often: we don't expect them to come
very often; don't want EN- to. All
We want is to paint what they have to
paint. whenever they paint it: the
longer the time. the surer they are to
comeback. There's business enough
in the world: there are houses enough
to paint: let EN- take their time.
Ii we were a shoemaker. we'd make
shoes to last half life time. and shoe
the whole town.
Yours truly
- +. w. DEVOE & co.
p. S.-A. Reuter- sells our paint.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1904-07-09

II You get it from Popkin resi-
assured that it is Of the best.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1904-07-09

When in need of anything in
the printing line ring up No. IS.
You will receive prompt attention.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1904-07-09

Work on the addition to the
Sanitarium was started this week.
This new building will be fitted
up with all the modern improve
ments and. used as an operating
room. When completed this in
stitution will be the best Of its
kind in this section of the State.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1904-07-09

An unfortunate accident hap
pened in Lafayette Monday even
ing in which Messrs. Randolph
Davis and Geo, Gooch, were seri-
ously injured while playing game
of ball in the local team of this
place. 1t seems that both the
young men were running at a ball
which had been struck by one Of
the bat.ers and collided together
with great force. Mr.. Gooch had
his chin badly cut and several
teeth knocked out, he was taken
to his home in Patterson and is
improving nicely. Mr.. Davis lies
in the Sanitarium with his skull
crushed. AN operation was per-
formed on him by DR.. B. w.
Smith and at this writing We learn
he is much better. The young
man is a brother Of Mr.. Frank
Davis the efficient railroad agent
at this place. The many friends
of these two popular young base
ball players hope they will soon
recover from their injuries.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1904-07-09

When bilious take Chamberlain :
Stomach and Liver Tablets. For SAFE
by Gates drug store.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1904-07-09

Mr.. Lyman SALISBURY. conSta-
HI. Of tho Attn ward, has taken rp
n hur-r presumably stolen. X a.
thr description published in a nc
tie. in this issue.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1904-07-09

The hospitable home Of Mr.
and Mrs. Louis Levy was the
scene of much gayety on Thursday
the occasion being Euchre given
by their daughter. Edna, COM
plimentary to the visiting young
ladies', Miss Myrtle Blum and Miss
Nettie Blum, both Of New Orleans.
After series Of games the prizes
were awarded as follows, gentle
mems first to Mr.. Chas. Lohmann,
second Mr.. Tom Bodin. Ladies
first to Mrs. Abe Bauer: second
Mrs. L. Levy. The guests prize
fell to the lot of Miss Myrtle Blum
and the consolation to Mr.. Levy.
A fter the games most delightful
Buffet Supper" was served.
Among those present were:
Messrs. Chas. Lohmann, Herman
Bloch. Maurice Levy, Henry Bloch,
Tom Bodin, Ed. Kyle, Theo.
Mayer, Hubert Mahon, Harcourt
Levy and CASTOR Sigur. Misses
Anna Mahon. Fannye Bloch, Net
tie Blum. Refine l. Mayer, Beulah
Schmulen, Natalie Bodin, Harriet
Schmulen, Refine Mayer, Edna
Levy, Myrtle Blum, and Mrs. Abe
Bauer.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1904-07-09

Since the rainy spell has set in
there are several places in town
where the sidewalks need filing.
But this will soon be remedied as
Dur efficient road commissioners
are always ready to give the
thoroughfares OF the town their
best attention.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1904-07-09

Mail orders promptly attended
to at toe reliable jewelry house OF
|. Popkin.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1904-07-09
School Board Meeting.

FRANKLIN, La. July Z, 1904.
The School B ard Of St. Mary
! Parish met this d y with the fol-
lowing members present.:
X. X. Cooke, President, presid-
ing; D. n. Foster, R. Hanf, A. E.
Calm. There being no quorum
the Board adjourned.
The Franklin base ball team
was in Lafayette Sunday and
Monday and showed the team Of
that town trick or two in ball
playing. In Sundays game the
visitors could have shut out La
fayette as up to the eighth inning
they had not Tailed one run. They
were allowed to make few runs
as an encouragement to play
the next days game. The score
was 10 to 4. Mondays game
would have been won by the
Franklin boys but for the acct
dent which happened to Messrs.
Randolph Davis and Geo. Gooch.
The & me resulted in tie. Our
local team, according to reports,
received anything but just treat
ment in Lafayette, especially dur
ing Mondays game when, after
having two of their me ,b.rs Sc
riously injured the visiting team
was not allowed to have them re-
placed by PLAYERS equally as good
but was forced to take what was
offered them. ihr Franklin team
is composed Of the best amateur
ball players in this section and
when plryin. on their home
.roun:. l. ! H'.y.: ready to accord
the wat ...,. y" s.m. cOur-
teSy ttcy ~'.s".I 'xpvct when
away from home.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1904-07-09

Senator Wilson T. Peterman re-
turned home Thursday after the adj
journment Of the Legislature, He
was warmly greeted by hi. many
friends who were glad to see him look
ing the picture of health.
Mr.. Miller. the well-known travel
ing representative of the Moerlin
Brewing Co., was in town for several
days recently looking after business.
Mr.. Miller is also Introducing new
brand OF bottle beer known as the
Barharo,u which is said to be a fine
article.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1904-07-09

Mr.. Hudson B. Fourmy and
Miss Nettic Chadwick were mar
ried at the Methodist Church. last
Wednesday evening at 5 o'clock,
Rev. j. l. Hoffpauir performing
the ceremony in the presence Of a
few friends and relatives. The
bride was handsomely crowned in
embroidered chiffon. Mr.. Bailey
Chadwick acted as groomsman.
We wish Mr.. and Mrs. Fourmy
many years of JOY and happiness.
The Forrest City times., 1904-01-01
COULDN'T GET ENOUGH.
on Bet of $500 Clergyman Drew S4,s5o and Being Dissat-
 tsfied Sued.

In 1912 an action was brought by Rev. Robert Gilbert against Sir Mark Sykes, and it arose from bet made between the parties upon the life of Napoleon Bonaparte, relates Longman' S Magazine.
 Sir Mark, 10 years before the action. had invited some friends to dinner, the reverend gentleman being one of the number. The bottle having passed round freely, politics became the subject of conversation, and the opinion was free ly expressed by some of the party that Napoleon was in critical situation at that time and that attempts would be made to assassinate him.
 This view was held by the host. who said that he considered Bonaparte's life in such danger that, if anyone would give him loo guineas, he would pay him guinea day during Napoleon life time.
 Upon this Rev Gilbert, 'in the lan- guage," as the defendants counsel put it, of a common five guinea better on a race course nailed him with Will you. Sir Mark? I'll take you-done
 The sporting parsOn gave loo guineas to Sir Mark, who, for a considerable time, paid him various sums of money on account of the wager, amounting in all 10 s4 $50
 Then for five or six years the guinea a-day payments ceased, the baronet feel ing, no doubt. that if Bonapart was not dead he ought to be, and Gilbert (who. it may be mentioned. enjoyed a living worth some s6000 year) brought this action against Sir Mark to enforce the wager, and sought to recover from him a further sll 000
 The plaintiffs counsel contended that although it might be objected that wag- CTS on the life of men were immoral. yet the laws of England supported such wagers.
 The judge did not seem to have laid much stress upon the question whether this wager tended to imperil the safety of the state. He asked the jury to con- sider whether the bet had been seriously made; and, if il were a serious bet whether. In all the circumstances the plaintiff had not been paid enough money by the defendant They jury took the hint. and gave verdict against the rapacious parson.
The Forrest City times., 1904-01-01
Irish HnrNesi Lahnrera

Some interesting returns have been published by the department of agri- culture for Ireland on the subject of the annual migrations of the Irish harves. laborers. The yearly influx into Eng land and Scotland, which has been going on in much the same way for at least a couple of centuries, is now not nearly so great as 1t was in the days of overpopu- lation in Ireland before the famine, but this year there were still Is, GOO Irishmen who adopted the old means of lining their pockets for the winter. More than three-quarters of them were from the province of Connaught, the rest being Ulster men, and more than half of them were from County Mayo.
The Forrest City times., 1904-01-01
VICTIM OF HIS OWN LAW.
si9ner of the Declaration of Inde.
 pendence Arrested for Travel ing on sunday.

While digging over court records of the eighteenth century in the Pownal- boro courthouse, which is still one of the ancient landmarks of Dresden, Lin coin county, says Badger (Me.) report in the New York Tribune, Charles E. AL len found the interesting story of how Q signer of the Declaration of Independ- ence was arrested in Maine for break ing the Sabbath
 Robert Treat Paine was an eminent barrister in Boston, noted for the many prominent positions which he had held. Among his acts of public char acter the best known is the fact that he was one of the signers of the Declaration Of Independence. Later he was one of the judges of the supreme judicial court of Massachusetts, which state, of course, then included Maine. While a judge of the court he drafted a stringent bill prohibiting travel on the Sabbath, which bill was made law of the com monwealth early in the year 1792
 It so happened that few months aft erward MT. Paine, with Increase Sum-
  on Saturday. Being anxious to open court in Pownalboro early on Tuesday, the judge, with the other court officials. set out on Sunday, driving with their teams to Bath, whence they were to proceed up the Kennebec by boat. Of course. there were TO railroads. and only few stages. As the line of car fiages approached Freeport the people were much scandaliZed, thinking that court officials should be answerable to laws which were passed for the rest of the people. and the wardens prompt iy arrested the whole party for violat- ing the law. They were indicted and held for trial.
 Matters were still more complicated by the fact that the attorney general of the commonwealth, James Sullivan, whose duty 1t was to prosecute offend CTS, was one Of the arrested party, and they were not wholly relieved from the possibility of prosecution until the Massachusetts legislature came to their assistance and ordered the proceedings stayed. In their petition to the general court, June 30 1892, which petition is long. they claimed, among other things, that under the law they were exempt rom arrest, because the law provided that one might travel on Sunday if ne eessity compelled. and it was absolutely necessary that they should travel on sunday in order to meet their engage meht al Pownalboro on Tuesday.
The Forrest City times., 1904-01-01
Chicago Was Appalled,.

Rarely in the history of Chicago has it's people been so stirred It is, next to the Chicago fire, the greatest catastrophe that has ever occurred here, and the speed with which it came and went seemed for a brief period to appall the business section of the city.
 The news spread with great rapid ity, and in short time hundreds of men, women and children were rush ing toward the theater.
 The building in which the calamity occurred stands midway between State and Dearborn streets, on the north side of Randolph street Al though every available policeman within call of the department was i'm mediately hurried to the scene, the men placed in lines at the end of the block, allowing no one to enter Ran dolph street from either Dearborn or State, it was found for a time almost impossible to hold back the frenzied crowd that pressed forward. many of them having friends or relatives in the theater and anxious to learn some thing of them. The conduct of the po- lice was beyond all praise The of. hcers held their ground firmly and gently pushed back all those who sought to gain an entrance to the theater, although in some instances frantic men, who went to look for their loved ones. actually beat the officers with their fists in their rage at being refused entrance.
 In spite of the efforts of the police already large number of people suc. ceedlng in breaking through their ines and, entering the theater, and in many cases did heroic work in rescu- Ing the injured and carrying out the dead. Among these was Alderman Wm. II. Thompson, who, unaided car. ried to the street the bodies of eiebt women. The first newspaper men on the ground also carried out many of the dead and injured The building was so full of smoke when the fremen first arrived that the full extent of the catastrophe was not immediately grasped until fireman and newspa. per man crawled up the stairway lead Ing to the balcony, holding handker chiefs over their mouths to avoid suf. location. As they reached the door. way, the fireman, whose vision was better trained in such emergencies seized his companion by the arm. ex. claiming; Good God! man. don't walk on their faces"
The Forrest City times., 1904-01-01

is in such condition as to be hardly recognizable.
 The theater had been erected but short time and all its equipment was not yet in place. This was unfortu- nately the case with a fire escape in the rear of the building. The small iron balconies to which the iron lad ders were to be attached were up. but the ladders had not yet been con nected. When the panic was at its height a great number of women ran for these fire escapes, only to find, as they emerged from the doorways upon the little iron platform, that they were thirty to fifty feet from the ground, a fire behind and no method of escape In front.
 Those who reached the platform first endeavored to hold their footing and to keep back the crowd that pressed upon them from the rear. The effort was utterly useless. and in few moments the iron lodges were damned with crowds of women who screamed and fought at each other like maniacs. This lasted but brief interval. and the rush from the in terior of the building became so vio- lent that many of them were crowd ed off and fell to the granite-paved alley below Others leaped from the platform, fracturing legs and arms, and two were picked up at this point with fractured skulls, having been killed instantly.
 It was declared by the man. agement of the theater that the fire was not caused by the grounding Of an electric wire or any defect in the equipment of the theater It started, they claim. by the bursting of cal cium light apparatus. The concus- sion was so great that it blew out the skylights over the stage and audito- rum This statement of the theater management is contradicted by many people who were in the theater and who declared that before the eXplo- sion occurred they saw flames in a narrow streak creeping along the wall near the upper part of the drop curtain
 William Sellers, the house fireman, who was severely burned in trying to lower the asbestos curtain. describes the scene on the stage and the cause of the fire as follows: T was in the wings when I heard the explosion, and immediately a cry of fire from the stage and all over the theater. Looking up. I saw that the curtain was ablaze, and at once ran for the fire curtain. We got it halfway down, when the wind, rushing in from the broken skylights, bellied it out so that it caught. and we could not budge it. With the stage hands l climbed to where it was suspended. and together We tried to push it down. Our efforts were futile and. seeing that no human power could move that fire curtain and that the stage was a mass of flames. 1 turned my attention to warning the actors "liN Cg IHS lO save iHoSS WHO were H. trouble. The women were frantic. and the men not much better. | stood at the stairway leading to the dressing rooms where the chorus peo- pie were located and kept some of them from going up to get their street clothes. As others came down l forced them to leave the building. don't know how they ever got out. all those girls and men who came crowding down the stairs, for the stage entrance was blocked by mass of flames
The Forrest City times., 1904-01-01
1900 People in Theater When the Fire
 Started.

As near as can be estimated about 1900 people were in the theater. Three hundred of these were on the first floor, the balance being in the upper balconies and in the railways back of them.
 The theater is modelled after the
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-11-22
Lynchburg Tobacco Market.
LynchburT, Va, Nov. FL. !

Lynchbuis. Va, Nov. 81, 1904.
r Sales of loose tobacco on the Lynchburg mar
ket for tht two weeks ending November IS,
1904, as reported by John L. Oglesby OF
Lynch'S Warehouse: t.5 geH5
Sold week ending November nth, $4,000
pounds; sold week ending November 18TH &c.,
100 pounds Increase for week ending Novem-
Der, 18th, 90 100 pounds.
Der 18th. 1901, G70.a00 pounds; sold from Sep
tamber 1st 1901 to November 18th, 1905 1884, 100
pounds: decrease for 1904. 1,e69.900 pounds
Receipts this week were much heavier than
last. The offerings consisted almost entirely
Of new tobacco. The condition Of tobacco Of,
to bring 1t in order The quality and texture
was very good. though the color was a littlo
on Prices on all grades was satisfactory
running from $3.50 for common lugs to sl2f0
for good shipping leaf. and $1,000 for the best
week was about one dollar higher than for
the corresponding week last year.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-11-22
corroN MARKET:.

NEW York. Nov. 21-The cotton market
opened easy Mt n decline to 24G points In
local estimates Of tho crop. One OF these put
tho probable Yield at IL 8si 900 bales. The 9th n
estimated II at l1,a0.O00 bales. Cables were.
fairly steady and early adyIces from the South
Indicated q good demand for SPOT cotton with
holders willing 10 t8eil at present prices, but
unwilling to mako any further concessions.
Local shorts showed n disposition to cover ut
tho initial break. and prices were soon rallied
TO about closing rgurcs OF tho previous night,
after which. they ruled about steady and were
n ~ steady at Il net advance of 5I1 points
Sales were estimated at 20o,ol0 bales. 1t had
been anticipated by come that the flrst install.
ment % fthc ginners' rIort, giving the amount
OF cotton g.nned to November l4th, would DC
issued to-day. There was no sign OF y,
however, and II. nica announcement as TO
when It may bs expected.
Estimated receipts at tho ports today were rS
1900 bales against Liza, last week and 30. 1877
last year. For the week $1,000 bales against
Ssl.QsS bales last week and 377,Gs3 last year.
To-dAy.a receipts at New Orleans were l4.25a
bales against 1854 last year, and at Hou4ton
II, ss9 bales against q, q, last yens.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-11-22
Southern Industrial Develop

CH Li11sHias &c TENN, n Nov. q,
The progress in Southern Industrial devei-
opment for 1.-The week Jus closed, as 4 re
following new industries as among the
most i1lportan mt
Norfolk-S5 900 chemical company.
Harrsonburg $4,000 building and sup
ply company. rs n & 5s
Acknowledgements box factory.
Bedford City-slO,0O telephone and TEL
Fsssnando2 2{S;; s. es pr EetsE yorks
ekmanas2ooS9 boiling ne woTkS fac
charleston-s1oo,o 900 coal and coke COM
pany; $1,000 oil ~ eSThanyy;
Lousville-s2o0o 900 coal company.
Eddyvlle.--s15. 600 foundry.
Russcllville-Ite factory.
NORTH CAROLINA.
Mount OlIce- $4,000 light and power
Winston Salem sl5. 900 machine works
Stallings-Oil mill.
Penelo-cotton gin, saw and grist MIL.
Grcensboro-$5,0cOs warehouse ana I. SLOT
age company. .3
o'l'l'o Hs SC; GARoGTNsA.
spartanburg 900 cotton and W '',ei 'fl
e Gr;eenwood-s5.ooo granite and corstruc-
ue Gaola u1ianasseooco building and loan
company. sci. s5A =,
Georgcto $3.50 900 paper pulp mill.
Gf' fs>t57 TENNESSEE.
# Nashville-$5O 600 phosphate company.
Hill City-$10.C1 development company.
Clevcland-s 600 land and Improvement
eyN ewport-s 900 land company.
Knoxyllle-s3o,OOO coal company.