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The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1906-12-22

Dealers say that those who have used
Chmaberlain's Stomach and Liver Ia
blets are quite loyal to them and cannot
be persuaded to take any substitute.
Get free sample at T. j. Liable drug
store. give them trial aud you, too,
will want them in preference to any
other. They cure stom ach troubles, bill
iOusness and consultation.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1906-12-22
IN PRAISE OF CHAMBERLAIN'S
COUGH REMEDY,

There is no other medicine manufac-
tured:that has received so much praise
and so many expressions Of gratitude as
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. 1t is eff
fective, and prompt relief follows its
use. Grateful parents everywhere do
not hesitate to testify to its merit for
the benefit Of others. 1t is a certain cure
for Group and will prevent the attack If
given a: the frst appearance of the dis
Ease. 1t il especially adapted to chill
dren as it Is pleasant to take and colt
taiDs nothing injurious. Mr.. &. A. Hum
phreys. we'll known resident aid clerk
in the store Of Mr.. E. Lock, of Alice.
Cape Colony. South Africa. says: II have
used ChamLerlain's Cough Remedy to
ward of Group and colds in my family.
I found it to b. very satisfactory and it
gives me pleasure TO recommend it,"
For sale by T. j. Liable.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1906-12-22
MARRIED..

AT six o'clock Wednesday even
ing Mr.. Arthur Theriot was uni
ted in the bonds of marriage to
Miss Louise Bienvenu, the charm
ing daughter of Mr.. aud Mrs. j.
ID. Bienvenu. The marriage cere.
mony was performed at the Catho-
lie Church.
After the ceremony at the church
a little reception was held at their
home where only near relatives
and close friends were entertain.
ed.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1906-12-22

The rumors are that there will
be seven bars in st. Martinville
next year. This year we had Eve;
if the two new ones take licenses,
they will add two thousand dollars
to the revenues of the town. &c.,
ven bars in town like st. MARTINI
vile would Indicate that the II.
quor traffic is very large. and yet.
this is not the case, never, is o
drunken man seen on our streets.
Men generally like to take a drink,
aud it appears that they prefer to.
deal where there is something to
drink, it draws trade, but it is q
costly attraction.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1906-12-22

Mr.. q. j. Durand left as Wed.
nesday, to cast his lot in New
Mexico, in the city of Albuquer-
que, where bis wife has preceded
him for several months on account
of i'll health. Mr.. Durand is a
man of ability and a planter of
vast experience, and we learn it is
his idea to engage in some bust.
ness in Albuquerque. Mr.. Du-
rand is a gentleman of pleasant
address, kind and courteous, and
we can predict success for what
ever enterprise he may undertake.
he was for several years cashier
of the Commercial Bank here, and
lately was owner and manager of
st. James plantation.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1906-12-22
SOULE BUSINESS COLLEGE.

e0ULR COLLEGE is the Leading and
1aghest Grade Business, Shorthand and
xngllsh Training School In the South.
Il 10 recognized everywhere - Q VIDE.
Awake, Practical, Reliable, Progressive.
Bopu1af and Successfu1 School. II makes
- decisive promises to secure studentS
OOULE COLLEGE owns and occupies
the Finest Business School Building IN
America. 10 Experienced Teachers. Book
keepers end etenographers fecommenAoo.
Oond for New illustrated Circular.
GEO. SOULS Z o010s
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1906-12-22

consider the matter aud 20 deeper
into it. Chairman Burton WAS
consulted later and seemed dis
posed to have new authority given
for a review of the subject, for he
is interested in improving the
Teche. as desired, if the project is
feasible.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1906-12-22
Died.

At five O'Clock Tuesday morning
the 18th inst, Mrs. Marie Eugrnie
Richard, widow If the late Judge
j. G. Bassett died at the age of 81
years and 4 months.
Mrs. Bassett was on a bed of
sickness for several weeks and her
death was expected at every min
ute during the past few weeks, but
when the news of her death was
announced it produced a painful
shock among her relatives and nu-
merous friends.
Mrs. Bassett was a native of
Grand Coteau, st. Landry Parish,
where she has a brother and many
other relatives.
She was devout Catholic and
died with the consolation of her
religion. Mrs. Bassett leaves Sc
veral children to mourn her death:
w. j. Bassett, Misses Alice and
Virgenie Bassett. Mrs. Henry
Champagne, Mrs. E. P. Pollingue,
Miss Amelie is a sister of the Sa-
cred Heart and Miss Eugene is
sister of Mercy.
Her funeral took place from the
Catholic Church at nine o'clock
Wednesday morning, and her re-
mains were followed to the grave
by large eoncourse of sorrowipg
relatives and friends.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1906-12-22
Improvement of the Teche.

Senator Foster, Representatives
Broussard aud Ransdell, and Mr..
Mcllhenny this morning went be-
fore the Board of River and Hnr-
Dor Engineers to argue for the i'm
provement of the Teche, above Ar
nsudville. The project, which
has been under investigation by
the engineers, called for an expen-
diture of $4,000 and if carried
out. would BE- a great benefit to
commerce in Louisiana. The en-
gineers, however. reported unfa-
vorably on the ground that there
was no commerce worth mention
ing, that would be benefited by
the improvement, above st. Mar
tinville.
Senator Foster and Represents
tive Broussard were we'll equipped
with figures and forceful argyll
ments, aud Mr.. McIlheuny, who is
thoroughly familiar with the 81
tuation in the district, as is Mr..
Ransdell. who is a member of the
River and Harbors' Committee,
took part in the discussion. Mr..
Broussard stated that the COM
MERGE above st. Martinville was
very considerable and justifies the
expenditure of this amount of
money. He showed that three pa
rishes, st. Mary, st. Martin and
Iberia, employed Captain E. I.
King to compile statistics of COM
MERGE 10 this section, and that he
found the commerce of 1896 was
estimated in value at $4,000, 900
of which S26, 100000 was directly
affected aud 100000 Indirect
ly affected by the condition of the
river.
The Board of Engineers seemed
at this showing, but de-
clared that without further autho-
rity or instructions from the |
House Committee on Rivers aud |
Harbors it could do nothing in
he premises. But under instruc.
ions they would be pleased to re-
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1906-12-22
FOR SALE

l good cane cart, cultivatOr and other
farm implements. also l pair mties, a
good middle size horse. l big gentle
American horse for ladies drive. also 8
milking cows. l5O barrels corn. also
farm for sale or rent 25 acres.
Apply at this Office or to
j. B. GESSER,
Dc. q. Cade, La.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1906-12-22

Cut this out and take it to LABBE'S
drug store and get free sample OF
Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Ia
blets. For blliOusness and constipation
they are unequaled. They improved the
appetite. strengthen the digestion and
regulate the liver and bowels.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1906-12-22

FOR SAIE-Direct from Atlanta
factory to consumer a guaranteed leath-
er quarter top buggy. special factory
price s49.On Safe delivery guaranteed.
Write today for catalog A. GOLDEN
EAGLE BUGGY CO.. 100 Edgswood Ave.,
Atlanta, Ga. Jana
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1906-12-22

-Congressmen are complaining
that their salary of 5000 a year
is too small and want $500 q
year. They claim that the high
life of Washington is too costly
for a man with salary of $1,000.
We believe it is time to put a stop
to this entravagant living at the
expense of the masses. How many
working men with their families
are living on much less than one
thousand q year. Take for in
stance the Railroad clerks, skilled
and competent employees now on
a strike, in this state. few if any
of them get thousand dollars a
year. Why should a congress.
man be paid such extravaganza sa-
laries for them to be able to fol-
low those rich monopolists who,
most of them have made their
vast fortunes by questionable me-
thods? Public officials are paid
toe much money for the service
their render. 1t is time that the
masses begin to think about this
plundering of the public funds as
now practiced in this country.
Nearly every official in Louisiana
get too much money for the work
he performs and the tax payers
should now rise and say stop and
come down with these high ssla-
ries.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1906-12-22
NOTICE.

: Leontine Smith. my wife. having left
my house since two weeks, notice il
hereby given that will not b. respon
sible for any debt contracted; by her.
Dec. 10, 1906. FELIX SAM
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1906-12-22
SATURDAY, Dec. %, 1906.
Christmas Greeting.

The next issue of the Messenger
will reach our readers and patrons
after Christmas; for this reason
we take advantage of this issue to
send our greetings to them all and
to wish them a Merry, Merry
Christmas. We hope that all will
spend the day as it ought to be,
forgetting all the troubles and tri-
bulatious of life and devoting this
day at least to pleasure and hap
piness, and to make happy all
those surrounding them.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1906-12-22

Remem Der that when in need
of FEED, such as OATS, CORN
HAY, aud BRAN, that l.. BEN
VENU supplies the public at the
LOWEST PRICES.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1906-12-22
NO OPIUM IN CHAMBERLAIN'S COUGH
REMEDY,

There is not the least danger IN giving
Chamberlian's Cough Remedy to small
children as it contains no opium or 9TH
er harmful drug. 1t has an established
reputation Of more than thirty years as
the most successful medicine In use for
colds. Group aud whOOping cough. 1t al
wrys cures and is pleasant to take. Chill.
dren like it. Sold by T. j. Liable.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-26
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Public Spirit.

"The citizens of Bessemer are becoming very much interested in public improve ments and are trying to put cement side walks on every street in the city said a business man of that city last night
 AS an evidence of the public spirited ness of the people of Bessemer 1t is a fact that not one objection was raised 10 the assessment of a tax for the paving of large batch of sidewalks in the city last night when the City Council met in special session to hear and consider such complaints or objections.
 For several weeks contractors have been busy laying cement sidewalks in the city and at almost every session of the council ordinances providing for addf- tional improvements of the kind ase adopted. It seems that this work will con tinue indefinitely or until every sidewalk in the city has been treated to the grad ing and cementng process.
 "A movement to pave some of the prin- cipal streets is also on foot many of the property holders proposing to pay all the expenses of such improvement, but on account of a few objections by small property holders who really cannot afford to bear such expense the work cannot be done on this plan. as taxes for the pay ing of streets cannot be done in that city without the consent of the property holders in a regular election held for that purpose.
 "It is very probable however, that an election will be held and bonds issued for the paving of some of these streets at an early date
 Mayor Sullivan is giving d great deal of his time and attention to the im- provement of the streets and sidewalks of the city and is perhaps doing more in this line than any other man in the city'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-26
Relief Funds Compared.

Up to Monday night of this week the actual known subscriptions for the relief of the distressed and suffering in San Francisco aggregated $1S,S30,- 322, and the belief is that the total will be fully twenty million dollars, and even that great sum may be exceeded when all gifts are reported. This means that in the average of every man, woman and child in the country has contributed 25 cents, and that each one of the 100000 homeless peo- pie of Frisco should receive about one hundred dollars. And one hundred dol lars is none too much to give to those who were suddenly deprived of em. ployment, shelter. food, clothing and all the other goods they possessed.
 This outfowing of gifts from all parts of the country has never either in amount or in promptness been equalled in the history of the country. The largest previous gifts included the one on account of the Chicago fire. in 1871, $5,O00,000; the Charleston earth quake, in 1886. $65O,OOO; the Jackson vile yellow fever epidemic, in 1888, $515. .0O0 the Johnstown flood, in 1889. $3,000,0O0 the Galveston tidal wave, in 1900, S1,6O0,0O0, and the Paterson flood. in 1902, $100,O00.
 It will be seen that the Frisco fund outruns all the rest. It in fact eX- ceeds all the other big relief funds put together And 1t does this partly be- cause the country is larger and richer, but chiefly because the disaster in San Francisco exceeds all the rest in mag nitude and sweeping severity. Never 1 before in the countryS were 200, 900 | persons suddenly stripped of the neces- saries of life, and left where they must either be fed by their fellow-citizens or starye to death. The country ac- cepted the task eIe'own upon it. and no one lacks us In San Francisco today, and soon there will be clothing and shelter for all.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-26
Being a Good Fellow.

'I call it being a good fellow sure enough when a manager buys tickets to a performance at his own theatre" said a man at the baseball park yesterday af- ternoon; but that is what Martin L.. Semon did. Of course Semon had induce ments, but then there are not many fel- lows who would have paid out good, hard cash as he did.
 ''The gross receipts from the matinee Thursday afternoon are to be turned over to the San Francisco relief fund being raised in Birmingham, and several of the chorus girls with the company at the play house were at the ball park this af- ternoon selling tickets Semon was hid den in the press box and thought himself safe, but some of the girls found him and sold him the tick S.
 .The stories as to the number of tickets Semon bought differ widely. One man told me he bought $5 worth. and another said that he spent s10.75, but whatever the amount of the money he spent, I think he showed good fellowship in taking any at all.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-26
Atlanta's Pluck

Several cities in the south have more accumulated wealth than Atlanta, but the Georgia metropolis Is far ahead of all of them in the matter of pluck and public spirit" said a Birmingham man. "A few weeks ago at a meeting of Atlanta bus mess men it was decieed that the Gate City should have worlds fair In 1910. It was estimated that s5OO,OOO would have to be raised by subscription in order to assure the success of the fair. Nearly $2O0.OO0 of the amount has been raised. The subscriptions are now going slow but a mass meeting has been called for the purpose of completing the fund. Some surprise has been expressed that $50O,OOO was not raised with q rush. But a halt million would not be easy for com munity larger than Atlanta. With a little special effort, however, the full amount. will he raised. Atlantans know no such word as fail"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-26

furnish the steel shapes needed in San Francisco is simply impossible. Or ders may be filled in England or Ger many but deliveries around the Horn would be slow, and even deliveries by rail via New York would consume no little time.
 The story of the earthquake favors steel frames, and a vast quantity of steel would be used in San Francisco if il could be furnished wldth any de. gree of quickness. No doubt many will wait until orders can be filled, and the effect will be to stiffen the iron mar ket while orders for structural steel go unified. Prices of pig iron have been dropping, but the story of the fire is rendering quotations firm, with an advancing tendency. The reconstruc- tion of nine square miles of great commercial city-great in the futur9 at least-means the consumption of vast quantities of iron and steel. The demand for pipes alone will be enor- nous, and altogether iron will be iron for at least year to come. It is an i'll wind that blows nobody any good.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-26
THE NE'ER DO WELL.

w D. Nesbt in Chicago Tribune. He was gentle and kind; he would plan
 half the day For an unlooked-for act that would please
 you some way He would sit up all night with friend
 who was i'll. And to do you favor would work with
 a will
 But he never amounted to much. There was something about him that got
 to your heart; It was plain that he never was playing
 a part, But that all that he did he was doing
 for you, And that he was a friend that vast last
 ing and true
 But he never amounted to much. All the boys he grew up with went rising
 to fame; There were some who made money. and
 all made a name; Art and music and letters, the law of
 finance. Every one of the rest made the most of
 his chance
 But he never amounted to much. Why. there wasn't child but would come
  For of ingles and stories he knew all the
 charms; Yes. and even the dogs in the street used
 to leap At his hand with bark that was laugh
 ingly deep But he never amounted to much. And nobody could tell why he had such a hold On the rich and the poor. and the young and the old He was always on hand for some kind little deed, He instinctively knew when friend was in need But he never amounted to much. They have folded his hands. they have laid him to rest And the church couldn't hold all the friends he possessed; And fair memories mingled their smiles with the tears of the ones who recalled the good deeds of his years
 But he never amounted tQr much
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-26
Like the wreath of radiant fire On fiickering Phoebus' front.
 king Lear
Money and Speculation.

The huge Russian loan, about $4o0,- 100000, together with loss of about $50, 900 ,000 in San Francisco that must be adjusted by foreign insurance com panies. has deeply affected the Lon don money market, and in order 10 fortify itself American securities Will perhaps be sold.
 The New York banks were engaged in big effort to strengthen their sur plus reserves when the San Francisco disaster occurred. They were seeking gold imports. aided by Secretary Shaw, and they were succeeding handsomely. The nroblem in the complex New York situation relates not only to contin- uation of gold imports but to the drain of the next eight months to the Pa cifc coast. About twenty million dol lars of charity money must be dis patched at once, to be followed by about one hundred millions of insuf- ance money. and these drains cause New York bankers to be cautious.
 After the Chicago fire stocks went off about ten points, and the money market became stringent and history may repeat itself to some extent. But commodity prices have not been af' fected and business goes on in a vol ume never before equaled
 Tn speculative circles the money sit .uation is felt, however. The earth quake has already caused shrinkage in stock values, the total of which the New York Commercial puts at $125,' 000,000. But all such losses may quick ly be made good, and until the money situation is worked out they should not be counted as real losses. Just at pres ent Secretary Shaw is engaged in transferring government money to the San Francisco banks as special de- posits in order to aid the San Fran cisco banks to resume business. He may send $15,0O0,OO0 there, and even then the banks in the stricken city will not be able to resume business in less than thirty days.
 The situation at the best is complex but there seems to be no warning or trouble in it except to spectators and the whole brood of Wall street oper ators If they alone are compelled tc restrict their schemes for a season nc harm will be done
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-26
New Furnace at Chattanooga.

"The new furnace at Chattaonoga was blown in Tuesday afternoon and the peo- pie of our thriving city are happy said T. r. McDonald a prominent East Ten nessean, who was in Birmingham yester- day, en route to New Orleans.
 "The furnace is owned by the Chatta- nooga Iron and Coal company of which C. E. Buck of Birmingham is the presl- dent. The little daughter of Superin- tendent John Bowling, formerly of the Birmingham district applied the torch to the stack. The new furnace is pronounced by experts to be one of the most com plete in the south. President Buck Is quoted as saying that it will have daily capacity of between 175 and 200 tons. It Is expected that the furnace will be in con tlnuous operation for the next three years when a pause may be necessary to refine the furnace. The corporation owning the furnace possesses sufficient ore and coal mines to supply all of it's own raw mate- rial :"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-26
A NEW CONGRESSMAN.

From the Selma Journal.
 Captain Hobson enters public life at a time which calls for strong and cour- ageous men. He has both those qualities in large measure. The times also calls for conservative thinking and cautious acting. In the past he has not displayed these qualities. He has proved, however that he can learn and learn quickly. He has learned the political game from Col onel Bankhead In one lesson so thorough ly that he has defeated his teacher. In one political campaign he changed from an awkward embarrassed and hestating speaker into one of the most powerful speakers of the times. With his splendid education, his fine natural ability, his high sense of honor and his spotless char acter, Captain Hobson should develop into a representative of whom his constitu- ents may be proud and one whose use- fitness should be great.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-26
SAN FRANCISCO VIEWED
 BY ~RUDYARD KIPLlNG

the ringing groves of change (there is no small change, by the way, west of the Roekies), as long as money lasts. They make greatly and they spend law ishly not only the rich, but the arti- sans, who pay nearly G5 for a suit of clothes and for -.her lxurles in propor- ton. The young men rejoice in the days of their youth. They gamble, yacht racR enjoy prizefghts and cockights-the
 openly, the other in secret; they esta( fish luxurious clubs; they break them\ selves over horsefesh and other things, and they are instant in quarrel. At 20 they are experienced in business, engage in vast enterprises, take partners as experienced as themselves, and go to pieces with as much splendor as their neighbors. Re member that the men who stocked Cali forna in the fifties were physically, and as far as regards certain tough virtues the pick of the earth. The inept and the weakly died en route or went under in the days of construction. To this nucleus were added all the races of the conti- nent. The resn1t you shall see in large boned d, .ested, delicate -handed wo- men and ,ong. elastic, well-built boys. It needs no little golden badge swinging from his watch chain to mark the native son of the Golden West-the country-bred of California. Him I love because he is devoid of fear carries himself like a man and has a heart as big as his boots l fancy, too, he knows how to enjoy the blessings of life that his world so abund- antly bestows upon him.