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The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1906-04-06
Learned His Lesson Well.

STANLEY" said his mother, II do
not like to see you playing with such
dirty boys. The language they use,
too, is not fit for your ears. They
are not the boys for you to associate
with"
The boy looked at his mother a
minute, and then as his little head
was thrown back he gravely asked:
"Who am / that / should not as
sociate with those boys?"
The mother was perplexed an In
slant, and then she said:
"But, Stanley, dear, that is not
it at all. The boys are not clean.
Their clothes are dirty, and they
Mother" said Stanley, quick as
a flash, "you have been reading to
me about Abe Lincoln. Now, he
wasn't clean when he was boy, and
he didn't wear fine clothes, and he
was president"
The mother looked at the boy
She had nothing to say, and in two
minutes Stanley was chasing around
with three Of the ragged, dirty, but
plucky urchins with whom he was
so fond of playing.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1906-04-06

fund, to build a bridge aeross !
slough on Saline bayou Al
brakes salt works on Monroe
and Natchitoches road and !
committee of I'll. B. Bates, w. r.
Babers and j. l.. Brewton b.
appointed to draft plans, adyer.
tise and receive bids, and let ONT
contract for same, and committee
to draft on Treasurer for same
when bridge is completed
Carried.
On motion of Mr.. Brewton
That the sum of $40 or as much
thereof as is necessary, he appro-
pr;ated out of the bridge fund to
assist Natchitoches tn build 4
bridge across Saline bayou at
brakes salt works on Monroe
and Natchitoches road, provided
Natchitoches approPrlates like
amount. Carried.
On motion of Mr.. Brewton:
John Sullivan was appointed
overseer on new road from M.
w. Blake's to d. W. Stewards.
On motion of Mr.. Webb:
Road district No. u be divided
into two districts, as follows:
A. V. Bonnette on east end as
overseer and w. L. Brice OYER
seer on west end.
On motion of Mr.. Willis: That
the sum of SIS be appropriated
to buy material to fix road in
swamp on road No. s. and NJ. L.
Erskins, overseer, to repair same.
Carried.
On motion of Mr.. Franks;
4
That the sum of $1,000 be, aud
the same is, hereby appropriated
out of the bridge fund to assist
Natchitoches parish in building
a bridge across Saline bayou at Of
near Strong's Ferry. provided
Natchitoches parish appropriates
a like amount, and committee
consisting Of A. j. Franks, D. IL
Shumate and j. Nj. Webb i
appointed to confer with a com
mittee from Natchitoches parish
Carried.
On motion the police jur!
adjourned until Thursday, Apr
9Th, at 9 o'clock a. m.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1906-04-06
Postomee Receipts.

Following is statement OF re-
ceipts at the Winfield postofhee
during March, 1905 and 1906, also
receipts for the quarters ending
March 81, 1905 and 1906, showing
a substantial increase for this
year over 1905:
Receipts for the month "
March, 1905, $252.9S; receipts for
the month of March, 1906, $780,
80; increase 1854, or a little
over 80 per cent.
Receipts for the quarter ending
March 81, 1905, $740.97; receipts
for same period in 1906. SlO9l.o4;
increase $35037. or a little
more than 20 per cent.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1906-04-06
PEBBLES Ham.

The Scotchman told the story.
There were two old Scotchwomen,
Mrs. MacWhirter and Mrs. Mclean,
Who met on the road one day, and
Mrs. MacWhirter says:
"Losh me, woman, yer far frae
hame the day"
"Aye," says Mrs. Mclean. a
was just yont at PEBBLES. Sanders
MacNabb O. PEBBLES keeps rale guild
ham. Dor John, We yen, likes Bit
guild ham and is aye yammerin'
ABBOTT the ham bein' owerfat and
owersaut."
"Oor Tom," says Mrs. MacWhir-
ter, els the same way. There's nae
pleasin' o. him WI his ham. Faith
I'll hae to gle MacNabb trial."
So Mrs. MacWhirter journeys In
to PEBBLES, and she says to Sander.
MacNabb, the grocer:
"Gie's pund O. yer ham,"
'What kind" says Sanders, "wad
We hke?"
"Oh, just the kind that Mrs. Nc.
Bean GETS" says the lady.
MacNabb smiled family.
ga RIGHT" says he. "Whaur's yen
bottle?"
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1906-04-06
UNLIMITED SALT DEPOSIT
More Than q Thousand Feet
Thick, in Winn Parish.

Baton Rouge, April 4, 1906
George D. Harris, State Geologist.
has discovered in Winn parish,
where he is now making a
typographical survey, the first
salt deposit in north Louisiana.
and the only salt deposit in the
State that is capped over with
several hundred feet of hard
rock. The salt mines on Avery's
Island, in south Louisiana. while
rich in mineral resources, are not
capped with rock, which makes
mining difficult. The deposit
that State Geologist Harris has
found in Winn Parish is capped
with rock, and he says could be
worked at a moderate cost.
The following is his letter to
DIR. w. r. Dodson, Director of
the Experiment Stations, in
which he tells of these salt
deposits:
81 have just been up to visit
Goldonna salt well, drilled fol-
oil and sulphur, and find it of fal
more interest than had thought
For the first time in Louisiana
deposit of salt more than 10O(
feet thick has been found, capped
by several hundred feet of hare
rock. In other words, here is ;
deposit that can be mined with
out fear of caving from above
for slight water percolation from
above would have little effect Oh
the Gaping limestone. Sine
there are many other ticks from
|Goldonna to Shreveport, see nj
reason why Louisiana should no
take first rank In the salt in
dustry, if only a moderate amour
of capital is employed. 1t i
Gratifying to see how finel..
located some of these deposit
are."
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1906-04-06
COMING A JANIToR.
A Case Of DiscipIinins and the Way u
Worked Out.

Worked Out.
One day Wilkinson got mad and
determined to discipline the janitor.
"Why is it." he said, chat every
time anybody in this building loses
anything you ask US il we know
what has become of it p
Because" the janitor replied,
you are the only folks that never
lose anything"
The next morning arrived.
"We're short a bottle of milk"
Wilkinson shouted down the dumb
waiter shaft. "Where is it I"
az don't know, sir" the janitor
answered humbly. 'I'll see if l can
find it."
"Why," said Mrs. Wilkinson, eve
got our milk"
"Don't worry" said her husband.
'sOf course, he can't find it, but il
will do him good to hustle and stew
a little"
About fifteen minutes later VIII
kinson was summoned to the dumb
waiter. "Here's your milk" said
the janitor. "I'm sorry. made a
mistake before"
Wilkinson was bewildered. "Now,
,, where on earth did the fellow get
it ?" he said.
"He has taken it from one of the
| neighbors," walled Mrs. Wilkinson.
1--WE will be jailed before we get
through with this business"
The next day Wilkinson com.
planned of the loss of a package OF
sugar, which, though purely imagi.
nary, SO far as the Wilkinsons were
concerned, very soon materlalized II
the hands of the resoureeful janitor
Even Wilkinson got uneasy then
but, being bent on vengeance, he
subsequently, reported as lost three
loaves of bread, head Of lettuct
and a bag of potatoes, all of which
were Immediately produced by thu
janitor. Before further depreda
tions on the part of that worth,
were possible Wilkinson paid hi
grocery bill for the month. Whei
he came home Mrs. Wilkinson, wh'
is a systematic housekeeper, care
fully scanned the itemized account.
"Why, they have made a mis-
take" she said. 'They have charged
us for milk and sugar and things W,
never got. You must go right bacl
and see about it. :"
| Wilkinson went.
s1t's all right" he said upon hi
return. ave got the stuff. TIL
janitor ordered it."
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1906-04-06
Using the Devil Horse. !"

Street Commissioner White,
after dragging the "devil horse,
alias s'the street machine" from
its moorings near the Racket
Store and having it repaired, @
using it on the streets, fixing up
certain portions which seem TO-
need it. There is need for such
work in many portions of the
town, but, of course, it is out OF
the question, with the present
limited street funds. to work all
the streets and we must get along
as best we can.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1906-04-06
QUEER CHANCES.
Odd Ways In Which Lost Jewels hess
Been Recovered.

Odd Ways In Which Lost Jewels nass
Been Recovered.
One of the most romantic stories
of stolen jewels occurred with Fan
nv Kemble for heroine. An lmpor-
t1nate American danced attendance
upon her until one day she finally
and peremptorily babe him BECOME.
BE gazed steadfastly at her for a
moment. Then, seeing that she was
really in earnest, he flung a packet
mon the table. "Well," he said,
"you may at least take this" And
he turned upon his heel and left the
room, and she never saw him more.
Of course she opened the package
what woman would not? In it was
very beautiful jewel, which, as she
had not the address of the giver,
she had perforce to retain, but not
for long. Some one besides herself
appreciated its beauty and took 1t.
Years passed, and she had ceased to
repine for its loss. Then she was
staying in Italy, and to her at Sor-
rento there came a peddler. who,
quite by chance, displayed before
her his pack of trivial wares. There
among them, its value all unsuspect-
ed, lay the long lost jewel, with
nothing to tell how it came into the
possession of the hawker.
To match this story one must
turn to the experience of Sussex
clergyman. A ring which was an
heirloom in his family was stolen
from his keeping, Eighteen years
passed, and not word was heard
concerning the article. Then ii
turned up inside one of the fingers
of a glove lost at bazaar in New
Zealand. The finder had promoted
the bazaar, was a relative OF the
owner of the ring and was the only
person on that side of the world
who could have identified it. The
owner of the glove was one of 9
number of persons who had in turn
possessed the ring. It had passed
from hand to hand all around the
world, to come, at the antipodes, te
the only person who could stay it
further travels and restore it to thu
rightful owner.-St. James Gazette
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1906-04-06
HOW MoRos MAKE FIRE.

The match has been said to be
the greatest ciyilizer Of the world,
but It has not yet completed its
work. There are still tribes Of
barbarous and semibarbarous peo-
pie who use natures means for pro-
ducing fire, either by friction with
Or without apparatus or the contact
Of two substances which produce Q
spark, as flint and steel.
The Moros use method distinc-
tive from other savage races and OF
interest not only for its uniqueness,
but as showing the effect of environ
ment ON invention.
This apparatus consists OF bam-
boo stick, a bit of china and finder.
Cylindrical cases are also part OF
the device, one being a case for to-
bacco and the other a case for the
china and finder. The whole, con-
nected with cords, is worn at the
belt. To use the apparatus the ma
tive takes the bamboo firmly In his
left hand and in his right holds the
bit of china by the finger and
thumb and on the thumb side
pinches q bit of finder. The edge
Of the china is then struck sharply
down and along the bamboo, pro-
ducing bright and long spark,
which catches in the finder and ig-
mites it. Very little practice is re-
quired to enable a novice to light a
fire by this means. Obviously, when
the apparatus was first devised, no
china was available, and doubtless
some sharp stone took its place.
Now, however, bits of broken china
such as are found in cheap eating
houses are regarded as best for the
purpose and universally used. :
The thoughtful reader will at
once draw an analogy between this
means of fire making and the flint
and steel of our own ancestors. In
the eastern tropics, however, bam-
boo is the commonest of woods and
so was doubtless observed many
times to make a bright spark when
struck where flint, in contact with
metal, was seen once. In conse-
quence after the first bright thinker
had devised this way of using the
spark the method held its popularity
and obtains to this day, although
the flint and steel is SO much sim
pier, easier and more portable.
The philosophy of the device will
1t once be apparent. The sharp
edge of the china scrapes off a bit
OF bamboo not much, because the
wood il hard and the outside has
quite q glaze but enough to be
made incandescent BY the friction
Of the stroke. The finder catches
this spark, and the desired fame Y
The result. Scientific American.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1906-04-06
A Benefit Society Seven centuri.. Old

= 0Se*~sse 0SS&SAy 0SWOu SSH&0tIS8 Viz.
Many Englishmen are wont to
pride themselves that England is
the home and parent of the mutual
benefit friendly society. The claim
could scarcely be substantiated. In
old Montpelier there still fourishes
mutual benefit friendly society
under the title of st. Faith which
has an unbroken history dating back
to about 1920. Statute books dat
ing to 1902 are still preserved, and
they are believed to be but reproduc-
lions OF statutes in force a century
or two earlier, which were burned
during the civil war of the sixteenth
century. During all these centu-
ries the society has never failed its
members in case of sickness, injury
or infrmity.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1906-04-06
Attention, Veterans.

The members of David Piersou|
Camp 1903 q. G. V. are reques-|
ted to meet at the court house on
Saturday, April It'll, at p. M
for the purpose of electing three
delegates and three alternates to-
represent this camp at New Or
leans at general encampment OF
the u. G. VS., and to attend ~
such other business as may come,
before it.
Gro. A. KELLY, Com.
By order of the commander:
Will A. STRONG, Adjutant.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1906-04-06
Jefferson Was Not Qualified.

As is generally known, the late
Joseph Jefferson and ex-President
Cleveland were boon companions.
Shortly after Cleveland was elected
president the second time a friend
Of Mr.. Jefferson met him and said,
81 hear that President Cleveland
may appoint you to an ambassador
ship"
"Where in the world did you
hear that ?" was the response. 81
wouldn't accept it. Did the papers
say anything about it %
"Yes," his friend replied. s"They
said you may be appointed minister
to Cape Cod"
Wouldn't do" said Mr.. Jeffer-
son. II don't speak the language"
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1906-04-06
Faults.

You VIII find it less easy to uproot
faults than to choke them by gain.
ing virtues. Do not think Of your
faults, still less of others, faults. In
every person who comes near you
look for what is good and strong.
Honor that, rejoice in it and, as you
can, try to initiate it, and your faults
will drop of like dead leaves when
their time comes.-Ruskin.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1906-04-06
THIRD DAY's PROCEEDINGS.
Wednesday, April 4, 1906

INU"Is &APAiA ~ A0oo'
The police jury met persuant
to adjournment, all members
present.
On motion the minutes of the
previous meeting were read and
adopted.
On motion of MIR. Brewton:
That 6. III. Deem be appointed
overseer on road running from
Antioch church to Cloud crossing
on Saline Bayou. Carried.
A petition from the tax payers
of Couley district asking for an
election for special school tax
was adopted.
A petition from the taxpayers
of the Wheeling-Nantachie school
district asking for an election to
be held was adopted.
On motion of Mr.. Brewton:
That the sum of SIS, OF as much
thereof as may be necessary, be
appropriated out of bridge fund
to build a bridge across Big
Branch on Winfield and Arcadia
road. Carried.
On motion of Mr.. Brewton:
That the sum of $4,000, or as
much thereof as is necessary, be
| appropriated out of the bridge
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1906-04-06
WIN Use Power.

Tho Winnfield Bottling Works
will use power this season, Man.
ager Fletcher having ordered q
gasoline engine for that purpose,
and Il will be installed Is coon Is
Il arrives. The WINFIELD Bot
fling Works is one of the sue
osssful enterprises Of the town
and the addition of power will
give il greater success. enabling
che plant to handle increased
business, which is continually
coming its way. And in this con-
nection it might be said that no
similar plant turns out : better
product than IS made right here
b this plant.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1906-04-06
Quarterly Conference.

The quarterly conference OF the
Methodist Episcopal church
south for this district will begin
its sessions on Saturday, 7th inst.
Rev. c. b. Carter. Presiding
Elder of this district, will preach
Satur day night, and Sunday It
eleven o'clock. There will be
preaching at the church on Friday
night by Rev. r. A. Holloway,
the pastor.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1906-04-06
DAUGHTERS ORGANIZED
VIM. Walker Chapter Daughters
Of the Confederacy


William Walker Chapter of the
Daughters of the Confederacy
was organized at the court house
ON Wednesday, the 4th day OF
April, 1906, with the following
officers:
Mrs. Mary j. Nelson, Presl-
dent.
Mrs. Annie Drewett. LIST Vice
President.
Mrs. Nina Moore, End Vice
President.
Mrs. Mary E. Belcher, 3rd Vice
President.
Mrs. Mamie Burks, 4th Vice
President.
Mrs. Edna Gamble, Core
spending Secretary.
Miss Elvie Crawford, Record.
ing Secretary.
Mrs. Elizabeth Dunn, Urea.
surer.
Miss Nettie Bernstein, His.
tor;an.
Misses Helen Teagle, Katie
TeagIe, Sallie Sutton. Jessie Mel
son. Mesdames Bertha Kidd
Clarissa Crawford, Henrietts
Levan, Fannie Drewett. Virgins
Sutton. Effie Drewett.
The naming of the chapter wa
. very graceful act on the part o.
the ladies. Col. Walker organ
lied q company in Winn parish
and was attached to what wa
known rs Grsy's 28th regimen
of infantry. On the promotion
of General Gray Col. Walker wa
promoted to colonel of the regi
ment and was killed on the battle
field ct Mansfield, La, while lead
ing his regiment.
The ladies have a good star
and will meet again on Wednes
day, 18th, to receive . repor
from the committee on mott
and flower and the committee OF
BY laws and rules.
Commander Geo. A. Kelly an,
Adjutant Will A. Strong of Davi'
Pierson Camp 1903 q. c. v. an
Commander E. e. Kidd of th
Sons Of Veterans assisted tn
ladies in organizing their chapter
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1906-04-06
The Bank Of WINFIELD.

We have commented on the
various industrial enterprises in
the town Of WINFIELD but have
only Incidentally mentioned the
financial Institutions, until now.
We have the FIRST quarterly state
ment this year of the Bank Of
WINFIELD before US. This state
ment Is certainly . revelation.
II shows what liberal and at the
same time conservative banking
can do. There are few banks il
the state that can make q better
showing than this bank has for
the same period. with . capital Of
SIS. 900, surplus aud undivided
profits $40, 1859 and individual
dep0sits not bearing Interest
tl71.Ss9.30, making the resources
Of the bank $sO8. 4a5.19. The
officers of the bank are oil con.
sentative business men though
liberal in their management,
The increase in their business il
m index - to how they are held
By the business men III this sec
ton of the state. We predict ia
the nearfuture that they will b
second TO no bank in the state.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1906-04-06
A Little Bull.

1t was an Irishman of course,
though he had shed his accent from
having been in this country for two
generations.
by Georgep he exclaimed, look
ing at a well known electrical sign
on Canal street the other day. s1f
| were In the center of Africa and
saw that sign I'd know at once /
vas in New Orleans p-New Or.
leans Times Democrat.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1906-04-06
POLICE JURY PROCEEDINGS.
Continued from first page.

priated out of bridge fund to
build bridge across Fish creek
near A. S. Thigpen's on road NO.
Z in ward 3. Carried.
On motion of MIR. Webb:
That the salary of the constable
J. w. Vance, of the sixth ward.
be placed at SIS per quarter ana
that Justice S. l. Bufkin's salary
be placed at $40 per quarter.
Carried.
On motion of Mr.. Webb:
Whereas, the attorneys, Earl
E.Kidd and Holstead q Atkinson,
are employed by the police jury
of the parish of VIM. La, to alt
vlse and represent said police jury
and taxpayers of the parish OF
Winn relative to the special tax
claimed by the Arkansas South
ern railroad company. or Its as
signs: therefore
Be it ordainened by the police
| jury of the parish of VIM, In
regular session duly convened:
That the fee of Earl Z. Kidd and
Holstead Sc Atkinson, attorneys
representing the police jury and
the tax payers of the parish OF
Winn relative to the special tax
claimed by the Arkansas South
ern Railroad Company. is fixed
by agreement at 10 per cent. OF
whatever amount of money is
saved to the taxpayers resulting
from litigation or contention
against the claim asserted by the
said railroad company, or its as
signs; it being understood and
agreed that if there is no reduc-
| ton of the said tax claim on the
ensuing years assessment, III
Guiding the year 1906. no fee OF
compensation shall be due or al
lowed the attorneys, and said at
torneys shall pay all cost in case
said suit is lost.
And in order to provide for the
payment of the aforesaid fee, il
case compensation shall be earned
That 30 per cent. of the Incl.
dental funds from the taxation
of the parish of Winn for and II
each year of the remaining year:
of the ten year limit claimed fol
the tax, including the year 1906
be and the same is hereby appro
priated and set apart to pay thi
debt, or so much thereof as i
necessary: also fr the same pur
pose it is further ordained tina
all surplus of any funds IN thu
parish treasury for the year il
, which it was raised and approved
during these years. is appropri
ated to pay this debt.
By Mr.. Porter: Be it ordaine,
by the police jury of the parish
, of VIM, La, in regular session
fconvened: That j. T. Durham
assessor of the parish of VIM
La, be, and hereby is, instructed
; not to make or extend hereafte
, an assessment on the tax roll o
the said parish of Wlnn, La.
any tax in favor of the Arkansa
Southern Railroad Company o
Its assigns; and it IS hereby OIL
dained that the clerk of the polio
! jury serve copy of this ord
nance on the assessor, j. L. Dur
! ham.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1906-04-06
Remember the Four.

Remember we will send you
three of the best and largest
monthly magazines published and
The Sentinel all four one year for
$500
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1906-04-06
The object.

II want to put an ad. in your pa
per-" said the weary looking man.
make it, Wanted, a situation; any
old job"
"Shall | say, money no object? p "
suggested the clerk.
NO, make it object matrimony.'
II | could got acquainted with a de-
cent job "a Be willing to marry Il
for life.s
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