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The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1906-02-24
SHERIFFS SALE.
State Of Louisiana. Parish Of st. Martin
18th Judicial District Court,
No. 1913.
DUMAS BERNARD
ABRAHAM ACHEE.

BY virtue OF an order Of Seizure aud
Sale, issued in the above entitled and
numbered Suit. and to me directed the
Hon. the 18th Judicial District Court. In
and fer the Parish Of st. Martin, State
Of Louisiana. dated this Both day Of Jan.
uary A. ID. 1896. have seized and will
proceed 10 sell at public auction to the
last and highest bidder. at the Court
House door In the Town of ST. Martin
vile between the legal sale hours on
Saturday the 10th of March
A. d, 1906,
the following described property. tO-wit:
That certain tract Of land with all the
improvements thereon and appurten-
ances thereto belonging. situated in St.
Martin Parish. La. at Coteau Home. ha-
wing front Of eight arpents by depth
of fourteen arpents. bounded North by
lands of Dumas Bernard and of Eraste
BrOussard. Sonth by lands Of Duperier or
assigns. aud West by lands Of Abraham
Achee and L. ChamDeau.
Sold to satisfy said above writ.
Terms aud conditiOns-Cash.
Sheriff's Office this 3lst day Of Janua-
~ A. ID. 1906.
o. BADON. Sheriff.
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tiful garden was around the house. Here
Is a little water color sketch of a corner
of that garden, some hollyhocks and sun
flowers you see. | loved every inch OF
It, and the old house, and / was draw
ing from the time 1 can remember and
always wanted to become an artist" She
paused moment, II do yet" she said.
81 want to do Illustration work-great
illustration work. Bischoff told me once
that Aulich said I would paint some
day!
Il had unusual advantages when begin
ming my work. being so thoroughly well
grounded In drawing. AS I said, went
10 school In Tuskegee-not Booker Wash
ington's-there are a few others! My
school was the old Alabama Conference
Female college-isn't that name for
you? But In spite Of its name, they
had a most excellent art teacher there,
q. woman who had studied in Paris for
years under Carolus Duran.
$50 worked first with her, and then
when I came to Birmingham 1 studied
under Parrish and then began to work my
way-I made a specially of little water
color heads first; got an order from a
Chicago firm that simply took me Off
my feet to start with, for it was 1900
think of that--the very first order l ever
had And they have come in ever since.
more than I could handle, and l get
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vious education of social condition. a fe-
male teacher Is not fully prepared to do
the work or the Volkschule- She cannot
replace a male teacher. but only supple
ment him. In the feminizing Of the teach
ers' corps we see a danger for the develop
ment of the institutions and for their in
dependence. Through woman's celibacy
she Is taken away from the home and as
a rule old teachers are usually embittered
spinsters. A school needs whole (gan-
zer) man, and requires his whole services"
Miss Helene LANCE, the famouse pioneer
teacher, answered Laube. She declared:
ALLOW me, an old, unmarried and
stunted teacher, to say that after hear
ing the above statements we have the
feeling that you do not wish to be fair
to us. Should our male colleagues accept
the thesis, which l consider an insult
yes, ! say three times an insult-the Cen
eral German Women Teachers associa-
ton will arrange a meeting of protest"
The second mayor of Charlottenburg,
Mating stated that in his city, whore
the parity of male and female teachers
was maintained in the girls schools, the
result had been very successful. The fol-
lowing resolution was then adopted by
the convention:
German teachers believe in the en-
ployment of woman in the public schools,
but for pedagogic reasons repudiate the
demand to give the controlling influence
in girls schools to women
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work only and as / say, | have always
had the best luck in the world, and
can say | have not failed yet in anything
| have ready tried for. OF course, one
must work for It. There's saying
somewhere; the vision of dawn is leisure
but the truth of the day is toll and
that is mighty true. And | look for
the time TO come, as I said before wheR
l can become a great illustrator.
Her studio is vivid with colors plate
shelf and tables laden with flower-paint-
ed vases. tea cups and saucers. tea serv-
ices, placques water color studies of
girls heads and roses-everywhere roses.
"Roses-everyone always wants roses,
Miss Douglass exclaimed, land 1t is, after
all, the most beautiful flower there is,
don't YOU think so? Certainly, 1t Is
most decorative, most full of warm col
ors. / use it for everything-and. every
time 1t is new Roses are so many KINDS
you see, and forms and lights and shades
and eolors and oharacteristics-just like
people-just exactly like people And
you have to take-and study them-just
so-yes, as a living model. They are the
living models!
"Why each rose has its own definite
and formulated character as plainly
marked as can bel
II believe in the naturalistic school: |
work in that, and that ] know. I think
the other Is beautiful you understand
but I do not do 1t. One must specialize
today, think, to reach financial success,
and I have specialized ] love Nature;
I have always loved outdoors. Do you
know where l think the light is clearer
and the skies are bluer, and you feel
stronger than any where else In the
world? Why in Minnesota-ever up
there? I love 1t there. That was one of
the few holiday trips I have ever taken
in my life"
Miss Douglass is spending the summer
in Glen Iris, with DR.. and Mrs j. 7.
Harwell. They have a beautiful home.
quite near the vine-grown entrance
gates. white, with low-browed portico,
looking. to the west over sweet green
planes of lawn.
II have framed In my room the poem
I love most-you know 1t; Kipling's sand
she quoted the closing lines;
And only the Master shall praise us.
And only the Master shall blame.
And no one shall work for money,
And no one shall work for fame,
But each for the JOY of working.
And each in his separate star
Shall paint the thing as he sees II
For the God of things as they are"
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them from all parts of the country. Just
recently I filled an order for a dinner
service for the director of the Wagner
orchestra at Bayreuth. l have sent other
things to Italy, and as I say to every
portion Of the country Then I have pu=
pills from other cities and class of be-
tween fifty and sixty in the winter.
7 have worked constantly under DIFF
ferent teachers. chiefly in Chicago; the
best in china decoration that could be
produced. Yes, I come every day to my
studio ! am here at 8 o'clock every
morning and l never leave until g.
Her studio is In the Watts building; a
many -windowed room, green-walled, light
and cool and-scrupnlously clean!
Folks think if one is an artist she can't
be a housekeeper, too" Miss Douglas
exclaimed laughingly, they think If You
paint you can't sew or cook or do any
thing else. but just simply paint And
see that chatting dish over there-that
proves that we can cookl And we do
We get our lunches every day here in
the studio-and we have just loads Of
fun.
No I don't teach drawing Pupils, as a
rule don't care about doing creative work
I teach china painting and water color
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AN INTERESTING TALK
WITH LUCILLE DOUGLAS
BY ETHEL ARMIES.

It was in Lucille Douglas studio the
other day. Just to the right Of the door,
on the plate shelf there was a PLAGUE
done IN red roses-drooping red roses,
melting, full blown; the sense of a deli
rious fragrance keen on them.
who did that" l cried
Franz Blsehoff," Miss Douglas re-
piled. See. he has signed it there. I
studied with him and that is simply one
OF his demonstrations as he called it."
Simply demonstration ex-
claimed
Yes. it is exquisite she continued,
land here is a vase painted by Auluich,
with whom I also studied: he has an
absolutely different style. you see And
over there is another vase after Marshall
Fry. Then I have also studied with Miss
Esterbrooks in Chicago"
where did you begin?" I asked.
well. first I studied in Talladega,
when went TO school there. l was born
in Talladega, and lived with my grand
mother. She had an old-fashioneds colon
iai home-you know the klnd-and beau
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THE GERMAN VIEWPOINT.

In the annual convention of the German
Teachers association which has lately
been in progress in Munich, a number of
developments Of interest to educational
circles in this country have taken place.
A sensational discussion followed the
thesis presented to the convention by one
of the prominent men delegates. 1t was
as follows
THE employment Of women in the pub
lie schools shall not be considered from
the standpoint of an extension of the
sphere of womans activity, but solely In
the interest of the schools. The education
of the rising youth shall be the mutual
work of the two sexes. But as in the
family, womans influence is predominant,
and as the public school supplements fam
lily life, the education of the boys and
girls must be under male influence The
demand that only female teachers shall
be employed in girls schools must be de-
MED for the following reasons; A wo-
man teacher cannot claim to possess
deep understanding of a girls nature. In
fact according TO her physical and
psychic perception, according to her pre-
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MAKE 100000 UMBRELLAS.
Annual Output In This Country Is In
creasine Annually.
From the Brooklyn Eagle.

From the Brooklyn Eagle.
Up to a few years ago. 1t is said, only
seven patents on umbrellas had been is
sued In the United States in 100 years,
this despite the fact that the annual pro-
duotion of umbrellas In this country is
close to 100000, says the American In
ventor. The ribs and stem of an umbrella
are generally made in factories having
speciality of these items, and are sent
thence TO the real manufacturer. Here,
first, the man whose work 1t is to assem-
BILE the parts inserts a bit of wire into
the small holes at the end of the ribs,
draws them together about the. main rod.
and puts on the ferrule.
In cutting the cloth, seventy-five thick
nesses or whereabouts are arranged upon
a splitting table, at which skilled opera
tors work In another room are a number
of girls who operate hemming machines.
The machines at which they work have a
speed Of some 5000 revolutions min
ute.
After hemming the cloth is cut into trl-
angular pieces, with knife as before,
but with pattern laid upon the cloth.
triangular pieces together by machinery.
The covers and the frames are now
ready to be brought together. In all
there are twenty-one places where the
cover is to be attached to the frame In
the average umbrella.
The handle is next glued on and the UNI
brella is ready for pressing and inspec-
ton. BY far the greater number of UNI
brellas today are equipped with wooden
handles. A large variety of materials may
be used, however. such as horn, china,
bone, agate, pearl, ivory, silver and gold.
Gold and silver quite naturally enter into
the construction of the more expensive
grades of umbrellas, some OF which. in
price. have been known to bring as high
as $50 to $500. A wooden handle may
likewise be expensive, depending upon the
quality of the wood used. Ebony. petri-
fed wood, fir oak and elder are as well
known to the umbrella nan-15.000O00 UNI
brellas year.
The umbrella has been developing rap
idly during the last few years We pick
up even cheap one nowadays. press
button and the top spreads itself like an
eagle ready for its fight, We are going
away and an ordinary umbrella Is too
long to put in our grip. We find among
our assortment Of umbrellas and parasois
one that is meant for just such an emer-
gency, and which, in most accommodat-
ing manner, folds up to suit the size of
our travelling bag. Other new ones lock
with a key. Some spread their shade over
eight or nine feet of territory. and man
-ufacturers aver that these are but a few
of the improvements which we may ex-
pect
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tains Mrs. Messer and their three little
daughters are charmingly located at THE
Ridgewood," just beyond Asheville. They
will remain there throughout August.
Mrs. J. z. Johnston and her neice. Miss
Margaret Anderson, are spending a few
weeks with friends near Chattanooga and
Lookout mountain.
Mr.. and Mrs David Roberts, Miss Belle
Roberts and Meredith Roberts and Mrs.
Anne Roberts Gayler, with her little
daughter, left last week for Saluda, N.
c., where they will remain during Au-
gust.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. H. Aldrich. Jr.. and
their little son have gone to Lakewood.
N. j., where they will spend a few weeks
before visiting Chautauqua.
Mrs G. C. Engstfeld is visiting her
cousin, Mrs. John King Pickett in Wash
ington.
Mr.. and Mrs William Howard Town
send announce the engagement OF their
daughter, Eleanore. to Mr.. Cleveland
Grady DASH the wedding to take place
on August 10.
Miss Augustine Beggo of New Orleans
is visiting Miss Carrie Rowley.
Mrs Edward Rowley OF New Orleans
and her two children are visiting Miss
Carrie Rowley and Miss Daisy Rowley
Miss Elizabeth Catalan, who has been
quite ill., is much better.
Miss Mary Thompson will leave the
city tomorrow for Petoskey, Mich, where
she will remain until the first of Oc-
tober.
The ladies of the Altar Society of Our
Lady of Sorrow church will give a lawn
fete- Thursday. August from to 10
at Behrens park.
Mr.. Robert w. Ewing returned yester-
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sEvERlN-voN MARkEsTEYN.

Announcement of the engagement and
approaching marriage Of Miss Bertha Won
Merkestyn and Mr.. Carl Julius SEVERN
is made, the marriage to take place the
latter part of August.
Both of the contr3 citing parties are well
known and highly esteemed In Birming-
ham. Miss Won Merkestyn is gifted mu'
sician. She has also been one of the lead
ing vocal teachers of birmingham, where
for number of years she has had charge
of the department of vocal music in the
birmingham Seminary, and to which
duties she will return in the autumn
Mr.. Severin's long association with the
Sloss company establishes him among
the successful young business men of
the Birmingham district.
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charm The Young people anticipate
taIIy time and would welcome any OF
their MANY friends Tickets round trip
OK cents. Refreshments will be served en-
route at popular prices
The Music Study circle has olspahucu
o.. tho summer on account of the illness
oe its president. Mrs. oliver ChaifouN
II will meet again next OCTOBER
DIR. Kenneth Bradford VIII return TINS
week from Boston. lie mas peen 80 49, .
FOR several weeks doing post graduate
work.
Tho engagement of Miss Mamie Gus
aela. daughter of Mr.. e. Gusheid 10 Mr.
Edward Friend of New Orleans is an
nounced.
Miss Florence Ballard is entertaining
Miss Grace Hardie, Miss Kate BRADSHAW
and Miss Bonnie Plosser for rev days
Mr.. and Mrs. David Thompson ana
Miss Lucy Dwyer expect to leave Tuesday
for Cleveland o.
Mr. and Mrs. Porter Walker are visit
ing Mrs. C. II. Nabb at Waynesviiie'
N. c.
Mrs. ]. C. Musgrove has gone to Asbury
Park.
Mrs w. A. Hood of Alexander CITY Is
the guest of Mrs. William Hood on Fifth
avenue.
Miss Mary Ruth McLester who has
haan visiting Mrs Frank H. Bell and
nor mother. Mrs. T. T. Wilson on Look
ont mountain, will leave "Wednesday for
Sewanee, Tenn.
Mrs. Frank H. Bell will arrive in the
city Thursday.
Mr.. M. p. Messer returned last week
from a two weeks trip to Asheville and
other places in the North Carolina noun
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HAYs-MAYFIELD.

A marriage of wide social interest VIII
be that of DR.. Oscar Hayes. city physi-
clan and Miss May Mayield, which will
take place August l.
Rev. James A. Duncan will perform the
ceremony. Mrs. George M. Thomas of
Nashville will act as matron of honor
and Mr. II. H. Chamberlayne of Green
vile. Miss, will be the best man.
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MUSIC STUDY CLUB.

The Music Study club has disbanded
for the summer on account of the illness
of Mrs. chalifoux. the president, and the
absence from the city of Mrs Finch, the
leader. 1t will be announced later when
the meetings will be resumed.
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RosTIcK-ToWNLEY.

The engagement of Miss Kate Helen
Townley daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. L..
A. Townley to Mr.. Peter Edward Bostick,
Jr, is announced
The wedding will take place at $50 p.
m, August q, at Ann Arbor, Mich.
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TO MISS PARKER.

Miss Bessie Davis of Athens enter
tanned thirty-five guests at cards Wednes-
day evening in compliment to Miss Lila
May Parker of Birmingham.
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The Way of II.
philadelphia Press.

From the Philadelphia Press.
'sYou see. he was whirled around a
shaft at the mill and pretty seriously
hurt. Now he's suing the boss for $4,000
damages
wei. that's the way of the whirled."
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Mr.. and Mrs. John Snow Jemison have
commenced the erection of a home in
the neighborhood of Glen Iris. 1t will
probably be completed in the fall.
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The Young Peoples Society of Christian
Endeavor OF the First Christian church
will give trolly excursion Monday eve
ming, July 49,. to aid their work. The ex-
cursion leaves the church. corner Twenty
first street and fifth avenue. at p. m.
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Mr.. Adolph Dahm Petersen left yes
terday for New York. He will sail for
Norway. August. J., TO be gone until
November.
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The Cracker on Division.

Vote for the best interest.
Be sure you use good judgment
when you make the x before the
man of your choice.
What does it mean to divide the
county? 1t certainly means more
taxes, short terms of schools, open
bar rooms and more county Offices,
which will be mostly filled with
the office seeking class that are
hardly worthy to be called citizens,
much less to hold responsible
positions. What m a k es us
crackers so ignorant and the north
so wise? 1t is because the north
sticks together, has the best of
schools and compells every child
to go. Why can't we do the same?
/ understand the school board is
deeply in debt now. Ask Joe
Brown, and he will tell YOU.
What will become of the schools if
you let the county be split up, and
what will become of your boys
hanging around saloons? God for
bid Think we'll. Act wisely.
They will say We will not let
whiskey be sold in our towns,
but they can't help it for the first
year, and when whiskey gets in a
town it is hard to vote it out.
Even if they should vote it out the
first year, how many boys and men
will be ruined2 How many
mothers and sisters hearts will be
brokenl God help you to act
wisely on the 18th of May and
cast your vote against division.
AS see it,
THE CRACKER.
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PropOsltlon Turned Down.

The Arcadia Electric Light, Ice
and Telephone Co.. proposition,
which has been under advisement
Tor some time, was rejected by the
City Council Wednesday night
The Electric Light Company in
their proposition proposed to fur
nish power and pump the water for
Arcadia's new water works sys-
tenn. Under this arrangement the
City would be saved the necessity
of owning boilers and always keep
ing an experienced engineer on
duty. The proposition looked like
a good one, but was tnrned down
for the reasons that the City bond
ed for water works and would not
be fulfilling its obligations except
by giving a complete plant in every
particular, also that the City should
be Independent of all private corpo-
rations with its municipal utilities.
The Bond Trustees will go ahead
and install boiler, ETC., and have
the water works ready for opera
ton as soon as possible.
The we'll now under course of
construction has reached a depth
of 375 feet, and will in few days
be tested.
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National Editors.

The National Editorial Associ-
alton will hold its twenty-6rst
annual meeting at Indianapolis,
Iune IL to IS. The delegates will
then tour the Great Lakes and
Eastern Canada. The party will
arrive in Chicago, the morning of
June 20, where they are to be the
guests of the Press Club. AT 2 p.
m. they will leave on the Manitou
Steamship Company's magnificent
steamer "Manitou' for Mackinac
Island. This splendid ship has
been justly titled The Greyhound
of the Great Lakes" her triple
expansion engines, with immense
horse power, send her through the
water at an average speed Of
eighteen miles an hour. Built en-
tirely of steel and measuring 500
feet in length and forty-two feet in
breadth, her hull is divided into
seven distinct compartments, each
completely separated from the
Others by solid steel buikheads,
thereby giving her such stability
as to rank her with the finest
ocean-going ships. The main
saloon and cabin are beautifully
decorated and the culinary depart
ment is the best of any boat flying
the American Flag 1t equals that
of the best clubs and hotels.
The National editors make the
first sailing Of the season. on June
20, after which the ''Manito'f
makes regular trips from Chicago
to Mackinac Island and inter
The champion. (Arcadia, Fla.) 1895-1911, 1906-05-31
FIRE AT WAUCHULA
TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLAR
BLAZE WEDNESDAY.

Today's (Thursday's) Tampa
Tribune gives the following gc-
count of the fire at Wauchula.
Fire broke out between and 2
O'Clock Wednesday morning in the
Isom store at Wauchula, and
rapidly spread i'll that town until
losses approximating $4,000 had
been incurred by residents and
property owners.
The origin of the fire is
thought to have been from mice
and matches.
The store and stock of Isom
were ruined, entailing a loss of
more than 81 900, covered to the
amount Of 81 900 by insurance, j.
c. Stenstrom lost three stores.
Or. Hanna lost his drug store
and residence, bit saved a great
part of drugs. The front of the
Masonic Building was severely
scorched,
Albert Stenstrom and another
young man, while fighting the
flames, were precipitated to the
ground and painfully bruised by
the breaking of a ladder on which
they were standing.
There was no wind prevalent at
the time of the fire. Had there
been it is probable that there would
be no Wauchula today. Without
a fire department the Wauchula
people valiantly fought the blaze.
The women worked pumps while
the men threw bucket after bucket
of water on the burning buildings
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mediate points, on Mondays,
Wednesdays and Fridays of each
week Jos. Berolzheim the
obliging general passenger agent
of the Manitou Steamship Co.,
Rush and N. Water Streets,
Chicago H., will look after the
welfare of the visiting delegates on
their trip and is at all times pleased
to furnish information relative to
the Great Lake Resorts.
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oRMoND-BY-THE-sEA.


Mr.. Totman pleasantly writes to
the press superintendent: Ormond
Christian Endeavor Society meets
every Sunday eve, and takes the
whole service, assisted by the
pastor, Rev. +. w. Butler. We
have raised 81 for the Quarter
Century Memorial Fund, and will
have more. Also $34 for Japan
Famine Relief Fund. We have
interesting Missionary meetings
once month, with maps and
items regarding the field Under
discussion. The Juniors number
twenty members. They gave last
year S22 for missions, divided be-
tween India and Japan.
Mr., Totman further delighted
the department by saying | will
not forget when anything worthy
of note takes place, to let you
know"