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The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1907-09-07
LOCAL NEWS.

The Police Jury was in session
here Monday.
For Sale-A good surry for S35
genuine bargain - L. Biehvenu.
The Ladies Social Club was en-
terrain Tuesday by Mrs. L. Bien-
venu.
The Louisiana State University
will open it's classes on "wednesday
Sept. 18th.
The Wednesday Afternoon Eu-
chre Club was entertained by Mrs
Willie Bienvenu Wednesday af-
ternoon.
There will be meeting of the
stock holders of the Lake Oil Co.,
at the Office of Messrs. Martin,
VOORHEES, & Martin on Saturday
the 14th inst.
The local ginneries are in Oper-
alton and also the Oil department
of the st. Martin Oil Works, and
quite a large number of men are
employed in these mills.
Ship your cotton to Olivier,
VOORHEES, & Lowry, 922 Gravier
street, New Orleans if you want
the highest market price for your
cotton.
, Remember that when in need
of FEED, such as OATS, CORN
HAY, and BRAN, that l.. BIEN
VENU supplies the public at thu
,|LOWEST PRICES.
5 There will be no band concer
tomorrow evening AS many OF tn
: members are going to take in thu
D New Orleans excursion which
T. here at half past eight o'clock to
y .noyrow morning.
= We believe if one of our enter
= prising citizens would establish
d stage line between Caje and 81
b Martlnvilld. he would do rush
ing and paying business. rs neal
ly all the passengers would prefe
J. 30 take the stage and get to tow
g while the branch train is loadin
e freight, do some switching an
Il get ready to move homeward. lib
passenger service on this branc
is something horrible. We cal
+ not understand how the travellin
O. public tolerate such bad servic
without complaining to the Con
Il pany or to the Railroad Commi
sion. This branch is too long II
le. a mixed service.
Good home made Hay 65 cen
-. d bale at L. Bienvenu.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1907-09-07

We have just put in a full equip
ment of material for the printing
of typewriting imitation. Those
needing that kind of work will
find all they want at this Office.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1907-09-07
Personal Mention
NORTHUMBERLAND

Miss Nita Eastin is visiting
friends in Lafayette.
Mr.. Stanley Guilbeau of Bfeaux
Bridge was in town Wednesday.
Mr.. Alex Roy who is now at
Jennings, came home to visit his
PARENTS.
Mr.. Emile Soulier of Lafayette
was here this week spending few
days home.
Mr.. Louis Hebert of Lake Ar
thur. who was visiting here left
for his home Monday.
Miss Holdie Gardemal who
spent several weeks in Opelonsas,
returned homo Tuesday.
Mics Alice VOORHEES, returned
home last Friday after having
spent several weeks in OpelOusas.
Mr.. Maurice Patin was in town
Monday to appear before the Po-
lice Jury for an appropriation for
the Parish Fair.
Miss Berra Lovas, of New Or.
leans, who spent few days at the
home of Mr.. Auguste Ledoux, re-
turned home Monday.
MIR. Dan Martin of Arnaudville
who Is candidate for Police Ju
tor of the Fifth ward, and a saf'
winner, was in town Thursday.
Misses Via and Yolande de La
loire will entertain their Friends u
reception on the beautiful Mag
nolia plantation, tomorrow night
Mr.. John F. Franz left for LO
teauville Tuesday. to manage tn
giunery at that place of the 81
Martins Oil Works Of st. Martin
vile.
Messrs. Overton Cade, Charlie
Smedes, Aladdin Broussard. Cha'
Young and A. David attended tn
meeting of the Masons here Wed
nesday night.
-Adolphe and Divide Ledou
sons of Mr.. V. A. Ledoux LEI
Monday for school. Adolphe g
ing to the State University, Bato
Rouge, and Divide to st. Stanislar
College, Bay st. Louis, Miss.
Deputy Sheriff Victor Maral
and Jailer G. P. Fournet toe
Hankins, the crazy man, to IL
Asylum at Pineville Wednesda
This man Hankins was troubl
some man and his removal fro
the Parish Jail will be relief
that neighborhood.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1907-09-07

Mr.. Frank L. Guilbeau as well
as the other ward officers of the
First Ward, on the Pellerin ticket
are going to sweep the ward by q
majority that will be SO surprising
to the opposition, that they will
BIZ knocked out of business for
many years to come. Let them
take note of this.
MIR. David Rees of Breaux
Bridge was in town the beginning
of this week and held a caucus
with the leaders of the Pellerin
supporters. Those people are all
smiles these days, and on meeting
their friends say to them "every-
thing still coming our way-lt will
be a clean sweep, from head to
tail"
Mr.. j. H. Duchanp, manager OF
the Duchamp Opera house is ha'
wing extensive repairs made to the
theatre. He is having a gallery
for the colorod people which they
will reach by a separate entrance
The best troupes, we learn, refuse
to 70 to places where accommoda
lions are not sufficient to allow {
full house.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1907-09-07

HATS! We simply lead in this
line, aud have what you want. Ii
its hat you want come to us, n.
SCHWARTZ IL co.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1907-09-07
FOR SALE.

NV two. story residence OH Port street,
having one acre lot, also three other pro-
perties. Terms cash or on terms
Dec. %. EDWARD MARTINEZ
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-25
DAILY STORY.
RUNNING DOWN A FORGER.

Copyright. 1907. by L. &. IIastmcntl
l was with Detective Hogan the day
he first saw the little widow Carson.
He had case on in court. and she
was Il witness for the defense Her
testimony cleared his prisoner. al
though he had good case but he did
not hold it up against her, as would
have been natural
For long weeks | kept tab on Hogan
as Il citizen. He acted just as another
man would. His admiration for the
little widow impellcd him to seek All
Introduction. After that he was hard
hit. He became 4 frequent caller. ana
i'll time we all came to know that he
was one of her suitors and the favored
one. 1t seemed funny that he should
send her bouquets and don dress suit
and accompany her to the theater.
One day | was surprised out Of my,
boots Ivy the detective sitting down
with me and giving me his confidence.
Don't imagine it was about any Off
cial case. 1t was as Il man that he
wanted to talk with me about being in
we Win lile WHOM y very Young
man or an old bachelor will often do
that. She hadn't accepted him in so
many words. but he was sure that his
love was reciprocated. He was low
ing her as man. but he had sized her
up as n detective. From his reading
of her character she was close upon
the order of angelic. He had looked
f.NF. III
and more than satisfied, and naturally
he wanted all others to be so. | could
tell you here that | differed with him
in many respects, not orally but men
tally, and thus make out that I was
possessed of superior acumen. but
am not posing In that direction. To
some one else I might have said my
say. but not to Hogan He would have
been down on me at the first word.
The case in which the widow had
been a witness for the defense was
one of forgery. About the time Hogan
gave me his confidence three banks
were victimlzed the same day. sigma
lures of depositors were counterfeited
and over $1,000 hauled in. In each
case the check was presented by n
woman, fairly tall woman, wearing
glasses and supposed to be over mid
die age. AS her identity was vouched
for, the teller had to count out the
money. The case was given to Hogan,
and he took it up with the utmost
ardor and confidence. A week passed,
and there were two more forgeries
Then. few days later. two or three
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-25

The spirit of Greater Rock Island
has so impregnated the atmosphere
that the committees that are canvass
ina for the 100000 new factory fund
find some of the people they calLiupon
as thorough boosters as they are them
selves. Indeed it is no unusual ex-
perience to have a man who has just
written down his assessment, grab his
hat and 90 with the committee that
has visited him to his neighbor, and do
his part in impressing the Importance
of what is on foot to develop Greater
Rock Island.
It is no extraordinary spectacle to
see groups of men in no way identified
with the canvass out on the street cor
ners doing missionary work for the
cause.
1t is in the air. 1t is the trend o.
the times. II is the stamp of the
so-a-head city.
The citizen who is contributing is
by word as we'll as act as good boost
err as the committee that calls on him.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-25

checks were kited. IT was ali cone
by tie same woman. and yet Hogan
hadn't struck q clew. He was so hot
on the trail, however. that she changed
her tactics. she intrusted the checks
to an old man and raised S16.0 in Il
Gay whats the matter with IIo-
gam" was being asked ut headquar-
tiers; but. bcs:ir himself as he would
and did. he could not advance his case.
BY forgery and check raising the gang
scooped in nearly $4,000. and not one
of them was spotted.
Then OccarrCd what some of US call
ed n laughable thing and made merry
over. Hogan was Il thrifty man. He
had saved money from his salary. and
he had speculated. and his bank ac-
count stood very close to $4,000. He
was 4 dcpoSitor at n state bank. and
one day the same old man presented Il
check for $4,000 and drew out the
money. 1t was Hogan'S signature as
plain rs day. and he had not only
vouched for the signature OF the 9TH
err, but had sent along 4 brief note.
The teller tried to reach him ut head
quarters. but failed to get the con-
nection, and the check was paid. Two
hours later Hogan was roaring around
that bank like an angry lion. He had
been done for. 1t was only natural
that he should call on the widow that
evening TO relate his loss. and. her
SympathieS being aroused, the climax
hat &c CHI hn,
his stalwart shoulder and murmured
that she would be his. She was sorry
for his loss. but she had enough for
both.
Two evenings later he went up to
make sure of the date of the wedding
day, and she was out. He did not go
again for a week. being busy on his
case, and when he next appeared the
house was empty and had been for
several days. His petite fiancee had
fed. For a day or two the man fought
hard against the belief that he had
been duped. Then the man took a
back seat, and the detective came to
the front, and it did not take him long
TO figure out things. The cute little
widow was no widow at all, but the
wife of an adventurer. She had been
an actress. and she knew all about
makeups. She had been driven to ev-
cry bank in a carriage in shoes that
increased her natural height 10y six
inches. Pencil and paint had put on
wrinkles and lines. and she had taken
care to dress for the occasion. Hogan
himself would not have known her on
the street. Her husband had been
just as artfully disguised, and when
the point of safety had been reached
the field had been abandoned.
The thing must have come hard on
the man, but he was full of grit, and
E2 braced I'D. He was given carte
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-25

In saying to a newspaper cOrreSpOl-
dent that he would rather have the i'll
dorsement of his state for the prCsi-
dency than to become president with
out it. Mr.. Speaker Cannon lets it be
known that he is in the field of favor.
lite sons to stay.
That the republican primaries to he
held in Illinois next year will repeat
the Endorsement given him by the re
publican state convention last year IS
as certain as anything political can be
in advance of the event Mr.. Cannon
will go into the republican national
convention of 1908 solidly backed by
largest west of the Allegheny mou l.
tains.
By the political force of gravity
which large states exert. Illinois is,
likely to draw other western states &c
the support of Mr.. Cannon. If the "a
lance which seems to be forming be.
tween him and Governor Hughes, of
New York. is firmly cemented the cont
bination is likely to have the support
of the largest state in the east as well
| as of the largest in the west.
OF all the candidates yet mentiOne,.
| for the nomination Mr.. Cannon seems
at the moment TO stand on the firmecJ
ground He is by no means Impossible
as the republican nominee. But the
| important fact is that neither Cannon
nor Hughes is credited with anything
resembling enthusiasm for President
Roosevelt or his plans.
! The two of them form the nuculeus
of the most dangerous opposition that
has yet appeared to the denomination
of the president or to the nomination
/ of a candidate of his choice. Their
strength in the convention will not go.
with their consent, to an administra-
ton favorite if neither of them wins
, for himself.
In order to win against the game of
fayorite son which the presidents ad
versaries are playing so adroitly ne
will have to develop personal popu'
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-25
larity which no other president since
Lincoln has enjoyed.
\ Mothers Love.

A brief dispatch appeared in the
Associated Press reports a few days
ago stating that Madame Schuman-
Heink travelled all the way from Lin
coin, NeD., to Paterson. \. j., to spend
an hour with her children before start
ing 10 Winnipeg, Manitoba, on con
cert tour. II involved 1900 miles oi
travel many weary hours on the cars
and considerable expense. but to the
mothers heart the price to be paid was
nothing. Those who saw and head
this famous singer when she delighted
a large and critical audience will not
wonder at this display of motherly
love by the bright and sparkling littlC
woman who sang and acted her way
into the hearts of her audience. To
hear the voices of her children, to fe u
their soft hands on her cheeks, /.
clasp them to her bosom if only for a
moment. was to Madame Schumanu
Hefnk worth the cost many times over
That is the way with mothers.
The songster's long journey for al
usual. but it is not strange. Simila;
acts of devotion are being performed
all around us, with different stage
settings. perhaps. but with the same
spirit back of them.
The mother who denies herselt
pleasures that the children may enjoy
them, who tolls that the children may
have comfort, who spares not herself
that the children may be sparcd-th'.
mother is making her long jOurncy
through deserts, across plains anC
over the mountains, as did Mn
Schumann-Heink, and it is even NOR
heroic, for it is a journey that is meas
ured not by few hours or days G
WEAKNESS, but covers the years.
God bless the little mother.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-25

Thirsty Kentuckians living in pro-
hibition counties will be able to Sc,
their drinks at express offices in guam
titles to suit their taste. A local ordin-
ance imposing a fine of $50 dollars fo'
bringing in liquor by express and dis
pensing it c.. o. ID. was held by the
federal supreme court to be void as be
ing a regulation of interstate COM
merce. The new field of usefulness
thus opened to Senator Platts com
pany and others is enormous. There
is more unquenchable thirst per square
than anywhere else in the country.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-25

Simplicity is the rule of the court at
Athens. The captain of an American
warship was once asked to dinner by
King George and rather dreaded the
ordeal However. he came back d.
lighted with his majesty, who. he sail
shook hands with him like any Amer
lean gentleman. and he persuaded
him 10 ask riddles and romp with the
children. His majesty is paTticUlarlT
devoted to youngsters and animals, his
favorites among the latter being dogs.
He has. too. a keen sense of humcr
and has written in his wife's comics
sion book that his idea of happiness IS
ITO have always a sovereign without
a crown" He can plow. cut and bind
corn. milk COWS and could, at pinch,
run a farm single handed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-25
My Best Friend.

Alexander Benton. who lives on Ru-
raj Route l. Fort Edward. y Y. says:
Or. Kings New Discovery is by best
earthly friend. 1t cured me Of asthma
six years ago. 1t has also performed
4 wonderful cure of incipient consump-
ton for my sons wife. The first bottle
ended the terrible cough. and this ac-
cOmplished. the other symptoms left
one by one. until she was perfcrctly
well. DIR. Kings New Discoyery's pow
er over coughs and colds is simply mar
velous." No other remedy has ever
equaled it. Fully guaranteed by w. T.
HartZ. druggist, 301 Twentieth street.
so cents and 81. Trial bottle free.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-25

blanche as to rs movements for
year. ana he drew ont the balance of
his money and crossed the ocean on
trail be had picked up. For ten months
he followed the couple over Europe,
losing the trail here and there. but al
ways picking it up aga n. and then one
day. when he was within twenty miles
of Il Swiss hotel whore the couple We're
stOppin" his train was wrecked. and
he was numbered with the dead. We
didn't criticisp his falling in love or
his false reading of human nature. but
we read the newspaper paragraph and
then laid the paper aside and said,
Poor Hogan VI. QUAD.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-25

schedules are injurious to many indus
living that those with limited incomes
are suffering instead of obtaining their
share of prosperity adds create
weight TO the democratic claim.
A late convert to tariff revision i,
the Bath Anvil, a republican paper !,
good standing in the state Of Maine.
which in an editorial entitled The
Tariff Injuries Maine declares that:
Maine without question is suffering a
great deal from the high tariff sched-
ules and her influence in the republi
can councils ought to be cXcrted in IA.
vor of revision. Unless the party
grants revision this tariff issue is c.
tremely likely to complete the work o;
purely state questions and throw
Maine into the democratic column.
The Anvil further declares that the
Maine vote in the electoral college and
in congress ARE in greater danger nov
than they have been since tie civil
war"
As the next congress will he Goa.
trolled by the standpatters and there
fore no tariff revision bill will be al
lowed to be considered and the next re
publican national convention will TN
doubtedly declare for protection. these
republicans in Maine and ELSEWHERE
who desire tariff revision can only Sc
cure it by voting the democratic tie
ket.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-25

Percy A. Rockefeller, son of William
Rockefeller and nephew of John ID
Rockefeller, is building a country
home in Connecticut which is unlike
any other every planned. Perhaps tna
most extraordinary feature OF it is :,
confined air space i'll the walls, form
ing a nonconductOr of heat cold q:
moisture. The air space II is said viii
make the house warmer in winter
cooler in summer and dryer all the
year around than any other man 5
home. rich or poor. 1t is said that il
all the windows and doors were closed
on a hot summer day, air being intro
duced only through the basement, the
temperature would be from fifteen to
twenty degrees lower inside the house
than without.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-25

1t is by nature. geographically. conn
merciaIly, and induStriaIIy, the gateway
of the west. northwest and southwest.
1t IL favored by situation ON the Mis-
sissIppi at the month of the Henncpin
canal. connecting river and lake.
Ii has the main line of the Rock Is
land railroad. three branches sprinGing
from the stem at this point Ia the north
west and far southwest. while the main
line goes ON to the Pacific.
Ii has the MiIwnukcc'S Kansas city
line, md the BurIington's 81. Louis and
st. Paul line, with direct communication
with Milwaukee and Racine. and with
Peoria and Springfield.
Ii has three intcrurbnns under way.
Ii has miles of paved streets.
1t has beautiful parks, including the
historic Black Hawks Watch Tower.
Ii has handsome churches, of all de-
nominations.
Ii has Y. VI. 4. 4. building.
Ii has modern school buildings.
IL has IL college and "a seminary.
Ii has hourishing factories, and free
sites for more.
II has three first class hotels and nu-
merOus smaller ones.
Ii has three thentcrs.
Ii has "a Turner hall.
IL has II model system of rapid transit.
Ii has six substantial banks.
II has up-tO-daIe business blocks, and
three more in course OF erection.
IL Inns immense ,Ienurtmpnt stores md
hundreds of other branches of mercan-
tile pursuits.
1t IN the location of the Rock Island
arsenal. the greatest in the world.
II has the head offices OF the Modern
WOodmcn of America. the largest fra
ternnI society in the world. housed in II
quarter of IL million dollar fireproOf
building.
Ii has the head Office of the FraternaI
Tribunes.
1t has local lodges of all the great
frnternaI societies.
Ii has quarter of u million dollar
court house.
IL hns u city hall. owned by the city.
Ii has u public library building.
1t has u postoifice building, in which
are the Offices of the government engln-
Ger corps In charge of upper mississippi
improvements.
IL has $4,000 population.
II has nm industrial commission thni
Is boosting the town along Legitimate
and substantial lines.
And everybody il helping.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-25
Republicans Sick of Tariff Protect
ing the Trusts.

The democrats claim that the repuh
lican tariff plumbers the people to en-
rich the protected monopolsts. and tee
republicans declare the high tariff
Dor The democratic claim is sub.
stantiated by the fact of the high
prices that everyone has to pay fOT
trust products and that incomes have
not generally kept pace with the in
creased cost of living These facts.
which many know are true by their
own experience, disprove the repub :
can contention. But the further fact
that intelligent republican editors are
admitting that the present high tar!'f
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-25

Here's a solace for the times. June
3, 1889, a killing frost hit the Missis-
sippi valley and the farmers al!
thought everything was gone to the
demnition bow-wows. But they sOwe |
the crops again and reaped a bountiful
harvest
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-25

"By their fruits, ye shall know
them" That is another of Rock Is
lands notices in this day of boost and
boOStino
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-25

Show your patriotic zeal, and yoTr
devotion to Rock Island-be a booster
This is YOUR cause.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-25

The best way to have a good opinion
of some people is by not getting to
know them too we'll
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-25

DeWit's Kidney and Bladder Pills af
ford prompt relief for weak kidneys,
backache and urinary troubles. Sold
by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-25

ing. 1t is the commOne welfare. Who
will not be proud of Greater Rock Is
land?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-25

Be a booster not a knocker: lift,
don't lean.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-25

BE for ROCK ISLAND-be for
GREATER ROCK ISLAND.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-25

Be a booster 1t is the common
cause.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-25
Stand by Rock Island.
Stand by Rock Island.

Get in line for Greater Rock Island.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-25

Boost for Rock Island. Contribute
to the 100000 new factory fund.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-25
THE ARGUS.

Published Daily and Weekly at 1924
second avenue, Rock Island, I'LL tEn-
tered at the postoftice as second-c.ass
natter.l
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-25
Saturday, May 25, 1907.

Ock Isl Ian Il IN
II city of earnest
purpose and hon
est value.
Ii il located in
the valley of tn"
MisSissippi. mid
way between So.
Louis and 81. paul.
Chicago and OnIa-
lia ana Is Il II - 81 -
CITY.