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The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1907-08-30
Notice for Publication.
DEPArRMRvr OF THE INTrRIoR.

Land Office At NewOrleans, La, Aug. 2, 1907.
Notice is hereby gwen that James r. Smith
of Tuuica, La, has filed notice of his intention
to make final i've year proof in support of his
claim, viz: Homestead Entry No. 24729 made
July 10, 1901, for the Sc. Ia OF Sw. Ia, Section
z, Township 10 N, Range W., La. Mer., and
that said proof will be made before Clerk of
Court at WINFIELD. La. on Sept. -, 1907. He
continuous residence upon, and cultivation,
of.the Land. wiz: r w. BARLEY. w. NJ. BARLEY.
w. M. Jordan, ST.. +. NJ. Jordan, all Of Tunica,
La WALTER L. COHEN Reeiste =
Sentinel, WINFIELD, Aug I6, 1907
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1907-08-30

Long & Black do public hauling.
If you want hauling done call up No.
81 over the phone. They make a
specially of carrying travelling men
and their trunks: viii furnish you
q card with distances from WINFIELD
to any point you may desire to go by
team.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1907-08-30
A Chance Now for Ten Boys

To work at the Meridian Male
College to help pay their expenses
In school next session.
Write at once to
nj. G. BEEsoN,
7-26-tf Meridian. Miss.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1907-08-30

The Times-Democrat has noted
from time to time the evidences
of Southern prosperity contained
IN the assessment figures of this
year. which show greater advance
than in any previous twelve
months. The Baltimore Manu-
facturers' Record is similarly sur
prised, and furnishes some addi-
tional evidence ON the subject.
1t calls attention to the fact
that reports from typical South
ern States Indicate a maintenance
of the healthy rate of increase in
assessed valuations of properties
that has characterized recent
years. The total assessed value
In Louisiana this year, it notes, is
k503, 1924, liz, an increase over
1906 of $44, 050, POI. The ASSESS
ment in the parish of Orleans
alone is 222,174, S05, an increase
of $13, 434,475. In West Virginia
the increase has been from $751;
S39,S5S to 1913, $50, 942, according
to rough estimate. This is
largely due to the greater devel-
opnent of Its mineral and lumber
resources, the figures proving that
property in West Virginia is as
sessed nearly to its full value, for
while the population is only so
per cent of that of Louisiana, its
assessment is 80 per cent greater,
with the consequence that the tax
rate is very low. Returns already
in from diffeaent sections of Tex
as point to an increase of proba-
bly, 5000, 100000 to $3.50, 900. 900,
making the total assessed value in
the State from 81, 400, 100000 to
81 500, 100000 Dallas alone
shows an increase of $14, S57, $50.
The total value of assessed pro-
perry in Tennessee, exclusive of
the railroad, telegraph, telephone
and street railway property, has
been increased in the year by
$4,000, 900, and it is thought that
there will De an increase of about
$12, 900, 900 in the assessment of
the other properties, bringing the
total assessed value of the State
to about $500, 100000. With
more than a third of the counties
of Georgia yet to report, a gain
of SIC, 79S,620 already appears,
and a total gain of $50, 900, 900 is
confidently Looked for, together
with . similar gain in the valua-
ton of corporate properties, max.
ing total gain for the State of
$50, 10000 and the total assessed
valuation $685., 900. 900. Though
these gaiDe are in part due to
changes in methods of assess
ments, as we have pointed out,
they reveal as a whole the steady
march of the South toward great
or wealth. There his been al
marked improvement in the meth
dds of assessment during the past
year and the totals approximate
much nearer the actual value of
property; but there is yet much
20 be done In his respect, for the
Southern States are very far be-
hind their neighbors i'm fiscal
and have much more to
do to bring their assessments to a
Just and uniform standard. When
this is done the State and local
taxes may be reduced one-half or
two thirds, which will prove. as
Gov. Blanchard has declared, a
good immigration advertisement.
food schools, cheap lands and
low taxes are the best immigration
the South can send
Observation-Disclosures.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1907-08-30
Endorsed by the County.

"The most popular remedy In
Otsego County, and the best
friend of my family" writes
VIM. NJ. DIetz, editor and pub
Usher of the Otsego Journal, Gil
bertsville, N. Y, sis DIR. Kings
New Discovery. 1t has proved
to be an infalIibIe cure for coughs
and colds, making short work of
the worst of them. We always
keep a bottle in the house. i
believe it to be the most valuable
prescription known for lung and
throat diseases" Guaranteed to
never disappolnt the taker, by all
druggists. Price SOC and $1.00.
Trial bottle free.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1907-08-30
The Limit of Life.

The most eminent medical
scientists are unanimous in the
conciusion that the generally ac-
cepted limitation of human life
Is many years below the attain
ment possible with the advanced
knowledge of which the race Is
now possessed. The critical Pc
Rod, that determines its duration,
seems to be between 80 and so;
The proper care of the body
during this decade cannot be too
strongly urged; carelessness then
being fatal to longevity.
Natures best helper after 30 is
Electric Bitters, the scientific
tonic medicine that revitalizes
every organ of the body. Guar
nuteed by all druggists. SOC.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1907-08-30
Complimentary.

It was at the wedding breakfast,
and the newly made benedict was
about to reply to the toast of the
bride and bridegroom. He had
never made a speech in his life.
md be was more nervous and en-
barrassed than even the bride
xroom usually is under such cir
kcomstances. Rising unsteadiIy to
His feet, he gszed wildly around
him, and, laying his hand uncon-
eoionsly on the brides shoulder,
he otammerd. Ladies and gentle
n1en. this-er-thing has been
kkFast upon me-" Tableau)
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1907-08-30

Although it was Abraham
Lincoln in his Gettysburg speech
who made famous the phrase,
"Government of the people, by
the people, for the people" the
father of the sentiment was
really Daniel Webster, who,
thirty years previously, had
spoken of "the peoples govern
ment, made for the people, made
BY the people and answerable to
the people" The next stage in
the capitalization of the phrase
was in 1850, when another great
American, Theodore Parker, al
luded to "a government of all the
people, by all the people, for
all the people," Then in 1868
Lincoln put the finishing touch
and gave democracy its watch
word.-States.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1907-08-30

It cured your pa and also your
- Of chil!s in the long ago and
NIL cure you now. II has
So tested BY time and ITS merits
1@1 been proven. We guarsn-
M ore bottle to cure any one
os OF chills. II it fails your
Icy s. eheerfully Refunded
- narne Is Ckeatham's Chill
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1907-08-30
Beyond Expression.

G. w. Farlowe, East Florence,
Ala, writes: ''For nearly seven
seven years / was afflicted with q
form of skin disease which caused
an almost unbearable itching. /
could neither work. rest nor sleep
in peace. Nothing gave me per-
manent relief until l tried Hunts
Care. One application relieved
me; one box cured me. and
though y year has passed, / have
stayed cured. l am grateful be-
yon1 expression"
Hunts Cure is q guaranteed
remedy for all itching diseases of
the skin. Price Soc.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1907-08-30

(seaD .CAs MOSS, Notary Public.
state Of Louisiana,
Parish Of VIM.
Having examined the foregoing Charter and
find nothing contained therein contrary TO
Law hereby approve the same.
This done and signed this July 22nd, 1907.
o. NJ. GRESHAM.
Dist. Atty. sth judicial District.
State Of Louisiana,
Parish Of VIM,
hereby certify that the within and forego-
ing il . true and correct copy of the Original
Charter of the COMMERCIAL CLUB as shown
by the original ON fle and of Record In this
1907, on Page lss In Book "f" Conventional
Mortgage Records Of the Parish Of VIM.
Louisiana.
Given under ny hand and seal Of ofice on
(SeaD s. NJ. ARIEL.
Dy. Clerk sth Dist. Court, VIM Parish, La.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1907-08-30
ARTICLE III.
ARTICLE v,

The domicile of this corporation and associa-
tion shall be and is hereby fixed at WINFIELD
winn Parish, Louisiana.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1907-08-30

This Corporation shall exist and continue for
the period Of ninety-nine years unless sooner
dissolved by q vote OF two-thirds of the mem
bers-Ehose names shall be enrolled upon the
membership register kept by this CORPORATION
and who are in actual good standing at the
time OF said election. at n meeting specially
published notice; in case Of such vote dis
solving this Corporation, the said meeting
shall. at the same time that such a vote may
be taken, elect three liquidators to settle and
wind nm the affairs
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-03

The first fiscal year or GoVerhor Co- mer's administration has ended. The record is written It is an astonishing record.
 Receipts. $s.s75.454Ss. Disbursements. 0O7.91s42. Annual increase of expenses. $e2s.- 7s7.47.
 Only one thing stands today between the State of Alabama and debt, that is the Jelks surplus. One thing stands for the future between the State of Alabama and debt; that is the State Tax Commission. The most expensive administration Alabama has had since reconstruction days has hit hard the surplus, which looked so large when the Legislature assembled. On the State Tax Commission rests the burden of preserving the States financial in- tegrity.
 The figures are official. They come in the brief statement customarily is sued by the state Auditor at the close of each fiscal year. September 30. The official report, to be issued later. will have fuller and more complete figures, but they can hardly moderate the shock of that brief statement with its show ing that Alabama for the first time since the days of the panic Is doing business on a losing scale.
 The most startling item is that which shows that the annual expenses of Ala bama increased In one year $62S,737,47. These figures do not cover many of the larger appropriations These do not become effective until after October l. The Auditor of Alabama, in a business talk to the Tax Assessors few days ago. declared that the annual increase !n the expenses of the State. made by the appropriation acts of the Legisla- ture, would amount to s1,5O0,000. The increase of expenses, then, of the new fiscal year, over the expenses of the old fiscal year will be more than double.
 If the State is running behind with an increased annual expense of $60O,- 900, what will happen when the addi- tional annual expense has jumped to s1,bOO, 900? What a task Is before the State Tax Commission
 From Dallas County there comes the news that tax assessments in that County alone have been raised by prac- tically two million dollars. In propor- ton taxes will be so raised fin other counties of Alabama. It is the only way. If not that. deadly and certain
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-03
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1907.
A GOOD MAN.

By the dedication on Monday last of Q handsome memorial monument to William Mckinley the people of Cam
 ton, Ohio, and of the country at large
 did honor to themselves and to the memory of one who deserved all the honors that can be bestowed on him. Edr. Mckinley was not a great man, as the world measures greatness. but he
 man, and liberal and broad-minded statesman. Much credit Is justly his due for his efforts to obliterate sec- 4ional lines and to do justice to the South. His death at the hands of a vile assassin was not merely a great crime but inflicted a loss on the coun- fry which we are realizing every day. uf he had been permitted to serve out his term we are persuaded that condi- aions would have been much better than they are. We of the South have good cause to regret him, for our section Isunered most from his death and from Inwhat has followed it. t- i 1t is stated that at least one million people contributed to the fund for the
 erection of the splendid monument which was appropriately dedicated last Monday, and that the. contributions scame from all portions of the country and from all classes of people. This was as it should be, for although Is'storied urn nor animated bust" can sbring back the dead or repair the loss ,fhat death may bring it is well when sall the people take an interest in pay sanE hitting tribute to the memory of a .good man. William Mckinley sleeps Ebut his name is treasured in American yhearts. I.:-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-03
The Extra Session.

Ta1ladega Reporter.
 Strange and intricate issues have arisen in Alabama since the election of officers by a comparatively few votes and on alleged issues that were, to say the least, but slightly consid- cred by the mass of voters. Some of these issues are loaded, and it may not prove heresy in the paper that utters word of caution, to say nothing of the half propphesy of another day &C., counting, and of the possibilities of many future cups being fractured at the pie counter.
 One of these dangers lies in the call of an extra session of the Legislature. Our Governor apparently thinks 1t is necessary, to make active the work of the last session towards carrying out the Governors views. regarding rail- road control and regulation; If for nothing further.
 In regard to this, we admire the suggestion of the conservative Mo bile Register. of the words of Judge William Richardson, himself an able lawyer and true Alabamian.
 T see no occasion at all for bad blood or unkind expressions. It Is a simple question of the Jurisdiction of a court. Our people will never will ingly and knowingly be placed in an attitude of hostility to the courts. If we lose faith and respect for our courts, then indeed we have broken the strongest link in the chain of the protection of our rights of person and
 In the light of many things, 1t might be we'll to see how far we have come, before going farther.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-03
TOM L.-JoHNsoN's RACE.


 Friends Of CIeyeland's Mayor Are
 Booming Him For President.
 Cleveland Correspondence New York
 Tribune. Y
 Mayor Tom L. Johnson looms large on the political horizon as Democratic Presidential possibility in 1908. His fourth successive nomination for May or by the city convention yesterday is regarded by his intinmates as a decided step toward the White House.
 Unwittingly the Republicans to a large extent have aided in furthering the Mayors Presidential ambition. The publication by Representative Burton of President Roosevelt's letter urging him to accept She Republican nomina- tion for Mayor enabled Mir. Jonhson to raise the cry that the present contest was of national scope, although he him. self desired to fight 1t out on purely municipal lines.
 Mir Burton disclaimed any intention of dragging theSnational Administra- ton into the contest and insisted that 1t must be settled on purely local lines. but the Johnsonites are still shouting that the re- election of the Mayor means defeat for President Roosevelt and add that in such an event MT. Johnson will be the Democratic party's logical candidate for President next year.
 William J. Bryan had no political as- sociate closer to him than Mayor John- son. The Nebraskan is reckoned upon by the Johnsonites to lend his power full support to the candidacy Of the Mayor. They argue that MT. Bryan's many declarations that he is not in the race must be accepted as conclusive proof that he will not be candidate again, and that hence Cleveland's May or will have his backing In the pre- convention fight.
 As to New York the Johnson men have decidedly strong hopes. They ar gue that the Democratic factions in the Empire State never will unite upon MT Hearst and that there is no other party man in that State who is likely to be seriously considered by the country at point to the fast that MT. Hearst and Mayor Johnson are the closest or friends, and argue from this that the editor politician, falling himself to have winning chance, will do all Tn his power to have New York's vote cast solidly for MT. Johnson when the time for the convention ballot arrives. Illinois also is expected to fallN into line for MT Johnson. During the re- | cont Mayoralty contest in Chicago he made so many visits to that ihetiopotls .Ia.s and was so frequently in consultation with Judge Dunne, who vainly sought reelection as Mayor, that by common newspaper consent he was duppeo Assistant Mayor He was III the thick of the fight for Judge Dunne' and 1t is conndentIy prSuASe0u thos t44'o political debt will be paid with national convention delegation from Illionois practically, if not absolutely pledged to MT. Johnson.
 Michigan is another State which Is 1 looked to by the Johnsonites as being more than likely to be arrayed In the Johnson column. In the recent Mayor aIty contest in Detroit Mayor Johnson did exactly what he did in Chicago witt the exception that the Democrats another political debt which is likely to be paid in the national convention if Mayor Thompson, of Detroit has his way. and incidentally this self ] aarna Mayor has become a power in
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-03
KING AS ADVISOR.

TeIfs Marlborough to Let Ills Wife
 Be,' she Needs Her Boys-
 Special Cable to the Philadelphia Rec
 London --.1.et your wife be. man; let her be. It would mean far more to her to be separated from her sons than it can mean to you,
 So King Edward, first gentleman and first diplomat in Europe; advtser sr day. talking most paternaily to nm about his unhappy family analrs;
 Plainly the absence of his children. the Mapquis of Blandford and Lora Ivor Churchill. hits tho Duke hardest. He complained. almost bitterly, or II to his sovereign. He complained that the Duchess will yield nothing and in- sists upon having their boys ID ner
 Let her be, man: let her be-" snid the King, laying his hand on the Dukes shoulder. "Rememher she IS young, pretty and wealthy woman. without an occupation to divert hor thouRhts. and her marital affairs are all wrong. It would break her heart in no time we're she left without her only consolation. which. at the mo ment. is the presence of the poys-I hers. yours. Nevertneiess, lrs, vouna ~ Blandford off to some pubHc school
 In the last words spoke the English man as we'll as the King. No matter how much woman. mother. suffers, the English, first of aiL The Duke was Earl Fitzwilliams' guest for the Doncaster races this week. The fact caused some surprise. for. since his separation from ms wiie, avoid any place where he might pc brought in close but public contact with the King.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-03

defloit follows. The tax payer is the man to whom the administration looks and on whom 1t leans.
 A brief comparison of the statement on october 1. 1906, and October l. 1907. illustrates the effects of the present ex- travagant policy. In 1906, the receipts were ss.77s,54s.s4. In 1907 tho receipts were ss,s76, ,464.s2. In 1908 the dis- bursements wers>ss, s7s.5sLs5. In 1907 the disbursements were s4,oo7.s1s4s . lofty jump.
 The State of Alabama, by its balance sheets of 1906. was receiving profit of ss9e,s5lss a year. In the first year of Governor comer's administration this annual surplus has been turned into an annual deficit.
 The inevitable question must arise in the mind of the tax payer. If Governor Ielks left surplus in the treasury and the State making money every year. why should there be any need for rais- ing taxes?"
 The Governor laughed at the business men who petitioned him, but the State would be better on if he had taken ad- vice from some of them
 Governor Ccmer has the reputation of being a successful business man, and he bragged about it on the stump He would not dream of running his private business in this way. Why should he run the states business so?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-03
Turning Leaves.
ALABAMA NOVEL.
! By Miss E. c. Espy.


 What Will the Answer BeT is the title of delicate little Alabama novel by Miss Ella Cray Espy of Headland. The merit of the story alone should commend itself to the reading public. and the description of the scenes which lie around their own doors should es- pecially commend the volume to Ala
 The plot is played out in Southeast Alabama, in the Wiregrass. which has been so prominent as an example of the. industrial development of the figured in literature. The Alabama reader who lives out of the Wiregrass will be interested inNthe drawings of which has developed so rapidly in re- cent years. Union Station. where the events happen, might be mistaken Tor Headlahd. or half a dozen of those up so rapidly in the Wiregrass In the past decade. The plot is most cleverly conceived. It unravels about a win ming little orphan who mysteriousiy eyes at her grandfather's home and there lives, with neither grandfatner nor grand child, knowing the relation ship The story Is the growth and de- veiopment of this attractive child and of the adventures which await her, when she arrives at womanhood.
 Josephine Fielding. as. she appears Ioyable and attractive creature. Her character is drawn with a flrmer and kindlier touch than the other charac- cieyeriy conceived plot ends in prob lem which the book leaves unari- swered and from whicl9the novel takes It's name.
 more deft and more artistic in the pub lishing of the piece and in the delinea.- ton of the characters, but the plot, even though an older writer had con ourred. 1t would have been no heater.
 Miss Espy is a member of one Of the most prominent families of Southeast Aiabanla. 'What Will the Answer Company and the publishers price is Al 80 per copy,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-03
Mlchlgan pemoeratic pOlatlcs.

Michigan Democratic politics
 At present Mayor Johnson is persona non grata in the innermost Democratic councils fin his home State of ohio. John R. Mclean and Chairman Garber have united against him, and in both State convention and State Committee he has been ignominiously repuised. Now, however. the Jonnsonites say there is to be change. They regard the Mayors se-election as foregone conclusion, and insist that the Mclean Garher clique must fall into line Tor self preservation. if nothing else. Ohio, they add, will surely be soiid for Mir. Johnson.
 wnth Ohio, New York, Illinois and Michigan In the Johnson column. the Johnsonites already are asking how he can be defeated for the Presidential nomination. Such a powerful combin- ation of States, they insist, is bound to indicate the nomination. and upon this beliel they base their hopes that his ambition will be gratified next summer.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-03
A JOINT sNAKEs
EtOwah County Brings Forward An
 Exhfbff

Exhibit.
 Gadsden Evenning Journal.
 It begins to appear that the fabfed joint snake which is by many con- sldered a veritable myth, or a creature of the ina agitation. Is to be proven reality, and that. too, by one who is not a nature fakIr.
 C. NJ. Baugh, when he came down from his coal mine near Carlisle on Sand Mountain Tuesday, brought with him a specimen of this much -talked-or species of the reptilian family. MT. Baugh says that in common with most people he had always been extremely doubtful of the existence of the joint snake until that day, when he saw the one which he brought to this city. He says the snake flew into pieces when 1t was struck with a stick. and also saw the head piece crawl off into the woods. The other pieces were what MT. Baugh captured of the snake. They were brought to Gandsden in a paper bag. Yesterday morning the pieces were on exhibition in Cottle's Drug store.
 At the risk of being placed in the class of nature fakirs with Parson Long, Teddy Roosevelt and Jack Lon don, MT. Baugh says he now believes in the joint snake and that the speci- men he brought in was the genuine ''reptilea Jointica" and may be the end that escaped Is now growing new tail somewhere in the woods of Sand AMess-@~A--