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The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1908-04-03


III. G.. Bazaar, of Whitford. was
in town Tuesday on public land
business.
You will save money by attend
ing our first annual sale.
Winfield Mercantile Go.
Mr.. A. L. Jones, of St.Maurice,
paid this town q visit Tuesday
and was welcomed by his friends.
Mr.. j. S. Mccoy, of Alex
andria, was a visitor to town last
Friday and registered at the City
Hotel.
Among the visitors last Tues
day was b. +. Borden, of
Whitford, who was interested in
land entry.
Warren G. Ray, of Whitford,
made q trip to town Tuesday in
order to made final proof in 8
land entry.
Look for the big pilelof brick,
then the big sale.
Winfield Mercantile Co.
Sheriff Allen Oxford, of Jack
son Parish, came through Winn-
field Monday, stopping at the
City Hotel.
Messrs. Bert McKercher and
John Kell. of Award. sDent
Sunday in town and registered at
the City Hotel.
Mrs. H. T. Heard is confined
to her home by a spell of illness.
It is hoped that she will speedily
recover.
Mr.. John Quin, of Saginaw.
Mich, now at st. Maurice. ar
rived here Sunday on q visit to
friends in WINFIELD, and reg
istered at the City Hotel.
Your dollars will stretch like
rubber at our first annual sale.
WINFIELD Mercantile Co.
Mr.. jackson, manager of the
Monroe Grocery COmpany's
branch at RustOn, came in on
the Rock Island Tuesday.
The Sentinel regrets to chron-
icle the illness of Mr.. l.. M.
Smith, who has been confined to
his home with fever.
j. N. Overton, an attorney Of
Alexandria. was in town this
week on business connected with
the District Court.
Miss Bessie Dale, of Hodge. is
spending some time with her sis
ters, Mesdames Flanagan and
Fordyce.
Mr.. G. Fl. Sutton has just COM
pleted a nice five-room cottage on
Laurel street, which is for rent.
You will save money by attend
ing our first annual sale.
Winfield Mercantile Co.
Mr.. aud Mrs. G. Z. Wood are
the happy parents of = 91-2 pound
baby boy, born last Monday.
Frank Craig, court stenog-
rapher, spent two or three days
ut Verda during the past week
taking some voluminous testimony
IN q suit.
Jerry Dickson, of New Orleans,
representing Il. +. Hansell &
Bro, was among the visitors
stopping at the City Hotel
Monday.
M. M. McCloud (our Jack },
representing the hardware firm
of Staufer, Eschelmau & Co.,
stopped ut the City Hotel
Monday.
w. G. Summons, of Verda, has
bought the vacant space between
the two buildings u G. L. and
| l.. d. Jones, aud intends building
on the same three single story
brick buildings for rent.
Your dollars will stretch like
rubber at our first annual sale.
WINFIELD Mercantile Co.
Mr.. L. &. Garland, q graduate
of the st. Louis Matchmaking
School. has accepted . position
with w. A. MAshaw.
Mr.. o. G.. Dawkins, q promin-
ent lawyer of Monroe, spent .
part of Wednesday in Winfield
on legal business. Mr.. Dawkins
is an ex- newspaper man also.
j. A. Peddy, of Gibsland, was
lin town this week visiting hia
many friends. He was formerly
an employe of O'Quin & Gibson.
He made many warm friends here
BY his geuiaIity.
We were glad to note thai
1 Miss Ella Peters, one Of the
laccompIished teachers of the
lhieh school, WA able to Be on
H. o---l~- -~l4.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1908-04-03
A DELIGHTFUL
SOCIAL EVENT
Mr. and Mrs. Hollister Enter
tain Their Friends at q
Swapping Party.

! I q swapping party at the parlors
of the New City Hotel Tuesda.
evening. Each invited guest was
requested to bring something Ia
. package which they would be
willing to swap off. Each brought
something that they thought
would suit someone else or that
would make amusement or hits.
The guests were received at the
stairway by Mr.. and Mrs. llol-
lister. The ladies were shown
into Mrs. HOLSTERS private
rooms where maid assisted them
to arrange their toilet, while the
gentlemen were taken charge oi
hy Mr.. Hollister and shown .
room where they could brush up
and retire to take u smoke.
When their toilets were compiet.
the guests were ushered into th.
paf,vr vr the huIei which ha,.
been tastefully decorated wit
wild flo xers, dugwooi and wilt
houeysuckle, which gave out thei,
sweet perfumes.
Eacn guest carried packag,
and when all had catered ths
n.-,.. ~. ann,u,ncrm.nt MN,
1910 t..s au alarm CLOCK MAJ.
h.sn .st s.I at The strik;uy q,
sns .L..L the sxaupinp w.u,l,,
ssor snJ each wouI,i omen nh,
@ rs,...o. ~ which they had yot,en
= rhs wan. This created much
r,arr,,n..,a a. nary pod n.r,ona.
h;t. wsra made Prizes wer,
.'ss.. ,..r r,,. one oe,tiug off thr
ksss mir NJ. Johe Wr,ynt won
~. ar nr,z. ! beaut,iu; en-.
h-o;.ls~..d and bemstirI.hed hand
Iar,h;ef made bv the Charming
ho.tess' which lie ore. entsd t.
M;ss Rnbv Roberts. of Monroe
The sesnnd nrize went to MIR.
Yocpm of Chicago. the guest ot
Mr. HolIister.
A. ten O'Clock Refreshments
were served bv the maid in wait.
;ng and the eentIsruen's valet,
stf.ches of the hotel. consisting
fruits.
In0se present were Mr.. and
Mrs. w. .. Holi'ster; Mr.: and
and Mrs. II. Il. Moore; Mesdames
Henry Bernstein. Of Monroe; M:
L. Smith and w. J. Weir and
son Ralph; Misses Nettie Bern
steir; Pearl Wright; Ruby
Roberts; Nettie aud Alma Wright,
Nessrs. Wade and John Wright;
b. Bernstein; Mack Branch; y.
y. Harrell, OF Selma, La; =. ..
Morgan, OF Alabama; 10cum.
of CnIcego; =. q. " niiiia'nson
The entire party voted Mr. and
Mrs. h'iils'1r Inc pn"ce ano
Pslncess of entsrss'"crs' every
S"s nas'"g spent ,.. NUS
uessehtiui evening. N"'niI.R goes
further toward the elevation .,
society tnan THESE pleasant SOCIAL
entertainments
City Lock Up.
The cify lock up, los.stes. in the
citv hail. ,hns been put in complete
order during ths prrsent week.
- s--c .xi g., .f .-.....
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Mr.. HI. N. Pharr and Clarence
Hebert spoke at the opera house
Wednesday night. Quite q crowd
attended the meeting, nine-tenths
of whom were Democrats, but
heard nothing new. They as
sumed the positions of advisors to
the Democrats, taking advantage
of the Bailey-Lambremont con-
test, claiming that the elimina-
ton of the negro votes by the
constitutional convention of 1898
was due to a compact made
between the Republicans and
Democrats after the campaign OF
1896.
Insisting that . Republican del
egation be elected to Congress to
get anything, at the same time
charging that the Louis:ank dele
cation in the Senate and House
voted with Republicans on oil
economic questions.
We do not think they made .
single vote that would not have
voted the ticket under all cir
cumstances.
Postmaster E. Eagles intro
duced the speakers.
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can be procured. and we are so
situated we can come near getting
everything we want, having seven
railroad outlets to draw from.
We feel satisfied that when the
public is aware of the wonderful
curative properties of the waters
that come out of the we'll at the
Pace Oil Wells that this hotel will
be crowded with visitors. There
has never been a case of Eczems
that it has been tried on that it
does not cure-it cures chronic
sore legs also.
Mr.. ColvIn deserves the public
patronage.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1908-04-03

&. A. Hudson, of Marthaville. j.
j. and A. E. Hudson ct FL Dor
ado, Ark, Mrs. &. w. Smith.
Mrs. w. A. Mashaw, Grace and
Gertrude Hudson of Winfield,
brothers aud sisters of the deceas-
ed. The sorrow that has fallen
on the bereaved relatives has
elected the sincere sympathy of
the citizens of Winfield.
Died.
Msrie Culpepper, the 6-year-
old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. S.
VI. Culpepper, died here last
Friday of diabetes. She was q
granddaughter of Mr.. d. f.
Dunn. The body WAS taken to
Armistead via the L. & A rail-
road last Saturday. to be inferred
IN the family burial ground near
hat place. In the death of this
,weet little girl the family has
ost one of the brightest sun
,eams of the household and the
treasured object of their deepest
love. The Sentinel tenders the
sincercst sympathy in their un-
expected bereavement.
Chapter Of Accidents.
Last Friday seems to have
oeen = fateful day of accidents in
this place. verifying the old
superstition of its being an un-
lucky day. Little Herman Wood,
= school boy, fell from the fence
It the school house aud had his
right arm broken above the wrist.
A little daughter of r. E.
Nelson WAS accidentally pushed
IF of the gallery of the house by
4 playful dog and the fall
fractured the arm at the elbow
joint. It was . psinful injury,
and WA successfully treated by
DIR. Peters.
A little child of Mr. Lawrence
Grisham fell Un her forehead.
cutting Nh ugly gash over the
eyes. = painful but not serious
injury.
A negro boy who works about
the Office of District Attorney d.
M. Grisham, ON Court street, in
the Phoenix Drug Store building,
while playing ON the upper floor
gallery, last his balance aud fell
70 the ground. He hail his arm
broken between the elbow and
wrist, but escaped any more
serious injuries.
Solomon Stsrks, . colored boy
aged about four years, while run
ming across = gallery, fell and
broke his leg above the knee.
This happened near Moore and he
was brought homo for treatment.
Additional Industry.
Information of . reliable nature
has been cleaned that the North
Louisiana Telephone Company
will soon move Headquarters from
Gibsland to. Winnfield, and make
this place tie permanent location,
In this connection it is also stated
that . Increment Is on foot Il
establish An extensive cre0sotine
| plant here. il satisfactory agree.
ment can Be reached.
Tie hames of those who are
interested il this projected enter.
prise are Mr.. johnson, of Athens,
and Mr.. Longino, Of Magnolia,
Ark. Thcy ere men Of ample
means and long experience IN thin
kind Of work and fully able e
Iproescute il to sucoess. VIM.
heId. because Of its extensive
railroad facilities and it, location
lin . timbered country, and sur.
rounded with immense saw mill
| plants, would b IN ideal locality
IN which TO establish such "a
industry.
Thsrs b m Increasing demand
! for poles. ties and other material
thus prepared 20 Withstand the
effects % The forces Of NATURE
and % make them durabDo. thai
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atives. He gave this Office an ap-
preciated call. Mrs. Mashaw ac-
companied her husband, and
they are the guests of their sons
and families.
FOR RENT.-Two four-room
cottages in East WINFIELD. APP
ply to w. w. Hilburn. 3-27tf
Don't forget Mrs. Huffman's
millinery opening, Saturday,
April IL, 1908.
Mr.. Emerson Bently, o prom
inent lawyer of Shreveport, came
in Tuesday on the l.. r. 6 N.
with his wife and bright little
boy and girl and will make
Winfield their future home.
Mr.. Bentley has been for somo
time secretary of the Shreveport
Traffic Association and has ac-
compIished some good work in
getting the proper rates in and
out of Shreveport. 1t is hoped
that the business people of
Winfield may see it. to their
advantage and employ him in the
same capacity here, which he
could handle in connection with
the practice of law, as that is bis
purpose in coming to WINFIELD.
Mr.. Bently and his splendid
family are welcomed to our city.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1908-04-03
WINFIELD, PARISH. LOUISIANA FRIDAY

we're brought to this place from
Vienna over the Rock Island last
Tuesday and carried to the resisl-
ence of her mother, Mrs. Nj. E
Hudson, where funeral services
were held ut 4 p. M. aud thence
Inferred IN the city cemetery.
Among the relatives who attend
ed the funeral there were present
j. Nj. Blackman, Jr., AMI wife.
If Shreveport; L. T.. Blackman
and wife, of Monroe; j. NJ. Black
man. Sr.. aud daughters. Ella and
Ola, If Ruston. and n. l.. and
e. A. Hudson, of Mxrthaville. j /.
j. and A. E. Hudson ct FL Dor
ado, Ark, Mrs. &. w. Smith.
Mrs. w. A. Mashaw, Grace and
Gertrude Hudson of Winfield,
brothers aud sisters of the deceas-
ed. The sorrow that has fallen
on the bereaved relatives has
elected the sincere sympathy of
the citizens of Winfield.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-02-26
A DISMISSAL IS UPHELD
Negro Soldiers Who Shot Up
Brownsville Are Declared to BE
Guilty-Republica Side
with the Democrats

Washington, Feb. 26.-Five of
the eight republican members of the
senate COMMITTEES on military affairs
voted yesterd, IA afternoon for Sena-
tor Foraker I, resolution declaring
that thu ~tdSers discharged by the
presidEEe EEe,, e 're not guilty of having
shot III "9 inEesville. That the presi-
dent escape. NJ implied censure of
this resolution was due to the fact
that the five democratic members of
the committee joined Senators War
ren, Warner and Lodge in opposi~
ton.
The republican senators who de-
clared for the innocence of the ne
groes were Foraker, Scott, Buckley
Hemenway and Dupont.
Senator Foraker offered se-
quence of resolutions. each one less
positive than it's predecessor, but in
every instance the eight held to-
gether and finally, by the same vote
of eight to FIVE, the guilt was fasten-
cd upon the negroes By the adoption
cf Senator Lodges resolution
This report establishes the verdict
of the committee. The reports to the
senate are yet to be made, and it
may be ten days or two weeks be-
fore these are filed 1t is thought
there will be at least four of these,
SIS some of the senators desire to
soften as much as they may their
action of yesterday.
Senator Scott, for example, wants
to mollify the white house, which he
fears may add him to the list of un
desirable citizens if his vote is left
to stand as the naked criterion
Senator Foraker is to speak on the
subject ard bis speech is to extend
throusl, three days. He says so him
self. This will be the longest speech
made in several years, which is
circumstance indicative of the feel
ing that agitates Senator Foraker.
Senator Foraker knows that if
Secretary Taft ever becomes presi-
dent his own political career is at an
end, and so his speech will be ami
mate with a purpose to avert the
doom of extinction. 1t will be a
speech intended to prevent Secretary
Taft's nomination and, failing in
that, to preclude, the hope of his
election.
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LURED FROM HONE
WEATHERFORD WOMAN WAS
ATTACKED AND ASSAULTED
MONDAY NIGHT.
SUSPECT IS ARRESTED
Identified by Mrs. Charles NoIte-
Hartsill Is Jailed on Charge
of Criminal Assault
Young White Man.

Weatherford Texas, Feb. 26.-
At an early hour Monday night Mrs
Charles Nolte, wife of former
newspaper man, who now lives at
Wichita Falls, was called to the door
of her residence by a young white
man who gave the name OF well
known young merchant here. The
man told her there was a long dis
tance call for her at his house. Mrs
Nolte told him that was strange as
she had telephone in her own
house, hut the man declared the call
was over the Independent line,
whereupon Mrs. Nolte prepared to
Nolte reached the front gate where
the man was waiting he seized her
by the throat, threw her violently to
the ground and attempted to assault
her, The woman fought him with all
her strength at the same time crying
as loud as she could for help. Her as
sailant in the meantime was trying
to stop her cries by an effort to
choke her. But try as he would the
man was not able to prevent the
now thoroughly terrified woman S
screams which were heard by Thorn
as Hanon, a lineman in the employ
of the Southwestern Telephone COM
pany, who ran to her assistance
When the man, who was commit
ting the assault, heard footsteps ap-
preaching he desisted and made off
in the darkness.
Mrs. Nolte was assisted to her
home suffering severely from the
shock of her terrible experience.
Sheriff Henry N. Pope was at once
notified and to him she made the
statement that the man who COM
mitted the assault was John Heart
SILL a young man we'll known in
Weatherford and known to her.
The officers Immediately began a
search for Heartsill but he could not
be found The search was prosecuted
vigorously, however, and yesterday
morning he was discovered in the
brush, several miles from town, by
Constable Barney Barker, one of the
officers who had been on his trail all
night. He was taken into custody
and lodged in jail to answer charge
of attempted assault. Mrs. Nolte is
positive in her identification and
young Heartsill equally as empha-
tic in his statement that it is case
of mistaken identity.
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Buy your pumps from F. s. Cronk
Go. All kiads. Prices way" down. II
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-02-26
DEGREES or DIVORCE
Large Number of Cases Dismissed
BY Judge Hawkins

Not every person who applies for
divorce in the district court under
the administration of Judge Haw-
kins is granted a decree annulling
the marital relations. With sixty
eight cases on the docket for this
term of court only very few appli-
cations have received favorable con
s'deration. A divorce was denied in
the first case tried Tuesday after
noon, The first case called Wednes-
day morning met with a like fate, A
large number of cases were dismiss
ed by Judge Hawkins. Divorces were
granted in the following cases.
B. f. McMerty VS.. Laura McMerty.
D. B. Butler vs.. Mary Butler.
Susie F. Smith VS.. Robert A.
Smith.
w. NJ. Powell VS.. Lizzie Powell
Matte Summerville VS.. Aaron
Summerville
Emma Henderson VS.. George
Henderson.
In the case of Matte Martin
against John B. Martin, the defend
ant was granted a divorce on his
cross-bill.
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M1SSOURiANS SOLID FOR TAFT.
State Convention VIII Meet ut st.
Louis Thursday

ST. Louis. Feb. Missouri re-
publican leaders are gathering in
ST Louis today in advance of the
state convention, which will be held
tomorrow. There is little doubt that
the delegation from the state of the
mysterious stranger to the Chica-
go convention will be solidly in fav-
or of the candidacy of Secretary
Taft
With only ore negative vote, the
state committee passed tn. following
| Taft resolution
Be it resolved by the republican
| state committee of Missouri, that
| this comittee recognizes that the
sentiment of the repu blicans of Mis-
souri, is practically unanimous in
favor of William H. Taft as the can
didate of the republican party for
president in 1908 Ard this commit
tee declares it's belief that the re-
publican electors of the state have
absolute confidence in the patriotism
high character and pre-eminent abil~
tiles of Mr.. Taft, and believe that
in his character, his learning and
experience as a judge and as an ex-
ecutive officer, and in all the af-
fairs of life, William H. Taft has
unequalled strength as a candidate
and possesses in the highest degree
the qualities that must be possessed
by a republican president.
Resolved, That this committee
feels confident that the nomination
of William H. Taft would unite and
strengthen the republican party in
Missouri more than could the nomi-
nation of any other person suggested
as candidate, and with that belief
we feel it to be our duty to so ex-
press ourselves as to centre on him
the sympathy and support of the re-
publicans of Missouri I
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-02-26
GIANTS LEAVE FOR TEXAS.
Ball Players Start for Their Train.
ing Grounds

New York, Feb. 26.-Metropoli-
tan fans turned out in force today
to give an enthusiastic send-off to
the squad of regulars of the New
York Giants, who sailed on the
steamer Momus for New Orleans. In
the party were Mathewson, Devlin,
Donlin, Wiltse, Tenney and Hanni-
fin. With their arrival at Marlin,
Texas, the training season of the
Giants will be on in earnest.
The Momus will arrive in New Or
leans in ample time to participate
in the naval parade of the Mardi
Gras festivities, which takes place
next Monday with the arrival of
King Rex and his suite. The players
and newspaper men accompanying
them will witness the great Crescent
City pageant on Monday before pro-
ceeding to the Texas camping
grounds on Monday night
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GOES HUNTING; KILLS CHICKEN
Negro Is Arrested While Preparing
to Cook the Fowl.

The next time Will Craig, a free
man of color, goes hunting he will
no doubt be careful not turn his
gun on some defenseless domestic
fowl that may be seeking sustenance
in or near the public highway. Arm
ed with a doubleb barreled shotgun,
Craig went hunting Tuesday after
noon, but his efforts to bag game
proved unsuccessful. On his way
home he spied large juicy chicken
scratching for food in East Jeffer-
son street. The temptation to have
baked hen for supper was more
than the negro could resist. One
charge from his gun ended the life
of the chicken and hastily gathering
up the fowl he executed lively
sprinting stunt for his home In
Freedman. The owner of the chick
en-, negro named Rogers, apprised
the sheriff's Office of the malicious
slaughter of his poultry. Sheriff
Forbes and Constable McCalpin took
the bloodhounds to Rogers home
and put them on the negroes trail.
They followed him to his home and
when the officers arrived Craig had
the fowl already prepared for
cooking vessel. The chicken was
turn/d over to the rightful owner
while Craig was marched to the
county Jail. A charge of theft has
been preferred against him.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-02-26
VERDICT REACHED IN UNCON-
VENTIONAL MANNER SET
ASIDE BY JUDGE.
JURYntN ARELfCTuRED
Told That They Are Guilty of Vio-
lating Oaths as Well as of
Contempt of Court-Fined
$50 Each.

New York, Feb. 26.-Justice Guy
in the New York supreme court set
aside the verdict of jury yesterday
and fined twelve jurymen $50 each
for deciding the verdict by the flip
of a coin. The case was a suit
brought against the New York City
Railway company for damages in
causing the death of a child. The
jury brought in a verdict in favor
of the railway company. The evil
dence in the case seemed to Justice
Guy to be so much apart from the
verdict that he asked the foreman
of the jury how such a verdict had
been arrived at. The foreman told
the justice that they had agreed on
their finding by the toss of coin.
The justice then said to the jurors
that they had violated their oaths
and committed contempt of court,
imposed the fine and ordered their
names stricken from the jury list.
One juryman, explaining the jury s
action, said the jury was hopelessly
divided, and that one of the members
of the jury who had $4,000 in his
pocket to close a business deal, and
was anxious to attend to his busi-
ness.
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The Sewing Circle.

the Tuesday Afternoon Sewing Cir
Gle, at her home on North Rogers
street, Tuesday afternoon. Twelve
guests brought fancy work of divers
and beautiful kinds and nimble fin
gers and tongues kept pace with
each other.
Delicious refreshments of oyster
salad, cheese sandwiches, olives and
hot chocolate were served by the
host ess.
The next meeting will be with
Mrs. Jesse Kennedy. Tuesday Mar.
3rd.
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Smoky City Dog Show.

Pittsburg, Pa, Feb. 26.-With en-
tries surprising in number and
quality those of all previous shows
held in Pittsburg, the fifteenth an
nual exhibition of the Duqusne
Kennel club was opened today and
will last four days. For the first time
the club has accomplished four
point show, the previous exhibitions
having been three-point affairs. All
classes are we'll filed, the exhibit OF
collies being especially good.