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The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-09-29
MILTON NOTES..

The new schoolhouse at Mil
ton IS quite a handsome building.
It is two stories in height and
has two fine class rooms on the
ground floor with a hall in which
the stairway is. and a good sized
cloak room and an Office for the
principal. On the second floor
is another class DOR and a
large assembly hall. Besides
the main building there is the
modern one story school room
and the old school house fixed up
and painted on the same school
lot and just a few steps from the
main building, so that the school
buildings provide five good class
rooms extra of the assembly
hall.
Across the Vermilion at this
point there is a good iron bridge
so that there is easy access from
Vermilion parish which is in
terested in the Milton school AS
it is a line school for both parish
es.
The roads, however, into Mil
ton are not as good as they
might be and when school be
GINS it will be necessary for the
patrons of the school to see that
the roads are improved for the
convenience of the children get
ting to school.
An interesting sight at Milton
is the fine orange orchard belong
ing to Mr.. A. G. Denais. He has
quite a number Ut trees, which
he says he planted nine years
ago. The trees are all tall and
loaded with fruit. Mr.. Denais
conducts a blacksmith and wheel
wright shop and also keeps a
very good stock of hardware.
DIR. A. j. Burkett is the resi-
dent physician at Milton and in
addition to keeping a drug store
is also postmaster
The pumping station of the
Hunters canal is located at Mil.
ton or rather it is just across the
bayou and is quite an interesting
sight. The canal is a very large
one and it requires a large
volume of water to serve the
rice farmers. The pumping
plant il. therefore, large and its
operation and the machinery are
worthy Of seeing.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-09-29

Rev. and Mrs. c.. G.. Miller in
vited a number of the young
people to the parsonage last
Saturday night as a kind If fare
well party to their son, Eugene,
and Ashton Beraud who will
leave to-day to enter Tulane
University. The evening was
pleasantly spent in social CONVEX.
sation and listening to music,
Miss Maxim Beraud favoring
the company with instrumental
solos and Misses Rena Hopkins
and Carrie May Miller with vo-
cal selections. Miss Miller and
brother, Eugene, and Mr.. Miller
also pleased the company very
much with some charming
guitar music. Those present
were: Misses Quint Morgan,
Rena Hopkins, Matte D. Embree,
Edith Dunn, Leslie Carter, Carry
May Miller, Hazel Larrabee,
Callie Tolson, Mrs. Grow Girard.
Messrs. T. Barton Baird, Ashton
Beraud, Eben Morgan, Eugene
Miller, Paul Beraud, Harry
Keane, Harold Demanade.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-09-29
FIGHT The WEEvll.

In q letter to the Farmers
Protective Association Hon. e.
A. Coco. of Mansura, Avoyelles
parish, gives the following sound
advice to farmers as to the most
effective way to fight the boil
weevil:
"A very effective way. and in
fact the ONLY WAY, to decrease
the number OF weevils next year
is TO Immediately after your far.
mers have picked what cotton
there is on their stalks, to de.
stroy them by blowing them
under or by cremating them and
ct the same time clear their
fields Of all brushes. ETC., that
could serve as the weevil's hiber.
mating quarters. This method
has proved q very effective one
and our farmers here have al
ready begun this and we look for
material results next spring.
The selection of seed is an
other very important issue and
one that deserves q great deal of
consideration. Our lands here be-
ing Of about the same fertility as
yours. I would advise you to use
Toole, Simpkin's and Hawkins
Prolific. These three varieties
have proven very superior. /
had seven varieties and the three
above mentioned have given a
fair crop while others have not. .
The association will endeavof
to discover the best varieties of
cotton and the one best adapted
to soil and local conditions and il
possible secure . supply for next
seasons crop.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-09-29
FATHER r. LEASE.-
Never Again Will Fetch rs e..
ter's Young Man from the Train.

A Louisville business man who re-
Gently took a summer home about II
miles in the country had an adven-
ture the other night that has, he says.
taught him to not do too much for
young fellows who might be calling On
his daughter.
THE other night" says be, Il u
lowed the coachman to 60, and did no.
discover until after he had gone that
my daughter was expecting . young
man caller. There wa nothing to do
but to hitch up the horse myself and
60 to the station to meet him.
when the car rolled In. just one
youngster alighted, and . he an
swered the description Of the fellow
coming to pee my daughter ! saun.
tered up to him and inquired II he
might be MI. -
"'How did you known replied the
chap with q tone Of disgust at being
addressed thus by the Goodman
THE caller was loaded into the car
rage and the journey to the house
was begun. To break the Ice I told
him l had understood that he vas in
. certain line OF business. and again
came the naughty: How did you
know?
During the remainder OF the jour.
ney the young man sang popular
songs. When We arrived at the house
I put the caller out and proceeded to
the stable to put up the horse. After
this work had been completed I 70
turned to tho house Just In time to
overhear the young man ask my
daughter:
who was that fresh guy that
brought me ovee here tonight?
"When told that the fresh guy was
her father, I thought the caller would
wilt, and then I decided to. put In IN
appearance about that time. He
jumped up and said that II he had
known I wanted to put up the horse
he would certainly have helped. My
advice to fathers-and I shall here
after stick to what I I'M preaching-is
never to 60 to al that trouble for Z
young man caller. when that person
has two good legs that can carry him
from~the station to the house. That
young man certainly walked back ia
the station that night"Iouisville
Times.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-09-29

.Overton Cade is a Lafayette
man and being such he should
have your vote as he is the equal
of his opponent. Mr.. Cade has
made a good record and has done
his duty as far as the powers Of
the Commission permitted, and
now that the Legislature has en-
larged the COMMISSIONS powers
he will do more for his cOnsti,.
uents. Vote for him, he de.
serves it.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-09-29

meeting. Mr.. Mouton called
the meeting to order and in a
brief talk explained the purpose
of the meeting. After which he
called for organization and nom
inatiOn of officers, and Max
Bourque was made president.
Victrin Coltiaux. vice president
and r. G.. Bourque secretary.
The following then enrolled as
members of the association:
L. F. Hebert, Oneil Hebert,
Oneil Bourque, Ophe Hebert.
Oneil BrousSard, Robert Colt
aux, Philogene Desormeaux,
Richard Mire. Desire Desor
meaux. Sr Desire Desormeaux,
Jr., Frank Ciotiaux, Jos. Ance
let. jim Bodoin. Jos. Vincent,
JOS. Nj. Hebert, Alcide Brous
Sard, A. c.. Denais Adam Denals,
JOS. Duhon, Cleomere Brous'
sard, Adam SURE. DR.. A. j.
Burkett. Dolphin Bodoin, Val
erin Primeaux, Jules Sci
lers, Alpine BronSsard, Ulgere
Bouque. Arthur Duhon, j. E.
Bordeaux, EiM Prejean, Stanis-
Iaus D z r N e a u x, Fernest
Meaux, Jos. Duhon, Alexandra
Sellers, Max Bourque, Victorin
Clotiaux, 4. T.. Bourque.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-09-29

Saturday IF ernoon at five
o'clock Rev. G.. G.. Miller married
Mr.. Henry D. Smith and Miss
Kate A>hurst, of the fourth
ward, ut the Methodist church.
A large party IF friends of the
contracting psrties came with
them to witness the wedding
ceremony.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-09-29
THE TOBACCO Law.
Tobacco, Cigarettes and Cigarette
PaperS Can Not be Sold Le-
galiy to Minors.

Section /. Be it enacted by
the General Assembly of the
State OF Louisiana. that the sale,
barter or exchange by wholesale
or retail of tobacco, cigarettes or
cigarette papers to minors shall
be prohibited in the State of
Louisiana.
Section 2. Be it further en-
acted. ETC.. That any person
who shall give, purchase for sale,
barter or exchange, tobacco and
cigarettes or cigarette papers to
minors in the State of Louisiana
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
and on conviction thereof shall be
fined not exceeding $lC0. nor less
than $25. or imprisonment not
exceeding sixty days. or both, at
the discretion OF the court. Pro-
vided that the provisions of this
act shall not apply TO the sale of
tObacco, cigarettes or cigarette
papers to minors engaged in
business as merchants for the
purchase or resale of same.
Section 8. Be it further en-
acted, ETC., That this act takes
effect from and after it's pas
sage.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-09-29

Tim Murphy ri greeted at the JEFF
erson Sunday night by . big audience
and he and his company deserved il.
for the play and the actors were al
first class. Tim Murphy and his
company are q good show and when
they come this way again will find
some folks waiting to buy tickets to
renew their acquaintance.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-09-29

Vote for Howard E. Bruner for
district attorney to-day and you
may rest assured that you will
vote for a capable man and one
that will do his duty straight.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-09-29
Who Il the b

Who Is the Author?
The Wichita (Kan.) Eagle says
the following poem was left at
the Office by an unknown man
who came to ask for work. It is
not to he assumed that this un-
known man did more than copy
the beautiful poem. which, like
himself, seems to be q wanderer,
with no one to claim it as his
own. Can any one tell who is
the author of "Childhood's
Prayer"
Near the camp fires nickering light,
In my blanket bed I lie,
Gazing through the shade of night
At the twinkling stars on high,
Der me spirits in the sir
Silent vigils seem to keep,
Az l breathe my childhood's prayer:
"Now 1 lay me down to Sleep"
Sadly sings the whippoorwill.
In the boughs of yonder tree,
Laughingly the dancing rill
Swells the midnight melody.
Forman may be lurking near,
In tho canyon dark and deep
Low I breathe in Jesus ear
II pray the Lord my soul to keep
Mid those stars one face I see-
One the Savior took away
Mother, who in infancy,
Taught my baby lips to pray.
Her sweet spirit hovers near,
In the lonely mountain brake
Take me to her, Saviour dear,
IF / should die before I wake.n
Fainter grows the Pickering light,
A. each ember slowly dies;
Plsintively the birds Of night
Fill the air with saddening cries;
Over me they seem to cry:
"You may never more awakel"
Low ! lisp: 'If / should die,
I pray the Lord my soul to take"
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-09-29

Howard e. Bruner is q candi-
date for district attorney and
wants your vote to-day-give it
to him and he will, if elected,
make you . good officer.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-09-29

Gail at Schmnlen's and see
what a nice stock they have and
then YOU will also find that the
prices are very attractive.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-09-29

Vote TO: Overton Cade today,
he is a home man and he will
serve you just as well. and We be-
lieve better, than his opponent,
because he has had experience.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-09-29

Rev. T. j, Upton, of New
Iberia, q superannuated preach
er, father of D. p. Upton, of this
city, who preached for 81 years,
preached a fine sermon at the
Methodist church at II a. m.
last Sunday.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-09-29

Get your fall suit from Kahn's
and you may be sure you get
style, fit and quality.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-09-29

The place to get quick service
is Bernard & Meaux-give them
an order for groceries.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-09-29

The home of Mr.. and Mrs. J.
E. Ard was gladened Saturday
by the arrival of a fine boy.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-09-29

Feedstuffs-all kinds of feed.
stuffs at Upton's and orders
delivered to all parts of town.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-09-29

Fresh garden seed-all kinds
at f.. O. Broussard's. 10 At.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-17
LAUDERDALE SUNDAY SCHOOLS.

 Annual Meedns in Florence Begins Florence, July ls-Sspecial,--The annual meeting or the Landerdane ,,, % De heid July as-2s at the First Presby. terian Church in this city. The following program has been pre- saturday, July 2s, 2sso ?. m. Devotional exercises-Dr. E. D. Mc- Welcome address--pr. G. W. Read. Enrolment of members. Reading minutes of last meeting-- The Graded Sunday schooi--Judge Joseph Carthei.
 The training of the teacher--sfiss Minnie E. Kennedy.
 Appointment of committees--Nomi- nations. resolutions. place of next psyoti:ssf isssfasz .z.Isl:ssr sssa..s s'is Fred Reports of District Presidents. The organized class--Miss Kennedy. House to house visitation-Judge Carthell.
 Discussion.
 Devotional exercises-Rev. W. H. Pettus.
 How to promote Sunday School work in Laudeldale-Dr. H. R. Kennedy, H. e Warren, J. Wesley Spain. Lesson construetton-Judge Carthell Discussion.
 Election of officers.
 sunday Night, Si1B. General mass meeting In City Park. Devotional exercises--C. ". Ashcraft. Sunday School work in Alabama; It's present status. its vast importance. and hopes for the future-Judge Carthei. Reports of committees.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-17
THE PANAMA CANAL
 W.LAROR SITUATION
By Fredric J. Haskin.

Culebra. Canal Zone. July 1s.-There is a complete change of the labor force on the Panama Canal every eisnteen months. In other words every one ot the 25.0o0 men who constitute tne la Dor force quits and goes home witnin eighteen months. From this one may readily Infer that it is no summer even ing task to keep the force up to the required standard in numbers and m eficiency. A constant stream of new men ia coming In and constant stream of old ones Is going out. Every ship that reaches Colon brings it's quota of deck passengers, and every one that leaves there takes away very nearly as many.
 This constant change of force Is not due to lack of wages, every laborer on the canal gets more than he could command anywhere else, nad ne the means or the inclination to so. Neith- CT is 1t due to bad working or living conditions; both of these are better than they ever enjoyed at home It Is due in part to high wages and in part to the depressing effect of work on the Isthmus The white laborer gets 20 cents, American money. per hour, and the negro laborer 10 cents. Free quar- ters are given all who desire them. and subsistence Is given them at the rate of 40 cents a day for the whites and 90 cents day for the blacks. Out of this wage the whites can save s1 a day easily, and the negro can put away SC or 40 cents. A spaniard or Italian with S400 or $500 in his pockets, the savings of eighteen months. begins to feel like going home. When the West Indian negro gets $2oo saved up he is as much of a millionaire among his own people as a Vanderbilt or a Gould is among the people of the States.
 This leads them to give up the work. and if there was not a constant stream of incoming workmen the canal project would suffer from lack of labor. The other cause. an enerwating climate, Is eontributory to the rapid emigration from the isthmus The temperature on the Isthmus Is not high at any time. In fact. 1t seldom goes above S5, tenn perature which Is frequently exceeded af many boasted American summer re- sorts. But the atmosphere is so humid that every passing breeze seems laden to the point of thorough saturation, and in eighteen months the mems incli- nation for hard work Is indeed as limp as a rag.
 Except for the climate---and that is enervating rather than unhealthful-- saborIng conditions are ideal. The workers quarters are excellently adap- ted to their needs. They have sleep ing barracks. with hinged berths like those on steamboats. These barracks are well ventilated. and are supplied with sanitary plumbing and shower baths. Tn fact, 1t would be hard to put a finger on q single large piece of construction work in the United States where the men are so comfortably They are vastly better cared for when they sleep in commission barracks than when they live in little shacks Of their own: for the latter are damp, dirty,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-17

evil smelling. vermin laden, and with out sanitary plumbing.
 As for the food, it Is clean, nourish- ing and to be had in abundance. The Commission acts on the policy that an underfed Aborer Is a poor investment. and that the greatest economy Is to feed the laborer we'll In the case of the Spaniards and Italians native cooks are employed, so that they may have their dishes prepared to their taste. @Their mess halls are large. airy and scrupulously clean. Their rations corr respond to the work they have to do. the aim being to feed them the charac- ter of food that will best enable them to do a good days work. There is but very little complaint among the Span irds with reference to their fare.
 The West Indian negroes would not eat enough to keep their strength and health when they were allowed to board themselves, so now all who sleep at Commission quarters are obliged to patronize the Commission kitchens. In other words, they are charged 30 cents a day for food whether they eat 1t or not--and 1t Is needless to say that none of them skip a meal under such condi- tions. When the work was begun the negroes were allowed to patronize the kitchens or to subsist themselves, just as they saw ft. Most of them saw At to subsist themselves. mango or two, perhaps a slice of pineapple or a couple of bananas. and maybe a yam, would make their meal. The conse- quence was that they were always weak. And when they were taken to the hospital with malaria, pneumonia. or some other disease to which, by na- ture and through habits of life they are particularly susceptible, they had no: recuperative powers, being literally half starved. The per centage of re- coveries was so low that the hospital authorities made representations that they were largely the victims of un- der-eating. The Commission then de- cided to offer them the food free if they would cook It. But they are too indifferent to do this. Then 1t was de cided to cook 1t for them and give 1t to them free. As might be imagined, the West Indian Kitchens did a land oface business under these conditions.
 After furnishing the cooked food free for a while the Commission reached the conclusion that the best way out of the difficulty was to prepare the food for them, and charge them 30 cents Al day each, eat or no eat. There was a big howl among the negroes about 1t. They protested that 1t cost them too much in proportion to their wages, complained that 1t was not good to eat. and a whole lot of other things. But as a matter of fact, 1t was not against the food or it's cost that their real complaint lay. Down in the West Indies they have tightly drawn social distinctions. A carpenter sitting down to eat with q mere pick -and-shovel la- Dorer is unheard of. The social lines are well nigh as tautIy drawn between the mechanic and the laborer as they are in the South between the whites and the blacks. There is the real ground for complaint. but of course the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-17

havs them in separate camps Tn . large percentage of cases the element that goes to the Isthmus from the West Indies is the riff-raff of the islands. fn- quiry in Jamaica for instance as to whether the emigration from there had affected labor conditions. eiicited the reply from leading representative of the United Fruit Company that it had not, that the few who had gone were good riddance. He said that the men who usually went to Panama were the kind that would not be paid a chilling a day on the fruit plantations.
 Copyright. 1908, by Frederick J. Has
 kin1
 TOMORRow-THE PANAMA CANAL.
 vII--Living Conditions.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-17
FOR wOMAN,s SCHOOL.
oId nuilding fin Florence is Being Ne-
 modelled.

modelled.
 Florence. July 16-(Special) )--Presi. dent H. W. Hatton. of the University for Women. which will be established next September in the old Baptist University building. has let contracts for the renovation and restoration or the building aggresating S7,000,
 The contract for plumbing and sewers was let to Donald White of Florence, the contract for roofing and gutters, to B. F. Baggatt, of Florence and for the heating apparatus to the Application has been made to the city for an extension of the gravel road from Seven Points to the college and for cement sidewalks to connect with the sidewalks on Wood Avenue.
 The work of renovation will be push ed in order to complete it in time for he opening of the college in Decem- ,ar
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-17
PROBATE NOTICE

state of Alabama Montgomery County
 Probate Court, June 3oth. 1908.
 Notioa is hereby given to E1sar RAedaE whose place of residence Is unknown. that this day Addie Ethel Beeder filed her ps- tltlon for the probate of the last will Of Laura Beeder, deceased. and that the eth day of August 1908, has been set to hear ' J D. GAsroN.
 --fri-St Judge oe TSuhaaa
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-17
CONTRACTING BUILDERS

WE INVITE specifications on all ktnda of contracting and building We will build and sell you house on easy payment Plan-
 land Park, now ready for sale. W. Q. soles q Go. residence phone 17s1. office phone III. 10 6, Perry -S
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-17
BANKRUPT. nrraraca aAHE HEAL ESTATE

Pursuant to an or3er issued by the United states District C1urs, Middle District of Alabama in Bankruptcy, I As Trustee nt Abe well Bankrupt. will on Monday, July 24th during legal hours If sale offer to the high. est bidder for cash, subject te approval said Court, at .he United states Pest of- nce building. Montgone Ala, lots IS and fs, located in Moses Bros sub-disisinn If the Wise Tract, north of the oity @t Mtni. Romary Alabama. said ;ots being parfic- uIarly described in deeds from g, "A. E. Warren and wife to Abe We'll. dated Aug, gf, 1sss recorded in Deed Book 4S, paRa 20s in Probate oniee Montgomery Co, Ala, and deed from Abraham Brus- to Abe Wen, dated June IS, 1908 and recorded Be0< s5. page 45l. except lot 4exs0 feet sold " GEORGE STUART
 jiy 17-ss Trustee
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-17
BOOKS FOR SALE.

GENERAL AGENT. State of Alabama, for inc sale of "A History of All Nations" twenty four large volumes beautifully illus- trafed Best worlds history oxtant Samuel
 p StephenB, Petrey Alabama -aot
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-17
RJaINEss oPFoRTUNITIEs.

DRUG STORE in small town Cor sale; now dain9 ep. .oo0 co business yearly. Netting about 70 per cent on investment. Address No 100 care Advertiser. -iT-iot TWO TO THREE thousand dollars to in. ysat with services by active and experienced young business man, best Of references
 SrsAlf Al No proposition considered with o,st cIoasst investigation. Give full par. ticuIars in reply. Address Confidential care Advertiser. -lf-St
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-17
FURNITURE.

-~-~~---~~----~---->-~> YOU need Furniture and we need your trade. and will make prices to suit Cail or write at once. Gay & sightler. se Com merce street