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The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1908-07-17
Petition and Ordinance.

To the Honorable President and Members of
the Police Jury of the Parish of VIM,
State of Louisiana
The petition of the undersigned property tax
payers of Ward Ten Of the Parish of VIM, as
created defined and located, under and by
virtue OF the authority of the Board Of School
Directors of the said Parish consisting of the
entire Ward 10, and. being and constituting
One third Of the property tax payers Of said
Ward 10, respectfully ask your Honorable
Body acting within and authority conferred
the State of Louisiana; by Act lsi Of the Gen
eral Assembly of the State Of louisiana, APP
proved July 18th, 1888; BY Act No. ala of the
General Assembly Of the State OF Louisiana
General Assembly Of the State of Louisiana,
approved July 9Th, 1904; and by Act No. 49, OF
the General Assembly OF the State Of Louisiana
also approved on the 9Th day of July 1904, do
order that special election be held, in the
manner required by Law, for the purpose of de-
terming whether or not a special tax In excess
of the Constitutional limitation OF taxation,
provided by and declared in Article 2s2 of the
Constitution of 1855, snail be levied on the pro-
perty liable to taxation, within said Ward Ten
Petitioners further pray; that at said elec-
submit to vote of the property tax payers OF
Ward Ten, entitled to vote at said election,
under the election laws Of the State of Louisi-
ana, the following matters to-wit:
First, that the object OF levying:and collect
ing a special tax, the levy Of which is hereby.
prayed for, tn be submitted Accord to liy
Is fOr the pull pUct IN tTttlAuk Suo CoueAEtCt-
ing publ c Scnool Houses and for giving adj
ditional support OF the Pubic Schools.
Second that the rate Of the said special tax.
so to be levied annual uoon all taxable prof.
erty, in said Ward Ten, shall be Five Mills [ n
the Dollar.
Third, that the lengh OF time for and durir 2
which such special tar Is to run and be levi
annually upon all such propert- subject o
taxation in said Ward Ten. shall be Ten Yeai /,
beginning with the year ss-9
Wherefore, pc. itioners pray. that said cleo
ton be ordered, for the foregoing OBJ c-s AID
purposes and la conformity with the constitu-
lion of this State aud the Acts of the i-egislz-
ture thereof on the subject
Respectfully submitted.
NJ Leeper, l. Weeks, T p tterson, w T
Babers, NJ w Blake, w l. Afford w l. sIewaI' +,
J l. rewton S II Weeks. o L RADON, e & Ra-
bon, l. R. bon. G Clifton, q X Deem, q h
Deem, II Bates, d Stewart. Deem
Golcin, Jno Brewton, N TerA
Peterson L V Martin, Martin, b Weeks,
q 1ruscott J c Clifton Martin W
Lucky, w Clifton, NJ Kelly, y GIBBS, -
L Durbin. L Babers. n ID L Huddeston, q Z
Brewton. Irwin, A Durbin, A l. Durbin,
7. W. Clifton.
AN ORDINANCE.
On motion the request of the petition was
granted and the following ordinance adopted:
section l. Be IL ordaina Nv the Police Jury
OF the Parish Of winn, Ia. in regular session
assembled That q special elscsion be held
throughout the Hudson School District. Par
fsh nj W inn. slate of Louisiana. on
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1908-07-17
ShePif's Sale.

VS.. No. 2lO6, CDUrt. Fish Of VIM
Jefferson Holmes. state Of Louisiana
BY virtue of a writ of RI "a. in the above en-
titled and numbered suit u me directed \
have seized and will offer FOR sale 10 the lasi
and highest bidder, At the front coor Of ths
Court House, in the town Ot Winfield PARISH
of winn, Louisiana, between the hours nre-
scribed by law for judicial sales, on
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1908-07-17
ANoRprNANcR

On motion the request of the petition was
granted and the following ordinance adopted:
Section /. Rr IL ordains d ty the Police Jury
of the Parish Of Winn, Ia. In regular session
assembled That special el,c.ion be held
throughout the Hudson school District Par
ish of Wi inn State Of Louisiana.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1908-07-17
AN ORDINANCE.

On motion. the request Of the petition wa
granted, and the following ordnance adopted
Sec 1. Be it ordained by the Police Jury o
the Parish Of Winn, La, in regular session
assembled. That a specisl election be helt
throughout Ward Ten, Parish Of Winn, Stat
of I0uisiana-
New-York tribune., 1908-07-24
Abour People and Social Incidenfs

oid-fashioned flower garden at Cold Brook. ~,
afternoon.
Mrs s. Parkrlan Shaw entertained at l1ncl..
this afternoon
Miss Goodman entertained at luncheon at Yolrr.
to-day Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Goodwin Mr. s,s
Mrs Robert S. Brewster. Mr.. and Mrs Ranv.
CIarkson and Edward A Burdett were among taox.
at the tables
Herbert Parsons will arrive tomorrow a. s4,,.
over Farm TO accompany Mrs. Parsons to -.
Maine coast.
Joseph Glider who had been with Mr. a-1 n-,
Richard Watson Glider. departed to-day for Ssv
York Miss Winifred Rogers has arrived az ror,
Brook Farm
Mr. and Mrs John r. Alexandrs gave a di,rs.
entertainments ar Spring lawn tonight co-,,,,
rnentary Mr.. and Mrs. J. Harry Alexandra vho
are on their way TO Saratoga
Mr. and Mrs. Duncan Crydsr have leased TIA
Hagyard villa for the remainder of the summer
f Augustus schermerhorn. who had been wlt,
his sister, Mrs Ellen 8. Auchrnuty departed TO-DAY
for New York.
Mrs Edmund Nash. with her guest. Mrs ss.y-
vesant Wainwright. departed by motor this rno-n
ing for Rye. y. Y
Mrs John C. King is a guest Of H. A DI5bls. az
the Bacon villa
Mr. and Mrs. z. J. Dougherty Miss Douxhs-+v
Mr. and Mrs Robert Gibson. Miss Helen Gfbso,
Charles and Howard Gibson. Of New York ara
Howard RidgeIey. ot Baltimore. at the Hotel
Aspinwan
Mrs Ernest warrin has issued cards for bris-.
whist az her villa, the Lee Road on Friday
afternoon.
Mrs. Arthur Grannis is a guest Of her mother
Mrs Oscar Iasigi. in Stockbridse
New-York tribune., 1908-07-24
UR. TAFT AND HIS PARTY.

Some of those hypercritcs and visionaries
who can see a fly on n barn door more easily
than the barn itself seem TO be much as
turbed by the announcement of Mr.. Tafts WISH
to the President and discussion with him OF
points in the speech Of acceptance which ne Is
about 10 make. They affect TO regard TINS as
deplorable exhibition of subserviency and as
suited TO arouse suspicion and disgust ana 10
ALLEVIATE votes from the Republican ticket Only
visit or two TO Oyster Bay. they say VIII
make Mr.. Taft "a dose a trife too strong 10
swallow
We can easily understand that Democrats IN
their desperate efforts to infuse life into deau
cause would be delighted to see signs OF cold
ness or friction between the present PRESIDENT
and the next President 1t may also De tna'
there are some persons who really think 1t
would he edfying and decorous for Mr.. lhit 10
ALLEVIATE himself from the chief under whom ne
has loyally served for years and to dissociate
himself from policies Of which he has been an
answering supporter Perhaps there are some
freaks of humanity outside of asylums VINO
would regard it logical and consistent LOT
Mr.. Taft to repudate the administration OF
which he has been q great part ana all us
works especially to denounce the fhlllppne
policy the Panama Canal enterprise ana the
intervention In Cuba There are all sorts OF
queer folk in this world and bedlam must he
Rational persons competent to go at large
without keepers will recall the fact that Mr.
Taft has for many years been an earnest mem
Der of the Republican party and an advocate
of Republican principles and policies. They VIII
remember that he became intimately ana con-
suicrlously associated with the administration
of President Mckinley and continued and even
strengthened those relations with the admins
tration of President Roosevelt. They will not be
cblivious of the fact that with some OF the most
important policies of those administrations, ana
with some which the enemies of those admins
trations have most attacked, he was so closely
connected as 70 bear great measure OF re-
snonsibility for them the President himself
They will realize the fact that II was not IN
spite of but expressly because Of these things
that Mr. Taft was the overwhelming choice OF
the Republican party for the Presidential NOM
nation And in view OF these facts and with
q desire and confident expectation that he VIII
remain the loyal Republican that he has ever
been they will regard with approval and graft
fication a continuance. on an unofficial basis, OF
the cordial and harmonious relations with the
President and the administration which Mr.
Taft maintained during al the years of his OH
cial connection with the government.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-24
A TRYING SUMNER.

The story of the present summer has evi-
IDENTITY been told only in part Normally the
hot season eliminates during the last ten days
of July, and that of 1908 may, therefore, be re-
garded as merely half over. The part which
has already elapsed. however, is SO exceptional
as TO be noteworthy quite regardless OF any
addition yet TO be made to the record
AT the United States Weather Bureau in this
city-and the conditions here are doubtless
representative of those prevailing throughout a
wide area in the East-the heat is shown TO
have been singularly continuous for several
weeks Ordinarily, extremely high or low tenn
peratures in this vicinity seldom last more
than three or four consecutive days, and are
promptly followed by reaction lasting for ABOUT
the same length of time. This rule has been
nainfulIv disregarded of late. OF the last
1hirty-three days only five have been cooler than
the average for thirty three years would lead
one 10 expect three have been at par. so to
speak and twenty-five have been abnormaIly
hot The coolness such as it was, came in
three instalments each SO short as to afford
only slight relief Beginning with June 20
there was an unbroken succession of eighteen
DAYS. all hotter than the average for the cor
resnondinp davs since the esta abshment Of the
national weather service.
Statistics concerning the wind are not yet
available but il does not seem possible that the
popular opinion that the air has been peculiarly
motioness for the last few weeks can be er-
roneous Persons who have lived in New YORK
CITY for a quarter Of a century or more can re-
member how night after night in summer
there would be refreshing breeze from the
south. 1t would penetrate houses with WIN
dows opening In the right direction from the
front or rear and with full opportunity given
within for draft to assert itself. That blessed
experience has been almost utterly lacking this
summer and it has been most consplcuousIy
absent when il was most needed
Tho suffering caused by such excessive and
uninterrupted heat has been beyond calcuia-
tion. The effect upon both the strong and the
delicate has been cumulative. Before one TAX
on human endurance has ceased another mas
baen imposed. Except where there was large
reserve to draw on, nature has given ont. On
at least one day this summer twenty-rour
deaths and seventy prostrations resulted frolh
4his single cause and when the total is made
IN later in the season. il may prove 10 be with
out a precedent.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-24
SOCIAL NOTES FROM NEWPORT.
rBy Teleeraph 70 Th- Tribun-

rBv Telegraph Th@ Tribune
Newport r. L. July 2s.-Sfonevla. the former
summer home Of James Gordon Bennett was ths
centre of social activity to-day The occasion vas
the annual fair given for the benefit Of ST. Mary's
Orphanage. OF Providence. which Is a yearly affair
here The summer residents are always Interested
and give their presence and assistance in making
il a success Mrs William F. Grosvenor. Mrs
lanes A Swan Mrs William r. Hunter MISC
Elizabeth Betton and Mrs. Eugene Sturtsvant were
In charge this year.
There were two luncheon parties IN Newport this
afternoon Mrs. z. c. knight. 1r. had party o,
friends at her cottage. while Robert Sedgwick
entertained a stag party at the Casino grill rooms
Mrs James p Kernochan. Mrs. Elisha Dyer
Mrs r. L. Beeckman and Mrs James B. Hsggin
will be the hostesses at dinner tomorrow evening
Dudley s. Gautier. Of New York, is the guest OF
Lispenard Stewart at White Lodge
Ricfsrd Lawrence. of New York. is guest here
over the weekend
Dudley s. Gautier. Henry P. Cross and Richard
Lawrence registered at the Casino to-day
Center Hitchcock. OF New York. is the home
of his mother for the remainder OF the season
The summer villa owned by Colonel George 3.
Fearing has been opened. and this has led to the
belief that it has been leased for the summer.
Mrs. K winslow. Mr. ard Mrs. George schermer-
horn. Mr. and Mrs. j. wiImerding and General
Wilson, of New York, were registered az the Rob
fnson to-day
C.on,r,a1aer and Mrs William z Fullan1 enter
tanned az luncheon IN honor of General Horace
Porter to-day Included among their guests were
Rear Admiral and Mrs Stephen B. Luce, Rear Ad-
rniraI and Mrs French z. Chadwick. Rear Adj
rotraI and Mrs j. H. Upshur. Rear Admiral ard
Mrs John P Merrel Mr.. and Mrs. Edward J.
r3srv-fnd and Colonel and Mrs. G. l. 2 Robinson.
George H. Benjamin returned from New York
this evening
NJ Orrne Wilson and r T. wilson tr. arrived
this evening and are visiting their father at Mrs
Ogden Goelet's-
Mr. and Mrs Reginald Brooks. Of Wsstbury.
were guests Of Mr. and Mrs. H. Mortimer Brooks
to-day.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-24
IN THE BERkSHIRES.

GBy Telegraph The Tribune
Lenox, Mass, July 23.-Giraud Foster president
of the Berkshire Hunt. and j. Watson Webb. of
the Shelburne Vermont Hunt, have each offered
valuable cups for trophies In the Berkshire Hunt
races Mr.. Fosters cup will be known the
presidents cup and Mr.. Webb's the hunt cup.
Gentlemen riders will compete IN both contests
Mrs. William d. Sloane gave entertainment
this afternoon on the occasion of the birthday Of
Mrs. Elliott F. Shepard. who Is her guest at Elm
Court. There were dozen guests
Mr. and Mrs. Rowland d. Allen entertained a
party at Laurel Lake this morning Their guests
departed OIL brake for the lake at O'Clock. and
caught bass for breakfast. which served at
the Hotel Aspinwal boathouse. Mrs. John ".
Hunt Miss Katheryn Schley and Mrs Robert L.
Major in the party.
DR.. and Mrs. Austin F. Riggs departed to-day for
Dark Harbor, Me.
Mrs. Benjamin Welles. ReiHan G. Duval. Miss
Mamie G. DuvaI and Mr.. and Mrs. Stansburg
Hagar. of New York, were among the arrivals at
the Curtis Hotel tonight.
Mrs Edward r. Wheaton entertained at dinner
at the Mount tonight.
Miss Charlotte Barnes was hostess at tea in the
New-York tribune., 1908-07-24
uR RRY4N GsD THE NEGRO TOTE.

UR BRYAN and THE NEGRO VOTE.
The southern newspapers are growing rest
less at the reports that Mr.. Bryan is going 10
make an effort to- capture the negro vote. Dis
patches from Lincoln say that all Southerhefs
are eliminated from consideration for the chair
manship of the Democratic National Commit
tee by the peerless candidate because Oh tieir
attitude on the negro question" Mr.. "Ollie
James of Kentucky, might be named had not
"the position taken by Mr.. James some tlihe
'ago in favoring the dsfralchsement OF the ne
gro made his appointment out Of the question:
.sTbe Charleston News and Courier is he
wildered by these tactics. 1t amounts eA-
claims our contemporary, Ito pledge that the
Democratic party would not defend negro dis
.franchisement' If Mr. Bryan went into
power and the party did not reverse Its position
IL would be guilty of dupcity. DO we wish
to obtain the negro vote under false pretences!
If Mr. Bryan is really trying to win the negro
vote he does not. indeed present, as The News
and Courier says, "a delectable spectacle
When there were Southern delegates at STAKE
he made his famous anti-negro speech at
Cooper Union to prove to the South, which mas
always been suspicious of him in this regard,
that II could trust him upon its great issue.
Now that he has got what he wanted from the
South. he gives signs of flirting with the negro
in order to gain support in what seems TO MIN
tho great debatable region Of the Middle west
If he gains support from the colored voter there.
If will indeed be by false pretences He is no
friend of the negro but mere political oppor-
tunist who was against the negro to gain the
support of the South in the Denver convention,
and who would abandon the negro again as
soon as he had used him I'm order TO obtain the
support of the South In Congress Mr.. Bryans
whole record upon the negro question is that or
a poIitical trifer, without courage or convic-
tions But leaving his personality out Of con-
sideration, if the negroes cajoled into the
support of the Democratic party. they will not
even have mess of pottage as a result of the
transaction. The South Will inevitably DOM
mate the Democratic administration if one Is
New-York tribune., 1908-07-24
ROOSEVELT FOR SENATOR.
To the Editor of The Tribune

To the Editor OF The Tribune
Sir: The period for the nomination Of Presi-
dent Of the United States IS past The time for
the nomination of Governor OF state is ap-
preaching While the people considering who
shall be this latter candidate may they not with
propriety consider who shall be the successor Of
Senator Thomas c. Platt whose term of Office ex-
pires March 8. 1909?
The term of Office of President Roosevelt will ex-
pire at Il March 4. 1909. Why may not he be
the candidate of the Republican party to succeed
Senator Platt7 Theodore Roosevelt has been be-
fore the people legislator for many years. and
for the greater part Of the eight years he
has been Chief Executive of the nation.
BY virtue Of his long and faithful public service
no man is we'll equipped for the position as he.
No man is familiar with the wants of the na-
ton he. Surely give greater assur-
of intelligent earnest and faithful devotion to
public service than Theodore Roosevelt.
B. F. DEXTER, NJ d.
Lockport. n. Y, July 20, 1908.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-24
BRYAN A SOCIALIST.
To the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: '"The Baltimore SUM- OF this date gives this
good from you:
s '"The 'toiling masses IN whom Mr.. Bryan pro-
fesses such interest would probably enjoy COM
pIete vacation from their labors under a Bryan
administration "-New-York Tribune
Yes the whole drift of Organism Is toward that
free and easy something-for-n nothing style of ex-
istence that the ideal of socialism represented
nv Mr. Debs. William r. Hearst is also in the
same swim Socialism, he is determined shall not
outdo him. so he has this new slogan for a vote
catcher: Give the poor chance 70 get rich
Lifelong Democrats seeing the socialiStic
drift of Bryan and leaving him for Taft in
consequence. / one of that number myself
There are others who have declared their inten-
tion not 10 vote for Bryan, but who. yet. can
not swallow Taft. With proper conservatism
and a denial OF the paternslisrn which is feeder
to socialism these hestating Democrats may come
over to swell the Taft forces.
The time seems 20 be at our doors In which the
Republican party must heed the last words or
Mark Hanna: THE next great political fght VIII
be between Socialism and Repubheanism. De-
moeracy is out Of II. Let 10 Gomez
FRANCIS p. LIVESEY.
sykesville Nd. July q, 1905
New-York tribune., 1908-07-24
THE JOHN BRIGHT MEMORIAL SCHOOL
First Prize Day Celebration-'Consdsraa'
Purity" of American English
From The LIVERPOOL Post

From The Liverpool Post.
The prize day. ceremony at the John ss1dss s-dis;
night in the building which was o2ensTS- T-sfs-
autumn by the American Ambassador. MI
Nj Mr. iN. J. Auanson PictOn chairman Of the ssr-
9rs cates 10 the suscss aa PUPILS Al he outset q
the proceedings he exhibited 70 The audsnee ssri-
Ambassador painted BY Sir eosFs s, Ess ssS been
Secured for the school by its officers 49,. sv.rts
Mr. Picton gave brief sketch OF tns sa,ssosn- sso,
Sence sSoRg sfS IN e that EVEN In England opinion was
not all one side on the question: one ~ s rrsaf-
ing the American eolonists az any rate wi.a was
and OF granting them tI Sad been kst
In very considerable purity by me extern
sion that he for his part felt certain i was ia Ia
tined 20 become the language CT the wnole NOE gun-
dred and nifty to one hundred and sixty sxtyy iintsIi-
OF people 70 whom Enssh was n1,Id he studied
under the best auspices and the pupils %no 70 widely
II ought 70 De proud thss orId ana was proes5y.
destined 20 become the LANGUAGE OF inIsr1o saytng
against Welsh Which was all very well in iss pi vs
Aithough he was an old man TRsn Sys9 S himself and
he would not disparase fts study IN any hSS.npisuse
RHt II shouId never be forgotten that no ans ans al
could replace that which was Spoken % = anitgaly
the head as,sTs 5sggst ABSENCE sssS Sg St NJ Mr.
Thomson. stated that in the twelve yeessIf begin
had elapsed since tftc SCHOOL tnduS
nne n mad made great progress In every o,sss of
ment OF school life and work Last years sssS,ss sst
successes was longer than that or any p.cw IN
year The report referred 70 the senetne rrder
onerstlon under the Richard Owen Bequest s-..r.d
which a IIandudno boy OF ability would nc ncs.r.tv
sverv wear 10 a scholarship at the uhiN N.-ssrs
amountfng 70 go or 80 year for three sreffr
The first scholarship IN octooer was son;a rcy.
cthsr distfnctions by ". j. Eliot, the neaa s.c-
ana another examination would take place "a rrsss
fsnbsr newt (applause>. More attention rss rs nj
nsi5 10 manual Instruction and the school 1sa
SS,,irnaS IA tories Cookery classes for the s
would be added next tenn tapplauseG
| An entertainment by the pupils foNoweA