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The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1908-04-24
Town Board OF Health.
Monday, April 20, 1908

In special session Dy the presIteh'
and met at the Office of the secre-
tary at p. m. and was called to
order by the president. DIR. >. Z.
Fittz; with the following men,
bers present: DIR. w. III. Will
Iiams, w. G.. Robinson. X. W.
Oglesby and j. j. Nixon.
President FittZ stated to the
board that he had called the
board together for the purpose of
discussing the small pOx situation.
He said that he had, with the
assistance of the sanitary officer
and the marshal, successfully
controlled the cases that had
developed here. but new cases
were being brought into town
by negroes, who insist on visiting
the sections of the parish which
are infected and returning to
Winfield for the disease to
develop here; he had traced
practically all the cases to out of
town infection and that as there
seemed to be no effort to confine
the out of town cases, the town
would have to protect itself. He
recommended that a pest house
be established and where a case
developed that the patient be
Immediately carried to it; that it
was impossible to stamp out the
disease and allow the negroes to
remain in their own houses. a.
they will visit each other. After
discussing at length the recon-
mendatiOns made by President
Fittz, Prof. w. G.. Robinson
introduced the following resolu-
ton.
Be it resolved by the Board of
Health of the Town of Winfield,
That the president of the board
be authorized to appoint a CON-
mittee of three, he to be one If
the number, to see Mr.. s. j.
Carpenter of the fremont &
Gulf railroad, with reference to
securing land by lease or other
wise to locate a house of deten-
ton for contagious diseases.
Be it further resolved, That
the committee so appointed, be
directed to call on the committee
of the board of aldermen of the
Town of Winfield and the COM
mittee of the police jury of the
Parish of Winn and urge them to
take prompt action with ref
erence to building a house of
detention near Winfield for
contagious diseases, provided for
by resolution of the mayor aud
board of aldermen adopted ON
April End. 1907, and resolution
of the police jury adopted April
3, 1907. President appointed
Messrs. Robinson and Oglesby.
On motion the resolution was
adopted.
The president having been
given full power by resolution
adopted by this board on October
2, 1907, to make any and every
necessary arrangement for tem-
porary isolation and vaccination.
Mr.. r. w. Oglesby introduced
the following resolution:
Resolved, That all householders
are prohibited from throwing the
refuse of their houses, consisting
of garbage, tin cans, rags and
paper in the streets, alleys and
vacant lots oe the Town of Winn-
field. They shall keep a box or
barrel ut q convenient place
where the sanitary officer can
have access to inspect and remove,
which he shall do at least once
every month. The sanitary Of
ficer is authorized to charge and
receive the sum of ten cents for
each barrel or box haaled from
any premises.
Be it further resolved, That
the marshal, police officer and
sanitary off GER. are called upon to
see that the provisions of this
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1908-04-24
u. D. c. Call Meeting.

The daughters of the Confed-
eracy are requested to meet at
the residence of the president,
Mrs. Nelson, Saturday, April %.
at 4 p. IN. All of the officers are
urgently requested to attend.
MRS. A. b. NELSON,
President.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1908-04-24
Strayed or Stolen.

One red mare mule, sheared,
we'll built, about IA hands high,
about three years old; left my
place during night of April 10,
1908. Ten Dollars for recovery
of mule.
j. K. MELTON,
4-17-p2t. Winfield, La.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-26

dence in the county seat and that
their offices be kept open for the
transaction of business certain num-
Der of hours each day of the year, Sun
days and legal holidays excepted.
This requirement applies to the
Sheriff of the county. He must
in person, by deputy or under sheriff
be present in his Office in the court
house every day so that in case of the
commission of a crime the injured
person may know where to go to start
the machinery of the courts in motion
With the least possible delay. When
ever a crime is committed the sheriff
is the first person sought after by the
injured person and he is always to be
found in his Office at the court house
The sheriff can do nothing however
until he is armed with warrant in
legal form and properly issued. This
warrant must De prepared by some
person conversant with the techni-
calities which surround the criminal
proceedings in all courts. On reach
ing the sheriff's Office the injured per-
son finds that if the District Attorney
is elsewhere than at the county seat,
he is put to the trouble of an ad-
ditional journey and the consequent
delay or else he must at his own ex-
pense hire a competent attorney to
prepare the preliminary papers, or de-
pend upon Justice of the Peace, who
is not, and is never supposed to be,
conversant with forms and techni
calities which must be strictly fol-
lowed in all criminal actions.
Under the laws of the State of Wis
consin the District Attorney must,
with a few trifiing exceptions, try
every criminal action that is brought
to trial within the county. He can
have assistance only in such cases as
the Circuit Judge deems to be of
sufficient Importance to warrant
him in appointing an attorney or at
torneys to assist the district attorney,
such assistant OF assistants to be paid
out of the county treasury.
1t is only fair to a District Attorney
and it is only fair to the taxpayers in
the county that the District At
torney be given chance to investigate
the facts in each case so that he can
determine in advance of the piling uI
of bill of costs whether the facts in
the case will warrant the bringing OF
an action and PROBABLY warrant g
conviction at the end of the trial,
1t is safe to say that nine tenths OF
the cases which are brought and in
which the prosecution fails, either fol
want of sufficient proof or because Of
some defect in the proceedings, which
cannot be corrected, are cases which
have been commenced without the
knowledge of the District Attorney
and of the existence of which he never
becomes aware until considerable
bill of costs has been incurred and
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-26

he, in desperation, in order to save
the county from costs, makes more ex-
pense in the hope that additional evil
dence, which never may be obtained,
will be supplied. upon which a
conviction may be had.
1t is also safe to say that every
criminal case which reaches the
circuit court carries with it costs to
the amount of one hundred dollars in
many cases that amount is increased
many fold The criminal practice
is important even from a financial
point of view. 1t should be guarded
with the utmost care; anything short
of that is waste.
The compensation which the county
pays to it's district attorney is not
sufficient to warrant any attorney in
abandoning his established practice
and removing to the county seat for
the term of two or four years as the
case may be.
There is scarcely day in which
some question does not arise in one
or the other of the county Offices
which should be answered by the Dis
trict Attorney, for aside from his posi-
ton as prosecuting officer he occupies
the position of attorney for Grant
county in all civil actions that may
rise. and the county ;. board, it's
chairman, and committees, and each
county officer, may when necessary,
submit any question to him for
his advice whenever the interests of
the county are at stake. -
Prudence would seem to dictate
that whenever it was possible to do
SO a District Attorney should be
chosen who is a permanent resident
at the county seat and that there
should be no variation of this rule.
The saving of expense certainly justi-
fies it and in many cases the loss of a
day in beginning prosecution is
serious in its consequences.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-26

Mr.. Bryan continues to ignore the
existence of statute, passed by the
last congress, prohibiting corporation
campaign contributions. Mr.. Bryan
must have heard of the law by this
time, but his notification speech con-
Trans an argument that treats the
statute with silence.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-26

The measly little crowd that
turned out last week in Milwaukee to
hear John w. Kern, the democratic
candidate for vice president, don t
make the dem ocrats feel very enthusi-
astic over their claim that Wisconsin
is the list of doubtful states" this
year.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-26
CANDIDATE FOR DISTRICT ATTY.

The voters at the coming primary
election should bear in mind the i'm
portance of having the District At
torney resident of the county seat.
The statutes require that certain
OF the county officers have their resi-
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-26

Our battle ship fleet has reached
Australia in it's trip around the world.
IT was greeted at Sidney by trem-
endous multitude of people. said to
number a million.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-03-06
KURN HATTIN HOME
DAMAGED BY FIRE
Main Building Destroyed Friday AT
ternoon With Loss of $1,000
Funds Needed at Once to In
sure Continuance of Work.

The Kurn Hattin Homes in West
minister. the refuge for fricndless boys
which was established by the Rev.
Charles A. Dickinson Of Boston, pastor
of the Berkeley street church. were par.
TALLY destroyed by fire last Friday af.
ternoon. The main building with a
newly built addition was totally de-
stroyed This was the original struc-
ture and was known as the administra-
ton building. It contained the dormi'
tories, parlors, dining room and ktch,
en- as well as the rooms used for school
purposes until the new school building
is completed. The flames were discov-
cred at about clock and made rapid
Roadway. as the building was of wood
and an old structure. The boys under
the direction of the superintendent, c.
Z. Bishop (who is soon to leave the
home), succeeded in saving some of
the furnishings. The new school build
ing opposite, which is under process of
construction and is being built from
funds raised BY Mrs. Frederick Bill
ings of Woodstock, was not destroyed
or damaged.
The loss is over $4,000. The build
ing was old, but repairs to the amount
of $4,000 had been completed since last
summer. The insurance was only S9,-
600. Thus the school suffers an actual
loss of about $4,000. For the first time
in it's history the school was out of
debt and the prospects for the future
were bright. As soon as possible the
rooms in the new building will be fit
ted up for as many of the boys as pos
sible. They are now being cared for
in the town hall at Westminster, at
the Harriet Warner home in Saxtons
River and by private families in Bel
lows Falls and in Walpole and West
minister. The boys and the teachers in
the homes all lost everything except
what clothing they had on. Their
plight is an unfortunate one and the
cause is one of the best. Unless the
public rallies to their aid at once the
homes will have to be given up until
money can be raised and the work of
10 wears will be lost. The trustees
have decided that the homes will be
continued, if possible, and the next few
DAYS will decide more fully just where
they stand.
The people in the vicinity of West.
minister are rallying to the support OF
the institution. Several benefits al
ready are being arranged and special
collections were taken in most of the
churches Sunday. The churches also
issued appeals to the members for
clothing, food, etc, and the people are
responding freely. The future of the
homes depends on the lberality of the
friends of the school. Contributions OF
food, clothing, money and anything OF
that sort may be sent to the treasurer,
f. L. Walker, Bellows Falls. The pub
lie in all parts of the country is asked
to contribute.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-03-06

snow plea enresnisFal diliraliy insl
naEih II MilliamsSille slaiian aad saaen
eam. a. sisn.l.sill 4 secend rs
sine, which teak AZ Tho "llansrF,
VAS ss,aH STALLED liehind ihs mlNri
irain and ihr r.rains Passenger iiaia
iainrsl she waiting line MohdaF
night The Space belNsen the rails
Mas ~ hlie,i with ire that i Nas hers
essaTy 10 pick Il aui by hahd, and The
trains could 20 $50 faster ,han the
men with the picks, Many II ii" meh
worked "a hours an stretch bat "a
spite II their efforts tho passenger
train did not Frseh Seuih Londonderry
until milnigh, Tuesday,
Hngine M, 30, which started @ni
with the ''ilangcF" Meulav morning,
lnfl the iron Taes,lay afternoon q
short distance above Newfano ~ u
was an it, way hack To- isFalilrhero,
breaking connection between the
iank aud the boiler, In order TO ct
this engine 20 lifiilehoro II was nee
pssarv Ia senl "a lie assistance the
laral swlieheT. Ne anl, which reached
here with the disabled locomotive late
TUESDAY night. The regular passenger
train on the West River read tcaoh,d
nrailirlara shortly after noon Mrdness
day. aud the mixed train began ils
norihwarl trip ~ in.i5 Tint morning
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-03-06
rrrnch nIns, Pay Raymond JIM.

Tuairld RAYMOND + entitled 90 re
cover from Watson ;. French slll@a
according 10 the decision reached this
week bv the arbitrator, A. L, tarPenr
ter anl John 4. Gale, This ends the
legal differences 60 date 81 the parties
concerned ~ by agreement al the suits
pending aud those 10 be- brought IN
connection with their troubles were
merged Ia a trial before Mr.. Gale and
Mr.. Carpenter from which No appeal
could be- taken. The total amount
claimed bv Mr.. RAYMOND against Mr..
French for costs In an circimcut suit,
hnv. straw aud manure sold 30 him, con-
version Of property, and damages in
currcd for being kept out Of the pos
session Of his property, amounted 10
s3nl. 81 Mr.. Raymond WAS awarded
sa05.75. Against this claim French
brought in charges 10 the amount OF
s394Sa. This was for various ac'
counts. including labor done, money
paid ont aud assault damages. Mr.
French was allowed 10 recover 1910.
This makes q net amount Of slo>.3'
which the plaintiff Is entitled 10 re-
cover from the defendant Added TO
this the defendant is required 10 pay
s2.gl, the difference in the costs which
each was made to pay according 20
their appointment. This makes total
of slll.9g for Mr. Raymond 10 recover.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-03-06
SUNDAY SCHOOL INSTITUTE,
Impor,an, Meeting in Interests Of
Schools Of This County,

The sunday school institute held Ia
Rattlrbora Monday in the Baptist
church was one Ut the most important
meetings ever held IN this county Ia
,he interest ~ SUNDAY school work
The program ~ already announced was
followed cut Rev, \. =, Pratt county
president. presided 10 the morning, l.
IA. HaWlrv ~ the afternoon. and DR.
II. II. Iioiiou. president ~ the hraiile
haro SUNDAY school union, Ia the
evening. Mrs, q. 4. u, lenno : paper
was one ~ special Interest Ia the eonn-
~ locally. she being the county homo
Department superintendent, Rev, I, ;,
Tolman treated hts subjects IN a set
oniihr manner. aud from q psyehologi'
ral standpoint. Every worker present
could CLEAN many ideas That will be-
helpful IN all effective work. Mrs
Bryner i a charming woman. Her adj
dresses were brief. hut full ~ Just that
practical thought aud forccful snggcs
iion that every teacher j. needing
Every moment of her time outside Of
the sessions was eagerly sought by In,
dividnals for advice and consultation,
or by groups Of junior, primary, or be-
ginncrs' teachers in conferences. Rev.
4. NJ. Fuller never fails TO &c, at the
very heart Of what most deeply con,
Germs each individual school as well
rs the work rs a whole All who were
So fortunate as Ia he present seemed
impressed with the fact that the gen
eral secretary, through the state, coun.
~. and town associations is making
available for every Sunday school
worker the most up-todatc methods
aud the best speakers our country af,
fords. The attendance from out Of
town was not large, probably 20 TO 30,
mostly from the Connecticut river
towns Few came in over the Gauge
rs the train did not arrive until late
afternoon. and many were kept at
home by the storm who otherwise might
have driven in. One man walked sew
en- miles to attend the institute and felt
himself amply repaid. The itinerary of
the May institutes for the towns was
announced The cordial welcome given
by tho Brattleboro people made all
feel at home upon arrival. and through
ont the session.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-03-06

enough TO he safe for years to come. ne
,-,. strongly opposed 20 spending any
i,,gs amo,lnt OF money at this time, Tor a
pcw structure. believing the best plan to
be to wait until after the dam hau uee.
CONNECTED. Mr.. Hookers motion WI
then nut to vote and II was de'l'eh
,,llpimously to dismiss the article.
Under the head Of any other business o.
/ Eckels spoke in favor OF improving the
gallery OF Festival hall and l.. c. crosby
iotroduccd resolution asking that an e.
ti,,atp on the cost OF such an improvement.
he secured bv the selectmen and brought
before The town at a later meeting
Inst before adjournment when t9oh
Mace at l2.l5 the following. Jury lleke'
ir,s chosen, Grand Jurors II. +, Neath'
.orhnaj + w. Kimball, w. \, SUBWAY
/ Henry Pratt. T.. II. Davenport Eeotse
" pierre: petit Jurors, Fred X, Ih92,nls'
i Eckels c. c. Sturgis. SCION hlel'
monj Dennis Duggan, Luke WeatherheWaGl'
William r. Combs, +. c. Dunklee, I; w.
PnfFer. i. J. Johnson, f. o. Dui LIN
4. J. Currier. c. 4. Ames' !. ~ "a Nv "
Carl +. Hopkins, Henry q. Name anu w.
There i, ,U We're about 100 people in the hail
,vben the result of the license vote M"s
announced. Previous to, tins announce.
mpnt DIR. Holton read the following ap,
nnintments made by the seleetmeh; r T'
i;owrrs. Purle Stocbwell, Charles \ , boa,
dnn and George II. Thomas; pound heepI
or / &. Stafford; surveyors OF ,Woon all d
~, of lumber, 4. W. Rockwell anu
rharlns 4 Davis.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-03-06
Basketball Notes.

Gloversville defeated the A,eene IN; h.
team at Keene last Friday evening by a
score of 46 to 9. 1t was one-sided game
but interested large crowd because of
the wonderful teamwork displayed by
the visitors Mueller shot nine baskets
and E. Wachter s, the latter being up
against Gion, who is a first-class defen-
sive player Keene beat Easthampton
Saturday night by score of AZ to 7.
The keene Sentinel says of the Glovers-
vile team which appeared in that city
Friday night: While the score shows t hat
Keene was trimmed and trimmed badly,
it by no means explains the work Of the
winning team. The Keene boys suffered
more or less from stage fright or from
loss of their basketball ability and Glov-
ersville. champions of the world, took
advantage of every chance to score. Not
only did they do this, but they made OPP
portunities and won by clever blocking
No roughhouse work was attempted by
the champions, whose game was marked
by fair playing and gentlemanly conduct.
1t is no disgrace to Keene to be beaten
by such a team. Rather it is feather
in the teams cap to have made nine
points against such players. Mueller and
Ed Wachter threw goals every which
wav and all the members of the quintet
passed the ball about the hall as if they
were handing out handbills.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-03-06

the solution to the problem presented.
BY the way, there is novel situation
in the last act of the play that takes
splendidly everywhere. The sheriff
has prisoner to take to jail. He is a
confessed prisoner but the most
popular man in western Texas. The
bows on the ranch are determined to
keep him and cover the sheriff with
their guns. Nothing daunted, the old
sheriff appears to acquiesce in their
scheme of letting the man escape until
he sees him come upon the scene to
give himself up, when, quickly cover
ing his prisoner with his own pistol,
he calmly tells the friends Of the muir
derer to shoot him if they so desire,
adding that he will send the first bull
let into the heart of the prisoner un-
less they lower their guns. 1t is I'M
necessary to add that their guns are
lowered.n
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-03-06
WHITECAR IN NEW PLAY.
An Old Sweetheart of Mine TO Be Seen
Here Wednesday Night.

Sweet womanlincss and rugged man,
lincss are the salient characteristics Of
the new play of life in the open called
An Old Sweetheart of Mine, which is
coming TO the auditorium Wednesday
evening W. \. Whitecar, who plays
the part of Dick Scott, formerly
known as the New York clubman,
Richard harrington, speaks in the
highest terms of his new role. at
gives me the satisfaction Of playing
the part Of a man. he said the other
night in his dressing room. ''Bar-
rington had stood all that mortal man
could stand from woman and natur'
ally took the only revenge possible.
That It was wrong and weak revenge
was his misfortune His life in the
open had led him TO a higher view of
things than he had ever before expo
rienced and made it possible TO find
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-03-06

grated 10 ssli real estate ~ the estate,
Albert 4. Aidrirh pEesenird an aalheA
iisaind eapg 81 ihn Mil ~ Henry =
NlIfirh II Iiasian Nhase estate y ~
Rmitiel.als and hraFing MAS AZ
i,ainir,l the last saturday IL Mairh,
Moiion mas malr bY William y Miller
snd bertha n MaTlindaln, rNnral"F
anl rArfuiFiN psperIiNeiN u the -
tate II i.arinis Miller u NrTnen ief
nnal settlement. The account Of I, D,
Adams. administrator q The estate %
E,lNard q, hrlioh, Mss allowed and
sl;.ldaps ordered distributed a. per
Wiii. The account ~ the guardian %
David naMneF WAS filed and aileNrd,
The inventory ~ the estate " Albert
Harris was died, Frank Mefden Was
appointed administrator ot tho estate
hi Albert y, worlen ~ Halifax,
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-03-06
COMBINATION TOO MUCH.
Snow and Ice Wrought Havoc With
West River Train Schedule.

The elements conspired against traf-
fic on the West River branch of the
Central Vermont railroad Monday and
Tuesday and the combination for a
time resisted the efforts of all the
train crews, section hands and super
numeraries available. The snow storm
of Sunday afternoon aEd evening, end
ing as it did in raid nd sleet, coated
the rails with ana ~ nantine surface
with wBish steaf Th er was wholly
nnable TO Zone. +. .xed train which
left hep/ Mon u' rning behind a