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The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-09-05
Loss 0,50o,o0o; DEAD 70
Counting Cost of Ruin in the
Southwest
SUFFERERS MUST NOW have AID
War Department VIII Render Emer-
gency Help, and Red Cross VIII
Appesl to the Public For
Contributions.

Atlanta, Ga.-With wire commual-
cation practically restored In the
flood sections of Georgia, North ana
South Carolina late reports are COM
| ing to the Associated Press. Allowing
! Improved conditions everywhere With
the single exception Of the Conaree
river, south of Columbia, s. G.
Fifty miles south of Columbia, the
water from the Congaree river had
been backed into Kingsville juno.
ton, a point on the Southern Rail-
way Kingville was submerged to
depth of nine feet No loss of life
was reported
The property loss is small but the
river is reported still rising at this
point.
The loss of life remains at seventy
persons, with 18 known dead within
the city limits of Augusta.
Reports from Augusta and the
cities and towns with which commu-
nication by wire is direct show no In
crease in property loss. which 1t is
believed, will not exceed two and
half million dollars including de-
stroyed railroad tracks and bridges.
Damage to crops and to land from
the heavy rains which washed gullles
through them, will undoubtedly be
enormous, but there is no possible
way to get information upon which
to base an estimate. Added to this
is the loss of cattle and stock on the
farms along overflowed streams.
Rumors that another storm was ap
preaching central Georgia and parts
of North and South Carolina proved
untrue.
Columbus, Ca, issued proclama-
ton for mass meeting of citizens
for the purpose of aiding the flood
sufferers. Other cities have taken
similar steps.
The streets of Augusta are being
cleaned rapidly. A number OF build
ings have collapsed but this damage
has not resulted in the loss OF life.
Secretary of War Wright was IN
receipt Of the following telegram
from Representative Thos. w. Hard
wick, of that state:
.'City OF Augusta, Ca, has just
been visited with an awful storm and
flood, involving heavy losses OF life
and property. Many people are des-
titute, homeless and suffering for
food. Can not the war department
render emergency aid, Whatever is
done, ought to be done quickly.
Answer"
Telegraphic order was sent imme-
diately to General Potts, department
of the gulf at Atlanta, directing him
to detail an officer to proceed at once
to Augusta to make the necessary in
vestigation and to render such aid as
may be possible within the approprta-
ton available for such purposes.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-09-05
New Dairy Enterprise.

1t seems that Covington is soen to
realize her fond desire to be the Gen.
ter OF enc Of the best and largest
dairy and truck sections of this state.
Lately there has been an unusual de-
mand fer conveniently located land
In small tracts, varying from ten to
twenty acres in size and we'll adapt
ed for dairying and truck purposes.
The advantages offered here are bet
ter than could be found in any sec
ton of the state. A premiennt mem
Der of the Cloverlands Dairy Cempa-
ny, OF New Orleans, has stated that
the train service for dairy products
from this section was ideal, 1t being
q rare thing for the train from this
section to ever be. late, and delivering
the milk and cream III the city very
early in the morning.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-09-05
Work for Unemployed.

At Garyville some fifty-five un-
skilled laborers, consisting of about
twenty-five Bulgarians, ten negroes
and the balance English speaking
whites, arrived in charge of labor
agent, booked for employment by
the Lyon Cypress Company. A num-
ber of these men were drawn from
the ranks of the unemployed in New
Orleans, but the majority were re-
cruited from the yellow pine mills in
Mississippi and Louisiana.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-09-05
Claiborne PRINTING ACT
Various Departments Now Ad-
vertise For Bids
S5t4,734,924 total ASSESSMENT
Increase Over Seven Millions For
Past Twelve Months. Boil Wee
vii Seems to Increase In
I Strength.

The Mississippi-Lou Agricul-
lural Association was organized at
The closing OF the Farmers Institute
1t Natchez. 's;ss
John r. Michel, Secretary Of stats
has returned nomination papers for
the parish school boards of Assump-
ton. Claiborne and Tensas Parishes.
A loosenei brakebeam was said to
have caused the wreck of the Great
Northern train. All the injured re-
ported as progressing toward recov-
cry.
The Orleans Levee Board gave per-
mission to the Public Belt Commits
sion to cut the protection levee for
the purpose of making certain grade
connections.
. The plant of the North Louisiana
Shingle Mill will be started up again
Monday, after q shutdown of several
months. The payroll of this concern
Is over $500 a week.
A. Faleman who lives west CT the
Mermentau, found fine pearl in an
eyster can that he had bought. 1t 10
worth IS and is from the Louisiana
coast oyster beds.
The members of the State Board
Of Equalization hope to be able 10
complete their labors and get away
from Baton Rouge within two weeks
time.
In the future to get shaved on
Sunday in Baton Rouge. 1t will cost
Is cents, instead OF Is cents. This
is the price that the Baton Rouge
Barber's Union has decided upon. /
Richard Lambert. Grand Record
Or, and G.. o. Levy, Potentate. prom
inent efReers of the Shriners Of
New Orleans, were in Alexandria to
help make arrangements and ieek.
after details for the big meeting Of
the Shriners to be held there in Oe-
tsbsr.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-09-05
A----Q--. ,I-
FIRE AT MINERAL WELLS.

Wipes Out Several Hotels; Loss Sew
eral Thousand Dollars.
Mineral Wells, Tex.A fire which
started in the Cakes Hotel, one OF the
finest hostelries in this health re-
sort, wiped out the Oakes, the STRAIT
ton, the Presbyterian church and par
sonage, and did $1,000 damage to the
Thomas rooming house. The fire is
believed to have originated through
the overturning of lamp on the sec
ond story of the Cakes. Most of the
employees and guests were on the low
er floor at the time and the flames
had made good headway before. dis
covered. y
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-09-05
steals Box Of Dry Goods.

Deputy Sheriff F. C. Wilcox. ar
rested and placed in Jail Butler How
ard, white man, charged with the
larceny of box of dry goods and
notions from the Barron switch, on
the Louisiana Railway and Naviga-
tion Company's tracks in the Tenth
Ward of West Feliciana. Butler was
arrested while trying to sell some of
the articles.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-09-05
MARRIED WOMAN POPULAR.
Receive Nearly Five Hundred Offers
of Marriage.

Duluth, Minn.-Nearly five hund-
red offers of marriage have been re-
ceived by Mrs. Anna Rowe, who Is
waiting in line to file on home
stead in the Fond du Lac Reserya-
ton, which will be opened here Sept.
Is. Through an error the st. Paul.
Duluth papers published that she
was unmarried. Her husband is en-
Toying the popularity of his wife. Mrs
Rowe is holding the place in line for
her husband.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-09-05
PRICES OF BEEF LOWERED.
Packing House Business is Proper
tionately Increased.


tionately Increased.
Omaha.-Prices Of fresh meat have
taking a tumble and packing house
managers report that a still further
reduction will be made in beef, pork
and mutton next week. AS result
of the reduction in prices the volume
of business in the South Omaha pack
ing houses has increased almost 100
per cent. Sirloin steaks have dropped
from 20 and 25 cents pound to 15
cents; ribs fell from Is to Is cents;
pork chops have fallen from Is cents
to IL cents and prices on other grades
of meat are decreased proportion
ately. The downward trend in prices
began two months ago when the
grass-fed cattle from the great ranges
began coming to market and will
continue until that grade is disposed
nf
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-09-05
Arsenic For Baking Powder

Columbus, Ohio-The mistake Of
Mrs. Walter starkey in using arsenic
instead of baking powder iii q pot Die
dish prepared for the faThily Inch
con cost the lives of her two chill
dren several hours later in the home
at Groveport, Ohio ind caused the
serious illness of herself and hus-
band.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-09-05
Contract for Raising Levees.

The Red River, Atchafalaya and
Bayou Boeuf Levee Board met and
let the contract to F. T. Constant, of
Bunkie, for the raising and enlarg-
to Choctaw Bayou, and from Choc-
taw to Moncla, comprising about
fourteen miles of s1evee. A contract
for 10000 cubic yards was let at
1877 cents per yard, and 10000
yards at 1928 cents per yard.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-09-05
Bids For State Priuting.

The various departments of the
State Government are now beginning
to advertise for bids for the print
Ing OF the different departments un-
der the new printing bill. known a.
the Claiborne Printing Act. and pass
ed at the last session OF the General
Assembly. Under the old printing
law the entire state printing, includ-
Ing the work of every department OF
the state was let in one bid to the
the State Printer only gets the con-
the State Printed only gets the con-
tract for the legislative work. and
the various departments let their own
contract. Under the old law a person
had to be associated with an estab-
lished newspaper in Baton Rouge be-
fore making a bid. Under the new
law any person in the state of Louisi-
ana who has a printing press, or
thinks he can get one. and is respon-
sible to do the work, can bid upon
the department printing, and II his
bid is the lowest can be awarded the
contract.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-09-05

CLOUDBURST, FLOOD, DEATH.

Fifteen Reported Drowned, Eleven
Bodies are Recovered
Trinidad, Cola flood in the
Cimmaron river following a cloud
burst, washed away a number of
dwellings at Folsom. N. NJ, and fif-
teen persons are reported to have
been drowned. Eleven bodies have
been recovered. Ten miles Of track
and twelve bridges on the Colorado
and Southern Railway were washed
out.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-09-05
PENSIONS FOR OLD AGE.

International Harvester Co., ADOPTS
New System.
chicago.-The international Har-
vaster Company, through its generai
manager, C. S. Funk, announced tne
organization of a benefit association
and pension fund for it's 10000 en-
nIoyees in all parts Of the world inc
nension movement plans for the re-
t;remsnt of all employees at the age
Of sixty-five years who have Worheu
continuously for twenty years.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-09-05

In Winfield the creosote works
of the North Louisiana Telephone
Company will soon be in operation.
The concrete work has been finished.
The boiler and pumps are on tho
ground and several car loads of poles
are on hand to be creosoted. This
company will soon have their line
completed to E1dorado, Ark. They
have large force at work on that
line.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-09-05
Exhibits at State Fair.

With a view of encouraging the
Parish Fairs to make collective agri-
cultural and live stock exhibits at the
State Fair to be held at Shreveport,
La, Nov. 2 to z, 1908, the Depart
ment of Agriculture and Immigra-
ton agrees to pay $25 and SO per
cent of the freight charges, In car
: load lots. to each Parish Fair Asso-
ciation, that will install collection
at the State Fair, said amounts to
be paid on satisfactory evidence OF
the exhibit having been installed and
rendering of copy of freight bills.
The State Board Of Agriculture
and Immigration has given out for
publication the order Of the Railroad
Commission relative to, the shipment
Of freight to parish fairs for exhibi-
hon purposes, about which the board
is receiving a number Of inquiries
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-09-05
Assessments sheets Uniform.

The State Board OF Equaliza tion.
d endeavoring to arrange matters
with the State Auditors ONCE to have
the assessment sheets of that ONCE
and the abstracts Of the Board of
EQUALIZATION SO arranged. that they
will contain the same Information for
both parties. This is considered by
the board to be essential to the Sc
curing of accurate figures in the fu-
ture, the boards greatest drawback
having been in securing the figures
necessary upon which to base its pro-
cess of equalization.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-09-05
Opening of State University.

Preparations are being made at the
Louisiana State University for the
opening of the session on Wednesday,
Sept. 16 The cadets are expected to
begin to report about the first week
in September, to get ready for the
examinations that are to be held.
The first week of the opening will, as
usual, be devoted to the entrance ex-
aminations The University this year
is divided into colleges, each presided
over by a Dean, named from the fac
ulty.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-09-05
COLD ADDS TO SUFFERING.
Mercury Near Frost Point In Georgia
and Carolinas.

Atlanta, Ga.-Georgia and the
Carolinas awoke Sunday morning
facing a drop in temperature whlcn
threatened to add suffering to those
who have been made homeless py the
foods last week. The drop in the
thermometer came during the night
the mercury reaching very near the
frost point in some sections.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-09-05
III BY Contaminated Buttermilk.

Buttermilk containing tyrotoxin,
species of ptomaine poison, came very
near resulting fatally to several peo-
pie at the Blanks House in Monroe.
1t was only through the prompt and
heroic work of Drs. Faulk and Colby.
assisted by two trained nurses. that
the lives OF Anthony Blanks, Mrs. c.
l.. Burge and VIM. Clarke were
saved.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-09-05
Build Model Road.

A model good road will be built
from McManus to Jackson by T. H.
Harrison, of the United States Gov
ernment Good Roads Bureau, who
constructed the model good road
through the campus of the Louisiana
State University. The road will be
built through the combined efforts
of the Police Jury, of East FeliciaRa,
the citizens of Jackson, and the ad-
ministrators of the Insane Asylum.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-09-05
Weevil Less Damaging Now.

As a general proposition Secretary
Newell, of the State Crop Pest Com
mission says that the dispatch of the
United States Government Bureau of
Entomology officials to the effect that
the boil weevil is not doing as much
damage this year as in 1907 is true
In Louisiana, the condition does not
apply to some of the parishes. In
Rapides, st. Landry and Avoyelles
parishes the damage of the weevil
this year is greater than ever before,
and this is also true of West Felici-
ana. North and west Of Boyce, in the
original boil weevil parishes, such
as Sabine, De Soto and Caddo, the
damage from the weevil is not as
great as last year.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-09-05
Total 1908 Assessments.

The total assessment for Louisiana
for 1908, as made by the assessoes
and returned to the State Board of
Equalization, but not acted upon by
that board. is $514, 4,734,s24, an in
crease of $7.544.694 over the assess
ment of 1907, which shows totAa of
$507, ,190.230. This increase is q
very slight one, as compared to the
total increases in recent years Many
OF the parishes show an actual de-
crease In their assessments and some
OF them show rather heavy failing
off, which it is hard to account for.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-09-05

efty.
fch the element
g most impor-
datioh Of Amer
perity. The men
nght the spir-
and on every
~ evidence Of
his is the metro
the gateway to.
and the seaport
.liey II is meet,
business men Of
& e reading part
deyelopment,
fhtiOn for the
"a commerce
he fWakening.
l,|Ine with
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-09-05
Methods by Texas Cotton Planters.

The Catahoula Parish Police Jury,
at its July meeting, being alarmed at
the devastation of the boil weev'I,
and being led to believe that large
crops were being made in the Brazos
and Colorado bottoms of Texas in
spite OF the pest, authorized the
President OF the Police Jury, W. A.
Cotton, and E. w. Dayton, both
largely interested in the raising OF
cotton, to make an investigation of
the conditions and methods used by
the Texas farmers. They have found
the reports erroneous, as the bottoms
are badly infested and crops will
prove very short in those sections.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-09-05

dust &
Enterprise q
of printers M a
tant role, Is tl1
ica's maryeIols b
of New Orlean
it of broad6r n
hand there
this fact. New n|
polls OF the Soi I
the Panama y
Of the Missisa VI
therefore 4
that City sIa0
in the prog y
expansion 81
= - ~ ~s%.S&S VI eaSS ~ a. n IL asa Y.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-09-05
Abstract and Maps OF Parish.

Abstract and Maps OF Parish.
The Livingston Abstract and Real
ty Company, composed of citizens of
Baton Rouge and the parish of Liv-
ingston, has been organized. The pur-
pose of the company is to prepare a
thorough, complete and accurate alb
straet of the parish of Livingston
which will result in the production
OF q map OF that parish showing al
the present owners of lands. The -
ice of the company is in charge q
John c. Seaman, who is an autho1i-
ty in land matters and an expert ia
land records, having served for thir-
teen years in the State Land Office.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-03-13
Pushing Work on Western Pacific

Reports receIveo from California the
past few days indicat that the Wee ter o
Pacific 10 preparing to push it work in
that state az rapidly us possible, says
the Tribune
Last week $2,OO0,OOo was tran s:errcd
from Eastern uauks 10 the Bank of
CalitoJ mia III San Francisco to be used
for construction work II CaiifOr MIA. 1t
Is estimated that by next August the
line from San Francisco through Oak
land anu Oroviue, Cal will DO COM
pleted hnd trains running.
The Western Pacific company orig
inally sold S5O,UOO,OOU worth OF per
cen. bonds Tor SI5,9OO,0OO III cash. Of
this sum, s27,0D0,OOO has already been
expended Oh couStruc.,~r work for the
road III Utah, Nevada and California.
The remaining SIS, 000,O 900, it is claimed,
will bo sufficient to completes the entire
line between Sail Lake and Sdu Fran
cisco. Beside the S2,0r0,0OO now Oh
deposit III San FrauLlsau, Gne Irluarnlng
SIG, pOU,U. . ls d- pusItcL with ha,f Il ,;ozen
eastern tuuK..
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-03-13
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE FOURTH
JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF THE STATE
OF NEVADA, IN AND FOR THE
COUNTY OF ELKO
In the Matter Of the Estate of
HIRAM CHASE, DECEASED.
Notice OF Sale OF Personal Property

Notice is hereby given, that in pursuance of
an order OF the Fourth judicial District Court
of the State OF Nevada, in and for the County
the matter OF The estate OF Hiram Chase, de-
ceased, the undersigned, administrator OF the
estate OF the SAID Hiram Chase, deceased, will
sell at private sale at the Chase Store in the
Town and County OF Elko State OF Nevada, to
the highest bidder, for cash, gold coin OF tho
United States, on Monday, the Goth day Of
March, 1908, beginning at the hour OF If O'Clock
In the forenoon OF said day, all that certain
stock OF goods, wares, merchandise, in said
Chase store and warehouses, together with ali
fixtures, necessities and convenicnces OF trade
now on said premises or used In connectio
with said store business and now owned by
said estate.
Terms and conditions OF sale: cash, gold coin
OF the United States.
j. w. YOWELL,
Administrator as aforesaid
OTTO II. WILLIAMS.
Attorney for Administrator.
Date OF first publication, March 5th, 1908.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-03-13
Tho Oldest Photographer.

Mr.. William Hardy Kent, who died
the other day in Eastbourne, in Eng.
lish Sussex, had the reputation Of be.
ing the Oldest photographer I'm the
world. He died at the age OF 88. He
was of New England birth, and New
Bedford was his home, until about
1846 he learned the art Of photog-
raphy, and in 1848 he opened a small
studio In New York, where by the
year 1854 he had gained consider
able fortune. He then went over to
London, where he opened three pho.
tographic studios, one in Oxford
street, one in Regent street and an
other at Knights bridge. At the
time OF his death he was still OPP
Grating a photograph gallery at East
bourne, and he had similar studios ut
the seaside resorts Of Brighton and
Hastings, at New castle and Harro-
gate.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-03-13
How y ThiP?

We offer One Hundred dollars reward
Tor any case of Catarrh that cannot be-
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
We, The undersigned, have known F
j. Cheney for the last Is years. and be.
heve him perfectly honorable in all bus.
mess transactions. and financially able
to carry ont any obligations made by his
firm. WALDING. K1NNAN & MARVIN,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, e.
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken intern
ally, acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces Of the system. Testi
leonials seat free. Price. Toe per bottle
Sold by all druggists.
Tako Halls Family Pills for consti patton
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-03-13
Utah Wants Our Bad Ones

The trustees OF the Utah state in
dustrial school have determined to send
communication to Governor SPARKS of
Nevada offering to care for and look
after the iDcorrigibes Of Nevada. AT
the present time Nevada is without any
house OF correction or reforuatory and
children or youths charged with any
minor offenses either have to he kept in
the count Jail or sent to the state prison
where they will be thrown with the most
hardened criminals OF the country
There has been considerable criticism
on account Of this mingling the first
offenders with the confirmed criminale,
the youth with the aged and stepped in
IN crime and now the trustees of the
Utah institution have offered to take
the un for innate s ut 60 much per.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-03-13
Gold Circle Making Good

@Gold Circle is certainly making
good" said Mark w. Musgrove, who IS
in WinuemuccG today. Mr.. Musgrove
vii js week issue new paper to be
calNa the Gold Circle Miner in the
district Of that name. This gentleman
believes that the camp is positively in
hmeligh' and boom 10 in sight, as from
fifteen 10 twenty-five people are daily
e~ing INTO that district and from every
indication this plumber will be greatly