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The Montgomery tribune., 1909-09-03
MONTGOMERY TEACHERS.

Following Is list of the teach
ers who were in session here last
week, with their post-office ad-
dresses and where they teach:
Miss Susie Pemberton of New
Florence, will teach at Price's
Branch.
Mss Nettie Jones OF Shamrock,
the Bluffton school.
M ss Nora Coil of Wellsville, not
employed. say
M ss Dorcas Naughton of Bluff
ton, Logan school.
Mss Laura Robertson of New
Florence, New Florence school.
M ss Lura Cowan of Middletown,
Eckler school.
Mss Alice Morris of Montgom-
cry City, Jonesburg school.
Miss Nelson Hunter of Mont
gomery City, Fairview school.
Mss Alice Kirn OF Montgomery
City, Danville school.
Mss Addie Carthrae of Mont
gomery City, Laclede school.
M ss Naomi Carr of Montgomery
City, Contention school.
Mss Leta Harrell of Montgom-
cry City, Prairie Light school.
Mss Eunice Davis OF Montgom-
cry City, New Florence school.
Mss Anna Gupton of Montgom-
cry City, Davault school.
Mss Pauline Blades of Mont
gomery City, Loutre Valley.
Mss Matte Burchfield of Mont
gomery City, Sunbeam school.
| Mss Grace Walker of Montgom-
cry City, Whiteside school.
Miss Grace Tate of Montgomery
City, Minneola school.
| Mss Beulah Maxey Of Montgom-
cry City, Maple Grove school.
Miss Mary Cole OF Montgomery
City, Union school.
| M ss Matte Dutton OF Warren
ton, Shelton school.
M ss Margaret Weldon OF Gam
ma, Post Oak school.
Miss Josephine Parsons of New
Florence, not employed.
Mss Frances Covington of Min
nicola, Union Grove school.
Mss Ella Huff of Gamma, Cross
Roads school.
Mss Clara Logan OF New Flor
ence, Verbena Da,e school.
Miss Nellie Anderson of High
Hill, Orange school.
Miss Esthe. Murphy OF Wells
vile, Loutre Valley scxhool.
Mss Maude Scott OF Danville,
| Walnut Grove school.
Mss Blanche Powell Of New
Florence, Ebenezer school.
Miss Edna Ingram OF Minneola,
Hopewell school.
M So Pen Dugan OF Middletown,
Marling school.
Miss Mabel Baker of Montgom'-
cry City, Benton City school.
Mss Eulah Kellar OF Montgom-
cry City, Laddonia school.
Mrs. Lizzie A. Mabry OF Bell
flower, Bellflower school.
Mrs. j. c. Shaw of Middletown,
White Oak school.
Mrs. Mayme Earnest of Mont
gomery City, Danville school.
T. E. Morris OF Jonesburg, Hick-
ory Wood school.
Paul X. Wagner of Danville, APP
ping school.
c. w. Thorpe of Rhineland, prin-
cipal Rhineland school.
j. o. McKinsey OF Middletown,
principal Middletown school.
r. W. Hunley OF Montgomery,
mt. OHvet school.
A. A. May OF Middletown, Swope
school,
The Montgomery tribune., 1909-09-03
The Methodist Church

In the absence of Rev. Thomp-
son, there will be no services at
the Methodist church next Sunday
except Sunday school at ,.9:45 a
m. and Sr. Epworth League at 7 rs
r.. m. The public Is invited to
these services. The new pastor
will be on hand the second Sun
day in September.
H. ID. Thompson
The Montgomery tribune., 1909-09-03
MOSLEY-KAMP.

Mr.. Joseph Mosley of Olney
and Miss Stella Kamp of Bell
flower were married at the home
of the brides parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. H. w. Kamp, Wednesday,
September I, 1909 Rev. Oaks
officiating.
The Montgomery tribune., 1909-09-03
THE FIDDLE AND THE
BOW"
Fiddling Bob" Taylor Tells a
Friend in This City the Inter-
esting' Story of How He came
to write his famous lecture.

TO friend in this city United
States Senator Robert +. Taylor
of Tennessee, related for tn first
time how he came to write his
famous lecture, "The Fiddle and
the Bow" which has made him
both rich and renowned. Tens
of thousands of people i'll the
states and territories have heard
it with tears and laughter, and
for the first time he tells how
it happened in his own language.
"Two things inspired the 'Fid-
die and Bow One was poverty;
another was the advice of my
physician to travel / was try
ing to practice law i'll Chatta-
nooga and travel for awhile.
The question with me was where
to get my money to travel on.
The Office of governor is not a
gold mine in Tennessee and |
was advised by my pastor, Geo.
Stewart, the great Evangelist
and lecturer, to go on the plat
form and his advice was backed
by old necessity who stood over
me with the cat o'nine tales. |
went back up my native hills and
took with me young De Long
Rice who was my stenographer,
and we went out in the woods
every morning and there l lay
on a blanket under the shade of
the trees and dictated the "Fid-
die and the Bow | chose that
for my subject because the fiddle
and the bow was tangled up with
my youth, and my effort was to
tell about the sweet associations
that clung about the king OF all
instruments. | started as a
pioneer on the platform in a
large part of the south. | had
legions of friends not of the
butterfly species that fit about
the roses of prosperity and
wealth, but friends indeed who
loved me because | loved them
and because we all loved music
and the beautiful. From the
very beginning l won victories,
won golden eagles, l won ap-
plause, l won a world of pleasure
and so for twenty years l have
spent great deal of my time on
the platform and the reason |
have had big crowds lies in the
fact largely that l have given
away the receipts about as fast
as they came to me. Another
reason is that while l have had
as much trouble as any body ]
have concealed it and gone
through the world tickling the
ribs of my fellowmen, quoting
laughter to the lips of trouble
and drying the tears on the
check of sorrow with sunshine
of good humor. | have passet
the fifty ninth mile post. The
SHOWS that never melt have fall
en- upon my head but there is nc
snow upon my heart. It's al
ways summer there"
Senator Taylor who has beer
successful and liberal with the
money he has received from the
appreciable public Throughout
the United States was asket
"How he proposed to spend hi:
reclining days that he NIGH
reap the fruits of his laboriou:
life and somewhat tempestous
career" The Senator replied:
Il am going to spend the even
ing of my life somewhere in my
own state on good farm. The
evening hasn't come yet, it;
early in the afternoon"
The Montgomery tribune., 1909-09-03
PLEASE CALL AND SETTLE.

ILEASE SALL AMI De LIE.
All notes and accounts of Faul-
coner Sheets & Co. have been
placed in the Union Savings Bank.
Those indebted to this firm will
confer a great favor by calling at
once at the Bank and settling the
same.
The Montgomery tribune., 1909-09-03
The ICELESS
REFRIGERATORS,

National Iceless Refrigerators
are highly recommended oy the
following purchasers who are US
ing them and find them to be as
good. or .oetter than represented
oy the agents, Messrs. Bonham and
Tate We prize our refrigerators
SO highly that we would not dis
pense with them for double their
cost, and cheerfully recommend
them to our neighoors and friends
Mr.. and Mrs. Davis, Mr.. and Mrs
P. G.. Nunnelly, Mrs. Paisley, Mr.
and Mrs. Love, Mr.. and Mrs. A. "
Nunnelly, Mr.. and Mrs. w. o. Sal
lor, Mr. and Mrs. Buell. Hensley
Mr.. and Mrs. John Gill, Mrs. j. N
Cole, Mr.. and Mrs. j. r. Meadows
Mr.. and Mrs. Houston Weeks
Mr.. and Mrs. Luke Penn, Mr.
and Mrs. Thomas Wilkinson.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Lomax at Gull
Yer Stock Farm; and others will
gladly show Refrigerators which
are fully guaranteed.
The Montgomery tribune., 1909-09-03

Misses Clara and Laura Papin,
who spent the summer at the pop
ular HILBERT hostelry, returned
to their home in st. Louis We'd
nesday.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-09-25

sustained:
Front of L. L. Davis store
blown down.
Two negro churches dcmol
ished.
j. f. Frazier'S store building
damaged, also his stock of goods,
and his warehouse.
The transomS in c. Il. Lemon 5
store were blown in and the
stock of goods considerably dam.
aged.
The roof of w. l.. Hause's store
was blown partially off, and his
stock of goods damaged. Mr..
HauSe had just finished papering
his new residence, and the water
completely ruined it.
The Slaughter gin was also
slightly damaged.
The Redwood Baptist Church,
near Slaughter, was blown off its
foundation.
AT Olive Branch. A. j. Albrit.
tons store and gin were partially
unroOfed, and sustained con.
siderable damage. The Metho.
dist Church at Olive Branch was
badly damaged.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-09-25
Effect at Clinton.

CLINTON, La, Sept. 30. 1909 -
Clinton suffered considerable
damage from the storm. All
fences and about half of the trees
IN town were blown down and
several of the smaller houses.
such rs negro cabins and ont.
houses, were demolished. For.
tunately there were no lives lost
The oil mills water tower and
storage tanks were DESTROYED
and other damage to the mill will
make the loss about $4,000. One
OF /. l.. Heyman' 5 stores was m
rooted, the rain practically ruin.
ing about $1,000 worth of mer.
chandise. Silliman Inst. had
part of the roof of the dormitory
blown off but no serious damage
Geo. j. Kelley lost a biz barn
and several oxen which were in
1t at the time and lost about
$1,000. The Clinton Brick Co.
also lost a barn worth about
$1,000. Reports from the few
farmers who came to town YES.
terday are that there is absolute.
ly nothing left in the fields.
A number of oak trees in
the court house square were
blown down or topped by the
storm. These had been standing
there for over half a century.
The heaviest loss of life was
undoubtedly in Terrebonne par.
ish, a tidal wave sweeping the
coast, deaths will probably reach
100 or more. Five hundred fam.
lShed men, women and children
were rescued and brought 70
HOuma.
Throughout the sugar country
Immense damage has been done
to the cane crop and also TO the
and equipment
Elce, cotton, corn and all crops
nave suffered untold damage. IL 4
Is generally considered that cot
ton and corn left in the field are 7
not worth an attempt to harvest.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-09-25
Army Post Shows Appreciation.

Judge W. w. Leake is in receipt
OF a letter from the JOS. A. Now.
er Post No. |, g. A. r., New Or.
leans, La, which reads as follows:
NEW ORLEANS, la. Sept. 20. 1905
JUDGE w. w. LEAKE.
ST. Francisville, la.
Ny DEAR SIR:
Comrade Russ informed the Post of
the noble action Of the ladies Of ST
st. Francisyillc in placing flowers on
the grave Of a Union soldier. Lieut
Hart. By unanimous vote of the
Post, the ladies Of ST. Francisyille
have the undying thanks of allofus old
veterans, and have been ordered 70
write and ask you to convey TO them
our thanks and grateful appreciaiinn
OF their noble action.
| remain, Sir,
Yours respectfully,
+. \. OLYRoYD, Adjutant.
Judge Leake has turned this
letter over to West Feliciana
Chapter, whose members will
doubtless appreciate this proof
that their tender Offices over the
grave of Lieut.. Hart, are appre-
clated by his comrades of the
Grand Army ofthe Republic. II
may be said in passing that not
only Lieut.. Harris grave, but that
those of all Union soldiers buried
here are decorated in common
with graves Of COnfederates. A
peculiar interestattacheS 10 Lieut.
Harris grave, because he was
buried here in time of war under
a flag Of truce, a Southern Ma.
son, Judge, then Capt. Ieake)
reading the funeral service of the
order.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-09-25
Slaughter's Experience.

Slaughter, La, Sept. 22,-The
hurricane of yesterday and last
night did much damage in this
section. But one life is reported
lost in this vicinity, Morris
Stands, a white man, killed in a
falling barn, but the property
and crop loss is hard to estimate.
In Slaughter, besides the gen.
eral loss of fences, trees and out.
houses, the following losses were
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-09-25
The Damage at Ethel.

ETHEL. La, Sept. 22.-Torna,
do and rain storm on DIST
wrought havoc with all field
crops, gardens, fences, out,
houses, etc. Houses were un.
rooted, chimneys blown down,
stock killed and crippled, timber
and shade trees demolished.
roads blocked, telegraph and tele.
phones put out of business, and
we are virtually shut out from
all communication from the out.
side world. except by parties
coming in on horse back.
The branch road TO Clinton
was opened yesterday evening
and the local train was able TO
get over late in the evening. No
lives lost as yet heard of. The
local came in this morning from
Wilson. The mail train came i'm
from New Orleans behind time
and brought mail.
Everybody is busy repairing
fences, cutting out trees and
rubbish and trying TO clean up. |
To attempt an itemized state.
mcnt of the houses wrecked and !
blown down around the vicinity |
would take,Several pages of fools.
cap.
The smoke stack and seed Gle.
vator of the Ethel gin was blown
down.
The Schutzman hotel badly |
W. w. Worthy'S COW barn
blown to pieces. Servants house
blown off foundation and chin
ney wrecked.
j. W. Kemp lost chimney of
dwelling and family made mar
row escape. /
McKowen's barn blown down
and hay damaged.
VIM. Forbes barn unrOofed. |
Prices servant house blown
off foundation.
A large pecan tree, at Miss
Mary McCarstle's, blew down
and fell across the dining room
and kitchen demoliShing them. |
Large oak in back yard also
blown down.
At W. W. WOrthy's four large .
umbrella china trees were up. I
rooted, window blinds blown off |.
store building, sasheS broken |
and house flooded with water. |
The estimate of the damage
to crops is very great. Few per.
sons had gathered corn and it is
laid fiat to the ground and the
lOwlandS on streams are under
water. The weather is threat
ening and if the rain continues
the corn and cotton in fields will
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-09-25
..A.A>>>%%~%AH~S%A%AN~~~~~
: PERSONAL BUT POLITE. :
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

are the parents of a son.
| Mrs. Wayne Ard has mother
Oh the children from Elm Park
crpek.bound in town this week
Miss Carrie Doherty is in Ok
hhoma on professional duty a.
trained nurse.
| Mrs. V. Z. Howell and son
lCapt. G. C. Howell, were guests
lat DR.. rs. Jones this week.
Mrs. H. H. Ahrens and two
cons are here to visit Mrs. S. L.
Riggs.
Mrs. Edward Butler and chill,
dren have been spending a few
DAYS in town with her parents.
Judge and Mrs. Lawrason.
Mrs. W. K. Percy and children
tId Minden are visiting her par.
a pnts, Mr.. and Mrs. s. C. Stir
Ling,
! The Misses Weber are spend
! Ing the week with Mrs. O. Lee
Ipune. Mrs. Caleb Weber is the
lguest of Mrs. E. l.. NewSham.
lTA. East of Wilson was here
seyeral days with Hon. r.. C.
aFicklife for whom he is Secre-
lTy,
H. N. Leake goes to New Or
snS tomorrow to see his daugh-
g, Miss Mel, who is i'll at the
hminican Convent.
Miss Margie Duty will leave
Ht Thursday for Plaucheville,
khere she will teach next SEES
Dn Her friends wish her sue.
ss.
Miss Augusta Weydert return
Wednesday morning from a
Efghtful visit of two weeks to
lis c. H. BrOderSen of Weyan.
Miss Mamie GOlSan left Sun
" for New Orleans to try a
] ange for the benefit of her
ah. Her sister, Miss Leila
| accompanied her,
! Rev. R, r. Claiborne and fami-
are welcomed home again af-
their vacation visit to Vir.
ha His sister, Mrs. Hager
sguest
NJ Rudolph Teutsch has
Ached here after an enjoyable
nnerin Europe, spent in tray
lg from one point to another
Italy, Switzerland and Ger.
Hy,
Hutchinson, who was in Baton
/. ge on Monday spent that
AIn the Y. & M. V. depot
lang for the train that never
q ae de reached home Tues. {
midnight by way of the L.
y sNr having missed the trains
es oie that by an abortive at. {
N to get home by way of
gn'er, as did DR.. Blackshear. I
U.S. Charles B. Mcguire and t
L. Ses . who have been visiting
: PssO, Tex. started home,
81. Syesterday, coming by way 5
ut %sseVepOrt, Mrs, Maguire's t
,w 5,a as been enlivened by many t
a resting journeys to Mexican /
cls S q other points of inter. q
!, atAe vicinity of 81 Paso D. G
IL ~ u.s.. r, G. Blackshear left =
lev 'Gly Tor her home at Robe, Q
"a, her son, Dr.. Black. J.
%tSeonpanied her as far as il
=. g y D. R. Junction. on ~ the he t
- ~ sit and was caught at Port q
4, y Susarlng the storm. He was :
h Terry Jerry at one time, but the I
i, tbo sc am so threatening be. S
Id n.y. S,, 1elt shore, that all on a
y, = itIn an S! to land. The ferry
iIb r Sta !. driven up stream by
o. ~ as lar as SCOTS Bluff. {
'as Church Notices. ;
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-09-25
ENTIRE GULF COAST IS SWEPT BY A HURRICANE

y lie condition OF the wires pre-
n vented light service from TIN
: town plant, and the power wa
, not turned on at all, remOvins
any danger from electrical con
nectionS. The lines were put il
shape for Tuesday night, Supt
bennett and his men working
hard to this end. Telephone
manager, A. M. Fishburn, ap
peared on the scene promptly
tuesday morning, and with his
assistants has been busily at
work on the company's lines.
lhese were put in bad shape by
the storm, and order has not vet
been evolved, although fair prog.
ress is made. Telegraphic com.
munication has been equally in
trouble as the linemen say.
One never realizes the value of
these modern conveniences so
fully as when deprived of them
for a short while even.
In Bayou Sara, trees and
fences suffered as elsewhere,
several tenant houses were tax.
en- off their foundations.
The coal fleet was sunk which
involves a considerable loss to
the Jno. F. Irvine Coal Co. The
Str. Laurel passed through the
storm safely, although it involv-
ed some hard work. The Bayou
Sara Lumber Co. was fortunate
in sustaining no damage. The
TACT that the mill has not been
running for several days is due
to a broken cable, for which new
one was awaited. Running was
probably resumed last night.
The most serious fears were
felt for the Sunny South show.
boats which had arrived and tied |
up at Bayou Sara Sunday even.
ing. The tOw.boat, Conquest,
conveying the opera house boat,
sank, and the wreckage of the
boat Strewed the bank to such an
extent that it was greatly feared
for awhile that there was loss of
life. The Sunny South boat
broke loose from it's mornings
and was driven by the force of
the wind about four miles up the
river where it came to land. ALL
the people had transferred to
his boat, but as the storm pro-
crossed, when the boat reached
jhe west side of the river, they
got off and took refuge on the
and. The loss of the boat is a
severe one to this company. It
will probably amount to $4,000.
Many of the troupe lost every
hing but the clothing they wore
They disbanded and are making
heir way to their home disheart.
ned by this disastrous expert.
nee. Every one along the river
|
will sympathize with A. p. Mar
lie in his losses, as he is a pOpu.
n Snowman and always gives a
God show. J.
The Bayou Sara Compress suf- Y
cred some damage, but it was :.
overed by tornado insurance. "
Traffic over the West Feliciana ,
nd WOodVille Branch of the Y. .
NJ. V. was interfered with by ~
washout at Alexander'S creek, = =
hree miles below town. Onl,
tuesday, the morning train came =
My as far down as town. Late
Wednesday afternoon a run to .
laughter was made. On the "
light of the storm, neither the =
light train on the branch road, y
or on the L. r. & N. came in.
he latter'S trains came up Tues. u =,
ay afternoon, Passengers were '
transferred at Angola, Wednes. y
ay, "
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he seriously damaged.
The way the hammers and
saws are going you would think
they were building a new town.
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Ihere Is a connection betwee
.. the equinOXes and the tempestr
Gus periods cOexistent therewitl
Out II Is safe to say that afte
=. Ile experience of Monday night
There is a strong setback t
their teachings. Plain peopl
Will continue to expect storms a
the time of the vernal and tn,
autumnal eQuinoxes, although i
IS not probable that so violent
storm will pass over this section
again for a long time to come
fortunately they are not of fire
quent occurrence, but stand Ont
IN the human experience of these
attitudes, dreadful but unique.
Monday was an exceedingly
tempestuOuS day, the afternoon
closing in storm of rain and
wind increasing in violence as
the hours between six and eleven
wore on. The weather bureau
heralded the approach of the
storm, but hardly soon enough
to allow for much preparation
against it. The Picayune rightly
calls it a tropical hurricane. not
only because OF the velocity of
the wind and its long continu-
ance but on account of the strong
gusts with short, strange lulls
between, which made it entirely
like the descriptions that travel
ers give of tropical storms.
There was no lightning and the
skies were unbrightened by the
peculiar light that usually lin.
gers around the horizon during
most Southern tempests.
The range of the storm was
oyer the greater part of Louisi.
ana and probably oyer the lower
part of Mississippi and Alabama.
Reports still come in from diff
terent directions of its presence
and devastations. 1t began with
a northwest wind, but there was
at most times a whirl of winds
from every direction, with
stronger winds from every
Southern point of the compass. |
Destruction to property in New
Orleans, Baton Rouge and all
South Louisiana was immense,
but there was remarkably little
loss of life, when the duration.
the violence and the range of the
storm are considered. The We.
Iocity of the wind varied from
sixty to one hundred miles an
hour. Owing to the early be.
and long continuance of
The storm period, telephone and
telegraph wires were soon put
out OF commission, also wires for
electric light and water service,
POLES being snapped in two or
,he lines hOpelessly tangled in
wrecks of fallen trees. Night
set in amidst the storm with the
owns and cities no better off !
han country so far as these
modern cOnVenienceS were con.
'erned. The creeks were soon
Up to their banks and the service {
# the railroads was held up com.
,leting the general feeling of d
ISOLATION. After eleven o'clock, (
he fury of the storm abated to q
;reat extent, and by morning, t
he clear sky showed a bright 7
un looking down at the wreck c
ge caused by the storm. \
st, Franclsville escaped with {
comparatively little loss. Much I
.amage was done to fences and I
rees, any weakness laying both I
# them low. A great deal of !
METAL roofing was blown off, the c
'eliciana Oil Mill suffering to the t
Ufort ,,e r,o,o,,,1 l. 1,ol l,1l..- | n