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St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-01-02
As the Years Mark
Time for Mankind

into the life Of things" How many q
rose Of morning and ripe fruit Of the
golden noon shall then return to him
the science Of life, which permits no
lost good, nor wasted atom even, in all
creations bounds, may gloriousIy de-
clare. Where are the SHOWS Of yes
teryear?" whispers the tender poet,
but the green of spring and the bloom
of summer are natures answer TO his
yearning cry.
And shall man be less blessed than
nature in garnering the treasures OF
the year? Is that evil genius, that the
ancients beheId standing at the door
of the new year, forever to give lethe
to drink that he may wander blindly
into the unknown way, shorn of the
best boons and taiismans of the past?
All, the poets who try life and love
know better.
Each new year is . Leaf Of our loves
rose;
It fails, but quick another rose leaf
grows;
50 Is the flower from year to year the
But riches, for the dead leaves feed the
flame.
Thus they read the riddle and the
"million-eenturied" sweetness that
goes with it to-day. Neither Is man
drugged by any god or genius but the
one within him, that he may tell no
tales" and carry no tokens from the
S1.a~4s1~ ~4oow EyLa& ~ &aY7. A.
cheer or depress his comrades, what
he carries to help Of hinder both them
and himself, is in the power Of his
own open-eyed choice. Perhaps the
best hint that was ever offered to
guide him is the brief and pointed one
given by the sage, when he writes:
"A man should make life and nature
happier to us, or he had better never
been born" It Is the one pre-emfnent-
~ In the air at the present moment.
1t would fill all the newspapers Ia the
land and drive the Notwithstanding
editors mad If one-quarter Of the stout
maxsms of this nature which the times
offer should demand place In their col
umns. Already their numerous writ
ers are trying to demoralize them and
send some OF the cheerful and cheer
ing-up people over to his Satanic
majesty, where no doubt they r
needed since the dry q set Ii.
Lies Logic Quaint.
II there be such a Satanic monarch,
probably he loves the cheerful sinner
just as heaven must love the cheerful
saint. Yet the logic Of life is against
him. The smile is not legitimateIy the
devils sign. II Is the pessinist who
Is playing into his hands, treating hts
sovereignty as IL 1t could overthrow
heavens and al the power Of the
Eternal Goodness. TO act as Il they
had a faith worth smiling over would
seem TO be the altitude Of men who
believed In a sovereign of love and
omnipotence rather than one of NAL
evidence and black arts, and it may
be that the Christian world is at last
finding It out. Certainly the Gospel
eyangel Rejoice, rejotce!" Is sound
ing anew through all the realms Of
Christendom and becoming a part Of
culture and philosophy every
where. FuIler's counsel: BE
happy in the present moment
and put not OF being so TO q
Ssr4n ~ noyan
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-01-02

no less than 1000 900 pounds. as
against 4.488, 100000 pounds for the
rear 1900. OF tie last years huge
total. "a per cent was grown at home.
The quantities got from cane and the
beet are 344. 600 pounds IN The
one ease and $50, COO 900 pounds ii
the other. Tie dome production
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-01-02

sent Us 40s, 100000 pounds last year
Al against 100000 pounds seven
years ago, says the Times-Democrat
Whatever these figures may mean
for the industry itself. they certainly
bring out this nations spending power
III high relief a people nnst 81
So
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-01-02

pocket sun dial that
we are told counted
all the hours when
the sun shone made
the perfect record
OF human days. The
noisy clocks and re-
morseIess calendars
that told of the
worst and weariest
OF times 0 Y
ments lftera ny
spoiled the reckon
ing. History began
to build itself upon
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-01-02

wretchedness Of d people, and all ere
alton to take note OF time by its loss
instead OF its golden gain In the hours
or perfect sunlight.
But the reaction has set In. 1t Is
the glad hours and not the sad ones
that are to be made to count.
Let us larry awhile
AT the sign of the smile.
IL the watchword which even pious
pilgrims are sending out to upset the
ancient reckoning. Let the smile
become the Christians rather than the
devils sign" they cry In chorus, and
the Joy Of the spirit become the meas
ure of its days. Good Isaac Barrow's
picture of the child Of heaven 4smiI-
ing always with a never-ending Sc
renfty Of c-ountenance and fourishfng
In an immortal youth has at last TAX
en- hold Of the Christian world and,
spurred on by the new thought rhap-
sodies, promises to turn back the cal
endar of all our days. Counting time
by heart throbs is no new method, to
be sure, but the kind of heart throbs
that always find mar young and al
ways keep him so" were rather lost
with the sun and nature worship Of
the early world.
When men went to nature for their
reckoning 1t was as Wordsworth tells
US:
They felt
As II the moving time had been
A thing as ~steadfast as the scene
On which they gazed themselves away.
Centuries young were those children
of the morning, before even the
sun dial had begun to tell them of
the flight OF time. 1t remains true stflI
that whether nature or the soul
strikes the joy-note In the human
breast, the poets question rises In
sdnctively to the lips:
o what have I to do with tims.
For this b day was made.
Man Has HE Choice.
Good or bad, the years come out Of
the bosom Of the infinite bearing some
boon from the eternal for man to lay
hold OF If he will. 10 choose the per
manent from out the mutable and
deeting is the life secret they carry,
and how much hangs upon the choice
eternity alone can tell. There are
watchmen at the gates who assure US
that each year brings gifts peculiar TO
itself, and one year or one world does
not restore the lost offerings Of the
other. Long after we have passed
away out of mems sight and out Of
mems memory the world with some
thing that we have left within it, Will
be going on STILL" says Phillips
Brooks, and long after the world has
passed away we shall go on some
where. somehow, the same beings
still, carrying into the depths Of eter-
nifty something that the world has
done for us that no other world could
do.
Alexander Mocked.
New worlds, with each new year.
to conquer, mock the cry Of Alexander
and declare indeed a new kingdom
wherein to reign. Closer and closer
comes the promise of that awakening
hour when ma shall IN truth become
q living soul" ana twith an eye
made quiet BY the power Of harmony
and the deep power At joy. shall "see
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-01-02

grows upon Us with time. Doubtless
sugar finds new outlets. as cotton and
corn do. Il is, therefore, probable
that the trade stands on the threshold
of an expansion which will make Che
expansion Of the recent past seem
moderate and tue day may Be near
when The consumer will, id his tlrn,
Sit on the aaxioas seat. Can the
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-01-02

trebled within the period which The
dates include, the increase being
from 334,20o,000 to $4,000 900
pounds for cane and from I63,400,O00
to $50, 100000 pounds for beet. The
imports from Hawaii were 700,O 900
pounds in 1900 and 82L0a0.0 900
1aar Ii d. gsna
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-01-02

dlllon 70 the regular ma
tional New Years celebras
- ton on January /. The
first Of these foreign celebrations Will
be that Of the Greeks ard Russians
and q few other nationalities which
adhere to old style dates. They will
have New FEAR on January IA, Is days
later than the New Year OF the new
style. Next In order comes the Chi
nese New Year, On February Is, and,
but a day later, February IL, comes
the Mohammedan first day Of the year.
The Jewish New Year falls nealy nine
months later, about the middle at Sep
Der. IN the first day Of the month Of
..Tfshrt.'
The celebrations vary both In ac-
cordanee with the religions Of the va
rious peoples and their climatic,
racial and national characteristics.
With the Greeks. Russians, Servians,
Bulgarians and Macedonians, ali of
whom adhere to the Greek Catholic
church. New Years is one of the most
pleasant IL not the p~leasantest festival
of the year. With the Jews, on the
contrary, the New Year, Rosh Has
hama, as 1t Is called. is far from being
q pleasant affair. It IS a day of retri-
button, OF judgment II Is preceded
by weeks of prayer, fasting and peni
tence, and is followed by ten days
known $ the days OF repentance,
which wind up with Yom Kippur, the
day of atonement, q most grewsome
and weird day, dreaded By every or
thodox Jew.
Greeks Celebrate TWO Days.
The most interesting and joyous
celebration Of the New Year is that of
the Greeks. The Greek New Year
lasts two days. In these two days the
Greek nature with It's unbounded Joy
Of life comes into its own. The heart
of every Greek thrills on that day with
unbounded joy. Passionatsly be
awaits the evening, when in his little
Greece. in a genuine Greek restau-
rant, with male cooks and attendants,
he can get his genuine Greek food,
Hellenic dishes, and wash them away.
with Greek wine which was purpose
" imported Into this country Tor the
holidays.
4sChristmas is q great holiday with
MS" said a prominent Greek, 'fbut # la
after all d solemn day. It is 3 relig-
sous holiday. No gifts are exchanged
On Christmas and the three days which
the holiday last are given over To
religious meditation. How different
1t Is with the New Yearl Next to our
national holiday on March as, which
commentaries the date Of our inde.
pendenee, just as July 4 commemo,
rates the birth of the American ma
tion, New Years days, for We have
two of them. are our greatest holidays.
Ia Greece New Year IS essentially
famiIy holiday. There We have 4 chill
dran's afternoon which Is devoted en-
tirely to the young ones, who are CIV
en- the utmost opportunities to enjoy
themselves. In this country, how.
ever. II IS slightly different. Out of
the 1900 Greeks living ii Chicago
only 200 have their families here.
There ere only between sixty and
eighty children, and as We are only
Just planning To build d school of our
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-01-02

time to come,
as though that
time should be
of an b 9 r
make fr m
this" prevails
In the Intel
.lectual as re
world,
and promises
to show fife
W hole" to
more than a
/ a dful OF
S e e r s a a
sages.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-01-02


domestic produce
price ii accord Wisa
import, now that s9s
begin TO loom %
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-01-02
Eaf

Fi2
Fifty sacks
lice, worth
sold at once
LAnLEUR
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-01-02
Alexander Moeked.
STATISTICS or SUGAR.
People ofURIied States Consume S~372.Ooo.00O
III Sugar Per year.

According 10 figures recently COM
pIiea hY The Department % Agrieul-
turp sha CONSUMPTION b suear d
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-01-02

when it can pay an annual tribute Of
S3720o0,000 to its sweet tooth.
Sugar IS be longer B luxury, pure and
simple, as it ence was. Nevertheless,
the use can Be greatly restricted in
case DC inperious need. That our
per capita stood at 82.6 pounds ii 4
season Of panic and shrinkage IS
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-01-02

EW YEAR ia celebrated Ia
this country at least on
four different dates In adj
dition to the regular ma
+ tional New Years celebra-
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-01-02

The oId-fashioned sun dial, after all,
vas the true time niece. That little
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-09-16
FAILED TO RALLY
FROM the OPERATION
James A. Thatcher Passed
Away in Toledo.
Remains are Brought Here and Fun.
craI Services VIII br Held From
Late Home! ~ = '"sA-.

. As result of serious operation
performed at Toledo hospital Monday
James A. Thatcher, well known
resident of Glad street. this city
passed away Wednesday evening at 6
O'Clock. The. deceased was removed
to Toledo last Sunday. Monday
morning he was operated upon, for
tumor of the stomach. He never full
ly rallied from tho effects OF the OPP
GRAFTON. He had been a sufferer for
over year. t u.f scl ,gers
The victim of the malady was the
father of four children, all of which
survive. They are. Mrs. Mary Shell.
don, of Norwalk. Ohio, Miss Clara
Thatcher of this city. Mrs. II. b.
Beardsley, of Jewett, Ohio and Mrs
II. G.. Ward of this city. A widow
also survives. One brother and three
sisters are living. They are William
Thatcher, of Marion; Mrs. Isaac
Wynn, of Green Camp Mrs. A. Grif-
fs, of Silver street, this city and
Mrs. Pearl Scranton, of LaRue.
The remains were brought to this
city over the Hooking Valley at 1915
o'clock this morning. They were
taken to the home on Glad street.
where funeral services will occur. The
time of funeral has not ben definitely
arranged.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-09-16

weakened body and disgraced char
actcr. The gambler lures into his
trap and laughs at US after the Jack
pot Is won and the babies are hum
cry Society invites to her party or
dance but the seducing friends are
the first to raise a finger of scorn to
the .blushing face and blasted life.
Satan has led his thousands into sin
and trouble only to expose their
shame and devour the victim.
Again, am reminded that 1t pays
to heed competent advisors.
Some men think that the preachers
don't know much. Well, we don't.
But we know that II man sows oats
he will not reap barley. You can't
lie, and cheat, and steal and get
drunk, etc, and reap everlasting life.
1t doesn't take philosopher to see
that, and the same Paul who warn
ed those rough seamen warns you. He
sees your disabled hull and unbal-
anced masts out of gear on stormy
sea. The child thinks father is child
ish and mother is growing old when
they warn them. Listen, young peo-
pie That good old dad and that saint
ed old mother know where the whirl-
pools sleep. They have seen hundreds
OF small crafts like yours buried be-
meath the gulf. They know Of scores
of souls who have been overtaken
by the whirlwind. They see the man
whose eye is flashing with passion
instead of thought; whose cheek is a
glow of internal fires; whose brain
is sewer through which iniquity
flows, and whose heart is slough IN
which luz. wallows. Honor thy father
and mother with willing obedience
as they warn you against youths
worst foes"
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-09-16
DELIVERS ANOTHER
TELLING SERMON
Evangelist Finnell is Heard
With Interest.
"ShipwrcclScd and Saved was the SUBJ
jcct of the Sermon Given Wcdncs-
day night.

"Shipwrecked and Saved" was the
theme which Evangelist Rufus A.
Finnell discussed last night before
an audience that filled tlG First
Christian Church. Through suffering
some slight cold the evangelist pitch
ed into his subject, describing the
scene of the shipwrecl recorded in
the. twenty seventh chapter of Acts,
and drew pictures of persons living
in this world who are sailing upon sea
of life midst the peace and storm
of experience. He said in part:
Paul imagined he saw the signs
of an approaching storm and said to
those seamen, "Sirs, perceive that
the voyage will be with many in
jury and loss, not only Of the lading
but also of our lives" but the Cen
turian gave the more heed to the mas
ter and the owner Of the ship than
to those things which were spoken OF
by Paul" They have talk together
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-09-16
APPREHENS|vE
France is Being Overrun by
Spies and Secrets are
~a in Danger.
BY United Press Wire.

Paris, Sept. 16-Overrun with spies
from old lands, not to mention the
traitors in her own military ranks,
France has Just issued orders for the
strictest watch to be exercised over
the secrets Of her fortifications, army
and navy equipment and even her
own troops. Minister BRAND has en-
phasized to General Brun, the minis
ter of war, the necessity of coun-
terespionage.
General Durand, one of the fore
most French officers, declares that at
no time since the days preceding the
FraneO-Frussian war. have there
been so many spies in France. He
says the country is literally teeming
with them, and that they are getting
assistance from the soldiers them
selves. The situation Is such that
army officers no longer conceal their
gravest apprehension.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-09-16

on the Columbus, Marion and Bucyrus
railroad company was filed in the
court of common pleas by George
Whysall and Eli M. West, receivers
OF the property, in the case of the
Cincinnati Trust company against
the Columbus, Marion and Bucyrus
Railroad company. The receivers
represent that there is urgent need of
an expenditure of $500 for rails and
81 200 for permanent culverts and
that there is no money in the COM
pany's treasury to nay for the same.
Authority for the receivers to bor-
row $4,000 for a term of not longer
than six months at six. per cent in
terest, was given by Judge Babst.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-09-16
White PLAGUE CLAIMS
HEAD Of LARGE FAMILY
Edward Thomas Dies at
Home of Parents.
Wife and Five Small Children arc
Left Alone---Funcral VIII bc Held
Sometime saturday.

The death of Edward Thomas oc-
CURED at the home OF his parents
Mr.. and Mrs. j. M. Thomas, of No.
503 Silver street. shortly after 8
o'clock, Thursday morning. Demise
resulted after an Illness of several
months with consumption He had
been confined to his bed for eight
weeks. yrES r- .ttla4 10
The, deceased was born in Marion
county on May. Sth. 1872. He lived
in this vicinity the greater part of his
life. Just previous to the time when
he was stricken with consumption he
moved his family to Cardington,
where he was employed in a hoop
factory. During the final days of his
illness he had been residing at the
home of his parents where demise
occurred.
Besides a widow a family of five
children, ranging in age from one to
twelve years survive. They are
Goldie, Maudie, Carl, Harold and
Claude. Three brothers and three sis
ters also survive They are Maude,
Bertha and Don Thomas, residing at
the home on Silver street, and
Charles Thomas. of Arlington, Ohio;
James Thomas, of st. Louis, Michi-
gan; Mrs. CIR. Mcclellan. of Mem
phis, Tennessee. a
The funeral Will be held at the
place of death sometime Saturday.
the hour not having been definitely
determined. 'ei
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-09-16
SPECIAL TAXES HAVE a' a':'
NOT BEEN PAID PROMPTLY
Sinking Fund Trustees are
in a Tight Box. "
Refunding Bonds VIII Have To bc Is
sued Unless Payments are Made
Promptly.

Because the property owners who
owe special taxes have not paid them
the sinking fund trustees are facing
a rather serious situation just now
and unless these delinquents pay up
II will be necessary for the board TO
dispose of some of its securities to
meet the paymtnts of bonds and in
terest which are falling due.
There Is already a shortage of $1O,-
900 and at it's meeting last evening
the board talked over the subject at
some length. on Bellefontaine ave-
enue there Is delinquency in the
paving easements of $4,000 and there
remains only one payment yet to be
made. The remainder of the amount
that the board is short is caused by
the dropping of assessments on some
of the older Improvement where the
property owners have paid all they
may legally be assessed. This part
will have TO be made up with a
refunding bond issue later in the
year.
Asked the reason for tho delin-
quency i'm the special taxes the board
places some blame on the treasurer
for accepting any portion of the
taxes on property and allowing the
specials to become delinquent. AS
there attaches no penalty for this
form of delinquency the only method
of collection, where payment is put
Off or refused, is through the courts
which might entail considerable eX-
pense and more or less delay.
The specials. however, are liens up
on the property and can be collected
intimately, but the security of the
liens does not relieve the situation in
the least as far as the board of sink
ing fund trustees Is concerned.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-09-16
CONTRACT AWARDED
Jesse Strawser Will Build
the New Hospital.

Bids for the construction of tho
new hospital to be erected by DR.. II.
j. Lower on Blaine avenue, We're
opened this morning and Jesse
Strawser, a prominent contractor of
this city, was awarded the contract
His bid was $7,34S and this being the
lowest In the nine bids which were
submitted, he was awarded the con-
tract. Work will be begun, If pos
sible. by next Monday and the hos
pital will be completed by January 10.
Lefiler and Bland were awarded the
sub-contract for the brick work on
the building and also the wood work.
There will be thirty rooms in the
new hospital and the building prom
ises to be one of the handsomest In
the west end of the city.
Picking supplies OF all kinds. and
plenty of nice cucumbers for picking
Twill soon be over.
1t CHAS. TURNER a. co
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-09-16
BADLY INJURED.
Charles Gilbert Falls When
SCaffolding Lets GO.

Charles Gilbert, a carpenter, who
resides In South -We-Go. was the vic
tim of quite serious accident late
Thursday. While working ON a house
belonging to Frank Johnston at No.
63t Delaware avenue this afternoon,
the scaffolding ON which he was
standing broke and he was precip-
itated to the ground, Dr. James
Wilson McMurray gave him surgl-
cal attention and 1t is feared that he
may have suffered serious internal
injuries aside from many bruises. He
was removed to his home In an am
bulance.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-09-16
NEW FACES
Will be Seen in the Court
Monday.

/, On next Monday two of the pres
ent commissioners OF Marion County
will retire from Office and for the
first time in number of years the
board will have a Democratic ma
jority. Commissioners Daniel Setter
and Joseph Gillispie retire and will be
succeeded by Henry Setter and
Andrew II. Trout. President w. H..
Holverstott will enter upon his sec
ond term. Monday. II Is likely that
in the reorganization either Mr.. Trout
or Mr. Setter will be chosen presi,
dent as the Democrats will be in the
majority.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-09-16
EVANGELIST FINNELb
Driving Home a Truth

and say, I'VE can't afford to listen
to this landsman. He's only mimi
ster OF the gospel.
Nov those men took Paul out to
sea but they could not bring him
back. SO with Satan and the human
race. Those who lure us into difficulty
seldom see us out. The tempter in
yites us into dissipation but cannot
restore health and happiness to the
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-09-16
y FUNERAL SERVICES =

Mildred Francis Cope. the twenty
month old daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs.
David Cope, of five miles south of
Marion, was buried in Marion cemc-
terry at 10 o'clock Thursday morning
from Canaan Church, Rev. H. Lcc!
Berger officiating .-r...,t
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-09-16
200 YOUNGSTERS
GET A TRIAL

Auburn, New York, Sept. 16.--It
appears that the major league base
ball drafting season which closed
last night. brought forth the great
est number OF promotions OF minor
league base ball players to the big
leagues In the history of the game.
Secretary John r. Farrell OF the Ma
tional Base Ball association. is busy
today figuring the exact status of
each OF the 200 youngsters who will
appear in'big company next season.
Home made. Clover Leaf -four. ~,
= 1oo -ea haof ''n eodti
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-09-16

Have you tried Turner's $3.50 -four ?,
Equal to many at higher price. Phone
81. 1t
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-09-16

Short funeral services were CON
Quoted over the remains of Mrs. Nels
lie Shipley at the home on, Leader
stpeet. at $3.50 o'clock this morning.
The body. was taken to Redwood
where funeral services proper were
conducted and interment made in the
fleetwood cemetery.
White, Pure and Strong Glover
Leaf Hour. eodtf