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The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-07-24
DEPLOREs NIANIPULAT1ON

New York.-Mr Fish in discussing
financial conditions, declared that
stock prices were being buoyed up
in Wall street, and declared what
he termed manipulation by certain
money interests" He thought that
the financial situation was highly en-
couraging, however, and said that
the credit of the United States was
being reha abilitated rapidly.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-07-24
HOME TESTING
A Sure and Easy Test ON Coffee.

To decide the all important ques-
ton of coffee, whether or not 1t Is
! really the hidden cause OF physical
ails and approaching fixed disease,
one should make test Of 10 days by
leaving off coffee entirely and using
well-made Postum.
If relief follows you may know to
certainty that coffee has been your
vicious enemy. OF course you can
take it back to your heart agadn, II
you like to keep sick.
A lady says: Il had suffered with
stomach trouble, nervousness and
terrible sick headaches ever since /
was little child, for my people were
always great coffee drinkers and let
US children have all we wanted. I
got so l thought / could not live
without coffee, but would not ac-
knowledge that it caused my suffer-
ing.
''Then I read so many articles
about Postum that decided to give
it fair trial I had not used it two
weeks in place of coffee until began
to feel like a different person. The
headaches and nervousness disap-
peared, and whereas used to be sick
two Or three days out Of week while
drinking coffee l am now well and
strong and sturdy seven days week.
thanks to Postum.
IL had been using Postum three
months and had. never been sick
day when I thought / would o1per-
ment and gee if it really was coffee
that caused the trouble, so I began to
drink coffee again, and inside OF q
week / had a sick spell. / was so Ill
was soon convinced that coffee was
the cause of all my misery, and I
went back to Postum, with the result
that | was soon well and strong again
and determined to stick to Postum
and leave coffee alone in the future.
Read the little book. "The Road to
Wellyille," in pkgs. There's Rea-
son."
Ever read the above letter? A
new one appears from time to time.
They are genuine, true, and fun Ok
human interest
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-07-24
MEXICAN REVoLUTToN1sTs

San Antonio, Tex.-That the Meg
ican revolutionary. junta is still bent
on creating unrest in northern Mex
leo and along the Texas border has
been recognized at Washington and
the first step has been taken to pre-
serve peace along the Texas border.
Eugene Nolte, United States mar
shall for the western district of Tex
as, now has deputies in the field on
this particular mission.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-07-24
MRS. MCLAUGHLIN POORER
BUT A WISER WOMAN.

Shreveport, La. Lewis, form
er manager of the Majestic Moving
Picture Theatre and later manaGar
of the Down Town Skating Rink, is
being searched for by the sheriff and
police on a charge Of embezzlement.
Lewis is said to have embezzled the
sum of 5000 from Mrs. N. F. Nc
Laughlin, a photographer of 514
Mcneil street. A warrant charging
him with the crime Is in the hands
of the sheriff, but Lewis has gone
to parts unknown.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-07-24
THE Insurance TRUST. next
PenaltiesMay Exceed Amount
From Oil.
after FULLY Fifty COMPANIES
Charged With Being in q Combina.
tion to Arbitrarily Fix Fire
Rates, Which Is in Violation
Of the Laws Of the State.

| Jackson, Miss.-.The alleged Ere
insurance trust is the next organi-
zation slated for grining under the
Mississippi statutes forbidding the
fsf0fnatfOn OF trusts and combines
A suit against the fifty or more
dre insurance companies having
membership in the various fire pre-
vention and inspection bureaus, al
legged to. be engaged in rate making
is being prepared by District Attor-
ney George H. Strange, of the First
district, and will be filed within a
few days in the chancery court of
Union county.
The contents of the Injunction
bill have not been officially announc-
ed, but it is learned that the penal
ties claimed will even exceed the
two penalty suits in Clay and Harri-
son counties against the Standard
Oil Company, aggregating $22,O0O.-
900, and the suit against the alleged
lumber trust filed by the attorney
general asking for penalties aggre-
eating more than $14,O0O,OOO.
The bill will set forth that certain
fire insurance companies, through
their prevention and inspection and
rating bureaus, are engaged in the
arbitrary fixing of rates, and asking
that the companies pay the sum of
$1,000 for each specific violation,
the aggregate being many millions
Of dollars.
This proceeding has been in pros
pect foG some time, and its filing
has be0n delayed chiefly because OF
the large amount of work involved
in the collection Of the necessary
evidence.
More than year ago the separa-
ton of the sheep" from the goats"
among the fire insurance companies
operating in Mississippi was COM
menced, certain companies with
drawing from local underwriting
agencies, who would not agree to
conditions imposed. It is alleged that
one Of these conditions strictly pro-
hibited rate cutting, and another |
provided that no agent should re-
ceive commission of more than Is t
per cent on the business written.
This separation took place in near
" all the larger towns of the state
where four or more local agencies
were in operation, and was exten-
sively commented upon at the time.
The nature of the evidence In the
hands of District Attorney Strange
Is not known, but 1t is the current
report in legal circles that he has
obtained large amount of testimo-
ny which, in his opinion, is of con-
elusive character.
There is strong probability that
all local underwriting agencies repre-
senting the companies having mem
bership in rating or inspection bu-
reaus will be made co-defendants in
the bill
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-07-24
Iariv With tha Shiny Nose.

"Humph!" says the lady with the
extra supply of artificial puffs. Just
listen to this crazy stuff in the wom-
ans department of this magazine:'
ITO retain your husbands interest in
you remember the little traits and
ways and mannerisms that won his
affections. Be coy, be vvaoious.
Flirt with him!"
"Well,' responds the lady with the
shiny nose. THAT seems to me to
be good advice"
"Humph!. To retain your husbands
Interest in you, fiirt with somebody
else's- husband, my des.r!
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-07-24
REPUBLICANS COMMITTED.
To q Downward Revision of Th.
Tariff.

Tariff.
Washington.-All doubt as to
where President Taft stands with re-
gard to the tariff WAS swept away
when q statement was given out at
the White House sethg forth in de-
tail what the president had to say
to uwenty-three Republican members
of congress, who alled to protest
against putting raw materials on the
free list. The president in this state
ment declared that the Republican
party is committed to a downward
revision; that he has never had any
other idea Of the Chicago platform
and that he personally, has promised
a downward revision to the people.
This statement is interpreted in
some quarters here as a direct noti-,
fication to the conferees on the tariff
bill that if the measures they finally
agree on does not otIconstitute a mate
rial reduction in specific duties, the
president will exercise his power of
vote.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-07-24
THE MISSISSIPPI FLOOD

st. Louis.-The Hood in the Mis-
sissippi river at st. Louis reached
It's crest when the government gauge
registered 35.6 feet. The river will
remain stationary for two days, &C
cording to the weather observers and
then begin to fall. The Mississippi
river at points Is six miles wide,
having spread over thousands OF
acres Of land.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-07-24

The real Britain, as lmperiaists
see 1t, is scattered group OF loosely
tied communities OF 56,000,0e0 white
inhabitants, urges the New York
World, In spite of the prosperity Of
Canada, the white empire as a whole
is growing very slowly Great Brit
ain grew in ten years, from 1891 to
1901, by only 3,s71,ooo souls. Ger
many grew in the five years 190o-1905
from 5G,S67, coo to 6o,841 600 an In.
crement of more than four millions
and is now more than $1,000, 900, a
compact nation, growing in wealth.
and commerce as we'll as in pepuia-
tion much more rapidly than Great
Britain. The United States, without
its island impediments, has now
about Ss,0oO,o00 people.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-07-24
Depredations on Timber.

Quite number of persons visited
New Iberia from Plaquemine to pros
ecute persons who have been COM
mitting depredations on timber
lands. They have been before the
grand jury. They are determined to
stop the stealing of timber from their
lands. 1t is stated that large guam
taken away. The school lands have
not escaped. Much fine timber has
been taken.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-07-24
The Care of Criminals.

There is some agitation over the
heavy expenses Tangipahoa parish
is being subjected to in the care OF
its criminals, and the Blount case Is
cited as one of the reasons advanced
for the erection of steel cage which
would accommodate prisoners of this
character, thereby curtailing the ex-
penses Of two guards in New Orleans
to watch over the condemned man,
besides paying the parish Of Orleans
for the safe-keeping of Blount or any
other prisoner 1t is thought the mat
ter will receive the attention of the
police jury at en- early date.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-07-24
BRICK BUIzDINa coLLaPsEs
Killing Seven; One is Missing and
Many Injured.

Phtladelphia.-In one of the bu-
siest sections of the city and at a
time when thousands OF pedestrians
were passing, five-story brick build
ing which was being reconstructed
for the United Gas Improvement
Company, collapsed with terrific
roar burying or pinning beneath the
ruins, thirty-two persons, seven of
whom are dead, one missing, one IA
tally injured and twenty four moe
or less seriously injured.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-07-24
Prizes For Parish Fair.

Business men of Rayne have made
up list of eleven special prizes to
be awarded to winners at the Acadia
parish fair this fall. The prizes
which consist of cash and valuable
articles of merchandise, are to be
awarded to winners in eleven differ
ent events, mainly events on the
race card.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-07-24
Bond Issue of $4,000 Voted.
The ssetlFf elsst I'M I. Il s,,,sFa ~

pose of issuing bonds to the amount
of $4,000 to erec, a high school
building in Rayne was carried al
most unanimously Only three
votes were recorded against the
proposition. No time will be lost in
floating the issue and in beginning
work on the intended building. The
city owns a handsome site in north
Rayne and the funds raised will be
sufficient to erect a commodious and
modern brick structure on the prop
erty. Every effort will be made to
have the building in readiness for
the opening of the coming session.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-07-24
REALIZES HIS FOLLY,

ndon.-Despatches from France
say that the proposed channel flight
of Herbert Latham, the French avia-
tor, has ended in a fiasco and that
M. Latham's return to Paris marks
the definite abandoning of the enter
prise. Latham's neglect to take ad-
vantage of the splendid weather con-
ditions indicates that he fully real
ICES the folly of his enterprise.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-07-24
Model Good Road Oil Test.

Within the next two weeks the
oil test on the model good road of
the Louisiana State University will
be made under the direction of w. E..
Cornelius. of New Orleans, repre-
senting the Standard Oil Company,
who has charge of the road oil de-
partment of the Standard for this
section. Charles T. Harrison, rep
resenting the Good Roads Bureau Of
the United States Government, who
four years ago built the Louisiana
State University model road, con-
ferred with Mr.. Cornelius regarding
the test Some. shells will be put
on the road before the Oil is
sprinkled over the roadway, and to
have this work done will take about
two weeks. The road can be built
for 1-2 cents square yard, and
will last for over a year.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-07-24
,CharbOn Along the Coast

Advices state that charbon Is still
raging along the coast and many
cattle are dying daily. A number If
people have been inoculated with the
disease, but it has not proved fatal
to any of them as it Is easily detected
and treated
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-07-24
Want Battleship Figylrehead.

Governor Sanders and Mayor By
mum, through Congressman Wick
life, are endeavoring to secure the
figurehead from the battleship Louis
lana, now, at Norfolk Navy Yard, to
be used as an ornament TO the exc
cutive office or one of the houses of
the legislature.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-07-24
Arrested For Dynamiting Fish.

Charged with dynamiting fish in
Bayou Flaggon, three white men, j.
Sampson, J. e. Holiday and j. c.
Coleman, have been arrested by
Game Warden w. l.. Duncan, Jr.,
and Constable Simon Ryder of Hol-
loway. They were admitted to bail
in the sum of $100 each to await the
action of the grand jury.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-07-24
Salt Water Appears in Oil Well.

In the new oil well belonging to
the Higgins Oil and Fuel Compa-
ny Of Beaumont and the G,lllett Oil
Company of Mansfield, now operat-
ing In the DeSoto oil field. the drill
lers struck oil Monday at depth
OF 1850 feet, and the flow was sufii-
cient to lead the operators to believe
that they had secured a paying pro-
ducer. However, since then salt wa
ter has made its appearance In the
hole, and II may be that the new
well will be ruined. Both. Of the
holding companies, who now practi-
cally own the field, have expert op-
orators on the ground, and they hope
to remedy the trouble in the new
well. They are bailfng out the we'll
and the result will shortly be known.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-07-24
Northern Capital Makes Investment

Northern syndicates are being at
tracted by results obtained on De-
Soto soil since the idea OF diversili-
cation has grown SO popular. Messrs.
Young and Rust, of Cland Rapids,
purchased 2,040 acres Of land from
DR.. r. Horn, of Keatchie, paying
him $40 per acre or $2O,400 for the
tract. The new owners will raise
fruit, truck, live stock and will de-
vote a part of the land to cotton and
corn.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-07-24
Regular Passenger Service.

The patrons of the Baton Rouge
Hammond and Eastern Railroad are
waiting patiently to see the order of
the Railroad Commission, calling
for a three-hour schedule, or regular
passenger service, on the road. put
into effect. Traffic on the road ap-
pears to the people to be increasing.
and they feel that it Is time for an
Improvement in the service.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-07-24
Railroad Issues Circulars.

Copies of circular issued by the
immigration department Of the llli-
nois Central Railroad, telling of the
soil, climate and value of the farm
ing lands along their lines have
been received from Captain ]. F.
Merry, immigration agent. This cir
cular will be distributed by she rail-
road In the North and West, and it
is hoped that the result will be many
new settlers. ,e
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-07-24
Rain Saves Crop After Drouth.

The drouth of several weeks dura-
- tion was broken along the coast last
week. The rain will do very much
good to corn, cane, peas, potatoes
and truck, as these crops were begin
ming to need moisture very badly.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-07-24
JEW ENTERS PROTEST.

Editor Does Not Like $25 Immigras
ton Ruling.
hington.-Protest against the
rule put into effect by immigration
Commissioner Williams, at New
York, requiring each immigrant to
have $25 in cash before being per-
mited to land from Ellis Island, was
entered with the president by Leon
Kamaiky, editor of the Jewish News
of New York, who was accompanied
to the White House by Representa-
tive Bennett.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-07-24
Modern Bank Building Proposed.

President S. L. N. Larche, of the
West Monroe State Bank announced
that plans were being matured for
the erection of modern brick bank
ing house in keeping with the prog
ress and development of West Mon
roe The West Monroe State Bank
has steadily increased it's facilities
since beginning business. more than
two years ago, and now the officials
find that more room is needed.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-07-24

Ex-Polfceman is Believed to Have
Wrecked Building.
Chicago.-Vincent A. Altman, ex-
policeman and assistant business
agent for the Carpenters Union, was
held to the grand jury by Judge Nc
Surely on charge of having thrown
the bomb that wrecked the central
exchange Of the Chicago Telephone
Company few days ago. Altman's
bail was fixed at $4,000. Joseph
Altman, barber, brother of the
man held to the grand jury, is also
under arrest on suspicion of being
implicated in a number of bomb
outrages, which have occurred in va
rfous sections of this city during the
last two years.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-07-24
Profit in Cattle.

Raising fine Hereford cattle has
been found at Port Allen by DR.. L..
e. Morgan to be much more profita-
BILE than raising cotton, especially
when the boil weevil can attack the
cattle. Mr.. Morgan sold herd of
twenty Herefords to N. P. Phillips,
of Pointe Coupee Parish. 1T Is
not possible to say what the cattle
brought head" said Mr.. Morgan,
"for they were all Jumped and sold,
bu: I'll tell you there is more profit
in them than raising cotton and
fighting the boil weevil at the same
time"
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-07-24
Sanitary Campaign Against Typhoit

. The Crowley Board of Health
warned residents OF Crowley to be
careful about their water supply.
They declared that an investigation
has shown that every case of typhoid
In Crowley this summer Is traceable
to cisterns or shallow wells from
which the water supply is drawn.
The board recommends that users of
water from shallow wells or cisterns
boil the water at least twenty min
utes before using. The Board of
Health report three cases of typhoid
in the city. There have been several
cases and three deaths.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-07-24
PRESIDENT DIAZ ACCEPTS.

Will Be Pleased to Meet Mr.. Tafx
in October.
Mexico City.-President Diaz sent
letter to President Taft accepting
the latter's invitation to meeting
to take place at FL Paso some time in
September. It was said at the State
Department that it was not absolute
ly certain that President Diaz could
make the trip, but that he has as
sured Mr.. Taft of his happiness of
any opportunity to meet him.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-07-24
ALLEGED BOMB-THROWERHELD

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The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1909-03-25

A re iarkable fact is that many
Sian" lords have classical origin.
For example.the word mill" a vul'
garism for q fight, is traceable to the
Greek word "hsulllla," which means
q combat,
"Uncle," the affectionate term for
. pswnbroker, is derived from the
Latin "uncus," a hook on which the
article pledged was hung.
To 60 before "the beak" is die
tinct reference TO the old Roman
custom of adorniug the platform
from which justice was dispensed
with the beak of ships, which plat
form came to be called, the roetrum,
that being the Latin for a beak OF
prov.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1909-03-25

Said the editor to the new report.
er, as quoted by an exchange: "You
must learn never to state ANYTHING as
q fact until it has been proved a fact.
You are apt to get us into libel suits.
Do not say, The CASHIER who stole
the funds, say, The cashier who is
alleged to have stolen the funds.
Oh, get something about that First
ward social tonight And this ia
the report turned in by the young
msn;who needed the editors warm
ing ut is rumored that card party
party was given last evening to a
number of reputed ladies of the First
ward. Mrs Smith, gossip says, was
the hostess, and the festivities are re-
ported to have continued until ll:30
IN the evening. The alleged hostess
is said to be the wife of John Smith,
the so.called 'hlgh.priced grocer.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1909-03-25
ne Pay for All We Gel.

In this world you generally get
What you pay Cor. At least, in the
long run.
Thousands are not willing to pay
the price of success with the sterling
coin of hard work and patient wait
ing. They are looking for some
lucky chance to make their fortune.
Why should men expect to make
500 out of $40 BY betting on Ger
tain horse?
Why should they expect to sit
down to q poker game and get up
with q months salary earned iu an
hour or two?
Why should they expect q bI er-
centags on money invested ii. GET
ch.quick concerns?
Why do they continually get "let
in" BY purchasing goods said to be
up to the mark at ridiculously low
figure?
The answer is that they are all
looking for some, thing for nothing.
And the outcome in most cases is
that they get nothing for something.
The man who has not q great stock
of ability to sell should not ask too
much for 1t.
The employe who is continually
seeking more than he or she is worth
will never get it-for long. On the
other Lsnd.the employer who is con.
tinuslly hunting for help ut less
than it is worth gets the poorest class
of labor-the most unskilled and
Observation-Disclosures Journal.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1909-03-25

Cuba seems to be in rather much
of q hurry to give this country an
opportunity for declaring that an
army of occupation is again necessa-
~. Not six weeks of home rule and
armed instructions beginning to be
troublesome. We think that the
statement that "tbe people of Cuba
are, and Of right ought to be, free
and independent" was more prems-
ture than one might have thought.
They need = master hand over them
as badly as any people we ever heard
of.-E1.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1909-03-25

for work done months ago al.
ready.
We hope it will turn out that
the proposed amendment went
through all right, but it looks
now as if somehow it got "lost
IN the shuttle"