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The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-05-08
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Is hereby given that by virtue Of an
order Of seizure and sale issued in the
above styled and numbered suit and
to me directed, | have seized and taken
into my possession and | will on
SATURDAY, THE 18TH DAY OF
MAY, 1909.
offer for sale at the principal front
door of the Court House in which the
Civil District Court of the Parish of
st. Mary is held, the following de-
scribed property. seized as the prop
erty of Theodore A. Thorgeson, or of
his succession. viz:
Those certain lots or parcels of
ground lying and being situated in the
town of Berwick. Parish of st. Mary,
Louisiana, and known and designated
as being lots numbers six (6), seven
a.. and eight ~ in block number
twelve (l2) and lot number six (6), in
block number thirteen (13); all in ac-
cordance with A. L. Fields map and
plan of survey of said town, having a
front of fifty (5O) feet on Second Street
by a depth of one hundred and twenty
five Q25) feet between parallel lines,
together with all the rights, ways and
advantages thereunto belonging and
all the buildings and improvements
thereon situated.
This being the same property acquir-
ed by Philip Maynaugh by act of sale
from Beverly r. Berwick. recorded in
Book Q of Conveyances at page 449, of
date September 2, 1870: also the same
property acquired by T. A. Thorgeson
from Philip Maynaugh by act of sale
recorded in Book S of Conveyances,
at page sos, of date March 10, 1905.
On said day and at said time and
place between the hours of IL O'Clock
A. NJ, and 4 o'clock P. NJ. offer the
said property for sale for cash, with
out appraisement, to the last and
highest bidder, to satisfy the writ
issued herein.
Sheriff's Office, Franklin, Louis
lana, this the It'll day of April, 1909
W. T. PETERMAN.
Sheriff.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-05-08
NOTICE.
FRANKLIN.

FRANKLIN. La, April %, 'O9
For the purpose OF electing Di-
rectors for the ensuing year and
for the transaction Of any business
that might be brought up, the am
nual meeting of the stockholders
OF the Mutual Sugar Co., Ltd, will
be held on Monday, May 10th,
1909, at 1 o'clock p. M, at the
Office of Messrs. Borah & Himel.
in Franklin, La.
:. r. SUBERBIELLE.
Secretary.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-05-08
STATE OF LOUISIANA, I
23rd Judicial District Court for
the Parish of St. Mary.

George Vinson Single & Man.
ufacturing Co.
VS.. No. 1926
Theodore A. Thorgeson.
Torvald G. Thorgeson, Admin
istrator of the Estate of Thep-
dore A. Thorgeson.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-05-08

: Freshen up your rooms with
Alabastine. All shadSe- 1t
osNiell's.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-12-03
THE WHOLE STATE PROTESTS.

The protest issued by the Norfolk
Commercial club some weeks ago
against the dating of the national corn
show at Omaha at period just far
enough in advance of holiday season
to work to the benefit of Omaha re-
tailers as against the retailers of every
other town in the state, has found
a welcome greeting all over Nebraska
and even in Omaha it is conceded
that the Omaha retailers have played
the part OF the pork, The Omaha
Trade Review has this to say in com
ment:
Elsewhere we publish in this issue
a few of the protests that are being
made against the injustice that was
put upon the retail trade of this state
when the corn show dates at Omaha
were fixed at time when the holiday
trade everywhere is in full force. 1t
is useless to contend that these dates
were not so fixed for the purpose OF
giving Omaha and its retail merchants
a boom in holiday trade at the direct
expense of outside merchants. The
corn show is we'll understood to be a
trade promoting proposition and the
large contributions to its support made
by the business public of Omaha We're
made with the expectation of making
all that was given back again with
interest, There is no serious criticism
of this anywhere; but the criticism
that is made is that the one time OF
year was fixed upon the corn show
that would do the greatest injury tc
local trade over the state. 1t is, too
a matter of criticism that nine months
ago when the attention of the corr
show people was called to the fact
that a protest loud and deep was com
ing that they only stiffened their necki
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-12-03

be treated as contagious. II once In.
troduced into herd this disease
spreads rapidly, almost destroying the
usefulness Of the entire herd for breed
ing purposes.
AS soon MS II COW has aborted, the
calf, II II Is dead. should be burned,
together with the afterbirth. The
stall and the hind quarters Of the COW
should be dlsinfccted thoroughly A
. per cent solution OF some coal tar
dip or ~ per cent solution Of car
bolic acid Is all right for this purpose
The genital organs OF the COW should
he syringed out with this solution
every three or four days as long as
there is any discharge. Cows that
have abortcd should be kept well
away from the rest of the herd. They
should not be bred for at least ten
weeks after nbortlng or until all dis.
charge has ceased. The reproductive
organs Of the bull should be dsinfcct.
ed both before and after service. The
bull is one OF the most frequent means
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-12-03
NORFOLK WEEKLY NEWSOURNAL FRIDAY DECEMBER 1909

instead of trying to have better
FEELING in relation to corn show dates.
At the state association meeting of
commercial clubs the corn show would
not have been endorsed or approved
If the practical guarantee had not been
made that the dates would be changed.
To give the Omaha delegation an
opportunity to re-adiust the dates and
to remove the ill-feeling that was man.
fest the Lincoln delegation to that
meeting worked with the Omaha dele
cation for such a conclusion. If at
that time ii had not been believed that
the corn show would have been re.
pudiated and systematic campaign
would have been entered upon to
have compelled change of the dates.
AS 1t is now the protests are coming
thick and fast and Omaha and the
corn show people have no one to blame
but themselves for existing conditions.
Months ago this paper. In discussing
this question emphasized the fact that
there was a wide difference between
the ordinary efforts that all towns
make to draw trade and the specific
effort and determination to locate a
quasi general public exposition at the
one definite time of the year when
the greatest possible injury could be
done to local trade and local mer.
chants Business men in the smaller
towns understand that there is always
competition to meet, with the larger
cities and that at times of annual meet
ings and conventions trade drifts away
from home to the cities. But there
is one time of year with local mer-
chants everywhere when there should
not be a specific and organized eff
fort made to injure their trade, and
that is in the holiday season. Holt
day stocks are not purchased like
general stocks, they are special invest
ment extra stock purchases, and mer-
chants tie, up large amount of money
in these stocks of goods which are
only salable three or four weeks out
of the entire year The destruction
of this holiday trade means some
thing out of the ordinary to them and
they have right to be indignant
when selfish interests attempt to di-
vert this trade at the one time of
year when it is on. Everyone knows
that the corn exposition could have
been held six weeks or two months
later just as we'll as in the midst of
holiday trade times in December, eX-
cept for the one reason, and that reas-
on is that Omaha could not profit so
greatly from the trade gathered in
February as it could from the trade in
December. If the corn exposition has
so tied itself down in this matter it
is too small a proposition and working
along too narrow lines to ever COM
mand the confidence and continued
support of the people of Nebraska.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-12-03

Principal Crabtree of the state nor
NAL school at Peru is slated for de-
capitation, according to information
from Lincoln. According to a dis
patch from the state capital, it is very
likely that before next September at
Least, Mr.. Crabtree will be asked to
resign. The reason for this is that
the board objected to the principal
taking the normal school in politics.
While the old board members were
all republicans except Hays of ALI
ance, politics never cut any ice with
the management of the schools. Last
winter Crabtree assisted in passing
the new normal board law which GUST
ed all the old members of the old
board and permitted Governor Shall
lenberger to name a new board. This
was done and recently the supreme
court declared the law void which re
established the old board. The action
of Crabtree in working for the enact
ment OF that law viii prevent har
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-12-03

An item is being published all over
the country to the effect that the re-
cent session of congress passed a law
forbidding the issuing or use of any
check for less than the sum of 81 and
providing that any person issuing a
check for less than this amount shall
be liable to a fine of $1,000. The
penalty for the offense looks absurd
and congress is being roasted accord.
ingly If the papers publishing the
item will look into the matter little
they will find that the law referred to
was passed July II, 1862, and has been
in effect ever since. 1t was re-enacted
in modification of currency laws at
the recent session of congress, but
the wording remains the same. 1t sets
forth that no person shall issue a
check, note or other token intended
to be used in lieu of lawful money of
the United States" for less than the
sum of 81. The act was evidently in.
tended to stop the issuing of fraction
al paper currency which was in com.
mon use before the Civil war; and has
no bearing on the ordinary checks.
An ordinary check is merely an order
upon a bank to pay a certain amount
of the money to the party in whose
favor it is drawn.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-12-03

A decision has been handed down
by the Iowa supreme court, holding
that a private business concern, under
the statute of the state may refuse
to serve a negro. 1t appears that a
negress sued a company for $1,000
damages because she was refused a
cup of coffee at pure food show.
She won out in the lower court but
the supreme tribunal reversed the de-
cision. This is certainly drawing the
color line with vengeance.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-12-03

Governor Charles e. Hughes is a
brave man and has wisdom and a
prescience difficult to understand in
one living in the empire state. He
recently made an address in Buffalo
in which he said New York is not
America" The millions who live in
the various western and southern
states readily recognize that this is but
mere statement of truth, but it is
difficult for the New Workers to be-
lieve 1t.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-12-03
THE NORMAL BOARD VACANCY.

THE NORMAL BOARD VACANCY.
The logic of the demand being made
upon Governor Shallenberger for the
appointment of Phil Cole of Wayne
to fill the vacancy which is to be
created in the state normal school
board, is at once apparent to the
most casual observer. There is now
not a single northern Nebraska man
on the board, and in case Mr.. Cole is
not appointed, the nearest member
of the board to the Wayne normal
school, which is to be bought by the
state this week, would be at York.
The justice of the demand for north
ern Nebraska man on the board, and
one who would be on the ground near
the school up here, seems unanswer-
able
AS a matter of fact, the politicians
who run things at the state capital
are not now giving, and never have
given, northern Nebraska the consid-
Grafton that it is entitled to in state
| affairs. But northern Nebraska is a
very rapidly growing part of this great
commonwealth and before they know
it, some of the political manipulators
who have been ignoring this part of
the state all their lives, are going to
wake up to a pretty sorrowful reali.
| cation of the fact that north Nebraska
is on the map.
The attempt to prevent north Ne
braska from gaining even one member
on this board is only single instance
of the game that has been played for
years and in which this part of the
| state has been given scant cOnsidera
ton. But the balance of power, held
in this part of the state, is going tC
have an inning by and by that will be
worth watching.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-12-03

The Sixth congressional district
furnishes the very first congressional
candidate to enter thus far ahead of
next summers race. G. L. Shumway
of Winter precinct, SCOTS Bluffs coun.
ty, is one venturesome democrat who
seeks the Sixth district congressional
nomination and who, If history repeats
itself, will have to battle against Moses
P. Kinkaid before getting to Wash.
ington in that capacity.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-12-03

DR.. Cooks attorney has preferred
charges against Peary for spying on
DR.. Cook and had the latter and his
wife remove from the Waldorf hotel
at New York, where they have been
staying. Mr.. Mack, the attorney,
hopes to be able to secure Lieutenant
Pearys dismissal from the navy, with
which he has been connected for TWEEN
ty- five years. DR.. Cook says Peary
could have discovered the pole eleven
years ago if he had so desired.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-12-03
MINORS IN POOL HALLS.

1t is reported on good authority that
the state law prohibiting the admis.
sion of boys under IS years into pool
halls, is being violated wantonly in
Norfolk There is no reason why this
practice, which works an undisputed
evil upon growing boys by giving them
habits of idleness and the character
istics of the loafer, should not be
checked and the police should see
to it that the law is enforced. Follow.
ing is the text of the law:
If any owner or keeper of a billiard
saloon, or any owner or keeper of a
billiard table, at any grocery, or other
public place, shall permit or suffer any
minor under the age of Is years to
play at any game of billiards in such
grocery saloon or public place, or
upon such billiard table, or to remain
or be in such billiard saloon as afore-
said, every such person or persons
shall forfeit and pay fine of $40 for
the first offense, and $50 for each and
every succeeding offense,
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-12-03

The London Daily Courant-the first
daily paper ever published in the world
is 200 years old. This is a notable
event in newspaper circles and has
lead to some interesting disclosures
about the age and careers of Ameri-
can dailies and weeklies. 1t is well
to remember that the first paper to be
published in the western or European
world saw the light in Italy. Regular
bulletins written on large sheets APP
peared in Venice in the latter part
of the sixteenth century. The earliest
regular printed newspaper was the
London Weekly News, born in 1919
The first daily newspaper to be print
ed in the United States was the Ameri
can Daily Advertiser, in Philadelphia
in 1884. There are now eighty-five
papers in this country that are more
than 100 years old, and of these, the
st. Louis Republic, 101 years old, is
the only one west of the Mississippi
river.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-12-03

There is to be a serious effort made
to prolong the socalled short session
of congress which now expires by
limitation March 4, so that the months
of March and April which are the best
Washington affords for work may be
atilized. AS it is now the general
legislation is all thrown over into the
long session and protracts it into the
hot months of July and August By
more even division of the sessions
the convenience of congress would be
enhanced and they would do better
work for the people.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-12-03

A boy bandit down in Indiana went
He also killed the cashier. When cap.
tured he attributed his deed to the
reading of the dime novels-he had
learned from this source exactly how
to go about the work. Thousands of
other boys have been started on a
criminal career by reading similar
novels. Laws should be enacted pro.
hibiting the publication of sensational
stories in which are depicted the ad-
ventures of highwaymen, safeblowers
and criminals of like ilk-stories
which excite the youthful mind and
lead to evil deeds.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-12-03

There are indications that the next
outlet for land hungry Americans
now that Canada has been quite thor.
oughly exploited will be Mexico.
Heavy investments of American CAPT
tai have already been made. In many
instances the lands are purchased with
a view to colonizing them with Ameri-
can farmers. In some sections of Me-
leo the land will produce three or
four crops of corn annually each run.
ming from fifty to sixty bushels to the
acre. Such statements as this are al.
Turing bait to American farmers.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-12-03

In his annual report Adjutant Gen
eral Ainsworth calls particular atten'
ton to the increase in the number of
assertions from the United States
army during the past year and says
that only strict enforcement of Sc
we're penalties will diminish the prac'
tice. There is one means of stopping
assertions which would have far bet
ter effect than that proposed by Aims
worth and that Is to increase the sol
dier's pay.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-12-03

Since the Standard Oil case victories
by the government and vigorous use
of the AK by Loeb in decapitating
corrupt officials implicated in the
thefts of the sugar trust, the tide has
rapidly turned in favor of President
Taft. The people are beginning to
see that he is after the rascals with
Just as much determination, even If
he is quieter about it, as his pre-
decessor.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-12-03
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson pro,

Secretary of Agriculture Wilson pro
poses to warn the public against pur
chasing advertised lands without look
ing over the same. Tracts of worth
less territory are being advertised as
fine farming land and undrained
swamps as valuable possessions, And
the people-of course they are biting
with avidity. They invariably bite
on fakes and would continue to do sc
even were hundred Wilson's to give
them sound advice.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-12-03

very exhaustive cartoon in the
Minneapolis Journal shows the map
of the state dotted with schools and
experiment farms, offset by a stately
battleship named the North Dakota,
while beneath are the following words,
"Ten million dollars would put $685.
900 agricultural school and experiment
farm in every county in the state of
North Dakota, with an endowment of
$4,000 for each school, which if in.
vested in Dakota farm mortgages
would yield $1O,5OO annually for the
maintenance of each school, and leave
over a million dollar endowment for
the state agricultural college," And
it may be added to make the com
parison stronger that in ten years
the ten million invested in the battle
ship will be a bygone value, only fiji
for the junk pile.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-12-03

general uprising is threatened
in Finland and the despotic govern.
ment of Russia is responsible. 1t ap-
pears tat the Finnish parliament had
agreed that the country should con.
tribute $2,OOO,OOO annually toward the
fund for the defense of the Russian
empire and that Russia accepted the
proposition. The Russian cabinet now
demands that this amount be doubled
and the Films have refused to accede
to this eXtortionate request. An armed
uprising would, however, avail these
oppressed people naught. They con
stitute but mere handful compared
with the hordes which Russia could
pour into their little country in the
event of hostilities.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-12-03

In the American Journal of Inter
national Law for October, James
Brown Scott says that the discovery
of the north pole by a citizen of this
country does not give the United
States title to that territory, as &C.
cupation is necessary to validate such
title. How would it do to let the
suffragettes colonize the territory i'm
mediately surrounding the pole? Their
heated discussions would be ample
protection against the climatic con-
ditions.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-12-03

The Rock Island railway company
is engaged in the formulation of a
comprehensive pension system for its
employees which is commendable. The
basis of the system is somewhat diff.
ferent from that of other roads which
are paying pensions. Elective retire
ment will occur at the age of So years
and compulsory at 20, and to be en-.
titled to participation in the benefits
of the pension fund the employe must
have been with the road for at least
twenty-five years. The amounts to
be paid the pensioners have not yet
been determined but it is announced
that they will be sufficient to enable
them to live in comparative comfort.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-12-03
Speaking of that kind of charity

Speaking of that kind of charity
which helps take care of the suffering
poor, an exchange thoughtfully OBJ
serves; ION this field charity is but
an incident, a necessity of a present
condition. 1t may cover a multitude
of sins, but it hides none. 1t is but
a sort of hospital for the wounded
but the actual battle must go on un'
til at least the causes of poverty are
gone. until the manufacture OF poverty
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-12-03

The collector of the port of New
York has discharged over a hundred
employees of the weighing division of
the service This action resulted from
the disclosures in the sugar frauds,
and the fact that these frauds contln-
ued over a period of many years shows
that the sugar trust had a well-organ-
lied working force in the custom ser
vice.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-12-03

The south is objecting to placing
Washington's face on the new five
cent piece. The south is unduly ex-
cited. 1t is proposed to adorn the
nickel with the picture of George,
not Booker T. Washington.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-12-03

Captain Scott, a British officer
wants 100000 of the English govern
ment to outfit a ship with which to
discover the south pole. Here's hoping
that he won't get into such a tire
some mix-up as Peary and Cook have
over the other pole.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-12-03

Dies have been cast for new five
cent piece, bearing the head of George
Washington. If this coin is adopted it
will be the first in authorized circula-
tion bearing the head of the first pres
ident of the republic.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-12-03

The German budget for 1910 shows
total expenditures of $685., 100000, an
increase over last year, while a loan
of 100000 will be added to the
imperial debt, which even since naval
expansion began has been mounting
higher and higher,
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-12-03

The people of New York are great
ly interested in Signora Paladino, an
Italian medium, now in this country
She is said to possess remarkable
powers.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-12-03

The postoffice department reports a
deficiency of over $17,0O0,O00 for the
year ending June 80, 1909, an increase
of over 100000, compared with the
preceding year.