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Lower coast gazette., 1909-10-30
Agricultural Conditions Studied.

Baton Rouge.-Dr. W. r. Dodson,
director of the state experiment sta
ton, has returned to the city from
his our OF the Fourth congressional
district, over which he went with
Congressman Watkins and a party OF
United States government agricultu-
raj experts who have been making a
tour of that district. DR.. DOdson Is
especially pleased with this trip. u
never saw the people more respon.
sive to suggestions looking to the
improvement of agricultural condi-
lions, or more eager to learn" he
said. There is an agricultural
awakening all over the northern and
western portion of the state. The
farmers are beginning to realize that
under the new conditions they must
diversity, live at home and adopt the
best methods for getting the most
out OF their lands
Lower coast gazette., 1909-10-30
POINTE-ALAlHACHE LA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 80, 1909.
TAFT ON DEEP WATER
PRESIDENT PLEADS FOR FAIR
PLAY FOR RAILROADS.
Sporadic Policy of River Improve
menJ Must Be Succeeded
by Definite Plans.

Corpus Christi, TeNas.-.AnnoUmcIng
himself as IN enthusiastic advocate Of
deep waterways, when suci projects can
be shown TO be practicable ana necessary,
and declaring that the piccemea) pro
ce9sion by jerks policy Of Congress III
the past with reference to such improve
mcnts should be replaced with Il definite
general plan Tor opening up great ave-
nucs OF commerce, President Taft
aroused the delegate, to the convention
of the interstate Inland Waterways
League. in session here. to enthusiastic
demonstration OF approval.
Continuing, the president said that in
addition TO extending commerce. deep
inland waterways would serve as the
best means of controlling railroad rates.
In this connection he took occasion to
refer to the fact that in some localities
there is 4 disposition to do injustice to
the railroads and to drive the corpora
lions to IL system or economy which
prevents the, development OF the country
through which they pass.
The president said it Vas often the
case that the citizens of a county would
60 to any extent to get a railroad to
come into the county. but once there,
not a friend of the railroad could any
where be found, except perhaps the local
counsel.
The president urged a square deal'
for the railroads. that they might not
be deprived of reasonable profits through
popular prejudice.
The president declared hat the halt
ing, sporadic system of river and harbor
improvements in the past was not due
to the army engineers, but was the work
of the committees in Congress, who had
responded TO cfamor from home and to
party considerations. The time has come,
he declared, for a change in this sys
TEN,
Lower coast gazette., 1909-10-30
LOUISIANA AT A GLANCE.

DR.. e. c. Kowen, a prominent ply
stefan Of Jackson, was arrested On r
charge of killing f. K. Judson, an
insane man from New Orleans, near
st. Francisville.
The Louisiana conference OF the
Methodist Episcopal church., South,
will begin at Alexandria on Deem
Der 8, instead of December 10, as
had been announced, the change be
ing made so that the meeting Will
not fall SO near the Christmas hoti-
days.
A great deal of interest is being
taken owe the state in the three
cornered fight that is now being
waged in the parish of Evangeline for
the court house. This fight is be-
tween Eunice, Vile Platte and Ma
mou, with the chances of victory ly-
ing equally between Vile Platte and
Eunice. The election will be held
on November 8. While up to the
present time Eurice has shown the
largest registration, Vile Platte is
coming to the front, and the fight
between the two is going to be close.
At a recent meeting of the state
board of health 1t was decided to
provide nitrate Of silver in an effort
to stop infant blindness.
The Independent Naval Stores com
pany, with 100000 capital, vas or
gani2ed at Lake Charles.
The Shreveport city council will
begin a second suit against the trac'
ton company to force the issuance
of universal transfers.
Sam H. James of Mounts was
awarded the gold medal on his ex
hibit of pecans at the Seattle expo
sitiOn.
A meat packery and cold storage
plant is projected for Natchez.
Archbishop Blenk OF New Orlean!
appointed Father Francon to st. Their
| esa's church, and Father G. W. Bosch
to Plaquemine.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-10-30
WIN FIGHT ON TUBERCULOSIS
Fewer Deaths Per Loo 5000 Than for
Previous Year.

Washington.-Thc great fight against
tuberculosis is being won, according to
Chief Statistician Cressy L. Wilbur, of
the division of vital statistics, United
States censns bureau. in a bulletin is
sued Thursday he says:
"A continued decline in the death rate
from it from year to year may be eX.
pected."
He says that the organization Of many
state and local anti-tuberculosis socie-
ties since the international congress on
tuberculosis at Washington in 1908 has
helped to check the disease. The total
deaths from tuberculosis returned in
1908 was 79,2so, exceeding those Of any
previous year OF registration. but the
death rate per 100000 for 1908 is con-
siderably less than that for 1907. In
all registration states, the death from
tuberculosis showed a decline, except in
Colorado, Rhode Island and Vermont.
Mr.. Wilbur notes pcliagra as u dis
ease of increasing Importance with %
deaths recorded in 1905. This does not
include the bulk Of pellagra deaths i'll the
South, from which no records are re-
oo;,.oI
Lower coast gazette., 1909-10-30
HIGHEST MASONS MEET
GRAND COMMANDER RICHARD.
SON MAKES ADDRESS.
Next International Conference, Scot
fish Rite, to Be Held
in Washington.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. by the three
Masons OF the highest standing i'll all
America, the biennial meeting OF the SD
prruw council Of the Scottish Rite OF
Freemasonry for the Southern Juriadic-
ton of the United States assembled here
Monday.
Sovereign Grand Commander James D.
Richardson OF the Southern jurisdiction
called the meeting to order, there being
present among others Gen. Samuel
Croker Lawrence, sovereign grand com
mander of the Northern jurisdiction, and
DR.. John NJ. Gibson, sovereign grand
commander OF the supreme council Of
Canada.
The n~llocutipn Of Grand Commander
Richardson contained u long and detailed
review of the history Of the order dur
ing the last two years.
1T is worthy of comment said Mr..
Richardson, that there are more mem.
bers Of our bodies filling seats in the
senate and house of representatives in
Washington at this time than there were
members of the rite in several States OF
our jurisdiction which l could name 25
years ago. These facts are not referred
to by me as evidence of the popularity
Of the order, or as praise i'll the nature
Of setf-adu(ation or glorification, but to
show that there is Il %profundity Of mean
ing In its philosophy and dogma which
engrosses the serious attention Of men
Of ability, learning and culture, and
further, to show evidence Of the fact
that as the ritz grows, widens, multiplies
and enlarges |its scope and influence,
there will not be wanting strong-minded
and strong.hearted members to properly
utilize its potentialities and judiciousl!y
govern the council"
Lower coast gazette., 1909-10-30
SUIT OVER SCHOOL LAND.
City Of Baton Rouge Trying - Re-
V Large Tract.

Baton Rouge.-District Attorney
Wax will file a suit in the district
court against the Louisiana State
university to recover for the city
ninety acres of land donated 10 the
university some years ago for agrlcul'
tural purposes, but has never been
used for this purpose. Circuit Judge
Brunot IN a decision held that the
city had to be made a joint defend
ant with the university In the recov-
cry of this land, and the next suit
will be brought in the title OF A. b.
Singletary VS.. the Louisiana State
university and the city OF Baton
Rouge. The district attorney held
that as he was not trying to take
anything from the city, but on the
other hand to restore property to the
town, it was not necessary to bring
the city in as a party to the SUIT.
Judge Brunot held, however, that this
was essential, and a new suit, along
the lines Of the decision OF Judge
Brunot, will be filed.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-10-30
Educational Tax Voted.

Baton Rouge.-The department OF
education was gratitied by the re-
ceipt of a telegram from Lafayette
announcing that the special election
held in that parish for the voting ct
a 3-mill tax for ten years for the
public school was favorable to the
tax. Lafayette was one OF the flrSt
parishes in the state to Originally
vote a special school tax.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-10-30
HEAVY OIL PRODUCTION.
Gas Will Probably Be Located IN
Natchitoches Territory.

Baton Rouge.-A million barrels 81
Caddo fields, according 10 6. d. Har-
ris, gcologist Of Louisiana, who, un-
der the direction OF the Louisiana
experiment stations, has just issued
a bulletin on Oil and Gas in North.
western Louisiana, With Special Rel
crerce to the taddo Field Dr.. Har-
ris thinks that there is hope OF gas
oyer the entire Sabine Uplift," which
covers an area from NatchitocheS
north beyond the present Caddo
fields. He says:
so far as we can now judge thee
is no reason why the border regions
Of the whole Sabine uplift may not
be looked upon hopefully as oil ana
gas territory. We are naturally quite
aware that the proper structure Tor
gathering and retaining oil and gas
may be present where there has new
er been a supply Of these substances
1t is one thing 10 have a system Of
pipe lines and tanks for properly col,
lecting and storing oil, and often
quite another to have these recei-
tacles full of oil. Until the origin of
these substances is better unde:-
stood no one can tell with any de-
| gree of certainty where they may Oc-
cur But, given a certain amount OF
them in the underlying rocks of I
| region, structure plays a very lmpor-
| tsnt role in determining where they
will collect in paying quantities. Cad
do field is near the north angle OF
the Sabine upltft. It's Oil and gas
| evidently come up the north and easj
| slopes of this uplift and then becomH
| entrapped beneath upper c~re,aceous
| and eocene i%mpervious beds. But the
| nal distribution of these substances
over the field is seemingly due TO
secondary structural features, slight
anticlines and different Dorosity OF
| the rocks in which the oil is coli
tanned. We have suspected that the
| two directions of the shore lines of
! Ferry lake and other topographic
| features have something in common
! with the structure in the underlying
rocks. Mr.. Perrine, who has assisted
us in this investigation, has indicat'
ed, tentatively, the position of Ger
| tain anticlines and synclines from
data collected in the field from well
logs, during November and Deem
Der, 1908"
Lower coast gazette., 1909-10-30
NOW RAILROAD KING
Wall Street Tenders Him Backing
Of Millions.

New York.-Edwin Hawley has sue.
ceeded to the throne OF Z. II. Hartman
as the ruler of the railroads Of the Unit
ed States. Within the past few days
there has been u change of alignment OF
the greatest financial powers in Wall
street, and they have proffcred to Haw'
ley their backing of millions, which were
the essence of the Hartman power, and
which likewise make Hawley the domi.
nant figure in the American railroad
world. This shift of the balance of money
power to the support of Hawley marks
several of the changes in the railroad
situation here that have been brought
about by the passing Of Hartman.
Another change of scarcely less inter-
est during the last few days has been the
appearance OF a well-defincd plan to elm
mate Hartman influence from the man
agement of railroads outside his W
system into which Hartman forced him.
self during his lifetime.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-10-30
Confederate Daughters Meet.

Houston, Texas.-With that same
spirit that made possible the accomplish
ment Of wondrous achievements during
the dreary days between 1861 and 1865,
the women CT the Southland, who revere
the memories Of the heroes, men and
women of that period-many Of them
actual participants in the scenes not
chronicled in misrepresentation in
Houston Tuesday for the purpose Ct re.
viewing the work OF the year in the
ranks of the United Daughters of the
Cnnfederacu
Lower coast gazette., 1909-10-30
BOYS PLAY NIGHT RIDER.
Detective Discovers Source OF Notices
Posted in Camden, Tenn.

Camden, Tcnn.-Private Detective w.
ms, who was employed by the citizens
here to ferret out the posting of notices
recently, which warned the negroes to
leave Camden. completed his work.
1t is stated it was the work OF boys
who have since regretted their action.
Sufficient evidence was secured to con-
Wet them, but it is not known yet
whether the boys will be prosecuted or
not. Many negroes have left and others
were preparing to leave when the guilty
parties were caught up with. Some of
the boys implicated say that they were
only playing night riding, and that they
did not think it would amount to much
when they posted the notices. 1t is not
known whether any Of the notices were
sent through the mails or not.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-10-30
YORKTOWN COMMUNICATED
Detachments From Army and Navy
Join in Celebration.

Yorktown, Na.-Quaint old Yorktown,
for the second time within the period Of
its national fame, Tuesday commence
rated with fitting ceremonies that glor-
ious event in American history with
Which its name is identified. Here was
laid one hundred and t~wenty-cight years
ago the cornerstone of liberty Oh which
a great nation has been built.
Yorktown today is a village of less
than one hundred people. It is as though
a stage setting for that final drama of
the revolutionary war had been preserv-
ed as the actors left it. a relic of anti
guilty as we'll as Il monument to .Aincri-
can patriotism.
When the fact that Yorktown is still
without railroad communication is taken
into consideration, the attendance was
remarkable.
Upon every road for miles around were
to be seen OK carts and automobiles all
bound in the same direction and all load
ed to capacity.
TO most people present the exercises
were the least part of the celebration,
although there was a parade Of mounted
horsemen and horsewomen led by the
Fort Monroe band and the soldiers and
sailors, then a parade OF the school chill
dren and aftcrward public speaking from
a grand stand erected in front of the his
toric old Nelson mansion.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-10-30
To Examine Forests.

Baton Rouge.-Fred Grace, register
of the state land Office, has received
notice from William F. Cox, acting
forester of the United States forest
service, that the United States gov.
ernment will place 2 man in this
state to make an examination OF the
forests and 10 have the report ready
before the next session of the legis-
lature.,
Lower coast gazette., 1909-10-30
WOULD HAVE
BEEN DEAD
Says Temple Clark, Of Pope
Had 1t Not Been For Cardm,
Now IN Good Health.

Pope, Tenn.-"As the result OF q
fall from a horse, | suffered intense
agony for about 4 years." writes Mrs.
Temple Clark, of this place. Il was
irregular and had falling feelings and
other womanly trouble. At last I was
induced to take Cardui, the woman's
tonic, and it helped me a great deal.
l certainly believe if it had not been
for Cardui and Thedford's Black.
Draught, I would have been dead, In.
stead of having the blessing Of health.
II love a dollar, but I have never
seer one l think as much of as l do OF
a bottle Of Cardui. / could tell a great
deal more and not get tired. I recon-
mend it to all my friends, for l am
sure it will cure others as it has me-"
Remember that Cardui is a vege-
table extract, composed of valuable
medicinal ingredients, which build up
vitality, tone up the nerves and
strengthen the womanly constitution.
For over so years, Cardui has been
in successful use. Its merit is proven
and known. Using it is no new expe.
riment. 1t has stood the greatest OF
all tests-the test Of TINE.
NOTE-The Cardui Home Treatment
for Women, consists Of Cardul (Xl),
ThedfOrd's Dlack-Draught (25cl, Or
Veivo (5Gc). for the liver, and Cnrduf
! Antiseptic (5Oc). These remedies may
be taken slngly, by Themselves, II de-
sired, or three together, as q complete
treatment for womcn's Ills. Write to,
Ladies' Advisory Dept, Chattanooga
Medicine CO., Chattanooga, Tenn, for
Special I~nxtructlonn, and G4-page book,
alone Treatment for Women" sent In
plain wrapper, on request.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-10-30
TAFT PLAYS HOCKEY ALSO.
Has Been at Capital 1873 Days and Away
108 Days.

Observation-Disclosures 10, when
PI~SJident Taft returns from his swing
around the country, he will have been
the executive head of the United States
government $50 days. Since his inaugu-
ration, March 4, the president has been
away from Washington 1872 per cent. Of
the time. He has been in Washington
142 days md away from the capital 1Os
days.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-10-30
Il Woman Political Victim?

st. Louis.-Because the body of a
woman found in a shallow creek at Lee
and Taylor avenues was Identified as
that of Mrs. James Satterfieli, mother
of Thomas Satterfield, foreman Of the
Jury which recently convicted Thomas
kane of second degree murder in con
~nection with a political killing, the po'
lice have begun a searching investigation
of the woman's last hours. 1t is ru'
mored that the death is the result Of a
project of vengeance directed against the
members of the jury.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-10-30
HIGH PRICE FOR COTTON.

Memphis, Tenn.-Dillard & Coffin Co.
sold Thursday sixty-five bales OF staple
cotton at the record price of twenty-five
cents per pound. OF this lot tifty-four
bales were grown on one plantation, in
Bolivar county, Mississippi, the remain
der being received from various points
in Arkansas and Mississippi.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-10-30
Shaft to Soldier Dead.

Baton Rouge. - The monument
which the state of Massachusetts is
{ oerect in the National cemetery to
the memory of the soldiers who died
or were killed in Baton Rouge during
the Civil war will soon be in posi-
ton. The shaft proper weighs $4,000
tons and is SO feet high.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-10-30
Game Killed by Storm.

Baton Rouge.-According to Alex.
Bryan, game commissioner for East
Baton Rouge, who is now making
close observations On the game con.
ditions in this parish, the storm ct
last month killed a great many quail,
and while the season will open on
November ! with more quail than
e before in the history of the par
ish within recent years, still the
number will not be nearly as great
as expected because of the des rue
ton wrought by the storm.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-10-30
FARMAN GETS $4,000.

Blackpool, England.-Henry Farman
has been awarded the grand prize of
$4,000 for the longest fight at the
aviation meeting here. He covered AZ
miles in his best flight. Rougier won
the second prize of $1,000 in this con.
test. PauIham was third, receiving ST..
Lower coast gazette., 1909-10-30
PRoHI SPREADS LIQUOR TRADE.
Knights of Fidelity Declare Indiana
More Wet Than Usual.

Indianapolis, Ind.-Resolutions adopt
ed in the convention of the state branch
of the Knights of Fidelity, an organiza-
ton of saloon keepers, state that ten
times as much liquor is sold in Indiana
as when the seventy-two dry" counties
had saloons. "Social clubs" started in
dry counties to evade the law, were de-
nounced and the convention went on rec
ord as bitterly opposed to prohibition
and the Anti-Saloon League.
As a substitute for prohibition the con-
yention favored clean, moral Saloons"
without wine rooms: the refusing Of sa-
loon licenses to men of immoral char
acter, and the elimination of barrel
houses"
Lower coast gazette., 1909-10-30
Reprieve Cheats GalIoWs.

Alexandria.-Thirty minutes before
the time set for the hanging of
Squire" Hawkins, a negro, in the
parish Jail here, a reprieve arrived by
wire from Acting Governor Lambre.
mont. Hawkins was convicted and
sentenced to be hanged for criminal
ly assaulting Martha Allen, a white
girl. John Allen, the father Of the
girl, committed suicide a short time
after the condition of the daughter
became known.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-10-30
LAWLESsNEsS DENOUNCED.
Farmers Union Goes on Record Con.
corning Night Riding.

Danville, Va.-The Farmers Tobacco
Union, at it's session here, adopted the
following resolution, which has just been
made public:
"Resolved, That the Farmers Union
Tobacco Growers, representing the
states of kentucky, North Carolina and
Virginia, denounce in 10 uncertain terms
any-act Of lawlessness of any nature OF
kind whatever"
Lower coast gazette., 1909-10-30
Cotton Disease Spreads.

Columbia, S. C.-In a report just made
to Commissioner Watson, State Botanist
Barre declares that the disease of an
thracnose in cotton is costing the grow.
ers Of this state probably ~s5.ooo.ooo
yearly and the Georgia planters possibly
as much as s14,O 900 each year. Ac.
cording to Mr.. Barre, the disease is
spreading. It's worst manifestations have
followed the use of imported seed, for
which reason he urges that inspection of
cotton seed be provided for in the pro-
posed legislation to minimize pellagra
by the inspection Of grain.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-10-30

Don't place too much confidence in
appearances. The fellow who is up
with the lark may have kept the lark
up all night.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-10-30

A man isn't necessarily hot-headed
because he wears a stOve-pipe hat.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-10-30

SPRAINS AND BRUISES
disappear ike magic under the healing tOnch OF
Perry Davis Painkiller. During this icy weather no
household should be without 1t. In 25c, 35c, Hc sizes.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-10-30

For Colds and Gripp-Capudlne.
The best remedy for Gripp and Colds 10
Hicks Capudine. Relieves the aching and
fe~verishness. Cures the cold-Headaches
also. It's LiQuid-Enccts immediately-l0.
Is and SOC at Drug Stores.
Tombstone epitaph., 1909-07-18
Fined for Shipping
 Game from Arizona

Lew Collins, e1-as.istant secretary oi Ar.zoua, 4nd nine wealthy Los An gele- sport.men, paid sl5 each to Jus ,ice Carr of Tempe for kl.ling and shipping game out of Arizona con trary to the iaw- covering the protec- ton o' game.
 Ten days ago Collins brought nine Aucelenos to Hsnsons ranch near HyTene to hunt white wings. IL reached Game Commissioner Pinney that they were shipping rhe birds to Los Angeles and he reported this tc Sheriff Hayden.
 For two nights Deputy Davis lode the Msricops :rsin to see what wa: being done and finally he saw them load box filled with white wings and ice. Davis arrested six men and took the box of game as evidence. The men were taken from Msricopa tC rempe, where they pie e,ded guilty The total fines paid were $50.
Tombstone epitaph., 1909-07-18
THURSDAY, JULY I5

The attention Of the district court was taken up this morning shortly after conven pg in considering the matter of the First Baptist church Of Bisbee fJr leave to mortgage its prop erty. The church wss permitted to do so.
 Cortez L. Wilson was granted a di- vorce from Hallie F. Wilson.
 Rosa B. stoeltz was granted s di- vorce from Jacob H. Stoeltz. She was given the custody Of the children, oue- half interest in A certain transfer business and slimony in the sum Of s30 per mouth.
 The case of the Pesrce Market ys Bslis Mckinney was concluded yes terdsy afternoon. Judgment was granted defendant 10 buy the busi- iness, paying plaintiff the sum Of S4OO. Both parties pay their own costs. o. Gibson represented plaintiff and Allen R. English the defendant.
 Harry Pspsdopoli vas admitted to bail in the sum of 5000.
 Judgment wac ordered entered in the case of the Bisbee Co. vs Lee and