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Suwannee Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 1897-current, 1909-02-12

On March 18th the people Of Perry
ulll vote on a $4,000 bond issue for
sewerage And street improvement.
Suwannee Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 1897-current, 1909-02-12

~ sd Ma G. c. Tucker, Of Jesup,
Ca. ssre found nearly asphyxisted by
F,s b thsiF RON IN q Sanford hotel.
thsy Nd . cllss call.
Suwannee Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 1897-current, 1909-02-12

A large acreage has been planted in
watermeIons near Fort Denaud in Lee
county.
Suwannee Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 1897-current, 1909-02-12

ArbOr day was quiet generally OBJ
served by the schools of Florida.
Suwannee Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 1897-current, 1909-02-12

William White, an East Palatka ne
gro, was shot and killed from ambush.
Suwannee Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 1897-current, 1909-02-12

PensacOla's police made 91S arrests
during the month of January.
Suwannee Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 1897-current, 1909-02-12

Nine mules were mysteriOusly pOis-
Oned near DaytOna.
Suwannee Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 1897-current, 1909-02-12

Gainesville IS to have an S. P. C. A.
society.
Suwannee Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 1897-current, 1909-02-12

Sorrento now has a telephone system
Suwannee Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 1897-current, 1909-02-12
STATE NEWS

over a half million dollars into the
county, including the growers Of The
coast. The crop next winter viii be
much larger, and viii bring to the
growers three-quarter million dollars
with normal conditions continuing.
Suwannee Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 1897-current, 1909-02-12

An enormous whale was seen near
Key West
Suwannee Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 1897-current, 1909-02-12

Orlando is planning for aehautauqua
Suwannee Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 1897-current, 1909-02-12

St. Lueie county pineapple growers
have organized.
Suwannee Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 1897-current, 1909-02-12

W. C. Fisher of Bailey, Ca, was in
stantly killed near Fort Meade We'd
nesdsy by being thrown from a buggy
in a runaway accident, His spinal cord
was broken. The body has been en-
balmed and viii be shipped to his for
mer home.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-10-30
COTTON MEN INDICTED.
Trust Bill Affects Seventy-Five Prom
inent Business Men.

Guthrie, Ok.-Charged with viola
tion of the federal and state anti
trust laws, the largest cotton pur-
chasing, ginning and oil mill con-
Germs of Oklahoma were indicted by
special grand jury ordered by the
district court to probe the cotton sit
uation in Logan county. Certain in
dividuals concerned in the manage
ment of these companies were also
indicted.
Under the law each day monopo-
ly is maintained is a separate offense
and the present indictments fixed
November Is, 1907 as the beginning
of the alleged cotton combine, the
minimum fine for the persons indict-
ed would approximate $4,000 and
the maximum fne9s80,30O. 900.
The chiaf Grid lance before the grand
Jury comprised records ana books .oi
a secret organization among cotton
operators of Oklahoma, called the
Sons of Plato" Il
AS result Of the grand jury ac-
ton, the owners threaten to close the
plant against all public business and
operate them only as private institu-
tions.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-10-30
Slavery IN new YORK
White Slave Traffic Is Now
Laid to Tammmany Hall.
Hearst and BARNARD find FUEL
Gaynor Doubts Existence of the Evil
and If 1t Exists Would Not Trust
Fusion Ticket to Crash 1t.
He Has No Fear.

New York.-Slavery became live
issue in the municipal campaign-not
the slavery which brought forth
Uncle Toms Cabin" and the de-
nunicatory eloquence in the COS but
the white slave traffic which has
afordedsso much material for the
present day reformer. The growth
OF this system dnder Tamfaa 1ss4Iall.
as attested by a writer for the clir-
rent issue of McClure's magazine has
laid the foundation upon which the
local press, hostile to the Democratic
ticket, headed by VIM. ]. Gaynor, is
conducting new attack while, the
Republican-fusion orators and the
supporters of w. R. Hearst have
found new fuel for an already heated
campaign.
Chas. F. Murphy, leader OF Tam
many Hall, characterized the charges
as non-sensical. "Too non-sensensical
to be worthy of discussion" he said
briefly.
Former Justice Gaynor declined to
comment on this matter. II am too
busy to go into such things now," he
said.
In his speech Gaynor whose run
ming fire on Hearst has been uninter-
rupted since the editor repudiated
him and accepted a nomination him
self said:
"A business mans word is his
bond. Even a gambler keeps his word,
but w. R. Hearsts promise is good
for nothing.
Barnard also took shot at
Hearst in his addresses. AS both
heard the fusion ticket he has re-
Trained from personalities except at
rare intervals. He said however:
This Hearst vote does not trouble
me at all. l shall beat him by 100,-
900 votes at the finish and 1 am not
giving to idle talk. What is Hearst
going to get out of this? Well, the
answer is Nothing Hearst is the 10y
al citizen and the holy martyr. This
is his new role and that is all he gets
out of it,
Touching on the white slave"
question during one of his speeches,
Mr. Barnard said:
''If there is in this city-as maga-
zine and newspapers are saying
an organized white slave traffic I
wish you would trust the fusion tick
ct to crush it. If it exists, 1t is pro-
tected by a clique in Tammany Hall.
If l am elected and the police will
not help me stamp it out, will i'm
port aid from other cities at my own
expense if necessary / would not
attempt to make a sensational cru
sade but nevertheless, an effective
one."
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-10-30
GOVERNMENT DEFRAUDED.
Has Lost Many Millions at Port of
New York.

Washington.-That the govern
ment has been defrauded out of un-
told millions of dollars through false
weighing and other devices at the
port of New York, and that the eX-
tent of losses of the government from
this source cannot even be estimated,
is the information Collector Loeb has
brought to the Treasury officials.
Much has been made of the sugar
weighing frauds, as a result of which
the government brought suits aggreg-
ating $1O,0O0,00O, and later &C
cepted a compromise on a basis of
about $2O,0OO,OO0, but there is no
longer any question in the, minds OF
Mr.. Loeb and the Treasury officials
that the losses in other merchandise
of various kinds amount to many
times s2,000,O0O.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-10-30
BIG COTTON DECREASE.
Falling Off Of 100000 Bales up to
Present.

Memphis, Tenn.-The report of J.
A. Taylor, president of the National
Ginners' Association, indicates that
there has been ginned to Oct. 18 s.
100000 bales of cotton, which is
nearly 100000 bales less than was
ginned in this period last year. The
report says:
GAS the heavy. ginning of Septem-
ber was kept up the first week in
October the falling off has nearly all
come in the last half of the latter
month.
"The crop is 1871 picked, compared
with 54.5 last year at this time, and
indicates almost crop disaster, ex-
cept in Georgia and the Carolina,
where the crop is better but not as
good as expected a month ago. The
yield Is reported disappointing in all
sections of the bolls. Mississippi,
Louisiana and Arkansas have the
shortest crop ever grown and will
total only little over. half of last
years crop, while Texas is not much
better"
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-10-30
A CHANCE FOR home RULE
1reland's Dream May Yet Be
Realized.
WHOLE KINGDOM IN A FERMENT
But Must Make the Most Of Her
Chances and Is In Need of Much
Help. Shall the Peers or the
People Rule.

New York.-Ireland has never in
her history had such a chance for
Connor, member of parliament from
Como, member of parliament from
Liverpool, friend and lieutenant of
John Dedmond, and fighter for the
Irish cause, at his hotel in this city.
He was about to leave for a recep-
ton In his hohor by Irish societies
and thUngh pressed for time he'
paused to talk optimistfcallY of lis
country's future, a subject which ne
will preach into thee. ars of Irish
Americans from now until November
10. For that is what brought him
to the United States on the Lusita-
MIA.
But there is an IT," he continued.
ireland must make the most of her
chances, and it is to ask Irish-Ameri-
cans to help her make the most Of it,
to contribute to the carrying through
of the general election now. appro-
aching, that l am here. We are poor
people, and of 81 national or Irish
members of parliament, the people
have to support perhaps sixty by pri-
vate subscriptions. A seat in the
house with us, you know. carries no
salary.
stThe whole United Kingdom is in
a ferment. Such revolutionary pub
lie utterances in responsible posi-
tions and such an answering temper
in the people have not been known
in three generations. The issue be-
fore the people has been squarely
put by Lloyd George and the peo-
pie understand it. I cannot do bet
ter than to repeat his phrase: Shah
the peers or the people rule'!"
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-10-30
Victim of Mill Accident.

The inquiry Of Deputy Coroner
Hoffpauir into the calse of the death
of young Ernest Leblanc, who was
accidentally killed while at work at
the Independent Rice Mill in Crow
ley, failed to throws any light upon
the matter. Leblanc was employed
on the third floor of the mill to look
after certain parts of the machinery
there, and while it is certain that he
was killed by coming in contact with
gigantic reel, none of the other en-
ployes on that floor was looking in
that direction at the time, and none
OF them could tell just how the ac-
c1dent came about. Leblanc was 18
years of age, and was well connected.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-10-30
LEAGUE SUSPICIOUS.
Would Be Compromise With the
Liquor Interest.

Omaha, Neb.-The first important
discussion in the national convention
of the Woman's Christian Temper
ance Union, in session here, occurr-
ed over the proposition of endorsing
the legislative committee Of Nebraska
in its stand for county option
which Mrs. Francis Beauchamp, Of
Kentucky, considered a compromise
with the liquor interests. Mrs. Beau
champ characterized the name anti
Saloon League" as suspicious at the
best and did not believe the national
organization should undertake to en-
dorse state organizations in any pol
icy which indicated a compromise
with the liquor interests.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-10-30
M'CARREN IS DEAD.
Democratic Leader of Brooklyn Loses
in Brave Fight for Life.


Democratic Leader of Brooklyn Loses
in Brave Fight for Life.
New York.-Patrick H. McCarren,
state senator and Democratic leader
of Brooklyn, died at St. Catharine's
Hospital, Brooklyn, never having
completely rallied from the effects OF
an operation for appendicitis which
was performed on October IS. His
death was not unexpected, in fact
the senator realized himself Through
out the afternoon and the early part
Of the night that his end was near.
Patrick Henry McCarren, by trade
a cooper, by profession lawyer and
by vocation a politician, was one Of
the. most picturesque in the pres
ent history of Greater New
York. No leader was ever more
roundly condemned, yet at the close
of sixty-one years of his life he was
probably the most strongly entrench-
ed leader in New York state and
had even welded. some influence III
national politics.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-10-30
Corn Supplants Cotton.

The biggest load of corn ever
brought to Baton Rouge, perhaps the
biggest ever brought down the Mis-
.sissippi river in recent years has
been landed at the wharf in Baton
Rouge by the steamer Columbia.
There were 500 sacks of corn in the
load, and it came from points along
the Atchafalaya river, consigned to
the Louisiana Feed Products Compa-
ny, of Baton Rouge. Up to this year
such load of corn from Louisiana
land was never known, and was i'm
possible. But now, instead of bring
ing cotton out of the Red river, Qua
chita and Atchafalaya bottom lands.
the boats are bringing corn.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-10-30
Cumberland Makes Petition.

The Railroad Commission of Lou
isina has received the petition of the
Cumberland Telephone Company to
the effect that the company desires
that the commission revise the toll
rates in the State of Louisiana to
meet the schedule quoted in the; Pc
tition. 1t is stated in the plea that
the company has suffered extensively
from storms and that the rates now
In force are not adequate to meet the
expenses of the concern in the main
tenance of its service, and that the
service cannot be maintained a the
schedule of rates for toll messages
now charged by conformity with the
rates established by the commission
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-10-30
increase Phone Rates
Recent Storms Given as Main
Reason for Request.
PIPE Line ACROSS The MISSISSIPPI
New Depot for Donaldsonyille, Pro-
greSsiye Hamlet has Auditorium,
Conservation of Timber. Dip
liberia ut Hammond.

The pipe that is to be used by the
Standard Oil Company in crossing
the Mississippi river has been landed.
The pipe will be taken by barge to
the point opposite the Standards two
million dollar refinery, where the
crossing will be effected. The pipe
Is eight inches in diameter, with ex-
ira heavy clasps for the joints, and
Is of such make that it can be
placed on the bottom of the river. 1t
will bend before it will break. The
pipe line of the Standard Oil has
been built from the oil fields Of Okla
homa and Caddo to Baton Rouge,
and has been practically completed
except for small section in the
Atchafalaya Swamp
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-10-30
Conserve Timber Resources.

Register Grace has received num-
ber of letters indorsing steh action
which he has taken for the conserva-
ton of the timber resources of the
State both as to the conservation con-
ference to be held in New Orleans
and the plan by which an expert for
ester is to be sent by the national
government to make report on for
estry conditions in Louisiana. A lee
turer has also been secured, who will
after Jan. 1 visit all points in the
State in the interest of d movement
for the conservation of the timber
resources and the reforesting of those
sections already denuded of its tim
Der wealth.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-10-30
INTOIhRABLE CONDITIONS.
Convict Lease System Described by
Texas Commit

Texas Comm. ttee.
Houston, Tex.-According to the
testimony of convicts before the sem
atorial committee Investigating con-
ditions in the penitentiary farms and
camps in Texas, deplorable conditions
prevail in several Of the camps. On
some of the farms, according to the
evidence of those questioned, not on
ly is sanitation poor, but those i'm
prisoned are cruelty treated.
At the Ignite mine at Calvert, the
committee found the most astound-
ing conditions. Here in some in
stances the committee found the con-
vict lease system once operative in
Georgia pales before some OF the
conditions that prevail and the testi-
mony poured from the toiiing con-
victs in the depths to the stunned
committees resembled more the tales
of the olden times than those of more
modern times.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-10-30
VIII Build Auditorium.

The progressive little town OF
Clarks, on the Iron Mountain Rail-
road, eleven miles below Columbia,
is to have a large new auditorium.
This building is now nearing COM
pletion and will +" valuable ad-
dition to the town. It is planned to
give several entertainments during
the winter, and lyceum course has
already been esta ablished.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-10-30
JEFFRIEs IN FIGHTING TRIM
And is Hungering for Scalp-Locks Of
Smoky Jack.

And is Hungering for Scalp-Locks OF
Smoky Jack.
New York.-James J. Jeffries, has
come back from his European trip
ready and fit to fight Jack johnson
for the heavy weight championship
Of the world. In the quiet environs
Of Carlsbad, Bohemia, and unobserv-
ed by the visitors to that watering
place, the one time boiler maker has
trained we'll for the Johnson hill
without giving the slightest hint to
his friends in America OF what he
was doing.
His solid hulk of frame was with
out superfluous flesh and his comt
plexion was clear. Sam Berger his
sparring partner and a host of adj
mirers at the dock were amazed al
the physical condition Of the retired
champion.
"Now, I'm ready to fight Johnson
tomorrow" said the big fellow, "and
the sooner the articles are signed the
better. I'll live up to the Berger ag-
reement, but as to the details. they
can take care of themselves"
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-10-30
Fight for Parish Seats.

The fight for the Parish Court
house of Evangeline is being fought
to a finish, with all three candidates
Mamou, Vile Platte and Eunice,
claiming same, but the outcome WILL
not be determined until after the
election, for the reason that 1t Is
quite a difficult matter to ascertain
how MANY votes will be polled.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-10-30
Immigration Colony Proposed.

Emil Linburg, Scandinavian immi-
grafton agent, of Brooklyn, N. Y, and
J. l.. Knoefler, secretary of the Louis
lana State Board of immigration,
were in Gibsland, comforting with the
Creosote, Land and immigration
Company, with view to establishing
colony of foreign immigrants IN
this immediate community.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-10-30
PeIlagra is Discovered.

A case of pellagara, the disease
that Is now battling the physicians
and scientists of the South and at
tracing the attention of the world,
has been discovered in Baton Rouge.
One Of the inmates of the orphanage
was stricken with a disease which
has been pronounced by the physi-
clans to be Iellagra, and the girl has
been taken to the hospital in New
Orleans for treatment.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-10-30
Planting New Shade Trees.

Chairman Rafe Mayer of the streets
and landings committee of Baton
Rouge is having a large number OF
young trees set out on the neutral
grounds of North Boulevard. The re-
cent storm destroyed some OF the
trees on this notable avenue, and the
city has had the debris removed and
is planting trees to take the pace
Of those destroyed.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-10-30
CHANGES IN THE NAVY.
Secretary Meyer Said to Have Ke-
commendatiOnS

Washington.-Acce the facts.
the inference and the conclusion OF
the members of the Swift Board, to
which were referred all suggestions
relating to reorganization of the navy
and changes in the way of making
plans for battleships, Secretary Mey-
er Is reported to be ready to submit
recommendations on the subject to
President Taft that call for the aboli-
ton of the Southern navy yards, the
placing of all authority over each of
the remaining yards in the hands OF
one officer and the designing of the
ships for the navy in the hands of a
board of design.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-10-30
Plan to Control Market.

= At meeting Of the Board of Dir
ectors Of the Iberia Truck Growers
Association it was decided to call a
meeting of the representatives of all
the truck growers associations in
the southern part of the State in New
Iberia, Wednesday, Dec. Is, for the
purpose of forming a truck growers
league for Southern Louisiana. 1t
was stated that the idea of forming
the league was instigated by the nee
essity for protecting the truck grow
ers Of the whole southern portion of
the State, and it is thought that
such an association will bring about
better railroad rates.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-10-30
-sS-
WINDOW GLASS OUTPUT
Big Enterprise to Regulate Hand
Made Product.

New York.-To regulate the out
put of handmade window glass is
the plan of the Imperial Window
Glass Company, capital of 100000
600, to represent about 80 per cent
of the factories outside of the $2o,-
100000 American Window Glass; Ma
chine Company, which CONTROLS the
machine-made glass.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-10-30
On Tour Of Jnspection,

J. T. Young. member of the Board
of Control of the State Penitentiary,
has gone to Capt. Hoods camp, near
White Castle, on tour of inspection
for the board. All the available Ia
Dor which the board is able to spare
from other points is being moved to
Hope plantation for the grinding sea-
SON
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-10-30
Thieves Enter Store.

Thieves entered the hardware store
of the Eunice Hardware and lmple-
ment Company, Limited, and stole
ten pistols, one hundred pocket khl-
YES and about twenty-five razors.
Sheriff Swords of Opelousas is work.
ing on the case.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-10-30
1000 Acres Sold for $50, 900.

Valence plantation, situated in the
lower part of Assumption parish, was
sold to E. C. RobichauX of Thibodaux
for 100000. Valence plantation con-
tains nearly 1900 acres of land under
cultivation and belongs to the VAL
ence Planting Company.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-10-30
Reauisition Has Been Issued.

A requisition has been issued for
Percy B. Sullivan, who escaped from
the Jail at Alexandria,, where he was
held for violating the insurance laws
of the State. The event occurred in
1901 and when his attorney recently
rendered the fine of s340 assessed
against him the insurance authorities
were satisfied, but the charge Of
breaking Jail stands and he is to be
brought from Springfield, ILL.,, to ans
wer to the charge.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-10-30
Adiufanf General ISSues Order.

Adjutant General Stafford has is-
sued an order calling out company E
of Baton Rouge, Captain Fitch COM
manding, to report to o. B. Steele, on
Oct. 29. The company is to be one
of the escorts for President Taft
when he arrives in Baton Rouge on
the night of Oct. 90. The committee
is furthering its. arrangements for
the Taft celebration.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-10-30
PARIS PRESS SATISFIED.
Believes Change for Better Will Come
in Spain's Favor.

Paris.-The press halls with sat
isfaction the fall of the Maura CaDi-
net in Spain, and expresses the hope
that the change of government marks
the beginning of better days for that
monarchy. The newspapers here are
especially pleased that the possibility
Of the French-Spanish complications
regarding affairs in Morocco appear
to have passed. The Socialist papers
consider that the defeat of the con-
servative government was due more
to indignation manifested abroad
than to the domestic situation.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-10-30
Oil Asphalt Road Satisfactory.

Mayor S. P. Powers, o. P. Romero
and Chief Meguez, of New Iberia, Wis
tied Lafayette in an autobomile to in
spect the asphalt road just laid by
the Standard Oil Company on John
son Street. They expressed them
selves well satisfied with results and
say they have no doubt of the en-
tire reliability of the asphalt oil
road. New Iberia has tried shell
roads and a small stretch of dirt road
and the object of the inspection was
to become certain as to the success
and durability of the new PROCESS Of
road building under varying condi-
tiOns. .,..
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-10-30
Rice Growers "Strike."

A. big strike is on among the rice
growers of Western Acadia-and
Calcasieu parishes. Mr.. Rousell. from
Midland says the rice growers Will
stick together and vigorously protest
against the Sc new rate in augurated
by the Louisiana Irrigation and Mill
Company. A mass meeting has been
held and more are expected to follow.
A Kansas City Southern passen-
ger train left the track at Orange
Vile, La, but no one was injured.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-10-30
Cotton Mills Ordered Closed.

Raleigh, NJ C.-The board of govt
ernors of tie American Textile asso-
citation has ordered all the big cot
ton mills of North and South Carroll
ma to close down for a period Of from
fourteen to thirty days, in order to
curtail the magufscture OF cotton.