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Lower coast gazette., 1909-07-31
MOB DOES ITS WORK
LYNCH1NG WITNESSED BY a
LARGE CROWD.
Mob Overpowered the Oficers-Town
Calaboose Broken In and
Negro Executed.

Paris, Tenn.-Tueslay night at $50
O'Clock a mob of about fifteen masNrd
men marched to the city cataboo,e, and
in the presence of perhaps 1,5oo people,
who seemed to be largely in sympathy
with them, battered down the doors Of
the calaboose and took out Albert Law
son, a negro, who shot Sheriff r. II.
Compton on Sunday morning. and
hanged him to a tree, about fifty feet
from the cell. They then dispersed with
out a single shot or any rowdyism to
mark the work which was done with
such care and dispatch.
From the time OF the shooting Of
Sheriff Compton excitement has been in
tense. Crowds c%ongregated on the streets,
vehicles and armed men on horses dashed
to and fro. Squads of men could be seen
at all times assembling on the Court
Square and on the street corners, and at
every anxious and angry citizens
collected, anxious to learn something Of
the assailant's whereabouts. The sher-
iif's condition was also a subject of
much inquiry, but only a few of his per.
sonat friends were admitted to see him.
The above was the order of affairs each
hour for three days.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-07-31
Road Improvement Plans,

Hammond.-An adjourned meeting
of the Hammond Progressive Union
was held recently to further consider
ways and meal of securing a more
equal division of the funds budgeted
for road purposes by the police jury
Of the parish. At a former meeting
it had been decided to petition the
police jury to divide the seventh
ward, in which Hammond and Pom
chatoula are located, as the best
means of relief, which would put
each of the towns in a ward by it.
self, and each would receive the
amount of taxes paid by them. The
people of Ponchatoula, fearing this
to be a move of the whisky interests
to once more force saloons upon
them, sent a large delegation to the
meeting here to protest against the
proposal to divide. After a thorough
discussion Of the subject by promi-
nent business men of both towns, 1t
was finally decided to drop the prop
osition to divide, and all work to-
gether for the common good. A com
mittee, composed of the following
representative citizens, was selected:
]. R. Abels, F. w. Sherman, John La
vigne, H. P. Mitchell, E. w. Vine
yard of P0nchatoula; Howard Saint,
L. D. Spencer, T. w. Cate, ]. C. Far
ley and B. H. Brooks of Hammond
and the police jury will be asked to
turn over the sum allotted to the
seventh ward for road purposes to
these gentlemen, and give them the
supervision of building and keeping
in repair the roads of the ward. If
necessary, a road district will be
formed and a special tax levied to
furnish funds for their use in this
work.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-07-31
COUPLE MARRY Three TIMES
Same Woman Bride Of Joshua Ste'
phens, Now 70 Years Old.

Joplin, Mo.-After being twice mar.
ried and twice divorced, Joshua Steph.
ems, 70 years old, of Memphis, and his
wife, Mrs. Hattie Stephens, "A years
old, Of Lyons, Kan, we're married for
the third time in Joplin today.
The couple were first married in Ten
nessee on June s, 1856, the wedding be-
ing the elimination Of a romance which
began when they were residing on farms
in the same neighborhood. When the
war broke out between the States, Ste.
phens entered the Confederate ranks.
After serving two years he returned.
Thirteen years afterward they quarreled
and obtained a divorce. Five years later
they were married again. After their
second marriage they moved to Iowa,
and later to Kansas. In 1902 they again
quarreled and separated. Mrs. Stephens
secured a divorce. By agreement, she
remained on the farm in Kansas with
one of their married sons, and he re-
turned to Tennessee to live with q son
there.
Through the efforts of the Kansas son
a third marriage wa planned, and they
arranged to meet Mrs. Stephens sister
from Canada here when the ceremony
was performed.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-07-31
NEGRO Will Paw the Penalty.

Natchitoches.-After being out all
night, the jury in the case of Bud
Zeno, a negro, charged with murder,
rendered a verdict of guilty as charg-
ed, condemning the prisoner to death.
The crime for which Zeno will for
felt his life is the killing OF two wo-
men and the serious wounding of a
third in December, 1907, when he was
farming just below this city. He be.
ann angered with the woman, Mary
Fobbs, with whom he was living, and
told her not to visit her two sisters,
who lived on the same plantation, or
he would kill her. She disobeyed,
and he, leaving his mule and plow
standing in the field, went to a near
by house, borrowed a gun on the pre-
text of wanting to kill a snake, went
to the house of Lizzie and Carrie
Fobbs, and without warning shot
dswn Lizzie and then shot Carrie,
and turning upon Mary Fobbs shot
her to death. Zeno made his escape
and for more than a year masQuerad.
ed in woman's clothing until finally
given away by a woman.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-07-31
COMING BY RIVER
WILL JOURNEY FROM ST, LOUIS
TO NEW ORLEANS.
Will Be Guest of Deep Waterways
Observation-Disclosures With Pres
ident Diaz Set for Oct. 10.

Washington.-President Taft's plans
for his Western and Southern trip in
the fall are gradually taking definite
shape. He has decided that he will
make the trip down the Mississippi river
from st. Louis to New Orleans late in
October, as the guest Of the Deep Water
ways Convention, which will be held in
New Orleans upon his arrival there.
The date of the presidents meeting
with President Diaz, of Mexico, at Ell
Paso, Texas, has definitely been set for
October IS. The president will spend
October IS at San Antonio, Texas, and
then will make a four days visit to the
ranch of his brother, Charles P. Taft,
near Corpus Christi.
Leaving the ranch, the president will
stop at Houston October %, and 60
thence direct to st. Louis to begin his
trip down the Mississippi.
President Taft added Columbus, Ca,
to the list of places he will visit. He
made this promise to a committee from
the board of trade and city council of
that city, who were escorted to the White
House by President Adanson.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-07-31
THE GREAT SEAL
Affixed Only to Papers Signed by
the President.
History Of It's Development Down to
the Present Time-Frankl;a's OBJ
lection to the Eagle as the
National Bird.

Observation-Disclosures Hunt, chief
Of the division of manuscripts, has
just completed a historical sketch of
the Great Seal of the United States,
the sketch telling of the various stages
of development through which the seal
went before the one now in use was
finally adopted.
When the continental congress
made the diverse Of the great seal the
national arms it intended that the de-
vice should pass into common use
among the people, as the flag had
done, and, like the flag, the arms at
first met with general approval, which
soon gave place to an acceptance OF It
as an emblem Of the power and SOW
ereignty of the United States, which
placed it above criticism.
Not all the fathers of the republic,
however, were pleased with the selec-
ton of the eagle as the national IN
blem. When the badge Of the Order Of
the Society Of the Cincinnati was
made. in France in 1884 it was object
ed to by some because the displayed
eagle resembled a turkey.
For my part" wrote Benjamin
Franklin, January &c, 1884, to his
daughter, Il wish the bald eagle had
not been chosen as the representative
of our country; he does not get his liv-
ing honestly; you may have seen him
perched on some dead tree. where, too
lazy to fish for himself. he watches
Lower coast gazette., 1909-07-31
Want Normal Schools.

Baton Rouge.-State Superintend-
ent Harris is in favor of the estab-
lishment in Il of the country par
ishes of the state and out in the
country of a normal school for negro
teachers. Mr.. Harris has been
brought to this decision by the good
work that has been done by the ne,
gro teachers in the summer normals
that were conducted during the past
two months. The superintendent be.
lieves that TO raise the standard of
the negro teaching force that the
establishment of a normal is essen
tial. What is wanted is a normal in
which instruction can be given in
agriculture and the domestic sciences.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-07-31
HARVEST OF The HURRICANE
Thirteen Additional Victims-Re'
ported-Loss $2,00o,000.

New Orleans, La.-With definite re-
ports today of thirteen additional
deaths not heretofore recorded as the
result of the hurricane which swept
portions of Texas and Louisiana last
Wednesday, the death list tonight totals
forty.one, with six persons previously
reported missing still u~naccounted for.
While the various towns and cities
which suffered damage in the hurricane
have reported property losses aggregat'
ing in the last reports over 100000
the vast area swept by the hurricane and
the absence of estimates as to crop
damage, makes impossible anything like
a correct estimate of the total damage
done. Many rural sections in which
many residences and barns were dam
aged or destroyed are also believed to
be absent from the list of losses.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-07-31
Want a Woman Janitor.

Napoleonville.--An important spe.
cial meeting of the Mothers Club
was held recently at the rooms Of
the Bank of Nap%oleonville. The en-.
tertainment which was to have been
given in the next few days was post.
poned owing to the death of the
young daughter of Prof. c. ]. O'Far.
rell, principal Of the high school.
Among other subjects discussed at
the meeting were the securing of a
woman IS @janitor for the coming
session at the high school and the
improving of the play grounds.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-07-31
Poisoning the Boil Weevll.

Plaucheville.-The experiment sta.
ton agent fer this precinct was here
recently to see the result of the co.,
ton which has been poisoned. He
seemed to be satisfied that great
benefit can be had in making cotton
Paris green as used here. The re-
suits so far are very good. Although
Mr.. Perrin seemed at first to have
had no faith in the poisoning, it
seems as though he has changed his
mind and will advocate the poison
ing. Cotton that looked as though it
would not bloom here at first has
now from twenty to twenty-five bolls
to the stalk and blooming at the
rate of six blooms to the stalk a
day.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-07-31
LOUISIANA EVENTS
All Around the State During the Past
Few Days-What Is Going On
and Where and Why.
Bulletin on Bean Growing.

Baton Kouge.-The louisiana state
Experiment Station has issued a bull
letin on the Pod Disease OF Beans,
which gives The information that the
station has found a remedy TOR this
disease. The bulletin says in part.
The greatest drawback to the grow
ing of beans in Louisiana is the trout
BILE that is called spot. PROBABLY
there is no state in the Union that
grows beans to any extent not TAMIL
lar with the appearance OF tae pod
spot. Beans are profitable crop
when the disease is absent, but when
Il is present the financial returns are
very apt to be negative. Consequent
ly it is not surprising to hear OF the
reluctance of the truckers to grow
more of the crop. The experiment
station has been working on this
trouble during the past two years,
and it is believed that the control
of the disease rests in the hands OF
the grower. Plant the beans, If prac-
ticable, so that the plants will not
touch each other when grown. We
have found three beans to the hill,
and the hills Is inches apart, very
satisfactory. After the beans come
up, stay out of the field until the
large, thick seed leaves drop off.
This will only take a few days. This
disease is carried on these leaves,
and on walking through the field
the disease Is liable to be carried
from a diseased plant to healthy ones
on the clothing. After the leaves
have fallen the plant may be cult
waited, or hoed, as desired, taking the
following precautions. Do not enter
the field when the plants are wet,
either from dew or from rain. Only
enter the field when tae plants are
perfectly dry. The germs of the dis
ease are very sticky, and are easily
carried from plant to plant when
moist. However, when they are dry
it is very difficult to rub them of
from the diseased plant. Do not
by any e a try to cultivate or hoe
the plant when wet, as you are sure,
If this disease is in the field, to carry
It to all the plants"
Lower coast gazette., 1909-07-31
RESCUED CHILDREN-DIED
Galloway County Woman Horribly
Burned in Explosion.

Paducah, Ky.-After saving her two
children from burning to death and her
home from destruction by fire, Mrs.
Noah Parks, a resident of Galloway
county, blistered from head to foot, mott
fed her husband over the telephone of
what had happened, and died as he en-.
tered the house.
Mrs. Parks had been ironing with a
patent gasoline iron. Leaving it for a
few minutes, her two small children over.
turned it, and an explosion followed, set
ting the room on fire. She rescued the
children, who were painfully burned, and
in quenching the flames her clothing ig
nited, fearfully burning her about the
body, limbs and head.
Staggering to the telephone, she in.
formed her husband of what had taken
place and her condition, and fell to the
floor. Mrs. Parks died on her husbands
arrival.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-07-31
High School, Building Plans.

Kentwood.-The committee ap-
pointed to select plans for the new
Kentwood high school building met
recently. Nine plans were submit.
ted. Those of R. H. Hunt of Chat.
tanooga, Tenn, were decided upon.
The plans of w. l.. Stevens Of New
Orleans were second in favor. The
building will be three stories and
basement, with we'll arranged class
rooms and large auditorium. The
complete plans and specifications are
to be gotten out at once.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-07-31
Hook Worm in Navy.

Washington.-The hook worm, or
"lazy bug" as it has been shown to
exist in the Southern States, according
to investigations Of the physical condi.
ton of army recruits, will form an in.
teresting chapter in the Forthcoming re-
port of the surgeon general of the army,
and probably will lead to a widespread
effort on the part of the boards of
health in the Southern States to eradi-
cate this disease.
Through the very careful and thor
ough methods that have been adopted
in the United States army through the
selection of recruits and in the care Of
men after their enlistment, this disease
has been shown to exist to a large ex.
tent.
West Virginia, Virginia, North Caro-
lima, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida,
Alabama and Tennessee all supplied re.
cruits that were infected.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-07-31
Saw He Is Unfit to Teach.

Montgomery, Ala.-Because he has al
ligned himself with the organizatio,
who are opposing the prohibition sectio,
in the state constitution, Leon c. Nc
Cord, prominent as a lawyer, was asked
by the Dexter Avenue Methodist Sunda,
school to resign his place as teacher. Thi'
action was taken after a session of TIN
church officers in which it was held thai
the associations of Mr.. McCord wer,
such as to render him unfit to furthel
conduct the class, which is made up o
young men, and is one of the largest i,
the city.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-07-31
SAVED BY HIS CORK LEGS
Remarkable Story of Cripple Caught
in Galveston Storm.

in Galveston Storm.
Galveston, Tex.-William Davies, of
Groveton, Texas, a legless man, 80 years
of age, furnished the most thrilling
experience of any of the storm victims
so far recorded. He was a guest at the
Tarpon finishing pier, located on the
north jetty, six miles from Galveston,
in the gulf, and with others was thrown
into the sea when the big building was
demolished by the hurricane.
Before the building collapsed, Davies
discarded his two cork legs and, catch
ing some of the debris, was carried sea-
ward on the storm tide about fifteen
miles, washed time and again from the
raft. 1t finally broke up, and he was
sent adrift in the gulf. Searching about
for debris to catch on to he was as
founded to see his cork legs floating with
the current, and grabbed them. With
these supports under his arms he swan
back into the bay and was carried by
the tides into Galveston upper bay, thir.
ty miles from where the pier collapsed,
and was picked up by a boat. He was
in the water thirty hours, twelve of
which he was battling with the storm
waves.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-07-31

the labor Of the fishing hawk, and.
when that diligent bird has at length
taken a fish and is bearing 1t to his
nest for the support of his mate and
young ones, the bald eagle pursues
him and takes 1t from him. With all
this injustice he is never in good
caste; but, like those among men who
live by sharping and robbing, he is
generally poor and often very lousy.
Besides, he Is a rank coward; the it,
tie kingbird, not bigger than a spar.
row, attacks him boldly and drives
him out Of the district. He is there
fore by no means a proper emblem
for the brave and honest Cincinnati
OF America. who have driven all the
kingbirds from our country"
The seal itself has, of course, a very
limited use, which is strictly guarded
by law. The secretary of state Is it's
custodian, but even he has no authori-
ty to afix 1t to any paper that does not
bear the presidents signature.
In 1903 Chief Justice Marshall, in
delivering an opinion Of the supreme
court, used the following language rel
alive to the seal. 1t may be consid-
cred applicable to all instruments to
which the seal is affixed:
The signature (of the president) is
a warrant for afixing the great seal
to the commission, and the great seal
is only to b0 affixed to an instrument
which Is complete. 1t a~ttests, by an
act supposed to be of public notoriety.
the verify of the presidential sigma
ture.
1T is never to be affixed till the
commission Is signed, because the sig.
nature which gives force and effect to
the commission is conclusive evidence
that the appointment is made.
The commission being signed, the
subsequent duty of the secretary OF
state is prescribed by law, and not to
be guided by the will of the president.
He is to afix the seal of the United
States to the commission, and Is to
record It,"
At the present time the seal of the
United States is affixed to the CON-
missions Of all cabinet officers and
diplomatic and consular officers who
are nominated by the president and
confirmed by the senate; all ceremo-
NOUS communications from the prasi.
dent to the heads of foreign govern
meDts: all treaties, conventions and
formal agreements of the president
with foreign powers; all proclama-
tons by the president; all %exequators
to foreign consular officers In the Uni
ted States who are appointed by the
heads of the governments which thew
represent; to warrants b. the presi-
dent to receive persons surrendered
by foreign governments under extra
dition treaties, and to all miscella-
.neous commissions of civil officers an.
pointed by the president, by and with
the advice and consent Of the senate.
whose appointments are not now es.
pecially directed by law to be signed
under a different seal.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-07-31

NOT ENOUGH MOISTURE
COTTON CROP MADE GAINS IN
SOME SECTIONS.
Plant Small But Well Cultivated.
Picking in Southern Georgia
aud Southern Texas.

Memphis, Tenn.-Rainfall in the cot
ton belt throughout the month of Jul,
has been light. This has been favorable
to the extent that it has permitted thor
ough cultivation, but now that suci
cultivation has been accomplished, the
need for rain is becoming general. Out
side of Texas there has as yet been nc
acute suffering.
The plant has not made rapid growth
and is still small everywhere except in
Oklahoma, but it is stocky and would
readily respond to the stimulation OF
abundant moisture.
In Texas reports covering the week
show that abundant rains fell in south.
ern and western parts of the state, and
that the crop, although it had suffered
severely, was much benefited. In cen.
trail and northern counties some rains
fell, with great benefit to the cotton,
but many districts in these sections had
very light showers or no rain at all, and
are still dry,
The most marked gains during the
week were made in Alabama, Georgia
and the Carolinas, where the crop in
many instances now makes better prom
Use than was at one time thought posi-
Bile.
Mississippi-Where rain fell in this
state the crop looks much better.
Throughout the delta it is quite dry,
and although the crop is now in a good
state of cultivation, it is not growing
rapidly.
Tennessee-The crop i'll Tennessee is
doing well. Some correspondents say it
is quite promising and above an aver
age. 1t is rapidly being laid by. A
good general rain would be beneficial.
Alabama-The cotton crop is another
week gone toward maturity. Weather
was very favorable, showers being bene-
fetal, and since the crop is clean it is
growing rapidly. Farmers now expect
to make much more cotton than was at
one time thought possible.
Arkansas-There are complaints that
the plant needs rain. Showers which
fell were only local, and there are Sec
lions which have been dry for weeks.
The plant, as a rule, however, is
thrifty.
Georgia-The crop in Georgia is in
the best condition of the month. In
central and southern counties its con-
dition is excellent. A few locally heavy
rains fell, but the damage was not ex'
~tensive.
Louisiana-The crop improved during
the week. Such rains as fell in the cot
ton territory were beneficial, while the
hot weather is holding the boil weevil
in check.
Texas-In the territory south of a line
drawn from Navasota to Burnet and
west Of a line from Burnet to Vernon
abundant rains have fallen. In most Of
this territory the crop will be greatly i'm.
proved by reason of the moisture, al
though in the southwest it is impossi.
Bile to regain all the loss. Elsewhere
some good rains have fallen in localities,
while other localities not far distant
have had very light showers o. no rain
at all. Around Dallas and in Northern
Texas it is becoming quite dry.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-07-31

italian Wishes to Collect Damages.
New Orleans.-The parish of Tan
gipahoa, Sheriff John Saal and his
bondsmen, John H. Ellis, Henry S.
Weigel, Charles Stewart and Andrew
J. Afford, have been made defend
ants in a suit filed in the United
States circuit court as a result of
the riots Of July 1908, wherein the
property and persons of the Italians
OF Natalbany in that parish were at
tackled by an armed mob. The petit
TONERS in the present suit is Collage.
70 Parrino. who sues for $4,000.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-07-31
Kemp Gets Medal at Last.

Ann Arbor, Mich.-Capt. Joseph Kemp,
. Civil War %pensioner, has just received
from Washington a bronze medal author.
lied by congress in 1864 for bravery at
the battle of the Wilderness. As a mem.
Der of Company F, Fifth Michigan vol.
unteers, Kemp dashed into the ranks of
the enemy and captured the flag of the
Thirty-frst North Carolina regiment,
tearing it away from the staff, which the
Southern color bearer held securely. How
the delivery of the medal came to be de.
layed S many years is not known.