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The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-06-19

In The Air.

The proposed change in SEIZED.
ule on the L. R. Il N. will not 20
into effect on Sunday, June 20.
1t is reported that the change
will not take place till one week
later, possibly July 1st, and
probably not at all.
Railroad officials have not given
out the reason for the temporary
postponement but it is coniect.
ured that the real reason for
hesitation is on account of the
difficulty of navigating Old River
In the night time at certain sea.
sons of the year, on account of
dense fogs. This stream is very
narrow and crooked, so much 80
that pilots cannot depend upon
charts and the compass but rely
solely upon their sight of the
bank on either side. In the past,
the fogs have been so heavy,
even in the day time, that the
transfer boat had to tie to the
bank and wait for them to lift, so
it can easily be seen what an OBJ.
stacle this feature offers to the
idea of night trains over this line
between New Orleans and
Shreveport. The L. R. & N. has
long wanted to put on a train
that could compete with the T.
& P. into New Orleans from the
west, but has been deferred for
the reasons given above. Wheth.
er it has at last solved the prob
lem remains to be seen.
The people here would appre.
preciate these night trains, if
they can be run successfully,
provided the present trains are
not taken off, but they have just
cause for complaint if the morn
ing train out of New Orleans
comes no further than Baton
Rouge, and that service could
easily be extended as far as
Bayou Sara or Angola.
If the railroad does make this
change, we will not get any mail
or daily papers until 3 p. m.
during the week days, and not at
all on Sunday, and Sunday base
ball here will be killed.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-06-19

At the initial session at Baton
Rouge of the School Problem
Commission of the Louisiana
Teachers Association, Miss
Elsie Cross, of New Orleans, was
elected President, and decision
was reached to undertake an in
yestigation Of the best method Of
selecting textbooks and teaching
English.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-06-19

The nomination of Louis P.
Bryant, to be surveyor of Gus
toms for New Orleans, was con-
flrmed by the Senate. This is a
victory for the Lily Whites.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-06-19
ROSEBUDS.

AT a meeting of the Grand
Chapter, o. +. S. the latter part
of last week at Monroe, La, Mrs.
ElOise G. Balmer, of New Orleans,
was unanimously elected Worthy
Grand Matron; ]. X. Matthews,
st. Francisville, Grand Patron;
Miss Fannie Nelkin, NatchitO-
ches, and Mrs. d. f. McCul.
Tough, Shreveport, Associate
Grand MatrOns; Mrs. NJ. K. Dun.
can, Alexandria, Grand Secre-
tary; Mrs. p. A. Mills, Shreve-
port, Grand Treasurer; Mrs. w.
G. C. Storm, Morgan City, Grand
Conductor; Mrs. Talitha Downs,
Monroe, Associate Grand Con.
ductOr.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-06-19
Meadylle Under Martial Law.

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owing to outbreak between the
warning clans of Newman and
Prichard the day previous.
After a pitched battle on the
Main street, the dead we're DR..
A. M. Newman, Chancery Clerk
and leader of his clan; Silas Rey.
nolds, allied with the Prichards.
LenOx Newman, son of the doc.
tor, was fatally wounded. Her.
bert Applewhite, Ernest New
man and W. L. Boyd were
wounded.
DIR. Newman, who always went
heavily armed, was driving down
the main street when a shot was
fired at him from a Second.story
window. He jumped from his
buggy and got out OF range un.
der a shed. There he was met
by Applewhite and Reynolds,
who opened fire on him, which
he returned. DR.. Newman's sons
came to his rescue, and Boyd and
some others joined Reynolds and
Applewhite, a regular pitched
battle with Winchesters and
revolvers was fought to a finish.
When the smoke had cleared
away, it was found that nearly
every one who had participated
in the fight was wounded. DR..
Newman had evidently been
killed by Applewhite, while DR..
Newman had killed Reynolds
before himself succumbing to the
half a dozen wounds which
showed on his body.
Boyd is a piano agent and is
supposed to have fired the first
shot at DR.. Newman. He made
his escape.
The trouble dates back to the
whitecap prosecutions in this
Franklin) county and two neigh
boring counties. Negro settlers
had been whitecaped out of the
counties, but some of them had
been run off of Government
hOmesteads, and this gave the
Federal Government jurisdiction.
Indictments were found against
200 of the citizens of Franklin
County. DR.. Newman was re-.
garded as one of the leaders of
the movement. 1t was recog.
nized by Judge Niles that many
of the men had been forced into
the movement, and after a num-
Der of consultations he agreed
that if they would all plead
guilty, he would fine them S25
each and suspend sentence dur.
ing good behavior. DR.. Newman
and several others were the only
ones in the lot who paid their
fines.
From that time on bad blood
existed between the Newmans
and the Prichards, the former
holding the latter responsible in
some way for the action of the
Federal Government. In 1903
DR.. Newman, who had been
Sheriff of the county, entered
the race for Chancery Clerk
against Charles A. Prichard, and
beat him.
The elimination came on the
afternoon of April q last, when
I,Dr. Newman and Cornelius
Prichard started shooting at
each other almost in front of the
Courthouse, the Doctors sons
and several of the Prichards par.
ticipating and several being
wounded, Cornelius Prichard be-
ing killed. DR.. Newman was
acquitted and this fact ranked
in the bosom of his enemies, and
that he died with his boots on is
no surprise.
The presence of the militia j,
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-06-19

II is stated that the President
will wait until tariff bill gets in
conference before urging his
downward revision ideas.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-06-19

One of the largest plantations
in Tensas parish has been bought
by Northern capitalists for
truck farm.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-06-19

Eastern capital is behind a
project to drain $4,000 acres of
land in the southern portion of
Vermillion Parish, for colonial
ton by truck-growers and stock
raisers.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-06-19

The order of Elks at its last
annual session held in Dallas,
provided for a Flag Day TO be
celebrated annually wherever a
lodge of the order exists. The
first Flag Day was observed June
IA, by the Elks. This admirable
observance will form a school for
patriotism.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-06-19

An Amite City negress died of
poison after eating blackberries
off the bush.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-06-19

Mr.. Francis Louis KnOblOch of
Thibodaux is to be married on
June 30, to Miss Estelle Capde-
vielle of Baton Rouge. Mr..
KnOblOch is a promising young
lawyer, editor OF the ThibOdaux
Commercial Journal, and late
president of the Louisiana Press
Association. We extend thanks
for an invitation TO the wedding,
and our hearty congratulations TO
him on his becoming a benedict.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-06-19

The man who gets mad at what
the newspaper says about him
should return thanks three times
a day for what the newspaper
knew about him and suppressed.
-Hohenwald Tenn Herald.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-06-19

Fabian S. Bouvy, who killed
Prof. F. F. Van Ingen in the
presence of his bride on a Texas
and Pacific train last October,
got a mistrial, the jury standing
eight for manslaughter and four
for acquittal, was granted his APP.
plication for bail by Judge Calvin
K. Schwing, and the bond fixed
at $4,000. 1t was given him on
the ground of i'll health.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-06-19

tom second man to collapse
A,o,. nervous strain over the
picl, ''ulae Locks is j. B. Dim.
Datas@ assistant ~ engineer for the
". 0'ates' He died on Mon
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-06-19
mississippi Men Remember.

4, Philadelphia, Pa, MAY 19.-In
vixen OF their appreciation of the
NY. ssplIalltY shown them by Mr..
i mrs. Emanuel Wolf during
40 stay at Bayou Sara, La,
- sauOrs Of the battleship Mis-.
ppl, now at the Philadelphia
Ivy Yards, have contributed
N ''ru q fund for the purchase
~ s',lVer loving cup to be pre-.
'u 70 their former hosts in
I'M uaae of the enlisted men of
,,., 'tlp' Of solid silver, the cup
|SaI IuS'Ve Of the base, stands Az
m s'sS 1aif. 1t is inscribed, ITO
sns ana Mrs. Emanuel Wolf, in
4 ,1aa , ~ of their hospitality
/ lonis, 'lle ship was. at Bayou Sara,
|Ssa' lSOa' May 10Th, 1909, we
NM 4i'S'ed men of the Missis-
'p' present this CUP"
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-06-19
There Are Others
The Port Gibson Reyeile.

The Port Gibson Reyeille.
The average Mississippi
farmer buys canned and dried
fruits-likewise canned and dried
other goods. He gets up at the
alarm of a Connecticut clock,
fastens his Chicago suspenders
to his Detroit overalls, washes
his face with Cincinnati soap in a
Pennsylvania washpan; sits down
to a Grand Rapids table and eats
Indiana hOminy fried in ST. JOS
eph lard on a st. Louis stove.
Then he puts a st. Louis bride
on a Tennessee mule fed on Iowa
corn and plOws a farm covered
by an Ohio mortgage with a
Chattanooga pillow. When bed
time comes he reads a chapter
from Il Bible printed in Chicago,
says a prayer written in Jerusa,
lem and crawls under a blanket
made in New Jersey, only to be
kept awake by a Mississippi dog
which is about tie only home
raised product on the place"
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-06-19

More than 20 per cent of the
1921 boil weeyils confined in
the experimental cages at Man
sura, last fall, survived the win
ter and have hibernated, indicat-
ing that climatic and other con-
ditiOns in central Louisiana are
favorable to heavy propagation
of the pest. Planters who de-
strOyed their cotton stalks be-
fore Oct. 20 are assured Of a
three. fOurths crop this year.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-06-19

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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1909-06-05
Choral Union.

A very delightful and entertaining
concert was given in Music Hall last
Friday evening by the Choral Union
of the Arts and Crafts Club. This
concert marked the conclusion OF
the second seasons work under the
direction of Rev. Benjamin Swift.
The chorus was assisted by Mrs.
A. b. Pinney, soprano; Mrs. f. W.
Whitcomb of Burlington, contraIto ;
Mr.. Parker Child of Boston, tenor ;
Mr. King r Lille Of Boston, bari
tone; Miss BuzzelI Of Woodstock,
reader Mrs. George W. Merrill,
who has been accompauist for the
union during the winter, was the
accompanist for the concert, and the
orchestra was under direction Ct
Benjamin Sherwin
The several numbers OF the first
part of the program including a
reading by Miss Buzzell were well
rendered and thoroughly enjoyed.
Gaul's Canrata of Ruth was given
for the second part of the program
the characters being taken as follows;
Ruth soprano, Mrs Pinney; Namoi
contralto, Mrs. Whitcomb; Orpah,
mezzo-soprano, Mrs W. II. Moore
Boaz, baritone, Mr.. Lille.
This canta,a was rendered in a
most creditable manner, the chorus
showing the effects Of careful train
ing and most commendablc degree
Of skill in Interpreting the various
numbers of the Cantata. That the
choruses were so well given is d
distinct tribute to the work of the
conductor.
The solos we're we'll rendered and
eui yed by all.
1t is a matter of regret that I
larger audience was not present tC
enjoy this rare and unusual treat
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1909-06-05
Fire Destroys Mill.

Mill No ? of the Green Mountain
Pulp company at Huntington Falls
in Weybridge was destroyed by fire
early Sunday morning. The loss is
$4,000 with 100000 insurance
Thirty men were employed. AS
there had been no fire in the mill
during the week, it is supposed that
the building was struck by lightning
during severe thunderstorm which
ragged the night of the % Of May.
The fire was discovered at l:l5
in the morning and in fighting the
flames, James CartmeIl, the assistant
superintendent, had his right foot
caught in the gearing and badly
crushed.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1909-06-05
Unhealthy State for Burglars

For number of years Vermont
has been favolite resort for bur-
glars, pickpockets and other probes
sional law-breakers The light fin
gered gentry some time ago learned
to their sorrow that Vermont is a
good state to stay away from, and
now burglar from another state
has met a fate which ought to be a
warning to those professional tourists
inclined to follow his example. The
North Adams, Mass, Transcript says:
"The shooting dead Of burglar
at Hyde Park, VT, Saturday morn
ing was IA good job. When a man
detected in burglary and ordered b.
hold up his hands puts one of them
to his hip it is time to shoot, and the
young man did exactly the right
thing
If it becomes necessary, every
citizen in Vermont can be made a
deputy sheriff in order to make it
possible to 60 cunning for burglars
and pickpockets, for the people Of
the Green Mountain state have be-
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1909-06-05
SOUTH POMFRET.
ABBoTr LIBRARY NOTES.

4 friend has sent in three letters.
In writing of them he says, " ! en-
close the three Robert Paddock let
ters. In great many respects these
letters are remarkable. The one
dated Albany, June the 10, l726,
would indicate that he had embarked
upon pretty serious business, proba-
bly, doing military duty. The letter
dated Half Moon, June ye 25, 1856,
shows clearly that he was in the ser
vice of his country. Camp Fort Ed
ward August ye 81. 1856. lie speaks
Of a sickIy and dying time in our
camp.
Six months later Jonathan Frankie,
ESQ.,, Judge of the Court of Pro-
bate for the District Of Windham, in
His NIajestys Colony Of Connecticut
IN New England Holding the said
court, appointed ON the first day of
March, 1857, Mrs Ruth Paddock ad-
minIstratrix of the estate of Robert
Paddock State of Mansfield
Thus it would seem that he was
either killed in the French and
Indian war; or died in consequence
Of it,
Finally the most beautiful thing
about these letters is, they arc the
revelation of an aIfectionate husband
t. lis wife, and indicate deeply re-
H-lous life, and one of honest sim.
picity
rs these letters were the property
OF your ancestor, | turn them over tC
You to make any disposition Of then
!on may choose
\ few days later this friend writes
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1909-06-05
THE SPIRIT OF THE AGE
Woodstock, Vermont.
Printed Saturday Morning
ONE DOLLAR A YEAR
WOODSTOCK NEWS.

As the board Of village trustees
seems kindly disposed toward vari-
Oh, improvements, it might be sug-
rc,rrd that street signs for the guld-
anc, and convenience of strangers
and rownspeoplc would be good
things to have They need not he
large and conspicuous There are
several comparatively new or newly
named streets in this village, and
many residents don't even know
their name or location, to say nothing
Of the puzzlement of visitors here.
The members of the honorable board
are not asked to bother themselves
about the present system of residence
numbering, a problem that may bet
ter be left to the puzzle department
of Il Sunday paper.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1909-06-05
ROOFING

WHEN buying any article, a man naturally
wants to get the best possible value for his
money.
If he's buying roofing, he wants the best roof
ing value offered.
But how to get it is the question that natur-
ally arises.
Difficult? No. it's easy. Just as easy as the
proverbia rolling off log.
FIRST-Beware of the so-caled "cheap"
roofngs A low-prced roofing always means
Ow-grade roofing which will prove many times
more costly to you in the end, than if you paid
a reasonable price for your roofing material.
SECOND Don't buy a roofing with reputa-
tion to be made. Buy one that has already
made reputation and proved by years of test
that it's good material.
THIRD-Weigh we'll what the roofing man tells
you. Remember he's out to sell.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1909-06-05
THE STOCK EXCHANGE.
Date Of the First Agreement Among
New York's Brokers.


New Works Brokers.
In the early part of March, 1892,
the first notice was printed of the
opening of stock exchange Office
Mt % Wall street by A. i. Bleecker
& Sons, J. Pintard, McEvers & Bar
clay, Cortlandt & Terriers and Jay
& Sutton. These several firms held
auctions of stock each day at noon,
selling in rotation to insure equal
opportunities for each other.
Some of the broker specialists re-
sented such a restricted organiza-
ton, and on March 21 meeting
was called of the dissatisfied brokers
for purposes of protection, and
committee was appointed to pro-
vide a suitable room in which to
assemble and to suggest such rules
and regulations for conducting
their business as the committee
deemed necessary. The final result
of this meeting, says Moody's Mag
azine, was the first signed agree
ment among dealers in securities,
the oldest record now in the ar
chives of the New York Stock Ex-
change. The agreement reads as
follows:
eve, the Subscribers, Brokers
for the purchase and Sale of Public
Stock, do hereby solemnly promise
and pledge ourselves to each other,
that we will not buy or sell from
this day, for any person whatsoever,
any kind of Public Stock at less
rate than one-quarter per cent com
mission on the specie value, and
that we will give a preference to
each other in our negotiations. In
Testimony Whereof we have set our
hands this 18th day Of May, at New
York, 1899"
This organization had no local
habitation for conducting exchange
business. Like the curb brokers to-
day, transactions were carried on in
the open air at point between the
present numbers of 68 and 70 Wall
street, under a famous old button
wood tree that stood there with
widespreading branches, which pro
tected them from the suns rays and
ordinarily iRclement weather.
Business in those days was not
rushing, and there was an air Of
leisure and quiet about the gather
ing. Securities were not active
enough to employ all the time of
the brokers, so between times bet
ting on the results of domestic and
foreign political controversies and
dealing in merchandise were in
cluded.
The first inside quarters of the
exchange were secured in 1898,
when the Tontine coffee house, at
the northwest corner of Wall and
William streets, was completed.
The old buttonwood tree was aban-
doned, and the dignity of the bro
kers' organization was elevated by
the change. The Tontine coffee
house was controlled by chartered
company composed of 2O3 subscrib-
ers at 5000 each, organized as a
merchants exchange.
The dealers in securities and the
merchants were all jumbled up to-
gether, and at times when trading
was brisk there was wild excitement
and shouts that would have done
credit to a band of Comanche In
dians. No constitution for a stock
exchange was adopted until 1917,
when the New York stock and ex-
change board was formally organ
lied and a constitution adopted.
Nathaniel Prime was appointed
president and John Burson secre-
tary.
Alaska hnS n better SOIL ana climate
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1909-06-05
Record Flight of Airship.


After covering distance OF 500
miles in 81 homs, Count Zeppelin :
new airShlp, ON his return trip from
IiitterfeId to FriederlchshaIcn, came
to grief in an open field. In man
euvering for "A landing the alrShp
came in contact with tree, and was
badly wrecked.
The damage to the ship is more
serious than was at FIRST tho"ght' A
cursory examination directly alter
the accident showed that the enveI-
ope had been torn and it was thought
that the injury could be repaired and
that the vessel would proceed to-
night. A more careful eXamInatIon'
however, disclosed the Tact that the
PROV was broken, and that conSId-
cradle time must eIapsr before the
Journey could be continued.
The position OF the craft is eX-
tremel y unfavorable, the ground
being very hllly. The bow rests on
the ground, while the stern is about
60 feet i'll the air. A strong breeze
sprang up toward evening, causing
no little anxiety for the safety OF the
a'rsl'lP' "''''ll 1t was le"'e" "o''''
De wrecked" Sl'"'" u S'"'''' come up
during tine "'el',
" 'e' '''e "''''e''' "c'''eU' N'"''
NePPeIln was l"'"'''S i'r '''e P"',
pose "l reP'e"lS'''nS MS supply VI
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lie motors ''''' a'rea''y S"PPe' anu
''l' 'NrS''lP wa" I'''''l''S '"e @'"''"'
Oh d 'ne"'''" "''e'l " S"''"o" S''"''s
pun "l "'ll'' ","Ne '.'o pro" ""' VI
us course ANU "S''''H' " '''', -
SUI '''N "l''l " S'e"' - "H''' ''''"H''''S
'l'e PROV Amos, up !" '''e '''''' 81
'ne S'"'o'a an" crushing the '"'''l-
mum Stays '''.' " H''"IeIe'H '','''
Wh''ll became li'eA'''r"o'y e''''''S"e"
!" 'le o.'n'n'S' ,Ne"''y " nun
dred leeI "i the e"Ncl"Pe ana frame
were destroyed.
In commenting ON this remark
able trip the Rutland Herald says:
Count Ieppellns wonderful arr
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1909-06-05
Becomes Railroad Counsel.

c. c. Austin, jr., member of the
law firm of G. G. Austin & Sons, and
Il prominent member of the Franklin
county bar, has taken the position of
attorney for the Chicago, Milwaukee
x St. Paul railway with headquar-
ters at Cedar Rapids, Iowa. lie leaves
about June Is. He will be asso-
ciated with Judge j. G. Cooke.