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Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1910-05-06
4 Letter to the Voters Of the Second
Supreme Court District from Judge
Alfred D. Land.

beg leave to inform you that am a
candidate to succeed myself in the office
of Associate Justice of the Supreme Court
of Louisiana, subject to the action of the
Democrat Party. respectfully solicit your
vote and support.
As many of you may not know me
personally, deem it proper to submit
a brief sketch of my life as citizen and
public servant.
was born i'm 1912 on farm in Holmes
County, Miss. In 1Si7 my family moved
to Shreveport, La, which has ever since
been my home.
The first school ever attended was a
public school in Shreveport. | was edu-
Gated partly at Centenary College, Jack
son, La, and finished my academic
course at the University of Virginia. In
May, 1861, l received my diploma from
the law department of the University Of
Louisiana.
served in the Confederate Army from
June, 1861, to July, 1865; first in Hays
Seventh Louisiana Infantry in Virginia,
and then in Stark's Twenty Mis-
sissippi Scouts until discharged i'm 1864
on account of wounds received i'm battle.
After my discharge served the last year
OF the war a. clerk in the Adjutant
Generals office at Shreveport, where
was paroled in July, 1865.
l was admitted to the bar i'm Novem-
bef, 1865, and, after practicing law in
New Orleans about eighteen months, set
tied down in Shreveport, where / prac-
ticed my profession for many years.
l have never been politician, nor
have ever sought political office. | have.
however, been consistent Democrat,
and have always stood shoulder to shout
der with the white people of this State in
their struggles against political misrule
and for good government.
In 1893 was appointed by Governor
Foster ~ member of committee on
Constitutional Amendments and had the
honor OF being elected chairman. The
recommendations of that committee on
suffrage and other questions were in the
main embodied in the Constitution of
1893.
In 1894 was elected Judge of the Dis
trict Court of the Parish of Caddo, and
was twice reelected to the same office
without opposition.
In October, 1903, while serving nv
third term as district judge, was APP
pointed by Governor Heard, on the rec
ommendation of very large majority of
the lawyers of the State, to the Supreme
bench to I'll the unexpired term of
Justice n. c. Blanchard, resigned. to
run for Governor.
For more than six years have given
my undivided time and attention to the
discharge of the responsible duties of nv
high office. This experience has made
me more fit for the office than was
when appointed in 1903. My friends
think that have made good record on
the Supreme bench, and that a. the
holder Of an unexpired term should he
re-nominated i'm accordance with the
time-honored custom in such cases. To
the accusation that am an old man
plead guilty, but submit that because l
have grown wrinkled and gray in the
public service is no just reason why
should be displaced, 80 long as | am ply
sically and mentally able to discharge
the duties of the office.
Yours truly,
A. ID. LAND.
New ORLEANS, April 26, 1910.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1910-05-06

The spelling bee given at the
Court House between the NewelltOn
and St. Joseph High Schools re-
suited in a victory for St. Joseph
The words were given out by Miss
Mcfarland. The contestants rep
resenting the two schools were: New
elton: Misses Rosa Sewer, Renette
Abrams, Carrie Maud Muir, Susie
Maud Muir, Josephine Ally and En-
lily Netterville. St. Joseph: Misses
Katie Smith, Mabel Rowan, Clyde
Blanche, Annie Hornsby and Messrs
James Rowan and Sam Hazlip.
st. Joseph and Waterproof base
ball teams crossed bats on st. Jo-
seph diamond on Friday, with the
banner of victory waving over Wa
terproof, by score of 7 to 8. Fol-
lowing is the lineup: Waterproof:
N. Register, catcher; C. Middleton,
pitcher; C.Fuca, LIST base; J. Webb,
End base: ]. Abbott, Ord base; NJ.
Fuca, short stop; r. Rollin, left
field; n. Martien, center field; NJ.
Richie, right field.
st. Joseph: s. MarantO, LIST base,
T. Snodgrass, pitcher; S. Hazlip,
short stop and catcher; S. Barago-
ma, short stop and catcher; Blanche,
End base; J. Curry, Bird base; M.
Riddle, right field; G. Macpherson,
center field, ]. Harper, left field.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1910-05-06

Just as we go to press news OF
three deaths reaches us, which we
can only casually note this week
The cablegrams bring news of the
sudden death of King Edward OF
England on Friday night at Has
O'Clock and the ascension to the
throne of his son, George V.
In Vidalia at $50 o'clock on
Friday night, while addressing a
conference of colored Methodists,
Judge J. l.. Dagg, SO well known
to practically every one in Tensas
parish, was suddenly stricken with
heart-failure and expired almost
Immediately and before medical as
sistance could reach him. Age SO.
Mrs. Latitude, an old resident of
Waterproof, and a most estimable
lady, died after protracted illness.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1910-05-06
Demand for Graduates of the Smith
Business College.

Bankers, Officials, Merchants, and 9TH
ers have written Prof. Smith for his grad
yates. The demand often has exceeded
the supply. For particulars, address Will
bur r. Smith, Lexington, Ky.
A colored woman named Virginia
Murphy killed another colored wo-
man named Maggie Hart, on Kings
Point, last Friday, and escaped to
Natchez, where she was captured
and returned to St. Joseph on Mon
day.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1910-05-06

Rev. P. H. Fon>> line of the NJ.
E. Church will prealh at Newellton
regularly on the + Orning of the
fifth Sunday and the night of tie
first Thursday. These are regular
appointments.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1910-05-06
ADVERTISED LETTERS.
Remaining in the St. Joseph Post
Office for week ending May 2.

y
Blanton, Jerry Jones, Ellen
Bell, Annie Jones, Sam
Burger, Mary Goner, Salie
Garter, Laura Mitchell, Dick
chatham, jeff Rose, Nancy
Dage, Doe Rocker, lrmie
Poindexter, susanna Summers, Elnora
Jones, Anna Shields, Lizzie
Jenkins, Martha Scott, Hester
White, Mandy
Persons calling for the above letters will
please say Advertised - and can procure
same by paying one cent for each letter.
IL. HENDERSON. P. N.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1910-05-06

Sunday School at the Union
Church Sunday morning at 10
o'clock.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-09-29
Mrs. Julia Matkin.

On the morning of the 18th day
of September, at French Mills,
Mo-, chronicles the passing away
of Mrs. Julia Fredrica Maxim,
who was born January 18th, 1849,
in st. Louis, Mo.
She was the daughter Of German
parents, H. S. and Elizabeth
Kaufman, and was married March
31st, 1870, to William M. Matkin.
She united with the Baptist church
twenty years ago, living a con-
sistent Christian life to the end
and in her last moments said,
"Lord, If you want me, take me
yes, / am going home"
They laid her to rest in the
Liberty church-yard, the funeral
services being conducted in the
presence of a large assemblage of
relatives and friends, at 2 P. M,
the day following her demise.
Hers was a singularly useful
life, not alone in being a faithful
wife and a devoted mother, nor in
the rearing of a dutiful son and
four daughters lovely in character
"a blessing in the community
where she lived a quiet, research.
full life which resulted in the in.
telligent persual of many good
books and periodicals-the bible
her main object Of study; an ange,
of mercy in many households
where protracted and serious sick
ness caused great distress and
restitution nursing without money
and without price in q loving
Enthusiastically skillful manner
the patients from the ebb to the
flood time Of life.
She leaves a heart-stricken hus'
band, Mr.. VIM. Matkin, and Eve
children to mourn her absence
w. l.. Matkin, Mrs. Bertha Sit zes
Mrs E. 9. Tual, of Arcadia, Mrs
Mrs. Il. d. Jones, Of Ironton, ant
Miss Pearl Matkin; one brother
Henry Kaufman, and q sister, Mrs
Lena Young, of Fredericktown
mo.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-09-29

will receive a direct monetary
benefit from the motoring parties
which at the present go north and
east from st. Louis on account of
the poor road conditions which
now exist in the southern part of
Missouri.
The scenic splendor of this part
OF the state alone would be the at
traction for st. Louis motorists, as
this part of Missouri has some of
the most picturesque spots in the
whole United States.
Good roads will also be the
means of building up a part Of
Missouri which is at the present
time sparsely settled on account
of it's inaecessibility, aud when it
begins to fill up with home-seek-
ers it will enhance the value of
real estate, and therefore the
farmer should join with the town
merchants and the business peo-
pie, and these must join with the
city manufacturers, bankers and
public officials, and all must join
with the railroads and larger bus
mess interests. Each interest is
benefited either directly or in
directly, and therefore, all must
work together.
One-third of all the cost of pro-
ducing food stuffs in this state is
absorbed in transportation and of
this railroad transportation is only
the smaller per cent. Good roads
mean that you not only can reach
the railroad quinker, but that you
can reach it in any kind of wealth.
er, no matter what the condition
of the soil may be.
Every town should have its
good roads club, every farmer
should be made to Q wherein he
is benefited, and every locality
should do its part toward the
making of good roads, and if this
can be done, in cooperation with
other localities, the movement will
be of greater benefit not only tc
each town, but to the state in gen.
eral.
The automobile dealer should
appreciate properly the value Of
good roads in this part of tht
state, as it will open up a field fol
the sale of machines that hal
heretofore been closed.
j. E. Roland, official pathfinder
for the immigration Commission
who recently laid out the proposed
State highway from st. Louis tt
Springfield, says that the interes
manifested by all classes of PEG
Pile who reside in the territory
through which he passed is an as
surance that it will not be Ions
until Missouri begins to sit uI
and take notice of the good roads
proposition and that with a Ions
pull, a strong pull and a pull Of al
together the state will be brough
forward in road building so tina
no state can surpass her.
Missouri has every possible
material at hand for the building
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-09-29
A Good Position

Can be had by ambitious young
men and ladies in the field of
"Wireless" or Railway biography.
Since the 8-hour law became eff
fective, and since the Wireless
companies are establishing sta
tons throughout the country there
is a great shortage of telegraphers.
Positions pay beginners from $40
to 500 per month, with good chance
of advancement. The National
Telegraph Institute operates six
official Institutes in America, under
supervision of R. R. and Wireless
Officials and places all graduates
into positions. Ii will pay you to
write them for full details at
Davenport, Ia, Cincinnati, o.,
Portland, Ore, oil Memphis, Tenn.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-09-29
Automobile Road to Arcadia
Valley.

kEIOll lllC ol. LOulS lllllCS'J
The st. Louis Times pathfinder
for the immigration Commissions
good roads movement will leave
the Times Office Monday about
noon to lay out a route and agi-
tate the movement for a highway
from St. Louis to Arcadia by way
of Pennington.
The car, an Overland, will be
driven by G. E. Goldthwaite and
will carry immigration Commits
sioner Curran and j. E. Poland,
official pathfinder for the Immi-
grafton Commission and repre-
sentative of the Times. 1t is ex-
pected that the car will be on the
road something like q week.
A number Of good roads meet
ings will be held in the larger
towns along the route, which
farmers, merchants and others
interested in good roads are ex-
pected to attic nd.
The tentative route the car will
follow is from st. Louis out the
Lemay Ferry road through Mary
vile, Hillsboro to De Soto, where
the first good roads meeting will
be held. Leaving De Soto the cal
will go direct to Bonnie Terre,
where the second meeting will be
held. After leaving Bonnie Terre
the car will pass through Desloge
and st. Francois, and the third
meeting will be held at Flat River.
Pennington, the next meeting
town, is only a short distance
from Flat River and has been
selected for the fourth meeting,
Doe Run, Turpin, Iron Mountain
and Pilot Knob will be passed
through to reach Ironton, where the
last meeting will be held. Pilot
Knob, Ironton and Arcadia being
close together the meeting was
called for Ironton.
The good roads movement which
is now being carried on by the
immigration Commission in CON
junction with State Highway En-
gineery Curtis Hill is a movement
that should have the support and
endorsement of the farmer, the
residents and merchants of the
small towns, because when they
have good roads in this part of the
State it is going to bring a direc'
return to the merchants and prob.
ably will benefit the farmer more
than any other.
With the present road condi,
tions it costs the farmer more anc
he receives a smaller price for his
products than he would if they
had good roads. If they had gooC
roads he could market his crops
in better condition than he doei
now and this Of course would be
the cause Of a better market value
1t is estimated that it costs The
farmer 25 cents a mile to haul hi
crops to market over the presenI
roads and with goed roads The
estimated cost is s cents a mile
This alone should cause the farm
er to take an active interest in tn,
good roads movement.
The merchants Of the small
towns which are on good road
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-09-29
PERSONAL.

A. 1. Willard was here from
Lestergille Saturday.
HI. M. Collins of Arcadia is Wis
iting his mother in Steelville.
Chas. P. Damron and wife visit
ed the fair at Pennington last
week.
S. P. Ringo was in st. Louis last
week buying fall goods for the big
store.
j. A. Reyburn was in charge of
the speed ring at the Pennington
fair last week.
Mrs. j. A. Reyburn and Miss
Ruby visited Miss Maybslle in
Desloge last week.
The Misses Freda and Clara
Sahlender Of Belleville, ILL.,, are
the guests of Mr. Louis Miller and
family of Arcadia.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-09-29
The Heater Which Maintains A
Steady, Even Temperature

Throughout zero weather you
can keep your house plants by
using Coles Original Hot Blast
Heater. 1t hold fire over night and
you can heat your living rooms
for two hours next morning with
the coal put in the night before,
Allow us to show you this heater.
Prices S12.0 20 and up.
LOPEZ STORE Co.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-09-29
TuscarOra Fertilizers

Increase the yield, improve the
quality, enrich the soil. Every
harvest proves it, Can you afford
to risk your wheat? Be safe.
T%usccrora Fertilizers grow biggest
crops. Car load in stock. For
terms and prices see w. E. Bell &
Son, Belleview, Mo.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-09-29

of Iron and visit its little towns
and big springs, also medical
springs, Buffalo Licks and a great
many other attractions. There are
fine granite quarries and the
elephant rock at Graniteville that
are worth attention and many rock
walls forty or fifty feet high, with
just room enough to walk between
and around them. There are many
men in Iron county alone, who
would be surprised to take in
Graniteville and see these sights
they never have seen.
Charles Moss was wild yesterday
for a while and was the cause of
his brother, VIM. Moss, getting a
small cut in the hand with a pock-
ct knife, but it is not dangerous.
Lots of ties coming in to-day;
also green apples at so cents a
bushel.
David Culton, Abby Culton,
Charles Dunn and several others
from this place took in the Pied
mont fair last Friday and Satur-
day and report a good time.
A. j. Harrell is in town to-day
with a load of ties and shopping.
Mrs. Henry Abraham is in town
to-day on her way to Ironton on
business with G. P. Damron.
j. B. Willyard, who spent last
summer with his wife and brother
over on Black river bee hunting
and having a fine time, is, now
located at Magnolia, Texas, and is
iaterested in the Magnolia Land
Company.
Chas. E. Boulch is in Ironton to-
day. His wife is running the store
during his absence, and you bet
she will RIM it to perfection as she
was reared up from childhood at
the mercantile and hotel business,
and it looks like home to see her
behind the counter selling goods;
also her father is missed here by
many.
There is quite O lot of lumber
coming in from Leatherwood these
[days.
John R. Middleton received a
chech for S3S.S1 on back pay and
bounty as a soldier in the civil
war, and final settlement. He re-
ceives a pension at the rate of $40
a month the balance of his life.
There are many men entitled to
better pay than they r getting
now and there is many a poor man
that is getting nothing and is en-
titled to some.
1t seems that the st. Louis Iron
Mountain & Southern Railroad Co.
are slow builders of fence and
when finished it will not be of
much value to the citizens here as
they r not fencing in the
switches.
Through an opening in a car of
loose corn last Thursday night,
there were at least twenty bushels
spilled along the track and there
has been sveral hogs killed while
trying to save the corn. Among
them Squire Kitchell had a fine
SOW killed and auses him a great
deal of trouble taking care of five
motherless pigs. He put up the
balance of his porkers to keep
them from getting killed and
thinking it would not be long until
there would be a fence to protect
his property. But, 10, it is no use
to depend upon that as the COM
pany is fencing to suit itself.
Frank Myers, OF Reynolds coun-
ty, is in town to-day shopping auo
getting his checks cashed.
Richard Lewis is in town to-
day after his mail.
Bona baby girl to Mr.. ant
Mrs. John Benson. The mother
and babe are getting along nicely
but John himself is getting along
slowly but think he will recover in
a few days.
There is a prospect OF a wedding
in the near future. BULLETIN.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-09-29

To these deeply bereaved we
fain would speak words OF COM
fort but God, alone, knows the an
guish of the broken-hearted and
from Him they must seek solace.
A FRIEND.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-09-29
Annapolis News.

Annapolis is still in the, bloom
of life and looks as if it might be
in the future a paradise to all old
settlers.
Lots of land seekers visiting this
place from afar off, and seem to be
satisfied with the surrounding hills
and valleys and good water. Any
one wishing to change climate for
health, and to raise any and all
things that maintain life would do
well to settle down in the county
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-09-29
For Sale at a Bargain.

One 12-horse power Gasoline
Engine, in good repair; also One
Quaker City steel Buhr 8 inch, for
grinding or crushing. Belts, oil
cups, wrenches, and pulleys, also
wood saw complete for saving
cord wood or pole wood in good
condition. Call and examine the
outfit. Will make the price right.
E. L. FARMHOUSE,
Ironton, Mo-, August 81, 1910.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-09-29

For Sale-A team of good big
horses-one, q mare with foal. Ad-
dress, John Kartesz, Box "a, Pilot
Knob, Mo.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-09-29

Our clothing stock was never
larger and the values never greater
than right now. Well both lose
if you fail to call. o
LOPEZ STORE Co.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-09-29

of good roads and all that is nee
essary is for everybody to get
busy.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-09-29

Latest novelties in belts, buckles,
pins, neckwear, fancy ribbons,and
all accessories to "My Lady's''
dress, in profusion at Lopez's.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-09-29

The most complete assortment
Of shoes Brown has ever had he
has now. Come and see them.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-09-29

of A to z. The Arcadia team is
composed Of Jolly d-fellows, of
which everyone is a perfect gentle
man, and they understand ball
playing too, but they are too slow
to go up against a fast team. The
second game will be played at
Lesterville on Sunday, October
9th. - Reformer.
The gentlemen who made the
trip from st. Louis to the valley in
an automobile last week say they
found the road, as a whole much
better than they anticipated and
assured us that there was nc
doubt the entire road would soon
be in a first-class condition. When
it is made such these gentlemen
predicted that 1t would easily be
the most popular century run out
of st. Louis. The route, after
reaching Iron county, is from
Middlebrook west on the Granite
vile road until the main road il
reached, and then south to the
valley.
VIM. Blue and Ed. Coad, two
we'll known citizens of Granite
Vile, became involved in an alter
cation last Thursday evening II
front of Coad's home in which
Coad cut Blue twenty eight times
on the head and face and wrists
Blue got loose from his assailani
and hit him In the face with 3
rock. Blue was SO weakened from
the loss Of blood that he tainted
before reaching his home. It il
not known how badly Coad wal
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-03-24

Foley's Kidney Remedy will cure
any case OF Kidney or Bladder trou-
bile that Is not beyond tho reach OF
medicine. No medicine can do more
Schramm Johnson Drugs.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-03-24

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1910 'iN' OF "".'' 'i' ''''
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loans as these sheldon was doposeo
from his company several months ago.
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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-03-24
INSURANCE GRAFT
ALMOST TOO EASY
Positive Proof Not Uncovered but
Some Interesting Facts
Were Developed.
LAWYER BUCKLEYS LUCK.
Actctl 49, Counsel for tompnniee
Made Much Money: Couldn't
Remember What lie hid.

Sew YORK March 23-Although VIII
liam u. H0tchklss. state superintendent
OF insirau... was stn luable 90 uncov-
or positive proof that money was used
o. buy votes at Albany Zoo connection
with hra Insurance investigation hc de-
veloped some interesting facts GO to-
DAYS session of the inquiry 600 regard 90
the work 1f william "a Buckley
Buckley s lawyer or Albany vino
started Dis practise in 1901 Three
years later according 90 testimony. me-
was eettins about $4,000 90 year from
insurance companies for his legal serve
ices
Before be- was admitted Co tine bar
Buckley v1s connected with the state
Insurance department From 1892 70
1895 he was clerk u The department
and until 1901 be was third deputy In
surancc superintendent while hc was