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St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1910-04-30

II is estimated that the preliminary
exposition committee will have fully
a million dollars on hand or pledged
before it goes before the legislative
committee asking for the submission
of a constitutional amendment pro-
viding for a t~en-Year tax. The tax
that will be asked will amount to 75c
per year on a thousand dollars Of as
sessment, to run for ten years. Moth
ing in the history Of the State ap-
proximates the interest, activity and
generosity Of all the people Of Louis
lana in support of the exposition pro-
posal.-Baton Rouge Advocate.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1910-04-30

The Geographic reports tell US that
Omaha people are eating hay. The
article here appended says that the
hay eating is not confined to the poor,
but that the rich enjoy it because al
falfa is the article used.
Now, if alfalfa s as good for man
as for beast, why should Rapidians
ever starve? This is the land of all
fslfa, judging from the splendid ex-
hibits that were shown of this prod
net at the Land Congress. Trusts
viii have no terrors for us now, for
they can not corner our alfalfa crop.
# they get one crop, why there is an
other one coming, and still another.
and so on for five or six cuttings in a
season.
Not only Nebuchadnezzar Of old
had bis grass to eat, but the time
seems near when each of US will have
our little bale Of hay to chew upon,
as we'll as hem.-Alexandria Town
Talk.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1910-04-30

The question Of d practical pay
ing market for all the rice that the
country can produce is one of para
mount Importance TO this section Of
the United States, at the present. A
quest for such q market is being
made by the wise ones, even to the
uttermost parts of the earth, SEEM
ing to no avail. Yet, right here at
home, as may be seen by reading this
issue of the Journal, a means of
marketing rice at a profit has been
discovered and demonstrated. Crow
ley gentlemen have demonstrated
that rice fed to even ~ cent hogs
is really marketed at about So per
barrel while when fed to six and
eight cent hogs, it is sold at a splen-
did price. Again Mr.. George Cosner
and Mr.. A. r. McBurney have demon
strated that a ration composed chief
" Of rice, produces the finest beef il
the world, and that, at a decided
profit. # rice a be made to yield
from So to So per barrel when con-
yerted into pork and beet, why seek
longer for a foreign outlet for the
rice crop? The supply Of pork and
beef will never exceed the demand,
and no country can produce it as
cheaply as the Southland when the
feeding of rice is fully utilized.
Welsh Journal.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1910-04-30

IF only a nominal tax were levied
on standing timber, and a heavy tax
collected when the trees are turned
into lumber, day-and-night sawmills
and the cutting Of saplings and small
trees along with the big ones would
cease, and the denunding Of the land
would proceed so slowly that it would
be taken up for farming purposes
as fast as the timber was cut, instead
of being left a barren waste covered
with dead branches and stumps.
Much damage has already been done.
hut it is not too late to save a con-
siderable portion Of our chief asset
from entire destruction.-Lake Char
les American-Press.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1910-04-30

The unreasonable cold wave which
swept The Southern States wrought
irreparable damage.
We're it not for the veevil, there
is yet time to plant cotton. But
those who planted early and expected
to beat the pest find themselves not
only late, but many without seed to
replant.
Corn that was up was badly dam
aged; cotton practically destroyed;
fruit injured; Irish potatoes damaged
badly, as also sweet potatoes; truck
damaged fifty per cent; sugar cane
but slightly damaged. This is about
. resume Of the damage done by the
frost which prevailed throughout the
Southern States Monday and Tuesday.
DAMAGE IN LOUISIANA,
Shreveport, La, Apr. 26.-Cotton
IL East Texas and North Louisiana
seems to have suffered severely from
the cold wave Sunday night, accord
ing to reports received by iobbers
and cotton factors here. An extreme
IL dry condition of the soil and a
high wind, both of which served to
hold back the frost, is all that saved
the crop from total destruction. An
estimate Of the damage cannot be as
certained at this time, but indica-
tions point to between 20 and Is per
cent Of The crop having been killed.
Corn has been badly bitten and will
be retarded q few weeks. The po-
tato crop is also seriously injured,
but not killed, only set back for per
haps about three weeks. Fruit seems
to have escaped the frost as largely.
cast Texas suffering to greater ex
tent than Louisiana. Tomatoes and
can.eloupes along with garden vege-
tables are said to be damaged so per
cent throughout this section.
ARKANSAS FRUIT BITTEN.
Little Rock, Ark, Apr. 26.-With
fruit badly damaged in all parts Of
the state, early cotton killed, young
vegetation and corr frozen and the
berry crop partially destroyed, it was
estimated that 100000 damage
has been done in Arkansas BY the
frost Of Sunday night.
Freezing weather was reported in
many places. Snow fell for two
hours in the northwest part Of the
state, in the main fruit belt Of ArkaR-
sas, and in some sections standing
water froze an inch in thickness.
4
Rruit growers managed to save a
large part Of their crops through The
use Of smudge pots, which were kept
burning throughout the night
DAMAGE In MISSISSIPPI.
Jackson, Miss, Apr,-According
TO reports received here from more
than twenty counties the cold wave
has pleyed havoc with the young cot
ton and wrought irreparable injury
to early corn.
Replanting will be necessary in all
sections where corn or cotton has
sprouted. The minimum temperature
registered was 80 degrees, and ice an
inch thick was in evidence. Reports
from tie truck farming districts say
that the bean crop has been killed
ardl0fhpr veoafahlns hadly damauad
DAMAGE IN GEORGIA.
Atlanta, Ga, Apr. rs. With nil
lions Of acres Of young cotton de-
.ttoykd Is the cold weather which,
overspread the ertire cotton belt;
With tbe unusual April a~ccompani
melk sins many sections Of snow and
.ietl. the south las suffered its most
nancisl setback since the
civi besides cotton, young
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1910-04-30

in every southern state except
Florida.
THE WEATHER AND THE COTTON
CROP.
Wednesdays Times-D Democrat says
editorially:
Though it is impossible to estimate
the ultimate effect of the unseason-
able temperatures on the cotton
crop, there can be no doubt that
wide areas will have to be repIsnted
and that, in certain sections at least,
the consequent loss Of time may be
decisive. To the farmers of the
Western Belt an early start IS all
important, for experience shows that
the best way of combating the boil
weevil lies in this direction. Nor is
this all; for the possibility Of a frost
in the first weeks in October must
likewise be reckoned with and the
crop Of 1910, by the lateness of its
start, becomes peculiarly subject to
this peril.
The situation is more grave, from
the fact that the world needs a bum
per yield. Though the trade may
pull through the summer BY resort
ing to curtailment and stoppage,
such measures are mere m~akeshifts,
at best. Even with the utmost
economy OF consumption, the mills
must draw their reserves down to the
vanishing point. A second crop of
less than eleven millions would con-
sequentlY precipitate a crisis and
prices would be lifted 10 an abso-
lutely prohibisive level. A few spec
u~lators would reap huge profits, but
the mass Of producers and consumers
would feel the pinch. And, indeed,
excessively high prices cannot adyan-
tage the South in the end, since cot
ton-culture in Asia and Africa will
thereby receive a mighty impetus
and our practical monopoly may ran
ish. England and Germany are even
now spending considerable sums to
put their spinners beyond the reach
Of want and a few more years Of de-
ficient yield will create an imperious
necessity for appropriations on the
grand scale. Surely, it is for Eng
land quite as essential to have cot
ton as to have Dreadnoughts, OF old
age pensions, and Germany must have
cotton-goods to sell, or else her
great merchant marine will lose a
large part Of its usefulness.
Be these things as they may. it is
perfectly plain that 'bulp speculation
has little to do with the high prices
which now prevail and which promise
to last throughout the next CONNER
cial year. II there were good ground
TO hope for adequate supplies from
the new crop, October contracts
would not sell within the neighbor-
hood Of thirteen cents. The truth is
that nature, not man, is now in con-
troll Of the market. And, when ma
ture fights on the *bulf' side. the
richest and most resolute bear"
simply throws cash and cour-
age away. At this moment the sue
cess, or failure, of the MAY deal"
matters little, as compared with the
problem Of replanting, the mood Of
the elements and the ravages Of the
bolI-weeyil. We want a big crop,
from all points Of view; but between
wanting and getting the distance is
wide, al q rule, and is seldom wider
than the cotton trade finds it just
now.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-02-20
LOOK FOR TROUBLE Al CAIRO TODAY Twelve Convicted Prisoners Under Militia Guard
 to the Pen.
HALLIs)AY'S FUNERAL
May Be Made Occasion For il De- monstration-Feeline k High
 Against the Blacks.

Cairo, ILL. Feb. 9.-Surrounded bv hundred infantrymen, twelve con- Victed prisoners who were sentenc- cd yesterday by Judge Butler to var yinS terms in the Chester prison. were hurried out of town at , a. m.. today to prison
 Among the prisoners is John Pratt. the negro purse snatcher. whose ar rest resulted in the attempt to lynch him and ended in the death of the leader of the mob and the injury of four others
 The plans of military and civil of ficals 10 get the negro out of town without a demonstration were cntire- ly successful as few persons knew of the move \ squad of soldiers ac- companied the prisoners to the Ches- ter pCnitentiary.
 Company of Vandalia, the fourth militia company ordered out last night by Adiutant General Dickson arrived here at noon by special train
 Officials, military and civil, are ap- prehensive of what today and to- morrow may bring forth, as thous- ands of laboring men will be free to roam the streets after noon today until Monday morning, shops and factories closed early on Saturday. It is feared the animosity of the dis quieting element toward the blacks. who as deputies assisted Sheriff Nell lis in defending the jail, may bring about the attacks upon the negro property.
 Animosity towards Sheriff Nellis for ordering the body of Alex Hal liday to lie for three hours in front of the jail has died down to large extent since the corOners autopsy last night disclosed that Halliday's death was probably instantaneous.
 Hallidays funeral will be held to- morrow afternoon and may be made the occasion of a demonstration.
 Detachments, of militia will attend the servlces in anticipation of 'trou- ble.
 sSaloons remain closed and orders to keep them shut are being rigidly enforced.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-02-20
MRS. P. 1. ST. JOHN
 PASSES AWAY
Former Piue Bluff Lady Dies in Bat tie Creek Sanitarium at Little Rock After an Illness of Several
 Weeks-Well Known Here.

Mrs. Pattie Lee St. John, formerly Miss Pattie Lee Riley, of this city, died yesterday afternoon in the Bat tie Creek Sanitariun at Little Rock, after an illness of several weeks. The body will be brought to this city this morning and the funeral will be held from Trinity Episcopal church at o'clock. Rev. w. D Buckner, will ofiiciate. Mrs St. John is sur vived by one son. Walter Jackson.
 Mrs. St. John was born and rear cd in this city where she spent most of her life She moved to Little Rock several years ago. She was 8 member of the Episcopal church and also member of the Dan Forth Hive, Ladies of the Maccabees Mrs. St John has many friends here and several relatives.
 The pail bearers will be R. E. Lee, John o. Harrison F. l.. Dilley, J. B. Hclcombe, F. w. Eek and A. w. Mills.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-02-20
PRINCIPALS WELL
 KNOWN HERE Miss Estelle Brown, Society Girl of Camden, Springs
 a Sensation.
WEDS w. w. TAYLOR
Went to St. Louis to Get Trousseau for the Purpose of Wedding
 Dr. c. M. Morgan.

Press dispatches yesterday gave an announcement of the sudden mar riage of Miss Estelle Brown, of Cam den, to w. w. Taylor, well knoNn travelling man who makes Pine Bluff his headquarters and both of whom are well known to Pine Bluffians. The marriage was a complete sensation in view of the fact that Miss Brown was in St. Louis purchasing trous- seau for her marriage to Dr. Chas, McRae Morgan, of Camden, also we'll known here. ]
 The St. Louis message of the in- teresting affair says:
 Coming to St. Louis several days ago to purchase the remainder of hA. rousseau for her wedding to Dr. CSAr1es McRae\, Morgan of Camden, Miss Este1]e Brown. aged 19, and a very pretty took advantage of a wo- mans ancient privilege, changed her mind and is now the bride of Will liam w. Taylor of St. Louis.
 Soon after reaching St. Louis chap, eroned by her sister-in-law, Mrs. Ed Brown, a widow, Miss Brown met Taylor, who travels in Arkansas for a betting concern. They had been friends for some time, but never be- fore sweethearts.
 Taylor Was Very Kind.
 Taylor, it is said assisted Miss Brown and her sister in locating the best places to secure her trousseau and he took especial care in showing them about the city.
 Mrs w. A. Brandenburger, sis ter of the bridegroom, told the story of the wedding today.
 .'Will caled me to the telephone yesterday afternoon and told me he was going to be married", she said, ''I told him to come out to my house >And have the ceremony performed there. He did so. It was the first time that I had seen his bride. l think she is very sweet, cute lit tie girl.''
 The ceremony was performed last night at Mrs. Brandenburger's home, 6137 Westminster place, by Rev. Lu- ther Todd, pastor of the Centenary M E. church.
 TrOusseau Goes to Pine Bluff. -, Several fashionable tailOrS, who
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-02-20
BIG TENT MEETING
 HERE IN, JULY
Rev. K. E. ViOlett and CO.Eyangelist, to Hold Big Revival in This City Under Auspices of the Christi
 ian Church.

As previously announced, through the columns of the Graphic, Evange- list D. E. Violet and his co-evange- list will hold a tent meeting in this city under the auspices of the Christ ian church, beginning the first Sun day in July. Mr. Violett is now in Europe and will visit the Bible Lands and the Passion Play before his return. During the month of June he will conduct a revival in Liverpool England, and Pine Bluff is to have his first meeting after his return to this country.
 He will be assisted by his wife, la pianist, A. l.. Haley. a soloist and cornetist, from Butler, Indiana, and Evangelist J. J. Taylor and wife from Kentucky, together with three or four talented musicians from oth- CT cities.
 The Baptist Tent and Awning Con- pany, of St. Louis, is under contract to furnish new tent, 60 by 100 feet which will be large enough to seat about fifteen hundred people, and this tent is to be erected upon the lot recently vacated by the J. F. Hut residence at Fifth avenue and Main street.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-02-20
PINE BLUFFIANS
 SUE NON-RESIDENTS

The Travellers Fire Insurance Company and E. B. Bloom X Co., yes terday filed suit in the Pulaski clr- cult court against Ambrose w. Estes and Felix N. Matthews, comprising tbe firm of A. w. Estes & Co.,, and also against N. l.. Wood and Erwin Wickersham, as bondsmen The ln- surance company seek to collect s29O.11 alleged to be past due on premiums collected.
 Estes & Co.,, it is alleged, acted as the company's local agents at Yell vile during 1906, 1907 and 1908.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-02-20
GRAND MASQUERADE
 AT OWLS HALL

The Order og Owls will give a grand masquerade ball at their hall, Fourth avenue and Main street, Tues day night Washington birthday). Elaborate preparations are being made for the affair and large crowd is expected. Good music by the Pine Bluff Symphony Orchestra is promis- ed and five grand prizes will be giv- en to the ladies and gentlemen who are in costume. The floor committee reserves the right to refuse admls- sion to any objectionable persons.
 2-20-2t.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-02-20
NEW TELEPHONE
 CONNECTIONS Southern Telephone Co.,, of Warren Will Work With
 the Southwestern
OUT OF PINE BLUFF
Contract Made at Little Rock Yes. terday and TolE Rate iS to
 Be Reduced.

\ contract has been entered into bN the Southern Telephone Company and the Southwestern Telegraph and Telephone Company here for service all over the territory covered by the Southern company.
 W. ]. Savage manager Of the Southern Telephone Company, with his headquarters at Warren. was in Little Rock yesterday closing tha contract with Superintendent Will liam C. Naas, of the commercial de- partment of the Southwestern rele- graph and Telephone Company and the deal goes into effect immediate ly.
 Recently three telephone companies in southern Arkansas consolidated un- der the name of the Southern TeIe- phone Company, and since that time the company has been stringng ad- ditional copper circuits in order to give better long distance service The lines of the merged properties reach from Pine Bluff on the north ] to Greanville, Miss. on she east, Jena, La, on the south and to Beau mont, Texas, via Shreveport, to the southwest.
 The Valley Telephone Company was the old company in that section, ! with home office at Warren The Southwestern Telephone Com pany and the North Louisiana Tele- phone Company were the other two companies in the merger.
 The El Dorado Company with the exchanges at El Dorado, Strong and Huttig, were also taken over, and the Howell Telephone Company and the Merryville Telephone Company were later taken over so that practi- cally every town of any size in the territory is covered
 This consolidation, says Mr. Say age, has operated to the reduction of rates in many instances. from the fact that long distance calls now go over one line in many instances where they formerly went over two and three
 The Southern Telephone Company has also adjusted it's telephone sys- tenn so that telegraphing can be done on the wires at the same time that they are being used for telephoning and without interfering with either This plan is utilized to carry on the business of the telephone company that is urgent and still at the same time leave the wires open for the telephone service.
 The company connects with the Postal Telegraph wires at Pine Bluff and in this manner reaches every town in southern Arkansas and northern Louisiana.
 It has been the idea of Mir Savage to establish a news service over the lines of his company out of Little Rock similar to that maintained out of Shreveport and with the connec- tion with the Southwestern Tele- phone and Telegraph Company he looks forward to the probability of such a service.
 The relation of the Southern Tele- phone Company to the Southwestern Telegraph and Telephone Company is that sub-license. In other words, the first named company uses the instruments of the larger com- pany, and gets the same service in the long distance departmene as if the companies were one, but the stock of the Southern Telephone Company is owned by local people altogether, there being none held by the Southw estern Telegraph and Telephone Company.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-02-20

W. T. Eyan leaves><eAay for Jones'
 boro, foY a visit with 4elatives.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-02-20
Mother Receives a Message.

That was about week ago. Since of Miss Browns family have been in receipt of daily telegrams and let ters from her. Only this afternoon Mrs. Brown received message stat ing that her daughters trousseau was completed and that she would return home either tonight or tomor- row. Not a mention of Mr. Taylor or hint of marriage to anybody save to Dr. Morgan was made.
 Miss Brown is about 19 years old. Dr. Morgan is 2S. Both are members of the most prominent families in this county and both are wealthy. Miss Brown is a daughter of the late Dr. J. w. Brown, one of the promot- CTS of the Arkansas Southern rail- road from Ell Dorado to Winfield. La. This road is now a part of the Rock Island system. He was for many years president of the Ouachita Valley bank. He died about four years ago, leaving an extensive for tune to his family.
 Dr. Morgan is the son of the late Col Asa Morgan, man prominent not only in his own state, but also in Washington, D. C., where he often went to seek appropriations for Ark ansas projects. He devoted practl- callly the last 20 years of his life to the development of the Ouachita riv- CT and the whole of Ouachita county.
 Dr. Morgan could not be found to- night, but friends speaking for him. declared that he had received no word from Miss Brown concerning her change of mind. It is said that he received a message from her tN'S afternoon and later seemed very happy.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-02-20

have been busy for the past several days fitting dress and preparing other things, to go to make up a large rousseau, were ordered yes- terday to ship all to Pine Bluff, in- stead of Camden.
 After a honeymoon in the East MT. and Mrs. Taylor will go to Pine Bluff to reside.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-02-20

Miss Carve Danneman, was in the citv for several weeks guest Of Alex Strauss and family, will leave Mon day morning for Memphis and cor inth. Miss. where she will visit for 8 few days before returning to her home at Dayton, Ohio. Miss Danne- man is sweet and accomplished young lady and made many friends here.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-02-20
CAMDEN SOCIETY SUR
 PRISED.
Mother of the Bride Declares She
 Does Not Believe it.

Camden, Feb. 19.-"I don't believe it, said Mrs. Anna Brown, mother of Miss Estelle Brown, when in- formed by the Gazette's correspond ent that her daughter had been mar ried to w. w. Taylor at St. Louis. Her view was also the view of her son, J. w. Brown Jr., and all the friends of the family and Dr. Charles McRae Morgan, to whom Miss Brown was engaged to be married on March 3. The news came as distinct sur prise and shock to Camden society, of which Miss Brown was a leading and attractive member
 Following a cOurtship Of about two years, the announcement of the en- gagement of Miss Brown to pr. M0r- gan was made and the date was set for the wedding. Not only that bat the attendants were chosen and the decorations for the place of the cere- mony were decided on and the bride to-be. chaperoned by her sister-in- law went to St. Louis to select the largest portion of an extensive trous-
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-02-20
NOTICE.

I have moved my office to 123 West Barraque street in the Jefferson Ho. tel Building, where I will continue my Zeal Estate Insurance and Topn business. I will appreciate any busi- ness given me and all business will receive my prompt attention.
 PINCHBACK TAYLOR.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-02-20
BANKS WILL CLOSE ON
 WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY

The associated banks, members of the Pine Bluff Clearing House Asso- citation will close Tuesday, February holiday.
 Pine Bluff Clearing House Assn 2-2O-2t. By M. K. Bloom, Secy.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-02-20

An account at this bank will help you to accumulate more money. Bet ter start one today. We pay interest on savings accounts.
 Cotton Belt Savings & Trust Co.
 2-15-6t.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-02-20

\ nice five room cottage on s. Olive St for rent. All modern cOnrenl- ences.
 Cotton Belt Savings X Trust e
 o-1S- 1t
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-02-20

Miss Lila Holmes, of Little Rock, is expected to arrive here Monday, and visit MT. and Mrs. A. w. Mills. on West Third avenue.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-02-20

Is it yOur wish to lay aside some-
 thing for "rainy day?'' Then open
 an account with us. It will help you to save. 2-1S-6t.