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The Ward County independent., 1910-03-24

While the shipping season for Ignite Is. we may
be pardoned for hoping, nearly over for this year,
the effect Of the supreme decision enforcing
the rates made by the legislative assembly two
years ago, ought to be stimulating to the Ignite
coal industry next win Ter, when the bulk of Ignite
business is done. The new rates make a substan-
tial reduction from the rates in effect at present
and it is necessary that reduction from the rates
in effect at present, and is necessary that reduc
tion be made if Ignite is to compete points any
considerable distance from the mines, with eastern
fuel Ignite, of course, has fuel value compar
able without much difficulty with that of anthracite
and bituminous coal If the Ignite be laid down
at points in the eastern part of the state at price
that will enable it to compete favorably with east
fuel, then shall have bigger market for
the native fuel. If Ignite is of fuel value Of
third that of anthraiite then it is reasonable be-
leve that it be put into local markets at cost
Of anthracite coal. At the present rate for trans
portation this cannot be done, anu tic market for
Ignite suffers accordingly. The new rates ought to
be Of substantial aid tn building up larger native
coal business in North Dakota.-Bismarck Tribune.
The Ward County independent., 1910-03-24

couple of well known citizens stopped us on the
street Monday night and called attention to the
fact that Mnot had no "Great White Way" where
as, Fargo, Grand Forks Great Falls and several
other progressive cities have it. With small out
lay could make city one of the most talked
of cities in the state and this is the kind Of adver-
tising we want. Fargo has clusters Of bright cleo.
trio lights located along each side of the street for
several blocks four clusters to each block each
side, about fifteen feet up from the sidewalk Minot
should follow this plan. Main street from Third
street north to the end of the street. three blocks
Here is good work for the Commercial club. We
intend to keep harping this subject until Minots
Great White Way becomes q reality. 4.
The Ward County independent., 1910-03-24
"THE oLr SUBSCRIBER"

"He is the man who takes the paper through
storm and sunshine II he something in the
paper be does not lAe. he does not innict capital
punishment on the editor BY stopping his paper.
He has IDEAS Of his own but he u willing that
other men ahouh have theirs. II The paper misses
Is man. Is takes it good hunorsli. Il IS i ak
ID te ~ his subscription hs doss O. With 9ehuola
INA DECLARES y ought to have sA.a K bs1srs. II
:. se.A. oe,.oa = ~ paper With xa'ch !. d'f
7ers hs writes 10 edstor : iettsr discusses the
question with him IN : friendly way The Old Sub
scriber 10 the back bono Of 1 newspapers support.
One of him 10 worth dozen Of the hysterical and
stop-my-paper sort who fly into rage when they
cannot run the whole shop. here propose toast
to the old subscriber-the friend and comfort of
the editor-the man who stands without hitchn'-
the good old standby who pays without grumbnng,
differs without quarrelng hevs without ostentation,
gives praise and criticism when each falls DUE and
who is welcome in every newspaper in the land,
whether he wears broadcloth or overalls God bless
The Old Subscriber and may be live long and
prosper!"-Exchange.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1910-12-24

Pending the time required to
amend tho Charter in order to
have al anti.gsmbling ordinance
that will be 90 sweeping 40 to
oven prevent friendly games in
private homes; tho members OF
the Council favoring this ordi-
nance aud several other citizens
called upon District Attorney Null
Ter Tuesday, to serve notice Oh all
concerned in gambling places and
the propristors in which which
gambling 10 carried in, that Mon
day next if these places are not
closed, that affidavits will be made
against them and the District At.
tornsy has promised to prosecute
the violators with all his ability.
We are also told that the same
notice will be served to violators
Of the gambling law all over the
parish and detectives will be en-.
ployed to see that gambling is en-
tirely stopped, not only in this
town, but throughout the parish.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1910-12-24
PUBLIC SALE.

There will be offered for sale and sold
at public auction at the front door of the
Court House at st. MartinvilIe, La. at
ii O'Clock A. NJ, Oh Saturday December
3lst 1910. for account Of Stewart Bros
& Co.. formerly 4. P. Putnum) the fol-
lowing tO-wst:
is n. p. Erie Portable Tube Boiler.
1-EDgine-DOuble Box Cotton Press,
(Mungsr).
Gin Condenser. vacuum box etc.
Hester. Shxfting. Boxes. Pulleys,
Belts. Pipes stc.
Terms: Cash.
MARTIN Il MARTIN.
Attys Of Stewart Bros & Co.
Dec. IL, 1910.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1910-12-24
A SERIOUS RUMOR.


There is an spprehe nsion based
on q rumor that the different su-
gar factories operating in Iberia
Parish or purchasing cane in Ibe-
ria Perish. have effected or pur-
pose stfscting . combination to
control prices Of cane for tho year
1911 aud future years. II this be
true. it will do away with comps-
tition and will put the small cane
raiser st tho tender mercies Of the
factories. The immediate result
of such . combination will be to
deprive the cane raiser of his just
dues, and will materially destroy
values Of real estate in Iberia Pa
IRISH. Competition 10 tho life of
trade. and any condition which
wipes competition away is moral
ly and materially al evil.
This Journal has taken occasion
to interview Hon. A. N. Muller,
the District Attorney, with refer
ence to this rumor, and be has
stated most unsquivocally that if
any evidence can be brought to
him of such a combination, he will
institute criminal proceedings at
once, and vigorously prosecute
all parties joining in such . CON-
bination. The Enterprise purpo.
ses to keep watchful eye, aud it
would ask its readers to DO on the
alert to furnish the District At
torney with any such evidence, for
otherwise a serious condition will
arise in this Parish where values
will decline, and the oppression of
the weak will be the order of the
day.
We do not believe, nor do va
that the factories should
not make a. much profit az it pos
sibly can under the laws of CON-
petition; but We do affirm that auy
combination having a purpose such
IS that Of controlling the price of
cane is one 10 restraint of trade
and Of far reaching aud disastrous
purport.
We wish to call the attention of
all of tho officers of the Parish of
Iberia to this rumor in order that
10 Investigation of the same may
be instituted. and We wish to call
'hs District Judges attention
more especially to it in order that
10 might properly charge tho
Grand Jury to be- smpaneIed in
)anuary.-N. l. Enterprise.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1910-12-24
SUCCESSION SALE.
In the matter of the Succession of
j. b. LEDGE Sr.

d. ID. Lcucc OIL
Probate Docket No. 1870
Of the Nineteenth Judicial District Court
Parish Of st. Martin. State of Louisiana,
By virtue OF an order aud a Commits.
sion from the Honorable the Nineteenth
Judicial District Court in and for the
Parish Of st. Martin. State Of Louisiana.
to me directed. bearing date Nov. 22d.
1910. I will offer for sale or cause to be
sold by any duly qualified or authorized
officer at public auction. to the last and
highest bidder. at the Court House door
at st. Msrtinville, in the First Ward Of
st. Martin parish. Louisiana, beginning
at eleven o'clock q. H.. Oh d.
Saturday the 3Ist day of Dec
cember A. d. 1910.
to pay debts Of the said estates the fol-
lowing described property tO-wit:
That certain tract Of land with all the
buildings and improvements thereon and
appurtenances thereto belonging. COL
tanning Thirty-fOur f34) arpsnts In su-
perficial area. bounded North by the
public road. South by lands Of Thine
court Bienvenu. East by lauds Of AL.
phOnse Benjamin, and West by lands Of
Valery SavOie; being the same property
acquired by ]. B. Lsdee from MIR. Irwin.
= One mule.
3 One cart.
Time aud conditions: Cash.
CLARISSIA FRANCOIS,
Administrative of the Estate Of ]. B.
Ledee Sr.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1910-12-24
Wants To Help Some One.

For thirty years J. +. Boyer, Of Fertile.
No.. needed help and cOuld't find it,.
That's why he wants to help some one
now. Suffering 50 long himself be feels
for all distress from Backache. Nervous
ness. Loss of Appetite. Lassitude and
Kidney disorders. He shows that Flee
trio Bittrrs work wonders for such trou.
bles. Five bottles" he writes, wholly
cured me and now | am we'll and hear
IT," It's also positively guaranteed for
Liver Trouble, dyspepsia, Blood Disor-
ders. Female Complaints aud Malaria.
Try them. soc at ALL DRUGGISTS.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1910-12-24
NOTICE..

The undersigned hereby gives
notice that they will apply to tho
Mayor and Board of Aldermen of
the Town Of Parks, for permission
to continue the liquor business at
their present place of business,
commencing January LIST 1911.
L. PERIOU e. co.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1910-12-24
What HOME SHOULD Be.

Home, home; sweet. sweet home:
Be 1t ever 40 humble. there is no place
like home ;"
How sweet the word "home"
sounds. especially to those who
are away from that dear place.
How many. oh, how many, think
of home as the dearest place on
earth ? A which is moth.
sr-hallows us there. We may
sock the wide world DER. aud ne
YER find one who will be SO near
aud dear to us as our own darling
mother. Never, no never, 10 all
the wide world, can b. find one
who will bs 90 kind, ever faithful
and loving. % she who reared Us,
shared our every joy aud sorrow,
from our infancy to the present
stage OF our being.
Oh, how often our mothers are
panied, because Of some naughty
deed or some upkind words of
ours; or because of some unkind
deed done, or some unkind word
said to us ?
Yes, With oil that, whatever we
may say or do to her - no matter
how deeply w may pain her by
thoughtlsss acts or even by those
intended she 10 tho same gentle,
ever forgiving mother.
How many prize their mother as
they should, ere it is too late I? Oh.
the grief, when she leaves us in
this world old alone; " hon We think
OF her - gone! Gone for ever !!
Yes, gone from this world of sin
aud sorrow, aud pain. Yes we
hope to meet her in that land
whore no sorrow nor death shall
ever come to mar the eternal hap
piness OF those reunited. There
We can mingle our voices with
tho "choir invisible" as We wear
our shining crown and walk the
streets of gold.
Oh, how We should strive to
make our homo pleasant a per-
feet haven of rest, peace and Joy
for the sake of the ones 90 near
and dear to rs -? We should make
it the dearest place on earth.
Better than gold. ia a peaceful home,
Where all the Preside charities come;
rhe shrine Of love. the hsevsn Of life,
HallQwed by mother, or sister. or wife
However humble that home may be
Dr. tried with sorrow BY Heavens decree.
The blessings that never were bought
nor sold
Ind centrr there. are better than gold :"
Smith in Farm and Ranch.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1910-12-24
The Rev. Irl X. Kicks IoII
Almanac.

The Rev. lrl K. Hicks Almanac for
1911. that guardian Angel in a hundred
thousand homes. is now ready. MOI
MANY are now willing TO be without 1t
and the Rev. Irl r. Hicks Magazine.
WORD AND WORKS. The two are only
ONE DOLLAR a year. The Almanac II
35c Dreaid. No home or Off Q should
fail to send for them. to WORD AMI
WORKS PUBLISHING COMPANY, st.
LOUIS. MO.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1910-12-24
Eighty three Pound Catfish
Caught with a Gold Watch
In Its Stomach.

Special to The Daily Picayune.
Florence. Nsbr., Dec. 12-While
fishing in the Missouri River
through the ice. near the pump.
ing station here, Mr.. Roy Nelson
caught an 83.pound catfish and
upon cleaning the 6sh found 90.
lid gold cased watch upon which
was the inscription: Presented to
V. X. Perry, by bis friends at Bic.
mark, N. D.. June 5. 1902" The
watch, it is thought, may b. 70.
paired 90 40 to be useful again.
V. X. Perry, of Bismark, N. OAK,
it 10 said. lost the watch shortly
after receiving it, and the pre-.
sumption 10 that it found its way
into the Missouri River and was
gobbed up by the hugh catfish,
which has since carried it in its
interior. This place 10 two thou.
sand miles from Bismark'
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1910-12-24

Home For Sale.
Property of Miss Annie Franz
on east of bayou, new house.
Laizaire Bienvenu, Agt
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1910-12-24

For Sale-Property former
ly belonging to DR.. Baylis on
Port St., Laizaire Bienvenu.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1910-12-24
Constable Sale.

By virtue Of an order Of the LIST JUS
tice Court Of the Parish of st. Martin,
Louisiana, iD the above entitled and
numbered suit, dated this 9Th day of De.
cember 1910. have seized and will
proceed to sell at public auction to the
last and highest bidder. at the front door
of the Court house, in the Town of St.
Martinville. on
Saturday December "a, 1910,
the following described property, to vii, !:
One American mare. one American
horse. one mule aud one buggy.
Seized to satisfy above writ.
LIST Justice Office this 10th day of De-
cember A. ID. 1910.
NuMA GUlLBEAU,
by. Sheriff.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1910-12-24
SHERIFFS SALE.
Bank Of st. Martinvills
JOhn +. CrawsOn aud Ben Scbexuayder
No. lO696
State OF Louisiana, Parish Of st. Martin,
18th Judicial District Court.

BY virtue Of writ Of Teri = facias,
Issued out Of the 18th Judicial District
Court. in and for the Parish Of st. Mar.
tin. State Of Louisiana, In the above ell
Titled aud numbered suit, dated this 18th
day OF November 1910. have ssizsd
and will proceed to sell to the last aud
highest bidder. at the front door Of the
Court House. in the Town Of st. Martin.
Vile, on
Saturday December 81, 1910,
the following described property. to.wit:
The N. W. a and 8. a Of N. e. Il, and
the N. 4 Of s. Z. a Sec. II In r. IS. K.
Z Z. in the S. W. Land District Of Lou.
isiana in st. Martin Parish.
Seized to satisfy said above grit.
Terms and conditions Cash.
Sheriff's Office this 18th day Of Novvm.
Der A. d. 1910.
A. 4. BROUSSARD. Sheriff.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1910-12-24
J. r. OLIVIER,
DENTAL SURcEoN,

AM USING NEW PREPARATION WITH
WHICH TEETH ARE PULLED WITHOUT
PAIN
OfFICE-UP6TAIRS Liable DRUG STORL
ST. MAkTINvILLE, LA.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-03-02
How to WATERPROOF Cloth.

For raincoats or other waterproof
clothing, wooden goods having a close
weave are the best. Use goods IN
which the face is smooth and firm, al
though cloth having a soft face an
swers fairly we'll, provided the weave
is tight and close. To waterproof
the cloth, lay it out on a large table
face up. Then take a block of paraf-
fine about six inches square and rub
it all over the face of the cloth, bear
ing down hard. This will leave a
thin film of parafine on the face OF
the cloth. Melt this film of paraf1ne
into the goods, using a fiat iron that
is Just warm. Too hot an iron will
set the parafine on fire and burn the
goods. 1t is we'll to experiment with
a small sample first, and learn how
to do the water-proofng properly be-
fore starting in with a pattern OF
goods. To determine when the SAM
pie is properly water-proofed, hold 1t
in a kind of bag, with the face in, and
pour in some water. If the water
proofng has been properly done the
water will not wet the face of the
cloth, but it will stay in globules and
act as if it we're on a creased board
or hot stove.-Scientifc American.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-03-02
Scholarships Long Pull.

Science delves and scholarship digs.
A few days ago Charles Gross, head
of the Quincy professorship of his
tory and political science at Harvard,
died at a little past fifty. Let the
impatient think of the plodding
preparation he gave himself for his
university work. Born in Troy in
1857, his youth was spent in fitting
himself for college. He was grad
uated from Williams in 1878. Until
1883 he studied at the universities of
Leipsic, Goettingen, Berlin and Paris.
Until 1888 he worked and studied in
England. In that year he went to
Harvard as an instructor in history.
He was still studying to fit himself
for his real work. In 1901. eight
years ago, he was made professor OF
history, last year taking the GurneJ
chair of history and political science
Fifty years of life: out of this prac
tically thirty in study alone, forty il
study and other preparation, for the
professorships he finally reached
with the reputation, after the deatt
of Professor Maitland, Of Cambridge
University, England, of being the
leading authority on the history Of
English institutions and on early o
stitutionaI history.-New York Press
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-03-02
(EoR1 ZAE!>
.ERIGZME
S~9@SS%.
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60

Molasses Taffy.-To four cupfuls
of New Orleans molasses, add a large
spoonful of butter and two table.
spoonfuls of vinegar. Boil rapidly
for twenty minutes, stirring vtgor"
ously, or until it drops brittle in cold
water. Add one teaspoonful of bak-
ing powder, pour into buttered tins,
and when cool pull with Toured
hands.
Snow Balls.-Take any kind of del
icate white cake or angel food and
cut out round pieces. Have ready
a boiled frosting made as follows:
One cupful of sugar boiled in n
third cupful of water until 1t spins a
thread, then beat in the whites OF
two eggs until foamy. Coat the balls
with this icing, and sprinkle thlcKly
with freshly grated c%ocoanut.
Drop Cookies.-Cream half a cup
full of butter, and gradually add n
cupful of sugar, one ~well-beaten egg.
half a cupful of sour cream and hall
a teaspoonful &C soda. Sift three
heaping teaspoonfuls Of the best bak'
Ing powder with two and a hall cup
fuls of -four, add 8 teaspoonful OF
vanilla or lemon, mix Thoroughly.
and drop from large cook-spoon onto
buttered tins.
Raisin Cookies.-Beat together
one cupful of butter and two cups OF
New Orleans molasses or brown
sugar, three eggs and two and one
half cups of flour. To this add 6. tea.
spoonful of baking powder and 6. tea
spoonful of cinnamon. Stir in the
Juice of half a lemon. half a cupful
of seeded raisins chopped fine. Roll
out, cut into cakes and press a whole
raisin on the top of each. These are
wholesome and good for children.
German Coffee Calic.-Cream one
half cupful of butter with one cup.
full of sugar. Add two well-baaten
eggs, two cupfuls of scalded milk, a
pinch of salt and 2 two-cent yeast
cake dissolved in half a cupful OF
water. Thicker with sufficient flour
to make a batter that can be stirred
with a spoon, then beat we'll and set
to rise. In about three hours it will
be light, then add a little Hour, roll
out about an inch thick, make into
twists, and put to rise again in a shall
low pan. When the dough has
reached the top of the pan, spread
with butter. sprinkle generously with
sugar and cinnamon, and bake about
thirty minutes. This is delicious as
it can be, but raisins and currants
may be added before putting in the
-four.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-03-02
Surgery on the Conscious.
By ROBERT T. NORRIS, NJ. d.

1t is worthy of note that methods
of inducing general an%aesthesia by
means Of nitrous oxide. ether and
c%hloroform have reached a very high
stage of perfection. So perfect. in
deed, is the method of the admins
tration of these anaesthetics in the
hands of experts, that surgeons do
not want to subject their patients to
any method which is not known to be
equally efficacious. 1t remained.
therefore. for some responsible man,
or group of men, in whom surgeons
could have confidence, to prove be-
| yond all question that the new
method of producing an~aesthesia
would be equally as %efficacious as the
| perfected old methods. DR.. Jonnesco
Is a man of such unquestioned stand
ing in the profession that, when he
came forward with records based
epon experiences extending over more
than seven hundred cases, and ap-
peared in this country as an exponent
! y the idea of spinal anaesthesia, he
at once obtained an audience which
would not have been accorded with
anything of the same facility to a
man of less repute.
Our position at the present mo-
ment, then, is this: DR.. Jonnesco
meets US with open minds: but he is
facing a critical jury of many thou
sand men who know the responsible
tiles of their calling. DR.. Jonnesco
chooses s~tovaine in place Of cocaine
tor his anaesthetic, because it is much
less toxic than cocaine, while he
further intensifes its action, and
guards at the same time against I'M
toward results, by the addition OF
minute quantities of strychnine. DR..
Jonnesco makes no claim to being the
originator of this process, and only
| regards himself as having perfected
! The details. DR.. Corning, the orig
lnator of spinal anaesthesia, feels that
IN theoretical grounds it is as safe
as, or safer than, the older methods
| Of a~naesthesia. and DR.. Jonnesco ap-
pears to have very. good data bearing
out this idea in a practical way. 1t
Is, perhaps, the feeling Of many sur
geons that we shall make use of
! spinal anaesthesia in certain selected
groups of cases. and other forms of
| anaesthesia in other groups. Certain
classes of patients take the common
anaesthetics rather badly-alcoholics,
for instance, and drug habitues, as
we'll as those with diseases of the
hearts and lungs. 1t is probable that
spinal a~naesthesia will be more fire.
luently used by American surgeons
/ in this group of cases, and that we
will gradually extend it's range as fast
as we feel that we a do it safely
Harper's Weekly.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-03-02
Wider Wagon Tires.

Necessity for a law requiring the
use of sufficiently wide wagon tires
to prevent the cutting up and rapid
destruction of improved and sur
faced roads is forcibly urged in a let
ter from Hon. Frank Sheffield, chair
man Of the board Of county commits
sioners of Sumpter County.
Chairman Sheffield writes to thank
The Constitution for the prize
awarded to Sumpter County for the
best roads between Albany and Ma
CON-, on the Albany-Atlanta good
roads automobile run, and includes
a word of praise for the work The
Constitution has done in the further
ance of this important State move
ment.
One of the things which impresses
Chairman Sheffield most as needed
for the protection and preservation OF
the roads is wider wagon tires.
The Constitution has heretofore
urged the Importance of some action
looking to this end, and that It mus!
soon come cannot be questioned.
AS Chairman Sheffield points out,
when the roads are graded and sur
faced, "the tendency is to increase
the load, and the narrow tire becomes
more destructive than ever
BY drawing the bill as he suggests,
so that it will apply only to new wag-
ons and exempting those in use at
the time of it's passage, no hardship
will result to anyone; the narrow
tired wagons will gradually disappear
as they are worn out, and the roads
will be saved from their destructive
effect.
Sumpter County has already
worked wonders in road building,
and although, as Chairman Sheffield
says, she has just begun, farm lands
along these improved roads imme-
diately advance as much as twenty
five per cent. in price, and general
Improvement of the farms is notice.
able"
Sumpter is furnishing a splendid
example to her sister counties, and
the work here, as we'll as throughout
the State, should be furthered and
encouraged by the enactment of wise
and necessary laws for the proper
care and protection OF the roads,
Atlanta Constitution.