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The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1911-09-16
Prof. H. J. Beadle.

The new principal of the High
School. Prof. H. j. Bsadle, has
arrived in town preparatory to the
opening of school.
Mr.. Bsadls comes to us with
over eighteen years OF experience
having taught for sixteen years in
Jefferson College, and two years
as principal Of the High School al
Lutchsr. He is a graduate of both
Jefferson College and I Tulane I'm.
ivsrsity.
He has been successful in the
school work. and he comes to us
highly recommended, and with
his successful experience we havs
reason to believe he will give us
an excellent years work a. princi.
pal of the High School. The pa.
irons who have met him seem to
be we'll impressed with him.
With him will be a splendid fa-
Guilty whose service are up to the
highest standard, and We there.
fore feel that ws will experience q
banner year in our public schools.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1911-09-16
Unfortunate Death.

Tuesday MOI ming Barthslmy De.
Blanc, son of Mr.. Dan DeBlsnc
met his death by hanging with q
leather belt to tho railing of On
iron bed.
The members Of tho family be.
love that tho boy had no intsn.
ton Of suicide and his self do.
struction was merely accidental.
Whom he Was found by mem-
bers Of the family life was almost
extinct, Drs. Bsyt, Fleming and
DeMahy worked on him but it was
too late.
The young man was aged IA
years 2 months and % days.
He was buried at eight O'Clock
Wednesday morning and . large
concourse OF relatives and friends
followed the remains 10 their last
resting place.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1911-09-16

1t is simply tho right of a oiti-
zens to demand a public document
from public official, and the rs-
fusaI of that public document by
the official.
What would b tho condition OF
Affairs if every citizen in the pa.
IRISH had to employ attornsys to
got public. documsntf
The time has come when our
people want public servants in
public Offices and the trend of
public opinions and public express
sions at this time fully indicate
that clean sweep will b made in
st. Martin parish and an entirely
new sst of officials will DO put
in office, aud We hope that after
this election no citizen will need
employ q lawyer to get the privi-
lego to copy public record.
Hero is tho demand made upon
the sheriff:
st. Martinville, Aug. ~. 1911.
Hon. A. E. Bronssard, Sheriff and
Tax Collector St. Martin Parish,
st. Martinville.
Dear Sir:
Mr.. Eastin informs me that you
have refused him the right to SEQ
and copy the entries in your cash
book
Fearing that there may DO
Misunderstanding between you
and before taking any step in the
matter, now write and ask you
for Messrs. George Eastin, Wade
Martin and I. L. Bienvenu to al.
low them access to your cash book
for 1910 for the purpose Of max
ing q copy thereof in your Office
under your supervision.
Be 80 kind to lot me have your
answer by Wednesday morning to
avoid proceedings. d.
Truly,
Signed MARTIN & MARTIN.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1911-09-16
Teche Improvement.

There was q meeting held here
Thursday afternoon largely atten.
dsd by our people aud representa-
tives from Port Barre, Leonvllle,
! Arnaudville, LoresuviIle, Breaux
Bridge aud Now Iberia.
The meeting was presided by
DR.. j. r. Olivier and Mr.. j. j.
Burdin acted as secretary.
The meeting Was addressed by
U. 8. Engineer Dicksy represent
ing Col. Beach, Major Kerr, State
Engineer. President Lsfebro OF
Atohafalsys Levse Board and sew.
sral other persons who discussed
the important matter.
Delegates representing tho sew
eral sections affected by the pro-
posed improvements were selected
to confer with the Tsche Improve
msnt Association at q meeting to
b held in New Iberia Tuesday
next, at 3 p. m.
The following resolution was
unanimously adopted:
Whereas, at q conference of pro-
psrty owners and others in deep
interest, held at st. Msrtinville,
La, this day, it was explained
that, in order to assure the Ma.
tional Government of the prevail
ing sentiment of the Parishes Of
Avoysllss, 1T. Landry, Iberia, St.
Mary and st. Martin. it would be
we'll to record an endorsement Of
the project to improve tho nsvigs-
ton Of Bayou Tsche, Bayou COur-
tablsau, Bayou Cocodris and Ba-
you Bosuf. proposed by the Ma
tional Government, aud
Whereas this project was care.
fully and thoroughly explained by
the Engineers and other present.
Be it resolved that Tho project
is, hereby, approved aud endorsed
in every particular, it being unsu-
imously accepted that it is a clear,
comprehensive, conclusive solu-
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1911-09-16
Tho Messenger has receive

!. The Messenger has received
several letters from candidates TO,
the different state Offices, for its
support, but mono will receive the
support of this paper unless they
publicly express themselves
against the entire lot of ring can.
didstes. Those interested only in
their own Independent campaigns
should not receive the support OF
candidates who are not opposed
to the ring. We have . right to
know how they stand before va
give them our support.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1911-09-16

The State Central COMMITTEES
has been called to meet in New
Orleans on Tuesday, October Bird.
to fix tho dates of the first and
second primaries. Il 10 thought
that the date for holding the first
primary will b about the 23rd Of
January. The date for holding
the second primary, if it 10 nsoss-
ssry, will be also b named, which
no doubt will bs six weeks later.
The general election will be held
on Tuesday, April 10th.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1911-09-16
Not a Word of Scandal

marred the call Of . nsighbor on Mrs
W. p. Spangh. Of Manvills. Wyo.. who
said: 'she told me DR.. Kings New Life
Pills had cured her Of obstinate kidney
trouble. aud made her feel like new
woman" Easy, but sure remedy for
stomach. liver and kidney troubles. On.
~ Csc at all druggists.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1911-09-16
POOR BILL

A writer in the last issue of the
81. Martin Banner styling himself
"BilP' dwslls ct length and goes
into the discussion Of matters that
are entirely out of question and
some Of the points raised are sim.
ply too ridiculous 10 need com.
mont.
Whore can the writer sec mud
singing and injustice in what We
said concerning tho shsriff's cash
book 10 beyond oil reason aud sim
ply foolish.
Tho only question at issue is
this;aud nothing else. Mr.. George
Eastin, . citizen. tax payer and
candidate wanted to copy the
sheriff. cash book and asked the
sheriff for the cash book for that
purpose, and Mr.. Eastin said that
the sheriff refused him this priv
lego.
Mr.. Eartin Chen employed the
services of Martin q Martin sttor-
nsys who made . demand upon
the sheriff for the cash book and
were refused tho book. The at
tornsys made . written demand
upon the sheriff giving him three
days to mako his decision and de-
manded writtan answer after
which time the attorneys were to
take . mandsmus. but tho sheriff
wisely informed tho attorneys that
tho book would be furnished.
This 10 in substance what we re-
ported aud this was not denied by
The sheriff; ws got this informa-
ton direct from Mr.. Eastin and
his attorneys, and Mr.. Ess,in has
made use of this in his campaign.
Now there 10 no necessity to try
aud make big thing about this
little incident, tho matter ct issue
10 simply that . citizen called up
on . public official for a public
document, which was refused him.
therefore it establishes the fact
that the sheriff instead OF being a
public servant according to the
intent and purpose of the law,
placed himself in tho attitude Of
bose
Had Mr.. Eastin not mads up
bis mind to get the book through
process Of law, hs might not nave
The privilegs to copy the cash book.
whether the cash book is cor
rsolly kept, etc., etc., has nothing
e do with the refusal. Mr.. Ess-
tin wspssds copy of tho book and
he had . right to it, 40 to bis in
tsntion and purpose are matters
foreign to the discussion.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1911-09-16
Digestion and Assimilation.

1t is not the quantity Of food taken
but the amount digested and assimila-
ted that gives strength and vitality TO
the system. Chamberlain's Stomach and
Liver Tablets invigOrate the stomach
and liver aud enable them to perform
their functions naturally. For sale bv
all druggists.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1911-09-16

Mrs. Robert Spahr OF Houms
spent several days hore this week,
with her sister, Mrs. L. +. Gary
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1911-09-16
Livery Stable.

HHVSHy OS0UANs
We have opened a Livery
and Feed Stable, on Ham,
ilton street back of Evange-
line Hotel. Good Teams,
prompt service and courteous
treatment. We solicit a share
OF your patronage.
Chas. I'heriot & Son.
Rock Island Argus., 1911-07-18
BY j. G. OSBORN.

The other day l saw in a Chicago
paper an lad" headed in large display
type. Have you ever felt the charm
Of the farm" And beneath were
these specifications: Have you ever
clambored over a rail fence into field
of golden grain? Have you ever gone
down to the pasture and brought the
cows home? Have you ever smelt the
dark soil. the sweet clover, the fra
grant hay, the ripened fruit? Have
you ever gone into the orchard where
the cider press was working and drunk
from the great earthern jug?"
These questions are asked with an
air of triumph by a representative of
a great corporation that has land to
sell.
Speaking In behalf of the 80 or 40
million American citizens l answer,
Yes, we have" We know all about
it. We have clambored over the rail
fence, more likely crawled through the
barbed wires. Usually we go around
by the gate, taking with us team, a
plow, harrow or some other imple-
ment We have trudged the long end
less burrows, or between the corn rows,
Rock Island Argus., 1911-07-18

merfeldt, aged 81 years, 1922 West
Fourteenth street, passed away Sunday
evening at II o'clock at his home after
lingering eight months illness Of
paralysis. He was born in Dorf Wisch,
Probstei, Germany, April 6, 1857, COM
ing TO America with his parents the
same year. The family moved direct
TO Davenport, where the son was edu-
Gated in and graduated from the public
schools. Deceased is survived by his
wife, Wilhelmina; his father, Henry;
four sisters, Miss Emma Kummerfeldt,
Mrs. Bertha strehmer, Mrs. WilheI-
nina StuhT and Mrs. Catherine Koch,
and an adopted daughter, Mrs. Roy Bal
comb. The funeral will be held from
the home al o'clock Wednesday af-
ternoon ana viii be private. The body
will be incinerated at the Davenport
crematory
Rock Island Argus., 1911-07-18

and the foundations of a prosperous
happy home
A son and successor takes up the
work, and with broader outlook, and
higher ideals, and larger facilities,
events move faster, with an increasing
purpose towards even better things,
and the modern farm home, the finish
ed product, stands before us in all
its beauty and joys. We who have
spent a life time in the country, and
witnessed with our eyes much of the
Yet there is a shadow in the picture
1t is possible that the farm home, in
acquiring as it is doing, something of
the refinement of the city shall annex
some of its follies also, it's love of dis
play, its desire for ease, its Indifference
to its neighbors welfare, it's mad rush
after wealth, it's lower moral standards.
For better that country life should re-
tain its ancient simplicity.
But all this is not what we had most
ly in mind when we commenced to
write. We wished to explore that abb
surdity of expecting to enjoy the
OHdTH OI the urn Dy investing
few dollars, or more, in the lands Of
ferred for sale Dy a great railroad cor
poration.
Joslin, Ill, July17.
transformation, need no exhortation to
rejoice.
For, in very truth, the modern farm
home is the ideal abode of American
citizenship. There all domestic and
social virtues are born and nourished,
the highest moral standards are en-
throned, the purest earthly Joys are
cultivated. Some modern Virgil might
win undying fame If he should write
Rock Island Argus., 1911-07-18
A1edO
cTematOry

Mrs. J. NJ. Fisher left for Rock Is
land on short visit.
Scoville Lee and daughter were Wis
itors in Rock Island Thursday.
Mrs. Olive Stevens and daughter
Hope, and Misses Nellie and JESSIE
Ringdall went to Rock Island Thurs
day for a short visit, after which Mss
Jessie Ringdall and Hope Stevens viii
90 to FreePort for = visit at the hOMe
of Dr.. and Mrs. H. Z. Morrison.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Sewell went 10
the tri-cities Thursday for a visit wiki
friends.
Mrs. H. R Morrison and daughter,
Miss Bertha Church, went TO Rock Is
land to visit at the home Of Mis-
George Gillespie.
Mrs. Perry Willis of Aledo and her
sisters, Mrs. May Horn and Mrs. Jau-
ME Beckett of Mt. Ayr, Iowa left for
Peoria TO visit Mrs. Jerry Robbins and
family
Miss Catherine Roberts left for Chi
cago TO attend the summer term of a
musical school there.
Misses Grace Brancht and n. Ia
Brooks left for Chicago to spend a
few days vacation.
Mrs. Austia Sherer returned from
Peoria where she has visited for a
week
A son was born to Mr.. and 5Irs
Bert Graham. July y.
Miss Anne Edwards of Galva came
for a visit at the home of Miss Ella
Scott
Mr.. and Mrs Ed Hammond of OF
tumwa. Iowa, came 10 ra visit with Mr..
and Mrs H. s. Middaugh.
W. H. Bartlett has returned from
Canton, Kan.
Mr. and Mrs. L. y. Lewis and so1
have returned from an extended stay
in various parts of Kansas.
Clyde Holmes left for Chicago TO
spend a few days.
Misses Emma and Mary Cowan eft
for Wyoming 70 visit friends.
Mrs. L. A Combs of Mulberry Grove,
Ill, has arrived here TO make an ex-
tended stay with her son, A. R. Burke
Rock Island Argus., 1911-07-18
Simple Home Remedy
For Wrinkled Faces
(From Popular ToiIettes)

Thousands of women are spending
fortunes in their frantic efforts to
remove the signs of premature age
from their faces. When in this state
OF mind a woman will spend almost
any amount of money on worthless
wrinkle remoyers, Of which there
are many.
II these women only knew It, the
most effective remedy imaginable is
a simple, harmless face wash which
can be made up at home in less than
minute. They have only to get
an ounce of powdered saxolite and
half pint of witch hazel at the drug
store and mix the two. Apply this
daily as a refreshing lotion. The ef-
feet is almost magical. Even after
the first treatment a marked i'm
prOvement is noticed and the face
has a SNUG. firm feeling that is most
pleasing.
Rock Island Argus., 1911-07-18

She was accompanied by R H. Russell
who will visit few days.
Charles and Lynn Huffman Of Pitts
| burg, Pa, are the guests Of their
grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. L. F,
| Chamberlin.
| Miss Mary Harris and her little
niece went to Galesburg to see Mrs.
Harris, who is at hospital there.
| Miss Williamson of Moline came fer
| visit at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs.
William Marsh.
Mrs. c. Vertrees and two daughters
have returned from a visit in Macomb
and Vermont. III.
Mrs. Robinson and daughter Lucille
went to Peoria Friday. Mrs. Robinson
will be treated for rheumatism.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin Dice and family
left Friday for Marysville, Pa, to v1s's
Mrs. Dice's parents.
Mr. and Mrs W. W. Warnock and
two children and Mrs. Mary ]. Wa
mock left for Davenport to spend two
weeks with friends.
Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Carlson, Mr..
and Mrs. Fred Carlson, and Mr.. ami
Mrs. George Henry were visitors In
Rock Island Friday.
Misses Jennie and Ruth Johnson Of
Youngstown, Ohio, have arrived for a
visit with Mr. and Mrs. Charles John
son.
Mrs. Rinehart and her little daugif
ter, who have been here visiting at
the home of Mrs. r. w. Bolton, left
Saturday for their home in Adair, IL.
Mrs. G. 4. Branberg and children of
Coal Valley, who have been visiting
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. c. A. Peter
son, left Saturday for New Windsor
to visit her sister.
Miss Anne Edwards returned Sat-
urday to Galva, after visit of few
days with the Misses Abercrombie
Miss Helen Showers of Chicago
came Saturday to visit at the home Of
Captain w A. Lorimer.
Mr. and Mrs. William Pinkertor of
Burlington. came Saturday to visit
with relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. D. Jennings left
Saturday for West Point, Iowa, TO
spend a week with their daughter.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. B. Doughty went 10
Davenport Saturday to visit their
daughter, Mrs. Josie Burleigh. They
will celebrate their 40th wedding ami
versary while there.
Alex Burnett of Shelbyville, No,
who has been spending few days
with his sister, Mrs. G. 1. Palmer, left
Saturday for his home.
Mr.. and Mrs. P. T. Farm and ch;l-
dren and the Misses Farm left for a
visit in Rock Island.
]. S. McCreight of Aledo was eleC;
ed vice president at the convention NJ
the Rural Mail Carriers association
held in Mattoon recently.
G. II. WirsChing, district secretary
of the Illinois Anti-saloon league, gave
an address in the Lutheran church
here Sunday evening.
c A Reynolds, has sold his garage
TO Clinton F. RAIDER, who has resigned
his position as electrician at She"-
rard, and will conduct the business in
AledO.
Rock Island Argus., 1911-07-18
The Charm of the Farm

day after day, week after week. month
after month all the crop season, year
after year, while every muscle of the
limbs was swollen, every joint rigid,
every bone ached, and the brain seem
ed on fire under the blazing heat of
the midsummer sun. We have ''smelt
the dark SOIL" and watered it with the
sweat of our face. We have mingled
the perfume of the new mown hay"
and the fragrance of the sweet scent
ed clover" with the rank odOrs ex-
hailed from our prespiring bodies, while
every thread of clothing about us was
saturated, and our shoes even be
came catch basins for the surplus
fluid. Oh yes, it was charming. And
when the sun was low, our weary
hands unbind the painting steeds," we
have gone TO the pasture and brought
home the cows, and milked and finish
ed the chores by the light of the pale
silver moon" We have been there.
And in our orchards also.
Yes, indeed, the farm has charms for
the city visitor In contrast with the
tumult of the city, it's smoke and dust,
the sitting heat of its crowded streets.
the glare of the pavements, the vile
air of the shops, the unwholesome
odors of the alleys, the pure soft air.
the refreshing breeze, the songs of the
birds, the call OF the cattle, the fra
GRANGE Of the orchard, the delicious
fruit, the sweet milk, the wholesome
foods, vegetables, eggs, chicken, how
enhancing. 1t seems almost to realize
our dreams of perfect bliss.
But the transient city visitor, care
free as he is, and finding all these de
lights ready to his hand, does not rea-
lize, or even care to think that all this
charm is the crystalized product, the
finished fruitage of strenuous seIf-de-
nying, and seemingly unrequited toll,
that into this home and its pleasant
surroundings are built the strain of
mind and sweat of body, the very life
blood of those who have gone on be-
fore. Other men and women have la
bored and builded more wisely than
they knew, and we are entered into
their labors.
For, in very truth, the evolution of
the charming farm home, like the edu-
cation of the model American citizen,
must begin with the grandfather That
easily forgotten, but really indispen
sible person, In his early manhood and
while yet excellent choices might be
made, should have selected a desir
able location, a half section or more
of productive land. With commenda-
BILE foresight il must not be too remote
from where in coming years a thriving
city viii rise II must be On or near
natural highway Of commerce where in
due time the railroad will come, the
telegraph and the post ONCE, and later
the trolley linking IL to the great out
side world. Upon their favored spot
the hardy pioneer with tireIess energy
must expend the well directed labor of
a lifetime, breaking up the virgin soil.
cultiyatiDg II SO as not TO impoVer1sh
but TO increase it's fertility. building
houses and barns and extending them
as occasion requires. planting fruits
and orchards and groves, educating
mis- children, taking his part in the so
cial ,.te Of the community. discharg-
Ing his public duties, until az length
his life work finished he passes OF
the stage, leaving an honored memory
Rock Island Argus., 1911-07-18
DAVENPORT

Police Court News-Failure 10 ap.
pear to answer to charge Of immoral
Life caused Jessie Motley and Roscoe
MOTLEY. both colored, to forfeit their
bonds in the sum Of $40 They were
brought in early Sunday morning from
lower Iowa street by Officers Bishop
and Elmer Randolph A like charge
was brought against W. Shessen and
May Edwards, the former being fined
81 and costs and the woman receiving g
10 days at the house of detention Ell
len Mumser, charged with being a
common vag, was sent TO the house of
detention for 10 days. Charles Airgood,
who lifted a gallon of oil from the
Peoples Light company, was fined 81
and costs.
Sues for Diamonds. Mrs. Flora
Warden of Davenport has entered suit
in Detroit, Mich, against the White
Star Steamship line, claiming the sum
Of 5000 for the loss of diamonds while
a passenger on one of the defendants
boats.
Lands Big Contract.-P. T. Walsh has
left for Port Arthur, Canada, to look
over the right of way of the Canadian
Northern railway extension from Port
Arthur 10 a point 551 miles north
Work will be commenced on the new
road within the near future Mr. Walsh
said yesterday the Walsh company has
the contract for the building of the
road.
Paving Progressing.-Accor to
statement made yesterday by City En-
gineer Ryan it is likely that the paw
ing on Brady street will be completed
within a week. Everything is pro
crossing smoothly and within two
weeks Perry street will be completed.
Harrison and Main streets will follow
consecutively each about a week apart
%
Returns From Rome.-Rev. William
L. Adrian returned yesterday from
Rome, where he completed a four
years course in the American college
and was ordained priest Father Ad-
rian was selected by the faculty of St
Ambrose college when ne finished his
course here as the graduate best fitted
TO go to Rome to represent the parish.
He will go TO Sigourney. Iowa, his
birthplace. where he will receive an
appointment in the diocese by Bishop
Davis.
Fail to Get Anything.-Two attempts
at robbery were made in the city Sun
day evening. thieves entering the
Standard Dyeing & Cleaning works at
226 West Fourth street and the Keeler
meat market at Locust and Iowa
streets. At neither place did they Sc
cure anything of value.
Obituary Record.-Henry NJ Kun
Rock Island Argus., 1911-07-18
ANSWERED THE SIGNAL.
The King Sent the Reply, and the Cap
tain Kicked Himself.

The King Sent the Reply, and the Cap
tain Kicked Himself.
Rear Admiral Sir Colin KeppeI was
given the command Of the royal yacht
Victoria and Albert by King Edward.
and on one occasion when the late king
was on board his majesty thought he
would like to steer the yacht for q lit
tie way.
Admiral Keppel took him % the
wheel, and, having ascertained the
proper course to steer, his majesty
tried to keep the yacht In it, with rath-
er poor success.
The vessel was being escorted by q
squadron of cruisers, and the cap
tain Of one Of these vessels, noticing
the wabbly course of the Victoria and
Albert, thought he would rag" Ad-
miraI Keppel on his bad steering.
he signAled a sarcastic inquiry as to
the erratic course Of the yacht, and
King Edward, seeing the string Of
flags go up. inquired their meaning.
Admiral Keppel went all the colors
OF the rainbow and tried to escape the
question, but the king insisted. When
ct last he understood the meaning of
the signal his majesty went OF into
peals Of laughter. and after he had re-
covered LITTLE he ordered reply to
be Signaled.
A few minutes later the captain of
the cruiser read this message: Pray
accept apologies, but am a bit out OF
practice.-Edward"
Then the captain retired to his cabin
and kicked himself.-Pearson's Week
IL,