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Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1911-11-11
Louisiana Historical Society
Appeals to Police Jury.

The Louisiana Historical Society has
sent letter to every parish in the State
stating that the society. under act No.
107 of 1910. is charged with the arrange
,nents for the proper celebration of the
Tooth anniversary of the admission Of
Louisiana into the Union as State. A
general committee has been organized
composed Of w. o. Hart as chairman
NJ. B. Trezevant, H. Garland Dupre.
Alcee Fortier and 81. NJ. Gill. The ap-
peal conveys an invitation to the men,
ben Of the Jury to attend the celebra-
ton.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1911-11-11
Week One Of Marked
Changes in Temperature.

Pronounced changes in the weather
resulted during the past week.
After . cool spell lasting up to Sun
day, we experienced on Monday the
hottest November day on record. The
highest temperature on that day was SO
degrees or 8 degrees higher than the
previous record, which occurred on
November 8. 1885 and November s,
1881. This abnormal temperature was
accompanied with drizzliag rain Of
short duration. The grinding is pro.
gressine on the different plantations.
Reports give satisfactory tonnage
but the yield Of sugar per Ton continues
disapp pointing. Labor conditions are mol
up to requirements and cane cutters ars
ID demand.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1911-11-11
Educable Children
In State ard Parish.

State Superintendent Harris has is
sued a report showing the enumerated
educables in the State, as divided into
parishes and white and colored. male
and female. The figures show a total of
304.062 white. 221 $40 colored. 267 ,638
males. 25S, 1867 females, total of 526. .005
children. The report. in detail. for St.
John Parish follows
Whites 1853, colored 2420, males
2049. females 2,134, total 4.183
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1911-11-11
NOTICE TO THE PUBLICl

The undersigned will stand for the season
his beautiful and well-bred stations:
REX. steel grey, foaled in 1907. Sire: Ben
Wah, Record 2:1s. Dam: Lady NJ. by Archie
Altmont, Record 2:14, sire Of Dudie Archdaies
Record 2:0lA
NOBEL NJ, chestnut colt. star, hind ankle
white. Sire; Nobel. Record 2s10. Dam: Saliie
Simpson Record 2:l2 He is a splendid indi.
vidual and has a good speed inheritance
DR. S. MONTEGUT,
LaPlace La.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1911-11-11
Dodsing Publicity.

OOu8A0S 0UAoAAys
1t is difficult to conceive OF lesser
excuse than that presented by Chairman
]. Zach Spearing. of the State Commit
tee of the Good Government League, for
not complying fully with the resolution
of the State Central Committee, calling
TOR the reporting and advertising OF po-
itical contributions and expenses.
The Good Government League has
violated this resolution in letter and
spirit. 1t has reported only a portion of
it's revenue and expenses, taking refuge
behind the weak explanation that it has
segregated it's city annd state campaigns
and can only be expected to report and
advertise the State end of it.
The natural result has been to show
that oD the face of the figures Mr.. Mi
chel spent over twice as much as Judge
Hall in prosecuting his campaign for
the governorship. In reality. Judge
Halls campaign thus far has been far
more costly than that of Mr.. Michel.
The people are entitled to know the
facts. but Judge Halls managers have
peremptorily refused to take them into
their confidence.
The natural query is 4why ?
| It is a we'll known fact that thousands
OF dollars have been expended by the
Hall forces in New Orleans in canvassing
the varions wards and checking up the
registration rolls. A large staff OF en-
ployees has been retained at the Leagues
City headquarters since the inception OF
the campaign. Two mass meetings were
held in the city in the interest OF Judge
Halle candidacy. at one of which. he was
nominated. The Times Democrat. one OF
his New Orleans organs, collected by
popular subscription several hundred
dollars for the Hall candidacy.
Yet. not single one of these items
appear in the financial statement filed
by the Monroe candidate with the
State Central Committee, and published
in accordance with the resolution OF that
body. They we're concealed by Goo
Coos, and Chairman Spearing admits it
was deliberately done.
One OF the chief reasons why publicity,
and minute publicity at that, was de-
manded in the present State campaign
is that the people desired to know, not
only the nature OF campaign expendi-
lures, but the source Of all campaign
contributions.
Who put up the money for the New
Orleans campaign of Judge Hall Did
the contributor or contributors to this
fund have political axe to grind? We're
they acting from patriotic or personal
motives when they loosened their purse
strings ?
These are3 questions that naturally
present themselves to the people Of the
State. They demand light on matter
that has been purposely obscured By
the resourceful gentlemen who are man
aging the political affairs Of the gentle
man from Monroe. The people desire
and they are entitled to have, the pub
icity resolution of the State oentra
Committee obeyed to the letter.
But the people are not likely to gel
light. On the contrary. the veil Of dark
ness covering the financial transaction,
Of the Good Government League seem.
impenetrable. The people have beer
sold By the men who profess TO have y
he xirtue and j lions share Of The ho1
lssty and riIl allow their oppor
What ~ ysa sso il = a
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1911-11-11
List Of Persons

Selected to serve as Grand Jurors and drawn
to serve MS Petit Jurors for the second
and third weeks of the session of the
Twenty eighth judicial District Court in
and for the parish of st. John the Baptist
to be held and begun on the Second Mon
day tllta day. of December next, 1911.
IJST Of grand JIrRORS
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1911-11-11
TINE TABLE.
TEXAS AND PACIFIC RAILWAY.
lEDGARD STATION.
FORMERLY ST. JOHN. J.


lEDGARD STATION.
FORMERLY ST. JOHN.
Passenger trains going East
No. 52 Cannon Bali ,...............-....6.oo A. NJ
No. 81 New Orleans Maih-..........3 3.os T. NJ
No. 90. Accommodation. ................9-3s A. NJ
No. 90. Merry Widow " "......... ......7.1S P. NJ
Passenger Trains going West
No. SO. Texas Mail....................8 81 -4S A. NJ
No. So, Ell Paso Express. Z. M
NJ. IS. The Limited. r. Nj
No. 81. Merry Widow "...............l0.25 T. M
The Leger and Lorio transfer meets trains
Nos, IS, 56 and SO.
YAZOo AND MISSISSIPPI VALLEY
RAILWAY.
PRESERVE STATION.
Passenger trains going South
no. 49, Baton ougeAccommodations 80 A. NJ.
I No. u. Vicksburg Express...... ....A. l5 P. NJ.
Passenger trains going North
No. %. Vicksburg Express...........s.20 A. M.
No. "a. Baton Rouge Accommodation53 80 P. M.
Y.&M. v. MOTOR CAR.
DAILY
Going South. leaves at............-..5.42 P. NJ
North, .....-............s.10 10 A. M.
FRISCO RAILWAY.
sloulsIssA RAILWAY AND NAVIGATING coRpAkYs TRACK
RESERVE STATION.
Passenger trains going East tStop on Signal.)
No. 7lS F. NJ.
No.
Passenger trains going West.
No. I..... announcement. .35 A. NJ
No. 3...... ..........................s5 81 P. NJ.
The Month transfer meet, these trains daily.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1911-11-11


The great Presidential CAMPAIGN will soon
begin and you will want the news accurately
and promptly. The World long since estab-
lished record for impartiality. and nobody
can afford its Thrice-a-Week edition, which
comes every other day in the Vna1rnom1n =
Sunday. It will be of particnlsy
now The Thrice a-week Wor
IN other strong features, sfy
markets, cartoons; in fasa
THE THE
and this pa1
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R3 ST. John the Bapt-
- 8th. 1911.
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erk Of Court.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1911-11-11

Entered as second-class matter NJ
vember 9th 1909, at the Post-Office
at Edgard, La, under the Act of
March 8, 1879.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1911-11-11

YAZOo AND MISSISSIPPI VALLEY
RAILWAY.
tRESERVE STATION.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-09-08
inevitable VERDICT DRAWS
NEAR in The BEATTIE TRIAL
Alleged Eyewitness Submitted Remarkable Let
ter; Disregarding This Testimony, State
Asked For No Re-opening of Case.
Impassioned Arguments are
Being Made.

Chesterfield Courthouse, Va, Sept.
I7.-Casting aside as unnecessary elev-
enth hour information from an alleg-
ed eye witness, the commonwealth u
Virginia today began the final argu-
ment against Henry Clay Beattie, Jr.,
indicted for wife murder Two lawyers,
J. M. Gregory for the prosecution, and
Hill Carter for the defense, measured
rhetoric in the morning session in the
alternate scourging and lauding the
character of the accused.
Though there is a slim possibility
that the argument will concluded
late today and a verdict rendered be-
fore midnight, L. o. Wendenburg who
is to close for the prosecution, pre-
dicted at noon today that he would
not finish until tomorrow noon. Judge
Watson does not expect the Jury to so
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-09-08
out until noon tomorrow.

out until noon tomorrow.
Mr. .Gregory's speech occupied near
ly an hour and half, and was a scath-
ing denunciation of the prisoner, par
ticularly in his continued relations
with a girl of prenuptial fancy even n
the subsequent months of his married
life. Appealing to the religious aad
moral sense of the jury, gathered from
the rustic community in this vicinity,
Mr. Gregory painted picture of imml-
rality revolving in it's details.
Then he emphasized the cumulative
evidence of the commonwealth and
pointed to what he called the salient,
incontrovertible fact in the case"
namely, the purchase of shotgun by
Paul Beattie which four days after
killed the wife of his cousin, Henry
Clay Beattie, Jr.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-09-08
CAPTAIN JOHN A. COBB
APPOINTED AS TRUSTEE
Appointed By Governor on
University Board

Report reached Americus yesterday
of the appointment by Governor HoKe
Smith of Captain John A. Cobb to serve
as a member of the board of trustees
of the University of Georgia. The
news of Captain Cobb's appointment
by Governor Smith will be received
with genuine pleasure by his host #
friends here and throughout the en-
tire state.
For more than seventy years Gener-
al Howell Cobb and his sons have been
members of the board of trustees Of
the State University, so that in the
light of this fact Captain Cobb's ap-
pointment to that honor is peculiarly
appropriate and beftting. General
Cobb was the first to be appointed to
membership, and he, was succeeded in
turn by Major Lamar Cobb, Judge
Howell Cobb and finally by Captain
Cobb, the most recent appointee.
Captain Cobb's appointment comes
after an interval of two years, thereby
again connecting this well known fam
lily in the relationship of trustee ot
the university with which preceding
members of the family have been so
long associated in the same capacity.
The appointment of Captain Cobb is
for the term of eight years, dating
from August % last.
It is an unusual feature of the 40
pointment that Captain Cobb was ap-
pointed a trustee from the Twelfth
Congressional district rather than
from the Third, in which he resides.
This was caused by the fact that
Congressman Dudley NJ. Hughes is t
present a trustee Of the university
from the Third District, though res
ident of the Twelfth, so that Captain
Cobb was necessarily named to repre-
sent the Twelfth district rather than
his home district under these peculiar
circumstances, as otherwise the Third
district would have had no represen-
tative at all on the board.
1t is peculiarly fitting that Captain
Cobb should receive the appointment
at this time, as he is now also mem
her Of the board of trustees of the
Ameri US public schools and president
of that body. In this way he becomes
associated in positions Of unusual hon,
or on both the local board of trustees
and that of the state institution.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-09-08
SPLIT-UP AMONG
The anti FORCES
Many Want Jack SlatOn to
Enter Race

Atlanta, Sept THE gubernatorial
situation in Georgia, quiet enough on
the surface is becoming more and
more complicated in its potentiali-
ties every day.
Then days ago the men closest to
Former Governor Joseph NJ Brown
We're willing to stake their own words
that he would positively be in the
race. Since that time the rise of the
liquor issue has made Governor
Browns candidacy problematical, and
some of the men who wanted him in
the race a week ago are now urging
him not to enter or at least to wait
until it can be ascertained more def
nitely how strongly the local option
interests are lining up behind Judge
Richard Russell.
Furthermore, some of the leaders
OF that branch of the party which has
supported Governor Brown now favor
the candidacy OF Hon. John Nj. SIatOn,
president of the senate. If Mr.. Slaton
should actually enter the race it
would still further split the local op-
ton lineup, it is believed, and by that
token the friends of J. Pope Brown,
the prohibition candidate, see his
prospects steadily Frightening. They
believe now that the only thing that
can beat him will be for the state to
go local option, for they figure that
the liquor issue has now become so
dominant, so Unexpectedly so
in fact, that the fight cannot possibly
be fought out now along the expected
Hoke Smith-Joe Brown faction lines.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-09-08
Smith OF DIVIDED name.
Still In MEXICO JAIL
Albanian Much Wanted Held
There Still

Atlanta, Georgia, September ST.
J. Wylie Smith, alleged abscondins
treasurer of the defunct Commercial
Loan and Trust Company, arrested
several weeks ago in Chihuahua. Mex
leo, is still long way from Atlanta.
Despite efforts of the Pinkertons and
the National Surety Company to get
the man, said to be short over $780,
600, back to Atlanta at once, it now
looks as if it will be several weeks yet
before he is finally landed here.
Red tape" in Washington is said t.
be the cause of the delay, and it is
stated that the officer detailed to bring
Smith from the Mexican town to At
lanta, has not yet left Washington,
waiting there for necessary papers.
While the international machinery
at Washington is slowly grinding, J..
Wylie is languishing in a Mexican jail,
famed for its dirt and total lack of ev-
erything which might tend to make
its inmates comfortable. To make mat
ters worse for the incarcerated Atlan+-
an, it is said he is penniless at the
present, although friends in Atlanta
are preparing to send him funds.
1t is rumored that several friends ofI
the one-time treasurer of the CONNER
cial Loan and Trust Company have all
ready made arrangements for heavy
bond for him, so that he may be given
liberty at least, as soon as
he arrives in Atlanta.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-09-08
COMMISSIONER HUDSON Is
BUSY COLLECTING DATA,
viii Try to Show Real Cotton Crop
Condition.

Atlanta, Sept. State Commission
er of Agriculture r. G. Hudson, with
whom originated the idea of a meeting
of southern commissioners to be held
at Montgomery, September 18th, in
the interest of keeping the price of cot
ton up, has begun to collect informa-
ton from every county in Georgia
on the conditions on the crop, and sim
liar steps are being taken in other
states, so that synopsized report will
be presented at the Montgomery meet
ing, showing the definite prospects.
The principal object of that meet
ing is to encourage the erroneous i'm
preston that there will be a full crop
this year. Many Georgia counties re-
F.rt that the crop prospects have de-
creased 35 per centfrom the full crop
within the past two or three weeks.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-09-08
CITY MAY ACQUIRE AN
AUTO fire APPARATUS
Matter Is to Be Fully lNVGS.
tigatGd Soon

If matters are found satisfactory n
that particular, Americus is likely to
have a combination automobile hose
wagon and chemical engine of the lat
est design. The matter of investigating
this new equipment was referred -
the fire and police committee at the
last meeting of council.
In order that the advisability of pur-
chasing the proposed equipment may
be Investigated to the fullest extent
the committee has left the matter
largely in the hands of Fire Chief w
P. Macarthur, who has been commits
stoned to represent the city at the In
ternational Fire Engineers Conven-
ton, which will meet in Milwaukee
September 1921. At this meeting spe-
cial facilities will be afforded for eX-
amining the automobile fire apparatus
made by present day automobile man
ufacturing companies.
Inc display Vi dulOulODlIe lI6 dppd-
ratus that will be made at the conven-
tion in Milwaukee will be especially
varied and complete. 1t is estimated
that thirty different firms that make
this apparatus will have exhibits at the
convention, so that practically the en-
tire field of modern fire-fghting appa-
ratus will be completely covered.
Chief Macarthur will make careful in
spection of the displays, SO that he will
be able to make a definite report to the
committee upon his return. The re-
port made by Chief Macarthur will be,
it is understood, a determining factor
with the committee in reaching de-
cision as to whether the city should
now begin to replace its older fire ap-
paratus by that which is thoroughly
modern.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-09-08
MORE MUSIC, MORE MILK
IS NEW DAIRY THEORY.
May Advertise Soon for Bovine Orches-
tras in Chicago.

Chicago, Sept. THE dairies about
Chicago in the near future may be adj
vertising for orchestras, vocal sing
ers, single instrument players and
professional whistlers, because: Cows
are natures music lovers and under
the influence of the soulful and har-
monious strains become happy and
eontented with their bovine existence
and as a result yield a bountiful sup
ply of milk. That is the belief of T.
w. GatcOmbe, dairyman extraordinary
of London, England. Some Chicago
dairymen and dairywomen believe in
supplying cows with music as well as
fodder, while others are not convinced
of the value of the view.
Classic music, soft Irish airs and
patriotic pieces seem to have the
strongest influence on the bovine
workers" said the dairyman. They
have a soothing effect on the cows and
they seem to yield more milk"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-09-08
FIXING ALL
THE ROADS
FOR The FALL
TRAFFIC ON them IS GREAT
COnViCts Are Also Improving
the Lee Street Road

The convicts of Sumter county are
still putting in effective WORK on the
good roads line.
While little has been said about their
Operations recently they have been in
dustriously at work in general improve
ment.s and on special work on the Lee
street road.
A considerable force is operating this
last improvement. Beginning at the
city boundary they have already done
effective work in building up and grad
ing the road making it a fit companion
for the various other good roads that
stretch out like the hubs of a wheel in
all directions from Americus.
This part of the gang will probably
be kept on the Lee street road until It
has been converted into finer thor-
oughfare for distance of ten miles or
more, probably right on to the Sumter
county line.
While some work has been done on
this road heretofore it had never been
put in an entirely satisfactory condi-
ton. The present work will remedy
the defects and put it in the catalog Of
good highways of the county.
The greater part of the conyicts,
though, are now doing general i'm
provement work, going over the yari-
GUS roads, repairing them making
improvements, and getting them
all in shape for the fall and wintar
traffic.
The hauling will be heavier over the
various roads the next six months than
ever before. The crops are large and
the transportation of them to the mar
ket requires that the roads all be IL
as good condition as possible. The
County Commissioners have according
ly diverted the greater part of the
working force in this direction.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-09-08
this FARMER is PILING
MONEY IN The BANK
Makes $1,000 on a Little 20
Acre Farm

Waycross, Ca, Sept. Prior 70
September 1 a Ware county farmer,
R. w Lewis, cultivating twenty-five
acres two miles from Waycross, netted
81, ,58720 from his products. His fig
ures are gained from his own system
of keeping up with what he grows
and what it costs. The comparison of
the sales shows the net profit named.
MIR. Lewis uses only one plow, finding
it easier to devote his efforts to small
acreage. His crops have been general
in nature Watermelons, many of them
weighing in the sixties, boosted his
net earning considerably. His fruit
was unusually fine this year, some +
the pears weighing from one to three
pounds apiece. His experiment with
sugar beet proved a success in every
detail and he is going in for more
acreage of this product another sea-
son. Mr. Lewis has a paying side line
, in shade trees. He sets them out and
sees that they live or replaces for the
purchasers. His advice to newcomers
lis to locate in this Section and to de-
lvote their energies to small acreage
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-09-08
VETS NOW HOPE
TO CARRY maine
Liquor Fight In That State
Will Be Close

Portland, Me, Sept. 1.-THE posi-
bility that Maine may repudiate prohi.
bition grows stronger as election day
which comes on the 18th of this month
draws nearer.
Two months ago hardly person at
all familiar with public sentiment in
the state believed that there was more
than ghost of chance that the pros
hibitory amendment would be annulled
when the people came to vote upon
it.
The temperance organization, the
churches and the oranges, all of which
are united for the law got in their
work so early and with such vigor
that they seemed for a time to have
driven completely to cover whatever
anti-prohibition sentiment there was,
and the only question asked was by
what majority would the amendment
be retained. The only thing that caus>
ed any uncertainty whatever was the
strong disposition manifest on the part
of the average voter to keep his senti-
ment to himself.
But within a few weeks all this has
changed. Voters are talking more freq
iy. and with this loosening up there
came first hope, then courage, and
now what seems to be absolute conf
dence on the part of those who have
been conducting the campaign against
the amendment.
And with this increasing confidence
of the ants, which seems to be sim
cere, there is no mistaking the fact
that the other side has become cores
pondingly depressed.
The prohibition leaders are not yet
ready to say, even in private, that they
expect to lose, but the air of absolute
confidence which they maintained ear
ly in the campaign is gone and some
of the more conservative are willing
to admit that "it looks bad"
The uncertain element is the coun'
try towns. That nearly every city o
any size in the state will declare
against the amendment is practically
conceded, but the prohibitionists are
still pinning their faith to the rura
regions, which have always been the
laws chief source of strength, anC
without which it would have gone o!
the board long ago.
The antis admit they cannot viii
without much support in the country
; but they say they are going to get
: They say that the many voters WHIT
} have refused to declare themselves un
= til recently are for them and that the,
are saying so now.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-09-08
PRESIDENTIAL P0STMASTERS
WILL MEET SOON IN ATLANTA

Atlanta, Sept. THE presidential
postmasters of Georgia will meet in
convention in Atlanta November 18th
and 10th, when they will be rendered
a barbecue by Postmaster Hugh L.
Mckee, and will be entertained in va
rious other ways. The president Of
the association is Albert n. Tumlin,
Of Cave Springs.
Other officers are ]. o. Varnedo, first
vice president, Valdosta; R. L. Will
liams, second vice president, Griffin;
c. B. Beacham, treasurer, Lumber
City; the chairman Of the executive
committee is T. B. Murphy, postmast-
ter at Atlanta, formerly one of the
south's best known newspaper men,