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The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-04-06
THIBoDAUX, LOUISIANA, sATURnAY. APRIL
Aester's Visible Supply Statement.

New Orleans.-Secretary Hester'R
statement OF the worlds visible sup.
ply OF cotton, made up from special
cable and telegraphic advices, com.
pares the figures of this week with
last week, last year and the year be-
fore. 1t shows decrease for the
week just closed of 150,704 bales,
against a decrease of 1926 last year
and decrease OF 1888 year before
last
The total visible is 5,5S3,O38 bales,
against 5,7S3,742 last week, 4,23O,5S0
last year and 4,1G2,237 year before
last. OF this the total of American
cotton is 4,372,03S bales, against
4,530.742 last week, 3,O9s,5s0 last year
and 2,863,237 year before last, and of
all other kinds, including Egypt,
z1sssil al 900 bales,
against 1903 last week, 1,132.OO0
last year and 1,299,000 year before
last.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-04-06
LOUISIANA STATE NEWS
AAP.PENlN Of INTEREST
THROUGHOUT ThE STATE.
ITEMS FROM gY QUARTER
OF Louisiana When 10 News Gath.
cred for Our MShy Readers.
Parish ard City.
Two Sever korns.

Alexandria AiexS afia and vicin-
y ssls sas q s's|1 ss2sns s'ast & stosn e,
morning, and the second one at 8
o'clock In the city several fences,
trees and smokestacks were blown
down and a house, was struck by
lightning.
On the Seipp plantation. five miles
from Alexandria, gin and two seed
warehouses were demolished. On the
Melady plantation, on Bayou Rapides,
a dwelling was blown down. The roof
was torn off the Lee Lumber Com
pany's mill at Tioga, north on the
Iron Mountain road, and a number
of small houses demolished. A guam
tity of timber in the Holloway neigh
borhood was blown down.
At the Cedar Grove plantation and
the New Hopes place, on Red river, a
dwelling and barn were destroyed and
a number of fine live oak trees a half
century or more old were blown up
by the roots.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-04-06
8unshIne.

Surround the children with every
possible cheer, Smiles and
laughter cost nothing. -. Let the
children have music, let them have.
pictures, let them have laughter, let
them have good time; not an Idle
time, but one full Of cheerful occupe
ton. Surround them with all tho
beautiful things you can. Plants
should be given sun and air and tho
blue sky; give them to your boys and
girls. | do not mean for day or q
month, but for all the years. We can
not treat q plant tenderly one day
and harshly the next day; they cannot
stand it.-Luther Burbank, In The
Training of the Human Plant"
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-04-06
A Tax for Special Drainage.

Lake Charles.-Taxpayers within
the limits of Vinton drainage district
voted almost unanimously taxes
amounting to $106,00O for the purpose
Of draining $1,000 acres of lowlands
lying. within the district. Over 1000
votes were cast for, and but two
against the tax. An acreage tax OF
Is cents for fifteen years, ON which a
bond issue of $4,000 will be based.
and a special ad valorem tax OF
$4,000 were voted.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-04-06
STATE AND DOMESTIC.

"Fiddling Bob" Taylor of TENNESSEE
died at Washington Sunday.
Miners to the number of 10000
have quit work in the United States
The United States consents to ship
ments of arms across the border int
Mexico to enable Madero's army tt
rout rebels. .H
N. S. Hunter, aged 81, an Agricul
tural and Mechanical college student
was drowned while swimming in the
Brazos river Saturday.
A man was blown to atoms in ar
explosion of 1900 quarts of nitro
glycerin near Tulsa, Okla, Sunday.
n The melting SHOWS are making rag
ing torrents of streams in the upper
Mississippi valley.
Senator Gore of Oklahoma narrowl,
escaped death Saturday when q crazet
Pole, Charles Schomalk, attacked hin
with a club while the senator wa.
speaking at Waukesha, Wis
Officers of the Capital Freehold
Land and Investment Company, Limit
ed, an English company, which bull
the Texas statehouse at Austin IN ex
change for 100000 acres Of Pan
handle land, were exonerated o.
charges of fraud brought against then
by Mrs. Margaret Ann Babcock, II
circuit court in Chicago, Saturday
Mrs. Babcock is the widow of Amos
C. Babcock, minority stockholder o1
the corporation.
A head-on collision between two
freight trains on the Fort Worth
branch of the Katy, about two miles
west of Denison, Texas, Friday re
suited in ten men being injured. one
probably fatally; several hundred
head of stock killed, two engines com
pletely demolished and the equipment
of both trains reduced to kndling.
Upon a vote Of the board of re
gents of the University of Texas a,
their session held Friday the Anti
Tuberculosis Association of Texas
headed by Mrs. o. B. Colquitt, which
is to soon erect home for the chill
dren OF the state suffering with the
dread disease, will be allowed to erect
the same on the grounds of the Uni
yersity of Texas situated in the city
of Galveston.
Sixty-nine bodies have been taken
out of the Jed mine at Welsch, Va,
up to Saturday, in which eighty-four
we're killed by q gas explosion.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-04-06
w. o. w. to Have New Home.

Laplace.-The w. o. w. building
committee of the John A. Reine Camp
No. 504 has accepted the building
plan of Architect Harold Raymond Of
New Orleans, who was the successful
contestant in the competition which
closed on the 25th instant. The con-
tracts will bet letIout to the lowest
bidders in the near future and work
on the building will begin in the
early part of April. The building will
be of concrete blocks. measuring 60
feet by 40 feet, with basement and
one upper story. The basement will
contain offices, al reading room. a
club room, billiard room. etc.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-04-06
For Agricultural Development.

Jennings.-The Smith-RoWson Com
pany Of Jennings~is il a new corpora
ton recently organized, with capital
stock OF $4,000. The object and pur-
pose OF the company Is q general ag-
ricultural Development. not only to
raise rice ana sugaf cane but to man
ufacture sugar. mill rice and sell all
kinds Of vegetables and garden truck
and do canning and marketing in this
line. The first board OF directors is
composed of q. G. Smith. president;
w. A. Rowson, vice president, and
N. s. Wisenhunt. secretary and treas
urer.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-04-06
SHE QUIT COFFEE
And Much Good Came From IT,

It is hard to believe that coffee VIII
put person in such a condition as It
did a woman of Apple Creek. O. she
tells her own story:
81 did not believe coffee caused my
trouble, and frequently said / likeG
It so well would not quit drinking 4,
even if 1t took my(life, but ] was
miserable sufferer from heart trouble
and nervous prostration for four years
II was scarcely able to go around at
all. Had no energy, and did not care.
for anything. Was emaciated and ha0'
a constant pain around my heart until
/ thought could not endure It. !
felt as though l was liable to die any
time.
Frequently had nervous chflls and
the least excitement would drive sleep
away, and any little noise would up
set me terribly. I was gradually get
ting worse until finally one day. It
came over me, and / asked myself
what Is the use of being sick all the
time and buying medicine 30 that !
can indulge myself In coffee?
$50 thought l would see II / could
quit drinking coffee, and got some
Postum to help me quit. made It
strictly according to directions, and
want to tell you that change was the
greatest step in my life. 1t was easy
to quit coffee because / had tho
Postum which l like better than I
liked the old coffee. One by one the,
old troubles left, until now / am In
splendid health, nerves steady. heart
all right, and the pain all gone. Never
have any more nervous chills, don't
take any medicine, can do all my
housework, and have done a great
deal besides.
"My sisterin-law, who visited mo
this summer had been an invalid for
some time, much as was. got her
to quit coffee and drink Postum. She
gained five pounds in three weeks
and never saw such change In any
ones health"
There's a reason"
Ever read the nbove letter. A new
enc appears from time to time. They
are genuine. true, onS fuu 81 human
interest.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-04-06
Keeping Up the Good Roads.

Natchitoches. "A conference be-
tween the present police jury and the
prospective new police jury was held
to discuss the matter OF the good
roads work now under way in this
parish. The conferees reached sat
isfactory agreement. The present
body will negotiate d loan of $11, 900
to be used to liquidate present out
standing debts and to continue the
construction OF. the road under way
until the assuming Of the new mem
bers
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-04-06
IMMEDIATE EFFECT OF GREAT KID.
NEY REMEDY IS SOON REALIZED,

According to my experience do no.
consider there Is anything to equal
Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root for kidney
affection Twice it relieved ne when
was completely helpless.
The last time 1 vas travelling in
Texas, when my kidneys became al
fected, and for ten days l suffered ex-
crnciating pain accompanied with Sc
we're chills. Several years previous,
having heen relieved OF a similar at
tack, / naturally sought relief as be-
fore, from SHamp-Root.
After using scur Of the large size
bottles. was completely restored and
went On my way rejoicing and prais-
ing DR.. kiimer's Swamp-Root. This
was three years ago, end have had
no indication Of the rfs Urn OF the al
srictjon. foRrg very trhiy,
j. C. SMITH, JR.,
10S Johnson st. Jackson, Tenn
State OF Tennessee
County of Madison 90
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 18th day OF July, 1909.
p. c. sTovALL.
Notary Public
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-04-06
Two People Injured In Storm.

Shreyeport.-The Cedar Grove fac
tory addition just south Of Shreve-
port was visited Thursday by wind
storm which assumed cyclonic pro-
portions and resulted in the destruc-
ton Of a two-story frame building un-
der construction for use as a postof-
flee and drug store and seriously in
jured Hans Nelson, carpenter, who
was crushed by falling timbers while
taking refuge in the building. Nelson
sustained a broken arm and thigh.
The storm missed the city proper.
Reports from South Mansfield, De-
soto parish, state the storm caused
the injury of negro woman and prop
erty damage estimated at $4,000
there,
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-04-06
The Axman Again Busy.

Columbus, Textile railroad town
of Glidden was visited Wednesday
night by the "axman," claiming six
victims-Lyle Finucane, Ellen Mon
roe and four Monroe children, all ne
groes. The tragedy was discovered
after daylight Lyle Finucane and
Ellen Monroe, mether Of the children,
were found in one room on the floor
with their heads crushed. In an ad-
Joining room the four children were
found, the oldest boy being on a cot
and the three younger children In a
bed with their skulls crushed. Blood
hounds trailed the murderers to
small hut a mile away, and officers
arrested a man and woman, also re-
covering bloody shoes.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-04-06
VIII Have Country Club.

shreveport-plare for the organ
ization of modern country club, to
absorb the present golf club, were
outlined at a meeting of public-spirit-
ed citizens recently, resulting in the
appointment OF committee to have
permanent organization perfected.
The purchase of $50 acres, three-quar-
ters of mile from the city, at $4,000,
was authorized. About 100 acres will
be used for the dub and the remain
der sold.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-04-06
NEWS AS IT HAPPENS
NATIONAL, STATE, FOREIGN, OF
INTEREST TO READERS.
THE WHOLE WEEKS news
Short Mentioning Of Interesting Hap
penings From Day to Day
Throughout the World.
! WASHINGTON.

BY a vote of 8 to the house COM
mittee on judiciary refused to con-
slider Representative RandelPs social
ed anti,graft bill which would pro.
hibit Legislative, judicial and execu-
tive officers OF the federal govern
ment from accepting compensation,
gifts, loans, ETC.. from public service
and certain other corporations.
The first ship will pass through the
Panama canal in August or Septem-
Der, 1913. This statement was made
by Colonel Goethals to the senate com.
mittee ON canal and the house com
mittee on appropriations Saturday.
The senate by vote of 81 to 16
Friday rejected the Sherwood pension
bill, which had passed the house, and
enacted the Smoot general age and
service pension law, which it is esti
mated will increase the pension roll
by $2O,0OO,0OO annually during the
next five years.
BY a vote OF 40 to "a the senate
Wednesday declared the seat OF sena'
tor Stephenson of Wisconsin to be
valid.
That the tariff board in its report
to congress on the wool schedule pro
ceeded upon an entirely erroneous
theory and that it's report was "un'
tenable," is the conclusion of the dem
ocratic members of the ways and
means committee of the house as sci
forth in a report prepared by Repre-
sentative Underwood, chairman OF thf
committee, in connection with the re
introduction of the wool bill placing
a 20 per cent ad valorem duty on raw
wool.
Galveston is now in fair way to
obtain a sea fish hatchery, Represen
tative Gregg having Thursday intro
duced a. bill for such an establishment
on the Texas coast. The matter was
first taken up by Representative
Gregg and Colonel Gresham with FISH
Commissioner Bowers, who said that
it is just what the bureau of fishes
needs, there being three such hatch
cries on our coasts. but none on the
Gulf of Mexico
Physical valuation of all the rail
roads in the United States is author
lied in bill reported unanimously te
the house Friday by the interstate
and foreign commerce committee
The measure enlarges the power o1
the Interstate commerce commission
and empowers them to make valua
tion for the purpose of fixing and ad
justing rates. This measure has beer
pressed upon congress for seyera
years, but up to the present time al
ways has failed of favorable action.
The possible creation of land mort
gage banks and industrial credit
unions in this country is contemplated
in the Gronna joint resolutions to ap
point a committee to investigate thell
operation abroad, which Senator Nc
Cumber reported in the senate Friday
from the finance committee.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-04-06
Confirmed at New Orleans.

New Orleans-Judge Valentie J.
Stentz Saturday confirmed the report
that he had issued the license and
performed the ceremony which made
Eugene H. Grace and Mrs. Daisy
Ulrich .Opie man and wife May 10,
1911. Grace gave his age as ~ and
said he was a native of Macon, Ga.
The bride gave her age as 81 and
said her home was in Lebanon, Pa.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-04-06
Shots Fired at Moving Train.

Alexandria.-The westbound Texas
and Pacific passenger train was fired
into Saturday at a point one mile west
of Chaneyville by an unknown party.
No one was injured, although there
were many narrow escapes. One shot
passed through window of the ne
gro coach, another through the
smoker, a third one through the chair
car, and a fourth through the sleeper.
The shot in the chair car passed out
of window on the opposite side. In
the smoker the bullet struck the back
of seat in which a passenger was
seated. A pistol was used by the mis-.
creant.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-04-06
Rice crop II DELAYED.

Crowley.-News from Ebenezer
states that the rice crop will be de-
layed about six weeks this year on
account of the wet weather and will
consequently be reduced very ma
teriaAy. It is reported that trucking
in that community also has been
greatly damaged by the protracted
rains. Irish potatoes will be very
scarce in this section this year be-
cause the seed is rotting in the ground
and the sweet potato crop will be
greatly reduced.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-04-06
Court indorses Account.

New Orleans.-A motion was filed
in court Saturday indorsing the ex-
pense account of Mrs. Edward Leo.
sister of Annie Crawford, amounting
to $50, which represents the expense
Mrs. Leo was put to in coming from
Fort Worth, Texas, to New Orleans
to testify for the state In the case OF
her sister, Annie. who was tried for
poisoning her younger sister. Elsie.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-04-06
Negro Car Thieves Caught.

Lafayette.-For some time past the
camp car Of the Southern Pacific con-
struction camp, just west of Lafay-
cite, has been Systematically pillaged
of lot of stuff estimated in value at
over 5000, and Sheriff Lacoste, Chief
Chargois, Detective Webster and Spe-
cial Deputy Lathiolais have arrested
six negroes, and recovered from them
part of the booty. Among the stuff
stolen were % spooIs Of barbed wire,
lot of overalls, jumpers, kitchen
utensils, carpenters tools, etc.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-04-06
New Orleans Sugar.

New Orleans.-The local sugar mar
ket Saturday was dull and prices were
unchanged. Receipts were light and
we're all sold. Refined sugars were
quiet and unchanged. New York re-
fined sugars were quiet and un-
changed. Molasses and syrups were
nominal. Sales were confined to the
light arrivals from plantations.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-04-06
THINKS RESiN0L
EXCELLENT FOR SKIN
Mrs. O'Erien Could Not Well Do
Without 1t.

Mrs. O'Erien Could Not Well Do
Without 1t.
So varied are the uses of Resinol
that one instinctively turns to it when
anything happens. Read what Mrs.
John D. O'Brien, OF Laurinburg, N. c.,
says
II use Resinol Soap and Ointment
regularly, and find they meet your
every claim, and could not well do
without them. Resinol Ointment is
pur household remedy for all ailments
Of the skin, and its results are always
satisfactory. We think Resinol Soap
excellent and prefer it to all others. :"
Not only Is Resinol Soap highly ef-
fective in removing skin affections,
but Resinol Ointment has no equal in
relieving eczema, scalds and burns,
letter. ringworm, barber's itch, milk
crust. pimples. rash, chaps, chilblains,
chating, itching. blackheads, boils, etc:
Dealers everywhere sell the Resinol
preparations3 the oinment In two
sizes at fifty cents and dollar; the
soap at twenty-five, cents cake. Free
sample Of each sent on request. Ad-
dress Dept. 2, Resinol Chemical Co.,
baltimore. Md -
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-04-06
German OIL Steamer Docks.

Baton Rouge.-The steamer Elsie
Marie Germany came in and docked
Saturday at the plant of the Standard
Oil Company, north of the city, where
she will take on $1,000 barrels OF Oil
for Baltic seaports. This is the Sec
ond German steamer to come to Baton
Rouge recently for an oil cargo.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-04-06
New Orleans Rice.

New Orleans.-Rice was steady Sat
urday. Sales: Rough, none; clean,
/ $50 pockets Honduras at 5@4Ac
and 400 Japan at AS @4Ac. Quota
tons: Rough, Honduras s2.7504,75.
japan s4.000425; clean. Honduras
4h@5kc, Japan 3A G41ac.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-04-06

Mrs. Minnie Lee Streight of Nc
Gregor, Texas. and C. H. Coleman of
Denison were married at Hillsboro
Friday. Mrs Streight was recently
acquitted of the charge of killing her
husband at McGregor nearly two
years ago.
Mrs. Praise-Your husband Is a
wonderful man in many ways. Moth
ing seems to escape him.
Mrs. Diggs-That's SO. my dear. He
seems to observe everything but Lent.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-04-06
New Orleans Live Stock

New Orleans-New Orleans Live
Stock Exchange, Live Stock Landing,
New Orleans: Texas and Western
cattle very light and trad
ing was active for everything showing
any flesh, especially calves and year:
lings. Nothing was left unsold at the
close Saturday.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-04-06
ro Have NewsschooI Building.

Patterson.-At D meeting of the
committee on budding Of a $4,000
modern school, Stevens & Nelson,
well known architects of New Or
leans, were seleded to erect this
building. Work il expected to begin
in about sixty days.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-04-06

New Orleans Cotton Seed Products.
New Orleans.-Cotton seed Oil
Prime refined, in barrels, per pound,
: e0c. Choice meal, 8 per cent am
monia, per long ton, $500. Choice
cake. 8 per cent ammonia, per long
ton, $500.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-04-06
| Dr.. KilDer b Co.
Rinshsntsn, \. 7.
Prove What Swamp-Root Will Do For You

Send to DR.. Kilmer & Co, Bingham
ton, N. Y, for sample bottle. 1t will
convince anyone. You will also re-
ceive booklet of valuable informa-
ton. telling all about the kidneys and
bladder. When writing. be sure and
mention this paper. Regular tifty-cenr
and one-dollar size bottles for sale al
all drug stores. -....
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-04-06
81 100000 Fire at Manila

Manila.-The Standard Oil Com
pany's main storage plant has been
destroyed by fire. Three large Pc
troleum warehouses and one for the
storage Of gasoline were burned.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-04-06
Pros Carried Clay.

Henrietta, Tex.-In the local option
election held in Clay county Satur-
day. returns from voting boxes
throughout the county indicate that
The majority for prohibition in the
county will be about 225.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-04-06
Gets Ten Years for Burglary.

shreveport.-Harry Burns was SEN
fenced to ten years in the pen5te1-
tiary for burglarizing the Residences
of City Sexton C. c. Bailey and Par. =
Raaistrar Marmaduko Ward.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-04-06
Eather soxin Dead.

Grand Coteau Rev. Father An
thony Bovin, S. u assistant pastor OF
the Sacred Heart Catholic church for
several years, ~ esc
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-04-06
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! began to take Ly.
dia E. Pinkhamo
remedies, and I douS .
have any more cry.
ing spells. l sleep
sound and my n1.
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The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-04-06

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The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-04-06
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