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St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-10-25
SAMUEL FINLEY BREEsE MORSE

An artist and portrait painter by pro-
fession. Morse became an inventor by
chance. A casual remark by a fellow
passenger on board ship when he was
returning from London in 1882 caused
MIN to take UP the study of electricity.
That remark was: OR. Franklin's ex-
perinent proved that electricity passes
insfantaneOusly over a wire of any
Iength." Before the voyage was com
pjefed, Morse had invented the dot
and-Dash'' alphabet, and had thought
out and planned essentially the electric
telegraph as it exists today.
But it was not until 1874 that the first
line was completed between Washington
and Baltimore. and the historic message
what hath God Wrought" was sent.
For. years, he tried to interest Congress
in his project, then he visited England
and France hoping to interest the gov
ernments of these countries, but without
success. When he returned In 1899, ne
wrote: q! am without a farthing IN my
rocket. and nave to borrow even for my
meals: and even worse than this. l have
incurred a debt of rent by my absence.
Blu he continued to petition Congress,
and finally was rewarded for his persever-
ance by an appropriation Of $50, 600 which
built the Washington Baltimore lines and
placed his name in the front rank OF
benefactors of the race.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-10-25
Saturday, Nov. 8, 1913

aLIIO CIOCK a. III. uEsCTTDeu
property, to-wit:
a certain lot of ground situated in the
Five feet front on Lombaray Street, BY
one hundred and Twenty feet deep more
or less, bounded north by Cora Pumpkins
ct al, south by heirs or estate or Ellen Bar
nett or lot 10. 467 OF said city, west by
L 1mbardy SIT eet, AMI east by Abraham
Washington. Said lot acquired ny 7endor
from VIM. Pumpkins ct al, see act No 60s39
J-4-p-469 st. Landry fles.
Terms: Cash, to pay and satisfy the sum
of Five Hundred and Sixteen IND 6o.1O0
dollars.
NIL. SWORDS,
Sheriff of the Parish of st. Landry.
oct st
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-10-25
sHERIFF's SALE.
oHAs. f. BoAGNI
VS..
JACQUES DONATE
No. 1882, 18th Judicial District Court, Par
fsh OF st. landry La.

BY virtue of a writ of seizure and sale Is
sueu out of the 10th Judicial District
Court Of Louisiana in and for the Parish Of
st. Landry. in the above entitled andnun-
bered suit, and to me directed, ] have seized
and VIII offer for sale, for cash, at public
auction, to the last and highest bidder,
at the front loo of lhe Court House OF
st. Landry Parish. at ~Opelousas, La, on
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-10-25

A Girls Basket Ball Club has
been organized by Misses May
Brown and Ella Moreau. They
will begin regular practicing
next week.
The boys are very much inter-
ested in baseball and have done
wonderful work under Mr.. H. G..
Phillips.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Andre
pont spent Monday in Opelousas.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-10-25
not in use. Make the crib away
from other buildings.

Now is the time to select The
cotton seed for planting mex,
spring, or at least for selecting
sufficient for a seed patch mex
year on which to grow seed fol
the following year. It is not
much trouble to go through the
cotton fields and mark enough
stalks to plant a seed patch next
spring, even if it is too much
trouble to select sufficient seed
for the whole crop.
From observation we are con-
WINGED that many farmers make
a mistake when they select seed
by failing to give consideration
to all the important characters
desirable in a plant. Or stating
the case differently, they make
the mistake of giving undue
prominence to one particular
character. An example of this
error is found in selecting the
large ear Of corn without regard
to other characters of ear and
stalk, or in selecting cotton haV-
ing five locks to the boil without
regard to the other characters
equally or more important.
One important point which
should receive more attention in
selecting cotton seed is to avoid
taking seed from stalks that are
not free from disease.
] try to make my dining-room
the most attractive spot in the
house. Aspotless cloth, a dainty
centerpiece, a vase of flowers,
shining glassware, ETC., with
good substantial cooking, make it
inviting. This is nothing expen-
sive or elaborate, the glassware
is the cheapest, the cooking the
plainest, but the coolness, neat
ness and absense of the flies
make it enjoyable. The sun
filters through a heavy fragrant
vine at the west window. An
old wooden bucket painted green
with a woods fern in it sits on
the wide sill, and looks cool. For
the upper glass in the window I
bought transparent paper from
the ten cents store and applied.
They look like stained glass and
the light is subdued and pleas
ing.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-10-25

Mr. Sidney Savoy and Mr..
Barousse. Of Church Point. were
among the many visitors at the
parish seat Monday.
DR.. E. S. Barry, of Grand Co
teau, was here on Wednesday
morning.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-10-25

FOR SALE all merchantable
timber on 200 acres of land near
Dubuisson La. Plenty time to take
it off and easy terms. see A. Vid-
rine at Opelousas or write to Alino
Vidrine. Cataro, La.
FOR SALE have a carload
of four It. wood. bone dry, that
| am selling for Cash on a small
margin.
w. C. PFRRAULT.
Judge Adolphe Guillory, a
sturdy citizen of the Plaisance
section was a pleasant visitor
here one day this week.
Mrs. Yves Andrepont is spend
ing sometime in New Orleans as
the guest of her brother, Mr..
Eraste Vidrine.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-10-25
laOnnonoeNon uoRonoHoU0ne
y Home, Farm and Fireside
~ From Farm Exchanges. =
@oM0m@uooHon O. OH0nu0n00M0E

Any man can easily prepare
and plant more land in cotton
than he can pick; and without
the women and children to help
him pick it the acreage in that
plant would necessarily have to
be grently reduced. But when
we keep the children out of school
to help save the cotton crop we
are committing a double crime
against them. Not only are we
rendering the soil poorer, but at
the same time we are depriving
them Of the opportunity of secur-
ing that education which will be
doubIy necessary to them in or
der that they may make a living
from the soils that we have al
ready exhausted. The fields of
our beautiful Southland are today
filled with children, each one
bending his little back and work
ing his little hands and brains to
help destroy and reduce his own
chances of making the living that
we should assure him when he
grows to mans state. Better
have less cotton and let those
little backs grow straight and
strong in play and have those
eyes and those brains employed
in the schoolhouse that is now
empty.
We owe it to those children
that we shall leave them strong
bodies and hands and minds
trained and fitted to the best of
our ability to fight life's battle.
With these thing we can rest as
sured that they will win for
themselves a good living; while
if we deprive them of the oppor-
tunity of securing these things,
we can rest assured that the
and the farm will only be
theirs for a very short time.
Without the education of which
we have deprived them, how
will it be possible for them to
make a living on the worn-out
land that we will leave them?
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-10-25

District Court, Parish OF st. Landry, La.
By virtue of a writ of seizure and sale Is
sued out of the Honorable 18th Jndiciar
District Court, in inc for the parish of st.
Landry, In the above entitled and num-
bered suit, and to me directed, / ave seized
and will offer for sale, for cash, at public
auction, to the last n highest bidder, at
the front door of the courthouse OF ST.
Landry Parish, at 0pelousas, La, on
Saturday, Nov. g., 1913,
at II O'Clock q. M, the following described
property, to-Wit:
Those two certain lots of ground situated
In the city OF 0~pe1ousas. La, in the John
p oagn1 subdivision as per maj accepted
by the city OF Opelousas by resolution.
April 1Sth, 1906, and filed in the Clerks
office OF April 18th, 1905. Said lots berg.
Lots Nos. -Four az and Five ~ OF Block No.
Foar az. Said lots having a front On shute
Avenue of Fifty feet each by a depth be-
tween parallel. lines OF one hundred feet
each. said lots are bounded north by
shute Avenue, South by lots Nos. Ten and
Eleven of same, east by lot No. . of same
Block, andEwest by lot NO. Three of same
Block.
Terms Cash, to pay and satisfy the sum
of s60U.00.
MI. SWORDS,
oct st 4 Sheriff.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-23
1.-THE Confession"
A Bit Too Morbid.

Even with its liveliest and most Of
fective Interpretation, The Confess
sion" which opened at the Lyric
Theater last night, would be a bit too
morbid There is considerable talk Of
the Almighty and simple discussion
of the weather leads back to a con-
sideratlon of the ways OF Providence
and to an Injunction from a devout
priest, Father Bartlett, 20 be careful
and prayerful.
All OF which probably would make
the play strong rather lndeter-
inmate word when used in connection
with the drama-if the play we're done
in the most effective manner. A play
that is strong. even II it Is rather
heavy, is to, be commended, according
to the rules. But the play at the
Lyric. not being most effectively done
falls short Of being strong.
It was not altogether the fault Of
the members Of the cast Monday
night that there was a sense Of some
thing lacking. An inConSiderate ele
ment in the audience persisted in
talking aloud and in giggling a { mo-
ments of the most serious business
This behavior started early in the
evening and became epidemic. And
because the serious tone of the play
ard the levity of the audible auditors
were not In accord, The Interpretation
Of the play suffered.
Members Of the cast at times arose
to the demands Of the play. revealing
the possibilities that lie in THE Con-
fession.' The play will be at the
Lyric all the week, with matinees
Tuesday. Thursday and Saturday
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-23
WYNN IS
DISTINCT HIT At
THE FORSYTH
Weeks Bill at Popular Vaudeville
House Is Full of Delightful
Surprises for Patrons,
BY CARLETON COLLIER.

Bessie Wynn is a dainty person.
just as She is billed al the Forsyth
Theater this week. She is captiva.-
ing, Juo. and in the words Of the hum
BILE, she gets ner stuff across" 10 The
infinite 5e!ecIation Of the audience
The strangers in the crowded theater
Monday afternoon and Monday even
ing knew from the behavior Of the
general audience that here was a IA
vOrite, indeed
Miss Wynn heads a bill that is IS
entertaining as Atlanta people have
come TO expect the Forsyth shows 10
be. There are no disappOintments,
and there are even a few surprises.
The greatest surprise is a vest
pocket melodrama. with all its thrills
packed into three scenes that CON
sumo only about twenty minutes.
There are thrills, too of the kind that
awake the galleries to rapJurous
applause.
Another surprise is the act Of Rich
ards. The average woman imp r.
senator is 50 obvious that he deceives
few. Richards however, registers 4
distinct shock when. after round or
two Of really admirable da:.cing
ana other 3irouett!ug that ordinarily
would be impossible to any but the
most agile girl, he pulls off his curly
wig.
The last act of the bill, that OF the
monkey who rides a horse ana hi
cycle with all the eclat of circDs
performer is good enough for even
the most hardened vaudeville show
goer, who is won't to rail at animal
acts
The Avon Comedy Four has an a1s
called The New School Teacher
which possesses the undesirable fea-
ture Of being not new. Stlll the laughs
that they draw when they leave the
schoo,room and come before the dro7
to sing and canoe are worth while.
Norwood and Norwood have a sing
ing and dancing act with features
that are unique, and Mabel Rother
and Clifton Anthony, who open the
bill. sing new. clever songs of rag
time that tickle the ear and tantalize
the feet.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-23
ALBANIAN DEAD
As HIS BOAT IS
CAPSIZED
Body of F. P. Catchings, Drowned
at Atlantic Beach. To Be
Buried Here,

The body of Frederick T.. Catcmngs,
son of the late Dr. benjamin II.
Catchings. who was drowned at At
lantic Beach SUNDAY evening. will ar
rive i'm Atlanta Tuesday night Flu
neral services viii be conducted from
the home Of his mother. Mrs. Matte
Catchings, 357 Capitol avenue. We'd
nesday morning at il o'clock.
Mr.. Catchings, according TO infor-
nation received in Atlanta, lost his
life when a boat in which he and a
party of friends We're fishing off At
lantlc Beach capsized
Although Mr.. Catchings counted
Atlanta as his home, at the time Of
his death he resided in Birmingham
where he removed to accept a respon-
sible position with the Alabama Pow
eT Company as superintendent and
electrical engineer in chief. For a
number of years Mr.. Catchings was
chief electrical engineer of the GeOr-
gia Railway and Power Company
with headquarters i'm Atlanta. He re-
Gently was admitted to membership in
the American Institute If Electrical
Engineers.
The deceased is survived by his
widow, TWO small children, his moth
er and three sisters Misses Louise,
Nancy and Gladys CatChings
DIR. John T.. White win ohiciate at
the funeral and the active pallbearers
viii be George Muse. W. e Mitchell.
of Birmingham; Arthur Montgomery,
f. J. PaNon, Robert Blackburn. and
DR. Claud Smith. lnterment will be
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-23
New England League
Will Be Re-organized

BROCKTON, Sept. 27.-An offer of
$4,000 has been made for the Brock
ton club, but McCue and Burns, own
ers of the team, said that they ex
pected to get even more than that for
the franchise and team, so they are
holding off before making any deal.
1t seems likely that the club will be
sold to out of town men and that this
city is likely not to see New England
League ball next summer
Some baseball men believe that
Haverhill, Salem and Lewiston, Maine,
will be the new cities in the New
England League next season. Others
are OF the opinion that Fall River
and New Bedford will stick and that
the Brockton team Will be the only
one that is transferred.
Manchester, n. H., Salem, Fitch
burg and other cities are mentioned
as possibilities for the circuit next
wear.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-23
HEARST PRAISED
FOR SUPPORT Of
CURRENCY BILL
Senator Owen Predicts Passage of
Glass Measure and Rural
Credit Law.

WASHINGTON, Sept rs senator
Owen, chairman of the Senate Com
mittee on Banking and Currency,
expresses his appreciation Of the
splendid support given by William
Randolph Hearst to the banking and
currency reform bill now pending in
Congress.
Senator owen said:
Tn the midst OF innumerabie ar
tlcles appearing IN the public press
very many OF which are inaccurate
and misleading and few of them
obviously inspired by the hostile
propaganda engineered by selfish in
tsrests, 1t is very gratifying to find
the newspe pers controlled by VIII
liam Randolph Hearst giving a Wig
orous and patriotic support TO the
objects of this bill and to the main
features of the measure.
There Is no question = whatever
about the bill passing. The intelli-
gence and patriotism of the country
demand action and this bill will he
perfected and passed within a very
few weeks. For five years the coun-
try has been studying this problem.
Hundreds OF thousands Of dollars Of
public funds have been spent in a
critical analysis of the European sys-
TENS and of the problems involved,
and during the last two years the dis
cussion has been vigorously carried
on in Congress and out of It.
While this bin does not. OF course,
attempt to cover the system Of agri-
cultural credits, except in a small
degree. by permitting the use OF a
portion OF the national bank FUNDS
to be invested in farm mortgages; the
present Congress undoubtedly Will
perfect an agricultural credit system
which will haTmoni2e with the ma
tlOnal banking system and supple
ment its obvious lack of power as
commercial bank system TO meet the
permanent investment needs OF the
agricultural interests of the country.
Naturally a few of the big banks
which can be used by larger men for
building and bearing stock markets
and which may be deprived of the
undue and injurious control they
have heretofore had over the credit
system of the country, may oppose
this plan TO glN5 greater degree OF
financial freedom to men engaged il
the productive industries of the ma
ton. But tine opposition Of mere
selfshness will not prevail to deny
the pc pie of the United States the
relief which they are so obviously
entitled"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-23
JUNGLE SANS HOUSEWIFE
SAYS WASTE BOOSTS COST

American family would he about -
ficher-eFery man, woman and ehnd
III the Jnlted states, so,o0e,oOo sons
ana daughters OF Uncle Sam-would
oe ABOUT 81 cents Weather II eggs
ehicKens' FOWL berries and other
ioocStaiis were properly refrigerated.
Or Mary F. Pennington chief Of
the T-rftaa S+g+ae Food pas.a,.. p,
r.,..
70, '''"i "'''S'Ne'l'' 20 Oh''e
sam and has muititudinouS flock, tine
highest salarie5 woman in the en-
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-23
Here's How Uncle
Sans Housewife
Prepares Chicken

KILL SCIENTIFICALLY by
knitting process.
PICK WITHOUT soalding.
KEEP IN IcEBoX for period
ranging from three to ten days;
never less than three.
TEMPERATURE Of refriqsr-
ator must be about % degrees.
DON'T eat fowl fresh Killed
and net frozen.
DON'T eat beet unless refriger-
ated sufficiently.
Prom Statement ~ Or. Mary
q. Pennington, Uncle Sans
H0useUVe."
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-23
2 Bullseyes at 5000
Yards by Submarine

NEWPORT r. /, Sept 23.-Tuo
center hits made with Whitehead tor
pedoes at 5000 yards while running
twelve feet under the surface Of the
sea, was the record of the United
States submarine Ell during large;
practice in Gardeners Bay.
The Ell. under command Of Lieut.
Louis y. Causen, while running sub
merged at fun speed discharged both
her 1S-inch toTpedoes at a l0-foot
moving target. Both hits we're bulls
eyes.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-23

course" added Uncle Sans official
and scientific housekeeper.
Everything we eat should be re
frigerated. because everything I'M
pure is frozen out of the product
Just think Of eating a chicken that
has just been Knocked in the head.
with all that warm animal blood still
contained in the flesh. | would just
az soon eat a pair of rubber boots
Chickens should be frozen at tenn
perature of 80 degrees for at least
three days. and ten days is not too
mach
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-23
Sterilizer Explodes;
Nurse Fatally Hurt

ASHEVILLE, Sept. 23.-Miss Cora
Larson, one of the senior nurses at
Mission Hospital, formerly of Macon
was perhaps fatally injured to-day
when a steam sterilizer exploded.
The heavy door was blown through
two utensiI sterilizers striking Miss
Larson with great force. She sus-
tanned a conclusion OF the brain, "a
fracture Of the nose, a lacerated ear
drum, a wound on the forehead and
other injuries
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-23
Cabaret Singers at Grand.

At the Grand Theater his week
the regular pictures are supplemented
by a trio OF cabaret singers whose
ability to sing ragtime is rather en-
tranCing TO those whose ears are
tuned to the syncopated melodies
which means everyone, nowadays.
The singers are known as the Three
Melody Fiends, and are purely rag
time singers. The regular Kinema-
color feature and the standard first
run pictures comprise the offering this
week.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-23
Bald Heads Cause
Raise in HairCuts

SAVANNAH, Sept. 23.-The num-
Der OF bald pates in Savannah and
the decrease in revenue since the ad-
vent of the safety razor were respOn-
sibie for the decision Of BARRIERS here
to-day TO raise the price of haircut
to 35 cents after October l.
AT a mass meeting the signal ura
of every member of the craft save one
was secured.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-23
Mrs. Taft Writes
Her "reminiscences

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23.-Society
folks are interested in the news that
Mrs. William H. Taft, wife of the
former President, has written her
"reminiscences of four years in the
White House for magazine
1t is the unWTitten law here that no
Presidents wife ever permitted her
self to be interviewed or to write for
publication any OF her experiences
while In the White House
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-23
Southern Colorado
Coal Miners Strike

TRINIDAD, COLO. Sept 23.-Sev-
eral thousand miners in the southern
coal fields of District Is, Colorado,
United Mine Workers of America, TO-
day entered upon strike which has
for its chief purpose the recognition
of he union
Reports from various mining camps
in the district Indicate the walaout
VIII be general.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-23
SINGING ASSOCIATION.

DALTON. Sept. 23.-Oficers of the
Seventh District Singing Association
following a conference have decided
to hold the fall convention in Rome
on October Is and ~
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-23
NEGRO WOMAN SLAIN.

Anna Murray. a negro woman iiv-
ing at No. 129 Lindsay street, was
shot and killed last night by Melvin
Craig q negro. detectives are
searching for Craig
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-23

Curtain Draperies. full ward wide,
furnished with single or dou-
BILE borders. A choice Of de
signs
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-11-28
BAKING POWDER
cos. AGREED
ALL BAKING POWDER COMPANIES
ARE AGREED TO DR.. LADD'S
RULING, EXCEPT THE CALUMET
BAKING POWDER CO., WHICH
WANTS HIGHER DECISION.

Or. e. F. Ladd, North Dakota pure
food commissioner, has the support OF
all baking powder companies doing
business in this state In his decision
regarding the ingredients Of all pow
ders placed IN sale in this state. There
is only one exception to this agree
ment and that is in the case of the
Calumet Baking Powder Co.
In his ruling DR.. Ladd has prohibited
the use Of egg albumen in baking pow
ders, to which all the companies. eX-
cepting the one mentioned, have
agreed shall be enforced. This con
Germ, however, feels that egg albumen
Is not only harmless, but wholesomeA
For twenty years, it contends, that 1t
has used egg albumen as an ingredi-
ent Of it's powder and the enforcement
of the ruling it's officials declare, would
a great hardship.
The Calumet Baking Powder Co. has
given notice Of it's withdrawal from
North Dakota, until a higher ruling
has been obtained from Washington,
which, it believes, will reverse that OF
the North Dakota commissioner.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-11-28
Hoe Scoech.

London Opinion: Magsstrate-You
are charged with being drunk and dis
orderly; what is your name?
Culprit-Angus McNichoI McNab.
Magistrate-H.rn- Who paid for
your nquor2