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The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1913-03-13
Sheriff Sale.-NO. 2166.
W. G. Rodgers Lumber Co.
E. J. StOckstill.

II. u. SCOckStlll.
Notice is hereby given that by virtue
OF an order of seizure and sale, issued
out Of the 18th Judicial District Court
of Louisiana. in and for Washington
Parish, in the above entitled cause,
and to me directed, | will proceed to
sell at public auction to the last and
highest bidder, on
Saturday, April 5, 1913
at the principal front door of the
court house at Franklinton, La, be.
tween the legal sale hours for judicial
sales, the following described proper.
ty, tC-wit:
All the pine timber standing, living
or being upon all the land of VI. p.
Bankston, consisting of 800 acres.
more or less. in the Nathaniel Peters
Headlight, twp. 8 south, of range l3
east, the said timber mortgage. being
all the timber from eight inches at the
stump Oh up.
Terms of sale: Cash without ap-
praisement.
This 10Th day Of February, 1913.
7, ], Simmons, Sheriff
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ing more fully described as follows:
Beginning at point on said hid. No.
45, %. II chains west of the ne. cor
ner of said hd. thence south l.2o e.
30 chains to set stob: Thence south
SO 1-2o west, 20 chains to set stob:
Thence 1-2o west 30 chains to north
line Of said hid. Thence north SO l-2o
east 20 chains along nd. line to point
of beginning. together with right of
way for railroad or tram road, and for
all other purposes over the above
described land, with the right to re.
move at any time all improvements,
if any, placed thereon and with the
further right to enter upon said lanG
for the purpose of removing said
timber and with right to extract tur-
pentine and rosin. The right to use
and remove the timber as herein
stated shall expire at the end OF 12
years from Feb. 22nd, 1912. Acquired
of A. McAvoy. The above described
property is to be sold for Cash, sub
ject to the appraisement made in this
Bankruptcy.
An it is further ordered that William
j. Dobson Trustee of this estate shall
sell at public auction TO the highest
bidder for cash. after advertisement
four times nsthirty days in the Era
Leader the paper published in the
Parish of Washington, all of the
bankrupt's interests, in so far as
as they may appear, in the property
afomdescribed, said sale to take
place at the court house door of Wash
ington parish and to be conducted by
I. j. Simmons, sheriff of said Parish.
all taxes on said property up 10 and
including the taxes of 1913, to be as
sumeu by the purchaser or purchasers
and all of sale to be also assured by
the purchaser or purchasers.
And it is further ordered that all of
said property, in SO far as the interest
of this estate in bankruptcy shall ap-
pear, shall be sold free Of encum-
brances and all liens, the mortgage
creditors to have their rights referred
to the proceeds of the said sale. The
above property sold subject to the
appraisement made in this bankruptcy
and acts OF sale to be passed before
L. W. McDougall, Notary Public, for
Washington Parish, La, at the ex-
pense of the purchaser. New orleans,
La.. Janary 81, 1913.
Signed VIM. A: Bell
Referee.
BY virture OF the above order to me
disected by the Hon. Wm. A. Bell,
Referee, in Bankruptcy in the above
entitled matter, dated Jan. 81. 1913.
will proceed to sell on saturday
March 90, 1913, during the legal hour
of sale at the principal front door OF
the court house at Frankllnton, La.
Washington Parish, thru =. j. Sim
mons Sheriff, of said Parish and
State, the duly appointed auctioneer
herein the property described above
and being situated in Washington
Parish. La. January 10th, 1913.
This Fe bruary 10th. A. d. 1913.
W. ]. Dobson,
Trustee.
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Sheriff Sale.-N0. 2167.
W. G, Rodgers Lumber Co.
Versus
r. !. StOckstill.

LIZ ~ oVOSnoVAAAs
Notice is hereby given that by virtue
of an order of seizure and sale, issued
out OF the 28th Judicial District Court
of Louisiapa, in and for Washington
Parish, in the above entitled cause,
and to me directed, will proceed to
sell at public auction to the last and
highest bidder, OH
Saturday, April 5, 1918
at the principal front door of the court
house, at Franklinton, L., between
the legal sale hours for judicial sales,
the following described property, to.
wit:
All and singular; all the saw mill
machinery, consisting Of saw mill,
building, tive. story boilers and engine,
shafting, pulleys, etc. The said boil
ers being . 6Ox16 tubular boiler, to.
gether with stack and al fittings; the
engine being an Adams center crank
engine, with all fittings; one Southern
Engine and Boiler Works carriage,
completes; one No. 2 Soule steam feed,
complete; one Reope drum attach.
ment. complete; three circular saws;
one saw hush, mandrel and boxes;
one Wheeling edger, together with all
betting, shaftng and pulleys, gearing,
etc.
Also one lease upon the property,
the original Of which is apPexed to
the original mortgage filed in this
parish and state, and all of which said
machinery, etc., being made a part
and parcel of the said leased land for
the purpose Of this mortgage herein
foreclosed as provided for under the
laws of the state of Louisiana, pro-
vided for machinery. etc., to be made
part and parcel of land for the pur-
pose of mortgage.
Terms of sale: Cash without ap.
praleement.
This 26th day OF February, l9l3.'
T. J. Simmons, Sheriff.
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Why He Knows II.

Mr.. P. K. Emmons, Mineral, La,
says: II have SOLD AND USED
ROYALlNE OIL four years and con-
slider it the BEST ANTlSEPTIC ever
used" A trial always convinces.
That's why he knows it. 1t will pay
you to try it. You will then use
nothing else. That's the way they all
do. l0c, Csc. SOC. Money back plan.
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Health Officer Barred From
Inspecting State Pen.

AJUNtC
The penitentiary doors were
closed to State Sanitary Engineer
}. II. o. Neill and Health Inspec.
tor Il. B. Sadler Monday. \
President G. Harrison Parker
put the bars up against Dr..
Dowling's man and now the clash
between the State Health Officer
and the head of the penitentiary
IS up to Attorney General Pleas
ant for judicial interpre tation
OF the Board of Health's authori
ty to inspect prisons.
The announcement that the
health authorities have been bar
red by the penitentiary board
came in a telegram from Baton
Rouge Monday. 1t was address,
ed to DR.. Bowling. and read as
follows:
DR.. Oscar Dowling,
New Orleans.
Refused admittance to pen.
itentiary by CAPTAIN Barrow,
who referred US to Colonel
Parker. Refused by Colonel
Parker. Advice car Istrouma.
jill. O'Neill,
R, B. Saddler.
Immediately on receipt Of this
telegram Dr.. Bowling forwarded
a comm unication to the Attorney
General, asking Colonel Pleasant
to render i legal Interpretation
of the Health Boards right to
inspect State prisons at any date
or at any hour.
The Doctors impression at
this time is that the State healths
officers right to inspect State
prisons and other public institu-
tions is broad in scope and limit
ed only to daylight, or to such
hours as are within the keeping
of prison discipline.
Mr.. O'Neill and Mr., Saddler
we're on the health train en- route
to New Orleans. and it occurred
to me that we could save time
and money by having them drop
off at Baton Rouge and make a
reinspection of the penitentiary,'
said DR.. Bowling.
Mr.. O'Neal IS a very cOmpe'
tent sanitary engineer. He has
never been in the penitentiary
and l wanted him to look aronnd
at the water and sewerage con-
nections, etc., not only to get at
expert opinion on conditions now
prevailing, but also to make rec.
omendations for improvements.
"Mr. Saddler Is the inspector
who previously had made a re.
port on penitentiary conditions"
Announcement from Baton
Rouge Monday was that Colonel
Parker has forwarded a letter to |
DR.. Bowling defending the sani.
tary conditions in the peniten.
tiary and in pe"al camps.
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PASSENGER SCHEDULE
DAILY-EXCEPT SUNDAY
North Bound. South Round
NO. 3''1o:2O am. No. 3l.2:% pm.
No. a-7:35 p. m. No. 33.5.4Oa a. m.
SUNDAY ONLY
No. 3S.9:25 p. m. No. 35-6.55 am.
NO. 36'll:O a. m. NO.H.4:5 p. m.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-04-05
MARRIAGES ON
TRIAL VALID IN
NEWYORKSTATE
Court Holds That Where
the Girl is Under Is Years
of Age She Can Go Into
Court and Procure a Di-
vorce as Matter of Course.
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.

New York. April 4-TriaI marriages
for young women under IS years of
age are legal i'm New York, according
to a decision by Supreme Court Justice
Cohalsn yesterday. II she marries
with the consent of her parents and
leaves her husband before she attains
the age the present law in effect per
nits her to come into court and obtain
a decree of annulment as matter Of
course, he declared.
This is to all intents and purposes
providing in such cases for trial mar
riages.'' he said, but it is condition,
the remedy for which lies with the
legislature and not with the court
The decision was in the case of Mrs.
Iva DIundel Coster, who sued to an
null her marriage with Norman B. Cos
ter. The Justice found that although
Mrs. Coster's mother had consented to
her marriage. she was only II years
old when she became Coster's wife,
she was entitled to maintain an action
for an annulment.
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BY Frank /. Huttaksr.

Tallahassee, April 4.--With the cleo
tion of Ion l.. Farris of Jacksonville,
as speaker of the house assured and
the election Of Fred NJ Hudson, of
Miami, as president of the senate re-
garded as probable. F1orida's legisIa-
tive lights will foregather at noon
Tuesday for what promises to be one
OF the liveIies1 sessions of history The
progressive element of the state de-
n7ooracy is in the saddle and the deter
animation to be progressive in action as
well as in verbal expression is evident,
and the hope is general that something
eCOa will come out of Nazareth" with
IN the next sixty days
Hon. III. j. Drane. banker and bust
ress man o. Lakeland, and Hon. A. Il.
Adkins, an able young lawyer of Starl<e,
are opposing AIg Hudson, VINO is con-
f1dent that majority of Mr.. Adkins's s
votes will go to him on the second bal
lot. Mr. Drane has arrived on the
field early, however, and real fight
will doubtless be waged before the de-
cree is given as to who shall rule in
the upper house over which Mr.. Hud-
son ably presided at the last session.
A fight may be made on Mr.. Hudson
because or the fact that he - attorney
for the state railroad comm ission.
which position is not in any sense Of
the word an office, but this is not prob
able. as q similar fight on Senator
Louis J. Massey, Of Orange county
was lost several years ago.
CONVICT LEASE SYSTEM.
No fight will arouse greater interest
than that for the abolition of the con-
vict lease system, for which the pub
lie and the newspapers have been
clamoring for several years. The fac
that expense of something like a half
million dollars will be necessary to
prepare for and maintain the convicts
by the state will initiate against i'm
mediate action as it has for several
sessions Commissioner of Agriculture
McRae opposes abolition of the lease
system for four years, which time he
thinks will be necessary for the state
to prepare for the change. On Jan
uary l, 1421 convicts were held by the
lessees for which the state was get
ting something like s320,00o annually.
Some decidedly ''talI talking" and
n,aneuvering will be necessary to over
rule the demand for immediate aboli-
ton, however.
DRAINAGE PROBLEM.
The problem of securing funds suff1-
cient to continue drainage work in the
Everglades is regarded as just as
"ticklish' as the convict lease ques-
ton. The internal Improvement board
wants f1ve millions with which to con-
tinue the work, and is puzzled as to
the best method of getting this sum.
The cheapest plan proposed has been
a state bond issue at IL per cent,
payable in ten years, by which the
state would merely lend its credit to
the Everglades. However, the people
Of Florida are not at all satisfied with
(Continued on Page Three)
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New York Will
Be Deprived of
Turkey Trotting
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.

New York, April 4.-Broadway res
taurants which have not recovered
from the shock of Mayor Gaynor's or
der prohibiting the selling of liquor
after l a. m. are about to be attacked
on another point. Special officers from
the police department are now inves-
ttgating places where tea time turkey
trotting is regarded by some as the
proper thing.
The plain clothes men have found
that between the hours OF four and
six in the afternoon the ball rooms at
tached to about twenty restaurants
are thronged with girls and men
dancing the turkey trot Between the
dances they sit at tea tables and some
of them do not confine their drinks to
tea. exclusively.
Under the present law any public
place that has fifty rooms may claim
to be a hotel and may have dancing
without any special permit from the
city. There are a number of resorts
where dancing is conducted under this
law that the mayor believes to be en-
dangering the morals of the women
who frequent them.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-04-05
LEVEE GOES OUT AT
WEST HICKMAN
That Place is Inundated to
a Depth of From Four
to Fourteen Feet-Levees
Are Weakening and Civ
ing Away at Other Points.
Crest Expected at Cairo
During Today.
by ASSOCIATED PRESS.

Hickman, April 4-Water coming
through the breaches in the city levee
al West Hickman, which went out
today. inundated that suburb to "a
depth of from four to fourteen feet.
Additional forces We're detailed to
guard the main leyee tonight and no
weak points have yet developed. The
property damage at West Hickman is
estimated at one hundred thousand.
There was no loss of life.
Continuous rain through the night
accompanied by hard upstream
wind combined to render the situation
desperate here. officials in charge of
the city levee declared this morning
the banks hardly would hold through
out the day and all those workmen
who had remained in the district pro-
tected by the embankment were forced
to leave.
Reports from points along the Reel
foot levee state that the water has
reached the top of the banks and is
being held back only by the sand bag
ging. Hundreds of men are at work
rushing from point to point where the
wind and water are cutting into the
banks.
There are now about 2.50o refugees
In the camp on the hills above the
city, the majority of whom are being
well cared for An additional supply
of tents was received last night, but
this still was inadequate, more than
fifty families spending the night with
out shelter.
The food supply is said to be suff1-
cient for several days, unless the num-
ber of refugees is greatly increased.
Steps have been taken to rush food,
clothing and tents to the city as fast
as they are needed.
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RY ASSOCIATED PRESS.

Washington. April 4.-Charges in
voivfng the moral conduct of a demo-
cratic senator from q western state
have been presented to United States
Attorney Wilson here. who is fnvesd-
eating them. A man seeking federal
office charges that when his wife Went
to the senator in his behalf, the SEN
ator acted in an improper manner and
later repeated this action when he
called upon tile woman at a hotel
where the husband claims TO have
posted witnesses.
The senator claims the charges are
blackmail and part of plot 70 rum
him politically He declares that the
witnesses against him are persons who
have been. or represent his political
enemies IN his own state
The affair charged against the SEN
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-04-05
Four Persons Convicted of
Murders, Hanged in Montgomery

Half groans coupled with gasps OF the
dying man were heard By the specta-
tors and for thirty-six minutes Jones's
body qlIfvered and jerked The trap
was sprung at 6.1S O'Clock and Jones
was not pronounced dead until 6:54
O'Clock
The next man to mount the scaffold
was Arnold Gilmer, d white man, con
demned for the murder Of Mrs. Lucille
Tippetts in a rooming house on Madf-
son avenue December %, 1911. Deputy
Mattel turned the trap door loose at
7:1S- O'Clock and physicians pronounced
Cfilner dead at 7:25.
John Adams, q negro, who killed Po-
iceman T. W. Berry almost three years
ago. bade every person goodbye be-
fore he went to his death.
Coleman German, a negro, was sent
to his end at s:18 O'Clock and his heart
topped beating at s.34. lie was con-
y4cted of the murder Of his paramouE.
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Heavy rains and high winds through-
out the month featured March weather
in Pensacola, the precipitation being
11.09 inches, or 5.73 inches above nor
NAL, while the wind had a greater
movement than any month in the his
tory of the weather bureau, avera ging
los miles per hour for every hour in
the month and totalling l1.54s miles
The normal wind velocity is IL miles
an hour. The following meteorological
summary issued by the Pensacola
weather bureau details the peculiar
weather conditions in Pensacola dur
ing the past month:
PRESSURE.
"The mean atmospheric pressure for
March was .os above normal. The
highest pressure. 30.S9 occurred on the
17tA, when a marked high pressure
area was centered over Kentucky. The
lowest, 2974 occurred at p. m, on
the 14th. when a storm of consider
able energy and wide extent was CEN
tered over Lake Michigan. On the
morning of the 21st there was severe
disturbance in southern Michigan and.
a trough of low pressure extending
into the Gulf of Mexico, followed
closely by a cold high pressure area
over northeast Texas; this gave the
month, viz: from 29S2 at 7:30 a. m. to
so.o5 at 10 a. M: at 7:3s a. m, a gale
of 81 miles from the south occurred.
TEMPERATURE.
1.-THE monthly mean temperature for
March was 6o.3, being 0.S of a degree
below normal Cold wave indications
were charted on the 18th, 21st and on
the afternoon of the 26th: only one
reached this locality, viz: on the morn
ing of the 2Sth when the lowest tenn
perature for the month, 36 degrees,
was registered. No frosts were OBJ
served at the station, but effects of
frosts were observed on tender garden
truck in the northern part of the city
on the 2sth. The highest temperature
was IT degrees on the 22nd.
PRECIPITATION.
"The total rainfall this March. 1109
inches, exceeded the normal 5.7s inches,
being next to the wettest March on
1877 inches in 1886. The greatest in "a
hours was sS2 inches on the 9th and
10th, which is the heaviest rainfall
for a period Of "a hours on the March
record Excessive rains were also re-
corded on the 18th and 26th; 2.04
inches were recorded in one hour and
% minutes on the 10th. Thunder
storms occurred on the 1st 9Th. 10th.
18th, 14th, 18th, 21st, 26th and 27th.
"The thunderstorms on the 9th and
10th were attended by excessive rains
and squalls, thunder was heard from
9:3S D. m on the 9th to 1875 a. m, on
lightning and loud peals OF thunder |
from 1890 a. m, to 10 a. m; numer- |
(Contfnued on Page Three)
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Charges Involve the Conduct Of
Democratic Senator From West

ator Is alleged to have happened a
week ago. No attempt 10 keep it quiet
was made either by the woman con-
cerned, her husband or the witnesses.
but no official steps were taken at that
time. Later the parties stated that
they intended to drop the affair." but
finally decided to get the advice of a
lawyer Charges were then brought to
the attention of the United States at
torney.
United States Attorney Wilson would
not confirm a report made that he has
presented the witnesses TO the grand
jury. A grand jury would have no
Jurisdiction over a senator after con-
gress goes into session next Monday.
The name Of the senator is withheld
by the authorities as the case is under
inves tIgation and no official action has
yet been taken.
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- ASsOUATED PREss.

Montgomery, Ala. April -Four
persons, convicted of murders in Mont
gomery county, were executed in the
county Jail early this morning. The
first person to mount the scaffold was
c. Walter Jones, q white man. convict
ed of the murder of Sloan Rowan in a
railroad train at the terminal station.
The trap was sprung under Jones at
6:13 o'clock. In rapid succession Ar
mold Gilmer, John Adams and Colena n
German gave up their lives in expta-
ton of their crimes.
grewsome spectacle was presented
to those who, by law, were allowed to
witness the executions.
The rope slipped when Jones fell
and gradually he was strangled to
death. the fan falling to break his
neck. When Jones dropped his toes
touched the cement floor and deputies
had 10 hold his body Of Of the dooE
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-04-05
RIVERS RISING THROUGHOUT
THE OHIO RIVER BASIN

Cairo. April 4.-Rising rivers
throughout the Ohio river basin were
reported tonight, bringing additional
anxiety to the people of Cairo. where
the flood crest is expected tomorrow.
All levees were holding at a late hour
tonight
The banking of sandbags at Four
teenth street was found to be permit
ting a considerable amount of seepage
early today, and all the workmen avail
able were gathered there to reinforce
1t. The condition was not considered
alarming.
Reports from Reelfoot levee district
said that 1000 men were working to
save a break in the dikes OF that sec
tion.. A break there would bring re-
lief here within an hour.
The weather today was chilly and
the wind had swept to the north. Con-
sidered from every standpoint, condi-
tions were regarded as hopeful for at
least another week
DANGER POINT OVERLOOKED.
In their anxiety to prevent the levee
from breaking on the Ohio river side
fContiuued IN Page Tuol
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FINDS VERDICT
OF AC0UITTAL
Former Wholesale Grocer of
Montgomery and Man of
Prominence Was Charged
With Being Accessory to
Murder of Sloan Rowan.
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.

Montgomery. Ala, April "A YER
dict of acquittal was returned at II
o. o'clocix this morning by the jury trying
Henry F. Vandfver. a former prominent
wholesale grocer of Montgomery, who
was charged with being an accessory
to the murder of Sloan Rowan
C. Walter Jones died on the gall
lows today for Rowan's murder, but
before his death he made a confession
to the jury that Vandiyer was the
moving spirit in a conspiracy to take
Rowan's life.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-04-05
ADRIAN ROACH SHOT BY
ARAILROAD SWITCHMAN.
NEGRO SHOOTS A CREEK
10000 PEOPLE
CALL FOR HELP
b AssocIATEp PRESS.

Nashville, Ind. April 4.-Thirty
thousand persons within radius of
go miles around Mount Vernon, IN
DIANA are calling for help, accord
ing to Guy B. Green, river forecas-
ter at that point, who was reached
by telephone this afternoon
He said that with forty working.
the rescue service had been con-
fined to taking persons at their
endangering homes to Mount Yer
non.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-04-05
Great Fare zRefunding Sale Starts Today.

A fac sin1iIe of the Refunding Slips is
published in today's issue of The Jour-
nal, and is self explanatory. When a
customer makes a purchase, it is mere
Iy necessary to request "Fare Re-
funding Slip" on paying the bill, and
when the total of the slips amounts to
sufficient to give you the necessary
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-04-05

With the distribution of The Jour
naPs Fare Refundins slips among the
merchants yesterday afternoon and
this morning, preparations for the Bar
gain Week commencing today, and
ending April 12th, are practically COM
pleted.
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LIVES LOST IN
OHIO NOW 460
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.


Washington. April 4.-Ohfo's loss
on account OF the flood is estimated
tonight in a telegram from the
American Red Cross agent in charge
at Columbus as follows:
Four hundred and sixty lives lost.
Forty-two hundred homes de-
stroyed
Forty thousand, i've hundred
are homeless.
The emergency relief situation in
every section is well in hand said
the report.