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The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-11-21
LOUISIANA BAPT|STS
CONVENTION MEETS IN ANTE.
AFFAIRS OF CHURCH IN GOOD
CONDITION.
UNION ELECTS OFFICERS
Prominent Men Make Addresses.
Prof. c. Cottineham Elected
President.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

Amite.-The sixty.siXth annual ses.
sion of the Louisiana Baptist conyen-
ton was brought to a close in the
Laurel Street Baptist church las
week after a three days session.
Reports show that the orphanage and
State Board Of Missions are clear of
debt. Excellent state mission reports
were submitted. The convention was
addressed by Prof. V. L. Roy, of
Natchitoches w. H. Managan, of West.
lake B. F. Thompson, of Alexandria;
c. 2. Roney, of De Ridder; Pro. E.
Godbold, of P~ineville; DR.. George H.
McCrutcher, of Fort Worth, Tex,
and DR.. o. B. Gray, of Atlanta, Ga.
Report on temperance was made by
Rev. l.. d. Posey, of Vivian. Rev. E.
O. Ware announced the meeting Of
the Anti-saloon League in Alexandria,
November rs. An address on "Bap-
fist Principles" was delivered by A.
l.. Ponder, of Amite.
At the opening session Prof. C. Cot.
tingham was elected president w. G..
Newhouser, of Sidell, and Rev. w. j.
E. Cox, of Alexandria,. we're elected
vice presidents; Rev. Leon w. Sloan,
of Slidell. statistical secretary, and
Rev. c. P. Roney, of De Ridder, rec
ording secretary.
Missionary Union Elects.
The fifteenth annual meeting of
the Woman's Baptist Missionary
Union elected: President, Mrs. T. R.
Falvy, New Orleans; first vice presi
dent, Mrs. William Weishaupt, New
Orleans; second vice president, Mrs
Gordan Irons. Shreveport; CORES
ponding secretary, Mrs Charles Am
! TsGr New Orleans; ececins.zere
tary,, Mrs. F. G. Magnitzky, New or
leans; assistant recording secretary
Mrs. Edgar Fortson, Homer; leade,
Y. W. A., Mrs. c. E. jenkins, Mans
field; superintendent of sunbeam
bands and royal ambassador chapters
Mrs. W. B. Graham, McDade: field
secretary, Miss Georgia Barnette, New
Orleans; college correspondent, Miss
Kate Terry, New Orleans; editor
Mrs. S. J. Meek, Monroe; associate
editors, Mrs. w. j. E. Cox, Alexandria;
Mrs. ]. L. Love, New Orleans, and
Mrs. A. D. Kindricks, winfield.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-11-21
EXPLOSION KILLS FOUR men
Cold Water Fed into Overheatec BOZ
er-OnIy One Man Escaped.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Searcy, Ark.-s'our men were kll'eo
three instantly-when a 6O.horse-
power boiled at Henry Roetzels saw
mill near Russell, White county, 20
miles northeast of Searcy, exploded
1t is said that the explosion was
caused by allowing the water in the
boiler to get too low after which colo
water was suddenly turned into the
overheated boiled. The force OF the
explosion was ielt for a radius OF three
miles. In the town Of Russell, TWO
miles west of the mill, window panes
were ratified by the force of the ex.
plosion. The mill was completely
wrecked. The engine and other ma
cbinery were reduced to a mass OF
twisted scrap iron. There were fiVe
men at the mill at the time OF the
accident. The only one to escape was
Nj. T. Wright, head sawyer.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-11-21
WILSON WEDDING CAKE BIG
Weighs 1875 Pounds and Is Two and a
Half Feet Tall.

Western Newspaper Union New Service.
New York.-Miss Jessie Woodrow
Wilson's wedding cake was baked
here.
The first layer of the cake is four
inches thick and % inches across.
When ready for the knife the cake will
weight 1875 pounds and will be two and
one-half feet tall, if one counts the
vase of white orchids to be placed on
top. 1t will cost about $500 and will
contain 10 ingredients. In 1000 white
boxes tied with satin ribbon the cake
wR be distributed.
Over the body of the cake will be
nodded a thick white icing scroll
work. Then to quote the artist
who is making it, there will be a
design for the initials of the bride
and bridegroom, done in silver. And
then there will be lilies of the valley
in white sugar on the Sides"
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-11-21
SUFFRAGE,1ES HOLD MEET
Two Organizations. State and South
ern, in Session at Same Time.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
New Orlcans.-The first Southern
States Woman's Suffrage Conference
and the Louisiana state Suffrage As
sociatiOn me in New, Orleans last
week and transacted the business OF
the TWO bodies. The meetings were
marked by their good attendance and
enthusiasm displayed by the delegates.
Election of officers for the sui
frage conference resulted 3s follows:
President, Miss Kate NJ, Gordon, New
Orleans: first vice president, Miss
Laura Clay, Lexington, Ky; CORES
ponding secretary, Mrs. John 3. Park
er, New Orleans: recording secretary,
Mrs. Emma Funk, Maryland; treasur-
er. Mrs. George f. Cunningham, Ark
ansas: auditors, Mrs. Robert SOmer'
vile, Mississippi, and Miss Jennie. f.
Lauderdale, Kentucky. Vice presi-
dents: Mrs. Eugene Cory, Arkansas,
Mrs. o. F. Ellington; Mississippi, Miss
Belle kearney; Maryland, Laura Lee
Cromwell Poe; District of Columbia,
Helen H. Gardener; Georgia. Frances
Burton-Gordon Smith; Kentucky, Mrs.
Desha Breckenridge; Louisiana, Miss
Florence Loeber: North Carolina, Mrs
Eugene Reilly; Oklahoma, Mrs. A. B.
Stevens; South Carolina, Mrs. John r.
Gibbons; Tennessee, Sarah Barnwell
Elliott; Texas, Anette Finnigan K0us,
ton; Florida, Mrs. Florence Cooley.
The state association officers elect
ed we're:
President, Miss Jean Gordon, New
Orleans.
First vice president, Mrs. George
Wesley Smith, Rayville.
Second vice president, Mrs. J. NJ.
Wooten, Monroe.
Third vice president, Mrs. Louis j.
Hakenjos, Alexandria.
Recording secretary, Miss Lois jan
vier, New Orleans. j..
Treasurer, Miss Olivia Munson, Ma
| poleonville.
Auditors, Mrs. W. w. Van Meter,
New Orleans; Miss Fannie WolfsOn,
COushatta.
|. Men are not barred from member
ship in the organization. The ques-
ton was. brought up by a delegate and
the president ruled that the men were
admissible, She said: 'It's the men
1&e-Afrsr-urd wesh~s~ssAseA
them"
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-11-21
Representative Meets Rebel Chief.

Nogales. Sonora, Mex.-Crossing a
narrow little street from the United
States into Mexico, William Bayard
Hale, personal representative of Presi.
dent Wilson, met the Constituencies
chief, Gen. Venustiano Carranza, and
his cabinet and presented to them a
definite proposal from the American
government. What that proposal was
the American diplomat declined to say.
The Mexican revolutionary leaders
also were silent, but to those who have
been anxiously awaiting the develop.
ment of the American policy with re.
gard to Mexico, it was fraught with
possibilities for the destinies of the
war-torn republic and her relations
with her northern neighbors.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-11-21
LEAVES BRIDGE WITH BUGGY
Woman Dangerously Hurt-Horse's
Neck Broken by Fall.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Mansfield.-Mrs. Lawrence Bishop.
a widow lady living near town, met
with a probably fatal accirdent. She
and two of her daughters were com
ing TO town in a buggy to attend TIE
fair and as they were crossing Buffa-
10 Bayou the horse ran off the bridge.
about 80 feet above the bottom of the
bayou. The horses neck was broken
and Mrs. Bishop was dangerously
hurt. 1t is thought she cannot sur.
vive. The two girls jumped and sus-
tanned only slight bruises. ~
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-11-21
z ARE KILLED IN WRECK
'"ree Coaches of Excursion Train Roll
Down Embankment.

'5E,Fth Newspaper Union News Service.
Iulahla, Ala.-Three coaches of an
EXCURSION train carrying 500 people to
ue Barbour County Fair, in this city,
,sit me rails of the Central of Georgia
Hallroad, II miles south of Eufaula.
anu rolled down a 30-foot embank-
aeht. twenty-five dead and nearly 200
hurried were taken from the wreck
and others are so badly injured that
me death list will be materially in
creased.
AS the train circled c curve three
miles from Clayton the three rear
coaches left the rails and were dash
.so down a steep embankment.
Railroad officials account for the
wreck by a broken rail. The three
wooden coaches we're splinteled. The
passengers in the other coaches did
heroic work in removing the dead and
injured before the arrival of surgeons
and the relief trains.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-11-21
KILLED IN AUTO ACCIDENT
Uriver Of Machine Dead-Others Are
injured.

western Newspaper Union News Service.
Little Rock, Ark. NJ. Goad, aged
g, OF searcy, was killed instantly and
MS five companions, all from Searcy,
We're badly injured when their auto
mobile turned turtle on the McAlmont
road, six miles east of Argenta, at l
o'clock Sunday morning.
The five injured men are: Fulton
Grammar, R. D. Haywood, l.. c. John.
son, A. B. Coffman and Elmer Bran
lett.
The men had started to drive from
Searcy to Little Rock. Their lights
were burning dimly, and as they drove
upon the incline to a bridge Mr.
Goard, who Vas driving. ran into a
post. The machine toppled over the
embankment and landed bottOmside
up In tn ditch.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-11-21
Americans Unable to ESCAPE.

Norfolk. Va.-Wireless messages
o American warships now in. Mex.
c waters, according to reports re-
celved here, state that 500 Americans,
unable to leave the district between
Tuxpam and Tampico, where there is
firece fighting between the Rebels
ana Federals, may have to fight to
save their own lives. The gunboat
wheeling Is reported at anchor in
Paunco and has on board several ref.
ugees from Tampico.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-11-21
New Governor Welcomed.

Maila.-Gov.'Gen.. Francis Burton
Harrison, on his arrival at Camp Over.
ton, Mindanoa, was greeted by 10 Moro
chieftains in gala costumes. Thev
petitioned him to maintain in office
the American district governor O;
Lanao, Maj. Henry Gilsheuser of the
constabulary. In his reply Gov.-Gen.
Harrison said he would continue the
system of American district and pro-
vinicial governors.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-11-21
Juarez Again Taken.

Ell Paso, TeX.-For the sixth time
In the last three years, Cuidad Juarez
changed governments when 1000 reb-
els, led by General Pancho Villa, at.
tackled and captured the town. Taken
by surprise, the federal garrison of
about 400 men put up a weak resist.
ance. So unprepared for battle were
the federal defenders that Villas
troops actually reached the center Of
the town before a shot was fired.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-11-21
COMPANY Ahandons Eiaht.

Washington.-The Western Union
Telegraph Company formally aband-
oned its fight in the Supreme Court
against taxes imposed upon it by the
various counties in Oklahoma. The
company claimed that the value of its
property had been set at three times
that fixed for similar property owned
by individuals in the state.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-11-21
Fowls Stuffed With Sand.

Washington, D. C,-Uncovering a
trick of unprincipled dealers in chick
ems, the Department of Agriculture is
sued a warning to housewives to be
on their guard against sand-stuffed
fowls. The government experts an
nounce that the practice of stufing
chickens with sand is one that is as.
suming considerable proportions.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-11-21
Washington sParish Plans Fair.

Franklinton.-The Washington Par
ish Fair Association held a meeting to
plan for a fair in 1914 and elected the
following: Dewitt E. Branch, presi-
dent; L. w. McDougal, secretary; F.
R. McDougal, Warren Wilkes, F. B.
Bateman, John NJ. RUSSELL and ]. 8.
Knight, directors, and Mrs. Deliah H.
Carter, manager ladies', department.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-11-21
Plan Levee Delegation to Capital.

Memphis.-John A. Fox, secretary Of
the Mississippi Levee Association, has
completed plans for a delegation Of
1000 citizens from the states that
have suffered from floods to appear
before the house committee on Deem.
her 8, when the hearing begins on the.
Ransdell-Humphries bill, appropriating
$50, OO0, 600 for levees. The railroads
are cooperating. The Louisville and
Nashville will run a special to Wash.
ington November 80 to take delegates
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-11-21
Labor Leader Released.

Dublin, Ireland. James Larkin,
leader OF the Transport Workers I'm
ion, was liberated from Mount Joy
prison, where he was serving a sem
tence of seven months Imprisonment
for sedition. Larkin appeared at lar
Dor headquarters and his followers
made a remarkable demonstration.
Transport workers have been on a
strike since early in December.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-11-21

Lawrence, Mass.-Between three
and four thousand operatives were
thrown out of work when the strike OF
fremen in the textile mills caused
the stoppage of some of the machinery
because of lack of power. According
to union officials $50 of the firemen
have quit work.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-11-21
To Provide for Elections.

Washington.-Direct elections OF
United States senator's, under the.f
constitutional amendment IN states
where no regulations have been made
by the legislature. will be provided
for in a bill to be reported from the
Senate elections committee. The forth.
coming senatorial primaries in many
states make some temporary method
of election of senators necessary.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-11-21
Army Aviator Killed.

Manilla.-Second Lieutenant G. Ply
~ Rich of The PHILIPPINE .jcorts. u. 5.
A. was killed in a fall with a hydro.
Plane into Manila bay. Lieutenant
Rich, who was the only member Of
the PHILIPPINE Scouts attached to tn:
Aviation Corps, here, was encircling
the Asiatic feelt. which was at anchor
in the bay, when the accident oc.
Cured. lt
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-11-21
Convict Kills Mrs. EhIert.

Baton Rouge.-Mrs. Alice Ehlert,
wife of DR.. Ehlert of the Angola state
farm, was murdered by a negro trus-
ty who was working about the house.
Mrs. Elhert had reprimanded the ne
gro for same infraction of the house
rules and he became enraged. Secur-
ing a revolver he shot Mrs. Ehlert and
then killed himself before any ono
could arrive at the house.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-11-21
, Steam Pipe Causes Death,

Folsom.-At the Ramey Mill, a few
miles south Of here a large steam
pipe broke and burned a young man
by the name of Leard severly. He
did not live but a short time. Lizard
was a son of Eugene Lard, a proper
u farmer of. this section.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-11-21
Proposition Carriers Unanimously.

Ama.-At an election in the first
road district Of st. Charles parish g.
votes, representing a property valua-
tion of $4,000, were cast in favor OF
a proposition to levy a 5-mill tax for
40 years for the issuance of $4,000
bonds for good road purposes. Not a
vote was cast against the proposition.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-11-21
Mccombs Arrives Home.

New York.-William F. McCombs,
chairman of the Democratic National
Committee, came home from Europe
with his bride, formerly Miss Dorothy
Williams OF Washington, whom he mar
ried In London. Asked about the pos.
sibility of his accepting appointment
as ambassador to France, he said: II
AVE no taste for public service, and
] do not expect to take public office"
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-11-21
Pavinu Contract Let.

Lake Charles.-The City Commits
sion has awarded the contract for
eleven blocks Of brick paving on Kirby
and Division streets at $3.50 per
square yard. Bids for 90 additional
blocks have been advertised for.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-11-21
To Sell indian Lands,

Observation-Disclosures to govern
the sale of 100000 acres of surface
lands in the segregated mineral belt
in the Choctaw nation in Oklahoma
will soon be promulgated by Commits
sioner Of Indian Affairs Cato Sells.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-11-21
Governor Issues Reprieve.

Baton Rouge.-Governor Hall issued
a reprieve to Frank Colson, of VIM,
sentenced to hang in Baton Rouge
November %. The sentence is held
up to February q to allow the State
Board of Pardons to investigate.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-11-21
Vice President in Arizona.

Phoenix, Ariz.-Accompanied by
Governor Hunt, Representative Hay.
den and Adjutant General Harris of
Arizona, Vice President Marshall left
here for Sacaton Indian Reservation
to meet Gen. N. L. Scott, commanding
the United States troops on the Mexi.
can border. According to a member
of the party the Mexican situation will
be discussed. a
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-11-21
Serious Wreck--No One Killed.

Joliet, Ill.--Running 40 mikes an
hour a Santa Fee train carrying many
passengers ran through an open switch
at Joliet, but outside of slight injuries
to the engineer, when the engine
plunged 30 feet to the street below,
no n was hurt. The first coach a.
lighted on top of the engine and re-
tanned it's balance. Officials pronounced
it the strangest wreck in the roads
history.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-11-21

Alexandria, LA called session
of. the Louisiana A%nti-saloon League
will convene here November % and
run through the Goth. Legislative mat.
tiers of importance will be presented
to the convention for adoption or re-
lection. I'VE must have some defin.
lite plans with which to 60 before the
next session of the Louisiana Legis.
lature," says A. w. Turner, league su-
perintendent. in issuing the call.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-11-21
Question DELAYED q Year.

New York.-Action on the proposal
to give the women the vote in church
government was postponed for one
year by the Protestant Episcopal con-
vention Of the diocese of New York.
During this period a commission of
five clergymen, to be appointed by
Bishop Greer, will study the question
and endeavor to reach a decision.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-11-21
Indian Gets Prize.

Stockholm.-The Nobel prize for
literature was awarded to the Hindu
poet, Ramindranath Tagore. This is
the first time that this prize has been
given to anybody but a white person.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-12-20
This, TOO. shall Pass.

Our people have had a great shock
The failure of the local bank, COM
ing as it did, as a complete surprise,
paralyzed the mind and subsequent
ly THE energies of all. 1t is the nat
ural result Of. shock, and should be
understood as such. When one is
inclined to regard the present stu
a,llom from a pessimistlc point of
view, he should remember this, and
decide that it will pass away in due
course.
Our people are crushed but not de-
stroyed. In a little while their ma
tive energies will return, and all wall
be we'll. One can but look around
HIM and see this fertile country,
these noble streams, these soft and
DenefIcent seasons, to know that in
such a. region, where nature has done
ne should not do his part to possess
much for man, it is impossible that
and enjoy his heritage.
Nothing stands still. All things
must go forward Or fall back. This
story is told in nature and in history.
Though one may pause for brief
space after shock, the pause must on
ly be to take breath before going
onward up life's steep ascent, or it
;Wsll be a falling behind, for which
there is but tardy redemption, it
any.
Have not our people paused long
enough? It must seem so. 1t is now
time to go forward again. Let the
stoutest-h hearted set the example,
st. Francisville True-Democrat.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-12-20
Parcel Post Changes.

Beginning March Is, the parcel post
service will be extended to include
books, The rate Of postage on books
weighing eight ounces or less shall be
one cent for each two ounces or frac,
ton thereof, and on those weighing
in excess of eight ounces the regular
zone rate shall apply
The following notifications of the
parcel post regulations have been an
nounced:
tOn and after Jan. i, 1914, the linn
it Of weight of parcels of fourth
class mail for delivery within the
first and second zones shall be in
creased from twenty to fifty pounds,
and in the third, fourth, fifth, sixth,
seventh and eighth zones from eleven
to twenty pounds.
THE rate of postage on parcels ex-
ceeding four ounces in weight in the
third, fourth fifth and sixth zones
shall be as follows:
Third zone-Six cents for the first
pound, and two cents for each addl-
tional pound or fraction thereof.
Fourth zone-Seven cents for the
first pound, and four cents for each
additional pound or fraction thereof.
Fifth zone-Eight cents for the
first pounds and four cents for each
additional pound or fraction thereof.
Sixth zone-Nine cents for the
first pound, and eight cents for each
additional pound or fraction thereof .
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-12-20
Finish Each Task,

On a page devoted to New Yeal
resolutions in the January Woman s
Home Companion an Alabama contri
butor tells, as follows, what the ain
of his life is to be in 1914:
ITO keep the loose ends of my life
tied up. If there is a garment III
finished on hand, finish it before un-
dertaking anything else. If there
is a letter owing, write it at once.
If there is a bill due, pay it before
mourning any other expense. Simple?
Certainly, but keeping this one reso-
luton means things actually done,
not merely thought about, and, more
over, shii-shape affairs that permit
freedom to take advantage of any
change in fortune that may come