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The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1913-11-29

"A favored method of stealing
rice with the Chinese coolies il to
lean up against q pile of sacks and
stick tin tube through the sack
Ing, the rice, which lie dry. flowing
naturally through the tubes into
the coolies clothing Flour is al
% stolen In this manner and q
common punishment in this case
10 to let the thief obtain a large
quantity and then pour water into
his clothing, which makes matters
rather uncomfortable for the cul-
prit.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1913-11-29

At it's meeting on Wednesday
last, the State Board of Liquida-
ton determined to at once adver-
tise for bids for a sufficient
amount of the long-term serial
bonds, bearing 4 1-2 per cent. in
terest to retire the outstanding
State bonds, which will mature on
January 1st, next.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1913-11-29

The Republican factions are ex.
pecttng to unite on Justice Hughes
% their candidate for President in
1915. The Judge is not much of a
politician, but his face is concealed
~ . beard the density of which
euRgests tropical jungle, and no
doubt his candidacy would appeal
with much force to our esteemed
friend Col. Tom Woodward and
cher members of the ancient Or
der Of Whiskers.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1913-11-29

The,e il a mass meeting adver.
tised in New Orleans for to-day,
10 be held in the interest OF wnat
IL called the Newlands bill now
before Congress. All citizens OF
the lowlands in Louisiana effected
by the floods of the Mississippi
are urgently requested to attend
and take part in that meeting.
The BANNE hopes that all in
this section, who can, will attend
the meeting. 1t is q matter that
should be of great concern to the
people of Southern Louisiana.
fts advocates unites with those
who believe in the levee system
alone in demanding that the gen.
eral government should take
charge of the means of protecting
the Iowlands of the Mississippi
Valley from the annual floods
that come down upon US from the
,overflows of our great river. The
originators and advocates OF
the Newlands scheme contend
that they propose better apd
more certain means of protection
than has been or can be found in
the all.levee system which has
been tried for The last fifty years
] or more. and has been found inef.
fective to control the overflow OF
the Mississippi river. Be this as
it may, their proposition of re-
lief should, at least, be carefully
considered, studied and analysed,
land its merits acknowledged il
they show a proper solution Of the
problem. It may be that the two
systems should be blended; that
both should be worked and car.
ried on together before complete
relief is reached. It is certain.
we think, chat the levees alone
cannot control floods like the one
which devastated our lands in
1912. Let US listen to both sides
nof the important question.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1913-11-29
A Duty Of the Press.

The BANNER copies the follow.
ing article from the Natchitoches
Times and endorses it fully ana
completely:
"We had occasion a short time
ago to comment on the fact that
numbers of insane persons are
confined in the jails throughout
the State because there is no room
for them in the State Asylums.
We expressed the opinion then
that the confinement of these poor
creatures ought to be regarded by
the people Of the State as blot
on its fair name and we appealed
10 the press of the State to take
the matter up and agitate it until
the evil is remedied.
We regret that go far as We have
seen, no notice has been taken OF
this matter by our exchanges and
we therefore again express the
hope that our great contemporar-
les of the city press, as we'll as our
country contemporaries, will take
this scandalous condition Of affairs
under consideration and give some
expression of opinion as to what
can and ought to be done to rem
edy it.
1t certainly is primary func-
ton OF the pfess to give publicity
to prievious conditions like those
under consideration and to en-.
deavor to create public senti.
ment which shall be 80 weighty
and insisteDt as to compel action
on the part of the Legislature at
it's next session.
In our opinion no pen in Louis
lana can today be enlisted 10 q
more worthy cause than that OF
|ameliorating the sad lot of those
poor creatures who now languish
in the common jails in this State
there to pine and suffer until death
co mes to their relief"
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1913-11-29

Dr.. William Blumberg will be
u franklin at the Office of Dr.. B.
W. Smith, on Wednesday and
Thursday, December 10Th aud
nth. The Doctor is an eminent
eye specialist, and it will be we'll
tor those who have weak eyes
and in need of proper fittine
enectacles to call on him to have
t4o1r eyes scientifically tested.
Examination for glasses free.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1913-11-29
No. 666

This 10 . prescription prepared especially
tor MALARIA or ChlllS 4 FEVER,
Five or six doses will break any case, and
Il taken then a. tonic the Fever will not
return. 1t acts on the liver better than
Calomel and does not eripe OF sicken. Csc
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1913-11-29

According to figures compiled
by the Commerce Department the
debts OF the nations now aegre.
gate ~, O00, 600, 900 an increase Of
~ per cent. in the past ten yeare.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1913-11-29

Postmaster General Burleson
has recommended that the maxi.
imum weight of parcel post pack
ages be increased from 20 to 80
pounds for all distances.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1913-11-29

It is estimated at Washington
that the State of Louisiana has
5000 residents whose incomes
exceeds S25, 900 to $50, 1000.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1913-11-29

Indigo was cultivated in Louis.
lana ss early as 1893, while sugar
cane has been one of it's indus.
tries since 1741.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1913-11-29

There will be skating at the
jackson Rink every Wednesday,
Saturday and Sunday; dancing
every Sunday; good music and
refIeshments.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1913-11-29

The Police Jury will meet in
regular monthly session next
Wednesday.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1913-11-29

Motion pictures are being used
10 some OF the public schools of
the west In an educational way.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1913-11-29

larger crops next year is to break
the land early and get it in good
filth before spring.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1913-11-29

There is one way to get better
results from the land and that is
to utilize the plant food constitu.
ents better. Unless the plant
foods in the coil are used they are
of no benefit to the manager of
the farm.
One way to use the plant food
constituents is to pillow deeper this
fall and thus have more soil for
the roots of the plants. In this
way the roots can find more
available plant food to develop
the tissues of the plants.
Another way to get the benefit
Of plant food that il otherwise in.
efficient in producing crops is to
store more moisture this winter to
reduce the amount necessary to
produce crops next spring and
summer. This can be done by
deep breaking. good narrowing
and satisfactory mellowing Of the
soil. And unless this is done
much Of the rain that falls this
winter may run of as surface
water.
BY Incorporating more vegeta.
ton 10 the soil the supply of plant
food is increased and the inactive
and unavailable constituents al.
ready in the soil may be made
available for the use Of plants. In
the process of converting. organic
matter to humus, humic acid is
formed and this helps to reduce
insoluble forms of potassium and
phosphorus to an available form
for use of plants.
Early and deep breaking will
have great influence upon tillaee
next spring, because it makes cul.
ovation easy and satisfactory.
Early blowing may also destroy
many insects that would iniure
crops next summer.
Therefore the most important
thing to do toward producing
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1913-11-29

Will cure your Rheumatism
Neuralgia, Headaches, Cramps,
Collie, Sprains, Bruises, Cuts and
Bur IS. Old Sores, Stings of Insects
Etc: Antiseptic Anodyne, used in
ternally and externally. Price Csc.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1913-11-29

Ascension parish has contracted
for eleven miles Of graveled roads.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1913-11-29

The Cypremort Branch train is
scheduled to arrive at Franklin
every day at a certain hour and
return at q certain hour. This
schedule was adopted some time
ago for the convenience of the
residents of Cypremort to enable
them to come to Franklin on the
train in the morning and transact
their business and leave during
the afternoon in ample time for
them to reach their homes before
or by night. This schedule is
still on the bulletion board, but
the trains of late woefully fails to
run true to the requirement. It
seems to run regardless of the
scheduled gets here at any old
time, and leaves here at no definite
time. In other words, it frequently
happens that people from Cypre.
mort arrive at Franklin in the
morning and do not get to their
homes until IL o'clock at night.
They have a right to protest; be.
cause it is calculated to make res.
idents of that section to go to
other towns to do their trading
This irregularity, no doubt, is
caused by the great increase of
freight business at this season of
the year, and from the fact that
the engine of the Branch train is
used for switching purposes at
Baldwin, after it leaves Franklin,
still this does not constitute
reasonable excuse. If it's paying
business lie go heavy, it should in
duce the railroad to put on q pas
senger train during the extra.
business season in order to keep
faith with the travelling public.
At least the BANNER suggest that
it adopt this remedy.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1913-11-29

Whereas, Louis Levy, a resident of
St. Mary Parish, La, has petitioned
this Honorable Court for letters of
administration to the estate of the late
Pinkney c. Wilson, deceased, intes-
tate.
Notice is hereby giver to all to whom
it may concern to show cause within
ten days from the date of 4his Motif
cation, why the prayer of the said Pc
titioner should not be granted.
In evidence whereof, witness my Of
fetal signature and the impress of the
seal of my Office this Goth day of No
vember, A. D. 1913.
WILBUR H. KRAMEE,
Clerk of Couzt,
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1913-05-16

Tools for garden and farm at
Snyder Hardware Cos.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1913-05-16
HELLER.

Sunday, May 4th, was red let
ter day in the history of Method
ism in Pike-co. On this day the
new Methodist Episcopal church at
HELLER was dedicated to the wor-
ship OF God.
The balmy air and sunny skies
rendered the day ideal. A special
train brought hundreds Of people
from Pikeville and way stations.
(. The morning session opened at
ten O'Clock. After special music and
prayer, DIR. McClay preached a strong
sermon on THE Foundation OF
christian Character s.
Dinner was served, picnic fashion
In q neighboring orchard.
At two o'clock, the vast congreea-
ton met under the canopy Of heav-
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1913-05-16

en-, on the banks OF Marrowbone
creek. DR.. McClay again addressed
the audience on the subject of
What Have Written Have Writ
ten This session was closed by an
impressive baptismal service conduct
ed by the pastor. Rev. S. A. Steele.
Five members were Immersed at
this time,
At seven o'clock the dedlcatory
services were held in the church.
After powerful sermon by Rev.
Lewis, the church was solemnly ded,
icated.
During the day, subscriptions
amounting to five hundred dol
lars were taken to defray the in
debtedness on the church.
1t is less than year since this
church has been under construction.
The people have been very FORUM
ate TO have been under the strong
leadership OF their present pastor
Rev. s. A. Steele. during the past
two years. His life and labors dur
Ing this time. have been benedic-
ton to the entire community and It
can be well said. HE builded bet
ter than he knew" His broad edu-
cation. strong executive ability. and
deeply spiritual life win make him
a power for good wherever he goes
Should he leave HELLER at this
time. as he contemplates doing his
people, will keenly regret their loss.
RHODoDENDRoN.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1913-05-16

opher. who. after listening to young
lady Of voluble conversation. said:
what relief It would be il she would
stop talking for little while and d
nome thinking"
There are disciples without nnnhsg
who feel thsy are called to preach The
gospel Of good roads. They know NJ
tie or nothing Of the subject. but The
desire IL strong and inpellins. II ~
minds one e the young divinity stu
dent with vszy little aptitude for the
profession he proposed 10 adopt and
from which the bishop was trying to
disuade him because he regarded him
~ wholly inapt. The man maintained
he was called to preach and therefore
he was to obey the summons. The
bishop asked him In what manner the
call had como. He aid he had had q
dream In which hs saw outlined In
the heavens clearly IN letters d white
p. o." which he intsrprsted TO mean
70 80 and preach Christ. The bishop
told him he had no doubt he had sean
the vision as stated. but he had misin-
,terpreted It, and that the Letters "P.
O." In his case meant to pillow corn.
Il II 20 with the good roads advocates.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1913-05-16

over which the food supply OF the
world must be moved. The other
question is one Of the social and edu-
cational advantages that follow good
road construction.
Fortunately 1t is true that the same
highways that would give the largest
returns from an economic standpoint,
are the roads best suited to give the
highest advancement. Hence the need
is not these great, broad, expensive
highways, extending hundreds of miles
In any given direction, but network
of good roads. nine to twelve feet
wide, covering the main highways Of
the country and centering in the mar
ket towns upon the railways. The
wagon roads are the veins Of COM
merce; the railways the arteries. The
largest public good will come from
such condition that there will be a
free and uninterrupted movement
upon both the highways and railways
throughout the year.
Among the economic advantages is
that 1t enables the farmer to keep In
close touch with the market and
make his deliveries when in his judy
ment the best price can be realized,
There is no doubt that large per
centage-the major portion-of the
farm produce for the last so years in
the Mississippi valley has been sold
and moved with road conditions as
the determining factor. 1t is, "Hooray.
boys, we must get this grain to mar
ket because the roads are good" and
not necessarily because the price is
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1913-05-16

highways. II It IL done by the state
aid plan.
Those who are objecting to the
building Of good roads advance OBJ
jections that are found to be falIa-
cious, upon little consideration. The
writer remembers one man who inter
rupted him during an address, and re-
marked that in some parts Of the
country they were building hard roads
at cost Of from $1,000 to $1e,Ooo q
mile, and then said that their town
ship had about ~ miles of highways
and proceeded to show that the ex-
pense would be at $4,000 q mile to
cover all the highways with this type
Of road. Upon little Inquiry It was
disclosed that the roads in question
were brick roads, built upon con-
crete foundation--an excellent road to
be sure, and such AZ It may pay to
build where the trafilc IL very heavy
md there 10 large amount Of tax
able property to pay the bill--but
these are not the roads that It is usual
ly practicable to build. No township
needs anything like 70 miles. The
facts are that fournfths Of tho trafilc
passes over about one-fourth Of the
road mileage, and It has been found
the country over, At homo and abroad,
that when from one-fourth to one-third
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1913-05-16

many Of them doing more harm than
:cod.
One enthusiast, who has been much
2 evidence. 10 telling the people how
Fey can get good roads without
bney. He might az well try to boost
fnself over fence by pulling at his
ot, straps.
fThe good roads question Is q ire
sndously big one and must be ham
ID In 4 big way. No one can mas
the subject In Q short time. The
tier has spent Is years digging into
tfr0m every angle and he feels that
bro IL yet much to learn. Some good
IDS enthusiasts have proposed the
5iIding Of great national highways
'nnecting all the capitals Of the
'ates. or q great trans-continental
adVay from Boston to San Francis
Or from Chicago TO the gulf. Such
ID would be tremendously expen-
2. and about the only thing that
~ could DO used for would be a.
cduays for automobiles. These are
thc roads that the public needs.
the building Of highways there
two great questions involved. One
Ohio economic advantages to be
q d from tho transportation yisW-
b and this means good roads from
c1r.rm home 10 the market town.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1913-05-16
A Good 400 Acre Farm For Sale.

100 acre OF good level land clear
ed, 400 acres in fine timber, six
room house. large barn and other
out buildings. good orchard. This
farm lays miles northeast OF Ports
mouth on a good pike one mile
from railroad station one half mile
from church and school house. This
farm is located on the Little Scioto
Valley, but none OF II overflows.
Telephone line and Rural mail route
at the door. There is more than
enough timber on this farm to pay
for it. desire TO go into other
business Is the reason 1t Is for sale
can give possession any time.
N. ADAMS.
wheclersburg, Ohio.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1913-05-16
II sesms PuzzlIna.

Recently in Pittsburg Mrs. Rather
Inc Maxon Smith Baumgardner, 70
puted to be the wealthiest woman In
Louisville, KY, embarked On the mat
rimonial sea for the fourth time by
becoming the bride Of Carl Neumeysr.
also Of Louisville. The bride IL said
to be very close to eighty-three
years Of age and the groom
somewhat over half Of that. At some
what the Same time In Paris Mrs. Al
bert Clifford Barney, Of Warrington.
who owns up to sixty-one winters and
who 10 worth some $5.o0o.O00, married
Christian D. Hemmick. Of Washington.
who il twenty-six years Of age There
are times whom matrimony looks like
maternal love.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1913-05-16
FARMS FOR SALE.

so A.. good house. slate roof. fine
timber. farm well improved one-half
mile frcsn school. church and town,
good market. Price $4,000.
3s A.. good Groom house all
kinds out buildings. garden and
berry farm. plenty fruit. 100 yds., TO
r r. Sta. mi. TO Sciotoville. horse.
chickens, all farming tools. 100 Blu.
corn, garden and potatoes planted.
ell furniture with incubators and
all in first class shape. Price $500.
1877 A.. so A.. level. bal. hill
good orchard. fair barn. house needs
some repair. well watered. This Il
a run down farm, close 20 school.
church and pike. Price $4,000
$4,000 down. bal. easy payments.
100 A., 46 A. level creek bottom.
good house. no barn. plenty fruit.
good water. on good pike. Price
sSs0o.00.
i55 A. two houses. two barns.
some fine timber. all for $4,000.
100 A. from so 10 20 A. level.
bal. rolling and mill, level land IL
rich, Broom house. two barns, good
orchard. on pike and mail route.
Price 100000. half cash. bal. pay
ments.
404 A. half level. bal. rolling and
hill, Is A.. orchard two good houses
and barns. on good pike. school on
the farm. so A. wheat goes with
the farm fine blue grass farm. all
clean. no weeds OF sprouts, well
watered.
These are few OF the many bar
gains have. Remember you deal
with the owner I have nothing to
do with the price. II you can buy
Tor less than the price It IL alright
with me. Write me four days be-
fore you come. Always come on the
N. and W. from Fort Gay to Ke-
nova, w. Va. Get No. 16 there
about two o'clock in the afternoon.
4 pay your fare n you buy first
trip. Write me line saying meet
me at sciotoville. Ohio.
f. B. LYNCH,
n. ID. No. 4. sciotoyille. o.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1913-05-16
GOOD ROADS GOSPEL.
DISCIPLES ARE THICK AZ BuMsLE
BEES IN A CLOVER
PATCH.
NOT ALL CALLED TO PREACH
Desire 10 Strong, but knowledge 10
Lackin1--WonderfuI Progress In
Campaign for Better Hishways-
Cut Out All Fads.
BY HOWARD X. GROSS.

II one looks carefully over the press
clippings that come in upon the ques-
don Of good roads. he will be aston.
ished at several things.
First. the widespread interest that
u taken in the subject. Better high
ways are being discussed everywhere
In the shop. store. the school, at
the cross roads, women's clubs, grain
exchanges. boards Of trade. railway
meetings, etc. The advocates of good
roads are as thick as humble bees in
= clover patch. All sorts of solutions
are offered, most Of which are imprac-
ticable, and If undertaken would be
simply waste Of time and money. It
reminds one Of the remark Of philos-
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1913-05-16
COME TO THE ozARKs.

Thousands OF acres OF fine farm
Ing, fruit and timber land for sale
at $500 per acre and up. Delightful
climate. pure water. no cyclones. no
floods. no saloons, no negroe and
no mosquitoes. Short warm whit
ers and long summers. Write to
Il. HODGES and WEBB.
Mammoth Spring, Arkansas.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1913-05-16
An Uncertain step.

He has about the strangest walk
l have ever seem Yes: you see,
he was engaged to q girl who wore q
hobble gown and Just when he had
got SO he could keep step with her she
threw him down. and now he Is en-
gaged to girl who wears harom
nlZirt and he Is trying to learn to keep
step with her. Houston Post. <
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1913-05-16
HOW No Peserve Your BaII.lIng..

The season Is here for dressgin
up your buildings in new covering
OF paint for the sake OF appearances
as well for preservation. A few
dollars spent In this way In time
saves many more In protection. The
Snyder Hardware Company makes
OF good lines OF paint. Give them
a call Al