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Lower coast gazette., 1914-02-07

by Section q of Act SIT of the Acts of
the General Assembly Of the State of
Louisiana for the year 1910, and it shall
be the duty of the President of the
Board of Commissioners Of the Jeffer-
son and Plaquemines Drainage District
to cause said recordation and publica-
ton to be made and forward said cop
les to the Assessors of the Parishes of
Jefferson and Plaquemines. On motion
of MIR. Daunhauer and seconded by
Mr.. Hart the above resolution was un-
animously adopted.
Personally came and appeared before
me, the undersigned authority, A. C..
Dumestre, who being by me duly
sworn, deposes and says; That, he is
the Secretary Treasurer Of the Jeffer-
son and Plaquemines Drainage District
that the above and foregoing resolution
of the Board of Commissioners of the
Jefferson and %Plaquemines Drainage
District was introduced in quadrupli-
cate, unanimously adopted by the
Board of Commissioners Of the Jeffer-
son and Plaquemines Drainage District
at a regular meeting held in the Police
Jury room of the Courthouse in the
town Of Gretna, Parish of Jefferson,
on Jan. 10, 1914, and that the forego-
ing is n of the quadruplicate origin
ais of said Resolutions.
(Signed) A. C. DUMESTRE.
Sworn to and subscribed before me
this 18th day of January 1914.
F. J. TILLOTSON,
by. Clerk of Court.
Lower coast gazette., 1914-02-07
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The Fools Prayer.

The royal feast was done; the king
Sought some new sport to Danish
care,
And to his jester cried: "Sir Fool,
Kneel now, and make for us a prayer.
The jester dotted his cap and bells
And stood the hooking court before;
They could not see the bitter smile
Behind the painted grin he wore.
He bowed his head and bent his knee
Upon the monarch's silken stool;
His pleading voice arose: 20 Lord
Be merciful to me, a fool.
"Tis not by guilt the onward sweep
Of truth and right, o Lord. we stay.
'Tis by our follies that so long
We hold the earth from heaven
away.
"These clumsy feet, still in the mire,
Go crushing blossoms without end;
These hard well-meaning hands we
thrust
Among the heart-strings of a friend.
"The ill-timed truth we might have
kept
Who knows how sharp it pierced and
stung.
The word we had not sense to say
Who knows how gladly it had rung.
"Our faults no tenderness should ask,
The clustering stripes must cleanse
them all;
But for our blunders-oh, in shame
Before the eyes of heaven we fall.
earth bears no balsams for mistakes
Men crown the knave and scourge
the tool
That did his will; but, Thou, 0 Lord.
Be merciful to me, a fool"
The room was hushed; in silence rose
The king, and sought his gardens
cool,
And walked apart, and murmured low,
BE merciful to me, a fool"
Edward Rowland Sill.
Lower coast gazette., 1914-02-07
Notice.

l hereby give notice that | will aprriis;;
to the Police Jury Of the Parish of
Plaquemines for a license to operate
and conduct a colored barroom at
English Turn in this Parish.
JAMES u. DICKSON.
Lower coast gazette., 1914-02-07
PARISH NEWS.


Miss Eta Schayot spent Saturday
and Sunday in New Orleans.
DR.. VIM. H. Pipes was a visitor here
on Wednesday.
Mr.. VIM. Dynond was among the
visitors here last Sunday.
MI. A. P. Perrin, of New Orleans.
was a Sunday visitor here.
Hon. Simon Leopold and Mr.. Budin-
sky were here Thursday.
Mr. Raoul Mile and Lionel Magne
were visitors Thursday.
The stockholders Of the Oak River
Canal Co., held a meeting Sunday.
Out of town members present were:
Messrs. o. S. Liyaudais, ]. Menus and
L. Leon Villerie.
Special excursion rates on the La.
Southern Ry., on Feb. %, "a, and Is.
Round trip S1.60.
The accessibility of the territory be.
low New Orleans, both by rail and pub
lie road is attracting the attention of
capitalists, and it was learned on good
authority Wednesday that plans were
under consideration for the coEstruc-
ton of a series of suburban homes
within twenty miles of the city, which
would be sold after they are ready5for
occupancy. Those interested in this
new venture are now negotiating for
the purchase of a tract of land a short
distance from New Orleans, which
abuts the shellroad and the Louisiana
Southern Railroad, and if the informa-
ton obtained is correct, the prospects
for an early consummation Of the deal
are good.
1t is understood that the Louisiana
SOUTHERN IsdlliOdu WHICH, ID iioW dIlO1u-
ing good transportation facilities, will
make changes IN it's schedule, if neces-
sary, to encourage projects OF this
kind and bring fresh population to the
Lower Coast, which is now within such
easy reach of the city. There are shell
roads leading to the interior of st.
Bernard and to Pointe a la Hache, in
the Parish Of %Plaquemines, and they
are playing no small part in the devel-
opment Of the two parishes. The dis
lance from New Orleans to Pointe a la
Hache is forty-fve miles, and many
Orleanians have enjoyed the trip down
there on a number of occasions, and
every Sunday sees the number of Wis
itors to St. Bernard and Plaquemine
increased.
The building Of modern homes below
the city, along the vast stretch of river
front, is one of the dreams of some of
the progressive citizens, who are now
glad that it is about to be realized
Picayune.
Lower coast gazette., 1914-02-07
Executive Department, State Of
Louisiana.

Whereas, Edward ]. Rodriguez, Jr.,
of the Parish of Plaquemines, State Of
Louisiana, has applied to me for the
cancellation of his bond, drawn and
subscribed by himself as principal
with Simon Leopold Of the Parish OF
Plaquemines, State of Louisiana, as
surety, in the full sum Of Five Hun.
dred $780, COY Dollars dated Maya 1910
and recorded in Mortgage Book
No. 3, for the Parish of P%laquemines
at Folio 27 and conditioned
for the faithful performance of SAID
Edward J. Rodriguez, Jr., Of his duties
as: Constable of Ward One in and for
the Parish of Plaquemines, State Of
Louisiana,
Now, Therefore I, Luther Egbert
Hall, Governor of the State of Louis
lana, have thought proper to issue this
my proclamation with a view of giving
public notice to all persons herein in
terested and concerned to show cause in
writing, at the Office of the Secretary
of State, at the city of Baton Rouge,
Louisiana, within ninety days from and
after the last publication hereof, why
said bond and the mortgage resulting
therefrom should not be cancelled and
annulled and the above named securities
discharged from any further liability
in the premises.
Given under my signature and the
seal of the State of Louisiana, at the
city of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, this
9th day Of January. 1914, A. D.
By the Governor.
L. E. HALL.
ALVIN E. HEBERT,
Secretary of State.
(SEAL)
j. II, %, 81, f. Z, ID.
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sl9,65O.OO

Sec. 2. Be it resolved, etc. That
there be and hereby is levied a special
forced contribution or acreage tax of
Seventy-fve cents per acre upon all Of
the land situated in the Jefferson
P%laquemines Drainage District, for the
year 1914, in accordance with Sec. / Of
this Resolution,
The Jefferson Plaquemines Drainage
District is composed of all those por-
lions of the Parishes of jefferson and
~Plaquemines, included within the fol-
lowing boundariessto-wit:
Beginning where the lower line of
Harvey Canal intersects the Mississip-
pi River; running along said lower line
Of Harvey Canal to Bayou Barataria;
thence along Bayou Barataria to where
it intersects Bayou LeBarrier;; thence
along from said Bayou LeBarrier along
a straight line to the intersection Of
the rear and lower line of Cedar Grove
Plantation, thence along the lower line
of said Cedar Grove Plantation to its
intersection with the Mississippi River;
thence along the Mississippi River to
the point of beginning, to-wit, Harvey
Canal.
Section 8. Be it Resolved, etc,
That one of the originals Of this resolu-
ton shall be recorded in the Mortgage
Records Of the Parishes of Jefferson
and Plaquemines, published in the Of
fetal Journals of the Parishes Of JEFF
ferson and Plaquemines, and a copy
thereof forwarded to each of the AS
SCISSORS Of the parishes Of Plaquemines
and Jefferson, in the manner provided
Lower coast gazette., 1914-02-07
The State of Louisiana, Parish Of
Plaquemines.

Succession Of Mary Dufin. No. 1867.
Twenty-Ninth judicial District Court
BY virtue Of and in obedience to an
order Of sale to me directed by the
Honorable, the Twenty-Ninth Judicial
District Court in and for the Parish Of
Placuemines, dated the 29th day OF
December 1918, in the above entitled
succession I have advertised and will
proceed to sell at public auction, at the
Courthouse at Pointe a la Hache, La,
on Saturday, the seventh day of the
month Of February, 1914, at II o'clock,
a. m. the following described property,
to-wit: A certain tract of land with
the improvements thereon and the
rights, ways. privileges, servitudes and
advantages thereto belonging or in any
wise appertaining, situated in the Par
ish of Plaquemines in this State on the
left bank of the Mississippi River at
about twenty-five miles below the City
Of New Orleans, forming part of that
certain tract Of land designated by the
No. 10 on q plan of ]. A. D'Hemecourt
Surveyor, dated June 18th, 1878 annex
ed to an act passed before James Fa-
hey, Notary in New Orleans on the End
Of February, 1876 and measuring in
American measure n arpent front on
the public road together with the
right of batture in front thereof
the Mississippi River by forty arpents
ia depth, the lines closing five degrees,
twsnty-three minutes and six seconds
and being the lower arpent of the prop
erty belonging to the succession OF
Mary Dufin.
Terms of sale: Cash.
FRANK C. MEYERS,
Sheriff and Ex-Offcio Au-
%ctioneer Of the Parish Of
Faquemines.
~ 20. II. "a. 81, fl.
lam applying for a pardon.
LOUIS INGRAHAM.
Lower coast gazette., 1914-02-07
A Resolution of the jefferson
Plaquemines Drainage District.

Section /. Be it resolved by the
Board of Commissioners of the Jeffer-
n-Plaquemines Drainage District, in
regular session convened, That the fol-
lowing be and hereby is adopted as the
budget Of expenditures of the Jefferson
and Plaquemlnes Drainage District for
Lower coast gazette., 1914-02-07
Launch Standard

EUG. DE ARMAS. M. o. Blu.
RAS and M. G. BURAS, Own
ers: Eng DC Armas, Mas
tiers: j. C. DE ARMAS, Clerk
Leaving Wednesdays and Sat
urdays at 6 o'clock a. m. We'd
nesdaYs for Port Eads. Satur-
days for Venice. Returning
Thursdays and Sundays.
Freight received Mondays,
Tuesdays and Fridays foot Of
Ursuline Street.
Lower coast gazette., 1914-02-07
The State of Louisiana, Parish
of P%laquemines.

Twenty-Fourth judicial District Court.
No. 84s. Succession of Lambert
Prout.
Notice is hereby given to the Credit
ors Of this Estate, and to all other per-
IONS herein interested, to show cause
within ten days from the present noti-
fication (if any they have or can] why
the account presented by w. F. Smith
should not be homologated and the
funds distributed in accordance there
with.
BY order of the Court.
R. C. FAVRET,
Deputy Clerk Of Court.
Parish of Plaquemines, Jan. IS, 1914.
Lower coast gazette., 1914-02-07
For Sale.

A tract of land about 8 arpents front
on the Mississippi River and4o arpents
deep, a few miles above the Court
House and fronting OF the she'll road.
Address Jos. Domengue, Nero P. O.,
La.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-31
THEY WON'T PAY
Two Railroads Will Test Cor.
pOratiOn Tax Law.
They Sue Secretary of State to
Make q Test Case.

The first action taken to test the
corporation tax law in Kansas. passed
by the 1913 legislature, came today
in the form of a suit against Charles
Sessions, secretary of state. filed in
the Shawnee county district court, by
the Kansas City, Fort Scott & Mem
phis railroad and the st. Louis & San
Francisco railway companies. These
two common carriers charge that the
corporation tax law violates the con-
stitution of the United States. They
declare also that when the secretary
of state demanded the corporation tax
ices he knew them to be illegal. They
demand a return of the fees.
The suit was filed by the Frisco
through the receivers James w. Lusk,
William c. Nixon and William B. Bid
die, well known railway men in this
country.
Both companies declare that they
paid the corporation tax of $500 to
the state for fear of having their char
ter revoked for failure to make this
contribution to the states demands.
Now they ask redress and point out
that they believe the law is in direct
violation to the section of the cOnstitu-
ton of the United States that desig-
mates congress as the proper authority
to deal with matters of this kind. They
allege also that when Secretary of
State Sessions demanded the tax he
did it knowing that it was illegal and
that he had no lawful right to make
the collection.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-31

Montana this morning was but thirty
two degrees.
The maximum temperature for this
day in the last twenty-seven years was
70 degrees in 1893; the minimum was
II in 1899. The sun rose at sos
o'clock this morning, and will set at
GAS o'clock tonight.
Weather to Expect in April.
AS Wednesday will be the first of
April a few facts about April weather
should prove Of interest to Topekans.
The temperature takes a big jump
in this month. 1t is 1 3 degrees above
the average March temperature. The
highest temperature recorded in April
in the last 81 years was 95 degrees on
April 29, 1910; the minimum temper
ature was 20 degrees on April 4, 1899.
There have been killing frost in Is
out of the last 27 Aprils. The aver
age date for the last killing frost is
April Z.
The average precipitation for April
is 2.72, which is slightly in excess of
that for March. There are approxi-
mately the same number of clear days
In April that there are in March. Con-
trary to the general impression April
is more windy than March. The aver
age wind velocity in April is 111z miles
an hour as against II for March.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-31
POINTS A way OUT
Sir Edward Grey Suggests Fed
eral System for England.
Remarks Are Received With
Great Attention in Commons.

London. March 31.-The establish
ment of a federal system of govern
ment for the British Isles was sug-
gested to the house of commons today
by Sir Edward Grey as a solution Of
the home rule difficulty. The sug-
gestion was received with great Atten-
ton by the house, which was engaged
in debate on the second reading of the
home rule bill.
Il believe" Sir Edward said, that
If our present difficulty is not solved
by the introduction of a federal sys-
tenn. the country will go under
through the sheer inability of parlia-
ment to transact it's business
Sir Edward Grey put forward hint
that the government was ready to go
to the country for general election
if parliament would enact its bills
abolishing the system of plural voting.
giving home rule to Ireland and dis
establishing the Welsh church.
IF an election could he assured" he
said, ION the terms of securing the
abolition of plural voting and of plac-
ing home rule and Welsh disestablish-
ment on the statue books, the method
would be worthy of consideration
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-31
WOMAN IS tyNchED.
Taken From Jail and. Hanged to a
TelephoI,S Pole.

Muskogee, Okla, March 31.-Marie
Scott, a negro woman who Sunday
night killed Lemuel Peace, a young
white man by driving a knife into his
heart, was taken out of the Wagner
county Jail early today and hanged to
telephone pole.
The mob which was masked. over
powered the jailer, a one-armed man,
threw a rope over the woman's head
and dragged her out of the jail.
EARLY Sunday morning Marie Scott
stabbed Peace, a young white man
who. with a party of boys, had gone
to the negro section of the town. AS
they were leaving house the woman
stabbed Peace, killing him instantly.
She was taken to jail and there was
no demonstration until early today,
when a knock on the Jail door aroused
the sleeping jailer alone in the Of
flee A voice outside called to him
that it was an officer with prisoners.
He opened the door and dozen re-
volvers were pointed at him
The mob threw the jailer into a
corner and took the keys. Then they
opened Marie Scott's cell, threw q
rope around her neck and marched
her out of the Jail and a block away,
where they threw the rope over a
telephone cable and hanged her. The
body was taken down an hour later
by the sheriff.
The county attorney has started an
investigation but no warrants have
been issued.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-31
TWO WOMEN KILLED.
Suspect Will Be Arrested IL He Re-
covers From Wounds.

Chicago March 31.-Should he re-
cover from bullet wounds believed to
have been self inflicted the police an
nounced today they would arrest
Peter Welter on a charge of murder
ing Mrs. Catherine Morris and Mrs.
Sarah Sallans, neighbors, who were
shot to death yesterday afternoon
while working in their homes.
Welter is in a critical condition at
the county hospital.
Welter, neighbor, was a boarder
at the Sallans home and a friend of
the Morris family. The police believe
Welter attacked the women while un-
der the influence Of liquor. Flourish
ing q revolver and threatening to
shoot. Welter was found hiding in the
closet in his room, weak from the
loss Of blood from wounds in his ab-
domen and right temple. A trail of
blood led from his room to the kitch-
en- where Mrs. Sallans' body was
found. Neighbors told the police they
had seen Welter at the Norris home
a short time before. "A man shot
u.s. was all Welter would tell the po-
lice. Later at the hospital he wept
continually. The police found but two
loaded cartridges and one exploded
shell in the cylinder of Welter's re-
vo1ver. They believe Welter had
thrown several exploded shells out OF
the window Of his ROOM
Because Of his peculiar actions
Welter was known to nefghbors a
Cray Pete The police were in
formed he had been drinking heavily
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-31
SULLIVAN IS DEAD.


Dublin, March 31.-Timothy Daniel
Sullivan, Irish patriot and author OF
"God Save Ireland" died here today
aged 81.
Sullivan. a journalist by profession.
was a native of Bantry, County Cork.
He was one of the most prominent
aeitators in favor of home rule at the
time when Parnell was in his prime.
For twenty years he was a natfonalist
member Of the house of commons and
for two years was lord mayor of Dub
lin.
On one occasion Mr.. Sullivan served
two months in Jail for an Offense
against the coercion act He was
prosecuted on several other occasions
but escaped punishment.
Mr.. Sullivan was q prolific writer
OF verse and prose.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-31
COMMITTEE
IS HERE TODAY
State Republican Organization
to Make Campaign Plans.
Many Well Known Kansans in
Hotel LObbies.
GAFF0RD FOR CHAIRMAN
No Opposition to His Election
to Dolley's Place.
Division of Opinion on Pre-
Convention Plan.
u WILL Bt uUSE WTE
Stanley, State Committeeman,
Has an Idea.
He Would Organize Party Over
State by Clubs.
Division of Opinion on Pre-
Convention Plan.
IT WILL Be CLOSE VOTE
Stanley, State Committeeman,
Has an Idea.
He. Would Organize Party Over
State by Clubs.

A poll made at 3 o'clock this after
noon from among 90 county chairmen
in the hotel Hobbies showed Is votes
for and IA against a state convention.
Sixth district chairmen attending the
meeting held caucus and announced
that they would vote unanimously
against convention. That was the
first real scare thrown into the Scott
camp today.
Members of the Seventh district
were in conference at o'clock. There
is known to be a division of sentiment
among the county chairmen of that
district.
Third district chairmen met but left
individual chairmen free to vote their
convictions.
Less than so county chairmen are
in personal attendance at the meeting.
A poll of 20 members at 8 o'clock
showed: Allen, Barber, Crawford,
Miami, Woodson. Butler, Pratt. Dick
inson, Jackson, jefferson, Usage, Staf-
ford, POttawatomfe, Sedgwick and
Lyon counties favoring a convention.
Counties against the convention are:
Clay, Harvey, Wyandotte, Reno, Gra-
ham, Bourbon, Marion. Neosho, Doni-
phan. Greenwood, Douglas. Marshall,
Mitchell and Decatur counties.
Members of the Republican state CEN
trail committee will today doubtless
elect J. c. Gafford as provisional chair
man to succeed J. N. Dolley. will de-
ciT the fate Of the preprimary con-
.vention and tentative state platform
issues and probably adopt general reso-
lutions reafi1rming their faith in the
national organization and denouncing
the Democratic national and state ad-
ministrations. That is the gossip today
of the men in the hotel lobbies who
came to Topeka to attend the meeting.
The state committee met at 3 O'Clock
this afternoon in the parlors OF the
National hotel.
The election of new state chairman
was made necessary by virtue of the
resignation of J. N. Dolley, who left
Progressives,, but returned from his po-
litical pilgrimage before his successor
was chosen. In electing new state
chairman to serve until the naming OF
a new state committee head in August
the state organization will make plans
for the opening of headquarters in To-
peka and the conducting of a prepri-
mary campaign in the state to promote
the harmony movement.
Convention Sentiment Divided.
Sentiment regarding a convention and
a tentative platform is divided. It il
the one issue before the COMMITTEES
today. Friends of the Charles F. Scott
plan for a convention are firm in theiI
declarations that the party should &C
on record and bind candidates to poll
cies which they will advocate before
the nominations are made in August
On the other hand opposition to the
plan is based on the statement thai
CONTINUED on Page Two.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-31
ERIE LAYS OFF men.
RetEenchment Order Affccts o,OOo
Since First OF Year.

New York. March 31.-The Erie
railroad through A. J. Stone, general
manager today announced the en-
forcement of general retrenchment
order. including a reduction in the
clerical force. wage cuts and lessening
of working hours, to aid. according to
the statement in offsetting declining
revenues. About 5000 men have
been laid off since December.
Usually at this time Of the year we
increase our maintenance force grad
ually until we get to the minimum in
the middle Of summer. but we will
not do that this year." Mr.. stone said.
I'VE now have about $4,000 fewer
men at work than at the height Of our
maintenance work last summer. Our
retrenchment is shown better by the
fact that we are putting on less men
than in laying them off. While we
are anxiously hoping for an increase
in rates the retrenchment in progress
is due to quiet business"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-31
IN1ERURBAN STRIKE.
Lines in Southeast Part of State Tied
Up-LabOr Trouble.

independence, Kan. March 31.-The
interurban car lines connecting In
dependence, Parsons, Cherryvale and
Coffeyville were tied up by strike OF
the employees, called at 2 o'clock this
afternoon. The car lines in the cities
of Independence and Coffeyville also
were stopped by the strike. The dis
charge of three men caused the men
to go out. They demanded the rein
statement of these men, the strikers
asked for an increase Of wages and a
recognition of a union they propose to
organize. Up to this time they had not
been organized. About so men were in
volved in the strike.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-31
THE DAY IN CONGRESS
Miscellaneous Bills Take Up the Time
of the Senate.

Washington. March 31.-Senate met
at noon. Considered miscellaneous bills
upon the calendar.
House met at 1880 a. m. Final de-
bate was begun on the proposed repeal
Of the Panama tolls exemption.
Senate coast and insular survey COM
mittee heard argument on the proposal
for the government to take over the
Chesapeake & Delaware canal.
Commerce committee was urged to
appropriate for opening and straight
Representative Hinebaugh, chairman
Of the Progressive congressional COM
mittee. testified before the elections
committee of contributions made by
congressman to the last campaign.