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St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1914-01-17
organized the Southwest Louis

organized the Southwest Louis
lana Development Bureau. To
build up this section, to cash in
on its superb possibilities consti-
tutes a mans task for every
member of the organization.
The men who are in this move
ment are not merely rainbow
chasers or dreamers merely.
They understand that all great
achievements that are perma-
nent must be results Of steady
development rather than of
spasmodic attempts. They have
shown their good faith by main
tanning the organization at the
sacrifice Of their own time, labor
and money, but like all men of
courage, faith and vision, they
believe in the work and do it
cheerfully without thought of
personal gain.
Is it fair that they should be
penalized because they are pub
lie spirited and be compelled to
carry burdens which ought to be
carried by every able bodied man
in the 10 parishes?-L. C. Amer
lean Press.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1914-01-17
Telegraph and Telepone
Co. Dissolve.

Mr.. r. " Miles, the well
known and popular manager of
the Western Union Telegraph
Company, in this city, is in re-
ceipt Of a letter from I. Manning,
district commercial superinten-
dent, relative to the sale of the
telegraph stocks by Vice Presi-
dent Brooks. The letter follows:
New Orleans. La, Dec. %, 1913.
Dear Sir:
I am in receipt of the follow
ing very pleasing telegram from
General Manager Milford:
Vice President Brooks advises
the recent decision Of the tele-
phone company to dispose of its
stock in the Telegraph Company
in order that the two properties
might be entirely Independent of
one another in their management
should occasion no misgivings on
the part Of you or your organiza-
ton. There is no reason that we
can see why such beneficial plant
and traffic relations as exist be-
tween us and them should not be
continued. The telegraph prop
erty is in a much improved con-
dition. Large sums out Of earn
ings have been used to rebuild
and rejuvenate the property.
The future is bright, the organi-
cation is effective and local, and
the Western Union is better
qualified to stand upon it's own
feet as an entirely Independent
corporation than ever before in.
its existence
We should all feel proud Of our
connection with a property so
wisely administered in the inter-
est of the public, the employees.
and the stockholders.
Yours Truly,
n
District Conf Supt.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1914-01-17
BEST AID CHEaPEs1

Do away with constipation by using
liY YER LAX at ShuIe's Drug Store.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1914-01-17

Intervention of the
DOUGLAS ELECTRIC CONTSRUC.
TON COMPANY, LIMITED.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1914-01-17
SAMUEL FINLEY BREEsE MORSE

An artist and portrait painter by pro-
~fession. Morse became an inventor by
chance. A casual remark by a fellow
passenger on board ship when he was
returning FROM London In 1882 caused
him to take up the study of electricity.
That remark was: sDr. Franklin's ex-
pertinent proved that electricity passes
instantaneously over a wire OF any
length" Before the voyage was con
pleted, Morse had invented the "Dot-
and-Dash'' alphabet, and had thought
out and planned essentially the electric
telegraph as it exists today.
But it was not until 1874 that the first
line was completed between Washington
and Baltimore, and the historic message
What hath God Wrought" was sent.
For years, he tried to interest Congress
In his project. then he visited England
and France hoping to interest the gov
ernrnents of these countries, but without
success. When he returned In 1889, he
wrote: .T am without a farthing In my
pocket, and rave to borrow even for my
meals; and even worse than this, / have
incurred a debt of rent by my absence
But he continued to petition Congress,
and finally was rewarded for his persever-
ance by an appropriation of s30.0 coo which
built the Washington Baltimore lines and
placed his name in the front ami Of
bepefactorS of the race,
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1914-01-17
Missionary Notes
BY THE SOCIETY.

AS we ralk with people we find
that some think, that missions
are for women and preachers.
We hear some say that they don't
believe in giving to missions be-
cause the need at home is so
great, never thinking that giving
at home is just as much mission
airy as giving TO those across the
ocean. Christ said In as much
as We have done itunto one OF the
least of these my brethren, We
have done it unto me-.
We read of a man in China,
who was receiving eighty dollars
per month (Mexican) and ne
gave that up, to take up the work
of giving the Gospel to his coun-
at ten dollars per month.
He said he could not do other
wise as he had felt the call to
preach.
Surely this is a pretty good
test.
In the Shanghi District, in
China, a missionary writes that
the month Of May was set apart
as a day Of special prayer for
more preachers. He said, We
expect our prayers to be answer
ed. and yet at times we are al
most afraid to pray, for fear that
when we offer the funds will not
be on hand. Shall weD withhold
our money to missioneFy?
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1914-01-17

H#E4EE@[%4 = ~
DOUGLAS ELECTRIC CONTSRUC.
TON COMPANY, LIMITED.
BY virtue of an order and decree of the
Honorable, the TW~enty-third Judicial
District Court of Louisiana, sitting in
and for the Parish of st. Mary, in the
above and foregoing cause, rendered
in favor of the intervenor, the Douglas
Electric Construction Co., Ltd, l. w.
D. Haas, Receiver of the Augusta
Sugar Co., Ltd, will offer for sale at
public auction, to the last and highest
bidder for cash andsubject to appraise-
ment, at the principal front door OF
the courthouse in the City of 0pelou-
sas, st. Landry Parish, on
Satufdav January 3lSf, 1914,
between the hours of 10 o'clock a. m.
and 4 p. M, to pay intervenor's claim,
as per judgment rendered in said
cause, to which reference is made, all
the rights, titles and interest OF the
Augusfe Sugar Co., Ltd, in and to the
following described property, to-wit:
The electric light plant OF the said
Augusta Sugar Co., Ltd, installed in
its mill and factory at or near Barbreck,
in the Parish of st. Landry, consisting
of:
1912 E. W. 125 v. 1850 rpm. G. &
C. Dynamo.
1-No. 4 Jewel Automatic Honz En-
CINE.
mo. 4 Circuit Switch Board.
Terms: Cash.
st. Landry, La. December @, 1918.
w. D. HAAS, Receiver.
dec 81 ct
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1914-01-17
Southwest Louisiana
Needs Corporation

The present age may be called
the age of cooperation. Indi-
vidualism, within reasonable Ii
mutations, is magnificent but the
wise man is he who recognizes
his limitations. No man work
ing alone for a million years
could have built the Panama
canal. Several thousand men
working in unison under Goethals
and Gorgas dug it in a decade.
The day of the stage coach and
the tallow dip constituted the
era of individualism. The day
of the wireless telegram and the
aeroplane ushers in the era of
cooperation.
That is the why of the South
west Louisiana development bu-
reau. From the time of LaSalle
and Bienville, and Eyangeline
and Gabriel, we have been de-
veloping Louisiana along the line
of individual effort. every fell
low for himself and the devil
take the hindmost. Result:
only 20 per cent of the land I'M
der cultivation and but little of
that producing as much as one
half of it's capacity per acre.
Why? Because each indivi-
dual is sufficient unto himself,
therefore he doesn't take the
trouble to find out what men in
other states are doing or how
they are doing it. In southwest
Louisiana our lands devoted to
rice, sugar and cotton, have de-
Perforated under cultivation dur
ing periods ranging from Is to
so years. In pagan China 1000
years of steady cultivation finds
the farming lands more produc-
tive than they were at the be-
ginning.
Isn't that fact alone sufficient
to justify the Southwest Louisi-
ana Development Bureau? Nov
ing along individual lines we
haven't found out why South
west Louisiana lands have dete-
rioated under cultivation while
those of Illinois, Iowa, Missouri.
Nebraska and even China have
improved.
Have you considered drainage?
A man in Southwest Louisiana
voted against a drainage tax a
short while ago, and the next
week continuous and destructive
rains overraxed the capacity of
the clogged-up streams and de
stroyed more than enough ripen-
ed crops to pay the tax for the
entire 25-year period. That
man was an individualist. He
could take care Of himself and
insisted that his neighbor should
look after his own interests. To
day he is an advocate of cooper
alton and enthusiastic member of
the Southwest Louisiana Devel-
opment Bureau.
Proper cooperation began ten
years ago would have saved &c.
900, 600 to the farmers of South
west Louisiana last year. SINH
lar cooperation would have seen
-.
the citizens of Southwest Louis
lana shipping cargoes Of rice,
sugar, cotton, hay, corn, pota-
toes, early vegetables, the finest
vegetables in the world, lumber,
salt, sulphur, petroleum, oys-
tiers, live stock and other prod
ucts over the Intercoastal canal
at rates that would make the
old-timer sit up and wonder.
Cooperation, such as the
Southwest Development Bureau
is organizing, would have had in
Operation already the finest shell
road the world has ever seen
from Portland, Me-, to Seattle,
Wash, via parishes embraced in
| the operation of this bureau.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1914-01-17
RECEIVERS SALT.
In the matter of the
AUGUSTA SUGAR co. LTD,
Receivership.
-nfnrunnfin Of the

Twenty-Third judicial District Court
of Louisiana, Parish of st. Mary.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1914-01-17
sHERIFF'S SALE.
BANK OF ARNAuDylLLE

E~E.H4 NS.IZ#z=E
JOHN DARTES and Wife
No. 1896. 18th judicial District Court
Parish OF st. Landry, La.
BY virtue of a writ OF seizure and sale1s-
sued out OF the Hon.. 18th Judicial District
CoGrtof louisiana. in n for the Parish
Of st. Landry. in s.Ie above numbered and
entitled suit. and to me directed, 1 have
seized and Will offer for sale, for cash
at public auction. tothe last and highest
bidder. at the front door of the Court
House of ST. Landry Parish. at O~pelousas,
La, on
Saturday, Jan. II, 1914,
at ii 0 clock a. m. the following described
property. to-wit:
That certain lot or tract of land situated
In the parish OF st. Landry, La contain
Ing twenty-five superficial arpents OF land
with buildings thereon and thereto belong
ing, bounded thus: North by property OF
Louis Beam tBihm1. south by property o.
Jos. John. east by property OF Rene Brous
sard. west by property Of Toufe Olivier,
This being further described as being al
and same property formerly belonging to
Felicia Collier tCormier1 as OF record in the
parish of st. Landry.
Terms-Cash to pay and satisfy the sum
of S1I00, debt, with interest n cost, unless
the same Is Immediately paid.
dec 10 St NJ. Il. SWORDS. Sheriff.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1914-05-08
GREAT W TO CHINA HEAD
Amended Constitution for Republic in
Far East Promulgated For
maIly Today.

Pekin.-The amended constitu-
ton for the republic Of China,
which was formally promulgated to-
day, is notable for the widespread
powers its gives the president. The
document, as it o stands, is the
work of a constitutional convention,
which has been laboring here since
the middle of March.
The president is empowered to con-
woke, open, suspend, close and dis
solve the legislature; submit to it the
budget as well as other bills and refer
back to the legislature for reconsid-
Grafton the bills already passed by it.
II such measures are repassed by a
three-fourths majority, the president
may, with the consent of the admins
trative council, still withhold their
PRONUNCIATION.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1914-05-08

The other day a new story wos told
10 connection with one OF Mr.. Joseph
Chamberlain's political campaigns.
During one of his speeches a man IN
the audience kept on shouting:
Are you going to tax my food? Are
you going to tai my food"
After a bit the audience lost pa
tience with the man. and loud sugges-
tons were heard that he should be
turned out. Mr.. Chamberlain Gained
the storm. however. and proceeded
with his speech, but a few minutes
later the mans voice was heard again:
Are you going TO tax my food? Are
you going to tax my food"
"Oh. stop your braying," roared
somebody; "thistles'l never be taxed!-
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1914-05-08
WILSON TO WORK IN A TENT
Canvas Erected on White House
Grounds for Presidents Use
During the Summer.

Washington, d. C.-In anticipation
that President Wilson will spend much
of the summer in Washington, a large
ten has been erected in the flower
garden just south OF the White House,
and it is expected the president will
transact much OF his business during
hot days beneath its cool shade.
The tent is to be fitted with tele-
phones, push buttons and other essen
tials of a modern office. 1t is located
conveniently near to the executive
offices, so hal the presidents staff
will be within easy reach.
The long legislative program
mapped out for congress-. together
with the Mexican problem, make il
probable that the president will be
unable to go away for a real vacation
until late in the summer, if then.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1914-05-08
REsCUERs FIND 50 BODIES
CANARY BIRDS USED AS GAS
BAEOMETERS.
S%earchers Wade knee-Cecp in Water
in Hopes of Finding Others
Of 172 Victims.

Eccles, w. V~a.-Rescuers pene-
trated to the bottom OF No. 5
mine of the New Rivers Galleries COM
pany and found SO bodies. The vic
tins were piled in heaps-dead from
suffocation. Wading in water knee
deep in places, the rescuers then be-
gar to explore all portions of the mine
in an effort to find others of the l72
victims of Tuesdays explosion.
The searchers carried canary birds
In cages as gas barometers, and piled
axes to cut their way into lumber and
debris as they proceeded.
Funerals were held for eight vic
tins Of the explosion in mine No. 6
Widows and orphans Of the disaster
crowded about the shaft again early
in the morning.
Magistrate l.. c.. Shrewsbury OIL
Beckley is preparing to hold an in
quest at the earliest possible time
This will be apart from a state inves
tigation conducted by Earl A. Henry
chief of the department Of mines.
1t was definitely established tina
Freeman Linville of Charleston, agen
for a life and accident insurance. com
pany, was In No. 5 when the explosion
occurred. He undoubtedly Ia amonl
the dead.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1914-05-08
WIDOW DEAD, SUITOR HELD
Contractor, 80, Arrested on Charge Of
Numbering Woman, 60, After
Automobile Spill.

Los Angeles, Cal.-Frank ]. Nut
tall, 80 years old, a contractor, was
arrested charged with the murder OF
Mrs. Helen McCombs of Argenta, Ark.
a wealthy widow, last Sunday morn
ing, while he was taking her for an
automobile ride on Lookout mountain,
Nuttall told the police he and Mrs.
McCombs, who was 68 years old, were
to be married as soon as he obtained
a divorce.
The police believe Nuttall killed
Mrs. McCombs to get possession OF
about $4,000 of her property.
Nuttall contends the brakes failed
to work and that after the automobile
started down the mountain he told her
to jump, he following.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1914-05-08
MAJ. GEN.. S|CKlEs DEAD
COUPLE RECONClLED AFTER 80
YEARS SEPARATION.
Served Seven Years as U. S. Minister
After Civil War-Wife Pawned
Jewels TO Save His Relics.

New York.-Mai Gen. Daniel E.
Sickles is dead at mis- home here. His
wife was at the bedside when he died.
effected only the night before the
general died.
The couple had been separated near
ly 80 years, and a reconciliation was
effected only only Saturday night.
Gen. Sickles had been i'll since
March, when he suffered a hemor
rhage. A week ago there was an
other hemorrhage and the aged gen.
eral was confined to his bed.
Sunday morning there was a marked
improvement in the generals condi-
ton, but at 4 o'clock in the afternoon
he began to sink. Three hours later
l. was apparent that death was near
The last rites of the Roman Cath
Ollie church had heen administered by
Rev, Father Award of St. ~Joseph's
church.
Gen. Sickles started life as a print
er's boy, became a lawyer, formed five
regiments for the civil war and earned
a soldiers Immortality on the second
day Of the battle of Gettysburg. wher
he held back Longstreet's columns o.
men in gray in the charge on Peact
Orchard and the Bloody Angle.
The generals money troubles have
been the thing that kept him most II
the public eye since he passed 80. II
September, 1912, Mrs. Sickles pawnet
her jewels-s11,0 900 worth-to raist
SS,066 with which to pay a judgmen'
hanging over the generals head. He
act came just in time to stop a forcet
sale Of furniture. keepsakes and he
husbands civil war commission
signed by Abraham Lincoln.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1914-05-08

with q severe case Of organic weakness
l had backache, pains in my hips and
over my kidneys, headache, dizziness,
lassitude, had no energy. limbs ached
and | was always tired I was hardly
able TO do my homework l had taken
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound on one other occasion, and 1t had
helped me SO | took it again and it has
built me up, until now I feel like a new
woman You have my hearty consent
to use my name and testimonial in any
way and l hope it will benefit suffering
wornen."-Mrs. ORPHA TURNER, 431 s.
Wayne St, Piqua, Ohio.
Women who are suffering from those
distressing ills peculiar to their sex
should not doubt the ability Of Lydia E
Pnkham's Vegetable Compound to re-
store their health
If you want special advice
write to Lydia f. Pinkham Med
icine CO., (cOnfidential) Lynn,
Mass. Your letter will be opened,
read and answered by a woman
and held in strict confidence.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1914-05-08
LAD RESCUED 81 MINERS
SURVIVORS TELL OF TRAPPER
BOYS HEROlSM.
With rs Bodies Found, 81 Still Remain
in CIogged Runway Of Eccles,
w. Va, Coal Mine.

Eccles, w. Va.-Thirty-seyen min
ers employed in No. 6 when the
explosion occurred last Tuesday owe
their lives to Davy B~uckhanner, a
trapper boy, and the resourcefulness
OF a. F. Buriss, the fire boss.
The boy heard the explosion in No.
>, and, like all miners, knew the awful
cloud OF after-damp would Dor sweep
the workings of No. 8. He also knew
the dust in No. 6 might explode any
minute, but he al along the gallery
shouting a warning at the mouth of
every room.
The men ran to the main entrance,
where the fire boss quickly gathered
them at the underground storehouse.
There he distributed brattice cloth,
and directing them into a room far
from the entry connecting with No. 8,
showed them how to build a wall that
would shut out the gases.
Every one of the men in that he'll
pit is dead gasped a government
mine rescue worker as he emerged
from below ground. He had carried
a canary bird until it died from gas
and then with his companions had
adjusted his oxygen helmet and re
manned until the oxygen was about
gone.
With rs bodies found there are still
81 somewhere within the clogged run
ways of the mine.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1914-05-08
THREE DIE UNDER AN AUTO
Three Others. Orenched With Blazing
GazoIine When Tank Explodes,
Are Seriously Hurt.

New York.-Pinned beneath an
overturned automobile and drenched
with blazing gasoline when the
tank exploded, three persons were
burned to death and three others seri-
ously injured on the Belleville turn
pike near North Arlington, n. J.
The dead are Samuel Willis. whole
sale tobacconist, of Jersey City; Wal
ter Willis, ~1S-yearold son of Samuel
Willis, and Mrs. John Walsh. The in
jured are Mrs. Samuel Willis, who
may die; Eileen Willis, 3 years old,
who probably will recover. and Johr
Walsh.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1914-05-08
WINGO lNTRODUCESLAND BILL
Would Increase Public Domain in
Fourth District Of Arkansas,
Which He Represents.

Washington, D. C.-Representatiye
Wingo of Arkansas introduced a
bill providing for the withdrawal from
the Arkansas national forest Of all land
district. which he represents. He
would have this land restored to the
public deman and subject to home
stead settlement.
A few days ago an executive order
was issued Withdrawing about $4,000
acres in Representative Wingo'S dis
trict. He wants all of the remaining
land withdrawn and restored to entry
Between 100000 and 500, 900 acres are
involved.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1914-05-08
PASTOR FREE; WOMAN SINGS
Table to Lead Celebration in
Fort Worth, Tex, Court.

Fort Worth, Tex.-A woman with
a 3-year-old baby in her arms
leaped upon a table in court here and
started a song service TO celebrate
the acquittal of Rev. J. Frank Norris,
pastor of the First Baptist church
here, who had been accused of burn
ing his church and parsonage.
The song service, which was led by
Mrs. Charles U. Butler and her hus-
band, singers in Mr.. Norris church,
and participated in by several hun
dred members OF the congregation,
lasted an hour. 1t was closed with a
speech by the acquitted pastor.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1914-05-08
Women Parade.

The first woman's suffrage parade
ever seer in Columbus created a great
deal Of comment as 1t wended its way
through the streets in the business
district.
The parade was given by local suf-
fragists in compliance with a procla-
nation issued by the National Equal
Suffrage association, and was partici-
pated in not only by members of the
equal suffrage in Columbus, but by
about fifty students of the Industrial
Institute and College who were
dressed in white and presented a de-
'cidedly attractive appearance.
The parade formed at the Barrow
Memorial school in South Columbus
aud threaded the principal streets,
stopping at Franklin academy.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1914-05-08
10000 COAL MINERS QUIT
More in West Virginia Likely to Ie-
more President Whites exhor-
tation to Remain.

Charleston, w. Va.-Ten thou.
sand miners in the Kanawha coal
field quit in spite OF an order from
John P. White. president of the United
Mine Workers of America. that they
remain at work, and it is expected
5000. who did not go out, will do so.
The men were urged to remain at
work until negotiations were officially
broken off with the operators. The
agreement between the operators
and miners does not expire until next
March.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1914-05-08
Huerta Willing to Suspend HostiIities

Washington.-Gen. Huerta accepted
the proposal that there be no further
and Mexico pending the efforts of the
ENJOYS of Argentina, Brazil and Chile
to bring about an amicable settlement
of difficulties between the two coun-
tries. This was announced by Secre-
tary Bryan after he had been in CON
ference for two hours with the three
South American diplomats at the Ar
geRtine legation.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1914-05-08
Judge Henry Receivers.


Advices from Yazoo City state that
Judge w. A. Henry. of this judicial
district, has almost fully recovered
from his recent stroke of paralysis.
Judge Henry states that he intends
to resume the bench, and will preside
over the June term of the Kinds DUN
ty criminal court in this city.
This is the term at which Lieut.
Gov. Theo. G. Bilbo, indicted in War.
rem county for completely in bride.
taking in connection with the new
Delta county bill, will be placed on
trial, the case having been brought
here on change of venue
In several recent numbers of his
personal organ, 1.-THE ISSUE" Lieut.
Gov. Bilbo has bitterly assailed Judge
Henry, charging him with being biased
and prejudiced. The announced de-
termination of Judge Henry to pre-
side therefore means that the defense
will make a vigorous effort to get
Judge Henry to excuse himself.
District Attorney J. H. HOWE will
be assisted In the prosecution of Bilbo
by Messrs. Powell and Thompson of
the Jackson bar, who took al active
part in the trial and conviction OF
| Messrs. c. C. Smith and w. A. Mont
| gomery, prison trustees.