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The Natchitoches enterprise., 1914-02-26

The executive committee OF the
Board of Trustees of the Southern
University, the Louisiana school
for negroes, decided to change the
location of the school from the
Shaffer place. four miles northeast
of Baton Rouge to Scotland plan
tation, owned by the estate of the
late Judge T. j. Herman, and
north of Baton Rouge on the river
front The place faces the river
on the west, has a large swamp on
the north, the Standard Oi |
plant south, and is off the public
road. 1t is considered that there
can be no valid complaint against
the location of the school on this
plantation, and the school will
open here on March 9. The Shat
fer site was abandoned because of
protest.
j, S. Clark, for a number OF
years president of the Baton Rouge
Colored Academy. was made pres
ident. The instruction outlined
includes work in shops, field agri-
cultural work and an elementary
department will provide for in
sruction in arithmetic, English.
history and geography.
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The new system of interstate
express rates on a scale of Is per
cent lower than those formerly
prevailing, went into effect Monday
in several States among when is
Louisiana under orders issued oV
by the interstate commerce com
mission. These new rates are
based upon block system. formed
by the intersections of the meIi-
dians of longitude and parallels OF
latitude the first and second class
charges being based upon rates for
100 lbs and third class one cent for
each two ounces. not to exceed
first class rates. Another impor-
tant feature of the new system, IS
that every express Office in the U.
5. is able to determine and quote
a rate to every other express office
in the United States.
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viously had laws to protect the
Buzzard and Carrion Grow are
now repeating them, and are legis-
latlng against these infection
carrying birds in the interest of
their live stock industries.
/ Louisiana has never had any
law protecting the Buzzard and
the Carrion Grow, although an
erroneous impression to that effect
has long prevailed among our
people.
The Conservation Commission
OF Louisiana, which has the official
control of bird lite IN the State,
has already adopted resolution
declaring the Buzzard and the
Carrion Crow Il nuisance and
transmitters of disease affecting
live stock, such as Charlton, Hog
Cholera, etc, and mence to the
public welfare in general, with a
recommendation for their exterml-
nation, as note the following reso-
luton adopted February 14th,
1918, to-wlt:
''Be it resolved, that the Con
seryatiOn Commission, attlng un-
der the powers invested in it bv
law, hereby declares the turkey
buzzard or carrion crow to be a
nuisance and transmitter of di-
sease, particularly those diseases
to which live stock are subjec ted,
and menace to the public welfare
in general: that this bird will no
longer come under the protective
laws of the State, and shall be
subject to destruction at any time
without fear of favor.
BE it further resolved, that the
Louisiana State Live Stock Sanl-
tary Board is given permission to
recommend immediate and perpe-
tual warfare on the turkey buzz
!, zard or carrion crow, and to take
such steps as is deemed advisable
to exterminate this pest propa-
gator"
Every police jury, health, sani.
tary, or other local authorities, as
we'll as individuals, in the parishes.
should take this matter up ano
assist in the determination of this
fruitful source of spreading the
infection of our dangerous anima
plaques. especially Char1on am
og-Cholera.
Outbreaks of Hog-Cholera are
liable to occur at any time, anC
Charbon may crop out on the ap
, pearance of warm spell Of
weather in sections where it may
previously have occurred; and i
, is the earnest desire of this BoarC
! to use every endeavor to prevent
| through the medium of these
S scavenging birds, the further
E spread OF these. dangerous diseases
We cannot afford to sacrifice oul
growing live stock industry to th'
Turkey Buzzard and the Carriol
| Crow.
I LOUISIANA HAS NO LAW
AGAINST KILLING THE BUZ
ZARD AND CARBON CROW
! On the contrary, THEIR DES
e TRUCTION IS RECOMMEN
t DED BY THE CONSERVATION
y COMMISSION OF LOUISIANA
Louisiana State Live
Stock Sanitary Board
DIR. E. PEGRAM FLOWER,
Secretary and Executive Officer
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that the Board of Supervisors of Flee
ton do appoint the Commissioners and
Clerk of said election and give legal
notices required by law. Due returns
of said election shall be made according
to law. The tickets to be voted on
shall contain the ordinance for adoption
ar rejection and shall provide for the
TER voting Eyes" or "No'
(ApprovedJ
Yeas:-Kile, Katie and Boydstun.
Approved Feb'y. 18th, 1914.
(Signed) GEO. ". kILE, Mayer.
A true copy
INO. H. KEYSER, Clerk.
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A new version of the Jewish
bible on which Hebrew scholars
have been working for a great
MANY wears will be issued during
the summer. The one now in use
was translated 50 years ago and
is now considered inadequate and
the new one will be accepted by
the believers in the old testament,
as is the King James version by
the Protestants and the Douay
version by Catholics.
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One of the largest and most
valuable timber trees of the coun-
try is the tulip tree, known to
Iumbermen as yellow poplar. 1t
is related to the magnolia, but is
the only tree of its kind in the
world.
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The Board Of Health And The
Constitution.

The recent order of DR.. Dow
ling peremptorily closing three
hotels in different parts OF the
state on an unsworn complaint of
travelling men leads the Natchlto-
ches Enter prise to inquire whether
so un-American a proceeding, IN
conflict with the fundamental
rights guaranteed everv citizen
under the constitution, does not
REQUIRE early revision of the San
,tary Code assuming the action
was taken under its authority.
That the health authorities ought
to have large powers in the en-
forcement of the sanitary laws is
indisputahle. But we seriously
question whether the lawmakers
ever contemplated their exercise
under the conditions which OBJ
tained in the case of the Lecomtf
Hotel at Natchitoches; and we say
that regardless of what might
have been the conditions prevail.
ling in the hotel.
On Feb. 2 complaint was sem
to the Board of Health concern
ing the hotel, which we believe
Isome time previously had been al
object of its inspection. The com
plant IN the form of letter wa
not from any official.
| On Feb. 4 Mr. Wemp, the pro
prietor received peremptory in
structions to turn out his guest
and shut up his place. under pen
atty of an injunction at his cost
| Mr.. Wemp took advice of counse
and ignored the order. Fhe pres
ident of the local board Of healti
having been apprised thereof
himself made an INSPECTION ant
approved Mr.. Wemp's course
| All the guests at the hotel. SOM
of them regular patrons, som
from different parts of the state
Jointly signeda card denving tn
Justice of the complaint. An in
spector subsequently sent from
New Orleans made some sugges
tions of sanitary changes; but dl
not attempt to close the place no
did the State Board itself seek tn
Injunction originally threatened.
/ A natural conclusion from thes
| facts is that the order was unwar
ranted. But even if it is granted
that the sanitary conditions wer
Imperfect, the towels and lineI
not immaculate. the food poor
the right of the State Board t.
4 close the hotel. on the ex part
testimony OF an unofficial CORES
pondent and without an investi
cation, is seriously to be doubted
Moreover if that right was con
ferred by the sanitary Code. thl
| constitutionality of the Sanitar!
ICode itself may properly be chai
lenged.
| Article 2 of the constitution de
clares:
/ mo persons shall be deprive'
of life, liberty or property, excep
| by due process of law"
4 Ii has been universally estab
tablished by the courts of the lan'
that due process of law" Involve
the right Of every person 10 hav
Idue and lega! notice and the OF
portunity to defend his rights il
any proceeding against him. Fur
ther. the courts have held that n
llaw Il valid which takes from
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Yours truly,
JOHN H. CoCKERHAM.
The Turkey Buzzard And CarriOn
Crow.
A Menance to the Live Stock In
terests of the State. Carry
and Spread the Infection
of Charbon, Hog
Cholera, Etc.

1t has been satisfactorily deter
mined that the Turkey Buzzard
and Carrion Grow are capable OF
carrying and spreading the germs
of some of our most fatal infec'
tious diseases of live stock.
The germs of Charbon have
been found on their feet, on their
beaks, and in what they throw up,
after feeding upon a charbonous
carcass.
1t is firmly believed, also, by
live stock sanitary authorities in
the different Southern States, in
cludlng our own, that the Buzzard
and the Carrion Grow are the
most responsible agents in widely
spreading the infection of Hog
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The large gain in seven months
in the value of American exports
of products of the soil IS du" II
is claimed to the high price OF
cotton.
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Luella, La, Feb. IA, 1914.
Editor Natchitoches Enterprise.
Natchitoches, La.

Natchitoches, La.
Dear Madam:
l am enclosing you q circular
gotten out by the State 1--we Stock
Sanitary Board with the request
that you publish it. Few people
know the damage done by the
buzzard and few are still Of the
opinion that 1t is a beneficial bird
AS it destroys-dead animals, but l
am glad to say that the last named
are rapidly decreasing.
As can be seen from the circular
there is no law to prevent the kill
ing of them but on the other hand
it is recommended by the Conser-
yation Commission as we'll as the
State Live Stock Sanitary Board.
| personally do not think there
is any thing that causes the far
mers as much loss from Hog
Cholera as does the buzzard and
second in this line comes the stray
dogs. The buzzard is likely tc
spread the disease fifteen or twenty
miles from the place it originated
and it does not matter how careful
the farmer is with his hogs they
are just as likely to get it from
this source as his neigh DOR. The
only way to prevent it is to xii
every buzzard that he can and tc
get his neighbors to do the same
Not only does the buzzard dam
age the farmer by spreading al
kinds Of diseases but they vii
come in and get the little live pig!
and lambs if there is not plenty o.
dead ANIMALS for them to eat
Some years we have lost over hal
of our lambs from them and
have seen them so bad that we haC
to keep man out at the hog pei
with shot gun to keep then
off of the young pigs. Of cours'
they are not often this bad, bu
there no telling the number the!
get in a years time, that the far
mer does not know thing about
A few people may defend then
by saying that they destroy deaC
animals and keep them from
smelling but this is no defense a
all. All dead animals should b
buried or burned any way even i
the buzzard did not do any harm
so as to prevent any danger of tn
infection being carried further i
the animal did die Of a disease
If we can get rid Of the bqqzzar, b
we will save enough to have twic
the number Of animals buried tha
we will have die.
Personally go for eyery huz
zard that can and they have got
ten so they are shy of our plae
but | can't keep them all off and
would like to have some help fror
my brother farmers and neighbor
in getting rid of this disgusting
) pest.
Yours truly,
John Fl. COCKERHAM.
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official journal Parish of Natch'tocnes
Parish School Board.
City of Natchitoohes.

Communications are solicited, ann
uo wilI not be held responsible for any
views contained therein.
No attentiot will be paid 10 ahoh1
nous letters.
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Annual Statement.
(Condensed)

(Condensed)
Water and Light PLAINS Receipts |
and Disbursements, from January lst
1918 to January 2lst, 1914 as made to
Water and Light commissioners Boyd |
stun and Kile and City commission |
ers: -
Water and Light collector
For Water & Light Servi"e l3s76.7l |
Transferred from Bond A-C
Resolution PILLS 1275OO
Transferred from Eoan Fund :"
Resolution 2-l7-l3 120,0l
Loan from Banks
Resolution 4-g-13 10000
T Resolution 7-l8,l3 100000
V-ok NO. 1881 Lost and re-
entered 7.I0
Balance oyerdraft ! S785.57
232l6,3s
DISBURSEMENTS.
Overdraft Last Report 9l9.9S
Fuel 9O53.o
Salaries o32e.6l
Pole & Line Extension l8l.02
Pole & Line improvement 396.oI
| Pole & Line Repair l9l.9o
Water Main Repair 3So II
Water Main Extension 254 81
Water Main improvement l29 81
| Water Main IaDS & Supplies $50
Power House Imorovementl 99O.39
Machinery Repairs 5i0,o9
Machinery improvement 445.4
Street Lighting & Maint 0lSoS
Well No. 4 Si3.zI
Well No. 8 3il .!
Meter Installttion 5O.!4
Tools !2.oI
Insurance & Interest 6O9.96
Tel g. Tel. 6.85
0ffice Expense lO5.90
Profit & loss Medical Aid
Injured negro by live wire1 81 0O
Bills. PAY able 946S2
Brown coal co. on A C (oldl 86H
West Kentucky coal co: " l009
Genergl Electric CO.. told A-Cl lN,2
Fairbanks CO.. - go
Harrisonburg Foundry go. l.o0
catarsc Refining 90. AZ Sa
Waters Pierce Oil company 2s5
332l6. .3S
REHABILITATION
Overdraft Last Report
Dec. 3lst. 1918. 9l9.s0
Dishnrsaments 22296. AZ |
232l6. .3S
RECEIPTS
Collections Sl3316II
Loans & Tran. 5o4I.0
OK. Rs-entered LlO
I9430.8l
S37s5.57
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An Ordinance.

. Be it ordained by the Mayor and
commissioners of the City of Natchi-
Sec. l. 1t shall be unlawful for hor
SSes, mules, cattle, sheep, goats and
hogs to roam at large within that por-
tlo1 OF the corporate limits of the City
OF Natch!toches, lying west of the cen
ter OF Cane River and East of Fifth
Street.
Sec. 2. This ordinance shall take eff,
feet from and after its passaga
Sec. 3. The Mayor and Commissioners
shall enforce this ordinance by appr0
pirate legislation.
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NOTICE.
Notice is hereby given, that all
fishing permits, to fish in my lake are
hereby revoked. No more will be is
sued until after the spawning season
is over.
F-5- ID. T.. SCARBOROUGH.
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Quarterly Statement.

(Condensed)
Water and Light Plants Receipts and
Disbursements from Oct. 9th, 1913
to Jan 2ist, 1914, as made to
Water and Light Commits
sioner kile and City
Commission.
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RECEIPTS.
P. V. B. Prudhomme. Water
and Light col. 2l28.99
P C. Rogers, Water and
Light col 3343. .68
V ok. No 1481 lost re-entered 7l9 !
Balance oyerdraft 3785. 81 |
nnac- o
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1914-05-22

be-" The eternal God was his refuge
and underneath was the everlasting
arms. The path Of the just Is shin.
Ing light that shineth more and more
unto the perfect day. y
lnterment took place at Chapel
Hill church, services conducted BY
Rev. Fleetwood Ball, and Rev. T. II
Maxedon, and was largely attended.
After a while when ends the strife,
At the end Of the last long mile,
Under the shade of the tree Of life;
We shall rest after a while.
After a while when all duty 10 done,
And we pass out In single file; A
We shall find path at set Of sun,
Leading home--after awhile.
After while, dear heart. mot long,
The morn will break with smile;
And With loved ones gone. we sill
join in song;
Of reunion--after while.
MARTHA E. KENNEDY 4
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1914-05-22
In Loving rlemory.

James Andrew Wilson, aged %
years, s monts and I days, died April
s, 1914, at the home of his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh Wilson. of near
Huron, Tenn.
On his death the home has lost a
most lovable member, the community
one Of its brightest and most prom
Using young men, and the church a
faithful member.
We feel for his relatives and for
those whom he loved and who loved
him, the profoundest degree Of sym
patty and extend to them In this
their hour of sorrow, the deepest sen.
timents Of love and friendship. But
while sorrowing for the temporary
loss of our dear one--for death Ii only
temporary parting--let US dry our
weeping eyes long enough to pro.
foundry thank God for the life,
though short it may have been, Of
this exemplary Young man, and for
the proof he has left behind him,
that man can SOLVE that no matter
how sudden the call may come, he
will be found ready; for the beauty
not only OF a christian life but chris.
tian death as well. That when he
falls asleep, serene ID the knowledge
that when he awakes 1t will be In the
arms Of Jesus.
Let Us In returning thanksto Him,
who holdest in the palm Of bis hand,
the destinies Of the quick and the
dead, that we to-day know that while
the earthly remains Of our loved one
now rest quietly beneath The sod Of
a new made grave, biz spirit resteth
In the projecting care Of the savior.
Father, mother, sister and friends,
It u ! sweet consolation to think Of
Andy A. 4 spotleas angel, clad In spot.
|less robes Of white, rejoicing Ia the
ever blooming gayden Of God, far be.
yond The dark death II ver. His bat.
Ties aref fought and The victory won;
sAfe in|the beautiful honA Of the soul
where We can a TIE fullneS Of time
join hin fofsxQ HexntifulSthought
alahlimA fxitYix - rnS xk~< ~ areAyar
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1914-05-22
Europe's Busiest
Railway Centre.

The alterations at Oharing
Cross Station at London. where
by interchange facilities have
been made between the District
Railway and the Hampstead and
Bakerloo tubes, are now COM
pleted, and Charing Gross EN-
bankment) staten, AZ it Is now
called, has become one Of the
busiest in the world. It is cal
cnlated that the station will han.
die $4,000, 900 passengers annu-
ally, nearly half OF that mum Der
interchanging. The Embark.
ment station 10 in four stories.
At the top u the ticket Office.
from which stairs lead to the
platform ofthe District Railway
From this platform descend 9th
er stairways TO q large room In.
mediately underneath The Dis.
trict station, from which 10 turn
descend four escalators, two, in
one direction, to the Bakeflon
and two, 10 the other direction,
To the Hampstead tube. There
|is also ! connecting walk Be.
tween the HAmpstead tube and
the BAkerloo tube, 90 that com.
plete interchange facilities havs
been constructed at : cant 81
nearly $1,000, 200, No incrsase
|of fare will be made in connec-
|tion with any Ok these lines, IL
being sufficient profit will result
from the increased traffic TO pay
| for the coat Of extension. Elec-
|trlc Railway Journal.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1914-05-22

one who sold to our townsman,
Mr.. j. N Hall, the fine stallion,
Almont. We travelled with these
gentlemen as far at Palatka,
some twenty. miles south Of
Jacksonville, where onr party
left the Atlantic Coast Line and
took the Florida East Coast Line
for st. Augustine, near the At
lantic ocean coast, some thirty.
five miles from Jacksonville
Henry, Barry and Winslow spent
Sunday 10 the historic old city
Of St. Augustine and that city is
almost entitled to q chapter
within itself, which forces as to
quit for this week and leave the
balance Of our trip account for
the next issue or two. We ex-
|pect to refer again to matters
looming under observation before
reaching the city Of St. Angus,
tine, for the trip down into the
Florida peninsular was made
principally to investigate the
truck growing of that section
and to compare it with the pos.
sibilities Of our own section Of
Tennessee. In the meantime.
Jim Henry and Vance Winslow
are both excellent takers and
those who encounter those gen.
tlemen between our issues can
get from them Southern infor-
nation that we may omit from
our writings.
To be Continued.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1914-05-22

that s1( florida straw berry
grower uses the plant but one
season after setting, that season
lasting usually from December
/, to May /. The plant which 10
set at the first Of September be.
gins 70 bear about December l,
and but few attempt to carry
the plant through the summer
for another season Of bearing,
The tales told OF profits on cns
cumbers this spring seem 6shy"
to one this far North, but it is a
fact that ''cukes" sell even high
here and that an acre Of the
vines will make gan enormous
yield.
Leaving Wauchula, our next
destination was Plant City, ten
miles West of Lakeland-Plant
City being the town at which
Jim Henry and the writer spent
the winter just ten years ago.
Arriving late in the afternoon.
supper was the next attraction
and the first encourage ment that
greeted our entrance into the
dining hall of the Colonial hotel
was a placard which gave the
guests the pleasing information
I'VE serve Maxwell House Blend
Cotf ee, ''-and they did, making
from that blend Of the ground
and parched berries of the cot.
fee tree a beverage fit for q first
class American citizen, who can
give a King cards aud spades
and beat his Majesty for the
game.
II was indeed q pleasure to
Barry and Henry to meet again
their friend OF ten years ago,
Mr.. Sheldon @. Wells, who sew.
eral years ago moved from the
state Of single cussedness" to
that Of Matrimony and now has
u delightful wife, two boys and
a beautiful home to prove that
the move was a profitable one.
Mr.. Wells took us in his auto for
spin of FIVE miles to the village
Of Uornet, where million dol.
lar phosphate plant has been
erected. Part OF the road to
Cornet has already been laid
with brick and the balance Of
the % miles to Tampa, on the
coast, will be so laid, the road.
bed being nine feet wide, with
@ider passing places at regular
intervals, except the six miles
out Of Tampa, which win be laid
twelve feet wide. We did not
fail to inform friend Wells that
| Tennessee has az industry. the
copper mines at Ducktown,
| lwhiEh supplies Ailytwelve tank
cArs Of sulphuric acid, with
whjch phosphate i'll treated IL
che making of fertilizer, the
acid phosphate which rs ID
such demand every where that
commercial fertilizers are used
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1914-05-22

pioneer spirit u strong. Instead
Of making the most Of what we
have, we are looking for better,
without an effort on our part to
improve that we have.
1--we wanta system Of rural
credits that will give agricultur.
alIclasses money alta low rate Of
interest, and long time to repay
the loan, we might just as well
make up our minds to do the
things necessary to make such a
plan possible. BY legislation,
We can correct our land title
guarantee by enacting modi.
fed law on the 'Torren' plan in
Europe, and passed 10 North
CAROLINA. By legislation we can
revise our system of land valua.
ton. But the other problem,
our pioneer proclivities, our in
clination to seek new pastures,
will have to be overcome by
community cooperation which
is the very first step for agricul-
tural conditions.
ln the early settlement of this
country, the colonies were first
established along the Atlantic
coast and gradually the pioneers
drifted westward until they
crossed the continent, and reach
ed the Pacific. They blazed the
way for great civilization and
the development Of great wealth
but the ease with which they
conld acquire land made them
Indifferent about maintaining
it's fertility because be going fur
ther virgin land could be secur.
ed. But there is a limit to all
things. We have reached the
\ limit'in acquiring new land, but
we.haye chung to the. self-reliance
\ and Independence ofthe pioneer
also 70 his methods Of farming,
that have robbed the soil 81
much Of its virgin richness, and
we must continue to cultivate II.
WI cannot with primitive meth
oils, because We must repair the
wAste, We must replenish its fer
tility, and 1t the sanie time pro.
vide for our families To- Az %
requires modern methods aud co-
I operation Of effort We AnlA1t
reAlize that we cannpt continue
III shift but stay where We are
and build for thefutnre. When
werealize this fact we win real
ize.thAt the prosperity of TIL
community n which We liTs
means more 70 us than al othel
communities together, that oui
efforts should Be directed toward
the upbCilding Of our own com
munity Then we will be ready
I'm community effort. When
eur communities get that cohes-
ion hey need, they will be ID
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