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The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1914-05-02
Southwest Louisiana DeYeiOpment
Bureau.
SOUTHWESTERN REFLECTIONS.

This is the last call for the
planting of pumpkin yam slips.
In Older to get them ready for the
early market they ought to be
planted not later than the first
week In May.
Have you planted YETI II not,
do not delay any longer.
Are you ready for the cattle
tick campaign The finest couu-
try in the world is languishing
because it has been unable to
make it's mind to build q few
dipping vars.
A few Insignificant and easily
destroyed insects have whipped
three thouss nd American citizens
to FRAGILE and kept the people
in poverty for Ave generations. II
we cant do any better than that,
what are We going to do VIII a the
Mexicans get after usp
The situation is such reflec-
ton upon our intelligence and
spirit'that We ought not, to rest a
day until we wipe away the dis.
grace Of 1t.
Therefore the Southwest Louisi.
ana Development Bureau has de.
clared war upon the cattle tick ia
this section, the black dag has
been raised and there will be no
let up until the enemy shall have
been exterminated. Have you en-.
listed yet under the banners of
progress for the redemption of
Southwest Louisiana Can you
stay out and wait for the faithful
few to fight your battle for you.
and to pay out of their own
pockets the cost of your protec.
ton?
We are arranging a cattle tick
campaign during The month OIL
May, and every farmer and busi-
ness man in Southwest Louisiana
Is hereby called upon to show his
colors and come out on the eide
Of the people or the cattle tick: to |
take his stand for Progress or |
Stagnation. How will you line
upf
The Southwest Louisiana De.
yelopment Bureau wants 10 give |
: number OF bright and active
young r1en In each community
n Cpportudity to take practical |
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1914-05-02
STATE OF LOUISIANA.
23rd judicial District Court-Par.
ish of st. Mary.
In the Matter of the Introduction
of Charles B. Lawrence.
No. 49, 61.
JUDGMENT.


The above entitled and numbered
cause having been regularly fixed for
trial, was, in its turn duly taken up and
tried, and upon the trial thereof, the
law and the evidence being in favor of
this judgment. for the reasons this day
orally assigned that defendant, Charles
B. Lawrence is insane and incapable of
taking care of his person and of ad-
his affairs.
1t is ordered, adjudged and decreed
that there be Judgment herein decreeing
that defendant, Charles B. Lawrence, is
insane and incapable Of taking care of
his person and of administering his af-
fairs, and pronouncing his Introduction;
costs of these proceedings to be paid
out of the estate of said defendant.
Thus done and signed on this 9th
day of April, A. D. 1914.
THos. M. MILLING,
Judge 23rd Judicial District Court.
Clerks Office,
Franklin, La, April 20, 1914.
A true copy of the original.
WILBUR 81. KRAMER,
Clerk of Court.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1914-05-02
Corning Into It's Own.

Many q bright, studious and
competent man treads along with.
ont making any sign of success
until, by some accident he is
thrust into prominence. and his
merit = known and appreciated.
The years pass and some really
good, nutritious food product
q passed by unnoticed until by
accident It IL suddenly brought to
name attention and applied to
his use.
This has been the case with the
lespedexa weed, which for years
grew In the fence corners, on the
roadside, and almost every where
Il was permitted to grow, and yet
e Was not thought Of az being Of
any especial use to man or beast.
Several years ago, this same
ignored lespede1a sprung into
notice 90 possessing great value
as stock food, and its populari.
" has increased until now the
manswho farms and wants to do
well 10 cure to have q place re-.
served Tor growing Of lespedesa
hay.
There are men now growing
leepedexa solely for the conserv-
ing Of the seed. and these men
'Aio making profitable incomes
nom this source alone.
The 3owly lespedexa which years
Ago was permitted to grow in
waste and was ignored, IL now
one Of the principal hay grasses
Of this Southland, and the man
who d making I business OF
growing II for the seed has no
difloulty IN selling these seeds at
fauoy price.
The lespedexa will grow on al
l1oet any soil and will produce
well under almost any weather
conditions, and too. II harvested
q the proper time makes one OF
the best native hays.
Like any other hay there is .
proper time to harvest Il, and II
Dut q this stage there are few
hay pfodhcts superior to Il a.
Iced.
Eveu man Who = % situated
hat ~ oan devote Z patch TO the
rowing o1 lsepedexe should do
10, ard any farmer can succeed
sith 4 r he viii prepare the land |
md SOW Tie sesd.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1914-05-02

lessons in efficiency and at the
same time to make good money
during their spare hours. Write
to the Bureau for particulars.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1914-05-02
STATE OF LOUISIANA.
23rd judicial District Court-Par.
ish Of st. Mary.
In the Matter Of the Receivership
of the Augusta Sugar Co.
No. 1884.
INT. OF PAYNE JOUBERT MACHINE
AND FOUNDRY Co., LTD.

INT. OF PAYNE 3 JOUBERT MACHINE
AND FOUNDRY Co., LTD.
In compliance with the judgment of
the 2Srd Judicial District Court of the
State of Louisiana, in and for the Par
ish of st. Mary, rendered and signed at
Franklin, Louisiana, on the 9th day of
December. A. D. 1912, IN said above
cause, and affirmed by the Honorable,
the Supreme Court of the State of
Louisiana, and now final, and by virtue
of an order issued out Of the said the
23rd Judicial District Court, to me is
sued, as result of said judgment,
will myself or through the Sheriff, offer
for sale, to the last and highest bidder,
for cesh, at the principal front door Of
the Court House, in. the Town of
Frank lin, Parish Of st. Mary, State of
Louisiana, on
SATURDAY. THE 10TH DAY OF
MAY. A. D., 1914,
between the hours of II .. M, and 4
O'Clock p. m., to satisfy, as fer as it
will; the judgment rendered in favor of
the Payne & Joubert Machine and
Foundry Co., Ltd, now in bankruptcy,
the following described property, to-wit:
I'D TO- vacuum pan with coils,
mounting and tagging. ny 14"x20'x12''
Duplex fly. wheel dry vacuum pump.
~ 16"x16"x18" single direct acting
water circulating pump. (1) tower tank
for said pan. IL 5000 barrel oil storage
tank with steel covering. said tank
being 49, in diameter and 25' high. (3)
1000 barrel capacity masse-cnit or
Magma tank, said tank being 25' in
diameter and Ia 8" high"
All as more fully described in the
contract between Payne & Joubert Ma
chine and Foundry Company, Ltd. and
the Augusta Sugar Company, Of record
and on file in said above cause, and to
which reference is made for greater
certainty.
w. D. HAAS,
Receiver, Augusta Sugar Co.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-07-02

trust, coal from tie coal trust and
kitchen utensils from the hardware
trust.
Mrs. Dubb also does a good deal of
her shopping of the dry good store
trust because she reads in the paper
that everybody's going there.
Miss Dubb, Mr. Henry's eldest daugh
ter, is telephone operator and works
for the telephone trust. She buys her
puffs and powders, nail bleachers and
hair curriers' from the drug store cor
poration She occasionally goes to the
theater operated by the theatrical trust
or to the movies run by the movie
trust. Her beau holds down d job for
the railroad trust. ..
Jimmie Dubb Mr. Henry'S only son,
| is messenger boy in bank belong
ing to the money trust. He puffs eli
garettes bought of the cigar store
trust because there is always one in
sight. He occasionally sees ball
game conducted by the base ball trust.
Little Elsie Dubb, Mr.. Henry's proud
est achievement, goes to public school
which it not owned by trust, but
uses pads, note books, pencils, pen
points and erasers made by trusts.
After she graduates she hopes to be
come saleslady for the vie and ten
cent store trust
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-07-02
The Eventful Life
with apologies to Ryan Walker, the
creator of Henry Dubb.)
(By Max Scherover.)

Mr.. Henry Dubb is an American
citizen. He is very proud of that. He
dislikes foreigners and all their insti-
tutions. He is Independent. He takes
orders from no one except his boss.
He rules no one but his wife and
children.
Mr.. Henry Dubb awakes in the morn
ing in bed made by the furniture
trust and bathes in bathtub made by
the bathtub trust He washes with a
soap trust soap and dries his body
with a towel made by the inen or cot
ton trust. He gets into clothes made
by the clothing or wooden trust, into
shoes made by the shoe trust and
wears hat trust hat. He 'shaves
with trusty safety razor and combs
, his hair with a comb made by the
. rubber trust.
When Mr.. DubD used to eat beef
! steak for breakfast itWas the product
of the beef trust His breakfast con-
sists of eggs milk and butter controll-
ed by the dairy trust and bread and
crackers made by the bread and bis
cult trust. His coffee comes from
the coffee trust, the sugar he puts into
it from the sugar trust. The salt he
shakes over the eggs comes from the
salt trust.
He then leaves his house which
belongs to the real estate trust and
gets on a car, into which he's crowd
ed like sardine and pays his nickel
to the traction trust. To this of all
trusts he's most graceful. Because not
only does he get ride for a nickel,
but incidentally receives course in
physical culture by being permitted
to swing on two straps at time.
When he gets the chance he pulls
out the morning paper from his pocket
He reads news which was seasoned,
doped and adulterated for him by the
news trust and printed on trust-made
paper with a trust-made press He
finally reaches the place of his en-
nlovment and sells his labor power to
some other trust.
Mrs. Dubb goes shopping and enters
a grocery store operated by the
grocery-chain-stores trust which chain
extends from the Atlantic to the Pac-
ific. She buys breakfast food made
by a trust because there is a reason
in it. The said reason being that evi,
IDENTIFY Mr. Dubb gets his brains there
from. She buys some coal oil which
is produced by one of the thirty-six
little independent oil companies that
have their thirty-six different Offices
on Is Broadway. She orders canned
goods made by the canning trust and
Starch made by the starch trust. All
The s,a things she buys here are guaran
iced under the pure Hood law.
n her kitchen Yshe uses gas from
the gss trust mssnhea fEpu The match
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-07-02
DESIRE FOR HAPPINESS
BY E. E. FREDENBURC

History is record of mans efforts
to achieve happiness. The aim Of all
men is joy peace and contentment.
In all ages and all nations the one
great impelling motive has been to
obtain and retain happiness.
This was the object of the Pilgrim
Fathers in leaving the land of their
birth and seeking homes, across the
seas. It was this desire that led the
serfs in feudal times to revolt against
their oppressors. It was the end in
viewRhen the trainers of our consti-
tuition wrote in the preamble those
immortal words, ito insure domestic
TRANQUILITY, promoe he general welfare
and insure the blessings of liberty"
It was the purpose of certain trades
people long ago, in organizing them
selves into fraternal bodies and I'M
ions to better their condition. 1t is
their object now, in forming alliances
and associations to that end.
1t was the desire for peace and bet
ter living conditions that led the hosts
of emigrants to turn with longing eyes
and eager hearts toward Americas
shores. The same desire still brings
them in flocks and herds, to this the
reputed land of. the free and home of
the brave.
Happiness implies contentment and
freedom from doubts and fears for the
future of this life Happiness requires
that poverty and hunger be banished
from the world. Happiness will have
nothing to do with want and despair.
Happiness is not found under the
roof that shelters restitution and fear.
Happiness does not attend the home
less the jobless and the companion
less.
Happiness means not only the nee
essities. of life. but some of the luxur-
les as well. Without economic free
dom no man is contented and comfor-
table. Without freedom and indepen-
dence no man can stand erect and
look the whole world in the face and
say 81 am contented, courageous and
happy man."
Imagine the feeling and state of
mind of one in middle life who, though
compelled to work long hours, day
after day, finds himself with family
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-07-02

dependent upon wages scarce sufficient
to maintain existence of the most
wretched kind. His food so poor tina
his tired body is improperly nourish-
ed for its daily task, his clothing Sd
shabby that he shrinks from the game
of even his friends and his habita-
ton SO equalid that he desires to en-
ter it. No leisure for study, recrea-
ton OF improvement. No time or
means go enjoy the simplest pleasur-
es. Denied association and communi-
cation with nearest relatives and
friends What wonder this mans head
is bowed, his eyes without lustre, his
step Slouchy and hesitating, his pas
ture shrinking and his gaze covering.
We wonder he has even a spark of
manhood left, that he is not actually
a criminal, preying upon society.
But turn from the pictures of this
mans wretched life, to a more cheer
full scene. Imagine the same man
working shorter hours, receiving wages
sufficient to maintain respectable
standard of living. He is now able
to enjoy some of the comforts which
his labor has contributed to the
world. Comfortable home and sur
roundings cheer his after days toll
His dress face and manner reflect
his improved condition. His life is
gladdened by happy and care free
family, and he rejoices in Neir COM
partnership A little time for study,
recreation, travel haye given him a.
broader view of life. Free from haunt
ing fears for the future Of his loved
ones, his eye regains it's brightness
and his step its sprightliness. Instead
of a cure he has loving word and
a pleasant smile He is a new being,
inspired with new life, a self-respect-
ing citizen of the world, and he pro-
nounces it a privilege to live.
My working friends, what have you
done? What are you doing? What
are you going to do to achieve this
end, happiness, for yourself, your
friends your family and your fellows?
There is but one answer to the
question, one solution. to the problem
Get into the organization Of your
class. Talk, work, stand, vote togeth-
er, for your happiness and the peace
of the whole word. n
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-07-02
FAIRGROUNDS VALUE .

A foot of playground is worth an
acre of penal institutions.
That is the sentiment expressed a
few days ago at a meeting of the
City Club of Philadelphia when the i'm
portance of municipal recreation was
being discussed One of the speakers,
an official of the park department X
lated an incident that bears out the
truth of the epigram Hhe observed
group of boys playing on the turf
that had just been put down by the
gslEdeners engaged in improving a
sq6arel When he reproveu them, one
Of the lboys replied: "hguess you are
right, Mister. There's not room en-
ough IN this square for us and the
grass, too. But where can we -pl1y r.
That was the protest and the plea
OF thousands of children, not in Phil
adelpEiia alone, but in every other city
that is growing rapidly and developing
new needs Play is as essential to
youth as food is to toiling men-essdn-
tial to the health and mind and soul
as well as body. Dirt has been called
matter out of place. Badness among
children is largely impulse and energy
A vast deal OF juvenile
crime, if the term 'crime" may be
used in this connection, is traceable
TO lack of adequate playground and
recreation.
1t is the children who play in the
streets that cause most trouble to pa
rents and to the community. But
few children play in the streets from
choice. Most of them who play there
do so simply because tile city has
failed to provide for their needs. Sta
tistics gathered in many cities show
that in neighborhoods where play
grounds are not conducted there are
all sorts of mischief and misdemean-
ors. And the records show further
more that accidents and injuries to
children are fewest where Fairgrounds
are provided. \
This is a matter that no city which
has due regard for it's present and
future interests can afford to neglect.
Every dollar spent upon park and play
ground systems is repaid a thousand
times over in health and sound morals
and in the fostering of all those quail
tiles that makes for good citizenship.
Niagara Falls Journal.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-07-02
A WARMING DRAM.

An old worthy who was in the habit
Of calling each evening at the village
inn for ID rap O. the best" found the
landlord putting a shine on the taps.
After few remarks about the wealth
er, he received his nightly dram. When
he had gone the landlord discovered,
to his horror, that he had supplied
Donald with half gill out Of the bot
tie of sulphuric acid which he had been
using for cleaning the taps Every
moment he expected to hear of Don
AIDS death, and his relief was great
when the old worthy arrived next
evening.
Donald, what did you think oNthe
whisky ye got last night?"
1T was fine dram, a good warm
ing darn, but it it had wan fault
every time ] coughed it set fire to ma
WhiSkers"
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-07-02

Arizona unionists are circulating re-
ferendum petitions for new laws, com
polling employers to employ 80 per
cent natives, preventing black list,
old age and mothers pension, allow
ing state to take private property at
tax valuation. abolishing the senate,
depriving the governor of the veto
power, and denying the courts the
rights to question any law passed
by the people.
Every horse shoers in Bakersfield,
Cal, has joined new union OF that
craft there
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-07-02

One day the inevitable happened.
Henry Dubb died and was laid in a
coffin made b ythe casket trust. His
wife collected some money from the
insurance trust and invested it in
bonds issued by the mortgage trust
and printed by the bank note trust.
Thus ended the career of our worthy
citizen. Mr. Henry Dubb. -
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-07-02
The Poets Corner

ABANDONED

ABANDONED
(By George Allan England.)
A Worker lay on his death-bed
At the pale dawn of day, +.
No nurs to smooth his fIvered head
Had he, for none would stay;
But with screen they hedged him in
To grasp his life away.
To gasp his life out, like some beast
That crawlsawaytodie--s
An outworn, worthless, broken slave,
Paralyzed, blear of eye, X.
Worked to the bone, outcast alone
His very marrow dry
His marrow dry with endless moil
In heat, in cold, in rain;
His only memories of toll,
Toll for another's gain,
Toil-childhood manhood and old age;
The Worker groaned with pain.
Groaned, as the poorhouse walls grew
white;
The old man shrank, afraid
His dull ears heard Deaths rushing
wing,
Heard his spent heart, that stayed.
Then Death doomed at the open door;
The Worker sobbed and prayed.
He prayed 20 God, God of the rich,,
Once I believed on Thee!
Once / believed the slaughtred Christ
Who died on Calvary,
The Carpenter, the workmen's Friend,
Was of Thy company!
"Was of Thee, o Thou rich mans God.
Whose churches every stone
Is paid for out of workers lives,
walled up with. sweat and groan;
Whose dividends wax fat, wax great
On workmen's blood and bone!
"such was Thy will, the Masters said;
Their fat priests bade me pray.
l must not question, must not doubt,
But bow my back each day
To grievous burdens, all my life,
My Masters to obey!
"see now my face, these toll racked
hands,
This sorawny breast and bare!
A withered heart hath been my part
And Iocust-husks my fare.
Once, rich mans God, prayed to
Thee; ~
found no ansyer there! -
mo answer found I, rich mans God
For golden is Thy throne
And / am lead! :" The Worker
choked, 70.
His words died with groan"
Then Death strobe through the open
| door
And bore him of. alone.
When, in the almshouse chill and bare
The other poor awoke, .~
They whispered that corpse lay there
And no loud word they spoke.
The worthless clay was dragged away
By cold, official folk.
Some cursed some jeered, but no one
i cared
THAT, in the Potter's Field,
What once had been human soul
Forever lay concealed;
And if God knew, and if God Cared
Stands not to US revealed,
For graves be deep and Workers ceap
And wide the Potter's Field.
~
| MY CITY.
For The Public. ~
City of porphyry and amber
Stained by the dying sun,
ICanyoned and vaulted and mighty,
What is the race that you run?
Fair as the tower of Heaven,
Under the flaming sky. u
Reaching your spired arms aloft,
bearing your soul on high!
beautiful, rare and holy,
lust for a sunsets breath
Then back to your fostering caves o
Ipain, II
Back to your tunnslled DEATH
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-07-02
THE FACTORY ToILER

tTVG FAN OnY OIIEK
He had no CHILDHOOD. Stern and grim
Necessity laid hold of him.
His summer days were filled with
work,
And winter gave no chance to shrk,
For factory bell and factory door
Swung urging him to tell still more
He only knew his, home by night,
Illumed with sickly candlelight.
Grown older heavier burdens fell
On shoulders never lifted well.
Day after day fTe only kne w
To drudge until his stint was through
His Sunday sleep but gained a store
OF strength to help him struggle more
The world was narrow toIhis eyes,
His passing life all sacrifice.
iii paif, IN fed, i'll housed was he.
Poor atom of humanity.
And when life's little span was past
What kind reward was his at last?
A quiet bed, grass grown and deep.
Where no harsh bell could rouse from
sleep
The weary form and tired feet
Another round of toll to meet.
What of the soul, freed from life's rue.
Please God that sould- shall have its
due! . \.
Emma A, Lente in Farm Journal.
=
Manufacturers are shown IN have
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-07-02

Manufacturers are shown to have
been carrying on letter campaign
directed against legislation affecting
the trusts.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-07-02

Year upon year ye broaden,
Flinging your heights to the stars
Year upon year the hordes< go down
Cursing your prison bars.
City of porphyry and amber
City of nameless shame,
Rearing your fluted beautiful walls,
In gFeed's remorseless ma me,
Under your massive Orders,
Grinding the souls of men
Narrowing, blighting and binding,
Again and forever again!
So rose the walls of Athens,
So cleaned the marble of Rome,
Jerusalem, Carthage and Florence,
A tyrant but ne yer a home,
Made by the hands of the many,
In toll and fear and love,
Bartered by grim tradition,
To iron hands above.
Your streets dis gorge the builders,
In shabby hungry mass,
In solitude the owners
They count them as they pass. i.
And in the maket places,
The people kneel and bend
efore the bloody bearded gods
OF Rent and Dividend.
City, o my city!
When shall you learn at last
To build for the sunsets glory,
And build for the mouths that fast.
Build for the fluted beauty,
And build for the human soul
TIL the one shall greet the other,
In Gods immortal wholei