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The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1915-06-05
TAX SALES.
State Of Louisiana. Parish Uf ST. Martin,
CORPORATION OF ST. MARTINVILLE,
vs.
DELINQUENT TAX DEBTORS,


DELINQUENT TAX DEBTORS.
By virtue Of the authority iu NE ves-
ted by the Constitution and Laws Of the
state Of Louisiana. will offer tor sale.
at the front door OF Tue Court House Of
this Parish. i'll ST. Martlnyllle, La, with
III the legal hours for judicial Sales, al
Il. IN. to y. m.) beglnnlng al The hour
Of ii o'clock Il. H.. on
Saturday June 18th, 1915,
and continuing Oh each succeeding day
until said sales are completed. all im-
movables and mo, ables OH which taxes
are now due 10 the Corporation Of st.
Martinville, as per assessment for the
year 1914 together with interest from
Jan. LIT 1914, at the rate of 10 per cent.
per annum until paid and all costs, as
follows to-wit:
Mrs. j. b. Ferran, n Breaux. Z FOurnet,
) X X Ave, W Main st..............l5.07
Ambrose TheriOt, Olivier, Thea
tire 81, Lot u. W Lot 81 .5.40
Geo. j. Oliver. n lot IL, Block, 8
Liable, W Addition
Geo. }. Olivier. II B,Oussard. Tho
mas, Jefferson st. W Main 81. % 80
Lucien NJ. Bienyenu. n Madison ST,
t Columbus ST, 3 BrUussard, W Biebvenu
.................. .......'-.... ...... 900
Eraste Breaux, 2 horses | wagon l.So
j. b. Ferran, II Bienvenu. Pavia. $
Bridge st. W Main ST
}. b. FerTan, New st, e Lewis,
BlenvelIu ~ ais, W Theatre ......1OS.I7
Richard Bienyeu, II Ferran. = Lewis
st. Bienyenu IL ais, W Ferran.
Joachim Malveau, II Raymond, Pr
maud st, Franz, W Raymond ......555
Burness BrOussard. II Boucyait, Main
It, Meslin, W ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Simon CamO. Ii RI .ndolpn st, Moore,
s Denbar, " Eastin ST .............363
Albert Houston, II Port IT. Iivier 1t.
Baptiste, W Johnson. ..............540
Pierre Jean Baptiste. II Laurence, =
Eastin st, Rand, W Drake .... LOO
Charles Pinaud, Il Miller, . Pellerin.
: Bridge st. W Landry ..............2.5S
Collectors office, st. MartinvilIe, La.
May q, 1915.
SIDNEY +. DELAHOUSSAYE, Collector.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1915-06-05
THIRTY.sIX FOB Is CENTS

Dr. Kings New Life Pills are now sup
piled i'll well-corked glass bottles. COIL
tanning 80 sugar coated white pills, for
Zoe. One pill with glass Of water be-
fore tetirihg Is all average dose. Easy
and pleasant to take. Effective and pos
tive in results. Cheap aud economical
" Use. Get u bottle today. take dose
to-night-yOur Constipation Will BIZ re-
lleved III The morning. 81 Tor 2oc at all
druggists.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1915-06-05
FOR SALE.

FOR SALE.
SO acre farm, % acres high
land IA acres low pasture land,
cabins, close to Delacroix's
derrick, s725, cash or on long
terms.
LAIZAIRE BIENvENU.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1915-06-05
SHERIFFS SALE.
Bank of st. MartiDville
c. B. DelahOussaye
No. 1897

NO. 1885,
10Th Judicial District Court.
Parish of st. Martin. State of Louisiana.
By virtue of a writ of Seizure and sale
issued out of the 10Th Judicial District
Court, in and for the Parish OF ST. Mar
tin, State of Louisiana. in the above ell
titled and numbered suit. dated this 18TH
day Of May 1915.
have seized and will proceed to sell
at public auction 10 the last and high
est bidder at the front door of the Court
House, between the legal sale hours I'll
a. IN. to p. m.) in the Town OF st. Mar
tinville Oh
Saturday, July 10th, 1915,
the following mentioned and described
property. to-wii:
That certain tract of land with all the
buildings and Improvements thereon
and appurtenances thereto belonging.
| situated at Puinte Claire in the first
ward of the Parish of st. Martin, LOuisi-
ana. containing One Hundred and Eight
(lOS) arpents more or less In superficial
area. Bounded North aud East by the
property of }. b. Levert formerly Burton.
South by lands Of MortgagUr, G. b. De-
Iahoussaye, and West by lands Of Mar
tin Orphe; being the same property ac-
quired by MOrtgager from Samuel Dyer
as per Act recorded in Conveyance Book
No. 81 folio 26 under No. 2S5O7 Of thu
Conveyance Records of tho Clerks ant
and Recorders office of the Parish VI st
Martin, La.
= Seized to satisfy above writ.
Terms and cOnditiOns-cash.
|. Sheriff's office this 4th day Of Jun
A. ID. 1915.
WADE o. MARTIN. Sheriff
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-07-23

"0utIaW Tanner" Canada Freed
the T~ransmissouri Region
of Train Robbers.
BAD MEN WIPED OUT
Organized Famous Bandit Hunters
and Ended Career OF Hole In the
Wall, HeiPs Acre and
Other Gangs.

Omaha, Neb.-The death. Of Bill
Canada here recently removed a pro-
fessional outlaw hunter, a man who
cleared the country between the Mis-
souri, liver and the Salt Lake valley Of
train robbers and road agents and in.
stilled such fear in their hearts that
the only two outlaw leaders remaining
alive have for ten years been in Chile.
afraid to come back.
Fol thirty years Canada was en-
gagged in fighting the battles OF CIV
iliZation IN the western plains, and
with his death one OF the most pic
turesque characters Of frontier days
is removed. To him and his organi-
cation the deaths of probably half a
hundred ~desperadoes are laid, and the
few old time bad men" who remain
along the central route across the
country would just as soon think of
tackling a modern b%attleship- with a
popgun as Of holding up a railroad
train between Omaha and Salt Lake.
Civil War "vet."
Canada came West Immediately
after the war, when he was but eight
cen years old. He had served in the
Third Kentucky Confederate infantry
and had been promoted for bravery on
the field of battle. When he got into
h transmissouri country in 1866 he
found a chaotic condition. The gold
fever was at it's height and bands of
outlaws and cutthroats infested the
land.
The first transcontinental railroad
was In course of construction, and
when it was completed a few years
later thousands of rough characters
found themselves out Of work and
ready for any venture that promised
excitement and big pay. From their
ranks were recruited the train rob-
bers.
Nobody knows just how Union Pa
cifc officials happened to pick out
the quiet Bill Canada as the nan to
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-07-23
HORSE IN DEMAND IN SOUTH
Diversification Creates Market for
Mares to Breed to Jacks for
Plantation Motive Power, \

While the demand for horses from
army buyers has not brought the
prices up to the expectations of many
owners, the horse grove should not
despair. There is a new market and
a permanent n opening up in his
country. It will not be dependent
upon the war-whims of European ma
lions. The South is beginning to feel
the need of more farm power. The
one-mule-one-horse day of agriculture
in that section is passing, says Farm
Progress. The South as cotton grow
ing area might get along with the
one-horse system, but a new South
taking up diversified farming wants
more power and this means a demand
for more mules and more horses. The
southern states are going to be big
buyers OF mares in the next few years.
They will want the mares to breed TO
jacks to furnish plantation motive
power and these buyers are going to
want mares in large numbers.
Come war or peace, the horse ce-
mand is going to be steady and strong
for a long time. The South is not 60
Ing to change over from the one-mule
system to the tractor. The tractor
will follow the big teams and these
must come first.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-07-23

this is done the freight car can be
loaded direct from the farmers wag-
ons. 1t is important to remember, how
yer, that the car should be loaded
without delay in order to avoid demur.
rage charges. Wheat and oats should
not be loaded into the same car unless
it is absolutely necessary. Mixed ship
ments of this kind cannot be handled
to good advantage in the market.
In the case of oats it is also possible
to dispose advantageously of the crop
by shipping it in bags to grain brokers
or feed dealers in nearby towns. When
this is done, however, it is of great i'm.
portance to have the oats cleaned and
OF uniform quality. One hundred.
pound bags are probably the most sat
isfactory. When these are shipped
into another state the federal law re-
quires that the net weight of grain in
the bags be marked upon them. Each
bag should contain the quantity indi-
Gated by the marks on the outside;
that is, if the bags are marked 100
pounds" they should contain 100
pounds of grain, actual weight.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-07-23
DIAGNOSED HIS OWN CASE
Noted Baltimore Surgeon Told Sur
geons to Remove His Appendix as
Well as GalIstones.

Baltimore.-A series of delicate op-
erations successfully performed a few
days ago at Johns Hopkins hospital
upon DR.. Thomas S. Cullen, the noted
surgeon, demonstrated that a complete
diagnosis he had made of his condi-
ton while lying on the operating table
vas exactly correct.
DR.. J. M. T. Finney had charge of
the operation, which started out to be
for Eallstones. In the few minutes of
waiting the two men discussed the op-
GRAFTON. Then 1t wa that Doctor Cul.
len made the diagnosis.
He said he felt sure that there was
something else wrong with him be-
sides gallstones and hat something
else was an incipient Ease of append
cttis. He said that before the opera
ton was owe and himself out of the
ether that he would be minus his ap-
pendix. After most OF the g%allstones
were removed it was found necessary
to remove the appendix.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-07-23
Anthrax in New Section,

fColumbus.-Anthrax or Charlton, the
infectious and usually fatal cattle dis
ease, has appeared in h extreme low
er section of Lowndes County and in
Noxubee County, and DR.. John Oliver,
veterinarian of this city, has been del
egated by the state live stock and san
itary board to take charge of the stu
alton. DIR. Oliver has declared a quar-
antine in the locality where the dis
ease has appeared, and every precau-
ton is being taken to prevent the
spread of the malady. Already the
deaths of five cattle have been re.
ported from Noxubee.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-07-23
Professor Is EIectrocuted.

Starkville. - Prof. Virgil William
Bragg, for IL years head of the me-
chanical engineering department of
Mississippi Agricultural and Mechan-
ical College, was e~lectrocuted July Is
in the bathroom of his apartment. He
was found unconscious in the bath
room about Z O'Clock in the evening.
1t is supposed he slipped while in the
bath, and grasping a wire poorly in
slauted, received the current through
his wet body. He did not regain on
sciousness, although pulmotor, oxygen
and other artificial methods were
used to resuscitate him. He died at
II o'clock. He was a native Virgin
ian.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-07-23
WANDERER RETURNS
AND RE-WEDS WIFE
This En0ch Arden Story From
California Has a Happy
Ending"

San Francisco, GAIA romance Of
the E1Och Arden type. bridging a gap
Of fifteen years. with separation, re-
marriage and lost affection as obsta-
cles. has Just found its happy ending.
here.
Fifteen years ago Herbert Winner
Of this city and his wife we're d.
vorced. He disappeared Mn- Win
ner, thinking him dead, married c.
Lundberg, also of San Francisco. Mr.
Lundberg died a year ago.
Some months later Mrs. Lundbergs
father, happening to be I'm St. Helena.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-07-23
HARVESTING IN SOUTH
Suggestions for Handling Crops
for Hay or Straw.
Best Results Obtained Where Wheat
or Oats Are Cut in milk" or
Very Soft Dough State-Guard
Against Bad Weather.

prepared by United States Department
of Agriculture)
Methods of handling wheat and oats
vary widely in different localities. In
the South the harvest is in some ways
differently conducted than in the
North. There are, however, a number
of operations which farmers almost
universally have found to their advan-
tage. Where the neighborhood in
which wheat or oats are grown is so
far distant that t%hreshing machines
are not readily available, farmers
have found it more feasible to cut the
wheat and oats either as hay or to tie
the crops into medium-sized bundles
to be fed as straw.
Provided the wheat or oats crop is
intended for hay, best results are OBJ
tanned where the crops are cut in the
milk" or very soft dough stage. The
stalks will be mostly green, or just
beginning to show signs Of ripening
below. After cutting, he oats or
wheat should be cured, and handled
exactly as any other common grass
hays. If conditions are favorable, the
hay will have a bright green color, but
If cutting is delayed until the grain is
in the full dough stage, the hay will
be dry, hard and bleached and the
feeding value diminished.
If it is intended to feed the grain in
the straw, the cutting should be put
off until the grain has reached the
hard dough stage and most Of the
stalks have taken on a yellow color.
Under favorable weather conditions
the grain will cure sufficiently for
storage in six or eight days
If put up in carefully made round
shocks of nine bundles each, including
one cap bundle. Near the coast. where
frequent rains are to be expected at
this season, grain should be put in
small shocks, containing only six
bundles, and left %uncapped so that it
will dry out quickly after a rain. 1t is
-nnecessary to tear down and spread
these small shocks after rains. as it
sometimes is with larger ones. The
bundles, of course, should be shocked
Immediately in order to avoid the pos
sibility of loss from bad weather.
When the crop is grown not for
feeding purposes but for sale or for
seed the cutting should be postponed
still further until the grain has passed
the hard dough. stage. If it is permit
ted to become dead ripe. however, the
quality is not so good and the loss
from SCATTERING considerable. Where
the self-binder cannot be used the cut
ting may be done a little earlier than
otherwise. The grain. shocked In the
manner already mentioned, should be
left in the field until it is thoroughly
cured and then threshed without de-
lay. If no threshing machine is avail
able at once. the grain should be
either stacked Or stored in a barn dur
ing the interval.
On small farms where storage space
ia not abundant 1t will probably pay
the farmer to sell the grain as soon as
it ts threshed. With the exercise OF a
little cooperation he may arrange with
the neighboys to make up . SUFFICIENT
quantity to ship out - . carload II
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-07-23
Russell Accuses Brewer.

Wesson.-During a joint debate here
on the night of July Is, Gov. Brewer
informed State Senator Lee NJ. Rus
sell, the latter AYERS, that if Russell
again made the charge that he Gov.
Brewer) had stolen a bill pending in
the Legislature, he would cut Russell's
throat from ear to ear.
The threat was uttered in a low
tone for Russell's benefit alone, he
said, and after delivery of the warn
ing Gov. Brewer left the speakers
stand.
Russell afterwards addressed the
crowd, consuming the time allowed for
his rejounder, and told the crowd of
nearly 1000 that the governor had
threatened to cut his throat.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-07-23
U. S. NOTES WOVEN TN TOWEL
Extraordinary Counterfeit Discovered
by Secret Service Agents In
Washington.

Washington.-Secret service off
Gals, long familiar with all the tricks
Of the counterfeiting trade, were
shocked into a show of surprise when
Acting Chief Moran ~strolled into the
Office with what proved to be two four
foot long c~ounterfeits tucked under one
arm.
The counterfeits were Implications
of the faces of a five dollar and a ten
dollar United States note, with the nu.
merals, portraits and lettering woven
into the texture of an ordinary bath
towel.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-07-23
BODY FOUND AFTER 80 YEARS
Skeleton of Man Drowned In 1888 10
Washed Up by Flood In
Arkansas.

Texarkana, Ark.-The skeleton Of
Frank Wilson. farmer, drowned in q
flood in the Red river 80 years
ago, was found on q sand bar in that
stream a few days ago, having been
washed up by the recent food.
The skeleton was inclosed in all the
clothes and q pair Of boots Wilson
wore at. the time he met death. A
K1ife and coin found In the pockets
served to identity tho Victim. His
family claimed the body.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-07-23
Attempt on earbour's Life.

Yazoo City. S. Barbour. brother
OF Hon. ]. F. Barbour of this city, man
ager of the Mound Plantation, in the
western part of this county, had q mar
row escape from death on the night Of
July 14.swhen some one, believed to
have been q negro on the place with
whom he had had trouble. fired into
he bed where Mr.. Barbour was In b
habit Of sleeping. At the time he was
not in the bed, which was literally
shot to pieces.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-07-23

was amazed to meet Herbert Winner
on the street. The wanderer inquired
about his one-time wife and three
daughters, and finally decided to r e
turn to a Francisco.
One of Mrs. Lundberg's daughters is
Mrs. NJ. B.. Higuera, and she, as well
as the other daughters, did what they
could to revive the old love between
their parents. The result was that q
few days ago MI. Winner and Mrs.
Lundberg were remarked under the
ritual of the Seventh Day Adventists,
In which religion Mrs. Lundberg is an
earnest worker.
They seem to love each other more
than ever" said Mr.. Higuera, who dis
closed the romance, land each seems
sorry for the mistakes that separated
them years ago."
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-07-23
Pleads Unwritten Law.

Yazoo City.-The unwritten law will
probably be pleaded as defense in the
case of the State VS.. Gillian, charged
with the killing of Lamar Conn, a
young railroad man, who was recently
found unconscious at Tutwiler and
whose death was reported as a result
OF having been struck by a baseball
bat in a game near by. Gillian has
been arrested and is out on $4,000
bond on a charge of granddaughter.
Gillian was arrested at Sumner.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-07-23
HIS WAS A FLOWER JAG"
Detroit Mar Steals Posies When He
Takes. Foe Much Liquor
Aboard.

Detroit.-Charles Nelson pleaded for
freedom from the charge Of stealing
flowers on the grounds hat the urge
of his ancestors impelled him to pluck
flowers from the waterworks park the
other day.
whenever / get too much to drink
q feeling that l must pick flowers
comes owe ne" he told Justice Gal
ney. "My people in Denmark are gar
deners, and their people before them
specialized in the flower trade"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-07-23
Profitable Roof crop.

Ten tons Of roots per acre-about
the mount that car be grown on and
that will yield so bushels of corn to
the acre-is not a profitable crop. but
20. or even Is, tons may easily be Sc
cured under good management. and
will a well.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-07-23

The dasheen, a comparatively new edible, threatens the supremacy of
much profit to it's utivators, say the Fruitmans Guide.
The dasheen stalks grow to a height off rom four to six feet The plant
las shieldshaped. leaves, o unlike elephants ears. Each hill of dasheen
n or o large spherical corms, which grow to i've pounds sin
weight; round them arr developed numerous tubers. Both corms and
tubers are like tn potato in composition, ut they contain ess water. One
plant will produce from four to ten pounds of tube-s in good rich soil. Both
oorms md tubers have IN agreeable nutty flavor, and are easily dgeSed.
The cook "a serve a dasheen in the m way that h serves a 10
tato h a also prepare the blanched shoots, forced from the corms
in hothouses as she does asparagus. The leaves, when tender, will take
the place of spinach. Perhaps the dasheen will be a familiar vegetable in
our markets before long
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-07-23
UNDERT0W BROWNS
BOY At v|CKSbURG
ROBERT sLEDGE, UNABLE TO
SWIM, BROWNS IN SUM-
FLOWER RIVER.
SELF-DEFENSE IS CLAIMED
Charged With Killing Lock Lam at
Aberdeen, Claims That He
Fired to Protect His
Own Life.

Sunfower.-Robert Sledge, aged Is.
son of Mrs. S. NJ. S1edge, was drowned
in the Sunf1ower river near here July
ID, while in bathing with two of his
brothers and several others. He could
swim but very little and was caught by
undertow. The body was recovered.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-07-23

Gulfport-A monthly statement com
piled by the Gulf and Ship Island Rail
road Company shows 16 vessels to
have cleared from Qulfport for the
month of June with a net registered
tonnage of 1920 tons. The total
export lumber shipments consisted Of
13,4ss, 900 feet, valued at $248,717.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-07-23
To Destroy Onion Mao,o,

The onion maggot. which does a lot
of mischief, may be fought with a
new spray compounded to Kill, the hy
which lays the eggs from which the
maggots come. This spray should be
applied before the maggots appear.
with a coarse spray. The mixture
consists of one pint o: Orleans mo-
lasses. one-sixth Of an ounce Of
sodium arsenite. and gallon of
water.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-07-23
Robbers Take Bible.

Yonkers, N. Y.-After stealing $50
In cash. some jewe1ry and a Bible from
the rectory Of a church, robbers left
q note which said: I'VE need the
money and perhaps we a make use
Of the Bible"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-07-23
~Self-Defense, Wilson's Plea.

SeIf-Defense, W1son's Plea.
Aberdeen.-The preliminary trial Of
Buford Wilson, charged with the kill
ing of Lock Lam in a quarrel at a
baseball game here July 5, was begun
July 10 before Judge James M. Acker,
mayor of the city of Aberdeen. When
arraigned, Wilson pleaded not guilty.
It is said that Wilson will attempt to
show that he shot in self-defense.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-07-23
Seek Death Where Father Died

Seek Death Where Father Died.
Ossining, N. Y.-The bodies of Mrs.
William Keitch and her baby son were
found in Hudson river at the same
spot where her husband committed sui
eide several years ago. The police
helieye Mrs. Keitch drowned herself.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-07-23
What's the Joke.

New York.-An Unidentified man,
after he had finished reading a comic
weekly, threw the paper down and
leaned into the Hudson river from .
fefryboat
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-07-23

"clean up" the vast stretch of noun.
tains, plains and deserts between
Omaha and Salt Lake-but they did.
After his arrival in the West Canada
had been lumber salesman, mule
driver. freighter, surveyor, sheriff and
half a dozen other things.
And one day he was invited t O a
conference with the heads of the
Union Pacific railroad at Omaha:
When that conference ended the young
man had been instructed to put an
TEN. He was not hampered by any
instructions.
The Bandit Hunters.
That was the beginning Of the IA
NOUS bandit hunters" the organiza-
ton originated by Canada and used
by him in accomplishing the work that
he had been set to perform. The
bandit hunters" was a body of twelve
men. Every one was a gun fighter"
AS horsemen they had nc superiors in
the West. Cheyenne, Wyo, was
chosen as the headquarters. A spe-
cial train consisting of a sleeping car,
a baggage car fitted up with stalls
for their horses and another car used
as a dining car and telegraph a was
prepared for their use Arrangements
were SO complete that within fifteen
minutes after a call for help was re-
ceived at Cheyenne the special train
with the fighting men, their horses
and their telegraph operator could be
en- route to the scene Of the trouble
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-07-23
Mis.issippian a War Victim.

Louin.-GeOrge Burnett, who lives a
few miles west of here, has received
news that his son, Orion, went down
on one of the vessels which was sunk
by the Germans on the Atlantic. Orion
ran away from home about a month
ago and was on passage to England on
a stock vessel.