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The Monte Vista journal., 1916-07-22

'Insurgents' who revolted against Cannonism in
1910 asked to restore Cannonsm in 1916 the
price united action against the Democrats who have
carried the very reforms for which the insurgents
fought.
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1916-07-27

for persuasion. command for convic
had as well pass the sacrament, pl'
and policemen bury the dead, for v
1t is as dastardly a crime agail
take to deliver the votes Of his pa.
ward heller to deliver a block Of V
to be prosecuted, for the law should
1t is as Objectionable for a conv
law to control the votes of church 1
of manufacturers to issue orders Il
candidate. Such conduct Ia offensive
against society ANY convention, '
rich or poor, white or black. that g.
science ought to be broken up by
treason.
A crime by any other name is
rope cannot sanctify treason, auth
license to become a political rfngst
give q permit to tell US how to vot
sacrifice his citizenship, forfeit his G
duty to the state. The earth many
Of our forefathers fighting to throw [
and the suggestion of a return to tn,
and their torture should not be tolet
Laws should be passed prohit
preachers, from delivering Or after
congregation to any candidate for I
passed preserving the sanctity Of d
as much a menace to church and ST
as for a minister to preach a polit
preach his Politics from the pulpit
to his pupils. A preacher cannot III
any more than he can make profa.
Of the ironies of fate that q preach
glory to civilization.
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1916-07-27
SUCCESSION OF
William Ii. Leslie
18th ID. q. No.

Notice is hereby given tina
Mrs. Hary Glenn Prothro has thi.
day filed her application IN m,
office to be appointed administers
trix of the succession of w. II
Leslie. All persons interested ar,
notified TO show cause within tel
days from this date why the sam,
should nj he granted.
Thus done and signed this july
IS, 1916.
d. j. HYAMs.
lis 3t Clerk 18th ID. G. La.
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Succession Of [. A. Davis.

Arthur Watson, Executor of
he Succession OF L.. A. DAVIS
having tilei in my office his final
account of Administration, all
parties interested are hereby
notified to file any opposition the,
may have within ten DAYS from
his date, Why SaHl. should not b
homolgated.
Done and sigfip'l this July 18th
1916
ID. J.. HYAMS,
7-2o Clerk 18th DIST. Court.
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1916-07-27

~~ . AANo S%SAA "a 4 &hAA
re. When the church substitutes force
ion and coercion FOR reason, the sheriff
in-clothes men take charge of the altar
ny a church?
IT government for @ minister to under
,shtoners to a candidate, as it is for a
teS 20 I political boss. and both Of sht
pa no respecter of persons.
n.ion Of ministers to seek by canonic3
er1bers as 1t would be for a conventit
% their employees to vote for q certal
ia decency, business morals and q Grim
h3ther composed OF saints or sinner
3kg to prostitute power and coerce cor
he police and its leaders arrested IL
crime just the same. An ecclesiastic'
~ to preach does not carry with
Or the right to eeach ua how to Qca.
No man in Joining the church shoui
titutional liberties OF subordinate ii
ines ha" been drenched with the blot
" he ecclesiastical yoke from the stat
sc medieval conditions with their horro5
te for a moment.
/ g any preacher, or combination of.
ping to deliver their membership q
i.s, and suitable Legislation should b
; lulpit from political vandalism. It
Is for a politician to occupv the pul,
cal sermon. He has no mere RICH.
Il / a teacher has to teach his po;iri
p political trickery righteous by "
respectable by practice. II is o..
r nay become a scandal as well az 1
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1916-07-27

arouIar meetings on 1st and 3r
Wednesdays, at 1870 P VI.
Hiram Cnanter No. 40. r A. v
Regular meetings End Monday.
at $50 P. NJ.
age Council No. IS. r. q S. NJ
Regular meetings 3rd Monday.
at 1880 P, nj.
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1916-07-27
Valuation on Property
Signature of Voter -.

NOTICE TO VOTERS: To vote i
favor of the said proposition place
o (X) mark in the square below tn
word YES; and to vote against it
place q similar mark in the squar
below the word mo-.
Sec. 8. That the Secretary of til
Police Jury is hereby instructed to hav
prepared for use at said special cleo
ion all the necessary ballot boxes
cally sheets, list of voters, assesse
valuation of property. and complief
statement of voters in number anG
amount.
The following Commissioners of said
election are hereby appointed.
For precinct No. /, Polling place
Court House-B. X. Boydston, Joe
Inter and j. FL. Keyser, Clerk of sale.
election, Frank Raggio.
lace Court House, Paul Keyser, R. j..
Phillips, and j. H. Stephens; Clerk of
election, Walter Aymond.
In Ward Six, polling place Robeline,
precinct No. 1-Commissioners, r. M.
Vim, Joseph Welsh, and Luther
Page; Clerk Of said election, Charles
4arborOugh.
In Ward 5, polling place. MarthaviIle,
1recinct No. commissioners, j. w
zeal, Al. j. Fox, and Z. E. prothro
Jerk of said election, E i Campbell
Precinct No. |. polling place Beulai
Commissioners, r. r. Knott, /. VI
Aallette and VI T. Olive; Clerk Of sal,
election, G. w. Knott.
Precinct No. 5. Polling place Aiax-
commissioners, Mack Thompson. Kerr
Slaakenship, and Q. ]. Bird Clerk Of
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1916-07-27
OUR PUBLIC FORUM
Peter RadfOrd
On Church and State

The recent action Of one of the l~--.ng churches of
this nation, in annual convention, demanding that the
laymen vote only for candidates for ofhce whose views
coincide with those of the clergy on one of the leading
political issues, and direct and Indirect efforts of other
church organizations to interfere with the freedom of
the ballot. make one OF the greatest perils of this age, and
present a problem that should receive thoughtful con-
sideration of both Iaymen and citizens
Sucking babes may well squirm in their cradles
when ministers in convention assembled release the
hearts of men and grab them by the throat, for Chris
rianity has broken down, religion has become a farce and
the nulpit a failure. When the church substitutes force
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1916-07-27
BALLOT.

Dp6CldI 6lGCLlO1 III HOdQ LIS
trict No. 10 of the Parish of
Natchitoches, held in accor-
dance with an ordinance of
the Police Jury of the Parish
of Natchitoches, adopted on
the Bird day of July 1916.
Proposition-To incur debt
and issue bonds to the amount
of Two Hundred and Fifty
Thousand Dollars to run for
Twenty years from date and
to bear interest at the rate of
5 per cent per annum payable
annually for the purpose of
constructing and maintaining
a gravel road from the divid-
ing line between the Parishes
of Natchitoches and Sabine,
thence to the Village of
Marthaville thence to the
Village of Robeline, thence
to the City of Natchi-
toches, thence to Grand
Ecore, on Red River, thence
in a southerly direction
through Ward Four via Clar-
ence to the mouth of the
Saline Bayou, the dividing
line between the Parish of
Natchitoches and the Parish
If VIM, and for the con.
struction and-maintainence of
a gravel road from the City
IF Natchitoches to the Village
of Powhatan in Ward Three,
thence to the Village of Allen
in Ward Five.
All in conformity to an
ordinance creating Road Dis
r-ict No. 10 Of the Parish of
Natchitoches adopted by the
Police Jury of the Parish of
Natchitoches on the 3rd day
Of July 1916.
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1916-07-27
A Gard to Owners
of Rural Telephone Lines

We are anxious to see that all lines owned by
other parties and connected with us are kept in such
condition as to furnish efficient service. Where the
owners of rural lines are responsible for their upkeep,
we want to cooperate with them.
ALI lines require a thorough overeauling occa-
sionalIy if the best service is to be obtained. We
recommend that every line connected with us be
overhauled at least once a year, and that at least one
experienced telephone man assist in this work. The
cost of this work when divided among all the patrons
of the line, makes the amount paid by each man
small, and this cost will be more than offset by the
improved service.
If the owners of rural telephone lines in this sec
ton are experiencing trouble with their service, we
will appreciate their talking the matter over with our
Manager or writing us fully. We will gladly do
what we can toward helping you improve the con-
dition of your line.
CUMBERLAND TELEPHONE AAA
& TELEGRAPH COMPANY O.
INcoRPoRATEp &&srEW
BOY 21A LOUISIANA
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1916-07-27

You can easily afford it. In fact.
you cannot afford not to. Out on
the streets all day long. you re con-
stantlyexposedto thousandforms
of accident. Make life pretty
comfy if something happened to
you and one of the boys brought
you a check as regularly as you
bring mine to me.
A word, and the ETNA Agent
will tell you w to connectup with
absolute protection. My Agent 10
LOCAL AaENT
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1916-07-27

LEY ;NEY psEyS
tea aHKUAAEss@ SiosEY5AMo WlADpgT
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1916-04-13

every Place OF conceaIment, came on.
Their hurry, however, was too great,
and the very place where they should
have looked, they passed. Even be-
fore they were we'll out of the way,
Spike had released his feet and gain
ing the track was running at full
speed back to where Helen was wait
ine beside the Special with her friends.
These latter saw a bareheaded man
dashing down the track, waving his
arms.
They've got Storm" exclaimed
Spike. They carried him off first, to
throw him into an ore car. They
meant to throw us both in. If they've
thrown George into one of those cars,
the minute it's loaded, he'll be killed."
Helen blanched. To threaten Storms
life was to touch her heart. 1--WE must
get aboard she cried to those about
her, "and run the train up to the mine
without losing a minute. Hurry" she
cried, Everybody"
Rh1nelander hastened tie excited
guests into the cars, signaled the con-
ductor and the Special, swiftly gather
ing speed, started to catch the freight
train at the mine.
In the gondola into which he had
been flung, Storm, pounded and
shaken over the rough rail Joints,
gradually recovered consciousness.
He knew he was in no danger until
he should reach the mine, not even
then, if he were only able to cry out.
But struggle as he would, he could not
release his hands and feet nor the
geg that half choked him. Every
movement Of the train was so familiar
to him that it added to the horror of
his situation.
He was hoping it might stop before
it should reach the deadly chute, for it
was this that constituted his peril.
Revolving rapidly in his mind the
features of his situation, he felt the
car rolling slowly and monotonously
on until it seemed as If the train must
have traversed twice the length of the
switch-the track of which he was IA
miliar with-and the farther he was
pulled, the worse his predicament
looked
The car rolled slower and slower
He knew we'll what the engineer was
doing: pulling ahead to spot the last
gondola under the chute. Storm saw,
as the condemned man sees the blade
OF the guillotine poised above him,
the chute itself come into sight. The
next moment his own gondola drew
under it and stopped.
Helen, on the Special, had taken her
place in the cab where she could urge
the engineer to every burst of speed
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1916-04-13
SYNOPSIS.

,;,tts Helen Holmes, daughter of Gen.
e. en- imminent danger on SCENIC rail-
1Ioi3' Nv George Storm. newsboy. Grown
to' ',,,,nss NomanhoOd, Helen saves Storm.
-. - - tlTe12an, her father, and his friends,
W. H,S Rhinelander, financier, and Robert
t tarT,,r promoter, from threatened
oe'it SafebreaHers employed by Sea-
go Stpal General Holmes survey plans
g +ta cut off line for the Tidewater. ia
% tau Wv wound the general and escape. Her
tt "tiS estate badly involved by his
Iaa+h Helen goes to work on the Tide
- Helen RECEIVERS the survey plans
tron Seasrue, and though they are taken
tron1 ne tinds an accidentally made proof
~ ~ OH me survey blueprint. Storm is en-
Uin,sed by Rhinelander. Spike, befriended
~ Helen. in his turn saves her and the
rirht-of-way contracts when Seagrue kid
nsns her. Helen and Storm win for Rhine
lander 8 race against Seagrue for right
nf-way Helen, Storm and Rhinelander
rescue Spike from Seagrue's men. Spike
ettals records to protect Rhinelander, and
storm and Helen save Spike from death
N the burning courthouse. Vein in
s,nerstition mine pinches out. Seagrue
salts il and sells it to Rhinelander. The
mine mine is relocated. Rhinelander gives Hell
en- and George each one-third of the
superstition mine stock: Seagrue's scheme
~ prevent payment for the mine is
snoiIed Helen, restored to home and So
cfal position. saves her departing guests
from threatened collision by 2 wild ride
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1916-04-13

leverman, too late for him to avert the
disaster, il one were impending from
his action-the chute was coming
down. But at the instant the monster
NAV was opened and tons of heavy
quartz shot into the gondo1a, Helen.
outside the car, turned the dumping
key and Storm dropped through the
opened car bottom under the trestle.
The ore at the same moment was pour
ing in at the top.
When the young engineer returned
to consciousness, Helen was raining
tears and kisses on his upturned face.
He lay under the trestle, freed from
the cords that had so nearly caused
his death, mine men and the guests
of the day crowding around. He stag
gered to his feet and greeted his de-
liverer.
''They had Spike, too" he said,
speaking rapidly to Helen. 1--WE must
find him before he is smothered"
There was no need for her to an
swer. Spike spoke for himself. And
what want to do" he said with heat,
when he had told Storm the story,
lis to get that Special back to the
| bridge and get after the guy that
roped me-"
The neighborhood was secured for a
sign of their assailants. They found
where the taxicab had stood in which
Seagrue's pair had come up. But the
two had long ago made their escape
and were running back to town to re-
port to their employer.
Fastening up the stairs, looking
guiltily over their shoulders as if fear
full Of immediate apprehension for
their crime, Ward and Adams burst
into Seagrue's room.
Seagrue was in waiting. I'VE got
Storm" Ward began.
Good" cried Seagrue.
Spike got away!"
Seagrue struck his fist into his open
hand. 81 wanted that fellow worse
than the other" he muttered between
his teeth. For another moment he
stood deep in thought. Then he turned
savagely on Ward. eff Spike escaped.
he will be at Helen's home. We will
get him there" Ward nodded as cool
ly as if further crime we're a mere
detail. ''I'm going up there tonight, :"
| continued Seagrue, land must change
for the evening now. Adams has two
guns. Stop! There they are, on the
table,"
Seagrue, a little later, came in
dressed His tools had made their
preparations and were dismissed with
the Injunction to eat their dinners be-
fore the murder was committed.
When the special, on it's return,
! reached Signal, those aboard were SO
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1916-04-13

his machine was capable of. Zone
minute" she reminded him pathet1cal-
ly and more than once, may mean
life very dear to me. Do the very best
you can, won't your" she pleaded.
Tense and collected under the
strain, Helen, staring through the open
cab window, had only eyes for the ore
cars, which in another moment she
saw stood. in on the switch with the
last gondola spotted for loading under
the chute.
+. What car had Storm been thrown
into? The question racked her nerves
and clutched at her heart
With Storm still struggling on the
car floor, the foreman of the ore plant,
taking a fresh chew of tobacco, sig
nailed: "Ore on" A man below threw
the lever and the jagged quartz rock
tumbled with roar into the chute.
Storm, working to free himself, had
heard the foreman's order, heard the
deadly rush of the falling rock. 1t was
onlv as the great chute-the one which
he. himself, had helped to install and
which worked with such fatal ehclen-
cy-SlOWly deScenueu tndL Ho SoVo Wy
hope.
A cry outside, a woman's voice, hard
1v roused him from his stupor. But the
NEXT moment he felt great shock. 1t
seemed as if he were launched precipi-
lately into space; the world was fall
ing around him. Overhead, a mighty
roar crashed on his hearing-con-
seriousness left him.
What had happened was that Helen
leaning from the gangway of the en-
zine almost before the Special, its
wheels ground by the brakes, fully
stopped, had run swiftly up the switch
track beside the gondola in which
Storm lay. She had no means OF
knowing whether this car contained
her lover. It was too late to signal the
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1916-04-13

happy over the fortunate outcome OF
the day that the evening festivities
at Helen's home were looked forward
to with pleasurable excitement. 1t
was an open secret among her friends
that this occasion was to signalize the
public announcement of her engage
ment to George Storm.
The evening assemblage was bril-
liant. Not alone with the guests of
the day but a second special had come
from the city bringing another car of
friends and a procession of motor cars
brought to the door guests from the
neighboring estates.
In the house, Helen, radiant in eve
ming attire, was descending the stairs.
Storm waited at the foot to meet her
and after receiving her guests she left
the scene for few moments with her
lover The last among the laggards
seemed to have arrived when a big
limousine, turning in from che high
way, was driven rapidly through the
grounds and stopped in front of
Helen's door. The car contained three
men-Seagrue, Ward and Adams.
"Wait in the garden" was Seagrue's
command to his companions. II will
go in, look the field over and report in
a few minutes"
When Seagrue crossed Helen's
threshold that night, strange feeling
came over him. An Oceanside lady, an
old acquaintance, was the first to ex-
tend greetings. She noticed the strained
expression of his face and the ravages
made on it by his recent dissipation.
She was, indeed, shocked. II haven't
seen you for an age" she declared.
"And you're not looking a bit well,
either, can tell you. What's the mat.
teri" she demanded. A shudder
seemed to pass over him as she spoke.
"Are you ill.," she asked with wide
open eyes.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1916-04-13
Helen Holmes to Drive Last Spike.

At noon today Helen Holmes,
daughter of the late General Holmes,
assisted by Superintendent A. Rhine
lander and Construction Engineer
George Storm will drive the spike that
marks the completion Of the Super
stiton cutoff.
Seagrue read with anger. To his
disordered mind, now victimiZed by
drink, it seemed as if the celebration
were intended to signalize his own
defeat.
In furious mood, he struck the
bell to summon Adams, his servant.
When the latter appeared his master
said CURLY: Bring Ward here at
once" and turned to the decanter that
had latterly become his most intimate
resource.
The moment Ward came in with Ad-
ans, Seagrue picked up the newspa-
per. Look at that" he said, without
preliminary words. Ward read the
headlines hastily. "You see what
going on exclaimed Seagrue, labor
ing apparently under excitement. Il
want you to get busy"
He spoke the last words in a tone
that left no doubt of his meaning.
And Ward, old in ways Of intrigue
and crime, looked at him so under
standingly that Seagrue had hardly
need to add what he did: "This Is my
last chance" he muttered, viciously.
i want them both. Get them. I'll
make you rich"
Ward was quick to assent. He was
quick TO act, and after comforting hur-
rledly on details Seagrue started the
TWO men out. In the street, Ward
and Adams boarded a taxicab, gave
tnelr orders to the driver and were
Whirled rapidly out on the desert.
At the cutoff, the roadmasters and
ofncials Of the operating department
OF the Tidewater line we're in waiting
Ior the special When it reached the
scene salute, arranged by an in
gen1ous railroad man with dynamite,
was fired from an adjoining hill.
But from a second hill, across from
where the improvised salute had nois-
ny greeted the gay special, two men
looked with unfriendly eyes down on
me interesting ceremony. A golden
spike had been provided for Helen.
ana the senior 7uadmaster, acting as
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1916-04-13
Fifteenth INSTALLMENT
DRIVING THE LAST SPIKE

It was a week later that there were
social activities again in Helen's
home. Rhinelander had come down
from the mountains with Storm to
announce to Helen the completion of
the Superstition cutoff, the cause of so
much enmity and bitterness between
the rival roads that had striven to
achieve it's successful building.
Helen was making ready, when they
arrived, to join her two friends, and
all returned to the station to take
the special train that was to carry
them with a party up the line to cele-
brate the driving of the last spike
q responsibility that Rhinelander had
assigned, over all her protests, to
Helen herself.
The train, gayly decorated, pulled
in early and the party-railroad men,
cOnstructionists and personal friends
of the builders-getting out on the
platform at Signal, gave it for mo-
ment an air of social gayety. The
stop was made only long enough to
exchange greetings, and the party, en-
larged by the Signal contingent, again
boarded the train to continue the jour-
ney to the cutoff.
The morning newspapers at Ocean
side had contained articles descriptive
of the prospective celebration, and it
was in one of these that a headline
fell under Seagrue's eye as he sat in
his living room reading his paper.
CUTOFF TO SUPERSTITION MINE
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Personals Miss Edna Hurloek. of
Philadelphia, spent last week with
friends and relatives near town.
Mrs. Neva Hopes and son Walker.
motored from Mt. Cuba, DEL. to spend
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. James r.
Pryor. Miss Lena Banning has re-
turned home from few days visit to
Dover friends. Miss Helen Alien and
Mr.. Earl West, spent the weekend in
Hartly. Miss Edith Martin is visit.
ing relatives at Selin Grove. Pa
Miss Laurence Downing, of New York
City, is visiting her parents Mr.. and
Mrs. 7. w. Downing. Miss Edith
Hawkins, Of Wilmington. is visiting
Mr.. and Mrs. Julius Hawkins. Miss
Catherine Midlam is visiting friends.
in Wilmington. Mrs. David Simpler
and daughter are visiting her parents
Mr.. and Mrs. John L. Graham. Miss
Virginia Jones has returned from a
visit to Dover. Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
Wright, have returned from a trip TO