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The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1916-06-24
Imitation Gold,

By combining ninety-four parts Of
copper and six parts of antimony and
adding a small quantity of magnesium
carbonate to increase the weight, q
substitute for gold is produced. This
alloy, it is said, can be drawn. worked
and soldered much the same as gold
and it also takes and retains a gold
polish. 1t can be made for about %
cents a pound when it's constituents
can be bought at normal prices.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1916-06-24
Senate Bills.

The Senate passed tn" Williams bill
providing for a statewide compulsory
dipping OF cattle 10 eradicate Texas
fever.
The reciprocal insurance bill Great
ed something OF a furry in The Senate
before IT was defeated At the com
mittee hearing extracts from letters
were read in which members OF the
Senate were criticised for their action
when the bill was up two years ago.
Leon Smith referred to this criticism
and said il prejudiCed him against the
bul.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1916-06-24

That building operations in Shreve-
port continue brisk, is shown by the
monthly report OF City Building m
spector Strube Mcconnell for May.
This report shows that permits were
issued. representing activities at an
estimated cost of S124,277. over twice
as much as during the corresponding
month Of 1915, when the buildings cost
only s61,677
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1916-06-24

J. H. Warner OF Covington was
elected president of the St. Tammany
Parish Fair Association at a meeting
Of the directors. c. +. Schonberg was
elected vice president, n. II. Fitzsim-
mons. secretary and general manager,
and r. G. Davis, treasurer. October
26. 81 and % were selected as dates
for the holding Of the seventh annual
fair this fall.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1916-06-24

The Bank OF Baton Rouge, bidding
par with secured interest and pre-
MUM Of s5,626. was awarded tho
s125,OOO bond issue Of school district
No. 9. comprising the city OF Baton
Rouge and some outlying territory To
the south, over twenty-five compsu-
tors. The bank named itself as depos'
itorv and offered TO print the bonds
free
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1916-06-24

Without committing himself 10 a
final policy. Governor Pleasant sug
gested TO Mayor Grouchy and Com
missioners Garig and Ricaud that Ba-
ton Rouge get definite figures on the
cost of erecting a receiving station
outside of Che city limits, and that If
such station could he erected for
the purchase price of the penitentIary
grounds in Baton Rouge. that the
state would be willing to sell.
The mayor and two commissioners
called upon the governor and took on
with him the matter of carrying out
the terms of the Favrot act OF 1914,
under which the state agreed TO the
sale Of the penitentiary property TO
the city for $4,000. The governor
called into the conference Edward j.
Gay of the ways and means commit
tee. and T. G. Anderson, OF the house
pcnitentiary committee.
Governor Pleasant is said TO have
! expressed himself as in hearty sym.
/ pathv with the desire of the city 10
acquire the penltentlary property lOr
park purposes. but is reported 10 have
/ pointed out to the committee that the
! penitentiary system, with its present
enormous debt. did not have the funds
! TO make permanent improvements. He
suggested to the commissioner tnat
they get together with the prison au
. tboritieS get exact figures on the cost
of a modern sanitary receiving 80.
ton. and a small farm outside of the
CITY limits, and then submit the pro
position if the suggestion could nf
worked out. without expense to the
state. he would favor the exchange.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1916-06-24

Baton Rouge water is above re.
proach, according to report from DR..
Oscar Dowling, president of the State
Board OF Health. TO Mayor Grouchy
Samples of water we're collected by
the Board Of Health staff on a RECEIPT
visit of the health board car.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1916-06-24

Filing of suit by the Natchez Cham.
Der of Commerce with the Interstate
Commerce Commission against the
Louisiana Railroad Commission for
the correction of Louisiana rates
which are alleged to be discriminatory
to Natchez has plunged the Louisiana
Railroad Commission into a second
Shreveport rate case.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1916-06-24
Frequently Happens.

There's always room at the top"
SAID the man who speaks sagaciously.
fes' replied Broncho Bob; but the
trouble is that in a lot O. games the
pest cards is at the bottom OF the
pack."-Washington Star
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1916-06-24

During the month Of May, real es.
tate valued at s1OS,673 changed hands
in Calcasieu parish. The largest deal
recorded was for $4,000, and there
we're 113 transfers altogether. N Lake
Charles $50, 900 worth of property was
transferred. the average consideration
being Sl,2l0.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1916-06-24
Reclining Good for ploestloh

According to a French scientist, d.
gestion proceeds more swiftly when
persons are recumbent than when
erect because in the process Of evo-
luton the stomach has not advanced
as rapidly as other organs.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1916-06-24

A number of Stonewall citizens,
merchants. dairymen and planters
have sent a petition to Governor p,
G. Pleasant, requesting him to reap
point ur. Oscar Dowlirg a. state
health officer.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1916-06-24

The Many police jurors OF Sabine
parish have been in session during tha
last three days. 1t was voted to bum
a courthouse to cost $4,000, work to
begin Just as soon as possible.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1916-06-24
Mean Question.

osst ~ kissed by him)-"How
Papa said be would kill
uAn who kissed me-" He
Ia n'eSung. And did he do it,
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1916-06-24

Directors Of the American Cities
Company at a meeting at New Orleans
declared a dividend Of l ID per cent
on its s2O,5OO.OOO preferred stock, from
earnings for the last six months. This
was Just half the regular dividend.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1916-06-24
Trees Benefited by SappInu.

India rubber trees which are tapped
every other day continue to yield sap
for more than twenty years, and the
Oldest and most frequently tapped
trees produce the richest sap.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1916-06-24
Was Eve Happy7

Happy. Who is happy? Was there
not serpent in Paradise itself? And
If Eve had been perfectly happy be-
forehand, would she have listened to
the tempter?-Thackeray.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1916-06-24


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valuable RIno.

s,,. 'rothy was showing a little
ner birthday presents.
,s,'d us sa'd. holding up a pin set
M. .a.ss'Hne, y is a present from
H. " ms a genuine grindstone
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1916-06-24

The registration at the Normal School
at NatchILoches to date is 1868. about
100 more than at the corresponding
time last year.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1916-06-24
A Game of Bluff.

Some officials here have been in
clined TO look upon the Carranza note
and many of his other more or less
hostile actions as attempts 10 placate
the radical anti-American elements in
Mexico, without actually bringing on
hositilities with the United States.
They declare the Mexican government
has gone TO the limit each time, but
always fallen just short OF the word
or act that would have made a clash
certain. These officials believe Car
rama is playing game of bluff and
that much as he may hate Villa, the
direct cause of the present situation,
he dare not attempt to capture the
bandit and turn him over to the
United States for punishment, because
he fears TO make a national hero and
martyr of his former ally against HUI
erta. In this connection it was learn
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1916-09-27
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
Several Tracts OF Land and Town Lots
Have Changed Hands Recently.

b. NJ. Wolff, real estate agent. re-
ports considerable activity in real cS-
tate during the past several weeks
Vacant houses, he says, arc scarce iii
the city and there is much demand for
them. The following sales are reported
by him as having been made recently:
Two hundred and thirty four acres,
six miles Southwest Of Laurcns, lands
of Col. II. ID. Darlington, OF Charles
ton, S. c., to Dr. r. H. RrySon. OF
BrySonS: three hundred and fifty acres.
live miles West Of I.aurcnS. lands OF
Mrs. Eloisc Shell OF Laurcns. TO Mr..
Geo II. Bolt; Forty acres, five miles
Sonth Of l.aurcns. lands of Mr.. Alec
Eram!2tt to ~. \. NJ. Mayer Of New
Try County; one lot on Church 81.
property Of Mrs. Grace G. Divvcr. Of
Massachusetts, to Mn llancc Crows
o. l.DIrtNs
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1916-09-27

y recent issue OF The Nashville
Crcnn.,) Banner, carried very COM
plimcntary notice Of Mrs. Cora c. lu-
cas-, Of This city, who was recently ap-
pointed chairman music of the South
Carolina Federation Of Womcn'S Clubs.
The notice was an extended one. in
Guiding a par; Of Mrs. Lucas COM
mcnts ON the meeting of The General
Federation Of Womcn'S Clubs which
she attended in New York. The ioi
lowing is an extract from the article
appearing in The Nashville Banner:
Mrs. Cora Cox Lucas OF I.aurons, S.
c., has just been appointed chairman
Of music OF the South Carolina Fedora
ton of Womcn's Clubs
Mrs. Lucas, who is a native Of this
state, and who lived in Nashville for
some years, spends much time in Ten
ncsSec with her sister, Mrs. John \.
EpDerson, Of Algood, and also in this
city, and her brilliant gifts as q nian-
list have frequently controlled to t,c
club programs OF this section.
Last June she came to MorriStOwn
to play for the meetings Of the Ten
ncSScc Womans Press and Authors
Club, OF which Mrs, EpnCrson was the
retiring president, and she Will come
TO Tennessee This fall for n more cX-
tended visit here and in Algood
Club Experience.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1916-09-27

Percy W. Moore, county farm dom
onstrator, accompanied by j. Wells
fodd, spent Tuesday at Hodges, maxi
ing the visit for the purpose OF taking
look at Bob Hodges fine crop OF
cotton, Mr.. Moore stated Wednesday
that 1T was the opinion Of five county
farm demonstrators, two district farm
agents and the State assistant agent,
that Mr.. Hodges had the best crop OF
cotton, eighty-flvc acres to he found
anywhere in the upper part OF the
state. Mr.. Hodges is the pioneer Grim
son clover farmer in this section of the
Picdh1ont country Hence fine land.
fine ciops.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1916-09-27
CHARGES INFANTICIDE.
Negro Woman at Clinton CHARGED Wi,N
AtrociouS Crime. Alleged rhn, she
Poisoned her own Child.

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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1916-09-27
GRATIFYING REPORT.
Report OF First Baptist Church Shows
Gratifying Progress During the Past
Yclr.

At the regular morning service at
the First Baptist church Sunday morn
ing, Mr.. c. b. Bobo, treasurer, read the
report for the fiscal year, which show
cd very gratifying financial condi-
ton. The total receipts for The year
were over $4,000 The following is
a part of the report:
Pastors salary 1882. %, state Mis-
sions $4,000, Homo Missions $GG9. so,
Foreign Missions 100000, Judson Cen
tennial $35.G0, Orphanagc $4,000, Bap-
tist Hospital Sl9.S5, Aged Ministers
$500, Ministerial Education $75.O0.
Seminary Student Fund $500, Train
ing School $4,000, Sunday school cx-
pense $l3l.S3, Building $25J6.ll, Local
church expenses $7GlO0, Visiting Min
listers $205,00, Minutes 800, Other OBJ
iccts $79d2, Total $9,292.13
Total membership at last asS0cia-
ton was 36i, increase by baptism ~,
increase by letter %. increase by res
toration !, decrease by letter 10, de
crease by exclusion decrease BY cvaa-
urc 2, decrease BY death 3.
Resident membership 33l
Non resident membership 5S.
Total present membership $50.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1916-09-27
TO HAVE HEALTH MEETING.
Dr. IIaync Invited to Address Meeting
to be Held In the Graded School
Thursday Evening.


Thursday Evening.
DR.. j. A. Hayne has been invited to
address meeting of men and women
in the school house Thursday evening
for the purpose Of considering health
preservation problems in the county.
Dr. f. NJ. ltouth, who has been in the
county several months making a study
o. sanitary conditions and giving di-
rcctions on how to improve the condi-
tions, has been instrumental in hav-
ing this meeting called and Il large at
tendance is expected by him. lie is
very desir0us Of having large audi
cncc hear DR.. Hayne, because at Il
very early date the advisability Of hir-
ing full time health officer for the
county will very likely be brought up
for discussion.
The meeting will be called at s
o'clock. The public OF the entire com
ty IS invited to attend.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1916-09-27
Death From Wcll Gas.

Henry Williams, colorcd was ovea:
come ny "cl'"Ga" while attempting. 70
clean ont Well on thc Wharton e.
'aie' hoaf "alot'oo, last Wednesday,
ana died before assistance could 81,
FendorcdNIlr 3o dcecoGaa .nto the
well before i.l@t ryamhna it and was
overcome before nc COMA giyc an.
sianaIs 10 hiy n@''.ars IN j0e sur.
face His clpdi}.eix~as only discov~
cred after he failed tp answer calls sens
20 him by his a@,iH'onIa. Several at
tempts were 'nahc 70 rescue him, but
no one was ah'c to cac' him on ac-
count of the gas Hi ody was final.
~ gotten ont by means of grab hooks,
but al efforts to roViyc him were in
vain
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1916-09-27
TO HOLD COUNTY FAIR
FRIDAY, OCT. 10Th
W. ID. Byrd lSe-eieCted Pres.
Sdent
w. {. WHARTON
GEN. MANAGER


Enthusiastic Meeting Held i'm the Cosrs
House Monday Morning When Plans
We're Set on Foot to Hold the Fair
Again This Year. Much Interest Tx.
pcctcd.
At The called meeting Of citizcns sr.
,oros,o, =, u,o ro
'' ~ =
"l" ai''ouS'F aecihcd 10 hold inc lM1
&&ain this year and Friday, Octo0cc
2Oth. was selected .. tho day on when
4, crouIa no ho,1 ~ = pr,
n ''' "'''0'
''"" "''' ~" pr"'o"'' ''' y. l> A'NeS
WAS reelected vice president, C. 3.
rowcr was re-olcctcd secretary and
.,ro8surr, o,d w c,n Nho,to, 4.
,v....,,,, ,..,
y - H"N0''" ~ . - W. Na''" N"2
Said mat other ardHon@ duties nrc-
vented him from taking ;ho active paI5
in the fair that the duties would ,ar
upon him.
The old officers Of the associations
only consented to scryc again after
,ncy were assured ,nat much worn
heretofore left to them would be done
~ the committeeman. II was the con-
scnsus of opinion that the olA>crs o.
L., association had bornc tOo LARGO
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1916-09-27

nor, some of you didn't say or believe
that Mr.. Cooper was cheated out Of the
second race by the same political ma
chinery which | refused on the 18th,
inst, to vote with. | might be mis-
taken, but am almost positively sure,
that some Of the same men, who arc
today criticising me for following the
dictates OF an honest conscience. ac-
cused the same political machinery
two years ago, Of stealing second place
IN the Governors race from Mr.. Coon
er l seriously doubt and venture TO
assert, that you did not have an in
finitessimal part of the evidence | had
TO base your belief on, yet we reached
the same honest opinion, and now | am
charitable enough and was then to-
"ardS YOU, to say, that | believe YOU
were honest in your convictions. Then
again did not the State Executive Com
Mite in 1912, when the returns show
cd tilt Mr.. Jones had been defeated
by MI. Blcasc, hold up the nomination
Tor SIX or seven weeks in order tina;
evidences OF fraud Of the same nature
exposed by me on the l9th inst, mipht
be investigated? have been reliably
informed that some of those who arc
condenning me loudest now, scnt az
idaVltS alleging fraud TO This Commit
Tee. II You Will search the records,
you Will Ind that Mr.. Manning, a mcm-
Dcr OF the Committee in 1912. intro
duced resolution in The Committee
calling for the appointment OF sub
committee consisting OF seven men. bcrs
10 make a thorough probe Of the fraud
charges An investigation Of the same
records will show that the charges
were based on the same character of
evidence as introduced in the last
Committee meeting. The same records
VIII show that members Of 1911 Exec
utiVe Committee, made it very plain,
that the nominations for Governor and
other State officers would not be de-
clared, until the Committee, after n
thorough investigation, was able TO
write the words clean and fair
across ,the nomination. (For your
convenience cite you to issues of The
Laurens Advertiser under dates of An
gust, September and October, 1929
Now, what did you men, who, arc
today criticising mo for s,v;,y b,ot
the election should be conducted in
such manner that tbo.o doro,,od
would be compelled to say Eve arc de-
fcatcd but it has bccn fairly ana b,n-
cstly done" say and think ro,r vo,r.
ago? What did YOU sav and think ,wo
years ago when Mr. Coopcr roilcd hv
only few votes of getting in tho soc
ond race?
IF Nr N,r,i, H.,
resolution IN lo,, 10 h,,o
mittnn onnoin,od 80 ir,o,;,
charges of rraud wos rioht ar
lcyo he wos ia, g. ,hnno .n,,,,
wronu in nv ,.,;o ,, ,o,n
mot going nc fo, 40 Nr ,Io.;
simnlv c,I,ol oto,,i,
fraud holicvc oon,,ouor 80,
thorougb onoIveie or ,o,r on,,a:a,so,
win proyc thot If 10 nj ,,,ot I'll,
want fair oloc,;or -. 49, al
fault win mo for trv;,o 70 nroo,,
fair election INF thot vo, ~
indiccd against Mr. nlc,eo ~, 10,
allow thot nrnindico - h,i,, ,n,,
Icad you in no ,,r,, u,ho
fairness Is hcing eonoh, j., b;., in,oro.,
some NAV think ,b,t ~ onuon.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1916-12-16
CALAMITY.

The word "calamityn is poor,
silly little noun these days It's
lost both its pep and its punch.
Statesmen, politicians, iinanciers,
historians, preachers, lawyers, and
what not, have applied it rs de
scriptive of innumerable things
that were going to happen but
didn't. We have come now to
the stage where we exclaim "Cala
NIFTY when we open an express
alve egg. Mother sIghs "OaIami
typ when Little Willie skids on
his Sunday pants. It's a calamity
when baby has the collie or pussy
swallows the canary.
Poor old x. Lamityl He used to
swell round in Kansas once, but
they threw him out Wall Street
fed him a forced diet, then tossed
him off the top of the Woolworth
Building He's now sad, de
crepit shadow of his oncew asnesa
His only pals are Shocking. Horn
BILE and Awful, and you'l find
them these days tending the fur
mace III some remote girls semi
nary.
On the other hand Truth, Love
and Happiness are "a fresh, vlrlIe
and enchanting "a they were ten
thousand years ago.
Perhaps, few centuries hence,
we shall learn to practice the wis
dom of the Hindus, which ie to
Danish Calamity from our thoughts
and speech and thereby bring
about the extinction of inDumera-
BILE woes. The Country Gentle
man.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1916-12-16

The w q w entertainment,
gwen at the Elks Theatre on the
18th instant was not u financial
success. A Street Fair aggrega-
tion held forth on the adjoining
bt aud the PastiDe Theatre with
motion pictures were competitors
for public favor The weather
was rather cold to be pleasurable
and the people did not crowd each
other. The Pictures however
gave the public an insight into
the "mysteries" of the initiation Of
a candidate. The drill of the de-
gree team was faultless- the only
thing withheld was the language
of the ritual. The WoOdmen es.
peciaily missed treat, if any of
them missed the performance.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1916-12-16
NEW IBERIA OIL FIELD.
A view of Some Of the Inter
estlng Features and Do
ings Of the week

/ Last Sunday quite a number OF
visitors went TO the Petit Bayou
oil field to Witness the progress OF
he work going on there. The
number from This city was great
IN fact the visitors were every
where, All over the grounds. in
and out of the way Of The work
men, 80 constantly that the man
! agement decided 10 rope off zone
FOR the wotkmen and from which
visitors must keep out Snck a
course is for the safety Of both the
drillers and the visitors.
|, The site for the we'll of the Gulf
Refining Co, Of Texas, is located
on the east bank of the Petit Ba
you, and that of the New Iberia
Oil Go ia located on the west
bank Both derrIcks were nj on
last Sunday, The Gulf Refining
Co. raised steam that day and
tested the various parts of their
! apparatus to make sure that ev
erythng was in prime condition
aud property mounted before a
start at drilling should be at
tempted We gather that the
tests were entirely satisfactory TO
The officials III charge aud that the
well would be started
Ihe drilling Of this well will be
prosecuted with great delibera-
ton. A very careful log will DO
kept Of the well and test of the
strata will be made ~ the work
nrogI psses. ! he idea is to skip
nothing Of value by undue haste
to get TO the limit of the means at
baud. IT no "strike" ia made
sooner, he well will be drilled 10
depth of 5000 feet. The surface
indications are favorable. however,
to the opinion that q s'strike" will
be made before the bottom limit
viii have been reached
The accepted route TO the oil
field leads across the Teche at Oil
vier station; thence down The
bank of the leehe, on the ridge.
to point about opposite Edgar
station Oh the inteTurban trolley
line: thence eastward to Petit Ba
you. At that point o new bridge
has been built for crossing the lat
ter stream This crossing brings
one TO the site of The Cult Rein
ing Co.'S well BY following down
the bank of the Petit Bayou.
without crossing 1t, one reaches
the site Of the New Iberia Oil Co.'S
well
This latter company expected to
have everything in readiness to
make "a start on their well before
the end of this week They will
drill 70 depth of 5000 feet at
this location, if not sooner arrest
ed by strike, before moving to
a new site. The two wells are
within easy hail of each other.
The land in the vicinity of
these wells ia very low, even for
dry weather. Thursdays rain
and yesterdays cold must have
considerably interfered with the
comfort and convenience Of the
workmen, and the meeting of ex
pected results in the opening
week of drilling operations. The
Gulf people are well equipped,
however, to meet almost any pos
sible contingency that ia liable to
happen. 1t is estimated that
their drillisg outfit cost not less
than $4,000 Their derrick, the
latter OF the two, is 80 feet high,
and may be seen from within the
city limits, east side.