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New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1916-09-09
ONE CENT LETTER RATE.

efficiency in the post Office de
partmcnt with a proper read Just
mcnt of rates will permit the gov
eminent to inallg,ratc n ono cent
rate within the next year. accord
ing to Postmaster General AIbcr,
:. Rurleson.
30 emphatic statement mad,
by postmaster general before the
National Association Of the TINT.
'tatcs ut their July 1916 Con.
vontIon. indicates that the I'M
ppttant reform is much nearr
rca lzatlon than most people be
llcve and that next winter will
see radical steps taken toward
this end.
In addressing the postmastcrs
General I'urIcson declared that
they arc giving the best postal
Scrvic" in the world today, and
that is what the American farmer
and business man are entitled to,
for they pay for it. lie adv Used
I postmastcrs to spare no eX-
pcnsc that means greater eff
cheney.
1.-The fact that this year we
have a surplus Of between 81, OOO,-
600 and $1,000, 900 demonstrates
that at last the postal service is
on strong business and sclf-sup-
porting basis. If we can keep
down useless extravaganza, we
can soon inaugurate one cent
postage in this country"
This frank statement from the
general substantiatcs
declarations which have been
made during the past year or two
by officials Of the National One
Cent Letter Postage Association.
which has it's headquarters at
Cleveland. that with economical
operation of the department and
a reasonable adjustment Of postal
'atcs, one cent letter postage could
be inagurated without injury to
the federal government. and let
ter users be given the benfit of a
big reduction over current rates.
Elk.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1916-09-09

! parted and | have not seen hin
since"
With great difficulty she wa.
able to reach England aud Their,
established her loyalty to tn,
mothcrland.
One day. some weeks since. the
lady picked up an illustrated mag
azInc on ono Of the book stalls
and there saw the portrait Of a
German captain in all his pride.
1t was Paul, her Paul, her hus-
band! 1t was. in short. Captain
Raul kocnIy. famous commander
OF the U-boat Deutschland, the
transatlantic submarine.
This then is the story Of Cap
tam kocnig. the cold fact Of
which appeared in the London
Daily Mail. Is it tragedy or is
it romancc.-T. =.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1916-09-09
ROMANCE OR TRAGEDY?

What n horror to have to chOos,
between one s husband and one :
country, between one's wife an,
ones fatherland! Yet thousand
have had to make the choice.
The tragedy Of it is that eacl
must be law unto himself, OF
herself. Each must study tn,
beatings Of his heart, or her heart
and make selection whether tha
organ shall throb in sorrow or in
JOY over the fearful events of the
war. There seems to be no middle
course; one is uckd in by the
stronger current.
According to international laws
a woman must follow her hus.
band "dans la paix, dams la
guerrc" and the English woman
married in Germany or the Ger.
man woman wed to an English.
man must nominally feel as the
husband feels and rejoice as he
rejoices.
This she sometimes can do, for
the feminine nature is more cling
ing and chameleon like than
man Is; but suppose she does not
suppose she is of those in whom
the national life's blood flows in
a stream too strong and too warm
to be checked at will; think then
of the sorrow!
Seventeen years ago, before the
war was dreamed Of, young
English woman travelled to Amer.
lea and en- route was won by the
bearing. gold braid and
commanding ways Of a young
German ship officer. 1t was more
than the usual deck romance for
they became engaged, were mar
ried and lived happily.
Happily they lived for fifteen
Years, their home being in Germ
my. Suddenly the war came and
with it the test. In this woman
race was the stronger. Without
anger. without hard feeling the
couple talked the matter over, and
If the conversation the lady
says:
My husband, like the man he
s, recognized that although T.
night technically he a German, |
I'M English through and through,
md when I said to him. You do
ot expect me to take sides AGAINST
ny country he replied NO, cv-
'ryonc must stand by his own
'ountry in these times. You
would not be worth salt if | did
lot stand bv mine On that we
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1916-09-09

ever known because you don't have
to fool ana putter around with your
Corna. harness them up with ban
dages or try to dig them out.
GETS IT, Is n liquid. You put on
n few drops in few seconds 1t
dries. It's painless Put your stock
Ing on right over II. Put on your
regular shoes. You won't linn or
have corn twist" in your face. Tho
corn. cailus or wart will loosen from
your tOe-oT " comes Glory hallelu-
JAN "CETSlT' Is the biggest sell
Ing corn remedy In the world. When
you try II. YOU know why
"CTTS-VT"' ~ sold and recon-
mended bv drUggests everywhere. &c
bottle. or sent on receipt Of price
by ". Lawrence & Co. Chicago. III.
Sold in New Iberia and recommended
as the worlds best corn remedy by Es
forge Drug Co.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1916-09-09
DEMAND OF ADMINISTRATION
SUCCESSION or ROBERT CADE
TAYLOR, DECEASED.
10th judicial District Court, Parish OF
Iberia, State OF louisiana.

Whereas Mss. Laurence Humphrey,
Taylor, . resident Of the Parish Of iberia
has applied to the Hen. 10Th JudieisI
District CeuSt OF Louisiaps holding sss.
sions In end for the Parish Of Iberia "a
b appointed Aduinistratrix Of tho eue.
csssion Of Robert Cads Taylor, deceased
Nettes 10 hereby given to all whom Il
may Or doth ooncssn to show eause " any
they have within ten days Of the fret
publication the" 81, why the prsyerof the
said nrs. Lsurt nee Humphssys Taylor
should not b granted.
witness The Hon. James Simon JsdQe
OF our ssid Court this 30th day Of August.
4. D., 1915.
=. q. DDCUIR,
Dty. Clerk Of Court.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1916-09-09
''See How That Corn
Comes Clear OFF,"
"GETS-IT" Loosens Your Corns
Right Of, Its the Modern Corn
Wonder - Never Fails.

tits hard to believe anything could
net like that in getting corn off.
why. | just lifted that corn right
off with my finger nail. 'GETS-IT'
Is certainly WONDERFUL" Yes. GETS
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1916-09-09

The 0u'nlne That Does Not Affect The Head
because OF its tonic and laxative effect LANA
TIVE BROMO OUIN1NE IL better than ordinary
Q"'nine and does not cause nervousness nor
ringing in head. Rcmcmhv the full name and
look ior the signature Of II. w. GROVE. 25c
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-05-26
Perhaps Fatal Stab

What may result in fatal stab
bing occurred Saturday afternoon,
about $3.50 o'clock, at Elvins, in which
Jess Forsythe was the aggressor,
stabbing a baker, late of st. Louis,
who had but recently gone to work in
the Elvins Bakery. Forsythe stabbed
the baker twice, once under the right
shoulder blade, and again in the left
side, which stab probably entered a
lung. His recovery is doubtful, though
he is getting along very well at this
writing.
Just what the trouble was about we
have been unable to learn, but some
kind Of family trouble appears to be
mixed up in the affair. The baker and
his assailant were supposed to be good
friends up to the time of the stab
bing. The baker boarded but one or
two doors removed from the For
sythe home, and it seems that when
Forsythe returned home Saturday ev-
ening he found the baker there, when
d quarrel is supposed to have result
ed. Both were thought to have been
drinking, in which case there is no
need of searching further for "rea-
SON"
Forsythe was brought to Farming
ton and lodged in Jail, but on Monday
he was released on.bond. Preliminary
hearing has not been set, pending the
result of the wounds.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-05-26

Last Sunday the Christian Church
at Libertyville gave its annual church
gathering and basket dinner in con-
nection with the services of the day.
This church is, perhaps, the mother
of the Christian or Disciples denom
ination in Souteast Missouri, though
the old Antioch Christian Church in
Madison county is said to be a COM
petitor for this honor. Both congre-
cations, however, were organized
about the same time, and the honors
may be equally divided between them.
The first minister of the Christian
Church to preach a sermon at Liberty
vile was named McMurtry, but our
informant did not remember his first
name. This was back in the thirties
of the nineteenth century, and before
there was any church organization.
A church organization was formed by
Elder James Lunsford (the title "Rev-
erend" being eschewed by ministers
of the Disciples or Restoration Move
ment) along in the late thirties or
early forties, the first deacons being
Samuel Kinkead and Zeno Blanks.
The congregation held services in a
log school house at first, and then Mr..
Kinkead made deed to the church of
the ground on which the present house
of worship stands, and frame struc-
ture was erected thereon. After a
few years this building was burned,
and the congregation went back to
the old log school house to worship;
it in turn, was also destroyed by fire.
Moses Baker had lot of brick on
hand which he had made and burned,
and brick school house was erected
and made large enough to admit of
the congregation worshiping in it.
Fire seems to have followed the move
ments of the congregation, for the
brick school house was shortly VIC
tim of the flames, but in no way daunt-
ed, the congregation went about
erecting a brick church on the site
decided to it by Mr.. Kinkead. This
was along in 1856, and the building
still stands, now about sixty years
old 1t was built by John Samuels, a
devout and earnest member of the
faith.
Some of the earlier ministers who of
ficiated for the congregation and have
iOIiS StuCt pdoSeu W IlelT T6WdIu, were
James Lunsford, Alexander Proctor,
who afterwards went to Independence,
Mo-, where he served as pastor of the
Christian church continuously for over
forty years, Jacob Creth, John Phoe-
nix and DIR. John c. Farmer, father
of Mrs. Mary Counts of Pennington.
Some of the more prominent families
of Cook Settlement who were asso-
ciated with the movement, many of
whose descendants still live in that
vicinity, were the Kinkeads, the Ba-
kers, the Sebastians, the Blankses, the
Harrises, the Shaws, the Grahams
and the Lawrences; and among some
of the older living descendants Of these
early families, whose faces are set
toward the evening twilight of life,
who were present last Sunday, were
Mrs. Sophia Shaw, Mrs. Mary Baker
Phillips, Rollo Sebastian, N. A. Kin
kead and ]. G. Grow.
The annual gathering and basket
dinner has long been a notable fea-
ture of the Libertyville Church, and
last Sundays gathering was de-
lightful counterpart of the many that
had preceded. Fully four hundred
people were on the ground, and but
for the heavy rain Saturday night and
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-05-26
MANDAMUS PROCEEDINGS
Asking Court for Order Permitting an
Inspection of Doe Run Lead
Company's Books

Robert Holmes through his attor-
news filed in the st. Francois County
Circuit Court this week an alternative
writ of mandamus against the Doe
Run Lead Company and F. H. Dear
ing, its secretary and treasurer, for
permission to examine the books,
records, papers and documents of that
company. In his mandamus proceed
ings he declares that the petition is
made in his own behalf and on behalf
of those stockholders similarly situ-
ated. He sets forth that he (Robert
Holmes) is a stockholder of the Doe
Run Lead Company, and is the owner
of IL shares of the capital stock of
said company, and is also the owner
and holder of 3,112 shares of the cap
ital stock of the st. Joseph Lead
Company, which owns and controls
81 per cent of the stock of the Doe
Run Lead Company, also that he is a
stocknolder in the Mississippi River
& Bonne Terre Railway Company, a
subsidiary of the st. Joseph Lead
Company. He declares that all three
of said companies are closely allied
one to an other and have common in
terests in st. Francois county, with
officers largely the same in each COM
pany.
The writ sets forth that on the 18th
day of May, 1916, your petitioner
made demand in writing, during bus
mess hours, at the Office of the Doe
Run Lead Company, upon F. H. Dear
ing, secretary and treasurer and GUS
todian of the books, records, papers
and documents hereinafter described;
that during business hours, at the
office of said company, and at reason
able times, he have access to the
right, privilege and opportuneiy, to-
gether with his duly authorized
agents, including an expert account
ant and a stenographer, to inspect
and examine the books, records, pa
pers and documents of the Doe Run
Lead Company, together with the
right of his agents to make extracts
and memoranda from the same. That
fin said written demand, petitioner
stated his purpose for making the ex-
animation, and that although there
was a legal duty imposed upon the
said r. H. Dearing, in his capacity as
secretary and treasurer, to comply
with the request, he wrongfully and
arbitrarily, although he had the books,
records, papers and documents in his
possession, refused to permit the pc
titioner to have access to and to make
inspection of the same as demanded.
The petitioner further states, that
his purpose in making said demand
and his desire to inspect the books
and records, is by reason of an injury
he believes he has suffered connected
with his rights as stockholder of
said company, and states on informa-
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-05-26
Sad Death of
Mrs. j. N. Burks

Mrs. Amanda G. Burks (nee Mar
shall), wife of former State Senator
Jasper N. Burks, died at her home in
Pennington, after a lingering illness
of nearly two years, on Wednesday,
May "a, 1916, in the 63rd year of her
age. Mrs. Burks had recently been
to Chicago on two occasions to be
treated, returning home several weeks
ago with no encouragement of re-
covery. She was born at Coldwater,
Mich, and was married to Jasper N.
Burks, in Ste. Geneyieve county, Mo-,
in February, 1868, and the following
named children and her bereaved hus-
band survive her: Flora, wife Of Har-
ry E. Horn, Salt Lake, Utah; Arunah
j. Burks, Denver, Colo; Ed and Miss
Hattie Burks of Pennington; Vest
Burks, Rogers, Mich; Cleve, wife of
C. w. Whitney, and Bird, wife of Ell
mer Ferguson, Chicago, the latter of
whom were with her when she pass
ed through the portal of death into
life. She also leaves one sister and
two brothers-Mrs. Luther Warrington,
Andrew and Amos Marshall of FIRE.
donia, Kansas and five grandchil-
dren.
Mrs. Burks was woman of quiet,
domestic nature, lovingly attached to
her family, and whose place in their
lives and hearts can never be filled,
but whose memory will remain with
them as a sweet incense. She was a
devoted Christian woman, faithful in
all the walks Of life, and consistent
member Of the Baptist Chr.
Of the charter members of the Farm
ington Baptist congregation She
and Mrs. Lizzie Lloyd Turley of St.
Louis were the only two surviving
charter members of the church here,
The sympathy Of all our people goes
out to the bereaved husband and chill
dren in this greatest sorrow that has
cast its shadow over their lives.
The funeral will take place this
friday afternoon, services to be
conducted at the Baptist Church, and
interment viii take place at the X.
of P. Cemetery.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-05-26

ton and belief that from time to
time, from May /, 1910, to the pres
ent time, large number of cars of
coal were paid for by the Doe Run
Lead Company when in fact said cars
of coal were not received or used by
said company, and that during said
period, he is informed and believes,
that it was the practice of officers and
agents in charge of the purchase and
delivery of coal intended for the con-
sumption of the Doe Run Lead Com
pany, to consign certain cars of coal
to said company, and also to consign
the same identical car or cars to
either the st. Joseph Lead Company
or the Mississippi River & Bonne
Terre Railway Company, or both of
them, and that by reason of said
fraudulent action the Doe Run Lead
Company would not actually receive
or use the coal so consigned to it and
<. osid suffer loss when payment
would fraudulently be required of it
on false invoices rendered to it from
time to time, and as a result of said
practice petitioner has been caused
to lose, as a shareholder in said COM
pany and as a shareholder in the st.
Joseph Lead Company, large sums of
money, and that the value of his
stock in said companies has been
greatly deprecated.
The petitioner also AYERS that it is
his purpose to bring bill in equity
against the corporation, it's officers
and others, to stop the practice de-
scribed, also an action, in his own
name and on behalf of other stock
holders, to recover from any and all
persons who have wrongfully and
fraudulently received money from
the Doe Run Lead Company in con-
nection with the practice described,
and on all sums of money so recov-
cred. Other matters are set forth,
and the petition closes by asking the
court, because of the refusal to COM
ply with his demand as a stockhold-
er, that it award against the Doe Run
Lead Company, its officers and direc-
tors, and F. H. Dearing, its secretary
and treasurer, custodian of the books,
records, papers and documents, writ
of mandamus requiring him to give
petitioner, at the office of said COM
pany in Bonne Terre, Mo-, and at such
time as the court may fix as reason
able, access to and the right, privi-
lege and opportunity, together with
duly authorized agents, including an
expert accountant and stenographer,
to inspect and examine the books, rec
ords, papers and documents of the
Doe Run Lead Company, together with
the right of his agents to make ex-
tracts and memoranda from the same,
and for such other process orders,
remedies and relief as to the court
may deem meet and proper.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-05-26
Ready Response

The article in last weeks Times. on
Harrington Can Get Free Mail De-
livery" has met with such ready
response on the part of several citi-
zens as to give this paper much en-
couragement to continue its fight for
Bigger and Better Pennington,
There is much alertness among the
business element Of Pennington to
take hold of anything that promises
for the betterment and upbuiIding of
this city, and to The Times manage
ment it is a genuine pleasure to work
in connection with such live bunch
of citizens.
AS prosperity is gauged by the
pay roll" it is therefore important
that no opportunity should be over
looked to add to the city's pay roll
even when one additional salary is
In this matter of obtain
ing free mail delivery for Farming
ton, it means at least two-possiblvI
'hree-salaries added 1t also means
added convenience to every resident
within the confines of Pennington
And it can be secured at no cash out
little co-operation. Dol
you ask: SIS it worth while?
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-05-26
Too Much Oil

Generally speaking, Pennington
streets are now in splendid condition,
being properly graded, fairly smooth,
and with liberal coating of oil on
the surface, which will result in pre-
serving them in their present condi-
tion, as we'll as checkmating the dust
nuisance.
On a few streets, however, the oil
has been spread a little too thickly.
Especially is this true on West Col
umbia street, where the second
sprlnkling Fas a sfiiie too heavy to
secure the best results. 1t is too
heavy to permit of absorption within
a reasonable time, and has made the
street surface more or less muddy"
An excess of oil on the streets is
really worse than an insufficient
amount, as it must either be worn in
or carried away by passing vehicles
when once it is turned loose, and such
process takes time. And in the
meantime it is impossible to compute
the inconvenience and destruction
caused from this excess oil ON floors,
rugs and carpets, as it is impossible
to keep from tracking it, even from
many of the crossings. 1t would have
been far better to have waited until
midsummer to have applied the sec
ond sprinkling. However, when the
oil is beaten in, or dissipated, even
Columbia street will be most invit-
ing.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-05-26
Civic League

The Woman's Civic League Of
Pennington was temporarily organ
lied at the Public Free Library rooms
Wednesday afternoon, May 10th. The
organization grew out of a called
meeting of ward leaders in the clean
up day movement. All members vot-
ed enthusiastically for the formation
of civic improvement league.
One of the most important interests
of the league will be the promotion
of sanitation and cleanliness. The
beautifying of Pennington will be
one of the main objects of the organi-
zation. An annual assessment of one
dollar, payable quarterly, was decid-
ed upon by the members, and every
woman interested in the civic welfare
of her city is urged to become mem
ber.
Tuesday, May 23d a permanent or
ganization was effected. Miss Beeson
acted as chairman of the meeting un-
til the following officers were elected:
President, Mrs. Frank Weber; Vice
President, Mrs. W. A. Gardner: Sec
rotary and Treasurer, Mrs. Barney
Petty.
The league will meet at four o'clock
p. m. the first Thursday of each month
in the Public Library rooms, the next
being June 1st. Following is
a list of the members:
Mrs. A. Bartells, Mrs. 0. w. Bleeck,
Miss S. V. Beeson. Miss Kathlyn L.
Black, Mrs. w. B. Campbell, Mrs. M. |
?. Cayce, Mrs. Henry Dalton, Mrs.
Russell Doss, Mrs. Vernon Doss, Mrs.
Robert Forsyth, Mrs. w. A. Gard |
ner, Mrs. P. D. Guessing, Mrs. J. I
Howell, Mrs. w, A. Karsch, Mrs. j. |
W. Karsch, Miss Emma Lang, Miss
severd, Mrs. Geo. Patton, Mrs. Bar
1ey Petty, Mrs. Chas. Nelson, Mrs.
Frank Weber, Mrs. T. C. Young, Mrs.
Hugh Mitchell, Mrs. Henry Dalton,
Mrs. Genevieve +. Logan, Misc Gerty
Petty and Mrs. E. A. Rozier.
|
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-05-26
A Suggestion

We suggest to the managers Of the
Pennington Free Public Library that
they make arrangements to keep the
Library rooms open on Sunday after
Moons, for the benefit Of the many
men and youths who every Sunday
are seen sitting or standing around
after the mails arrive reading the pa
pers. There are numbers who would
avail themselves Of the comfortable
rooms Sunday afternoons, learn to
appreciate the advantages there Of
fered, and interest themselves person.
ally in the Library and make it more
popular. Think over the suggestion.