The Tensas Gazette.
ST. JOSEPH, - - - LA.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1908
ABNER K. GREEN, - - EDITOR.
SUSSCtlIP'lol f IKARLY "g
SAtraer. 1.50
THE STATE'S FINANCES.
Governor Sanders has given out
an interview settinzg forth thecon
ditioni of the State's fiu.a'tces at
the present time and exlplaIIIIng
certain matters in cotnectioe t with
tie deficit now existing. The Gov
ernor points out thlat the (General
Asemblly, at its session in 1(306
and tile special session of 1907
imaIde approl)priatio01s to hecoule'
p:ayale ,outl of tihe (General funid
of 1Ni8, i colsetllellece of which
tihe new :admitistl r:tion, uo1)n)11 as
stniing the reiens of g overlnment,
foum all enmpty treasury and uI
coRnsidera;ble deficit facilng it.
It bIecamie necessary, therefore,
for the St:;te to adopt one of three
poliie'.s suggested, viz:
'T'o suios, d pIiaymnielnt if tille
State's ii lliga:tizns until such Iiilel
ias the liil iy shuld h l iulle hatnd
to meelt th' warrants;'LIi
To borrow large Qlinsl tio ieet
enrrenr t x Lpeni'.es, antll therelby to
ineur a hiavy interest d(,,t; or
T'o ake from thI Ie tIreasuiry in)l ni
ey ibelolinging to the varlious special
funds and apply it to meetineg thie
ilnellediate Ineeds of goivernmntlll it
the imney to Ie, replaced when
the fnlds shall begin to coute into
the tre,:amsury at the bIginning oe
the year.
P Thi latt-ir Ipl , wats aidopted,
It wlas a siziim'w hat hatzalrdoe
un.dertakilng, elu it seiiinseld ti, I
thl lbest fhilig Ieto do undtler the
eilrellui1lstallce s, alitl iiI that a ll1il
tier the ti iian i:tl itl'rillge cley will.
it is hioped, Ii. tideld ovir. '1'i, have
piu , sd either of Ihe etlher peli
cles sugg'istet would ht ave' Ien
worse', for had the State, ceased
tie ise Sl' warrantlli the wholie ma
elhi Lery ::f the govermil ent wouldhi
ha:tve hee'n pa:ralyzed; and hiadl it
Irolriwed imonilv to meelt its cur
renlit. ,ollig:at i lis, I li l 'tld n woul d
haive illIcireaed, tile' evil day beIing
leitll,'IedI , inu ir.'ly, iclsteal ,if le e
ilig eeeviateld.
\'helin thle (;General A."isilmblly of
10tli reiiued I ra-,o r ell dof SItate
taxltlito froma six to five mlilli
alid, at. the siiame tiilie, nladli
heavy alpproplriat ionlls payable 111t
of tlie rveonuilo of 190 t, it made
trithle al ilist in lvialale. ThIe
ilmprovid.ence illu:strated bl y the
Ipr fetliat le ' i'ien h ,,urtI'e, ba l Cx
plrnss-d liy the li ,tatie,i "''A.ftel
us the de'lllg,"' is toi o'ftell the
pol icy iif onutgoinmg duliiniistra
tiionl, anol we are r'eailg Inow tlile
res.ults e f elleh itacitoenil ess ili ad
ilnistratlio,. oli,.wi 'ver, it is oiii
fair te say thalt the, l'e seiit sita .
tiein is nut ciit, entirily to the
zliets albeove ret'ou ceteed.
Cilule iglie ce, t rll iee ISk IM nilt
luear its eelhe:re. eel the' resle, esibiil. -
ity, also. It wras aelvisied if flite
(IeIdeloralhile, c'iieition Elf the Statt 4
tronisury at the Jeegililiiig ief its
w, irk. It kiiow that utle'ss dili.
gnfe(e.'omy sheihl e' eiforce
adumiiiistratiii weehld I br rught
fo'ae tei face with a most omlhar
r:issilzg detfici it was pledgded tee
the most rigid ecoiieeniy and tei
the' aezimtulation of a sinking
fuiid with which to liquidate
gradually tite hlonded ebit of the I
State. All lhose things should
have mad, it mist careful ill its I
Thi tmi cer l A sseilimly was hi ii
est; tire can be n.'b dlent eell that I
5,eire. Bilt lhe' Iiie j,,rity of its
meimbr'rs lei-ig clew me'e, it seemned
diflienIt fier them to understand d
vitally the inievitaiule relatiocship 1
betweei iimee,,ii, a:d olotg,,; tiheyt
had neet studied the r)ollecuis 0l1
State fiuanice, aead se'eied to cli-ii
sider bills that ca;tme before them e
calling for appreepriationls, from i
the stadilpoi ut merely of the mier- l
its of the respective measures, v
leaviig out of consideratitn el- I
tirely the (lLustionl of the ability
of the Stat,, to meet the prolosed 1
new obligutions. As a result of d
such a policy, the new alppropria
tion bill was larger than it should d
have been, even had there been if
no deficit already existing and n
trouble has lieeen ueavoidable. i n- h
l1ss the session of 1910 shall en- i
force the most rigid econolmy, the ti
pledge of the administralion with o
regard to the State debt iiust re- c
mait unfilled aced, the existing
financial difliculties will increase
instead of being abated.-States.
Hottill demtiostrations agaitst a
the Aum.-tiunes eoittinue in Italy.
WISE COUNSEL.
InI its current issue The Argus,
printed at Arcadia, in Bietrville
Parish, thus depicts the situation
in that prosperous parish and of
fers the subjoined sound advice:
"A dissatisfied and restless spirit
prevails among the farmers, as a
rule, atui among a large per cenut
of men of other trades and pro
fessions all over the boll wee
vil infested territory of the cotton
belt. Many of these are sacrific
ing their homes and preparing to
'run.' Their seems to be no good
excuse for any such action. These
people, in deserting the cotton
tields, go to unknown and untried
territory ( ;o far as they are con
cerned). many of them without
means withll which to re-establish
themselves. Thley become depend
ent to the fullest degree and if
misfortune overtakes them are
left in nluch worse condition than
they will possibly ever reach by
remaining here and making the
most, cf what Providence has pro
vided for this country and where
they are known and have friends
t, help them ill time of need. If
it were true that cotton was th.e
only crop this section would pro
duce, there might he some excuse
for deserting, uinder present con
ditilns, but iinasimuclh as 11) sec
I ion has yet, been founld caplblelh
of iºroelucileg as many and varied
hproducts hf the soil as this, the
rash and planicky acts of those,
who would hunt a new conotry
would le ludicrous if the'y were
nt, pathetic."
It is indeed difficult to argue
successfully with ,ne' who is in
adversity; nevertheless the wise
and temporate counsel given by
our contiemporary in the trying
emergency in which it finds itself
is wholesome and edifying. If the
flit nville farmers would stop to,
retlc-'t a nmoimeint Ilhey would see
the ullwisd(om of their course.
Their all is in the cotton hblt;
their homes, thelir friends are,
there :aied it is thlie theatre of
their triumphs and tiieir failures,
eof their joys and their sorrows.
Their chliildren we're born theire,
Ibleieathi the scoil rest. the lniies of
their loved ones, anlld a tIhousaid
ae'are'd associat inls, t radi iills alld
iiemorie s binid them to, it.
lesides, where will they go?
Eve'rv sectioni has its drawhacks
:and its Ie('uli:ar difliculties teo
Ive'rcoene. 'Theree is Ill) Spot 111:
the face ,of the earth to whilch
tI.hey may:IV go with thlie' assuranl'
that thiy will e any In e ,te'r oil
Than they ho),euh!l be in IBi,0ville
Parish. N i iliill.trilous l:Ian ill
good health cani s tarv'e there. Tie
bill weevil may lma:ke' tiemes hard
for him for it yoaIr or two, but
i.cottoii is nit the only I'iimeans of
oletailitlg a livelilh ooI thl re, Nlied
ill ther pihle'. to hice h lip might
go tle're' ar dillienllti ,s compat re
ito which tilt. he ll weevil in Itie'n
vill" is hill, child's play.
Should hle ge tio ll the Nortliwest
lie will fin id hin.wllle " ll t oi l l
CPOpe with tle hlreVP Willri'rs pruev
a len.'t lhore, where hle al ist work
six mnicths teeo ler uide, food for
his stoeck dullring the rellealilimeg
six mneeitlis; shiihl he Itirli his
-steps ti t he' \e',st, graesshliolpeers,
e'yel)loes anid :t Ichiuetsl a ide t ilegs
to which ele is iiheiacciistleid, will
ciinfronit him; ii 'l'exas tilee hull
Weevil is ever-prese.et; Ithey will
le iln issiessippi, AIiihah Iim, (jeor.
gia anld lhe other lerni at' ahlout as
50ool itS lee e'eiuh l .t . ,IitJlel dtewi
I here.
'l'hee ohvieus lesson teo le'a rhr is,
ihat the wy tee overceolno tle dis
aster is to face it leeldly a td with
a couraigeous heart, lnd lint toe
ly away from its nlprea'h..
Trouble oily aeimila tells ahutlt
lime whilo seeks ta rul away frelii
t, while tialger flii's Il efeoei' I teI
l:ice of hiim; whl resolugItlv ild
heres to his IllurpIe i b IIrmigh saun
shine and thIrouig, storme. llThe
imanl who has tile right stmuff i
liti Cali and will irspcier it. spite
f the bll weevil. It may re
Inire a little time fur ehiiu to ad
oust liiiuiself ti tie moreil rigid
ecolieomv eaiforced, to the dillerent
nuethods to be lursued and to tihe
illTerent products he ms cuscilti
vate; but he will net starve, nor
will he sufter serious deprivation
f he but trust in God and, ih a
igurative sense, keep his powder
Let our North Lduisiana friends
lepend upon it; Ihese hanrleips,
f courageously atid intelligently
iet, will develop a sturdy matt
eood aiid ultimately eveiituate iii
making the secticie stricken by
lee boll weevil the most prosper
tis ated l.rogressive section in thle
:oualtry.-New Orleans States.
The Grand Jury in session this
"eek examined witnesses from al
iost every section of the p):rislh
ud returied fourteen double in
ietmemuts for c.leone.lag.
Good Things to Eat AT BAKERS.
PIONE No. 2 -:- FREE IEULVERY
Cranberries, Mince Meat, Candied Citron,
Orange Peeling and California Figs.
SEEDED RAISINS, CLEANED CURRANTS.
MACKEREL, PIGS' FEET AND MANY OTHER THINGS.
Come and See Us: Our Prices are Right.
PROHIBITION THE ISSUE IN NEXT
STATE CAMPAIGN.
So Predicts Col. Stewart.--Says Next
Governor Will Come From North
Louisiana, Winning on Statu
tory Prohibition Platform.
The Now O()rl,-ans Plicayine of
Iruesday contlaine, th I followilng
interview with Colonel Harrison
Stewart of Tensas Parish:
Forlner Represenitat ive na rrisoni
Stecwart, o, f St. Joseplh, 'l'eTsas
Parish. who has hee traveling
,ver North Louisiana, ini the tr
ritory west of Monroe, for a Vicks
hurg cotton seed cooncerln, reached
le city yesterday and put up at
the Cosmopolitani Hotel.
"Rock-rib prohibition is tihe
greatest issue in the State to
day,'' declared Mr. Stewart, chat
tingi with somine political frielids
at his hotel. "'The next (Aovernor
of this State will lhe elected ,on
a statutory iprohibitio iplatform.
It. w%'ill sweep the State' inll altother
three years. You can hear little.
else all through the ,north and
western portion of the State.
"In my opinliont, there will he
jtist two pIlalIks in the next win
niinig i)latform in Louisiana: First,
State-wide iprohibition; seenlld,
eOlnomlies ill the admilnistrat ion
of the Siate (Oovernrllent, the cut
tifi g udown of every expense pos
sible."
Mir. Stewart said there was al
ready gossip in north Louoisiana
towiis of Irolialle canididatets f,'r
goverlnor o1 til hi l)latforll he ouit
lined.
"It is rather early to figure on
candidatoes, ut II:nily peiple are
:already talki.g," added(l ther form
or meniher of the House. "You c:n
h:r: two names einlK mIentio.ned
quite prominetlt Iv-Senator Tho.
C. Barrett, of Shreveport, and
Ju.lge Chits. V. Porller, of Natclhi
tocies. I believe niorth Loui'iaina
will g't tlihe ne"xt (overnoir. There
was prohibittin talk in thIe last
e:tniipaign. hut the idl. is 'now
reaclhiillg its full force and I hle.
li,-v' it. will sweep e'v.rything Io-e.
foure it, from iii ArkanLists lini to
Ihe, gulf, antd this will e I.. a I iime
whlen there will ipe no exceptionii
for N.ew Orlians. It's ai old cuns
tomu in the Loegislal ire in thel
writing of a hill to almost nut''
matically write: 'The Parish of
Orleanis excer)ted.' lint lint. so in
the pr.ohihition, fight. three years
hence. New Orleans must face the
isstue. I do not. helietv. Ihe Gov
ernor will conlic from New Or
lea us.'
MIr. Stowart will return to
north ILouisi:a tlilt lo-dly.
A ilnhumler oif school children
enjoyed a du ay in t he w(oods Fridat.
I EARLY ING
"Excelsior Prolific," "Triumph,"
"Toole's Extra Early."
All Three Varieties are Highly Endorsed by
the Department of Agriculture. These Seed
are Very Select and Grown bn Our Farms.
CHEAP IN CAR LOTS.
Excelsior Seed Farm Co.,
cheraw, s. C.
C. A. BESSAC, Jeweler.
succEssORn tO
F. T. & H. W. BESSAC, Jewelers,
NATCHEZ, MISS.
Reliable Goods at a Ceaistent Prolft.
Good Jewelry ad Watches a Specialty.
SOrders executed for Diamods on
smal mrgi, for cash only.
I solicit a share of your patronage.
C. A. BESSAC.
LIQUOR LICENSE LAW.
Giist of Attorney Gen. Walter Guion's
Opinion on Much Discussed Statute.
Only citizenii of Louisiana can
obltain saloon l(ice#ne. I'lnnattur
ialized foreigners find eitiz-nts of
,,ther Stalres annlllolt ecullre Ii
cpilgpS.
Persons COIIViCte(d o(f a felony,
women anid miniiors are prohibited
from obtaining a sa:loon licelnse.
Liquor Cenlllnot he sold t11 both
races efor e(ollwiliuition ll in th saime
structullre. If liInor is sold to,
whities on the premises, inegrooes
may purchase it there, but must
consume it elsewhere.
Gambiing in saloons is untlaw
fill.
No council, hoard of aldermen
or police jury can, after January
Ist, 1919, grant. privileges for op
'tr tionl of lar-roolins within il),
feet. of oa hliirekld or school, tieas
iuriiug iii ai straight li n between
thle unarest peoints. E:xistin ig As
loons now in the pIrllhibited dis.
trict uilint Imoive ,nlt 1,f it by D-.
cominber 31st, 1.)S, if they desire
to cnilt iiiu to operaite.
There must le ai solid par
tit ion from tloor to ceilig andtl
frmill wall to wall bet we.in gro
ceries and saloon. I)onblo acting
idoors may lipe 1l:tced Ibhinid thel
coulllte r to coinnetd, lthe twoI, andl
to he lnset only by the Proprietor
andl his male hel'p. 'Thbis (Idoes not
apply to grce'ries wvhere. liquo)r is
Sold in the rliginl packtgein.
I1lllird :,nd IpoI abl ls a til
ichairs in l lar-rlo mlis :I're not Ilrb.
hiblite, l.
l'iitls, orga,s aWiI ili4I 1: , -
strtllil, lts are pro llilli,, .1 .
p:arring, Ixinir. wlr'tlilng init
ithI 'r ,'Xi* ll ij loI( ll III :'t nll .
All c:tl ,oli, o~1`ld ,1 ' 1n , t.ile
take oit a: 1'. E) $at, he ..
ADVERTISED LETTERS.
Plie nl:ii illg i t I tll, Jllt..ý ,1os h PIl stl
OIllin' fr ly . w k ,ending Nov. 21
ltra n, litn Iict ýn nn. . hnna
IBrot n,. +i li-1h \Iazin., .J uleh
Itrtt n, ... \l. iirganlrir. .I:ln
It irellt , DI lt..e Itt'ie.., .I ilh.s
Itn.,ks, E1 Lily Michell,, Itic'lnh 'l
Cage,. .I.qny -mmener.. tlth
IEu'van. ) itlh Sehrter, Frank
F'rantcs, 'leta'i:t i s ta s tl'r , T"X in
Sil.jver, N. 1:. Thianars, Patsy
.I1lnn, Toun Thlollas, Francis
Jack-.n, ('h111It Teainor, sirlian
er.h anieli. Ilefrie.ta T 1o4ran, Ellen
.innie, , 11illa y \Villiana . t ,etatio
1larahall . Inlr , %',H 1, "'dThPa.Us
liller. Nathan \Vall, S t-ii.
\\,I.nt, flag
* O--
Perons eaalling fo r the ablve letters will
pleas may ""Adveriset.'" an'id emiI procure
+mUw bhy paying ,ne cent fur each letter.
L N.IEN SI, P. I.
nliilte a hard .hottwer last niht.
THE CHARGES AGAINST PROF.
CALDWELL.
At. last the public have the as
Isigned reasoins for the removal of
Prof. BI. C. Caldwell as president
of the State N,,rmal School at
Nat(lliti,4chl s.
They are, first, that he kept a
herd of Jersey cows on the school's
lands and maintuained them at the
school's expense, and sold dairy
p)roducts to the school at a profit;
secind, that the fillnacs of tI1.
school were hadly managed and
that no vouchers were kept.
These are grave charges and
taken for true, justify the action
of the Governor in tjie removal
of I'Prof. Caldwell. TheGovertnor's
statement is backed up by a re
port of the State Traveling Audi
Itor. who made an investigation.
t But there are twE sides to, all
Cases, and, to Ibe fair anid impar
tial, we give the side of Prof.
Caldwell as we have heard it
through friends of his. It is stat
ed that the fact that 1he kept. a
Ih,.rd of Jtr'sevs and suppliedl the
school with dairy lIproducts is
lnothing inew, anid that there was
io coniceallmentL; otl the cottrary
it, is alleged that tihe situnation was
firc'ied uipoin hin Iy a comniina
tion of cir. inltances, the facts
tiei-ii t hat. t!i're was ino dairy
ii .r a ll tilt Na:lhilttches to sup
plly thll ihods of thei schoolI aind
that Il' unilert o' too' ilipply tIhe'
la'tian I only alftEt'r faiilure to got
illy oille else' tIo do so: that he af
terwairds frl'qultetltlly asked to be
relieved of the responlsibility for
the v.ry re':asoii that it would in
ur criticisnii, and thait those facts
w k1r'l. klwto, 11h4' lHard of Coon
\\'In t lie report first loecalme
put l ie that. Prof. Caldwell was to
I,i' re'lil,Ved it was lllderstotid tthat
the removal was to he for politi
cal re'asotlis, anld Prof. Caldwell
having adnlittedly rendllred val
nlable and evlen hrilliant service
to thli State and tlle Calls tof 'edl
Ilcati ai a stoerll of proftest, was
raised. That, w:is IlImet withi a dc'
larat ion that lie would blie re
plalced by as good if not a ,hotter
iIna atild Slonetlilime aflterwards the
aitlli illliC'lll'lit was lillade thait
State Siupen l'riiteidli'nt James II.
AswIllI was tio resigin and that lie
was to hI allloeltiintEd lirEsidetnt lof
the State Normnal. 'Itlis program
W'laS Cl('rlri ' ,l llt. al ld Iher, Wtis ill)
ililtiatillni of aiy charge against
Pro f. Caldw.-II. The i newly ap
poiinted Bocard of Control met,
or organlizedl, duly aicepted Prof.
Caldell's "resignat ion" anld
passed redsoluliolls eulogizing hint
tol tIlhe skies.
If it is true then that the facts
about t lih charges now preferred
were kniowin at thali. title it would
seeii that that was the lime Iiand
place to have mnalde them aind that
a plea in estop)el is good.
But we hold oli belief in de
fense of Prof. Caldwe!l; we dlo
niot eveni know that the version of
his side of thd case as we have
presented it is correct. 'We, inii
commoni with many others, felt
that he had been done an injustice
and that the cause of educationi
had suffered a severe loss by his
removal and we did not hesitate
to say so, friendly.as we are and
have been to Gov. Sauders and
his adiniiistration.
As the lmatter nlow stands Prof.
Caldwell owes the public a state
imeit, both in justice to himself
and his frienids.--Moinroe Star.
Mlr. E. S. Newton niotifles the
public that the several properties
belonging to the estate of A. E.
Newton, and consisting of "The
IHubbard Place," "Onueonta" and
"Reality," are posted against
hunters; trespassers will be pro.
eouted.
Our Fall Line
Is now ready and embraces the largest
and most beautiful range of fabrics and
patterns that we have ever shown. A large
proportion of our patterns were made by
special designers who have special facilities
for learning the wants of the highest class
trade and so we are able to present a most
attractive and exclusive variety.
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417-419 MAIN STREET . - NATCHEZ, I
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. I
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STOCK TANKS, WAGON TANKS,
TRASH CANS, SMOKE STACKS,
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SLIBERAL ADVANCES MADE ON COTTON CON -
SIGNMENTS. .. .SPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN
BENDERS AND STAPLE COTTONS.
MrlHE SOUTH'S CrrATEST
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Shold be irmen the best tralalag
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SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS.
Trusses, Shoulder Braces, Syringes.
Parints, Oils, Varnishes and Dye-Stufb.
Physicians' Prescriptions Care
1f ally Prepared at all Hours.
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