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!"bMI4 Ig. ft Establised 18~9, The Southern Sentinel Is the Home Paper of Winn Parish People. h~t s m,.m. pe. ye. oeVUJME XIIL WINNFIELD, WINN PARISH, LOUISIANA, FRIDAY, AUGUST ,7, 1906. NUMBER so. INFORTUNATE ACCIDENT Wfis ary Wells is Drowned at Colfax. Colfax, La., Aug. 13.-Miss Mary Wells, second daughter of Colonel T. Monk Wells, post master of Colfax, La., was drowned in Red River, about _our miles below Colfax, at 8:30 %'clock last night. Captain Sami Wells, brother of the deceased. owns a gasohlne launch and took a.. down to Boyce and spent Suwday: He was accompanied, by his wife, two sisters, Misses Mary sad Clara Wells, and two brotLsbw, Frank and Howard Wells, and a friend Ben Ferrier. They all spent the day pleasantly at Boyce sad stated back home yesterday afternoon, and when within four miles of Colfax, op posite the plantation of H. G. -Qoodwyn, some gasoline that was in the launch exploded. This ceased a panic and in the excite ma t the launch was overturned and caught Miss Mary Wells bseath and she was drowned. Al of the rest of the party swam to $1 shore. hfer body has not beds recovered up to this after ame. The deceased was a native etOr nt's Point, opposite Colfax, d was )0 years old. Her father -wa one of the best known Cane lvlWpttks, and she was a grand mI'ii of Ex-Governor J. . t-· 4s 41 .e.day night there ar ralv oma theL. . & N. railrolad a yeog coeeple from Verds, who -m andes their wishes known to S.- Wads Long, conductor on the Log Black transfer busses, who told them that he was an .a~p in helping young couples or oa uat of trouble, so he carried ,.l to the court house and s' e of messengers and the i~d-lns, iun a incredibly short Mr. S. M. Abel, the prompt 4a eRet deputy clerk, and tIL A. Holloway arrived. Il Ableed t license to Mr. and Mis Alice and Rev. Holloway soon them one. While the pre were being arranged a crowd assembled. A rep T of The Seatinel at to inaterview the groom thformsed him that at the time he was not seeking 'aI he and his bride mrmaia in Winnfleld to 'u&A. apurlatendent. W. Ores, abperitsendent Meaphis divieien of the -Iron -Mountun and BaRropd, has been ap 'Omeiaral Superatendent I. ihesea and Arkansas, iiigQurtraI at Stamps, a- ascomeds J. H. White, O.uqasmr Whitehm l , poapty holdere to reAve the, Sand S4 w O t the bae.u af e giS,. J ... FOR RURAL MAIL ROUTE Petition Has Now Been Signed and Forwarded. Mr. J. T. Porter, the efficient police juror of ward one, was in town Wednesday, shaving come to bring the petition of citizens yfor a rural mail route through his section. The proposed route runs out the upper Winofield and Alexan dria road as far as the Levi Spiaes place, thence on the Atlanta and Harrisonburg road to Sardis church, thence on the 'Aoutgomery and Winnfield road back to Winnfield. The petition was signed by more than the required one hundred and it has been forwarded to Congressman Watkins with a request to pusht the matter of having the route established. The Sentinel is pleased at the interest the people are taking in this modern convenience which the department gives where it is desired and asked for, and we hope to soon see three or more routes leading out from Winn field. Another Rural Route. Mr. J. D. Gentry paid our office an appreciated visit, leaving orders for several papers to be sent to relatives in Georgia and Alabama, and incidentally paying us a very high compliment by saying that his relatives could learn more about this country by reading The Sentinel than they could from his letters. He also took out with him a petition for rural free delivery route No. 2, going out on the lower Alexan dria road southeast to a point nine or ten miles from Winnfield, thence north and east to the Winnfield and Georgetown road, thence to Winnfield via Packton and Moore. A kea WNegro. A negro called Choctsw is dead because he held up and robbed Lee Kennedy, another negro, at WinonD. The negroes had a dispute over a game and later Choctaw held up Kennedy and relieved Lim of some of his winnings. Kennedy hunted up a winchester and sought Choctaw. Finding him at his shack he took a shot at him, with the result that Choctaw is now a good negro while Kennedy is in Jail. Speei late For the Louisiana Baptist State Convention at New Oreeans, Sept. 4 to 9, the Louisiana and Arkansas will sell tickets via Alexandria and return at one and one-third fare plus 25 cents for the round trip. Selling dates Sptmber 3 and 4; return limit September 10. B. . 8. ATnow, G. P. A. RaluMsat lets IS le. Mr. 3. E. Milling is here from his home in Franklin, La., sad is having his property morth of to n sabdiided ainto ot of eon vesmiat aims, laying out and grad ing the ctreeto. Any one desiring mesident property In Woiald .sId do let a mt ise M Riling ula manh ir.s prpty. Mr r. J. J J SNk tshe wit knows tatgtmWed the eon artc rarnd t , la -mik HICKORY VALLEY' News Items By Special Correspondence. SOME NEW BUILDINCS Going Up in that Section--A" Residence and a Church --Personal Items. Hickory Valley, La., Aug. 8. A light shower yesterday cooled the temperature suffliciently to give me energy enough to scribble a few local items. The protracted meeting (Baptist) closed at Hebron church after seven days' service, much good being done. There were twelve conversions. A twelve days' singing school closed today at the Boles school house, taught by Prof. Allen McCarty. The class showed much improvement and all voted Prof. McCarty "The" singing school teacher. I had the pleasure of attending at Beech Creek church, the un veiling of the monument of Mr. Hill, a member of Urania camp No. 806, W. O. W. At 11 o'clock-we had a sermon by Rev. J. M. Peters, and then ye scribe was much pleased to see baskets, boxes, etc., carried from wagons, buggies and surries to a table made for the occasion. There were so. miny people we thought there would be some left hungry, but thanas to the good people of Beech Creek, all had plenty and there was something left on the table. At one o'clock we had a talk by Mr. Wolf, an organizer of the W. O. W., who explained the objects and purposes of the order and told why all good men should be members of the W. O. W. After the speech the members of the camp finished the cerewo mies and every one left for home well pleased with what they had seen and heard. Mr. Wolf said he was going to organize a camp at Beech Creek Academy Monday, several es pressing a wish to become mem bers of the order. Messrs. Pace and Kirkland have the Shady Grove Baptist church nearly completed, the church building being removed from the old church ground to a more suitable place near the Boles school house. Messrs. Bill and Joe McKaskle have returned to their farms in Franklin parish, after visiting their friends in this section for a few days. They report good crope. Mr. W. H. Wheelus has Just begun the ereetion of a new res idence on the Hickory Valley and Pace road and saye he will cotn plete the building as soon as Thornton gets the boards to cover it. Judging from the progress Thornton made on that cypress yesterday the house is fniabed today. Mesers. . J. Thoratos and L J. KIs two stve and timber me from Micbigan, left these perts.for Northwest Texas sad 8oaUtera Oklahoma on the tah ist.o .Mr. . M. Thoratoe ae hai. enjoyi g hmnel immesely bet gs the ease is knowsn omly't. th. fsew. Messrs. ransk Tais and L A. Mkask aet WlasisM aR sa I ebelry ,Vaerw ban 4·-Lmr~ i .BRIGHT FUTUREi J. Henry Shepherd Talks About Winnfleld. HiE BOUGHT OIL STOCK Notes Past Development and Sees a Bright Future for the Good Old Town. Hon. J. Henry Shepherd, a well known lawyer and capitalist formerly of Shreveport but now of South McAlister, Indian Ter ritory, was here this week for a few days looking after invest meots, having come here from Shreveport, Ruston and Monroe where he has interests. After spending a couple of days here and looking over the oil fields Mr. Shepherd decided to invest in the proposition and purchased $10,000 worth of the stock of the Paee Oil Company, Limited. Mr. Shepherd was interviewed by a Sentinel representative in regard to his impression of the toWn's future prospects. He has visited Winnfield before and re plying to questions, said: 'The improvements of Wion fiell snlae my last visit here cer tainly have been great. A stave factory employing a hundred men, the Sulphur Timber & Lumber Company's large saw mill, which euiloys more than two humdred men, one of the best equipped machine shops in the State, estab lished by the owners of the Louis ana and Arkansas Raillroad and by them patronized, with its steam hammer, lathes and other machinery and force of skilled mechanics able to do all kinds of repair work, two locomotives now in the shops being practically rebuilt; all of these enterprises producing a weekly payroll which furnishes i splendid cash trade for your merchants and gives an air of prosperity to your well built brick stores and your two very handsome banks, all im presses the stranger that here is a place where there is no room for the croaker." Continuing, Mr. S,hep h e r d said: "Such men as Hodge, Hunt, Muagrave, IFletcher, Pace and others, who have developed your mil, your machine shops, one of the largest bottling works in the State, and are now building a street car line, will make Winn field a leading center, one that will furnish the capitalist and energetic developer great oppor tunities for years to come." ",The railroad facilities," con tinued Mr. Shepherd, "of your city are due to the inducements offered by your immense pine forests, which are mines of wealth and produce sure and ready re turns on capital and labor, and are not subject to the many disa ters which come to strnctly agri cultural sections. There are but few towns that have the railroad facilities possessed by Winnfield. Railroads in six diferent direc rectioes, with the Tremont & Gulf ad the Monroe & South western rapidly building to this place, Wisafeld will soon be the meet aceesdable city in the State sad it shuld soon become a 'oaeveotion eity.' I find your hotel and restaurants taxed to their imims. "Your great home enterprise, the street railway, whics I under samuli ruo to th oil field. wl bi a eas de per of you r y. a wmies ever rwere from tie great city of New York to the snualleat town, have always enhanced tlhe value of property in the town where they are loca ted. The artesian salt and sul phur wells in the oil field will draw thousunds of visitors winter and summer for its healing prop erties in s. in diseases. Hot Springs has become a great winter resort. Winnfield can easily ,c, n:1i attrl ,Ativ\ c. Ii, however, will need the active push of every property owner, every merchant, and every one who claims Winnfield as his home. "There is a tide in the affairs of men when taken at the flood leads on to fortune, said the poet. The gods help those who help themselves has been demonstra ted in every age and in every land. The capitalist, the ener getic man who is looking for a location, measures your town by the value your people set on it. Even the splendid prospects which will yield a golden harvest can be lost by stinginess, by petty jealousy, by indifference. Fort Worth, Shreveport, Ruston and Monroe have never depended solely upon their natural resources. They have been successful and are prospei ,tls because they sent the knockers to the rear and made them so uncomfortable that they got out. Those hustling, thriving cities have been ever ready to go down into their pockets and help advertise, help bring factories and railroads, and the few dollars thus spent have returned thou sands. If your people cannot put up dollars they at least should encourage those who are doirg it. You should not be jealous of your neighbors; say a good word for your sister towns, and be sure to stand by your own people when they are working to help you. "Winnfield should have a large auditorium, the parish should build at once a modern court house, and a high school build ing of brick or atone. '1he parish is one of the richest in the State and it would be no hardship to do these things and the invest ment would pay well. With a long pull, a strong pull and a pullt altogether, even your older men will see a large city here, but with indifference and knocking you will remain a little town which the traveler will point out as the Station of Lost Opportu nity." Mr. Shepherd is now in South Louisiana looking after invest ments in that se'ction. Try the City Ice Cream Parlor for cream and all kinds of cold drinks, fancy candles, cigars and groceries. L. R. GIii, Prop. WINN PARISH BANK WINNFIELD, LOUISIANA sesmrs .ew Ns mess. CaerMs Guo ramtood. Lberd Trst. INTEREST PAID ON TIME DEPOSITS WINN PARISi -BANK CARD OF THANKS Mr. Pace Writes The Sentinel a Few Words. Editor Sentinel: I wish to thank you for the assistance and co-operation you have given me through your valuable columns in advocating the new enterprises 1 am so much interested in, and I hope that Winnfield will reap great benefit as a result of these enterprises and your liberal advocacy of progress and modern improve ment all along the line. Of course, you know that I believe in printers' ink, and know that there is great power in the press, and always appreciate anything you do for me. I desire to thank the city council for granting me a franchise to build and operate a car line through the streets of Winnfield and to the oil field, and I hope to build a road that all Winufield will be proud of and never regret saying a good word for the enterprise. Yours to serve, J. D. PACE. Free Entertainament. Mrs. J. T. Wood, chairman of the committee on entertainment of the Epworth League, gives notice that the League will have a free entertainment on August 31, 1906. The place and program will be given next week. Attention is called to the card and statement of Mr. J. 8. BlEeh in this issue of The Seatinel. Mr. Bloch and his predecamor, the late Sam Kuhn, are the pioneers in the liquor buine in Monroe, and their standing and reputation for fair dealing has never been questioned. You can rely on what they tell you. The five days' special sale of the Siess-Belcher Co., Ltd., proved to be a complete succes. The company announces that new goods are being received every day to take the place of those sold. Keep an eye on the Siess-Belcher Co's. store for bargains. Mr. S. J. Harper has had his new store wired and electric lights put in, which shows the store up to great advantage. He now has one of the up-to-date stores of Wianfield. Sheriff Shaw has a splendid collection of artilery in his office now, pistols ranging in size from i22 caliber to 45 caliber, taken Sfromoff those now in jail on various charges,