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FRIDAY, February !o,tz899.
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be seized out you have the right
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1North Carolnallalffrage.
North Carolina is about to adopt
Louisiana's disineonuous method
of dealing with the suffrage ques
tion. If the suffrage amendment
prepared by the committee of the
legislature to which the matter was
referred. is adopted by the main
body and approved by the people,
there will be no danger of "negro
domination" bugaboo returning to
plague the politicians of the Pal
metto State. The proposed elec
toral qualifications of North Caro
libha, like those of Louisiana, aim
at the elimination of the ignorant
negroes, iad are framed in such a
way as to admit a large majority
of the ignorant whites of the State.
The committee's report is as fol
lows:
"Sec. 4. Any person present
ing himself for registration or vo
ting shall be able to read and write
any part of the Constitution in the
lish language, and shall have
i by the first 'lay of February
the poll tax for the previous year,
as prescribed by law, and shall
exhibit the receipt therefor. Poll
taxes.shall beIn lein only on assess
od property, and no process shall
issue to enforce the collection of
the same, except against assessed
p . No male erson who
wIa oJn uay 1, 18t7, or at any
i: s pi.aratbsreto, entitled to vote
aider the laws of any State i .tle
i ked: i Statee wherein he then re- i
,idedl; as we sor adson of e
ymr soi perptda not lss than 21 i
ys: y okld at the date of the adop
tios of this constitution shall be'
al . to register and
S; Mat y 0ba this State"
eason of the educational quali- i
(qatipresorthi b n this article
ptovr edi shall have retistered
priorto[eaee :er 1, 1909, ain so
co .s wib th be terms of this
' tI istmm "pirest shall he l.
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Our Opportunllces.
SNot since the days of our fool.
iT ishi defeat of the Texas and Pacific
Railroad's proposition to come
through Natchitoches and put
= their chops and division, have we
r. bad such opportunities as we have
now for making this a wealthy and
populous city, and developing our
so great natural resources until the
a whole surrounding country shall
blossom with great productive en
ergy and laugh in the security of
peace and plenty.
0 At least three railroads are build
t ing in a general direction this way,
ir and could be brought here by
i proper effort on the part of our
leolple. The greatest and surest
inducement to bring them would
be the building of the railroad,
foot and wagon bridge across Bed
river at Grand Ecore. Every one
of these roads, and others that are
projected have to cross Bed river,
and the building of the bridge is a
t serious item to a road that is strug.
e gling for capital to build its line.
s With the bridge assured and the
very fine country on botl sides of
' the river, practically untouched by
railroads, the rich Cane river val
. ley, the great pineries stretching
out the whole length of the Kis.
atchie and far beyond its most
° southern and southwestern head.
waters, the railroads could not be
kept out of here.
But if the railroads find it hard
to build bridges, could we build
one at all t This would likely be the
first question asked by the doubt
iug Thomases.
This ward has voted 10 mills tax.
es to railroads, 5 of which is now
forfeited. The city voted 5 mills
additional wich is now forfeited.
If just 5 mills of this were voted
to the bridge and that taken with
the 1 mill given by our Police Ju
ry, a company of our locia people
could organize and with a small I
cash capital to start the work, [
could build the bridge as easy as i
falling off a log. -
Once the bridge was built and the
railroads began to use it, the mon
ey would begin to return, and in a
few years it would be a source of
revenue to all concerned.
But while this revenue would be
a big thing to the individuals ta.
king tooa and to the city and par. C
lab, it would be as nothing comrn
pared to the public benefits of two t
or three railroads and a free traffic t
bridge, bringing nearly half the i
patrish within easy trading reach of
our town,
With the railroads would come I
fEtories and capital to develop a
our latent resources, and with in- a
oreased transportation facilitiea
would come th, possibility of di- d
verled irops two crops a year c
on the m md, tritt, stock and a
a hwsgd other sourees of reve
aneott h would bdang wealth and Ii
good thrifty immigrants to our a
We nedothis and now is the l
tim, betore all these railroada are
semtled to some other point which 1
wriat ely give them ilaucements. o
Then there i the olt a com- c
,presto8or people for a reasona
i atiouto sist in its build- .
iig, which would settle Katchito.
a4 ioe cotton' market and sip- d
pot, eualing! our merchants
attoi et perhaps half the b
amout .they pay now sad pay
quarter to a half eaetper b
undn more than witqo¶jt acoiup o
Sti oaure wopld bing
tuei coton in our beauti. a
.t alley and the balk of it from tl
all mu gret cotton produeing 5ee,
Islpelblethat our ele or a
ay ~amber o them 1l iil to.
sp to these op aortunitie.
myt niat a in na a life a
abti.t the i offered ti
n :the nest 15 yers can-we ,e
eat adwit while i
won progree ti
,/wUil seek Adkds that h
aiie$VtnIna nd eIterIrie d
-:tFb~ow~e are o andrtmEao
will t happei to those b
or p to fallp a
do in
~vb a p a ix
of the4'
soR a
becond Battle of Mlanlila.
I* The bulk of the American for
c lees dbnt to the Philippiues, both
1e of the army and navy, are station
it ed at Manilla, the most important
;e place by far in those islands.
re These forces were attacked by
d the insurgent Fillipinos under Ag
ir niraldo's sympathizers last Sunday,
ei and after nearly 24 hours hard
'11 fighting savage warfare gave way
' to civilized and the Fillipinos were
completely routed and with con
siderable loss.
The insurgents have remained
Sin arms around Manilla ever since
'r they ceased to fight the Spanish
soldiers on their capture by our
d troops. Some of these natives
were furnished modern arms by
d Dewey, and rendered some little
e service in the final capture of the
e city. Others have bought arms
and probably some have been fur
nished arms by the jealous Span
. iards who remain in or near that
. country. Suffice it to say that
e the heathens were well armed with
f Mauser rifles and some rapid-fire
y maxims, and they did some pretty
I. severe work on our men, attacking
as they did after dark and keeping
i- it up all night. Our loss is vari
t ously estimated at from 25 to 200,
- but the Fillipinos are supposed to
e have lost at least 1500 men, for
when daylight allowed it our troops
I dashed into their strongholds and
I routed them--dislodged them from
every post near the city, and drove
them into the swamps and jungles
of the interior.
The navy succeeded by shelling a
train load of the Fillipinos and
otherwise harrassing them, in ren
dering some material assistance to
the army.
There will be no more tempori
zing now that. the treaty has been
ratified making this our territory,
and the savages have begun the
attack. They will be subdued in
short order.
Flashes of Red Light.
What Share Has the Producer in
the Products of His Labor.
Our carpenters build magnifi
cent mansions, with pillared walls
and mosaic floors, and as soon as
their work is done they pick up
their tools and leave, and never
go there any more.
Our mechanic make electric
lights and use filthy kerosene at
home; they build carriages and
afoot; they manufacture pianos
and do not own a tin whistle.
Our miners dig up gold and
die poor; they live in treacherous
coal miMnes, and lack coal in Dp
cember.
Our farmers raise grain and
lack food; export wool and cotton,
and tack overcoats in winter; sell
cattle to pay of the mortgage, and
lack meat.
Hundreds of men who helped
to build our railroads are now
oomning the ties from'San Fran
cisco to New York.
Hundreds of yoting men whose
Parents were those hardy. Western
pioneers who transformed a wil
dernes intoiirilization, are today
without a foot of land and without
hOur marvelous inventions have
been monopolized so that, in spite
of the daily miracles of our ma
ohinqry, the hungry still lack food I
and the homeless wander through
the streets.,
Every recent change in legisla
tion has been to protect property t
and to disfrandhise men.
Already in the evolution of the
world many plants and animals e
and profesiods have become ex
tinct. We no longer have the i
itage-driver, the hand-weaver, the t
lamp-lighter, the chimney-sweep, f
the lantern-bearer, the slave-deal- .
ar, the pirate, the publican, the a
armor-bea*er br the courier; they ti
have paseaed away like the masto- i
don and buffalo. ,
Will the unuverse fall apart if h
we idd to this .ist the banker, the o
broker, the usurer, the landlord d
and the monopOlistt fi
What remails when. you rob ab
slave of his 0c1ainsl His liberty. .
What remains when you rob a sick tl
manl of his didease1 His health. 1
What b remains when you rob a dog a
of leu.. Theidoto. o
What resan.u when yon rob h
America of It Ityrants? America ,
rese.a.I fleei ov~ the idustrial h
ePanvrail yu still have an inI
l "i"ch..: " nw te-, l" here" "
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Home.
r- Since the world began the hu
th man heart has loved a Home.
Aye, even the birds that build
their tiny nests in the leafy trees;
at the animals that burrow into tle
ground, or that select their lair
y among the rocks and in the jun
. gles and the forests, are each and
all endowed by an all-wise Crea
tor with an instinctive affection
for a permanent abiding place.
1. Taken either figurativety or litera
re ally.. Eden was the Mome of a
1. God-made pair of human beings,
and they wept when they were
driven from it.
The history of the world is a his
'e tory of a human struggle for a
b home.
ir Among the Egyptians, the Per
sians, the Jews, the Romans, the
Greeks, and, in later days, the
Normans, the Saxons, the Gauls,
le the Britons, men were battling for
ie homes.
i The inspiring thought of nearly
every historical invasion was land
on which to settle and build up
homes.
it Immense bodies of men, armed
it and equipped for war, took their
b wives and children with them,
ready to settle upon conquered or
newly discovered territory,
Y Since the Pilgrims landed upon
the bleak shores of Massachusetts
o the western tide of empire has
been sustained by the desire to ob
tain land to build homes.
The longing for home animates
the heart of the emigrant as he
r crosses the ocean to the new world,
s the same as it does the western
Ssettler who journeys across the
continent with his family in a
"prairie schooner."
Ask a thousand homeless men
s and women today what of all
things they most desire, and nine
hundred and ninety of them will
unhesitating answer: "A Home!"
S*
Why not seize this idea, and by
its use unite the disinherited of the
earth in a movement that shall put
every man into a home of his own,
exempt from execution and all
taxation? We repeat what we
have already said a thousand times,
that a nation of home-owners
would be the grandest, the happiest
and the mightiest nation on the
face of the earth.
To accomplish this end the mon
ey-metal standard must be destroy
ed, and a paper money standard
established in its place.
The money power must be wip
ed out of existence through a sys
tem of government loans to the
people, whereby money loaning
will become so unprofitable that
shylockism cannot exist.
A graduated land tax must be
enforced, so that landi will he desi
rable only for actual use and oc
eupation.
The grab-alls and accumulators ,
of wealth must be routed by a
gratuated income tax, whereby the
burden of taxation shall be taken
from of the shoulders of those
least able to bear it and placed up
on the shoulders of those best
able to bear it-and at the same
time render it impossible for in
dividuals and corporations to ace
cumulate the vast fortunes that
are threatening the existence of
republiea forms of government
and destroying the welfare of the
masses.
Let the people be educated to
believe that it is not only possible
but that it is thoroughly practica
ble for every man to own a home
of his own, ani in time they will
unite to accomplish such an end.
Let every man who wants a home
vote for a homer, and the problem
is solved.
Most of our farmers spread their
labor over, so much land that it is
everywhere too thin to do much
good. Sometimes, for a valuable
prize, farmers will make more
than 100 bushels of corn or oats
on an acre of land; or four or five
bales of cottofi, or fifty-five bnush
els of wheat. Why can they not
'do something ikeothat without be
ing bribed with a red-painted cul
tivator or a$200 piano? Intensive
farming may not cure all our ills,
but those who intelligently prac
ticeit will soon cure their share of
them. If a farmer has 100 seres
in cultivation and can only culti
vate in the best manner 40 acres,
he can make a permanent pasture
or hay field of the 60, and by ju
dcioUs treatment can increase its
fertility while gatheriug a profita
ble crop from it every year almost
without labor. Then let him put
the work formerely spread over 1
the 100 sores on the 40 acres; fer
tIlize ithighly, cultivate it thor
oughly, and he will not curse the
hard times' so much. Many a far- '
mer would really be lbetter off if
he would aell half of his land and
apply the roeedes to the better- i
ment aof the other half. One of is
the wrlters heighbor, in Waller a
Olaty, al35 acres ia cultivation
tloree war . While he was in
the army hidrails rotted, and whea
thewar eted :he gathered up all ;
The Kind You Have Always Bought, and which has been
in use for over 80 years, has borne the signature ol
l and has been made under his per
sonal supervision since its infbney.
Allow no one to deceive you in this.
All Counterfeits, Imitations and 8ubstitutes are but Ex.
periments that trifle with and endanger the health of
Infnts and Children-Experience against Experimentj
What is CASTORIA
Vastorla is a substitute for Castor Oil, Paregori Drops'
and Soothing Syrups. It is Harmless and Pleasant. Its
contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Naroetiei
substance. Its age is its guarantee. It destroys Worms
and allays Feverishness. It cures Diarrhoea and Windt '
Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation
and Platulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates the
Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep.
The Children's Panacea-The Mother's Friend.
CENUINE CASTORIA'ALWAYS
Bears the Signature of
The Kind You Hae Aliays Bouk o
In Use For Over 30 Years.
TNS SENTAUR ROMPANV. lT MUmmAY STggacy. ..w "= SIv..
.Victoria Lumber Co1,
LIMITED.
.-. MANUFACTURERS O----
SASH, DOORS, BLINDS, TURNED
COLUMNS, MOULDINGS, BASE,
BRACKETS, CASTINGS, MANTELS,
CISTERNS, ahd all kinds of special
interior finish and Mill Work.
Write for Prices.
Spring Street. - - - SIHREV PORT. L '
the sound rails, built a good fence
around 10 acres, fertilized it,
worked it well, planted judicious
ly, made enormous crops--875
bushels of corn on 4 acres; 7 bales
of cotton on 4 acres; 280 bushels
of sweet potatoes on 1 acre, pea
nuts, garden stuff and fruit to keep
and to sell, He prospered as no
other farmer in that neighborhood
did. It would be money in the
pockets of many of our land-poor
farmers if they would do likewise.
-Texas Farm and Ranch.
A Word !
to Doctors
We have the highest regard for the
medical prfeson. Our preparations
are not mold for the purpoe of antagon
king them, but rather asan aid. We
lay it down as an established truth that
internal remedies are positively ihjuri
ous to expectant mothers. The distress
and discomforts experienced duting the
months preceding childbirth can be al
leeasted only by external treatment-by
applying a liniment that softens and re
laies the over-strained muscles. We
make sad sell such a liniment, com-n
ing the ia~rednta in a manner
Ithato unknown, and call it
Mothers Friend
We know that in thousands of cams
it has proved more than a blessing to
ectant mothers. It overcomes morn
sickness. It relieves the sense of
tig tess. Heldaches cease, and dan
ger front Swollen, Hard and Rising
Breasts is avoided. Labor itself is
shortened and shorn of most of the pain.
We know that many doctors recom
mend it, and we know that multitudes
of women go to the drug stores and bay
it because they are sure thekr physicians
have no objections. We ask a trial
just a fair test. There is no possible
chance of injury being the result, be.
eame Mother'a Prlond is scientiflc
ally compounded. It is sold at$x a bot
tle, and should be used during *nost of
the period of gestation, although great
relie is experienced if used only ashort
time before childbirth. Send for our il
lustrated book about Mother's Friend.
TIE BRADFIELD REOULATOR CO.
ATLArrA, GA.
Dewey is * good imperialist. He
writes that he believes "the might
iest factor in the civilized world is
the imperial policy of England,
Now supplement this with the work
of Amerlica and the desert spots
will soon blossom as the rose.-
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Jack & Fleming,
Attorneys at Law,
NATCHITOCHES, LA.
Will practice in any of the 8t.te
and Federal Courts. jan6a'9 .
Homestead Notice.
I hereby give notice of may Ii
tention to enter under th e8tape
Homestead law of Louisiana, thee.
Northeast quarter of the North.
ea st quarter of Section 6, Town,
ship 11, North of Range 5, Wes
La. Meridian. *
G. W. PIEICE .
Dec. 30, 1898.---t.
NUTICE.
1 hereby give notice of amyin
tention of enteriotnia u
homestead ,laws of this
South-half of North.-wet eo
and West-half of South-wtia
ter of Section 9, in Ton
North, Range 5, West, coq I
one hundred and sixty acres;, ....
J. P. FRAN IL ,
Jan. 13, 1899.--.8t.
Job work must be paid,:ghe I
delivered. There I. no a~ep
to this rule. Stnetly cash. ,
