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s"l',aie p pt at teant . : geViral balg "~7-. s7W"3&. .Pazisi .. C, L. PARDEB, Cashier. and Trust Co. ;PITAL, $50,000. es a General ing Bsinsne. Collections Promptly Attended R LL ROPDS LE PD TO UNDERWOOD'S NEW TIN SHOP, FIREPROOF GALVANIZED IRON FLUES A SPECIALTY. Try my Double-Soldered Eave-Trough with Hercule Hangers They will not sag. P. E. D UNDERWVOOD. VVE CONTRFPCT --FO R- RICE VWVELLS. All work guaranteed. Orders promptly attended to. Old wells cleanied and made deeper. Sixteen years experience. -Brown & Barber. BOSTON SHOE STORE Men's Women's and Children's SHOES. W. S. CASE, - - Proprietor. WILLIAMS BROS., ---DBALERS IN staple and Fancy Grnceries Free Delivery. North Main Street. Jennings, La. -' - - - - . -,s .., •J S. L.,cwIS B&c CO., ;i S -Real Estate- ' JENNINGS, - - - LOUISIANA. Rice and Oil Lands and Town Lots for Sale. C. Hagins & Son, JlPNJNING, LA., i Have constantly on hand r full supply of Burial Robes. Colfins of il kIinds. Caslkets. Clth and Met.,lic. Orders by mail or telegraph will be -promptly attended to. Undertaker's Goods. BON TO4N hlVERY STABLE I have bought my partner, Mr. McFarlain's, intesest, and will be glad to serve my Friends and the Public at any lime ther may need FIRS'T CL[ASS RIGS or SADDLE HIORSES. Call and see me, or phone 90. Everything new and First Class. Yours Truly, M. S. POGUE. i tea Uts 3 CI.Rnis ;t hae raldase. of Jesse Grim, the esage: eorge Dnbar, aey Dna. sr a lt . t ehes . .ennett. The: , edarge Mae. George Dun' harut4ArttherDanbar. :A "~ wth' party was given at the M e Jessee' Oria, and during Ve ~a Wiltiam Cobb became in 6l i -ta4 dispute,. Mr. Cobb later wng the house. After his departure tae *atl was taken up by Fletcher Beoatt, sad Dunbar drew his pistol Mr. (rlian, the host, interfered, taking Dunbar's pistol from him. Fletcher Bennett suddenly seized the weapon and shot Geo. Dunbar, killing him In stantly. The latter's son, Harry, came to the defense, but was also killed Bennett. Another son also Joined the efght and shot Mr. Bennett. ,T shooting became general at this time, and Bennett received a second shot which killed him, and Arthur Dunbar received a wound which may prove fa taL Mrs. Dunbar was also shot, but it is believed she will recover. Arthur Dunbar was brought to the hospital in Augusta, where the physicians pro nounced his wounds fatal. FIRE AT FOREMAN. The Baltesse Portlen of the Tow f Bate erf from an Iu leodlary Blase. Texarkana, Ark., Jan. $.-At an early hour Wednesday morning fire came near wiping out the business part of the town of Foreman, 30 miles north of here on the Arkansas and Choctaw railway. The following bus! pess houses were destroyed: A. J. A4nderson, merchandise, loss $8000; s obson & Co., merchandise, loss $5000; Shackelford Bros., drugs, loss $3000; Reed & Co., merchandise, loss $8000; W. E. Gray, store, loss $8500; Judge Arnett, library, loss $2000; Anderson Smith, loss $500; John Sanderson. loss $2500. Most of the losers were insured. The fire originated in Sanderson's stoss and was of incendiary origin. Ooeer Kills Twe Negrooe. Dallas, Jan. 3.-Two negroes were shot and killed in the back yard of a saloon at the corner of Akard and Ma rilla streets early Wednesday night. Soon after the killing Detective A. P. Pegues of thb Dallas police force ap peared at the city hall and gave him self up to the authorities. Pegues was placed in fail. There were no witnesses to the killings. All that is known is the negroes called the officer into the back yard and soon after the shooting began. Officer Pegues refu-sa to talk. illi Coley A-q"t'r^n. Cleburne. Tex., Jan. 3.-The shortest murder trial in the history of the dis trict court of this county was finished In four hours Wednesday. The case was styled State vs. Will Coley. charged with the murder of O. 13. Quiet in this city on the firrt Mcnay in May. The testimony showed that Quiet was trying to cut Coley. wh"n the latter fired on him. The jury brought in a verdict of not cullty, by Instructions from the court. Wegro Srnb in Ind'an%. Indianapolis. Jan. 3.-A negro miner named Hinsley. aged 20 years. w.v shot and instantly killed by a nmo" of white men near Linton. Ind. D. tails of the tragedy ,re mena-or. bu it Is learned that the negro had been in a fight with a white man in th afternoon. It Is reported that " white men emptied their revol; into the negro's body. No arests hnave been made. The negro was a memobr of the only colored family in the county. The Cuban Election. Havana. Jan. 3.-The indications are that the entire Palma ticket will be elected and that Tomas Estrada Palma, the Nationalist candidate for the presidency of Cuba, will receive the unanimous vote of the electoral college. The adherents of Gen. Maso, who recently withdrew from the con test, not only withdrew their candi dates, but refused to go to the polls. A remarkably light vote was polled throughout the Island. Speelal Term of Court. Greenville, Miss.. Jan. 3.- Judge Frank J. Larkln has issued an order announcing a special term of the clr cult court in Greenville. beginnig Tues day, Jan. 21. The purpose of the ses sion is to try Cocke, Phlpp, Lauderdale and Blackburn in jail here, charged with the murder of G. M. Wray on a train of the Mississippi Valley rail road near Loland on Monday morn ing. Ranged limmeolt I. JaiI. loagview. Tex., Jan. 3.-Walter Tor ranee one of the prisoners who es caped from the Gregg county fall last Friday and who was recaptured here, committed suicide here in jail. He tied his shirt around his neck and to one of the iron bars and wrenched his Veteram elt Two Wari. Merkel, Tex., Jan. S.--Capt. H. C. Childress died at the home of W. J. O'Zee. He was a soldier in the Mexi can war and also an ex-Confederate veteran. He was 90 years old. Pound Geilty of Ierde,. Oxford, Miss., Jan. S.-Orlando Les ter, the negro on trial here, charged with being an accomplice in the mur der of the Montgomerys, was found guilty of murder in the first degree The jury was but 15 minutes. Woms Seseileo by fasgiag Tecumseh. O. T.. Jan. 3.-Miss len ale Moore committed suicide by bhang ing herself here. She was 58 years old lived near Eason, O. T. siUiiagon,: Jan. . -Miss Alice evlt' the eldest daughter of Pres. ident Room 'Vl, was formally present ed to, Washl~itton socfety last night at a ball given .4 her honor at the White House. A~olat 500 guests in all were present. gMlss oosevelt is the first White House 4lititante since 1878, when Miss Nellie .rant, was presented to society at a ball which was the gayest social event of the de cade. The presentations were made in the Blue Parlor, Mrs. Rosevelt introducing her daughter. The latter wore white chiffon with white roses and the Jew. els which her father gave her Christ mas. Mrs. Roosevelt wore pure white, with white lace and trimmed with I1 lac orchids. Miss Roosevelt was the recipient of many floral pieces of beautiful design, sent to her in honor of her "coming out" day. The presi. dent enjoyed the occasion heartily, and mingled freely among the young folks. The dancing, which began shortly after 10 o'clock, and included a pro gramme of 20 numbers, was held in the large East Room, music being fur nished by the Marine band and the Artillery Corps band from Washing ton barracks during the ball. Buffet luncheon was served in the banquet room. WOMEN SHOULD PROPOSE! Dr. RKlos Believes That the Old Order of Courtship Should Be Revereed. St. Louis, Jan. 6.-Dr. Charles L. Kloss, pastor of the First Congrega tional church at Webster Grove, has caused a sensation by suggesting that women should propose marriage. There are nearly 300 members GA his congregation and.last year there were only about a dozen marriages among the members. Dr. Kloss is dis posed to blame the women. He says they are too timid, and that there is no reason why they should not do the pro posing themselves. "The idea seems to have always been that women are dependent upon the men," Dr. Kloss says. "There is no reason why this opinion should not be reversed. Let them become men's economic equals and then they can do the proposing themselves, instead of waiting for the men to come along and ask them to become their wives." Denver after Thugs. Denver, Jan. 6.-Fully 2000 citizens of Denver held a mass meeting here for the purpose of affecting an organi zation to aid in ridding the city of the thugs who have main.ained a reign of terror for two years past. The imme diate cause of the meeting was the murder of Harold Friedbern and the outraging of his 16-year-old sister on the night of December 31. Will Raise Tropical Fruit. New Prleans, Jan. 4.-A large party of Iowa farmers sailed Friday for the Isle of Pines, of Cuba, to found a colony of tropical fruit-growers. There are 23 families in the party, and the? come from Spirit Lake and Fairfield and that section of Iowa. Forest Pire in Territory. South McAlester, I. T., Jan. 6.-A forest fire is raging along the Frisco railway tributary to Tuskahoma. ThM section of country is well settled by small farmers and it is feared that there has already been loss of life. Head Severed from Body. San Antonio, Jan. 4.-Jesse E. Clair, aged 43, a brakeman on the Interna. tional and Great Northern, fell from a car of coal at the Brackenridge coal mine near Lytle while the train was moving,. and his head was severe, from his body. He leaves a wife and five children in this city. Fire at Catoona. Guthrie, O. T., Jan. C.-Fire at Catoo sa. I. T., Thursday morning burned nearly every building In the town. Loss $80,000. The Bank of Catoosa building was destroyed. NEWS IN BRIEF. Mrs. Lonnie Hanson, living In pov erty at Montgomery. Ala.. has been notified that a fortune awaits her in Germany. An irrigation canal will be con structed from Walli-s to San Felipe, Tex.. a distance of nine miles. Jim Younger, once a desperado, is ill from an old wound, at St. Paul, Minn. General Seamons. adjutant general of California. is dear'. Goetz and Yaffee, jewelers at Knox ville, Tenn., have placed their business in the hands of a receiver. William V. Cooper fell at Hanibal, Mo., and broke his neck. Near Smithland. Ky., Will Merely shot Ed Driscoll, an 8-year-old boy, for calling h n a Democrat. A big cotton seed oil mill will be erected at Stamford, Tax. William Jackson, a native of Morris town, N. J., but whose whereabouts are unknown, has been left a fortune by his sister. Milton Gorton and wife were burned to death at Lltchfleld, Minn. The Southern Pacific railroad has ordered the ebuilding of its creosote plant which ',urned recently at Hous ton, Tex. William C. Green, an old resident of Salt Lake City, was found frozen to death at Cotonwood, Utah. Ed Corrigan, the Chicago turfman, will abandon English tracks. Anson Lanholm shot and fatally wounded his father at Galesburg, Ill., believing he was a burglar. The cotton crop of Texas for 1901 is estimated at 2,500,000 bales. I he Firs iatiat ku ofo t--OFFId(ERa----. E. F. ROWSON, President. F. E. BLISS, Vice-President GEO. A. COURTNEy, Cashier. ti. H. HOAG, Asst. Cashier. DIRECTORS F. F. MORSE, J. P. HABER, P. . a LWS S. J. JOHNSON, E. F. ROWSON. This Bank is now open for business in its temnorary quarters in the MIorse Building. We now have John Deere and Hapgood Gang Plows Disk and Lever Harrows Van Wie Pumps for deep wells. See our New top-suction pump. Eric Engines and Boilers. Black Bros. & Co. J. A. ZABOLIO. PBRCY LONOMAk. ZABOLIO & LONOMAN, .....Dealers in..... General Merchandise New lot of Gents' Furnishing Goods, Ladies' Shirtwaists, ete. PR8B DELIVERY. " .- . JENNINGS, LA. -:9.. .. R BUUR BUGGY uu d am' Z ý3 It E'f' .. PA lNTING? "' i ii IF SO SEETHE ," ,' L . .PAINTERS AND - -C , y:.; ". c tfý :' ,"- 0, 1%" PAP ER HAN"ERS. ," " "" ..! .. 'u " i-a`:ý. . . ".'s : @ ' a i4.,."0 " ,"'"f*. a --" Southern Pacific. SUNSET 0 I1_ROUrE SUNSET ROUTE. it. Louis and return, Oct. Oth to 11th; limit, Oct. 15th ......$27 95 San Antoni and return, Oct. 16 and 17, InternationalFair.... 12 55 Cheap homeseeker rates to California points. Direct connections to New Orleans and Houston for all points. Free reclining chair cars on all trains. For infoimation pertaining to rates, routes, etc., apply to S. F. [1. MORSE, L. J. PARKS, Pass. T'at. Mgr. HOUSTON, TEK. Gen. Pass. & Tkt. Agt. J. F. Sullivan, Ticket Agent. FOR MALARIA, CHILLS AND FEVER. The Best Prescription Is Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic. The Formula Is Plainly Printed on Every Bottle, So That the People May Know Just What They Are Taking. Imitators do not advertise their formula knowing that you would not buy their medi cine if you knew what it contained. Grove's contains Iron and Quinine put up in correct proportions and is in a Tasteless form. The Iron acts as a tonic while the Quinine drives the malaria out of the system. Any reliable druggist will tell you that Grove's is the urnginal and that all other so-called "Taste less" chill tonics are imitations. An analysis or other chill tonics shows that Grove's is superior to all others in every respect. You are not experimenting when you take Grove's-its superiority and excellence having long been established. Grove's is the only Chill Cure sold throughout the entire malarial sections of the United States. No Cure, No Pay. Price, 5o.