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DI!E C E M B E R 3 1st et sTelegrpphic Service, Est Local News Service, T :.Only Illustrated News Service. cribe Now. A11 for the Lowest Price. E CMP.A BELL & CO., - PLUMBERS and STEAM FITTERS. Plumbing, Steam Fitting, Heat ing and all Classes of Pipe Work Promptly Executed. Office, Main street, Jennings, La. The Louisiarta Turf Exchange Is Now Open. Races will be reported from the : tracks daily. Location opp. McFar lain House. Come and he +r the races annonced as they-are run at thetracks. F. A. TOCE. Prop. GRILLS ooo Design to suit your taste. All kinds of furniture repaired and. reconstructed. Call and ex amine samples of GRILL and .MANTLE work. Shop north of `Racket store. 73d&w . MARK D. RITTER. S CHINESE LAUNDRY. All work carefully done by ' hand,which prevents your clothes from being damaged. Our prices Are reasonable, and our work is first-class. Hong Lee, Proprietor. Cor. State and Davies st '". o W. J. MILLS ROOM 5, SCOTT BUILDING, FOR DRAPER oR COLT Sy lene Gas Generators S ai4 l .and see me. Have something that will , eutre.8t you for your Store or 1teeidence lighting .I I. Pearl Dais, TEACHER OF PANO and ORGAN ~ dio, -Cary Avenue. -· I ilf.a block from the Sivrstu National Bank. *- TO N veadd:ed to my stable r;w. rigs. Any one 1n4with aq order -en at turnout. 11 AND NIGHT 1 mt All hours. Ionme Iappeningst Interestlng Items Elonoerntg deJelnigs and the ?Nelghborlng Country.. D. C. Cohen of Memphis is in our city today. Brown Funk of Crowley spent Sunday here. John Boehm returned from Welsh this morning. Minstrel show tonight. Go and enjoy a hearty laugh. F. C. Kitchen of Lake Charles spent Sunday here with relatives. J. H. Meinen has gone toTexas on a .vacation for the next few weeks. F. C. Mitchell has moved into F. R. Jaenke's house on Davies street. Contractor Mitchell went to New Orleans Saturday night on business. Frank Wood worth, a promi nent business man of Iota, was in town today. Felix Laurents was a business visitor frogms Laurents (South Lake Arthur) today. Miss Anna Dudley has ac. cop)ted a position as bookkeeper in the Times office. M. H. Pearson and Carl Tuhuy of Muncie, Ind., arrived in our city today on business, S. L. Cary, C. R: Cline and S. E. Schmink went to Crowley this morning to meet the Ohio excur sion. T.he Ladies' Aid Society of the Christian church will meet at the home o4 the minister, Thursday an 3 o'clock. E. N. Marsh and wife returned Sunday from an extended visit to friends .and relatives in the east and north. C. B. Kessler and wife arrived Saturday evening from Galves ton where they have been the last two months. Showers have been falling heavily during the day. The general verdict seems to be that we have got enough for a while. Rev. C. N. Williams preached a very interesting sermon last night to a large congregation at the Christian church; subject: It is a Fearful Thing to Fall Into the Hands of the Living God. As the days are growing shorter it has been decided to change the hours ol. services at the Christian church. Prayer mepting and Sundjtfnight serv. usine nts of imort 2 . 4# . , The f .ollowing resoluhtio as were adopted at -the .mee~tin ofethe Jenmlngs P~st on Satur'day Oct., Whereas, It haI pletared the Great Commander, to whose lock. we humbly bow, to rem: ve ~from. r nusinmber ofr worthy blncer of the day, comrade D. E. weet, Thereforellowingbe i Resolved, That wethe meeting of em Jers of .ennings Post No. 6, De partment Lous, It hana and Missisthe we ppiG.A.mbly bow, make manifest our sorrow at the loss we and the balance of rthe commuit of have suday, costaied, by draing the Charter of this Post in mourning for the balancrfree of the year. Resolved, That suitable me morial services be held in the Post hal on Sunday, Oct. 19th at Missis :30ppi G. m., by members of the Post, ansd tha e Woman's Re lief orps and Ladies of the G. A.community R. be invited to participate there in. Resolved, That son the day ofme such memorial service thoe flag of thePost shall be displayeday, Oct. 19th at halPo-mast, from sunrise Womaill sun-'s Re set. Resolved, That these resolu tions be spread on the minute boo ofthePost, and a copy of E the same furnished the family of the desceased comrade. at Enquire of Geo. F. Bell at the a Racket store. - 40 it verd, thin New this Sarsolnu .A. G. Allen's Big Original New I Orleans Minbe strels are billed tonute appear here under canvas Oct. 13. Beyond any-doubt this is the family of largest and most wmdely known Colered Minstrel Compastreetny ex tant. The of Geo. F. Bmanagement pointshe with pride to the fact that that for more than twenty years iBig Original New has been acknowledged thetlead- c Oring Colored Minstrel Companyed to before the country. With but one exception, it is the only col ored minstrel company that has ever visited Cuba; the only col-b ored.minstrel company that has ever visited the Republic of Old Mexico, having played an ex tended engagement ol three weeks int eCity c Met'coalone. Ask your grocer for "Dun woody's Best" flour. It has no equal. _ Jennings Rice Market. October, 11, 1902. Rice previously received, 58, 618 sacks; received today. 2296 sacks. Total received, 60,8164 sacks. Rice previously shipped, * 19,813 sacks; Shipped today, 935 sacks. Total shipped, 20,-t 758 sacks. o Stern's have just received a nice assortment of novelties in laidies' neckwear and will be glad to show them. Ea'- - I,Rfl:Naa~' COjj? 1DJ in r snofrtow has .] estai~i . '-the beeitaenildevel cotmnsis nd the peqlileli rinid Ao u". V ~wIIrffn en cou nt, and. W. thaber t a co. .ry we Jdothis ecntionof Texas, is a:no ie about'to be realized. t. The 'xzas :Rice Development Company 'has recently been orgamze.d, withlarge capital, to: 'e detelop that section of the .coast' I in the west-part- of Matagorda in. county between Cash's creek and: )f Turtle bay, embracing what. is' known as the Pilkinton Bend. pasture, out of the Shanghai Pierce estate of 19,800 acres of - .land. e- This company is having the influence and encouragement of the great Soutltern Pacific com pany, with its-army of employes and officials, its many steamshipa Y and its thousands -of miles of e railroad, with connections from Chicago, New York and the lakes on the north to the gulf and Republic of Mexico on the south, and from the Atlantic and the e gulf on the east to the Pacific on it the west. e The land they' propose to develop lies about fifty miles " south by west from Wharton, L. forty miles south from El Campo, twenty-five miles southwest from Bay City, and on Palacios bay, Ia large arm of Matago: da bay, about equidistant between the coast towns of Matagorda, at the it mouth of the Colorado river, and 1- Port Iavaca, below the mouths of the Lavacaand Navidad rivers, three great rivers of Middle South Texas. e In about the middle of theeight ' miles of bay bluff front on this trac, the Texas Rice Develop ment company have surveyed ,. and platted a town site, one mile e square. The remainder of the it high bay bluff front they have platted into bay front lot.softrom two to ten acres each. The ' balance of the tract they have 0 platted into quarter sections of b. 160 acres each. They will have publ:c, high-graded roads and e sub-drainage ditches at conve n nient paces in the entire tract. Artesian well water for the entire it 17,800 acre tract, for irrigation "t and domestic purposes, free of - charge. A 200-feet roadway Y along the entire eight miles of Sbay front. A large botel, with al modernconveniences. Docks Sand wharves at the terminus of s the railroad. Piers, pagodas, a pavilions and bath houses along the bay front of the town site. In front of this town site they have a chanual I2 feet deep, lead. ing on down, deepening to 20 feet at old Palacios Point and 86 feet at Saluria, on Pass Cavallo, the outlet into the Gulf, with 12 feet depth of water over the bar into the gulf, which bar is about 500 Syards wide from 36 feet inside i the F'alnra harbor to 86 feet out. i :de iin the gulf. They have to the southwest of - this 12 fiet channel a natural oyster bed or reef, reaching from Wells Point to opposite old Pal acios Poin,, t ii miles, capable of supplying millions of the delic ions bivalves, free of charge. The bays abound with fish and wild fowl to feed the hungry and amuse the sportsman. With the above advantages and attractions, they have the health.- 1 . liest location in the state, which is above all gulf storms, floods or tidal waves, with a high upland connection with the interior of i the state. . . 'Their land .about equidistant ~;~"P"; r; ..I :· li,~~5t9; ~ ~·]~ '' "· "': ,i··~ ~;I P· T·c·iR -? ':B ~hr, ·~J~·· i;··~-:;~"·· ' ;·r~;:: :··-.'-·· Yi`~ ·:1" 1. .~Bib;aer ·'l~nne, ,.I .. 1. ~. ·.· 1., , ·.: i;.. ~i~cro~oloe, :i" ...,, ;·: 11`~1 ~··r U ?. ~'* ;·? ri "· i·!.·.; --_·.~i~ In*··l: ·~··.:. ·· ..... r. ~:·: ·.:i~-·..1:·. ._I~-P-~L~Y~ :x. ; . - ··. ~. . ..-- -·· ·i.~ .. is'i F· .. --: ·~IIB~~XII~BeBL~ t rp ···r~ 5· ,: .:: ·· ·'·` ~h~der. :·:? 'i: ·r,·· -·~. i- ~';r· ··~ ·-r. ..·n~ ~·5 B .C~.lc~El ~i .,r Ir : ~ -'''I -r :r::: ·i-,sBWM~IH~e~l ~p~ci ~.· ~· 1.. *·-- · ··r -·· I· z··: ··: ~"--`·' "' ~ ;~-· ·i ·· I .. ~ ;~ ,· 1· ~· - i. " : O1mhr ts atflyr fort only s. The place "w he r e Walker sells it for less. E. S. HEMPSTEAD, IJU.TICE of the PEAcE aoilol s+ a oeapt atteatioa. - r between the fertile valleys of old Caney and the Colorado rivers oa onthe east and the Lavaca and Navidad rivers on the west, the riihest and most probuctive soiles in the South, with the most certain seasous and desirable climate. The Spectator would advise the people to go to see this high, beautiful, new-born city, with its its delightful, cool, healthgiving sea breases in the summer and its mild climate in winter. Eat of its delicious fish and oysters. Sail on, bathe in and hunt over its clear. limpid, pure, health giving, health-restoring and health-preserving salt water. Drive over its dry,. smooth roads, and tnink of The Wharton Spectator, who first told you about it. Ask your grocer for "Dan woody's Best" flour. It has no equal. Visited Morgan. By Union Associated Press. New York, Oct. 13.-President Baer of the .Reading,-spent yes terday aboard Morgan's yacht. Important announcements re garding the strike settlement are expected today from Morgan as a result of the strike Baer went to Philadelphia this morning by special train: Krementz oolla r but tons 20o at Hollins Bros & Lebens. LOOK OUT POR FEBVE. Biliousness and liver disorders at this season may be prevented by cleansing the system with Dowitt's Little Early Risers. These famous little pills do not gripe. They move the bowels gently. but copiously, and by reasons of the tonic properties, give tone and strength to the glands, The Owl Drug Store. Nabisoo wafers at the E. F. Walker Gro oery Co. and like ev erything else Walker sells it for less. Chaugste of Busine. John Bohem has isold out his bicycle business.to 1. F. & A. 0, F4estman, who will conduct it un der the name of Eastman Bros.: Mr. Boehm will close :uphis aft airs and itake a trip to-.alifornia £ea other weasten states dtohis i a healith. MIIGE .count.i ' nitbe course t(Ifa year. Own you?. . '. ef_.. _._"-_illIsoon pay for Itself, and give yu s- ttTias lon w ll ihnee. We 'have on view at our epositor Veholes 'which leiaves Iitild to be desired. -Their room is better -I- company, and we. therefore, propose to paer with them for as little as'we. and live. This is your opportunity. BlRAGc '1BROS. & CO., Jl4IrINGs. ~Isou s i 3. . ALL, Pireo. D. D. AEDUuS, V. Prest. J. U. ReAN . CaW i THE CITIZENS' BANII, JENNINGS, LOUISIANA. INTEPREST PAID ON TIME DEPOJSIT Directors: 5. 8. Hofmsa, C. A. Low . L . L 1, D. hobert, A. 0. Meser lin, A.M. Artharb, USd Morris, D. D. Andre., o C. AmIrus. Colleotions reoeive prompt attention. A general banking bu~ualss , transaoted. SWHE GOING TO TEXAS. IEE 3 AR LICK PFUNK, S REAL ESTATE 'BROKERS. BEST LINE IN TOWN OF Candies, Fruits and Confectioneries All the Leading Brands of Tobaccos and Cigars. Stationery and Blasik Books. Elegant lot of Box Paper. Miss Rose Wilkinson wish es to inform her friends that she can now be found at Stern's, where she will be pleased to serve them. As Origins O014-Time Minstrel Show. A. G. Allen's New Orleans, clean, refined and up to-date; ev erything new this season. Cloy er Comedians, Comic and Artistle Cake Walkers, and the greatest galaxy of Sweet Singers of the sunny south ever assembled in one company presented under a mammoth canvas theatre seating over 2000 people. Watch for the imp, sing street parade which takes place at nbon on day of the show. This company will appear here Oct .18. E. F. Walker Gro cery Co. handle the Meadow Gold butter, the best in town and of course Walker sells it for less. Just received a carload of .fui niture, including bedding,-sheets, pillows, chamber sets, lone roll' top desk. For aidle - the f ul bert House. 20 4t :i :.z;~;~ *'` '' ··' · so. U44 ·~·:: · - The best line: : ! fancy dres goo ein Jennings a. Dry Goods B I. zaar and Walker still sells it fr less. . e s o orTu:o "-a SIFr, not\ - ]Miss Stella Plattx.`.; A limited number of pupili be taken. Apply at resideawe of G. N. AylaKcorth. D R. C4. 4 ILI4I ,DENTAL $URONE yt ". .