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THE TENSAS GAZETTE NEW ER o IE VOr. X VI S . J SEP . !a.R A . JU . .90 ,- -4 NEW SERIES VOL. XVI. ST. JOSEPH. LA., FRIDAY, JUNE 25. 1909 NO. 40 m nm m •I mI I "i" al I H Di I nlH Realism an? Impressionism. By Elbert Hubbard. " literature, as in all art,, there are two separate and distinct schools. Just now one school is called Realism and the other im pressionisn. These schoole have been known by various names, but the thing itself is ever the same; and between these schbools there is an endless war. The fight is as anoleat as Aristophanes and recent as Pro fessor Zudblia, of Chicago. Armistices are sometimes agreed upon, but the battle again rages, sooner or later. The difference between Realism and Impressionism is that one describes the thing, while the other only suggests it. Impressionism makes you think, Realism does the thinking for you Not long ago I saw a picture which seemed to me to be Impressionism of the pure type. It was a canvas entitled "Waiting." It showed a -woman seated on the sands of the sea. The woman's back is toward us and over her head is held tightly a tattered shawl. A bulge to the right of the shawl tells you that within her arms the woman holds a child. You do not see the child, yet you know 'tis there-bugged closely to the mother's heart. You do not see the woman's face, but you know that she is looking out upon the restless, tossing tide. And you know that she is waiting for a ship that will never return. However, if you yourself have never waited for a footstep that shall nev er come, and listened for a voice that shall never more be heard, the plctre will mean little to you. But if you have lived and suffered and known and felt, you will see des pair written large across the dull, threatening gray of that sky, and wrecked hopes in every curve and line of the angry waves. But the long, monotonous stretch of yellow sands will speak to you of a hope that never dies, and the bulge in the shawl will tell of a love that is stronger than death. And you will have more sympathy in your heart, aud for a day, at least, will be filled 'with a desire to benefit and bles. Ths does art help the old world on its way. King Cotton's Throne. I. it Here or in Lands Where He is Only a Vieitor ? By Daniel Bully. N all discussion regarding cotton two facts are parmamoaant-rt that cotton controls the world, and second that the natons that reap a prodigal harvest from the sale of cotton goods deenad upon America for the raw supply. The American people have begun to realize the sign'itsaes in the fact that alien nations that never saw a cotton plant have long since entered the kingdom of cotton and now divide dgasmiat aong themselves, excluding the United States, where the cotton is 91ws. The contest among the Powers today is for trade, and cotton in sane form is the chief commodity carried. It is inconceivable that other natins can go on at thn expense of America, winning trade triumphs with a om-* nmoity whle h they do not naturally possess, which they cannot obtain in siR trent qu':ites outside of the United States and which they could not manu beture at a profit but for the fact that we sell the product near and at timnes even below the cost of raising it. An analvsis of this trade in cotton goods reveals that of our epoib more than six million dollars' worth consists of unbleadhed cloths, waie of our imports more than twenty-two million dollars' worth consists of almr "lbrics, including embroideries, laces and ourtains Altorethcr the fivrres show that while we exported in the ten months s.ded with October, 1908, twenty-two million dollars' worth of the output of our cotton mills the nation sold to us almost one hundred per cent. more pan we sold them. It is a grotesque and almost unbelievable item in the commerce of this age that a resourceful nation like America, the producer of the world's cotton. mould buy back two dollars' worth of cotton goode for every dollar's worth it ships abroad. Now is the time for American statesmen, Amerlean genflhU M waken. The dawn of the cotton century is here-.The Cosmopolitana. ADVERTISE IN THIS UGULAR TRI-WEEKLY . PAPER . ATCEZ AND VICKSBURG PAPER PACKET. AND WATCH YOUR Retdm Smhy, Tumysm mi Thursdays at 12... Business Increase A"d' mo, - -s - s e.-r ..r. W. A. S. WHEELER. C. E. MORITZ. WHEELER & MORITZ, 225 BARONNE STREET, NEW ORLEANS, LA. Cotton, Grain, Provisions, Stocks. DIRECT WIRES TO NEW YORK AND CHICAGO Are You Going To Build ? SIf so, carry eat the ideu uder the moet favorable eeaditionsby sm. iag u about the lumIbw reaared t·r the purpose. To bduild genomi. aly, bulId well. For high.grmade, well manufactured Fhmh, gc. Cal..... 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While he was out at work and his wife visit ing the home of a sick neighbor, the children, in their play got hold of the dynamite caps, which were hid den above the armoir, and before they realized what had happened, the dynamite exploded. All of the furni ture in the house was strewn about and the kitchen, near the house, was knocked several feet away. No one was injured. Baptist Encampment. The annual encampment of Louis iana Baptists will be held at Mande ville July 6 to 14. All preparations have been completed. The grounds are situated in a convenient and picturesque spot close to the beach 1 and in short distance from the New Orleans Great Northern Railroad. Bathing fishing and other amuse ments are among the many pleasures I derived from thi camp life. Rev. 1 Lowry will deliver a course of lea - tures, and there will be a song ser- N vice at each meeting conducted un- I der the direction of C. W. James. 1 The Sunday school service will be in charge of Arthur Fluke. Mad Dog Bites Two. A mad dog was about the home of Oscar Champagne, near Hahnville, and bit two of his little girls. They I were brought to Vacherie, where the i mad stone was applied. On one of 1 the girls the stone took for six hours i and on the other it took for four I hours. The girls returned home with their relatives after having received the treatment. The dog made a num ber of bites at chickens, dogs and I cats and a wholesale slaughtering was in order. Deputy Sheriff R. Ma dere succeeded in killing the animal, though after it had done its havoc. ---*--- ( Boll Weevils Appear. John Story, a prominent farmer living at Grand Cane, and who has several hundred acres of cotton in cultivation, states that the boll wee vil had put in its appearance the 1 last few days to such an extent that he believed the cotton crop in this 1 vietnity will be greatly damaged. However, the statements from dif ferent farmers vary. Some are in clined to believe that the cotton crop will be greatly damaged by the I weevil, while others seem to think I that no great damage will be done. I First Cotton Bloom of Season. The first eotton bloom of the sea- i son appeared on the farm of P. A. 1 St. Romain of Plaucheville. His cotton is of the King improved variety and he says that while the boll wee vil is out in great numbers, his cot- 4 ton is fruiting up nicely. The far mers of this section and vicinity are 4 applying paris green on their cotton 4 to poison the weevil, and it is stated 4 on good authority that the result has proven satisfactory. Several dead weevil were exhibited here as a result of the poison. Youth Has Inger Amputated. N Stanley Gould, Neville Ringhisaen,' Murphy McNamar, Win. hartman and Henry Bull, all of Rayne, left this week to enlist in the United States navy. The last named young man was refused on account of a stiff middle finger on one hand. Up on being told that he could enlist if the finger was taken off, he asked how soon it could be done, and wa; told, "at once." He then held out N his hand and watched without a tremor while the finger was ampugn tated. He was then accepted. Charbon Kills Two Mules. P. J. Unkle, Jr., manager of the Lowry plantation, several miles south of Jennings, was in town a few days ago and stated that two fine mules had Just died in that vicinity with charbon. All precautlona are being taken to prevent the spread of the disease, as there are several large hoards of cattle in that neighbor hood. --C-* Mexican Killed in Knife Duel. One man is dead and the other seriously wounded in a local sanitar um ais the result of a cutting affray between two Mexicans, which took place on Bayou Rapides, a few miles above Alexandria. The men were plantation laborers, and their names are unknown. Mixed Fcea Factory. John P. Parker has leased the cotton mill property on South Jack son street, in Monroe and as soon as the necessary machinery can b1 in stalled will establish a factory for the manufacture of standard mixed feed. Mr. Parker will organize a stock company, but most of the stock will be controlled .by him. The mix ed stock feed to be prepared under the direct supervision of an expert chemist Negro Shooting A", At Ponchatoula, Henry Gulledge, shot Epp Brightwell in the stomach. All parties to the affair are negroes, and from the meager information ob tainable it is understood that they had an entertainment, and that Brightwell, becoming hilarious, talk ed rather freely about his intimacy with Gulledge's wife and attempted .to embrace her, remarking that he had most of the white people and all the negroes bluffed. Gulledge re marked that there was one negro that was not bluffed, pulled his gun and shot Brightwell. Slayer of Deputy Sheriff Convicted. At Alexandria, the jury in the case of the state vs. Henry Brady, charged with the murder of Deputy Sheriff J. W. Lacasee at Woodworth, on the morning of Jan. 24 last, returned a verdict finding the lecused Sgilty as charged, without capital punish ment. Lacasee was murdered from ambush. The deed was a most bru tal one. Lacasee made a dying declaration, in which he named Bra dy as the murderer. There were no eye-witnesses. The trial lasted two days, and the verdict of -the Jury gave general satisfaction. Oust School Board. Because of the disturbed school conditions in Iberia parish the State Board of Education at a special meet ing held in Baton Rouge, removed the Parish School Board, appointed a new board and demanded the imme diate withdrawal from office of Par ish Superintendent L. A. Walet un der pain of nullification of his cer tificate of qualification, which would mean a loss of revenue to the parish schools from the State if an unquall fed official remained at the head of the system. Two Negroes Executed. At Lake Charles between 12 and I o'clockFriday afternoon Monroe ,mith and Henry Blankford were hanged in the parish jail to expiate the murder of Rene Reed, a white man. Monroe Smith, the first to hang was steady in his step to the scaffold and never uttered a word before the trap was sprung. Blankfold, the ne gro who fired the fatal shot, quiv ered and prayed as he saw death tak ing him into its grasp. "I am guilty," he cried, just before the trap was sprung. Nine Cars of Potatoes Shipped. The Potato Growers' Association of Columbia has shipped nine oar-loads of fine Irish potatoes this season at from $1.02 to sixty-five cents per bushel. The last car was shipped last week. The success with which the crop has been grown this year has been very encouraging to the farmers. who think they can handle the situa tion even more advantageously anoth er year. To Finance Baton Rouge Cannery. Arrangements have been perfected for the financing of the Baton Rouge Canning Company's local plant, and all material has been ordered for its operation. The plant will be started as soon as a manager understanding the canning process reaches the city to take charge: Killed in Log Train Wreck. While bringing in the workmen over the logging road of the Owl Bayou Cypress Lumber Company, 10 cated at Strader, the train was wreck ed, which resulted in the killing of one negro and the probable fatal in jury of another. Lawyer Gets Prison Term. J. W. Pincus, an attorney of the Alexandria bar, who was convicted several days ago upon the charge of false pretense, has been sentenced by Judge Blackman to sixty days' im prisonment in the parish Jail. Oi1 Bun"er Company Formed. The Aches Oil Burner Company. Limited, with a capital stock of $7, 500, has been organised at Plaque mine. The purpbse of the organiza tion is to manufacture and put on sale oil burners and pump outfits. -0 Escapes Through Old Hole. John Peters, a negro, escaped from the parish Jail at Columbia Friday through a hole made by a prisoner who escaped in a like-manner some months ago. ChaselJand awmil to Resume. The Chaseland sawmill near Le compte, which has been idle for some months, is expected to soon be gin operation. This is one of the best mills in this section, and is own ed by Mrs. A. C. Mathews, just east of town. Bowy eleased. F. F. Bouvy was released from jail at Plaquemine on furnishing $16,000 bond. Two Trainmen Injured. Two trainmen were seriously in jured in a Kansas City Southern freight wreck near Hornbeck. --C Otto anusea Given $7500 Verdict Tlhe case of Otto Clausen vs. the Cumnberland Telephone and Tele graph Company at Franklin has just been completed. The jury rendered judgment in favor of the plantlff for $7500 damages for the loss of one eye. This is just half of the amount asked for in the original petition. Two of the Jurors were opposed to the verdict, and ten, being the major ity of the panel, set the damages were given. .. ELSIE SICLE IURDER CASE Develops Rapidly, but no So lution Reachd. II~l 0US -- IK EYSTERIOUS P11550? OIll'S uFe Leon Ling, a Converted GMogoSam Lover of Elsie Sigel, if FPo.nd Will Be Asked to Unravel the Mystery. New York.-Until a dapper, stock ily built Chinese, well educated, and when last seen dressed in a black suit of American cut, is under arrest n and put through the police inquisi tion known as the "third degree," it is likely the murder of Elsie SigeAs granddaughter of the old civil war hero, will remain unsolved. Leon Ling, alias asng Lee Lirm alias William L. Lee, alias Wn, Lion converted Mongolian, restaursu proprietor, admirer of white womem and lover of Elsie Sigel, is the man. O When or how he left New York while the girl's body lay cramped and de composing in a battered trunk in the stuffy little room he formerly occu pied remains to be learned. With him is supposed to be his companion and erstwhile room mate. Chung Sin, who also may be able to throw some light upon the murder. Some re ports say that both Chinamen are on their way to Vancouver via Panama. All that is known to a certainty Is that the are missing and the girl's battered body remained behind in " the room of an Oriential who loved her jealously dogged her footsteps, threatened her and at times spoke with such evil intent that the 20 year-old girl confessed to friends that she was afraid of her former pagan wooer. Fed murder cases in New York have developed more rapidly and at the same time come no nearer solu tien than the Sigel mystery. But that part of the story which was un ravelled here has brought out prin- T cipally the mysterious phases of the girl's life; her apparent crase for mission work among the Chinese, her associations with the man who is supposed 'to have killed her, and last ly the fact that it was on his ac count that she left home on Wednes day, June 9. It has also come out that the girl's mother, now pros trated, according to reports, that it was necessary to remove her to a hospital, had been fearful of her daughter's safety ever since her dis apNparanee, and had searched China town day after day without success. Both parents, however, the mother and Paul Sigel, the father, are hop lag against hope, clinging to evasive clues that a telegram signed E. S.. was sent from Washington, D. C., on the fateful Wednesday. This message read, "Will come home Sunday or soon. Doent worry." Elsie Sigel's entry into the myste through her grief-stricken mother who was long identified with Sunday schools and mission work in China town. In this way the girl came tt know various Chinamen, and whben Leon, whom she met at the Fort George resort, became attentive he was received in the Sigel home and continued his association with the girl until his love became violent 'then from what can be learned, her father forbade the Chinaman to visit the house. It was then that Elsie, although afraid of her admirer, de serted her home, never to be seen alive again by any of the household. Where she went directly after leav ing home, whether she Joined the Chinaman or was lured to the room and murdered, must be cleared up. Her body tells only the story of a brutal murder and the disappear ance of the C(,hinaman adds the other a morbid features. That the girl cut her family ties because of the China man is indicated in the following note, undated, which was found in Leon's effects. "You seem to be growing cold to me. Just think of the sacrifice I made for ye-oumy family, my friends. For God's sake don't forsake me. EI SIN." As to the motive for the murder the pollee are inclined to accept first jealeously and then love mania. The girl was loved at least by one other Chinaman than Leon, and this may have caused the crime. WHEAT OROWERB WANT MEN. Kansas City, Mo.-"Send us 16, 000 men." That is the cry of the farmers of Kansas, and Karl F. Schweiser, superintendent of the Missouri State Free Employment Bu reau, with ofces here, says Kansas will be asking for 25.00 men within three weeks. "We are preparing to send the men out next week," Scheis er said. "By that time we will know just how many men each farmer wants and where to send them. The railroads have not made any reduo tion lh rates, but the rate in Kan sas is only two cents a mile." ONE OFFICER KILLED. 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