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THE TENSAS GAZETTE
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N EW SERIES VOL. 'VII. ST. JOSEPH. LA., FRIDAY. OCTOBER 15, 1909 .... n
Great Results May Come 1
From Trifling Events.
By John K. Le Baron.
-\ Y of the interesting events in history and literature have been  
Stho result of what Cervantes would term "A very happy acci
di nt."t
Important results are often the fruit of trifling incidents.
Gibbon tells us that his visit to Rome in 1764 was with no
thou;ght of writing its history, but. while musing among its
ruins on that October day "the idea of writing the Decline and
Fall of the city first started to my mind."
To that chance visit to the Eternal City literature owes one of its most
valued hi.tric.al possessions.
At onet tinte in his early career Oliver Cromwell, accompanied by John I
HampdPen, s t sail for America. By a mere accident the infamous Archbishop d
Laud heard , f the embarking of these young men, had the vessel overhauled a
and 'romw.cll and Hampden brought 'back to shore.
I.ittle di.! the Archbishop realize that that trivial act among his 600 t
proved c.rln: was to change English history and bring his own despicable s
head to the 1,lock.
Out 'of that act of Injustice came much justice.
Rossinl i authority for the statement that while writing one of his great- i
set com npositi nls, he dipped his pen by mistake into a bottle of medicine,
thereby causing a blot, which changed the whole idea. "To this blot," he
writes, "is all the effect, if any, due."
The picturesque historic career of the French adventurer, Louis de Fron
tenac, inclilding his Canadian conquests, would probably not have been a part I
of American history had it not chanced that his marriage was an unhappy
one
To the incompatibility ofS shrew America is indebted for one of its most I
dramatk h,,roes.
It is not probable that orl" literature would have been enriched by that
most famous of religious allegories, "The Pilgrim's Progress," had.' ot the
intolerant ('onventicle Act caused John Bunyan's unjust imprisonment:
"The Pilgrtinr.'rogress." was conceived and cradled in a dungeb.,
On the roster of early Philadelphia lawyers the name of Brockden-htands
conspicuously. That this young man became a noted legal conveyancer was
TaNe to a peculiar incident which brarely escaped being a tragedy. '-;
Young Brockden was aq English student, and unwittlngly overlterd the
eonspirators plotting against the Itfe of Charles It. The conspiratois be
coming aware that Brockden possessed their secret, determined to iI* him
':but later decided upon banishment, to the wilds of America.
A British state secret gave Philadelphia an able barrister.
Ruskin's criticism of Whistler made the latter famous. It has been said
of this incident that before Ruskilts censure Whistler was one of severaL
"After the bout Ike W " 'g. s ,.et 4: :: ..:
Censure is sometlmes sweeter than battery.
We never know how important trifling events may prove.
A change in the direction of the wind settled the destiny of the Pilgrims. 4
The swing of a spider won a decided Seottish victory.
The' Power of Tolerance.
By George Harvey.
O-DAY, despite the partial elimination of distances through d
amazing discoveries and inventions of recent years, it is stil a
influence of magnitude to be reckoned with and regarded with
considerable thought. Because a member of a fnancial aCO'
munity places commercial stability above other considerations,
it does not follow that he is an enemy of his country. Because
a resident of the seaboard, unduly apprehensive of foreign in
vasion. deplores immigration and incites aggressive resistance to it, we have
no right to assume that his motives are unworthy. Because, as many of us
believe, manufacturers demand excessive protection; or because .tille1 of the
soil, regarding themselves, wrongfully to some minds, as consumers rather
than as producers, would abolish custom-houses; because poverty Insists that
wealth should bear the main cost of maintaining government; benause wealth
would and, as many of us believe, does, place an unequal and consequently
unfair burden of taxation upon poverty, the actuating motives need not neces
sarily be condemned as wholly base. The true cause often lies, not in lack of
patriotic impulse, but in that instinct for ascendancy whose manltestations,
however distasteful in concrete instances, make, as a rule, for Individual
achievement,
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N10 RESS SUITS AT TAF! BANQIET "
Bulletin Issued Op Cabbage Worm
Remedy. Orphanage Home Needs ci
Finances. Interest in Court tl
House Fight.
A meeting set by the farmers of
Norwood for the purpose of inau
gurating a movement for the imme
diate destruction of the cotton stalks
and the boll weevil. A large num
ber of negroes from the various plan- c
tations were present by invitation 1
and manifested ap earnest desire to f
co-operate with the planters in every t
effort to accomplish this, and pledg- n
ing themselves to undertake the work 1i
at once. A large corn crop has been E
raised in this parish-the largest for i
many years-and almost all the la- E
borers will have all the bread they t:
need, and they were assured by the 0
farmers that these remaining on the ii
plantations would be supplied with
meat while destroying the stall.s and
afterward, and aided in every way
possible. c
To Drill Per Oil.
A party of Jennlnpgs and Beau- ,
mont investors in oil properties are
organizlng a company wMth $60,000 t
capital stock preparatory to making e
extensive explorations for oil west t
of the Calcasleu. It is understood
that the first prospect hole will be e
sunk on land owned by one of the ,
members of the company about one t
mile west of Westlake, near Houne
ton river. The company already
owns all the necessary drillipg ma
chinery and expects to have the first
well under way inside of thirty days. 1
Among the prominent figures in the t
company is H. F. Benckenstein, de- I
veloper of some of the beat paying 1
oil properties in the Texas and Jen
nings fields and an expert judge of 1
oil territory.
Bpbk On Cabbage Culture.
The ihcrease in truck farming in
Louisiana, and the increased acreage
planted in cabbage, has caused con
siderable attention to be paid to the
damage done the cabbage crops of
the state by the cabbage worm, which
eats large ragged holes in the leaves.
The State Crop Pest Commission has
issued a bulletin on this worm giving
remedies. The most important step 1
of all is cleanliness and methods of
clean culture about the garden. As
soon as the crop of cabbage or cauli
flower is harvested all of the remain
ing stalks, useless plants and leaves,
should be gathered up and burned.
Boy Tramp Breaks Leg.
While Lem Voight, aged about fif
teen years, was attempting to beat
his way out of Boyce in a coal car
loaded with creosoted ties the car
wea being switched about and upon
striking another car the ties jammed
Voight against the end of the car
and broke his left leg between the
ankle and knee. Volght says he is
from Victoria, La., and his people
are farmers. A subscription was
taken up and after his leg is dressed
he was sent to the Charity Hospital
at New Orleans.
Increase in Peanut Acreage.
Last year the State Department of
Agriculture paid a great deal of at
tention to the cultivation of peanuts
and got out a special bulletin, con
taining a great amount of data which
had been collected by agents of the
department on this subject. The re
sult this year is that there has been
a decided increase in the peanut acre
age. It is estimated around Ruston,
at least forty carloads of peanuts
have been raised, and other commu
nities report equally as successful
crop
Good bShowing for the Y. M. C. A.
It is announced by Secretary Long
of the University Y. M. C. A., that
2000 men have registered for the
Bible class at that institution, or 80
per cent of the students who reside
in the barracks. They will be divid
ed into fifteen groups. Local pastors
are aiding and promoting this work
at the institution. The local registra
tion is 574, or a little less than at
this time last year.
Peaetrated by Fork Prongs.
Richard Odom, a young white man
while working in a gin at Mooreland,
was accidentally struck on the head
with a large cotton-seed fork by
another young man who was engag
ed in shoveling cotton seed with him
at the time. Two of the teeth of the
fork penetrated his skull a consider
able depth, infllctling a serious
wound.
School Faund Not Sufldecnt.
The fnancial condition of the
State treasury during the past year
',s rpjuled in the schools not re'
ting toi full :'mit ',. which they
Swould have been entitled if the
state's finances had been on a better
basis, and the state had had more
money in its fiscal agent banks.
Postmastes.General Invited.
Postmaster F. E. Posey of Baton
Rouge has written to Postmaster
General Hitchcock, inviting him to
attend the convention of the First,
Second and Third Class Postmasters
of Louisiana. which will assemble
Oct. 28. The Postmaster-general,
1 who is to be one of President Taft's
* party, will be sent for at Natchez.
Miss., and brought to Baton Rouge
on a special train, so as to attend the
convention on khat date.
PFun For Orphau ' Home.
An effort is being mado to raL
$1,200 a year revenue for the Protest
ant Oryhans' Home at Baton Rouge.
The orphanage has for the past sev
eral years not had enough funds to
meet the necessary running ex
penses. The financial income has not U
amounted to much more than $1 a
month for the twenty-six or thirty 0
children in the .home. In addition to
this there have been contributions
in groceries and clothing, but it has
been with difficulty that the barest
necessities of life have been secur
ed.
Fight For Court House. st
A great deal of interest is being "
taken over the state la the three- w
cornered fight that is now being tl
waged in the parish of Evangeline
for the courthouse. This fight is be- I
tween Eunice, Ville Platte and Ma- S
men, with the chances of victory ly- t
ing equally between Ville Platte and II
Eunice. The election will be held on 5
Nov. 9. While up to the present time
Eunice has shown the larger regis- n
tratton, Ville Platte is coming to the te
front, and the fight between the two f
is going to be close. c
r
Rain Checks Forest Fire. d
.Last week's rain was. double wel- a
comed, as forest fres ha broken out a
to the south and east of Corbin sev- b
eral miles and as the foliate ald t
small limbs that were stripped from 4
all timber by the storm in such quaa-.
titles as to cover the whole earth sev
eral inches deep had become dry as
tinder, human efforts to stop the rag- t
ing fires proved futile. It has been
estimated that the fire damaged the C
section swept by it as much or more e
than the storm did.
Fish Crowding Bayou Vesmlio. t
Since the storm of Sept. 20 ash t
have been coming up Bayou Vermil- c
ion by thousands and crowding into
the coulees that flow into It. In at I
least one of these coulees the Ssh
have been killed by thrueands with
clubs and other implements, sad 1
left to decay and poUute the stream.
Some have been hauled away for 1
fertiliser. It is also reported that
some dynamite has been used in the
streams.
Boy Injured.
The little son of E. M. Fraser of
Mansfield was thrown from a buggy
and his collar bone broken. He was
sitting in a buggy in frost of the
drugstore, where his father is em
ployed and the horse hitched to the
buggy was frightened by the stam
pede of a bunch of unbroken holes
that were being taken from the pss
ture to the livery stable.
Two New RuralRoutes Probable.
It is announced that there is a
likelihood of having two more rural
routes out of Columbia in the near
future. The routes contemplated, it ,
is understood, will serve the people
in Ward 7,. who are practically with
out mail facilities, and the Copen
hagen settlement, including neigh
boring places.
Uniform Fence Ordlamee Adopted.
A uniform stock fence law was
adopted at Marksville. for the entire
section on the south side of Red
River. Wire fences are to be
constructed of four wires, with
posts not more than eight feet
apart; rail fence five feet high,
plank fence four and a half feet high
palings five feet.
Farmers' Union Store.
The Farmers' Union warehouse for
a storing cotton at Columbia has been
converted into a store under the
1 management of that organisation. It
-is understood that a full stock of
general merchandise will be handled
* for the benefit of the members of the
- Farmers' Union on the co-operative
I plan.
Kills Host to Escape Board Bill.
Ed Smith, a negro farm hand, shot
g and killed Gus Pugh, a negro, with
t whom he boarded at Roanoke, eSd
e afterward made his escape. While a
0 crowd of the boarders were playing
e cards a dispute arose between the
Stwo men regarding the amount of
Sboard Smith owed, and both used
k abusive language.
SFilling Bottles With Real Article
Vito Pecerino, one of the most
prominent Italian merchants of Lake
Charles was arrested on a charge of
violating the prohibition ordinance.
Pecorino sells soft drinks and is
Scharged with filling near beer bottles
with the genuine article and retail
ing them.
n Continuance of Agricultural School
e At the mass meeting in Arcadia
r- held for the purpose of raising addi
I tional funds to continue the agricul
tural department in the High School
much enthusiasm was manifested.
and a sufficient amount was secured
e to assure the continuance of the
work.
Mayor J. P. Turregano, of Alex
e andria, was appointed district depu
rty grand exalted ruler of the Elks
e for Louisiana, and will visit all
lodges in the state.
Horses Burned in Stable.
The barn and stables of D. C. H.
Irion, former president of the State
r- Board of Health, were destroyed by
to fire at Baton Rouge Saturday night.
Two fine horses perished in the
rs buildings. The origin of the fire is
le unknown.
:'s Leg Cut OB By Train,
s A negro had one of his egs cut
ge off by the wheels of a 4ain on
he which he was riding at a point just
above Baton Rouge.
HURRICANE SPREADS RUIN
Key West Becomes a Mass of
Wreckage.
NARTIAL LAW HAS BEEN DECLARED
Of Over a Hundred Vessels at the
Harbor Only Five Remain at An
chor, All Others Having Gone
to Sea.
SKey West, Fla.-As a result of
the hurricane which struck the
southern coast of Florida Monday
morning Key West is a mass of
wreckage and the damage to proper
ty is estimated at $2,000,000.
Martial law was proclaimed by the
mayor at six o'clock. The United
States government has been asked
to despatch troops here without de
lay to assist in patrolling the storm
swept area.
Chaos reigns on every hand and
few people remain in their homes, 0
totally wrecked or damaged. It is
feared that many lives have been
claimed along the coast. The storm
reached its height at 1 o'clock Mon
day afternoon when the wind reach
ed on estimated felocity of 100 miles
an hour. This was a hard, steady
blow from 8 a. m. to 3 p. m., when
the wind began to die down and by
4 o'clock the center of the hurricane
had passed thin point.
While the hurricane is the worst
that Key West has ever experienced,
the local weather observer announ
ced that the indications are that the
entire east coast of Florida had suf
fered.
Of one hundred local vessels in
the harbor, but five remain at anchor
the others having either gone to sea
or been washed upon the beach. The
streets along the water front are a
mass of wreckage. Brick as well as
frame buildings throughout the city
suffered alike from the fury of the
heavy wind and many miraculous
escaped from death or serious injury
have been reported. T
Besides the several scores of resi
dences either total wrecked or blown
from their pillars, nine factories
were partially destroyed.
Number 1 and Number 3 engine
houses of the city fire department
were destroyed, but several of the
horses were killed. The top of the
First National Bank was blown off,
the post office damaged and two run
ning gears of the government coal
ing station were wrecked.
Every telephone and electric light
pole on the principal throughfare of
the city, were blown down:
As soon as the wind had subsided
plundering began. The city police
force were unable to cope with the
situation and the mayor decided to
take stringent mneasures to suppress
the looting, his proclamation of mar
tial law resulting. Almost every na
tionality is represented among the
city's population of more than 20,
000 about one-half of whom are em
ployed in the cigar manufacturies,
spongeries and salvage companies.
In the city of Havana many minor
buildings were blown down or un
roofed; almost all the trees were up
rooted and five persons were killed,
one by an electric wire and the
t others by falling buildings. About
25 persons were injured.
The greatest damage done was in
the harbor, where forty or fifty light.
ers, launches and small tugs were
either sunk or blown ashore.
r The greatest individual loss has
3 been caused by the destruction of
a half the coal elevator conveyors of
t the Havana Coal Company at Casa
f Blancha, estimated at $200,000.
SThere is some anxiety for the
e safety of government property along
e the path of the storm. The revenue
cutter Forward is at Key West, while
two more are west of the immediate
storm zone, the Winona at Mobile
t and the Wlndom at Galveston.
SECHO OF BUNCH FAILURE.
I Rock Island Employee at Little
e Rock Designs.
f Little Rock.-The resignation of
H. E. Cunningham, local freight
agent for the Rock Island system in
Little Rock, has been offered to the
it general superintendent. The impres
Ssion among those who know the
facts is that Cunningham has been
5 made a scapegoat. The resignation
Sand the cause leading up to it are
Sinterwoven with the Bunch failure.
- The Rock Island system paid, be
cause of the failure, $202,000, which
L was represented by bills of lading
a held by the Little Rock banks. Ow
i- ing to the large volume of his busi
1- ness and the high esteem in which
,I he was held as a business man and
i. the bond, the railroads would allow
d Bunch to reship the cars without
* surrendering the bills of lading, and
loans were thereafter made on these
bills of lading. When the failure
- occurred the banks held bills of lad
* ing which covered no actual com
* modity, but amounted only to a
11 claim against the railroads and noth.
ing else.
STOPPED HOG-DOG FIGHT.
1- But Accidally Killed Himself in the
Scrimmage.
by Birmingham, Ala.-While trying
to separate a hog and a dog, which
were fighting on Captain Hanby's
from, below Bessemer, David Brown
member of a prominent Birmingham
family, was instantly killed. He was
ut using the butt end of his shot-gun
on to seperate the animals when the
st weapon exploded, the whole charge
going through the heart.
iI Keep Constantl on F pp .
Metallic and Wood Cofilns
Tried sa aD Simse frm lMfat Adl U. pb-4is Ih,
Alas Cay Barial Costes. Prices I SAI Cum.
Cam Furnish at One,' Orders received by Wire or ,OthuelM ,
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