The Caldwell watchman., May 01, 1914, Image 1

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The Parish Fair, That Fish Hatchery, More Model Roads---We Most Have All of Them, Sure!
The Caldwell Watchman
VOL. 28 COLUMBIA, LOUISIANA' FRIDAY, MAY 1,1914 NO io
HIGH SCOOll OUT1NG
Field Day and Picnic on the East
Side a Big Success
The students of the Columbia
High School have marked last
Friday on the calendar with a big
crimson pebble. They had one of
the "times of their lives" then.
Under the care of their teachers
and many of their parents, they
met at the schoolhouse and, form
ing a column of twos, marched
across the bridge to the east side.
At the point selected for the pic
nic it was not long before Young
America was busy destroying the
toothsome dinners that had been
prepared for them. If the Unit
ed States troops only attack the
Mexican "greasers" with the
same avidity it won't take them
long to rout the last of them.
During the afternoon athletic
sports were engaged in, with the
following results.
Bobbie Ruth Erskins won the
potato race with an ability as
great as that he displayed as a
trencherman.
The 3-legged race was the com
edy of the occasion. Jorman
Walters and Felix Scbepiss were
the Afirst to reach the tape.
Of the four hurdle rames, rep
resentatives of the Grammar
school won three, the other going
to the High.
:-::= e; pole vault er tbsaoi
:yo ;bas were-, finally rounded
upand t rned to their'hoai
in ample time for their suppers.
High Schod beaod pewrt
0h 0 oeiangas of the Local
Boa tof C olsmbl High School
/meeting, held is Columbia on
Monday, are epitomaised in the
following report of the board:
To the Hon. President and Mem
ber of Caldwell Parish School
Bot dh ol
W.a the IaoeCl D3oazt of Colum
bia High Sch4oo bepleve tor .
port as follows:
1. We recommend that the Jen
Itor's wages be rsdueed from P15
to $1O per month for tbl two
closaeg months of school, and that
hebe equirusd to clean out all
closets at los esery few days.
2. Werecommead tht the sal
ary of the principal bedg#lg
$100 per month, and all it
ants' salaries be fixed at SW per
IRWe reeommend that the
asdhol yadhebe teuaes.
Watbd the condition of the
building wellh kept, and we fld
the opindition of the privies bad.
Wexecommend the following
anlaat tneahers:
ask garianpornhill, Miss
(o 110aviug any amore applies
t we as requets&e Mr.
M.9-ss: t r shot mC~if jai ·
t new lo e a but teeh te. aii a
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WHY DON'T YOU USE IT
More Evidence of the Value of
the Split-Log Drag
When will our people appre
ciate the value of the split log
drag? When will they quit
thinking that they can have
passable highways only by spend
ing thousands and thousands of
dollars for surface roads, and
that if a county cannot afford
these, its people must pull along
through mud and ruts till Gab
riel blow his horn?
When will each county arrange
to paL some farmer for dragg
ing the road nearest him after
each wet spell?
And when will you, Mr Read
er- -when will you talk over
this matter with your county
commissioners and your road
authorities?
We have printed stories
enough showing the value of the
drag, but here's another from
the Monroe Enquirer that we
pass along:
"People coming to Monroe ov
er the Wadesboro road last Sat
urday morning found a rough
piece of road from Rock Rest to
Leeas's Mill, the wheel ruts deep
and many of them, and travel
slow and diffBicult. Returning
late that afternoon they found
that same stretch of road. finer
than any $8,00aG-mile macadam
mooth suwfaee and a
Yan
*i iloe tapayoers to foot
wilbe less than p. The road
drag-the man who invented it
should have babies named after
him, and may his feet press the
golden streets when he leaves
this old world. The road drag
let it be used more. It is the
cheapest way. to make a good
road, wRhen used at the right
time., Use the drag. When
gaued promptly just after the
spring rans end, it will level
down the ruts and ridges and
insure smoother traveling the
whole year through. But to be
really effective it should be used
after every wet npell",-The
Progrgesve Farmer.
Jt Isn't every fancier who can
tell a dogwood trep by its bark,
i "Keep her rolling, hoys; keep
her rolling."
The Stapdavd Oil Company has
bvoewkht i a O-barrel oil gush
ar aw is s leps in 1)e Soto
parish.
Send us your orders for any
and al kiads of job work. We
will save you money and give
Winusboro is going to have an
upto-date hotel. The contract
hus been let ad work is to start
in a few weeks.
Speaknl g of woman, lovely wo
man, Sattery doesn't turn her
head half ai quick as another
woimn who passes her wearing
a new dress.
Jun James, a negro, has been
amasted and indicted for murder
easasf the liadift who killed
anegroporteraon i I. C. traip
pat Fakers during an attempt
atdkkhlup.
L )f hidpn, a ints man, who
w gtI aIite Distrie Court at
ag *ap dh g. of crimin;
U n ida lgter, was
~f dwlthotaspltal punish.
ONE REPORT OF RIVERTON'S R. S. V. P. CLUB ENTERTAINMENT
The Rock Salt Very Prime Club
met at the schoolhouse to enter
tain the men Friday night. The
above name was fairly demon
strated by the ice cream furn
ished by Mrs. McClanahan and
Mrs. Butler. Each claimed the
other had furnished the salty
cream and, after a heated dis
cussion, wound up by one telling
the other she had gray hairs.
Mr. Butler, being in such haste
to get inside before the lunch was
served, failed to hitch his horse.
When the alarm was given his
horse had gone with the buggy.
Mr. McClanahan claimed he
was a fine runner, judging from
his success in the last campaign
for representative. He was im
mediately put on trial and after
a record-breaking sprint of 43-4
miles he was back safe and sound
with no breaks in 10 minutes.
Miss Meadows complimented him
most highly on $5a accomplish
ment, but asserted he could not
play dominoes. Pardon the fair
lady, Mr. Emile, as she was
somewhat out of humnor on ac
count of our genial hot-air mer
chant, Mr. Hearn, not ordering
the bread. Mr. Bennett sauggest
e4 using the rolls Miss Me adows
had odered in error for windowt
shades, but Miss- Duke advise
that it could ut be Duonn
WO
i·~n2 BolnjG'...
ing shoul not be sollowed .w
Uncle Sam was in such te b
Mrs. Bennett was very i.al
it and did not get angry, and
terward elaimed to a confdleni al
friend that she really did notnae
as she was just about to be work
ed to death any way raising oie
day-ol& chicks and teaching simi
to Hesitate-at what?
Everyone claimed Frank Reif
zell would some day make a graid
missionary, as he ruin the graph'
ophone so successfully.
NEV$YNTPFOITUKM*
The Watchman makes its visit
weekly tp our hqme; we pe 'all
glad to get it, as it gets better
eacl issae.
The farnerq are prggtepsint
nicely with their crops silce the
heavy rains held up,
Mr. and Mrs. W.i 0. Jamsst
daughters made a pleasant yisit
to G, W, Walls Thursday dft
went ishing. Sorvy to say thery
had poor luck,
G. W. Wall and two daughtesi
from Bay were welcome visitors
at the home of W. O. Jamnesand
wife Sunday.
Robert Hines of Grayson was
a pleasant caller at Mr. andr
S. M. Love's last Sunday.
S. M. Love and W. O. Jmn
went to Columbia Satuiirdaya
business.
Willie Rodgersand Frank Lor
went fiashing last Saturdiy bi
did not catch any.
What haabeqomeof the bo
ers Club; haven't heard
them in a good #hileA '
boost the parish. The
this parish have madi e
building good roads.
the ball sellist asngl~
roads all ove~lr~ the
I think thatre
hei rads if the pollee 3
change the *atsml,
them worked. thur sy
them out bysutom si emra
We all felt sorry for Mr. Pat
ton. Some claimed he did not
want any holes in his score card,
because-?
Mr. or Mrs. Morris ibecamne sick
and lidto go home early. Have
been nable to find out which.
Onli few were in attendance
on acCount of so many cases of
measlea nd other sickness in the
country. Mr. and Mrs. Hearn
couldtsot attend because of little
Berta having a second case of
measlet. Mrs. Knight was sick
and Mr. Knight had to entertain
company. Miss Eula Reitzell was
not feeling wellon account of be
ing seick from a trip across
Lake Charles. Miss Kate Woot
en Ico on a continued visit.
Mt. elly is away on sawmill
bust Mrs. Kelly being diz
zy ft~p measels and chasing lit
tle T'hanksgiving fowls could not
;ttesi Poor men! Now if that
hadt beMr. belly, they would
sat from working out his
Ms. IKepner c no
of Woodrow hayv
='meantime-while a
ouee luncheon was
of alads an4 but.
01i0 was f11*
Bnn' ett from
llowed by
wber
pt Co.
Stheir shoes show.
wralked in the dew
a long wrays. Oh, Co.
why raise such bashful
ou nmen?
Sthese few exceptions we
all the "bestest" of a time.
Now keep your appetites in line.
Each rth Friday at nine
The * ofthe Rock Salt Very Prime
At thischoolhouse will serve you cake
amd wine-nix! nix! nix!!!!
SURRELL.
(W, hope ,t hear again from our.cor
resp aent as soon as he is safe in his
srefug in the "tall tinmber".--Eds.)
sl oIol, NEIGHBORHOOD
a mhn on each section of road
and pay him living wages and
give him authority to hire labor
to work on the roads. Let the
polije jury fxl the p rice per day.
Bythis nmeans alt the money
willb1e spent on the roads and we
can have all the roads worked
soon, It won't take a year to get
azoqand,
Let's change the system of
worklrg the roads.
Wapid d. a C-oed Move
A bill to remedy the practice
ofholding vast acreage of cut
over lands at low assessments for
speculative purposes is being
preppared by Senator Sundbery
and will be introduced at this
session of the legislature. The
aim of the bill is to place on the
market those immense tracts of
Idl6 lands which could be offered
to desirable immigrants at a
reasonable price and -thereby
brins considerable more revenue
to the state in taxes. -Napoleon
vtlle Pioneer.
R o Williams was arrest
Aleaaldriaon acharge of
a woman in Grant par.
stated that if the knife
~if~illigans had been sharp
Asdshve cut ot-the wom
a She i in a critical
fo :i;'(the Wartc~hmran,
THE WAR OF 1846-8
Short Story of How Uncle Sam
Mopped Up
The relations between the i
United States and Mexico,
strained by American recogni-1
tion of Texan independence in I
1837 arnd further strained by the
annexation of Texas by thse
United States in '1845, came to
the breaking point when General
Zachery Taylor, with a force of
3,000 men, invaded, on March
12, 1846, the territory between
the Nueces and the Rio Grande
Rivers, which were the disputed
American-Mexican bound a r y
lines. The Mexicans immediate
ly took the defensive, and Gen-i
eral Ampudia met Taylor's Army
April 25. May 13 Congress
declared war.
In February, 1847, General
Winfield Scott, veteran of the
war of 1812, succeeded Taylor 4
at the head of the army in Mexi
co. March 9, 1847, he landed a
force of 12,000 men at Vera a
Cruz. Twenty days later the
eity sirrendered. The battles of
Cerro Gordo, Puebla a.d'Con. 1
treras anl other ea sgentsa
led the commander in-chief of
the-United States f0daeto Mex.
icot*, and, Withiless than 8,.
000 iat, he entlered lt e nation
hi palae Septemnber 414. The 1
fall'f C-hapultepec' ended Oci.a
Mexican wr .
That war tk from Me 1
d gave: to tie J ~td ,t
That war:ost ,
States in ives 2,70.aea, inhi-d.
ing 383 officers; in money, $15,
000,000.a
It cost Mexico 7,000 men, kill
ed and wounded, and 3,730 pris
oners of war.
The United States sent 21,509
regulars and 22,027 volunteers I
into the valley of Mexico.
Mighty Good Advice
If the young men are wise and
truly have great ability, they I
will remain at home, at least for'
a season longer until their wis- I
dom teeth are cut. It is more
satisfactory to be a prominent
and respected citizen of a village'
than to be an insignificent stran
ger, jostled and ignored by ' the i
hurrying mass of humanity in a1
metropolis. We would rather be
a dog on a famr than a caged
lion in a menagerie.
Sure Will Show You
If aman wants to get acquaint- I
ed with human naturet let him
edit a newspaper for a short 1
time. He knows nothing of the
ups and downs of life until he
has served in that capacity. He
may have preached, conducted a'
bank, sold goods, traded horses,
practiced law, sawed wood or op.
erated a.popcorn factory, but he
needs a few months experienc 1
as an editor of a country news
paper to complete his knowledge
of the eccentricities of human
nature.-Erchange.
Contracts for road work in
Calaecieu parish amounting to
$100,000 were let Monday. Al
together about 50 miles of high
waysare provided for in these
contra4ts.
W. B. Harper, charged with
killing Phil Hebert, Jr., at Bag.
dad, Grant parish, Jan. 1, was
Sexamineed by a.Eunaer commission
at Coltax, hoZ docided thathis7
ad~minally Airssue sad agnarded
him to the custodylof the sheriff
for deliverytoan asyluom
JURY HO1DS WALTERS GUILT
Will Seek New Trial and Change
Of Venue.-Still Mysterious
"Guilty without capital pun
ishment" was the verdict ren
dered Monday at Opelousas in the
trial of W. C. Walters for the
kidnaping of Bobbie Dunbar.
At no time during the jury's
deliberations did Walters stand a
chance for a better verdict.
Two ballots were taken, On
the first the foreman, Callouet,
voted for capital punishment.
Opelousas is satisfied with the
verdict. Walter's alibi was so
strong that it and the element of
doubt as to the child's identity
caused a moulding of sentiment
in favor of a milder punishment
than death.
An indication of the bitterness
of feeling against Walters was
given in the gathering of crowds
around the courthouse during the
deliberations of the jury, when
threats that Walters would not
be permitted to return to jail
alive in case of acquittal or a
mistrial. Sheriff Swords feaslud
the gravity of the s uiqsý
had several doisen aref
dy for Waltra'
of need.
.'be,
t t pr
time, and it a
uand tangls will alwy gin t
unusual interest.
Yoew Watch is a CAmps
Itis a good plan to carry a
compass when tramping, but If
you lose your directions when
without a compass, your watch
will help you out of the diicel.
ty. -Hold the watch flat r the
hour hand pointed toward the
sun, then half way between the
point of the hour hand and the
12 o'lock figure will be south.
If the face of the watch were
divided into 24 hours, the 12
o'clock mark would always lay
in the direction of south, bet
as it is divided into only one-half
that many hours, it is neesesury
to take the point halfwsy be.
tween the hour hand and 12
o'clock. Thus, at 4 p. m. south
will lie approximately in the di
rection of 2 o'clock, while at 8
a. m. it will lie approximately in
the. direction of 10 o'clock.
L L. U. Comemusmsat
The commencement exerelese
at theL S. U. will begin on FM*
day, May 3, and continuse ntil
Monday evening, June 1
The baccalaureate sermon will
be delivered in Gaig ball Sunday
morning by Rev. W. W, lane
drum of Luisville, Ky. The bac
calaureate address will be made
Monday evening by lon. Joseph
E. Davies, a promineat lawyarof
Washington, D. C.
The solal events on the pro
gram are the erman of the Ger
man club on Friday evenins, fac.
'ulty reception to the aluanna, the
classreunions, alumni Iunchewns
and gatherings, all on Saturday.
The most inaexpensive Indoor
sport is to asl and think wbat one
wold do if one had $1,00,db00.
A ti may be astl@ed if a man
pays her nothing biut enapli
ments, but a billa ctbls't.