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LOUISIANA STATE NEWS
HAPPENINGS OF INTEREST
THROUGHOUT THE STATE.
ITEMS FROM EVERY QUARTER
Of Louisiana When It Is News Gath
ered for Our Many Readers.
Parish and City.
Express Rates Reduction.
Eaton Rouge.--Thte express corn
patties will put into effect the sweep
ing reductions in expre-is rates
throughout Louisiana ordered by ',h
Louisiana railroad cornmissai: n :t
month ago without contesting the n:,t
(er in the courts.
This announcement was mlad"h o
the express companies to the raiirroa!
commission this week and allr
created a sensation.
As the reductions are as sweNt pig
as those ordered In Illinois anid Mmine
sota by the state com:nissione ,i of
these states, making .. cut of atout
30 per cent In the present express
rates in Louisiana, it was naturally
thought that the express companies
would fight the order
Louisiana Appointments.
Baton Rouge.-Governor Sanders
has appointed State Senator Richard
Oglesby of Winnfield a member of
the state board of equalization to suc
ceed William Wallace of Winn, who
was appointed judge of the fifth judic
ial district.
He also named John Henry Mat
thews of Winnfield, and a law partner
of H. P. Gamble, secretary of the
stlate conservation commission, as the
new district attorney for the fifth
judicial district, which will be pre
tided over by Judge Wallace.
The governor also named State Sen
rtor W. T. Perrin of Harrisonburg,
Catanoula, as the new district attor
ney for the newly created thirtieth
judicial district.
Negro Preacher Arrested.
Lake Charles.--A negro preacher
was brought to Lake Charles Friday
by Deputy Sheriff Louis Deputy of
Jennings and lode .I in jail, charged
with trespassing in the night time,
but really is held in connection with
the recent wholesale murders commit
ted in this section. He is a preacher
of the colored "sanctified" church of
Jennings and for the past three or
four nights he has been making visits
to the homes of several negro fam
ilies, entering the houses after mid
night. When discovered in the rooms
he would begin quoting passages from
the Scriptures. The man is regarded
as a religious fanatic and is one of
the organizers of the negro "sancti
fled" church at Jennings.
Rice Planting Will Be Late.
Crowley.-The February Rice Jour
nal will say of the rice situation:
"The first month of 1912 Is gone and
practically nothing has been done to.
ward the preparation of the ground
for the next rice crop. The continu
ous rains since December 1 have pre
vented any field preparations, and the
last few days of January capped it
all with from a 5 to 7-inch rainfall
over most of the Louisiana and Texas
rice belt. This mean's that, at best,
far mers will be very late with their
ipluwlng, and, in consequence, will also
be much later than usual. It will
probably mean a considerable less
acreage than was contemplated a
mouth ago, too."
S istrict Attorney Resigns.
Lafayette.-John J. Itobira, district
attorney, created a great surprise Fri
day by announcing his resignation.
lie gives business as the cause and
will become associated with an East
ern enterprise, with headquarters in
Boston. Governor Sanders appointed
Howard BIruner of Rayne to succeed
Mr. RIobira as district attorney.
Cotton Up Nearly $1 a Bale.
New Orleans.-A good and wide
spread spot demand put thie p)rice
of cotton futures up nearly $1 a bale
on Ilie local excliange Friday. New
York, Liverpool, thiis market, Galvcs
ton and Southern spot poiints gncueral
ly reported heavy buying ot the ac
tual staple, withi thlie result that the
bullish senitiitenit was strmul; ited anid
the heaviest buying of cotitracts in
months resulted
Hyams Dead at New Orleans.
New Orleans--Jos E llyams, gen
eral agent oe the Ilarrimnti railroads
In Louisiana, lormecr speaker ol the
Louisiana ihouse of representatives
and years prominent in (bt business
and political ine or the slrate, died
sudldenly at his home Friday. He
was 48 years of ago.
Two Barns and Shop Burn.
Fordoche --Two barns owned by the
Montet Company, containing corn arind
hay anrd valued at $2,500U, and tile
blacksmith shop, operauled by J A
Onr!iou., were burned this week
At Mouth of Mississippl.
New Orleans--An offhtal state
eet issut.ed this week through Super
Itntondent lion Mitchell, superiintend
eal ol tlie Associatio, or ilar I'loto,
was hlit Ihtru are now 31 teel of
water on the bar of Southwest I'Pass
at the moulll or hthi Mllsss)ippi riover
New State Bank Opens.
DelQuiny - The DcQulin(y State
banri opened this week bor bUSllues.
thl detp|osius for the first ds aggr.
WASTE OF SCHOOL WORK.
Statistics Compiled by Department of
Education Show Falling Off
After First Grade.
Baton Rouge.---Statistics compiled
by the department of education show
a d'cided falling off in the school at
tenlanw'e after the first grade. Super
inrtendent 'T. i. BHarris' analysis fol
laws:
The statistics reveal conditions of
waste in our work that are little short
of appalrig. There are fewer than
half as many children in the second
grade as there are in the first. The
averagw annual increase of white chil
dren in the public schools for the last
tive years has been about 11.000. If
«e ,''sumne that all new pupils last
cession entered the first grade, we
account for only about half of the dif
foruce between the enrollment of the
lirst grade and the second grade. In
other words, the figures indicate that I
bout 10,000 white children do poor I
work in the first grade, or for some I
reason, fall to be promoted to the sec
ond grade. I suggest as one means
of solving this problem that we en
deavor to employ the very best teach
ers for the elementary grades.
"Practically all of the grades scored I
the highest enrollment during the ear- I
ly months of the session, generally the t
second month. As the session ad
vanced, the enrollment decreased.
"The average attendance for all
grades falls far short of the enroll
ment for the same months, showing
that the school is reaching the chil
dren who remain with us only a part
of the time. Would it not be worth
while to have all the teachers engaged
in the public schools to ascertain why
children have dropped out of school,
or attend irregularly and report the
facts to school boards, using a blank
for each child, prepared by the super
intendents?
"There does not seem to be any
alarming loss of children after the
first grade until we reach the seventh
grade, but the falling off in the classes
above the seventh Is about one-half
every year. In other words, very few
children remain in school beyond the
seventh grade. Of the children who
started out in the first grade upon
the course of eleven years planned for
them only 2 per cent reached the
eleventh or last grade.
"As one means of overcoming this
loss, I suggest that the parish school I
boards consider the proposition of fix
ing a limit to the number of grades
that shall be taught in schools of one,
two, three and four teachers, and en- I
courage children in the advanced
classes of small schools to attend the I
central high schools.
"It is probably true, also, that many
children above the sixth grade are I
leaving school because they fail to see
wherein the school is helping them r
practically. To meet the demand of
the people for courses connected with
practical life, I wish to suggest to the
school boards that shops, domestic I
science and demonstration farms be
provided for the town schools and the I
larger country schools as far as funds
and the ability to secure competent
teachers for these Industrial branches
will permit.
"The figures show that the schools
are reaching too few of the children
If you can suggest remedies, please
let me hear from you that I may pas
the light on to the others."
Killed by Dynamite.
Lake Charles.--James Frazier, a
farm laborer of Bon Ami neilhbor
hood, was instantly killed near that
place while blowing out stumps with
dynamite. Frazier was aged about 23
years. He had been at Ben Ami but
two weeks, coming from Texas. lie
was employed on the Long Bell ex
perimnental farm, and it is supposed
had in some way accidentally caused
'1 dynamite cap to explode, causing the
.charge he was handling to go off.
iThe body was badly mrutilated
lrazier was a single man.
Broussard Given Reception.
New ()rleans.--United States Sena
tor Nomineeo Rtobert I. lroussa;rd of
New Iberia was g ..n a reception arnd
ldemnonstration upon his return to New
Orleans from Monroe that has rarely
been surpassed. Hundreds of miien,
including delegations from the Sutgar
Exchange, board of Trade and Cotton
Exchange, met him at the depot,
wearing badges: "Cousin Bob, tlhe
senate 1915 term" Forming in linue,
headed by a band, the parade moved
through the streets to the St Charles,
where Mr. Broussard addressed the
crowd from the hotd steps A ban
ne"r in thb parade was "Cousin Bob,
King of the Cajmns"
A Preacher-Detective.
Shreveport.-J F. Ulack, one of the
alleged bootleggers arrested at the
instance of P'reacher-Detective Pinson,
failed to appear in the police court as
ordered, and his $500 bond was for
feited. Pinson, who had his hair and
mustache dyed, announced that sev
eral of the men he preferred charges
against this time were caught by him
on his former visit two years ago.
Paying Well Brought In.
lake Charles -A report reached the
city Saturday that the Abercrombie
Oil Company had brought In a paying
well two and a half miles south of
the Vinton field. The well is not
cumplt.ed. but is said to be good for
20 to 300 barrels.
Contract Awarded for School.
Joneasboro -At the parish school
board session Saturday a contract was
let to the Falls City Construction
Company Ior a new brick high school
buildiun, to cost $14.950.
URGES NEEDS OF
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Immediate Legislation Is Im
perative, Says the Presi
dent.
ASKS NEW LAWS FOR ALASKA
Rules Governing Acquisition of Arid
er Semi-Arid Lands Should Be
Modified--Commission on
Cost of Living.
Washington, Feb. 2.-A special mes
sage on the work of the interior de
partment and other matters was read
to Congress today.
To the Senate and House of Repre
sentatives:
There is no branch of the Federal
Jurisdiction which calls more impera
tively for immediate legislation than
that which concerns the public do
main, and especially the part of that
domain which is In Alaska.
The progress under the reclamation
act has made clear the defects of its
limitations, which should be remedied.
The rules governing the acquisition
of homesteads, of land that is not arid
or semi-arid, are not well adapted to
the perfecting of title to land made
arable by government reclamation
work.
I concur with the Secretary of the
Interior in his recommendation that,
after entry is made upon land being
reclaimed, actual occupation as a
homestead of the same be not re
quired until two years after entry,
but that cultivation of the same shadl
be required, and that the present pro
vision under which the land is to be
paid for in ten annual installments
shall be so modified as to allow a pat
ent issue for the land at the end of
five years' cultivation and three
years' occupation, with a reservation
of a government lion for the amount
of the unpaid purchase money. This
leniency to the reclamation home
steader will relieve him from occupa
tion at a time when the condition of
the land makes it most burdensome
and difficult, and at the end of fiva
years will furnish him with a title
upon which he can borrow money and
continue the Improvement of his hold
I also concur in the recommenda
tion of the Secretary of the Interior
that all of our public domain should
be classified and that each class
should he disrosed of or administered
In the manner most appropriate to
that particular class
Leasing of Government Lands.
The chief change however. which
ought to be made and which I have
already recommended in prevlo'is
messages and communications to con
gress. Is that by which government
coal land and phonvhate and other
mineral lands con'ainint non-metal
llferous minersls, shall he leaped by
the government, with restrfetIons as
to slise and time, resemb'!ng those
which now obtain throurhout the
country between the owners In fee
and the lessees who work the mrInes.
and In leases like those which have
been most soccessfrl In Australia,
New Zealand. a:,d Nova ,co'a The
showing mtrade l:v lnvesti',ccs into
the succepss'ul ' lriorl of the leaPtng
system leaves no dot'h' as to its wis.
dom and pract!'e-I utilty Rqutire
ments as to the worklin of the mine
during the term may he so framed
as to prevent any hlodng of large
m.nlnr prorertti merely for specula
tinn whi'e the rnya'tlpe may be made
stfficienrlv low. not uInd'v 'n in.
crease the cot of the coal mined and
at the same time suafc'ent to furnish
a reasonable inrome for the use of
the public In the community where
the mining goes on In Ataska, there
Is no reason w':v a sllho'antial Income
should not ths be rated for Puch
public works as may he d,' ;ned
nec`essary or usAeful.
Would Build Trunk Line Railrad.
I am not In favor of government
ownership where the same certary
I and efficiency of service can be had
by private enterpriee, but I think the
conditions presinted in Alaska are of
esuch a character as to warrant the
igovernment. for the purpose of en
couraging the development of that
vast and remarkable territory, to
build and own a trunk line railroad,
which It can lease on terms which
may be varied and changed to meet
the growing prosperity and develop
ment of the territory.
I have already recommended to
Congress the establishment of a form
of commission government for Alas
ks. The territory is too extended. Its
needs are too varied, and its distance
from Washington too remote to en
able Congress to keep up with its
necessities in the matter of legisla
tlon of a local character.
The governor of Alaska In his re
port points out certain laws that
ought to be adopted, and emphasizes
what I have said as to the immediate
need for a government of much wider
powers than now exists there, if it
can be said to have any government
at all.
Lower Colorado River.
There is transmitted herewith a
letter from the Secretary of the In
terior setting out the work done un.
der joint resolution approved June 25,
1910, authorizing the expenditure of
$1,000.000,. or so much thereof as
might be necessary, to be expended
by the President for the purpose of
protecting lands and property in the
Imperial valley and elsewhere along
the Colorado river in Arizona. The
money was expended and the protec
tive works erected, but the disturb
ances in Mexico so delayed the work,
and the floods in the Colorado river
were so extensive that a part of the
works have been carried away, and
the need for further action and ex
penditure of money exists.
Water-Power Sites.
In previous communications to Con
gres I have pointed out two methods
by which the water-power sites on
non-navigable streams may be con
trolled as between the state and the
national government. It has seemed
wise that the control should be con
centrated in one government or the
other as the active participant in
supervising its use by private enter
prise.
The Secretary of the Interior has
suggested another method by which
the water-power site shall be leased
directly by the government to those
who exercise a public franchise un
der provisions imposing a rental for
the water power to create a fund to
be expended by the general govern
ment for the Improvement of the
stream and the benefit of the local
community where the power site is,
and permitting the state to regulate
the rates at which the converted
power is sold. The latter method sug
gested by the Secretary is a more
direct method for Federal control,
and in view of the probable union
and systematic organization and weld
ing together of the power derived
from water within a radius of 300 or
400 miles, I think it better that the
power of control should remain in
the national government than that'
it should be turned over to the states.
Under such a system the Federal gov
ernment would have such direct su
pervision of the whole matter that
any honest administration could eas
ily prevent the abuses which a monop
oly of absolute ownership in private
persons or companies would make
possible.
For some years past the high and
steadily increasing cost of living has
been a matter of such grave public
concern that I deem it of great public
interest that an international confer
ence be proposed at this time for the
purpose of preparing plans, to be sub
mitted to the various governments, for
an international inquiry into the high
cost of living, its extent, causes, ef
fects, and possible remedies. I there.
fore recommend that, to enable the
president to invite foreign govern
ments to such a conference, to be held
at Washington or elsewhere, the con
press provide an appropriation, not to
exceed $20,000, to defray the expenses
of preparation and of participation by
the United States.
Commission on Industrial Relations.
The extraordinary growth of indus
try in the past two decades and its
revolutionary changes have raised new
and vital questions as to the relations
between employers and wage earners
which have become matters of press
ing public concern. Industrial renla
tions concern the public for a double
reason. We are directly interested in
the maintenance of peaceful and sta
ble industrial conditions for the sake
of our own comfort and well-being;
but society is equally interested, in its
effectively c!vic capacity, in seeing
that our Institutions are effectively
maintaining Justice and fair dealing
between any classes of citizens whose
economic interests may seem to
clash.
The magnlture and complexity of
modern industrial disputes have put
upon some of our statutes and our
presen mechanlsm for adjusting such
litferences--w-here we can be said to
have any mechanis:m at all--a stra n
they were never intended to Lear and
for which they are unsuited. What is
urgent'y needed to day is a re-cxa;nl
Misbranding imported Goods.
My attention has bhen called to the
injustice which is done in this country
by the sale of article in the trade
purpl)orting to be made In Ireland,
when they are not so made, and it is
suggested that the justice of the enact
ment of a law which, so far as the Jur
isdlction of the federal government
can go, would prevent a continuance
of this misrepresentation to the pub
lic and fraud upon those who are en
titled to use the statement in the sale
of their goods. I think it to be great
ly in the interest of fair dealing, which
ought always to be encouraged by law,
for congress to enact a law making it
a misdemeanor, punishable by fine or
imprisonment, to use the mails or to
put into interstate commerce any ar
ticles of merchandise which bear upon
their face a statement that they have
been manufactured In some particular
country when the fact is otherwise.
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Delicate Criticism.
A woman well known in New York
kor her exquisite taste as well as
knowledge of the decorative and ar
chitectural history of the world called
on the wife of a multi-millionaire who
had recently built and furnished a
Fifth avenue mansion at great cost.
"This," said the hostess proudly, as
she threw open a heavy door, "is my
Louis .Quatorze room." The visitor
gazed about her for a moment and
then made &tnswer: "What makes you
thIak or"
Saved.
"Dearest," she asked, taking advan.
tage of the fact that it was leap year,
"will you be mine?"
Por a moment the young man feared
that he was up against it. Then,
struck br a happy thought, he replied:
"You will have to ask mother."
Reply in Kind.
"If you bad a leap year proposal
from a pretty girl, what would yco
do?"
"I'd lump at it,"
STUDY, ANYHOW.
"Yes, she had to give up her part."
"Was it a :ase of overstudy?"
"No; understudy."
PIMPLES COVERED HIS BACK
"My troubles began along in the
summer in the hottest weather and
took the form of small eruptions and
itching and a kind of smarting pain.
It took me mostly all over my back:
and kept getting worse until finally
my back was covered with a mass of
pimples which would burn and itch at
night so that I could hardly stand it.
This condition kept getting worse and
worse until my back was a solid mass
of big sores which would break open
and run. My underclothing would be
a clot of blood.
"I tried various remedies and salves
for nearly three years and I was not
getting any benefit. It seemed I was
in eternal misery and could not sleep
on my back or lean on a chair. I was
finally given a set of the Cuticura
Remedies and inside of two weeks I
could see and feel a great relief. I
kept on using Cuticura Soap, Ointment
and also the Resolvent, and in about
three or four months' time my back
was nearly cured and I felt like a new
being. Now I am in good health and
no sign of any skin diseases and I
am fully satisfied that Cuticura Reme
dies are the best ever made for skin
diseases. I would not be without
them." (Signed) W. A. Armstrong,
Corbin, Kan., May 26, 1911. *Although
Cuticura Soap and Ointment are sold
by druggists and dealers everywhere,
a sample of each, with 32-page book,
will be mailed free on application to
"Cuticura," Dept. L, Boston.
Her Bookkeeping.
Husband (studying his wife's ac
counts)-There are several items you
haven't entered here. Doing up the
furniture, your hairdresser, dentist,
trip to the sea, for instance.
Wife-Oh, those all come under "re
Ipars."-Fliegende Blaetter.
Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure eon
stipation. Constipation is the cause of
many diseases. Cure the cause and you
cure the disease. Easy to take.
When people begin to say to a
woman, "How young you are look
ing," It's a sign she is getting old.
Eventually every woman discovers
that her mirror isn't what it once
ONLY ONE "BROnO QUoININE."
That Is LAXATIVE BKOlO QUTLNINI. Look for
the signature of e. W. (RIOVk. Coed th WoIrld
over ttuure at Cold in uni' Day. 25.
Most men would rather give their
Swives credit for what they do than
to give them money,
SMrs. Winstow's Soothing yrvup for Children
teething, softens the gums, reduces InlaSmma
tonu, allays pain, cures wind colic, we a bottle.
In the matrimonial game there are
I lots of kisses and many scratches.
; n CASTORIA
O. W .For Infants ar.4 Children
a The Kind You Have
ALCOHOL-3 PER CENT Always Bought
AVegetable Preparation for As.
similating the Food andfeldula. Bears the
ling the Stomachs and Bowe s of
Signature
Promotes Digesion,Cheerful
7 nessand Rest .Contains neither o
Opium,.Morphine nor Mineral
NOT NAR C OTIC
Ap #0 oulssawamort
wti .d Seed -
l perfect ·Remedy ,orCostlpa Us0
I tion. Sour Stomach,Diarrhoea,
Q Worms,Convulsions.Feverislh
a ness and Loss OF SLEEP Over
Fac Sinmile Sgnature of
STHE CENTAUR COMPANY. Thirt Years
NEW YORK.
Guaranteedunder the FoodaSTORIA
Exact Copy of Wrapper. wuss e ou ,WYONI
MENINGITIS, ETC
PRECAUTIONARY M
Disinfect Every 81pklo5ou 0g
The Board s oft H ealh bl ,
notti:es with i,.hetlous to pt
prevalent d~~iA . renlli,
let Fever, J,,L'Ai.,1. et t p
c!ean!iness - in:,:otant d
premises bbo.; :d be kIrt in a
condition. I;o telephone tray
is a possible mrear.e of Infectloa.
mouthpiece 8h)Iiid be frequentL "
with a cloth tio;stenead in al.
disinfectaut. Paces Where
germs may develop, the ell.
behind plumbir.g and all spcg t
can't be rearued by the
brush should be freeiy tPrtied
a mixture of one (1i part of
Chlorides and ten (10) Dart o -
This dilution costs less t.ha ;_
quart. The last thing at nighbtp=
to the traps of theclutseat.'s
sinks, etc., just a tittle Platt4
rides. It is an odorless, olorzite _
disinfectant which Instantly dsq
foul odors and diseasereedil
ter, Platt's Chlorides is stroaer,
and cheaper than carboliad
all druggists sell it in full quartb0
It is very apt to make a
widow Lndignant if a man doesact
tend to use force the irst tim h.
tempts to kiss her.
Why will yo
continue t
suffer from a
bad stomach
constipated
bowels or in.
active liver,
when
HOSTETTER'S
STOMACH BITTIE
will make you wet
and keep you so.
Try a bottle today,
ALL DRUGGISTS
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