VOL. 4«. THe THibodaux Sentinel. Official Journal of the Parish of LafonrchePBd Guardian of the Interest of the To THIBODAUX, LOUISIANA, SATUf>AY, COTOBER 5, 1912. NO. 13. The First Test. Wilson Mlzncr, the well-known riveur, explained, on a New York roof garden, the origin of the word "toast" toasting a lady. "You will remember," he began, that in olden times it was the cus tom to serve punch with toasted—that Is to say, roasted—-apples floating in It. 'These apples were called the toa.st. The toast-—remember that. "Well, it happened at llath one day that a celebrated beauty stood in the cross Hath, surrounded by a throng of admirers, and one of these admir ers, intoxicated with admiration, took a glass of the water !;» whl^b the beautv vjnod. To pr*v»nt Malar» î:-- far l«?'tér than to cure it ; In malarial countries take a of OXIDIXE regularly one eaoli w eek and nave yourself from Chill* and Fctpr unci other malarial troubles. Adv. Rudely Interrupted. "This is the parting of the ways—" "Who left the switch open?" ii A confession of faith'* © If you have trouble with your Stomach, Liver or Bowels, feel run-down and in need of a tonic, we urge a trial of HOSTETTER'S STOMACH BITTERS Your faith in this medicine will not be misplaced. It will surely help you. Be convinced today. All Drug gists and Dealers. Pettits Eye Salve FOR ALL SORE EYES Texas Directory GENERALHAÎ^^ AND SUPPLIES ContractorsySuppl les, Builders' ysrdware.lkc. Prices and in formation f urniShedon request PEDEN IRON & STEEL CO. HOUSTON SAN ANTONIO McCANE'S DETECTIVE AGENCY Hoiuton, Tum , operate» the ItrfMt force of competent detective* in the South; they render written opinions in cum not handled or them. Reasonable rat»*. TREES! TREES! Grown In tb* South r• r «he South (••J Orange« rig. Pecan, Peaclr,-Plum, Crapes, Shades, Etc. Alvin Japanese Nursery Company, XLVIN. TEXAS PATENTS obtained and Trade Marks and Copyrights registered. Information and an Inventor'« Guide Book upon request. Offices at 303-4 Lumberman* Bank Bldg., Houston, Texas, and Washington, D. C. Phone 4790. HARDWAY & CATHEY THE BEST STOOL SADDLES".;;,:.? »Me price«, write for free „ llluHtr»te*«îâfEAM We Mafte it Clean We Writ• to us P. 0. Box 812 Houston, Texas FRUIT AND FLOWER GUIDE ÄffinSi industry in Tews, and ii of value to every Texas seltlf r. OUR OFFER—We will «end >oa one dozen A ! Water Hyacinth«, price of which is >1.20 and our silent representative upon receipt of 25c in stamps or com. t o make the matter still more attract ive we will enclose three of the Mexican Resurrection Plants, the otal of which we are giving you a value of SI 50 in plants ind our look.which will be worth mmv times the amount to you. for Iht few stamps to cover the packing. VEGETABLE PLANTS, CAULIFLOWER, CAB BAGE AND LETTUCE Cauliflower—Autumn Giant. I. adjn. No " ■ .i i --. y r lv Erfurt Hünmc.h.W' J * ; ; ,, , ij ss. CahhaKe ]' ale > • ■ v I Vit i) h. Ret I'iitch. sorehead. ; 1 .1,.», i..o0. l.c:.:.ce— AU the >ear Koui.J. I«'-*- T*-v *«" K-.trserY & H CMAL CO. A - k • •• i — ' iA0,000 lias been closed by order of State Bank Exam iner W. !.. Young. Judge James G. Palmer, president of the institution, states that the em barrassment is only temporary, and that in a few days they hope to open the bank for business. The officers of the bank all have the fullest confidence of the people or Leesville, ahd from every indication there is no possible chance for the depositors to lose a cent. The last report of th© Leesville State Bank to the state banking de partment, dated at the close of busi ness, September 4, showed:- Resources. $424,387.81; liabilities, capital stock and undivided profits, $57,719.52; de posits, $312,458. Evidence of bad management was alleged. PLANNING FOR DISPLAY Governor Appoints Commission to Look After Exhibit. Wêiteni Newspaper Union Sêrrlei. Baton Rouge.—An immediate cr.li will be issued for the meeting of the commission which was namtd by Gov ernor Hall for the purpose K>f raising funds to arrange for an exhibit from Louisiana to the United Slates land show to be held in Chicago during November and December. The com mission will probably meet, in Baton Rouge and arrange for a campaign to raise the funds. It is the idia of Gov ernor Hall and tuose interested in the plan that just at this time it is im portant that Louisiana make a good display at Chicago in order to show that the state of Louisiana '5tas come back" from its overflow. It will take nearly $4,000 to arrange a proper ex hibit, keep it supplied with fresh ship ments from the state, have plenty of Louisiana literature on hand and have a lecturer there to talk on Louisiana. The stock exhibit can bo secured as the I.ouisiana State University has a display for this purpose. New Law Causes Tangle. Thibodaux.—Who and how many members constitute th« hoard of elec ervieors of Lafourche parish n.whj»-,h v « NW- pre '.ttorney general's office Since the new act of 1912 abofipphg the registrar's office or righf to hold membership on the board, this vacancy has been left unfilled. The clerk of court is now required to act in the rigistrar's capacity as re gards registration, but no provision has been made to elect him a member of the board of election commissioners. tion Parish Seat Is Unsettled. Jennings.—A second primary wilt be necessary to decide which town is to be parish seat of Jefferson Davis parish. The returns received show that. Jennings and Welch ran almost neck and neck for the coveted honor, while Lake Arthur received slightly over 200 votes. This means that Jen nings and Welsh will enter the second race. Never before has so much in terest been manifested here in an election. The entire parish was scour ed, and probably every qualified vot er of the fifteen r rec incts cast his bal lot for the place of his choice. Louislanian Has Patent. Lockport.—H. McCoy, one of the Delta farm settlers, has invented an appliance which he calls an automo bile host, designed to take the weight off the tires of an automobile while the machine is at rest in the garage, and which, it is claimed, will largely increase the life of automobile tires, and he proposes building a factory at Larose to manufacture the hosits. The plant will start with ten employes and will be increased to forty. Louisiana Postmasters. Washington. — Ixniisiana postmast ers appointed are Willis J. H anna at Acy, vice A. M. Marchand, resigned; Henry C. Braud Jr., at Burnside, vice H. C. Braud, resigned; Arthur S. Bliss, at Oak Grove, vice A. Jackson Jr., re signed. New Iberia Paving Streets. New Iberia.—The board of supervis ors of this city has let a contract for 7,000 feet of paving on Main street, beginning at the postoffice and extend ing to the southern limit, so as to connect wl'h the model road to Jean erettte. Work has already begun. Assessments Show Decrease. Baton Rouge.—The assessment rolls of two parishes have been received, which show a decided decrease in as sessments. St. Helena's assessment la $1,247,470 for 1912. a decrease of $7. 740 compared with last year, and St. Charles narish assessment for 1912 ot $2,659,0000, a decrease of $444,980. Growers Protest New Scale. Abbeville.—The Cane Growers' As sociation of this parish, numbering more than 200 members, is protesting against the action of the refineries in adopting the 96-test standard on which to tase a settlement for the purchase of cane. This organization will demand of the mills that buy their cane this season to settle for the same on the price of prime yello« sugars, otherwise thev will diacoa tinue the growing of cane. I i i j ! BACKAC1É A SIGNAL OF DISTRESS J v.In in the hack is the kidney's ni glial €»f If iIns t i ui «■. .v v a ri> i r. i s i £• nor^T.there is j^ra ve. danfcrm* of timpsy, *rravei, t rie poison ing. or Uritrhi'G dis ease. 1*. Wfcen rou have to susj>eet Jw;v kidneys, nse a special kidney medieine. Kidney 1*111» relieve weak, Congested kidneys e«re bHckttt'lie— reirulate the urine. "Eïtrj ! Picture Tells a »toil." Aalf the CONVINCING TESTIMONY George T>«'r, Elm St.. Bamaria ootta Sic t s * ■ " Tw " y *" r ' • fcrcfi' from f n.fv trouble My bac* WEI fTPn teething, softena tie Bums, reduces Inflamma tion, allays pain, cures wind <-olie, Sm- :i bottle - Adr It Depends. "Do you think a wife should ; through her husband's pockets?" "Yes—if there's anything in 'em." As a summer tonic there Js no^ tneiliciiie that quite compares with OX I DINK. It not nnlv builds up the avstem. but taken reg ularly. prevents Malaria. Reuular or Taste less formula at Druggists. Adv. Why He Sorrowed. And then Nero had Rome set afire in every quarter.'' "Alas, how terrible!'' murmured lit tle Moritz, with an expression of such deep anguish that his teacher asked why it affected him so much. "Why," said Moritz, "just think of the poor insurance companies!"— Fliegende Blaetter ' Point for Sherlock Holmes. Somebody wondered how long a cer tain woman who had just left the room had been married. "About 15 years," said the jeweler. "How do you know"" asked the jew eler's wife. "You never saw her until ding ring."'fee W v.:ed. /"She width of wedding rings change about every •five years. The kind she wears was in style 15 years ago." Wanted a Bite. Ob. yes; it was raining—had been all day. But they didn't mind that so much; you see, they were fishermen. AH the same, they were trudging home, with weary steps and very weary-looking faces. Their baskets were empty, and, to be candid, they were in a very bad temper. WISE YOUTH. DC L_D r) The White Boy—Humph! Why don't you fight? The Moke—'Cause I draws de white line, dat's why. HARD TO SEE. Even When the Facts Abcjt Coffee are Plain. it is curious.\}jf* people wiH refuse to believe what one can clearly see. Tell the average man or woman that the slow but cumulative poisonous effect of caffeine—the alkaloid in tea and coffee—tends to weaken the heart, upset the nervous system and cause indigestion, and they may laugh at you if they don't know the facts. Prove it by science or by practical demonstration in the recovery of cof fee drinkers from the above condi tions, and a large per cent of the hu man family will shrug their shoulders, take some drugs and—keep on drink ing coffee or tea. I "Coffee never agreed with me nor i with several- members of our house i hold." writes a lady. "It enervates, j depresses and creates a feeling of ! languor and heaviness. It was only by leaving off coffee and using Postum that wg discovered the cause and way out of these ills. "The only reason, I am sure, why ''ostum is not used altogether to the exclusion of ordinary coffee is. many ■'ersons do net know and do not seem billing to lepra the facts and how to repare this nutritious beverage, here's onlv one way—according to irectt'-'-s ' "I it fully 15 minutes !.. h • i ir is." Name given by ; le Creek. Mich. Reac "The Road to Wt '.I "There's a reason." • •»-<- if«!«.-* a n<*v • »1—» S.i t! f. nr.d Tu!l »-; «-.ariui AS II NATIONAL, STATE, FOREIGN, INTEREST TO READERS. OF THE WHOLE WEEK'S NIWS Short Mentioning of Interesting Hap penings From Day to Day Throughout the World. 6TATE AND DOMESTIC NEW*. Generally cold and fair weather will ; of the Rocky Mguntftlns W^ffO^ HTiring tEe first days in the Rockies, the plains states, the upper Mississippi and Ohio val leys, the lake region and the North Atlantic States, according to the week ly bulletin from the weather bureau. "West of the Rocky mountains," says the bulletin, "temperatures will aver age near or above the normal. The next general disturbance to cross the continent will appear in the Far West the first part of week, and the Eastern States the latter part. This disturb ance will be preceded by a general rise in temperature and be attended by well distributed rains. Eugene V. Debs, the social nominee for president, and Emil Seidel, nomi nee for vice president, were officially notified of their nomination with ceremonies which attracted a crowd too large to be accommodated in the great amphitheater at Madison Square, It was planned, New York, Sunday. as it turned out to be, the largest so cialist demonstration ever held in the , United States. Notwithstandmg that I admission cost from loc to $1, the garden was overcrowded and an over flow meeting was necessary. Police and Industrial Workers of the World paraders fought with knives and clubs Sunday at Lawrence, Mass. Two officers were stabbed, a number of demonstrators were clubbed and an Industrial Worker of the World leader captured after a hard fight and then freed. Only two arrests were made. Louis Dlsbrow, driving a 200-horse power Simplex car at the state fair grounds at Detroit, Mich., Sunday es tablished a new world's record over a dirt track for 30, 40 and 50 miles, covering the distances in 27:21, 36:25 and 45:32, respectively. The previous records were made at Syracuse last year by Ralph de Palraa, driving the same car. De Palma's time for the mn miles was '7:21.65 Two more lives wer«. S5 _, . aviation at the United States army aviation field, College Park, Md., Sat urday, when an army aeroplane fell thirty-five feet to the ground, instant ly killing Corporal Frank S. Scott and so seriously injuring Second Lieuten ant Lewis C. Rockwell that he died a few hours later. Hundred of people, including fellow-army officers, breath lessly witnessed the accident. It is believed Mr. and Mrs. Charles Pfanschmidt, their 16-year-old daugh ter Blanche and Miss Emma Kaempen, 21 years old, a teacher, whose charred bodies were found Sunday in the ruins of the Pfanschmidt country home, six teen miles from Quincy, 111., were mur dered. A crippled newsboy at Gary, Ind., Sunday gave up 150 cubic inches of skin on his worthless leg to a burned girl. The Texas Commercial Secretaries and Business Men's Association has recently completed a census of tall buildings in Texas, and finds there are 202 structures in the State at the present time that are five or more stories in height, while at this time last year we had only 168 buildings in this class. Thirty-four skyscrapers have been erected in the Lone Star State during the past year, and nine are now under construction. i I ) According to the latest reports of the commissioner general of immigra tion 1,030,000 aliens were admitted to the United States last year and 518, 215 departed. There were six nations that gave us 50,000 immigrants and aver as follows: England 86,131, Ire land 50,488, Italy 176,107, Poland 74, 437, Russia 56,913, Germany 81,714. Of aliens departing England leads with 51,410 and Germany second with 31, 888. Clearing nineteen foreign steam ships, having on board cargo valued at $11,054,506, of which vast amount of value $10,515,817 was represented by 170,062 bales of cotton, the balance wheat, staves, etc., Galveston on Fri day broke all port records In the mat ter of clearances. Sales by the Southern Rice Grow ers' Association at Beaumont Satur day reached high mark for this sea son, the aggregate being 28,964 sacks at the association minimum. The salea were distributed throughout Louisiana and Texas. Citizens of Guthrie, Okla., Saturday made over to the state a deed to the Frank H. Greer residence lots used for a governor's mansion, in case the state capital is returned to Guthrie. It is one of the handsomest homes in the state, costing $25,000, and in cludes a half block of ground. Holding in her mouth a card for a target, Mrs. Jose Holguin was shot through both eyes Friday in her hus band's shooting gallery in Dallas, Texas. It was found necessary to re move both of the eyeballs to prevent other complications from the hurt. As the climax to rioting in Augusta, Ga., and the shooting of three citizens Friday by state militia troops, Govern or Brown has issued a proclamation declaring "»-he city of Augusta to be in a state of insurrection," and order ing the immediate enforcement of mar tial law. The once prosperous Pat Crowe, who became notorious as the kidnaper of Edward Cudahy, son of the mil lionaire packer, whom he held for $25,000 ransom, is now a pauper and in the county hospital at Omaha, Neb. W. M. Andrus, charged with killing A. Vansyke in Fort Bend County, was admitted to bail in the sum of $7,500 by Judge C. V. Birkhead of the seven ty-third district court at San Antonio Friday. Within the period of a year the na tional banks of Texas, outside of those in the six reserve cities, have in creased their individual deposits $16, 995,980 ; their loans and discounts, hâve increased $11,207,147 ; their sur- 1 pli», funds $608,589, aijd die ».mount of Tävmfm&üey in the mm™ was' $366,855 more on September 4, 1912, ( then on September 1, 1911. [ Permission to transport an addition force of Mexican federal troops through American territory was grant ed Friday by the state department through the Mexican embassy at Washington. | Theodore Roosevelt will be exam ined by the senate campaign expendi tures investigating committee in Wash- 1 Ington in October. The William M. Rice institute was formally opened Thursday at Houston,, Texas. Including the arrivals of Wednesday, there have put into Galveston for cargo since September 1 a total of seventy-seven foreign steamships. A new comet, known to astronomers as "Gale 1912 A," was discovered in the southwest on Tuesday night at 7:30 through the telescope of the Carotliers observatofy in Houston. , ^ comet waB discovered iQ Sydaey> I Aus(nüia> on So])teniber 8 and the in - formation wired to astronomers in this country. The world's championship baseball games will begin at New York October 8 and alternate with Boston. John L. Crumley, private of troop L, Fourteenth United States cavalry, under sentence of six years' imprison ment for desertion, was shot and kill ed at Laredo, Texas, Tuesday when he attempted to regain his liberty. He made a break for the Rio Grande, but was shot. Miss Nellie Schmidt, the 19-year-old girl who recently won distinction by being the first of h«T sex to swim across San Francisco bay, swam around Seal Rocks, outside the en trance of the bay, Tuesday. The feat had never before been accomplished. w J£T FORE ~ ÉjM Oct ,. covenant against home rule. i The Turko -Italian peace negotia tions probably have entered their final phase with the arrival at Quchy, Switzerland, of Rechad Pasha, bear ing Turkey's latest proposals. If these are acceptable to Italy, as is hoped, Reched Pasha will assume direction of the official negotiations and arrange I the precise wording of the peace treaty. ) Sir David Burnett was Saturday elected lord mayor of London, his term beginning November 9. [ Prominent Mexican officials of Mex ico City profess to believe peace is I very close and Orozco will be routed this week. I Communication has not yet been re stored, but persons arriving at Tokio from the Chinese provinces report that the loss of life and property loss from the typhoon has been appalling. Where the fury was centered nothing has been left standing. Whole vil lages have collapsed, temples, schools and theaters have been wiped out and In some places forests have disappear ed. Troops have been called out to work in aid of salvage. Four hun dred Sapporo fishermen were lost in the hurricane. i The .volcano Stromboli again is in eruption at Messina. Cinders, ashes and incandescent sand are being ejected from nine craters and dust is falling in quantities over the sur rounding country and outlying islands. I A new movement to secure peace in Northern Mexico was made Friday when President Madero and his cabi net instructed the minister of war to offer amnesty to the followers of Gen eral I'ascual Orozco. I Travelers returning to Pekin, China, from Northwestern Manchuria con firm the report previously received of outrages committed by Chinese troops operating against the Mongolians north of Tonanfu, in the district to the eastward of the junction of the Tola and Nonn rivers, 150 miles south from Tsi Tsi Har. On August 28 the ' Chinefee troops fired the temples Gar cbinsumei and Orinsumei. The lamas escaped, but the men, women and chil dren in the surrounding districts were killed and mutilated. Baroness de la Roache, an aviatress, was desperately injured in an automo bile collision near Lyons, France, Fri day. Charles Voisin, an aviator, was killed at the same time. The strike of railroad men led to several conflicts in the streets of Bar celona, Spain, Saturday. On several occasions troops were obliged to charge in order to disperse the riot ers. Da Vinci's "Mona Lisa," stolen from the Louvre Museum in Paris a year ago, is hanging on the wails of a pri vate gallery in St. Petersburg, accord ing to a report published by a Rus sian paper. A grave frontier incident occurred Wednesday near Belgrade, Servia, when six fully equipped Austrian sol iiers were arrested by Servian fron tier guai'Js charged with espionage. lhe *roops encamped outside the i.es of Wu <'hang, capital of the . avince of Htipeh, China, mutinied .uiiesday u.iid attacked the city i I ! i I 1 ( [ | 1 'I'V is H More Economical Both in Use and Cost CALUMET BAKING POWDER — And it docs better work. Simply follow your customary method of preparation — add a little less of Calumet than when using ordi nary baking powder. Then watch the result. Light, fluffy, and even ly raised — the baking comes from the oven more tempting, tastier, more wholesome. Calumet inturts the baking ol an expert. Ask your grocer to -day. HIGHEST AWARDS World'» Pure Food Exposition, | Chicago, 111. Pari«, Ex position» France» Marcha 1912. Yea Jtm'l »act ft—*9 when ym hmg dmep «r ilg-can bJffngpmoJu. Don't hmhUJ. Bug CmlamtL If» mm* muf milk end tJa. Raw Chickens. Rose Pastor Phelps Stokes, In an address on behalf of a New York coun try week charity, told a Quaint story "A little slum girl," she said, "stood for the first time in her life in a barn yard—a genuine, old-fashioned barn yard with its ricks, its lazy cows, its plows and harrows, and what-no^. "The slum child drank it all în de lightedly, then gasped half to herself 'An' Jes look at the chickens—al> runnin' around raw!"—Washington Star. Regular practioine physician« recommend and prescribe OX I DINE for Malaria, be cause it is a proven remedy by years of ei perience. Keep a bottle in the medicine ohe«t and administer at first sign of Chill« and Fever. Adv. Many a woman would be willing to trade a million-dollar hushajid for » ten-thousand-a-year alimony. 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