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:More lhauin IMltake-a Urime!
The sugar plariters who lmave sever
Ted their connection with the Demo
cratic party to afiilitite with the Re
publican party, have commjitted more
than a mistake - it is a crime. There
is no probability that the sugar inter
"est will be benefitted by suih 'action,
whilst the evils whiith will attend the
introduction of the negro in politics
will be certain and ruinous to all in
terests. The people of Louisiana
know too well from <experience, that
their welfare depends upon the as
,cendency of the Democratic party,
State and Natiomil. 0
Now, suppose in the-course of time.
these renegade sugar planters shou!d
succeed in assisting the Republican
party to gain control of the gover
ment, what would be the result? In
'evitably, a force bill and negro `ad
scallawag rule, and the destruction of
our civilization and prosperity. The
fearful ordeal through which we pass
ed some years ago, should be forever
remembered. The people -of Louis
;ana have not forgotten the long,
bitter and desperate struggle'for white
supremacy and good government.
Would these sugar planters revive
the dark methods of reconstruction,
in the sole and selfish expectation of
making a little more money?
Meeting of the Executive Com
mittee of the Third Congress
ional District.
The meeting of the Third congress
ional Democratic Executive Com
mittee at New Iberia, on the 8th. in
stant, had a large attendance. Hon.
R. N. Sims of Ascension, acted as
airman, -ad, in the absence of
secretarpy 1 S. Mc Culloh, Daniel
Voorhies, of St. Martia parish, was
chosen to-act in his stead.
the following members, at large,
,were present: J3 D. Shaffer, of .Terre
ionne;C. C P.lampton, ot, alcasieu;
Dalley Avery, of Iberia; T. J. Shaf
fr1 :t. Mary. -
` es replsented were: As
Amsumptiop, Calcasieu, Cam
iIbr-I = fyette (by Julien
` uton and P. L. Declouet) La
` rche, St. Mary, St. Martin, Terre
booke and Vermilioo.
SThe ieegnation of L. f. Pugh, of
>leumtes , as 9t member of the com
snittee was accepled an the vacancy
,ild ythe election of Anatole. La
laude to represent Assumption on the
r 3rd. next, was chosen as
tiray!'or holding of the convention
`odr the nominhtioa ofa candidate for
the Third4 distAct. The hour and
o meertingwill be 3 o'clock P.
M u11 t Terrebonne.
Tohfowing teoihtions offered by
Chu Y S mwere unanimously
_ thathe basis of the repre
oeac pars la te ominat
mgcoveton tipbe held at, Houma :on
, Oct. x,1894, .shall be one
Y eýe re 100 votes of the total
in muchb parish for cadidates
S'in the Democratic state
.ý e held in this state on
teb'- March.8, and. one addi
delegate f ran fractional : um
og uqorc rates cast at said
' 1 t ihppioriUonment the parishes
entitled to the ° llowing nunm
L sfid convention, namely:
r" Votes; Ass11i ptie, 18;
SS:I mfroy . t Jberin 18;
I. 1° Brt. Mary, ,1W Terre
; ;8 Vertailftt,1 Tots , 5
d'h t delegation td the
abser .as~ sbe pro
by partihem titre com
f der s pals This
e e ording
ýY a thath tbstari d
t ecein ethg e die
frnte paw:
New4Aak
duty to sound a timely note of warning 1
to the end that Democratic- ascendancy
in this district may not be imperiled by
ovcrcontidencethrough supineness or in
difference; we, therefore, earnestly rec
ommend that every parish send a full del
egation to the nominating convention as
an earnest token of Democratic unity and
enthusiasm and the warning to the'anis
guided that the old Third must not and
will not prove recreant to its 'Urillant
record of the past victories and Is as ever
determined to put none but Democrats
on guaid.
After authorizing the :publication
of the proceedings-of the convention
in the New Orleans dailies and the
local ucwspatpers of the district, the
meeting adjourned.
State Boatrd of 1*Iedieal Exam
iners
With Dr. T. S. Kennedy as presi
dent. Dr. '1. Y. Aby as vice-president
and Dr. H. S. Coeram as secretary,
the organization of the State Board of
Medical Examiners (allopathic) of
Louisiana has been completed and
one of the fir~t official acts of the
Board is conveyed in the following
circular letter recently addressed to
the registered physicians in the state:
Dear Doctor:
At thenmeeting of the State Medi
cal Board of Examiners. held at .L'ew
Orleans, Aug. 31st, '94 a resolution
was passed requesting all registered
physicians to co-operate with the
Board in enforcing Act forty-nine (49),
passed at the session of the Legisla
ture.
This law requires all persons not
possessing the legal qualifications to
practice medicine under State Laws
prior to the passage of Act 49, to pre
sent themselves to the Board of Ex
aminers for a certificate before they
can legally practice medicine in the
State of Louisiana.
The Board also deems it advisable
to call especial attention to the sec
tion referring to midwives, and urges
the necessity of their immediate regis
tration.
,,All violators of the act should be.
promptly reported to the .proper.
autjhorities.
The Need of Good Roads.
Theeis :a growing demand all over
3 the country for better public toads, .
and even our own State, which gen
erally evinces such little intevest in
the matter, is in some quarters . be
f ginning to awaken to the necessity for
improvement. Nothing is of greater
benefit to a country than good public
high ways. They afford the farmer an
e outlet to market for his crops and
produce. Good roads reduce the cost
q of his transportation to a minimum,
n while bad roads make it one of his
ir heaviest expenses. The; farmer who
d opposesa road tax under proper re
'. strictionsunwittingly votes upon him
self a burden heavier than, all his
y State, parochial and municipal taxes.
y Good roads are a necessity in every.
country, but no where are-they more
e needed than in Louisiana, and we
t- know of no other country where they
can be nearly'io cheaply manstrueted.
e Appreciating this fact the SoGNAL
al hs been an ardent advocate of better
toads for yearapast. But while this
fn warfare his been void of any material
i. results, we believe our. people .are
a- awaking to the necessity for better
Id public roads and are beginning to re
alize that "tbe cannot be obtained
l tnder the present system of road
working. We find many a citizen who
ltseasen voted -against the special
8, roai tax and #tod -regrets having
e, donaRn `1hl nuibev Qf anti-road tax
e- advoeatess graduallye n thedecrease.
and se yet expect tQ see a proposition
se - ml 4s the ne submitted a year
e
ago eteby -Iair majority than
a-that whIh then voted it down.
is While *e rave acorm lishec noth
at ing tow itajiovisg our .system of
g road. worAing, ov are pleased to see
pie. f tour si rishes taking def
imite,'.ido in ' the -matter. One of
thesein St. Bernar4 wher the people
.have decared firgood roads. A pe
e tien has been submitted tothe police
j n i u prtposition for a
S oe4 n e ae i ng 1vils- he siqb
of the ,pdrish,
r 4 x be Bused
-. .nbrl
a few of the parishes the iesult will
be that others will fall in line, and it
will not he long before the whole State
is taking part in the good work-The
Crowley Signal.
Emigration to theoSouth.
As we have already noticed, good
work is being done in the North
west just now in the interest of emi
gration to the South. It is our best
field to-day. There is little'European
emigration to this country; indeed,
more people are leaving the United
States than are coming here, and it
is useless, therefore, to bid for this
immigration, but in the great North
west there are thousands of persons
discontended with present conditions
and anxious to move elsewhere. And
the South offers them the very home
they are looking for.
Under such circumstances it is evi
dently in that section that we must
agitate if we with to turn the tide of
immigration Southward. The papers
there are doing good work by laying
before their home people the resources
and advantages of the South. We
have already noted, their favorable
mention of this section. Here is one
from the New Hampton Times, of
Iowa, taken up with singing the
praises of Alabama, Western Ken
tucky and Western Tennessee in
advertisements and long articles
which seem to have been the joint
product of the Louisville and Nash
ville Railroad and the Birmingham
Commercial Club. A representative
of the railroad is in Iowa working up
another home seekers' excursion to
the South. He is accompanied by the
Alabama Commissioners of Agricul
ture, and is co-operating with other
railroads. The excursionists are to be
carried at one fare for the round trip,
wild they are supplied in advance with
ample information about the value
of lands and the possibilities of agri
culture. The newspaper mentioned
contains an article of one and a
quarter columns on "West Tennessee
and Kentucky," another of nearly
a page on "Southern Truck Farms
and Farming," and about two columns
of other matter on similar topics.
Other Iowa papers have contained
very -similar articles on Louisiana,
the Illinois Ceatraiand SoutberinPaei
fid co-operating to bring to the atten
tion of the Iowa farmers the advanta
ges of this State,and having done so
with great, success. The Louisville and
Nashville is now at work, it will be
seen, in the same section in the interest,
of Kentucky, Tennessee and Alabama
and other States it tralverses.
Here is practical work that will
yield good fruit. We of Louisiana
can bear testimony to it, for we have
seen the prairies of Southwest Louisi
ana blossom as a rose in consequence
of the settlement there of =the Iowa
colonists. If all the railroads will
follow the same course as the Illinois
Central, Southern Pacific, Louisville
and Nashville, and some. other lines
that have interested themselves in
immigration, thd problem we have
been so long pottering over, and which
we have held so many conventions
to consider, will be solved in a most
practical and successful manner. It
was in this way, through the agendy
of its railroads, that the West secured
most of its colonists. The South can
do the same to-day if all its roads will
interest themselves in immigration;
as those we mention havedone.-Times
DomocratL
Thedkttettion of school teachers and
all friends of education is invited to the
followin law enacted at the last session
of the legislature.
ANr AC's..
- ftopiovide for holding State Teachers'
Institutes in the several parishes.
Sacriors t. Be it enatted by the Gen
4I Aoemhly of the Stat~df Louisiana;
That as a means of impiroving and mak
iag more efficient the teachersof the pub
lic schools of Lenisiana, sald awaken a
deeper public interest in said schools,
the State Superintendent of Public Edu
ccatiki and the President of the State
,orial School shall catSec to be held
year at beast tiventyq(a2) weeks of
the State Teachers' Institutes at such
times and plAces-askihy, with the advice
of therespective #prish supti'tendents
o.:. public aducation, stayr `etermine.
they shall givestotice of the time and
pealpted for each i st itz at least
t of the
l l axperien
hxal bave
vided for in this act as wosa yor
that service shall not exceed one thous
and ($1000) per annum, payable out of
any funds donated by the BQard-ef Trus
tees of the Peabody Educational Fund
or appropriated by the General Assembly
of the State of Louisiana, for institute
purposes.
SEc. 3. Be it further enacted, etc.,
That said Institute Conductor shall be
appointed for one year, an d shall be ex
officio a member of the faculty of the
State Normal School, performing therein
such services and receiving such compen
sation therefor as'the Board of Adminis
tratois of said institution may determine.
SEc. 4. Be it further tnacted etc.,.
That said Institute Conductor shall be
assisted in the work by -members of the
faculty o-f the Normal School and by
such other assistants as the State Super
intendent of Public Education and the
President of the State Normal School
may select; provided, that members of
the State Normal School shall receive no
compensation other than their actual
traveling expenses for institute work
done during the session of said institu-_
tion; but for institute work done during
the vacation of said Normal School,
they, in common with the othet assistants.
shall receive such remuneration as the
State Superintendent of the Public Edu
cation and the President of the State
Normal School may deem sufficient. I
payable out of any funds derived from'
the Peabody Fund, or appropriated by
State Parish or locality for institute pur
poses.
SEc. 5. Be it further enacted, etc.,
That the State Superintendent of Public
Education, the President of the State
Normal School acid, the State Institute
Conductor shall be known as the State
Institute Managers, and shall prescribe
the order and character of the institute
exercises and such other details as they
may deem necessary.
SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, etc..
That the Parish Superintendent, with
the advice of the State Seperintendent
and the Prenident of the State Normal
School shall make all necessary arrange
ment for the State Teachers' Institutes
held in hia parish, and shall do every
thing in his power to insure their success.
He shall give to every public school
teacher of his parish at least fifteen days
natiee of the time and place of meeting
of the institu-te; and shall order all the
public schools of the parish to be closed
duflit the session of the institute.
SEC. 7. Be it further enacted, etc., That
anypublic school teacher failing to at
tend the institute held in his parish, with
out an excuse satisfactory to the Board
of School Directors thereof, shall imme
diately upon demand of the parish super
intendent, forfeit his certificate and lose
his position; and that each public schobl
teacher in attendance upon tf'e institute
shall receive the same compensation for
the time of attendance ta for actual
teaching, whether the school be in ses
sien or not: prodded, he shall have been
present during the whole session of the
institute.
SEC. 8. Be it further enacted, etc.,
That the school superintendent of every
parish in which no State'institute is to
be held during the year. shall encourage
'and urge the public school teachers of
his parish to attend' the nearest State
Teachers' Institute, .granting them leave
of absence from tihelr school duties and
giving them the same comtopensition for
attending the institute as it proirded in
Section (7) seven of this act for the
teachers of schools located in the parish
wherein the Institute is held.
SEC. 9. Be it farther enacted, etc.,
That the Stite Instittite Conductor and
his assiitarit conbductors siall issue cer
tificates ,of attendance to every teacher
id attendaiceduring the whole session-of
a State Teachers' Institute,' and that
Pairish of School Directors shall give
preference, ceteri* paribu*, to the holders
of said certificates in the selection of
teachers for the public schools.
SEc. 10. Be it farther enacted, etc.,
That the State Institute C6nductor shall
aniually make an exhaustive report of
the Stkte Teachers' Institutes td the Presi
dent of the State Normaf` chool, who
shall transmit said report to the State.
Superintendent of Public Education, and
also enibody it is his biennial report to
the Generiid Assemnbly.
ii. Be it further enacted etc..
That all laws or parts 1o Laws in cdlitict
with the provisions of thhs act be and the
saihe- are heteby repealed.
(4.-W. BOLTON,
Speaker of the House of Repr entatives.
H. R. LOTT,
President pro tempure of the . Senate.
_MURPHY J. FOSTER, -
GOternor of the -State of .ouisiana.
Approved July 6, 189J4
I true 6op3':
Qzo. BrPEc.E,
Assistant Secretary f titatd.
NOTICE.
LAion Oi ici at NEw OaLxENs. LA.
Sept. 1st. 1894.
Notice is here y given that the follow
ing-named settler tits filled notice of his
intention to i 'ake uil ploof Th support
of his claim;' and that said proof will be
made before W liam B. Bailey, Vlerk of
Coi a-: afayetteLa. n (ct. 22, 1894,
vite hdgis I ton, who imde Home
4tead'..ent~p o. 1T1 i th ,;Lot No. 4
Sec. f ' WS fl 4 Eas*:
He namas farfolowig ititnesses to
-l'ib e'Iti4 re smleat upon Arid
Lci shard f
I~i It d All of Liifayette'
Jvi~cor pwI.et r *- La.
T.M. Biossat,
MANUFACTURING
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atches, 1]iamonds,
1j1ewelry AN locks.
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Jewelry ) Watches 4
made / skillfully
to order. repaired.
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bay St. Louis, Miss.,
Begins its next session.TuesdaySept.41h,
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pupils all the comforts consistent with
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The course 'of studies is four-fold
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At one and half cents per pound. Ap-_
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