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PUBLIHED 'EVE:RY -SITURDIY. E. I. AfBABSt , .........Pdblisher. Saturday, huly '27, 1195. Last Wednesday week was a very ,hot day all-overthis section,'but one case f soounstroke is reported 'how. ever, that'being (harley Weber of New Iberia, a 'young draggist.em. sployed by Julius XLoeh. IT may be of interest to our 'read. ere to know that the Department df Agriculture bas ascertained -from carefully compiled etatistics that the lose of 'cattle in the South last 'win ter from exposure mounted to$14, 000,000. 'Editor May of the Rayne Tribune ;has got his mad up because the con stableof thabt town tries ito kill dogs with fine shot. We is right, the " constable shoal dlake a decentdob of it orgive up the g.n. Even a .dog 1has some rig te. The grand jury and the police ,jury of Bieonille,parish are at log. gerheads, and the foreman of the grand jury after charging the police jury with incompetency and extrava. gance Mallenges them to give a de, tailed acoant of the perish expendi. tores. This seems to be a serious imputation againet the police jury. We have received the first number of "The New Road," a new paper just started in Lake Charles by flowrey & Smith. It is populist is politics and its editor Mac Howrey seems folly capable of exploiting in well chosen terms the glittering sophistry of third party belief and professed principle. The third party will never prevail but it wont be threegh any fault of the New .Road. The City Item, last Sunday cele brated its first anniversary under the management of D. C. O'Malley, by issuing a handseme 24 page paper. Mr. O'Malley has won fame as a skilled detective and an unerr ing judge of winning pugilists and his venture into journalism develops the fact that he knows lots about it. He has made the Item a first class paper and while we don't admire its polities and sensational features we heartily approve the war it has made upon the low dives and cor ruapt olicials of that city. Now that Henry M. Payne has been tried and acquitted of the charge of murder of Lindley M. Ferris, it is in order for some of the Republican papers to dish up the old exploded slander that no jury in the South will convict a man for killing a Yankee, or the equally ancient one to the effect that no white man can be convicted of murder in St. Mary parish. But while they say all these hard things they are bound to admit that in the case of Payne, the dis trict attorney ioo. M. T. Gordy, Jr., conducted the case with signal I ability and valiantly upheld the I cause of law and order. Mr. Payne I certainly had great provocation, in 4 his quarrel with Ferris, but we are I not sufficiently familiar with the I facts to presume sitting in judgment i on the case. The jury have declared I him not guilty of murder, and they ahrlud gnow. As we are closing up to go to press, we hear that the baby boom still swells. There is a new baby in home of Mr. 'Charles Gordy, and the editor of the Vindicator is all smiles at the bouncing new Miss 'Corny in .his :home. This is the 44th grandchild of Mr. Minos T. Gordy, fatherof our District Attor ney. Had-we the rules of old Spar tan times, he would enjoy a %hand semie pension.-St. Mary &Banner. We-have read the report of J. R. Kitchell, superintendent of schools of the parish of Vermilion, and we must-say that it is one of the best documents of that kind that we'havc ever read. TheGazette-thinks that Superiotendent Toll should make a similar report to the School Board at the close of every scholastic year. Superintendent KKitchell, of Vermil ion, givesio nhis report, the condition of every school 4house in his parish, the repairs needed, etc.-'Lafayette Gacette. - ---r~ The Crowley Signal has again dise tinguished itself. Now it i printed from a bran new outfit df ~hadsome type of modern faces and stasteftl design, and ae jusoetly -claim to -be the handsomest paper outside-of New Orleans. Bro. Scott, the capable publisher and his chief W. W. Da son, the progreseeive and public spirited editor are -certainly doe. serving of not only congratulations, but the hearty-support of the people of Acadia for giving them such an exeellent all around newspaper, got ten up regardless of cost and ia the highest stye,. Unless the editor of the Lake Charles Echo sticks closer to facts, he will find himself liable to an in dictment of "obtaining immigrants under false pretenses," when he praises up the country and its possi bilities, glorious climate, researces, etc., in such glowing terms and tope off with the statement that rice sells at from $8 to $4 a barrel, when he knows that the rough rice market is duller than a meat are, the quota tions are so low that the papers are ashamed to pablish them, and actual sales, few that they are, range from $ r.50 to $2.25 a barrel. Let tbe American enjoy the monopoly of "booming" the country on the rose hue plan. The Franklin Banner of the 25th says: It is regretted that St. Mary will soon lose the services of a District Attorney so able, earnest and ei cient as 'Mr. Minos T. Gordy, Jr. After the spring election of 1896, St Mary will form a judicial district, and Mr. Gordy will be in another district. We have not heard him express his intentions, but we would hardly suppose he would care to re. tain the place of district attorney longer than the present term. His I thorough knowledge of the rules of law and evidence in criminal prac- I tice, will secure him his full share of I business in that field, and we believe will soon occupy a conspiceons place in civil practice. He has filled the office of district attorney with rare ability. We can not say, either, that Mr. Gordy will be a candidate for die trict attorney from the district com posed of the parishes of Lafayette a and Vermilion, but we can state that 4 he has hosts of friends in both of c these parishes who sincerely desire to see him become a candidate and we b believe that they are sufficiently nu d meroos and influential to elect him. a His record as district attorney is a 0 source of pride to his friends and an p houor to the community. i Smeaebkthag About Silver Coin age. Let those- who care to study the money question for themselves first I take up the proposition that the value of a dollar depends upon the number of dollars it has to compete with. Get right on that point 'before wasting time on bimetalism, -per capita, parity and ratio, *or the iintrinsic value of 'metals, says the Fort Smith .Democrat. And 'when you have .concluded that'the value of a dollar does de. pend upon the number of dollars it is in competition with, adk for the number of dollars in circulation per capita to-day, as compared with the capita in circulation in this country in the past. The goldbug ,will quiokly answer that it is.about $25 now as against $22 ten years ago and $20 prior Ito that time. Be not deceived into the 'belief 'that the number of dollars issued, divided,by the ,population gives the number of dollars -owned by eash person. Per capita means'the num ber of dollars 'each person 'might own, not the number he does own. Therefore "per capita" means nothing it 'this debate. Ten per cent. of the 'poodle own 0 per cent. Of the dollars. Then why talk about capita? The ten ,per cent. of persons who own 90 per cent. of the 'dollars belong to an int iigent class who believe in the divine right~ f the Kings of Finance ,to stand together and prevent com petition, to 'the 'end that dollars may be dear instead of cheap. Enstead of there being in the United States fifteen 'hundred mil lion's of 'dollars in 'competition for labor and the products 'of labor, none but the bank expert can tell how little really is in comapetition. Times are hard and prices low, because the dollar is dear. The dollar is dear because there are few dollars in competition. There are few dollars in competi tion because those who have the dollars find it mere profitable to stand together and tax high the indstry eof the world, than to enter into competition for the gain that comes from money loaned to the ,ighest bidder. 'i I e Government oT the United States owes it to its citizens to give them whatever of relief that may come to them by making the moun tains of the United States competi tors of the vaults of England for the labor of American citizen. At this point the enemies of sil ver coinage ask with grave faces: What about impairing the obliga. tions of a contract?-Weekly Truth. A pleasant surprise is the action of the New York legislature, a body to which we have not looked for very much reform legislation, in raising the age of consent from six teen to eighteen years. This is an example which other states cannot be too prompt to follow. Sixteen, even, is higher than the age which rules in many states. This new law in New York makes it a crim inal offense for a man to marry a girl under eighteen years of age without the consent of her parents or guardian, and a clergyman or magistrate performing such a cere mony is an accessory to the crime. Marriages of this kind are not ne cessarily void, bat they can be set aside by an order of the court. One effect of the statute will be to decrease the number of elopements. I The principal good acooplished, I however, is the protection of chil- a dren from creatures bearing the a name of men, who take advantage [ of a low age of consent to accom- f plish their ruin.--Opelousas Cour- i ier. - The Weak Joint ia the Armor. One of the strongest points the t silverites make against thegold bug men is the rather significant fact e that a great many intelligent free esilver leaders of past years have since their accession to power, dis covered 'they were'minstaken in their Bfinancial -ideas. It is rather a reproach 'for a man 'to remain a fool, but it is sometimes questionable whether-he itnot more of a knave. The following pointed letter from a 'Georgia postmaster containaemany a morsel of food 'for thought : "Hoon. Hoke Smith. Secretary of'the Interior, Washington, D. C. "Dear Sir--Your letter and copies of speeches recently made by Secretary Carlisle received. .1 assure you that will ta'ke pleasure in distributing them, should I find any one who desires to read them. But I apprehend that there are very few people in this section of the country who oare to read Mr. Car lislo's on finance since the was ap pointed Secretary of the Treasury. If you can send copies of some of 'Bis speeches made 'when he repre sented the people of his State in Congress and was not representing a class, he is now, the people of this section will be glad to read them, or if you can send some of the speeches made by your honorable self a few years ago when you were trying to make the populists believe that you and the Democratic party were more friendly to the free coin age of silver than the Populist party was, I am sure tis people would read them with pleasure. The people of this section are Democrats, pnre and simple, and cannot he fooled, cajoled, bought or bulldozed by the powers at Washington, though they were aided by all the imps of Hades, into the rapport of Republican principles of financg. Their manhood revolts at the idea. They are not fools, neither are they children. They will not be led from their time-honored principles by any traitor whoi, by accident, has got into power or wears the collar of his masters. I am, sir, yours t respectfully, GOonBG T, HOLLERAN. SCan It Be Enforced. District Attorney R. F. Broussard and Sheriff C. T. Cade, of Iberia, in an interview with a reporter of the Iberian, give as the reason for the abondonment of any effort at enforcing the Sunday Law in that parish that the law is such an unpop ular one that the conviction of its violators is a very difficult, if not totally impossible, undertaking. Mr. Brouseard says that since he has been in office the sum of $234.. 80 was collected by the parish as fines from Violators of the Sunday Law, for the conviction of which it cost the parish over one thousand dollars. The same thing can be said of this parish. Petit juries will not convict violators of a law which they deem obnoxious, and there are now on the criminal docket of this court several cases, which are not brought up for trial because it will only result in entailing a useless expense on the parish with no pros pect of securing a single convic tion. The Sunday Law was not put on our statute books as a mere orna ment. Our legislators had a good purpose in view. The Sabbath is a day of rest and worship, and not an occasion for one to get as a har vest moon and hurrah for American t freedom. But the question is: Can it be enforced? Apparently not.- St. Landry Clarion. Probate STATE OF Parish of Vermilionlih District Court-No Soccession of Joseph C. Notice is ,hereby g.iven , virtue of an order of sale the Disteiot Court in sru said parish and State, in lb. of said succession, to pay gj. of the same. The undersigned will sale, at public auction, oi and highest bidder, at his in Patd parish, on the following described pr wit: One small hdse one sulky--one bed aned one armoir,--oe gold w other articles. . Terms .& Conditions :- ,. of 'fhe purchase price of all tions cash .on the day of sale, other one-half payable on day of January, 1896, "jt 'represented by notes with inu solido to the esdisfactiou undersigned with 8 per eo- 'num interest from matnrity additional penalty of 10 per on the amounts due and exi attorney's fee in case smaii 'should have to be planed in A~i of an attorney for oollectl% lmaturity. Abboville, July 20, 189. A LPH.D BtHd Administra FOR SALE. An improved plantation uli arper.ts of laud witil a frun 12) arstents on the west tio Vermilion bayou 8& miles ,\ bhleille. The wholeof said tat ion iearly all is lteted In a new litg proof lence and tial bridge and gates where" needed. The addiliomal i nents com ist of a good D House. cabin. corn crib, bath I'ecan (Grove and Orcharde oa above o:aned plantation. 150 acres of cleared laund the atuce btheing of virgiti heavy. Will sell on easy ut this office. sept'c f PI'rclan[aion jof Elethti Abhbeville. La., July 13,"1 2 KNOW YE, That whereu. oU lion has bheen held on Tbhrlde I I1; 1895, under order and set j of the Town Council of A Louisiana, by the electors + and npon the property described, upon the proporit. Sannexing said hereinafter d ti terriory to the town of A t, J. Nelson Greene, Ma,,or bf town of" Al heville, by virt.hi resolution of said Town Coat ,, July 12, 1895, do hereby proclaim the rePelt of said el to be in favor of annexation of territory. fixty votes $26,572 having been cast in faotr annexation and no vote hav4ing ; cast saainst annexation. BouEndaries rand decriptias of t1h li posed to be annexed to and fldes l0 town of Abbevill : The territory proposed to be constitutes all the lots and land ly comprebended between the two follo described lines designated as lineI_. and line No. 2 which meet and inded territory sought to be annexed. LINE kNO. 1 Begins at the intersoctiol o0fthel. milion river and the north line of Boete's addition and runs then.s along the said north line of thye addition to the eastern limit of Te of Abbeville or the east line of East thence southward along said east l East street to tbhe southern limit town or the south line of the M portion, thence westward along south line of the Meoret's portion tr intersection with the Vermilion tvVr,I here line No. 1 ends - LN 14o. 2 Begins at the intersection of the ern line of Boete's addition and the' mnilion river, or the be innina of line ._ and runs northward along the east of the Vermilion river to the m.eth Coulee Valcourt, thence eastward the south bank of said Conlee ValeUrt the line between laots Noe. 8 and 18 of 1 Carmelite Blanchet subdivision, i>n thence along said last line to a 1d.I 300 feet west of the centre line of ;iP - Charles street measured on tthe line tween lots Nos. 9 and Ib of the Blaue* subdivision; thence north 360 east to t_. south line of Julie Brousseard's au.l thence S. 800 E. along the said sont lie of Julie Bronssard's and on Eastw.w.'' same direction to the land of W. W. ae wards; thence S. 100 W. along theli.b._ tween W. W. Edwards and .Jobn sa on one side and Lyman C, L one o .e other or west side and on in theSae a d0 rectiou through the lands of F. F. yong to the land of Gustave Godchaux, then.c along the line between said Godeh·-' and said Young to the west line of . Godchaux, thence southward along _ west line of said Godchanx to land ._. Iberia & Vermilhon Railroad: thebntue the north line of said company's lan the Vermilion river, and thence nortiw along the east bank of said river to intersectibn of the south linb of the Me-' gret's portion and the Vermilion rivert, the end of line No. W Given thronglnme for the Tows Council of Abbeville, Louisiaua, th6 day, month and year above writtWe J. NELSON GREExsa, Mao.