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~bbevie Weridioarn. Er.tabliLhed im 18S.. UItJHED EVERY SATURDAY Entered at the post office as Abbeville, La., a second class matter. An EBhofrom The past. Good old Dr. B. I. Ward of Winona, Miss., delightful old fos sil that he is, has consecrated himself to the impossible task of keeping alive the dying embers of secession ana the other dead things which were once so dear to the Southen heart. His lastef sort is a criticism of Lieutenant Governor Shands of Mississppi. for a speech delivered the other day to the Confederate veterans 'at Water Valley. The gravamen of Shands' offence consisted in telling these gallant old war horses that it was about time to wake up to the fact that they were frequently "'worked for their votes" and that they need ed to acquire a broader vision of public affairs. To the dear old Doctor this is high treason. He would have every one look out of his regula tion knot hole under penalty of being cast out into utter dark ness. This pecular style of rea soning has hung around the neck of the South like a mill rock for three-quarters of a century, but tlank God! it is passing away as has human slavery which was re sponsible in a large measure for this choke bore reasoning. Let every man think for himself. Better that he should err in an honest search for the truth than be compelled to accept as truth the dictum of some mpan who as sumes to know it all. It is the South of today, with, h.the quicken ing pulse of awakened energies a4nd and the bright vista of a glorious future which confronts us. The undimned heritage of the past is ours. - God forbid that we should fail to do it reverence, but we must meet new conditions and deal with them intelligently. The new generatioirof the South has climbed up out of the n:eatal fog which hung around it and with head erect and standing proudly with unfettered limbs in the bright sunlight of Truth and' Reason, is ready for-the race and confident of winning. The New OGrand Jury. District Court operned on Mon day Nov. 20tli and the new Grand Jury was enpanneled and sworn for the next six months. Cleomere C.' Broussard .was appointed foemiian. ' Judge Edwards de liveeid "at +able charge to the Grand Jury and we give the fol lowing extracts which relate to matters of most interest to the public: The Court charges you that you are here to indict violators of the criminal law. you are noL hrre to aush upcrimes or help friends out of dificulties. The criminal laws are made for tiie rich and influential as well as for the poor, and throughout all your loves tigalions you are to bear in mind the .p.ituuate truth that it is an easy matter to indict and convict the poor and friendless fellow, but a very ditfiult one to get an influen tial or rich man within the mehes.. of the law, and almost impossible to hold him there. The reason is sim ply IbisthaM the rich and influential man, as soon as he does wrong, be gini to set his influences and strength at work to escae: punishment and keeps constantly at it until beosuc ceeds. He and his friends work to avoid `his. irltmeat, after indict ment to avoid conviction, and after convictton to avoid iimprisonlmert and when at last the penalty of the law is visited upon him, if it be not death, there is a constant pegging away for a pardon. GA&MING The constitution delbres gamb ling to be a. vice ant pursuant to its provisions the Legislature has passed Jaws for its suppression. It is saiid th , is a class of per ansr in this parlit who do nothing 1 for a livelihood' but gamble at cards that there are places rented or used for the sole purpose of gaming; "where you can always find some one leady to play and who always comes out I wnler--Regular gamblers operate tc gelher and drvide the spoils after the g tme; .ibe Rpptet Oser is as much whiner as his pal who talks much of blalok$ dy,, It iv ean e sssry to tell yen, t .entlekaw. I I gatrmbling makes the y e-lekt rob lis employer and teatls c the fmnd -H.uniM ad and kind father to forget h~i wife and .lildren. . i Xq. ' that t every dollar the I gatakr gel it sits gamen some one c else is n ta.r he t oesle ot: ts ra It ait dss gtor it in re-. cydol aI fools out of it would have spent it. where he owed it or for some useful purpose. Gambling breeds crime and poverty and every species of misery. It is an evil that is denounced every where and needs constant putting down. CARRYING CONCEALED WEAPONS. I call your attention specially to Sec. 932 of the Revised bStatuts, concerning carying concealed wea pons. A person is guilty of the offense set out, If he carries on or about his person, a weapon which is only partly concealed. It must be fully exposed not to be coucealtd. . h e object of the law is to pro tect the orderly and well disposed cilizen from the treacherous use of weaipons so frequently resorted to by evil disposed men, who seek an ad vantage over their antagonists in the dis:urbances and breaches of the peace, wlidh lthey are prone to pro voke, 11 Ann. page 4I~I}, Gate Chief Justice Manning, in the case of State VP. Blas, 37 Ann, 260. says; The manifest object of the statute was to prevent the currying of dan gerous weapons--- to stamp out a practice that has been and is fruitful of bloodshed, misery andt deatlih-and yet so to prohibit the carrying as not to tufringe the constitutioual right to keep and hear arms. The constitutional right is to bear arms openly, so that when one meets an armed man there can be no tmistake about the fact that he is armed." Wherefore if one carries about with him a dangerous weapon, not fully exposed to view, he violates the law; he must carry it so any one meeting him can make no mistake about his be ing with a weapon. I charge you particularly, i gentlemen, if the sheriff or any 1 of his deputies, or any con a stable, policeman or town mar - shall carry abcut him any weapon a concealed, except in, the actual discharge of his 'official duties, Shlie violates the law; and the I violation is graver than if com b mit,;ed by the ordinary citizen, f for they are offcers whose duty t it is to see that the law isobserv ed and not violated. 8 The Sheriff, his deputy, police man and constables are consid i ered in the actual discharge of 1 their official duties, as contem 1 plated in this section, only when S they are actually engaged in the i service of some process to which I resistance might be suspected or I offered, and a weapon might be required by such officers to en force the law; for instance; the arrest or conveying of a prisoner, the attachment of a person and the seizure of property and the I fact that such officer has a war rant for the arrest of a person id one pocket is not a permit for I him to carry a pistol concealed in another. The exemption is good only when he is bona fide in the actual discharge of some duty as above set out. BSUNDAY LAW You are requested to make in-' vestigations into violations ,of the Sunday law, not because its violation is a heinous crime but because of the evil which results from a disregard of.this law. If one man is allowed to sell whiskey on Sunday, why another will soon claim the right to sell it without license. Some will think they have a right to .shoot craps, others to get drunk and whoop and.halo along the public high way and so on, simple be cause they see one man doing what he wishes to do in viola tion of law without being pun ished. The way to have law is to en force all laws at all times and against all persona. I am" in formed that this law is not open ly violated in this parish, but that there are some suspicious cases. Look oint the matter well because when the law is observed by all, there is always a tendency on the part of some one to open up on the quiet and make sufficient money out of the violation of the law to pay the fine usually imposed. "If im prisonment be required to en force the law, that punishment is + provided in the statute and the pecessity ot preserving the dg nity of the State of k.l iana and respect for the ..wi., will c suffer, the imprisonaent of the I tihest or poo st:pau is the d istrict. i.A unfortnuate truth is,a gentlemien that thAe who are charged with the execution of the laws are too often hampered by mod snein, who do not know opearlibewe one side.and duty towards 'self and government on "thle 'ther Men who contribute more in way of taxes for the supl:ression of crime and the maint:binnce of order, than they give to the church, charity or education, are frequently seen, hand in hand, with the criminal. Y on will see these good men fighting for the law at one term of Court and fighting against the law at the next and they always mean well and believe they are right. Thus you find tihe stockman, whose wild herds graze in the I marsh, much in favor of the en forcement of the laws against. trespass and larceny. He thinks it a good law which provides a penalty for stealing a fat steer or shooting ducks which .0st solne one a cow apiece. The man who works hard all day can not sit up at night to watch his property so he ardently supports all laws against thie very. And altholgll these mene are always quick to convict for the unlawful taking of property, you frequently find among themI some who are is quick to acquit for the taking of human life without sufficient provocation or excuse. They have learned by exper ience that the law is the safest protector of property and can be relied on, but they refuse to. re coý cognize that the law, if enforced, is just as safe a guardian of our lives and personal rights. There are too many good men who" be lieve in the right of one to pro tect his person and feelings at all times at any cost. That may do, in a country where there is no law to protect you, and where your only rights are those you maintain b'y force, but in com munities where thousands and thousands of dollars are expen ded yearly for law, law ought to be had. The way to obtain this is to punish severely every man who takes the law into his own hands; no man's life is safe in a community w h e r e stabbing, shooting and the use of dead ly weapon in a man ner calculated to produce death, go unpunished and it is not one case in fifty that their use is justifiable. Still we often *te good men, who consider themselves lovers of law, exert ing their influence to save from punishment those who justly de serve it. We of this parlsh, however, have cause to congratulate our selves that there are very few men among us who believe that' the rights of self defence and of defence of property ought to allow the taking of human life regardless of the necessity. It seldom . happens in Vermilion that the use of a deadly weapon with serious results goes un r punished. But it does frequently happen that we are shocked by the report of some serious crime. The of ficers of the law arrest and bring the offender before the bar of justice. He is convicted after a fair and impartial trial and sentenced according to law. Sometimes the costs of a single case run from one to five hun dred dollars-The parish pays for all for the accused happens never to be a man who .can b@ made pay. And as soon as the culprit is safely lodged behind the pen itentiary walls, indeed, some times, before the parish has paid the expenses of prosecution an application is made for his pardon. What does the petition show-not that he was unfairly tried and convicted-not that the sentence was hard, but that good men seem willing to have him set free. Men who say they believe in law, men who feel and grumble under the weight of taxes, which are eaten up by prosecutions, not only sign the petition but exert themselves to obtain a pardon. Your attention is called to these matters, gentlemen, not to discourage you but tIo cause you to dwell upon the importance of doing your duty. Because some. one has been pardoned who .bould not have been, or some one acquitted who should here been convicted, can ,not be an excuse for your failing to.! indict, where an indictmenti shoud "be found. Do your duty ..·. .: . : To Curi. aC nJ MLa tIvM P. ýL:" as Grand Jurors fully and fear lessly and the.- is citiens go out into the CommunTty and help uphold the efforts of those 'who are to carry your good work to complttron and the comfort of the thief, the perjurer, the swin dler and him who' sheds his fel lows blood, will be small in Vermilion Parish. 84>>* et S 1:ie Forty million bottles of August Flower sold in the United States alone since its introduction I And the de mand for it is still growing. Isn't that a fine showiig of success? Don't it prove that August Flower has had unfailing success in the care ot indi gestion and dyspepsla the two great est enmles of health and happiness? Does it not afford the best evidence that August Flower Is a sure specific sor all stomach and intestinal disor ders?-that it has proved it self the best of all liver regulators? August Flower has a matchless rycprd of over tiirty ov ears in curing Ithe ailing millions of these distressing com plaints a success that is becoming wider in its scope every.day, at home and abroad, as the fame of August flower spreads, Trial bottles 25 cents regular size 75 cents. For sale by all druggists. 1Thank the Laord. Icried Hannah Plant, of Little Rook. Ark., "for the relief I got from Buck len's Arnica Salve. It cured my fear ful running sores, which nothing else would heal, and from which I had suf fered for 8 years." It is a marvelous healer for cuts, turns and wonunp Guaranteed at all drug €tore;,25c, 88A4ED JsIDS for the keeping of all public bridge3 and ferries, Janitor of court house, constable for police jury, and keeper of poor farm are hereby advertised for to boIn the hands of this body at their next regular meeting. 60 YEARSE EXPERIENCE A TRADD Ma I DESIGNS CoPrmnahTs Uc. Anyons sending .a eketeb and 0daeer pm may quicakny ascertan our opinion te athr an Invenation probably ptepat. un.a Ia. tloa strlecome tde lat r O on Patents aent fre. Oldt eaenor gn seeeeturtnate s. Fpaents taken through Mu Cf-O. rIeeive A pphwnrtsI c; M. PE R > A CO.k es.n apremtnt h ensrreval o f thbeflet. WI haveb beaome tla larga4td tuae I the world betoue our t.rcd: ate betterthan others. Do you wish to grow the mowt beatiftl doweres and the Anet ve g talhrs? Plant the bstaued.a-e-Fefry I1 00 eed Annual frees to al D. U. PIERRY A O., 5r"tA? Uioh. Illinois Central TWO FAST TRAINS DAILY * ¶From New Orleans for CUlncago, it. Louis, Louisville, Cincinnati and pointl North and East. ¶Dtreot conneetion with Southern Pacific trains id Utnion Sttiio. 'No transfer at New Orleans. ¶i'irst-class Service--Buffet Library Cars-Free Reclining Chair Cars Pullhau Sleepers an4 Piinig Cars-M-eals A la Carta, For full information, rates, etc., apply to Ticket Agents or N. D. FINCH . P. A, HOUSTON. TEXAS. .. Fazende & Guilbeau,. CoNTRAOTORS IN Painting, Paper-Hanging,. Furniture Repairing, Glazing and all Otheir Work ii That Line. . . . . , Phone ýAS, Abbeille, La. i-.- MMWA " : ...v I . . . . • A Jf)asareoUs C itanuty. Ittis a'dIestrou esalamity, when you lose your health,,beestse Indigestion and constipation have sapped it away. Prompt :relief can be had In Dr. Cing's New Life Pills. They build up your digestive organs, and cure head ache, dizziness, colsc, constipation, etc. Guaranteed at all drug store; 250. FINAL TABLEAU. State of Leulsiana-Parish of Vermi-I ion-l17th'Judicial District Court, Spoceusion of Theophile Naquin No. 607. Where as, Anthony J. Goldn Adm inistrator, has filed a final Tableau of Debts and Charges in the above enti tied and numbered Succession: Therefore, notice is hereby given to all whom it may or. doth concern, to show cause, if any they have, why said Tableau should not be homolo gated and approved and the creditors ordered paid in accordance therewith. and the official bond of said Adminis trator cancelled., Given under my hand and seal of office, on this 16th day of Nov., 1905. A. O. Landry. Deputy Clerk of Court. . New Cure For an*e r. All surface cancers are now known to be curable. by Bucklen's Arnica Salve. Jae. 'Walters, of Duffleld, Va., writes: "I had a cancer on my lip for years, that seemed incurable, till Bucklen's Arnica Salve healed it, and now itis perfectly well." Guaranteed cure for.cots and burns. Sold at all drug stores. 92c. ri ii SOULE BUSINESS COILE8E. BOULB COLtLEt Is the ladng sad i Highest Grade nBualeass hoSt. a sad English Traintsg School ti the South. It is regalze4 eve whare as a Wide Awake, Practical, hellse , e ý ý, Popular and Bgecrt.fo Ke4. %0 4ii 4 aa delusive ipsoq t Oseems ac te Ue SOULeS ,OL owes sad oapi thes Fiaest -uldMs eIo wilding Ia America. 1 Ir puiessd Tsacbus. Jeeks keepersm sad 5aogaper rsoemm.d.aed, Send for New lluartSd Inrnss a 080. w &kwtE IOUX. SIENTI"IOCALLY DISTILLED. NATURALLY AGED. ABSOLUTELY PURE. Best and Safest for all uses For sale by J. Q G. LES. TO ME We are daily receiving our OUR FALL AND WINTER of Haw, Schaffner & Marx, and Sterling Brand CLOTrHIN Don't place your order for same until you see our line Stauffer Bro ~I ~1 YOU ARE AWARE ,of thesudden rise of 25 pergcent in Woolens thj. C.. therefore it will pay you to come nowt our fall and winter stock while on d NewGoods Coming im Dail OI.Laies' Ready To W ear ate Stauffer Brts, Abbeville, Las THANK MYN We are truly thankful to the people of this sectigd.for their . most liberal patrtonage since the opening of our store., WHILE we. have pemen elling at a veery to Ilve ont,: WE BELIEVE in- thit prince of mottoes - 'Live and .iet Live." This is omur business principle, and so" long ase: we ra in in b..snesa , so lonk will we eantinue to li t8hep pblie the benst fit f conservative parlcle matters not who it:, hurts. I OPr.. poptin forse caiipt compete - with pgt Fp .: ft l teir mi# fortune. While'they have our. sympathy we caunot see why' , the customer 'should bear the burden of their bad purchases WE INVITE the insection of our Sgoods by .the public. We arlier: S alwaya glad to have you call and and learn our .ri.es, whether rou bugr 0 o. FA. DEROUA G,::::::::.... _