Newspaper Page Text
... - Rat T-URDAY m ;: HOMER J. MOUTON, 1U.ath 1`. Pomg-Ofafice as Second DAY, APRIL i, 1893. E .LECTURE BUREAU * B. C. Nevins. ARE the Ad,?ertisesent : SPOIL the Bursie.u The primary object of advertisement is to sell goods. The best adver . tisement is the one which will sell the most goods- et course, in the broadest sense, and vuith a view to future as well as to imme diate sale. An advertise S - ent to sell goods must do one or all of the following things : r. Attract atteption; 2. Convince the reader that he needs such goods; 3. Convince the reader that the goods offered by the advertiser are the best for for him personally on account of price, or quali ty, or for some other sat- 0 * tisfactory reason. IhAS" Paid Others; * * IVILL Pay You. A&O TIHER OFFER. Mr. John H. Humble, the gener al representative of the Ferris Sugar Manufacturing Company, Limited, operating two large refineries, one on Bayou Teche near the town of Frank lin, and the other at Barbreck, St. Landry parish, was in Lafayette Monday and Tuesday. Mr. Gumble told The Gazette that his company intended to build another refinery, and was looking over the field with a view of select ing the place that will offer the best inducements. He has his eyes on several points, but is very favorably impressed with Lafayette as a suita ble place, and should the people be inclined to meet him part of the way, he will establish a large plant here. The proposition that Mr. Humble intends to submit, later on, to the people in behalf of his company em braces a donation of $25,ooo in mone --and a- gite of, say, fifteen acres of land, on w:hich the factory will be erected. Mr. Humble thinks a site on Bayou Vermiion in ce proximity to the railro 5 uld be the most advantage - for all con cerned. Thi positionwill stand -,. proposition will stand regardl of whether the tax being ,ently asked by Mr. Leslie is car ried or not. At the present price that sugar is quoted in the New Orleans market the factory would pay $4.25 a ton. Taking the ascertained general aver age yield of cane, with present pri mitive methods of cultivation, in this parish last year was a fraction over 20 tons per acre. Thus it will be seen that the farmer planting cane and selling to the factory would rea lize on 20 tons $85 an acre, instead of an average of less than $12 per acre on cotton as at present. Should this offer be acted favora bly upon the factory would be in working shape by October 1894. In the meantime with the existence of their present facilities, the present planted crop of cane could be han dled. And if he can secure the in ducements necessary to enable him to buil a factory here, it will be of a: capacity to handle mooo tons a day, or as anuch, if riot more, than the en tire parish could cultivate. While The Gatette looks upon the idea of building a refinery as of prime 1. ment, and recognizes the pressing t~ed of one, it is puzzled to know h:tw this sum can be raised without r'course to a popular subscription, i.smuch as the law expressly for bids the levying of a special tax for p)rposes of this nature, short of a a cial act of the legislature. And. the only feasible way, to our i umind, would be to vote the railroad tax, thereby securing the necessary Sinus. If there is any other way to , pass the realization of a large tictiery, The Gazette would heartily epouse it, as it will any other mea "sure teqding to the advancement of 4 "be satnrial interests of the Parish e f Lafayette. fr " A central refinery is acrying need. PfROAMfSCUOOUS IMMlGRA Of course we want immigration to our vacnt lands. But we want I ight k;; those who will make and identify themselves < a of the people, to bet- I ion, and also work dig of the country. t Iaines of-oreign c people who will come here, bringing with them their clannishness and all f the selfishnes that it entails. To day Pennsylvania is crying out against the trouble breeding Hunga rians, who are a drag to the sections in which they are congregated. New d York has a surplus of Italians, and - if they have proven themselves a de sirable acquisition, the home people havrfailed to find it out. Whenever ) these people have settled in any numbers they have forced out of em ployment the native labor, by the fact that they subsist on what an American would starve. As we stated before we want im migration in this section. We want that kind of immigration that has made tik 'Vest what it is to-day. In other words, we want the people from the WVest; we want the people from the crowded East, in short we want that sort of immigration that will come here and be of us But we don't want the waifs and strays of the squalor-ridden districts of European cities. COfME TO LAFA YE TTE. Did you ever stop to think how many men of more than average in telligence are spending their lives working in the shops, the factories, in the cities, working from early till late, barely earning enough to sup port their families, seldom accumu ) lating enough to own a house, and with prospects of any day being thrown out of employment, not sure from where to-morrow's bread shall come, not knowing but that sickness r or death would rob their little ones of the necessaries of life, and leave 1 them at the mercy of the cold world? Did you ever stop to think that a man of ordinary intelligence and limited means can come to South western Louisiana, to our healthful climate and get a home? Not by paying high rent, not facing a dirty, narrow street, but on our beautiful prairies, surrounded by the most productive lands under the sun; a garden of Eden that needs but till ing, with good schools near growing towns, intelligent, agreeable neigh bors, and every thing to make a hap py comfortable home, surrounded by peace and pleuty. Come to Lafayette parish. jT PA YS. The Morgan City Advocate re ports that Mr. Jacques Lehman is finding that the steam caa~c2; -"f his c tnnj f ,3 - 'k not sufficient to meet the demands made upon it by the large orders that are pouring in. His first shipment was for Tyler, Texas. New Orleans will receive 25o cases; a carload is ordered for Galveston, and 300 cases are billed for California. This reminds the writer of an in cident occuring in Houston, Texas, about eighteen months ago. Seeing a pile of boxes canned vegetables in front of a grocery store, he noticed the shipper's brand read: 11 Rienzi, Miss.," and the thought at once occured to him, if some far off factory could can and ship those goods to Texas, why could not south west Louisiana, where the lands are so well adapted to the cultivation of all kinds of vegetables? His curios ity being aroused, he started out to ascertaiir, and did, where is, and what kind of a place was Rienzi. It is a small town of about 200 people situated in the extreme northern part of the State. This factory is oper ated by a family of seven, who must can man)y boxes to ship as far South as Texas. WVe learnt further that these peo- 1 ple had induced the small neigh boring farmers to abandon cotton and cultivate vegetables. Instead of realizing about $i4 an acre as for- I merly, they saw their lands bring them over $35 an acre with less labor. The result has been that t·he factory I people are making money, and the I farmers are making money. And all are contended. Nowv, there is no good reason un der the sun why a factory right here in Lafayette should not pay hand- I some returns. And we are going to have one, one of these fine mornings. PUBLIC ROADS. i Periodically the press of the State I discuss the question of roads in the country. t This is the time of year that the discussion has begun in good ear nest, And their worthy efforts seems to be appreciated, and heeded, in r some instances. I There can be no question as to the value of good roads. It bene fits the farmer as well as the mer- I chants, in fact everybody is conve- i nienced. c The present system of working i the public roads falls short of ac complishing any lasting good. This, c g however, is not due to the law under LI which this system is operated, but rather to the indifferance- of those it called out to do the work. Time and again we have seen crowds of men s gathered to work, and after throw w ing a few spadesful .of dirt in the d middle of the road, quit, and then wonder when the rainy season sets e in why the roads are in such terrible r bad condition. y Convictions, we know, are prac m- ticably impossible now, but the law e is not altogether at fault. n Create a public sentiment in four of good roads, and then the law i- would be found adequate to bring tt the chronic shirkers in line. s FR UITS. n The climate of southwestern Louis e iant not being subject to rapid and e extreme changes in temperature, nor e late spring frosts, and having a soil t particularly adapted to their growth, Lafayette Parish, has flattering pros pects of becoming one of the fore s most parishes in this section in friit culture. Already she has shown marked v signs of this in her production of many varieties, developing perfectly, s maturing nicely, and bearing proli , fically. The peach, especially, grows 1I nicely, and orchards that have been set out, and with scarcely an excep tion, where the trees -have been I properly cared for and protected g from stock, they make rapid growth, e showing a thrifty and healthy condi i tion. s But it is not only the peach that s fares well. In the great variety that e will do equally as well we might ? mention, the fig, apricot, pears, a grape, and the like. I This is a favored country indeed. The Teche and Vermilion and the Great Southern Telephone com Y panies have joined forces, and now have a circuit embracing every town 1 from Washington to and including t New Orleans, save Lafayette. a The people of Opelousas, for in stance, can talk ten minutes with 9 friends in New Orleans for 25 centr, - but Lafayette is reduced to the necessity of paying the same sum Y for the privilege of sending ten words. Of course if the people o Lafayette choose to pay the piper for this expensive luxury, it is their right, but it strikes us that it is the s old story of saving at the spigot to Swaste at_ t Gen. Jastremski's name has been ~ mentioned for the post of minister to Buenos Ayres, Argentine. Repu blic. As a soldier, citizen, stal wart Democrat, and the friend of r the printer, the (;enaral is well known. Should the President make the appointment hewill have a faith - ful and worthy minister. The people of the riparian parishes are beginning to view with some ap prehension the rising rivers, know ing the danger that its coming down forebodes. Every year it is the same; those people live in constant dread of seeing their lands overflow just at planting time, and it gene rally recedes too late to plant a crops. Why don't some of the in dustrious who would wish to live in comfort come to Lafayette? Never an overflow here. An old gentleman from Alabama 1 in conversing with a Gazette man the other day expressed the opinion that our people are ignorant of the vast capabilities of their lands. He says that a man can work less and made a better living here than any place he has ever visited. In Ala bama the farmers have so little money that to get a dollar out. of them is like asking them to let you pull out a tooth from their heads. He adds however they are t the most hospitable people on the face of the earth. And so are the I people of Lafayette as hospitable as any that can be found. COTTOiV VS. PROGRESS. Commnunicated. Cotton ! King Cotton ! has at last reached a point where it is so , touch-me-not as to keep those who raise it in want of the absolute ne cess ies of life. It is not the over production that I impoverishes the mass of the people, but conditions that places the staple at the mercy of speculation. Ins tance the last crop, which being a small one,should have commanded a a good price, but since the rumors of e increased acreage for this year has I reached the ears of the .speculative power, the market goes up by strides. t They have already figured out ab crop of from nine to ten millions si bales, and this before a single seed " has been sowed in the ground, and on these figures the present market " is lowered to a mere song. h Now, admitting that the cotton h crop of 1893 would be nine millions ~e r bales, -an4 it -would sell.for 5 or 6 t cents a pound;, therefore as long as, e it would find -a ready sale, neither I high or-low, Is proof that there it a always a demand for all that is made, - consequently it ,i not the over-pro e duction that-creates panics. a But why not make other crops in s abundance, and- have cotton as a e surplus crop. There are enough working people alL over the cotton states " that can doable their crops v of corn, potatoesy cane, etc., in a few years in .decrealtng gradually r the cotton crop, until they will rea r lize that the tin is up to work for J themselves and not for speculators. Can any man pay z2Y cents per pound for salted meat and make one Wale of cotton to every three acres of land pMlahted, and sell that r bale of cotton it 6 ceits and make I any progress ? .,ertainly not, Why then not plant more grain, and raise at home that meat and all other ne cessities, aind 1e' -happy,' and work t for One's sef,' ' gad 6d' htavlhtg'the nose on. the: gsn trona t fram year i year. Wf e have had plenty of time, sint& almost thirty years; commencing with cotton at $125 a bale and gra dually coming Clown to. the prese& price of $25, to find out that at the latter price it is ,next to impossible to make a living. What we want is a diversity of crops, we want a change of some kind, then let us all agree to reduce': cottei acreage in crease corn aid other products; t plant largely ig canes, raise our own t supplies, more -,egetables, fruits, etc., and no doubt we will find a change for the, better. Let cotton be sold at what it may, and stop putting it at the head of our hopes and dependance for a living. I hope to hear in the future a general cry of down with cotton and up with more gtin and house sup plies. . ** MEMORIAL BA,2AAR. To Be Field in Richmrona, Va., April II, j893. The Ladies' Hollywood Memorial Association, aided by the Junior Hollywood, the Oakwood and He brew Memorial Associations, and all 'ý-. Confederate Camps, will hold a bazaar for the benefit of the monu ment now being raised to the P.: ý .de Soldier and sail --t-e - Confeder acy, and fo the Confederate Mu .se', to be esta ished in the house in which President Davis resided during the war. This house having been given to the ladies by the city of Richmond, they ask the help of every man, woman, and child, in or der that the entire South may share in the honor of erecting these two monuments. Each Confederate State will be represented by a table bearing its name, shield, and colors, and arti cles received will be given to the table which may be designated by the donor. It is befitting that to the daunt less chieftain and his heroic fol lowers these two monuments be raised in the Capital of the Confer deracy, the one spot'which can never lose its identity with the cause for which they struggled and died. Money and articles, small and large, for table or restaurant, for use or beauty, should be addressed to "Memorial Bazaar," Richmond, Va. All packages forwarded free by Southern and Adams Express Corn- - panies, when under twenty-five pounds. Name and residence of the con signee should be in the corner, but not given as part of the address. MRS. E. I).HOTC)'CKISS, President, .Memorial Bazaar. VFRMIL/ON COTTOATADE. John A. Morris' steam yatcht is upholstered with ,ottonade made by a lady living pn Vermil.on river about four miles1 above Abbeville. Grover Clevelau4has a suit of cot tonade made by' an aged widow whose home is near Long Point, in this parish. Shk!planted the cotton, worked the growing crop, and often picking the fleecy staple herself, converted it into cloth. Her hands alone performed and accomplished the same end which the manufacture of ordinary clothing requires thous ands.--Abbevilic Meri~ional. There is getting to be something wrongwith the Frcpch duel. Another man has been hurt in one of them. To be sure, his injury was much less severe than would have been caused by a sliver under the thumb, but it tends to unwholesome defiance of precedent. Deserted Towns. There are twenty well built towns in Kan sas without a single inhabitant to waken the echocs of their deserted streets. Saratoga has a $3o,ooo opera house, a large brick ho tel, a $2o,o0o school house and a number of fine business houses, yet there is nobody even to claim a place to sleep. Her banks remain, but they are silent. Some of her dwelling stand there as monuments to the credulity of man. At Fargo, a $25,ooo school house stands on the side cif the hill, a monument of the bond voting crarze. Most of the build ings have been removed or torn down. The hotel keeps gloomy watch over the rem.ining" houses, aided by the bank. A herder and his family constitute the s',le poputation of' what was once an incorporated city, ~.s an exchange "Old Taylor" Whiskey. A. M. MARTIN; --AGEN'IVOR LAFAYETTE. S."The "Old Taylor" is the best Whiskey that experience, skill and expeaditbre' can produce. It is the perfection of distillation from grain. S. 6eorgiades, Manufacturer of high grade can dies, of every kind, and makes a a specialty of the "BOSS CHEWING CANDY" and especially the '"BOSS CHOCO LATE CHEWING CANDY." During the season he will keep open an ICE CREAM PARLOR, where choice Ice Cream, delicious Lemonades, etc., will always be kept. - Orders fo, ip artcip, Weddings, etc., filled -at short notice. He also handles tobacco, cigars, cigarettes, etc., and his establishment is on Main street. S Stable. E., CONSTA NTIN, Lafayette, La. Paroprietor. RAILROAD BARBER SjP, Lnnoln are., wneatr depot. JOHN VANI)ERGRIEF, Proprietor. Ladies' and Cklldrea'. Halrcuttlng mt.t imlcllIe Cash tells the story. Come and see Mouton Bros., DeALeRS IN GENERAL Merlchandis e Lowest prices consistent with quality of goods. CITY BAKERY, LEONCE GUIDRY, LAFAYETTE, LA. P;',/i/,r. E. Priollaud, Watcrnaker Jewecroer.e ."tl i'o:rr In Rich Jewelry, Watches, Dia monds, etc. Clegg's IUtildinl. C .urthanu:tc .lnurr . Lafayctt, Lt.. NUMA BROUSSARD, CABINET MAKER AND FURNITURE REPAIRING Tuirning :f llHanit;:' , , ;, ,l I:.: ; tcrr., lan, vy and Plain M:,antcl', a cy Glas. )Doors of all I i:s, rt. ckl.t', tIC., dtc. LAFAYETTE BLACKSMITH, WHEELWRIGHT AND SUPPLY SHOP. Near lank I~uildling. PHED. MOUTON, - - - l'rpriCtor. Io cest prices, consisihtenl t ith w,-)rk done. .ll ,york promptly attenlci to. Satisfactiun guaranteed. ALIBEKT de la HOUSSAYE, BAKER & CONFECGTIONEIR Vernmltion sitreet. Lafayetto, La. DR. T. B. Hopkins Having returned to l.afaycttc, of fers his lprofessional services to the citizens of this place anld the suir rounding country. O)ffice at former residence, and'at night and at night at Kennedly's old residence. H. C. Salles, DENTIST. Office on Buchanan street. LAA ]YE TE, - - - LA. F. R. TOLSON, M. D. PRAC"TCI, G PI/ SCI-AA , Offrice at Reidencea. : : : LAIAYTTIe. LA. E. G. VOORHIES, .TTORA'EI " 4T LIf" N N( T A l< V P U 13 I. I C. LAIrAETTB. LA. R. Wi. ELLIOTT, .7TT7OR.1EY .17T L.-ii and AOTAA'" O. C. & J. MOUTON, I C. DEBAILLON, Lawyer. Si'/ pra .'e ien Laf1,"tt_, . Afi';, and Ve'rri lin far sh. s, acNd he .Suprete.,: and lrdc, !a/ Cur-/s at (pr/a .,zas and .z,1 Or/ca,,.s. LA"ATTTE. LA. -GO TO Mrs. M. E. Simpson, Vine Millinery New Store Alex. Delahoussaye, Hlas Just Opened next to Lacoste's a General Where at all times will be found the freshest and finest grades of goods i his line. An invitation is extended to all to call at his store.. ~ G. LACOSTE, -DEALER IN Stoves, Harness, Carriages and WACONS, Manafacturer's agent for Walking and Riding Cultivators, Disc Harrow, Leaver Drag Hlarow, Stalk Cutter, Corn and Cotton Planters, Sulky Pllows, Turning Plows, Hay Rakes, Road Carts. Corner of Jefferson and Vermillion Streets, LAPAYEtTI, LA. Land Attorney, Surveyor, and Real Estate Agent. ALSO REPIIRERENTIN(; TI IE MANHATTAN 20 Loan Association. This company negtiatcs loans o~ real esatce, tuaking payments of principal quite as easy as intie.est payiiienits on t plan of loans. F r ftrtier i information address or apply to Welman Bradford, Agent, Rayne, La. rII TERE TS A STORJE O N'1'3l E s( 1!;TTWE5T CON. (.LURT-IUoUSE SQUcARE, ,ierce I':: r' I)ricug , P'.atent .t.lit.icines, 'I'Tiet .\rticles, S 'talihn:'r , t'c c. ine ('i;r., cil the ot of 'W ies and I iturs for tei ini tlriuN tes, are sihl at rca snal)ble ,ri(ces;. Also a fcw fit.c (r oieries ;,rre to be Ladl aut some THIIS PLACE IS OWNED BYr ,r . 'I 1 ,II E : 1 :;'I FOR TIlE LA Es T SPRING '' SUMMER (;O T- rmings, White Goods, Embroideries, Notions, etc. Also a large stock of GENlTS' =URNISHIING GOODS, and Plantation Supplies. Miss Louise Revillon tN A FULL ASSORTM EINT OF FINE GOODS IN THE LATEST STYLES. The Sinlger Sewing' Machhine. Is the best in the worhl. Tlight Running. I)urablc, Noiseless, Simple. J. CHARLES BAUDIER General Agent For Lafayette Parish. Office at J. P. Buhler Shoe Store.