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jrCCm :eabtrou[R POSt Car d Albums good leather goods. They make one of the mostso vast and varied as to The are becoming a necessi and a gift of one ltio t of t em will not be amiss. e have them in all selection to choose from in hand bags, purses, make a Perfect Paradise sizes, from 10 to 50c. , fotmas Ganilits Gtr ToILET AND MACIOURES hrisas C and es These make one of the finest resents for ,g'is is one of the important items during the holi- Thelady, because they are both usety and of onen da,t and of course you want the best. That's tal. e have some pretty ones in Frenh Stag sWeNEY'S. Wo c hoose fr them in handice "Christ- at this time of the year Cocabola and Silver at 1.25 to $6. m uasy" packages, all books , zes. Sforis what to buy at TOIL AD AIUO NUMEROUSSETS pIP S A N D C IG A R S rate cost for a Christ- Thee on e of that ock esents for a ipes are more popular than ever, and most smokers mas gift that will com-la because they applies to us. A few othrnamen-r th and of cotrse you want the best. That's We have some pretty ones inFrench Stag, use them. We have them in plain and gold mounting, at - bine all the esentials of that we have are boks B ally for pChristma all.,.ies. Cigar trays, smokers' sets, tobacco and cigar elegance, practicability and appropriateness. A brushes and combex , perfumacts for holidays delicaies, ir In, n cigars we cater to the wants of our custo-t brusheszand combs, perfumes .nd toilet 'aters, . In ha. the the best brands visit to our store cat not fail to offer many fountain pens in fact everything contributing to suggestions. usefulness and pleasure. K i. SIHUT , i uggist, Opelousas -1Ea ..--.PPp .pos.ite .P.lost O i . *ce. * q iiis.' eeeeseeo eeo ::::ee __:___ **0**a:abeemaa.:::::: :::;; !OOO S@*: 3....... 6 . 1....... ·· · · + · · · · · · · · . .... .w ~ q~ooeoo i de ~o - o oo o e oo e o eo o oo •:= ::: :::: ::: :: :: :::: :: : : : :::: ::; BTON o AVEN ION Cus PLANS lwr ousther Cities to Talk ° h felGetn Situation. AT NEW ORLEANS Ii i. Direction of Great ` lltA fre Throughout the tS Ill-t Cttoon. ted at the two enUiont held at New his laat week are a ful issue, an or iý,iMirnd under the W' b Johnson, Presi a o thrn. Cotton Associa twll have for its purpose 41ent oqf the objective of both the Southern Cotton and National Farmers' i;Ud. among its member * ; who are dependant, tt.hdirectly, upon the +ottn growing indus i"tlkling of a large cen tNew Orleans where t half a dozen States cotton and hold it rithe Farmers' Edu "C erative Union en Scheme by an vote, and authorized ? proceed with the r: tolutions passed S`theParmers' Union ijrof each crop of h kept at home and - hoj i owners in Warehouses for g:oowners, it be t that cotton is marketed as the when sold while Owting resolu adopted: ure Urged to for loans se receipts repre for the pur only when gonsumption, tothe conven of a hold to the ctosisting of Gray and *l*imfltediate at and finan S"e inauguration s at s ome lead Pnrpose of estab . to aid in the cotton titation for ta urged, blish tex tile industries in their agricultural colleges is commended. The report recommends a diversifi cation of crops, claiming that this can only be brought about by scien tific study of the soil and practical rotation of crops; the extension of warehouse facilities at local market points and large interior cotton mar kets and ports, especially commend ing and endorsiug the building of the proposed warehouse at the port of New Orleans; that gin compressing and marketing as far as possible from grower to spinner; that duplicate samples, etc., be taken by the ginlers and that these samples be' numbered and marked, the same as bales of cotton; that the congress of the United States and various state legis latures enact laws requiring that the cotton exchanges revise their con tracts, making contracts fair and just, and that the cotton delivered on the same be restricted to more than five grades and that none below low mid dling be deliverable. SPECULATION AND GAMBLING CON DEMNED. Continuing, the report condemns speculation and gambling in futures as encouraged and practiced through exchanges; approves of the United States statiscal reports when based on facts, but disapproves the reports based on calculation and guess work. "We urge that the de partment of agriculture use every precaution to make their reports as accurate as possible." It urges the. independence of the local co-operation of cotton growers in matters of common interest in the cotton industry. On the boll weevil the farmers in states now threatened with boll wee vil are urged to prepare themselves in advance to meet the weevil by adapting themselves as recommended by the United States department of agriculture to approaching conditions and "we ask for a continuation of government and state aid in combat ting the weevil." NIGHT RIDING DENOUNCED. On night riding the resolutions say: "The meeting condemns in unmeas ured terms the recent lawlessness throughout a few of our Southern states of the 'night riders' and we urge that the government of the various states in which the evil is threatened, to take immediate and decisive action for effectively sup pressing it." The report concludes by requesting the press of the South to assist in bringing about the results that are hoped from this report not merely in dissemination of the conference proceedings, but by impressing upon the masses the necessity for united action in furthering the mutual in terests of the people of the South. "Noted Men Discuss Roosevelt's Name for the Senate," proclaim head lines in the New York World. No, this has no reference to any epithets -e -may have applied to that august body in the. past.-San Antonio Ex nrFaR SIXTY MILLION DOLLARS, AND DEPRIVED OF LUXURIES. New York.-Mrs. Russel Sage has new velvet carpets in her home at No. 632 Fifth Avenue-soft, rich and beautiful, with deep, thick pile into which the foot sinks. "I am glad," said a woman who has known Mrs. Sage for years, "that she could have those velvet carpets before she died. In all the years of her married life down at the house at "No. 506 Fifth avenue she had nothing but ancient Brussels carpet on her parlor floor. It was one she had when she first went to keeping house, and .had those great, set me dallions in that they used to use for carpet patterns 40 years ago. The nap was worn off all over it so that the brown warp showed through. When it finally got so. bad that it was impossible to use it longer mat ting was put down in the parlor, as it long had been in the rest of the house. She always used the old horsehair furniture she had when she was married, such as one saw in country parlors 40 years ago, and there were great cracks in the par lor walls of the house at Forty sec ond street which went for years with out fixing. "Mrs. Sage suffered from mortifica tion at such things just as much as any other woman would, and I'm glad she's able to have the velvet carpets' for a few years before she dies. But they came too late to give her much pleasure. After they had all been put down and the furniture was in place she walked through the house observing and admiring, and then sat down and cried. She said not a word in explanation, but it was easy to understand. She was think ingof all the stinted years when she might have enjoyed such things and now she has them when she is too old to care very much. "There scarcely is a day that Mrs. Sage does not weep," continued this old friend of hers. "She simply sits and cries at the intolerable burden of having $65,000,000 on her should ers, at the burden of distributing that huge fortune in the way that will do the most good. She is 80 years old and has a New England conscience. She wants to do just the right thing with it all, and it re quires an amount of thought and study and imposes a feeling of re ýponsibility that. is hard on an old woman who only wants a quiet cor ner to spend her few remaining years on." The C'ost of Advertising. The unawake merchant often won lers how some rival "can afford to spend so much money for advertising." le is sure that he could not-that it vould bankrupt him in short order to 'plunge" into publicity on the scale 1bat the other fellow does. "The other fellow" is not worrying about the "cost" of his advertising for the simple reason that he doesn't have to pay it. The competitor who cannot "afford" to advertise really in effect pays the bill of the man who can "afford" it. He pays them in the loss of busi ness'caused by his failure to advertise. The business he ought to have goes in large part to the competitor who seeks it, who can afford to ad vertise for it. The profits on the trade drawn away from the timid ad vertiser by the aggressive one pays the latter's advertising bills and leaves a comfortable surplus. This is a fact which progressive merchants are proving all the time- so it ought to have some personal significance to the overcautious busi ness men who are waiting to get rich before "risking" adequate adver tising campaigns."-Nortonville Ka* sas News. Gonzales Case Settled. A litigation that cut some figure in the location of the Colorado South ern, New Orleans & Pacific Railroad depot in Opelousas, in that it was cited to bear out the contention that the Railroad Commission had the au thority to order the railroad to lo cate its depot at a certain place, was finally decided by the railroad com pany complying with the request of the Commission, and establishing its depot at Gonzales, Ascension parish, at the location designated by the Commission. It has been a long-fought case, and is supposed to definitely settle the Commission's authority in such matters. Thanksgiving. There will be a Union Thanksgiving Service at the Methodist Church in Opelousas on Thursday, November 26, at 11 a. m., Rev. N. E. Joyner, of Alexandria, will preach the sermon. We desire to extend an invitation to everyone. Close up the store or other place of business, and spend one honr in thanksgiving to God for the many, many blessings you have received. A. W. TURNER, . W. R. BROWN. Notice tor Bids. The undersigned committee will re ceive bids for the purchase of 1200 feet of mutiple woven circular seamless fire hose, said hose to stand a pressure of 400 lbs to the square inch and to be fitted with the Anderson couplings. Bidders to exhibit sample of hose and give a guarantee of six years. Bidders will state terms of paynment. Committee re serves right to reject any and all bids. Bids to be handed to committee before 11 o'clock a. m., December 1st, 1908, on which date bids will be opened. J. W.. LEWIS, F.J. DIETLEIN, P. R. SANDOZ, A. S. BROWN, B. A. LITTELL, onvl4 Committee. WAITED TEe ITS--e , for corn nd rent. Good comfortable houses. Liberal advances made. No one with less than 4 mules. fully reid for, need apply. Address "C" care of Weekly Watchman, Franklin. La. Oct31-4t. I wll not Tie resanslble ror any t debts d cont'actird any member of my family, or anybody else, except myself or my wire, or our sagnartar. w Or. L. SWORDS. Opelousas, TA., January 15. n0o. MILLINERY AIIRACTIONS All that is new and attractive you will find in my Fall Stock, which has arrived. Trimmed and untrimed hats, any style or quality and at all prices. MISS HESTER FITCH Main St., at Mrs. R. B. Bodemuller's old stand. GEORGE B. COOKE, LAND SURVEYOR and CIVIL ENGINEER. Plans, Estimates and Specifications of all Construction work prepared. Office: Christ. man building: P. O. Box 517, Opelousas. La We Don't live Medicines away nor do we overcharge for what we sell. A fair profit commensurate with capital invested, risk and re sponsibility is all we ask and expect. On the other hand you get here pure drugs and chemicals and prescriptions just exactly as ordered. We want you trade if you feel free to give it to us. Mason's Drugstore, Saizan Building,, Opelousas, La. Land Owners IIt ForSale i Any one wanting to sell please see or write us. We have parties that will buy several farms if price is reasonable. Littell & LalIer Opelousas, La. FOR SALE.-Lot of ground 110x360, on Landry street; paved walk. Apply to Raymond Breaux. Notice. The public is hereby notified that my wife, having abandoned my home without legal cause, I will not be responsible for any debts contracted by her, nor my children, nor any other person but myself, from this date. DR. ARMAND LAFLEUR. Trespass Notice. Notice is hereby given ihat hunting and trespassing on Iny place Is forbidden, under penalty of the law. C. T. BIHM. nov-Bst Trespass Notice, Notice is hereby given that huiting and trespassing on my placeefs frbid4en, ander penalty of thq law. novl4-5t J. D. BERTRAND. iFREE! FRF1 ! Beginning August 1st, I will Give Away Free, with every cash purchase of fifty cents a useful souvenir. Be sure to secure one. JOS. LASSALLE, The Landry Street Grocer. S - .Sold by F. J, iletlela, Leading Jeweler, Landry Street Bookkeeping Stenography" TELEGRAPHY TYPEWRITING ALL FOR FOUR DOLLARS. (Which is an Average of One Dollar Each) In fact, you will also get English mathematics, penmanship, music gymnastics, military drill-and the fine enthusiasm of school life at. one of our: . great State Institutions of learning. Why spend$100 somewhere, or $200 somewhere else, or $300 in some othe;r.:, State for these things, when YOUR OWN STATE provides them for you FREE FREE FREE! - And, besides that, our regular academic-industrial course will give you the information for your later college and professional courses, whether yn ewish ito' become a lawyer, doctor, teacher, chemist, mechanical or eletrical engineer, o anything else. Send for a Special-Circular, Commercial Department. southwestern Louisiana Industrial Institute, Lafayette, Louisiana.: And for particulars write to E. L. STEPHENS, President. The Opelousas, Gulf & Northeastern. . . Railroad Company.. "The Opelousas Road" The O'Gee connects daily with passenger trains for all points in Louisiana and Texas, on the Texas & Pacific at Melville, giving exceptional service to and from St. Landry and Acadia parishes. Fast freight servicees to and from St. Landry and Acadiparishes Patronize the Opelousas Road that you , created. Please route your freight tia , Texas & Pacific and Melville. HARRY FLANDERS, General Sup J. W. JORDAN, Gen'l Freight & Pass. Agen. St.a daiiy otteu OI Opeleases, lousltang. A Chearp pnd Econoueidal feed for stock.- . ,From this date cah mt accompany all orde