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Weekly lessengs r, &i. M.\RTiFi\ViLL., - L.1. Att 1:B I : C~!i. . - I'r',;ri~~. . Ob$Cial Jd,,rn' o.f It; . T ,~won',f St. Martinviile. Sabscriptlin $i.Op a y-'r invariably in nadvnn, . SATURDAY, I)EC. 12, 1 ~03. THE COTTON CROP. The government report issuewl lat week shows that the estimate ed'the cotton crop is just a little above the nine million bale mark, which is much below the supply of the world, and all the cotton mills eof the world are short with their eapply on hand. This last report made the price of the staple go high, and the pos sibilities are of higher prices as the season advances. The cttou crops has been short for the last few years, and with a short crop again this year, will make the de mand brisk and the supply scarce. The present condition of affairs is a safe guide to the cotton plan ter, that it will require several good crops before the supply can exceed the demand, therefore, we can see good reasons why all our planters should plant a part of their land in cotton, and in order to get the best result, the advan tage of early market, to avoid the possible ravages of the carterpil lers, the planter should prepare his laud during the winter, and make planting as early as the epring season will permit. The advice from all sections in listed with boll weevill is early planting, in order to have the crop mature before tne weevill can do its work of devastation. The time for deversitication of crops is ripe with this section, and the planter who wants to be sue eessful and become prosperous, has to deversify his crops. Thie year all the crops are very short, rice was a complete failure cane was very short, but cotton thbogh also short, reaching hardly more than sixty per cent of the ordinary crop, sold at good prices, we can even say fancy prices, and this crop is made without expense, nothing but the labor of the culti vator is exposed, while all other crops require large expenditures. The acreage of laud in rice will ,be largely reduced the coming year, and frIm all information we get, we learn that the acreage of cane will be considerably increa. ed. But all the planters should al ways plant a few acres of cotton, it is a cheap, early crop, whichl supply the planter with some cash early in the fall. Plant a few acres of cotton. A Frightened lorse, Bunning like mad dtwn the street ,dumping the occupants, or a'oUn rdred other accidlents, are every day -eourrences. It beliooves every 'budy to have a reliablo Salve handy and there's none as good as Zocklen's Aruica Save. Bur ns, Cuts, Srea, Eczema and Piles, disappear'quickly under its sooth tag effect. 25c, at T. J. Labbe dragstore. THE LABOR- QUESTION. There is a scarcity of labor in this section that is becoming very srious, to tihe planting interest of the country and to the local indus tries, and we note that every year er sugar refineries have to get their labor outside when there are btiof idle, lazy men refusing work at good wages. The plantations report that on Yondays they can never have all teir men at work, and they get wey poor work from the ordinary a ro of the country, they are be. (c'tiu11 i ,1~, ;0'u - 1ut 1 , ri Ihgr. e Shat cannot heI tolerated, they are Snot giviiu work for the wa'ges they rt,-(ctive, tul Ire( a contstant mnolace tL the plaotiug iuter-est utless there ait ' auclge in the sy.-em of wot k ing. [Th. State, parishes and munici. palitis will have to pass strict laws a ,intes' varancv,adtl the town p."'Iple .it Ita'i It stop feed ug the hi/V In ro t ih c'lil tI town tti live fr rt the kit.hens ,f our people takt awr'y in he baskets Ioof thI coiks. This ptiactlee i3 Itching cart il un a hi- t h , -rle, ani it .loh,,!l I, All the go.. iutd ,t :i ., , te , I' of this cuntrey art ! . o o e ts A i t rtistit, aOWP having acc umu!a' ci !, great deal of property. But . have nothing to .n .t ..nt 1.hi: - class of mven, hut u,' . tf,, in:i,,t that all the lazy ones who, sk tht. Stown to live at thi Pxputse tof the t whito men's lit cheins sheulul i be ? atmie otgo to work orr )put to work on - the streets and ditches of the tow t. IdIleness and laziness should not lioe tolerated in the towns. All should he madei to work for a liv 1 inug. ' e Catarrh Cannot be Cured r with LOCAL APPLICATIONS. as they f cannot reach tih. sat of the diseae.a Catarrh is a blood or constitutti-tal dis ease. and in order to cure it you must take itternal remre lies. Hall's ('atarrh SCure is taken internally, and acts di - retly on the (iliedt antll n ,ac us surfaces. r Hall's ('tart h Cure is not a quack medii tine. It was prescriid by one of the biit physiians of this country for years and is a regular prer t ititin. It is com posed of the best ttics known eombined - with the best blood purifl:'rs, acting di rectly on the lu:couis ,-turaces. The perfect e mbinatin, of the two ingre di nitsIs what produe s such won t.rful results in curing Ctatarrh. F. . CI{E\EY & CO., Toledo, 0. f Sold by Druggist. The l Hall's Family Pills are the best. MARRIED. Tuesday the 8th inst., Dr. J. R. P Olivier, a prominent young dentist a of St. Martinville, was married to SMiss Rita Young, the charming daughter of Dr. C. C. Young of Royville, Rev. C. C. Kramer of New Iberia, ufficiating. Messrs. I F. E. and Edwin Delahoussaye, Jr., P. A. Bihnvenu, Henry Oli vier and Miss Eliza Olivier of St. Martinville attended the wedding. A reception was held at the home I of the bride's parents, and a limi ted number of relatives and friends were present. SMr. and Mrs. Olivier came home, to St. Martinville, the same night, by carriage. The Gumbo given by the ladies Thursday night for the benefit of the sick family of Mrs. Hilaire 13roussard, was very successful, everything used for the gumbo was given by our people, and the Is (lies were well patronized, by gen tlemen and ladies, and the de mand exceeded the supply. The amount realized will be about 840,00 iet. Hadi the ladies only supposed of such liberal help by our people they could have nearly doubled this amount, because the demand for cakes particularly was very large. We are pleased to say that the prompt relief given that distressed family by the good la dies have saved their lives, "two of them, the mother and one of the girls will be able to leave their beds next week, the other two girls are yet seriously sick, bat good hope of their recovery is enter tained by the attending physicians. --The celebration of the trans fer of Louisiana territou'y by France to the United States, will take place in New Orleans on De cember 18, 19 and 20. This cele bration will be one of the grandest affairs ever held in the Crescent City. We now desire to call the attention of the public to our fine line of Over = Coats We have the largest and finest stock ever displayed here, and we want you to look at them Winter Clothing, In this line we are the headquarters for large . tock. quality and stylcs. In prices we bea all competitors. \isit to our store will prove what we sa\ IK. Schwartz & Co. \Ve py tip, filainig tfroiii the Savannah (Ga...) Morning News: 'I'll. 'Ison ,tr;i ,k Co.. gave its opening prr,,!, tioi, ""Th- I'rinc - h of Patchies" last night beforc it: audience innuch 'rger than might have been expc(.ted in the incle menit weather. The audience was good tempered from the beginning ,tid enthnsiastic to the point of excitement by the time the third act was reached, and not without justice for thlI play was well put on and breezy, antd full of humor ous situations. The star part was carried with considsrahle spirit by Miss Lorena Tolsun. None of the characters familiar in plays of this type were misting the heavy vil lain two of them in this case, the ingrate the hero, the benefactor, and the trnmi, and most of the parts were well sustained. Mr. O. C. Ruf as the philosopher in rag redemtwed the hbackniyed role much of its usual vulgarity and made it one of the best in the piece. The specialties between the acts were all good in particular some piano forte soios by a talented woman pianist and the performance on the whole was creditable and promi ses well for the success of the Company during the week it holds the Savannah Theatre. All the indications in this cam paign point to a complete victory for Gen. Jastremski, Judge Bark adale, Mr. Jonas, and Will A. Stiedly for state treasurer. The other candidates, except Michel and Aswell, who have no opposi tion, are doubtful. No one will think of disputing the fact that J. B. FERRAN Is the headquarters for Nice, Elegant Clothing. He has the stock to select from, _ The Quality, The Style, The Fit. ~ For Men's, Youth's Boys. Our Prices Are Right. t Lucien Voorhies .& o., Dealers In HARDWARE, Carriages, Saddlery, Furniture, Wheelwright Material. PLOWS and Plantation Supplies. ' tHEADQUARTE ....FOR.... GOOD WINE, IfIPORTE LIQUORS, A CHAI1PAGNE. Phone78. L. F. GARY HAVE YOUR PRINTINOi Done at this office.