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it in Louisiana His father the late latePierre latef laterl
f li rl Pierre Carrnonche was a man of great greatintegrity greatstanding
I 1 lute integrity and standing and whose whosewords whosewOItt whose1k
> 1k a ° words were rere as good as his q bonds b nd His Hismother Hisld
7 t + ° mother still st 8 tall 1liVeF lives and though thoughqnite thou h qnite uric old oldis oldI o ld
is s ve very t tL active and intelligent Pierre PierreLracroix PierreLsaroix
I J Lracroix L iroix was born in the town of Don Donsidsmville DonJ Doni1
t sidsmville lds s 3 nvj nviUe lIe lIev Ascension Parish LaM LaMNov La1Nov La
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Nov v 20181 20 2 1862 At an early earl age he was wassent wasi
i 1 sent t to schoo school 1 and it was not long be before ber
r y fEnglish fore f ore he acquired familiarty with the theEnglish thef
f English tongue which was not spoken spokenin spokenij spoken
ij r 2 in his fathers gather gatherr gatherto s family before he began beganto beganit
it h 4 to attend school Being of an intelli intelligent intellir inte i ii ¬
r i gent g ant family young Pierre learned fast fastand fasti fasti
i i and acquired a considerable fund of ofinformation otinformation o oInformation
information which he found fonndnece8S8TY fonndnece8S8TYto foundneces necessary necessaryto a y yy
y to increase as he grew larger and older olderHis olderBis olderBi8
His ambition to be well informed informedhelped iDformedr informedain
r g helped him to obtain obi obieducation ain a common school schooleducation sahoolf
f education under very adverse circum circumstances circnmi ¬
i a stances for when he v as jusi usi about fit fitted fitted fitred ¬
> ted to enter a normal school prepara preparatory pre PreParax para paratory ¬
x s t tory OP to continuing his studies in col colleger college cols collee
leger lee as a has been the misfortune of ofmany ofan ofs
s man many an ambitious ambitiousloved as boy before his be beloved beloved ¬
loved father took sick became an in invalid illf ¬
f a valid lingered for months m nths and months monthsand monthsand
1 and then died leaving four small chil children children chi chid
i ti dren an and d the r mother to care for them them1selves themf themselves
f selves The loss of his father causedr caused causedyoung causedours
r t young yonD ours Carmouche to leave school fie fiebecame Sej
1 bf j beoame apprentice in a barbers saloon saloonlearned salooni saloonlearned
i i learned the trade easily worked at iti it itfor
i F 1 for f r awhile awhile and then having an offer ofleraccepted oilerAt offerdenial
At t tf 1 S accepted an apprentIceshIp apprenticeshipk in a denial denialoffice dentali
i l s sR f 1f office where he was becoming very veryuseful
R useful to his preceptor as an assistant assistantwhen assistantt
n t j when death by b suicide of the dentist dentistinterrupted dentistf
7 1 f 55 interrupted and put an end to the pur pursuit pnrf Pursuit ¬
f J suit he was giving success in in that pro profession ¬
1 4 l c session fessionUndaunted sessionU Less I on onl
l J Undaunted U ndaanted by bytnese these discouragements discouragementsyoung Qiscouragementsfi
fi < i r i a young one Carmouche now only on I y yf about boat 17IJ 17 17years 1 fi
f IJ L r years ears of of age agerentlcesh e sought and andobtaIned obtained ap apprenticeship ape apefr apr apears ¬
fr in 1 prenticeship rentlcesh ip p in to n wheelwright a black blackship blackIf blackr
If r t ski ship F Fhe and f farr farrier arrierte erl ss stop At t this trade tradehe tradeII
II 1i7 D t he worked faithfullyllnnijil he becamD became becamemaster e
11 1 i ki i master masteri masterof of it He finally owned and andoperated andIi an anvery d
t operated op operatedj rated the he very shop in which W Ich h he helearned helearned e
Ii j I < learned the th thethe trade commanding commandm th thr the thetrade theh e
h r 4 > e trade pannage Pa t r naga of most o of f th the e es livery liverystables liveryn liver
n stables BtableSJ planters p lplanters s and business men of ofDonaldsoavilie oftIt o f
Donaldsoavilie Don dsonvile and nd vicinity In thetr1t the themunicipal th thmunicipal e
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4 tr1t = municipal election of 1888 1886J he was waselected wasL waslt wa a
L 4I S elected electedaldsonvi assessor B essor for the town of Don Donaldsonville Do Doaldaonvllle Dona
I ti tiS I a 14 aldsonville aldsonvi 1Ia and succeeded himself in In InJ f fout n
lt J 1887 About Aboutt Aboutthe out this time the Knights Kni hts of ofLabor ofl o f
t Labor sentiment was wa8spreadlng spreading ove oveto over overthe overIt r
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l j to II It i the country ntry and Mr Carmouche took tooka too tooleading k
a ap leading part in in organizing a local localbranch
11 p iJr Y branch of the o order der in Donaldsonville DonaldsonvilleThe Donaldsonvilleof ona1dsonviI1ei
t ti trl i The membership memberhr P of this branch was wasover wa s
F tf f i over 1200 strong and the t h e organization organizationin arganiza t io n
1 1r r j i i in in 1888 nominated him as its ands candidate candia candiadate c ¬
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date for election as Representative to tothe tothe t tthe 0
y the State Legislature Legs slature tor Ascension Ascensionparish Ascensionparish n
y parish parishj He has been reared a Roman RomanCatholic RomanCatholIc Rom an
j S Catholic but is friendly to all denom denominations denominatione ¬
y r inations R He was repeatedly eiectejx elected electedsecretary electedt I
t jx t a secretary see of the board of trustees of St StPeters StPeterJs StPeters
Peters M 1Land E church at Donaldsonville Donaldsonvilleand Donaldsonvillef DonaldsonvillefI
I sir and the present beautiful edifice no now nowreplacing nowI w
s I replacing r replacingt placing the od o td d St Peter building buildingin
t 1 1l in in that lovely little city on the Misses Missesmiles Mississippi MisS1Ssippi
I s sippi i3t PP i river 82 miles above New Orle Orleans OrlelnB
7 ans is IS in In part a monument to the theMr en energy energy e n
I ergy ergst and a n d interest Interesti Mr Oarmouohe dis disr =
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forts Theeutwlucli The cut which we wegiye give of ofMr Mr r Oar OariBOucne Oa1mouche Clanmouche
iBOucne mouche above is 3 from a recent photo photograph pbot pbotgraph photograph
graph of his hiss taken since Eine he returned returnedfrom 7eturnedfrom returnedfrom
from from Cuba Cnbar where he went as Birgt BirgtLieutenant P irEt irEtLieutenant iretieutenant
Lieutenant L Company I L lUBfch N lurk U 8 8VoL 8Vol SVol
VoL Infantry If there was ever any anydoubt anydoubt an anoubt
doubt d oubt of the patriotism of Pierre lit litCarmoncne L LCarmouche LiCarmouche
Carmouche ID the parish of Ascension AscensionLa AscnsionLa Asc nsioDJ nsioDJLR
La J there is certainly no such doub doubnthere doubthere dOllbthere
there now In a state where colored coloredmilitary coloredmilitary coloredmilitary
military organizations organ1z tiong are not allowed allowedmuch allowedmuch allowedmach
much less encouraged this young man manwent manwent manwent
went about the parish at his own ex expense expense cxens
pense p erase ens after the blowing blowin g gMaine up of the theMaine theMaine
Maine in the harbor of Havana on the the15th the15th
15 15th Eh of February 1898 and appealed appealedto appeal d dto
to the colored people to toprepate prepare to de defend defend defend ¬
fend the dignity ignity of the flag of theUnited the theUnited theUnited
United States 8tst The idea seemed at fit fitalmost fi firstlmost pt ptalmost
almost a ridiculous to his people and it ittook ittook ittook
took courage and determination toovercome to toovercome toovercome
overcome the apathy that th at was so sostrong sostrong o ostrong
strong in the feelings of his recently recentlydisfranchised recentydisfranchIsed recentlydisfranchised
disfranchised people But these manly manlyqualities manlyqnalities manly manlyqualities
qualities he had and an and he rested not notuntil notuntil ot otuntil
until he was enabled to make to the thePresident thePresidfnt thePresident
President of the Uniied Uni ad States through throughthe throughthe throughthe
the Secretary of War the following followingpatriotie followingpatrlotI8 followingatriotie
P patriotie atriotie offer offerDonaldsonville offerDJDaldaonviHe
Donaldsonville La Feb 2698 2698R 2 2098H 98 98R
R A Alger A1 er Sec of War Wash DODear DO DCDear DODesL
Dear Sir 8irAfter After carefully consider considering considering considerjug ¬
ing the situation of these United States Statesand Statesand Statesand
and a possibility of a declaration ofwar of ofwar ofwar
war between the United States and andSpain andSpain
Spain 1 deem it advisable to offer o my myservices myservices m F Fservices
services and that of two hundred and andfifty audfifty andfifty
fifty colored Americans on short no notice notice notice ¬
tice in the thedefelle defense of our conn COlllity try s athome at athome athome
home or abroad abroadYours abroadYonrs abroadYours
Yours loyally loyallyP loyallyP
P L CARMOUCHEEverybodys CARMOUCHE GARfOUCHJSEverybodys CARMOUCHEEverybodys
Everybodys Magazine MagazineThe MagazineThe MagazineThe
The January issue of Everybodys EverybodysMagazine EverybodysMagazine EverybodysMagazine
Magazine now PublL published pnblidh Ird d by Jobn JohnWanamaker JobnWanamaker JobnWanamaker3
Wanamaker Wanamaker3 is even more attractive attractivethan attractivethan attractivethan
than the Christmas number which has hashad hashSd hashRd
had so unprecedented a sale and somany so somany somany
many solid compliments The new newfeature newfeature newfeature
feature a series of splendid pboto photographs pbotographs pbotographs
graphs of Sioux Indians taken by Miss MissGertrude MissGertrude MissGertrude
Gertrude Kasebier jvas was not easy to ob obtain obi obitain ohLain
tain for the Indian does not like the thecamera thecamers thecamera
camera These fine portraits some sometwenty some sometwenty
twenty or thirty of which have been beenreproduced beenreproduced beenreproduced
reproduced were especially admired admiredwhen admiredwhen admiredwhen
when exhibited in Europeby Europe by the reign reigning reIgning reignlug
ing families fam lle3 of both Austria and Great GreatBritain GreatBrItain
Britain Toe serial Joseelyn Che Cheshire Che8hir ¬
shire 8hir is 1S more than fulfilling Ialfilien the thepromise thepromise
promise of its early chapters while e the theshort theshort
short stories bear the hallmarks ofMary of ofMary 01Mary
Mary E WIlkins and Maxim Maximillian illian Fos Foster Foster ¬
ter Mr A J Stone Sl < > ne discovers a new newspecies newspeciEs
species s P sties of Car Caribou boo and elsewhere else where we weget weget
get a glimpse of Mr Ernest Seton SetonThompson SetonThompson SetonThompson
Thompson at home Other articles are areA areA
A dramatic dIsmaticpaperon paper on Peking Pekin by Chalm Chaimerg Chalmers Chalmers ¬
ers Roberts and two tales of American Americanheroism AmerIcanheroism Americanheroism
heroism Mr Austin Bierbowersup Bierbowersupplies Bierbower sup suppl1es
plies P lies some Thoughts fjr the Rich7 Rich7helpful RIch RIchhelpful
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latter are also millionaires even as asUthe
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