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CIAL JOURNAL.
Think not lightly of never so weak an arm which strikes with the Sword of Justice.
VOL. 7.
THIBODAUX, LA. MARCH i6th, 1910.
NO.6
Police Jury
Favors Improvement
Regular meeting held last Wednesday
aud Tnursdar at which important pub
lic improvement was broached.
Judges Martin appeared before body and
submitted plan, of remodeled and en
larged courthouse.
Body agrees to improvements and ap
points committee to iook into the ma *
ter, expressing willingness to spend
thirty thousand dollars.
The Police Jury held a regu
lar meeting last Wednesday and
Thursday at the court house.
Besides transacting regular busi
üöüs an importänti uiäitGr wäs
touched upun. Judge Martin
appeared oefure che body - and
argued for the necessity of a lar
ger and more convenient court
house. The idea being to enlarge
and remodel the present very
imposing structure that has for
ycdi'ti served as the palish tem
ple of justice.
Judge Martin has a plan of
his own which if adopted will be
au excellent one. His idea is
to enlarge ihe building and take
in all the space between the west
side of the building and the
fence on tireen Streut, making
the front of the building as well
as the main entrance on Green
Street with a hall which would
run from said entrance across
the present hall to the rear
where the stairway would lead
to a long hall leading to the
court room. In the plan the
Sheriff,Clerk of Court, Assessor
and Recorder would have offices
on the lower floor, besides a
meeting room for the School
Board and a room for the Police
Jury. Upstairs there would be
the court room, much larger, ttie
judge's room, the district attor
ney's room, a library, two jury
rooms and possibly private room
for attorneys to take clients to
interview Iheiu during or pre
vious, to the taking up of cases.
This Dlau with an architect s
idktas 10 supplement it should ;
make a very aoceptible building
and one wiiioli would oj a monu
ment to th-j parish and tuwu, as
well as an everlasting credit to
the present police jury.
If the plan is adopted however
it may bring grief to the par
ticular friends of Dolly, the cow
in the lot, who will in all proba
bility have to vamoose, des
pite the fact that she promised to
die in the lot .An ornamental buil
ding would be very much handi
capped were it placed in the
centre of a cow lot. The remain
in^ around could then easily be
converted into a park place or
an open plaze well kept and in
keeping with the building.
The committee appointed by the
police jury consists of three mem
bers of that body : Messers Alex
Theriot, Leonard Falgout- Josep"
Dressner, three members of the lo
cal bar, Judge W. P. Martin, Judge
Taylor Beattie and J. A. O. Poig
net Esq.; four citizens, Messers.
Thomas Beary, Lee J. Foret,Henry
Riviere, and Hon. H. V Coulon,
making a committee of ten.
STATEMENT
of the condition of the
lank of êhiboïmux,
thibodaux, la.
A t rlos« of business March 8th, 1910.
Date called for by State Bank Examiner.
A ssets :
CaSl ba a nK d s. dUe .' r0m .. $232,187.39
Demand laans,
Bonds and stocks,.. 14,31b. lb
»309,503.55
Loans, secured by mortgages.. ^
Other loans and discounts 31»>,4^o.<J
Real Estate and fixtures _, e fifi
(Bank premises) id,« io . jo
Total, £570,498.81
L iabilities:
Capital stock, $50,000.00
Surplus 50-«
Undivided prolits,— 28,<M.4l
Dividends unpaid,.
Deposits,
*128,764.41
115.00
441,619.40
Total, *570.498.81
I O Naquin, Vice-President and I, C.
P Shaver, Cashier of the above named
bank do solemnly swear that the forego
Injr statement is true and correct to the
best of mv knowledge and belief.
(LS) Subscribed and sworn to before
» tins m» dw of
Notary Public.
DIRECTORS:
E G. Robichaux, L. A. Trosclair,
Äii» Lagard * W:ä5f
p! ÜTrkod, O E. Peltier,
F Roper» ^ hos. Bear\ ,
g ' W. H. Price.
Forty one foundings,children two
years of age, were adopted by as
many Catholic families in New Or
leans last Thursday. The children
«aine from the New York Founding
plum, Eight were taken bv peo
^^^^^\ferrebonne and La
Annual Communion
iesi
Catholic Knights and Knights of Colnm
bus take communion together at St.
Joseph Catholic Church.
Over three hundred men
holy table and partake
mont together.
approach the
of the safcra
Special mass hold for occasion alter
which both organizations repaired to
St. Joseph Hall where breakfast was
served.
Last Sunday was the occasion
of the annual communion of the
catholic Knights Branch 336 and
the Lafourche council Knights of
Columbus.The two organizations
partook of holy communion to
gether.as is their annual custom.
A special mass was held for the
occasion at 6. 45. A. M. just be
fore the first mass for the pa
rishoners. The scene was an
imposing one, there being over
three hundred men in line going
to perform their Easter duties,
after having gone to confession
the afternoon previous.
After the mass breakfast was
served jointly to the two orders
at St. Joseph Hall. St. Ann's
Branch, catholic Knights, con
sisting solely of ladies had cha
rge of the affair and served
around the tables, seeing that
the Kuights wanted for nothing.
During the course of the meal
talks and toasts were proposed
and made by the different heads
and officers of the respective
orders, as well as various other
A num
the tables by the knights.
NEW CORPORATION
A new corporation has heen
, . 1
£.r m of e the" mem be«' remained i
over for h i" h mass The ladies'
w/re afterwards waited ^pon at j
recently launched in this town j
rnnsistin" of Judee W P
tin, Mr. "Leon Block'and Mr.™'
ThômasD .Kcnt. The purposes !
are handling of coal, lu m ber, !
wood and other stock carried
with these three, for building
purposes. Thr concern will soon
charter and start business with
headquarters and offices
former canning factory.
at the
REPORT TO THE STATE BANK EXAMINER,
of the financial condition of the
BANK OF LAFOURCHE,
OF THIBODAUX, LA.
at the close of business march 8. 1910.
$318,794.29
resources:
Cash and Sight Exchange, $261,419.29
Demand Loans, 57,375.00
Loans secured by mortgage,
Other Loans & Discounts, 229.980.54
Overdrafts, secured and unsecured,... 4,839,64
Bonds and stocks, JÎ c-n op
Banking House, Fur. and Fixtures-. . 11,8/
liabilities:
Capital Stock, $25,000.00
Surplus, 100,000.00
Und. Profits (net).. 9,812.59
Deposits, subject to check
Dividends. Unpaid,
$134,812.59
547,888.34
366,00
Total,
$683,066.93
Total,
$683,066,93
I Anatole J. Braud, President, and I, Kleber J. Brand, Cashier of the above named bank do
solemnly swear that the foregoing statement is true and correct, to the best of our knowledge and belief.
Sworn to and subscribed before me, the undersigned authority, this l'Üh day of March, 1910.
° II. N. COULON. Notary Public.
. f^rco-oincr «tTtpment we feel that the first dutv of a well managed bank is to it
De po sitors—the business ofthUbanki "conducted along these lines, which is in truth, SECURITY and CONSERVATISM
Safety is c .°"f^fl^u^L^g'for your business, assuring you always, courteous treatment and satisfactory service.
No business too small not to receive due attention.
The Southern Pacific, as usual, j
will open its Excursion season,with
an excursion toNew Orleans,Easter !
Sunday, March 27th. Ou account :
of tbe large number of people tak j
ing advantage of this excursion in j
past years it has beeu fouud ne~,
ces8ary to increase the service,
This year three trains will be run.
One will leave Washington, La.,
at 6:00 A. M., makiug all stops up
to New Iberia. Another will leave
New Iberia at 7 a . M., and make
alt stops optoMorgau City. A
third will start at Morgan City
Another Railroad
Projected On Bayou.
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!
Another project to build a motor rail*
road line from Donaldsonvillc to Lock— ,
port has beon brought to light.
Police Jury in Assumption parish grants
the promotors a franchise oa the bat- •
turc on tue left side ol Bayou La—.
fourche.
The report states that the franchise was
given for the three parishes, but it is
evident that other parishes will be ap
proached.
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Another motor railroad be
tween Donaldsonville and Lock
port is proposed. The promo
ters recently appeared before
the Police Jury of Assumption
and secured the franchise over
the batture along the water's
edge on the left bank of the ba
you. While the report states.
that it was granted for the en- j
tire distance by the Assump
tion authorities, it is evident
that the report is erroneous, but ;
indicates that the police juries of
Ascension and Lafourche will be
approached.
This is three or four times that
the proposition has been attemp
ted and made publicand we trust
that something will come of it
this time. There is no gainsay
ing the fact that such an under
taking would be a dividend pro
ducer from the very start. Ba
you Lafourche is thickly settled
from its source to its mouth.
It is unlike other sections of
j
'
:
the
country and is so closely settled
i that one '» wa . nt 10 beli< ; ,e 'J i
a t . own whenever travelling ^
j F"«
freight on the left side of the
bayou, and again it may be that
the promoters do not care to
seek franchises from the different i
j municipalities along the b ^*o«, but
Mar-'l°°ks as if there would be i
Mr.™' 1 ? pa A S ,f° ge ; traffi f C ° D ^
! bank .- AU the towns from Donald- ;
! sonville.with one or two exceptions,
If re L on the right bank,ail the catho
-il. ♦.«« o, a
! like a much better proposition on
are on the right bank,ail the catho
lic ^«ches, o™
j™ therl l? h , t '
' 8 ^ e than on the opposite side
! of all towns.
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leaving there at 7 A. M. and make S
all stops to New Orleans. Excur
sion traiu will pass Öchriever at
7:55 A. M. Tbe rate from this city
will be $1.00. for the round trip,
Mr. Jean Adrien Parr, well
known in this parish died in Hou
ma last Saturday, at at tbe advan
ced age of 85 years. He leaves
two great grand children and other
progeuey numbering 92. He leaves
two sisters in this parish Mrs. Ur
sin Lebkuc aud Mrs. Thos. Har
gls of Lockport, as well as a grand
niece, Mrs. James Laoghrao
Corporate Limits
Extended Further.
Town stretches out in two directions
covering considerable more tervitorj.
Town now has a Church and College
heretofore not in its limits located
within town.
Line not changed on upper limits
Ridgefield annex still remains on
skirts.
and
out
The town has stretched out.
Last Friday the Board of Alder
men passed an ordinance chan
ging the limits and incorporating
property not heretofore included.
The Catholic Church and the
Thibodaux college are no« in
town and all that stretch of pro
perty between here and the upper
line of Acadia plantation, includ
- ntT t ^ e property just beyond the
c ^ rc h a nd St. Joseph Street,
somet j me s called"Rue Torchon."
The U p per boundary was not in
ter f eret i w ith and remains the
same stopping at the edge of
Rjdtrefield plantation and exclu
dins the annex. On the South it
extends down St. chanes Street
aQd doWD Canal street on both
sides up to the parish line, be
tween Lafourche and Terre
bonne. All property brought in
is pratty thickly settled but
some fear is entertained that even
with tha extension the five thou
sand mark will not be reached,
which is to be regretted. With
five thousand we would be a city
and would necessarily receive
more attention and more advan- j
well as considering other advan
tages.
The new boundaries are as
follows: Along Bayou Lafourche
tagês than being under the mark,
Cd pj ta | an d industry are always
«" ">« f**' -
^ a p C> i n ^ beyond the catholic
church) separating the Acadia
plantation from private pro
abutting, then 600 feet
back> beyond lhe end of S.
j osep h Street, then next to a
puint 515 feMt east of St. Charles
g tl . eetj lben gouth until the Kail
road, down St. Charles and
Canal, to the line separating the
parishes of Lafourche and Terre
bonne.
A Rare Treat.
Prof- J. C. Monaghan. a lecturer
whom the press quotes as being as
brilliant as William Jennings Bryan,
has been secured by local councfl
Knights of Columbus to deliver a lec
ture here next Tuesday, the 22nd,
at the Opera House at 8 P. M.
Lecture will be free. The lecturer
is known iii America and Europe as
a scholar, ^erved 11 years as con
sul to Ge r &an;
log:
IT
LOOKS GOOD
FOR BASE
The locals held preliminary meeting last
week %nd discussed various plans sub
mitted.
Meeting will be held at Strangers Hotel
to-night to take some definite step one
way or the other.
Reports state that fifteen of the best
players in the parish have been recrui
ted'and will form the team.
The base ball fans will be plea
aed to learn that a base ball nine
for the approaching season is al
most assured. The enthusiasts
together with some of the ball tos
sers held a meeting last week, and
again Sunday afternoon, at which
some definite plans were offered,
but nothing positive was decided
upou. Auother meeting will be
held at the Strangers Hotel to
night and it is expected that the
matter will be definitely settled.
A report says that fifteen ot the
best players in the parish have
signified their intention to affiliate
aud we dare say that Thibodaux
will have a rattling good team up
excelled by any all home team in
me state. _
Mr. Wellington Hebert.
Mr. Wellidgton Hebert» an aged,
respected and prominent citizen of
this parish died at his home last
Saturday evening after a long ill
ness. Deceased is well known
throughout the parish, haviug ocf
cupied several positions of trust,
and in serving the public in several
official capacities, as member of
the school board, member of the
police jury, levée inspector, road
inspector and other positions. He
was well and favorably known
throughout the entire parish, and
was very active up to one or two
years ago. While it was known
that he was seriously siek his death
came as a surprise. He leaves to
mourn his loss a number of children
and grandchildren. His remains
were taken here on Sunday after
noafc*«nd interred in St Joseph
Catholic Cemetery, the funeral was
largely attended by friends and
relatives. Deceased had reached
the age of 71. He was a native of
this parish and had lived here his
entire life- m
The Thibodaux Boiler Works
have purchased a motor cycle for
their travelling salesman,Mr. Folse,
from A. R. Staunton.
the New York School of Technolo
gy and Professor of Social Econo"
mics at Notre Dame University. As
he may pass this way but once it
will be a mis take to miss him.
Egg Sunt.
There will be an egg hunt given
on Sunday afternoon,March 27. th,
Easter Sundayjat Mt. Carmel Ci
ve*^. The good sisters will se?
X ^ most enjoyable afternoon is
aäorded all. Tha littlfl nn«« will
UP
PARISH F
Police Jury appoints a committee to coö"
fei* with" a committee from Terre
bonne
Object being to establish a poor house
and farm, together with a reformatory
and detention home.
The poor and indigent of both parishes
would be cared for, the juvenile crimi'
nals would be detained, as well as the
isane wanting transfer to asylums.
The Police Jury at its last meet
ing besides appointing a Court
House Committee also appointed
a committee to confer with a com
mittee from the Police Jury of the
Parish of Terrebonne with the
view of establishing a joint home
and farm, as well as a reformatory
and house of detention for the use
of the parishes of Lafourche and
Assumption.
The idea is to select some place
convenient to both parishes where
a farm can be located, and upon
which would be erected four or five
houses to serve the purposes of an
asylum for the poor and indigent
of the parish, both white and color
ed, men and women, and to send
juvenile law breakers where they
can be corrected and imprisioned,
as required under the juvenile law,
and also a house wherein the insane
can be detained awaiting deporta
tion to Jackson and Pine ville.
As it is to day the parish is pay
ing nearly three thousand dollars a
year in pension for poor and help
less people in this parish, in having
a place of this kind the parish
would or could maintain them for
less than three thousand and in
time pay for the outlay occasioned
in establishing such a place. A re
formatory for boys and girls under
seventeen years of age is contempla"
ted in order to carry out the provi
sions of the Juvenile Court law
And last but not leaiît, a house
wherein the insane could be detain
ed awaiting their being transported
to Jackson or Pineville, which
would be far better i;han locking
them up in jail awaiting an oppor
tunity, when overcrowded conditions
of the asylums will permit them to
be sent over. It is estimated that !
both parishes could establish such j
a place for something like twenty
to twenty five thousand dollars.
Having a farm in connection some
revenue might be derived or the
cost of maintenance,by having gar
dens and poultry, as well as dairy
conveniences, would lessen the
cost of maintenance.
a
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We asked for the Post Office
Room so we could enlarge our
banking room so as to accommo
date our increasing business.
We are putting in beautiful
fixtures—something Thibodaux
and you will be proud of. We
solicit your account if we have
not got it now.
The Bank of Thibodaux
THIBODAUX, LA.
Serious Accident.
Last Sunday morning, while the
family carriage belonging to capt.
John Shaffer's family was approach
ing town carrying some of the mem
bers to church services in town, the
horses attached to the carriage be
came frightened and unmanageable.
They broke out in a run and ran
into a wagon on the road, turning
over the carriage and spilling the
parties over the street. A daughter
of Senator Shaffer suffered a broken
limb from the fall and the Senator's
mother was bruised up and slightly
injured from the fall. They were
assisted by Mr. Rudd and his family
and later taken to the residence of
Judge Martin. A local physician
was called in as well as a special
ist from New Orleans. The horses
were pretty badly battered up.
The price of ice has been rai
sed to sixty cents per hundred
pounds in Houma from twanty
cents per hundred pounds for
the last few years. There was
►mpetition then but recently
olfe of the plants went into tho
.8 of a receiver and was
:bed or purchased by con
interests in the remain
,
Sentenced Passed
On Convicted.
The three week i>erm of the criminal court
wound up last Friday morning by tM
passing of sentences.
All who had not pleaded guilty and who
stood trial were called up by Judge
Martin for sentence.
Three go to penitedtiary this time,
for life the others for three and
oae
fir*
!
years respectively.
District Court adjourned last
Friday morning at noon^ after
a three week term of criminal
work. While it was expected
and predicted that the docket
would be lighter than it was, the
Grand Jury bringing out quite
a few indictments the court was
kept busy disposing of them.
The majority of the misdemea
nors were disposed of by par
ties pleading guilty and being
fined, but a greater number
than usual were tried rather
than plead guilty. There were
jury cases every day the second
week, with the exception of
Friday, the case fixed for that
day being sent over until the
following Monday uf the third
week.
The sentences imposed the
last day upon those found guilty
were as follows - Salvatore
Sia, for violating oyster law in
fishing oysters without aliceose,
$50 fine or 30 days;given the min
ni m um because license had
been applied for and money
sent for same, bnt he fished be
fore receiving it and technically
speaking was at fault and there
fore pleaded guilty. Nelson
Thomas, concealed weapon, $250
or 60 days jail; Dave Kelly 30
days jail for lareceny; Bertha
Williams 10 days jail same of
fense, amount stolen being forty
cents,one chicken; Florestal Gui
dry, Assault, pleaded guilty, in
formation being reduced from As
sault & Battery to Assault,fined
$10 and costs; party was struck
by him hé i!=,peace officer at
Lockport. Judge reminded him
that p°ace officers above all
should observe the law. Richard
Piaisance, disturbing peace on
highway etc, $10 and costs or 20
days jail, Jim Boland, entering
with intent to steal, 60 days jail.
Henry Simmons burglary, night
time, 5years penitentiary;Henry
Johnson shooting with intent
to kill, 3 years penitentiary; Joe
Harris,murder, penitentiary for
natural life. Last mamed being
one found guilty of killiug Ro
bert Brown, whose body was
found on Rienzi Plantation,
across the bayou, near Texas &
Pacific tracks December last.
ing plant. The price was then
immediatly trebled and the
small consumer either had to
put up or do without. The citi
zens made an appeal to the
Board of Aldermen and in reso
lutions they asked that a State
law be enacted to protect the pub
lic against any such impositions.
Among the different oil paintings
of distinguished members presented
to the Louisiana Planter' Associa -
tion at its last meeting hat of the
late JohnT. Moore Sr- of Schriever
was presented by his son, Hon.
Charles V. Moore, who is still and
has been for several terms. Presi
dent of the association. President
Moore in presenting the portrait ol
his father made a few very appro
priate remarks.
France is all in a stir over re
velations brought to light. Re
ceivers,appointed t»y that govern
ment to dispose of the property
which was confiscated from
Catholic Churches and religious
orders are now accused of de
falcations in having secured
millions for the property and
appropriated millions to their
, personal uses.