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VOL. 7.
Think not lightly of never so weak an arm whick strikes with the Sword of Justice.
THIBODAUX, LA. APRIL 6th, 1910.
NO. 9
QUESTION OF
E
The question of the Panama Exposition
is being agitated all over the Stato
Just now.
Meetiosr to-morrow night in Now Or—
leans to dccide upon plan of financing
matter.
New Orleans seems to
the prize, to which
entitled v
be iu the lead for
she is rightfully
The question of how to finance
the Panama Exposition is to be
brought up in New Orleans at a
meeting called by the Governor of
the State and the Mayor of New
Orleans. New Orleans wants the
prize and the money must be raised
for the same. A million dollars is
the amount necessary and it is
hoped that ; the entire state will come
to the assistance and lend all its
influence and aid to secure it. It
means much to New Orleans direct
ly and more to the state at large,
both directly and indirectly. The
question of whether a spccial tax
should belevied forthe purpose is be
ing very much debated.Special tax
es usually scare people for such pur
poses, because all do not stop to
deliberate and ponder over the
far reaching effect,they only see the
present, and feeling that they pay
enough taxes, they would vote
down any proposition that would
make them pay more. The propo
sition of issuing bonds to the
amount of one million dollars seems
to have more favor than any other
proposition and it is to be hoped
that it will prevail, as to offer the
levying of a special tax and have
the people to refuse or reject it at
the polls would be a hard knock for
the propositionin Louisiana and first
class argument in favor of any other
place. If there is no better way,
then let the bonds issue.
Your tongue is coated.
Your breath is foul.
Headaches come and go
These symptoms show that your
stomach is the trouble. To remove
the cause is the first thing, ami
Ohamberlaiu's Stomach and Liver
Tablets will do that. Easy to take
aud most effective, bold by all
dealers.
Little Margueritte Dupre, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Max Dupre en
tertained quite a number of her lit
tle friends at a birthday party given
at her home in her honor last Sat
urday afternoon. Various games
were indulged in and refreshments
were served throughout the after
noon.
There is no cough mediçine so
popular as Foley's Honey and Tar,
It never fails to core coughs,colds,
croup and brouchitis.-Lafourche
Drug Store.
Mrs. Joseph Naquin enter
tained the Ladies Afternoon
Club at her home last Thursday
in thefirstentertainmenttheclub
has given since the lenten season
Euchre was
prizes <vere
conclusion of the
ber of games.
the feature and
awarded at the
required num
Donaldsonville gave a fair and
festival last Saturday, Sunday J
and Monday for the purpose of
transforming a square of ground !
conveniently located in the cen
tre of the town into a public
square or park place.The amount ;
realized will go towards beauti
fying the place.
!
Chamberlain's Stomach and I
Liver Tablets assist nature in
driving all impurities out of the
system,iusuring a free and regular
condition and restoring the organs
of the body to health and strength.
Sold by all dealers.
A lodge of Elks was established
in Houma - last Sunday,
whhn quite a large class was
initiated into the order. The
celebration lasted all of that day
and ran until a late hour of the
night. Houma but recently
proved its claim to five thousand
souls and the order was estab
lished there. The Morgan City
Lodge officiated and did the ini
tiation work, assisted by state
officers.
The members of the School
J3oard of the Parishof Lafayette
.gave their individual notes to
/
make good a deficit of forty four
hundred dollars in the school
finances of that parish.
Born
To Mrs. Louis Ü. Tabor, a girl,
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iPost Office
Changes Quarters,:
!
and St. Philip Streets. • j
Otttce moved on night of April
patrons fouird thoir mail iu
new place next morning.
30 th and
boxes at
Old fixtures taken into new place, which
will be used until arrival of new fixtures
ordered.
The local post office has chan
ged quarters. We have heard of
cities built in one night, and
such was the case with the local
office. Post Master Boudreaux
decided at 5 P. M. last Wednes
day to move into the new quar
ters and he accordingly notified
Commissioner Naquin that he
desired electricl iglits in the new
place and they were immediately
installed. The fixtures were re
moved from the Bank building
to the new place, corner Main
and St. Philip Streets and in
stalled the same night. The next
morning the patrons of the office
were receiving their mail at the
new place.
It was not an April fool joke,
as it happened the day previous,
but many w ere disappointed in
not seeing the office in the old
place. The old fixtures are be
ing used awaiting the arrival of
the new ones which have been
ordered out by the Postmaster
some week ago. The Bank of
Thikodaux wanted the post office
space and concluded it was bet- j
ter to allow the old fixtures to be
that they could !
remodolling the j
taken
start
out so
work on
buildin«
increasing
their !
accomodations and comforts,
Post master Boudreaux ordered
the new fixtures on his own
hook, thus demonstrating his
civic pride, as he could just as
easily have purchased the old
fixtures. The office being in the
second class for some years and
being entitled to a government
building and since the town
seems to be indifferent as to
whether we get it or not he took
it upon himself to purchase the
fixtures.
The stamp receipts for they ear
ending March 31st was §102,
s
more than for the year previous,
which wps then way over the
eight thousand dollar mark, the
amount necessary for the cou
struction of a government build
ing.
Diarrhoea should be cured with*
out loss of time and by a medicine
which like Chamberlain's Colic,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy
not only cures promptly but pro
duces no unpleasant after effects.
It never f«i i I s and is pleasant and
safe to take. Sold by all dealers.
Jos. Gaubert.
Mr. Joseph Gaubert formerly a
resident of this parish died at his
home at Burton La., a few hours
a f ter being accidentally struck by
a t ree w hile riding in from the
swam ps on a dummy. The tree
struck him in the back of the head
causing a concussion of the brain
w hich produced hemorrhages from
w hich he died. His remains were
La ken here on Thursday afternoon
! over the Texas & Pacific Railway
an( j interred in St,Joseph Cemetery,
a ft er services at the church. De
; ceage( j being a member of the
Woodmen of the World and the
Redmen,a delegation from both or
! der°, accompanied the remains here
I an( j W ere joined at the depot by
local delegations
orders.
from the two
case ot an
. it is most
ot rheum a
i Every family and especially
j those who reside iu the country
j should be provided at all times
with a bottle of Chamberlain's
Liniment. There is no telling when
it may be wanted in
accident or emergency
excellent in all cases
ti»m, sprains and bruises. Sold
; a " dealers.
j The local council, Knights of
Columbus, together with the
councils from Donaldsonville.
Napqleonville and Houma will
hold a joint initiation here next
Sunday at which something over
sixty candidates will be initiated
into the order.
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Good results always follow the
use of Foley's kidney Pills. They
give prompt relief iu all cases ot
kidney and bladder disorders, are
healing, strengthening and anti
septic. Try them.-Lafourche Drug
Store.
Joint Committee
Held Meeting,
l °™ y sä£s£x ä
ordels -
Occasion marked the dedication of the
Woodmen Hall and orders from all
over parish participated.
Public installation of officers held by dif
ferent orders after big parade all over
town.
Last Sunday was a gala day for
Loçkport. The town had on its
holiday attire and all were out
vieing with each other to make
the day a memorable one in the
annals of the growing little city
down the creek. The occasion was
the dedication and formal opening
of the Woodmen Hall, a building,
which we understand, will serve as
meeting hall for all organizations
in the town as well as
house or theatre.
All organizations and secret or
ders of the town participated in the
event and invited all orders through
out the parish, Thibodaux having
its lodge representatives. The
Woodmen, the Redmen, the Mac
cabees, the Catholic Knights, all
participated in the parade and all
held the installation of their re
spective •officers at the hall after the
parade.The installation was held ac
cording to the public ritual. After
the public ceremonies a smoker was
held at the hall, participated in by
delegates and representative mem
bers from all of the orders. The
building, as we understand, is
modern in every respect and will
be of great use to the town for the
an opera
secret or
public functions it may desire to
hold as well as ornamental, besides
being exceedingly useful andconve
nient to the orders for holding their
meetings and initiations. The
Knights did not install due to the
absence of State President Higgins.
, „,
Louisiana State Game Com
mission favors the importation of
ajn i m a 1 s provided i n
Congressman ßroussard's
bill in Congress to import Afri
cau game to this country,
will do all in its power to
sure the passage of the law.
and
OUR DEPOSITS EXCEED
those of a year ago by about
One Hundred Thousand Dollars.
This means satisfied customers and many new ones.
The Bank of Thibodaux
THIBODAUX, LA.
Kleinpeter-Rousseau.
The report of the wedding of
Dr.E. A. Klein peter to Miss Helen
Rousseau in New Orleans last
week reached us to late to make
mention in our last issue. Ihe
event was a cjuiet one and a
surprise to the community, be
ing only known to the close
friends and immediate families.
Miss Rousseau is a native of this
parish, a daughter of Mr. C. O.
Rousseau, and has a large
number of friends here. Dr.
Klein pe ter, is one of the practi
cing physicians in this parish,
having located here within the
last six years. He is well known
and regarded with the greatest
esteem by all who know him.
The preliminary examination in
the matter of Daniel and Edward
Hurley charged with shooting
with intent to murder in which
one J. McClelland was shot, at
BayouD^sAllernands,some weeks
ago was taken up before Judge
Martin last Wednesday, District
Attorney Bourg being present.
After hearing the testimony the
Judge fixed the bond of each at
the same amount it was previous
to the examination, that is $2000.
each, and both gave bond accsp
table to the sheriff.
iJoint Committee
Held Meeting,
ü ä.
and set to work.
Committee of two appointed to look into
matter of obtaining, site for reforma
tory and poor house for both parish
es.
Committee to report to joint conference
here to-morrow, at which time some
thing definite is expected.
The committees appointed by
the police juries of Terrebonne and
Lafourche held their first meeting
in Houma last week, at which all
members were present. Judge V*.
P. Martin, Hon. H. N. Coulon,
Dr. P- H. Tetreau and Mr. Jos.
Dressner represented this parish,
while Terrebonne was represented
by Sheriff Connelly, Hon- Charles
V. Moore and Mr. Felix Guedry.
Suggestions as to the method of
builtling an( j maintaining the pro
posed reformatory,a poor house and
p]ace ofdetent i on f or the insane was
fully discussed. A committee of
two, consisting of Hon. Chas. V.
Moore and Hon. H. N. Coulon,were
appointed to look into the selection
of a site and report back fully to
the body at a joint conference to be
held here to-morrow.
What sites will be reported for
the location we have been unable
to learn. We trust however that
some point between here and Schrie
ver will be decided upon, which
will be easy of access to both towns
and easy of access to both rail
roads.
. ,
sheriff of that P^ ll *>
Attorney Gilbert will
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Prompt relief in ail cases ot 'j
throat and lung trouble if you use
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy,
Pleasant to take, soothing and
healing in effect. Sold by all
dealers.
People at Lake Verret with the
permission of the State Game
Commission were arrested in
Assumption last week by ihe
• 1 District
fy the
cases and ascertain if the State
Commission has the right to sus
pend state laws or give indivi
duals a
law.
license to violate any
Zernott-Bergeron.
Mr Frank Zernott and Miss
Mary Bergeron were quietly
wedded at St. Joseph Catholic
Church last Monday morning at
11:30 o.clock in the presence of a
large number of friends and re
latives.No cards had been issued
and the wedding was a quiet one.
The beide is well known in this^
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acco in p us h t a an d piepossessm |
111 k'Oi-vs. k P 1
months m our sanctum prac j
ticingthe calling of typesetter.
The giooin is so p
Mayor, Hon. Frank Zernott, and j
lives in Terrebonne since the 1
, • „roll w.u-n in Th\<
1j> well known 111 tills.
town wir. re she has a large;
number of friends and where she |
is higlily thought of, she is ;
family left town. The couple wi il!
Terrebonne their home,
were the recipients of a
make
They
large number of presents.
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The Sugar Belt School Athletic
and Literary League will hold
its annual meeting at Houma
next Saturday, the 9th. There'
will be base ball, foot ball, bas
ket ball and field contests by
teams from the different schools,
as well as literary and debating!
contests between represe ta
tives of the different liter try
societies of the schools affiliating
with the league/ „
Should The Robin
Receive Protection,
Matter to be put up to the law makers
of this state at thei" next ses
sion.
Reports made on the bird from par
ties who aro known to know what they
talk about.
People are being given ail infor
mation possible on the value of
each bird but particularly the robin, of
which less seems to be known.
Special to the Commercial Journal.
March, 28th 1910.
Is the robin a game bird that
should be killed and eaten, or is
it a valuable insectivorous bird
that should be protected at all
seasons ?
This is a question which the
next General Assembly will have
to solve, and our readers are
asked to consider its importance
in an agricultural way,
Dr. T. S. Palmer, in charge of
the Game Conservation division
of the Biological Survey of the
department of Agriculture, in
answer to inquiries from Frank
M. Miller, of the Louisiana Game
Commission, quotes an authority
who gives the results of his ot>
servations at Abbeville La.,
under date of Fob. of this
as follows :
"I collected 12 robins
here yesterday and got the
lowing results from an examina
tion of their gizzards;8 had eaten
nothing but insects; the other
four had taken respectively 95,
year
near
fol
80, 65 and 0 percent of insects
and other invertebrates. The in
sec ts include grasshoppers,bugs
beetles, beetle larvae (wire
W orms and others), caterpillars,
i nc l u ding cutworms. On the
basis of the 18 stomachs I have
examined this month, I consider
the robin essentially an insectivo-
rous bird in Louisiana in Feb
jruar y»
»"j^e shooting of so beneficial
: a bird should by no means be al
! lowe d."
««The same authority above
q UO t t >d under date of Feb. 12,
f^tn Long Bridge, La., wrote
j) r Palmer
"I shot six robins to-day; 4 in
a backberry tree and 2 on the
ground. Three of these six birds
had eaten insects, including
larvae of crane flies which are
sometimes known as leather jac
kets. These larvae feed on the
rooLsof grasses, including grain
crops and other plants and are
sometimes quite injurious. Each
of the three birds had eaten one
or more specimens of a leaf bee
tie,a plant feeder and injurious".
These facts bearing the stamp
of the federal government
through a conservation worker,
as widely known as Dr. Palmer,
are entitled to serious considéra
tion by the farmers and planters
of the state.
Marvel Theatre,
THIBODAUX.
High Class Moving Pictures,
AND ILLUSTRATED SONGS.
OPEN DAILY FROM 4 to 10 P. M.
SATURDAYS FROM 3 to 10 P. M.
The very best of everything.
Prices : Children 5 cents.
Adults 10 cents.
sereau
the
last
and
Charles Edward Dan
char i esBdward ,2y 6 ars4months
and 24 days of age. The child had
been sick for quite a while and
1 although it had been hoped his life
| might be gpared He who knows
1 best and guides all our destinies de
j c i de d otherwise and last Sunday
^ chüd breathed his last Xhe
rema i ns were interred in St. Joseph
j u Cemetery on Monday af"
1
Grim reaper death entered
home of Dr. P. J. Dansereau
Sunday evening at 7 o'clock
took unto it one of his children, lit
1 j o a
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Intended!* The^family have the
being largely
ily h
sympathy of their numerous friends
I in this community.
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WATCH FOR THE COMET
The Red Dragon of the sky.
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Watch the children tor spring
coughs aud colds. Caretnl mothers
keep Foley's Houey and Tar in the
house, ft is the best aud safest
and cure for croup
where the need is urgent and im
mediate relief a vital necessity.
no opiates or harmful
Refuse substitutes?.
Contains
drugs.
Seasons Opens
Local base ball team present visitors
with game on a platter covered with
errors and lack of team work.
Knobloch starts out splendidly and loses
out through lack of proper support and
dumb playing.
Visitors very gentlemanly showing up
well. Umpire from neighboring town
not over familiar with rules.
The local base ball season opened
up last Sunday at Dantin's park
with a slow and listless game run
ning something like two hours in
the presence of a large and unap—
preciative audience,rendered unap
preciative by the listlesseness of the
game. Knobloch, tho local twirler,
pitched a good game up to the sixth
inning, striking out nine men,while
Boudreaux (Two tree) who suc-|
ceeded him struck out three in three 1
innings, after having held down ;
third sack for the greater portion of |
the game. Knobloch only yielded ■
six hi ts in the six innings, but the !
ragged support coupled with the !
lack of team work and unpardor a j
errors piled up six r ns for the v j
itors, one in the first inning, four
in the sixth and one in the seventh, :
four of which had no reason to ex
ist. The locals had a splendid j
chance to score several runs in the ;
fourth inning but lack of coaching
and dumb base running caused'
a.double play and retired the side
with a goose egg. At several other
times there were chances to score
but there seems not to have bt'en
the proper ginger to bring them
over the rubber. The visitors were
very gentlemanly and played good
ball, while numerous errors were
made they were not costly. They
secured a number of clean hits, se
curing the only three bagger of the
game with no one on bases. Derne
Knobloch back of the bat did not
play his usual game and made
several wild throws to first and
third that were costly and meant
runs, besides giving free bases on
pass balls, second and third being
obtained on passes by one man,
who afterwards scored. Albert G.
Boudreanx at second deserves spe
cial mention and accepted two
chances offered him making a splen
did catch in right field. His
chances were limited as Derne was
a bit leary on tagging second • The
isiting pitchçr struck out eight
men in the nine innings and al
lowed eight hits, which were well
scattered, he allowed three men to
walk, striking Sid Knobloch on the
rm two different times. Trosclair
had no chances but he as well as
Boudreaux got several of the clean
hits. The umpire seemed to be by
no means over familiar with the
rules of the game and made a bad er
ror that so affected Knobloch that
he refused to pitch any more and
it was with difficulty that he was
induced to go back to the box.
The decision on the batter being
struck by the ball, that he
and not
attempted to bunt and not being
called out was very damaging
to the local team, without this
there wonld not have been as
many runs scored, the batter was
allowed to have another chance
anda runner allowed his buse.Thig
was the first practice the local
team had and it showed that they
were badly in need of it. The
team as a whole however is a
very acceptable one. Miller at
first, although we understand a
better backstop, made the best
of his numerous chances. Tros
clair in right, a brother of the
star left fielder was a bit weak,
but has the making of a good ball
player. Claude Naquin had but
one impossible chance, Thomas
Lodet at short had few chances,
Boudreaux at third was the gin
ger and spirit of the game and
pitched the three last innings
well. Sid. Knobloch is as good as
ever, he struck out five out o f
the six first men presenting
themselves for a hit. The game
bv innings is as follows :
J R. h . E.
Schwrtz Stars 100004100 1 6 5
Lafourclie 001 0 00000 7 7
Batteries Pelte and Nart;
Knobloch, Boudreaux and
Knobloch. Umpire Dr Toujan.
Attendance 800.
One Conductor WI10 Was Cured
Mr. Wilford Adams is his name,
and he writes about it,—"Some
time ago 1 was confined to my bed
with chronic rheumatism. I used
two bottles of Foley's Kidney Re
medy with good effect, and the
third bottle put me ou my feet aud
1 resumed work as conductor 011
the Lexiugtou, Ky., Street Rail
way. It gave me more relief thau
any medicine I had ever used, aud
it will do all you claim in cases of
rheumatism." Foley's kidney Re
medy cures rheumatism by elimi
nating the aric acid from the blood.
Lafoaiohe Drag Store.
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CENSUS TAKERS
TO MEET,
The census takers for this parish are to
hold a meeting in town on Friday to
receive full and personal instructions.
Supervisor Kemper will be here in person
to instruct and has notified all those
already appointed to be present.
ting, but chances are
will be in by Friday.
commissions
The censos enumerators of this
parish are to meet iu this tewn on
next Friday at an hoar to be de
cided later. Superintendent Kem
per of this district has issued no
ticesto the applicants that a mee
tiug will be held here where per«
soua 'l instruction as to how to go
about their work and the results
desired will be briefly and folly
. . . -.
stated and at- which time all who
have any doubts or hesitancy
about any part of their work may
he fully informed. The time and
place of the meeting has not been
d ®« d ®J'J? ut 16 W1 m " ®
; u the Post Office or id theMacca
^en enumerators needed tor the
parish aa(i up t0 t hi a writing only
twQ havfl received t heir commis
j but tlie balance are expected
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The colored Catholics of this
community and viciuity met at the
hall of the Colored Catholic Pro
gressive Association last Sunday,
The association iuvited all the
catholics of the community to be
present, that is all the colored peo
pie affiliating with the faith and a
general good time was had. A
Colored Catholics.
number of uew applications were
acted upon. This association
although limited to the colored
people has gained quite a foothold
among the colored people. Tho
object is benevolence and charity,
it was organ zed somethiug over
j
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.vlenard. At the meeting Suuday
Charles Adam,oue of the organizers
and charter member^ offered
prayer tor the late Father^Menard.
This association owns quite a nice
lot of groun «l in town which is con
veuiently arrauged for fairs and
on which they have erected and
paid for a large and commodious
hall.
Wood ! Wood !
Dry wood for sale, Cypress or
mixed. $2 00 Per Cord, delivered
Ring up Ed. McCulla. Phone 269
J. A. RICHARD.
TIN SMITH,
all repairing done promptly. Gut
tering A Specialty.
On Thibodaux Street» in the rear of
The Racket Store,
Thibodaux, La.
Those Who Come and 60
Mr. Harry Parr of Houma La.,
formerly with the local Southero
Pacific office,is here since last Sun
day visiting his many friends.
Mr. W. H. Ragan of Siloam
Spriugs Ark., a former resident
has been in our midst the past few
days attending to business and
shaking hands with friends.
Mr. Frank LeBlanc who was
employed at the office of the Lafa*
yette Democrat, was in town for
several days, on his way to New
Orleans, owing to the Democrat
suspending publication.
Mr Leo Legendre left last Wed
inesdayfor Chicago 111., where he
went to accept a position in an
automobile factory. Mr. Legendre is
a native and has many friends here
who while regretting to see him
leave wish him well in hisnewposi
tion and new home.
District Court has been in session
since Monday. The term is a civil
term and will be of three week, s
duration.
Piano tunning, voicing and re
pairing. Leave order withs Prof.
E- Choi, Thibodaux and Prof. L.
Breithenmoser, Napoleonville, La.
M. QU AVE,
Tuner.
Foley's kidney Remedy will cure
any case of Kidney aud bladder
I trouble uot beyond the reach of
medicine.No mediciuecan do more.
Lafourche Drug Store.
If you have a home to paint or
room to wall paper see Oliver J.
Bourgeois. 5