Thibodaux commercial journal., August 24, 1910, English, Image 1

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Think not lightly of never so weak an arm which strikes with the Sword of Justice.
VOL. 7.
THIBODAUX, LA. AUG. 24th tgio.
NO. 29
Celebrated His
Silver Jubilee,
H'is Grace. Arcliibishop, Bleu'« ot Nun -
Orloaus celebrated last week las twenty
tilth anniversary as »-priest.
The event was not marked by any publie
celebratiou, but iu keopiug- with his
wishes was very quiet.
Emininent divine lias been showered wuh
many distinctions duriu g career— m
protestant parents lie became- a eon
vert and is nigh iu Catholic religion.
sary of his twenty fifth year as
priest. During the quarter of a,
century he devoted to the service!'
of God he has been fortunate i.)
having been showered with (listine-i
tiou and responsibilities that do
not come to many men in any walk
in life. Bishop of Porto Rico and
afterwards Arcliibishop of New Or
leans and entrusted vviti) many
foreign missions in which both
church and state were involved ami
having fulfilled the work entrusted
to him in each case in keeping,
with his marked abilitv. chief cause j
of his continued promotions in hi
chosen work,he is still held in
!
est esteem bi the followers ol his
J '
religion as ivell as the most pronn- ;
■lent people of all other creeds. He ;
is regarded as a national figure and
is known both in t Iiis and other
countries. Borna protestant and
reared by protestant parents he be-!
came a convert and after comple
ting his studies entered the priest"
hood where he has labored faithful
ly for twenty live years and gained
therein merited distinction by his
devotion to his calling, his excep
tional ability and bis grand charac
ter.
it was his wish that the event
should t>e devoid of any ceiehra
tionofa puolic nature, preltf
ring tu have it unirked in a quiet
and. unpretentious munner. Ac-j
Cordingly on that day he »aid
his Mass as oil an.; o-her day and
received friends ai Ins t'esidenc-:
after the meal. He- was the i e
cipient of a large number of pret
ty and costly presents from ootu
Catholic and prutestauts.
At The Marvel.
Last Friday night at Tin- Mar
vol the amateurs w- -re on again.
Master Henry Pierson rendered
an illustrated song entitled
"Take me to Kidland days ,
which was weil received and
showed him up excellently as a
vocalist- Miss E Jiel Taylor sang
expressively "Just because 1
am a poor little girl'' and was en
cored to the echo. Miss Gladys
Berniard offered a pretty song,
very appropriate to her voice,
entitled "Dear Bo.y", in which
she appeared to great advan
tage. The pictures offered that
evening were in keeping with
the program always offered at
this well conducted house and
were exceptionally good, clear
and presented without any hitch
or stop, as is always the case,
due to the experienced hand of
Beau Berger, the operate!
BORN.
To Mrs. James N. Bourg, a boy.
To Mrs. Albert J. Dupuy, a boy.
Mrs. Augustin Braud.
Choice Bayou Blue Split Shingles.
Apply to T.. L. TOI' PS,
Schrie ver, La.
Mrs. A O. Tregle
Mrs. Aiielio O. 'i 're^te died at her honiu
iu this town lust Monday after .111 illm-ss
of «bort duration. Slie was Ix-lori- ln r
marriage JVI ish AMialie -Ori 11 i< >11 . Slic
leaves to mourn her loss hi r liu^bnud arid
a numlK -r of other relatives. I Irl- remains
were interred in St. Joseph t'atliolie (_V
metery yn yesti^'day afternoon aud tin;
funeral was lnr;re'v attinded. Sit» had
lived here for a immu I h - i - ol y» .inn and by
her good dt«ds andcbaritable aetic uti bad
woii unto lieiiKjll u»any dear and < lo e
lrienâi.
fie;-., i
and
q j
s v
Mrs. Augustin Braud,
aged resident of this parish, di d ;
at her home last Friday a
noon aft' r a short illness
hv d on her land abou tivt'
a half miles below town on
side of the bayou v\ il n
rai of h«r children. tl 1*
bnd preceeded h r to'the .
several years ago She is m
ed by seven daughters and
son, a number of grand childr n
and quite a few other rehnives.
Her remains were into it * d in St.
Joseph (jai holic Cetnetry Saiur
d'ay «.fu rnoon folioWi d to their
last resting place by a large con
cöurse of sorrowiig friends and
relatives.
For Sale
ills -
rav
u rn
one
Roosevelt And
Taft Split,
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President and Ex President now repor
ted to be at outs and the dissensions iu
the Kepublicau party eoutinue to
k'i'o iv a» the election gets e.osjr.
j
j Ueosevelt defeated by \ ice PrCbiaent
| She-nuau as temporary eiiuiraiau ol
j thj New York Couveutiou.
. i4oo«evcrlt, promis«* to DC a {iresiden.&is..,
( candidate (or the; , liepublicân Coffin i
j tion in I9I2. wuutmg Kepubiicau aad
Demoera tic endorsemea t .*
><«'<»«» »»<» Ex-p..si- !
I deal Rouse veil have
t iaSL i id It'11
some liaci
lively as 1
ilie event!
What wiii
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»' » P'om.ses to oe loUr-SLogand :
! »■"«»"» elK:uul »*>»#«»
j <e >- muants
;
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. the
ton
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lit» Sf
1 „ I'iiI.c;. i oliauct
ul uiriu- 1 inuviiab ever oe»-n off -red
ill 1 U, 11 .lit 1 * ei O 11 1 f L 5s p i t u ic Ul C n
the m se Iv nui i -uaii.v .
A a R ;pu i.e . j .stale cuti wn—
al Saratoga xusi week.
S ice President e>her man deiea
! ted Mr. Ruo.se Veit ï or temporary
!' : "ao man of t.h, WMU«., by a
' rather large vote 1 x
Tile
can defeat inm at every turn.
Toe announcement is now
made' that tile Ex-Presiden
t'OW
ledcanoidaie iw tiie R pu.Llican
nomination tor President, in i'J12.
It is furthur rtported th: j t tiie
strenuous gentleman hopes to
> cure the endorsement of the
insurgents as w'fll as Lhe U -rno;
era sot tiie Sou,it. Tirîii he
; - ' . ^
; I wihiwiku .« »> >•
11 . 1 : c ""- 11 P ot.toj. oui.t.i
111 thai manner
i<Juy ° 1 ' t
Nr'V.
tüey
would be a candidate in 1912and
that it has always been Iiis inten
tion to be renominated hasahvays
bec-ij our idea, and we so ex près
u
over eight tiiousand, with assets ag
gregaiing nearly four thousand, and
some individual liabilities and as
sets.
The arm oï Richard «i Tabor,
grocers, have discontinued their
business surrendering the same? last
week, having resorted to voluntary
bankruptcy. The liaS.ilitiefc of the
firm are ,iven out as something
A Most Cordial Invitation
is extended tu you and your friends
by the Officers and Directors of
The Bank of Thibodaux
•
to call, at any lime, and see the
interior of their banking room,
which is now, probably the nicest
in the entire Southwest
(SPECIAL TO 'J'tlE NEWS,)
IDAHO SPRINGS, Coio., Aug.
11.- George G. Vivian and J. H.
Robeson of Den ver with A. J
a
tives of the Is'orih Ameri
Smelting c'pmpuoy of Golden, at e
1!J ll,tî making it caref ul «-x
am mal -on ol I he prtipc Li.tes
-tv» tied aud leas- ii by tile com
pany and alse ;o pu-j liu.:- !»:» m
pi 1 fig works into snap ; for ihe
pu I CtiUS' ■ ol ■ i. ot '-.
Tiie caj.'Kcry » i tile t
smelter i.s 7«>U ion>» pf da;.
a.~> most of the ore to keep
plant »n operation cour s
Clear C'eeiî tuid (_Jilpit
a tab on tue output 's
kept.
Anotiier car load of ore w ;i
shipped tomorrow to the; Ch
i.'fHaiu and Dili ugh am sam 5
■ V W U, Joli» s, one of .he
sees on tue JNTtr. n. aie, whic
believed to run better than
^ * one Louisiana, re preset; it
1 old «. mi
: a : i d
ttleir
• s from
•CfdHlljes
ct'A'ef a i i y
per ton. In the stamp mill of
that company, which is in active
operation é^iitiuually, the avor-1
age values stîv* d on the plates
are about $2,000 from mint ru
turns and from twenty-five U»»
thirty tons of concentrates ruii-[
ning from $2r> to $10 per ton.
bustuess having many years ol auc
c«ot> to his credit.
Mr S V. Tregle is now operating
i ?ie saloon in coiruer.tioij wilh the
Ht mu get-'b Hotel, M r. Georg.e Line
setter having given n|> the same.
Mr. Tregle is familiar with the
iLarger And
Better Plant
City Father* last Friday iu postponed
regular meeting adopted plans tor a
ne w and larger electric light plant.
Plans submitted by Engineer Borde o!
New Orleans, who had been working on
same some years or more.
Bids wiii be advertised and opened at au
early dat.;. Piunt according to
will* cost about thirty five thousand
"tlôiiî'râ.
Tue Board
hist Frida v
of Ald^roien
afternoon at
met
tile
Town HaU «gular
00 ha»
meeting i'or the purpose ot con
sidering amoBg oilier things the
plans for a new electric I'ght
plant, submitted by Engineer
Borde of New Orleans. Mr. Bur
Oeen working' on the
pians for something uv -r a year,
having; tiad m- n out here on sevt
rai different occasions.
We understand the p'.tns as
S tï O ti i I v '"it • V. ;
tue neig!: .o •*
lu;, sa Lid. ,n
put ot'tu-.;iiey
licenses and
which was done at no
privation, the town
c >s sunie- omg m
od of thirty five
i ; e p id fur
e' tu il a LVed f i um
her source?, and
little de
being de
pi' i Vt d of many improvements
tiiuj were n cessa ry, bu'. th©
money evideniiy had tu u 1 raised
as the peup.e wer not riispos^.d
stand a. runuilii-r speyiui eiee
li ,c ! ij4ul tax Wit hi U hijÇen
.
ine new plum, we una
wiii be- much i:u_ . and
over a larger te: ritte ;
a«»o be possible lu opi-i'ale it at a
iigii'ser eipens . • Tuts means
that we wiiiiagain li.ivoarc lights
on the streets, as we bave oeen
I
j
'{'stand,
extend
it win
deprived of them en artly since
las; September, after the sl-jvm.
Bids whi be advertised shorty
and will be opened la the near
future.
Mrs. Victor Legendre.
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Catholic Chureh at that y ace. Shtjthe
e.v^s lit; itusband, lOchddiiH, o.ol
girls and 5 ooy;, audMTgraud ■
dieu.
"Mrs. Yietoi Legendre died at her
home last h'.- tday ;i«etl <j > years.
Her death w.»s nuudeii ami t;-inie
as a surprise to h^r irit-iuis at. S r la
tive». lier rem uas were in r .ned
at ChaekbaV after hervioes at
j
j
i
Bowie Band.
j
due to tiie fact that the crowd was j
larger than anticipait l and arrange !
j
!
The excursion given from Lock
port nere last Sunday was delayed :
i
ments had to be made for extra !
boats, ine delay put the excursion j
ist s in i:ere late,—after two o'clock j
m the afteriuon*. There w-s a
large and ordeii^ rowd. The Hia
Watha Concert Band, under whose
auspices tiie excursion was given,
can indeed flatter itself on its sue
cess. W* did uot get a chance to
hear the band, although we were j
very anxious, but understand that!
tiie class of music they put up was |
arevei ihon to all who heard iu '
Several selections were played at !
tii! Strangei' : s Hotel aud much ap
precia.ed by ail who heard them. |
Ulis band is a yi.ung h iinl, scarce
!y î wo us.ail hs oid, ;r the uttisic I
iiand' d o it,, we undois!a'ei. is !
organization
o!
isiei ius e,ve. ai yea, h old. ;
dnlale liowii*, and con
worthy ot' an
; trained mtisn
j We eongr
gratuMic Bio. F. IJ. Lyat-.»^, wtaoni j
^ we did nol have tlm opportunity to i
i. co^igtiitnlatc in person. When out j
people give lau«, picnics, mass moe |
tings, and whenever music is nee
jtled, lliey hiioujii n -iuember the
1 »n wie hand and address Mi by -
»nan al Howie, who is art enthusiaS
tie Kedman, as wi ll as tlieinajoidy
ol" the members ot the band who
are also finlians. There whs
sly and dancing ou board
1 au( j cpming
te
mu~
going
I I I
Increases Assessment!
State Assessments increased lour mil
lion dollars over assessment last year
wihii decreases iu various parishes.
j
!
Lafourche's assessment is increased over
three hundred thousand over last year
although roll originally showed do
crcubCa *
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JitâeèÉv l-Mprted a decrease oL one lroa>l
dfod t lhjiXsaud and Board increased his j
«è&Hët mtajÉéd tour hundred and seven-1
toüu thousand. v '
I
The Board ot Equalization hav- j
ed the- work set be
!
asses
ing comp
fore i&in equaliztng( r)ih_
ments e-f ihe s ate ad]jurned
last) Thursday. The report given
out by ttie secretary of the board
shows ctn increase ia the state's
ass- sSHient o: four million dol
lars. ihe total assessment being
soin th"if uv r our hundred and j
i.veutv üve mil-ions. In qui le
few uf the parishes th- r • have !
beeil souie decrt'tis-'S. 1) iV-rre
uuiine no;ao!/ tie ft>lI as r-turn
ed by the assessor of tha p u is i
isihmv ' s a decrease uf 5"_4i5, bo
Tue assessment as returned by !
the assessor of I hat parish was
$5,101' 4Ü5. and the board reduced :
it to $4, 858, 794. In Assumption
asi'o Lafourche there was an in :
crease. The roil from Assump
tiled to the board
lion as pre
showed 5>3. 371, 253 and after o.»
ing doctored by the board now
»hows ^ejj o49, an met ease
of $17£, 020.
In Lafourche the roll as pre
sented uy the assessor showed a
decrease over the approved roll
of 1909 of something ovtr-r one
hundred thousand dollars, as
seated in these columns a few
weeks ago. Tue board after
uing over the sam
thereto a further increase cf
three hundred thousand dollars.
The roll as presented by Asses
sor Buret this v ar showed the a»
sessuient tu to.ui $4, -190,
the Otîaru after revisingre< urii'-d
tt approved totalung»^t, 9i4j
making a clean cu increase over
assessor s figuies this veai
'"'ly J! u OL
_
not univ
"'.„j iii« Anf»~hu*idred thoô
= ä w 3
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four il und red auu eiy.ii teen ihoü
sand doiiar increase, eighty two
thfUfeand dollars more would
bave increased t>ur assses^meot
th.s year one half million. V» ht a
we consider tiie extent of this
pari?'i, its improvements and its
concentrated wealth the figures
aresma'i to say the feast. No
one could buy ti* entire pansu
for twenty times that price.
A Rotten Game
, '
Houtua and Lafourche crossed
bats on the local diamond last
Sundav for the third time this sea"
son. and ior the second time La
fourche handed the boys from our
sister parish a good fat juicy lemon
in the fiaipe of a cipher. That
Houma is absolutely and unquali
iiedly oaldassed by the fast players ]
our home boya happen to be goes !
without saying and how in the '
world the two previous games hap- ■
per.ed to be so close and interesting j
seems to be nothing short of an ac- '
cideüt. It was evident to all pra
sent from the very beginning that
the boys had no work ahead of j
them and that Bonvillahi either was j
r or was very muc?i over
I-L was pitiful to see his
lttempts to get the pphere
e plate, the result being
bases on balls. Of course he bla m
ed it e.i the umpire and wanted to
) li
110 pile
rated.
futile :
over th
8 sponge in the first in
e umpire had too good
vva
toe
thr
ninv, bo'
an eye :.nd
Two 'i reo
body vl
yielded to
good eye
an umpire,
could;:. ">•
never b
three ■
ing t -■
ding t».
a reeor*
even if the grounds were ■
the hall necessarily anything
dry. He might
dry ball, but he
toe same class •
himself a pitcher j
reaux, and every-j
Houma battery j
•e correctness of his j
There v. as no need of ;
5onvillain or Dupont
umpired themselves and |
ul i :. a ve won, for hitting !
. i i one imrng and giv-j
..uv, on balls besides yiel l
j i : i ta in the first inning was !
no pitcher could boast of, j
et and!
but :
-,tltr with a
no where in '■
d. Knobloch, •
who took 110 pains to hold the visi
; tor8 dow». it seemed to be so natu
ra j Six innings were given "ou ma
j an j the locals played live, Sid. a' -
i ] owçc | one hit in that time and 110
j rUna ö ( r iking out eight men, and
| ^ly'allowing two men to reach
The support was gilt edge,
•dthoiii'h there was a change in the I
aiillOKgi u . , , ,•
line up. ArthurLejeiiue in rigid Heir I
vered .1 safe hit tô finît in sufficient
time to put Ihe runner out at
,
tllC initild snclt, which WllS a
wonilcr. Gautreuux, not a regular
player did well in centre andTros-1
■ clair evci ready at kit got Very lew
Futures Drop
j
! The political cauldron boiled to over
flowing at Baton Kouge last week and
many small fish floated out.
The real reason of special sessiou was
tho fixing or strengthening of mach
ine slate.
Ticket Commercial Journal predicted in
its issue of August 3rd. as machine tic
ket, conlirmed'iast week by our city
conteres of the press.
j _
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' Tuo politicdl CEuldron citCciton
I Rouge boiled to over flowing last
j week. One after one the hade
fashws ana prospective office
holders, as well as embryonic
Its side
struck it with a thud and simply
toppled over into the blaze, in so
far as tiie machine political fire
was ','uncerned.
Tile l'eai reason for calling a
candidaces,^ floated to
.
special session or uiefjigishuute
aj^rne to hgUt and the expos
tiiX campaign iuuas,
WilS
,tou
but
secondary while tile prime rea
sua was tue securing o l support
for the macuine ticket from ihe
country members uj large.
AJicliei ana liarret, as preutcted
by Hie Commercial Joui nai in its
issue ot Au.
oe tiie Liciiei
tt » u our city couuet es ot
j-New Orleans press. Ad four pa
ist ord, promise to
tins fact was ber
th a
pers i.eei limed and beraided tue
ticket as tue machine ticket, con
firming our prediction of two
weeks previous. We litie w AVtiat
we were tu. King about then.
Lambremont is sure, sure, and
whi pussiuiy bolt and try the
uuaumg act during his fourteen
months incumbency, bat if Pro- !
vide nee does not stay the hand j
of grim reaper death we do not j
oenevehecan 1 badd for himself |
a machine sufficiently strong to S
c0 P d »'"« P"»«"" .political j
oct.ipasiitUi8 8tala-J.-Y/6iroa
cUd. j
The New Orleans papers go
further and say that Sanders in j
his shrewdness has taken untoiaole
fi:uiself the Broussard faction
aend all that- remained of opposi
t.o 1, which means that the ma
chine candidate for 1912, was se
lected, as vvei! as for ly!6, und
that Justice's Breaux's scalp ii
now yirdled with ascalping kaif ,
that will place the justiceship
w'<th Attorney (Jener.* Guion.
The next move will be the reti
ring of Senator Foster from puo
lie life to have Sanders. Steele
for Auditor, if you aru a machine
man. Watch our future predic
tions.
,
chances, the batters being unable ;
tt) reach out that far. 1
Talbot- v, bo
substituted Prejeant at third, was :
too good for the little chancus ci |
fered him, Dr. Scally at short had '
the easiest lime of his life and',
could have played with a Prince I
Albert and silk hat, Albert Bou-j
dreaux at second loafed for warn of I
anything else to do and HoweU sim
ply dumbfounded the visitors at
first, pitching the sixth inning aud,'|
striking three up. Deme simply j
revelled in laughter at tiie ;
easy money in the opposition. ;
The game was a bit late in starting :
due To the fact that some of the j
due on •
the excursion boat, which reached
here late. Knobloch did not reach
down the bayou boys were due on i
'
the park until four thirty, and it
looked for a while as if the entire
team would have to be substituted.
and this wouldnot have mattered as
any nine base hall players could
have defeated the visitors. Bonvil-1
lain struck out five batters, and
a.nnp nf fhem sflfiinnd willing to
some of them seemed willing to
give him encouragement, and al
lowed eight hits, and there could
have been more. It is up to the
juniors to challenge the visitors for
:l game, unless they get a new and
better team, for Lafourche is too;
much for them. The grounds were '
wet and slow, the game listless and
^uninteresting, although the local î
team put up a good pratisej inàk- j
ing but one error and the crowd al- '■
though small must have about pul- !
led the expense account on the salt |
side.
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Card Oï Tïianlis.
Ä-ffflÄÄ!
u<;».nding om- fno.-rt si'it-lire thank» to die i
V.tTi'.V*.J'^ lîîi ' a ^ °n«
H or so ami i ruek.
-■ 1
fairs held on .fuly Kuli and Aug. «Ith
a strand sof.-'-SS, ami ><« take gri at i»lctt
ay .that the necessary sum was.
,
We b ei; to exteni i a n pi i iai votu <»f {
than us to the folio win jf persons wiio ;
coiitrihnteil a j-'reat deal to the suec*ss,t*> j
the ladies who presided over tho differeti', j
booths, to the Frost Lumber Yard,to th» 1
Southern I'aeifie, Co., lor their eani' st ,
t 'o-ofK -ration towards exeursionn, in 1 ho t
I Hiawatha tioncort Ham» of Howi. tor j
tiioir nveol irmslo,and 10 .1,11 who hel|«-d .
I Ä „a rem.-mbei that ihe
l«oui|>:uiy will < vn- lie faithful to its mot
aupnny will ' Ver he faithful to it 1 mot
to '-i.ieeils ii(>t words?''. VV« iiTiiaiu re,
, pecttutly yours.
Victor hpo ito, < haunefi.
| f^"y.
ch-tave M.iUi'ou^h,
Jiwa ^ JirwWU »
Catholic School
Board Meets
Board appointed :u;
oi-'-'-i scat!.):-, a-.:a
bunciiion ot tin.; Ar.
1 tliejentife form ol
■ .a:::tf.*emeut receives
•n bishop.
i
Rev*. J. .1. Rousseau, pastor t .rotem of
Catholic Church confers with Aretibi
s,bop last week regarding matter. ;
Sisters of Mt. Cai-mel furnish building
with ciii neecessary fixtures antlassocia
tion tliioa^b public subscription suppiy
teuehers.
The Catholic parochial school
fur lite cungragatiuu uf St. Juse
ph Catholic CJiiureh has been for
malty organized the board selec
ted and is now prepared to start
its work. Rev. Father Rousseau
sp ni several days in New Or
leans last week and heid a con
1eretic ' with the Archbishop re
garding the undertaking. Ihe
phiiis f'.trmutaled by tiie local
committee have been approved
in their entirety. An under
standing between the Arc h bis.
il.ip, ;ie Moth'.'f Superior ut Alt,
Car iii ei Order, fit. Re v. Mother
Valéry, and
»eau was w-ntered into and the
convent ouiiding with school
rooms suitable for the work will
oe turned over to the local com
mittee.
f ile local board held a ^oiee—
ting i : x s> j SaLurda.v after noun at
tii ; Kn ;ht^ -cf Coiumbus Hat)
and formulated working
and discussed uln
o' IkU ' Vi p tUtl
V' h iithei- ia,uus
pians i
t-details to be j
made known later The board as I
at present constituted is: Rev. j
Father Ruusseai: President and !
A. J. j
Thorn- i
! Saper;ni.endeui, Messrs
j Brand,_ Ed war«! ITtdeaux
j as A. Badeaux, Hem y iii\ «eu-,
| Thomas Roger, L. L * p i
S ^ Cuuion, Judge L. £ Cc^illouet,,
j .1. Knuülocti.una Ul. A. .j
Mejcr. Saoscnpiion» wk I bo
j t'toc-iyod aod »aliened. A lul t.oa ;
fee wiii oe cauigeu those vvt10 »
j can afford to pay, wane uio&e uti
will be received just
if
tiTêv pâid and no one u til be the
wiser. Then» will be no distinc
l'ion between pay and free »chu
lars. A good high grade educa
tion wilt be insured an a cotape
tent teactiers will be secured
among th 1 sister» and among
outsiders if the attendance war
rants the same. When tiie cali _
is made 'or cash ali should res-1
pond as h.'-'UTciity as th-.-;r mean-».
will allow the m
A conference cr meeting oii the
men of the congregation will be i
heid at the Knights of Columbus !
Hall on Fridav afternoon at 4 !
0>cl0ck at which business of im
p 0r[ance vv j]| diseucsed
acte(1 Ulj0n> A11 are invited to
' —»—<—
The ' Fair.
rn , ... , 0 _
^ 7f e ? f b ÄTlZ
^o. >io.-, despite the bad v e<. e
aa ' ;
i:U ' J
•
1S li ^ L
suceer.
ljruL
v # -•—•
amount w..s undoubted,^ realized.
and ;
fact that the novelty of fairs
inee worn away, people
:t anything advertised
> eu, proved a decided
i o excursions from La
, ,v Orleans and Lockport
in large crowds, that
;h i
seemcU l > ■ eend freelv. A nea
amount w
The exeu; sn u'sts were very much
disappoh.te due to the fact that
they had i. en attracted here by
numerous promises of attractions
that huii never been dreamed of by
the local eommittee. J his bad
practice, e»i advertising features
that are 110t thougnt of and snnp.j
having liquor anti gamming as at
tractions, have a bad effect and are
serving to help kill the town. The
people wiii uot. be fooled all the
time and the occasion will happen
when.Si m - idea will be entertained
0 * actual'ii keeping promises, but
' the excursionists wiii fail to come
becaus^ the\ have oeen heic before
î and will not be caugut uy fatae pro
j mises ugaui. lins is twice this
'■ year. ^ |
!
| Capiialisis from Holland sent
representatives to invest capital for
: them in Louisiana and Texas oil
|fielda
8i«? » »lll.be ««»Um« before
i Travelling .Auditor Smith has tue
I*cP«> rt ot ljiîi investigation in the
1 Aswell matter we are told that Dr.
j jj ,\sw 'ell will make no state*
, ment until the report is ready and
{ «jftcr it has been duly published,
;
j ,, , . , . . . 01
j Graild "night Jatlli 'S L. Schcx
1 nu yder of the Jeaneiette Council,
, »> • hf r ( ' ll i nfT1 l Hls .lied at his
t **-ni 0 ntB ol U lUDlDUi, UCU d
j home last Thursday after a long lll
. f «vnfioiil d the a"e of 11
ncbS 01 tjpnom, a* tnc <ut
'years.
According to Iowa physicians it
is stated that infantile paralysis
la caused by bullalo gnats.
it- j
j
i Independent Democrats
Start After Ring.
Big meeting of representative people from
all over state met at Grunewald Ho
tel in New Orleans Monday.
Plans hatched and ideas suggested to get
into tiie game to overthrow the ring,
grinding the life and progress out of
Louisiana.
Question not discussed as to advisability
; of keeping out of crooked primaries and
entering general election.
4 big umeting of repruMuutativa
people ft oui all over the Hlate was
held iu Orleaus ia.«t .Monday
at the Grunewald Hotel for the pur
po-e of getting good government
îui LuuisiaiM .Tlierp were a number
of speakers ami it was shown where
the politic.ms b id i heir interesta at
heart first in ( be crratiou of new of
fices, wer« disregarding the most
sacred law« and creating new of*»
iiees to supply the increased de»
maud. Ctwoli- dness and robbery
iu primaries Wc -re denounced, parti
eularly recent happeuings in Demo
cratic politics and the violation ot
the primary iaw was also coudeui-»
ned.
Tue question of au honest prim*
aiy law was fully discussed. Com
m dtees were appointed and orgau
ization is well under way to seeure
i'uads, to luuk around for the best
camlidate and to see to the pay
ment of poli taxes this and uext
year. We go to press too early to
get the data we want aud were
unavoidably detained here and pre
vented from attending the meeting,
hut feel favorable to the move*
i meut. We are on the side of good
j clean goverment, fair play for all
I with honesty the key note, some
j thing we are sadly lacking at pre
! sent. The publie money for the
j public goud and uot for selfish in
i lerests.
^ ^
... « i a
i | (iflSB W m O Ü0JD6 9flU uO
j(,y Maggis.and Mildred
w( ^ (rom
; Aas * u ' lion lvtierc lbey ha j been
» visiting relatives.
Miss Ernestine lourg, of New
Orleans visited relatives in town
last week, being a guest at the
home of Mr. A. J. Clement.
Mr. Euiile J. Legendre and
Joseph Lasseigne left last Fri
day for an extended trip to Chi
cago, Milwaukee, Detroit and
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other western points.
Dr. Louis E. Meyer and tbeir
son. Mr. Edwin, left laat week
for Waukesha Wis., where they
visit Mr. and Mrs. Jos. Claudet
at their summer home at that
! Dr. O. L. Braud and Mr. Paul
Delaune, left last Saturday for St.
; Louis for which place they go to
j spend several . weeks at western
j points, Denver, Colorado Springs
for a month.
Mr. R. C. Seely left last Thurs
day for New Orleans from whence
lie goes to St Louis and other por
tions of Missouri to attend to busi
ness.
Mrs. Philip Malbrough and Miss
Odette Malbrough arrived here from
New Orleans last week being called
here by the illness of Mrs. Louis
Lamoureau Mr. and Mrs. Oliver
Malbrough were also here for the
same reason.
Mr. Luke Legendre of New Or
lea ns was a visitor here the end of
last week.
Mss. Lawrence Keete left last
week to spend sometime iu Peuu
sylviana
Mixs Cécile Thibodaux, returned
home Monday,from a pleasant vis
it to St. Patrick, La,
Mr. and Mrs. Noble Wright of
New Orleans, spe»nt Sunday in
town, guests of Mr. Wright's
mother, Mrs J N. Wright.
Around the World
Mr. Eugene G. Kobiohaux, President of
the Hank of Thibodaux aud planter, to
gether with Sirs. Kobichaux and sort
Master Alfred, ret«rned last Monday
from an extended trip around the world,
leaving San Francisco February 5th and
k ndiiig at New York this month,. after
having completely eiieirclcd tho globe,
visitiuy the Orient and seeing tho Passion
1'lay at Obermergereau returned home
last Monday enthused over Iii» trip. Se
veral letters covering his siRht seeing«
appeared exclusively in the Journal. '
D 3ïi t forsei tiie mee
ting fcr ihe men of St.
Joseph Catholic
Church—K nights of
Columbus Hall—Friday
afternoon 4 o'clock.
Premiums totalling seven thou
sand dollars are offered in the for
ty six parishes in this state where
corn clubs are in existence. This
should be an ideal way of encoura
ging tho boy farmers. The same
report states that a young Calcasieu
boy. member of one of the clubs
in that parish, secured a yield of
ininety six bushels of corn to the
ai re. This is a tip to life long far
mers'