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THE COMMERCIAL JOURNAL Think not lightly of never so weak an arm which strikes with the Sword of Justice. VOL. 7. THIBODAUX, LA, SEPT. 21th 1910. NO. 33 Colored F(% Offer Suggestion A convention of colored Baptists in New ■Orleans offer suggestions to New , Or leanc for the exposition. The suggestion is to the e ffec Jim Crow Law b* aither ing duration of exposition or repealed altogether. if the law is a good one, and it is, there is no reason for either suspending or repealing it. A convention of colored Baptists, a national convention, held in New Orleans last week in discussing the proposed Panama Exposition for New Orleans suggested that if that city secured the exposition that it could not expect patronage from the colored inhabitants of the Uni ted States unless it either suspended the operation of the Jim Crow Law, requiring separate coaches for color ed people on railroads and separate compartments in street cars- The law is an ideal one and has tended teprevent many disturbances be tween the two races, and we can not see where tne repealing of the law will tend to benefit the success of the big fair» if it is given. As to suspending the law during the fair it is out of the question. To begin with the greatest per tion of the colored population live south of the Mason & Dixon line and we are sure that they prefer railroad accomodation as the south has it fco day, rather than returning to former unplea sant conditions. Then the colored people who could afford to visit the fair or who would be attracted there would certainly not let existing laws prevent them from taking the trip. If the repeal of the Jim crow Law were necessary then the next thing asked for would be equal accomodations in the local hotels. The colored convention erred in allowing such a matter to be broached during a religious con feaence. Try our fresh Taffy Candy "Made this morning."—Lafourche Drug Store. FOIfYSKffiNEY&î : r®. Backackc Kibneysam» Watchman's Death. Sudden Acute Indigestion Attacks Him 111 Bath tub After Dinner. Albert Le Blanc, aged 45, for many years a private watchman in the district bounded b> Decatur, Rampart, St, Peter and Iberville Streets, died suddendly Tuesday evening as a result of an attack of acute indigestion. Mr. Le Blanc ate his dinner and went to take a bath beforegoing to work and while in the bath he was stricken with the dread malady, dying in a few minutes Mr. Le Blanc was born at Bayou Lafourche, and seventeen years ago married Miss Thibodaux, of that place, who, with four children, three boys and and a girl, survive him. The funeral will take place this afternoon from the late resi dence in Bourbon, near St. Philip, and interment will be in St. Roch's Cemetery, with the rites of the Catholic Church—Picayune 16th. Eat the best Taffy Candy made For sale by—Lafourche Drug Store. Southern Pacific Agricultural Demonstration Train will be ope rated in Louisiaua with tbe Assis tauce of the Louisiana State Uni vrrsiiy aud Agricultural and Me cbanical College. Exhibitions and Demonstrations will be given at Thibodaux October 4th, 2 P. M. to 4 P. ä'j This train, accompa. uied by an efficient corps of Jectn rera, will consist of five cars with exhibits of live stock, Poultiy, Gar den Truck, Corn, liice, Sugar Cane Etc, also latest and most up to date Farming Implements. It is very important that tbe farmers attend these Exhibitions. Abso lutely free. IN MEMORIAM FHOM DKAK FltlENDS—TO MR. KOBEKT C. LE OKXDHE. God guide the favored son ! I send thee forth All fair bedight, as olden knight, . With virtues shield and learning's potent sword, To do stout battle for the right. God stay thee,fearless son ! No recreant thou To duty's law; but, dauntless heart, E'er true to man and truer still to 3od, Higlit jiobly dost tliou till life's part. God speed thee, faithful sou ! Thy course is ruri Alas ! -too early, men will say. No ! ne'er too soou .-cau victor brave en joy 1 » • His guerdon--heav'u l s eterhdl day. > FRANCIS A. M KÏ RK, E11MONO K. WEHRE, EDWIN I.. MEIER, CLAUDEV. iCELESTIN, AND*i«teJü£LAUNE Big Pow W b Id The loco qn the wo*. bo 01 Reamen propose b iust. a big dance an pow will b» delegations from ever y be in the parish and soom real Indian arching, and war dancing. Music will be furnished by the Hiawatha Concert Band of Bowie which band will have fourteea musicians that night. The local tribe of Redmen, Chec Be Tribe No. 81, will on next Thursday night give a big dance and Pow Wow. Something entire ly different from anything seen in this community. There will be de legations of Indians from all over the parish, as a larger number of in vitations have been issued than heretofore, and a big crowd is ex pected. There will be a regular In dian dance, the real thing, besides tome artistic marching never be fore seen here and the Redmen will be costumed appropriately. The affair is scheduled forOdd Fellows Hall on the night of the 29th inst. and preparations arej now going on. The Hiawatha | concert Band of Bowie, a white ; band, composed entirely of Red-J men will furnish the music for j the occasion. This band iscom-j ing down to furnish dancing mu- 1 sic and this in itself will be aj treat f°i those <vho have never j had the good fortune to hear this band furn'^i the real music for J dance. The first and only time the j band was here they did not have j daneing music, but only concert j music, Lvery member in the band) is a Redman and the dance is given J jointly by the lccal tribe and fche ; n j in l £ j 8 i r . war dance j will be offered and during the even-1 ing marching will be used to j punctuate the rests between dances. i 1 he officers and.members of all tribes ! in the Keservation. bat particular-1 ly m the t «rish of Lafburche are inj vited to be present and to partici- s pate in the event. The committees are as follows: Invitation, Paul J. Naquin, Adolphe Ber and J. Louis Aucoin; Airangement, Isidore Ber, Klebert Naquin, and Charles Dan tin; Reception, Louis Riviere» Hen-J ry er and Job . loups; floor, Paul iNaquin, Isidore Ber and -K>uis Riviere. A good time is promised all who attend. Second Testimonial. The Radket advertised in th® Journal only for a clerk, and with one advertisement twenty six ap plications were received in two days. Mr. Charles A. Badeaux the genial and progressive proprietor informs us that there were a num ber of excellent individuals in the number and that it was with diffi culty that he finally concluded as to which application to accept. Mr. J. Louis Aucoin Jr., secured the position and started in Monday morning. This is but another tes timonial of the good to come from advertising in our columns. Peo ple read this paper and talk about what they find in these columns. A Most Cordial Invitation is extended to you and your friends by the Officers and Directors of The Bank of Thibodaux to call, at interior the any time, and see of their banking room, which is now, probably the nicest in the entire Southwest Shreveport was the first city in the state to adopt the commission from of government, as prescribed under a recent act of the Legisla ture. The Jewish Rabbi bitterty opposed the movement and called it the illegitimate ohild of the prohi bitionists- The people carried k despite this by a vote of almost two to one. The entire stock of Tabor & Rich ard will t?e auctioned off at the 6tore, corner Green and St. Bridget Strééts, on next'Saturday, starting at 11 o'clock A« M. It is said there ate- much groceries ' and li quors and good bargains should be abundant. Contract Awarded For Court House. Special committee met last Wednesday at noon and received and opened bids put in by three different contrac tors. Corbln Bros, of Jeanerctte bid accepted being tho lowest, «be amount being 131,680.40. The special committee appoin ted by the Poiice Jury a few months ago to look into the remo dellingand improving, as well as enlarging of the present court house met at the court house last Wednesday at noon to open the bids received from contractors, which bids had been advertised. ■ The plan for the renovation, as is already known, were drawn and Police Jury met in the afternoon and the contract was let to the successful bidders—parish has the money and will not borrow. man BrQS Abbeville $36,000. There were no local or New Or j eaQS The committee af-' tef delibrating over the matter awar{ j e( ] or recommended to the p 0 |j ce j ury the awarding of the I contractto (j ur bin Bros., the saine individuals who are buil djng the Citizen s bank and who bu j| t t | 1Q odd Fellows Building. submitted by Messrs. Favort & Livaudais of New Orleans. There were three bids only re ceived. Corbin Bros, of Jeane rette bid $31,680.40, Stewart of Baton Rouge $33,000. and Holl j The Police Jury met in the af j ternoon and after discussing the j matter awarded the contract to the parties recommended by the J S pecial committee. We under ; stand that the contractors have asked for One hundred and fifty days to complete the job, but were informed when the work was to start. This does not iuciode the furniture, nor does ^ mean the t0 ^al amount that w jh 5^ expended on this public building and it does not include the raising of the ground sur rounding the building. The lat that after the buildin^ looks that it will not ter might easily be accom plished by Using the the prisoners in jdil with wheelbarrows from the levee to tbe yard. It is hoped changes be spoil ed by continuing the yard for the purpose for which il is used at present; a Hower garden should substitute t he presen t lot. Hon. W. E. Howell, a prominent attorney of the local bar who has been residing for a number of years just above town last week moved into his raagnificient home, which Mr. Joseph Robichaux, a iocal contractor,reoently comple ted for him. The home is an or nament to the town, and among the very handsomest in this com munity, if not the handsomest We feel that the town should be proud in acquiring as citizens Mr. Howell and his family, al though while living heretofore only a short distance from town he has been identified with it so many years that he has long since ceased to be a stranger. The enrollment at the Catholic parochial school up to last Pridayat noon,was243;73 boys and 170 girls, besides this the College has over one hundred and ten boys, making the total attendance at both over 350--not so bai? fA-a beginning. Mr. Albert J. Michelot, e life long resident of this town, and pro pen y owner, left last week with his family to make his home in New Orleans, where two ofhis sons have already received employment. While their friends regretted to see them leave,they trust. New Or leans will prove a« beneficial as they had expected. Ï LIFE IS DEATH. Mr. l£t)bert C. Legendr«, young promising and talented comes to sudden and most «nexpeeted death. Dies while nre_ found dead by entire house was asleep. paring to take a bath, ' ms mother in bath whUe . v * : ^ *•' ~ ' News of death shock to the entire com munity, who sympathize with parents funeral largely attended. Mr. Robert C. Legennre is dead. Young, just in his prime with a promising career ahead of him, talented and eneregetic, his career is ended before it is well started. The tragic end and most unexpected dt^ath was made known Thursday morning and was received with sorrow by all who learned of it, in fact it cast a gloom over the entire corn munity the shock was so great, ■ That in the midst of life we are in death was never more truly ' j home at about 10o'clock, before retiring however he decided to dp some reading, a pastime M which he was exceedingly fond, His motfier on retiring requested him to extinguish a certain light in the house and he stated he forgotten to put the light out, and she got up to extinguish it, but seeing another light in the lath room she was attracted illustrated than it wa*> in this case. On Wednesday afternoon or rather evening when he had been re.ieved of his duties he spent a while with his eompan ions attending the different mov ing picture shows and returned would. Liter in the night awoke and found the light burning and remarked to she still Mr. L -gendre that Robert had evident then- und to her astonishment and horror sh;; found her son cold in death, in the hath tub. A physician was called in but it wa§ evident thatnothj done. - From an exÄbuETTion of ROBERT C. LEGENDRE. , Courtesy N. O. Picayune. the tub and surrounding it ap peared that the young man was seized with acute indigestion while preparing for the bath or while in the bath and was un able to call for assistance, or if he did call the household was so deep In slumber that his cris were not heard. Robert C. Legendre was a son of Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Legendre and had completed his eighteenth year the Saturday previous.He graduated in the commercial class at the Thibo daux college last year, being class valedictorian. He was talented in dramatics, in oratory and in music He had decided however to take up tbe study of pharmacy and for the last few years Spent his vaca tions and was since employed as a salesman in the Roth Drug Store, where he was highly thought of by all and where he made good. The funeral which was held in the after noon was largely attended, the sacred edifice being filled to itscapa city. Funeral was held at St. Joseph Catholic Church. The students of the Thibodaux College together with the faculty- attended the funeral in a body, acting as a guard of honor to the body. The parents have the sympathy of the entire community in their sad bereavement. Besides his father and mother deceased leaves a num ber of brothers and sisters and nu merous other relatives. Be sui e to try our old fashion Ta fTy Candy, made daily at—Lafourche Drug Store. Corporal O. Baye of the local police force made a great big haul of stock roaming at large, last Thursday at noon. He had been informed that when he was off duty some people allowed their cattle to roam at large aud kept his eyes opened and last Thursday hë was rewarded for his faithfulness to duty by im pounding ten cows he found iu Land Compromise Set Aside Polit» Jury at its meeting last week de eided to go back of compromise agreed to some months previous. Suit to be entered wüerebj the parish will seek to recover lands donated to it by the state years ago, condition«. under certain There will be several pretty points raised among others the accepting of taxas af ter being assessed as not property of parish. The Police Jury at its session last week reconsidered a previ ous action whereby it had been decided to agree to a compromise with Wisner & Dresner", regar ding lands bolongingtothem and to the Terrebonne Land Co. L 'td. The idea was to have the Terre bonne Land Co. dig or dredge a large canai whereby the land in front of theirs would be drained into this canal and thus afford a perfect drainage system to the greater portion of the property owners of the second drainage district. The land in controversy is from the neighborhood of St. Macy's Catholic Church, down the bayou to a distance some miles below, the land being en tirely beyond the forty arpent line. It is located on the right, descending bank of the bayou.lt was thought that this matter had been settled but on legal advice the jury decided that it could not compromise any land belonging to the parish and for that rea son not having that right the contract was looked upon as void Megsrs. HoweU & Caillouet, lo cal attorneys, have been retained by tbe police jury on a contingent fee to enter suit for the recovery of the land. There are several: pretty points that present them selves in the case, among which is the defense of estoppel. The parish sa w trie state transfer these lands to the Atchbfalaya Levee Board aûd the levee board in turn to Wisuer & Dresser, who transfei red to tbe Louisiana Meadows Co., and that company sold to tbe Terrebonne Land Company who in turn disposed to various parties. The Parish of Lafourche accepted taxes from these different parties with ; out any protest whatever and the question arises can the parish to day, after having assessed the ; lands as belonging to others and accepted taxes, 3laim it for it-i A' *# ti- " XT ï a 2, a ^rney of New Orleans and Franklin repre senting the other side appeared ' before the Police Jury last week and when advised that suit, ; would be brought asked that it be | brought early, as for bis clients , it could not be brought tooeariy, tor under present conditions tbere was a cloud under their title aud it interfered with their colonization plan. Thesu lands are tbe lands that bave been at tracting outside capital and new residents. This will tend to sus pend operations and may retard the progress of this parish. MEYSKIDKEYPIILS For Bachacwc Kionchw« Bueen Miss Mabel Claire Gaude. Miss Mabel Claire Gaude died at St. James last Wednesday. Her death was sudden and unex pected, caused by acute indiges tion. She was but 17 years of age. Deceased it stems was en joying good health and her death came most unexpectedly. She was a native of this parish, but bad been living in St. James for a number of years with her bro ther, Dr. Sidney Gaude. She was a daughter of Mr. Leon Gaude and his wife, who before marriage was Miss Laura Banks. Her father is de ceased. She leaves to mourn her loss two brothers and one sister besides other relatives. A nupiber of her relatives still re side in this parish. Her remains were brought over on tbe Texas & Pacific last Thursday after noon and interred in St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery, tho funeral being largely attended. F oieys. O rino I axatm FOR.ST«)WCHj *OVtlt md CWJTIPATtON The parishes that contributed $250 last yeçtr towards, farm dem onstratiou work under tb€ Fede ral Government plan have con tributed to increase tbe -wealth of the state to4*4,582,540, accord ing to press reports Grand Jary Makes Deport. ; ; Grand Inquisitors in session only two days and a half and report Wednesday at n«oH. ■ There was uot rauch work for the hodv and it completed its work in short or ! . .. 1; wounding ;jy 2; murder 2, j , true bills : three were reported, j one for murder being among tho ; number. No mention was made of the Hurley case in which considéra j able shooting was done at Bayou Des Allemands, whether the body investigated the matter or not« of course we do not know, but no re- ! port was made one yay or the other. ! The court's time will be taken up this week in the disposition of a number of cases, there beinjf jury der, as anticipated. Two true bills for murder, one no true bill,and other 110 true bills-no action ta ken one way or the other in Hurley case. The Grand Jury for the parish of Lafourche made its report last Wednesday at noon, after being in session two days and a half. The work plaeed beforethe the body was short and was completed with all despatch, as anticipated. The usual stereotype report preceeded the -reading of indictments and among other things it was stated that considering the heavy down pour of rains the roads were good. ' There were the following indict ments returned as true bills : Ob taining property under false pre tense, 2; Carnally Knowing one; larceny, 1, burglarly less than mayhem Seott and Chiaca; Affray, two; No cases fixed for every day, and on •ome days there are several. ; Ï01ÇYS OMNOlÄMim FOR .TMuiuand .ÇQMOT « atiom Boudrcaux—Paglughi. j ' A pretty and quiet wedding was celebrated at St. Sauveur'e Catho lfo church last Tuesday morning at six ç '«lock, the cantracting parties being M r . Stanley W. Boudreaux (Jack)aud MiasMadelyn Paglughi. There had been no oards issued for. the ceremony but the many friends and the immediate families of both parties, were present to witness the nuptial knot tied. The groom was i ; attended by Dr. Lester Bourg as his , best man and they awaited the i bride at the altar. She was led up • ; the aisle, leaning on the arm of her father, Mr. P. Paglughi preceeded by her maid of honor Miss Theresa " Paglughi, her sister. Shewasfetch ingly attired in a very becoming gown and carried a beautiful bou ' que t of cut flowers, as did the maid of honor. After the nuptial knot ; wag tied the register was signed in | church at which time a pretty vocal , selectian was rendered. The cere mony over the bridal party repaired to the home of the bride where a light breakfast was partaken of after which the couple drove to the South em Pacific depot and boarded the train for New Orleans» from this point they go to Biloxi and Ocean Springs to spend the first fortnight of their honeymoon. The groom is the accomodating and painstaking assistant post master, a son of our big hearted post master, Arthur Boudreaux, and has a wofld of friends in this community, he is in dustrious and possessed of all the qualities that go to make a perfect gentleman and can not but make an ideal spouse. The bride was a resident of Lockport where she has resided for a number of years with her father and mother,Mr. and Mrs. P. Paglughi, she is an attrac tive brunette, of many accomplish ments and for several sessions taught in the public school at Lock port and in other sections of the pa rish, she is a Normal graduate. Her friends, as Jack's are legion. They will return to this town which will be their home. Although no cards were issued they were the recipients of a large number of pretty and costly presents. A number of Thi bodaux friends atttended the wed ding. The bast wishesand congratu lations of their many friends both here and ai Lockport are extend to them. - _ For Sale 36 Homing Pigeons, 2 Flying Pens and one House, 12 mated Pairs and 12 Young Pairs. Apply at this office. The following road inspectors were elected by the Police Jury last week 1st District, Edward Toups; 2nd., Theopbile Pellegrin; 3rd-, Abraham Rodrigue; 4th., P. N. Rizan. 5th., Jackson Petit, All the same officialswere re elected for another term. For parish prioter there were two ballots, the "Senti nel" winning out on the second bal " Of llkik :S f .aJe could make no cfcee against Tony Öfiiaea who indicted by Srand Jary for the mmrder of Miguel Sosnrio. the After hearing a number of ease was al s true ted to dwttjr. It appeared from the evidence that ac~ cussed was protecting bis home and its inmates from assassination. Last Monday the District court had its time taken up in trying the case of the State Ys. Tony chiaca for the murder of one Miguel Rosa« ! rio. The accused was an Ita)iao and the deceased a Porto Rican. The Grand Jury had brought in a true bill on an indictment 1er mur der, but it was known before the case started that there was' scarcely any evidence, at any rate not a suf ficient amount to eonviet the ac cused. The State presented a nom berof its witnesses bat from the eye witnesses it appeared fchat accused was justified so the ease was abah doued aud the jary instructed to return a verdict of not guilty, aud the verdict was recorded according ;jy > j Only a few witnesses were heard , aud from what we could gather it j appeared that the Porto Kieau for ; some reason or ether went iule the house aud home of the Italian and j began making indiscriminate use of a razor, iufiictiug a wound ou a young girl of about fourteen, that might have severed her wrist and ! baud from her arm, he was star« tiug for the remainder of the family ! whwu Chiaca rushed io and pat au end to his fiendish "work by felling him to the ground by several well directed shots from a revolver* The accused bears a good repu ta ; tion aud has been one of the moet reliable laborers aroaDd the Dee Allemands saw mill for the iaet seven years. __ You can at the now buy Taffy Candy -Lafourche Drug Store. Tiiose Who Cine and Si Mr. and Mrs. Raoul Legendre - an<i chi,(i are vwiting he *"e since la»t week, Mr. Legendre is em ployed at Willewood, La. Mr. Luke Legendre of New Orleans was called here last Thursday to attend the funeral of his brother. i Mr. Paul Legendre came over , last Thursday from Joffersoa i College te attend tbe faaerai of • his cousin, Mr. Robert Legend re. r> r J.Hubert Mr W McClellan and Mr. W. W.' Weiden ofD«e AI* lemands were here Monday as wit uess in court. Messrs. Fernand Brand, Wilber Brand and Felix Delaune matricu lated at Louisiana Stat« Uoirer* sity for this sessiou. Mr. V. J. Adamietz is in St. Louis Mo. from whence he goes to Kansas City Mo. on business. Miss Enola Molaison and Miss Idah Briggs returned from Lockport last Saturday) where they were the guests of Dr. and Mrs. F Goauax. Our Taffy Candy is always fresh made daily atr---Lafourche Drug Store. The merged Game and Oyster commission has appointed Hon Oscar Anjelloz, Game Warden for this parish. The case of the State Vs. Scott, charged by the Grand Jury With the murder of Adams will be tried in the Distriot court next Tuesday. From recent reports reaching us it looks as if the opera house and lot surrounding will be sold, and it seems that the firemen and the prospective purchasers will com promise on the offer and price de manded and the fire company will besides reserve a portion of the lot for a home and engine house. The intention of the purchasers,if a deal is effected, is to move the house to the corner of St. Louis and St. Bridget Streets. Birthday Party. Master Henry Pierson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Pierson, oele brated bis thirteenth anniversary, last Sunday gumes were played and refreshmeuts served. Those present were: Misses Ethel Bourg, Odette aud Thelma Riviere, Av* and Catherine Tabor, Annie Naqain, Gladys,Belle, Earllne, Myrtila and Anna Berniard, May Scfaexnyder. Lelia Peltier, Hilda Riviere, Ertiel Cbivers and little Beroice and Sarah Pierson. Masters Harvy and Lawrence Peltier, Philip, Carl ton and Clarence Richard, Tom Briggs, Hercules Lefort, Loyd Meyer, Robert Celestin, Clifton Taylor aud Henry Pierson. He re eeived many pretty presents, all had a glorious time then proceeded to the Electric Theatre chaperoned by Mrs. Henry Pierson, Mr. and " Thos. Pi