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IOMER UUARDIAN OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF CLAI BORNE PARISHIS, Of,-,! in the 011 P.,4 Odii Unibling* C. W. SEALS .& J. R. 1PHIPPS, Eurr.)s & Pnorntuirons. omnonrB, La, Friay......Ju1ly 26, 1889 --4** · A nnlImer of people have rc cently died in New Orleans from " sunstrokc. The Republicans will hold their convention in the Third I)ktrict on the 5th of August. There will be nine legal execu tions of the death penalty in this state within the next 60 days. Chicago, I1l., has a population exceeding on million and is sec.)nd cnly to New Yoirk. Two old maids living in New York coinmmitted suicide a few days nago, giving as their reason that there is nothing in this lilfe to induce an old maid to care for living. -- -- -*e.--- Ex-Governor John M. Stone has been nominated by the Demo crats for governor of Miss. Stone was once beforre governor of M1is sissippi and has a splendid r x ord. It is startling strange how the hope of a little money will help things sometimes. Had it not been for the hope of the reward, it is dioubtful if an arrest would have ever been made in the Mus grove case. The law of cruelty to animals should be more rigidly enforced in this state. In New Orleans there exists a benevolent associa and its the duty of its members to report to the proper authorities all violalrs of this law. Any person who overdrives, neglects to feed or illtreats n dumb animal in any was, should be made to suffer. -.4-. Our intelligent contribufoJ f Three Creeks, Ark,, takes issue with us on the effect of Soldiers' re-Unions. We hlope his view is correct, for the re-unions are go. ing to he held, whether they be for good or for evil. After the lapse of twenty-five years from the contention that gave them birth, they are still on the increase. The farmers appear to be mak ing a heavy null to bust the bag ging trust in this parish. Their resolutions are' all timely and in proper order, but these resolu tions must be carried into effect, and they should refuse to buy a single yard of jute, even if it can be bought for one-half the prico of cotton bagging. Unless they refuse to buy the jute, the resolu btons will amount to nothing. Mr. Guice, the state lecturer of the Farmers' Union, announced in hli speech at Lisbon last Friday, that the farmers of North Louisi ana are gradually growing poorer, and that they areon the road with accelerated speed to slavery and serfdom. We don't think that the facts show that our farmers, as at clans, are poorer tjan they were -!.en years ago. On the contrary the facts show them to be better off and more independant. Niew Orleans has convicted her third Sunday law brekser. Mr. Thomas Handy, the party con K oicted, kept his saloon open dur gta one Sunday, as on other days. H Me appeared without an attorney end managed his own- case. HIis i' defense was that others in that Sbusies, had been selling on the s and in brder to keep up his rsde, he was forced t9 sell on Spaday, bet proposed to do it #pbely. Bir defense prevailed not aul4 he wvus convicted. There has ~ ibe oa h oiske and a great ex eineoered InW 0. by prose ~4ioas Mtder this law. The rc i three convictions. 4$ laj'w bea drio afed 1is t1·espmi m tim?~jP es 't hak;~f g Farimers' Alliance Mecting. The Parish Unions all met in their regular quarterly nieeiing at Rocky Springs near Lisbon ast Tlhursday and were in scssion till Friday evening. We were not there on Thursday, but learn that all the unions were represente-d andu that considerable bIusiness rel ative to the order was transacted. On Friday, which was the big day, there was an iinnense crowd. We reached the grounds in time Sto hear Rev. J. W. Melton on the "bagging trust." lie portryedCl in strong terms the baneful and destrutive influence of large cor porations andl monopolies. His speech was a sp!endid expositiin of the evils of the "bagging trust" and his exhortation to the farm ers to refuse the jute and buy the cotton bagging was full of force and reason. Next came the state lecturer, Mr. Guice of Desota par ishl. Ile spoke for about 2 hours. His speech consisted mainly of a review of the history of nations. showing that money corporations and monopolies have always rul ed the world. Ile closed with a strong appeal to thie farmers to better their conditions and relieve themselves from the thralldom of the credid system and from the bondage of debt. Mr. Guice is a well informed man and shows that he has been a close student of political and coimmercial econ omy. Next came dinner, that part of the progranmme in which 1000 anxious, hungry, sultry souls par ticipated. The fact that the din ncr was spread by the good ladies of tIhe Lisbon community, is a suf fcient guarantee of its abundance and quality. We would say that -'the table literally groaned under the weight of rich viands," but this phrase being worn out by long and continued use, we simply say that there was a mighty heap of good things to be had. The afternoon was consumed in the transactions of busines pecu liar to the order. Ilon. A. T. Nel son was rie-clected president; C. J. Cargile, vice-president; J. W. Mc Farland, secretary; 1. T. McClen don, treasurer; J. G. Copeland, parish lecturer and J. W. Melton, chaplain. The meeting upon the whole was an interesting and prof itable one. Many a farmer went away with stronger determinations amid better resolves. The next regular quar-ter-ly meet ing will be held with the Black burn lodge in October. Requisition for Misdemeanors. It is time the recent great prize fight was dropped and suffered to pass out of notice, but the Gov. of Mississippi-won't let it be so. His sentimentalism about the violated laws is carrying him to unwarrant ed lengths. It will bbi bad policy to get in the habit of honoring requisitions for parties charged with misdemeanors. A requisi tion should not be complied with unless the offense with which the party is charged be a felony and be further recognized in civilized nations as a smalum in &0. There is no end to the variety and num ber of crimes that the statutes of a State may make. If we mistake not, Texas has a law making it a misdemeanor to play at cards for amusement. It would be ridicu lous for another state to pay at tentlon to a requisition for a par ty charged under this law. No member of this union is under any ololigation to help enforce the i cranky fanatical laws of other countries. r Almost a Serious Accident. Last Wednesday evening about dark Mr. R. W. Collier and B- W. Fortson with their families were coming down the ble D'Arbonne hill in one of J. T. Otts hacks, on their way from fishing, when about , half way down, the tongue broke loose from the axle and the vehickle t ran upon the horses. With the a united efforts of Mr. Fortson and , the driver the horses were 1 held in check and a runaway was 4 prevented. The ladies and child lren were considerably frightened h but fortunately no one was hurt. .. The driver left the belated travel 1 ers on the way side till he could - come to Homer after a wagon in whieh they finished their journey. The newspapers ror th. last few ya lay. t at unauimally large Farmers' Alliance and the Bag ging Trust., Farmers organizations are be ing felt by the bagging trust Every hale of cotton should he put up this year in cotton hagging if the farmers can get it. Even ift' it costs moire than jute, the extra cost will be many times repaid hereafter by a victory over this odius and o)pp)ressive trust. If jute is cheaper, it is on account of the war that has been and is now Ibeing made by the Farmers' Al liance. The use of cotton cloth, for the same purpose, will necessa iilyv reduce the price. Every bale of cotton, not clothed in jute, Wea hens the combine. It the farm ers are one-third a unit in this matter, the victory is theirs. We occasionally see aunounced, that some wholesale merchant, who denals in bagging, has plenty of it and is not connected with the trust. This may be so, but how are the people going to he satisfi ed of it. It would doubtless be difficult to find one of these who would admit that lie had any con nection with the trust and avow his opposition to it. Of necessity the greater part of the crop will be put up in the old way, but even if one f11f1th should be covered with cotton cloth, the object of the trust will be defeated. EDITons (GUADIN - Your paper has been a visitor in my family for some months, and I take pleasure in saying, that its tone as to metals, public spirit, and indeed all the functions of a locnl newspaper have been ex cellent. Its utterances rarely call ing for criticism! Pardon me therefore if I presume to dissent froin the views expressed in an editorial paragraph of your late issue. In this paragraph the Guardian expresses in strong terms its dis approval of the so called "Sol diers Re-Unions" coinmon at the present day, and givess as a reason, that they serve to continue and prolong the hatreds engendered by the war. To an old soldier this appears to be rather an unkind cut. The editors of the Guardian are, I be lieve, young men, too young to have participated actively in the bloody scenes of the "late unpleas antness," consequently they can not be expecte(l to be in sympa thy with, or appreciite fully, the feelings of these veterans, and are perhaps bored by their apparent egotism in thus thrusting them selves forward upon the considler ation of a later generation. Let me remind you that confed Crate soldiers have no great and powerful government to glorify and reward them for fuithiful cer vices in a "lost cause;" they must carry with them down to ther graves, their wounds and maimed bodies and all other woes, entail. ed by this scrvice, Ilterally "un accepted, un honored and unsung," and would you deprive them of the little satisfaction they derive from mingling together occasionally, for social converse, interchange of reminiscences, and fighting over again their old battles? This writer thinks you are great ly mistaken in supposing that these re-unions have a tendency to prolong, but rather to destroy and utterly efface the personal animos ities that once existed between Northern and Southern men. Brave men who have faced each other in deadly conflict for what both sides believed to be right, nc quire a mutual respect, which is strengthened and often ripens into friendship, by opportunities af ferided for better acquaintance and social converse. Now that White Robed Peace spreads its angel wings over the land. I repeat. No otber agency has been so potent in *llaying the bit terness and asperties naturally existing between men who were once deadly enemies, than these same re-unions. And now will the GUAxRIAX permit the few remaining grey headed veterans, all of' whom mnst soon, in the natural course of human events, cease to answrer '·Roll Call" to meet a few more times and play their (toolish per haps) but innocebt geine. ' - A. C. JoNEs, ' ThreeCreekrls, Ark. The 10,000 stake masye and the dmissne a Ae Uh 4 b - tocaniedl6ilmii List ofJurors For August Term 18S9, of 3rd Dist. Court, Claiuborue parish, La. For Ist week, conlmencing Aug. 2, 1.89: 1o. Name. Ward. 1. Frank Darden, 3 2. William McChlsh, 5 3. J 1) Stider, 6 4 N J Volentine, 5 4 Giics Wise, 1 6 J Al Lee, 41 7 G W ''allev, 3 8 S W Kinnedy, 3 9 N D Smith, 5 10 Eph Dickerson, 3 11 J \Y O'Bannon, 1 12 J D Killgore, 8 13 Ii P Smith, 5 14 Drake Kennedy, 3 15 C '1' Moreland, 7 16 J F Peterson, S 17 Th'os Orr, 1 18 Frcd McKee, 3 19 J F Reeder, 2 20 Henderson Wtalkecr, 5 21 G W Davis, 8 22 '1' M Jenks, 8 23 IIHudson Meadors, 1 24 (Gid Dance, 5 25 T F Bridgeman, 7 29 Ewºing Maddox, 2 27 C P Owens, 2 28 W C Snider, 6 29 J '1' Watters, 3 30 C: I Bonner, 7 ::t ' F White, 8 32 1 A AtIina, 5 33 Zack Wa:'r, 7 :3.1 J B Bond, 3 35 '1' D Ceadows. 8 3t; Andy W1ashington, 2 :;7 L N Dnirwsrn, 3 3S J1; ."E"Vish, 8 3O F; Krlsborg, 7 40 T E Bail(v., 5 41 A L j, 1:lanll, t 42 I:it;" i'atrbk, 2 4:1 i4 z T't h, 3 4' I1 L Sillt. 6 451) J Wuiii:t'neon, 1 41~ J: A. Kradrb-k·~, 47 John O;tkei, 2 48 J R Kelly, 3 49 Wiley Wason, 1 5 CF Bowen, - 7 For 2nd week, co:nunencing September the 2nd, 1ý89. No Name Ward 10 EB McCasland, S 2 Lee Faiulk, 5 3 W W Killgaire, 8 4 Ed Patton, 3 5 Sam Jackson, 1 6 Will WatterA, 3 7 J II C Kirkpatrick, 3 8ST J Gray, 1 9 S B Langrod, 2 10 J II Burnett, 3 11 Z'1T White. S 12 Frank Bridges. a 12 W A JOhnYst1o, 7 14 TJ Parn&ll, 8 15 0OF 13rastelton, 3 16 S S Gray. 1 - 17 George Gill, 7 18 EC New 5 19 R W Railer, 1 20 Z F Adkins, 3 21 Sam Ward, 7 22 fI R Knox, 3 23 Richard Nolen, 1 24 M J Pittman, 5 25 W N Waller, 2 29 J A Carter, 8 27 B T Clements,, 8 28 MI W Atkins, 5 29 Clay Martin, 2 30 J F Sherard, 7 For 3rd week, comnyincing September the~ 'cth. 186U. No Name Ward 1 IDock Ford, 7 2 T1hos. Flurry, 1 3 5 F Avirger, 3 4 Willis Ayccik, 8 5 WV Y D)aw:..o'n, 3 6J B ll()dgers, 8 S S li A'vvck, 8 9 Jasper Algood. 1 10 B R Coleman, 6 11 J N Patton, jr., 8 12 WT Estep, 8 13 WiH Ledbettcr, 1 14 J WV Beach, 8 15 G G Nelson, . 16 A N Garland, 3 17 1N C Smith, 7 18 J D Cook, 8 19 John Smith, 2 20 31 M Gaines, 6 21 J 11 Tugglo, 7 I2 B M Adkind, 5 23 W M Canafax, 5 24 JH Odom, 2 25 WTAllgood, 1 28 RC Smith, .8 27 W W Otts 7 28 Joe Palmor, I 2Ot e Wise, 2 30'Joe Broadnax, ' I hereby certify that the above and firegoing is a true (qnd correct list of Jurors drawn by the #Ty cobmiseleiad .ra, for the 1it 2nia .idh, weeke oi tlE Migute tirm of the Third 'Diltriot ~boglif adtal fohe pahishf o Clai ati~hhr~.~~ SBUY U BUY TOM PADGITT'S SAD DLES --- ANDI-- --SADDLERY GOODS- OF C. 0. FERGUSON, Homer, La. Made at Waco, Teras. f " None genuine unless bearing his name Stampd oni them. JORDAN & BOOTH. ARTISTIC AND ORIGINAL DESIGNS IN NOVE TIES oF - a - a Fine Clothing, Gent's Furnishinog Goods and Hats. o Stock Large, Varied and Complete. o JORI & MUIIl, No. 218 Texas Street, Shreveport, - - - La. Will Duplieate Now Orleans and St. Louis Prices. [ MThe only American hIIouse in Shire&veplort *lealing in this kind of Goods. Cuountlry Ordirs solicited. FLORSHEIM BRoS -WHOLESALE DEALERS IN Dry Goods, Notions, Boots, Shoes and Hats. Nos.I .5-13-:1, -513 LEVEE Street EHREVYPORT, - - LA. ( Duplicato any Bills bought in any Enastern Market.t. -j ATTENTION, CONTRACTORS, BUILDEIRS And all who use Sash, Doors, Blinds and Mouldino. I have lately added to my STOCK and Immense line of the above discrihed Goods. I havo in Stock and to arrive, 0. G. DOORS, WINDOWS, 3 by 7 8 by 12-12 Lights, Size, 2-14x4-0 2-10x7 9x18- 12 " " 2-74x6-6 2-10xG-10 10x1S- 12 " " 2-10.1x6-6 2-8xG-8 12x16-- 8 2-6x7 2-6xG-0 Also a great variety of Moulditng. See my Prices. They are as low as the lowcdt. G. G. GILL. The Largest DRY GOODS HOUSE in tho State outside New Orleans, covering 2000 square feet in space, for DRY GOODS, CLOTHILYG, SI Q0ES, IIA7S And everything for M\fAN, WOMAN or CHILD. The only House that miunufactures its Own Shoes. The Pioneers and originators of Low Prico. foir the Best Qualities. FOR GOOD, HONEST VALUE, GO TO THE OLD RELIABLE ZODIAGS. Texas Street, Shreveport, La. SIt stauds at the beadi of all ~. Bptlei news~papri~. Theo ·rti~L~~'? 7 4 $-~-·1 HOMER IIAI1JJIU, THEII OFFIcIA JOURNAL O1' (LAIIIO(IHNE PARISIf. Under slpecial coIln tract with the PO LICE JURY it pub lishes all the official proceeding's of the pa'ish. 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