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Local Paragraphs.
Mlr. A..I. i,.seigne was a i.-,tor'
;o our city last Thursday.
Capt. Eugene Constantin of I.a.x;
),ort, was hi're Thurw'lay.
Pr. C. 'onvile, of l!ouma, p. 3
)isit,.r t,, our town last \\'ednesday.
.Mr. I. N. Coun ws' a visitor to
New Oriewas this wet.
Pi'iture Frames mnale to order.
Planters Harlwar;e & Mlercantile Co.
Mrs. .1. F',ret anu] ilaughter .liss
Nita. were pIs-engrs on the East
bound taia. vstetd:i muruiug.
Mr. ugene C. Robic.iaux is visit- i
ing ia New Orletn:s.
Mr. Raoul Chawpaane was the
Kuest of his brother and sister last
Sunda..
Uw A the tsTO
Miss Laura lie.rrionesus, of
Phiquemine, was entertained by Mrs. I
iumas Riviere last Sunday.
Mr. Xsyier Picot, of SMorgan City,
yisited his sister, Mrs. Camile La
WoureauZ.
Mr. and Mrs Lo Hart, of Viuks
brg, . Miss., are the guests of .Mr
Henry Thwbodaux.
Sanitary Plumrulug Fixtures.
I'lanters lHardware & Metecantile Co.
Bargan Counter every day of the
ye*ek at Elli. Braud's Snus.
LD)n's forget the Polioan clhb ex
,irsion to New Roads next Tturs- I
Mrs. Clay Knobloch and kister, c
rsa. Sanders, left for New QOrlesos
last Thursday.
€.n..A.. i`o ..
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M.iss Hattie Babin. of New Orleans,
the guest of Mr. P. J. Doucet and
family.
The many friends of Mr. Adelam I
Picou, of Itayne, La., will be glal to C
fear that he is the proud papa of a
ttle gi.t
Eonaelet and Steel bath Tubs.
'lsaters hlardware 4k Mercantile Co.
Si. Maurice ('aillouet returned
ome last' Wednesday from Jefferson
llege to spend the vacation with
his parents.
Justice E. D. WYIe, of the United
States Supreme court is spending i
sometime at his old p!antation horme
s few miles from town.
Board the Pelican excursimo to
New Roads next Thureday and enjoy
$ pleasant day's outing.
o.ma t.s DA 1 e v iMe e i
Miss Sarah Hereford, who had
been spending some time with her I
Irother, Mr. .J. Hler,-fold, left for her
)home in B:ton Rouge last WedneoS
tlay.
The Howell crevasse was closed
last Mlond:y. The task was compar
ativ.ly ca y for the flow of water
through the break had greatly dim.
inishe,.
Witness the game of ball between
the Giants and Donaldsonville Grays
in New Rosds next Thursday.
Buggles and Carriage.
PIlanters Hardware &. Mercatile Co.
Miss Bertie Gucbb, of Junction
V'ity, Ky, is visiting at the home of
Mr. Ed. smitlwick. Miss Guobb is
*n old school mate o Mrs. Smith
LMr. ani tMrs Philip Lsgarde, of
New O*lea9p, spont a few days of
?his week in town the guests of Mr.
sad .ir' . E. N. Both, Mrs. Lagarde's
ipareuts.
Clehhated White Mountsi 5d
Artc Ice Cream Freezers.
Ploantert Hardware & Mercantile Co.
Mr. I, . Dupre and wife of
Tlpibodaoz are visiting Miss Lolo
Taylor. Mr. Pepre will return home
tpueorrow, but Mrs. Dupre will remain
lere a w~ek or tea dy-s.-Crowley
Signal of June 3.
Mr. Dupre returned last Thursday
yell pleased with his visit He
reports the Ricee City to have made
irest pyogrems since his last visit,
S 1to Reward, $100.
The readers of this paper will be
]lesaed to learn that there is at least
nue dreaded disease thait science has
been able to cure in all its stags, and
that is natarrh. Halls Catarih Cure,
ithe 9nlty pisitive cure known to
pmet.acal fr:,strnity. Catarrh be
igg a cenbtitp~.hoal disease, requires
Scnmstitutirat. treatmeut. Hall's
bta, rI Cur', is taken internally, i
-t&ing directly upon the lood and
mucous surtaces of the sasttm, there
Ly de.tr,'ing the foundautio of the
diaease, asis giving the pastientl
strengt hi bui diang lip the Consitiu
ion and seaoisug nature in doing, its
york. The iropietors have so much
faith in itsb cnrative powers, that they
4trer One gondred Do;lars for any
ca-e that it fails to cure. Ltid ;or
Mdsras*. 4 ,~. 4 yE~ & CA,
Euledo, O.
,So!ald by Duggm t, 75.he
Il.sl'. F.mil.. ) I.li re the bt.s
INOT[IC.-Her.rv i.. Boudreaur,
I.:ir,ter, will he r sciai.-LL ng mutih to
i. advanta'ge v:i wili ;g at once to
E P. RoBERrs.
P. 0. Bof 35J-. flouma. lIa.
45-it
Tile seven months oil little daugh
ter of qr. Theodore Boudreaux diedt
at his home last Wednesday; the:
interment took place the following!
day in St. Joseph's cemetery.
The Thilblo:aux Green Base Ball
Club would like to hear from any
team uncdr twenty years desirous to
cross bats witll: it Adlhess all corn.
inunicatiops to Frank Zernott Jr.,
Thibo.laux, La.
The fricnlds of M.r. Gabriel C(oulon,
of Washington, D). C, will learn with
pleasure tbht he Graduated in dentist.
ry last wrek. We wish Dr. Coulon
great success in the practice of his
profession.
Call at Ellis Braud's Sonts for1
geunuine bargains.
The Tziibodaux Giants will hoard I
the excursion train for New Roads
next Thursday; at Donaldsonville I
the Grays of that place will join them, t
they will journey together to New
Roads where in the afternoon they I
will contend with one another for I
supteunacy on the diamond.
CASTOR IA
For Infants and Children.
The K- Ye Have Always leght
Bears the ,i , ýlL
8 0aature of
Mesars. B.iurg & Molaison. corn
posed of Josel,h L. Bourg and Henry
.Io'nison, have se gred the ageiecy j
for tie White Sewing Machine, and
,pened their office in the Trotter a
Building on St. Philip street, near (
Main, where they have a fine supply
of machines and fixtures on hand.
Celebrated Oderlesa and Alpine I
Refrigerators.
Planters H:ardware & Mercantile Co.
The students of the Guian Acade
my will give an entert.,inment at the t
Thibodaux Opera Hlouse on June the
12th. A small admission fee will let
^harged to defray the expenses. The I
students have bIven rehearsing the f
xerclses for s,,metime paet anl when
the day arrives for the public enter- t
Laitmeut they will have attained
Inrfection. The public is respectfully I
invited to attend.
Chagberlain's Stomach and Liver I
'tabl'et are tust what viou need when i
you have no appetite, feel dull after t
eating and wake up with a bad taste
ii yo.ur mouth. 'T'ey will improve i
vour appetite, cleanse and invigorate I
your stomach and give you a relisha
for your food. For sale by Rothl
Drag Store.
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The annual Commencement Eser
cises of ML Carmel Convent will take (
place on June 2S5th, at the Convent
Auditorium. The small admission
fee of 25 cents will be charged. This 1
will afford another opportunity for
the public to htlp the good Sisters
pay the debt bearing against their
beautiful building. The commence
ment exercises at the Convent are
noted for their excellence and the
sentinel predicts a grand success for
the Sisters and the students of Mt.
Carmel Convent on the 25th, inst
"I have been troubled for some
time with indigestion and sour stom
ach," says ,ra. Sarsh W. Curtis, of
Lee, Mass.. "and have been taking
('hamberlain's Stomach and Liver
Tablets which have helped me very
much so that now I can eat many
things that before I could not" If
you have any trouble with your stom
ach why not take these Tablets and
get well? For sale by Ioth Drug
Store.
We desire to call the attention of
our readers to the advertisement of
Mr. Edward Badesux which appears
elseihere. Mr. Badeaux has been
beftore the publie ass merchant for
many years and needs no introduc
tion. Of rIcent years he was the
senior partner of the well known firm
of Badeaur and Wagner, which was
dissolved by mutual consett a few
days ago. Mr. Badeaux will continue
in the same line of buatness as that
arded on by Badesux & Wagner
but will make a specialty of cigara.
Mattings, you want, all at Ellis
Braud's Sons, and see their beautiful
ine. 36.
Eugene Lamoureux.
Many people were surprised last
Sunday by the announcement of the
sudden death of Eugene, popularly
known as Tite, Lamonreux, whic.
sad event QCcurred at the resideoce
of his mother, Mrs. Louis Lamour.eux,
on Green street.
The deceased, who was a , ative
and life long lesident of this towno,
was 45 years and 15 days of age at
tbe time of his death.
H.s anersnl took place Monday
after noon at St. Joseph's Catholic
Chrch.
Chamlberisa's Oolic, Cholera ama
Diarrhoea Remedy.
Is everywhere recognized as the one
remedy that cajn always be depended
upon and that is p!lasnt to take.
It is especi'dly valuable fIr summer
diarrhoea in childfren and is undoubt
edly the means of saving the lives of
a great many children each 3ear.
FQr sale by Rlth Drug Store.
IRoya and eneetean Enameled
,,';e.
Planters Uarlwarc .& Mereantile Co.
ADDRESS OF HON. JOHNI
DYMOND,
Before the Lafourche Progres
sive Union.
Mr. Pre-ident and Gentlemen:--It
is a great pleasure to come to night
before yo,. here in the very heart oft
the sug:ar dis-trict of our state, and to
join with you in forwarding the cause
of good roads. The town of Thiho
daux has Irug been one of the most
progressive in this state and its miles
of paved side walks l1:vye for years
been a matter of pleasant comment
among your visitors. This parish of
Lafourche, and in fact, this whole
Bayou Lafourche district, including
the parishes of Assumption, La
fourche and Telrebonne, has been
noted for a century for the excellen'ce
and abusdance of its produce and for
the enterprise, culture and wealth of
its people.
The final product of your enter
prise, this Progressive UDnion., your
organizel teffort to move onward andl
upward in all proper lines of human
endeavor, is convincing evidence of
yoqr full apprectation of the needs of I
the hour, be they good roads, good
levees, or good schools, all of which j
are required by you, the good people. j
As has been, perheps to much the
case in many p:,rts of our state, and t
may be to nmu:ch the case in thb
pari-h. we are nearly all deioied dir
ectly or indirectly to agricultural pur
suits. Manuf..ctures, however, wilt
likely soon come to you, as the great
saw wills nenihy indicate. However,
g'eod roads are of para:uodnt ilnpor I
tauce. The vast crops of sigar cane
and rice pro(iucedl in this an.l the :d r
joining p.rishes have to be carriedl on
whkc:s, over roastu , good or bad. w;th a
sugar c:ane at $3 peer ton an'd 1ice at I
$3 ter b..rrel. values th'at we ia" noIt t
be able ti m:aintaiu and with all this r
ca'e and rice ,:hig.d t, go oi, whelts
to the ma kwet, or railway statioi, ) I
boat landug. the quesioun of goo I~
roads rises at once. Only a so,re of
years ago, sugar houses ter: but:t
directly is the cane ic'ds, boiause of b
the presumed imlo·sibility of hauling
canes over our dirt roads any oon.id- t
erable distance. As the nearby sugar ,
houses were generally of limited ca
pacity and of restricted effectiveness, I
trainways came lut,) use and our
pesent s4'l:ndid central sugar factory
system leve!oped. But now we have I
brought into the industry thousands
of small cane growers, as well as
many large ones, and cane must be
hauled to the railway stations, or to
the factory, and tle roalI problem be
comes more serious than ever. In
Louisiana every year there is loadel
into carts and wagons and hauled
fromi a fraction of a mile to Ave miles
distance, over four million tons of
sugar cane. Can you wonder, then,
at the cry for good roads on which to
haul it ?
Here, on Bayou Lafourche, your
immense rice crops create a similarly
serious probl<m, while your immense
vegetab:c crops, with which you have
been loading steam boats and railway
ears for many years, are every year;
placed in peril of loss by bad roads
Mvy fellow planters will find that as
cane culture becomes less and less
remunerative, the rice, vegetable and
live stock industries will develop, and
they cannot be handledl without good
roads. At the recent National Good
Roads Convention held in Et. Louis,
where your parint h and orgauization
was ably represented by Mr. L .
Lancaster, the leading men of thae
nation were all in accord on the good
roads question. The silver tongued
William Jennings Bryan advocated
good roads wl.h all the eloquence and
wisdom that characterise his diseours
es, while Theodore Roosevelt for the
time tbeing devoted a strenuous h:lf
hour in apostrophes to good roads
and invocations to the people of the
land to build them. And then govern
ors and senators and other distin
guished public oficials and leading
men all joiced in the great effort to
awaken our people to our need of
good roads; to our immense annal
losses in moving our crops because of
our bad roads. Such a unanimity ofl
sentiment as was there displayed out
did anythirg in the way of political,
religious or ethical conventions ever
held. The unanimous cry was give
us good roads or we perish.
Admitting then, that good roads
are essentual to the prosperity of any
and every community, the local con
ditiona of any one neighborhood be
come a simple engineering matter.
Drainage is of course essential. Road
material may be considered and also
the serious matter of bridge building.
but these things can readily be solved
by our engineers on the saot. The
whole matter of road building, from
the corduroy road through the swamps,
to the asphalt in your streets, for
which your bicyclists and automo
bilists will bless you, yields quickly,
if you can raise the funds to pay the
bills.
This now brings us to the true gist
of the whole good roads movement
and that is its financial side. What
are our resoirees and can we afford a
present taxation and a mortgage on
the foture to, secure good roads ? The
common answer of all our leading
men s yes, emphatically yes !
Our old idan of road making has
been to malke every man work froo,
I two to ten days on the public roads,
or to compel riparian oQ abytting pro
pnritors o make and repal the pub
lic sads on their propert~. You are
fawiliar with the res.uits. 4 laborer
under compulsion is a reluctant labor. i
er and of lit:tle use. The riparian, or
abuttilig proprietois generally thinksI
themselves unjustly treated when
they have to repair the roads that
others use more than they. and they I
become relpetagt road builders.
All this h beel n tried in our levep
system. All laborers were liable to
certauo days! work on the levees ald
ilrsarian owuers, from the beginning
of the levee system, were expected to
maintain the levees. With all this,
we never had any material succes
with our levee system until it wsa
taken over by the state and levee dis.
tricts rma:e and the districts emlow- I
ered to collect taxes frm all tax|
payers, whether willirg or reluctsat. I
Adopt some system of general tax
ation for elthey levee btlldeng or road
buildiog and we tilen find every mn t
becx,meq the severest ceitic of his own
levees and ro4ds and iasists on their I
proper repair and malnienance. It
tnakes a ditferene whose ox is gored.
He pays his toes and now demnauds
that his levees oshll he adequate, all
leaks stopped and adequate protec- I
tion had. fe demands that the roads
he needs shall be drained and repair
ed and maintained. There is no other I
way than this. All experience proves
it. If we have tg pay for our roads
and levees personally, we think what
we have are gooi enongh. We are t
willing to take techances, no matter e
how much we msy annoy or imperil
our neighbors, I ye pay our taxes
and pubttlo aould fall to give t
as good roedb ad -lates, we won't a
hesitate to .Sake our claims and get t
the wor done. UJner this plan of
general taxatol and 4istrict organi- C
trtiQo the last fifteen years have t
sorked a revolution in levee building,
repair and maintenance, and similar t
rirt will woek a like rerolutioa in
vad building lauring the coming de- t
*ade. And now, it is up to you, the t
eade.rs of Lafogrche parish, to deter.
unlie whether you will have good i
u·di or not.
Let us now return to our inquiry
Is to what are our resourcss ? We
,tiel retain an option on the old cor
*"e, or forced labor on the public
,oats. Let us drop that. To make C
te riparian or abutting proprietors f
av for the roads seems hardly fair,
hough still avaele4 of partially in I
raving the streets in our cities. It is *
as-t of the "forced contribution in C
t-.d" custom that has come down to t
is as has the forced road labor, from r
he feudal ages. The public roads c
should be made, repaired and main- I
aiuetl by the public and the public
eau be satisfactuorly reached only by
xatiuu.
Par bhes sad municipalities are
uthorised under our constitution to
evy a. advalorem tax of 1 olo or ten I
wuill for parish or municipal purposes. I
Many of our parishes do not levy the
entire 10 mills, and even where they
to, it would be proper for them to I
allot two or three mills to public
roads, and those not utilising this I
resource shouel at once avail of it.
Io order to Reach all classes of the
people oar Wstitutaon authorises a I
per capita aut of $1. on all able
bodied aid~ halblttats between 18 I
and 55 years of age and also a vehi- I
cle tax or license. This per eapita I
tax is of immense value to the state
and has not yet been availed of by
all the parishes, notwithstanding the I
ease and certainty of its collection I
and the argent need for the funds. I
Next, a special tax of not more
than five mills per annum for not
mote than Eve years may be levied
by the police juries of the iarish'es
for road purposes, provided the con
sent of the property tax payers be
secured bya majority in numbers
and in value under the election law.
Next, a 5 opt forty year bond issue
for roads and other purposes, msay be
had by the similar vote of the proper
ty tax payers. the isue not to exceed
10 olo of the assessed value of the
property oand the tarx for the liquida.-.
tion of the bonds not to exceed 5
uills per oannum.
And now comes another of our
resources for procuring good roads
and that is state aid The city is the
exponent of the country behind it.
Your charming hlittle city here weuld
never have existed and flourished as
it has but for your two bayous, La.
fourche and Terreboeoe, and the
beautiful ouatry about you. Good
roads in the parish of Lafousche are
of vital importaue to the city of
Ihibodaux and the tax payers of your
city cannot maintaint the values of
your property unless the country
thrives, and this it ecn't do without
good roads. Is like manner the state
of Louisiana eaa't be prosperous ex.
septing a the various parishes and
towns of h slain as prospsreos.
Our lties, vaessad parih·
es all form psa of the state and the
state is vitally il~tersted in the pros
perity of its lsental parts and
should contribu thereto. The state
now controls the public levees, co-.
operates with the district levee auth
orities and expeleds a large amount
of money tn levee constructioD. A
great depsrtmest is organized for
this work ad edts oloe~rs known as
the State ngimcer. Under the new
constitution tble board of state en
gineers is direlid to cooperate with
the vanous roaddistricts In procuring
a proper and nadorm system of pub
lice roads, but the legislature has thus
far passed no egahlind act that will
permit is to tu secure state aid.
Levy all the legal tax you can for
your roads .p then seethat the
legislature at _nmxt rmsion makes
an approprlaUtnrlnr public roads,
the same to be exrrended under the
control of the bs1 Engineers. The
state should and will help those who
help themselveand if you in the
parish of Irasoehe put $5,000 of
your own momey into your public
roads, you na, bp able to secure a
like allotment out of the state ap
propriation. Thre will be no danger
of the impoverisdent of the state by
ucih road allotments, as our loplec
are quite conflervative and reluctant '
shoiit tn:in'. teIsnselves for r .nds,
which should be a sine qua non for
state aid in road building. Pennsyl
vania hs9 alpprpmlrusted 7 million
dollar.s for toad improvement. There
ihe state pays two thirds of the ex
pease and the county one third, and
this money is to bhe expenthed during
the next few years. In New Yoik
the st:te legilanture has adopted a
c,nstitutional amtpndmrnt yet to be
voted on by the people, but said to
le sure of final adoptison. granting 50
million of dollars for public roqdI, or
5 ini'lionis per year for ten years. All
this show how the goal work goes on
ant incitcs us to try to do our part
here.
We have one other resource that
we have not yet discussed and that is
National aid. The general govern
ment c.ntribqtes largely to river and
harbor improvement all over the
whole country. It carries the mails
to every post otlve and the public
roads are our mail routes. At St.
Louis the common feeling was that
the general government should take
up this matter and lend its aid to
th se who were putting their own
shoulders to the wheel. The a4tion
should do this for the common wel
fare of the whole country, as well as
to improve the mail routes, to pro
mote rural mail delivery. We all
contrihute to the nation's revenues
and we are entitled to any fair share
of the nation's expendlture for the
common good.
With this end in view and to fucili
tate road improvement, Congressman
Browulow of Tennessee, has introd'uc
ed a bill to issue 20 millions of bonds
the proceeds of which shall be ex
pended in the various states for road
improvement, where the local and
state authorities are already expend
lug their own money. The stat".
legislatures of Alabama, Tennessee,
Wisconsin. New Mexico, Missouri
and Minnesota have put themselves
on record in favor of National aid
for good roads.
And now let as consider one more
phase of the subject It has been
suggested that the railways will be
opposed to the general road improve
ment. On the contrary, the great
railway corporations earnestly advo
cate the cause of good roads and are
now co operating in the movement.
The more highly the country is deve
loped the more business there will
be for the railroads. They are an
xious to have every acre of land
earning money by good crops and to
have every farmer have plenty of
produce to sell. as then he will surely
be a free buyer. All these things
come about the best and most easily
in a land where there are good roads.
And now, one more point and I
shall have done. Some of our politi
cal leaders habve hesitated about levy.
ing the one dollar per capita road
tax. perhaps fearing the results.
Collect the tax, get the good roads
and you won't lose your leadership,
but will earn the thanks of your peo
ple and make your leadership doubly
sure.
In conclusion, let us have good
roads, the result of taxation, from
funds honestly and ludiciously ex
pended, under such safeguards as you
may devise. You in your parish
have already begun, ;continue on in
the good work and the good people
of the parish of Lafourche will ever
bless you.
Mothers! Mothers! Mothers!
How many children are at this
season feverish and constipated, with
bad stoiach and headache. Motwr
I Gray' Sweet Powders for Children
will alw:ays cure If worms are pre
sent they will certainly remove them.
At all druggists. 25 cta. Sample
mailed. 45 4t
Assessor's Notice.
Parish of Lafourche.
Thibodanr, June 6, 1903.
In aecordance with the provisions
of section 21 of Act No. 186. spprov.
ed July 9th 1890, notice is hereby
given to tax payers of said parish of
Lafourche, that the listing of the
property, real and personal, of said
tax payers, is oompleted together
with the valuation plaeel upon sad
property by the Assessor and that
said list will be exposed oin my office,
In the Court House, at Thibodasux,
for inspection, and eornection, for the
term of twenty (20) days, tglmg
June , 1903.
All tax payers are earnestly lnvited
to avail themselves of the opportunity
afforded to make known their objee
tions to any assessment and to test
their correctness in the manner pres.
cribed by law.
E£oAE MoavINr,
Assessor Parish of Lafourche.
June 6, 1903.
Ask Tour Dealer for Allen's oot.
A powder for the feet It cures
Swollen, Sore, Hot, Callous, Aching,
Srweating Feet, Corns and Bunions.
At all PIuggists and shoe stores, 25c.
Ask to-day. 454t
F. J, Celestin,
TRIBODAUX. LA.
- RK- BE iDR OF
(Cornish Indian Games
SA FOWL WORTH RAISING.
Stock for sale, $2.50 and up.!
Eggs in season at $2.50 per
fifteen.
Now RaCd
With a complete, tock
Ladies low cut Shoes.
An assor tmee
ent styles, in1,
and 3 strapss
dais, Coloni
Ties, Etc.
In prices ranging from
$1.00 to $3.0
Do not fail to call before buying.
ELLIS BRAUD'S SO
. L.LOBDELT., Pres. P. B.
FOSEPE CL&UDET V-President. er -
!1he Imbdell & Berev
Wholesale Deals
Gommission M erchants.
Near S. P. Railroad Depot, Thibodaux. La.
.genls 3
(:" Jeg and eieean fel
r- Orders For Car-load Lots Solicited.
Sugar Planters orderE given special attention for
Grain and Hay
Local 'Phone 152.--Cumberland 87.
Follow
the Tide
We are all going to
H. Riviere & Co.
and examine their im
mense line of spring
and summer
goods.
White Goods aSpecialty
SHavingbought a
large quantity of
sample Embroider
ed Handkerchiefs
they are ready to
save their custom*
ers 25 olo on this
purchase.
They have also as
line of Misses and Childrel
shoes in all styles & prices.
Call on them before purchasing.
A Match Starts the Me
If You Use a
WICKLESS BLUE fL4AM
OIL STOVE,
Will boil bake, broil or
better than a wood or co
stove,
I. RIVIERE & CO.,
Agents for Lafo-rch.e Paris.