The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1889-08-03
General Notes.

world is at Adams Park, Ga. 1t efh
braces 500 acres, and is expected t.
produce over 1000 car loads of melons
Shreveport has raised $500 to adver
tise i'll leading manufacturing journal:
throughout the country the advantages
of that city as site for cotton fac
tory
Lafayette Advertiser: There is no one
element in amy town which Contributes
more towards its aterial prosperity
than well conducted building asso
citation.
One of the tax anomalies in Louisiana
is that the Texas and Pacific road is as
sessed at $20, 900 per mile in Harrison
county, Tex, and $1,000 per mile in
Caddo parish.
j Monroe Bulletin: United States Dis
trict AttorneyUM. S. Jones has had his
official Read decapltaled and Milton c.
EIstner5 formerly holding the same Of
flee, has been re appointed.
Ruston Caligraph The job printing
offices are most all now running on full
time getting out the catalogues for the
numerous coli6s and high schools OF
/ Meth Louisiana to enable them to in
crease their pupils and enter upon an
era of increased prosperity at the open
ing OF the session next fall. If North
Louisiana is not on an educational boom
we would like to know what to call it.
Natchitoches Review: 1t seems
strange, after all the discussion had
about State Boards of Equalization, so
! little should be understood of their du-
ties They are not intended to assess
| values, but to eqaatise them, SO that
properties of like character throughout
the State shall bear an equal and uni
form rate of value for taxation. Then
their most important duty is to fix the
gross assessment of the State at such
an amount that it will produce, mnlti-
piled by six mills, a sufficient revenue
TO meet the appropriations made by the
Legislature.
Louisiana Review: Ex-Goy S. ID.
McEnery visited Baton Rouge last week
for the frut time since his relinq
ment of the gubernatorial Office. He
was warmly received by his numerous
friends there and banquet and seren
ade were hastily arranged in compli-
ment to him. The incident was a very
pleasing one aud it elected an inter
change of friendly sentiments between
the people of Baton Ro@ge and Gov
ernor McEnery who, dun lg his sojourn
among them, had won seleir affection
by his many amiable IL, its of charac
ter.
New Iberia Enterprise There will
be three grand match races at the Ihe-
ria Park on Sunday, August 18th, com
mencing upon the arrival of the excur
sion train from 1hibodaux, about l2
o'clock M. There will be three New
Orleans horses on the track that day,
among which is "BilIy Webb" who will
trot against "BilI," the New Iberia
grey, and ETERNITY who will run
against "Maud S. .'"Aggie, of Assump-
ton "Warrior," of New Orleans, "Rat-
ty Boy" of Patoutville, and Charley
of New Iberia, will contest ii pacing
| race. The purses for the occasion
amount to 5000.
Concerning the establishment of a
cotton factory Tor twO) in Louisiana, n
correspondent of the Onachita Tele-
graph writes: Let us commence build
ing at once, at tue most convenient
points, for the expense of shipping and
selling is an item to be taken into con-
sideration. Let us have one at Monroe
| and one at Alexandria first, as the cap
italists of those places are showing by
their actions, that they are in sympa
thy with the Farmers Union, AID are
willing to assist them. sYe have in the
State % 900 members. At ten dollars
per member will give US $3.50, 10000.
Monroe sc, 900 and lot, Alexandria $lO,- :
900 and lot, viii give rs $500, 900 which
will start three cotton factories. Bro
theirs let's have them, this is our only
road to success. Don't say we can't
build them, we can if we will only try.
N. O. States Our esteemed contem-
porary the Lake Charles Echo in an ex :
cellent editorial takes the enlightened
view of the proper qualifications for
suffrage. 1t fayoEs an educational and
poll tax qualification combined. This
is the position of the States, and We
have frequently pressed it upon the at
tention of our people as the only refuge
from the already terrible and still in
creasing evil of universal, or so-called
manhood suffrage. A property quail
fication would simply give greater pow
er to educated rascals than they have
now. An educational qualification,
alone, is, as we have said before, pol;.,
ical quaekery, there are just as many
corrupt and worthless characters who
can acquire that qualification as there
are honest men who can do so. A quail
ification, however, which requires a
certain standard of education, together
with the payment of poll tax, is the
nearest possible approach to the purity
of the ballot box 1t means both men
tai qualification and sufficient meas.
ure of patriotism, or appreciation ol
American citizenship on the part of the
voter to induce him to make contri
button to the support of government
for the exercise Of the privilege of yot
| ing. The Echo further suggests tina
no property holder should be permitted
to vote until he can show a clear re
ceipt for the payment of his taxes.
IS Robins FAREWELL" Caprice fo
Piano, by Fisher, is new musical pub
lication that will become standard fa
vorite among our progressive youni
pianists and would advise all such t
add 1T to their collection of popular ant
favorite pieces at once. You can
help bnt be pleased and please other
, with it. Ign Fischer, Publisher