The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1891-10-31
Local News.

Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred vOOrhies of La
fayette were in town this week.
Political meetings are getting to be
scarcer, mighty scarcer nowadays.
Several applications were made for
the agency Of the Waters Pierce Oil Co.,
at this place.
sE The best shoes OIL the market of
this town are Tennent Stribling Shoe
Cos make. sold by j. o. Hebert Il Bro.
What will the parish committee do
in this parish. call primaries, local or
ward conventions or a mass meeting?
IL you are n politician, a candi-
date for Office, and want to he success
full, buy your shoes from J. o. Hebert &
Bro. and be popular as they are.
We are pleased to state that Judge
MOuton. who has been seriously i'll. il
now Oh fair way Of recovery. and will
soon he able to attend to business.
-Iberville parish will have primaries
Oh the 2hd of December to elect dele
gates TO parish convention to select
delegates to the nominating convention.
J. O. Hebert & Bro, are the lead
ers in shoes, they sell the popular and
well known goods manufactured by Ten
nent Stribling Shoe Co Of st. Louis,
No.
The bridge recently contracted for.
by the parish. to be built at Breaux
Bridge. was completed last week and
accepted by the committee appointed by
the jury for that purpose.
w. J. Mcdonald. superintendent
Lanneau manufacturing Co.. Greenville,
s. c., says: "My wife has used Brady
crotine for headache and 1t il the only
thing that relieves her sufferings"
tJ. o. Hebert & Bro. have just re-
ceived the largest and finest stock Of
shoes ever received in this town. II YOU
need shoes of any kind call on them.
they have what you want. at reasonable
prices.
What about that bicycle tournament,
won't the boys take this matter under
consideration and see what can be done.
1t would he novel sport tor our people,
and we have no doubt would be sue
cess. Try it boys.
We would be curious to know how
many Union Farmers there are in this
parish at the present time. We Know
they are quite numerous and their ranks
are increasing daily. bat we would like
to get at the figures.
The Farmers Alliance Is taking great
and serious proportions in this parish
notwithstanding the fact that some po
liticians ridicue them. They may tie q
great factor in the coming campaign
and may cOmplicate matters and disap-
point some of the candidates.
MIR. Louis c. Duchamp. the enter
prising planter. has sent to our Office
this week some citrOns raised on his
Martinique Plantation, which are mag
nihcent spec linens Of what this cOun'
try is capable of. The flavor and arc
ma of the citrOns are exquisite.
Several of our people in town ar
missing water, and have to have re
course to their neighbOrs and the bayou
The situation Is getting serious, AM
unless we have rain shortly, the eattl
will suffer very seriously. This yea
has been thus far, the dryeSt for man
years.
The blood of our people is gettiD
10 be little hot, and 1t will endOubtedl
keep heating until the elections. Bull
dozing or bluffing will not take in til
coming compaign. everv boby is read
i for the fray, and those who try sue
schemes. will be SADLY disappointe
if not disfgured.
The Farmers Alliance have organ
lied branch in the third ward OF tn
parish, Tuesday. in the Gauthier section
with a good numder of members. Til
officers are: Clerfet Gauthier, Presiden
l.. C. Gauthier, Vice President; l.. j. ID
champ, Secretary. These are certain
representative gentlemen and farmer
and the influence of an Organizati'