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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1892-04-02

The people along the rear east
line Of the concessions just south of
town want a road running from the
Iberia road at Lampman's south to
Eugene Demary's. Get up your PEI
tition and go to work. Our Police
Jury have built US many good roads
and are in favor of Improvement
always.
By error we stated in last issue
that w. a. White, L. 0. Broussard,
J. N. Greene had entered into a
partnership for the handling oflands.
1t should have been DR.. W. D.
White. Both gentlemen, however,
are interested in the welfare of our
parish and are always ready to get
new Corners into our community.
The You've IDEA is the name of a
new applicant for support at the
hands Of the young folks. Il is a
handsome s page 4 columns to the
page, filed with short stories, poems
sketches and other interesting infor-
nation for the young, and costs only
IS cents a year. Don't fail to send
for a sample copy and subscribe.
Whitney Publishing Co., Belvidere,
Illinois.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1892-04-02
ALpHONSE L. LEBLANC,

is a candidate for Sheriff at the APP
preaching election.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1892-04-02

The last freeze did not kill all the
fruit. Japan plums are uninjured.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1892-04-02

The Eclectic club failed to have a
meeting on the 18th of last month.
Have a meeting every time, Eclec-
tics, and don't fail to note the abb
seutees,
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1892-04-02

We are authorized to announce that
SEVERN LEBLANC, JR.
is a candidate for the Office of Sheriff of
the parish of Vermilion at the election
in April, 1892.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1892-04-02

Careful investigation shows that
some Of the fruit has escaped the
freeze, and the chances are that we
will have an abundance Of peaches
aud pears.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1892-04-02
RerBlood,B Bladder, Biliousnsss, E.W.C

Caldwell's brick yard is running
full force and will soon be ready
to burn a kiln.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1892-04-02
Announcement

We are authorized to announce that
cha nrnsent incumbent,
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1892-04-02

&. B. Lyons is a candidate for
Constable in the Third ward "and
don't you forget it, he'll get there.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1892-04-02
ALCIDE LEBLANC,

win be a candidate for clerk of court
at the approaching election.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1892-04-02

For the best cigars in town drop
in at Young & Edwards drug store.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1892-04-02

j. F. Dunlap, Of Iowa, who owns
q large tract Of fine land near Lake
Arthur was in town last Saturday.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1892-04-02
BE Considerable

Don't worry your friends and family
with that worn and faded appearance.
Get a bottle of Creole Female Tonic.
1t will cure your diseased organs and
change your pallid cheeks to the rosy
hue of health.
The wife Gus. Hebert, a promi.
nent citizen of the 9th ward, has
been quite low-sevcral days past but
is reported a little better at present
writing.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1892-04-02

Politics have been very quiet here
this week, every body is patiently
waiting for the result of the count.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1892-04-02

gal:aa for Fair Skin and Complexion
LQu!GO, take only W. w. c.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1892-04-02

A steam flying horse outfit arrlv.
ed here on the Barmore this week,
and is now in operation on Made.
leine square.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1892-04-02
Town and Parish.

Pleasant weather.
Oysters in town this week.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1892-04-02

Willie o. Hooley, of the Moon
staff was in town last week looking
for o few dozen bad men from Bitter
Greek.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1892-04-02

Mrs. simonet Leblanc of Royville
is on a visit to her sister Mrs. F. F.
Young.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1892-04-02

An insurance agent has been
making a sarvey-of the town this
week.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1892-04-02

Comes By e,t tahias w W .1Voc
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1892-04-02
Weak, wornC F'BBysn'W. NC

George Mcclure Of Lafayette vas
in town last Tuesday 90 land bust
Aess.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1892-04-02

The courthouse square is. receiv.
ing some additional filling this
week.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1892-04-02

@a WI die 1tlUtlOllLCo W GllILIOullNO tl1bO
HENRI MONTAGUE,
is a candidate for Constable of the 3rd
ward, Parish Of Vermilion, at the cleo
ton in April next.
Town and Parish.
Pleasant weather.
Oysters in town this week.
Yad;aa for Fair Skin and Complexion
LdQleS, take only w. w. G.
Our citizens will elect q Mayor
and four aldermen on Monday.
The last freeze did not kill all the
fruit. Japan plums are uninjured.
For the best cigars in town drop
in at Young q Edwards drug store.
Weak, Manifestations F'BByy'''W. nc
George Nc Clure Of Lafayette was
in town last Tuesday 90 land busi-
uess.
The courthouse square is receiv.
ing some additional filling this
week.
An insurance. agent has been
making a sarvey-of the town this
week.
Mrs. Simonet Leblanc of Royville
is on q visit to her sister Mrs. F. F.
Young.
FcrBlood,B Bladder, Biliousnsss, "
Caldwell's brick yard is running
full force and will soon be ready
to burn kiln.
j. F. Dunlap, Of Iowa, who owns
a large tract Of fine land near Lake
Arthur was in town last Saturday.
Politics have been very quiet here
this week, every body is patiently
waiting for the result of the count.
WhsnWntaCons s c's s.a'ss M w .1s.s
Il. B. Lyons is a candidate for
Constable in the Third ward "and
don't you forget it" hell get there.
Willie o. Hooley, of the Moon
staff was in town last week looking
for q few dozen bad men from Bitter
Greek.
A steam flying horse outfit arrlv.
ed here on the Barmore this week,
and is now in operation on Made
leine square.
The Worlds Fair.
The South may claim, without preju.
dice, to have more than it's share OF the
worlds fair. The acknowledged beauty
of the ladies of the South is due IN a
great degree to the use Of Creole Female
Tonic, the ladies' friend ana favorlte,
and sure cure for all female sickness.
It cures prolapsus nteri and all organic
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1892-04-02

Abbeyll1e. March 10, 1892.
The advocate., 1892-05-04
very well, bat party idolatry prevents
it from taking stand against Wall
street and in behalf Of the people

THE official county papers are over
burdened with evidences of prosperi-
ty. They have from two to four solid
pages Of delinquent tax notices. As
these may be regarded as evidences
Of debt, and as "our debts represent
our prosperity, and not our poverty" ,"
the county that has the largest de-
linquent tax list must be most wealthy
and prosperous.
The advocate., 1892-05-04
"LET Us KNOW TRE TRUTH." /"
TO tho Editor Of THE ADVOCATE.

40 bDo Oh 2hE ADNOCAVEs
trust that I am as much animated by
q desire for the truth, in the discussion
of any economic or political subject an
any man, but, if I now once more refer
to the oft mooted question of the sex
ception clause" in the United States note
it is solely because Of your request to me
personally, and because Of q hope to
evolve harmony out of our monetary
views and not discoEd; not because ]
think it at all o question Of importance
to-day, for do not, as will appear later
Before turning to that subject, just a
few more words In the same interest OF
harmony, as to the depreciation Of the
greenback.
do not care much for the opinions
or assertions of men, even though they
are called by such names as John Sher-
man, except as evidence Of facts, for after
all It is facts only that are pertinent in
such an issue. If the greenback held ltg
parity "with labor and It's products" then
the disparity with gold was not depre-
citation in fact Of the paper, but an appre-
citation of the metal as a commodity; and
this is true regardless of the cause for the
difference, or the misuse of words by Mr.
Sherman or anyone else. II this was the
case, then it may be said that the gold
owners, as q class, were benefited, but
not that any other special class segregated
from the mass as the soldlers-was In
jured more than another, or is more de-
serving Of reparation. Possibly such a
state Of facts, deliberately brought about,
might justify q fine, levied upon the
profting consplrstors, but 1t would not
justify the payment Of bounty to any
special class.
Now, l think the statements In my ar
ticle Of April 9, are evidence of such a
case. The brief table which / gave, Is
taken, as well as the other data, from the
statistical tables made under supervision
Of the secretary Of the treasury, and DIFF
fers from the one you gave In just this,
that yours Is for individual yearly days
while mine Is for annual averages. Even
the eccentricitleS Of prices Of wheat show
that the fluctuation Of gold had but little
10 do with them. All crops reached their
highest price in 1865, but the maximum
price and also the highest annual aver
age of gold was In 1864. And again,
wheat fuctuated almost equally in the
years preceding the war decadeand when
there was no question as to parity or
stability Of money. In 1855 wheat was
1882 per bushel, but in 1865 It was
$l.853. From 1850 to 1870 inclusive, the
maximum price Of wheat was 41.5 per
cent. above the average, and the mini
mum price 20 per cent. below, while
from 1850 to 1880, inclusive, lts maxi
mum was 49.4 per cent. above the aver
age and its minimum 234 per cent. be-
low. In each Of the two periods It was
below the average seven years out of the
eleven. l am unable to convince my
self that the fluctuations Of price Of wheat
during the war were consequent upon
any financial legislation, or were more or
less than was normal under the existing
conditions. Consequently II the "gold
The advocate., 1892-05-04

US, not because it was our money, or his,
but because Il had value In his mind.
That is the location and measure OF most
Of our values at the best, and Is sufficient,
as indeed Il has TO be. II we are re-
duced to merely physical considerations,
and measures Of value by means Of
stomach and epidermis, we lapse into
barbarlsm rapidly. Hence our capitalistlc
class must not be surpTlsed when che
common lsborer reaches that point If he
becomes bashi bazook merely.
But your article Of March 9th carries
US back to the original institution Of the
bonds as the basis Of an argument. Now
that Ia surely not material ex-
cept as an admonltlon to pay for
our experience quickly and do so
no more. am ready to agree with you
at once In the belief that we need never
have made any debt except for the small
amount necessary for foreign expense,
and that such expense might have been
met by direct tax, at least as soon as its
annual amount could have been estl-
mated. The principles which / advo-
cate Rs to the basis Of money--which does
not at all depend upon its substance or
tangible fOrm-persuade me that paper
dollars, issued for services rendered, la
Dor performed or materials furnished by
citizens would have been fully money,
and have required no further redemption
than they would have received In their
transition from man to man rs q common
carrier of UGlues.
The direct tax for foreign purchases,
or for payment Of the small nee essary
amount Of foreign debt would have had
to be In coin, as being actual value and
dnal payment to the Engllshman, Tor
up to 1875 the balance of exchange was
against US $1,2l4,O4O,s45, but we need
never have had our home debt In my
opinion.
Unfortunately our agents in their cor
porste capacity did not believe this. In
short they believed that a government,
like an individual, could buy money or
borrow money, but could not make
money. Their financial policy was most
ably devised and administered upon the
basis Of such ideas. l am sorry that
this was so, but I sm not disposed to
question their honesty In the matter, nor
to attempt to evade the strict performance
Of the contract they entered into for us,
though am willing and anxious to
destroy the final advantages of the con-
tract to the benefclarles by legislation In
other directions. do not question these
mems honesty, because majority Of my
fellow citizens have thought as they did
and because vast number Of honest
men still hold the same opinions. IL will
not do to set Mr.. Carnegie and Mr..
Harter down as thieves because they
believe gold to be the only money and
the necessary final payment Of every
debt nor will 1t do to say that they do
not really believe this. The mental con-
ditions of man are as peculiar to each
individual as his physical idioSyncracies,
and as blsmeless.
Mr. Carnegie and Mr. Harter believe
to-day that the amount Of money 10
really outside of national control and de-
pends upon the amount Of gold which
cSn be found and kept within our bor-
derS. They believe that consequently
any other form of legal tender is neces-
The advocate., 1892-05-04

action, but Il cannot be said that any
man lost more than the farmer or the ma
chlnest or the common lAborer, or is
more entitled to repayment
Now, as to that exception clause.
1t will be remembered that did not
affirm the necessity Of payment In gold
either Of interest or principal, OF any
bonds or other form OF indebtedness, ex-
cept those given for foreign purchases or
owned In foreign countries. It would
have been impossible, however, to dis
criminate between home owned bonds
and those held abroad, and the attempt
to do 30 would simply have driven all Of
our debt out of the country. AS to my
own exception clause, it would not have
been there but for the existence of the
original bonds. There 10 no provision In
the money proposed by me, for It's re-
tirement, or redemption, or consldera-
tion, as in any sense debt, or for fund
ing or otherwise disposlng Of it. But the
bonded debt Of the United States ls In
existence, and by the act Of March IS,
1S69--which made no material change In
the final fact, or manner Of payment
must be paid In coin "Or its eqWiVGIeDt,"
and the government must be able TO OBJ
tain that coin or equivalent. II, as we
both believe, a national money can be
held at parity with gold, 1t ls the equlva-
lent; and if not we must just buy the
coin at sacrifice, and in that way pay
our national tuition for our learning.
Unless, it may be said, we repeal the
acts, in toto, which provided for the re-
demptlon Of either bonds or United
States notes, at any future time, with
coin.
The possibility Of such a repeal is
doubtful, for IL It was proposed In full,
all United States securities held abroad
would be thrown upon weak market
and perfect financial convulslon pro-
duced, while If it was to concern only
home owned bonds, there would be none
by the time such q bill had passed con-
gress. For such reasons, do not know
that it would be wise, even Il practlc-
able, to take such q step. / am not
sure about that, but this / do feel sure OF
we can entirely change our present
and future social and commercial system
before we can make such q repeal.
Whether in truth or only In seeming
such an act would bear on its face an ap-
pearance of evil, which we can better
afford to shun than TO assume. OF
course, II we paid our foreign bonds in
paper and our prosperity kept the bal
ance of trade IN our favor, that paper
would be all right; but we have no asSur-
ance of such u state Of facts.
A man who is In debt cannot resolve,
with perfect honor, not to pay that debt
in full accordance with its conditions, but
he can resolve never to go into such
debt again.
Now, dear sir, you have attempted to
pick me up in contradiction as to the
standing Of gold as a worlds money; q
commodity, etc. hardly feel as il you
had treated that matter candldlY. 1t
makes no difference what the nature Of
the demand for gold Is, nor whether 1t
be caused by real need, or love, or super
stltion, 80 long as 1t oonferS a certain
conventional value upon II. This value
is upon very useless and intrinslcally
hIaoo vnaka1 s,,ak "a a. L. ,,nou kha
The advocate., 1892-05-04
THEY AVOID THE DIRECT ISSUE.

OF money, Wnlcn nOOOuy OenAess @nu "h'"N u"
not touch the silver question at all In Its present
status In the United States.
The important question Is not whether the cir
culatlon Of god and silver together on parity
would be beneficial Nobody denies that It
would be. But would the adoption OF free silver
coinage By the United States result in this? Or
would It rather result In driving gold out OF use
as money and In placing the circulation OF the
country on the basis of a Slxtyeight cent dollar?
why do not the free silver advocates devote
their energies to answering this all important
question, instead of RtudiOusly ignoring 1t and
monotonOusly repeating the misleading generall-
cations which make up the dull mass Of all their
arguments on the subjeet?-KG GnSGS CITY Times,
april %, 1892.
Any person reading the above will
find it difficult to determine wherein
it differs from the position of the Re
publican party upon this question.
There seems to be paralyzing fear
that the adoption of free coinage
would drive gold out of the country.
We would ask the Times what is driv-
ing gold out of the country now?
Further, we would tsk, suppose it
should have this effect; how would
that harm the industrial and business
interests of this country, provided
our people are supplied with an am
pie currency made of some other ma
terial? The objections offered to free
coinage are entirely without force,
and it is the opponent Of free coinage
who utterly ignores the present
status of the silver question.
The fact that silver bullion can be
bought by Great Britain in the
American market at a discount OF
over 80 per cent. and used at par to
purchase the wheat Of India, and
thus place it in competition with
American wheat at an advantage of
the full am ,unt of the discount upon
silver, ls a question that neither the
Times or any other journal represent
ing either of the old parties ever con-
siders. It is we'll known that the
price of American wheat is governed
largely by the price of silver, and We
would like to impress this important
fact upon the attention of the oppo-
nents of free coinage and urge them
not to overlook it in their criticisms.
"But," says the Times, would free
coinage result in bringing gold and
silver to parity, or would it rather
result in driving gold out of use as
money, and placing the circulation Of
the country on the basis of sixty
eight cent dollsrw
How many sixty-eight cent dollars
will the Times furnish us for 95 cents
eacn IN gOl0E
Will the Times tell us why the sill
YER bullion of which dollars are made
is worth only 68 cents to-dsyi And,
while dealing with this subject, will
it also tell us how much gold bullion
would be worth if it were subjected
to the same adverse determinations
to which silver is subjectG
This opposition to the free coinage
of silver has it's origin in Lombard
street, London, is seconded by our
own Wall street, and is sustained by
hotb the Ranubliean and Democratic
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-03-13
THOSE BASKET WORMS.

We are glad to find that the people of
Fort Worth have pretty generally acted
upon our appeal for destruction of the
basket worm on our street and yard trees.
The baskets" are now becoming COM
paratively scarce, though there are still
few citizens who appear to have paid no at
tention to what we have been saying in
these columns relative to the pest and what
it will do for them if left to take its natural
course. They are probably among the few
citizens who do not take and read the home
papers
1t would be well for other citizens to urge
these neighbors into a destruction of the
''baskets" now hanging upon their trees.
Such course would be move in self-de-
fence, for those baskets, - if left to hatch
out the eggs they now contain, will again
seed the neighborhood in the course of
this coming summer a regular war on the
pest all along the line will stamp it out and
save our trees, but so long as there are
places left infested by it that long will we
have it to fight from year to year.
There is another way that we find it neg
will find but dozen or so of the baskets"
hanging here or there on the trees. The
numbers are so small as to attract no par
ticular attention, but if not taken of and
burned they will stock the trees heavily for
the next years campaign. Each tree should
be carefully examined and each basket
taken down and burned, even though there
be but one or two. They can be easily
seen now, before the leaves are out, but
when the leaves get out they will be hidden
from view, and very soon after this there
will be no need of seeing them, for the
young worms will be Matched and at their
destructive work Tor 1892 Each egg-bear-
ing ''basket' will give US at least 800 new
worms to work on our trees through the
coming summer
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-03-13
LonK onr FnR s,rINn1Es.

a few weeks ago we received very nice
typewriter letter from party in Chicago
stating that the writer took a deep interest
in the progress of Texas and would, there
fore, be happy to do something that would
help the Texas people along. The letter
was intended for publication in The GA
zETTE, and kindly proposed sending two
settings of eggs to any lady reader of the
paper, free of charge upon application, the
eggs to represent any of the fancy breeds
of fowls that might be preferred. All the
good lady had to do was to send for cata-
logue from which to make her choice, and
on the day when her next letter was re-
ceived indicating what she wanted the eggs
would be forwarded. A printed slip, also
for publication, was iuclosed stating that
none save breeds entirely standard were
kept by the house, and that when the good
lady had gone into this fancy poultry bust
ness the firm would recommend her to
their Texas patrons and thus secure to her
a ready sale for all resultant stock at 81
dozen for eggs and 50 each for fowls.
Feeling sure that the parties did not take
The GAZETTE, we set a trap for them by
having lady write for catalogue, init
mating that she had seen their announce
ment in our paper. The catalogue came
promptly, mere slip of paper containing
list of very good fowls. At the bottom was
a note stating that it would cost 81 to ex-
press the two settings of eggs, and that,
since express companies would not take
arrs 1p;+I,o1t aya,-,oap+ II voc ,acaeco,,,y
for the lady to send 81 to the firm to prepay
expressage. Nothing whatever was to be
charged for the eggs, their packing or ship
ment-it was all for the good of Texas.
That was all we wanted. OF course the
81 never went to the very generous people
If it had gone that would have been the last
of it. So look out for such swindles. 1t is
highly probable that circulars of similar
import are sent out to the name of every
Texas farmer that the scoundrels can get
hold Of
The same ilk of sharpers seem to be now
attempting to work Florida, judging from
the following appearing in late issue of
the Florida Farmer and Fruit Grower:
Now comes Georgia Factor in an art
less letter, and says she will tell any one
how to make 'lots of money, even if you
only work evenings" by silverplating old
ware In return she only asks the reader
to send her some article of curiosity, as she
is anxious to make collection of curios
from every township in the United States,
though she admits that this may seem to be
ga girlish whim." Georgia Factor" is
hereby informed that she is entirely too
philanthropic for the sordid ATTITUDES of
Florida, and that an immature, 50-cent ALI
gator or a conch shell is considered wholly
inadequate compensation for the imparting
of the art of silverplating.