The Opelousas courier., 1892-11-05
General Notes.
Ayoyelles has lady president of the
school Board.

School Board.
The first strike of sugar was made al
the Caffery Refinery on Saturday last
The quality was very fine.
Tho contract for the erection of the
public school house at Crowley has
been let to B. F. Castain, of that place
for $250O.
Alexandra's board of trade is work
ing with the railroads with the object
of securing reduced rates to local
points, so that the town can compete
with rivals and be the distributing
point that her location entities her to.
A. L Barnett. of Jennings, and Rev.
Cline, Of Lake Charles, were ON the
lake last Thursday, taking photograph
ic views. They returned Friday. This
work is under the direction of the
Watkins Co. About 100 views have
been taken, representing the rice, Or
ange and lumber interests. 1t is in
tended to send man north with these
views to give magic lantern exhibitions
and advertise south -west Louisiana
Lake Arthur Herald.
When asked recently what abuse,
in his opinion threatened the country,
Judge Walter Q. Gresham said:
"The control Of elections and legis-
lation by the corrupt use of money
more than anything else menaces pop
nlar government and the public peace.
If these abuses arc not speedily check
ed, the consequences are likely to be
disasterous. IF the people are con-
vinced that they can not rely on the
ballot as means of expressing their
choice of men and measures, there will
be revolt the like of which the coun-
try has not yet witnessed"
On the question of building rice mills
in the rice producing districts the
Lake Arthur Herald remarks:
The people throughout the rice dis
tricts are awakening to the fact that
the great need is competition. Clean
rice is no cheaper to-day, with rough
selling at $3.50 to SO, per barrel, than
it was three years ago when rsugh was
bringing $450 to SIS per barrel. The
whole cause is with the combination in
Neg Orleans. Healthy competition
alone will give relief Rice mills in
the producing sections are necessary
The trend of events is leading that
way. Competition alone will give the
producer what his rice should bring.
The Southern Watchman puts the
following pertinent queries to the vot-
ers of Caldwell parish: s'What white
man in East Feliciana has forgotten
the terrible scenes of radical mlsrule
when Federal Interference 10 State
elections made carpet bagger and ne
gro denomination possible? What cit
izen worthy of the name of white man
wishes TO see return of those days +?
And yet we are told that there are peo-
Pile in this parish who under the mask
of Third Partyis are working for re-
turn of radical rule, the enactment of
the force bill and the consequent en-
slavement of the white people under a
return of the horrible tyranny of the
days of reconstruction"
The Shreveport Times. under the
caption "They Cannot Afford It," has
this to say "The Third Party, or
rather the alleged Third party people
in the South, are all Democrats at heart.
We do not believe that there is sim
gle one of them who has renounced his
allegiance to the great principles of
pure Democracy, which has been their
hope and salvation. all through the
dark and desperate days of reconstruct
ion, and up to the present hour. We
do not believe that these men, our
brothers, propose to turn their backs
upon the glorious records won in the
canse of Democracy, which rescued our
State and Southern land from the grasp
of carpet bag and negro Republican
rule, and join hands with their old ene-
mics to undo the splendid achieve.
ments of years in which they them
selves took part. We believe they
win think long and earnestly before
they DO this thing. They are not pre-
pared TO do this thing aud they will
not do it. Let them return to the
ranks of the Democracy where they be-
long, and help swell the great victory
which will be won by the State and
National Democracy this fall They
cannot afford to be deserters in the face
of victory