The Opelousas courier., 1893-07-01
General N Otes.

st. Martinsville has bank, organic
ed with capital of 100000. r. Mar
tin is the president.
Alexandria will hold fair in Octo
Der. The association has reorganiZed
with General Geo. O. Watts as psesi-
dent.
Stewart & Pulford, of Opelousas,
have been awarded contract for the
erection of the buildings for the
Crowley Rice Mill Company. Work
will begin at once. Crowley Signal
Chief Justice Fuller has overruled
the decision of the circuit court in the
Worlds Fair matter. This means for
certainty that the Fair will be open
on Sunday, and settles the case for all
time.
Thomas L. Thompson, of California,
has been appointed Minister to Brazil,
and George w. Carruth, of Arkansas,
will go to Portugal as Minister. Mr..
Thompson is journalist, and Mr..
Carruth is a lawyer and journalist.
The Territory of Oklahoma was
storm, swept on April 25. Two cy-
clones aud water spout created wide
spread damage, and the loss of life
was large. The flourishing town of
Norman was left scene of ruin and
death.
1t will pay you to patronize home in
stitutions even though it may come a
trihe higher than those from the ont
side. Your home man lives with
you-his interests and yours are iden-
tical-his money goes to help swell the
general prosperity and if by your lack
of patronage, you drive him away you
have simply taken the amount OF
capital he represents out of circulation,
in so far as your town is concerned.
Patronize your home enterprise B.
r. Advocate.
The leaipers of the Democratic par
ty have, iJfs stated, agreed upon fonr
things to be pressed when Congress
meets, and it is probable that President
Cleveland'a message to Congress, and
may be hid proclamation calling the ex
tra session, will be largely devoted to
arguments for speedy action upon
them-the repeal of the obnoxious Fed
eral election laws; the levying of an
income tax the repeal of the Sherman
silver law and of the tax on the cur
rency issued by state banks, and a
complete revision of the tariff, lower
ing the duties.-Ex
The powerful battieship Massachu-
setts, recently launched from the ship
yards of Cramp & Sons, when thor
oughly equipped and placed in com
mission, will be able to cope with any
battleship in the world, because of hel
tremedous battery power. The arma
mant of the Massachusetts consists o1
four 13-inch rifles mounted in armored
turrets, eight 8-nch rifles, four 4-incl
rifles, twenty 6pounder and four l.
FOUNDER rapid fire guns together with q
number of Calling guns and six torpedo
tubes. Sixteen inches of Harvey ed
steel forms the armor belt which pro,
tects thel guns and the yitals of the
ship.
What is the use of borrowing money
and beseechiDg individual members o
the Legislature to plight their faith. that
they will vote an appropriation to re
imburse the banks which advance it
when there is an alleged surplus o
100000 lying idle in the vaults of thu
Treasury, which might be utilized Il"
the benefcent purpose of relieving thu
distress of the ten thousand hnngr,
people of the inundated sections
These people need assistance immedi
ateIy, but they should have it out u
the plethoric fund, which has been nh
necessarily extorted from them undr
the deceptive guise of maintaining TIN
State government and its eleemosy
nary and other institutions.-Alexan
dria Democrat.
Why is it that the South does no
settle up more faster with immigrant
than it does. In the Northwest the,
are focking to that section by th
thousands. The answer is simple. W.
are not up to the times, and further
more, do not have the land syndicate
to boom up eur section. We must in
vite capitalists to come South, an'
must give them every possible induce
ment, once we get them to invest, the,
would soon advertise, and boom th
property for all it was worth in thi
part of the country where they wishe
the immigrant to come from aud
would not be long after those who frs
J came, would encourage their friends t.
do likewise. There is nothing bette
than advertising and making know
what a section wants.-Commercial
Comet.