The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1893-03-18
NO33

Will aiway> h'ole tt,n pay their first
cost. l.rf these facts be known. and
property advti tised. aud We will snOn
secure Immigration by the thon. apds.
and onr sugar product he Wonderfully
increased from year to year.
SCHOOLS TO ATTRACT IMMIGRANTs.
Lafayette Advertiser: The advapta-
ges to he found in this state are sufti
cient to induce people to come h-ro
from the northern and western states.
once they are known. There can be
no question as to the de>irahilIty of
Louisiana as home for farmers from
the standpoint OF climate and soil ID
these two features no country il the
world can snrpa>s ns but these are
not snif fcient Inducements; unless i'm
migrants can find good sch. OILS here
they will not come III how MANY
parishes OF the state can be found
good public schools! Unless W.. as
a people, change in his respect and
devote both time aud money toward
the building Up and improving Cur
public schools, whatever work the CON.
stnt'"n may do, Whatever steps may
he taken TO advertise our Ct. at natu-
raj resources will prove of little avaiI.
and to great extent will be both
time and money wasted Let us.
therefore. improve the scknnls nf La
fayette parish as rapid, as pn>~inIe.
Many people will visi tl. different
pa. ishes of Louisiana within the next
year, seeking lncali,ns. and the mr.
lsii which shall contain TIE brst schools
VIII bt the one that viii receive the
greatest number IF im,nl ranis. IF
We d" no, Lafayette will ,en,alu in in
present state, with its present people,
whlle either parishes tina, have auak-
en+d to the 81. at aud glnrin,is tr th.
tiiat THIS Is au age of educaii,,n, and
that only those com uiluitIeS iii u.,leh
the people as Il whole are tl,:rattt.
aud enlightened, will advance o. iau-
prove. for to-day the educational con-
trolls the material. aud Il country or
community that desires wealth or pros
Ferlty must first gan know lrdye-tl,e
better the schools, the greater will be
the wealth of the peo ole.
THE SUNDAY LAW IN THE STATE.
Donaldsonville Chief. 1t isa fact
we'll known to mnst of n,r readers
that the law i'll question has long bren
a dead letter in this town and parish
"a statute more honortd in the
breach than in the observance and
it must have been apparent to ohser-
want minds that the time was slowly
but surely approaching when this con-
dition OF affairs would undergo q
change. In various portions Of the
state where erstwhile the law was op
p"sed and disregarded as it has been
here, it is now recognized aud entorc-
cd. Even III the great cosmopolitan
city of New Orleans, with its uE,isllal-
ly large percentage OF po?nlatiun
strongly opposed to such restrictive
legislation. the recent movement of
the authorities to compel Obedience of
its requirements has met with success
and the law is now in force both in
name and in fact. Iberville joined
the ranks Of the Sunday law parishes
several months ago. Assumption is
ln the same category, nurninally at
least, in our information from St.
James is to tbs effect that notification
OF the intention TO enforce the law in
that parish has elected the general
acquiescence OF store and saloon keep
ers and their establishments are now
kept closed on Sundays, not only pre-
tendedly, hMt in gnod faith. Mani
testify Donaldsonville and Ascension
could not reasonably expect to remain
indefinitely exempt from the opera
tions and obligations Of gt neral law
that is receiving recognition ana obe-
dienee everywhere else throughout
the state, aud while some effort may
be male by individuals or through the
instrumentslity of the Merchants Mu-
tuAl District Association to resist tho
district attorneys proclaimed attempt
to enforce the previously discredited
statute, the experience Of other com
munities leads tn the conclusion that
the Sunday law IL wi ID us sure enough
this time. and that it has come "a.
stay.