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The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1895-08-10

no iloe VI Sduuiudtoc IOI tuC
Office of Sheriff has about reached
the dozen limit.
Miss Alice Grimmer of New
Orleans is visiting relatives here
the guest of Mr.. Albt. Thomas.
Mr.. Jefferson DeBlanc of New
Orleans is visiting friends and re-
latiyes, the guest of his sister
Mrs. P. s. Wilt.
Representative l.. c. Guidry
was in town this week, this looks
like an indication that the politi-
cal pot is beginning to boil.
Rumor says: The Babin Springs
is a wonderful cure for heartache?
We understand one of our young
Main Street merchants can solve
the QUIZ
Mr.. Paul Billaud and Miss
Amelie Comeau of Broussard, and
Miss Lucie Bernard of st. Pierre,
were visitors on Live Oak Planta-
ton last week.
Misses Inez Villavasso, Nesids
Sourgeron, Emeranthe Domen-
kgeaux accompanied by Messrs.
Paul Broussard and G. D. Domen-
geaux of Breaux Bridge were in
town Tuesday and took in our lit
tie soiree.
The young people gave a nice
little soiree at Duchamp's hall
Tuesday. The attendance was not
large, but enough to have an en-
joyable time. The music was fur
nished by the Excelsior orchestra
The young people who attended
spent a very agreeable evening.
Our able contemporary, the
Iberian, is showing wonderfully
we'll, it is always filled with excel
lent reading matter and contains
all the local news Of the town and
parish. It contains but very lit
tie reprint matter, for this reason,
the Iberian is classed as one OF
the liveliest country papers. The
Iberian frequently comes to us
with full sheet supplements.
| The st. Martinville Bicycle
club was organized last Saturday
with about fifteen members on the
list. The officers are: John Han.
ley, President; E. M. Fournet
Vice-President; Gilbert Durand
Secretary and Treasurer. A com
mittee composed of T. j. Liable
Albert Bienvenu and Ed. E. Sou
lier was appointed to draw thu
constition and bylaws, to repor
at meeting tonight at 8 o'clock.
"A lady's wheel has arrived il
town but We do not know who Il
going to ride it. 1t seems that thu
. young ladies here are afiaid t.
ride a bicycle because people vii
talk. Well, they talk, and will
keep on talking as long as the,
, are born with a wagging instru
ment in the month. They talk O.
L all subject, and anything new vii
of course be the talk Of the da
until the new thing comes ole
Some years ago people would tai
e if a young lady would venture i
It a moonlight walk or buggy rid
n but today nothing is thought
?, it. We believe there is more pr
d priety in riding a bicycle than
d ride horse, and the pleasur
it ease and graceful appearance al
i'm favor of the wheel.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1895-08-10

Mr.. X. Schwartz has just re
ceived an immense stock of fal
goods and clothing.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1895-08-10
Local News.

The police jury proceedings
appear in this issue.
Miss Blanche Fleming return
ed from Lafayette last Saturday.
Mr.. George Olivier of Bald
win is visiting his relatives here.
Mr.. James Simon made a pro-
fessional trip to Lake Charles the
latter part of last week.
Our esteemed young friend Mr..
Paul Fleming of Napoleonville is
among us for a few days.
Mr.. Edw. E. Soulier went to
the city Tuesday to buy q large
stock of fall goods, and psrticu-
larly clothing.
The colored people will give
a steamboat excursion from St.
Martinville to New Iberia on
Sunday the Sth of September.
We have the first number of
the Creole-American, a new paper
Just started at Lafayette by Geo.
M. Goolsby. The first number
shows we'll i'm every detail.
There will be races at Breaux
Bridge tomorrow which arc said
will be interesting, because the
horses taking part are reputed to
be fine racers.
Mrs. Andre Gernaud and her
daughter, Miss Aimee returned
home last Sunday after having
spent few week at Biloxi, enjoy
ing the sea-coast breeze.
Drummers are beginning to
food the town these days taking
orders for the fall season, and
some Of them seem to be getting
very large orders.
Since the visit here of a pref.
ty young lady from Lafayette, one
of our boys speaks of nothing but
Lafayette; we would not be sur.
prised to see him move to thai
place shortly.
AT
L. J. CARDINALS
The Cheapest Store in Town,
All straw hats at 25 cts
All men canvass shoes at 25 cts
All Misses Oxford Ties so cts
We were agreeably surprised
Monday last when We received b!
express, a box of delicious pear
of very large size. They were sen
us by Mr.. S. N. Burdin, of Olive
Texas. Our thanks to you, frient
Burdin.
Two nuns from New Orlean
were here this week soliciting
subscriptions. They are of tn
Missionary order of the Sacred
Heart of Jesus, and the subscrir
ton is for the relief of the orphan
under their charge.
There is possibility of a CON
pany being organized here with
view of erecting an electric ligt
plant with a laundry attached
Those who are at the head of tn
movement are figuring over tn
probable cost of the entire plant.
The Woman's Edition of til
Opelousas Courier appeared la'
Saturday. 1t was entirely
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1895-08-10

chsmberlain's Eye and Skin Ointment
Is uneoualled for Eczema, letter, Salt.
Rheum, Scsld Head, Sore Nipples, ChaPped
Hands, Itching Piles, Burns, Frost S',es
Chronic Sore Eyes and Granulated Eye Ida
For sale by druggists at % cents per box.
TO HORSE OWNERS.
For putting horse in fine healthy con-
dition try DR.. Cady's Condition fowoen
They tone up the system, aid digestion, cur
loss Of appetite, relieve constipation, correct
kidney disorders and destroy worms, giving
new life to an old or over-worked horse. u
cents per package. For sale by druggists.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1895-08-10
Vacation Time

Is at hand and Is gladly welcomed BY
all, especially those whose duties In life
have caused them to greatly run down
their system to meet the requirements.
physical and mental, forced upon them.
with these and others. 1t is important.
whether at home, at the shore or In
the country. that some thought be given
to diet, and as further assistance to Ma
ture. good building-up medicine like
Hoods Sarsaparilla has best be resorted
to. II the digestion IL poor, liver d.
ranged and frequent headaches seem to
be the rule, Hoods will change all this
and enable everyone to return to theft
home and business In a refreshed state
of mind and bOdily health.
Judge Mois of New Orleans has
rendered a decision against the
various clubs of that city who
were charged of violating the Sun
day law. This decision shows
plainly that the clubs have nc
more right to violate the law thar
the ordinary saloon or grog-shop
If the social clubs of New Orleans
want to enjoy peacefully the plea
sures of their clubs unmolested
let them move up to this place o.
to New Iberia-but this place il
better, because in New Iberi'
thew will have to sneak in by tn
back door, while here they 60 Il
in a manlike manner, by the from
door.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-09-26

appeal. 1 say IL with reluctance, but the
truth Is that you can trust a jury to do
justice to the accused with more safety
than you can an appellate court to secure
protection to the public by the speedy
punishment of criminal. To guard
against any possible wrong to an accused
n board of review and pardons might be
created with power to set aside a convic.
tion or reduce the punishment, II on the
full record II appears not that technical
error has been committed, but that the
defendant is not guilty or has been exces.
sively punished.
1t can be said Of Judge Brewer that he
does not speak except with the benefit Of
long experience in state and United States
courts. His views have not been unani-
mously endorsed by the lawyers, but meet
with much favor in the press. Few peo-
pie realize what q tax the laws delays are
upon not only litigants, but the people.
Our legal system is cumbersome and
tedious beyond excuse and, especially in
the matter of appeals In behalf of crimi-
nails, frequently reaches the stage where
the public patience is exhausted-as in
the recent cases of Carlisle Harris and DR..
Buchanan, the New York wife mur.
derers.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-09-26
The Boom Iron.

The advance in the price of iron does
not sufficiently indicate the fact that we
are now having the greatest boom in iron
that has taken place in our history. The
output equals the be we have heretofore
done, but it is not equal to the demand
Last week iron and steel advanced 81 and
81 further. Advances were also recorded
in lead, paper, print cloths, cotton and
sugar, with declines in wool, wheat, corn,
oats and coffee, Wheat and corn fell off
on account of the lessened foreign de-
mand.
This news about iron is especially in
spiriting for the reason that it is about
the first boom, outside the furry in oil,
that has set in since the depression of two
years ago. And as iron is always the
leader of the industrial procession in the
reaction from a panic, we can take a very
hopeful view Of this piece Of news.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-09-26
"rhe CampbelIs Are Coming"

And Isaac went out to mediate in the
field at eventide; and he lifted up his
eyes and saw, and behold, the camels
were coming. Genesis xiv, SO.
Our republican brethren may well view
with alarm this ancient vision of Isaac.
AS sure as there is a God in Israel the
Campbells are again coming in this year
of our Lord, 1895. And when the tide
of November is past; when the frost is on
the pumpkin and the fodder in the shock
when the swine comes upIa squealin and
there's a bleatin' Of the flock-then will
come the Campbells humpin' to the
State-house barn and shed; to fulfill the
ancient vision just as father Isaac said.-
Waverly Courier
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-09-26
Will The Next National Election Turn
RRRr.

The republicans of New York have de-
clared in their state platform for closed
Sunday saloons. The democrats today in
convention will most likely go on record
for local option. The issue then, on the
liquor question, in the pivotal presiden-
tial state, is made up.
At first glance, from an Ohio stand
point, it.would seem as if local option, or
the right of New York and the other large
cities to manage their own saloons re-
gardless of the opinion held by the coun-
try districts, would be immensely popu-
lar. But in the republican state conven-
ton, even such a party boss as Mr.. Platt,
could not hold the country delegates for
local option. The argument that the
democrats would raise the personal llber-
ty issue proved unavailing, so strong
resolution, in the handwriting of ex-Sen-
atOr Warner Miller endorsing unquali-
tledly Sunday closing, was adopted. All
this indicates a powerful rural sentiment
throughout New York in favor of a de-
cent Sunday, and it by no means follows
that the democrats will have the more pop
ular issue.
AS still further indicating an element
that must be reCkOned with, we quote
from very pronounced sentiment in
favor of the American Sabbath, which
ONES from a prominent Catholic, the
Rev. Alexander P, Doyle, of the Paulists
fathers, preached at the Church of st.
Paul the Apostle:
There is going on today an organized
conspiracy in which thousands of our
well meaning citizens are engaged, whose
avOwed purpose Is to cut the heart out of
our Christian Sunday They would, un-
der the plea of personal liberty, throw
open the saloons during certain hours on
Sunday.
II protest against this ruthless invas-
ion of the very sanctuary of God by the
destroying foot of the Philistines whose
only God is his belly. The attack on the
Sunday is inspired partly by men who
Rave no religion, partly by those who are
restive under the little restraint the keep
ing of the laws necessitates, who l am
sure, do not appreciate that with the de-
struction of Sunday will go much of the
liberty we have attained, and many Of the
sweetest joys of life. They would lging
in what they choose to call the CONT
mental Sunday, with its unabated rush
of toll and traffic"
AS this comes from the metropolis II
indicates at least one fire in the rear that
must be carefully reckoned with.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-09-26
Prohibition vs.. The South Carolina
Plan.

Plan.
The New York Independent, among
the religious press, can fairly be depend.
cd upon not to be prejudiced against the
cause of prohibition. And yet the Inde
pendent says that in his own stronghold,
at Prohibition Park, Staten Island, and
before his own audience, Prof Samuel
| Dickie, the eloquent chairman of the Pro
hibtion party, has, by a vote of twenty
one appointed judges, been defeated in a
debate by Ex-Governor, now Senator Till
man, of South Carolina. The Indepen-
dent says:
The question before them was, Is State
control of the liquor tarffic the best meth
oi of promoting temperance reform. It
was Mr.. Tillman's business to explain
and maintain the dispensary law of his
state, and he did it with that same
straightforward and powerful oratory
which captivated the voters Of his own
state; and after twenty-four hours delib-
Grafton the judges, by a vote Of II TO s,
awarded him the victory, as did the larger
jury Of his hearers. This, of course, does
not mean that he was right, and that
Professor Dickie was wrong; but 1t does
mean that, before any ordinary audience,
or even before an audience composed
largely Of prOhibitionists very strong
argument can be made in favor Of state
control of the liquor traffic. We judge
that, next to absolute prohibition, which
we believe in wherever 1t can be enforced,
the best law is one like that in South
Carolina, which Is not license which has
no saloon with marble. bar and cut glass
and plate mirrors which allows nothing
more than state agents, who keep no bar
who do not allow the liquor to be drunk
on the promises, and who have no object
in increasing the sale. Senator Tillman
says that tine law has greatly reduced the
drinking of liquor in the state, has shut
up prisons and courts in some counties,
and that the majority of those who orig
inally opposed the law have been won
over, and that four. flfths of the people
would vote for it tomorrow. On the sue
ceeding night, Senator Tillman was again
the hero of the evening in debate with
Governor St. John. We are afraid the
shearers got somewhat shorn.
This is practically the same system
which the Russian government has lately
adopted, having first experimental with
1t in two provences. 1t is plain that in
America we are to hear and see more of
1t, and that 1t does not lack an able
champion in the new senator from South
Carolina, who has heretofore been looked
upon in certain quarters as a man with
one eye and one idea, the idea being pop
ulism.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-09-26

The pneumatic rubber tire on.blcycles,
which can be credited with the present
wide popularity Of the bicycle has result
ed in an enormous enlargement of the
rubber industry in this country. Last
years importation of crude rubber
reached 34,OOO,OOO pounds. Simultan-
eously with this new demand on the rub
Der supply comes an enlargement of old
industries and the manufacture Of much
finer articles in rubber than were ever be-
fore attempted. For instance, rubber hose
Is now made seamless, rain coats and
shoes have made marked decrease in
weight and increase in durability, while
the Pennsylvania railroad, in introducing
rubber tiling into its Philadelphia passen-
ger station, Illustrates the new field that
has opened to the use of this article.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-09-26

1t Is reported by the Columbus health
hoard that 800 horses have been starved
to death or killed by the humane officer
in that city during the past four months
1t is estimated that 3OO 900 horses have
been displaced in this country by electric
motors and the bicycles have taken the
jobs Of as many more. In the meantime,
the report comes from London that
American street tramway horses that are
we'll suited to the work readily command
$3.50 in the larger English cities. But
the lessening of the amount Of labor that
has heretofore been heaped on the horse
in this country cannot but be regarded.
with feelings of satisfaction by the
humane
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-09-26

The heat Sunday afternoon In New
York, according to the Herald's ther-
mometer, registered 1O4 degrees The
official record away up on the top of the
Equitable building was 96 In Chicago
at the same hour 1t was 81. In Denver
snow to the depth of four inches was on
the ground, and the temperature below
freezing. This extraordinary September
heat brings the mean for the year up to
about the proper average, and thus bal
anoes of last winters extraordinary cold,
as we predicted would be the case early In
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-09-26
EXPORTS OF IRON.
With Free Ore and Coal We Could Con.
troll Markets and Prices.


troll Markets and Prices.
During the first half of the present
year $3l 900, 900 worth of iron has been
shipped from this country to Enlgand
Yet there has been assiduously cult
waited an idea that this country needed
protection of one form or another from
English competition.
The truth is, that this country, with
fair opportunities, can be made the
manufacturing center of the world
With tariff tax of 40 cents q ton ON
ore and the same amount on coal we can
now enter the field against England in
her own territory. Released from these
unnatural burdens we could control all
the markets and prices
Yet in the face of these conditions
there are those who pretend to want the
Mckinley law restored. That measure
was responsible for tho distress that has
prevailed during the last two years. 1t
cut OFF the revenues and increased the
taxes at the same time, and closed every
industrial establishment in the country
that wasn't protected by some sort of a
patent. Kansas City Times.
Wise Counsel From the Hub.
Democrats outside Of New York are
deeply interested in the affairs Of the
party in that city. Without the electoral
vote of the Empire State they cannot
hope to elect their candidate for the
presidency. The state cannot be carried
without the full vote of New York city,
and such vote cannot be available un-
less harmonious action and harmonious
counsel prevail We have a right, there
fore, to insist that the Democrats Of
New York shall not jeopardize the suo.
cess Of the party by making combina-
tions with its enemies upon sentimental
grounds. Boston Post.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-09-26
stIn Baying at the Moon.

A calamity organ in Cincinnati, The
Commercial, says: "Mr Cleveland
thought nothing Of giving bounty of
$l6,000,000 to English money lenders
or of practically destroying American
industries for the benefit Of English
manufacturers. 1t would not be easy
for partisan expert in misrepresenta-
tion to condense more falsehood in few
words, but the above specimen is CON
siderably beiated. It is an anachronism
Ian echo OF the dying calamity howls
of last year Put some Of the organs are
keeping up tie howls from mere force
OF habit, as some dogs bay the moon
when it is not visible in the sky
Philadelphia Record.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-09-26
Tsrlnr Zimmerman TO Good purpose.

According to the Cotton and Wool
Reporter there were in operation ON
June last in the woolen mills of the
United States 8,456 sets of cards for
woolens and worsteds, ~, 100 looms
working in woolens and worsteds and
G4,250 knitting machines. In May,
1899, there were 1884 sets of cards,
7l,000 woolen and worsted looms and
1901 knitting machines. These fig
ures are referred to Mr.. Mckinley as
evidence of the demoralizing effect of
tinkering his tariff. New York World.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-09-26
iegwRoNe ALL THE TIME.
A Year of the Wilson Tariff Good Los
son For Protectionists,


son For Protectionists.
The New York Herald devotes page
to list of the mills and factories that
have advanced wages within the past
year-the first year Of the new tariff
act, says an exchange. 1t is remarka-
BILE showing, embracing all sections Of
the country and practically all lines Of
industry, and In almost all cases the
advances, ranging from to 90 per
cent, have been voluntarily made. At
the time Of the meeting Of the New
York Republican state committee Sena-
tor Lexow, in speaking on this subject,
revealed himself as a partisan, yet as
one open to conviction, In these words /:
"This matter Of reported increase Of
wages in various directions is a tenn
porary thing. II it is otherwise, we are
all wrong and have been in the wrong
all the time.
The time has now gone by for ex-
planning away the rise in wages, which
has continued without abatement since
these words were spoken, "as q tenn
porary thing" 1t is otherwise, and SEN
ator Lexow had better be honest with
himself and admit that he and his pro-
tectionist cogfreges haye been wrong
all the time" But whether such con-
fession shall be formally made OF not is
really not material matter as far as
concerns the enlightenment Of the coun-
try, which has learned far more from
experience in a twelvemonth ON the
tariff question than it could have learn
cd in a dozen years from the dogmatists
and theorists. The light Of prosperity
and the light Of truth are flooding the
land together, and it will henceforth be
impossible for the fogs to stand before
them.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-09-26
Republicans win Vote For Him.

The nomination and acceptance of
Mr.. Campbell as the Democratic stand.
ard bearer for governor caused consider
able alarm in the ranks of our adver-
saries. The bosses have been hustling
around ever since at lively gait to
bead off the stampede from their ranks,
but from present indications it has not
stopped. In our own county numerous
Republicans will vote for Mr.. Campbell
because they know him to be an honest
man and will make a careful and pru-
dent state official,
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-09-26
A Supreme Court Justice For Law
Reform.

Justice Brewer, of the United States
Supreme Court at the recent meeting of
the American Bar Association, made
some pretty vigorous recommendations
looking TO the mending Of the laws de-
lays Here they are:
Shorten the time of process. Curtail
the righ OF continuances. When once a
case has been commenced deny to every
other court the right to interfere or take
Jurisdiction OF any matter that can be
brought by either party into the pending
litigation. Limit the right of review.
Terminate all review in one appellate
court. Reverse the rule Of decision In an
pellate courts, and instead of assuming
that injury was done II error is shown re.
quire the party complaining OF a judg
ment or decree TO show afflrmatively not
merely that some error was committed In
the trial court, but also that II that error
had not been committed the result must
necessarily have been different
In criminal cases there should be no
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-09-26

We congratulate the judicial committee
and democratic party in general on the
high character of the delegates named to
the judicial convention. What the party
wants now is harmony and united action.
Let Stark counUy determine upon man
and let the vote of this county be unani-
nous for that man Stark county can
receive the nomination and we want it.
Let our nineteen votes be cast solidly. for
one man. Let them be cast In earnest
and with a will, and the honor will be
ours