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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1895-10-16
THE CIRCUS.

Yesterday was show day in York
vile. Hunting's big railroad shows
were here, and to see them was one OF
the largest crowds that has collected in
the town since the last visit of Old
John Robinson.
The word was put out, probably by
rivals, that Hunting's shows was a
small affair. Almost every body-at
least 1900 people, however-~ent to
see for themselves; and after the per-
formance the unanimous opinion was
that while, in some respects, it was
not quite so pretentious as some OF its
predecessors, taken, all in all it is the
best and cleanest show that has ever
been here.
The menagerie consisted of an ele-
phant, snakes, leopards, lions, mon
keys, various kinds ofantelopes, sacred
oxen and other kinds of animals, both
rare and interesting, and came as near
including all that was represented on
the bills as often happens with shows
of this character.
The acting in the ring was probably
as fine as has ever been witnessed by
York county audience. John j..
Murray, the clown, is the legitimate
successor of the famous John Lowlow,
and he proved most satisfactorily that
he not ouly knew how to amuse those
who came for amusement; but also
knew how to keep quiet the irrepressi-
BILE few, who, after becoming well filled
with "blind tiger" thought they had
been employed to do duty as ringmas-
ters. Dave CASTILLO, the adopted son
of the famous Snowman of the same
name, does bareback riding that is
probably unequalled by any other
rider of the day. MINNIE. Ada's High
School menage act, on a thoroughbred
Arabian stallion, is exciting and inter-
esting in the extreme. Lou and John
Hunting elicted great applause with
their wonderfully difficult trapeze act,
and the Ahearns "breakaway" ladder
perch was watched with thrilling inter-
est. The whole audience would have
been pleased to watch Prof. Harry
Mains trained dogs, especially the
boxers, for an hour.
In the street parade, which is of it.
self almost worth the price of admis-
sion, and throughout the performance,
splendid music is dispensed by mag
nificently trained band of IL members,
under the direction of Prof. E. Wack,
one of the most capable bandmasters
in the country.
AS a rule, circuses are composed OF
toughs but this case is an exception
to the rule. At least we have not
heard of anybody who has made a dis
covery to the contrary. Everybody
connected with the concern was on
his good behaviour yesterday. Mr.. H.
H. Whittier, the press agent, is as
thorough and polished gentleman as
we have met for many a day, and it
seems to be the ambition of the pro-
prietor, Mr.. Hunting, to give the peo-
pie only the best of high class anus
ments. The show is, in every respect,
all that anybody could ask for, and we
feel sure that neither the town or coun-
ty is any worse off for its having been
here. Mr.. Hunting may feel assured
that the next time he comes back, if
it is his intention to come again, he
will be welcomed by another big audi
ence.
nn rT I'D NFALEDC
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1895-10-16

be in every home where dwells intelli-
'gence, and the clubmaker who puts its
claims properly should not fail in one
case out of ten. We, therefore, ad-
wise all clubmakers to wait for the
prospectus, and then Immediately 20
in to win. Though some will necessa-
rily fail on the biggest premiums, each
and every one will he well paid for all
the effort he or she may put forth.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1895-10-16
Business Booming.

The latest news from the State dis
pensary is to the effect that that in
stitution is being overwhelmed with
orders, and that it has been necessary
to put on a night force in order to
keep up the run of business. The de-
mand is greatest for the cheapest
qualities of liquor.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1895-10-16

almost invariably interferes with the
programme of the Spaniards. A few
weeks ago, the governor general OF
Cuba notified United States Consul
Williams that his diplomatic authority
would no longer be recognized. Con-
sui Williams Immediately transmitted
the information to Secretary of State
Olney, and that official has just notified
Senior Canovas, the prime minister OF
Spain that if any American citizen in
Cuba should be tried by court martial,
or should Consul Williams be ignored
in any case requiring prompt action,
the circumstance might involve serious
consequences to Spain. This is not
exactly the shape in which Secretary
Olney's message was transmitted; but
this is what it means, and if Spain
does not back down, the probability is
that she will have to fight.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1895-08-03

A lot of %disgrunted :politicians
and newspaper scribblers have been
raising a fearful din because Gov.
Foster has not pulled off his shirt
and proclaim ed himself for free
silver or a single gold standard.
This is the rankest sort of rot!
These very same men would kick
twice as hard and howl louder If
Gov. Foster had declared himself on
this question. They would claim
that he was trying to ride into Office
on q national issue. Gov. Foster
has a record which these people
cannot attack and upon it and the
furtherance of the best interests of
the State, his fr iends are willing to
make the issue. When the dele
gates to the Democratic Conven-
] In each parish assemble they
can take such &C ton on the fnan.
cial question as they deem fit and
proper and il will be an easy matter
= Tor them to secure the right candi-
<dates for The Legislature. And
again when the Congressional and
National nominating convention are
holden they can express themselves
,emphatically. The friends of free
silver must not forget that we must
have a new President and a new
Congress before we can hope for
any relief. Let State politics take
care of itself.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1895-08-03
1T Should Be in Every House.

j. Wilson 81 Clay St., shars-
burg, Pa, saws he will not be without
DR.. Kings New Discovery for ,oon-
sumption, coughs and colds, that
cured his wife who was threatened
with Pneumonia after an attack of la
Grippe" when, various, other remedies
and several physicians; had done her
no good. Robert Barber, of Cook
sport, Pa, claims DR.. Kings New
has done him more good
than anything he ever used for lung
trouble. Nothing like it. Free trial
at.Young & Edwards Druggist
Large bottles, SOC. and Leo.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1895-08-03
NOW TRY THIS.

l. will cost you nothing and will
surely do you good, if you have a
Cough, Cold, or any trouble with
Throat, Chest OF Lungs. DR.. Kings
New Discovery for Consumption ,
Coughs and Colds is guaranteed to,
give relief, or money will be paid back.
Sufferers from La Gripped found it just
the thing and under its use had a speede
and perfect recovery. Try a sampls
bottle at ,our expense and learn fod
yourselfjust how good a thing it iy.
Trial bottle free at N. G. Young anr
A. y. GODDARD Drug Stores. large
size SOC. and $1.OO
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1895-08-03
The Sugar Bounty i'm Danger.

It seems though the trials and
tribulations Of the poor sugar plan~
ters are doomed to be never ending.
The latest report is that the comp
troller Of the treasury a Mr.. Bowler
has set aside the 7th of August as a
day when he will hear arguments as
to the constttutionslity Of the bonn.
ty appropriation, after which he will
decide whether or not it shall be
paid, and the probabilities are that
he will say 20. Senators Cafery and
Blanchard and Congressman Price
are now in Washington in the in
terest Of the bounty. They have
seen Secretary Carlisle and will 90
to the President also. In this ms
lance it appears that an unheard of
and unuoticed official in the treasury
is Of far more Importance
and power than the President and
the Senate, and Congress. He 10 too
big for his size. Pull him down!
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1895-08-03
NOTICE.
Land Office at New 0rloon.

Land Office at New Orleans i,
July 29. 1895
Notice is hereby given that IL Il
lowing-named settler has fled nas;a " |,
his intention to make final npo s,ss Y
support of his claim, and thai II; Y
proof will be made before the C,ls,s s.. \
Court, at Abbeville, Louisiana Y
Monday, September l6, 1895, Vis y
Alcee Broussard
who made homestead entry No. 1Iaa
for the Sc or Of Sec. %, Tp il. n ~, !
West. & !
He names the following witnesses /,
prove his continuous residence ,as, !,
and cultivation OF, said land, viz s''
Philogene Vincent, Laodice Vineeat
misunderstanding, Etienne Anbe, II
Of Vermilion Parish.
Aug 3, 1885,. Registsr.
aE.a y. ~ e G#FN8
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1895-08-03
Deserving Praise.

We desire to say to oar cislasA s
that for years we have been se'llns
DIR. Kings New Discovery for n co.,
sumption, DR.. Kings New Life p.ls.
Bu.klen's Arnica Salve and Eiee'l'
Bit,ers, and have never handled reh'e'
dies that sell as well, or that Dav gs
given such universal satisfaction W
do not hesitate to g~uaantee them ever
time, and we stand ready to refund 'ss
purchase price il satisfactory results y
not follow their use. These remediss
have won their great popularity Pn's''
on theiremerite.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1895-08-03

The jury in the Payne murder
case haye caught O scorching from
the St. Mary newspapers that is not
very agreeable. The Patterson
Optic is very severe in its structures
and the charges it makes, if true are
certainly not creditable. 1t says !:
The jurors went into the ury box
knowing that the public expected an
. acquittal; this fact was plainly in
their minds throughout the trial.
When in the jury room discussing
the verdict, they were not allowed
that quiet contemplation and discus
sion Of opinions that Jurors should
have.
A large crowd collected on the
outside; their remarks came floating
into the jury room. Some of the
ooldest men even climbed up on the
shutters and were within a few feet
of the open window. The court
o~thclals, instead Of quietly awaiting
till sent for, frequently knocked on
the door and asked if they had not
as yet reached a verdict.
There was not a juror in the
twelve that did not feel that the
public Represented by the rough
element outside) demanded an &C
quittal, and that it might 90 hard
with them if and other verdict was
brought in. 1t would have reoui-
red a great deal of moral courage
10 hare Withstood such q test.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1895-08-03
The Paterson Optic comes out in

The Paterson Optic comes out in
a long editorial arging very strong
reasons for its support of the pro-
posed formation of a new parish out
of the lower end Of St. Mary, taking
in that portion of St. Martins par.
ish that is hopelessly severed from
the parent branch. BarteIs and
Bayou Benf are to be the bounda:
ries of the part Of St. Mary that it is
proposed to torn into a new parish.
This arrangement therefore will
bring Patterson into the new parish
to be called "The Parish OF Bra
shear"
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1895-08-03
PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY.
Saturday, August 3, 1895.

In adverteutly We have failed to
chronicle the fact that our friend
and former editor of Meridional
Raymond Breaux, has taken charge
OF the St. Landry Clarion. We
are pleased to note that Breaux
has lost none Of his old time intre.
pidity and does not hesitate to call
a spade by its right name. He
will be a strong champion of white
supremacy and the cafe au lait
crowd will feel bis lance against
their ribs more than once.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1895-08-03
STATE OF LOUISIANA,
Vermilion, 18th Judicial Dis
,trict Court. No. 2S7.
tF1CG court, No. Sol.

Succession of Ulysse Abadic.
Notice p. hereby given to all parties
interested, or having any opposition "
make to the tableau of debts, charges
due by thesucccssion Of U1ysse Abadie,
deceased, and the community formerly
existing between him and his wife, ..
phie Frank, so far as the same has
come to acknowledge of the admins
tratrix, and filed by said Sophie Frank,
administrative of the said succession
to file the same in the office Of the CLERK
of court in writing within ten daEs
from thesdate hereof.
Given under my hand and seal
court this Bird day of August, 1893.
ALCIDE LEBLANC,
Clerk Of Court.
". W. EDWARDS, attorney.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1895-08-03
10 whom it may concs,s


Be il known that /, TOWN.
shire, in the presence Of ~. .as l. ~
nesses' took, appraised apdslI.sEN
white spotted COW braItIad s'',sa !
thus )c l.. Said COW BAD bs WY
r osea b
the vicinity for Eve or !; q.
broke fences repeatedly and ; ssa'l
have been shot: The owner ", Y
'quested to call at my residc1s. \ \
settlement, as appraised. VI
49,, To7TLLR ABsp,ts
August 8, 1895,
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1895-08-03
Sherifs Sale.
State Of LoWiSianG-PGrish Of Verisse-
d0n-17h Judicial District Cosfs--
NJ. 707.
Louis KaufmaTh
VS.
TT putnRm

10 HI&M@EMH
J. FL. Putnam !
PY virtue of a writ OF ''fierl faciss,e
NE issued by the Hen. A. Y. Alel,
Judge of the aforesaid court, y
the matters of the above nuf1befedana
entitled suit, authorizing and CON-
handing me to seize and sell for casn,
the following described property =
defendant, l will proceed to sell az ple.
lie auction, to the last and nlgness
bidder, at the principal front door y
the courthouse Of said parish, on
Saturday, August u, 1919,
between the hours IL o'clock a m, any
4 o'clock p. M. the following descitsa
property, seized to satisfy said Wfl'' Y
wit &:
All rails on the tramway Leading
from defendants landing at Mon'os
Cade's place, running towards Y
Stauffer's plantation.
Sherif's Office, AbbeViiie, Ias
August 8, 1895.
J, OSCAR HEBERT.
Sheriff.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1895-08-03

Speaker Crisp says, "Enduring
prosperity is impossible under a
single gold Standard" and proposes
to demonstrate it in a series of
speeches in Georgia.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1895-08-03
why the Law is Enforced

Our esteemed contemporary the
Weekly Iberian has for some time
past been engaged in the most laud.
able endeavor to locate the prime
cause Of the lawlessness prevalent
in Iberia parish. The Sunday law
in particular has claimed its at
tention and it with good reason
marvels greatly tina: this law which
is faithfully observed in St. Mary,
Vermilion and Lafayette adjoining
parishes, is SO fagrantly disregard.
ed in Iberia. There is a cause for
all this and if it is not readily ap-
parent to our brother editor, it is
decidedly plain to people at a dis
lance where the fault lies. The
Sunday law is no. popular 10
Vermilion parish and if left to the
vote of its suffragans would most
undoubtedly be abrogated. fBut it
is strictly observed. Why?
Firstly because the leading citizens
of Vermilion parish believe in the
reign of law and they know that
disregard or contempt for one law
is speedily followed by contempt
for all law. Secondly, they have
the good fortune to possess oHfcia |
who respect their oaths and dis
charge their sworn obligations.
Some tims,ago when the able dis
trict attorney of Iberia, Hon. Robt.
F. Broussard succeeded in securing
the conviction, by a jury, of a noto-
rious v~iolator Of the Sunday law in
what manner did the district Judge
uphold the law which he had solemn.
ly sworn to support? He fined him
the lowest amount possible $25, and
thus virtually proclaimed his own
disregard and contempt for the law.
Had he made an example of this
man, the law would be enforced.
If Judge Allen sent every criminal
to- jail for a couple of days when it
was in his power to do 50, it would
met be many months before Vermil~
ion, Lafayette and St. Mary parishes
would be in as sad a plight as GIbe-
ria. If the Sunday law ia not "a
measure desired by the majority of
the people of this State do away
with it But as long as it on the
statute books it should be enforced
% rlgldIv as the law for larceny,
olgamy or selling liquor without a
license. When your influential men
want to see law and order prevail,
when your judge gets in the same
humor then you will have all the laws
enforced, Bro. Weeks, and you Just
chalk 1T down that until then you
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1895-08-03
a FixitS the Price of Cane.

The Creamery Company, Mr.. NJ,
R. SpeIman, president; which is now
erecting an immense central sugar
factory on the Mississippi Valley
Railroad, at the new Gramercy
station, one mile south of Lutcher,
is in the market for sugar cane. To
a circular issued under date June
20, the president states that the
new factory will be completed by
October |, and will have a capacity
of grinding 1000 to 1900 tons of
sugar zane per day, which capacity
will be doubled next year should the
patronage of the factory warrant it.
The company proposed to buy
sugar cane delivered on cars at plan.
tation switches.
If Sugar sells at &c, 1922 per ton
for cane; 35c, $277; Csc; 35c,
$3.50; 8 4 &c, 1898 3 $3.50, 1927;
$3.50. SIT; SIC, So 08; Sc, 50.
Should sugar rise above 4 cents,
proportionately higher prices will
be paid for sugar cane, and should
sugar fall below 3 cents, no further
reduction in price will be made.
The company will pay all freight
charges and produce taxes.
The company proposes q series Of
prizes. lst, to the party who ships
the richest cane, Is cents per ton
additional; to the shipper of the
second richest, 20 cents, per ton ad.
ditional; to the third, Is cents, and
to the fourth, 10 cents, the average
test of the Sc ason's delivery to de-
termine the relative richness.
In scanning the seemingly low
prices offered for cane, it must be
borne in mind that freight charges
are paid by the company and are not
from the purchase price Of
the cane. Estimating the freight at
so cents per ton of cane, the prices
offered are from,851 pounds of sugar
per ton of cane down to s35 pounds
or, as it is frequently but awkwardly
put in Louisiana, from So cents TO
835 cents per ton Of cane for each
cent per pound that sugar sells for.
With more central factories and
still better methods, we shall hope
our best factories will in time
be able to pay leo pounds of -sugar
every ton of cane delivered to
hem. Some Of the leading facto-
les in Cuba are paying S to s. per
cent of the weight Of the cane in SO
;ests sugar for cane delivered to
hem. This means 100 to 1874
pounds of sugar per ton of cane de-
ivered, but it must be borne in
mind that the Cuban cane Juice av-
'rages about Is per cent richer than
'urs, and cane here, with Juice
s sweet as that of the Cnban cane,
quickly command an equally
high price.-La. Planter.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1895-08-03

Holmes the great murderer, con-
tlnues to occupy a wash Mt of
space in the newspapers, and public
gossip.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1895-08-03


mary survey on the Louisiana Cen
trail Railway had been completed
north Of Crowley to Palmetto, there
to intersect the T. & P. road
Abbeville, which was slow to act
has finally subscribed her pro RAJ ia
of the expense Of the preliminary
work and Engineer Bradford and
his assistants are now surveying the
line south from Crowley to Able,
vile and Southwest Pass.
A considerable interest has been
manifest in this road from the first,
an interest that has become quite
general throughout the parish. But
it is not alone. local interest that
has developed. Eastern capitalists
have been making an investigation
of the present and prospective re-
sources Of the couatry throughwhioh
the road will pass, and that these
gentlemen have proposed to advance
a part of the cost of construction
leads as to conclude that their inves.
tigation has been quite satisfactory.
One of the first questions asked by
capitalists who interests themselves
10 railroad building is the probably
amount of freight and passenger
traffic, and particularly the former,
which such road will secure from
the territory through which it passes.
The Signal has been applied to for
information on this point quite re-
Gently, which we are certainly
pleased to give so far as lies in our
ability so to do; and more particular
ly so as the capitalists who are in
teresting themselves in the Louisiana
Central Railway ha We expressed a
willingness to advance eighty per
cent of the cost of the construction
of the road il satisfied on this point.
Such an arrangement would leave but
twenty per ceut to be supplied by
subscriptions from the towns along
the proposed route and the citizens
of those sections interested in the
building of the road.
One need not be very familiar with
Louisiana to comprehend
that the route selected is a most
feasible one running the entire
distance through q level prairie!
co%untry-a section which under de-
velopment will prove the finest
agricultural country an the, state.
The road will traverse the parishes
Of Acadia, St. Landry and Vermil-
lion and furnish transportation
facilities for large sections of
country which have heretofore been
remote from market. Agriculture
is here, yet iI it's infancy, yet the
statistics of the past two or three
years show that these three parishes
annually produce from 5000 to
1000 a rloads of rice which must
be shipped to the markets of the
and this is but a small item
as compared with the aggregate of
sugar, corn, cane and other
crops annually produced. 1t would
be impossible to approximate the
number of car loads of merchandise
and other freigt annually shipped
into these parishes.
The proposed Louisiana Central
will prove q splendid investment as
railroad property and it's constructs.
is Of .vast Importance to the
towns and citizens generally along
line as it will Furnish additional
transportation facilities and give a
line to the principal
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1895-08-03
NOTICE.
Ofieesat Now n,

Land Ofieesat New Orleans, Ia,9
July 20, 1885,,
Notice is hereby given that fhe hi.
named settler has filed notiee Il
his intention to make final proof n
support OF his claim, and that sad
proof will be made before the CLERK d
District Court, at AbbeVille, La, d
September l6, 1895, viz
Pierre Boulet,
who made homestead entry, No. lg4lg
for the SW Or of NE or, NE or Of SH
Or and West half of Sc or, Sec. 4, To
i, SIR 2 East.
he names the following witnesses
prove his continuous residence upon
and caltivationef, said land, viz:
Peter Dubose, Hampton Morgan,
Preston Morgan, DAMS Foreman, 5ll f
Parish.
G. Med. BRUMBY, Register.
August $685..
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a VENDRE.

Une coupeuse a riz de second
main. S'adresser a #
GILBERT LABAUvE,
20 octobre "a. AbbsvilIe, Line.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1895-10-17

2. That no other candidate was in
the field until after the primary cleo
ton had been held in Franklin, and
that the gentleman who finally oppos-
ed him in Lincoln came out late, was
not well known throughout the coun-
ty, and did not have time to make a
thorough canvass.
8. That Smiths bad record was not
agitated during his canvass for the
nomination; had been, for the time
being, forgotten by many and was
comparatively unknown at the time
altogether to the voters of Franklin
county.
If the Democratic party is what it
claims to he it ought to purge itself by
asking for Mr.. Smiths resignation,
and put clean man in his place.
There is yet time. If it will
not do this, let it be judged
accordingly and bear the odium of
seeking to elevate to an important Of
fetal trust candidate who is uuwor-
thy of public confidence.
We cannot believe a majority of the
Democratic voters of the district will
ratify any such nomination by their
ballots at the polls in November. In
these times of great trusts and corpo-
rations and other plutOcratic COM
hines, it behooves the people to place
men on guard in the halls of legisla-
ton who are free from faint and above
the suspicion of corruption. Mr..
Greer, the Prohibition nominee, is
such man, and so is DR.. Flowers, the
Peoples party candidate for Floater.
If Mr.. Smith is continued in the race,
in spite of his smirched and unsavory
record. all patriotic voters, who wish
honest government, should unite on
either Greer or Flowers and insure
his overwhelming defeat.
Published by order of the Executive
Committee of the Prohibition party of
Lincoln county.
Brookhaven, Oct. IA, 1895.
f. P. DOUGLASS, Chairman.
JoHN d. BAILEY, Secretary.