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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1896-02-22
PROCEEDINGS OF the PARISH DEMO
CRATIC EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.

By order of the Chairman DR.. J. T.
Abshire, the committee met at the
Court House on the 10th day of Febru-
airy A. D. 1886.
The following members were pres
ent and answered to their name when
called: Dir. J. T. Absh:re, NJ. 7. Gordy,
Jr. P. u Leblanc, George Pullin,
Joseph Theall, F. D. Lege, Felix
Broa ssard, A. Toups, W. w. Kuhling,
J. I. Theriot, P. Numa Broussard.
The following members were absent
Hon. A. Nunez, Aug. Sicily, Bablas
Leblanc j. T. Breussard, George Hays
Adam BoudFeaX.
There being a quorum present the
Chairman called the meeting to order.
The minutes of the previous meeting
was read and adopted.
Gus GodcheouX was unanimously
elected as a member of the State central
Committee. F. D. Lege, vas unani-
mously elected Sargent at arms: Moved
By M. 7. Gordy Jr, and duly seconded
that the following members be added
to the Campaign Committee G. B.
Shaw, Morus Bouareux, Semar Brous-
sard, Jules Hebert, M. C. Broussard,
Derueville Miguez, Chas. Dugas, L.
Lequeux, DR.. T. G.. Lyons, Arvine
Herbert, Jules Laurent, j. O. Eaton,
Eubold Dora, B. A. Broussard,
Clophas Broussard, Chas. Friedrich,
Enide Thibodeaux Euphrozie Guidry,
Theogene Broussard, Leodias Leblanc,
VIM. Cade, VIM. Meaux, E. W. Gas
pard, Oleus Landry, L. T. Landry.
Resolved further That the committee
men of each ward be authorized to ap-
point as many sub committees as they
may deem ct. All to act under the
direction of the Campaign Committee.
Resolved turther that j. T. Abshire,
be exoficio chairman Of the campaign
committee and W. o. Pipes secretary.
Resolved further that said committee
proceed to its work as soon as possible.
The committee adjourned to meet
again at the Court House in Abbeville
on Saturday Feby. 10Th 1896.
DR.. j. T.ABsHIRE, Chairman.
j. N. GREENE, Secretary.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1896-02-22

IF we mistake not, the credit sys-
tenn has seen its palmiest days and
never again will it prevsil to the
extent it has done in the past. AMI
it ought to end, and the sooner the
better. 1t is better to learn to pay
as we go, and had this plan prevail
cd in this country in the past there
would be fewer persons in debt and
less oppression to-day. When our
people get out Of debt and pay as
they 60, there will be prosperity
such as this Southwest Louisiana has
never Internationally Signal.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1896-02-22
Edwards & Greene, attys.

STATE OF LOUISTANA-PARISH
OF VERMILION-l7rH JUDICIAL
DISTRICT CoURT-No. 29s.
Succession OF Don Louis Prejean.
Notice is hereby given to all par
ties Interested in said succession or
having any opposition to make TO
the tableau of debts aud charges
filed by Delizans Hebert. agminis-
tratrix Of said succession to Gle the
same 10 writing in the Office Of the
clerk Of the district court within ten
days from the date hereof.
Given under my hand and seal
this 22d day Of February 1896.
ALCfDE LEBLANC,
Clerk of Court.
Edwards & Greene. attys.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1896-02-22
Constable Sale.
State of Lowisioaa.-P0Sisb Of Yer
misom,-6th Justices CoGSt-No.
232.
VIII. Carver
Placide MOuton.

Placide MOuton.
By. virtue of q writ of ieri facias
issued BY the 9th justice court in mat
ters of the above numbered and enti-
tied case authorizing and empowering
me to sell at prbcic auction the prop
erty hereinafter described, | will
proceed to sell at public auction TO the
last and highest bidder at the office
of the 9th Justices court, fol- cash, on
Saturday, February 20, 1896,
between the hours of Ii o'clock a. m,
and 4 O'Clock p. m the following de-
scribed property, seized to satisfy said
writ, to wit:
One Buggy and Harneses-i5 sacks
ofrice.
Given under my Official signature
this 10th day Of. February, 1896.
J.. A. FAUX, Constable.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1896-02-22

Last Wednesday the STATE Board
OF Liquidation retired baby bonds
amounting to 1865 1850. paying
therefor $l50.5s9. 80, or en- average
of $4i "a cents on the dollar The
price 1T which the bonds were Offer
ed for sale ranged from "a to 43
cents.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1896-02-22

Capt Ph ,rr has placed, go ii is
reported, the management of bis
campaign 10 the hands Of MsJpr
ANDREW Hero. No man In the
State can steer a ticket to defeat
with greater facility than Major
Hero. as Capt. Phagr will discover.
States.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1896-02-22

The S. P. has discharged two
passenger conductors on the New
Orleans Lafayette division, and il
IL reported that three or four Others
are to go. The oRense is accepting
''short Garess-and ~pocketing the mon.
e.. The company employed detee-
tivss to watch the conductors and i,
is rumored that these detectives ere
now working this division.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1896-02-22
STATE OF LOUISIANA,
Parish Of verniIion-l7th Judicial
District Court--Nc. 29l

Succession of Eliza Baudoin.
Notice is hereby given to all parties
interested in said succession or having
any opposition to make to the tableau
of debts and charges fled by Joseph
A. Faulk, administrator of said success
sion to file the same in writing in the
Office of the clerk of the district court
within ten days from the date hereof.
Given under my hand and seal of
Office this 22nd day of February, 1896.
ALCIDE LEBLANC.
Clerk of Court.
Edwards & Greene Atty's.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1896-02-22

A l4.year-oid girl at Portsmouth.
ONO, was sentenced the other day.
70 a fine Of S. aud ten days in Jail
fos Whispering 10 church. The
sheriff ~etused TO carry ont the sen :
teuce, and took the girl into his own
family. She was sentenced by o
magistr: te named Alfred Cooper.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1896-02-22

DeSoto parish claims the honor
OF being prohibition 10 fact as we'll
az 10 name. It IL said that since
the anti LIQUOR Law went into effect
in that parish. no known violations
Of the statute have come to light.
This speaks we'll for the law abiding
proclivities of the citizens of DeSoto
Gazette.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1896-02-22
NOTICE.

Entering my pasture and stock
ranch on Cbsnie. 9 go Tigre, without
my consent is forbiddep. Any per-
con trespsssing on said premises will
Re prosecuted to the full extent OF
the law. AURnRE DEFRANCg,
Widow Lopis Laporte.
Abbeviile, January 4. 1896.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1896-02-22
STATE OF LOUISIANA,
Parish OF Vermilion.
Itch Judicial District Court No.
3O8.
Succession of Louis e. Landry.

Succession of Louis 2. Landry.
Notice is hereby given to all parties
interested, OF having any opposition to
make to the tableau of debts and char
ges filed by F. Venance Landry, adj
ministrator of said succession to file
the same in writing in the Office of the
clerk of tn district court within ten
DAYS from the da:e hereof.
Given under my hand and: seal of
court this ed day of February, 1896:
ALCIDE LEBLANC, .
Clerk Of Court.
Edwards & Greene, ateys.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1896-02-22

Every room 10 the Palmer house
at Chicago has been engaged Cor
the session of the Democratic ua-
tional nominating convention,
which will be held in that city on
July 7th.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1896-02-22
A OF LOUISIANA,
Parish of Verm,lion-l7th Judicial
District Court-No. BOG.

Succession Of Charles Cody.
Notice is hereby given to all parties
interested, or having any opposition to
make to the tableau of debts and
charges fled by Robert Cody, admins
traitor of said succession or to his appli-
cation for discharge as such and the
cancellation of his bond to file the
sane in writing in the Office of the clerk
of court within ten days from the date
hereof.
Given under mv hand and seal Of
court this I'D day of February, 1895.
ALCIDs LEBLANC,
Clerk Of Court.
Edwards & Greene, attys.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1896-02-22
After a two weeks illness with the
grippe, Hon. VIM. a. English died
Lass Friday at Indianapolis.

The 6rst issue Of the Lsfsyets
Industrial Proteetionist, with q. D,
Engleman as editor came ont las,
Saturday. It 10 q neat, six column
sheet, but politically is on the wrong
side.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1896-02-22
J. g. Theall VS.. His Creditors.

J. q. Theall VS.. His Creditors.
Application of Anthony j. Golden to be
discharged as syndic of the insolvent es-
tate of J. u. Theall and his bond canceli-
ed.
Notice is hereby given to all parties in
terested in said insolvent estate or leav
ing any opposition to make to the applica-
ton Of A. J. Golden. to be discharged az
syndic of said insolvent estate and his
bond Cancelled to file the same in writing
in the office of the clerk of tho district
coart within ten days from the date ihere-
of.
Given underm my hand and seal of Office
this 22nd day of February, AID. 1895.
ALCIDE LEBLANC,
Clerk of Court.
EDWARDS & GREENE, Atty's.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1896-02-22
Treapass Notfce.

ALL persons are hereby warned not to
hunt upon, trespass upon or pass over,
ride or drive through my fields and
inclosures, in the Bird ward of this parish,
ander penalty Of being prosecuted to the
fullest extent of the law.
1-2D-'@. ALEXANDRA BRoUsSvRD.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1896-02-22
Constable Sale.
STATE OF LOUISIANA
Parish of Vermilion, First Justices
Court-No. 16I.
-Kibbes 4 Derouaen
VS..
j. q. Leblanc.

By virtue of a writ of ieri facias
issued by the First Justices Court
in the matters of the above numbered
and entitled suit, authorizing and COM
handing me to seize and sell for cash,
the following described property OF
defendant, | will proceed to sell at
public auction, to the last and highest
bidder, in Erath, La, this parish, on
Saturday, February %, 1895
between the hours of Ii O'Clock a. M,
and 4 o'clock p. m, the following des-
cribed property, seized to satisfy said
writ, to Wit
One house situated at Erath.
Given under nay official signature this
9Th day February, 1896.
CAMILLE LEBLANC,
Constable.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1896-02-22
STATE OF LOUISIANA,
18th judicial District Court-Parish of
Vermilion-No. 305.

SUGGESTIONS of Jacques Lemaire and
Harriet OBrien.
Notice is hereby given to all parties in
terested in said SUGGESTIONS or having any
opposition to make to the tableau of debts
and charges filed by Henry Lemaire al
ministrator of aid successions to file the
same in writing in the Office of the clerk of
the district court within ten days FROM
the date hereof.
Given under my hand anu seal of office
this 22nd day of February A, d. 1885.
ALcIDE LEBLANC,
Clerk of Court.
Edwards 4 Greene, Atty's.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1896-02-22

Succession of Eiouisa Bergenon.
Notice is hereby given to all parties in
opposition to make to the tableau of debts
and charges filed by Cleophas Vincent,
administrator of said succession to file the
same in writing in the office of the clerk
of the district court within ten days from
the date hereof.
Given under my hand and seal of Office
this 22nd day of February A. d. 1895.
ALCIDE LEBLANC,
Clerk of Court.
Edwards e. Greene, Atty's.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1896-02-22
Constable Sale.
STATE OF LOUISIANA Parish
of Vermilion-Sixth Justices
Court No. -
O. G. M4rquart
vs.
Befnherd Hesse.

By virtue Of . writ of Geri facias issued
in matters of the above entitled and NUM-
Parish of Vermillion. commanding me to
seize and sell. the property of said defend
emit to satisfy said writ. I viii proceed TO
sell at public auction, to the last and high
est bidder, at j. O. EAtOn,s store in Shell
Beach, in said parish, on
Saturday, March, 7th, 1896
Two Hundred sacks of rice-Two
mare mules and one set of harness.
Given under my official signature
this ed day of February, 1896.
]. A. FAULK, Constable.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1896-02-22
STATE OF LOUISIANA,

18th Judicial District Court-Parish
of Vermilion-No. 266.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1896-02-22
STATE OF LOUISIANA,

18th Judicial District Court-Parish OF
Vermilion-NO. T36.
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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-05-27
WORK AND MONEY.

Whe @ work wears out one, worry wears
out thousands. There is less happiness
among the great than among the humble,
among the rich than among the poor. But
these limitations could only be removed !"
"If did not have to work SO hard!" "1f
could be my best self" "If I could have
that for which I know am fitted! Ah !!
greatness of gift always implies greatness Of
responsibility II one limitation goes, an
other comes; that which seems TO give free
dom only increases slavery. Almost all men
like birds, beat themselves against their
cages, longing to get into some different
world, to soar beneath some more splendid
skies, ignorant of the abysses In
that large world and of the storms
which sweep those skies. OF the
Master it was said, "Who for the joy that
was set before Him endured the cross: !"
The cross preceded the joy, as the mountain
climb Is before the vision of the earth and
sky. The Stole said, "The way to be happy
is to cease to desire or aspire;" in other
words deny yourself Christ's message Is,
'!The way to be happy is the way of the
cross. Sacrifice yourself. Make all you
possibly can; give every faculty its fullest
DEVELOPMENT be Us beautiful, as cultured,
as wise as circumstances will permit, not
that you may be happy, but that you may
use powers, faculties, gifts, as / have used
mine--for humanity. In that way and that
alone lies happiness. ."-Amory H. Bradford,
D. D.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-05-27
RELIGIOUS READING.
LOVING WITH THE MIND.

It seems very easy for many people to ft r
get that we are commanded TO love God not
only with all the heart. but with all the
mind. They imagine that they will have
gained perfect character, will have become
altogether Christlike, If their heart-that ls,
their intention-is pure, if their will to DO
right is good If their affections are supreme
ly centered on God. It is mistake which
has wrought great harm, brought disrepute
on an important doctrine, led people to
make professions which their behavior has
belied, and produced ddiscouragement,f failure
and loss. The attainment Of morally perfect
conduct, ,fawless beauty of character, lowell
ness of life, requires much study and very
considerable knowledge. Christ alone IS
the true standard below which We cannot
rest completely content. He perfectly eX-
emplifled the virtues which, taken together,
constitute Christianity. 1t Is very i'm
portant part Of our business to find out by
close application OF mind what these virtues
include when practically applied and MI
nutcly carried out in our daily life. If we
are babes in this knowledge, our lives will
be far from edifying, we shall ALLEVIATE
those We wish to win, disgust those we de-
sire to attract, and be anything but true
representatives of Jesus. niHgent use OF
our understanding on thess problems OK
behavior is largely called for, that we may
be less and less diSsgreeable 10 those around
us, less and less faulty In our department,
more and more divine in our doings. Only
in this way will our actions increasingly
conform to the Interchangeable law of the
Lord, and we be increasingly useful to man,
increasingly satisfactory to God. Thus
shall We more and more conform our con-
duct to an ever-enlarging' conception Of
what it means to be entirely good. Thus
shall we get nearer and nearer to the ideal
Christian.
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SORROWS PURIFY.

ALI sorrow has O purifying purpose with
it, but bereavement Is meant to produce re-
suits which perhaps no other grief can
bring about in the same way. When with
the spirits of the departed we have so to
speak, mounted up into the higher heavens
and looked down on the earth, as men
might look at 1t from the stars, We see 1t at
its exact worth, both in It's .compensations
and It's disappointments: not desplslng 1t
utterly, since It is the place that God has
chosen for u.s. yet coloring 1t no longer with
the old false hues. Then we see ourselves
as we never saw ourselves before. Just as
pain, and fatigue. and sickness bring out
the features of the body in kind of ghast-
" sharpness, so In the hour when God Is
searching US as with candles, we seem able
to look in at ourselves as persons outside
look through an open window into house.
The growth of secret faults, such as covet..
business, or envy, or pride; multitude OF
little failings separately but trifing, yet to-
gether eating out our strength with the yo-
racity Of parasites ;the heart settling quietly
down into hasty prayers; easy self-lovee,
scanty self-denial-the things all sud
denly stare at us as the lightning flashes
into the darkness of O closed room; and
some have felt at such times that there Is
something mofe woeful more intolerable,
even, than the death which has changed the
current of our life; that" sin is the worst
kind of sorrow that to have grown cold
towards Jesus Christ can move the stirred
heart into more bitter relenting than the
thought of the dead face shut up in its long
home, never to smile on US aSain.-Bishop
Thorold.
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LITTLE WE CAN BRING TO PASS.

It is little we can bring to pass, but our
will and desire may be large; Nay, they
may grow until they lose themselves in the
infinite abyss Of God. Not that we ought
to think within ourselves that we wish to
be this or that, like such saint or angel,
for we ought to be much more than we can
conceive or fathom wherefore, our part Is
to give ourselves over to God, being wholly
his. And II ye cannot be entirely his as ye
iain would be, he as much his Us you may
attain to but whatever ye be, be that truly
and entirely and what ye cannot be. that be
contented not to be, in sincere spirit Of
resignation, for Gods sake and in him. SO
shall you peradyenture possess more OF COG
in lacking than in having.-John Tauler.