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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1896-08-15
An English View.

The following is an editorial from
the London Financial News
There is a plain moral in the re
mark that il the United States would
venture to cut herself adrift from
Europe and take outright to silver
she would have all America and
Asia at her back and the command
OF the markets Of Doth countries.
The barrier of gold would be more
fatal than any barrier OF a custom
house. The bond of silver would
be stronger than any bond OF free
trade. There can be no doubt about
it that If the United States were to
adopt a silver basis,to.morrow, Brit
ish trade would be ruined before the
wear was out. Every American
wonld be protected, not only at
home, but in every other market. OF
course, the United States would suf-
fer TO a certain extent through hav-
ing to pay her obligations abroad in
gold, but the loss of exchange under
| this head would be a mere drop in
the bucket as compared to the profit
to be reaped from the markets OF
South America and Asia, to say
nothing Of Europe. The marvel is
that the United States have not long
ago seized the opportunity. II has
been q piece of luck that it has never
occurred to the Americans to SCOOP
US out Of the worlds markets by GO
ing on a silver basis, and it nigh
serve US right if, irritated by The
contemplate apathy of our govern
ment toward the silver problem, th'
Americans retaliate by freezing GU
gold. It could be easily done"
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1896-08-15

Within three weeks cotton has
advanced ST. so per bale. No such
rapid advance in price has been
known for many years. The cause
ia of course the certainty OF a short
crop ON account OF the nn%precedent-
ed drou,b. Evidently the limit has
not been reached and it is hard to
predict where the advance will stop.
Until the present time the great ad-
vance has been perfectly legitimate
and not speculative, based upon
positive knowledge of the untoward
condition Of the growing crop. The
same cause that operated In rise OF
cotton may be applied with equal
reason to rice and we may expect
high prices for the fraction of a crop
that will be raised.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1896-08-15

We do not wish 10 be understood
as advocating any kind OF repudla-
ton, for We maintain that the 5o
cent dollar under free coinage is
purely a creation Of the go!dbug
brain. Our only object is to take the.
wind out Of a scare which the gold,
bug papers have been palming off o.
credulous people. And we deny
very positively that 10 demanding
free silver the farmers have any idea
of repudiating a part Of their debts
What they do belieye is that money
will be more pledsifnl, that prices
will cease 10 hug the starvation line
and will become normal. Ii they
are mistaken, it is an honest mistake
- Memphis Commercial.Appeal.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1896-08-15

A telegram from Columbia to the
Times-D Democrat on the 3lst, says:
"On April Is we had a rain, end
since then one shower lasting ten
minutes. In this and the adjoining
parishes. except 10 favored spots,
there arc no vegetables, no fruit,
and not a nubbin of corn.
Along the river the cisterns are
exhausted and the people have no
drinking water, and hundreds are
going to bed with fever. In the
hills the creeks are dry and the cat
tie have come twenty miles to the
river to drink, and the water is low.
muddy and hot. So dry has it been
the oaks will not bear acorns this
year, nor the pines moss, so the hogs
will have nothing to eat in the fall.
In whole sections the grass is dy'
ing, the birds are leaving, and
through the woods one can find dead
rabbits and squirrels that have per
ished for water"
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1896-08-15
Caffery Severely Censured.

Senator Don Gallery having pub
licly stated that he would not sup
port Bryan and SewalI the Demo-
cratic nominees for President and
Vice.presidert owing to the free sill
yer platform adopted at Chicago,
the press of the State have been
giving him some straight talk. Be-
low are two specimens OF what is
being said
IF Hon. Don CaFery has grown
40 much wiser and better than his
party that be will not support Bryan
and Sewall he should separate from
it. If be will not resign his position
of United States senator the Demo-
orats of the State by mass meetings
and otherwise should ask the gentle
man to step down and out. The
Democratic party Of Louisiana
should be represented in the Senate
of the United States by one who is
IN sympathy with it aud will obey
its shes.-Shreveport Judge.
Itwonld seem as though Senator
Gallery had already not done enough
to set all true democrats against
but he now declares hat he will not
support the nominees of the party
Men of his stamp are a disgrace to
any party and the democratic party
should indeed be thankful that he
has at last shown himself up in his
own colors and can we'll afford to
repeat the old saw, Good radiance
to bad rubbish. Lake Charles
Echo.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1896-08-15

Judge Henry G. Castellanos, dled
t Touro In6rmary, New Orleans,
ast Friday, August 7th. aged IS
years. Judge Castellanos was a
hittoric figure and in his passing
away one of the links binding it to
past is broken. He was well edu-
Gated and was admitted to the bar
at an early age. His literary tastes
however led him int. journalism and
he edited with marked ability the
old Delta and then the Courier. He
afterwards established the Register
at franklin, La, remaining there
several years. Returning to New
Orleans he resumed the practice of
law with much success. His great
est legal triumph was the acquittal
Madison Wells and bis associates 10
the returning board case.
During the lottery campaign he
took an active part favoring the
measure and making a thorough can
yass of the State. OF late years he
was a frequent contributor to the
press and his articles were always
crisp and interesting.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1896-08-15
Last Island Storm.

haSl MDHuayl tAuSuoV w. ~do
the 40th anniversary of the terrible.
storm which destroyed 80 many
lives at Last Island, and which left
a yacant chair IN nearly every home
in this section of the State. Last
Island was a great place then. 1t
was the center of attraction, espe-
eiaIly for the ricb-the Coney Island
of the South. Elegant residences
dotted along the beach facing the
gulf. a large hotel stood near for the
accommodation of the hundreds OF
people who went there for comfort,
health and rest; dancing halls and
club rooms were also 10 existence,
aud from every spot could be seen
evidences OF elegance, wealth and
comfort. 1t was the summer home
of the rich planters Of those days
and their families, surrounded by an
army of servants. and in idleness the
time was spent.
It was here, Gays the Franklin
News, that Captain Abe Smith, with
his steamer Lone Star, stemmed the
rage Of the winds end waters and
saved the lives OF so many, and the
mention of whose name in this Sec
ton of Louisiana moves like an cleo.
trio spark 10 the memory of the peo-
pie. With tie cabin blown away,
aud nothing remaining except the
hull Iashed from every side by an,
chors in the center Of the wind of
death, the old captain and his crew
went out into the rolling mountains
Of water, and as the flying current
was taking its victims further out,
all that could be reached were
caught, tied and hauled on board
the remains of that noble craft that
danced on the crest Of the waves
like a feather in mid air. Many of
the survivors were so weak that they
died from exhaustion. But the old
Captain crowded his cargo into the
hull like sardines in a box and final.
ly landed his precious charge safely
on shore. The result of that ezpe-
~rience afterwards brought on pare
lysis and inally his death. But as
long az men shall live, and the, I'M
pulses OF humanity continue to throh
within their breasts, the name of the
hero of this occasion will illumiue
the brighter pages Of our history.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1896-08-15
A Brutal Murder.

Louis Breaux and wife, an elderly
white couple living about ten miles
south Of New Iberia, were during
the night of August I'd assaulted
unto death. Unknown parties en-
tered their house and with an axe
murdered the husband outright.
The wife, though brutally battered
may survive. DR.. Clarence Pierson,
acting coroner, was called to view
the body Of tho dead man and de-
nounces the crime as inezpressibly
horrible. The sheriff has gone to
the scene of the tragedy with trains
ed dogs. Camille Leblanc, aged 60
who lived close by land has relatives
in this parish,) was arrested on sus-
picion and lodged in Jail.
Though the motive of the murder
or was robbery, the brutal butchers
got nothing. They stole the tin box
under the mattress in which the
money was believed to be hidden,
but the old man had placed bis
savings in another Place, where they
were found by sheriff Cade on Mon.
day. The sum was only $2l5.
It is quite certain that the muir
derers are white, and it is believed
that they are neighbors Of Breaux.
The fact that they at once sought
the tin box under the mattress and
touched nothing else goes to prove
that they we're familiar with the
house and knew the habits of The
occupants.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1896-08-15
Death of Thomas Scott
Adams.

<ANAGAA1Aos
Captain Thonos Scott Adams, ex
Secretary Of State, died at his home
rear Clinton, La, last Thursday
night, August 9th, after an illness OF
several days with pneumonia. De
ceased was well and favorably
known throughout the State. He had
been president Of the State Farmers
Alliance, Commissioner OF Agrlcul
ture and Secretary of State. Capt.
Adams was a practical and success
full farmer, yet at all times took a
commendable interest in political
affairs. He died as he lived, q
staunch Democrat.
Capt. Adams has always been q
Democrat, one of the old fashioned
Observation-Disclosures kind. When
the Alliance ceased to be a political
factor, and the rank and file went
over body, boots and baggage TO the
Populist party, Captain Adams did
not follow them in their assault on
the Democratic party. He remained
a Democrat and decided to make
the fight for reform and the great
common people within its ranks. He
was q pioneer in the movement that
sent to Chicago the class Of dele
gates who fought down the gold men
from the East and nominated Bryan.
In the last State fight, when the
question Of going behind the returns
threatened to overthrow the existing
government and put the Republicans
in power, the combine counted on
Captain Adams for a time to assist
them. Having been an Alliance
man, they thought he would be a
Populist, but they reckoDed without
their host. Their overtures to him
to assist in,going behind the retnrns
met with a firm refusal, and the Cap
tain did everything in his power to
assist the Democratic party. He wa;
q delegate to the Memphis silver
convention a year ago, and an ar
dent advocate Of the white metal
Capt. Adams was q man OF higt
character and q man of courage. HI
was considerably I'VE six feet tail
slim and erect. He was in BIZ
younger days a school teacher IL
East Feliciana, shortly after the war
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1896-08-15
Nelson E. Fetterly,
STATE OF LOUISIANA,
Parish Of Vermilion-l7th judicial
District Court,-No. 308.

Succession Of Louis S. Landry.
Application OF F. Venanee Landry
to be discharged as administra-
tor Of said succession.
Notice is hereby given TO all par
lies interested, or having any oppo~
sition 10 make to the application Of
Louis :. Landry to be discharged
as Administratar Of said succession
with a petition praying that after
the legal notices and delays have
elapsed that he be discharged OF
said administration and his bond
caDceled to file the same in writing
in the Office Of the clerk Of the dis
triet court within ten days from the
date hereof.
Given under my official signature
this 18Th day Of August 1896.
ALCIDE LEBLANC,
Clerk Of Court.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1896-08-15

Be sure to get Simmons Liver
Regulator for your Spring Medicine.
It's the old reliable that did the old
olks so much good. Don't let any
one persuade you to take anything
else Instead. You can always tell
Simmons Liver Regulator BY the
Red q on the package. Don't for
get the word Regulator-simmons
Liver Regulator-better than any
thing else, and cure to do you good.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1896-08-15
Alcee Broussard,
Land Office at New Orleans, La.
...aA ycnh

August 5, 1896. {
Notice is hereby given that the follow
ing-named settler has filed notice of his
intention to make final proof in support
of his claim, and that said proof will be
made before Clerk of District Court, at
Abbeville. La, on September 81, 1896, viz:
Nelson E. Fetterly,
who made homestead entry No. 1884. for
the Lot No. 8, Sec "a, T IL, S 2 west.
He names the following witnesses to
prove his continuous residence upon and
cultivation of, said land viz:
Isaac II. Lyons, Sylvester Manseanx Jr.
Andre SUR, George w. Hoffman, all of
Vermilion parish.
G. Med BRUMBY,
Register.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1896-08-15
O r D E R
STATE OF LOUISIANA,
Of Vermilion-l7th judicial
n;,S,;ok f1ounF

Of Vermilion-l7th judicial
District Court.
A special Jury Term of the 17th
Judicial District Court for the par.
ish of Vermilion is hereby ordered.
Said term to begin on Tuesday, the
18th day of September, A. D. 1896,
at ten o'clock q. m.
The Clerk of Court will enter this
order of record; post M copy in bis
Office and one q. the courthouse door
aud publish same for thirty days
prior to September Is. 1895, in the
official journal Of the parish Of Ver+
million.
The Grand and Petit Juries for
service at said term of court will be
drawn and summoned under Act No.
80 of 1896, as soon as said law shall
become operative.
Given at chambers this 28th day
Of July. A. D. 1896.
(signed) G. DEBAILLoN,
Judge 18th Jud. Diet. Court.
Recorded & Filed July 30, 1876
JOS. G. LEBLANC,
Dy. clerk of court.
A true copy
Attest,
JOS. g. LEBLANC,
Dy clerk of court.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1896-08-15

Oberlin boasts Of the first bale of
Calcasieu cotton. on August /. It
was raised by D. M. Stovall, of the
sugartown settlement. It weighed
500 pounds and cleared strict mid
ding. 1t was bought by J. ".
Moore for six and eleven sixteenth
cents per pound. It is the earliest
bale of cotton ever marketed in Cal.
casieu parish. The cotton crops OF
Sugartown section Of the parish is
cut off fully fifty per cent.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1896-08-15
Land Office at New Orleans, La. |
~ 4 OpR

LHHu OLHCB HG NBW OTIGaH5, Id, {
August |, 1886. e
Notice is hereby g~ivenrthat the follow
ing named settler has fled notice of his
intention to mike final proof in support
of his claim. and that said proof will be-
made before Clerk of District Court, at
Abbeville. La. on September 81. 1886, viz:
Alcee Broussard,
who made Homestead entry No. 1899, for
the Sc of Sec %, Z IL, SR 2 West,
He names the following witnesses to
prove his continuous residence upon and
cultivation of, said land, viz:
Philogene Vincent. Laodice Vincent,
William Lonsberry. Etlenne Aube all of
yermilion parish, La.
G. Med. BRUMBY,
9-6t Register.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1896-08-15

The Lafayette Police Jury are
taking steps to adopt a measure
which will empty the Jail Of prison
ers committed for petty ofenses.
Our Police Jury will do well to follow
snit. "A committee consisting of
Messrs. O. q. M~outon, Alfred He
bert and R. G.. Greig was appointed
to draft a suitable ordinance relative
to working convicts and prisoners
on the public highways, ETC., in pur-
suance of act 20 of 1894. This
measure, if carried out, will reduce
the criminal expense considerably
and besides afford much assistance in
maintaining good roads. Let the
good work go on"
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1896-08-15

A State election was held in Ala
bama, Monday. August 8, and the
Democrats swept the State by 49,
600 majority. Large numbers OF
Populists voted the Democratic
ticket.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1896-08-15

An old darkey at Leesburg, Cam
eron parish says that is to | means
sixteen dollars for the white mar to
one dollar for the colored man.
Cameron Pilot.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1896-08-15

Henri Bier, the convicted broker
of New Orleans was pardoned by
the pardoning Board in considera-
ton of his feeble health and advan~
ced age.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1896-08-15
Amede Dubois,

who made homestead entry No. 1902, for
the lot 5 or N FrclA of Sc 1 of Sec IA T Is
Sc 4 Z, La Meridian. He names the
following witnesses to prove his contin-
GUS residence upon and cultivation of,
said land viz: Ludovic Legueux, Francis
Harrington, Justilien Thibodeaux. Jules
Th1bodeaux, ali of Vermilion parishf La.
G. Med. BRUMBY.
Register.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1896-08-15
Land Office at New Orleans,

Jaly Is, 1896.
Notice is hereby given that the follow
ing named settler has filed notice of his
intention to make final proof in support
of his claim, and that said proof wifi be
made before Clerk of Dist. Court, at Alb
beville, La, IN August 81, 1896, viz:
Onezime I. Gaspard,
who made homestead entry No, $3.50. for
the Il ! of S w ! of Sec IS L 12 RE- East.
He names the following witnesses to
prove his continuous residence upon and
cultivation of, said land, viz:
Michel Vidailhet, Samuel Greene, Numa
Guidry, Romelus Guidry, all of Vermilion
parish.
GEO. Med. BRUMBY,
7-6t Register.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1896-08-15
OneZime T. Gaspard.
Land Office at New Orleans, La, D
july 6. 1896. {

Notice is hereby given that the follow
ing-named settler has fled notice of his
intention to make final proof in support
Of his claim, and that SAID proof will be
made before Clerk of District Court, at
Abbeville, La, on August "a 1896, viz:
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1896-08-15
Wanted-An Idea Z e: ::$ s. s :' ;s::s

Write 8 W~EDDERBURN q co, PatenG 49, W
news. Washington, ID. c., for their $1.a0 prize o1st
md list of two hundred Inventions wanted.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-11-27

sitting, nor move one inch from where you
are standing, before YOU get full title for
1t, written in the blood OF the Son OF God,
who would have all men come to life present
and life everlasting.
II you have been In military life, you know
what soldiers call the "long roll ALI the
drums beat it because the enemy is approach
ing, ana all the troops must Immediately
get into line. What scurryIng around the
camp and putting of the arms through the
straps OF the kuapsack and saying good-by
to comrades you may never meet agaln
Some OF you Germans or Frenchmen may
have heard that long roll just before Sedan.
Some Of you Italians may have heard that
long roll just before Bergamo. Some ofyou
Northern and Southern men may have heard
it just before the battle of the Wilderness.
You know its stirring and solemn mean
ing, and so sound the long roll to-day. I
beat this Old gospel orum tnat has for cen
turIes been calling thousands to take
their places in line for tais battle, on one
side of which are all the forces bsaCj1c and
on the other side all the forces demonlac.
Here the long roll call, "Who is on the
Lords sideY "Quit yourselves like men.
In solemn column march for Got and happi-
ness ana heaven. So glad am l that do
n t have TO "wi-h myself accursed' and
throw away my heaven that You may win
your heaven, but that we may have whole
convention OF heavens heaven added to
heaven. heaven butt on heaven. And while
| dwell upon the theme l began 10 exnerl-
ence in my own poor self thai which [ tako
to be something like passion fors0uls. And
now unto God, the only wise. the only good,
the only great. be glory forever. Amen!
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-11-27

Statistics collated by well known
trade journal exhibit in a very strik.
ing way the parallel growth of the
United States and the leading coun.
tries in Europe in trade and popula.
tion. Impressed by the magnitude oil
our own growth, we believed for a
time that it was unique. But this
theory is no longer tensble. Although
this country has grown faster than
any one of the eight leading countries
of Europe, nearly all show great in
creases both in wealth and population.
Taking the United States, Great Brit.
ain, France, Germany, Australian.
gary, Italy, Belgium, Russia and
Holland in a single group, they show
an increase in population between
1860 and 1890 of over 100, 900, 900, of
which 80. 900, 900 belong to the United
States. This represents for us almost
exactly 100 per cent. of growth, and
it is the highest percentage in the
group, although Russia, with lower
percentage, shows growth of &c.
10000 Germany increased over a
third, Austria-Hungary over fourth,
Italy fifth, Great Britain not quite Il
fourth, while France remained almost
stationary. The percentage increase
for the entire group is 52t for popu-
lation and 222 for trade in the last
four decades. Our own trade increase
in that time is we'll above the average,
being from $5l9, 100000 to over
81, 800, 100000, or more than 200 per
cent. Russia surpassed this percent
age, out still remained behind us in
the total volume of trade, Germany'a
percentage of trade increase more
than doubled that of England. 1t is
hard to overestimate the significance
Of such figures. They show growth
both in population and wealth that is
without precedent in history.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-11-27
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The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-11-27

The engineering work which may
have considerable effect on coastwise
freights is the reconstruction OF the
Dismal Swamp Canal, which is de-
signed to afford a waterway between
the north and south seacoasts, avoid
ing the dangers of Hatteras. This
canal is q historic one, having been
begun in 1887 and constructed in ten
years, largely by slave labor, to the
depth Of four feet and n width Of
thirty-two feet. II extends from
Elizabeth City, near Norfolk, Va, tc
the head waters of the PasquotanB
River, a distance of twenty-five miles
there connecting with navigablt
streams which reach the ocean south
of Hatteras. In its early years it paiC
dividends of sixty per cent. pei
Rnnum, and a share of its stock wal
reckoned to be worth one hearty NAL,
slave. The present contract calls fol
a uniform depth of ten feet and
width OF sixty feet, and the venture i
backed by 100000 of Baltimor,
capital. The work is to be completed
by Decem Der 81. 1897