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The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1897-10-09

and spread on the minutes.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS.
Mayor Cafery presented the following to
the Council:
beg to say that under ordinance of the
City Council of this town, adopted, giving
control to me of quarantine operations, 1
requested the following citizens to assist me
i'm the organization of the volunteer system,
and to act as leaders thereof, to-wst:
Messrs. Crow Cirard, A. E. Mouton, VIM.
Campbell and Ed 6. VOORHEES,. am able
to say that they readily consented and inn
metiately proceeded to organize the voiun-
tcer force into four watches, which was
operated with some degree of success for
several days, but they have. this day re-
ported to me that sfter having used every
possible endcavor to quarantine the town IN
this way, they were compelled to say the
continuation of the volunteer system is iln-
practical, and that guards be hired aud
provisions be made fof l.ay.n1nt By increase
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1897-10-09

Total amount collected to date.---$5o 90
Very respectfully submitted
S. w. MCFADD1N, Collector.
Ordered recorded and filed and spread
upon the minutes.
Baxter Clegg treas'r gen. fund, Oct. 81
To the honorable mayor and City Coun-
Gil, Lafayette, La.-Followng are receipts
and disbursements since report Sept: e, 81:
Sept. 6. TO cash on hand as per re-
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1897-10-09

The Police Jury met this day in
regular session with the following
members present: r. &. Landry,
c. c. Brown, Ben Avant, M. Bill
leaud, Jr., Jno. Primeaux, Jno.
Wilmington, Jr., Alfred Hebert and
Alonzo Lacy.
The minutes of the. previous
meetings were read and approved.
The petition of Marcel Malan-
con, Mozart Langlinais, Ambrose
Broussard, Clairmas Gerouard and
J. r. Melancon, praying for a
roadway through the property of
Valsin Broussard under the provis-
sions of act 81 of the General AS
sembly of 1896, was read and con-
sldered. BY motion duly made the
following was adopted:
Resolved that Hons. r. c.
Landry, Ben Avant. and Alonzo
Lacy be and are hereby appointed
a committee to consider the aPpli-
cation of M. Melancon and others
for a road over the land of Valsin
Broussard as per petition. The
committee shall notify Valsin
Broussard in writing and shall hear
all parties in interest, and shall re-
port the result of its Investigations
to the next regular meeting of the
Jury when the whole matter will be
considered.
by motion Messrs. r. c. Landry
and Jno. Wilmington, Jr., were APP
pointed to advertise and receive
bids for the keeping of Da1mas
Broussard bridge.
BY motion the committee of ex-
perts of the Board of Health was
notified to investigate any and all
cases of sickness reported to exist
in the town of Royville and in case
of the refusal on the part of any
citizen of said town to allow an
examination of said reported sick
ness, the SAID town of Royville
shall be placed under quarantine
for a period of ten days. The
Jno. E. Primeaux voting nay. The
secretary was authorized to notify
the expert physicians of the action
taken and their powers in the prem
Uses.
Horace Comeaux was appointed
road for the 9TH ward vice
Eloi BONN.
The secretary was authorized to
with Supt. HOSSSett,
of the Teche and Yermilion Tele-
phone Company, as to the use of
the telephone lines for public
busir ess.
The following accounts were approved:
Alfred Peck, coroner's juror. o5
G. Alemen, coroner's juror 90
F. Richard, washing Jail Blankets l25
Geo. DeBlarc. coal ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 20 so
+. G. VOORHEES,, juror and wit GER
ti6cates ......... 80 ........ e. ....... IS IS
Mrs. Aft. Chargos, feed'g IL Jurors s 90
I. A. Broussard, feeding prisoners. 3I7 70
A. X. Trahan, parish physician etc. 81 II
There being no further business
the Police Jury adjourned.
R. c. LANDRY, president,
r. C. GREIG, secretary.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1897-10-09
The Present Situation.

The Present Situation.
To The Gazette:
LAFAYETTE, La, Oct. 7, 1897.
A continuation of the present
quarantine regulations will cause
great loss to the people of this Sec
ton. 1t will cause considerable
damage to all, total ruin to some.
It will cripple every industry and
strike a death blow to several in
terests. This is admitted 10y all,
those who advocate absolute non
intercourse and those who oppose
it.
We are told by men who have
made sanitary science a 1ife-study,
that we may have intercourse with
infected points wit bout endangcring
in the least the health or life of
any one.
This is true or it is not true.
Learned men who should know
what they are talking about tell us
it is true. Some who do not pre-
tend to understand sanitary science
tell US it is not.
Whom shall we believe?
Are we to trust the wisdom of the
civilized world, the best thought of
scientific men and rely upon the
advanced methods of modern
times7
Or, are we to thrust aside the
dictates of the mind, shut our eyes
to the progress of science and cling
to the antediluvian methods of a
past age?
Eminent gentlemen. who are
thoroughly informed upon every
thing that pertains to the process OF
fumigation and dislnfection, assure
us that railway communication can
be had with New Orleans with alb
solute safety.
AS rational and intelligent beings
can we refuse to believe them,
when experience teaches that it has
been done.
All right minded men believe
that our first duty is to protect
ourselves from the invasion of the
dreadful pestilence whose visitation
is even too terrible to contemplate,
and should we fail to employ the
best means of protection we would
be crininally guilty.
But we would be equally culpa-
BILE if we should fail to use those
methods which, though just as safe
and efficient, are certain to save
thousands of people from great
suffering and hundreds from almost
total bankruptcy.
From all indications the quaran-
tine will have to be kept up until
perhaps the middle of December.
A good freeze before that time is
hardly probable.
Hence, the situation is very
serious and calls for the ripened
Judgment of thoughtful and scien-
tific men.
Gov. Foster has taken the matter
in hand and will try to afford the
people some relief. He has wired
the parish authorities to meet the
State health board with a view Of
devising some rlan that will result
in the common good.
Let us hope he will succeed in
bringing about an agreement which
will mitigate the hardships resulting
from present quarantine regulations.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1897-10-09

Disintectants are cheap at the
Moss Pharmacy, to encourage
liberal use of them.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1897-10-09
THE PRESS CLUB
of New Orleans Appeal to their
Brothers of the Country for
Cooperation.

Cooperation.
NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 6, 1907
Through courtesy Of the Western
Union Telegraph Company we wire
you the following free:
To Our Fellow Toilers of the
Press in Louisiana, Mississippi and
Texas, from the New Orleans Press
Club. Greeting-It is the sense of
this body whose active membership
are responsible for the accuracy OF
the local news of the daily press OF
New Orleans, and that sense is
hereby expressed by the club in
special meeting assembled, that to
you, our CO workers and brethren,
be submitted by us the following
facts and suggestions:
First. That with absolute fidelity
and truth all news relative to the
present visitation of yellow fever
here has been reported by US of
active profession to employing
newspapers and have by them,
without curtailment or coioring,
been given.
Second. That the New Orleans
newspapers have consequently told
the facts and all the facts with hdel-
ity, which has been everywhere adj
mitted and in some places criticised
as opposed to the city's best inter-
est, but trutk was deemed the best
rule to inspire confidence at home
and abroad and has been strictly
adhered to as the highest journal
istic principle.
Third. That injury out of all
proportion to the actual danger has
been and is being wrought every
possible interest Of the city, state
and neighboring states, by local
quarantine having no uniformity
and no reference to science.
Fourth. That the most vital
harm results in the quarantine OF
mail, thus cutting off all commun'-
cation, and this in spite of the fact
tba the enlightened science of the
world has pronounced that no
pathogenic organisms can live
through the process Of disinfect'on
which the United States is subject
ing newspapers and all mail under
the personal and impartial super
vision of DR.. Carter of the United
States Marine Hospital Service and
under his guarantee of thorough
protection against infection.
Fifth. That unless the quaran-
tine be removed the harm to this
State and the South, to localities,
cities and towns may even be pro-
Ionged as neither newspapers nor
letters can bring tidings of affairs
in New Orleans to great number
of points.
Sixth. That our brethren Of the
press addressed give conspicuous
place to this special in their papers,
and use their good Offices as brainy
men and leaders in relative thought
with our fellow-citizens in their
localities to the end of removing
the restrictions on the mails, so
that as citizens of common coun-
try we may hold intelligent commu-
nication and wisely direct our
course of action relative to fever
as it pertains both to our common
safety and our common business
interests.
Seventh. That it is essentially
important Immediately to set to
work on this proposition to first
free the mail since the fever appear
on the wane and is certain in few
weeks to be extinguished by cold,
and in the clearer light thus afforded
IN time to set the wheels of COM
me:ce in the South free.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1897-10-09

Should you need a pair of shoes
call at Mouton & Hopkins and buy
just what you want.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1897-10-09

We employ the best of watch
makers and you can rest assured
your watches will give you perfect
satisfaction. T. NJ. Biossat, jew
eler.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1897-10-09
City Council Proceedings.

LAFAYETTE, LA October 4, IS97-Ihe
City Council met this evening in regular
session with the following members present:
Mayor Caffery, Counciimen Hopkins, Mar
tin, Mouton and Landry. Absent: Bru,
Davidson and Hahn.
There being quorum the mayor called
the Council to order. and upon motion duly
seconded, it was moved that the Council
adjourn until Tomorrow in order that all
the members might be present. Carried.
TUESDAY MORNING.
The Council met this morning with all
the members present.
The minutes of the last regular meeting
and of the special meetings were read and
adopted as read.
The reports of the committees being
called. the street committee reported as
follows:
In relation to the petition of the citizens
asking for the truck. in the hall of the Lafa-
yette Fire Company, we, the street COM
mittee,..beg to report that upon investigation
we find that the truck does not belong to
the city and the Council has no control of
it, and further that the matter of purchasing
hose be deferred.
The committee appointed to visit Alex
andria and Thibodeaux, reported that owing
to the quarantine they were unable to 6"
for the present.
The following accounts were approved:
w. Duhon, hauling .-....--..-..--.-.--$ 81
w. p. Oil Company, oil ......-..- IL IL
Amb. Mouton, attending to lamps IS 90
r A Rroussard. feeding prisoners IS 40
F. H. Mouton, one day guard .-.--- 50
O, Barron, sanitary inspector IS IS
~ T. Veazev. MARSHAL etc 50 40
H. Hebert, deputy marshal .--..-- $500 80 90
U. Himei, deputy MARSHALL. -..:: 40 90
A. NJ. Martin, making assessment roll IS 90
A.. Mouton, inspecting freight,.--.. 7 50
The account of Gabriel Hebert for SO
was disapproved.
The reports of officers were as follows:
LAFAYETTE, La. Oct. 4, 1S97.-1o the
honorable mayor and members of the City
Cuonc,l of Lafayette: Gentlemen-1 have
collected since last report the following &C
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1897-10-09

Felix Mouton will write your in
surance for you. He represents
all the best companies.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1897-10-09

Anything in the line CT dry goods
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1897-10-09

There being no further business
the Police Jury adjourned.
r. c. LANDRY, president,
r. C.. GREG, secretary.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1897-10-09

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The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1897-10-09

Oct. & To cash on hand this day .$2oo5 IS
The reports were ordered filed, recorded
and spread on the minutes.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-02-12
CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION.

Before leaving the subject of reforms
in the administration Of our criminal
law, there is one other matter which
has been the subject of some agitation
that desire to mention.
Section of Art. of our present con-
stitution secures to the accused in all
criminal prosecutions, "a speedy pub
lie trial by an impartial jury of the
county in which the crime shall have
been committed"
Under this provision our court has
held that a man is an incompetent juror
who has formed or expressed an opinion
merely from having read newspaper
account of the offense with which the
accused stands charged, although said
newspaper account does not purport to
have been written by witness to the
facts therein stated. Itcan be seen that
this construction of our constitution
tends to put the administration of our
criminal law, so far as our juries are
concerned, into the hands of the non
reading and more ignorant classes.
Our Legislature in 1901 passed a
very liberal act on this subject but the
same was promptly declared obnoxious
to the above provision of our constitu-
ton, Said Act, being chapter 81 of the
Acts of lS70-7l, was as follows, towit:
"That hereafter no citizen in any
criminal prosecution in this State shall
be adjudged incompetent to act as a
| juror by reason of having formed or eN-
pressed an opinion touching the guilt OF
innocence of the accused, upon infor-
nation derived exclusively from any
published account of the facts of the
offense with which the defendant
stands charged, unless the writer OF
said statement in said article professed
to have been a witness to the same at
! the time of their occurrence, which
must afiirmatively appear; and pro
vided that said juror will state, upon
the law and the testimony, on trial, he
believes he can give the accused faii
and impartial verdict"
Our Supreme Court, in a very able
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-02-12
A FATHERLY ASSURANCE.
The Old Gentleman Was No Linguist, but
He Knew Life,

w
He Knew Life.
Mr.. CumroX's son was studying his
Latin lesson. There was the tremolo Of
Encouragement in his voice as he re-
Marked:
81 don't seem to get along with this
lesson very well, father"
Cant you say any Of it,"
"Yes, can say 'amo, amas, amat,
and then l always forget what comes
next.
What does those words mean, john
n.y." asked Mr.. Cumrox, who deserves
credit for being always ready to add to
somewhat deficient early education.
They mean I love, thou lowest, he
loves. ,"
1T does seem too bad to see you
startin in so soon D." the old gentleman
unused, with the difficulties that have
always surrounded that verb. But you
might as well commence young to learn
that them words in one way or another
cause two-thirds of the botheration that
occurs in this life -
PLEASE, can l quit school, them"
mo. 1t wouldn't be any use. You
couldn't dodge 'em, and you might as
well go right along and get as familiar
with them as possible. You'll find that
learnin 'em amt half the worry that
handlin 'em is after you know 'em.
Cheer up, Johnny, and remember that
most of your trouble is still ahead Of
you. "-Washington Star.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-02-12

While blue is prominently and over
whelmingly the masculine favorite, it
is by no means so general feminine
favorite. The favorite womans color,
standing at the head of the female list,
is red. Roughly speaking, of every 80
masculine votes 10 would be for blue
and for red, while of every 80 femi-
nine votes would be for blue and 8 for
red. Red and blue are thus much more
nearly equally popular among women
than among men. Other relatively
marked masculine preferences are for
the colors related to blue (blue violet
and violet, and other feminine prefer
ences are for lighter red Cor pink and, to
a less extent, for green and yellow.
Further, men confne their selections to
relatively fewer colors than do women,
and, finally, while all men and women
alike are much more apt to choose a
normal than transitional color and a
darker than a lighter shade, yet the tend
ency to do so (about the same in the
former direction) is markedly different
in the latter respect. CT 10 men 10 would
choose among the darker colors and only
2 among the lighter for the most pleas
ing color, while of 10 women z would
choose among the darker and 3 among
the lighter shades. Professor Jastrow
In Popular Scierce Monthly.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-02-12

SENATOR GILLIAN, of Shelby, has
introduced bill appropriatins $lO,-
600 to establish a reformary depart
ment at the Randall Cole Industrial
School, and to send all male chill
dren under 10 years of age there
who are convicted of felony in the
courts of the State. If the sOlCns
would amend this bill by adding to
the appropriation the $4,000 they
propose giving to the Nashville
show, and then pass it, generations
to come would rise up and call
them blessed. There are over sixty
children under fifteen years of age,
now in the Tennessee penitentiary.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-02-12
GENERAL NEWS.

The First National Bank of Frank
lin, o., has suspended.
A German at st. Louis last week
was driven by hunger to steal a
horse and kill it for food.
A receiver has been placed in
charge of the Northwestern Nation
al Bank, of Great Falls, Mont.
The Portsmouth, O., Lumber Com
pany, with capital of 81 100000, has
made application for a receiver.
The Southern Building and Loan
Association, of Atlanta, has gone
into a receivers hands; over $1,000
600 is involved. 1t is charged that
the association is insolvent, heavy
Withdrawals having been made on
account of the recent failures at
Knoxville.
President Cleveland has signed an
order reducing the number of pen
sion agencies by half, by which a
saving of at least $l50,0O0 per anpum
is made. I'm.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-02-12
WHERE WAS SENATOR DABBs?

The Christian Advocate says:
For some reason or other, the en-
terprlsing daily papers of this city
failed to tell their readers how the
several Senators voted on Bill No
1877. We, therefore, take pleasure in
supplying the needed information
1t is as follows: For the bill, Sena-
tors Claiborne, Clements, Collins
worth, Evans, Fitzgerald, Hammer
Hodges, Hurt, Keeny, Taylor, Tip
ton, and Mr.. Speaker Thompson-l2
Against the bill, Senators Bartlett
Bate, Boyd, Butler, Canada, Case
Cline, Ellis, Gillian, Gilmore
Guild, Gum, Houck, Mann, Parker
Thomas and Whittaker-l7 Not
voting, Senators Waddell and Lea
2. This list is worth keeping" The
bill referred to was the Local Option
bill.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-02-12
THE LIGHT QUESTION.

The light question Tor Columbia
will soon be settled, one way or the
other, right or wrong. The Board
will not do wrong, intentionally.
That they are conscientious and hon
est, seeking to do what is best for
Columbia, nobody doubts. But this
is no easy question, and they cannot
be too pains taking and cautious in
it's consideration. Experts them
selves differ as to the cost of furnish
ing street lights. The elements
have so much to do with electricity
that it seems to be a somewhat haz-
ardous business. 1t is easy to get
figures on running saw-mill, and
it is easy to make fortunes out of
these figures; but somehow the
figures increase and the fortunes de-
crease. We fear it may be so with
Columbia, if we undertake to do our
lighting.
The biggest mistake our City Faith =
ers are apt to make is that this plant
and this service would be run with
that economy and receive that
thoughtful, prompt, business atten-
ton that a good business man gives
to his private affairs. Public af-
fairs are not run that way, and this
Board, composed of business men,
ought not to overlook this very large
item in their running expense ac-
count.
Another serious drawback, is the
almost certainty of the plant get
ing into politics. They may think
they can guard against it, but we dc
not think they can. 1t may not be
so in other places, but Columbia
has more scheming politicians than
other places. Other places run their
schools, and just as good schools
as ours, for less money. Now DONE
say the HERALD is opposed to public
schools, for ii is not; we are
merely illustrating a point. Other
places have streets just as good
as ours at a considerable less cost
Other places nearly as large as
Columbia have considerably
less salary account. There is and
always has been an extravaganza
about Columbia, both in municipal
government as well as private liv'
ing, not INDUCED in by other places
and that same spirit of OVERRIDING
the thing, of placing the lights toe
thick, of extending the line too far
of taking in pets and neighborhoods
for political purposes; that same
spirit of extravaganza will, we fear
creep into the electric light plant i
the city owns and operates it.
Smarties may scott as much a,
they please about crOakers, but tn,
Taxpayers of this town are bur
dened with taxes. They are bur
dened with railroad debt that hat
done them little if any good. They
are burdened with a fixed charg,
for fire protection and water suppl!
that is altogether too high. AnC
this is no time to be making new
experiments and issuing more bonds
Some other way ought to be founC
out of the difficulty.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-02-12
RAINS, THE DRUGGIST,

chair? How would you like to hold
your election Under election officers
appointed by this creature?
To suppose that such might hap
pen, is not violent suppOsition at
all, considering recent events.
Besides, the principle is not right.
1t is removing the elections, indi-
rectly, too far from the people, and
giving too much power to one man.
The bill ought to be amended or
killed.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-02-12
STATE NEWS.

Lawrenceburg is to have a new
weekly paper, but the name and
date of its appearance have not been
made known.
The Duck River Phosphate Com
pany, operating phosphate mines in
Hickman county, with headquarters
at Nashville, made an assignment
last Saturday, President G. NJ. Foge
and Secretary w. G.. Davis eXecu-
ting the deed. The company has
just completed a railroad to its
mines, costing $4,000, and Mr.. Fogg
thinks operations will be resumed In
a short time.
The dynamo for the electric light
plant at Lewisburg arrived las
week and will be put in position a:
speedily as possible.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-02-12

SENATOR IsHAM G. HARRIS was
born February 10, 1918. He was
therefore, 70 years old last Wednes-
day. The HERALD congratulates
him upon the esteem and affection
with which the people of Tennessee
hold him in their hearts, and we
trust that a Kind Providence will
restore him to perfect health, and
that he may live to serve his country
another decade in the United States
Senate.