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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-05-15
Too Much

General Robert r. Hemphill, the
talented editor of the Abbeville,
Is. CO. Medium is q thorough enemy
of frauds of any and all description.
1t is really amusing to see him cut
and slash the paper heroes OF the
late war and in a mastery manner
point out how much luss and how
few feathers 60 to make up the rep-
u~tatiens of some of these idols. he
sticks a pin in oft told yarn OF Pick.
etts terrible charge at Gettysburg,
showing that Picketts loss did not
average more than fifteen men TO a
regiment. In the same charge ne
says that Pettigrew's men went far"
Their and staid longer than Picketts,
but we never heard of them. VIZ
have heard lots of old Louisiana SOL
diers say The same thing. Henry ).
Foote demolished the halo Of demi-
godism which was popularity sup
posed to hang around Jegerson
Davis end we are afraid General
Hemphill will teave the paper war,
riors very few heroes TO worship or
make them lay in a new stock.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-05-15
Hot in the Collar.

Our venerable friend. Major
Hearsey. editor Of the Daily States
is wrathy because Congressman
Meyer, Davey and Rroussard voted
for the Dingley bill. 10 a long and
scathing editorial he says
I'VE regret TO find any Demo-
cratic newspaper defending such So
called Democrats from adverse cliti.
cism. A few sugar planters who
have already sold ont to the Repub-
licans and taken to their bosoms the
niggers, may demand such action on
the part Of the Republicans. But
the great mass of the people of
Louisiana do not demand it and will
not pardon or coDdone it. These
three men have committed political
suicide; they have cut their own
threats and disemboweled tbem-
selves. To Meyer aud Dayey this is
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-05-15

a matter of small consequence. They
belong to that breed 10 politics
known as n%euters; they are no more
Democrats than they are Republi
cans. They are Democrats today
because their districts are Demo-
cratic. The case is different with
Mr.. Broussasd He is quite a young
man; he possesses %eloqnence and
ability Of high order, and, if report
be trae, he is a high toned gentle
man; he had Q splendid political fu-
lure in this State. Alas, thai vote
has cooked his goose" He will
receive nothing but condemnation
from the people OF Louisiana; he will
ind no true Democratic following 10
his district. He has allied himself
with the Republican Sugar planters
who are in politics soleis aud eSclu-
sively for revenue. It is sorrowful
to see so young, so eloquent and 50
able a man thus throw away his fu
ture. He is a mar with the capacity
to have been of great credit and
honor to his State"
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-05-15
Only a Straw.

It is only a little thing. But
nevertheless it is a mark Of enlight-
ment and progress Of which our peo-
pie may feel an interest in knowing.
Abbeville is one OF The few towns In
the State which can boost Of an ex-
~ceIlent street sprinkler service,
nobody will get the swell head
about it, but when you recall the
fact that such "cities" as Lake
Charles, New Iberia and Opelousas
a not boast of such an evidence OF
cleanliness and comfort as a street
sprinkler it will make our town PEG
ple have a good opinion OF them
selves.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-05-15
Constable Sale.
STATE of Louisiana Parish or
Vermilion-6th Justices Court
No. 345.
Eyariste Dartez. Jr.,
Felix Menard.

By virtue of q writ of feri facios
issued by the Honorable Sixth
Justices Court. 10 the matters OF tho
above numbered and entitled suit.
authorizing and commanding me 10
seize and sell the property Of said
defendant, to satisfy said writ, I will
proceed to sell at public auction, to
the last and highest bidder, at The.
Office Of The Sixth JUSTICES Court ID
this parish. on
Saturday, May Is, 1897,
between the legal hours prescribed
by law, the following described
property, seized to satisfy said Wri.
to wit
One Sow.
One horse, saddle and bride.
Terms-Cash.
j. ALcIDE FAUX,
Constable.
May /, 81.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-05-15
Let us Have the Trath.

Last week q municipal election
was held In Lafayette. Only white
men and Arabs voted. The regular
Democratic ticket was declared
elected ny a big majority. Bro.
Mouton's rooster crowed long and
loud. Bro. Van der Cruyssen's
rooster don't crow at all, but he
thinks a lot that wouldn't look well
in print. It is admitted or both
sides that 10 ballots were thrown
out for being fly specked and i'm
properly blotted. Now, right here
is the niger 10 the woodpile. There
were three watchers on each SIDE to
witness the count, and what we want
to know is for which ticket sre those
TO votes, thus cast out intended ? II
it was only the Girard ticket which
was ringed. spotted, steaked and ay
specked," why there ia something
id rottea 10 the State OF Denmark,
and the world should know it. II
the Cutlery tickets had some as
specks and pencil crosses on them
why there is no use 10 squealing
Don't insinuate Bro. Van der Cruys
sen, just open your head and tell us
the plain facts. The world has q
right to know them without garnish'
ment.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-05-15

The president has decided not to
appoint a consul-general to Havana
until next fall. Gen. Lee has given
ga abstraction, and when be comes
home in the summer, as he desires TO
do, Mr.. Springer, the consul-gen-
eral, is perfectly competent to act.
1t would be unsafe for a northern
man TO spend a summer in Havana
until he became acclimated. By
spending three or four months there
in the winter and spring be would
gradually accustom himself to the
heat and malaria, but it would be
tempting providence to go direct
from this climate to that fever fac
tory 10 the heated term and the
rainy season. There is some tax of
Offering the position to j. Frank
Alrich but his friends say he would
not accept. Under ordinary rrcum-
stances the Havana consulate is an
attractive and profitable place. The
salary is Sc 600 a year, and before
the revolution the fees were as much
more, but at present they are very
small.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-05-15
Succession Sale.
STATE OF LOUISIANA,
Parish Of Vermllion,
l7th Judicial District Court-No
a3O
Succession Of Alc6e Melancon.

Succession OF Alcee Melancon.
by virtue Of an order of sale
granted by the Honorable Court
aforesaid in The matters Of the above
entitled and numbered succession, Z
will proceed TO sell at public auc-
lion, 10 the last aud highest Lidder,
all the properly belonging to said
succession or 80 much thereof as mar
be necessary 10 pay The debts at the
late residence of the deceased, id
this parish. on
Thursday, May 20, 1897,
between the legal hours prescribed
by lay, the following described
property belonging to the above
entitled and numbered estate, to-
wit /:
/. The undivided one-third inter
est in and to a certain tract Of prai-
RE land, situated in the parish Of
Vermilion, containing in all Two
Hundred and Eighty-one Gl-l00
acres and being (lst) the SCI of
SCI, Sec. 2. in Tp. II, South Of
Range . East, containing forty 40
"a 100 acres. ~ WI Of SCI and
NEI Of SCI of Sec 2, 10 Up II, SR
2 East, containing one hundred and
twenty 81 100 acres. % WI Of
NEI and SCI Of NEz Of Sec 2, Tp
II, SR 2 East. containing one huns
dred and twenty 70-l0u acres.
! Que dwelling house, n corn
crib, two creole horses, two cows and
calves, 500 lbs barbed wire and
posts.
The sale of the property TO 30
made on a credit of nine months
from the day of sale, purchasers 10
furnish their notes good an6 solvent
sureties in solido, representing tne
credit purchases TO the satisfaction
OF the administrator. ard made ppJa
BILE to the order of the administrator
nine months from the day Of sale,
and conditioned bear eight per cent
per annniD interest from maturity
until paid; with the additional pen
atty Of ten per cent for attorneys
fees on the amount due and exigiDle
] in case Of non Payment at maturity
The land to he and remain spe,
cially mortgaged aud hypotnecatea
with vendors lien and privilege re-
tanned thereon, and shall not %
alienated, or in any way encrInbered
to the prejudice of The succession
and the notes TO be furnished %
above set forth, 10 principal, interest,"
attorneys fees and all costs Nh'ea
may accrue thereon.
JosEpH 7. ABsHTRE.
April 1871. Administrator
f.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-05-15
Opelousas has a world of talent.

Opelousas has a world of talent
histrionic and musical more SO than
any Town we know Of, and yet Of
recent years it has more Of a repu.
tation for cock fighting and deba-
sing forms of amusement. than for
reading, literary and dramatic socie.
ties -Opelousas Courier.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-05-15

Talk about a surplus in connec-
ton with the Dingley bill is super.
huous. There will be no surplus.
There will not even be evenu sufi-
cient to meet the necessities OF the
government. A protective tariff az
such will logically fail as o revenue
measure.-Peoria Journal.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-05-15
Land Office at New Orleans. T.

Aohs1 OAnSO do Now orleans, La. d
April 10, 1891:
Notice is hereby given that the follow.
intention to make final proof in snnnn as
ofhis claim. and that said proof wifi ~
made before Clerk of District Cont -
Abbevil!e, La, on May 81, 1897, viz:
Edmund Vaughan,
who made homestead entry No. 1880. a.,
the lots 6 and z Sec 1Tp16 SR 1 w; 8 las
8 and Z Sec 6. lots ! and 2See Z, and lot !
and 2 Sec s Up Is SIR l East.
He names the following witnesses IL
prove his c~ontlnuous residence upon and
cultivation of, said land, viz:
Henry Eriksen, Lawrence Broussara
Numa Veazey, L~ivandals Vincent, ain II
Vermilion parish.
G, Med. BRUMBY.
4-17-97. Register.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-05-15

Bangkok, the capital of Siam, is
a foaticg city, containing 10000
houses, each Of which floats on a
raft Of bamboo.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-05-15

Chas. w. S~paIding, president OF
the defunct Globe savings bank OF
Chicago, has 20 indictments against
him. His type writer and private
secretary Miss Erwin has $4,000 OF
the plunder.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-05-15

There is a disposition upon the
part of q number of the members Of
the Senate finance committee to in
crease the internal revenue on beer
to 81 so per barrel, which would
add considerable revenue without
being burdensome to the consumer.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-05-15

Since the high water, timber is
getting very cheap and the Fraoklin
mills are laying 10 a full supply.
The water is now high enough for
floating and nearly all Of the pull
boats are laid up. -Vindicator.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-05-15

The town council of Alexandria
has passed an ordinance ezempting
the Gulf, Louisiana and Great
Northern railroad from taxation for
ten years, and assures the right of
way through The parish provided
the line passes through that city.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-05-15
An Image Smasher Smashed

Waco, Texas, is a hot town. II
il supposed to be very close to hell,
as the water in the wells is hot. 1t
is notable also as being the home OF
a Baptist University, and Brann's
Iconoclast, a rabid ribald sheet 10
whose eye nothing is sacred from
the bottom Of hades to tho topmost
peak of the Hymalaya's. Iconoclast,
literally mean q breaker Of images,
but Brann, blasphemous blackgusrd
that be is, like a cur with hydropho-
bia, snaps at everything. Years ago
a one armed man In Sac Antonio,
busted the seat of Brann's pants, hy
the rapid application Of his boot toe
just where they are most frequently
patched aud ever since then Brann's
liver has been ont of whack aud sur.
charged with bile and venom. Our
contemporary the New Iberia En-
terprise has a talented cores
pondent "Whack" who roasts the
self constituted Texas Torquemada
in the following pithy style:
"Bat amid all of his wonderful
flow Of adjectives, we have listened
in vain to hear the falling Of some
Of the great images he is supposed
to level with the Gust; and We were
surprised to note how, il an uu-
guarded moment, William Of Ger
many incurred his displeasure, and
we read the wonderful sg:ogiSms
with which be was supposed TO crush
that monarch to the dust. But,
nsiyabih d,ctu, he still survived. And
again our own Grover the fat, in.
Cured his displeasure, and again the
food gates of this verbose cyclone
were turned loose upon his nnpro
! tected head; but reckless Grover
utterly regardless of the song Of this
Waco nightingale lived OF. And
again we see the foodgate Of his
wrath turned upon the learned head:
of that ancient and honorable sea
of embryotic greatness, Yale, in his
grand and %pyrotecnic championship
of the immortal sluggers Fitz & Go
And who have list with bated breath
for the news that Yale has fallen
bat she falleth not. And so it ha;
been ever since we have attempted
to follow his aorid, bombastic, vul.
gar, profane aud somewhat jackasti,
cal style, we have failed to hear tht
distant rumble that hetokened hi
falling OF some of the images agains
which he has brayed Or at which h,
has kicked. But still we will watcl
on in fear and trembling, dreadius
the time when he shall cut loose anc
demolish some of our pet hobbies
for in the words Of the poet. it wa
ever thus in chilhood's days; ",
never loved a bright gazelle bn
what that critter up and died.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-05-15

Our esteemed contemporary the
Carrollton News comes to US this
week in q new form as a handsome
SPACE paper Of 4 columns TO the
page all home print. The new edi-
tor G.. w. Palfow is making his
mark.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-05-15
STATE TAX SALES
ON MOVABLE PROPERTY.
The State Of Louisiana vs.. Delin-
queut Tax Debtors, Parish Of
Ver,nilion

Vernilion
By virtue Of the authority vested
in me by the Constitution and laws.
Of Louisiana, | will sell at the prin.
cipal foot door Of the courthouse.
in which the Civil District Court of
said parish is held. or at the place of
seizure, in the parish Of Vermilion,
within the legal hours tor judicial
sales, beginning II o'clock a, m.
Saturday, May %, 1897,
and continuing on Monday and each
succeeding day until said sales are
completed. all property on which
taxes are now due State of Louis
lana, to enforce collection Of all The
taxes assessed 10 the year previous
thereto, together with interest there.
on, from the 3lst day of December,
1895, until paid, and all costs.
The anne Of said delinquent tax.
payers, the amount of taxes due by
each on the assessment of said year.
and the property assessed TO each to
be offered for sale arc as follows, to
wit:
Moore, James Mrs. taxes 1895,
State tax 5 2 OF
Parish tax 2 6S
Costs ID IS
Five head of cattle.
Moore, Louis taxes 1895.
Tax Sc
Poll tax | 90
Costs Is rs
Fonr head OF cattle.
Vaughn, Edward, taxes 1895.
State tax I II
Parish tax 9 Sc
Poll tax | Ue
Costs ID 75
Ten head of cattle.
On said day OF sale [ will sell sucl
portions Of said property as each
debtor will point out, and in case
the tax debtor shall not point GU
sufficient property, | will at once
without further delay, sell the leasr
quantity Of said property any ia,
debtor which any bidder will buJ
for tie amount of the taxes, interes
and costs due by said tax debtor
The sale will be without appraise-
ment for cash in legal tender none,
of the United States.
VIM. CHoATE,
Dy-Sheriff.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-05-15
Saturday. May Is, 1897.

The Colfsx Demands has enlarged
to a 7 column paper and is whoopipg
up the Gulf, Louisiana and Great
Northern railroad.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-05-15
Tough ON Baton Rouge.

Bro. Bauer of the B. r. Bulletin
talks out in meeting" wherever
things don't go to suit him. He is
just now rubbing up the hypocrites
in his town. He says" Ever now
and then a moral breeze strikes this
community, and then all the good
men reformed reprobates get TO.
gether and commence to discuss the
ACCESSIBILITY of removing the fallen
women from town or from that Sec
zion of iowa which is in such close
poximity to the University. The
city meu want them removed to the
country; country mel want them TO
remain in the city, but neither want
them too far away! Verify. verify,
brothers, this is a hard subject to
aackIe-it is like %monkeying with a
stick with tar at both eDd5, and the
Dingley bill simply amt in it. Some
very excellent men who spring from
the 'best families of the city" who
love to prate about personal liberty,
tell US that any attempt of the city
council 10 remove these unfortunate
women is a gross assumption Of au-
tority and all together "unconsitu'
tional." and the fallen womon are
necessary evils, yet they want some
other fellows family to furnish the
necessary evil" Yes, as we remark
ed before, it is an exceedingly hard
question to handle, and can only be
satisfactorily solved by specialists,
and for this reason We retire from
the field"
NJ. j. Richard, of Richard post
Office, Was in Opelousas Wednesday.
he is Of the opinion that the Atehaf
alava and Bayou aes Glaizes levees
will stand the present crisis, and that
ST.. Landry parish will escape the
food. The Teche leyees can stand
a rise Of two feet more, and il is not
probable that that will occur. The
Bayou des Glaizes levee is not quite
so good. The rains have softencd
it, and while no disastrous result is
expected, these le7ees are not count
ed safe Clarion.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-05-15
Idea e: Is = s y: ID

Protect your ideas; they may bring you Ws 1870
Write JOHN wEDDEKBURN & Coz Patels n ~
leys, Washington, D. c., for their SltoU 49,
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-09-15

time, terrible painin my left side, chills,
loss of appetite, and could not sleep
nights. After taking several bottles of
Lydia f. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, some Liver Pills, and using your
Sanatiye Wash, / recovered.
can eat well, and every one that
sees me tells me I am n different per-
son. l can do all my own work, sleep
well and feel well. / am growing
stronger every dag, and am able to go
out and enjoy walk and not feel all
tired out when return, as l used TO. L
doctored for sixteen years, and in all
those years | did not feel as well as do
at the present time. l wish that every
woman that is troubled as | was, would
try that medicine. Ohl it is so good
to feel well, and it is all owing to Mrs.
Pinkham's kind advice and medicine.
-MRs. JAMES CORRIGAE, 2s4 Center St.,
Jamaica Plain, Mass.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-09-15
King George Republicans.

KING GEORGE. VA. September IL
Special-A mass-meeting of the Repub-
lican of King George 10 elect delegates
10 meet those from Stafford at Cox s
store Monday. September Goth. TO nomi-
nate a candidate for the House, was
held at the courthouse to-day
The meeting was called 10 order by
County Chairman +. w. Payne and r. T.
Purkins was elected secretary. The fol
lowing delegates were elected:
Recommendation Manning, z. 7. I,
wolfe and Sanford Allen.
Rappahannock-R r. Purkns. r. A,
Page and Silas Staples
Shlloh-James 5. Davis and Wesley
Mamie. F. w. Payne. delegate at large
The following resolution was adopted
Whereas, We do not instruct our dele
gates for any one in particular, yet we
do most heartily approve and endorse the
action OF William j. Rogers In the last
General Assembly.
They also declared in favor Of nominal
ing candidates for Governor, Lieutenant
Governor and Attorney General
Delegates were elected TO the Lynch
burg convention as follows:
Potomac-WLliam J. Rogers, George
Grayson and Sol Jackson.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES \. Rose and
John Williams.
shlloh-F w. Payne. John Giles and
J. s. Davis. II. II. Purkins. delegate al
large.
The meeting was addressed by W. A.
Pose. Messrs. Dishman. Scott and George
CraysOn
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-09-15
BEN BRUSH DEFEATED.
MARCO TAKES IHE ORIENTAL HANs
DICAP By A GREAT RUSH.
Hamburg Wins the Prospect Stakes by .
Couple Of Lengths-A Jockey Has
Narrow Escape.

NEW YORK. September H-This was
the opening day at Gravesend and there
was good attendance, drawn by the
ex, Silent card. Hamburg appeared IN
the Prospect stakes. and was. OF course.
an odds-on favOrite. lie got a moderate
start and went to the front at once. re-
naming there to the finish, winning by a
couple Of lengths.
In the Oriental Handicap, Requital was
a hot favorite with Lehman second choice,
the latter. however. being the best back
ed horse in the race. Maurice made the
running with Ben Brush second TO the
stretch. and then the latter showed the
way He looked all over a winner when
Havoc came 10 with a rush and IN
furious drive through the last iurlong,
managed TO wear Ben Brush down ana
win the race by a head in 2OS. sum
mary. .,...
FIRST race-fve and half furlongs.
Orion go 20 - first, Neman) a 70 ! anu
s TO - second; lambert q TO u thltu'
Time. 1909 IA. -,-.oo,,.t,
-Salvahle @ 10 - first; Ben Eder 20
and even) second Buckwa % 10 '''
third. Time. 1.i9. - 49,
Thlrd race-Prospect stakes. six tur-
Hamburg g TO ID first; Hanapai ~, ~ w.
ID second. Archduke q TO y thlru- i'''i1'
Fourth race-Oriental handicap one
mile and n duartor-Havoc 90 10 ~ ms, .
Ron Rrush % 10 and s 10 % secohu'
Maurice Il 10 ID third Tine l.Vs.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-09-15
p0LIrIcS ~ CAROLINE.
DIR. ouisenberry Lively to Have Clear
FieId-A Criminal Case.


ROWLING GREEN. VA, Sept. 14.-Spe-
Yesterday was a day Of much po-
utical talk. with nothing accomplished.
Earlv i'm the day the sovereigns begun 10
come in TO court and they were met ana
intervieyyed bv the leaders OF the inherent
political parties. l,--..u,,,,o, mot
Tho Democratic County committee met
o,d decided not 20 take amy decisive dD-
ton i'm regard to nominating candldale
Tor the House of Delegates until OCTOBER
Court "a
Then the Popullst Committee met ana
arrived AT the same conclusion.
There is a strong sentiment IN this couh-
~ in favor of fair elections ana reform
i'm state government. and as Dr. w. -.
glastonbury is out In a cara anhounClhE
his candidacy and pledging himself, II
The enactment Of laws 10 accomplish the
result desired. IL is probable that there
will be no party nominations IN caroline
and that ne will have no opposition.
The Lamb Republicans at first intended
10 hold a mass-mcctng 90 send delegates
TO the LynchhuTg Convention, but finally
decided to submit the matter 10 county
convention, and a call was issued for one
TO be held on September 18th.
1t Is believed that the Agnew- BOwdon
wing of the party will control the con-
yention when IL is held.
grand jury was cmpanalled and
brought i'm an indictment against J. II.
Mundy for committing criminal assault
on a colOrcd girl, only twelve years old.
The case will come up for trial on Thurs
day, and much interest Is manifested.
The weather is still very dry and hot,
and the dust is almost unbearablc.