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The Mena weekly star., 1897-11-03
HENRY GEORGE.

Henry George the great slnglt
 tax reformer and friend of the
 laboring man and producer has
 passed the change called death
 and gone to his reward.
 As in the case of other adyo- cates of reform measures, pencils that have heretofore been sharp ened to write him down with ridi- cule and abuse are now carefully trimmed to write his praise. 'Tis we'll that this is so; we'll that his enemies do now praise him with unstinted praise, for by so doing they call attention to the theories he advocated and in his death the cause he labored and died for, will receive q new impetus and press forward to surer victory.
 Prior to accepting the nomina- tion for mayor at the hands of his followers, be, while in consulta- tion with his physicians, on being told that if he accepted it, the campaign might prove fatal, Mir. George replied, Welt, i must die sometime. How can 1 die bet ter than for humanity Besides, so dying would do more for the cause than 1 could were I to live. And he was right. Standing so prominently before the public as the avowcd candidate and repre- sentative of tho working classs his sudden and almost tragic talk ing off brings his name and his cause more prominently before the people than even his election, or at least a probable defeat, as mayor of Greater New York, could possibly have done.
 Henry George was pre-eminent- ly self-made man. His was an active life full of toll and perplex- tiles. His voice and pen were always heard and used in behalf of the toiling masses and in de nunciation of corrupt practices whereby the producers of wealth were plundered of their earnings, and today his most bitter enemies unite in declaring that he was honest and in no sense a dema- gogue.
 Being honest he died poor man as far as material wealth is concerned. but let no selfish, mod ern millionaire hold the flattering unction to his soul that at his talk ing off there will be such d auhiver sal outburst of praise, mingled with genuine sorrow, as today wells up from the lips and hearts of the people of this and other nations where Henry George was known.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-11-03
Make Life the Proof.

To those who have been the victims of slander may be commended the say ing of Plato, who, when asked what he was going to do in view of the fact that some one had spoken evil of him, replied that he was going to live in such a way that no one would believe it. Kansas City Star.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-11-03
Building and Loan Association.

There will be meeting of the sub. scribers to the Mena building and loan association, and all others interested at the Bank of Mena, on Thursday night Nov. at 7:30 p. m. to adopt a constitution and consider the advisa. bility of perfecting the organization.
 A. " ST JOHN,
 Chairman.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-11-03

The recent raise in wages as agreed on between the officials and employees of the K. c. P. & G. road will, when it goes fully into effect increase the amount of the payroll S157, ,000, per annum, so we are informed. This helps show the magnitude of the business transacted by this road in the form of wages paid.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-11-03
A Wolf In Little pock

Little Rock, Ark, Oct 2o.-A wolf was Killed on one of the principal res ldenee streets of Little Rock yesterdav Just as It was about to attack party or children at play. The animal am ooloened hy hunger had come out of the swamps south of the city.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-11-03

Last Saturday 351 freight cars were handled in the division yards of the Port Arthur Route at this place, PIT of them being loaded. This fact conveys some idea of the amount of freight traffic of this great line of railway which has only been opened through to the gulf few months.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-11-03
Rivaled A Football Game.

Two wildcats were sent by express from Kansas City to Ohio, but when they arrived at their destination one had been digested by the other. The express messengers report fight in transit that rivaIed football game.- Kansas City Star.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-11-03

Hot Springs being at the mercy of a railroad that charges ''all the trafic will bear" for freight, causes her merchants to be at disadyan- tage when compared to our Mena merchants who get reasonable freight rates and sell goods cheap CT than Hot Springs merchants can.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-11-03

All those who desire to see har. mony and good feeling prevail between capital and labor should feel encouraged to know that the employees on the Port Arthur route hold the managers of the road in highest esteem. They often refer to President Stilwell as q gentleman and philanthropist and an official who shows that he has the welfare of the workmen on his road at heart.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-11-03

Mena needs an electric lighting and water works plant and they cannot be secured too soon. If the laws of the state will permit these should be built, owned and operated by the city, but if not some other plan should be adopt ed to secure these much needed utilities.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-11-03

An exchange wisely remarks that
 ne who is afraid to advocate hisscon- sic'ions never ascends the ladder of iaine. Also all men were not made of uust. Dust settles some time, but there are lots of men who never do"
The Mena weekly star., 1897-11-03
The Unstable Foundation.

You cannot in any given case, by any sudden and single effort, will to be true if the habit of your life has been insincere. Frederick ". Robert son.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-11-03

The date fixed for delinquents to pay their taxes and. avoid the penalty is November 10, instead of December 10. as the Star stated last week.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-11-03

Walla TonalSa is a young Choctaw Indian charged with murder in the first degree. He was tried and found guilty months ago but according to the custom of the Choctaws has been allowed full liberty to go where he pleased during the time needed for the supreme court to pass on the sentence of the lower court Walla played ball
The Mena weekly star., 1897-11-03
CURRENT EVENTS IN BRIEF.

Serious trouble is being had with the Ute Indians in trying to enforce the game laws in Colorado.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-11-03
Weather Report. :.

roiioWing IS the weather report for " " eeh es ending Oct 31, reported by D. Il.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-11-03

Business men who have been in the habit of using govern. ment envelopes will note that So soon as the contract for printing runs out the government will no longer compete with the printer in printing the return cards. Also, by a recent ruling your letter will be held thirty days unless you have printed on the envelope the time you wish it to be held. Journal Magnolia
The Mena weekly star., 1897-11-03

with an Indian club in Kansas City re- gently. attracting attention oy ms skill and good iinTncT. " Ben toned regarding his comlng execution he said simply: 'Choctaw is brave Have no fear. Will be there when tune comes. He will be executed Novem- ber 6.
 William Carr, the man arrested last week at Liberty, Mo, for the murder of his own child, the body ot which was found in the Missouri river at Kansas City has confessed the deed and cooly told the details of a most fendish crime. After terrible abuse at the hands of Carr and his wife, the step-mother the child was carried to the river bank, a stone tied on its breast with a rope and by the inhu- man father hurled into the swift river, Carr has told the story over and over, his only apparent f-eiing being caused by his own certain fate
The Mena weekly star., 1897-11-03

A letter written by United States deputy marshal in Oklahoma to a friend was forwarded to Governor Stephens of Missouri and contained the following warning: If you have any friends in the banking business along the borders of Arkansas and Missouri and the Indian Territory you can tell them say to look out. Dynamite Dicks gang and the Al Jennings gang the bank and train robbers, are out on a raid and they are going to have money"
The Mena weekly star., 1897-11-03

Lula Coombs, the 15-year-old daugh- ter of farmer near Goifeyvilie, Kas. was beaten into insensibility by d negro last Friday night, said to be a man who had been working for her father, Solomon Coombs. She with other children were alone at the time. A younger sister gave the alarm, but the brute escaped on stolen horse. If caught there will be no work for the courts in his case.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-11-03

If l do not get my just deserts may become a second Charles Guiteau and there will be serious trouble for President Mckinley" were the words of George Scholder of Fort Scott, Kas. , spoken to Senator William E. Mason in hls office in Chicago Scholder wants the president to assist him in regaining property which he alleges he was swindled out of by litigation. He was arrested
The Mena weekly star., 1897-11-03

Ex- President Cleveland was made happy by the birth of son at his home in Princeton N J., on October 2s. He has been named Grover Cleve- land, Jr. Among congratulations re- ceived was cablegram from Queen Victoria. The new baby's sisters are Ruth, Esther and Marion, aged 7, 5 and years.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-11-03

One of Weyler's last acts before leav- ing Cuba was the virtual murder of General Castillo, the popular Cuban commander of the Province of Havana. Castillo, with an escort of seven men, was lying ill with fever, was betrayed by guide, captured by the Spaniards and shot without mercy. His killing will greatly increase the Cuban deslre for revenge
The Mena weekly star., 1897-11-03

At Pittsburg, Pa Sllas Gray has served fourteen years of life sentence for a murder and has now been ad- judged innocent and released.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-11-03

q have reasonable assurance,r said a strong supporter of The Republican today that within six months tba division will be removed from Stilwen to Sloan Springs, and that means, of course, that when onceTemoved it is to remain permanently. "-Siloam Springs Republican.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-11-03

Farmers in Buchanan county, Mo, have been much troubled by tramps and have organized a vigilance con- mittee and horsewhipped more than 8 dozen men. The roads are patroled and the farmers say ifrobberies do not cease they will begin decorating trees with criminals caught
The Mena weekly star., 1897-11-03

Eighteen years ago William Knight of Renick, Mo. kissed his wife and baby boy good bye and went West to seek his fortune. Nothing was heard from him until his recent reappear- ance, to find his son married and his wife remarked, she having been happy seventeen of the eighteen years as Mrs. Samuel Jones At sight of Knight however, she left Jones for him.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-11-03

Counterfeit silver dollars have been circulating in St. Louis winch contain more and finer silver than the genuine coins.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-11-03

A Brooklyn judge has decided that an engagement ring is not a gift and that ID case the engagement is broken, the ring does not belong to the woman, but to the man.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-11-03
FROM STATE EXCHANGES.

The subject of a state fair, to ha held annually in Pine Bluff, is now being agitated. But the average leo. islature is bent on displays of nothino but itself Graphic, Pine Bluff
 We may be behind the the times or a little fogyish in our ideas of thinvs but we fail to see the necessity for or ganization, equipment and drilling os the many military companies over the state at the states expense. -Littla River News.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-11-03

Governor Atkinson, of Georgia, ad- vocates stringent legislation against mobs and lynching. even favoring in identification of the victims relatives and the arming of prisoners at the ap- proach of mobs
The Mena weekly star., 1897-11-03

On October 2s a Rock Island train was delayed for forty eight hours by snow near Limon Junction, Colo, where it is said six miles of track were covered to depth of twenty feet.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-11-03

George NJ. Pullman by his will has given the bulk of his property to two married daughters, leaving only an annuity of S3, 900 year each for his two sons, who say they will not con- test the will
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-02-20

trix and conditioned to bear eisht
per cent. per annum interest from
time due until paid, With a CLAUSE
of ten per cent. additional, for at..
torney's fee for collection after ma.
turity, and to he made payable d
the order of the administering at
the law office Of Broussard & Hitch.
ell at Abbeville La.
The lands shall and remain specs
tally mortgaged and hypethecatad
with vendors lien and privilege res
tanned ard shall not be alienated or
in any way encountered to the prejju.
dice Of the succession until full aud
final payment Of the above mentions.
ed notes in principal, interest, at
torueys fees and all costs which
may accrue thereon.
MARIE NUNEz, Admx.
Feb. IS, 1897.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-02-20
SBER1FF,S SALE.

STATE OF Observation-Disclosures OF YER
milion-17th Judicial District Court.
Nedoli BONN, widow of Derneville He
bert, VS.. Godfrey B%onvillain,
No. 943.
By virtue OF and to satisfy an order OF
seizure and sale issued in the above en-
tiled and numbered cause, to me directed
by the honorable the 18th Judicial Dis
trict Court, in and for the parish and
State aforesaid, to satisfy plaintiffs de-
mand and costs, the undersigned sheriff
has seized and will offer for sale at pub
lie auction, at the courthouse door in the
parish of Vermilion, on
Saturday, February goth, 1897,
between the hours of IL O'Clock A. A,
and 4 p. NJ, the following described
property, to-Wit:
All of Godfrey Bonyillain undivided share
right, title and interest in and to a GER
tain tract of land or sugar plantation sit
uated in the Parish of Vcrmillon, on the
West side of the Bayou Vermilion, meas
uring twelve and one-half fl29) arpents
front on said bayou by u depth of Forty
(40) arpents and bounded above by lands
of A. G. Maxwell, below by those of HI.
H. Bartels, East by said Bayou Vermilion
dLu w CSG ny 1CIho VI IL 4s AGCs ~
J. Gray and others; together with said
lands are included also the undivided
half share, right, title and interest of
| said m%ortgager in and to all the buildings
and improvements situated on said lands,
including work stock, agricultural inn
clements, etc.
TERMS mi CONDITION.
Said property being ordered to be sold
for cash, sufficient to satisfy the sum of
two thousand, II hundred ($2100) dol
lars, with 8 per cent. per annum interest
from the 9th day of February 1898, I'M
til paid; together with ten per cent attor-
ney's fees to be computed on the whole
amount of principal and interest herein
due and all costs of these proceedings.
And on a credit until the 9th day of
February 1897, on the further sun OF
seven hundred ($700) dollars, with eight
per cent per anEum interest, from Feb
auary 27th, 1898, until paid, anG on a
credit until February 9th, 1898, on the
sum of sever hundred $500 dollars,
with eight per cent. per annum interest
from February 27th, 1893.
Sherin's office, Abbeville, La, this
10th day of January, 1897.
j. OSCAR HILBERT,
Sheriff.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-02-20
Antitrust Law.

The late legislature of Georgia
passed what ia known as the Calvin
antitrust law. As a result of its
operation the Tobacco Company, the
potash trust, the snuff trust, the cot
fee trust, the match trust, and others
that have been operating N Georgia,
have notified the jobbers and mer-
chants throughout the State that the
antitrust act made their existing
contracts unlawful. and they would,
therefore, no longer be considered
by either party. THIS throws the
long closed market wide open to
competition.
IF the trusts can be forced down
by law in the State Of Georgia, they
can be forced down by law 10 the
State of Louisiana. They are the
principle cause Of oil Of our depres-
sion, forcing the prices, controlling
the markets, and lowering the wages.
Louisiana legislators car follow
Georgia, and down the Infamous
Infamous octopus. Open the field
to competition, and then times will
become better. Morgan City Re-
view.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-02-20
Shel.if's Sale.
STATE OF L~OUlSIANA-Parish
of Vermilion-l7th Judicial
District Conrt-No. 974.
Walter 8. Torian
Frank E. Winston.

By virtue ofa writ of seizure & sale
granted by the Hon. Coart afore.
said in the matters of the above
entitled and numbered suit, I will
proceed to cell at public auction, to
the last and highest bidder, at The
principal front door Of the court
house il this parish, on
Saturday, March 20, 1897,
between the Iegalhours prescribed by
Law, the following described proper.
ty, to wit:
West J Of the Sc ! of Sec 80 Tp
10 SR 2 80 acres.
West ] Of W ] Sec 4 and the u
] of The E ] and W Inf W ] Sec 5
lp 10 sR 3 E-4s5 "a 100 acres.
NE ! of Sec 30 and SCI of Sec
90 Up II SIR 2 E-322 77.l0O
ores.
South ] Of S ] Sec 6 and W !
and NE ! of Sec I Up ID SR 2 E.
GIT 10 100 acres.
North J Of Sc ! Sec I and NV !.
OF NE ! and the NV ! and the 3
of SW ! and the NV ! Of the SW
! of Sec 8 TIP Is SR Q E-404 "a
100 acres.
Sc ! Of Sec / TIP Ii SR | B.
leo scres.
] of Sec 70 Tp 10 sR / E.
$50 acres.
Me- Of SEQ 10 Tp 10 sR / E.
100 acres.
Ninety eight ceres being 2 acres
from: by a depth o. 40 arpents tax
en- off the & side Of the E J Of So
nIsW ! of Secl and one the f sids
of W ] of Sec IL and on the g side
ofNW ! Of Sec l3 TIP Is SR | B.,
together with all the buildings and
improvements thereon. and rights,
ways and appurtenancies.
The said property being ordered
to be seized and sold TO satisfy the
sum Of Four Thousand Five Hum
dred Dollars with eight per cent.
per annum interest from Dec. lst!
1896 until paid and is to be sold for
cash Ito satisfy said sum together
with ten per cent. attorneys fees to
be Imputed on the whole amount OF
principal and interest and the inrth-
er sum Of Twenty -Four Dollars costs
as well as your own cost in the exe-
cution hereof.
Given under nv off cial signature
this 18th day of February 1897.
CASTOR LEBLANC.
by. Sheriff.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-02-20

1t is generally conceded that Gov.
Foster will appoint Senator New
ton G. Blanchard associate justice OF
the Supreme Court to fill the unex-
pired term of Justice McEnely re-
Gently elected to the Senate. The
appointment will have 10 be made
before the 4th Of March as Senator
elect McEnery will take his seat at
that time.-Crowiey Signal.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-02-20

Twenty American warships will
blockade Charleston barhor in a few
days. 1t will be the most tormida~
BILE array of ocean fighters assembled
in one place during the history Of
civilization. II is thought that the
next move will be to blockade
Havana. Any way, tho movements
Of our navy towards Cuba has a pc
culiar look and may develop a
strangeness before many months
Franklin News.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-02-20
Partition Sale.

STATE OF LOUISIANA--Parish
of Vermilion-17th Judicial Dis
trict Court-No. 955.
Fergus D6cuir ct al vs. Aspasie De
CUR, interdIct, ct al.
By virtue Of an order of sale is-
sued out of the Hon. Court above
mentioned in the matters of the
above numbered and entitled suit,
and q commission to me directed.
fully authorizing and empowering
me in the premises. /, J. Oscar He
bert. sheriff of the parish Of Vermil-
ion, La. for The purpose of perfect
ing a partition of the property held
in common by the parties to said
suit, will sell at public auction, to
the last aud highest bidder, at the
late residence Of the deceased Paulin
D6cuir, in said parish, on
Wednesday, March 10, 1897,
between the hours prescribed by law
the following described property, to
wit
That certain tract of land situated
in the parish of Vermilion, La, con-
tanning l65 arpents more or less,
having o front on the west bank OF
Bayou Vermilion of S. arpents by a
depth of 81 arpents more or LEES;
and bounded north by j. Moody,
south by Gerard Decuir, east by the
Vermilion bayou and west by Fer
gus Decuir.
The above described land will be
sold in three separate bodies, accord.
ing to the plan to be exhibited on
day of sale, and now to be seer at
the law Office Of Edwards & Greene.
TERMS L CONDITIONS.
! All purchasers 10 pay onc-third
of the purchase. price, cash on the
day Of sale, and the remainder in
one aud two years from the date oil
sale, with interest at the rate of 8
per cent per annum from the day Of
sale till paid. notes to be given
therefor. All notes to be signed by
two good and solvent sureties to be
accepted by the officer making the
sale and Messrs. Edwards & Greene
attorneys, and payable to the order
of makers aud By them endorsed il
blank, one note for one-third of the
purchase price and payable one year
from day of sale, and the other note
for the remaining one-t third of tht
purchase price, and payable two
years from day of sole. All payable
at the law Office of Messrs. Edward
& Greene, in Abbeville, L., ant
conditioned to bear 8 per cent pei
annum interest from date till paid
The makers shall obligate themselve
to pay the fees of the attorney wht
may be employed to collect the not
10 event OF same being placed in hi
hands for collection after maturity
at the rate Of 10 per cent on tn.
amount collectible.
The land to remain specially mort
gagged to secure payment of purchas
price, costs and fees.
sherif's Office, Abbeville, La.
February 6. 1897.
]. OSCAR HEBERT, Sheriff.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-02-20
why Taylor Beattie Contests.

Representative Strobe, Of Nc
braska, who is a Republican member
Of the committee Oh elections No. 2,
gives in a few words the reason for
the numerous frivolous election con-
tests that have been made In con.
gress. Mr.. Strobe says The gov.
eminent really offers a premium to a
defeated candidate to make a con-
test. 1t is generally known all over
the country that congress allows a
contestant all his expenses for COM
ing to Washington, provided they
do not exceed $4,000. This is o
good round sum for many a country
lawyer who has come within a few
hundred votes Of being elected con-
gresham, and enough to enable him
to live quite comfortably in Wash
ington for some time. Times being
hard, business is dull, and the law
yer seizcs upon the idea of a contest
with avidity. The trip to Washing,
ton gives him a reputation at home
and enhances his opportunities to
mako money. These may be matters
of consideration, rather than any
hope Of getting the seat in congress
to which the contestant lays claim.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-02-20
The vermil,on star suspends.

With its issue of last Saturday the
Vermilion Star closed its career and
the plant will be employed in the
publication Of its successor the
Republican Idea, which made it's
first appearance last Wednesday
under the management of Col. Joel
Moody and W. o. Pipes. The rea-
sons for this change are best given
in Bro. Pipes valodictory:
Personally, I believe in "Protec-
tsou' az interpreted by the Republic
can party; and | see how important
it is here at the South and especially
at home, here in Vermilion parish, to
apply the doctrine to our own agri-
cultural industries. We ought to
have ten large sugar mills here on
Vermilion river instead of two, and
the only way to get them is by pro-
tecting home manufacture against
cheap foreign sugar. And I believe
the only way to get these mills is to
join the great party Of protection,
and not stand here as special beg
CARS al the doors Of a Republican
Congress,
As to the money question, during
the last national campaign, | have
striven hard to fad out where / was
at. Not then having had any defu-
itely fixed views of my own on the
subject, I drifted. and found myself,
after the election, figuring the vote
which gave a majority Of TAT ,307
against free silver.
y
So now, at last, / have concluded
that if | am not a Republican, &C.
cording to both the spirit and the
law, then this court don't know
itself, but she think she do. And in
order to unmix my true sentiments
from my false professions, instead Of
a Republican publishing a Demo
cratic newspaper, a Republican will
h~enceforth print q Republican news
paper.