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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-04-23

Really, the farmer has more to on
tend with than anybody else. Wind
and weather, rain and sun, all may
eonspire for his undoing. The cut
worm and the caterpillar, the birds
and the grass hoppers all have a crack
at him. But of late a new enemy has
risen up to plague him. 1t is nothing
more than the dreaded chineh bug,
whose ravages devastated the wheat
fields of Kansas several years ago. 1t
is supposed that this pest was intro
duced here by some Of the settlers from
Dansas ar other infected locality and
tho first reported around Jennings
they have rapidly spread all over the
southwestern portion of the State.
They are particularly numerous about
Perry's Bridge.
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How is Thfsa

+ WILL GIVE $4,000 FOR ANY
WATCH WAICHICANNOT REPAIR.
No. BoURRUE, JEwELER.
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arduous trip. Judge Debaillon has
fixed the amount of Marceaux's bond
at $4,000 and Dartez at $500.
JURY vENIRE.

List of Grand and Petit Jurors drawn
to serve at the specialterm of the17th Ju-
dicial District Court in and for Vermil-
ion parish, Louisiana, commencing on
Tuesday the 10th day of May A. D. 1898,
towit:
cron and Petit .Turors for the frat week
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Jos. g. LEBLANC,
Dy Clerk of Court.
Notice to n Mortgage Creditors.

State of Louisiana, Parish of Vermilion.
Sheriff and Tax Collectors Office. 7
AbbevilIe, La, March %. 1898. }
In conformity with section So, Act s.,
of 1883, notice is hereby given to all part
the parish of Vermilion on which taxes
for the year 1897 have not been paid, that
/ will begin the sale of the same at the
courthouse door on Saturday the 23rd day
of April, A. ID. 1898, and that a number OF
pieces of property so delinquent are now
conformity with the law preparatory to
such sale. The attention of the mortgage
creditors is especially called to- these add
vertisements of tax sales, and they are
warned to take such steps prior TO this
sale as may be necessary to protect their
rights.
Sheriff and Ex-Oficio Tax Collector, Pa r
ish Of Vermilion. Louisiana.
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Tuesday morning during the heavy
rain there was quite a fall Of hail
stones.
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ORDER or COURT.
State Of Louisiana, }
Parish of Vermilion, !
IndioiaI nistrint Court

HdTISH I'll N0FluItfOu,
18th Judicial District Court.
A special jury term Of the 18th .Ju-
dicial District Court for the parish of
Yermilion is hereby orderd; said term
to begin on Tuesday, May 10th, 1898,
at 10 O'clock a. m.
It is further ordered that the Jury
Commissioners of the parish of Vermil-
ion do proceed, as early as possible, to
draw for service at said term fifty Jur-
ors to serve as Grand and Petit Jurors
for the first week, beginning May 10th
1898; thirty jurors for service during
the second week of said term, begin
ming Monday, May 10th, 1893, and
thirty jurors for service d0ring the
third week of said term beginning Mon
day, May 23rd, 1898.
It is further ordered that this order
be entered on the minute book of this
court and that a copy be posted on the
Courthouse door and IN the Clerks Of
fee and published as required by law.
Given in open court at Abbeville,
La, this 9Th day of April A. D. 1898.
Isig) c. DEBAlLLoN,
Judge 18th judi. Dist. La,
Filed Arll 5, 1868.
Jos. G.. LEBLANC,
by Clerk of Court.
1~ A true copy April 5, 1893.
SEAL Attest: Jos. G. LEBLANC,
t9 by. Clerk of Court.
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A half mile bicycle race took place
Tuesday evening between Cleomer
Broussard and Fernand Guidly.
Guidry won by about 80 feet.
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Cut worms are doing great damage
to the young corn.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-04-23

The excursion last Sunday by the
congregation of st. Alphonse church at
Maurice was a very pleasant affair.
The Why Not and Barge carried the
crowd to Shell Island and returned
about 10 o'clock at night. Everybody
had a good time and Capt. Gillen de-
serTed the the thanks of the crowd for
his untrring effort to render the trip an
agreeable one.
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Foggy mornings this week.
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Dewberries are ripe and peddlers
have been selling them about town this
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Now that Sheriff Hebert has succeed
ed in capturing MarceAux and Dartez,
his critics have very little to say. May
be he knew what was best after all.
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Police jury proceedings on 4th page.
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An excursion will be given by the
New Iberia Fire Co., and the Teche
Rifles from Abbeville to Thibodaux on
Sunday. May /, 1898 There will be
amusements for all. Fare for round
trip So. Train leaves Abbeville at $50
a. M, arrives at Thibodaux at 1875 a.
NJ, returning at $50 ? N.
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Two Dollars n Year
saturdas.A April 20, 8 9

Town and Parish.
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Dear ~Sirs:-Ship us as soon as posi-
BILE Q gross Groves Tasteless Chill
Toni. Ny customers want Groves
Tasteless Chill Tonic and will not have
n other. In our experience Of over
20 years in the drug business, we have
never sold any medicine which gave
such universal satisfaction.
Yours Respectfully,
Us. BROWNE 4 Coz
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-04-23

A true and correct copy.
Witness my hand officially this 18th day Of
April A. Discs.
49, Jos. G. LEBLANC.
SEAL, by Clerk Dist. Court.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-06-08
DirFERENCEs IN TINE.
PERMANENT SCHOOL FUND IN
NEsTMENT.

The bond brokers have adopted A new
bait for catching commissioners courto since
the publication OF Governor Culberson's let
Ter calling attention to the unwlsdom OF
selling county bonds TO them for thu sake OF
getting small premium Instead Of letting
the permanent school fund have the secur-
tiles.
The governor made II so plain that the
loss tn available school funds, resulting
from tho remaining idle OF SO large an
amount of permanent funds az have OF late
accumulated, 20 far oyerbalanced tho tenn
porary swelling OF county treasures from
the acquisition OF a slight premium in the
sale OF bond issues that there was no way
to successfully mest his argument. aud the
bond brokers were temporarily knocked out.
They have recovered and come to the front
again, however, Their latest scheme, judy
Ing from proposition some Of them have
lately made the commissioners OF Travis
county, Is to take bonds at o rate of inter-
est lower than per cent. which is the low
est rate which bonds In which the schoo,
fund can DO invested must bear. On It's face
Furthermore, It oommends Itself especially
TO commissioners courts because it SEEM
ingly affords them an opportunity to mike
record for good financierng and careful Mt
tenton to the interests OF their constit-
uents. But, figured down to wha. there
neatly is In It. tho result is but little diff
ferent from that resulting from the sale of
bonds at slight premium to on outsider
mstead OF to the school fund.
The amount saved by reducing the inter-
est TO IA or s-l per cent no moro Offset,
the total loss In availabe school funds in
volved than does the deceptive premium
which has heretofore been offered The
county gets the worst OF 1t either way, as Il
b bound TO do In any event Whenever its
representatives deal With itinerant bond
brokers who have nothing to lose except the
insignificant forfeit they are required 10 put
up and which. whenever lost. is more than
made up on somebody else.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-06-08

The closing exercises at the convent will
take place next Monday Afternoon and viii
consist OF songs, rectatlons, etc
The suit Of James Eugene VS.. the Arkansas
Construction company. for damages, is on
trial before Jury in the district court.
DIR. j. r. Kicker has secured twelve recruits
for The Houston Post Rifles. which is to be
part OF Hoods regiment OF immunes. They
Will be sent to New Orleans tonight.
Deputy Sheriff VIII Bland was in the city
yesterday and arrested Tom DelanO, who was
wanted IN Orange county TO answer in
dictment charging burglary. The officer re-
turned with his prisoner last night.
At an early hour yesterday morning c. A.
Stelnway was awakened by a noise In his
room and discovered man standing near
the bureau Having no pistol he hurled
hammer Mt the man. who made hurried es-
cape.
County Judge Gray this afternoon at 8
o'clock performed the ceremony which united
in marriage Mr.. Charles Ferdinand julius
Westhausen to Miss Hendricka Roelopha
kroes. The contracting PARTIES are from
Nederland and the ceremony was performed
at the court house.
The Federal grand jury this afternoon re-
turned an indictment against Henry Parr. who
was arrested "A few weeks ago on the charge
of robbing the postofiice at Colmesneii There
being nothing more to Investigate the Jury
was discharged for the term.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-06-08
uNnEcoMING STRUCTURES.


Colonel wynnes campaign managers
are now exertlng themselves to convince
the people that the nomination OF sayers
would be gold bug victory, and the cry,
1.-THE gold bugs are taking the State" Is
raised by them every time sayers carries a
county.
Six weeks ago things were different and
the Wynne people were singing another
song, They were after "crane. tho pei OF
the Statahcuse gang" then. and In their
opinion sayers was sound free silver
man. Crane IL out Of the way now and the
engineers Of the situation demand a new
plan Of campaign, Az matter ot fact.
styers - Just as good silver man today
- 40 ever Was. and those OF the gold stan
dard people who are supporting him are
no moro Of . menace to the party now
than they were when the Crayson county
DvimaFies were held.
But laying aida eli this and supposlng
that the nomination and election OF savers
woo'd p'&cs the gold bugs in the saddle.
NJ wurld 10 responsible for III Nobody
~ Wynas. Nj. Crane WA certainly =
y - ts'as si,ysr man with . very re...
s1ew ~ carrying ~ state. ma
III n d. |
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SOUTHERN corroN MILLS.

Tho necessity OF manufacturing enter
prise as the most powerful and certain
means Of promoting the Industrial devel-
opment Of the South aud bringing the
Southern States into the degree OF CONNER
oial greatness to which they are in every
way entitled on account OF their various
natural advantages. has been repeatedly
pointed out by the press.
The manufacturing and Kindred interests
OF the East have discouraged the Idea of
an industrial South, In the rich fields Of
the various Southern States they see the
possibilities OF immense wealth as long as
our people are contented to remain merely
the producers Of raw material. The New
ENGLAND States have become fabulously
wealthy and the financial strongholds OF
the country simply because they have long
enjoyed what practically amounts to
monopoly OF manufacturing enterprise, and
they have enjoyed it ia spite OF the faet
That the South could successfully compete
with them In every market on the globe.
In recent comment on a comparison Of
Nv NS''"' minis vi the NOTtn anu South
the Atlanta Constitution said;
" is remarkable that none OF tho Norther,
o. Eastern papers, in discussing Prot. Dowd !
article IN the Forum, have paid the slightest
attoiiuon to the deduction which no rasusily
draws from the facts and statistics he has
s a, The real point OF his article-the
.on'iuhlVn that possesses the interest al this
,ioihvhi--is the professors conclusion, WHOA
nc prevents In the form Of Z sugsestipn. maj
after nil y said, the Southern inll operatives
sie earning more money than the New Enr-
lana operatives In spite Of The faei Tim, iha
s Ms ~ vt ne former IRE ngminally from Is 10
" per cent lower than those OF the latter. "
Notwithstanding IL has been urged again
and again that certain peculiar conditions
IN the South initiated against ii as a sne.
eessfui competitor against the East. sta
istics show that there has been a steady
depreciation Of stock values in New Eng
land. and the attention OF Investors has
been turned to a ieid Of larger and more
certain dividends. 4 comparison Of the
stocks. - made by the Constitution. Of sew.
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there was no chance for any Of the gold
standardites to get on top in case OF his
success, yet the gentleman from Fort
Worth fought no other opponent but him,
and In large measure helped to drive him
from the track, practically Kidding sayers
OF tho only opposition he had to fear. thus
helping the gold bugs along to victory.
But this gold bug talk is all stun.
Major Sayers has time and again. even
since the campaign began. announced him
self as standing squarely on the Chicago
platform. He is an honorable man. and
there is no sort OF reason for doubling his
perfect sincerity. There are men now sup
porting HIM who may and doubtless do hope
to mike his victory means of diverting
the State from the free coinage position, but
The Post believes their hopes will turn to
ashes In 1900
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-06-08
Christian Conventlon.

Mckinney, Texas, June 6.--The
convention of the Disciples Chuln
Texas resumed its labors today Asal
Sunday of extensive preaching IN
pulpits OF the city by attending dev!'!
The following programme was carrs.
today: $40 a. m, "Bible Study, WI
and development of Christian Lie n
Horn, Vineland; 9:15. devotional, J
Literature as Factor in Mission w
Dr. j. w. Lowler, Austin; 1000 ~,
sion (five-minute speeches.; lo'i0
port Of committees; 1915, The n Y
church" b. B. Tyler OF New forx y
II $50, Home Missions to the ~"
benjamin l.. Smith. Ohio.
2 p. M, devotional; 2:15, The c, ".
Need" F. n. Calvin, Waco; IA, ~,
sion five minute speeches.; 3;le Y,
OF committees: 400. 1.-The Foreign ~
a. Mclean, Cincinnati. Ohio. !
The next State convention goes y h
Worth and the date of same was ~.
June Z to IL, 1899. Tomorrow 'tns I
vention will adjourn and in the mal
delegates will repair to Dallas ana
IN the State Christian Endeavor cp'
ton.
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The Morning Post. Raleigh. N. C.l
undertaken to raise by popular suls|
ton, fund for the erection Of morr1
to the memory of Ensign Worth Hd
the hero of Cardenas and the first Y
lean naval officer to fall in the M 4
Spain.
a committee of prominent cities
North Carolina will be APPOINTED 70
charge OF the fund and carry out th !
for erecting the monument. which W
placed in some public square or psa
Roleigh, the capital of the State.
More than one thousand dollars b.
ready been contributed, the greater ~
small sums from citizens OF the Staa
though a few subscriptions have bes
ceived from other States. in almost I
instance being accompanied BY ven
dial commentator OF the movement
OF the letters received was from TIE
York Commandry of the Naval 0Es
the United States enclosing a chsa
one hundred dollars, and contalnlfI
following:
One OF the purposes OF the Navai y
OF the United States Is to honor ~
the illustrious deeds OF naval commas
their companions in arms and thei
ordirates, and it seems peculiarly Z
mat we should now assist in marnn'
propriately the grave of this brave Z
officer"
All subscriptions to the monumeni
VIII be acknowledged through the coz
OF tie Raleigh Morning Post.
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FROM THE STATE N
appointment OF brush nv.
Hard Fight.
lHE GRlzzARD CASE Is H
Work of the Ranger.
School of Methods n.
Houston Normal No.

Austin. Texas. June IN.
to the senate OF the name :, !,
for confirmation as postmas...
marks the close of one Of n.
most bitter struggles for ~. h
history of Texas republican ,.,., NM
was originally an Allison ma,
DR.. Grant all along the linz ~
decapitated Congressional n. mss|
man McGar he appointed Prs.s
coed him and the latter wsr. -
the best he could to insure n. y
Makemson to congress. He ~. va
Wilmot- Bell Hornberger fact,aa
always been a hard worker ~
ana from political point ~ -, Y
titled 10 the reward meted M, Y !,
Generally speaking. the ann",s y
prove satisfactory. as Mr. prr.s 4
cient. popular and thorouyh,s I.
with the interests of this com..
which he was raised.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-06-08

In Its last Sundays edition the Galveston
News accused The Post Of publishing fake
with regard to the attack OF two torpedo
boats on the battleship Texas. The News de-
clared with great solemnlty that no such
fight took place. but on yesterday printed
edtorially this indirect though virtual ad-
mission:
Tho Chicago News says: "a good many
Texas" Judging from the way IL made the
Spanish torpedo boats scuttlc back into the
Santiago bottle the other night the Texas Is
all right The Texas viii make some OF her
detrdctors sick before the war Is over.
The poor old News Shore Is" ratified
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year and the constitution should be SO
changed as TO permit 1t.

Hon. Frank Ball of Cleburne, who is
here on private business. when asked by
The Post correspondent about the alleged
Johnson county movement to induce Roger
Q. Mills to e-enter the senatorial race,
replied that all he. or anybody else in Gle
burne for that matter. knew about it was
what had appeared in the newspapers, and
that If there was any great desire in John
son county to pull the gentleman from
Corsicana out into the arena again it was
kent concealed in the breast of some very
reticent individual unknown to anyone save
imaginative newspaper reporters.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-06-08
RANGERS wonr

The following is the work AN. |
Texas State Rangers for the mo,n \
1898; They made sixteen arrest. y
Gus offenses. from murder IN c,,,,.)
cealed weapons; they assisted Il. N
sheriffs of the State forty.twc M
times, and made sixty Ave scc,,,.
cred thirteen head of stock, vs,a|
returned to the owners. and tr,..,
ing the month 1910 miles.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-06-08
STATE CAPITAL VIEWS.

Austin, Texas. June T.,--(staff Special }
Hon. Horace NJ Cate OF Mineola, who is
managing Mr.. Giles. candidate for railroad
commissioner, has taken exception to GER
tain illusions which We're made in these
dispatches recently TO circulars which are
being circulated in the interest of his can
didate. in which the record is in manner
distorted to raise doubt as TO Mr.. May
noid's loyalty TO the cause OF silver. Had
Mr.. Cate been more familiar with what
actually occurred at the Dallas convention
the probabilities are that he would have
never given his consent to the distribution
OF the literature referred TO. ! was pres
ent at said convention. and in the pursuit
OF my duties as newspaper correspondent
discovered that Mayheld was looked upon
as the Lender of the silver portion of the
Culberson following, and that Clark of Dali
las was considered the leader OF the geld
portion OF the Culberson following on the
platform committee.
Ordinarily l would not have thought
OF noticing the circular in question, but
the intimatious contained therein were TO
my certain knowledge so groundless that
telt myself bound in the light of true his
tory 10 call attention thereto.
So far as Mr.. Giles is concerned there
was no Intention to iniurc his cause, as
10 desire to be boosted in the manner In,
dictated, as 1t could but DO him harm In
the end.
An important question worthy of the at.
tention of constitutional convention. IL
one Is called. is that OF the assessment
OF railroad property for taxation. AS
general proposition there is but little equity |
practieed in this matter at present for |
several reasons. In many Instances tho
assessment Is too low because Of difficult /
ues IN the way of finding out what the |
Property is really worth, while IN otbers /
II Is too high because OF local prejudlees |
entertained against its operators. Under |
me provisions os the statute giving il life |
the railroad commission has for several /
years been engaged In ascertaining the
exact Physical value and condition OF every
mule OF railroad in this State, aud is now
"a possession OF all the necessary data 10
arrive at Just estimate OF the taxsble
'HIeelty OF Texas railroad property Leg.
saiiy. therefore. it might be charged with
ne duty OF assessing said property every
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-06-08
Christian Endenvorers

Dallas, Texas. June THE mini &,
convention of the Texas Society Of oa'-,,
Endeavor convened in Dallas ooaa''
rsady 500 delegates from evsiy ST.
the State have arrived and every W
creases the attendance. sy
The first session of the meeting NJ Il
at the Central Christian church lnn
noon. Rev. j, Frank Smith weioa n
delegates. All subsequent sess,onA ~
the sunrise prayer meetings, WIN
at Music hall. Fair grounds. Inc ~ II
cessful meeting in the history OF ~
union Is anticipated.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-06-08
SCHOOL OF MEruons

The State school of methods BEN.
at the university this morning x,h !.
rollment OF $50.
Final examinations are being co,,
at the University this week.
President Winston of the rnlv.r;.
gone to Bryan to attend the commsr.
exercises of the Agricultural and N
ical college. =
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-06-08
wills md CuIbcrson.


WHARTON Star. 49,
Some disgruntled politicians ID
have pe;itloned Senator Nils !"
the race for the office he now ~
labor at some length TO conyines, ~
,arro statesman that his pciiuos, IA
not yet snuffed out They 90 Sen. sh,i
no Kindness by Irritating a sor. r.s.1e
instead of ballots must cure. u
culberson is us sure 10 be the n ~ Y
tor from Texas as he lives ana
latnre assemblies. Let the dess
beautiful Sleep"
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-06-08
DEPARTMENT. NOTES.

City OF Mckinney waterworks boz,
the amount of $4,000 We're today spr
by the attorney generals departures
registered by the comptroller.
The Texas and New Orleane RI
company today paid the comptrollf I
9so.25 interest and sinking fund txI
sinking fund loan May |. 1885,
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-06-08
SAM HOUSTON NnpM.,

Professor Pritchett of the Sam Il,
normal school submitted his ANIMAL \
to the State board of education tot,,|
1t was approved. 1t shows an enrsl
Of 45S pupils during the year. ana N
diplomas and 1853 first grade certIS1
We're issued. -
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-06-08
RAISED THE FLAG

me employees of the beaumont Iroa Foun-
ufs raised iiS22-foot United States nag Over
inc machinery department at $3.50 o'clock this
s aass,nooh, me event was not attended by
inrge crowd OF citizens, ladies and chill
aren, and was followed by a salute from, Tia
,,vunury ilsht battery Of two cannons and Inc
,his emblem floats is made Of gas nine ana
Is loi feet hish, and is surmounted nv
slaed star and ball Refreshments were
served after the flag raising "''e
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-06-08
NEW SLIP AT SABINE PASS.

Mr.. w. II. Gilliland came up from Sabine
Pass last night and Informed The Post corre-
spondent that the Sabine Land and Improve
mcnt company had let the contract TO Charles
Clarke & Co. for the construction of another
slip at New Sabine Pass The work Of throw
ing up lovees was commenced Yesterday.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-06-08
WILL IMPROVE THEIR YARDS.

+. Nj. Robertson chief engineer Of the Tex
arltana and Fort Smith railway, arrived in
the city yesterday and will remain several
days. MIR. Robertson says his road is making
preparations to improve its yard and track
facilities In Beaumont and the purpose Of
his visit is to superlntend the work.