The Opelousas courier., 1898-11-26
Those who Live in Glass Houses
Should Not Throw Stones.


Should Not Throw Stones.
Our enterprising neighbor, the
Crowley Signal, has been congrat-
ulating itself quite complacently
upon the good order and peace
fulness of its own parish-self-
praise to which we would have
taken no exception had it not
gone out of its way to arraign the
parish IF St. Landry for what it
was pleased to term the lawless-
ness of our parish. 1t classes St.
Landry with Tangipahoe and ex-
presses the deepest sympathy that
so beautiful parish as ours
should be so marred and disgraced
in the eyes Of the world by law
lessness. We do not deny the lack
of good order in this parish, and
deplore it, and have often our
selves criticised it; but criticism
comes with a bad grace from our
Acadia parish confrere, for here
is the record of crime in that par
ish as reported by the Grand Jury
last week-a record of murders,
intent to murder, arson, larceny,
abduction and other offenses of
the like-a record of crime far in
advance of St. Landry when we
consider that Acadia has but one
third of our area and population.
Those who live in glass houses
should not throw stones.
Grand Jury fndings-true bills:
Geo. Wilfred murder.
Felix Roy abduction of a woman of
previous good character.
Louis Farrell. Jas. O'NeiI and VIM.
Cunningham murder.
Preston Buchanan cutting with in
tent tn murder.
JOS. Guillory petit larceny.
Salina Joseph carrying concealed
weapons.
C. A. Cnmmins, W. NJ. Meeks and j.
Meeks arson of IL dwelling house.
George Taylor petit larceny.
VIM. Riley cutting with intent t"
murder
Emilien Miller; slandcr.
Joseph DUucet; assault and battery.
Phlias BrOussari, ID. o. Breanx and
O'Neal Miller Disturbing n peaceaule
assembly.
Sam Fontenot, assault and battery.
Mat Dunn ct al robbery.
Anrelirn Cnrmier; i,espnss.
Geo. Slater; throwing dice.
}. q. Mrdlen ka pIac'lcing law while
holding Office.
Clifford Gum, Toler Jones, Theodore
Lashwat, Dennis Il. Canri, Felix Mar
celti, Edward Valli-n, Horace Johnson.
Charter Williams, Willie johnson, Phil.
Schenkel. Wilson johnson. Willie
Hughes, Andy Standifori, James
Sewell, Albert Hills, Frere Butler, Al
bert Sims, Enos Harmin, Erasti Joseph,
Coside Hebert, throwing dice.
Felix Leblanc assault to rape.
Meanace Trallan striking with intent
| to kill.
Adam Simon assault wit intent to
murder.
Adam Simon carrying concealed
weapons.
Geo. Slater, keeping IL disorderly
house.
Geo. Slater, violating Sunday law.
Charles Schmit, slander.
Opelousas is not the only town
that is awakening to the impor-
tance of establishing a sugar re-
finery. .Rayne is making a vigor-
Gus effort in that direction, and
Alexandria also is agitating the
question. The following suuib is
only one Of many on that subject
contained in the last issue of the
Town Talk. The same rule that
| applies to Alexandria and Rapides
will fit Opelousas and St. Lam
dry. the Town Talk says
"Cane farmers, in some sections
of the parish, are paying theil
hands $l.25 per day. A country
where labor is being paid that
amount of money for day labor is
bound to be prosperous, because
it shows that the farmer is max
ing money raising cane or he
could not pay that sum. If we
can get a big factory erected close
to Alexandria, farmers, instead o.
planting all cotton, will plant
part of their land in cane. If W.
can get a part of Alexandry ane
Rapides wards planted to cane
this city will be evidently benefit
ed"
The republican U. S. Distric
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