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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-02-24
Starvation Mail Routes.

It is feared that the mail route
from Jennings to Elton will have to
be discontinued soon, unless some
plan can be devised for increasing
the pay. The present rate is only
$1.50 a trip for the 20 miles and re-
turn and nobody can afford to do the
work for that.-Jennlngs Times.
We are glad our able contemporary
has opened up this subject as it is an
evil far reaching in its scope and GER
tainly dere ands correction. A horde
of spectators living in Kentucky,
West Virginia, and Vermont, have
a practical monopoly of the star mail
route contracts, which they invariably
sublet to a lot of poor suckers at a
rate which will scarcely pay for the
horse feed. There are a lot of red
tape and catch-al clauses in their sub
CCHITaCbS WHICH OlGEu CudDICS IAEuu
to swindle the poor devil out of one
half of the little that is coming to
him, or all of it if he can't catch
another sucker to take his place. The
mail route from Abbeville to Wright,
supplying Nunez and Cossinade also,
service 8 times q week, a distance OF
rs miles, total distance travelled per
month II trips SO miles each 600
miles all for the princely sum of
1928 a month, or n dollar and
four cents a trip. Of course it is mis-
cradle service-the worst roads in the
parish and as there is no local agent
of the Society for the Prevention Of
Cruelty to Animals, the buzzards
generally get the team employed on
such jobs and Mr.. Star Route Con-
tractor rakes off his profit.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-02-24
August Flower.

1T is a surprising fact" says Prof.
Honton, that in my travels in all parts
of the world, for the last ten years, Ihave
met more people having used Green's
August Flower than any other remedy,
for dyspepsia. deranged liver and stom-
ach, aud for constipation. | find for tour-
lists and statesmen, or for persons filling
office position, where headaches and gem
eraI bad feelings from irregular habits
exist, that Green's August Flower Is a
grand remedy. 1t does not injure the
system by frequent use. and is excellent
for sour stolnachs and indigestion
vile, La. and Kibbe IL Williams, Erati,
La. Sold by dealers in all civilized conn-
fries.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-02-24
OF Interest To Women.

To almost every girl there comes,
between girlhood and womanhood, a
time when she feels prompted by her
own vitality to take some shares in
worlds work. It accounts for much
that is vigorous in church and social
life. Cornelia Atwood Pratt writes
of this period, in the March Delinea-
tor. Her article is thrilling, and will
in itself do much to induce directness
of aim. In the same number, as il
to add meaning to Miss Pratt's
thought there is a well illustrated ar
ticle, Of great interest to women,
dealing with the leaders Of Woman's
Colleges, and some of the co-educa-
tional institutions.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-02-24
Small Pox in the Parish.

It may be accepted as a settled fact
that we are to have a small pox cpl
demic this year. The disease is now
widely disseminated in the parish, be-
ing at Gueydan, in the Cypress Point
neighborhood, in the first ward, and
at Perry's Bridge a new case was re-
ported Thursday in a negro. Here
at Abbeville, the health authorities,
have succeeded at a heavy expense
in stamping out the disease, but their
efforts will soon be nullifed if the
parish board does not take some ac-
ton. The negroes are criminally
careless and can not be made to re-
aaize the enormity of their offense in
spreading the disease by prowling
around as they do. The following
from the Daily States shows that
New Orleans is having her share Of
trouble with small pox infected
negroes:
"There is no cause so well calcu-
lated to spread contagious diseases
in a community than the criminal dis
regard of consequences by the ne
groes. A few days ago a physician
boarded a down town street car and
soon detected the presence of small
pox odor. An investigation was
made and the body of a negro child
that bad died of small pox was found
in a large basket a negro woman had
placed on the platform. OF course
she was made to get off the a with
her basket and contents, but it might
have been well for the police to have
taken her down to the river and in
continently thrown her in. 1t cannot
be claimed that this act was the re-
suit of ignorance; she knew very well
shat she was guilty of serious crime.
s.Another case occurred about the
same day on Prytauia street. A me-
gro man, broken out with small pox
deliberately walked into a drugstore
on some pretext or another, probably
to beg. Of course, his presence
created a connection in the store,
and after some persuasion he was in
duced to go to a vacant lot, having
been given a nickel to pay his car
fare to some other locality. The
clerk should have batted him on the
head with a pound weight. Like the
woman, this man knew what he was
doing, but simply didn't care for the
consequences.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-02-24

The readers of this paper will be pleased
to learn hat there is at least one dreaded
ilss4ase that scieuce has been able to cnrs
in al it. stages, and hat is Catarrh. Halls
Cata,ra Cure is the only poLitive cure
known to the medical fraternity. Catarfh
being a constitutional disease, requires q
copst tutional tie ,tment. Halls Catar,h
Cure is taken in'ernally, acting directly
upon the bloc and mucus surfaces OF the
system, tn reny destroying the foundation
OF the disease, ard giving the patient
strength by building up the constitution
and u sisfing nature III doing its work:
The prnprietors lave SO much faith in its
curative powers, that they offer One Hun.
drsd ID liars for any case that it tails to
cure. Send for list Of testimonials.
Address r. j. CHENEY IL CO., Toledo, @
Sold by druggists 75c.
HALLS family Pills are the best.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-02-24
Act No. AZ S. B. No. BY Mr.. Cage
.BOENT RESOLUTION.

Proposing an amendment to the Constitu.
tion OF the State of Louisiana relative
to fat'fying and carrying into effect
a special tax levied in the City of New
Orleans for certain public improve
ments, and to est ablish therein public
systems If sewerage and water. the
issuance of bonds therefor and the
providing ways and means to pay the
principal and interest of said bonds.
SECTION l.. Be it resolved by the Gem
eral Assembly of hes state of Louisiana,
Two thirds Of all the members elected TO
each House concurring: That the follow
ing amendment to the Constitution Of the
State be submitted to the electors Of the
State at the next general election for rep
resentatIyes in the legislature. to he hold
Ell on the Tuesday next following the
third Monday in April A. ID. 1900. to-wit:
Article l.. The special tax for public
Improvements, voted by the property tax
payers of the City of New Orleans on
June q. 1880, aud levied by the City Caun-
ell. by Ordinance Nc. 1881 approved
june %, 1899, is hereby ratified, and it's
validity shall never be questioned The
special act adopted by the legislature at
the special Session held on August 8, 1899.
eonstitut ng the Sewerage and Water
/ Board of the City ofNew Orleans. author
ing the City of New Orleans to issue
bonds. and providing the means to nav
the principal and interest thereof. and for
other purposes cognate to tho purposes of
the Special tax aforesaid. Is hereby rata
fed and approved, specially including the
therein reserved legislative right To
amend the same: and all provisions Of the
present. Constitution in conflict with the
provisions Of said act, and with this
amendments are to that extent and for
that purpose only repeaied.n
Section2 Be it further resolved. etc.
That on the official ballots, to be used All
sad election, snail be placed the words.
For the City of New Orleans Public I'm.
provemcnt Amendments" and the words.
Against The City of New Orleans Public
Improvement Amendment" ana each
eieetor snail indicate. as provided in the
gei eral election laws of the State which
Of the proposition, for, or 'sagainstD he
votes for.
s. p. HENRY,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
II. II. SNYDER.
Lieutenant Governor and President Of tina
Senate.
Approved August 18th, 1890.
MURPHY j. FOSTER.
Governor OF the State OF Louisiana,
A true copy
JOHN z. MICHEL,
Feb 10, is1o. God. a's u s'a's.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-02-24
Burpee Farm Annual For 1900.

This popular catalogue is more at
tractiye than ever, in a particularly
dainty cover for 1900. Nasturtiums,
New Sweet Peas and the famous
"Rocky Ford" or Burpee's Melted
Gem melons are shown in colors,
painted from nature, while the book
is full of life-like illustrations from
photographs. Of particular interest
is the new feature for 1900 Of giving
saplain talks'' as to the relative value
for different purposes of all varieties
of vegetables. Altogether the cata-
logue shows most painstaking ARE in
the effort to "tell the plain truth
about seeds as proved at Fordhook
Farms-tbe largest trial grounds in
America. 1t will be mailed free to
any one of U readers who mention
this paper, when writing to the pub
fishers, W. Alice Burpee & Co.;
Philadelphia, Pa.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-02-24
The Cold Wave.

NO. -
Friday morning last the warm
cloudy weather was dissipated by the
approach of a blue norther from the
Klondyke BY way Of Texas. All day
the sky had the appearance of snow
and the wind was sharp and cold,
Saturday the mercury was down to
% and the ground was frozen hard,
the weather moderated very little,
while the wind blew a bitter blast.
Sunday the mercury was at "a, with
a bio frost and thick ice, which did
not melt except in exposed places.
Monday the wind shifted to the
southwest and the blizzard was over.
The gardens we're badly injured and
the orange trees will lose their foliage.
In Texas and Florida the cold snap
was more severe than here. A dis
patch from Galveston states that re
ports received from the coast conn-
try are to the effect that the recent
freeze was quite severe and all the
delicate vegetables are badly nipped
if not killed outright. The cabbage
in the field was frozen as hard as 9
rock. Strawberry beds, white with
blooms, were killed and peach and
other fruits badly damaged. Some
loss of range cattle Is reported. AL
spring grass has been killed, and The
only sustance now left is the old dead
grass which has been standing
through the winter. The loss will be
heavy to the coast country farmers.
At Milton, Fla, on Saturday
there was a fall of snow, with the
thermometer at 25 degrees. Sunday
morning, in Jacksonville, the Their.
mometer was Is degrees above zero,
Thousands of fires were kept burning
Saturday night, all day Sunday and
Monday night in groves all oyel
Florida in efforts to save trees. Tht
trees were, as a rule, in good condi
ton. and this fact will prevent ser
ious damage, but the effect of The
cold cannot be ascertained till warn
weather comes. Truck growers vii
lose heavily all through the state
The expense to orange growers il
keeping up the fires will amount 4
many thousands of dollars. Freezin!
temperature is reported as for soutI
as Tampa.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-02-24
DeVoe's Weather Forecasts.

February Oath to 26th, cold wave.
And the month will close with.a storm
forming over the South Atlantic
States, and a cold wave over all the
country. March will be a very stormy
month, especially along the Atlantic
coast. 1st to I'd, cloudy with rain
a heavy storm will form owe the
South Atlantic States, followed by a
cold wave.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-02-24
Garden Hints For March.

Plant more early potatoes, bed
sweet potatoes, transplant tomatoes,
cabbage, beets, carrots, turnips and
onions. Sow radishes, peas, snap
beans, cucambers, melons, parnsips,
okra and mustard. Plant sweet corn.
Pull the weeds In strawberry beds.
Sow blue grass seed on the lawn.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-02-24
Hangman's Day at New Iberia.

Friday, March 2, will be hang
mans day in New Iberia. John
Green, Reuben Cately, Chas. Brown
and Hypolite Brown, all colored and
convicted of the murder of young
Sorrel, have been ordered by Gov.
Foster to be executed on that day,
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-02-24
Wedding Bells.

LEBLANc-THIBoDEAUx - Married
on Monday, February 10, 1900, at
the Catholic church at Delcambre,
by the Rev. Father Van der Bildt
Luke Leblanc of Abbeville, and. Miss
Delzire Thibodeaux of Bayou Tigre.
The nuptials of these young people
was quite an event. There was q
large attendance of friends and rela-
tiyes from Abbeyille, and the fes-
t%ivities were enjoyed by all. The
newly mated couple will reside in
Abbeyille.
LEBLANc-BERNARD - Married on
Wednesday, February 81, 1900, at
the Catholic church in Abbeville by
the Rev. Father Laforest, Agenor j.
Leblanc and Miss Emerite Bernard.
The church was crowded with the
many friends of the couple who start
on ffe's journey together, and the
ceremony was performed by Father
Laforest in his most impressive man
ner.
BoUpREAUx-SANDFoRD Married
on Wednesday, February 81, 1900,
at the Catholic church in Abbeville,
Rev. Father Laforest officiating, Fer
dinand Boudreaux and Miss A. Sand
ford.
The church was crowded with
friends and relatives to wish them
joy and happiness through their
married life.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-02-24
For representative.
menriLGueydnn

Announces his candidacy to represent
yermilion Parish at the State Legisla-
ture, subject to the Democratic primaries
III be held before next April.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-02-24
Personal Mention.

Mrs. Eli Wise and Master Leonard
left Monday for the carnival in New
Orleans.
Mrs. Robt. Hilderbrandt and Miss
Mary Addison left for New Orleans
Tuesday.
Geo. w. Summers and S. P. Wo-
mack were visitors to New Iberia
Tuesday.
Joseph Molaison of New Orleans
is here this week attending to his in
vestments.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elias Broussard left
Thursday for New Orleans to see the
carnival.
T.. O. Broussard, cashier of the
Bank of Abbeville, left Tuesday for
New Orleans.
John w. Robinson viii move his
barber shop to the Veranda Hotel
March 1st.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. Smiley have
cause to rejoice I'VE the arrival of a
fine little daughter in their household.
Robert D. Smith and Miss Paula
Bernard are to be married next Mon
day the 26th at the Catholic church.
Felix Laurents, a prominent rice
planter of Lake Arthur was in town
this week, returning home Wednes-
day.
DR.. H. B. White has left Hon
Springs, Arkansas, and returned to
Gueydan, where he will resume
practice.
Mrs. 7. Mcbride who has been on
a visit to the family of DR.. r. P.
Nelson returned to her home in Ope-
lousas Tuesday.
Miss E. Hollingsworth, of Belle
vue, who has been visiting her sister
Mrs. W. w. Edwards, returned
home Tuesday.
Miss Belle Kearney, lectured at the
courthouse Tuesday and Wednesday
nights. The Knights of Temperance
attended in a body.
Mrs. LeoE Hubert died Tuesday
morning near Perry's Bridge, aged
Is years. She was a sister Of Homer
and Alexandra Decuir.
Miss Title Beer left here Friday
for an extended visit to relatives and
friends at New Orleans. Shreveport,
Port Gibson :nd yieksburg.
Miss Lizzie White left Monday for
! Gueydan, from there she will accom-
pany her sister Mrs. W. O.. Pipes, to
her new home in Shreveport.
District Attorney Minos I. Cor
DIV, Jr., j. R. Kitchel1, candidate for
district attorney, Simonette Leblanc,
candidate for clerk of court and sew
eral other persons left here Thursday
for a political meeting at Gueydan.
The sad news reaches US of ar ac-
cident to Tom Slutz, formerly of this
place, near Liberty, Texas. In some
way or another while boarding a train
the gentleman missed his footing and
had his foot badly crushed. MIR.
Slutz is now being attended to in a
hospital at Houston, and we sincere
" hope that a%mputation of the injur-
ed limb will not be necessary.
Joseph Labit, past dictator of Alb
beyille Lodge No. 3240, and an old
and valued member of the Grand
f Lodge of Misunderstanding filled
J many important positions therein
was a visitor during the past week a
the Grand Lodge office, and is au.
) thoritY for the statement that his
lodge (No. 324O) 0 has three ap.
plieations pending.-Times-Dem.
Mrs. Jane A. Cluney, the mother
of Airs. Martin Bagley, died at hel
daughters home, or Ramsey planta'
ton, last Sunday evening, aged q
years. Her remains were taken te
Alexandria on Mondays train, and
were inferred at Pineville in the pres
/, ence of a large concourse of mourn
: - g. IL AoInArnn Chn hnc
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-02-24

Candidates for ward Offices are
as thick as hairon adog's back. Look
out, somebody will get left.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-02-24

Thursday the I'D was duly OBJ
served as Washington's birthday, and
the national %colora few from the flag
pole on the square.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-02-24
Three weddings this week.

Go to the polls on next Saturday
SO that a full vote will be polled.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-02-24

A good many flowers are already
liz bloom. A few roses and bulb
plants are showing up, and the mod
est little pansy defes the cold and is
peeping up and displaying its pretty
blossoms profusely.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-02-24

Harper whiskey on your sideboard
proves your taste is correct. 1t
proves also that you r doing your
duty to your guest and to yourself
keeping the finest whiskey obtain
able. Sold by J.. o'Neil Lega, Alb
beville, La.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-02-24

Southern Pacific.
WEST BOUND
y arrives New Iberia 2:34P. M.
NJ q 100 A. NJ.
q 1:50 P. NJ.
EAST BOUND
M. 6 arrives at New Iberia 2:29 Pm
NJ 9 3:24A M.
"a q g lis p. NJ.
r. A W. Route
arrives. A~BBEvILLE EXPRESS. Leaves
1905 DIV
local DEPARTURE.
orea 8.a5a. m. Arrives 4:15 p.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-02-24

We are in receipt of "A Peep is
sued by the passenger department Of
the Southern Pacific r. r. 1t is a
small book with accurate information
about Mardi Gras festivities at New
Orleans. A request of S. F. B.
Morse, passenger traffic manager at
Houston, Texas, will procure one
free Of charge.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-02-24
ANNOUNCEMENT
For District Judge.
For District Attorney.

we are authorized to announce
y. Nelson GreeEaes
as a~candidate for District Attorney for
tie nth judicial District.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-02-24

Persons who have reached their
sixtieth year are exempt from the
payment of poll tax. Where such
payments are made the school board
RENTS amounts, but this is an I'M
necessary trouble which a be avoid
ed by the parties themselves-they
know their age and knowing the law
they can guide themselves accord
ingly.
The postoffice department is ar
ranging to supply small books each
containing II two-cent stamps with
sheets of glazed paper between them
to prevent their sticking. The cost
will be 25 cents, the extra cent being
charged for the book. The people
OF this locality who have attempted
TO carry stamps in their pockets and
IN SO doing stuck them all together,
YAH appreciate the innovation.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-02-24

Saturday. Fe ruary "a. 1900.
New-York tribune., 1900-06-22

reaction following a war hurrirdly begun and
ended while initial mistakes and mischances
were still fresh in the public mind, and there is
ample cause for surprise and pride in the fact
that searching inquiry, free discussion and
copious complaint have disclosed few points
al which the Administration is vulnerable
The Republican party does not assume, cx-
cept by the mouths of It's least valued orators,
titles which il cannot defend. 1t does not claim
credit for bountiful harvests or any of the mani
fold gifts of Heaven But it does maintain that
it has organized the conditions which enable
the just and the unjust to utilize those gifts,
and confidently appeals TO the people for a con-
elusive acknowledgment of that service. 1t un-
dertook four years ago to revive an industrial
policy essential to the restoration of prosperity,
and the country is now prospering as it never
prospered before. 1t promised to advance and
keep inviolable the public credit, and to-day the
financial standing Of the United States is the
highest in the world 1t bound itself to pro-
mote the welfare of the Nation and to protect
its honor under all circumstances that might
arise and its response to unforeseen and mo-
mentous demands has been instant and ade-
quate 1t now renews these general and spe-
cic pledges and with special emphasis guar
antees the faithful performance Of these new
obligations, however arduous they may prove
to be.
We have said that the denomination Of Presi-
dent Mckinley is as satisfactory as it was GER
tain. 1t is equally obvious that Governor Roose-
welt was the Conventions only choice for Vice
President It is conceivable that if he had been
willing to assume an attitude Of positive de-
fiance at Philadelphia he might have escaped
the nomination which he tried to refuse, but
there was never the slightest doubt as to the
desire and determination Of vast majority of
the delegates. and 10 say that he is not abun-
dainty justified in believing that he bowed 10
the inevitable would he virtually equivalent TO
saving that there is no degree of pressure TO
which resolute spirit is compelled to yield.
II is a fortunate circumstance that though the
sinister purposes of Mr.. Platt were accom-
plished he had at the last little, If anything, to
do with their accomplishment. He succeeded
in making the New-YoTk delegation impotent
and ridiculous, and that is practically all he
did The fact that the demands of delegates
from States where the will of its members con
trolls the action Of the party proved irresistible
is strong evidence that the nomination for Vice
President wisely made, and do not
need 10 assure Mckinley and Roosevelt of The
Trbune's constant, Jealous and joyful support
at every moment of the campaign.