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COTTON BELT.

On Friday May 80. the Cotton Belt
route viii run special excursion
train to Weston and return, leaving
PINE Bluff at Q a III. and returning 6
p. N. Fare. 80 cents for round trip.
On August to 10, inclusive. the
Cotton Belt route will sell tickets to
Salt Lake City, Utah. and return at
the rate of $50, limited to Sept 50, re-
turning. on account of Annual Meeting
Grand Lodge Benevolent Protective
Order Of Elks Some stop over and
diverse routes are obtainable
On August I'd to Sth. inclusive. the
Cotton Belt route will sell tickets to
San Francisco. Cal. and return at the
rate of $3.50, i4mited until September
30, returning, on account biennial
meeting knights of Pythias.
On May 27 to June the Cotton
Belt will sell round trip tickets to
Portland, Oregon. Los Angeles Or San
Francisco, Cal, at rate of $47.5o, limit
ed sixty days for leturn account Of
Travellers Protective association.
On August to round trip tickets
will be sold to San Francisco, Cal.
at $4750, limited until September 80,
on account of biennial meeting OF
Knights of Pythas. Tickets for the
above occasions will permit of Ger
tain stop-over privileges and diverse
routes will also be obtainable.
On account of Triennial Interna
Lo
Cotton Belt route will sell round trip
tickets to Denver Colorado on June
| 22d, % and "a at the rate Of one fare,
plus two dollars. Stop overs allowed
| on going trip at Colorado common
points.
On June so, July /. 2. %. 23 and %
the Cotton Belt route will sell round
trip tickets to Moneagle, Tenn, and
return at the rate of one fare for the
round trip limited until August so re-
turning, on account of Monteagle AS
sembly Bible School
On August Z, 8, 9 and 10 the Cotton
| Belt route will sell round trip tickets
| trip tickets to Monteagle. Tenn, and
fare for the round trip, limited unit.
August 25 returning, on account of
| Monteagle Sunday School Institute.
On June IS, 16. L. q, 2S and 20,
July 10, II and u the Cotton Belt
route will sell round trip tickets to
Knoxville, Tenn, at the rate of one
fare for the round trip, limited until
August Is returning, on account Of
| Summer School.
On June - and Is the Cotton Belt
route will sell round trip tickets to
Asheville. N. c., at the rate OF one
fare. limited until June 25 returning
on account Of Southern Student Con
ference of the Y. M. C. A.
On June 25. 26 and q the Cotton
Belt route will sell tickets to Chatta
nooga, Tenn, and return at the rate ol
one fare plus 81, limited until July s
returning, on account of the Annual
Meeting Southern Educational Asso
citation
On August l and 3 the Cotton Bell
route will sell tickets to Atlanta. Ga.
and return at the rate of one fare plus
$780, limited until August Is and re
turn. on account Of Negro Young Peo
pla's Christian and Educational Con
gross
! On July 18th to 21st the Cotton Bel
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-06-02

IT IS TREASON BY DISCUSSION TO DssENsoN WHEN
OUR couNTRYs LIFE is m7ERtLEo. IT
AGGRESSION
NOT TOUCH The NATIONAL EXISTENCE
When attack made upon country and territory
invaded it is duty the rescue how
ony may provoked instance
how unjust the objects for which hostilies begun
The love of ones country instinct of gregarousness
It ethical passion To defend is raise the hand in order
against whole body discussion
the primary tends break the force national
Defense tends disruption when unity is essential
savation then be raise the question the
justice of when that is still in progress.
ENGAGED DEFENSIVE IN AN AGGRESSIVE
WAR; WAelNe WAR WITH ANOTHER couN
TO THE SENSE AND CONSCIENCE OF MANKIND THE RIGHT or
FREE SPEECH NOT VIOLENTLY MTERFGaED WITH AT
Treason is defined evying against the United States and
adherng its enemies giving them aid and comfort, and the
question be asked Do those who in their public
condemn the and sympathy tor the aspirations OF the
Philippine people adhere the enemy? Is there any question: for
instance that person who should send rifles and cartridges
the Fpnos should supply them with money being citizen Of
the United States, would be guilty of treason?
It strange perverty of intellect which fails to
distinguish between the instances He who gives material aid,
he who gives rifles cartridges and those who engaged
with his country gives them power which they for
any object they please good evil and he has the
which they it. But he whose sole aim prevent
his country from doing wrong adheres his country and
his country's foes. HE LOVES HIS COUNTRY, AND HIS
LOVE FOR HIS COUNTRY INSPIRES HIM TO PLEAD
AS DOEs incidentally his does give courage
though they have deserved be treated suchat
incidental effect for which he is wise responsible He to be
judged by hs purpose and his purpose loyal high minded and
patriotic in the best Of the term.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-06-02

II it didn't pay to advertise. SO per
cent of the stores wouldn't advertise.
Fowler, Jr., Boston.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-06-02
What Is reason
To Ones Country ?


:: !: !" !: !: : : : : :: s.: : e:
I@%fTV ECENIII general IN the United States army DE-
Ng@T cared that those persons who condemned the in
I'm " l the Philippines ought be hanged because they
VN traitors. He loves best his who seeks per
s> s1ade her from doing wrong. BoosAed, horrible
~ 70 sANa it is is no. the greatest evil
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1902-01-11

long as the present treaties re-
main with a Senate committee the
plea can be made that the Senate
is considering the subject and the
way is blocked to all similar legis-
lation. BY this means the Repub-
licans had hoped to hoodwink the
advocates of reciprocity without
forfeiting the support of the
trusts, whose interests would suf-
fer from any reciprocal treaty
worthy of the same. Senator
Cullom refuses to see the logic OF
this argument, and his colleagues
are at IL loss to attribute his dem
sity to a guilessness which is
'.childlike and bland,', or to a
wiley attempt to curry favor with
the advocates of tariff reduction
in the West.
In its treatment of Cuban indie
pendence the administration is
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1902-01-11

The evangelistic services being
conducted by Evangelist j. 2.
Gender and his musical director,
T. II. Stanley, at the Court House,
are growing in attendance and in
terest. Mr.. Conder is Il splendid
speaker. His thoughts are forci-
bly, and beautifully illustrated,
and thus in a logical, clear and
forceful style, with illustrations
bristling with common sense in
sentences filled with valuable
thought, sparkling with humor,
and at times bathed with pathos.
You very seldom hear man so
magnetic as Mr.. Conder use as
good logic, and thereby appeal to
peoples reason. He is free from
all "catch-trap' methods gener-
ally used by professional evangel-
lists, and is plain, practical and
pointed. We are glad to welcome
TO our city a man Of such splendid
character and fine ability. The
music is very fine and soul-inspir-
ing. You will be benefited by at
tending the services.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1902-01-11

Mrs. M. E. Gardener, the ener-
getic teacher of the Coulee Croche
public school, got up an enter
tainment during the holidays for
the benefit of her school and real
lied a neat sum, which will be ex-
pended in making some much
needed repairs to the building.
This laudable example is COM
mended to the teachers through
out the parish, many of whose
school buildings are in deplora-
BILE condition-hardly comforta-
BILE, and in most cases lacking the
simplest adornments. We are
sure that with a little urging the
people Of every neighborhood
would cheerfuIly contribute for
the purpose of beautifying, or at
least making comfortable, these
humble temples of learning where
their loved ones spend so many
hours during the formative period
of their lives, and which should
always be for them an object of
solicitous care and local pride.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1902-01-11

making what is known in theatrl-
cal parIance as "a play to the
gallery 1t has announced that
as soon as General Wood receives
the official count of the election
which made General Palma presi-
dent he will announce the date on
which the government is to be
formally handed over to the elect
of the people. While the Presi-
dent and Secretary Root profess
to have every confidence in Senor
Palma, General Wood has re-
ceived his instructions. and they
are to do nothing to facilitate the
time when the full returns from
the election shall be made, and
even after they are received to act
"with no precipitancy.' knowing
the dilatoriness of the Cuban
character, the administration is
counting on a prolonged delay.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1902-01-11

property can be bought for $40,-
900, 1000, which, by the way, bears
out the prediction | made some
time ago in these letters, that the
prompt action of the canal COM
mittees in both the Senate and
House was taken with a view to
bringing the French company to
reasonable terms, was extensively
discussed by the members in the
lobbies, but it seems probable that
the leaders will press for action
the Hepburn bill in the House
and leave to the Senate the final
discussion and decision. There is
an evident, growing inclination,
always discernable when the Re-
publicans are in control of Con-
gress, to treat the House Of Rep
resentatives as more or less
irresponsible body which must be
given it's own way like spoiled
child and with reliance on the fact
that the Senate has power to re-
verse all its decisions and render
futile its actions.
The persistence of Senator Gull
lom. who has the moral support
of the junior Senator from Illf-
nois, in his intention to drag to
light the reciprocity treaties ne
gotiated by Commissioner Rasson
and which were supposed to be
safely buried in the Committee
on Foreign Relations, is causing
no little annoyance to the leaders
Of his party. AS chairman Of the
committee Senator Cullom has
power to report the treaties, and
Senator Mason has spent the hol-
iday recess in preparing a brill
liant oratorical digest on the sub
ject of reciprocity, but there is
no harmony among the Republi-
cans on the subject, and the mem
bers of Cullom's party are deplor-
ing his persistence in a course
which they regard as bound to
| reveal that fact to the country.
/ Senator Cullom's attitude is
/ that these treaties should be thor
oughly discussed, their objection.
able features emphasized, if nee.
essary, and that they should be
either amended or disposed of sc
as to make room for others, ane
this is precisely what the higl
protection wing objects to-. Sc
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1902-01-11
School Finances.

Estimating the revenues of the
current, school year at $26, 900,
and allowing 5000 for salary of
the superintendent, $10O for sal
ary OF members of the board. $500
tor treasurer's commissions and
$9Oo for contingent expenses,
va, 200 would be left for the pay
OF teachers for the term which
began Oct. %, 1901. This amount.
apportioned among the several
wards, according to the number
of educable children in each.
would be divided as follows: 1st
ward ,$46l2; 2d, ,$2768; Sd, 1852:
4th, $2899,, 5th, $4389; 9th, $1794;
9TH, $3041; 8th, $2S39.
These sums, basing an estimate
on the average monthly cost of
the schools during the months
OF the last term, would run the
same schools for the following
terms: 1st ward (including High
School), five months; 2d ward,
fourteen months; Sd, six months;
4th, eight months; 9Th (including
High SCHOOL,, six months and one
week; 9th, three months ana three
weeks; 7th, five months and three
weeks; 8th, six months and two
weeks.
As a considerable number of
children from other wards attend
the High School here, those other
wards should Of course share the
expense of its maintenance, and
we trust that the Board will de-
wise some means of doing so with
out disregarding the recent judg-
ment of the District Court, which
is now on appeal before the Su-
preme Court.
Should the Supreme Court de-
eide that no portion of the school
funds of outside wards can be
used for the pay of High School
teachers, then the Legislature
should be asked to amend exist
ing laws on the subject.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1902-01-11
OPELOUsAs, PARISH OF JANUARY IL, 1902
Another Railroad Project.

A telegram from Beaumont,
Tex, dated Jan. 5th, gives the
following version of contem-
plated railroad through this Sec
ton. Whether Opelousas will be
''in it, or not, or whether the
project will ever reach any fur
ther than on paper, we are unable
to say. We give the story for
what it is worth:
There is a story here, and the
information comes from people
who assert they are in a position
to know, that the International
and Great Northern Railroad is
going to build a branch to New
Orleans in the near future, which
will parallel the Southern Pacific.
The route is to be south of the
Southern Pacific from Houston
to Lake Charles, and then from
Lake Charles it will cut across
Louisiana and strike the Texas &
Pacific at Melville, saving an ex-
penditure of over 1t million dol
lars i'll building Il bridge across
the Atchafalaya river.
According to the people who are
on the inside the route has already
been selected, and the surveys are
practically finished. The distance
between Houston and New Orleans
blythe new road will be just six
miles longer than it is by the
Southern Pacific, and this small
margin makes practically no diff
ference in the handling Of freight.
From Lake Charles to Melville
the road would run through vir-
gin territory, which is rich land
and produces big crops annually.
For the rest of the way there will
be a scrap between the two roads
for the rice and sugar and oil
business in Texas and Louisiana.
The freight business along the
coast country has grown to be
something enormous, and it is as
serted that the two railroads can
make money. The present block
ade is cited as evidence of the fact
that there Is too much business
for one road to handle with salts
faction to its patrons, and that
another Is needed.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1902-01-11

A dispatch on the 7th from
Washington City says: A bill of
much interest to ex-Confederate
soldiers today was favorably acted
upon by the house committee on
war claims. 1t provides for pay
ing former Confederate soldiers
for horses, brides, saddles and
side arms taken from them in vio-
lation of the terms of surren-
der made by Generals Lee and
Johnston with Generals Grant
and Sherman. The bill was in
troduced by Representative Pad
get, of Tennessee.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1902-01-11

The liberality of the manage
ment of the Texas & Pacific Rail-
road has been strikingly illustra-
ted through General Manager l..
S. Thorne by the donation to the
Confederate Veterans Association
at Dallas, Texas, of the sum of
$1,000 to be used in the general
fund for the entertainment and
successful accomplishment of the
reunion to be held in Dallas next
April.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1902-01-11

Senator Chauncey M. Depew
and Miss May Palmer were mar
ried at Nice, France, on Dec. 20.
1t is to be hoped that they were
we'll married, for besides the civil
ceremony, both the Catholic and
Episcopal ceremonies were used
in tying the knot, the former be-
ing in accordance with the BRIDE S
wishes and the latter the groom 5
choice.
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NO. IS
FRED L. SANDOZ.

Here is what the manufacturers claim 70
their wagons
We use only thoroughly Mr-drifd timber o.
tn e very best Quaitv using white oak ter H0s
tera and hawns. white oak reaches and white
oak poles.
Our aXies made OF the very best selected
hickory.
Our wagon is thoroughly ironcd III every par
tlcniar. Our irons unusually heavy, and
both front and hind gears have double braces.
Our skeins are of the pattern known as The
Holmes Patent Straight bearing SkcIn, which
IS conceded by wagon men to be TIE CaSie3t
running on the market.
We use white oak hubs, white oak spofeS and
White oak fellows, nsinS nothing but the grade
known as "A select"
Our wheel is thoroughly dried. Tie bulbs are
expanded by steam. The spokes are driven in
glue by a power hammer, making TIE hub and
spoke one solid peace Of timber Every wheel
is soaked in boiling lnseed OH, renGtr ring them
lmperylouS to moisture. The tires are always
tight.
Oar wagon is painted with three coats of
paint, striped and vanished. We dip nothing.
In buying the Original and popular Fish
wagon you may rest assured that The Gl!a!lTy
and workmanship are nc best. and you axe
getting the best wagon on tue market.
when in want OF a wagon please remember
the above facts. and also that guarantee
and stand back of every thing that we claim.
Our wagons will give you the best of satlsfac-
tl0n'or else we do not want you to have them
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1902-01-11

Lieut.. Fritz Sandoz, U. S. Navy,
has favored US with several copies
Of the Hongkong Daily News, pub
lished at Hongkong, China, where
the u. S. S. Princeton, on which
Warship Lieut.. Sandoz is now
serving, is undergoing repairs.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1902-01-11

Our u. S. courthouse and post
Office building, which has been
undergoing extensive repairs and
improvements for several weeks,
IS now finished and looks as bright
and fresh as a new pin.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1902-01-11

It IS gratifying to hear that Mr..
Bryan's Commoner is prospering
and chat he will clean up $4,000
the first year. That isn't the or
dinary experience of new ventures
in the field Of journalism.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1902-01-11

Judge Alex. Boarman held a
brief session of the u. S. Circuit
Court here Monday. There were
only d few cases before the court,
and they were disposed of with
''neatness and dispatch as usual
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1902-01-11

The venerable Mrs. Victoria
HoIlier has been confined to her
bed the past week with malarial
fever. With the splendid nurs-
ing Of her Sister and daughter the
old lady is able to be about again.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1902-01-11

The grand jury for the District
Court has been in session all this
week, except Wednesday, which
was legal holiday. Mr.. +. E.
Stokes is foreman.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1902-01-11

Have you attended Fred. l..
Eandoz's clearance sale. II not
you should do so at once, as the
bargains he is offering are going
like hot cakes. See advertise
nent in another column.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1902-01-11

Cards are out announcing the
marriage of Miss M. Agnes Smith
ind Mr.. Rochbert p. Richard, at
8 o'clock mass, at the Catholic
church of Opelousas, on Wednes-
day morning, January Is, 1902.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1902-01-11

Miss Gala Marks, talented
young lady from New Orleans,
though a native of this parish and
Z Z niece of our genial townsman,
Mai Ben Bloomfield, will succeed
Miss Minnie Clopton as teacher
ofmathematics in ourHighSchool.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1902-01-11

Mr.. G. H. Comeau has pur-
chased the old Thompson rice
mill, on the eastern limits of
town, and proposes installing a
$4,000 round lap bale cotton gin.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1902-01-11

The COURIER has received sew
eral pretty calendars for 1902, be-
sides those mentioned already,
among which are elegant works
of art from the st. Landry State
Bank, the Peoples State Bank,
i. C. Palmer Co., Ltd, and the
Publishers Collection Agency.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1902-01-11

Alex. Mair has removed his ton
sariial establishment from the east
Il The west end of Dossman's sa-
loon, where he is as snugly quar-
tarAd as a bug in rug.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1902-01-11

Persons having land for sale
with Cypress or Pine on it, will
6od purchasers by applying to
Ran Bloomfield, Opelousas.
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Washington, ID. c., News.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 6
From our Regular Correspondent.

WASHINGTON. Jan. 6, 1902.
Congress is again in session,
and Democrats and Republicans
appear eager to grapple with the
knotty problems with which they
are confronted. The news that
the Panama Canal Company's
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1902-01-11

The State Circuit Court, Judges
raillouet and Mouton, are hold
mo d session of that court here
since Tuesday.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1902-01-11

The New Orleans naval dock
successfully raised the great bat
tleship Illinois in one hour and
fifty-seyen minutes last Monday.
The time specified in the contract
was two hours and forty minutes.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1902-01-11

Porto Rico is becoming Ameri-
canized very rapidly. It is al
ready clamoring loudly for gov
ernmental assistance. It insists
on protection in the United States
market for its sugar against the
competition of the Cuban product
and it asks confidently for a
bounty on coffee.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1902-01-11

Mr.. C. Mayo, of Lake Charles,
gas shaking hands with his nu-
msrous Nj Opelousas friends this
,rank
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1902-01-11

Forsale, three large black jacks,
Is hands high, standard measure,
4, 5 and I years old. Guaranteed
sure foal getters and good per-
formers. Inquire at this Office or
to B. II. Jevons, Opelousas, La.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1902-01-11

We regret to announce the
death of Mr.. Cleophas Couryille,
which took place at his home IN
Faquetaique on Wednesday morn
ing, the 9th, at the age of AZ
wears, 8 months and 3 days.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1902-01-11

Last Monday was the day fixed
for the first quarterly meeting of
the School Board for 1902, and
although six of the nine members
we're present and the seventh was
within hailing distance, the body
adiourned until next Monday
without transacting any business
whatever.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1902-01-11

Baby Elite Shoe Polish-black,
brown and tan, 8 bottles for 25
cents, at the Opera House Drug
Store.
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k
4 the injecting Of the Opelou-
ss Board Of Trade held on last
ednesday, the following officers
aaq Board Of Directors were cleo
ssq e e serve for the ensuing year:
lseers: Ike Roos, President;
Bercier, 1st Vice President; !;
s1..es Melancon, "a ". p; NJ.
llaseca, 3D. ". p; Miss Anna
lller, Secretary; Jos. Lassalle,
AEeasnrer.
Darectofs Ike Roos, M. Villa
ssca Charleville, j. E. Caha-
I'D John w Lewis, b. T.. San
oz L. Swords, Ell. e. Es-
Gitz Dietleln, A. s.. Braud,
Mcbride, a. j. Bercier, j. G..
glor j Melanson, j.. Al. Haas,
skiles, Ii. Desmaries.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1902-01-11

. Steps are being taken to make
New Orleans the oil distributing
centre for the extensive Beaumont
oil fields.
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Saturday, Feb. s, 1909,

the following described property belonging to
the estate OF Leopold Wyole. deceased to-wit:
A small tract of land, being wooded and
prairie. containing fifteen arpents. with the
buildings and improvements thereon, situated
at Prairie Laurent, ST. Landry parish, bounded
north ny land of estate OF Alphnnse WyhIe,
south by lands of B. Martin, east Nv Alexis
Wyble, west by formerly c. Mornhinye~. Sr
being the same property acquired by tie de-
ceased from Alexis Wyhle.
Terms cash.
HEIRS OF LEOPOLD WYRIE