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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1902-09-20

their way to school At w.,
MISS as far as New 1berie Wv y, Poiat
maze maae.a a call on her relatives sas', "
h Leblanc and family and -. w;
back M home on the afternoon t ts'a'asd
Mrs. Belle Maxfeld, y ta'a.
Charles spent last week i u I, Lake
ers' Mrs. M. E. Ransom, ~ q mol.
train. aay evening
50 many strangers are see, /.
streets lately its Impossible !. ~ oar
up with them. . Keep
Miss Clara Jones has
select school at The sce,s Dpeaed 1
which is we'll attended. noQse
Miss Mary Stebbins i IS.
ready to take her school At Ra gs. y
Tom Elster Of the firm a ' s !
Bros. will return from NJ, Sls's'
where ne has been buying bis MN
moth stock of gods and y;s siaa'
relatives, next Saturday. ''''0s
Mrs. M. E. Ransom vii,
her stock Of fall and winter milliss,s
and notions about the 2eth. 4''''as'y
Mrs: Garter who went To g..
Springs and other resorts e. 1 a
health has returned very much b. =
fitted. oSue'
Miss Cecile Hartman who has l.,
visiting her sister, Mrs. Willie Ya. ~
will return to her home At g,,,;ss
Hill today to the regret Of her psns
friends here. a4'
Archie Young ST.. visited Nj
Iberia the latter part of last week.
INo.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1902-09-20
POLITICAL RASGAITTY.

The conduct 81 certain politicians
IN Grant and Calcasieu during the
recent Congressional primary, must
eause every honest Democrat in the
State to blush, and ask himself,
+" Where are we drifting?" Is hon
esty a mere byword and reprSach?
For what was done in the dark
days following Reconstruction, we
have no excuses to make, no apollo
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1902-09-20
PERRY, La, Sept! is. 1902.
Erath Echoes.

Editor MERIDIoNAL:
Mr.. Goutierrez has recovered from
a spell OF typhoid fever.
MI. and Mrs. c. Theriot returned
from Gueydan Thursday.
Mrs. Briant returned home from
Slidell Sunday and is now ut hef
daughters, Mrs. Jos. Busy.
Mrs. c. Harrington WINS visiting
here Saturday.
Miss Mestayer, OF New iberia, is
relatives and friends at this place.
Miss Leonie Busy returned home
from Abbeyille Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Bartells
spent the day with her sister, Mrs.
George Belanger, here, Sunday.
Fine races were given here Sunday
which were largely attended. All
Kinds OF refreshments were served,
and a grand ball took place after the
races.
Cotton is coming in rapidly and
lots of it is being shipped every day.
Miss Belair is spending a while
with her sister, Mrs. Columbus Ira
han, in AbbevilIe.
Miss Bertha Theriot spent the day
Wednesday with her brother; T.
Theriot.
Mr.. ThibedearE is on the sick list,
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1902-09-20
SOME PLAIN TRUTHS.

Harlequin that ever sprightly free
lance, having wisely concluded for
the present to eschew politics and
primaries, Murphy and Newton, is
giving the telephone monopoly and
The railroad commission a little we'll
needed airing. While not exactly IN
the line of"commerce and crop s'the
remarks concerning u highly orna-
mental railroad commission are quite
timely:
81 want again ia repeat a warning
to the railroad commission.
1t is useless, gentlemen, for any
man or any body of men to try to
escape the responsibilities that fall to
them.
You are not hid from the people.
You are drawing salaries to repre-
SEN the people and to see that they
are not imposed upon.
You know, and all the people
know, that this utility, the telephone,
is quasi-public,-in reality, if not in
law. IS public as our mail system !;
that 1t is one of vast public impor-
lance; that the law which constituted
your body specially recognizes this
and makes you the guardian, on be-
half of the people, of the conduct of
this institution.
Point One.-You know, and all the
people know, that this company is SC
mismanaged that on an average ~
car easily walk a half-dozen blocks
and deliver a message before he can
ever catch the ear of central. You
know, and all the people know, that
for this miserable service users are
charged extortion.
Point Two.-You know, and all
the people know, that from this con-
dition, you, their sworn protectors
and defenders, have done nothing
effectual to relieve them.
"Failure. Take heed!
You, as a commission, are regis
tering Failure" in indeIible letters
in the public mind.
Take heed!
There is but n way to save your
selves and that is to do your duty.
This is going to come back on you
later-on you and ON the administra-
ton and on u party"
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1902-09-20
THE PARISH OVER.
Perry pickings.

Editor MERIDIoNAL:
The corn crop is turning out much
better than was expected.
The cold weather we had a few
days ago made winter clothes feel
very comfortable.
Langdon Eldredge, of Rice Cove
vicinity visited Perry this week.
All the sick folks here are getting
along very well.
Albert Stansbury made a business
trip to Crowley, Monday, returning
the following day,
Misses Lizzie and Bessie STAINS
bury visited Kaplan several DAYS
last week.
Miss Angelina Clement is visiting
her sister MIS-. Willie Richardson.
Mrs. G. M. Derouen and Zettie
Stansbury visited Erath Wednesday.
Miss Clara LeBIanc,a pretty young
girl of AbbeVille, is visiting Mrs.
s.. III. Derouen.
Mrs. Willie Richardson visited at
the home of her.mother Mrs. Clement,
Wednesday.
Ernest Dervelroy has moved his
family to Abbeville, where he is in
the employ of the Electric Light Co.
Miss Maggie Mccain has returned
from Texas, where she has been visit
ing her sister, Mrs. Nat Burton for
The past month.
Mrs. j. S. Ewell and two charming
little children visited Mrs. Jno. Nu-
gier and Mrs. Paul Terrier, Wednes-
day.
Joe Mills has purchased a much
larger cane mill than the one he had
for past seasons and will begin to
grind in a week or so.
AVIS.
Perry, La, Sept! is. 1902.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1902-09-20

1t is estimated hal the fatalities
during the recent eruption of Mont
PeIee exceeded $500, and the whole
island of Martinique is thought to be
doomed. The French government
has placed 500, 900 at the disposal
of the governor of the island, but the
panic-stricken people only want to be
taken away.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1902-09-20

Speaker Henderson has declined
the nomination for Congress in the
Ord Iowa district and refuses TO run.
1t is taken as a strong Indication
that the Western Republicans demand
tariff reform and reciprocity with
Cuba.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1902-09-20

Democratic newspapers in Arkan-
sas are not much given to boot
licking, The Warren Democrat
News referring to the victory of Jeff
DAVIS remarks: "The election is now
over and the hope of every good
citizen is that Davis will make the
State a decent governor, if it is in
him to be decent"
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1902-09-20

A disastrous fire broke out at
Spindle Top last week destroying
property estimated to be worth $780,
600. The fire is now out and new
equipment will be erected as fast as
possible.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1902-09-20

Hon. Rom. 2. Leblanc, Of Yer
million parish was a visitor to this
city on last Saturday. He is az
energetic and enthusiastic worker fof
the proposed belt electric railroad 70
run from New iberia, through St
Martinville, Brtaux Bridge, Lafay-
cite, Abbeville and back to starting
point. VIZ trust that there is energy
and capital enough behind The pro.
ject to crystalze it into q material
fact this time.-Iberian.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1902-09-20

Mrs. Kate Jarreau confessed to
Coroner Richard at New Orleans that
while on the yacht Indian she had
pushed Earl G. Luken overheard, re-
sulting in his drowning, Aug. 81, in
Lade Ponchartrain.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1902-09-20

Puio and Blackman will make the
race in the second primary for Con-
gress from the 9TH District. The
total vote as given out by the Com
mittee is Pujo 1856, Blackman l748,
Garland 1871, Polk 491.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1902-09-20
PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY.
SATURDAY, SEPT. 20. 1902.

Twenty-Five white lynchers have
been indicted at Kosciusko, Miss.
and the Judge of that District is de-
termined that the guilty parties shall
be brought to justice.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1902-09-20

gles to offer. Let the dead past
bury Its own dead. We Sre interest
ed in the fresh corpses of today.
Under the restricted suffrage
which obtains in Louisiana today
and the negro eliminated from poll
ties, fraud should not be permitted
in elections and the man attempting
TO tamper with q ballot box should be
swung TO the nearest limb. This le-
gacy of sin handed down to us from
the days of John Slidell, and elabo-
rated by Warmoth & Kellogg, should
be ours no longer. Let the watch
word be: "Honest elections, a free
ballot and a fair count"
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1902-09-20
Twelve Thousand Dollar Jail.

Monday the Police Jury accepted
plans for a new Jail and will advertise
for bids for Its construction. II Is
to cost about S12, 900 will be d
brick three stories high and have
another set of new steel cells. tt il
The intention to tear down the old
Jail and use as much of the brick and
material as is possible in construct
Ing the new building.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1902-09-20

The primary election here last
Tuesday for Congressman was a
mighty weak aud sickly looking com
Germ. Nobody thought il was any
use, 50 everybody stayed at home
snd picked cotton. As we close our
forms Thursday noon, the vote stands
Robertson 40 and YouHg p and the
18th ward noVheard from.-St.H Helena
lcho
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1902-09-20
YOU n o WHAT KOU ARE
TAKING

When You take Groves Tasteless Chill
Tonic because the formula is plainly
printed on every bottle showing that it is
simply Iron and Quinine in a tasteless
form No Cure. No Pay. soc.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1902-09-20

The seventh district Democratic
primary election for the nomination
of a candidate for congress was held
on last Thursday, and the returns
indicate that R. Lee Garland has
carried St. Landry and Acadia, A.
7. Pujo has swept Calcasieu and
Cameron, w. +. Blackman has dis
tanced his competitors in Rapides,
Avoyelles, Grant and Vernon, leav-
ing VIM. Polk, in the vernacular of
the race track, sat the post" Al
though Judge Blackman has carried
half the district, OF twice as many
parishes as either of his principal
competitors, his aggregate vote is
small. Messrs. Blackman and Puio
will be the contestants in the second
primary, to take place on the oath
instant.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1902-09-20

The Baton Rouge Advocate has
been truly fortunate in securing w.
N. Mcfarland Esq. as business
manager. His long experience in
the office of the State Auditor and
afterwards in the office of the State
Treasurer coupled with his fine bust
ness qualifications make him a pecu-
liarly valuable man for the position.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1902-09-20

Mrs. William NJ. Stewart, wife of
Senator Stewart Of Nevada, who was
thrown from an automobile and kill
ed in San Francisco last Friday was
a Mississirpian her father being Hen
~ S. Foote, U. S. Senator from that
State from 1917 until 1852, when he
resigned the Office TO run for Cover
nor against Jefferson Davis, defeat
ing the man who %afterward became
President of the Confederacy.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1902-09-20
Stops the Cough
end Works OGt,a a,oI6

LAXATIVE Bromo-Quinine Tablets cu,e !
&C eold IN one day. No Cure, No Pay. Pr Prics
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1902-09-20

We recently learned that !. y,
Satterfield and associates had clossa
a deal with a boring company iof s., !
well on their place about one nl :.
west of st. Martinyille where 50 inuca
gas made its appearance in aseo loos
well. The contract requires saa J.
boring shall be commenced sls 'a'
and energetically pushed to q nnisn'
Iberian.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1902-09-20
Gusher at Anse-la- Butte.

Wednesday, the Heywoods struck
a fine oil flow at Anse-la-Butte az 4
depth OF 1850 feet. For seVeral
minutes the oil gushed twenty fses
high. The casing will be set and y
is hoped to clear the well OF obstruc'
tions and bring in a big gusher %
day.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1902-09-20

Cotton experts are surprIsea Z Z
agricultural departments rep01s '''-
the Texas cotton crop i The pse'
in the history Of that slass
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1902-09-20

Gen. E.. F. Myles tells the fOer ~
that the work Of constructing -
electric railroad through tbs Pias =.
Will most probably be connencea ra !
the next sixty or ninety days. -
line will be first built along Wan Vi
Madison streets, the entire leps'p
the town. The general left ; Jessss.
day for the salt mines on
Saskatchewan.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-07-31
Mother Makes Heroic Rescue.

a gas stove exploded in the kitchen
of A. J. McCurdy's home at Sunbury
one day last week, destroyed three
buildings and almost caused the deaths
of two children who were heroically
rescued by their mother. When the
blaze was at its height Mrs. McCurdy
rushed through the flames into the
house and up the stairway to the sec
ond floor, where her two children were
sleeping.
Grasping Raymond, aged S, by the
hand and lifting her S-months-old babe
in her arms, she attempted to fight her
way through the thick smoke down
the stairway. She was compelled to
rctrace her steps. Then, appearing at
the second.story window, the brave
woman dropped the boy, who landed
safely in the arms Of men below.
Mrs. McCurdy, with her babe clasp
ed to her breast, leaped and was caught
by several men. The woman's eye
brows and hair were singed.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-07-31
Death Of Element MuSSer.

Last Wednesday evening, Mr.. Ele-
ment Musser, who lived with his son,
William, about two and one-half miles
from Middleburg, sucumbed to death
after suffering about four months with
catarrh of the stomache.
Mr.. Musser joined the Evangelical
church about 45 years ago and was an
ardent and active worker until the
time of his sickness, which compelled
him to take his bed. He was a kind
father and man in whom all placed
implicit confidence and will be greatly
missed by the community in which he
lived. He is survived by five children
Amanda, Jane, Adam, william and
Aaron who mourn their loss of kind
and indulgent father. The funeral was
held from his late home on Saturday
morning and was largely attended. In
terment in the Salem church cemetery.
Aged IS years and S months. His wife
proceeded him to the grave about 9
years.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-07-31
Big Mine Resumes.

The Lehigh Coal and Navigation
Company last Thursday resumed oper-
ations at its No. II mine, between
Pottsville and Mauch Chunk, one OF
the largest collieries in the region. The
move Of the company was unexpected
No. l. breaker is a very modern
plant and has connected with it All up
to o.date jig house, by which the slate is
picked from the coal and the sizes AS
sorted all by machinery and washing
process, whereby ten men or boys can
do the work that requires from one
hundred to two hundred hands at 9th.
er breakers.
There has been no special demon,
stration by the idle workmen and there
is likely to be none, as there haye been
so many arrests in this vicinity recent
" that the lawless spirit is pretty well
broken. This is the nearest approach
to the actual complete operation of a
colliery that has yet been made any
where since the big strike commenced,
and it may lead to the starting of one
of the other Of this company's collieries
within few days full-handed.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-07-31
Repetition of the Red Sunsets.

The prediction is that this year we
are to have repetition Of the myster-
ious red sunsets that puzzled so many
people in 1883, which were at that
time attributed by scientists to volcan-
ic dust in the atmosphere. 1t was in
November and December of that wear
that an extraordinary lurid glow in
the western sky after sunset was seen
in all parts of the world. The great
volcanic eruption Of Krakatoa had oc-
cured on August - and the theory of
volcanic dust causing the phenomenal
sunsets received general support; and
later positive evidence was adduced
that during the prevalence of red sun
sets dust of this character was present
in the atmosphere in parts of Europe.
As this has been n year of volcanic
disturbances rcappcarancc of tie phe-
nomcnon is looked for, and Observers
have already seen indications Of this
character in the Adirondack region of
New York state, where on recent eve
nings beautiful rose colorcd aureole
rested on each mountain peak in the
neighborhood of Lake Placid.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-07-31

G. c. Stuck and family entertained
several young people from Kreamer on
Sunday.
w. w. RhOads, of McAlisterville,
stepped in to see us while in town on
Tuesday.
Sephares Gemberling and son, of
near Selinsgrove, were noticed in town
on Tuesday.
Editor Lesher, of the Times, was
noticed in town one day the latter part
of last week.
Ex-Associate Judge Grouse, of Selins-
grove, is spending the week in town
with his sons.
Glenn Stettler, who IN employed at
Pittsburg, is enjoying his vacation un-
der the parental roof in town.
Miss Alice Smith, daughter of Chas.
Smith, Of near Pittsburg, is the guest
of Prof. and Mrs. +. BowersoX.
NJ. Luther Wagensellcr representing
Philadelphia wholesale house, called
on our business people on Friday.
Mr.. John Howell, n former resident
of this place, but now Of Sunbury,
spent Sunday with friends in town.
Rev. Cooper and family, of Maple
hill, spent Sunday at Swincford, the
guests Of Mrs. Coopers parents, Mr.
and Mrs. \. II. Ulsh. They left Mon,
day for Elizabethville where they will
attend campmeeting.
Jonathan Reichenbach, who had the
contract for the mason work ut the
Lepley bridge, in Spring township,
completed his work on Saturday. He
stopped in town few hours while
enrout for his home. BY the way
Jonathan will be one of our new
County Commissioners.
Misses Marion Schoch, Maud Runk-
el, MAUD custer, Eva Stennlnger ana
Phebe Renninger, and Messrs. Roy
Stettler, Luther Moatz, Lee Winey
and Lloyd Bowersox enjoyed straw
ride'to Freeburg last Thursday even
ing. They were chaperoned by Miss
Gertruaf Dunkeltciger.
Harry A. Grimm, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. H. II. Grimm, and Miss Bertha,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Erd-
ley, were quietly married at the home
Of the brides parents on Saturday eve
ming by Rev. Diehl. The Posr. joins
with their many friends in wishing
the young couple prosperous life.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-07-31
The Cow to Have.

4 Beardstown lad is credited with
saying that his father has very re-
markable COW. He said that the COW
has Il particular fondness for apples,
and that on one occasion, after she had
gotten INTO neighbor's orchard and
eat all the apples she wanted, his
mother MIXED her, churncd the milk,
and got three quarts of good apple but
ter. On another occasion the cow ate
OIL the tail of an old rooster that roost-
ed in the stall with her and the next
morning in place of giving milk she
gave gallon and half of the finest
kind of cocktail.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-07-31
Making False Statements.

a young man by the name of II. O.
Shailer, Of Williamsport, gave the
Wllliamsport Sun false statement of
the marriage of a young couple in that
city and the same was published in
that paper. 1t was n serious joke for
the young man as the sun had him ar
rested, although they did not press the
suit he had to pay the costs. Anyone
making false statement to newspa-
per and securing its publication is liza
bic to prosecution. An act of June 3,
1898, provides heavy penalty for the
oftense. 1t is as follows: "Any person
who wilfully states, delivers or trans
mits by any means whatever to the
manager, editor, publisher or reporter
of any newspaper, magazine, publica-
ton, periodical or serial for publication
therein any libelous statement concern
ing any person or corporation, and
thereby secures the actual publication
of the same, is hereby declared guilty
of misdemeanor, and upon conviction
shall be sentenced to pay ane not OK
ceeding five hundred dollars, and un-
dergo imprisonment not exceeding two
years, or either, or both, at the discre-
ton of the court"
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-07-31
The River Coal Industry.

Geoge Hartlein, secretary of the Unit
ed Mine Workers Union, went to
Herndon to investigate the river min
ing industry. One contractor there is
shipping from seven to ten carloads of
coal daily. He pays each man $l.55 a
day for his labor, and it costs him 80
cents additional to load it on the cars.
The contractor gets an exorbitant
price for the coal and is reaping large
returns through the industry. 1t was
the mission of Hartlein's at Herndon
to persuade the men to cease scooping
as it hurts the miners cause.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-07-31
Marriage Licenses.
Snyder County Choir Convention.

The 18th annual choir convention
will be held on the old church grounds
near Freeburg, Saturday, Aug. 10Th,
1902. The "Choir Leader" containing
the choruses for the day can be had
now for rehearcal at ! cents per copy.
WIN. MoYER, Pres,
Freeburg, Pa.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-07-31
Dates Of Fairs This Fail.

The Department OF Agriculture has
issued a bulletin having Il list of the
county and local agricultural associa-
tions, and list Of the fairs to be- held
this year. The State fair will be held
at Lancaster on September 1913;
Changers picnic, Williams Grove,
August 25-29; Dauphin fair at Middle
town, September 9-l2; Carlisle fair,
September 80, October Sd; Juniata at
Port Royal, September lC-l2; Lebanon,
September 3-5; Perry at Newport, Sep
tember 1919; York, October 6-l0; Milf
lin County at Lewistown, October 15-
Il; Hanover, September 1919; North
umberland at Milton, September 80,
October Sd.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-07-31
Old Copies Of the Post Wanted.

While the subscribers of the Posi- are
hunting up their old newspapers, they
might look for the copies of the Posi-
that are missing from our files. We
will pay literally for copy of each of
the following dates:
July $, Sept. 8, 1869; Apr. 6, Oct. lS,
1879; Jan. 26, 1871; Apr. II, 1873; Nov.
4, Dec. %, 1875; Mar. 7, 1878; May l5,
1879; March 10, May 5, 1871; April 26.
1888; Mar. 81, June II, Oct. 80, 1884;
Sept. II, Dec. 8, 10, II, "a, 1885; Jan. 2s
May 8, Oct. IS, Dec. %, 1886; Dec. %,
1878. II.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-07-31
NUMBER 80
Rev. s. Z. Davis Dead.

Rev. $. +. Davis, an United Ev.
minister, died at his home at Aline last
week of a complication of diseases. He
has filled the ministry for period of
~ years and at one time preached at
Middleburg and Port Treverton, rcsig-
ming at the latter place on account Of
sickness. He was about 6S years of age
and leaves wife to mourn. Interment
at Elimsport last Saturday.