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The St. Mary banner., 1903-03-07

!, j. B. Harvt
; DENTIST,
OFFICE OVER -.
B Delahoussaye's Drug )
! FRANKLIN, LA
STATE OF LOUISIA1
23rd Judicial District Coulr-
ish of st. Mary.
James Thompson & Bros. vr-
vile Gautreaux. No. II

Under and by virtue Of writ of ffas
issued out Of the Honorable 23rdial
District Court in and for the ParSt.
Nary. in the above numbered anted
case and to me directed, have sind
will offer for sale, for cash, at publipn,
at the court house, in the town OF in,
Parish of st. Mary, State of Louisia
SATURDAY. THE 14TH DA
MARCH, 1908,
between the hours Of II O'Clock a.
O'Clock D. m. to the last and higher,
the following described property, te
$50 Santiago Crook cigars, 331 EleG-
ars. 1893 Frances cigars, 243 Littlees
cigars, 25OOld Style cigars. 45 Francrs,
500 Louisiana Stars cigars, 8 pit bOttAy;
I3 ut bottle white wine, sept Milleet
beer, IL uts ginger ale, II pts Schlit 8
bottles Abita water, 4 bottles celery n,
3 ire bot Hostetfer bitters, qts be
whisky, 5 bot sunshine rye, 10 liz 9n
bitters. Z at pineapple. IA at cherrpt
Gilmore's phosphate, bet scotch Z
bot rock and rye, 4lI2 Ct juniper gin,!d 4 .ui
malt whisky, qt cognac brandy, 5t-
berry brandy, 5 qts asst syrups. .1J2 r.
toras bitters, 8 pit Thompson whisk)t
wine, qt ginger, lI3 qtr.
mint, / at kummel, Qt Italian vermt
curacao, l at gin phosphate. / qt ia
bitters, ! lot liquors, 8 dCz pts portz
pts ale, so gal whisky, So bot pop, l0O0,
2OO0 asstd corks, 3I4 gal sherry wintl
dem John, liz Dbl gin, liz Dbl anisette,
at bot, 43I4 gal benedictine, liz
fasks, 4 bar bottles, 5 gross . corkp
Old Joe whisky, Dbl L 4 J wine, III
ing Sun whisky, 20 gal Sunshine whish
safe, 40 asstd glasses Iglass straMq
no
The St. Mary banner., 1903-03-07

Dousid derable excitement was
Md here Thursday evening at
elock by d fire which occurred
Ae general hospital of the Lou
na Western Railroad and the
ute eanitarium of DR.. Beverly
Smith. The Are made its ap-
rance in the roof Of the build
and is supposed to have ORR
ited In q nue in one of the
M on the second floor, which
been scrubbed and was being
81 out. The fire department
onded promptly to the alarm
had the flames under control
66e very serious damage could
6f. Much anxiety was felt for
&jpmates of the establishment,
ocially as there were eighteen
fents whose removal would
j been extremely dangerous.
nng them were persons who
~ been operated upon in the
day or two. The trained
pee showed remarkable nerve
calmness and remained at the
pide Of their respective patients
lnk al the excitement. Miss
lan Boulard, the Superintend-
~ and her assistant trained
oeo. Misses Clara Hebert and
Mofitx, were especially
rlilnented by the proprietor,
81 oyerly w. Smith. The dam
= the building is covered by
The St. Mary banner., 1903-03-07

! Next Tuesday evening Mrs
hoffman will deliver a lecture on
|femperance at the Methodist
Church. Mrs. Hoffman lectured
"A New Orleans recently and the
|press reports about her were very
ALTERING. No one should fail to
here this gifted lady-orator. A
cordial invitation is extended to
leyeryb body to attend.
The St. Mary banner., 1903-03-07

h The weather has cleared up
nicely the past few days. The
|SIanters are now all busy with
|fheir crops. The sun has dried up
fhe roads considerably and work
n repairing them should be
|Skarted at once.
The St. Mary banner., 1903-03-07

Notice is given elsewhere in this
|lssue of a meeting of the stock
|Solders of the st. Mary Park AS
|snciation which will be held at the
|Firemen's Hall on April 9th, for
lie purpose OF electing a board OF
ldirectors.
The St. Mary banner., 1903-03-07

81 The Office on Commerce street
hitch has been extensively re-
Fnaired and renovated is now occu-
Ned by the law firm of Foster,
kfillinp. Godchaux & Sanders, who
kSnoved in this week.
The St. Mary banner., 1903-03-07

Il The committee appointed by the
Police Jury composed of Judge
y C. Allen, Capt. John Sanders,
Nessrs. w. K. Wilson. w. IL.
Kramer. and John Ibert left for
New Orleans Thursday to contract
Ior plans and specifications for a
new court house for this parish to
1bst not more than 500, 600.
The St. Mary banner., 1903-03-07

H The many friends in town OF
5Eapt. Ed. Cissna, of Patterson,
rii{ be pleased to learn OF his
G@arriaqe to Mrs. Zach Cook, in
|Srev Orleans, last Saturday.
The St. Mary banner., 1903-03-07
Police JurPrOceedings.
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continued fom End page.
Cypremort and' Bayou Sale re-
ported that thy had conferred
with the plantes in their respec-
tive sections an that all who had
mot yet remoed the said dams
would do so abnce.
A report ofhe financial condi-
ton of the PaEh was read by the
Secretary an on motion duly
seconded andcarried was ordered
spread on theninutes, said report
being as foll@s:
Amount ofexpenditures for the
months of Jauary and February,
S4, ,252.95; b,ance cash on hand
in hands of treasurer, S., ,401.2S.
On motin- duly seconded a
committee ( three was appointed
to look intothe collection of Par
ish license for the year 1902 and
also to calhpon the Assessor and
ascertain hat efforts have been
made to 1t the different parties
Throughout the Parish, doing bus
mess dung the year 1908, and
the charaer and amount of busi-
ness anto report at the next
regular netting of the Police Jury.
The PHident appointed on said
commits Messrs. r. E. Milling,
Henry Busmann and c. T. Hena-
griff, an on motion duly seconded
and cared the District Attorney
was mac an ex.officio member Of
said committee.
On ption duly seconded each
membEof the Police Jury was
requeJ Ito get a list of all parties
doingbusiness or who had done
businl Is, in their respective wards,
the cAracter and amount of the
busiuss if possible for the year
1903, nd report at the next meet
ing othe Polio Jury.
Tn following resolution was
offerl by Mr.. Hausmann and on
motin duly seconded was adopt
ed, follows:
B it resolved by the Police
Jur of st. Mary in regular ses-
sio assembled that the Judge of
thicourt, the Sheriff of this Par
isl the Clerk of this court, and
tn District Attorney, with the
Psident of the Police Jury, be
al they are hereby appointed a
cnmittee of five to accept and
catract for plans and specifica-
tins for the building of a new
curt house, and that SIS, or as
nch thereof as may be neces-
lry, be and the same is hereby
ppropriated to pay their expenses
} visit New Orleans, to confer
ith such architects as are known
} be of good character and res.
onsibility, to accept and contract
'r plans for a new court house to
ost not more than ninety thous-
nd dollars cash, and that as soon
, they shall have acted, that the
resident of the Police Jury call
le Police Jury in extraordinary
'ssion for the purpose of making
lch provisions as are necessary
y the erection of said court house.
Upon a vote being called for the
blowing were recorded: Ayes,
obicheaux, Ibert, Milling, Haas
ann, Fortier and Leopold. Nays:
enagriff and O'Brien. The
resident then declared the reso-
tion carried.
On motion duly seconded the
solution ordering the ADVERTISE
ent for plans and specifications
as rescinded.
The following bills were ap-
owed and ordered registered:
The St. Mary banner., 1903-03-07

Now that the working of the
bic roads are again in the
III of the Police Jury it is
hope and earnest desire OF
oey citizen that immediate re-
be given to the parish con-
ming the roads. The weather
now cleared up and there is
reason for delaying this inn
taut matter any longer. The
h7s for q fact are in bad con-
Won, and in some sections
assable. Each member OF the
Ioe Jury should get to work at
- and do their utmost in hav-
the roads Of their respective
III. put in good condition,
! hereafter see that they are
neglected.
The St. Mary banner., 1903-03-07

h The, home of Mr.. and Mrs j. W..
bvman was frightened last Thurs
~ by the arrival of a boy baby.
n extend our congratulations.
The St. Mary banner., 1903-03-07

We publish in this issue the pro-
keedinps of both meetings held by
- Police Jury. They are lengthy
"a of much interest.
The St. Mary banner., 1903-03-07

\ M. r. Mercer Moorman purchased
Shis week from Mr.. Arthur Martel
|Tis residence at the corner OF
||Fhird and Adam streets.
The St. Mary banner., 1903-03-07

Mr.. Chas. w. Stumpf what
the Urban Hotel about 9TH
inst. All who desire to pase
a piano or an organ shocall
on him. Mr.. Stumpf is a,ert
in tuning and repairingru-
ments and offers his servicthe
public.
The St. Mary banner., 1903-03-07
fSATURDAY, MARCH Z, 1908.

Capt. Clyde A. Barbour was
E.iected one of the directors Of the
80 national bank recently or
venized in Morgan City.
The St. Mary banner., 1903-03-07
NOTICE
FRANKLIN, La. Ma 6, %;

FRANKLIN, La, Ma 6, '03.
Notice is hereby gil to the
stockholders OF the st. ,ry Park
Association that thereill be a
meeting6f the stock hols at the
Flremens Hall, on Monv, April
9th, 1903, at 1880 o'clock M, for
the purpose of electing soard of
directors for the ensuingar.
F. E. ROBERTSON, Eetary.
The St. Mary banner., 1903-03-07

The street fair which 8 her,
recently had the misfortuof los.
ing some of their .proty, ir
Houma, last Monday. : ten
in which the electric thee was
held caught on fire ands de,
stroyed. The piano and er ar.
ticles of value were saw, Thl|
heat caused two calcium ks t
explode with much force atte,
ing glasses in windows te
neighborhood. One of err
ployes was struck ny thyig
pieces and painfully woun.
The St. Mary banner., 1903-03-07

Fl A fire broke out in the town OF
Berwick last Thursday night
Rhout 8 o'clock with disastrous re-
nlte. The flames were discovered
tho building occupied by Mrs.
5ules Hebert as a residence and
kore and completely destroyed it.
he adjoining saloon and livery
fshle 81 D. r. Thomson with sew
III other buildings were burned.
Ae loss ID about $1,000, partly
Dyered by insurance
The St. Mary banner., 1903-03-07

The improvements to the park
across the bayou is going on
nicely. The lumber for the bridge
viii soon be ready and Mr.. S. B.
Urawford, the contractor, intends
6<arting work at once. Every ef-
1orts are being made to have a
lrand opening of the park some
lme in the month OF May.
The independent., 1903-10-08
Hayden Bros,
Dealers in Everything 10th & Dodge ST., Omaha Neb

scandalously violated; that platform
promises had been deliberately ignored
and ridiculed, and that lobbyists and
free pass dispensers had controlled the
actions of the peoples representative
to an extent never before known in
the state. He declared for constitr-
ticnal amendment providing that no
insolvent corporation should do busi-
ness in Texas; that the free pass sys-
tens over railroads should depart for
ever, and that the use of corporation
funds in politics and the support of a
lobby in Austin should be prohibitec.
He further charged that every Off
cial in Texas that had any control over
the affairs had pockets full OF free
passes, including sheriffs, judges,
clerks, tax assessors, and scores of
ether officials, and that their official
action was influenced largely thereby.
The situation down in Texas undeJ
democratic government is SO like it is
in Nebraska under republican rule that
there is no distinguishing between the
two. The railroad corporations still
follow Jay Gould : advice. In a dem
otratic district be democrat, in re-
publican district be republican, but
always and everywhere be for the in
terests of the railroad.
The independent., 1903-10-08
VERY LIKE NERRAsKA

Ex-Governor Hogg of Texas, whom
the dailies have been telling us had
become multi-millionaire and aban-
doned his former political principles,
made speech the other day in which
he made the fur fly more furiously
than in all his life before. He talked
the same kind of talk that the pop
ulists of Texas have been in the habit
of using from the last few years. He
said that the last democratic legisIa-
ture was as bad thing as the state
ever suffered from even in the darkest
days of reconstruction. In reviewing
their work he declared that in the last
four years party pledges had been
The independent., 1903-10-08
COWARD JUDGES

The judges of the district court out
In Teller county, Colorado, seem to be
pasillanimous towards. The Judge
who would allow his court room to be
invaded by armed soldiers without
protest is coward. He had the right
az any moment to order the sheriff to
clear the room and he issued no snch
order. He went on to try case with
TIE bayonets cleaning in his face. The
lawyers had more courage than the
Judge, and they not only protested and
when the judge refused to clear the
court room, withdrew from the case.
The same judge has issued warrants
and ordered the sheriff to maize cer-
tain arrests of militia officers. He does
not insist upon the orders OF the court
being executed. The excuse made that
anv posse that tie sheriff could
mon would be insufficient to execute
the orders OF the court when the crim-
fnals command thousand armed men,
The independent., 1903-10-08
UNvARNIsBED LIES

The chief object in the editorial
writing in the great dailies seems to
Lc to suppress the truth and print
lies. A bright example of that kind
of writing appeared in the Chicago
RECORD Herald of September 80. In
conn enting upon the fall in price of
Engl:sss. consols which had reached
the low point of Sc 78, 1t says:
IF We turn from the worlds
premier security to American gov
ernment bonds we will be able to
make comparison not at all un-
pleasant from the American point
of view. Our per cents, which
ret less interest than the consols
to the investor, are selling at 107
and 1O8, with great demand"
The statement that there is as much
difference in American and English
credit as is represented between bonds
selling at 102 and consols selling at
Se rs is an unvarnished lie and the
writer in the Record Herald knew it
was a lie when he wrote the article.
A banker with 100000 worth of
American Is gets interest practically
ON $200,000. He can get their full face
value in deposits or he can get ma
tional bank notes for the full face
value and still own the bonds and get
ipteyest on them. If he gets no more
interest, and always does get more,
on the money deposited or his ma
tional bank notes, he is getting 4 per
cent, instead of 2, on his investment.
To the English cOnsol no such priyil-
eyes attach.
The independent., 1903-10-08
BRIBEs VS.. COURTESY

If the meat trust should give an
order on its agents good anywhere IN
the United States. to furnish free to
all judges, members of congress, state
officers, members of the legislature and
county officers a. the meat that they
could use in their families, would 1t be
looked upon as simple courtesy"
But the value to the recipients of such
a favor would not be equal to the gilt
of free transportation that is given
by the railroads to the above named
classes each year. The cost OF the
am0unt of travelling done each year
ky the above named officials far ex-
ceeds the amour. of their meat bills.
Would such courtesy from the
meat trust have any effect upon thoTe
receiving it in regard to their atti-
tude toward it? If the meat trust
should adopt such a policy, how long
would it be before articles would be-
gin to appear in the great dailies de-
nouncing it as an attempt to bribe ev-
cry official in the land? 1t would not
be long, provided that the owners OF
papers did not receive the same
Courtesy" If they did, then ar
ticles of another kind would soon ap-
pear. The editors would point out the
enormous amour. of capital invested,
The cost of maintaining the plants,
the high rate of insurance, the taxes
tia; tie trust had to pay and the very
small margin of profit that there was
in the business. That is exactly the
way they do in regard to the railroads.
No one blames the railroads for CIV
lIg passes. That is part Of the
business. But when the officeholders
who receive them solemnly declare
that they are not bribe and they do
not affect their sentiments or actions
in the least, it has a tendency to
cause the sensible man to swear.
The independent., 1903-10-08
THE POKER TOO HOT

The military despotism that the re-
publican governor has established at
Cripple Creek is of such an infamous
nature that the Colorado republican
state convention held last week
dropped him like hot poker. That
convention adopted resolutions partic-
ularly approving of President RoOse-
velt's devotion to law and order, the
effort he has made to bring all per-
sc rs, rich and poor alike, in obedience
! it and within it's protection and
love-"
1t made no approval of the admin
istration of the governor, and instea..
passed this ltcI,l lion:
We Leileve in the supremacy O.
law. and every citizen of the state
is entitled tC its protection. Life
an property must be made secure
and the entire power of the state
should be used to guarantee to
every citizen his rights under the
constitution"
The governor by his orders has al
lowed the military to invade the dis
trict court and compelled 1t to sit sur
rounded by fixed bayonets, while the
muzzles of sharpshooters' rifles and
gatling guns commanded it from the
outside. AS there is an election at
hand, the republican machine came to
the conclusion that something had to
be done or the common people might
wake up and there would be none to
vote the republican ticket except the
officeholders and millionaires. If by
this maneuver the common people are
fooled into voting the republican tick
ey after the election they will find the
same old gang ct the helm.
The independent., 1903-10-08

is the excuse Of coward. Let the
sheriff collect as large a posse as he
can, go to the military camp and see
If that militia outfit would dare to fire
on them. ii they did, the indepen-
dent predicts that not a militiaman
would be left alive in three months.
But the militia would not fire upon
the sheriff's posse. The men in the
ranks are the ordinary citizens of the
state and they would never shoot down
the lawful civil officers of the state,
even if they were ordered to do SO. It
is simply big game of bluff that the
governor and his tin horn general are
playing and the judges haven't the
courage to call them down.
If those Colorado judges expect the
common people of the state to obey
their orders, they must have the cour-
age To demand the execution Of the
court process upon all alike. There
has been nothing in this country that
will have such a tendency to under
mine the authority of the courts as the
cowardly position taken by these Colo
RADIO judges. They should be inn
peached and men of some courage
installed in their places. II the courts
will not protect citizens against the
militia, then we have no government.
The independent., 1903-10-08
DRIFTING TOWARDS POpULIsM

The conditions of Wall street and
all over the country is irresistibly
forcing the government toward pop
uiisln. The growing population and
business demands constantly in
creasi2g currency supply. The note
issue is based upon the national debt
and no increase can be made in it
without increasing the national debt,
and increasing it for that very pur-
pose. 1t is hardly possible that SUCH
a program could be put through, be-
cause It would be SO plainly for the
interests of national bankers alone.
The republican leaders are great at
phrase-making and deception, but
could they persuade the people to
agree to an increase of the national
cebt for the express purpose of al
lowing the national bankers to deposit
their bonds and get their full face
sslue back in money and tnen draw
interest on their money and their
bcnds both at the same time? Will
they not ask. if it is necessary for
more money to be issued and a bond
must be issued before the money, why
can't the government issue the bonds,
put them in it's vaults and then issue
the notes and not tax the people to
pay interest on the bonds?
The only other way to increase the
currency is by the issue of asset notes.
Bnt Secretary Shaw and many of the
republican bankers are opposed to that
except as an emergency issue, taxed
TO ire amount of 6 per cent, which
would prevent any such an issue ex-
cept in the direst straights.
u hat then can there be done to meet
this growing demand which comes
from increased population and busl-
ness? There is one way only. 1t is
way which commends itself to the
common sense of every unprejudiced
mind. Let the government issue the
money as it has issued the greenbacks.
There is an irresistible tendency to-
ward that way Of settling the difficult
tv and it is the popnlist way The
tide may be stemmed for a time. but
in the end the government will how
to do it, or face years Of falling prices
and hard times. Even the republican
party with all its splendid organiza-
ton could not long hold power under
such conditions Rather tlan to face
them, it would probably adopt the pop
ulist theory.
The independent., 1903-10-08
NEWSPAPER TRICKS

For tricks that are vain the re-
publican editors of this state are pc
GUITAR, and at the head of the list
stands one Edward RoseWater. The
following is a sample:
Remember that Judge Barnes
was twice appointed supreme court
commissioner by unanimous vote
of the three supreme judges, in
GLIDING Judge Sullivan. Is not this
pretty good evidence that he is in
every way qualified for judicial
work on the bench of our highest
state tribunal?"
There Is not an intelligent reader Of
newspapers in Nebraska who does not
know that the whole nine supreme
court commissioners were appointed
"by unanimous vote" There are
three judges who make the appoint
ments, one of whom is republican,
enc democrat, and one a populist.
IL ere are nine commissioners. To
keep peace in the supreme court fam
lily it was agreed that each of the
judges should name three commissions
ers and the court sitting en- banc
unanimously" appoints them all. That
being the case, could any newspaper
trick be vainer than the above, taken
from the Omaha Bee of October II
The trick consists in the inference
that Judge Barnes has such high
judis ial reputation that he alone re-
ceiycG the unanimous vote of the SUI
prelIe court including that of the pop
ulist and democratic judge.
That trick wouldn't fool five-year-
old boy. That is the reason that The
Independent says that "for tricks that
are vain" the republican editors of
Nebraska are peculiar Nearly all Of
them have been trying the same trick.
The independent., 1903-10-08

What hopes the socialists can have
OF ever organizing the 'proletariat"
irto an efficient rolitical party is past
comprehension. The wage-wor ers
cannot even be forced to act together
in labor unions. When one of these
unions strikes for higher wages, in
stead of the workers all joining to-
gether and thus winning a victory,
there is always lot Of them willing
to act as ke-breakers and fight the
men of their own class. If "class nn-
sciousness" will not work there, where
the economic effect is close at hand,
how can it be made to work with the
socialist propaganda, where the eco
nomic effects are far off? There is q
learned and distinguished citizen in
this city, who for seven or eight years
has held weekly mee.ings teaching and
advocating the MARKHAM theories and
his meetins s are not made up of the
wage slaves" Never more than three
or four of them have been attendants.
The men who have attended those
meetings have been editors, university
professors, judges. lawyers and Nor
chants. The discussions have been in
dulged for the intellectual enjoyment
they afforded. "Class consciousness
has not put in an appearance yet.
>$S$>S$&
The independent., 1903-10-08
Special Ak-Sar-Ben Sales!

appreciate
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moaon while
den Bros stopping place. We will be
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