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St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1906-11-24
RAN INTO THE ARMS OF A.
WATCHDOG OF THE LAW.

On Thursday night of last week a
negro by the name Of Frank Bertrand
had an experience in painting the
town red" that will cost him a few
days of liberty and some of his cotton
money.
Frank had come to town and tanked
up on cheap Whiskey and felt like per-
forming some of the daring feats he
had witnessed in Ringing Shows a few
DAYS before. As he was not q licens-
ed circus performer he had to play
Comanche where the willy guardians
of the peace could not get on to him.
For this he selected a romantic
spot on the outskirts Of the corpora
tion. The moon was masked behind
a passing cloud. Jones moon was
lost in pitch darkness before its rays
reached the spot. Frank girded his
broncho, planted a pair Of vicious spurs
into his fanks, and off he went tear
ing down the public highways, Frank
accompanying every jump with a
whoop.
But alas for Franks circus! Grand
Juror Isam Fontenot was not COM
PEELED by law to remain within the
shadows of the court building, and
happened to be going out in that sec
tion to see about his horse, which he
stabbed in that neighborhood. Isan
knows just what a niger is doing BY
his whoop, and hearing Frank, station.
| ed himself in the road until the ne.
gro's horses nose got within reach Of
his maui, which he wrapped around
the reins and brought the outfit to |
stand still.
The procession then wended it
way back to town and into the Jail.
The next day no witnesses had t
be called before the grand jury for ;
true bill reading thus: Frank Bert
rand, violating Act 81 of 1886
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1906-11-24
NEWS FROM ALL
OVER THE STATE.
Rogers Probably Unjustly Lynched-
GreWsome Suicide In iberia
Poll Tax Associations.

field work. The Enterprise advises
that those of the colored population
not being employed and being unable
to give a sufficient cause why they
are not should be forced to work or
get out of town.
Five million dollars are sent out Of
Louisiana every year to pay premiums
to foreign companies for life insur-
ance, and to keep this money at home
strong home company is being or
ganized in New Orleans. The COM
pany will be called the Louisiana Ma
tional Life Assurance Company. Sew
eral Crowley men are interested in it.
G. S. Herberlin shot and killed his
son-in-law, ]. C. Howard, at Lena,
Rapides parish, shooting him three
times in the breast with a pistol.
Mrs. Howard died a year ago, and
Howard had made himself generally
offensive to his parents-in-laW, and on
the day of the killing went to their
residence in an intoxicated condition
and, Herberlin claims, by his actions
forced him to kill him.
Ryan Henderson and William Wo-
mack, charged with the killing of
Jesse Brown at Girard, near Shreve-
port, were acquitted by a jury.
Robert Rogers was taken out and
lynched some months ago for the
same crime, and the evidence pre-
sented by the State against Womack
and Henderson was the same as that
presented against Rogers. The State
failed to convict on the alleged con-
fession Of two negroes. The evidence
in rebuttal was overwhelming, show
ing that the accused were not in
Girard on the night of the killing.
The accused were held in prison for
two years. After being acquitted
the sheriff took charge Of them, fear
ing alynching, although it is gathered
from the newspapers Of Shreveport
that the verdict is a just one, and
consequently, that Rogers was lynched
for a crime for which he was innocent
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1906-11-24
4 TEXAS SCHEME In WHICH THE
COLORADO SOUTHERN IS A PART

A dispatch from Dallas, Texas,
dated the 18th instant, says that the
Yoakum roads in Texas are to be con-
solidated into one system, if the
Legislature viii grant permission.
The bill is now being drawn with
this object in view, and will be pre-
sented early in the session.
The Yoakum system is in some
what different position from the other
roads in the State of Texas, in that.
its properties are largely being con-
structed as separate enterprises with
the object Of welding them later on,
connections being provided for on
that basis.
However, there may be some trou-
BILE in carrying out the scheme, as
Governor-elect Campbell is on record
as being opposed to consultations in
any form. However, under the cir
cumstances it is believed that the new
Governor would recognize the differ
ence between absorption and new
construction under separate charters.
If the plan goes through the Colorado
II
Southern will be the parent road and
viii have a line across Texas from
the northwestern border to Orange
on the east and Brownville on the
south. This would leave the Frisco
and the Rock Island exactly as they
are now. The plan as outlined seems
to Indicate that Yoakum is more in
terested in the Yoakum-H Hawley prop
critics than in the Frisco or the Rock
Island. The latter system is not
strictly Yoakum property and he
has not full sway with it. With the
Frisco he has free hand, but II
would compete in part with the Colo
rado Southern project.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1906-11-24

The Lake Arthur Herald informs
us that q number OF rice growers in
that section have made arrangements
to try highland rice next season, as
they have ordered from one to five
sacks each Of seed from Texas. It Is
claimed for this rice that it win yield
a large crop without irrigation, and
that the grain is equal in appearance
to Japan. If it will do this il is q
valuable acquisition to the rice in
dustry. as the expense Of levees and
water will be eliminated. Besides
this the ground now used for the
Ieyees, which in many cases amounts
to almost one fifth Of the field, will
Be put ii rice instead Of being lost to
the farmer.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1906-11-24
MODERN FIRE
DEPARTMENT..
The City Has 0utgroWn The Present system.
Efficient As II Is.
CITY TO BE PLACED IN GLASS B.,
Which VIII Reduce Insurance. Raies-.Hsrses
and Modern Equipments
to be Provided.

While the fire department Of Ope-
lousas is efficient in way that is,
|it is very efficient for the system-it
has long been evident that the town
had grown to q city and still the de-
partment remained department
suited for q town.
The volunteer company has sub
sisted with, we may truthfully say,
inadequate support. True it has asked
little, and can not register kick with
very good grace; and the intention at
this time is not to register kick,
but now to ask for that which per
haps it should have asked as soon as
lit was manifest the town had out
grown the FIRE department.
A special meeting Of Hope Hook &
Ladder Co. No. was called last Fri
day night, and largely attended. The
purpose of the meeting was to devise
ways and means to improve the de-
partment, and It can safely be said
that this win be done.
It is proposed to place 0pelousas in
class B. as regards fire insurance,
which would reduce the insurance
rate considerable. TO do this it was
necessary to ascertain the amount Of
insurance, premiums paid, etc, and
for this purpose committee consist
ing of Messrs. Phil. 4. Asher, w. A.
Sandoz and Il. Austin Fontenot was
appointed, and it has gone actively
| to work.
In the meantime Secretary G. &.
Lassalle will correspond with supply
houses and ascertain the cost Of fre
equipments necessary.
When all this is completed, and the
figures are at hand, the city council
will be appealed to for budget ap-
preparation adequate to the needs Of
the department.
The city council, we understand,
can do nothing more than its budget
appropriation Of $500 for twelve
months to come. The taxes have all
ready been levied to conform with
the budget, and, it is contended, an
increase to say $1,000 Is impossible
until the next budget is made. This,
however, Is not discourgaing, as 1t IS
felt by the boys that as they have
lpegged along on $500 this long, they
can very well afford to wait another
twelve months. They feel that when
all the data is at hand they will ex-
lperienee no trouble in convincing the
aldermen that it is a good investment
that they should appropriate $1,000
to save the property owners Of the
city many thousand dollars IN insur-
ance.
1 It is proposed to have frst-class,
| modern department, with horses,
i keepers, etc, and an electric fre-slarm
system.
4 The fire department is about the
only thing that has not grown with
j the town, and The Clarion il glad to
see il taking steps IN that direction,
and hopes our aldermen will give the
] fire boys all the encouragement pos
!, sible.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1906-11-24

are building a new modern two-story
hotel.
Judge Blackman IS fning pistol
toters 5000 and costs over in Rapides
parish.
One hundred and thirty-fve skilled
laborers will leave New Orleans today
for Panama Canal.
Iberville parish has sued the town
of Whitecastle for $1,000 for the
latter's share of criminal expenses.
Luke Patterson, eight years old,
was accidentally shot and killed by a
companion while hunting rabbits at
Patterson, La.
Bunkie, La, is waging war on va
grants and disorderly houses. The
Mayor recently fined a notorious ne
gress $50 and costs.
Judge A. ]. Lafargue, of Avoyelles,
and Judge Chas. V. Porter, OF
Natchitoches, are candidates for the
Circuit Judgeship in the third circuit.
Because the contract to erect some
of the buildings of the Shreveport
Fair was awarded to non-union men,
the carpenters union attempted a boy
cott of the Fair.
The old courthouse of Iberville
parish was sold at public auction and
bought by the town Of Plaquemine for
$1,000 and will be renovated and
used for a city hall.
Reports from Avoyelles parish are
| that the cotton crop in that parish is
/ a banner one. Picking will not be
over until after Christmas. The fields
are still as white as snow.
Ward poll tax associations were
/ organized in Iberville parish last week,
composed of young men, pledgina
themselves to see that every man IN
the ward pays his poll tax"
i William Lafarrierre, a New Orleans
milk man, was last week convicted
\ for the thirty-second time Of selling
I adulterated milk. He gave as an ex
] cuse that his business at times goi
beyond the output of his dairy.
A suit was brought by the New
Iberia municipal authorities to com
lpel the contractors of concrete walks
for that city to repair the walks laie
1by Foulkes Forbes Co.. of Terre Haute
Ind, but before the issue was triet
the contractors went TO work.
The Mansfield OeSoto PARISH Jour
nal SAYS: Hard wood timber is coming
into demand more every day. The pin
timber in this parish has been prett.
well bought up by mill men. Nov
the manufactures are looking gu
for hard wood. Hold up the price
farmers.
The Town Talks Bunkie CORES
pondent says: The Louisiana East /
West Railroad is bridge building, dc
ing grade work and laying steel
and being pushed forward toward
Vile Platte, which, with fair weather
will be reached by the middle of lex
month, if not earlier.
: Mack Jones, a negro, shot an
5 killed a fellow-workman on cor
q struction gang at Bogalusa, the ne'
a town near New Orleans. He wa
surrounded in a box car by a sheriff
posse, and in defending himself fror
arrest shot and killed a white man,
S. Wood, and wounded another, an
made his escape.
d E. T. Eldridge, a well-known farme
n of Loreauville. iberia parish, con
9 mitted suicide by blowing his brai1
e out with the charge Of a shotgun
o putting the weapon in his mouth an
J pulling the trigger. It is suppose
y that he was suffering from temporar
mental alteration, as no other eaus
!, can be assigned for the deed.
! The Midland Enterprise reports
] little difficulty in securing labor |
= harvest the rice crop in that sectio
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1906-11-24
Presented by The 81. landry Grand Jury
Last Saturday.
COULD NOT COMPLETE THE WORK.
Several Capital Indictments. including Two
For Raps-N0 True Bill iR
'Lge Fisher Case. ....


God pity him still, pray
Only strip of sunshine,
Cleft by rusty bars.
Only patch OF azure
Only cluster of stars.n
The Grand Jury of st. Landry
parish brought in a large batch Of
completed work into court Saturday
morning, and after receiving the
thanks of His Honor, adjourned for
good as it were, as this was the
last sitting of the present Grand
Jury, another having been drawn for
the term commencing January 1st,
1907.
Although the retiring Grand Jury
labored faithfully and assiduously for
two weeks, extending its sessions
frequently into the night, the work
before it was too much to complete
in the time mentioned, and the final
report was made with many cases
still uninvestigated.
This is the second report made by
this Grand Jury, one having been
made on Saturday. the Sd, and pub
lished in last weeks issue of the
Clarion.
The report made Saturday last
was as follows:
TRUE BILLS.
Francois Joseph, alias Frank
Frances, two counts for forgery.
Meus Manuel, shooting with intent
to murder.
JosephReed. assault with a danger
GUS weapon.
Ulysse Bellard, murder. Bellard
is the negro who killed Paul Senegal,
also colored.
John Hall, murder. Hall killed
Jack Austin, at Latanier, on Septem-
4 -
| Der 4th last. He is a white man
about fifty years Of age.
1 Eddy Jones, carnal knowledge Of
an unmarried female under the age
of sixteen years.
/ JOS. Poulard, assault with intent tt
kill and carrying concealed weapon
i Meus Manuel, carrying concealed
weapon.
/ EVariste Guillory, carrying a con
cealed weapon.
Emile Guy, carrying concealed
weapon.
Laurent Victorian and 0ctay'
Stephens, larceny stealing a beef.
!. 0nezime Guidry, assault with in
| tent to kill and violating Act 81 Q
i 1886 (hoodlum act.)
0nezime Meche, assault and batter.
and carrying a concealed weapon.
Jos. Toussaint, rape. Toussaint j
i an old peg-legged negro, who j
, charged with raping ten-year-ol'
!, girl of his race at Morrow station
j few days previous to his Indictment
The little girl, who was here to ap
pear before the Grand Jury, is
puny, undeYeloped, undersized ehilc
There seems to be no question as t
the guilt of the fend.
Willie Baptiste, carrying q cor
cealed weapon.
, Duck Amselm, hoodlum act.
Gustaye Thomas, shooting with il
J tent to murder.
4 Amos Sturnes, lying in wait arme
7 with dangerous weapon with inter
Z to murder.
: Kossuth Ardoin, cutting, etc, wit
I a dangerous weapon with intent
murder.
Hawkins Bennett, assault a.
battery.
Lou Lafeur. murder. Chargt
: with Staying Estilie Fontenot,
! Mamou, On June 5, 1906. BoI
Z white.
Continued on Page Eight.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-08-16
Avoid Headaches.

1t is generally thought that people
suffer from headaches owing to indi-
gestion or some similar cause, but they
often proceed from a totally different
source-fatigue of the muscles of the
neck. People rarely exercise these mus
cles unless compelled to-; hence they
are weak and easily fatigued, but if
given a little work regularly many a
headache might be avoided. The best
way to exercise them is to stand with
the shoulders against q wall, keeping
the body motionless. Then move the
head backward and forward, then first
to Il side, then to the other, simply
by the action of the muscles Of the
neck. The muscles will feel stiff at
first, but exercise two or three minutes
a day and that feeling will pass off.
The end gained is we'll worth the trou-
BILE, and the exercise also gives the
head a better poise and beauties the
neck.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-08-16
"Step Livelyln

Every n Is familiar with the i'm
perious conductor who insists with his
"Step lively, please" that you shall
hurry as you get into the car. Most
people resent this peremptory order
and feel a bit ruf1ed as the car starts
forward with the customary jerk, and
they either fall abjectly into a seat or
clutch with frantic haste the first con-
venient strap.
A friend Of mine coming from a
quiet inland city to a busting seaport
town heard the "Step lively" Of the
car conductor with some surprise. For
tunately for herself she took her seat
without losing her balance; then, lift
ing her benignant face. framed in the
soft dove colored Quaker bonnet, she
gazed at the brusque young mar who
came to take her fare. what Is thy
nameY she said.
Rather surprised In his turn, he
meekly replied, giving Christian and
surname.
Friend William Blank" the passen-
ger observed, still looking steadfastly
at him, "thee would not have said
Step lively" to me had thee known
that l was ninety years old"
The conductor touched his cap, beg
ged her pardon. and when the lady Of
ninety left the car he assisted l,nr de-
scent with the Ga!!aat;:T Of a knight of
old.-Woman's HON" Companion.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-08-16

There is nothing so pleasant as that
bright, cheerful, at-peace-with-the-world
feeling when you sit down to your
breakfast. There is nothing so con-
ductive to good work and good results.
The healthy man with a healthy mind
and body is a better fellow, a better
workman, a better citizen than the man
or woman who is handicapped by some
disability, however slight. A slight dis
order of the stomach will derange your
body, your thoughts and your DISPOSE
ton. Get away from the morbidness
and the blues. Keep your stomach in
tune and both your brain and body will
respond. Little indiscretions of overeat-
ing can be easily corrected and you will
be surprised to see how much better
man you are. Try a little Kodol For
Dyspepsia after your meals. Sold by
Burke d Co.,
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-08-16
Interfering With Their Amusements.

Interfering With Their Amusements.
Some large, healthy gentlemen who
inhabit Panama, or, rather, infest it,
having learned the trade of the revo-
lu%tionist in early life and being IN
able to shift to the more prosaic work
Of making hats, feel aggrieved In their
souls because Uncle Sam, who has
unanimously elected himself their
guardian, refuses to allow them to in
dulge in their former amusement.
No matter how hard the revolution
germ may bite, the bark of uncle's big
guns is such a powerful antidote that
the victim h~esitates and concludes to
take it out in dark looks.
1t is rather hard for a proud people
to alter their modes Of life just to
please an entire stranger, but some
day civilization may swoop down on
them and establish the political eau
Gus, and they will never know the diff.
ference.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-08-16
VACUUM JAR.

pheric pressure to tightly close the rub
Der valve in the cap, or the air at the
top of the vessel can be exhausted by
means of a pump. In the latter event
the invention can be used for preserv-
ing materials without cooking. This
Invention is adapted to the use Of any
other material than glass for jars, and
the form is not necessarily limited to
that indicated in the drawing. Both
the jar and the cover are made entirely
Of glass, making it n~onpoisonous, with
the advantage that it can be used again
and again.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-08-16
The Shepherds Crook.

Although most people have seen a
shepherds crook. many do not know
the use of it. Some people think that
all the shepherd carries it for is to use
it as a walking stick when he tramps
to and from the fold. But the crooked
end itself serves a purpose. 1t enables
a shepherd to catch refractory sheep.
If a sheep shows signs of running
away the crooked end has only to be
placed round his leg. and he is a cap
tive.-L.Ondon Standard.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-08-16
Opinions and Their Truth.

There is the greatest difference be-
tween presuming an opinion to be true,
because with every opportunity for
contesting it it has not been refuted,
and assuming it's truth for the purpose
Of not permitting it's refutation. Com
plete liberty of contradicting and dis
proving our opinion is the very condi-
ton which justifes us in assuming it's
truth for purposes of action, and on no
other terms can a being with human
faculties have any rational assurance
Of being right. S. Mill.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-08-16
Lemaftre looked Old at Thirty-fyc

Jules I.rn....rc was Of ni,,i!la height,
with bent shoulders. hea! carried for
ward, near sighted and awkward. The
evening dress hung ungraccfully, as
though it's pockets We're stuffed with
books and papers. No one would have
taken him for anything but what he
Was-a man Of study. perhaps IL pro-
fessor. He stumbled over those awful
stools or cushions the o]uvreuses put
under ones feet and murmured, Par
don, madame; pardon" as he strove to
gain his seat. And people whispered,
"Lemaitre; Jules Lemaitre." In those
days he was about thirty-fve and look
ed almost fifty. His hair, inclined to
curl, early turned gray. then white,
leaving him a little bald. This added
to the height Of his forehead and made
the rather insignificant features appear
a little lacking in space, as though the
face had been Of india rubber and
pressed too hard. The expression, the
CLINT of the blue eyes, soon forced one
to forget his rather unsatisfactory ply
sique. When he spoke he let his words
drop with a sort of careless grace, with
q little hesitation too. The voice was
gentle and rather high pitched. When
he lectured that soft voice swelled and
carried to the very extremity Of a
large theater and all hesitation disap-
peared.-Mme. Charles Bigot in Critic.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-08-16
Catching Tropical Fishes,

In the Bermuda Islands some Of the
gorgeous tropical fishes found in the
clear waters of that group are caught
for aquariums by the use Of a long
handled dipnet equipped with a per.
cussion cap. This cap is exploded
by means of an electric storage bat.
terry, carried by the fisherman, if that
name implies, who seeks out and
stuns the finny beauties, when the
fishes nose the cap about in their curl
OSitY.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-08-16
"Make Hay While the Sun Shines"

There is a lesson in the work of the
thrifty farmer. He knows that the
bright sunshine may last but a day and
he prepares for the showers which are
so liable to follow. So it should be
with every household. Dysentery,
diarrhoea and cholera morbus may at
tack some member Of the home without
warning. Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera
and Diarrhoea Remedy, which is the
best known medicine for these diseases,
should always be kept at hand, as i'm
mediate treatment is necessary, and de-
lay may prove fatal. For sale by N. u.
McGruer, Langdon and Easily.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-08-16
Unnecessary Expense.

Acute attacks of collie and dlarrhoea
come on without warning and prompt
relief must be obtained. There is no
necessity of mourning the expense of
a physicians service in such cases if
Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy is at hand. A dose
of this remedy will relieve the patient
before a doctor could arrive. 1t has
never been known to fail. even in the
most severe and dangerous cases and no
family should be without it. For sale
by n. E. McGruer, Langdon and Easily.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-08-16
FOR hi
Hint. on Kitchen Work.

Hints on Kitchen Work.
Clean up as you go.
Don't scatter in the kitchen.
Be sure to put scalGing water in each
saucepan or stewpan ns you finish u.s.
ing it.
Keep the spice box always ~rep.enish-
ed, and tale care to let your mistress
know If you are out Of anything likely
to be required that it's place may at
once be supplied.
Dry your saucepnns before YOU put
them away.
Pudding bags and jelly cloths re-
Quire care. Wash and hang them to
dry directly after using them. Air
them we'll before you put them away
or they will smell musty. Keep them
In a warm, dry place. After washing
up your dishes and cleaning the dish
pans scald out the sink and sink brush.
Be careful not to throw anything but
water down the sink lest you clog it
up.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-08-16
Remedy For Bunions.

Each morning after the bath, which
should be warm (cold water is added
agony, rub the bunion three or four
times with fasting saliva. Allow it to
dry, cover with one thickness of old
linen, slit the shoe over the bunion with
a sharp penknife and paste on it a
piece of black court plaster to keep out
the cold. 1t also improves the appear
ance Of the wounded shoe. Short shoes
are the cause of b%unions. Therefore
they should be worn one size longer
than the feet.