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The Washington herald., 1908-04-05
The MajestIc-"Her Mad sfarriarey


one of the most successful melodramas
now touring the country is "Her Mad
Marriage. which comes to the Majestic
this week The story Of this play is inter
es1ng and romantic. The loves Of Nadgs
Thornton and Bruce Benton, and the
many trials with which they are beset
until in the end they are finally united
form a plot filed with the most intense
heart interest and human sympathy. The
comedy element is by no means over
looked, and Taters. a genuine hobo. and
Ginger, a modern Topsy. furnishes plenty
of wholesome fun throughout the entire
play, intermingled with the intensely
emotional and sensational situations
These include the great saw-miU scene.
where the detective is on the point of
being cut in TWO by the huge buzz saw in
full operation, the big bridge scene. where
Mable Thornton. q twelve -year-old child
is thrown of the bridge into 4 stream o5
water. the gatling gun scene. where a
cannon IS fred at the detective who is
tied to a door helpless, and the realistic
attempt to rob the vault. the door of
which Is blown off by means Of dynamite
To effectually show all this a carload of
special scenery Is used, together with
many ingenious mechanical and electrical
effects Her Mad Marriage" is said to
be interpreted by a capable company.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-04-03
u. S. DEMONSTRATION WORK.

We print in another column a
statement from Special Agent L
e. Perrin of the q. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture in regard to
the work he has been doing here.
The statement shows that the
efforts of the Department have
been directed towards increas'
ing the yield of crops, and that
success has followed, varying
from Is to 1873 per cent.
Further that a large number
of farmers have enlisted in the
Demonstration work for 1908.
This work undertaken by the
Department of Agriculture is a
most important one. and judging
the future by the results already
achieved. is certain to increase
the productiveness of the parish
and corespondingly add to the
wealth of it's people.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-04-03
Appointment of Commissioners and
Clerks of Election.


State of Louisiana
Parish of Lafayette.
On this the nineteenth day of March,
A. D. 1908, the Board of Supervisors
for this parish met in the Assessors
office for the purpose of selecting and
appointing commissioners and clerks
of election to serve at the general
State election to be held on the 21st
of April, 1908, the following members
being present: H. II. HOhorst. asses
or and registrar, and j. E. Primeaux,
and proceeded to appoint the follow
ing commissioners and clerks, to wit:
LIST Ward, Scott. J.. D. Peres' store:
Jean A. Begneaud and 10 .epn B.
Dugas, Democrats; HonOre Beg
neaud. Republican. Chas. A. Boud-
reaux, Clerk.
2nd Ward at Holmes store: Clar
ence Avant and Chas. Burke, Demo-
Gratis; Hugh Hutchinson, Republican,
Jasper Spell, Clerk.
Bird Ward at Court House: Galbert
Comeaux and Baxter Chargois, DEM
Ocrats; Jack Delhomlne, Republic
can. Feiix H.. Mouton, Clerk.
3rd Ward at Mouton Switch: Will
lie Couret and CASTOR M0utOn. Dem
ocrats: Gabriel Martin, Republican.
H. j. Mouton, Clerk.
4th. Ward Youngsville at Theall's
warehouse: Dominique Landry and
Odillon Blanchet, Democrats; B.
Flanders, Republican. Lucien s.
Broussard. Clerk.
5th Ward Broussardville at j. G.
LeBlanc's warehouse: Aurelien DIV
Ter and A. J. Mouton, Democrats;
r. Malagarie. Republican. Robert
Comeaux, Clerk.
9th Ward, Carencro, at A. G. Gull.
beau's hall: Galbert II. Guilbeau and
Paul Coussan, Democrats; E. CrOu-
Chef, Republican; Odon Guidry, clerk.
9Th Ward, at Simoneaux's: H. E.
Toll and I. Alex Brasseux, Demo.
Gratis: J. M. Jones, Republican; Geo.
MelchiOr, clerk.
It'll Ward, Pilette, at Pilette hall
| Albert Meaux and A. L. BrOussard.
Democrats; Edwin Matthews, Repub'
lican; Ovey Comeaux, clerk.
9Th Ward, at MOntet's store: John
Wilmington and Charles MOntgom.
cry, Democrats; Auguste Arnaud. Re.
publican: Pierre Breaux, clerk.
At Lafayette, La, March 10, 1908.
Members of Board of Supervisors o.
Election.
II. H. HOHORsT,
Assessor and Registrar.
j. E. PRIMEAUX,
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A REGULAR
School of T~elegraphy
Organized and Opened
at the
Southwestern Louisiana
Industrial Institute,
Lafayette, La.

W. have succeeded in securing the
services of Mr.. John 1. Hulse, nov q
train dispatcher at Beaumont, Texas,
on the Sante Fe Railroad, to conduct
the School of T~elegraphy, devoting
his entire time to this work, which will
begin December l, 1907.
The eight hour law, which will go
into effect January l, will require three
telegraph operators for all positions
where only two are now sufficient.
Therefore the demand for operators
will be greatly increased. For several
years to come no telegraph operators
will ever be out of q job unless he
strikes.
Write to US about entering; also get
q catalog of the Institute, with full in
formation concerning all departments.
We have q large brick main building
and two large brick dormitories, one
for each sex.
E. L. STEPHENS,
President.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-04-03
The Lafayette neeting.
mes-Democrat

The Lafayette neeting.
Times-D Democrat.
The action of the Democratic
mass meeting at the Lafayette
courthouse Saturday, in protest
ing against the nomination of
Lambremont for Lieutenant
Governor and deciding to vote
blank for that Office, has aroused
the greatest interest throughout
Louisiana as one of the most
striking and far reaching Incl
dents Of the campaign. AS We
have shown by our extracts from
the country press and quotations
from the political leaders of the
parishes, a strong and overpow-
ering desire exist throughout
Louisiana TO- express in some
emphatic and forcible way, that
will be understood by all, the
detestation by the Democratic
voters of the crooked methods
whereby a majority of $1,000 was
returned for LambremOnt by the
ring in New Orleans through
ballot. box stuf6ng and cemetery
voting.
It is felt that unless this be
done it will exert a bad effect on
the party at the coming election
and encourage similar frauds in
the future. There are many
Democrats so indignant over the
frauds, so bitter at the apparent
lack OF interest shown by the
party, il not condonement of the
crime. as to threaten desertion.
Nothing could be- more unreason-
able. The frauds were restrict.
ed almost entirely to New Or
leans. and the Democratic party
should not be punished for the
misdeeds Of the ring politicians
but every effort should be made
70 free it from their malign infiu.
epce, to GUST them from positions
whore they. can commit these
frauds. Political organization
would be impossible if voters de.
serted the party at the first dis.
c0very that it contains some dis.
honest men, for these men Greer
into every organization. Demo
Gratis or Republicans. especially
when it is in power.
= = =
Had the State Central Commit
tee appreciated the situation i,
would have seen that there was
far greater danger in covering
up the election crookedness thar
Il exposing and curing it. The
committee having failed of til
/. duty. the work Of publication
fEvras left to the courts. Here
another dismal failure and grea'
disappointment has met us
Civil remedy there is none. Thu
prtmary law has been 50 framed
1t Il needless TO discuss the
question or the reason for it,
.ak there Is no way correcting
Geo6on frauds. A candidate
dhG q defeAted BY ballotrbo1
INK has - redress. Thu
ldcn a rerezd = the conr,
hthe1kmns1 - broukh1
Ddlme osed ior il tria
- invsstERs'
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-04-03

AGENTS WANTED-l6x2O cr.you
portraits 40 cents, frames 10 cents and
up. sheet pictures M cent each. You
can make 400 per cent profit or @36. &C
per week. Catalogue and samples
free. Frank w. Williams Co., l2Oe
w. Taylor ST., Chicago, Ill.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-04-03

Notice is hereby given that after
April 10, ell dogs found running at
large without q lieense tax will be
shot. A.. E, CHARGo1s.
Chief Of Police.
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ton out Of the question. Nor is
there any remedy in the GRIMM
al courts. The primary law con
tains a number OF punitive claus
es against election crookedness.
but when it is proposed to util-
ize these clauses a timely decis
ion protects the criminals.
Time and money. had been spent
in collecting the evidence. the
cases were perfect in all partic
ulars and the frauds were so
gross and offensive as to leave no
doubt of the result of the prose-
cutions, in spite of the bad record
in Louisiana on this point; the
fact that no election theft among
the many that have been caught
has ever been punished; but the
law is found unconstitutional,
null and void and we are told
that no one can be punished un
der it.
\ n +
The Lafayette Democrats have
gone about the matter in the
right way; and the Lafayette
meeting will place the question
before the voters of the entire
State in it's true Tight. There is
no question of personalities in
volved, but a question of the
highest principle. Mr.. Lam
Fremont was allowed to state
his case fully, but after his
statement his nomination was
rejected by a vote of thirty to
one in one of the largest and
most enthusiastic meetings of
the campaign.
All who will give the speeches
or resolutions of the Lafayette
meeting consideration will see
that their purpose is to prevent
the disruption of the Democratic
party and that it can be best pre-.
vented in this way-by telling
the truth, by denouncing fraud
and by undoing it as far as pos
IL claiming for Lafayette
that it has been true to the De.
mocracy throughout the whole
period of raconstruction-one of
the few parishes that never
swerved-through later political
revolutions that swept a large
part of the sugar belt into the
Republican ranks, that it had al.
ways maintained the purity and
honesty of elections, the Lafa.
yette meeting proved the pa
triotic purpose which instigated
the meeting and brought the
parish in such marked contrast
with those where many of the
r.eEE# -
Democratic leaders of to-day
were Republicans of old and
which have brought disrepute
and injury on the party by the
gross frauds committed even in
a family meeting, a Democratic
primary.
=
Other meetings like that at
Lafayette have been proposed
throughout the State. Repre-
.senting as the Lafayette resolu-
tons do the dominant sentiment
of the Democratic voters. they
can not fail to have a good effect
by proving that the people still
control the party-as the pri-
mary intended they should do
even if their will in regard to
the Lieutenant Governorship has
been reversed by what the
Lafayette meeting denounced as
the barefaced. outrageous and
defiant frauds committed by the
ward bosses in the city of New
Orleans in the second primary"
AGENTS WANTED-l6xA crsyon
portraits 40 cents, frames 10 cents and
nm cheat ni0karVn0 0vn AMT nMnh W..
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Order Of the Eastern Star

Lafayette Chapter U. D., Mrs. H.
Jagou, w. NJ; 1. J. Delmouly, Sec'y;
meets on first and third Mondays OF
every month at 1870 D. m.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-04-03
Notice.

The regular annual meeting of the
stockholders OF the Improvement Co.,
Ltd, will be held Wednesday, April
8, at 4 p. M, at the First National
Bank, for the purpose Of electing .
Board OF Directors.
G. n. PATTERSON,
Secretary.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-03-15
VILLAGE IMPROVEMENT
Some Valuable Suggestions.

The Woman's Home Companion:
Manyears. ago there. was observed a
unique custom in the little town of
Guilford, Connicut. On one day in
the fall OF the year the women of the
town assembled on the village green.
Each carried a wooden rake, decorat-
ed with her favorite color, and each
was dressed in white, decked out
with colored ribbons. 1t was day
of fete, and 1t was called The Raking
of the Green.
Then the song and laughter and
with many a jest this band of women
cleaned the village green of all the
leaves and refuse and dirt of years
accumulation. When the job was
done, they adjourned to the town hall
where they were joined by their hus-
bands. and brothers. and the village
fathers. A public banquet was cell
ebrated for the occasion.
More than a hundred years ago
James Hillhouse. Of New Haven, or
ganized what he called the Public
Green association. He raised fifteen
hundred dollars for grading the
green and for planting elms. One
man is said to have donated fige gal
Ions of rum for this purpose. James
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in your new country town of such
finished beauty and elegance"

in your new country town of such
finished beauty and elegance"
From the standpoint of the invest
or there is not known any better way
to increase village valuation than to
clean up the town and park it. Like
attracts like, and lovers of order
and beauty and ideal country condi-
lions, will seek for their souls de-
sire until they find it.
The most unkempt and unpromis-
ing country town can be made attrac-
tive so that it shall be subject of
pride, if not of advertisement.
In 1872 New Milford, Conn, was
about. as unalluring spot as the
chance traveller could find. The av-
erage village seems to be a garbage
can and mud hole. This was no
exception. Its spacious green was
was then a combination of mud
swamp and stream gridironed with
deep ruts. Refuse and paper and
cattle contested for the right of the
few sidewalks; 1t was typical town;
such as thousands still left-that is
all.
Today. under the auspices of the
Village Improvement association New
Milford Is one Of the most beautiful
towns in the state, If not in the coun-
try. It's green has been transform
ed into the finest park of its kind in
Connecticut. Shade trees, cool
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-03-15

curing an order And these picture
books, supplemented by persistent
advertising in the agricultural and
religious journals, keep a constant
stream of money flowing from the le
Ultimate channels of trade into the
coqers Of these catalog concerns.
Short Sighted Policy
The business policy of the old
grange movement was short sighted
aCi the results proved it to be i'm
practicable. 1t was born CT preju-
dice and a misconception of the or
ganic laws of trade. he country
needs the town as much as the towA
needs the country And the mid
dleman' is an essential cog in the
wheel of every day trade To cut
out the retail merchant and business
man generally in the country town
is to destroy the small trade and so
rial centers, the prosperity and
growth of which will always deter.
mine the value of farm property in
tehir vicinity. The nearer a farm is
to consuming market the greater
becomes the earning power of each
acre, and consequently the greater it's
value in the general market. The
catalog mail order idea if carried out
to it's ultimate conclusion would wipe
out every village and small town and
leave nothing but individual farms
and few large distributing centers
with complete monopoly on the es-
sential commodities. Local centers
of consumption that now furnish the
market for a large percent of the
farm products would disappear from
the map, and the social and education
al advantages afforded in large com
munity could be found only in a cat
alog center-and there would be no
needs for more than one of them.
The greatest trust in the world is the
ideal catalog mail order combination
It covers every possible field of trade
and brooks no competition.
Reciprocal Obligations
Civilization as we know it is based
upon reciprocal obligations In the
ordinary course of trade the local
merchant furnishes a market for the
+! smaller produce of the farm, and also
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-03-15

Hillhouse was also United States SEN
ator for twenty years. Almost ev.
cry one has forgotten what he did
at Washington, but no one is ever
likely to gorget his services in max
ing the city of New Haven classic by
the beauty of Natures Gothic arch
itecture. The whole country owes
him debt of gratitude that can only
be paid by planting elms in his mem
DRY. The tree that a man plants to-
day becomes the glory of the next
generation.
In 1853 Stockbridge was a typical
country town, slovenly, Ill kept, down
at the heels. It's STREETS were crooked
and ungraded. with deep pools of
water here and there. It's sidewalks
! were few and disgraceful It's green
was Uttered with cattle and refuse.
Its cemetery was surrounded by a
dilapidated fence, and full of intoxi-
Gated head stones and brambles.
There were few trees-but nothing
that could suggest pride or beauty.
Today, by reason of a few public
spirited citizens and the Improve
ment association, Stockbridge is one
Of the most beautiful and attractive
towns in the world. Visitors are
drawn by the magnet of a wonder
full village charm. After visit at
that place Canon Rawnsley, Of Eng
land, said: 81 am surprised to and
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shrubbery, splendid roads and firm
sidewalks, the public library, and
other beautiful buildings have con-
spired to attract wealth and culture.
The town has been transformed from
tattered mendicant into a rich arts
tocrat. The increase in the value of
property since the association start
ed has been phenomenal.
Indeed, advance in real estate val
ues has always accompanied the i'm
provement association. This is true
in cities, as well as in the country;
1t canoot be better illustrated than by
Nebraska City. Everyone ought to
know that the Hon. J. Sterling Nor
ton, former secretary of agriculture,
is the originator of Arbor Day. At
his residence, Arbor Lodge, tree
planting was first made sacred rite,
and it was also there that the state
of Nebraska learned its first lesson
in village Improvement. 1t natural
ly and Loyalty leads all other states
in tree planting.
The best way to organize an i'm
proyement society is to have an ex-
pert give lecture on the subject,
illustrated with stereopticon with be=
fore and after pictures, if possible.
Then an Improvement association can
be formed to include all sets and po-
litical parties. The executive COM
mittee should number fifteen, Of
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-03-15

which at least eight should be wo-
men. Each one should be the chair
man of a special committee, such as
sidewalks, streets, public buildings.
advertisements, etc. The annual
dues should not be over a dollar a
year The movement of the society
should at first show ,um, tpcstahodrl
should at first be slow and conserva-
tive, until it has gained the conf
dence of all the people; only the
most glazing faults in the town
should be at first touched-such as
litter and refuse around the public
buildings and square, or the elimi-
nation of unsanitary sinkholes. Pure
water for drinking purposes, drink
ing fountains for horses and dogs,
the removal of nuisances, and free
town libraries will follow.
1st. Beautify the front and back
yards. improvement begins at home.
Keep the paths clean and weeded;
blant shrubs and flower beds in front
and vegetable beds with grape arbor
and fruit trees in the back yard.
Keep the house painted and repair
ed.
I'd. Clean the village streets and
sidewalks.
Sd. Encourage the planting of
flowers, schrubs and trees along the
streets and in the public squares.
4th. Have the yards of the schools
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and public buildings and railroad
stations cleaned up and laid out with
flowers and shrubs.
9Th. Eliminate all advertising
nuisances.
9Th. Remove all unsightly objects
in the village. Waste cans should be
situated in prominent places, and the
children and citizens encouraged to
make use of them. "
7th. Encourage the giving of priz-
es to the best kept home and village;
then go to work and win the prize.
Make your town a model of neat
ness and beauty.
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IASTE, In the TaIisman

provides a reasonable assortment of
goods for the use and convenience of
the community. Fer these accommo-
ciprocal obligation to give him the
preference of trade-at least to give
dations the community is under re-
hin. fair chance to compete for
that trade. This principle is recog.
nized by the community when it de
mands that peddlars take out a Ii.
cense.
The man who sends his money
away from his home town for goods
that he can buy at the local store
loses more than he can possibly gain
He strikes at the very root of his
own prosperity. 1t is a penny wise
and pound foolish business. Every
hundred dollars sent cut of the coun-
ty reduces the working capital of the
county just that much. A prosper
Gus country town indicates a pros
porous rural community. If your
towns look seedy and unkept; if the
"for rent" signs in the store win
dows stare you in the face; if the
merchants are discouraged, what is
the effect en- farm property-what
does the stranger, the investor, if you
please, think of the community in
general? Will he invest his money
in community that is not true to
itself? The thinking man knows that
the price of farm real estate depends
as much upon its nearness to a good
live town as it does upon the produc-
ing power of the soil.
Not Confined to Farmers
1t must not be understood that the
habit of buying cat in a bag and
that from a stranger, is confined to
farmer folk. Far from it.
People who owe their immediate
living to the community, who draw
thei salary from the public teasury
school teachers, public officers and
even Professional men who should at
least be loyal to the hand that feeds
them-and even local property own.
ers, whose wealth depends upon the
general business prosperity of the
town, pass up the home merchant
and pay their good money for the