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The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-08-29
Jury List.
THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
Goth Judicial District Court
Parish of Lafourche

| Be 1t known and remembered. that on tn
| Twclft b day of the month of August, In the
year 4 our Lord. one thousand, nine hundred
! and eli ht 1881
Pursuant to written notices issued by the
{ Jerk of Court and addressed and given to
| each Ut said Jury Commissioners: In and for
hereto nnexed more fully appears.
We Joseph NJ. Lefort, Henry W. Frost and
Henry Kiviere, Jury Commissioners. duly ap-
under proyisions of at No I35 Of the General
Assembly approved July. Ii, 1888, and promul
gated BY publication in the State Official Jour.
qualified as such Jury commissioners in and
for the Parish OF Lafourehe, met ut the Clerks
Office in the town Of Thibodaux and in COM
pany with r. LOUIS AUCOIN, Clerk of Court
and qualified Is such.
Then and there in the presence of
Messrs, Louis j. Trone and:Sidney r. Coulon,
nesses of lawful age, competent Il, read and
write the english language. iesidt ~ In the pa
IRISH of Lafourche. and summon. d by the Clerk
of Court r the purpose, proceeded tn acOor-
Section of said Act No. las OF the
General Assembly Of the State of Louisiana of
1895. to examine the general venire list on file
in tine Clerks Office, and having struck there |
from the names Of such grand and petit jurors |
rs having so served, as the names of others |
who are known to have died. removed from t
10 serve as jurors,since their names were enter |
ed thereon and the nancs OF those who have
died, removed become exempt or disqualified /
were also taken from the general venire box: ,
after which we supplemented the original list /
and the ballots in the box with the nsmes of |
the same number OF good and Competent men
from the qualified jurors of the Parish, as have /
been taken from the box and erased from the
list 80 as to keep the number Of names In the
general venire box and on the jury list at the
original standard Of three hundred contained
therein; each OF said names SO placed in the
GENERAL venire box having been written by the
Clerk ON separate slip Of paper together with
he number Of the ward or place of residence
If such person.
And Immediately after completing said We
lire list, we selected therefr0m the name Of
he following citizens, good and competent men
possessing the qualification to serve as grand
jurors prescribed by Section of said Act. taken
rom different parts of the parish as far as
,racticable to serve MS Grand Juror at the
ession of Court beginning Monday September
/ 1908 and until discharged according te law.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-08-29
Ordnance No

| OIula0Cc NO
| Levying special tax for the yea1
Nineteen hundred and eight {l9OSl on
all property situated in the Parish OF
LafOurche, subject to taxation under
the Constitutional of 1898.
Section No. 1.-Be it ordained by the
Police Jury of the Parish of Lafoarche,
in regular meeting converted, that an
ad valorem tax of eight mills ON the
dollar be and 10 hereby levied for the
current year Ninteen hundred and
eight on all property situated in the
parish of Lafourche, Louisiana, not
| exempt from taxation under the Con-
stitution of 1898. y
Section No. BE it ordained, etc.
that the said tax when collected. shall
be appOrtioned and set apart as fol-
lows
FIRST.-Four and 2-10 mills shall be
set apart to pay the current expense of
the Parish, including the salaries, Of
the Parish officers, and shall be known
as the General Fund.
SECOND.-Two AMI 4 10 mills shall
be set apart and nsed for the mainte-
nance of the Public Schools of the
Parish and shall be known as the
Public School TEACHERS Ftnd",
THIRD Sixteenth of Mill shall
be set apart and used for tn, purpose
OF building, improving and repairing
the School House belonging to the Pa
rish, and paying the Salary Of the Su-
perintendent and such lncidentals as
may be necessary under an economic
management, and shall be known as
the Public School House Fund.-.
The Public School House funds shall
he subject to the legal order of the
School Board of the Parish, and aSsate
ment clearly showing how the funds |
have been expenp9d shall be- submit |
ted by the Superintendent of the
Schools Of the Parish to this Jury semi
annually. say on the first of July and
January of each year.
FOURTH. Eight-tenths of a mill
shall be set apart and used for drain
age purposes as stipulrted by Ordina-
nance No. 1872, adopted March 18th. |
1895 and Revised Ordiences of the pa
rlsh, section IL adopted January 18th.
1900. and the came shall be apportioned
and expended as therein provided. i,
SECTION 3.-Be it ordained. etc I,
hat this ordnance shall take effect from
Ind after its passage.
\. Coulon, J. NJ. Walsh,
ClerK. President.
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GRAND JURY

And having so selected the above named
persons as grand jurors the names of each
Clerk in the presence of the commissioners
and the witnesses, and all thc slips SO contain
ing the names and number of the ward of
each of said Grand Jurors were placed in an
envelope by us commissioners. which was by
us sealed, signed endorsed and labeled: List
of Grand Jurors" and placed in the Jury Box
as hereinafter stated.
After which we proceeded conformably to
section of said Act 136 of 1906, as amended by
Act No. 81 OF 1904, approved June 30, 1904. and
duly promulgated after the slips contained in
the general venire bo1 had been well mixed,
to draw from the general venire bog the name
of thirty persons to serve as petit Jurors for
the second week OF the session of said Court.
beginning Monday. September 81, 1905 as dire
from the box one at the time by Henry Riviere
one Of the Jury Commissioners in the presence
OF the I'll In Con DIG # aud of the witness
ses and which names 50 dra wn are as follows,
fn-wffh.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-08-29
Lost Strayed or Stolen.

At Raceland, on May 9, one
bay horse, long main and tail
short foretop, white mark in
forehead, branded EP on left
shoulder. finder will be re
warded if returned to
Arthur Hunt,
a 10 Ludivine, La.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-08-29

Economize-More Light. Less
money. There is only one Edison
Lamp-Many limitations. You can
DOW get the g uuine Edison Lamp at.
Treville GuilIot.
Sub. Age
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-08-29

sALESMEN WANTED to look after
Our interest IN Lafourche and adial
cent counties. Salary or Commission.
Address The Harvey Oil Co. Cleve
aud, ..
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-08-29

OF your own, anywhere within the
Uuited States. We rent you st,re,
put up the fixtures, stock it with high
class goods and tarn 1t over into your
hands ownership.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-08-29
List of Commissioners OF
Election and Clerks. for Pri-
mary Election To Be Held
September LIST. 1908,

List of Commissioners of
Election aud Clerks of Elec-
ton selected by the Parish
Democratic Committee, at the
Session of said cornmitte, held
Tuesday August 18th. 1908.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-08-29
WANTED
Hustlers. young Men and
Woman

able to make $500 to $500 per
week, according to ability, as our Dis
District Trade Agents, brilliant OPP
portunity.S
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-08-29
Notice.

Hunting 10 not allowed 90 Aadia
Plantation.
". H. Price
Nov 23.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-08-29
SECOND WEEK:


No Wd. No. Wd-
r, Griffin 10th 2 e. r. Dickerson 7th
3 MYRTLE Kerne 5th 4 Chas FngerTan End
5 Isidore Kraemer 9Th Emile Durocha 9Th
3. Leblanc It'll 8 lbert Bcrgeron LIST
Wilson FOret 7th 10 Pierre Rizan 9th
II ZenOn Chauvin 18th II ]. Hernandez It'll
Ia W. Dohertv 9Th Il Ernest Theriot 0til
IS D. GuillOt LIST 16 Frank Hoffman End
II c. Lassalngne Ind Is Jos. Toups 7th
10 A. p. Hebert Bird 20 Louis c. Tabor Ind
~ Emile Gaude 5th n Clay Birdsall ard
rs. Edward TOups Ssh ~ G.. Savoie 8sh
Is Allies Goodman 9Th 26 James McCulla 2nd
"a Oscar Mayet 4th rs Gustave v AyO 5th
% Benz Knight 18th 30 Edward Norris ard
Having plaosd the names of the foregoing
thirty persons SO drawn as petit Jurors for
the second week of the session OF court in
an envelope, we have lsigned and sealed the
same, and endorsed and labeled it,--.sList Of
Jurors No. q, to serve for the second week
of the session.
After which we proceeded to draw from
the said general venire box the names of
thirty persons for the third week of the ses-
sion of said Court. beginning Moaday, Sept.
enber, %, 1903 the names being drawn from
the box one at the time by Henry Riyiere
one OF the Jury Commissioners, In the pre-
sence OF the Other Commissioners and OF the
Witnesses. and which names SO dawn are as
follows:
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-08-29
THIRD WEEK

THIRD WEEK
No. wd. No. ",
j Arthur Adam End 2F. Pierce q. -.
ChaS Abrfbat 18th 4G. Knobloch TIT
w. 81. Price 2nd Leon Folse 7th
e. Gabrielle 9Th 81. g. Curol gtf
9Oscar Pontiffe LIST 10 P. TroscIair Str
F.! John Bergeron Bird II s. Baudoin 7th
- L. keefey Jr End IA y. Leonard 9Th
10 Jos SmithWick 2nd Is A. G. Breaux LIST
Y e. T.. Deiaune 18th IS 0. GHuthreaux 9th
Is Luc Baye Pad 20 Octave Baye End
II jackson Wink 2nd 2Edw Dantin End
% Oiens TOnps 5th "a p Himel 4th
- Ghas Elliot 9Th Is Davis Toups 9Th
~ Thomas Gaude 3rd 2SR Caillouet 2ud
% Ernest Autin Bird 30 p Hernandez Ard
thirty persons drawn as petit jurors for the
third week Of said session of count in an
envelope we signed and sealed the same. and
endorsed and labeled it,--"List Ut Jurors No
81. to serve for the third week OF the said ses
sion. 500 so
And thereupon we have placed the two
sealed envelopes, together with the sealed
rofs selected as hereinabove set fourth in a
DOE provided for the purpose, labeled -"
Jury Box" which was thercupon locked and
sealed sea and placed IN the custody ana keep
ing OF the Clerk OF Court, for the use at the
next ensu Ing session of court, and subject
to the orders of the District Judge. And the
sald general venire boz was also locked and
sealed and delivered to the Clerk ef4Court as
the custodian thereof all in the nresance of
the said witnesses.
In faith Whereof, We have signed this pro-
cess verble OF the drawing Of the Jury made
at the time, on the day, month andiyear FIRST
above written Ia the presence OF the afOre-
nam sd Witnesses.
Witnesses
3. h. COulon,
L. J. YroDe,
Original Signed
Henry Riviere
J. N. Lefo:t
HI. w. Frost
Jury Commissioners
J. Louis Aucoin,
Clerk OF Court, ex-oAicio
Jury Commissioner,
Read and filed August, u 1908
j. Louis Aucoin,
A true COPY, o"'1 oo"i'
Clerks ONCE,
Thibodaux. La, Aug, Il, 1903.
P.J Aucoin.
Deputy Clerk.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-16
Income of the City

Atlanta Is threatened with de- ficiency of revenue very much in a way and on an account similar to the situation here, and Atlanta proceeds at once to increase it's taxable values to the extent of s5,0O0,00O.
 Birmingham cannot do this because of the inelastic methods of taxation in this state. In perhaps no other state certainly in few only-is city con- pelled to take it's lists of taxable values from the books of county off cers, and in few other states is mu- nicipal taxation arbitrarily limited
 As things stand taxable values can not be increased, nor can be the rate of taxation. To increase the city's taxable values under the peculiar law of this state would involve an increase in county values, and this would mean that Jefferson must pay still more towards the support of other counties, and it is already paying enough to en- able some counties to receive from the state treasury as much, or nearly as much, as they put into it.
 The Atlanta plan would therefore la n ,..;,f+ I,o,o ond +bo boord 0f Q l. dermen will be compelled to devise other remedies against deficiency. The problem is difficult one, but many of the difficulties would disap- pear if demagogism in all it's varied forms could be eliminated-if, in other words, each member of the board would vote up to his convictions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-16

sions. for he considers himself equipped to discuss all known subjects. As he has a comfortable fortune he will not go on the Chautauqua circuits, but he will travel a great deal, shoot some game and speak on all available occa- sions. No retirement of dignified nature for him. He is not built on such lines, and he will have none of it.
 The chances are very good, how ever, that he will keep his ear close to the ground. He will listen for calls to return to duty in 1912. He is but 4s years old, and in 1913 he will still be young man as men go in this age of the world. Between his natural restlessness and a natural desire to answer a call in 1912 we have no doubt keys to his life when he leaves the White House in March of next year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-16
New York's Bond Sale

A syndicate headed by J. P. Morgan & Co.,, took the entire issue of bonds offered for sale by the city of New York. They were sold at q premium of about 915 per cent. These bonds bear Az per cent interest, and they commanded no higher premium than the per cents of the same city did a short time ago The bonds sold are l0ng-ternl obligations, and the amount of the issue is s50,000,000.
 New York borrows money on no bet ter terms this year than scores of lesser towns did but short time ago, and even New York's success in plac- ing the loan was considered doubtful up to the last moment It goes to show that the demand for capital has outrun the supply, or else that the American investor has become exceed. ingly shy.
 When New York is compelled to pay AZ per cent interest on borrowed money lesser towns will certainly have to pay higher rate, for New-York is one of the richest towns in the world It's credit is correspondingly high. The New York. loan Is, however, encour aging. It means that capitalists are again considering municipal offers and that some of them will be per haps accepted. This in turn means that municipal improvements can be resumed, and that affairs will by de grees become normal again.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-16
POEMS THAT STIR MEN.

From the Pittsburg Sun
 In his article in the Circle" magazine on Poems That Have Moved Mankind" Edwin Markham says that the great poems that have stirred the world have not been lyrics of happiness. He adds:
 So it is not surprising to find that the two great poems that touched the quick of the world in the middle of the last century, "The Song of the Shirt and "The Bridge of Sig-hs,'' were poems ar raigning the evils of the day. that intol- erable, indefensible day of England's most ashen shame. As from afar, the golden dome of St. Peters announces Rome, or as the snowy crest of Mt. Shasta pro- claims California; so Poet Hood, out of all his singing, is now first and best known to the world by these two lofty songs of his inmost heart-songs speaking for the inarticulate millions of London. In these poems, written by a dying man in the last months of his life, Hood has caught into precious vials of compassion the blood and tears of Londons women of sorrow-the miseries of the living death of the sewing women selling flesh and blood for roof and bread; and the agonies of those broken-hearted women bounded to death by want and shame. And these are poems true for all times and all lands; they plead for Manhattan and Chicago and Paris this very hour, as they pleaded for London half a hundred years ago. But while Hood is remembered as the laureate of wretchedness, not all his work was in minor key. For a score of years, though all the time suffering poverty and illness, he was England's merriest jester. her master of humor. In his mind, as in all finely balanced minds, the springs of laughter gushed close to the springs of tears. Exquisitely sensitive to harmony in all things-some of his poems are of beauty all conpact-Hood was keen to see the pitiful incongruities of life; and one can believe that he often kept on smiling only to keep back the tears.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-16
IhaW and Beach Harqis

The law is theoretically no re- specter of persons, but practically it shields those who have sentiment or wealth or powerful friends behind them, while the weak and humble are swept along to swift and dire punish ment. This may not be so in England, in Germany or in France, but 1t is un- deniably so in this country.
 Already there are signs that the brainstorm theory which kept Thaw from the electric chair is to be em- ployed to keep Beach Hargis off the gallows. His mother and sister are already pleading for his release. They say he should not be asked to pay too high a price flor his anger and latest spree." He killed his own father, i'm pelled to the deed by mountain whisky.
 Jim Hargis, the dead man, was not an ideal citizen, but this fact by no means justified Beach Hargis in shoot ing him down. Nor are the mother and sister proper persons to decide the case.
 There are no palliating circum- stances in it. Jim Hargis was kind to all members of his family and Beach Hargis had no just reason for anger. Nor was he so drunk that he failed to arm himself with a pistol and to seek deliberately his father, at whom he fired five times. He knew full well what he was doing.
 He should be hanged, but here comes in a petit jury, smooth-tongued lawyers and the Thaw case. It will be argued that what was good in the one case in New York should be good in the other in Kentucky. A brain storm should be a full justification in one state as we'll as in another. Thus the evil conclusion of the Thaw case and of a soft-pated jury goes on, and Hargis may not even get life sentence to the penitentiary.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-16
BaItimore's Undertakers

Tn Baltimore, at least, they know that undertakers are not engaged in A most distressing trade for health s sake. They are out for profits to the extent at least that other tradesmen are. and in Baltimore competition among them has reached the advertis- ing stage. These advertisements clipped from the Baltimore Sun ex- plain the Baltimore situation:
 Smith. the pioneer provider. saves you over s6O on his $75 complete funerals. Yes, Smith saves you at least s60 on his com plete S75 funerals; he saves you nearly s1OO on his s125 funerals, and he saves you in proportion on his highest class funer- als.
 Smith was the first to furnish an out and-out complete funeral for S75, ana ne $ the only undertaken who gives to the peo- ple what he publicly promises to give a. really respectable. presentable funeral for $75
 Smith would warn you against those imitators who spring up lover night at the instance of the combine copy what he says and put their name to it.
 Tn Browns advertisements the claim is made that it was he broke down the funeral combine-that 1t was be who made the complete $75 funeral an established fact" He heads one of his advertisements with these words, "A Step in the right direc- tion." This, to say the least, will not appeal strongly to the living.
 Smith and Brown are both engaged in fighting the funeral combine with which Baltimore is afflicted, and pos sibly some other towns, not all of which are located in Maryland. The combine in Baltimore, however, fights back in the advertising columns of that city's papers, but it at no time or place intimates an intention of re- ducing it's rates. It defies both Smith and Brown, who advertise $75 fun erals. And yet Reform with big R is rampant in Baltimore as elsewhere, and possibly the $75 funeral may prove a winner. It may fill long-felt want.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-16
NED BRACE TALKS ABOUT THE BUILDING
 OF GOOD ROADS AND OTHER THINGS

one hundred from the mines at any time and put them upon the roads. This should be done at once, and no further leases should be made
 It was talked before the Board of Reve- nue some two or more years ago how much better and cheaper the roads could be built and maintained by free labor than by convict labor It has not been done. We have spent money without results The roads have gone from bad to worse. All the county people and those who ride from the city into the county are dissatisfied and disgusted. The farmer of Jefferson county has his rights as we'll as the merchant of Br- mingham.
 Let every voter in Jefferson county in- sist upon the convicts being put to work on the roads and we will soon have good ones. I hope the Board of Revenue of today and the one soon to be elected will not be led astray by the selfish talk indulged in heretofore that convict labor on public roads is ex- travagant. We have been extravagant with free labor without results. Let us try the alleged extravaganza of con- viot labor and see what the result will be.
 Put the convicts on the public roads and do it at once. What say the pres ent Board of Revenue and the men who want to be on the next board.
 As to what can be accomplished and the economy in building public roads with convict labor will be found on page of this issue of The Age-Herald in a letter from Samuel T. Stowe, superin- tendent and engineer of roads in Meek lenburg county, North Corolina, of which Charlotte is the county seat. It is well worth reading.
 President Roosevelt is manifestine as much zeal in insisting upon the nomina-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-16
DOG AND DYNAMITE.
From the Kansas City Journal.

From the Kansas City Journal.
 Winfield is sore perplexed. The ques- ton which is now agitating the minds of the people there is whether Frank Men denhalrs bulldog committed suicide or died in a foolish effort to keep friends from harm. The pup was with gang of men who were setting off dynamite charges. When they lit the fuses for the first charge they naturally ran to a place of safety. The dog went with them part of the way but turned back and began to fight the burning fuses. He chased them up until they got right to the charge and then-well, the rest of this tale Is too sorrowful to relate. There was not enough Of his dogship left to permit of a burial.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-16
Great Virtuosos.

Press agents have a tendency to ex- aggerate, and this Is especially true Of the agents who come in advance of mus ical attractions" remarked an amuse- ment-goer. Every opera company billed in the provinces is the largest and grandest. every band is the best. every famous singer Is the greatest In the world, every pianist is the chief of vir- tuosos, and every violinist Is the most brilliant the world has yet produced.
 q have not paid especial attention to the advance agents superlatives regard ing Kubelik I did read one notice in which it was claimed that Kubelik was the worlds greatest violinist Well, if he does not surpass all the others there are not more than three or four living who are comparable to him, and these others have never been to Birmingham; and as they are now in Europe it is prob able that they will never be heard en tour again Tn America. I refer to Ysaye, Mar teau and Sarasate. I have heard all of them When I first heard Ysaye he was not up to Kubelik of today. Ten years later I heard him and he surpassed him self. When I heard Kubelik at the age of 24 he was far ahead of any virtuoso that ever appeared on the stage under z5 or 2s He is yet under 30, and from all accounts he Is well matured. If he lives to be S5 1t is safe to predict that he will then he king of the violin world But as heir apparent he delights not only every one who loves music but musicians and real critics as we'll"