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St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-08-28
Sale at Auetion
BY consent Of all Of the heirs. I VIII one
for sale on

BY consent Of all Of the heirs. I VIII oner
for sale on
Saturday, Sept. g. 1903,
at 10 o'clock q. m, the Lefebvre property.
being the last residence of said deceased.
situated IN the town Of OpeIousas. La. Said
residence has a 'front.' of one hundre and
sixty-one t16f1 feet. on Market street and
runs back between parallel line to Bayou
lesson. This property will be offered for
sale. n the purchaser win be permitted
to pay the purchase price cash, 0rone-thIrd
I'D thereof cash, the balance payable In
one and two years. The credit portions to
be represented by notes, which are to bear
eight per cent IS per cent? interest from
Gate, and ten percent no per cent? attor-
neys feein case of suit. The payment OF
said notes are to be secured by special
mortgage and vendors lien and privilege
on the property old
Act of sale at the expense of the purchaser
before me-, b undersigned. a Notary Pub
lie of this parish of ST, Landry.
For further particulars apply to Gilbert
e. Dupre5 Attorney, 0pelonsas. La.
HENRY E. EST0RGE.
aug14-4t A~ucti0neer-
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-08-28

Miss 0phelia French, of New
Iberia, is the guest Of Miss Emma
Boring, at their Bellevue home.
Deputy Sheriff Marius Fontenot.
of Pine Prairie. was here Wednesday.
Preaching at the Presbyterian
Church tomorrow. at II o'clock q.
m. and 5 o'clock p. M, By Rev. R. 7.
Price.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-08-28

-
By virtue of q writ of seizure and sale Is
sued out of the Hon. 18th judicial District
#G8affin and for the Parish Of ST. Landry.
IN fhe above entitled and numbered SUIT,
II to me directed, T have seized and Will
offer for sale, for cash. at public auction. to
b last ana highest bidder, at the front
door OF the Court House of ST. Landry
parish at 0~pelousas La on
Saturday. Sept, Is, 1903,
at II O'Clock a. M, the following described
property to-wft:
Lots ore, t49e, three and four In block
- IN ka3f1ss addition m The t0Nti Of Eeis
Vile. st sisndfy PtrfsR. Louisiana.
fserfHs-EaS54
5une4z-ss 1T. IL. SWORDS, sheriff.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-08-28

Ia han Tn By the undersigned, at PIat-
up sance. n brown beef calf.
with white spots. Has been ON premises
for W. years
Ihe owner Is hereby notified to come fcf-
ward prove propertys pay cost. and take
animal away or viii no soEdin ac-
e0rdance with Police Jury ordinance reIa-
tive to estrny animals.
EDGAR LANDRY,
Angs2Ss2t. PlaIsance, La.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-08-28

No. 1865, 18th judicial District Court ST..
Landry Parish, La
ny virtue OF a writ OF aeri facias ts-
sued out OF the Hon.. 18Th Judicial District
Court, In u for the parish OF st. Landry
IN the above entitled and numbered sAit,
and 10 me directed ] have seized and VITA
offer for sale, at public auction
to the last n highest bidder, at tae front
doorofthe Court House Of st, Landry Par
ish. at Opelousas, La. on
Saturday, Sept. 10, 1905,
at = o'clock a. n the following described
property, to-wit
Lots Nos. three tl. nine {l and ten {l0f IN
block No. III, Krctz Addition to tha w Ut
Melville, Parish Of st, Landry, SDgakhar
with all the buildings and improvements
thereon.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS.
Said sale to be made at twelve {i2l months
credit. The purchaser 10 execute q bond
with good n sufficient surety, payable in
cation, fer the amoun of the price 81 ad-
Judica1ion OF said porperty less the costs
which are to be paid In cash as hereinafter
stipulated, satd Dol to beer interest at
eight per cent Is per cent? per mum, tine
rate allowed in the Judgment In said suit
from the day OF adjudication until paid
and TO be secured IN addition by special
mortgage retained on said property.
The purchaser to deduct from the prife
OF adjudication and pay In cash on the day
OF sale the amount Of printing. the SbsFfH3e
and Clerks fees as we'll as the state. par
lsn and municipal taxes, II any. due ontle
day Of sale. a-ggregaftng say II hundred
dollars EieoI, more or less
aug Is 1T. NJ. &. SWORDS. Sheriff.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-08-28

Whereas, Yves A~ndrepont, CLERK, has pre-.
sentea a petition to the Honorable Six
teenfh Judicial District Court of the State
of Louisiana, praying TO be appointed adj
Illustrator of the estate of said BeIleDavfs,
deceased, and
Whereas, said petition contained a de-
scription and valuation Of the property be-
longing TO said estate duly verified by petit
said property was less b five hundred
dollars.
Now. therefore, IN pursuance to an order
of said court, all persons interested are
hereby notified TO show cause within seven
III days from the publication of this notice,
why thesaid petition Should not be granted.
and the said description and valuation OF
property. as therein made, nomoiagrted
and approved.
YVES ANDREPONT,
aug2f-2t Clerk Of Gonr1
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-08-28
At The NeW Laeomhe.

The new Lacombe Hotel viii again
serve special supper on Sunday 9ve-
ming from CSC ta S III. m. Price rs
cents.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-08-28
Ancient Mining comnanA.

at Falun, Sweden, are the headquar
tiers Of a mining company with q his
tory so remote that the date Of its
origin cannot be definitely fixed.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-08-28
TERMs ANp e%oNpITIoNs.

said sale to be made at twelve tai months
credit. The purchaser to- execute a bond
with g00dan sufficient securely, payablein
twelve (121 months from the date OF adJudi-
cation tor the ar1ount of the price of adj
judieatfon of said property less the costs
which are to be paid In cash as hereinafter
stipulated said h0nd TO bear Interest at
eight per cent rs per cent? per annun1, the
from the day OF adjudication until paid.
n to be secured in addition by a special
mortgage retained on said property.
The purchaser to deduct from the price
of adjudication and pay In cash on the day
of sale the amounted printing, the SheriRss
n Clerks fees, as well as the State, par
ish and municipal taxes, ffany, due ON the
day OF sale, a~ggregating say hundred
dollars (s100f more or less.
aug284 1T MI. SWORDS, Sheriff.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-08-28
sHERlFF's SALE

i. 1873, 18th Judicial District our
Parish Of st. Landry La.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-08-28
DR.. F. j. FULFoBD.
SHERlFF,s SALE.
ISAAC F. BARNES
VS.
ROBERT b. WALKING.

Nc. 1916 18th Judicial District Court.
Parish of st. Landry. La.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-08-28
JOHN ALAMO Wo0DYELLE
versus
OSCAR WILLIAMSON

No. Ig3A5 Sixteenth judicial district
Court. st. Landry Parish. La.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-08-28
NOTICE or ADMINISTRATIONS.

ESTATE OF BELLE DAVIS, wife OF Waiter
F~ontaine.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-08-28

Farlsh.O Of SC. Landry, La.
BY virtue al a writ of seizure and sale
issued out OF the Hon. 18TH Judicial District
Court. In and for the parish Of st. Landry
In above entitled ana numbered suit,
and to me directed, + have seized and will
offer for sale, f0rscash, at public auction, to
the last and highest bidder, at the front
door Of the Court House of st. Landry par
Ish 10 0pelousas, La. on
Saturday, September is, 1909,
at II o'clock 81 d the following described
property. t0-Wit.
Lot No. Q In Block No. fifteen Id Krotz Adj
dlrton to the town of Melville, St. Landry,
parish, La.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-08-28
ISAAC W. BARNES
vs.
GRANVILLE JOHNSON.

No. 1865, 18th judicial District Court ST.
Landry Parish, La
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-08-28

No. $3.50, Probate Docket District. 18th Jud.
cial District Court, st. Landry Parish. La,
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-08-28
CHERIFF's SALE.

aug1-2t
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-17

OOuII SdIOll1 cuLtIeu CIlc
Senate chamber and, approaching Senator
Sumner without warning, struck him
several times over the head with cane
Sumner slid from his seat to the floor,
unconscious, blood flowing from wounds
in his head Several Senators who SYM
pathized with Brooks stood by and would
permit no interference
The event intensified the bitterness be-
tween North and South A House reso-
luton to expel Brooks failed to pass
Brooks resigned, and was reelected by
his constituents; but he died within a
year.
In the meantime he had an angry col
lo1uy in the House with Representative
Arson Burlingame of Massachusetts,, and
Burlingame challenged him to fight duel
in Canada. After accepting the challenge,
Brooks backed out, making the excuse
that in order to reach Nanada he would
be obliged to pass through the enemy's
country"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-17
list fights in our Con-
i greSS are less common
By Walter E. Clarke

i gress are less common
than duels between members of the
French Parliament The Frenchman by
proverb is courteous: American forms
of speech may be brusk by comparison
with Continental standards. Perhaps
Nature, in order to preserve a due pro-
portion, has endowed American lawmak-
ers with lower order of sensitiveness,
though vital standards of honor are quite
as high. At any rate. the readiness of
Senators and Representatives to avow
insult is not of the hair trigger variety.
Courtesy is both tradition and a praC-
tice in the United States Senate
The House proceedings are sometimes
on the order of hurlyburly, and members,
from Speaker Cannon down, good ma
turedly rail at senatorial courtesy"
Senators seldom ascribe to one another
bad motives, leaving that to the muck
rakers. Personalities are common, but
insulting speeches rare. Members of the
House are. perhaps, not less polite; but
in the rough and tumble of debate heads
are often hit hard, and it frequently hap
pens that when words flow most freely
they are chosen with least discrimination
Where speech is untrammeled as it is
in Congress, it may be considered re-
markable that its abuse has caused so few
blows. On the floor of the House and
Senate in the last sixty years there have
been eight or ten physical encounters be-
tween members. Not all of these oc-
CURED when the session was in progress
In the latest instance-that of the fight
between Representatives Williams and
De Armond-the House had adjourned
about three minutes before the fsticuffs
occurred, and many of the members were
still in their seats
The amiable practice by which the his
tory of things Objectionable to members
is omitted from 1.-The Congressional
Record" leaves the past hazy as to some
interesting incidents in the life of Con-
gress. Recollection does not extend to
the details of happenings in the first half
of the last century. and it is weak as to
some of the later events
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-17
When Brooks Assaulted Sumner

SENATOR CHARLES SUMNER of
Massachusetts had, in 1886, reached a
great height of fame as an antislavery
orator and Unionist statesman He had
made his famous speech, The Crime
Against Kansas, and the South was bit
ter against him. Just after the Senate
had adjourned, May ~, 1886. Congress
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-17
The Night Row of 1853

NEXT to the Bent on-Foote and Brooks
Sumner episodes, the most exciting
incident of disorder was perhaps the ia
nous night row in the House of Repre-
sentatives, February S, 1883 Galusha
A. Grow of Pennsylvania, who recently
died after longer term of service than
any other American Congressman, was
taking part in the debate on the admis-
sion of Kansas as a State This debate
marked a climax in the epochal contro
versy over slavery. 1t was at ha1f-past
one in the morning, and Grow was stand
ing on the Democratic side of the House
at the moment when he raised a parlia-
mentary objection
II you are going to object. 60 over on
your own side of the House!' shouted
Representative Keitt of South Carolina,
and moment later he amended his re-
marks by saying, You are black Re-
publican puppy"
Never mind" replied Grow; Il shall
occupy such place in this hall as please,
and no negro driver shall crack his whip
over mel"
The scene that ensued probably could
not have taken place in broad daylight
but 1T was weary and exciting night
session, the nerves and tempers of mem
bers were badly strained keitt lunged
at Grow striking him savage blow. A
third member grabbed the Pennsylva-
man. At the same moment another mem
Der struck keitt a blow that sprawled
him on the floor.
In a minute the middle of the chamber
became free fighting ground, at least
score OF congressman becoming engaged
One of them threw cuspidor; another
struck Representative Barksdale of Miss
lsslppl by mistak Ike, causing his wig to
fall off; and the righteousness of this in
cident was not diminished when Barks-
dale in his excitement replaced the wig
wrong side before
The fight was over in a few minutes;
but that memorable night session wore
on until sixthirty o. clock in the morning.
a dozen individual apologies were made;
but the House took no official action.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-17

thereupon rose and said with great dis
tinctness, The Senator from Kansas is
a great liar and dirty dog!"
That was an opportunity Ingalls, did
not embrace; there was no fight. With
a deprecatory wave of the hand, he re-
marked, If this were police court, the
Senator from Indiana would be sent to
the rock pile for being drunk and dis
orderly"
There was another tense occasion when
there might have been fight but was
not. A hot debate was in progress in the
Senate on the night of April IS, 1898,
when Senator Wellington of MARYLAND
charged that Senator Money of Mississippi
had been the paid agent of New York
newspaper to investigate conditions in
Cuba. Money pressed Wellington for
statement to that effect on his own respon-
sibility, and Wellington made it distinctly
in that form.
Then you lie!" said the Mississippian.
Wellington merely called on the presid-
ing officer to preserve order, and the gavel
sounded on the Presidents desk
The Tillman-McLaurin Feud
p ECENT examples.of the ready tongue
and the flying fist are we'll remem-
bered. The feud between Senators Till
had been in progress for years, when, on
February ~, 1902, Tillman rose in the
Senate to speak on the Philippines tariff
bill. He remarked that improper influ-
ences had been used by the President to
secure the ratification of the Paris treaty.
Senator Spooner pressed him for sreci-
fications; Tillman evaded. His ques-
toner would not be satisfied, and the de-
bate between the two men waxed warm.
The galleries leaned forward in anticipa-
ton of a sensational scene, for the situa-
ton was surcharged with explosive ma
terial. Goaded by the Wisconsin Sena-
tor, Tillman specified that the political
patronage of prominent State had been
given to a Democrat who voted for the
treaty. Spooner wanted to know what
State.
South Carolina" said Tillman, and
the Wisconsin Senator then suggested a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-17
The Brown-Wilcox FIGHT

TT was in the following year that Rep
l resentative Albert Gallatin Brown of
Mississippi, States Rights champion,
and Representative John A. Wilcox, a
Union Wing. also of Mississippi, came to
blows on the floor of the House. Brown
denied that anybody in the South at that
time favored secession, and Wilcox re-
torted that certain district in Mississ-
ippi was known to be against the Union.
This brought forth flat denial from his
colleague ard Wilcox retorted:
Then you say what is false!'
Brown struck him; but several of their
fellow members forcibly interviewed. Both
made an apology to the House.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-17
The Benton-Foote Episode

IN 1850, Thomas Hart Benton, who had
1 been a Senator from Missouri since
1921, dared Senator Henry Stuart Foote
of Mississippi to shoot him Foote was
Unionist until secession actually occurred :;
but he had been making bitter attack
on the attitude of Northern Senators
toward the South. There was an excit-
ing scene in the old Senate chamber, and
it reached climax when Benton accused
Foote of having inspired certain news
paper article which impugned the mo-
tives of the Missouri statesman Benton
walked excitedly toward Foote and the
latter retreated toward the Presidents
desk, drawing a revolver as he did so.
Senator Dodge of Wisconsin came be-
tween them and Benton was returning
to his seat when he saw the pistol for the
first time. Turning dramatically and fac
ing Senator Foote, he furiously tore open
his shirt front and, barring his breast with
both hands, shouted
have no pistol! Let him fire Stand
out of the way and let the assassin fire."
The Mississippian did not fire In the
mi 1st OF the uproar in the chamber it was
seen that he was weakening in his pur-
pose, and Senator Dickinson stepped for
ward and relieved him of the firearm. A
Senate investigation followed; but no
apology was required
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-17
FIST FIGHTS IN CONGRESS

man Preston S. Brooks of
South Carolina entered the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-17
The Passing of the Lie

THE succinct expression You lie!" or
some one of the many phrases equiv
alent, has generally been responsible for
the physical encounters that take place
in Congress. When John J. Ingalls, of
Kansas, the author of Opportunity, >"
was in the Senate he made the state
ment one day that Senator Daniel w
Voorhees, of Indiana had been a member
OF an antiunionist organization during the
Civil War
The Tall Sycamore of the Wabash
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-17
Roger Pryor's Challenge

IT may or may not confirm the tradition
of Southern chivalry and quick sense
of personal honor; but the fact is that
in each of the personal encounters in
Senate or House at least one of the par
tlc1pants has been Southerner.
In 1860, Representative Owen Love-
Joy OF Illinois, native of Maine and former
clergyman, delivered in the House ter
rltlc assault on slavery. Feeling ran high,
and the excitement led to blows between
Representatives John F. Potter of Wis
consin and Roger Pryor of Virginia
Pryor, who had reputation as pistol
shot. challenged Potter to duel Potter
accepted; but. having the choice of
weapons, named bowie knives. Pryor
declined, through his seconds. saying he
could not consent to fight with such a
barbarous weapon
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-17

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The Grenada sentinel., 1909-02-26
Change the Law.

All Of the newspapers Of Nashville
printed detailed account Of the aSSas.
Sination of Senator Carmack. All
newspapers everywhere gave liberal
space to the details of the tragedy.
And it now transpires that men who
read these newspaper accounts Of the
killing are disqualified from jury SER
vice under the terms OF the law, and
that only ignoramouSeS nd illiterates
can qualify.
The same foolish law obtains in
Mississippi and 1T ought to be re-
pealed.
In this day and generation the man
who doesn't read a newspaper Of
some sort isn't fit 20 dispense justice,
and the presiding judge had as we'll
retire to his room and throw dice for
a verdict as to commit the life Of the
accused to the hand Of jury composed
OF such men,
Reading the story OF a murder in
the columns Of newspaper may form
the basis of an opinion but that i'm
preston can be readily be removed by
evidence Of sworn witnesses. Hat
tiesburg Daily News.
The Grenada sentinel., 1909-02-26

The supreme court OF the United
States handed down decision Tues
day, affirming Judgment of the su-
preme court Of Arkansas against the
Hammond Packing Company Of CHI
cago, in which fine Of $40, 900 was
imposed on the packing company.
The charge against the Hammond
Packing Co; was that it had combined
with other like concerns to tix the
price OF meats. The case was a test
one and the following packing COM
panies are similarly affected: Swift,
Armour, Nelson Morris and Cudahy.
The first named was convicted and
fined S10, 900 and The other companies
agreed to abide by the result of the
trial.
The Grenada sentinel., 1909-02-26

These very requirements are to be met
at the close Of the schuol, and invari-
ably on entering higher courses or
training than our public school. and
it is unjust to make such demand
and neglect the training for it until
the eleventh hour. The demand is al
right but the neglecting OF early tralE-
ing for it is absolutely wrong. 1t
should begin in the lowest grade by
leading the child TO express in its own
language a description OF what it sees,
and continued in every department !,
and most thoroughly drilled through
out the highest grade.
The Grenada sentinel., 1909-02-26
Visit Your Schools.

| You near great deal about Oul
schools. talk much about them, think
some about them, and peradventure
wonder not little more about them
than If they were in China. How
many heads of families, parents, busi
ness men, men Of minds, ever cross
the threshold of the school room
How many ever offer a word OF encOur-
agement to teacher or scholar and let
them know by your presence, at least
occasionally, in the school room that
you are an interested party, really de-
sirouS that they should prosper, and
that you have their best welfare at
heart? How many have personally
r. cOgnized the head eff the school, he
who has the training OF the mind and
the building of and establishing the
character of your boy and girl? How
many have kindly counseled and ad-
vised with him. showing you are with
him in the great work. wishing him
we'll, and cheering with God
speed" How few. methinks, can an.
Swer in the affirmative. and yet you
often hear Of the school and feel that
it is not what it should be, and what
you wish ii was Will it help it to be
constantly finding fault, continually
growing and denouncing it with al
most every breath? and when some
trivial or even grave mistake is made
will it better matters to pompouSly
parade the same before the public
Things are not often just as we
would like to have them, and surround
ing circumstances not always as we
imagine or hear they are, and very
often if we knew the exact condition
and state of affairs our minds and O.
pinions would be the reverse to what
they were without a knowledge Of ;.
facts.
Now this is merely offered as hint,
and while we presume many will read
it, it is hoped some will think about
it, and at least a few be induced to
act upon it and visit our schools at
least occasionally.
Habits formed in youth-during the
period Of school life-will influence
and determine largely the entire life
Of the individual afterwards. Habits
of promptness, industry, work, cour-
tesy-in fact everything touching the
school life, will never be eradicatec.
Pupil, teacher, parent, look well to |
this period of life.
We hold it to be a self-evident fact
that no school is doing its duty when
it trains not its pupils in the art Of |
composition, and voice culture in the |
way Of public speakink and reading.
The Grenada sentinel., 1909-02-26

Those who are felicitating them
selves over the failure OF The legiS.
lature OF Texas and North Carolina to
submit a prohibition constitutional
amendment to the people OF thMe
states. arc satisfied with the shadow
and not the Substa ice. A majority
Of the legislature in both states IA
vored the amendment, but two
thirds majority is required to submit
amendments. Let these people, who
are in the attitude OF the man that
grabs at StrawS, remember the agita-
tion is just begun there.