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St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-10-09
SEVENTEEN CENTS COT.
TON not 4 DREAM,
SAYS BROKER.

Little Rock, Ark, Oct. z Hha
statement sent out By b New York
cotton broker to Che effect chat III
cent cotton will he here soon, d TO-
garded az an extravsgant joke By
many local farmers. who declare that
the short crop, emphasized 81 ths
storm d Monday night, VIII justify
almost anything within reason ID tho
cotton market.
Az incra ase ii the price Of cotton
is also expected, based on tie in
creased price of nearly every ahar
commodity. "H the farmers, pa
~ticularly ii the Arkansas bills Wa
to get IL cents for their cotton they
could stand II al right, declared al
attache Of the state house. who haa
just returned from = jaunt through
several counties. The valley country,
however, Is not 20 bed, and H-cent
cotton there would make ] noise lilo
sure enough prosperity.
ID fact. latest reports from the
state farm On the Arkansas river, H.
dicats that the crop will b very
good. Col, ]. q. CoIquits. of the
auditors Office, has inst returned
from 4 weeks vacation 1T tie farm
and asserts his belief that the crop
will average ~three-dfths Of i bale
per acre. This would mean ! pro-
daction Of 300 bales Oh the farm.
Another redeeming feature Id che
crop shortage Is The fact that COT
tonseed IS bringing top prices, about
sI8 per ton. a few years ago cot
tonseed would hardly be hauled away
from The gins, and regulations Bal
To be passed requiring ginness 81
keep their yards clean Of seed ID or
der 10 protect stock. Now j lN
ferent, and recently, when 5
planter proposed ID rent BIS lard ID
q tenant il the renter would give
him the cottOnseed as rental the
offer vas promptly declined ~ he
value 81 the seed VIII rub from 81 %
$40 pr sore
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-10-09

church. had his home visited by the
mob, presumably with the purpose Of
doing him some violence. Mi. Turner
had been active in leading the TEN
perance and law enforcement eIe-
ment, and this was the reason why
they wanted to put him out Of busi-
ness too. He was not at home when
they came 10 bis house, but if he had
been, We predict that there would
have been some fun III the neighbor-
hood, as Turner ii every inch j man,
and would not stand for any such
lcapers
Be It said 10 the credit Ct the
good people of 0pelonsas, they held
an indignation meeting the next
morning. at which the action De the
mob Of the night previous was severe
II denounced and q law and order
league organized for the purpose of
preserving order il The community.
Nov, it would seem from the
sheriFs letter to Or. Foster, that lie
would have been heart and soul ia
sympathy with the League and its
object, but, instead, We ind him con
tinually denouncing, both publicly
and privately, this organization and
all who have anything to do with IL.
He even went 50 far as To assault, it
Is said, one Of The peaceful citizens
Of tie town, because he had written
up the affair for q New Orleans
paper.
This is d bad state of affairs. II
seems a shame when a community
cannot enforce It's Laws and punish
the yiolat0rs thereof. This episode
has given 0pelousas a lot Of free ad-
Vertising Of the wrong kind aud every
good citizen OF the community ought
to arise ID his might, whether he be-
lieYes il prohibition or not, and do
his level best to redeem It's fair rep
ntation.
The neWly-dr@Vn grand jury is
going to meet very soon, and If it
does its duty, which, it ID to be earn
estly hoped it will do, there Is but
little doubt thas q good many iudict-
ments against blind tigers will be
one of The results.
The parish is also fortunate ID
having such a splendid gentleman az
Judge Charles 0Neal to preside over
the district court at the coming ses-
sion. 1t is TO be earnestly hoped that
the good people of ST. Landry parish
will get some relief from these two
sources at least.
We visited this good town Re.
Gently, and found that d great nunl.
Der IT the best people of the commu.
nifty were doing their utmost To rem.
edY the conditions, and We predicl
that The fight il going To be kept ii
until The evil forces are PIT to r0ut
We are sara chat Il voice thi
sentiments Of she best people Of I'll
entire State, ii wishing tie COOS
people 81 0peIousas the greatest pos
sible success ii their efforts t0F civil
righteousness.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-10-09

the columns Of the Clarion ii order
that you may answer Id like manner,
for the benefit Of the public, thereby
defining your attitude in The prem
Uses, which / am persuaded win be
that Of d conscientious official, who
will execute the law without fear or
favor.
Assuring you that / am prompted
by none other than the best of mo-
tives ID thus addressing you, and
awaiting an early reply through the
columns Of che Clarion, I am.
Yours very truly,
9 Oct. 10, 1908. P. FOSTER.
TN reply. the sheriff wrote to DR..
Foster as follows.
TO DR.. PAUL FOSTER, PRESIDENT
ST. LANDRY ANTI-sALooN LEAGUE.
+ My Dear Doctor:
"sYYour open letter Of October 10th
to me, as the chief executive officer
of the parish, would have been an
swered sooner, but / have been ont Of
the parish a great deal on account
Of my health.
When an officer makes an cath
TO do his duty, / feel it is incumbent
upon his fellow-parishioners to see
that be does it to the best of his
ability; but, az you say, there is
catching before hanging, and It Is q
Well-known fact that the sheriff is
the last person to catch law-breakers.
f the people throughout the parish
will give their aid and see that che
proper afadayits are made and the
proper warrants issued, they need
have no fear Of the prompt execution
Of the law.
: The whiskey election was sub
mitted To the voters Of the parish
last April. and carried By q large ma
i0rity, and I am one of those who are
willing To abide by arg decision Of
the people. believing that If they
carry 3 bad law, The best way to re-
peal Il IL To enforce it strictly. II
it Is q good Law, it should remain ID
force. The good citizens viii not
break the law. and tie bad ones
should be made to respect it.
Hoping this IS satisfactory TO al
concerned. Yours truly,
H. Il SWORDS.
Nov. q. 1902
Accordingly, the League e aployed
detectives to come in, in order Ia
work up the cases against the blind
tigers, which we're operating in the
town. They succeeded in securing
lot of evidence against these violators
of the law, turning up about seven.
teen of them, as we understand.
Right on the heels Of this took place
one of the most disgracaful affairs ID
the history Of the State The detect
Tres we're decoyed from their h0te.
one night by i hand of liquor Wmpa-
shizers ard severely beaten, aftel
which they Rere ordered To leave
town. Not only this, but Rev. 4. 81
lTarner, pastor 81 tie Methods
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-10-09

from a news stand that is receiving
governmental favors from an admin
istration that the proprietor IS OBJ
posing and has traduced.
Well, the heroes are gone, never
to return, leaving behind only 3
sworn statement that shows them in
famous.
Mr.. Editor, I have written the
above to hastily show some Of the
effects Of misguided zeal.
All that was asked could have been
accomplished when the court will
meet this month. We have not had
a criminal term since last June a
year ago, and T challenge contradic-
ton when / state that the parish has
been more quiet and more peaceful
than at any other period Of the same
length of time since my induction in
Office in 1900.
Now, to this infamous publication
in Conflict q sheet that tried hard
to dsfame the present brilliant gov
ernor Of the State. This was done,
however, under the guidance Of the
former editor, Rev. Smith, whose
head I understand Was put to other
uses than serving his Maker. The
present editor, Rev. w. r. Lambert,
who presumably wrote the annexed
article, evidently had a guiding hand
in the false statements made therein.
In the first place, the statement
made that the detectives were de-
coyed is not SO. They went Of their
own volition. They could have been
protected at any time, a they were
only three blocks from the COURT
houre square.
And. again. when Che article states
that che Rev. i. w. Turner'S house
was visited BY B mob, I state most
positively that It il false. One man
went To the house 0f Mr. Turner, and
he went To the steps and talked 10
the young ladies', and bis mission was
d friendly one He was driven to the
gate BY one Of bis friends, who has
not il any way been mixed up in
these affairs. These facts have been
published to the world in d number
Of papers, and yet ID word that an
aware Of has ever come from any
one but myself IN contradiction except
the statement made by the rev
erend gentleman himself To the Clarion
when he said, in substance, that 40
mob had visited his house, and that
he was not afraid. He IS as safe in
Opelousas as be would be in any place
on earth, and would be protected By
me as quickly as any other citizen.
The statement that il ha had been at
home that night he would have been
harmed, ID manifestly an Intentional
misrepresentation.
The statement that the people OF
| Opelousas held an indignation nest
ing the next morning Is incorrect. u
was held sitter 5 b. N. IN the court
house, and the facts had been known
several hours previous. The PROPOSE
tian w4s 10 agitate, and they agisated.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-10-09

Some wanted TO make political cap
ital, others were misguided.
The statement that I assaulted the
Item correspondent because be had
written up the affair is another false
hood. I assaulted him because be
had posted me, and the affair occur
red several days after / had answered
his Write-up. I had been posted two
days before I knew Of the fact. If I
am posted again, / shall resent it
again.
I have no fault to find in the state-
ment that 0pelousas has had a lot of
free advertising of. the wrong sort,
and I am writing this to put the bur-
ben where it belongs.
/ agree that we viii have an able
Judge, and it won't take him long to
see who started the row.
Nj. Editor, it pains me to write
thusly, and / will only add that when
a minister Of the gospel and q fol-
lower of the loWlY Eazarene goes out
Of his way to malign q community
the Great Prince of Peace who is to
Judge us all viii know where to place
the blame.
This I write in the interest Of JUS
lice only. d. u SWORDS.
F
THE CONFLICT ARTICLE
"a number Of people have asked
that we publish the real facts con-
corning the 0pelousas matter. So we
take pleasure in giving some Of our
space to it this month.
.tOpelousas is the capital city Of st.
Landry parish, which gave q large
majority for prohibition more than .
year ago. Some time after the par
iah voted dry. DR.. Foster, president
Of the st. Landry Anti-Saloon League,
addressed the following open letter
ID che sheriff of the parish:
AN OPEN LETTER 10 SHERIFF SWORDS.
NY Dear Sir:
'a'Both during and since the recent
prohibition campaign Id st. Landry
parish, the argument was and has
been advanced that The law would
not be enforced.
Ny answer to this so-caIled ar
oument has beeu, that prohibition
could and would be enforced in st.
Landry parish as veil as any other
law. and that any declaration to The
contrary vas d direct reflection upon
our parish officers. Why? Because
it is not a question ss to whether our
parish officials approve the law, but
as to whether they regard their oath
Eof offes. And I for one. shall main-
tain that they do hold sacred their
oath Of once until the contrary can
be prouen.
But. sheriff. they say it is catch
ing bafors hanging, and She public
seem disposed to place upon your
shoulders the responsibility Of filing
up the hopper ID order that the mil
may grind ont ths grist.
q Fence. T address ron this through
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-10-09
GERIFF SWORDS
l1REs' 1.-THE CONFLICT"
Il PFahlhll0nIsis Grossly MlsFepFa.
saais Eale Traabla HaFs.
y hob VISIT TO PREACHER
aisla Cassie, and BepIGEss that The
Il aaVa Been Agaln 0psnsd....
Ia aCsnilels Article.

0paloasas, La, Oct. 5, 1903.
allof Clarion. Herewith is q copy
Conflict, a newspaper publish
aeR Orleans and edited by the
aens Of the Anti-Saloon League.
aains what it is pleased to
acsa About the 0pelousas Mat
she ARRAY between the cor
lt Of the New Orleans Item
tho whole matter was adj
%. Jno. a. Haas and myself,
llan compact entered into
everything was settled pre-
anal the court should meet
aasf llth.
W. mat you publish page three
soaFlct, parporting TO deal
aets About the 0pelousas
saa I VIII show the animus
saatsa the diabolical motive Of
" 0pelousas who seem
seekless as to the good name
w g. y is UNANIMOUSLY false
s9aenents contained il the
sfs affair at the the race
has been explained BY me
articles published ii differ
81 the State. | stated
v saaui that | had the affair
90 q shout two o'clock on
after which it happened.
e the District ATTORNEY
cock The same evening. and
gaEe bond.
Wy so-called detectives vas
sanltariam as Alexandra
sseerated philantrophists.
sr raR away from The
ha vas being guarded
bg the Mayor ana
~ them caught 81 81
pides, and because ]
s4 aae ahackled toqethel
WI escape, : howl went
aoly bunch that I vas /,
and was working
Y shs hqaor nan.
Amador ledger., 1909-04-23
DANES AND DAUGHTERS.

Miss Sarah G. Murray Of Newton,
Mass, carried Off high honors last
year at Munich. She obtained the Phi.
ID. degree, and her name was placed
on the honor roll Of the university.
Mrs. Annetta WILDER is a charter
member of the Marysville Bit and
Spur club of Ohio and, though ninety
years old, is still an active horsewo.
man and takes part in all the clubs
rides.
A woman of Martenton, Ind, who
has been married three times holds
the record for ornithologlcal nomen.
clature. Her maiden name was Par
fridge, her first two husbands were
named respectively Robin and Spar
row, and she is now Mrs. Quayie.
One of her grandfathers was n Swami.
DR.. Rosa Llebig of Marshalltown,
Ia, holds six different positions, in
Guiding an Office In the w. II. c., one
In the Eastern Star, she is officially
appointed humane officer, is truant Of
nicer, county overseer of the poor and
secretary Of private company. She
was once at Washington, special agent
OF the bureau Of commerce and labor.
Mrs. Mary Weaver has been appoint
ed in one of the neighborhoods of Chi
cago to take the place of the police
man, as she has a very great influence
over the boys of the streets. She has
ten children Of her own and Is very
highly regarded by the boys, who are
perfectly willing to obey her, although
they made life miserable for the po-
licemen.
Amador ledger., 1909-04-23
Things theatrical.

Next season David Belasco will pro-
vide new play for David Warfield
Hal Reds new play, "Unto the
Fourth Generation" 1t is said, has
been secured by Henry B. Harris for
possible use of Robert Edeson.
Hattie Williams will soon forsake
Fluffy RufIles" and musical comedy
generally for the stellar part in a
comedy by Alexander Bison, "The
Marriage of Star"
Sid Herbert, who is the detective in
"The Thief" played for years in Sir
Henry Irving's company and was a
well known Shylock to Ada Rehan's
Portia In the old days Mt Days.
Margaret Anglin has been the recipi-
ent Of an urgent invitation to act in
India before returning from Australia,
but her plans for vacation having
been already made she has been COM
PEELED to decline at any rate for the
present
Amador ledger., 1909-04-23
Train and Track.

The Pennsylvania railroad has
adopted the third rail system of cleo
trical transmission for its tunnels in
the vicinity Of New York city.
There has been installed in the rail
road yards at Omaha, Neb., an cleo
trio truck the movements of which
are absolutely controlled by wireless
electric waves.
According to an official report, while
in the past seven years 259,020,S36
passengers have been carried on the
railroads of New South Wales, only
one person was killed by an accident.
Amador ledger., 1909-04-23
Law Points.

That a creditor cannot by proceeding
in equity subject the debtors cause OF
action for conversion to the payment
of his claim Is held in Raymond versus
Glancgross, SO Mont. 449 so Pac. 64S,
10 L. II. A. IN. 81 976
One who slips and falls upon street
crossing rendered slippery by oil ap-
piled by trolley company to its tracks
to facilitate rounding a curve is held
in Slater versus North Jersey Street
Railway company On, J, Err. and App
60 All. 1853, 10 l.. r, =. N. 81 $40, to
be entitled TO recover for injuries re-
ceiyed.
Amador ledger., 1909-04-23
German GIeanings.

The German empire consumes $4,000
tons of tobacco year.
Fourteen per cent Of the total popu-
lation of Prussia pays an income tax.
So much dissatisfaction is felt in
Germany about the governments ma
val plans that the seceders from the
Navy League of Germany are expected
to number 100000.
There is such a dearth of marriage
able young women in certain parts Of
Alsace-Lorraine that in the town of
Kneuttigen 1,500 single women have
5000 men from whom to choose their
husbands.
Amador ledger., 1909-04-23
College and School.

Bowdoin college has been placed
upon the Carnegie foundation.
Hawkshed grammar school, near
Ambleside, England, where Words
worth was educated and which was
founded in 1885 by Edwyne Sandys,
archbishop of York, is to be closed.
The University of Michigan reports
an enrolment of 1850 students in all
departments and in recent bulletin
says that "when summer schools are
not counted the university stands, next
to Harvard, the largest in the country
Amador ledger., 1909-04-23

The great possibilities of the kettle
drum as a musical instrument have
been urged to the London Society of
Arts by q. q. Cleather. He'Hnds It
comparable to the violin IN the ex-
quisite effects attsinable. but the
tone, like that of the violin, depends
upor the performer. lie hopes to see
scholarship founded to encourage
study in this neglected field.
photogravure printing in colors Is
late developement that promises
much. In color photography three
negatives are made under screens of
the primary colors, and similarly,
three plates are prepared under such
screens for the new process. In
printing. the ink used corresponds In
color with that of the screen under
which the plate was made. A diff
Guilty is that the inks are not perfect
ly transparent, and as one is used
over another there is less perfect
graduation of shades than when the
images from the three negatives are
superimposed upon a screen in color
photography. With experience, how
ever, the results. already good, will
undoubtedly be improved. An enthu-
siastlc prediction is that illustration
In natural colors will become general,
and that the mezzochrome will sup
plant the ordinary half-tone photo
gravure as eifectually as the latter
has taken the place of the steel en-
craving.
A new instrument for detecting
underground streams has been pro-
duced by three French engineers
Dienert, Guillerd aud Marrec by
adapting the "acoustele," or sound
trumpet. of Daguin. 1t is in the
form of large trumpet with the
mouth resting on the ground, an in
verified metal cone partially filling the
lower part of the interior, and rub
Der tube at the small end terminating
in pair of ear-pieces. A surround
ing box stuffed with insulating
material shuts out sounds from the
air. In one test made, water running
from a pipe into a reservoir 230 feet
below the surface was heard, even
when the Instrumental was $50 feet
to one side; and in another trial,
water dripping from the ground into
reservoir buried 145 feet deep was
distinctly perceived. In deciding
where we'll should be bored, the
acoustele is tried successfully in
several holes foot deep until the
spot of Joudest sound is located.
Radium institutes have been estab-
lished in Paris and London, and a
donation of $50. 500 has been made to
found one in Heidelberg. At these
institutes radIum is used both in ex-
detrimental work and in regular
practice. The Investigations already
made have shown important POSI-
bilities in radium treatment, and
difficult cases of lupus and other skin
diseases are undertaken already with
considerable certainty of cure or
material benefit.
Amador ledger., 1909-04-23
Object to Strong Medicines

Many people object to taking the
strong medicines usually prescribed
by physicians for rheumatism. There
is no need of internal treatment in
any case of muscular or chronic
rheumatism, and mLre than nine out
of every ten cases of the disease are
Of one or the other of these varieties.
When there is no fever and little tif
any swelling, you may know that 1t
is only necessary to apply Chamber
lain's Liniment freely to get quick
relief. Try it. For sale by jackson
Drug Store, SpagnolI, Prop.
Amador ledger., 1909-04-23
Town Topics.

The city of Niagara Falls is rapidly
increasing in population owing to the
rapid industrial expansion of that sec
tion of the country.
The town of Rockland does a bigger
lobster business than any other place
Of it's size in Maine and for ten years
has been shipping Holsters to the Pa
cific coast.
The town of Three Rivers, Mich,
abolished hitching posts from its
streets some seven years ago. Now
so great have been the complaints of
the farmers it has been obliged to put
them back again.
Amador ledger., 1909-04-23

MISCELLANY
Reported weekly for the Ledger.

Life Saving Cannon. Age of
Rocks Shown by Helium. The
Greatest Whales Measuring the
Earth's Shrinking. Gold Storage
transportation of Flowers. Music
from The Drum. -Photogravures in
Colors. - Ear Trumpet OWNING
Rod. -Radium Therapy.
Amador ledger., 1909-04-23
NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
LEGISLATIVE
SENATORS FROM CALIFORNIA

SENATORS FROM CALIFORNIA
George G. Perkins and Frank 2. Flint
CoNGREsSMEN FROM CALIFORNIA
First district ....... VIM. Englebright
Second district. Duncan E. McKinlay
Third distrsct >. Joseph K. Knowland
Fourth district. ...........J ullus hahn
Fifth district. ....,.......E Il. "A. hayes
Sixth district. 49,. james q. Needham
Seventh district. -. James McLachlan
Eighth district. .........S. Z. smith
Amador ledger., 1909-04-23
Special Small Ads.

Advertisements under this head, not exceed
ing lines, will be inserted at SOC per month, OF
cents per line for less than one month.
Amador ledger., 1909-04-23
State Government.
EXECUTIVE

EXECUTIVE
Governor james N. Gillett
Lieut-Governor Warren r. Porter
Secretary of State. :. Charles f. Curry
Controller. B. Nye
Treasurer WIN. r. Williams
Attorney-General.. :. Ulysses S. Webb
Surveyor-Ge General. VIM. S. Kingsbury
Supt. State Printing W. w. Shannon
Clerk Supreme Court. F.. L. Caughey
Amador ledger., 1909-04-23

A LII kinds of Blanks for L, S. Land Filings
"A Homestead, Timber and Mineral blanks
may be had at the Ledger office; also deeds
mortgages. mining locations, proof of labor
and other legal blanks kept for sale.
Amador ledger., 1909-04-23

Ledger and Daily Call, one year 5 8 90
Ledger and Weekly Call one year 3 20
Ledger and Daily Chronicle, one
year Observation-Disclosures. 9 90
Lee ger end Weekly Chronicle,
one year Observation-Disclosures" co
Ledger and Daily Examiner 1year 9 90
Amador ledger., 1909-04-23

For Sale-Lot of benches, formerly
used in Webb hall; 6 and feet long ;
suitable for show place, churches, etc.
Will be sold cheap; apply at Ledger
office.
Amador ledger., 1909-04-23
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY
National Government.
EXECUTIVE

EXECUTIVE
President. .......T Theodore Roosevelt
Vice President. Charles W. Fairbanks
JUDICIARY
U. s. SUPREME COURT JUSTICES
(Chef Justice Fuller
First circuit. ....... oliver w. Holms
Second circuit. Rufus w. Peckham
Third circuit .... .Henery w. Brown
Fourth circuit. ... Melville w. Fuller
Fifth circuit see. Edward W. White
Sixth circuit. .......John M. Harlan
Seventh circuit ..... William X Day
Eight circuit. .... David ]. Brewer
Ninth circuit. .......J Joseph McKenna
NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
Pacific States and Territories)
Circuit Judge William w. Morrow
Circuit Judge. ......... Eskire M. Ross
Circuit Judge $3.50. William B. Gilbert
u. S. Commissioner for Amador coun-
ty.................. .Klchard WeOu
Amador ledger., 1909-04-23

Copies of the license ordinance Of
the City of jackson in pamphlet form
may be had at the Ledger office; price
loo. each.
Amador ledger., 1909-04-23

RAILROADS wants young men for
telegraph and station service; coed
positions guaranteed. Address rele-
graph dept, Hibernia building, Mar
ket and Jones SITS, San Francisco.