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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1910-11-02
ANNUAL STATE FAIR
OPENED ON MONDAY
Indications Are That Event VIII Sur
pass All Previous Records.
First Day Fine.

Columbia, October 31.-If the wea-
ther continues as 1t was today this
promises to be a record-breaking fair.
The advance guard now here is al
ready very large and each incoming
train will swell the crowd There
never has been more general pros
perity in South Carolina and the State
Fair offers. apparently, the one oppor-
tunity of the people of the State COM
ing together
A great many folks say that the fair
is the same one year after another.
This is largely true to the uneducated
eve. A visitor may see a stalk of cot
ton. 1t looks the same as the stalk
that was on exhibition last year. but
1t is not 1t may be the eighth stalk
! from the same field and it will bear
the simple card, Columbia Gem
eight year of breeding" This means
a great deal to the progressive and
educated farmer. 1t is the same way
with corn-a single ear may mean
much, but to the average person one
ear of corn looks very much like all
the other ears that have been coming
to the fair for years.
Best in Years.
1t is the same way with cattle and
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1910-11-02

IN these waters YOU could be relieved
from the awful itch. wouldn't You
make an effort to take II trip to
Europe at once? Would you not be
willing to spend your last cent to ind
the cure?
But you need not leave home for
these distant springs. Relief is right
here lii your own home town!
simple wash of Oil of Winter
green, Thymol and other ingredients
as compounded only in ID. d ID. Pre-
S2ription will bring instant relief to
that terrible burning itch. and leave
the skin as smooth and healthy rs that
of a child
If YOU have not already tried it. get
at least a - cent bottle today. We as
sure YOU of instant relief
Sold by laurenS Drug Co
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1910-11-02

been to have side shows and amuse-
ments on upper Main street. but Pres
ident Mobley and the members of the
Fair association induced city council
to try the experiment this year of
concentrating all of the side shows
on the ground for the week and keep
ing the Fair open at night as well
as in the day. The result has been
that many more side Shows than usual
have been attracted to Columbia and
they have alT pitched their tents on
the grounds. 1t is decided Innovation.
night until IL o'clock The grounds
and buildings have all been provided
with electric lights and the expecta
ton is that she attendance will be good
at nights. and that there will be n
great deal of amusement and pleasure
provided by this night feature.
The VISIT of the corps of Clemson
cadets to the Fair is the greatest in
dividual feature of the programme. 1t
brings to Columbia a fine and repre-
sentative body of six hundred young
men, all of whom have their relatives,
and perhaps sweethearts, interested in
them The cadets will have good
time here, as they are always favorites
at the fair.
The game Of football on Thursday
between Clemson anu Carolina will
be the athletic event of the week and
there is already great deal of inter-
est in this game on the gridiron.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1910-11-02

Henry Arthur Jones. the famous
English dramatst. is shortly coming
to this country to supervise the pro-
duction OF one of his plays to be made
by the Authors Producing Company.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1910-11-02

Ii is said that there are certain
springs i'm Europe that give relief and
cure to Eczema and other skin dis
eases. II you knew that by washing
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1910-11-02

What is celebrity? The advantage
of being known to PEOPLE who don't
know you.-Chamf
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1910-11-02

line stock Each year shows improve
ment and the experts say that the cat
tie and stock exhibits are the best
that have been here in many years.
Even the man with an unskilled eye
can see the vast improvement in the
poultry display and can observe that
the raisers of high class poultry are
coming South to display their birds. in
the hope of interesting the Southern
farmer. who is enjoying the proceeds of
his fourteen cents cotton.
Another feature of the Fair that
President Mobley has emphasized is
the department of agricultural imple-
ments. There are quite number of
exhibitors. the International Harvester
folks, Gibbes, the Sumter Foundry and
others, who are displaying various
classes of farm machinery heard
one of the visitors asking ii the farm
er would understand the machinery
and his simple reply was that the av-
erage farmer seemed to understand
the automobile very readily. and he
guessed that he would readily under
stand the machinery for the farm.
There are several displays OH the
grounds of electric machinery that it
is intended shall in time be used on the
farms.
Night Opening New Feature.
A new feature of the fair this year
and one which is largely experimental
is the keeping open of the fair at
night. The practice heretofore has
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1910-11-02

1t is the same way with cattle and
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1910-02-19
GOV. HEARD MENTIONED
Ex-Governor Of Louisiana Nay be q Candidate
for The Exalted Position

New Orleans, Feb. H.-Hon. L. d.
Thomas, president Of the Continental
Bank & Trust Company of Shreveport.
brings some interesting news relative
to the governorship. He said very lit
tie was going on as yet, as it was too
early.
However" said he, there are
some who express a strong desire to
see former Governor W. w. Heard
again filling the executive chair.
They say he has the age, experience
and business equipment to give the
State a most splendid business ad-
ministration, such as he did before.
Since our State bonded indebtedness
natures in 1914, it must be refunded
in some way, and Governor Heard's
experience as auditor for eight years
and governor for four years qualities
him to handle all such financial mat
tiers in q thoroughly businesslike way.
He viii command the confidence Of
the people Of the entire State in
every way
Mr.. Thomas stated. though, thai
he had never heard Governor Heard
say aught about the matter except
that be was not financially able to g
into a primary for the place, and be.
sides, he had no desire to do so, hav
ing already enjoyed the honors, al
well as the duties, cares and respon
sibilities Of the position.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1910-02-19
MISSISSIPPI COTTON
ACREAGE TO Be
REDUCED.

Jackson, Miss, Feb. 14.-South
Missippians who occasionally visit the
capital are almost unanimous il the
expressions Of the belief that there
will be a great reduction in The cot
ton acreage throughout that section
during the coming season, and that
there will be a very wide diversified
tion of crops especially in all that
territory in which the boil Weevil has
been found, regardless Of whether
the insect got there in time to do
any material damage or not.
This will be The experimental year
in all the southwestern section both
in the matter of growing cotton &C
cording to the direction Of experts
in spite of the insect, and in the
growing Of other crops, ON Of
which have never been tried there.
PEANUTS WILL BE PUSHED.
While it is apparent that corn,
peas and sugar cane a to be the
principal crops outside Of cotton, it
is noted that the culture Of peanuts
is to be pursued somewhat extensive
", as are stock raising and d number
Of other things.
IN anticipation Of the early arriva.
Of the Weevil in the delta section.
many of the large planters there are
planning ahead for Investigation
when it does appear, and on the
whole it may be said with assurance
that the food and the feed crops il
the state as q whole will be very
much larger than in any former year
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1910-02-19
sssubscr bes pTeaBol"s

Once upon q time. 9 man who Was
too economical to take q paper, sent
bis little bog to borrow the copy tax.
en- By his neighbors. In his haste
The boy ran over q four-dollar stand
Of bees, and in ten minutes looked
ike q Watery summer squash.
His cries reached bis father, who
ran to his assistance, and, failing to
see a barb-Wire fence, ran into it,
breaking if down. cutting a handful
Of flesh from his anatomy and running
! fve-dollar pair Of pants.
The old COW took advantage Of the
gap in the fence, got into the corn
field and killed herself eating green
corn. Hearing the racket, his wife,
upsetting a four-gallon ehurn full Of
rich cream into a basket Of kittens,
drowning the whole flock" II her
hurry she dropped a seyen-dollar set
Of teeth. The baby, left alone,
crawled through the spilled milk into
the parlor and ruined a tw~enty-dollar
carpet. During the excitement the
oldest daughter ran away with the
hired man, the calves got out and
the dog broke up eleven sitting hens.
WORCESTERSHIRE for our paper.
Exchange.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1910-02-19
PORT BARRE news.
Lemee VIII Locate IN OpsIOusas As Agent
steve Close Appointed MARSHAL. Other
News,

The Port Barre News Of last Sat
urday gives the following news items
interesting to Clarion readers:
Wednesday morning about two
o'clock a sneak thief entered through
one Of the windows Of 3. C. Hawkins,
poolroom, removed a lock from the
door leading to the room occupied by
Emmett Hawkins and V. A. G. De-
villier. After taking the precaution
to extinguish the light left burning
in the room, and removing the shot
gun to a more secret place, proceed
ed to take stock" in the darkness.
His rumaging under the pillows
awakened Emmett, and he not hav-
ing a gun handy, whispered the stu
alton to DevilIier and the small artil-
lery was in operation at once, but
four shots failed to get the bird. He
flew.
The representative citizens Of Port
Barre having tired Of being without
official protection, called a meeting
last week for the purpose Of select
ing a Marshal and chose Steve Close
for the position. Steve is the man for
Job, and woe to the misguided son
who starts a rough house.
]. !. Lemee, travelling freight
agent for the 0pelousas Gulf &
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1910-02-19
State Normal

The Louisiana State Normal will
hold q celebration of its twenty-hfth
anniversary. The celebration will be
similar to the one held by i. S. q. at
Baton Rouge. The dates selected are
June the fifth and sixth. The citizens
of Natchitoches are taking an active
interest in the preparation for the
celebration and the outlook is for a
splendid entertainment and reception.
The committee from the Normal
are those from The town are laying
plans to entertain more than SOC
guests on this occasion.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1910-02-19
ROY TERRELL IS PRO.
NOTED BY FRISCO
RAILROAD
Popular Official win Have
Headquarters at New Or
leans, With Title of Assist
ant Gen. Freight Agent

New Orleans, Feb. 4.-The many
changes in the Frisco were generally
talked of in local railroad circles yes
terday, and while some surprise was
expressed at the vast improvements
limited at, everybody in the railroad
company appeared pleased Chat Roy
Terrell was to have his headquarters
in this city.
Mr.. perreII from what was learned
yesterday, is to be assistant general
freight and passenger agent Of the
entire Frisco system, and this is a big
promotion over his present place Of
general freight and passenger agent
of the Frisco's Louisiana lines. Mr..
Terrell has already been made d di-
rector Of the Colorado Southern, New
Orleans and Pacific Railroad and at
the meeting next week will be made
a director ID the New Orleans Ter.
minal Company, which is owned joint
" By the Frisco and Che Southern
railroads.
It has also been stated that Mr..
Conner is not to be traffic manager,
as was at first said, but general
freight agent, with headquarters
either in Beaumont or Houston.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1910-02-19
Special to the Item.

Special to the Item.
Melville, La, Feb. 14.-Mayor L.
J. Williams has adopted an efica-
cious method Of Kidding this town Of
yhe army Of tramps that have infest-
ed it heretofore. His remedy is to
give each of them twenty-five lashes
when they cannot pay the fine assess
ed against them, and then escort
them out Of town bearing d flag Of
warning.
When asked for his views on the
application of corporal punishment
and its efficacy, Mayor Williams said:
Melville, | think. has solved the
tramp problem, and that by a return
to primitive methods. It seems a
far cry from the ancient whipping
post to the benefcent methods of
modern civilization, but failing dis
mally in Kidding the town of tramps
by the usual punishments, the rule of
administering twenty-five lashes in
default Of The payment Of fines has
worked wonders.
in the past when a vagrant was
convicted he was given the choice
between a fine and working on the
streets for a specified number Of
days, he invariably chose the latter.
and greu fat at the towns expense.
Serving the time in Jail only in
creased the numbers we cared for,
and escorting them to the corpora
ton limits with an order to leave
the town had no effect at all, for by
morning they were back again.
THE question Of Kidding ourselves
of the daily onslaughts Of this army
Of tramps became a vital one to us;
our treasury could hardly stand the
expense Of caring for these men,
whose work never equaled the
cost Of their maintenance, and | de-
termined to revise our methods and
give twenty-five lashes when the fine
was not paid.
THE whipping is administered in
open court by Mr.. Lud Darnall, the
town marshal. who uses only a small
strap, brutality being entirely elimi-
mated from the punishment, not even
a single portion Of the prisoners
clothing being removed, for my idea
is that the humiliation, and not the
actual pain. is the eficacions portion
of my remedy.
Since adopting this plan the ho.
boes have given Melville a wide berth
and seemingly by their eabilistic sym.
bols have placed the flag Of warning
at the gates of our town"
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1910-02-19
GHERIFF's SALE.
JAMES 4. STEWART
versus
LILAH r.. BERCIER, WIFE,
1887, sixteenth Judicial District
Court, st. Landry Parish, La.

Court. st. Landry Parish, La.
Whereas by virtue Of d writ of seizure and
sale issued ont of the Hon. the 18th Judicial
District Court OF the State OF Louisiana, In
and for the Parish of Sc. Landry, 4n the
above numbered n entitled suit ana TO
me directed, I did seize and take into my
possession the property hereinafter de-
scrlbed n after due advertisement and
the expiration OF the legal delays and COM
pliance with the requisites OF the law did
offer same for sale, for cash, at public aue-
ticE to- the last and highest bidder, af3thH
front door of b Court House or st. Landry
Parish. az 0peiousas La. on saturday,
January 18th, 1910, at1t, o'clocka. ~ and
Whereas there was no adjudication OF
said property at said Offering for wantoRR
bid amounting to two.thtrds of the APP
praised value Of said property as required
by law
Therefore, I ala then announceto the par
ties interested n the b~ystanders at said
offering, n I do now hereby publicly an
nounce Il give notice, that \ Will again
offer said property FOR sale, at the front
door of the Court House of st. Landry Par
ish, at ~Opelousas, La, on
Saturday, Feb. l9, 1910,
atl1 O'Clock am, on the terms and condI.
tTons hereinafter named, said property be-
ing described as follows, tOsWits
IA certain lot or parcel of land with all the
buildings and improvements thereon situ-
ated In the town OF 0pelousas, La, meas
urlng one hundred (100) feet front on King
street. by a depth OF one hundred and fifty
nine tla55 IeeI ana nine l1SEeSs ana DOunu-
ed as follows; north by property of w. O.
PeCrault formally Mrs. q. a. Gill, cast BY
King street, south by Madison street and
west by lot formally belonging to MADDEN
now the property ofAfrs, y. S. Andrus, said
lot being Number $50 0f the map Of Opel
ousas made by I. 70. Lttell, Surveyor, under
provisions ofAet S. of 1886.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS.
Said sale to ne made a ttWelve I21 months
credit. The purchaser to execute q bond
with good n sufficient surety, payable N
twelve (2) months from the date of addudf-
cation, for the amount of the price Oh q
publication of said property less the costs
which are to be paid in cash as hereinafter
stipulated, said ond to bear isst AZ
eight per cent sa8 per cents per al1nuIa, the
rate allowed In the judgement in SAID suit,
from the day ofadjudtcation until paios and
to be secured I'M addition by a special mort
gage retained On said property.
The purchaser to deduct from the price OF
adJudfcationand pay in cash on the dayof
sale the amount Of printing, the snerifs and
Clerks fees, sasWell as the State, parish and
municipal taxes. IL any, due IN the day OF
sale, aggregating say three hundred and
seventy-fve dollars 1876. 00ss, more Orlesg.
Jan29-At NIL. SWORDS, Sheriff.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1910-02-19
Richest Man In the World.

Gar Nicholas Of Russia is the
richest mar in the world. He made
a contribution of $100,000,000 from
his private purse to the Russian war
fund. Outside Of the Car other
monarchs are not wealthy when COM
pared to Rockefeller. The latter
could put all the sovereignsin Europe
except the Gar on his pay roll at
their present wages and scarcely
miss the money. The Russian En-
peror is in a different class from the
other European monarchs. II Che
imperial budget the allowance for his
household is figured at 100000
per year, but that is merely the be-
ginning Of his resources. He owns
q great part Of Russia as his private
property, and this includes mines,
forests of vast stretches Of land. Il
Siberia the most Of the rich mines b
gold, platinum and precious stones
are worked for the benefit Of TIKI
Gar and his family.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1910-02-19
Notice for Bids.
Lease Of Parish Convicts.

Notice is hereby given that in pursu-
ance Of q resolution Of the Police Jury
Of st. Landry Parish adopted on Feb
rtary 8th. 1910. the undersigned Com
mittee duly appointed Hereunder By
tile President Of said body will receive
sealed bids up to u o'clock noon on
tuesday, NJ rch ~, 1910.
for the leasing of parish prisoners OF
the first class under Act No. 204 Of the
Acts OF the General Assembly Of this
state for tire year lg0S, approved July.
sth, 1905, and ali saii day and at the
hour appointed viii open the bids sub
mitted and enter into Il contract ot
lease with the highest responsible lid
der, subject to the terms and conditions
ofsald act and the approval Of the I0z
lice Jury, said contract ~ be fur the
term beginning with the approval uI
the contract by the Police Jury and"
ending on the 3lst day ok Detetnhery
1910.
The Committee reserves the right 20
reject any or all bids.
ID. DURItt,
A. I4ANGI0S.
j. 10. DAIi4E9s
COMMITTEES
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1910-02-19
MELVILLE MAYOR Has
GOOD REMEDY AGAINST
HOBOES
Finds A Strap, Humanely Ad-
ministered. Strikes Terror
to the Tramps.
LITTLE TRUISMS BY MEL.
VELLE'S HUMANE MAYOR.

Spare the strap and spoil the tramp.
A tramp whipped in town will tell
twenty in the bush.
A little strap oil now and then is
not relished by the hobo men.
It's a wise tramp that knows how
to go farther.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1910-02-19
A Printers New Year Prayer


0 Lord, let this year be filed with
some Of the good things Of life. de-
liver US fromzthe hell box, and fill
every delinquent's heart with SIS
worth of remorse; guard over the
devil" and keep him from wiping his
hands on the office towel; give us
many periods Of rest; keep our forms
well locked and our stomach in q
condition to go up against anything
we by chance have to eat during the
year. Deliver us from getting out
of sorts and if possible give Us the
patience Of Job, SO that as long as
our business is picking up no case
will be found wanting, and may our
circulation increase until by 1911 it
will be up TO the standard that re-
quires no padding even with the pro
spective patent medicine advertiser.
Now Lord, if it is not asking too
much, allow US to manage for our
bread, but deliver Us from pr under
all circumstances, and when our forms
are locked for the hereafter let them
show q clean proof and make a last
ing impression on mankind. Amen.
L-Ev
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1910-02-19

Don't cast your broken larette
aside. R. Mornhinyeg & Son, the
Main Street jewelers., are prepared to
neatly renew a broken joint catch or
pin at small cost.
The free umbrella offer in this
issue of the Clarion should be taken
advantage of by all who have a good
umbrella handle but worn top.
Read the ad On pace 8
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1910-02-19

Parish OF ST. Landry La.
BY virtue of an order Of the Hon. chas. A.
O'Neil1, actingJudge OF the 10th Judicial Dis
Landry. State OF Louisiana, OF date
January 18TH, 1910, there will be sold
at public auction, to the last ana high-
est biddersyby Ii undersigned aQIninistra
tor, or any duly qualified aucttoneeF,.
of this parish, at the front door OF the
Court House of this parish In the City of
Opelousass lsa,3 Oh
SGtqtrdag, FEB. IS, 1910,
at III o'elocka. M, the following describr9t
property, belonging to the conlmuni
formerly existing between said decide
and Charles Laneur, her surviving husDan
to-Wit:
An undivided t~hree-fourths ~ Interest L
and to q certain tract of land situated CIR
BAYOU BQuf in the Parish OF st. Landry, La
containing two hundred zoo aFpents or ous
hundred and sixty and 1870 ss160.aSs acres
more or less, together with all buildings anW
improvements thereon, bounded on the
north by Bayon Boeuf, on The south by Bayou
CocoaTie. ON the east by property Of y. d.
Laf1eur, formerly Booker Williams, ana on
the westsby property Of E~athanieiH SaYants
formerly Charles La1ieur, said property be-
ing more particularly described as Lot NO.
tWenty-three ss23s or section seventyteight
SIS, of township three ssss south, range three
ss3ss east, southwestern District OF louisiana,
~Iadeurfrom Elmira Laieur ct ais on the
9th day of November, 1891, as per set pass
ed before w. s. FraZee, Notary Public duly
/ recorded on Feb. list, 1892, in Conveyance
Book stB1 Ne. 3, at page 152, and being oTigi-
nal Act No. a2e6s OF the files OF the Record
er's o11ce Ut this parish.
Terms ash.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1910-02-19

Northeastern railway. was h town
Wednesday. In the near future the
company viii abolish this Office and
Mr.. Lemee will gil the position Of
station agent at Opelousas.
Y. H. sybille was in town Tuesday
TO arrange for the placing in opera
ton Of 8 local telephone exchange.
Port Barre people will welcome tie
installation Of a local exchange.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1910-02-19
LAFLEUR,
Administrator
NOTICE "a -pTRcHAsERS.

lam individually the owner OF tine refnasn
ing o~ne-fourth interest in and to the above
described property, n hereby bind and
I obligate myself to allow the purchaser 10
whom the three fourths interest belonging
to the above estate is ad5udicateds 70 take
also my individual one-fouTth interest IN
same property at the same rate at WhIch
the interest Of the estate IS adJudicated.
jan22-gt CHARLES LAFLEGR,
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1910-02-19
Frisco Week End Rates

Tickets are sold every Saturday on
the Frisco for New Orleans, the rate
being $3.50 for the round trip, good
returning on any train up to Monday.
Also regular weekly excursion every
Sunday to Baton Rouge, the rate
being $1.80 for the round trip, good
returning the same day.