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St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1911-12-16

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and two percentum on the
next forty-five thousand dol
lars, and one per cent on all
amounts over one hundred and
twenty thousand dollars, pro-
| vided that no Sheriff and ex-
officio, Tax Collector shall re-
ceiye for the collection of all
taxes more than eight thou
sand dollars per annum, pro-
vided further that no Sheriff
and ex-oficio Tax Collector
shall receive any compensa-
ton for the collection of spe-
cial school taxes except in
parishes where the total
amount of State, Parish,
Leyee and Licenses collected
do not amount to $50, 900.
Be it further provided that in
parishes where the collection
Of State, Parish, Levee and
Poll taxes and licenses do not
amount to $50, 900 the Sheriff
and ex-officio Tax Collector
shall receive five per cent on
amount collected and actually
paid into the State and Parish
Treasury or to the authority
designated to receive the
same.
Section 2. Be it further
enacted, ETC., That the pay
ment of the compensation
herein provided for the Sheriff
and ex-oficio Tax Collector
for the collection of taxes,
and licenses shall be distri-
buted between the State, Par
ish, School Board and other
taxing districts or divisions
and licenses in proportion to
the amount received by each.
Section 3. Be it further
enacted, etc, That for the
seizures sales and tax deeds
made by each Tax Collector or
Sheriff he shall be allowed the
same costs which are allowed
by law sheriff's mileage seiz-
ures sales and sheriff s deeds
in judicial proceedings; pro-
vided he shall not be allowed
to charge for any service not
actually made or mileage not
actually travelled; provided
that when property has been
adjudicated to the State the
Tax Collector shall be allowed
and paid by the Auditor max
ing acts Of sale and having
same recorded and furnishing
the Auditor with a certified
copy thereof one dollar and
fifty cents for each name con-
tanned therein, also actual ex-
penses for advertising not to
exceed the rate as fixed by
law.
Section A. Be it further
enacted, etc, That all laws
and parts of laws inconsistent
or in conflict with the provi-
sions of this Act be and the
same are hereby repealed.
III. G.. DUPRE,
Speaker of the House of
Representatives.
P. M. LAMBREMONT,
Lieutenant Governor and
President of the Senate.
Approved July 8, 1908.
J. Y. SANDERS,
Governor of the State of
Louisiana.
A true copy.
JOHN T. MICHEL,
Secretary OF State.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1911-12-16
ODDS AND ENDS OF THE
PENDING CAMPAIGN
Reformers Who Could Wear pings on Their Nose
and Rings On Their Toes .''--some Big
Bets Wagered.

the not long-distant past.
Why, it has been but q few
months since that Judge Hall
/ yes, the same Judge Hall who
says the ring Is a goblin to-day
was the recipient Of ring sup
port in his race for Associate
/ Justice Of the Supreme Court,
A nd Arsene. Why Arsene
was born and bred in the ring
He could wear rings on
his fingers and rings on
his toes. " But Arsene and the
Governor fell out about some
thing maybe it was that Arsene
/ thought he was the whole ring,
and Jared Sanders had a feint
remembrance of having been
elected Governor, and objected
/ to Arsene's being the whole
cheese Anyway whatever It
might have been, Arsene be-
came a reforner and jined the
Good Government League, and
now is as noisy as the rest Of
them telling how horrid the ward
bosses are and how the ring i
just raking III the people i money
and giving it to the boys.
And Bob Broussard. Just
look at the difference what
change of heart 4 few years can
bring about! Yes, it was just a
few years ago that Bob spoke
from the same platform with
John Fitzpatrick, the dem Of the
New Orleans ward BOSSES, and
other regular Denao aocrats, ap-
pealing to the people of New Or
leans to save the party and the
city from the hands of the re-
formers. And now, mon chere.
these bosses are horned devils
have decended from the angelic
throne which Bob placed them
on just d few years ago, and
armed themselves with the pitch
fork!
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1911-12-16
HON. JOHN T. MICHEL TO
SPEND 3 DAYS IN PARISH
Will Speak At Grand Coteau, Washington, Leon
vile, Port Barre, Eunice
and Opelousas.
Mr.. MICHEL VIII SPEAK AT:

Grand Coteau, on Tuesday, January 2, at IL a. m.
Washington, on Tuesday. January 2, at 8 p. m.
LeonvilIe, on Wednesday, January 3 at u a. m:
Port Barre on Wednesday, January 3, at p. M
Eunce on Thursday January 4, at Il q. m
Opelousas, on Thursday, January 4 at p M
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1911-12-16
Why Are We Supporting MicheIa

Because, in our opinion, he is
the best man for the place.
Because he is a Democrat, d
fighting Democrat, a member Of
t h e Democratic organization,
booted and spurred for battle
against the common enemy Of the
party all of the time, and not a
gru1nbler, a discomfort, with viel
words in his mouth for every one
not connected with his side;
with poisoned tongue ready night
and day to level if possible the
character of opponents.
We are for John T. Michel be-
cause the State Of Louisiana will
need a good business man during
t Ii e co m n g administration.
There are many matters effecting
the financial affairs of the State
to come up,
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1911-12-16
THEO OLD ACT.
Al NO. IL.

II
Senate Bill Nd BY dr. Beaie
AN ACT
To fix the compensation of
Sheriffs and Ex-Otfclo
Tan Collectors in the State
of To,1isiana for all SER
vices and duties performed
hv tbenTin the collection
II ali State and parish
taxes @ and licenses, and all
otber taVes s which they are,
or NAV be authorized to
soct;nn ct;lee9' ! Be it enacted by
tho Ganarai Assembly Of the
Stete i af & slisiana, That for
al sary;cos i labors and duties
narfor,,,oJ No w each Sheriff and
Fx.0aicio 1sx Collector in the
collection II the State and
Parish ,l4sl go and licenses, Poll
taxas = lsii I '. 80 District, School,
Drainaoe district and all
othar tsTos General or special,
with the Cd ection OF WIicn hsn
reca;ya a u''a a9J he paid five per
cent,,n, on .r ND first fifty thou
sand "A. doi1avs Ia $50 600. 00), ag-
gregate amolht Of an sta1e'
Parish, Distrst, POLAND other
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1911-12-16
ErslWhIIa Friends, E ponrtemps.

Hawthorne burned 4 scarlet
letter on the forehead of his
heroine, because she had sinned
lie the custom had become uni
Versal that every sinner should
be branded, and If being a fol.
lower Of the New Orleans ward
bosses and the Ring were sin
as is contended by the Good Sow
ernment League, Bob Broussard,
Luther E. Hall and Arsene Pujo
would to-day present the gro
tesque figure Of wearing rings IN
their noses while inVeighing.
against bosses and rings for,
goodness knows, they were GER
tainly good to the bosses and the
ring certainly good to them, III
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1911-12-16
NJ. 1. SWORDS.
THE NEW Act.

AS1 4NS. 1C1.
House Bill No, 81. BY Mir. yentrsss
AN ACT
To fix the compensation of
Sheriffs and ex-officio Tax
Collectors in the State Of
Louisiana, Parish of Or
leans excepted, for all
services and duties per-
formed by them in the
collection of all State and
parish taxes and licenses,
and all other taxes which
they are, or may be
authorized to collect.
Section l. Be it enacted By
the General Assembly of the
State of Louisiana, That for
all services, labors and duties
performed by each Sheriff and
ex-officio Tax Collector through
out the State of Louisiana as
Tax Collector, Parish of Orleans
excepted. he shall be paid five
percentum on the first seventy
five thousand dollars, aggregate
amount Of all State, Parish.
District, Poll, and other taxes
and licenses, collected BY him
and actually paid by him into
the State and Parish Treasury
or to the authority designated
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1911-12-16

MIR. Lewis j Bauman Of our
city and Miss Elvira Peyrefitte.
viii be married III New Orleans
Wednesday Dec 10th.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1911-12-16
DOminick A gain

The reformers Of the Hall
persuasion have recently ac-
quired another accession to their
ranks il their fight for purity
and honesty. Dominick O'Mal-
ley, ex-thug and jail bird, who
had to hide some years ago to
save himself from the outraged
people or New Orleans for his
participation IN the acquittaI Of
t h e Dagoes who assassinated
Chief of Police Hennessey, has
come to the front offering to- bet
on the result, asking for the long
end of the proposition every time,
of course.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1911-12-16

Perhaps no candidate in the
history Of the State has been
assailed so vehemently on 50
hinsy a charge as Mr.. Michel IS
being assailed because Of his
legitimate speculation in lands
that were for sale to Whornso-
ever applied for them.
Mr.. Michel will have other
speakers with him, and at Euniee
a barbecue win te given.
Attention, Confederate We Z
Grams!
The undersigned asks n d
prays for the company, regiment
and rank Of F. E. Pitre. said to
have served under Major st.
Paul. G. IS. A.
MRS. AUSTIN IACOMBE,
0pelousas, La.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1911-12-16
Wen Fringed Indeed.

ven Fflng6d indeed.
A wren is not hatched from 4
raven S egg.
A Protestant does not go to a
Catholic priest for spiritual ad-
vice.
Why should the Democrats Of
the State of Louisiana go to John
M. Parker, Republican, for a
candidate for Governor Z
And why should the Demo
of Louisiana go to Don Gallery.
Republican, and ex-candidate for
Governor on the Republican
ticket, for advice as to who to
vote for?
Or to Jim Wilkinson, also
Republican?
Or to the Times Democrat,
more dangerous than an ayoWedI
Republican, because " hiIe.
wrapped in an outward garment
of Democracy, its policy is glid-
ed by Republican interests.
What do these people want,
fellow Democrats, but POWER? !?
They can not get that in their
party, and now want TO invade
our party and get il through
that.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1911-12-16
VOL. XXII.---NO. 9.
SWORDS SHOWS OFFICE
IS NOT A GOLD MINE
Gives Facts and Figures In Refutation of Mr. Thibo-
deaux's Communication of
Last Week.
Last Week

had charge Of the present bill,
argued it before the Ways and
| Means Committee of the House
of Representatives, and one of
the ablest assistants | had was
the Hon. Robert Butler, of Terre-
bonne, who had voted for the
Blanchard Extra Session Bill.
The Sheriffs did not appear at
that extra session, because they
were in the midst of an active
campaign, and they preferred to
await the action of the General
Assembly to do justice to a set
of men who have to risk life and
limb in the discharge of duty.
The Sheriffs now do not make
as much as an overseer on a large
sugar plantation. | had a right
to go before the General As
sembly, and will state here for
the benefit of those papers who
have persistently asserted that a
Sheriff's lobby was continuously
at Baton Rouge, that I was the
whole cheese and no other
Sheriffs appeared there for the
purpose of lobbying. You may
elect a freak for Sheriff the first
time, but you can never do SO for
a second time.
In order to enlighten the peo-
pie on this subject, | herewith
publish the two acts in parallel
columns, also what the office
makes. Governor Sanders saw
the bill when presented to him
aleer : isS passage, anu noe pc
lore. NJ. l.. SWORDS.
ceiyed by Sheriff under ey-
isting law.
S75 600 % At i per cent S3 750 Oo
SIS 000, 90 at 2per cent s 900 90
S85 q83 a at I ner cent & 25o 80
~~--~-- -1
S2O5 o83. az S5 5Oo 82I
I ,ess EXPENSES S2 100 nal
-@@-
Net S3. 400 go
c+o+o +ov 81 ooe %
iso; par;sb TO tev 2 So'9oe'go GO 90e 30
D { 7 3 IL. Iavea os tov % 90 5oS 7o. On 1
? 3 . R'.ser aerosga san &c 800 Zoo "a
4 A bossn L e, | tay 1o'9gc'o3 9gc 20
Cod = or, ,nad If tax eoo'o9 900 10
poiI onu ,aV aU 80 '93e.o0 4 99s m
Road tav ~ NE o Ok Ok
! 4soeau 90 ~, ooo. e 6o
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1911-12-16
r'asping AT StraWs

! I M ~ keIii n ~ E11AtaySs
=. on just ought to 60
around the saloons lin
New Orleans and hear the bar
keepers talk about Sanders,
the anti-Sandersites remark,
consolingly, Why, they are all
giving the Governor the mis-
chief, and will vote against him,
because he was against the race
tracks y
They are right to a certain ex-
tent when they say that the
majority of the saloon and all Of
| the race track element Id fJeW
Orleans is against the Governor,
because the Governor tits claimed
aided in the suppression of the
New Orleans race tracks.
Perhaps this same element
supported the Governor in his
race for Governor, expecting
that he would run the Governors 5
office In their interest when
elected.
But Governor Sanders ran the
office il the interest Of the peo-
pie OF the State, and id doing so
suppressed an evil that had be-
come d menace to society
breeder Of en1bezzlers and q
haven for crooks.
Therefore those interested in
the business which was 10 prop
erIy sllpp are against the
Governor
But let these anti Sandersites
20 among the bankers, and the
merchants, and the Iaboring
man, ii New laans and they
will find this class of people
largely arrayed with Governor
Sanders Id his race for the United
States Senate, because:
Governor Sanders is to-day one
aof the South s brainest young
men aggressive quick, far-see
ing, popular Just the man that
would rise rapidly in the Senate
and make q name for himself and
his State.
He IS a Democrat, and would
always be found fighting side by.
side with his party and not with
the enemy
He refused to qualify for the
Senate when elected To that Office.
and thus sacrificed the ambition
of his life. because the South
and New Orleans demanded his
services III securing for them the
great Panama Exposition.
Because he Is q man, every
inch Of him, and can be relied
upon.
NJ ,.1xytp T2sf4y,.ss.ys 5sf 1,3f.s z
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-04-05
HATPIN FOR DEFENCE
Woman Jabbed Hiehwayman and
Saved Her Money

New York, April 5.-Miss Hannah
Krotchstil threw up her hands yester-
day when a highwayman thrust a
pistol in her face, but her action was
not in token of surrender On the
contrary the young woman, who was
held up on Lexington avenue, pulled
out two wicked looking hatpins and
began vigorously jabbing her assail-
ant. One lunge that punctured the
robbers arm evidently took the fight
out of him for he wheeled and took to
fight Miss Krotchstil started in
pursuit, screaming for help but han.
dicapped by a skirt built more or less
on the lines of the hobble was losing
ground when others took up the chase
and the holdup man was caught.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-04-05
FRANK E. HOWE, Editor and pub'r.

Trustee Edward H. Holden is do
ing a good job in stirring up the trus-
tees on the sidewalk question. Twen-
ty times as many people use the side
walks as do the streets, but mighty
little attention do the sidewalks get.
The old theory of making the owners
of property build sidewalks in front
of their property is mostly a hum.
bug, for it too often happens that a
man with hundred thousand dollars
worth of taxable property has only a
hundred feet Of sidewalk while an
other man with two thousand dollars
worth of taxable property will have
two hundred feet of sidewalk. The
people are back of Mr.. Holden in his
demand.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-04-05
go YEARS OLD AND TRAVELS
Miss A. J. Walker of Flushing Starts
for Pacific Coast

New York. April 5.-Miss A. J..
Walker, 92 years old, started Monday
with Mrs. j. F.. Fox and Miss Marion
Fox of No. 1872 Amity street, Flush
ing, on three thousand mile trip
to the Pacific coast. Miss Walker
did not seem daunted by the prospect
of her long journey across the contin-
ent. She is remarkably active and
can read and sew as we'll as she ever
could. Miss Walker was born in Bos-
ton and is a great granddaughter Of
John Green who was shot in the Bos-
ton massacre and through him she
was related to General Joseph War
rem of Revolutionary fame.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-04-05
ASK AND PRAY
That is What He Must Do, Says Mr..
Taft

Washington, April 5.-President
Taft enlivened the early morning
proceedings OF the Baltimore confer
ence. OF the Methodist Episcopal
church Monday by a brief address.
Your presiding officer" said the
president, said something of the pre-
sence of another body in this capital
1t i'll becomes me to say anything of
what may be expected of an independ
ent branch of the government. | can
make my recommendation and do
as you do in your pulpits-pray for
their success and best results"
The president said he realized the
immense influence of the church.
In closing his remarks, he asked
to be excused because "in view of
what is coming tomorrow, there may
be some trimming OF lamps neces-
sary"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-04-05

State Fish and Game Commission
err John T. Titcomb of Lyndonville
calls attention to a curious kink in
the fishing law. While it is lawful
under the new statute to take trout
in lakes and ponds May /, there is al
so a law against taking fish through
the ice. If therefore, the ice is not
out of the lakes and ponds on that
date, in Joe's pond or Caspian lake,
for instance, 1t will not be lawful to
take trout therefrom.-St. Johnsbury
Republican.
This is as it should be. There is
no more reason why trout fishing
through the ice should be allowed af-
ter May l than in mid-winter The
law as it now stands will prevent ice
fishing\for trout in Marlboro South
pond, which occasionally is not free
from ice on the date when the open
season for trout begins-Brattlebo
Reformer.
Commissioner Titcomb may think
it a curious kink but it was placed
there deliberately and with the inten-
ton of doing just what it does do. In
fact the trout bill as originally drawn
contained the following clause.
Nothing in this act shall be con-
strued to permit fishing in any lake
or pond inhabited by these fish 1.-THE
trout family until the surface of said
lake or pond is clear of ice" The
committee on game and fisheries later
discovered that this clause was not
necessary as the provisions of the
two statutes on the subject produced
the desired effect without the specific
clause. The truth is Vermont, at the
present time, has probably the best
set of fish and game laws of any
state in the union, but has had to get
some of them against the active OPP
position of the present and past state
commissioners. Also in commenting
the states fish and game laws The
Banner does not wish to be under
stood as approving the present war
den law which in our humble opinion
will take most of the money of the
department without yielding any COM
pensating advantages in return. The
law is, however, Commissioner Tit.
combs pet measure and we are will
ing to see it given a fair trial. Mr..
Titcomb is unquestionably one of the
ablest fish culturists in America and
nobody doubts his devotion to the fish
and game interests of Vermont but
The Banner fears that his quick tenn
per, lack of tact and failure to I'M
derstand the vagaries of the New
England character do not make him
an ideal administrator of the fish and
game laws
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-04-05

The Rev. L. J. Duncan, Unitarian
preacher, was elected mayor Of Butte
over J. J. Quinn, Democrat by plu-
rality of 1884, the largest ever given
mayor here. Duncan carried every
ward except one.
Thomas J. Boorheer, who attracted
national attention at a Western Fed
Grafton of Miners convention in Den
yer two years ago by his remarks on
the American flag, was elected police
Judge.
Helena elected one Socialist alder
man, the first socialist ever elected
to office there.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-04-05
SOCIALISTS CARRY BUTTE
Democrats Overwhelmed as Result of
Financial Scandal

Butte, Mont, April 5.-Socialists
Monday swept Butte, electing mayor,
city treasurer, police Judge and five
out of nine aldermen. Two years ago
the Democrats elected every candid
ate in Silver Bow county. The upset
followed the exposure of alleged short
age disclosed by a recent year old
audit of the financial affairs of Butte.
Socialists in VAUDEVILLE, a suburb,
elected two Of three aldermen.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-04-05

Richard Hurley, police duty 90
Myron Stratton, carting booths 20 90
w. p. Hogan, election exp, 112 90
p b Newton, drying hose and reps So
l.. II. Buss, shoeing team 20
f. f. Howe, adv. vii meeting II 90
w. j. Meagher serv. vii atty, As 90
olin Scott, rep, Putnam Hose Co SO
A. r. Dunn, sewers 81 40
A. r. Dunn, highway 1877 rs
Geo II Harwood, care steamer so 90
Perry & Keeseman, vii, reports rs 90
c. A. Wood, printing ballots
and supplies for vii meeting AZ 10
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-04-05
RICH DON'T PAY THEIR SHARE
Woodrow Wilson Says That's the
Trouble with our Taxation

Princeton, ~ j., April Gov
Woodrow Wilson spoke at the annu-
al meeting of the New Jersey confer
ence of charities and corrections here
He said that the state was not allow
ing the rich to pay enough taxes. He
said:
Your reforms will be expensive
and will mean temporary increase in
taxation The trouble now is not the
amount of money raised by taxation
but the people from whom we get it.
If we are to be philanthroplc we must
reform our system of taxation. We
are squeezing and squeezing the poor
but we do not extract anything like
the same proportion from the rich"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-04-05
INVESTIGATION ASKED

Mileage Changes on the Boston and
Maine Under Consideration
Boston, April 5.-Charges that the
mileage of the Boston and Maine rail.
road has been increased lately was
brought to the attention Of the rail
road commissioners Tuesday.
An investigation was requested.
During the past few days a number
of the Boston newspapers have pub
lished statements that the Boston &
Maine system in readjustment of mile
age tables has increased distances be.
tween certain stations in it's rate
sheets and in consequence has collec-
ted more mileage from passengers
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-04-05
NOTICE

Since April list 1911 my contract
for permanent work on the Fillmore
Farms will be at an end and l shall
again take up painting, paper hanging
and decorating for the public as l did
previous to making the arrangement
under which. have been working on
the Colgate estate and shall be glad
to do any work at any time or figure
on sa1nv.
VIM. H. Hill, 226 Park St, Benning-
ton-See advertisement.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-04-05
CARPET PLANT DESTROYED
Burning Of Works at Dedham, Mass,
Throws 400 Hands Out of Work

Dedham, Mass, April 4.-Fire that
destroyed the carpet making plant of
the Cochrane Manufacturing company
at East Dedham, caused a loss esti-
mated ct 100000 today. The fire
started in the drying room and was
discovered by some of the women op-
eratives who were eating their lunch.
Some OF the wol zen had difficulty in
reaching the street and two of them
were slightly injured. The plant has
given employment to more than 400
hands.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-04-05

We the undersigned, do hereby
agree to refund he money on 50-cent
bottle OF Green's Warranted Syrup
Of Tar II 1t falls to cure your cough
or cold. We also guarantee a 25-cent
bottle to prove satisfactory or money
refunded.
Thompson's Pharmacy,
J. M. Ayres, A. 8. Hathaway
Harwood Drug Store,
G. r. and A. B. Hawkins
B. A. Quinlan, Il. G. Woodwork
W. Il Gokay. D. q. Adams.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-04-05
Our Monthly Income Policy

practically administers your estate as
you would DO it yourself, If you liv-
ed. National Life Insurance Co., of
Vermont. (Mutual.) Earle s. Kins-
ley, General agent, Mead Building,
Rutland, vt.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-04-05

WANTED-To buy veal calves, will pay FIVE
w to ten cents per 10. ave weight, also
general produce apples, potatoes, Chickens
butter etc. Also want 10 sell dressed poultry,
native beef. pork, mutt Il specially eggs for
setting purposes, Wyandottes and X. /. Reds at
90 cents per setting. r. N. Honghton, School
street. 5tt