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The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1911-07-08


i COMMISSIONERS Collector. 10 az
, ,sy oI oiacefs .......... 2s7 AS
/ Road Inspectors 25l
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I = eiSioiIs. 100
Jurors ices .
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Justice of the Peace fees 4SD
Iolistaoie Tees ............. 750 90
~ GpiiNe ~, ifls......... 5815
Repairs.of roads and bridges y IN
Election Expenses |
, IAN ls and hounds .... .... IS 90
sCorbin Bros. work on court
house Il. .:....-............ s7ss IS
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Tasrot q Liyaudais. ............ 1000
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! l. Easset4 same 900
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resorts ........ 80 90
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! = 3iofeau pres ptelR!ts,ns 81
, l.. -tucota, Juror and Witness
Certificates . %
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Thibedaux drain district AZ ~ ~
Lockport drain district. sG3 81
Total receipts for year aess 50
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j. L. Basset,
Jos. DresDer,
Leon q. Boudreaux
Committee on liquor license;

l aNSSS va IN WI lICCGStt
| on motion of Mr.. Rodrigue, seconded BY
Mr.. Hatcher, the ABOVE report was or.
dered approved and ratified as being the
acton or the police jury, by the follow
ing vote.
Yeas-Basset, Roger, Fals out, Bar
rios, boudreaux, Rodrigue, Theriot, Hat
cher, and Dresnor.
Nays-None.
AT this time Sheriff James Beary sub-
mitted the receipts fromthe treasurer of
me PARISH, declaring the paiment bv
u nm o. al taxes and licenses due by
quIetus be issued to him by this jury.
ihereupon, on motion of Mr.. FaIgout,
seconded by Mr.. Hatcher, the secretar-
~ ellls Jury Was ordered to issue said
Yeas-Basset, Roger, FaIgout. Bar
rios. boudreaux, Rodrigue, Theriot, Hat
Nays-Norle.
The following report from the court
mouse committee was read, ordered re-
ceiyed and approved. ~ ~ -
Th'bodaux, La, June 49,, 1911
To the Police Jury.
Gentlemen.
The undersigned committee hoo 70 I
'eport that the Court House buili;ny
Is altered and enlarged by Corbin
Bros, under contract with your Hon
'rabie boay, bias been turned over 70
our Architect, Favrot and Livaudais
4,d. aud BY them turned over to yopr
Undersigned committee, as completed.
Your committee further report that
be Metal furniture purchased for
ne use Of the Court house has also
cen installed, III completed as perl
ontrart with the exception of one see !
on case whichis yet incomplete, and
SO that all the furniture amt fixtures
I'VE also been Installed in Tie Court [
onse with the exception Of the desksi
longing 10 thevarious offices. which,
e, however, at the railroad depot in
is town, awaiting the viii of G. H.
eyess Il Co. of Houston Texas.
Tour committee further reports
ut when said furniture shall have
Ell properly Installed, as per con- !,
lct, 1t shalt be ready TO reinstall the u
flsl' offices IN the offices designated = :.
them III the new courthouse.
our committee expected to report
new court house 10 complete read
s. Tor the first Of JaIy, but owning {
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official journal Of tie Parish OF
.;carclte.
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Making total as above. $1,000 Is
From the amount reported above to
| the credit of Drainage District No. the
sum of $3o66 20 belongs. to the Theriot
Drainage Dist.
Drainage Dist No is still Indebted to
the amount OF $2576.o6 and interest
from February lst, 1911.
Thibodaux Drain. Dist. owes $4,000
and interest.
Lockport Drainage Dist. owes s414.oo
and interest.
Third Drain. Dit. owes $4,000 and
interest.
Respectfully submitted,
P. f. Legendre, i
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Amt on hand June %, 1911 $ GIL 81
Respectfully submitted,

Amt on hand June 2S, 1911 $ GIL 81
Respectfully submitted,
p. T. Legendre,
Parish Treasurer.
Report of P. F. Legendre Parish Trea-
suref in account with the Drainage
Funds OF the Parish OF Lafourche. for
the term beginning May 10, 1911, and end
ing with June %, 1911.
Amount on hand May 10, 1911. $l2766 q
Receipts since
From Taxes. ). ........... 279
From interest on Taxes. ... %
Total receipts for term .... Sol
Net balance on hand for term. 1859 %
Disbursements
Commission paid Tax Collector. O3
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Bal on hand June q, IgI1 sssa S 81 81
Respectfully submitted,
P + Legendre,
Parish treasurer
Annual report of P F Legendre, par
ish treasurer, in account with the drain
ing funds of the Parish of Iafonrcba
from july 4th, 1910, to June IS, 1911.
Amt on hand july 4. 10. ...... s.2665 GA
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Respectful lily submitted
Joseph Dresner,
A.Theriot,
vi j. Barfios,

respectfully submitted
Joseph Dresner,
1 A.Theriot,
1 UiJ Barfios,
/ fommittee on claims
At this time Mr. Tberiot announced the
| presence of Mr.Wilson Lepine, who had
| been appointed at yesterdays session
| to act as arbitrator in the matter OF To-
eating the UpperTen plantation in Dis
tr1et tive Or six under the ordinance
now pending, and thereupon, Mr.. Ores
ner, seconded by M. Falgout, moved
that in as much as Mr.. D. J. Foret was
not present, that the matter in content
ion be defrred aud that Mr.. D. ). Foret
be notified to be present at the next
meeting of the Police jury in September
next and then and there to meet Messrs
Lepine and Theriot and pass upon the
question at issue. Carried unanimously
The standing committee on liquor lie
enses submitted the following report. |
Thibodaux, La, June goth. 1911 |
At meeting held this day of the
special committee OF the Polite Jury !
of the Parish of Lafourclles acting By |
virtue Of the authority vested in it BY
resolution adopted DO SAID Police Ju-
KY al It's regular session hhld on No
vember l2lh., 1903, the following re-
solution was pass I'd.
RESOLUTION.
Whereas, Emile Il. Leblanc. and
Ernest I. Falgout have applied for H.
luor licenses under the act of the le-
sls!ature governing and regulating
The sale of liquor, and
Whereas, the said applications are |
n due form and the location where
he said business is to be carried on
n conformity with law. therefore
BE II RESOLVED, that permits
ire hereby granted to the aforenamed[
PARTIES to obtain liquor Licenses forI !
he year 1911.
Be<Ir fsE1Aersresolved, that the She
it aud ex atfeio tax collector of ,het
'arIsh OF Lafourehe IS hereby author
zes and empowered to issue such H.
or license to the parties hereinab ove !,
amed, for the balance of the year
81.
j. L. Basset,
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Respectfully Submitted

Z. Falgout,
Leon Il. Boudreaux,
Committee on Finance
Report OF T. f. Legendre, parish trea-
snrer, IN account with the General
Funds of the Parish OF Lafourche, for
the term beginning May 10th 1911, and
ending June 18th, ]9l1.
Amt on hand May 10, III $50. ssot6 81
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-03-22
RAILROAD PROPERTY RETALIATION.

II T was expected that the report of the State Board of Assessors
TO the Governor, giving the results of the expert reappraisal
of railroad property in New Jersey for assessment for taxes
would be completed and made public in time for the present years
assessment by the State board, and, in fact, the reyaluation work is
practically completed. If the revaluation figures largely exceed those
OF the last assessment by the State board the railroad companies
will at once appeal to the courts against assessments based on the
retaliation. In putting the new schedules in operation, therefore,
the State board will have to proceed with due care, making sure
that the new assessments are not of a character TO be overthrow
in the courts. The revaluation work has been conducted by engi
neers in their own way independent of any authority except the law
under which they have acted. A bill introduced in the Legislature
yesterday extends the limit of time for the completion of the re.
valuation work by one year, during which the services of the expert
may be utilized by the State Board of Assessors in putting the new
schedules into operation. Obviously, the experts services will be
necessary to the State board. There will be much to explain and
much TO advise. A very serious task will have been accomplished
in the revaluation of all the railroad and canal property in New
Jersey. There has been no complete valuation of this property
since 1884. The figures of the States experts are bound to be dis.
puted by the railroad engineers and lawyers, and if they involve a
considerable increase in the railroad taxes the State will have a
big fight on its hands. These considerations make it essential that
the State should have at it's command the expert engineer who
directed the work OF revaluation.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-03-22
LEGsLA ! FPAUdHT WITH CONSEQUENCES.

IN LEGISLATIVE session that was looked forward to after the
m November election as bright with promise for the future of
the New Jersey Democracy has disappointed every expecta
ton and dashed every hope of the Democracy. The Legislature has
been in session eleven weeks, which was the record of time for seven
former legislatures, and while nothing of any importance has been
accomplished nearly the entire period has been sacrificed to secure
the enactment of the RecordGeran primary election bill and estab
lBh a personal prestige in national politics. The bill was forced
through the Assembly yesterday in a way suggestive of old Cam
den and Amboy' methods in legislation. So precarious was the
hold of the engineer of the bill on reluctant Democratic assembly
men that no risks were taken of defeat by permitting any correction
of palpable errors. The bill was railroaded with all it's faults. The
plea that a change in the electoral system of such an extraordinary
character should be submitted in a referendum TO the people was
spurned. The Senate will take up the bill in the twelfth week of
the session, and the power of patronage is expected to be potent
enough in that body to overcome the small Republican majority.
But in what condition is the great Democratic party today, and what
will it's condition be next fall, when the full effect of the Record
Geran bill, if a law, will be felt?
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Dog crubbed and shot Despite Protest.

Dog C1ubbed and shot Despite Protest.
To the Editor OF the Evening Star:
AS I was walking home from Garside
street toward Mt Prospect avenue 1
saw two persons at the entrance OF the
park in Mt. Prospect avenue mad,y
striking Dr.. Ungaro's dog with clubs.
I was afraid to go neal the persons,
but stood there watching.
As this was going on, up came an
officer, whipped out his revolver and
shot the 'Jg. Whether the dog was
wounded or not I cannot say, but the
poor animal ran toward his house. 1
saw him try the yard door, the doctors
office door and finally the entrance
door, but these WEI all shut.
While on his stoop and scratching at
the front door the same men climbed
the stairs, tied a rope to the dogs neck
and dragged him to the entrance of the
park at the corner of Mt. Prospect and
Sixth avenues, There the officer again
took out his revolver and finished him.
All this was lone while Mrs. Mancusl
Ungaro was screaming and telling
these people to leave the dog alone,
while many others were strongly pro-
testing at the cowardly act.
Does this speak we'll for the two
human brutes and the officer? DID the
officer wish to try his gun. and was
he so brave as to shoot at the inof-
fensive animal?
Is It lawful to drag an animal from
its owners stoop. and should no at
tention be paid to the cries of the
owner?
Mr.. Church. secretary to the Park
Commission, stated that they tod him
the dog had no collar. That Is not
true, and I can assure you of that, as
/ myself saw 1t.
ANTHONY AIELLO.
90 Mt. Prospect avenue.
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Let Jun.ice Prevail.

To che Editor Of the Evening Star:
Immediately after the recent murder
of the little girl In Asbury Park and
the arrest of a negro suspected of be-
ing the guilty party there appeared IN
this section of your paper an article
signed "Southerner" advising what
disposition would have been made of
the negro had the crime occurred i
the South. "Southerner' agitated the
immediate lynching of the negro. and
held that this method was h only
Of preventing repetition of such
brutalitIes. The writer wonders with
what feelings "~southerner' and those
Of his kind view the recent activities
In the case.
A man (white) has been arrested. fol-
lowing an alleged confession Of guilt,
and bids fair to suffer the penalty
prescribed by law for an outrage of
this character. When the negro. whose
name I believe was Williams, was ar
rested. we read OF mobs surrounding
the prison at Aspnry Park and de-
manding that the suspect be turned
over TO them. Fortunately. both for
Williams and his self-appointed execu-
TONERS, the crime had occurred in a
section Of the country where the laws
are respected and observed His life
was protected. n after an invesiga-
ticn re wase abHoIved ofiany completely
in the crime and released. Now that
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PROMISES.

A promise should be given with eau
tion and kept with care.
a promise should be made by the
heart and remembered by the head.
A promise is the offspring OF inten-
ton and should be nurtured by recol-
lection.
A promise should be the result of
thought and its fulhllment the result
of reflection.
A promise and its performance should.
like the scales of a true balance, always
present a mutual adjustment.
A promise delayed Is justice deferred.
A promise neglected Is an untruth
told.
A promise attended to is a debt set
tied.
Promise little and do much.
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4++E4#44++++444 NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

the real culprit has been unprecedented,
do we read aof any infiammatory utter
ances OF ioud-mouthed demagogues;
Of mobs storming the jail in which he
is confined. demanding a suspension OF
law in order that they may deal with
the murderer as they see fit? I fear
not, and I am prone to believe that
beyond a general curiosity as to the
sentence imposed upon the m~alefactor.
small interest in the case will be felt
either by ~'Southerner" or those who
coincide with his views.
I wonder with what mingled feelings
of chagrin and disgust he will view
this u~nthought-of sequel. Is he now 50
certain as to the efficacy of his lynch
law methods? Would the fact that the
prompt lynching OF Williams would
eventually have been proven the MUIR
der of an innocent man nave served
to inject any bitterness into his life?
This case and its finale present a strilS-
ing example of the injustice done we
black people in the Southland. Had
Williams been lynched no further effort
toward ascertaining his guilt would
have been made. 'Southerner'' and his
friends would have returned to their
homes filled with self-esteem for the
performance of an act of gross injus+
tice which had plunged into the un-
known lands OF the hereafter a man
who was innocent OF the crime for
which he died. Upon reviewing this
case does "Southerner'' not wonder how
many such instances have occurred?
How many innocent men have thus
persisted under the system of which he
boasts?
No man, be he black or white,
whether he is ignorant or possesses the
highest possible intellectual attain
ments, could be filled with aught bit
the deepest loathing for q human being
who could sink to such depths of de-
pravity. and yet even this monster Is
entitled to q fair and just trial. The
! guilty man, no matter what color has
been developed by the pigments In his
blood, should receive the utmost pen
atty provided by law, but the view of
"southerner,' that no good can come
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XXI.

You have often met him-the rnssl
who signs for yesterday and is forever
exclaiming. "oh. those were happy
daysi"
He is usually found 20 have stiff
hands. fingers and thumbs. which, as
we have seen, indicate extreme cons
servatism.
Such a person cannot see that 1t 10
not the times that have grown worse,
but that 1t is his own u-nprogressive
spirit which makes the departure from
the old so abhorrent to him.
He also forgets that even those very
times, the departure of which he de-
plores, were distasteful to him while
they were present. For In time. as
well as in space. the saying holds true,
that distance lends enchantment."
Some other qualities of this type are
~obstinacy. closeness, secretiveness. eau
ton, industry. He is generally success
full in life.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-03-22
COX A CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION

oTa HE most serious question in New Jersey is that of the con
Ii stitutional plan of representation in the State Senate-by the
territorial units of counties, each county, regardless of the
size of its population, having one senator. There are seven counties
with an aggregate population of 1y926,33 and this population is
represented by seven senators. Eleven counties, with an aggregate
population OF 1889, are represented by eleven senator's. Prac-
tcaly l,4s4,93 inhabitants of the seven counties are unrepresented
in the Senate. Comparing single counties, Cape NAYS 1915 of
population has equal representation with the 537, 231 in Hudson and
the 5l2JSs6 in Essex. This is not a republican form of government.
1t is rule by the small minority. Assemblyman Egan. of Hudson.
has introduced a bill for a popular convention to reform this out.
rageous system of representation. But what's the use? The eleven
small county representatives hold the Senate.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-03-22

ETVtcst h&hAubt
To the Editor OF the Evening Star:
Dear Sir-I wish to protest emphat-
icaily against the high-handed methods.
a relic OF the barbarous times, used by
some of the policemen and other munic-
ipal and county employees, as shown
in the cas- this morning of the killing
Of a valuable pet dog owned by a fam
lily in Mt. Prospect avenue. ! was pres
ent when the dog came running
towards his home, bleeding from a
wound inflicted pom him by a park
policeman. as afterwards / found out.
and trying to get in the house by
scratching on the front door in order
to open 1t. I saw two men go on the
stoop. tie a rope around the neck OF
the dog, while the lady of the house,
who had at this time opened the door,
protested against the conduct OF the
two men and told them to leave the
dog alone, and then tainted when she
saw them drag the bleeding dog like
a rag sweeping the sidewalk all the
way from Sc Mt Prospect avenue to
the park on Sixth avenue, a distance
Of about 400 feet, and there have the
policeman who assisted them kill the
dog by shooting him the second time.
Is this the way to treat even a poor
creature in these civilized times? Do
o not think that very drastic action
ought to be taken in this matter. and
not let the culprits go with impunity?
How long must the citizens stand for
such violence n scorn for nature and
humanity? Thanking you In advance. /
am F. A. COPPOLA.
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LET THE PEOPLE DECIDE.

II n a referendum for the voters of the State the Record Geran
bill would be voted down. Not one-haf of the voters know
what the bill contains, and comparatively few appreciate its
effect upon party organization and individual voters. The farcical
claim that the people of the State have demanded a particular bill
devised by George L. Record, a defeated Republican candidate in
the last election, and which was doctored in private conferences,
is too absurd for argument. In a special election campaign the
operation of the bill can be explained so that the voters may have
an intelligent idea of what it means for them. The challenge was
given in the Assembly yesterday to submit the bill to the judgment
of the people in a referendum election, and the challenge was de.
clined. 1t should be repeated and forced upon the partisans of the
Governor. A special election can be held in ample time to prepare
for the party primaries. 80.
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PoLypoRE QUESTION BOX.

Question: am very anxious to know
what three prominent crosses on my
two palms signify. ] am sending you
drawn upon a small scale to let YOU
see Just the position and form of the
crosses. Also please let me know. il
1ife-as different as the two Illus
trated-mean, the one In the left hand
having more qualifications than that
signify IL both hands when open, but
with the fingers close together, have
a decided slant toward the thumb?
INTERESTED READER.
Answer-Before answering / wish TO
point out that in your question you
make two statements that are entirely
at variance with the sketches to which
they refer You designate as the right
hand the one which is paipably the left
one. n you likewise apply the name
life lines'' to lines which are distinctly
so-called fate lines" And now that
this matter is Strengthened out let us
go to the Interpretation.
Crosses signify obstacles, and have
a bearing upon those qualities which
are expressed by the places or lines
where the crosses in each case happen
to be.
Your ~,''crosses'' are all on the fate
lines, consequently they signify OBJ
stacles to success. And. judging from
the points at which they are found,
these obstacles might be expected to
occur at about the twenty-ffth. thirty
eighth and forty-eighth years.
There is also on the fate line in
the hand which you enormously
so-called island" extending from
the twenty-fifth to the forty-ffth year,
This indicates that the obstacle which
occurs at the twenty-fifth year Is likely
to have a del terious effect continuously
up to the forty-fifth year.
! am not unaware of the fact that all
this looks extremely like fortune-tell-
ing, but 1t is not. 1t is merely the
representation of what the seeds. OF
tendencies in your makeup will ripen
into unless you take timely means to
check their growth. For instance, let
us take the case of a person hat has a
tendency to drink and assume he has
markings like those In your sketches
His sire myth to withstand this tendency
may not last longer than the period
indicated by the first cross, unless
means are adopted to fortify this
strength. IF he is successful lin over
coming the temptation at that age the
demon drink will again make an effort
to get the Better of him at the period
indicated by the next cross, and 10. on.
The crosses therefore do. not mean
necessarily that the threatened evils
will actually come to pass, but merely
that at the periods indicated the natu-
raj tendencies will be stronger than at
other periods, and that If there are no
seasonabIe efforts made to overcome
the ~temptations at those tines
catastrophes are bound to result.
In regard to the slanting of the hand
toward the thumbs, l can but say that
there is no reliable way of reading
hands taken In their entirety. Palmistry
which aims at being scientific should
Judge of features one by one, and not
as a whole, just as It would be absurd
to try to read a MANS character from,
the fact that he is tall or short, straight
or bent or has a large or a small
physique.