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St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1912-01-13
Died.

LACOMBE. : At the residence
of his mother, Mrs. Austin La
combe, on Friday, Jan. 5th, 1912,
ct 4:45 o'clock p. M, Howard
Lacombe, a G e d q years, s
months and 25 days.
lnterment at Catholic cemetery
on Saturday evening at $3.50
o'clock.
Pal' Lacombe was a general
tayorite with the community.
Big hearted, polite and genial,
ne was at all times ready to do
one a service, and the livery
business has lost one of its most
thorough and competent men in
his death.
He was devoted to his mother
and sisters and brothers, and his
aeath is great bereavement to
them.
Deceased was i'll for many
weeks, and his demise was not
entirely unexpected.
The Clarion extends its sincere
condolences to the rief-stricken
family.
DOUCET. At the family res
mence, in Opelousas, on Tues
gsy Jan. 9th, 1912, Herbert
Doucet, aged 10 years.
lnterment in Grand Prairie
cemetery.
Little Herbert was stricken
with appendicitis, and lived but
4 Few days. His condition was
sach that he could not have
STOOD being taken to New Or
leans for an operation.
He was d son of Mr.. Frank
poucet, the iailer, who lost his
VIE but q few months ago.
\ e Clarion deeply synapa-
Inlzes with the stricken family.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1912-01-13
oPELoUsAs, La, SATURDAY, JANUARY Il. 1912.
NOTES ANDINCIDENTS OF
THE PENDING CAMPAIGN
Jared Sanders Greatness According to His Critics
Good Government League Believes In
s'Pie"--Other Notes.
Sanders Did Not Raise Tax

Sanders Did Not Raise Tax.
alton.
In its desperation to over
throw the Democratic party in
Louisiana the Times-Democrat,
owned and controlled by Repub-
licans. has overstepped t h e
bounds of even downright lying.
Gov. Sanders is the only Gov
ernor who has ever raised tax
alton, /" says this outrageous
falsifier, The fact of the mat
ter is that Governor Sanders
did not raise the taxation a
particle. The assessments were
raised by order of Governor
Blanchard, a Good Government
League supporter. The assessors
were ordered by Gov. Blanchard
to raise the a e S s m e n t s,
or walk out of office. The
few extra taxes for good roads
and the Confederate soldiers
under the Sanders administra-
ton are not the creation Of either
Gov. Sanders or the Legislature.
They were voted by the people
themselves. Surely, it has not
reached the point that Gov. San
ders is held to blame for the
action of the people.
What A Great Man Is Sanders.
The opposition has discovered
another instance where Gov.
Sanders is too great to live.
He controlled t h e Legisla-
ture" cried the Goo-Goos. Mind
you, men, he controlled t h a t
body of splendid Louisianians
who were sent to the Leg.:sla-
ture by you, the people!
That was bad enough -on the
people of Louisiana.
But now his greatness has
taken a. national bigness.
+
This great man, living in the
little State of Louisiana, without
from his comfortable
chair in Baton Rouge, actually
prevented the passage of a
measure by the Congress of the
United States! according to his
critics. WheW, but that's heap
big, yes.
But wait.
He is still bigger than that o.!
that Sanders, he's a lalapoloola
when it comes to bigness!
Listen to the Times s-Demoerat,
speaking Of Sanders bigness:
But for the action of Sanders,
who, following his usual auto
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1912-01-13
Can A Duck Swim?
1 Can d duck swim ~

Cd1l u TUCK SWIIIl
This was the question fired at
the Clarion man by Capt. Sam.
Haas, one day last week.
There has never been any
question in our mind on thar
subject, " we answered.
Neither in mine, said the
Captain, but | can tell you
what d duck can't do he can't
negotiate the streets Of 0pelou
sas now without begging. This
I witnessed this morning. One
tried to cross from the Mercan-
tile Co. S store to the st. Landry
State Bank, and soon had the
distress flag up. A boy had to
go and help hifa across, or
which the duck told the boy
tank, tank, no doubt appre-
ciating the great service render.
ed him.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1912-01-13

The legal firm of Story &
Pugh, of Crowley, is attempting
to file suit to disfranchise some
eight hundred white voters o1
Acadia parish, on the grounc
that they did not comply with
the law in making their applica.
tion for registration under the
educational qualification.
Acadia parish largely settled
I by Northerners, Westerners and
Fasteners, the majority Of
whom are Republicans at heart
and vote the Republican ticket
when it is not to their interest to
vote otherwise, would be very
doubtful were it not for the ma
tive vote of that parish.
That native vote, composed
mostly of Creoles,. that sturdy
race which formed the fighting
ranks Of this section in war and
whose war on equal political
rights of negroes never abated
from the day they laid down
their musket and returned to
their ruined homes until the
supremacy Of the white man was
assured, has been the bulWark
against Republicanism in that
parish.
Eliminate that vote, and the
Republicans who registered as
Democrats in order to vote
against the. Democratic organi-
zation in the coming election
would tilt the parish over to the
Democratic" Good Government
League.
The firm of Story & Pugh deny
that the litigation is the inspira-
tion of the Democratic Good
Government League, or that it is
done with the intention Of aiding
the League in that parish, but
this last move dovetails into the
general conduct of the League
SO well, fits so well into its Re
publican border, that a jury
would be bound to take it as evi-
dence going to convict the Lea
que of aiming at the destruction
Of the regular Democratic party
Of Louisiana.
It is charged that Messrs. Story
& Pugh, or one of the members
Of the firm, recently visited Lea
que headquarters in New Orleans,
and Immediately returned and
attempted to file the suits for the
1isfranchisement of the eight
white Democrats Of
Acadia parish.
It is claimed that Mr.. Story of
he firm, drew up the platform
If the League, and it is a known
sact that both Mr.. Pugh and Mr.. /
Story are ardent supporters of
he League and participated in
is organization, and it is more
han reasonable to suppose that
hey would do nothing that would
n the least injure the cause to
which they are so devoted.
Neither of them are candidates
or office; neither of them have
,een noted for any sacrificing
cts of patriotism. Then why, /
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1912-01-13

cratic policy, interfered with ant
dictated legislation, that measur,
would now be on the statutt
b o K S, and the Democratic
chances in the coming presiden
tial election would be greatly i'm
proved. He destroyed h a
chance. /"
Jared! (excuse familiarity, bur
we just can't help IT., if youl
Uncle Fuller thought you were
that great, great enough to make
dancing jacks of Legislators anC
wreck Or make Presidents anc
all such, why. Jared, me boy,
we'd just be fool about you.
Holding On to the Judgeship.
When N. G. Blanchard, then
Associate Justice of the Supreme
Court, announced his candidacy
for Governor, he resigned the
Judgeship.
When John T. Michel, then
Secretary of State, announced
his candidacy for Governor, he
resigned the office of Secretary
of State.
But no, honey, no resigning
for Luther Hall.
Heis holding on to that Su-
preme Bench job like grim death.
No taking chances for Luther.
Just Pie.
Prof. AsWell tells in his
speeches that, ere the discovery
Of Hall, he had a private chat
with John NJ. Parker, the Re-
publican Democratic head of the
Democratic Good Government
Lhague concerning the Governor
ship, with Aswell as the Gov
ernor.
But, Professor, said Mr..
Parker to Prof. AsweIl, you
will have to promise the boys
jobs. They won't work well
without it. You don't have to
give them the jobs, just promise
them. =
This must bea chilly incident
to those to whom the Good Gov
eminent League has promised a
seat at the pie counter; because
it stands to reason that at the
Battle of Monroe he must have
also impressed Luther that in
order to get the boys to work he
too must extend TO them an in
vite' to the culinary department
of the Goo-G Goo hotel.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1912-01-13
ST. LANDRY TO HAVE
PARISH FAIR IN AUG.
Farmers and A Mechant Meet Al Courthouse
Wednesday Evening for that Purpose.
WHITE And RICHARDSON HERE,
Frisco Man and University Man Tell Us the
BeHafit Of Parish Fair, and
Of Organization.


Some thirty-five farmers and
an Opelousas merchant met at
the courthouse Wednesday even
ing to take initiatory steps look
ing to having big parish fair in
| Opelousas sometime this Fall.
The farmers seemed enthusias-
tic over the matter, and took it.
up with a vim that insures its
success.
We can get along without the
help in this matter of the Ope-
lousas merchants, if they just
won t help US, " said one of the
old farmers present. Guess
though they will be glad to see
US come in August with cur crack
products to exhibit, and bring
along q few extra people to
town. /"
Don't be too hard on the Ope-
lousas merchants. man, " apologi-
cally retorted his neigh Tor, you
isee this is a mighty cold dav, and
maybe they couldn't risk the
weather. =
The conference was called to
order by President A. E. Bercier,
lof the 0pelousas Progressive
League, who made a few appro-
pirate Introductory remarks, con
graduating the farmer class on
| the interest manifested by them
in the matter, and predicting a
successful fair.
Prof. E. S. Richardson, Of the
Louisiana State University. and
A. NJ. College, laid great stress
on the Importance of parish fairs.
The North Louisiana farmer
is today more advanced in diversi-
fed farming, Why?- because par
parish fairs been held regularly
IN nearly every parish there for
many years past. They meet,
they look at the exhibits, and Il
Jim sees that John has made a
particular success of a product,
he will have John tell him alt
about it, when to plant, how to
cultivate it, etc, said Mr.. Rich
.ardson, and in turn Jim will tell
John about some particular pro-
duct of his. =
Speaking Of the necessity for
the mutual cooperation Of the
farmer and the merchant, Prof.
Richardson said that it was as
much to the interest of the mer-
chant that the farmer raise di-
yersifed crops and prosper. as it
was to the farmer himself. rue
that farmer may not come his
store to buy salt meat, or bt ter,
or eggs. or other products that
can be raised on the farm, but
when that merchant sees a live
at-home farmer enter his store,
he knows that the farmer has
the cash to pay for whatever
he buys.
Mr. White, the veteran agr
cultural and immigration com
missioner Of the Frisco railroad,
spoke IN his usual happy vein,
and of what had already been
accomplished by the small parish
fairs held here IN the past. He
told Of the interest ST. Landry
farm products had created in the
Northern and Western States.
He urged strongly a fair Of large
proportions for St. Landry.
It was decided to hold the fair
about the 18th Of August, and
President Bercier was authorized
to appoint the various committees
necessary to carry out the pro
ject.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1912-01-13
Gone 70 AbbeYiIle.

Mr.. Felix Richard, for many
years connected with Dietlein s
Jewelry Store, has accepted a
position with the Mcpherson
Jewelry Store, in Abbeville, and
left with his family for that
thriving place last week.
Abbeville has acquired a good
citizen and Mr.. Mcpherson a
good ieWeler.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1912-01-13
A Card Of Thanks.

We take this method Of ex-
tending our thanks to the nu-
rnerous friends and acquaintance
who assisted US during the last
illness of our son and brother, G.
Howard Laeombe.
THE FAMILY.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1912-01-13

DR.. ]. P. Harrison, Of New
iberia, purchased a Baby 8 Nit
chelI car from the Teche Auto
Co. Of our city during the week.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1912-01-13

Coal was plentiful in town,
but it was almost as far away
from the hearth of the average
citizen as was the forest a mile
away. The merchants, on ac-
count of the muddy streets,
would not deliver coal, and one
had to be his own delivery by
means of a wheelbarroW, which
did not relieve the situation
much because the ordinance
prohibiting rolling anything Of
the kind on the concrete side
walks was enforced, and man
can hardly tread where horses
can t.
The situation has been some
what relieved by a few days of
good weather, but it is tar from
being glorious yet.
Free Scholarship For Some
Deserving Boy VIII be Given by
the Opelousas Business College,
call or write for particulars to
C. E. Keller, Manager, Opelou-
sas, La.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1912-01-13

Ths g Landry la ClarsaE y W'fhsE'
aaRDt ans Of ths best aaltsa nd pEintsd
veaalgps In iha WhsIs SoHfh.--AMERICAE
newspaper UNION.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-03-26
WILL
NOT GIVE IN

LONDON, March 26.-Unless the ma
tional miners strike is settled within
two or three days and the million idle
miners return to the pits the mems
leaders will go back to their respective
districts in order to organize mainten-
ance and relief for the distressed fami-
lies, and will ask other organizations
to assist them.
This is the substance of a statement
by one of the men who has been fore
most in the negotiations on the mems
side. He insisted that the miners had
no intention of further reducing their
demandH. They had, he said. already
given up the schedule of wages which
they first submitted to the government
and the owners and had agreed to ac-
cept the minimum daily rates of SIPS
for men and so cents for boys, which
was the very least they could ask the
men to indorse.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-03-26
MYSTERY IN TITLE
SOLVED IN COURT

Title to the property at 81 Walnut
street, that has been in doubt owing to
the names of two mysterious persons
appearing in the deed was made clear
in Chancery Court today by Frederick
F. Whitehead. of South Norwalk, Conn.
The property was sold by Henrietta
D. Gulick to Herman Pashkow, a real
estate dealer, who, in turn, made the
conveyance to Aaron Jatkowsky, "a
Walnut street. Jatkowsky objected to
the title and failed, it is said, to make
good his offer of s3,275 to Pashkow, who
in turn failed to meet his obligation
to Mrs. Gulick.
She brought suit to compel the carry
ing out of the covenant and the matter
of a clear title was discussed before
Vice-Chancellor Emery.
Mr.. Whitehead explained hat the
property was conveyed in the name of
Goshen by one Gaskin, employed by
Whitehead to George Anderson and
wife" Anderson also worked for
Whitehead. but he never had any wife.
When Mrs. Gulick took title to the
property through a sheriff's sale these
co~nveyances were not made clear.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-03-26
JURY CLEARS TEN
CHICAGO PACKERS

fresh meat industry Of the country is
as follows:
July l, 1903-Injunction issued by
Judge Grosseup restraining the pack
ers from entering into a combina-
ton.
February 20, INSTRUMENTATION of
alleged combination begun.
July /, 1905-Sixteen packers n four
corporations indicted.
December 81, bookcases called for
trial.
March 21, ~1906-Judge Humphreys
renders the Immunity bath" decision,
freeing the indicted packers.
December 20, 1908 Investigation
taken up by Federal grand jury, but
soon discontinued without indictments
being returned.
December Is, 1909-Investigation re-
sumed by the Federal grand jury.
March 81, Embellishments returned
against the National Packing Company
and ten subsidiary concerns and bill
in equity filed, asking that the Ma
tional Packing Company be dissolved.
June "a, acknowledgements against
the National Packing Company
quashed by Judge Lands and a special
grand jury called to renew the inves-
tigation.
July IA. 1910-Special grand jury i'm
paneled and inquiry begun.
August II, 1910lThomas G. Lee,
manager of the dressed beef sales de-
partment of Armour & Co., indicted
for perjury, and Alfred r. Urion, chief
counsel for the company, and three
employees, charged with destroying
stenographers' notebooks containing
important information desired by the
government.
August 15, 1910-Attorney Urion dis
charged with a reprimand and the
other respondents held for further
hearing.
September II, acknowledgements re-
turned charging ten packers with con-
spiracy in maintaining a combination
in restraint of trade.
December 6, 1911-Trial of the ten
packers begun before Judge Carpenter.
The trial was one of the longest
criminal trials in the history of the
Federal courts. 1t began December
6, 1911, and the jury was sworn in
December 10. The first witness was
called by the government December 26.
The government put forty-nlne wit
nesses on the stand and introduced
1888 documents in evidence. The rec
ord Of the case contains 5000, 900 words.
1t is estimated hat the trial cost
the packers $500, 900 and the govern
ment about 800, 900.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-03-26

e~ndeavoring o protect the interest of
our policy holders. the charge of being
d Nov SaS aoV What cd do p You iaif th + ! Rur we coca Maid
the city of Newark last year? We
paid the city of Newark the tremen-
dous sum of one million ninety thou
sand odd dollars. Thai is what we
paid into the city treasury of Newark
last year-one-half, almost. of the en-
tire tax paid by us throughout the
country went into the Golfers of the
city of Newark.
Now, who is it that is bearing the
burden of this taxation? This COM
pany is a industrial company, and
the industrial policy holders are pay
ing 70 per cent. of this awful burden.
That means simply this, that a man
who could put his money in the saw
ings bank, if he gets 1t from this
company, would have it exempted from
taxation under the laws of this State,
but because it is in our vaults, and
not in the savings institution, they
are proposing to tax that man and
diminish his property which we have
here.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-03-26

their pictures to appeal in the papers
would mean thai they would be black
listed for the rest of their lives.
One of them told the reporter that he
had been out of work eight months
because he tried to organize h men.
II am down on the list he saio- land
I lave no chance. But you IA have
my name; it is Antony Cravello. When
this trouble is over 1 shall have to give
another name to get work, anyway"
Plants Strike Affects.
The following plants are affected and
the number of employees who are out:
Brighton Cotton Mills, So; Forstmann
& HUFFMAN, 2,100; Manhattan Shirt
Company, ~ironers, $50; Gera Mills.
weavers, 500; Garfield Worsted Spin
ming Company. weavers, 500; New Jer-
sey Worsted Spinning Company, spin
ners, 500, and the Phoenix Women
Weavers, $50.
George c.. Rohlig, superintendent and
director of the Botany Worsted Mills,
said that he had grave fears of trou-
BILE. He denied that conditions in his
plant were as bad as represented. He
said that his women earned q mini
mum of $3.50 and men a minimum of
$3.50. The weavers, he said, earned
from s14 to SIS a week.
When asked if it was true that the
bonuses and Christmas presents for
length of service simply enslaved the
men more he denied 1t.
do you expect your employees to go
out?"
Yes, these labor agitators come here
and stir up trouble. My people were
all contented until they came here.
They may go out any day. If they do"
and his hand came down with a crash
on the arm of his chair, I'VE will close
the plant rather han discuss the affairs
of our employees with the union. We
will recognize no union. We never
had a union and we never will. We
treated our men fairly well and if they
allow themselves to be led away by
these agitators they will have only
themselves to blame. l only hope the
authorities will realize the seriousness
of a strike in our mills to this city
and act in time. If there is a strike
there will also be violence
LOWELL, Mass, March 26.-More
than 1000 textile operatives in this
city Joined the ranks of the 1000 strik-
ers who are demanding a greater
wage increase than that granted by the
manufacturers at the hour for the
opening of the mill gates today. An
early morning parade was held by the
strikers in the business and mill dis
tricts of the city.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-03-26
PASSENGERS JOSTLED
IN REAR=END COLLISION.

A trolley car controller hat became
stuck and would not work was the
cause of a rear-end collision at Broad
street and Clinton avenue today. The
ifty-two passengers in the two cars
were thrown violently from their seats
and badly frightened, yet escaped seri-
GUS injury, while the damage to the
railway property consisted of a broken
fender for car No. POST, of the Broad
line, and a shattered vestibule window
in the car ahead. which was No. 2074
of the Mt. Prospect line.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-03-26
COURTS ARE BLAMED FOR
CRIME IN NEW YORK CITY.

NEW YORK. March 28.-Some of the
difficulties that confront he police in
their efforts to suppress crime in New
York were pointed out yesterday by
Police Commissioner Waldo in an adj
dress before the Methodist Preachers
Association.
Police work cannot be effective un-
less backed up by the courts. Yet the
courts suspend sentences upon 1884
persons who had been actually con-
victed. This is a serious situation"
said the commissioner.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-03-26
Arizona Governor Spends
Night in States Prison

PROENIX, Ariz.. March 26.-Gov-
ernor Hunt, of Arizona, occupied cell
No. "a Saturday night in the State
Penitentiary at Florence with Frank
Howard, who is serving "a three years
sentence for burglary.
Sunday morning the governor fell
into line with the convicts and
marched to the dining-room, where he
partook of the regular prison break
fast, consisting of bread, beans, musb
and black coffee.
On his return to Phoenix YESTERDAYS
Governor Hunt said he believed all
governors should be required to pass
one night in prison. Governor Hooper
Of Tennessee recently spent a night in
prison.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-03-26
1'elnpo" Beats Bloody Razor and AID
Corn-freei
Care-freei

Fuss no more with bloody knives and
razors-with Shiny salves and sticking
plastersl Bother no more with bulky
straps. cotton wads, cloth doughnuts and
similar nuisances! No more need adding
insult to injury.
Foot-torture days are overl Praise be to
Bingoi Great, wonderful, Corn-Conquering
Bingoi Worst corns quickly yield to its
whitening touch. Inflammation and pain
stop "as if by magic!" No harm to normal
flesh. Corn or callous just fades away
you peel it off, cast it from your sight
foot trouble then is merely a memory!
Make no mistake. If p~estered with corns,
bunions, callouses, warts-seyerally or col
lectively-it's BINGO you want. There
isn't anything Just as good
At druggists, 25c. Or direct upon receipt OF
price, by Dennison Pharmacal Co, III No
Dearborn St, Chicago, Ill. Sold in this city
10y Petty's Pharmacy, 781 Broad; Riker Drug
Co, 1865 Broad; Menk's Pharmacy. 108 Market
Samuel Schwarz, 901 Broad; q. Beitmans
Market and Mulberry.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-03-26
HUSBAND FILES COUNTER
CHARGE IN DIVORCE CASE.

A petition for divorce was filed today
in Vice-Chancellor Emery's court by
Mrs. Elizabeth Newbury against her
husband, George Newbury, of West
Orange. Mr.. Newbury brings a coun-
ter-suit against his wife, and charges
her with criminal misconduct.
The Newburys were married on
Christmas Day, 1907, and lived at 80
Rector street, this city. They separat-
ed in April, 1909.