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St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1912-06-08

negro vote in Baltimore was pur-
chased for Roosevelt.
What will be spent by the Taft
and Roosevelt forces in Ohio
there is no means of estimating.
and the total corruption fund
will never be known.
We know what money can do
in the way of debauching an
electorate. Adams County
(Ohio), with 1000 voters dis
franchised for taking brides, is
an eloquent testimonial, and the
preferential primary threatens
to turn every debatable state
into an Adams County. In the
name of progressive government
we are re-establishing Hannaism
in its most venal and dangerous
form.
Without stringent corrupt
practical laws the presidential
primary is a menace to Ameri-
can institutions. It is the rule
of barter and bribery and Doodle.
It makes the presidency of the
United States for sale.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1912-06-08
new YORK WORLD ASKS
If PRESIDENCY Is
To Be BOUGHT.

The presidential primary prom
ises to be the most effective in
strument of political debauchery
and corruption that this country
has ever known.
It was bad enough to have the
nomination disposed of by cor
rupt bosses like Hannah and
Quay. It is infinetly worse to
have the nomination knocked
down to the highest bidder by
a corrupt electorate.
The primary laws as they now
stand are an open invitation to
the buying and selling Of the
presidency.
The Republican presidential
primaries in Pennsylvania cost
So. 600, 900. In Allegheny County
alone. the Taft managers spent
S67, 283 and the Roosevelt pepole
$31, 344, a total of sos. CIR This
sum represents nearly a dollar
and a half apiece for every
Republican vote in the county.
m NaW York County I h q
Roosevelt people spent nearly
SIS. for every vote they poIled.
Nobody knows what they spent
in Maryland. but the Taft man
ayers have charged that the
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1912-06-08
Saturday, July s, 1912,

n continuing on each Slcceed1nga day
until said sales are completed, movable
and immoyable property on which taxes
are now due to the State Of Louisiana.
Parish of st. Landry and levee district,
to enforce collection OF taxes assessed
in the year 1911, together with the inter
est thereon from the 3lst day Of Deeem-
Der, 1911, at the rate OF 2 per cent per
month until paid. and all Costs. The
m of said DELINQUENT taxpayers.
the AMOUNT of taxes due by each on the
assessment of said year, and the nova
bic and immoyafle property assessed to
each to be- offered for sale as follows,
to-wit:
70 T. 81. Atkins
30 acres improved, bounded north BY
Moore, south Bayou Jack, east Moore.
west Hicks, valued $500; parish tax
s. n, state $3.50, CIV &c good roads &c,
Il r leYee 800. acreage S1,75, interest,"
63c, total Ills.
III jacques Beaehamp
, lots improved, Nos. II and II, block
?, Colorado Southern Addition. 0pelousas,
value $3.50 pash tax S$2.25, poll 81. state
S1.25s G " sc, good roads 6e, @ 81 by
S1.25, interest DC, total S6.15.
144 Bercier Il Lewis
4 let's, Bereier & Lewis addition, Nos.
/, ?. 8, 4, block 6. val $500; parish tax
S2434. state St.30, G. Y &C, good roads
&c, o G Ry S1.30, interest 30c, total
S5.36.
326 Charles Ruckart
go acres improved, bounded north by
Poplar Grove, south Saizan. east Roos.
west Teehe, val 800 parish $500, poll
81, state s.. CY Sc, good roads Ice, GIG.
Ry s., int 40c, total S9,1S.
329 Mrs Etienette Billiard, or Mrs q
Bite Comeau
| lot improved. bounded north by
Madison st, south Esfilette, east h
chere. vest Andrns. val $3.50: parish
S1.t335. state Toe, G. " &c, good roads DC,
On said day I will sell such portion
of said property as each debtor Will
point out, and in case the debtor Will
not point ont sufficient property, / Will
at once and without further delay, sell
the least quantity of said property OF
any debtor, which any bidder will buy
for the amount Of the taxes, interest
and costs due by said debtor. The sale
will be without appraisement, for cash,
in legal tender money of the United
States, and the property sold shall he
redeemabIe any time for the space of
one year, by paying the price given,
with twenty per cent and costs and
penalty added.
The mortgage creditors are hereby
notified thatif the property to be sold
is not redeemed, the sale thereof when
recorded in the conveyance or MORT
gage office shall operate as a eaneelia-
tion of all conventional and judicial
mortgages thereon.
Sheriff and Ex-otficio Tax Collector.
iunel-6t
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1912-06-08
Pyshians Elect Officers.


The Grand Lodge Knights OF
Pythias held a two days session
in Alexandra last week. The
meeting was well attended and
considerable business for the adj
vancement or the order transact
ed. New Orleans was selected as
the next meeting place and the
following officers elected Judson
Harris, Jennings grand chancellor
George DE-. Leahy, New Orleans
grand vice chaacellorW A Mabry
Shreveport, grand prelate; f. Que
rens, Jr. New Orleans. G. K.or r.
S; TIC VIII, New Orleans, grand
master Of exeheqaer;AD d. Turner,
Minden. grand master at arms;
Shelby Taylor, Crowley, grand IN
ner guard; 4. A. StiIlman. Lake
Charles. grand outer guard.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1912-06-08
THIS IS LOOKING
TWENTY CENTURIES
BACKWARD.

John R. Earle, a discharges
Federal soldier, went, in August
1908, from North Carolina tt
Washington, D. c., to attend Ii
a pension claim on account o.
malaria contracted in the ser
vice. While there he called on I
physician regarding a skin dis
ease which was pronounced to bt
leprosy. Every one knows how
Early has since been treated b
the American people, his fellow.
citizens-quite like any pariah.
lit was recently reported thai
John Early, supposed leper, has
been driven out for the last time.
and Tacoma, in Washington
State, has done the driving out. .
At first it was intended to fence
Early within his acre of land out
side Tacoma, thus shutting MIN
from contact with any other per-
son. There were sympathizers
with him who petitioned against
the idea of that fence. But on
the putting in evidence Of some
passages of Scripture a judge Of
the superior court refused to is
sue a restraining order against
the erection of the barrier. The
national authorities then found a
permanent refuge for Early at
Port Townsend quarantine sta
ton; and, it is said, satisfied
that he could do no better, he
has left the world. and has gone
to attend an undoubted leper in
that station. His wife and three
children viii live as near to him
as possible and he will be able
to aid them from the small
nurses salary of $65 that mag
nanimons government will pay
him, $50 pension being added on
account, not Of Ieprosy, but of
the malaria contracted in the
spanish War.
Now, without entering into the
controversy of experts on the
subject, for the purposes of argu-
ment, says The journal of the
American Medical Association,
let leprosy be presumed IN Early.
Leprosy is a slowly developing,
slightly infectious disease, com
parable in many respects tc
tuberculosis of the skim. ffrom
the beginning Early's infection
had been pronounced a form OF
tuberculosis who would have
paid the slightest attention to it
Yet the opportunities for the or
binary tuberculeus patient tc
communicate his disease are
many times greater than the op-
portunities for the leper to infect
with ieprosy, which is eommuni-
cable only with difficulty.
Possibly leprosy was danger
ously infectious in the scripfural
days from which the traditional
horror surrounding it is largely
derived. IF SO. this charaeteris-
tic has certainly become greatly
modified during the twenty ia
tervening centuries. How IL
logical it is, then, to base our
twentieth century attitude to-
ward leprosy on its ancient Or It's
medieval status. Our London
correspondent says: There are
probably always twenty to thirty
cases of leprosy in London. :
The patients live at home and
move about unrestricted. There
appears to be no danger what
ever IF contagion, for no cases
of transmission have come to
light If the enlightened
American people must suffer
from an epidemic pathophobia,
let il be q wholesome fear of
something really worth dreading.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1912-06-08

The following ordinance after
having been read section by sec
ton and adopted in like manner,
was adopted as a whole.
ORDINANCE NO. 2 or 1912.
An ordinance to amend and re-
enact section one of an ordi-
nance Of the Board Of Alder
men of the City of Opelon-
sas, La, adopted June 10th,
1910, entitled An ordinance
governing the electrician and
manager of Electric Light
and Water Works Plant; es
tablishing rules for the oper
alton and management of
the Electric Light and Water
Works Plant Of the City of
Opelousas, La and to re-
peal section seven OF said
ordinance.
Section I. BE it ornained by
the Mayor and Board Of Alder
men Of the City of 0pelo sas,
La, that section | of an ardi-
nance of the City of 0pelo sas,
La, adopted June 10, 1910, err
titled An ordinance governing
the electrician, and manager of
electric light and W~aterWorks
plant, establishing rules for the
operation and management OF
the electric light and water
works plant, of the city of Opel
ousas. La" be amended and re-
enacted SO as to read as follows
Section /. Be it ordained By
the Mayor and Board Of Alder
men of the City Of Opelonsas,
La, that there shall be a mana
ger Of the electric light and
waterworks plant to be elected
by the Board of Aldermen, who
shall be a graduate of an electri
cal institution, or who shall have
not less than five years of prac-
teal experience as an electrical
and mechanical engineer, and
shall submit proper and salts
factory recommendations Of his
efficiency. He shall be removed
from office by the Boardof Alder
men at any time, for cause.
Section 2. Be it further or-
dained, etc, That section seven
of said ordinance be and the
same is hereby repealed.
Section 8. Be it further Or
dained etc, That all ordinances,
or parts Of ordinances, in conflict
herewith be and the same are
hereby repealed.
Adopted May 18th, 1912.
e. +. LOEB. Mayor.
Attest j. b. A. A Clerk.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1912-06-08
ORDINANCE NO. d.
An ordinance fixing the salary
and penalty of the night
Watchmen appointed by the
IT,. c.

and penalty OF the night
Watchmen appointed by the
Town Council.
Sec. 1. Be it ordained by the
Mayor and the Board of Alder
men of the Town of Melville, La,
in special session convened, That
two Watchmen be appointed to
patrol the levee front from the
lower corporate limits to a point
on the dividing line between G. E.
Havard's and Delaune Bros
plantations, at a salary at the
rate Of Fifty Dollars $50. 00l
per month.
Sec. 2. Be it further ordain-
ed, That the Waterman shall have
full police power and under the
direct supervision of the Mayor
at all times.
Sec. 3. Be it further ordain-
ed, That it shall be the duty Of
the watchmen to be on vigilant
duty from the hours of 6 o'clock
EP. M, to 6 O'Clock A. M, and
they shall not leave the Ievee at
any time during these hours ex-
.cept it be necessary to give
alarms of impending danger.
Sec. A. Be it further ordain-
ed, That upon failure of duty the
Watchmen shall be subject to dis
missal and a fine not less than
ten days pay or more than the
amount due him at that time or
at the discretion of the Mayor.
Sec. 5. Be it further ordain-
ed, That all ordinances or part of
ordinances in conflict herewith
be and the same are hereby re-
pealed, and this ordinance shall
take effect from and after its
passage.
Moved by H. S. Joseph, sec
.onded by C. w. Stone and car
ried, That Ordinance No. d do
now pass. On call Of the roll
the following vote was taken:
Yeas: I'll. S. Joseph, C. w. Stone,
C. B. McNeil1 and e. G.. Richard.
Thus done and passed in spe-
cial session convened this the
10th day of April, 1912, A. d.
LESTER j. WILLIAMS, Mayor.
Attest. e. =. LEBLANC, Clerk.
may2 St
Moved BY G. w. Stone, sec
.onded by G.. b. Mcneil and car
RED, That Mi. S. Zeringue be
appointed Waterman. On call
of the roll the following vote was
taken: Yeas. C. w. Stone, CT. b.
|McNeill, FL. S. Joseph and E. g.
Richard.
Moved by E.. @. Richard and
seconded by FL. S. Joseph and
carried, That Wiley Hudson be
appointed Waterman. On call Of
the roll the following vote was
taken: Yease E. G.. Richard, Fl.
is. Joseph, G. B. McNeill and G.
w. Stone.
Moved hv Fl. S. Joseph, sec
omded by C. w. Stone and car
That an appropriation of
One Hundred dollars (S100.00
be set aside or as much thereof
as May be necessary out of the
general funds of the town to pay
the Watchmen for performance
of their duties.
Moved by G. w. Stone, sec
onded by C. B. McNeill and car
|ried, That the Marshal Of the
Town be appointed . committee
Of one to employ a man to ar
range the lights and gongs and to
notify the Watekmen TO start
work tomorrow night
Moved BY C. w. Stone, sec
onded by Fl. S. Joseph and car
RED, That the Board now adj
Journ.
LESTER J. WILLIAMS, Mayor.
Attest: E. ;. LEBLANC, Clerk.
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St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1912-06-08
State Medical Examinations for
1911.

Six thousand nine hundred anc
sixty physicians were examined
during 1911 for a license to prac.
tice medicine In the different
states. These figures are the re.
suit Of the tabulation of the re.
ports from all the state examin.
ing boards, as shown this weeks
number of The Journal of the
American Medical Association.
Comparison with previous years
shows that 1904 physicians were
examined in 1910, 1927 in 1909,
and TITO in 1903. Apparently
the number Of applicants for Ii
.cense is decreasing. as is the
number of medical schools and
graduates. There were 119 medi-
cal colleges in the United States
in 1911, which had graduates ex-
amined. One hundred and six
teen graduates of foreign medi-
cal colleges were examined in
tWenty-one states. The largest
number in any one state being
forty-three, in New York.
Graduates of Canadian schools
were examined in tWenty-seven
states, most of these being border
line states.
OF the $3.50 physicians ex-
amined in 1911, 1919 per cent
failed to pass the examination.
In North Carolina, Massachu-
sets, Mississippi, Oregon, and
Tennessee, in which states nom
graduates are eligible to exami-
nation, $50 undergraduate stu
dents were examined, of which
127, or 38.5 per cent, failed. In
Tennessee, out of 213 candidates
registered by examination, 10,
SIT per cent, were non-gradu-
ates.
The most important result of
the tabulation Of state board re-
ports made annually by the
American Medical Association,
is the information it gives as TO
the quality of the work done by
the various medical schools of
the United States. a school
whose graduates show a high
degree of efficiency before the
state examining boards is OBJ
Wously giving a better course OF
instruction than the medical
school whose graduates show q
highpercentage of failures. The
report divides the medical schools
of the United States into three
classes; those having less than
10 per cent. Of failure during
1911, those having between 10
and 20 per cent. of failures and
those having over 20 per cent.
Of failures.
In Louisiana, in Tulane Uni
yersity Medical Department, lis
were examined, Ill passed and
8 failed
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1912-06-08
STRIKE HIM A MEDAL.

The meanest man lives in St.
Louis. He exposes his wooden
leg to the mosquitoes and then
sits back and laughs as the poor
things try to straighten out their
spears.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1912-06-08
State Tax Sales
OF MOVABLE AID ENJOYABLE
PROPERTY AND NOTICE 10
MORTGAGE CREDITORS.
Tax Debters, Parish fist.
Landry,

BY virtue of the authority vested in
State of Louisiana, ! will sell ut the
principal front door of the courthouse,
IN which the civil district court of said
parish is held, within the legal hour
for Judicial sales, beginning at II o'clock
q. n. On
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1912-06-08
AN ADDITION.

Yes sir, when we were am
pushed, we got out without los
ing a man or a horse or a gun
or" "A minute, =
chined IN a small, still voice
Judge.
Il prefer death to dishonor. !"
roared the candidate. So they
handed him both by sending him
to the Senate.
Ahen gets as much satisfaction
from sitting on a doorknob as
from sitting on an egg-and it
lasts much longer.
Speaking Of impartial mothers
there's the incubator.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1912-06-08

Blessed be the Ty that swats-
not the spectator, but the ball.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1912-06-08

It remains to be seen whether
pure food remedies can prevent
COLES in the Doe Wiley baby.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1912-06-08
Things THAT The WIT.
TY SAY ABOUT
Things.

They're talking now Of calling
him Tire-us Cobb.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1912-06-08
ADVICE TO

First week weigh the baby on
the rag mans scales. Second
week use the ice cream mans
scales and you will be surprised
how fast that baby's grown.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1912-06-08
BE STILL.

Il you say a girl gave him an
intoxicating glance, do you mean
she made a rye face at him?
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1912-06-08
SAYS GRIPTACK 81:

The front lot Of the average
city first reminds me there are
thirty-six inches in a yard.
Strange some of the most sane
timonious men will cheat at soli-
taire.
Dan r. Hanna is for Roosevelt
and yet it was Dams papa who
tried to bury him.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1912-06-08

Mrs. Katherine SchaIler of Phi
ladelphia wants 81, 500 damages
from her mother-in-law. Why
do the comic papers always make
the man the victim of mothe-in-
laws.
hem thodist Church insists
that people must not dance, but
that dosen,t solve the problem of
the people who can't dance and
insist on doing it.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1912-06-08
NO MORE FRECKLEs


This cream IS mild bleach, It soothes
the skin and leaves it ID a healthy con-
dition- Wilson'S Freckle Cream Is
guaranteed to remove freckles, pimples
and bIaekheads. IF 1t fails to do so,
your druggist viii refund your money.
Try a soc jar at our risk. H he cannot
supply you, send Soc to the Wilson
Freekle Cream Co., Charleston, S. c.,
and We viii mail You d full size jar.
It is the one real way III get rid oe
freckles.
ChaS. I. BaRVeHu
shule's Drug Store
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1912-06-08

Thank goodness, at last it's so
hot we don't feel like working.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1912-04-17

A Woman's rest room was opened IN
the city of Columbia On Tuesday-the
work of the Federated Women's clubs
of the city. It is fitted up with much
comfort. Batesburg has also establish
ed a woman's rest room.
The Anderson Mail says: "W. F.
Stevenson is to be the annual orator
at Erskine college. He has a voice
like q sawmill, but is eloquent in spite
of it.''
"Fine feathers make thin pocket
books''; so married man says.
Half dozen drinks day will hurt
no man-if he sticks to water.
Are you there when it comes to
making the best of the worst of it?
An ounce of tiatterv goes farther
with a woman than a pound of pity.
Anderson county has 1S5 Boys Corn
clubs.
The ratio of ofticeseekcr5 TO Office
holders is about 500 to /.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1912-04-17
The Danger After Grip

lies often in rundown system. Weak
ness, nervousness, lack of appetite,
energy and ambition, with disordered
liver and kidneys often follow an at
tack of this wretched disease The
greatest need then is Electric Bitters,
the glorious tonic, blood purifier and
re ulator of stomach, liver and kid
news. Thousands have proved that
they wonderfully strengthen the
nerves, build up the system and re-
store to health and good spirits after
an attack Of Grip. If suffering, try
them. Only so cents. Sold and per
feet satisfaction guaranteed by All
Druggists.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1912-04-17
800 Reward, 800

The readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure in all it's stages, and
that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrn Cure
is the only positive cure now known TO
the medical fraternity. Catarrh being
a constitutional disease, requires
constitutional treatment. Halls "a
tarrh Cure is taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system, thereby destroy
ing the foundation of the disease, and
giving the patient strength by building
up the constitution and assisting nature
in doing it's work. The proprietors
have so much faith in it's curatlue pow
ers that they offer One Hundred Dollars
for any case that it fails to cure. SEND
for list of testimonials.
Address F. J. CHENEY q CO.,
Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by all Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constl-
patton.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1912-04-17
CONDITIONS ENCOURAGING
Management OF Southern Railway is
Making 1t Helpful Factor IN
Southern Development.

Washington.-A most encouraging
view of conditions in the Southeast
is presented in the annual report VI
the Southern Railway company, Wnlcn
states that one of the most import
ant factors in the strength OF the com
panys position is the industrial and
agricultural development of the ter
ritory traversed by it's lines. Inc
marked agricultural progress due 70
the general adoption OF approved
methods by the farmers Of the South
east, particularly the increase OF OIL
versified farming, and the diVerslnca
ton of industries are noted.
The management of the company
with a broad conception OF It's rela'
tions to the public, is making the rail-
way not merely carrier OF the peo'
pie and products of the South, but
also a helpful factor in Southern de-
velopment. The report sets out the
efforts being put forward to increase
the prosperity Of the people already
in the Southeast, and, to attract IN
vestors and desirable settlers to the
territory served by the lines or the
Southern railway. A review is given
of the work being done by the cotton
culture department, which is teach
ing farmers, in localities where 1t IS
possible the boil weevil may spread,
to successfully combat the insect
should it ever appear in their helds'
and thus maintain their production
instead of having to learn how TO
deal with it after it appears. Inc
work of this department. will be ex-
tended to cover all territory along
the company's lines to which there
is even remote danger that the
weevil may spread The importance
to the South of maintaining It's mon
opolv of cotton production is pointed
out in connection with the vigorous
efforts being made 70 raise cotton
in other parts of the world. The re-
port shows that the company is also
encouraging live stock raising and
dairyins in it's territory. Recognition
is given the newspapers of the South
cast for their valuable assistance and
also to commercial organizations, to
hanks and individuals who have aid
ed the company in all its efforts TO
advance the agricultural prosperity OF
the Southeast.
The more important additions and
betterments completed and undertak-
en- during the year are shown, among
them the double track lines through
Lvnchburg, Va, and into Chattanooga,
Tenn, 80 miles of double track be-
tween Atlanta and Gainesville, Ga'
modern lap-sidings on the line be-
tween Atlanta and Macon, Ga., Knox
Vile and Chattanooga, Tenn, and
Morristown, Tenn, and Asheville,. N.
G. new freight station and office
hnildjng at Atlanta, additional freight
station and yard facilities at Macon,
and additional wharf facilities at Mo-
bile, Ala ~
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1912-04-17

Dan. J. Joyce. Danville, Va, IS 50
clad he ESCAPED consumption and re.
Gained his health, that he writes about
Fl tho benefit Of others. Il had a
cou Oh which hung on Tor o Two ye1lSS anS
when I began using Foley's Honey ano 10
Tar Compound. 1 kept on untn 'ne ne
cough finally left me and gained IA "a
wei9ht from 113 to 1s5 pounds. In
two wears I have grown strong ano
HEALTHY. all from the use OF Foiey 3
Honey and Tar Compound, whlcn
cr-.e5 me.D Kaufman Drug 90.