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The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1912-09-07

persons who do not by personal ap-
plicatiOn claim exemption from the
provisions Of Section 8 and 4 of this
Article before September LIST, 1913,
shall be forever denied the right to
do so.
The names of the persons regis
tering under and claiming the bene-
fits of this Section shall be entered
in a well-bound book, to be provided
by each Parish for that purpose, and
shall be known as the permanent reg
ister Immediately on closing the reg
istratiOn under this Section, on Au-
gust 81, 1913, it shall be the duty of
the registration officer or his depu-
ty in the different Parishes through
out the State, to make a sworn state
ment, in writing, Of the number OF
voters, both white and cOlored, with
the number of each. who have regis
tered, and whose names appear on
said permanent register herein pro-
vided for, and such sworn statement
| shall be published in the official jour
nal or other newspaper published in
the Parish in the next issue appear
| ing after said date, the cost OF lne
same to be paid by the Parish. Any
registration officer violating the pro
visions of this Section or failing 10
comply with the provisions hereof, or
shall make a false or incorrect state
ment of the number of voters regis
tered under this Section, shall be
deemed guilty of a felony and on
conviction thereof, shall be sentenced
to Imprisonment at hard labor FOR a
term of not exceeding one year.
The manner in which the names OF
persons whose names appear on salo
registration list shall hereafter regis
ter may be different from that requlT
ed of persons registered under Other
Sections of this Article, and shall
he as now provided or hereafter pro
vided by law; and the remedy anc
proceedings Whereby subsequently tt
the close of said registration, on Au
gust 31st, 1918, the names of any per
sons who may have obtained regis
tration under this Section by false
statement of facts or other traut
shall be stricken from said roll, shal
be as now provided or hereafter pro
vided by law.
Section 2. Be it further resolved
etc, that this proposed amendmen
shall be submitted to the quallfle'
voters of this State for adoption o
rejection at the Congressional cleo
ton to be held in November, 1912.
Section 3. Be it further resolved
, ETC. that on the official ballots to b
used at said election there shall b
: nrinted the words: For the propos
ed amendment of Section OF Artlol
, 1877 of the Constitution of the stat
of Louisiana, relative to reglstratlo
, Of voters" and the words:
= Against the proposed amendmen
TO Section 5 of Article 1877 Of the Coz
stitution of the State of Louisiana
3 relative to registration of voters
: and each elector shall indicate, a
l provided by the general election law
: of this State, whether he votes 10
: or against the proposed amendment
Y L. E. THOMAS,
= Sneaker of the House of Represel
q tatiVes.
D THOMAS C. BARRET,
= Lieutenant Governor and Presidel
t Of the Senate.
\ Approved: June 25th, 1917
2 L. Z. HALL,
Governor of the State OF Loulslan'
7 A true copy:
t ALVIN E. HEBERT,
y Secretary of State.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1912-09-07
JOINT RESOLUTION

JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to Article
C2SD two eighty-one Of the Con-
stitution of the State of Louisiana
relative to the incurring Of debt
and issuing bonds for work of
public improvement, and to the
valuation, and refCnding Of bonds
issued for such improvements, by
municipal corporations, parishes
and school, drainage, sewerage
and other districts (the City OF
New Orleans excepted), and the
assessment of special taxes and
forced contributions to pay for
same.
Section /. Be it resolved by the
General Assembly of the State Of
Louisiana, twotbirds (2-3) Of all the
members elected to each House, con
curing, That Article two hundred ant
eighty-one (2S1) Of the Constitution
of the State of Louisiana be so amend
cd as to read as follows
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1912-09-07
JOINT RESOLUTION

JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to Article
223 of the Constitution of the
State of Louisiana.
Section l. Be it resolved by the
General Assembly Of the State of
Louisiana, two-thirds Of all members
elected to each House cOncurring
Tl,. al amendment to the Co1stitu
ton of the State of Louisiana be
submitted to the qualified electors Of
the State for their approval or reiec
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1912-09-07
ARTICLE 2st

Paracranh 1. Municipal corpora
tons, parishes and school, drainage,
sub-drainage, road, subroad, naViga-
ton, or sewerag,' districts. City of
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1912-09-07

Of Article IVY or Tue COAo1F
tuition of the State Of Louisiana;
relative to registration Of voters.
Section /. Be it resolved by the
General Assembly Of the State OF
Louisiana, two-thirds (2-3) of the
members elected to each House con-
curing, that Section 5 Of Article 1877
OF the Constitution of the State Of
Louisiana be so amended as to read
rs follows:
Section 5. No male person who
was on January 1st, 1867, or at any
date prior thereto, entitled to vote
under the Constitution or Statutes OF
any State of the United States, where
in he then resided, and no son or
grandson of any such person, not less
than q years Of age on the LIST day
of May 1912, and no male person OF
foreign birth, who was naturallzed
prior to the 1st day of January, 1898,
shall be denied the right to register
and vote in this State by reason or
his failure to possess the educational
or property qualifications prescribed
by this Constitution, provided he
shall have resided in this State Tor
five years next preceding the date
at which he shall apply for reglstra-
ton and shall have registered in &C
cordance with the terms Of this Al
ticle prior to September 1st, 1913 ana
no person shall be entitled to regis
tor under this Section after said date.
Every person claiming the benefit
Of this Section shall make application
TO the proper registration officer or
his deputy for registration, and he
shall make oath before such regis
tration officer or his deputy in the
form following:
am a citizen of the United States
and of this State, over the age OF
twenty.one years; l have resided IN
this State for five years next preced-
ing this date. l was on the
day of .-------------- enIlOteu
IN vote under the Constitution or Sta
tutes of the State Of
wherein I then resided, Cor l am the
son or grandson of -
who was, on the -- day Oh
entitled to vote under the
Constitution or Statutes of the State
ne -------- wherein
he then resided) and 1 desire to
avail myself of the privileges confer
red by Section Of Article 1877 OF
the Constitution of this State.
Certificates Of registration shall be
given to persons registering on dura
BILE paper, and consecutiVely marked
on the permanent register. A sepa
rate registration of voters applying
under this Section shall be made by
the registration officer Of every Par
isb, for this purpose the regIstratlor
officer of every Parish shall keeI
his office open daily, Sundays and le
gal holidays excepted, until Angus
31st, 1913, inclusive, from O'Clock A
NJ. until l o'clock P. M. and from
o'clock P. NJ. until 6 o'clock +. NJ
The registration of voters uhde'
this Section shall close on the OILS
day of August, 1913, and 1mmedlaleH
thereafter the registration ofllcer .
every Parish shall make S"o'i
copy in duplicate OF the hSt OF per
5ors registered under TINS oee''o"'
showing, IN DETAIL |heIner 'ne "p
Dlicant registered as 4 VoIeT u lou,
or prior thereto OF aS " son u S"'l
voter or as the grandson Oh S0Itl W.
er, and deposit one OF S@l0 oUp'Io'''e
in the Office OF The secretary u
State, to be by MN recoFoe" anu Pre-
served, as part OF the peIlaneH
record of his office, and the other o
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1912-09-07
ACT NO. 1873.

Senate Bill No. !.
By Mr.. Geo Wesley Smith.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1912-09-07
ACT NO. 1872.

Senate Bill No. 1877. By Mr.. Beale.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1912-09-07
CONS ITUTl0NAL.
AMEHDM
ACT NO. "a.
House Bill No. 81. By Mr.. Edwards.
JOINT RESOLUTION

Providing an amendment to Section
) of Article 1877 of the ConSt-
tuition of the State Of Louisiana;
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-12-20

Avenue, and Howard street, from Front
street to Market street, CarrolIton
Avenue, from Howard street to Main
street, was heretofore declared neces-
sary, and the same was published as re-
quired by law, and;
Whereas, there vas no protest against
such improvements by the resident
property owners, or by the nonresident
property owners on the parts of said
street to be improved, and,
Whereas, said Improvement by ordin-
ance, duly ordained, was ordered to be
made by the Board, and the owners on
the parts of said street to be improved
failed to make said improvement with
in twenty days after the said ordinance
became operative, and;
Whereas, after said twenty days for
making said improvement by the own
ers had expired, upon the order of this
Board, the street commissioner duly
gave due notice to the owners of each
piece of property to be assessed Of the
necessity thereof, and said owners still
within the time allowed by law to make
said Improvement did not make the
same, or any part thereof, and;
Whereas, said street commissioner
then under the order Of this board,
caused said improvement to be made,
and duly kept an account of the costs
thereof, and;
Whereas, said street commissioner
duly reported the cost Of said improve
ment to this board at this meeting aft
err the same was constructed, for as
sessment, and;
Whereas, the City Engineer has duly
approved the report Of said street com
missioner, and;
Whereas, the Mayor and this Board,
under Section 34l2 Of the Code of 1906
as amended by Chapter 2G0, Senate Bill
No. 60 Of the Laws Of Mississippi, 1912,
are required to appOrtlon said cost OF
the whole Of said Improvement among
such abutting lots or parcels Of ground,
and to assess the same therfOr by 3
special tax to pay the same. Now,
therefore, proceeding to make said ap'
%portionment and assessment, as requir'
by law,
Be it ordained by the Mayor ant
Board of Aldermen Of the City OF
Greenwood, Mississippi:
Section /. That the cost of the i'm,
provement Of paving Fulton street
from Front street to Market street
and on Market street from Fultor
street to Main st., on Main street from
Front street to Carrollton Avenue anc
Howard street from Front street u
Market street, and on Carrollton Aven
ue, from Howard street to Main street
be and the same is hereby apportlonet
among the following described lots o
parcels of ground abutting thereon, y
the following sums, the, same being de
termined by the Mayor and Board Of al
dermen by taking the whole number o
front feet improved and dividing tn
total cost of the whole improvement
thereby by 8 and multiplying the quot
lent by the number Of feet front con
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-12-20

ard street.. from Front street to Mar
cet street. CarrolIton Avenue, IRON
Howard to Main Street ana tne ow
thereof to pay the costs OF psyihe z
curbing and g~uttering that portion Of
I T,,,ton street from Front street 70
Market street and on Market street
frarn : FuIton street to Main street, ana
~ Main street from Front street 70
r" arpoIlton Avenue, and Howard street,
from Front to Market street, CARROLL
lon Ave, from Howard TO Main street
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-12-20

and to provide for the fixing of the
amount to be assessed. An ordinance
or resolution fixing the amount to be
assessed against certain property own
ers in the City Of Greenwood, Missis-
sippi.
Whereas, by ordinance, or resolution,
duly ordained, the paving described, Of
Fulton street from Front street 70
Market street, and on Market street
from Fulton to Main street, on Main
street from Fulton street to Carrollton
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-12-20
AN ORDINANCE

Fixing the amount to be assessed
under Sections Bali and 34l2 Of the
S 40 OF 1906 as amended by Chapter
lW Senate Bill No. go of the Laws OF
cne State of Mississippi, of 1912, against
Ep5rtaln property on Fulton street from
sront street to Market street, and on
MMarket street, from Fulton street to
Maln street, on Main street from Front
street to Carrollton Avenue, and How
The weekly Iberian., 1912-08-31

o:3sss. s.ss1 a..:; %css e.,'' G.; !, 8 ?: s-,.,
1"..s, 1a.+,s ct Grou,is~-1ovr... -1 r.s~nr,' s:~,!ns,s,
ms Year in su;Ids'.W i, l
The weekly Iberian., 1912-08-31
state OF Louisiana, Parish Of Iberia

state OF Louisiana Parish of Iberia
a. a. ManmS Deputy Gle rk Of Court Iberia Parish No
'repy cerN tha upon
md that the following motion Of tho Dict A
hey hon ~ Muller nole sequed and that no reasons an
pear as having been given there for -
543 State of Louisiana vs. IIia;rc Iorel ,ss.,+ ;4.
DANGEROUS weapon. ~
1913 State of Louisiana Oscar Iindor CARVING on,
ed weapons ~ '"'' carrying conceal
1920 Static of Louisiana vs. Willie Andrevs ;
cealed weapons ~ e"s' carrying con-
state OF Louisiana Dorvle Romero disturbing
$3.50 State of Louisiana VS. Frank Tavlor n, oonooo
ed weapons ~ "''''' carrying conceal
'ate OF Louisiana vs. Ellie Landry carrying concealed
money under false pretences 6r''' ootalnng
'o''. State of Louisiana Aurcla Torell dsurh;r Aha
value 800 " ~ ""'oI petty larceny
peaceabe assembly. "'' uis'oro1hg a
,o o'' state OF Louisiana J. J. Chiasson keeping ro
'ofS State of Louisiana VS. Oscar Gulbot ;, ,
m t, 1; state OF Louisiana Clarence Lewis and John E
" a7so so"rong S the peace on pub highway ~ : '~
Sunday Law " fe"ce L. smith, violating the
SOL State of Louisiana vs. jackson sec,,. oo.,..
$4,000 VI ''o"S'ana vs. Chas Tomcheque, petty larceny
on 1ae m OF Louisiana Fernand Gonsouin selling louo
3saa c.. r consumption to white blacks
80 ~ ff state OF Louisiana CASTOR Drn;lhot calm, E
fes aoan g. lor consumption to whites and blacks '
ont": % state OF Louisiana Fernand Consoun .rou;
S""'nl,ng onn on premises of saloon " "'o"i"s
!, 5S4O State of Louisiana VIC A1ooo Au :,
ing on premises saloon se,ss,.n ao"ng gamb
limo DOL m ntaf OF Louisiana CASTOR Druihet allowing amb
''"s ,n! on premises OF saloon ~ ~ 7
- oo4z State of Louisiana VS. Hector Memo+ .ow;n h
ing on premises of saloon ' 4'e'' aio"'hs eamo
and fish law ~ 70 H"phemon BONN, violating game
o9'o state OF Louisiana Odon Miguez and Fsrnand
''A''o' assault and battery 11AMAAtkkxkrEs :
The weekly Iberian., 1912-08-31
JEANERET1E PAVING.

The Oity Council and Street
Committee and The Southwestern, y
Traction and Power t'ompan,
have comprOmi isrd their difference
al to the amount Of the cost of
paving Main Street to he assr.,sed
to the share Ot the Traction Co
The new arrangement is that The
Traction Go will lay the founda.
tlOn for 'ts track pay $4,000 az
its pro rata "f the paving and
maintain eight feet of the paving
after It js land by the city. The
Herald thinks this settlement Of
the matter is best for the town. a.
all cause for delay in now removed
and the paving can be put down
this summ~r. Engineer Warren
R. Reed telegraphed the Bithuli
thic contractors that they can shin
their material and start the nav
ing 1t Once.-Jeanerette Herald
The weekly Iberian., 1912-08-31

| had hoped that it would not
be. necessary to again discuss thu
matter Of the District Attorney
ship in this District. My letter
published on August 10th con
tanned specific charges, and
thought that my opponent would
be accurate in his statements and
50 make it unnecessary for me to
reply lilo his answer to those
charges Ir this | have been dis
appointed, for find a lengthy
statement appearing under date
Of August 18th, signed by him
which is calculated only to con
fuse the issues and mislead the
voters. 1t, therefore, becomes
necessary for me to make a furth-
cr statement.
charged that the report of
the Grand Jury was prepared by
him and was being used by him
for political purposes. This he
has not denied. His suggestion
that my crit cism Of this report is
improper is altogether uncallcd
for, for | saw the report in the
local press, and l deny emphani-
calIy that even that report sets
at naught or disprovcs my charges
against him, the most serious Of
which the report does not touch
upon.
! charged that he has made i.
a rule to indiscriminatcly com
promise. dcad-docket and nolle
prOscum indictments. This
charge he admits; and while pre-.
tending to be fair and Just and
accusing me Of being unfair and
UNJUST, he presents what purports
70 be a complete list Of the eases
nolIc prosecuted by him. Wheth-
pr intentional or not, he has
FALSIFIED THE RECORD, and.
Judging from the character of the
eases omitted, his Justification
vas DELIBERATE.
In order that no question Of
'eracity may be raised, | now
submit certificate of the Clerk
If Court. showing 25 eases tha:
le has nolle prosecuted, which he
intentionally left off his record.
md showing that the accused
PERSONS were mostly men of
means and political influence in
heir respective wards. The list
nd certificate follow;
The weekly Iberian., 1912-08-31

If Justice, fairness and hui
manity" jus stified nolle prosequ
ing such charges as the foregoing
then Mr.. Muller's idea Of JUS
ticc, fairness and humanity is not
a safe guide for the citizenship
and morals of this District
lie has lodged the issue con
cerning the cases compromised,
and his failure TO satisfactorily
explain this matter will be con
strucd against him. The idea Of
a District Attorney assigning for
reasons for nollc prosecuting in
dictmcnts that there was no
evidence and "spite work" is
ridiculous and indicates his weak
ness; for if he were to perform
his duty as required by his oa h
this practice of using the Courts
to work "spite work, " and trump
ing up charges, could be immed-
lately ended An information
charging the false accuser with
perjury would soon stop this
practice; and such course, if
elected, | purpose to pursue.
| wish The public to remember
that in the Parish of iberia alone
there were 321 no true bills re
turned, more than 100 nollc prose-
qCics entered, and more than SO
cases compromised. This record
spells BAD ROADS. BAD BRIDG |
ES. DELAPIDATED PUBLIC |
BUILDINGS, and an INDEBTED |
PARISH Such is the condition
of Iberia, Notwithstanding an as
sessment of nearly Eight Million
Dollars and tax levy of ten
milas-thc constitutional limit.
| charged further that the
criminal expenses of the Parish
of Iberia have greatly increased,
and the public knows this; and
his defy to me will mislead no
one; for in my original charge
the proof was given.
Again he mistates the fact
when he says that no Court was
held from July q, 1911 to March
J, 1912. Court was sitting in this
The weekly Iberian., 1912-08-31

Parish for more than two months
during that interval. and what /
said is what now rcpra., that
during this time not SOLITARY
criminal ease was fried N the bis
trict Court Of IBERIA Parish
Again he lodges the issue when
he assigns as his reason for ac-
ceptin. $4,000 per ann,m from
the Parish Of st Martin as l.9aE
adviser, that because his prcde-
ccssors n office had done 50 he
had ri"ht to do ii The point
made was tha under hls CON
struction of the law in iberia he
cannot place another construction
on the law in st Martin Parish
to his own advantage; and having
done so he has violated his oath
Of office. The action of his pred
cccssOrs IN office was consis mt !;
for it is well known that the
gentlemen named bv him acted
as legal adviser fer both Parish
es, and in both Parishes placed
the same construction upon the
law Attorneys will to-day diff
fer with me and Mr.. Muller in the
cons truction which we have placed
upon this law. but as it would be
wrong for me to promise before
the election to do this work with
ont pay and after election to take
pay, so it is wrong for Mr.. Muller
to have rendered his services 10
iberia Parish free of charge. de-
claring such to be the law. and
then to 20 to st. Martin Parish.
interpret the law differently. and
accept pay for this work. This is
the ISSUE which he has not me.
The gentleman attempts to in
Ject some collateral ISSUES that
are too childish to merit serious
consideration. His proposition for
JOINT debates with horseback
riding, etc. thrown in-is ride
ulons, and while being very
yet shows how far he
comes from knowing a fair prop
Dsition To contradict in twenty
the misstatemcnts he can
make in an hour and twenty min
ltcs, in view of his temcritv in
the statement above rn-
'erred to, is an impossibiity.
| certainly do not approve Of
us course in st. Martin Parish
The voters of that Parish have
'een fully informed why-morc-
'ver | denomce as untrue that
he Parish of 81. Martin "was
enter of crime, ETC. as he de
lares.
In conclusion I will merely say
hat Mr.. Muller must stand con :
lcted of the charges | brought
galnst him, and now charge ,
i'm with wilfully falsifying the ,,
ecOrd in order that the public I
hight be mislcd while pretend ,,
1g to give them " a true and fair !
ccount of his stewardship" :
The ease is now with the voters, l
nd after campaigning in every :
ard Of the two Parishes, ! am q
lore confident than ever that y y
1ey realize that the best interests
the District will be served by :
le retirement Of Mr.. Muller, and $
MS they will do at the polls on : :
eptember 3rd. h
Respectfully, :, n
GORDON A SNNDOI b
The weekly Iberian., 1912-08-31
ZEMO SOAP FREE
Declared to Be the Most Wonder
full Mcdicated Soap Known.

With every trial 25-cent bottle of
the wonderful Zemo for all skin af-
fIictions, you get free trial cak G
OF ZemO Soap, the best medicatcd
soap producedi also their guide
book on how to care for the skin
and remove all trace of disease.
Zemo soap lathers fine, makes the
hands smooth, is a dandy heal
wash and You will grow to depend
upon it. Zemo liquid cures all Skin
irritatiOns and makes children
happy. Return tho bottle of Ze-
mo if you don't like it and get your
70 cents as it is fully guaranteed
by druggists everywhere, and in
New iberia by THIBODEAUX'S
DRUG STORE.
ZemO and ZemO Soap are pre-
pared by f. w. Rose Medicine Co,
st. Louis, Mo-, and their guarantee
is as good as gold.
The weekly Iberian., 1912-08-31
ESTRAY NOTICE.

The undersigned has in his posses
eiOn q mare answering the following
description: Sorel in color; blind in
right eye; no brand; tip end of ta,I
famed little; ~ feet high, and
white spot on back, being caused from
sore. o"'
Owner can recover the mare by fnr.
u shing proofs and paying the costs of
X eping and this advertisement
ia = Madison Street, New Iberia l..
The weekly Iberian., 1912-08-31

! do not know what l NAV an.
pear &" the world, but to myself /
seem to have been only like 4 !,ov
playing on the seashore, and di
verting myself in now and then
hnd'ng q smoother pebble, or =
pfelt'er shell than ordinary, whilst
me great ocean Of truth lay all
undiscovered before me.-lsaac
Newton.
The weekly Iberian., 1912-08-31
To the Voters of the
Nineteenth Judicial District:

1897 Erace noll pressed bonn, nom
mentB Ikk1r
Witness signature and Sc al Of office, this 26h ds I
August A. d., 1912
lSealI A j. MAI'MIS.
Ell. Mnutt Clerk o Cofut
The weekly Iberian., 1912-08-31

An ordinance to gravel a por-
tion OF Main street ~ .he City of
New Iberia, from Weeks street 70
the old corporate limits or JEFF
fereon Lane, calling for bids for
said work. prescribing the pay
ment therefor and the manner of
collecting special assessments from
the abutting property owners, and
others.
Said ordinance was presented by
Mr.. S0uthwell and read, and on
motion Of Mr.. Southwell, seconded
BY Mr.. Ren0udet was adopted by
the following Yea and Nay vote. |
to Wit Yea, Messrs. Southwell.
Girard. Erath, Ribbeck and Renou-
let; Nay none.