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The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1914-10-17
DIED..

Mr.. Edward do Lsssus died on
the Dslacroix plantation at lao
P. NJ, Tuesday October 18TH. 81
the age Of SO years.
He vas buried from the Oatho.
lie church hero ct three O'Clock
Wednesday evening.
Mr.. DsLsssus who vas in fsil.
ing health for some time, was not
considered in Q serious condition,
and bis death came % . shock to
bis many friends aud relatives.
Mr.. DsLassus Was preceded to the
grave by bis wife about two years
ago. and now leaves four young
girls to mourn bis untimely death.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1914-10-17

Conditions are worry favorable
for planting the home grounds.
With plenty of moisture there 10
no reason why We can not plant
abundantIy this fall and winter
and prepare to live at homo" and
enjoy the "fruit OF our labor"
Land owners would find il . splsn-
did investment in many instances
to plant orchards. shade trees and
improve the homes Of their ten
ants. This would offer induce
mont to the most progressive and
perhaps cause tenants to take more
interest in the homo and farm.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1914-10-17
SATURDAY, OCT. y, 1914
Election Proclamation.

St. Martinville. La, Oct. 8. 1914.
I'm accordance with the Proclamation
OF his Excellsncy Governor Luther X.
Hall Of date October End 1914. Be 10 here
BY known that A Special Election will
DO held in the 9Th Ward. st. Martin Pa
IRISH. on Tuesday November 3rd. 1914,
For Justice of the Peace vice A. A. Du-
pre- deceased.
The Polls shall be opened at 6 O'Clock
A. NJ. and closed at p. NJ.
The following Commissioners and
Clerks shall servo at the Polling places
herein designated:
9th ward, LIST precinct tDOmec(. Penns
Morrow. Nicholas Frederick. Anthony
Frederick, Com. B. NJ. Anderson. Clerk.
9TH ward. 2nd precinct. (Cecilia). Pau
lin Latiolais. Albert COurville. Eugene
Guidry, COm. Daniel Zeringue, Clerk.
AT. DOMENGEAUx
ELLIS L. HEBERT
IPHIs J. FOURNET
Board of Supervisor Of Election st. Mar
tin Parish. La.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1914-10-17

The merchant who lets goods
Law on tho shelves and fails to lot
the public know abont it through
the medium Of advertising should
never say ono world against mail
order houses or sgainst people who
60 to the city and buy tho goods
advertised through the great city
papers.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1914-10-17
RICE LAND For RENT.

RICE LAND For RENT.
500 acres Rice land on Ba-
you Teche and on Rail Road,
good flat land easy to irri-
gate easy to drain, near Parks
station.
81 acres Of the Amselmo's
near the Garbarini's planta-
tation, having house, stable.
$50 acres a mile from St.
Martinville on Bayou Teche
and on Railroad, with all Le-
wees and Canal necessary.
74o acres Rice Land near
St. Martinville, will put down
a well on a or ; years con-
CrdCt.
so acre farm near refinery,
tenant house, stable and etc.
One peddler hack, one de-
liver wagon, two small horses,
must be sold this week.
LAIZAIRE BIENVENU.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1914-10-17

Mr.. Emile Soulisr Of San An.
tonic, Texas, was married Wed
nesdsy morning to Miss Stella
Roy OF Lafayette, the ceremony
being performed 81 ST. Johns c.
tholic Church, Lafayette. Mr..
and Mrs. Soulisr left The same
evening for ban Antonio. which
will BE- their home.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1914-10-17
LOCAL NEWS.

School Shoes for Boys and
Girls at K. Schwartz.
Mr.. L. j. Cardinal made Q
visit to New Orleans this week.
Honduras Seed Rice for Sale,
Jules Maraist, Rural Route No. 1.
Mr.. Austin Landry Of Rayne
was here on . short visit this week.
Miss Evelyn Martin of Arnaud.
vile 10 here, guest of Mrs. Wade
0. Martin.
School Suits for Boys, l have .
good line, come and see them-K.
Schwartz.
Miss Ruth Martin and Miss
Helen Simon WAS visiting in La
faystts this week.
The weather was 90 cool Thnrs-
day morning that the early rissrs
were looking for frost.
-Mrs. CASTOR Msstaysr Of New
Iberia WAS here this week visiting
her father, Mr.. Dan DsBlsno.
When in need OF Fancy Grocs-
riss, telephone j. b. Fsrran's
G rocsry.
Hon. John Marks of Napoleon.
vile Was here several days this
week. making the campaign OF the
Progressive candidate for Con-
gresham.
Mr.. and Mrs. CASTOR dc Las.
sus Of New Orleans came here
this week to attend the funeral Of
their brother, Nj. Edward do Lap-
sus.
Mr.. Wesley Bisnvsnu after
spending two days here. left Tues
day for Baldwin whore hs 10 en-
ploysd by tho Southern Pacific
Railroad.
Are you wearing . Fair Boos-
ting Badge? Be with the crowd,
boost the Fair. Oct. 18th.
The cold north wind that fol.
lowed the rain Wednesday morn
ing WAS needed BY the cane plan
tors, they needed rain and cooler
weather. w..
Mr.. and Mrs. E. E. Soulisr,
Miss Edna Soulisr, Mr.. and Mrs.
P. A. Bienvsuu and Mr.. Francis
Bisnvsnu attended the Soulisr.
Roy Wedding in Lafayette Wed.
nssdsy.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1914-10-17

Several political meetings we're
held in this parish by the Pro-
yressives and the Democrats this
wssk. The indications are that
the Democrats will elect oil their
candidates.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1914-10-17

DR.. Kings New Life Pills will cure
you. cause healthy flow Of Bile and rids
your Stomach and Bowels Of waste and
fermenting body poisons. They are .
Tonic to your Stomach and Liver and
tone the general system. First dose will
cure you Of that depress. dizzy. bilious
and constipated condition. 26c. at oil
druggists.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1914-10-17

A large number of persons from
st. Martiuvills attended the Dem.
ocratic mass meeting at New Ibs-
ria Thursday night.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1914-10-17
PUBLIC ROADS.
Valley.Of- the Teche.

Valley of the Teche.
A ride along the highways Of
tho 5th ward makes q fourth-ward-
or wonder whether it is . part of
the same parish he lives in, %
great is the difference in tho roads
Of the two wards. They have
highways which they may justly
be proud Of, and We congratulate
the police jurors Of that ward on
their splendid work. They show
cd their appreciation Of the conf
dsncs rsposed in them by their
constituents by placing the roads
in tho hands of competent road.
builders and thereby providing
them with one Of the greatest
blessings of rural life: good roads.
A rather late start has been made
on the roads in this ward and it is
to BE- hopsi that our members OF
the police Jury will emulate the
example set by their confrsres Of
the 9Th ward. The Lafayette road
got what might be termed in vul-
gar parlancs. "a lick and pro.
mise" that did not improve it q
bit; it 10 now 80 rough that auto.
mobilists prefer the longer road
which is itself not ideal. We sup.
pose it will be gone over again and
put in tip-top shape?
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1914-10-17

The Committees who have in
hand the Big Fair for the benefit
OF the Cemetery, tomorrow, have
completed ell arrangements and
now are ready to meet The people
en- mssss. Every body is spps.
rsntly we'll disposed to help the
canse and . big success 10 sxpee-
tod.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1914-10-17
Jury LIST.
State of Louisiana,

| - ~
State of Louisiana,
| Parish of st. Martin.
Drawing of the Jury for the terms
of Court 1914 month of October,
drawn on the 18th day of Septem-
Der 1914, We the undersigned Ju-
ry Commissioners, A. A. Ransom
net, Anthony Thibodeaux, Amede
Champagne and Geo. S. Eastin in
and for the Parish of st. Martin,
La, and as such duly sworn and
qualified, pursuant to an order of
Court dated Sept. 18th, 1914, and
in accordance with the summons
issued by the Clerk of Court, con-
veying the Jury Commissioners for
this date, repairs to the Court
House of the Parish of st. Martin
at the Clerk of Court Office in the
Town of St. Msrtinville, La, for
the purpose of replenishing the
Venire Box and selecting a Grand
Jury and drawing of q Petit Jury
for the October term of Court as
required by law and then and there
having arrived we proceed in &C.
cordance with Section 6.of Act 135
of 1888 and in presence of j. o.
Halphen, ST., and A. d. Roy wit
nesses known and hereunto requir-
ed and qualified electors of this Pa
IRISH together with A. +. Domen.
gesux Clerk of Court Ex-OHcio
Chairman of the Jury Commits
sioners to replenish the General
Venire Box.
Having been furnished by the
Clerk of Court with the Original
Venire List We proceed in accOr.
dance with Sec. b Of Act No. LOO
of 1885, to examine said list and
to strike thereform the names Of
those who had served AZ Grand
ami Petit Jurors since last replen-
ishment and found remaining III
the box 2oU names and after throw
ing out and striking from said liss
the names OF those " who we're
known to have died, removed from
the Parish became exempt or dis.
qualified to serve AZ Jurors amount
ing to 2 leaving therein I4S names
We proceed to replenlsh aud sup.
plement the Grand Venire box by
adding 81 names from among the
qualified electors OF the Parish.
And having thus replenished and
completed the General Venire box
and list according to law, We pro-
ceeded to the selecting of q Grand
Jury, the slips containing the
names of the Jurors were then
placed in the General Venire Box,
Then we proceeded to the select
ing of the Twenty Jurors to serve
as Grand Jurors in accordance
with the order of Court to serve
for the term of six months begin
ming on Monday October 5, 1914.
The names thus selected are ss
follows:
/ Jos. Peschier. .....1 ward
2 l.. j. Duchsmp. Il ward
3 Laurent Ducrest :. 3 ward
4 Nums Durio. ..... 4 ward
5 Armand Broussard a ward
6 Omer Champagne d ward
7 Fernand Fournet Il Mard
3 II. p. Olivier. 80. Il ward
9 jean Domec ......5 ward
10 Albert Dursnd 80. Il ward
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1914-10-17

SPEAK . good word for your
community and parish that's the
kind of seed that will bring forth
good fruit.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1914-10-17

Which names thus drawn were
written on seperate slips of paper
and placed by US in an envelope
which was sealed and endorsed,
List of Jurors No. and placed in
the Jury Box.
Having thus completed the
drawing of the Jury We have SEAL
ed the General Venire box placed
the envelopes containing the list
of Grand Jurors and List No. / of
Petit Jurors in the Jury box which
was also sealed by US and the
whole delivered to the Clerk Of
Court, Ex-O ficio Chairman of Ju-
ry Commissioners as custodian
thereof.
In faith whereof witness our
hand and seal of the Court at st.
Martinville, La, this 18th day OF
September 1914 in presence of the
hereinabove named witnesses.
Witnesses:
j. o. HALPHEN, SR
A. D. Roy.
GEO. S. EAsTIN
A. A. RANsONET
A. CHAMPAGNE
A. THIBODEAUx.
A. F. DOMENGEAUx.
Clerk of Court, Elk -Officio Chair
man Jury Commissioners.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1914-10-17
Is Ellis Hebert ......1 ward
10 Louis Barras. g ward
20 Remy Angelic. =. A ward

The names thus selected being
written on seperate slips of paper
were placed by us in an envelope
which was sealed and endorsed: -
"List of Grand Jurors"
Thus done We proceeded to draw
from said Venire Box the names OF
Thirty Jurors to serve as Petit
Jurors for the week beginning
Monday October 10Th, 1914.
The names thus drawn are as
follows to-wit:
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1914-10-17

The Progressive meeting that
was announced to take place st
the Bisnvsnu Theatre tomorrow
has. BY arrangement. been trans.
fsrsd to the base ball park, the
meeting to take place immediate.
~ after the base ball game. which
will commence ct two o'clock
sharp.
The criminal term OF the dis
triot court. petit jury, will CON-
menos Monday and will last oil
the week.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-17
GERMANS AGAIN
TURN ON RUSSIANS
Resume the Offensive All Along
the Front, from the ViStula
to Galicia.

Petrograd. Oct. 16.-The following
official communication from the chief
OF the Russian General staff was given
out tonight:
"Small engagements have taken place
on the front III East Prussia.
THE A1stro-German troops on Octo-
her 10 assumed the offensive all along
the front between the Vistula River
and Galicia.
"South Of Przcmysl we captured
three Austrian companies and six Of
fcers."
The official decision to defend the
city # Warsaw is regarded here as
ir;ortant in two ways. First, it indi-
"At:s that the Germans have been
awarted in their attempts to straighten
their front along a north and south
line so that il would extend from Os.
trolenka. sixty miles northeast OF
Warsaw. through Sandomir into Ga
licia, and. second, the Germans have
been obstructed in their plan to use
Warsaw as winter quarters.
German troops are now around Po-
langen and Jurburg, just across the
boundary Of East Prussia. The Rus
SLAMS at present are making no effort
to advance further than the east boun-
Diary of East Prussia. Here the fight
ing has ceased, while along the south
ern limits of East Prussia there are
few troops of either army until the
Vistuia River is reached. Here the
Germans are trying 10 advance along
the left bank to avoid the strong fort
ress of Georgievsk. on the right bank.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-17
48 HOURS MORE RAIN
Weather Mans Sure Day
Drought Is Broken.

There will be plenty of rain all
through the Eastern states for at least
forty-eight hours more. The weather
man said so late last night Indica-
tious are that the rainfall will be Of
sufficient volume to replenish the vari-
Gus sources of water supply which have
suffered badly in many sections. The
drouth of forty-six days, just broken,
has been the most serious visited upon
this section in the last forty-four
years.
That a substantial rainfall is in
progress IS indicated by the fact that
practically every Weather Bureau sta
tion east of the Mississippi reported
rain yesterday.
From Connecticut comes the news
that the forest fires that have been
raging in various parts of the state
have been materially checked. and that
tobacco growers are jubilant over the
much needed dampness. which keeps
the crop in the best condition.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-17
Rumania on Verge of War, but
Waits on Bulgaria'S Action
iBy Cable to The Tribune.l

16-Pubc opinion in Ruman longer
neutrality There universal desire here take
order the diverance almost million
nhabng Pennsylvania Bukovn and the adjacent districts
the slightest doubt that this national sentiment will
prevail with the
be asserted positively that should Italy abandon her present
herself the side OF the Triple Entente Rumana
make with the aniGeman FORCES 1t
possible would for lty decision she
could Bulgaria would the opportunity
provoke third divide the the Rumanan
army which present perfectly equipped and disciplined would beyond
nvncibc bravery for national unity
The demanding the OF the
eminent and support given the prevailing by
inent members of the University OF Buciares'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-17
TO BOYCOTT ALL
WHO AID GERMANS

Paris, Oct. 16.--Arhtur David-Men-
= president of the Chamber Of Com
'---.-e, commenting on the sequestra-
ton of German and Austrian properly
by the French government, says:
"The boycott against German prod
ucts. inteliigently practised. can con-
tribute powerfully toward shortening
the war. The fight. however. must be
carried on not only against German
and Austrian houses with a penalty to
such, but against their Intermediates,
the italians, Swiss, Dutch, Americans,
British, Belgians, Russians, and also
the French who are being seduced by
nrospects Of gain"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-17
FEARS FOR HER SOLDIER
English Husband of Yonkers
Girl Reported Killed.

Uncertain as to the fate of her SOL
der husband, Mrs. Hazel Morris Brown
Shott returned TO her parents home,
Pas North Broadway. Yonkers. yester-
day, having come from England on
the Mauretana. Her husband is Cap
tain Henry II. Shott of the British
army. He went to France with his
command at the beginning of the war.
Mrs. Shott in London received re-
ports that her husband had been killed
in the fighting about Mons, but they
were not verified officially. The war
Office has his name on the list of miss
ing. She met Captain Shott in Eng
land, and the news of her betrothal
was cabled from London last May.
Captain Shott served through the
Boer war and received medal for
gallantry.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-17
ALIMONY BURDEN
REDUCED BY WAR
Court Holds Wall Street Wives
Should Moderate Their
Requests.

Wall Street alimoners found friend
Yesterday, when Justice Donnelly took
official cognizance in adjusting an ali
mony proceeding of war conditions that
prevail in the financial district.
George W. Thompson. member of
the stock brokerage firm of Davies,
Thompson G. Co.. was the husband who
received the judicial dispensation. Mrs.
Elizabeth II. Thompson, daughter of
former Governor William II. Hunt Of
Porto Rico. is suing for a divorce, $4,000
a year alimony and counsel fee. Her
counsel told Justice Donnelly that
Thompson used to spend $4,000 year
to maintain his family, which includes
two children.
This was before the war"
The court reserved decision, but indi-
Gated that he would not award Mrs.
Thompson $4,000 a year, nor does he
favor attaching ThOmpsOn's Stock EX-
change seat, as suggested by the PLAIN
tiff's attorney.
"The court will take judicial notice,
said Justice Donnelly, "of the fact that
there is at present war in Europe
that has necessitated the closing of al
the big stock exchanges of the world
and that business is therefore at a
standstill in Wall Street. 1t would not
be right TO deprive broker of his seat
on the exchange. for that would prevent
him from earning anything, even for
the purposes Of alimony.
81 shall take this case under advise
ment and then require the defendant to
pay alimony suitable to the present
emergency, with permission for the
plaintiff to move to increase the ali
mony when business picks up in the
financial district"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-17
NEBULAR THEORY
DOUBTED AT LICK
Observatory Scientists Find
Nebul9 Are Worlds of
the Past.
lBy Telegraph to The Tribune.

Berkeley, Cal, Oct. 16.--The nebular
hypothesis of the origin of worlds,
which presupposes that nebule are the
stuff of which worlds are made, is all
wrong, according to conclusions just
formulated by the scientists of Lick
Observatory. According to this new
dictum, nebule are the stuff into which
worlds have been smashed by cata-
clysms Of nature nebule represent
worlds that have been or are passing.
This conclusion is based on the dis
covery that the older stars become the
faster they travel through space. The
discovery was announced by the OBJ
servatory four years ago. Since that
time the speeds OF various nebule of
the heavens have been observed. The av-
erage speed of forty nebule was found
toGbe twenty miles a second. One
nebula was found to be rushing toward
the earth at the rate of 100 miles a
second, and another receding from II
at eighty-fve miles a second. The
youngest suns travel through space at
an average rate of about four miles an
hour. The oldest average ten miles.
The incredible speed of the nebule, il
is declared, suggests that they are older
than the stars-not younger, as has
been supposed for a century, or even
since the days of Sir William Herschel.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-17
GLADSTONE HAS
FAITH in B0ERS
Former Governor of So.
Africa Says All Will
Defend Union.
lRy Cable 70 The Tribune !

London, Oct. 17.--Lord Gladstone,
former Governor General of the Union
of South Africa, in an interview pub
lished to-day says:
"There is no real significance in the
treachery and desertion of Colonel Ma
ritz. do not believe his action would
be connected with the resignation Of
General Beyers or with what is known
as the Hertzog movement. Colonel Ma
ritz acted on his own responsibility.
"The Union each year marks the in
creasing solidarity between the British
and the Dutch. Efficiency in govern
ment, development of agriculture, min
ing and increase of trade in every ds
rection are the definite results of the
Union operating for unity.
"Racialism. instead of making for di-
vision. will pass, and is passing, into
what ID is among the English, Scottish,
Irish and Welsh now, with all its
healthy spirit of competition. The free
hand given by the British government
to South Africa has removed suspicion
and strengthened confidence.
an America the bitter memories of
the Civil War have passed into OBJ
livion. Such is the case in South
Africa, but in far shorter time, and
nothing which has occurred in South
Africa leads me to modify this state
ment.
"The outbreak of war with Germany
was absolutely unexpected in South
Africa. No friction had arisen with the
Germans.
Communication had passed through
the Foreign Office on some boundary and
other questions, but no serious trouble
has arisen or was expected. Cn the
frontier there were no military prepa-
rations, and beyond a few small isolat-
ed police posts there were 40 Union
forces of any kind.
at is an open secret that for a long
time proposals had been under consid-
Grafton by the British and German
governments to remove all possible
causes Of trouble between the two ma
tiOns not only in the Union, but in
Africa generally. We now know what
the intentions Of the German govern
ment really were.
at has come to my knowledge that
early in the year Germans were i'm
porting large quantities of war ma
terial The existence of railways in
the direction of the Union couatry was
well known, but in a huge country this
could not be disassociated from a natu-
raj policy of development. The con-
stant and apparent friendliness of the
German administration gave no reason
for suspicion,
"But on tht declaration of war Ger
man forces at once crossed into the
Union territory. They had prepared
for it, we know.
"It appears that the German gov
ornment counted on Dutch disaffec,ion
II so, it made very foolish error
The existence of a remnant of irrecon-
cilables is we'll known, but the great
mass of the Dutch people are loyal
Only one man of whom anything is
lnown, Colonel Maritz, has joined the
Germans. He has taken with him a
Continued on page 2. column
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-17
INVENTOR BUILDS
SUPER.ZEPPELINS
isv Cable 10 The Tribune !

Geneva, Oct. 16.--For the last fort
night Count Zeppelin has been paying
fving visits to Friedrchshafen, some
times remaining day or two, super
vising the construction OF two new
Zeppelins, which will be ready soon.
Work on them is continuing night and
day and the staff of men has been
doubled. Yesterday the count acted as
guide to a number of wounded German
soldiers. who are numerous n all the
towns around Lake Constance, and
showed them the works in detail.
Any foreigner approaching the sheds
is promptly arrested. The engineers
and workmen are openly boasting that
The more powerful new Zeppelin "can
remain IN the air indefinitely" The
count is also supervising the construe-
tion of other Zeppelins at Dusseldorf
TO replace those destroyed-snd there
have been many since war was de-
clared.