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ENESPAPER L htk.4RgE . "Here Shall The Press The People's Rights Maintain, Unawed by influe~nc and U~nbribedbp oa" I L SA R YNIUAYu9 1 VO. .. .16 OPLUA, ASTU DY2, 1 " AN A.Y " E Y OYSTER INhESTR_ A Trip to the tllSlssippi SUeil Wilk th: Lolislana OYster Commlsles PRESENT COMMISSION WORE The Theme for Cemmlslsn by Tlose Wht Are Obseraing Its iaaagementat. The hihelat $b Sackrs The oyster industry of Lonisiana ii a gigantic one. One not familia. with its workings has not the least idea of its proportions. And the work has just begun. It has not been neglected. Only in the last few years has a Commission been created for the protection of the industry. When created, it was heralded as a political graft. Now it is recognized as a revenue producer to the State, as well as a means of conserving the industry. And the Clarion is proud to say that a St. Landrian--the present President of the Commission, Hon. Laurent J. Dossmann-is making a record as the head of the Commission that is eliciting praise from every quarter. This the Clarion knows to be a fact. Its Editor had the pleasure of being the guest of the Oyster Com- mission on the patrol boat Louisi- ana, which cruised the Mississippi Sound last week, inspecting the oy- ster beds of that section. The Reg- olets, Three-Mile Bayou, Grand Passe, Creole Gap, Cabbage Reef, Boudreau Bay and the Mississippi Sound were visited, the trip extending from Sat- urday morning until Sunday night. The party consisted of three mem- bers of the Louisiana Oyster Com- mission: President L. J.. Dossmann, and Hons. Clem Story and H. H. Har- vey; Chief Inspector Thomas Shannon, Sr,; and the boat's crew: Capt. Victor Sandras, Engineer Melville Muller, and Cook John Peter Harmon, and Will P. Kennedy, of the Kennedy- Lopez Oyster and Fish Co., and Ray- mond Breaux of the Clarion. The purpose of the trip as to as- certain whether or not "dredging" for oysters should be permitted by the Commission. Information had come to the President that- oysters i the section visited weie ~irge eiough to permit of dredging and the fisher- men wanted to be allowed to do so. Dredging is dangerous to the oyster industry where done where there are small oysters, because the small ones are killed by the dredge while cap- turing the large ones. The dredge is operated much on the style of dredges used for canal work. It is a bag-net, made of iron rings or stout twine, linked together to form the meshes; the month is set with steel teeth, which acts as a dredge when the dredge is let down along the bottom as the boat sails on. In that way no oyster escapes. The hand-tong, which is now being used in that section, is an ordinary teethed fossep-like concern and the smaller oysters, when pulled up, can be thrown back without injury. President Dossman and the Inspect- or found that the oyster in Cabbage Reef were too small to permit dredg- ing. The trip was a most enjoyable, as well as profitable, one. It was a rev- elation to the writer-the. vast ex- panse of water with its bottoms filled with oysters. Everywhere were sails, indicating achooners, fish- ing for the luscious bivalves. Some of these are manned by one person, and the day long he plies his business, un- til his schooner is filled. Then comes another sight both unique and interesting-oyster plants, most of them isolated on marshy is- lands, cut off from civilization, its population living in a world of their own. These communities consist mostly of girls-Bohemian , girls, brought there from Baltimore every year, and released in April, when the oyster season is over. The men are starlwart, and the girls rather pretty, and many of them intelligent. They are called "oyster shockers," which means that they open the oysters that are shipped out in buckets. They receive ten cents a hundred, and average from $1.50 to $4 a day. They are furnished with rooming apartments in the plant, but board themselves. Many families are among the lot. Saturday night, at the Kennedy plant, at Three-Mile Bayou, the party was treated to a Bohemian Dance- a jolly, fantastic affair, never to be forgotten. They are seemingly the happiest people on earth, these Bohemians. The dance is almost in- describable. They spin like tops, then one calls out something that sounds like "Wurtz Wursy," which. means to turn the other way-and they do. They stump their feet, and! some sing during the progress ofi the dance. The Clarion regrets that it can not give more space to an accotnt of this trip in this issue. The story will be continued next week, how- IWANTS TOIlEXIBIT LOUISIANA PRODUCT I "Let the Farmers Prepare for the Frisco Ex Wiblt Car Neil Season," Says Mr. White EVERY MEETING A SUCCESS IAs Also the Banquet at the Lacombe Given Compltmeatary to Frlsco's Agricultural Cemalssleser "You have a splendid country here -and the word splendid scarcely does justice to conditions, financial, social and agricultural, existing here," said Commissioner White, in charge of the exhibit car of the Frisco railroad system, which was here Friday, Sat- urday and part of Sunday. "And I tell you now, I want you farmers to prepare an exhibit for next season," continued the gentleman," "and the Frisco will exhibit your wonderful agricultural product throughout the country." The Frisco exhibit car came in Fri- day Meetings were held in the court- house Saturday, afternoon and even- ing, which were attended by large audiences, particularly farmers. The talks were instructive to a high de- gree, Commissioner White being a well posted and plain speaker. Hon. Wm. Polk of Rapides, alo addressed the meetings. The banquet at the Lacombe Sat- urday night was a distinct success. 1 Hon. Dudley L. Guilbeau acted as toastmatter. Short talks were made by Messrs. Wm. Polk, Dr. A. J. Ber- cier, and Sheriff Swords, of Opelousas; I Mr. Hebert, President of the State I ~armers' Union; Mr. R. Lee Mills, l President of the St. Landry Parish I Farmers Union; Mr. Allen, and others. F ALEXANDRIA AND ITS HOTEL Clarion Representatlve Tells of the Grand ear of the Benatley. A Clarion representative had the pleasure of being shown through the magniflcent Bentley Hntel in Alex- and ~ ,ineWithout doubt it is the finest and most elaborately decorated hotel ilthbe-:South and the citizens of kAle•fria• cain justly feel proud of their hotel accommodations. The lower floor sitting room with its fountain in the center and large cut flowers and palms makes one feel as if he was in the garden of Eden. The elaborate paintings showing the scenes of bounty, plenty and grandeur of each State, the dance hall in Italian design with magnificent paintings from Italian masters, the rooms, the hallways-all blend in making it a grand hotel. The management is courteous, and exceedingly nice to visitors. Our representative who twelve years ago worked in Alexandria tells of the great many changes that have taken place in that time, and that today it is indeed "The City Beautiful.' HISS DURIO HAS RECOVERED And PaysAligh TrlbatetoBer Nurse, of Whose Care She Partly Attributes Bar Recovery The many friends of Miss Aline Durio will learn with pleasure that she is up and out of danger. In fact she has entirely recovered. "While of course the skill of the physicians who attended me and t".e tender care of friends were great factors in my recovery, I can not Lelp but believe that I owe more to the motherly and proficient attention of my nurse, Miss Coa Carney. of No. 820 Valmont street, New Orleans, than to any other agency," said Miss Durio. "She was my pillar rock, and I will always love here, and I fer- vently trust God will bless her for- ever. Were there more like Miss Carney in this' world, it would be more cheerful and bright," concluded Miss Durio. AND NO HE HAS NO CLOTHES arling Daylight Robbery, la Which Ryan Tlemapses Loses His Entire Wardrobe. Unless Mr. Ryan Thompson, the popular livery man, has replenished his wardrobe, he is scant of wearing apparel just now. Last Sunday night a thief stole from his room in the Lacombe Hotel all of his clothes except those he wore, and his hat, and shoes. He lost six suits of clothes, be- sides a few pairs of extra pants, his overcoat and underclothes. Mr. Thompson left his room at t six o'clock, and when he returned to it at 8 o'clock he discovered the rob- I tery. He has no clue to the identity Af the thieves. ( =--~ - - I- aver, when incidents of the trip will ae given, as well as information con- :erning the great Louisiana industry. n COMMISSION TO LOWt INTO TlE PLAF Congress Wants to Knlow All About th Dlvercement of the Atchafalaya and led. FAR-REACHIN5 IMPORTANCI And Therefore the Rivers and Harbors Gem mittee is Anmaons for Information on the Subject. Washington, D. C., Jan. 26.-Con- gressman Ransdell said to-day that the Rivers and Harbors Committee had agreed to instruct the Mississip. pi River Commission to examine and report upon the proposal to divorce the Red and Atchafalaya rivers from the Mississippi by damming the Red river at its mouth. Representative Broussard recently introduced a bill providing for a special board of five engineers to examine and report upon this project. The committee thought proper to refer it to the Mississippi River Commission, as it has for years been studying the question, which is most intimately connect ed with the Mississippi itself. Since the recent agitation of the matter, Messrs. Ransdell and Wick- liffe have had communications both for and against it. They regard it as a question of far-reaching im- portance and one which if entered upon must be only after the fullest hearing has been accorded to all con- cerned and the most careful consid- eration. Should the pending rivers and harbors bill become a law, this provision to refer the matter to the Mississippi Commission will doubtless be included, and the commission will probably begin its consideration very promptly, in order to report to Con- gress next December. It is the intention of Messrs. Rans- dell and Wickliffe to make an elabo- rate study of the question and they would be glad to hear all arguments, pro and con. DELI5HTEl AT RESULT OF SUPREME COURT DECISION. Ennice Gall Says People In that Section Prefer 6oming to Opelousas than Yille Platte Eunice voted in favor of the divi- sion of the parish. If we remember right, the vote there was practically unanimous in favor of dismembering the old parish. Eunice went into the fight for the parish seat, and lost. Now Eunice is against parish division. When the news that the Supreme Court had decided that the act calling for the election creating the parish of Evangeline was announced in Eu- nice, there was great rejoicing there. Now comes the Eunice Gall, the old- est paper published there, with the following statement, included in an article speaking of the Court's deci- sion: "Since the defeat of the proposi- tion, we have interviewed many from different sections, and without a single exception, they are all pleased at the Court's decision, saying that they rather go to Opelousas than to Ville Platte." NEW BANK FOR OPELOUSASS Chicot Correspoadent Says that Such A Ru. loor Is in Clrculatlon...Other Chicot News. (Crowded out last week). Bayou Chicot, Jan. 17.-It is ru- mored that a new bank will soon be opened in Opelousas. This shows that the coming city of the South- west is in a prosperous condition. The statements of the different banks in the parish show such a fine finan- cial conditio. that their officers must be heartily congratulated. Mr. Jenkins, of Eunice, passed here Sunday, hunting for two mules which strayed away from him. The Pine Prairie Oil and Mineral Co., is progressing nicely in the drill- ing of its well. Mr. C. T. Griffith, of Opelousas, spent several days here this week in- specting the public roads. L. B. Griffith, E. A. Whittington, V. C. Wooley and Louis Singleton are on the jury this week. Farmers are beginning to work, Preparing fences, etc. There will be a good deal of cottc)n planted here. the coming season The change in the schedule of the Rock Island railroad, by which the trains fail to connect at Eunice for )pelousas, has given the Southe.rn Pacific a greatly increased passenger business from this section. Mr. and Mrs. Charley GraysoR have moved to Cheneyville. k DossMANN SAY FIII 'S Expects the aStael g lalaleto ls C•ets lb Parish of Evaagtllae. E SENTIMENT NOT ON LOW EBB P President of Leuislana- Ojter Cummsslon, and Staenck Friend of Ilvisten, Is Ipeuraf Hon. L. J. Dossmann, President of t the Louisiana Oyster Commission, and B a staunch friend of the division of. - St. Landry parish for many years I past, gave the New Orleans Daily States the following interview :on 1 last Tuesday. When asked by the I Clarion for an expression on the sub- ject of Evangeline, upon his coming I home Wednesday, Mr. Dossmana said "Just copy the States' interview with me-it is correct." Here is what Mr. Doesmann says in the States: Mr. L. J. Dossmann, president of the Oyster Commission, is a resident of Opelouseas, St. Landry parish, a d has kept in close touch with condi- tions in his home locality by frequent visits and correspondence. He has been especially interested in the fight over thb creation of Evangeline parish out a part of St. Landry, and has full information on, the ques- tion. When seen Tuesday morning by a representative of The States, he was strong in his denial of the recently circulated reports that di- vision sentiment in his parish is on the ebb. He made statements which cannot be denied because they are backed by actual figures and statis- tics. He spoke as follows: "Talk about division being dead! The antis will find it the livest corpse they ever tackled, when the next legislature meets. The very ones who are writing to the city papers. and giving interviews to the effect that the people of St. Landry don't want division, were in Baton Rouge during the last session of the legis- I lature telling the members that the I people of St, Landry didn't want any I division, that it Wvas only agitated by a a few would-be politicians. " '"The result 4the election shows how incorrect they were in their I statements. Although the division- I ists had the disadvantage of having a nearly the whole of the local politi- cal machine opposed to them, and an injunction restraining the holding of I the election which was dissolved by the supreme court only forty-eight I hours before the day of the election; I and when the people had been led to believe by the anti-divisionists that they would be held in contempt -,of court if they participated in the t election; out of a total qualified reg- t istration of about 3,300, there were a polled 2,070 votes, 1,807 for division i and 363 against. The divisionists i carried seven out of eight police jury b wards. "The antis are always referring to - the west being the only section want- ing division, whereas it is not oniy - the west that is in favor of division, but the east, south and north also. Out of the 18 precincts within the meets and bounds of the old parish, only 3 went against division, namely, Opelousas, Bellevue and Notleyville. The divisionists polled 78 votes in the city of Opelousas. "I am not prepared to discuss the legal phase of the question, as I am not a lawyer; but this cry of division sentiment losing out in St. Landry is only calculated to create a false im- pression in the minds of the people throughout the State. I am as well acquainted with the sentiment of the people of St. Landry as any one. "In answer to the charges made before Ithe legislature, at the time when we were seeking an act submit- ting to the people the question of creating Evangeline, that the people did not want division, I told the mem- bers of the legislature to give us the right to vote and we would soon con- vince them as to who were in the majority. The fact that the people want division having been demon- strated by an overwhelming vote, I feel assured that the legislature will give them what they won at the bal- lot box." Wrong Credit. In the article reproduced in the Clarion last week descriptive of the sugar care development in St. Landry, on the Atchafalays, the Clarion gave I credit for the article to "Sugar Planter and Sugar Manufacturer," when it should have been credited to the "Sugar Planters' Journal." The Clarion takes this occasion to correct I the error. The Editor of the paper, in writing us c-lling our attention to the error, I says, "Watch our columns and you will soon see more interesting news about the cane development in the e Atchafalaya section of St.' Landry." i -Mrs. Dora Cook returned Sunday i from a visit to Alexandria. i IYERE AN ACRE" NOEj ISHES RT PEOP llpid luouse of Population Makes it peratlo that We Study of CROP AND SOIL PRODUiCTIO N fstlegulsbed Writer Tells of Results ia Cilas, erna and Japan...The lsmber of Peaple Fed Per ALre. Professor F. H. King, of Madison, Wisconsin, in writing on soil cultiva.. tion in the far East in Farm and Fireside makes these interesting comments: It could not fail to be a matter of the highest industrial, -educational and social importance to all nations~ were it possible to bring to them a Puil and accurate account of all those conditions and practices which have made it possible for such dense populations to be maintained so largely upon the products of Chinese, Korean and Japanese soils. Many of the steps, phases and practices through which this - evolution -has passed are irrevocably buried in the past, but such remarkable mainte- nance 'efficiency . attained centuries ago and projected-into the past with little apparent decadence, merits the most profound study and the time is fully ripe when it should be. made. With our population increasing at the rate of nearly a million a year during the. last half century it is clear that we can hardly learn too soon or too thoroughly our probable limit of soil and crop production, and the best methods of insuring and maintaining it. Probably nothing can give a safer measure of the maintenance capacity of the farm and farmers of a nation than the number of- people they feed per unit area of cultivated field and it is ioubtful if there is a better place to "tudy this problem than in China and Japan at the present time. " According to official statistics pub. lished in 1908, Japan has in its main islands, exclusive of Formosa and Karafuto, a population of 48,542,736 and the area of its cultivated fields is 21,321 square miles. This is 2,- 277 people to the square mile, and besides these there ai e also main: tained 2,600,000 cattle and horses nearly all of which are laboring an8t Imals, giving a population of one hung dred and forty-two people and seven horses and cattle to each forty acres of cultivated field; a condition suf- ficiently different from our most fully occupied 'forty-acre farm to make the busiest man among us stop and do some thinking. The old farmer who permitted me to hold his plow told my interpreter that there were twelve in his family and that he owned and was cultivat- ing fifteen mow of land, which is two and one half acres, and that besides his team-a cow and small donkey-he usually fed two pigs. This is at the gate of one hundred and ninety-two people sixteen cows, sixteen donkeys and thirty-two pigs on a forty-acre farm; and a popula- tion density of 3,072 people, two hun- dred and fifty-six cows, two hundred and fifty-six donkeys and five hun- dred and twelve swine per square mile. Japan is making rapid strides along many industrial lines and great attention has for many years been paid to her agriculture in which rapid progress is being made. As early as 1872 she had established an agricul- tural college. For several years the soil survey of the main islands has been completed with large scale maps and is made the basis of values for national, perfectual and local land taxes. She has an admirable system of road maintenance in effective oper- ation. She has many agricultural experiment stations, nine of which we visited, and the equipment at Tokio for soil investigation is su- perior to anything yet provided in this country. We have more pre- tentious buildings, but their resources are more largely used in providing appliances and men for rigid, accu- rate research work. I visited one of their dormitories at the agricul- tural college conneoted with the Fu- kuoka Experiment Station, and here young men are provided with room and board at four dollars (gold) per month. From the two colleges of . highest rank they had graduated, in 1907, 1,041 students; from their one! hundred and thirty-nine A and B classes of agricultural - schools of second rank they had graduated intl 1906, 12,371, and from the still; lower grade of third rank there grad- sated in 1905, from the 2,450 sup- plementary agricultural schools, 14,- 127. Ileavy Purchase of Rough Rice. ; Clement Brothers bought and! ,hipped out 15000 sacks of rough ( ice last week. 50 cars were required to handie • ,his shipment. Prices were satis- f 'actory. I TIE PEO OF TIE Up the. Str•a* s Wth Objia.e, il MF ii FEiRUARY 5T1 For the Purpen of luislag Ways and beaas of Dathig thile roIacft..Wefld ClUe Ilalgatlmt A well attended meeting of promi- inent citizens of. Washington and Op- elousas was held at' Littell and Law- ler's office, in Opelousas, on Wednee- day evening, and a campaign against the scheme of Congressman R. F. Broussard to dam the Courtablea- Bayou at Port Barre in order to im- prove the Teche at the expense ofi people of this section was inaugura- ted. The project will be fought to the ast ditch, and most probably won, because there can be no just reason iwhy the government should rob one section for another. Mr. Broassard has been on this scheme for some' time, and the government sent two engineers, op different occasions, to look into it, and we are informed that both made unfavorable reports, stating that the good to be accom- plished was incomparable with the expenses it would entail. While the damming of the Court- ableau would open the Teche for inavigation to Port Barre, it would for- ever close the Bayou Courtablean. Not only that, but it would seriously af- fect the drainage and irrigation of this entire country, as the govern- ment will not permit drainage in a diked stream. Prominent speakers will address the meeting to be held in Opelousas on February 5th, and it is expected that representatives from adjoining parishes will be present. The proceedings of the meeting follow: January 25th, 1910. "Meeting called to order by Mr. Jonas W. Bailey, Sr., of Washington, acting Chairma.. "Mothat~ b by Mr. Harry, duly sec- onded, that Mr. Bailey be electedae permanent Chairman, wittrA. H. Gars Jrnd as Secretary, .Motion put to the house. Motionk carried. "Motion by' Dr. Kilpatrick, duly seconded, that a mass meeting of the citizens of St. Landry and adjoining parishes be called for February 5th at 11 o'clock a. m., for the purpose of devising ways and means of oppos- ing the damming ofthe BayouCourtab- leau. Motion carried. So ordered. "Motion by Mr. Gilbert L. Dupre, duly seconded, that notice be given to the public, through the news- papers of St. Landry and adjoining parishes, of this mass meeting and also that posters announcing the meeting and urging the public to at. tend, be printed and distributed throughout St. Landry and other par- ishes. Motion carried. So ordered. "Motion by Mr. Wolff, duly sec- onded, that Calcasieu, Acadia, Ver- milion and Lafayette be requested to co-operate with St. Landry in oppos- ing the movement to dam the Courtab- lean, and that they in accordance therewith send delegates to the mass meeting to be held at Opelousas at 11 o'clock of the 5th of February. Motion carried. So ordered. "Motion by Dr. Bercier, duly sec- onded, that a committee of three be appointed, with Mr. Yves Andrepont as Chairman, to wait upon the Gov- ernor of the State, to invite and urge his attendance at the mass meeting. Motion carried. So order; ed. The following were appointed. "Motion by Mr. Harry, duly sec- onded, that a committee of seven, in- cluding the Chairman and the Secre- tary, be appointed as a visitation com- mittee, to visit Ville Platte, Eunice, Mamou, Crowley, Lafayette, Port Barre and other important points, for the purpose of informing the citi- zens of those places of the impor- tance of the mass meeting and urg- ing them to attend. "Motion carried. So ordered. The following were appointed: Mr. An- Srepont, Mr. Ha*y, Dr. Lazaro, G. L. .Dupre and Dr. Kilpatrick, with the Chairman and Secretary. "Motion by Mr. Andrepont, duly seconded, that a committee of three be appointed as an arrangement com- mittee, whose duty it shall be to make all necessary arrangements for the mass meeting. Motion carried. So ordered. The following were ap- pointed: Mr. Harry, Chairman; Dr. Bercier, J. G. Lawler. Dr. Jno. A. Haas and J. W. Lewis. "Motion by Mr. Harry, duly sec- onded; that a committee of three be appointed to solicit subscriptions to be used in defraying the expenses contingent upon the mass meeting, one of said committeemen to be from Washington and the other two from Opelousas. Motion carried. So order- ed. The. following were appointed: From Washington, Dr. Kilpatrick, and from Opeloasas, John W. Lewis and Henry ,. Estorge, with Dr. Kilpat- Tes Aurd , on.... f t plant of the United Sgro. at Mochis, Mexico, Bayarde $ Sbright prrosing, an man, succumbed to his is His father, Mr L. 8andoz, was He had nazisM there +on Tbassds January 20.- The yong man wae o n os i a< ` intervals. It was be4ee b te a tending phynsieian-an, that he would survsiv. ;to i set in, however, and a lif i brightlprospt of th fairre ad snauffed out. He died at 9 o'lock of and was briled =the i am t .m:i a Owing to prohibitive r guat force in Me2lcdtwasis• remove the body to this coutry after the apse of, a cerlast the diemali will be broughte soon as practicable. He was according to the •ree of the church, in the presence of all ficials of the United Bugar Co. many of its employees. Bayard J. Sandoe w.as 2 4t age. He is a atiiOplop son of Mr. L.. A. Sandoz. I e graduate of the Jauieiasa State versity, and for the past t,: e an instructor in the sugar duties being so arranged that he accept employment in sugar in Mexico, California and C The following letter, wrtl! Prof. Boyd, his instrustor Louisiana State Univretty, 9s a attestation of the worth of ceased: :-"Louisiana State U- i ity College, -at '* ,, b S dent's Ofl9e. y "Mr. L. A. Sando Ope~eas, S"Mr. Deat 8t.a h' a bay ceived a telegraim t •t m y h forming me tbat reour s•, p died to-day as•- result • of the - dent. of which my son gave ; s - count in a letter reived yt This sad news is a terribleh me and-to all hist other ifri i Baton Rouge. t inerstpsi plorable that he should h .e suddenly cut down, 1j the vry of his young manhood, wh seemed to hold out t• • a future. h 1toi 4 I one of the mosblljt ing of our graduates, md " him to make a great ame. self in his chosen urofeeasia University was prd of him of the most succesaful 4t ade that one of our departments we hope to make of ga to the State. His death will loss not only to the Uniermsity. Louisiana and to the who "I know that wordsoi cs i poor consolation to he4o stricken as yours, burt t may some alleviation of your g know that there are athetsb and honored your noble boy, they too are bowed dow, witk and are mingling th0er tea r s yours over his untimely i death "May God have m.ry pin and teach us to find wisdo i ; i scrutable decrees aid 'to seie through the darkness and goom a so often surround us. . Faitbful yeores rick as Chairman. "Motion by Dr. Kilpatick, y seconded, that a copy of tese pro ceedings bh mailed th4l districtr e, sentative in Washibgto, andfLhat a be invited to be perst p and participate at the m se Motion carried. Soor ~4i4, "Motion by Mr, Hrry, dly onded, that a committee o tion and publicity b. apointed, composed of Mr. Raymo4 $re the Clarion, Mr. Price of the and Mr. Taylorof he W Progress. Motiontearr•~I "Motion by Mr iH~ onded, that meetisng further notice. o Meeti g adj 4~o "A.. H. GARLAND,"*,,retr -Mr. R. H. Price rase New Orleasz MMay after #a days' buslns vita :i -Mr. Frank ast lW re t' t Port Arthur, b .e., a ed e4t spending a •ir k with. friends here.
