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Newspaper
The Weekly Echo
Location
Lake Charles, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1868
Page
2
The item lists Democratic ticket names for Louisiana, local party clubs in Calcasieu Parish, and executive officers at Lake Charles headquarters. It records electors, congress candidates, officers, and a long roster of party figures including presidents, secretaries, and locals, with a note on colored members and Grange counts.
Readers missing the Big Woods Barbecue last Saturday regret not attending as enthusiasm and hospitality impressed all. Reverends W. M. Perkins and R. F. Panoher and Geo. H. Wells helped organize a splendid, well attended event that felt like home among friends.
The local Democratic paper expects a unanimous Big Woods vote for Seymour and Blair and invites supporters to a Lake Charles barbecue. It praises Hon. A. Batty as a congressional candidate and notes flattering prospects from Oil Springs superintendent James Mung. Also reports rock discovery at 333 feet with soil layers of blue sandstone and soapstone and initial rock exposure.
The Oil Wells of Galcasio near Rock reach rock at 333 feet and show increasing oil indications as the new well, drilled to complete a year-long project, nears the depth of the old one. Superintendent James Munn and his crew are praised for perseverance.
A Democratic mass meeting and barbecue was announced for Thursday, 22d inst, in Lake Charles with invitations to white and colored clubs and all citizens. Committees named for arrangements and supervision, with a separate ball for the colored attendees. A subsequent mandamus case in Sixth District Court involved naturalization recognition disputes.
In the Sixth District Court the Third Ward Board of Registrars led by Julius A. Noble faced contempt charges for persistently challenging registration rules. The case centered on denying Mr. Brickell and Mr. King registration as the court held that an elector’s oath is prima facie evidence of reconstruction allegiance. Noble Lipshoot and Chevalier argued power limits of the Board while the judge issued a peremptory mandamus.
A brief note asserts that men living weeks on sweet potatoes and salted mackerel deserve compensation. The wording emphasizes hardship and calls for appropriate remuneration without additional details or context.
A garbled dispatch describes a Board of Review questioning a mulatto supervisor about past Confederate office. The dialogue references an affidavit, a peremptory mandate, and unclear orders from Judge Cooley as reported by the New Orleans Times on the eighth.
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