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The St. Landry Clarion. "Here Shall The Press The People's Rights Maintain, Unawedby Influence and Unbribed by Cain." VOL. XVI.---NO. 33. OPELOUSAS, LA., SATURDAY, MAY 19, 1906. $1 PER YEAR en i • mia a i nl I uI i emmI aI I ii I m•m m a ii s Wl i m I m I is i Ime me an i I mi I, ii I e a s NEIS FROM ALL OVER THE STATE. Saw WMill wnrs In Vicinity of Eunice Have Orgalized for Mutual Protection. HEAT FLOOD IN UAlRiE BOIT.Ml L Ilngftshers Worth $I a Had in East Car. roll-Cameros Citizens Protest to Con. grass against Dam. A new paper will be started in Colfax by prominent politicians of Grant parish. The city school board of Crowley has re-elected all the old teachers at increased salaries. The city of Lake Charles last week awarded contarcts for street paving to the amount of $96,000. A five-mill tax for nine years for school purposes was voted in four wards of Avoyelles parish last week. Three men were killed by the ex plosion of one of a battery of six boilers at a mill plant at Colfax on the 11th. The estate of Ozeme Trahan was opened in Crowley last week, leaving no less than 22 children to divide his worldly goods. A great flood occurred in the Sabine bottoms of this State last week, injuring the crops and imped ing railroad traffic. The Avoyelles Parish Fair Associa tion fixed the date of holding the parish fair of Avoyelles on October 16, 17 and 18, 1906. Wm. Young, a negro twice respited, was hung at Rayville last Friday. He was convicted of criminally assaulting a 11-year-old negro girl. The fish and oyster canning plant of John Dalton, at Morgan City, was partly destroyed by fire, with a loss of $40,000, insured for $20,000. "The Bloomer Girl Baseball Team," of St. Louis, is touring this State, playing the local teams wherever they can get a match. They will 1 play Marksville in a few weeks. The saw mill owners in the vicinity of Eunice have organized for mutual protection. As a result of the or ganization, lumber there has gone up. W. E. Jelk is the president, and Dud- 1 ley Berwick secretary. t Citizens of Cameron parish have presented, through Congressman Pujo, a petition to the War Department asking that the Mermentau dam be removed, claiming that the dam in jured their grazing lands. There is evidently considerable small-pox in New Orleans, according to the medical authorities of Assump tion parish, who claim that several in fections, at different periods, develop ing in that parish, have been traced directly to New Orleans. Deputy Sheriff L. M. Townsend, of Avoyelles parish, was run over by a train at Boyce and so badly mangled that he died an hour after the ac cident. He was in the act of board ing the train, when he missed his hold and fell under the wheels. Several of the parishes, through their respective police juries, have voted $500 each, as asked by the State Immigration League, provided the State Legislature appropriates a like amount, for the purpose of ad vertising the resources of the State of Louisiana. The levee board of East Carrol pays $1 a head for kingfishers killed, and a war of extermination against this bird is on in that parish. They burrow holes in the levees many feet deep, and when covered by a rising river, the water works through the embankment and weakens the levee to such an extent that it soon breaks. Joe Green, the New Orleans negro who knocked out Gabriel Thompson, in Opelousas, a few years ago, put another Thompson out in a fight in Lincoln Park, New Orleans, on the 11th. This last fight, between Green and Robert Thompson, lasted two rounds, and Thompson was getting the best of Green, when the latter landed a solar plexus and put his man out. Green was the favorite in the betting. An examination of the books of the Lafayette Building and Loan As sociation made by State Bank Ex aminer L. E. Thomas revealed a shortage in the accounts of the secretary, B. J. Pellerin, of $3383.65. Immediately upon the announcement of the shortage a check from Mr. Pellerin for the amount in full was handed the board. The irregularities had been discovered by the local auditing committee of the association, who called Mr. Thomas to clear up conditions. The accounts of the af fair are silent on the subject as to whether or not Mr. Pellerin will be prosecuted. hhe New Iberia Iberian says: The police jury of this parish held its regular session on Thusday, which proved a long and animated meeting. "The question of the Per Capita Tax" consumed a great deal of the Jury's attention, caused the display of some feeling, and threatened embarrassing complications. The District Attorney, acting under instructions of the Po lice Jury, and carrying out the recom mendations of the Grand Jury of last December, had indicted a large num ber of delinquent road tax payers. So general in fact were the indict rments that a successful prossecution of the delinquents would have cost them in fines, costs anli the tax itself, I about $30,000. A compromise was inally effected, the indictments quash Ad and the delinquents allowed further i ;ime to pay the percapita tax. C -t SOME HASH There is yet hope for St. Mary par ish. Listen to Oscar Alpha, of the Franklin' Watchman: "All is fair in love, war and poli tics," is a long established doctrine, but it is no such thing. Nothing is fair unless it is straight, honest and right. A thief is a thief if he ap propriates unto himself that which belongs to other people-whether it be an article worth only a copper cent, or a million dollars in cash. If there is a creature on earth that deserves untramelled sympathy it is the poor little mosquito. It seems that the world is organized in saying mean things about her-"her," be cause it is the female mosquito that is running the gauntlet of persecution. The latest is a special from Toronto, which says that Dr. W. J. Goodhue, medical superintendent of the leper settlement at Moloki, Hawaii, who has devoted many years to the study of leprosy clinically, bacteriologically and chemically, has discovered the germs of leprosy in the mosquito and vermim." In a neighboring town, a high School graduate secured a position as a reporter on a paper and the fol lowing was the first and last copy he burned in: "A bad boy caught a dog I with a freckled face and red hair bent on having fun after fixing him zp to his liking sent the poor creature ip the street howling at every jump. i Ele ran over a horse with a tin can tied to his tail and the horse took fright and tore up the street, knock- t .ng down a lady carrying a bucket of I nilk with a buggy and broke her 1 inkle at the corner of Fifth street I md doing other damages besides spill .ng the milk which wasn't stopped 1 ntil the mill was reached owned by t Ir. Jones who was killed while walk- t ng down the street by a stroke of t ightining with a fence rail on his ' shoulder so far back that a few of )ldest know of the sad occurence -esiding in our town. For Sale or Trade. Ten arpents of land situated in the x Down of Ville Platte, will be sold or 1l graded for country property. For in- t `ormation apply to C DR. N. I. SAVANT, a n5-5t Ville Platte, La. t -IERE LIFE AND WEALTH IS EASY. Southwest Loulslana a Field of Most Alluring Prospects for Capital and Farmer. MR. VANDEHIOOF WRITES AillN, Telling of the Land of the Acadlans, Where People Wax Rich on the Magnificent Natural Resources of the Geuntry. BY HERBERT VANDERHOOF, In Chicago Inter-Ocean, May 5, 1906. This is truly the land of Evangeline, the country of sunshine and flowers, where a fertile soil and beneficent climate make the problem of life easy of solution, and a competence sure for those who will work inteligently on farm, in factory, or in merchandise. I am writing now of southwestern Louisiana, that storied section of thei state to which the Acadians fled when I driven out of Nova Scotia. Here fori years the people of Evangeline led I an idylic, pastoral existence. Grand- i nally, with the infusion of new blood, i there sparng up a new stock, the scions of which were not. content t with getting a mere living from the E earth as their progenitors were. c They realized the richness- of the soil and other natural advantages, and in c time the region 'round about Opelou- t sas became the home of great cotton and sugar cane plantations, from which fortunes were made. Then came the t civil war, with its temporary devasta- s tion, followed later by an influx of 1 people from the north, who, unused r to the methods of the old time plan- u ters, inaugurated a radical change in a the manner of developing the re- p sources of this section of the state. e rfV 1Z~lilV P U' ALVAINUaMI!N'T. New and, in some respects, starling ideas were introduced in the cultiva tion of cotton and cane, and the domain of agriculture broadened. Rice was made a staple and highly profitable crop, as were also the bet ter grades of tobacco, while it quick ly became apparent that corn and small grains of all kinds, hay, pota toes and other vegetables could be grown with sure profit in the way of large yields and good prices. The wild fruits which had satisfied the simple Acadians gave place to the improved grafted varieties, and well tended orchards and vineyards rose, as if by magic, on all sides. Better grades of live stock were in troduced, and systematic rotation of crops, the rise of natural fertilizers, and similar methods of insured luxu riant pastures on which the cattle waxed fat. As the country advanced and improved in this manner, think ing men began to take advantage of I other opportunities which nature had spread with lavish hand before them. I Saw mills were built and the mam moth forests gave up a valuable toll of merchantable timber. Cane mills put the huge yields of cane into con dition for easy transportation to sugar refineries. Cotton was ginned, i sorted and baled at home, and in 1 numerous other ways the people of southwstern Louisiana profited by c establishing for themselves industries I the fruits of which had previously I been garnered by others. This, in brief, is the story of progress in the t land of Evangeline, a progress in t which is still in its infancy, a progress which may be hard to understand by r those who are not acquainted with E the wonderful resources of the coun try and the spirit of advancement ( which now animates its people. t t LAND OF GREAT SURPRISES. I Details have been given in previous t letters eoncerning the golden wealth which lies hidden in the soil awaiting a mnly the garnering hand of the ear nest worker. I have written at lenght about the admirable climate, S the good water supply, the diversity c f crops, the convenience of markets, 4 wnd nearly everything else of interest to the farmer, fruit grower and stock- l men. The vast forests of pine, oak, hickory, ash, elm, poplar, cypress, gum, and other merchantable timber have been described, and all these fea tures, should by this time be reasona bly well understood, although volume upon volume might be devoted to the subject without exhausting it, or satisfying the public demand for ac curate information. In fact, it is a land of seemingly inexhaustible sur prises when one comes to make per sonal examination of the natural re sources. It is a matter of history that for fully seventy-five years pre ceding and immediately V)wing the civil war the miost piftfigate and wasteful: methods were in vogue. This is particularly true as regards the old plantations, where corn and cotton were the only known crops. Lands were kept year after year without fertilizers or rest, or even intelligent rotation, with the result that they became worn out and were generally classed as worthless. Plan ters made no effort to raise beef or pork, depending upon their cotton factors or agents to furnish these essential supplies at exorbitant prices - Even chickens were a luxury. Today, thanks to the adoption of modern ideas, an Aladdin-like transformation has been worked. These same lands, under skillful rotation, are producing enormous yields of everything that can be grown anywhere in the world, 4 and the farmers and planters of this corner of the state are living in lux ury and fast accumulating money. a FIFLD A VIRGIN ONE. But, great and marvelous as this transformation has been, the field is still comparatively a virgin one. k The population is increasing at a , rapid rate, but there are thousands oi upon thousands of acres of rich lands it as yet untilled and to be had at la prices which would astonish a North ern farmer. Recently I ran across as nan who came here from the North a few years ago, and is now the owner m and tiller of a tract of 560 acres. "In - ," he said, "I lived on a in rented farm, the rental- being based p n a valuation of $125 per acre. It Sl vas hard work to get a decent living ar fter paying the rent unless the season ca vas exceptionally good. I met with sg )ad luck, and had two successive al rears of rainy weather and rotting o ;rops. Then I picked up and came youth. I bought this .land for a fo price about equivalent to the rent I lad been paying, and have been pros- Gi ering ever since. The terms were ov asy, the crops good, and it is now all laid for. I like the country and the $1 people, and I am advising all my pe 'riends to come here. If the con- of litions were more generally under- ov tood Northern people would rush kn ere in droves.n ml FldNCHlA N R PORMAWIV hkaTMG smi Attractive as are the farming possibilities, however, my attention is just now won by the opportunities for profitable investment in other lines. 4 The commercial headquarters of southwestern Louisiana is Opelousas, I the main city of St. Landry parish. 1 Here, as well as in the other cities I and towns of this section, there are evidences of thrift and prosperity to be seen on every side. The growing wealth of the agricultural community has naturally made profitable business for Opelousas and it has outgrown its facilities for a satisfactory handling of the trade. More factories and mills are especially needed to work I up the products of the surrounding country and energetic men with moderate capital, who will take pains to make themselves acquainted with the details of supply and demand, will find the field a most inviting one. 1 The people now residing here fully realize the necessities of more rapid I extension of these facilities and will liberally assist those who come here . in a spirit of honesty and fair dealing. One evidence of this may be found in the fact that through their efforts I the state of Louisiana has enacted legislation which exempts from taxa tion for ten years all actories and railways built before 1910. The banking facilities appear to be ample, 4 and the men at the head of the var ious institutions of this nature are l progressive and liberal in their deal ings. In St. Landry parish there are seven banks, with a combined capital 1 of $179,650, demand deposits of $796 496, and surplus and undivided profits of $245,133. Surely this is a most sgnificant indication of local proes perity. / - The weather that sug gest vacation prompted us to remember the past de mand for Sehool Medals and Class Pins. We have placed in stock the major part of a mann facturer's output and ask teachers and pupils to see this selection before buy ing. Engraving done free. Main Street Jewelers. Do You Need A DISTERN ' If so, which do you want, ' the old wooden, mosquito, < wiggle and filth producer,or a 'anama Corrugated, Galvanized Steel Tank ? No wiggles, no mosquitoes, no leaks, no hoops to get loose. Cost no more than wood . . . L. C. SKILES, The Lumberman. "MiSS EUiGENIE" THE VICTIM OF A BOLEd ROBBEIT. Miss Eugenie Giraud, who is well mown to almost everybody in this Section of the State, was the victim f a bold, as well as clumsy, robbery, n Crowley, last week, the particu ars of which are given in the sub oined dispatch. "Miss Eugenie," as Ihe was familiarly known, will be re falled as the accentric old lady, who < nade a living throughout the Attaka- < ºas parishes by instructing children < n catechism and letters, living first' vith one family and then with another. C ,he had no home that we ever heard, nd if she has any relatives in this ountry it is not generally known. hte owns property in several towns, ad at one time (and perhaps still) < wned many valuable lots in Rayne. The dispatch about the robbery < ollows: Crowley, May 12.-While Justin < rradnego, a negro, held a rice sack < ver the head of Miss Eugenie Girand, B school teacher, Guy LeBlanc, a rhite man, robbed the woman of 1200 she had concealed about her I erson. The robbery occured at Le lanc's home, about two miles south f Crowley. Miss Giraud, who is ver sixty years of age, is a well nown character, and is said to be a riser. She is credited with being _ ery wealthy, and it has often been sid that she carried many thousand f dollars tied in a buckskin sack round her waist. The woman was enticed by LeBlanc accompany him to his home south f town under the pretext that he anted het as an instructor for his bildren. The woman consented to o, and it was.while she was in his ,me that she was attacked and rob ed. LeBlanc and the negro Grad ago came into the house masked and t the point of a pistol made the aged oman hold up her hands. The negro arried a rice sack with which he )vered the woman's face, while Le lanc quickly relieved her of all the oney she carried in .her buckskin ig. Sheriff Murrel at once went to ork on'the case and caused the ar ,st of LeBlanc and the negro, suspect g them of the crime. The negro as taken to Lafayette and LeBlane c laced in jail in Crowley. The sheriff ien told each that the other had con ,ssed, and in turn each cursed the ther and admitted their guilt. A later dispatch from Crowley, ited May 13th, says that the two silty parties plead guilty and were ntenced by Judge Pugh to fifteen ears in the State penitentiary. The apatch says that the sentence is A )nsidered exceedingly light, as it is capital offense in Louisian°to en rt in the nighttime for the purpose f committing a crime, and it was S enerally thought the men would ;re-. sive a much heavier sentence. So far, advices say, only $80 of he $1200 stolen from is GiraudI as been recovered. SPRIN +AID SUMlER * We have received our stock in full, and that means that we can suit the most fanciful Idea or the most practical taste in CLOTHING, SHOES, HATS and GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS. Just a few prices to give you an idea: Men's suits from - $6.50 to $20.00 Youth's suits from - 5.00 to 15.00 Boy's suits from - 1.50 to 6.50 Hats, in straw and felt 1.00 to 10.00 styles and qualities in Underwear, from 25c a garment to $1.25. Don't fail to see our line of boys' suits--all shades and qualities shirt collar and shoes to match. M. WINSBERG, THE CLOTHIER AND FURNISHER, Landry Street Opelousas, La. The Opelousas National Bank OPELOUSAS, LA. Began Business October I, 1903. EXTRACTS FROM SEMI-ANNUAL STATEMENTS. December 31, 1908. December 81, 1904. Capital............$ 50,000.00 Capital..............$ 50,000.00 Surplus and Profits.. 1,168.18 Surplus and Profits.. 7,578.11 Deposits .............. 123,874.17 Deposits ............. l December 80, 1905. Capital.....................$ 50,000.00 Surplus and Profits .......... 18,8.88 Deposits ................ .... 24i,2 . ACCOUNTS SOLICITED PRESIDENT ........ ........ E. B. DUBUISSON VICE-PRESIDENT . .................J. B. B. SANDO CASHIER.........................A. LEON DUPRE Ass'T CASHIER................. ....J. A. PERKINS The PeleSta teh OF OPELOUSAS, LA. ) Capital paid in - - •e , Surplus and undivided profits 4EI#S. Your Accounts ad Collections Solicited DAVID ROQ8, President. J. J. PERRODIN, Cashier. lOW'S YOUR.STOCK OF GLASSWARE? SNot as complete as it might be ? Pieces missing here nd there? Whole new set needed for the dining table? W~hatever your lack in glass this is the place to acquire--worth while ware at saving prices. Natur ally we want you to call. JOSEPH LASSALLE, LANDRY ST., - OPQBLUSAS, LA T LARY STATE NK, OPELOUSAS, LOUISIANA. APITA1, SRPLUS All IIYI10D iPRO8I $149,000.oo.. MI.PLE RESO UR"CES, PROMPT and CoUOURTEOUS SERVICE S. A O UNHTS SOLICITE.D. 'ETY DEPOSIT BOXS FeQ REBNT. HE G1h~fhLOORU