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WEITWARD, HO1!" THE BATTLE CRY. Oontinued from first page. ready to help Opelousas and the League in any manner in which he may be called upon, yet he desired to serve in the ranks, and would under no circumstances serve another term as President. He urged the citizens of Opelousas to keep up the organiza tion and to better it and to co-operate with it and increase its usefulness as much as possible. He pointed out that it was impossible for a city to work without a League. This League, although supported in a half hearted manner by those most interested in the city's upbuilding by reason of be ing more directly in line for benefits which come from that development, was responsible for many good things which have developed here and will develop in the near future. It has been the only source through which any information concerning the coun try *aa been obtained .by prospective settlets and investors. "Whep the election of officers was reached, Dr. Bercier left the chair for the purpose of placing in nomina tion for the office of President Sheriff M. L. Swords. He said that ever since he had determined that he would hot again accept the office I even if tendered him he had looked i around for a man that he thought I could fill it to the satisfaction of all concerned, and had come to the con clusion that Swords was the man. He possessed that quality which he deemed the most essential in carry ing out the duties of President of a Progressive League-he fought as Valiantly in the face of adversity as1 when everything was sailing along amoothly; was as good in the mud as I on a-ismaedeinied road. Full of c energy, and enterprise; thoroughly I familiar with the country, of good U address and a cheerful talker, he a thought the Sheriff was eminently t the man for the place. His election by acclamation went through with a whoop. Mr. Swords a tbqnked the meeting, and assured the g Leagurne that he would do his verv best aWUV vtAI t unW WUlWU UU IaI very Ue 8T to promote its interests and the in terest of OpeloUeas and St. Landry. He assured the League that if at any time he felt his ineffiiency, he would resign, and, with a happy speech fill ed with cheery words for Opelousas and St. Landry parish, he assumed the gavel. Mr. E. J. Sullivan was unanimously elected secretary of the League, and Mr. W. J. Sandos its reasury. The election of the Board of Di rectors, which is composed of fifteen, was deferred until the next meeting, Wednesday night, January 16th. The meeting called for the 16th is one to which all who are interseted in the new railroad are expected to be present. We say right here for the benefit of our merchants that it is not contemplated that a subscrip -uion list will be passed around on that night. The meeting is for the purpose.d4evislag, or rather ampli fying, the.plans for . securing a rail road that will save to the merchants this trade from the west. It may be further whispered to our merchants that the, doubtless feel that they should be present to aid in this mat ter, but that even if they are not there, the work will go on as merrily as if they were present. Those who are in this fight for a new railroad are in it with heart and soul, and will nbt be discouraged in the matter --"Merchant's Chill" is not contagious as fat as they are concerned. Let there be a full meeting, on Wednesday night, and remember that the public, regardless of membership of the League, is expected to be present. Perrodin's Band will discourse for the occasion. conanues from watr pass, danger than in an illuminating oil tank. Superintendent Jones, who wa . present, at once emphatically de • .t statement as to the amount Sduring t dia. cussion t ht tIe W rPlerce Oil s have an right -* . soume- years agoto loate theis tank at the )l -p Me the" Ition in dispute without any authority from the city council. It also devel oped that the Southern Pacific rail *road intend to build four switches in the neighborhood of the new location including one for the oil people. 7e The latter asserted postjyely that the e railroad company would not grant them a switch outside the corporate o limits, and therefore the ordering by the council of the tank to be located outside of the limits would virtually exclude them from this field. It al so cropped out that several other oil i companies were awaiting the outcome ot f this controversy, and would estab lish here in case the decision of the council was favorable to oil tanks lo Id cating within the corporate limits. It was denied by Mr. Quinn that the Standard Oil Co. and the Waters Pierce were one and the same. He failed to convince the council on this point, however, but as this has noth 11 ing to do with the matter at issue, a it was only incidently touched upon, h just to vary the monotony. At next Tuesday's meeting it is ex e pected that all those interested will be present, as the councilmen announced that they would definitely r and finally dispose of the matter one way or the other. Row Among The Faithful. r Continued from first page. a secretary used their offices to solicit I support for Mr. Lassalle, the fact t that the meeting was called for an 1 hour which made it impossible for the country members to attend, that there was no vacancy, Mr. Edwards up to that time not having tendered his resignation, etc. The support of Mr. Chachere is now with Dr. Stubbs, and a fight to a finish is on. Dr. Stubbs' esli.ims the support of Senator Beverage, of In diana, and Congressman Overstreet, from the same State. The ltater is chairman of the House Comnmittee on Postal Routes. Dr. Stubbs is a native of Indiana, and personally acquainted with the politicians, especially the two amentioned, in that State. His father occupies a judicial position, and is prominent in Republican poli tics of that State. Dr. Stubbs is a son-in-law of Mr. Henry Lastrapes, Sr., a good citizen and a good Dem- o ocrat of this parish. Mr. Edwards tendered his formal resignation to the meeting. i (OFFICIAL.) Froceedings of the School Board. Opelousas, La.. Jan. 5, 1907. The Board of School Directors met in regular quarterly session. Present: Dr. L. Lazaro, President; C. J. Thomp son, Secretary; Dr. R. M. Littell, Dr. 0. P. Daly, J. L. Guilbeau, Dr. H. S. Joseph, Dr. H. Kilpatrick, Alfred De ville, H. L. Erlich, P, L. Fontenot. Absent: D. H. Bernard, Dr. Wm. H. Ray. On motion of Dr. R. M. Littell The minutes of the last meeting were adopted as read. On motion of Mr. Erlich The report of the Superintendent was received, and the recommenda tions contained therein to be con sidered in the proper order. On motion of Dr. Joseph The following appointments of trustees were confirmed: Lower Waxia school: G. T. Haw kins, Willie Leatherman, Brackley Moss. Jos. Guidry school: Jos. Bacon, Ieon Lavergne, Joseph Beaugh. Prairie Basse School: J. H. Meche, C. Guidry, Louis Mouton. Ortego school: Aurelie Fontenot, vice J. B. Ortego., ' Whiteville school: Robert Savant. On motion of Dr. H. S. Joseph It was resolved, that the letter of State Superintendent Aswell to Super intendent Thompson, which reads as follows with reference to the appoint ment of assistant teachers in rural schools, be published: Baton Rouge, Jan 2, 1907. Supt. C. J. Thompson, Opelousas: Dear Sir.-Replying to your letter stating that there is some demand for you to employ persons not holding i teachers' certificates, I beg to say that this matter is not one of choice. The law does not permit you to allow c a person not holding a certificate to teach in the public schools, regardless of who may pay her. Neither does ] the law permit the parish school board to employ persons without cer tificates. Tours very truly, On motion of Mr. Guilbeau- The application of Miss Blanche 8 lMal ' pfor appointmet as p.iaoipsl to the Arnaudille school was denied,a for the reason that se is already pdand ti e chage,inthe of asbti woul be y to. the school over which she presides. . On motion of Mr. Fontenot v The resignation of Miss Cora Tate as principal of the Tate Cove school was accepted. On motion of Mr. Deville A school was located near the saw mill of Simeon Johnson, to be known as the John Reed school. On motion of Mr. Erlich- It was resolved, that the patrons of the public schools in this parish be F notified that the failure to have all - the schools operated is not due to any 1 disposition on the part of this Board to not conduct the schools, but is - due to the fact that it is impossible for the Board to procure sufficient number of teachers to do so. On motion of Dr. Littell The communication of Dr. N. P. Moss, President of the Parish Educa tional Association, with reference to the subscription of certain educational jourpals, was received and ordered - filed for future reference. On motion of Mr. Erlich It was resolved, that the request of the Teachers' Parish Association, 2 that a sqhool day-Friday--be given to the teachers every month, or every two months, for the purpose of hold ing institutes, be refused, because, in the opinion or this board, it would cause a loss of school time to the children, which would be more bene ficial to them than the holding of the proposed institutes on the day re quested. The President called Dr. Daly to the chair. On motion of Dr. Lazaro It was resolved, that the Superin tendent and the Principals of the High and Graded schools of the par ish be constituted a committee to as certain the reason of the difficulty and delay often encountered in obtaining the adopted text books. On motion of Dr. Joseph It was resolved that this Board ap propriate $240 for school libraries, to be apportioned according to lair as follows: St Landry High School................... $ 80 Washington High School............ 10 Ville Platte Graded School........... 20 Melville Graded School................... 50 Sunset Graded School.................. 20 Rosa Graded School ............. .. 10 Bayou Current Graded School..... 10 Grand Prairie Graded School........ 10 Palmetto Graded School......:........ 10 Jos.Guidry Graded School............. 10 Port Barre..................... ... 10 On motion of Mr. Guilbeau It was resolved, that Superinten dent Thompson be authorized to pur chase the book cases provided by law I for the keeping of the books of the school libraries. * On motion of Dr. Joseph Miss Coleen Cole was appointed principal of the Meyer school at a 'salary of $35 per month. On motion of Dr. Littell It was resolved, that a legally qualified teacher be appointed as as sistant in the Prairie Ronde school. On motion of Mr. Deville The Board authorized the appoint ment of an additional assistant teacher t in the Grand Prairie Graded School. On motion of Mr. Deville Mrs. P. H. Griffith was appointed assistant teacher in the Grand Prairie School to fill the position vacated by Miss Myra Stagg, at a salary of $40 per month. On motion of Mr. Fontenot All the schools established for the short term in the 6th ward are ordered to continue for the full or long term. On motion of Mr. Fontenot The Ledoux colored school was or dered closed, and the Lannette colored school was opened with the same teacher in charge.. On motion of Mr. Fontenot Mrs. Dr. Theo. Littell was ap pointed assistant teacher in the Ville Platte Graded School at a salary of $50 per month. On motion, the request of Mr. Mar shall Thompson, assistant in the Ville Platte Graded school, for an increase in his salary was refused. On motion of Mr. Fontenot The appointment of legally qualified assistant teachers was authorized for the L'Anse Bleu and Chataignier schools. On motion of Mr. Erlich- The Board adjourned subject to call. L. LAZARO, President. C. J. THOMPSON, Secretary. wOTE OFTABLEAU. e ESTATE OF THEODULE GUILLORY. No. -. Probate Docketb . District Curt., Parleh of St. Landry, La. Whereasr, Jean Guflory i dminiLstrator i of the above-nated tteae oa ted4 hi' »a tableau of said estate. accoImn bthsir petltion `Praying for the homnolo gatnon wt sme; am e nhereas. the prayer of said petitionmt: be anted by an or de r.urt behas p Now, therefore; notieis heml!.ento a Miart etesres $d toa o .lto if ratableau `t filsame in 'wsriting i n office, withln the tim e eqr a tsaid absn shouiti h~ home . s . CHRISTMAS GIFTS IN CUTLERY make most useful presents. Our stock of these goods contain many articles that will be thoroughly appreciated by ladies, gentlemen and children. They range from razors and razor sets, pocket knives, scissors and nu merous handy articles, many of which are put up ii ,handsome cases, making a gift that is not only a thing of I beauty, but one of very practical I utility. J. S. EVANS, COURT ST., - OPELOUSAS, LA Pure Drugs and Standard Remedies. l a are what every purchaser can abso lutely depend upon receiving when dealing with us. There, are niuber less nostrums and substitutes in the drug market luade up to deceive credulous people; but what we cannot guarantee we 'don't 'sell. We believe in a square deal-in taking your money we give you good drugs in exchange. Mlason's Drugstore, Saizan Building, Opelousas, La. JUMP on any saddle sold at this harness shop and you'll find it an easy rid`e. s Hard nasage doesn't put Saddles and J Harness out of commission that we sell. We know the material they're, made of and know its the best of. tainable. Get harness here and you'll have harness you can rely on. Price right, George Going, North side of Landry street, opposite Joseph Lassalle's store. I will have on hand at all ;times for sale, good driving and work .. , horses and mules. See me before buying.. ARTHUR VELTIN near Opelousas, La. HOUSE MOVING. IACHINRY ERECTING. R. M. COLTRIN, *-ObrlcS A? Opelousas Compress Co. OPELOUSas, LA. PLU BING. - P. FII : -NG The following ordinance was offered by Mr. Dailey, seconded by Mr. Debsho tels, and upon being du read was ad opted unanimonusly, to wi ANNUAL TAX -ORDINANCE. Whereas, by resolution adopted o Nov. 6th, 1900, this Body framed a bidget of eighty-five thousand dollars ($8 00) as an estimate exhibiting thevariopi items of expenditures that e parich of: St; Landry woalti- require *:r the year 1907; and, Whereas, said-budget has been pub lished in the t. . Lndry Clarion, the , official newspaper of this parish for the full term ofdthirty days, as the aw di- I reets; and, - Whereas, an ad valorem tax of ten(10) mills on thedollar of the taxable ro perty of this parish will brequired in I addition to the revenues to be derivedu under the license ordinance adopted to meet said budget: ... - Nsow, therefore,-be itorddained by the Police Jury of the parish of St. Laudry, That a tax of ten (10) mills on the dollar I be levied on all taxable property situa ated within this parish on which the State levies a tax to rieet said get of expenditures for the.. ar 19i : -W. TON..resident, Attest: ..-J. IEiALEY, Clerk. The Taxr Assessor'sbooks for 8tate, P Ish and Levee Taxes, have been iltedin ti Ta--Collector'sOms . :. All taxes are nodu sad coleetable. Taxes on all movae prort b come ellnquent oanhs .... i Due.not~ce bp pfb i noe bai--the with cost of noti, itaxeson inovhble ptiery l be.' eomeie delinquent sJ a s after which1 C ill E w 0 = L. AUSTIN FONTENOT, Attorney aot Law, General Practice. GARLAND. .UILDING. OPELOUAS. LA. Morton H.T ompson " Aotary'ublic, . :.General Prctice Sotmee In Landau: Bulding p statis,' Lantry stet, oposas La. AllWor Promptly Attended o Office=-Iarndan Rto ing, "at Street; Opelosas, a. n MONEY TO LOAN. MORTGAGE 00. -Represen ted by-. John 10 lanansou,# REtAL STA*3 AGET,, g BRICKStn - FOR SALE At-t. leaant tLrck Wr. For parttlc lars, see or Mw writeSs AUC. J. MULLER, M ager-.:. WA&RINGTON, LA. Samplee can be Ceeb at the whoilesai.l warehouse of the Opelopsas Mreanttle Qo. IV4L-IOR 1ROg. Inalea For Sale. Nobby Rigs and Stylish Horses for Long Distance or Evening Drive.s lear the Peatofle, OpenaSlw, L&1 ----------- Ad pining J. Aº .Budd t~i .'n 4 a oon. The eth tarhket-Affords alwas on ha # Orer promptly= molld. 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