Newspaper Page Text
-_ WHY WE DOWN COMPETITION. A man with the right convictions is bound to win-Why?--B e c a use he puts up the bravest fight. Our convictions have made us adopt one simple motto. It has been the "corner-stone of our suc cess: -. . We offer the best in the land at an honest price and leave the rest to you. With such a principle, can you see how we could lose? Our big Spring Shovwing of Men's and Young Men's "Keep-Cool" Suits with it's immense variety of styles and designs cannot be equalled with-in amanymileradius. The garments show a-sort-of distinction in their cut and fit, which strongly suggests the custom made. Our prices will convince you how shrewdly we buy how honestly we sell, Come in to-day-With our array of patterns and colors-with sizes to fit the great and small, it will 'be strange indeed if we fail to please you. Just stop in and tell us what you think. M. WINSBERG THE RELIABLE CLOTHIER OPELOUSAS - LOUISIANA. 4 mn i m - m . N I . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HELLO! GLAD TO SEE YOU Yes, we will fix that coller and do the work as satisfactorily as the last collar we repaired for yo'. HARNESS REPAIRS THAT LAST is what people want and what we give them. After we do a job it's just a matter of the leather wearing through and not of our work. We do the best of repairing at lowest prices. George Going Opelousas, - Louisiana. W. L. DOUCLAS 3.OO,$3.50, 4.00 & 5.00 SHOES :fistln the World #2u00 Ean $2.5S tat Color Eyelets (/sed L. Douglas shoes are the lowest quality considered, in the world. aexcellent tale, easy fitting and wearnsg qualigties excel those of i#ter makes. If you have been paying hih priaes for your shoes, the next time ye need a pair give W.L Douglas shoes a trial You can save money on your footwear and get shoes that are just as good in every way as those that have been costing you higher prices. If youe ooaldvisit our large factories at Brockton, Mass., and see for yourself how carefully W. L Douglas shoes are -ade, you would then understand why they hold their shape, fit better and wear longer than other makes. CITXlOf - W. L2 Douglas name and pri94e i held on the bottom touse of tne company Of Arna ndille, rior thoe election of ofiers of Maod Banr, and the transaction of such other buW.sn Dessglas shma coare not for sale it.n o or other animail Ors needing medical at MN. WI NSBERºG, feb 194-mo toen D er ' eetiO.Richardsong. . Notice Is here sy given that there will be streetld, n the Mercantiluse of tne company a meeting of the sitockhodlors of thh hank odf Arvlet al r the nio. Skillen f officers othefr slness.as,maY come before It.su J. I. OLIVIER, Cashier, To those: who ,ave horses, mules, or other animals, needing medical at tention. Dr. J. 0. Richardson, D. V. S., offers his Services. Office and, residence- on Landry street, near Mercantile Co. 'Phone Srompt attention. Skilled service. DR. OJ. 0 RICHARDSON. -! SHERIFF'S SALE. JOHN P. BOAGNI vs. < WILLIAM CHARLES PERRAULT. No. 18930, 16th Judicial District Court, Parish of St. Landry. La. By virtue of a writ of seizure and sale is sued out of the Hon. 16th Judicial District Court in and for the Parish of St. Landry in the above entitled and numbered suit, and to me directed, I have seized and will offer for sale, for cash, at public auction, to the last and highest bidder, at the Court House door in Opelousas, La., on Saturday, July 9tlh, 1910, at 11 o'clock a. m., the following described property, to-wit: A certain lot of ground situated in the town of Opelousas, La., in that section known as the John P. Boagni sub-division and being lot Number seven [7j in block Number five [5] of the plat of said sub-divi sion on file in the office of the Clerk of Court of this parish; said lot having a front of sixty-two teet and five tenths of a foot [62.5], on Shute Avenue, with a depth of ninety-four and six tenths of a foot [94.6], on the eastern line, between parallel line northward from said Shute Avenue to the property or right of way of the Opelousas, Gulf and Northeastern Railroad Company, and bounded north by said railroad prop erty or right of way, south by Shute avenue, east by Oak street and west by lot Number six [6] of said block. Another lot of ground in said sub-division, designated on said plat as lot Number one [1 in block Number six [6], having a front ofsixty-two feet and five tenths of a foot [62.5] on Shute Avenue, with a depth on the eastern line of ninety-one and eight tenths of a foot [91.8], and a depth of nluety-two and seven tenths of a root [92.7] on the Western line, between parallel lines run ning north from Shute Avenue to the prop erty or right of way of the said railroad company and bounded south by said Shute Avenue. north by said railroad company, east by Lot Number two [2] in block Num* her six [6] and west by Oak street. Terms-Cash. June4-6t M. L. SWORDS, Sheriff. J, B, SANDOZ UNDERTAKER COMPLETE LINE OF Coffins, Caskets, Funeral Robes, Etc. Fully Equipped with the latest style hearses. 'Phone 8 Main Street Opelousas, La S HERIFF'S SAL. EDWARD M. BOAGNI vs. J. B. A. STAGG No. 19036, 16th Judicial District Court, Parish of St. Landry, La. By virtue of a writ of seizure and sale is sued out of the Hon. 16th JudiClal District Court in and for the Parish otst. Landry, in the above entitled and numbered suit, andto me directed, I have seized and will offer for sale, at public auction, for cash, to the last and highest bidder, at the front door of the Court House ;of St. Landry parish;, in the City of Opelousas, La,, on Saturdlay, July 9ths, 1910, at 11 o'clock a. m., the following described property, to-wit: . A certain lot or strip of ground situated in the City of Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, La., having a front on Main Street of thirty (30) feet eight (8) inches by a depth between parallel lines of one hundred and sixty nine (169) feet six inches (6), together with the store building and warehouse thereon. Sala prOperty is bounded north by prop erty of vendor [Welch], south by property oT >andoz [known as the Opelousas Courier office], east by lain street and west by property of heirs of Jules Perrodin, Terms-Cash. June4-6t M. L. SWORDS, Sheriff. Notice of Dissolution. Notice is hereby given that the firm of Bourque &-Cary, doing a general merchan dise business at Lewisburg, has been dis solved, Mr. Bourqne continuing the busi ness and assuming all liabilities and col lecting all debts, and Mr. Cary retiring. CHAS. BOURQUE, S. S. CARY. Lewisburg, La., May 14. 1910-St. FOR SALE Mahogony bedroom set, consisting of four pieces, practically new. Will be sold cheap. Apply at this office. d-h tf. Taken Up By the undersigned at Waxia, - one pale red cow and calf, swallowfolk in left ear, branded about thus: The owner is hereby notified to come for ward, prove property, pay costs and take 'animal away. R. LEE HAWKINS, may28-5t pd. Waxia, P. O. La. "LEXINGTON FLOURS" The most popular Flour of today, regardless of name or brand All we ask is a trial and there sults will bring you joy. FOR SALE BY ALL FIRST ULASS DEALERS Distributed in Opelousas by P. A.. Sandoz and Fred L. Sandoz Lexington Flouring Mills LEXINiTON-NO. SHERIFF'S SALE. ERTEMON LAFLEUR vs. AMELIA LEDOUX, Widow. No. 16960, 16th Judicial District Court, Parish of St. Landry, La. By virtue of a writ of seizure and sale issued out of the Hon. 16th Judicial District Court, in and for the parish of St. Landry, in the above entitled and numbered suit, and to me directed, I have seized and will offer for sale, for cash, at public auction, to the last and highest bidder, at the front door of the Court House of St. Landry par ish, In Opelousas, La,. on Saturday, June 25, 1910, at 11 o'clock a. m., the following described property, to-wit: Item No. One, Lot No. Two consisting of one hundred arpents of land, situated in Prairie Ronde, in the Parish of St. Landry. i State of Louisiana, with all the buildings and improvements thereon, bounded on the north by WilliePitre, south by lot No. three, east'by lot No. two and west by P. P. Pitre, as per prnces verbal of said stle filed in the recorder's office of this parish. Terms-Cash. may21l-6t M. L. SWORDS, Sheriff. NOTICE OF TABLEAU. ESTATE OF PROSPERE JOHNSON. No. 6489. Probate Docket, Sixteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of St. Landry, La. Whereas, A. A. Crouchet, Administrator of the above numbered and entitled estate, files a tableau of classification of the debts of said estate, accompanied by his peti tIon preying forthe homologation of same; And whereas, prayer of said petition has been granted by an order of court bearing date May 30th, A. D,, 1910. Now, therefore, notice is hereby given to all parties Interested to make opposition to said tableau tofile same in writing In my ofice, within the time required by la why the said-tableau should not be homologated and cenflrmed. YVES ANDREPONT. June4 2t Clerk of Oourt. .. . .. i :::.i : ( )(i:!'./i~;.:i: i:.::: PEANiT 1; TIJRE IN PARISH -OF 1INCOLN Over 15,000 Acres Plated to Them in Prs eat Seesa. AVERAGE YIELD $35 PER ACRE lats Bring from $1.50 to $2 A Bashel and the Hay Sells Readily. Ruston. La., May 28.-With the coming of the boll weevil to Lincoln parish came the movement, fostered by the Farmers' Union, for diversified farming. The result of this move ment is the abolition of the one crop -cotton-system and the planting of vegetables, fruits, more corn and a large acteage to peanuts. Upon the last mentioned the Lincoln parish farmer's future money depends. The initial step of peanut culture was made in the fall of 1908 when a committee was sent by the Farmers' Union to investigate the crop in Virginia. The committee reported that the climate and soil of Lincoln parish was far better adapted to the peanut than that of the "Old Do minion." Last season this parish, as an ex periment, planted 4000 acres to pea nuts. The average yield was 20 bushels per acre, or 80,000 bushels for the parish. The first nuts sold brought 85 cents f. o. b. Ruston. Owing to scarcity of machinery for hulling many were not able to sell at the beginning of the season. W.hen the nuts were ready for market the price had risen frcm 85 cents to $1, and finally they went to $1.50, and are now selling for $2.00 per bushel. Figuring the average price paid per bushel at $1, the experiment crop will net the farmers $80,000, which is better than can be expected of the same acreage in cotton. GOOD PRICES FOR HAY. The yield of hay, which is superior to any obtainable in this section, sold readily at from $12.50 to $15.00 per ton. Buyers out of Chicago are offering $18.00 per ton, in unlimited car load lots, for this fall's harvest. These experimental results were obtained by men who knew practic ally nothing of the peanut, as here tofore only small patches were plant ed for home consumption. No es pecially adapted machinery was used. Throughout the parish there were only six thrashers. This year each planter will have his specially constructed plows and own a picker. Each community will have its thrash er that will hull the crop for toll, Farmers of this parish are now busy planting 15,000 acres to pea nuts. The average this year will probably be 25 bushels per acre, with two tons of hay. These figures are by no means overdrawn, as the banner acre last year yield 57 bushels and two and a half tons of hay. The price for this year, it is believed, will be as good, if not better, than last year. This parish is asked by buyers, who ,declare the nuts superior to those of Virginia, to contribute its pro rata share of 1,000,000 bushels to be furnished them by Union, Lin coln, Jackson and Claiborne. So well is this soil adapted to the crop that little fertilizer, other than air-slacked lime, is needed. For cot ton the lands must be highly fertil ized if a yield is expected. Cotton requires six months to mature while peanuts require four. Peanuts re quire a little less than half the work that cotton does. According to the statistics of the local Farmers' Union the average yield of peanuts as com pared to cotton in this parish, is $36 to $25 per acre. From lands plant ed to peanuts two crops & year may Sbe had, as the peanut may be plant Sed as late as the middle of June. SThe best acre last year was planted June 17. Potatoes, cantaloupes, oats, etc., are excellent crops that may be har vested before planting peanuts. Pe nuts enrich the soil while cotton con sumes its fertility. With cotton the farmer's children have been kept out of school in spring to plant and in fall to pick. With peanuts these children will have two months more of school each year and the farmer will have more leisure in which to improve his farm and build good roads. The~ peanut as a food for farm stock cannot be over estimated. Horses, cattle, hogs, chickens, all eat peanuts with relish, and prefer them to corn or oats. At Ruston a peanut factory will be built, if not by the Virginia interests, by the Roston Oil and Fertilizer Corn pany. The peanut business will it in nicely with cotton oil manufacture and give the employes of the latter a twelve-month job. The factory will be a two-story structure. The ma chinery is inexpensive and is so sim ple of construction that an outsider is not allowed within the factory. The secret of construction is care fully guarded by the patent holders. No finished products will be manu factured here. The nuts will be hulled, graded in ones, twos and threes, sacked and sold. The factory will buy the unshelled nuts at market price or will mill for toil. Only bruised or broken nuts will be sold to old manufacturers. The desire is expressed by some of the foremost farmers that the cotton crop be an absolute failure for the next several years. By these lessons of experience it is hoped that the mass of farmers may be educated up to crop diversification and the im portance of producing a living at home. Never before in its history has this parish made such rapid strides toward prosperity as during the last few years. Only one-fifth the merchan dise is bought on credit as formerly. Very little meat, corn, hay and other farm produce is being bought by the planters. Instead of buying the farmer is now selling these commodi ties along with garden truck, pota toes, cantaloupes, fruits and straw berries. JIM CROW LAW aSTANIDS. Supreme Court of Kentucky ailds that Leggi. latures ave Right to Pass leglslatlea so Sablecl, Washington, May 31.-An attempt to have the Supreme Court of the United States pass on the authority of common carries engaged in inter state commerce to make "Jim Crow', regulations met with failure today, when the court dismissed the so called Chiles appeal from its docket. The question arose in a suit which J. A. Alekander Chiles, a negro, brought for damages against the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Com pany. Chiles brought a through ticket from Washington, D. C., to Lexing ton, Ky. At Ashland, Ky.,, all the passengers except those in a sleeper were required to take other coaches, Over the objection of a brakeman, Chiles insisted on riding in a coach set aside for white passengers. He was compelled by the conductor to go into the coach set aside for colored persons. In the suit for damages, the rail road relied on the defense that it had acted in conformity with its' regula tions. The Sunreme Court of Ken tucky found these regulations in re gard to the separate coaches for the two races to be reasonable. Inas much as Chiles had been furnished ac commodations equal to those provid ing for white passengers, according to the trial jury a verdict was ren; dered for the railroad company. From this Chiles appealed. The Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the state court. Bull Frog Earm With the advent of the boll weevil our people are always on the lookout for new fields for investment. The latest industry for our community being the establishment of a "Bull Frog Farm." Treville Meche and Wilfert Higgen botham two of our most prominent and progressive Coulee Croche farm ers have arranged to fence in several acres of marsh land with a "frog proof" fence; within this enclosure they will constantly breed a large quantity of frogs for the early spring market. By the prices paid for frogs it appears to us that these gentle men will realize a substantial financial' return from their new industry; and at the same time convert a mosquito and malaria breeding pond into a use ful field. They expect to only raise the best b; eeds of frogs, and if possible begin a system by which frogs can become subject to registration. They have been referred to our local frog mer chant, Leo Franques, for data as to which breed demands the highest market prie. T~hey are also corres ponding with some Crowley parties with a view of importing several of the large varieties which are. so pro lific in that community, which is so well adapted by natura for frog cal 'tUre. . . We wish the new inadstry every success. The most direct route from any part of the United States Southwest Louisiana Ship all your freight for Crowley, Rayne Church Point, Opelousas, Port Barre and I Melville over our Road, we have connections in every city. The Opelousas, Gulf & Northeastern .. . Railroad Company. HARRY FLANDERS, General Superintenderi J. W. JORDAN, Gen'l Freight & Pass. Agent TELEPHONE TALK NO 12 Telephone ushrs on making a call and the report comes back the line is buy I lease remember that this is not the fault of the Company. But sim ply mease that the line is being used by someone else. Many business houses often have their lines reported busy, and in the majority of cases this meq tt they are not amply supplied with telephone facilities. Many hundret of calls are lost on account of lines being reported busy, and amont them are valuable orders which have gone to one's competitor. All of theei- by calls should be made known to the bvsiness houses in order that they say be made to understand that these calls are being lost. One order lost: wld possibly have paid the year's rental. If you haven't ample telephone facilities, call up the manager of the CWambemnd Telephone & Telegraph Company, and he will go into details. UMERLAND TELEPHdNE & TELEGRAPH Co. (INOORPO IATED) SUMMER TOURS VIA Southern Pacific California, Colorado, Utah, Mexico AND ALL THE WEST NEW YORK And ALL EAS'TERN and NORTHERN RESORTq" See Your Local Agent for F11 Particunlars 8 Write A. G I LI- LE, Div. Pass, Agt., J. H. R. PARSONS, Gent. PaS .Ag:i .Lake Charles New Orleans, AT REOWN REMEDY! HEALTH GIVING WATERS I +. iAd a • r,. +.... ' BEAC D VIAi! ht + ers Tickets on :Sale Daily. Write For Free Boonklt E. P. TURNER, G. P. A. DALLAS, TEXAS. We Can Serve Yr S -AS WE ARE Manufacturers of Engines, Boilers, Irrigation ' Pumps, All Kinds of Well Strainer's, A Large Stock of Well Casing, Iron and Brass Valves,: Boilea Tubes of All Sizes No Matter What Re pairs Your M'achinerey Need We Can Do It. Write Us For Prices Stamm, Scheele & Co. QRAY N E L A. Cumberland Phone 53 ,- P. O, Box 296 Two Ch irs jjeryj" eg .. . z. I , .Bf D W . . YO t . PRESTON HOIER, Pr L ASP, Y : ..e Z * 2 Oon~- . . .... + ++ ++:+·-'A~i.+:+..7 , + . % ,, :H o