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ti 0, C. W . e Are Showing SPRING GOODS! SPRING GOODS! Such as Foulard and Silks, Madras and Ginghams, Latest Patterns, Design and Effects, ,We Have Trimings to Match, Embroideries and Laces Every Department Is Brimfull ,of NEW GOODS Get the habit, save time, trouble, worry, and disappointment, come to us first. NO TROUBLE TO sOW GOODS! YOURS IOR SATISNACTI ..ON DARDIEAU & CASTILL "THE LEADING DRY GOODS STORE" OPELOUSAS. : LOUISIANA. * Royal has no substitute for making delicious home-baked foods k ing aPowdwa ABSOLUTELY PURE The only Baking Powder made from Royal Grape Cream of Tarty SHOWN THE COUNTRY AND ROYALLY TREATED SContinued from page 1] aid: "We have heard of your cane, cotton and other staple propositions, but we would like to know something about corn, biýlhogs and alfalfa. Can they be raised at a profit?" Mr. L. E. Littell, senior part ier of his firm, arose and said that 'he could answer that ques tion, and had he thought of it he could have had a man on hand who purchased a tract from them i. some five years ago for the purpose of raising corn, hogs and and alfalfa, and who has done so well in this line that he has not as yet been induced to try any other crop. Mr. 0. H. Terwilliger was called on and gave an interesting talk on land titles, which came in very apropos, as Mr. Terwilli ger is an experienced abstracter • and land title investigator. Mr. Lawler concluded the toasting by saying that they had In their midst a Doctor, whose experience in Louisiana, Texas and Mississippi, enabled him to speak by the card as to health conditions, as he had been not oionly officially connected with the health Board of these States, Sbut had been sent to Europe to investigate h e a l t h conditions there by Texas, and hence could Sgive a comparative statement that might be of interest to west ern farmers. Dr. Mayor re sponded and convinced the vis itors that they could carry on farm operations for t wel ve months in the year with perfect ,safety to their health and have ,,equal if not better health than where they came from. The next day the party boarded the Southern Pacific 4fsouth for Broussard, where they f. were shown over the sugar fac tory and lands of the Billeaud estate, every member of that Ihospitable family vying with Seach other in extending every courtesy, even showing their i books and frankly stating that the 50 and 100 dollar lands of i the Opelousas country were -equal in fertility to the $100 to $150 lands around their factory; that the difference in value was Aimply the demand and the prox inity of the refinery within haul ing distance of the cane fields. h',e lands of this section are ab .n.mally low in price, not hav recovered from the boll wee shock and the recent un rece dnmted freeze, which caught the ..experienced cane farmers, who not windrow in time and in may instatnces did not windrow I ° ,'r together with the fact that the yield was about double of that obtained and hence th'e mills and railroads were over taxed. If every farmer had had a horse cane mill he could have worked up his entire surplus product i n t o battery syrup, which, even at one-half the usual price of 50 cents per gallon, would have given him $150 per acre, as gross returns. The practical talk of Hon. M. Billeaud, lasting one-half an hour, and the ready answers he gave the inquiring visitors on every debate, made a profound impression on them, coming as it did from a man of such high standing who was not interested in selling lands but in buying, there being none on the market in his section. The visitors had heard of the Billeaud estate be Ffore coming here, and when they heard Mr. Billeaud, who is the head of the concern and an ex pert in the planting, growing and harvesting, besides the manufac turing of a highly finished prod uct, they felt that anything he might say was absolutely correct, as he had no interest in misrep: resentation. He caught their fancies when he said that in the last analysis, everywhere, in any line of business, that it was the man behind the gun. The vis itors had the evidence b e f o r e their eyes that the Billeauds had made good, being one of the highest developed sections of the State. I. C. DEJEAN JOE I, OlltEI DEJEAN & CORNIER DRILLERS OF DEEP WELLS FOR Stock or Irrigation Purpose. We guarantee our work Address Lewisburg, La. sept 16 lyear 5 ACRE BA FREE VIRGINVIA GROWNi KINlG SEED r." . the ringsat-ee that pe.*twuas rr Me a w eh.-r is ttaw ·foarH · as ,s C. M tdn it 4 tpaa h Ihaut th W..vl K siN La. r m r4ew he , 4u1 +a "WAa R hateeisa. j i t 3. ¶haer.4gft T.J.KING R.hmrnI Vi. she uJ ed ( t41 tm.w( thas w1 ain wee M R. A. H. HARGIS Will be at Dietlein & Jacobs next week buying SYRUP All who have any for sale in 10 pound cans, please call at once with samples And See Him For Prices SPECIAL ATTENTION! Swift & Co.. Ld. U S. A. Desires to announce to the various consumr ers of thier products that they have opened a Branch House in Opelousas, La. Phone 269-3. A full stock of Premium Hams, Bacons, Silver Leaf Lard and the renouned Jewel Compound and Cooking Oil, always on hand Swifts and Co.'s products are for sale by all grocers. ISADOR ISAAC, MANAGER. CHACHERE'S CAFE LOCATED AT 119-121 LANDRY ST. To The Public and My Friends: I beg to call your attention that I have opened a first-class cafe, in the building formerly occupied by Mason's Drugstore. I will always have on had the celebrated and original LOUISIANA PILSENBR BL.R,and alsoithe very best of Whiskies, Wines, and Cordials, etc. Exacting attention will be paid to Telephone and Mail NUMA CHACHERE, Proprietor. Opetousas -- Louisiana ·: 4c·-~ Proceedings Board of Alder men Port Barre. Regular meeting of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the village of Port Barre, La., held 6th of February, 1912. Present: Mayor Placide Robin, Aldermen: Chas. O. Dejean, J. O. LeBlanc, H. I. Landry. The reading of the minutes of the previous meeting was dis pensed with. AN ORDINANCE. To provide a penalty for the in decent conduct of persons within the corporate limits. Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor apd Board of Alder men of the village of Port Barre, La., in regular session convened, that whoever shall be found guilty qf indecent conduct shall on conviction thereof suffer fine or imprisonment. The fine not to be less than $10.00 nor less than 30 days in the village jail, nor more than $50.00 and im prisbnment to be not more than sixty days in jail. Section 2. Be it further or dained, etc., that this ordinance shall take effect immediately after its .adoption. Adopted Februrry 6, 1912. Approved February 6, 1912. Resolved that Dr. D. A. Ber. wick be employed as Health Of ficer of the Village of Port Barre at an annual salary of fifty dol lars payable monthly. Bill of A. Dejean ap proved - $ 3.00 Bill of N. Lahaye ap proved - - - 36.00 On motion of Mr. LeBlanc, seconded and carried, the meet ing was adjourned. P. ROBIN, Mayor. E. LASSALLE, Clerk. Classified Ads Now is the time to buy your seed corn; be sure to get the Pride of Nishua the famous yel low corn, and the New Madrid the full bearing white corn, on sale at Dardeau & Fields, Opel ousas, La. febl7-3t Big bargains in rugs and art squares at Dardeau & Castille, Opelousas, La. febl7-2t FOR SALE.-One farm 158 acres improved. Situated in Avoyelles Parish near Eola . For prices and terms write J. R. WEIR, feb 3 4t Eola. La. Magazine that 1 . Fact Fiction .r Popular Mechia e= Takegs Ub .. t tte Teche, oe bay a a years oii, mitw e star wit boe t h -nd eetamarked .wtteu wa teabraJ4dip. Oa*Oore b $500 CASH. And $2500 Notes -WILL BUY 130 feet by 171 feet of PROPERTYIV: Half a bloek from Court Square WITH A TWO STORY DIEWGi' Containing 5 large rooms, 1 din ning room, kitchen, pantry and bath room. Balance can be paid to suit par chaser. Apply to AARON JACOBS.. DAVID 008s, President, : N. M. CHILDS, Asst Cash.0 . SLAWRENCE LARCADI, Cashier. ISAAC ROOS, Vice-Pres. LEON S. HAAS, As't Cas. The Peoples Statr Bask he OF OPELOUSA#. LA. Capitai Stock, paid ia . . }1 , Z Surplus and Undivided Pro~slt.. ..... . ,6 5.7.. We pay 3pernt onTi r Certificates of Deposit We Solicit Your Busnessh YOU KNOWj OF COURSE You know that we se ' Watches, Jews And Diae ; But do you know that we hand Icy-ftot Bottles From I. $125to 38.00 "'; . COLUMBIA PHONAO~APHIES from $13.i to WATERMAN FOUNTAIN PRNS from $2.50to $10; ine tlery in embroidery, nail Scissors Pocketi Ksf e etoc. Safei Raors t $1 to $,5, Rnelu- 4 famous Gillette and I Duplex, mnd that we want y~ to s~; andi rder from s ia;eet that prince ofala~ lts : ig Ben at~a $250 MAIN ST. JBWE.L -:Opelous~-, .A..s.. .s. Lv s .a.: -r" hs at as ae