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VOLUME XXVI-NO 44. OPELOUSAS, LA., SATURDAY, AUGUSI. , .I9.i,$1.00 PEP YEAl IILAIRE CARRIERE ABLE 0 WALK HT1. .... *s@3 30l! monT P V . CHAS. THIBODEAUX SAYS THAT PAVY IS IGNORANT.OR CROOKED mi ll Ill I ·· mil•m l I I l I ll i l lI Sl l l i lm ITHIBODEAUX ROASTS JUGiE 8. U. PAVI Game Commissioner Punctures Judge's Wonderful Record GROSS VIOLATION OF LAW IS CHARGED TO PAVY Judicial Officials Hold Up Hunters from Other Parish Is Charge of Charles Thibodeaux - The general public is disposed to ,forget or overlook matters of im -portance after those matters have sed t be "a nine days' wonder." Starles Thibodeaux, agent of the ;iieservation commission, brings to the. attention of the people, in the Ioilowing open letter addressed to Hdge Pavy and t.ie public, a cou ole ofcases tried in the district but of parties arrested by him ;r violation of the game laws. ,The communication makes interest la reading and shows to What ex flt stioe has gone in this section of the state. 1t. . Thibodeaux states the case so ctihctly and with such a direct ize# and forcefulness that there is Ibund to be some element of truth Sit. The matter of accepting a 'i -of guilt, sentencing parties der such plea, and then, after aisding out that the entire trial has een a farce, setting aside the judg nt and refixing the case for an r~e day, is so farcical that even the merest tyro can see beyond the ain veneer of partisanship and the frect play to the galleries-in this ease a direct bid for votes and po iti support. Iut where indicted parties--in Tdon the. same charge-r-were from another parish, the full meas Rre of the law was meted out, and i6ven the district attorney, accoIrd ing to Mr. Thibodeaux, received a fee of $2.50 from each of the guilty ;e of Lafayette, when, `asa mat-. of fact, the district attorney was not entitled o any fee what ever, he having contracted with the ce jury to receive a salary in ed of fees n convictions before e district court. To what end is it il coming, and what will that be? S. Thibodeaux's4: Iele follows: the Public andto Judge Pavy: "The latter part. o aya, 1914, on affidavit higned "by the late h~eriff Swords, 1 ;arrested eleven parties (nine from Eyangeline and $wo from this parish) on a charge t hunting without a license and .illfg deer out of season. "These parties were indicted by hse grand jury on only one charge h -iaunting without. a license-and I arraignment in the district court all pleaded guilty. The court im a fine of $5 on each, includ A1libe Bertrand, who possessed te-wide license for which he paid $10. After imposing sentence on. all es, the attention of Judge Pavy called by me to the law cover this case, which says that. for ting without a license and kill er out of season the minimum * shall not be less than $25 and t exceeding $100, or thirty days iail in default of payment of fine costs. IAfter the Judge's attention *had n called to the law, he instructed clerk of court not to enter the "and fine on the minutes and edistrict attorney, Mr. Lee Gar Srefixed the case for the fol ng week, at which time all en indicted parties were tight into court and on arraign i pleaded not guilty. Tey were tried before the e and the same witnesses for lstate who testified before the 8 .jury returning the indict also testified before the court i't~i r1 the accused did not produce a sin gle witness in their defense. TiI COURT ACQUITTED TEN 0] THEM AND CONVICTED ALIBI BERTRAND-THE ONLY ONE 01 THE ELEVEN WHO POSSESSEI A LICENSEI The minimum fine of $25 was imposed by the court or Bertarnd and'the other ten 'chippec in' $2.50 each and paid his fine. "The case is a matter of public record, but the general public ma3 have forgotten its details. "Now, Mr. Judge, are you incom petent, or ignorant- of: th law, or are you crooked. "In either case you are not fit or qualified to be judge. "Now, Mr. Judge, what- are you going to do--'plead ignorance, or will you admit"that you entered in to a crooked deal with the accused parties in the case above set forth. In either event you are unfit to be judge of the district court, and the sooner the people find it out and retire you to the cooling shades of private life the better off they will be. "Now, judge, there is another case which is of more than local interest. I refer to that in which a party of three, headed by Elie Breaux, from the parish of Lafay ette, were arrested for'violating the game law and hunting in this (St. Landry) parish out of season and without a license. "In this particular case, as you no doubt well know, the district attoirney, Mr. Iee Garland, filed a bill of information against thorn on the eharge -of hunting in this pa - ish without a liense. Ox4-irraigh meat in court, before Youir Honor, all three pleaded guilty of 'hunt ing in this parish without a license. You imposed a fine of $25 and costs on each and the 'cost s 'amounted to $10--$2.50 to tlhe sheriff, $2.50 to the clerk of court and $5 to the dis trictattorney. "Is it not a fact, judge, that the district attorney, -Mr. Garland, is paid a salary bytthe parish 'for con victions in all criminal cases' and is therefore not entitled to any fees? How will you and the district at torney explaini this plain violation of the law? - "You, Mr. Judge, have IGNORED THE LAW IN TRYING ACCUSED PARTIES WHO WERE 'RESI DENi OF YOUR DISTRICT, and consequently. Ould: in :ah election VOTE FOR. OR AGAINST YOU; hut when parties FROM ANOTHER PARISH OUTSIDE OF YOUR DIS TRICT were tie..- and convicted you Imnosed a .fine acooding to lawl "Now, how can you, Mr. Judge, and you, Mr. District Attorney, ex plain this blowing hot and blowing cold-this playing Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. "And haven't you, Mr. District Attorney, collected fees for con victions wtich you were not en titled to under your contract with the police' jury of this parish." "CHIARLES THIBODEAUX." • .. . . . n, . . .. ... ALLEN-I. AHNI Mr. J. Arthur Allen, a native of St. Landry and now resident of Houston, Tex, and Miss Rose Lil lian Hahn were married at the home of the bride's parents in Gal veston Saturday, evening, the 19th of August. Mr. Ashton Barry, also; a St. Landry boy, now living in houston, was best man. Mr. and Mrs. Allen wilt be ot home after September lt, at 232 Whitney St., Houston, Texas. -:0: Julius Stander, proprietor of the popular Specialty Store, spent sev-` eral days in New Orleahs transact ing business. Mr. Stander is pre- paring ofr the fall trade. I:f :"7. ý'/r ' j: ?, ?:-:i!."7wv.' :3.- ly :: "~. .. , -.:.:. 'ft: .'> _t :ýiy' 'iý Yi;ý :.';`::::'-ý :, " ;}E x--..". ) 2$A Z i;i .... . . .i h: \ . ý -q - ':AR: maNTI, ,IN 11T ,ERQA ; Berye Kendric (aviat !or) withx: h.s y. ro: erolane at A.i Ciy N. .. t co igi, ih or fo shark. :!F: -ý Kendrio goes " skimmin ov er.'r..:K: t:G'ýi water-in his;, ac e ad is pasener arr rile. E ey now c` and 9 thnppge h il n ha stefns fao sak I MPAliN FAST DRAWINIi TO (LOSE Young Attorneys Continue To Meet With Success In Both Parishes VICTORY POINTS TO SANDOZ AND LEWIS First Fight In St. Landry Parish Staged Along Sound Lines And In Which No Bitterness Appears. While the candidates for district judge and district attorney are all busy going through St. Landry and Evangeline the voters are daily be coming more interested in the fight which will bee culminated on the 12th of September. For the first time in the history of St. Landry parish.one campaign for important offices is being waged without bitterness being engendered in the fight. It is true that both sides are fighting as stubbornly as possible, but this is one campaign in which the mudslinging appears tb have been discarded. For those reasons, simply because the fight is made along sound and argumentative lines, Sandoz and Lewis will ride in office on the 12th of September. Because the people of Evangeline and St. Landry have dome to the conclusion that it is competency which counts and not the votes, in order to make a good official. John Lewis, the young aspirant for district attorney, has been mak ing a strong appeal to the young voters of this district. He argues that Lee Garland has been district attorney for twenty years; that it it high time $or the young voters of the district to show their indepence, which has repeatedly been shown in the not too distant past. Peyton R. Sandoz, in his same old manner, has been going around the district, making a t'horough canvass of the two parishes, in which he has always been very popular. The voters know that he is compentent, they know that he would make s~t ideal judge, and for those reasons they will march to the polls and vote for the candidate of their choice on the 12th of September. -----:O:----- NOTICE Monday, Sept. 4th, 1916, LABOR DAY, being a legal` holiday the banks here will be closed. ST. LANDRY STATE BANK, PEOPLES STATE BANK, OPELOUSAS NATONAL BANK, PLANTERS NATIONAL BANK, UNION BANK & TRUST CO., Mis. Charles Masicot and Miss Lizette Laba of New Orleans were guests of Mr. and Mrs. M. R. Cas tille. LEWS PUTS UP SE TO ENTIRE OPLE Prominent Young Attorn Chal lenges His Opponent to 4oint De bat in Opelousas, Home Both Just before leaving fo Chicot yesterday (Friday) morni Hon. John W. Lewis of this cit candi date for district attorney; iave out the following interview a` address to the peope of -hi..*' My campaign is among the people---right n their homes, in their fields and places of business. The papsuckers hand grafters and politicians who live off the people have al wayS sought to crush me, have always fought me, but happily the day is past when a large criminal docket, a long record of inefficiency and a few sup posed political janizaries can . run this or Evangeline par ishes. "I am offering my hopes and aspirations to the whole peo ple, promising them a fearless and efficient administration of the district attprn ey's of fice. Right here ih Opelou sas, where I was born and reared, where the people are unbought and unbossed, where men vote according to the dic tates of judgment, I shall sub mit my ease in due time. Let Mr. Garland do the same thing. Let him meet me here in joint debate before our people, where he, too, was born and reared, and I shall abide the result. I have no. money to debauch the elee torate, no docket, no super serviceable parochial official to hurry and scurry to and, fro at my bidding, but I have an abiding faith in the people of this district, and whatever they decide in this contest I know will be in accordance with right and justice. This is all I can say at this time, b1yt after my canvass of Evan geline, which I complete this week, I shall take up this par ish. You - might inquire whether twenty yieas in one office is not :i noiugh, -nd whether I ml :ntitled to a chance--I have ter had one in polities because the politi clans would not stand forme." ... :0O:---. Mrs. J. J. Healey and pretty little daughter Bessie, have returned from a three weeks' visit to New Orleans, as the guest of her son Dr. W. J, HIealey. OIB I AZAIW MEETIN6i {1ITf SUCESS WEST St. Landry Man Will receive Hand some Vote In Caleasieu Perish, COMES TO ST. LANDRY TO VOTE SCHOOL TAX Seventh District .Congressman Be ing Supported Strongly In Oppo nents' Judieial District Dr.i Ladislas Laaro,; member of the House of Representatives from the seventh Louisiana district; is meeting ,with success all along the line, in hid campaign for reelection according to reports received from the four Calcasieu parishes. A prominent Lake Charles lawyer expresses the opinion that Dr. Lazaro will receive a very flatter ing vote right at Lake Charles, the home of the two aspirants for Lazaro's scalp. The St. Landry man's friends claim that he will carry St. Landry, Evangeline, Jet ferson. Davis, Arcadia by over whelming majorities and he has a splendid e.ance of carrying other parishes. In St. Landry the fight in not con sidered interesting from a stand point of tightness, as the Grand Prairie man will run away with both of his opponents. The reported ,ppposition to Dr. Lazaro in the beginning of the cam paign has faded away and it is now apparent that ',e Will_ obtain the practical solid suppurt of the voters of the parishes of St. Landry, Evan geline and Arcadia. Dr. Lazaro returned oni Monday night from Calcasieu and other western parishes, where he was as sured the same old support. He went to Grand Prairie on Tuesday to cast his vote in favor of the school tax, which was held for the purpose of erecting a school house in the sixth ward, for the pupils of the Sylvestre neighborhood. Congressman Lazaro will continue his tour of the other parishes, as this local friends have advised him not to lose any time, in this section i of the district. -- --:o* Mrs. C. Clay and baby of New Or leans returned to their home la.t Monday. after a pleasant visit to Mrs. Clay's mother, Mrs. F. C. Latiolais. Mrs. F. C. Latiolais was a visitor to Lafayette during the week. FOR SALE 93 acres on Bayou Co codrie; 26 in cultivation, rest choice woodland. For particulars apply to L. A. Andrepont. aug 26 tf THE SONS OF THI DEAD SHERIFF D .CINhE OFFER Rev. Brock Is Thanked for His Generous Offer to the Family of Former Sherifft f St. Landry • The many friends of the dead sheriff thought it 'would be a fit ting tribute to his memory to pay off hs indebtedness on the beauti ful Swords home. But the Swords boys in the following communica tion decline the offer: New Orleans, La., Aug..22, i91 Dear Editor: In the issue of your paper of Aug. i9th, there appeared a letter signed by our sincere frinl, the Rev. J. B. Brock, solictiting contlributons from friends of our deceased father, for the purpose of liquidating a certain eneumberance on our mother's home. ] This kind and thoughtful oonsi derration is thoroughly n keeping with the past evidence of the love and'devotion that t.e people of Ope lousas and St. Landry Parish have, always shown for Marion Swords and his family, and we would be guilty of base ingratitude should we fail to appreciate this mragnificent loyalty. Hs sons must respectfully decline to accept, ton behalf of our Mother, this kind and generous offer that the letter in question proposes, for a purely selfish reason, via: It is, indeed, a proud privilege for us to attempt to sme the daily burdens of oar i iter;s pleasure no greater eould WeT ve to do for his wife, our. Moher, and his de pendent, ones in -the same cheerful and unselfish spirit as was his want; to do, for there was never, nor ihl there now, a more devoted, loving and considerate parent. To aid our Mother i hbut a duty- and a pleasant one, and should his loyal friends attempt, even in a small' measure ti lessen the 're ,sponsibilities, which we .cheerfully assume, it would, deprive his, sons of a heartfelt. desire to showra manly devotion for-.a most indut=I gent father. How can we betterdemonstrates the affection and estee" , We pos. sessed for him, than for rdoiig for his t'Sat; whic he did for usl We: beg the indulgence of Rev. Brock, for whom We, hold the high est esteem, as well as those who actuated him in this thoughtful consideration, but, we ask that we be, allowed to care for our father's widow and children, which is our honorable and checrful privilege to do. The burden of our father's finan cial condition falls where it rightly and justly belongs; and nrot uopn his many rfiends who have served imn so long--they have done well their part and it-remains for us to do ours. For the honorable name ha left his children, no greater tribute could they pay his memory than to be proud to possess it. Although poor in worldly goods, he was wealthy in honesty, eharity, love, human tenderness and rugged manhood,. We are proud of what he was, and jealous of those who might deprive us of the slightest opportunity to fight his battles. Kindly accept, friends of Marion Swords, the spirit of this letter as it is iitended. Please, my dear Mr. Brock, feel no offense becautise of ther contents of this communication, when sin cerely none is meant to our father's friend, for it is but' a wish, a de sire of devoted sons to serve, to the best of their humble ability, th e memory of a faithiful parent. Sincerely and respectfully, C. W. SWORDS, ALEX. SWORDS, M. W. SWORDS. NOWi If DANCEF Man Who Shot Marlon L.Sword otem 'Ambush Able to Walk LAKE CHAS PEOPLE SYIM PATHIZE WITH CAltRR~t! Sentiment in Lake Charles Is Thought to Be Friendly -to &. iare Carrnere Hilaire Carriere,the slayer of Sheriff Marion L. Swords, whioidI contined in the Calcasieu parish. ýl at Lake Charles, has been impw.p tng rspidl, from his wounde. S10 was feeaing so good on'inonday Tuesday that ho fa allorwen walk about a little. A representative of the: e Carriere on Tuader Aft r.op had a long talk with him. slayer of the ute. rift di' seeto worriedov r his ' as olly as . cou.din be expect Contrary tn all expeo s. " .. nero does not look the. , that his pietures publ.shedn papers during the past wonth i -take of him. iH appr.a inelligev fellow ar4inW thei looking. When interviewed on :T - Bven orincrae nafsina.pl o mood and spoke very fondly etold St. Landry. Hl inqe, dtt stany people in tIlo partis, his relatives otthe. his &e ould isu ounar p ft. Seffe words, tl,~be t li asion to coamean on the hneriff election in 'tblpaish. The StL Lsta j er itisfied with the tteatm t d him by the the Osleasti a fact he is so well take eatW hltt one would 14dge*lie wa844& rivate. santaru t m. Many la' e Charles p ; , itg "ider false inpzessi!ons gat Carriere shouod he g4& Mun St. tmndry. ?Sone tev 7ianc parkA · in tooian, on0 ) St. Lalndrzy that he wuofl ;t lat found tilty of apital Garrire has _a larngh z ninent people of Leke Charlnsi fat they wish to iarbEr histr;/ ecaue{ they tink °from n 'vports that tihe *cnl4 be p fhe were brought ,to St,. Lan )arish. uamor is current that Judq . )e of the 15th Judicial et ourt will refuse to turn over Car iere until he is tried for the h ng of the Dabis negro in Jeffer son' )avis parish. It is even hinted at. hat Caleasieu people will inake a j itrong appeal ins behalf of obtain zi a channge of venue for Garrlri¶~ IAIIION REDUCES SIZE ON ACCOUNT OF PAPER C0S~ The price of paper has been s ag into the skies for the pasts bral months; newsprint has td vanced to such an extent that pft& Lically every paper in the tinkted ftates has been forced to reihtep.ts zize or increase its subscrltjon or idvertising rates,. ' ' The 'Clarion does not wish to 4ta crease its suhactirion rates at j time, so it hea decided to redunct4 iz at paper for the timeb4 ins. t.R may be that in the nor couple of monhs we will be die8 to, get outa bigger papet, but as ibtis now we are bent upon giving tou subscribers QUALITY and not QtlANTITY, It is our purpose toE give out readers as much reading tntter us heretofore and for th4 w aetcustomed.