The star-progress., October 18, 1919, Image 1

About The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921

Image provided by: Louisiana State University; Baton Rouge, LA

                
/
THE STAR-PROGRESS
VOLUME
X—NO. 52
FOURTEEN PAGES, IN TWO SECTIONS;
OPELOUSAS, LA., SATURDAY, OCTOBER, 18, 1919
SUBSCRIPTION: $2.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE.
PRESCOTT COMING IN
2 WEEKS TO OPEN
HIS CAMPAIGN
Candidate for Clerk of Court
Announces Intention to
Start in Earnest
WINDING UP PRIVATE ,
AFFAIRS TO ENTER RACE s
A
-- 1
-- i
John M. Prescott, who recently an- !
Bounced his candidacy for clerk of
Contest for Position Promises
to be Interesting as Two j
Good Men are Opposed
court, was in Opelousas on Satur
day and Sunday, mingling with his
numerous friends. While here he
gated that he was preparing his pri
vate business so as to be able to en
ter the race without any drawbacks,
within a few days.
Mr. Prescott stated he had gotten
many letters of assurances of support
from every section of the parish. He
said that some of the leading men of
St Landry were volutarily coming
. under his banner.
The race for clerk of court prom
ises to be one of the most interesting
yet staged in this parish. The two
candidates who will oppose one an
other for thes econd office of the par
ish are numbered among the very
best citizens of the parish and as
both have announced that they will
conduct the campaign as they do
their daily battles, one of the* clean
est scraps ever pulled off in St. Lan
dry is being anticipated.
Mr. Prescott interviewed several
of his local supporters and talked
freely of the opening up of his cam
paign within a short while. He ex
pects to wind up his business within
two weeks, after which he will active
ly engage in the political scrimmage.
It is his intention to open his cam
paign in Washington, his former
borne, where his friends will arrange
for s mammoth rally. The date of
this rally has not been announced, j
tat „ Mr. Prescott is looksd npon |
u one of the most forceful orators of
St Landrv a laree audience is ex
5 Ä hi™ on Z ,Li pnb
FnilnuriTifr th*» Wash
'
i
Kc appearance,
iagton meeting, Mr. Prescott will tour
die parish, appearing on the stump in
every precinct in St. Landry.
-o
MELVILLE WINS
CHAMPION GAME
___
St Landry Basket Ball Club is j
Victorious in Southwest Lou,- i
isiana Tile Contest |
In one of the prettiest and fastest
httkft ball games ever seen in this
neck of the woods, Melville defeated j
the strong Carencro basket ball team
at tibe Lafayette district fair on last
Friday afternoon. The two teams
frere playing for the championship of
Southwest Louisiana, and it was grat- ,
ifying to the St. Landry supporters to
tee Melville emerge the winner of a
fiercely fought contest, which result
ed in a score of 26 to 25.
It is said by those who witnessed
the game that the two clubs were as
«venly matched as any teams could
he. Carencro has a team which is
the pride of Lafayette parish, and
étoile Melville has an excellent club,
wen the staunchest friends of the St.
landry boys had no idea Melville
Possessed such a splendid, well man
*ged quintette of basket ball players.
OPELOUSAS BOY IS
PROMOTED IN NAVY
Star-Progress is Notified by D
partment that Jaa. W.Jack
son, Jr., Goes Up
_
The Star-Progress was officially
»oUfied by the navy department of
»e promotion of James W. Jackson,
K Oeplousas boy, from third-class
P®ner's mate to gunner's mate sec
ond class. He is aboard the United
®*tes destroyer Abbott, recently
c owpleted and commissioned.
Young Jackson volunteered and
' kft here at the very outbreak of hos
: tflities, when he was just past seven
years of age and when too
W®'g to enlist without permission of
father. Me
moût peru^.— —
gladly volunteered
-- «u,er. me giaaiy
? m ' lees t0 the g° vernment and
the performance of duty has won
c penormance ox uuij
than one promotion. The young
_____ ^ ». ____ wmin
.^öor, now not quite twenty years
age» is the eldest son of T. A.
■Jackson of the Star-Progress force.
young sailor stands over six feet
® bright and weighs in the neighbor
"od of 180 pounds or more, which is
indication that Uncle Sam feeds
hoys on the best in the land and
them the very best of atten
in every way.
MR.DESHOTELS
OUT FOR JURY
Young Farmer of Moundville
Section of Fifth Ward Can
didate for Police Jury
While in Opelousas Monday after
noon, Arthur Deshotels, prominent
and popular young farmer of the
Moundville section of the fifth ward,
announced his candidacy for the po- j
lice jury from his ward .
Mr. Deshotels is one of the best
s known y° un S men of the ward, is
prominently connected with some of
the largest and most influential fam
a splendid member of the parish law- !
making body in the event of his
i election. '
! Mr * Deshotels has a large number i
of friends in this city who will watch .
his race with interest. He is being
supported, it is said, by some of the
ilia J>. of Äat section of St. Landry,
j and , hls fnenda "y that he Wllî make
most influential men of the ward, and I
ss friends confidently expect to see ,
him elected.
_
. ,
First Meeting of Board of Ba
RICHARD HEADS NEW '
!
DRAIN DISTRICT
JUST FORMED
yous Teche-Courtableau
District Held Thursday
BIG BOND ISSUE TO BE
VOTED ON SOON, PLAN
Larges.t Drainage Project Un
dertaken in Parish Wil Ma
terialize, is Belief
6
__
„ . . , .
The first meeting of the board of
commissioners of the recently créât
ed Bayous Teche and Courtableau ;
Drainage District .comprising the lar
ger part of the third police jury ward, &
". 7' " , of ^'tors' a
was ' , P1 ters Bank and Trust
room of the Planters Bank and irust
j , -,
|
r ' K ' s J recently moved
Vllle phy ' h , recently
*
George W. Wright, successiui e .
' planter of the Arnaudville sec on, |
was chosen vice president; L. A. An- j
drepont, editor of the Star- Progress, ;
i jg secretary ; J. A. Perkins, the "smii
ing" cashier of the Planters Bank is
treasurer; Frank S. Robert, local en
gineer, was selected the engineer of
the board, and J. Franklin Schell,
well known drainage euthusiast, was
j named the special supervisor for the
i board.
| According to present plans, the
Teche-Courtableau project will be the j
biggest drainage scheme yet under
taken in St. Landry. Just as soon as
j the eng i n eer can make preliminary
surveys the board will call an elec
tion for the purpose of submiting a
large bond issue to the taxpayers of
the district, comprising over thirty
, thousand acres of land in the east
ern portion of the parish. Accord
ing to the best posted citizens of the
ward, the bond issue will be carried
without difficulty.
Members of the board, who are
leading citizens and taxpayers of the
district, are D. G. Richard, G. W.
Wright, A. Ballard, Sam Futral and
Arthur Lahaye. The board members
j
;
|
| are very enthusiastic over the prop
j os ition and they believe that when the
I d rainage project is completed their
, i ands will materially increase in val
^ an d crop production will soar up
j wards. ' I
! - ! - - - 1
_j j, price, of Alexandria was a
visitor to Opelousas this week, hav
I ing come here to visit his wife and
' baby, who are guests at the home of
Mr and Mrs. Theo Selma.
, ____ _
—L. A. Darby, popu ar y g ^
ployee of the Sunset Sta '
visitor here on Monday. He was
I a Visitor netc «»* ------ - - T7 . i
: celebrating Columbus Day o i ay.
___ Andrep ont, who is at
I school at St . Charles College,
J F _: dav Saturday and Sunday
Sä hifparents, Mr. and Mrs. Yves
Andrepont.
—Arthurr Deshotels, one of the
prominent young farmers of the
Washington section of the fifth ward
was attending to business here on
Monday. ,
_Mrs Jonas Roos and little grand
j - Bud<J left on Tues
daughter, Ann
| " "" ft _- noon for Houston, Texas,
day , wiI1 ^ the guests of rel
wher y .
-7 1 daV s.
, atives or s agent of the
- Claude OOnsuumi, s
is
Pacific at Branch, was a
T "" i t Sunday the guest of his
visiter here Sand y ^
parents, Mr. and
SO,lli Miss Anita Richardson of Church
x> * S' Mta Hammond of Branch
Point an guests of Mr.
IT Ëdraond 1 — and
and Mrs. tamo
family.
WILL TOUR PARISH
TO REGISTER
ALL VOTERS
Clerk of Court Lastrapes An
nounces Itinerary for Reg
istration Tour
EVERY PRECINCT TO .
BE VISITED IN TIME sta
I
pate in the Primary °f
j
-
Hon Henry La St rapes, clerk of j
court of St Latndry< has arranged ;
and taade public hia itinerary for reg . \
ister ing voters who have not yet I
the
StLand ry Vote rs Urged to Reg- lic
ister in Order to Partici
avai i ed themselves of the opportunity !
to qua iif y themselves for participa- i
L:„„ a-™«.™
Ition in tl\e January primary election
According to Mr. Lastrapes' offi- !
cial anonuncement, which appears in |
sance on Thursday morning, Novem- j
her 20 ; Bellevue will be visited on ; to
the following morning; Grand Coteau
on the 22d ; Coulee Croche on Mon- |
day, 24th; Leonville, Tuesday, No- |
vember 25 ; Arnaudville, Wednesday,
26 th; Notleyville, Thursday morning, !
the 27th; Plaquemine Point, Friday, !
another column of this paper, he be
gins his tour of the parish at Plai
the 28th ; Mallet, Saturday, November
29th; Eunice and Faquetaique, Mon
day and Tuesday, December 1 and
2 ; Washington, Wednesday, Decem
ber 3; Whiteville, Friday morning,
December 5; Barbreck the same af
ternoon; Garland the next morning;
Waxia, Saturday evening, December
6 ; Big Cane, Monday morning, De
cember 8 ; Morrow, the same evening;
Melville and Bayou Current, Tues
day, December 9; Krotz Springs,
Wednesday morning, December 10;
pahnetto> Wednesday
evening, De
cember 1Q; p ort Barre> Thursday,
; December n
Attention ^ called t0 the f act that
& new registration was ordered on
a neW re S 18tratlon was °raerea on
January 1917 - A11 voters who hav ®
nofc registered gince t h e election of
n °t registered since tne election ui
* 6 «"« »»d parochial office» in 1916
are urged to not overlook the lmpor
tance of promptly registering in or
i*. *• ■» qualified for the election
. to come 0 ff in j an uary of next year, j
| - -o
j _ _ — ^
; ,QPTON (jLi A u
j
m jr TT>\7 p APT?
J U Jux X XVfxV^lL j j
Prominent Business Man and
Farmer of Morrow Announ
ces for Police Jury
^ -________
^ mb ""' 0 f~th7 police jury. Mr.CIop
tQn ig a resiednt 0 f the Morrow sec
B. W. Clopton, one of the most
prominent and widely known business
men and farmers of the fourth ward,
has announced his candidacy for
t - on ^ tke ward and j s one 0 f the
mogt substan tial citizens of the north
ern part of St. Landry. He is con
nected with the Opelousas Motor Car
j Company of this city, being the own
; er of a third interest in the flourish
| ing concern.
Mr. Clopton's announcement
makes the second for member» from
the fourth ward ,the other being A.
A. Richard of Palmetto. Friends of
K. T. Catlett, incumbent, are urging
him to make the race ,and it is be
lieved that W. F. Brown of Port
Barre will be a candidate to succeed
himself. In which event there would
be four caindidates, with three mem
_____________
^ erg tQ be e i ec ted.
I Mr. Clopton is well known in Ope
1 lousas; in fact, he is known through
out tbe pärish, enjoying a large circle
of f r j end3 ove r St. Landry, and his
f r i ends here no doubt will be glad to
see sucb a progressive young man on
the St. Landry police jury, of which
his late father, Dr. W. F. Clopton,
w#s> for many years a member and
f or som e time up to his death presi
i den t.
FOUR MEN DEAD AS
EXPLOSION RESULT
,
St. Landry Station Saw Mill is
Scene of Terrible Accident
Friday of Last Week
On Friday morning of last week
four men were killed and thirteen se
riously injured when the boiler of the
inousiy mjureu wucn ^ — -—
Ed. Johnson saw mill exploded at St.
___ __ Totm and
a j Landry, a station on the Texas and
Pacific railway, in Evangeline parish,
Aecording to report, receiviid here,
a shortage of water in the boiler was
the cause of the accident
- The injured men were brought to
the sanitarium in Eunice on the same
day they were ininrad and given
(prompt medical attention.
„ . „
sta "' e 18 authorized to empound all
hogs roaming at large, and after five
days of notification thereof by pub
them and after
_ receive one-half
°f the net amount brought by the
sale. The other half will be turned
over to the parish. He is allowed 15
cents P« r day for the Ceding of the
emponded animal.
The ordinance further provides
tha *; a11 parties damaged by hogs
HOG LAW PASSED
Prohibiting Swine Roaming
in St. Landry Parish
The police jury at its last meeting
adopted an ordinance which prevents
the roaming at large of hogs in this
parish. The ordinance is an amend
ment of the law adopted by the St.
Landry police jury on March 2, 1897.
According to the new law, the con
lic Posters, shall sell
deducting costs shall
sha ^ notify the owner of such depre
dation and request of him that the
hogs be confined as the law requires
and prevented from doing further
ly
damage to the party complaining, and
should thereafter said hogs ^be found
within the enclosure of the party
complaining, he shall be permitted
to shoot or kill them, without further
notice. If the owner of th animals
can not be ascertained, after due in
quiry, upon the second entry of the
hogs in the complaining party's prem
ises he is given authority } to kill
them without further notice.
A. Field, prominent Opelousas mer
chant and business man, is foreman
---------- —......■ ------,-----------
the members being the same ones
,hu served six months agu.
j There are several important mat
ters coming up before the grand in
quisitors, including two or-three raur
der cases. It is not known, but it is
ginning on Monday,^fov&mber 3. M.
GRAND INQUISITORS
TO MEET MONDAY,
NOVEMBER 3
Regular Session Parish Parish
Grand Jury to Begin First
Monday of Next Month
Sheriff D. M. Fontenot has been
busy the past few days issuing no
tices to members of the parish grand
jury for the meeting to be held, be
believed, that the grand jury will look
j j n to violations of the liquor law.
The members of the jury are: M.
A. Fields .foreman; A. T. Burleigh,
George Arnaud, Sr., Edwin Smith,
L. A. Havard, Martin Bordelon, F. B.
Voltz, W. A. Peckham, Arthur Des
hotels, George W. Wartelle, Pierre
Mitsrot and Edmond Gonsoulin.
ELKS ENTERTAIN AT
DANCE WEDNESDAY
Members and Ladies Treated
to Splendid Dance at Lo
cal Elks Home
The social feature of the week was
a dance given by the Opelousas Elks
at their comfortable home on Main
street Wednesday night. Music was
furnished by Toots Johnson's band of
Baton Rouge and proved highly en
joyable. 1
The "Billies" were recently in-
creased materially in numbers by the
initiation of many of the most prom-
inent young men of this city. These
youngsters ,hardly ever able to make
their feet behave, impressed up-
the older members . the
advisability of treating the
membership to a dance. So it was
that the local lodge inaugurated a
plan to frequently entertain its mem-
bers and ladies to a social function
such as proved so favorable on Wed-
nesday night.
-- 0 -
—Mr. Ike Litton attended to bus
iness in New Orleans this week.
—Mrs. Mattye S. Boagni and Miss
Gertie Fux 3 pent the week-end in
New Orleans. > 1
_Mr. Bauhardt of Lafayette was
in Opelousas last Friday.
—There will he no service Sunday
at the Mehfcdist Church, as Rev. Har
per will preach at Begg, La.
_Mr. Peter Cass of New Orleans
attended to business here Wednes
day last.
_Mrs. Sam Garbo and little
daughter of New Iberia are the guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Garbo.
-r—Aug. A. Crouchet of the Dauter
ieve Furniture Company of New Ibe
shaking hands with friends
here iant Thursday.
_Mr. Jno. W. Lewis was a busi
ness visitor to New Orleans this week.
DRAIN DISTRICT IN
BELLEVUE SECTION
|Q fDIi A TETTl
lij vtlljjfa, 1 Lus
Board to Meet This Morning to
Effect Permanent Organ
zation and Call Election
VAST AREA INCLUDED
IN LATEST DISTRICT
vergne and R. Lee Wilson, prominent
Over Eighteen Thousand Acres
of Fertile St. Landry Soil to
be Drained by Project
Another drainage district was cre
ated by the police jury, when at its
recent meeting the- body unanimous
ly voted favorably on a petition sub
mitted by the taxpayers of the dis
trict asking for its creation.
Valerie Bourque, William La
and well known farmers of the Belle
vue section of the district, were ap
pointed commissioners by the pplice
jury. The two other members will
be named by Governor Pleasant.
It is proposed to hold the first
meeting of the board of commission
ers this (Saturday) morning, at 10
o'clock, when officers of the board
will be selected and the organization
finally effected.
Over 18,000 acres are included in
this district. Portions of Bellevue
and Coulee Croche sections, consid
ered the most fertile agricultural
lands in Southwest Louisiana, make
up the new district.
According to the most reliable in
formation, the drainage tax, which
will be submitted to the taxpayers
within a few weeks» will be overwhel
mingly carried. It is said that little
or no opposition to the measure will
be developed.
Prominent landowners of the Belle
vue and Coulee Croche nêighborhods
have been agitating this important
question for a number of years, and
with the success of the drainage pro
ject undertaken by their neighbors,
the- Bayou Plaquemine Drainage
Board, no trouble will be experienced
in voting a bond issue to take care of
the needs of the entire district.
AUTOMOBILES
BEAT TRAINS
All Cars in United States Carry
More Passengers Than All
Passenger Trains
It is almost a certainty that the
American citizen, were he asked,
would declare that the seating ca
pacity and mileage of the combined
automobiles of the country are far
less than that of all the passenger
trains of the United States. A few
authentic figures, however, will serve
to prove this an illusion and to show
that the nation's automobiles in point
of mileage and carrying capacity
greatly exceed the railroads.
Some Figures
The figures show that there are 6 ,
000,000 automobiles in use in the
United States today. This indicates
that an average mileage of 3,000,
which is quite low,equals 18,000,000,
000 miles per annum, which, multi
plied by an average of three passen
gers, means that the total passenger
mileage is 54,000,000,000.
The passenger mileage of automo
biles exceeds that of the railroads by
over 20,000,000,000 miles The latest
available figures show the official
railroad passenger mileage was 32,
284,247,563. Automobiles, on the ba
sis of 300 days of use and an aver
age of only two passengers, carried
3,600,000,000 persons, compared
PROMINENT COUPLE
WEDDED MONDAY
Shirley Sylvestre and Miss Ida
Stelly Married at Catho
lic Church
Shirley Sylvestre and Miss Ida
Stelly, members of two well known
and prominent St. Landry families,
were married by Rev. Father Colliard
at the Catholic Church in this city,
at 5:30 o'clock, Monday afternoon
Leon Chachere, well known young
salesman of Bordelon's garage, was
best man, and Miss Stella Sylvestre
pretty sister of the groom, was maid
of honor. Only relatives and a few
intimate friends were present at the
ceremony.
Mr. Sylvestre is a well known eni
ployee of Bordelon's garage and is a
son of Mr. Sylvestre, a prominent lo
cal farmer ; while Miss Stelly is the
■ pretty young daughter of Jos. A.Stel
ly, another well known farmer of this
section. The newly wedded couple
will reside on North Market street.
ROOS PASSES
THE LAW EXAM
Opelousean Successful in Test
Before Supreme Tribunal
of Louisiana
Sidney Roos, one of the best known
and most popular young men of this
city, for several years managing the
Roos Company store on Main street,
recently passed the Supreme Court
bar examination and is now a full
fledged attorney.
Mr. Roos studied law at Tulane.
University a few years back, and
when the war broke out enlisted in
the army as a private, finally working
his way to an officers' training school
where he was awarded a commission
as second lieutenant. Since his hon
orable discharge, a few months back,
Mr. Roos has studiously applied him
self to law, and now that he is a law- |
yer he expects to begin the practice j
of his profession within a short time. |
The many friends of the popular !
young man will watch his career as
a lawyer with much interest, as Mr. i
Roos is without doubt one of the j
brightest young citizens of Opelou
sas and enjoys a large circle of warm j
personal friends. (
ai p» IirTO DCT1IDII
[im ffclu Kr. I IIKW :
I
St. Landry was well represented
at the annual reunion of the United
Confederate Veterans, held at Atlan
ta, Georgia, on October 7 to 10.
Headed by Hon. James O. Chache
re, commander of the local R. E. Lee
Camp No. 14, U. C. V., a delegation
composed of Theodule Richard and
wife; Pierre Woods, Dr. L. E. Lan
FROM MEETING
FULL OF PEP
St. Landry Was Well Repre
sented at Annual Reunion
of Confederates
MOST SUCCESSFUL IN
HISTORY OF U. C. V.
Thousands of Old Warriors
Gather to Exchange Yarns
of Days of '€l-'65
re
dry, Charles Bourque, Jr., C. P. Ri- j
chard and wife; L. A. Cook, Arthur P. | j.j
Collins and M. D. Chanove repre- ^
sented the parish at the most success- v
ful gathering of the members of the
"Lost Cause" ever held since the or
ganization of the "vets."
Commander Chachere and other
veterans who attended the conven
tion are loud in their praises of the
hospitality showered upon the old
soldiers by the chivalrous citizens of
Atlanta. They say that the- Atlanta
people were so bent upon entertain
ing the veterans* in true Southern
fashion that Confederate money,even
though represented by the spreading j
S. eagle, was counterfeit. Board ■
and lodging was free, being furnish
ed by the best families of the Geor
gia metropolis.
The St. Landry delegation left Op- ^
elousas on Sunday morning, October
5, returning here on Monday morning j
of this week. All those attending the
convention report having had a glo- ;
rious time. Thousands of veterans
from all parts of the United States
participated* m one of the most m- ;
teresting conventions ever held by
the organization. * ;
0 I
—Miss Ruth Thibodeaux returned
to Eunice on last Saturday after a j
delightful stay of several dafs with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles ; t
Thibodeaux. ;
A. A. Mendoza and "Ted" Roberts
motored to Alexandria on Saturday j
to witness a football game between
Louisiana Normal, their alumni, and j
Louisiana College, of Pineville. Upon !
their return they were met with a
very unwelcomed rain, as a result of
which the "flivver" slept in the Waxia
swamp on Sunday night.
—Mr. Underwood of New Orleans
attended the Elks dance held here on
last Wednesday night.
—Mrs. Damon Durio and daughter,
Mrs. John Brinkman, of near Port
Barre are the guests of relatives in
Opelousas this week.
with the railroads' total of 976,303,
602.
Oh! Boy
The seating capacity of the 6,000»- 1
000 automobiles in use in the United
States is estimated at not less than
30.000. 000 persons. The total seat
ing capacity of railroad cars ,of
which there are 55,705, is about 3, :
500,000 persons. To carry the pas- j
sengers now transported by automo
bile would require 60,000 new pas
senger coaches and 14,972 new io
comotives at a combined cost of $ 1 ,
184.000. 000 , to say nothing of the
operating expense, tracks, depots and
employoel.*
BAROUSSE WILL RUN
TO SUCCEED SELF
IN STATE SENATE
Acadia Statesman Appeals to
St. Landry Friends to As
sit in His Re-election
SERVED MANY TERMS;
NESTOR UPPER HOUSE
First Chosen in 1892, Has Serv
ed Continuously With Ex
ception of One Term
Hon. Homer Barousse of Church
| Po j nt> sta te senator from the St.
j Lan^ryvAcadia-Evangelrne senatori
| a j d j s trict for the past twenty or
! more years, and one of the best
k nown and m0 st influential business
i meo 0 f Acadia parish, decided, this
j wee j tf to enter the fray for re-elec
tion. He appeals to his St. Landry
j friends and constituents to stand by
( b j m j n J an uary as they have done for
the past several elections in which he
was a candidate foT the same p°«tion
: as representative of the district in
the upper chamber of the state gene
ral assembly.
Senator * Barousse is the oldest
member of the senate in point of
service in that body, having been first
chosen in 1892, to fill the vacancy
caused by the resignation of the late
Dallas Hayes of Crowley, who resign
ed when appointed postmaster of his
home town. Senator Barousse has
served continuously since, with the
exception of one term, and it is said
that he has made this district a con
scientious and deserving senator, and
his friends throughout the three-par
ish district predict freely that he will
be re-elected without any difficulty
whatever in the January primary.
Mr. Barousse is one of the leading
citizens of Acadia parish and in his
I home town is a merchant of standing
and influence. By his rigid honesty
; am] courteoU9 treatment of his home
people> he has built up to huge pro _
por »j ons tb e large mercantile business
j of .^ ieh he j. the head»
^ church Point merchant and
far mer wrote to intimate friends in
Qp e i ouaas> relative to his candidacy,
advising t h e m of his anouncement for
re _ ' ec ti on> an d already some of these
j bavc go tten busy with a view of get
| j.j ng ma terial and influential support
^ or the venerable senator.
v
_ __
KNIGHTS GOING TO
CROWLEY THIS P.M.
Large Delegation Will Board
G'Gee for Rice City to Wit
Big Initiation
A delegation of at least fifteen
meribera 0 f the local council of the
Kn ^ hts of Columbus will board the
Q> Gee tra ; n this afternoon to repre
ser t Opelousas Council at the initia
^ on Q £ a Q f considerably more
thaR one hundred mem ebrs at Crow
1#y tomorrow afte rnoon.
Q n account of the impassable roads
the Opelouaa8 knig hts are compelled
tfl travel fcy train to the Rice City
Accord5ng to p^nt plans, it wiH
tflke two nighfca to make the sbort
j jat M ^ many mem bers have
signified their intention of going, the
trip could not be given up.
Reports from Crowley indicate that
j victors will be given a rousing re
ce ptj 0 n. Members wishing to go with
; t jj Ç Opelousas delegation will be wel
; corned at the Texas and Pacific de
pot ) b j 3 a fternoon. The train departs
j f or Crowley at 3 o'clock.
_ „ -
j _ r>p/\ri
! I Ic III A II Hl« KMJN
IS RECEIVED HERE
Opelousas Motor Car Company
Gets Shipment of Cars and
Delivery Trucks
Kobret Schuler, popular young
manager of the Opelousas Motor Car
Company, was all smiles the early
part of the week as a shipment of
Reo cars and speedwagons had arriv
Automobiles are so hard to get
1 ed.
that Mr. Schuler considered his '•om
pany lucky in getting the shipment at
this time.
The Reo is one of the most popular
cars in the North and East, and while
j rather a new car in this section, is
1 proving very popular with auto own
! ers of St. Landry. The light haul
truck, which Mr. Schuler's company
,- handles is one of the best seen on the
local market. It has pneumatic tires
and a <rr.r.y':' 7 :* ...".j c_ anproxi
»matclj