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THE STAR-PROGRESS
VOLUME XI—NO. 2
OPELOUSAS, LA., SATURDAY, NOVEMBER V, 1919
SUBSCRIPTION—$2.00 PER YEAR, IN ADVANCE
FONTENOT TALKS TO
THIRD WARD MEN
LAST TUESDAY
Candidate for Sheriff Opened
Campaign at Big Political
Gathering in Pecanaire
RECEIVED ASSURANCES
FLATTERING SUPPORT
Friends Predict Victory for As
pirant for Chief Executive
of St. Landry Parish
The political ball was started a-roll
ing on Tuesday night, when Ariel
Fontenot, assisted by a number of
his supporters, opened his campaign
for sheriff of this parish ,at a big
Fontenot rally in the Pecaniaire sec
tion of the third ward.
Mr. Fontenot made a favorable im
pression on his first apeparance on
the stump. In a forceful but humble
manner, he pleaded his cahse and
aptly put forth the reasons why he is
seeking the office now held by his
brother. He told of his service to
the public in the assessor's and sher
iffs offices for the past seven years;
of how he had tried to the best of his
ability to be fair and just to every
body; of his impartiality and of his
love for duty well performed.
Many representative citizens of the
third ward were present at one of the
biggest political gatherings in that
section in recent years. Mr. Fonte
not was assured of a very flattering
support and prediction of victory at
. the polls in January were freely made
by the best posted men of the commu
nity. /
According to present plans, Mr.
Fontenot will address the^voters of
St. Landry on every stump in thii
parish. He will be assisted in tb
speech making end of his campaign
by warm supporters of his from every
section of the parish. The true is
sues of the campaign will be put be
fore the voters and it is expected
that Mr. Fontenot will make things
very interesting for the next three
months, as it is expected the cam
paign which has been conducted very
quietly for the past several months,
will be vigorously fought by both
sides from now on.
SANDERS MAKES
TWO CTO Q AT FQ '
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Valuable Properties Change
Hands Through the Well
Known Local Dealer
James M. Sanders, well known and
prominent local real estate dealer,
was instrumental in the sale of two
valuable pieces of property during
the past week, when Elijah Fisher,
£r., purchased the handsome Dietlein
residence on South Court street from
Mrs. Jennie Creswell; and Walter
Smith purchased the old Beekman
home, three miles from town.
The Dietlein property brought $5,
500, an increase of $500 from the
purchase price paid to F. J. Dietlein,
local jeweler, by Mrs. Creswell only
a few months ago. The Beckman
tract brought over $10,000.
Mr. Fisher, who recently sold his
large farm a few miles west from
town, expects to move here shortly,
while Mr. Smith, who is a prosperous
young farmer of the far-end of the
Bellevue section, will soon take pos
session of one o ,fthe handsomest of
the older plantation residences of St.
Landry parish.
PRAIRIE RONDE
MAN IN RACE
Edgar M. Dupre Announces at
Last Minute as Candidate
for the Police Jury
There are six candidates for mem
bers of the police jury from the first
ward, the sixth entry coming in on
the last day for qualifying, Edgar
M. Dupre, prominent and prosperous
young farmer of the Prairie Ronde
section of the ward, having been
strongly urged by his neighbors to
enter the fray.
Mr. Dupre is well known in this
city, enjoying a large circle of warjn
personal friends ,who will doubtless
rally to his support.
The police jury race in this ward
■promises to be interesting, as six of
jv ward's prominent citizens are of
ïtÂing themselves for the four po
sitions allotted to the ward. Those in
the race are: R. Lee Mills, J. P. Pitre,
H. D. Larcade, Sr., J. T. St. Cyr, the
incumbents; and Edgar M. Dupre and
Floyd H. Phillips.
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—Richard D. Lamson, popular
rural mail carier on Route No. 2 out
of this city, attended the family re
union in Chicago last week.
C£YW£LHAVE .
TO BUILD SOON
Supt. Prescott Tells Chamber
Commerce Another School
Must be Erected
"Seven years ago I was harshly
criticised for erecting a palace which
would never be crowded," said Pro
fessor W. B. Prescott to the Cham
ber of Commerce on Wednesday
night. "But today we face a seri
ous situation,' one which needs our
immediate attention, and that is the
erection of another building."
In a few words, the parish super
intendent of education brought be
fore the members of the Chamber of
Commerce the utter necessity of im
mediate action on an important
^question. He stated that already the
present building was accommodating
one hundred and fifty pupils more
than its capacity, and that some two
or three hundred pupils had to be
turned away on account of the lack
of rooms.
Mr. Prescott was assured the hear
ty co-operation and assistance of the
city boosters and as soon as sufficient
data can be obtained on the matter,
the taxpayers will be once more call
ed upon to go to the aid of the Ope
lousas school.
WILL REPORT SOON
ON PARISH WIDE
ROAD PROJECT
Data on Status of Various St.
Landry Districts to be Sub-
mitted to Police Jury
THOUGHT ELECTION
WILL BE CALLED
yers to be Given
Information on Road Build-
ing as Presently Outlined
It is reported that the committee
recently appointed to investigate the
advisability of merging the fourteen
road districts into one parish-wide
district will make its report to the po- I
lice jury at the November meeting of
that body, which will convene on
next Monday.
next Monday.
The comittee was appointed for the
purpose of compiling all available
data on road building projects in St.
' Landry and to ascertain whether the
I parish could not build better roads
for less money through a parish
wide system than ; by the present
mehods of road construction.
It is strongly believed that the
committee will report favorably on
the parish-wide proposition, in which
event the police jury will issue its
call for a parish-wide bond issue elec
tion. Good roads boosters, who favor
the big scheme, are firm in tbdir be
lief that l>y a parish system St. Lan
dry would build one of the best and
most modern systems of up-to-date
highways in this state. On account
of St. Landry's heavy assessment,
enough money could and would be
raised from the sale of the bonds to
construct upwards of three hundred
miles of highways, thus giving ev
ery community and almost every far
mer in the parish a model highway.
Promoters of the parish-wide
scheme, by which over three millions
of dollars will be reailzed for road
construction in St. Landry, claim
that the report of the committee to
be submitted to the police jury on
next Monday, will clear much of the
opposition to'the measure, and that
hundreds of taxpayers will be con
verted to the big scheme, by which
St. Landry parish will build genuine
model roads.
TO OPEN MEAT
MARKET HERE
on
to
of
of
po
in
the
and
out
re
Ben Dejean Severs Connection
jVith Boagni and is Going
Out For Himself
Ben Dejean, who has been manag
jng the big Jos. M. Boagni market
for several years, announces that he
has severed his connection with Mr.
Boagni's business and will enter the
meat business on his own account on
November 12.
Mr. Deejan stated to a representa
tive of the Star-Progress that he
would locate on Main street, opposite
the-Knights of Columbus hall and
would handle everything in the meat
line. He will operate an up-to-date
and sanitary market.
Mr. Dejean has been with the
Boagni market for some three years
or more and is regarded as one of the
best men in that line in this entire
section of country.
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—Leo Wiggins and sister, Miss Cé
cile, of Ville Platte attended the
dance here on Monday night.
BOOSTERS
CHEAP FOOD FOR
CONSUMERS
MAY GET I
Mass Meeting Instructs Cham
ber of Commerce to Make
Efforts to Get Carload
MAYOR REFUSES TO
ACT FOR THE CITY
Chief Executive Advises Com-
merce Body He Preferred
It to Act in Matter
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The Opelousas Chamber of Com
merce will leave nothing undone to
secure for the people of this commun
ity and surrounding country at least
one carload of government foodstuffs |
which is selling at more than one hun- !
dred per cent reduction throughout \
the United States.
Not willing to take it upon them
selves, the board of directors of the
Chamber of Commerce decided to
consult with the people generally and
consequently called a mass meeting
for last Wednesday night, which was
attended by a number of representa
tive business men who placed their
stamp of approval on the proposal.
A committee was appointed to wait
upon Mayor Halphen and ascertain
whether or not the city chief execu
tive would order the foodstuffs in the
name of the city, as it was generally
understood that the Chamber of Com
merce could not order the car, unless
officially designated as the city's
agent by the mayor. Mr. Halphen
explained to the committee that he
had given the matter mature delib
eration and that he had come to the
conclusion that it would be bad policy
on the* city's part to interfere with
local food conditions.
The Chamber of Commerce, how
ever, is determined to get one car of
government food, which would mean
a wonderful saving to the people here
and if the organization can not pur
chase it on their own resources^ the
police jury will be appealed to and
will likely order the car for the
of Commerce, especially
chamber
gj nce the police jury will stand no
I chance of losing money nor will it
have to put out any money.. Several
members of the police jury, includ
ing President Pavy, have been ap
proa ched on the subject, and he read
jj y consented to do all in his power to
gran t the wishes of the city boosters.
F. Brown, the fourth ward mem
u„.. +K« muc moctimr
ber, was at the mass meeting, and it
was he that suggested the police jury
be asked to put in the order, as it is
understood only counties, municipal
ities or states can order government
foodstuffs.
If there is any more food to be got
ten, the Chamber of Commerce is go
ing to get it ,and the country people,
as well as the local citizens, will be
advised of the arrival of the car,
when it is expected that hundreds of
visitors will come here to buy thenr
necessaries.
ANDRUS SPEAKS
AT BIG MEETING
Assessor Gives Account of His
Stewardship at Pecanaire
Last Tuesday Night
Hon. À. L. Andrus, candidate for
re-election as assessor of St. Landry
parish, delivered an address at a large
meeting at Pecanaire last Tuesday
night, giving a detailed account of
his stewardship. The meeting was
held at the store of Charlie Moreau,
well known young citizen of that sec
tion of the third ward. Over two hun
dred voters were present.
Mr. Andrus' supporters who heard
the Tuesday night address say -that
his explanation of the increase in as-
sessment is as thorough and detailed
as well as simple, that hundreds of
voters who started out in the begin
ning of the campaign against him are
rapidly flocking to his support.
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Mr. and Mrs. Walter W. Hunt
former residents of the Bellevue sec
tion, have moved to Kinder where Mr.
Hunt will enter the insurance-real
estate business in the Allen parish
town.» Mr. and Mrs. Hunt's many
friends in Opelousas and Bellevue
wish them much success in their new
home.
-Mr. anà Mrs. A. L. Nugent, who
have been residents of this city for a
number of months past, moved to La
fayette some days ago ,Mr. Nugent
having accepted employment in that
city in an automobile garage.
_Mr. Roderick Bushnell of Eunice
was a visitor to Opelousas on Friday
of last week.
—Julian Wolff, Jess Thistleth
waite and Mr. Frere of Washington
were in Opelousas Monday night for
the danec held at the Knights of Co
lumbus hall.
big bank opens
FIRST BRANCH
St. Landry Bank & Trust Co.
Begins Operation of Smaller
Institution in Port Barre
An announcement of much inter
est to local financial circles was that
of the officials of the St. Landry"
Bank and Trust Company, on Wed
nesday afternoon, that a branch of
that big bank would be established
in Port Barre.
This was accomplished on last
Thursday, when Charlie Clay, popu
lar and prominent young business
man of Sunset, opened the doors of
the St. Landry's Port Barre branch
and assumed charge as manager.
Port Barre has long been consid
ered an excellent field for a bank
and quite a number of the influen
tiàl citizens of the thriving Courta
bleau town are responsible for the
St. Landry Bank and Trust Company
| establishing a branch bank there, as
! it was mainly through their offer of
\ co-operation and assistance that the
of the biggest bank in thise section
of Louisiana decided upon the course,
St.
of which due announcement was
made on last Wednesday.
JOE BLACKSHER
RETURNS HOME
Well Known Young Opelousas
Aviator Back After Excit
ing Experiences in War
Joseph U. Blacksher, popular and
well known young son of Mr. and
Mrs. P. T. Blacksher of the Plai
sance section, returned to this city
the latter part of last week, after two
years service in the aviation depart
ment of the navy.
Young Blacksher was one of the
first Opelousas boys to voluntarily
answer his country's call. After com
pleting courses of instruction at the
ground schools for aviation at the
Massachusetts Institute of Technol
ogy, the Naval station at Miami,
Florida, and naval air station, Mou
of
techie Lanau Gironde, France, Mr.
Blacksher was transferred tq the nor
thern bombing group operating on
the Belgian-Flanders front, where he
was attached to a British squadron.
This squadron was detailed for night
bombing, their objectives being Brüg
ges, Belgium ; Ostend and Zeebrugge.
These points being the bases of all
German submarine work.
Upon the signing of the armistice,
the young Opelousean was returned
to the United States and was attach
ed to the naval air station at Hamp
ton Roads, Virginia, where he was as
signed to the official air mail route
between that station and Washington
City, the mail being carried by air
planes. This was one of the first
airplane mail routes established by
the government.
Mr. Blacksher was later attached
to the Atlantic fleet air detachment,
this being the first aerial squadron
to attempt to fly south and operate
with the Atlantic fleet at its winter
quarters, Guantanama, Cuba. While
south, the squadron flew from Cuba
to Fort aux Prince, Haiti. After a
stop of several days, they flew to
Kingston, Jamaica, then- returning
to Guantanama, where they practic
ed bomb dropping, maneuvering, ob
servation work and artillery spotting
fo rthe Atlantic fleet.
Upon the completion of these ma-
neuvers, the squadron received new
planes at the naval aircraft factory,
Philadelphia, and operated along the
Atlantic coast, and Mr. Blacksher re-
ceived his discharge while operating
there.
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LAWTELL BANK
FINALLY OPENS
Over $13,000 Deposit* Receiv
ed Firat Day and More
Yet to Come
The Lawtell State Bank opened its
doors to the public on last Thursday
morning with Clovis Dardeau of Sun
set as cashier. E. T. Lafleur is the
president; T. P. Bertrand, Jr., first
vice president; and Theo. Dejean as
second vice president.
Dr. Paul Foster had the honor of
being the first to make a check de
posit, while T. P. Bertrand, Jr., was
the first to make currency deposit
pver thirteen thousand dollars were
received the first day, and reports
from Lawtell indicate this amount
has greatly increased since Thurs
day night.
The Lawtell bank is being backed
by the influential citizens of the
Plaquemine Point and Mallet sections
of St. Landry and is thoroughly
equiiqied with modem and up-to-date
furniture and boasts of having the
best safe in this section.
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—Mr. and Mrs. Dutch Ortling of.
Crowley were visitors to Opelousas on
last Sunday ,enroute to Washington,
•where they are the guests of rela
tives.
WORKER IN DRIVE
NAMED FOR ALL
THE PRECINCTS
St. Landry's Quota Placed at
3,600 -----ubers in Annual
Red Cross Campaign
L. PERRAULT
CHARGE OF
IN
PARISH
Monday Morning Will Find the
Workers for Good Cause
Actively Engaged
The St. Landry chapter of the Red
Cross has been arranging the details
of the campaign which is to begin on
November 3 and which will continue
until November 11. The purpose of
this campaign is to secure a cash
quota for the parish of St. Landry of
$1,500 and to secure 3,600 members
of the Red Cross at $1 per annual
membership. The method will be
where contributions of more than $1
are secured, to credit $1 to mem
bership and the surplus to the cash
quota. The local cliapter, for its
maintenance, will receive one-half of
the membership fee.
The campaign is being conducted
by Mr. L. L. Perrault, who is acting
as roll call chairman, with Miss War
die Kelley as secretary, hnd the fol
lowing well known ladies and gentle
men of the parish who have been con
sistent and effective workers for the
Red Cross in former campaigns, have
been selected to plan and direct the
work of raising funds in their com
munities :
Opelousas and vicinity—Dr. A,
Perault.
Washington—Mr. Jim Going.
Eunice—Professor Aycock.
Port Barre —Mrs. A. D. Hanks.
Melville—Mr. Hathorn.
Krotz Springs—Mrs. Isaac Je
Rosa—Mr. Kemp Catlett.
Palmeto—Mrs. Willie Hudspeth.
Arnaudville—Miss Laura Darby.
Whiteville < and vieinity—Miss
Odessa Savant.
Lewisburg—Mrs. W. C. Dejean.
Lawtell—Mrs. J. B. McClelland.
Morrow—Mrs. Henry Lowery.
Shuteston—Mr. Frank Dimmick.
Sunset—Mrs. W. J. Boudreau.
Cataro—Mrs. J. B. Guillory.
Grand Coteau —Miss Virginia Mou
ton.
Barbreck—Mr. Jas. H. Baldridge,
Sr.
J.
Sr.
Leonville—Mrs. F. 0. Pavy.
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Big Cane—Judge B. F. Vannoy.
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Although the war is over, there is
1
and
much yet w^iich has to be accomplish
ed by the Red Cross. American sol
.... . ___. . pbusy
diers are still in Russia, m Germany
and in France. These men and their f "
families continue to need Red Cross !
Siberia, Poland and the Bal- 1
service.
kans' are asking the Red Cross to
teach them how to fight contagious.
diseases. Thirty thousand American
soldiers are still in military hospitals,
many of them crippled for life. Sev- ™
Sal hundred thousands have been dis
charged disabled. The local Red
ProZ chapters need additional funds U
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to carry on their peace time work
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which includes the fight against tu
berculosis. In the Gulf Division of
the Red Cross, there are 25,000 tu
bercular soldiers to be cared for, and
which it has to care for. For these k*
reasons the people of the parish "*
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S«*" ver,»™* ou,ht
to be wearing the 1920 membership
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DUNBAR BROS.
ARE STILL BUSY
Popular Real Estate Firm Has
Been Active in Some of Big
gest Land Transactions
The real estate firm of C. P. Dun
bar & Brother has been actively en
gaged in the exchange of property
which has been going on in St. Lan
dry parish with jpeh rapidity for the
past year
Week uf c* week this I
firm has been mstru-1
deals.
progressive . .
mental in effecting big real estate
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0n f ° f * ke d ® a . * , k
taough small, is indicative of the |
increase in the sale of pr„ r _. ,
ty in St. Landry parish, the transac- |
great increase in the sale of proper
% in St. Landry parish, the transac
tion having been made when Hon. L. j
Austin Fontenot bought the Medecis
property on the Washington road and
located near the limits of Opelousas,
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for one hundred dollars per acre.
_Louis White of Crowley, for p j
number of years a citizen of Opelou
sas, was a visitor here on Monday and J
Tuesday of this week.
—Mr. and Mrs. John Tujague of
Lafayette visited relatives and
friends b*e on Sunday, returning
home Monday morning.
man expires in
A STORE YARD
of
of
be
its
of
Farmer from Andrepont Died
From Heart Failure While
Here on Wednesday
Alfred Richard, aged about 38
years, a well known Plaisance farmer,
father of five small children, was
found in a dying condition on Wed
nesday about noon, in a vacant lot
adjacent to the Lassalle store, on
Landry street.
Before assistance could be render
ed him, he breathed his last. Strych
nine was found in the pockets of the
dead man's clothes, and at first it was
believed that he had committed sui
cide. The coroner's inquest, however,
disproved this theory, as it was
brought out that the unfortunate
man had been suffering from heart
trouble for years and was in the hab
it of taking the medicine to relieve
his Bufferings from the malady.
Friends- of the deceased know of no
reasons why he should have taken his
own life and as there is sufficient
evidence to prove that Mr. Richard
did not take his life ,the coroner's
jury returned a verdict of sudden
death, caused by heart failure, which
overtook the man as he was in the
act of getting, his horse to return to
his home in the Plaisance section.
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'Ring" Candidate for Governor
STUBBS TO APPEAR
HERE ON NEXT
WEDNESDAY
Will Speak in Interest of
His Candidacy for Office
n Will Also Address
SUPPORTERS TO RALLY
AT FIRST BIG MEETING
Gathering at Eunice on
Following Night
^
The echose of the big "political
guns" have been heard in St. Lan
dry for some time, but on next Wed
nesday night the voters of this par
ish will be given the opportunity of
seeing one of these "guns" in ac
tion, when Colonel Frank P. Stubbs,
the "ring" candidate for governor,
will address his St. Landry supporters
and friends at a big Stubbs rally at
the court house here that night.
I Posters announcing the big Opelou
,
sas rally have been circulated and
is ' , .. , . T __, ,
1 distributed/throughout St. Landry,
and the Stubbs suporters have gotten
sol
pbusy with a view of bringing out their
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f " e " d * and a ^ ™ et V n * Vf?
! ^ anticipated by the Stubbs fol
Bal- 1 low,ng here -
1 low,ng -
Geo. K. Favrot, the silver tongued
orator from Baton Rouge, ex-judge,
. . , . ,
ex-district attorney, ex-legislator qnd
ex-congressman will appear here
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that prominent Stubbs suportcr, like
Attorney R»Le. Gai land and
U- Raoul Pavy, TLToIJî ÎÏÏT
m the interest of their candidate, in
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which event the Stubbs supporters
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are expecting one of the best political
^mgs held bere in recent years.
Colonel Stubbs has a good follow
k* ln Opelousas, this pwemet, it is
"* d being stronger for Stubbs than
b
«•*>![ "W" me«tm e ,acc«^ul ..
possible.
Speaking will begin promptly at
7:30 o'clock, at the court house. In
teresting issues of the campaign will
be discussed and it is expected that
I the state campaign will then be open
! ed in St. Landry in grand style.
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it
to
ed
at
—"Dick" Brooks of Crowley visit
ed friends in Opelousas last Sunday
Ward Domengeaux of Lafayette
was a visitor here Sunday.
Frank Delaune of Rayne was a
visitor here Saturday and Sunday of
last week.
—Mrs. Mattye S. Boagni apd Miss
I Gertie Fux attended the state fair in
Shreveport, leaving here Friday of
. .
last week.
' Ryan Thompson and Thomp
I son Henderson of this city attended
the big state fair held 'in Shreveport
| recently. The weather was too in
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clement to permit of racing hence
*7™'» crack y Jörne ha^no op
L. j portumty to show his speed and ,in
cidentelly, capture a
«*1 «".ng events staged to
P lace 'J a " the t . rack -
—Eddie Duno, formerly of this
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city but now of New Orleans, is
p j spending a few days here as the guest
of relatives,
J * —Miss Thera Joseph of Melville is
I the guest of relatives here this week
of -Jess Thistlethwaite, William
and j Warte lie, Howard Allen and Joe
j Mary of the neighboring town of
{Washington spent last Sunday here
MANY QUALIFY FOR
y AR j 0US OFFICES
IN ST. LANDRY
Contests for All Important Par
ish Offices and Interest
ing Race is Predicted
MANY GOING TO POST
FOR THE POLICE JURY
Woods are Full of Aspirante
for Minor Places and Warm
Political Scrap Expected
As was expected, the St. Landry
political pot was at boiling heat' on
Monday night—and several days be
fore that time—when aspirants for
the various parochial and ward offi
ces qualified as candidates. St. Lan
dry will soon be in the thickest of one
of the fiercest political scraps ever
staged. Every parish office is be
ing strenuously contested for, but this
is nothing at all new for the old par
ish for these fights for position and
preferment has been going on in this
bailiwick ever since it was carved out
of Louisiana, many generations ago.
The sheriff's race, in which most
interest is centered, will be engaged
in by Ariel Fontenot, chief deputy
tax collector, who goes before the St,
Landry voters for the first time, and
Charles Thibodeaux, who was twice
defeated for sheriff and once outvot
ed by the Andrus supporters for as
sessor, in the election of 1916.
For clerk of court, two of the most
popular men of St. Landry have qual
ified and a stiff, interesting Tace is
expected between Henry Last rapes,
the incumbent, and John M. Prescott,
prominent and popular young Wash
ingtonian, now residing here.
Much interest is also manifested in
the assessor's race, with A. L. An
drus, present assessor, and R. C. Fon
! tenot, prominent Grand Prairie farm
er, contesting for the office.
Two have qualified for coroner,
"young" Dr? Bob Littell, who has held
; ^way in that position for. all these
1 many years, and Dr. W. R. Lastrapes,
> older brother of the clerk of court,
of
at
,
,
,
qnd
like
and
in
,
is
and who was defeated several years'
ago by Dr. Littell for the same office.
The race for the legislature prom
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TO ASK REPEAL
OF HpG LAW
Petition to BR Presented Ask
ing Police Jury to Rescind
Recently Adopted Law
A howl is being made in various
sections of the parish over the recent
ly enacted parish-wide hog law and
it is said a petition will be presented
to the ploice jury by a delegation of
fourth ward citizens, asking that the
ordinance, adopted at the October
meeting of the police jury, be repeal
ed at once.
Several of the police jurors, when*,
questioned about the hog law, were
surprised to learn that they had voted
for a parish-wide measure ,and it is;
said some of the members who voted
for it will assist their constituents by
voting for the repeal of the ordinance
at the next session of the jury.
The question will doubtless come up
for consideration at the November
meeting of the jury, which will con
vene next Monday morning.
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EUNICE DEFEATS
PT. BARRE CLUB
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The Two Schools Open Basket
ball Season in 41 to 4 Vic
tory for Eunicei tes
A hotly contested game which re
sulted in a 41 to 4 victory for Eunice
marked the opening of the basket
ball season by the Eunice and Port
Barre schools on last Saturday. Al
though the game was onesided as far
as the score is concerned Jt was nev
ertheless hard fought throughout and
proved of considerable interest to the
rooters on both sides.
Prof. J. B. Aycock, popular prin
cipal of the Eunice school, was in the
Star-Progress office the early part of
the week, and was very much pleased
with the remarkable showing of his
boys. He spoke very highly of the
Port Barre boys, however paying they
had fought gamely, though were
completely outclassed.
tives of the Eunice school: Arthur
Hammers, W. C. Proctor, B. Roy,
Archie Quirk, Lee Riddell, Roderix
j Bushnell and M Rice.
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— Ihr. Raphiefand Mr. Cormier of
Port Barre were visitors to Opelou
sas last Sunday. «
—Garland Dejean of near Lewis
burg motored to Oeplousaa on last
Sunday.