The star-progress., December 06, 1919, Page 12, Image 12

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Ivory Sets from a Few Dollars to $65.00. Make use of our fifty years experience
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scented and unscented soaps, the best sponges, bath brushes and
crash bath mittens, and many other delightful bathroom accessories.
Come in and see our stock and you will be glad that there is a
"live" drug store in this town.
THE BEST DRUG STORE
We Give Yon What Yon Ask For
Shiite's Drug Store
Day Phone No. 4 Night Phone No. 136
Grand Coteau Notes
Grand Coteau, La., Dec. 3.—The
annual election of officers of the so
dality of the Blessed Virgin was held
Sunday at the parochial school. Rev.
J. B. Frankhauser, the new pastor,
was present. He has already made
many friends here. The following
were elected for the ensuing year:
Miss Marie Smith, president; Mrs.
Dora R. Barry, first assistant; Mrs.
Marie Mouton, second assistant; Mrs.
Aline Martin, secretary; Miss Louise
Smith, treasurer; Mrs. E. S. Barry,
Mrs. M. E. Lafleur, Mrs. Aline Bary,
Mrs. J. M .Oge, Mrs. M. R. Dunbar,
Misses Ethel-Barry, Noemie Richard,
anad Julie Petetin, councellors.
The garage Mr. Theodule Chatrain
is constructing here is rapidly going
up and in a short time it will be com
pleted.
Mr. Ralph Voorhies of Carencro
spent Sunday here.
Mrs. W. B. Barry of Alexandria is
he here visiting her mother, Mrs. T.
V. Richard.
Mrs. E. J. Burleigh of Lake Charles
is the guest of Miss Leonie Burleigh.
Mr. and Mrs. John Sibille made a
flying trip to Donaldsonville this
week.
Mrs. Archie Oge and children of
Lafayette were the guests several
of Mrs. J. M. Oge and family.
Miss Edith Barry returned to her
school at Plaquemine Point after
spending Thanksgiving here with her
mother, Mrs. Aline Barry.
SJiss Ethel Hargroder of Port Bar
re was in town at the week-end.
Miss Louise Burleigh of Lafayette
spent a couple of days here this past
week.
Mrs. Cook Smith and Miss Lorena
Smith were visitors to Opelousas on
Saturday.
Mr. Des Mizzi and family of Ope
lousas spent Thanksgiving here.
Misses Leonie Barry, Helen Barry.
Mary Burleight and Frances Tarl
ton who are teaching school in La
fayette parish, spent Thanksgiving
here with their respective relatives.
Mrs. E. V. Barry and daughter,
Rita, spent a couple of days in La
fayette this past wek.
Misses Marie and Louise Smith
wore Monday visitors to Opelousas.
MANY ITALIANS ARE
QUITTING THE U. S.
FOR NATIVE LAND
More Than 80,000 Have En
tered Port of Naples Since
January 1, Last
Naples, Nov. 29.—About 80,000
immigrants have returned to Italy
from the United States through the
port of Naples since January 1. The
number is increasing month by month
and with the recent release of ships
hitherto requisitioned by the Allies, it
is estimated that 10,000 Italians will
greet Vesuvius again every month.
The fortunes brought by the re
turning Italians are gladly welcomed
by their relatives, made needy by the
war. The prosperous appearance of
the passengers is generally comment
ed on, being probably the result of
five years of savings at war-time wa
ges in America, and their well-made
clothes and substantial baggage form
a striking contrast to the bags and
rags in evidence when emigrants
leave for America .
Emigration of Italians to the Unit
ed States by way of Naples, the most
important embarkation point of emi
grants in southern Europe, is still
very far from pre-war levels. Data
from the Italian emigration office in
this city indicate that, aside from re
turning reservists, 3,217 Italians sail
ed to the United States, who have
hitherto been prevented from joining
their familiies because of conditions
incident to the world war. The num
ber of actual emigrants as the word is
ordinarily used, is practically negli
gible.
In contrast with th:3 condition, it
may be noted that in 1913, the last
year before the war, 198,664 emi
grants left Naples for the United
States. The difference between the
two totals is ascribed to the results
of the operation of the literacy law
of 1917, dearth of ships and abnor
mally high passenger rates, and the
continuance of American passport
LIST OF PETIT JURORS
Drawn to Serve for the Week Com
mencing Monday, December
8, 1919
1. Armstrong Smith.. .Arnaudville
2. Eddie Richard........Bellevue
3. J. W. Richer ..........Eunice
4. W. J. Reeves..........Garland
5. Henry Richard . .. Grand Coteau
6. Numa A. Richard......Bellevue
7. Bernard Ray, Jr... . Washington
8. Fred Roberi.....Grand Prairie
9. Clebert Roy.......Arnaudville
10. Edmond Richard......Bellevue
11. Joseph Vidrine, Jr. Grend Prairie
12. Abe Seigel..........Opelousas
13. Robert Meyers ........Eunice
14. Jno. Montgomery. . .Washington
15. A. B. Reed........Washington
16. Bernard Ray......Washington
17. Oscar Roy.........Arnaudville
18. Alcee Richard......Arnaudville
19. Leonce Richard ......Leonville
20. Zepherin Miller ... .near Eunice
21. L. J. Muller ......Washington
22. Willie Mistrot........Leonville
23. Treville Meche... Coulee Croche
24. Charley Dejean......Opelousas
25. Willie Derbanne......Opelousas
26. Luke Darby .. :..... Sunset
27. Lee Mallet ........ Leonville
28. Frank Moreau ____... Leonville
29. Antoine Speyrer .....Leonville
30. Louis Miller......Coulee Croche
A TRUE COPY:
W. D. LASTRAPES,
dec6-lt Deputy Clerk of Court
L OST—Between Ville Platte and
Opelousas, a bunch of six keys,
tied together with a small ribbon. Re
turn to this office and receive a re
ward. dec6-lt
NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION
I, Allotes Thitlethwaite, president
of the Board of Commissioners of the
Bayou Boeuf and Waxia Drainage
District of St. Landry Parish, State of
Louisiana, by virtue of the authority
in me vested by an ordinance passed
by the Board of Commissioners of the
said drainage district on, the 4th
day of December, 1919, and the laws
of th£ State of Louisiana do hereby
proclaii
proclaim and give notice that a spe
cial election will be held in the Ba
you Boeuf and Waxia Drainage Dis
trict of St. Landry parish, State of
Louisiana, for the purpose of voting
on the following propositions: Tq in
cur debt and sell and issue negotiable
coupon bonds of said drainage dis
trict, said bonds to run for from one
to not exceeding thirty-five (35)
years and to bear interest at the rate
of five per cent (5 per cent) per an
num payable semi-annually, the pro
ceeds of said bonds to be used for the
purpose of creating, constructing and
improving the gravity drainage in and
for said drainage district by the
cleaning of the bayous, laterals and
ditches in connection therewith, by
dredging or otherwise, as designated
in the propositions submitted to the
electors herein. The propositions to
the electors at said election, is sub
stantially as follows:
For the Issuing of Bonds
Propositions to incur debt and issue
and sell negotiable coupon bonds of
the Bayou Boeuf and Waxia Drain
age District of St. Landry parish,
State of Louisiana, to the amount of
two hundred thousand dollars ($200,
00.00), payable serially to run for a
period of from one to not exceeding
thirty-five years, said bonds to be of
such denomination and payable at
such time and place as shall be pres
cribed by the Board of Commisioners
under the constitution and laws re
lating thereto, bearing interst at the
rate of five per cent (5 per cent) per
annum payable semi-annually, both
principal and interest of said bonds
to be secured and paid by a sufficient
ad valorem tax, levied and collected
in each year that said bonds are out
standing in accordance with the pro
visions in that respect contained in
Article 281 of the constitution and
laws of the State of Louisiana and
the amendments thereto. The pro
ceeds of said bonds are to be used
for the purpose of cleaning the ba
yous, laterals and ditches in connec
tion therewith by dredges or other
wise, and the imporvement of the
gravity drainage in and for said
drainage district and the inhabitants
thereof, the title to which shall vest
in said drainage district.
Proposition for the Assessment and
Levying of an Acreage Tax or
Forced Contribution
To levy and collect an acreage tax
or forced contribution of sixteen (16
cts.) cents per acre per annum upon
each and every acre of land subject
to state taxation in the said Bayou
Boeuf and Waxia Drainage District,
Parish of St. Landry, State of Louis
iana, for a period of from one to not
exceeding thirty-five (35) years for
the purpose of providing and creat
ing a system of gravity drainage in
said drainage district and the main
tenance and improvement thereof.
For the Funding of the Avails of Said
Drainage Tax Into Bonds
To incur debt in the sum of one
hundred and fifty thousand ($150,
000.00) dollars and to issue and sell
negotiable semi-annual interest bear
ing coupon bonds of the said Bayou
Boeuf and Waxia Drainage District
to represent same. Said debt to be
secured and paid by the avails of the
aforesaid acreage tax or forced con
tribution of sixteen (16 cts.) cents
per acre per annum.
Submitted in the proposition for
the levying and collecting of an acre
age tax or forced contribution as
hereinabove set forth and to be voted
upon by the taxpaying electors of said
Bayou Boeuf and Waxia Drainage
District in the Parish of St. Landry,
State of Louisiana, qualified to vote
under the constitution and laws of the
State of Louisiana and to represent
the funding of the avails of the said
taxes into bonds to run for a period
of from one to not exceeding thirty
five (35) years, payable serially and
bearing five per cent (5 per cent)
interest per annum, payable semi
annually, said bonds to be of such
denominations and payable at such
time and place as shall be prescribed
by the said Board of Commissioners
the proceeds of said bonds to be uesd
for the purpose of providing and
creating a system of gravity drain
age for the said drainage district and
the maintenance and imporvement
thereof, as hereinabove stated, and
the inhabitants thereof, title to which
shall vest in said drainage district.
The said special election will be
held on the 12th day of January,
1920, between the hours of 7 a. m.
and 5 p. m., and the polling places
are hereby designated as follows :
Rosa, at E. V. Hudspeth's store—
R. C. Andrus, W. B. Baker, Arthur
Fogleman, commissioners; E. V. Hud
speth, clerk.
Whiteville, at J. P. Savant's store
—James Milbum, J. H. Baldridge,
Adam Stagg, commissioners; E. E.
Singleton, clerk.
Beggs, at Jack Cason's store—J. C.
Whitley, Claude Stevenson, Joe
Reeves, commissioners; W. A. Peck
ham. clerk.
The Board of Commissioners of the
said Bayou Boeuf and Waxia Drain
age District of St. Landry parish,
State of Louisiana, will meet in open
Session in the office of the Police
Jury in said St. Landry parish, in the
City of Opelousas, State of Louisiana,
on the 14th day of January, 1920, at
the hour of 2 o'clock p. m., and then
and there proceed to open the ballot
boxes used at said election and exam
ine and count the ballots in number
and amount, and examine and can
vass the returins of said election and
declare the result thereof and make
and file and record a procès verbal
thereof.
Dated at the City of Opelousas,
Louisiana, this 4th day of December,
1919.
ALLOTES THISTLETHWAITE,
President Board of Commissioners of
Bayou Boeuf and Waxia Drain
age District.
ATTEST—
L. A. ANDREPONT,
dec6-6t Secretary.
OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS
OF THE POLICE JURY
Dr. Pavy in the chair.
The committee on claims reported
through Chairman Mills that they had
examined the claims as above detailed
and found same correct.
On motion of Mr. Dailey—
The report of committee was ac
cepted and committee discharged.
Mr. Mills offered the following or
dinance, duly seconded by Mr. K. T.
Catlett :
AN ORDINANCE
To amend and re-enact Section 1 of
the original ordinance of the Po
lice Jury of the Parish of St.
Landry, State of Louisiana,
adopted on the 9th day of Sep
tember, A. D. 1919, creating the
Bellevue and Coulee Croche
Drainage District of the Parish
of St. Landry, State of Louisi
ana, entitled:
"AN ORDINANCE
"Of the Police Jury of the Parish of
St. Landry, State of Louisiana,
creating the Bellevue and Coulee
Croche Drairiage District of St.
Landry Parish, State of Louis
iana, and fixing the boundaries
thereof; constituting said drain
age district a body corporate in
law, and vesting it with power
and authority incident thereto;
vesting the government and con
trol of said drainage district in a
board of five (5) commission
ers, and fixing their domicile;
providing for the qualification
of said commissioners, the man
ner of their appointment and
fixing their term of office ; pro
viding for the first and subse
quent meetings of the board and
the election of officers, and fix
ing their compensation; author
izing and empowering the board
to make and adopt by-laws, rules
and regulations for its govem
' ment and that of its officers; re
quiring the board to keep the
proper books and accounts; and
providing the method af procur
ing funds for the district."
Section 1—Be it ordained by
the Police Jury of the said
Parish of St. Landry, State of
Louisiana, now in regular session
duly assembled, that all the land and
property situated within the following
described boundaries, to-wit:
Beginning at the southwest corner
of Section 4, Township 8, South,
Range 3, East, thence running due
east about three and seven-eighths
miles to where the south line of Sec
1, Township 8, South, Range 3, East,
intersects the west line of Section 43,
Township 8, South, Range 3, East,
which point also strikes fork in pub-'
lie road leading from Opelousas to
Bristol, via Chretien's Point; thence
running in a northerly direction, fol
lowing said public road for a distance
of about eight miles, to the northeast
corner of the property formerly
known as the old Truman plantation,
now owned by E. W. J. Evans, said
point being also situated in Section
142, Township 6, South, Range 4,
East, and at the intersection of pub
lic road leading to West Bellevue
from main road hereinafter mention
ed ; thence following the public
road leading to West Bellevue in a
westerly direction, about twenty-five
chains, to where the same intersects
the east line of Section 144, Town
ship 6, South, Range 4, East; thence
running in a northeasterly direction,
following the east line of the W. D.
Horn property! about twenty-eight
chains to where the same interesects
the north line of Section 143, Town
ship 6, South, Range 4, East; thence
runing west following the north line
of Sections 143, 144 and 145, Town
ship 6, South, Range 4, East, about
fifty-three chains to the northeast
corner of Section 146, Township 6,
South, Range 4, East; thence running
due north twenty-three chains ; thence
runing west to the east line of the
Bayou Plaquemine Drainage District,
being about thirty chains; thence fol
lowing said east line of said Bayou
Plaquemine Drainage District, in a
southwesterly direction to the south
west corner of North half of north
west quarter of Section 21, in Town
ship 7, South, Range 3, East; thence
running due south three and three
quarters miles to the point of begin
ning.
Containing Approximately eighteen
thousand seven hundred fifty (18,
750) acres be and the same js
hereby incorporated into a drain
age district, to be designated
and known as the Bellevue and
CHAMPIONSHIP
BOXING MATC
JACK LABELLE
VERSUS
FLOYD CARSON
of Opelousas, Lav—Weight 138-Pounds.
ROUNDS
OLD PRINCESS THEATRi
OPELOUSAS, LA.
MONDAY NIGHT, DECEMBER 8, AT 8:
6-ROUNDS MONK SIMONS VS, BED DOLAND
Reserved Seats $2.00 War Tex Extra.
General Admission $1.00 Wer Til
Reserved Seats on Sale at Waldorf Restaurant, Shute's Drug
Store, Lacombe Hotel, Dietlein's Jewelry Store.
Coulee Croche Drainage District
of the Parish of St. Landry, State of ;
Louisiana, and all the land and prop
erty situated within the boundaries
of said drainage district shall be sub
ject to taxation for the purposes of
more perfectly draining the lands of
rain water within said drainage dis
trict.
Section 2—Be it further ordained,
etc., that this ordinance shall take ef
fect immediately from and after its
adoption.
Voting for the ordinance—Messrs.
Larcade, Mills, Dailey, Cummings,
Pavy, Catlett, Rushing, Martin, De
jean.
Voting against the ordinance
None.
Adopted this 2d day of December,
A TV 1919
F. OCTAVE PAVY,
President.
ATTEST—
J. J. HEALEY, Clerk.
On motion of Mr. Martin—
The reading of the minutes was
dispensed with and stand approved.
On motion of Mr. Catlett—
The Police Jury adjourned until
the first Monday of January, 1920,
being the fifth day of said month.
F. OCTAVE PAVY,
President.
ATTEST—
J. J. HEALEY, Clerk.
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UCCESSION SALE.
ESTATE OF N. L. WHITE
No. 7002, Probate Docket, Sixteenth
Judicial District Court, Parish of
St. Landry, Louisiana
By virtue of an order of Hon. B. H.
Pavy, Judge of the Sixteenth Judi
cial District Court of the State of
Louisiana, in and for the parish of
St. Landry, and pursuant to a com
mission of said court issued thereun
der, directed to the undersigned ad
administratrix, or any duly qualified
auctioneer of St. Landry parish, there
will be sold at public auction, jto the
last and highest bidder, for cash, at
the last residence of the deceased, in
Opelousas, St. Landry parish, Louis
iana, on
SATURDAY, JANUARY 10, 1920,
at 11 o'clock a. m., the following de
scribed property, to-wit:
First—A certain lot of ground,
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with all the buildings and improve
ments thereon, situated in the City of
Opelousas, St. Landry parish, Louis
iana, and having a front of one hun
dred and ninety-four (194) feet on
Cheney street, by a depth of one hun
dred and seventy-four (174) feet.
Bounded north by Mrs. Gusmann Ca
hanin, or assigns; south by Cheney
street; east by property of L. J.
Dossmann or assigns; and west by
Y. T. Sensat, and being the same
property that N. L. White, deceased,
acquired in original Act'No. —, and
recorded in Mortgage Book No. 48, at
Page No. 160.
Second—A certain tract of land,
containing eighty (80) acres, situat
ed in St. Landry parish, Louisiana,
being t&e south half of northeast
quarter of Section One (1), Towu
ship five (5), South, Range six (6).
Third—Two shares of stock in the
Basile State Bank.
Fourth—Two shares of stock ih
the Opelousas Stone and Brick Com
pany.
Fifth—Three certificates of the
Parish of Evangeline.
Sixth—One note of the Port Ban*
Timber and Tie Company, Incorp
orated.
Seventh—Two cows. .
Eighth —One lot of household fur
niture.
TERMS—CASH.
FANNY LIVEZEY WHITE,
nov29-6t Administratrix»